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About Jacksonville miner. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1932-1935 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1932)
T h » J acksonville M iner 2 Sell Miller Residence to R. H.Toft, Medford Thursday saw completion of negotia tions for purchase of the old Johnny Miller home. Transactions were handled by George Little, local real estate agent. R. H. Toft of Medford was the buyer of this palatial residence. The house was built by Johnny’s father. John Miller sr, who was the town’s first gunsmith. He was a Ger man gun maker of the old school and furnished rifles for early settlers. His product was made by hand, including drilling out of steel bars, rifling, fin ishing stocks and locks. These were all of the muzzle loading type common at that time, two of which are on display at the local museum. Miller’s shop was located where the Basket grocery now is. This building is still owned by the Miller estate. The house itself consists of six rooms and full cellar lined with cut stone walls. The grounds, covering more than an acre, were one of the show places of Jacksonville. Black walnut trees cov ered with vines, tall cypress and palm trees and shrubbery still enhance the property. Although no definite facts could be obtained it is estimated the transaction involved a sum of $5000. STARVING ONLY FREEDOM LEFT IN THE - LAND OF THE FREE” Americans have lost the freedom to do anything but starve. Governor Gif ford Pinchot of Pennsylvania said in an address at Yale university this week. “Within this past half century a de velopment has arisen that bids fair to outrank all the tramplings of kings and czars,” Pinchot asserted. “Without drama, without mercenaries in red coats it has come upon us unaware. Silently and quietly it has come, and because it was silent and quiet we have ac cepted it. “We have lost our liberty because power in America has passed away fr< m the people to the vast concentra tion of industrial wealth and power now held in the hands of an insignificant fraction of the people.” RIGHTS AND WRONGS Things are right when we are unop posed in our rush for a personal goal, whether it’s money, a sale, a job, or a reputation. Things are wrong the minute some body or something gets in our way. That is the extent to which most of us go in the matter of ethics. All other people should be on their highest ethi cal behavior while we get our little job looked after, collect the coin of the realm, seeure the favor of the ‘‘big shot.” Pe^aps we see this shameless be havior of the individual less in business life than elsewhere. It ripens to perfec tion in political life, in government service, in ecclesiastical politics, in ar tistic circles, and in the daily life of the family. ARMY AIRMEN IN VALLEY Flying up from Crissy field, Calif., in a Fairchild cabin plane, built es pecially for photographic use, Capt. A. W. Stevens and Lt. J. F. Phillips, both army air men, are in the Crater lake region where ihey plan to take photo graphs of Mt. Rainier, which is near Seattle, Wash. It will be necessary for the two to climb to a high altitude to be able to photograph this peak from southern Oregon. Captain Stevens is considered the most outstanding aerial photographer in the United States and has written many interesting stories of his work. | Harold B. Gillis PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office in Jacksonville Sanitarium P hone J acksonville 81 PLACER MINING OPERATIONS TO BEGIN AT COLEMAN ( REEK Al’I’l EGATE RESIDENT DIES IN MEDFORD HOSPITAL Waldo S. Miller, a resident of the Applegate, passed away in a Medford hospital Wednesday evening at the age , of 71 years. He leaves one brother, E. F. Miller, of San Diego, Calif. Funeral- services in care of Conger Funeral parlors will RABBIT BREEDERS MEET be held at the ix>g Town cemetery /Xbout 30 people attended the regular near Ruch at 2 p. in. Saturday. Rev. D. meeting of the Southern Oregon Rabbit D. Randall will officiate. Breeders association held at 7:30 p. rn. January 1 at the home of L. T Wilson. This gathering commemorated Mr. Wil MEDFORD MEN INCORPORATE son’s eighty-first birthday anniversary Medpears, Inc., Medford, a combina with a banquet and installation of new tion of J E. Edmiston. C. H Eisman officers. Various games completed the and Frank De Souza, has filed papers evening. of corporation with the state office. The company was capitalized at $25,000 and George Gosner was a visitor in Med plans to deal in fruits and vegetables. Fruit Growers leagu*? of Jackson ford this week county, Inc., Medford, formed by E W Maybe the depression is a bloodless Carlton. Carl Glasgow and C. T Baker, was designed to protect the interests of war to end investment advisers. Jackson county fruit growers MISSIONARY SOCIETY TO HOLD MEETING COMING TUESDAY The Missionary society will hold a special meeting at the church parlors Tuesday, January 12, to complete the book they have been working on for their study hour. Ladies attending are requested to bring a covered dish which will be served at 6 p. m. Their families are invited. This meeting will enable all attending an opportunity to study the Bible in the evening. Mr. and Mrs. N J Backus of Medford spent New Years day with their son, George Backus, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Coffman have been spending the past week in Klamath Falls where they are visiting Merton Coffman and family. Mr. and Mrs. William Davis of Ster ling are the parents of an eight-pound son born Tuesday. Dr Torbes of Eagle Point attended the mother and boy. Mrs. Walter Furgeson of Medford at tended the Missionary meeting here Thursday. A new basement is being constructed at the home of Alice Hoef, along with other improvements. J. R. Knight is in charge of the work Mrs. Elizabeth Coulter visited at the William Puhi home in Rock Point this week. Fred Coppie of Big Applegate was in town Thursday. He has been working on the telephone line enroute to town. Tom Reed, who took over the Marble Comer last week, is rearranging his accounts and plans to make several changes in his establishment. Mr. and Mrs. Josephine Little had as their guests the past week their sister, Mrs. Daisy Miller and Mrs. Paul ine Bailey of Portland. They are visiting their brother, Joe Wetterer and another sister, Mary Wet»erer of this city. HANDLING TRUTH CAREFULLY This is a time when it is a tempta tion to play down bad business news and play up good news. The reader has a right to know the truth and the whole truth Bu» there is no reason why the bad news should be empha - sized—in fact, it is a good thing and ( a constructive thing to give the good news the best of it in prominence and position. During the war, we subordinated ev erything to winning the war. At this time, it is wise to subordinate every thing to the saving of our business and economic structure. No cheerful bit of news should be overlooked, within the reasonable edi torial procedure of handling news. In this day, people seem to talk and think calamity and privation and hard times, and yet there are many happenings to day that furnish constructive thoughts and these happenings are getting more and more frequent. This is a time whr i prosperity needs some of the free pub- j licity which old man depression has j been monopolizing. The newspapers of the country can print the news and j §till keep the constructive and reassur ing angles to the front. — Agree that too many people are in the J vinegar business and he’ll shake your , hand; but suggest that he get out, and 1 he’ll shake his fist. Fred C Kelly and Guy Kelly are making preparations to operate their placer mining property, known as the Alining mines, on Coleman creek above Phoenix Th- a have been two months i? the ground ready and now have suffl- cienl water for full operation® Con siderable gold has been taken from the Coleman creek district. SELLS INTEREST IN GOPHER H. H. Farley sold his interest in the "Gopher” mines to his partners, ' Slim ' Mero, Mike Burdell and Taylor Farley has moved his equipment and has it under lease while the trio have installed new machinery and are still burrowing and panning with much zest and some gold. Give a man plenty of rope and you'll have a hard time collecting for it. SPARK PLUGS ARE THE CAUSE OE MUCH MOTOR TROUBLE li t1 Have the Newest Type Pressure Plug Tester DROP IN AND HAVE US TEST YOUR PLUGS No Charge for This Service DUNNINGTON’S GARAGE Agency for FORDSON TRACTORS AND PARTS COME IN AND TRY TI IE NEW UNION 70 SUPER GASOLINE Costs No ¡More Than Ordinary ¡Motor huel WE SPECIALIZE ONI Y IN HIGHEST QUALITY GASOLINE, OIL AND SERVICE O. M. KNOX SERVICE STATION On Jacksonville Highway SOUTHERN OREGON’S MOST COMPLETE AND EFFICIENT PRINTING ORGANIZATION MARSHALL-SMITH LEONARD INCORPORATED PRINTING, RULING, RUBBER STAMPS ENGRAVOTYPING, STENCILS, GOLD STAMPING PROCESS PLACARDS P hone 1363 M edford •J
