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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.
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Harold B. Gillis
PHYSICIAN AND
SURGEON
Office in Jacksonville
Sanitarium
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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
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