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About Jacksonville miner. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1932-1935 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1932)
2 T he J acksonville M iner T lasting niche in history. From the time ladies set to work Materials were of Xantippe down we catch glimpses scarce but white shirts were comman Published Weekly at of its vivid hue in romance and chiv deered from the .soldiers, an officer’s JACKSONVILLE, OREGON alry and war. blue cloak secured and once again the Even in our own America the dear old petticoat supplied the stripes of old thing has had its fling red! That same afternoon Gid Glory waved hen John Paul Jones, in 1777, vis Editor and Publisher L eonard H all < ited Portsmouth to take command of proudly from the ramparts bidding de the frigate Hanger, outfitting there, his fiance to shot and shell Address All Communications to P.O. Pox 1)8 R. CLAY CHAPPELL Such random higidights do less than recent naval victories and his charming SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: justice to the glamorous past of the old personality made him the hero of the The museum in the old U. S. hotel One Year $1.00 Months 50c | red petticoat but if there is one in hour especially among the ladies. holds many relics of the days of gold. headquarters : the nugget confectionery Jacksonville it deserves a case, and it Upon the wall hang flintlocks and Only a short time before, on June TEl EPHONE 16.’ muzzle-loaders of the Indian wars, some llth, the continental congress had will take a big one, in the museum in of them the handicraft of a local gun adopted the design of our country’s flag, honor of the glorious womanhood of smith. So the captain’s admirers hastily or- bygone days In one corner a powerful bear trap, ganized a “bee” and made a beauti- made by an old time blacksmith on the ful star-spangled banner as a gift to Applegate, shows its grim steel-toothed him. jaws while nearby a cumbersome ox I Every bit of it was made from their Talk seems to have subsided for the moment about the Crescent City harbor yoke recalls the freighting days of old. own garments /\nd most thrilling of All about are reminders of the cour all, the stripes of red were from their development, but nevertheless progress Phe I »<» Heit Placet on Earth age and hardihood of the adventurous petticoats! How their hearts fluttered is being made in this direction. The frontiersmen who plunged into a sav as with sparkling eyes and rosy cheeks to Eat—Here and Horne most important initial step, selling the age-infested wilderness and laid the they watched it kiss the hurbor breezes idea, has been accomplished. It is hard to grasp the complete pic foundations of the paradise it is today on July 4th. G ro < I ries . C onfections But what of the noble women who Only a month later the new-born ture of benefit such deepwater facilities shared their trials and tribulations and. flag received its baptism of fire on T obaccos would give the valley and particularly on occasion, even fought by their side land Jacksonville. Undoubtedly a railroad and S oft D rinks the treacherous redskins? Old Fort Schuyler was beseiged by outlet would be built to the new harbor, against Search as we may. not one exhibit, Redskins and Redcoats when on Aug giving the many producing ledges in A m » < Dow, Proprietor this neighborhood cheap transportation there, extols the glory of these women ust 2nd it received word of the new constellation of stars. which the}’ must have to operate. New of the olden west. Even the Indian women, the squaws, Next morning, Sunday it was, the life would be injected into long dormant are by basketry and bead mines producing a low grade ore, mak work remembered and yet our own dear ladies are ing good investments. neglected. The harbor project at Crescent City SPARK PLUGS ARE THE CAUSE OF MUCH Surely this oversight should be cor and the Jacksonville-to-Caves highway, MOTOR TROUBLE when completed, will furnish the very rected. Something should be on display things we need to become one of the that will carry our thoughts back to Il e Have the Newest Type Pressure Plug Tester fastest developing sections of the state. them as surely as the swallows home ward fly. Let’s go after them. DROP IN AND HAVE US TEST YOUR PLUGS One thing there is will do this; some thing that has been the ori-flame of i It’s wise to settle up so one can settle No Charge for This Service feminity throughout the ages until re down. cent times; and something that was • ¿T It’s gotten to the point where a per especially dear to the pioneer women son can’t be nonchalant without pro of Jacksonville. It »s the old red petti Agency for ducing a cigaret, run for the streetcar coat. And what a petticoat it was! Few of the present generation have without contracting athlete’s foot or FORDSON TRACTORS AND PARTS exercise without being shamed by B. O. ever seen its like unless perhaps they In fact, national advertisers would make have been privileged to rummage in 1 one think that by spending a few cop grandma’s old oakn chest up in the pers they’ll never have to worry about attic. It bore as little resemblance to its ■ what their best friends keep to them modern model as does the mighty din selves. osaur of prehistoric ages to the tiny lizard that flits so gracefully across a woodland path. So massive was it that the entire en semble of a 1932 flapper could have A few days ago we happened to stop been tucked into its ample hem with near an old, dilapidated wagon. A griz room to spare. The only trait the old-style garment zled, bewhiskered face peered out and asked if we could use any leather rope, had in common with its denatured off bridle reins or hackamores. Being inter spring is that of clinging to the female ested but not moneyed, we moved form. It more than clung. It engulfed and totally obliterated the whole anat nearer at the man’s suggestion. omy below the waist. P hone 1 M edford The maker of leather accessories de So far as any man could say his lady scended, with much difficulty, from his rolling home and approached us. A love might literally have feet, or even wooden stub protruded from one trous legs, of clay. But just as our tails gradually disap ers leg and squeaked with each uncer peared when we quit swinging from tain step. His clothes were of worn den the primeval boughs so did the old im and nearly black with dirt. A bat petticoat dwindle and shrink when we tered, tom hat and buttonless shirt completed the raiment. The old timer began to realize how silly it is to swathe greeted us cordially and proceeded to the human form in countless yards of i display his wares—pieces of rawhide air-proof and stare-proof cloth. Yet, unwieldy and ridiculous as it skilfully woven into various articles— wras, the old petticoat has chiseled a STOVE PIPE, HEATERS, STOVES, FURNITURE and explained the merits of each. As the talk went on he told of him AND AUTOMOBILE POLISH self—how two years before he had sev eral thousand dollars in a mine down // You Elave Anything You're Not Using, Why Not Trade it for in Califomy, accidently drank arsenate Something You Need mountain water which started his troubles, sending him to the hospital J ohn B. R enault P. O. Box 61 and losing his mine and money. He re lated how he was weakened and liable to go at any slight exertion. And that friends in a nearby city, feeling sorry for him, had tried to persuade the old Sandwiches, Fountain Drinks man to live at the county home. He Candy, Cigars, Barber Shop went on and declared that never, as long as he could get around, would he & Pool Hall in Connection accept charity. He would make another stake—had done it many times before. Give up? .Not a chance. Penniless," dirty, crippled and aged, HAIRCUTS kicked about and mistreated by the very world that should honor him, he was one of the finest men we have ever met. Wherb ¡3 this law of com pensation we read about? Headquarters for THE JACKSONVILLE MINER dsùanted ¿Petticoat 1 SDITORIAL AMY'S PI ACI-: 1 DUNNINGTON’S GARAGE Big Pines Lumber Co. CALL ON US FOR YOUR LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS The Jacksonville Exchange NEW AND SECOND HAND GOODS THE NUGGET Funny how the meaning of words differs in various localities. Southern California just had one of the gosh- awfulest, ding-busted terriblest storms in the history of that state and naively admits the recent showers were a bit unusual. And, as that region is always bragging, local wits immediately ran to firess with estimates of how many mil ions of dollars worth of good the holocaust accomplished. T he J acksonville M iner PHONE 162 4
