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About Jacksonville miner. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1932-1935 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1932)
T he J acksonvii 11 M iner 2 THE JACKSONVILLE MINER Publiibed Weekly at JACKSONVILLE, OREGON *€E> to be like a government—they want them but raise the loot oft then apartments when it comes time to pay off the obligations such con veniences inflict. c 5 t SBedtiine Story THE LLANO ESTACADO By R. CLAY CHAPPELL A coherent picture, gained by Prince was only a hound dog but Addresi All Communication! to Box 138 perspective, may be had of the de he was a thorough gentleman. velopment of the Oregon country It was amusing to watch him as SUBSCRIPTION RATES, IN ADVANCE: One Year $1.00 Six Montbt 50c in this parallel example of evolu he trotted sedately behind the old headquarters : nugget confectionery tion of raw country into fertile, two-horse stage in the days when populated sections. A reader, evi Henry Wendt Sr. carried the United TELEPHONE 162 dently finding the following clip States mails to the Applegate ping of unusual interest, sent it in country. to The Miner. Having come from With never a glance to right or the Lone Star state ourselves, we left he went through town, pausing can vouch for the likeness in char only for a brief rest in the shade acter, industry and forcefulness of of the hack while the load was pioneers of the southwest and of made up at the office. A great lesson might be learned the great northwest. The entire At first glance he had the look from the self-applauding person story follows: of a deacon for his was the long who, filled with false conceptions, "The Spanish Explorers and mis solemn face and dour expression turns away a hungry man at the back door and sends a week’s pay sionaries, long years ago, named so characteristic of the devout. But closer notice revealed a to the poor, downtrodden heathen the High Plains of the Panhandle in some far-off land. And a strik of Texas the Llano Estacado—‘The queer quirk at the corners of his ing simile to this is the immense Staked Plains'—for the reason that mouth and a twinkle of mischief gift of millions of dollars recently the Indians who roamed these J in his eyes that denoted the sense donated by our government to Eu plains, hunting buffalo, coming ' of humor that makes life worth rope and the great wrangling going from the Indian territory .on the I while. On further acquaintance one on about completing payment of east; the Sioux, Arraphoes, Kiowas the soldiers’ bonus which, at con and other northern tribes; the Utes, found that his aloof bearing was Apaches and mountain tribes from not due to uppishness or false pride gress’ direction, was earned the west; the Comanchcs, who lived but merely to a desire to escape the through murder, disease and star on the plains; all these tribes, when vapid yipping and yapping of vation. We may be all wet, but traveling across these vast level pampered idlers always hanging them’s our sentiments — and we stretches, without landmarks, were about, for gossip and slander and never went to war neither. accustomed to mark their trails by petty quarrels were ever the be • sticking up a switch, with the tip setting sins of small town dogs. Valley conductors of printing bent in the direction the party It was no concern of his if Mollie kindergartens aren’t the only ones should move, for the reason that, Airedale did have one coal black who cuss the government, national in the hunt, they might be widely pup in her litter and even if she institutions and financial interests. scattered. had made a misstep it was better "The ‘Staked Plains’ have an area to forget and forgive, for it is only Hearken to facts and figures (at least they were represented as such of about 40,000 square miles, un canine to err. to us) from a San Francisco mining broken, except by the deadwaters Out in the big open spaces be of the Brazos, the Red river, with yond the Jacksonville hill, where stock sales organization: “Railroads, industrials, public its wonderful Palo Duro canyon, dogs are dogs, were many far more service companies, etc., have de and the valley of the Canadian interesting things to ponder over faulted interest on bonds, passed river, including level stretches of and bark about. dividends on billions of ‘safe’ se an hundred miles, where it was There was the covey of quail curities. Investors, banks and in easy to lose one’s direction. this side of Bowden’s place. Prince “The northern boundary was ‘No loved to see them scatter from their surance companies hold frozen as sets of billions of these ‘safe’ stocks Man's Land,’ that 40-mile-wide dust bath and marveled how they and bonds—also fake real estate strip, 200 miles long, that now be hid so quickly almost beneath his bonds and mortgages. The 1276 longs to Oklahoma. These plains nose. Near Ray's was the old ‘safe’ securities on the New York extended for 50 miles west of the pheasant hen whose young he had exchange have depreciated an ave Texas-Oklahoma line and included once rescued from a skulking coy the present towns of Pampa. Dal ote and often he saw the old grey rage of about 85 per cent hart, Hereford, Lubbock. Floydada, badger at Humbug and deer and “Dr. Max Winkler, economist of New York, said the world has Plainview, Canyon, with Amarillo other creatures of the wild. Too, ‘welched’ on government debts in the center. The elevation ranges Prince liked to hobnob with the country dogs along the way. He amounting to $30,000,000,000—about from 3500 to 4500 feet. “When the Indian was driven off liked their simple sincerity. They $16 for every person living. dogs and knew it—so “Before Mellon, for 10 years, big ranches were fenced in, the were not just try to ape the fashions of 1911-1920, there were only 762 bank largest was the ‘Capitol syndicate,’ did 3,250,000 acres, given by the state the lions. failures. Thus Prince came to know life “First 11 months of 1931 there in payment for building the state and enjoyed it to the full without house at Austin. were 1932 bank failures aggregat continually poking his nose into his “ About 1906 the big ranches be ing $1,468,122,000 in deposits. neighbors ’ affairs. “Stocks of busted banks were gan to sell out to settlers and now i But there was one annoyance sold as ‘safe securities’ and buyers are rapidly disappearing before the which even this calm philosophy lost vast sums of money. Had min plow. “Hard-surface good roads have could not abate. That was Dr. Rob ing involved in bank failures, the inson’s fice, Fido. The little dog press would have eternally damned taken the place of the dim, uncer had been petted and coddled to tain, staked trail, and the automo mining. excess and the adulation had gone “We are told prosperity will re bile has annihilated distance. No to his head. He would sit on the longer is the view of the horizon turn with restored confidence. Con unbroken; there is always a town | doorstep for hours and preen him fidence in whom? In what? In a ranch house in sight, and the self and whenever a dog went by those who have brought the coun or he would fly out in a tempest of try to the verge of bankruptcy? roadside is studded with signs, so fury. Most dogs gave way before Confidence in those who could do the Indian sign is only a memory his terrific rush and ran with their nothing better than organize the of the few oldtimers.—Avery Tur tails between their legs but Fido, national ballyhoo last fall and pass ner.” like a good general, was always • the hat for money to relieve the careful to keep his lines of retreat millions of unemployed and open, in case some dog should hungry? ^he Old Cookie ffar call his bluff. “Congress has just passed the With Prince he became more $2,000,000,000 reconstruction cor brazen from day to day for the big poration—a ‘dole’ to finance the fi- By MAUDE POOL dog totally ignored him. This went nanceers. Charles G. Dawes has In this age of delicatessens and on for week after week and then been given dictorial power to han attractively labeled cans for hasty one morning as Prince came up the dle it, and he will sell’ it to the meals one can stop for a moment street there was a subtle difference country if anybody can. Other mil to appreciate the memory of an in his gait, a sense of finality and lions have been provided as a ‘dole’ incident that harks back to the pa purpose as if he had a duty to per for high finance. Business condi- tience of grandmother’s days. form and meant to do it. itons will improve. When he came opposite the drug An Applegate woman, caught in “In his second inaugural address a reminiscent mood, told of a home store Fido, true to custom, hurled to congress Lincoln said ‘This where she liked to visit when she himself forth. Then things hap country with its institutions be was a girl. There were 11 children pened too quickly for the eye to longs to the people who inhabit it. in ttie family and many a time follow and Fido was dangling from Whenever they shall grow weary when mother made cookies it was the big dog’s mouth held aloft by of the existing government they necessary to lock the pantry door the skin of his back. There wasn’t a hint of anger in can exercise their constitutional to insure the cookies against anx right of amending it, or their revo ious little fingers. Next it became Prince’s demeanor, rather a look lutionary ri^ht to dismember or necessary to safeguard the key, so of sadness in his eyes that said as overthrow it.’ Was ‘Honest Abe’ a oftentimes mother tied the key to plainly as words: “Really I hate to red?” her apron string. Such is the cher do this but I guess it’s the only ’-A’ And, after all this and more dec ished memory of a neighbor girl, way.” With that he shook Fido until laration and vehement accusation, and certainly the memories must without a single suggestion as to be many which are held by the the little fellow’s teeth lsttled like a snare drum. Again and yet again what should be done about it, the children themselves. mining stock salesman goes on to This mother was Mary Ann Gil Prince followed the directions on twist one’s enthusiasm around to son. During her later life her home the bottles within the store, “shake the point of slapping the composer was at Sterling, and today her chil well.” Then with a long, deliberate of the epistle on the back arid dig dren are scattered over numerous swing he tossed Fido a full 10 feet ging into the long green—a custom sections of the Pacific coast, several to land in the gutter, and a moment that has been tried on valley read of them living in southern Oregon. later was trotting sedately behind the stage. ers but which, as yet, has failed Be it said Fido took his lesson to take. Seems that darned near Subscribe for The Miner today. to heart and became one of the every time some tempered individ best liked little dogs in town. ual makes an attack against na tional faults he follows up his out They’ve been trying to perfect a burst with an appeal to his readers painless alarm clock. We suggest “Doctor, can you cure me of to spend with him—whether it be that they make one which instead snoring? I snore so loud that I mining stock or newspapers. of ringing, releases the aroma of awaken myself.” $ frying buckwheat cakes.—The Co “In that case I would advise you Marriage, to some people, seems lumbus, Ohio State Journal. to sleep in another room.” L eonard H all Editor and Publttber EDITORIAL line, I often think, I might have LESSON OF TIIE DEADLINE I had called to interview one of been just another private in the America’s great generals of indus ranks. “If any man should come to me try. He was a big, genial, friendly man -chief of a $50,000,000 manu and usk me for my most prized facturing group with thousands of secret, this one thing 1 would su;- | salesmen in the army he com to Imn “ It is the deadline Make it you1, manded. He was a genius for or ganization; had a reputation for whip, your spur, your goal; make getting results. Men envied him the it u part of your daily conduct and find a place for it somewhere along name he had built. When we wci< through thirc with your religion. Never foijtet the came a twinkle in his eye and he d-adimc.”’ L. R Colby in 'rhe In remarked: formant. “I began as a reporter on a daily newspaper. What 1 learned in those Antique statue of Cupid, dug up days has helped me much each day. in Italy, has a hand, both legs, a through all my life. “What was it you learned?" I 1 nose and an ear missing Wouldn't asked. "Deadlines,” he replied The that I m * an ideal ornament for the great industrialist put match to city park of Reno? Arkansas Ga zette. cigar arid leaned back. “I learned, early in those days, to respect the deadline. I learned that at a certain moment each day all my work had to I m * done At that unchangeable fraction of tune j the job must I m * over. It could nut I m * missed. PHYSICIAN AND "At a certain minute the copy SURGEON had to I m * in. At a certain minute , the type hail to I m * set, the prixifs read, the forms l<x*kcd up At a Office in Jacksonville certain minute the presses had to Sanitarium start. Trains never waited. The Hours Mon , Wed , Fri, 9-12 papers had to go out. 6-9 Every Evening "When I got into business life 1 found that few men understood the P hone J acksonville 81 meaning of the deadline. It was not a thing in their consciousness They did not finish Tasks piled up. Cor respondence and mass of details were left over to the next day. To morrow was always a good day, Complete Assortment or the next. “It came to me that I possessed something that these other men did of 1932 Model not have an intimate knowledge of what the deadline meant. “So all my life I have mapped each day’s course, worked to the deadline, swept my desk clean. “Every day, all my life, the dead line has lx*en the policeman that has regulated my conduct. He has paid me big dividends. He has cost 2 for 1<* to IOC Each me nothing for salary. The deadline has been my truest friend, my greatest benefactor. “Without my sense of the dead- w Harold B. Gillis Valentines A man complained in court that his wife had thrown a grama- phone and a portable wireless set at him. When he noticed her look ing thoughtfully at the piano he decamped.—Passing Show. THE NUGGET S andwiches . F ountain D rinks C andy and C igars B ambi . r S hop and P ool H all in C onnection HAIRCUTS DRY FIR WOOD 12 and 16-in., tier Hardwood, tier £2.00 and $2.50 $2.75 and $3.00 25<* Headquarters for T he J acksonville M iner W. C. KASSHAFER PHONE 162 Jacksonville Phone 153 JACKSONVILLE SERVICE STATION SHELL PRODUCTS—U. S. TIRES WILLARD BATTERIES Mattery Charging P hone 232 E. S. 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