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T he J acksonville M iner V olume 1 Jackxonville, Oregon, Friday, March k, 1932 N umber 10 APPLEGATE HUSBANDS TO BAND I DR. HAROLD B. GILLIS MARRIED THURSDAY FIND SIX WILD PUPS ON BILLY MOUNTAIN Paintingsoft/ie Day SEE SAFETY IN All aboard! Get set for a trip Dr. Harold B. Gillis, local physi cian and surgeon with offices both through The Jacksonville Miner’s ORGANIZATION at the Jacksonville sanitarium and art gallery—collected from the four What is life without a joke? Pity the poor heel—always being run over. A weak back may be at the bot tom of a strong mind. • Potatoes and tempera are terrible when they’re hot. • Tom Dunnington is still trying to make both ends meat. “That’« just stretching thing« too far," »aid Duke’« tire a« it blew. • "Save the surface/* they cry to um , but who wants just a surface! Funny world. Moat of our bodies are water and nearly ail our plans hot air. Dogs, though lowly curs, have virtues as would enhance many a human. When people feel sorry for them selves they are indeed in a sorrow ful state. • What this country needs is a move to change reckless driving to wreck-less driving. • For the information of criminals, the capital punishment laws oT Ore gon are well executed! • Study is something people don’t do in school as much as they do the first of the month. • Knowing what one wishes to say ami finding the words to express it are, sadly enougli^ two entirely different things, no end! Baseball Teams Being Organized Members of the chamber of com merce and American legion club have announced the forming of the summer’s basebail teams beginning immediately. Equipment from last season is ready for use and the groups have ordered suits for the junior team. Last season the American Legion boys, who must be less than 17 years of age, cleaned up all compe tition with a display of teamwork and ability and it in planned to coach the aggregation into even bet ter performance this season. No definite action has been taken as yet about the senior team but already preliminaries and practice are taking place. Punk Dunnington and H. H. Farley, coaches last sea son, have charge of organization of the juniors and ask that all boys under 17 interested in making a fast, championship team see them at once and start training. ROUNDUP TIME HITS APPLEGATE With the advent of the first spring days there are flying lariats, dashing sombreros and the smell of burned hair upon the air. It is marking and branding time on the Applegate. Calves that have spent a peaceful winter are being cor- raled, lassoed, and branded to dis tinguish them on the range. Sunday seems to be the popular time for this work. In the lower Applegate section such a day means a social time for the women folks, who gather to help the “hostess” cook for the cowboys. The last roundup, however, which took place at the O’Brien and Offenbacher -anchos, proved not so luckv for Boyd Hamilton, who had his finger badlv cut with a rope. Medford, journeyed to Portland Thursday of this week to become the groom of Miss Gene Watson, nurse in the Portland sanitarium. Dr. Gillis has become well known in this city in a comparatively short time, both for his excellent school ing and ability and for his prowess as a forward on the town basket ball team. Mr. and Mrs. Gillis plan to make their home here beginning Monday and are contemplating building a residence in the near fu ture. Three weeks ago the young prac titioner was joined in business by his father, Dr. J. B. Gillis, who will make his home in Phoenix. The senior Gillis shares Medford offices with his son and has already made several calls in the Jacksonville district. GRANGERS MEET; EAT An improvised orchestra of poles and cans, arranged by the "Har mony boys,” was an outstanding feature of the program presented at the combined meeting of the Jacksonville and Applegate grange held in the old court room here Fri day evening. Each of the boys pos sessed a pole contraption strung with cans and buckets, which pro duce! entrancing notes and a hum orous spectacle. The harmonizers, who were encored, included Frank Knutzen, Frank Owens, Bernard Andren and James Fretwell, with A. S. Edwards at the piano. The entire program was symbolic of Washington’s birthday. A pleas ing number entitled "Memories of Washington” was presented by six primary people of the local school, with Miss Jean Sims singing “Mem ories.” Jacksonville members of the Jackson County Recreation club presented a clever act representing a cherry tree orchard. “Yankee Doodle” was sung by everybody present. During the business meeting Ap- plegate_officers took the Jackson ville chairs. Luncheon with chili beans as the principal dish was served in the old sheriff’s office. Appropriate decora tions were carried out in red paper hatchets about the tables, and cup cakes containing flags were served. On March 25 Jacksonville grange will convene at Applegate and the visiting officers will take the Ap plegate chairs. A new women’s quartet in the Applegate organization composed (Continued on page four) PANNINGS By M aude P ool Lilia Haskins feeling lone some about some Ford traffic. Gus Newbury on the Applegate and broke. A choked up frog wondering if spring is here. E. J. Brown advising a wo man’s meeting. Rose Rippey and Sophia Straube running down the fine points of chicken hatchery on the phone. “Ma” Wilcox running a brace and bit and thinking it funny. A pine apple bob dashing about the forestry headquarters. Bread and butter being gotten in the bottom of Sterling creek. Bob Hughes saying this paper is too condensed. Emma Gilson thinking up ideas as to how to dodge the flood. Alex Norris falling down and getting up quick in 1888, Colorado. Bert Harr getting his wires crossed about the war being over. Mrs. Harr out chasing a hawk around with a shotgun or something. corners of the earth, which is still round. These elaborate portraits were gathered at great expense and form one of the rarest collections known—thank heaven! First we present a Mars eye-view of the earth, and add that this year it is also flat, and how. You will note lines dividing the sphere into sections. These sections are tax zones and the il lustration clearly shows that no mat ter where you go you will be in one of them. And the next masterpiece is a closeup of a beautiful flower, for soon the world will be garbed in green. This may be a little ahead of the season and the rose shown has its faults— but then it was the last of last summer saved for this occasion. And flow we jump to world af- fairs. The circle is a port-hole glimpse of the United States navy sailing for Manchurian wat ers to horn in on a private battle. The swift vessel, being beyond the three-mile limit, shows a little moonshine to bright en up things a bit. The soldiers marching toward the next column are headed for a farm where a tu berculin test is threatened to an irate farmer’s critters. The pouches slung under one arm are filled with real bullets to be used, if necessary, By MAUDE POOL Things have been going pretty hard with the husbands of the en tire Applegate country. They are forced to hold things down at home while wifey goes to club (Applegate has three of them and a Sunday school which is chiefly a women’s concern) besides taking care of the children and preparing their own dinner and supper or going without. The weight of these burdens is hanging heavily and the men are seriously considering the organiza tion of a club of their own. Information regarding this at tempt is difficult to obtain owing to the fact that John Pemoll and Lee Port are the only two men who have the intrepidity to announce their intentions or admit that such an undertaking is underway. Even they are reticent. "We aren’t giving that out yet,” Mr. Pemoll declared when asked for an interview. However, he con firmed what had been a rumor among the women, and reluctantly gave the following name as a sug gestion for the club: Affiliated As sociated Protective Order of Hen Pecked Husbands. Other than that I>ee Port might be made a charter member and that the men are afraid to take a stand for them selves, Mr. Pemoll refused further details for the present A rumor also is abroad that Mr. Pemoll and Mr. Anderson, another resident of Applegate City, may run for sheriff. This action may be an outlet for more suppressed de sires. STROKE SMITES GEORGE LITTLE to subdue the fool dairyman who wants to run his own herd. There ought to be a law to make every one be led about like sheep and live, love, eat, dream and think alike so as to simplify things. Or maybe we’re mistaken. These men might be headed for Washington to im peach President Hoover at L. A. Banks’ insistence. And next, dear reader, we pre sent The Jacksonville Miner’s tri umphant scoop—first exclusive pic tures of the new Ford which will furnish the latest in motoring dis comfort and noise, as usual. This is the new four-eight superheterodyne which Henry modestly ad mits will bring back prosperity in one big swipe. As is also usual he hints that the shop slaves will receive the highest wag es in the land, but forgets to say that hundreds of them, for some unknown reason, don’t even get the minimum wage, and work but five days a week. But so it goes with philanthropists, and to bear this out By I. C eawl LEAP YEAR BABY BORN HERE LAST MONDAY Choosing the one day in four years to be born on, a baby daugh ter arrived to greet Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Thuemler of Evans Creek Monday of this week. The arrival took place at the Jacksonville san itarium and both mother and child are happy over the event. MOVETO PAY DEBT After receiving a wire from the Chase National bank in New York City relative to the $15,000 bond issue passed in 1912 which has ma tured and is due, councilmen gath ered for the regular meeting Tues day night decided to forward $2000 on hand and absorb the remaining $13,000 with a like amount of re funding bonds if they are accept able. The eastern concern asked in their telegram that the city wire the money at once. It was pointed out by C. C. Chit wood, treasurer, that Jacksonville could make the part payment and take care of interest for the past six months, amounting to $412.50 on the bonds. Me was instructed by the councilmen to proceed along these lines. Ray Coleman, recorder, stated that at present there are 182 water connections, with 122 in use. Indi cations point, he added, to a much greater income from the water sup ply this season because of abund ance of storage in the hills and city reservoir. During the dry months water is metered to cus tomers, being practically the only source of income for the munici pality. An offer to buy city property fronting on Applegate highway about a quarter mile from Jackson ville was made by Ed Swendon, who plans to build a residence on the tract of about three acres adjacent to the Lynn road. Further action on the part of the city was en trusted to Councilman Cantrall. Regular bills were ordered paid and a motion to allot $10 to library ex pense was carried. Meeting was ad journed after a brief session. George Little, curator of the Mu sesum of Southern Oregon and loca leal estate man and well known throughout the valley, suffered a minor stroke of paralysis Wednes day of this week while visiting with William Blair. Dr. J. B. Gillis at tended the veteran and reported him as resting comfortably and im proving steadily, which information will cheer his many close friends. Latest reports Thursday evening said that Mr. Little had recovered to some extent and would sqon be up and around again, but will be unable to stand the strain and ex ertion of duties at the museum. It was suggested that his present trouble was brought on chiefly by exposure to cold while showing ex hibits to visitors in the unheated room. Mr. Little enjoys the reputation of being one of the most accurate minerologists and has made many friends for Jacksonville throughout the country in his contacts with tourists at the museum. The Miner expresses sincere hope that his re WORTHY GRAND MATRON HERE THURSDAY EVENING covery is speedy and complete. Just Imagine we have reproduced an x-ray pic ture of a capitalist’s brain. Al though the illustration resembles a pig, use your own judgment. This man has been one of the most per sistent waiters that everyone <juit (Continued on page four) Harry Brown is the present own er of six tiny collie pups discovered this week deep in the wilderness of Billy mountain. A large female collie is known to have run wild and avoided all humanity for more than a year past, but it was only a few days ago when Brown came upon the dog basking in the sun beside a huge stump that her home was discovered. Closer investiga tion revealed a day-old pup poking its closed eyes from a hole in the wood. The stump was cut into and surrendered five more of the small, squeaking canines. It is supposed, due to the moth er’s habit of shunning civilization and inherent wildness, the pups are half coyote. The female was later shot as she had been running deer in that section but it is reported the young dogs are regarded as almost priceless by Mr. Brown. The League of Nations stop ping the war; or John Ren ault and Frank Kirkpatrick playing leap frog; or Ray Wil son as popular with the fair sex as Rudy Vallee; or 12 Jacksonville men working on the new courthouse; or Jim Cantrall chasing a golf ball around; or Alice Hoefs, as Joan of Arc, riding Tusko down to Issie’s; or even six Jackson ville men employed on the courthouse; or Mayor Hartman posing as Godiva; or Will Rog ers copying his stuff from The Miner; or the Wakefield sisters looking otherwise than sweet; or Emil Britt doing a toe dance in costume; or one, dam it, just one Jacksonville man getting a job on the courthouse. Mrs. Minnie W. White, Portland, was in this city addressing the lo cal O. E. S. ladies Thursday night of this week. Mrs. White is worthy grand matron of the Grand chap ter of Oregon and has spent sev eral days in southern Oregon before clubs and groups. Other grand officers were pres ent for the meeting and all deliv ered addresses to the large gather ing in the local hall. Refreshments were served, as usual, and an ex pensive program had been arranged. The grand matron appeared Tues day at Ashland and the following day at Grants Pass. Mrs. E. S. Sev erance, local prominent clubwoman, motored Mrs. White from the lat ter city and entertained the grand officer at her home over Wednes day evening. The local body went to the Lithia wtel in Ashland Thursday noon to )e present at an address given by the Supreme Queen of the order.
