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About Jacksonville miner. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1932-1935 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1932)
T he J acksonville M iner of southern Oregon to have these families compelled to go in debt Published Weekly at for food and clothing so that Mr. JACKSONVILLE, OREGON Banks might use his money to play “angel” to the money-losing Daily News? Again, Mr. Banks has cursed the LEONARD HALL_ Editor and Publisher Medford Typographical union and MAUDE POOL................ Applegate Editor all organized labor. Why? Because Address All Communications to Box 138 ; he, through a succession of imma ture, drunken, incompetent manag Subscription Rates, in Advance 50c ers of the News, and by his own One Year____ $1.00 Six Months. Headquarters : blatant efforts in his “Once in a THE NtJGGET CONFECTIONERY While." had antagoniztxi the very Telephone 162 business men from whom the in come of the News was dependent, and was thereby losing money. The writer has been employed at different times on at least 20 dif ferent newspapers on the Pacific OCR HEAVEN ON EARTH coast. We worked for the said Daily Perhaps in last week’s paper you News long before Banks bought it. noticed a story telling of how resi We claim we know whaf we are dents in the Ruch district banded talking about when we declare that together and helped a neighbor I the Daily New s at the time it came build a house. Twelve men worked ■ into Banks’ hands was being pro- at one time and the women gath I duced at a lower cost per page tban ered to prepare a hearty chicken any other paper of like size in the dinner. We venture the guess they northwest. Was it the fault of the all had a great time and accomp mechanics in the back shop who had lished no small amount of building absolutely nothing to do or say re garding the policy or affairs of the in the bargain. office, whose sole thought was con Which goes to show that, in re turn for the few (if any) advant centrated on getting out the old ages one loses by living in rural “rag” in as perfect a mechanical districts and small towns, they get manner and as near on time as the in return something which is in circumstances and equipment pro finitely more precious—human com vided permitted, that a drunken panionship and help. We have lived hophead got the advertisers sore? in several representative large cities We claim not. When Mr. Banks took personal and, although there were extensive charge of affairs of the News about shops, parks, theaters and thous ands of pople, basic virtues always a year ago the first thing he managed to be too elusive for con thought of was to cut the wages of tact. True, city dwellers may regard the mechanical force. There, he others as less blase and polished seemed to think, was the entire but they are themselves too near cause of the trouble. What though sighted to realize that open spaces, the advertisers might be disgrunt quiet and wholesomeness are far led; what though the policy of the more valuable than intimacy with managers of the past had got the the latest road show or last-minute paper in bad all along the line, these things were as naught before styles. Nothing in the world can ever the glaring fact that the printers take the place of being next to na were receiving a fair living wage ture and out in the great open for trained, expert help. “Ha!” he shouted, “I’ve nailed the spaces. And nothing in the world will do more to cleanse one’s mind rat! Just let me cut these princely and keep one’s thoughts on the salaries (Town to farm-help size and right track. It is only natural that my troubles will be over!” But were among the farming and small town they? You who have read (or at classes that such brotherhood and tempted to read) the News for the milk of human kindness as shown I past six months can answer that for yourselves. Has the paper always in Ruch should flourish. Pity the poor city dweller—he been on time? Has it been always scoffs at the idea of living in less printed so as to be readable? Have crowded surroundings because he you ever heard of broken presses, has never had vision to see the “jimmied” machinery, spies who priceless value of living among stole records, etc., etc. (ad lib.). Mr. Banks had better, far better, friends rather than people. lay off howling and clean house. Sell off, if necessary, that Cadillac MORE ABOUT BANKS and that beautiful mahogany furni ture and pay the poor, downtrodden In response to many requests and working people who do his work. in harmony with the fact that L. A. Give us a rest, Mr. Banks, give Banks and his Daily News have us a rest! been the topic of much comment among southern Oregon people we TOO MANY LAWS are elaborating on our recent edi torial suggesting that the more or For years the lawyers and others less (mostly less) eminent publisher have been complaining that there confine his statements to facts. are too many laws, and yet our new The entire talk was crystalized made for itself a record by with the able editorial printed by congress introducing more than 9000 addi Aitnur Edward Powell in the Cen tional measures in the TTrst two tral Point American. Prominent weeks of the present session. journalists of the valley have pro nounced Powell’s article a classic— HARBOR BUOYS EXPENSIVE a veritable fountain* of truth from a man who should know what he is There are about 500 buoys in writing about. And being unable to New harbor, each weighing improve on the original story as about York 11 tons and worth about told by the neighboring editor but $4300. The lantern in each being.personally able to verify his buoy is worth in the alone neighborhood every statement we reproduce the of $700, and bums without atten editorial en masse: tion for four months. Once a year Banks and Unemployment Liew’eilyn A. Banks, publisher of the buoys are brought in and over the Medford Daily News, who hauled. writes a column daily under the COST OF WORLD WAR heading “Once in a While,” had a lot to say last Sunday morning in John Maurice Clark, profes his column because someone at the sor Dr. of economics, Columbia univer Lincoln banquet referred to Pr si- sity, has figured that if the war dent Hoover as the “second Lin debts are not collected the tangible coln.” Brother Banks, in his usual costs of the World war will be in forceful way, spouted all over the creased from $52,000,000,000 to paper that “comparing Herbert $90,000,000 000. The net benefits Hoover with Abraham Lincoln out rages the self respect of every loyal were probably somewhere about midway between 29 and 31 cents. American.” < In the course of his vaporizing, GUMAAN LIGHTEST WOOD Bro. Banks takes up the cudgels for Balsa, hitherto considered the the poor, downtrodden “unem ployed” of Medford. He waxes tear lightest wood, weights seven and ful over the troubles of the poor one-half pounds per cubic foot and home-owner out of a job. For is very useful in the airplane, ra months we have read this kind of dio and refrigerator industries. junk until we have grown tired, so Driftw'ood in the Pabific ocean has been identified as gumaan, the tired, of it. What about this man Banks, any weight of which is only half that of way. Who and what is he that he balsa. To date the island on which should set himself up like a little gumaan grows has not been found, tin god, predestined from birth to but is being sought. correct the faults and mistakes of mankind. Has he “first removed the SEARS ROEBUCK CHRISTMAS GIFT beam from his own eye” before at tempting to correct the faults of The Sears, Roebuck and com mankind? We art* afraid not. Mr. Banks loves to talk of the pany’s gift to its Denver employes poor, downtrodden working man; to was a cut of 10 per cent in wages; tell pitiful, but withal boastful, I but in some instances $10-a-w*eek tales of how he aided some poor employes were cut 20 per cent. In unfortunate. But does he boast so the last 20 years this company has its stockholders more than loudly of the well-known fact that ,, given ... .. the employes of his orchards went 150 per cent in stock dividends, be- months last year without their pay? j sides the liberal cash dividends also Did it aid the financial situation paid.—The Golden Age. The Jacksonville Miner EDITORIAL GODIVA PARADE IN BRISBANE THE GAME OF LIFE By Alice Applegate Sargent (Jacksonville, Oregon) We are playing the game of life, my girl. We must play it honest and true. The game is lost, or the game is won, It is always up to you. We can never lay down on the game, my girl We must toil and fight and pruy; We must meet the shocks, or go on the rocks, True courage will win the day. This game of life we are playing, my girl Is a game that is hard to play. We will make mistakes, but meet the breaks With a smile for each hour of the day. Go into the game with a smile, my girl— A smile will give you power To hearten your partner across the way, Like sunshine after a shower. . Its a wonderfid game we play, my girl, Full of heartbreaks, toil and strife, But with gleams of sunshine along the way In this strenuous game of life; We can't back out of the game, my girl— To back out of the game is a sin; If you meet with couiage whatever betides, You are always sure to win. The jobless women of Brisbane, Australia, have threatened that if not given work they will parude the streets of the city in the node. Quite likely half the population of the city will watch the parade und the other half will watch the watcher«. —The Golden Age. PLAN TO END REN I FRAUDS A Georgian has made th«* novel and senaibh* suggestion that Uncle Sam and his postoffice building rent frauds at once by erecting his own buildings in every city where the postal receipts amount to as much as $.'>000 a year. If this suggestion is adopted it will mean the con struction of 1500 buildings and give work to a great number of men. ( RIMIN \L SYNDIC \LISM For distributing u cr.rloud of flour to starving miners, Harry Applebaum, an Evarts (Kentucky) merchant, was indicted for criminal syndicalism and, in order to escape prosecution from the high-handed I bunch of wealthy anarchists that I are running Harlan county, was ' compelled to flee to a civilized GIRLS LEAGUE TO (iIX E TEA tat«. Modoc Traditions The Girls’ league of the Jack- ! sonville high school is scheduled to NEW TAX COLLECTION IDEA give* a tea for students’ mothers Kingsport, Tennessee, has adopt and townswomen. Definite date has ed the novel and practical plan of not been set but preparations arc I making its real estate tax bills pay underway for th«* affair which prob- Ry II. C lay C happell in 10 instalments, «lue on the ' ably will take place the fir#t part able first of each month, with six per of May. Miss Kafoury, advisor to cent interest on th«* money paid in IV—THE PEACE-MAK ER the group, states the tea will be advance of the due date. When No After the great flood the redinen given as a get-together for stud vember comes th«* taxpayer has dis ents, faculty and mothers of th«* charged his obligation and receives lived in peace for many years. city. a ch«*ck from the city for his accu But as they became numerous dis mulated interest. cord arose among them and finally SCHOOL LIBRARY GETS they were again fighting and kill SHELF OF NEW BOOKS ing each other. This time Kamookumchux came The latest in five-foot shelves of and remained for a long time try books has been installed in th«* li ing to make peace. Established in 1X8X brary of the Jacksonville schools. One of His teachings was that The series are the Harvard (’lassies Dairying ia our business and each man should take as many and comprise volumes covering has always been our hobby. wives as he could support in order practically alj subjects. The new ad Quality our watchword, serv that all women might bear children dition is proving very popular both ice our specialty, satisfaction without shame and that there might among students and faculty. our delight and s«|uare deal be no widows. ings our motto. On taking leave of them Kamoo GIRLS LEAGUE TAKES Milk With the Big Yellow kumchux promised that He would OVER BOOK EX( IIANGE Cream Line at Isxal (grocery send His Son t** them as a peace Stores maker. If the Indians received Him Members of the Girl ’ league, “ Fresh Every Day” and gaw Beed to the words He headed by J<*sephine Clute, presi brought them Kamookumchux said dent, have taken over the Jackson that never again would a flood be ville school book exchange. Ix>uise sent to destroy them. Johnson has been placed in direct At the appointed time a strange charge of the department which woman appeared in the villages. handles all exchange, repairing and Her name was Marcha and she resale of text books used in (he told the red men that she was the establishment. Both new and second daughter of Kamookumchux and hand volumes are available through that she often met and talked with this service. her Father. Kamookumchux soon after ap FIVE HUNDRED FROG FARMS peared to hei and told her to bathe It is estimated that there are now her body with ashes that she might become of the earth like other wo 500 frog farms in the United States. men. When she had done so He Ix)s Angeles eats three millions a gave her a drink made from a fine year, Philadelphia four millions and powder scraped from a shell of New York perhaps 10 millions. It many colors and willed that she takes two years to raise a bullfrog. should bear a Son. Until that time she must not look upon the face of • Having completed their work a man and when her time of sick with the beetle crew at Hackamore, ness came she must withdraw from Calif., Otis Buck and Floyd Cun On All even the women of the tribe. ningham returned to the Applegate Marcha was very happy and when last week. In discussing times in she revealed the good news to the general in Klamath county Mr. Indians they built her a wigwam Buck said that candidates are as apart and there her babe was born. numerous there as in Jackson coun til Plates Mad«* in Our From that time the custom of ty, and that potatoes sell for 60 Own Laboratory solitude during childbirth was fol cents per hundred. lowed among the tribes and ac counts for the isolated wigwam of friends, took Isees far into the; Dr. Charles E. Kunz found in most villages, whose use mountain fastnesses and hid Him Holly Theatre Building the Indians were loath to explain until He became grown. Phone 6S—Medford to their white brothers for fear of (To be continued.) ridicule. Marcha placed her babe in a birch bark canoe and sat beside it to await the coming of her Father. SOUND HORN FOR CURB SERVICE When He came she did not look up but He smiled and pressing His fingers upon the child’s forehead said “This is my Son and this shall be the sign of my children.” Sandwiches, Fountain Drinks, Candy, Cigars This practice of pressing upon the foreheads of infants also be Barber Shop and Pool Hall in Connection came universal and among some HEADQUARTERS FOR tribes heavy weights were used that deformed the skull as in the case of T iie J acksonville M iner the Flat Head Indians. Marcha took her babe back to PHONE 162 the people and told them that He was the Son of Kamookumchux and they named Him “I-sees” which means “Peace-maker.” When Isees was 10 years old the spirit of God came upon Him and He took fresh earth between His palms and changed it into a fine Will Be Real white powder like flour. This interested the wise men of the tribes and when they came to Him asking for further demonstra-| tions He poured water from, one at cup into another, thereby changing it to blood. These strange powers aroused the jealousy of the other Indian boys j MEDFORD and they attempted to kill Him. 131 West Main Street Phone 300 So Marcha, with a selected group Wendt's Dairy Special Prices PLATES THE NUGGET Friday and Saturday BARGAIN DAYS Fick and Lindley's Hardware
