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About Jacksonville miner. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1932-1935 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1932)
T he J acksonville M iner The Jacksonville Miner the waywardness of the young gen stitutions that mean law, order and eration. peace are no stronger than the Published Wwhly at “The church is charged with fail citizenship that makes them. The JACKSONVILLE, OREGON ing in its duty. So are the schools. decent majority can stop the rising (Continued from page one) So is the home. These are old in tide of crime if it will stay ever catchers priced at 90 cents each. Do some arithmetic. dictments, many times repeated. lastingly on the Job. Thia is the LEONARD HALL..-. Editor aad Publisher You save $1.35 by getting as good or better machine, “It is always the same attempt individual responsibility of every MAUDE POOL-------------- Ayylacata Editor responsibility, somewhere, American citizen and which cunnotMB along with a catcher, right here in town and not have to and shift somehow, away from the in be shirked without unfavorable re- Addresa AU CoaamuaicttioM to Boa 1» to bother to drive to a neighboring city. dividual. Always some excuse is suits.” Subscription Rate», ia Advance: sought to explain away the lusts These three items illustrated are absolute realities, and Oat Tear____ 41.00 Sia Moatha------- 50c greeds, the laziness, savagery JUSTICE IN PHILADELPHIA Headquarters: and worthlessness of the evildoer are not a figure of speech, but are on sale in Jackson THE NUGGET CONFECTIONERY himself. If a man robs, kidnaps or Talaphona 1U The Journal of the American Ju ville today. Surprised? You ought not be. Forget for kills it is blamed on environment, or dicature society states in so many a moment those black-faced, big-type claims of in heredity, or a mental sickness, or words that “Philadelphia appears to have the worst system of Olhnin- creased buying power, mass production and so on. on capitalism, or on society. “Capable, efficient, intelligent, istering Justice, co far as the smal Stop and figure just where high rents, terrific adver superior and lawkeeping people ure ler civil and criminal cases are con- / NO, WE’RE NOT IN JAIL tising bills and inefficiency expenses borne of ponder in the vast majority. Fools and fad cerned, of any place in the civilized Well, as Mark Twain once said, dists, radicals and demagogues are world.” The reason assigned for “the reports of my death have been ous organizations are going to be paid. Do you think all, combined, no more than a min this is that nearly all misdemeanor greatly exaggerated.” Only the for one moment that chain stores are in business for ority. A recent scientific study in cases, and all civil cases involving street talk that greeted us this dicates that in every 100,000,000 not more than $100 are handled by week merely had us incarcerated in their health? No! Chain stores are after every cent human beings now living there are: 28 political magistrates whose the county bastile for the next they can coax. You and I, if we trade there, pay these “About 250,000 geniuses or near usual qualification for the position month or two with a hundred dollar geniuses; 6,750,000 very superior; is merely that they were elected to bills which do not exist in smaller, independent or 13,000,000 superior; 30,000,000 high fill it. It is said that the incumbents fine hanging over us. Well, lucki.y, ye ed is still a free ganizations. Think of it—we pay for advertising cam average; 30,000,000 low average; are mostly politicians and that Jus man, due no doubt to the fUct that 13,000,000 dull; 6,000,000 border tice is therefore administered po the Leonard Hall referred to in the paigns which lead us to believe we can save money line; 750,000 moron; 250,000 imbe litically, which means it ia not ad Medford papers as afoul the law when such is not the case. Kinda foolish, now isn’t it? cile or idiot. ministered at all. happens to be our double namesake, “Yet the better human stocks, de If we could only take ycu through the newspapers or what are such things called ? spite their ability, intelligence and Subscribe for The Miner today. Anyway, while talking to Sheriff we have worked on—some of the country’s foremost greater numbers, do permit the im Ralph Jennings the first of the organizations—show you the ad-writing men and let moral and unmoral, the dull and the week relative to advertising his am stupid, the criminals and the fools bitions in The Miner, he suddenly you in- on the intricacies of the advertising business to imperil the general welfare. The asked us if we weren’t the Leonard you w ould knowr what we are talkng about. Believe it abler people have become soft- Hall who was in jail at the time. handed and soft-minded in dealing Taken so unawares, we had to or not, but nine out times out of 10, when you gaze with sins and stupidities. They are PHYSICIAN AND saunter down to the dungeon and at some expensive, imposing chain-store spread the afraid to answer the fool according SURGEON see whether we reaily were in jail to his folly or the criminal accord or not. But it happened, thank God, entire thing was written, laid out and planned by some ing to his crimes. Office in Jacksonville to be another fellow. Aiid we wish bird who couldn’t tell satin from gauze, who would “More than anything else this to make it quite plain that there country needs to use its own <om- Sanitarium are two Leonard Halls in the Rogue find it impossible to thread a needle, and yet he prob monBenBe in dealing with crime. It Hours—Mon., Wed., Fri., 9-12 valley. Now w’hy can’t this Central ably blithers all over the page about what the smart cannot eradicate human nature by i 6-9 Every Evening Point guy either keep out of the soft words. It cannot make a bestial w ’ oman should wear. And these grocery ads — layouts papers or be famous? We’ll either hug into a good citizen by ‘loving’ | Phone Jacksonville 81 have to leave town or make a deal furnished by men stuck away somewhere in an office him. It cannot reform congenital with Exhibit B, no doubt. jail-birds by draping prison win-• who would be stricken dumb if asked to choose a menu dows with cretonne curtains. “We can, if we will, control our Oh ma, kin we have a whistle like for friend wife. foolish minorities. We can keep Earl Davis’? The fellows who do all the raving and ranting have them from running the country. We, made raving and ranting their business — there ’ s noth can, if we will, control our forked- JOURNEYMEN WANTED, NOT demagogues, our paid and APPRENTICES ing sincere about it at all. The most convincing liar tongued professional ‘uplifters’ and our ven-! In this year of depression, hard gets the highest salary. Only your local, independent al politicians. We can make moral times and excessive expenditures of merchant, who you know well, can be depended upon ity, decency and good citizenship an individual responsibility. We can Typewriter public moneys and needed reduction to tell the truth in advertising. act upon the fact that 99 out of of burdensome taxes, it certainly Specialists The next time you are campaigned with alluring every 100 people know the differ behooves voters to look up the past history of the many candidates for claims and page ads setting forth the “great money ence between right and wrong and Comer Main and Grape Sts. should be dealt with accordingly. the various more important county Medford "Citizen action is the remedy, i offices to be nominated in the May saving values” offered dear Mr. and Mrs. Buyer, put PHONE 1363 primaries soon. It is wise to scan it down for what it is—just a lot of hackneyed, trite The national house-cleaning should , begin in every community. The in-' the material at hand and decide whether we will be electing ap boloney. The sensible, intelligent thing is to do your prentices or journeymen to the jobs own thinking and not be led about like so many sheep. coming up next fall. And in this connection The Miner Shop in Jacksonville, or your nearest independent, would like to express an opinion. home-owned store, and rediscover the fact that old Investigation and inquiry has re vealed to us that, in the race for friends are the best friends and that distant pastures county judgeship, there is one out are not greener. standing candidate, William E. And remember—chain-store advertising is like the Phipps, who is chalked up on the democratic side of the contest. Be toreador business in Spain. Only in this country the sides knowing Mr. Phipps personal dear public is stuck with the bull. Of each dollar of the family budget, ly, we have learned that he enjoys an enviable reputation, has had only 3/5 of 1 cent is spent for elec more than 30 years active law ex We sincerely believe the residents EVERYBODY’S RESPONSIBLE of this section are fortunate in hav tricity. There is nothing you buy perience in Jackson county and has been a substantial taxpayer during ing such a man as William E. A few days ago the Philadelphia that costs as little as electricity in Phipps, member of the American Public Ledger contained the follow the entire period. proportion to the services rendered. Mr. Phipps not only has been one Bar association and the state and ing editorial on “The Rising Tide of southern Oregon’s foremost law local bar groups, available for nomi of Crime,” which points out in a Light, refrigeration, laundry, yers but also has served as city nation and election to the position very emphatic manner the respon cleaning, cooking and many other attorney for both Medford and Ash of county judge. sibility of every citizen for allow land, and while serving for the lat services are accomplished with elec ing such conditions to exist. We re ter city set the precedent of making SOUND SENTIMENT print the editorial in full, as fol tricity for only a few pennies a day. fees collected from prosecutions lows: handled pay all costs incident to Melvin A. Traylor.is a native of “The Lindbergh outrage was no operation of his office, including salary and other expense, with a Texas who has become one of the more than a new climax of outlaw surplus turned over to the city greatest bankers in this country. in in these United States. Whether Besides, he is a great man, still re it was, or was not, a gangland atro treasurer at the end of hi.? term. Since beginning as an attorney taining his sympathy with the great city, it came out of the rising tide of American crime. back in 1898 Mr. Phipps has han mass of people. Traylor is being boosted for the "For 10 years and more this dled important cases in state and federal courts and as chairman of democratic nomination for the country has been deploring its rec the tax conservation commission presidency, which he will probably ord of violence and blood-guilt. created by the law of 1923, which not get, but those seeking to give That record is a national disgrace. later was annulled by the supreme the country a proper iuea of him Blackmail has become a business. court, was instrumental in slicing have been sending out some pub Kidnaping has become a career. $43,370 from Jackson county’s tax licity, from which we quote two ex Murder has become a trade. Organ in one year. And a3 if this were not tracts. ized law breaking has become an Speaking before the Internation industry and ‘racketeering’ is a enough achievement for one man, he also, while a member of the al chamber of commerce Mr. Tray word that has forced itself into our Jackson county school board, saved lor laid down this salutary doctrine: common speech. the district many large sums of “The welfare of 120,000,000 people “Life is not so secure or so pro money without sacrificing one whit should not be sacrificed to the tected as it used to be. Nor is prop the splendid efficiency of the vested interest of any group.” erty. The sense of safety, the feel That’s rather remarkable coming ing of security, is passing. schools. Hot Dinner Sandwiches William E. Phipps has consistent from a prominent figure in the big “ The reasons given are innum ly opposed excessive bond issues banking and financial group. erable. The war is blamed, despite and public assessments, has fol To the American Bankers asso the fact that the average criminal lowed a line of wise retrenchment ciation Mr. Traylor said: “This then 1932 is in his early twenties and and has always fought extrava is my hope for our future—that we of HEADQUARTERS FOR the has been over for more gance and graft, which accounts for may be rich without forgetting to than war 13 years. T he J acksonville M iner the alienation of the affetcions of be righteous; that we may be pow “Prohibition is often indicted as the so-called political “gang.” erful without being offensively There is no doubt but that this proud; that we may be nationally the cause. So is wild youth. A little veteran of the bar has proven his minded without being narrow-mind while ago prosperity and the jazz ability in an administrative capa ed; and, finally, that we may live age were the scapegoats. Now the city and as one who has an ample in a world of fact without surren depression is held responsible. knowledge of law so necessary to dering our faith.” “The current year book of the the proper administration of legal National Probation association If such quotations correctly in finds the cause matters in probate court. of crime in ‘lack of Sandwiches, Fountain Drinks, Candy, Cigars We would certainly not think of terpret the life and thought of this economic and financial stability.’ It banker, we agree that the demo hiring a tiller of th«» soil as a blames ‘lack of income • • • dis Barber Shop and Pool Hall in Connection printer on The Miner and we be cratic party could do much worse honest standards of government lieve it would be as foolish and this coming June than running him * • • lack of vocational guidance SOUND HORN FOR CURB SERVICE wasteful for the voters to elect a for the presidency. in school • * • Jack of recreational PHONE 162 layman to handle the legal and facilities • * ♦ the inability of the probate business of Jackson county. 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