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
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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
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“It is always the same attempt individual responsibility of every
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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.”
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sought to explain away the lusts
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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
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himself. If a man robs, kidnaps or
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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
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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’ |
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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wasteful for the voters to elect a for the presidency.
in school • * • Jack of recreational
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layman to handle the legal and
facilities • * ♦ the inability of the
probate business of Jackson county.
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