T he J acksonville M iner
9
Philanthropy—Oh Yeah?
‘Fehl Just Mad’
Says Jennings
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DIGGERS TO BATTLE
PROSPECT SUNDAY
raise in pay of his employes when other lines were
The Jacksonville Gold Diggers,
chopping the outlay. And in reality perhaps a cent and home-talent
baseball nine, are
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three mills would be added to the hourly rate and four scheduled to drive to Prospect Sun
garding which he rants so much—
day for a game with that camp’«
he knows that this fund is checked hours a week chopped off, with the result that, after joy and pride on their home
by every grand jury and surely he several raises, our good friend was earning less than grounds. All week motors have been
wouldn’t intimate that everyone on $20 a week after 12 years of faithful, experienced tuned, tires patched and pennies
every grand jury is crooked. This
saved for the long trek to the upper
fund has been the cause of more service. Five years ago he was earning nearly twice Rogue river town und it is expected
controversy and trouble than any that amount before Henry got philanthropic and many of the local fans will be in
cluded in the caravan.
other of the duties of my office,
but the manner of handling it is started raising pay. The answer! It’s very simple and
The boys are enthusiastic for the
prescribed by law and it cannot be runs a close parallel to the chain-store methods com encounter and have been working
avoided. Also the prohibition work
out on the California street fair
way afternoons of late, now that
has not cost the taxpayers of this mon today.
two
sunny days have appeared in
county one penny for it is made up
At the time one of the most highly touted increases succession.
It was unfortunate, al
of fines largely taken from pro
fessional bootleggers and still own was put into effect we happened to be working as a though customary, for last Sun
ers. Each year an amount averag linotype operator on one of the metropolitan dailies. day’s encounter to get rained out,
ing around $2000, over and above One of our “takes” of copy included a story, sent direct but a precedent in fair weather for
an entire day is expected this week
enforcement costs, is turned over
to the general fund of the county, fnn the Ford publicity headquarters in Detroit, telling end.
Last week the localites were to
which does not happen in many of the innovation of a higher wage. And how it ranted
have
played Fern Valley, which is
counties in this state. As I have
reputed
to have a tough team to
and
raved,
filling
fully
two
columns,
which
were
stated before through the press, the
sum of $1456.07 referred to so often smeared prominently across a page. It went into de handle. Intermittent showers evi
dently ch u-ged minds of the in
by Fehl represents the expenditures
tended victims of Jacksonville’s
tail
to
give
the
past
history
of
the
new,
generous
of four months, covered by 45
skill and impaired telephone service
vouchers.
achievement and was careful to point out that only in the valley, for during the course
1 have spent the last »even years the extreme wisdom and softness of heart of Henry of the day no Fern Valley player
at this job and I am confronted |
appeared, nor did telephone mes
with new problems every day. 1 am Ford had made such a boon to workers possible. But sages advise the Gold Digger man
wondering how many fully realize when we got home and told our friend the good news ager, H. H. Farley, who has been
the many details of this office. Dur
combination promoter, catcher and
ing the year 1931 the sum of $1,- he nodded and said he already knew. His face was long umpire at various stages of the
362,833.89 was collected in the tax and manner dismal. He added, dejectedly, that where spring schedule. However, being
department. All segregations of
baseball minded and expert swim
funds into school districts, cities the increase would total a few cents a day, the weekly mers, the home talent organized
and irrigation districts, are made sum was sliced nearly $10, work was speeded up and two nines and layed a six-inning
in this department, about 25.000 tax
tilt among themselves. “Doc’’ Gillis
receipts are written and last year more rigid regulations were in effect. The glowing threw more of his trick balls for
over 6000 delinquent notices were newspaper story we had set in type failed to mention one side while Paul Hess heaved
sent out. Previous to my entering
for the opponents. At the end of
office in 1925 a force of four depu that.
the sixth inning score stood 6-6, in
ties were kept in the tax depart
And so it goes with chain store advertising. We are favor of the umpire. Another half
ment all summer while we are now
session was endured, when rain!
getting along with one. We also beginning to learn that reputations are not earned— drowned out ambition and the play-1
have devised a system by which the they are built! Just as surely as Henry creates one ers scurried for cover. The last
tax receipts are written by three j
half, however, rendered two runs |
girls instead of six as was former impression and practices something else do chain and the leading side still insists it,
ly needed.
stores create false impressions of economy, buying won a moral victory. The subject,?
along with Harlan Clark’s home
There has been no increase in the power, efficiency and general benefits to customers.
run with two men on, is still open
force of the legal department in
And to come back home—just this week several peo to debate on street corners.
spite of the fact that the work has
trebled in the last 10 years. There ple were in Jacksonville from Klamath Falls. They
It was admitted by the Jackson
are many who do not know that
ville players that Fern Valley for
every animal sold to a butcher must intended to buy supplies while in Medford from chain feited the game because they knew
cany a tag, and we wait on an stores, where they figured economies were possible, they’d get licked anyway. It is not
average of 15 persons a day for
this service alone. Everyone sell but happened to come here before the actual purchases
ing more than 10 chickens or tur were made. While browsing around they noted prices
keys must procure a tag. The auto
mobile license work has increased and commodities and, after comparison with observa
from $32,230.05 in 1923 to $116,- tions taken in other cities found they could buy
946.84 in 1931, and during that
time many new- laws, such as the cheaper in independent, home-owned stores. So they
Ao
title law, have been enacted, mak stocked up in Jacksonville.
ing far more work. During the
And slowly but surely others will learn that impres
year 1922, 808 legal papers of var
ious kinds (chattel liens, writs, sions built up in their minds by years of continual ad
summons, executions, subpoenas,
etc.) were served while in 1931 vertising hammered into the general public day in and
there were 1972 cases.
day out are only impressions — and not realities.
Upon this office also falls the People are going to learn, more and more, that good
service of jury summons, the mak
ing of deeds, delivering of ballot home-owned, independent merchants are honest, do
boxes and the checking^ of polling not resort to exaggerated claims and have set aside no
places. In 1922 there was no col
lection of unsecured personal tax fund to make people believe they are getting some
through the legal department and thing for nothing. They are going to learn also that
chain stores send money directly to New York city and
other eastern points two and three times a week and
that, if a chain, by organization, can save a mite on
Harold B. Gillis
wholesaling and buying, that mite is saved for the
PHYSICIAN AND
chain store and not the dear buyer. And, by heck, The
SURGEON
Miner is going to keep on reminding them of these
Office in Jacksonville ' things from time to time.
Sanitarium
known just what will result, how
ever, when Prospectors and Gohl
Diggers get together, but anxious
mothers hope for the best.
• Weslie Ritchie, upper Applegat«
resident, expected to be able to re
turn to his home early in the week,
following a goiter operation per
formed at the Sacred Heart hos
pital Wednesday of last week by
Dr. Charles T. Sweeney. This phy
sician says he has performed sev
eral goiter operations within the
last year, following a special course
in such surgery which he studied
during a trip east last summer.
• Men working in the American
Hoy mine on Forest creek, operated
by Sol Wayne and Ed Phillips, are
reporting that good ore is coming
from the mine regularly. The ore
is being trucked to the Paul Wright
quartz mill on the Applegate high
way near this city. This property
was formerly owned by .Mark Win
ningham and was known as the
Sunset mine. At the presnet time
rain is halting the work.
There Is One Place
in Medford
Where
25c
will supply its owner with the
best PRIED CHICKEN m
TURKEY LUNCH in the val
ley any day of the week from
11 a.m. till 8 p.m.
AND REMEMBER—AT THE
Brownie Marie
Cafe
YOUR MONEY STRETCHES
BI T OUR STEAKS
DO NOT
19 North Fir Street
Medford
is the time
for all
Good Men* *
Hours—Mon., Wed., Fri., 9-12
6-9 Every Evening
Phone Jacksonville 81
in the year 1931 the amount col
lected was $13,363.23.
I have been censored for having
my boys work for me. I consider
them my greatest asset. They tend
Not a Chain Store
But We Do Have a Chain of Friends
Who Strongly Recommend Our
Service and Stock
The Jacksonville Pharmacy
Prescriptions a Specialty
PHONE 12
THE
Jacksonville Exchange
New and Second Hand Goods
We Trade for Anything
Worth Handling
GET YOUR TRADE CARD FOR AN ELECTRIC CLOCK
Post Office Box 61
strictly to business, have my best
interest at heart and I know that I
can trust them. I believe that any
attorney in this county will unhesi
tatingly recommend them.
At the present time I collect from
litigants in court when I serve pa
pers, mileage at the rate of 10 cents
per mile, one-half of the mileage
fees so collected goes into the coun
ty general fund and I receive only
five cents per mile for cars used in
this service. In 1922 the sum of
$504.19 was turned over to the
county general fund for mileage
fees collected from litigants, and
in 1931 the sum of $1805.75 was
turned over to the county for that
item.
In 1923 the budget called for
$16,683 and $20,807.63 was spent.
In 1931 the budget called fori
$19,413 and $18,622.06 was spent.
I have tried to build up an effi
cient, economical, capable organi
zation and this is not accomplished
in one day or one year. I will ad
mit that we have made mistakes
but we have profited by them. My
office force has always worked in
harmony and we have attempted to
give courteous, quick service and I
have tried personally to work for
the good of all. If reelected I can
not promise more than I have
promised before—and given—my
best effort in an endeavor to give
you an honest, efficient adminis
tration.—Ralph G. Jennings, Sher-
i iff of Jackson County.
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