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About Jacksonville miner. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1932-1935 | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1932)
T he J acksonville M iner V olume 1___________ M useum host ./acknovville, Oregon, Friday, June 10, 1932 WHY CONGRESS WANTS TO ADJOURN LARGE CROWDS The Museum of Southern Ore gon, Jacksonville*!! chief bid for coastwise fame among tourists, was host Sunday to an unusually large crowd of curious visitors. Doors of the institution were open from early morning until late evening, George Little taking his old place as curator for the day. As has been the custom for the past several years, visitors came from various points of the country and the grow ing registration in the museum’s documents continue to reud like the nation’s city roll call. Thumday of last week the his tory class of Southern Oregon Nor mal -chool at Ashland visited Jack sonville, interest centering on the many historical features of the tow’n, its two museums, the Britt studio and ancient buildings. Such outstanding landmarks as the first protestant church west of the Rock ies, th«* first brick building in Ore gon (which contains the Native Daughters’ museum) and the min eral, geological and Indian collec tions of both the Native Daughters and Southern Oregon museums came in for close inspection. The entire history class, including two Professors accompanying the group, ivas treated to one of George IJt- tle’s lectures on the various ex hibits of the U. S. hotel institution. As a climax to their quest of an tiques, the visitors entered the Jacksonville exchange and found Johnny Renault, proprietor, who pleased them greatly. NATION’S GUARDSMEN LEAVE FOR CAMP LIFE Several of tho flower of Jack sonville youth this week are mak ing eager preparation for the an nual trek to Camp Clatsop, on the Oregon coast up near the mighty Columbia, where the national guards gather to learn the rigors, discomforts and pleasures of camp life—all in 15 short (?) days. Sergeant Andrus Smith, Corpor als Robert Forbes, Harlan Clark and Malcolm Jones and Private Preston Card will represent this city in the mobilization upstate the morning of June 13 and will be entrained through the 25th, when the guardsmen will be reviewed by Governor Meier. Following this a huge sham battle will be staged for the general public as a climax to the two weeks of regular army life. June 25 will fall on Saturday and many southern Oregon relatives and friends are expected to be present for the impressive review and battle. k It has been intimated that recent lleluges have put local guardsmen in the pink for Camp Clatsop weather, which is reported to be eternally loaded with dripping Ore gon climate. FIRST PARK SONG PLACED ON SALE ft The first — musical composition ever written about one of our na tional parks was placed on sale in Jacksonville this week by Victor’A. Tengwald, composer of both words and music of “Crater Lake Waltz.” Copies may be seen at The Nugget confectionery in this city. This beautiful waltz, doing full justice to the gem of the Cascades, comes as a distinct relief from the myriad of nerve-wracking love bal lads which flood music stands to day. The song has been presented over KM ED and met with instant acceptance and popularity by south ern Oregon people. Should the ef fort receive nation-wide popularity Crater lake will receive one of the best known forms of publicity. The Miner, through special ar rangement with Tengwald, who is United States commissioner for this district, has been able to place a limited supply of these songs in sheet form before Jacksonville, Ruch and Applegate music lovers ^_at The Nugget confectionery here, standard price of 35 cents a copy been set by the Medford song ' writer and it is predicted the “Crater Lake Waltz” will, in the future, rank as one of the country’s popular ballads. Readers desiring copies of this new tribute to Crater Lake’s magic charm by mail may address The Miner, box 138, enclos ing 35 cents, either coin or stamps. The sheet music will be forwarded immediately. N umber 24 ‘PEDDLERS’ DUE AT APPLEGATE Difficulty in dodging a deluge of 1 peddlers culminates in a very un- I expected and unusual deal when Hiram Pringle meets with the se- I date Sally Brown, subscription so licitor, in “Hiram’s Peddlers,” one of the short comedies to be pre sented on a two-hour program at Applegate Grange hall Saturday, June 11, which is given by the grange and Beaver Creek Commun ity club. Characters for “Hiram's Ped dlers,” presented by Beaver people, and directed by Mrs. Floyd McKee, are as follows: Hiram Pringle, bachelor, Floyd McKee; Jane, old maid sister, Mrs. Victor Anderson; Deacon, Floyd Rippely; J. 0. Green, book agent, Lance Offenbacher; Percy Bings, perfume peddler, I^onard McKee; Pat McGinnis, hired man, Ed Fin ley, and Sally Brown, solicitor, Maude Pool. “Who’s Who in the Home," one- act comedy presented b*y the grange and which was included in the re Picture above shows one of the hundreds of groups of the “bonus army” pitching camp in Washington, cent Jackson County Recreation D. (’., and preparing for the hardest seige of their lives—that of trying to get 10 cents out of congress club’s dramatic contest, deals with before Mall Street, the Reconstruction Finance corporation and big industry have gobbled it all up. a delicate situation indeed, in which Gathering of the men in the nation’s capitol is setting the stage for what might develop into the century’s the masculine element finally pre most exciting scrimmage—if the soldiers don’t get their bonus. dominates. The play was directed by Mrs. Jack O’Brien, and includes the following characters: Owen Ogden, young husband, Frank Knutzen; Thelma, his wife, Mrs. Frank Knutzen; Bob Falley, friend of Owen, Jack O’Brien, and Etta, his wife and friend of Thel ma, Mrs. Tom Mee. “Dari Says So Anyhow,” portray ing the agonies of a shy fellow in love, which is bound to create many a laugh when he uses the “grass LVar/ Thundering, booming, bloody war! Men dying crap” as a subject for conversation, Movement of a 150-ton capacity rod mill from Union Creek to Jack on every hand. Families parted forever. Young boys will be given by Morris Byrne and Leah McKee, of Beaver. sonville is underway and it is un- I Thought I’d Die,” given derstood other equipment is being snuffed out before they were old enough to realize by “Gosh, Ben Ellis, is one of the several made up hi an eastern foundry to readings which will be given, in complete installations at the Opp the awfulness of human nature. Healthy bodies crip addition songs and other special property located on Jackson creek. pled and maimed, sound lungs gassed into life-long numbers. to Dancing will follow the Wh<m present plans for construc program, and the grange will serve tion of newer units are completeci diseased conditions, minds deranged and once remark refreshments. There will be a very- it is expected the well-known (\yp mine will again be scene of intens able characters shattered. Hunger, filth, mud; pals small admission charge. This dance ive development work possibly ap dying right and left and former friends rotting on the will be the last until the big night of July 4. proaching that of years back when it first came into coast-wide prom ground. And the folks back home swelling with pride, inence. PIRATES WIN GAME; J. W. Opp, owner and lessor of bragging on the heroism of their sons and the great TO PLAY HERE SUNDAY the holding, has been at the helm ness of these United States. Noble claims of “fighting of the property for more than 30 The Jacksonville Pirates, still years and at one time had one of for God and our country,” or was it “democracy—to! going strong in their winning the largest active quartz operations set the world forever free?” streak, took another win from Tal in southern Oregon. The Pacific ent, 5-4, in the triple-header bene States Mining company which has And after it was all over — the Armistice signed — fit game at Medford ’s fair grounds a lease and bond on the mine, has diamond last Sunday. Proceeds re the survivors were gathered together and returned been gradually expanding work and ceived, in the neighborhood $200, carrying on exploration and it ap home to the land they had been told they were defend were persented to Mrs. John of Logan, pears that the company, with John of a former player. Price as general manager, will soon ing. Young men in the prime of life without legs . . . widow Jacksonville ’s Pirates, who have be milling ore and producing gold begun to loot the league in proper arms missing . . . health forever vanished . . . eyes from the extensive holding. fashion, are scheduled to play a J. W. Opp returned the latter useless ... brought back to be sandwiched in here and return engagement with Talent on part of last week from a few days there—a burden to themselves and their relatives, if the local diamond this coming Sun trip to Portland, where he went in day afternoon, game called for 2 connection with details of the ex they were fortunate enough to have any. Thousands o’clock. The Medford Eagles, with pansion program. Mrs. Opp, who Ben Coffman starting on the had been nursing in the northern of the cannon fodder relegated to hospitals, never to mound, dropped a game with city, is now here with her husband arise again. And those who were fortunate enough to Grants Pass. and is living on the mine property at the edge of town. Besides the return with whole bodies can never forget the horrible many huge buildings skirting the reservoir road Opp also is owner of depths to which man’s greed and selfishness can the phantom city of Oppville, at one plunge humanity overnight—with scarcely a thank- time a rip-roaring, thickly popu you in return. lated camp. the month of May and And after all the years of debauchery, murder and the During first week of June 106 cars car 221 people have visited torture the world has but one explanation to offer: rying Squaw lake, according to D. M. War! But, it now seems, the ghastly and wanton de Wagner, residing at Dividend Bar, is interested in keeping tally struction of the spark of life on the battlefield is but who on the matter. one of the minor consequences of the right to fight for The road to the lake is in good Coming as a welcome money as shown by the fact that one’s country. We all remember how there just was no a condition, model T flivver trailing a boat saver for Jacksonville and en reached the lake without the use virons, an eight-day sale is an room for the vets when they returned to their native of chains. As for fishing, the re nounced in this issue by C. C. land — jobs taken, many wives and sweethearts gone, port is that “some catch ’em, and Chitwood, of the Jacksonville some ’t.” unemployment and chaos. Today, as illustrated in the E. don pharmacy. Drug products, sun G. Trowbridge and a friend dries, cosmetics, cameras, lo picture printed on the front page, what was once the from Medfcfrd were among those tions and astringents, tooth the week-end at the moun backbone of the nation is now regarded as nothing spending brushes, picnic supplies and tain resort. dozens of other needed items but a nuisance of hungry bums greedily marching have been placed on sale at • E i w i n Anderson, Coronado onto Washington to demand payment of a bonus the Beach. Calif., and Hamilton Lyon, reduced prices by the local San Diego, were visitors in Jack pharmacist until June 18 and richest nation on earth claims it can’t pay without sonville this week, Anderson being his action will enable buyers to bankrupting all of us. The police of our capitol city a relative of Leonard Swensen, save as mudi as half on some of Leonard’s cafe. While here articles. Mr. Chitwood has been reluctantly feed them as so many hoboes and discour owner the pair visited Crater lake, being adding to his stock and takes this means of meeting—and in age their arrival. But, still the backbone of the United the first to register at the resort hotel this season. They stated on many cases underselling—com States, they continue to advance on the political center their return from the lake that that petition of the chain stores of body was partially frozen Wednes neighboring cities. He is to be by the hundreds and thousands and aver they’ll stay day morning and that quilts were commended for his action and until the bill is passed. in great demand at night. They all who are in need of anything had planned to sleep in the open in the drug line would be wise The demonstration may not be according to demo but the 20-foot snow on the ground to drop in the first few days their minds. Cabins are of the sale and look over the cratic ethics, and again it may be. But there is one changed still completely obscured with a wide assortment of present-day (Continued on page two) white, frozen blanket. products and remedies. Move Mill to Oppville T/ie Editor Speaking What WAS the World Saved For? 221 PEOPLE VISIT AT SQUAW LAKE Chitwood Stages Huge Drug Sale