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The Jacksonville Miner
Published Weekly at
JACKSONVILLE, OREGON
T he J acksonville M iner
What WAS the World Saved For?
(Continued from page one)
CELEBRATES 80;
GIVES BERRIES
was with a group of friends that a
girl remarked that her brother was
coming west and wanted a driver
und helper and a man to gather
sage brush for fires. This adven
turous youth accepted the Job. Dur
ing the trip he reached hiH seven!
te«nth birthday.
His first job in the new country
was in the mines in Utah, and it
was five years later in that stute
that romance crossed his path and
he married. Since that time he has
worked at many occupations, in
cluding blacksmithing, freighting,
farming and mining. Mr. Powell
says he likes sou^crn Oregon cli
mate, but other thun that, Utah
holds a place in his memory as the
best location of all. Some of his
best friends were found among the
Mormons.
One of his favorite possessions
is a butcher knife he started seven
years ago, and he worked on it in
three different states. The blade is
made from a cross-cut saw, and the
handle once held a mighty position
in the shape of a deer’s horn.
thing certain; after three years of wishy-washy poli Reaching the age of 80 years is
Entered as second-class matter tics, soft pedaling of the true conditions of the coun something of an accomplishment.
February 19, 1932, at the post office try, promises of prosperity just as soon as this or that But bestowing tokens of kindliness
upon one’s neighbors in honor of
at Jacksonville, Oregon, under the
the
event is even a greater achieve
legislation
is
passed
by
our
politicians
and
money
act of March 3, 1879.
ment and one which all might well
grabbing by interests which already practically con wish to attain. C. IL Powell of Big
LEONARD HALL.. Editor and Publisher
MAUDE POOL....... . .......„ Applegate Editor trol the nation’s wealth it is high time for a change Applegate became an octogenarian
June 3, and on that day presented
of
influences
at
the
capitol.
Steadily
the
economic
con
neighbors with rounding baskets of
Address All Communications to Box 118
glossy red strawberries from his
Subscription Rates, in Advance:
dition has grown worse, with all of us suffering as a own
garden with a reminder of his
One Year____ $1.00
Six Months-------- 50c
Headquarters:
celebration. Mr. Powell, who spent
consequence.
Every
mother
’
s
son
can
see
plenty
on
THE NUGGET CONFECTIONERY
day at the home of his son,;
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every hand—overproduction, an abundance of every the
Dewey Powell, at Medford, holds]
thing, and in the same glance observe poverty, hunger in high esteem the coincidence of
his birthday anniversary with that
SLANTS
and want.
of King George’s of England.
Enioying comparatively good
We believe it is these things, and not pure selfish health,
on the Earthquake
except for rheumatical in
ness, which has prompted the bonus army to move in terferences, and still retaining the
By MAUDE POOL
to drive a Ford, Mr. Powell
on Washington to do a bit of lobbying for themselves. ability
continues
to care for his garden
In the dark, silent hours after
and
home,
which are the pride of
Their
claim
that
“
we
fought
for
this
country
and,
if
midnight, when a quivering bed in
his life and the nucleus of his am- I
fused in the mind of a profound necessary, we propose to run it’’ is not as communis bition. Perseverance and a creative
With the rubber problem solved,
sleeper that the earth was quaking,
desire form the keynote to the hap a great war couldn’t deprive Amer
tic
as
it
may
at
first
glance
appear.
It
would
mean
came the vague but satisfying recol
piness of his solitary life and the ica of any necessity except chewing
lection that really nothing serious merely the transplanting of the men who actually did success of his remarkable garden gum.
could be happening because reliable the nation’s work into the seats of those who produced and home which grew with ambi
tion as the propelling force from a
old southern Oregon is free from
the frightful phenomena affecting nothing themselves but spent the fruits of those who mere cabin among the pines a few
ago.
other parts of the world.
did. Of course, taken as a whole, the bonus army years
Now
there is a woodshed, well,
Harold B. Gillis
******
might make darn poor politicians, but who can say reservoir, fence, garage and flow
A serious-minded woman sick at
ers and trees, ample rewards for
PHYSICIAN AND
heart because an earthquake oc that would be a disadvantage? The trouble is now that hours o patient labor. His method
SURGEON
curred and she slept on, unable to one group runs the country while another fights its of digging his well is commendable.
get in on the thrill of it.
He descended a ladder to the bot
Office in Jacksonville
A sickening sense of fright at Wai's and pays its bills.
tom of the well, filled his bucket
dirt, and climlxsl qut again to
midnight dispelled with the idea
Sanitarium
Of course we don’t expect any drastic action or dis with
windlass up the bucket, trip by trip,
that had anything dreadful hap
Hours— Mon., Wed., Fri., 9-12
pened the frogs would not be sing orderly uprising on the part of the bonus backers un excavating to the desired depth.
6-9 Every Evening
ing.
. . . less aggravated into such a course but it is easily pos Evidence of busy days is seen in
A serious story of a midnight
every nook and corner about his
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tremor shot to pieces with the im sible that Washington will feel their influence and be place. There are the home-made
plication from a doubtful listener
tools fashioned from auto parts; th«-
that something was under the bed come duly respectful of their weight and numbers. It hoe, wheelbarrow, dust pan and the
rake, each one of which he fondly
and that a snorer was about.
is plain that, during such troublous times as these calls
"Henry,” all showing a re
Another thriller ruined with the
Medford
past
few
’
years,
the
ballot
box
furnishes
too
mild
an
markable
degree of adeptness and
accusation that the narrator had a
originality
of
ideas.
dream.
agent for shaking up our lawmakers and divorcing F >r companionship he has his
Typewriter
A creaking house and a dreadful
them
from
growing
indifference
to
the
people
and
dog
and
his
car,
which
he
also
noise caused a mother to investi
Exchange
gate the possibility that a member their real needs. An emergency exists—and the vets, terms “Henry." Sometimes “Henry”
refuses to go, and that causes
of the family was sleep-walking.
Typewriter
using the same tactics taught them in the World w*
ar, trouble.
******
Charles Powell is a pioneer of
Specialists
Many people refused to believe 18 are going to meet that emergency with action and de the west, but he has been an Ap
hours later that anything unusual termination. They are going to show’ a nation that w’as plegate resident for only seven
Corner Main and Grape Sts.
had occurred, one remarking that
years. It was by a chance remark
Medford
he had read a week ago about an darn glad to feed them and w’ave flags in time of war that he left his home in Illinois and
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earthquake in Mexico.
crossed the plains to the west in
that
it
always
has
its
army
with
it
—
and
how!
They
1869. It was one Sunday when he
Some delightfully happy to think
that they had been awakened and are going to demonstrate to the nation that, although
thus let in on the strange exper they do not all have college educations, they do have
ience.
, w’hat is more vital—experience and common sense,
Our idea of no job at all is to be coupled with a will to do things when the occasion,
a bill collector during these years
arises—and we predict it would be w’ise for Washing
of Hoover prosperity.
ton to heed their reasonable and just demands and
PORTLAND RANKS THIRD
thereby prevent Lord knows w hat.
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It might be remarked that Port
land was one of six cities in the ROTARIANS TO BOOST
mer. The following Rotary commit- j
United States that made individual
tee is in charge of this unique ad- [
SOUTHERN OREGON vertising project: Tarney Steward,
gains in the dollar volume of build
ing permits in March as compared
chairman; Walter Leverette, Hor
with March of last year. Now, it
The first official showing of a ace Bromley and Rod Waters.
may be provincial to rejoice that , series of beautiful scenic paintings
Portland is fortunate rather than designed to attract tourist travel
Claude (Shorty) Stevens, mem
that most of the other cities of the to southern Oregon was made at •
ber
Medford fire department, I
country, including Los Angeles, are [ the Medford city park Tuesday and was of in the
Jacksonville
Saturday fore
unfortunate, in this respect. But no caused much favorable comment noon coaching the local
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one would deny us our satisfaction from those who viewed these speci firemen in the art of fire volunteer
fighting,
when we merely compare Portland mens of modem advertising art. care of equipment and laying of
with itself, temporarily setting the This unique advertising project, hose. Many helpful suggestions
other places to one side, and note I which is being sponsored by the were offered by the towering smoke
not only that Portland issued per Medford Rotary club, is expected: eater to Chief Wilson and his sev
mits for $2,319,615 in building in to draw thousands of tourists to eral assistants. He played a return
March as compared with $677,750 this territory this season by telling
for a short time Wed
in the preceding March, but also a picture story of the many scenic engagement
nesday
evening
of this week, when
that this big figure was more than attractions in this vicinity. The Ro the regular weekly
drill was held
11 times as great as the total for tary panels feature beautiful oil for the volunteer firemen.
the preceding month of February. paintings of Crater lake, Lake o’
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Incidentally, in actual volume of the Woods, Diamond lake, Rogue • Vacant houses continue to be
building, Portland was third in the river and other vacation spots and
in this city and last Sunday,
nation, outranked in totals only by will be placed in prominent loca scarce
when
the
Barrie family, here in
New York with close to $7,000,000 tions at five-mile intervals on the
with the Jacksonville
and Los Angeles with $$,464,480.— Pacific highway north and south of connection
Gold
Mining
company, moved from
The Commonwealth Review.
Medford. Other panels, bringing out Lula Saulsbury’s house on South
the agricultural, industrial and edu Fifth street to Ross Scott’s house
cational advantages of this section on South Third street there was
If things keep up at the present also will be displayed to advertise
rate there’ll soon be a lot of high southern Oregon as an ideal place another family ready to move right
in. John Heckert, who was awarded
priced cars parked in front of the to live.
a
contract to transport school chil
poorhouse.
Only a few of the proposed pan dren beginning in the fall, was Mrs.
els were on display this week, oth Saulsbury’s new tenant. Improve
ers being in course of completion ment work is being completed on
OREGON HAS 160 PLANES
by the Cleveland studios of Med the Fifth street residence by F. W.
Oregon, with 160 airplanes, of ford. Of special interest was a ser Clogston.
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which 87 are licensed, stands twen ies of four paintings showing the
tieth in the states of the union in origin of Crater lake with each step • Bill Canaday, who with J. B.
respect to plane ownership, it is faithfully portrayed by the artist. Hulse has been mining on the for
indicated by a study recently com This series proved of great educa mer Macintosh property with regu
pleted by the aeronautics branch of tional benefit to many local people larity since winter, continues to
the department of commerce. The who were not familiar with the glean handsome cleanups from the
total number of planes in the coun process of formation of this famous backyard diggings. This Daisy
try was 10,672, of which 7553 are scenic wonder. Much favorable com creek yard has been one of the
licensed. This state is twenty-first ment from the tourist is expected richest back-door mines in the city
in number of pilots, with 221. The to result from this series, as well as and seems to be as dependable as
total number of licensed pilots in from other panels, which are varied taxes—always turning up some
thing new. Canaday early this year
the United States 17,628, of whom in design and coloring.
512 are women. New York stands
Plans are being completed for the bought the small house and lots on
first in number of aircraft, licensed early installation of the panels well Third street at a very reasonable
and unlicensed, with 1203. Califor in advance of the start of the tour figure and has managed to more
nia is next with 1193, and Illinois ist saason, which is expected to than pay for the property with gold
third with 719. California leads all break all records because of the produced literally under the back
states in number of pilots, with Olympic games and the numerous porch.
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3380, followed by New York with national conventions which will be
1787 and Illinois with 1097.
held on the Pacific coast this sum-
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