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About Jacksonville miner. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1932-1935 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1932)
The Jacksonville Miner — a great world!” (Did we hear a strong enough to withstand the second, or was that an off-key j savages. Fublithtd Weekly at It was now that James Cluggage bronx cheer?) and .1 11 Pool*, who are often er- JACKSONVILLE, OREGON . roneously credited with tho Ini tial discovery, came into the pic ture. Possessing the necessary Entered as »eecnd elasa matter February 19, 1939 capita) they outfitted and led tho at the poxt office at Jackaontllle, (Ireton, under expedition to the new bonanza In the act of March 3. 1879. cidentally, from this time on we Editor and Publisher LEONARD HALL find no mention of the young men who actually made the discovery. ...Applegate Editor MAUDE POOL.. Arriving late in December or Address AU Communications to Box 138 •Ort) in January of the following ( Subscription Rates, in Advance: year ('luggage and Poole, with One Year.............. $1.00 Six Months................ 50c their associates. James Skinner Cluggage and Poole Not First Headquarters: and a man named Wilson, located | Discoverers Rich Gulch THE NUGGET CONFECTIONERY 400 feet along the stream which Telephone 162 Millions in Gold was henceforth to be known uh Rich gulch. By R. CLAY CHAPPELL Despite the utmost secrecy news Unfortunately little effort to re- of the rich strike, where men could cord the early history of Jackson rock out a pint of gold per day, (Continued from page one) spread like wildfire and before of their years, had Indians, the ville was made until most of the spring hundreds of miners had actors in those stirring pioneer rush for gold, the fight for mere rushed into the district and every existence and the job of hewing a scenes had passed away or their available foot of ground was staked dimmed by re- memories had been home from absolute wilderness to out. expend their energies on. They morseless time. As early as February a store was Out of the maze of conflicting could, when imbued with an itch to "take a chance,” throw caution traditions that have been handed opened in a tent by Appier and Kenney of Yreka, Its stock was to the winds, shoulder a rifle and down it is almost impossible to rather meager in the necessities of establish accurately the date and take a lone jaunt through the life but there was a plentiful sup woods, join an Indian-fighting regi location of the first discovery of ply of whiskey which was perhaps gold or even the names of the ment or saddle a burro, promote a more important. grubstake and get entirely away lucky finders. The first log cabin was erected from the world. As fiearly as can be gleaned, in at the head of .Main street by \V. But today, 1932, what can the the early winter of 1851 two young young buck with three squares a men traveling the old Oregon trail W. Fowler and soon after clap day (if he’s lucky) and plenty of from the California gold fields to board houses with real Hawed ambition do? Take a chance? Sur-j the Willamette valley camped one floors and window frames, begin — grab a pint of moonshine, jump night on the ittle plain where the to appear among the tents, for a ia a high-powered car and run the town now stands. It was then a small mill had been built at the risk of landing in the bastile, es i grassy meadowland traversed by upper end of the valley and lumber cape of which might be just fs two sparkling mountain brooks and was also being whip-sawed at the thrilling as sazing one’s scalp a the following morning they found modest price of $250 per thousand By mid summer the rude mining generation ago. Tt day every young their pack animals grazing along fc”ow’s biggest adventure general the banks of a small rivulet tribu camp had changed into a solidly established town and with the ly is his first re.1 “drunk.” Ms ts- tary to Daisy creek. transformation had come, too, the c«-pe from modernism and the ma- As one of the travelers stooped csine age. Hainrful no end, and to drink of the crystal waters he plagues that thrive upon easy mon ey. Saloons sprang up like mush certainly a vice. was startled by the gleam of yellow rooms; gamblers, harpies and That is just one of the many particles thickly scattered among slickers of all types flowed into problems we hive, with the aid cf the grains of sand. It was gold! the new El Dorado; faro, monte cur blessed civilization and con Virgin gold! and roulette flourished unre stant “advancement,” placed in our Wildly excited they rushed back strained, and entrancing strains of midst and is of our own making. to camp for their frying pans and music and the voluptuous charms When we settled the wilderness, so rich was the deposit that even of the dancing girls helped to sol put redmen on reservations and with these crude utensils they soon ace the “honest miner” as he part machinized our lives we removed panned out several teacups full of ed with his duBt. those chief outlets of a virile, am the precious metal. But notwithstanding the loose bitious race and our children, born Fabulous wealth lay at their feet and reckless character of a large of such blood, must look to escape yet there were many difficulties i portion of the population and the ment from convention and ration in the way of recovering it. Sup fact that the territorial laws had alism for an outlet And. lather plies must be secured and, worse, i not as yet become operative in the than condemn and punish the they were surrounded by hostile town, crime was exceedingly rare younger generation for present cir tribes which rendered peaceful This may have been due to that cumstances, we should be a bit working of the claims impossible. higher, sterner law than can be more sympathetic and tolerant. As the only practical solution they found in any written code and And, summing it all up, we sug struck out for the nearest settle which has so often been Invoked gest for this week’s "famous last ment. which happened to be Yreka, throughout the old west for the words” the hackneyed phrase, "It’s to outfit and recruit a company protection of the pioneers—the neoples’ court. In Jacksonville its findings were singularly just while its decrees were inflexible and its punishments certain. The first court of this character convened in the camp was in 1852 to consider the case of a gambler. Brown, charged with wantonly shooting to death a miner named Potts. W. W. Fowler was chosen judge and a jury of 12 men selected. The trial was then conducted in a calm and the and orderly manner under the rules of right and wrong, devoid of all legal technicalities and when, after due deliberation, Mr. Brown was found guilty he was promptly hanged to an oak tree near the present site of the Presbyterian (Established in 1881) church and buried on the snot. The court then quietly dissolved, refusing to claim further jurisdic tion. but the lesson was highly ef fective. The following year, 1853, so many The Jacksonville Miner PAIR DISCOVER GOLD RICHES IN CITYCENTER The Editor Speaking While You’re in Scenic Southern Oregon Don’t Fail to See the Famuos Applegate Valley SECOND STORE IN JACKSON COUNTY disputes arose over water rights ! and mining claims that the people decided to establish a permanent court and appointed a man named Kogers as “alcalde/* after the Spanish style, with unlimited jur isdiction. He Hoon proved to bo Incompetent and unworthy of the high position and finally handed down such an unjust decision that the miners rose en masse and an grtly demanded Its reversal. The alcalde stubbornly held his ground, however, nnd for the moment they were hnlked until someone logical ly suggested that the power that coud create an alcalde could also cicnte a surperior alcalde. This the miners promptly did, tho decision was reversed and justice tri umphed. (To be continued! • .Mrs. I). ('. Kunkier of Thomp son creek, who went to California two months ago in the hopes of benefiting her health, has become worse and is In a hospital, accord ing to word received on Iho Apple- gute. She und her husband hud been residing ut Fern. « * ♦ • Mrs. Harold Nelson und daiiK^ ter Marcella of Thompson ciJB are among those employed in MiT ford’s fruit Industry. Harold B. Gillis PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Office in Jacksonville Sanitarium Hours—Mon., Wed., Frl., 9-12 6-9 Every Evening PHONE JACKSONVILLE 81 The Best Known Landmark in Southern Oregon AMY’S PLACE In the Middle of Everything Chicken Dinner Served with All The ’82 Trimmings COME IN FOR A REAL PIONEER SPREAD— NEAR(LY) BEER AND ALL AMY C. DOW, Proprietor PHONE 293 The Placeto Get Good Home-Cooked Meals HOT DINNER SANDWICHES Headquarters for THE JACKSONVILLE MINER THE NUGGET Sandwiches, Fountain Drinks, Candy, Cigars, News Barber Shop and Pool Hall in Connection SOUND HORN FOR CURB SERVICE John W. 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