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About Jacksonville miner. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1932-1935 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1932)
T he J acksonville M iner Jacksonville, Oregon, Friday, September 30, 1932 Volume 1 Speaking We can all remember the lesson taught us at an early age—that It: is wise to avoid bad company. Most of us took that advice and, when our playmates evidenced traits which we disproved, or gave the appearance of rowdyism to others, we feared we would be judged by the company we kept, and severed friendship and association In the most convenient manner. Number 40 PRES. HOOVER Thinning Ranks Oregon Pioneers FIRST GAME OF OFFERED SHARE Meet Again in Annual Banquet SEASON ENDS IN IN STAR MINE SCORELESS TIE Prominent Speakers from Over State Address Southern Oregon Pioneer Association Members; Recall Early Days and Laud Settlers’ Undying Spirit Coffman, J’ville Miner, ProsDects Bright for Game Extends Sympathy, Aid Coming from all points of the | 'ho right thing. You are a fl’icr, Today With Medford compass, from all over the Pacific sweeter people, brought ui> in ’he to Mighty Engineer Junior High coast and Oregon, southern Oregon s'adow of those hills. Heri In pioneers more than 200 of them— s' ithern Oregon there Is true l'i:- Uncle Sam's postal employes ¡ gathered in the Masonic hall in i i< ¡,y.’’ Jacksonville’s rough and tumble were busy this week forwarding Jacksonville yesterday for the an- Recalling the scenes of the moun football team last Friday held Ash a letter to Herbert Hoover at nual dinner served by the South tains and canyons, viewed be/er* land’s second team scoreless in a Washington. I). C„ dispatched by ern Oregon Pioneer association I1'-, "lights went out,’’ the blind edi hard fought game before a large Ike Coffman of this city, who an- The banquet was for early settlers tor continued In explanat on crowd. The game, which was a pre And it was demonstrated the nounced yesterday that he had ex- and their descendants, members of Every calamity, every piece of hn<| liminary to the Ashland-Dunsmuir first of this week that grown ups tended bls help to the nation'.! the association. n»ck has Its compensation. The encounter, ended in a 0-0 tie. and radio stations have not forgot first man. Coffman, who has been Once each year the pioneers and ducation, the first of which I The fray, filled with interest and ten the value of that advice. Like a prospecting up Star gulch for sev their children form a pilgrimage ti gained in the old Log Town scacol action, started with Ashland receiv hot potato raked from a bonfire, eral years now and who has met the former metropolis of an em ins enabled me to carry on. It n?.‘ ing the ball; a fumble and the Medford’s little Fehlure and his with more or less meager results, pire in the making. For one day kept me from the hand organ sad Jacksonville boys took possession editorial cohort are being dropped went into detail to a Miner reporter out of each 12 months the old set l.n can. I owe that to .Jacksonville.’ and followed with a series of line Turning to a review of pioneer bucks to make first down, but were by all who had taken up with them. and revealed that Herb has noth tlers and their descendants gather ing to worry about should things In southern Oregon’s first settle hi'tory, little stories ot the ea v forced to punt. Although outweigh Sympathy rackets, one-time get- go wrong November 8. ment to relive the glamorous days, Mr. Irvine said of the i»i>- ing the local boys, Ashland’s men The letter, which might arouse events of their youth, feast on na lx ers: "They led the greatest ctja seemed unable to penetrate lines rich-quick scheme of ne'er do-wells, seem to have found their way into interest at the White House and ture’s choicest morsels and bring i.!ie> served the greatest end and of their opposition and the Jackson the Rogue river valley. One candi possibly start another senatorial to mind hardships, privations and tl.<y led the most beautiful life. ville backfield gained about two r.Kie pleasant experiences which 1 hey saw gold, not in a sense </ yards to their opponent’s one in date for county judge, harnessed Investigation, reads as follows: "Jacksonville, Oregon gave birth to Oregon and made I treed, but as a great asset.” by law because he lacked the abil scrimmage. Their first desire, their find f.viible the carefree, safe and en- ity to harness himself—as normal "Dear Mr. Hoover: The pigskin during the greater thought, he further explained, was nart of the game was kept toward “In view of the fack that you .( yable life now prevalent. people do—has been attempting to Renowned speakers and promt- the thought of home. The home in the center of the field, but several turn his punishment into financial has made a faleyur of your job contributions by those of his news- as pres, of these United States, and ;.<nt citizens of the state were stfnct enabled those weary travel times reached shadow of both goal readers who are Inclined to also in view of the genril lack of pic*rnt to address the meit'»-,!' lers to bear up under the peri " of posts. Highlight of the game was sympathetic. Like the parson employment throughout the coun • arks of the association. B. F. Ir i the trail, where between 25,000 and when Bud Reinking, chunky signal who bellowed three hours telling try. I has a proposition which I vine. blind editor of the Oregon 30,000 perished to find final rest in barker for the home talent, inter ,*<uinal, Rufus C. Holman, state unnamed graves. his flock money was the root of all would like to offer you. cepted an Ashland pass, ran 65 "It was the thought of the yards to reach the one-yard line "I has been prospecting in Star 'ivaturet, and Emil Biltt, pres'dci*. evil and then passed the collection plate before he’d turn them loose,! gulch for sevrll years and found •f *he association, addressed the hearthstone that enabled them to just as the gun sounded. A split Fehl's accusations of graft, corrup It to be poor pickins and I thought reefing and brought forth tear.» carry on, and it was througn the second more and Jacksonville’s tion and miscarriages are aimed maybe I could trust you as a part of I ¡.ppiness and pain when past I gallant deeds of those men and in scrappers would have won their solely t<> fill his own pockets with ner in my mine there. You see, it iistory and legend was reviewed trepid women that the very founda first game of the season. tion of Oregon was built. It Is for money and procure for himself Isn’t worth much and I wouldn’t uii't honored. Colorful action was rife during be rlskin much on you anyway. I ’ T he real beauty of this souib- you, the native sons and daughters the entire contest and Ward, Roger county funds and power. beared you was a engineer at one ern Oregon country,” Mr. Irvin?, of pioneers,” he added, “to thank and Preston Card showed up with And If the proof of the pudding time and I thought maybe you’d • net a boy of Jacksonwille, toll his God that you are privileged to be plenty of fight when ft was needed Is In the eating, the Judge Norton like to try a fling at gold mlnin, ruuience. which crowded the li«:l a part of that great last west, and “Connie” Combest loomed aa recall movement is the first taste so I says to myself, 'This guy to lhe stairway, “Is you peor'e. which they made possible." good center material. Don Forbes, "In all the stories of man, the who looked good at end, dumped Jackson county has had of the at Hoover needs a break,’ and decides Von don’t know what you are out tempt of two 1932 model Moses to maybe It wouldn’t be so bad to I < re in tms marvelous setting. N< story of the trek of those men and Ashlanders with ease to open holes )<• needs to be a parasite, no on? women who took the Oregon trail in offensive plays. Paul Hess, a set things aright, put God back In have fresh blood on the projeck. needs to cheat to build. No uco Is without parallel.” "I will be waltln an answer by His heaven and law and order Into combination end and fullback, (Continued on page four) every pantry crock. It seems, too, return mall, but don’t thank me— i'ids to do the wrong instead «•? | nlayed a fast game and smashed through many of Ashland’s line that to those who really know both I'd do as much for any guy in a sides of the ill advised recall plot jamb. I and overthrown governments as bucks and end runs. "As ever, As guards Gilbert, Rhuten and the first taste was terrible. long as sidewalks are lined with IKE COFFMAN.” benches for comfort of members Brown did themselves proud in as While speaking of politics. we i “P. 8.: Would you please bring and Beech Nut plugs hold out. An- sisting Pitts and Johnson, tackles, might add that the November bal- a huntln dog along? Times is going , other feature of the local club | to stop Ashland. Coach Ray Hun lot in .Jacksonville will contain sev-1 to be tough this winter, and the rooms is the fact that some of the saker’s small but scrappy band had eral local names, none of which supply of rattlesnakes and coyotes biggest bucks, bear, rattlesnakes many of the earmarks of veterans are certain at this date. A mayor, as foodstuff Is fast dwindlin. I have and gold pockets have been shot, in their first appearance after a two councllmen. city treasurer and a good flashlight." captured and dug out from a com ' series of intense workouts. Hun recorder and justice of the peace fortable seat in the historic old saker was all smiles after the big are to be decided upon, and It Is town, the dead-eye huntsmen mere battle and seemed proud of his known that several of the incum Sun’s Soothing Ravs fought ly leaning forward in a convincing warriors, who made up for their bents lack the desire to reappear| ' posture as they relive the days j lack of weight with plenty of ag As Leaves Turn Brown; on the ballot. County and national gone by. It is nothing to see Cali gressive spirit and sportsmanship. Politics Are Solace The local boys have a somewhat politics have been so absorbing and I fornia street piled to the curbs rosy outlook in the game scheduled so full of fireworks we nearly over-1 Twenty-four hour operation, con with game and gold dust when club this week with Medford junior high looked the green pastures right tinuous Rave for a few brief stops Marking the return of autumn ' members really get a-goin’ good. here at home. The local situation for minor adjustments, was inaug weather, cool nights and chilly The Shadyside Athletic club, at Medford Friday afternon. Line has been known to boll and seethe urated this week by the Jackson shadows, the Jacksonville Shady known during the chilly months as ups, according to the coach, will in its own right in years gone by. I ville Gold Mining company, Ltd., side Athletic club moved its loung i the Sunnyside, is a cross-section be: Backfield—Ward. Relnking, R. In its mill here. ing parlors to the sunny stretches of pioneer life in a small town Card, Hess: ends—D. Forbes. G. gr4^The young republicans, gather-1 According to L. Houghton, gen of California street this week. The which has refused to travel with Heuners; tackles—H. Pitts, P. ^BVing under the chairmanship of eral manager, the huge 25-ton unit transfer was effected with little : the dodo, and daily basks in all Card; guards—Leonard Gilbert, El Jack Porter of MAI ford. the other is expected to turn over without comment and was undisturbed save its deserved glory and comfort liott Rhoten; center—W. Combest day organized for the good of the hesitation for several years and for an occasional squeak of an age alongside a busy highway watching Game will be played on Van cause. And. following hard by, the will be stopped only for regular ing limb. a hurrying world dash past un-i Scoyoc field at 3:30 p.m. young democrats of Jackson county maintenance and adjustments. Ore The Shadyside club, which is an awares of the wealth of thrilling started a movement toward organi stored In blns at the Old Town unfailing barometer of the chang i truth and fiction idly whittling a zation, and will meet Wednesday. mine is sufficient to feed the mill ing seasons, accepted the advent | hickory limb. October 5, at 8 p.m. at the Holland for some time and further explora- hotel In Medford. Starting as a jibe, Hon and development of the mine of fail and its accompanying de crease in temperatures In a matter- the republican youngsters have is expected as soon as attention can of-fact manner, as it has for the The biggest deer story of the hallenged the young demos to aihe diverted from the new roller M^haller past 50 years, and seemed to wel season occurred in the Star gulch ebate > on whatever subject regard- ¡ gold mill on Jackson creek. ^^ed as least likely to end in a free- section a few days ago. Applegate Noise caused by operation of the come the transition from shaded folks are inclined to believe It all for-all. One prominent valley law outfit which borders the old cerne -I retreats of city streets to the sunny yer, commenting on the sugges- tery road has been negligible, and benches. A semi-yearly task, the a mistake, but the narrators de These are the days of goldeu clare their eyes didn’t deceive tlon, said that probably the young somewhat reassuring to residents i swap was accepted as signal for demos and repubs would end up | of the town, who have been trained fall housecleaning, moving in of harvest. The chipmunks and blue them. Lester Scott of Central Point shoulder to shoulder bucking the Into skepticism by failures here stoves from the woodshed and the jays are storing away the acorns, and Ray Anders of Medford failed before. Continual hum of electric j r^tocking of merchants’ shelves of and most of the people are anti to get a buck on the trip, but they rest of the state. motors and muffled roar of giant winter variety of chawin’ terbaccy, mated with the same feeling. say a wildcat jumped from a tree Two of our Industrious Apple on their cot where they were camp The young republicans, remindful rollers crushing and grinding ore of the stove-spittin’ kind. Jackson of Joe College himself, will he a day and night seems to carry with ville club members are renowned gate ladies journeyed down the line ed. Minute details of the attack are contrast to the suggested organi It a rhythm and undertone of re for sweet aroma arising to heaven recently on a blackberrying expe out of reach, but friends report one zation of democrats of tender turning activity In this section and, as each chewer hits his niche in dition. They got plenty of berries, of the men can tell how his com- years, who are expected to be re as one small boy put it the other the old stove door a little later on but there are some things worse I panion yelled. when they are driven indoors en than an erratic or one-armed cruited from the ranks of just we day, "sounds like there’s sure sum- tirely. The following men are among the driver. A guy trying to locate a I successful hunters here last week: (Continued on page two) pin doin’ on the ole crick." Gloomy prospects of another win- , buck in a patch of brush up on lOrie Phillips, who killed a buck New amalgum plates were In stalled early this week, replacing ter of more or less privation have Wellington butte, and at the same dressing 151 pounds, which he has 174 QUARTS FOUR HOURS an experimental agitating pan, to been offset, however, by the pres- j time inadvertently stepping on the I entered in a Medford venison con ence of an election year which gas. is a dangerous combination. gest: Lee Port Jr., Henry Kubll, RECORD ’GATE WOMEN gather free milling gold. The ladies riding in the trailer Kenneth Miller, Dean Saltmarsh, Within a short time it Is ex promises a gala show of plain and fancy campaigning, ballyhoo and to keep the berries from tipping Edward Kubli. Cecil Jelllson, Wal pected there will be an open day It is not known definitely wheth er or not Applegate holds the rec held when all Jacksonville and bo'oney. Always one of the athletic over were like the guy who put his ter Miller, Leonard Andrews and ord for speedy canning, although southern Oregon will be Invited to club’s most popular subjects, this I money In the bank—they both lost Roy Miller and Allen Kromlng, who the women of the community are view a modern, up-to-date gold mill fall’s political squabble offers no their balance and one received a were hunting here from Hubbard. small amount of choice material for left hook in the eye. proud of the record of 174 quarts In full operation. nassive. active and heated debates Rlack eyes and black berries. It • After spending a short time vis of tomatoes and prunes canned in John Winningham was operated on the merits and evils of both lo is reported, "to the victor belong iting southern Oregon friends, Miss less than four hours by 20 women. Helen Kubll returned to her home ,_ Members of the numerous com- on In Medford Tuesday of this week cal and national aspirants. Shady the spoils." near Junction City Tuesday and ^MMunity clubs met at the Applegate for a painful but not serious af side Athletic club members are an (^■rhool house last week, prepared fliction and Is said to be recovering ticipating a pleasant fall and win • Gold sales for August, according exnected to leave shortly there complete a day’s work, although rapidly and completely. Dr. Harold ter, what with not only a presiden to G. W. Godward, local gold buyer, after for Portland, where she plans lack of fruit resulted in only a few B. Gillis of this city and his father, tial election, but also a judge re increased somewhat and were a to enter nurses’ training at the hours work. Mrs. Mabel Mack was Dr. J. B. Gillis, were surgeons call movement kicking up quite a contrast to the expected return Multnomah county hospital. fuss, Abraham Lincolns and Jesus from the parched hills nearby. present to oversee the canning. A called on the case. Christs running rampant over the Generally dry months slow produc • Henry Mankins of Sterling and tin can sealer was used in the county offering their services to tion of gold, but this summer has brother Carl of Medford, beekeeo- • Among those motoring to Tal process. been an exception, probably caused ers, left Monday for a brief sojourn Club women are meeting for fur lowbox within the last tew days gullible voters. It is predicted there will be no by more Intense work and greater to Red Bluff, Calif., in the Interest ther work October 5, when toma- were Mrs. John Cantrall and Mr. and Mrs. Phil Whitlock ot Medford. local visions of world upheavals number of prospectors in the bills. of their business. es and pears will be canned. Ike SHADYSIDE A. C. SHIHS HAUNTS AS FALL NEARS 24-Hour Operation at Gold Mill Inaugurated Blackberries, Eyes, Greet Lady as Driver Scan». Hills for Deer Panther Makes Poor Bedmate, Hunters Say
