The Jacksonville Miner
The Jacksonville Miner
PAST RECORD OF C. E. (POP) GATES
Pubhihtd Wttkly at
JACKSONVILLE, OREGON
■sterni u eeeond-elan satter February IS, 1833
at the poet office at JaekaonHIIe. Ortfun. urvler
the aet of March 3. 1ST*.
LEONARD
MAUDE
HALL
POOL..
Editor and
Publishtr
...Aptlofato Editor
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By JOHN BYRNE
be a plain bunt, or hit and run.
With two already on. he may au
tomatically gu out on a Pop fly.
(An Editorial)
Some of the candidates may
Where was Jackson county 20
think
they have the ball hid
HE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE and a small contingent years ago?
den, but the voters are keeping
Answer- Near Medford
of the Old Guard politicians who have backed C. E. Gates
one foot on the base and wait A
ing for November 8.
as an independent candidate in the race for county judge, lav History records tome in
great stress on his business ability. They lay special emphasis
stances in the past where peo
This is the first honest to-God
on his business administration when he was mayor of Medford.
ple have talked themselves to
i depression we have had for a long
death. History may repeat It
They must have concluded that people have forgotten the
i time, and the first some of us have
self here on November 8.
Gates administration; otherwise, this feature would not have
1 over witnessed, and w<> propose to
get all the enjoyment out of It
been mentioned. Many people, however, still remember, ami
G.O.P.—GREAT ON PROMISES!
i
possible. The editor has Intimated
fortunately, all records have not been destroyed. And we are
in no uncertain language that It
A Portland guy thought bls dodge
recalling to mind a few instances and times the voters of
would be nothing more than good
was faster than his wife's delivery.
Jackson county should ever bear in mind.
I sportsmanship to ease up on Hoo
T
It wasn’t.
ver. but wn beg to differ with him.
Now these supporters of Gates
Hoover Is into It. and must run
boost him on the point of economy
ford, subject to mortgages in
A candidate's delivery may
the gnuntlet and take his medicine,
and assert that he will reduce taxes
favor of Union Central Life In
be rather deceptive, but his
Ho has been a big target, and a
and place Jackson county on a
surance company, for $5000:
(Continued from page one)
wind-up
is very easily figured
good
sport, and has taken his rax-
business basis. The only way that
mortgage, dated January 29.
out.
a real grudge battle between K. O. one can judge what a person may
zing gracefully. It would be a
1931;
consideration.
$8,420.
(Vol.
Herb White, scrappy
Medford do in the future is his record in
shame for the American people to
94. page 317. Mortgage Records.)
ADVICE TO HUNTERS
comer, and Denny Barker. Reno the past. Pop Gates' administra
i sot up a now target now In theso
slugger. It seems that White al tion tilted the taxes of Medford C. E. Gates and wife to Union Sav
Shake well before taking aim, I days of economy, when the old one
ings Life Insurance Co., lots 10.
most had Barker out on his feet each and every year while in
ir hit too hard. It is hard to hit could be whitewashed over and
I
11. 12. block 9, Queen Anne ad
in Klamath Falls the other night power. Instead of reducing the tax
the game.
made to do another four years.
dition to Medford: mortgage,
when his opponent slipped in a levy, the Gates administration uni
knees
are
weak
as
day
old
If
dated October 16, 1930; consider
knockout blow which floored White
brew.
formly raised it as follows:
ation, $5,000. (Vol. 91, page 617,
for the first time in his career.
Just pass the buck to the moun HIGH SCHOOL PAPER
Mortgage Records.)
K. O. Herb believes he can reverse
tain—dew.
STAFF READY FOR DUTY
12.6
1917
the outcome this Saturday night at
C.
E.
Gates
and
wife
to
Farmers
12.9
1918
the Medford armory and his host
and Fruitgrowers bank, lots 1, 2.
The American people now
Publication of a semi monthly
15.0
1919
of southern Oregon friends are
3 and 4. block 3. City of Medford:
have a wonderful opportunity
high school paper 1« scheduled to
15.9
1920
anxiously awaiting the curtain
mortgage, march 9. 1932; consid
to practice faith, hope and
start within a few weeks, it wan
15.9
1921
raiser at 9:15 p.m. to see a fight
eration, $9.252. (Vol. 96. page 88.
charity.
announced this week. Staff for the
which doubtless will be long re-
Mortgage Records.)
publication, which has not yet been
Each year shows an increase un
membered.
The depressions In the hill« are given a name, will Include the fol
til 1921, when it was the same as C. E. Swallow vs. C. E. Gates and
H. Hutton: judgment. July 9. full of hunters trying to Iron out lowing: Andy Smith, editor; Remo
1920. The tax this year was kept
the wrinkles with doe meal
Lillard is to be commended for the same by increasing the water
Kime, assistant editor; Hannah
1932; $8,216. costs $61.90.
the high class cards brought to rent 25 cents per month on each Wm. Idling vs. C. E. Gates, et al,
Nunn, business manager; Berna
We knew time« were pretty
southern Oregon through his ef- and every consumer under the Med
dine Arnold and Vivian Card, ex
transferred from Benton county:
bad, but we were surprised
forts, and the last bout, held 10 ford water system, and diverting
Charles Ward,
change editors;
b,
judgment.
August
5,
1932;
days ago. was one of the best shows 1 this water rental money to the tax
when sawbones got all het up
sports editor; Alice Walton, assist-
$2,25457. costs $168.
over poor old Uncle Sam ad
ever witnessed in Medford. A six- fund. The records prove the truth
,.nt shirts editor. Valera Wlnnln.—
DELINQUENT TAXES
ministering
a
little
needed
round semi-windup will bring out of these statements. Ix>ok on the TAXES—Lots 1, 2. 3 and 4. block
ham, society editor; Doris (’lai'
medical
attention
to
a
suffer
Medford’s coming heavyweight, Bob back of your tax receipts from 1917
advertising
manager.
3. Medford:
ing public. The next thing we
Christean. fighting a stable-mate of to 1921, inclusive, and see for
Printing of the paper. which was
1930
$1,652.88
Barker. Jack Larson. Jacksonville’s yourself. The figures are perfectly
know, the Undertakers Benevo
a decided success last year, will be
1930 (personal, Att.)
910.83
own fighter, Emerson Babb, is legible.
lent society will be registering
handled by the typewrltlnK classes.
1931
1.630.16
a kick at the slow process of
slated to tangle with Young Han-
Gates’ administration was the TAXES I-ots io. 11. 12. block
malnutrition.
saker. kid brother to one of the most wasteful and profligate of any
A man said, "As I get older I
Queen Anne addition. Medford:
redheads who put on a real fistic that Medford has ever had. The
1930 ....
132552
become less sure of everything."
Green
into
circus at the last fight. Roy Harris Gates administration wrecked Med
Hunter
(coming
312.44
1931 ....
Nature endows youth with un
of Phoenix and Roscoe Stewart of ford’s $500,000 water system, which TAXES — Apple street property, campl: I bet I got the biggest tow limited self confidence. Otherwise
head you guys ever saw.
Ashland will perform in one of the was then less than 10 years old.
the struggle might seem hopeless.
Medford:
Cook: Yeah, they must be pretty By the time a man Is 60 he has
three
four-round
preliminaries, and abandoned the water to Pat
1132.10
1930
which will fill out the full program Welch’s irrigation system ;
tame in this neck of the woods.
1931
130.29
been proven wrong so often that
the
Green Hunter: Yes. the old doe frequently he Is robbed of Initia
of 24 fast rounds.
Gates administration ran the city
was ear marked and had a bell on tive Only the strongest souls can
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[ of Medford more than $50,000 fur
Several of the local boys, playing ■ ther in debt; the Gates adminis
keep their Ideas fresh and their
with gloves during the crisp fall tration brought about the “Hanson
The utterances of some of
enthusiasm alive after they pass
evenings, have been preparing Refunding plan" which consolidated
our candidates sound like an
Into middle age.
themselves for Lillard’s programs, the paving, sewer and water main
old phonograph record, dug
After 60 most of us should devote
and probably will be seen in ac assessments, etc. In this consoli
out of the attic.
ourselves to teaching young men.—
tion before long. They have been1 dation scheme, in the neighborhood
William Feather.
The rattle are coming out of
wont to gather under a street light of one million dollars in bonds
Approximately 100 persons—not
in front of the old courthouse, don were issued. They were long-term deducting Jackson county’s liberal the hills. Ed Binns Is still fighting
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leather and go after each other In bonds, drawing six per cent inter cron of lndei*endent candidates— the beef trust. Hoover steers the
true professional form, gaining not est. Pop Gates was delegated by gathered Tuesday night here to ship of state and the cow man
only healthful exercise, but also1 the city council to sell these bondB. hear Earl H. Fehi give vent to his states the steers to ship.
fundamentals of manly protection At this time, the bond market was views on the political situation and
which comes in handy at times. exceedingly good, and many little explain why he believes he should
It looks like Doc Keene has
pulled a fast one. He is well
Two or three of the more apt stud cities the size of Ashland and be the next county judge. His
qualified to fill the position and
ents of fisticuffs have reached the Grants Pass were selling five per speech lasted about an hour and
PHYSICIAN and
point where they can almost hold cent bonds, in some instances at a culminated in a general handshak
we hope his efforts will be
SURGEON
their own among a gathering of ■ premium. But Pop Gates had a ro ing which resembled a family re
crowned with success. Wilson
independent candidates and emerge mantic report to make, which was union at the little church on the
will no doubt give a good ac
Office in Jacksonville
without having given a single elec spread under a "screamer” on the crossroads.
count of himself. We hope any
tion promise.
little differences which may
Sanitarium
National,
state
and
county
mis
front page of the Medford Mail
arise will be bridged over, and
Tribune. Pop reported that on a carriages and abortions were dealt
Hours—Mon., Wed., Frl., 9-12
neither one will look down in
The other day we were fortun- I trip to Pelican Bay he met some with, dissected and the proper rem
6-9 Every Evening
the
mouth.
ate enough to win an electric clock | bond buyers from California, and edy—election of himself—explained
for a few cents and proudly bur- they climbed up on Eagle Ridge. by the republican nominee for coun
PHONE JACKSONVILLE 81
We are not able to figure the
ried home with the novelty to wind ' and sat under a juniper tree one ty judge during his stump in the
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the thing up. Noting that it kept moonlight night, and thereupon old county courthouse. Few fire play on Pop Gates, whether It will
accurate time down to a split sec these California agents bought all works were set off for the expec
ond every week, we started an in i of Medford’s bonds; the best bonds tant audience and applause at the
vestigation of
the contraption that were ever issued by any town, end of the session was scattered,
which revealed that it was con | all of them drawing six per cent The talk was wound up with an ap-
trolled by a master clock which interest, knocked off and sold by peal for contributions to offset
regulates the alternations in direc Pop, under a juniper tree by moon rental charge of $5 for the hall,
In former years thousands of dollars of county money was
tion of electric current which was light, at par. Leastwise, that is which belongs to Jackson county.
lost in a bank failure. Two bank failures In Jackson county
available in any ordinary light what the city received for them.
After the talk Jacksonville’s por
during my term as district attorney, involving 8125,000 of county
socket, all for the trifling price of
Soon afterward he commenced tion of the audience was button
funds, with absolutely no loss to the county.
FOUR CENTS or less a month. the structure of his large concrete holed by the score or more inde
There will be a reduction of 15 per cent In the budget for
Electricity used by such a device is business building on Riverside ave pendents present who seem to fol
this
office for 1933 under what it was for 1932.
so slight that, alone, it will not nue, also his swell residence on low public gatherings like barflies
turn an ordinary light meter. We the Queen Anne Heights. Pop’s po- around free lunch. The male por
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never thought the power octopus litical ambitions expanded, for he tion of the listeners, for the most
would stoop to wind and set our
forthwith became a candidate for part, retired to the Sunnyside Ath
clocks, let alone charge less than
governor. Since then, he has been letic clubrooms to elect Little Earl
50 cents a year for the service!
for District Attorney
a member of the State Fair board, and assure themselves there was
no
opposition
to
be
feared.
Right
which he lost while Olcott was gov
Speaking of distance, The Miner
ernor; then Governor Patterson wing of the club, however, threw
now travels as far away as Hono
appointed him as a member of the j a dissenting opinion into the dis
lulu, T. H. Seven states are in
highway commission, but he lost; cussion and swung sentiment to
cluded in the present subscription
ward the opposite party, it is al
list and requests have been re this position after Governor Meier leged. The members finally com
ceived for the paper from New was Inaugurated, and the governor promised by both factions con-'
explained why.
York City, Texas and the middle
demning the independent aspirants
Indeed, Pop Gates is some fi-| who are attempting to wrest theI
west. Although business has been
tough, money scarce and times nancier—not only in public but in jndgship from the regular party
harder than a taxpayer’s heart, private business. If you disbelieve warhorses.
circulation has steadily Increased this, look up the records for your
The matter was pigeonholed by
to where we believe this paner has self, and you will find that he is the Athletic club political commit
the largest weekly paid-i
sub- now in debt in mortgages, judg tee to be taken up again November
ments, and delinquent taxes, in a l 9 and the local voters were casting
csription list in Jackson county.
sum approximating $90,000.00. Here about at a late hour last night for
And in this connection we would is the record taken from the Jack-1 a fresher topic of conversation.
like to call your attention to a new son county records. Read this and
Miner feature, “Topnotchers,” to decide whether or not you wish to
Some of those who spend their
Headquarters for
be found on page four for the first place this kind of a financier as time trying to improve others
time this week. Drawn by Kettner, head of all the financial affairs of could stand considerable self-im-
THE JACKSONVILLE MINER
nationally-known artist, this new Jackson county:
provement.
sports cartoon will be a regular C. E. Gates, et al, to Spokane Sav
weekly feature. Another of Ket’s
ings and Loan Society, lots 1, 2, i One of the blessings of a
creations, a weekly editorial car
3 and 4, block 3, Old Town of erate business depression is
toon service, will be inaugurated
Medford: mortgage, January 5, it chills excessive optimism. Many
about next week. These additions
1927; consideration, $40,000. (Vol. business men would expand them
to the columns of The Miner were
75, page 85, Mortgage Records.) selves into hankruntcy if they could
made possible entirely by the co C. E. Gates, et al, to Jane Kent, | get sufficient credit from bankers
Sandwiches, Fountain Drinks, Candy, Cigars, News
operation of the paper’s readers
part block 4, City of Medford: and machinery builders. In fact,
in increasing the number of paid-
mortgage, dated June 26, 1928; J undue expansion of productive fa
Barber Shop and Pool Hall in Connection
up subscriptions to the present
consideration, $8,500. (Vol. 85. cilities Is a major cause of depres
status which, we promise, encour
Mortgages, page 114.)
SOUND HORN FOR CURB SERVICE
sion. Thus the evil is its own cor
ages us to do even better and to C. E. Gates and wife to Jackson rective.
PHONE 162
work harder in producing an in
County bank, lots 10, 11, 12, block
teresting newspaper.
9, Queen Anne addition to Med-
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