T he J acksonville M iner
Jacksonville, Oregon, Friday, October 14, 1932
Volume 1
STRAW BALLOT
CRAZE REACHES
MINER’S PAGES
The Editor
Speaking
Month after month we pursue our
daily routine, seek elusive dollars
ami enjoy life as we can, Immersed
In th«; battle for exlstenc«! ho deep
ly that wo Holdorn gllmpHc th«- won
dor of the twentieth century and all
Its Improvement« In living «tand
ard« and government. And then
about every four years, when poli
tical machinery 1« set In motion,
w<* begin to view th«- nation as a
whole and not as an endless ex
pans«- of little «-«immunities, each
complete unto Itself. W«« aort of
gain jxirapectlve by backing off Into
a seldom used corner to lo«>k at a
nation which, to coming genera
tions, will be thought of as pioneer
among selfo- government of the
world, and on«! which made the
most remarkable progress In all
time.
A Lot of Decoys
Yielding to th«- popular craze for
casting straw ballots, The Miner
fills week breaks down and prints
on«- of the derned things for the
entertainment of readers, and also
Io fill that little Idank space down
in the bottom of page one. Of
course everyone realizes that straw
ballots mean nothing at all. ac
complish little and the hay used
would come in handy to bed down
the hired man with when winter
comes, but here goes.
First, let us state that all ballots
are to be cast In the nearest waste
basket, which Is where they belong
anyway, and second, that you may
as well vote for Governor Roose
velt for president, because we won’t
count Hoover votes anyway. That
By LLEWELLYN A. BUNKS
Is the nice thing about being «nil-
tor w«- are darn certain just how
The Jacksonville Miner straw bai
lot vote Is going to com«! out!
You and YOlT and YOU: Get
busy right away and cast your
'¡'he Jacksonville Miner repudiates President Hoover —
straw ballot to the wind to see
which way th<- political boloney Is whatever that means.
blowing. Join the gala parade of
1 his paper, and this writer way over on this side of the page,
Miner Straw- Voters! Yield to that
feel
they cannot further (?) support the present Head Man for
inner voice' Give expression to
your Hidden Desires! (Also good another term of office in what was once a fair land.
for athlete’s foot, H. O., dishwater
(Note: No scripture will be quoted in this column today; we
hands, halitosis and backward
misplaced
our booklet. “A Quick Reference on How to Mis
speech.)
P. 8.: In case you still insist. quote Holy Script.”)
you will find The Miner straw bal-
But let us look to the underlying causes of why we feel
lot printed at the bottom of this
Hoover cannot be supported by this newspaper. (Desk thump
page.
ONCE IN A WHILE
“President Hoover Repudiated
Theirs will be th«! view of the
mountaineer, perched on a high
precipice, who watch«-« a long cara
van down In the valley below wind
ing In an«l out. always headed in an
easily discernable direction. Yet the
members of the caravan, down In
the lowlands, can see only a maz«-
of hills surrounding them; dust an«l
dirt from many feet; a few miles
ahead at a tlm«- anti n«» glimpse of
the ultimate goal they approach.
They are lmm«-rHc«J in the labor j
and conflict of progress, think it
pulnful and unjustified, while the
man on the high perch sees only ,
that progress Is—or Is not—being
made; he is too far away to sens«* j
the grief and misery and sordid
ness of the maun.
QUICK WORK OF
LOCAL FIREMEN
RESCUES HOME
Moderate Damage Caused By
Blaze in Upper Floor of
Dunnington Home
Agin ’Em and Fer ’Em Ballots
to Be Cast in Nearest
Waste Basket
Our children's children will not
see th«- mud slinging and two by
four politics resorted to «luring
every election, but will view pass
ively and with more or less mild
interest the product of our turmoil
—our national leaders and results
of the principles for which they
aod.
Number 42
Starting from a defective flue,
and burning unmolested for several
hours, a fire partially destroyed
the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. E.
imnington, for years residents of
Jacksonville. The loss was com
pletely covered by insurance.
Receiving a call shortly before
noon last Saturday, Fire Chief Ray
Wilson, Fireman Donald Dorothy
and Hubert DeHass rushed equip
ment to the scene to find a smoul
dering, hidden fire eating away the
upper portion of the two-story
home. Main was tapped and the
500 feet of hose on the truck was
found to be inadequate and it was
thought advisable to ask help from
the Medford fire department, as
rear of the dwelling could not be
protected with equipment available
here. The blaze, which was placed
under control within a short time,
burned several holes in the roof,
charred parts of the upper story
interior and caused some water
damage to household furnishings.
Fireman Dorothy, while forcing
entry through an upper story win
dow, painfully cut an arm on
broken glass, but escaped serious
injury. A Medford hose truck ar
rived within 15 minutes after the
local department was called, and
assisted in completely subduing
flames. Erroneous reports had been
printed in daily papers stating that
the home had burned to the ground
and that the entire town had been
threatened till the arrival of the
Medford truck. At no time was the
blaze beyond the control of the
local department, and Chief Wil
son sent in the call only as an
added precaution due to lack of
sufficient hose here.
ing offstage.)
First, we once were in old Mexico, and again we also were
10 Years Faithful
in Canada once, too. And, when we returned to our native land
we were quite thrilled then we approached, a both places, huge
Service Is Record
signs informing the traveler that beyond was the United States
of City Treasurer of America. Truthfully, it was stirring to glimpse, from the out
side, this great nation of ours, and never before or since have
We, In the midst of an election
Completing his tenth year of
year, are up to our eyebrows in the faithful service to Jacksonville as we been moved to such a feeling of patriotism as when we LOCAL BOYS TO INVADE
matter-of-fact procedure, sprinkled city treasurer, C. C. Chitwood, lo stood outside the best country in the world and read the simple
GLENDALE GRID TODAY
with strife and callousness, and cal druggist, will appear on the statement outlined in great letters. ‘‘United States of America.”
cannot glimpse today from distance fall ballot for reelection to this Im
And then we came back into this country—no later than a
Departing early Friday for an in
which gives clarity to our actions portant post.
vasion
of the Glendale high school
year
ago
—
and
came
back
to
earth.
and obscures the hardship endured
First serving In 1923, and con
It Is up to the voters every four tinuously since, Chitwood has han
We saw not the greatest nation on earth, but unemploy football field, Jacksonville’s high
eleven will uphold the honors of the
years to decide whither we travel dled
aproximately
$100,000
of ment, hunger, want, starvation; and on every hand stood fields old town—or at least do its best—
- and looking back, we'd say our Jacksonville funds during that per burdened with grain and orchards loaded with fruit. A compos
in a game scheduled with that city
caravan has done a bit of coasting I iod and. when books of the mu
today,
according to Coach Ray
ite
picture
of
plenty
and
want
in
the
same
glance.
And
tfjen,
be
downhill, and that It was time to nicipality were audited a year ago
Hunsaker, mentor for the locals.
start advancing again.
lieve
it
or
not,
we
started
to
think.
it was fournl that the treasurer had
Ward, Reinking, R. Card, D.
We looked at President Hoover who, since his entry into
accounted for every cent of city
We never would have believed it money and had kept books for the i our national politics, has become one of the wealthiest men in Forbes, G. Hueners, H. Pitts. Leon
ard Gilbert, Elliott Rboten, W.
If we hadn’t heard it ourselves, but entire time without error or loss.
the other night we listened in to a City officials have been unanimous Washington. We glanced down his cabinet and noted that it Combest and F. Coffman are ex
radio program broadcast from Med in their praise of the druggist’s represented billions of dollars. The poorest man picked by our pected to be among those making
*«rd which presented some repub- service and are hopeful that he president to guide the destiny of a more or less unanimously the 60-mile trip. Paul Hess, who
an stump orator who went to will consent to reelection Novem-
suffered a broken shoulder in a
hard-up nation was several times a millionaire!
eat lengths, rose on his toes and her 8.
game two weeks ago, has been re
And then we remembered one time when we were down covering rapidly, but will be un
actually blamed the democratic re
IflRUPR,
Bond issues, refunding
gime prior to 191R for the present sinking funds and other revenues and out. We needed help, and naturally sought it. We discover able to participate in football again
depression!
and finances of the city have been ed that the very ones who could afford to give a starving print this season.
in Chitwood’s care and have neces er a day’s work were the ones who most zealously guarded their
Hoover had nothing to do with
sitated much burning of the mid I shekels. And we also discovered that the very ones who were Little ’Gate School
It, save for his phenomenal ability
night oil at the druggist’s home to but half a jump ahead of our own plight opened not only their
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keep affairs of Jacksonville In an
Plans Big Friday
orderly and legible manner. Tax hearts but their purses to our aid. They had been hungry. They
collections and water rent pay had been broke, and they remembered just what fun it was not.
YREKA SENDS HER
In view of the fact that the
ments have been lagging in the
So,
when
the
man
who
had
been
down
saw
another
in
a
like
schools
are not having the usual
GREETINGS
past two or three years, the treas plight, he promptly sympathized in a material way. layed off educational display at Medford this
urer stated yesterday, and have de
year. Little Applegate school is
According to H. H. Farley,
prived the city of much needed one of the few days he was working that week and gave us the planning a big afternoon on Fri
one of the many Jacksonville
funds, but Jacksonville has been opportunity to work in his place and replentish both our dwin day, October 28, when they will
residents who attended the Gobi
no exception as municipalities go, dling stomachs and spirits. The regular employe who hadn’t have their own school fair at the
Rush days celebration at Yreka,
and has been rather fortunate in missed a day’s work in 43 years hung onto his position and school house.
Calif., last Friday and Saturday,
meeting current expenses and
In addition to an exhibit of art
whimpered because a hungry substitute had showed up, and
citizens of that town were very needs.
and
numerous kinds of school work,
appreciative of the cooperation
"A few dollars are now deposited growled because a printer, footloose and anxious to work, had
and support of this pioneer to the city’s credit,” Mr. Chitwood not been chained to some distant city. We believe we learned a the children will have their pets
on display. Ribbons will be award
town, which furnished the in added when Interviewed this week,
lesson
in
human
nature
that
time,
which
could
easily
be
applied
ed for the prize winners, which
spiration for the two-day re “and 60 per cent of levies is an
will be chosen by three judges in
establishment of the former min ticipated from tax collections and to the present troubles of a nation as a whole.
the
district, according to the teach
I
ing camp.
And therefore, we ask: “What does a multi-millionaire
water rent during the coming
er.
Miss Ethel Houston. Athletic
"We are very grateful to year."
know about the needs and desires of a laboring man out of events, including racing and high
Jacksonville as a whole, and to
Its many citizens who attended
our celebration in particular,"
was the word brought back by
Farley. “We want southern Ore
gon to know that we appreciate
sincerely its cooperation and
help In putting our relief pro
gram over so successfully, and
look forward to the time when
we can return the favors."
Farley, who is floor manager
of the Jacksonville Saturday
night dances in the old U. S.
hotel, reported that he was
treated as a king when it was
learned in the California town
that he had been one of the
workers in the jubilee held here
last August. He was warm in his
praise of the program offered
down south and added that "I’ve
never before had such an enjoy
able time.”
A concensus of opinion, gathered
from prominent townspeople, indi
cates a unanimous approval and
appreciation of Chitwood’s untir
ing service as city treasurer and
it is anticipated that his election
again this fall will remain unop
posed. There is a small salary at
tached to the work.
I
Harold Crump of these parts is
an authority on wild bees. He
claims a bee line is the shortest
distance between two objects, and
also that under certain conditions
bees will add great impetus to one’s
speed. Harold also remarked he
would rather have a honey bee in
his bonnet than a political bee.
Asked to explain, he said the swel-
ling was apt to not be so pro
nounced and one got over it more
quickly. Anyhow, bees are bees.
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(Continued on page two)
MINER STRAW BALLOT
(TO BE CAST IN THE NEAREST WASTE BASKET)
Do you intend to vote for Hoover for president?.................................
If so, tell whether you fell from a high chair or a second-
story window at a tender age.................................................................
Do you favor the repeal of the Eighteenth amendent?.......................
If not. do you use three and one-half, or four, pounds of sugar
to the can of malt?.......................................... -........................................
Ik) you favor the recall of Judge Harry D. Norton?...........................
If so, how would you like to get canned yourself? (Earl
Fehl barred from answering this one)................................................
Do you favor cleaning out the courthouse, lock, stock and
barrel?............................... u,...........................................................................
Would you like for your employer to Ret the same idea about
his business?........................................................................................... —
And lastly, do you favor a law prohibiting straw ballots?................
If not, go right ahead and try to make us count this one.
jumping, also will be listed on the
program. The pupils will maintain
a candy and soft drink booth, and
will sell balloons.
Proceeds from the concessions
will be used to buy group pictures
for the school. Everybody is invited
to come and enjoy the afternoon.
• O. D. Owens, who had been on
a wild manhunt with sheriff’s pos
se the past few days, visited with
his wife and family in this city
Wednesday evening.
• Frances and Grade Wakefield,
known to the radio world as "Lou
and Sue, the Harmony Twins,” are
expected to contribute to the en-
tertainment program being offered
by the Jacksonville grange tonight
in its regular meeting here, Several
other entertainers and speakers
also will be present.