T he J acksonville M iner
Jacksonville, Oregon, Friday, November 11, 1932
Volume 1
\ The Editor
Speaking
Well, It certulnly looks an though
the mitlnri hatl till’d of I loovt-i *|zlng
for a while . . . lUid of aeveral otli’-r
thing* also, Including a prohibition
luw that fall* to prohibit, anti n
prole« live tariff that falls to pro
tect.
*
Ami <>n every hand we have
heard < xiiw dona of happlm-* that
th«> lection watt ho decHIv«’ back
ing the iidtnlnlHtrallon for ’lit- corn
Ing four yearn with a «lemocratlc
congress Hitch as the nation ha
never before ««-rn Now there will
be no alibis for the next Incum
bent“ and It Is our opinion that the
platform u on which the bottrbotiH
were HW.’pt Into power will prove
to be a benefit tr> the nation and a
crctlll to the party.
CITY UNCOVERS
Number 46
IN VOTE TOTAL
SEVERANCE AND
FICK WIN NEXT
COUNCIL POSTS
'or th Precinct
Votes Dry
South Section Drips
Two to One
)• mocratic Swing Pronounced
—State Offices Go to
Republicans
Well Ma, What Did I Tell You
I’allln'’ In lln<- with «tale «enti-
Favoring the first two to enter
ment toward th«- And«*r«on bom-
the city council race, Jacksonville
dry law. Jack onvilh- last Tuesday
voter: selecterl E. S. Severance, in
vot«-«l '(self into til«« w< t column of
cumbent councilman, an«l Peter
Or« con municIpalltlcH by a d«-ci«lvi-
Fick, to serve this community for
majority, 243 against 229.
the next two years. John Norris,
vho was induced to enter the race
But mo t surprising of all, was
in the last few days of the cam
Ih«’ fa«-« that the north half of th«-
paign. received a lagging vote.
«dd town, which )
««-«m milk ami
b«»n«-y flowing gingerly alongside
All other offices open were filled
a g-«-af lream of Intoxicants In it
by the present incumbents, there
«1: y, was dry. while th«- south sec
having been no opposition on the
tion, accordine to th«- vote, win al
ballot for them. .Mayor Wesley
most two to one for rep« al. It would
Hartman, City Treasurer C. C.
upiienr that throat« dry more «-asily
Chitwood
and City Recorder Ray
*
th of California «tr«-«-t, dividing
f
ol«-man
were
reelected. Holdover
Now, to come closer to home, wo It”« of Jacksonvllle'« two precinct«,
councilmen are Jim Cantrall and
would nay the crop of "I told you arid that somehow those living
. Clint Dunnington.
koh ” I h somewhat light thin year
north of th«- thoroughfare care )«■««
Both city precincts followed
Maybe It’« ItecauHe they’re too over for ll«|uor. Or maybe It’s th«- hu
closely the final results in county,
joyed nt the outcome to add inwult midity.
state and national offices an«l save
to Injury But on the other hand we
't least this much I h certain, as
for state posts, were almost unani
have noticed a bumper crop of good
ra« pointed out this week: The
mously «lemocratic in choice. Jack-
loser« ready to accept def« at and outhern half of Oregon’« first miri
sonvillians seemed to have little
joi);«’ th«’ most of it for after all
ng camp Imlds true to past his
sympathy for the Jennings move
President
«booting |u over, democrats ami
Representatives
(2)
tory and apparently has no terror«
ment, giving the present sheriff
8. N.
republicans are brother« under th«» at canting
S. N.
a ballot according to
third place, with Schermerhorn and
Pr. Pr.
akin and both po«««««« stomnchs
Pr.
Pr.
conviction, “I can go over the roll
Beeson first and second, respec
1 >:i y
59 123
109 1 17
which have developed too many «all In th«-
I loover
north precinct,” stated
tively.
Pop (the Weasel) Gates ran
145
111
Roosevelt
Porter
wrinkled.
78 120
a re«|d«-nt of that section yester-
a p«xtr secon«] for the county judge
13
9
Thomas
De A rmond
61
82
«lay, "and point out more than half
ship here while Earl Fehl, the re
A canvas* of th«- local ballot re
First Congress
103 122
Kelly
publican nominee, received more
91 119
veal« that Jacksonville voter« fol- th«- voters who harvest grape« be
Mott
District Attorney
yond all normal need, throw empty
than
half the entire ballot. Day and
i I 101
lowed closely the re- lilt« over the
Starkweather
Briggs
41
69
Kelly
were selected as state repre
«■ntlrc state Th«’ ratio and decision malt cans Into th«- dump and jump
Secretary of State
Codding
68 115
sentatives
and Codding carried the
99 137
of the lot al ¡toll parallelled that of every time an automobile backfires
Hoaa
Wilkins
83
73
for fear it is a batch of beer which
city for district attorney. Wilkins,
97 126
Wisecarver
all Oregon but varied a bit In the
E.
E.
Kelly
....................
1
was bottler! a bit too soon popping
Daily News’ independent candidate,
T reasurer
county content«. Thl« city voted
County Judge
off
How
they
conscientiously
carrie«! one of his few precincts in
Holman
131 168
wet, favored Schermerhorn, ('«Hi
Fehl .................................. 133 129
voted dry 1« beyond m«-. unloks
this city—south Jacksonville.
54
84
.Maloney
ding and F’ehl for the more Im
Gates ................................ 48 72
they
wanted
to
nave
the
thrill
of
Governor Roosevelt carried both
portant office« and gave Jennings'
Senate
Phipps i .............................. 28 72
disobeying a law.”
precincts here, with a total ma
97
98
Stelwer
write-in move third position on the
4
14
Pipes
It was explained, however, that
jority of 104 votes. Thomas received
79 146
Gleason
ballot Applegate cast three vote«
Superintendent
County
Schools
the
great
number
of
S«-venth-Day
22 crosses. Hover 182 and the presi
Referendum Measures
for the pre««nt sheriff in Tuesday’«
Bowman
128 188
Adventists living in the north pre
dent-elect 286. Stelwer, Mott. Hoss
Voting «¡ualifieatlon—
elect Ion.
Roge
58
76
cinct swung the vote there Into the
an«l Holman won out for state po
95 128
Ye«
S. 11. ( art«-r
3
1
sitions, by a slight margin over
88 117
No
And while on this Jennings prop abstlnance column. The Adventists
their democratic opponents.
County Commissioner
Trial without Jury—
osition, we'd Ilk«1 to refute on«- of ar«’ regarded as some of the coun
The fish bill carried by a fair
Billings
........... 84 127
Yes
97 147
the claim« made by th«’ official« try’« most righl an«l sincere drvs.
and
their
convictions
were
appar
margin
while the Zorn-Macpherson
Pankey
81
112
133
No
185
of the "Committee of 7000” which
school moving bill received but 14
Tax limitation -
aponrore<| the write-in move. We'll ent In the final count, totals re
County Clerk
yes votes in this city. The personal
90 134
Yes
admit that the vote Ralph attract <| vealed Prominent citizen« feared
135 184
Carter .......................
income tax amendment bill was
78
96
No
was a« fine a tribute to an office to make nny statement regarding
........................ 64
Ulrich ........................
82
voted down here as was the state
Oleo tax—
holder as 1« po««lble, but on th«- the probable cause of the other
D. S. Meyer*
1
water power bill. The general trend
34 120
Yes
other hand It doe« not Indicate a half of town going wet. frightened
Sheriff
was toward “no” on all referendum
165 153
No
"county-wide desire to retain the perhaps by the possibility of les
Beeson ..........
..... 63
72
measures on the ballot.
Rogue closing—
sheriff in office.”
We'll explain sening hospitality in that section
Rhodes
..........
....
2
3
should
undue
publicity
be
accorded
The total vote, approximating
19
114
why.
..... 62
81
Schermerhorn
its personal like«.
500. was the largest ever polled in
70
81
Zundell ..........
48
..... 42
this city for many years, and the
Education appropriation—
Although some few fear that ex
Although J< nnlriK« «fill may be
Jennings
..... 37
77
city election attracted the unusual
36
Yea
21
counted In a« sheriff, there were cesses will develop from the change
County Assessor
ly large number of about 230 voters.
but 3814 voters who favored th«’ In th«’ Oregon «tatus. many have
No
152 209
Coleman .................
122 178
Write-Ins Included Littell, Bishop,
Prohibition repeal—
write-in candidate and thought he pointed out the fact that, save for
Heard
............................
80
93
Perry and Dick Coffman for con
127 116
Yes
should ho retained even though he a hit of first week celebration, the
stable
of the Jacksonville district,
County
Treasurer
ultimate
result
will
be
greater
tem
No
74
155
wax defeated In the primary. On
which Walter (Mike) Burdell won,
Walker ............................. 140 211
Bus bill—
t_he other hand just 9032 Jackson perance nn«| a diminishing of glam
and other write-in preferences were
Autrey ............................. 55
57
Yes
31
54
uinty citizens couldn’t subscribe our which prohibition has placed
expressed by some for Jennings as
County Coroner
153 204
No
the mov«' and voted for other aroun«! the serving of forbidden
sheriff. H. W. Conger as coroner,
Perl .................................... 161 234
three to one nectars In the home. One of the
University removal—
Nearly
«•an didates
E. E. Kelly district attorney and
Conger ............................. 8
4
Í
Yes
7
against Jennings, yet by a laRt- greatest temptation« of «trone
Susanna Homes Carter as superin
Constable Jacksonville District
No
194 262
week Intensive campaign the com- drink today ha« been the adventure
tendent of schools.
Burdell ............................ 146 201
Tax control—
mlttee of 7000 took advantage of anti risk Involved in indulgence,
Apparently the write-in move
Littell ..............................
1
Yes
57
75
a split ballot and squeezed in their and as these syntheti«- values an-
sponsored by Lem Wilson’s "com
Bishop ..............................
101 130
1
1
No
man, claiming a county wide de lessene«l desire for the mountain
mittee of one” fell through. Lem
Art Perry ......................
1
1
mand for his continued «ervice«. dew will diminish, It Is thought by
Tax supervision
had suggested Ed Coffman as pen
.. 40
Dick Coffman .............
Yes
98
1
1
The wishes of a fourth of th«- vot many free thinkers.
manship candidate for district at
City Election
106 129
At any rate. It has been said,
ers are about to be Imposed upon
No
torney as a satire on the general
Hartman ............ ...........
225
the county when three-fourth« are many bootleggers, undercover men
Income tax —
trend in this election.
Fick ............ ....................
79 112
196
opposed to the move. So much for an«l expensive prohibition officers
Yes ......................
Norris
....................
;
.........
101
133
will
have
to
look
for
honest-to-God
79
the InjiiHtlceH of politics.
No .......................
Severance ......................
185
work and papers will cease to
Water power—
Applegate
Ray Coleman ...............
..... 81 108
220
But don’t Interpret our stand on print the phrase, ’’the raid was
Yes ....... ............
95 126
Chitwood ........................
227
No ......................
the write-in move to indicate any made by federal, state, county an«l
to Central
Meet
pernonal opposition to the man. We city officers” when one man could
supported JennlngH In the primary have handled the job. Federal en
Applegate clubworkers
and were greatly disappointed at forcement has proven equally as Frantzen
Bums Wednesday Busy Day are Eleven
attending
the special meetings
hl« defeat. But wo never once con- effective in other states, it is
of
the
Jackson
county recreation
Coleman
’
s
Court
Last
Week,
Total
Loss
known,
and
doubtless
will
save
(Continued on page two!
club being conducted at Central
Oregon
taxpayers hundreds of
Breaking a fall of judicial in Point grange hall this week by D.
thousands of dollars annually which
The Roosevelt campaign will
Palmer Young, professor of public
Saturday
Grange can be applied toward reducing an : long be remembered in the minds activity, Wednesday Justice of the | speaking
and dramatics, from Ore
already overbearing tax burden.
of Mr. and Mrs. Frantzen of lower Peace Ray Coleman presided over
state college. Work taken up
Dance Huge Success “I’m mighty glnd to see Oregon Applegate whose home was com- two impromptu court sessions gon
wake up and realize that the An pletely dstroyed by fire a few when State Policeman Folsoin pre by Mr. Young includes play selec
tion, casting, directing, stage set
The first important event to be derson act was an extravagance nights ago while they were attend sented a pair of customers to his
ting and make-up. Meetings are
[
honor.
she
could
not
afford
and
get
down
ing a republican rally at the local
sponsored by the Juvenile Grang
being
held Wednesday and Tliurs
Howard I^anterman of Ontario,
er« of Applegate was a huge sue to rationalism ami destroy the law hall. Neighbors rushed to the scene
day nights, and either Friday af
before
It
completely
undermined
of the blaze, ami succeeded in sav Oregon, was apprehended near this
cess, judging from the reports of
th«> participants in their dance Sat respect for all state laws,” a well- ing part of the furniture, Mr. and j «’itv with a loaded rifle in his car ternoon or evening.
Grange representatives from Ap
urday night. Tim general commit known Jacksonvlllian stated this Mrs. Frantzen were informed of and was fined $25, which was sus- plegate include Mr. and Mrs. Frank
week.
Although
he
would
not
per
their loss by Frank Knutzen, who >ende<i. The firearm, of high power
tee In charge Included William
Knutzen, Herbert Elmore, Mrs.
Aubrey
Taylor,
Bobbie mit use of his name, h«’ Is known had passcfl their home enroute to caliber, was confiscated by the Tom Mee. and Mrs. Jack O’Brien.
Clute,
the rally. Loss was partially cov court and Lanterman was ordered
Brown, and Charley Offenbacher, as a strict teetotaler.
Home Extension unit workers in
The repeal of the Anderson dry ered by insurance.
to pay costs, which netted $4.50.
During the evening Chester Lind,
clude
Mrs. A. N. Krause, club di
master, gave a short talk In which act, not only here but over the en-
Charles M. Riford, of Crescent rector, Mrs. Fred Offenbacher,
The house is the second one to
he thanked patrons for their at- tire state, came a« a complete sur- burn in two years on the place, City, ran afoul the law when he
tendance. and also briefly outlined I'»rise to both camps here this week, which formerly was owned by Les attempted to use his car commer Mrs. L. C. Port and Mrs. Lance
¡Offenbacher. Miss Jeanette Gore
feie purpose of the n<-w organiza- Final cotint In the south precinct. ter l.avton. The Frantzen family cially with improper license plates.
Mon. Ten dollars were cleared from I was 127 for repeal. 74 against; in ! had resided there since last sum His guest permit In this state had and Mrs. Ethel Ludwig, teachers
at Beaver and Applegate, also are
I the north precinct 116 voted for mer, having come from Ashland.
funds received from tickets.
expired and the man had been op attending in the interest of their
repeal,
and
155
for
retention
of
the
Donnbl Foster has '»ecome a new
erating his car with California I profession.
member since the p,-ang<’ was or Anderson dry net. which gave teeth
plates. He was fined $20 and costs.
ganized, un«l two additional chil • to prohibition enforcement in this • Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Moore
The local talent, according to • At a school board meeting held
and four children of Butte Falls
dren are said to be ready to join state for the past 15 years.
Justice Coleman, has been unusual- recently, Ed Finley was elected to
are
new
residents
of
Big
Apple
nt the meeting this Saturday. Mar
i ly well behaved and has kept en fulfill the vacancy left in the di-
ion Abbeck has been named borne , 0» Charles Cook anti four compan gate, residing on the C. H. Powell tirely free from minions of the law. I rectorship in the Beaver school
property.
Their
little
daughter,
economic« chairman, and Frank ions from Grants Pass were hunt
! when W. A. Childers moved from
~Inutzen has been adde«l as an hon-i ing In the Silver Fork country a Grace, has entered the Beaver
Subscribe for The Miner today. I the district a few weeks ago.
Creek
school
in
the
first
grade.
few
days
ago.
rry member.
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