T he J acksonville M iner
Volume 1
Jacksonville, Oregon, Friday, November 25, 1932
Number 48
R F C. MAY TAKE WATER BONDS
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The Editor
Miner Employe»
Are Dismissed
STEPS TAKEN TO
OBTAIN FEDERAL
FINANCIAL AID
The following employes of The
Jacksonville Miner were dismis
sed yesterday afternoon when it
was discovered they wanted
their back salary. They are:
WILL ROGERS
ARTHUR BRISBANE
o. o. M c I ntyre
HALFTRUTH EXAGGERATE
FRANK JENKINS
To drink or not to drink—that
HfM-ms to be the question. At least
solution of the present liquor prob
lem has been occupying the best - Portland OfT’cials Declare No
(both real and imagined) minds of
Reason Why Local Bonds
the country the past few days, now
Should Be Ineligible
that Hie skids have been definitely
pul under prohibition as is.
A rayof hope for disposal of the
And the most disgusting argu gw ksonvllle city water and Im
ments we hear are Hie revived tales provement bonds voted last year
gleamed when an opinion was ob
of poor, ragged children
I ’a w tained from Portland city officials
outside swinging doors
hiccups Inside and i
th«* fhf w»-«»k that there is no limita
t wo tion on Reconstruction Finance cor
week’s payroll. Disgust
Although «till In a critical con
reasons First,
pay- 'potation funds which would bar ap
dition. Mrs. T. B. Bell of Sterling,
plication being made by this mu
rolls for Paw to
who was injured in a rar accident
the old time »
tiifipality for aid.
Friday, and who wan taken to the
J
this
Ind. following closely on recel’t
again be
Sacred Heart hospital, was slightly
of this cheering Information, city
nation of
improved Tuesday. Her husband,
officials called a spe rial round
who was taken to th<* hospital for
-■■■ ,
treatment
for nervous shock, was
1 Wh-n someone frightens you meeting last Wednesday night
1 _ Ai O'?
able to leave the institution Sat
J»lth the pert re of drunks lying In instructed Secretary < 1 oleman
urday morning.
gutters, sodden bnrfllrc ^pending a make a formal request I to the
Mr. and Mrs. Bell were driving
lifetime In smelly saloons and a 'oral ion’s headquarters in Wash
for sal«1 of the 110,000
on the Sterling road when their car
depraved younger set. put them ington. D.
skidded, which caused the door to
down for what they really are— bond issue.
It had been thought formerly by
come open, throwing Mrs. Bell onto
narrow-minded, prejudiced and un-
able to do an ounce of <-|<-ar think local city officials that the recon
the ground. The car continued over
struction corporation limited its
her l>ody. She sustained a broken
ing.
loans to communities of much larg
arm and leg and other severe in
er
population than here, and it was
juries.
Them’s strong statements, but wt
By LLEWELLYN Æ BUNKS
really mean ’em And here’s an- Joe B. Wetterer of the local cham
ber
of
commerce
who
made
the
in-
other thing to recall whenever some
- el ’ . pointed reformer starts chew- i|tilrv concerning technicalities. It
Ing your oar: It is the prohibition- was brought out by Information
ists who defeated prohibition. For gained that the reconstruction fi-l
|>ractlcally everyone admits that nances have been set aside by the
By ERNESTA BELL
With this issue 1 he Jacksonville Miner will be published
the one-time saloon was an enemy present administration for Just such
Wednesday
afternoon some of the
to common decency and mankind; needs as the local situation en- without the aid of W ill Rogers, .Arthur Brisbane. O. O. Mc -rooms in Jacksonville school gave
a blot on the nation. No one feels compasses.
programs to suit the Thanksgiving
Should th«- reconstruction funds Intyre. Half truth Exaggerate, Frank Jenkins and Dastards.
that any real good was accomp
holiday.
The first and second grade
X<> linger will the fair pages of this newspaper be smirched loom gave
lished by the lapping up of high be made available to handle the
a short presentation,
bond
issue,
work
probably
would
powered spirits In wholesale quan
with
the
underhanded.
double
dealing
attempt
to
overthrow
“
The
First
Thanksgiving
Dinner.”
tities. Then why did the American commence Immediately ui»on re
The fifth and sixth grades, taught
ceipt
of
cast
iron
pipe
and
fittings
the
freedom
of
the
press,
and
a
dastardly
plot
to
take
over
peonle. almost us a whole, rise up
by Mrs. Hunsaker, presented two
against prohibition of alochollc for laying the new trunk line main control of the extra copies was nipped in the bud when one brief plays, both of whicn were
beverages and liquors after 15 between th«- large and small res
lighly appreciated by the mothers
ervoirs. and exploration for new of the employes stooled on the rest.
years of its Influence?
present.
The first play, “The Ori
water sources would begin.
Six
'a. <
Hie above writers, who hadn’t been contributing anything gin of Thanksgiving.” was given by
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
have
First, and foremost r< ason, we
the following cast, in costume:
been designated in the issue to be am way. were fired because it’s a grand, satisfying feeling to
believe, is because the law violated
Elder Brewster. Elmer Robinson;
used for improvement and modern
the
bunch,
blame them for our own troubles and gain a John Alden. Roger Dunnington;
the first principle for which this
ization of the present pipe line, and
nation was founded—sanc tity of the the remainder of the issue. $3500,
k of public sympathy to boot. Of course the mere fact Miles Standish. Fred Merger;
home. When the law went past the
was set aside for the purpose of that they had been demanding their back pay will be kept in Francis Billington. Bruce Metzger;
front door of the American home
Priscilla. Mildred Thompson; Mary
developing source of water. It is
it cut Its own throat. Public law
Chilton.
Dorothy Hilton; Squanto.
the
background,
and
after
audit
of
The
Miner
’
s
books
con
believed that by tunneling through
regulating public conduct is one
Frank
Bowman;
Massasoit, Carroll
a pyrite dikt* which surmounts the
thing. But public law attempting to prerent reservoir a far greater tinues for a few days and the office boy gets here with an Lewis;
Lare
Brewster, George
regulate private life Is a wine of source of water could be tapped. armful of ink erasers, conscienceless pencils and salary re Edens.
The second play. “A Thanksgiv
another vintage.
Underlying principle involved is ducers things will he different, you bet.
inc
Dinner of Long Ago,” was pre
based on the conclusion that the
And second, sound economics pyrite wall acts as a natural dam
sented
by the following and each
(Well, what’s the use of being boss if you can’t change
^MStere discarded In the frenzied ef-
was
dressed
in appropriate cos-
to withhold water from the lower
fart to arouse sufficient hatred for portions of the watershed, and ex your own books, cut salaries and fire help right and left simply tume: Grandfather. Junior I-ree
ill-conducted saloons to do away perimental test holes sunk some because they expect to get paid once or twice per annum?)
Groves: grandmother, Jessie God-
with all liquor. Prohibitionists for imonths ago bore out this theory.
dy; mother, Freeda Robson; father,
.And we want the readers, that great grand jury, to know Matthew Winningham; John. John
got that for thousands of years al
Sale of water bonds, which has
coholic drinks had been with us, 'been pending for nearly a year, the real facts in this case. Besides considering criminal prose Saulsbury; Patience. Annes Norris;
had become almost a ritual in many
Content, Ernesta
Bell;
Bethia.
would ennable city officials to take
homes and lives. Good fellowship, one of the greatest forward steps cution against all of our help who claim our credit has been Eleanor Hess; Mary, Ruth Lyons.
cheer, com radeship and respect in the town’s history. Good water, smashed, we want to point out the glaring fact that The
Between acts and intervals songs
always were, for centuries, ob- , with an ample supply during the
were sung and several recitations
served with the aid of the flowing dry months, would add greatly to Miner’s credit ought to be good—it owes everybody in town. were given. To close a pleasant en
cup. Bargains were sealed, frlend-
This paper’s assets are not one whit less than $25,001.42, tertainment the entire audience
desirability of the city as a resi
ships cemented with the simple act dential center in the valley, and is
arose and sang “America.”
among men of drinking a toast to- a step which must be taken before of which circulation good will is $25,000. chattels $1 and cash
A very appropriate prayer was
gether. Even many religious cere- installation of a modern sewage on hand 42 cents. Liabilities are measured solely by our ability read by “Buster” White. Mrs. Hun
monies incorporate the use of al- system can be considered.
saker should be highly commended
to recognize collectors before they see us.
for her efforts to make these plays
coholic beverages and spirits. And
Other matters, including consid
sincere reformers wore so zealous eration of a proposal to raise water
And let us warn our former employes that, given time to a success.
to suddenly rid the world of all Its turn-on fee were discussed and
evils they forgot that mere man tabled. There was some opposition figure up their accounts twice more, we’ll have them owing
made law overnight could not ban raised at the meeting when it was this paper so much they’ll have to get their grandchildren to
ish man made customs which had suggested that turn-on fee be in-
help them work out their indebtedness.
stood for centuries and which had creased from the present $1.50 to;
become a part of every other house $5 and action was postponed.
hold.
because it was forbidden. Doubt
Although Pekin. Illinois, is a long
it?
Then lay a pair of shears down
The drys pointed with accusing youngsters who think, because they
distance from Oregon. Newt Has
somewhere
and
tell
two-year-old
finger toward sodden drunks and get a bit dizzy and break what has
kins, who has remained in Pekin
Junior not to touch them. Turn
those who abused liquor and en- become the most stringent law of
with his son, Wallace, for several
your
hack
for
a
moment
and
what
deavored to regulate the entire the land, they are regular devils
Applegate women were enthus months, celebrated his eighty-third
is Junior doing? Ten to one he’s
populace as though it was made up glorified with sophistication and
iastic in their reports of the cook birthday anniversary November 2,
trying to swallow the darn things.
ing school held here Monday and which he said was the nicest birth
entirely of such fools. Instead of daring nerve. Probably your own
Tuesday, which was conducted by day he had ever known, according
regulating those who lacked Judg son or daughter of high school age
A bit of clear thinking might
ment and restraint, they let their has “been on a party” and tried to greatly discourage indulgence on; Mrs. Humphries of the Crown flour to a letter received by relatives
uplift urge spread to all classes, drink the host into bankruptcy the part of youngsters, for the mo-j company.
here.
and thereby defeated their own while you sat at home and com ment ANYONE can get drunk, it
A marked increase in attendance
His daughter-in-law entertained
purpose, as the recent election forted yourself with the thought will cease to be the fashionable and on the second day resulted from with a party in his honor, to which
demonstrated, And who can say that the corner saloon has been wicked thing to do when young prizes awarded ladies bringing the she Invited several relatives and
that the darn fool of pre-Volstead banished. And, ntill speaking from America feels the tingle of Old Ned most guests. About 45 ladies were friends. Following a delicious lunch
days ceased to bo a darn fool? Just experience, there are a lot of south in its veins.
in attendance, with the first prize served early in the evening, cards
tecause drinking was made illegal. ern Oregon mothers and fathers
of a 50-pound sack of flour going were enjoyed for several hours. A
Lid an irresponsible, worthless, who’d be shocked to learn the truth
And there’s Just one way to rid to Mrs. Herbert Elmore for her birthday cake, with candles to rep
riinkon man suddenly Join church, about the doings of the yougner
this fair land of bootleggers, and list of 15 guests. The other four resent 82 years, held an important
save his nickels and become a set—their own offspring—while the
prizes for guests went to Mrs. Ed place in the observance. Mr. Has
(Continued on page four)
model husband? Ixiok about your land is allegedly dry and free of
ward Warford, Mrs. E. .J. Brown. kins received many gifts, among
own neighborhood and answer that demon rum.
Mrs. Jack O’Brien and Mrs. E. H. which was a cribbage board, with
question yourself.
• Friends have received word of Taylor. Numerous drawing con which he was exceptionally pleased.
And here’H the most potent ■> son being born to Mr. and Mrs. tests were held, in which those
Mr. Haskins is a pioneer of the
And being a member of the thought concerning the younger “Bus” Nygrcen of Coqllle Novem- holding lucky numbers were given Applegate, having crossed the
younger generation, we can speak generation: Nono of them LIKE | her 16. Mrs. Nygreen will he re baking powder, tea and floor polish. plains with his parents when he
^^^authoritatlvely when we say that the stuff—they drink for the Ratne membered as Miss Wilma Roetzel,
Portable gas ranges also were was four years of age. He was boro
^flrdrinking HAS increased among reason that Eve ate the apple— formerly of Ruch.
demonstrated by Mrs. Humphries. in Illinois.
MRS. BELL, AUTO
CRASH VICTIM,
WILL RECOVER
“Dastards Turned Out’
Graders Give Holiday
Plays For All School
Newt Haskins* 83rd
Birthday Anniversary
Observed in Pekin, Ill
Cook School Draws
Applegate Women
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