T he J acksonville M iner
Volume 1
q L
The Editor
Speaking
The Marshfield chamber of com
merce, In a communication to the
Jacksonville, and all other Oregon
chamber«, recommends a reduction
hy one half In auto license fees and
u one-rent Increase In gasoline tax
a« a financial counterbalance to
tide the highway department over.
Dei pile the frequent whereases
which introduce the resolution
adopted by the «eaport group, the
plan seems to meet with the ap
proval of many rnotorlHt« and econ
omists, who agree that some meth
od of raising a given sum must be
adhered to for the next few years.
And to the harassed motorist who
ha« found difficulty in digging up
the lump sum for license each year,
a 50 per cent cut in fee« holds no
small amount of allure, and quite
obscure« distaste for an extra «••■nt
tax placed on gasoline.
Uke the repeal of the state pro-
hibition act, any reduction in the
annual license fee 1« going to be
a mighty welcome Improvement,
even if made up by adding to the
Iready overburdened gas tax
However, taxing gasoline seems
to us to be the mo«t equitable and
painless method of distributing the
highway maintenance and improve
ment burden, which in Oregon cer-
tainly is nothing to be sneezed at.
Jacksonville, Oregon, Friday, December 2, 1932
COUNTY DEEDS
1240 ACRES TO
JACKSONVILLE
What, Is He Back on the Air Again?
Number 49
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SMOKE-EATERS
OFFER FEED TO
CITY FATHERS
Tract, Tenth of Entire Water
shed, Given Gratis; Will
Be Tax Exempt
Stag Smoker Features Cards
and Request for January
Dance Remuneration
Completing a transaction started
about four years ago by Council
man Punk Dunnington. Monday of
Ibis week the Jackson county court
delivered to city officials a deed
to 1210 acres of timber land tribu-
tary to the city reservoir and a por-
tion of the loca) watershed, There
wan no financial obligation Incur
red. the deal being in line with
policy of county governments In
protecting municipal water source«.
The watershed will eventually be
fenced by the city, as no trespass
ing, grazing of stock, hunting or
trapllnes can be permitted In the
neighborhood of a municipal reser
voir or water source. The 1240
acres, formerly privately owned,
had been recovered by Jackson
county for taxes and a move start
ed by the late County Judge Alex
Sparrow to deed the land to this
city. The present county judge, C.
B. Lamkin, signed the final trans
fer pa|>er« this week.
The tract comprises about one-
tenth of the entire watershed dis
trict.
Free lunch without the added in
ducement of foaming mugs of none
of your business, was offered city
dads Wednesday evening of this
week by the Jacksonville Vounteer
Firemen.
Palatable sandwiches, tasty tid
bits and steaming coffee were serv
ed the hungry city council mem
bers and other city officials pres-
ent. numbering 20 in all, and hi-
larity and good fellowship was the
principle objective — which was
reached, with the aid, possibly, of
what has now become almost a le
gal luxury in Oregon, it was ru
mored.
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It developed, however, that the
free eats were a sort of camou
flage on the part of the wily smoke
eaters to induce city officials and
chamber of commerce members in
to a good humor and receptive
mood for a suggestion put forward
By LLEWELLYN A. BUNKS
by the volunteer unit that it be
given proceeds from local Saturday
night dances during the month of
January, commencing New Year’s
eve, for the purpose of rehabilita
ting a depleted fire fund.
In a scurrilous and indecent article published in the Hog “How can you expect us to keep
wallow Blatter, their issue of last week. The Jacksonville home (hie!) firsh burning if we
hashn’t a red cent to buy matches
Miner has been libeled.
wish.” volunteered one of the red
coats
as the meeting progressed
We arc reliably informed that the Hogwallow Blatter is
toward a more social level. One of
published by our contemporary, the Godsend to Jackson County the U. S. hotel mice, which was in
Taxpayers Publishing company. They can therefore be held terviewed this morning following
the feast, stated that half those
jointly responsible with the Hogwallow Blatter for the painful present were calling the others
truth they published, or attempted to publish, about The Jack “hies” before the orgy subsided at
a late hour. Of course The Miner
sonville Miner.
will take no responsibility for a
But wait! The concensus of opinion among disinterested mouse’s randon statement, and this
newspaper’s representative was un-
parties (the Miner editor) agree that the article was written abue to be present, worse luck!
After thoughtfully munching
by Jesus Christ. Stalin. Mussolini. Daniel Webster and Arthur
sandwiches, cheese and pickles, and
Perry. If there is greater abuse which could be expressed in sipping black coffee, city dads cogi
innuendo (ncrts to you), such language has never been brought tated the request with a mixture of
heartburn, stomachaches and pleas
to our attention or we would already have printed it about our ure
and agreed that the proposal
was well put, but that the dance
contemporaries.
had already been turned over to
Ihe world admires a battler who meets his foe in the the
Grants Pass orchestra which
open—and admits his word and check are no good either, The furnishes music.
meeting, which was held in
world also admires a battler who cleans his own teeth before the The
chamber of commerce room in
sniffing at the halitosis of his fellow citizens.
(the historic hotel, broke up about
And. we believe, that great grand jury—the people—will midnight. It was pointed out by
observers that the commerce cham
agree that when you throw a stone into a pack of hounds the bers were an ideal location for
feeds and confabs, as the four walls
one that yelps is the one that is hit.
had housed a president, lodged a
'Ibis being the fact, further appeal to a district attorney frightened drummer and witnessed
who has already proved himself worthy of the vote of approval the suicide of another, and were
i quite prepared for anything which
given him in the recent election, will be useless, as doubtless i might have happened when a group
the D. A. has sense enough to realize there is no libel in an of good-natured males congregated
therein.
Active Operation of
Old Town Underway
The other afternoon we chanced
to listen to someone chaw up an
The Jacksonville Gold Mining
otherwise good microphone and dis
company,
optional lessees of the
turb a lot of peaceful ether warn
ing we Americans of the great Rus- Old Town mine here and operators
of the new gold mill on Jackson
sian menace.
creek, have started full-time opera
Somehow, In the past few years, tion of their holding and have been
we have been unable to work up working a crew ranging from three
to five men developing and releas
much enthusiasm or concern for
the Russian menace which supjxjh - ing additional ore to feed the mill.
The mill Itself, which has been
edly threatens the very pillars of
equipped
with a regrlnder and two
our households here on the other
plates, concentrating table and as
aide of the globe. And, we might
add, we were quite surprised to say offlcn, has been operating con
tinuously the past few months and
learn, from the speaker, that the
great streams of tailings have be
great Inland power deliberately
gun to line banks of Jackson creek
canned the present world wide de
pression no aH to pave the way for with a new evidence of mineral ac
tivity Concentrates are being ship
unrest and dissatisfaction In the ped to outside smelters and it is ex
I'nlted State« and make conversion
of America to the communist faith pected free milling gold will aver
age about 20 per cent of the total
certain. (Boy. trot out our biggest
recovery
and loudest boo! I
The Mining company, with W. M
Barrie as president and L. Hough
We really believe that any per
ton
as general manager, both of
son, giving five minutes’ real Seattle,
has iro ported Paul Bundy
thought to the depression, will of that
city as engineer and as
agree that our own government has
sayor.
had as much to do with disturbing
About the only break In the
prosperity as any other. And doubt
i «mooth routine of the mill and Its
less they will agree too that Amer operation since continuous run was
ican businessmen and financiers
lave been about as unscrupulous inaugurated ha« been in connection
with water to be charged the com
and hoggish as any others on the pany. which consume« about 50,000
globe.
gallons of the local product every
Once Too Often
“Have You a Little Libel in Your Home?”
30 days. The city charter, accord article which doesn’t even mention the complainant’s name.
We believe it would be a good
ing to Mayor Hartman, makes no
Merely another breakdown of justice simply because a rav
idea for the United State« to clean provision for commercial rates to
her own «kirt« before she goes
ing
editor found a shoe that fitted him and got self-conscious.
large consumers, and it will be dif
blaming Russia, or any other na
ficult to offer the mill discrimina ________________________ — _ ---------- ———————
tion. for business stagnation.
tory rates until the charter is
amended, it Is believed. There has BANKRUPT CASH STORE
STEVE AND CAP OFFER
A gentle tap on the door these
It looks a« though Peoria Bill been Rome misunderstanding be
days usually mean« that some am
INTO
RECEIVER
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SALE
LUMBERJACK
PROGRAM
Gates, John Mann. Ernest Scott. lt ween the officials of the company
bitious youngster has called to sell
President Hoover and all other and the city council. It was learn
tuberculosis Christmas seals and
The
Jacksonville
Cash
store,
"Steve” Stephenson and “Cap”
Dastards will have to move over ed, the former supposing that when
thus
boost the sale ability of his
and make room for a country editor I the city promised to furnish water which was plunged into voluntary Overmyer. Medford’s pair of mer school, as well as to show that he
who has been promoted to their for the operation the Inference was bankruptcy about two months ago, chandising lumbermen, have been is doing his bit toward helping suf
will be sold out to the bare walls offering radio fans one of the most
group through Brother Banks’ con there would be no charge.
fering humanity.
t
commencing
today. Friday, at 10 talked-of programs over the local i
structive “Once in a While” col
It was pointed out that no writ a. m., according to announcement station. KMED,
Since this week includes the time
umn.
ten or verbal agreement in this |
made by H. D. Feary. receiver, and
The Economy Lumberjacks, as limit for selling the seals in the
connection had been made, and that A. W. Hubbs, well known merchan
schools. Applegate children sallied
the musical troupe Is known, dis
If you have ever wondered wheth-l city officials are powerless to grant
forth bright and early Monday
dising
man
and
sales
specialist,
who
I
turbs the ether every Tuesday night
er the venerable (?) senator-pub- free water service, which in any
will be in charge of the clearance. | from 7 till 7:30 p. m.. and in addi morning supplied with the cheerful
lisher-ruhbor check writer uses hla event would be very unlikely, as
After a few weeks of being pad tion to rendering many old-time red stamps which have waged their
imagination when condemning vic the local government depends al-
locked,
creditors decided that the favorites, feature request numbers. winning fight since 1907. Beaver
tim« in his (in)famotis column, |most entirely on this source of rev
pupils are showing added interest
get this: According to Llewellyn, enue. The city agreed, however, to complete stock of dry goods, groc
“Judging from the replies we as a result of a contest to deter
eries
and
fixtures
must
be
sold,
The Miner 1« published, guided and furnish ample water whenever
get.” said Stephenson, “our pro mine which individual can sell the
edited by the Tribune! He even | available, making no mention of lock, stock and barrel, and for the gram is well liked and enjoyed by most seals.
past week Hubbs has been busy many.” "Cap” Overmyer. the newer
went so far as to say that last' rates or charges.
The bright little stamps typify
I
arranging
stocks for quick disposal
week’s "Once Too Often" parody
At present the mining company at bankrupt prices. "Everything In , member of the Economy Lumber ing America’s battle against tuber
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on hi« own spoutings was written owes the city about $132 water
company, which just this week ob- culosis, even tho simple in appear
by a Tribune employe and placed In rent, $25 of which is for turn-on the store must go, regardless of ! served a formal opening in its new ance. have caused much effort and
this paper because It was not "fin fee, the mill being located outside price.” stated Mr. Hubbs yesterday I location. North Pacific highway in study in their production. The skill
as he added the finishing touches Medford, is a retired army officer
ancially responsible.”
the regular water district.
of prominent American artists is
to the merchandise.
! of 33 years’ service, a former buddy employed each year to picture on
The
sale,
which
opens
promptly
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to ‘Steve” and now business part-
If you have been rending The
nt 10 a. m. this morning, will con- I ’ner because “southern Oregon has a space less than an inch square
Miner lately, you probably noticed
tinue until every saleable article
nnMt“dlm^e'‘and‘Jlmore’to“offer that which symbolizes a definite
that this paper directly opposed the
and
fixture
is
disposed
of.
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n
way of the joy of vjng than idea. The seal for 1932. depicting
Tribune during the election, and
children whose voices are raised in
has made one or two jabs at it since
‘any place in the United States Mrs. song in the hope of their continued
rhe Big Ballot. Now just what do
First distribution to the needy of cided upon at a meeting of orga IOvermyer and 1 have visited, which protection, is expressive of the pro
Hu think?
canned fruit prepared by the nu nization committee heads held re Includes some 20,000 miles of gress since the first decorative
I search.”
merous community organizations cently.
stamps of 1907 to 1911 which por
For the benefit of any who might I late In the summer has been start- i A bridge over an irrigation ditch
trayed a holly wreath extremely
have swallowed Llewellyn’s latest ed In the Applegate.
was repaired, and the road was • Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Caster of vague in its purpose.
deduction, we’d like to inform you
Three families at Missouri Flat, widened, improvements much need I Phoenix spent the latter part of the
emphatically that the Medford Mall said to be destitute, received a sup ed on this brief stretch of road for week with Applegate people. They
Tribune does not have, and has lily equivalent to the amount of la a long time.
were guests Thanksgiving at the • Mr. and Mrs. James O’Brien and
never had. any interest in this pii-| bor the men of the families ex
home of Mrs. Caster’s parents. Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Jack O’Brien and son
per. You can take our word for it j pended on the road leading up the • Grace Bradshaw of Corvallis was and Mrs. R. H. Burelson. on Thomp Donald were entertained on Thanks
when wp «ay all puns hurled at Mr. I bill to the Applegate school house. a guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Per-1 son creek, and Friday night they giving day at the home of Mr. and
This system of relief work was de noil Saturday.
were guests at the J. A. West home. I Mrs. Everett Miller in Medford.
(Continued on page two)
Applegate Children
Sell Christmas Seals
Canned Fruit for
Road Work Given