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The Jacksonville Miner **'•»«» 2 The Jacksonville Miner PwAllihW Wwll» a« JACKSONVILLE. OREGON STUDY IN CONTRASTS LEONARD HALL aauoE n>0L.. A.kk na AU Cnmsiunicsll«» t» *»» IH Subarrlislon Rataa In .Vf-anea Ons Year............. 11 »0 Sh Hsus*.............. llndnnarfsn ths Kvncrr n>.wwTtosw TVIti','"'s •*- MrUlrl U m ^ ssi - h JASMIN A WOODS DAUS STORE Huns <« STATIC t By JOHN BYRNE k i I i The political pot seems to be simmering low Better chunk up the ftre and stimulate the circula tion of the press. A casual ob server mi?ht liken our politi al ruckus to a neighborhood scandal on a large scale. ♦ ♦ ♦ f That makes a difference, said Sonney, as he sliced off an ear of one of the twins. ♦ ♦ ♦ He laughs best who laughs last, exclaimed the governor as he sat down on a sales tax. ♦ ♦ ♦ I’ « I The sense of humor of the masses of the people, is the ballast which keeps our old ship of state on an even keel. ♦ ♦ ♦ < We will slide through Jackson’s Hole in a hurry, said the Californ ian. as he topped the last rise on the Siskiyous beaded north. + ♦ ♦ Cheer up boys. It will soon be ground hog day. and then onlv a short span between hay and gra'sa. Verne Shangle, Miner staff photographer, presents a study In con trasting forms of government—sane, prejudical and Insane. Standing, right to left, are shown Emmett Nealon, appointed county co-nmi»- s - ner to succeed resigned John Barneburg and who Is a thorn in the side of the other two. Earl H. Fehl and Llewellyn A. Banks, who would oust all county officials who oppose progress of their gravy train. ♦ ♦ ♦ I I I I r f Nature was never more lavish nor was there ever such abundance of good things to eat and wear as there is in the world today. Truly it would look as though the budget Is not the only thing that ia un balanced. “Fredric the Great, We Call Your Damnable Bluff” (Continued from page one) IxiBt week wo left primitive wind, lightning nnd all other min with his self Invented forces which had tried to injure magic iimuli'ts Idolg uml m ir them would tear him also. ic sounds, all of which he felt So the witch doctor, or priest, would protect him against the whichever you prefer to cull anger of Inanimate objects him. acquired his supernatural which he felt wore alive. As he power over the tribe. More pow met with now conditions new erful than the chief, he nnd he accidents occurred Today most alone shaped the thought nnd of us just call such happen in re cu toms of ills people. He surely "bad luck" and let It go nt that. must have some contact with There are. however, traces of the mysteries of life not given the primitive in many who yet to the others and ho was re believe in good luck charms spected because they feared hla such na the horseahini or rab power. bit -< foot Wliit kind of luck nt The reader may seek his own tended the horse or rnbblt In I’ariitlel In modern life. the loss of these good luck i;i.uiuiiiiv iin> prieel "itc>i charms never seems to occur to do 'tor developed his profession. these superstitious mortals. Priest, doctor, tribe counselor, Every new accident naturally sorcerer. In fact every ncllvl y suggested the need of another requiring thought came under cha>m or ceremony to our prim his direction Some become so itive friend and his ritual be sure of their power their luck came very comprehensive. of It became sp"aront and the Human history constantly re tribo nromntly kllleil them The peats this experience as la wit same trait Is today manifested nessed hv the fact that every In those who ttlke thrmselvea new religion is first concived by too seriously For exnmnlo. p e- an Individual, spreads to a dictions of the end of the world group, becomes more elaborate are seriously made by simple M time i-oci on until the com folks who attribute their "re Te ollcated ritual requires the serv flon to heavenly revelation. ices of one specially trained and They of course have horn dis the priest cornea Into the pic credited as was the too sincere ture. «Itch 'lo< tor As of to lay the That Is just what happened to chnrlntsn was never too posi our primitive friend Ills wlo-d tive. never too speclflnnd he dances and chants, his devotion had a previously prepared nllhl to his many amulets and idols for hlH failure. Usually aome one took up a lot of hla time which other than himself had. bv some should have been devoted to the lack of devotion, merited fail sea-ch for food. Hence, the ure. Advnnce nrenaratlon of medicine man or tribal priest. there alibis required keen fore Let's trv to visualise how the thought and had much to do first selection was made, in all with the development of the hu races nnd religions a deluge man Intellect Maybe right there seems to have played an Impor was where civilisation dawned. tant part In early history. Here Man’s Introduction of mnglc Is 1» a condensed account of a my of course preh'storlc. The con thical suner-man of an African I clusions tn this nnd former ar- tribe. Heavy rains had caused tides are based on it study of the waters to completely sub primitive peonies of today. It’s merge the ama In whl-h the only fair to assume that we In tribe lived. They retreated to our long mnrrh to our present the hfs—the water following degree of civilization practiced them Finally, marooned on the similar customs when In the last hill, the water came nearer snnie state of culture So far the and nearer. Crowded Into n s"frlt wo-ld has not entered the small group It looked as though n|"tii'-e Through what grop'ngn the end had come One of the mankind went before enn"elvine groan, becoming frantically Pn- th«- tns ibiifiv of g s"lrlt world raged, seized a large club nnd cannot be known, for all races be<-nn besting the waters—and a» they enter history are prac they receded. Now we are able ticing religious rites. to see the coincidence and un These rites further comn||. derstand the maniacal hysteria rated the duties of the witch of this noor savage. doc’or necrss'tntlng n division To the primitive mind, here of hl» duties Appearing In turn was one of whom the waters we find erloat. shaman or doc were afraid. Hereafter his pow*r tor. pmphet. astrologer and would serve to ward off had many others, each a forerunner l«ek. He was the one to care for of some branch of modern the amulets snd 'dots »nd repeat science. the magic fo-mn>as. If the wat ers feared him. the rocks, trees, Next Week—The Spirit World YOUR order, but also will now havje to stand good for the ♦ ♦ ♦ If the Russians, Chinese and Japs wages YOU owe your miners? get Into a three-cornered fight it And we still insist, what about this note for $1000 W. H. will be a great relief to newspaper I men. All they will have to do is Norcross has filed for collection? Where is the money YOU throw in a handful of type and collected to pay the note, but appropriated to your own uses? run the scale from Yen to Sun-Vat Why don’t you come out on this, and g.ve your great grand Sen. and on into the jaw paraliz- jury the truth? lng Russianitch and the re’d'ng How about the three employes you fired the past few days public will not know the differ- from your newspaper plant? If you pay your labor as you ence. ♦ ♦ ♦ pretend, why did they have to appear before your lieutenant, We would like to see Frank Earl Fehl, to ask county aid to keep them and their families ; lin D. sharpen un a saw and a from starving to death less than a week after you let them pair of good pruning shears, go? And why did you fire one of them—because he was a! and start prunning from the member of the American Legion and refused to “stool” to you too down and let the dead wood alien. If the Mavweils had been and limbs fall where, they united prior to 1922 neither of the, after the meeting the other night? And why did you fire Eddie ‘Birds of a Feather* would. People receiving a sal nnlr would bo qualified to vote un Albright on the eve of his becoming a father — without a dime | Include Local Alien ary In excess of |250 per til after naturallzat'on, which evi to his name? Wasn’t THAT because he refused to sign an month could worry along on a dently h»» never been applied for (Oont’nued from page one) affidavit to the effect that The Miner had misrepresented his little less. We could also dis |by Maxwell. pense with the electoral col salary? What do you suppose the state labor commissioner; current that Maxwell, wi.o claims George Maxwell, who a few years lege and several hundred con to be a mining engineer, was an uro hurled accusations right and is going to think of such browbeating? gressmen. alien. This was suspected when he left at the way Jacksonville city Why do you persist in harboring and using stolen printing ♦ ♦ ♦ Uncle Sam has out. something machinery? You accepted it in your plant while it was under claimed to have filed mining claims uffalrs were run. and headed a like 22 billion non-taxable bonds ’udgment to Roy Parr, and all the while yelling your head off In Australia and because, to file a ; group of irate reformers In the which we are paying interest on. about law and order. Why don’t you explain that? And how claim In Rrft'sh territory, one must city hall bore, doubtless will either A one percent tax on these would be a British subject. A few mo have to prove his birth In this bring In a right tidy little sum. about those mislabeled apples? ments’ Investigation In the county country or quit voting and applv And, just why were you tearing your hair last Friday after clerk’s office Monday dlsclo«"d the for naturalization If he wishes to Then a tax could be placed on tourists embarking for Europe if noon, while reading The Miner, and screaming “This is a h----- 1 fact that Maxwell had regl»t r-<l continue having a hand In the af they didn’t care to pay the tax, of a situation for things to be in?” Is it because you were with Emil Britt In Jacksonville fairs he finds so mismanaged and they could spend their money in tipped off we were making not only a check of legal and court November 2. 1926. and claimed he at fault. Results of the«e further disclos this country. That would make '■as born In the United St-tes— the Frenchmen sit up and take records in Riverside, but also scanning the patient lists of in- < Trenton. N. J. He has voted five ures. Involving Wilkins, legal voice hotice. stitutions which treat mentally deficient? times In south Jack’onvIHn "re-! of Rank, and Fehl and filer of end- ♦ ♦ ♦ both In municipal elections lea. affidavits of prejudice, and You are fully aware of how easily data was obtained that j efnet, ' An inflation of the currency po’nted a disgraceful, hypocritical finger at you and your i and county, state and national Maxwell. Jacksonville lieutenant of ‘ "oils. Banks who Introduced both the would be alright if we had some oast. Is that why you threatened to “ use whatever means we ( way of getting the money after it An oversight on the part of Max News editor and Fehl to the gath find available to protect the sacredness of our home?” You’, well was discovered, however, ering on the courthouse steps was put in circulation. ♦ ♦ ♦ know, an innocent man never squirms, because someone wants h when the registration card of hfs Thursday, are typical of a number Save and have Is a good slogan to dig up his past history. Don’t you realize you gave yourself : w’fe, *nna Maxwell, was scanned. c —halve it up with the banks. Mrs. Maxwell. It anneara, was not, i dead away when you acknowledged the danger of an investi coached ♦ ♦ ♦ properly bv her husband gation on our part, and again when you refused to answer when she registered to vote Feb : Banks don’t go broke any more, they just go into the last week’s charges? ruary 6. 192? Rhe let the cat out hands of a receiver. You have been merciless and cruel in your criticism, slander of the hag when she Included the ♦ ♦ ♦ on her rcrl«tr',tf T and disgrac'ng of other Medford families. Can vou think of Information We wonder if chop suey „ _ is in- card that her husband. Georg-» I. eluded in the Japanese imperial any legitimate reason why you or your own familv should be ''avweil. had been born In Scot-! diet -pared? We don’t have to remind you of the seriousness of land British !«>««. She went on to ‘he information we have at hand: you know in your own heart [explain. under the b'ank for natnr- : : vou have been acting executioner and all the time we-ring i a,lza,,on• tha’ BhR "t'11 waa a c,t'- Has Been Used in 1500 Gather to Call that i • guillotine (or . collar Have yon a right to squeal like .¡J™ "^.^7 : of Investigations Into the character und honesty of the would lie tax payer saviours who seek p rsonal giiin by dnmnliiK their opponents und county incumbent*. It would seem thut "birds of a 'enther certainly 1)0 flock to get her.” Applegate Grangers Appoint Year’s Heads With about 50 people In nttend- unce Friday eviuilnK. the first meeting of the AppleKat > Grange i’nee the bi'KlnnliiK of the new ear, was very succewsful. Although ' the new ofllcera handled the Hrat meeting In n coinniondnblc manner, ; the plans for the coming year will ’ not take shnpe until the commit- ; tee members have become lie, UN- | turned l<> their work, nnd have hud opporlunlty to arrange n nrogrnm. W. A Johnson of Rogue River, or ganiser for Josephine county, gnvn n lecture on how officer» should conduct their first meeting llu also guvo a talk on the salos tax. ' number of visitors were pr< sent from Williams nnd Murphy Granges The lecturer’s program consisted nrlncl'ially of tulk» by visiting Grnngers, and a chicken dinner held an Important pine* during the evening. Manter B. H. Taylor nppolntod the following committees: Wuys and m-ans: Leon Offen- hacher. Jack O’Brian. Glen Smith, Geo-gn Coffeen, Frank Knut en; I eglslatlve: Ben Ellis. Sidney Han sen. louis Hansen; Finance- War- ren Mee, Have Courtney. George ••Yirrest: Reception: Walter Miller. Nel'le Riding. Martha Mee: Agri cultural: Charles Flmorn, Bernard 'ndren. Ashton Forrest: Home economics Clara O’Brien, Mlld-e<l Taylor. Iola Offonbncher; Mem bership Tom Mee. I), tin Carl. Mar- Inn 'ohnson; educational: Fremont Jordan, Do-othv Andren, Bessie ’•■'•more: Relief: Bertlna Elmore, Cffle Mee, Marraret Knutzen; In surance agent. Herbert Elmore Do you go to Church to buy Coal, or to the Blacksmith «hop to have teeth filled? Certainly Not When you go to the Green Lantern Cafe to get Sea Food you go to the one place in Southern Oregon where Sea Food ia a Spec ialty, where the cooka have made a special study of the purchase, care and serving of delicacies from the Sea and River. <1 Everythin* in its place and the place to get Sea Food ia The Green Lantern CAFE 31 No. Holly St., Medford, Ore. )**»*«««•«••»•< i : WENDT’S Pure Jersey Milk Banks’ Lies at Meet stu^k pig if your own medicine 1S shoved under your nose? when a fede-al law wag nnsaerl In case you should want to get us into court, here’s your which rffacontlnited the custom of (Continued from page one) opportunity—if your conscience will let you t.^ke it: We considerin'- a native horn woman claims had accrued against the hereby, herewith and vehemently declare you to be dishonest, an alien after her marriage to an property through Banks’ minin'?; deal, and that the property was hypocritic"!. a rubber-check writer and a liar. Do you want still in Bates’ name, and that if to make us prove it before a judj?e and jury? Banks didn’t nay the claims Bates By the way, it may interest you to know the two affidavit« would have to.. reprinted on another pafje are a part of several wh:ch have Speakers who talked during the been interesting postal authorities in connection with a ch-rec evening were Lee Oarlock, com mander of the American Legion, of usine the mail« to defraud. Just another conspiracy on the Judge Kelly, Neil Allen, Judge part of Law and Order to deserve its title. Reed. Attorneys Newbury. George You are running a race, and probably don’t know it. If we Roberts and Raymond Reter. Reter (.u.v nau uppuneu complete, verified informat:on before you retire from the explained that Banks had opposed every effort "that the fruitgrowers obnoxious public p<"«ition vou ho’d «’hich we expect any day had made at coopera'ion, and had now. it goes into this column—all of it. torn down many of the advantagea Don’t you wish vou reallv WERE Fredric the Great instead built up by the group. nf a seli-anpointed imitation? iWe’H bet he turned over in his The hecklers, led by a woman named Henrietta Martin, whose I grave when you made that comparison.) husband operates the Federal ^d,OmLtHn^nv»re,.^e%\y n “T'’. organization in the com- tolerated E. A. Banks about long when toe, »1 I «nd left few individual« I erongh, and It was time to put a factions but when they were al- unBCOrched. G,.i nG.i that something ws »ton to his propaganda before some lowed to talk they soon calmed w wUh the ae1,ator. Judge noor fool went haywire and be down. Mrs. Mart'n took exception Welly read an excerpt from a came violent, due to the nropa- to the statement that nearly half pp-iisn on mortal troubles. and ganda. He declared that ft was the persons signing the resignation particularly naranoip-R. which set time to appeal to the government petitions were not taxpayers, and the crowd Into laughter. to sto" dl’t’-ibutfon of such a paper declared that every pe-son was a through the mails, and that each Judge Kelly denounced the mob taxpayer, indirectly. Her conten j cony should be handled with flre- act ’ on taken at the court house last tion was typical of the straws tongs. The resolution was read. Banks grasps at. as the statement week, and declared that no man ! nnanlmouslv adopted, and the meet could h ’ ve watched the crowd, in the Mn|l Tribune qnnHed to per ing adjourned. sons on the tax rolls of the county heard their shouts of “hang them.” "throw them in the river. ” and and the woman knew that it did. She led the way to other hecklers “run them out of town.” and not • < Several men and boys of the have felt ashamed if he had a . 'owe" Applevate motored to Provolt who said they had come to the snark of true Amer'can dtl’enshln Sunday, where a shooting match meeting to be enlightened, and not In him. Judge Kelly po'nted out ! at the Pete Farra ranch furnished to hear any one man run down. that there was not a way In the j an afternoon's excitement. Pork Attorney Newbury raid that he "•or|d that a mob could displace and beef were the Incentive for the had lived In the county for many the officers, and that they would years, and had never seen so much have to do ft by recall if they . marksmen, and Ray Topnlng of Wlllipms creek Is reported the In tne the vauev vsllev as bad discontent in naai i — . . champion of the affair. been apnarent since P»nk« bought I wantpd out A _ Judge ♦ ♦ + hla newspaper. He said that when - — ■ ■ Kellv ended . .. the meeting . . . 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