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About Jacksonville miner. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1932-1935 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1933)
What Has Btconmi o’ th’ Good Govommont Congressmen Who Wui So Apparent Recently? T he J acksonville M iner Volume 2 Jacksonville, Oregon, Friday, March 24, 1933 5c a Copy But You Really Oughtu Subscribe Number 12 FEHL ASKS OUSTING I CITY WILL HAVE BEAUTY SPOT ON UPPER HIGHWAY I ANOTHER MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE? y* '■ / It would app-ur that the national congress isn't tbs only group bear ing nucb a name that han been put to work cleaning up it* own abort Chamber of Commerce comings. In fuel, we arc quite certain now that most of the congresHincn In cure crated in local ImstilcH are even more bitter in their condemnation of regularly constituted law and order. They have still more reason for wanting to overthrow judges, court action and office holders, but alus, they'll have to get possession of the jail keys before they puss another resolution! Will Terrace and Plant Former Mid-T own Eyesore Herald Files Show County Judge Favors Removal of Accused Jacksonville la to have u gurden s|M>t •».long the highway which ‘Two Officers Should Be Removed for Cause leuds past the oh! city brewery. The local chamber of commerce, Pending a Thorough Grand Jury at tbi< suggestion of members and through eooperatlon of John Investigation’ Says Fehl Knight, already has started work In clearing and leveling lots owned by Knight in an effort to trans form an eyesore to a spot of in Many citizens of Jackson coivi ty. still feeling remorse and And the next foundation shaking, viting beauty and greenness. The chagrin at not only the loss of the life of one of Medford’s the cotigressmen will do will have' lots, trinngular in sha|x>, He be finest peace officers, but also of the national disgrace resulting to come from rattling the cell tween the old power houae and brewery on the south side of the doors from the violent death and the public statements uttered to summit road and are conspicuous press representatives by L. A. Banks and his wife, are anxious I’uttlna Ear! Fehl’s and Scher- to passing motorists. . to uproot underlying causes of conditions which breed such Almost the entire chamber of merhorn'a jailor in Jnll Is ideal ■ behavior. meat for a witty pun, but our mind commerce personnel has contrib- County Judge Earl Fehl’s mild and lukewarm condemna- _________ Jtlat won't dick this week Sort of uted some labor or equipment to starting him In lit the bottom of clearing ground, laving work anil tion of the killing of Officer Prescott has, naturally enough, construction of a rustic retaining i the business, we slippose shifted much attention to the important part he has played wail along the roadside, und early *■ I in the entire county difficulty,' We wonder, also, just how eager spring Is expected to lend its aid I and of his action in lending vrrtuln bondsmen are going to be In the transformation The park, which will bo the first to boast of their extensive re the prestige and subsidy of the sources after the Income tax de real little public beauty spot in the judge's office to countv partment guts through with them city that motorists will enjoy, is strengthen the malicious growth of another of the civic development And the two who faced forfeiture the Good Government congress of 15000 I hm ’ iuki - their friend and plans of the chamber, and is part which has formed the background comrade In congress skinned out of the benefits which are given for the killing, ballot burning, riont- doubtless will think three or four the city by careful and aggressive Above photo, by Staff Photographer Verne Shangle, shows ous conduct and inflammatory, pas times before they rush to the aid management of the Saturday night the hands that would strangle _ ___ _ government __________ _____ a county —but sionate political campaign*. dances by the body. I«a*t summer of other fallen leaders. didn’t. They are a good example of the old saw that crime it is agreed among those long a , n marker was placed near the spot ■ a Hut what gets us down is the fact ' where gold waa first discovered in doesn’t pay not even when committed while shouting fer resident of the eounty that Llewel Custom Milling Will Be Taken that Henrietta It. Meddlln. who 'Oregon, and two drinking fountains vently, “praise the Lord” and “better government is our aim.” lyn A. Banks, the man who actually Up By Jacksonville Gold pulled the trigger and who took the boasted so much of the immense grace the city’s streets an rendit Mining Company final lead in the uprising, merely following she had attracted, and of of the chamber's conscientious aj»- sowed his seeds of distrust, dis- her ancestral dignity, can't find plication of U. S hotel proceeds to and revolution in the fer-l Groaning to the competitive ac someone who will oven nibble on city betterment, It may be that Applegate Monarchs sention tile filed plowed and prepared by companiment her bond We know ourselvea that other parka and beauty a|*ots will of luBty-throated Earl Fehl over a long period of . Jackson creek frogs, the city’s new hell hath no fury like a woman be constructed at later dates If the Felled for Shipment years. Had it not been for Fehl’s gold mill installed by the Jackson »corned Maybe there are aome 1 proceeds of dances continue to the activities during the past 15 years, ville Gold Mining company, Um- publlcaptrlted members in the chamber, it was pointed out. to Far-Off Germany it la believed by many, such or I ited, has been operating continu- ranks of the congreaa after alt! | I Not only wilt th» tiny park add ganization of a "congress" and the ; ously since its completion some Inviting scenery alongside the L. W. Robnett of Crescent fostering of its resultant violent two weeks ago. And by the way. dear children, city’s entranceway, but also will it City, dealer in unique woods, deeds would have been impossible.! those scratches on the county enhance property valueH in the who bargained for two black The min, a new Straube rib-cone The foundation of the present sorry judge's chin are purely accidental, vicinity. Underlying motives behind walnut trees at the Frank Cam 35-ton unit, had been installed to state of affairs has been formed jlle has I hm - u hanging his head so the beautification plans are the es eron ranch over two months on the long-standing barrage of| replace the Medford mill, which low the past few days he ran it tablishment of this city as the val Drive to Clean Up Congress ago, arrived the first of the lies and half-truths of the present failed to grind even a fraction of Into the courthouse curbing. Else ley’s most desirable residential sec Leader* Center* in Local week and felled the trees, tion. according to chamber of com county judge, and for this reason I its rated capacity of ore. The new someone dragged their feet across which he will truck to Crescent Agitation Hotbed good citizens are almost unanimous standard mill, however, has been ft court. Hut what stumps us la merce and city officials, who have City for shipment to Germany. not only meeting its claims, but just why an innocent (?) man had this objective in mind for some in demanding his immediate re ! often The trees, chopped a short far exceeds them, and ave moval. should have such a horror of leav time With one Jacksonville man distance below the ground be rages about 23 tons of hard ore Streets of the city have been lev lodged in the Grants Bass Jail ing fingerprints anywhere. We sup cause the gnarled roots are For the benefit of skeptical read ! over the" plates daily, "and "somé- lióse he Is afraid the "gang" will eled and repaired the past few days charged with first degree murder highly valued for veneering, era, who may have lost sight of, times more. plant them on an election ballot? through cooperation of the county and three more in the Jackson nre cut in seven-foot lengths the stand adhered to by Fehl dur The new mill, which ltas been commissioner» in offering com county jail charged with conspir for trucking. Mr. Robnett, ing these many years, and to refute ]>ermanently anchored concrete But while on the subject of the missary labor notes for use in var acy to commit a felony in connec whose collection of rare woods Fehl’s last week’s statement that . I . on concrete county judge "your duly elected ious sections. tion with the ballot theft and burn he "always has stood for law and °s ? he ships to world-wide points, ----------- V----------- "one of the neatest, most and qualified" variety who has been ing a month ago, the local contri deals principally in walnut, order." ” The Miner herewith re- (.Omnlete mTiT order. a party to all the skullduggery com • Mrs William Carl of lower Ap bution to the county-wide cleanup prints a few paragraphs taken from ; clfJc coa8t •• ConceIitr^HnJht»hi^ maple, redwood and myrtle. mitted lately, either directly or in plegate returned Saturday, having campaign has been substantial. the columns of his OWN news-1 sacking house and »n Sixty-three years ago Mr. Cam directly, seems quite chagrined that spent a month at Long Beach. | With the slayers of Constable paper, which Is the most depend- been cemented Vn 1 eron's mother, Mrs. E. J. Cam he should be treated as uny other Wash., where she visited her moth George Prescott safely Incarcer eron, now of Medford, planted J™?«"®!.has been installed above the mill suspect would be. The old phrase, er. Mrs. B. Christensen Ihiring her' ated and practically all ballot the nuts which prdouced these stand on law and order during the intake and the creek operation baa "the guilty flee when no man pur- absence. Mr and Mrs. Hurl Miller thieves In custody, authorities are trees. , past. It is felt that his own writ been a hive of activity again. A sueth” seems to apply to Earl Fehl. nsslsted with duties at the Carl turning their attention towards dis-i -------------%------------I ings will form the greatest indict pumping and water storage outfit for before ho know a warrant had home. solution of the Good Government I WITHDRAWS FROM CONGRESS ment against Earl Fehl continuing has been installed, and crews are been issued for him in connection • Mr. Halen and Mr. Jones of Med congress lenders and promoters, another unnecessary week as busy digging a subterranean water with the ballot theft and burning ford wore on the Applegate a few and several arrests are expected I joined the Good Government county judge of Jackson county. storage chamber on property of the he had prepared bond. And now he days ago conferring with Ranger within the next few days. It is un congress believing the membership In the Parr case, it was shown company. It is planned to settle goes about his work with heavy L. C. Port in the interest of es derstood that all who took an ac card meant what it said. I attended gloves on his hands lest he leave tablishment of a new Boy Scout tive part in promoting the congress but one meeting—the one held in in court that Fehl declared raiding waste water from the mill and re officers should be lined up and camp in the community. (Continued on page two) membership and in preaching its this city, and recent developments shot through the head to teach pump it from bedrock drifts which are being dug this week. It is hoped lies and suggestions of the need for have shown that the congress Is (Continued on page two) (Continued on page four) -> violence will be the first to find not the type of organization I want I ‘News Is News’ Says Miner Reporter As Local themselves In the clutches of the ' to be identified with. I hereby not- law. Several Jacksonvlllians who l ify the public, and the congress of were rabid in their tnlk and sup ficials, that I no longer am a mem I Fighting A« Is Fighting Is Variation in Local Backyard Industry Is Eyed Closely in Jayville port 3« e£ 3* •£ 3» If, if. of Banks and Fehl already ber. have been made known to authori FRANK ZELL. Revolution Offered by Lillard Coming Week Big news. Man bites doodle bug! | box. At any rate, it was admitted ties, it is reported, and their ar Jacksonville. ----------- V----------- Or, rather, men bite doodle bug by Dorothy (who is quite round rest is scheduled as soon as the Jackson county has gained na-boxing match, and the boys teach —for Donald Dorothy and Hubert hut nevertheless fits in the square heavy volume of work in the dis- tionwide fame as the seat of some ’em all the latest wavs to make a Deliaas have reopened the (inlfam mine hole very well) that "the ' trlct attorney’s office is cleared ! Hog Callers to Vie bitter and aggressive fighting and district attorney say ‘down.’ How ous John B. Renault Mines. Inc. and | eternal struggle for existence of somewhat. in Medford Saturday maneuvering. It has been pointed out that the ever, although some of my men limited (to trespassing only with ' we humans, terrible as it might Known far and wide as the sneak in a bit of toe-stomping, rab be and tiring, must go on, wnter or Inte rush to withdraw from the I permission of owner). The Medford chamber of com breeding place for fiery editors, bit punches and hair-pulling, I But, like a rose, th«» mine by any no water. Er, slurp, slurp, will you Good Government congress will be other nnme still Is Just a lot of j set down that canteen over yon-1 of little consequence when the long merce has assumed a task that yipping “clubwomen” and a fight ( never permit the fellows to circu nrm of the law reaches out to for would do credit to any peace con ing congress, it is destined soon late a recall petition or burn bal hard work, mucking and a fine <l« l "" Don and Hubert. the pair now ever clear the atmosphere of radi ference. It Is planning to beat po to be renown also as the place I lots in the clinches. trickle of *pay dirt down through where real fighting and wrestling riffles. The other woman, er, we J being belled, er libeled, aw, we cal calamity howlers and “take the litical speeches into hog calls “Tn fact, next Wednesday night Leather-lunged orators have been is not unusual. moan name. Is "Once in a Willie" - meant described (excuse us while | field In open revolution" followers. I am staging another refreshing The former is through the efforts exhumed from the sod whore ft was wo gargle away the Inst traces of I The fact that many members wait- invited to meet at the chamber placed by The Miner a few weeks THAT affliction), for one whole ‘ “d until actual bloodshed had taken of commc.ee building in Medford at of two editors, L. A. Banks and parody on county warring at the ago. But this Once In a While com week now have been flushing the place to withdraw, rather than 11 a. m tomorrow, where they will Earl Fehl; the latter, thanks to Armory. Yes. sir. At 8:30 we start prises simply honest labor, clean bowels of the earth in their search clean up their own organization he pointed toward the north and a one man. can be traced directly a show that can result in nothing gold and talk no more inflamma for an old man's gold that fools when the violent threats were being series of hog-calling judges sta i to the door of Mack Lillard, boxing worse than a sprained ankle or tory than appropriate remarks on sell themselves into gilded cages made will be taken, it is believed, tioned at various points, it is ex and wrestling promoter for the dis darkened eye. which is something. the weight of mine buckets, the for, we mean, have been panning as their moral support to the move. pected train service as far as Rose trict. who is making an effort to State and city police will be invited time of day and hardness of packed for a cold, er, the present standard It is quite natural that, when the burg will be disrupted by the com cash in on the well-trained ability to be present as a matter of course, I for localités have become accus gravel. “Politics is left to shift for medium of exchange that silver 1 h day of reckoning is at hand for motion, and Salem doubtless will of native southern Oregonians. "Using buggywhips, six-guns and tomed to having their stage fringed themselfa," warned the pair yes swapped 20-tc-one for. Take that, the congress, for all members to suppose there Is another political deny they took any active part in argument in progress, hut cash saps for teething rings, the local with uniforms, and I always aim to terday aR they gloatingly plucked you Hemingways.“ We guess we'd better go off on Its organization or believed in its prizes will be offered for this dis product is hard to beat as raw ( please my customers. a speck of gold from atop a muck material for the squared ring," Lil “No, I haven’t taken any part— another tantrum, er tangent. The teachings. Many were misled into play of epiglottfcal efficiency. pile. A first prize of |10, Hecond of lard declares, and he reminds or interest—in the county turmoil, The Renault Bonanza llomestake hackyard mining industry has flour signing membership cards while Profitable Once In a While mine, ished in Jacksonville the past year still more joined with the unvoiced $5, and a |2.50 award will be made JacksonvillianR that one of the best save to realize that some mighty which had been Inactive ever since as it has never flourished before, desire of furthering the "clean ’em by the chamber for the most ef wild and wooly celebrations he has good material has been developed last fall’s wet season floated John any oldtimers and Renualt, who out of the courthouse any old way” fective calls, the judges feeling ever witnessed was right here in by the ruckus. I would rather al ny Renault to the surface, was dis has been handling his secondhand move sponsored by Banks and qualified to fathom reactions of a the former county seat last sum ways stick to more or leap clean covered to not only be drying up store and slot machine Jackpots on Fehl. Those who had signed cards hog when being yelled at from mer. “And I thought I knew tough' fighting. Politics haven’t the bene l;it«-ly, hut almost loo div to fur the side, In addition to his mining are beginning to realize the ser across a field. No reflections were guys before I came to southern | fit of a boxing and wrestling com nish enough water for mining. In Interests. And the surprising thing, iousness of helng too eager to affix aimed at the table manners of the Oregon,” smirked Ullard as he mission and a referee like fnct. It was pointed out, unless the too, it hns been noted, is that back their names to any newfangled judges, however. This I r the first watched latest machinations of the shows have, and no holds punches seem to be barred. We use United States goes wet immediate yard mining In this city has seen “revolutionary” organization that time in the history of Jackson coun Good Government congressmen. "When I want to demonstrtae to no tear gas bombs in this business, ly It Is feared there will be nothing Its most prolific production in the bases its support and strength on ty that yelling will be paid for. As an added attraction, at 2 p.m my boys the meaning of aggressive and limit artillery to muscles and but cotton pumped out of the hole past few months, or else there has casting untrue and libelous sus in another month. been a greater influx of liars than picion on nil incumbent officials. the Southern Oregon Mining as-, ness, a desire to win at all odds brains. “Yes, if southern Oregon wants Not that President Roosevelt’s calculated. There is a fueling in some quar socintion will conduct a gold pan t and fearlessness, I take ’em down promised beer Will serve to dam In the. meantime men continue ters that a blanket indictment ning contest and will have on dis | . to the courthouse for an after a pleasant variety in plain and pen the subterranean chambers of to bite doodle hugs, er, we should should be returned against the en play several mechanical gold-saving noon’s lesson,” declared Mack in fancy combat, It should drop Into the Renault property, hut with such hnve mentioned if sooner, doodle tire Gqpd Government congress machines. Prizes will be offered for an exclusive Interview yesterday. the Armory next Wednesday night a necessity at hand it Is believed hugs, among other things, are bit membership. l»ut It is not known this contest, and large crowds are “And if they get out of line I just and see two boxing cards Imper the miners—the thirsty hums—will ing the Jacksonville miners, it is Just what action the present grand expected to journey to Medford threaten ’em with signing a Good sonate the Good Government con not notice whether they are dry alleged and susptcioned, we have jury will take in this direction, al Saturday for the free shows. Many Government card and turning it in. gress and John Law in mortal en gagement. A good show is prom mining or not, and what’s more, been reliably informed. though it has been definitely shown rural folk will ho there to show That always gets ’em.” "And when the county row wanes , ised. and a repetition of last week’s won’t give a hang if they have to For the windlass must go on! that Jackson county’s new grand what goes on in their own hog pen a bit. I stage another wrestling or I wrestling success is expected.” spit the gravel down the long sluice (Curtain, thank God!) , and river bottom mining ground. (Continued on page four) NEW GOLD MILL GRINDS ORE TO SWELL WEALTH EXPECT MORE SYNDICALISM ARRESTS HERE