Jacksonville miner., August 11, 1933, Image 1

T he J acksonville M iner
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NOT A PRISON
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Volum« 2
Jacksonville, Oregon, Friday, August 11, 1933
MINER VICTORY
SUNDAY DOWNS
SEATTLE BAR
JUBILEE ADORS GET GOING!
5c a Copy
But Veu Really Oughts
gubecrlbe
Number 32
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Miner Story Brings
Together Friends of
Old Sterling School
Memories almost faded after an
If L A. Bank« hadn't already
absence of 58 years have been stir-
harmed the world enough with his
i red again to the point of bringing
' tears to weary eye« and a corres­
revolution, courthouse Hacking and
murder, he now hun written a book. Local Team Journeys to Rogue
Rodeo, Three Dances, Street pondence telling of numerous hap­
penings since the long ago has
And, true to his egotistic nature,
Stunts, Wrestling, Ball and
River Coming Week-End
been started between Mr. and Mrs.
he Hets himself up a« a critic of
Races
Are
Scheduled
for Next Bail Game
Horace V. Grubbs of Waitsburg,
the entire world and attempts to
Wash., and Mrs. Lilia Haskins of
tell how It is all out of step with
Carrying herself back to the Rueb.
him
Th» Jacksonville Miners, with a
glamorous. golden days when she
Readers of The Jacksonville Min­
full team on the local diamond for
I
was the peerlesH princess of the er will remember communications
We hope that those sections that a change last Runday, set down
west Jacksonville is adding finish­ from Mr. Grubbs some time ago in
have been so sympathetic with the imwerful (and formerly heavy-
ing touche« to the biggest event in which he asked old friends to write
Medford's Frankenstein monster hitting) Heatlie Bar Brush Marine«
all her 81 year« of existence—the to him. Mrs. Haskins, whom Mr.
/“Will have on« of hlH volume« rani- 10-4. A previouH game with the
1933 Gold Kush Jubilee. Within a Grubbs remembers as a little white-
< fried down their throat«
name outfit reaulted in « HI-15 vic­
tew
days all preparations will have haired girl who weDt to school to
tory for the gold diggers, and com-
a-*-
been completed and the old town him at Sterling when she was eight
Why Is It that every convicted pleted the only two defeat« the Ap­
will be ready to welcome and en­ years old, complied with the re­
murderer thinks It Is his heaven­ plegate Marine« have suffered this
tertain guests in a manner never quest and has received a long let­
eeuon.
sent obligation and privilege to
i before equalled here or in any other ter from the aged couple.
With Marvin Montgomery on the
write a book? We think the best
I southern Oregon community.
C.
Even though age has affected his
thing that could be written about I mound, however, the «lugging
Running the full gamut of regu­ eyes and his pen does not quite fol­
¡('. boy« were power)»««, ¿p-lng re-1
such cases la “the end."
lar
entertainment,
including
races,
duced to three hlt« -tw* singles
low the lines of his paper. Mr.
a *
contests, exhibitions of mining,
The Oregonian, In editorial com 'and one double Httd struck out 17 Above silhouette, snapped by Staff Photographer Verne Shangle, strength and skill, wrestling, rodeo, Grubbs possesses the old spirit des-
ment on Ranks' hook, says he does time« In eight Inning«. TlAre were; shows Mr. and Mrs. Everybody and daughter, And How, heading |dances and dozens of other fea- ' pile his 85 years and spoke of his
not write of hla own troubles. no earned run« for the Marine«, all Jacksonville way for the Gold Rush Jubilee a week from Saturday, itures, the Gold Rush Jubilee will desire to be in old Jackonville
Knowing the man as we do, how­ tallfe« coming when errors occur­ August 19. Poppa wants to ride the merry-go-round, Momma is Inter­ | this year present the unusual and again for its return to early days
ever, we’d say Mr. Hanks vividly red Ivan Harrington, ace catcher, ested in the rodeo and little And How thinks she can beat roulette. unexpected—the spice that will next week. His letter was filled
was kept busy «topping the fast
with questions about people he once
touched on the very things that hurler's
mark Jacksonville’s celebration as knew,
ball«
and
converted
three
[
naming in particular the old
caused his downfall his high opin­ chuncen at bat into three hits, one'
different from anything else ver families
of
Gilson,
Cameron.
ion of Mr. Hanks and his contempt
While his navy is expanding.
Th» period in three-point-two is witnessed by the thousands of vis­ Crump, Cantrall
them good for three bags. Mc­ UiMle
and Saltmarsh.
for everyone and everything else of
Sam
1«
contracting.
—
Wes-
even
without
appeal
to
the
period!-
itors.
Bad
Eye
Pete,
Alkali
Ike
and
Mr. and Mrs. Grubbs look forward
I II \T WM the beginning and the Bee. fresh talent added this week, ton Reader.
¡cal drinker.—Weston Leader.
all their gunman friends will be in to
the arrival of The Miner every
ending of his troubles in Jackson held down second base during last
town for the event and have been week
tiulf of the game, which wan called
and are pleased to see men-
county.
busy for weeks molding bullets to tionings
in th» eighth because of proximity
of familiar names, even
'A,'*’
¡shoot
up
the
place
with.
of dinner hour back at the Brush
though the persons referred to may
Such famous characters as only be
Now that the duly elected Fehl- Marine camp
children or grandchildren of the
the thrilling past of Oregon's gold people
ure hau been duly convicted we
The Miners took the lead in the
they knew. Mrs. Grubbs was
.camp could produce will be pres- Miss Clara
suppose Hulem will huve one of first inning, knocking one pitcher
Smith before her mar­
>ent. Horses, men, burros, gold pans riage.
the rattiest prlHon papers in the out of the box after four hits were
and sluice boxes will come back to
nation that I h . when Fehl and I converted Into five run*. They held
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their rightful place in the famous
hla godfather, Hauks, finally get i their lead throughout the game, I
¡town
for
one
day.
Jacksonville
will
to prlHon.
Free Camp Ground
widening the gap tn all but two
■once again be a hard-living, rough
Inning« The high spot of the day,
but honest mining camp brimful of
There has been much fretful however, wa» Montgomery’s pitch­
comment about thin “bending over ing The tall boy who outwitted the
Now that teeth of the national recovery excitement and activity. Tenderfeet Ready for Jubilee Day
will have a hard day of it.
backwards" biiHlnes« Here I h a Marines' best batsmen did all the
Carrying out the city’s tradition­
act are beginning to be felt everyone be­
One of the features especially de­
view we encountered from a Sai- i retiring In three of the eight in-
al
hospitality, Jacksonville has pre­
by the jubilee committee
emit« the other day which may or
lieves he can run the country better than veloped
(Continued on page four)
will be a full day of free enter-1 pared a municipal camp ground
may not throw light on a question j
tainment, commencing almost at i which will be open and ready for
which has perplexed southern Ore­
the president.
gonians since the long string of
daybreak and continuing till the visitors to this city shortly prior to
trials started with the arrest of Yrekans Plan to Come
When Medford was asked to reduce last dog is hanged the next morn-' jubilee day. It will be free, and
Ix>g rolling, hardrock drilling. I free picnic grounds also will be
Banks.
to Gold Rush in Group working hours she promptly responded. | ing.
log chopping, panning, mucking and provided.
of other contests will award
To show how genuinely lnter-
It seems that the stat«—law and 1 A visit to Yreka early thia week
But then she turned right around and re­ dozens
handsome and welcome prizes to' ested she is in being the perfect
order—ha« NO APPEAL from a' disclosed that a group of buHlneaa
There will be a thrill­ host, Jacksonville has arranged
jury's vordlct. The defonse DOES men and reMidentH of that clt,
duced business hours and said "we are co­ ¡contestants.
ing baseball game in early morn-. that.
___ _ __ ______ choose,
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_____
they
can
HAVE—and generally uses—an ai>- to attend Jacksonville’« Goh Italian
<1^hu«h
operating with the president and the ing hours, followed by a rodeo later camp if or visitors
picnic here free of charge
peal. Suppose a circuit judge has Jubilee in a body a week froL
<>m
Sat-
in the day. Evening will bring with and spend 24 hours indulging in
dreams of rising to the supreme urdav. They will come bewhlskered
N. R. A. I”
it the historic parade, three dances, entirely free entertainment. Park­
court bench. A judge with few. if and appropriately costumed, it was
southern Oregon’s biggest wrest- ing space for aptomobiles is being
any, reversals quite naturally would
Like a man who paints a picture and then ling
said.
card ever presented in a mam- arranged and a series of signs is
have a strong recommendation.
Due to the approach of Yroka'a
rubs
it
out
immediately,
Medford
annulled
moth outdoor arena, a veritable being placed to direct motorists to
own gold ru«h, resident« of that
(Continued on page four)
'the camp ground.
So. quite within the law and per­ city have been growing beards for
almost all benefit that might have come
haps quite honestly, a circuit judge several week« and will have a fair­
can favor the defendants ho that ly masculine stubble ready by the
fi%m shortening hours of labor and main­ Bad Eye Pete Attempts to Steal Yreka Railroad
there can be no chance of reversal end of next week. Jacksonvilllana
taining wage levels. She merely gave her­
¥
on appeal. What If the state HAS plan a royal reception for their
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been given the worHt of tl? The neighbors across the Siskiyous. The
self
less
time
for
business
and
more
time
for
But Ends Up in ‘Dry Diggings’ Hoosegow
state can't appeal. No reversal from two towns, through their early-day
THAT camp la possible. Like a association and mutual interest in
leisure.
Had Eye Pete, Jacksonville's ter- ¡thundering pace of 19 miles an hour
reed In the wind which bends over gold mining and celebrations, have
But the depression can’t be conquered by > ribly bad man who is so tough he downhill and somewhat less up
backwards as the course of least I much in common.
stuffs his mattress with wash boul­ grades. It was fun—good, clean fun
resistance when the wind is blow­
As last year, hundreds are ex­
loafing and evasion, and shortennig busi­ I ders.
went to Yreka Monday with for Pete—till be got a cinder in his
ing from that direction.
pected to come here from all parts
blood
—
and a pupil—in his eye. He eye. That bothered him and made
(Continued on page two)
of the west.
ness hours is an evasion of the N. R. A.
was looking for one Wildcat Bill him Two-Bad Eye Pete.
If merchants are going to call themselves who has been giving him the razz Angrily he jerked at the throttle,
on the other side of the Sis- but it must have been either stuck
Applegate Wild Flower« Part of Renown Rock patriotic supporters in the government’s ! over
kiyous.
or wide open for it wouldn’t budge.
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“What I want is to jest lay my However, it would rattle a little,
fight against depression they shouldn’t .hands
on Wildcat just once,” bel- so Pete rattled. Blindly and ve­
Garden Collection of Prospect Lady Botanist
Pete as he strode up Miner hemently he rattled some more and
desert as soon as they have been given their ¡lered
avenue in Yreka. "Yes, sir, jest cussed at the top of his husky voice
1 planting to the lower and more i
By MAUDE POOL
insignia.
| once!" Bad Eye. however, in until—well, just until, that’s all.
“Full many s flower is born to moist sections of the rock garden.
his search, forgot to Because at that time a still huskier
' or even shading from the hot nun j
There is an old saying that “war is hell.” | launching
make allowances for his weakness-! voice boomed out. “What in th’
blush unseen----- "
1 will turn the trick.
■es. Wildcat was never located—that devil’s all that racket fer?"
Yet some of the«e flowers that
So is a war against poverty, anarchy and lie,
Oregon possesses some of the
exactly.
_ Flying
_
Rails ceased ________
clicking.
ties
hide In the dark canyons or dare
disruption. But the fruits of struggle are
Pete, as he strode down the cen- slowed down and stopped under
to grace a loffy mountain peak rarest and finest specimen of wild
ter of the narrow street, eyed the him. The panting, rattling engine
where man seldom pasaeH have flowers In the world, with many
sometimes quite worth the effort.
passing throng closely but eyed the came to a silent halt and Pete took
been transplanted by loving hands yet to bo discovered. Mrs. Nye de­
poolhalls and barrooms even more a good look at the throttle bar in
that their kind might be studied by clares. In the 100-mlle radius from I
It
is
not
the
enlisting
of
men
that
makes
closely. In fact, he not only eyed his hand. It wasn’t a throttle bar
botanists or sold to rock gardeners which she collects, principally in
the latter, he even lumbered inside at all, it was a nice, round cell door
faJ^Rln America Specimen of the com Jackson and Josephine counties, j
-it
is
the
fighting
of
those
an
army
effective
them on the pretext that Wildcat, bar and his hand grasped it from
fKr mon wild flowers of the Applegate with some plants coming from I
men. Putting up the Blue Eagle in store might be therein playing mum- the inside. “Waal. I'll be &♦??!!•“
country repose In the collection of Douglas and Klamath and northern '
with some of the boys.
muttered Bad Eye to himself. Grim,
over 300 varieties gathered by Mrs. California, she found 18 species of
fronts won’t get us anywhere. It will be the bledy-peg
And. being a tough guy from stark realization came to him that
Clarice Nye for her Wildwood lewisia redfvlva. or bitter root, the :
and having a whale of he wasn’t stealing the Yreka raib
Flower gardens four miles below state flower of Montana. This plant
patriotic carrying out of the principles for Jacksonville
was discovered first by Meriwether |
a reputation to uphold. Pete bot- road after all. Something had gone
Prospect.
which it stands that will lick the foe.
tom supped at every brass rail in wrong. He was in jail! Hazily he
There are the brodaea exoldes Lewis, also a botanist, when he.
He wanted to make an im-1 recalled tipping the 24th mug of
and the erythronlum cltrlnom. They came over the Oregon trail in 1805.
And following the N. R. A. is nothing town.
pression on Yrekans so they would beer. Then he recalled he had head-
come from the Applegate, too, and Rack in St. Louis a year later, he :
be on their guard when they came led for the Yreka depot via Monta­
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otherwise are known as the snake found the plant making an effort
more nor less than simple, honest and sac­ to
his home hants Saturday, Aug­ gue and way points.
head and white lamb tongue Mrs. to grow even though pressed be- -
ust 19, to see a real western land­ “Jailer,” Bad Eye bellered out
Nye. who Is discovering and pre­ tween the leaves of a book, hence [
rificial
patriotism.
Following
it
is
going
to
mark trot out its fanciest brand of again, “tell me how come I’m in
serving the wild floral specimen of the botanical name signifying new
cost many of us money. It will hurt in many bedevilment. Bad Eye certainly here. I started out to steal No. 10
thiH section of the Pacific coast for life.
The common squaw lily and wild
an impression. Every cash and send her pantin’ up in the hills
the botanical world, has climbed
places, but THi\T is why we will deserve made
register in town rang till the husky after that there Wildcat Bill I bin
Whiskey peak in search of her flow­ buckwheat grace the lava rocks and I
was sitting down in the readin’ about. I distinctly remem­
ers and tiny mosses, and expects pumice stone of the rockeries as ,
to be called patriots! There is no patriotism sourdough
middle of floors taking money out bers gettin’ on the old rattletrap
to visit Tailowbox this Bummer to beautifully as the more dainty vio- j
in being a fair weather citizen.
! of his shoes.
and feedin’ her wood!”
gather seed from the fine array of lets and pansies. Sagebrush proud­
ly holds its place among the rest ,
"Waal, it’s kinda thi8away,"
After three hours of such search
plants there.
It was hard to raise billions of dollars for Wildcat with no more fruitful drawled
the jailer with a glint in
All of the delicate wild flowers and Is a novelty to many visitors. |
his
eye.
’see, I’m Wildcat Bill,
I
results
than
the
downing
of
17
mugs
grow under the ministering of this Caught In the midst of the native
during the World war. It was terrible to of 3.2 beer. Bad Eye was. as he and that “Y No.
10 you bin talkin'
botanist, who searches for the flora', exhibit is a display of many
put it. “In a frame o’ mind to git about aint been out o’ the round­
plants from the lofty slopes of Mt. varieties of the wild flowers of
have
to
send
off
thousands
of
men
to
be
In a frame o’ mind!” A frame of house fer years They even done
Mclxmghlln to the salty sands of Europe, Including the blue bell
slaughtered in battle. But America DID.
mind to him is to get tempera­ took up th’ rails behind her and
the beach. No matter what the flower of Scotland. These, not dis­
mental. And when Rad Eye gets let her set. Anyway, she’s not a
native altitude, the plants take to tinguishable from the native plants
It
will
be
hard
to
add
new
employes
and
thataway, anything can happen— wood burner. Them poles you was
the rock gardens of which Mrs. by the untrained eye, were sent to
just about did. He struck out tryin' to ram in her firebox when
Nye has a multitude cascading Mrs. Nye from a friend Tn Austria.
raise wages now while times are so tough, and
for the Yreka railroad bams with we carted you off here fer the night
from the green slopes at her home
Mrs. Nye has learned something
notions that he could ride their old was stacked alongside fer fencin’.
but it can be done!
** out to the lower pasture land.
of the configuration of the country
wood-burner as well as he pilots a No. 10 has always bin a oil burner."
*
To help the flowers grow In their through her study, having climbed
When
we
needed
leadership
and
action
“I’ll be a !!*4^%??l" exploded
jackass. After taking a shortcut to
new surroundings Mrs. Nye mixes Mt. Theilson, Mt. Ba’dy and Mt.
Montague and then following the Bad Eye as he kicked the Yreka
four kinds of soil In order that the Kerby. She has gathered a few
in
the
worst
way
President
Roosevelt
rose
crooked rails back to Yreka he lo­ jail apart. “Times two!!" he added
plants may seek their required rare rock formations and these
food. Plants from the alkali dis­ samples are a source of interest to
to the occasion and did HIS part. Now, just cated the Yreka railroad station as he grinned back at the furious
and climbed aboard No. 10. kicked Wildcat scanning the damaged
tricts are placed in soil containing visitors at her gardens. A rock from
because it will not all be fun, are we going the rusty throttle open, shoved in hoosegow. “You jest wait till I gits
lime or ashes. Sometimes a plant the Applegate is on display, a for­
a few 12-foot cedar posts lying you-all up to Jacksonville’s Gold
refuses to become reconciled, but mation of petrified sea shells pre­
to let him down?
^sit soon thrives again after a little sented to Mrs. Nye by Mrs. Polly
nearby and was off. Down the rails Rush Jubilee. We got a old rail­
^QJadjustment. Usually it needs trans­
he flew, splitting the wind at the road, too, so look out!”
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