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The Jacksonville Miner
The Editor Speaking
{ won't surprise us a bit if
sonville spirit busts loose
I whlng ding this year as
Kush Jubilee swings into
the Jack
in a real
the Gold
action.
(Continued from page one)
ing. Dresses were burned, clothes
ruined and, all tn ail, Jacksonville
That spirit, not far removed from
spread herself tn raising early-day
vandalism, but still coming under {
whoopee.
the heading of good clean fun. isj
one of the things that made old
Heaven only knows Just how Jacksonville both feared and re
much of that mischief lies dormant spected when men like Ralph
In the old natives here yet. but it i Woodford were In knee pants.
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V.J.BEACH
JACKSONVILLE’S
JEWELER
You'll have to excuse us now.
We’re going down into the storm
cellar for a few da*a.
“All Europe is ready for war."
according to Henry Morgenthau
' Sr. In which regrettable eveut, war
is probably ready for Europe —
' Weston Leader.
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Jacksonville, Past and
Present of Gold Lure
By ALICE APPLEGATE SARGENT
This is a story of bygone days when this sleepy old town
was young. A story of the olden, golden days, when Jackson
ville was the richest town in Oregon.« A story of the days
when men with picks and shovels turned out the gold to the
tune of hundreds and thousands, yes, millions of dollars. A
story of the day when Jim Cluggage, booted and spurred, and
with belted revolver ami Bowie knife tramped over these hills
and found nuggets of gold in the sand in a dry ravine
In two months from the time Jim Cluggage found the nug
gets of gold a thousand men were on the spot. Not half of
the wonderful story of their
coming has ever been told. The
130-Year-Old Quilt
trails were dusty with the
tramp of many feet—they
Pride of Old Family
came on horseback, on mule-
A leader fan asks to know; "If
a family became impoverished be-
, cause of corn ‘ltkker.’ would they
Guaranteed Watch and
be known as corn paupersT" Find
Clock Repairing
. out by tuning in to the cornstalk. |
7 I—Weston Leader.
By MAUDE E. POOL
back. and on foot. They filled the
ravines and swarmed over the hill« ■ A log fire crackled merrily in a
where Jacksonville stands today. | great stone fireplace where an
No time was spent in building cab Iron kettle hung over the flames.
A REAL, COMPLETE, ONE-PRICE
ins: some put up tents while oth The children cracked nuts as they
ers built shelters of bark and listened to the twice told tales of
brush.
, Grandmother rocking in the chitn-
Through that awful winter ofr| ' ney corner by the spinning wheel.
1851-2 provisions gave out and the Maggie was sewing quilt scraps
miners lived on wild game, meat from calico.
cooked without salt.
Such is the story one may read
Fortunes were taken out that between the stitches of an old. old
winter and many who had families quilt made some time in the late
i in the east and elsewhere went i 1700’s. This quilt is the cherished
back in the spring and summer of possession of M. W. Maxwell of
1852 and brought them to Jackson- Ruch, whose grandmother, Maggio
' ville.
i Wallace, sewed the time honored
When the covered wagons rolled relic with deft and loving fingers
: into Jacksonville in the fall of 1852 { in her girlhood days in North
they brought the first white wo Carolina some 130 years ago.
Complete
men.
Its colors still are bright despite
There were only four white wo- the probable fifty launderings in
Plenty of Real He-Men’s Food Like Grandma
! men in Jacksonville through the old fashioned soft soap.
in the
Used to Cook
winter of 1852-3, but with strong substantial
homespun.
together
' hearts, undismayed, they estab- with the excellence of hand stitch
1 lished their homes in a wild land, ing common to those days more
I Often young mothers watched the than 40 years before Howe's first
I long nights through by the rustic i {sewing machine was in use. has
beds where their babies slept, lis-1 been wrought an article which has
tening, hoping, praying the savages withstood the test of time and long
' would not come—their only light
I use.
i the blaze from some pitch pine
Nine blocks of 120 piece pattern
{knots or a twisted rag in a battered suggesting tho sun's rays consti-
Amy Dow, Proprietor
tin
plate
of
grease.
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JACKSONVILLE
tute the quilt, which has an indi-
i Then came days of prosperity viduality all its own. More than
for Jacksonville—beautiful homes mere cloth has been pieced into
| took the place of the rough log cab- this pattern. There is thrift and
| ins. There were churches, schools, love and romance, and visions '
I hotels, a courthouse, for Jackson- known to every young girl of hap
| ville was the county seat. There piness down through the years in
were drygoods stores, millinery a new home somewhere with child
stores, jewelry stores.
ren tn it (there came to be eleven
Some
As early as 1855 Jacksonville had children in that home.)
a newspaper. “The Table Rock where In tho making of this old
Sentinel," published by G. W. T’- ' quilt has been caught wisps of sad
| Vault. Later there was “The Sen- i ness and sorrow, perhaps, as well
tlnel" and "The Democratic Times." i as the Joys that centered around
I Copies of these papers can be seen the
I
home hearth in simpler days
today at the Native Daughters mu- I In the yellows, greens, reds, and
The Only Real Confectionery
i seum.
1 blues ranging from the white cent-j
of each block lay memorials of
There were at one time 1600 era
<
in Jacksonville
______ _______________
member of the family—red
Chinese
in Jacksonville. ______
There ____
was every
<
I a brass band and tickets to a dance from little sister’s first school |
at Veit Schultz hall were $20 each, dress, blue from the shirt of a bare
Then men began to talk of a lost f°°l b<>7' perhaps,
The large blocks ________________
are attractively 1
vein, mines closed down. Men who
bad made fortunes In the ravines set together with strips pieced of
in Jacksonville moved with their homespun In the manner of the old
families to San Francisco and else- familiar "«
’*« Peter to pay .........
rob
Paul'
where where they could spend their design,
A six-inch border re
wealth. There was no longer a sembling the present day cretonne
Try Our Sandwiches and Beer and Coffee
rush of gold seekers and the old stitched around the outer edge adds
town fell into decay.
charm to this quaint piece of work,;
on Jubilee Day
But may we not hope that some which is finished with yellow
time, somewhere, someone will find hand turned binding. A first glance
the lost vein of gold, and that there would mistake this binding for bias
may be a renewal of the glory of tape, yet inspection reveals that
those bygone days when Jackson it is not cut on the bias, and its
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ville was the richest town in Ore good condition shows a quality not
found in tapes today.
gon.
Sewing scraps to reach a meas
I/1
urement of more than eight feet
square would astound the modern
THANKS, CLARK WOOD quilt
maker, but Mrs. Maxwell's
heirloom is of these dimensions,)
One of the oldest towns in and its massiveness suggests deep.,
Oregon is served by a bright {restful slumbers upon an enorm
and readable little weekly called
ous wool mattress topped with
The Jacksonville Miner. That its
Have Been Supplanted by
those downy gray goose feathers,
editor knows good stuff is shown
with a big bolster and fluffy pil-
by his generous use of duly- 1 lows to grace the huge wooden
credited Weston Leader para-
bedstead of those colonial days.
graphs, And by the way, one
Into the intricacies of the quilt
country newspaper can bestow
ing went 1.400 yards of thread (7
no higher compliment on anoth , spools), and who knows, some-
in Jacksonville. We can look at your
er than by clipping from its edi | where in those delicate stitches
torial page.—Weston leader.
motor’s teeth, however, and tell its
forming wreaths and fence rows'
may be woven the story of "Aunt
age and requirements. We can pick
The “little red schoolhouse’’ is Dinah’s Quilting Party.”
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out ignition systems with the heaves
l apt to turn blue when railroads and
! utilities are no longer able to pay
The doctor who suggests hard
at a glance and know how to handle
{ the taxes required to maintain it. work as a cure for nervousness will
spavined connecting rods . . .
—Weston Leader.
never be able, in our Judgement, to
popularize a remedy worse than
"We wonder what kind of code the disease.—Weston Leader.
YOU WILL LIKE OUR SERVICE
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the hitch-hikers will get up," specu
lates Carey Williams of Georgia,
Man Is said to have had a marine |
AND OUR WORK
who might ask Olin Miller.—West origin, and we figure that Olin
on leader.
Miller isn’t far removed from the
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starfish. It has no brain.—Weston 1
The farm women of a North Leader.
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Carolina community wear hats
braded of corn shock, but when
As to the question of closing the
(C. B. (Punk) Dunnington, Proprietor)
they’re young and pretty the effect I New York stock exchange when
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JACKSONVILLE
Is said to be by no means shock- surcharged with tear gas, the eyes
ing.—Weston Leader.
*had it.—Weston Leader.
Pioneer Dinner
Served from 11 a.m. cm Jubilee Day in
Bough-Covered Outdoor Dining Room
40 c
DRAFT and BOTTLE BEER
Amy’s Place
The Nugget
Confectionery
GOOD EATS, COLD DRINKS and
COURTEOUS SERVICE
Always 100 Per Cent for Jacksonville
HORSE DOCTORS
If there's to tie n blanket code for
A three-your-old Rt. Paul hopeful
swallowed his mother's wrist the stock market, no doubt there’ll
wateh. Now hla time Is the doc be lambs enough to furnish th«'
wool. Weston leader,
tor's money.—Weston Leader.
'
Jacksonville Pharmacy n
When Jacksonville Was Young Eggs Were
A Dollar Apiece . . . Salt Was Worth Its
Weight in Gold and Flour Was Priceless!
TODAY, THE
We’ve Been MEATING
Jacksonville People for the
Past 22 Years ...
The
BASKET
GROCERY
Supplies the old town with Fresh Fruits,
Vegetables, the best of Groceries and other
needs at low prices and with a prompt
free delivery service.
Jacksonville
Meat Market
QUALITY MEAT HAS BEEN THE
FOUNDATION OF OUR BUSINESS
TOM DUNNINGTON, Proprietor
|
C. C. Chitwood, Proprietor
One of the OLDEST STORES in
Southern Oregon Is Still
Buying Gold
•
Established in 1858, We Have Catered to
the Needs of Jackson County Ever Since.
Last Year We Bought More Placer Gold
Than Any Other Store in Oregon!
DROP IN AND SEE HOW WE HANDLE GOLD .
Godward Merc. Co.
“Where the Miners Bring Their Gold and Where
the Gold Brings tho Bargalne"
WE DELIVER
PHONE 74
WENDTS
MILK
PURE
JERSEY
HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO
SATISFIED CUSTOMERS IN THIS
COMMUNITY SINCE THE
YEAR 1888!
RULY, a caae where QUALITY,
combined with Good Service, Fair
Treatment and Square Dealings have
stood the test of time.
T
Our modern, sanitary equipment, expe
rienced operators, our young, healthy, vig
orous Jersey herd properly fed and cared
for permit us to offer each day a raw
market milk that is unvarying in richness,
purity, flavor and freshness—which makes
every meal a feast for health and goodness.
PHONE JACKSONVILLE 402
GOLD PANS
AUTO MECHANICS
Dunnington’s Garage
I
THE
—If You Can Shake That Thing
DYNAMITE
—If You Have Heavy Lifting
But If You Are Just a Home-Loving,
Average Citizen, Our Full Line of
PAINTS and
HARDWARE
WILL INTEREST YOU MOST
♦
Serving Jacksonville, Ruch, Sterling
and Applegate District*
♦
WE ARE SOUTHERN OREGON’S LARGEST
DISTRIBUTOR OF POWDER, CAPS
AND FUSE
♦
Coleman’s Hardware
“We Sell for Cash and Sall for Lose"
LEWIS AND LEWI8
PHONE 52
PHONE 53
PHONE 13
JACKSONVILLE