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About Jacksonville miner. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1932-1935 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1933)
Pay 4 The Jacksonville Miner It’s Fair Time JACKSONVILLE, OREGON OFFICIAL LCONAOO ■AUDE Machado continues to face the it is perhaps too much to hope that the guy who playa a rhumba on prospect of becoming a dead presi his tuba down in Cuba la among dent rather than to qualify an a live coward Weston leader. the »trikera Weston Loader. NCW9MKN OF JACKSONVILLE TWEEDS rl D'5 NALL.. POOL Priced From a B m 111 $2.45 to $3.25 GRAYS AND BROWNS CORDS Out in Golden Oregon $2e45 and $2e95 "They are digging gold in Jack sonville." was a whisper running like a prairie fire through the Ore ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ gon Country. That was in 1851- 52. when the cry of gold started Pioneers of Southern Ore- I! around the world and the yellow metal was discovered tn Jackson gon will remember the old ; ville. Meeker and Thompson store < > And they are dtggtng gold again in the early '90’s—when the o in Jacksonville—yes. in the streets M. M. Dept. Store was born ; and the dooryarda of Jacksonville That and other phase« of golden ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Jackson county were featured in a gathering in Laurelhurst park Portland. Sunday, of former Jack- son county people. One speaker related how an old miner at a recent luncheon in Jack sonvllle displayed a small bottle of gold dust and nuggets, which he explained, he had dug out of a Sixth at Central—Medford Jacksonville dooryard that fore noon. The value of his gold was 17.50, which meant that he had earned a very good wage, even if his mining had been within the city limits of the former county | | seat of Jackson county. I to Brown and Sons at Eagle Point, Gold—it is the thrill of adven for faithful adherence to the busi ture, the antidote for depression, ness’ original name, rests almost i the lure of the ages. The story of Do we really appreciate Jackson at the foot of Tallowbox mountain gold in Southern Oregon and the some 20 miles from Jacksonville— ville. our quaint, picturesque little romance of those golden days ran where the highway crosses Apple neighbor with Its quiet ways, through the conversations of the gate river, and is within a short friendly spirit, sequestered gardens People and business may. as a descendants of old pioneer families distance of towering Greyback I and serene structures, and last but rule, be fickle. The world changes of Jackson county in the gathering mountain, which rises more than most important. Its heritage of tra- rapidly and constantly, and for this in Laurelhurst park Sunday. Such , dltion as the second oldest city in a gathering! So rich in historic reason a country store, generally 7000 feet and still carries a crest- the state of Oregon? .Men and wo ; ing blanket of snow. regarded as the least of businesses, lore, so alive with romantic inter The Peynoll hop yards, planted men of this age and perhaps es est. so thrilled with stories of brave that has remained under one name 29 years ago, look forward to the pecially those of the far west, are 1881 commands attention. since men and intrepid women! heaviest crop in many years at one inclined to value things above I Great establishments in the larg These word pictures were a part of its best prices—50 cents a pound. thoughts, the material rather than of Oregon, but unhappily a land er cities have come and gone, but the Intangible. Jacksonville repre almost apart—a glimpse of Para John Pernoll’s store at Applegate I ‘ Production is expected to reach “ a sents the latter. has held Its ground for more than I ota ‘ of Pounds, and prices dise in the shadows of the hills. As part of the “last frontier” Their old-time isolation from the 52 years, and for 43 years in the Iln ‘*e pai,t have '“*•<’ from r°“r Oregon has Astoria in the north Just a country *° 13 cents a pound. I^st year the rest of Oregon is mirrored in the present building. and Jacksonville In the south to fact that these Jackson county store—and proud of it—Applegate’s hops brought 11 cents. It Is Jack look to for that untouchable but business bouse has supplied the son county 8 only hopyard and is pioneers in the old days packed in nevertheless real asset, something their supplies from Scottsburg on matches, the nick-knacks and food- ’ managed by B. M. Clute for the which no money can purchase, ; Pernoil estate. stuffs since the day when wagon ' ” erno1 * estate. the Umpqua, and later from Cres which cannot possibly be borrowed, cent City, California. All business trains hauled merchandise from EXTENSION SERVICE and which can only remain ours was done with San Francisco. The Roseburg before the advent of the ANSWERS QUESTIONS through recognition and apprecia railroad. gold went to the mint in San Fran tion.—Jeunesse Butler. ____________________________ First established in 1881 by the cisco and to China; it was Oregon Some misunderstanding seems to ------------- •------------- gold to add to the fame of Cali Grange, John Pernoil Sr. was ■P- exist in respect to the amount of fornia and to the wealth of the pointed as storekeeper. As is not wheat that farmers in Oregon can I-------------------------------------------- Dudkins infrequent with such cooperative I grow under the wheat production pl,jred the ‘»•“«••-Weston I-eader. mandarins of the Orient. Northern Oregon did not know developments, it soon lost united control plan, says the Oregon Ag- > that 1120,000,000 of Oregon gold support among its owners—who | rlcultural Extension service, which went from Jackson county to en bickered among themselves, there has been asked by the secretary rich the earth, and for which Cali being too many bosses—and Per of agriculture to assist in the edu-| fornia got the publicity while Ore noil took over the establishment on i cation phases of the wheat plan. his own about a year later. For “Although the domestic allot- gon got no credit (D.M.D.) Even yet. the southern counties the first nine years the store was j ment for each state and each coun of Oregon are not closely enough located one and one-half miles be ty is set at approximately 54 per knitted to the northern counties of low the present site, where the cent of the average 1928-1932 pro the commonwealth. Some of them Pernoil hop yards still yield. After duction. it is not correct to assume through no fault of their own, but the coming of the railroad in 1884, that no more wheat can be grown because of ancient ties as well as supplies were hauled from Grants even if all wheat growers sign up,” transportation facilities, are close Pass to the community business explains the extension service. center. Although for many years "The 54 per cent allotment Is the Opposite Post Office ly associated with California. The Jackson county contingent stage coaches ran between Cres- i amount upon which cash adjust- Jacksonville Pt the gathering at Laurelhurst cent City and Jacksonville, the ment payments are available, but park Sunday made appeal for clos road was on the opposite side of each farmer who agrees to cooper- er union of all Southern Oregon the Applegate river and prevented ate. ln the plan can produce up to his previous average less only the with the old home state. The gath connections. In 1900, when John Pernoll Sr. cut set by the secretary of agri ering voted to hold a meeting at The Oaks, Portland, the coming started down that lonesome road culture." The amount of the cut cannot be‘ autumn to which should be Invited that has consumed most of the old representatives from Coos. Curry. settlers. John Pernoll II took over over 20 per cent. In other words, Douglas, Klamath, Josephine. Jack- the business. Born in 1877, John a grower will be able to raise some-j Our Prices Will Advance son and Lake, and for all to join junior had grown up in the coun where between 80 and 100 per cent Soon—Clean Up Now in a combined movement for a try store and had reached his ma of his average farm production as jority when the family responsibil «awva • LZ J 1 1 vz LUI eu v VUUI determined by the a allotment com- greater Oregon. SUITS......... ....... „..75c Thejmittee of the county wheat pro-! Should not Portland take notice ities fell on his shoulders. same structure still bouses the DRESSES (and up)....75c duction control association, but of this proposed meeting and en- 1 courage it? Doesn’t Portland want present Applegate store of John adjustment payments will be avail Hats Cleaned and Blocked Southern Oregon brought closer, Pernoll that sheltered wares for able only on the allotment portion ranchers and miners of the section of 54 per cent of his average pro-! especially now that "they are dig ging gold again in the streets of nearly 50 years ago. Little change duction. DYE WORKS has come in the meantime, save Just what the acreage cut will be Jacksonville?” Cor. 6th A Holly Phone 244 Speaking of gold, it is a region of for the addition of gasoline pumps, for next harvest will not be known Oregon pioneers and descendants automotive oils, electricity and until it is announced by the secre-' tary of agriculture on August 24. who constitute a golden citizen telephone service. The young merchant, John Jr., The reduction for the 1935 harvest ship. ^■♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦+++++++++.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ along about the time he assumed will not be known until some time his father ’ s business, took a fancy next year, the extension service ED. NOTE—This editorial was written by Mr. B. F. Irvine, the to a schoolmarm who had spent says. o ------------- e------------- blind editor of The Oregon Daily three years in Jacksonville’s schools Also, the ragman’s business Is Journal. Portland. Oregon. The and who moved her capabilities to <> speaker referred to above, is Mr. the Applegate school. She was Miss picking up.—Weston Leader. ! i Lora Couch, easterner from Illin Fletcher Linns’ talk, on a re cent visit he made in his old home ois, until the Applegate storekeep er convinced her the name Pernoll at Jacksonville. was far more becoming. Many of the most prominent Applegate fam A great storm is reported to be ilies were made of like combina raging on Saturn, but we’ve so far tions of teachers and young men received no detailed confirmation of the section. from that planet.—Weston Leader. The Applegate store, second only Medford’s Leading Store Since 1894” M. M?Dept. Store Pernoll Store Second Oldest in County With Name Still Unchanged An Intangible Asset S. C. PETERS Dentist CLEANING PRESSING PANTORIUM Nearly Three Decades of S ervice ... OR TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS the First National Bank has served the Southern Oregon section with a safe, conservative, constructive and never-failing banking facility. Those hardy pioneers who wrested Oregon from a wilderness would recognize to day in this bank those qualities of per manency and reliability for which they fought and bled. Products of Our Mill and Factory F Green Pine Slabs (12 in. and 16 in.) Factory Blocks (Dry) ♦ Phone 7 WE DELIVER I Timber Products Co. 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