T he J acksonville M iner Volume 2 The Editor Speaking Jacksonville, Oregon, Friday, October 6, 1933 BUFFALO DAYS TALE ROPES IN JAYVILLE MAN 5c a Copy But You Really Oughta Suboc ribo --- * Number 40 Applegate to Have $10 Award Going But ||fi| I V 11ARIAPFD Homely, Covered With Second CCC Camp Not Gone Says Donor HULL I IvIfUvfWLn picas> Dog Is Example for Worshipped Man The Applegate is to have another Ten round, heavy silver dollars INSTIGATOR OF ANTI-FOX DOPE the price of many a needed ar C.C.C. cainp this winter. It is said that true beauty lies in The 966 Company, Clift Springs tlcle or cherished luxury await the simple things of life. God’s the response of southern Oregon camp from Silver I-ake will be pioneers at the Verne Bhangle simple creatures, too, often display Art (HIc) Powell, that long drink some of life’s most beautiful emo moved to Carbury for winter quar- studios in Medford, Judge F. L. I of 8.1 from over Central Point way. ' tions. TouVelie stated this week. ters. Fifteen members of the 966th put In hi» throe knocks for "Ixmls’* Lem Wilson Figures in More ‘Expose* of Fox Business Prac Picture for a moment a quiet, company, who will form part of I The award, offered to the per­ In lust week's American. And hero Buffalo Hunt Stories in warm fall afternoon. Atop a small trees Requested; Miner son who can correctly name the we always thought he wus a boost­ the new camp |*ersonnel, rei*orted greatest number of pioneers In an knoll stands the schoolhouse, red Texas Newspaper Merely Late er and not a km.ik-ir! bricks radiating heat fn the sun. for duty Monday, arriving by truck. old photograph on display at the 'W.-v- There is a quiet hush over the Another article, one of a series There has been some wonder-1 grounds; there are many footprints Art, It will bo remembered, criti­ written in collaboration with J. A detachment of men from Camp I Medford studio, as yet Is unclaim­ ed. there being but one old settler rnent In southern Oregon just why, and signs of habitation, but the cised Jacksonville for her Hold Wright vv I Iglll .’lUWIll | lilllllflin Mooar, fumous UUlltlllt buffalo Applegute Is working tills week to Rush Jubilee and still bemoans the hunter, In which reference Is made clear the camp site, a densely who has entered a list of names. The .Miner has chosen to suddenly outside Is strangely deserted. More than a hundred pillars of ■ kid the Holly theater on its open­ fact he was unable to got drunk to an old Jacksonville resident, wooded flat on the south bank of A low murmur of sounds Issue ng ----- last week ------- fn some quarters, In our fair city. (Art called It Lem Wilson, la reproduced this Hturgess Fork east of the Hturgesa southern Oregon are shown In the j __ through the open schoolhouse doors long photo, which pictures a meet- I t too, “ there may ' have been criticism as several hundred students scrawl IJNfuIr as he loft town stone week. guard station. ■ng of the Pioneers of Southern oi thi; new7paw In^the Vt^nd’lt sober last August.) lie refers to Ixim, modest beyond words, has Major Clair Armstrong of the Oregon at the Jacksonville court­ has taken But The Miner is con­ huge figures on blackboards, wave us as "the wild Jackass from the been hiding his buffalo hunting Medford district headquarters visit­ house years ago their hands wildly when an an­ fident that when all the story is peorarles of Texas'* In his editor­ glory under a basket, but, through ed the camp site Tuesday, passing Those who would like to spend known criticism will dwindle as swerable question Is asked and ial column, we supisise, because we cooperation with the Brady, Texas, his approval on the location, and browse sleepily behind propped remembrance rapidly _ as the Holly theater's „ Ml at . hnd addressed him ns "Brother" Standard, The Miner Is able to re­ making assignment of buildings for a while in pleasant The halls of the gazing into images of faces of tendance has the fore part of this ' study books. Powell the week before. | school are deserted too, but cloak print another Installment which the permanent camp former friends should drop into----- ■ week. a* ' rooms bulge with hats, coats and first appeared in Fumi and Ranch, Recruits will number 200, all Shangle's Medford office, or Into The Holly theater management, ' lunch boxes. There is the sound Also, while the meeting In In dis­ Dallas. Texas. Oregonians, and like Camp Apple­ the Marble Corner In Jacksonville- over ___ ____ its signature, published the of a floor creaking as a teacher order, we'd like to offer Arthur The author's true experiences, gate. construction of the buildings (HIc) Powell n drink of sneer beer which often were shared by the will be done by civilian carpenters to scan and identify, for the |10 following advertisement fn a Med­ softly opens and closes a door and award will be made ere long to the ford newspaper just a year ago for his * Insinuations about our well-known Jacksonvllllan, follow: Lumber will start arriving next one who most accurately can name disappears up the wooden stairs. last -• Monday: claim to have actually worked last Quiet, serenity and relaxation In November, following the com-1 Monday The Clift Spring boys persons decked out in 1900 apparel "To the citizens of Medford and summer. We weren’t raised In Ing of the great herd, my brother will arrive here as soon as it is and expressions. re'gn the outer portals of the southern Oregon: that old school of hell box journal­ John camo west to join me in the possible to evacuate their old camp school, although many young monds, ------------ • "We feel that the drastic change ism our esteemed Central Point new enterprise of buffalo killing. I which probably will be In another About nine times of 10 a mem­ In admission prices announced to­ unseen, are busy with problems, competitor has known all his life. Upon his arrival In Dodge City, he week, and will use tents until per­ ber of the intelligentsia is one who dreams, plans and study. A cross day calls for an explanation. We "Work" to us always meant some­ went to Rath's store and asked: manent struc.ares ure erected. Lo­ would go hungry if he were not have made it our policy never to section of young America growing thing more than reaching across "Do you know a fellow by the name cation for their winter work will sup|>orted by a moron.—Thomaston publicly criticize our competitor, up and fitting itself for the job Its the type case for four letters. parents now Uave. be on Brush creek. of J Wright Mooar?” (Ga.) Times. and unbusiness-like methods em­ *. v But this does not complete the “Yea," sul county, we'd better get tho jump By slx-shootcred men. wagons load­ fore It dawns on you that there Is The dog, "Buster,” admirer of on "Ham" Hamilton of the Med­ ed with hides and meat, long trail one place you haven't been, don't lunch! Of course there was a rock ,; lize the entire film market in Melvin, Merl and Bobbie Miller, but ’ towns in which they have indepen- ford Nows, who warned us tho outfits garden and flower pots at home who could belong to any young­ with supplies, railroad fall to go back— It might bring a lot of things already overflowing, but- half of the . dent competition, thereby forcing ster anywhere in the world, stays other day he just found out we fell gangs, desperadoes, officers of the on our head when young. You see. law. soldiers, cowboys and Indians like trodding on California's soli, geological and botanical make-up , the closing of these independent by the door, hour by hour and day It was thia way: A youngster fell made a motley moving show that knowing about darning socks, of the mountain just must be pre­ theaters. They have done this even by day. while his masters are hid­ on his head all right, but Ham has held his attention and caused the working a zipper over time, being pared fer the homeward trek though It seems their present pol­ den in the mysterious wilderness of the unhappy faculty of judging hours to imihh quickly. called- But that is getting ahead Every specimen of sedum, roots, icy and Investment cannot accom- No Dog’s land, Tolerantly polite everyone by himself. of the story, and it really la a long . seeds, and other high altitude ; modate and exhibit all of these while a passing stranger stoops to One day he noticed a claim house story when one takes the day to j growths. including mossy rocks ( pictures, yet it deprives other rub hfs fur, the dog’s whole-souled on the prairie some distance from We kind of kidded the News the edge of town. He wandered ramble by Chevrolet to the dizziest (providing they didn't upset the , theaters of the opi>ortunity to ex­ interest is very plainly in his pa- headline writer for permitting a nut to It and hoard voices inside. heights of the Siskiyou range. winter home of lady-bugs) was hibit these pictures and continue tlent waiting. mining atory full of brass nuggets r:elng a tenderfoot he did not real- Tho party Included Ranger I>ee garnered to fill a kettle and knap- operation. The afternoon sun beats down, "We believe such acts to be crickets sing their late summer to get on tho front page. We sup­ I Ize the danger of "butting in” on Port, commander and Instigator of ' sack. grossly unfair and not in accord- pose this week he will burst forth the people's affairs In the land of the trip; Mrs. Port, who had the The visitors, sensing the calm, hymn and the rest of the world with a treatise on how Jacksonville outlaws; and getting no response welfare of the party at heart; Mrs. the peace, the awful lonliness of ; ance with ethics of American busi- seems far away, but this dog, backyard miners atari digging at to his knock, he pushed open the C. C. Buck, who was ready to go life away from the rest of the ness and it warrants, we feel, the which is Jacksonville school’s condemnation of most faithful and regular attend­ .the far end of their tunnels and door and looked in on a strange back again the next day; and a cub world, came to believe what hair whole-hearted every citizen. The closing of the work toward the surface, always performance. Two men wore busi­ reporter from the Miner office raising things can happen even in ant, lies at the outer door waiting throwing the dirt behind them ao ly engaged in the peculiar occu­ showing lack of common sense in the wilderness when Mr. Schlchtl Independent theater would leave for his life’s interest to reappear a monopoly for Fox West Coast, a they won’t have ugly piles of gravel pation of painting a white horse general. Dutchman's peak was the pointed out a rock a few feet away from the Impenetrable building so stacked around on their lawns. Incentive in view. from the house which had been condition that Medford knows from they can be together again as they black. It was Friday, and with the split by lightning late in the sea­ experience is not satisfactory. kick up dust down the village The tenderfoot immediately gave "Fortunately, however, the Holly streets, cut through lots overgrown Wo welcome the threatened on­ voice to hts amazement. He also showed a "What gradual ascent Into the high moun­ son of 1928. has at its disposal enough films slaught of Moore Hamilton, how­ are you doing?” tains a warm, cloudy morning hemlock tree that had been burn- with weeds, throw sticks into apple to continue operation for some ever, Any newspaperman that The mon. startled, looked upon changed Into tho gray, dripping ,ed by lightning during that storm time and is not one of the un­ trees or chase a wandering cat. pounds out jingles tor. better, tho Intruder with a deadly intent­ chill of a foggy day. Then above 1 when the electric charge sent a Parents n.ay come and go about jangles) by the ream should bo ness for a moment, hut saw he was the fog clouds came the sunshino shower of sparks over his house as fortunate theaters forced to close their business while their children by this proceedure of Fox West are entrusted to the care and pro­ easy to handle liiothcr, can you a harmless tenderfoot. This prob­ sifting through the tree tops on snow was falling fn a dense fog. spare a rhyme? At last the party boarded the Coast; but our plans have been tection of the district’s faculty, but ably saved his life. Finally one of a group of sightseers awed with somewhat upset' by this sudden this half-caste, homely dog main­ •.v the men answered: "We stole this | the simple grandeur of the high . trusty Chevrolet again and pro- Let's see, isn't it FOOL'S gold horse down on Rattlesnake creek mountains. Because the good ship , ceded merrily on the homeward move on their part in which they tains his position as near the side they call that stuff that sucks in last night, and we are going to Chevrolet clamored for water, the | journey, basking In the content­ seem to seek to close our theater of his beloved companions as he i rather than to continue to face dare. His vigil is broken only by the amateurs over in this country? paint him black and sell him back ladles of the party, armed with a ment of a grand day. 3.99 per cent beer bottle picked up If so, someone In Medford certain­ to his owner." But halt! The day had not been | competition. the occasional necessary scratch­ "We are, therefore, taking this ing of a flea-bite as he uncon­ along the roadside and a good old- complete after all. and the party ly gave Ham a wonderful vacuum Tills they actually did. method to meet the competition cleaning. Three days later I came in with fashioned coffee pot as water con­ retraced their way for two miles or presented by these unfair tactics sciously shows man the finer points tainers. took a bracing walk of a more for a four mile jaunt down of faithful devotion and patience. thirty-six hundred pounds of meat Wo see by press dispatches that* which I sold for three cents per mile or so to Chappel Springs. Yellow Jacket ridge to Perk's pas­ and solicit the support of this com­ The passerby, noticing, can ap­ munity to help us continue to op-[ That walk in the deep silence of ture over a road just in the making KO AC, Oregon's state-owned sta­ pound. preciate the real story binding to­ erate our theater. We feel that gether a well-worn schoolhouse, an tion and the only one, perhaps, in 1 camped on the prairie about a the hills could have reached per­ that made the rest of the day pretty the northwest that doesn't break mile from town, and John came fection but for two obstacles. tame. Carrying the coffee [>ot and you would not like to see Medford's autumn afternoon and a dog rest­ tin Its time with "this program is out to the wagon with me after we Somebody brought up the subject beer bottle full of water for the finest theater forced to close its ing quietly against the front door. coming to you through the courtesy had had supper at the hotel. As of Siberian Ice cream of which raging Chevie was not so easy. doors because of such unjust act­ The observer will know, intuitive­ of the Cheapso Soap company," la we tnlked, I made down my bed In there was none around, and also Thick as the Brush Marines are in ions. ly, why dogs are thought of as barred from broadcasting games on tho grass and crept between the the truth was exposed that some the woods, they could be thicker I "We assure you that the type and man’s best friend. its own gridiron. That exclusive blankets. John, after some ques­ folks don’t know the end of the and come in handy, because after quality of entertainment at our right has been sold to a coast oil tions and misgivings, because this road when they see it. four courageous motorists had roll- theater will not decline with the On the base of Dutchman’s peak ed a massive stump from the road, price of admission and that for company. Wonder If there In any was his first night tn the open, connection between high education pulled off his shoes and crept in after a hazardous flight through and attempted to move another the price of admission, you will not be able to equal our programs and high finance? beside me. The camp bed of the road construction under way by with failure, which meant the anywhere. At a regular semi-monthly meet­ We do this to solicit | Applegate Brush Marines. But' party had to walk a quarter of a frontiersman was a thing of art. The odds seem to he against any A tarp was spread upon the grass, ! after all, pushing a sedan around mile, a kind hearted Marine show­ your support until such time as ing of the Jacksonville Chamber investigations and of Commerce held here Monday state-owned radio station ever the blankets spread upon it and to the tune of some good loud ed up and offered his assistance ft government night, it was voted to continue the legal actions now in progress have building Itself Into popularity. the tarp was drawn back over the blasting is all in the day's events.: needed! The breath-taking ascent of the KOAC la unique In that it is one; top and carefully folded in at the But anyway, at Perk’s guard sta­ been completed, which will, we feel Wednesday night soirees in the old certain, stop Fox West Coast from hotel building so long as they pay (Continued on page four) sides. The sleeper then crawled I old mountain peak, on foot, found | tion hidden in the wild canyon of proceeding further under this their way. Although scant profit is atonement in the surrounding ma- California's border land was Ervin in at the head of his bed and drew being realized on the affairs, social policy. i jesty of nature ’ s grandeur. To one Lewis looking very much of a the tarp end ontlrely over his head worth of the soiree is considered “ If you believe that business in | side of the snowy heights of Mt. homebody in his bedroom slippers thus encasing him. shutting out the Medford should be conducted on a | justification for their continuance, Shasta unfolded to view, as king behind a broom. The party met cold and prowling animals or of a vast expanse of far away some of the old fashioned welcome I fair competive basis, you will con­ members decided. snakes. Next regular meeting of the demn the policy of the Fox hteaters 1 John crept in with his trousers mountain ranges, while below,1 bestowed by grandmother in the The pound of hoofbeats, the rip­ on. but soon found the bed so snug | decked in the soft colors of an old days; Ervin proudly showed and give your entire support to chamber will be Monday, October ple of sinewy, graceful muscles on and warm, in spite of the Novem­ artist's choosing, lay Silver Fork two stocking darners he had carv­ the Holly and other independent 16, President Duke Lewis said. some of the coast’s beat horseflesh ber chill, that he had to shed them. basin dotted with cattle shrunken ed from a white willow, and even theaters in Medford. HOLLY THEATER.” will be seen at the Medford fair- Two Inches of snow fell during to mere specks in the hazy dist-j more proudly displayed his darn­ It was several months following ing, which outclassed many a fem­ grounds Saturday and Sunday, the night, and when the tarp was i ance. the printing of the above article! Then to bring the picture within inine effort to mend. October 7 and 8. (Continued on page two) Much too often just a pleasant Each day. starting promptly at closer range, there was the delic­ There were things to see out­ that the Holly, too. succumbed— ious hot chocolate awaiting four doors, too. Ervin called attention it said—to the deadly competition mirage weeks away, real profit in 1:30 p. m., there will be three full A new tee age Is said to threat­ weary travelers at the summit of to his flower garden, a tiny wild of Fox theaters. That was Decem­ the Saturday night dances in Jack­ hours of racing, interspersed with sonville has again become a real­ bucking exhibitions, Roman exhi­ en the world, but this may merely Ditchman, to say nothing of the mustard flower and a dog fennel ber 11, 1932. About nine months later, how- ity the last two weeks, since the bitions and other stunts, featuring be a seasonal rumor startod by rest of the luncheon consisting of plant struggling under the door 1 ever, the same Holly theater was riders from some of I ho north­ tho coal man.—Weston leader. advent of a beer garden, having clam chowder and high golden bis­ step. Otherwise showing an ap­ west’s biggest shows. The races In justice to the noble red man cuits that were not long In disap­ preciative nature, Mr. Lewis has reopened by the same interests seen the largest crowds for months are being sponsored by several of it may be well to point out that pearing the way of al) good things. preserved the wild ferns growing that were accused of such business exclusive of jubilee night. practices—Fox West Coast, now southern Oregon's faithful home the term, "Cherokee Strip,” car- Alex Schicht) may be a first class in a neatly swept door yard. Al Stewart and his Royal Ore­ fanclofs and should draw a large, rled no reference to an Indian nud- lookout, but he knows, too. how to Even tho Ervin's invitation to Fox Evergreen in the northwest gonians have been furnishing the and 60 per cent owned and con ­ Interested crowd. 1st colony.—Weston Leader. music with an eight-piece orches­ appease lusty appetites. More than remain for supper was mighty -------------•------------- Slight tinting of nails is said by that he knows how to keep visitors hard to resist, that terrible road trolled by Fox interests. But the tra, and rearrangement and remod­ Uncle Sam’s problem is that ao Emily Post to be in good taste, feeling good after a meal — with a back up the mountain called to get former Holly management has been eling of the hall's Interior has many of his i>eople are found want­ but ours we never bite.—Weston merry ha ha and a twinkle of blue going before dark, so it was called strangely silent about this. It even added room and convenience to the ing.—Weston leader. Leader. (Continued on page three) popular Saturday night rendezvous. eyes he tells them they don’t know a day without further ado. ’CATERS TOUR HOME HILLS FIRST; « GUARD’S MALE COOKERY SAID OKEH Chamber Commerce to Keep Weekly Soirees Medford Fairgrounds Scene of Horse Races Saturday Night Dances See Increased Profits S*MATTER POP— A Noodle Is Substituted By C. M. PAYNE