T he J acksonville M iner
Volume 2
Jacksonville, Oregon, Friday, November 17, 1933
TURKEY SHOOT
SLATED BEACH
RANCH SUNDAY I
I
The death of all passengers <m
one side of a passenger plane in
Bortland last week gives rise to
the question of which Is the safer
aldo of an airplane. Our answer
would be the outside.
-or
Many a pleasant day hue been
shot to pieces by people who are
too quick on lite trigger.
Chamber of Commerce Will
Sponsor Competition for
Birds and Hams
r ~
Ben Dawson Plunks
Helpless Cougar Just
Like That Near Here
Hen ihiwson always wanted a
chance to shoot u cougar and the
chance came in an Ideal way a
few days ago.
Mr. Dawson, well-known sheep
mun of St<-amboat, was driving
his sheep along a mountain trail
when a large cougar sprang
from a tree among the animals.
Carrying a hfle In his hand, Mr.
Dawson Immediately shot the
cougar, which had been trapped
In the past, the absence of two
toes giving evidence of the cap
ture.
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but Jacksonville's prominent* sto
ically keep their silence. When
asked pointblank, they blandly
point to the northwest, thrust one
hand In their vest Napoleon-like
and orate Impressively, "There’s
gold in them thar mountings!”
Which preserves the peace and
sanctity of an old town noted for
such outbursts, hut leaves the press
in a hole as to just what it all was
about. It seems that tell-tale Identi Fire Company Allowed $150 for
Townspeople Mum When
fication, such as pink papers pro
Supplies in New Budget
Reporter Ambles Past;
truding from a pocket and a pen
Approved Nov. 9th
cil and paper showing, have a pe
Shroud in Mystery
culiar faculty of causing townspeo
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Final endorsement was given
ple to lose their voices.
’s 1934 budget late last
The pack rats—or something—
Anyway, The Miner has decider! . _, Jacksonville
week by the city council. The bud-
that
pack
rats
got
on
a
rampage
are loose again in Jacksonville.
: ‘ get provides for the expenditure of
Dr at least, so would some of Saturday night, tore up the jail and ' . >3513.23 for municipal expenses
threw the furniture out the closed
the old town's constabulary and windows. You see, people generally , during the coming year, with an
estimated Income to match this
| prominent citizens have one be are silent concerning their pests.
amount. An additional 87288.23 will
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lieve. Humors have been prevalent
“And it will take more than a he raised by taxation to care for
that last Saturday night two youths
chiropractor to straighten out some J retirement of various bond issues.
got oversupplied with firewater and of the joints in and around Med ' Interest and sinking funds, with a
went out scalping, ending up in the ford," jibes The Jacksonville Miner. 8313.23 item added for general fund.
budget committee, composed
former county jail, where they That’s roasting ’em!—Weston (Ore of The
O. W. Godward, Ray E. Wilson
gon)
Leader.
made existence unbearable for the
and Emil Britt, allowed 8150 for
furniture and windows, which suf
An optimist is a republican who purchase of supplies for the fire
fered somewhat—the inflammable looks forward to helping change ' company, the only new item in the
portions allegedly going up in the name of Norris dam.—Weston budget. Other items were approxi
smoke.
Leader. We’ve done that long ago, mately unchanged for the coming
Too. there was no small amount brother. Just turn the words around 12 months. The proposed budget
of broken glass glittering _ in
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the and you have it—damn Norris.— met no opposition and was passed
i with the unanimous vote of all city
| courthouse lawn the next morning. Milton Eagle.
’ officials present. The document,
I titled Resolution No. 145, was
signed by CouncHmen Severance.
Cantrail and Fick, and Mayor Wes-
i ley Hartman, and was attested to
by Recorder Coleman. Councilman
i Dunnington was absent. It was first
posted September 26, with final
If the old saw “as a man thinks, so is he” is ' i reading
Thursday, November 9.
figures, as prepared by
true, then a lot of Oregonians should go off and the Detailed
budget committee, that will
determine local taxes and expendi
hide their heads. Or admit that it is they and tures
for 1934 follow:
1934 BUDGET IS
GIVEN FINAL 0-K
BY CITY’S DADS
Pack Rats Get
Violent, Break
Up City Bastile
Befitting the season, the Jackson
ville Chamber of Commerce Sun
day will pull the trigger on the
first of a series of turkey shoots
to be held nt the V. J. Beach ranch
near this city.
First reports will echo over the
Due to the price of gold rising hills at 10 a. tn.. with the fireworks
somewhat. It fukoH a greater out- lusting the remainder of the day.
There will he capons, hams and
lay for an Inlay nowadays.
other succulent rewards for marks
B •
men, said Hay Coleman, crack shot
W«> suppose the next move of re- and general chuirman of the shoots.
during dietitians will bo to put t ho Both rifle und shotgun com iteti-
finger on travel, because It’s so tiona will lie held. with plenty of
broadening.
Idrds for all bullseyes.
Bunday’s shoot will bo the flmt
of
Art (Hie) Powell, custodian
of a series of four such events,
the official hell box of the Central another being scheduled for a
Point American, jibes us by telling week from Sunday and two more
of a largo gathering accumulated In sometime In Decomber. Proceeds Color of Miner Sets Off Swap
his town last week "without having from the shoots will go to the
of Papers That Leads to
to give nway beer.” Art. a dry with- Chamber of Commerce.
out a country, Is trying to b<-er
Mutual Interests
With u liiii-e army of nlmrods
down on us.
smsiplng around the county looking
Brady. Texas, Is a far cry from
for something to shoot at, it In ex
Powell Is the fellow who, when pected Sunday’s shoot should prove Jacksonville, Oregon. But then, as
he got a job on a large metropoli- a success on u par with other proven through the exchanges of
tan daily for a day. was all wet on shoots held here In years gone by. smaller town newspapers, this is
newspaper style The proofreader which almost have become tradi a small world after all.
got hold of him and explained, with tional
H. F. Schwenker, editor of the
gestures, that a newspaper always
The Beach ranch is located about i Brady Standard and conductor of
uses figures tn designate the hour. a half mile north of Jacksonville an editorial column entitled “Sause
Art’s next "take’’ was a bunch of on the old stage road and is the ; (or the Goose is Sause for the Gan-
l>oetry copy. Down toward the end I rendezvous of the Jacksonville Gun ' der." mused the other day on what
. ties bind various sections of the not the state’s higher education that is out of
Estimated Expenditures
(Continued on page four)
dub.
country and what part the news-
Fire department, supplies. >150.00
1 paper plays in this association. Ex- step.
»Marshal and water super
I cerpts from his column follow:
intendent salary__
... 1,100.00
¥
¥
¥
¥
¥
¥
¥
¥
¥
¥
"The newspapers, too. do their
Recorder’s salary
240.00
i part In bringing the easterners
Treasurer’s salary ....
160.00
Have
you
ever
seen
a
couple
of
people
on
a
i west and ’he westerners east and
Marshal expense ......
... 120.00
no less the northerners south. Even picnic quarreling and having a terrible time Roads and bridges
100.00
1 The Brady Standard plays a part
Water department__
275.50
' in all this. As an illustration of just with themselves? If you’ve ever watched hu Water meters
200.00
I how the newspapers form a con- man nature you’ve noticed a lot of them. Per ' Printing.... ...................
.. 100.00
Library .... ........ ...........
| necting link that may weld a per
50.00
Once known as the railroad that ihour nnd then don his cap and fect chain In a long series of haps these people are in an ideal spot for an Lights and fuel.... ........
850.00
named the greatest percentage of i swallow.tailed coat again.
Emergency fund ........
' strange events, we would relate an
167.73
Old Barnum would then leap to I Incident that befell The Standard outing. Doubtless they have a tasty, appropriate
profit from money Invested In the
United Stat“*, the old Jackson the ground, wait for the end of office in recent weeks.
Total estimated expense 83,513.23
ville railroad, operated by W. 8.' the coach to approach, swing to
"The start of it all was the re luncheon wrapped daintily in a basket with a
Estimated Receipts
the
rear
platform
and
enter
bls
Barnum nnd known near and far
ceipt of a copy of The Jacksonville jug of cool lemonade to wash it down. The sky Water collections ______ 83,000.00
the
case
as "Barnum's Special,” has a rich car or cars, whatever
Fines aifd impounded stock
75.00
Miner, published In Jacksonville.
fund of human interest, romance might be. He would produce a Oregon. The Miner excited our cur may be perfect, the weather ideal and even the Refund market road levy ... 125.00
punch from somewhere behind his iosity, to begin with, from the
and legend.
General fund to be raised
One of the most unique stories great beard and amble off down mere fact that It was printed on ants may have not yet arrived, but there quar
by taxation .......
313.23
concerning It. however, comes in a the aisle mumbling "tickets please .” pink paper. Then, secondly, because
rels
the
couple:
ruining
a
perfect
day
over
some
description of Barnum himself, who When he had finished with this Its editor was evidently an expon
Total estimated receipts....83,513.23
was a character If there ever win <Juty he would climb over the ten ent of the Idea of putting person- thing that has flowed under the bridge days or
Bonded Indebtedness
one. Thn Miner got it early this der. take off the <-ap and coat and ality plus Into his writings Frankly
Water bond interest fund,
week from u veteran Southern Fa- be fireman, engineer and owner for confessing, we might say some of weeks before. With a glorious setting, a perfect
86000 issue ___________ >300.00
rifle passenger brakeman who t he rest of the run, which would » his paragraphs showed a liberal
I Water bond interest fund,
repast and a warm sun ready for a wonderful I 810,000 Issue_________ U4.44
knew nnd respected the old rail bn made at a 10-mlle clip if he had touch of tabasco sauce.
dry wood.
roader.
bond interest fund.
"Along with the sample copy day, the couple
squanders it by bickering and Water
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n5000 jg,ue -------------- 825.00
in all the years Barnum operated came a letter front the editor. Leon
Bat num, whose chief raiment
consisted of an old swallow.tailed in this manner earning, per dol- ard Hall, requesting that we send arguing about some dirhculty that certainly! Water refunding bond in-
coat that had long since turned lar Invested, more than the crack him the second installment of the .
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i
J
J
terest fund. >13,000 issue 750.00
Water bond sinking fund.
green, a two-foot beard and a di railroads of the nation with all series of stories being printed In isn t being helped any.
1.000.00
lapidated conductor's cap, had their high-paid executives — he The Standard of "Buffalo Days” as
Nearly everyone knows people who are like w!ter0bondesinking fund”
evolved a system which had much never had the locomotive chug into recounted by J. Wright Mooar. buf
to do with the high percentage of a stray cow due, no doubt, to his falo hunter of the early and wild that—who nullify the preparation and work of
rii 600.00
profits his six or seven miles Of well-fenced right-of-wny. The old West Texas, and originally pub
2,000.00
engine was trustworthy In its lished in Holland's Magazine of hours and days simply because they won t con-
rnllioad yielded.
815.000 issue
Hero's the doi>e as told by n feeble way and always could be Dallas.
sinking fund. 313.000 is-
veteran railroader who still makes I relied on to rattle along at a leis
“Editor Hall wrote that the first centrate on the more important things and keep
650.00
the run through Medford nnd who urely gait while the section fore of the series contained reference to
¡General fund, to be raised
announced he plans to drop over man-president flrcman-engineer-con- one I.r-m WTlson as a member of trivialities and animosities in their place.
I by taxation ...........
87,288.23
¥
to the old town one of these days: diictorbrakcman collected tickets the group of buffalo hunters, and
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liarnum’s old line consisted of from his jaissengers and paused, that this self-same Wilson was now
Just as such a couple loses sight of the beau Applegate Grangers
three or four "nits of rolling sto,-k; occasionally, for an exchange of
(Continued on page four)
a couple passenger coaches, u few words with his many friends.
tiful and pleasant by concentrating on the more Elect Officers Friday
flat cars and perhaps a rickety box
Another peculiarity of old W. S.
car or so. This all was towed from Barnum. as tolcb by the brakeman, Volunteer Firemen to
unpleasant, so do the people of Oregon obscure
one end of the line to the other was In his annual trips to Portland
Applegate Grange held election
a
Stage New Year Hop great educational system that they could well of officers at their regular meeting
through the uncertain efforts of a which, of course, wore made on the
wheezy old locomotive that could, Southern Pacific. Barnum used a
Friday with the following result:
under a full head of steam, attain pass, quite naturally, for there
It was decided, after two special be proud of by keeping alive a two-by-four Master, E. H. Taylor; overseer,
a speed of nearly 10 miles an hour. always has been a certain brother session of the Chamber of Com squabble born and incubated in jealous rivalry Louie Hanson; lecturer. Sam John
It was back in the days when hood among railroad presidents, but merce and a called gathering of the
son; steward. Lester Hill; assist
Jacksonville was in her nr I me and In all the years he traveled back Jacksonville Volunteer Fire com and an undercurrent of selfishness.
ant steward, Charles Elmore; chap
when Medford was just a muddy and forth on business between pany. that the latter organization
Mrs. Bessie Elmore; treasurer,
The University of Oregon and Oregon State lain.
little station along the larger rail southern Oregon and the northern will receive proceeds front the New
Ashton Forrest; secretary, Herbert
road that wound its way over the part of the Htato, he never spent . Year’s dance that is staged annual- college are institutions to be proud of. But the Elmore; gate-keeper, Bernard An
Siskiyou* and into nnother world one cent on a railroad.
dren; Ceres, Mrs. May Paul; Po
■ ly in the U. S. hotel.
Barnum, whiskers and all, would
The pike between the two cities
Ray Wilson, volunteer chief, led fight that rages between the two certainly mona, Miss Leta Gilson; Flora.
could be traversed only by horse Invariably board a Southern Pacific the company in the quest for dance
Mrs. Florence Bossaum; lady as
and buggy and sometimes by horse passenger carrying a large shoe moneys. The firemen had planned strikes a sour note.
sistant steward, Mrs. Mildred Tay-
alone, due to the bottomless bog box filled with lunch. He always to operate the dance as well, but
Executive committee: Frank
Both schools are striving toward the same lor.
that rivaled Big Sticky for Impene wore his swallow-tailed coat and after BOtne debate it was decided
Knutzen, chairman; Wait [ter Miller
trability In wet weather. Horseless he never rode a Pullman or ate in to leave arrangements to the pres intellectual goal. It has not been proven that and George Coffeen. Fm jrther sp
pointments were not made at this
carriages still were cause enough a dining car. The only money he ent dance committee. Inasmuch as
to break up church when one of ever spent on any railroad, so far I it had been unusually successful in the two colleges could be consolidated and op meeting.
The Armistice program given
the contraptions went spluttering as can be learned. W. S. Bnrnum ’ the present series of dances, net-
■ spent on his own line as an invest 1 ting the chamber nearly a hundred erated at a financial saving without lessening during the lecturer’s hour by the
past on a Sunday morning
Medford American Legion and a
Old Barnum, adorned in his swal ment that paid handsomely back dollars the first month following
male quartet from the Medford
low-tailed coat and conductor's In the days when railroads were j operation that was plunging that educational benefits.
club was much appreciated by
body deeper into debt each week.
cap, would stand on the roar plat the last word in transportation.
So long as Oregon State is at Corvallis, and Glee
form of his string of one or two
Paved roads nnd the Increasing
Last week-end. partly due to the
I those in attendance. Paul McDon
l>assongcr coaches, yell "all-ahoard” j popularity of gasoline has since re holiday, more than 500 persons so long as the University of Oregon is in Eu ald gave a talk of exceptional in
and then alight to the ground. He duced this famous old railroad to crowded Into the famous old hall
terest on the details of the signing
would hurry forward to the cab of ; a weed-covered right-of-way dotted and the chamber group netted, on gene, why can’t the student body, the faculty of the Armistice.
his panting engine, doff the cap here and there with a few rotting . admissions alone, nearly 840, which
About 30 of the Grange members
and swallowtail, heave in a few ties, rusty rails, a decayed depot will help to retire some 8600 indebt and the alumni let it go at that and try to make expect to go to Central Point this
sticks of cordwood—enough to fire and one remaining crossing sign. edness Incurred last summer. Al the best—instead of the worst—of it? There Friday evening, where the degree
her up for a mile or so—wash his Barnum’s Special has gone west, Stewart and his Royal Oregonians
work will be conferred.
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grimy hands in n barrel of water but not without leaving a heritage orchestra has been furnishing mu is room for two state-owned colleges in Oregon
he always carried in the tender, set of tradition for the territory it sic for the affairs and has been re-
LOST—Australian Bhepherd dog,
the throttle so the train would served In Its inimitable manner forlceiving much favorable continent providing they deliver the goods, but the sov-
blue-gray; small reward. Route
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chug along about four miles an many years.
2, box 306, Medford.
on his improved renditions.
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A SMALL WORLD
AFTER ALL SAYS
TEXAS EDITOR
Oregon’s Siamese Twins
BARNUM MUST HAVE BEEN
RIGHT ON J’VILLE SPECIAL
By C. M. PAYNE