Jacksonville miner., November 24, 1933, Image 1

T he J acksonville M iner
Jacksonville, Oregon, Friday, November 24, 1933
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Jayville Youths Find
Crime Doesn’t Pay;
Ugh, What a Melon!
GOLD HOARDERS
SHOW UP AMONG
J’VILLE MINERS
Nothing tauten as good a* a
stolen watermelon. But when it
comes to purloined citron, that
la
Momething else again, diacov- $40 Gold Prospect Tempts to
Coming Sunday to See Action
Mayor
Buys
Pauley
Cells
of
‘Leadville or Bust’ Signs
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success of some ventures
ered
young Jacksonville last
Hold Back Shipment;
at Medford Gun Club, Here
County Court; to Be
depends n lot In getting the right
week.
Change to ‘Busted, By
Production Up
men against them Controlled in­
Next Sunday, Dec. 3
Set Up at Once
For it was a gray watermelon
God!’ in Early Saga
flation, for Instance.
stealing day when the V. J.
V
The muchly publicized gold
Heventeen turkey dinners were
Back rats or worse-—have brok­ Beach family left for Portland
hoarder Is hack again.
Clark Wood, brilliant editor of dished out Sunday by the Jackson­
By J. C. REYNOLD8
last
week.
They
left
two
en up the old county jail for the
At least, that Is the re|>ort eman­
the Weston (Ore.) Leader, notes ville Chamber of Commerce to
Iturlng ’71, ’7H and ‘K0, I<eadvllle,
large citron renting placidly on ating
from gold buying headquart
it’s about time for someone to write marksmen who gathered at the V, Colorado, was something to write Inst time, asserts Mayor Wesley
their
back
porch
pending
the
era in southern Oregon, for the
a song entitled "The End of An Im­ J. Bench ranch to engage In the home to mother about. No. I’ll take Hartman.
candying procenn that wan to sourdough producers have been
perfect Day." That one ought to first of a Merles of week-end turkey Hint back. Mother wouldn't have
The rats—or whatever it was
prepare them for eligibility to hearing over the radio and reading
dnys Olin Miller.
shoots to be hold here, announced believed It and would probably have ! wrought more than $50 havoc a holiday goodies. But one citron
in the newspapers that the price
week
ago
when
incarcerated
in
the
iChnlrmun Ray Coleman this week. jumped to the conclusion that her
remained when the family re­ of
the yellow metal likely will in­
Homo people's train of thought 1 A dozen-odd hens also went to the boy had suddenly blossomed out bastile overnight—will find them­ turned last Thursday.
crease till it is double the former
selves entering solid Iron cells that
spends most of its time on a siding i boys with the powder burns.
an a writer of fiction.
The citron, looking for all the price, or more than $10 per ounce
The first meet, despite hasty ad­
This town which, us if by magic, are not equipped with glass win-, world like two juicy watermelon
for 1000 fine metal.
One of the finest lessons on the vertising and a gray day, was pro- grew Into u large city In a few «lows if they should run afoul the
begging to be separated from
The greater part of the mining
value of cooperation wan brought ! nouncod a financial success by the months, hud Its locution oven 10,- law.
rind
and
seeds,
fooled
some
fraternity, however, is finding it
Hartman’s decision to get the
to a Medford theater stage last ; chamber men, und it was unani- 000 feet above sea level. Its cli­
Jacksonville boys, who thought neceesnry to market gold at regular
week end when the only living boy ! mously agreed that more shoots mate was the worst imaginable. iron bars that do a prison make they were swiping a midsummer
- intervals due to small capital—for
Hlameso twins were exhibited. Al­ ! would be hold here «luring tile next Often the sun would rise bright followed a series of such incidents
treat. One of the fruit had been
which the average miner is famous.
though the bond Is not of flesh and - few weeks. More than $75 were and warm In the morning and by In the old county jail. Saturday he
plugged; it remained. But the
blood, many people’s interests are J taken In from the event and an in­ !) o’clock it would be sleeting or met with the county court, ex­ other—well, somebody’s face Th«v are content to receive the $25
or $26 from local gold buyers and
as closely related and interdepen­ creased crowd 1s expected a week snowing, with a blizzard of icy wind plained Jacksonville’s plight and
was a lot redder than the inside use the silver and currency rather
dent us those of the Hlamose twins I | from this coming Bunday, Decern- behind it. Hundreds were stricken bought two steel cells for the sum
of the “watermelon” when it than to watch an accumulation of
but, unlike the pair they pity, they , tier 3, when Jacksonville will fling with pneumonia and died for want of SI from the county's oversupply.
was opened.
[ gold gather in their glass bottles
haven't the native Intelligence of i clay pigeons for the second time ' of medical attention. Other hun- They are being set up and should
It all goes to prove, to some ! for any length of time. It is thought
the joined Filipino boy* to accept ' this season. Next Sunday marks­ dreds died from other causes, were be in readlnesr by tomorrow night.
Jacksonville youths, that crime the larger producers, with several
men will congregate in Medford, shot or lynched, blown up in pow- “- and let that be a warning to
ties and make the moat of them.
doesn’t pay.
; thousand dollars worth of the metal
| where the gun club of that city der blasts, caught in snow slides ’em,” added Hartman yesterday.
: on hand, arb the ones who figure to
and in many other ways. At one
The youths who damaged the jail
ir all gosalps were laid end to I will be hosts for a bird shoot.
‘ profit most by “hoarding” their
Rifle
ranges
were
In
use
as
well
time
the
graveyard
threatened
to
more
than
a
week
ago
were
re­
»nd what a welcome eight a steam
metal for a month or so.
ns
trapshooting
and
nlmrods
had
a
leased
on
the
promise
of
their
par
­
become
larger
than
the
town.
roller would bo!
There is another angle to wait
Idg time and tender shoulders when
On every road leading Into Lead­ ents that new panes, window sills
'
ing
for a higher price that the gold
evening
closed
the
first
meet.
Near-1
ville could I m - seen prairie schoon­ and furniture would replace that
Well, It’s about time for Moore
accumulators in this section may be
Hamilton to burst forth with some­ ly every car to leave the grounds ers bearing this inscription in large I destroyed. The trouble was ascribed
I overlooking, however. The increase
thing about what Oregon State’s contained one or more squawking letters. "Leadville or Bust.” An to a too-heavy imbibing of moun­
in the value of gold is intended,
birds
doomed
for
steaming
kettles
equal
number
could
be
noted,
head
­
tain
dew
by
the
boys.
Iron Men could have done to the
very obviously, as a means by
and
simmering
roasters
and
the
lo
­
ing
the
other
wuy,
with
the
inscrip
­
The two new cells are valued at
Trojans last Saturday.
which prices may be boosted on
cal chamber carried off a jingle of tion changed to read, “Busted, by |300, and will remain the property
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other commodities, and of lessening
sliver that smacked of better days. | God." Thousands were coming, of the city, although the county
Th« Blue Eagle seems to have
the purchasing power of the silver
Prominent
southern
Oregon thousands staying and thousands
started a new hoof and mouth dis­ marksmen were present for the going. About all the crack gun- jail structure where they will be Dances Chief Revenue; Turkey dollar. If miners should await the
housed
will
remain
the
property
of
ease here In Oregon—a greedy lum­ shoot, with several new recruits slingers in the west made Lead-
ultimate high of gold, they at the
Shoots Aid in Paying Off
ber mill la kicking and yelling be­ from Jacksonville, including such ville a visit and many of them Jackson county. In event the court­
same time would await the dollar’s
$600 Jubilee Deficit
cause It can’t saw the Industry personages as Hlazoner. Mayor Wes stayed. Texas Jack, Happy Jack, house property should be sold,
weakest buying strength. It is
right back Into the first year of Hartman, I>airyman George Wendt Missouri Bill, Hurricane Bill and Jacksonville will have the right to
thought by many that to market
remove
the
cells
to
any
desired
lo
­
“
We
are
getting
to
the
point,
fin
­
the depression by working night and others, marksmen in intention a host of others. Both Frank and
newly mined gold at current prices
cation.
ally, where we can see daylight in would result in as great, or greater,
and day.
only. The shoot opened at 10 a.m. Jesse James were there for about
I our red-ink Chamber of Commerce actual buying power although the
and continued till evening shadows two weeks, but for some reason
And there's al>out sex times too obscured targets Punk Dunnlngton I left without pulling any of their shortly after they secured jobs in books.” stated Secretary Joe B. total sum of dollars received might
much hooey In some of the “mod­ and Marshal Jim Llttell handl<-d : famous stunts.
the mines a lot of miners not in Wetterer Monday night at the reg­ be somewhat leas.
ular meeting of that body. “Early
ern” books In circulation lately.
There still is some confusion in
the rifle range while Ray Cole­
The offscourings of every state sympathy with their beliefs began next spring I believe the chamber
many quarters as to why such a
to
have
considerable
bad
luck.
Some
man and Viv Beach worked the ' In the union came to Leadville,
Uncle Ham’s final recognition of trapshooting end of the day, with along with the multitude of adven­ fell down deep manholes that were will be able to pay the last of a great gap exists between the RFC
Russia last week is much like us Dan'l (Boone) Shusa In the trap- turers who were attracted by its not covered. Others were not $000 indebtedness resulting from price for gold and the sums miners
last summer’s jubilee,” he con' receive. It has been explained on
deciding to let the man down the house, assisted by S. Wilson.
mining possibilities. Among other warned when blasts were fired and eluded.
many occasions that this spread is
street raise his own family tn his
were
blown
to
bits.
And
heavy
tools
arrivals were th<> remnants of the
_ in
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The Jacksonville C of C has ____
made _______
necessary
several ways.
own way. The United States at last
Another thing to do with old notorious Molly McGuire organiza­ mysteriously dropped on men at learned the Inevitable lesson
that most prominent amor ■* which is
Is retiring from her position as a clothes is to eave them to wear tion of Pennsylvania, which had work in the shafts.
is much easier to contract for the fact that raw mined gold is
holier-than-thou critic of other na­ when you go to a specialist for been broken up and outlawed in
The district claimed 100 men it
debts than it is to pay them off,______________________
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more than about ____
four-fifths
tions who dislike meddling as much examination.-- Thomaston Times.
that state. It
notlc«*d that kilted every winter from careless­ particularly during a major depres- j seldom
pure gold. Then there are smelting,
as we do. Every man—and nation—
ness in thawing out frozen dyna­
and
insurance
can best work out his—or Its—own
mite. Another hundred or so each sion. But, due chiefly to the civic-1 transportation
salvation
winter met death from the snow minded loyalty of chamber mem­ charges, as well as a small margin
bers,
the
seemingly
impossible
is
retained by buyers when gold is
avalanches, generally because of
being accomplished at a substan- shipped through them. Like in the
Htmlll: As rasping as handclap­
ignorance of the perils of a moun­ i tial
rate. More than a hundred dol­ marketing of any other commodity,
ping ever the radio.
tain country. The real highlights of
¡this town of towns cannot be print­ lars have been paid on the debt so handling and refining or milling
___ _ _ are deducted from the
If times continue on the upgrade,
ed. so I will mention only a few far, with another hundred being charges
available about the first of the | product,
It won't be long till the Blue Eagle
of such things as are permissible month,
the reports show. Chief in-
__
Although
unemployment added
will look an beautiful to us as the
In imlite society. For some reason
come
has
come
from
the
Saturday
much
impetus
to the mining situa-
bird of paradise.
(altitude, probably) cats soon died
(Continued on page four)
in I>eadville. Numbers of miners night dances, the Wednesday sol- tion in southern Oregon last year,
and prospectors acquired chronic rees having plunged the chamber I this winter is expected to see even
further into debt. Last Sunday's greater «»ncentratlon in the mln-
Indigestion from a steady diet of turkey
shoot also added a few hard, era! belt due to the higher price
Elusive Gold Pops
pancakes,
sow-bosom,
dried
apples
J. C. REYNOLDS
round
to Treasurer Chit­ now offered, which is in excess of
and cheap syrup. Rotgut whisky wood’s dollars
growing
accumulation and I 50 per cent increase. Gold returns,
Up Under 100-Foot
helped fill the graveyard. Saloons with the holidays
( Applegate’s
coming up, a despite the holdouts, have been in-
and
vaudeville
theaters
did
a
thriv
­
Prospector-Poet)
income is anticipated.
! creasing steadily during the last
Tunnel Year Later
ing business. Susy Dillon, the fav­ steady
The red ink from the jubilee last few weeks, and with more rains, an
orite actress of (he mining ele­ August
came almost entirely from I , even greater gain in production is
“Gold I* where you find It.” goes
ment. never failed to attract packed the rodeo,
which cost the tidy sum anticipated. Hardware stores report
As
the
day
of
Thanksgiving
comes
this
year
an old miner’s axiom Maultby ami
houses. Her little song, “Dance Me
$1400. Several hundred dollars heavy increase in sales of miners’
It brings & remarkable lot of cheer;
Young. Sterling, realized this fnct
on Your Knee. Mama.” (one of the 'of
worth of permanent improvements equipment and accessories.
few really decent songs of that . ! were
and followed a trout) of other min­
Ami we feel a gratitude most profound
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constructed with part of this
ers into nn abandoned tunnel to
time)
always
brought
a
rain
of
To
know our President’s views are sound.
i | fund, however.
coins
on
the
stage:
handfuls
of
find gold.
Vivian Beach, chairman of the ‘Friday for Luck’ Play
So again with pleasure we may partake
silver as well as $5 and $10 gold chamber
About a year ago an old pros­
baseball committee, madeI
Of
turkey,
cranberry
sauce
and
cake.
pieces.
pector tunnele«! in some 100 feet’
a complete report of his department to Be Given at Beaver
Many Chinese slipped into Lead-, ! and
near the old Sterling mine and later
in all suits and equip­
ville an«l engaged in various occu­ ment, checked
abandoned the hole, finding nothing
Today we may feast and be merry, free
no losses being suffered. He Creek Wednesday Nite
pations.
Boon,
some
of
them
got
of particular Interest. Following
turned over a cash balance of
From the horrid doubts and uncertainty
hard-boiled and began bumping off < j ' also
him, several other miners scouted
slightly
more than $1.
The ups and downs (particularly
And
the
apprehension
and
nervous
dr«*ad
miners who were known to have
around in the hole, all working on
The Jacksonville Chamber of downs when they crawl on their
To which long months of depression led,
gold. This became monotonous and 1 I Commerce,
the far end of the tunnel. But
immediately following knees to peek at a bit of romance)
the vigilantes ordered them all to the jubilee last summer, settled of
Maultby and Young had hnd ex­
So we’ll banish the thoughts that once oppressed
a couple of eccentric bachelors
leave.
All
obeyed
except
one
Chink
perience in this business before.
And
sink
our
teeth
in
a
turkey
breast.
i down to a long winter of hard work who fear the loss of their house­
who defied them and said he i 1 to uphold the tradition of that body keeper will be displayed in ‘‘Friday
They didn't go to the end of the
wouldn’t go. So he stayed—and is
working: they went down.
paying all bills, and to date for Luck,” a one-act comedy to be
The news in the papers these days is fine,
there yet. under six feet of ground. i ; ■ for
The pair sunk their shovels some
has made an appreciable showing. presented by members of the Big
Many of the frontier toughs from ' There
six or eight inches In the floor of
Once more wc can have our beer and wine;
remains 57 per cent material, Applegate community club at the
Dodge City and Wichita, Kansas. : : advertising
the tunnel near its mouth and dis­
And the money we wasted on liquor laws
and printing bills yet Beaver creek school house Wed­
came
to
I^eadville
and
used
to
re
­
covered pay dirt that runs $7 to the
to
be
paid,
43 per cent having al­ nesday evening, November 29.
(
’
an
now
be
spent
in
a
better
cause;
gale us with tales of how men were ready been prorated.
wheelbarrow load. They scraned
All labor bills
In addition to this 45-minute com­
We
’
re
glad
to
be
rid
of
that
“
dry
”
disease,
shot down in the dance halls in have been paid.
bedrock, a matter of a few inches
edy. the community will present a
those places without interrupting
So. ''Pass me some more of that turkey, please."
down, to find enough to koep them
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number of dramatic stunts and
the dancers. But no one has ever
working for some time and now
those who remember the agonies
been
able
to
make
me
believe
it,
The Miner to Have
they are following the pay off in j
of Joshua when he wanted to ask
Thus while we’re observing Thanksgiving «lay
for the simple reason that I, my­
a sidelong drift.
the fatal question a few years ago
We
have
much
to
be
thankful
for,
I
say.
Telephone
Service
self, have been present on eight
The old miner who dug the orlg
will see Joshua’s double in a simi­
Of a surety now we've seen enough
different occasions when men were
Inal 100-foot tunnel—no small task
lar dilemma Wednesday night The
Beginning
this
week.
The
Miner
shot
in
various
dance
halls
and
I
In Itself—dropped back to his work­
To show our President knows his stuff;
school also is giving a Thanksgiv­
never saw or heard of a case where will have its own telephone num­ ing program at this time. Popcorn
ings not long ago where Maultby
And
with
lightened
hearts
and
a
joy
sincere
ber.
Jacksonville
Hl.
the
crowd
didn
’
t
stampede
madly
|
and Young were extracting the rich
and candy will be sold and a small
We’ll greet the start of a better year.
Nugget wmcvuvu»j.
confectionery, this
whenever the bullets began to fly. J The
»uw i-ussvi
<.«■= admission fee
pay and found It hard to contain
will be charged. Pro­
The average man thinks far too I city, has for nearly two yearB acted ceeds will be used
himself. But gold Is whore you find
for construction
much of his precious hide to take as telephonic headquarters for the of a stage at the school
It, and generally belongs to he who
We're thankful when times like these arrive
house.
any
chances
with
a
wild
bullet.
1i
paper,
but
with
this
week
’
s
instai-
finds it, and the old prospector had
To find we are still upon earth alive;
walked within a half-foot of the
will admit, though, that I have per- lation readers may call the paper
And where could we find on this whole sphere
treasure ho sought for several
sonally seen the corpse dragged out I direct—If they can catch the editor to the journalistic world, just call
A better climate than wc have here;
Jacksonville Hl and try and get
months and probably stumbled over
and the dance resumed in 10 min-1 in.
So. if your name is misspelled, your party. Sometimes, according
It time and again without ever
i utes. Which ought to be tough
So. “Pass me that platter again, I beg
guessing Its nearness.
you don’t get your paper, or you to rumor, the editor stays at home
enough to suit anybody.
And I’ll sample that turkey’s left hind-leg."
have an extra piece of mind to give long enough to take IL
Gold mining is like that.
(Continued on page four)
♦
FUNBS SWELL AS
C OF C BIGS FOR
BLACK BALANCE
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/, THANKSGIVING
DAY IN 1933
S*MATTER POP— Certainly, Absolutely, Positively!
By C. M. PAYNE