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About Jacksonville miner. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1932-1935 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1933)
T he J acksonville M iner Jacksonville, Oregon, Friday, December 1, 1933 Volume 2 Males Gather ’Round When Women’s Club That Local Emergency Relief Will Start Soon Starts to Serve Vittles PROSPECTS LOOM LIKELY FOR PWA FINANCING OF Long Ignored, Leaky and Sadly Neglected It may be a women’s club but the men are Interested when It comes to eats and a good time, so the party that had been In demand ever since last summer occurred Hatur- day evening when the women of the Applegate Home Extension unit entertained their families and friends at Applegate hall. Games and dancing recommended by the Jackson County Recreation club occupied the early evening hours. A chicken dinner—cranber- rles too was one of the biggest events of the evening. An Interest ing feature of the dinner was the observance of birthday anniversar ies of four members who were pre sented with gifts before guests par took of the huge birthday cake. Those honored were Meadames 5c a Copy But You Really Oughta Subscribe Number 48 Win. McDaniel, E. J. Brown, A. N. Krause and John Pernoil. The lat ter was unable to attend on account of Illness. Fire Damages Roof of Jack Thrasher Home Wednesday DILL DARNUM WAS NO SLOUCH WITH AXE, SAY A defective flue caused an esti-; Medford Citv Inspector Dodges Double Bit When He 1res mated 1150 damage to the Jack Thrasher home in this city Wednes-1 Railroad President day. reported Fire Chief Kay Wil-' -s. < son, who answered a delayed call Old Bill Barnum, that justly fi Yes. and It’s fur better to think x‘-nt in after the blaze had been j......... mous engineer-president of th of things an«! not say them than burning for more than a half hour Jacksonville _ ___ j railroad known It is to nay them without thinking. About on»-third of the Thrasher "Barnum ______ ’s special. ____ , ’’ had a temper --V.C residence roof was destroyed in the when he was aroused. A Medford Although Mu»’ W»’st admits she's blaze, which was extinguished survivor of those days way back no angel, w<< urn certain she Is through th«- efforts of Chief Wil- when brought out that fact early Hollywood's <>n»< woman who needs son. Marshal James Littell and this week, having been reminded no reforming. Il«r form Is oke as is. James Littell Jr. and Fred Sparks, by n story concerning the rallroad- s. * who made the run. A. A. Young, er that appeared in The Miner a It Is not enough to merely de Beck's bakery truck driver who was few weeks ago. serve things. Criticism Is th«’ only (Continued on page four) According to the yam—and there r»’ward which comes unaided. are a dozen old-timers who will s. < vouch for Its accuracy—Barnum It appears to be true that Walt was busy one day installing a new Winchell weurs a keyhole for a lies easily within Jacksonville’s crossing in between train sched r--------------------------------------------------------------- monocle. prasp, assert some members of ules on a Medford street. Barnunu the city council, while others at times was section foreman/ The pity of It Is. no one will yell brakeman, conductor, engineer and are more pessimistic. "timber” at Olin Miller wh«-n Wood Congratulations to California! president. It just depended on what First application had been lands on him. needed to be done at the moment. -*.v made to th«« Reconstruction Fi Although The Miner has kidded the sunshine He was versatile even with an axe, Cuba «rows much of ili«« western nance corporation, but wa» aide- or so learned an Inspector who world's sugar Maybe that's why tracked due to flaws in the appli state from time to time for a boastful proclivity, called on that fateful day to check she can pull such sweet révolu- cation, differences In the self-liquid up on Barnum's work. lions. ating feature of the project over it takes its hat off to the first western state to The city Inspector, after eyeing requirements and other delays. Re really do anything about the appalling crime Barnum ’s installation of the cross Although the United States la not cently the PWA took over the ing. frowned and stated the rail a monarchy, there are i»l<«nfy of Prospector-Poet Doffs Hat wave. branch of work which handles ap road president didn’t know as much court gestures. (Yeah, you jester plications similar to Jacksonville's to Indian God and Escapes about crossings as he should. This Justice that does not flee before a barrage of th«* first time.) nnd papers requesting aid ha«l to evidently smote the old character's Alive With Whole Skin be revamped. The attempt to se technicalities or bow to money was meted to pride, or his intelligence, and an We have discovered why Ameri cure a loan now is in this process argument ensued. cans are debauching the English j of revision, with City Recorder Ray two henious murderers, Thurman and Holmes, By J. C. REYNOLDS It is told how Barnum. sweating language so. Toe many of us have During the winter of ’82-’M, I . Coleman working on data required and working, ignored the plaint Sunday night. They were lynched in true west- ___ of burned our abridges behind us. put in four delightful months in by the public works offices in Port- inspector. What would a a city» city's 1 *11 11 3 • I the mopcvwi. »»uni wvuiu | the colorful old city of Santa Fe. ■ land. ern style. 1 here will be no appeals, no paroles. nir^iinK know about railroads com - After three rounds of southern New Mexico, in those days there Approval of the Oregon state * I » i i i * i i ii pared to the man who owned one? Oregon mountain dew are served was Homething new and interesting board of health will be given the Although lynching may be a throwback to Nothing Acutely nothing! Bar tho next thing that Is pass»<d Is out, doing almost every minute In that project, according to a letter re num told him so. The city inspec says Art (life) Powell, who ought burg. Bullfights (bulls fought each ceived this week, provided the city less civilized days, we believe conditions justify tor. however, had other views. He to know. other), dogfights. Huakefights anti I will agree to move Intake pipe to criticized Barnum's installation of cockfights innumerable. Every the opposite side of the service a series of well-directed and well-handled hemp the crossing and probably a few If music is a universal language, Mexican, no matter how poor, reservoir and install a chlorinator. w» know a lot of illltoraio singers owned a righting cock. These were • Recorder Coleman said this work parties till the rats’ nests of kidnapers, murder other things about the old line that earned such enormous dividends. and whistlers hereabouts. family pets, kept in the houses on would benefit the water users and ers and gangsters have been cleaned out. So Barnum, evidently a very -w-r a light chain and served as alarm probably would Involve but small oractfcal reacht^i for a double Two California criminals last clocks to wake tho family at th«’ j «-xpense. The more “civilized” and orderly court pro bitted axe man, Instead of a sweet word Sunday evening were left with their proper time and were constantly The state health officer also sug the race was on. For about 400 toes dangling and a queer twist to trained to fight If a Mexican saw gested that, during summer months, cedures have proven themselves wholly incap and yards down Barnum’s right-of-way their necks as a symbol of what you passing his dwelling with a (Continued on page four) able of coping with conditions today. Present the city inspector fled, touching people are beginning to think of rooster under your arm, he would about every fifth tie. Every step of the efficiency of courts and shyster ; com«“ out and hot you everything court fiascos—bred and incubated by con the way. old-timers still swear, lawyers. Th«’y were tired of having he had In the house that he had a was swinging at him with barristers stretching points and not rooster that could lick yours. They scienceless lawyers—have encouraged and Barnum the double-bladed axe and some necks of murderers «■ertalnly are great gamblers. scarcely missing his mark. made possible the alarming increase in violent times However, a man Barnum’s age Tho several dance halls were full It has gotten to the place where crimes. can’t run forever swinging a heavy wo shouhl look at the results of a of ravishingly beautiful girls, nat iron object, no matter how great ives (whom we generally refer to lognl procedure and turn «leaf ears Up to this point court procedure has been the incentive, and the city Inspector to more arguments In favor of It. ns greasers), half Spanish, and pure with a whole skin. At least, made their the end rather than the means to an end in fact. escaped Some of the nuttiest isms and cults I Castilian, ................ many - , of . whom , , public records never showed any In the world have the m«>*t logical 1 murder charge having been filed accompanied Jurisprudence has been more concerned with its against reasons offered In apology. la>ss i and *•—- of . ’ course -------- . were the railroad owner. No Introductions gnb and more finished product is First Event Success; Sunday’s own intricacies than with the net result of its One of the reasons, too, why Bar were necessary. One simply stepped what American jurisprudence needs. num’s old line paid such handsome Shoot to Bang Away The quicker courts finish tho prpd- up to the girl of his choice, held machinations. Courts have lost their sense of di i dividends that for years it was the out his hands and if she wished to uct the better, too. at 10 O'Clock best investment, per dollar, in any «lance, that was all there was to it. rection in the wilderness of complicated piffle railroad in the country, lies In the The dances cost 10 cents and at This tendency runs all through Nimrods with funnel-tipped shot and legal strategy that splits hairs and lets fact that Barnum bought the line at tho end you were presented with a American life and cuatoms. Vocabu- a foreclosure sale for fl 2,000. With glass of wine and your partner with guns and feather-tailed rifle bullets (Continued on page two) this original investment, a lot of a small sack of candy, at no extra will assemble Bunday forenoon at gangsters walk unmolested from courtrooms. hard work and his old faded green .................... ... . - - cost. It was regarde«! as a supreme the V. J. Reach ranch again Sun There is an old saying, “ By their fruits ye swallow-tailed coat he wrested a insult for anyone to ask his girl day, December 2. for the second fortune before the automobile came When in Doubt, Call for even the tiniest taste of her j turkey shoot of the fall season to shall know them.” Applied to modern-day along. candy. Such a bare-faced breach of he sponsored by the Jacksonville the Volunteer Fire etiquette as that would cause one Chamber of Commerce, said Ray criminal procedure, this truism most certainly to be completely ostracised in the Coleman, who will be in charge, would condemn a legal institution that gives so ‘ Olin Miller, Georgian, i yesterday. Truck Advises Chief future In Santa Fe. tho second oldest There will he a plurality of tur much advantage to the guilty. Criminal laws Leaps from Lethargy "The Jacksonville Volunteer town In tho United States, I ven keys and a full larder of assorted (so the legend I and Whacks at Wood Fire company Is more than will ture to say. one can see the most groceries for marksmen to vie for, originally were formulated Ing to make a run at tho sllght- beautiful girls of tho whole coun I according to plans, and clay pig- That sub-moronic saphead. Clark er.t pretext of flre," Hald Voluti- try. though at about 40 they gen i eons are expected to be assailed runs) to combat crime. They have protected teer Chief Ray Wilson yesterday, erally grow fleshy and lose most with shot and profanity till dusk and harbored crime! If you doubt this state-1 Wood over in Weston. Ore., keeps yapping away, the while I was "On several occasions tho fire of their good looks. I remember sends the nimrods home with their "snowed under” with "Buy Now" comrnny has been called only them as the only females I have spoils. First shoot, held two weeks ment, look at the fruits of their work. : editions, NRA parades, etc., to say met who could talk with their ago. was regarded as a social and as a last resort," continued th» I over Present prosecution of criminals is proven [ nothing of senility settling in my And they all smoke clgarets. financial success, and several im- thief, "and the department has eyes. to the extent that about the all my money that winter provements are planned for thls been hampered by too much but I spent inadequate by the fact that crime has flourished eyes only reading I could do satisfac 115, which I had saved to pay par- Sunday There will be eats for headway being gnined by th»“ my way to a good job in Colorado ticlnants, hot coffee and crackling under its rule. Criminal prosecution has de torily was 1,728-point type on bill flames when they arrive. The boards. And billboards constitute was waitlag for me. Tho Santa bonfires to add to comfort and en first thing one should do. when that very dull reading—almost as unin Fo railroad had a branch line into joyment of the day. feated its own purpose. even the possibility of a fire Snnta Fe. by then, but I decided as the Weston Leader, The shoot will be held on the V. looms, Is to call for the fire to walk over to Espanola on the J. Beach ranch again, which is lo- It is little wonder that San Jose citizens took teresting Clark says, says he: "Weston truck. Although we are equipped Rio Grande. 2(5 miles distant, where rated about one-half mile north of weather this week is remindful of to fight a blase once It gets was the end of the D. ti R G. rail Jacksonville on the Old Stage road. matters in their own hands. Any group of citi Olin Miller: it’s so balmy.” Izzatso? h»-adway, we would like to !»■“ road and go straight north from Signs will direct visitors to the zens that will sit idly by and watch the lives of Well. Thomaston recently had some tegarded as fire preventers as there. weather remindful of Clark Wood— i gun club grounds, where both trap well. It would save the home I I knew a branch of the Pueblo shooting and rifle ranges will be their families and themselves endangered be It was so foggy.” owner no small amount of Indian tribe was settled in the Rio; in action. And: “Olin Miller says the rea money. i Grande vnlley nnd had three vil Proceeds of the shoot will be I cause the courts have been hopelessly mired son he thinks work doesn’t agree "Too often a resident will at lages there Home distance apart. i paid Into the Chamber of Commerce with him Is because It always tempt to extinguish his own They were not eapecially hostile, i general fund, which has been put- down with so much excess baggage are nothing makes him tired. Well, we know blaze and then, when it gets be but had an unpleasant habit of j ting up oulte a battle with the big short of cowards. this: His work always makes us yond his control, will call for the stripping any strangers found in had wolf. Onlookers, as well as i tired.” Yes. and a seventh-grader Barbarious as it is said to be, lynching never usually becomes exhausted from volunteer truck. Those who as their territory of clothes and valu shooters, are Invited to the turkey pire to stifle their own private ables and leaving them to get out and grocery shoot, said Coleman. Shakespeare. theless most certainly accomplishes the end reading fires should call for the truck tho best way they could. That kind ----------- •----------- Well, sir. I forgot to tell you flrHt just In case—-and then do of a gome did not appeal to me, how terribly disappointed T’ANKS FOR THE DOLLAR! sought by regular channels of court—without about their darndest. so I decided to avoid all roads and Clark Wood was in connection with "A squirt of a fire hoso In time trails and hit straight across the To the Editor: waste of time, expense or mistake. the NRA blanket code. When the very often stives nln»» or 10 heart rolling desert to a point midway president’s employment agreement And if lynching will lessen crime then it can was aches and scorched garments. between two of the villages and Dear Ed, enclosed find dollar bill; delivered to him, Clark rushed The truck always is ready, und trust to luck to get through with (It’s really buck-up sous); home and set a pot of water to not be said to be without merit. IT SURELY the home-owner need feel no out being molested. boll, put a large sized hen coop I So send the paper—hope you will; embarrassment if, in his anxlet/, on his wheelbarrow and sallied I was a good walker those days That’s all I ask of youse. CAN ’ T BE A CRIME TO ELIMINATE he has turned in a false alarm. and by 1 o’clock had made it all forth to the postoffice with his CRIME! _______________ We need the practice, anyway.” (Continued on page two) (Continued on page three) H. W. Quinan, Yreka. Calif. i — . —.... — Perfect bliss Is what u dog that likes to lick Its master would find In a nudist colony. JACKSONVILLE WATER LINE The Justice of Hemp... New-born Babe Is Rattlesnake God’s Tribute SECOND TURKEY SHOOT WILL DE HELD ON SUNDAY S’MATTER POP— Down On The Firing Line By C. M. PA\"NE
