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
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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
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It is to nay them without thinking.
About on»-third of the Thrasher "Barnum
______ ’s special.
____ , ’’ had a temper
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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We need the practice, anyway.”
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H. W. Quinan, Yreka. Calif.
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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