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About Jacksonville miner. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1932-1935 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1934)
THE JACKSONVILLE MINER Veteran Flivver Seller Enters Business When Former Frills Funny Kay Francis (Continued from page one) the still struggling Medford. Fbr six years he guided the city’s foot- steps with the loving care he had lavished on Son George, who was away to war much of this time. Pop refused to draw a red cent of salary from the city’s treasury, which was having Its troubles, and not once wan he paid a nickel's expense money, though many of Medford's most prominent citizens agree that Pop’s services were worth a king's ransom. Pop—tall, genial, smiling, near- portly—is known over the state. And. like all public-spirited men In Oregon, has come in for his share of villiflcation and political mud slinging (to which The Miner can testify) but Pop. through it all. has retained his good-natured poise, his friendly qualities which have made him one of the state's outstanding citizens. Pop Gates, and son George, are justified in relaxing today and remi niscing in pleasant memories of more than two decades of service in southern Oregon's automotive world. The vehicle of their choice has carried them safely past 22 Glamorous star as she appears in milestones with a minimum of mot her latest hit, “The House on or trouble and one could hardly 56th Street,” coming to the Holly blame Pop and his chief helpers, theater Sunday. Mrs. Gates and George, if they feel like stroking fondly the gleaming lines of the newest V-8 models. soon he jumped on the bed where Bill Rogers and I were and. grab Editor’s Note—This more fav bing the covers, yanked them clear orable publicity being given off of us. There right by our sides "Pop” Gates, one-time political were two moan-looking Winchester opponent of The Miner, may rifles and as quick as he saw them come as a surprise to some he put the covers back over us readers. But The Miner has very carefully and no one touched lived and learned since that anything else as long as they were time and in this case the editor in camp. Is writing his own copy. We made about 15 miles more ------------ •------------- that day and camped. Next morn ing we were up bright and early, had breakfast and were packing I our burroa. when from a side can- 1 yon a short distance away burst 25 or 30 heavily armed men. riding furiously, each man having a naked rifle in front of him on the saddle (Continued from page one) Then came the news of the dis and six-guns on a wide belt full of covery of the old Aztec cliff dwel ammunition. In a jiffy they had lings down the Animaa river, 60 spread out in a half-circle around miles away, and as soon aa I heard us and the leader asked us sharply of it. I sent for Bill Rogers and a which side we were on. We re couple of friends, who were in the plied we were on neither side and vicinity and. packing our outfits on had been down looking at the ruins. He said. "We don’t want any burros, we lit out to have a look- see at this new attraction. We had I neutral people in here and are not to go down the Animas valley right going to have any, either. You can by Farmington where the cattle take our aide or take the other war was raging, but did not antici side, whichever you like. Otherwise pate any trouble as we were neu get to hell out of this country as tral. And we had none on our way fast as you can go." We replied very pacificly that we were doing down. Believe me. those ruins were well that very thing and we wouldn't worth seeing. Millions of years ago be back, either. Of course we had a vast lnlud sea had covered that guns, but were not crazy enough whole country. This of course was to mix it up with that army. Co we long before the earth was created, swallowed their abuse with the best because that happened (according grace we could. The cattle war continued merrily, to Moses) just 5938 yean ago. How ever, I'll stick to my figures, my each faction shooting as many men word against that of Moses, so take and cattle of the opposing Bide as possible, until everybody was your choice. As | jr«a saying, millions of yean forced to quit from pure exhaus ago this vast inland sea went dry tion. They even brought the war and the soft sediment of many feet right to Durango at one time, one in thickness during succeeding mil party establishing themselves on lions of years hardened into sand the bluffs across the Animas river stone, which was late** cut into by and shooting into town all of one floods, possibly glacien. or other ' afternoon. Their object in this In forces of nature which gouged out stance was to incite Harg Eskridge deep ravines and valleys, which tn (an opposition leader then in town) time were peopled by this strange, to come out and fight with them. But Eskridge paid them not the long-extinct race. In places could still be seen their slightest attention. Luckily no one old ditches which bad been used to was hit. for people avoided the convey water to their cultivated streets in line with the bluffs. On fields of hundreds of years ago, the cross streets business went on faint marks of which remained in about as usual, but the hail of bul a few places. High up under the lets became monotonous after immense slabs of sandstone which awhile and the business men got jutted out far above the valley bot together and signed a petition re toms. they had established their questing Eskridge to leave town in homes where no enemy could get the interests of peace. C. M. Wil at them from above, nor could their liams, a rather pompous banker, for foes reach them from below when whom I was working at the time, they had once pulled up the lad- but not in the bank, was selected ders they used in climbing to present the petition to Eskridge. Shortly after these ruins were He found Harg leaning against the covered the government took pos open door of the hotel where he session and started charring ad - stayed, contentedly smoking a ci mission fees, but we got there first gar. Harg took the petition, read It and had our pick of everything. I through, then dropped it on the found for myself a gunnysack full sidewalk and reached for his six- of old bones, pipes, pottery and shooters and C. M. Williams imme- other relic«. One day we climbed up into a new place and there laid an Aztec Indian as perfect as the day be died. He had been there ao long his clothes had rotted off. I started to take hold of him to roll ■■ ■ CHILDREN 10c him over when bing! he crumbled into powder, giving me quite a start. The rarified atmosphere of Saturday Only, Feb. 3 that desert country either does that to a dead body, or else petrifies it. TOM TYLER in After 10 days of exploration, we decided we had seen about all of It and started home with our loads of curios. Next morning we were Sun., Mon., Feb. 4-5 camped about 15 miles up the river. Feeling lazy, we were still loafing ►UM SUMMEWILLEA^ in bed at sunrise. A party of a AMA A* — I dozen Navajo Indians, spotting us, came Into camp and one fellow, who had the biggest foot I have ever seen on any human being, be gan to act the clown to make fun for the others. As we didn’t do any thing about ft, he grew bolder and finally kicked over our coffee pot. We just laughed at him. Pretty Tues., Wed., Feb. 6-7 Take Sides in a Cattle War? Nix!! 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NURSERY STOCK THE WHOLE FAMILY ENJOYS READING AU Kind« of Fruit«, Nut* and Ornamental« at Special Low Price« The JACKSONVILLE Carlton Nursery Co. MINER W. B. BARNUM, LOCAL AGENT Near Everyshady Auto Camp on South Pacific Highway how with the four men the loved tn them in a happy, receptive mood that Carlton, Oregon ZANE GREY'S the Last1 I Thur*,, Fri., Feb. 8-9 Carole Lombard Gene Raymond Two Features! r/Yzwc/s THE HOUSE ON 56TH STREET vertising message confronts them it finds “Brief Moments” be only a small job for the Inspec tors and specialists, in comparison with their more extensive field lo be In the valley metropolis where the natives don't even have privies on their own lute, but dump their SOUTHERN OREGON'S FINEST sewage Into the river to he paused on to their neighbors In the lower ■SPECIALIST’—MAN OF THE Continuous Shows valley Dan Bagshaw Jr. In Zillah HOUR Saturdays ■ Sundays ■ Holidays (Wash.) Mirror. What a glorioua opportunity , ■■ ■ Chic Bale Is missing! With the etn PITTS-SUMMERVILLE COME FRI- SAT ployment of a dozen full time privy TO ROXY THEATER SUNDAY Inspectors in the Takima valley, not one real qualified “specialist” can ZaSu Pitta, co starred with Slim be found In the lot. Specialists may come and specialists may go, but Summerville In "Ix>ve, Honor and no country ever witnessed such a Oh. Baby!", the Universal comedy swarm of embryo specialists as; which comes to the Boxy theatre wore turned loose In tills valley Sunday and Monday, declare« that yesterday. Remodeling, repairs and ■he would accept several radio moving la to be a specialty, but contracts now offered to her If careful attention also will be given she could figure out what to do to new construction, with be with tier hands! Ing exorcised (o fac* tlM slim lurel to (he east, close by a handy tree! and bordering the wood pile trail All tills Is n part of the CWS (civil works sanitation) program to make the Yakima valley a clean I Continuous Shows and healthful place in which to Saturdays ■ Sundays ■ Holidays live. A general cleanup of old-time prlvlea had been planned for sev FRI- SAT eral months by alate health author ities, which plan was given further inipettiH by the recent flood, which removed many pioneer structures from their accustomed locutions, consequently adding to the typhoid danger by contamination of shallow wells In the lower parts of the val ley. A corps of Inspectors is provided by CWS to inspect outdoor plumb ing facilities; followed by crews whose job it Is to make such alter ations as are deemed necessary by the inspectors, l.abor Is furnished by CWS. but In case of now con struction materials must be pro vided by the owners. It has been stated by CWS Inspectors that about 10 per cent of the typhoid of the lower valley Is traced to out door privies, while the remainder Is blamed on the untreated sewage of the city of Yakima which is SUN-MON-TUE dtimixsl Into the Yakima river. Cleaning up the lower valley will ‘Invisible Man’ Come* Journalism in the to Crate Sunday Raw Rural Place* I* Seldom Mild BRUCE CABOT Continuous Shows Saturday and Sunday—1:30 to 11 p.m. Daily Matinee 1:45 BIG PINES diately shed his dignity and broke all speed records getting away from there. When dark came, the shoot ing ceased and the town was never bothered with a repetition of it. I could tell many a tale about this Harg Eskridge and hi» brother Dy-| son. did space permit. Suffice it to' say they were both celebrated guu-i men and bad actors. Some time after the war was ended and mat ters had quieted down a lot. word was brought that the (Ties had gone on the warpath over west of town and 30 or 40 of the gunmen around town got together and decided they would ride out that way and show the Ctes some real shooting. They managed to stick together until they reached the Mancos river. Then, while eating lunch, they had quite a disagreement as to which was the best road to take. The argument waxed hot and end ed by several parties being formed, each of which started off in a dif ferent direction from the others. "The Invisible Man" haa arrived Harg Eskridge determined to flock to join the weird procession of by himself and took the main road chsracters who hsve beaten a west. Inside half an hour a lot of fantastic path across the pages shooting was heard from the di of screen history. The picture rection taken by Harg and every- comes to the Craterlan theater body turned and raced over that Sunday for a three-day run. An way. unseen chsracter who vanishes They said they found Harg tn a Into the thin air to upset the fallen tree-top where he had rhythm of the universe proves crawled after his ankle had been beyond doubt hie right to a prom smashed by a bullet and around inent position In the ranks of the grotesque. him lay 14 dead Utea. The party drove away the remaining Indians after killing several and rescued INDUSTRIES THAT LAG their comrade. Some time afterward Harg was When depression come on. there eating dinner In Bennett's hotel in Antonito, a little town on the are some industries that continue DARG railroad in southern Colo prosperous after others have gone rado. Bennett's nephew had lately flat And then when the recovery come from the east and someone from depression Is accomplished, pointed out Harg to him. The boy certain industries, usually the ones was fascinated at sight of such a that were the last to feel the orig notorious desperado and stared at inal disaster, are slow in starting him with all his eyes. Pretty soon up. Even now, when there is a his steady gaze began to annoy very marked pick-up all over the Harg and he spoke to the youngster country, some business people re (he was about 17) telling him he port that they can aee little if any didn't like It. But the boy only improvement. stared the harder. Becoming exas-' Their turn will come all right. It perated. Harg drew his gun and takes time for the currents of in- shot the boy through the head, dustry to flow into all the slow- killing him. then went on eating. moving pools. Hut any industry that As soon as this became known, has lived through the past four every peace officer in town left for years and is still running, can be unknown. Harg parts walked sure that it represents a vital need, around town for an hour till the And if it represents a vital need. train came, then got aboard for people are going to demand its some place in New Mexico. product, and plenty of It, within Five years after that I happened the near future.—Chronicle. Mil- to be in Antonito. Coming out of ford. Delaware. ------------------ •------------------ the barber shop, where 1 had been getting shaved. I saw a familiar i OREGON SETS PACE figure riding up the street. Hurry ing back in the shop I said to the I__ _ ___ Down in _______ Oregon, ______ where ___ all ____ tom- barber. “Are my eyes on the bum. fool legislation used to originate, or is that Harg Eskridge coming the natives are giving Washington on that bay horse?" He told me it a lesson that might well be studied, was Harg all right and that he had , Their legislature was called into a a half-interest in a cattle ranch 14 special session to consider hootch miles out. just ever the line In New regulation: began work promptly; Mexico, and had never been mo- completed its task and went home tested for killing Bennett's nephew. | Over here if the legislature gets — to —.I k . ---------------- I I have -------- never 1---------- been able find out home the by pourlh (tf July the how bi was able to get away with state will be fortunate, whether the that cold-blooded murder, for that Job for which the session was is what It was. But there were some called is completed or not.—Dan queer things happened in the west I Bagshaw illlah (Wash.) those days. Mirror. BOX 138—JACKSONVILLE—PHONE 141 D el rogue