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Jacksonville, Oregon, Friday, July 20, 1934
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Number 29
CITY GETS $13,000 PWA WATER LOAN
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FIND »17 NUGGET IN CREEK
NEAR CENTER OF JAYVILLE
is. can a million strik-
be wrong?
Two Florida kidnaper-murder
••rs receiver! death penalties for i '
crime which 'netted them $1.80.
One time at least, when criminali
got no more than was coming to .
them.
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King George and Queen Mary of
England were alartled the other
day when a man threw a pop bot
tie at their carriage. So they have
baseball fans in the old country
too.
Then there’s the practical joker
who went to Hunt for Fay Baker's
fans.
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Many of the beat compliments
are negative. The other day we
were ribbed up one street and
down another because a subscrib­
er's paper was late.
Codes will have a hard time of
it at best Mother Nature brings
us here, feeds and clothes us; no
Blue Eagle can do more than
scrape the material surface.
Yes, and a lot of us would like
to puil a sympathy strike and go
fishing, but we can’t get any sym­
pathy from the boss
"Andy" Andrews suggests that
un Improvement in the Han Fran­
cisco situation would be noted im­
mediately if printers would go out
on strike, so he wouldn’t have to
read any more about it.
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All draft beer now in back to
three-point-two, while bottle goods
still retain a 5.5 standing *Now we
suppose there'll be a tot of fellows
remember, for the first time in
years, that their mothers told
them to always avoid drafts
The longshoremen weren’t so
original after all. Portland's Bea­
ver-Ducks' batters have been
striking ail season
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Speaking of Clark Wood and his
editorial manner, it’s still good ad­
vice for a young man to go
Weston
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Then there’s the hitchhiker who
changed brands of cigarets be­
cause hr read where one make
would give him a lift.
The fellow who gets up with the
chickens generally is the one who
has to go out and scratch just
about as hard to make a living.
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“There’s a catch in thia some­
where," said the poor fish as he
toyed with Ray Coleman’s bait.
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There may be a gasoline short­
age tn Oregon soon, but it’s our
guess there'll neyer be a gas short­
age.
A rather nice chunk of gold.
weighing In at $17.05, was picked
up by Henry Wilkinson and Paul
Winninghum of this city, and Fred
Christeen of Medford, who have
bon mining on Jackson creek near
heart of the city, in one of the
many “backyard” mines.
Sizeable chunks of the precious
metal have cropped out near the
center of town since gold’s first
discovery here in 1853. A 8100
uugget was recently found near
Sterltng, and was sold to the local
buyer, G. W. Godward
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ORE SHOWING IN
WEST BREAST OF
NO. 18 AT PACIFIC
Strike Delays Shipment of
Pine Oil; Mill Operating
Single Shift Till Frisco
Deadlock Is Cleared Up
Drillers in heading of No. 18
tunnel at Pacific States mine
Thursday
morning
reached
a
showing of ore in west breast of
the main drift, according to Sup­
erintendent Robert A. Clarke. The
bore has been pushed around an
old cave Into virgin ground.
With the exposure of the show­
ing of ore at head of No. 18. work
being carried on at a 50-foot sub­
level. where a crew is drifting east,
shows the ore vein to be maintain­
ing size and values. Some of the
mine’s best milling ore is coming
from this wind, indicating that val­
ues hold to greater depth than has
ever been mined on the property in
past years
Pending settlement of the coast
strike, stated Clarke yesterday,
mill will be operated but one shoft
a day. due to inability to secure
sufficient pine oil, used in oil flo­
tation recovery units It is impos­
sible to obtain quantity shipments
of the fluid at the present time,
the mine superintendent explained.
The Pacific States mine, former­
ly known as Opp, will conUnue to
work two shifts in wind, stopes
and drifts, however, with two-shift
operaUon of mill whenever the
San Francisco situation eases.
Editor Hali of The Jacksonville
Miner sometimes refers to his
town as "J'ville.” We dare him to
insert the "ay."- Clark Wood in
Weston (Ore.) Leader.
BEEKMAN DEEDS
BALL PARK LOTS
AS SCHOOL GIFT
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District No. 1 Possessor of
More Than Four Acres
Recreational Ground As
Result Grant, Purchases
Completing a year’s negotiations
between Jacksonville school board
members, Ben B. Beekman and
local property owners, a quitclaim
deed was given school district No.
1 Friday of last week donating
nearly four acres of ground to the
district. The grant included about
15 city lots adjacent to, and part
of, the schoolground ball park
Lota three, four, five, nine and
10 in block 68, lots one, two, three,
four, five, six, seven and eight in
block 60, all of block 72, less land
sold to J. Nunan lying south of
Rogue River Valley railroad right-
of-way. and the triangular tract
lying north of blocks 69 and 70.
and also all vacated streets and
righta-of-way adjacent to above
lots and blocks are included in the
gift from Beekman to the school
America was founded and built on work ... sweat...
district and, coupled with five
labor.
To say that all strikers are communists is as
blocks recently purchased from
foolish
as the assertion that Wall Street is hounding
Mrs. Williams, gives the Jackson­
ville school title to four acres of
the farmer. Blanket accusations lead to prejudicial,
one of southern Oregon’s best re­
unwise conclusions. We, who are not too well ac­
creational parks. The city council
quainted with all circumstances surrounding the Pa­
closed bisecting streets by ordi­
nance some time ago.
cific coast strike, would do well to follow a “mind
Ben Beekman's deed, conveyed
our own business” policy when condemning the work­
for the “sum of $1," is self-explan­
ingman. After all, we can hardly blame the nation’s
atory and that text of the record
doers for continuing to be doers when they’re up
follows:
“This Is a deed of gift in mem­
against a hard problem.
ory of the said grantor's father,
Cornelius C. Beekman who, dur­ tinction, through the generosity of MINER-MERCHANT REVENGE
ing his many years residence in Beekman and the school board, of GAME SCHEDULED FOR LOT
Jacksonville, served at divers having the best baseball and ath­ FRIDAY EVENING, 6 O’CLOCK
times as a director of said grantee, letic field in this part of the state.
school district No. 1. While it is ( A letter of appreciation is being
If revenge is sweet, as the poet
the hope of the grantor that the circulated by old timers and the says, tonight’s grudge tilt between
premises hereby conveyed may school board to be sent to Beek­ Jacksonville's Miners and Mer­
serve add grantee many years for man during the next few days for chants is going to be a honey of
athletic, recreational and other his civic interest in, and help for, a game, said players on both sides
healthful and beneficial school and his former home. The grant, which last night, as they added final
community uses and purposes, it insures permanent use of the plot touches of liniment to sore spots.
is not the intent or purpose of said of ground to school children and The game will be called at 6
grantor to curtail or restrict the citizens, is the most recent of a o'clock sharp, and will be the sec­
uses and purposes to which said long series of public spirited acts ond meeUng of the two local out­
premises may be put or to limit covering two generations of Beek­ fits, one the regular town team,
the power of alienation of said man residence in Jacksonville.
the others aged has-beens and
premises in whole or in part."
Ben B Beekman returned north past-tensers.
The baseball park
used by Saturday, following a three-day
When Miners and Merchants
grade school children, high school stay in Jacksonville and Medford, met two weeks ago, the Ult re-
teams and town teams, has been
suited in an 8-7 victory for the
one of the city's most popular during which time he met many When I Was Young” club. Min-
spots, and has been fitted with old friends. He plans to return ere declare, however, they were
backstop, grandstands and fence. some time in October, he inti­ easy on their elders for diplomatic
Jacksonville has enjoyed the dis- mated.
and strategic reasons, and will cut
loose tonight with an effective “oh
yeah?”
Ray Coleman, Joe and Ernest
McIntyre, Verne Cantrall, Howard
Gaddy. Ray Wilson, Art Ferra, V.
J. Beach and other old timers will
form nucleus of the Merchant out­
fit. In an effort to have the game
in the bag. Merchants inveigled
Miner Manager Leonard Hall to
By C. M. Payne
S’MATTER POP
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And a lot of people are playing
hookey from the school of expe­
rience.
EVANGEIJST EX I’RES MEH
THANKS FOR ATTENDANCE
AT NORRIS STORE MEETS
L. M. Seltzer, evangelist, who is
holding meetings at the Norris
store every Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday nights, announces that he
is more than pleased with the won­
derful attendance at these meet­
ings from night to night. For a
town the size of Jacksonville, they
have been exceptional, he stated.
He also wishes to publicly an­
nounce his appreciation to the
chamber of commerce for use of
their folding chairs with which the
larger crowds have been accommo­
dated.
Mr. Seltzer wtll leave for the
camp meeting to be held at Glad­
stone park in Portland July 26 to
August 5- (the strike situation per­
mitting) after which he will again
conduct meetings at the Norris
store. Further announcements will
be made through The Miner.
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• The home of Mr. and Mrs. Chris
Keegan of thia city is being re­
modeled this week.
Hungry People in a Land of Plenty ... Idle
Labor When There’s Work to Be Done ...
JI MÎ
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COIN WILL BE
FOR EASE OF
DRY SEASON
That the beginning of the
end for Jacksonville’s arid
summers has arrived was
voiced by city fathers last
night, upon receipt of word
from Washington, D. C., that
this city’s application for $10,-
000 loan and $3000 grant was
Included in allotments made
Thursday.
The news, contained in a wire
dispatch, terminates more than
two years of hopeful waiting on
part of local residents, and came
at a time when water supply was
getting low enough to cause se­
rious concern. The sum will be
used to purchase and lay cast iron
pipeline between the two reser­
voirs, and for exploration and de­
velopment of water sources. Much
of the fluid has been escaping
through worn out wooden mains,
which have given city fathers
much trouble in recent months.
Joe B. Wetterer, secretary of
the chamber of commerce, said
last night he felt that PWA'« aid
to Jacksonville probably would re­
sult in a permanent solution of
this city’s water problems, and
that henceforth there will be no
necessity for domestic water cur­
tailment.
It is thought official notification
of the grant will be received by
city officials within a few days.
Next step probably will be the
awarding of contract for pipe and
labor, according to Councilman E.
S. Severance, who stated PWA of­
ficials will supervise the expendi­
ture.
A $10,000 bond issue for this
purpose was voted nearly three
years ago, and about a year ago
application was made for the PWA
loan and grant. The bonds will be
given as security.
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GEORGE WITTERS HOSTS TO
NEW BABY GIRL MONDAY
Mr. and Mrs. George Witter,
formerly of this city, were hosts to
the stork Monday, July 16, when
a daughter, christened Donna
Louise, arrived to weigh in at six
pounds. Both mother and daughter
have been doing well, according to
word, at the Community hospital
in Medford. Mrs. Witter is a sister
of Mrs. Clarence Kaashafer of
Jacksonville.
When a German conspirator
hatches one plot he's buried in
another.—Weston Leader.
pitch for his team. It will be Hall’s
first (and probably last) appear­
ance atop any mound. Merchants
do say that, if he fails to duck
properly after throwing a ball, he
will be under a mound prompt-like.
The gruddge-revenge clan-war
tilt will be free to all fans. Fruit,
produce and pop bottles will be
barred, however.
MINES and HEARTS of GOLD
By JAMES L. STRAIGHT
(Continued from last week)
"Well, young man, you seem to
think you have something that will
interest us,” was Mr. Porter’s
greeting as Tim was shown into
his private office.
"1 have, and I want you and
your engineer to come and see it.
We have a big lowgrade property
full of the bunches of highgrade
that are characteristic of the
Jacksonville gold district. One of
those concentrations has just been
exposed in the face of the tunnel,
Mr. Porter.
"You can have an option on the
property at $100,000 and I’ll leave
the highgrade there,, if you must
have it to sell stock."
“Ho! Ho! That we must have,
son! That we must have, indeed. »»
Tim uncomfortably realized that
he had taken an instant dislike to
the angular, florid executive whose
eyes remained cold and calculating
even when his whole countenance
registered amusement. His gaze
'ixed on the huge diamond on the
.title finger of the tall broker’s
right hand, and he wondered if the
ring might not have once belonged
to someone who could wear it on a
more appropriate finger, and how
its present wearer acquired it.
“Well, you’ll find I have a cabin
that will bunk two extra men.
When you’ve seen the property
you’ll want to go ahead, so we
might as well agree on general
terms and then you can come up
with me and see what you think
of it," he concluded.
“Your terms sound all right, Mr.
C’Farrel But remember that we’ve
got to have a little time to get
started. Don’t expect a mill in a
week.”
Tim felt a relief that, though it
was not unalloyed, still lifted an
enormous weight of suspense from
his shoulders.
“I’ll draw up the necessary pa­
pers," he heard the executive ex­
plain. “You can run along back to
the mine. I’ll get a miner or two
and come up with them in a day
or so. If everything looks right I
can put them to work immediate­
ly.” But don’t touch that high­
grade."
That sounded businesslike to
Tim, so he agreed.
His funds permitted the ride
home on the train, and Molly,
breathless for news, met him at
the Medford station.
"Oh Tim you’ve won! You’ve got
what you’ve been working for!
Gee but I'm glad. Axel told me
about the Strike.”
Tim swung her off her feet in
a bear-Uke hug that left her pant-
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