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“The Sheet That’s in the Pink”
Jacksonville, Oregon, Friday, July 27, 1934
GILMORE LIONS
AND MINERS TO
TANGLE SUNDAY
Miners Take Prospect 17-
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It would b« fitting If more gang­
15 in Bush League Game
sters allowed up with their toes
at
Mountain Resort Last
turned up.
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Sunday; Sked Soon Up
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Thu postoffice department ap-
Brain versus brawn will be the
¡mrently stamped out extrava­
gance when it ended the fiscal order of the day Sunday on the
year with $5,000,000 to the good
Jacksonville diamond when Med­
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ford's Gilmore Lions meet Miners
In Europe, it seems, each new of this city. Gilmore's nine, com­
rein brings a rain of lead.
posed chiefly of high school and
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players, has been stepping
Big Jim Furley wax fined three college
out
lately,
taking wins over Cres­
poatmaaterahlpa In Eugene the cent City, Grunts
Pass' Stars and
other day for failing to grow other strong aggreatlons.
Miners
whiskers Characteristic of the ad and Lions have divided honors
in
ministration, though, that its two previous meetihgs.
members let no gross grow under
The game will be called for 2:30
their feet <>i over their ideas.
sharp, with Gilmore battery com-
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posed of Ray Tungate and Cap
And the way to get ahead in the Stoddard,
with Miner lineup start­
world ia to have a head.
ing Bill Hammersley on the mound
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and SI Johnson behind the plate
You never hear of a nudist col-
Ijixt Sunday afternoon, on the
onlv on a rooftop, probably I m - Prospect diamond, Miners defeated
cause they all want to live down nine of that locality 17-15 after
atarea.
Prospect! tea came from behind
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with 11 runs in last three frames
Truth may I m * stranger than fic­ ! to give the game a whirlwind fin­
tion, but fewer people will believe ish that marked their nearest ap­
proach to victory for several
it.
weeks. Miners gathered tn 21 hits
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We note by the Weston leader off L. Rawlings while Turner, for
that horaeahoe pitching championa the gold diggers, surrendered
were there for an exhibition a few seven hits and four runs in three
daya ago, but what Clark should innings Bill Hammersley, who
arrange for this time of year Is took mound duties for next three
a demonstration on how to pitch j stanzas, surrendered no hits or
runs and Manager Hall, to give
a tent.
the game competiUon, took over
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Now that the nation's banks are twirling for last three frames to
all sound, there's less being made surrender 11 runs off seven hits
about them. People forget to give and seven Miner errors. Heavy
credit where most of their credit hilUng for Prospect was handled
by Dewey Hill, who marked up
Is due.
three out of six chances, one a
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Then there's the time Eino Hem- home run in the ninth with the
mlla went to a mind reader, and sacks soggy. Peewee Van Galder,
tiny Miner second-sacker, , also
was his face read!
took a roundtrip clout with the
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According to a story in the bases full for his share of heavy
Cottage Grove Sentinel, a grass­ bat work, while Tooley Williams,
hopper killed a black widow spider Art Ferra and Manager Hail each
on exhibition there. Probably, ax gathered in four hits in six
any chewer’s wife will attest, the chances
Score by innings:
RHE
hopper spit tobacco juice in its
J'ville
342 304 100 17 21 13
eye.
Prospect .. 004 000 236 15 14 11
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One week from Sunday Miners
About the best way to plug fi­
nancial leaks through crime is will travel to Gold Hill, where
southern Oregon's Twirled Series
with lead.
will be played between the two
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With a drouth striking the mid­ nines, who have taken a pair of
dlewest, it is only consistent /or wins from each other. Following
Kansas to be a little driar than the Gold Hill game Sunday, Aug­
ust 5. Cement Makers of that city
the rest.
will return to the J'ville lot Aug­
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ust 12. One more game probably
FRED EDENS RECEIVES
will be scheduled for the season,
CHERISHED NAW TASK between Miners and Merchants of
Jacksonville, to be played Sunday,
Word has ben received by Mr. August 18. to settle a 1-1 game tie.
and Mrs Will Edens of Jackson­
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ville that their son. Fred, has re­
What we need now Is a perma­
ceived the signal honor of being nent hair cut.- Weston Leader.
appointed to personnel of the sen­
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ior radio station of the United
Sometimes, too, politics makes
States navy, NA A, located in bedfellows strangers. — Weston
Washington, D. C.
Leader.
This ia one of the most power­
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ful stations in the world and in­
It is some job to keep in the
cludes some of the most expert
scientists of that profession. Fred pink while you are in the red.—
joined the navy some five years Weston Leader.
ago and immediately after his six
months course in the naval radio
school was appointed radio oper­
ator of the USS. Lexington.
Since that time his unusual tal­
ent and ability and earnest en­
deavor have advanced him over
many of his senior officers.
This last advancement came as
a complete surprise and shows
that our navy still holds oppor­
tunities for those who excel). As
Fred modestly expressed it in a
letter to his friend, Marion Smith,
"This is the place where they
make radio men and I hope to
know something in a few years."
His many friends of Jackson­
ville will wish him bon voyage and
congratulate him for his deserved
good fortune.
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STRIKE EASE IN FRISCO
WOULD MEAN OPERATION
OF DOUBLE SHIFT AT OPP
Dog Poisoners Busy
As Six Canines Die
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Number 30
MANY A TWIST Rogue River As Is FIRE DESTROYS
TO HUNTING OF
FORBES HOME IN
MINERAL,TOLD
WEEKEND BLAZE
By AN ILLUKION-BLSTER
(J. C. Reynolds)
A wave of dog-poisoning, which
has aroused dog owners, broke out
While of late it appears
in Jacksonville during past few
To be quite trfe vogue,
days, and animals belonging to
Gail Lusk. Edwin Rosa, Chris
To pen miles of poem«
Kenney, John Winningham, Jim Rock-Knocking in Early
Extolling the Rogue—
IJttell and M-oriard Osborne have
Structure, Unoccupied, Is
Let us closely examine
fallen victims to poisoned meat.
Day No ‘Pushover’ Task
The matter throughout,
Mass of Flames When
Dog owners have been confining
Points Out Applegate’s
And find what the deuce
Volunteers Arrive on
their animals as a result of ths
All the fuss is about.
crimes, and a wave of indignation
Famous Prospector-Poet
Scene;
Partially Insured
has swept over young and old lov­
The
Rogue
as
we
see
it,
ers of pets. Four of the dead ani­
By J. C. REYNOLDS
Fire, of unknown origin, com­
mals apparently were poisoned
Consists at this date,
I had been in the west about 10
pletely destroyed the house owned
near the center of town Sunday years before I tackled the mining
Of a substance called water
and formerly occupied by Dr.
night, and resulted in private in­ game During most of this time I
In its natural state.
Forbes at a late hour Saturday
vestigations being made.
And
following
Nature
’
s
had been in a mining country and
night. Volunteer firemen, including
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had learned a lot of things about
Unchangeable will,
Mayor Wesley Hartman, Chief
minerals, but had decided I didn't
Ray Wilson, Hubert De Haas and
It wabbles and straggles
New Forest Road
want any prospecting in mine, as
George Wendt answered the call
And rambles down-hill.
from what I had seen I was con­
and arrived at the scene as flames
Thru Siskiyous to vinced
that a prospector's life was
were engulfing the entire struc­
Sometimes
it
is
high
hard one, a steady rambling
ture.
Silver Fork Opened a from
And sometimes it is low,
place to place with a burro
The house, unoccupied since
But its water down-grade
start of school vacation, was cov­
A large number of local people or two, ragged clothes to wear and
Never
ceases
to
flow.
ered by $750 insurance, according
took the opportunity Sunday of an unchangeable diet of pancakes,
We find it no different,
to report. Flames apparently broke
motoring through the heart of the sow bosom and beans And I also
As its course we explore,
out on back porch or woodshed,
Siskiyou mountains, traveling the got hep to the fact that not more
said Fire Chief Wilson, and spread
To a thousand such rivers
new forest service road completed than one man out of two or three
rapidly through the entire house,
from Beaver creek through Silver thousand ever found anything
We’ve visioned before.
aided by open doors and cloth lin­
Fork to Oak Knoll ranger station worth while.
ing on all walls. The building was
After having tried my hand at a
on the Klamath river. One party
To be sure, certain facts
located east of the George Wendt
making the trip included Mr. and number of occupations and mak­
To its credit redound;
dairy bam near the highway.
Mrs. John Herriott, Mrs. Maud ing fairly good at most of them, I
There
are
many
fine
fish
The blaze, which was reported
Kubll, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward had learned a trade which suited
In this stream to be found;
at 11:45 Saturday night, is the
Kubli and son Norman. The group me fine and paid from $3.50 to $5
And truth-speaking anglers,
second to destroy houses in this
picniced at Donamour, where they per day, which was pretty good
city in past few weeks, the old
Both here and elsewhere,
enjoyed a chat with "Shorty’1 money in those days, and I worked
Cronemiller home being the other
Farnsworth, employed there by at that eight or nine months every
Will nay of the Rogue
total loss last month.
Walter Freshour, cattle owner of year, which waa about as long as
That, "The fishing is fair.”
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the jobs lasted.
the Klamath.
Others enjoying the trip Sunday
Came a time when a friend
If the Rogue would reverse
Smoking Banned in
were Mr. and Mrs. A. 8. Klein- named Fred Thomas and myself
And flow backward up-hill,
hammer and son Claus, Mrs. Dora went hunting for elk in the Sangre
Oregon’s Forests
We would doubtless sustain
Saltmarsh and Mr. and Mrs. Leon de Christo mountains in Colorado.
A quite sizeable' thrill.
< >tf. nbacher of Applegate, and We got a nice big elk and also we
Regulations governing the use
But as long as it follows
Martin Stevens and son Russel of tumbled onto a six-foot ledge of
of
all national forest land and
Medford. Cattle owners wishing to mineralized ore that looked to us
Its natural bent.
some adjoining areas which carry
make an inspection trip by horse­ like silver. We took samples of
It will never enthuse us
unusual fire hazard have been an­
back included Mr. and Mrs. Fred thia with us and had it assayed
To any extent.
nounced by proclamation of the
West, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Salt­ and. sure enough, it ran 33, ounces
governor for the duration of the
marsh. Mr. and Mrs. Lance Offen- of silver per ton and silver was
fire season, or till September 1.
bacher, and Cliff Smith.
worth a dollar an ounce at that not sell but if he wanted to buy
The proclamation provides that
Points of Interest on this route time So we went back there, my half interest for $500 cash, I
entering these areas shall
reached by branch roads include staked it out and dug a 10-foot would do business with him. So everyone
from smoking while travel­
Cinnibar springs. Dutchman's peak hole and found it good all the way he bought me out. Incidentally, he refrain
on paved or surfaced
lookout, Perk’s guard station, and down. It laid over behind a spur put in $2000 and my partner put ing, except shall
secure permits be­
Cinnibar trail lookout. Those pre­ of the mountains, 14 miles from a in two years hard work before highways;
fore
building
a
camp fire other
they
gave
it
up.
The
claim
pro
­
ferring a short trip may travel railroad, so we quit our jobs and
at certain designated camp
through the Beaver country to the I put in the next three months, or duced an average amount of silver than
and shall carry certain
Little Applegate road. Next year nearly that, making a trail over to right along, but the transportation grounds,
if a camp fire is to be built.
sightseers may drive to the sum­ it, so we could get the ore packed charges ate up all the profits that tools
in the Applegate section
mit of Mt. Ashland from Silver out with burros or mules. Person­ the smelter didn't get, so it turned Campers
advised to contact Ranger Lee
Fork and continue to the Llthia ally, I got rather tired of working 1 out to be a fizzle. After that ex­ are
Port at Star ranger station for
City.
on that trail. Of course we were perience I did quite a lot of heavy fire permits and Instruction.
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thinking
and
decided
there
might
not out anything but what we ate
WEEKLY ARMORY WRESTIJCS and our labor, but I had been be something in the prospecting
RESUMED AS I.II.l.ARD PITS used to having a payday once a business for a fellow who was Millers Seek Work;
LETHERS AND KRUSE IN GO month and on this job there was reasonably lucky and had a little
Fire Destroys Home
nothing coming in. though of education along that line.
Here was $500 cash all in a
Resuming his weekly wrestling course we had hopes for the fu­
To have their home and all their
shows at the Medford armory, ture. One day a wealthy cattleman lump for less than three months
Promoter Mack Lillard pitted we knew found our trail and fol­ work, whereas at my job It would possessions destroyed while away
Broccoli Bob Kruse of Oswego and lowed it up to where we were at take me a year to save that much. seeking work was the experience
"Sad" Sam Lethers of Texas in a work. When we had told him all So I began to buy books on geol­ of Mr. and Mrs. Burl Miller last
double main event for this Thurs­ about our claim, he went and ogy. mineralogy, petrology and week, whose home is located on
day night.
looked it over and took samples crystallography. And talk about Nine Mile creek in the Thompson
study. Never in my life had I put creek area. The origin of the fire
First half of the double bill, from it which he had assayed.
scheduled to open at 8:30, was to
In a few days he came back and theh close attention on any studies is not known, but it is believed to
bring together Harry Kent, 236- offered us $1000 cash for the claim that I did on these. Night after have occurred during the night,
pounder from Oregon State, and and for what work we had done on night I poured over these books, owing to the fact that neighbors
Al Karaslck, Russian Lion who has the trail. I was in favor of selling, often till 12 and 1 o'clock, trying did not know of the fire until
been one of the pillars of the but my partner, being one of those to master (to me) this most in­ some time afterward The barn on
wrestling business in southern guys who can’t let go of anything teresting subject. And when I fin­ the place did not burn.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller, who did not
Oregon for many moons.
they once get their fingers on, ally got it down so pat that I
The twin headline program was would not agree He was convinced could spout the lingo like a pro­ have the property insured, have
looked upon by fans as one of the we had millions in our claim and fessor, I was still a blooming ig­ since obtained employment at
more colorful meetings which Lil­ ridiculed the idea of selling for a noramus as far as actual expe­ Crater Lake lodge.
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rience went. I was like the guy
lard has been in the habit of ar­ paltry thousand dollars.
ranging for fanciers of the bone
Finally I hunted the cattleman that Gassy Thompson played the FORMER HUMBUG RESIDENTS
up and told him my partner would joke on. I had to get out and get RETURN, SEEKING GOLD AND
bending business.
the experience. And believe me, RENEWED HEALTH AT MIME
that said experience was hard to
get.
After an absence of a long per­
The old-timers who knew every iod of years, during which he had
trick and turn in the game would­ lost contact with Applegate peo­
n't tell me or, for that matter, ple, Rev. Paul James of Seattle,
would anyone else, a single thing accompanied by his two sons and
that would help. They were the two daughters, has returned here
closest-mouthed bunch in that re­ for the summer. Believing that
spect I ever met with. Every there still might be gold In the
mouth buttoned up tight whenever James mine on Humbug, where his
I tried to pry any information out father, Paul James Sr., was killed
of them. But I am not the kind of in a tunnel more than 25 years
bimbo who puts his hand to the ago. Rev. James expects to reopen
plow and then turns back. I had the mine while here.
determined to be a prospector and
The primary factor, however, in
I would not take "no” for an an­ bringing the family back was the
swer. Little by little, a grain at a hope that the eldest son, John,
time, I pried, picked, pumped and might regain his health. He is an
probed during the ensuing years, explorer of the south sea islands
till I had dug out not only all the and Is suffering from malaria. Rev.
Information they could give, but a James, who became a minister
whole lot more and then I began after leaving Applegate, has es­
to make it pay.
tablished camp on Humbug.
I never was fortunate enough to
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find one of the big bonanzas, but JACKSONVILLE MERCHANTS
in 12 consecutive seasons I made ACCEPT MINER CHALLENGE
$28,000, from two to three thous­ TO MEET SUNDAY, AUG. 19
and every season, which is not at
Agreing to meet Jacksonville’s
all bad. Between times and in Miners again only after a stipula­
other years first and last I worked tion that Manager Hall of the
in the mines, 14 years underground Miners do the twirling, Manager
altogether, work that I naturally V. J. Beach of the local Merchants
like as long as the ground is reas­ definitely promised to have his
onably dry.
outfit groomed for the third and
Where the ground was too wet deciding game of the summer be­
and a man had to be all bundled up tween the youngbloods and the old
In rubber hat, coat, pants and timers of the town.
boots, I didn't stay long. Quite
Miners and Merchants are on a
often while prospecting for com­ par with one victory each won
panies I would find something that by a lone run in both instances—
showed up well on the surface, sell and the controversial topic of
out my interest to them in the fall whether the once-wuzzers or the
and then take contracts driving now-ares are superior, from a
tunnels on the properties during baseball standpoint, will be set­
the winter months.
tled Sunday. August 19. when the
That gave me the opportunity two nines will make a day of it.
to not only make money for my­
Manager Beach of Merchants
self, but also to personally develop was instrumental in gaining do­
the claims I had discovered, about nation title to school ball park
which I naturally had considerable from Ben B. Beekman recently,
curiosity. Two' or three thousand and would like to close the season
dollars per year is nothing to brag with a victory for his men, he has
about. Still it must be considered intimated, on the field. The Miner-
that practically everything I found Merchant game, so far, is final en­
was in country that had been counter of the year scheduled for
pawed over for years by hundreds Miners, who will mothball bats and
(Continued on page four)
mitts till spring at that time.
S’MATTER POP ................................ By C. M. Payne
Peaceful settlement of the long­
shoremen's strike in San Francisco
wil be felt almost immediately on
consummation in Jacksonville, ac­
cording to Robert A. Clarke, sup­
erintendent of Pacific States mine
near this city.
Pine oil, a substance which has
an affinity for gold, is used in
sizeable quantities at the Opp
property mill in oil flotation re­
covery units and is one of the key
elements in recovery of values
here. With shipping and all trans­
portation tied up in the bay dis­
trict through the strike, there was
but one avenue of movement left
open to pine oil through the Unit­
ed States malls. This, of course, Is
an expensive and limited way of
shipping the fluid and, as a result,
mill operation at Pacific States
was reduced from two shifts daily
to one, pending outcome of the
strike.
Sackers at the mill are busy pre­
paring third carload of concen­
trates for smeltef, and completion
of the lot is expected within a
short time, mine employes said
yesterday.
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