T he J acksonville M iner c a Copy But You Really Should Subscribe Today V — , ■ — “The Sheet That”a in the Pink” i Volume 3 Jacksonville, Oregon, Friday, August 3, 1934 COUNTY COURT SEEKS TO CLOSE DANCES AT 12 M. There ia to be a spiritualist me­ dium In Medford Ulla week Prob­ ably want a to show 'em her ap- pirition. • An oil well was recently com­ pleted at a depth of more than two miles Sori of going in the hole to get out of it. • The Klamath Indiana, rich cat In the world with an average of >28,- 000 each, are one tribe of redskins who bit the gold-duet. • It might be a good auggeation, too, to waah out a communist's mouth with the con ten ta of a soap box whenever he mounta one. • And in aouthern Oregon, it haa developed, when a man shouts 'down with everything" he gen erally ia the first to go down • Maybe part of the delay In aet- tling the dock atrike waa due to some people alwaya making hard work out of labor trouble. • I'oaalbly another reaaon why dog la referred to aa man's beat friend ia because a dog can't go off at dinner time and leave a note on the dresser. • Every man may be captain of his soul, but a lot of them act like aecond lieutenants. • The person who tella a lot of gossipy garbage about othera makes a garbage wagon out of hla mind. • Ears often are one's moat con­ vincing aalca argument. You can't get up in the world by being low-down. TWIRLED SERIES TO BE PLAYED AT G. HILL SUNDAY Tie Standing of Two Nines Will Be Settled in Spe­ cial Two-Game Series; Second Tilt Will Be Here With the close of baseball sea­ son only a few weeks away, Jack­ sonville's Miners and Gold Hill's Cement Makers will start playoff of the southern Oregon baseball classic, the Twirled Scries, Sunday at Gold Hill Each team haa taken a pair of wins from the other on the other's diamond, and a tradi­ tional baseball rivalry between the two ninea will blaze to its most brilliant heat during the two-game aeries, second encounter of which Is to be played on the Jacksonville diamond. Miners will travel to Gold Hill with a strong Infield and outfield, with Don Greening at first, Frank Runtz at either second or short, and possibly Virgil Swanson on short, while the inimitable Tooley Williams will adorn third sack. Skinny Wilson probably will start on the mound for Miners, with Screwball Turner in the back­ ground, with Si Johnson catching Art Ferra, Doc Yakel, Wayhc Coker, Manager Hall and Skinny Wilson's brother will be available for outer garden duty. Gold Hill lineup is not known here, but It is thought either Wilmer Bailey or Tuffy Kell will go on the hill, with Bill Force receiving. I^ast Sunday the Miners took a shellacking at hands of Medford's Gilmore Lions, 15-6, when an even­ ly divided allotment of hits—14 and 14- were timed and hit right for Gilmore, but scarcely more than scratch clouts for Miners. Bud Reinking, now with the Rogues, stayed home for the day to cover shortstop ably for his former teammates, taking a two- base hit for his batwork. Don Greening, blond-haired first sack­ er, hit for a full circuit, ball end­ ing in garage across from the park. George Smith, Dick Sa- k Hilda, Jim Tungate, Dick Lewis, Bob Smith hit for extra bases for Gilmore at critical momenta dur­ ing the game. In a special one-inning prelim­ inary Managers Bob Lewis and Leonard Hall pitched for their nines. Jim Tungate taking a home run off Hall, while I-ewis surren­ dered no runs Dick Lewis, hard­ hitting Gilmorite, fanned, however, to add color to the Inning. Score by innings: RHE Gilmore 010 143 114—15 14 3 J’vllle 002 010 201— 6 14 5 Miner players will leave here for Gold Hill Sunday at 12:30 sharp, meeting in front of The Miner office at that time for trans­ portation. Fans are invited to ac­ company the players, and lend a hand in what may be one of the summer’s hardest games to win. I^ast encounter at Gold Hill went 10 innings, Miners winning 4-3. City Council Meets With County Court to Discuss Projected 12 P.M. Close at J’ville and Gold Hill Meeting to "discuss 12 o'clock closing of dances" at the county court Wednesday afternoon, Coun- cilmrn Jim Cantrall, Peter Fick and Mayor Wesley Hartman rep­ resented Jacksonville at the gath­ ering, when Gold Hill city officials, invited for the same purpose, failed to appear. There has been some agitation about the county principally from other dance hall operators to either close all dances at midnight Saturday, or permit all of them to dance until 2 a m. Aa it now stands,' Jacksonville and Gold Hll' are the only 2 o'clock spots in the county, jurisdiction of county court not extending over these municipalities, which are incorpor­ ated. Medford's closing hour, set by city dads there, has remained at 12 o'clock for several years past. County Commissioners Emmett i Nealon and Ralph Billings and Judge Day are of the opinion that closing hours should be uniform, and preferably with midnight ax a deadline, it was learned. Jack­ sonville city officials, according to report, also favor the earlier clos­ ing hour personally, but are sched­ uled to take the matter up at open council meeting next Tuesday night. August 7. About three years ago, led by a "Civic Improvement league," a move was put over to close the weekly dances here but, after a short period, an overwhelming vote was taken to reopen the af­ fairs, city council granting fran­ chise till 2 am. ever since. The late hour here has been one of the stronger drawing cards, and it is felt by Chamber of Commerce members, who sponsor the affairs, that a 12 o'clock deadline would mean closing of the place. County officials stated, however, that there is a possibility of all dances being permitted to ruu till 2 if this city and Gold Hill do not volun­ tarily agree to the earlier hour, which would lessen advantage of the hour for these towns. It wax undrstood, unofficially, that Gold Hill dads are inclined to frown on the 12 o'clock closing, and prefer to conduct their own civic affairs without outside sug­ gestions. It will not be known def­ initely until next Tuesday just what attitude will be taken in Jacksonville, but late this week those favoring the later hour ap­ peared to be in majority, though sentiment was pretty well divided. The Jacksonville Miner says: "And then, Clark Wood, there is a Georgia printer we know of who sets his column, apparently, from a case of jitters." If the Miner has reference to Olin Miller, it looks more like a case of d. t.’s.—Wes-: ton (Oregon) Leader. T<>50 reward for in­ formation leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons guilty of poisoning dogs in Jacksonville. The reward followed the killing of six canines in this city within the past two weeks and is indicative of the reaction caused by the crimes. Judge Tou Velle, whose pets are one of his greatest pleasures, posted the bounty in an effort to curb such rank injustices, though his own dogs had not yet been affected. Many other townspeople have been on the alert to catch the poisoner, and a close watch is be­ ing kept on most pets by owners. ------------- •------------- Custom Mill Running On Jennings Mine Ore Custom mill built two years ago by the Jacksonville Gold Mining company, limited, has been oper­ ating one shift a day for past two months on free-milling ore from thhe company’s recently acquired property, the Jennings mine, near Blackwell hill nine miles from this city. According to W. M. Barrie, offi­ cer of the Seattle company which invested in the mill and the Schumpf, or Old Town, mine here, declared yesterday they expect to resume activity at the Schumpf mine in the near future, with com­ plete electrification of the proper­ ty. Former equipment has been Installed at the Jennings, where four men are employed getting out ore for the mill here. Custom work is still being han­ dled from time to time in the com­ pany's mill, which can operate but eight hours out of the 24 due to water shortage. ------------- •------------- JI BII.F.E MOVIES TO BE SHOWN HERE AUGVST 10 Motion pictures of Medford's Diamond Jubilee celebration will be shown at the Jacksonville Grange hall Friday evening. Aug­ ust 10, at 8 p.m., according to an­ nouncement by Grangers this week. The films, depicting the jub­ ilee from first announcement through to completion, were taken by H. D. Kem of the Copco adver­ tising department, and will be shown free of charge More than an hour's motion pic­ ture program will feature the eve­ ning, and the general public is in­ vited, said Mrs. George Wendt this week in issuing the announcement. In Case You ‘Heard’ Some unfounded gossip has Come to our attention recently that The Miner has "frozen out" its former business manager, J. W. Peckham of Kansas. In order to prevent any fur­ ther misunderstanding from this source, it appears timely to point out that Mr. Peckham's present situation, in relation to The Miner, was made necessary by his own unique business methods and for the good and welfare o^the newspaper. SAY BLUE LEDGE IS DISAPPEARING PIECE BY PIECE State Officers Scan Wreck But Find Difficulty in Telling What Stolen and What Destroyed by Time That a great copper mine, lay­ ing dormant and disregarded near top of the Siskiyous, is being stolen a chunk at a time was the plaint turned in to state police, who Tuesday investigated the property in an effort to determine to what extent vandals had re­ moved the one-time busy Blue Ix-dge mine. Many years ago a scene of in­ tense activity, boasting its own skyline settlement with school, dance hall and dwellings, the Blue Ledge property went into the dis­ card with weakening of copper markets, and the ravages of time have reduced boilers, pipe, build­ ings and aerial tramway to a rusty reminder of better days. A few years ago repaired and reopened by the late Dr Reddy, Blue Ledge has lain an idle honeycomb of cop­ per veins and collapsing buildings at the head of Applegate just over the line into California. State police who investigated the alleged scene of wholesale carting-away declared they found difficulty in determining just what had been stolen and what Old Man Weather had long since claimed for his own. Decay, rust and gen­ eral Dilapidation reign over the once large operation, and save for some corrugated iron, steam pipe and other items salvaged without permission from the near-rulns, it would be hard to say just what could have been rifled, unless some of the tunnels have been carted away to other locations, which is not likely, considering great mass of the copper-bearing mountain, located near Dutchman’s peak However, state police said they would continue their investigation, and probably will return to the Blue Ledge section in the near future with a oulji board to aid them in determination of exhibit A—the . stolen property. Axel Lundgren of Jacksonville Is care­ taker for the Blue Ledge property, said now to lie controlled by some eastern copper interests. ------------- a------------- City Marshal Jim Littell, fol­ lowing a month's leave of absence, dusted off the old star and went back to work for Jacksonville Wednesday, August 1. He had been relieved during his absence by Al­ bert Hackert. Officer Littell, who also is water master and street supervisor, has been linimenting his bell-rope arm, as curfew shall ring again tonight. During his vacation Littell toured the east and middlewest, with more than a casual stay in Minne­ sota. Officer Jim reports reading an account of County Commission­ er Emmett Nealson's feat of kill­ ing a coyote with a rock in a Des Moines. Iowa, newspaper, while in that section. Number 31 /------ —1 ------- --------- - - -- Ball Players Notice! Those members of the Jack­ sonville Miner baseball club who would like to know their bat­ ting averages for the season should get in touch with Weeser, the office hound who mistook Miner's scorbook for a dog biscuit recently. Weeser has digested box scores for nearly a month, and it is thought he has ail players' standings in pretty good shape by now. The dog's act caused Miners and Merchants to replay a game two weeks ago when the first game was declared a no­ contest. 1 Although Weeser has a goat’s proclivity for eating various ob­ jects, he has not yet mastered the art of walking rail fences. Third MiU Set Up in Applegate to Cut Cedar for Pencils In addition to two sawmills in the community, the Applegate will have the third one, with the estab­ lishment of a mill on the Schumpf place on Yale creek by Frank Christy of Medford, timber agent, and Mr. Sproat. Equipment is being installed for the mill, which will operate with a 60-horsepower diesel engine. The owners expect to saw 10,000 feet of lumber a day, and at first will use only cedar timber, to be used in pencil manufacture. Applegate Chicken Doubles Output of Hen Tracks; 4 Legs Another freak chicken has been added to the long list of abnormalities in the world. In a brood of 12 Rhode Island red chickens owned by Mrs. Har­ old Crump of Applegate there was one chick possessing four legs, the two useless members being attached at the tail. The fowl died a few days ago. having survived three weeks. It ate heartily most of the time, and had grown a few wing feathers. Gilmore Lions Manager Opens Highway Station Bob Lewis, more familiarly known as manager of Medford's Gilmore Lions, who last Sunday pitched an exhibition inning in Jacksonville, and his brother. Rich­ ard (Dick) Lewis, Gilmore short­ stop. Wednesday took over opera­ tion of the new Gilmore service station at the intersection of Jack­ sonville highway and Ross lane, about a half mile west of Medford at what is known as Baker's cor­ ner. Bob and Dick, both sports fans, will feature snappy service and complete lubrication and will wel­ come their friends, and others, at the new stand, where they are launching out in the business world. They are well known to Jacksonville and Medford baseball and basketball fans. S’MATTER POP................................ By C. M. Payne A Little Chat With the Editor Friend Hall: I want to tell you about one of these black widow spiders that moved in with me a few days ago. I have hesitated about killing her until I can procure a copy of the latest game laws and find out when it will be open season on B. W. spiders and how much a license will cost. Am going to take par­ ticular pains not to run afoul the law, since I have heard what hap­ pened to John Dillinger. I suppose you noticed what a fuss the papers made over that old Turk who died not long ago at the age of 150 years or so, but we can produce a man right from this vicinity who can beat that a long ways. This gent doesn’t look to be that old, in fact could pass for fifty, and probably wouldn’t admit his real age as it might de­ bar him from enlisting with the CCC. But after carefully checking up the number of years he claims to have lived in various places, we find that at the least calculation he cannot be less than one hundred and eighty-nine years old. I was asked lately by an old trapper who has a thirst for in­ formation. if there were any flies and mosquitos in heaven ? And whether the angels wore pants and used up-to-date machine guns, or whether the still clothed them­ selves in white kimonas and did their fighting with the old-time bows and arrows? Not being con­ versant with conditions in that far-off and little explored section, the best I could do was to refer him to any of the numerous evan­ gelists now holding forth amongst us, who doubtless can easily give him the low-down on all such mat­ ters. Having read a considerable lot of huey In the past few months in CITY DADS SEEK UNTANGLE MAZE PWA LOAN DOPE City Attorney Hanna Says Official Red Tape May Delay Arrival of $13,000 for Uncomfortable Time Following word from Washing­ ton, D. C. that PWA had granted Jacksonville's request for >10,000 loan and >3000 grant, came a maze of technicalities that ha ye city fathers and City Attorney H. K. Hanna in a sea of correspondence and wonderment. However, it was intimated by Hanna that the con­ fusion may not be as baffling as at first thought, Inasmuch as many of the details concerning bonding of Uw loan, engineer’s es­ timates and so on already have been cared for. City Attorney Hanna yesterday said be was in correspondence with State Engineer C. C. Hockley, PWA’s local egnineer who must scan, and pass, all estimates, plans, blds and contracts. A de­ tailed outline of work to be done, material and labor required, an ab­ stract of bonds to be issued cover­ ing >10,000 loan, and other mat­ ters are to be worked out before actual start of water improvement and development work in this city. It has been variously estimated that Jacksonville will not begin laying of mains for from one to 12 months, although it is thought by some that delay will be negligible if proper prodding is forthcoming. When estimates, plans and bonds have been approved, Jack­ sonville officials will then be in po­ sition to call for bids which, when accepted and approved by PWA, will precipitate installation of pipe line between two reservoirs and development work above the large storage pond. Application for the loan was made late last year. ------------- •------------- Lethers Grabs Ears With Rube Wright at Armory Thursday Continuing is elimination match­ es to select a suitable foe for “Jumping Joe" Savoldi. ex-Notre Dame grid star in a few weeks. Promoter Mack Lillard has this week pitted 209-pound "Sad" S^m Lethers of Dallas. Texas, and Rube Wright, 235, of Los Angeles, in first half of a double main event at the armory this Thursday night. On the second half of the cauli­ flower dish will be seen Terrible- Bad Pete Belcastro, leg-chewing ear-grabber from Sacramento and Pat McGill of Nebraska, who is said to be a com-fed husky who can gnaw an ear as greedily as the next one. With such a card scheduled to go thumping back and forth across the ring, with an elimination se­ ries that should find tough meat for Jumping Joe, Promoter Lillard expected another packed house with further reduced admission prices in effect again this week. First bell will be rung by Time­ keeper Vivian Beach at 8:30 sharp. papers and magazines, by self- styled experts concerning the rat­ tlesnake, who they represent as non-poisonous and a perfect gen­ tleman, in that he never fails to ring his bell before attempting to strike, and how it is impossible for him to strike farther than two- thirds of his length and in most cases only about one-third, and how if one gets bitten there is no cause for worry, etc., etc., will say there are hundreds of people in southern Oregon and northern California who can swear that the rattlers of thia section only rattle when they happen to think of it, which is not often. They generally forget it and try to shake hands without any warning whatever. I have personally seen them jump clear off their coil when striking, especially when on the upper slope of a hill. In California I had to discard a three-foot cane I carried to kill them with for a much longer snake-stick, because many of them could strike farther than the length of the cane. And as to being non-poisonous, I notice that a person who has been bitten by one, if no antidote is forthcoming pdq. afterward, will shortly bid farewell to this earth and join the legions of the skies. And I don't mean maybe, possibly or perhaps. Two travelers from Arizona, looking the country over, dropped in to see me last week and na­ turally, in the course of conversa­ tion, inquired where was the cen­ ter of the greatest mining activity in this county. I had no hesitation in answering that while swarms of miners wer busily engaged in rob­ bing Mother Earth of her treas­ ures all over the county, the heav­ iest gold mining I knew of was being done tn the pool halls of Jacksonville Am I right, or am I right? Yours, till the goose-step is in­ troduced into America. Ruch, Oregon. J- C. REYNOLDS.