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“The Sheet That*s in the Pink”
Volumo 3
Jacksonville, Oregon, Friday, October 5, 1934
Number 40
9
Those of voting age who have
not cast a ballot for two years, or
who have moved from their regu
lar voting precinct, or who are
newcomers to this county or state,
have until Saturday evening to
register, warned G. W Godward
and John Parnoil, registrars for
Jacksonville and Applegate, re-
spectlvely.
General election November 6 is
showing promise of having a few
fireworks and bystanders, to have
an active |>«rt in the fracas, must
attend to their registering today or
tomorrow. Those who voted last
year and who live in the same pre
cinct are full-fledged members in
the political circus, and need only
await election day.
Farlow Anderson Is
Elected President, 58th
Annual Meet Dwindling
Army of Early Pioneers
M th .
If education were like politics,
the flunking atudenta would set
thcrnaclvea up ax ordained critics
of those who pussrd.
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Yea, and It la our gueaa the
army of unemployed would like to
travel on Ita stomach, too.
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It appears to be Prcshlent
Roosevelt's conviction, ao far aa
labor la concerned, that "the truce
ahull aet you free.”
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It's a wlae man who knows when
to put up a front and when to
show hla herds
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Republicans profess to be worry
ing about the safety of the conatl-
ftiti«.ii. but lulinlniHlrntion
have revealer! they arc really wor
ried about the future of the re
publican party.
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Americanism: Building lifetime
fountain pens one season and then
outmoding them the next with a
new design.
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Who remembers a short time
ago, following the democratic land
slide, when it was predicted the
republican party was doomed for
ever But when the reverse la true,
the OOP's will tie telling us they've
buried for all time the democratic
faith
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Then there always are jieople
who. the first chill weather, think
they ,ir<- Commodurc Perry and
assume an open door policy.
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Definition of Irony: A serving of
animal crackers for the disap
pointed nirnrod's return.
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At that, says Verne Van Dyke,
the lost huntsman, animal crack
ers wouldn't lx- nearly so bad as
the smart crackers.
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President Roosevelt, in his radio
address Sunday night, intimated
that we already have turned "that
corner" and now arc going straight
ahead.
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Folks who us4id to throw their
hats in doors now throw them out
onto the front porch to see if the
wolf is in a good humor.
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A E1CW EARNEST MOULS
(Star News. Medford. Wis.)
Whenever any public event or
public improvement is carried for
ward to accomplishment, the bur
den of effort is usually carried by
a few earnest souls who sec that
there Is a job to be done and then
go ahead and do it.
A small town that has a good
city park, a good bull team, is well
paved, has well kept lawns, puts
on a good Fourth of July celebra
tion, has adequate lighting, or has
or does anything at all better than
the average place, usually owes It
to the initiative of a few who have
ability and who will work.
One man's hobby is beautifying
hla home grounds. By the judicious
use of trees and shrubs and pains
taking care of them he sets an ex
ample to his neighbors and other
householders which may have a
marked effect on an entire com
munity. even though few may have
the time and patience to even ap
proach the excellence he attains
That man may consider a good
home baseball team a thing of
minor importance or even useless
foolishness.
Another man may look with ad
miration on the first man's beauti
ful lawn and hedge but as far as
putting that much effort into hav
ing one himself he has never even
thought of it. But he may take
hold of the seemingly thankless job
of managing a good ball team; he
might even have the intestinal for
titude to try to be ita umpire.
Baseball is his hobby. He helps the
community by doing his part to
have a good team.
Another man may think base
ball is the bunk and that a won
derful blue spruce tree in a pleas
ing setting is something to enjoy
with only a fleeting glance as he
drives by. But he possibly believes
that good paved streets with
plenty of bright lighting is a ne
cessity for his home town, and he
goes ahead and pushes through the
improvement against opposition of
the "do nothings" and the "pay
nothings" with which every place
is cursed.
With another its a fine golf
course, with another it's a better
city hall or a better school system.
Each man ma yhave a different
way of helping his community and
help it in connection with some ac
tivity in which he takes a personal
interest.
Give the boys a good hand,
whatever activity they try to put
across! They’re trying to do some
thing in a creditable manner even
though their way o fdoing it may
not be exactly your way of doing
it. At least recognize the fact that
they are putting honest effort into
the job. It takes a lot of different
kinds of live people to make a live
town.
Members of the Southern Ore
gon Pioneers association, that
dwindling army of early-day set
tlers and their direct descendants
who established this Inland em
pire, met in annual session at the
old courthouse In Jacksonville, one
of their most beloved shrines, it
was the 58th gathering of the
group since organization in *76.
Ranks of the association nave been
reduced to where this year Sarah
(Grandma) Cantrall is the oldest
living pioneer, nearing her 90-year
mark.
Mrs. Farlow Anderson of Ash
land was elected president by the
group, replacing John B. Griffin,
who served past 12 months as head
of the organization. Other officers
elected were as follows: Mrs. Geo.
Dunn of Ashland, vice president;
Mrs. Mume Dox Nelson of Jack
sonville continued as secretary,
and Mrs. Ella Thornton Garrett of
Ashland, treasurer.
Mrs. J. W White was in charge
of the morning program. John B.
Griffin, known throughout south
ern Oregon ax one of the oldest
descendants in Jackson county,
gave the opening address, followed
by prayer offered by Rev. L. F.
Belknap of Medford.
Mrs Katherine Wendt of Jack
sonville, accompanied by Marjory
Paley,
sang
"Silver
Threads I
Among the Gold" and "1 Cannot
Sing the Old Songs."
Maine Dox Nelson, secretary,
read the minutes of the meeting
last year, which was conducted in
Ashland. Following the piano solo
by Wanda Wyant, O. H. Blanchard
gave the address of the morning,
' Modern Pioneering.” Mrs. Elsie
Carleton Strang, accompanied at
the piano by Miss Imogene Wal
lace, gang a solo at the close of
the morning xexxloa
A basket dinner was held in the
courthouse at noon. The associa
tion win meet again next year at
Ashland
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Public utilities are more so at
tax-paying Urne.—Weston Leader.
We could do without the Reds,
but the big quesUon is what we
could do with them.- -Weston
Leader.
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A man can buy his wood cut and
split, but he has to pay for giving
the other fellow the exercise.—
Weston Leader.
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Not only do strike waves follow
depressions, but so also do the
statisticians. Weston Leader.
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Georgia is having her troubles,
what with the boll weevil and
Olin Miller.—Weston Leader.
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Some people buy until it hurts
their creditors.- Weston leader.
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REMODELING OF MARBLE
CORNER STARTED SUNDAY
Beginning with the tearing out
of an old partition, which used to
designate the ''family entrance,”
Miss Hally Cole commenced remod
eling of her newly-purchased Mar
ble Comer over the week-end, and
work has been progressing steadily
since that time, with tentative op
ening date set for Halloween.
Miss Cole's Gnome Inn orchestra
members have been lntr<xluced to
the past time of playing tunes with
hammers, saws and brushes, and
repairs will include new pressed
wood floor, addition of kitchen,
plumbing, redecorating, painting
and a neon sign.
BURNING FLUE IS
WARNING OF FIRE
DANGER TO HOME
Uncleaned Chimneys Real
Menace As Autumn Digs
Out Stoves; L. Goodman
Roof Dunked Wednesday
Fall's first chill weather not only
brings the old heaters out of the
woodshed, and causes great smears
of stove blacking to adorn resi
dents. but also returns to Jack
sonville the old meance of roof
fires started from burning flues
which have not been cleaned,
pointed out Fire Chief Ray Wilson
Wednesday as he raced toward the
Lee Goodman home to handle an
unruly chimney and a smouldering
shingle roof.
Although there was little actual
damage to the Goodman house, a
two-story structure, small spot
fires had started from sparks
thrown by the chimney and less
prompt action on part of the vol
unteer fire company might have
resulted in a serious blaze, It is
about this time every year that
several flues burn out, often with
costly results, when residents build
fires in heaters which ignite BOOt-
filled chimneys which have baked
uih I it a summer sun. "This risk is
unnecessary,” commented Chief
Wilson, "and a little bit of time in
vested each fall in cleaning out
the smoke ways would prove the
best insurance policy obtainable,
and practically without expense.”
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Custom Mill Discovers
Wire Gold in Granits
Quartz Near Jayville
IN LOCAL FRACAS
Brothers, Charged As As
saulters and Batterers,
Cost Marshal Littell Pair
of Swell New Handcuffs
Iron bars do not a prison make,
nor do handcuffs an anchor, mum
bled City Marshal James Littell
this week as he thumbed through
a mail-order catalog pricing new
"bracelets” and things. Jim's re
cently adopted theme-song came
as a result of a brawl here Satur
day evening, inspired by too much
conviviality by two local miners
who partook, allegedly, of fire-
water.
According to eyewitnesses, Coke
Brite and Paul Winningham were
playfully wrestling on the main
stem when the ruckus attracted
Marshal Littell, who endeavored to
quiet Brite. Brother John Brite
was a ringside witness of the ani
mated conversation, and when the
gentlemanly debate was quieted
Marshal Littell was rubbing a
lump on his cheek bone, Coke
Brite was on his way to the county
jail and John Brite had headed
west with the marshal's shiny new
pair of handcuffs pinning his arms
behind him.
Monday morning, however, John
war at work in a local mine, de
handcuffed. and Littell arrested
the man on a warrant charging
assault and battery. Justice of the
Peace Ray Coleman heard his plea
of not guilty and released him on
his own recognizance, to appear
whenever the law moved into trial
formation. Brother Coke, salted
away in the Medford bastile, ap
parently was entirely forgotten in
the melee, with Judge Coleman
away to the hunting grounds Wed
nesday, and it was not until Thurs
day afternoon that a Miner re
porter. seeking information con
cerning Coke’s disposition, that the
district attorney's office thought
any more about him. He was then
taken before Justice of the Peace
W. R. Coleman and released on his
own recognizance, trial to be set
on Ray Coleman’s return.
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With proceeds from liquor sales
going to relief, one man's "poison”
is another's meat.—Weston (Ore.)
Leader.
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Calves' brains are declared to be
real brain food. They could be of
no appreciable help to Olin Miller,
however, without bringing about a
cattle shortage.—Weston Leader.
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It's a rare cannon that knows its
own fodder.—Weston Leader.
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Democracy isn't safe in this re
public. according to Jim Reed of
Missouri, but he may not be read
ing the election news.—Weston
Leader.
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Girl babies begin talking two to
four months earlier than boys, who
are thereafter hopelessly dis
tanced .- Weston Leader.
By C. M. Payne
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Appearing in a formation which
is not common in this mineral dis
trict, custom mill of the Jackson
ville Gold Mining company, lim
ited, late last week milled wire
gold from granite quartz ore. The
gold, of fine quality, appears in
tiny strings or slivers of metal in
the quartz, part of a five-ton cus
tom run from a privately owned
mine four miles north of this city.
The 25-ton custom mil), located
on the banks of Jackson creek
near the cemetery road, has been
operating one shift a day on ore
from the company's Jennings mine
near Blackwell hill, and on custom
work. There will be insufficient
water for longer operation until
fall rains, said W. M Barrie, offl-
MV of the Seattle company which
two years ago erected the mill.
Jacksonville Gold Mining com
pany's Old Town property, former
ly owned by George Schumpf, will
be reopened in about a month,
said Barrie, and a tunnel will be
driven in at a point 180 feet below
present workings to orebody, esti
mated as about 100 feet from por
tal. At present a crew of six men
is kept busy at the Jennings, which
supplies the company with free
milling ore.
The Old Town mine, in years
past, has been a producer of sev
eral large pockets, and present op
erators plan to stope out ore
chutes already worked from a
lower level upon completion of the
new tunnel to be started within a
few weeks.
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Local Lads Get Pin
Money from Pans
It isn't everywhere that a 9-
year-old youth, when he feels the
need of a few dimes, cun go across
the street with Papa’s gold pern,
spend about 10 minutes shaking
the thing and dart to the gold
buyer half a block away and cash
in a 35 or 50-cent poke, but Mat
thew Winningham of this city has
kept himself supplied with spend
ing money by following just such
a course.
Young Matt, as he is known, not
only picks up pin money that way,
but also shows up the big boys by
confining bis activity to tbeir
waste dumps, where he recovers
colors panned over into tailings by
regular miners. The other day,
panning tailings in an old wash
tub, Matthew recovered 35 cents
in two pans of ''barren" dirt.
While young Winningham plies
his calling in tailings, Arthur and
Simon Johnson have evolved them
selves another method for obtain
ing pin money. Near their house is
a long sluicebox where miners
work week after week. The two
ambitious lads' saw no reason why
they shouldn’t be allowed to in
stall a riffle in end of the box to
catch what color might escape
regular riffles at head of the
Sluice. Miners, with a laugh, said
it would be oke by them, as they
caught all the gold in first few
riffles anyway and they could have
all that went to the tailings dump
—if, indeed, any ever got there.
Simon and Arthur realize a steady
Income of about SI.50 every week
by merely taking up their riffle,
spending a few minutes panning,
then replacing the cleat till the fol
lowing week.
Still another unique angle to
gold mining as it is being carried
on in back yards here is the un
usual value of worn-out sluice
boxes. Made new with a couple
dollars worth of lumber and 10
cents worth of nails, an old box’s
value will skyrocket to as much as
>50 after continued use. The older
and more dilapidated the box, gen
erally the greater its salvage val
ue. caused by the fact that a good
sluice box tearer-upper can recover
that much and more in gold which
has sifted into cracks and crevices
during its period of use, gold that
can be recovered only when the
box is entirely dismantled. Miners
of Jacksonville would not be sur
prised at any time to see a rag
man going down the main stem
ringing his bell and yelling "Any
old sluice boxes today?"
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Everything, by two young boys
who tackled charivari cigars last
Friday night.
Residents humming their theme
song, "The Boulevard of Broken
Springs."
Lemuel H. White showing a go
pher how to get out of a hole in a
hurry, and then making more noise
than Marshal Jim Littell’s old
wreck getting down to the Lee
Goodman house in his rubber boots.
I.cm first was warned of impend
ing fire danger at his house when
the fire truck sped past the Van
Galder-Green mine where he 1s
employed, but he waited for the
truck when he got home out of
courtesy to the boys.
County Loans Compressor
for Use Above J’ville’s
Reservoir; Work Starts
Today, Will Last Week
In an effort to further augment
Jacksonville’s
dwindling
water
supply, which has diminished until
but a week’s supply remains, local
fire company and chamber of com
merce officials this week borrowed
a pneumatic compressor from
County Engineer Paul Rynning
and set the machine up near
springs in the local watershed yes
terday. planning to start drilling
operations this morning.
Drill steel, pipe and jackham
mers were loaned by the county of
ficial and Bob Finney, county em
ploye, was transferred here for
duration of the work to sharpen
tools and operate the compressor,
which will drive inch holes to a
depth of about 18 feet into bed
rock. cleaning out and deepening
similar holes sunk in 1931, when a
flow developed in a like manner
eliminated hauling of water for
fire protection.
The Jacksonville Volunteer Fire
company will of course pay Fin
ney's salary, and will hire a drill
man for the work, which is ex
pected to last a week. About a six-
gallon a minute flow was devel
oped from each of several holes
drilled three years ago, but the
inch apertures have long since
clogged and ceased flow. Accord
ing to Ray Wilson, fire chief, and
Joe B Wetterer, chamber secre
tary, It is possible that enough
water will be developed to carry
over this city till fall rains, which
may be forthcoming at any time.
The drill holes will be tributary to
flume installed a few weeks ago
which carries present flow to pipe
line.
Chamber of commerce officials
and fire company volunteers, tir
ing of watching the town curl up
from drought, have decided some
one in the city should take the
initiative and make some effort to
provide Jacksonville with water.
City council has taken no action,
other than consideration of shut
ting off water to users, and will
assume no obligation in develop
ment work being fostered by other
agencies.
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THE REWARD OF
THE PATRIOT
By 3. C. REYNOLDS
I think 'twas
*twas Solomon who said.
While lying on his dying bed.
"Man gets but little here below.”
And then continued, speaking slow,
"And the little that he gets, by
heck!
He generally gets it in the neck.”
Then having thusly testified.
He kicked the bucket once and
died.
Old Solomon, that famous Jew,
Most surely knew a thing or two;
And I can positively say
His adage still holds good today.
For instance, Friend, have you re
viewed
The coolness and ingratitude
Our fickle countrymen allot
So harshly to the Patriot ?
Note the reward they hand to
those
Who saved them from their coun
try’s foes—
The splendid hero at the front
Who faced the deadly battle brunt
And also him of kindred grit
Who stayed at home and did his
bit.
As soon as war is o’er and done,
Regardless of the victory won.
They strive to cancel all the debt
By just proceeding to forget.
"Why should we be required to pay
This tiresome debt,” they moan
and say.
“How can we stop our work ?”
they sob,
“To help this waif, who has no
job?
Why should we waste our time to
aid
This bum, when money's to be
made?
Too bad he's broke and lost his
health,
But what we’re after now is
wealth.
Whys poll our chance to make
some ‘kale’
By bothering with him?” they
wail.
And ayway, this Patriot,
What did he do? We’ve most for
got.
Old Sol was sure a wise old sport;
His Axiom I must support—
"Man gets but little here below,”
(Aside from misery and woe)
"And the little that he gets, by
heck!
He generally gets it in the neck!”
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We’ve attended every Pendleton
Round-Up without ever observing
a parade cowboy in the act of
roping aa old maid. — Weston
Leader.