Hut You Heally Should Bubscribs Today T he J acksonville M iner f~ ----- - -- -- -- • “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. • Yea, and It la our gueaa the army of unemployed would like to travel on Ita stomach, too. • It appears to be Prcshlent Roosevelt's conviction, ao far aa labor la concerned, that "the truce ahull aet you free.” • It's a wlae man who knows when to put up a front and when to show hla herds • 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. • Americanism: Building lifetime fountain pens one season and then outmoding them the next with a new design. • 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 • Then there always are jieople who. the first chill weather, think they ,ir<- Commodurc Perry and assume an open door policy. • Definition of Irony: A serving of animal crackers for the disap­ pointed nirnrod's return. • At that, says Verne Van Dyke, the lost huntsman, animal crack­ ers wouldn't lx- nearly so bad as the smart crackers. • President Roosevelt, in his radio address Sunday night, intimated that we already have turned "that corner" and now arc going straight ahead. • 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. ----------- _ 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 ------------- •------------- 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. ------------- •------------- A man can buy his wood cut and split, but he has to pay for giving the other fellow the exercise.— Weston Leader. ------ •------------- Not only do strike waves follow depressions, but so also do the statisticians. Weston Leader. ------------- •------------- Georgia is having her troubles, what with the boll weevil and Olin Miller.—Weston Leader. ------------- •------------- Some people buy until it hurts their creditors.- Weston leader. ----- •----- 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 lntrOo7D w H êm J J 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. ----- •----- 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?" ♦ SEEN In A Daze •Po'?,J T+PMiY ] vjc > uu 3) -H ave . Sood MlMb MOW tjeeu TS ETTE51 iFTou ■HAh'Bae« cSOoD w - hem '-fou MJl/X LCTTL. HAITI SyndKitt, Inc.) By OUR KEYHOLE EXPERT i--------------------- ——--------------------- 4 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. ------- •------- 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!” ------------- •------------- We’ve attended every Pendleton Round-Up without ever observing a parade cowboy in the act of roping aa old maid. — Weston Leader.