Friday, October 5, 1934
The JACKSONVILLE MINER
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The Jacksonville Miner
Published Every Friday at
JACKSONVILLE. OREGON
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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF JACKSONVILLE
Entered as second-class matter February 19, 1932.
at the postoffice at Jacksonville. Oregon, under
the act of March 3. 1879.
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Big Name, Little Men
At the recent mining congress held in
Medford, at which gathered a few min-
eroiogists and geologists, and a flock of
doodle-bug, easy-chair mining promot
ers, it was suggested that the congress
go on record as favoring the preparation
of a leaflet which would instruct the un
initiated into the mysteries of finding
gold.
Some southern Oregon “promoters"
who certainly have done little for the
furtherance of legitimate mining, but
much for their own projection into lime
light, still cling to their old dream of
sending every unemployed man into the
hills to work out his own salvation with
a gold pan. The yellow metal is looked
upon—by those who will not have to
practice what they preach—as a pana
cea for unemployment if the greenhorns
are but given a pan, a book of instruc
tions and a kick in the pants toward the
open hills.
Trouble is, as seen by hardened min
ers who have prospected, tramped,
starved and prospered at their calling,
that the leaflet probably will be written
by some person who couldn’t take a ream
of his works, the necessary equipment,
three doodle bugs and a rabbit’s foot
into the hills and earn 25 cents a day.
But the author and his backers will be
instrumental in torturing uninformed
tenderfeet into believing that steady
work at fair pay awaits all of them in
the mountains and streams of Oregon.
There is ample field for proper min
eral development in southern Oregon, es
pecially, but any progress must come
from level-headed, hardened mining
men, from competent engineers and sea
soned geologists who can put the indus
try on a firm foundation for larger and
more permanent production. Southern
Oregon, in particular, has had too much
two-bit mining promotion which con
centrates on 99 parts of chance and one
part of color in the pan.
The mining congress, to a large ex
tent, bothered itself with penny-ante
stuff because there were too many penn-
ante “promoters” mixed up in the meet
ing. Men with experience, men who know
successful mining, are needed to place
Oregon in her rightful place among the
mineral-producting regions of the west.
We have plenty of natural resources, but
have been afflicted with too much of the
wrong kind of human activity concern
ing it.
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0, Promise Me!
Although it probably won’t make too
much difference which way the election
goes in November, The Miner would like
to spout a bit about the two regular
candidates for governor, Martin and
Dunne.
We were fortunate enough to meet
both candidates and found them very
personable, likeable and quite impres
sive. General Charles H. Martin ap
peared to be of the dignified, reserved
but sincere type of man. Joseph Dunne
was exceedingly well-met and ultra
fluent, with a very pleasing type of per
sonality. Placed side by side, the average
voter probably would find it hard to de
cide which man is the better material
for governor while he was shaking their
hands. Most of us would need to go off
into our holes to reflect and think things
Wrestling Shows Will
Return to Armory in
Triple Bill Thursday
Reinstated following a short va
cation period, wrestling shows at
the Medford armory were to be
resumed this week by Promoter
Mack Lillard, who signed three
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over before forming any too definite
opinion, barring political or party preju
dice, of course.
In favor of General Martin we have
his fine background of service and loy
alty to his country; a character which
is above question and a sincerity which
is apparent even to his political enemies.
The only two complaints we have
heard against the man are that he is too
old, and that he served in the army too
long and accepts a pension from the gov
ernment for military service. Martin’s
opponents say we do not want a military
man, with his “superiority complex born
of the army’s caste system,” in office as
governor where he will look down on all
others as inferiors. But, contradicting
this argument, we have several Jack
sonville men’s statements that General
Martin even years ago stood head and
shoulders above any other army officer
they ever served under as a reasonable
human. And so far as the retirement
pension is concerned, he certainly should
be entitled to it after a lifetime spent
in the army. Part of the appeal with
which our government attracts young
recruits is the promise of pension re
warding long service. Surely there can
be no reasonable objection to the gen
eral receiving his due, even if he did
back up President Roosevelt’s curtail
ment of veterans’ benefits, which have
been almost wholly restored.
As for the General being too old, we
rather suspect it is more with a feeling
of pity for themselves than for Martin
that his political opponents point with
subtle meaning at the democratic nom
inee’s age of 71 years. Mr. Martin is
active, in good health and certainly an
able man, for all his summers. Neither
his mind nor his girth are burdened with
excess blubber. Trim, vigorous, out
spoken, Martin is a credit to the United
States army, and to Oregon, his native
state.
On the other hand, Senator Joe E.
Dunne has a long record of political ac
tivity backing him up. He “fathered”
the $5 auto license bill and the resultant
high gasoline tax. He is described as a
tireless worker in state legislature; a
sincere Oregonian and well acquainted
with the state and its needs.
When Joe dropped into The Miner of
fice the other day he had us feeling like
we were on the inside track to become
state printer. He seemed to know what
everyone wanted, and how to get it for
them. His conversation was logical, reas
onable and convincing, and his views
were the views of most of those voters
he met. In fact, Dunne’s ideas seemed to
reflect the every notion of his listeners
—all of them.
But Joe, to our way of thinking, is
too much of a good thing. He has prom
ised everyone everything. “Airflow”
Dunne, as he has been dubbed, is the
typical luncheon club glad-hander, a po
litical yes-man who never crosses a pros
pect.
Joe Dunne’s customers—the voters—
are always right, before election. He has
mastered the fine art of getting where
he wants to go by agreeing with every
one. “Just kid ’em along and they’ll come
across” seems to be the Dunne code of
ethics.
Joe Dunne, the politician, is indeed a
smart man. For years voters have been
crying for relief from professional poli
ticians’ palaver but “Airflow” knows
full well that many will fall for the
hooey, as usual, which is his stock in
trade. The republican nominee will poll
a heavy vote, although he admittedly
has nothing on the ball but political ex
perience.
However, The Miner believes that
General Charles H. Martin, who knows
little of politics but much of life, will
march along to success with the New
Deal, and carry Oregon with him when
he is governor. Those who cast their lot
with Martin will know, at least, that
they are voting for an individual man
and his principles, and not for a profes
sional politician and the desires of all
his business friends and backers.
grit and gristle teams to perform
for his large following for this
Thursday night, starting at 8:30.
Bonny Muir, 200-pound Austral
ian, and Rube Wright, 230-pound
Texan, were to grapple in the
main event of the evening, while
middle spot was to be filled by
Matros Karlinko, 220-pound Rus
sian, and Cliff Thiede, 205, Long
Beach, Calif. Curtain-raiser was to
feature Gold Hill’s wrestling ma
rine, Bob Kenaston, and Jim Hes-
lln of Spokane. Both men are
beeves, bad and bound to win, and
southern Oregon faps have been
awaiting return of the Gold Hillite
to Medford mats with great ex
pectations.
Pete Belcastro, Italian trouble
maker from Sacramento, will of
ficiate as referee during the show,
Alphabet Soup
which will introduce three new (
faces to this section and probably,
at the same time, some new angles
to the gentle art of wrestling as
it is committed. Promoter Lillard {
announced that admission prices
will remain at the same low fig- |
ure that has featured his summei
schedule, and local fans, who turn
out faithfully, an' expected to bat-
tie for their front row seats as
usual.
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