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Jacksonville, Oregon, Friday, November 9, 1934
Volume 3
Number 45
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ORDERS GIVEN TO 'Miner«
Rainmakers Were Fakes,
Three Days Workings
SINK 2ND WINZE old More
than five ounces of good
But One Nearly Drowned.
gold from three und one-half
of effort ia not so bad, but to
that in someone’s yard is even
PACIFIC STATES do days
Poet'Prospector Reynolds
battel bsUevs D M Batea Tom
Now we know why they call 'em
|M>lltlcal (loeatera Their forecasts
are all dopey.
And, judging from the returns,
those old-line New Deal critics got
a new deal election day.
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Half the world looks for an ex­
cuse to celebrate, while the other
half looks for something worth
celebrating.
Charles H. Martin. Oregon'n
governor-elect, had been criticize! I
for having lived a long time anil
for having served hia country as a
military man, but Tuesday's bal­
loting was a restatement of our
faith and appreciation for mutur-
ity and iMttriotism.
Moore Hamilton, editor of the
Medford News, was elected to the
state house of representatives, but
we have a slinking suspicion It wan
merely a plot on part of the voter«
to g<*t rid of at least one southern
Oregon editor at any coat.
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A wrestling match in England
whs attended by h female referee,
but we predict the idea will not be­
come popular Think of having a
woman around every time the
grapplers make a break.
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Folks who carry grudges be
gnidgr
There always Is the psychologi-
cal time for everything. Now. with
election Just over, the Southern
Pacific announces air-conditioning
will be installed on its passenger
trains
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Brain Truster Foiled
As Woodsman Applies
Mountain Graymatter
Washington may be overrun
with brain trusters, but mountain­
top philosophy and wisdom as ex­
orcised on the Applegate at times
would shade the cunning of the
nation's cleverest diplomat. Eluci­
dation compels the following:
Ike Coffman, that woodsman -
miner-trapper known to every nat­
ive human and animal in these
|>arts. once was quite perturbed by
a robber coyote. The plundering
critter had been swiping bait from
Ike’s trapllne for several miles
and. although special traps for the
anima) were set, the coyote wisely
turned each trap upside down, in
which position it was useless for
catching either coyote or the bob­
cat for which it was originally in­
tended.
After weeks of frustation by
Mr. Coyote. Coffman was com­
pletely baffled. The thing had suc­
cessfully robbed every trap on the
line and hud added insult to in­
jury by wolfing bait on traps set
with special regard for snaring
Mr. Coyote. Something had to be
done and done soon, else Ike was
to lose his winter's income as well
as his self respect Brain trusters
-not being available at the head of
Star gulch, Ike had to figure it out
alone.
"That
coyote
Invariably turns every trap upside
down and then holds a victory
dance on the darned things just
to show his contempt,” mused Ike
“I'll Just cross him up today and
set the trap upside down to begin
with." And Ike licked his chops
and prayed that the scheme would
not fall him. It didn't and next day
Ike found a completely subdued
coyote almost dead from humilia­
tion. The conclusion Is best re­
peated in Ike's own words:
"That coyote was about the
maddest and worst whipped crit­
ter I ever seen. He’d just kinda
look at me from under his brows
in a completely-licked sort of
way,” grinned Ike. "So I gave him
the worst cussing he ever had, and
went over to a young sapling and
cut myself about a four-foot club
to use in collecting several debts
via the hide route. I made several
passes at Mr. Coyote to see If he
was going to flinch and then, re­
peating the Lord's Prayer almost
complete, I whaled the tar right
out’en him.”
The Miner is happy to offer the
upside-dowm trap trick to the gov­
ernment for the next Geneva meet­
ing in case Washington gets tired
of having Its traps turned upside
down and robbed.
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Vandals Steal Food
From Local Larder
Thieves, taking advantage of the
absence of Mr. and Mrs Art Curry
between the hours of 7 and 9 o'­
clock Sunday night, broke into and
looted a cooler on back porch of
their residence in this city. All
foodstuffs were confiscated, save
for a partly-used can, which was
discarded. And the Currys were
looking for transients or neighbors
with Jam on their fingers as they
restocked their pantry.
Encouraging Returns from
No. 1 Winze Orebody
Cause Order for Work on
Second Dig for Depth
Dickey and Joe McIntyre, who
have been mining on the Jack
Thrasher place near the school
grounds About <150 was realibed
from the cleanup, which produced
from a layer of pay dirt six inches
thick which ran about <40 per
yard in places.
The rich run wus made last half
of last week-end, to prove that all
miners with holes in the ground
are not liars, the <150 of yellow
treasure was brought en masse to
The Miner office for admiration
and envy.
♦—------------ .---------- - ----------- South Jacksonville Goes
By J. C. KKYNOLDH
When I was a very small boy I ary and March of that year, up to
All Democratic While
got all tangled up with a young that time, had been exceptionally
North Precinct Favors
hurricane which visited the shores , fine and I had been taking advant-
of the New England states. This , age of the nice weather by pros­
Martin
Four to One
was the famous "September gale” pecting the mountains west of the
,
Sacramento
valley.
For
conven
­
of which mention was made in the
Because orebody uncovered in
Election day in Jacksonville
ience I had made arrangements to
school readers of that time.
No. 18-1 winze ut Pacific States
pretty much reflected sentiment of
board
at
a
nearby
logging
camp,
mine near here was almost con­
I guess everybody has read Oli­ which saved me a lot of hard the county, state and nation, re­
clusive proof that values in this
ver Wendell Holmes’ description walking. The cookhouse was built
section continue to depth, officials
of it in his comical poem, in which on high ground on one side of a sulting In an avalanche of demo­
of the company u few days ago
he tells of seeing his Sunday ravine about 40 feet wide, and the cratic votes expressing confidence
uuthorlzzed Installation of machin­
britches go straddling off like bunkhouse was on high ground on and encouragement for the New
ery in preparation for starting of
witches, from the clothesline on start to finish. January, Febru- Deal and its defenders. Governor
second winze in No. 18 tunnel
which they were drying.
the other side. The ravine was Martin, democrat, led the field al­
lowest previous working.
Wild,
Wooly
West
Is
We were living in Providence, crossed by a cable footbridge, just
Orebody uncovered In the winze
R. I., then, a city of 100,000 popu­ wide enough for a board walk and most three to one, with Dunne
has been developed to a length of
Not
Thing
of
Past
lation, which is situated at the hawing hand rails of wood on each trailing Just ahead of Peter Zim­
200 feet und a depth of 130 feet,
head of Narragansett bay. I did­ side. The bridge was exactly 12 merman.
averaging a five-foot seam of good
For county offices Jacksonville
Most people think of the wild n’t lose my breeches or anything
milling ore which shows enriched west as a thing of the past, but else in that storm but wer surely feet above the floor of the ravine. voters favored Earl Day for county
In the dally papers we read of a judge, Caster for commissioner and
zones al frequent Intervals. The it is not so. Proof? Sure, right would have lost the roof to our
second winze will be u like contin­ here in Jacksonville one of the house if it hadn’t been nailed on famous rainmaker who had made Syd I. Brown for sheriff. Moore
uation downward of another ore whing-dlngdest gold camps in Ore­ pretty tight. About half the roofs a contract with the state of Cali­ Hamilton, young editor of the
fornia to furnish 20 inches of
chute on the same seam several gon.
in town were blown off. big oak water for <1000. I will not be sure Medford News, led the field of
hundred feet west into the moun­
One morning early this week, trees uprooted and the air full of if it was 20 Inches or not, but I candidates of both parties for rep­
tain The second chute Is thought right in front of The Miner office, boards, boxes, shingles and other
resentative of this district, with
to be of even more uniform rich­ a small lad, probably not yet four articles that the wind could pick think it was and we will call it A. E. Brockway ranking second,
that
anyhow
in
this
story.
ness than the one now being de­ years old and just able to talk, had up and blow around. Then, at the
Glenn O. Taylor third and William
The reason I do not remember Grenbemer fourth. Two referen­
veloped and stoped
his cap bill pulled over his face height of the confusion, a tidal
In addition to u shrinkage stope by the printer's devil and burst wave 22 feet higher than the high­ the exact number of inches was dum measures were defeated, the
in No. 1 winze, crews of miners out with "Keep yer dirty hands est high water mark came racing because I knew of a number of at­ Healing Arts amendment being
arc working In three up|>er stopes to yeraelf, you big son-of-a-b— -I” up the bay with the speed of an tempts made by rainmakers in the snowed under 215-95. Jacksonville
digging out mill ore, which is giv­
Anyone who thinks the far west express train and when it reached dry country east of the Rocky voters favored the 20-mill tax lim-
ing Pacific Htates profitable break­ ia sissy country had better revise the vicinity of Providence, where mountains, all of which were fail- itation measure 173-136. Judge
ing rock from four points in the j their ideas The young brats here the bay narrowed to a head, it Vires. So when this story came out Norton was favored with 219 bal-
mine Mill, being operated two are still nearly as tough as their tossed the shipping around like I naturally thought it to be an- I lots, while Tom Miller was written
shifts a day, hus stepped up grind I New York cousins.
chips, slammed them violently up other fizzle and gave it scant at­ in on 51 bailots. Electa Fehl, wife
to about 70 tons daily due to ad­
on the shore, or against the tention. In fact, from start to fin­ of Earl H. Fehl. now in state pris­
ditional water and new liners,
wharves, wrecked houses and in­ ish I regarded the whole matter on, was written in on one ballot
An electric hoist and automatic 1912 Chauffeur Badge undated al) the cellars in the lower as a fake that would doubtless be for circuit judge.
exposed in time, so gave it little
skip will be installed in No. 1
In south Jacksonville precinct
part of town.
winze and present equipment Found Marble Corner
Hell was to pay and nothing to thought. The papers told us how every democrat on the ticket car­
moved to No. 2 soon as [tossible,
pay It with. This wave appeared this rainmaker had built himself a ried and precinct committeeman,
said P. H. Miller, foreman at Pa­
Workmen at the Marble Corner, so quickly that the righteous Puri­ tower down on the coast some­ Joe B. Wetterer. democratic repre-
cific States, last night. An addition during their remodeling and clean­ tans of the city had no time to ring where (San Diego, I think) and sntative in that section, was smiles
to the present crew of 35 Is ex­ ing, uncovered an interesting relic the church bells and scare it away. had shut himself up in it, denying as he reviewed the fine bourbon
pected before long to handle work of an early day when they discov­ They had purphesied for a long admittance to everyone, though to record. However, an interesting de­
of the new shaft, said Miller, and ered a chauffeur's badge issued time that the Lord would destroy reporters he confided that it was velopment was found in north
work is now so arranged that only by the state of Oregon in 1912. It the city of Providence on account easy enough to make it rain if one Jacksonville precinct balloting,
between the hours of 4:30 to 8 bears the number 1349 and is a of its wickedness and this storm only knew how to go about it.
which swung majority-giving votes
am is the mine not producing.
Anyway, one night it started in to republican nominees. North
replica of an old-fashioned atomo- looked to them as if the thing was
Superintendent H. G. Mitchell, bile wheel and tire of that time.
about to come to pass The worst to rain and when I say rain, I Jacksonville, normally republican,
geologist-engineer, left for Port­
The badge takes on more in­ of it was, the majority of them mean rain. It poured all night long and republican in nearly every of­
land Thursday morning, to return terest when it is remembered that were not quite ready to have it and when morning came we found fice on the ticket, was about four
Saturday, in connection with mine the first automobile to enter south­ done. So fervent prayers were sent ourselves on an island and the only to one for Candidate Martin, demo­
business, while early thia week an­ ern Oregon came in 1908. In 1912 up to postpone the calamity till way out of there was that narrow cratic governor nominee, giving
other car of concentrates was sent an automobile stage line was In some other time and consequently little cable bridge across the ra- him 132 votes, Joe Dunne, republi­
to smelter. Values, which are re­ operation between Jacksonville and ' when the storm had worn itself vfne. And the ravine
now can. 48. and Peter Zimmerman,
duced 30 to 1 in the form of black Medford, running in competition out next day It quit and all was full of water, up to within a couple independent, 25.
concentrates, arc being recovered to Bill Barnum's railroad, and it peaceful again. My Dad did some inches of the bridge. Twelve feet
A total of 147 votes were cast
in oil flotation units at the rate was thought by several the chauf­ fervent praying himself and I of angry water and still rising. We in south Jacksonville precinct,
of about two 20-ton cars JHT feur for this line might have mis- guess that was all that kept our managed to get across to break­ with 206 in north precinct. Elec­
month
placed or lost his badge at the roof from being blown off. which fast Half of the cookhouse had tion boards were as follows:
South Jacksonville—Joe Wetter­
Marble Corner while in his cups.
would have been quite a disaster. been swept away by the flood, but
The Marble Corner, now oper­ Years after, out in the wild and the nervy cook had stayed with it er. judge; Emil Britt, chairman;
ated as an inn by Sally Cole, also wooly west, I got mixed up with a and dished us up some ham, eggs Addie Smets, first clerk; Mrs. Paul
uncovered what is believed to have lot of water when the dam of a and hotcakes in the half that was Godward, second clerk, and F. A.
Seth Parker is coming to town. been the key to the city—or to the big artificial lake broke tn the left. Breakfast over, we wiggled Henspeter, third clerk.
North Jacksonville—Harry Hin-
Yes, that most beloved of all radio Jail during extensive remodeling. valley above where I lived. I have carefully back over the bridge and
entertainers is to be impersonated It is a ’ large * bronze affair
of pio- ! seen floods galore and several the dozen or so loggers packed up derer, judge; Claire Hanley, chair­
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man; Florine Severance, first
at the high school gym Tuesday neer vintage and weighs
most of a cloudbursts and my experiences their belongings and beat it.
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evening, November 13. by the well- pound. Both relics will be placed with high water have been many
As usual I was the little boy clerk: Ida Wilson, second clerk,
known dramatic artist and singer, among a display of interesting ob­ and varied. But it remained for who didn't get stampeded easily and Wealey Hartman, third clerk.
In the city election incumbent
John Howard Mr. Howard has all jects at the Marble Corner, said that rainmaker, (Hatfield, I think , and made up my mind to stick. I
the earmarks of the real Seth Miss Cole.
his name was), to show me I had I shaved myself, read a little, played officials were reelected as follows:
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Parker, appearance, singing voice
a lot of things yet to learn along a few games of solitaire and about Wesley Hartman, mayor, two-year
and the ability to tell stories which
Life may begin at forty, but if that line.
once an hour went down to the term; E. S. Severance and Peter J.
have made Mr. Parker so famous. the old age pension scheme be­
If anybody thinks the highly im­ ravine and gave things the once Fick, councilmen. two-year terms;
Ray Coleman, city recorder, one-
Mr Howard will be assisted by a comes a law. it will start 20 years probable occurrence I am about to over.
full company of local stage artists later. Weston Leader.
relate is a darned lie. I will just
By 11 o'clock matters had taken year term, and C. C. Chitwood,
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and singers in his production, "A
refer them to the San Francisco on a rather bilious aspect. The treasurer, one-year term. There
Night With Seth Parker."
The college graduate who turned Examiner, or to any of the other water had risen to the bridge, all were few scattered write-in bal­
This entertainment 1s being kidnaper sought to qualify, no big daily papers of California of the hand rails had been knocked lots cast on the city ticket, which
sponsored by the local church choir doubt, as the cur in the curriculum. March. 1905, and they can see the off by logs and stumps that were was voted at the city hall only.
and a large crowd is expected.
Weston Ijeader.
account of the whole thing from now whirling downstream and I
could hear great boulders grinding
around in the bottom of the swift­ Gold Buying Averages
ly-racing current. The strongest
swimmer alive would have no $6000 Month for J’ville
chance in that torrent And it be­
The buying of gold over counter,
gan to look as If some big log
would take the bridge out and cash-on-the-barrel-head, continues
leave me marooned on that island, at a most steady pace, said Buyer
G. W. Godward here this week.
and not a thing there to eat.
It began to look like moving day “We are averaging about $6000 a
for me so I went back to the month over our scales, which Is
bunkhouse, rolled up my sleeping a high for many years from Jack­
bag, packed my war-sack, strap­ sonville’s back-yard independents,”
ped everything firmly on my back explained Mr. Godward.
Local gold, for the most part, is
and started. Arrived at the bridge,
I stopped and looked at it a long produced in small quantities from
time. Logs were coming fast now city lots and nearby claims, most
and every once in a while one of it being of the placer variety.
would hit that old footbridge and Few small producers now ship di­
knock It several feet out of line. rect to the mint. Godward said,
There was only one thing to do— they having decided red tape and
trust to luck. Carefully I felt my expense more than offset the small
way along that crazy structure margin on which the buyer works.
through the swirling water that Godward averages about $28 per
had now covered the board walk ounce payment to the miner for
and was about two-thirds of the raw gold, metal being about .860
way across when a big log knocked fine.
the bridge right out from under
my feet and I sat down flat with “all right,” and turned his ma­
a leg on each side. That was noth­ chinery loose again and down came
ing but luck for if I had fallen four inches more. That filled the
on either side I wouldn't be here bill, wdth two inches over for good
writing about it now. I just sat measure.
there in the water for a full min­
So the state paid him $1000.
ute till I got my breath and nerve "But,” I hear you say, "that’s all
back, then I boosted myself very hooey. No man could make It rain
cautiously to a standing position, like that.” I think myself there
which with the heavy bundle on was a lot of hooey about it. But
IO>J> U m T
my back took about all of my this guy made a fair, square con­
strength, and made a run for the tract with the state of California
isuy
other side. Then I pulled out for to furnish so much water for
■HAbdhacCK'
my little house down In the valley <1000, The water was furnished
where I had plenty food, wood and in some way on the right dates
everything I needed and holed up and consequently the state had to
for the next 10 days while it rained pay the money. That’s all I know
steadily without any let-up. Talk for sure and all any doubter can
about floods. There was more do is to obtain any of the big
water sloshing around in Califor­ California papers for March, 1905,
nia then than there was in the and read it for himself. I often
Pacific ocean. Every bridge on the run across fellows who were there
Sacramento river was washed out at that time and talk it over with
and the river in spots rose over them.
the lowlands till it was 30 miles
The last I heard of that rain­
wide. Then the rain ceased and the maker he had been sent for to try
state officials figured up and noti­ his hand at rainmaking in Aus­
fied Mr. Hatfield he was still two tralia. Believe me. If he can make
0 Tht Bell Syndxnt, Inc)
inches short of the amount the it rain in that dry country, I would
contract called for. He told 'em have to take off my hat to him.
S’MATTER pop
By C. M. Payne