The JACKSONVILLE MINER
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The Jacksonville Miner
Published Every Friday at
JACKSONVILLE, OREGON
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF JACKSONVILLE
Entered as second-class matter February 19, 1932,
at the poetoffice at Jacksonville, Oregon, under
the act of March 3, 1879.
LEONARD N. HALL....... Editor and Publisher
MAUDE POOL....... ..................... Applegate Editor
drunkard, as well as the bootlegger, in
his proper classification, and an old soak
will receive less pity and more con­
demnation.
It is the middle ground between ex­
tremes which work out with the fewest
extremes as a product, and Oregon's
present liquor control setup will neither
encourage an overemphasis of alcohol,
nor will it discourage its legal handling
to the point of driving liquor dollars
outside the law.
Friday, November 23, 1934
They Never Forget
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Like Our Liquor Control?
So long as there is liquor in the world
it will continue to be blamed for many
faults and happenings, and so long as
there are human beings in the world
there will be liquor.
It is the above facts which are the
fundamental reason for so much friction
between wets and drys. It is agreed that
alcohol is a curse; but so are disease,
war, pestilence and the elements. Man
should not abuse the privilege to drink ;
he would be better off if there were
no such thing as fermentation—but
there is.
So about the only practical thing we
can hope to accomplish in relation to
liquor and its faults is a reasonable con­
trol of its use. We cannot stifle alcohol’s
flow, but we can divert and govern it to
an extent. For that reason, The Miner
believes the Oregon method of liquor
control is a most practical and beneficial
course of action.
The state liquor control commission
has, consistently, made an honest effort
to market correctly and at low cost
dependable, pure liquors and wines.
The Knox law, through the commission,
has done much to bring the liquor traf­
fic and its consumption out into the
open—into honest circles.
Although the liquor commission de­
serves much credit for effective mer­
chandising and reasonable control, its
greatest benefit will be derived from the
change in drinking psychology that'is
taking place.
No longer is the bootlegger and speak­
easy proprietor a public benefactor, a
champion of personal liberty. From the
role of a necessary evil, the bootlegger
has been placed in the category of just
evil, with no necessity defending his
actions or creating sympathy. The boot­
legger in Oregon today is just a chiseler,
a sneak crook.
The imbiber who has a thirst can go
to a state liquor store where dependable
products are sold at a most reasonable
sum—far less than back in the days of
prohibition, and a much better product—
or he can drink beer in places where
good dinners, decent entertainment and
honest people mingle.
State control of liquor under the Knox
law has shunted the moonshiner back
where he belongs. And, as well as plac­
ing the ’legger at a disadvantage in
public opinion, the state liquor commis­
sion is giving him a run for his money
economically.
We believe the present setup, barring
improbable degeneration, will eventually
accomplish much toward discouraging
overindulgence and drunkenness. When
a man can get a drink any time and any
place legally, he is showing himself for
what he is by becoming drunk—a glut­
ton. Proper liquor control will place the
• W. E. Boynton, printer from
Grants Pass. and a friend, John
Howell, violin maker and jeweler
of the climate city, were in Jack­
sonville Tuesday inspecting mines,
particularly the dragline activity
of Howell's brother, Gerald Howell,
being started on Jackson creek
near the old brewery. John Howell
is a former Jacksonville youth.
• Mrs. Hazel White was among
Medford shoppers from this city,
Saturday.
• Mrs. Estell Zigler of this city,
was a Medford shopper recently.
• Mrs. Nell Fisk of Medford call­
ed on friends here Monday after­
noon.
• Mrs. Henry Mankins and Mrs.
Belle, of the Sterling district, vis­
ited friends here Saturday.
• Mrs. W. W. Applegate was
among shoppers in Medford Sat­
urday.
• Mrs. E. S. Severance and
daughter Ruth, of this city, were
shoppers in Medford Saturday.
• Mrs. Colie Bixby, who has been
visiting here for the past three
weeks, left recently for Washing­
ton, where she will spend the win­
ter as a guest of her nephew.
A Slighted Oregon Product
Statewide attention has been focused
for the past week on Oregon products.
We have been busy selling ourselves our
own state and its products, so the adver­
tising copy reads, which is fine and
proper.
But The Miner wonders whether, dur­
ing the past seven days, one of southern
Oregon’s most helpful products hasn’t
been overlooked in commercial ballyhoo.
Tn date we’ve heard nothing which
would point out one of the most valuable
products of this section, and especially
Jacksonville.
When a carload of pears is shipped
to market a large part of the revenue
is spent for production, shipping and
marketing, with a margin left in favor
of the grower in fair years. Manufactur­
ing in Oregon represents an exchange
of money, with the profit margin fav­
oring residents of this state. Agriculture
the same way. The reason we should
buy Oregon products is because that
puts the profit margin in the hands of
our own people. But, even in good years,
the profit margin is small.
When Jones earns $50 from Smith,
Smith is out $50. The income of the
community has grown but little, if any.
Money simply has changed hands. But
take Jacksonville’s leading industry—
gold mining, as a comparison. When a
miner here produces $50, it is entirely
NEW money. It did not come from
Smith, or Jones, or anybody else. It adds
just $50 to the wealth of the community
where it is produced and spent.
It might be timely for Oregon to
pause and take note of the significance
of mineral wealth in contrast to other
forms of earning money. In Jacksonville
alone, one store buys on the average of
$1500 worth of gold every week, which
is roughly a third of the production in
this immediate'territory. Which means
close to $18,000 every month in NEW,
ADDITIONAL money turned loose in
Jackson county every month. There is
no other single payroll in this part of
the state that brings that much NEW
money here, and practically all placer
gold mining’s revenue goes for labor.
If people could grasp the full signifi­
cance of the meaning of new money in
a community in appreciable amounts,
they would have a warmer spot in their
hearts for mining and miners. In south­
ern Oregon’s mineral development lies
much of her future prosperity.
So let’s recognize, during Oregon pro­
ducts week, one of the state’s real assets
—mineral wealth. Gold mining IS help­
ing Jackson county through the depres­
sion more than the casual observer
would think—at the rate of more than
$200,000 worth of NEW money every
year.
And, fortunately, Mother Nature plop­
ped Jacksonville right in the middle
of Oregon’s greatest gold producing
section.
• Mr. and Mrs. Norman Fraden
of Griffin creek were all day vis­
itors at the Fred Clogston home
Sunday.
• TURKEY8 FOR SALE »1. See
Lyden House, Jacksonville.
FOR SALE—-4-room house with
basement, garage, woodshed,
large chicken house, city water
and 2 good wells, 2 acres partly
in fruit, grapes and walnuts, lo­
cated in Jacksonville. $<500 cash;
will accept good used car or
truck as part payment. Call The
Miner, phone 141, Jacksonville.
• PAINTING AND DECORAT­
ING—See Henry Andrews or
call Godward’s store, Jackson­
ville.
(Nov 16)
• FOR RENT—Floor sanding ma­
chine. See Economy Lumber com­
pany, North Riverside at Court, or
phone 594, Medford.
The Senior Endeavor of the
Presbyterian church of Jackson­
ville, won the award for having
the largest number attending at
the Senior Endeavor convention
held in Grants Pass November 16,
17 and 18.
Herman Oliver of Trail, spent
Sunday evening at the B. A. Gaddy
home enroute to San Diego, Cal.
Mr. Oliver has been spending a
short furlough with his parents at
Trail, and will be assigned to a
cruise to South America on his
arrival in San Diego.
Mrs. P. J. Fick, wh<^ has been
quite ill at her home here, is im­
proving nicely.
Mrs. Janet Hutchings of Ross
Lane, visited her mother, Mrs. E.
F. Fairking, and other relatives
here Monday.
Medford Cycle and
Repair Shop
GUNSMITH—LOCKSMITH
Lawn Mower Service
Phone 261
23 North Fir
«WnUkt. W. X. 0.)
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Yocum of
Medford, were dinner guests on
Tuesday evening at the George
Hilton home.
Mr. and Mrs. Elton Hodges of
Beaver creek, visited at the James
Anderson home recently.
Mrs. Julia Paqkey and Mrs. Ette
Tranta of Butte Falls, were visi­
tors at the Fred Butcher home
from Sunday until Tuesday.
Norman Flitcroft, grandson of
Mr and Mrs. Otis Flitcroft, left
Saturday for Marshfield, where he
will join his father.
Mrs. Albert Smith of Miller
Gulch, recently visited friends
here.
Mias Beulah Andrews left re­
cently for Portland, where she will I
make her home with an aunt.
Mr. and Mrs. Ruel Knowlton
and Mrs. Kate Bonin were busi­
ness visitors in Medford Tuesday.
A good slogan for the Fl IA I with their mouths. Weston (Ore.)
would be "House you ’" Weston Leader.
Leader.
Leave it to China that Ja|mn
Particularly to the losers has It doesn't need naval ¡atrlty to be
been a campaignful lesson Wes­ strong on th seize Weston (Ore.)
Leader.
ton Ix*ader.
Evil spirits are particularly so
when they come from the bootleg­
ger. Weston Leader.
S. C. PETERS
Quoting Olin Miller: "Clark
Wood begins a paragraph, 'We
(I).M.D.)
have an idea . We wonder where
he got It and where he’ll keep It."
We didn't get it from reading
Olin's column, and if we did we
wouldn't keep It.—Weston Leader.
After all, we need not fear the
Japanese if it be true that the
meek inherit the earth. Weston
Leader.
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