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JackHonville, Oregon, Friday, November 30, 1934
Volume 3
Number 48
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MEDICINE MAN’S
MURDER SAVES
REYNOLDS’ LIFE
At Inst we’ve thought of some­
thing that can I m * said in behalf of
the depression the wolf can't af­
ford sheep's clothing any more.
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Only u piece of cheese can get
along with a rat.
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If the government doesn't run
out of federal officers first, even­
tually moat of the country's No. 1
bandits will be shot.
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Medford's hi-grldders apparently
have something on the ball, and at
this writing it ap|M*ars to be legs
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Most one-track minds are nar-
row-gauge.
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A pessimist is a person who
thinks the turkey la the only one
who has anything to be thankful
for ut thia time of year.
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Ma Nature must I m * an obstruc
tloniat, for news reports from Hood
River state apple trees there arc
bearing a second crop As if the
curtailment program hadn't more
than enough troublca already.
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Enlightening news cornea from
Sweden that hard times are fading
there Although they have a corner
on the business, the real of the
world would like to match that. .
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San FranciKO coffee magnate
takes own life Possibly life had
become only dregs for the moca
millionaire.
A once famous dancer Is spend­
ing much time in an effort to save
dogs from student doctors. There
you are! Saving dogs and leaving
humans to their mercy.
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Clark Wood’s editorial para­
graphs arc so pointer! we wonder
if he doesn't set his type in a
sharpened stick.
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DANCE FIGHTER
IN FATHERS TOW
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Earl Johnson, Medford truck
driver charged with assault and
battery on the person of Ike Coff­
man here Saturday, November 17,
appeared in tow of his father Tues­
day in Justice of the Pence Ray
Coleman's court Johnson was re­
leased without bail when his fath­
er, Edgar Johnson of Medford, as­
sumed responsibility for his son's
appearance in court at a date yet
to be set by the district attorney's
office.
The assault charge* grew out of
a fist fight which ensued at the
Jacksonville dance when Floor
Manager Ike Coffman questioned
Johnson about having paid admis­
sion. and a general brawl broke
loose when chamber of commerce
representatives attempted to re­
move the defendant for alleged ob­
jectionable behavior. Later that
evening Johnson was arrested by
City Marshal Jim Littell and
lodged in the Jacksonville jail at
the request of Coffman, but was
released shortly after the dance
broke up by Littell. According to
the officer, he unlocked Johnson at
the request of friends, who were
supposed to have received Com­
plainant Coffman's consent for re­
lease. which Coffman denies hav­
ing given.
State warrants were sworn a
week ago for Johnson and three
companions, listed as John Does,
who are said to have attempted to
free him from ejection by striking
Coffman from behind. The John
Does, known by sight only to local
officers who await their reappear­
ance, have not been served.
Assault and battery constitutes
a misdemeanor charge carrying a
moderate fine and possible jail
sentence, said Judge Coleman, in
whose court Johnson will be tried,
There is some local sentiment to
make the case an example for fis-
tlcally-inclined visitors.
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LOCAL TALENT BREAKS
CALM OF SATURDAY EVE
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Although last Saturday night’s
dance crowd was one of the most
well-behaved in many months,
calm and pence of the evening was
broken about 3 a m. directly across
the street when local talent, filled
with fire-water and whoopin’ her
up to swing knuckles, fell to in a
comical orgy of fighting.
Talking,
yelling,
swearing,
wrestling and haymakers filled the
sidewalk, street and vacant lot for
two hours in a steady downpour
■of rain while a small crowd of
mixed admirers and critics stood
by. It was a sharp contrast to the
order and quiet of weekly dances
and fate and weak beer were kind
enough to postpone the rumpus till
Saturday night visitors had cleared
out.
Although several drunk, disor­
derly and property damage charges
have been pending against the
main participants, no arrests were
made for the further infraction of
peace and dignity of Jacksonville.
Cascades’ Mt. Shasta in Linoleum!
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Tribe I’rcscrllwN Death for
Medicine Man When
If I k Magic Falla
Application for >13,000 Aid
Here Appears to Be
Lost in Woods
By J. V. REYNOLDS
Any person who Is curious con­
cerning the different stages of de­
velopment of this little insignifi­
cant planet of ours, on which we
all seem to be marooned for a term
of years, If sufficiently interested
ty read the world's history, can
discover in Its pages many hidden
facts of considerable importance.
About 2000 years ugo when the
Essenes (a very devout Jewish
sect) were busy introducing a new
religion that has kept the world
in turmoil ever since, if anyone
was taken ill with tome internal
disorder, it was their belief that
the afflicted one was possessed of
devils anywhere from one to seven,
and efforts were Immediately made
to <ust them out.
Nowadays if a physician at­
tempted to cure a patient by cast­
ing devils out of him, he would
quickly be consigned to the "bug­
house." In these times when any­
one gets anything the matter with
his Internal organization, aside
from appendicitis or something
like that, he is advised to procure
some yeast cakes and eat them
which, owing to the thousands of
glowing testimonials by those who
have been cured, seem to be highly
efficacious.
The noble red man, though, does
not as yet put a great deal of con­
fidence in the white man's modern
methods ami prefers to follow the
old tribal custom of his forefathers
by casting out the evil spirits and
demons that delight in slipping
into one's interior and causing in­
digestion, bellyaches and fevers.
This casting out process, as near
as I can ace, consists of violent
dancing and incantations around
tii.- sufferer, together with such a
volume of various kinds of noise
that, I presume, the subject's mind
Is distracted from his pain long
enough for nature to get in her
work and furnish relief.
However, ail is not houey and
pie for the Indian medicine men.
According to the strict code of the
tribes they must make good or suf­
fer the punishment, which is death
1 have seen many medicine men of
75 or 80 years in my travels and
have wondered how they managed
to put It over, as they are called
on to do quite a number of things
besides casting out evil spirits.
They must be very clever to say
the least to convince their tribes­
men that they have actually done
these things
In 1903 tw«a medicine men I
know of paid the penalty for fail­
ure. One, a Navajo, promised to
make it rain but fell down on the
job and was bumped off by mem­
bers of his tribe.
The other, a Ute of southern
Colorado, tried to cure a little 4-
year-old girl of fever, but she died.
He well knew what would happen
to him because of that and had
plenty of time to make his get-
(Continued on page four)
Jacksonville’s next and most
important step forward as a mu­
nicipality—the realization of funds
for Installation of a new pipeline
and development of natural water
sources—seemed to be marking
time this week as City Attorney
H. K. Hanna received a communi­
cation from State Engineer C. C.
Hockley to the effect that this
city’s contract and plans were for­
warded to PWA officials in Wash­
ington, D. C.
Ten thousand dollars loan and
$3000 grant have been sought for
a year by city officials, with more
or less discouraging results The
loan and grant were passed many
months ago, but legal details have
so cluttered up progress in actual
completion of the deal with the
Public Works administration that
city officials and Attorney Hanna
have crossed their fingers and
wondered.
The project would provide for
more than a half-mile of new pipe
connecting large and service res­
ervoirs. and for development of
water flow in the city’s watershed.
Ditch for the pipe was dug with
relief labor more than a year ago,
while bonds financing the project
were voted more than three years
ago. The issue was for $10,000, but
prevailing market conditions made
their sale at anything near par im­
possible. PWA would accept these
bonds as security for the loan, and
through New Deal measures, an
additional 30 per cent, or $3000,
would be donated to the project.
At time bonds were voted it was
thought $7000 would buy and lay
cast iron pipe for the work, but
since then markets have advanced
to where it is doubted if $10,000
would cover the same work. Pres-
ent wooden pipeline, in use for
many years, has become rotted al-
most to the point of uselessness.
The local situation is an acute
problem and the PWA loan and
grant appear as the city's only
way out at present.
Attorney Hanna expects further
instruction from Washington some
time during the next few weeks,
but said he does not anticipate ac­
tual completion of the loan—if at
all—for a matter of months.
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Mount Shasta, In northern California, as wen by Artist L. Howard Crawford, Co. 1634, Medford District
CCC, Is shown above. Crawford tooled the above relief cut from an ordinary block of kitchen linoleum
such as every housewife treads, to create one of art's most prized vehicles. Note particularly the fine
detail, the light and dark effects gained by cutting away portions of the linoleum—a skill attained by
few. Crawford Is one of the two artists sent to this district by the government to record with brush
and pen the natural beauties of southern Oregon and northern California. The Miner is indebted to the
Medford District News, CCC publication, for use of the linoleum block.
Edwin Taylor Elected CITY COUNCIL IN Host of Customers
’Gate Grange Leader I REGULAR MEET
TUESDAY NIGHT Greet New Chitwood's
Applegate Grange held election
of officers at their regular meet­
ing Friday evening, the following
members having been elected to
serve during the next year:
Edwin Taylor, master; Edwin
Andren, overseer; Charles Elmore,
lecturer; Mrs. S. E. Johnson, chap­
lain; Bernard Andren, steward;
Frank Mee, assistant steward;
Lester Hill, aocrvtary; Ashton For­
rest. treasurer; Andrew Bostwick,
gatekeeper; Miss Eva Johnson,
Ceres; Miss I-Cta Gilson, Pomona;
Miss Ada Johnson, Flora; Miss
Ix.rothy Andren, lady assistant
steward. Executive committee: C.
R Hill, Tom Mee and Louis Han­
son.
The Juvenile Grange will hold
election and installation of officers
tomorrow.
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The optimist sees the doughnut
of economic recovery, the pessi­
mist the hole he fears Uncle Sam
can never get out of.—Weston
Leader.
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"A critic is a guy who does all
his checker playing over your
shoulder,” says The Jacksonville
Miner. And often until you feel
like jumping him.—Weston Leader.
One doesn't turn off radio jazz
or crooning without sound reason.
Weston Leader.
before the body, although a re­
quest from fire company for bene­
fit dance privileges at the U. S.
hotel New Years is anticipated.
Interest is growing in succeed­
ing council meeting, first Tues­
day in January, when a city mar­
shal and water master will be
hired for 1935. It is understood, al­
though not certain, that present
marshal. James Littell, will not
apply for the task, while the name
of Jim Kent has been mentioned
for the job. There has been some
dissatisfaction manifest of late
concerning the marshal’s duties by
both the marshal and others, which
is fast becoming a tender subject
with townsmen.
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Part of Olin Miller's column was
actually wuth readin' when he
smarted up for once and reprinted
a nifty article about us from the
October 6th issue of Editor A Pub­
lisher. New York.—Weston (Ore.)
Leader.
By C. M. Payne
S’MATTER POP
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Regular monthly meeting of
Jacksonville's city dads—last of
the year ere councilmen and May­
or Hartman succeed themselves—
will be held next Tuesday night at
the city hall. Little but routine
matters are expected to come up
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A most successful opening day
was enjoyed by Chitwood's—Jack­
sonville's revamped and restocked
pharmacy—Monday of this week,
according to Mrs. Jean Gillis, new
manager of the store. The phar­
macy, sold some years ago to the
late C. C. Chitwood by “Doc" Rob­
inson, is conceded to be southern
Oregon s old es t , and is owned by
the Chitwoods, who a few weeks
ago turned active management and
business affairs of the store over
to Mrs. Gillis, wife of Dr. H. B.
Gillis of this city.
"Mrs Chitwood and I wish to
extend our sincere appreciation for
the encouraging welcome given the
store on our opening Monday,” said
Mrs. Gillis yesterday, "and we hope
to be able to meet the needs and
requirements of people of this sec­
tion.”
Business hours at Chitwood's
will be from 8 till 12 o'clock in the I ,
forenoons and from 1 to 8 o’clock <
in afternoon and evenings, with
hours 10 to 12 o’clock Sunday fore­
noons said Mrs. Gillis.
Miner Editorial Is
Reprinted in CCC
Paper, Washington
A Miner editorial of two weeks
ago has traveled far, the article
entitled "Phooey on Boogies" ap­
pearing a few days ago in “Happy
Days,” national CCC publication
printed in Washington. D. C.
Through the editorial. The Miner
editor expressed his confidence in
the future of America, and as
proof of his convictions, cited the
erection of a new house for an Ap­
plegate family by CCC workers
from Camp Applegate and neigh­
bors of the family who lost their
little home by fire in the summer.
"It's the first time Camp Apple­
gate ever warranted mention in
the Washington paper, and it made
front page the first time,” proudly
asserted a local Brush Marine who
helped build the home.
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MINER PLANT PRODUCES
CCC DISTRICT NEWSPAPER
Commercial printing department
of The Jacksonville Miner early
this week delivered 5600 copies of
the Medford District News, a
monthly CCC publication consist­
ing of four five-column pages edit­
ed in most approved journalistic
fashion by Lieut. Roy D. Craft,
formerly of the Eugene Register-
Guard.
The newspaper is circulated
among officers and enrolles of the
camps in the Medford CCC district,
one copy to each of 5600 men. The
vdition contains several group pic­
tures of CCC officers, two linoleum
blocks, one reprinted in The Miner
this week of Mount Shasta, and
the other a likeness of Major Gen­
eral Malin Craig by Artist Arthur
J, Merkel. Twenty-eight camps are
included in the district.
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The GOP's misfortune, it seems,
is that it still had an ear to the
ground when the landslide started.
Weston Leader.
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The chap who pays as he goes
is most often the one who is ulti­
mately spoken of as having "ar­
rived.”—Weston Leader.
International Confab
Held in Armory Ring
Another meeting of "furriners”
was scheduled for last night at
Mack Lillards Medford armory
show as the promoter pitted the
Red Demon, hooded unknown, with
Hans Schultz, giant German, and
Rudie Neustadt, Austrian, and Ole
Anderson, Denmark, in a twin­
headliner card.
The Red Demon lost first fall to
Schultz when the latter clamped
a Boston crab on the hooded de-
mon, while a reverse headlock gave
the demon second and deciding fall
when Schultz was unable to re­
turn. Neustadt lost first fall to his
Swedish opponent, but took next
two to win plaudits of fans as the
match neared the hour limit mark.
The 235-pound hooded wildcat,
who may be a scholar and a gen­
tleman off the roped stage but
who is a mugg and a slugger dur­
ing his work, has aroused much in­
terest among fans, who hope to
see his crimson cover torn from
his face one of these nights.
Schultz last week took two out of
three falls from Al Karasick. Rus­
sian adagio dancer, while both An­
derson and Neustadt are newcom­
ers to southern Oregon.
Mack Lillard has announced that
Pete Belcastro. Italian terror from
Sacramento, has been signed to
meet the Red Demon next week,
December 6, in the hopes that his
dynamite-loaded drop kicks will
give the Devil his just dues.
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Success Seen for
Lithia Rabbit Show
Success for Ashland's Rabbit and
Poultry show to be held December
7 and 8 was assured when word
was received by chamber of com­
merce officials of that city that a
large exhibit was being shipped
from coast points, in addition to
entries from southern Oregon com­
munities, it was stated by C. S.
Brewster, show judge, this week.
Although 40 entries were sent in
for the exhibit from Medford alone,
Ashland show heads have asked
that all others interested in enter­
ing rabbits and poultry secure en­
try blanks and register at once.
Many awards will be given and one
of the most successful events in
the history of Ashland is expected
for this year.
Some fear is expressed that the
almighty dollar will be replaced by
the small-flighty dollar.—Weston
Leader.