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Friday, November 30, 1934 The JACKSONVILLE MINER Page 2 --------------- —------------------------------------------------- The Jacksonville Miner hiNWi«! Every frifc) at JACKSONVILLE, OREGON OFFICIAI. NEWSPAPER OF JACKSONVILLE Entered as second-class natter February 19. 1932, at the postofftce at JackaoriviLle. Oregon, under the act of March X 1879 LEON ARD N HALL Editor and Publisher MAUDE POOL ________ Applegate Editor PHONE JACKSONVILLE 141 Address AU Communications to Box 138 Subscription Rate*, in Advance One Year_______ 11-00 Six Months-............ 50c Goober Politics This may be anything you want to call it, but for once a village editor is writing what he really thinks. It con cerns Medford’s proposed bond issue to provide an ample sewage disposal plant, which will be voted on next Tuesday, De cember 4. For several years past the Medford sewage disposal plant has been hopeless ly overloaded. It is inadequate, and could not properly treat sewage if a flood were raging down Bear creek. Once not long ago an effort was made to float a bond issue for a sewage disposal plant, but the eminent Llewellyn A. Banks, through his Medford News, defeated the proposal. Again Medford’s civic leaders familiar with the problem have taken up the task of putting over a necessary bond issue for the septic tanks, and again the Med ford News, this time under the hand-me- down editorship of Moore Hamilton, is attempting to defeat the issue. The News is bucking the bonds be cause—Editor Hamilton writes—Med ford cannot afford the added debt bur den. Hamilton claims more water run ning dowm Bear creek is the only real need, and contradicts opinions of the state board of health, engineers and city officials who have actually spent some time studying the problem. Any person at all familiar with the Medford situation, or with sewage dis posal difficulties at all. will agree read ily that it is neither extravagance nor foolishness to provide ample facilities for treating sewage from a city of 12,000. There are some improvements which it is an extravagance to be with out, and a sewage disposal plant most certainly is one. We have an idea that Mr. Hamilton’s apprenticeship under Llewellyn has in fluenced his journalism. Banks’ forte was appeal to the “agin” instinct be cause he had nothing else to offer his readers, and the murderous editor made it his policy to take the “other side” ir- regardless of community welfare or pub lic benefit. We believe Brother Hamilton has followed the same course in taking his stand against the bond issue. He practically admits present equipment is wholly and shamefully inadequate, but raises the question “can Medford afford a new sewage disposal plant?” But if Medford can afford to exist as a city, then she most certainly can and should afford to take care of the sludge her people flush into Bear creek. Although few of us have enjoyed the luxury of college journalism, we have CAT SUICIDES AS ATONEMENT A TRUE STORY By J. C. REYNOLDS About two months ago an un- bidded guest in the form of an emanciated tabby-cat, introduced herself to me as I was eating my noonday meal and made the sign of distress, indicaUng that she was nearly famished Now I have always been a Good Samaritan in the matter of half starved cats and dogs, so I made her welcome with a saucer of milk and other odds and ends. She ap peared to like the complexion of everything around my little dwell ing and took up her abode with me from that moment. Now I do not need a cat any more than I need a million dollars when half that much would be plenty. I can easily do all the rat catching, squalling and fighting that is necessary around thebe premises myself. But this tabby turned out to be such a model of good behavior that I let her stay, and she is still with me. However one day, after having adjusted herself satisfactorily to existing conditions, she returned from one of her daily expeditions abroad, accompanied by a half grown, illegitimate daughter which ! enough crude sense to realise that it is an obligation on the part of every editor to consider only community and public welfare in taking an editorial stand. The old Banks-Fehl idea of championing the “other side” ir regard less is passe, or should be. It is The Miner's conviction that Med ford—or any other city faced with such a problem—should not hestitate one minute in voting a bond issue, however painful, to provide ample sewage dis posal facilities. And we are really sorry that cur friend and contemporary, Moore Hamilton, should follow up his brilliant victory at the polls for repre sentative from Jackson county with such an unprogressive, obstructing stand against the needed bonds. We know from past experience that Editor Hamilton w’rites first and finds out afterwards and The Miner wonders if it wouldn't help straighten out the lad to take him to Medford's sewage dis posal plant, let him smell the awful smells, let him see the disgusting sights and let him try to figure out a better way of handling sludge—other than ink ing his printing press with it. Day of Thanksgiving Our Pillar—the Small Town Commenting unofficially on CCC en rolles. a Brush Marine officer recently told The Miner an interesting fact which bears out one of this paper's convictions —that the small town and its inhabi tants form the solid foundation and the Dackbone of our national greatness. First enrolles sent to southern Oregon, for the most part, were from the larger cities of the east—the melting pots, as school textbooks are wont to describe them. They presented officers with many trying problems of discipline. But the CCC officer, in describing character of latest arrivals from east of the Rock ies, said they were of a better type both morally, physically and mentally. They came wholly from small towns and cit ies of the middle west. Population of most large cities, par ticularly those of the eastern seaboard, is made up of foreign elements, immi grants from other countries, while peo ple living in the middle and far west come from an older, more Americanized stock. As a most pronounced example of this difference is Oregon herself. Very few foreign-born or speaking people re side within her boundaries. Half the res idents here can trace their family back to a trip across the plains in an ox-cart, while the other half came chiefly from western states. Their parents, their grandparents and their great-grandpar ents were those wholesome, red-blooded pioneers who biulded a group of colonies into one of the world’s greatest nations. Too, the recent crop of foreign-born and broken-English speaking gangsters and criminals of our large cities would indicate that the great “melting pots” are fast being filled with dross. Al though the term “American” when re ferring to any person other than the original red man is ambiguous, still we of the great west and small towns can lay rightful claim to being about the na tion’s nearest approach to bonafide Americans. she had kept hidden out in the woods until a propitious moment should arrive for the young lady cat to make her debut in civilized society. I use the word "illegiti mate” advisedly, as the mother ap pears to be unable to produce even the remotest kind of proof to the contrary I am prepared, though, to overlook such small irregulari ties when I reflect that any blame for the occurrence should be laid squarely upon our moral reform ers, who apparently have made no provision for this sort of emer gency. But this daughter, I state re gretfully, was the direct antithesis of her parent, being a degenerate of the worst type and possessed of a devil which neither slept nor rested. After becoming acquainted with the criminal characteristics of this youthful worker of iniquity, I bestowed upon her the name of Awwa, which as all well-in formed theologians know, is the name of the wife of Beelzebub, the mother of his nine sons, and a bad actor in her own right. Not satisfied with being fed to repletion, this young feline terror ist would descend to thievery whenever my back was turned. Nothing in the eatable line was safe from her depredations unless secured under strong cover, and sometimes not even then. Other instances of her innate depravity, committed usually at night, had better be left untold. turned and was basking her well- undersigned has been appointed fed self tn a sunny spot, probably administrator of above entitled es (to my distorted imagination) tate. All [lemons having claims framing up some future devilment against said estate are required to By a curious coincidence the i present same with proper vouch target I bad selected to shoot at ers to said administrator at office was in a direct line with her bead of H. K Hanna. 32 North Central I called her attention to this and avenue. Medford, Oregon, within suggested that she move, to which six months from date of this not ice she paid not the slightest heed. HARRY HELMS. Three times I warned her and Administrator. was about to utter a fourth warn ing when suddenly a spasmodic Dated November 9. 1934 cramp seized my trigger finger (Nov 9 16 23 30) ------------- •——-------- and the gun was discharged. Here apparently occurred another co In the Circuit Court of the State incidence, for the gun and Awwa's of Oregon in and for head both went uff simultaneously Jackson County At least the gun went off and i JACKSON COUNTY BUILDING Awwa's head flew off, which AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, an amounts to practically the same Oregon building and loan cor thing in trigger-nometry. poration. Plaintiff, Some acquaintances of mine vs. hearing the shooting, came over to L. T SPICKELMIER and ELTA investigate and a jury was quickly L SPICKELMIER. husband and impaneled When all the testimony wife; ELLSWORTH G ROB had been taken, a verdict was ren ERTS and LEONA J ROB dered that, as I had warned the ERTS. husband and wife, also deceased three times in accord all other persons or parties un ance with law. and she had not known claiming any right, title, moved, it was very evident that estate, lien or Interest in or to she must have determined to com the real estate described in the mit suicide in that way. as atone complaint on file herein, Defend ment for her many and grievous ants misdeeds and that I was in no de SUMMONS gree to blame for her untimely TO: L. T SPICKELMIER and demise ------------- «------------- ELTA L. SPICKELMIER. husband and wife; also all other persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest in or to the teal estate described herein. IN THE NAME OF THE The Oregon Historical society, headed by a committee composed STATE OF OREGON, you and of you are hereby required of Ben B. Beckman. Leslie M each to appear anti answer the com Scott and George H. Himes, an plaint of the plaintiff on file here nounced recently the selecction of in against you. or otherwise plead "Marcus Whitman” as the sub thereto, within four (4) weeks ject for the 1935 C. C. Beekman from the date of the first publica history prize and medals. tion of this summons. The contest will be open to any You are hereby notified that if boy or girl over 15 years of age you fail to appear and answer the and under 18 years attending any complaint of the plaintiff as re private or public school within the quired herein, or otherwise plead state of Oregon, and compositions thereto, plaintiff will take a de submitted must not exceed 2000 cree against you for the relief de words, according to rules set up manded in said complaint, which by the society Four prizes, rang is succinctly stated as follows, to- ing from $60 to $30, will be wit: For a judgment against the awarded for the best four original defendants L. T. Spickelmier and essays on "Marcus Whitman " All Eita L. Spickelmier, husband and county, city and state libraries wife, for the sum of $872 93. plus should have books on this Oregon interest at the rate of 10'/j per character, and entrants in the an annum from the 30th day of Sep nual contest may secure complete tember. 1933, plus $95 00 attor information from school teachers ney's fees, plus $18.90 for insur- of the state. C. C. Beekman, for whom the awards are named, was a fam What Many a time I pointed out to her ous Jacksonville character and his son. Ben B Beekman, now of with the toe of my shoe the error of her ways, and repeated to her Portland, heads the society the commandments against steal The way to keep the frost from ing and the coveting of groceries belonging to others, but without getting on the pumpkin is to put Cleaning Means avail. Picturesque profanity of the a thick crust around it.—Weston most lurid variety only seemed to Leader. to incite her to further atrocities. Thus matters rambled along for several weeks, till came a day when a friend presented me with a fine, plump trout, measuring a In the County Court of Jackson trifle over 12 inches in length. This County, State of Oregon trout, tender and savory, I had NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE broiled to a rich golden brown, an MENT epicurean morsel, a treat fit for In the MATTER of the ESTATE the gods, and laid it on a platter of CARL E PALMER. Deceased in the place of honor on my table, Notice is hereby given that the while I stepped outside for an in undersigned administrator of the stant. I returned just in time to above entitled estate has filed in see the incorrigible Awwa leaping above entitled court and matter his from the table with my beautiful final account and report and said trout and quickly disappearing in court has fixed December 2flth, Real protection for your in a nearby thicket. 1934, at 10:00 o’clock a m., at vestment in clothes. That's courtroom of said court at Jackson While eating my troutless din one of the advantages of ner I fell to thinking of various county court house, Medford, Ore using quality service. Long little chores I ought to do. There gon, as time and place for hearing er wear, better appearance was that old forty-four of mine, any and all objections thereto and and the asset of self confi for one, that should be cleaned for settlement thereof. dence are other important ELTON HODGES. and oiled. Strange how I should considerations when your Administrator. think of that at such a time. cleaning is done by the I decided I would fire a shot (Nov 30 Dec 7 14 21) Pantorium. hrough the barrel to loosen the rust (if any), then clean and oil it In the Caunty Court of Jackson County, State of Oregon so it might be in good shape if the NOTICE TO CREDITORS Indians took a notion to go on the warpath this fall, as was their In the MATTER of the ESTATE OF ELIZA BEH RT. CRONE custom in days gone by. By the MILLER, Deceased. time I had secured the weapon and PHONE 244 Notice is hereby given that the ’■------- ----------------------------------------- J was ready to shoot, Awwa had re Beekman History Prizes Announced ancr premiums, plus $5 00 for con- ti’iu ilion of abstract of title, plus all , >laintlff's costs and disburse- men s hereinafter to be taxed, plus intee.it on said judgment at the rate of 10' < per annum from the <!at< of the decree herein, and that said decree and Judgment be held a first and prior lien upon the folk wing described real property, situ ited and being in the county of Jacl son, state of Oregon, to-wit Commence at the southeast comer of the cast half of tiona- tl >n l-urid Claim No. 72, in town ship 37. south of range 2 west of the Willamette meridian. In Juckson county, Oregon. and run north 510 5 feet; thence south 8!> deg. 20 min west 869.5 feet for the true point of beginning; ftom this true point of begin ning. run thence south 0 deg 07 min. east 271 feet, thence south 89 dog 20 mln west 217 feet; thence north 0 deg 07 min. west 271 feet; thence north «9 deg. 20 mln. cast 217 feet to the place of beginning, containing 1 a< res more or less; subject to a easement for road purposes mer a strip of land 20 feet in w dth along the north line of a) ove described tract, same be- ir,; the east half of lot 19 of J< jack subdivision, unrecorded. Subject to the liens of By Med- f< rd irrigation district. And for a further decree fore closing plaintiff’s mortgage ugainM the real property herein - above described. This summons Is published in The Jacksonville Miner, Jackson ville. Oregon, by order of the Hon orable H !> Norton, judge of the above entitled court, duly made on the 4th day of September. 1934. 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