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July
’24, IVUÓ.
AII-.liHiHD S HVBRID PAPER.
*. h.irh » Nickcll, editor <»f !h< M«-df‘*fd
Deiii« xr i ii Tniics .uni S'aitili rii ( )rc, on
i.m, uii < i in J icksonvllle Moiid.iv unii
• all«d it Un- Sentili« 1 olii' <• lo > iilitr.ì'ln t
thè s ' h 'vini nt rei • ntly inaili in thi»
p'J ' ’ 111 <1 111' re
le tilt' I I i; • • > ¡n1.
Ilslicd in Mci'f' ni, thè Di iiks rati«'Tmn »
In mg '»ne iif III'ni
Air Nick«-!l was
■ {luti* indigli ni ut tIn- ri P< < tl'.n i tsl tip
"ii liti pi) r, as tlimigli In w< r> ■ « h mied
at llavtllg It I "linei teli witll Al«-dford,
nini he w.ts giirviolislv sur]»! ls«-«l tll.it
tlx hi lltiliel w a» so obtllM- as t" tliink
tllat thè lumi was a Mcdford paper.
\s t" ili' Ih niiM'ra'a' l.ni'i ),« ing a
Mi<lt"ii| aii'l tini a Ja« ksonvilk- ¡albin a
lion «bat con« hision 1» ill that «-.III lx
arrived .it when th«- facts .»rv know n.
I hl 1 Il-Ill' • I it IC 1 1111« W .1 nt < me time
a Ju« ksonville ¡»nbhi ati
but Mr.
N'n kill moved it and I iiiiim II, I ag am!
b.igg.ig«-, tn .Mi -!for«l ami sh<x>k the dn-t
"f Ja« L "tivilh ftnlll hli li < t as i de "I
tow n that was no longer i oi.g< tlial to Ills
high ambitions, lie did not have even
ati "Id i Ila r to ll"ld Ills el "III flown and
lint a | r< t« iis * was mad« at maintaining
an "Un * as a ¡ i.ne ■>! btisiin ss for th«'
Tun« in Ja k »nville. and am "tn hav­
ing business with that pip1 r would have
t< • g" 11» Al * d f> rd. n n h ss I, v chain e Mr.
Nl< ki ll was met III Jacks.in * lile. Hut t<>
hold a claim "ll tin land <dii< e and "th* r
legal adv« tti <mv and a'-n as a sop to the
Jacks'nville ¡«"pic to n-.al « them I.
Inn- that the Medford hybrid was tealh
a J.II ks.>11 Vlll' ¡' iper 111 dated the Tim« s
at Ja ksonvilk- and sent the bundles of
|Ki|xrs to the iMistoflice hire to I k -
III.illi d.
1.« g.illl the Democratic Times is not
• milled to * ntri to ti e lacksonvilh- ¡«ist
oflice la i .ms«- tile I lilted States ]x,ital
laws distinctly »ay that a newspa|>cr tn
gam .iilllli-sii'll to the mails as second
class niatti r must, among other r«-qui-
lies, hive a known otlii e of publication.
As to what is a known oflice of pub­
lication sei timi Id’» of the ¡mst.il laws
sav s:
•'A known oflice of jniblication is a
public oflice for the transaction of the
bUMIle S nf the llcws,M]ier or ¡xrixlic.il,
w lu te orders ma v la- leccived for sub­
scriptions and advertising during tin
usual I usiness hours, and such oflice
must Be shown by the public.itimiits« if."
As to w Iler«' th«- pa|>cr shall lie edited
and printed no sp cial place is icqtiired,
that can 1>c done in any town, but a busi-
in ss "Hi«'«, must be maintained in the place
win-re th«- paper is mailed.
As the
Tinies has tn» legal standing with the
¡Mistollicc department anv land oflice.
court, or other!« gal notice would not
if publish»«! in it, fill the requirements of
tile law, and sonic day some sharp at­
torney W ill throw Ills O|iponents case out
of court l»v ri asoii of faulty publication
of notice. Timlier and homestead no­
tices published in the Tinies would
leave the claimants op-n to contests
with a liabilit«-of losing their claims.
If the 'I itn« s is v legal publication then
it would In- an easy matter for a Portland
inwspap r man to get a cinch on the en­
tire state, for all he would have to do
would be to get tip one set of forms and
liavi ns in in v In-ids as pi I" rs to lx-
pillited, j ii-.t like the ¡»itint outside
pubh h< rs do, or Mr. Ni« ki ll >i<x-s with
his two pap is by < hanging heads and
d iti- bin s print either the D<moi rati«-
I him ", or Southern Oregonian ns hi
wish«-», ami then run off a pa|x-r for
i v< rv town hi Oregon ilid th* n follow it
lip with a demand for till- h-gal advcrtls
mg in di th«' i iiiiiitli s of the state.
Bv wa\ of ■ inph isi/ing Ins claim to
the exclusive coir rol of the Ja< ksonviile
lit-ld with his Ab dford hvhrid Air.
Nit kell lhr*-iti n« d that if tiler«- was anv
thing mor<
said
in the Sentinel
«bout the I'« !ii"i ratii J imi s Ix-ing a
Ah dfotd | a|x r that he would put in a
«-oiiqdcie printing plant ami a |>a|x-r
I m re in Jiicksoiiville and then—shad« s of
th« fellows that hav«- ex| i-nen« ed his
p\ t lion « nibrai <■—wouldn't th«- Sentinel
hav to take a walk. Air. Ni< kell tn iv
start t |i.q «-r here but it is not likelv
that In will rcceiM- anv gn at encourag-
ment from th'- ¡«op!«- of Jacksonville,
I r ill« v « aiinot recall that w hen he was
here that hi- ev« r ilid anv thing towards
help ng toLuild up the town, and then
m the <!av i I th« ir ik I m r-ity win n the
town n- < di d the help <>f a liv«-, rustling
¡' «¡x-r I k - s|i|>|>ed aw.iv to Medford and
left the town Io struggle along th«- lx st
it i "Ilid. Now that th«- •- itizells o fj.uk-
s »nville hav got the.r town on the map
again iu> one of the h i n
- ■ ■ • «.
tow ns of < >n-gon thr M« «lf -rd hybri«l
w ■ mid lik«- to reestablish its graft on
Jacks' nville.
MI DI <»RD J< H RNALISAI.
Th« re is some queer juggl'iig w ith
¡xilitics bv the A!< dford newspajx-r men.
Horace Manti started in as a demovrat
and r.m his |np r as a simon ] ure, un-
terrified organ of th«- Bourbon faith, but
tin «!« mix rats of Jackson county failed
to co-m«-id< with his r i<li«*al and erratic
i»l'as of p-irlv ¡»-»Iley, and the tesult w is
that the Enquirer l»«t< lv gave tip the
ghost.
S. Bliton. of tile Alail, is as
A.
SlII'X »th as .Mr. A! mil is obstill itc ami h
knoivs how to trim and stand ill as well
as anv New York
w «rd p ditician.
Win n Air. Bliton i iin t > Al dfor I In
was a radical d« m«x'r.it and shouted tru­
tradi as long as the demo nits had con­
trol of th«- oflii « s in Jack*m county and
he Could have a ¡»till.
j And th ii there
ram«- a bad «lav for th«: - democrats and
tllev wa lit out of ,x»wa-r and lost control
of the sjxiils of ollie«- so d« ar to the news-
¡«qx-r gi.ifter. It was then that the p>p
ulists had the giving « nt of the office
"tat" an<l Mi. Bliton ami the Medford
Mail immediately lx came rip-roaring
Had the p'pulists remained
¡mpulists
in control «if tin- otiices Air. Bliton and
th«- Alcilford Alail'would vi-t haw Ixi-ll
¡xipulists, but the populists t«x>k a walk
and th* republicans next hid the land
ollie« notice» and «»tiler things dear to
the “Ixiiler ¡»late" editor.
But tiles«-
fr, «jtient change» in party control were
no hamlicap to the agile, trimming editor
<>l the Mail, for hi- promptly announce«!
"That lu reaft'-r th«- editorial colums of
the Alail would I k - republican".
By
smooth work and underhandtal schenies
the .Mail has secund the lion's shate of
the republican jiatronage of Jackson
county, though th it paper opposed, in
its fei-ble wav, tin- acta ssj«,n of the re­
publicans to ¡lower, anil since it lias
Ix-eii an ostensible republican organ its
utter.ini-is have b«-en so milk and water
and straddling that nn serious offens«-
lias be« ii given to the ex-democratic and
populist compatriots of the Straddler.
In all th«- time that the Alail editorial
colums have been "republican" not a
word have tin y contained cpmniendatorv
of protection and otlur cardinal prin­
ciples of republican p«dicy, neither lias
there I ki n a line con«!« inning frei- trade,
for Air. Bliton isas much of a free-trader
now as In- was when In- ran an open dem
oeratic piper, and it would I k - no great
( trick for the Mail to again line up with
th*-d« mocrats should they be snciessful
next year ami gain control <>f th« office
"fat ” once more.
But when it comes to working the
“machine" going ami coming Chas.
Nii kell, of th«- Medford Democratic
Tini'-s and Southern Oregonian, is a close
second to Mr. Bliton. In fact Nickell s
scheme is something of an improvement
ov« r that of Blitons, for Bliton has I k .-« n
abb- to only work on«- ¡'arty at a time,
I
while the astute Nivkell works lx»th I the
r« |iubli< ms and the democrats at t tin
sam«- time.
His plan is to run two
pup rs, one rh ino! ratio and the other
,
republican, The town and county news
he has the same in both pap-rs, but
win n th«- D< ni's-ratic Times is run off
the forms are taken ofT the press and put
uj»on th«- stone and the D«-m«x-ratic cd-
itorials ar«- lifted out and republican ed-
itorials set in and
the D'-mo rati -
Times heading is chang' d for that of the
Southern 1 Iregoni in, the f >rms put Lack
on the ] ress and a pip-r is run off that 1-
giHid for republicans to read.
Whether
the two parties arc gullible as Nickel!
and Bliton think they are is yet to lie
pr"v< n and outsiders will watch with
int< re t th«- acrobatic efforts of the Med-
ford editors to work the parties for all
there is in it.
with all sections of the country.
Get
the unsightly sjx»ts removed that mar
what is otherwise the handsomest town
in all Southern Oregon. Make Jackson­
ville so attractive and to have so many
imltu' rnents that when tin- town is built
about the iop|ier smelters on the Apple­
gate that a goodly portion of its business
people will make Jacksonville their
place of resilience.
There are many activities that could
engage the attention of a hoard of trade
that would tend to advance the pros-
p ritv of Jacksonville and the building
up of the surrounding country.
But to
accomplish this result the board of trade
will require the active support of all the
citizens of Jacksonville and none should
shirk this duty that they owe to their
tow II.
THE GRI D«,!-. OF THE DEMOCRA­
TIC TIMES.
The iK-mocratic Times, of Medford,
sei-ins to have a sore grudge at Jackson-
vide and everything that is undertaken
here, judging from this fling from a re-
cent edition of that paper:
"1 he brick work on our school house
has ,. vn comjjie.ed and the ci.rp liters
hive begun their op rations. It is the
jirevaiiiag opinion that tile building will
cos', the l.ixpaxersen: ire.y tootnuch mon­
ey. Bigg« r and l»etter buildings have
A FACTOR IN JACKSONVILLE'S i.iteli been put up in the valley at a less
cost.”
I-TTIRE.
One in a position to state facts might
On Wednesday of next week there
.ay for th information of the taxpayers
wi'! l»c a meeting of the citizens of Jack­
tn.it tin grudge of the said Times may
sonville to organize a b >ard of trade.
[ *rtly b- due to the fact that the school
That the efforts will I k - a success and
building di«l net cost « few dollars more,
that Jacksonville will have a live < ner- J
to it., credit. Now there may have Ixren
gi tn- lxi.trd of trade is not doubted bv
bigger
buildings put up in the valley,
those who know the towns record for
but we will see when the new school
doing things when once the detenni-
nation is fix- d u|>on. That the citizens hou- i> «oiiipiete 1 w hether or not better
< n«s have I kcii put up. Iti regard to the
of Jacks* nville have determined to do
« st ' f the building, if Mr. Snook is go-
all within tlu ir p»wer to advance the
; mg to make too much ¡»rofit < if the con­
inter sts of th« ir town and «levelop its
tract, any of the other bidders would
r« sour«* * and advantages to the fullest
h ive made more than too much, as he
extent is plainly appirent to even the
w is the lowest bid'ier, and judging from
i ails d observer of the ¡rest nt life and
the
work Mr. Snook is doing in the val­
activity that jirevades all classes of
ley
he
is a very popular contractor. At
jr "¡>le in Jack-i'iiville.
any
rate
the directors «re doing the very
Cn 1er th-- «’onditions of todav in town
lx:»;
they
«an for the district, under the
buiiding a board of trade is as much of a I
prevailing high prices of all kinds of
nc«-es-»!iy t«» the growth <>f a town as th«-
T KXPAYER.
drummer is to the building up of a I ni iter.a! and la'xir.
business house.
The one hustling
business for the town by bringing in
new enterpri- es, the other bringing
trade to the firm by securing customers
from a distance. There are a dozen or
more activities that a board of trade
could take up that could be made most
important factors in the prosperity of
Jacks, nville. A big steam laundry, a til-
ing and brick factory, a factory for cut­
ting granite monuments and building
stones, ami the securing the location
within the town limits «if the big new
»aw mill t<> lx- built by the Iowa Lumlxr
Company are some of the industrial ac-
tivitics th.it require the immuiiate at-
tention of a board of trade, The secur-
ing of a bak« rv, a tailor shoj f>, a shoe
shop, and a jewclrv store, ar«- some of
the business openings that «»fier such in-
duceint nts th.it the board of trade should
find no difficulty in finding ¡-ersons to
take up the ventures. To open a fine
public park and to secure the meeting of
various public gatherings in Jacksonville
is.mother profitable undertaking for th«
board of trade. To get a daily mail to
the copper district and the extension of
the
Jacksonville-Applegate t« lephone
ltne to the upjx r and lowei settlements
ofth.it valley w« uld 1>«- a hel,> to Jack­
sonville as will as to th«- Applegate
valley. Get tin- mint ral, fruit and other
resources of this locality advertised in
the big Coast dailies through the
medium «if new s items as does Ashland
and Grant» P iss. Get the fruit industry of
this kx-ality develojieil to the extent that
th«- splendid »oil and climat« make pos­
sible that a big cannerv and a fruit dryer
could lx- atlded to th«- industrial estab­
lishments of Jacksonville.
Get inaca-
| damized roads connecting Jacksonville
A continued stnal 1 annoyance will at
1 i-t get to be a big nuisance, ami that is
the case with the « iitinued rcjHirts that
come from Ale If »rd tint the Sent.nel is
a side venture ufChas. Nickell's. These
rep Tts were started so soon as it became
known that the Sentinel was to I k - start­
ed in Ja« ksotiville, but no attention was
¡»aid to the in by the editor of the Sen­
tinel, he > -pp sing that the meddlesome
gossips would cease their underli imled
work aftir a reasonable time. Tile prin-
cipd culprit» in this con temptable gossip
are the "Senator .Maker." whose initials
are J. AL Keene, whose support is sure
death to a ¡xilitical candidate and a dead­
lier on his pocket book, and A. S. Bliton
the "boiler plate editor" of the Mail,
and Horace Alann of th« late him« nted
Enquirer. The reason for their connect­
ing the Sentinel venture with the editor
of the Ali-dford Democratic Times is that
Air. Nii-kell has a rath« r shady reputation
here in Jacksonville and they thought
if they could get it generally known that
tile Si ntihel was un ler tile control of
Nickell that the p ipt r would gain little
support from the Jacksonville people.
So far a» their ¡Jetty lies art- concerm d
no injury has be« n don«- to the Sentinel at
all for its business has steadily increase«!
each week ami the paper is now as pros­
perous as any other paper in Jackson
county, thanks to the confiihnce the
citizens of Jackson villi- have in their
news]>a|>er, but it is rather annoying to
be calle«l upon to contradict their jealous
gossip, but then they will wear them­
selves «mt a» all barking dogs do.
Tents, camp stoves and camping uten­
sils at Bovden's hardware store. Med­
ford.
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