Jacksonville sentinel., January 08, 1904, Image 3

covered with no bad results, in fact most
of those having the disease felt no serious
inconvenience other than a slight fever,
IH.HI EI» ON
some not breaking out. School will l<e-
FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK. gin next Monday and Jacksonville will
resume its normal condition and con­
CHAMI.H« Mi'HKHVK
El»l TO*
tinue to maintain its reputation as one of
the healthiest towns in the United
Entered in the poslofliir of Jacksonville,
Jut kMm Comity Oregon, as second « hiss matter. St ites.
JACKSONVILLE SENTINEL
There should lx- justice and fairness
even in the administration of a marshal’s
duties. The Jacksonville marshal gets
on a big drunk, flourishes a gun, neglects
his duties anti abuses his aged mother
and be is not called to account for it.
Had an Applegate or a Medford man
come to Jacksonville anti got on a big
drunk and made a general disturbance he
would have been thrown into the cooler
in short order and he would have Iteen in
luck if he got off with a $10 fine. There
seem* to lie a difference with a distinc­
tion in Jacksonville justice. A str anger
rides a bicycle on a cow ,>ath by courtesy
called a sidewalk anti is promptly fined
I while a resident anti an official of the
i town can get drunk, roll in the mud of
, the streets ami disgrace himself and the
town and not an arrest is made. Even if
Mr. Kenney has tn some respects made a
good marshal that does not extenuate
him from blame for conduct that he ,
would not allow others to indulge in.
If he is unable to cdntrol his temper anti
his ap|K-tite he should resign for he con-
not expect to enforce laws on others that 1
he will not observe hints« If.
of patron* in their schools a* is proven
by the fact that the numltered schools
never have the attractive surroundings
nor are so well furnislied as are those
that have a name and an identity in the
Community. A number of the schools of
this county are now named, and the
teachers and scholars of the nameless
schools should show a public spirit by
christening their schools, A plan often
employed is to have the children vote on
the selection of names and in connection
with ballotting have suitable exercises
for the event an«l invite the nitrons and
friends of the school to attend and to
take part in the program. That gives
all an interest and a pride in the school
and creates a sentiment that is a large
factor in giving success to the school.
Ohl historic Vincennes, the French
trailing
post around which hallows the
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.75 romantic memories of the day of “Alice
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of Old Vincennes,” h is in recent years
la-come a hustling manufacturing center
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The Mentincl mid the Weekly Oregonian will with all the restless energy of a modern
I k - *rnt to one n<|<|t« s* lor /J * y rut The Heiili
American town and in its effort* to secure
nel give* tlie Jackson county news ami the <>r<
Konutit gives the stale, national ami world news,
additional
industrial enterprise* the old
thus a reader Is able to cover the entire news
field at al-out the price ol Ixit one paper.
town is quite up-to-date in its methods.
Recently the city donated 230 acres of
raiat. Hi nacairrioNK The Jacksonville sentinel
land
adjoining the town, at a cost of $09,-
will tie sent to any address, at any postoflhee tn
The regular meeting for January for
the t iilterl Slates, tor lour weeks tor 10 cents.
000
to
a car building company. The
the Jacksonville board of trade will be
All sulwcriptions. regular or trial, will be prompt­
ly stooped at the dale ol capiratlon, unless a re­ company is to employ KMN) hands, and
belt! Monday evening at the town hall.
newal is received
will build 25 cars a day. Of its land 40
It is to the personal interest of every citi­
acres will Ire used for factory location,
zen
in Jacksonville to assist in carrying
Friday, January 8, /9U4 wdille the remaining 190 acres will be
on the work of the board in the up-buiid-
occupied by residences for the company’s
ing of Jacksonville. Not a discriminat­
The pro*|>erous little town of Oakland,
employes.
ing
stranger comes to Jacksonville but
in Dougins County, now ha* a bank with
what
comments on the fine possibilities
a capital stock of $25,000 nearly all taken
The $300 household ex -inption will not
With the multitude of road supervis­ the town has and of its certainty of lie­
by local business men.
I k -allowed on assessment for this year as ors that most Oregon counties maintain
the new law will not go into effect tn their salaries take up such a large pro- coming a live, prosperous town were its
Douglass county la-ing slow on build­
time, by reason of the fact that no emer portton of the road fund that road im­ advantages properly utilized bv its people.
ing g<»<xl roads two road districts of th it
gency clause was attache«! to the bill provement is seriously hampered. Mul- But these strangers are repelled from the
county have availed themselves of the
The result of thi* oversight will I k - that tonomah county proposes to do aw ay with town by the lack of confidence the Jack­
new law that |>ermits road districts to
sonville people have in their own town
the assessor will have to hunt up every this needless expense ami has consolidat­
levy s|>e< ial road taxes ami have each
and by the little effort that is made to
homesteader and tinners cabin tn all the ed all the road districts of the county in­
made a levy of 10 mills and projtose to
clean up, brighten up and beautify the
hill* of this county spending two dollars to five. It would l>e greatly to the ad­
put their roads in shape so that they will
town. Apjiearances are half to the suc­
worth of time to secure one dollar in vantage of Jackson county if there were
I k - pissable during all times of the year.
cess of a town as to an individual. The
taxes, thus m iking it a losing under­ but a dozen or less road districts in the
chief aim of the board of trade is to se­
The article in the Sentinel of last week taking for the county. Then there is the county. In addition to the saving on
cure a unison of action on the part of the
commenting on two citizen* of Jackson philanthropic side of the question for salaries it would enable the county to
people of Jacksonville to work for any
ville wa* not by a local resilient as this forcing assessments to the last dollar tlways secure competent supervisors,
measure that will advance the interests
ha* been intimated. The party who will work a hardship on poor widowsand with the present small districts there is
of their town. Lone efforts of individual
wrote the article reside* in another town others whose only cow and little house- not work enough to justify a man devot­
citizens accomplish little for a town, but
•it the county and he is a man of stand­ hol<l effects will lie taxed to the limit, ing his time to the roads even for a
where the entire body of citizens work
ing and influence in the county and knew for they can not bluff their property in month, the result is that there is great
I
together
little effort accomplishes big re­
for a fifth of its value, or spirit away difficulty in securing men who are prac­
what he was writing about.
sults
for
the
betterment of the town. To
notes and cash as do so many rich prop- tical road builders anti competent fore
make Jacksonville the handsomest and
There is a town election to l>e ertv holders.
men to handle men. Were the districts best residence town in Southern Oregon
In-Id in Jacksonville on the first Tuesday
large enough so that a supervisor would is an end that the board of trade is work­
in March and a convention to nominate
The electric light and water franchises
lx- certain of at least three months steady ing for. That gained and the town will
candidates for that election will l»c held for even small cities are very profitable
work, men could be secured who would lie on a basis for a steady, substantial
in February. The kind of a city govern­ investment* to camlatist* as evidenced
i make firstclass foremen and who would growth. This is proven by the fact that
ment that Jacksonville has for the next by the fancy prices that these fanchises
accomplish far more with a given amount not a week goes by but what strangers are
year will in a great measure make for the and their plants bring when sold. An
, of money than is had by the present here looking over the town with a view
prosperity or stagnation of the town. instance of a profitable franchise is at
I method. A number of Oregon counties
Which »hall it lx-?
Roseburg where the local water comjiany I have reduced the number of their road to locating. Most of these men are
persons of means and arc not looking so
and the light coni|>any have sold their
: districts. Gill man county even going so much for business opportunities as they
The Biblical description of the home
properties to the Oregotf Boom & Timber
life of the provident mail who was able
far as to have but one district. In that are for a bright, prosperous looking town,
Com]Mitv the price paid fcr the two
| county the road foreman starts out early where an investment woutd lie safe, and
to sit under his own vine and fig tree
properties being $175,000. Ami with all
in the spring w ith his crew of men. teams, where a mild, salubrious climate can be
can I k - fulfilled here in Jacksonville for
the experience of other towns th it have
grader, tools aud with a mess wagon and had and the social advantages enjoyed
grape vines grow in the greatest luxur­
lyeett burdened with ownership of their
iance and fig tree* grow with all the
bunk wagon, carry* on the road work that they were accustomed to in their
public utilities by private companies
vigor of a maple or an oak. And what
until the road fund is exhausted and Eastern or Northern home. Jacksonville
Medford is now trying to dispose of the
is futher to the credit of Jacksonville it is
then the crew is laid off until the next has the climatic advantages that excel all
city’s light and water station. It was
not a rented vine and fig tree that the
year. One district would hardly be other Southern Oregon towns and when
but a few years ago that the town paid
man sits under but it is his own for this
practical tn Jackson county owing to the it can present tidy streets, neat houses
two prices in order to get control of this
is a town of home owners, the proportion
size of thecouutv. but a less number of and handsome yards then will it become
light and water systems and now there is
road districts than is now had would 2 popular residence town with people
of home owners being larger in Jackson­
an effort living made to sell out to a pri­
ville than in any other town in Southern
certainly be to the advantage of the tax­ who have gained wealth, retired from
vate company and of course at a big loss,
payers and a gain in the betterment of business and wish to live in a place where
Oregon.
for the taxpayer* al way* get left whether
the road*. _____
all environments are conductive to their
The New Years edition of the Oregon­ the town buys or sells.
,
comfort and their happiness. Jackson­
An
innovation
in
Jackson
county
that
ian was a splendid exposition of the re­
The
thanks
of
all
good
citizens
of
would have many advantage* would be ville can be nade such a town and it is up
sources and advantages that Oregon lias
Jacksonville
who
value
their
lives
and
the
naming of the school houses. The to its citizens to accomplish this or to sit
to offer to the home-seeker anti the in-
the
peace
of
the
town
are
due
to
Council
­
present
system of numbering is alright listlessly and let their town retrograile.
vestor and what is more none of the
man
Neulier
tor
his
timely
assistance
in
for
the
official
purjxises but as a means of
statements were overdrawn anti mislead­
Saved from Terrible Death.
laying
out
the
town
marshal
when
that
designating a certain school with the
ing. The edition also contained a com­
The family of Mrs. M. L. Bobbitt of
prehensive resume of the growth of Ore­ conservator of the peace started in to public it is of no value whatever. It is Bargerton, Tenn., saw her dying and
gon during the past year in its agricul­ “shoot-up” the town Monday night. one of the undefinable attributes of the were powerless to save her. The most
tural, mineral, manufacturing and com­ Had not the Councilman got the Marshal human mind that enables a person to skillful Physiciansand every remedy used
tailed while consumption was slowly but
mercial activities giving reliable figures helplessly drunk early in the evening, it readily remember the location of a place surely taking her life.
In this terrible
is
more
than
likely
that
instead
of
one
by a name, but not by a number. It is hour Dr. King’s New Discovery for Con­
as to the business that has lx-en done in
each line. Altogether the New Years jierson having to seek safety from the no difficulty for the average person to sumption turned despair into joy. The
Oregonian is of much interest ami value Marshal’s revolver in hiding behind a learn the location of Maplegrove or Oak­ first bottle brought relief and its continu­
ed use completely cured her.
It’s the
to both residents of this state as well as bar, half the town would have been dodg­ land school, but to know where No 12 or most certain cure in the world for all
ing
behind
boxes
and
barrels,
houses
afid
No. 25 is situated is a memory feat that throat ami lung troubles. Guaranteed
to Eastern people.
trees to allow ample air space for the few accomplish. In many of the Eastern Bottles 50c and $1.00. Trial Bottles free
Owing to the rigorous quarantine meas­ circu ation of the flying bullets. This states every school house has a name. at City Drug Store.
ures that were enforced by the town new scheme of laying-out a bad man These names are frequently given in hon­
1 ypewriters.
Itoard of health, the chickenpox epidemic having proved so effective in Marshal or some worthy pioneer, a prouient citi­
For sale or for rent. New and second
has entirely abated and not a new case Kenney’s case, it would be well for the zen, a person celebrated in the Nation’s hand. Cash or easy installments. All
has appeared in the town for the past 10 town authorities to have it applied on all history, or in literature art or science, or makes repaired or remodeled and work
days. As no futher danger from the dis­ the toughs who start to run amuck in the name may be a descriptive or a geo­ fully guaranteed. If you need a machine,
write us. J. E. Huxley, 82 Fourth St.,
ease is apprehended the quarantine has Jacksonville, for it would save all ex­ graphic designation. It would be an Portland, Oregon.
been raised from the houses in which penses of arrest and there would be no honor and a credit to Jackson county
there were persons sick with the disease. need of keeping up a calaboose, thus re­ were
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All sick with the disease have rapidly re- lei ving the taxpayers from that burden. Named districts show a pride on the part , to sell—See T. C. Norris.
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