The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-06
Moderate, He Warns, If
You Would Live to
Ripe Old Age
NEVER DRANK LIQUOR
Bllt Eats Anything He Graves
Thinks Modern Woman Has
Her Skirts Too Short

7 70 IniNI OF uN III' INIII i"f "a i'lIA
time ago. means way back iu tho
early SOS or qus when TulH. was
urst a,ul,d DuI heroes arr lin.
coin Grant Dewey, Roosevelt ana
the mon who became famous during
TIM world war Tho Civil war 'D us
~ ancient history Tho spanish
American war H almost furEpltcn.
Even our methods Uf transportation
include only the present .iho auto
mUhilC, Hrtm engine. uirphuo.
Nut Fu with Joel Jackson, father
OF Mrs. g. D. Brown. 1924 West
EaHon and grandfather ~ W H..
brown of tho First National hank.
Nj Jackson celebrated his hun
dtedth birthday last Tuesday, March
q. with birthday dinner ut tho
homo of hls daughter, Mrs brown.
The Ccntcnnrian attributes HIS long
NC TO temperance aud moderation
IN all things. lie meyer gets excited,
~ an optimist, aud believes that the
world is getting better lie has
spokcd and Chcwcd tobacco FOR
years but mover drinks anything
but coffee and water. His weight
when he was IN his prime. was
about 1875 pounds ana his hcighth
foet 4 i-2 inches. His advice to
those who wish to live TO be 100 is
TO be temperate and moderate In all
things
There Is nothing, Mr. jackson
says. that he cnnnot,cat and he al
ways has ana does cat anything his
taste may call for. He never had a
set OF rules by which to regulate his
habits.
In spite OF his ngc hc is still ac-
tive. Last year lac had one of tho best
gardens in Irving place, ana he
started to spade up his garden this
year but is not feeling so well and
may not be able TO continue. lie ia
In excellent spirits, enjoys good
story and his memory is credit to
aiw man. lIu remembers clearly
events that took place when ne wlis
Il boy, and recitod a snatch OF song
wthout hcsitancy lie reads great
dehl and Is well posted on all Inn
pqrfant matters OF the present time.
lie has followed the political stu
alton closely. and Ia satisfied that
Harding will make a good president,
although he himself is "A southern
democrat. lie believes the Mexican
situation Is much better now than
At WAS when no was In Mexico, but
~ glad tho republican admlnistra-
tiqn will have the task OF straight
ening It out. In brief he thinks 1t
is n ticltlish Job.
DisRpprovcv short skirts
1Ie doesn't know anything about
modern dances because he hls not
Witnessed dance for 90 years. but
docs not approve OF the short skirts
wdmon wear now, although his eye
sight Is Btll good.
s1NA long time ago" TO Mr.. Jackson
means 1920. 80 or 40. His heroes
arc Stonewall Jackson. Andrew
jackson, ana the men mado famous
by the Revolutionary war and the
war of 1912 as wo speak OF tho
war Of. 1912 as we speak of the
world war. when the Ciyil war
came he was almost too old as
men figure time now, to partici.
pate. transportation To him, aug
gcsts the OK cart. mule team and
long days of trampiug over the hot
prairies OF Kansas and Oklahoma.
one hundred years Is a long time
figuring In years. 10 II Longer
time when figured by happenings
Joel Jackson's father for instance
WIS born less than 10 years after
tho close of the Revolutionary war
lie secured first hand stories con
cerninE the things that happenct
then. Stouewall jackson and An
drow Jackson, heroes To us bcCaus,
va have read of them In history
were relatives, he asserted. Stone
Wall jackson, according TO fact
disclosed by Caref,I search, wal
Mrs Jackson's fathers father
brother. Andrew Jackson, he be
licVcs, was an uncle.
Was an Early Frcightcr.
lie was born In Nicholasviuc, Ky.
March !, 1891. His father wa
-aprn In Virginia i'm 1884. but move,
10 Kentucky when about 10 year
OF age.
Mr.. Jackuon's carly life was spen
on the farm, In 1888 his tathc
moved to Howard county Missouri
settling about seven miles north
cast OF Faycttc. whore he engage,
IN farming, Joel Jackson worke,
on the farm for few years an,
then entered an apprenticeship II
wagon shop, where he worked TO
three years, At the age uf u M
contracted 10 drive an OK team TO
~ man who was engaged In hauliul
freight from Independence, Mo, q
Santa Fc, New Mexico, and mad
the entire trip on foot, This tril
took nearly three months
lie spent most of the winter q
Santa Re. securing another fob Will
"a man who hauled freight iron
santa Re 10 tho interior towns %
Mexico. lie made several trips int
tho interior, tO Mexico City m,
chihuahua. thosc trips roQuIrinl
approximately one month each way
Al the end nf a year his tmpluyC
sold the freight line and induce
Alr, Jackson to return to- MissouJ
With him,
Lived on Buffalo Meat.
sY When thCy were ready Go lytN
for Missouri thov backed the u
cart up to.the chihuahua mint, MI
Jackson says, and ho took ON
cargo of Mexico dollars 10 or /
sacks i'm all, each sack coutaiuin
about 5000. This money ne haule
back 10 Boonc county Mo, the trl
having been made without incident
This trip could not be made now
Mr.. jackson says, because IN
wagon would be held up, hut h
Feared no danger at that time. O.
the r6turn trip he saw thousand
and thousands OF buffalo, he say
and almost lived on buffalo mca'
1ie encountered only one buffalo a
the trip out, and he was forced I
kin Il because his companion she
al Il as it came down 10 watci
missed. and he shot as the anima
charged
on his return 10 Missouri h
bought farm in Boone county
where he lived for three year,
There he met tho girl who In lS4
became his wife. In 1852 he sol'
his farm and moved across the rive