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About Illinois Valley news. (Cave City, Or.) 1937-current | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1937)
Illinois û ley News A LIVE WIRE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE ILLINOIS VALLEY AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS Volume I Cave Junction, Oregon, Thursday, June 17, 1937 No. 6 Kerby Girl Married At Myrtle Creek Mr. and Mrs. Clay Ramsey of Kerby, announce the marriage of their daughter, Ardys, to How ard W. Buford, on Saturday, June 12th, at the home of the bride’s aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Fitzpatrick, at the Umpqua Cottages near Myrtle Creek, Ore gon. The bride w»< a popular r..< ::1- ber of this year's graduating class at the Kerby high school. Mr. Buford received his early educa tion in the public schools at Lor.g Beach, California, and later grad uated from the Oregon State Col lege at Corvallis. For the past three years he has been connected with the U. S.. National Park Ser vice at Crater I-ake National Park and at the Oregon Caves National Monument in the cap acity of senior landscape fore man. The ceremony was performed by the Reverand Perry Smith of St. Georges Episcopal church of Roseburg in the beautiful garden of the Fitzpatrick home. Bernice Duncan at the organ played the wedding march. The bride wore a white satin dress and veil and carried a boquet of pale blue del phiniums. Marvin Ramsey, bro ther of the bride, acted as best man. Following the wedding there was an annual family reunion at the Fitzpatrick home which was enjoyed by many relatives and friends of the happy couple. After a short honeymoon trip by motor to northern Oregon, the bride and groom will be at home to their many friends after July 1st at Crater Lake National park. -------------- o-------------- Phil Snort Tells Aliout Ye Rustic Camp In 1931 E. P. Lawson cane up from Hollywood where he had spent 12 years in the studios— United Artists — working for Douglas Fairbanks and .Mary Pickford and bought a few acres of raw land from Rud Doney, about four miles north of O'Brien on the Redwood highway’. Here he has built up a home and place of business that fully signifies and typifies what can be done with rough and ready land and the flora that grows upon it. All his bujldings are built of fir logs, of small dimensions, and all the furnishings inside are made from that which grew upon the land. The only things foreign to those buildings are the clothe-' they wear, their dishes and the dolomite rock from tb- Oregon, (laves, of which t-ho fir» ¡lace i built-. Mr. Law hh l.us not oily prosei* Wnns-lf a f-i«»- e«'rpv’ t''r, I .t al so an artl-'i as ww#. Ti.v mm building is partly a dwelling and partly a cafe, at 1 inside an 1 out the builife.g is a man, 1 of work manship -rFire tuuritst cabins — I think there are five in number—are built from the same material as the large building and one can scarcely believe his eyes on view ing them. Inside these cabins are bedsteads, chairs and stands, all made from small fir poles artis tically designed. I have been entertained twice at this place, and the Mrs. in showing me around, gave me a peep into her sleeping apartment or boudoir, and it seemed too fine for humans; more like the abode of fairies.—Grants Pass Courier. Phil Snort. --------------o-------------- C. W. Carl of the State Line Rendezvous was a visitor at the News office Monday. Mr. Carl is building a dance pavilion at the Rendezvous and expects to have it finished in time for a big time July 4th. Coffee Shop Now Open At Oregon Caves Chateau Volunteer An important addition to ser vice offered by the Oregon Caves Chateau was made possible by the recent opening of a new coffee shop in the c^-deau building. In the past it has been possible to purchase only meals in the mon ument and then only during cer tain hours. The coffee shop will be open all hours of the day offering gen eral short order service from a counter or from tables. The shop is located on the same floor and near the spacious chateau dining room and is already receiv ing popular acclaim from monu- nHtt vMtors. Ar;.-M< r iiMpraveiMent of gen era! ift(<i>r»in tins rebuilding of a We*I;»«.» lire frvtM Cave Junc- U.-a, 2d mil-i distant. Aw old- fMixiMo.ai! I eirswt is re- I'.ace-J Ivy a eiwuit, im- pruving twa ■ MtiWois vastly. ■----- e>-----------— Fire Dept. Forming Through the courtesy of O. E. Jones, manager of the Cave City theater, the News is asking all in terested in the formation of a vol unteer fire department, to attend a special meeting in the theater Monday, June 21, at 8 p. m. One of the necessities of the city and surrounding country is some kind of fire fighting appa ratu- that can be relied upon to extinguish fires when they start. A volunteer fire fighting depart ment can render a service that cannot be estimated in dollars and cents. We are not trying to use our influence to get this department «’.acted.. We are merely asking tteiacM ia<S»rested to attend this Miovting and form their own de partment along any line they de sire. The main thing is to do it a: I do it as soon as possible, so we ae taking tke liberty of ask ing ya« to cimw to this meeting a' 1 organize ye-xr own volunteer fire departr<e»t. --------------o-------------- Legion Auxiliary Met Last Wednesday Night A the Antwekaa Leg:’: AuxIlla:y W }.<•! 1 Wed nesday night, President Emily Kellert pre-s:,!!: g. Reports were received on the c of n cut’.(a n<- plated kitchen but «»» hc M m « was taken at this t*MM. Much discuss:«: wa- g W<1 to filling out tJhe annual quosCio«- aire. At the next regular ir- ( ting July 7, nominations w:H be open for officers for tJee «wning year. Delegates to t“he con-ver.tiot» at Albany wiW then bo »M«l. At the close of t*r tnee-binig, we- freshments were swrvwi tea dtea Legtanaires and ladtafe ------------- O----------• “David Harum" Rol« Made for Rogers • Btaaause lie himsulif IteM th«t tttae picture probidM n tAUwc- made role for hi,s in a»i- dition to presen-’tsxi-g tAw nwl laughable, lovable and popular charact-er in An»**««**» fiction, Wiil Rogers broke an important persona! rule during t-lie fileting of “David Harum,” th»’ picture that conies to the Cave City tl ■ a- tre Saturday, June IWt. Contrary to his «• -tablisl.ed custom, the fanvous kwm-orist every morning viis-it-»1 ■! t’i.e studio projection room to view rushes of the previews day’te sk*wt::<, so anxious wa-s he tee wee tW. titaa part was done w< '1. Evelyn Venable aw.>! Kent Tuy- lor support tl.w ewwboy jswte in the romantic lewis in t"b-e film. "ON THE AVENUE’ SUNDAY Coming to tlw Cave City thea Ms Sunday. J i'w S' s , as “Cte* tie Avxnue,1’ a gay a z»ical a*»«iedy by Irxl:>< Berlin which was ad- a; ’.< ! to the scr. «H by Gere Mar key Willn»’.» C oiw *1 r : mi , and < Xpert.« say tin» director showed great wl* l«xn in p eking another e<r;ginal story In u ! K«i ■•» te Dick Powell and Ma !, bin« Carroll, the stars in the play, such players as Alice Faye, the Ritz Brothers and George Barker are in the cast. ------------- o-------------- AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ON REDWOOD HIGHWAY Mr. ano Mrs. James Durgin, who were injured in an automo bile accident recently on the Red wood highway near the Quaran- tine station, nre gradually recov ering. The accident was caused by a blowout, the driver losing control of the car and crashing between some trees. The car was badly damaged. REDWOOD RANGER STATION NEWS [ The summer protective force is r.nw being concentrated on the l’age Creek Ranger district pre paratory to the coining fire sea son. During the past week sev eral student foresters iron» Ore gon State College and the Uni- versity of Washington have ar rived to take lookout jobs. Frank McPherson, Grant Alli»M, and Fritz Morrison arc from O. S. C. w ! h 4* Jack Ileintzelrnan is from tl University of Washington. A guard training camp will be M fa >■«( Jmxe 23 to 25 at Camp Rand for the purpose of training all sltoet terns men for the posi tion.« they will occupy during the «»itHng s»'i(««*». This camp will be a forest wid* affair with all guard« a* 1 lookouts on the Siski you National foiost receiving in structi».«. Forest Rangers, mem her.» of the supervisor's staff and »,■■a'if:..I experienced guards will act as instructors. Durihf' the past week Messrs. Copper and Chapman from the IU/ mmwi I Forester’s staff of Port- 1*4-1, have been working in this district taking panoramic pictures from a number of high points over the district that may in the future be used as emergency look out points. Mr. Cooper made a trip with Packer Hugh White into Chetco Pk., Vulcan Pk., and Bear Wallows; while Mr. Chapman and Packer Sowell made trips to York Butte, Mud Springs, Guard Sta tion and Sugar Loaf Mountain. If the pictures reveal that suf ficient country can be seen from these points they will be estab lished to be used by emergency lookouts in particularly bad fire weather or during and after lightning storms. M. M. NELSON, District Ranger. IMPROMPTU BUCKING CONTEST DISASTROUS An ex-offico rodeo was held at Redwood Ranger station Wed nesday, much to the surprise and chagrin of Buckaroos Nelson and Musi) who had altogether too much confidence in themselvee. The result was that Musil is nurs ing a pair of bruised knees from contacting terra firma too violent ly, and Nelson claims that the DISTRICT LOOKS GOOD TO SEATTLE MINING MEN bluebirds were nesting in his pock ets while he was soaring skyward. Paul R Fattig. R. Merrill and R. Roth of the ■ ■ ■■ o-------------------------------- Precious Metals Recovery 4 C. G. Fenner, Jr., of Grants Smelting Co., Inc., Seattle, Wash ington, were here the first of the Pass, brother of Mrs. Allan I). week looking over the valley min Currier of Cave City, was injured ing activities. They returned to Monday morning in a car accident Mr. Seattle immediately and expect on Wolf Creek mountain. to have some interesting news for Fenner w*s taken to the Jose phine County hospital. this section in the near future Price 5 Cents E. R. Brown Contracts for 2000 Tons Chrome TAKILMA NEWS OF OF REAL INTEREST WALDO CLEANUP FINDS RARE BELK’S Harry Messinger and family returned home a few days ago from a vacation up north where they had gone to see their son Richard graduate from Oregon State College at Corvallis, and to visit relatives in Seattle. Takilma feels quite a local pride in the fact that Richard Messinger graduated among the highest in his class. He made Phj Kappa Phi, one of the 19 out of 400 to do so. Immediate ly upon graduating from O. S. C., he went to Seattle and passed the state board of Washington. He secured a position, and is now at work as a licensed druggist at the McNair drug store in Ash land. Oregon. Sluices of the Esterly mine at Waldo, former Josephine county seat, and before that “Sailors Diggins,” this week revealed val uable relics as well as gold. C. R. Stout, acting manager in the absence of Earl K. Nixon, newly appointed administrator of the state mining board, said the cleanup included a six-barreled revolver, a dagger, an old United States gold dollar, and an even more valuable eight-sided Califor nia gold coin. There were 40 or 50 dimes alone ranging as far back as 1832. One of the more recent coins was an 1856 French franc. There were several Chinese idols and coins, the latter fairly com mon finds in Josephine bounty mining. Oregon’s first mining code was drawn up at Sailors Diggins in 1852 after sailors deserted ship at Crescent City and found gold on their way to Jacksonville. As Waldo, the city became Josephine county seat. An old store build ing, which is being spared, anil several cabins lined with papers of KO years or more ago, is all that is left of the site.—Grants Pass Courier. --------------O------------- 11-11 Mrs. Carl McBriety and small son are moving to Eureka where Mr. McBriety is employed. 11-11 Mrs. H. F.. Hinz and daughter Barbara, of Portland, Oregon, were visitors at th»’ home of Mr. and Mrs W. E. McElwee of Ta kilma cvie day last week. They were on their way down to San Francisco to see the new bridges. .11-11 Homer White has a crew of men out doing some work on his chrome mine. 1T—1T This week is finding several Takilma boys who were mining on the Esterly, finishing the sea sons clean up. Though the sea son was short this year the boys report it was quite a satisfactory one. fl-fl Went up to the hills last week end and found the snow going mighty fast. Only drifts here and there where the sun does n<>t shine during the day. 11-11 If you ¿re up the Bolan la^e road next summer it will be worth your while to notice the destruc tion left by a terrific snow slide last winter. It started near the top of th»’ mountain between Sis kiyou springs and Loretta Falls and swept down the mountain in to Althouse canyon and hundreds of feet up the other side, laying trees down ahead of it as if a giant mower had swept over the mountain. The headworks of the Ramsey ditch was completely buried. 11-11 On to our own place and a few days digging uncovered a mighty interesting spot. It oc- cured to me, while I was dig ging around up there that, though the mining fraternity may label ours a “spotted” country if, in our prospecting around these just the “right” spot, it wouldn't be such a bad “spit” to be on, af ter all. Tie Perenial Prospector. -------------- 0------------- Officers of Belt I»odge No, 18, Off to Portland George Thrasher, worshipful master, G. W. Martin, senior war den and Dr. A. N. Collman, jun ior warden of Belt Lodge No. 18, A. F. 4 A. M., left for Portland Tuesday morning to attend the grand lodge which will be held June 16, 17 and 18. Miss Grace Thrasher accom panied her father and Mr. Martin in the latter* car and Mrs. Coll man accompanied her husband. Both cars expect to return home Saturday. —---- o Paul Brunk of Crescent City, was in town last Saturday telling the. good folks of Illinois valley all about the big Fourth of July celebration to be held at Crescent City July 3, 4, and 5. Look for more details later. New SOS Signal for Forest Users Approved Thre»’ quickly repeated calk», either audible or visual, hereaf ter will constitute the SOS of the national forests, according to in structions just received from Robert Marshall, newly appoint ed national chief of the forest service recreation and lands di vision at Washington, D. C. The new distress call is the re sult of careful study by the Amer ican Alpine club, national recre ational organization, with which the forest service is cooperating in order to establish a standard ized signal for persons lost or in distress in the out of doors. “The distress call shall consist of 3 quickly repeated calls (aud ible or visual) repeated at reg ular intervals and thus distin guished from any casual call” the notice states. Smoke signals reg ulated by a blanket or coat, some visible object waved in thre»’ wide semicircles, flashes by mirror, or at night, 3 small fires in a row or the flashing of a light, are sug gested. “Thes»’ signals are to be used only where outside help is abso lutely required, as the erpense of a rescue party is properly borne by th»’ rescued,'1 and anyone re ceiving such a call is morally ob ligated to either himself eff»ct such rescue, or if incompetent himself to effect it, to notify rangers, guides, or campers, who will then proceed to the rescue “Anyone receixing such a sig nal should, of course, first ac knowledge it, and as an acknow ledgement, the customary rail road ‘all clear’ signal of two calls, if possible by the same method of signaling, is recommended. To forestall possible dt , . .^ ion of rescue parties, th»’ individual who is himself proceeding to the res cue may well take some means of notifying the local arnger or guides, if such notification can readily be given without unduly delaying his efforts at rescue. "As a rescue party approaches the injured, it may repeat its two-call signal, and the injured, as an aid to being found, continue repeat,ng his three-call sjgnal.” Local forest service officers welcome the newly adopted sig nal as holding (possibilities (for preventing some of the forest tragedies and heart breaking searches which occur each year because of accident or faulty woodsmanship on the part of re creationists or other forest users. More good new» for lllinoi» valley. E. R. Brown of O’Brien ha» just cloaed a contract to de liver 2000 tons of chrome ore from hi» mine High Plateau. If a circus had been in town last Saturday, it couldn’t have caused more excitement than did the truck that E. R. Brown of O'Brien had passing through on his way to his mine. High Plateau. The truck was a nine-ton Ford, especially built to haul chrome ore and it looks every bi* fit for the job. The haul will entail a 66 mile drive from the mine to Grants Pass where th»’ ore will be placed aboard ears and taken to th»’ Rustless Steel company of Baltimore, Maryland, there to be processed into chrome steel. During the World War, 1500 tons of this ore was shipped east and it was the highest test mined at that time, this ore running be tween 55 to 60 percent chromic ozide. Mr. Brown now has more than 1500 tons of this class ore ready to ship. Expecting to commence hauling the first of this week, Mr. Brown said he is employing all local help and will put on three shifts a day on th»’ new truck, making three round trips during the 24 hour period. It xs expected that be tween 18 to 20 tons a day will be hank’d to Grants Pass with this one truck. Four men are now employed at the mine and will continue to mtnu the ore, aa Mr. Brown states that a® sow*» as this contract is completed he has another that will require much more of this high grad»’ chrome ore. There are sev eral mines of this character in Illinois valley, but this particular mine is the fartherest developed and the best producer. If the market becomes feverish more mines will be opened up and con siderable activity along this line can b«’ expected. Weather conditions permitting, the truck will b»’ working over time during the summer, Mr. Brown said. It may be necessary to put on more trucks a little later, espec ially if the market becomes ac tive for this material. Illinois valley is in line for further de velopment of its mining re sources, which, as far as quartz is concerned, hasn't been hardly scratched as yet. The mineral deposits her»* will yet startle the whole world. ----- o ------------- MACHINERY EXPECED FOR THE SUETTER MINE Two car loads of machinery are expected any day now for the Suetter mine, some times known as the old Judge Norton mine, about six miles from Kerby on the Josephine and Days gulches. Among other things in the ship ment is a large drag line and big shovel along with an 80 foot boom. The shipment is expected momentarily and will be rushed to the mine when it arrives at Grants Pass. ---- ------- -o---------------- Miss Ethel Hamblin, English teacher of the McMinnville high school with her mother and Ralph Steller, instructor at Linfield College and Miss Jenks of Salem, were guests at th«’ home of Mr. and Mn H 11 Wilson of Kerby over the week end. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Jones of Hollywood, California, former residents of the valley and Jack Arlandson, arrived the first of the week and will remain here for the summer. Mr. Jones will start work on his mining pro perty in the very near future. Miss Margurite Schaerer of Kerby visited her mother in Rose burg over the week end.
