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About Illinois Valley news. (Cave City, Or.) 1937-current | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1937)
Courier MINERS’ JUBILEE SEPT. 4-5-6 o A LIVE WIRE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE ILLINOIS VALLEY AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS Volume I Cave Junction. Oregon, Thursday, July 22, 1937 Number 11 Benefit Show Good Will Wednesday For Trip Made To Fire Department Happy Camp Last Sunday a delegation of the Cave City Chamber of Commerce members made a trip to Happy Camp California. To say the gentlemen were pleased with the trip is putting it very mildly. Happy Camp has many prob lems, so we were told, the same as we have here and they at Hap py Camp are determined to work them out successfully. They have a powerful weapon in the nature of a miners’ associ ation, a unit of the Northern Cal ifornia Mines association. The members of the local Chamber thought it would be a great as set to the valley if such an associ ation could be formed here. There was so much good will and fine fellowship displayed on both Hides the Cave City folks wished we lived closer together. The California highway com mission so far has refused to con struct a highway down the Klam ath river to the coast; the ror.d to Yreka is long and over moun tains, and the only other outlet is into Oregon's highway 199. There is a determined effort to construct a new highway into 199 that would make hauling of ore profitable. This new road would leave the present highway com ing this way from Happy Camp, at the Forest Service and continue up the mountain on a new grade and come down Sucker creek and onto the Caves highway at Gray- back creek. This road would per mit an all year open road to be maintained and give Happy Camp a short outlet either to a rail road or steamer. Members of the Mines assoc iation at Happy Camp Signified their willingness to come to Cave City and help the !*cal miners or ganize a unit of that association here. President I.ee DuBois said there was strength in such an or ganization, and M. C. Athey re minded them that “United we stick—divided we’re stuck.” To shew what the Cave City Volunteer Fire department l.as done to its members in making them fire conscious, they immed iately noticed that Happy ( amp had a hose truck and a fire bell, but h.-;d no volunteer department, so we were told. During the miners meeting in th« afternoon, the entire party from Cave City were introduced and Elwood Hussey and M. C. Athey mad« short talks Jim Al len and L. E. Midache also said a few words. Thoise from Cave City who made the trip were, Elwood Hus sey, C. Y. Arnold, S. O. Gooding, George L. Martin, all in Mr. Hus May’s car; L. E. Athey. L. E. Bi- dwche, Jim Allen. * M. Riley and M. C A.they, in the latten car. Among thoMK of Happy Cawp who Were introduced, and »’ tfe<® chairman, Philip Tollma-n to«4, “We want y«M fro bwaw swsmw our miners a*»<l a>s- vkith them. Mr. Toll man introdM'sed Mesert. W ilbuz. Wood«, Eppnian, Grant, Mic^a», Hahn, Ladd. Gru««, Cronjpton. Huastia and the Rev. F. O. Bur nett. Before the meeting, Speedy Soift played several selections on the piano and h? really played, fl. informed your reporter that he has been playing since 1872, and is still a master on the white and black ivories. In » rousing talk Mr. DuBois. president of tb p Nor' iem Cali fornia IJines association, stressed the fact that it was through the (Continued on Four) Next Wednesday evening, July 28th, the Cave City Volunteer Fire department will present a full evenings entertainment for The funds will be used to buy equipment to fight fires. The show given by local talent is a three act comedy entitltd. “Wanted a Wife,” and the cast includes Mrs. George W . Martin. Miss Louise Cotton, Dr. A. N. Col lman, L. E. Athey and M. C. Athey. Manager Sones of the theater has a great picture to go with the comedy, The Jones Family in “Off to the Races,” with Slim Summer ville and a great cast. The fea ture picture and the comedy will give those who attend a full evenings entertainment, and fiom what we know of the show everyone is going to thoroughly enjoy it, and considering that the money is going to such a good cause, the house should be filled to capacity. The prices are the same as picture nights, 35 cents down stairs and 40 cents up. The picture will start at 7:15. Tickets are for sale in all stores in the valley and those who want a good evenings entertainment should avail themselves of the op portunity and buy a tciket or two and sec a fine show. -------------- o ASSOCIATION FOR MINERS NEED IN THIS DISTRICT From what has happened in California through legislation of the state legislature, the tour of business men from Cave City to Happy Camp were convinced the miners of the Illinois valley need an organization similar to the Northern California Mines asso ciation. The members at Happy Camp said they would be only too glad to come over here any time we asked them to and organise a unit of the auo-eiwtion here. Such .inorganization could be «of ines- timatable value to the miners of this district. This paper would like to kpow the sentiments of the miners on such a plan. Would you like to be affiliated with the Northern California association? If so, please write to us and tell us so, and we will s«ee that a meetin* is called and adviM the Happy Camp people, and they will come over and install the unit. We must get organized to fight legislation antagonistic to the in terests of the miners in this sec tion, for at the next state legis lature bills will be introduced to prevent placer mines from oper ating, if not entirely, at least pswt of each year, as th*y d« iw Cali fornia n»«w. Write in your verdict immedi ately— The quicker we get start ed the quicker we will kegia frw get mmwv I iwm . ------------- 4-------- >— Spin ndid Cooperation For tin* Miners’ Jubilee Celebration Townsendites Will Be Big To Meet At Attraction Grants Pass Entertainment of > very nature Grants Pass will be host to a and hue will be on tie bill-of-fare great gathering of Townsendites for those who attend the big cel next Sunday in the city park at ebration at Cave City, September the Pass. The occasion is caus 4, 5 and 6. ing considerable excitement all A new angle was presented by over Southern Oregon, and it is Rev. Brown, who is visiting in the t xpected to draw one of the larg valley and who became intensely est crowds ever had at a Town- interested in tie possibilities of semi meeting ill Grants Pass. the Miners’ Jubilne. The Rev. Dwight Bunnell former nation Mr. Brown looked over the dates al representative and manager of and discovered that this was the the radio division of the move diamond anniversary of the dis merit in Chicago and now a per- covery of gold in the valley, so | sonal representative of Dr. Town- our celebration this year ie the I send, will be the principle speak diamond jubilee, for it has been er. This should draw a great 75 years since the discovery of crowd as Bunnell is a dynamic gold. 'leaker and has a message that A large pageant is being pre «•very Townsendite should hear. pared which will depict the history The meeting will begin with a of mining in Oregon from its in pot luck dinner nt noon in the ception. This pageant will be one city park and after lunch the of the finest ever, and nearly a speaking will begin. The meet hundred persons will appear in ing is being called under the aus the cast. The production is un pices of the Grants Pass club and tier chai'fje of Ted Athey, who every Townsendite in Southern was a stage director and manager Oregon is invited to attend. of many years standing in the old ------------- o-------------- stock and road show days. Re hearsals will begin in the near Coming Attractions at future for the pageant. “Sailor’s Diggins” will be the Gave City Theater fun street where concessions of “Sky Bound,” the picture com almost every kind will be waiting ing to the Cnve City theater next for the happy public to assimilate. This street will accomodate near Friday, July 23, is one of those ly 100 ee«n<vs*ioKs and lwsny will avir^mti pictures that keep you be of a nature that will make in a ten.se mood all through. Ed “Sailors’ Diggins” very popular. die Nugent and Lloyd Hughes In the afternoon of September are the feature players. For Saturday, July 24, Man 5 and 6 a big rodeo will be held ager Jones has booked the great on the base ball field where space piny, "Marked Woman,” with is available and grounds will be Bette Davis, who won the prepared for the rodeo. Dr. Collman is chairman of the en Bette Davis and 11. Bogart, tertainment committee and he year's Academy award as the says that the rodeo wll be put on screen’s greatest actress, makes her 193 7 bid for renewed honors by Hugh Shepherd of Selma. There will be bucking, bare- in a gripping story taken from back and wild steer riding, and headlines that have flashed aero s mile, wild cow milking, best the front pages of America’s trained local saddle horse con newspap- rs for many months. The film is said to take audi test, Roman rsce, charriot race, ences I »hind the scenes of certain stake race, relay race and race metropolitan night clubs, long for children undvr 12. Substantial prizes will be of suspected of being owned or af fered and all local contestants are filiated with nationally notorious urged to file their applications gangsters of the type now flee it the Illinois Valley News office. ing from racket investigations. It is the story of those beauti All local people owning saddle ful girls who serve as hostesses horses and driving horses and in these joints, and whose lives rigs are also requested to enter tl.eir outfits for '.he parade, themselves are forfeit if they dis obey the orders of their ruthless which will be worth seeing. exploiters. All miners, young and old, the This strong and vivid story older the better, their burrows, packs and prospecting parapher gives Miss Davis ample opportun •ulia are urgently wanted for the ity for the sort of diversified parade and to provide local col <■ mtiona| acting that won her the or. Remember, this celebration award of the Academy of Motion will help to promote mining in Picture Arts and Sciences last year for the best pe> formance by "his valley. any actress. Mining machinery will find a The attraction for Sunday, hearty welcome. It should be well tagged with the owner’s July 25, is said to be one of the finest pictures ever filmed. "The name and address. Charge of the Light Brigade,” Quartz and pdacer specimens with Errol Flynn and Olivia De will be placed in the building al leged for that purpose, an 1 should Haviland. The play is taken from hie tagged as to o-WHiers'hip M m I that famous poem by Alfred Ten- nyMM. aim o-i locality. Sam* of Ito rwami-noth sets Information ca>n b <kai-w! a' iwato by Warner Brothers th« Illinai« VaW«ey Xs--w .+ <-ffi »«. ,-t.Mdiw for th** It iw St a- Give uh your wupyistX' a*«! ew".<p- pvudwus, Marvelous, ('id.--is.-a!, in ention, it will bene-fi’t' ywH, arid fact, the advance Mt-iws Icaw we’ll all have a g.r.am«!- towe. Dir.. A*. Si. Feilatan, ii-ed up all the udjective-s in the < 'hairman. English language to describe ti e scenes and settings for th)» jto- ture. It is said that Errol Flynn and Mrs. Art Kellert is recovering from her recent illness and 7s able Olivia DeHaviland as well as all to be out of bed. Her many the cast have put into their parts friends are glad to hear of her -oine of the finest acting ever given to the "silver screen.” improvement. Art Drews reports 'Wonderful cM»peration from all parts of the valley for the Miners’ Jubilee. The program committee is making rapid strides in shaping the events to be given and the main prints of the program hart? practically been set and al] are assured of a wonderful two and a half days celebration. Quite a group of men have starved to let their whiskers grow as did the miners of old, so do not Mrs. Elsie Raymond of Bridge be surprised if you see seme run view left last Tuesday for Prine ny faces in the near future. ville where she will spend several ------------- o-------------- days visiting friends. Mrs. Paul . Perry Pullen and family spent Newlands accompanied her as far the week end at the old home on as Grants Pass where she attend Pullens Corner, Bridgeview. ed to some business matters. -------------- o-------------- Mrs. Irene McCasland had as guests over the week end, Mrs. Cleta Bowers and daughter. Car man and Mrs. Letha Bratten and Grace Grobley of Burbank. Cali fornia. Price 5 Cents Motor Vehicle Educational Talks Two out of every five victims of traffic accidents are pedes trians. Of the 37,800 fatalities in 1936, pedestrians made up 15,- 100. Clearly, no safety campaign can be complete that does not in clude consideration of the pedes trian. This is especially true on ac count of the fact that such a large number of the pedestrian victims are little children anu elderly people. Intelligent driving and proper care by the motor car operator will naturally solve a considerable part of this prob lem, but many, many accidents, especially in the cities, can Le avoided by proper us-c of the streets by the people “on foot.” Most of these fatalities oc curred in cities, the greater part at intersections. The deaths among people walking along the highways in rural sections to taled 2,450, and the toll among children playing on the roadways was a serious matter. These are accidents that are especially trag ic on account of the fact that they could be so easily avoided. Schools are doing u fine work in training children to be con stantly aware of the hazards of traffic. But it is a work that must be carried on constantly, that requires repeated instruction and warning. l)o not walk on the highway at night dres-ed in dark clothes. Be sure of a clear right of wuy when crossing the streeTs. Do not cross between intersections. Obey the rules of common sense at all times and help eliminate Oregon’s traf fic deaths. --------------o Social Evening Held by Local Townsend Club Grants Pass Assay Office To Open Soon While being swamped with de tails, the new state department of geology and mineral industries, set up its Grants Pass office last Tuesday, says the Grants Pass Courier. Albert A. Lewis who holds bachelors and master's degrees trom the University of Washing ton and active in mineral re search will be in charge of the state's free assay otiice ¡.ere. Another will be established soon at Baker, Earl K. Nixon, admin istrator for the department, said Monday. Quarters for the essayer Lave not yet been definitely selected, but several sites are under con sideration with choice expected immediately. Nixon, who operated the Esterly mine until his appointment re cently to direct the work of the new department, is turning that work over to C. R. Stout and will move his family to Portland next week. Central offices of the de partment are at 704 Lewis build ing, Portland. The current mining mud issue along the Rogue may be consid ered of state wide mining import ance, Nixon said, because its out come will undoubtedly affect sim ilar problems which may develop on other streams. The department, Nixon predict ed, will probably call for an im partial survey of conditions along the Rogue to determine the truth of charges that fish life, naviga tion, etc., are being damaged by mining operations. The results of such a survey, he said, will frot necessarily favor the miners, but without the facts the board can not follow its instructions to de velop mining in the state. Nixon explained the limited field of free assays and other state services while here. “It is not our policy to accept any custom assay work nor to compete with custom assayers,” he said. “Any citizen under the law may submit samples for free assay as long as he gives informa tion as to where the sample came from and does not submit it from a going mine." Samples will not be accepted from engineers inspecting mines for the purposes of evaluating properties, he added. The free assays are intended for the ben efit of prospectors or for those with mining problems who do not represent operating concerns. A mining geologist will estab lish his residence in Grants Pass to examine mines and prospects and to bring up to date the state mines catalog, not revised for the last 15 years. He will l e available for inquiries. The state will also act as a clearing house for mines informa- Last Tuesday evening the local Townsend dub held a social even ing and all who attended said the event was an entire success. A cafeteria style cold lunch was served after which a good pro- giaia wa put on by the different m tubers with the help of some gi ests. Members did not realize there was so mu h talent here in Gave City but from noi. on, there will be plenty of op; triunity for any one to help miikf the social even ings the success that the last one wa«. Those taking part were, Fred Schroeder, reading; Virginia Sherier, songs; Louise Cotton, songs; Bertha ('aid, Hong»; L. E. Bidache, songs, and R. F. Walton, gave a story. The president, Ted Al hey presided as toast master. \ vote of thanks should be given the committee that prepared the luncheon and to Mrs. Moore and her committee on entertainment, a d the president. M. C. Athey of the Illinois Valley News, also gave a story during the dutch auction. It was decided to send a large delegation to Grants Pnsa next H'nntlnusd on I’»n Two) Sunday to hear Dwight Bunnell speak. The next regular meeting of the club will be Tuesday, July 4-H CLUB POYS MEETING 27 and all member are requested Caves Highway 4-H club met to attend and bring a new mem at the home of Henry Mellow on ber with them the Caves highway. An interest -------------- o— i ■ ing meeting was he’d after which NEW ENGLISH TEACHER the boys and their club leader FOR KERBY HIGH SCHOOL went swimming. Henry served ice cream and cookies to the fol Mi- Jir I'ahlgreen of War- lowing: Club Leader, Ken Wells; re,rj, Oregon, m the new high Bob Smith, Edwin Smith, Elmer -chool Kr.g(1«h teacher at Kerby. Riblett and Mike Wells. She will also teach typing and o ■ - short hand ami direct the girls Mrs. Harry Tresham of Bridge physical education and glee club view left last week for Seattle wo:fc. «nd had a race with the stork, Miss Dahlgreen is a graduate but lost by about an hour. Her of the University of Oregon and daughter, I<etha, well known in the Willamette university. the valley, presented her mother with a fine baby boy, born an Clem Sauer made a business hour before she arrived. Word re trip to Grants Pass last Thurs ceived from Seattle says mother day morning and baby are doing fine.