Courier
MINERS’ JUBILEE SEPT. 4-5-6
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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
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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.
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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 .
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.