Ill inois Valley News
A LIVE WIRE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE ILLINOIS VALLEY AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS
Volume I
Number 19
Chamber Of
Cine .lunction. Oregon, Thursday, Sfptemhyr ±x. 19.17
Plenty of Glory for
All To Share In
Price 5 Cents
A Burned-Out Bearing
Constitution
Old Timer
Commerce
Day To Be
Brings Home
Clean-Up
Is Growing
Obseived
True Facts
Astounds
By
Phil
Snort
Smelter
O. I. Day, of Iowa, made up his
In the last issue of the News
I mind that he would stray from
we were so excited over the great
| the plains of ice and snow to
success of the Jubilee and the en­
I
where the mighty Rogue doth
ormous benefit to the district of
|
flow,
and e’er much time had
the smelter, that we neglected to
'•ome to pass he landed slap-dab
menticn the cast of the pageant.
in Grants Pass, and having ducats
We hope we have the complete i
by
the score, he viewed the coun­
The Illinois Valley Chamber of list, for we want to give credit to
By William A. Brown
Editor Illinois Valley News,
The second clean-up of the
try
o’er and o’er; he ate our fruit,
Commerce held one of the finest all those fine people who so gen­
On September 17, 1787, the Cave Junction, Oregon.
drank in our seines and prospect­ smelter brought results little
meetings of the year last Tues­ erously gave of their time and Constitution was signed, William Deat Sir:
ed on sow-belly and beans.
dreamed of. even by the most san­
day noon. There were 35 present talents to help make the success Ewart Gladstone for many years
It seems inconceivable that
He
guine admirer of the marvelous
found
more
wealth
than
he
and the business discussed and we had. If the list is not com- guided the destinies of the British
certain men in California and could use then started in the land little machine that has awakened
considered was from the building plete, we will consider it a favor Empire with rare ability and
Oregon are trying to have laws tr busy: Crater lake was fine but the entire southern part of the
of the new road from Happy to be told of any omission, Fol- ranked royally among the out­
enacted to hamper or prevent th«1 not just right, the Oregon caves state to th«1 realization that this
Camp, California to Cave City, lowing is the cast:
standing diplomats of the world. revival of the mining industry.
were out of sight; our vegetables section is still one of th«1 greatest
to the mining situation and the
He declared the American Con­
Indian Love Call, Sonia
The discovery of gold in Cali­ grew large and fine, our fruit was i mining centers of the country.
new smelter brought into the val- nell, of Portland, accompanies! by­ stitution to be the greatest doc­
fornia advanced the progress of great on tree r.nd vine, but why
Running a ton of concentrates
lev by th«1 Precious Metals Re- Mrs. Charles Babcock on the ument penned by human hands.
this country one hundred years didn't we make wine like the win« from the Esterly mine, that had
covery & Smelting Co.
The considerate judgment of sooner than it otherwise would
piano. In the first scene Chief
of the Rhine instead of existing [ already been run through sluice
Art Drews was in the chair as Joseph of the Rogues was playeil i mankind for more than a century
have been, gold mining was the on common moonshine?
Our boxes twice before, and the thot
warmly
presiding officer and
by William Armstrong, other bore out this high praise of the i chief factor in its development.
summers
were
too
long
and
oi.r paramount that no values were
thanked all the citizens for the chiefs were Frank Mellow, Ortis distinguished
Englishman, and
All of th«1 western slope might winters too short, and the sun left. What an awakening to the
splendid work done in support of i Seats, William Armstrong, Jr., without an exception from the
I have been called a trackless wild­ shone too brightly for out-of- possibilities of the smelter given
the Miners’ Jubilee. Hi* said, I George Lillis, and Harold Hill founding days of the Republic
erness when Daniel Webster said, door sport; our winters were too the populace when they recovered
“each and every citizen of the danced the scalp dance.
and the adoption of the Constitu­ i “What do we want with the wild
wet, our summers too dry, some more than five pounds of bullion
valley helped put the Jubilee over
The sailors were played by Roy- tion every forward movement and wooly west?” But about the
lands were too low and the rest of rare metals that will run into
and next year it will be bigger Wells, D. W. Burn, Jim Payne, among the peoples of the earth
time that Webster uttered those too high; our women were too hundreds of dollars, This from
anil better.”
Ken Wells, Freely Sawyer and and every newly forming nation memorable words, or perhaps a
beautiful and men vice versa, our concentrates that were pushed
He introduced J. E. Simmons of j | Frank Mellow-.
followed the lead of America.
little after, Marshall in 1848 dis­ lawyers too mean and the poli­ aside as worthless, yes even used
the Quarantine1 station who re- j
Every nation in the western covered a few particles of gold in
Scene three players were, Ken
ticians worse, and to top the cli- to pave streets and used for walks
ported that they ar«1 very much Wells, Chuck Warren, M. C. | world is a Republic and the Em­
the mill race at Coloma. That max — here his patience was around the homes in the valley.
interested in a power line down Athey, Jim Wells, Joe Hudron, pire from which America won find of the precious metal caused
lost—he had to wait ’till Deceni- What a scratching there might yet
to the state line.
Orval Seats, Bud Mathews, Roy j her independence in the years a rush of hardy adventurers from
ber
to enjoy a good frost. All develop?
Mr. Hussey reported that there Wells, Frank Mellow and Ted since has become the greatest de- ■
all parts of the world to the Pa­ this he wrote and mailed it so, to
Th«1 management of the smelter
were now a great many more who Athey.
mocracy.
cific coast. They came around Hi. O. Roe, of Ohio; then he will not give out much informa­
would use th«1 power if the COP
We the people of America, owe Cape Horn in old sailing vessels,
In the Oregon Caves scene 1
packed his grip and rode away, tion concerning the last clean-up.
CO would build the line to the Chief Big Horn Bullock of Grants an undischargeable debt tr> the
or they crossed the plains in cov­ back to Iowa went O. I. Day, and They do not know exactly what is
California border. He also stated Pass took charge and introduced founding fathers who gave us our
ered wagons drawn by oxen, and there people say, much to their in the metal and what it is worth,
that if the electric company did the Cavemen Queen Helen Carl­ Constitution—the greatest gov­
they endured all manner of hard­ regret, that O. I. Day is knocking nevertheless, they know they have
not build the line there were pri- son and Princess Kay Knox and ernmental boon ever granted to
ships and overcame the greatest yet, protesting loud both night the bullion and they also know
vate interests who would do so. the queen of the Miners' Jubilee, the sons of men.
difficulties which nature had and day about every thing in that it is very valuable in rare
A resolution indorsing the Edda Burke and her Princesses,
And at this time it is most fit­ thrown in their way; and at
metals, and that it came from the
Iowa.
power, project from its present Dora St. John, Elinor Aiken and ting that we in Illinois Valley
length they reached the Pacific
Esterly concentrate* When the
o
terminus to the stat«1 line was Nelle Hayden. He also intro- j unitedly observe the 150th anni-
coast, where with the efforts of
information conies from the mint
unanimously adopted.
duced the Indian Princess from ■ versary of so signal an achieve- their horny hands they caused Coming Attractions
they will make the contents
E. A. Breech said the Quaran­ Happy Camp, California, Elma | ment as the bringing into being
this Golden region to go forward At Cave City Theater
known.
tine station would consume about Atterbury.
He then called for of this immortal document.
with a bound of progress un­
There is one certainty—The
3000 watts, He said there were 1 Desmund H. Stoval. of South
It is especially becoming us in equaled in the world history.
smelter
has made good and it has
scenes
while
Filming
dramatic
four other houses there who [ Pasadena, and the Cavemen pro­ Cave City to join most enthus­
The miners of Placer, Eldora­ hunters stood guard to ward off given new hope and life to this
would take another 3000 watts ceeded to initiate him into the or­ iastically in this celebration on do, Nevada, and Sierra countries
'district, and business generally is
and that all told there were poten- der. Other cavemen in the scene Friday night, September 17th, in together with the cornstock lode enthusiastic lions or hungry croc-
on the climb. All the merchants
odiles;
renting
the
entire
popula
tial users who would consume were Moses, Ringuette George i the Cave City theater. It comes in Virginia City, Nevada, the lat­
in Cave City are busy and it be­
tion
of
native
villages
from
their
from 6000 to 7000 watts.
! at a most opportune moment in ter alone yielding nearly $500,-
Thrasher, Shaw and Byrd.
sultans, to serve as extras; direct­ gins to look like a real stampede
J. W. Dudley of the Oregon
In scene five the players were. 'the history of our rapidly devel­ 000,000 in gold and silver, caused ing a dozen different and often will soon be coming this way. As
Miners’
Protective
association Dr. A. N. Collman, Freely Saw­ oping community. In the success­
a flood of wealth to pour into the unfriendly tribes at once—these soon as the press releases the
told of the fight the association yer, Ortis Seats, Fred C. Jones, ful launching of the Miners' Jub­
coffers and vaults of San Fran­ are some of the complications of , amount of bullion in this last
was making for the miners of Ore M. C. Athey, Gordon Leonard, ilee and the hearty and willing
cisco, which made that city one of filming talking pictures in Africa, clean-up, a startled world will be
gon and said there was a very Jim Wells, Frank Mellow, Orval | cooperation which this received
the greatest seaports in the world. as recited by W. S. Van Dyke, di­ looking our way.
serious condition confronting the Seats, Ken Wells, Bud Mathews, from all local citizen^ as well as
Many of those daring and rug­ rector of “Trader Horn.”
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miners of the state and that if George Lillis, Roy Wells and Des the quickening of interest in our j
ged men who were the first min
Horn
”
The
revival
of
“
Trader
they did not get together and Buyrne.
own expanding enterprises we ers in California, came after­
again brings to the screen one of Legion and Auxiliary
fight the injunction against 17
In scene six Joy Armstrong naturally find in this patriotic wards to Josephine county, Ore­ the finest pictures of wild animal Install New Officers
mining companies of Southern played the part of Suzanne, Mrs. celebration an occasion to express
gon where they made the old life and gives one more thrills
Oregon there might arise a con­ G. A. Peterson played Sarah, the deep sense of gratitude which
towns of Kerby, Waldo and than any of the pictures played
Last Wednesday new officers
dition where no miner would be Millie Trefethen Martha; Max- is common ^mong our people.
Browntown, hum with their en- in some time and it is again tak of the Legion and Auxiliary were
allowed to work his claim in the ene Patrick the minister’s sister;
The committee of intereste«! ergy and activity, and they left
installed. Amy Hussey first in­
ing the country by storm.
near future.
Lois Caine a guest; Fred C. Jones citizens who projected the Illin­ an ineffaceable mark behind
stalled
the officers of th«1 Auxil­
the
“
Trader
Horn
”
comes
to
Mr. Dudley sighted that the the minister and Dr. A. N. Coll- ois Valley observance of this an
them as their monument to pos­ Cave City theater two nights, Sat- iary. They were, Joy Badden,
people of the valley have proved
niversary found ready response terity, in the magnitude of the
man Charley Sutton.
urday and Sunday, September 18 president; Lucile Arnold, first
they could organize and fight for
to
their plans which were worked tasks of hard labor which they
farming
Scene seven was a
vice-president; Millie Trefethen,
and 19.
progress. He asked all who were scene and those taking part were, out in correspondence with the
second vice-president; Emily Kel-
performed, excavating in the
For
Friday,
September
17,
interested in mining to join a Clarence Sawyer, George Wells. national committees, these com-
Opal
creeks and gulches by hand un­ Manager Jones of the Cave City ! lert, secretary-treasurer;
branch of the Oregon Miners Frank Mellow. Tom Tycer, Ed. mittees were authorized by the
der the old primitive methods of theater has booked “John Meades Henry, sergeant at arms; Aunt
Protective association and help Tycer, Mn Effie Smith and Mrs.- Congress and worked under the
mining, where they accomplished Woman.” It brings to the thea­ Mary White, chaplain; Amy Hus-
fight this menace to the mining May Sawyer.
direction of the President.
instances as ter the ever popular Edward Ar­ sey, historian. Mrs. Burch play-
as much in many
1
industry in Oregon. There is no | The last scene was directed by
O. E. Jones, manager of the was done with i improved, modern
nold in a role similar to the ones ed the march. Mrs. Inez Webb
reason why the fishermen and Addie Skeeters Martin and was a Cave City theater, kindly con-
machinery.
he played in "Diamond Jim,” the only member admitted by her
miners could not get together and Christmas eve scene at Grandma s sented to the suggestion of the
There those sturdy pioneers “Meet Nero Wolf,” and “Come own service record was present.
settle the question to the advan­ home to practice singing and
committee, and the first show on who have now passed away, re-
i
and Get it” It is a powerful ro­ Mrs. Lucik* Wymore was a visi­
tage of all concerned, he said.
speaking for a program at th» Friday night will be followed im­ leased many millions of golden mance in which he is co-starred tor.
W. B. Grant of the California- community Christmas tree at mediately with the program as
Then District Commander Ed
dollars from the gravel beds of with Francine Larrimore. Arnold
Oregon Mining and Development Waldo Christmas night, 1883.
arranged. Mr. Jones has also Josephine county, and laid the
Gohrke
of Grants Bass installed
plays the role of John Meade, in­
corporation said this question af­
Those taking part in the scene planned to save a little time out foundation for the great common­ dustrialist, who tries to play with the new officers of the Legion.
fected the entire district and that were Mrs. A. A. Johnson, as of the general program so that
wealth of our country today,
women’s hearts as he does with They were. Commander, Harold
until it was settled we could not grandma; piano solo by Mrs. Ray- ample time will ffe given to the
Some critics who are opposed high finance and learns, to his Hill; Vice-Commander, G. A. Pet­
expect any outside capital to in­ Kennedy, as Aunt Ellen; solo, observance of the 150th anniver­
to the mining industry are pre amazement, that it can’t be done. erson; Adjutant, C. Y. Arnold;
vest here. He has just returned Silent Night, by Sonia Bunnell; sary.
Finance Officer, Archie Ander-
senting scare crows in the news-
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from New York and had $30,000 song, Oh Suzanna, Betty Ken­
The program will consist of the papers to frighten the farmers by CHAMBER MEETS TUESDAY son; Sergeant at Arms, Lee Hen-
to invest for one company but he nedy; two guitars, Harold and singing of patriotic songs, and
Visitors from Grants Pass
telling the latter that the revival
ry
Illinois
Valley
Chamber
of
could not recommend that the in­ Farl James; chorus sung by Bet for the night the guest speaker
were Commander Emil G ders,
of the mining industry will work
vestment be made until this ques­ | ty Kennedy; old fashioned waltz , will be the Rev. Vt illiam A.
Commerce Will meet every Tues­
Vice Commander Bill Mauer and
to the 1 utter ruin of the farmers,
day
for lunch and transact such
tion of pollution was settled.
danced by Flora James; reading I Brown, founding pastor of The that their lands will be overfiow-
Sam Archibald. Art Keller was
come before the
A resolution was then intro- ! “Not Very Big,” Dorothy Thrash­ Friendly Mission. Dr. Brown’s
the retiring commander.
' ed with tailings and debris, and business as may
valle-'
is
duced and passed that the Cham- er; a neighbor girl of Grandmas, theme will be “The Constitution.
members.
The entire
After the installation lune : w.is
i the fish killed, and that the
cordially invited to attend these
ber do all within its power to get Alice Smith; her twin brothers, Then and Now.”
served by the Auxiliary an I vis-
streams will be so polluted by the
meetings, whether you are a mem­
a branch of the Oregon Miners Joseph and Jake, “The Singen
itors were introduced. Mrs. Webb
working of the mines as to elim-
ber or not, and the membership
Protective association organized Youngens'; song, “We are Hay­
gave a reading. Archie Ander­
inate
all
fishing
and
sport.
Furniture Store
committee asks all interested to
in the Illinois valley.
seeds,” Johnny Smith and Neil
son was given a rising vo a of
Now the writer has lived in
become members of
the Cham­
Renne Roth, of the smelter Freitas; baby, looking for Santa. Locates in Cave City
thanks for the splendid wo •'{ he
Oregon the greater part of his
company, said the district was full | Ruthie Smith; reading by Aunt
has done in conducting the dances.
life, and he fails to see any great ber.
A new enterprise locating in
of precious metals far beyond Sue, “How Grandma Danced the
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After the speakir.y those pres­
amount of farming land of much
their expectations and it was his Minuet,” Sue Martin; Colonial Cave City will open soon under
GOODINGS LEAVING VALLEY
ent enjoyed dancing until mid
value in that state that has been
belief that rare metals of great minuet danced by eight ladies in the management of 1 Mrs. Lucille
Mr. and Mrs S. O. Gooding and night. Music was furnished by
irundated and damaged by hy-
value are stored in the district. Colonial costume, ladies—Ruth Wymore. The store • is located
daughter,
Louise, of Camp U-Rest players from the State Line Ren­
Neiher has the
draulic mining,
Russia is the greatest producer of Tompkins, Sofia Bunch, Mabel next door to the News office and
was
are
leaving
next Sunday and wish dezvous.
Announcement
killed
in
the
riv-
writer seen fish
platinum at present, but there is Ramsey, Francis Smith; gentle- will be a new and second hand
ers by tailings and debris from to thank their many friends and made of the regular dance next
no reason why Josephine county men—Pearl Honck, Ella Patrick furniture store.
patrons of the Illinois Valley for Saturday night.
the hydraulic mines.
Mrs. Wymore is offering a cash
should not take the lead in the Lena Payne and Arta Freitas,
their
friendship and patronage
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And there is no pollution of the
next few years, if the miners will Mrs. A. A. Johnson was accorri- prize for the best name for the
streams in the summer months during the past year. If by any
Put out in th«- open air for the
store and in this weeks issue of
go to work on their claims, he ex­ panist for the dance«
when the sportsmen do their fish­ chance Mr. Gooding has forgotten Miners’ Jubdee so that all could
with
I the News you will see her ad
claimed.
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ing. As the miners only operate to take care of any outstanding see the machine while demon-
I further details as to what you
Mr. Roth expects the mines of
the mines during months when indebtedness, he is,very anxious strating its work, the smelter has
Miss Eleanor Galeno, daughter I should do to win the prize.
this district to produce over $6,-
to have same presented and taken now been moved into the Wood-
rivers are flooded and high.
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000,000 in the next two years of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Galeno of
There is no need of disagree­ care of immediately. The News bury building for the winter. af-
with the aid of the smelter that O'Brien, left recently and is now
L. E. Bidache and O. E. Jones ment between the miners ami regrets their departure from the
ter which time, the company will
attending St. Mary's Academy , made a business trip to Grants
valley but wish them every suc­ build their own building on a site
in Medford.
i Pass last Wednesday.
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cess in their new location.
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they will select this winter.
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