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About Illinois Valley news. (Cave City, Or.) 1937-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1938)
Illinois Valley News A LIVE WIRE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE ILLINOIS VALLEY AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS , Volume 1 No. 37 Cave Junction, Oregon, Thursday, January 20, 1938 Price 5 Cents I Auxiliary Supports Universal Service Cave City Farmers Are Marches On Fourth In Invited To Produces Registration Conference Althouse "All serve equally and none profit specially,” if war should come—this is the intent of legis lation now before congress and being supported vigorously by the women of the American Legion Auxiliary, according to Joy Bad In 1851 a prospector by the den, legislative chairman of the name of Althouse went prospect- | local Auxiliary unit. Passage of jng on a creek in Southern Oregon the legislation during the present and was the first man to discover congress is being strongly urged gold on the creek that bears his by the Auxiliary as a vital meas- name. ure for the protection of the na- Althouse creek became a thriv tion’s peace. ing mining district shortly after The bill now before the senate the discovery of gold. In fact, proposes upon declaration of war there was a gold rush which last that: ed as long as the grafel banks 1— Authorize the President to along the creek were producing an determine and publicly proclaim abundant amount of gold by be j prices. ing worked with the only available 2— Authorize the President to mining methods. make adjustments, when necessary People came to Althouse creek by public proclamation. from all parts of the United States 3— Authorize the drafting of and foreign countries too. China, I I the nation’s man-power, between and Sweden were well represented the ages of 21 and 31, subject to ■*»n Althouse creek in the 1860’s. such conditions, exemptions, rules No one knows the amount of gold and regulations as the President that the Chinamen took home with may prescribe. them, and a -tatician could only 4— Authorize the taking into approximate | the military service, as civilians, determine the mount by judging from the any persons engaged in the man quantity and general run of the agement or control of industrial gravel. or manufacturing establishments In the early days, there were designated by the President. no roads in the vicinity of the 5— Authorize the licensing of Althouse mining district. Horse those classes of business determin and muleback transportation was ed by the President as necessary the only transportation available for the successful prosecution of and Waldo was the principal trad war. ing post as the first road to Illin 6— Authorize the fixing of pri ois Valley was built from Crescent orities in which orders may be City to Waldo. filled by any manufacturer, deal All equipment and supplies er, producer, exporter, importer, were packed from Waldo to Alt- or public service in the United .house and tributaries. States. In the past few years and at 7— Fix a tax, for the duration the present time, modern develop- of the emergency, of 95 per cent , ments are being carried on. The of all income above the previous primitive methods of mining are three-year average, with proper still carried on by a few prospect adjustments for capital expendi ors, but modern equipment and tures for war purposes by existing methods directed by skilled engi or new industries. neers are fast taking hold. At 8— Fix a penalty of $100,000, the present time, modern methods or one year in jail, or both in the and skilled engineers are required discretion of the court, for vio as the old timers mined the ground lations. that was easiest to work. 9— Give the President power to The early day miners were pla create agencies, boards, and com cer miners only, they paid no at missions, and employ necessary tention to quartz. Aside from personnel to carry the purposes of placer mining, several quartz the Act into effect. The bill in mines are being developed at the the house was reported without present time. the manpower drafting section and * The completion of a few U. S. with the tax feature changed Forest Service roads is a boon to to permit congress to fix a tax the mining industry. The con ing program after declaration of struction of 11 miles of telephone war. line up Althouse creek has re o cently been completed, so now Coming Events at the we have communication. Cave City Theater From general appearances, de velopment will continue on Alt Next Saturday and Sunday at house and will once more become the Cave City theater, an attrac a prosperous mining district for tion extra-ordinary will be pre many years to come. sented for the enjoyment of the MARVIN C. RAMSEY. people of the valley, when Man —o- ager Jones presents "GOOD Kerby Rebekahs Install New Officers for Year Rebekahs held their installation services at the Odd Fellows hall in Kerby Wednesday evening. January 12. The following offi- cers were installed: Mrs. Artie Freitas, noble grand; Mabel Ramsey, right supporter; •Mrs. Addie Martin, left supporter; Mrs. Lulu Wells, vice grand; Freda Messenger, right supporter; .Dollie Duncan, left supporter; Mrs. Eda Hoskins, warden; Vivia Johnson, conductor; Mattie Sey- ferth, inside door keeper; James Hogue, outside door keeper; Fran cis Smith, treasurer; Agnes Yerke, secretary. Lovely plants were given to Ruth Tycer and Sophia Bunch, re tiring officers. After installation refreshments were served to about 50 Odd Fellows and Rebekahs. -------------- o ------ — ♦Kerby Grade School Board Visits School The Kerby Grade school board made its monthly visit to the "school Tuesday. January 11th. It was decided that several improve ments could be made to the grounds and building and this will be taken up at the next meeting. o-------------- Support the Fire Department. EARTH." one of the best. All the hillsides were terraced out and planted, just as is done in China, where the farmers cut nar row shelves into the hills to walk on and thus plant produce even on the steepest grades. A stream or small river was dug through the center of the location, lined with stones after the Chinese fashion. Water wheels brought from China, and operated by the water buffalo, supplied a complete irrigation system. The wheels were bought from a North China farmer, together with all his implements and household goods, and shipped wth thousands of other properties to the studio. On Wednesday. January 26, come- “Varsity Show,” with Dick Powell and Fred Waring. The combined men and wom en’s glee clubs of California's Po mona college are to be heard in colorful campus singing sequences of Warner Bros, elaborate new musical. The men's club has won 11 of the last 14 annua) singing contests in the Pacific Southwest confer ence and have been national cham pions. The women s club won the Pacific Southwest conference title last year, so the singing in this picture should interest all musical ly inclined. Look out for pedestrians. I With all advance preparations Not only was 1937 a blue-ribbon year for tourists in Oregon, but completed for the one-day Jose every month saw more non-resi phine County farm economic con dent motorists registered than in ference in Grants Pass, Tuesday, any similar month in the past. Sec January 25, a general invitation retary of State Earl Snell said has been extended to farmers and this week. their wives, as well as to any bus December, with 5690 out-of- iness men interested, to attend the state registrations, brought the conference, which will open at 10 year's total to 155,161, nearly 11 o'clock, in the circuit court room per cent ahead of 1936, wheih was at the court house also a record smashing year. If advance interest is any indi California led the parade of cation, a large number will be on states in the number of Oregon I hand during the day to assist in visitors, with 78,753. Washing the consideration of important ton was second with 24,721 and questions facing the agricultural Idaho was third with 5084. Other industry of Josephine county, leaders were Canada, Nebraska, says County Agent, O. K. Beals. Montana and Colorado. Altogeth In the light of recent develop er 4 states, the District of Colum ments—national, state and coun bia, seven territories and depend ty—the farmers and their wives, encies and nine foreign countries with the assistance of specialists were represented on the guest list. from Oregon State college exten Ashland was the most heavily sion service, will seek the answers patronized of the registration sta to such questions as: What is the tions, with 28,308 visitors check outlook for agriculture in 1938 ing in. Other stations which did and over the next few years? In a brisk business were: view of the outlook, what crops, Grants Pass 21,734 numbers and kinds of livestock, Brookings 13,420 should be produced in the coun What kind of land use pro 9,174 ty? Cave City 8,833 gram will conserve soil fertility Klamath Falls 6,800 anil prevent erosion? What is the Arlington Umatilla ................... 5,483 relationship between the farm .... 5,293 i home and the farm business? Portland ................ . The conference will be opened (Portland AAA) ..... 1,553 3,924 by Victor Boehl, who is serving as Gold Beach 3,773 chairman of the day. Agricultural La Grande 3,579 planning and its effect on Jose Bend Eugene 3,397 phine county agriculture will be 3,396 discussed by Cqunty Agent Beals. Baker The first committee report to 3,342 Medford 3,032 be discussed will be that dealing Pendleton 2,978 with farm home and rural life. Ontario .. ...... 2,806 Following this will be a consider Huntington 2,357 ation of the facts gathered by the Salem . land use committee, after which a o- long-time discussion will be held on agricultural planning and its Slogan Wanted for relationship to the present agri New Oregon Book cultural outlook. Discussions of A contest for a slogan, or sub the reports of the committees on title, for the Oregon Guide has crops acreage and on livestock been auuounced by the Federal and grazing problems will con Writers' Project of the Works clude the day's program. Over 60 farmers have been serving on com Progress Administration The Oregon Guide, a compre- mittees during the past month hensive guide to the state, replete working on reports to be made. Those in charge are emphasizing with many photographs, is to be the desirability of general discus published sometime in 1938. His toric and contemporary Oregon i sion of the facts presented before will be described in four sections: reports and recommendations are essays, points of interest, cities, finally adopted. This conference is just another and tours The essays will include history, Indians, folklore, resour step in the successful 15-year or ces, industries, recreational facil ganized effort of Oregon farm ities and accommodations. Cities ers, working with the extension of importance and detailed points service, to keep the state's agri of interest such as the Oregon cultural industry on a profitable Caves and Crater Lake will be and permanent basis, points out treated separately. The tours will County Agent Beals. The Grants Chamber of Com be the first exhaustive treatment of Oregon highways, roads, trails, merce will hold their regular and waterways, arranged to show weekly luncheon on Tuesday in mileage and every possible point stead of Monday, and the pro of interest along the way, and pre gram will be devoted to the agri pared in daily travel units. What i cultural conference. All are in ever site may be reached by auto, vited to the luncheon in the Red- by pack horse, or by hikers, will woods hotel. be presented in its appropriate setting with all the romance and Boy Scouts Troop adventure associated with it through the years of discovery, Enjoys Ice Cream Party settlement, and development. At the weekly meeting of Boy An autographed copy of the first edition of the Oregon Guide will Scout troop No. 28, of Cave Junc be awarded a- prize to the person tion last Monday evening there whose slogan is considered most ! was a big freezer of ice cream to help celebrate the occasion. suitable. Several members passed their Following are some of the sub second class and first class exam titles used in other states which inations. At the conclusion of will give contestants an idea of what is wanted: Idaho: A Guide the meeting the ice cream was in Word and Picture; Maine: A served and enjoyed by the boys. The ice cream was donated by Guide "Down East”; Massachu setts: A Guide to its Places and Grovers creamery of Grants Pass People; New Hampshire: A Guide and a vote of thanks was extend to the Granite State; Rhode Is ed to Mr. Grover, who is actively land: A Guide to the Smallest associated with the Scout move State; Vermont: A Guide to the ment. All citizens interested in the Green Mountain State; Connecti cut: A Guide to its Roads 1,0 re I Boy Scouts are invited to be pres- and People; Washington: City and 1 ent at the next Court of Honor to Capital; Philadelphia: A Guide to be held at the Court House in Grants Pass early in February, the Birthplace of a Nation. Contest entries should be mail- Watch for the date in the News, ed as soon as possible to the Fed- Others present at the ice cream eral Writers' Project, Works fin'd tvere Scout Master Dr. A. I Progress Administration, 3 Myler N. (’oilman Clyde Hays, I .ess Building, Portland, Oregon, Feb- ruary 14 has been set at closing Henry and Ralph Huber, Assist- ( date of the contest. ant Scout Master. News Items From Kerby High School I Chamber of Commerce On Friday 14 the Kerby first team won it’s second conference game when it played Jacksonville. The The score was 2 4 to 17. second team lost by only four points—20 to 16. Tuesday how-i ever, the first team was defeated A small group of enthusiastic by Crescent City by a score of 23 i members were on hand at the last to 16. This was not a conference meeting of the Illinois Valley game. 1 Chamber of Commerce. Routine business was conducted Phoenix wll play our boys on but it was noticed that only three Friday 21, at our gymnasium. of the officers were present, the treasurer having to stay waiting The senior class sold Hot Dogs enxiously news from Grants Pass at the last two games and have as to wether it was a boy or girl. announced its intentions of selling C. Y. Arnold was a nervous, but them on Friday, Jan. 21. happy father when he received the report that both mother and A group of Kerby girls, who son were doing fine. are taking the Health Course un Dr. Wiliam A. Brown intro der Miss Riley, met n Grants Pass duced his guest W. D. Michener, Saturday for a two-hour class. of Los Angeles. Mr. McLean re ported a change in date for the The members of the senior class basket ball game between the Has- have received their class rings Wussers to Tuesday, February 8th. and pins this week and are very Secretary Collman read a letter happy to have them. from the Texico company re ceived by Bob Rout tating that The students are deeply con- the Redwood highway was open cerned in semester exams this the year round and not fog or week, and are looking forward to snow bound as some have thought. the time when the last one is com It also stated that all the hotels pleted. and auto camps were open. Another letter from the Gypsy Purchased as an addition to our Trail, Inc., was read asking the school library is a set of new Chamber to supply data of auto World War Encyclopoediae to be camps in the valley as well as used starting the next semester. fishing streams and hunting con- ditions. President Drews suggested that A Good Suggestion the Chmaber get out a folder tell- To Follow Up ing all the facts of hunting and fishing conditions as well as giv- In a recent issue of the G rants ing the name of auto camps. Pass Courier, there is an article Mr. Mcl.lean suggested that the concerning the building of a smel- folder giving the data about auto ter in Portland to take care of camps charges, should be paid for iron ore. by the camps for the advertising. Due to the fact that all recent Dr. Brown asked that a commit ore shipments have been from this tee be appointed to look into the section of the country, it would matter. A post card from C. B. seem more logical to build a smel Wade of Marshfield asked for ter in Grants Pass or Cave Junc such a folder describing the ii- tion. linois Valley. With the fact in mind that rail Art Drews suggested that the transportation costs are $3.50 per committee on new members be re- ton from Grants Pass to Port vived and a new and complete list land, and electric energy can be of all members be made. Mr. transferred from Bonneville to (Continued on Page Three) this section of the country at a small fraction of the cost of trans portation of the ore per ton from COMING EVENTS here to Portland, it would seem feasible to build a plant here. rriiiiiHiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnniiiiiii| ltlul)|||lll|O||,[,| Josephine ami Curry counties, Granfe and northern California, have hun Illinois Volley Grange, Thurs dreds of thousands of tons of chrome available in average of 40 day, January 20, February 3. Deer Creek Grange, Saturday, to 50 per cent to the ton. February 5 There should be no reason for Redwood Grange, Thursday, shipping this ore either to Port- land or to an eastern smelter January 27. Fruitdale Grange, Saturday, where at least one half of the ton- January 22. age shipped is a waste. Williams Grange, Thursday, For every ton of chrome ore smelted there would be a market January 20, February 3. Rogue River Valley Grange, for one ton of scrap iron, for which, as conditions are at pres Saturday, February 5. Merlin Grange, Friday, Febru ent, there is no market on the west ary 4. coast, except shipment to foreign Grave Creek Grange, Wednes countries, such as Japan. Taking all these things into con day, January 26. Shan Creek Grange, Saturday, sideration, it would seem timely for our Chambers of Commerce, January 22. Missouri Fat Grange, Friday, to contact Mr. Raymond Miller, consulting metallurgist, who is January 21. Josephine County Pomona proposing the smelter for Port land, as to the possibility of build Grange, Saturday, January 29th, ing such a plant here rather than Deer Creek Grange hall, all doy meeting. in Portland. • A Subscriber. Basket ball- Kerby vs. Phoenix, ■o---------------- conference game at Kerby, Friday, Parent-Teacher Ass’n. January 21 at 7:30 p. m. Meeting Card Party Success Kerby Parent-Teacher associa tion gave a card party at the Odd Fellows hall in Kerby last Thurs day, January > ’th, which proved to be one of the most enjoyable. Six tables of pinochle, one of bridge and two of five hundred were enjoyed. The following won awards: Bridge, G. A. Pet erson, Mis. Joy Badden, Arthur Kellert, Emily Kellert. Pinochle, Carl Stallcup, Lola Peterson, Ar thur Drews, Ruth Tycer. Five hundred, William J. McLean, Mrs. Leedy, Dr. A. N. Collman, Mrs. F. Jones. After the card playing, cake and coffee were served. Belt Lodge No. 18, A. F. & A. M., will meet Saturday, January 22 at 8 p. m., in Kerby Masonic temple. Western Star Chapter No. 64, O. E. S. will meet Tuesday, Febru ary 15. Kerbyville Lodge No. 55, I. O. O. F., will meet Tuesday, January 25, in Odd Fellows hall, Kerby. Marguerite Rebekah Lodge No. Ill, will meet Wednesday, Jan uary 26 in Odd Fellows hall, Ker by. Illinois Valley Garden club will meet Friday, January 28. Mrs. Blanch Robinson's home in Kerby,. - • Tex Goff and Cecil Owen were Illinois Valley Chamber of Com transacting business in Cave merce meets every Tuesday noon Junction last week end. u |1 )
