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Gateway to The Oregon Caves Illinois Valley News A LIVE WIRE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE ILLINOIS VALLEY AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS Volume I No. 15 Cave Junction. Oregon, Thursday, March 17, 1938 T Dance and Program at Grange Hall News Items From Kerby High School Film Presents OH In a Misleading Corner With Propaganda Phil Snort On the honor roll for the last six weeks appear the following names: I SENIORS; Juanita Squire Faye McLean One of the most enjoyable This newspaper, published in evenings for entertainment was JUNIORS: the center of the oldest and most Myrtice Jones held last Saturday night in the extensive gold mining section of Phyllis Jones Illinois Valley Grange hall when I the west, wants to register its Grace Thrasher the Grange presented an old Pion disapproval of the propaernda eer Dance and program. Norma Tycer contained i i the recent motion Audrey Wilbur Preceding the dance the pro picture. “Gold Is Where You Find gram given by Grange Lecturer, Delbert Hill It.” It would seem that the cre Mrs. Addie Martin, was greatly FRESHMEN: ators and promotora of motion William McLean enjoyed and many artistic and pictures have now set out to sell William Hensley novel numbers was presented. the people the sentiments of the Those taking part in the pro Bernice Allen producers themselves in favoring gram were: Barbara Hensley one industry and disgracing and “An Old Fashioned Song,” by Harold James damaging another. Vivia Johnson and Verlie Bab Those who attended grades en The picture purports to depict cock. titling them to honorable men an early day incident of tailings Reading, “The First Settler’s tion are: from some placer gold mine flow- Story,” by Roy Wells. Ray Bergman ing down a California valley and Bud Brooks Song, “On the Banks of the supposedly, inundating wheat Atkins,” by Jack Fetterly. Wanda Burch farms. It shows water wells filled Piano duet, Marjorie and Joyce Pauline Roinson with mining tails; it sets forth Breech. Vera St. John such unreasonable situations as Reading. “Tale of the Early Faye Tycer families still living in shacks and Days,” by George Wells. Now that basketball season is hovels until the flow of tailings Tap dance, in costume, by Janet over, the boys are devoting their becomes of such quantity and Martin. athletic periods to baseball when force as to crush the buildings and Song, “My Little Old Ford,” ever the weather permits. The kill women and children; it de with guitar accompaniment by girls, too, have been playing base picts mining men as greedy, sel-, ball. Elmer Massey. fish, murderous, lawless men who The school board is anxious to stop at nothing—and who look up Reading, “Popping Corn,” by Mrs. J. Wilber. get the athletic field cleared and on ruining damage to his fellow Song, “One Fleeting Hour ” by ready for use as soon as possible. man, and the rule of right and George Martin assisted by Mrs. Due to adverse weather conditions wrong, as a mere comical fable; Verlie Babcock at the piano. however, they have been able to it shows them to be men who are Reading, “How Sochery Set the accomplish little. not only willing, but ravenous for Ohl Blue Hen,” by Noble Parker Tuesday, Marchl5, the girls of the murder and butchery of hu of the Deer Creek Grange. the home economics department man beings in order that their Several Deer Creek Grangers entertained the members of the mad dive for gold may be perpet attended the program and dance. Chamber of Commerce with a din- uated and promoted; as men who ------------- o------------- ner. sneer at law and order and author The students are looking for- ity and who trample the courts Cave City Theater ward to an enjoyable time Fri- under their feet into the very day evening when there will be slime and slickens of their own Attractions at the Cave City a school party. The boys are to greedy activities. City theater Saturday and Sun pay for the entertainment and the It depicts the mining engineer day are varied and entertaining. girls are to furnish the refresh as a traitor to his profession—a ments. Privilege to attend the “Love and Hisses” with Walter man who is willing to destroy his Winchell and Ben Bernie and the party is also extended to alumni employer's costly creations, when winsome Simone Simon playing who are willing to pay a small fee. ever he elects to desert to the o the leading roles. This combina enemy; and the contempt of the tion always smacks of something KERBY TEACHER LOST IN contemptible—it shows an Amer GRANTS PASS HI BUILDING out of the ordinary and this pic Miss June Dahlgren attended ican girl who betrays the man she ture has it. loves in order to return to a dis Wednesday, March 23 comes the basketball tournament for the avowed principle. Josephine county championship in "Ebb Tide." Thrills, adventure, The entire picture, from start romance all together in the first Grants Pass high school recently. After the games were over, she to finish, is just as unreasonable South Sea picture ever filmed in color. Three men and a woman evidently became slightly con and overdrawn. It seeks to leave caught in the ebb tide of hope, of fused and while waiting for her the impression that mining as an happiness, of pride itself, strug escort who had participated in industry, and the millions of min gling, fighting, working out their one of the games, our teacher got ing people, as a group, is the in carnation of everything that is own salvation in a tangled, soul in the wrong hallway. i bad, dangerous, lustful and law Her escort came out and after stirring drama. waiting about 30 minutes, be- less—denizens of an industrial ra........................................................ *3 came alarmed and a searching underworld; that these mining will destroy you root and COMING EVENTS [ party was organized and the lost bandits was found just before the school branch; that they will ru.i you out with terrorism, destroy your was locked up for the night. business, wipe out your capital, ------------- o --------- Every Tuesday noon — Illinois destroy your homes or kill you Valley Chamber of Commerce Josephine County Bull and your wives and children if meets. Wins Recognition necessary, and, with their loaded arm,, defy the orders of all Thursday, March 17 — St. Pat A Josephine county Guernsey courts. The miner, they would rick’s Day. bull, Pioneer Victor’s Standard dramatize as the prince of all bad 116092, bred by the Leonard citizens—whereas the farmer is Monday March 21—Spring. Estate company of Grants Pass shown as the terrestial Godhead, and owned by J. C. Calhoun of of everything that is good, law- Thursday. March 24 — P.-T. A. Grants Pass, has just won nation abiding and gracious. Card Party at I. O. O. F. hall al recognition. We have no quarrel with the in Kerby. This bull, having five daugh farmer he is the tiller of the soil, ters which had made creditable of Friday, March 25—Operator’s ex ficial records, has been entered the noblest of occupations, but at amination for drivers license at in the Advanced Register of the the same time we can say nothing but good of the miner. Indeed it Cave City. American Guernsey Cattle club. is a well established fact that “Pioneer Victor’s Standard” Friday, March 25—Annual Gar will be known hereafter as an Ad mining men, as a whole, are a fine, intelligent wholesome, hospitable den Daffodil Tea instead of vanced Register sire. Only March 18, at the home of Effie Guernseys which meet high pro industrious and peaceful group of people, and withal the fountain M. Smith. duction requirements are eligible source of our monetary system. for entry. These picture producers seek to Friday, April 1—All Fool’s Day. climax their debacle with propa CANDIDATES FOR ganda for a great agricultural and Sunday, April 3—Barbecue, pro- , horticultural future of Califor gram and handicraft exhibit at ■ COUNTY OFFICES nia—not a world, not the United County Judge — CCC camp, in the afternoon. States—but just California. And John L. Dougall, republican. yet California is known the world A. L. French, republican. Wednesday, April 6—Army Day. around as the greatest and richest Stephen L. Jewell, democrat. mineral producing section in the W. A. Johnson, republican. Sunday, April 10—Palm Sunday western hemisphere. Hundreds of W. C. Lucore, democrat. millions of dollars worth of raw Grant W Matthews, republican. Saturday, April 16—Deer Creek | gold have been produced from and Illinois Valley Granges will Comminioner— Howard T. Edson, republican. California gold mines, and the 1 hold Fun Night. mining industry is still among the Richard McElligott, democrat. first in that state. Mining, as an ¡ H. S. Morgan, democrat Friday, April 19—Good Friday. industry, was first and foremost ■ H. N. Parker, republican. in the west, and it was GOLD, not > C. B. Pritchett, democrat Sunday, April 17—Easter Sunday. oranges, that lured the thousands Sheriff— of hardy pioneers to "cross the A. Donley Barnes, republican. Sunday, May 1—May Day. plains” and institute the develop Clarence Coon, democrat. ment of this new country. The State Representative— Sunday, May 8— Mother's Day. farmer followed into the new Elwood Hussey, democrat Monday, May 30—Memorial Day. W. H. Miller, democrat. (Continued on r«i« Three! I*rice 5 Cents I ' Phil Sawyer Attends Northwest Convention Phil Sawyer, accompanied by his mother, Mrs. F. L. Sawyer, left last Sunday for Corvallis where Phil attended the North west Refrigeration convention held in that city Monday and Tuesday. This is the annual convention of the refrigeration group and is composed of Oregon, Washington and Idaho members. Phil is the owner of the Illinois Valley Ice & Cold Storage company and ex pects to gain considerable infor mation on up-to-date refrigera tion ideas and was very glad to have an opportunity to attend as large a convention so near home. Mrs. Sawyer visited relatives and friends while in Corvallis, They returned home last Wednes- day. o Dear Ed: Here we go fer some heavy litterchur, what is gonto tell a lotter critters that your Uncle Phil Snort haint no ordinary writ er of friction, as some folks tries to ipake out. If I have sed it once I have a dozen times, and I'll say it again, that Phil Snort won’t lie. Of course I can lie if I wants to, but I’m too derned proud to do it. Tother day Cass Wymore comes to my place and calls me every thing that 1 possibly could be. and sez that me and Hussey wuz the derndest liars in the Burlington Register Books of the club; he sed that they want noif^.. flöSl’ April 2(1 fish in 90 milds of Rough-and- Ready crick; he sed that he went Every citizen has the right to up and down that air crick and vote. And every citizen should all over the Rough-and-Ready take the trouble to vote. It is hills, with a water-elm club, and your duty as a citizen to register not a blamed fish did he see. I and then when election time comes ast him if he went on top of the go to the polls and vote your ridges or did he go up the valleys, choice. and he tells me that he done went Citizens of the Illinois Valley up and down every derned valley can register at Johnny Wittrock's in the Rough-and-Ready hills. I at Kerby; The News office in Cave tells him that wuz where he made City or at the county clerk's of his mistake; that he’d orter went fice in the court house at Grants along the ridges and side hills, Pass. It does not cost anything and the higher he climes the big- to register. ger and‘juicer the fish. Well A large numer of people in the Cass throws a cuppie of fits, valley are not registered. Every foamed 'round fer a spell and one should register and do it be finally cools down when I ex fore April 20th when registering plains that the reason he didn’t voters for the May primaries will see no fish wuz that mebby they close. comes outen their holes, sees their o shadder and goes back in fer a nuther six weeks. Cass sed that Surprise Party Given mebby that wuz so, and that he For Ken Robinson wuz gonto go back, in a cuppie weeks and try his luck over. A surprise party was given Ken I jest been gittin’ 14 kinds of Robinson last Friday evening by four-year-old thunder acuse I left the Young People’s Christian En out pizen-oak when I wuz a tollin’ deavor society, celebrating Ken’s The News all about the kinds of 19th birthday, at the home of Mr. oak what the Illinois Valley has and Mrs. Lucius Robinson in Ker- got. Pizen-oak is the most essen- by. Games were played and later tial oak in the world. Goats live refreshments were served. and thrive on it. and they haint Those present were, Miss Mae no flies, flees or ticks can live on Bonham, Karl Theuerkauf, Bob goats. If we are to raise goats Schumacher, Ortis Smith, Myrtice then our pizen-oak will be the and Phyllis Jones, Dorothy Mc greatest asset we got. Pizen-oak Lean, Doris Jones, Grace Thrash is like politics: if you keep it in er. Alma Grey, Pauline Robinson side of you it won't hurt you any; and Bob Smith. but if it gets outside it’s gonto ------------- o-------------- ruin you. I sees in your paper that Nat leegion Auxiliary Woolley had a letter foller him Sponsoring Contest all the way to Los Angeles and The American Legion Auxiliary back—where ever that is. Must of been a dunnin’ letter to of fol- is sponsoring a poppy poster con lered him like that—or, mebby, test. Fourteen schools were asked one from Suzanne of Kerbyville. to enter and 10 teachers respond Well the dern letters can foller ed with 68 pupils entering. Three prizes of $1.00 each will liim if they wants to; I’ll be hanged if I will. I tried to foller be given for the best poster en him, onct, but it wuz a ruinin’ me tered in each of three classes. The some one will socially, financially and physical Legion hopes make an entry for the department ly, so I hadder quit. Tother day I goes over to Van prize of $5.00. Outside judges ner Johnson’s place to git some will select the best posters and hay. and I surely done ’joyed my award the prizes. self, for, you see, it has been over a quarter century since I wuz Credit Association there. I haint been over there Planned for Valley since Jeff Wimer sold out. It's kinder off my beat. Vanner is A subsidiary of the Grants quite a home guy and if I hadder Pass Creditors’ association is be ranch like hisn I’d stay at home ing talked of for the Illinois Val too, and wouldn't hafter go gad- ley. A member of the Grants din’ 'round lookin' fer hay. If Pass organization wants the opin we only had ranches scattered ion of the merchants of the val along the Redwood highway like ley, whether they would like to Vanner’s, or Bob Walton’s, or have an association or be identi- Louis Mauer’s or Jim Lewis', or fied with the Grants Pass organ- George and Roy Wells', or Ed ization. Tycer's, or the George ranch, or— Any merchant interested in the Thunder! what’s the use? If we proposal should contact some one had a lotter ranches like they got of the officers of the Illinois Val- over on the Althouse and Sucker ley Chamber of Commerce and crick scattered along the Redwood state his views. highway, where it traverses ■■ ■ ■ o — Rough-and-Ready flats, tourists ALMA MARTIN S BIRTHDAY wouldn’t think we al) belonged to Mrs. Alma Martin was surprised the Burlington liars club when with a sumptuous birthday cake they read our broadcast propa made by Mrs. Ida Hickman of ganda. By all means finish that Camp U-Rest last Wednesday. O’Brien - Takilma - Holland-Caves Later in the day a number of road; put up signs with arrows friends called and cake and cof pointing the way and reading: fee were served to help celebrate Agricultural Section of the Illin- the occasion. ois Valley. Yours, A birthday dinner was celebrat Phil Snort. ed today by Kenneth Carson on ------ O - ' his (?) birthday. A delicious cake Mrs. L. C. Hussey was transact with all the trimmings was enjoy ing business in Grants Pass today. ed by several friends. High School Class Feeds Chamber The Illinois Valley Commercial club held one of its very best meetings of the year when they were guests of the Kerby High School Economic class last Tues day. The girls did themselves proud and the high praises they received for the splendid lunch prepared was testimony that there are a lot of pretty girls who are good cooks in the Kerby high school. President Drews called the meeting to order after all enjoyed the luncheon and asked Elwood Hussey to introduce the guests. The following were presented to the club members: G. E. Mitchell, superintendent of the Siskiyou National Forest; M. M. Nelson, ranger at the Redwoods Ranger station ; Lieutenant Scobey of the Oregon Caves CCC camp; A. L. Mallery, vocational advisor at the camp and Mr. Tichenor, also of the CCC camp. M. C. Athey was called on and thanked the high school class for the splendid lunch served and told of some of the activities of the Chamber. Mr. Mitchel), principal speaker of the day, gave his listeners a word picture of some of our nat ural resources citing examples of the Indian who had all the nat ural resources of the nation and did not abuse them, but used them to the advantage of the inhab itants. But the white men came and plowed up the natural grass es and chopped down the timber, leaving much of the natural re sources of the nation reduced, in some cases as the middle west dust bowl, to almost destruction. He pointed out that politicians were put in places where trained executives should have been se cured to preserve and restore the resources given us. Wild life of every description used to be plen tiful, but the destruction of game and fish of the advanced generu tion has compelled rigid laws to restore our wild life and has fin ally caused trained men to be placed in positions of importance where our natural resources, to some degree, could be restored. Speaking of the timber, Mr. Mitchell said Oregon has one- fourth of all the virgin timber left in the nation • and the forest service is now working on plans so that a natural, normal supply could be utilized every year. He told of the pulp industry which is now using waste material that used to be destroyed. The nation uses 25,000,000 pounds of paper every year. A cord of pulp wood will make a ton of paper, and this material is finding a ready mar ket in places accessible, and in dicates the methods being used to conserve the timber. While Mr. Mitchell was too modest so to state, we all know that the conservation methods now being put into force is the result of the forest service and the principals it is putting to work to build up the nations supply, rather than diminish it. A most interesting and educa tional talk. It was too bad that the weather kept the hall from being packed to hear this fine ad dress by one of the leading land conservation specialist in the west. Lieutenant Scobey was called on and he told of the 5th anniver sary of the organization of the CCG organization, and the boys at Camp Oregon Caves are going to put on an event celebrating the occasion and invited all those present to be on hand Sunday April 3rd. The lieutenant said all his boys were from the south where they know how to barbecue a beef and this is going to be one of the features. He also told of the activities of Vocational Ad visor A. L. Mallery and an ex hibit of the handiwork of the boys would be on display. He said the celebration would give them an opportunity to show their appre- (Ccntlnued on Paas Thr««)
