Courier
Gateway to The Oregon Caves
Illinois Valley News
A LIVE WIRE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE ILLINOIS VALLEY AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS
Volume II
No. 2
Cave Junction. Oregon, Thursday, May 19, 1938
Grade Schools Cave City
Graduation
Theatei
Our Recomendations "B" League School Board
Tomorrow we all go to the polls
and give our votes to the candi­
dates who strike our fancy. The
j primaries will be held tomorrow,
i polls open at 8 a. m. and close at
8 p. m. In another column we are
publishing the polling places for
The last of America's bisons,
Kerby, May 17, — Granduation
the four precincts in the valley and
exercises for the eighth grade pu­ maintained by the state of Arizona
the list of judges and clerks.
pils of the Illinois and Deer Creek in a determined effort to save the
It is the duty of every Ameri­
schools was held Monday evening animals from extinction, turned
can citizen to go to the polls and
in the Union high school gymnas­ actors when scenes were filmed
vote your choice. It is our Ameri­
ium at Kerby. A large crowd at­ with them for “The Bad Man of
can system, and should be of prime
tended the program which was well Brimstone” for which Wallace
importance to all.
arranged and held the attention of Beery and a company went on loca­
We do not for a moment desire
the audience The colors, lavender tion at Kanab Utah and in Zion
to take sides in any primary elec­
and white were shown in crepe pa­ National park. The new picture
tion. It is not good politics for a
per, and flowers making a bower opens, Saturday May 21st at the
country newspaper so to do, but
as a surrounding for the class of Cave City theater.
there are always extenuating cir­
The animals were herded before
28 boys and girls who marched to
cumstances, and this is one occas-
the stage processional played by the cameras for a spectacular se­
sion when these ircumstances oc­
Mrs. Norman of Selma. The class quence in the sago of pioneer days
cur and we are breaking the recog­
was presented by Alva Laws, prin­ and the coming of law and order
nized rule and statinng WHY we
to the West. A camera car drove
cipal of the Kerby grade school.
are doing so.
Song by the class, “Land of from Kanab to Fredonia, Arizona,
Of most importance to us all at
and then to the buffalo reservation
the Empire Builders.”
this time seems to be the office for
where J. Walter Ruben directed
Class Will, Emogene St. John.
Oregon. Governor Martin has as
Piano duet, Dora and Louise the players in ranches along the
his opponent Henry L. Hess, the
old Emigrant Trail in Utah.
Louise Hammel'.
union labor candidate who seems
Other scenes, depicting cattle
Address: “How Much is a Man
to be getting the backing of some
rustling, were made with hundreds
Worth,” Sen. W. A. Johnson.
prominent eastern officials.
Vocal numbers by Mrs. Hallock of head of Utah cattle, driven by
Whether he is or not, there is a big
with Mrs. Kennedy at the piano. cowboys, mostly descendants of the
threat that our present governor is
The address was presented simply Morman pioneers who settled the
in danger of losing the nomination.
and will be remembered as very ap­ region more than eighty years
This threat comes from Multnomah
propriate for the occasion; the ago.
and one or two other counties,
Arizona is making a determined
thoughts will be long treasured by
otherwise the governor will carry
effort
to
save
the
bison
which
once
those who were there.
the state by storm. We urge his
Of special interest to each stu­ roamed the entire East and Mid­
nomination on the democratic
dent were the awards which came dle west until decimated by hordes
ticket.
hunters as the country was
next on the program. Mrs. Bert
On the republican side we strong­
Badden announced the poppy pos­ gradually settled. Today, only a
ly
urge all republicans to vote for
ter awards and pointed out the comparatively few of the great an­
Clarence R. Wagoner. Wagoner is
postei« which were on display, win­ imals are left.
ning posters having been sent in
“The Bad Man of Brimstone,” is a strong Townsendite and knows
to state headquarters of the Le­ a story of the settling of pioneers the needs of this county as well as
gion Auxiliary. The posters on dis­ and the overthrow of the old-time anyone else. Should Martin lose
play showed good neat work and bandits and deperadoes with the the democratic nomination, you
talent. The winners are not named, rise of law and order, accompany­ will be darn glad Wagoner gets the
as they were published last week. ing population and progress. Wal­
American Legion awards and lace Beery plays “Trigger” Bill,
honorable mention were presented last of the great desperadoes, and Pony Express Left
by Harold Hill of Glenn Morrison Dennis O'Keefe, plays Jeff Burton, Kerby on Schedule
Post. The awards going to Heide prize-fighter who turns law enorc-
Sachse and Lyle Freitas as most er. Beery s character is a literal
The Pony Express left Kerby
outstanding boy and girl with hon­ cross section of the various famous postoffice for Grants Pass exactly
orable mention to Doris Jones, Car­ western bandits; O’Keef’s proto­ on schedule Thursday morning,
oline Hayden and Virginia Thrash­ type of Wyatt Earp, last of the with Nat Wooley, picturesque, in
er, Elwood Hussey, Louise Ham­ famous old federal marshals from attire that fitted the occasion and
mer, LeRoy Campbell, Emogene whose personal reminiscenes the entrusted with the air mail letters
St. John, Mike McBriety and story was inspired.
which numbered about 200.
Elmer Riblett.
Wooley got off to a flying start
Virgina Bruce plays the heroine,
Diplomas were presented by and Joseph Calleia, Lewis Stone, on the bay pony which acted as tho
Alva Laws to:
Guy Kibbee, Bruce Cabot and Cliff it were accustomed to the business
Virginia Thrasher.
of carrying mail.
Edwards are among the players.
Heide Sachse.
A large group of local people
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Wilber Longnecker.
gave the mail a big cheer as Nat
Edgar Gates.
rode off like he were a veteran to
Caroline Hayden.
such procedure. The colorful enve­
Lloyd Morrison.
lope carrying Kerby air mail this
Elmer Riblett.
week were stamped with a fitting
Emogene St. John.
design made by postmaster Mc­
Lois Kunkle.
Lean. This cachet will be treasur­
LeRoy Campbell.
ed by local collectors as well as
Edward Santos.
those at a distance who know Ker­
Ferro-alloy
Industrie»
Doris Jones.
There are several things of in­ by history.
Berniece Weaver.
The Pony Express carried cach­
terest to the local prospector that
Mike Wells.
are being agitated by the state de­ ets from other towns in the val­
la1 lie James Buell.
partment of geology and mining ley including 110 from Cave
Louise Hammer.
industries and we feel that it is Junction. At press time no word
Lorraine Williford.
time that lie had it called to his had reached the News office as
Robert W^hite.
time that he have it called to his to the number sent by Holland,
Franklin Frietas.
attention in order to profit by the Takilma, O’Brien or Selma.
Bonnie Thorp.
demands that may be made upon
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Alfred Norville.
local mi lerals.
Clinton Trefethen.
Through efforts of M:' Nixon, Precinct Committeemen
Roy Wilder.
who heads the activities of the de- To Be Written in
Margaret Pre itiss.
partment, attention has been call­
Bill Ackets.
ed to the advisability of an iron
In the Kerby precinct, there is
Tom Walton.
smelter in this state. The.fact that a vacant place in the precinct com­
upon completion of Bonneville dam mitteemen, female, ajid a name
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a source of extremely cheap pow­ should be written in for both part­
er is available is a major factor ies. This also applies to other pre­
in this move. Coupled with this is cincts in the valley, but we do not
COMING EVENTS
a stable demand for steel* and know who to recommend for the
a........................................................... 0 sizable industry which is further places.
In the Kerby precinct, demo­
Every Tuesday noon — Illinois backed by the fact that we have
Valley Chamber of Commerce all the raw materials in ores and crats should write in the name of
fluxes within th»- borders of this Viva D. Johnson, and place an (X)
meets.
-tate.
before the name, just as you do
At the present time, the freight when voting for some one whose
Friday, May 20—Primary elec-
rates on all rail shipments of fin­ name appears.
tion.
ished steel products from the east <
For the republicans, write in the
coast
porta is around 125 per long name of Sue H. Martin and don’t
Tuesday, May 24—Annual Wild
Flower show, I. O. O. F. hall, ton, with water shipments around forget to put an (X) in front of
$10 per long ton. Roughly, a half her name.
Kerby.
million long tons of «teel products |
Each precinct must have to com­
Saturday, May 28—Grants Pass are shipped from the east coast t mitteemen, male and female. If not
De Molay boys will put on ini­ yearly by all water freight. These on the ballot names can be written
tiatory degrees at Belt lodge freight charges must be assumed , in, and if no one is eleefed, the
committee names the vacancies
No. 18, in Kerby Masonic hall. by west coast buyers.
By the establishment of the ’ when in session.
Monday, Muy 30—Memorial Day. indu-try here in the state it will '
enable the market to save this . Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Counce ar­
Tuesday, June 7—Woman's Civic transnortation charge as well as rived from Eugene, last Monday,
club at the home of Mrs. De­ give an outlet to mineral that is when they received word from j
Etta Scott, Cave Junction. Mrs here, which cannot be shipped east Cave Junction that Mrs. Counce’s |
C. J. Jac»l»sen. »n4 Mrs. Scott' at a profit. Further benefit will be mother, Mrs. I.. C, Hussey was
very ill.
hostesses.
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Exercises
Opens Sat
Activities
In Mining
Price 5 Cents
nomination on the republican side.
Vote for Wagoner and don’t take
a chance.
For United States senator Wil­
lis Mahoney is tops on all candi­
dates. He is on the democratic tick­
et, but the republicans would be
smart to write his name in and
don’t forget to put an (X) befor»'
his name if you do.
For congressman from this dis­
trict on the republican ticket, we
urge the voters to keep Congress­
man Mott on the job
On the democratic side for
congressman, the entire county
vote should go to W. T. Miller of
Grants Pass, thoroughly competent
and a man from our own section.
Remember W. T. Miller.
The rest of the ballot speaks for
itself, ami we will not presume to
say anything about our local of­
fices. You know our own local men
and there is nothing we can tell
you about them«
The mtn-partisan judiciary bal­
lot is interesting to us as it con­
tains another local man running
for judge of the supreme court,
position No. five, James T. Chin­
nock of Grants Pass should have
your undivided support. Both dem­
ocrats and republicans can vote
this ticket. For position No. three,
we have great respect for J. O.
Bailey, present judge, who has giv­
en the state wonderful service.
For position No. two, Howard K.
i
Zimmerman was the only candidate
that had gumption enough to con­
tact voters in the valley.
Foremost and above all, make
an effort to do your duty and go
to the polls and vote. Let your
conscience be your guide and do
the best you can. No one can do
better.
Poppies Received for
American League Aux.
Poppies were blooming today at
the headquarters of Kerby unit of
the Amerian Legion Auxiliary at
Cave Junction, as the little red
memorial floweis which the people
of Kerby and Cave Junction, will
wear in honor of the World War
dead on Poppy Day, May 28th,
were being unpacked. The poppies
were received from
Portland,
where they were made by disabled
veterans for the Auxiliary.
The poppies are crepe paper re­
plicas of the wild poppies of
France and Belgium which bloom­
ed along the World War battle
front and which inspired the fam­
ous poem, “In Flanders Fields.”
More than ten million of them
have been made this year by dis­
abled war veterans working in gov­
ernment hospitals and in convales­
cent work rooms maintained by
the Auxiliary.
“Each flower has been shaped
painstakingly by th»' hands of some
disabled veteran,” said Lola Peter­
son, the Auxiliary’s Poppy Day
chairman, as she examined the
memorial blooms. "The poppy work
is a real boon to these men as it
is the only form of employment
open to them. Only men receiving
little or no government compensa­
tion are given the work, with pre­
ference going to those who have
families to support.
“For making the poppies and
attaching the official American
Legion and Auxiliary label, the
veterans are paid by the Auxiliary
they being the only paid workers
in the whole poppy program.
The Auxiliary supplies the ma­
terials and advances the money to
pay the men as the poppies are
produced. Approximately $100,000
in earnings goes into the empty
pockets of these veterans each
year, and in addition, hundreds of
thousands of dollars are raised for
Auxiliary welfare work.”
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WHERE TO VOTE
Selma Precinct—Voting booth in
Ed Hogue garage.
Kerby Precinct—Voting booth in
I. O. O. P Hall.
Althouse Precinct—Voting booth
in Harry Floyd Store.
Waldo Precinct--Voting booth in
school house at O'Brien.
Track Meet At Directors
Kerby High
To Be Elected
The “B” League Track meet
here last Friday with Hugo, Mer­
lin, Kerby, and Wolf Creek partici­
pating turned out a real success
for Kerby. The returns are:
High jump, first Don Hill, Ker­
by; second place. Wolf Creek.
Boys 100-yard dash, first, Berg­
mann, Kerby; second, Merlin.
Boys 440-yard dash, first Pren­
tice, Kerby; second Wolf Creek.
Girls 50-yard dash, first Watts.
Kerby; second. Merlin.
Broad jump, first, Haberman,
Kerby; second, Hugo.
220-yard dash, first Haberman.
Kerby; second, Merlin.
Girls 100-yard dash, first, Maur­
er, Kerby; second, Merlin.
Baseball, (accuracy), first, Lack­
ey, Kerby; second, Wolf Creek.
Baseball, (distance), first, Rob­
inson, Kerby; second, Hugo.
Baseball, (accuracy), first, Hu­
go; second, Tycer, Kerby.
Baseball, (distance), first, Maur­
er, Kerby; second, Hugo.
Girls relay, first Kerby; second.
Merlin.
Boys relay, first Kerby; second,
Kolf Creek.
Pole vault, tie, Bert Hill, Kerby
and Merlin.
The Juniors are busy preparing
for the Junior-Senior prom to be
held Saturday evening. May 21.
Each member of the junior and
senior classes is entitled to invite
one other person. Everyone ex­
pects to have a grand time.
The Seniors are working hard
this week in order to have the an­
nual out by the 20th. They are also
giving a part of their time to the
thought of graduation next Thurs­
day.
The girls who are members of
Miss Riley’s health class received
their certificates of achievement
on Wednesday of this week. Most
of the girls of this class feel that
they have derived a real practica­
ble knowledge from the course this
year. The girls awarded certifi­
cates were:
Faye Tycer.
Vera St. John.
,
Charlotte Badden.
Maxerte Roberts.
Dorothy McLean.
Juanita Hassler.
Loretta McCracken.
Cora Prentice.
■ Norma Tycer.
Grace Thrasher.
Claudia Buck.
Vivian Pullen.
Mr. Dougal and Dr. Peters, both
interested in Red Cross work, were
also present and mad«* interesting
speeches concerning their work.
Mr. Dougal presented the certifi­
cates to the girls.
Next month the property owners
of the valley will go to the school
houses ami elect members to the
school boards. Of the most import­
ance, and interesting election will
b«‘ that of the Union High s hool
at Kerby. Two directors are to be
elected. The term of Mr. Frost of
the Deer Creek district is to be
filled, and Mr. Frost does not wish
to run again. Geo. Thrasher, mem­
ber of the high school board whose
term runs for two more years, will
b»- ineligible to serve when he
moves away, and another director
will have to be elected to fill out
his unexpired term.
The high school board election
is held on the fourth Monday in
June, which comes on the 27th of
June. The Kerby grade school elec­
tion falls on th»- third Monday in
June, which is the 20th. One direc­
tor an»l a clerk is to b«* elected.
W. J. McLean's term expires this
year in the grade school in Kerby
district. We understand he will be
a candidate to succeed himself.
Mrs. George Thrasher is school
clerk and another clerk will have
to be chosen for Mrs Thrasher.
The present high school board
is composed of Lucius Robinson,
Kerby district, chairman; Martin
Maurer, Holland district; Harry
Smith, Whit»* district; Mr. Frost,
Deer Creek district, and George
Thrasher, Spence district.
The
school law requires that no dis­
trict may have two or more mem­
bers on th»' high school board. A
director will have to be chosen
from Deer Creek district, and one
from either of the following dis­
tricts: Spence, Takilma, O'Brien,
Payne and Waldo.
At a recent meeting of the cit­
izens interested in Deer Creek re­
cently they chose Harry M. Hens­
ley as their candidate to take Mr.
Frost's place. A petition with 10
free holders signatures will be pre­
sented to the board at their next
meeting. The News will give notice
in advance when^that meeting will
be held so all who are interested
can attend.
At the Deer Creek meeting a
delegation was nominated to at­
tend the next board meeting in
the interest of bus transportation.
This is coming to b»' one of the ma­
jor items of interest for the high
school for the next year, and some
plan will be worked out to the sat­
isfaction of all concerned, it is
hoped. Th«' committee from Deer
Creek is composed of H. M. Hens-
ley, R. A. Wilder and C. H.
Brooks.
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Warm Welcome (¡¡ven
Otto Adair Sunday
On Mother’s »lay the hearts of
all of us in Cave City were made
to beat a bit aster and our voices
took on an exultantly happy vein
when an auto stopped in front of
the post office, an auto bearing
home for Mother's day none other
than our fellow townsman, Otto
Adair. For many weary months
Otto has been confined to the
Josephine county hospital We in­
quired anxiously about his, to us
too slow recovery from th»' fright­
ful accident which befell him on
Hayes Hill last December, while
aiding in the trucking of the 90-
foot poles being prepared here for
the World’s fair building founda­
tions at the Golden Gateway to
America. We all thank D. L. Gard­
ner an»l John B. Harris for bring­
ing Otto home for that brief vis­
it with his mother and we hope
soon to have him home again for
good.
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The News desires to apologize to
C. J. Jacobson for not having his
name in our double page spread of
last week. Mr. Jacobson wanted to
be represented on that page, but
we failed to do our “stuff.”
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Al French Advertisement
I a ? ft Out of Last Issue
One of those mistakes which
cannot be explained and which is
exceedingly embarrasing to the
publishers, happened in our anni­
versary edition. A. L. (Al) French
paid for his political advertisement
am! gave us the copy, which was
lost some place between the Le­
gion hall and the News office and
was not in the issue.
Al, being the good scout that he
is, was disappointed, but said,
“Well run it next week and it will
be all right.” Of course, he was
disappointed not to be in the an­
niversary edition with all the rest
of the candidates, but we certain­
ly appreciate the good spirit Mr.
French displayed. His ad is in this
week's issue of The News, and for
our bungling we respectfully ask
all our readers to read the adv.
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Friday, Thirteenth
While pa.sing through Seba:’»-
pol Flat on h's way to upper can­
yon creek Bill Furlong killed a rat-
tlesnak»' last Friday, 13th. which
ha 1 13 rattles. Billy has the rattles
to prove the contention
You
would imagine that a make with
thii teen ratt cs would be more
careful on Friday the thirteenth