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Illinois Valley News
A LIVE WIRE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE ILLINOIS VALLEY AND SURROUNDING DISTRIC TS
Volume II
No. 3
Price 5 Cents
Cave Junction, Oregon, Thursday, May 26, 1938
Epidemic Of
Fires In The
Illinois Valley
Poppy Dance Plans Made
Legion Hall For Bigger
Saturday Nite Jubilee
In looking back at the last
The valley was hit very hard in
year Miner's Jubilee the commit­ the last few days with several dis-
tee feels satisfied that a good per­ astrous fires which leveled build-
formance was given, taking into ings to the ground with all con-
consideration the fact that it was tents.
the first of the celebrations. Time
Last Monday morning, the home
was extremely short for organiza­ of Charles Buck was completely de­
tion and to a great extent there stroyed when some paper from the
was considerable of inexperience ceiling came loose and dropped
in that sort of thing. However, it against the chimney, starting the
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seems everybody had a good time fire.
—perhaps a better time than they
County Commissioner, George
anticipated.
Thrasher was just leaving his
Looking forward to the coming home in Kerby for Grants Pass
Jubilee, the committee has laid and noticed smoke in the direction
plans for a larger and better pro­ of the house, but did not think
gram. Such changes as are anything of it because so many
felt necessary have been made. farmers have been burning rub­
There will be large exhibits, more bish and brush at this time of
amusements and more varied en­ year, but when he came to the
tertainment.
spot, he saw that the house was
Tlie play this year will be given on fire and went in immediately
indoors in the theater building so and tried to help save some of the
that there will not be the discom­ furniture, but the fire had such
fort to the audience that there was a start that it was impossible to
last year. There will be “Sailors save anything.
Diggin’s" where actual mining op­
A minor tragedy of this fire was
erations will be demonstrated to the graduation dress of Claudia
the public. There will be an old Buck, who will graduate front the
time Miner’s camp where actual Kerby school tonight.
miners, may come in and make
Mr. Buck had lumber near the
their camp for the Jubilee. There house to construct a new home,
will be mining machinery old and and this was also destroyed. He
new on exhibit, and there will be estimates the loss at about $2,000.
a spot where you can get your The house is situated about a
fill of real sour dough hot cakes mile north of Kerby on the high-
and wild honey. The mineral ex­ way.
hibit will be as complete for the
The Kerby fire truck an<l the
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district as it is possible to get.
truck from the forest service at
BOY SCOUTS TAKE I Preceding the Queen's ball Cave Junction were notified and
there will be a banquet given to got there as soon as possible, but
INTERESTING TRIP
the pioneers of the Redwood High­ the house was beyond saving when
way with s/M.-vi<es crowi variou- They arrived. Nothing was saved.
Boy Scouts of Troop No. 28 met
notables.
at the Legion hall last Sunday
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Jack Smock’s Mountain
morning about 9 a. m. and pro­
Ra nch House Burns
ceeded to the Esterly mining dis­ Ladies Auxiliary Ready
trict. We arrived at the edge of For Year’s Poppy Day
a large field where we parked the
war dead. No price will be asked
Illinois Valley will pay honor for the flowers, but contributions
ars. We took on a little water
and then started around the hill to the World War dead next Mon­ will be received to help support
where we went through several old day by wearing1 the little red pop­ the Legion and Auxiliary work
mining cuts, and explored several py of Flanders fields. The day for the disabled veterans, their
old cabins, one of which was oc­ will be Poppy Day here and families and the families of the
cupied. We climbed up on a pile throughout the United States. tion, offering paper replicas of the
of loose serpentine rock from Poppies will be distributed on the wild poppies of France and Bel-
where we could see a giant work­ streets by members of the Amer­ dead.
ing a bank away, coming closer to ican Legion Auxiliary assisted by
The poppies have been made by
get a better view, from there we other volunteers.
disabled veterans at Portland and
The day is the approximate Roseburg hospitals, who have been
proceeded up the hill toward a
water fall where the pipe was tak­ twentieth anniversary of the be­ given much needed employment
ing water from the ditch; but we ginning of large scale participa­ during the winter and spring
could not get up becau-e the bank tion of American troops in the months. Each flower has been
World War, Lola Peterson the shaped by hand by the disabled
was too steep.
Auxiliary's
Poppy Day chairman, workers.
We started back to the car guid­
ed by Don Hill, who finally pointed out. From May until Nov­
The Auxiliary is expecting the
brought us to our destination. ember, 1918, constantly increasing most general observance of Poppy
When we got back to the car we American forces were in action Day since the custom of wearing
built fires and cooked our din­ and more than 50,000 young Poppies in remembrance of the
ner. Several Scouts passed fin- Americans were killed on the dead was started at the close of
building and cooking. After din­ poppy-studded fields of France the war. More than 10,000,00(1 of
ner we played basket ball and at and Belgium.
the little red flowers will be worn
Early Monday morning, the
about 3 p. m. we started home.
and approximately
$1,000,000
Those making the trip were: Poppy Day forces of the American raised to aid the disabled veter­
Ralph Huber, assistant scoutmast­ Legion Auxiliary will go into ac-
gium to be worn in tribute to the ans and tiependent families.
er; Mr. Hays, Don Hill, Lyle
Frietas, Lloyd Schumacher, Jay-
Hays, Clinton Freitas, Harold
James and Jack Hayden.
The following passed scout tests:
First class cooking, Jay Hays,
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One of the coming events look­
ed forward to by thousands of Le­
gion men and women throughout
the state and others interested in
great humanitarian objective of
this dance, is the "Poppy Dance”
which will be given Saturday eve­
ning, May 28th by the American
Legion, co-operating with the Aux­
iliary.
Kerby Unit No. 70 being a small
unit with a small group of work­
ers, has always had a “Poppy
dance” to make their Poppy Sale
a success. The money from this
dance will be given to the many
men still fighting a brave battle
in the lonely hospital beds and
poverty stricken homes. It is also
used for rehabitations and child
welfare work.
Under the leadership of Pearl
Martindale, chairman of the com­
mittee of the Poppy Sale, the Aux­
iliary women have been getting
their corps of workers together
and the Poppy sale and dance is
an assured success, as it is every
year jn the valley, as the citizens
thoroughly realize the great work
these good women are doing for
the men who can’t help themselves.
The “Poppy Dance" will be a
gala affair this Saturday, and all
who can should attend and make it
one of the outsanding dances of
the season.
An old landmark, the mountain
ranch house,
belonging to Jack
Smock of Holland, was complete­
ly destroyed by fire last Saturday
noon. A high north wind carried
sparks from the chimney to the
dry roof.
The caretaker, Charles Giddings
lost all his personal belongings,
also.
Prospectors and cattlemen will
miss this convenient stopping pluce
on their way to the hills in the fu-
ture.
White School House
Destroyed Wednesday
Last Wednesday morning, neigh­
bors were shocked to pass the !
White school house on the Caves |
highway, to see it a mass of smold- i
ering ruins.
Wednesday morning, Keith Wells
and Jim Wells were returning
home from lodge and saw a car
parked in the yard of the school
house but thought nothing of it and
went on home, this was about 2
a. m., Wednesday morning.
None of the neighbors saw the
fire and no alarm was given and
it was not known until the ranch­
ers were up for the day’s work
Wednesday morninng.
The school board of White
School district No. 21, are Roy
Wells, chairman, Harry Smith and
Leonard Beard. The building was
insured for $700.
The school house had just been
repajrejl at considerable expense.
A mew roof had been put on and
the house painted. New school
books had been purchased. All the
equipment was destroyed.
Coming Attractions at
Cave City Theater
‘‘Big City” with Luise Rainer
and Spencer Tracy is the play
booked for the Cave City theater
next Saturday and Sunday, May
28 and 29.
The play deals with the trou-
bles of a taxi driver in a big city
and is full of thrills. It is not a
gun gster picture though some
might think it verges on that
theme. Both stars are among the
headliners in filmdom and Spen­
der Tracy will be remembered for
his splendid work in "San Francis­
co" and “Captain Courageous"
while Luise Rainer was given the
Academy Award for her work in
“Good Earth.”
Activities
In Mining
Occasionally We hear a person
say: ’’the west was mined out as
far as gold is concerned, many
years ago.” Yet last year the Uni­
ted states produced nearly a mil­
lion ounces more than the previous
year, an increase of a little more
than thirty millions in dollars. Yet
we haven't heard of any gold
rushes into Iowa. Tho gold produc­
tion has been steadily on the up­
ward march for several years past
in this country and in Oregon and
Washington, the increase has been
far above the ratio of increase in
any other states.
At present there is one Oregon
gold property mining from a depth
of over 3000 feet and producing
over a million dollars each year.
There are several dredging oper­
ations that are working at a profit
and between 50 and 75 major pla­
cer operations in Josephine and
Jackson counties alone. It is fore­
seen that there will be an increase
in production of gold in this state
this season of better than 50 per
cent over last year.
Then there is the fellow that
stoutly maintains tthat the cream
at least is all gone. Yes sir, how
they used to go out and get nug­
gets, big slugs of gold—virgin
ground and all that stuff. So they
did.
Which brings to mind a couple
of boys up on the Althouse: George
Speegle and Leo Scherzinger—
more power to them. These boys
are working on a piece of placer
ground that was originally staked
some forty-odd years ago and that
has been worked off and on ever
since. Just before Christmas these
boys brought in a nugget that
weighed a little less than seven
ounces, a slab of gold that was as
large as the palm of a hand. This
past Friday they brought in an­
other that went four jounces, 12-
penny-weight, $140 local price.
This from the bedrock ahead of
the race to their flume. Seems they
should get a color or two when
they clean up for the season.
Name another industry in the
country that has an anticipated in­
crease for 50 per cent in produc­
tion for this year. Name another
industry that has steadily increased
its production year* after year
through the past eight years. Gold
mining has done just that thing.
So let’s all stop mining gold,
Let’s get woi ms and g<> fishing.
Every Tuesday noon — Illinois
Valley Chamber of Commerce
meets.
Saturday, May 28—Grants Pass
De Molay boys will put on ini­
tiatory degrees at Belt lodge
No. 18, in Kerby Masonic hall.
Monday, May 30—Memorial Day.
Tuesday. June 8,—Benefit show
for the American Legion at
Cave City Theater.
Tuesday, June 7—Woman * Civic
club at the home of Mrs. De­
Etta Scott, Cave Junction. Mrs
C. J. Jacobson and Mrs. Scott
hostesses.
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Grants Pass
Grants Pass
Grants Pass
Grants Pass
Grants Pass
Grants Pass
Grants Pass
Grants Pass
Fruitdale
Redwood
Anplerogue
Granite Hill
Dimick
Ferrv
Slate Creek
Selma
Kerbv
Waldo
AlthouM*
Merlin
Galice
Luckv Queen
Leland
Placer
Wolf Creek
Murnhv
Williams
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33
25
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28
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Kerby’s wild flower
show,
which was in full force Wednesday
all day and evening, brought out
hundreds of visitors, many of
them from out of state points and
many from within our own bor­
ders, to see what nature has be­
stowed on us in the measure of
wild flowers.
Many rare and beatiful varieties
that are found in the valley and
on the hills anil mountains, could
not be procured this year as the
snow is still on the slopes where
they are found, so the show is
not what it could have been if the
snow was off the mountains. But
even so, this year's showing
brought forth so many compli­
ments that it would take a good
sized scrap book to chronicle all
of them.
The Grants Pass Courier had
the following squibb concerning
the show:
"A very fine flower show,” was
the comment of Lincoln Savage
concerning the Illinois Valley Gar­
den club how held Tuesday night
in Kerby. “The flowers were very
artistically arranged, there was
an excellent variety of species and
some very rare ones. Kerby should
be congratulated.”
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News Items From
Kerby High School
On the honor roll for the third
and last six weeks are:
Seniors: Juanita Squire, Faye
McLean, Claudia Buck.
Juniors: Grace Thrasher, Audrey
Wilbur, Norma Tycer, Myrtice
Jones.
Sophomores: Wanda
Burch,
Jim Cooke.
Freshmen: Charlotte Hadden,
Jeanne Villair, Wiliam Hensey.
The Honorable Mention List is:
Freshmen: William McLean,
Betty Bergmann, Dorothy Mc­
Lean.
Sophomores: Ray Bergmann.
Juniors: Delbert Hill.
Seniors: Loretta McCracken.
Charlotte Hadden, Grace Thrash­
er, and Juanita Squire have suc­
ceeded in being on the honor roll
for the entire school year,
The seniors are very busy now,
preparing the tage for graduation
Thursday.
Friday, the last day of school
the entire student body will go
to Jackson Hot Springs and Ash­
land for an all-day school picnic.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Buck and
daughter, Claudia, wish to thank
their any friends for the expres­
sion of sympathy and help and es­
pecially the merchants who assist­
ed them immediately following the
fire that recently destroyed their
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home. Claudia wishes to thank the STATE LINE RENDEZVOUS
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
Jimmy Miller is up on the Bolen students of the high sshool for
their true, friendly spirit.
Lake Lookout for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Wyman of
Phoenix, Arizona, are now oper­
ating the State Line Rendezvous.
They took possession over the first
of the week and have moved the
restaurant and all in the dance
DEVOCRATIC
hall building.
John Carl put in windows along
Shf.
Repret.
the front and back of the building
so it is well lighted. There will be
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tables and booths for all who wish
to eat and the center of the hall
will be reserved for those who
wish to dance.
Mr. and Mrs. Wyman say they
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like the Illinois Valley and hope
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to make it their future home.
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A CCC zone eductional confer­
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ence is being held at Camp Oregon
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Caves today. Educational advisers
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of seven camps of this section of
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the Medford district have gathered
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with company commanders and
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camp education and welfare.
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George H. Fields, district educa­
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tional adviser, and other officials
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from Medford headquarters are al­
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so in attenlance.
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Mr. and Mrs. Kanely of Whit­
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tier, Calif., have traded property
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in California for the Miller Camp
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grounds in Kerby. They are clear­
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ing off the ground where the gar­
age formerly stood and will build
more cabins.
Unofficial County Ballot, May 20, 1938 Primaries
COMING EVENTS
VOTE OF THANKS
Wild Flower
Show Brings
Applause