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Illinois Valley News, Thursday, May 26, 1938
LETTERS
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MORE ABOUT DEATH
It has been asked, "Why do so
many people ask this question,
“Are you ready to die’’ Let me
briefly give you a reason why.
If it is possible to know about
the future, if it is possible to
have a hope that is sure, then
away with all vague uncertainties.
I submit to you that it is possible.
You ask, “How do you know?”
Let me take you to the great
source book for all true wisdom,
the Bible, the word of God. And
before we say any more about
death let us first examine this
great book.
In order to be just to ourselves
and the Bible, we must read it
through. As a judge must not pass
his opinion when the case is half
heard, neither must we, but, like
the judge, we must compare the
evidence of the witnesses, and
weigh and consider every word,
seeking deeply for its hidden sig-
nificance rather than accepting its
surface meaning. Surely the im­
portance of its claim justifies
spending the necessary time on its
study—66 books written by at
least 40 different men, some edu­
cated, some illiterate, some kings,
some peasants, over a period of
1,600 year*, in places separated
as ar as Babylon in Asia, and
Rome in Europe. Expecting with
such authorship to find a hetero­
geneous collection of contradictory
statements, it strikes one as the
more strange that >uch a book
should have a oneness about it that
makes each contribution the com­
plement of the others. The truth
of II Peter 1 :21 comes home to
us. There is no other reasonable
explanation. “Holy men of God
spake as they were moved by the
Holy Spirit.” This belief is con­
firmed a- we read prophecy after
prophecy in the Old Testament,
that found its fulfillment, even
to the letter, hundreds of years
after, as in Isaiah 53, which fore­
told the death of Christ with such
minute accuracy more than 700
years before His crucifixion. Yes,
the difficulties in the way of
doubting the Book seemed to me
greater than those in the way of
believing it. The hazard is all
on the side of unbelief. I believe
this book to be the word of the
living God. I can account for it
in no other way.
What then does the Bible
say concerning death It reveals
that those who trust in Christ
need not fear death, but it also
states that those who reject Christ
and righteousness are lost and
condemned for eternity. Therefore
the scripture says, “Prepare to
meet thy God,” fur “Everyone of
us shall give account of himself
to God.”
“Oh, but you are dogmatic!”
Yes, because the Scriptures are.
Truth is always dogmatic. 2 and
2 make 4, never anything else.
I am prepared to die, but there
is a reason. I am simply trusting
in the Lord Jesus Christ. He is
my sure foundation and hope for
the future.
ELDON JOHNSON,
Co-pastor of the Cave Junction
Community church.
Library at
Kerby Helps
Community
The Kerby library has gradu­
ally been establishing itself as a
factor in the community. During
the past year nearly one hundred
books have been added through
donation and purchase. The libra­
ry has Mrs. Minnie Brady, R. H.
Elemming, Mrs. Martin Sachse,
11. B. Bearss, Miss Alice Bacon and
the C. C. C. Company No. 5483
to thank for many of these. There
have also been smaller donations
from many individuals as well as
a contribution of books and money
for the purchase of books from the
American Legion Auxiliary.
The original library was estab­
lished in 1920, when the Grants
Pass Library association presented
Kerby with nearly 1,500 volumes.
The books were placed in charge
of a library club with Cord Can-
field and some of the ladies of
the community acting as librarians.
LOG CABIN HOTEL
But after Mr. Canfield’s death
Now Serving
the club dissolved and the books
Chicken and Steak Dinners
were left without supervision, so
Mrs. McCarthy
Selma, Oregon
to save them from destruction,
Chas. Hart stored them at his home
for a time.
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Martin Sachse then offered to
Vanilla and Strawberry
shelter the books, and for two
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years the living room of the
ICE CREAM
Sachse home was utilized as a
CAVE CITY
public library. But when Mr.
Sachse remodeled his house the
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books again went into storage,
where they remained for over a
year.
Dine, Dance & Drink
A little over three years ago the
at
Kerby P. T. A. and the American
Legion and their Auxiliary, assist­
OWL CAFE
ed by the community started to
TRY OUR 10c HAMBURGERS
j raise money for a library building.
They were aided by a few person­
al
donations and a donation of a
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$100.00 from Jim Tuffs. The Ker­
I PIONEER TAVERN
by school board and the Union
Selma, Oregon
high school board voted to allow
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BEER and WINES
the building be erected on a corner
of the school grounds, and the
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County Court appointed a build­
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ing board consisting of George
Please be adtised that I went in Thrasher from the Civic club, Wil­
to the bank and inquired as to liam McLean from the American
my part of the recent “Pump Prim­ Legion, Mrs. Mabel Ramsey from
ing Bill,” I was so advised that the Kerby P. T. A. and Mrs.
Irene Morrison from the American
they would look into the matter.
Three days later I received a Legion Auxiliary.
letter and was advised that my
The Kerby school district and
pail would be 97 cents, yet they the Union high school district com­
also advised that I was assessed bined with the Library building
$350.00 as my part of the na­ board and erected a two room
tional debt.
building just back of the Kerby
Will you please advise or rather I grade school where the school
explain how I can pay?
water pump and the library are
PAUL NEWI.ANDS
now housed.
Editor’s Note: We refer you to
Although the Kerby library is
the one that advised you as to the maintained entirely by donation,
assessment.
it is fast developing into an in­
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stitution of which the community
iFRENCH LAUNDRY!
: may be proud. The manual train-
I & DRY CLEANERS I American Citizen Seeks I ing class of the Kerby school have
Forests, Survey Shows
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■ to accommodate the increase of
Agencies
How the national forests have books, as have aLo the Ameri­
| Alma's Dre», Shop, Cave
City
become the average family's play­ can Legion.
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ground in Oregon and Washington
A card system is now being in­
I Lew Hammer, Selma
is shown in replies to que*tion- stalled and the books will be loaned
naires in connection with a nation­ in the future on the same system
wide report on recreation now be­ employed by the county and state
I (all: Wed. and Sat.
ing compiled by the U. S. forest libraries..
service.
The present library board which
Some 4,000 replies received consists of Mrs. Irene Morrison,
from visitors to hundreds of na­ Mrs. Amy Hussey, Mrs. Sharlet
tional forest camp grounds in the Slack, Mrs. Martin Sachse anil
DAILY
two states *how that more than Mrs. Jack Whiteman, are making
90 per cent were city dwellers, every effort to secure the reading
mainly from the ranks of labor, material which the community de­
business, and the professions, and sires. Books from the county li­
that their average income was be­ brary will be found on the shelves
tween $1.000 and $2,000 a year. at all time* and any book which
Between All Illinoi.-.
1 he estimated number of cumpers is obtainable from the county or
Valley Points and
on the national forests of Oregon state libraries is now available
and Washington increased from through the local library. These
Grants Pass
270,000 in 1928 to 470,000 in 1937 books are secured on request and
ILLINOIS VALLEY
and the estimated number of pic­ are loaned without charge. The li­
FREIGHT SERVICE nickers has increased from 300,- brary is open Tuesday and Fri-
000 in 1928 to 709,000 in 1937. I day afternoon from two to five,
GET OUR RATES
Of importance to tourist agen­ | with Mrs. W. E. Farlien or Mrs.
Bob Rout Harold Hill j cies is the information that 18 per Irene Morrison acting as libra­
Texaco Garage
, cent of the users of Oregon na­ rian.
tional forest camp grounds hail
CAVE JUNCTION
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from outside the state. In Wash­
ington, 11 per cent of the forest
users are out-of-state visitors. Ten
per cent of forest visitors in Ore­
MAKE THIS
gon and four per cent in Washing­
ton hail from California, according
STORE
to figures which are based upon
2,619 replies from Oregon, and
YOUR SHOPPING
1,69 replies from Washington.
Is it lawful to drive with a de­
Another
significant
fact
brought
fective
windshield which impairs
HEADQUARTERS
out by some 4,000 replies to the vision?
Absolutely not. In order to in­
questionnaire was that the aver­
Supplies of All Kinds age
length of stay by campers in sure that drivers shall have a clear
a single area in the national for­ view ahead at all times, the law
ests was from 6 to 8 days each very definitely states that no per­
year. Fishing, »wimming, hunting, son shall drive a vehicle with a
and “just plain camping” were sign, poster, or other nontranspar­
among the amusements sought.
ent material ob'Curing the wind­
The importance of forest recre­ shield. Dirt on the windshield cer­
ation as a factor in the life of the tainly classifies as a nontranspar­
state has led to a more careful an­ ent material, and as a matter of
Selma, Oregon
alysis of forest visitor' as a guide fact has been the cause of many
to further deveiopmeht.
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of state. Safety glass which has
checked and cracked so as to be
nontransparent is also illegal.
Incidentally, the same rule
about obstruction to view applies
to sidewings and side and rear
windows, a- well as to the wind­
shield.
Is it illegal to ride bicycles two
or more abreast on the highway?
This is one of those frequent
cases in which common sense plays
as large a part as does a strict
interpretation of the law. The
state law says that bicyclists are
subject to the same traffic regu­
lations as are poor vehicle opera-
ors; and these traffic regulations
state that driver' must remain as
near to the right edge of the high­
way as practicable except when |
passing another car or when pass­
ing around some obstruction in the
road. Bicyclists should follow the
rule, and riding two abreast is a |
violation of the rule.
Common sense also dictates that
bicyclists ride single file. Confu­
sion and accidents are very apt
to result if bicyclists are riding hit-
or-miss all over the right half of
the highway, particularly in large
groups; but if the bicyclists pro­
ceed in orderly fashion, single
file, motorists will have no diffi­
culty in passing them, no matter
how many of them there are.
Some local bicycle ordinances
prohibit riding two or more
abreast on the streets and high­
ways.
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Asbestos Valuable
Mineral to Seek
Among the oddest of natures
mineral forms is that of a'bestos
It occurs in white, gray or green­
ish color in the fissures of strong­
ly magnesian minerals. The min­
eral upon being picked out of the
formation can be broken ami
shredded as flax or hemp might
be, and will give a soft fiberous
*mooth feeling minerat Once
having seen it one can not be
mistaken in it the second time
Its three varieties are: amphibole,
crisotile and basite—the latter be
ing a nun-commercial variety that
¡8 merely a blending of serpentine
and perhaps, crisotile
As it is
plainly evident by the magnesian
content, this mineral is to be
found in and around *erpentine
formation. It occurs along seams
and in cracks and as a contacting
wall between serpentine and a
neighboring formation.
There is a wide variety of
grade ami prices in asbestos. Gen­
erally speaking, the longer the
fibre the higher the price of the
raw product. The adaptability of
the mineral to spinning, in the .
longer fibres, also is a deciding
factor as to its value. There are
five classifications of the ore. To
give some idea of the range the
following prices from the past
months market report may be
studied:
Redwood Empire Bldg.
To Be Built Soon
Plans soon will be completed
and bids advertised by the Califor­
nia Exposition Commission for the
Redwood Empire Building, to be
erected on Exposition Island.
This was announced lately by
the Redwood Empire Exposition
Commission, following a meeting
at Petaluma, at which final de­
sign, sketches and layout of the
building was approved.
Action of the commission was
taken upon the recommendation of
the building and design commit­
tee, under the chairmanship of Su­
pervisor R. A. Thompson, of Mar­
in county.
The building, which will house
ioramas and other exhibits of the
nine Redwood Empire counties,
will be in the form of an attrac­
tive redwood lodge in the heart of
a grove of giant redwood trees.
The total area assigned to the
Redwood Empire is 45,000 square
feet. The building will occupy ap­
proximately 17,000 square feet of
this space.
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“Visits" to the 1939 Golden
Gate International Exposition will
be on sale at 17,000 railroad agen­
cies next year under an American
Express company plan that will in­
clude railway passage sightseeing
trips hotel accommodations—eve­
rything but meals—in a single tick­
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MAY I USE CARDBOARD OR
Canadian crude No. 1—$700 to
PLYWOOD TO FILL IN A
$750 per ton.
BROKEN AUTO WINDOW?
While one sees an occasional
car window which has temporarily |
been covered with wood or card- j
board, this practice is both ille-1
gal and dangerous. The law for­
bidding the use of any non-trans­
parent material upon the wind­
shield or rear window applies also
to the sidewings and windows.
Vision from the driver's seat
of an automobile is poor enough
at best without obscuring it fur­
ther by putting stickers and cards,
except those required by
law,
against the windshield or covering
the windows with paper. If you
value your own skill and reputa­
tion as a driver you will have brok­
en windows replaced, or put up
with a draft on the back of your
neck until you are able to do so.
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Many Settlers Have
Located in County
Residents from other sections
of the United States, many at­
tracted by accounts of Oregon as
an attractive place in which to
live and work, and others driven
westward by economic forces,
have added an estimated total gain
of 1,982 people to the population
of Josephine county from 1930 to
January 1, 1937, according to a
report, “Migration in Oregon,
1930-'37,” recently prepared by
the state planning board. This
net gain is the estimated differ­
ence between persons coming into
the county and those moving out.
Natural increase, or excess of
births over deaths, amounted to
371 persons during these seven
years, making an estimated total
population for the county on Jan­
uary 1, 1937, to 14,005. This in­
crease was 20.2 per cent of the
1930 population compared with
an increase of 50.2 per cent dur­
ing the decade 1920-1930.
All types of workers are includ­
ed in the list of occupations of
these newcomers, with craftsmen
and physical laborers leading. The
majority of these immigrants are
in the most active age range, 20-
45 years. On the average more
than 80 per cent were less than
45 years old at the time they mi­
grated into Oregon.
GRANGE (ALENDAR
Illinoi» Valley — First and third
Thursdays, 8 p. m.
Deer Creek— First and third Sat­
urdays, 8:30 p. m.
Redwood — Second and fourth
Thursdays, 8 p. m
Fruitdale — Second and fourth
Saturdays, 8 p. m.
William» -First and third Thurs­
days, 8 p. m.
The “hot dog” was invented in
1805 by Johann Georg Lahner, a
Canadian crude No. 2—$150 Jo Frankfurt, Germany, butcher—
thus “frankfurters»”
$350 per ton.
Spinning fibres $110 to $200
per ton.
Paper stock—$40 to $45 per ,
ton.
Shorts-—$12 to $16.50 per ton.
Quebec, Canada, has for a long
time furnished the choicest of
crudes for the American markets,
Vermont falling in second place, i
The prices for asbestos are gener- i
ally listed in that order. There are
several other localities on this con- [
tinent that also furnish amounts
of the material, a considerable
tonnage being shipped out of Cal­
ifornia.
The uses of asbestos are so
many that it is useless to try to
list them. Its chief asset is, how­
ever, the fact that it is non-in­
flammable. This fact leads to its
use wherever precaution is needed
against heat or fire.
While there ure no properties
that we know of that have been
staked in this district, we feel that
it is possible for it to occur here
in commercial quantities. We have
here in the office of The News
three samples of local fibre that
runs in excess of nine inches in
length. This material, in quantity
is worth from $150 to $400 a ton
in the crude. Material of that I
sort is worth more than a passing I
glance.
SAVE
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Insurance!
If your house or store should burn, are
you protected with a good fire insurance
policy? You should I m *.
Fire insurance is not a luxury, it is a
protection against loss by fire and any­
one who owns a store or home should I m *
fully protected against loss by fire.
Is your automobile insured—Are you
This is
protected against accidents?
an important matter for the new state
laws are very strict, Protect yourself?
against Accidents. Talk to day with
Rogue River Valley — First and ,
third Saturdays, 8 p. m.
Merlin— First and third Fridays,
8 p. m.
Grave Creek — Second and fourth
Wednesdays, 8 p. m.
Shan Creek — Second and fourth
Saturdays, 8 p. m.
Missouri Flat — First and third
Fridays, 8 p. m.
L. E. Athey
Writing All Lines of Insurance
Fire - Auto - Casualty - Bonds
Cave City, Oregon
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