Gateway to The Oregon Caves
inois Valley News
A LIVE WIRE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE ILLINOIS VALLEY AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS
Volume II No. 4
News to Lay
Comer Stone
Next Sunday
Cave Junction, Oregon, Thursday June 2, 1938
I Another Fire Happens
In the Illinois Valiev
Last Saturday afternoon about
o 30, M. C. Athey hail occasion
to go to the rear of the building
in which The News is located and
as he started up the back stairs, no­
ticed smoke coming from one of
the electrical boxes on the wall.
M. C. ran to the front of The
News office and grabbed a fire
extinguisher kept in the front of­
fice and on returning saw that the
blaze was beyond being put out
with the extinguisher, returning
to the front and calling for the
fire truck.
The truck arrived and ip a jif­
fy the fire was out. Mi. W. F.
Darger of the Associated service
station brought over his garden
hose and helped materially in put­
ting out the blaze.
If M. C. Athey had not gone
to the rear of the building just as
he did, the fire would not have
been noticed until smoke brought
someones attention to it, and then
it might have been too late. De­ I
fective wiring was attributed to
the cause of the fire. Little dam­
age was done, but the wiring will
have to be done over on the out­
side of the building.
Of comfort to the citizens of I
the city was the way our new
truck functioned, It is indeed an
acquisition to the town and the
citizens should be proud of this
little fire fighting machine.
Pomona
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High School
Ceremonies
Graduating
Impressive
Exercises
Last Tuesday evening, Jose­
Graduation exercises for the
phine County Pomona Grange held Kerby High school was held last
a special meeting at Fruitdale Friday evening in the gymnasium
Grange near Grants Pass to an before a host of relatives and
exceedingly fine attendance.
friends who were gathered for the
The Pomona Grange team from occasion With the processional the
Jackson county put on the degree graduates marched to an unusually
work in full form and those who attractive stage, which members of
witnessed this impressive ceremo­ the class had designed and decora­
ny stated that it was equal if not ted carrying out the class motto
superior to any in the state, not with their colors, blue and silver.
excepting the State Grange degree Graduated books in pastel colors
team.
bore the name- of the graduates
All those taking part were in I and Were used as the immediate
very attractive uniforms and the background, while the large blue
performers were indeed
quali­ oval on the wall was the back-
fied to carry out their parts. The ground for the silver ship launch­
entire drill and degree work was ed for the sail of life. Blue and
put on without a single hitch of white streamers added to the dec-
any kind and speaks volumns for orative effect.
the team from our sister county.
The program which f olio wed
Josephine
County
Pomona was well prepared and fitting.
Grange Master, F. L. Sawyer with Musical numbers carefully selected
Mrs. Sawyer and son, Phil, and for the occasion. The class was very
M. C. Athey, the latter taking the fortunate in securing Irving E.
degree, attended from the Illinois Vining of Ashland Normal, al­
Valley Grange.
though many had asked for his
The stage setting was one of services. His excellent style and
the most beautiful ever seen in simple language carrying a me»-
the epunty and perhaps not excell­ sage which held both encourage-
ed in the state. A committee of nient and advice for the class be-
o
women banked the stage with fore him.
many beautiful bouquets of flow­
The following program was en-
ers and the attractive ladies with joyed : processional, Don Hill; duet,
their harmonious colored costumes Audrey Wilbur, Maxene Patrick;
added to its beauty. The setting In appreciation, Juanita Squire
drew many compliments from all address, living E. Vining, “Your
those attending.
Chance in the New Tomorrow,’;
Ten new members were given song, chorus;
presentation of
the degree, after which light re­ awards. F. W. Jones; awarding of
freshments were served and an diplomas, Lucius Robinson; reces­
Mud and Politics
hour of fraternalizing was enjoy­ sional, Don Hill.
CI mk roll: Dorothy M. Gibson
Mud in politics is nothing new, ed.
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Juanita Squire, Karl J. Theuer-
but this time it’s real mud and pol­
kauf,
Joseph Warren Walton,
itics should be of uncommon in­
Ralph Messenger, Chester Martin,
terest to the miner in the forth­ Coming Attractions at
Loretta McCracken, Lucy Marie
coming election. With the passing Cave City Theater
of the Martin regime in Oregon
Whitehead, Claudia Buck. Faye
The new play at the Cave City McLean, Jack M. Morris, Ken G.
there has come a renewed effort
on the part of the sportsman in» theater for Saturday and Sunday, Robinson.
terests (or rather the hotel in­ June 4 and 5 is, “Happy Landing”
The presentation of awards in­
tereats catering to the sportsman with Sonja Heinie and Don Arne- cluded the giving of basket ball
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trade) to block the miner from che.
letters by Coach Dan Jones to the
Both Stars are well known to following: Marvin Prentice, Bob
mining because o/' assumed dam­
age to fish life. Regardless of his the theater going public. “Happy Schumacher, Don Hill, Karl Theu-
party affiliation, the miner has Landing” is an expression used erkauf, Bud Brooks, Ray Bergman,
known that he had a friend in among aviators in bidding one Ivan Haberman, Les Henry and
Gov. Martin, but what may be the goodbye though it might also be Manager Elwood Squire.
attitude of the two present aspir­ used when one is falling on the ice.
F. W. Jones, high school princi­
ants on the subject remains to be Miss Heinie does not fall on the pal, presented further awards to
seen. It puts mining interests on ice, however, or has not in any Juanita Squire as senior making
their guard in no uncertain terms. of her skating pictures.
highest grades over the four years
Believe us, the sporting interests
Don Ameche is a great lover of of high school work and to Grace
are not allowing any grass to glow the screen in this picture keeps Thrasher who was chosen as out­
under their feet when it comes to up to his high standard of acting. standing in scholarship the past
getting the proper men in office
News reel and shorts make* up year. Grace is a junior and these
to do what they want done in this the balance of the show. Mana­ honor students have their names
ger Rout has installed the upstairs placed on the plaque which hangs
Roger Egger returned to Cave matter.
Junction the first of the week aft­
Last week at a meeting of these seats for those who care to smoke. in the hall of the high school. Juan­
ita as valedictqrian also received a
er a visit on Canyon Creek.
interests in Medford, the question
complimentary subscription to the
was asked, “how many men are
Readers Digest given by the Read­
working at mining in Jackson and
ers
Digest association to valedic­
COMING EVENTS [ Josephine county at the present, I z Fred Rout, manager of the Cave torians
of senior high schools.
time,” and it was answered by the City theater, has made arrange­
:
:
In looking over the records of
El.......................................................... a figures furnished by Mr Morrison ments with the American Legion
Tuesday, June 7—Woman's Civic of the state geological department. Post 70, to put on a benefit per­ attendnee of the past school year.
club at the home of Mrs. De­ Mr. Morrison stated that Znere are formance next Wednesday, June Principal Jones found but two stu­
dents who had perfect attendance,
Etta Scott, Cave Junction. Mrs. at present employed in steady 8.
those being Myrtice Jones and
C. J. Jacobson and Mrs. Scott payrolls of e mining ?tmpaniesin
This post is one of the smallest
George
Baldwin.
these
two
counties,
2/1
men.
These
hostesses.
in the state and the boys have had
figures necessarily go not include a struggle to meet payments on
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Benefit show for American those men working their own the hall. They have given benefit
Musical Tent Starts
Legion, Wednesday. June 8th at claims, or those i/ho are working dances in the past for the Fire De­
on pockets and t/acing. To offset I partment of Cave City and also
Cave City Theater.
these figures Goki Beach interests helped the Miners’ Jubilee.
The great red and white tent
Tuesday. Jupe 14—Home Econom­ claimed 600 as being dependant
So Manager Rout talked it over used by the Elk’s celebration is be­
ic Extension meeting, home of upon the fishing and guiding in­ with the boys and it was decided ing sent to Wonder for the Musi­
dustry. Incidentally there are not to put on a show at the Cave City cal consvention, July 1-10. The
Mrs. May Hearing, O’Brien.
that many people in Gold Beach, theater. The picture is entitled, McNeills are coming with the big
Friday, June 24—Illinois Valley even counting wonen and children. “Paradise for Three,” this is a concert Irish harp they used last
Garden club, home of Mrs. E. J. 1 It was suggested, by the sporting light comedy with plenty of laughs year in the British Isles. Mr. Me­
interests that theie men working and six star. Robert Young, Frank Neill is a fine soloist as well as
Wilber. Eelection of officers.
1 in the mines BE PftACEI) ON RE- Morgan, Florence Rice, Reginald I a powerful speaker. His father was
Fri.-Sat., Aug 5-6—Third An­ l LIEF in other wo s, the miner Owen, Edna May Oliver and Mary the famou Scotch preacher John
nual Gladiolus show. Grants and prospector aske to take the Astor help make the fun. There McNeill, a world-wide evangelist.
paupers oath and qui^his profes­ will be two short pictures to fill
Duff Bros, will speak and Hald-
Pass.
sion in order that thes few may out the bill.
are Duff will tell of his visit to
hotel
Sept. 3-4-5—Illinois Valley Min­ fish. In order that a f
The show will start at 8:15 p. twelve countries last year.
men may make a few more
liars m. and there will be only one show,
Mr. Henry Ray the Swiss singer
er's Jubilee at Cave Junction.
each season the taxpayer sh
Members of the Legion and Aux- will test the hills around Wonder
shoulder the burden of supportin
Monday, Sept. 5—Labor day.
liary have the tickets for sale. | with his songs. Tents should be
several thousand miners and their
regular price of 35 cents will brought and all camping equip­
Monday-Sunday, Sept. 5-11—Ore­ families. Think that over before I e c
and children can get ment. Friday, July 1st is the open­
you vote. And remember that as their ticke
the box office the ing day.
gon state fair, Salem.
a class of people there are fewer night of the -how for IQ cents. Ra­
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Benefit show for American
Wed.-Sat., Sept. 14-17—Josephine people on the dole from the pros­ member the date, Wednesday,
pector and miner class than any June 8th.
Legion, Wednesday, June 8th at
County Fair.
other in the country. They are not
There will be from 10 to 20 Cave City Theater.
door prizes donated by the mer­
Tuesday, Nov. 8—General elec­ the type for that sort of thing.
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chant« of the valley including oil, ‘.Miss Louise Hickman made a
tion.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Brown made groceries or whatever the mer- trip to Sacramento, Calif., over
a trip to Grants Pas* Thursday. | chant deals in.
the week end.
Friday. Nov. 11—Armistice day.
Starting last W’ednesday morn­
ing falling trees, The Illinois Val­
ley News’ new concrete building
was started on its way to comple­
tion. The building will be a one
story solid concrete building 40x
50 feet with room for the printing
office and another business loca­
tion 15x35 feet will be for rent.
The foundation was poured the
first of the week and Sunday, June
5th we will lay the corner stone
with embellishments.
The cornerstone proper will be
a piece of marble from the Oregon
Caves National Monument, which
will add much to the value of the
building. George S. Sabin, mana­
ger of the Caves, secured the mar­
ble for us through the cooperation
and courtesy of Superintendent of
National Parks, E. P. Leavitt of
Medford. The proprietors of The
News are mighty proud to have
this courtesy extended to them and
feel that a piece of marble from
the Oregon Caves will add to the
historical value of the building.
Invitations are being sent out
to all newspapers in our territory
asking them to attend the ceremon­
ies with A. E. Voorhies, dean of
southern Oregon newspapermen,
of the Grants Pass Courier, laying
the cornerstone.
The ceremony will be simple
but impressive, as the News’ build­
ing js the first solid concrete bus­
iness structure in the section and
gives hope of others to follow.
The entire residents of the val­
ley are cordially invited to attend
the laying of the corner stone, and
the management hopes that many
will be able to attend. The pro­
gram will not be long.
Many items of interest will be
placed in the box that will be seal­
ed up with concrete and will not
be disturbed until the building is
torn down in future years to come.
How long this will be no one knows,
and the documents and papers
placed there will be a good repre­
sentation of the present time.
The program will start prompt­
ly at 2 p. m. and will not last over
half an hour.
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M rs. Henrietta Robinson, sister
of Mrs. Magill of the Log Cabin
Cafe at Kerby, is visiting with her
son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Ken­
neth Robinson of Medford. Mr. and
Mrs. Robinson are the proud par­
ents of a new baby girl.
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Activities
In Mining
Price 5 Cents
Friends Help Celebrate
Wells-Norton Wedding
Last Sunday evening a large
group of valley folks gathered at
the home of George Well- on the
Caves highway to charivari the
newlyweds.
George Wells and Rhoda Norton
of Powers, Oregon, were married
Saturday, and friends lost no time
in passing word around to be on
hand to help celebrate.
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When a goodly crowd had gath-
j ered they were surprised to find
there was another wedding, this
time a double affair. Frank Mel­
low was married to Tom Hervey as
Sally and Bill Pierce to the blush­
ing Jim Wells as Lilly. Roy Wells
as the minister showed once again
his histronic ability as an actor.
The ceremony was a delight to
the large audience and while the
grooms appeared as nervous as
most grooms generally are, both
Sally and Lilly said “I do” with
a loving tenderness that made all
feel that here were two couples
who would never go to Reno.
All rooms and both front and
back porches were filled with
guests and all enjoyed the enter­
tainment and refreshments Among
those being present were Messrs,
and Mesdames Geo. Wells, Tom
Hervey, Gene Thompkins, Jim
Payne, George Allen, Ed Tycer,
Des Henry, J. W. Smith, Sam
Bunch, Ashby Fulk, E. J. Lind,
Tom Massey of Klamath Falls,
Harry Floyd, Mr. and Mrs. Clay
Ramsey, Frank Mellow, Alton Dun­
can, Harry O. Smith, Dick Neilly,
Kenneth Wells, Frank Hupta of
Seattle. Mesdames, Alma Martin,
Clarence Horn, Be-sie Franklin,
George Clark; Vivian Taylor, El­
eanor Duncan, Mattie Seyferth,
Jim W’hitehead, Millie Trefethen,
McCaaland; Misses Dorthea Samp­
son, Beulah Beck, Grace Beck. Em­
ogene St. John, Lucy Whitehead,
Nelle Hayden, Helen Floyd, Bor-1
nice Allen, Alice Smith, Joyce
Payne, Vera St. John, Fern Rib-
lett, Margaret Sowell, Grace Sow­
ell
Harvey Lute, Tom Tycer, Al­
fred Lute, R. Beck, Edwin Smith,
Ed Gillman. Chet Martin, Dave
Vahrenwald, Roy Wells, Mike
Wells, Keith Wells, Jim Wells,
(Continued on Page Two)
Conventions
Starting
We want to call our reader- at­
tention to the fact that starting
this week end, thousands of cars
will pass through the valley on
their way to conventions being
held in California and to the Rose
Carnival being held in Portland.
It is unfortunate that the Rose
Carnival and the Shriner- conven­
tion in Los Angeles come on the
same date, but they are so far
apart that it will not cause much
difficulty. However, in between
the cities, several who desired to
participate in both events can only
take in one, and the one missed
will have to take it.
Many cars filled with Shriners
and their families will pass our
way starting Friday this week
anil will keep it up going and com­
ing back after the convention next
week jn Los Angeles.
Others will be going to Portland
to see the Rose Festival and will
pa-s this way. The Festival is al­
so next week.
Wherever possible residents of
the valley who are in business and
are out after the business would
do well to let the Shriner- know
with signs or other advertising that
they are welcome to stop, shop and
visit and enjoy a short stay with
us. Many will stop if encouraged
to do so.
Other conventions will follow,
and wise business people will let
them know they are welcome to
stop and visit. We will try to keep
you posted on conventions and
what they are. It will only take a
little time to ppint a sign saying,
"Shriners, welcome to -top here,
make this your headquarters when
stopping, enjoy our fine climate
and rest with us.” Many such signs
could easily be prepared for all
conventions. If the idea strikes
you, follow it up and do it now
School Board
Meeting Held
Last Tuesday
Tuesday evening the school
board of Union High School Dis­
trict No. 1 of Kerby, held their
meeting to make up a budget for
the ensuing year.
Everything went smoothly until
the question of bus transportation
came up. A committee from Hf-i
Deer Creek section, asked that the
board include money for buses. R.
A. Wilder, representing District
No. 1 of Selma, C. H. Brooks, Cen­
tral and H. M. Hensley Dryden
presented a copy of the minutes
of a meeting of taxpayers of the
Deer Creek section. They voted 26
to 2 for the transportation as they
said there were about 2 pupils to
come from that district this year.
The question was discussed pro
and con for some time and a vote
taken by all taxpayers present as
to whether the budget should in­
clude money for such transporta­
tion. The vote stood 6 for the bus­
es and against so that was not in­
cluded in the budget.
The committee from Deer Creek
were in earnest and put up a good
argument. So did those opposed
This Union High School District
takes in almost the entire valley,
but when it comes to a board meet­
ing when the members would like
to get the expression of those who
foot the bills, only a handful
show up.
Another long discussion took
place when it came to the amount
to be asked for building an addi­
tion for vocational training, alter­
ations, new furniture, etc. The
amount for these items came to
$5,300. The vote on that was six
for the amount and four against it.
The annual meeting of the board
will be held, Monday, June 27,
starting at 2 p. m. At this meeting
the budget will be taken up and
approved or disapproved.
All interested in the budget are
requested to attend that meeting.
As tentatively made up last Tues­
day night the budget amounts to
$13,145.00
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HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
Kerby High school students met
bright and early Friday morning,
May 27, at the school grounds,
where they met the large truck
from Frosts mill which transport­
ed them safely to the Jackson Hot
Springs for their annual picnic.
The day was spent in various ac­
tivities such as -wimming, a trip
to Ashland, where they visited
Lithia park with its many objects
of interest and several visited the
Normal school and other places of
interest. All got home on schedule
with but one accident, Phyllis
Jones had the misfortune to step
on a nail which had no serious aft­
er effects, but made walking pain­
ful for a few days.
Kerby, June 1.—Dan Jones,
Kerby high school coach and June
Dahlgren, English teacher, left
Tuesday morning for their home­
in the northern part of the state.
Coach Jones to Tigard and Miss
Dahlgren to Warrenton.
lierby, June 1.—Jim Hogue
has decided to tempt the few
threatening rain clouds by mowing
his hay. Although rain would be
very welcome it would no doubt
do much damage to the hay crop.
Bud McCIpin is helping Mr. Hogue
in the hay field.
Kerby, June 1,— Mrs. Leo Hoss-
ler of Kerby, returned recently
from Redding. Calif., where she
ha- been visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Wm. Chandler.
APPRECIATION
Through* The Illinois Valley
News, I extend to the voters, my
sincere appreciation for their gen­
erous support given me in the re­
cent primaly election, and I hope
that I may be able to merit a con­
tinuation of your confidence.
W H MILLER.