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A LIVE WIRE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE ILLINOIS VALLEY AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS
Volume II
Cave Junction Oregon. Thursday, June 16, 1938
No. 6
Jubilee
Queen To
Get Attention
It is getting time when we begin
to think who is going to be queen
of the Second Annual Miners’ Jub­
ilee, which is not so far in the dis-
tance.
“After much discussion, said
President Drews of the Jubilee,
“of tall blonds, short brunettes,
plump red heads, etc., , etc., our
bewildered committee have decid­
ed to pass the ‘buck’ ió you and
let you, the people, select our
queen for the coming Jubilee.
Therefore, in the same manner
as last year you may nominate and
vote for your favorite. Any girl be­
tween the ages of 16 and 30 years
may be nominated. We expect that
every business place in the valley
will have the vote coupons. Nom­
inations and voting will begin July
1st, only two weeks away. Pick
your winner. We are going to have
a great time.”
The girl who is elected queen
this year is going to have a great
time. She is going to have an op­
portunity to make many trips and
it is not at all impossible that 'he
will accompany a delegation <>f
boosters from the Jubilee to the
San Francisco fair with all expen­
ses paid next year.
Besides the fair trip, other fea-
tures will be possible, uch as the
county fair and visits to Grants
Pass and other near by cities.
Girls from all parts of the val­
ley will be entered this year, if
reports can be a guide to go by,
as there is much interest and com­
ment on who is going to be the
queen of the Miners’ Jubilee this
year.
Registration Bureau
Here Third in State
Registering cars of out of state
automobiles is not as heavy as this
time la't year, but Cave City is
third highest in the state of all reg­
istering bureaus for the month of
May.
Ashland
2,924
Grants Pass
MO
S I I
Cave City
Portland
817
Brookings
714
The above are the largest : reg­
istrations in the state. There are
56 places to register in the state,
The total for May in the state at
large was 10,906. The total from
January 1 to May 31 was 31,797.
This month the registration bur­
eau should be kept busy register­
ing cars as the traffic gets larger
from now on.
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Activities
In Mining
Platinum and the Platinum Group
of Metal»
The first-discovery of platinum
• was in two rivers flowing^^rom the
same ridge of hills in Columbia,
South America. The first litera­
ture on platinum was written in
1600 by Jules Scoliger and the
first large quantity of platinum
to be bought was taken to England
from Jamaica in the year 1735.
Since that year there has been a
growing demand for the metal.
The mother rocks of platinum
are basic igneous rocks, periodo-
tites, pyroxenite, and dunite. The
periodotites and pyroxenite' are
dark grey to black heavy rocks
composed principally of black or
dark green iron-magnesian sili-
cates, pyroxine, augite and horn-
blend, olivine, plagioclase feld-
spar, chromite, ilmenite and mag-
■o-
netite. Dunites are composed prin-
cipally of olivine with some chrom­
Coming Attractions at
ite. A characteristic of these rocks
Cave City Theater
is their ateration into serpentine.
In searching for platinum, or the
“Successful stories make suc- platinum group of metals, the
cessful motion pictures,'' is a Hol- first thing to look for is a country
lywood adage with the presenta­ rock which is of the above men­
tion of "Mannequin” at the Cave tioned formations, or ^or streams
City theater, co-starring
Joan that have originated in such for­
Crawford and Spencer Tracy for mations. In most part, those grav­
the first time, next Saturday and els which do not contain chromite
Sunday, June 18 and 19.
do not have platinum.
Perfectly cast, Miss Crawford
Crude platinum, as is occurs in
and Tracy give splendid perforin­ placer concentrates, is ordinarily
anees and form a new romantic a silvery white metal which could
team that audiences will want to be confused only with silver, or
see more of. The film also reveal­ possibly pieces of iron or steel. It
ed a leading man discovery in Alan can be distinguished from both
Curtis, who showed great promise these metals, as they are soluble
in a difficult role.
in dilute nitric acid; crude plat­
The story, replete with unu-ual inum can only be dissolved jn con­
and surprising situations, gives centrated aqua-regia (a mixture
Miss Crawford opportunity to dis­ <1 three parts of hydrocloric acid
play her ability as an actress in a and one part of nitric acid.)
part made foi
In some deposits the grains of
who starts ou in a tenement and platinum are coated with some sul­
wdnds up in
Multimillionaire's phides or oxides and resemble
penthouse. Shi wears Adrian-de- chromite, ilminite or magnetite.
signed gowns stunningly as a However it can be separated from
mannequin, and sings a n(*w song these by careful panning as it is
hit, “Always and Always."
of much greater specific gravity
Wednesday. June 22, "Holly­ than any of them.
wood Hotel" with Dick Powell and
The commercial recovery of
Francis Langford and the support­ platinum, so far, has been limited
ing cast of talented radio artists to alluvial deposits. The metal has
who broadcast from the Hollywood been found in-situ in the Ural
Hotel weekly.
Dramtic critcs mountains of Russia, in Alfrica and
praise this picture highly.
in two or three places in the Uni­
ted States; however mining it
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COMING EVENTS I I J en successful.
There are six metals and two
G>................................................................ L±J combinations of metals, generally,
Friday, June 24—Illinois Valley I in the platinum group; platinum,
Garden club, home of Mrs. E. J. palladium, iridium, osmium, rho­
dium and ruthenium are th? met­
Wilber. Eelection of officers.
als; then there is osmiridium and
Fri.-Sat., Aug 5-6—Third An­ platiridium the two metallic com­
nual Gladiolus show. Grants binations. Also there are two min­
erals that concentrate in the sands
Pass.
carrying platinum; these are sper­
Sept. 3-4-5—Illinois Valley Min­ rylite and cooperite which are
er s Jubilee at Cave Junction.
sulphurets and arsenides of the
metal.
Two groups of metals exist in
Monday, Sept. 5—Labor day.
the platinum group as far as
Monday-Sunday, Sept. 5-11—Ore­ weight is concerned. There is the I
lighter group consisting of pallad­ :
gon state fair, Salem.
ium. ruthenium, and rhodium
Wed.-Sat., Sept. 14-17—Josephine whose specific gravities run from
14 to 16 and the other group
County Fair.
which runs from 20 to 23 specific
Tuesday. Nov. 8—General elec­ gravity.
Some data concerning each of
tion.
.the commercial
metals of this
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Friday, Nov. 11—Armistice day. I group will be given at a later date.
Price 5 Cents
OFF IN THE CORNER
PHIL SNORT
Convention
To Be Held
At Corvallis
First Ocean WITH
Going Boat
To The Dalles
Next Sunday at Corvallis there
will be a convention starting at
10 a. m. for the Townsend Na­
tional Recovery Plan Inc., of Ore­
gon.
A letter from James Logan of
Portland, vice-president evxplains
the call for the convention and
all Townsendites who can
are
asked to attend.
The letter follows
Dear Mr. Athey :
July 9, 1938, will be a date
ringed with red in the history of
Pacific Northwest transportation.
On that day the first ocean ship
will move inland through two
mountain ranges for a distance of
200 miles from the Pacific ocean
to The Dalles. Indeed, it will be
an event of climax for the nation,
for it will be in dedication of the
Mid Columbia-Bonneville Seaway,
the longest river ship channel in
the Union of States.
We have called for a conven-
Through arrangements of the
tion of Townsendites to meet in
Port of The Dalles with the Mc­
Corvallis, at 10 a. ni. on June 19th.
Cormick Steamship company, the
Some little official business con­
S. S. Charles L. Wheeler will leave
nected with the organization will
Los Angeles harbor June 29, and
be put over by the voting dele-
San Francisco July 2 with an al­
gates, perhaps in the morning ses-
location of 1.500 tons of cargo to
sion, after which the meeting will
be delivered at The Dalles at rates
be merged into a mass convention
identical with those applying to
composed of as many Townsend
Portland. When she discharges at
plan representatives as it is possi­
I ble to assemble in which every one The Dalles the steamship will sail
for the California ports with car­
present will have a voice in the de­
go bearing the same rate as apply­
liberations to follow.
ing from Portland to these Califor­
At a meeting of the executive
nia ports.
board of the Oregon corporation,
Every effort is being made by
held in Corvallis, June 3rd attend­
the
Port of The Dalles and the Mc­
ed by all of the board except two,
Cormick
line to get as large a
and attended also by Mr. Moore,
Mr. Wade and M. C. Martin, the spread as possible of this cargo
three late Dist. Mgr’s. the matter space among Inland Empire ship­
of a suitable state pension wa- pers, in order that the maximum
thoroughly gone into and some 4 number of business institutions
or five initiative measures, now may participate in writing this
chapter in national transportation
in the offing, were considered and
history.
discussed and the board passed a
July 9, will be the day of jubil-
resolution favoring such bills as
embody the principles of the Town­ ization for all the Inland Empire
of Oregon, Washington and Ida­
send plan.
It was decided that the best way ho, with the celebration extending
from Vancouver, Wash., to The
to unite all three districts in a
Dalles, Ore., both historic cities.
state-wide drive to secure a suita­
The S. S. Charles L. Wheeler,
ble state pension, was through a
mass convention, such as mention­ with Captain Arthur H. Riggs,
ed above. I am sure you will join master of the Oregon Steamboat
forces with us in this all important Men’s association and veteran
job of taking care of our Oregon member of the Columbia River Pi­
folks, both young and old, while lot's association, on the bridge,
the national plan is pending, by will leave Vancouver July 9 at 3
i
passing a decent state pension, a. m. A naval escort will be fur­
through the initiative, you know we nished by the Coast Guard Cutter
can, if we all pull together, and Onondaga, Commander Higbee,
and U. S. S. Eagle, Commander
just got to do it, that’s all.
Again, let me urge you to come Sass. The army will be represent­
to the convention and bring as ed by the Corps of Engineer boats,
many Townsenders as pssible with Robert Gray and Feather.
The first center of celebration
you, for this is our chance to do
some real effective work for Ore­ will be at Bonneville dam, where
gon, let’s not muff the chance. We the marine cortage .will arrive at
can put over a decent pension mea­ 9:30 a. m. and initiate activities
sure if we can pull together, just of a program, which will be broad­
once. If we can get enough of our cast over a coast-to-coast radio
old leaders out and show some network. Ot 10:30, the merchant,
old time pep. I’m 'ure we can go naval and army craft, followed by
places. Meet us at Corvallis, June an argosy of river boats and bar­
ges will move toward The Dalles,
19th.
arriving at 3 p. m. At 4, a par­
Very truly yours,
ade will be held. This will be fol­
JAS. LOGAN.
lowed by a ceremony, the program
of which will be broadcast.
Surprise Party Given
High national and Oregon
For Phil Snort Tuesday
Washington and Idaho officials
will participate in the ceremonies.
A group of friends surprised At Bonneville a plaque commem­
Lew Webb (Phil Snort) last Tues­ orating opening of the ship locl^
day evening at the State Line Ren­ and inland seaway will be dedica­
dezvous. Dancing was enjoyed by ted. J. D. Ross power administra­
those who like to trip the light tor will start operation of one of
fantastic and all congraulated the huge generators which will
fantastic and all congratulated supply lights along the first trans­
A mix up on dates accounted for mission line built to Cascade locks.
several not getting to the party.
In anticipation of the greatest
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. I motor traffic in the history of
Lew Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Buck either of the transcontinental high­
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Wy­ way links the Columbia river and
man, Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Cook, Mr. north Bank highways state po­
and Mrs Marvin Abrams, J W lice are busy setting in motion
Carl, Guilford Cook, Chuck Mel­ plans to handle the movement of
ton, Arnold Junghans, Charles Mc­ the thousands who are expected to
Anally, Edward Fay, Tom McCar­ line every vantage point of the
ter, David Alexander, Frank Schis- scenic gorge as they watch ships
ka, Ted Athey, Ed Scherffins, steam their way upstream on a
Herb Owen and Bob Schneider.
seaway that threads its way beside
the precipitous chasms of a major
mountain range.
Open House Tuesday
I
State Line Rendezvous
W J. Carl and V. L. Wyman
of the State Line Rendezvous an-
nounce they will hold open house
next Tuesday night, when they
will have moved everything into
the large building. There will be
booths for those who care to eat
and al) wil be under one roof.
There wil be barbecued meats and
the trimmings, music and all that
goes to help the guests have
a
good time.
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TALL GRAIN GROWN
ON DRYLAND HERE
• The first of the week Guorge
H Shade brought into The News
office a sample of grains grown
on his place on non-irrigated soil.
It consisted of wheat, barley and
oats and was over seven feet tall.
The samples are on display at the
Chamber of Commerce building in
Cave Junction.
—
Dear Ed:
Didja ever hear of a city call­
ed Todelope, or some name or
other what sound' that-a-way? Ya
didn’t, heh? neider did 1. I comes
derned near gittin’ sued fer not
I knowin’ it. fer they tells me it’s
the greatest slander in the world
not to know about Todelope. They
tells me what makes Todelope
famous is it s the only city in the
world that is longer crossways
than ’tiz lengthways. Todelope
joins onto Cave City on the north
and onto Kerby on the south and
everything east and west. Tode-
lope’s chief industry is making
faces at Kerby and thumbing it’s
nose at Cave City. ’Nuther thing
what makes Todelope important is
it’s where you turn off to git into
the woods right smart quick. They
is one draw brick to Todelope and
the folks there are kickin’ like tar-
nation thunder about it: they has
to go thru Cave City and Cave
Junction to git to Hussey's Rough-
•md-Ready to fish.
Jack Hout is mayor, chief of
police, judge and constable. They
hain't got no jails, poor hou'es
nor poor farms, no chamber of
converse or Tuesday forum lunch;
no theater, church or school. They
don't want any school cause if
they learned something they’d al­
ways have it to fergit; and they
gits plenty amusement a leadin’
what Phil Snort writes fer The Il­
linois Valley News. Yeah, they
been takin’ The News a leetle mite
over a year and they tells me a
few more doses and they'll be cur­
ed—beg
pardon,
Mornay, 1
meant they’d keep on takin’ it
sos to stay cured.
You know I believe I'm gonto
learn to love Todelope. They's a
lot more 1 could write about Tode­
lope and I'm gonto do it as soon
as I find out what it is. What wor­
ries me most is to think how as
every time I think of Todelope I
gotter stop and pity Medford.
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Oregon City Publisher
Visits News Office
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Brodie, who
had just returned from the Ore­
gon Caves, which they had not seen
for nearly 10 years passed through
the city today, Thursday, and stop­
ped long enough to pay a friendly
fraternal visit in The News office.
Mr. Brodie is the publisher of
the Daily Oregon City Enterprise,
and was formerly United States
Ambassador to Siam and Finland,
but is now back in Oregon City
at the head of the Enterprise.
I
Mr. Brodie said he was indeed
surprised to see such a lively, grow­
ing city as we have here, and was
impressed with the growth of the
valley.
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CCC Boys Soon to
Ijcave for Crater Lake
An advance cadre of 15 tnen
left Camp Oregon Caves Monday
for the Crater Lake National Park
where they are engaged this week
in the reconditioning of Camp An­
nie Springs, preparatory to the
movement of the company to that
location next week. With the ex-
ception of 25 men who will be left
in the camp here for the summer
under Foreman John A. Ulrich,
the rest of the men vVin go to Cra­
ter Lake. Some equipment has al­
ready been moved and more is be­
ing sent each day. The company,
which is under the command of
Lieut. Joseph W. Scobey expects
to return to the local camp next
fall.
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Ice Plant Running at
Full Capacity Now
The Illinois Valley Ice company
( owned by Phil Sawyer, has start-
I ed the summer season and is now
running full capacity to,fulfill or
! ders night and day.
Phil can now supply the entire
valley with all their ice needs. Just
phone on the Holland exchange
and place your order ahead. Dur­
ing the summer months he will
take orders up to 10 a. m. Sunday.
No deliveries will be made on Sun­
day, so order your ice needs be­
fore then.
Improvement
Company
A meeting of the Cave City
District Improvement company,
Inc., a corporation formed to sup­
ply domestic water, held a meeting
last Monday evening in the Art
Drews residence to transact busi­
ness. The incorporators elected
the following officers:
Elwood Hussey, president of the
board of directors; Art Drews,
secretary; C. Y. Arnold, treasurer;
Minnie Cosson, William H. Darger
and Flyod Fagnant, directors.
Corporation papers have been
received from the secretary of
;
state
and the county clerk and
now the corporation is ready to go
■
ahead
with the operations of drill­
ing a well and they will make ap­
plication to the Emergency
I
Fi-
nance Corporation for a loan *o
, complete the well.
It is hoped to
the well
, started within 10
Present
plans are to drill
Caves avenue behind the Drews
(
garage.
The corporation hopes to
have water before the dry season
( gets too far advanced.
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ELECTIONS AT 44
! SCHOOLS MONDAY
The annual school meetings for
( election of school directors, adop­
j tion of budgets, and other business
will be held in the 44 school dis­
i
tricts
of Josephine county on June
20, the third Monday of June, as
according to state law.
All grade school districts in the
county are of the third-class with
the exception of Grants Pass,
which is first class, and will each
elect one director and a school
clerk for a three-year ternr. Ker-
by. Union high school district will
elect one director for a five-year
term, and will vote on its propos-
ed 1938-39 budget, of $9,SOO.
Those qualified as taxpayers will
also vote by secret ballot on the
question of issuing $5,000 worth
of negotiable interest bearing
warrants which would be used in
adding rooms and equipment to
the present building.
The call for the Kerby High
school is Monday, June 27 at 2
p. m. The grade school however, is
nert Monday, June 20 at 2 p. m.
All parents and taxpayers are
requested to attend their district
meeting and to take an interest in
school affairs.
Departing CCC Boys
Party at Ritz Tavern
Among those who helped spon­
sor a party at the Ritz Tavern,
Monday evening, honoring a group
of CCC boys were Adelaide and
Norma McGrady, Lucy and Eileen
Whitehead, Nell Hayden, Evelyn
Boyd, Faye McLean, Myrtice and
Doris Jones, Virginia Thrasher,
Alice and Dorothy Hogue, Bertha
Houck, Edda Burke, Winnifred
Hassler, Bud McLean, Harry Mes­
senger, Roy Branham, Jack Wil­
son, George Mellow, J. Lenardo,
Cliff Phillips,
Lonnie
Dixon,
George Koller, Shorty Phillips, Nat
Wooley, Vivian Taylor, Mrs. Irene
McCasland, Milt Akerill, Mrs. Art
Kellert, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Mar­
tindale, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hogue,
William McLean, Mrs. im White-
head, Mabel Ramsey, Mr. and Mrs.
Clem Sauer, George Peterson,
Maurice Sauer and Mrs. Dollie
Duncan.
Over twenty of the honored
guests were present, the first part
of the evening was spent dancing
and playing various games, at
midnight the group adjourned to
the Odd Fellows hall dining room,
where they partook of refresh­
ments. More dancing and games
followed at the Ritz. All pronounc­
ed it a most enjoyable party. The
CCC boys of Grayback camp are
leaving for Crater Lake camp and
will be greatly missed.
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Lieut. Marsh, Medford district
dentist is stationed at Oregon Caves
camp this week.