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About Illinois Valley news. (Cave City, Or.) 1937-current | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1938)
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. 11 High School Has New Budget On July 14, the citizens gath ered at the Union High School at Kerby and voted down the budget 59 to 30. It was declared no elec tion as the budget committee was not complete, the law stating that the school board must appoint others to sit with them to make up I a budget committee. The Members were appointed and the committee met last Mon day evening at the high school. Those of the committee present were Chairman, Lucius Robinson; Secretary Effie M. Smith; Martin Maurer, Loren George, Harry Smith, Ruben Tucker, C. Il- Brooks, H. M. Hayden, Sol Curtis V and Raphael Leonard. The members thrashed out the question of transportation and it was decided to add to the budget one third the cost of two busses their upkeep and salary of drivers. Busses can be bought and the dis trict given three years to pay for them; that is the reason for'on• third of the cost being placed i:i this year’s budget. The amount of money necessary for this transportation will be voted upon separately from the rest of the budget. The notice of election and amount of budget will be found in this week’s issue of The News. Voting starts at 2 p. m. Thursday. August 11, 1938. ----------- o-------------- Coming Attractions at Cave City Theater • Cave Junction, Oregon. Thursday, July 21, 1938 Eastern Star Queen Contest Chapter Holds Is Getting Hot Fine Meeting STANDING OF CANDIDATES The regular meeting of O E. S. Western Star chapter was held on Tuesday evening at the Mason ic hall in Kerby.' At the business session the altar was draped in memory of Mrs Hattie Hart, a member of this chapter who re cently passed away. After the business meeting the members adjourned for a program and social time honoring Mr. and Mr* George Thrasher who are leaving for Tule Lake, to make their home. The program consisted of musical numbers by Mr. and Mrs. Herb Watts; song and ukelele numbers by Peggy Hogue; piano number- by Anne Morris and an original poem by Mrs. George Martin. After the program Mr. and Mrs. Thrasher were presented with two lovely end tables as a token of es teem and friendship. Refresh ments were served while Mrs. Maude Hogue, worthy matron gave a toast to the guests of hon or. Present for the occsion were: Mis Adeline Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Raphael Leonard, George Wells Art Freitas, Mrs. Florence Leedy, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bearss, Mrs. Agnes Smith. Mrs. Frances Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Knox, Mrs. Belle Garbe, Helen Floyd, Mr. and Mrs. Ebb Hogue, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Floyd, Mrs. Jennie Tuttle, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Petersen, Ma bel Wittrock, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Floyd, Mrs. Effie Smith, Mr. and Mrs G. W. Martin, Joseph Waldo, Hi Wells. Mrs. Myrtle Wal ton, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Watts, George Wells. Ed Dailey, Warren Tuttle, Frank Freitas, Anne Mor ris. Peggy Jeane Hogue, Charlene Alice Walton and the honored members, Mr. and Mrs. George Thrasher. —---------- o------------- Evelvn Boyd ............................. 444,000 Ruth Watts ........................................................ 120,000 Leona Lillis ..................................................... 100,250 Dora St. John ......................•............... 64,500 Margaret Sowell ................................................ 58,750 Edith Stanfield .......... 54,500 (’ora Prentice ..................................................... 43,500 Norma Tycer ...................................................... 40,750 Lois Leonardo.................................................... 32,250 Alice Hogue.......................................................... 20,500 C laudia Buck 16,500 Maxcne Patrick ..................................... 15,250 Fern Rihlett ........................................................ 14,000 Cleo Haberman ................................................... 13,250 Well the girls are all in the con test now. The last day for filing was last Wednesday and now we have the complete list of candi dates and below is the official count of votes that the girls have put in so far. Miss Nelle Hayden, princess of last year, was nominated again this year, but Nelle wishes to thank her friends for their confi dence and help, but does not feel that she can accept the honor of running for queen. She does feel that the contest will be a great success this year and will assist in any way she can. With only a little over five weeks to go, the contest this year will eclipse anything ever attempt ed in the past, and all the girls in the list are going to be real contenders. The count this week is not an indictibn of strength of any of the girls, as many of them have not put in their votes, but from now on, it will begin to look very interesting. Writing the name of each can didate on hundreds of coupons is quite a job, so The News, in order to make the work ea-ier for the girls, will give each one a stamp of her name so she can stamp on the coupons and save time in writ ing. Just call at The News office any Wednesday or Thursday and we will make a stamp for you. The entire valley has the names of all the candidates now and the residents can get behind their fa vorite. One queen and four prin cesses to be elected. Ask for your queen coupons when making a 25 cent or more purchase and give them or write the name of your favorite on the coupons and depos it them in one of the boxes in eve ry store. Make your purchases from valley stores and help devel op the section and also help your favoiata for queen. Kerby News Notes of General Interest Clarence Adair Passes Away In Salem Hospital Call it tradition, superstition or just an idiosyncrasy, but in every picture Norman Z. McLeod directs a little yellow dog of no particu lar pedigree, but of vast intelli gence and appealing face, is in cluded in the action. In “Merrily We Live,’’ coming to the Cave City Theatre, Saturday Miss Norma Tycer is confined DEDICATED TO MR. AND MRS. and Sunday^ July 23 and 24, the to her home with a case of mumps. GEORGE THRASHER pup,has his innings, although they —o— come late in the picture. Those oi> Mrs. Patsy Knox of Rogue River By Mr-. George Thrasher the set, knowing of McLeod's hab was a guest of Dorothy Thrasher They waz livin' here in Kerby it, wondered where the dog would over Monday night. We tho't they were content make his bow, or the script de —-o— But 'fore we hardly knowed it manded two Great Danes, a rabbit, Milton Akerill’s son arrived They both had gone and went a cockatoo, and a bowl of gold And climbed the highest moun from New York last week and will fish But when the call came for spend the summer visiting his tain— a scene in a general store, there, father. To see what lay beyond — / was the the yellow pup. wagging —o— They saw a fertile valley her tail in friendly greeting to the Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hogue and Where once had been a pond stars, Constance Bennett, Alan Everything was lush and green Karl Machmer returned from Pok Mowbray and Billie Burke, with The wheat and oats, waist high er Flat last week where they had whom she had appeared in “Top ‘N’ the finest alfalfa that ever taken some cattle for summer per.” range. met the eye Brian Aherne shares stellar hon They also saw the lowly spud— ors with Miss Bennett in the new In fields both long and wide C. C. Gildea of Oregon City, picture and others of prominence In fact the whole plant king is a guest at the home of Mr. anil in the large supporting cast in dom Mrs. Hurley Wilson this week. elude: Patsy Kelly, Ann Dvorak, Wuz durn nigh glorified While here he is enjoying fishing Tom Brown and Phillip Reed. 'Twas then that they decided— and pleasure trips. -------------- o - - To leave the Kerby manse The Illinois Valley An be like Chris Columbus Carol McCallister is spending What makes the wheels go W ho also took a chance. a few days at the home of her round in this section of Josephine So they mustered all their for grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Phil county? Why is it that there are ces Dessenger. Carol has been spend only five persons out of a popula ing the summer with her mother (Continued on Page Three) tion of over 3000 eligible for W. at Klamath Falls. P. A. ------------- o-------------- Why should a community with OWL CAFE UNDER Alice Hogue was very much the resources of the Illinois val NEW MANAGEMENT surprised and frightened a few ley have to go out of the state, to secure financial assistance? Last Thursday Mrs. H. M. mornings ago when she discovered These questions along with sev- 1 Smith took charge of the dining a rattlesnake on the porch of eral others will be answered in room of the Owl cafe and will their home in Kerby. After killing a later issue of this paper open up under her management it they found it had six rattles. Earlier in the summer a larger one By a subscriber. Saturday morning, July 23. Extensive improvements are was killed in the fields back of ■•a under way and will take a couple the Hogue home. I COMING EVENTS « F Friday, July 22, Garden club picnic, Patrick's Creek. Saturday, July 23—Belt Lodge No. 18 meets at 8 p. m. Sunday, July 24—Cave City Women’s club potluck dinner. Greyback camp. Fri.-Sat., Aug 5-6—Third An nual Gladiolus show. Grants I Pass. Sept. 3-4-5—Illinois Valley Min ers Jubilee at Cave Junction. Monday, Sept. 5-—Labor day. Monday-Sunday, Sept. 5-11 —Ore gon state fair, Salem. Wed.-Sat., Sept. 14-17—Josephine County Fair. of days to arrange the new details Mi Smith plans, but she will have them all completed so she can open the cafe bright and early Saturday morning. Mrs. Smith has had a great deal of experience in the cafe and restaurant business. She was 18 years in one place and most of this time had complete charge of the business. Under the new management, the Owl will open at 6:30 every | morning and club breakfasts will be served from 6:30 to 11 a. m. A pecial merchants lunch will be served from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m. ! Ti e cafe will be closed from 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. every day. A la > Carte service will be given patrons i from 4 to 9 p. m. | Last Saturday the community was shocked to learn that Clar ence Adair, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Adair had died in a Salem hospital, where he had gone for a ew weeks medical treatment. Funeral arrangements were made by Hull & Hull and inter ment was in Hill Crest cemetery at Grants Pass. Dr. William A. was held Wednesday afternuoon at 2 p. m. Clarence was well known in Cave Junction, where he had liv ed with his parents and older brother, for many years. He had been ailing for some time and in recent months seemed to be grad ually getting worse and went to Salem for treatment where he passed away. MARATHON RUNNER TO GO THRU VALLEY Adam Ziegler, marathon runner of considerable note, left San Francisco Monday, July 18th on a race against time up the Red wood highway, from the bay city to Grants Pass. Ziegler has said, we are told, that he will beat the the time of the Indian runner who made a record for distance. Ziegler is scheduled to' pass through the valley late Sunday afternoon. He is supposed to ar rive at the California-Oregon state line at 5:30 p m. Sunday, July 24th and will pass through Cave Junction at 9:30 p. m. if he stays on schedule. ■■ ■ -...... o-------------- Margaret Morris, daughter of Rev and Mrs. C. G. Morris will ar rive from Seattle, this evening where she has been attending the University of Washington, summer school. She will spend the remain der of her vacation with her par ents before resuming her duties as English teacher of the high school at Dufur, Oregon. The Kerby Rod and Gun club held their meeting last Friday eve ning at the Hayden camp in Cave Junction. About 50 attended and a most enjoyable time was spent. Delicious coffee with hot dogs and buns were served. The club now boasts of a membership of about 100. —o— Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brcnson and children and Mrs. Agnes Bronson left this week for their home in San Diego, after spending the past few weeks as guests at the home Mr. and Mrs. Paul Newlands of Mr. and Mrs. Herb Tycer and returned last Friday from several Mr. and Mrs. George Tycer, also weeks visit in Prineville, Oregon, other relatives. Mrs. Agnes Bron- Port Angeles, Washington and Prince George, B. C. (Continued on Pag* Twa) Price 5 Cents Saw Mills Are Closed News Moves Into Its Temporarily New Home A severe blow was handed the saw mill men the first of the week, when they were all given notice to suspend operations until furth er notice. The order came from Governor Martin, who gave the order to prevent further fire haz ards in timber sections. Three mills were affected in the valley, and the suspension order puts about 75 men out of work until the order is cancelled. The largest mill in the valley is the Villair Lumber company, who have approximately 50 men at work. A few of them went with the forest service to fight fire. Every available man who want ed to fight fire was given a job. The fire hazard is the greatest for several years, the humidity be ing the lowest for some time. The Nome creek fire is the only bad fire in this territory in fact it is the only one at present as all the small fires have been ex tinguished. Nome creek is out of control and approximately 200 men are on the job trying to halt the flames. M. M. Nelson, ranger of the Redwood station, left Tuesday night for the fire and took per sonal control of the situation. He planned to start a back fire from the Illinois river immediately to combat the spread of the fire. Nome creek is the worst fire in this section since 1929. --------------o------ ------- When the last weeks paper was off the press, employees of The News immediately started into tearing down the machinery so it could be moved into its new home. All the machinery was torn down and ready to move Friday after noon, and with the help of Bob Rout and his truck, the Illinois Valley Freight company; John Darger, Homer Phillips, foreman of The News office; Frank Schis- ka, A. C. Hamrick, M. C. and L. E. (Ted) Athey, the equipment was all transported into the new building in short time. Most of the machinery of The News was all heavy pieces, but the llinois Valley Trucking com pany was equal to the occasion and loaded and hauled the heavy pieces just as well as a big city trucking company would do. We have had trucking firms in Port land who make a specialty of mov ing printing machinery, and they could not have done a better job than did the Illinois Valley Freight company. Putting the machinery back in shape was a much harder job than tearing it nown. It all had to be wiped clean and put back to gether. Homer Phillips and John Darger were just as good as ex pert- in doing this work. The Li notype machine works better than it ever did before and the cylinder press and job press are in the best possible condition. The News is now in a position to do better work and give quick er service. The job department of The News is equal to most any kind of job the residents of the valley desire. Fact is the job work is much better than the ordinary run of country printing establish ments. The News plans to hold an open house just as sopn as we get all settled and cleaned up and want everyone in the valley to come in anti see the new “Diggin’s'' func tion. Located about 300 feet from the corner of the Cave highway junction, a new reinforced con crete building was built on the M. H. Hayden property. The build ing is 40x50 und The News of fice has a fine office room of 25x35 feet. There is another room for rent 15x35 feet next door, with three rooms in the rear. H. M. Smith was the builder and those who have seen the building and how quickly it was built, compliment the contrac tor very highly on his fine constuc- tion. Mr. Smith, in our notion, is more than to be complimented. He just had so much money to go on and he stretched it like rubber to cover a lot of territory and he cer tainly built a lot of building for the price. The News building would cost at least $5000 in any town and $6000 in any big city on the coast. Frank Hoffmier had the con tract for plastering the building with built-in special features that are the best we have seen He is an artist at his trade and his work on The News building stamps him as one of the best. The building will be heated with a pipeless furnace and is equipped with hot and cold water through out, making it one of the most modern buildings in the valley. The News plans to publish a souvener edition next week and hold open house Saturday, July 30th and the publishers invite all to iome and see the new home of The llinois Valley News. Spanish Castle Starts Remodeling Building Last Wednesday Floyd Fagnant, proprietor of the Spanish Cn.-tle, started remodeling the entire pre mises, inside and out. The new work will require about two weeks to finish. The entire interior of the Cas tle will be redecorated, and many new innovations put into effect. Some of them include a modern kitchen for the cafe side of the house, and an outside lavatory for men is being constructed. Liv ing quarters in the rear of the building will all be plastered and decorated and the latest improve ments installed. Mr. Fagnant said about $1.000 will be spent in remodeling the Castle and when completed will be one of the classiest places in the county. --------------o—-------- Home Makers Vacation ('amp Changes Location On account of the Nome creek fire near Oak Flat, the Home Makers Vacation camp was chang ed to the Fir Point conference grounds at Glendale, Oregon, where preparations are now being made to hold one of the greatest camps ever held in southern Ore gon. The new location, while a little farther away than Oak Flat, the accommodations at Fir Point, are said to be the best in the county. Kitchens, dining rooms, lavatories, swimming tank and bunks filled with straw for campers. It is not necessary to take cots or mat- resses. A caravan of cars and busses will leave the ¿court house in Grants Pa-s Sunday afternoon at 2 p. m., and all who wish to join the caravan are welcome. Of course anyone can go in their own cars at any time. A truck will take care of all the bundles and bed ding. The registration bureau will not close until the last day, so any one can register and join the camp any time up to the last day. Sun day evening will be a pot luck din ner for families. The camp will last from July 24th to 28th. ■ i iQ ■■■■■.. ....... Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Cauble vis ited over Tuesday with Mrs. Floyd Hayes while Floyd wa- out fight ing fire. DAKOTANS The annual North Dakota and South Dakota picnic for southern Oregon and northern California, will be held Sunday, July 31 at Grants Pass Municipal park. Meet your ol«I friends from home there. Bring your bathing suit and swim in Rogue river. Commitee will furnish coffee.
