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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.
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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.
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Evelvn Boyd .............................
444,000
Ruth Watts ........................................................ 120,000
Leona Lillis ..................................................... 100,250
Dora St. John
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64,500
Margaret Sowell ................................................ 58,750
Edith Stanfield
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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under way and will take a couple the Hogue home.
I COMING EVENTS
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.