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Illinois
A LIVE WIRE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE II LINOIS VALLEY AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS
•'V olume II
No. 11
Price 5 Cents
Cave Junction. Oregon, Thursday, August 11. 1938
School Busses Kerby News Notes
of General Interest
Lose With
Close Vote
New Home of The I. V. News
By Adah Jones
This afternoon Thursday, Aug
ust 11, taxpayers of Union High
School District No. 1 of Josephine
County gathered at the school at
Kerby and voted on the budget
for the next year and on the ques
tion as to whether the district
would purchase busses to take the
pupils to and from school, the dis
trict taking in the valley from
O’Brien on the south to Selma
and Deer Creek on the north.
There were S3 votes cast and
while the question of busses wa-
voted upon separately from the
rest of the budget the total on
both questions was the same 179.
There were 20 challenges, as
the name* did not appear on the
I assessor’s list but as those chal
lenged had deeds to prove they
owned the property they were al
lowed to vote. That may compli
cate matters and lead to a law
suit or to anothr election. Law
sryers in Grants Pass will be asked
to decide the question tomorrow,
Friday. The vote on both proposi
tions was as follows; for the bud
get 111; against 68, majority for
budget 43. For busses 87, against
92, majority against busses 5.
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RURAL MAIL ROUTE
FOR CAVE JUNCTION
The following letter is self ex-
plantory:
August 5, 1938.
Postmaster,
Cave Junction, Oregon,
My Dear Postmaster
In a separate communication,
you are being advised of the is
suance of orders transferring ru-
• ral route No. 1 Kerby. Oregon,
i to the jurisdiction of the Cave
Junction office to be known as
rural route No. 1 from that of
fice, effective September 1, 1938.
Effective September 1, you
will furnish the post office at Hol
land and Takilma with supply by
locked pouch by the carrier on
I rural route No. 1 from Cave
Junction, superseding
present
-upply by carrier on rural route
/ No. 1 from Kerby.
This locked pouch service will
be performed on the carrier’s reg-
I ular trips daily except Sundays
» and holidays.and will include car
rying a pouch to and from the
r post office at Holland and Takil
ma.
In this connection your atten-
£ tion is invited to the Postal Laws
% and Regulations governing this
■ matter beginning with Section I
I 1036.
Please acknowledge the re-
I ceipt of this letter.
Respectfully yours,
J. W. Cole,
Acting Second Assistant.
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Cave Junction Second
In Registering Cars
Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Jones had
as Sunday guests Mr. and Mrs
Ed. Griffith of Gridley, Califor
nia. The Griffiths are foimer
school mates of Mr. and Mrs.
Jones when all went to Philomath
college. They had not seen each
other for several years and met
unexpectedly at Cave Junction
church Sunday. Griffith is a min
ister of the United Brethern
church near Gridley and they
were having a vacation trip to
Crater Lake and Oregon Caves
returning to their home Tuesday.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Farlien
made a trip to Grants Pass Sat
urday. in the interests of the
interests of the Kerby Library,
1 eturning the books that were
oaned by the Josephine County
Library. Another group of books
will be brought out this week and
placed on the shelves of the local
library to supplement those here.
Many will be children's books.
M iss Della Dodd of Longview,
Washington came this week to
spend a month with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Dodd in Ker
by -
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Mrs. Clyde Johnson returned
last Week from Portsmouth, Ohio,
where she has spent the past two
weeks, since accompanying her
daughter and -onin-law to their
home in the east.
Mr. and Mrs. George Spach re
turned to their home in Kerby
last week after spending several
weeks mining on Shan creek. Min
ing ceased there because of lack
ne water.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Throne of
Denver Colorado were guests last
week at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Hurley Wilson. Mr. Throne, who
is a brother of Mrs. W’ilson, is
steam superintendent of the City
Electric of Denver, and had not
made a trip on the Redwood high
way for five years. On this trip
he noted many changes and jm-
provements and hopes to make a
trip this way again next year.
From here they went to Klamath
Falls, to visit other relatives.
Mrs. John Wittrock, daughter,
Mabel, Mrs. Mabel Ramsey, Mrs.
Bert Adams, Mrs. Delia Payne
and Mrs. Dollie Duncan spent
Sunday evening at the Oregon
Caves, where they enjoyed $he
Sunday evening program put on
by the young people employed
tnere.
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Mrs. Mattie Trefethen left
this week with Mr. and Mrs. Roy
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Coming Attractions at
Cave City Theater
Coming to the Cave City thea
tre Saturday and Sunday, Aug
ust 13th and 14th, with Alice
SALEM, Aug 10—A total of
Faye and Tony Martin singing
■ 28,053 out of state automobiles their way into the hearts of every
were registered in Oregon during audience, "Sally, Irene and Mary" I
July, including about 16,000 from the former Broadway musical
■ California and 3,241 from Wash comedy that ran for a year and
fl ington, Secretary of State Earl
which has been made into one of
K Snell said today.
the most delightful comedies of
Ashland, with 5,196 registra ,
the year. "Snozzle” Durante and
» tions, did more business than any Fred Allen help materially in pro
other station; Cave City was sec- i
viding the comedy of the play,
rlond with 3,592, followed by which is full of musical hits that
v Brookings with 3,212 and Grants all know, and which Alice Faye
• Pass with 2,222.
and Tony Martin sing to perfec
Snell said the tourist season ap tion.
parently reached its peak last
Next Wednesday. August 17th,
month.
"Swing Your Lady," with famous
radio stars, the Weaver Brothers
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Elviry, the original Ozark
COMING EVENTS [ hillbillies will be the top attrac
tion. This entertainment is chuck
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e full of humor, pathos and laughs,
Friday, Aug. 12 — Pageant re depicting the lives of the Ozark
hearsal, News office 8 p. m.
hills and the musical ability of the
Wednesday Aug. 17—Miners' Jub hillbillies.
ilee Kangaroo Court, Regstra-
Louise Fazenda. Nat Pendeton,
.*1 tion room, next to Cave City
Allen Jenkins and Humphrey Bo
■F Drug store, 8 p m.
Friday, Aug. 19 — Rod and Gun gart are among the stars who help
club will meet at the Ritz Ta the hillbillies in their amusing an
vern, Kerby. 8 p. m.
tes "Swing Your Lady,” comes
Sept. 3-4-5—Illinois Valley Min highly recommended as first rate
ers Jubilee at Cave Junction.
entertainment and has had long
Monday, Sept. 5—Labor day.
rus in big cities.
Through the courtesy of the Grants Pass Daily Courier, we are re-printng the picture they published in
the August 2nd issue The upper picture is of The News' new building with Ted Athey in his Miners’
Jubilee costume and looking like a hard boiled sheriff. He was asked by the photographer to pose in
this respect. The lower insert is M. C. Athey, and the other unfinished building being erected by the
citizens of Murphy for a Sunday school. The News picture- were taken by W C. Inman, through the
courtesy of the Grant- Pass Chamber of Commerce. The Courier engraved the cut. One of the first
official acts of G. L. Manuel, the new secretary of the Grants Pass Chamber, was to ask Mr. Inman to
come to Cave Junction and take a picture for us, loaning him his own personal car to do so, as he had
read in The News that we had taken pictures that were not good enough to make a cut from This
courtesy and cooperation from “Larry" is most heartily appreciated.
Grange To
Have Booth
At Fair
Queen Contest
3 More Weeks
STANDING OF CANDIDATES
Illinois
The members
’S of the
Valley grange at the regular
meetng last Thursday evening
decided to sponsor a booth at
Ar
the Josephine county fair,
rangement for the display will
be in charge of the agricultural
committee with Roy Wells chair
man.
Mrs. H. C. Smith gave a report
of her visit to the All American
trial seed plot of the Lilly Seed
company near Seattle. Agricul
tural topics discussed included
rhubarb culture by
Kenneth
Wells; Wisconsin's -ucces in to
bacco culture Sam Bunch; results
obtained by the use of lantern
turkey and chick brooders by
Well-; Wisconsin's success in to
Clarence Sawyer and Herbert
Watts; the use of hay hammer mill
to market alfalfa by J. W. Smith.
Mrs. Bessie Watts legislative
committee chairman called atten
tion to the necessity for careful
study of referendum and initia
tive petitions before the next elec
tion. She also read an article
comparing the New York state
debts which have been paid with
the national debts incurred during
the present administration.
Mrs. Addie Martin, lecturer,
led a discussion on favorite vaca
tion areas. A paper on the value
of hobbies was read by Bessie
Watts.
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Deer ( reek (¡range
To Give Program
Next Saturdy, August 13th,
the home economics department
of the Deer Creek Grange will
present a program and rummage
sale in the Deer Creek Grange
hall.
Th program will consist of var
ious skits and a two-act play en
titled “Dr. Curall,” with Joe Wai-
ton playing the part of the good
doctor. The rest of the cast will
include Thelma Morton. Clarence
Brooks, Mary Buckles, Jennie
Tuttle. Emma Tutri. . Mi-
C
Brooks, Mrs. C. Hamilton, Mr-.
Mildred Norman and Ella Grace
Carlisle.
The program will start at 8
p. mt and the entin1 valley i in
vited to attend and enjoy the eve
ning.
Ruth Watts
Evelyn Boyd
Dora St. John
Leona Lillis
Margaret Sowell
Lois Leonardo
Edilh Stanfield
Cleo Haberman
Norma Tycer
Cora Prentice
Alice Hogue
Maxene Patrick
Claudia Buck
Fern Riblett
Ida Hickman
Passed Away
Thursday
A complete and sudden shock
was given the residents of Cave
Junction and the valley this
i lorning, (Thursday), when, the
fact became known that Mrs. Ida
E. Hickman, of the Camp-U-Rest
passed away suddenly Thursday
morning at about 1:30 a. in.
Mrs. Hickman wras apparently
suffering from a broken artery
that filled her lungs and she gasp
ed for breath. Dr. (’oilman was
called, but she was beyond help
when he arrived and she passed
away a few minutes after.
The body was taken to Grants
Pass early Thursday
morning
where Miss Louise Hickman, her
daughter and Andy Kuznik, her
partner in the business of Camp
U-Rest, left to make arrangements
to ship the body to Mi-soula,
Montana, where the funeral will
he held. Mrs. Hickman will be laid
to rest beside her son and twin
brother of Louise, who passed
away last year.
Mrs. Hickman and Mr. Kuznik
came here last January and leas
ed the camp for a year, opening
up business, January 10. They
rapidly made Camp U Rest one of
the outstanding eating places be
tween Grants Pass and Crescent
City. They gained the respect and
confidence of every one who pat
ronized the place.
Mrs. Hickman
leaves
her
daughter, Louise and thousands
of friends in Montana and Ore
gon to mourn her loss. Louise
will accompany the remains to
Montana.
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Standard
Oil Co's
1,108,250
1,010,000
682.750 Products
681,000 I
357.500
Few resiiients of the valley
298.500
realize the large number of pe
253.500 troleum products that the Stand
235,000 ard Oil company carries in the
203.750 v illey. W1 de they have some 500
178,000 different products manufactured
from petroleum Manager Howard
175.750 P. Bearss, local manager, and one
112,250 of the most accommodating offic-
11.250 | ials this company has on its pay
rolls, and we won’t back up on
26.250 that statement, carries a very
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The Miners’ Jubilee Queen and , flee trip to the World's Fair at
her princesses are in for a lively ' San Francisco, worth working
time during the big jubilee. They for? The time is getting close
are going to be presented to a girls. Put on all the -team you
large number of dignataries that have and go places. Any of you
ale coming to attend the big ban can win if you have the deter-
quet Labor Day and of course the 1 mination.
Tickets will soon be out for the
Queen and her princesses will be
our own guests at this banquet. queen how to be held at the Cave j
It i- going to be a real affair, City theatre Wednesday, zXugust I
and everyone of the girls are go 31, and this is another event
ing to enjoy meeting a fine lot of where you can pick up a lot of I
people and besides having a splen extra votes by selling tickets to
your friends for this big -how.
did banquet.
It has been suggested that Last year the theatre was packed
about 10 days before the Jubilee, to the guards, and this year will
a caravan of citizens make a tour be no exception. The girls who
to Grants Pass, Medford and Ash are hard workers will receive hun '
land a- was done last year. It is dreds ami thousands of votes for I
a good suggestion ami should be this feature.
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done by all means. All the candi
dates who can arrange to go
should do so and if you have some Lucile Wymore Married
old fashioned costume wear it. The to Harry W. Kuhn, Jr.
men will also dress in the Jubilee
The marriage of Miss Lucile
fashion.
We want to call attention again Elizabeth Wymore of Elk Creek,
to the residents of the valley who to Harry William Kuhn, Jr., of
do their shopping with valley Los Angeles, was solemnized Sat
stores. All of you are NOT asking urday night, August 6th in the
for the Queen votes and you are Friendly Mislion Chapel, the Rev. |
depriving some girl the right to William A. Brown, officiating. It
havi these votes Why not make was a candle light service and
it a point to ask for the votes Miss Wymore was attended by
when you pay for your order? It her sister Caroline as flower girl.
will make some girl happy to know The bridal party consisted of the
that you have thought of her and members of the immediate fam
ilies.
she will appreciate it.
The bride is the daughter of
Three weeks more ami the con Mr. and Mrs. Cass E Wymore of
text ends. There is still time for Camp Shona Wauna on Elk creek.
H W. Kuhn, Sr., father of the
any one of the girls in the lower
bracket* to be on top, and isn't a
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large number of these products in
the company's warehouse on the
Caves highway junction.
Mr. Bearss delivers some 35,000
gallons of gasoline a month during
the summer and makes his head
quarters in Cave Junction. His
equipment is all taken care of and
repairs made in the valley by lo
cal mechanics. The gasoline con-
sumption of the company is ra-
pidly increasing and the subsi
diary products are taking on in-
creased activity.
Among some of the items on
hand are roof paints in several
colors, shingle stains in several
colors, floor oil, fly spray, ger-
mite, handy oils, light lubricating
oils, industry oils of all kinds
and the Flamo tanks are to be
seen all over the valley. This is
just a few of the 500 different
kinds of petroleum products avail
able to all residents of the valley
and they are delivered at your
door on order.
L D. Fox maintains a fleet of
trucks that haul the different pro-
ducts to the storage tanks where
Mr. Bearss takes control and de
livers to the local trade. Some of
the Fox employees live in the val
ley, adding to the pay roll of this
locality.
The Standard Oil company is
not the only oil company carry
ing many subsidiary petroleum
articles in the valley, but they
are the only company to maintain
a bulk station and tanks where
quick delivery can be made to all
customers.
Speaking of Flamo, we' are In-
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