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About Illinois Valley news. (Cave City, Or.) 1937-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1938)
Illinois Valley News, Thursday, Septem lier 15, 1938 Page Two An independent newspaper devoted to the development of the richest valley in the world, the Illinois Valley and its surrounding districts. Published every Thursday at Cave Junction, Oregon by the Illinois Valley Publishing Company. Entered as second-class matter June 11, 1937, at the Post Office at Cave Junction, Oregon, under the act of March 3, 1879 We have occasions where heavy loads are abso lutely necessary on some highways, but interstate freight traffic with trailers should be more drastical ly regulated and cut down, at least this is our opin ion. PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY DR. A. N. COLLMAN ILLINOIS VALLEY CHURCH OF SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS Naturopathic Phyaician CAVE CITY, OREGON mmnmpl of the times will start next Sat- urday al the theatre. “March of Sabbath school at 1:30 p. m. 3............................................. (j) Time ’ ’ comes once a month and Speaking at 3 p. ni. ................... Editor M C ATHEY Prayer and study, Wednesday Dr. Fred W. Gould Butine*« Manager [«lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHIHHinillll'fi] should be one of the big drawing L. E. ATHEY Dental Surgeon cards for the nights it shows. evening at 7:30 p. m. Tuff« Building SUBSCRIPTION PRICES This week it comes Saturday and You are invited to meet with To the Editor: Phone 4 In Josephine County the us. Sunday in conjunction with I wish to express my views of Grant» Pa»» 91 50 One Year ...... F. W. Cooper Selma Elder advertised feature. poisoning campaign i, i, *,,,,, i, .^3 .75 the coyote Six Months ... o-------------- --------------o 50 that has been carried on during Three Months BRIDGEVIEW COMMUNITY Outside of Josephine County the winter months and to the Additional Men At CHURCH One Year present date. During the fall of Oregon Caves CCC ('amp Dr. H. W. Hermann OPTOMETRIST 1937 the loss of livestock and Sunday school ................. 10 a. nt. The Illinois Valley News reserves the right to reject any advertising poultry was so great that it be Eyes Examined, Glasses Fitted Preaching at 11 a. m. copy which it deems objectionable. Advertising rates on application An additional crew of men un came unbearable to the raisers. Telephone 258-J 519 “H” St. Preaching at 8 p. m. der the supervision of Foreman L. Grants Pass The grange called a meeting to N. Foy arrived at Oregon Caves Sunday School at 9:45 a. m. see what could be done about this CCC camp this week to begin Church services at 11 a. tn. -------------- o......... C r EDWOOD EMPIRE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS UtwfJ great loss. At this meeting it was construction of a new educational decided to carry on a poisoning Cave Junction Community Church building to be erected there. This campaign. The people were to Notary Publics brings the total number of men Sunday school...................... 10 a. Bl. furnish bait and the Govenment in Cave City at Caves camp to 35 and the main Preaching ..... ii a. m. Hunter (Harry Stokes) was to di body of Company 5483 which was Evening service ....... 8 P- in. SC HOOL BOARD MEETING AMY HUSSEY rect the poisoning and placing of located here last year are expect --------------o- the bait. The baits were to be M. C. ATHEY ed to return soon after the first Last Monday the high school board met to recon placed only on grounds where con of October. Thousands Sign to of owners was given. 0' sider their last budget. It was a spot, where much sent The new educational building Join Mahonev Clubs Such splendid cooperation has damage could have been done, but the school board been given that this part of the will be approximately 20x100 feet I THE BARBER in size. In addition to class rooms “Nearly 12,000 persons have was equal to the occasion and in giving the people Illinois Valley is practically free and advisor’s office, it will house signed Mahoney-for-Senator club Bart McCue what they wanted—A chance to vote on the bus ques of coyote and other predatory a large library and reading room membership cards at Salem,’ ’ J. F. animals. I am sure that the same i tion—Everything turned out lovely and a very con condition exists in other localities and wood working shop. The new Ulrich, Marion county democratic CAVE CITY, ORE. building is being built through central committeeman in charge structive meeting held. where the poisoning campaign was the cooperation of the National of the democratic booth at the 0 •3 It seems to us that if enough people want to ask carried on by our government Park Service and Medford Dist. State Fair, said today. for the privilege of voting on an important question, hunter. headquarters with the members of “Mrs. Mahoney and the •tie. James Payne. L B. HALL the company and staff. the board should give them this right. We also re honeys’ daughter, Mary Jane, Master Illinois Valley Grange. FUNERAL HOME It will be located near the en have been in active attendance at cognize that we elect board members to do this for Mrs. L. B. Hall, Manager trance of the camp and will be of our booth on the fair grounds dur us in collaboration with a budget committee the AMBULANCE SERVICE frame construction covered with ing the past week, and have sign Phone 388 Cor. 5th & C Sts. board appoints. However, it is the board who takes We Will Not Publish buiding paper to correspond with ed up hundreds of new members,” Anonymous Letters the other buildings of the camp. the responsibility of action, the budget committee Ulrich declared “We expect many hundred more new members to merely acting in an advisory position. We have received two good let- sign up before the fair closes.” VETERINARIAN The bus question is a “hot potato” in this district, ters that we should like to pub LEGION DANCE ------------- o-------------- Horse« and Cattle my Specialty SATURDAY NIGHT lish this week, but in both cases and the controversy has waxed warm and hot, but DR. O. L. HOHLFELD writer did not sign their Traffic Accidents now that the board has settled the matter on the vot the Office Oti« E. Hackett car lot Saturday night the American name, and News does not publish Day phone 162—Night 538 ing privilege, we know that whoever loses in the bal letters from anyone when they Legion will hold their regular Show Improvement Grants Pass loting that they will take their defeat gracefully and are not signed We will always semi-monthly dance with Jack With only two reported traffic have an end to the matter this year so we can go keep the name confidential if re Bennett’s orchestra. The Auxiliary ladies will have fatalities in Oregon over the quested, but we will not publish ahead with our present school year. USED CARS tht* letters unless we have the lunch in their dining room at mid three-day Labor day week-end, The board has called the election for October Sth authors signature. Always Better Value» All-Way« night and those who attend are the holiday takes its place as the and we candidly expect the largest attendance at the If you desire to send letters to assured of an extra iood time and second safest out of thirteen OTIS E. HACKETT major holidays during the past polling booths ever seen in the valley in school mat us to publish, we will be glad to an enjoyable evening. Easy terms—Reasonable trades two years, according to Secretary receive them and publish them, State Highway. Bridge 627 S. 6th St., Grants Pass ters. of State Earl Snell. keepini the name of the author Crew Working in V alley ------------------------ O------------------------ Only last New Year's day, confidential if requested to do so, when there were no traffic deaths but it is not good policy to pub TRYING TO STOP MAHONEY The bridge crew of the State GRANTS PASS lish letters when we do not know Highway commission are work in this state over a two-day per iod, can show a better record, where they come from. STEAM LAUNDRY ing on the bridges in the Illinois Snell declared. Last year, November 28th, Willis Mahoney, while ------------- o------------- ’ Valley. They are repainting and Pickup in Cave City and Kerby “We should be proud of suf returning to his home in Klamath Falls met with an repairing where it is needed. Monday and Thursday Theatre Installs New fering less than the normal daily automobile accident wherein a man was killed. The Those in the crew are Foreman average of highway deaths at a Lynn Nickson. Henry Gunter, Guy Oregon State police officer investigating the acci Picture Curtain time when traffic climbs to one dent cleared Mr. Mahoney from all blame in the ac This week Manager Fred Rout Merriman, John Miller, Earl of its highest peaks of the year," Woodley, Art DeJode and Carl HULL & HULL cident. Oregon State police officers do NOT play pol of the Cave City theatre, installed Mortisen, Snell declared, “Careful driving • on the part of thousands of mo itics. If Mr. Mahoney was guilty of reckless driving a new moving picture screen FUNERAL HOME --------------o-------------- torists made this record possible, which is a great improvement Hydro-electric projects of the at the time of the accident, the officer would have Ambulance service day or nite the old one. The pictures are West will be displayed in the Hall and further records can be estab 502 N 4th St. Phone 334 said so, if he was not guilty he would say so, and po over much clearer with the new screen. of Western States at the 1939 lished in the same way—by refus litical interference would avail nothing. The “March of Time,” one of Golden Gate International Expo ing to take accidents for granted and by avoiding the common er If Mahoney was NOT running for United States the most interesting news reels sition on Treasure Island. rors, such as speed and careless senator the matter would have been dropped at its car handling, which we now DAILY inception, BUT—Being the leading candidate for this know cause most of our traffic I most important position, the powers that be are re tragedies” I While school children spend sorting to the tactics of having a grand jury invest much of their time in the class igation at this late date. The matter came up just room during fall months, and have before the primaries when the same thing was done, the protection of schoolboy pa Between All Illinois but it was a colossal "flop” and the instigators were trols at street crossings, the com Valley Points and glad to get out of it. ing three months are among the Grants Pass most dangerous of the year for Now, just before the November campaign, the young pedestrians. Secretary of same outfit is trying again to bring the matter be ILLINOIS VALLEY State Earl Snell reported today, fore a grand jury in Linn county, where the accident FREIGHT SERVICE “Last year the months of Sept- happened. The Oregonian printed an editorial on ember, October and November GET OUR RATES saw 76 children of grade school Bob Rout Harold Hill| the situation when it was last brought up and in age injured by motor vehicles in scathing term denounced the instigators. Texaco Garage this state, compared with only 64 At the present writing Willis Mahoney is CAVE JUNCTION injured during the summer out in the lead for the November election, and the months when school is out," Snell pointed out. “Moreover, there republicans in Linn county can’t take it so they are Throughout America this week were three fatalities in the fall resorting to the poorest kind of political connivery youngsters will retrace their steps and none in the summer months, to defeat the best man in the race for United States to the school room to begin another •“For this reason drivers should year’s study. Some walk, others senator. not relax their look-out for ride, but none of the riders have a ■O' more unique system than the stu- youngsters, especially during the i PROCESS dents of North Carolina where a hours when school is not in ses | TRUCKS WANT MORE state-operated bus system is han sion. I hope that this year we ean dled largely by the students them reverse the trend and make the I selves. About 50 per cent of the bus fall months just as safe for our ■FRENCH LAUNDRY I Truck Operators have served notice that they drivers arc of school age. and woe I to the motorist who considers them children as the vacation period." I & DRY CLEANERS i propose to ask the next legislature to increase the o ------------- lightly. Drivers appoint monitors, legal limit on the the height of truck loads. The A caravan of covered wagons— I fellow bus riders who stop traffic I present limit in Oregon is 11 feet, said to be the low while youngsters cross the street. not drawn by oxen or mules— I Agencies Upper picture shows a North Caro will wend its way across the na est of any state in the nation. lina monitor, while below are some tion uext year in search of trea _• Alma's Dress Shop, Cave City State highway officials meeting in Reno recently I Wittrock’s Store, Kerby of the busses ready to take students home after a day in school. Each sure. The 1939 pioneers will in I Lew Hammer, Selma recommended a height of 1.”» feet 6 inches. Engineers afternoon shortly after 3 o'clock hun vade the Golden Gate Internation in the Oregon State Highway department call at in trailers, will | dreds of these conveyances carry al Exposition seek out their modern treasures I the children to waiting parents. (’all: Wed. and Sat. tention to the fact that many bridges and underpass on Treasure Island, site of the es on main highways in this state are too low to ac World’s Fair of the West. ¿at _ I LETTERS . T : ! : Hack to School on a Bus I Freight Service i? I I ! I I ! I commodate such high loads. Increase of load heights, it is explained, would require posting of the low un derpasses or the expenditure of huge sums for new structures to accommodate the big trucks. If we have a sane and sensible legislature next year, they will reduce the height of truck loads in stead of increase them and also reduce the load limits instead of increasing them. The trucks do not pay any where near their proportionate share of the up keep and maintenance of the highways with their present load limits, even if they stayed under the pale of the Oregon law, which many do not. 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