Gateway to The Oregon Caves
Illinois Valley N ews
A LIVE WIRE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE ILLINOIS VALLEY AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS
Volume II
No. 37
Rocky Dale
School Needs
Your Help
Through the courtesy of the
Josephine County Court, a county
truck will be made available for
Rocky Dale school Saturday, Jan-
a uary 21, to help make the play
ground safe for the children at
the school.
We need 15 or 20 volunteer
workers who will pitch in for a
few hours Saturday and make the
school kiddies of this school hap
py by giving them a decent play
ground. At present the children
have no place to play except on
the rocks around the ground, and
it is dangerous for the kiddies to
play around them.
Men who are not working,
will you show up t Rocky Dale
school at 8:30 a. m. Saturday
morning and help shovel a little
gravel and remove a few rocks so
the children can have a play
ground.
The ladies of the school district
would do a kind act for the men
who are working, if they would
make some coffee and sanrwiches
and serve them at noon. This
would be greatly appreciated by
the men, and we know there are
enough ladies in the neighborhood
who will do this. Some one lady
should take charge of this work
and direct it so it would not be a
burden on anyone. Distribute the
work around to several of the lad-
• ies and it will be fun instead of
labor. The News will give a pound
of coffee and a couple loaves of
bread to help, and if the ladies will
ask, they can get all they need
from other sources to feed the
workers.
Come on men, give some of
your spare time to this most com
mendable work. Be at the Rocky
Dale school at 8:30 a. m. this
coming Saturday. The school is
located on the old Waldo road
about three miles from Cave Junc
tion. The community needs your
help and the children will bless
you.
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IMPORTANT DAIRY
MEETING FRIDAY
Two of Josephine county’s most
important dairy meetings of the
year will be held Friday, January
20, one at the courthouse, Grants
Pass at 2 p m., and the other in
the Illinois Valley Grange hall at
Bridgeview at 8 p. m. Proposed
organization of cooperative bull
associations will be the chief topic
at both gatherings.
Important outside speakers will
be C. A. Smith, northwest field
man for the American Guernsey
Cattle club, and T. R. Warren,
western fieldman for the Ameri
can Jersey Cattle club. Dr. Rob
ert S. Russ, federal veterinarian,
will report on the Bang s testing
program.
The meetings are sponsored by
the Josephine County Dairymen’s
association and the Illinois Valley
and Deer Creek Livestock assoc
iation.
COMING EVENTS |
Monday’s—Every 2nd and 4th,
Girl Scouts meet at Kerby Li
brary building.
Every Monday—Boy Scouts meet
in Legion hall, Cave Junction.
Ralph Huber, Scout Master.
Friday, January 20 — Rod and
Gun club will meet at the Ritz
Tavern, Kerby.
Saturday, Jan. 21 — Volunteers
wanted to work at Rocky Dale
school, 8:30 a. m.
Monday, Jan. 23 — Kerby Girl
Scouts meeting.
Friday. January 27—Illinois Val
ley Garden Club will meet at
the home of Mrs. Harriett
Baumberger at Cave City park.
Saturday, Jan. 28—Belt Lodge
No. 18, A. F. & A. M. meets.
Degree work.
Cave Junction. Oregon. Thursday, January- 19, 1939
Student Activities
At Kerby High
The Kerby high school basket-
eers continued their conquest at
the Jackson county “B” league
championship, downing the Rogue
River quintet here Friday night
22 to 12. Kerby remains unde
feated in the league with four
winst
The game opened slowly with
both teams having trouble finding
the hemp.
Brooks, Kerby for
ward, scored the only basket at
the first quarter, putting the Bad
gers ahead 2-0 at the end of the
first period.
In the second period Kerby
found the range and scored 11
points to Rogue Rivers’ 3. Half
time score was 13 to 3.
During the intermission the
Badgers lost their shooting eye
and scored only two points in the
third quarter, but still lead 15 to
8. In the fourth frame Kerby
maintained their lead ending with
a 22 to 12 victory.
The game was fast and furious
throughout, both teams looking
rather ragged at times. Hill and
Bergmann starred for the locals
scoring 11 and 5 points respect
ively. Sexton was the main cog
in the Rogue machine playing a
fine floor game, but being held
to only 3 points.
The lineups:
Kerby (22)
Rogue Riv. (12)
Brooks 4
F
2 Orr
F
2 Hartwell
Bergman 5
C
3 Sexton
Prentice 2
Hill 11
G
2 Burns
G
Cummings
Schumacher
S
3 Martin
Henry
Haberman
S
Cummings
The Kerby seconds lost a close
one to the Rogue seconds 10
to 9.
Kerby travels to Phoenix this
Friday, January 21, and tangles
with Sam’s Valley here on the
home court January 27.
Empire Girl
Drainage
Chosen At
System May
Meeting
Miss Helen Willits of Grants
Pass was chosen Friday night by
a Grants Pass Chamber of Com
merce committee to be Josephine
county’s
salaried
information
representative for the duration of
the 1939 Golden Gate Exposition
at San Francisco. With two al
ternates, Florence Donaldson of
Grants Pass, first, and Vivian
Hayden of Cave Junction, second,
they will soon tour the Redwood
Empire with similar representa
tives from the eight other counties
of the Redwood Empire to learn
first hand more of the attractions
of the enLire district.
The examination was held last
Friday and a personality test was
given with the above results.
The nine information girls and
their “seconds” touring the Red
wood Empire, says the Grants
Pass Courier, to become better
acquainted with the country they
will sell at the Golden Gate Ex
position, will arrive in the Illin
ois Valley Tuesday, February 10,
according to a schedule received
at the Chamber of Commerce at
Grants Pass.
The party is scheduled to leave
San Francisco on February 5 and
cover the territory in nine days.
On February 10 the girls will ar
rive in Josephine county, going
through the Illinois Valley to the
Oregon Caves where they will
spend the night and leave for
Grants« Pass the next morning.
Their “guide” through the coun
ty will be Don Cameron of the
Forest Service and in Grants Pass
they will be shown the attractions
by Larry Manuel, Chamber of
Commerce secretary.
The party will leave Grants
Friday, December 13, the Girls
Pass in time to be in Crescent City
volley ball team played the Rogue
that evening at 5 p. m.
River girls, with the Kerby team
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winning 21 to 8. This is the first
game the girls have won, but 40 et 8 Meeting Held
their team is improving and we
At Shona Wauna Camp
hope to see some good playing
(Continued on page Two)
Last Saturday night the 40 et
8 held their first meeting of the
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new year at Wymore’s lodge at
Shona Wauna camp on Elk creek,
Coming Attractions at
eight miles south of Cave Junc
Cave City Theater
tion on the Redwood highway.
About 25 of the boys gathered
In the tangled lives of four in and did justice to the fried chick
habitants of a remote Alaskan en and hot biscuits along with all
fishing village is mirrored the the trimmings.
There was en
heroic struggle for existence in tertainment before and after the
America’« last frontier region in dinner by Buck and Sunny Smith
“Spawn of the North,” fhich who sang a number of songs.
comes to the Cave City theater
After dinner the business meet
Saturday and Sunday, January 21' ing brought forth some worthy
and 22.
projects which the 40 et 8 are
George Raft, Henry Fonda and sponsoring and those gathered at
Dorothy Lamour head an all-star this meeting voted unanimously
cast in a brilliant screen version to carry on.
of the famous novel, playing
While the 40 et 8 may be
against the sweeping background said to be the playground of the
of Alaska, a land of breathtaking American Legion, they are spon
scenery
and
rugged
people, soring a child welfare program
where life often depends on a which every American citizen can
few feet between a schooner and get behind and work with.
an iceberg and the law holds only
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Wymore are
when there are men strong and to be congratulated on the food
determined enough to enforce it. they prepared and the entertain
Wednesday and Thursday, Jan ment they provided and those
uary 25 and 26 comes “You and present expressed the wish that
Me,’’ starring Sylvia Sidney and there would be many more meet
George Raft, in a powerful treat ings such as the one held last
ment of the much discussed ques Saturday night.
tion ; should paroled convicts be
allowed to marry?
Poultry and Turkey
Raft and Miss Sidney, working
together in a large metropolitan lecture To Be Given
department store brings the pair
A letter has been sent to valley
together many times a day, and
residents about an interesting il
their acquaintanceship blossoms
lustrated lecture to be given in
into real love. Raft confesses his
the Illinois Valley Grange hall,
shady past to Miss Sidney and is
Monday, Jan. 2.3, at 8 p. m.
humbly grateful when she over
The lecture will give the results
looks this and marries him. In
of
research information gathered
spite of their poverty, the mar
riage is ideally happy, until the J from agricultural experiment sta
the
United
day that Raft discovers that his tions throughout
States which covers vitamin and
wife has hidden from him the fact
mineral requirements of poultry
that she is a paroled convict, and
and turkeys.
by the regulations of the proba
tion authorities, she is not allowed
to marry.
NOTICE
A special meeting of the Il
Also on these dates is the 8th
chapter of “Dick Tracy Returns.” linois Valley Chamber of Com
merce is called for Tueeday
January 25 and 26 are bargain
nights and the price of admission evening, January 24, at 8 p.
will be 15 and 25 cents, children! m. in the Registration roome
Important business.
under 12 years, 5 cents.
Go Ahead
Last Tuesday noon there was
an impromptu meeting of busi
ness men and women of Cave
Junction to listen to County
Judge Johnson and see if there
was some way the city drainage
system could not be pushed to
completion.
A large attendance gathered at
the Hotel Drews dining room for
lunch and Art Drews called the
meeting to order and stated brief
ly the purpose, and after intro
ducing the judge, asked him for
a statement.
Judge Johnson said he was in
deed glad to have the opportunity
of meeting with the people here
and said that the county court ex
pected to move over the county
considerable to get first hand in
formation concerning the prob
lems of the entire county.
He explained that there was a
good chance to get a WPA pro
ject started in the valley on the
Happy Camp road which would be
a rather long job and would give
considerable employment to the
workers in the valley. He said
that some county equipment had
been loaned to Grants Pass for
drainage work and thought it
might act as a precedent that
would be well to remember.
Judge Johnson said that in the
near future the county court and
highway engineers of the county
were going to make a tri;) to
Portland to see E. J. Griffith,
WPA administrator and stop on
the way back and meet with the
state highway commission at Sa
lem, hoping to get information
to these men of the needs of the
entire county. He said the court
was vitally interested in irriga
tion projects and mentioned Mer
lin and the Illinois Valley which
the court would do everything in
their power to help. He said he
was happy to be here on this visit
and asked if there were any ques
tions anyone had to ask.
Ted Athey said he had a list of
16 men who needed work and
would, as soon as they could get
to Grants Pass, register for WPA
work. This number with those
all ready registered, would be
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More Boys
Arrive At
CCC Camp
Price 5 Cents
Kerby News Notes
of General Interest
Smith Named
President Of
Mrs. Delia Payne returned last
Saturday from Talent, where she
visited with her daughter Mrs.
Chas. Skeeters during the past
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hebbard
and daughter and Marjorie Heb
bard, a sister, of Klamath Falls
were guests at the home of Mr.
and Mr» H. J. Wilson on Sunday.
Mr. Hebbard was formerly an em
ployee of Beck's bakery at Med
ford.
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Hi Miller, who has been work
ing at Grave Creek for the Suet
ter mining company, has been in
Kerby since last Thursday, where
he is recovering from a severe
cold. He expects to return to his
job soon.
Bert Badden spent last week in
San Francisco receiving medical
attention. Bert has been making
frequent trips to Frisco since his
injuries at a mine on Smith Riv
er last summer.
Dean Welles, small grandson of
Mrs. Millie Trefethen and great
grandson of Mrs. Delia Payne, has
gone to stay with Mrs. J. C. Nealy
near Holland. Dean will go to
the Holland school. He has been
staying with his grandmothers
this winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Baldwin
of the Caves highway were guests
on Sunday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Burke. Mrs. Baldwin is
a niece of Mrs. Burke.
BILL SAUER PASSES
Ludwig Sauer, better known as
“Bill” died at the Klamath Falls
hospital on Tuesday afternoon ns
the result of being hit by a car
at Merrill. Mr. Sauer started to
cross the street stepping from be
hind another car when he was
struck causing fatal injuries.
Maurice and Clem Sauer, broth
ers of the deceased, and Mrs. Nick
Sauer, his mother, all who live on
farms a mile nort^ of Kerbyf.
Ludwig Sauer was born on
Deer Creek a few miles east of
Selma, and is well known by the
older residents. Interment will be
at the I. O. O. F. cemetery at 2
P. M., Friday, January 20th.
The Rod and Gun club will
meet at the Ritz Tavern Friday.
January 20, for an important
business meeting and election of
officers.
“Shorty” R. I. Phillips has
closed the Ritz Tavern as a bus
iness for a few weeks while he
does extensive repairing. He ex
pect« to finish the upstairs rooms
and do over the downstairs main
room in an up-to-date manner.
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Don Morrison, who has been in
the Veterans hospital in Portland
since early in December, return
ed to his home near Kerby on
Wednesday.
While in the hos
pital he underwent two opera
tions.
With the recent arrival of 40
more boys, the Oregon Caves CCC
camp now has 185 members. This
is the full strength of the com
pany. About 15 boys are still at
Crater Lake keeping roads open
and maintenance of buildings.
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Much new construction has
been going on for some time at W. A. TRESHAM DIED
the camp and now some new i MONDAY, JAN. 16th
buildings are finished which gives
The community was shocked to
the camp considerable more room
and needed accommodations. The learn that W. A. Tresham, whose
infirmary, also, has been enlarged home recently burned at Bridge
view, and who has been in poor
and completely refinished.
The new educational building health for some time, passed away
has two fine class rooms, library at Prineville, Oregon, while visit
with a huge fireplace, which ing his daughter and son-in law,
causes much comment because it Mr. and Mrs. Howard Harker. He
is built of the native rocks. There was taken to the hospital in
are also photographic rooms, of Prineville on January 11th, and
gradually sank until the end.
fices and a store room.
Mr. and Mrs. Tresham came to
The wood work building is be
ing equipped with all the modern Southern Oregon in 1889 and
machinery necessary which will have made their home here for
help the boys in making tables, the pa«t 11 years.
Four children and the'widow
benches and different pieces of
furniture. One table recently survive his passing, H. A., of Ker
finished by the boys, is very at by; O. R.. of Sams Valley; J. I).,
tractive, being made of myrtle of Gold Hill and Mrs. Elsie Har
ker, Prineville.
wood.
The funeral will be held Satur
Koad and location signs are be
ing made by hand out of Port day at *2 p. m. at Pearl Funeral
Orford cedar, and are very at Home in Medford. Interment will
tractive signs. They will be put be in the Siskiyou Memorial Park,
out as soon as possible for the Medford. All friends of the fam
direction! of visitors and others ily are invited to attend the fun
eral services
interested.
I. V. Chamber
Meeting of the Illinois Valley
Chamber of Commerce last Tues
day night in the registration of
fice in Cave Junction was one of
the best attended meetings held
for a long time. Election of offi
cers was the principal business of
the evening.
President Drews called the
meeting to order, and as agreed
at their last meeting, only those
paying their dues could vote. He
declared the election was ready
for the president annd asked if
there were any further nomina
tions from the floor. No further
nominations appearing, M. C.
Athey, one of the two nominat
ed at the previous meeting, moved
that the election of Samuel Smith
be made unanimous. The motion
was seconded and carried unan
imously.
Vice-president, Ralph Baum
berger and Paul Hein were the
regular nominees. No further
nominations from the floor, the
members proceeded to vote by
secret ballot. Fred Rout and Ted
Athey acted as tellers. The re
sult gave Mr. Baumberger a ma
jority and he was declared elected
vice-president.
Regular nominated candidates
for secretary were Ted Athey,
Mrs. Loleta Scott and Mrs. H. L.
Hemingson all refused to accept
the position. Mrs. Amy Hussey
was nominated from the floor.
There being no further nomina
tions, George W. Martin moved
that the nominations be closed
and Mrs. Hussey unanimously
elected. The motion carried.
For treasurer. Knute Lindgren
withdrew in tfavor of C. L. Schu
macher, the only two nominees.
No further nominations from the
floor, Mr. Lindgren moved that
Mr. Schumacher be unanimously
elected. The motion prevailed.
On the board of directors, the
following were nominated: Mrs.
Lew Hammer, Harry Floyd, Robt.
Halske, Harry Messenger, George
W. Martin, M. M. Nelson and Don
Thompson.
Wm. McLean and
Pau) Hein were added to the list
from the floor. After the ballots
were counted, George W. Martin,
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WHAT THE LEGION
AUXILIARY IS DOING
...
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Last night's meeting was well
attended and a good deal was ac
complished. The shrubs ordered
by the Auxiliary for replace
ments on the high school grounds
will arrive today and members of
the Post will meet next Sunday
afternoon at 2 o’clock to set them.
Irene Morrison, national defense
chairman, announced a contest,
as next month is National Defense
month in the Auxiliary calendar,
she urged all members to prepare
a paper on National Defense to
be read at the February 15 meet
ing. The papers will be judged
and a prize given for the best.
Secretary Emily Kellert gave a
very instructive report on the
District Conference, which was
held in Grants Pass on January
15. Important in the new work
stressed by the Auxiliary is the
Girl State, a phase of the Nation
al Youth program which parallels
the Boy Scout work of the Legion.
Those attending the conference
from this unit were, Emily Kel
lert, Joy Badden, Pearl Martin-
adle, Opal Henry, Millie Trefeth
en, Aunt Mary White and Amy
Hussey
Refreshments were served to
members of the post an<f their
guests, county and local leaders of
th«? Boy Scouts, Messers. K. M. C.
Neill, Glen Mitchell, Ralph Huber,
K. Lindgren and Dn A. N. Col
lman. Short talks were made on
the work and progress of the Boy
Scouts.
The Auxiliary Sewing club will
meet next Wednesday, January
25, at the home of Mrs. Elwood
Hussey.