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About Illinois Valley news. (Cave City, Or.) 1937-current | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1939)
CouMer Orant8 Gateway to The Oregon Caves 0 III inois Valley News A LIVE WIRE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE ILLINOIS VALLEY AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS Volume II No. 47 Cave Junction. Oregon. Thursday, March 30, 1939 Price 5 Cents - Black Sands In Demand Student Activities At Kerby High Three C's Future To Hold Possibilities An announcement of interest to • the mining men of this district came recently when Fred R. Little of the International Mineral Re covery Co., Ltd., of Los Angeles, arrived and announced that his company was willing to pay real cash for good concentrates of black sands from this mining dis trict. There have, in the past, been numerous persons here talking black sands and said they wanted them, but never made any def inite arrangements to get any, so naturally the mining men were a little suspicious of Mr Little, but upon investigation, and a thorough one at that, we find Mr. Little representing a legitimate company that is more than anxious to buy the black sands from the miners of the district and he means BUY it with real cash. The International Mineral Re covery Co., Ltd., will bear the closest investigation. The men in the company rate an excellent reputation and will do just what they say they will do. On account of the activity in black sand concentrates, several important, mining deals have been made. One just closed last week by C. E. Kellogg and Otis Catt- lett of Los Angeles, leases 160 acres of land belonging to Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Smith of Sams valley, for the purpose of mining the pro perty for black sand. These men are from Los Angeles where they know what the Mineral Recovery Co., Ltd., is and what they are do ing. A truck load of sand will leave the valley Friday for Los Angeles that will be taken directly to Los Angeles to the mill for treatment, and it is expected that other loads follow in a short time. Tha Recovery company is will ing and anxious to purchase all the black sand the miners can pan and dig, and if you, as a miner have been throwing, away your black sand, we wish to tell you that they are now valuable and there is a ready sale for any quan tity, if it is a clean concentrate. If you have some black sand now or can accumulate any quan tity of it, get in touch with Fred R. Little and he will tell you ex actly what the score is. He can be found at the Del Rogue hotel, Grants Pass, or leave word at The News office. This opens up a new field for the miners here, because they can realize cash for their black sand. The company makes all the assays and tests that are necessary free of charges If you have a few pounds of sand, get it to Mr. Lit tle He will send it to Los An geles and in less than a week he will tell you what it is worth. --------------- o--------------- SWIMMING STARTS EARLY IN THE ILLINOIS VALLEY Harry Charles Bosch, Jr., went swimming on the 22nd of March in the Illinois river. Young Har ry was 17 months old on that day and celebrated the event by stay ing in the water for a half hour and then setting up a lusty howl when Mr. Bosch tried to take him out. —o— W. R. Burner of Grants Pass was visiting in Takilma Tuesday. | 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. Tuesday. April 4—Woman's Civic club at the home of Mrs. Frank Sowell. Friday, March 31—All day meet ing of the Illinois Valley Gar den club at the home of Mrs. C. C. Babcock. Mr. Brandt, landscape spacial nt of O. S. C. will be present Day and night the senior class is rehearsing, hoping that the play "The Ghost Chaser” will be the best yet given at the Union High school Little time can be given out side of classes during the school day but the evening practice times are the most valuable because the lighting effects are important where ghosts and weirdness are to be featured. The setting of the play is the old Colfax estate a few miles from New York City. The owner, the attractive young Estelle Colfax, has engaged a detective to come to her estate to try to clear up the mystery of spooks and weird noises. The cast of characters is as fol lows: Maxene Patrick, as Maggie Saunders, the house maid. Bert Hill, as Wilson the butler. Phyllis Jones, as Estelle Colfax, the own er of the estate. Myrtice Jones, as Beverly Wright, a friend of Es telles. Vernard Lackey, as Jim mie Wright, Beverly’s brother. Lea Henry, as Samuel Higgenbot- tom, a famous detective. Elwood Squire, as "Slim," McGee, the "Shadow.” Bob Schumacher and Wanda Burch, members of the senior class have the important parts of stage managers and prompters. Principal F. W. Jones is coaching the play. —o— The Room Improvement 4 - H club met in the Home Economics room last Friday afternoon with Nola Welch, Home Demonstration agent, present to instruct the girls in candlewicking. Miss Welch brought materials and each girl was allowed to choose designs and colors. Lamp mats and table run ners were soon in the making. A number of high school girls took advantage of the invitation to be present and enjoyed the lesson. At the club business session it was voted to call the club The Nolaettes, in honor of Miss Welch, who has taken such a keen inter est in their work. —o— “There’s a hole in his bat.” “He's a glass arm pitcher.” “Make him bite.” Such lingo now re sounds from the high school ball field since the boys have started playing soft ball. Four teams have been organized and play “round robin” fashion. Two dia monds have been laid out and two games process at the same time during the physical education per iod. The standing of the teams up to March 29 is as follows: Team Won Lost Pct. 1 Bergman's 3 .750 2 2 Folts’ ............. .500 2 2 .500 Hill's .250 Brook’s ........ 1 3 —o——— Eastern Stars Go To Glendale On Visitation Western Star Chapter No. 64, O. E. S. was well represented in Glendale last Friday evening when Glendale Chapter entertain ed with a strictly social meeting. The hall, beautifully decorated with spring flowers and greenery pre-ented a very hospitable ap pearance An interesting and amusing program was given in the early part of the evening, all chapters present participating. Western Star Chapter being represented by Mrs George W. Martin, who gave a humorous reading. Delicious refreshments were served at the close of the evening. The guests will long re member the gracious hospitality of Glendale Chapter. Those attending from Western Star Chapter included Lola Peter son, Effie Smith, Rilla Pearsoil, Lucille Floyd, Mary Hayden, Sue Martin, Nona Coovert, Eva Pet ers and Kenneth Wells. --------------- o- - Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Nelson spent the week end as guests at the home of Ed Marshall and fam- ily of Gold Beach. T. H. Baumberger was in Grants Pass last Friday on business Open House Of Forests (Continued on Page Three) On Treasure Island I-------------------------------------------------- Townsenders Hear Good An open house program cele Mony times the question is brating the sixth anniversary of raised in local communities as to the establishment of the CCC will the value of returns made by the be held at Camp Oregon Caves Federal government in lieu of next Sunday afternoon, April 2. taxes for lands held within the Members of the military and National Forests in the various technical staffs and enrollees of counties. Company 5483 will be hosts to Under the present law, the re the people of this section on the ceipts of any National Forest in occasion of this annual observ dicate the amount to be returned ance. As in other camps through to the counties affected by that out the country, all visitors will forest. Twenty five percent gross be given an opportunity to inspect receipts are returned to the the various buildings and to look county to be converted into their over some of the work projects road and school fund. In addition being carried on by the organi ■ to this, 10 per cent of receipts are zation. This open house event returned to the Forest Service to will enable many residents of the be spent on roads and trails with- Illinois Valley to see for the first in the National Forests. time the new educationl plant of A National Forest that is not the camp as well as many other selling its resources necessarily improvements that have been does not have a very great return made during the past year. to the counties involved. Present Housed in the new’ educational policies of the service are to with building is a library and reading hold timber products from the room rated as among the best in market so long as the sustained the Medford district. Paneled yield of those products are being walls, built in book cases and a overcut on private lands, or lands beautiful large fireplace make of other ownership. Some Na this a most attractive room which tional Forests include a greater is used extensively by members of part of the timber resources with the company. Other facilities pro in the counties, and sales are be vided by the building is a photog ing regularly made on a sustained raphy darkroom, craft and mim yield basis to harvest the matured eograph rooms and two large class crops for the benefit of the local rooms community, state and nation. In a separate building, 20x30 The report rec< ntly received feet in size, is the new wood work shows some indication of the pos ing shop operated under the sup sibilities available to counties now ervision of J. Ray Kennedy of having lands within the National Cave Junction. During the day Forests. The total amount re Mr. Kennedy has charge of the turned to the states in the United work in furniture making and sign States I-ust year was $1,178,883 building and on several nights a The counties receiving the largest week conducts educational classes returns—that is more than $10,- in wood working. A large num 000, were 12 in number. ber of articles made by the men In Arizona, Coconino county’s of the company will be on display share was more than $41,000. In during the open house and the Oregon, Grant, Deschutes and use of various pieces of equip | Lane counties were among the ment will be demonstrated. I high 12. In California, Plumas Lieutenant Walter Williams, and Lassen counties scored. In commanding officer of the camp, Washington, Yakima county was and H. J. Ticknor, project super included in the high brackets. The intendent, are making special 1 Malheur National Forest in Ore- preparations to care for the large i gon which returned $42,450, as number of people who are expect 25 per cent of its annual receipt, ed Sunday from 2:00 o'clock to 1 lead all forests. The Snoqualmie (Continued on Page Three) ---- Kerby News Notes of General Interest •THE GHOST CHASER" Says Buyer - Mr. and Mrs. Martin Sachse and daughter Rosemary, left Thursday last week for San Francisco to spend some time at the fair and to visit friends and their daughter Heide, who has been attending school in Los Angeles will meet them at San Francisco for a visit. Bert Badden of Kerby will look after the garage during their ab sence. Mr. and Mrs. Blake Miller spent last week end at their ranch home Alder Acres near Anchor, in Cow creek canyon. This was a busi ness and pleasure trip. LIBRARY NEEDS BOOKS Mrs. Wm. Farlein, who has charge of the Kerby library states that the demand for books is in creasing and her list of readers need more and newer books. Al though there seems to be quite a supply of good books on the shelves, many were printed when type was smaller and patrons give such books one glance and put them back on the shelf feeling eye sight is too precious to waste on such print, although the titles and authors are attractive. The students of the grade and high schools are the steady bor rowers and new books are needed to satisfy the demand. A small amount was taken up by a collec tion at a recent P.-T. A. meeting but as it was unexpected, the sum was not large enough to buy many books for even the youngest read ers. Mrs. Farlein keeps the li brary open on Tuesday and Fri day afternoons. Wi R. Burner of the Josephine County hospital was an over night guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Blge low Tuesday night. Mr. Burner was looking after business in terests. Mr. and Mrs. George Horn of Bell, California, new owners of the Maple Court Auto camp came this week to take charge of their property. They recently bought the camp from Mrs. James Kane- ly. Mr. and Mrs. Horn have two children. Earl and Evelyn* who entered the grade school as pupils in the first and third grades. The new purchasers are well impressed with the climate here and are planning many improvements to their auto camp. Mr. and Mrs. Clay Ramsey left Tuesday for San Francisco where they will spend some time at the fair. Mr. Ramsey is employed at Powers. Oregon and has a two weeks vacation from his duties in the CCC camp. J. H. Pomeroy stopped over for a couple of days at his ranch near Kerby over the week end. --------------- o--------------- Burdick Promoted. To New Position Ray Burdick left recently for Portland, to take a Civil Service position as assistant storekeeper at the Forest Service central ware house. Burdick has been Protec tive assistant at the Redwood Ranger station for the past three yeais and will be missed by the many local forest users as well as by the men with whom he worked Mr. Burdick recently passed No. 1 on a federal civil service exam ination for storekeeper which in dicates that he is well qualified to handle the position to which he has been transferred. It is expected thi^t Frank W. McPherson, an Oregon State col lege graduate will fill the position made vacant by Mr. Burdick's I leaving. Mr. McPherson has had three years experience on the local i | ranger district. --------------- o--------------- Miss Nelle Hayden and Law rence Mussil motored to Crescent I City last Sunday for a visit. Sailing the Court of the Seven Seas might be the title of this picture of beautiful and dramatic architecture at the 1939 Califor Mr. and Mrs. Allen Currier and nia World’s Fair. On pylons atop the exhibit palaces on either side ' daughters, Sharon and Virginia, of the court. 85 feet above the pathways where millions will tread, are the lively appearing figures on the ships' prows, to whose i visited relatives over the week end 1 in Grants Pass. beauty is added that of graceful trees and shrubs. Speaker Tuesday night at the American Legion hall the members and friends of the Cave Junction Townsend club gathered to listen to W. A. Sumner, deputy national representative for the state of Oregon. Mr. Sumner is a forceful speak er and he gave those present a lot to think about, especially when he told of the 14 states that have dis franchised those who have been placed on relief. Mr. Sumner quoted the 14th amendment to the constitution of the United States, especially that part of section 1, that reads: “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the priv ilege-' or immunities of citizens of the United States.” Those states who have taken away the vote from citizens be cause they could not find a job and had to go relief work have passed a law that is unconstitu tional. The speakers also told the mem bers that they should write let ters to the representatives in con gress asking them to vote for the General Welfare bill if and when it is brought before the house for a vote. These letters should all be writ ten and given to the president or secretary of the club so they could be mailed as soon as the bill is placed before the house. President Haunce introduced Mrs. A; Lois Taylor, president of the Grants Paas club and Mrs. W. A. Sumner wife of the speaker, who is the president of the Rogue River club. Both ladles gave a short talk on the activities of their respective clubs which was appre ciated by those present. After the meeting refreshments were served in the registration building and a social hour was spent by the members and their friends. The next meeting of the club will be Tuesday night, April 4th. Coming Attractions at Cave City Theater “THE CITADEL” “The Citadel,” based on Dr. A. J. Cronin's internationally best selling novel, produced by Metro- Goldwyn Mayer at its British studio in Denham, England, will be the attraction at the Cave City theater Saturday and Sunday, April 1 and 2. “The Citadel” is a story of the adventures in courage encounter ed by an obscure young physician and his school teacher bride in the coal mines. He rises to an ex clusive society practice in London, forgets the high ethics of his craft, but is brought to his senses by the influence of his wife following a faulty operation on his best friend. It is a great story well told and well presented, and is considered one of the best of pictures. “THE YOUNG IN HEART” The most fascinating family that ever menaced a heart—or a bankroll, is coming to the theatre Wednesday and Thursday, April 5 and 6. They are the charming Carle tons in David O. Selznick’s com edy romance, “The Young in Heart,” starring Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Paul ette Goddard, who makes her talking debut following her dis covery in Charlie Chaplin’s “Mod em Times.” Janet Gaynor has a new type of role in “The Young in Heart” as the daughter who helps her adventurous family chisel their way from the fun-loving Riviera to London, and whose loyalty to them almost costs her the love of her highly principled young mil lionaire finance. The Carletons get kicked out of only the best places. They can turn on their Charm like you'd turn on a faucet. They're guests of the world, these engaging phon- (Centlnued on Page Three)
