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Volume III
No. 18
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Price 5 Cents
Cave Junction, Oregon, Thursday, September 7, 1939
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Kerby News Notes
of General Interest
County Fair
Said To Be
Best Ever
One of the best county fairs ev­
er given in the history of the en­
terprise is said to be in store for
the visitors at the twenty-third
annual fair which starts Wednes­
day, September 13 th and lasts
until Saturday night.
For attractions, Manager Roper
has engaged the White City Shows
which have the reputation of be­
ing one of the cleanest, best shows
of its kind in the country, and
they have no end of entertain­
ment for the visitors.
Those who love the horses will
see some of the best horse racing
ever seen on the fair track, and
they are all local horses which
will make the competition all the
more keen. And for entertain­
ment, there will be a free act be­
tween each race. All this makes
for an afternoon full of interest­
ing and entertaining features
There will be other free acts
each afternoon and evening, four
in number that will hold the spec­
tators breathless with excitement,
as each act is in a class by itself
with top-notch performers.
Rides of every description will
be on the fair grounds, waiting
for all to take a spin, and some
of the newest things in fancy
whirling gig-amagigs are going to
be there, if you know what we
mean.
Then the agricudtural exhibits
are going to be tops. The 4-H
clubs are going to town this year
with their exhibits. Each year
this feature of the county fair
gets better, and the boys and
girls are going to have plenty of
competition.
The premium list shows us more
purses and prizes than ever before
and is made up of the following
divisions:
Division A—Draft horses. J. L.
Helms, superintendent.
Division B—Registered Dairy Cat­
tle, Ray Johnson, superintendent.
Division C—Swine, Ray John­
son, superintendent.
Division D—Sheep and Goats,
(any breed), Ray Johnson, super­
intendent.
. Division E—Poultry, J. L.
Woodward, superintendent.
Division F—Agriculture. Free-
ling Sawyer, superintendent.
Division G—Horticulture, Free-
ling Sawyer, superintendent.
Division H—Community Exhib­
its, Freeling Sawyer, superinten­
dent.
Division I — Ladies’ Textiles,
Department of Household Arts.
Division J—Culinary, Mrs. An­
nie Stinebaugh, superintendent.
Division K—Flower Show, Mrs.
Amos: Smith, superintendent.
Division L—For Future Farm­
ers and 4-H Club Members, O. K.
Beals and W. S. Carpenter, super­
intendents.
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O’HARRA CHANGES
NAME OF CAMP
T L. O’Harra, who recently
purchased Camp U-Rest from Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Newlands, had the
entire front of the camp repainted
this week and a new sign over the
camp tells that the name of the
camp has been changed.
“O’Harra Auto Court’’ is the
new name of this camp, and an
attractive sign on top of the roof
of the service station driveway.
COMING EVENTS
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Mr. and Mrs. Hurley Wilson
and sons Howard and Norman re­
turned Tuesday from an interest­
ing trip of several days. Their
journey took them to Crater Lake
and Diamond Lake and the new
Willamette highway where they
visited Odell and Crescent lakes.
They visitted at Eugene and back
to Roseburg where they visited
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wittrock re­
turned last week from a two
weeks trip to San Francisco where
they visited relatives and various
places of interest, the main at­
traction being the fair. They
found it well worth the trip. Mrs.
Wittrock especially spoke of the
Calvacade of the West being of
great interest.
Mining exhibits
ore exhibits and the Henry Ford
exhibit were also interesting. They
found the Oregon diorama unus­
ual, especially the scene repre­
senting the Oregon coast line.
Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Jepson of
Salem visited the J. H. Wittrock
home a short time on Tuesday on
their way to San Diego where
both have teaching positions. Del­
bert Jepson is Mrs. Wittrock’s
nephew and is a prominent violin­
ist of Salem. Mrs. Jepson is «
pianist.
Miss June Caza and sister Win­
ifred Hassler are spending this
week at the hop yards.
Nazaire Smith of Roseburg is
a guest this week at the home of
his aunt, Mrs. Gt A. Peterson.
M rs. John Ulrich, Faye Tycer
and Mabel Wittrock left Tuesday
for Klamath Falls wherethey will
visit friends and relatives this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Tycer and
sons Dean and Ellis arrived last
week end at their home in Kerby
after spending the summer near
Redmond where Mr. Tycer is fore­
man at a CCC camp. Mr. Tycer
returned to his work but Mrs. Ty­
cer and boys will remain in Kerby.
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Giade school pupils of the Ker-
district are going to experience
a new thrill when they start to
school on Monday morning be­
cause they will arrive at school in
an up-to-date new bus. No doubt
there will be a full attendance.
Wm. Farlein of Kerby will drive
the bus which is a 30 pa-senger
International) Grade school teach
ers are Ashton Forest of Murphy
principal, Effie Sweet of Port
Orford, intermediate and Mrs. Lo­
la Peterson, primary.
Mrs. Richard Sowell and son
Jack have returned to their Kerby
home so that Jack may attend
school. He will enter high school
as a freshman. They have spent
the summer at Beatty. Mrs. Ron­
ald Tycer, who has been in Lake­
view this summer has also return­
ed to Kerby.
She is with her
mother, Mrs. Richard Sowell.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Dopyera
and children are living on the
Jacobson place just west of the
Johnson camp ground.
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Mr. and Mrs. G. Campbell and
family have moved into the house
owned by Jim Hogue, just east of
the school grounds.
Miss Edda Burke is again as­
sistant at the Kerby postoffice,
Faye McLean has been assistant
during the past several months.
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Wednesday to Saturday, Septem­
ber 13-16—Josephine County
fair.
Saturday, Sept. 16 — Auxiliary
card party.
Wednesday, Sept. 13—Auxiliary
all day sewing. Potluck at noon.
Bring used clothing.
After closing their home on
their ranch for the winter, Mr.
and Mrs J. H. Pomeroy and fam-
ly left Monday. Mr. Pomeroy and
two sons Bill and Nelson went to
Seattle where they are building a
bridge across one of Seattle's
lakes. Mrs. Pomeroy and daugh­
ter Nora Marie and niece Fern Ly­
Josephine County Fair September ons, went to their home at Sauso-
lito, California. Nora Marie will
13th to 16th inclusive.
Pendleton Round-Up September enter school there. Bob Pomeroy
13th to 16th inclusive.
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Political
Pot Begins
Simmering
Round-Up
City In
Gay Attire
(From the Star Democrat)
What are the wild political
waves saying? The columnists
and commentators are dizzy—and
the readers likewise — over the
1940 political mystery.
And the mystery is not over
who the republicans are going to
nominate. Taft is a washout and
not even his ambitious wife can
protect him from his fatuous rea­
soning. Dewey is too theatrical
and superficial to be taken ser­
iously",
He needs a little more
seasoning and ripening. Vanden-
burg is not even acceptable to the
newspaper publishers association
(of which he is a member) and
which is 99 per cent republican.
One eastern newspaper publish­
er admitted rather ruefully that
the one republican in public life
who comes closer to mirroring
their projected thoughts
and
whose philosophy is closer to
their ideal is none other than the
repudiated Herbert Hoover. So
the boys on the other side of the
aisle are doing a lot of talking,
but they are in one heck of a fix.
With Penndleton, the Round-up
city, gaily decorated and its citi­
zens colorfully wearing western
togs, preparations for next week's
opening of the annual Round-up
and the Happy Canyon evening
show September 13 to 16 inclus­
ive, were well under way. New
chutes were installed this year
for the world chompionship con­
test and tryouts were held this
Week at the arena grounds. Ac­
cording to Herb Thompson, live­
stock director, the bucking horses
took readily to the new chutes.
Happy Canyon will open Wed­
nesday evening and thousands of
out-of-town guests will attend
this very unique pageant. About
300, including whites and Indians,
are in the cast including Peanuts,
Pozegar, Carden and Moens, ad­
ditional new features have been
added. One of the best features
a high band, made up of charac­
ters from the show, under the di­
rection of Bob Fletcher, veteran
thowman and musician, who has
had a part in every Happy Canyon
event since its inception.
Tom Whited, cowboy singer,
formerly a grand opera chorus
singer, will appear in picturesque
cowboy ballad features and Monte
Montana, with a troupe of four
persons and four highly spirited
horses, will do a trick riding and
roping act that will be unexcelled
in its field.
Under the direction of G. C.
Humphreys the Happy Canyon
quartet will be on hand accom­
panied by Mrs. Ted Roy, singer
and the Happy Canyon band will
furnish the music.
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All Are C,ue««ing
Our democratic friends from
the east who have been dropping
in on us all summer know as much
about the Great 1940 Puzzle as we
do and not one whit more. All of
them have been asked the same
question: Will Roosevelt run for
the third term?
The answer to
that query has been invariably
the same. They didn't know. As
one of the Washington boys put
it: “His own mother does not
know what is in the back of his
mind.’’ There are all kinds of
conjecture. The guessing contest
get«: better and better and that is
just ducky for the Washington
correspondents and commentators
and columnists.
Louis Johnson, the Assistant
Secretary of War, was one inter­
esting summer visitor. He talked
“off the record” to a group while
in Portland and he painted rather
a doleful picture of European and
Oriental conditions.
Politically, and he was most cir­
cumspect, he spoke of the coming
free-for-all.
It was his opinion
that the president and vice-presi­
dent would finally get together
and decide on some younger man
for democratic candidate for pres
ident.
(Continued on Paca Two)
LEGION JOINT
INSTALLATION TO
BE IN MEDFORD
Glenn Morrison Post No. 70 of
the American Legion decided to
join with Ashland. Medford, and
Grants Pass in holding a joint in­
stallation Friday night, Sept. 15,
at 8 o'clock in the Knights of Py­
thias hall in Medford.
All members of the post, their
wives and the Auxiliary are re-
qested to be there and help swell
the attendance from the Illinois
valley.
The members also discussed
the proposition of selling the Leg­
ion hall and asked the executive
committee to see what they could
do. The chairman to the dance
committtee.Bert Badden, suggest­
ed that they give only one dance
a month in the future and that
was left to hi* discretion. The
Ladies Auxiliary were given the
other dance date and they are to
give a series of card parties.
Elwood Hussey said Dn A. J.
Ostrander was talking of building
a hospital and would like to get
the sentiment of the people of the
valley on such an undertaking.
A motion was passed to ask Dr.
Ostrander to attend a meeting of
the post and give an outline of
what he would have done and just
where the Legion would fit in.
The commander will call a special
meeting of the post if necessary
to meet with the Dr. as all feel
that a hospital in the valley would
be a big asset.
“Rose of Washington
Square” Is Glorious
A glorious evening's entertain­
ment awaits you at the Cave City
Theatre in “Rose of Washington
Square,” which comes to the Cave
City Theatre Saturday and Sun­
day, September 9-10.
Tyrone Power and Alice Faye,
are co-starred with Al Jolson,
singing again in his inimitable
way his memory laden soong hits
of yesterday.
“Rose of Washington Square”
opens at the close of the World
War with Jolson as Ted Cotter, a
singing candy butcher in a Four­
teenth Street burlesque theatre,
who has big-time ideas He loves
Rose Sargent (Alice Faye) and
dreams of taking her with him up
the ladder to fame. But Rose falls
for Bart Clnton, a charming but
wayward fellow played by Tyrone
Power.
The film traces Ted’s rise to the i
dizzy heights of stardom at the
famous Winter Garden and gives
Jolson an opportunity to sing
again the hit songs he made fam­
ous.
Rose, meanwhile, becomes
a star of the Follies. At the height
of her fame, Bart brings disgrace
upon her, but her love for him
never wavers.
MINING ENGINEER
MAKING TESTS HERE
Last Tuesday Earl K. Nixon,
director of the State Department
of Geology and Mineral Indus­
tries, accompanied by Donald
Smythe, mining engineer of Santa
Cruz, California, arrived at the
Esterley mine.
Mr. Smythe, with a corps of as '
sistants, will make some tests of
the Esterley mine, which will take
several weeks.
The Esterley is the mine that
supplies the nation with half of
the platinum mined in the United
States.
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Hershel Bogue of Wa«co, Cal
ifornia, and Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
lanning and family of McFarland,
Calif., are visiting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Allen of Takil­
ma. Messrs. Bogue and Lanning
are sons in-law of the Allens.
OFF IN A CORNER
WITH PHIL SNORT
Thirty-five years ago this fall
I shot five quail near my father’s
place here in Elk Valley; 1 have
never killed one since. These five
were the mountain quail and I
thought them the most beautiful
game bird I have ever seen, so I
began to study them, as I have
always been a student of natural
history, especially animated na­
ture. I found in the crops of the
five quail I had killed, laurel or
madrone berries, manzanita seed,
greasewood seed, white termites,
wood boring beetles of various
kinds and the larvae of flies, the
latter most likely obtained from
the droppings of cattle and horses.
In 1912 there was a quail that
nested in a brush fence near my
garden. I have every reason to
believe that the same quail was
with me for at least four years.
She and her young got to be very
tame and never exhibited the
least fear of me or my dog; but a
cat—that was different 1 could
write oodles of those feathery
friends of mine, but these letters
must not be too long; however, 1
shall chronicle that these quail
never did a particle of harm to my
garden but they did do a lot of
good. I learned that quail lived
principally upon insects from the
time their nesting was over, in
the spring, until seeds began to
ripen in the fall Grasshoppers,
crickets, white anta, various moth
larvea. beetles and plant lice, sea­
soned occasionally with a tender
plant bud or grass shoot, are their
favorite spring and summer food.
Verily, are not these little fel­
lows worth more in and around
the farmers’ fields that dead and
in the skillet? How in the world
a rancher can kill, or allow to be
killed, these beneficial friends is
more than I know. If there was
an abundance of them then it
would seem that “quail-on-toast”
would be permissible; but why
kill when there are so few?
POSTMASTERS TO
HOLD CONVENTION
All arrangements have been
completed to have the Postmas­
ters of the states of Oregon,
Washington,
Idaho,
Montana,
North Danota and Minnesota at­
tend the 39th annual convention
of the National Association of
Postmasters, at Washington, D. C.
October 10-11-12 on the Jim Far­
ley Special via the Great Northern
Railway leaving Portland on the
evening of October 5th.
Interesting and scenic stops are
scheduled
at
Spokane,
Lake
Whitefish, Glacier National Park,
Minneapolis S(. Paul, and Chicago
enroute to the convention, with
many planning to take advantage
of the attractive post-convention
tour to the New York} World’s
Fair.
The following postmasters in
the lilnois Valley, Harry R. Floyd
of Holland, Harry Messenger of
Takilma, Mrs, E. L. Lawson of O’­
Brien, Ted Athey of Cave Junc­
tion, Wm. McLean of Kerby and
Lew Hammer of Selma, have been
invited to join this party and at­
tend what is expected to be the
largest Postmasters' Convention
in history with attendance of over
5000 anticipated.
President Roosevelt will deliver
the principal address at the baan-
quet in the Mayflower Hotel on
the evening of October 12th and
Mrs. Roosevelt will be hostess at
a reception to be given for the
ladies attending the convention.
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Serious Eye Injury
Prevents Trip East
Last Sunday night L. A. Stone
received very serious injury to
his eye when he accidently walk­
ed into an ironing board during
the night. It is hoped that Mr.
Stone will not lose the sight of his
eye.
Mr. and Mrs. Stone were mak­
ing preparations to leave last
Tuesday as Oregon delegates to
the United Spanish War Veterans
National convention to be held
in Atlantic City.
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Mrs. W. E. Martindale of Kerby
Mrs. J. J. Villiar made a busi­ made a business trip to Grants
ness trip to Grants Pass today Pass on Monday.
Schools
Open Doors
Monday
Kerby Union High School op­
ens its doors for the 1939 40 year
on Monday. September 11th. Reg­
istration of students is expected
to be completed by noon. Prin­
cipal F. W. Jones would like to
have all students plan to register
on the opening date.
A meeting
of the teachers is to convene in
the afternoon.
One faculty vacancy exists at
present that of athletic coach,
typing and shop instructor. It is
hoped tht this positioi^» will be
filled by the opening of school.
Miss Rhoda Mills of Forest Grove.
Oregon, is the new member of
the faculty and will teach English,
Girls Physical Education and Mu­
sic.
The new science room addition
to the high school building, just
completed, will give the science
classes a real opportunity to do
better work than has been possible
in the former cramped quarters.
Besides the class room there is a
■hemical storage room anl an ap­
paratus room. The class room is
equipped with opaque window
.hades in order that the room may
be darkened when the projection
microscope or picture slides are
in use. Ample blackboard and
bulletin board space is proviled.
A book case and a cabinet for fil­
ing pupils work are being built
along the south wall. Two lead
water baths with hot and cold wa­
ter connections, and a fume hood
are in convenient locations for
student group use. The instruc­
tor's desk is located in the east
end of the room and is also equip­
ped with a sink. There are ten
student's tables, 72 inches by 30
inches, with acid resistant tops,
each accommodating three stu­
dents. New chairs are with each
table.
This new room will be used thia
year for some other class work
and will relieve some of the con­
gested conditions experienced the
last two school years.
Work is progressing rapidly on
the new shop building which is lo­
cated northeast of the new sci­
ence room. This structure is 32
feet by 50 feet with windows on
the west side and south end. A
door wide enough to admit an au­
tomobile or farm machinery is Io-
cated at the north end. Placing
of shop work in the school course
of study is another step in mak­
ing the high school better able to
serve the community.
Changes have been made this
summer in the heating facilities
of the high school building which
will save fuel and make the heat­
ing of the building satisfactory.
The large pressure tank which
was located in the basement but
not used for the past three ynrs
was moved to the pump house to
repluce the small 42-gallon tank
which was in use there.
This
change will improve the water
system which serves both the high
school and the Kerby elementary
school.
In the new construction work
and in the maintenance wark at
the high school this summer, lo­
cal labor and local materials were
used whenever possible. The new
construction work was in charge
of H. M. Smith, local builder, who
has given the district value receiv­
ed. The high school board and
F. W. Jones, principal, spent much
time and effort this summer in
planning the use of funds avail­
able for construction in order that
every dollar would yield greatest
returns.
The fine new electric clock, the
gift of the Girls’ League of the
high school is mounted oti the
east woll of the corridor just op­
posite the main entrance to the
building.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Elroy have
repainted the wood trim in the
class rooms and have revarnished
the floor«. The toilet rooms have
received a coat of washable enam­
el. The outside of the entire
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