University of Oregon
MINERS' JAMBOREE
UG. 30-31, SEPT. 1
A Live Wire Newspaper Published in the Interests of the Illinois Valley and Surrounding Districts
Volume V.
No. Iti
Jamboree
‘That Night In Rio’
Is Romantic. Glamorous
Committee
The torrid tempo of the Samba,
the enchanting melodies of Alice
Faye, the suave love-making of
Don Ameche, and the dancing of
Carmen Miranda were all filmed
i’l glorious Technicolor as they
took place in “That Night In Rio”,
which comes Saturday and Sunday
to the Cave City theater.
As the American-born wife of
a wealthy Brazilian Baron, Alice
Faye has an opportunity to wear
many sophisticated ultra-modern
gowns, which provide a spectacular
background for her delightful sing
ing.
Don's role was one of the most
difficult to film. His was the first
dual Technicolor part -that of a
Brazilian Baron and an American
night club performer.
Said to surpass the elegance of
“Down Argentine Way,” which
introduced
glamorous
Carmen
Miranda to the American screen.
"That Night in Rio” gives the ex
otic Brazilian songstress an oppor
tunity to emote throughout the full
length of the film, and emote she
does.
The Samba, Brazil's national
dance, is introduced to the Amer-
ican motion picture public for the
fir.-t time by Miss Miranda and a
troupe of trained Samba dancer*.
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Personnel
We are on the last lap of prop
tnation for the 1941 Miners’ jam-
boree, and from all reports enm-
ing from the officials in charge,
never in the history of the cele-
biation, has committee work been
so successful and such cooperation
from everybody and without exag
gerating the least bit, this prom
ises to be the greatest Jamboree
ever held in the valley.
You may want to know some
thing about the business end of
some feature of the celebration.
Here are the committees. Go to
the right committee chairman, and
he will be very glad to give you
any information within his power.
But please keep in mind to make
your business short and to the
point for everyone of them are up
to their necks with details that re
quire ti lot of attention, an dwhile
they all will be glad to give» coun
sel or advice, they also would ap
preciate* it if you would know
exactly what you want to ask and
get it off your chest as fast as
possible, so they can go about
their business. Here is the* com
mittee chairmen:
Queen's Contest—Fred Link
hart.
Parade-—Blake Miller.
Amusements—O. W. Vogue.
Mineral Exhibits—Cecil Slack.
Dance—Bert Badden.
General Chairman — George
Hicks.
There is something that you can
do to help make the Jamboree the
biggest ever, and it will be appre
ciated if you will contact the com
mittee chairman and tell him what
you can do. Many of the miner*/i
have some good specimens of ores j
that will help the mineral exhibit. ■
You may have something interest-j
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LEGION PARTY FOR
M?H, MARY WHITE
Aunt Mary White was the guest
of honor at a birthday picnic par
ty at Greyback camp last Sunday.
This was really a surprise, for she
suspected nothing until “happy
birthday, Aunt Mary,’’ was sung.
\ dainty corsage was presented
by Auxiliary President
President Marie
White. After r a bountiful feast of
good things, the large birthday
cake was cut by Aunt Mary and
pass, I around. Commander Bert
1’iolilen then presented, on behalf
i f the American Legion, a beauti
ful pottery water set. There was
a handkerchief shower from the
Auxiliary as well as some ra'her
packages
imposing
appearing
which proved to contain good
wishes, many guesses were made
as to the donors.
More than three large tables
filled with gUe-t-. Legion
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and
and
Auxiliary
members
friends of our Aunt Mary, who
joined in wishing her many, many
happy returns.
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COMING EVENTS
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Price 5 Cents
Cave Junction. Oregon. Thursday, August 21. 1911
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Friday, August 22—Illinois Val
ley Garden club at the home of
M ■
A. E. Breech, Si-k.y
Camp.
August 30-31, Sept. 1—Miner’s
Jamboree, Cave Junction.
Monday, Sept. 1 — Labor Day.
September 3 Wednesday — Open
ing day of Josephine county fair.
Tuesday, Sept. 2—Cave Junction
Ladies' club will meet at the
home of Mrs. C. Y. Arnold.
Friday, Sep«. 5—O'Brien Women's
club at the home of Mrs. Chris
Wendt on Caves highway.
September
11-14 — Pendleton
Roundup.
Every Tuesday—10 a. m. Gar-1
den talks over KL'IN.
Regular Legion and Auxiliary ,
third
meeting the first and
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Wednesday of every month.
O’Brien Women’s Club
Parlies at Balzke’s
(By Pearl Barrett)
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The O’Brien Women’s club en-
joyed a very pleasant afternoon at
the Waldo Motel home of Mrs.
Robert Balzke on Friday, August
15 th.
A very satisfactory meeting of
bazaar committee chairmen was
held in the forenoon. Twenty-
three members attended the regu
lar meeting, also five guests. Miss
Millar, Mrs. Tozar, Mrs. Fraser,
Mrs. Watkins and Mrs. Eddie Mar
tin.
The whole group listened atten
tively to Mrs. Wilson’s review of
Margaret Dana's book “Behind the
Label”. This was given in a very
interesting manner and gave us
something to really thing about.
Then followed reports of bazaar
committee chairmen present who
named their assistants.
All are
very appreciative of help offered
and kindnesses showm. A great in
terest in the coming bazaar is
shown by the group.
Already four quilts are in pros-
pect for the booths, three of them
baby quilts, one crocheted, one em-
broidered and one plain challis.
Also one full sized quilt is being
made by one of the members, and
when ready an old fashioned quilt
ing bee will be held at the “Willa-
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Benjamin F. George
Benjamin Franklin George
passed away at his home in Med
ford, Oregon, on August 15th at
the age of 68 years, 7 months and
8 days.
Ben was born in Canden county,
Missouri, January 7, 1873, and
came to Josephine county on June
10, 1880. and located at Waldo
with his parents. His father worked
in the placer mines until 1885
when the family moved to the
George ranch near Kerby. He at
tended the old school house in
Kerby. He followed placer min
ing for a number of years and
worked in the forest service.
In 1906 he married Miss Linnie
Sowell who survives him.
He was a member of Kerbyville
Lodge No. 55, I. O. O. F., who
were in charge of the funeral cere
mony in the I. O. O. F. cemetery
on Sunday, August 17th, at 2 p.
m.
Members of Rebekah lodge
rendered appropriate music.
Mr. George leaves to mourn his
less, his widow. Linnie George of
Medford, one brother. William D.
George of Kerby and two sisters,
Lucy M Bragdon of Portland and
Mrs. Agness E. Mannion of Seat
tle, other relatives and a host of
friends.
The Pearl & Son Funeral Home
of'Medford were in charge of the
remains.
Queen Contest
Ends Wednesday
Miss
Miss
Miss
Miss
Miss
Miss
Ql’EEN CANDIDATES
Adelaide McCradv. Cave Junctoin
Norma McCrady, Cave Junction
Elva Messenger, Cave Junction
Dorothy Green. Cave Junction
Lois Taylor. Cave Junction
Wanda Brown, O’Brien
Pules of Contest
Contest stars Monday, August because the contest ends next
Wednesday night at the Queen’s
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Contest ends Wednesday, Au- show, when the lucky girl will be
gust 28 at 7:00 p. m. No devia- announced with her princesses.
tion or no exception from this rule
Then begins the grand rush to
Any single girl whose residence * get ready for the Jamboree,
is in the Illinois Valley is eligible i Dresses have to be made or
' selected and pictures taken and
to enter.
All decisions are left to the oh, my goodness, it seems there
judgment of the committee and are hundreds of little petty details
their word is final.
to be ironed out before the big
Tickets are worth 1000 votes.
show starts Saturday night at the
The candidate having the largest Queen's ball.
number of votes will be declared
The Queen will be crowned at
elected queen of the 1941 Miners’ the theater between shows at 9
o'clock, and then proceed to the
Jamboree.
The next two highest will be her Queen's ball in the Legion hall.
No wonder all the girls are lit
princesses.
When once entered in the race, erally "going to town" fighting for
no candidate can withdraw and al the chance to be queen of the 1941
It’s a great
low her votes to be placed to the Miners' Jamboree.
honor and something handsome
credit of another candidate.
Whatever
The committee will give any goes with the honor.
candidate all necessary instruc that something is the committee
tions. If there is anything you keeps a secret, for anticipation is
want to know, ask the committee. often as sweet as the realization.
It is part of the agreement be and never has a queen of her prin
tween the candidates and the Min cesses been disappointed yet.
Wednesday night at the Queen’s
ers' Jamboree, that ALL candi
dates will attend the Wednesday show, we suggest that you make.
right show, August 27, and be the | it a point to be there early, as all
guest of the Jamboree ami will ap ' seats will be taken early, for the
pear on the stage when the winner icomn»ittee expects a full house to
is announced.
learn who has won, who will be
queen? The show is a good one.
Monday morning, Fred Link too, the “Doomed Caravan, with
hart, chairman of the Queen con the famous “Hopalong Cassidy,”
test for the Miners’ Jamboree for so you have a double incentive to
1941, started six hopeful girls out lx at the Cave City theater next
to win this coveted honor. The Wednesday night.
six girls above are your candidates
Take another good look at the
for queen and princesses for this names of the candidates. Maybe
year’s celebration.
all the girls are your friends, and
After two days work, the com you will want to help them all, and
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mittee rushed to the printer and maybe one of them is a personal
said print some more tickets— friend, whom you would like to
these girls have taken all we have help. The queen contest is part
and want more. Not any particu of the Jamboree, and it is quite
lar one, but all of them have made a necessary part, so you are not
such wonderful progress in the only helping the candidate herself,
first few days that the race is go you really are putting your shoul
ing to be one of the most hotly der behind the wheel of success for
contested of any that the Jamboree the Jamboree itself.
Don’t wait until the last min
or Jubilee has ever put on.
Readers of the News, pick your ute. Start helping now. Any as
choice from the above list and then sistance given any of the girls will
help her all you can. The tickets b»* greatly appreciated by the girls
are only 10c and they have a pos and you can rest assured that the
sibility of something handsome, committee will also appreciate it.
We've started something. Let’s i
and they count the candidate who
sells the tickets 1000 votes for ev see it through to a grand, glorious
ery ticket. Just a few tickets can success. Make the girls who will
make a great difference in the* be queen, proud of your efforts.
This celebration is a community
standing of any contestant.
There will be no published re- affair and the Illinois Valley is the
port of how the candidates stand, community.
Caves ( hatean Personnel
Gets High Compliment
Mr. and Mrs. George Hicks of
the Texaco Service station want
to go on record as stating that the
personnel of the Oregon Caves
Chateau deserves much more
credit than they are receiving for
their hospitality and courtesy to
visitors at the Caves.
Recenly the Hicks' went up for
the evening program. During the
entertainment Mrs. Hicks gave
George her purse containing some
thing like a hundred dollars in
currency.
One of the children
wanted something and the purse
was disturbed, and when leaving
George supposed Mrs. Hicks had
the purse and she supposed George
had it. Next morning at home,
Mr*. Hicks asked George for the
purse and he replied that she had
it. It was immediately discovered
that the purse had been lost at
the Caves and Mrs. Hicks excitedly
called the Caves and reported the
news.
You can ell realize her amaze
ment when she was informed that
the purse had been turned in by
Kerby News Notes Miners Say
of General Interest
Minerals
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(By Ed Dailey)
Mrs. Clara Magill, Mrs. Martin
Sachse and lra Brown made a
busines trip to Grants Pass on
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Tuesday.
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Dave Bour is regaining his
With 11 interested miners and
health gradually and able to be business men from the Illinois val
up and around.
ley attending the meeting held by
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Senator Rufus Holman, member
George Fetterley of Portland of the senate sub-committee on
visited his sister, Mrs. Jess Barnett | st rategic and critical minerals for
and family last week.
[ defense purposes, the valley was
fairly well represented and several
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Houck of of them were put on the witness
Klamath Falls visited in the valley stand to give testimony concerning
last Sunday.
the production, availability and
amount of
rategic minerals in
Harry Elroy brought his family this section.
home last Saturday from the hop
Pictured most prominently at
yard and took them back Sunday the hearing in the Redwoods hotel
evening where they will continue conference room was the need of
to pick hops during the picking assurance given by the government
season.
•bat adequate prices would be paid
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to cover the cost of extracting
Jim and Alice Hogue went to chromite and other strategic min
Poker Flat to look after their cat- erals which so far have cost more
tie.
to produce from domestic supplies
than to import from abroad.
Mr. and Mrs. Boe Tucker of
Albert Burch of Medford, state
Klamath Falls were visiting Mrs. geology board member who was in
Tucker's parent, Phil Dessinger charge of the World war surveys
and family last week-end.
suggested that the government
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should establish a base price for lo
Earl Osborn, social science cal chromite of $50 a ton for 45
teacher and athletic coach in the per cent chromite delivered at rail
Kerby high school, has sent the head.
school board his resignation to be
Eugene Brown, O’Brien chromite
effective at once. Mr. Osborn is producer, reported he had deliv
to report for army training the ered 1,000 tons of chromite to
first of September.
Rustless Iron and Steel corpora
tion at pre-emergency prices, mak
Woodrow Nealy transacted busi ing a slight profit. Even though
ness in Grants Pass last week and prices have practically doubled, his
returned home driving a new V-8 profit is less, he testified, because
car.
of the difficulty of securing labor
and priorities which tie up his
Mrs. Ella Mead of Clara’s Bun truck repairs and other operations.
galow Coffee Shop went to Med
The witnesses attacked supposi
ford to meet her granddaughter, tion that deposits are small, de
Joyce Powell of Los Angeles, who claring that extent of chromite in
flew north via plane, and will spend [practice is hard to tell. Sherman
the summer with relatives near Smith and James Remsen, produc
Grants Pass.
ers, told of the nature of chro
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mite occurrence, that it cannot be
County Treasurer Lincoln Sav definitely blocked out, and is found
age, accompanied by Mrs. Savage in lumps or kidneys rather than in
and his sister, Mrs. Anna Parker, continuous veins.
spent Sunday with Clara Magill
They said that estimates of re
and Ella Mead.
putable engineers therefore gener
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ally run low because they include
Mr. and Mrs. George Thrnshet only the ore blocked out. After
and family of Murphy visited in ‘hat ore is removed, they testified,
Kerby Sunday.
it is common to discover new bod
ies of the chromite uncovered by
Lavern Lackey left for Oakland,
removal of the old.
California, where he will have em
Witnes.se testified that deposits
ployment in the ship yard.
n e inaccessible, requiring difficult
mountain roads, laborious extrac-
Mrs. Clay Ramsey went to Pow
tiun, and expensive processing.
ers to bring Clay home who was They asked federal buyers to come
on the sick list. At this writing
'rito the field since few or none of
he is improving nicely.
the producers can afford to go to
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Washington. They asked guaran
Mr. and Mrs. George Davis of tees of purchase, recalling that at
Medford visited Ed Dailey last tl,e close of the World war the
Monday evening, He was here to market for expensively produced
attend the funeral of Benjamin domestic chromite collapsed.
F. George.
Assisting Holman in the hearing
were George Malone, representing
Iaist Wednesday evening mem the war department, Earl K. Nixon,
bers of Marguerite Rebekah lodge
state mining department director,
surprised Mrs. Clara Magill with
and a chamber of commerce com
a gift shower at her new cafe in
mittee headed by F. I. Bristol,
Kerby. Many useful and beautiful
silica producer.
gifts were received by her and she
An important witness was Jo
wishes to extend her thanks for
seph Schulein, OSC research asso-
these lovely tokens Refreshments
were later served by Mrs. < lay
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Ramsey and M jjh . H. O. Smith.
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one of the attendants and was safe
at the Chateau office. When she
was hmded the purse nothing was
missing. Naturally she wanted to
reward the boy or girl who found
it, but the Caves management said
that was not at all necessary and
refused to divulge the name of the
finder and refused the profferred
Some Lima Bean
reward. All of which just goes to
show that there still are a lot of Plant In Valley
honest people in the world and the
Clyde Runyan, who has a fine
Oregon Caves must have a lot of
ranch on th«« west side highway,
that kind of young men and women
I brought to the News office the root
on theit staff.
of a lima bean plant that this year
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produced all kinds of beans.
The peculiar part of the plant is
Arm\ Trucks Stop
that it was not supposed to bear
Street Paving
this year, as they had a bountiful
supply last year, and Clyde had
On account of the heavy traffic cut down the bushes thinking that
ot army trucks through Cave Junc was the end of the lima beans.
This year th«« plants came up i
tion this week, the state highway
paving crew did not start the again and had as much a yield as i
finishing touches to the street in last year. C'yde think« the plants i
must be crazy, for it is definitely
Cave Junction.
Arrangements are now made to an annual plant.
start oiling and rolling the street
Hot-dogs, pink lemonade and
Saturday, and the crew hopes to
hamburgers will be features of ’
finish the job in jig time.
many stands on the Jamboree
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WHAT THE LEGION
AUXILIARY IS DOING
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Jamboree plans were the main
topic of discussion at the Wednes
day meeting at which President
Marie White presided.
Letters were read from the New
Department and District Officers
asking that our membership drive
get under way. The fourth dis-
trict is very proud to have another
Department President from the
ranks and especially to have Polly
Maclnturff in that office. So let
us get our dues in and be over the
top as soon as possible, Quite a
number are already paid up.
Marie White, Amy Hussey,
Homer T. White and Elwood Hus
sey attended the annual steak din
ner and installation of the Klamath
Falls post last Tuesday night.
Needless to say they thoroughly
enjoyed themselves.