University of Oropon
Gateway to The Oregon Caves
Pioneer
'Resident
Died Monday
A Live Wire Newspaper Published in the Interests of the Illinois Valley and Surrounding Districts
News wired to relatives last
Monday brought the sad informa­
tion that Charles James Howard,
86 years old, an old pioneer of the
Illinois valley, had passed away
at the home of his son in Cottage
Grove, Oregon, last Monday after­
noon at 4:30.
He was born September 17,
1885 at Kewaunee, Illinois and
crossed the plains with an ox team
and settled in Jacksonville, Ore­
gon, in November, 1860.
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Mr. Howard was a civil engin-
* eer and surveyed considerable
property in the valley in the early
days. He was the rural mail car­
rier for this valley for 23 years,
and previous to coming to Kerby,
was the Wells Fargo agent at
Medford for nine years.
His home was in Kerby until six
years ago when he came to Cot­
tage Grove to make his home with
his son. He was a member of
Belt Lodge No. 18, A. F. & A. M.
and the I. O. O. F. at Medford.
His funeral was conducted this
afternoon (Thursday) at 2:00
o’clock by Belt lodge and inter­
ment was in the I. O. O. F. ceme­
tery.
He is survived by two sons and
one step-son, one daughter, 16
. grand children and 19 great-grand-
F children. The following members
of the family attended the funeral
at Kerby: Mr. and Mrs. J. E. How­
ard of Cottage Grove, son; Mr.
and Mrs. G. H. Howard of Dallas, a
son; Mrs. Will Gilmore of Eureka,
Calif., daughter; Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Floyd, Holland, his step­
son; Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Howard
of Cottage Grove, grandson; Mr.
and Mrs. H. T. Howard of Cottage
Grove, grandson; Mr. and Mrs. T.
G. Howard of Cottage Grove,
grandson; Mrs. D. W. Coats of
Wendling, Oregon, granddaugh­
ter, and Bernard Roberts, nephew
of Medford and Mr. Roberts’ son.
Mrs. J. E. Roberts of Medford is
a sister, but was unable to attend
the funeral.
George Riddle of Grants Pass
ami Homer Hervey and Mr. Ham-
| by of Medford, old friends of Mr.
Howard were in Kerby to attend
the funeral.
Volume V.
KERBY HIGH
SCHOOL NEWS
By Elva Messenger
A student body meeting was held
Wednesday afternoon for the pur­
pose of nominating student body
officers for the coming year.
Nominated were: President, Bob
Wendt, Jim Baldwin and Elva Mes­
senger; vice-president, Wesley
Varhnewald, Donnis Sauer and
Clinton Freitas; secretary-treasur­
er nominees were Barbara Byrne,
Cleo Doney, Charlene Miller and
Peggy Haberman. Election for
these offices will be held May 6.
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Those maintain# honor roll for
the last six weeks were:
Seniors
1.0
1 1*
Louise Hammer ................
...... 1.25
Doris Jones
Juniors
...... 1.0
Jim Baldwin
..... 1.2
Bob Wendt
1.4
Barbara Byrne ..................
Sophomores
Charlene Miller ................ ......1.0
1.25
1.2 5
Cleo Doney .........................
Freshmen
1.0
Allene Brewer ...................
Dora Hammer
.............. ...... 1.0
1.0
Rosemary Sachse
1.25
Rose Marie Dopyera
1.1B
Frank McLean
1.5
Pearl Marchant................
Dorothy Gray
........ ...... 1.5
1.5
Margaret Armpriest
Due to illness of Mrs. Marcy,
English and mathematic teachers,
was absent from school several
days last week. She has recoveved
now and is back at her school work.
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The Senior class play “Seeing
Double” turned out to be a great
success. The cast gave a very fine
performance, which showed that
a lot of hard work had been given
to the preparation of the play.
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State Guard
Holds Drill
CANTEEN WORK
TO CONTINUE
SA YS MRS. CRAWFORD
M iss Ruth Crawford and Mrs.
Harold Prestel will be in the val­
ley again next Saturday at 10 a.
m., to continue with the lessons
on canteen work. It is their wish
to have at least one unit of five
members in each small center as
Holland, O’Brien, Kerby, Selma
and Cave Junction. About 30 wo­
men at least are needed to take
the fundamental lessons.
There will be a review of past
lessons and new work taken up at
the coming meeting.
A good turn out attended the
meeting last Saturday at the all­
day session and Mr. Bowerman
gave a talk on the necessity for
ju t such a set-up on account of
anticipated fires or possibly evac­
uees or even to feed soldiers if
necessary.
The meeting will begin prompt­
ly at 10 a. m. in the I. O. O. F.
hall at Kerby. For the sake of
explanation, this canteen move­
ment and the local canteen of the
State Guard are two separate or­
ganizations.
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F. E. Barrett made a business
trip to Grants Pass this week.
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No. 50
Company “A” of the Oregon
State Guards held an interesting
outdoor drill last Sunday on the
ball field behind the high school,
and a large portion of the unit
was present. Captain Baumberg-
er hopes to hold these outside drill
at least once a month, and they
should be attended by every
guardsman in the company.
Deployment of men as skirmish­
ers and guerrilla warfare as well as
demolition methods will be taught
in the near future. Application
blanks have been secured and ad­
ditional men will be accepted to
recruit Company “A” to war
strength. Men interested in join­
ing are resuested to report at the
Legion hall this Friday evening at
8:00 p. m.
All men now in the company are
requested to be present at this
drill in order to place them in a
permanent position in their pla-
ing are requested to report at the
their ladies to enlist in the Guard
Canteen unit, which has been
highly successful in raising funds
for the company.
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4-H Clubbers Held
COMING EVENTS [ Meeting Last Friday
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Saturday. April 18—Card party,1
Auxiliary hall. Prizes.
May 10—Sunday, Mother’s day. |
O'Brien Women’s club meet on the'
first and third Friday of each
month.
Every second Tuesday H. E. U.
meeting. Mrs. Lena Payne
chairman.
Every Third Friday — Holland 1
School Improvement club meet- I
ing.
Public Library in the Auxiliary
rooms will be open on Saturday 1
afternoon only from 2:30 to
4:30 p. m.
Every Tuesday—10 a. m. Gar­
den talks over KL’IN.
Ladies Auxiliary meet the first |
and third Wednesday of each
month.
The 4-H club meeting wah held
last Friday in the typing room of
the Kerby Union high school. The
meeting was called to order, roll
call answered and minutes read
and approved. Discussion about
the work done by the girls brought
much comment.
Mrs. Ferd W. Jones, leader, sug­
gested that all dar:>ing done by
the girls be sent in so cards could
be sent away. Most of the srirls
are working on their dresses, their
last project.
Two songs were sung, then the
meeting adjourned. The next
meeting will be held, Friday, April
24th.
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Howard Taylor left for Los An­
geles last Tuesday morning. He
expects to be back in about two
weeks.
Cave .Junction, Oregon. Thursday, April 16, 1912
forests Will
Fishing
Be Closed To Season Opens
Price 5 Cents
Kerby News Notes Forest Fire
of General Interest
Help Made
¡Available
Clay Ramsey spent a few days
(By Ed Dailey)
Recreation
The war has created many com­
plicated forestry problems in the
mountains of Oregon and Wash­
ington. The officials of the U.
S. Forest Service are preparing
plans to close much of the national
forests to use for recreation and
to restrict the use of other areas
during the 1941 fire season. For­
est camps and resort areas adjoin­
ing highways and heavily used
recreation roads will remain open
for use without additional restric­
tions. The Oregon Caves and Red­
wood highways will remain open.
The loss of experienced fire­
men, the need for keeping indus­
trial crews at their defense jobs,
the better effect on morale by
keeping the air clear of smoke, the
chances of careless fires, and the
problem of replacing industrial
equipment if burned — all require
that the utmost precautions be
taken to prevent all man-caused
fires.
The Siskiyou National forest
will be closed to all public entry
except by permit. Permits will
be issued to all those regularly us­
ing the forests, such as loggers,
settlers, miners, and stockmen for
specific areas and for legitimate
business, but not for recreation.
Permits will not be issued for
fishing, berry picking or camping.
After closures are put into ef­
fect registrants should apply at
ranger stations or other forest of­
fices during regular hours for cer­
tificates to enter the forest areas.
Because of the scarcity of man
power and because of the increas­
ed work load, registration service
will not be available during the
night. Applicants can write for
registration certificates if neces­
sary.
Closures are a tool of manage­
ment to prevent fires, and will be
applied only when indicated by
the general or local fire danger.
Wide publicity wil be given when
closures are put into effect late
in the spring or the latter part of
June. They will be cancelled in
the fall as soon as conditions war­
rant. Most spring stream fish­
ing should be over before the clos­
ures are put into effect, and most
closures will be cancelled before
big game hunting starts in the fall,
unless there is an abnormally late
fire season.
These closures no doubt will in­
clude somebody’s favorite fishinjj
place or camping spot, but the
simple matter of forgetting that
pleasure one year should be more
than repaid in better fire protec­
tion and as a contribution to win­
ning the war by winning the for­
est fire battle. Highways which
run through closures of this type
will be open to through travel ex­
cept for the possibility of check
ing travelers when conditions are
extremely hazardous.
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Minerals Association
To Meet Saturday
The Siskiyou Minerals associa­
tion will meet Saturday, April 18,
at 10:00 a. m. at the Redwoods
hotel, Grants Pass, Oregon.
The buying program of the Met­
als Reserve company will be ex­
plained by I). C. Beyer. Metals Re­
serve engineer here. The problem
of expediting toad building to
mines will also be taken up.
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Ed Boehnke Visits
In the V’alley
Ed. G. Boehnke, Republican
candidate for congressman from
the new fourth district, was in the
valley last Friday in the interest
of his campaign.
Mr. Boehnke made a very fav­
orable impression on those he had
a chance to call on, but his time
was so limited that few Republic­
ans had a chance to meet him.
However, he said that lie hoped to
be back and meet and talk to all
the Republicans in the district.
Satuiday
at his home in Kerby and is now
I employed on the government work
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I in Medford for the summer.
The general angling season for:
Mr. and Mis. Martin Sachse,
trout six inches or over in length
opens Saturday, April 18, in Jo­ Mrs. Phil Dessinger and Miss Mary
Brady were shopping in Grants
sephine cunty.
The bag limit remains the same Pass last Saturday.
as last year, 15 fish or 15 pounds
and one fish in any one day, but [ Dopyera Brothers have con­
not to exceed 30 fish or 30 pounds tracted to furnish 60 tiers of wood
and 2 fish in any seven consecu­ to school district No. 3, at the last
tive days or in possession at any­ board meeting.
one time. The angler, however,
R. B. Phillips had the misfor­
should consult the synopsis Of
angling regulations issued by the tune to sprain his ankle and had to
game commission for a list of wat­ resort to crutches.
ers having special seasons and bag
limits.
Mrs. Dollie Duncan received
Resident angling license fee is word that her son Alton was work­
$3 but a combination hunting and ing at the government airport near
fishing license may be secured for Portland.
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$5. Resident juveniles from the
Mrs. J. Q. Willets of Corvallis
age of 14 up to but not including
18 years of age may secure an visited old time friends in Kerby
angling license for $1, while those last week end.
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under 14 years of age do not need
Mrs. Daisy Gilmore of Cottage
a license but must observe other
regulations in regard to season - Grofe is visiting friends in Kerby.
Mrs. Gilmore is a daughter of the
and limits.
Advance reports indicated that lateChas. J. Howard.
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most waters, particularly along
the coast section, are in good shape
and should provide good fishing
at the opening of the season pro
vided weather and water condi­
tions do not change in the mean­
time. To date there have been
very few restrictions made by the
government due to water condi­
Metals Reserve company will be
tions that would affect anglers so ready to purchase chromite begin­
that practically all of the major ning in the early part of next
fishing waters are open to the week, D. C. Beyer, agent for the
public.
federal concern, told the Courier
Anglers are urged not to forget Wednesday.
to fill out catch record cards re­
He said that Northwest Testing
porting on the results of their fish­ Laboratories of Portland has con­
ing trips. These cards can be se­ tracted to make analyses of the
cured from license agencies, fish­ ore and may establish a labora­
ing resorts, sportsmen's organiza­ tory here. However, first samples
tions and state police officers.
will be shipped to Portland, and
RFC checks are to be made from
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that city.
A month ago it was announced
CHAMBER DISCUSSES
that Northwest Testing Laborator­
MANY PROBLEMS
ies had arranged to open the serv­
ice
here, but the arrangements
Last Tuesday noon the local
chamber of commerce met in the were not completed at that time.
Although the government has
Drews hotel with only a handful
not
been ready to buy chromite,
present. However, the discussion
was indeed interesting and those Beyer has accepted several truck­
who were not there missed some­ loads of chromite at the local pur­
chasing depot.
thing constructive.
Chrome Buying
Due Next Week
It has been suggested by out­
side men that Cave Junction get
behind a movement to organize
an inter-county organization with
Curry, Jackson and Josephine
counties in Oregon and Del Norte
county in California for their mu­
tual benefit.
The idea was immediately adop­
ted and May 8th is the tentative
date set for an intercounty all­
day meeting with a noon luncheon.
Time and place to be announced
later.
Elwood Hussey spoke of incor­
porating the city of Cave Junc­
tion and proposed many advan­
tages this would give the city. A
meeting was called to discuss the
plan last Wednesday evening in
Camp U-Rest, but few attended.
The plan to have a room for
the chamber was talked of, and
Mr. Hussey showed a committee a
room that he would donate to the
chamber if they would fix the room
suitable for occupancy. This will
be discussed later. The chamber
will meet next Tuesday noon in
the Drews hotel dining room.
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INTEREST IS BLING
SHOWN IN COPPER
Anyone who has a copper claim
or mine, and who would like to see
his or her holdings put into prof­
itable operation, should contact
M. C. Athey at The News office.
Mr. Athey has contacts with
reputable people who are looking
for this mineral and want to put
the claims or mines into produc­
tion at once. Mr. Athey has no
connection whatever with the con­
cern. and is only interested in get­
ting the claims into production for
the local miners. He also has calls
for chrome and manganese.
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Garden Club to
Have Guest Speaker
The Illinois Valley Garden club
will hold their next meeting at
the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Hol­
land in Bridgeview, Friday, April
24th.
Mrs. E. D. Lamb of Klamath
Falls, vice-president of the Sis­
kiyou district of the Oregon Fed­
eration of Garden clubs, will be the
guest -peaker, and will illustrate
pictures with her lecture on “Flow­
er Arrangements.’’
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John W. Smith transacted busi­
ness in the county seat on Mon­
day.
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SALEM, Ore. (Special) — A
program of forest protection on a
scale never before attempted in
Oregon, and one that indicates a
labor reservoir of some 100,000
fire fighters with supplies and ma­
terials to equip them, should an
extreme emergency arise demand­
ing such an effort, is now under
way and will be fully completed
before the fire season, according
to a statement by State Forester
N. S. Rogers.
“The first line of defense will
be the emergency fire crews that
will be hired for the duration of
the fire season,” stated Mr. Rog­
ers. “State fore-try officials have
contacted all schools of higher
education as well as many high
schools, making listings of the
young men over 16 years of age
who would be willing to accept
this work. Up to the present time
approximately a thousand individ­
uals have been signed up and these
men are now undergoing a course
in job training which includes both
lectures on protection and fire sup­
pression and actual work in the
field.
“The manpower inventory in­
dicates that there are between 70,-
000 and 80,000 men in the forest
industries, either within or adja­
cent to the forest areas, who would
be available in case of large or
widely scattered fires. However,
this force would not be called out
except as a last resort, since it
is essential that the war industries
be provided with lumber. Yet some
of these men could fight fires
without crippling the industry and
operators are now listing this force
with the state forestry depart­
ment. It is expected that some
20,000 men will be signed up.
“Another source of emergency
work is the defense organizations
that are being set up in the cities
and rural communities in a volun­
tary basis. Rosters of these groups
are being secured, indicating the
captain or leader, qualifications of
individuals, listing of available
equipment, the area in which the
group will serve and the approxi­
mate time each can devote to this
type. <>f work without personal
sacrifice to his regular job or bus­
iness. Under this plan it is esti­
mated that 20,000 men will be
available.”
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“FEMININE TOUCH”
GAY. 4-CORNERED
ROMANTIC TANGLE
It’s a moot point whether the
ladies or their male partners will
get the biggest kick out of the new
film, “The Feminine Touch,” which
has to do with the emotion known
as jealousy. This picture will be
shown at the Cave City theater
next Saturday and Sunday.
“The Feminine Touch” concerns
a fairly patient wife, Rosalind
Russell, whose husband constantly
derides all expression of jealousy.
Don Ameche is the male spouse-
on-ice, whose cold scientific rea­
soning sounds moderately convinc­
ing in a book which is called "Tho
Female of the Species.” The wife
doesn’t agree with him about the
theory, out the two decide to go
to New York to dispose of the
book.
There, in their prospective pub­
lisher's office, they meet Kay Fran,
cis, a literary expert and also an
alert judge of men. She takes
the author under her wing, to the
wife’s extreme d’zcomfiture, and
the trouble begins pronto. Van
Heflin, of the New York stage, is
the publisher, a play-seeking sort
of fellow who can’t help falling in
love with every pretty girl he
meets.
There’s the situation as Ameche
and Miss Francis start the job of
editing his book. It takes virtu­
ally all of thei rtime. The eternal
triangle is cut up in slices, and
cast to the winds in the four-corn­
ered mix-up that follows.