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About Illinois Valley news. (Cave City, Or.) 1937-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1943)
University of Oregon Gateway to The Oregon Caves * A Live Wire Newspaper Published in the Interests of the Illinois Valiev and Surrounding Districts Volume VI No. 36 Cave Junction, Oregon. Thursday. January 7. 1913 "KERBY BUSHWHACKERS” ALL SET FOR RADIO PROGRAM Above are pictured the famed "Kerby Bushwhackers", known as the "Horse Back Canteen Unit” with county officials which was to assist in a national hook-up over NBC on the Army Hour last Sunday, January 3rd. Flood conditions prevented the arrival of the NBC commentator and the necessary equip- ntent for the broadcast, which had to be postponed. No date for the future broadcast has been given. Pictured in KUIN studio where they broadcasted locally at 2:15 p. m. are, left to right: Miss Ruth Craw ford, home demonstration agent and emergency food chairman; Mrs. Ruth Prestel, county canteen chair man; Mrs. Charlotte Slack, Mrs. Blanche Lackey, Mrs. Lillian White, and Mrs. Ethel Banta, captain of the unit. (Cut courtesy of the Grants Pass Courier Photo and Engraving). GENE AUTRY HERE IN NEW PICTURE Pomona Crange Meeting Gene Autry comes to the Cave City Theater Saturday and Sun-, day in “Call of the Canyon" with plenty of action, plus a comedy and song. The title song. “Call of the Canyon" is sung to good ad vantage by Gene. Other songs are “When It's Chilly Down in By Josephine Powers Chile” and “Montana Skies.” Secretary of Pomona Grange Smiley Burnette plays a com Meeting at the Rogue River Val edy role assisted by a smaller pro ley Grange Hall, thi Josephine totype, Joe Strauch, Jr. Poor lit County Pomona Grange opened its tle Joe loses the annual pie eating work for the year with its tradi contest when Smiley shrinks his tional New Year’s Day se ion. The stomach by putting him on a diet. | attendance was better than could The western part of the storjr have been expected in these days is concerned with a fight between ' of tire rationing, there being on the cattlemen and a racketeering, ly two absentees among the 16 of purchasing agent of a packing ficers. All committee chairmen company. The cattlemen refuse were present. With the chairmen to sell their cattle to the agent of the draft board, and AAA, and trail herd the stock across USDA, and Farm Machine Ration country. The romance plot is Committee, with other members nicely handled by Ruth Terry who j of these committees taking an ac takes her musical troupe to the tive part, the Pomona Grange will Autry ranch in an effort to sell a, be an alive, up-to-the-minute body radio program to th" meat pack-! and expects to accomplish work of I era. real benefit to the farmers of this, "The Battle of Midway”, a two | area. reel special subject in color, makes, The business session was opened one of the best newsreel war se- at 11 a. m. and work and commit quences so far released, Scenes tee reports were well under way show the action at sea and track- by the time dinner was announced. ing down of the remnants of the It was a chicken pi dinner served scattered Japanese fleet. in a manner fitting to the day. and ! The dialogue, snoken by Henry was enjoyed by over 70 people. Fonda and Jane Harwell, is at its Such topics as regulations gov best when it confines itself to erning various farm necessities,1 strict news elaboration of the pic- machine rationing, food produc-i I tores screened. tion, slaughtering quotas, the truck situation, farm mobilization day, ■o- scrap iron drive, strikes, conscrip tion of man power and inflation CHAMBER TO SEND I were discussed from different an DELEGATION TO GET gles. Those present surely have RATIONING BOARD a good understanding of the«c matters after listening to tbe-e At last Tuesday's Chamber of talks. | Commerce meeting in the Dri ews Mr. Elmer McClure, ovei: er of | hotel cafe, very little business war Oregon State Gr: ange was present I transacted, but the topic of a ra | during ‘be entire ■ session and w »s tioning board for Cnve Junction ' one of the leader: in the discus- wa« discussed at some length, sions. Mr. McClure has a good Dr. Brown suggested that the understanding of the topics of the way to secure a board for this val- day, having attended many meet I ley was to send a large delega ings where these matters have I t' ?n to Grants Pa«.« to interview been thrashed ut, one of the see 1 the countv board and tell them ing in Denver. I the need for a rationing board (Continued on Pajte Four) He moved that a caravan I her go to the city next Monday and 51' meet with the rationing board at 2 p. m. The motion was carried and i (OMING EVENTS it is expected that several people V ***«*«•«••*•••*«•«i••••••••••»••••••••••• from the valley will make the trip January 13, from 10:00 to Monday. clinic at the Auxiliary ro Dr. Brown as executive secre H E. U. meet - every second tary will write to several in the day of the month. valley a«king them to attend this Ladies' Auxiliary meet the first meeting. Cars will be provided and thirl Wednesday of each for all who wish to go. month. Illinois Valley Chamb merce meets ever noon in Drews hotel O’Brien Women’s clu first Friday of each Every Tuesday—10 den talks over KUIN. of An Auxiliary card party Satur day. Janary 9. Playing to «tart at H:00 sharp. If you are learn on ing. don't hesitate, come and learn with us. Gar ------------------------- 0 Look out for pedestrians. Sawdnst Product Devised SUGAR RATION BOOK ABSOLUTE NECESSITY EOR NO. 2 The War Price and Rationing Roar 1 at Grants Pass is anxious to get the information to everyone, that it is absolutely necessary to have your sugar ration book in order to g‘t No. 2 rat >n book which will be issued some time in February. If you do not have the sng:v book, you cannot get ration book No. 2. That is the government rulin'’ and the board can do noth ing about it. Some people who had a quantity >f sn"ar on bond, have not taken out their sugar book. They MUST do so before January 16th. or ‘hev will find it impossible to buy rationed groceries. Fr'day. January 15th is the deadline to get the sugar books After t' at dat° it w "1 bo very difficult, if rot impossible for the board to issue sugar books to any one, so if you have not receive I yours, get it now. You can write to the board fo- your book. It is not necessary t > make a special trip to Grants Pass' for it. If you have a friend ini the mountains who seldom comes' in, try to get word that it is neces sary for them to have the sugar ration book in order to get the new ration book. Some of them may not know about the ration books. Remember, Friday. January 15 is the last day to get the su par book. ------------- o-------------- I | JA( KED-IT FORD FALLS WITH ARTHUR ( ARTER BENEATH Arthur Carter, who was under neath his Ford car doing some work while it was jacked up. was quite badly hurt last Monday, when the car slipped from the jack and fell on his body. Carter had taken one wheel off the car, which allowed it to fall so far that it pinned his body to the ground. Dr. A. N. (’oilman rushed him to the hospital Monday. It was be lieved that his injuries are not ser ious, as he was released from the hospital a couple of days later. Carter's car was on the Charles Tucker place on the Rocky Dale road. He is the son-in-law of Mon roe North of Cave Junction. --------------o------------- Price 5 Cents News Notes Sell Chrome of General Interest BY ADAH JONES To Anyone Says Board Wm. J. Mcl can and sons, Rob- roy and Bud left recently for P >rt- i:id where Mr. Mel.can and Rob- roy have employment. Bud en- Producers of chromium ore can tere .1 the service and was sent to Ft. I ewis. and s ■ t word that he sell their ore to any buyer without a nr sed entrance exams for permission of the war production r.v ion cadet with a score of 101 board. Such is the announcement made e’s out of 1'0 questions. by the state department of geology V ivrice ' and son, Laverne¡and mineral industries in the cur- v ■ ir. >ve I to . l.e h use r >rth of rent issue of the Ore.-Bin, month- ¡ m r 'i ear the II "kins home. F or , ly publication of the department, he rest few months they were at i The announcement quotes Dr. An ‘he home of Maurice’s mother in ' drew Leith, chief of the ferroalloys branch of the war production Kerby. ' hoard, who states that there are —o— 1'c Brcdy has gone to no WPB restrictions on the sale of whe’e s' e i« assist j transfer of chromites ores, either son, who has | high grade or low grade. I “ The information is contrary to the current understanding among -c- Mr. a d Mrs. V, tn. I iga’ls re chromium miners generally, since ‘umed last week from Fairch 1 1, it has been believed that since the < alif., wl ere they visited reh.t j V P 4 i WPB exercised control over the industrial use of chrome, it also during the holidays. controlled the sale of ore. —o— Most ore being mined in the Mis. Helen Floyd Ulrich and son John, Jr., was a gue guest at their Grants Pass area is sold to the gov- grandmother's home, home. Mrs. Dollie eminent through the Metals Re- Duncan. Mrs. Ulrich is living at serve Co. stockpile at Grants Holland after spending several Pass, and thence goes into industry months visiting in California and under government control. Following is the Ore.-Bin an Klamath Falls. nouncement : —o— "Since the War Production Clyde Prevutt went t > Malin last Board exercises complete control week to bi ing back Mrs. Prevatt who was visiting there over the over use of chrome, it had been -opposed that this control extend holiday. ed to the marketing of chromite —o— ore. Such is not the case. Dr. Mis. Millie Trefethen received Andrew Leith, chief of the ferro word from her son, Clinton, that alloys branch of the war produc he had spent Christmas day as tion board, states that there are guest of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Tre no WPB restrictions on the sale fethen. This was the first defin or transfer of chromite ores, eith ite word Mrs. Trefethen had of er high-grade or low-grade. The Harold's marriage. Both boys WPB priority control is one the have been working al Whitehorse, use of such ores by consumer. Alaska. "It follows that a chrome pro —o— ducer may sell his ore to any pur Mr. and Mrs. Alton Sowell and chaser without regard to permis son who have been living at Pros sion from the war production pect have moved into a house at board. The question of use of the the south end of Kerby. Alton is ore purchased is a matter between the purchaser and the war pro working for Puget Timber Co. duction board and does not con cern the shipper. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hanna have "Consumers of low grade chro purchased the grocery store of mite and possible purchasers of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Johnson. They such ore are listed at the state recently came from Beech Grove. assay office in Grants Pass. Indiana, to visit the Johnsons and -<r also to be w th Mrs. Lilly Kerns who pa- ed away last December. Mr. and Mr«. John-on have moved | WHAT THE LEGION AUXILIARY IS DOING to their ranch on Deer Creek. —o— A questionnaire on Civilian De Mrs Dorothy Hogue White re-, fense work done by the unit, dur turned Saturday from Miami, Fla., ing the year of war—Dec. 7, 1942, and is at the home of her parents, to Dec. 7, 1943, has been received, Mr. and Mis. Jim Hogue. Mrs. is now completed and returned. White left with hei husband, last ‘ A silver tea is being planned for August where he was stationed in benefit of the Kerby library. This Norfolk, , Virginia, taking special will be held at the library and training in the navy engineers Mrs. Adah Jones will be in charge. school. They spent several weeks Date has not been set. in Cleveland, Ohio, at another The first card party of the sea training school, then went to Flor son will be given at the Auxiliary ida. Later he was notified that a room next Saturday at the Aux ship awaited him at Key West. iliary room. Mrs. White spent eight days on --------------o the road coming by bus. Huy Defense Bonds and Stamps -------------- o ■ ------- and support your country. Subscribe for The News. If costs were not a factor a home builder could apply a plaster to his walls that would have no water in it when applied, would he so strong that it could be pound ed with a hammer without crack- est Products research laboratory into it with impunity, and would provide better insulation by far than present gypsum plaster. This “Super-plaster” would made largely of sawdust bound gether with synthetic resins and applied without the use of water. Research men in the Oregon For est Products research laboratory in the department of chemistry ■.nd the school of forestry at Ore gon State college have worked out E. A. WHTIMORE s completely successful pin ter of this nature but have not yet found Elbert A. Whitmore, aged 7 6 a way to reduce the cost from its years, died Thursday. December to three present level of from two ti nes a« great as ordinary gymsum 31st. at Toledo, Oregon. He was born on January 1, 1867, coming plaster. to Southern Oregon in 191H and help do One thing that may this, however, is a plan for using resided near Kerby until about a thin coating of the new sawdust four years ago when he moved to plaster material over a wall sur Grants Pass. He had spent the face of low-grade plywood or past three months in Toledo where boards. Experiments with this he passed away. Mr. Whitmore is survived by a idea have been started but are not yet complete. A thin coating of stepson, R. ('. Sehely of Orleans, this nature would require little California. Funeral services were held material and yet would hide sur face irregularities and give ap- Tuesday afternoon at the Com pioximately the same outward ap- munity church in Cave Junction pt arance as regular plaster, the with Rev. George Gray officiating. I Interment was in the Kerby ceme- research men report. This sawdust plaster project is ' tery with L. B. Hall Funeral h >me ore of a number of studies that | of Grants Pass in charge. h; ve been carri ’d out in the past two years at the Forest Products NEW COUNTY COURT STARTS YEAR AUSPICIOUSLY laboratory by m< ans of a special find appropriated by the last leg- is’ature. Other projects include si "veys of volume and kinds of awmill waste nvailab’e. dt^elop- m ■nt of commercial charcoal, ikirg plastics fr< m wood waste«, covering cork from Douglas fir hr rk, production and transporta » f. ■ - tion of fuel f >m sawmill refuse, ■id a number of other studies. If the new plaster material can be developed on an economical basis it will eliminate one of the major difficulties in present day wood residence construction which require« the introduction of large quantities f water to the hou.- e. Subseque t drying out of the moist plaster and later of the moist woodwork result in shrink ■ age, plaster cracking, warping of finished woodwork and other dif ficulties which would be largely From left to right are pictured County Commissioner Pete Frederickson and Judge W. A. Johnson, eliminated with the sawdust type and the recently elected County Commissioner Lucius Robinson, whose term of office has just begun. The first 1943 county court session was just beginn ng Monday morning when the picture was taken. plaster. "We have a lot of work to do.' said Judge Johnson. (Cut courtesy of Grants Pass Courier Photo and «»■w iii I "0..... 1 ......... """" Buy your Defense Stamps today. Engraving.) -, E m L i
