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Gateway to The Oregon Caves
A Live Wire Newspaper Published in the Interests of the Illinois Valley and Surrounding Districts
Volume VI
No. 38
DOUBLE FEATURE
AT MOVIE THEATER
THIS WEEK END
AAA Program
To Get Going
In The Valley
The county War Board is now ,
distributing to every farm home a
copy of the preliminary farm-plan
work sheet with which plans for
the 1943 production program may
be formulated.
This work sheet will be used to
gather data on labor, credit, ma­
chinery and fertilizer needs on
each farm. This work sheet will
also be the basis on which the
county War Board will certify the
status of the farm with respect to
war production and thus for the
operation of Selective Service de­
ferments, provision of needed la­
bor, machinery, and materials.
Even more than last year, the
AAA program for the coming crop
year means more war production.
1943 crop payments will be con­
ditional on the degree to which
each cooperating farm family car­
ries out its individual farm plan,
which will represent each farm’s
share of the national production
goals.
C. H. Brooks and Mrs. Mildred
Norman of Selma are contacting
the farms north of the Eight Dol­
lar Road, Mrs. Harry O. Smith
is visiting those farms north of
the Dick George road and east of
the Bridgeview road. The balance
of the valley is being covered by
Harold Bowerman.
Those farmers living within the
above zones will help speed up
the work by stopping at the home
of the representative within their
zone if passing by on other er­
rands.
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Hostesses Entertain
Their Bridge Club
Featuring “Sons of the Pion-'
eers” with Roy Rogers is the main I
feature of a double program at the I
Cave City theater Saturday and I
Sunday this week.
“Sons of the Pioneers’’ will be j
interesting to many folks in the I
valley for it has a lot to do with
chrome ore on a ranch that un­
scrupulous men are trying to get
the farmers to Sell out at a small
price without letting them know
about the rich ore on their place J
This picture is full of action and 1
Roy Rogers is cast in a new role,
that of a city youngster, too timid
to fight and would rather talk him­
self out of trouble than fight. This
is a sham to stop suspicion, and it
works to perfection, and in the end
everything comes out all right, but
not until after several fights be­
tween the ranchers and gangsters.
The second picture is “Girl
From Alaska’’, and tells an Alask­
an adventure story with Jean
Parker and Ray Middleton playing1
the star roles. It is also rated top
entertainment. With these two pic­
tures the theater will be packed
to capacity Saturday night, so you
better try to get there early and
get your favorite seat.
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President’s Birthday
Ball At Grange Hall
As is the usual custom, the Il­
linois Valley Grange will hold
their Annual President's Birthday
ball, Saturday, January 30th in
the Bridgeview Grange hall.
This annual affair draws danc­
ers from all parts of the valley
and the hall is always crowded to
capacity, and the event is one of
the enjoyable occasions given at
the Grange hall.
This year it will be as large as
ever, and when the news leaks out
what the good ladies of the Grange
have for their midnight dinner, it'
might surpass all other events. We
received a little tip that this mid­
night dinner was going to be some­
thing worth going miles to get.
Popular prices will prevail as
always and good music has been
secured, so there is nothing left but
to wait for this annual date that
gives dimes to the sufferers of in­
fantile paralysis. Don’t forget the*
date, Saturday. January 30th.
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Mrs. Harry O. Smith and Mrs.
John W. Smith, were hostesses last
Saturday at a 1 o'clock dessert
luncheon when they entertained
their bridge club members and
several invited guests at the home
of the former on Caves highway.
Each table was centered with a
dainty flower arrangement of yel­
low jasmine found blooming in the
Smith garden.
Weitz Home in Selma
Defense stamps were prizes giv­
en for high scores held by Mrs. Destroyed By Fire
Sam Bunch, Mrs. John W. Smith,
The home of Mr. and Mrs. C.
Mrs. J. J. Villair, and Mrs. Mattie
Seyferth who also carried away T. Weitz near Selma was destroyed
by fire Tuesday morning while
the traveling prize.
both were away from the house
getting wood. On their return to
the house- a half hour later their
New Barber Opens
home and furnishings were total­
Local Shop Here
ly destroyed with the exception of
H. C. Leming, of Grants Pass, a bedstead and a few pieces of fur­
has taken the Cave Junction Bar­ niture taken from the burning
ber shop and will operate the same structure by passersby.
The fire is believed to have been
until Mrs. Maude Hagerman re­
started by defective wiring in the
turns from the hospital.
Mr. Leming will have the shop attic. The attic floor was cov­
open from 8 a. m. until 8 p. m., ex­ ered with heavy insulation paper
cept Saturday when he will remain and a small electric bulb hanging
open as long as necessary to take from a cord had been lighted a
short time before the couple left
care of his trade.
The shop has been closed for, the house.
Mr. and Mrs. Weitz own prop­
some time on account of illness by I
Mrs. Hagerman, and the people erty in Grants Pass where they will
of the valley are glad that it is make their home temporarily.
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open again, and Mr. Leming is an
old barber with years of experi­ Caves Highway Home
ence. and the work he has done has ! Scene of Dinner Party
proved eminently satisfactory.
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COMING EVENTS |
Price 5 Cents
Cave Junction, Oregon. Thursday, January 21. 1913
t
Chamber Of Trout Season
Will Open
Commerce
April 17
Meeting
Last Tuesday noon the chamber
Oregon State Game Comimssion
of commerce held their regular has designated the game fish sea­
weekly luncheon at the Drews ho­ son as follows for this territory.
tel cafe and a well attended meet­ The trout season opens April 17
ing heard a very interesting talk and closes December 31 for trout
from the county AAA chairman.
six inches or more in. length.
The chamber again brought up
For Rogue river and its tribu­
the question of a rationing board taries: Steelhead are classified as
for Cave Junction to supply the trout in the Rogue river and all its
needs of the Illinois valley. Dr. tributaries and all laws regarding
William A. Brown told of the trout are there applied to steel­
meeting with the county board. M. heads.
f
C. Athey was asked what disposi­
Open season for trout not less
tion was made when he gave the than six inches in length in Rogue '
county board the chamber’s re­ river and its tributaries is April j
quest for a local board. He ex­ 17 to December 31, both dates in­
plained that the county board was clusive, except that in all tribu­
willing anil would be glad to add taries of the Rogue river above1
additional members to the county Gold Hill, the open season is from
board to help take care of the val­ April 17 to November 30, both
ley situation, but the board was dates inclusive.
inclined to believe that the people
Provided further, trout not less
of the valley were receiving as than 10 inches in length may be
good service as they would get if angled for in the Rogue1 river and
they had a local board. He said the the Illinois river, exclusive of their
county board would not try to stop tributaries, during the month of
the chamber from getting a board January of each year, and in that
here, but he was of the opinion part of the Illinois river, exclusive!
that they would not recommend it, of its tributaries, from its conflu­
for the reason stated above, they ence with the Rogue river to a
believe the service is adequate for point upstream known as the Il­
the valley needs.
linois river falls; during the month
Sam Miller asked if all county of February of each year.
boards in all states were function­
Bag limit for trout and salmon
ing under a national set-up. and not less than six inches but under
Mr. Athey said he believed they 20 inches in length is 15 pounds
were all the same. Mr. Miller then and 1 fish, but not to exceed 15
stated that in California rationing fish in any one day, or 30 pounds
boards were created to give the and two fish but not to exceed 30
best possible service to the people! fish in any seven consecutive days.
at a minimum of travel and time.
Bag limit for steelhead trout and
If all the boards were functioning salmon not less than 20 inches in
under this rule, he could not see length is five such fish in any one
why the county bourd would not day or 10 such fish in possession,
be glad to see a local board in the which bag limit may be counted
valley, and he said the valley was separately from the big limit for
entitled to this recognition.
fish under 20 inches in length.
After much discussion Mr. Ath­
Special regulations for Jose­
ey was directed to go to the coun­ phine county are: Bolan lake—bag
ty board and put the matter up to limit. 10 fish but not to exceed 15
them.
pounds and one fish in any one
After this discussion, Dr. Brown day, or 20 fish but not to exceed
handed President Freeman his res­ 30 pounds and two fish in any sev­
ignation as executive secretary of en consecutive days.
the chamber. The matter was post­ Closed to All Anglers
poned for action.
That portion of the Illinois riv­
The speaker of the day, Ray­ er from the upstream side of the
mond Lathrop, county chairman upper end of the portion of the
of the AAA, gave the members of river acting as a fish ladder pass­
the chamber the talk he recently ing around the Illinois falls, to
gave members of the Grants Pass the point where the downstream
chamber, which told of the need side of the lower end of said pas­
for agricultural increases to feed sage rejoins the main river. The
the nation, the soldiers and help upper and lower limits of this clos­
feed those who have hail their ag­ ure will be understood to be per­
ricultural resources confiscated by pendicular to the trend of the main
the Nazis.
river.
Some of the items Mr. Lathrop
That part of the Rogue river
gave and the increases this coun­ from Rainy Falls to a point 400
ty was expected to increase were: feet below the falls.
hogs, up 10 per cent; cattle and
That part of the Rogue river
calves up 10 per cent; sheep and from the Savage Rapids dam to a
lambs marketed down to 10 per point 400 feet below said dam.
cent; milch cows up two per cent;
Fall creek (a tributary of Il­
all out milk production; hens and linois river) and its tributaries.
pullets, up 10 per cent; egg pro­
Tannen lake.
duction up 7 per cent; chickens
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raised up 7 per cent; chicken pro­
duction, (meat), up 10 per cent; Wind Storm Strikes
turkeys raised, up 20 per cent;
Valley Thursday Morn
al! hay up 6 per cent. Those were
the items that effected the farmers
Thursday morning a wind and
of the valley most.
rain storm that hit the valley was
Mr. Lathrop's talk was very ed­
so strong that many residents of
ucational and exceedingly inter­
the valley were awakened from
esting. and he was thanked very
their sleep wondering what had
warmly for coming out.
happened.
It has come- to the notice of the
The wind reached dangerous
News that the government, in this
proportions, blowing down many
county, will buy milch cow« that
trees and driving the rain through
are for sale, and will pay from 5
many roofs, but as far as known
to 10 cents more- per pound for
no material damage was done.
the cows than the farmer can get
The rain again swelled streams
by selling them for beef.
but none were out of their banks,
o
and it is believed the storm has
subsided as far as the valley is con­
BELT LODGE TO
cerned.
PUT ON DEGREES
A buffet dinner was enjoyed last
Sunday evening when Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Smith entertained a group
of friends at their home on Caves
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Is) highway. The table was attractive :
Friday, Jan. 22—Illinois Valley ’ with a lace covered cloth, centered
Garden meeting at the home of with a large potted pink begonia. |
Mrs. Robert Walton, near Hol­
Following the dinner four tables!
land.
of bridge were played with score
The Missionary Society meets the winning prizes going to Mrs. John
second and fourth Thursday of W. Smith. Mrs. M C. Athey, Harry
Belt Lodge No. 16, A. F. & A. M.
each month at the Community R. Floyd and C. C. Babcock.
will
hold its regular meeting Sat­
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church, Cave Junction.
urday night. January 23rd, when
H. E. U. meets every second Tues­
Commissioner Pete Fredricksen the Master Mason degree will be
day of the month.
was in the valley today (Thurs­ exemplif :ed.
All members are urged to at­
Ladies' Auxiliary meet the first day) inspecting roads and bridges
and third Wednesday of each to see if any damage had been done tend. and any visiting brethren are
during the storm. He does not be­ cordially invited to this lodge at
month.
lieve that any real damage has all times. Members of the craft
Illinois Valley Chamber of Com’- been done to the roads or bridges who are now residing in the valley
merce meets every Tuesday in this locality, but says that sev- and belong to other jurisdictions
noon in Drews hotel cafe.
I eral county bridges have been are given a special invitation to
O’Brien Women’s club meet on I damaged in other sections of the attend Belt lodge meetings.
first Friday of each month.
¡county.
,
M. C. ATHEY. W. M.
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At Cave Junction three women
reported for work today (Thurs­
day) so it was decided to discon­
tinue one day and have each Tues­
day afternoon devoted to Red
Cross work which is so necessary
for our fighting men and civilian
victims of disaster.
Material is
furnished for this by the army and
navy through Red Cross head,
quarters in Granta Pass.
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Buy your Defense Stamps today.
LA'A (LAMBING
DOW \ ON ALL
DELINQUENTS
SALEM — (Special) — Start,
of a campaign to locate for com-:
pliance or prosecution all Oregon j
registrants listed by local boards
delinquents was announced by
Colonel Elmer V. Wooton, state
director of Selective Service, fol­
lowing a conference with United
States District Attorney Carl C.
Donaugh and representaives of
the Federal Bureau of Investiga­
tion.
Willful violators of the Selec­
tive Training and Service Act can
expect speedy prosecution and
stringent penalties. United States
District Attorney Donaugh has as­
sured the state director. Maximum
penalty under the act is 5 years in
pr’son or $10.000 fine, or both.
Although willful violators of the
act can expect no leniency, Colonel
Wooton indicated that registrants
who had become delinquent only
through unintentional neglect to
notify local boards of change of
address or other unintentional min­
or infractions of the law would
receive’ less stringent treatment.
"Any person who voluntarily re­
ports to his local board during the
month of January 1943 and whose
delinquency was not willful is
likely to be given a chance to com­
ply with his obligations and not be
prosecuted," Colonel Wooten said.
“In the event such persons have
been listed by the local board as
delinquents but not yet reported
to the United States district attor­
ney, the decision will rest with the
local board. Decision as to the
prosecution of registrants reported
to the United States district attor­
ney as delinquents will rest with
the United States district attorney
although the local board is author­
ized to make recommendations.
Colosel Wooton stated that as­
sistance of newspapers and radio
had been enlisted in the hopes of
locating many registrants now Hat­
ed as delinquent but whose delin­
quency was probably unintentional
and consisted chiefly of forgetting
to report a change of address to lo­
cal boards. Only by immediately
contacting local boards can reg
¡strants suspected of delinquency
hope to clear themselves, he point­
ed out.
Beginning February 1, 1943, de­
linquent registrants can expect law
enforcement officers to “crack
down hard”, it was indicated by
Colonel Wooton. “In time of war
even unintentional shirking of a
prime duty of citizenship is repre­
hensible, and a deliberate attempt
to evade service for the nation can­
not be condoned.” Colonel Wooton
declared.
In connection with the new re­
quirement that registrant have no­
tice of classification in his posses­
sion, Colonel Wooton urged regist­
rants between 18 and 45 to obtain
duplicate classification
notices
from local boards if the originals
have been lost. All registrants have
been classified with the exception
of the 18-year-olds who registered
during the latter part of Decem­
ber.
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CAPITAL
PARADE
BY MURRAY WADE
NO CREML1NS
The uncolored facts about the
holdup of the Oregon legislature
over the election of a president of
the Senate has never made the
news. As it lacks the salty flavor
of the blood of battle the legisla­
tive newshounds and poliical bird­
dogs were no interested. From
their knothole the story was there
was no story. The simple facts are
that 14 senators gave Senator Lee
their word that they would stick
with her through to the bitter end
and the other 14 gave Senator
Steiwer a similar promise. I took
two days to disentangle without
causing regrettable incidents that
would have made for strife and
costly delay through the rest of
the session.
The two day tie-up was a tame
affair to the audience and far
from exciting for the participants.
Though the galleries were always
filled and the floors crowded there
were no grandstand speeches,
sharp retorts, loud debating or
wrist-watch oratory.
Everyone
predicted battle scars that would
mark fractional sides for the rest
of the session. Contrary to this
prediction it is now difficult to
discern where the lines were. The
Senate is in full-speed-ahead spir­
it.
MILK BOARD TEETERS
The abolition of the Milk Con­
trol Board and the execution of its
work by the Department of Agri­
culture, as advocated by Governor
Earl Snell in his inaugural address,
is now up to the legislature. Milk
inspection, it is reasoned, can be
cared for economically along with
livestock and other inspection now
done by the Department of Agri­
culture. An act embodying these
suggestions promises to be one of
the interest stimulating features
of the session. Committee discus­
sions have brought out definite
trends to combine producer and
consumer benefits now being ar­
rested by exploiting private
groups.
SHRINKING FUNDS
Highway funds are shrinking, 12
per cent lower in 1942 than in
1941 and a 60 per cent decrease in
1943 is predicted by the Oregon
State Highway Commission in its
annual report just issued. This
drastic loss of revenue, resulting
from gasoline rationing and other
wartime curbs on motor transpor­
tation, will leave only enough
funds to meet the overhead and
upkeep of the department.
FISH LEGISLATION
On fish legislation there are
schools of schools of thought. They
want to do so many things with the
poor fish at this session that they
are liable to bust the football of
politics. “Fish is synonymous of
“fight” in Oregon’s legislative
halls. At this session the commer­
BUD SMITH IN NAVY
cial fishing interests will be car­
rying the ball. They are on the
Charles Bud Smith, 18, son of ten yard line and threatening to
Mr. and Mrs. Buck Smith, Cave
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Junction, Rt. 1, Box 380 is study­
ing to become a specialist in the
Navy at the 1' S. Naval Training Legion Entertained
School for diesel operators on the
campus of I >wa State college here. Auxiliary Ladies
Selected upon the basis of a ser­
Are the men of Post No. 70 good
ies of aptitude tests taken during
hosts?
As the ladies of the auxil­
his recruit training, the Bluejacket
iary.
The
boys prepared for their
will take a 16-week course, includ­
ing theoretical instruction and lab­ surprise by arranging in advance
oratory pi act ice. Upon graduation, to trade meetings rooms. Dur­
he will be eligible for a petty of­ ing the evening their cooks were
ficer rating, and be assigned to busy and had a complete and de­
lightfully prepared dinner await­
duty with the fleet or at a Naval
shore station, or be sent to an ad­ ing the arrival of the ladies fol­
vanced school for further instruc­ lowing their meeting. The chefs
were A. C. Hamrick, Art Kellert
tion.
and
Maurice Sauer while C. Y.
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Arnold assisted in serving. A toast
PRESS CONFERENCE
was proposed by Commander and a
speech to the ladies was made by
The 25the annual Oregon Press Ted Athey, to which President Li­
conference will open on the Uni­ da Miller responded and the ladies
versity of Oregon campus Friday, expressed their appreciation. Ta­
January 22, with representatives ble talk took the form of quizzes
from moat of the state's leading on famous women and on current
After the K. P.’s had
papers expected to be on hand for events.
the two day session. Mary Conn cleared away, pinochle was played.
Brown, Redmond, is president of It was a truly delightful evening,
the association.
| the ladies say.