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U niversity of Oregon (jfteMOj te the Oieyctt Cep'ej ILLINOIS VALLEY NEWS A Live Wire Newspaper Published in the Interests of the Illinois Valley and Surrounding Districts Volume XI. No. 38 Washington Weekly Letter By H A RR IS ELLSW ORTH * fc » / The principal new sw orthy hap pening of this new S la t Congress thus fa r was the speech on the S tate of th e Union by President T rum an. T here have been some behind-the-scenes skirm ishes on th e D em ocratic p arty side of the House of R epresentatives, but Speaker Sam R ayburn and his lieutenants are capable people, and succeeded in handling such situ a tions so th a t w hat reached the pub lic gaze was m ostly sw eetness and light. The Republicans in the House, being very d efinitely in the m inority, held a b rief and routine caucus, elected form er Speaker Joe M artin to th e position of Mi nority L eader, and will now aw ait the onslaught of A dm inistration legislation. Before Congress convened, it was rum ored th at drastic changes might be made both in the House Com m ittee on Rules and in the Un-Am erican A ctivities Commit tee authorization. N either o f these rum ors m aterialized as advertised. N othing at all has been said as yet about the U n-A m erican A ctiv ities Committee. House rules gov ern in g the functioning of the Rules Com m ittee were considerab ly modified by an overw helm ing vote of the House, but th a t action was clearly u nim portant, because the Rules Com m ittee will be heav ily w eighted with A dm inistration members. T here are three noticeable di visions of the m ajority side of the House, nam ely, the Left-W ingers, the Southern D em ocrats, and the 100 percent T rum anites. Since the la tte r group is by fa r the larg est, it obviously dom inates the m a jo rity side of the House. The re sult of this will be a com plete con trol, not only of the House itself, but of all com m ittees by the T ru man forces*. . This fa c t is what makes the T rum an speech to Con gress on Ja n u a ry 5th so extrem ely im portant. He can secure the pas sage of any legislation th a t he really w ants, and his m essage to Congress clearly indicates th a t he w ants a g re a t deal. I have endeavored to make a rough tabulation of the total ad ditional annual federal expendi tu re involved in the requests made by the P resident. A pparently, if Congress passes all of the legisla tion requested, the federal govern m ent will be obligated to spend a minimum of 15 billion dollars per year more than at p resent, or, in oth er words, a 30 percent increase in federal expenses over a federal budget th a t is already outrag eo u s ly high. If this program is carried out, the P resid en t’s original de m and of an increase of 4 billion dollars in taxes is only a sta rte r. One sentence in President T ru m an’s speech was particularly ’•alarming to me. I re fe r to the parag rap h w herein he requested legislation “ to authorize an im m ediate study of the adequacy of production facilities for m aterials in critically short supply, such a? steel; and. if found necessary, to authorize governm ent loans for the expansion of production facilities to relieve such shortages, a n d fu r th e rm o re to a u th o riz e th e c o n s t r u c t io n o f su ch f a c i l i t i e s d i r e c t ly Cave Junction, Oregon, Thursday, January 13, 1949 THE EMPEROR WALTZ W ITH BING CROSBY AT IV Y SUNDAY MMtlllMMMIUMHIHVflHClIHtti Prominent Resident of Valley Dies P au lette G oddard and Macdon ald Carey are a com plem entary comedy twosome who know how to ex tract lau g h ter in the h ilar Last Saturday m orning, Ja n u a ry ious film ’’H azard ” booked for 8, Dr. William A. Brown, passed S a tu rd a y ’s m atinee and evening away at his home, La Casa W illa- showing at the Ivy T heater. P au l dora on the Redwood highway, ette with a burning gam bling fever south of Cave Junction. He had stakes herself on the cut of a card been failing in health fo r the past and loses, it would seem to be no year and S aturday m orning he laughing m atter, fo r the climax peacefully passed away. you will have to see for yourself, Dr. Brown was a national fig u re so d on’t miss it. in religious circles, had been p a s In a lavish color film Sunday to r of some of the best M ethodist Bing Crosby and Lovely Jo an F on churches in the country, and taine co-star in “ The E m peror served very prom inently in Buenos W altz” Bing a phonograph sales Aires, A rgentina, also in the Phil man, his love a ffa ir with a co u n t ippines, where he was in the Mis ess, a re brought to g ether by their sionary field. He was a m em ber of dogs, a common fox te rrie r and a Columbia Lodge, No. 4682, A. F. French poodle. T here is plenty of & A. M., D istrict of South A m eri comedy in the doings of the dogs’ ca, Southern Division. and th eir ow ner’s respective ro Dr. and Mrs. Brown came to the mances. You will love the music Valley in 1937, and founded the and th ere are several good num F riendly Mission, residing in the bers. It is a “ M ust” picture th at residence nearby »'here they made you don’t w ant to miss. th eir home. Tuesday Cowboy Jim m y Wake- F uneral services w ere held T u e s ly rids a town of outlaw s and saves day afternoon a t the Com m unity a county seat in his latest w estern Church in Cave Ju nction, Rev. dram a “ Oklahoma Blues” V irginia George H. G ray officiating, a s Belmont is the fem inine lead. sisted by Rev. D. H. B urger. Belt F eatu re No. 2 “ Blackm ail” a Lodge No. 18, A. F. & A. M., held th rillin g m ystery sta rrin g W illiams the last Masonic rites, followed M arshall, Adele Mara, Ricardo by crem ation in G rants Pass. His Cortez and others. M arshall as the ashes are to be sent to Dr. B row n’s wise cracking, rock fisted detec beloved Philippines, w here he so tive hired by a w ealthy playboy to often said was his h e a rt home, ex tricate him from a com plicated i Mrs. Guy Dick, sang “ The Hom e situation gives a good perform ance land” and “ It Is Well W ith My Cortez as a classic heel, not only Soul” , accom panied by Mrs. A. N. a t gam bling but w ith the ladies is Collman. excellent. Adele M ara is of course, Surviving are his widow, Dora C ortez’s new love interest. T ag g art Brown, and a son, R obert B ette Davis will be seen in a W illiam, of P ittsburgh, P ennsyl stirrin g rom ance “ W inter M eet vania, and two grandsons, William ing” T hursday, sharing the spot and David. light with Ja n is Paige and Jam es Valley residents who had known Davis. Dr. Brow n fo r m any year's, send --------------o------------- th eir deepest sym pathy to Mrs. Bro»m fo r her g re a t loss. Kerby High School Friday, Ja n u a ry 7th. the Keri>y high school q u in tet traveled to Ashland to m eet the Southern O re gon College Ju n io r V arsity. The boys looked very well de spite th eir more experienced op ponents. Coach Ted Schof of the college said th a t the K erby squad was one of the best th a t the Ju n io r V arsity had played this year. The K erbyites were defeated by the »core 62-32. On Saturday, Ja n u a ry 8th, the fan s saw a thrill-packed ball game betw een Kerby and Talent. The lead changed nands several tim es, the difference never being m ore than th ree points difference. H alf tim e found Kerby trailin g 21 to 19. In the fourth qu arter, T alent pulled ahead to win 39 to 30. High scorers for T alent was Fenton with 16 and Holly of K er by was next w ith 9. Buy S eason T ic k e t* The A rts and Sciences club of K erby high school has sta rte d dancing lessons a t noon in the gym nasium . T here has been good atten d an ce so fa r and more people a re learning how to dance. The stu d en t body feels that there will be b e tte r attendance at dances if more people are able to dance. The Ju n io rs are flashing around som ething new. W hat is it? On close observation we see that it is the new class rings and pins. The seniors have received their claws memory books on the cover of which is a picture of the 4 9 er’s with th eir covered wagons. if action by private in d u stry fails to meet our needs.” Q uite u n in tentionally, I am sure, the Presi dent has used a phrase th a t is ex trem ely popular with Am erican Communists and Left-W ingers— “ if private industry fails, the gov N o w i * th e t im e to b u y y o u r ernm ent m ust do it.” This phrase ■ e a io n t i c k e t * f o r th e K e r b y H i is p articu larly deadly to our way b a s k e t b a ll g a m e * . of life and o u r system of govern m ent when taken togeth er with a governm ent policy of discouraging I BLESSED EVENTS BORN — To Mr. and Mrs. A lbert B eelart of Cave Junction, at Josephine G eneral Hospital in G ran ts Pass, Ja n u a ry 12 a t 10 a.m ., a baby boy, w eight 7 lbs. W eather records from the Red 9 ounces. M aternal g ra n d p a r wood R anger Station fo r the sev ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. II. Camp en days ending Ja n u a ry 9th, 1949 bell of Illinois Motel, and very are as follows : proud of th e ir first grandchild. Date Rainfall Hi T Low T. P a te rn a l g randparents, Mr. and 3 36 M Mrs. Mike B eelart of Elgin, N e 4 38 20 braska 1 42 18 6 48 23 7 38 28 p riv ate in d u stry and private cap 8 .03 37 27 ital by every known means, i n d u i 18 9 .... 33 n g high taxes, regulation, and a .03 Total “ » »at busine-s" attitude. i PRICE 5 CENTS WEATHER REPORT FOR ILLINOIS VALLEY I 1. V. Teachers Association N et Last Tuesday KNOW YOUR TEACHERS (By Sara W ert«) I t was in the sum m er of 1945 th at the M erton Ingham s cam e to Cave Ju nction from C alifornia, erected an a ttra c tiv e business cen te r and opened the House of Tode- lope, an Indian nam e m eaning m eeting place for friendly people. A fine contribution wos made to Kerby High school fo r it brought M erton J r., b e tte r known as Butch to the Ju n io r class of 21 students. U ntil his graduation in 1946 Butch was outstanding in high school athletics, especially football and basketball, and always on the scholastic honor roll. Dad and Mom, tho’ busy dispensing extra good food to satisfied custom ers found tim e to be in the rooting section and to take an active in te r est in Kerby schools. Butch in now at SOCE and Mr. and Mrs. Ingham a re devoting full tim e to school work at Kerby. If you drop into the new build ing early or late you’ll find Mert Sr., polishing the floors, tending furnace or doing any one o f sever al of the thousands of things that he sees to do fo r the com fort of the 16 faculty m em bers and 575 young folks th a t make up the Kerby E lem entary school. Micro scopic vision or youthful sense of hum or it m ust be th a t caused the young folks to bud M ert Inghan Curly, but Curly he is and he ob ligingly responds to th at name when called to open class room doors, tie up sore fingers or rescue play equipm ent th a t goes astray. A few days ago Curly came to schood dressed in his best, hu rried ly disposed of his duties and drove away, leaving a puzzled and anxi ous group of young people until it was explained to them th a t there was a bowling tournam ent some where. Knowing M ert Ingham , they knew he could not miss his m ost fav o rite of sports. W hen he returned they lost no tim e in find ing out the score. M ert is from the W olverine sta te of blue lakes and skies. His home town is Flint, Mich igan. He was fo u r years in the Navy and for several years in the aeroplane industrial plant in Long Beach. A t the Todelope everyone enjoyed his culinary skill, especi ally his steaks and Italian dinners. If someone is seeking a defini tion for th a t oft heard term “ home- Room” used now in our several room schools, he would find a pat tern well exem plified in Hazel Ing ham ’s sixth grade room as well as in the many other rooms o f the Kerby elem entary school. In Mrs. Ingham 's sixth grade room, 35 young folks live their learning thru daily practice in sharing respon sibility for room arrangem ent, hos pitality to guests and to a m arked degree in home decoration. A guest on en tering finds two w inter scene crayon sketches th a t even an a rt critic would give high praise. “ We did these ourselves,” said the students with ju st pride in their achievements. B etter hurry or you will miss said one sixth grad er to his pals as the whistle blew to end the noon hour. So I followed to find what the hidden treasu re m ight be that would cause a group to speedily leave the play grounds. It »-as the daily reading period in Mrs. Ing ham ’s room and the book th a t holds such great interest is Honoré Mor row’s “ Road to O regon.” • Hazel Ingham comes to us from San Joaquin County, C alifornia She is a g ra d u a te of W estern Nor mal of Stockton and began her teaching career in C alifornia schools. In contrast to Mrs. B yrne’s $115 a m onth she first received $70 a m onth. She w ent from the rural one room schools to voca tional teaching. An ex-navy veteran turned Mrs. Ingham from school occupation to home interests tho she kept in touch, doing su bstitute work in Long Beach schools. D uring the w ar she worked in the Douglas A eroplane plant. Mrs. Ingham is teaching for the third year in Kerby. The fifth and sixth grade are her favorite ones. She keeps up with educational progress, has attended sum m er school at SSDCE and com pleted sev eral extension courses leading to a BA degree. The Ingham s live on their four acre tra c t a t Cave Junction. They have adopted Oregon as their home state and expect to build their home in the near future. Enthusiastic Chamber Meeting Last Tuesday evening, the Illi nois Valley Cham ber of Commerce held its first m eeting of the new year with all the new officers. President Carl Fisher opened the m eeting and the se cretary ’s report of the last m eeting disposed of and the tre a su re r showing a balance of $111.30 in the coffers of the cham ber. The president appointed the fol lowing com m ittee chairm en: H erb Drews, m em bership; Mrs. F rank Räuber, liaison officer of the m embership com m ittee; M. C . A they, publicity; Ed Knipple, n a tional counselor; Mrs. M arian G reene, national affairs. Carl Speith spoke about the folders the cham ber published last year, and said some of the m er chants »'ere missed when the books were distributed. This was prom ised to be corrected and folders will be issued to all in the near fu ture. L inkhart and McLean have given the cham ber permission to ere c t a sign on their building in Cave Junction and make it cham ber headquarters. Herb Drews made a motion th a t the cham ber raise $250 to p u t the swimming hole in order fo r the children by summer. This was in cooperation with the Ju n io r Cham ber who will no doubt, finish the bath houses this spring. Mrs. R äuber spoke of the new organization for all club« and sug gested th a t the cham ber appoint a delegate to the next m eeting. Mrs. R äuber was appointed. The next m eeting of the cham ber will be held the second T ues day in F eb ru ary a t Todelope cafe. Jr. Women's Club Meet With New Officers The Club held its Ja n u a ry m eet ing last Friday with Maude Lacky, president, presiding. New com m ittees appointed w ere A rlene Hadley, social chairm an, w ith assistants Carm elia Hussey, Joan Beane, Sally Robinson and Emily Hooey. Playground ch air m an, Elaine Tradew ell. O ther m em bers are Doris Beauvais, Daisy Mr. and Mrs. A rt W illiams, Mr. last Saturday. Mrs. Sara W ertz Nason, Je rry Rosenberg, M ary and Mrs. E. R. Brown of O 'B rien, made the trip with the W illiamses Moore, Anna Nelson and M aude transacted business in G rants Pass for the day. Lacky. It was moved and seconded th a t the Club adopt the Ju n io r W om en’s club pledge. An expression of thanks to Man- chel’s F u rn itu re store for the do nation of an electric heating pad for one of the Christm as boxes. Also to Illinois Valley C leaners for space provided during their baked fond sale. Donna Lesnowitch attended as guest of Evelyn Rudd. R efreshm ents were served by C arm elita Hussey and A rlene Hadley. The next m eeting Friday, Ja n u a ry 21 in the Home Ec room of Kerby High. --------------o----- - ..., . The Illinois Valley T eachers a s sociation held its regular m eeting in th e science room of the high school, Tuesday evening, Ja n u a ry 4th. In the absence o f the pres ident Mrs. Mabel B allard, due to illness, Mrs. Irene Cribb presided. A sh o rt business session was held, d u rin g which a le tte r from the O. E. A., urging some action regarding the relief fund for over seas teachers, was read A mo tion was made and carried th at g ifts should be voluntary on the part o f the teachers, the total to be handed over to Mrs. Hazel Ing ham, recording secretary, to be forw arded to the C ounty Terche; - association. Mrs. Cribb then turned the m eeting over to Mrs. K athleen Clarke, acting program chairm an, who introduced the guest speakers, Mr. and Mrs. B ar ney R obstad, who have recently retu rn ed from a delayed “honey moon” trip to Norway. The speakers related the condi tions, habits, and idiosyncrasies of the N orw egians, both of today and of yesteryear. The talk was both interestin g and inform ative. Toj add to the interest, Mrs. Robstad displayed m any objects from Nor- f »•ay, both antique and modern. A fte r the talk, ten tativ e plans were laid for the next m eeting, which will be in the n atu re of a » « K Z W - '< / 4 party, each m em ber being entitled to invite two outside guests. T w o d i f f e r e n t v ie w * o f S h e l l e y C r e e k M i l l & T i m b e r , In c , R efreshm ents »-ere then served One o f the new industries for the Valley. Much of the tim ber by the com m ittee, composed of Mesdames E astm an, Byrnes anJ the Illinois Valley is the Shelley is some o f the finest Douglas fir Oliver. Besides the guest speak Creek Mill & Tim ber, Inc., located in southern Oregon. ers, the guest list included H arry about 14 miles from O ’Brien on As soon as it can be wired, the O. Smith. the old O regon M ountain stage mill will be run by electricity, now road. The m ill operated about a I it is using a Deisel engine. David m onth before the holidays and . N. P lant is the m anager and H enry BILL FARLIEN OPENS then shut down to install larger Webb ia sup erin ten d en t of the saws and a new feed carn ag e. A woods crew. AUTO REPAIR SHOP new 50x50 foot slab b u rn er was Shelley Creek Mill & Tim ber, Bill Farlien has ju s t opened a also erected. The mill will cut Inc., is owned and operated by new autom obile repair shop d irect ■ roxim ately 35,000 feet daily Lew and Helen K rauss, George ly behind the A m erican Ix*gion ‘ en it gets into full operation. and H enry Webb, J H. Pom eroy hall. Located near a large belt of vir und David N. Plant. As soon as Bill needs no introduction to res- 1 gin tim ber, is the reason fo r its the cold spell lets up, the mill will idents of the valley, fo r he ha construction in it* present loca be in operation again, filling spe been in the garage business in the ( tion. I t is much easier to truck cial orders th a t are already on the Valley fo r years and has a wide lum ber down the hill than it would books fo r delivery as soon as pos e to bring logs down to a mill in sible. acquaintance. Shelley Creek M ill Starts Operations ASSOCIATED STATION HAS NEW OWNERS Last Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Best of Lynwood, California, purchased the A ssociated Gas station from Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Kennedy, and the new ow ners took possession o f th eir new business shortly a fte r. They invite new as well as old custom ers to call and get acquainted, and will strive to serve the public as efficiently as the form er owners. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy have no plans for the fu tu re and will con tinue to m ake th eir home in the Valley. AUTO EXAMINER TO BE HERE MONDAY A traveling exam iner fo r oper a to rs and ch au ffeu rs licenses will be in Cave Junction, Monday, J a n uary 17th in the A m erican Leg ion hall between the hours of 10:30 a. m. to 3:00 p. m , according to a recent announcem ent released from the S ecretary of S ta te ’s of fice. All wishing perm its or licenses to drive cars are asked to get in touch with the exam iner during these hours,
