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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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,