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About Illinois Valley news. (Cave City, Or.) 1937-current | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1950)
University o f Or w i t (jltcwttf tc the Oteycn Cititi LLINOIS VALLEY NEWS An Independent Newspaper Published in the Interests of the Illinois Valley and Surrounding Districts Volume XIII No. 10 County Lets Bid For School Oregon Polio Project Receives National Funds Room Addition At O’Brien Cave Junction, Oregon, Thursday, June 29, 1950 Annapolis Wedding June 2nd Price Five Cents B .P.W . Installs Officers CAPITAL PARADE On Sunday. Ju n e 18, the new o f ficers for the Business and P ro fes sional W om en’s club w ere in stalled a t the home of Beulah Hamilton. V aleria R auber, outgoing presi dent, had charge of the short busi ness session, then turned the m eet ing over to Nelle Robinsen of G rants Pass, who acted as instal ling officer. The new officers a ra Helen Evans, president; B arnette Smith, vice president; M arie Wilson and Hazel P rairie recording and corres ponding secretaries, and Isabel Small, tre a su re r. The new president, Helen Evans, presented outgoing P resident V al eria Rauber with a past-president’s pin. A social hour and silver tea fol lowed, when Mrs. Rauber presided at the beautifully appointed te a table. O ut o f town guests were Nelle Robinsen, Mildred Boylan, M ar g a re t and Bat G runze of G rants Pass. BY MURRAY WADE The co n tract fo r addition of O regon’s first research project to be financed by a g ra n t from the one room each to the O ’Brien and N ational Foundation fo r Infan tile Murphy schools was gran ted to Paralysis will g et underw ay Sat- Howard G. W irtz by the Josephine tu rd ay , Ju ly 1. County School D istrict on Ju n e The g ran t, am ounting to $5,275, 24, 1950. Bid fo r the construc was p a rt of $1,441,721 in aw ards tion at O’Brien was $10,825, and which N ational Foundation P resi $9,906 fo r the Murphy addition. d e n t Basil O’Connor designated The ex tra room a t O’Brien will last week fo r scientific and profe?- add about 1500 square feet of seonal education in the unceasing classroom space. Including a fu r battle against polio. nace room, to tal new floor space O fficials of the U niversity of will be more than 20000 square Oregon medical school where O re feet. The work is to be completed gon’s g ra n t will be used, were en by A ugust 26, 1950. thusiastic over O ’Connor’s a n The office of th e county school nouncem ent. They pointed out superintendent, in announcing the th at it represented national recog contracts, said th a t hoped-for nition o f the school’s virus re additions to two other schools in earch project and th a t continued the county would have to w ait be progress would e n title the school cause of high construction costs. to a renew al of the g ra n t each I O------- ;----- year. Research made possible by the July Glad Festival In G. P. Oregon g ra n t will be under the in G ran ts Pass on July 28 and 29 direction of Dr. A rth u r W. Frisch, will he a most colorful affair. a ¡ociate professor of bacteriology T here will be a Glad Parade on who has been engaged in virus re S atu rd ay (29th) a t 11 a.m. search a t P ortland for th re e years. F rid ay a t 8 p. m. Mel V enter Dr. Frisch and his im m ediate su Tickets Now Available perior, Dr. H. J. Sears, said th a t and the B reak fast G ang will p re $3200 of the sum would be ex- sent a program at the football For Bank Opening Banquet 1 ended fo r the salary o f a tech field. The Gang includes P re tty T here will be a “ Bank O pen nician and the balance fo r equip Polly, Amy, Sweeney, Lyle Bar- ing B anquet” Saturday, Ju ly 16, do’s orchestra and a host of other m ent, w hite mice and monkeys. a t 7 :30 p. m. at the O ’Brien en tertain ers. They explained th a t the aw ard W omen’s clubhouse. Stockhold The queen's ball will be held would be used to study grow th of ers a rc urged to make their res polio virus in tissue cultures in an S aturday night a t M emeorial ervations as soon as possible. attem p t to adap t certain strain s gym nasium , fe a tu rin g Lyle Bar- Tickets jnay be purchased at o f hum an virus to mice. Because do’s orchestra and the B reakfast the Illinois Valley H ardw are, mice a re p lentiful and relatively Gang. Holmes V ariety and A pparel, and inexpensive, they said, this would Reserved tickets can be pur M artin’s Dry Goods. F o r fu rth e r perm it expansion and inten sifica chased from any A ctive club mem inform ation, call 4703. tion of their studies. They also ber, o r can be ordered by mail , - o ------------- plan to increase the concentration from the G rants Pass cham ber of of virus in tissues to allow for per commerce. ■ o------------- form ance of seriological tests to (Cut courtesy Grants Pass Courier) The clinic and well-baby co n fer determ ine past infections. Ensign and Mrs. Charles Amory Clark III were married June 2 ence a t Cave Junction which is Pet Deer Attacks Children O 'Connor said in New York that at Annapolis, Maryland. Mrs. Clark is the former Marilyn Marcia sponsored by the A uxiliary to the the $1,441,721 in March o f Dimes T hree children were recently a t Wilson, daughter of the David E. Wilsons of O'Brien. Am erican Legion is held every contributions would go to 19 unl- second and fo u rth W ednesday of tacked by a “ pet d e e r” near St. \e rsitie s, in stitutions and profes the month at the Legion hall from sional organizations. The new Helens, and W ayne Young, O re 1 1 a . m. to 3 p. m. gon S tate Game Commission agent, aw ards, effectiv e Ju ly 1, will sup This service is offered by the was called upon to dispose of the port 34 individual projects for re Josephine C ounty H ealth d e p a rt By Jackie Scholz search aimed a t preventing the di unruly deer. m ent under Dr. C. W. Dewey, Since Delores told the outline The delegates were the only ones Y oung described the deer as an sease and improving tre a tm e n t County H ealth o fficer, for the m ethods, as well as for train in g abandoned yearling doe. She wore of our w’eek, I will tell you bow we who could vote. A fte r they voted benefit of Illinois Valley resi e -ential professional persons. In a reflecto r studded collar about chose our governm ent officials. there was ju s t one girl fo r all the dents. M others are urged to com the 12 years of its existence, the her neck. The doe’s ill tem per F irst, all the girls were divided offices and fifteen senators and plete the series of im m unizations N ational F oundation has spent prom pted its desertion by the thirty representatives. T hat night to r their children when they arc into six groups, each group a m ore than $26,000,000 in this owners, according to Young. and the following day they cam started , in order to receive the m anner. The doe first trailed a fte r a county, then they decided on a paigned, and there w ere signs all full protection of the procedure. O’Connor, emphasizing tire u r five-year old boy, wrho was fol name for th a t county. Ours was over the cam pus. They got up at ------------- o — We meals and sang cam paign songs. gency of scientific e ffo rts to curb lowing his m other and older broth “ B estest in the W eatest.” The Then the night before general Selma Boy Hart In Woods polio, said th a t this y e a r’s inci er through a wooded area along counted o ff from 1 to 30. dence of the disease is almost keep Morgan road. Suddenly the deer odds w ent to one side and were election, th e girls from both par Eugene Borge, 19 year old resi ing pace with 1949’s record-break reared up and struck the child called the F ederalists, the evens ties gave th e ir speeches and then dent of Selma was injured in a ing epidemic. down. The brother, a ttra c te d by to another and were called the the general election. --------------o-------------- We w ent over to the Capitol logging accident Tuesday, J u n e 27. the boy's scream s, hurled a sia fl N ationalists. These two group*’ He was w orking for the Swift were called cities; we chose names building, and our governor sa t in at the deer, driving it off. F o r A Day With Carl Hammers tu n ately the child had dropped to for our cities and mine was 3-Star the governor’s chair ami all the Logging company on a new opera the ground and doubled up. Severe City. We elected a m ayor, clerk, i epresentati ves and senators sat tion 24 miles from O 'Brien when W hen Carl Hammer, B urt Ham- bruises were the small boy’s only councilm en and delegates. Then at desks belonging to real con he fell from a truck and broke m r and Carl Jr. w ent fishing at m arks from the encounter. Shortly we chose o u r candidates for gov gressmen. 1 was a representative his pelvis. Bolan lake, a bath for Burt w asn’t The Valley A m bulance service afterw ard s, this » m e doe struck ernor, atto rn e y general, secretary and a delegate. In the House of <>n the schedule. But the other* out at two other children who ap of state, tre a su re r, labor commis R epresentatives We passed bills rushed the boy to the Josephine found him in the lake, w here he sioner, three senators, six lepre- made up by the girls and sent them G eneral hospital in G rants Pass, proached it. l ad slipped and fallen and broker sentatives. to the senators. They passed bills where he is presently under tre a t A nother recent encounter oc five ribs in the process. and sent them to us. Then we had m ent by Dr. C. N. V ersteeg of The next day we held our party Mrs. Carl H am m er’s m other, curred when W illam ette Valley convention. T here all the girls a tour of the Capitol building a id ' Cave Junction. Mis. H ettie Sheldon, was coming game agents Jim Negley and F ra n running fo r those offices from the went up to the dome on top. -------------- o-------------- from G rants Pass with Mr. Mar* cis Ives were called upon to pick Federalist p a rty from the six I had a very nice tim e, and 1 t nelle and M ary Sheldon of up a captive buck. This deer was counties met and each girl gave a thank the A m erican Legion Auxil V. F. W. - R. R. Ramblers held under perm it, but the owner, S eattle to visit the H am m er fam s|>eech for the office she w anted iary fo r sponsoring me. Fourth Of July Program ily, when they had an automobile who had bottle fed it as a tiny fawn, could no longer tru st the Saturday, Ju ly 1; 9:30 p. m., accident at Kerby. Mrs. Sheldon Miss Liberty w ill be crowned Con was rushed to Josephine General animal. When approached in his cession* open. hospital by the Valley Ambulance enclosure, the enraged deer defied Sunday, July 2; 2 p. m., ball service, where she spent one day. the two game agents with slashing gam e at Ramblers Roost. Mary Sheldon retu rn ed to licoves and an tlers before is could be hauled aw ay fo r release in the Monday, July 3; from noon on, S eattle Tuesday. Tillamook Burn. When freed, the Ram bler's barbecue dinner. Con ------- -------o-------------- buck stood its ground, ready to cessions open. 1 p. m., free for Don’t Become A Statistic attack the first man th a t left th( all bicycle races fo r boys and girls. 2 p. m., horse gymkhana. .Accidents don’t ju st happen— truck. Actions such as this are typical 8 p. m., old tim e fiddling and they are caused. This was the con- square dance calling contests. Free i usion reached by the Secretary of “ civilized” deer and should of S ta te 's T raffic S afety division serve as a w arning to people with hop. Tuesday, July 4; 10 a. m., p a r a f te r a survey of Oregon records ideas o f rearing faw ns as gentle pets, states R obert Mace, Chief ade, everyone welcome. Noon on, fo r the past year. R am bler’s barbecue dinners, con L ast y ear’s statistics again prov of Big Game for the Game com cessions open. 2 p. m., am ateur ed th e fact th a t most accidents mission Mace a ttrib u te s these ac rodeo, followed by ball game 9:30 could have been avoided, accord tions to a d eer's n a tu ra l aggres Once a captive deer p. m., Independence Day dance. ing to the division. Sixty-four sivencss. .. ■ —o ■ ■ - - percent of all fatal and 75 per- loses its fear of man, it can no cent of the non-fatal accidents longer be considered gentle, con ‘Horse Party' At Maurice occurred when the w eather was tinued Mace. S tate Po'ice and Game Agents clear, road su rface dry. Over Sauer Home Sunday Last 79 percent involved passenger throughout Oregon are now re The M. J- Sauer ranch was the trieving faw ns picked up by sym cars. setting for a gala horse party E ighty three percent of the cars pathetic individuals sufferin g from Sunday, Ju n e 25. involved in fatal accidents were an illusion th a t each tiny fawn G rayback Bruch Riders and travellin g in a straig h t ahead di lying in th e woods has been th e ir friends trailered and trucked rection. Of all the cars involved abandoned. Doe deer leave their horses over from Williams. A ,n fatal accidents, less than five faw ns in hiding during the first potluck dinner was enjoyed at tZKirxx) liwolr- k tt’a FI»,VI p ercen t had any m echanical de two or th re e weeks, retu rn in g at I fect. A violation of a tra ffic law I intervals so th at the fawn may i The relu c ta n t calf in the pic but th ey ’re ju s t in the picture io noon. N inteen riders left the ranch for was noted in 99 percent of all suckle. It is against the law to ture will be exhibited in the Napa advertise th e ir show. It will be ir, haps, which proves th e pornt hold these baby deer in captivity. 1 County F a ir and Horse show at som ething also, w hat w ith au to a tw o hour ride and tre a su re hunt races, fine exhibits, parades, fire in the afternoon. th a t tra ffic accidents are, in the -------------o Calistoga, Calif., from July 1 to works, horse shows, carnival fun Mrs. Sauer expects to give a i lain, caused by dow nright care- Sic tra n sit gloria m undi: T u t 1. The p re tty gills, Misses B ar and all the rest th a t always goes horse show this fa ll; it will be k'«snew and an exceedingly high i .regard for eommonsense driving ting a couple o f Casey Jones bara Salmina and “ P a t" Barberis, with this big annual Redwood Em open to all riding clubs and the are N apa county products too, pire event. stam ps on an airm ail le tte r. public. rales, according to th e division. Auxiliary Clinic Days My Week At Girl's State NAPA COUNTY FAIR AND HORSE SHOW STATE PROPERTY TAX S tate officials, particularly leg islators, are alarm ed a t th e ste a d ily increasing num ber of bond is sues being voted for by the people. Many are predicting a sta te prop erty ta x next year, “ When things settle down from this post w ar bulge we are in and income tax retu rn s drop, property owners will find th e ir homes hocked fo r bonds voted by the people th a t will have to be paid by heavy property ta x e s.” T h at is the way a seasoned leg islator p u t it. A sharp line is becoming dis tinguishable betw een non-taxpay ers and property tax payers. T here are predictions th a t in fu ture elec tions when bond issues are being voted on that both groups will have active organizations cam paigning for or against bonding m easures th a t a re not of an em ergency nature. HIGHW AY EXECUTIVE SOUGHT A bill to be presented to the 1951 legislature by the state high way commission would provide a business m anager fo r th e commis sion. J. M. Devers, chief legal counsel, is preparing th e bill. The plan follows a king-practiced a r rangem ent of large business con cerns w here a business m anager reports to the l>oard of directors. RE A P PR A ISA L EX PEN SIV E The N orth Clackamas county in cident, where property ow ners claim th e ir property valuations were boosted and others le ft a t the old appraisal by the assessor, now are dem anding a com plete re-ap praisal o f all property in the state. S tate Tax Commissioner R obert MacLean, in charge of assessm ent arid ta x a tio n , estim ates it would tak e te n years to com plete a sta te wide re-appraisal program a t a cost o f $600,000. QUITS LEGISLATURE R epresentative Alex G. Barry of M ultnomah county filed his resig nation a t the capitol last week. He served a term in the U nited S tates senate and three term s in the O re gon sta te legislature. He is not a candidate fo r re-election. David O’H ara, director of the state elections bureau, said th a t Multnomah county commissioners would not be called on to select a replacem ent fo r B arry unless a special session of the legislature Is called before the next session. ACCIDENT RELIEF PROGRESS The cooperation between labor and m anagem ent in reducing acci dents during the past year is pay ing big dividends in few er casual ties and lower ra te s of contribu tions by employers. A reduction o f approxim ately $1,900,000 a year in em ployers’ rates was announced this week by the sta te industrial accident com mission. The largest savings will be m ade by the farm ing and lum bering industries. Reductions in the contribution rates will a ffe c t 27 industrial and trade classifications of Oregon. Rates in most of the other 78 clas sifications are already so low, com mission officials stated, th a t re ductions are im practical. The present reduction«, which become effective Ju ly 1, 1950, a re the fourth made since 1943. In the same period the legislature has in creased w orkm en’s benefit pay m ents four times. DRUNKEN DRIVERS C onvictions fo r drunken driving a re on th e increase in Oregon— averaging more than 300 a month, although the percentage of convic tions of those a rre ste d is getting lower. An am endm ent to the law th a t would be more strin g e n t on d ru n k en drivers and would elim inate habitual offenders will be proposed to the 1951 legislature by Secre tary o f S tate Earl T. Newbry. He would suspend the driver’s license for 30 days on the first conviction! on the second fo r 90 days, and re voke the license o f three-tim e losers. VETERANS’ BONDS GO CHEAP O nly seven-tentha o f one p er cent o f all loans made to Oregon veteran« o f W orld W ar II have been defaulted. Loans negotiated during th e six years the law has (C ontinued on p « < t 2)
