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ÿllihciA VqUeif OUR Published every T hursday a t Cave N A T I O N A L f 0 1 TO O I a I Junction, Oregon, by the Illinois ------ - r ° | | 1 ITO RI R I A I Valle) Publishing Company. V V IA S S O C c5 '1-/ T® N Entered as second-class m atter i Ju n e 11, 10.37, at the Post O ffice -------------- at Cave Junction, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879. D E M O C R A C Y ------ --- by Mat WHO MAKES OPPORTUNITY IN AMERICA ? YOUR STAKE IN uregon Acts lo Keduce Traffic Accident Rate WORLD AFFAIRS To help the people o f this coun In a united e ffo rt to h alt a try b e tte r understand the C harter rapidly rising increase in fatal and th e ir responsibility to the autom obile accidents, Oregon has world organization, the Am erican Association fo r the U nited N a been asked to join th e 47 other tions, 45 E 65th S treet, New York states in a nation-w ide crackdown J. C. Abernathy City, is answ ering questions re on speeding and drinking m otor Editor flecting th e im portance o f the day- vehicle operators. S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E S by-day work o f the U nited N a A le tte r has been sent to Gov- In Josephine County tions. ernor Douglas McKay by J. Dewey One Y ear ..................................,2 .5 0 Q— E xactly w hat did the Se D orsett, general m anager of the Six Months ............................„ 1 .2 5 curity Council resolutions say con Association of Casualty an d S ure Outside Josephine County cerning giving arm ed support to ty Companies, in New York, of One Y ear ........ ........................ ,3 00 South Korea? ficially tra n sm ittin g a strongly A— The first resolution, - — -•'»••I passed M ■ worded resolution which -- was — — on Ju n e 23, said: “ The Security | adopted by the executive commit- Council . . . calls upon all mem- te e of th a t organization, appealing bers to re n d e r every assistance to to all o f the states, m unicipalities th e L nited N ations in the execu and counties in the country to e n California’s insatiable thirst has led her to tion o f this resolution (calling for force laws governing m otor vehicle cast envious eyes on what she considers “surplus” the cessation o f hostilities, and to speeds and driving While under the water in possession of neighbors who don’t know re fra in from giving assistance to influence o f liquor. the N orth Korean a u th o ritie s.’’ D eclaring th a t speding and the how to appreciate it. The budding civil war be The second resolution, passed by use of alcoholic beverages are the tween California and Arizona over the Colorado the Security Council two days prim ary causes o f highway acci later, said: “ The S ecurity Coun dents, the resolution cites th e river is probably far enough removed that Ore cil . . . recom m ends th a t th e mem N ational S afety Council as a u th gonians needn’t wory about stray bullets, but bers o f the U nited Nations furnish ority for the statem en t th at deaths, when our southern neighbors begin angling for such assistance to the Republic of due to m otor vehicle accidents rose K orea as may be necessary to re 11 percent d u rin g the first fo u r water from the Columbia, Rogue and other pel the arm ed a tta c k and to re m onths of this year over the cor streams in a state having considerable undevelop store in ternational peace and se responding period o f 1949. It f u r ed territory of her own, it behooves us to rush to cu rity in the a re a .” th e r pointed o u t th a t tw o-thirds the barricades. fatalities occurred on Q— here is some confusion in of all such ’ T ------ — ---- - „w,.. u.i.vu ill ---- ------------ —..„v. .... my mind concerning the legality of runal highways, where excessive The Federal Bureau of Reclamation, which the recent Security Council d e - 1 sPee<ls a re fa r easier th a n in is in the ditch-digging business, has been investi datons. I thought all five Big I crowded urban streets. Powers had to be in favor o f such A copy of the resolution has gating the possibilty that there may be seven resolutions in order fo r them to been sent to the governors of all million acre feet of surplus water in northern pass. Isn’t th is tru e? of the sta te s and the mayors of Wt THE U.S. HAVE CREATED THE GREATEST AND M O ST W IDELY California and Oregon exclusive of any possible A— The C harter says th a t all all cities above 10,000 population. DISTR IB U TED WEALTH THAT THE WORLD HAS KNOW N, BECAUSE m ajor m atte is "shall be made by Copies also will be sen t to the T H R IF T Y PEOPLE HAVE KEPT THIS COUNTRY A L A N D WHERE program to tap the Columbia river, according to an affirm ativ e vote o f seven mem governing bodies of all counties in MEW ARE FREE TO MAKE T H E IR OWN O PPO RTUNITIES a letter from Commissioner Michael Strauss to bers, including th e concurring th e country. The gravity o f th e is ------ indicated votes of th e perm anent m em bers.” situation ------ — ...... by the fact Representative Lowell Stockman of Oregon. This However, the Security Council h a s i th a t thia is first time the As survey includes the Rogue, Klamath, Trinity and often passed resolutions with legal s<x:i*tion of C Casualty asualty and Sure»., Surety possibly other rivers. force in spite o f an abstention by Companies, which speaks for 81 BY MURRAY W ADE a perm anent m em ber of the Coun insurance companies repiesen tin g Of course the mere fact that a survey is in cil. Many of these cases were those millions of policyholders, has ever progress does not mean that this water has been CIVIL D EFEN SE TO CLICK I William B. Greeley, vice-president in which the Soviet Union had ab taken official action on such a Five members of the s ta te e m e r-' of the W est Coast L um berm en’s stained front voting but never had public issue. The Association or will be found to be “surplus”, or that piping gency board responded to the call I association. challenged the decision on legal m aintains one o f th e co u n try 's it to southern ( alifornia will be feasible, but the of G overnor Douglas McKay a t 10 outstanding sa fe ty organizations. The 62-page boklet explains grounds. Federal government is clearly receptive to the ' a.m. to learn of the defense em er “ how to it,” if you w ant to grow Q— How much money does this 1 --------------o------------- tim ber. idea. And there’s nothing a Federal bureau likes gency. country spend annually for the A. Hayes, deputy director W ant a copy? A postcard to I nited N ations, th e Specialized to do better than function; just turn them loose of Jack Oregon Civilian D efense, gave u George Spaur, S tate Forester, Agencies, and all other United on any little old job with a few hundred million clarifying presentm ent of the situ Salem, Oregon, will s ta rt a copy of N ations activities? dollars, and they’re happy as a pup with a bone. ation and detailed a request for this valuable boklet to your ad A—O n Ju n e 29, W arren R The Josephine Historical associ $25,840 which the bottl'd allowed dress— for free. A ustin. U.S. representative to the ation is to sponsor a dinner a n j Representative Stockman, however, appears in full a l t e r a cross-hackle on the HELPING ALCOHOLICS United Nations, said th a t the total program a t the G rants Pass City necessity of each item . to have kept both feet on the ground despite this U.S. G overnm ent contributions to park a t 1 :30 p.m. Sunday, Ju ly 9. “ The O regon sta te hospital is S enator Dean W alker questioned doing the best job in the United the U N. fo r the forthcom ing fiscal Merle G riffin o f G rants Pass, wonderful opportunity to divert taxpayers money th e w orking* and resu lts of C. D. S tates in dealing with alcoholics,” year, ending Ju n e 30, 1951, total president of the association, points and Oregon water in approximately equal during W orld W ar II. Hayes as said Cecil F a m e s a t the capitol $107,268,202, or 63 cents per out th a t although letters of invi amounts to California’s sagebrush. “I do not sured the hoard it would be dif- this week. capita. This figure includes the ta tio n have been sen t to all who , ferent. accept the unsubstantiated statement of the F am es, wlvo has been active in U.S. contribution to U.N., to the registered a t the Hisorical associ O regon C.D. has been operating dealing with alcoholism, said that Specialized Agencies, and to the ation s booth a t last year's county Bureau of Reclamation that the diversion of on funds "bum m ed” from various do not change until they International C hildren's E m erg fair, th e a f f a ir is definitely not ency F und; it also includes aid to restricted to those receiving invi Pacific Northwest water will be a profitable na s ta te departm ents, Hayes stated, alcoholics realize they a ie su ffe rin g from a as we were w aiting for federal tional investment,” said Mr. Stockman. We guidance. disease and need help. He said phy- Palestine refugees, the contribu tations. All persons interested in chiatry, physical tre a tm e n t and the tion to the U.N. technical assist Josephine county and southern would call this about as mannerly a statement A textbook of C.D. produced by services of Alcoholics Anonymous ance program , and the cost o f ru n Oregon history will be welcomed. as the gentleman could make, under the circum the Atomic Energy commission w ere used a t the Salem institution ning the U.S. Mission to the U.N. “ We believe th at an enjoyable ami the D epartm ent of N ational ■-------------- o--------------. and profitable tim e can be enjoyed stances. to help inm ates recover. Defense will he distributed by the by the 'O ld-tim ers' who like to get In our opinion, the engineering problem in O ffice of Civil M obilization to JOBLESS AID RECORD to g eth er and exchange tales of I nem ploym ent benefit paym ents governors, mayors and C.D. of fl A uxiliary E x p r e u e i Appreciation days gone by,” said Mr. G riffin. volved would be mere childs play. If ditches and eets in a few days. A eopv of the for the fiscal year ending Ju n e 30 "W e also believe th a t p articu lar pipelines are found too expensive, the bureau look may he is-produced for civil w ere the highest in the 14 - - . years ----- A nother Legion year draw s to profit can be had from such a ians by the Oregon C.D. experience o f the sta te unemploy- a close, a year which fo r the Ant- gathering by the younger gen era can always haul the water in tank trucks, or m ent com pensation commission, eriean Legion A uxiliary, has been tion and those who a re new to the NO BUYING BULGE hottie it and ship it south in box ears. It seems The 1949-50 year totals a re over one o f service to our com m unity, area and its h isto ry .” Rumors of a buyers bulge come $26,000,000. In the 1948-49 fiscal particularly those on w h o m ! to us that the real problem is going to be in taking to the s ta te p u rc h a sin g departm ent The association a n t i c i p a t e s year paym ents am ounted to $12,- fortune has not smiled so kindly. from all over Oregon. Exam ple: this watei away from its present proprietors. visitors from Jackson County It i, som ew hat doubtful if the “ There is not a dealer in town that 902.000, or less than half of the Historical association, who will And getting down to the part of this scheme which has am ount paid in the year ju st past, average person fully realizes the a new car for sale." Such s ta te o f some o f the things they are sounded the most grating note, we specifically m en ts evoke war shortage mem- Two factors contribute to the need o f the service which The tell doing to preserve the history of increase: The 1949 legislature in- A uxiliary is able to render, until Oregon fo r generations to come. mean the Rogue. A check made at key cities of creased minimum benefits to $21 a such tim e as they, through ad- This same Bureau of Reclamation has ap the stute reveals th e re has been week from the form er $17 pay versity may become one o f those The dinner will be pot-luck, with persons bringing a basket and their 1 ttle buying increase o f sugar, m in ts. The month o f F ebruary of less fo rtu n a te for a time, proved plans for the Rogue Basin development own table service. The nasociation th is year was the record month in The c re d it for the success o f this tir e s cai-s or o th e r items th at were program; did the survey work, in fact. Just whose hard COm™i8si°jn with by * not at the door of will furnish coffee, su g ar and to get dur ng most of W orld IZ n n n n o A $5,000,000 paid to jobless during The A uxiliary alone, but ra th e r to cream . The historical group stre ss side are they on, anyhow? You can’t tell W ar II Only a small part o f the th e period when logging, construe- those of you in our community es the fact that they welcome p a r accelerated retad buying during us there’s that much water in the Rogue. And ticipation by all who are interested the past ten days was due to the t.,on and other outdoor work was who have so thoughtfully respond- m o u r history, w hether o r not w hat about the Curry county fishermen? They’re brought down to a minimum by ed to our requests for assistance Korean situation or the ap reh en by donations o f food, clothing and they have received a personal in already up in arms about the use of some Rogue sión of World W ar III. It all adds unaccustom ed w inter weather. vitation. •» up th at post w ar production in ANNUAL FORESTRY M EETING occasional financial and other ma- water for power development, even if most of it many lines has not yet caught up. O regon's S tate board of forestry te ria ' cooperation. Kjving, th at we have derived from is put back. They are not going to like this new WANT A FORESTRY BOOK? at its m eeting held a t the capitol W ith this thought in mind, may idea a hit. Oregon S tate College forestry last week proposed a memorial for- we as outgoing officers and com- I the service, the e ffo rt has been qH'cialists believe the new booklet est in honor of the late Nela Rog- m ittee members o f The American ' well w o « h while, for who knows We don’t exactty have the figures at our Your Trees a Crop” will become e rs, sta te forester. The details of Legion A uxiliary, take this oppor- whom will be in need o f th a t help tomorrow? finger-tips, hut we’d like to make a small sug a forest "b ib le” fo r farm ers the proposal will be worked out and unity o f expressing our sincere Dora Combest. Past P resident throughout O regon’s Douglas fir I presented to the boat'd at the next appreciation o f your whole hearted gestion that the bureau investigate the possibility M yrtle ( liffoi-d. Com m unity belt. special m eeting. cooperation within the past year. of making California some water out of Pacific Service “ It hi ings to every woodlot ow n The board increased the rehabil- J ° u have had the pleasure of Ellen H artw ell, Child W elfare Ocean. It would probably cost almost as much er, w hether he has 10 or 10,000 itation budget fo r th e 1950-1951 — acres, an opportunity to grow and fiscal year by $168,000, bringing money, so they needn’t have any anxietv on that m arket trees on a far more in it up to $473.000. Report* were score, and there is all sorts of raw material on tensive scale than he has ever made by S tate F o re ste r George dream ed of before,” saya Col. S p au r on the cu rren t fire season hand. During the war, huge evaporators were I and on the spruce budworm sp ray built on many of the Pacific islands to furnish ing project which is the largest water for communities of thousands; all vou ev er made in the history of forest D ear Mr. A b ern ath y : protection need is enough heat to make steam out of salt 8 I d . .ke to thank you personally E xpediting slash burning and water, and some more salt water to cool the steam tor the w onderful m anner in which th e necessity of cuttin g snags d u r oft. Same principle as moonshine whiskey, except you hand 1 ed the Girl Scout Day ing logging operations as a means I Camp new spaper publicity. o f reducing fires throughout the t iiat your product doesn’t carry as much nourish The cam p is really still in Us s ta te was urged by th e board. 8 ment. 8 infancy and any boost it gets from the com m unity is greatly With everyone standing around wondering * - w hat to do with atomic energy besides dropping it appreciated. FOR THE o H e only wish we could publicly on people, this would be an opportunitv to utilize thank Bill Raines of the Cave City BEST Market for his candy treat to the the surplus heat from a few uranium pile reactors ntire camp as he did last year too. OF to sec how well they work in harness. The hulk of \n d the French la u n d ry in the plant would not he a drawback, and nobody G rants Pass fi»r their paid ad on ■ he camps opening date. worries about expense these days. a ths- entire com m unity A L W A Y S GO TO But whether they think much of our idea or gets Hoping behind us next year — I am. not. we’d like to warn the Californios to keep Sincerely, I Mrs. Louis A ller hands off the Rogue; it’s spoke for. ‘ 619 East *H' St. Grant» PaasJ I ’a np Director I twe people — thro ug h th e ik . AK j ODUCIIVITV in d iv id u a l in it ia t iv e A N D T H R IF T . 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