Illinois Valley news., July 20, 1950, Image 2

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LETTERSlulbeEOITOR i l O U R
To the E ditor o f
The Illinois V alley News:
DEMOCRACY-
“Old Cap” West Knows
Property Value>
by Mat
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In this edition, w here th s pur­
pose is to review various concerns
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A few words on a strictly ver-
and individuals in each field of
boten theme.
endeavor, it is a pleasure Indeed
It is g ra tify in g to see a t last 13
Published every T hursday at Cave N A T I O N A L
E D IT O R IA L
fo r th is w rite r to single out for
Junction, Oietfon, by the Illinois
y / k ' j I I * « 'T o r I, a T j ' o I n
miles o f the Redwood highway
Valley Publishing Company.
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special m ention one man th at has
undergoing face lifting. However,
fo r m any years done his share to
E ntered as second-class m atter
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it appears th a t all the curves are
June 11, 1937, at the Post Office
aid in the grow th and develop­
being widened but none eliminated,
at Cave Ju n ctio n , Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
m ent of G rants Pass and sur­
still, w hat we are g ettin g is better
rounding
area.
than
patches
upon
patches.
How­
Editor
J. C. Abernathy
“ Old C ap” W est, Realtor, with
ever, a fte r this job is finished we
S U B S C R IP T IO N R A TE S
offices a t 81 H ;ghw ay 99 South,
will still be a one road Valley.
In Josephine County
in G rants Pass, is reliable and his
A t this point I venture upot^ a
new spaper
One Year ..................................>2.60 subject which appears to be “ ta ­
dealings w ith th e people with
Six Months .............................>>1.26 boo” in Josephine County. For ap­
whom he comes in contact have
P U B L IS H E R S
T oday , in sm all to w n s and sis to w n s , the circus s o u n d s ,
always
been most satisfactory.
Outside
Josephine
County
proxim
ately
tw
enty
(20)
years,
" A S S O C IA T IO N
S M E L L S , G L IT T E R AND T IN S E L E D GLAM O R. HAVE TH E S A M E
“ Old C ap” W est handles real
One Y ear ..................................>3.00 two paved S tate highw ays V IS :
IR R E S IS T IB L E A P P E A L P O R K ID S A N D G R O W N U P S AS W H E N
pstate in all its branches and his
Highway No. 46 "T he Caves High­
P.T. B A R N U M PUT U P H IS F IR S T "B lG TO P '- IN A V A C A N T LOT.
able s ta f f of co-w orkers puts
way” and H ighway No. 238 “ The
forth every e ffo rt to bring buyer
M urphy-W illiams H ighway” have
and
seller to a satisfactory under­
ended
as
dead
ends,
yet
there
they
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^REDWOOD* EM PIRE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS Unit.
standing. When one lists property
stand only a few miles apart, a
S I S M O O S IM B IB E A S S O C I A T I O N
with hint to be sojd, he and his
potential second Highway into the
firm can be relied upon to aggres­
Illinois Valley.
sively push the sale. Anyone wish­
I
shall
not
go
into
the
reasons
W H O S U R P R IS E D W H O M ?
ing to buy, sell or tra d e property
why these Highways end up in
will make no m istake if th ey rely
dead
ends,
however,
I
would
like
Much is being made of the poor military
on the services of “ Old C ap" W < t
to say a few w ords about the bene­
located
a t 81 Highw ay 99 so. an(^
intelligence which allowed us to be caught in
fits the Valley would gain should
whose phone num ber is G rants’
these
two
dead
end
Highways
ever
Korea, but there is growing evidence that Stalin
Pass 4361.
be joined.
Capable m anagem ent has been
was surprised when we decided to stay and slug
1. The distance from Cave
the reason fo r much o f the success
Junction to M edford would be
it out.
of this G rants Pass Realtor, and
shortened by approxim ately 17 or
certainly no w here could ability
Russia plays a deep game, but even the fox­
more miles bringing a potential
and business experience greater
m
arket
of
40,000
people
that
much
iest of us makes an occasional mis-cue and it
than th a t o f "Old C ap” West be
nearer to th e farm and dairy
found. Mr. W est has devoted his
may develop that Russia’s unleashing of the
products the Illinois Valley pro­
lifetim e to the real e sta te busi­
duces.
North Korean Communists was a strategic error
ness and today his counsel and ex­
P tR H A P S TH E C H IE F R E A S O N FOR. TH E N E V E R -F A IL IN G LU R E OF THE
2. P a rt of the tra ffic on the
perience is sought a f te r by his
C IR C U S , IS THAT B A R N U M , A M E R IC A S F IR S T G R EA T S H O W M A N .W IT H
of the same type as the Japanese attack on
Redwood Highw ay would be di­
fellow R ealtors and friends and
H IS O R IG IN A L IT Y , IM A G IN A T IO N , D A R IN G A N D IN F IN IT E G U S T O ,
verted resulting in less damage to
Pearl Harbor, although not on the same scale.
by
hundreds of old clients.
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THAT HAVE C O N T R IB U T E D TO O U R D E M O C R A C Y 'S D Y N A M IC D R IV E .
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ing tra ffic hazards.
For, unless Russia and her satellites are pre­
3. Should w ar break out, the
pared to immediately mount other offensives
Highway neglect th a t would e n ­
sue would be som ew hat lessened two roads are finally joined and
Federal Reserve Bank
throughout the world, (and we will soon know),
by an a lte rn a te road into the open fo r Public use depends upon
of San Francisco
they will shortly find themselves facing an
Valley.
Mr.
S.
Clifford
Sparks,
the agitation and pressure the
4. Copco may lie persuaded to
aroused and militarily powerful United States,
President,
Halley E. Norton, a Forest
string an a lte rn a te electric line Illinois Valley can m uster and
Bank of Illinois Valley,
tooled and conditioned for war, disinclined to
along the new road into the Val­ apply in the right places. WHAT Service smoke jum per, suffered
Cave Junction, Oregon
ley, thereby providing us with ARE W F W AITING FOR? ?
a back injury Friday m orning Dear Mr. Sparks:
accept any more Red bullying and impatient to
b etter service.
Stephen S. S teingarl when coming down northw est of
I welcome your bank into
put an end to it once and for all.
5. We would receive more,
R oute No. 1, Box 386 the airport. He was taken to Jo se­ m em bership in the Fe4«ral Re­
b etter anil fa ste r help in case of
Joe’s campaign of heckling and heel-yapping
Cnve Junction
phine G eneral hospital by the serve System.
serious fo rest fires.
We have se n t out a circular to
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The above listed advantages are
to induce the United States to bleed herself white
Valley A m bulance Service, where
banks in this d istrict announcing
only a few of the m any the Valley
Selma, Oregon he is under the care of Dr. Ver- your admission to membership,
in piece-meal committments and numberless bil­
may acquire should those two To The E ditor:
steeg of Cave Junction. The acci­ as you will note from the enclosed
lion dollar handouts on the fuzzy premise that
roads be joined.
I, for one am thankful, that dent occured on H alley’s last copy.
The Illinois V alley has begun Mrs. C. H yatt brought my a tte n ­ practice jum p before going into
we were helping to combat Communism was
W ith every good wish fo r the
to assert itself economically, we tion to Mr. Paul E. P fe ffe rle ’s service.
success of your bank,
coming along pretty well on schedule when this
cannot alw ays plan the economic le tte r to the editor, in the Illinois
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Sincerely yours,
life of the Valley in line with ad­ Valley News, of Thursday July
little business broke loose in Korea. The com­
C. E. E a rh a rt
vantages th at may accrue to the 13th, 1950.
munists have made no secret of the fact that they
P resident.
County seat and forego economic
The contents of his le tte r is my
expect the non-communist countries (of which
advantages because the County
sentim ents too, and I wish to add
seat does not gain thereby.
the U.S. is the only one currently solvent) to
We have a t last acquires! a more heie, th at the way my tim ­
spend themselves into the poorhouse, whereupon
Hank, fu rth e r developm ent calls ber has been slaughtered by the
the Reds would walk in and pick up the pieces.
for intelligent foresight and p la n ­ grantee, in w horn the g ran to r
ning accordingly, it certainly trusted that there would be a fair
But it’s a delicate strategy too; it is one
w ouldn't be a farsighted con­ deal eonsum ated, give cause for
thing to trick a man into dribbling all his money
jecture to assume that the Illinois strenous law suit in behalf of the
Valley will forever rem ain witli publics intivst. as well as our wild
down a rat-hole one fistfull at a time, but it’s
life, (squirrels, deers, and fowl-
me outlet “ the Redwood High­
(piite another when he drops everything else,
of the air, etc,) of which there a r
w ay"; to build the entire economy
no more on my property, due to
Quick - Easy - Safe
uses his money to purchase a shovel and digs the
o f the Valley on such an assum p­
said misuse.
tion is to build on an inseeuie
ra t’s nest out.
Again, let me state, th a t I also
foundation.
W rite or call
0'iviousiy the Russians would not wish us to
A t present Highway No. 238 is lost a long tim e business deal with
lor c o m d e te
paved some distance on this side another party, due to the grantee
begin arming and mobilizing until they were
inform ation—
Williams. From there on there not leaving my private road in as
ready for their big push, the coup de grace— of
good
a
shape
as
when
they
found
is a gravel road, then a logging
when it would he too late. And we hardly think
road leading into the hills in the it, which also w arrants action for
a severe lawsuit, under the Oregon
direction of G rayback creek.
they are ready yet (although we’ll soon know
On this side sta rtin g ju s t before tim ber code.
H o a d O ttic o , P o rtla n d , O reg o n
about that too). And if they are not ready, they
Its about time th a t some one
reaching Grayback Creek, the
M EM BER F E I E I t l D E P O S IT IN S U R A N C E C O R P O R A T IO H
have made the grievous error of uniting the
Oregon Caves lum ber Co. has con­ sta rte d a drive against the°e
structed in the past three years greedy tim ber wolves, who are
American people and starting them down the
three miles of excellent although causing the eye sores throughout
road to a hot war.
narrow road based upon G overn­ our beautiful Oregon, which is
ment specifications. At present bringing about a decline in the
Our initial reverses in Korea have only
they are constructing two nvore transient.
served to illustrate how ill-prepared we were to
miles which I understand will be
Please Mr. E ditor let us hear
engage in ni'ialry action anywhere* a situation
finished sometime in 1951. These from others about this same sub­
last two m ilts will bring the road ject in your L etters to the Editor
rapidly being corrected. It is tragic that Ameri­
within sight of the road from the column.
can boys must die in battle and be murdered in
Williams side.
P roperty owner,
cold blood to awaken us to our peril, but such
W hether, and how soon these
Roy H D ieter
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A New Modern
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G ra n ts P a s s B r a n c h o/ the
U n it e d S ta te s N a t i o n a l B a n k
provocative acts are stupid in their futility—
they defeat their purpose by uniting Americans
'n g, 'n, <«• termination t ler? are pjohp.bi^ more
tough days ahead in Korea, but they will result
in a stronger United States, more adequately
prepared for the crucial test to come.
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