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About Illinois Valley news. (Cave City, Or.) 1937-current | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1952)
* University of Uregob 4 •! (jitewtif tv the OteyvH CfVtJ ILLINOIS VALLEY NEWS An Independent Newspaper Published in the Interests of the Illinois Valley and Surrounding Districts VOL. XIV No. 48 CAPITAL PARADE By M u rray Wade W A R N S V E T S S E L L IN G LO A NS Pave Junction. Oregon. Frida?, March 21, 1952 Illinois Valley News Sold REA Officials To Meet To Washington Couple It was announced this week that V eterans who sell th e ir homes the Illinois Valley News has been and let purchasers assume the 4 sold by Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Aber- per cen t G. I. loans rem ain per-1 nathy t(J Mr a n J Mf, Rivhard C. sonally responsible fo r the p a y -! Pinkerton of Ferndale, W ashing ment of the loan, the v eterans ad ton. m inistration w arned this week. The News, a weekly paper of P roperty with the favorable 4 general circulation in the Illinoi- per cent G.I. m ortgage in effect is Valley and southern Josephine more easily sold. This facto r county, was founded by M. C. should influence the selling price. A they in 1937. It was acquired However, th e veteran runs the from Mr. and Mrs. Athey by the risk of later having to pay all or A bernathys on Ja n u a ry 1, 1950. p a rt of an y debt resulting from a and has been published by them default on the loan by the new since th at time. owner. The Pinkertons, who have al H IG H ER CAS RATES ready taken up residence in the An incease in gas rates to p ro Valley, will assum e control and vide the Portland Gas and Coke operation of the business on April Co. new revenue of about $366,- 1, 1952. Mr. Pinkerton was asso 300 a y ear was g ran ted last week ciated with his fa th e r in publica by Public U tilities Commissioner tion of the Ferndale Record foi Charles H. Hetzel. The increase, several years, and has been em e f f e c t i v e im m ediately, would ployed in various capacities in the partly offset recen t payroll in p rin tin g and publication fields foi creases, Hetzel explained. the past few years. He is a vet Company officials said the aver eran, anti has studied journalism age increase fo r gas used in cook at M ontana S tate college, the Un ing and autom atic w ater heating iversity o f Colorado and the Un would be only 18 cents a month, iversity of W ashington. fo r industrial users 3 cents a Mrs. Pinkerton studied journ thousand cubic feet. alism a t the U niversity of Colo RETA IL TRADE WAGES rado, and was employed in a Sea Minimum pay as it applies to ttle bank before coming to Cav. women and experienced m inors in Ju n c tio r. The couple was m arried retail trad e will rise from 65 to 70 a t the U niversity of Colorado in cents an hour May 6. 1949. This ruling was m ade by the Mr. and Mrs. A bernathy’s plan- S tate Wage and H our Commission are indefinite beyond an immed a fte r several hearings and is the iate, and it is hoped prolonged first pay boost in this class in vacation. four years. --------------o .. The new minimum pay for in experienced minors in retail trade, Lions Club Will Sponsor those w ith less than 400 hour- experience, is 60 cents. ‘Cave Queen Candidate Merton Ingham Initiated Single Copy Ten Cents Governor Urges Citizens With I. V. Lions Club In Kappa Delta Pi At OSC To Register And Vote At the next reg u lar m eeting of the Lions club to be held Tue- day, March 25 at the Todelope cafe at 8 p. m., representatives of the Redwood Em pire association will be present to talk on the progress being made tow ard im proving the Redwood highway and what is being done by them to benefit the cities and towns of the Empire. All business people of the Valley are urged to be pres ent as this is a m a tte r of .v ita ' im portance to all of them. D inner will be served at 8 p. m. Those not desiring dinner may attend the m eeting later. --------------o-------------- Merton Ingham of Cave Ju n c tion ha- been initiated by the Oregon State college chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, national educa tion honor society. Menib« rs are selected from up per clas-men and graduate stu dents op the basis of scholarship or recommendation. Activities sponsored by the organization in clude the annual award presenta tion to the outstanding freshm an in education. Ingham, son of Mr. and Mrs. .Merton Ingham Sr. of Cave Ju n c tion. is a ju nior in education. ------------- o------------— Electric, Plumbing Permits Blood Bank To Visit Here Vow Required By City The American Red Cross Mobile blood bank will visit the Illinois Valley April 17. It will be sta tioned at the American Legion hall from 3 to 8 p. nt. Blood is -till urgently needed and we must all do our part. Snow and ice prevented the unit from coming on its last scheduled visit but barring the unexpected, it will be here this visit. The ; organizations of the Illi nois Vglley will again be assigned quotas. It is sincerely hoped tha* we make an excellent showing af te r oui long lay-off. We mus. make up for lost time. ------------- 0------------- Men and women who fail to register and vote are not keeping faith with themselves or with past and fu tu re generations of A m eri cans. Governor Douglas McKay de clared this week. G overnor McKay made this view know in his statem ent des- ignating the week of March 23-29 for observance as Voter R egistra tion week throughout Oregon. He expressed alarm and regret over O regon’s record as the poorest of all w estern states in the m atter of voter participation. At the same time he commended the voluntcei Oregon Register and Vote com m it tee on its campaign "to guarantee a stronger, better-governed United S ta te s.” Gas Storage Ordinance Discussed At Council Meet About fifteen persons, includ ing council members attended a m eeting of the city council at the city office last Monday night. May or Fred Salvage announced th at the main item to be discussed was the city ordinance regarding gaso. line storage, and said that the question had deliberately been held over until a fte r the meeting of the League of Oregon Cities in Medford last week. Mr. Salvage said that the m at te r had been thoroughly dis cussed at the m eeting, similar o r dinances of other cities exam ined, and the opinions of nagerai fire chiefs and attorneys had been of fered. He said the League’s a t torney was o f the opinion th a t Cave Ju n ctio n 's ordinance is def initely enforceable, and various o ther experts on city governm ent were em phatic in saying that the ordinance, and all other city ordin ances, should be strictly en fo rc e '# If investigation and experience shows an ordinance to be unfeas ible or undesirable it can be changed, but all ordinances should be enforced as long as they are on the books. In an aside, tho m ayor pointed out that establish ment and adm inistration of good ordinances and regulations would be much easier for the council if citizens would attend the meeting", and o ffe r opinions on the m any problem s faced by the city gov ernm ent. Mr. Carlson, Cave Ju n c tion city attorney, added his em phatic opinion th a t the city’s o r dinances should be enforced at any cost. The full text of the governor’s statem ent follows: “ American- It was announced this week by who neglect to vote are shirking the city reco rd er’s office tha' their responsibility as citizens and, perm its will be required for all in a very real sense, are betraying new electrical and plum bing work the generations th at gave them or significant alteratio n s to pres this privilege, as well as the g e n ent installations within the city erations that are yet to come. limits. The new regulation is e f “ I think it is a sad commentary fective immediately. The permits, on our evaluation of our freedoms which will cost $3 each, may be that over one-third of all Oregon obtained from the city office in ians entitled to vote are too le th the A merican Legion hall..All elec argic or too lazy to excercise thei trical work m ust be approved by franchise. Percentage-w ise, Ore George Mulvey, city electrical in gon ranks 38th in the nation in spector. voter participation, and is lowest of all w estern states. “ It is highly regrettable, in my O’Brien Ladies Invited Administrative Foresters opinion, that a campaign has t< be undertaken to get people ti To Attend Meeting Meet In Grants Pass i egister and then vote. But since The ladies of O’Brien have been it is quite evident that a campaign A dm inistrative personnel of the invited to attend a potluck lu n is necesary, I wish to commend tin cheon at the Marie Floyd re si Siskiyou National forest completed Oregon Register and Vote com a three-day meting in G rants Pass dence W ednesday, March 26 at Gist of the opinions of various m ittee and all -organizations who last week. Questions of adm inis 11 a. m. The purpose of the g a th fire m arshals of Oregon cities, N O O P P O S IT IO N tra tio n and policy interpretation are cooperating with the commit according to Mr. Salvage, was th a t A wild band of Oregon Cave ering is to help all home-makers T here are fourteen legislative were discussed in the light of tee in their effo rts to impress gasoline storage tank» should def men, headed by Chief Bighorn sta rt a home extension unit in upon the electorate th eir obli new regulations. candidates on th e prim ary elction initely be buried underground as G eorge Hall and including Rising the O 'Brien district. Short cuts tick et who have no opposition in The m eeting was attended by gation to express appreciatioi and easy and new methods and a precaution against explosion and Buck Ted Kelt, Charles McLean th e ir p arty or in any o th er party. George Morey and Harold Bowei for our many American privil fire, and the ordinances o*f prac Sherm an Dahl, Chris Hansen and ideas will be learned from the This practically means th eir elect man of the Illinois Valley Ranger tg es anil to guarantee a b etter group in project lessons. tically every incorporated city in Ken W a u e n met with members ol stronger-governed lin k ed States ion. T heir honorable records in station. The district rangers from ’Oregon require this. The m a tte r T here will be no dues of any the board of directors of the lo the legislature and in civic work Gold Beach, Powers, Agness ami “ 1 hope th at every potentia of the size of buried tanks or kind and everyone is invited to get cal Lions club Tuesday evening have been w orthily won. Galice also attended. Elwin Fry« voter shall be renched, shall regis the total capacity o f any given to explain details of the annual acquainted and enjoy the social accompnined Ranger Stickney ter, shall vote. I earnestly urgi Unopposed fo r the senate are installation seemed of secondary “ Cave Q ueen” contest. Lion- side of it too. Small children may from Powers. The forest super each person to assume persona Phillip S. Hitchcock, Klamath im portance, and wide variation is club o fficers subsequetnly a n be brought, your own table ser visor’s sta ff, under the direction responsibility in order that thi F alls; Stew art H arde, Condon and vice and also a dish of anything found throughout the state, with nounced th at the Lions club wili of Supervisor H. (’. Obye, direr may be a successful cam paign.” Elmo E. Smith, John Day. U n some cities imposing no lim ita sponsor the first Illinois Valley handy to add to the potluck lu n ted the m eeting. ------------- o-------------- opposed fo r house seats a re : Jo s tion at all. "C lipper deliveries” candidate for Cave Queen. The cheon. --------------o------------- eph M. Dyer, A storia; F rancis W. were also discussed, and the fire name of the lucky girl chosen by I. V. Dairy Breeders A ss’n experts’ opinions seemd to be th at Ziegler, Corvallis; Ivan C. Laird, the Lions will be announced next Sitcum ; Russell Hudson, The Dal Clinic Will Be March 26 I Self Service Laundry Opens week. Holds Meeting March 13 they are no more of a hazard les; Rodger Loennig, H aines; The Bob and Ruth shop of Cave than deliveries from sm aller The regular clinic will be held It was explained that the win A. C. Goodrich, Bend; B. A. Sto The recently-form ed Illinoi trucks, providing th a t there is in the A uxiliary room of the A m Junction this week announced thi ning Cave Queen will reign over ver, Bend; C arroll Locey, Iron erican Legion hall in Cave Ju n c opening of a com pletely modern Valley Dairy B leeders association room for the tanker to pull off side; William W. B radeene; the howling, skin-clad Cavemen tion W ednesday, March 26 from self-service laundry in conjunction held a meeting at the Illinois Val the highway or out of the stre e t B urns; Edw ard A. G eary, and for a year, and will atte n d all th e ir p arties and functions. The 11 a. m. to 3 p. m. Dr. Dewey and with th eir shop ju st north of the ley G range hall March 13. In at during delivery. The m ayor said H enry Simon, Klamath Falls. candidates who fail to make the sta ff from G rants Pass will be in American Legion hall. The opera tendance were most of the dairy that some cities regulated clipper P O S T M A R K D ID IT grade as Queen will be designated attendance. Im m unizations and tors, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Rausch, men of the Illinois Valley with deliveries to certain times of the A filin g for president of the announced that in addition to f u r additional interest being shown !>' •lay, but th at this was apparently Princesses and will attend the check-ups will be given. United States came from a “ Mys nishing service between the hours several owners of 1 to 4 cow fam to reduce the tra ffic hazard which H e re a fter until fu rth e r notice Rose Festival in Portland with terious S tra n g e r" (nobody around these clinics will be held but of 8 a. m. and 6 p. m. each day, ily groups. Ray Nickerson, tem would be offered by the huge the Cavemen. Candidates for Cave the Capitol knew who he was) by Queen m ust be between the ages once a month, the fourth W ednes- they will also be open two even porary chairm an, called the meet tankers in congested districts d u r mail a fte r the deadline. But it hud ol 18 and 28, single, and eomely day of every month from 11 a ings a week, Tuesday and Wednes ing to order following a talk by ing rush hours. been m ailed before the sta te elec Ben Simonson, m anager of the day, until 9 p. m. In conclusion, the m ayor said enough to awe the unruly subjects. m. to 3 p. m. tion departm ent office closed and Oregon Dairy Breeders, headquar th at in view of this expert opinion The Queen will be selected at the his name, Wm. R. Schneider, will tered at Corvalllk. Mr. Simonson the city council was determ ined annual cerem ony which will be LO CALS be on the prim ary ballot. pointed out the soundness of a r to enforce the present ordinance held in G rants Pass sometime in Enclosed was a $100 check foi tificial insem ination. The by-laws calling fo r burial underground of Mr. and Mrs. Ed C. Abbey and Mr. and Mrs. W alter Freem an May. Tickets which will be sold filing fee and a statem en t from by the candidates entitle the p u r left Friday for a two weeks vacn girls drove to Medford Sunday were lead and adopted by al' all gasoline tanks and lim iting Bob E lliott, sta te Republican foundation members present. individual tanks to 3,000 gallons chaser to atte n d the colorful and tion. F irst they plan to go to As afternoon. chairm an, statin g th a t “ Schneid toria to visit Mrs. F reem an’s si- Elected to the five-man board with a maximum o f 7,000 gallons en tertain in g ceremony. e r’s candidacy is advocated g e n e r The m any friends of Mr., an.I of directors were Ashby Fulk for any installation, even though ter, and a fte r a short tim e there ---------- — o------------ ■ ally throughout the U nited Sta Mrs. John Dow will be interested Lacey Owings, Ray Nickerson, this might run into considerable are going to travel to southern tes." in knowing th a t they arived at Jim Payne ami Bob Martin. These legal expense. He again pointed California. Tree-Planting Crew To CAMPAIGN CAPSULES their destination safely. They left men will meet soon and choose out th a t if the citizens of the city The names o f 455 candidates) Move To Williams Creek Roberta Hilliard spent a few here S aturday m orning and a r officers for the ensuing term . felt th a t this ordinance should be will be on the May 16th ballots. days in W ilderville this week vis rived at Yuba City, California, altered or the lim its raised, it Harold Hemingway, local dairy The Siskiyou N ational forest Saturday night. Charles D. W heeler, form er ed iting her cousin, M.vrna Jensen. is their duty to appear before the stockman, is the m anager-tech ito r of th e Milton Eagle, has been tree-p lan tin g crew is completing council and make representation, — o—■ I! >b D esaulniers returned Sun nirian for the local group, having retained as publicity m an ag er for work a t Powers a fte r having Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davis f but as the m atter stands now the taken a full course in this work a ’ Fred W. Robinson, candidate for moved from the Chetco district. Roseburg spent the weekend witi« day from a trip through several Because of heavy snow in the - states. He has been visiting baby Corvallis. He points out th a t ship ordinance will be enforced as it sta te treasu rer. Mrs. Davis’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Powers area, the crew will soon . chick hatcheries. He reports that ments are now being received ev is. He explained th a t m any of “ My job was to see th a t Senator J. .J. V illiar. the -ales on chicks was lower than ery 18 hours at the local labora the ordinances which are being T a f t’s name was kept o ff the b a l move to Williams creek. Planting It is reported th a t Mr. Villa.r tory located on his farm . Any criticized or questioned were pass lot," says Lowell C. Padget. “ That will be com pleted on the Little is steadily im proving from his re usual last year. A b etter season dairym an or dairy-cow owner ed by a previous council, but th a t E lder sale area as soon as snow for buying chicks seems to bo was as Senator T a ft w anted it as cent illness. may now receive service by phon the present council’s duty is to en : ahead. he could not campaign h ere,” P ad conditions will perm it. ing 1114 by 10 a. m. any day in force ordinances as they stand un The crew, under forem an John get added. Reuben Scott and family of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Miller went cluding Sunday. A dditional mem til citizens show enough intelli S tate R epresentative E. J. Kihs, consists of W inston T uttle, Redwood highway moved last week to E xeter, C alifornia, Inst week her - are invited to join this group gent in terest to have the ord in (Bill) Ireland, of Molalla, is doing Randy Moore, Cecil H athaw ay, over near Jacksonville, where Mr. (() t Mrs. M iller’s sister and ances changed. .— o........... ■ . a good publicity for Sig U nander Phil Clark, Bronson and Collins. Scott will l>e employed a t the family, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Jo h n V arious questions regarding in his cam paign for sta te tr e a s The trees are being planted C arberry sawmill. Guy remained son and children. The Johnsons Belt Lodge Meets Saturday building restrictions and zoning urer. on a spacing o f 8 feet by 8 feet, in Cave Junction to continue his are going to make their home A regular m eeting of Belt were asked, and the m ayor re fe r or 680 per acre. By planting, the school and work. Mr. and Mrs. here. The tw o fam ilies reported a S T A T E B U IL D IN G A W A R D S Lodge No. 18, A. F. and A. M. red questioners to the city zoning Bids will be called late this reproduction gets a sta rt on tWl Holcomb moved at once into the . hard time g ettin g back over the map which hangs in the city office month for a $455,000 addition to hardwood brush in the sale areas, house occupied by the Scotts. Mr. ' m ountain. as there was a lot of will be held Saturday, March 22 and is available at any time. a t 8 p. m. in the Masonic Temple the S tate Tuberculosis hospital and assures an adequate stocking Holcomb is with the Illinois Valley ' snow. The mayor, acting as he said "to in Kerby. Topics o f special in te r and a $264,000 employes dorm i in the minimum time. The trees Logging company. kill a rum or,” explained the c ity ’s est to all brethern will be dis Roberta B ryant guest of tory a t the Salem in stitution, the a re produced in the Forest ser action in deeding a 37 *4 by 50 cussed honor at a birthday party given Mr. and Mrs. George Mulvey S tate Board of Control announced vice n u rsery at Wind River. All members are urged to a t foot segm ent o f a lot to a citi this week. A $44,492 co n tract for W ashington, from seed locally have received word from then ( by L inkhart and McLean March zen with the understanding th a t daughter, Pat W right, th a t she 18. Roberta was presented with a tend. Visiting brethern are co r building a steam distribution sys collected. he pay the $213.50 in taxes — o- arrived in P ortland safely. Pat few nonsensical (she said) item dially invited. tem a t the hospital was aw arded to against it. It was explained th a t ------------- o------------ - an«l a box of candy. R efreshm en's Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Doney have is staying with Mrs. “ Cloudy" Bohren, Inc., P ortland. this small section of land was In Mr. and Mrs. D elbert Hill purchased the form er Waltei Beyer until she try s out fo r the o f cake and ice cream were R E C E N T L E C A L O P IN IO N S such a location as to be of no Translation» of O regon law r e Doney home on the Redwood high baseball team . She is to try out served, and it ha« been reported brought their infant son home value to anyone except the citi- Monday. He was born F ebruary leased this week by A ttorney Gen- way and are m aking some im for the team on March 24 at th a t everyone a te too much (su re 27 at Josephine G eneral hospital. (Cortinued oa P>»e it ly not M ac?). provem ent» to the property. Franklin high school (Contlnued on Page 4 )
