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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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opposed fo r house seats a re : Jo s
tion at all. "C lipper deliveries”
candidate for Cave Queen. The cheon.
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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
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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,
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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.
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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
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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
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-
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
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