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About Illinois Valley news. (Cave City, Or.) 1937-current | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1952)
yitiH d j Vtfiteif It e to A An independent newW e r devoted to the development of the Illinois Valley and its surrounding districts. P u b l i s h e d every Friday at Cave Junction, Oregon. E ntered u t second-class m atter Ju n e 11, 1937, at the Post O ffice at Cave Junction, Oregon, under the Act o f March 3, 1S79. N A T IO N A L E D IT O R IA L A S ÎO c f T f ô N • \ c i 5 citizen should lx? interested in seeing how his tax es a re used. Let us all really back up our m ayor and council and help “r u n 'th e city" y a tten d in g these m eetings and helping to work out our city ’s problems. Region, Auxiliary Oitfricf 4 Meeting Capital Parade in G. P. (C ontinued (tom Cage SATURDAY, E ditor To work on 4-H DORMITORY At Josephine County Fairgrounds, Grants Pass Come Early! — Bring Your Tools! — jf U n th e way the city is run? District Com m ander Jack P eter In this w rite r’s opinion nobody “ru n s” Cave of Medford acted as m aster of Junction; but somebody should. Who should? ceremonies. He introduced Haze) Henry of Cave Junction, district We’ll hang the responsibility on the num ber 2 1 A uxiliary president, who in turn choice above — the citizens. ntroduced the d iffe re n t Auxiliary speakers. W e brag about the dem ocracy in this coun Mrs. Roy e . Seelinger of Las try — everybody has his voice — nobody gets Vegas. N. M.. W estern division stepped on — it’s the land of freedom. But this A uxiliary national vice-president freedom and this voice c arries its responsibility. based her address on the history of the Auxiliary-sponsored GirD And the people of the city of Cave Junction have State, which was developed as a not yet lived up to th at responsibility. ’la te project in New Mexico. This “ Freedom of Speech” of which we hear Following Mrs. Seelinger' was so much includes the freedom to grouse on the Mrs. W. W. Wilkins of LaGrande, departm ent president. She traced street corners about som ething we don’t like. the grow th of the A uxiliary from But it also includes the responsibility to grouse ’ta original 50-deleg.te convention where it will do some good — to grouse to our ‘ Kansas City in 1921 to the elected representatives, who are in office to re Present one million membership. At the conclusion of her address flect our wishes and in m ost cases a re sincerely ■she explained that the departm ent trying to do so. They are obviously handicapped secretary, Mae W hitcomb, had it they don’t know w hat our wishes are. been promised an Oregon Cave man if the departm ent reached ib But by “grousing" we don’t m ean stopping quota, which it did Hizzoner on the street and dem anding to know Mrs. Wilkins had hardly made why t h e street h asn ’t been graveled in fro n t of this statem ent when a tradition your house — it doesn't take m any like th at dly attire d Caveman, in the per to make a person late for dinner, and it’s a on of Past Chief Bighorn Jo< Blunt roared upon the scene, waste ot a city official’s tim e to have to answ er was a question ns to who got the same questions over and over again for whom; however, the Auxilia each person he meets. W hat we m ean is an secietary was last seen disappear ng draped over the Cavem an’s orderly presentation of y o u r views at the reg u shoulder. lar council m eetings. Ask your questions where On Monday the officials of both they can be answ ered once for everyone. Learn organizations inspected the Camp W hite facilities. It is also under th e m any problem s th at your representatives stood that the Cavemen are also (ate. f ind out why each expenditure m ust be making the trip in hopes of re carefully considered for the good it will do the trieving Caveman Blunt, who dis e n t i i e city ra th e r than one small section. B ring appeared with S ecretary W hit comb. m atters to th eir atten tio n th a t they a re unaw are A fter emphasizing the prestige of, or have not had time to investigate. ot the Legion as the most in flu The m ayor and couneilmen of this city serve ential veterans organization, th e ' com m ander deplored the Legion’s w ithout pay. 1 hey a re businessmen and w ork defeat in the recent congresaiona ing people, just like the rest of us. They don’t battle . . over universa — military have time to go to the m eetings either, but they training. That program is , adopted eventually, but am.thei go and th eir duties consume a lot of tim e o u t tight which is underw ay in con- side of the council m eetings. The least th at the (rtess may be the final fight, a c rest of us can do is attend the m eetings and c e d in g to the official. The Hoove, make th eir labor as light as possible. commission proposed to take medi cal services from the V eterans I here are a good m any businessm en of the adm inistration and consolidate city who live outside the boundaries and do not with other federal agencies ,n vote here. Yet th eir money is invested here, •iew departm ent, ami the move being opposed by the Legion they are ju st as interested in the w elfare of " is believed likely to dam a-e the the city as the rest of us, and city officials have ' " ' “rests of disabled veterans and icpeatedly stated th at these men and their veterans eligible fPr nH.(|ival views are welcome at all the council meetings. Delegations f ron, all posts and I here are no “secret sessions” of the council: • -Auxiliary „nits of the fourth d istn et. except Central Point, pa, c \e rv m eeting is open and every resident and «'“•rated in the events. Grants businessm an is not only invited but urged to a t I ass acted as host to th '■e visi t i n g tend group*. f. ,T h,?ke *,fe n ‘,in* »>* m eeting It is a fact th at several of our citv officials . h,‘ 1<K‘al P«st were Mrs Tex were persuaded to stand for office only bv the Henry, district president; F srlv assurance of a large num ber of citizens' th at r. I more. . <0000.1 tconu vice-commander- ’ (he.\ would “back them up” once they were in lo.vd B urnett, finance ofif e r . Keller, and I es Henry, executive L . 1,ns ’.'.k‘dge has not verv well kept board: George Ronner. Forty "! Backing up an elected official m eans doing B 'rh t Chef de Gare, and Tex C|if everything in your power to help him discharge ■otd. past comander. The post was - v a 'd e d highest h o n e ,, ,n his duties in a com petent m anner. One wav in »ties for district 4. which we can all help is by attending the council wA t,Cn ,in‘rI for ,hl> '" x ilia r v m eetings and “backing up’’ our *tv of“ c i i n w u ‘n‘ Myr,le thu.V "m .‘ * th " " m ere h 'J " “Hare Chairm an Irene H i haven't done very well at it so far, but t s never too late to reform . The council will h dl .¿n ht Clta ° ffice in the Amer>can Legion • • e r\ Monday at 8 p. m. until Ju n e 15 One of the m ajor issues to be considered at these m eetings will be the budget for 1952-53. and 'le t asland and Legislative C ’’•••’ Joy Kellert •A very nice conference was re- • Ported by both groups. Mr. and Mrs Mike O ^ e y and Kellie J . „ e Wft lnrt week fo, I endleton. where Mike will be connected with the city poljce force. MARCH 22nd One? Top officials o f the western eral George N euner include' The order of the county court naif of district 4 o f the American l-t(fion and A uxiliary and the calling an election fo r voting on SUBSCRIPTION RATES national vice-president attended t serial tax levy under O.L. 1945, In Josephine County the district 4 m eeting of the two is to be entered in the journal at One Year $2.50 N fW S P A M I irganizations in the A merican Le least 40 days next preceding such X M Rtba 1.50 P U B L IS H E R S ?ion hall a t G rants Pass on March election, when election will be held Outside Josephine County 1«. The eastern half held its m eet on the same date on the general A S S O C IA T IO N O n e Y .u $3.00 ing March 15 at Lakeview. Dele prim ary election. Six Months .1 .7 5 gations from five southern O re A licensed physician o r dentist DEADLINE gon counties attended. may law fully compound his own for church news and organizational news of the previous At the b u ffe t supper in the ' Prescriptions fo r his patients week is noon Tuesday. Deadline for all other news and for advertising is noon W ednesday. News received aftei evening addresses were given by alone, but no others unless he is the deadlines will he published the following week if it >p officials and a motion picture a registered pharm acist. letains sufficient news value. showing the duties of Auxiliary A truck carrying a farm li departm ents activities was shown cense is an implement of husband i ) l,i„ Z ■ .7 ___ A highlight of the evening oc ry when used exclusively in the curred when Legion Departm ent conduct of an agricultural opera R E D W O O D E M P I R E NEW N E W SPzkPE R PU B L ISH E R S Unit. Sl Commander Hollis Hull of Albany tion and may be ‘incidentally’ ■ iwpiiti A«»oriari9M presented a $675 check from the upon the public highway so as to Legion to M anager Paul H atton of be excepted from the limitation the Camp W hite V eterans Domi height of vehicle and load im WHO RUNS T H IS CITY ? ciliary home. The funds will be posed by the highway code. -----—------ o--- ---------- used to help pay fo r a radio sta Who actually “ru n s” the city of Cave Ju n c Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sloan of tion to be operated by the ’veter tion? Is it the city council? The citizens? A ans at the home. Mr. H atton was Bridgeview were called to Cal “select clique” which is pu ttin g across deals be also called upon to discuss the fornia last week by a serious hind our backs? Who does run this tow n; who operations of the home and the accident which happened to Mi work th at is being done fo r the Sloan’s brother. can we blame for the things we don’t like about veterans. • J. C. A bernathy Volunteers Needed! WATCH REPAIRING This advertisement courtesy FRENCH LAUNDRY Grants Pass a community bank ?/,TH . community interest The place to go is Johnson Jew eler 133 S.E. H’ St. G rant. P a .. (R ogue Theater B uilding) Our future is closely linked with the future. Hall $ Accounting Service CAVE JUNCTION. OREGON bOU,,d hanking practice. ” s work together for our m utual advan tages and further im provem ent of local conditions. Audi»«, Bookkeeping, Income Tax Service and Quarterly Re port.. NOTARY PUBLIC Member of Oregon Association of Public A ccountants w- X r f "v “ ° ,,r c,,st'»mers and their continued prog- ress is dependent on com m unity advance- “■ nie"t- It is logical then that this bank should >, , r. be eager to prom ote local progress and the 41 -yi advancem ent of our citizens in every way sj BANK at HOME — IRA S. HALL TRADE at HOME BANK of ILLINOIS VALLEY “What’s wrong about integration? It’s the way I operate, too!” Many businessmen Aatie made comments/(Ac I he / /igurp ,7 out ,his youfHK companies are attacked for is ju st a matter Ot do,ng more than one part of a job. So what's wrong about thati It's the way I operate, too!" In answering this question le t’s con sid er f ir s t w h a t th e w o r d m e a n s . “ I n t e g r a t i o n ” m eans s im p ly c a rry in g a jo b th ro u g h several ti i's I n t, g ra tio n can t m a ke a good c o m p a n y h«d. I t s , , m e th o d a n y business m a y use as i t eom jx-tes fo r y o u r p a tro n a g e , in cre a sin g its e ffi cie ncy a n d b e n e fitin g y o u b y k e e p in g prices d o w n . L e t s lo o k a t th e s im ila r ity b e tw e e n o u r o p e ra tio n and th a t o f a n o th e r in te g ra te d fuel- p ro d u c e r whose system is c e n tu rie s o ld : A w o o d c u tte r goes in to a f o r - _ e s , and (.■¡Is i', . Si l a i d drills R j l n 1 ln ,° VKe ground and brings up oil . 1 ' 'Ke w o o d cu tter sells th e lops s e l l s th a th e r an d ,h “re and 'fS ta n d a r d th t ir u d e oil ,0 som e b u v er at th e w. 'I th ere s no in teg ratio n E ach has perform ed only one p a rt o f th e job. N o w i f t h e w o o d c u t t e r t a k e s th e n e x t s te p and c u ts th e logs in to fire place size. He has becom e an in te g ra te d business L ik e h im . S ta n d a rd ,■ w o rk s to tu r n th e p ro d u c t in to th e -•rm s y o u use. We refin e o u r c ru d e o il in to g a l " ne lu b ric a n ts fu e l o il, a n d o th e r p ro d u c t^ So we re in te g ra te d , too. W h e n th e w o o d c u tte r h a u ls a lo a d of fin-wood he ex ten d s Ins i n t e g r a t i o n . H e s no w in th e ___ _ t r a n s p o r ta tio n b u s in e s s .. as is S ta n d a rd w h en we use o u r ta n k e r . and P'P*hnea to tra n s p o rt o il fro m w e ll to hn “ r >- an d th e refin ed p ro d u c t« fro m th e re to areas w here th e y ’ll be used A n d i f th e w o o d c u tte r f in a lly " e lls th e fire w o o d to y o u . bis o p e ra tio n is f u lly in te g ra te d . O u rs is ------ to o . w hen we sell y o u fu e l o i l . . . o r » r v ic e ,„ m « s?’ U Ka* ‘ l , n < > C o m p a n y < ,w n e d ■ rx ic e st Hons. S o is in te g ra tio n w ro n g ’ N o t a t a ll. An, we m ake best use o f i t to b rin g vo u b e tte r p ro d u c t« a t lo w co«t. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA pljns ahead to serve you bettor
