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!
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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.
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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
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“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