V.M..W •< ot (jittuMf te tie Otelen Ce<)eJ ILLINOIS VALLEY NEWS THE VOICE OF THE VALLEY VOL. XV No. 16 Cave Junction. Oregon, Friday, August 8, 1952 HIGH-FLYING HOLSTEINS Single Copy Ten Cents Smokejumpers io McAbee Resignation Accepted; Demonstrate al Out-of-Counly Teacher Considered Former Principal to Jubilee August 31 In Training Be Asst. Superintendent In Eugene Suburb Auto Club to Add New Wrinkle to Jubilee with Races a Admiring their recently purchased prize ipecimeni of calfhood are: (l-r.) Harold Hemmingway, Ashby — ILLINOIS VALLEY NEWS PHOTO Fulk, and Harry and Bob Smith. --- 0--- 39 Wisconsin Calves Purchased Thirty-nine head of Holstein calves were received from Wiscon­ sin by three Valley farmers last month. Out of topsgrade Wisconsin dair- y herds the three and a half-month olds were rushed here via plane as tar as Idaho, where they were load­ ed :.ito a truck for the remainder of the trip which took only four days in all. Valley farmers receiving calves were Harry and Bob Smith, 13; Mr. and Mrs. Ashby Fulk, 6; and Harold Hemingway, 20. The pui- chase was arranged by Hemingway on a non-profit basis to add top­ notch blood to the herds of th» interested parties. Costing about $100 layed down in Cave Junction, the animals were covered by health certificates guar­ anteeing testing of Bangs and TB as required by state law. A second purchase of Wisconsin calves will be made in the spring with Ray Nickerson planning to take about 50. Clyde Broffel has also indicated he will probably buy some at that time. -O' — About 35 Jumps Made from Here * About 35 jumps were made by Siskiyou Aerial project personnel within the past week as far away from Cave Junction as 200 air miles, project foreman Cliff Mar­ shall reports. -Jumps on lightning fires were made in the Mendicino, Trinity and Shasta national forests in Cal­ ifornia and Umpqua in Oregon. Four jumpers were dropped into a three-acre fire on Whiskey Creek Sunday, within the Siskiyou for­ est. According to Marshall, most of his 25 jumpers have had at least three jumps each. The 17-man crew from Montana returned to its home base this week. 34 Homeowners, County Finance Sta^e Rd. Oiling Portions of the Old Stage Road were oiled by a Grants Pass firm this week financed jointly by the county and 34 homeowners. Fifteen property owners on the south side and 19 on the north side cooperated in the attempt to eliminate dust, raising funds to cover one-half of the expense, the Remainder to be borne by the coun­ ty- About a half mile of road on the north side and about three-quarters of a mile on the south side received a coating of oil by R. D. Copeland Tuesday end Wednesday. ■ — * o-------------- Lightning Sets 5 Small Fires Recent lightning storms set two small fires within the Illinois Val­ ley Ranger district and three with­ in the Galice district this past week, reports Ranger Harold Bow­ erman. All were controlled within a quarter acre in size. Notice of a lightning-set blaze on Fall. Creek divide was received too late over the weekend to per­ mit jumper action, so a five-man crew was dispatched from the Ill­ inois Valley Ranger station. Cecil Hathaway, Orlen Pickle. Winston Tuttle, Warren Down and Robert McDowell made the trip. According to Bowerman, the heavy cloud of smoke seen on the west side of the Valley Tuesday or­ iginated from a 500-acre slash fire on state-protected land at the mouth of the Klamath River. Two lightning fires, one on each side of Holcomb Peak were stopped Tuesday and Wednesday by a state crew and a logging crew. A third in the same area was being search­ ed for Wednesday. ROAD WORK STOPS HAPPY CAMP TRAFFIC Road construction on the Happy Camp road at Indian Creek is temp­ orarily blocking traffic beyond that point. According to Joe Noble, a sign at Indian Creek announces the road is closed 8 to 5, five days a week. 90 Mile Rafi Trip, Kery-Gold Beach Started by 3 Valley Boys Monday A Kerby to Gold Beach raft voy­ age via about 90 miles of haz­ ardous waters of the Illinois and Rogue rivers was begun Monday morning at •’> by three Valley teen­ age boys. Walter Farmer, 19, Jesse Sav­ age, 18—IVHS graduate and Rich­ ard Bliss, 10, junior next year, tackled the trip in a seven-man air force rubber life raft hoping to claim the distinction of being the first to complete the long trip. Chief worry of the trio was about nine miles of rapids about By Tuesday the boys had reached Store Gulch, roughly 10 miles downstream, according to a report from a ranger radioed to the Illinois Valley Ranger Station. Italf way between Kerby and Agm“s on the Illinois. The remainder of the trip they considered comparit- ■vely easy, being traveled regularly by small outboard boats. The boys were to have checked >n with parents by phone the length of the trip which they ex­ pected to take about seven days. The boys will camp ashore each evening, and will eat all three meals on shore. The raft is equipped with two paddles and a rudder in addition to the necessary provisions. If and when Gold Beach is reached the raft will be shipped back, and the boys will return bv bus. All three swim—a prerequisite for the trip. Previous attempts to travel the same route have failed, according to information given the boys who have considered making the trip for a couple of years. Walter an I Jesse worked this summer for the Redwoods Telephone Co., while Richard has been peeling poles. Jesse is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Savage of Kerby, Walter is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Ingle of Cave Junction and Rich­ ard's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Bliss of Kerby. 1 Cave Junction in 1st Place Again A 3-0 win over Ashland Sunday and a league ruling of no contest on a recently disputed game with Glendale put the Cave Junction Cubs in the lead of the Rogue Val­ ley Baseball league one win ahead of Grants Pass with only a partial game to complete in the series. A cloudburst stopped play Sun­ day in Ashland in the seventh in­ ning having Cave Junction ahead 3-0 after Wayne Saffer had pitch­ ed a no-hitter up to that point in the game. The new league ruling cancelled out a forfeiture that had been chalked up against the Cubs as a result of a row which broke up the Glendale game with Glendale lead­ ing 7-4 in the first half of the four­ th. League officials have ruled the game shall be completed from the point it discontinued. That game is scheduled tonight (Friday) in Grants Pass at 8 p. m. - o..... ..... Fire Stopped Near Log Landing A demonstration of smokejump­ ing techniques will be one of the many featured attractions during the three-day Labor Day weekend Jubilee, August 30. 31 and Sept. 1, according tv Ken Deaton. Jubilee teneral chairman. Aerial project formeati Cliff Mai shall has consented to exhibit tower parachute training, auto­ matic opening of static line para­ chutes and parachute rigging and loft work, Sunday, August 3i, at he Cave Junction airport. A new wrinkle in Jubilee enter­ tainment this year is jalopy and hnrd top racing by the newly-form­ ed Vail ey Auto club. The drivers I ar« strapped into their seats which are bolted to cross-members. Ac •ording to Deaton no one has yet William S. Ilauber, Naval ROTI figured out whether they strap Midshipman, son of Mr. and Mrs them in for protection or as a F. D. Rauber of Cave Junction., penahy. Ore., receives a cock-pit check out BEARDS APPEAR during his six weeks summei Fuzzy faces in a variety of hues training cruise with the Navy. are sprouting up around the Valley Illustrating some ¿>f the finei this week, prompting Deaton to points from a classroom lecture is name the official beard growing LDCR A. B Herb, USN of Navar contest judges as Ken Mann, Bob ino. Wise. Steimer, Glenn Perry and Dorene Midshipman Rauber will be in Perry. the Corpus Christie, Texas area Deaton advanced three advant­ ages to beard growing by Valley 'or three weeks to receive an in­ males for the Labor Day celeora- troduction into Naval aviation. He will proceed to the Naval tion as: 1. Saves 12 minutes of shaving time per day. 2. Saves the Amphibious Base, Little Creek. $2 fine for those without a hairy Va., for training in amphibiou- face. 3. Might win a $10 prize for warfare. Midshipman Rauber, attending a prize specimen. With Jubilee entertainment Oregon State College, is aniony scheduled on land, water and in 1600 Naval ROTC midshipmen the air, and located throughout from 52 colleges and universiteies the Valley, the Jubilee committee throughout the U.S. presently un­ recommends some form of trans­ dergoing a six weeks trailing portation for attending the varied cruise with Jhe Navy. --------------0------------- events during the three days and night« starting in only three weeks. One educational display which will be easily available right at the Legion grounds, is the forest service’s exhibit of local trees, ter­ rain. water sheds, rivers ami other general information relevant to Valley forests. Twenty-five tons of loose hay and part of the barn floor were OUT FOR BLOOD “Out for blood” this year will be lost in an early-morning fire at many Valley truck drivers aiming the Martin Maurer barn near Hol­ to get even after 1951’s keen com­ land, August 1. Damp hay put up six weeks ago petition in the truck driving con­ test. This year’s competition will is believed to have caught fire and separate the drivers from the smouldered for a long time be­ chauffeurs, Deaton commented. fore bursting into flames at 5:3(1 Johnny Cozad has been named a.m. The damage was completely chairman of this popular event covered by insurance. The Forest Service, state crew, again this year, and promises many new and interesting obstacles to Oregon Caves Lumber Co. and Fail place before participating truck James all arrived with equipment drivers. within 30 minutes after the fire Another important chairman as­ whs discovered to help extinguish signment announced by the Jubilee the blaze. At one time four pumps committee is that of VFW com­ were working from a nearby irri­ mander Al Mellow to handle the gation ditch. Volunteers stayed on the scene “Dug Out” for this year. a good six hours to insure against Jubilee queen contestants are a recurrence of the fire. still busy pounding the streets sel­ Though the loose hay was burn­ ling tickets to the two big Jubilee ed, all the baled hay was saved. dances as the sponsoring organi­ ■ o-------------- zations begin to get their queen j campaigns shifted into high gear. The gals took a breather Sunday to pose for publicity pictures to be used in the NEWS and daily news­ The following traffic cases were papers throughout the state. heard in municipal court by Jus­ tice of the Peace Chas. A. Hubbard o-------------- this past week: DRYDEN MAN ARRESTED All for basic rule: Chas. B. Dia­ ON BAD CHECK CHARGE mond, $10; Roy E. Nelson, $4.50; A Dryden man was arrested George M. Jones, $10; Irwin Bru- Friday by sheriff officers on a Del enger, $10; Harold F. English, Norte county warrant charging $12.50; and Marion K. Simmons, him with issuing fictitious checks. |10. Jim Frances, 31 signed a waiver --------------o— >f extradition to California before FOR BUSINESS, mill or home use fudge O. J. Millard and County buy your salesbooks at the '"lerck Ben Coutant, the same day. NEWS office. I 25 Tons Hay Lost In Rarn Fire A lightning fire discovered with­ in 300 yards of the Oregon Caves Lumber Co. log landing was con­ trolled by an eight man logging new on Buck Peak Tuesday. A cedar tree had been struck by recent lightning, with flying pieces of burning bark spreading to a nearby large fir tree. The blaze was contained within less than one quarter acre in area. 1 he Oregon Caves Lumber Co. crew which discovered and stopped the fire consisted of foreman Way­ ne I’etsch, Leslie Ward, Russel St. John, Luther Sherier Jr., George Mansfield, Godfrey Johnson, Frank Knight and Raymond Wed- de. Aco;ding to Forest Ranger Har­ old Bowerman quick action by Keith Owen’s crew prevented what might have been a major forest fire. Bowermai. praised this week loggers, miners and recreational- ists within the Illinois Valley Ran­ ger district responsible for compil- MEET BEVERLY DEAL, .ng a six-week record of no man- caused forest fires. “Full cooperation by everyone will protect our timber from 98 57 88 24 None tivities in the three schools. •» 102 59 88 20 None An avid reader, she prefers his­ For week ending August 3, 1952. torical novels, "especially any­ (Weather information furnished thing about English history,” ac­ by Illinois Valley Ranger Station.) cording to Beverly. Having become interested in her Police Court News Principal Harold McAbee has resigned his position as principal of Illinois Valley High School to aeecpt an assistant superintend- •qV* job in an Eugene suburb. McAbee’s resignation was ac­ cepted by the school board in a special meeting Monday night pro­ viding a suitable replacement is found. An out-of-county teucher •as been approached for the job but definite word of his availabil­ ity will not be known until tonight i Friday) at the earliest when his liatrict school board will hold a spèciul meeting to consider re­ easing him. The man under consideration to 'ill the vacancy met with Supt. Moffitt and several board members •ver the weekend. He was unable o definitely accept the job, as bis superintendent would not re­ lease him until his own replace­ ment was found. GOES TO BETHEL Mr, McAbee’s new job will he that of assistant superintendent in Bethel school district, a sub­ urb area of Eugene. The former Cave Junction principal will have charge of supervision of teachers •ind curriculum for four elcment- iry schools and one high school. Bethel is a first-class district. The new position offers an ad­ vancement in the administrative side of public school work, in which McAbee is particularly interested. McAbee assumed his IVHS prin­ cipal duties Oct. 23, 1950, replac­ ing Clarence Hagen. He formerly taught at Keno and Bonanza. In accepting McAbee's resigna­ tion the board expressed reluctance in losing him after the good work he has done at Illinois Valley high. Improvements in curriculum and general organization of the school for the nearly two years under McAbee's guidanee was recently recognized by D. A. Emerson, as­ sistant superintendent of the Ore­ gon Department of Education in a letter commendatory to the coun­ ty school board and McAbee. PRAISES WORK ‘‘He (McAliee) is to be com­ mended on his efforts to advance in his profession but more |>artic- ularly the people of this commun­ ity should be appreciative of the conscientious efforts that are be­ ing made to adjust the Illinois Val­ ley high school to the needs of this community”, the state official commented. Mr. and Mrs. McAbee have been living in Eugene for the summer while they both have been attend­ ing the University of Oregon grad­ uate school. They plan to return to Cave Junction about Saturday August 16, and will be here two weeks. The Bethel job starts lute this month. ■■ o - —..... - — No More Pee-Wee Games Because an insufficient number of boys turned out for practices, Manager Don Preston announces there will be no more Pee-Wee baseball this summer. News of Valley . . . BOYS IN UNIFORM Pfc Arnold Savage, stationed at FT. Lewis, Wash., is here on a 30-day leave visiting at the Wallace Savage home. He will leave for Compton, Calif., Wednesday to get his mother and return with her for a visit at the home of her sons, Wallace and Albert Savage. JOANIE EISAN JUBILEE QUEEN CANDIDATES WEATHER lather’s work as a policeman, Bev­ erly plans to attend criminology school in Sacramento, California after graduation. Not “big" enough to qualify for regular policewoman duty, she hopes to be able to work in the narcotics division of police work. Her active campaign for queen was interupted by an emergency call to Iowa where her grandfather is ill. In the meantime Gene Mad­ den, Cliff Albers and Jerry Wright are working in her behalf for the candidacy. JOANIE EISAN Singularly honored this spring as one of the delegates to Girls’ State and 'ater as alternate to Girl’s Na­ tion. Joanie Eiaan has been select­ ed as the Lions’ club candidate. Vivacious Princess Joan is 5’ 5” tall with short, brown hair and laughing brown eyes. As a senior at IVHS this year she will be vice-president of the slud ent body. Last year she was feature editor of the Cougar's Echo, and a cheerleader. Coming here from Medford a year ago, Joanie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Eisan has taken part in school dramatics, both in Medford and here. “I like all sports,” she says, with dancing and swimming at the top of the list. After graduation from high school she plans to go into nurse’s training at Portland University, eventually specializing in surgery. Ever since she was a freshmaan, Joat.ie has been working toward a nurse’s scholarship. This summer she is ushering at the local theatre. •