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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
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Admiring their recently purchased prize ipecimeni of calfhood are: (l-r.) Harold Hemmingway, Ashby
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Fulk, and Harry and Bob Smith.
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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.
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About 35 Jumps
Made from Here
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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>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.
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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 <ie
struction from fire, save our pay
BEVERLY DEAL
rolls and save a lot of hard un
A real newcomer to the Valley,
necessary work. Without the tim
ber resources we will have neithei Beverly Deal was chosen by the
payrolls or recreational values,' Valley Auto Club to be their can-
iidate for Jubilee queen.
he local ranger said.
Beverly moved to Cave Junction
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs,
Wm. J. Deal, the middle of June
from Vallejo, Calif.
The slim, 5 ft. 2*4 in. princess
Temp
Humidity
July High Low High Low Rain has soft blonde hair, blue eyes and
an engaging smile.
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100
57
92
22 None
Entering IVHS as a senior this
29
101
61
84
20 None fall, Beverly has spent her high
30
102
60
84
25 None school years in schools in Rose
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70
61
98
.07 burg, California. Pep club and
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High Low High Low Rain burg, California, Pep club and
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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.
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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. •