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ILLINOIS VALLEY NEWS
THE
VOL. XV, NO. 23
VOICE
OF THE
VALLEY
Single Copy Ten Cents
('ave Junction, Oregon, Friday, September 26, 1952
MORE LEVELING
Students Request Operator's Fire Races 150 Acres Before
Own Discipline of Stopped by 185 Man Crew Near Takilma
Curfew Violators
About 20 Acres of Merchantable
Art Drews Replaces
Cougars
Hold
Bill Deal As City
Timber Destroyed; Logger Had
Watermaster Oct. 1
Redmond to 13 Pts
Only 2 Days Cutting Left
IVHS Meets Eagle Pt.
I
Marvin Cross is shown at the scene of an eight-acre leveling pro­
ject on his Bridgeview farm. Resident soil conservationists assisted
Cross in the planning of the project, with an Everett Robinson cat
doing the leveling. Cross is a faller and bucker.
—SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE PHOTO
Mayor Salvage, Councilmen Tillery,
Farlien Seek Re-Nominaiion Nov. 4
Registration and Filing
Deadline Wednesday
3 Correspondents
Start This Week
With the deadline for filing for
city offices only a few days off,
Cave Junction’s mayor and two
councilmen whose terms expire this
year decided this week to seek re­
New Area Added;
nomination.
School Columns Begin
Deadlines for both filing and
registering to vote in the city and
Three new correspondents join­
general elections Nov 4 falls 30 ed the NEWS staff this week, and
days before, Wednesday Oct. 1. the school columns started again
with the High School and O’Brien
It was learned late Wednes­
the first two to contribute news
day
afternoon
that petitions
items.
were circulating this week seek-
Mrs. W inifred Mulvey is the new
ing the nomination of three
Cave Junction correspondent, re­
members of the former adminis­
placing Mi< Peggy Hubbard who
tration:
Elwood
Hussey
for
has resigned ftx»m that position. Tn
mayor, Walt Freeman and Blake
the future, local news items, not­
Miller for councilmen.
ices of club meetings and social
events can be given Mrs. Mulvey
Filing can be done through the
or phoned in to her at either 2907
city 1 ecorder's office. Registration,
or 2912.
regardless of the prospective vot­
Kerby news items can now be
er’s location in the Valley, can be
given Mrs. Mabelle Duncan, phone
done in Cave Junction with Mrs.
1322. Mrs. Duncan replaces Carole
Elwood Hussey. Mrs. Harry Floyd
Bliss as correspondent from that
at Holland and in Kerby and Sel­ area.
ma. (The registrars at the latter
Adding a new column to the
two places were not made known NEWS, Mrs. Helen Bottel starts
to the NEWS.)
this week as O’Brien correspond­
Eligibility for filing for city ent, and news items, social events,
office and for voting is likewise etc., from O’Brien to the state
identical. The person must have line can either be given directly
been a resident of the state six to her, or left at the O’Brien store.
months and a resident of his pre­
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cinct at least 30 days prior to
election day, Nov. 4.
Only the three incumbents for
mayor and councilmen have an­
nounced their intention to seek the
three expiring terms to the NEW 8.
The incumbents are Fred Sal­
The switching and metering of
vage for mayor, and Mrs. Nettie the high school’s floodlights which
Farlien and Jerry Tillery for coun- threatened to postpone last Fri­
< ilmanic positions.
day’s game against Redmond was
The latter three candidates were completed to work temporarily the
urged to seek re-nomination at day before tre game.
public meetings held at the O’Brien
Gilbert Holt of Rogue River, in­
Women's club the past two Thurs­ dustrial electrician, and Larry Mu­
day evenings, Sept. 11 and 18.
si) and Herman Renfro of COPCO
Mayor Fred Salvage has announ­ worked feverishly to allow the first
ced a third meeting for Monday IVHS game to be played under
night at 8 p.m. in the Legion hall, he lights. Holt is continuing his
at which time attending voters and work on the switches, making them
businessmen will plan the cam­ a permanent and adequate install­
paign in an attempt to return the ation.
entire present city administration
Fencing of the football field is
progressing with the frammg-in
to power for another year.
Mr. Hanes, Josephine County of the rectangle about complete.
Civil Defense director, will be The vertical boards are yet to be
present at this same time to give nailed into place.
One Valley school bus will trans­
a talk.
port players, gear, cheerleaders
and a few student fans to the Eagle
Soil Conservation
Pt. game Friday (today) after­
noon. according to Principal Don
Huntings Inspected
Barnes. Seniors will get first pre­
A Bellingham, Wash., soil con­ ference in selection of the limited
servation man from the nursery amount of fans to accompany the
division was in the Valley Tuesday squad in their first league try.
and Wednesday morning to aid
Efficiency at fire drills was ob­
lesident soil conservationists in in­ tained at the high school Wednes­
specting and evaluating field plant­ day. After a couple of trys. stu­
ing trials made last year.
dents ansi faculty were able to
Nurseryman Bill Chapin inspect­ clear the building in 42 seconds.
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ed legumes and grasses planted in
the Valley for pasture and hay. Sowells Open the
While here, plans were made for
future Valley plantings to be ac Hamburger Haven
complished in cooperation with far­
The Hamburger Haven located
mers and the soil conservation
next to the high school opened
district.
Monday under the management of
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Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Sowell of
Lights Readied
Àt Last Minute
WILL SKIP MONDAY
State license examiner R. A.
Johnson will not be in Cave Junc­
tion Monday, and will instead be
in Grants Pass six days next week.
He will return at his regular hours
the following Monday, Oct 6.
Rockydale Rd.
Specializing in fountain drink-
ar.d short orders, the Sowells have
announced their new hours as 10
to 10 weekdays and 10 a m to 2
a.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Both Pauline and Ruben Sowell
are long-time Valley residents.
A student request to aid in the
discipline of youthful offenders of
the city’s newly-adopted curfew
There This Afternoon
ordinance through a local youth
Friction of a line against a stump from a high lead
organization met with city council
the cougars of IVHS held the
approval at its meeting Monday Redmond giants to a 13-0 score yarder at the Romie Holzhäuser logging operation
night.
in the season’s non-league opener about seven miles southeast of Takilma ignited a fire
Art Drews was appointed city under the lights on their home field which burned over an area of about 150 acres before
watermaster by the council ef­ Friday night.
fective Oct. 1. He will replace
Short of subs, most of the out­ being checked Wednesday afternoon by a crew of 185.
Bill Deal who is also city police weighed Valley starting eleven
The blaze exploded from a 20-foot square area
chief.
were needed nearly the entire
and
raced out of the control of the eight men at the
While seeking council advice game to stop the weight and size
on the creation of a local youth of the Redmond squad whose scene and a cat which was only four minutes away.
center, IVHS students Hugh Blue, numbers allowed adequate rotota- —----------- -—'
! The fire started at 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Charlene Bliss, Carole Burr and tion of players.
—
Holzhäuser'» crew had only
Warren Downing accompanied by
Coaches and fans alike gener- i
20,000 feet of timber left to cut
instructor Richard Newman, pro­ ally expressed a p p r o v a I of i
for Rough and Ready Mill when
posed the idea of dealing with first the fight put up by local squad, 1
the fire broke out. The operation,
and second offenders of the ordi­ Coach Stan Smith had special
which was located in the Siskiyou
nance through a junior govern­ praise for the game of his dwarfed,
forest under Hells Hole on Page
ment setup.
but not out-played, line
Mtn., was to have been wound up
The first resident attorney to in two days.
Coucilmen and the mayor point­
The Eagle Pt. contest Friday
As Rough and Ready belonged to
ed out the intent of the ordinance (today) will be the first real test establish a law practice in the Val­
was merely to deal with a minor­ of Cougar prowess in an after­ ley arrived with his wife and fam­ the Illinois Valley Protective Assn,
ity group of Valley pranksters noon league starter. Coach Smith ily in Cave Junction Monday night. and owned the land upon which
Laurence A. Cushing, his wife Holzhäuser was working, the dam­
and would not curb the liberties figures his Friday rivals to be in
and
two boys, age two and one-half age was reported to be covered
of most teen-age youth.
about the same class as his IVHS
The four students sought sug­ squad despite the Eagle Pt. upset years and five months, are living by insurance carried through
gestions on the location of a build­ over Myrtle Creek last week, 7-6. in the Colby court. Attorney Cush­ IV PA.
ing’s office when it opens within
Only about 20 acres of scattered
ing to be used as a teen-age social
An 195-pound freshman, Jim
center. Possible sites were dis­ Smith, is going to be worked into a week or so, will be located in merchantable timber was believed
the Colby office space facing Cave
cussed.
defensive play by Coaches Smith Junction’s south end of Main St. destroyed, according to Ranger
The council also accepted a writ­ and Peters to add needed heft across from Champion’s Variety. Harold Bowerman of the Illinois
Valley Ranger Station. Of the ap­
ten report drawn up by Recorder to the line.
Mr. Cushing completed law proximately 150 acres burned over,
Chas. Hubbard to be submitted to
The frosh of IVHS, numbering school last spring and passed the
the state requesting approval for over 25, will meet the Rogue River bar this summer. Both he and Mrs about 40 acres was slash.
The fire was reported to the
the expenditure of $766 in street freshmen at Rogue River Saturday Cushing are life-time residents
ranger station at about 1:15 Tues­
maintenance funds. The work cov­ morning at 10:30.
of Oregon.
day afternoon by Jim Petty at the
ered in this petition, due before
Starting the game for Illinois
o
Sanger Peak lookout. Four jump­
Dec. 15, 1952, will complete all Valley high Friday night were:
ers from the Siskiyou aerial pro­
Cave Junction street repair now left end Mel Barton, left tackle
ject were trucked to the scene
ILLINOIS VALLEY
needed.
Orlen Pickle, left guard Richard
within 45 minutes.
The petition includes:
Bliss, center Wayne Spencer, right
Burning in a tinder dry slash
Grade and surface oil Junction guard Arnold Mellow, right tackle
area, the fire spread quickly and
Ave. from River St. to Lister Ave. Hubert Blue, right end Bob Kester,
forest service personnel and crews
Grade, gravel and oil Palmer St Quarterback Stanley Campbell, left
from about thirteen mills and log-
from Redwood Hwy to Kerby Ave. half Doug Plumlee, right half Lou-
rin» companies were dispatched to
Grade and gravel Kerby Ave. | fe Watson, fullback Warren Cook.
the
scene. IVPA fire co-ordinator
from Schumaker Ave. to Watkins Subs included Nathan Harper, Earl
loe Noble and forest service super­
St.
Reinoehl, Stanley Dick and Larry
visory personnel cooperated in dir­
Grade and gravel Schumaker Maurer.
ecting the efforts of the men,
from Sawyer Ave. to Hussey Ave. I
o
pumpers and three cats.
Grade and gravel Kerby St. i
By Mae Bowerman
The blaze hit its peak intensity
from Palmer St. to River St.
at
5 p.m. Tuesday. Sixty-one fire­
September
3
some
219
students
J. J. Castleberry was advised
entered I.V.’s doors to begin an fighters stayed with the battle
his proposed subdivision in west
other school year. The ever-preval Tuesday night and the 185-man
Cave Junction would be accepted
ent activities which are carried on ■rew succeeded in throwing a line
by the council as soon as he show­
each year are now getting int< iround the area by 2 p.m. Wed­
ed proof of a 30-foot easement
nesday. Although the flamea jump­
full swing.
through property owned by him.
’d the line three times that after­
Father-Son Dinner to
Other council business includ­
noon, the lines were picked up
Outdoor
Carnival
Slated
ed:
Be for All Teen-Agers
quickly, and the fire was well
1. Josephine County Civil De­
For Early October
under control by 4 p.m
fense director Haynes will relate
The annua! Father-Son Football
Only small fires burning in scat­
Headed
by
general
chairman
details of a recent trip through banquet, sponsored this year by the
tered snags remained Wednesday
Christine
Duncan,
a
carnival
even
the east at a meeting Monday newly-organized Booster’s club,
night as 43 men stood guard be­
night, Sept, 29, the council was will be for all teen-age boys and bigger and better thus year than
fore starting Thursday with what
last
is
coming
to
the
Illinois
Valley
informed.
their fathers, and falls on October
was ho|>ed to be merely a mop-up
2. It cost the city about $168 13, the Monday before the Crater- High School sometime in early
operation by a 35-man crew.
to replace a wire which had IVHS game to be played on the October. The weather permitting,
Although the area was tinder dry
booths will be set up on the east
originally been strung to the city Cougars’ field here.
‘he wind conditions were favorable
water pump only eight feet above
Scheduled for 7:30 p.m., the side of the building. This will se­ for the crews which worked in 12-
the ground. A bare portion of banquet will be held in the Amer­ cure more room and create more of hour shifts. In addition to two cuts
the wire recently electrocuted a ican Legion hall, Cave Junction, a carnival atmosphere.
Under the spotlight for the even­ working at the head of the fire and
horse belonging to Walt Freeman. and the Legion Auxiliary will serve
ing
will be the long-awaited coron one at its base, two forest service
The new wire was strung at a safer the dinner.
pumpers and an Oregon Caves
The Booster’s club, a group be­ ation ceremony in which a girl
height of 18 feet.
Lumber Co. tanker were in opera­
from
one
of
the
four
clasaea
will
ing
organized
to
promote
com
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tion around the fringe areas.
munity activity for teenagers, is be crowned Carnival Queen. In
The surrounding topography of
Concert Series Opens
headed by M. L. Preston. Mr. Pres­ class meetings which are held this
the area was too severe to make
week
the
girls
will
be
selected
for
Fall Drive for Members ton stressed the fact that this was
much effective use of cats. Several
not only for football players, but the contest. Tickets which will were put on standby notice but
elect your choice may be purchased
The Josephine County Commun­ for all teen-age boys.
were never called to the scene.
ity Concert z\ssociation will hold
Tickets are available in Cave from any I.V. student.
The Siskiyou Aerial project's
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its seventh annual dinner meet­ Junction at the following busines
kitchen supplied hot meals for
ing Monday night at St. Luke’s houses: Caldwell’s Valley Sport­ First League Game
breakfast and the -two suppers
Guild Hall in Grants Pass.
ing Goods, Illinois Valley Market
while sandwiches prepared by Cave
With
Eagle
Point
There
and
from
Howard
Bearss.
They
The meeting will mark the op­
Junction restaurants provided the
ening of a one-week campaign can also be purchased at Kerby
one noon meal.
On
the
Eagle
Point
field
the
I
V.
during which the association plans grade school, Illinois Valley High Cougars are expected to maul the
One firefighter, Everett Wagy,
school
and
the
O
’
Brien
store.
to enroll a capacity audience
was overcome with the heat Tues
Eagles
in
the
first
league
game
ol
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which will insure another full ser­
the season, Friday, October 26 at day evening while on the line.
ies of concerts for the season Deals to Open
Valley Ambulance service took him
2 p.m.
1952-53.
to Josephine General hospital in
New
Shoe
Store
Mrs. Blanche Lackey, Cave Junc­
Grants Pass.
Pep Club to Offer
tion. will captain the drive here
In addition to the Holzhäuser
Mr. and Mrs. William Deal,
in the Valley. She announced yes­ Cave Junction, announces! this Letters This Year
crew already at the scene, the fol­
terday her two workers will be week they will open a shoe store
lowing crews were among those
The Pep Club, formed by the assisting in the 29 hours of fire­
Mrs. Earl Spencer and J. L. Jame­ in the George Martin building (al­
son.
so occupied by the NEWS) about active and interested girls of I.V. fighting :
will continue this year cheering
Mrs. Con Durland, president of October 15.
Oregon Caves Lumber Co., Ca-
the association will proside at th”
Mulvey's Electric Service, now our boys to victory. One Tuesday bax Mills, Rough and Ready Lum­
dinner and Mrs. Alma Lauritzen, occupying the »tore space, is mov­ of each month is set aside for ber Co., Wallace Logging Co., SU
New York representative of Com­ ing to its own building on Lister meetings. President Claire Cooper Jk W Lumber Co., Dick Nealy Log­
munity Concerts, will be here all Ave. about the first of October reported that a point system is ging Co., Jim Earle Logging Co.,
week to assist with the campaign. as announced in an advertisement being formed so that the members Cliff Johnson Logging Co., and
Memberships for the year (four elsewhere in this issue of the may earn he new pep club letters Moore Timber Products.
which are now being offered.
concerts) are $6 for adults, $3.50 NEWS.
Two cats belonged to Dick Nealy
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for students. DePaur’s Infantry
while the third was that of Holz­
Deal is city Police Chief and
Chorus will definitely be one of Mrs. Deal has been employed at Service (’lull Functioning häuser’».
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the concert attractions and the the Illinois Valley Market.
other three will be selected at the ’I»»’ NEARLY "EQUALS
As a genera! service club for Abernathy* in Aia*ka
Jack and Emma Abernathy, for­
close of the drive, Oct. 4.
the school, the Hospitality club is
The . Community Concert Assn, ‘99’ IN SUMMER TRAFFIC
seen functioning at home games mer owners of the Illinois Valley
Traffic figures at the ‘199’ bug and at activities which benefit the News, left September 13 for Anch­
is a non-profit organization, «no
all money received goes toward station showed the Redwoods High school. With the eo-presidents orage, Alaska where Jack will be
.ecuring more concerts for the way to nearly equal Highway 99 Charlene Bliss and Ku Krauss, and employed as a printer for the
in July and August travel.
audiences.
the advisor Mrs. Lucille Kelley, the Anchorage Times
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In July, 26,737 vehicles were members are meeting new difficul­
To Portland on Buaine**
checked on ’199’ against 27,636 ties and ironing them out so that Visiting from Hawaii
Mrs. Robert Oliphant’s daughter
Ed Clark, of the Illinois Valley I for ‘99’. Last month 27.068 vehic- the general club activities will
is here from Hawaii on a ten-day
Market spent four days thia week 1 les traveled over ‘199’, while run more smoothly.
>n Portland on business
29,818 took the ‘99’ route.
visit.
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Valley Gels
First Attorney
HIGH
SCHOOL
NEWS
Boosters Promote
Annual Banquet