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ILLINOIS VALLEY NEWS
THE
VOL. XV, NO. 31
VOICE
OF THE
VALLEY
Single Copy Ten Cents
Cave Junction. Oregon, Friday, November 21, 1952
Only Charcoal Business in Oregon Now Cougars Edged Oui in Last Game 21-20;
Barion, Pickle Selected As All-Siars
Producing in Valley on Dick George Rd. Final Gun Finds
Additional Kilns
Expected to Employ
50-100 Men Here
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A charcoal-producing kiln locat
ed just off the Dick George Road,
the only such kiln in the state of
Oregon, has produced two experi
mental batches and is expected by
its owner, E. W. Morris, to be the
start of a business which will em
ploy 50-100 men here in the Valley
within 12 months.
Elated over his first results.
Morris plans the construction of
more kilns throughout the Valley
which will be expected to collec
tively produce about three tons of
charcoal daily. Morris’s trial kiln
will produce about 1600-pounds
weekly.
With unlimited sources of waste
hardwood at his disposal, Morris
has already been assured of a
ready market both in small quan
tities within Josephine County and
in quantity amounts in San Fran- ■
cisco.
PROMPTED BY
WASTE
The great wastes of the local
logging industry started Mr. and
M rs. Morris on the charcoal ven
ture, their first experience with
the production of this jxipular fuel
and food.
Morris first contacted Ranger
Harold Bowerman relative to an
industry whcih would make use of
forest wastes three years ago.
Bowerman referred him to the
state department of forestry which
furnished necessary information.
Morris completed his first kiln on
his place just off the Dick George
Rd. after putting aside savings
from his selective logging business.
Additional aid has been given him
by resident soil conservationists.
NEXT AT
BROEFFLE’S
The next kiln is planned on th<-
Clyde Broeffle place where Morris
has been promised oak and mad-
rona free for cleaning it up. Prob
ably two men will be employed to
care for the kiln and on the side
to make fence and hop poles,anoth
er of his many sideline ventures.
In addition to such offers of hard
wood, his selective logging busi
ness will net him a steady supply
of wood for the kilns.
The production of a batch of
charcoal is a lengthy process, tak
ing from seven days from the time
the kiln is loaded until it has cooled
sufficiently for removal of the
finished product.
A 6‘x6‘xl6‘ concrete block cub-
High School Field to
Get Final Topsoil
The Illinois Valley high school
football field will receive its final
loads of topsoil this weekend be
fore planting next spring, principal
Donald Barnes said this week.
With weather permitting, coach
es Wes Peters and Stan Smith will
truck the dirt in from the Illinois
Valley Dairy farm. The Dairy also
is furnishing a truck and loader
for the weekend.
Technical assistance on the pro
per crown for the field and in the
selection of fertilizer and seed is
being given by Mel Rigdon of the
local soil conservation office.
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Girl Scout Fund Drive
Starts in Valley Nov. 24
A goal of $400 has been set
by solicitors for the Nov. 24-25
drive for funds for the Girls Scouts
in the Illinois Valley area.
Adult scout committeemen will
undertake the soliciting for the
three local groups of Brownies.
Intermediates and Seniors.
Ruth and Jack Wilson gave the
dirve its sendoff with the first
check.
Budget needs for the scout* cov
er the expense of,the directors,
and the various standing committ
ees.
Former Resident, M alter
Boney, Dies Nov. 19
Long-time former resident of
the Valley. A. Walter Donev. died
in St. Anthony's hospital. Pend
leton, Ore., Wednesday evening.
Nov. 19.
Mr. and Mrs. Doney had moved
to Hermiston, Ore., recently.
He had been ill with virus pneu
monia. Further details were no'
obtainable at press time.
This is the exeprimental charcoal kiln built by E W. (Jiggs) Morris
on his place just qff the Dick George Road.
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icle. a charcoal kiln is loaded full
with two cords of seasoned, foui-
foot lengths of wood through a
40 by 72-inch opening. After this
door is sealed with mortar, a fire is
built in a fire box at the opposite
end which creates a draft and pro
vide* a chimney for the burning
to be done inside.
250-300 DEGREE HEAT
The sealed-in wood is ignited
with pitch sticks through a three-
inch square opening on either side
of the kiln. These firing ports
are closed after nearly two hours
which brings the inside tempera
ture up to 250 to 300 degrees, suf
ficient for starting the coaling
process.
Burning is controlled by the op
ening and closing of 1-inch square
air inlets on the four cornel's.
About 36 to 40 hours are nec
essary to completely turn the wood
into its lighter form of chascoal
An additional five days ase requir
ed for cooling.
KILN COST $500
The kiln used for the two ex
perimental batches, of which Mor
ris is rightly quite proud, was built
at a cost of about $500 including’
his labor.
County retail outlets for this
Valley-produced charcoal include
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Illinois Valley Hardware in Cave
Junction and Rogue River Hard
ware and Tardy’s Feed and Seed in
Grants Pass.
Previous supplies were usually
shipped into the county from Mex
ico. Camas in central Washington
has the nearest kiln.
Charcoal brings from about $50
to $60 a ton for quantity sales to
distant markets and up to about
$180 a ton in small quantities in
local markets. Softwood charcoal
brings an inferior price and is
in lesser demand.
USES OF CHARCOAL
Charcoal has a host of uses—
some of the major ones being for
uses as fuel in stoves, sports burn
ers and barbeques, a* well as for
fertilizer and in poultry ant stock
feed.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris came to the
Valley from Nevada about six
years ago. They have two sons,
one about to be released from the
Navy and the other on his way for
duty in the army in Korea.
Morris worked in mills, mines,
the woods and at the refrigeration
business before starting his selec
tive logging business which is his
main interet. He recently purchas
ed a second cat as the most recent
addition to his logging enterprise.
City Water Department Requires
Two Special Meetings in Past Week
Future water department ex
pansion occupied the time of th«
city council and water official
last week when they met Friday
night and again Sunday informal
ly-
Friday Watermaster Art Drew-
was authorized to crib up the city
pump to raise it above the high
water level of the Illinois River to
avoid the flooding problem of two
years ago.
Raising the pump will be a temp
orary measure as the council is still
in favor of moving the pump to
the Cave Junction side of the rivet
obtaining the future supply from
either the river or a well on this,
side. A letter from sanitation eng
ineer Wm. Morton discussed at
the meeting favored the latter
course.
The council decided to use a
different method of tapping watei
mains in the future for more pe>
manent installation. A ‘saddle’ will
be clamped on before the pipe is
bored, strengthening the connec
tion.
Mayor Salvage.
Councilman
Sherier anil Watermaster Drew
met with the Ira Halls Sunday
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ernoon to make recommendation «
for the water installation planned
by the Halls for the house they
now have under construction.
As a result of the meeting, the
Halls decided to make use of city
water which they will pipe through
two-inch pipe 600 to 700 feet from
the intersection of the city pipe
line and the Old Stage Road.
Mayor Fred Salvage announced
this week that Josephine Count;,
has agreed to pay $10 a month as |
the portion of the rent of th-1
Legion hall used as an office by
Valley JP. Wm. Sease.
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ON DISPLAY
Home from Vacation
A shotgun to be given away by
Miss Cecily Hawk, daughter of
the IVHS student body can be seen
on display at Caldwell's ' alley Mrs. A. N. Collman, arrived home
Sunday after a stay in Los Angeles.
Sporting Goods.
4-H Clubs Present
Work Tonight
Between 20 and 25 youngsters
will be receiving awards for theii
year’s work in tonight’s (Friday)
4-H Achievement Program at the
high school at 7:45. The public is
invited.
Bob Murdock, county extension
agent, and Barbara Watt, assistant
to Extension Agent Rispah Doug
lass, will both be on hand for pre
sentation of the awards and pins
to members qf about ten Valley
clubs.
A Home Extension unit will
furnish cake and sandwiches as
part of the evening’s refreshments.
4-H clubs for the coming year
wil be organized at the meeting,
and any boy or girl wishing to join
a club is asked to bring his ni
her parents to the program.
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Freshmen Give Sock-Hop
For Student Body
"Sock-Hop” will be the them«
for tomorrow (Saturday) night's
freshman class party for the stu
dent body at Illinois Valley high
school.
The “sock-hop” will be dancing
in socks to music provided by’ rec
ords, from 7:30 to 11:30. Light
refreshments will be provided.
Vern I^arson, freshman sponsor,
and Stan Smith will attend the hop.
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Board
Meal,
Today
Regular meeting of the advis
ory board and supervisors of Illi
nois Valley Soil Conservation dis
trict will be thia afternoon (Fri
day) at 1:30 in the Legion hall.
Cougars on Del Norte
2-Ya rd Line Friday
A shortage on seconds cheated
lVHS’s footlsall squad from notch
ing a victory for their last game
of the season as the clock ran out
in the fourth quarter while the
local eleven was on Del Norte’s
two-yard line, the game ending
21-20.
On the bright side of the local
football picture was the naming
of end Mel Barton and tackle Or
len Pickle this week to the J-D-J
' league all-star team. The mythical
i team Was chosen by J-D-J coaches,
the list compiled by the Medford
Mail Tribune.
Barton tied for second in the
amount of place votes, receiving
10. Bob King of Crater was high
with 12. Warren Cook and Stan
Campbell. Cougar backs, were nam
I ed on the second all-star team.
After Friday night’s game, end
Mel Barton’s sticky fingers had
won him first place scoring honors
after trotting over the goal line
for ten touchdowns, which with
two extra points, gave him a total
of 62 for the season.
The Cougars kept pace with the
Crescent City squad Friday night
but failure to make one extra point
cheated them of a tie. It time had
allowed but one more play possibly
another six points would have been
added to the IVHS side of the score
with the ball on the two-yard-line
at the final gun.
Watren Cook romped for a 60-
yard run on the game's second
play and the first IVHS score.
The familiar Campbell-to-Barton
pasing combination acounted for
the second TD in the second quart
er.
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A 30-yard pass to Reinoehl in
the second half followed by a
Camphell-to-Barton heave for the
the extra point ended Cougar scor
ing for the game and for the
1952 season.
IV ended the season with two
wins .-.itd three losses for league
games. In non-lengue games their
only win was one over the Grants
Pass JV’s and two games in the
loss column.
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Treasure Huni
Plans Completed
Monday Is Deadline
For Merchants to Enter
Watch That News
Deadline Next Week!
With Thanksgiving falling on
Thursday, the usual publication
day of the NEWS, it will instead
be printed Wednesday in order
to get the papers into the Friday
mail as usual.
News and adverti-sing dead
lines will advance one day, wi th
no news being accepted after
Tuesday noon. Correspondent*
and others with news for the
Nov. 28 issue are urged to sub
mit it by Mondav evening if
possible to insure its publicatiou.
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ILLINOIS VALLEY
HIGH
SCHOOL
NEW.S
Large Group Enjoys
Skating Party
Smog forced the p •stponement
of the November 5 skating party
sponsored by the juniors to Mon
day, November 17. Ninety ticket;
were sold for the affair and tw >
busses were used to transport
skaters to the rink.
In the future, skating parties
will be held the first Wednesday I
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of every month.
S. Clifford Sparks
Funeral Monday
Funeral services were held at the
Cave Junction Community church
Monday at 1 1 a.m. for S. Clifford
Sparks, president of the Bank of
Illinois Valley, who died following
a short illness Nov. 13.
Mr. Sparks had been a Valley
resident since 1950 when he was
called from Medford where h«1 war
engaged in the real estate and in-
business, to organize the
Lucille Pritchett Crowned I surance
local bank and become its first
president.
1952 Football Queen
His successor has n >t yet been
Adding the extra touch of a obtained by the bank’s board of
kiss, Captain Orlen Pickle crown directors.
ed Lucille Pritchett as Football
Mr. Sparks was born in Camp
Queen for 1952 at the Homecom Cook, S. D. Dec. 16, 1898, and
ing Dance last Friday night. attended high school in Baker,
Virginia De.Mersseman was cho Mont, lie continued his education
sen as Senior princess while Treva ut Hamlin university and at the
Lee Allen was Junior princess.
University of Southern California
where he studied law.
A veteran of World War I,
Juniors Select Play
Sparks has been engaged primarily
To Be Given in December in the Imnking business in the
west, being a former employee
"Professor, How Could You?" of the First National Bank of Port
has been chosen as the Junior land and cashier of the Bank of
Play, which will be presented De Sweet Home, lie had formerly
cember 16. It is a comedy in thre been engaged in the banking busi
ads by Anne Coulter Martels. Tb<- ness in Montana anil California.
cast includes Ma«1 Bowerman, Dick
Surviving are his widow, Martha
Masters, Christine Duncan, Bill E. Sparks of here; bis father, Hor
Smith, Mary Taylor, Don Warren. ace W. Sparks, Absarkee, Mont.;
Joan Yandell, Ko Krauss, Roberta and his sister, Eula Goe, South
England and Joe Spalinger.
Gate, Calif.
It will be directed by Mr. Robert
Rev. Paul Kroon conducted the
Far rand.
Masonic funeral services which
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were under the direction of Hull
European Travels Retold and Hull Mortuary. Music was
furnished by Mrs. A. N. (’oilman
By P.E. Teacher
and George Marthi. Burial follow
ed at Laurel cemetery.
In an assembly Thursday, Nov.
Honorary pallbearers announced
13, Miss Hazel Peterson related for the funeral were: Gene Thorn
the first part of her European trip dike; assistant manager. First Nat
which she made last summer. This ional Bank, Medford; Allen Terry,
talk, illust-ated with color slides, manager, United States National
included the part from New York Medford; R >)>ert Nielson, manag
to England, Belgium anil the Scan- er, U.S. National Grants Pass;
danav'an countries. Slides taken Charles Newland, manager, First
at the Olympic Games in Helsinki National, Giants Pass Robert Har
Finland, and other countries which ris, assistant manager, U. S. Na
she visited will be shown at a tional, Grants Pass; Charles Pack
future date.
er, assistant manager, First Na
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tional, Grants Pass.
Final arrangements for the an
nual Valley Treasure Hunt were
made by Cave Junction merchants
meeting together at Manchel’*
Monday night.
Frequent appearances on Cave
Junction street* by Santa will once
again occupy the spotlight of this
Christmas feature.
Participating merchants will be
announced in next week’s NEWS
and the rules of the hunt, which
are similar to those last year, will
be available at local stores in the
form of handbills.
Monday, Nov. 24, was set as the
deadline for local merchants to
enter the contest which will begin
Dec. 1.
At Monday's meeting Vivian
White of Trehearne's was appoint
ed treasurer of the hunt. Mer
chants can sign up and obtain Lettermen Initiated
tickets from Mrs. White before Into I.V. Club
Monday.
The boys who have earned let
Jim Champion of Champion’s
Variety will handle the dkawing ters during the baseball and track
of tickets the three days of the seasons last year and football sea
actual hunt, Dec. 22, 23, and 21. son this year were initiated into
the I.V. Club Wednesday evening
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with full honors. This initiation
Nickerson Elected Prexy must be endured before those
earning letters are admitted to
Of Conservation Group
the Letterman's Club.
Boys being initiated include:
Illinois Soil Conservation Dist
Earl Reinoehl, Jim Smith, Rudy
rict Chairman Ray Nickerson was
electe«i to the office of president Smith, Jim Hemmingway, Nathan
of the Oregon Association of Soil Harper, Larry Maurer, Gary Ty-
Conservation districts which met cer, Don Warren, Al Laborde, Jim
Scott, David Arnold, Bob Wade,
Nov. 13 and 14 in Baker.
Nickerson as vice-president pre Joe SpaJinger, George Bell and
sided over the 1952 convention in Ray James.
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the absence of the president who
was unable to attend due to an
injury. The 1953 convention will
be in Bend.
Weather as compiled by the Ill
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inois Valley Weather Station f->
the weather Nov. 10 through 16 is
as follows:
Humidity
Temp.
The following cases were heard Nov.
High Low Hi*h Low Rain
in Justice Court during the last 10
83
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47
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week:
22
81
85
44
38
11
R. B. Slagle, Selma, over 12
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84
48
40
87
width load, $10 and cost*; Keith 13
1.18
86
84
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41
D. Huffman, Grants Pas*, no op 14
1.07
46
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•r*tor*s license, $2.50 and costs; 15
50 None
86
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Allen Reynolds, Cave Junction, in 16
70 None
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sufficient binders, $10 and eosts.
WEATHER
Police Court News
S. CLIFFORD SPARKS
Grants Pass Daily Courier Photo
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Shoe Store Grand
Opening Nov. 29
After a shortage in the available
supply of sh >es has delayed for
several weeks the grand opening
of Deal's Shoe Store, that event
has definitely been set for Satur
day, Nov. 29.
Two shipments of shoes and
house slippers are expected by
the middle of next week which will
bring th<> local store’s stock up to
a point expected weeks ago, by the
owners, Betty and Bill Deal.
Watch for next week's adver
tisement on the special opening
event at which a free pair of shoes
will be given away, refreshments
servied and treats given to the kid
dies.
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Belt
Lod*« Tomorrow
There will be a stated meeting
of Belt Lodge No. 18, A. F. and
A. M. at 8 p.m., Saturday Nov. 22
in the Masonic Temple in Kerby.
The annual election of officers
will be held at thia tim«- and the
E.A. degree will be exemplified.
All members are urged to at
tend and visiting brethern are in
vited.