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The North Santiam’s Serving the North Santiam Valley Mill City Enterprise MILL CITY. OREGON. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 25. 1948 VOLUME IV. NI MBER 46 Looking Up and Down To Shut Down the Canyon Indefiniteley Ily CHARLES WOLVERTON There’s going to be a big hue and ciy soon that the United States must do something about stemming the current rise of communism in China. Recent Refl victories there, and the current drive which appears to be aimed at Hangkow, Chiang Kai-shek capital, will give rise to more and more cries that the occasion calls for more arms for the Nationalists and eventual use of Amarican troops. The score thus far on intervention to thwart the rise of communism is not very much in our favor. In fact, there is not a country in the world, wheie the United States has tried to halt revolltion and succeeded. In RussiarrTn 1919 and 1920 we sent an army which lent aid, military and otherwise, to the Whites who had the support, not only of us but England, France and even our enemy of a year before, Geimany. Yet we lost that venture. As history goes, it might be said that we won in Finland and Hungary during the same period. But history counts years as but moments—now, less than Uff yeais after we saved those countries from communism, all was for naught. They, and all easern Europe, too, is safely in the Soviet orbit. In recent years we have invested heavily on the side of the anti-C«n- munists in Greecq and Italy—and a candid obseiver could hardly say we had succeeded in buying anything but time. In Greece, despite frequent boasts that the Red ref. els are about done for, there numbers are actually on the increase. In Italy the labor move ment, largely Red influenced, is get ting goverwmen* reauy io* another cha.'^nge up of ‘we are propping Mrs. Stewart To Lead Lodge Officers of Santiam Rebekah Lodge for the six months period beginning Jan. 1 were elected at their last meet ing, ami Mis. Gorge Stewart was named as noble grand. Other officers incllded: Dean Jackson, vice grand; / rtha Baltimore, secretary; and Ruby Hor ner, treasurer. The new officers will be installed in a special ceremony in January. Under Way Near Detroit ■r muRimui-uu wBiiiimtiiwwiMMBiiMOBiiaMMfiWHH» »2.90 A YEAR. 5 CENTS A C«PY , 2 Key Spans Lyons. Mehama. Elkhorn, Mill City, Cates, Mongold, Detroit and Idanha New Water System Likely in January Over $20,000 Being Spent On Filter Plant Work is progressing on two bridges The Mill City Manufacturing- Co. —one across Breitenbush River, the this week announced that operations other at Tumble Creek—part of the will be suspended at the end of the North Santiam Highway, according month, and Willis Potter, general to Dick Jackson, superintendent of manager, said the mill will be closed ! the projects. THREE LINKS DINNER DEC. 4 Mill City’s new water system is indefinitely. The shutdown affects the | Contract for the two bridges is in The Three Links Club is planning scheduled for completion soon after charge of the Port Construction Co. employment of about 60 or more in f a ham dinner at the fOOF Hall on Mayor Harold Kliewer received the first of the year, Wayne Jurgena, of Port Angeles, Wash. Associated word early Thanksgiving morning of the mill and indirectly affects the jobs Dec. 4. Money raised by the affair in the work is anothe Port Angeles the death of his brother, the Rev. foreman of construction work now of others in .transportation connected will be used to decorate the hall. contractor, Louis Etrterich. Albert Kliewer, in a plane crash in under way here, said this week. Mrs. W. R. Olmstead is general chair with its operation. The entire project will cost about The Breitenbush bridge when com New Mexico. The mill has been in production al man. Tickets will be on sale this pleted will be440 feet long and 100 $22,000, exclusive of larger mains Mr .and Mrs. Kliewer left by auto throughout the city. most without inter: uption, except for week. feet high. It is of steel and coni ete Thursday morning to his parents’ temporary periods for repairs, during construction. Workwen are sinking a well by the home in Los Angeles where his bro the entire war and postwa years. edge of the North Santiam River. Tumble Creek bridge is 130 feel ther will be buried. Mr. Potter said the decision to halt long, 35 feet high, and is of concrete The Rev. Kliewer was a mission The well will be dug about, five feet production was the result largely of reinforced with iron. ary. He was a licensed pilot. The below the river bottom, and a filter market uncertainties and the decline The Breitenbush bridge is only a other passenger in the plane was ser system used ther. Water from the in prices of some grades of lumber. well will be pumped to the settling half mile from the new townsite of I iously injured. The mill produces from 80,00 to 100,- I tanks, which measure 25 by 50 feet, Detroit. 000 board feet daily. and 12 feet high. Here the water will Both brMges are scheduled for com ■ , Along with several other smaller go through a series of coils and set al- An avalanche of mud and rock pletion by early summer. DOCtOT LOCclting ’ mills which have suspended opera tling basins until thoroughly clear. tions, several logging camps have most buried two persons in a car on A storage tank to replace the old the North Santiam road in the con shut down. In the upper part of the one now in service is planned, but North Santiam Canyon snow has cut struction area late Tuesday. the Mountain States Power Co., own They were Mrs. Rose Miller and Dr. E. C. Willcutt of Sisters return down work in the woods to a virtual er of the water system, has been un her son, Luke Biazen, whi were en ed to Detroit Friday, preparatory to standstill. able so far to get materials for it. route from Idaho to California. Both final arrangements of setting up an A bright spot in the lumber pic The project is under contract to ture for the Canyon, however, is the miraculously escaped unhurt, but they office in Detroit. the Jurgena and Hbenkrout Construc were forced to wade waist deep from Dr. Willcutt, who has had exten expected early opening of the new tion Co., of which Mr. Jurgena is a sive general practice abroad and was Freres and Frank mill in Lyons. Am- their trapped automobile. Mrs. Miller, a former Salem resi A gross of more than $3000 was connected with government construc partner. andus Frank, a partner, said this Also under way week is the dent, noticed the earth starting to realized Saturday night at the Mill tion projects, said he hopes to be lo week that most of the diffifficulties construction of an eight-inch main slide is she was driving west. She City Firemen’s fourth—and la'gest— cated in Detroit by the end of this had been ironed out in tests runs under the'bridge that crosses the ri stopped the car, but not soon enough I annual benefit. and that full scale operation may be week. to get out of the path of hundreds Net proceeds have not been deter He will use offices in the new thea ver. This mais will connect with two undertaken in a few weeks. six inch pipelines, one to serve the of tons of rolling earth and stone, mined and will not be announced till ter building. Hilltop area, the other the Linn side loosened at a fill above the Detroit all expenses are paid. The profit hat Dr. Willcutt will be the only phys which includes the Shepherd addi damsite by recent rains. been designated to go for playground ician in the upper part of the Can tion. The auto was badly damged. Its equipment. yon. The First Aid Station at Idanha, The new project will bring the lo wheels were bent by the impact, and Net income was not expected to a unit of the Oregon Physicians Ser cal water system within the stand the side of the car caved in. !be as large as in pievious years be vice, has maintained emergency med Kuckenberg Construction Co. em cause of the higher prices of prizes. ical caie, with Charles DeSqlly in ards set by the state. 4 311 A £2^3.111 The power company, on he basis ployees woiked four hours clearing At least 1000 people attendee! the charge™ of current income and the additional the road before traffic could be re- big affair which ilirew people from In China, 200,000,(MX), or almost expense to which it has been put in half of its inhabitants, a:e under di the entire Canyon, with a fair repre DETROIT PHONE COMPANY Tony Moravec was re-elected mas sumed. bringing the system up to date, is rect communist rule or influence. 7*he ter of the Santiam Valley Grange at sentation of folks from Valley towns IN NEW OFFICE planning to s”hmit a plea to the Pub LYONS ORGANIZES PTA remainder are far from happy with its annual meeting Friday. such as Salem, Sublimity arid Stay The Detroit Telephone Co.moved ino lic Utilities Commission for a higher the ton. A Parent-Teacher Assn, for the con upt and weak government of to its new office Friday evening. A Newly elected officers were install water rate. newly consolidated school district in the Chiangs and Sungs. Despite the crowds, which jam-med new two-puiit’on switchboard. Two ed the same evening by State Deputy Lyons was formed there Friday eve the high school gym Saturday riiight, new toll circuits are expected in the Red China is not a recent move Ruth Norman. ning. ment. The Chinese Communist Party there was no disonler of any kind spring, to take care of the increased Other officers elected were: The following office:« were elected: and the affair went along with its i business in the community. For some ■»as organized in 1921—af.d it has Overseer, Frank White; lecturer, Burl Smith, presiednt; Mrs. Wilson customaiy smoothness. governed a large part of China since Vivian White; steward, Wilson Ste time the office has had a direct car 1927. If we choose to intervene in vens: assistant steward. Frank Basl; Stevens, vice president; Mrs. Walter Sparky Dibter, general chairman of rier line to Salem. < hina, it will not be against a newly chaplain, Alta Bodeker; secretary, Hilton, secretary; and Mike Scfrwindt the benefit, said the crowd and the Last week the sale of the toll line Mr.rion Savage of Idanha died at formed rebel band, as in Greece, but Fein Sletto; treasurer, Anna B. Jul treasurer. from Mongold to Mill City was con gross exceeded expectations. The new organization set as its our adversary will be a nation with ian; gate keeper, Glen Rogers; lady The beautiful tablecloth hand cro cluded, tut the Detroit company stilll 1 the St. Charles Hospital in Bend on in a nation, its government based in assistant steward, Bertha Basl; Cer s first project a Christmas tree and cheted by Mrs. Blazek was won by retains use of the line from Pacific Nov. 12 after a prolonged illness. He was buried in^elcrest Memorial Park a wasteland that atomic bombs can Blanche Wagner; Pomona. Leilamae treats for the school children. Com Lefty Smith. Dave Epps, Wilbur Bell Telephone Co., the purchaser. in Salem Nov. 15. not hurt—and against an idea as well Whit; Flora, Mevina Franklin; ex mittees will be appointed later. Meinert and Bob Wilson of the Mill PHOTO SHOP OPENS At the close of the meeting pie City Furniture Co. shared the $100 as an army. Besides his widow he leaves three Mr. and Mrs. Moirell Crarey of Sa ecutive committee. Lloyd Sletto. John and coffee were served by Mrs. Burl Hyaerical appeals are going to be Lambrecht and Elmer Taylor. cash prize. lem are opening a branch photogra daughters, Bettyy Velma and Nora Smith and Mrs. Jim Lande. made to this nation to risk its sub phy shop of the McEwan studio in Hall; five sons, John, Athel, Oral Guests of the evening were Harold stance again—ami perhaps its youth and Dorothy Brown of Badge? Pock the Mill City Furniture Store. Mr Allen and William; and many grand GRANGE HITS DAYLIGHT TIME to halt the Red tide. We are going et, Ellensburg, Wash. Crary will be in Mill City each Fri children. The Linn County Grange at its to be told that if it is not thwarted day. The Santiam Grange will join the meeting in Charity Hall Nov. 18 took in Asia, it soon will sweep us. organizations of Evening Star and a positive stahd against daylight sav Which is a lot of hog fuel. Commu Scio in installation ceremonies at Sc ing time and asked that it be done nism is an idea. It wins, just as any io Dec. 16. Professor John Siwarthout of Ore away with in the state. political idea does, by persuasion and Mr. Moravec was elected Nov. 18 Basing its position on the famt gon State College Tuesday night conversion not by conquest. When to the post of overseer of the Linn gave an objective picture of world populations are downtrodden the ap County Pomona Grange. W. R. Stev that Oregon is primarily a farming communism, explaining its aims and peal of the Marxist idea is most pow ens, a member of the Santiam organ state and that much inconvenience is purposes. erful. The converse is alco true: if ization, was elected to the executive caused to farmers by the system, the Almost 50 members, and guests Grange went on record against day they are tfell fed ami happy, commu- committee of the county Grange. heard the political science professor light saving time and informed state In a review of Oregon's winter re- with a maximum rise of 1000 feet. A nisni holds no lure. legislators and other state and coun in his exhaustive review of the his creation opportunities the travel bur- ski jump is available for leaps up to In China, the communists are win tory and theory of the Marxist idea. buieau of the State Higway Commis- 1100 feet. Facilities will be primarily ty officials acordingly. ning because they w-on the argument He pointed out that communism sion aion reported rooortiwl this week extensively in i“ operation ------ «~* over week ends and hol with an inferior adversary. Chiang’s manifested itself in America, in a on Hoodoo Bowl, in the North San idays and by special ariangements at FOOTBALL TEAM FETED answer to their disquisition has teen Members of the Mill City Timber few settlement, even before it be tiam canyon. other times. to give tsem even more valid argu Accommodations for Hoodoo ski wolves ’ successful football squad and came a powerful movement abroad. Ed Thurston, the bureau said, had ments. to affirm their every criticism. He cited two settlement, the one of planned to have a new chair lift and Bowl visitors are available at a For A group of women representing their parents joined in a banquet on In the t nited States the Commu Owen in New Harmony, Ind., and nists in 30 years have hee^ able to the Detroit Paient-Teacher Assn, Friday evening at the schoolhouse. Brook Farm, to which many 19th 50 room ski lodge in operation this est Service lodge at Santiam Pass, visited the Gates school cafeteria re- The dinner was prepared ¡by mo winter, but eaily snowfall delayed his where dormito ies are also in opera persuade about 60.000 of 135 million century intellectuals wer allied. tion. Facilities provide for 100 peo plans till next year. people that tlf r way is best. In the centlyy to study equipment needs and thers of the squad, and the turkeys R’i«rn he i, hi in t transitional school were furnished by the Parent-Teach financial arrangements for the ple, including ski rentals and sales. In operation during the current sea battle of ideas they couldn’t win an ers Assn. It was served by the home state and does not claim to have ach son will be four rope tows handling Cabins also are available at Suttle argument with a traffic cop. Who’s lunch program. The committee included Otis White economics class ffhout 50 attended. ieved communism, which he defined 3000 riders per hour an 1 ranging in Lake, Camp Sherman, Marion Forks »care>l * chairman, Mis. Eli Bangs. grade Al Haas was presented the trophy as a society which theoretically gives length from 600 feet to 4000 feet, | Lodge and Sisters. • • sch<x>I principal, Mrs. Clyde Story of is oustanding player of the year. The to each according to his needs and Said the first turkey to the second Idanha and Mrs. Charlotte Peterson coach, Stephen Beck, was given an requires services in accordance with turkey: of Detroit. Mrs. Velma Ca.ey, cook autographed football. Decorations individual abilities. “Stop saying •gold *, gobble.' It Dr. Swarthout said much of Ka 1 for the Gates school, was preparing were provided by the home economics Oregon 4-H’ers Win Chicago Trips reminds me of Thanksgiving.” Marx’ criticism of capitalism had not lunch when the committe was present , II class. • • • proven true ar.d that that system had and demonstrated her methods. T. K. | Selling liquor to minors __ has _____ airea- not developed or decayed as he had Burton, Gates principal, explained! dy been met with heavy fines and predicted. The i sappea rance of the the financing. sentences, for both adult« ami minors middle class had not taken place as Gates has the only complete school and its's going to be tougher for he said, but was indeed stronger than lunch program in the Canyon. such offenders in t’.» future. It is not before. o small offence, and the court is cor Marx, he eclared, would have been HANGAR NEARS COMPLETION rect in not treating it as such. One the most astonished man of all to The plane hangar under construc case al’■«adv has reaches! the local see what becomes of his theories in tion at the Davis airport near Gates court. Other similar acts have been practice. will be ready for use soon. The new Msrçsre* Welker Valsris W'lma observed. Bette- be careful. Joanne Ferry Mrs. Robert Trask gave a vocal se airstrip has been plowed and some Kerber lection and the Presbyterian Church J B Love was <lissat. died with the gra«ting will be done before seeding UPERIOR re< ■ rd» of achievement In National 4-H Clothing. Food choir sang. roof on a shed, which, although it Ted Galbraith, Silverton flight In Preparation. Girls’ Record and Home Improvement program» hav« Hostesses for the evenffig were st: uctor. was making arrangements didn't leak, was rather old. So he put wen 1944 «late champ onship hr> ior» for four Oregon club member» Mrs. R. L. Faiwt, Mrs. Lee koss and Each received un nil-expense trip to the 27th National 4 H Club Coa- a new composition roof over it Now for several days monthly of regular CHRISTMAS SEALS I Mrs W. W. Henderson. g. in Chicago. Nov. 2J to Dec. 2. “ * ‘ flying lesson«. % it leaks Rev. Kliewer Killed in Plane Road Slide Imperils Two Firemen Gross In Detroit Office Over $3000 Moravec Heads Services Held For Jonn Savage Professor Tells Club of Russia Hoodoo Bowl Featured In State Travel Review Detroit Studies Gates Lunch Plan S