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About The North Santiam's Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 194?-1949 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1948)
/ ( J, I Serving the North Santiam Valley The North Santiam’s Workers from the Idanha and De troit areas coplained to the Enter prise Tuesday that it was an injus tice to ask them to make the long trip to Mill City for the unemploy ment office examination. We think they’ve got a legitimate grievance. There are perhaps a hundred or moie men temporarily laid off in the Upper Canyon district. Wouldn’t it be more sensible for the unemployment commission to send one man to Detroit—where free <[uarte:s are available from R. L. Ry- nearson—than to ask all these work- to spend money they can ill afford to make the trip? As it was, many workers were told to go on to Salem because the tem porary staff here wasn’t able to take care of them. Unemployment insurant« 'o»es its usefulness when a man has to spend several dollars to collect $20. • • • In this country the average person begins to have his doubts about San ta Claus at the age of six or seven. But the United States has taught a good part of the world to believe in a new Santa, dressed up in striped pants and plug hat, with chin whis kers. • • • If you are puzzled about what will happen in 1949, read the polls— backwards. • • • Oregon sent three turkeys to Wash ington this year—the one from the Salem Chamber of Commerce to Pre sident Truman — and Noiblad and Ellsworth. • • • Willke’s son wants to hold a post mortem Republican convention to find out why they lost. Post-mortems, you know, are perform ed just before they bury the corpse. • • • Reprinted from The Statesman: Charles Wolverton, editor of the Mill City Enterprise, looking ahead to 1949 wheh construction of the De troit dam will bring in an estimated 3000 workers, shudders a bit at the headaches that will accompany the advent. Needed will be about lObO new- home units, better community recre ation. same way to find school teach ers and pay them, better police pro tection. The Mill City editor proposes that a conference of various agencies be held soon when plans might be laid to meet some of these p-oblem«, in stead of just letting t’ em roll in on the communities and flatten them out. This suggestion can very properly be referred to the Willamette River Basin Commission and the unofficial Willamette Valley Pioject Commit tee. It is recalled that when Camp Adair was established the nine cities in the vicinity formed a group to f*"rt an ! meet the va rious problems cheated by the influx of a two-d-'vision army camp. The North Santiam project is on a much smaller scale, but the municipalities nearby are much smaller and will need outside asrstance. FINED $5« Robert Todd of Gates appeared in Breitenbush court before Justice Ed Vickers Dec. 15 and was fined $50 and costs on a disorderly conduct charge. To the Editor: While looking itp and down the Canyon, why not peep over the hill at Elkhrn? Elkhorn is a small community just a shoit four miles over the hill from the highway at Gates, yet it might as well be 100 miles away, so impas sible is the road. There are about 15 families resid ing in the Elkhorn community with no means of communication with the outside except by a long, crooked 15 miles of gravel road to Mehama. This road is often obstiucted by slides in the winter and was completely closed for two weeks last winter when a log ging truck went through a bridge across the Little North Folk. Maintaining a school is an ardu ous undertaking. No teacher wants to live here when it is so difficult to get out. Eleven children depend on this school for education One boy of high school age walks over the hill to Gates every day to attend school. He hikes a good 10 miles every day to Gates in all kinds of weather. What do we want? A stretch of road on one side of the road gravel ed. We have petitioned the county court several times to do this but to no avail. However, if this shoit part were graveled, our children could be safely transported to a good school and the rest of us wouldn’t have to drive 15 miles to mail a letter. Mis. HAY ROBERTS, Mehama, Ore, Box 86. From the Editor: The question raised is a very im portant one. What Mrs. Robeits re ports looks like a fancy runaround by the Marion County Court. Last spring, following the bridge breakdown mentioned in Mrs. Rob erts’ letter, the Mill City Chan ber of Commerce petitioned t he county to provide a year round road to Elk horn. The couit responded with a Quit Whistlin’ promise to spend $10,000 on improv ing and relocating the Gates-Elkhorn road. We were given to understand this work would start in the summer. Harold and Collis Heath of Gates Came summer. Nothing was done. have purchased! the IA. B. Homer In September, alarmed at the fact store fiom its owner, Mrs. Ruby Hor that the season for roadbuilding was ner and will take possession the first drawing to a dose, your editor called of the year. The sale was complete i Judge Giant Murphy and said: this week. “Judge, I know we’re sort of pore The Heath brothers are the sons relation up here and usually are for of Mr and Mrs Gerald Heath and gotten when the favors are passed have livedi in Gates most of their aiound. That’s why when we are pro lives. mised something, we usually remem Mrs. Homer also has sol her home ber it How about the Gates-Elkhorn to Mr. and Mrs. Willis Thomas, for road?” merly of Jefferson, who have lived “What’s that?” asked his honor. in this area for some tim. He is em We repeated it all. Then the good ployed with the Kuckenberg Con- judge spoke up. | strution Co. Mrs. Homer plans to go “Why, of course. Don’t you worry to California and may visit in the about that. We’re going to build that East. road this year.” A. B. Horner prchased the store He meant 1948, when the Repub in 1910 from E. L. Payne and oper licans were running for election. ated the place till his death in 1946. So, in a few- weeks, an engineer Mrs. Homer has been in the Btore from the county wandered up this di for 37 years, since her marriage in rection, scratched around the hill and 1912. It is a coincidence that when mournfully reported tr> residents in Mr. Homer bought the store se sold the road vicinity he counldn’t find I the home he and his mother were any rock. They’d have to wait. then occupying to Mr. ami Mrs. Ger- We put this question to Judge Mur . aid Heath, the new proprietors’ par- phy, an amiable fellow and up t> now | ents. a pretty good ; ublic servant: The name of the establishment will “Was your promise a political one, be changed to eHath Bros. calculated to get votes for the coun ty Republican administration, or did Two other real estate deals were you mean it?” copleted’ in Gates this week. L. L. Short purchased the garage Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bodeker of Alsea and machine shop west of Gates be visited relatives in Lyons last week. longing to Richard Thomas of Cot They were guests at the home of his tage Grove. sister, Mrs. George Berry and family. i H. M. Agee of Mill City has bought Mrs. Merrill Brassfield and her sis 23 acres from Steve Champ from ter, Miss Helen Queen, visited last which he will cut piling. The acreage week at the Fred Brassfield home in (adjoins the Champ property west of Monmouth. | town. I It is reported that Dave Reid will I start the construction of of a large service station soon after the first of the year on property on the comer west of the postoffice. Wolves Split ...» $2.00 A YEAR. 5 CENTS A C»PY MILL CITY. OREGON. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 23. 1948 Looking Dpi Elkhorn Gets Runaround Horner Store, and Down By County on Road to Gates Landmark in the, Canyon Gates, Is Sold UW mi»! HU I» HU.W. Lyons, Mehama, Elkhorn, Mill City, Cates. Mongold, Detroit and Idanha Mill City Enterprise VOLUME B, NUMBER 5U By CHARLES WOLVERTON Mimi illl.lill Loot Finances Drinks for All- Including Victim The drink Jack Lake, proprietor of the Silver Saddle Service Station heie, was offered last Saturday, was n’t exactly free—he ¿-amed later. In fact it was a $120 shot. Jack was waiting on trade Saurday evening and was outside of the shop while Arthur J. Jaatinin, 26, a con struction winker, was inside, appar ently just warming himself. After Jaatinin left, Jack happened to look in his cash drawer. About $120 was missing. Jaatinin, meanwhile, began to show evidence of a newly acquired wealth, when he had appeared to be broke aiound town for the past week or more. The local taxi business boom ed. The tavern patrons were having a hard time paying for their own brew—for Jaatinin was there with his cash on the bar. He even wanted the recipients of his largess to keep the change. In the course of the evening he paid a call on the green front gro-, eery-called by some the state liquor store. Jaatinin felt so grateful for the pleasant evening he was enjoying that it occurred to him—he ought to show his appreciation in some way to his original benefactor. Jack Lake. So he returned to the filling sta tion and offerer! Jack a share in his cheer. The rest of Jaatinin’s evening is obscured behind an alcoholic fog. NexUday there was to be a reckon ing, Chief of Police J. T. King reck oned. Jaatinin want to jail. Moreover he confessed that it wam’t nobody else. In the course of the evening he had managed to spend all but $30 of the Silver Saddle’s silver. Jaatinin was lodged at city expense for a day or so. He’s now in the Al bany courthouse cooler. Now the treats are on the county. mnanmnnmcMmMwrxwi Crime on Rise In Northwest, Canyon Told Rise in the number of thefts in the Canyon and throughout the North west brought warnings this week from law enforcement agencies that more precautions should be taken. Locally Chief J. T. King stressed the need for residents to report in stances of thievery and suspicious activities immediately. King made a special r^uest for all businesses to leave a night light on, so that their premises can be pa trolled more efficiently. King said he expected to have more than th« usual amount of thieving this winter. Other cities, he said, are finding themselves in the midst of c crime wave. This week about $175 worth of al uminum roofiing and siding was sto len at the aiuport. Byron Davis, own er of the strip, said it was matetian being used for construction of a se cond hangnr. ■, The tl.eft really hurts tile whole community because the airport is be coming a popular landing field and Davie had hoped to have it in shape to handle mere traffic by summer. Ralph Young is being held by Mar ion County authorities on a bad check charge. Young allegedly gave Fred Lindemann, Lyons merchant, a phony check for a pistol. Um eported till recently was the theft of about $80 from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Lanphear who operate the Milk Shake Shack east of Mill City. Another case was that of an at tempt to defraud Don Smith, local service station operator. Two men drove up to the pump« for gasoline. Smith was suspicious of them. They asked to have the oil checked, and Smith took the opportunity to get his gun in the station. After the ser vice was completed, one of the Strang men said: “What are you going to do for money?” Smith merely indicated hi* pistol to the customer» and said: Installation of officers was held on “I’ll collect, all right.” Thursday evening at Scio for th» 'rhe strangers changed their tune Scio, Santiam Valley and Evening immediately, and said: Star Granges. "We were only kiddin’ " Mrs. Mildred Norman, state depu ty from Salem, and Mrs. Alta Bod POLIO VICTIM IMPROVING eker, marshal from Lyons, installed Claudia Fry, who is at Doembeck- the following from Santiam G-onge- Tony Moravec, master; Frank ■>r Hospital for treatment for polio White, overseer; Vivian White lec * proving. She is the daughter of turer; Wilson Stevens, steward; Mr. an<l Mrs. Perry Fry of Detroit Frank Basl, assistant steward; gate keeper, Alta Bodeker; secretary, DRIVE TESTS WEDNESDAY Fem Sletto; treasurer. Anna B. Jul A drivers’ license examiner will he ian; Ceres, Blanche Wagnei; Pomo >n duty in Mill City Wednesday at na. lela May White; Flora, Elvinia the Fire Hall between the hours of ’0 a m. and 3 p.m., according to an Franklin. Mr. Moravec was installed as over announcement received from the of seer of the Ponmona Grange and Mr. fice of the secretary of state. Stevens on tse executive committee. Persons wishing licences or permits to drive are asked to get in touch with the examiner well ahead of thj HURT IN AUTO CRASH Ms. Walter Thomas Gates, suf , I eduled dosing hour in order to fers ’ painful injuries and was hos i««ure complrtion of their applica pitalized for a day as the result of tions with a minimum of delay. an automobile accident Friday, near Tebanon. A car entering the high BURNED BY LAMP way from a aide road and the one Mrs. I<es Mullen is recovering in driven by Mrs. Thomas met broad her home fiom bums sustained when side, completely demolishing Mrs. a paper caught fire from a lamp she Thomas’ car. had lit ihiring a recent power failure. Even in 4 Tilts 6; and I-aw re nee Poole, 3. High man Grange Officers Mill City H.gh School’s Timber wolves were even up this week, with two victories and two defeats in non league games. Tuesday night the local basketball ' team traveled to Salem to play the Salem JV’s and were defeated by a score of 25 to 43. Leo Pool iwas high Doint man for Mill City with 15 to his credit. Miller scored 6. Verbeck I 4. Hunter was at forward and Miller, who regularly plays center, was at . forwad, Verrf’.ck at center. Ijiwrence I Poole was the other guard and sub I stitutes were Thornley, Baltimore. L. Thornley, Keys and Wirick. Monday night Mill City won by 64 •o 39 aga'nst the hitherto undefeated Valsetz Tige s. Scoring lea 1 was held by Jerry Hunter, with 24, followed closely by Miller with 19; Thornley.1: V 1. 9; Tx'o Poole 6; Lav’ Pool», 4: and Wayne Wirick, 1. Tve T mberwolves met thei second 1 defeat of the season at Stayton last Thursday night, losing to the Stayton Eagles 25 to 14 in the first game of the two-night tournament High man for Mill City was Leo Poole with six to his credit. Other individual scor ing: Jer.y Hunter, 3; Vertnxk, 2; Mil j let, 1; Thornley, 1; and Lawrence Poole, 1. High scorer for Stayton was Lyons with 11. Friday night the Wolves were mo e ESTHER WILLIAMS, »ho appears fortunate winning third place in the in “On an Island With You”, at the tournament by downing the Aums- Mill City Theater Sunday and Mon -ille Rangers 26 to 22; Hunter was high point man for Mill City with 8; day. Leo Poole, 2; Verbeck, 7; Tho-nley, for the Rangers was Delbert Dalke with 9. Sublimity defeated Aumsville giv ing them the privilege to play off with Stayton Friday night for first place honois. Stayton won The Junior prom was held Satur day night with about 100 in atten dance. Many alumni were there. The auritorium was decorated in mistle toe and silver stais. At one end of the auditorium there was ,a huge Christmas tree. During intermission W. L. Krause of Salem, a former teacher, sang two Christmas songs. Friday afternoon at 12:45 the glee clubs of Mill City High School will put on a musical program for their parents. The glee eltAs catoled Chistmas songs throughout the town Wednes day night. They were served refresh ments by Mrs. Parwelson and Mrs. Cree folloing. Christmas vacation fo the high “chool starts Friday, and school will be dismissed after the program which starts at noon. Claeses will reopen Jan. 3. THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT Instead of exchanging gifts among themselves this year, the students of Mill City High School are bringing gifts to send to the Children's Home in Corvallis. The gifts will be put under the Christmas tree here and be mailed before Chistmas day. Installed in Scio YOUTH IN AUTO (RASH Ernest Podrdbsky Jr., 16, escaped se io >s injury M< nday when th» rar he was driving got out of Cortrd on icy pavement Junt west >f town arr‘ • rsi rd into a tree. The automobile waa badly 'formated. Th» youth was •cratched about tve face. ---------------- Mr. and Mrs. Melbourne Rambo, Mrs. Norman Garrison, Mr». Burrel I Cole were elected to membership by transfer into Santiam Rebekah lodge at the regular meeting last week. Al- 1 so elected to membe'ihip by initia- ’ion was Bertha Shepherd.
