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Serving the Xorth Santiam Valley VOLI ME V. NUMBER 10 The North Santiaiu'c Mill City Enterprise ------------------------------------------------------------- . - MILL CITY. OREGON. THURSDAY. M tRCH 10. 1949 Looking Up and Down the Canyon Mill City. Cates Mangold Dttrait and Idanha »Wir* •• »«Ml •»• i4. timi»» ■ •>!». <1----------- 12.00 A YEAH S CENTS A COPY Dam Offices Locate Here By CHARLES WOLVERTON Tile re once was a proposition ad vances! by a disagreeable old gent named Euclid' who wasn’t satisfied with arithmetic and so foiste 1 high er math upon succeding generations of unwilling scholars- that the whole is e<|ual to the sum of its parts. It’« horse sense, I suppose. But apparently the same idea does ’ not apply to land values in .Mill City. I Take for instance the park property sought by the dam cont: actor for a subdivision of several hundred thous and dollars worth of homes, for ex ecutive personnel. Incidentally, a coveted addition to our town, in val ues, in a tine group of citizens and in beauty. MRS. HAROLD KLIEWER, wi fe of the mayor of Mill City, shown The whole is not equal to the sum shaking hands with Gov. Douglas McKay at a ball honoring the chief of its parts. Want me to prove it? executive in Salem the other night. OK, here aie some facts that will make Einstein wonder why he is in the mathematical business, instead of your editor, who can prove that tw’o an<l two not only does not equal fur, or live, but thousands more. The approximately 20 acres from which the paik was formed original ly cost a few thousand. About 11 acres was sold as a park, for $2000. The city council Wednesday night very good investment in my commu Another four or five acres went co tailed indefinitely a petition with 66 nity and know that woithy benefits the school board for the staggering price of $5000. Mimi you, all the time signers calling for the disinco. pora- will be derived therefrom.” His name was not among the list the house has remained in the own tion of Mill City. The council’s action followed as a of signers submitted. ership of the seller of the various A planning commission was named result of legal advice that disincor parts. Now about half of the half sold poration could not be allowed as long ty the council to include Roy Beebe. as park land has uddenly risen in as there are outstanding obligations. Frank Rada, Lee Ross, Arlo Tuers, value to $6000, despite the fact that The obligations the council cited as J. C. Kimmel, Neal Marttala and nothing has been done to improve it grounds for tabling action were that Charles Wolverton. Mayor Ha: old Kliewer and the beyond a little clearing, despite the the city has a five year contract with fact there are no stiings on the deed Mountain States Power Co. for street city’s legal council also will serve lights and a contract with Leonard on the commission. with the seller. . Consolidate Builders have promis Herman for garbage collection and ed to build homes of beauty, with disposal. The petition was presented to tiiç landscaping and streets. They have pledged that they will do everything council by Lester Mason. Other action in the cuy council in they can to improve the park, the beautiful grove of which is left un cluded a request by several citizens touched by the proposed transaction. for a city planning commission. The A special meeting was called by Add that park land lemaining, to the delegation included Roy Beebe, Mar the Canyon Commeicial Club in De big ball field and several unused acres tin Hansen, Frank Rada and Neàl troit Friday night to discuss housing plans for the anticipated influx of north of the school and you have a Mart tala. They also asked the council to con oopulation since the contract for the civic center large enough for a town sider the adoption of a building code. Detroit Dam has been let. of 10,000. The two properties are near each A three-man committe was appoint Six thousand dollars is exhorbi tant. Eveiyone around here knows it. other and ample parking space is ■d to contact Consolidated Builders, The contractor knows it. Half of the near by. Portland, to discuss housing. The The council said that contra y to ommittee is Eison Vickers, Idanha, t ract which cost aplenty at $2000 is worth $1000. That’s a more sensible recent reports, the city could not be ind Nolan Rasnick and Ray Johnson mathematics. Doubtless the contrac bonded for over $20,000. >f Detroit. Councilman Arey Podrabsky in a tor willingly would pay more. The < oncem doesn’t want the land givei separate statement denied having . to it. But it doesn’t want to be held signed the disincorporation petition. ! Ill EATER PLANS MATINEES He said: l p. X The Mill City Theater will start a “I would like to take this oppoi- | series of Saturday afternoon matin Those who are empowered to sell the homesites to Consolidated ought tunity to dispel the rumor which per ees. beginning this week, at 2 p.m. 1 o get a new set of figures, go to the sists about my perrort<.d signature A free pictu.e of Roy Rogers will < ontractor anti tell him they’re ready on the disincorporation petition. I e given to the first 40 children. did not sign it and will not do sc. t > deal at a reasonable price. The townspeople will not easily I regard my city tax payments a Don’t Bor|ow, Subscribe! forget if this burst of greed, just at t he eve of great expectations for the city, loses us the benefits of a beautiful home development anti the chance to have a real park. The responsibility is yours, gentle men. The park ought to be deeded to the city. By JEAN ROBERTS the road, reaching a height of 20 and EVA BRESSLER ifeet in places. After a gruelling seven days of Mr. Wilson, who led the rescue op batti ng tons of snow, ice and rock, erations, runs a logging concern in | Ercill Wilson and Butch Valentine, the area. i manning two “cats,” broke through I Five men an I one woman were EricSoderberg, Albany, ( asca e {to the Amalgamated mine and liber- round in good health but Bhort of ;.rea Scout executive, explained the | ated the group of hungry miners last provisions. Their only supplies were I some canned goods. oiganization and functioning of Cub Thursday. They had been isolated in the Justin Trippett of the Pacific Min- Scout dens to a group of 25 parents | camp 15 miles above Elkho n .« nee ng and Smelter Co., owners of the here Friday night. The group clecte i a Cub Sco .t mid-Lecen er by snow and several I rine, hi? 'y praised the wo k of the lommittee, including Mayoi Horaid I avalanches which obliterat'd the 'tractor driver . I The only contact of the marooned Kl.c-.ir, chairman. Warren Howe, vice chairman. John Muir, finance al | T..e rout to the mines is a nar lx persons with the outs.de world recretary, A ey Podrabsky, contact, row, winding one. In some places it | va t r< t gh news reports over a is just a narrow ledge chiseled from j radio. Trippett visited the camp sev- and Alton Hann achievement. They will meet again Friday to lis 1 rock, whe e a slip would no an hur- | ral wee's ago on snow shoes. The tling hundreds of feet to the river rip took him two dr;/“ one way. It < iss future plans. i ill le about sx weeks befor ■ any Den mothers and fathers met Mon below. Taking the two big caterpillars up ■epair work cun bo done at the mine ly. They are Mr. and Mrs. Haun. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Dart. Mr. and I this road was a hazardous underta't- decause the e is still over five feet fsnow there. Mre Arey Podrabsky and Mrs. Be I ing. because the bridges are high and pe. ilously narrow. They quivered and J. P. Hewitt, Portland, manager of atrice Jepson. So far 33 boys have been lined up shook under the weight of the big the mine, is expected to arrive soon as prospects. They will meet with D-8 as it edged atutiously onto to survey the damage to the mad and [the mine properties. den mothers Friday. Ages are nine them. The road was completely obliter The pilot ore mill and the saw mill e<> 11. ated in one place by an avalanche I used to cut timbers weie destroyed. that had swept from the top of the The Pacific mines contain some LOGS STtRT ROLLING The Southern Pacifc hauled the hill to the river below. Jagged trunks [copper but most operations are di season’s first commercial loads of and broken small trees lined the rected at the z.nc deposit there, wail • to be one of the largest in the Un log« and lum4>er from the upper part snow. Snow piled high on eaca sire of ited Slates. of the Canyon March 2. I Vast Building Projects Get Under Way Here Business, industrial and residential expansion totaling about three-quar ters of a million dollars is under way or pending in Mill City today. The vast array of piojects was sparked partly by the announcement that th< Detroit Dam, largest single project in the borders of the state, was to begin immediately. Largest single building is that be ing planne I by Consolidated Build- 'ers, Inc., Detroit Dam contractois, vho, company representatives said, want to build a $250,000 home devel opment. Next in size is the new grade school building, a $165,000 structure. Freres Lumber Co. of Stayton has begun leveling and filling a tract of land with about 150 feet of highway frontage above town for a large re tail lumber and building supply es tablishment. The lot is about 350 feet deep. Earl Smith, manager of the Stayton yard, said the business would have a complete line of builders' needs, but he would not estimate the contemplated cost. Council Tables Indefinitely Action on Disincorporation «*. ^Lyons^îehama^!lknôn\ Gates Planning Gym Addition Complete renovation of the Red A White building, with the front part to lie used as quarters for the Mill City State Bank, was announced this week as an early pioject by D B. Hill, cashier. The Red & White store will have an opening on the highway side. Across the street Tom Booth and Jack Colburn, proprietors of the Mill City Meat Maiket, had begun a gen eral remodeling of the store, with additional floor apace more than dou ble the present eventually provided. Albert Toman, proprietor of the Hilltop store, was awaiting archi tect’s plans for a new store to cost between $40,000 and $5v, 00. School Bids High; Board to Build Albert Adams, Stayton contractor, has been employed as superintendent for the constiuction of the new grade school building, after the boats! last Thursday night rejected advertised bids as too high. Lowest bi was that of Erwin Bat terman. Salem, for $199,481,50, over $40,000 above the school board’s es timate, chairman Ray Roberts said. Some construction work such as preliminary grading got under way this week. Estimated cost under the present plans is about $165,000. The board of directors of Gates school district No. 21J last week ad- vertised for bids for remodeling and enlaiging the school gymnasium. Plans call for an addition to the present building half its width and length, 20 by 80 feet, and the in 2 VIEW BREITENBI’SII HAVOC stallation of an oil and hot water Chai les Giebler, former caretaker heating system by which the floor nt Breitenbush Hot Springs, and Wil be wwarmed. The and ceiling will bur Weathers, both of Galas, made building will hose the heating plant, a two day trip to the resort to see showers, dressing and drying rooms <the damage done by the recent fire and lavoratories. and heavy snows. Bids received will be opened at a From Detroit they skiied into the public meeting March 14 at the school springs area. They reported there is at 8 p.m. still more than four feet of snow on The board also is considering the the level. addition of an extra room to the An extensive program of rebuild- grade schol, to be used in place of ing will be undertaken US soon a» a building which was used for a toads are open. class room the past year. All teachers of the grade and high DETROIT SEEKS CHESTMOBILE Miss Raby Bunnell, executive sec FLYING INSTRUCTION BEGINS retary of the TB Health Assn., and AT DAVIS AIRPORT Ted Galbraith, Silveiton flier and a co-worker, Mis Schneider, health De plane instructor, has begun courses nurse. of Salem*, met with the last troit Civic Glut» at a luncheon in aviation for local air enthusiasts at Davis Airport. Galbraith is a li Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Ray the censed instructor and has taught a Johnson, to discuss plans for tri. - chest X-ray mobile to visit that aiea. number of those now flying here. At least 500 signers requesting the Byron Davis, owner of the fielo, said six or more had already been mobile unit are needed, the members were told, to get the free service. lined up for the course. Those interested in taking the ex The Consolidate Builders, dam con tractors, have made inquiries about aminations are requested to contact use of the field for their personnel. the following: M s. Lloyd Girod, chairman of the Christmas Seals, and Mrs. R. C. Haseman, assistant, of Idanha; Mrs. Ray Johnson, Mrs. No lan Rasnick and Mrs. Earl Parker, Civic Club; Mrs. Wilbur Chesnut, Id anha Shingle mill; Mrs. Claude Beck. Engineers; Mrs. Otis White, Detroit high school; Mrs. Richard Hansen, church; Mrs. Raymond Sophy, PTA; Mrs. George Barney, Willing Work- eis Club; and Mrs. Hillard (Buck) Storey, president Legion Auxiliary. Detroit Housing Program Sought Hungry Miners Rescued After 3 Months Isolation Committee Formed For Cub Scouts Housing Plans Pending Consolidated Builders, Inc., suc cessful bidtiers on the $60,000,000 De- tioia Dam, Wednesday leased two buildings in Mill City for offices. L .D. Lents, office manager for the contractor, leased the upper floor of the Fire Hall and the recreation I oom of the Predbyterian Church. Floyd Fleetwood, chairman of the tire district board, closed the deal for the Fire Hall and the church board for the recreation room. Russ Hoffman, who has been des- gnated general superintendent of the <24000.000 construction contract, was in Mill City Tuesday and spent I several hours at the damsite. I Last Friday Mr. Lou* ami Vince Palme:, engineer for Consolidated, spent the day __ — , here and rentes! al- I most all available apartments for | company personnel. I Bert Provost, cement expert for < the company, already has located in Mill City, with his family. Russel! Kelly, Robert Veness, J. C. Kimmel and others assisted the re- prereriatlvc’ of Cnnsol'datr I h re. Last Friday 'he company wus awarded the dam contract. Announce ment camo from Col. O. E. Walsh, P itland district Army engineer. Consolidated’* bid was $28.230,509. Four bids were entered. The cotpor- iition is made up of General Construe tion Co., Utah Construction Co.. Walsh Construction, Kaiser Engin eers and Shea Co. The contract covei* a concrete gra vity dam with outlet gates, valves, penstocks, trash rack*, »tilling ba sin, control house and other struc tures. Total cost is estimated at ».60.000.- 01X1 t o $65,000,000 and will take three and one-half years to complete. It is scheduled to deliver power by or before 1955. Mr. Irens said that an office staff would be at woik here Monday. No final arrangements on a large home building project contemplated by the company had been made, but were awaiting the location of a site. The Marion County Court Wednes day g anted easnients to Bonneville Power Administration on the right- of-way for a 230.000 volt line under construction from lebanon to the damsaite. Meanwhile, the IL W. Byers Con struction Co., contractois for clear ing the right-of-way. were still left with more than half of the distance to bum the brush and trees. Its con tract called for completion by mid- Maich. RIPPLE CREEK LOGGING AGAIN The Ripple Creek Logging Co. re sumed opeiations March 2 with an incomplete crew after n shutdown nee early December. The reload crew for Mt. Jefferson Lumber Co. at Boulder Creek resum ed March 1. Erank Rada Retires at Mill I MARLAND BUC1.NER, ba-ketball set shot specialist and star with the Negro Ghosts, coining to Mill City ne xtMonday to play the local Rock ets. Frank Rada, chief millwright at for many months to set up the r.ull M II City Manufacturing Co. and one here, of the original organizers of the co- , Their work bore fruit. The mill opeiative concern which preceded the I prospered although the first yea or present company, resigned this week 40 was hard. But what the establish to devote fuli time to his real estate ed formed the foundation for the Mill ' Citv Manufacturing Co. of today. inter« *ts. Mr. Rada has recently be»n build Mr. Rada, however, said he would still be on cal! when he was needed ing three modern cabin apartments, which will be flniriied soon. Then he for s<*me special job at the mill. Mr Rada is one of that group of will undertake seven more, and he is hardy workers who. when the shock planning cement sidewalks to con- ing news of the old Hammond Lum | ne<t the-n to the street , Beside», he plans to open up the ber Co.’» suspension paralyzed the town back in 1936, decided to do any hill property he owns above the new th ng to give jobs to the people left highway route, wit! a road to be cut ' through it soon. A wide benchiand stranded. The group, most of them former tract at that location ove looks the workers for Hammond, located a whole valley. An ample supply of water is av mill on the coast. There was little money, so they worked without pay ailable in the acreage.