Serving the Xorth Santiam
Valley
VOLI ME V. NUMBER 10
The North Santiaiu'c
Mill City Enterprise
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MILL CITY. OREGON. THURSDAY. M tRCH 10. 1949
Looking Up
and Down
the Canyon
Mill City. Cates Mangold
Dttrait and Idanha
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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
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^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
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, here and rentes! al-
I most all available apartments for
| company personnel.
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Bert Provost, cement expert for
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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
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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.