Strung the North Santiam
Valley
The North Santiam’s
Mill City Enterprise
VOLUME V, NUMBER 22
Looking Up
and Down
the Canyon
MILL CITY. OREGON. THURSDAT.
JUNE
1919
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Lyons, Mehama, Elkhorn
Mill City, Gates. Mongold
Detroit and Idanha
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$2.00 A YEAR. 5 CENTS A OP Y
Lookit, Mr. Baldock
BPA Will Reroute
Line Around Airport
’holo Courtesy The Statesmen
By CHARLES WOLVERTON
The other day a CHI employee was
giving his most serious attention to
a glass of beer in a locai tavern, tie
looked up to see the uig buss ui LB>,
Russell Hoffman, pu.chasing a pack
age of cigarets.
“Oh, Oh,” he said to himself, ’it
won't do my job any good for the
boss to see me in here.” so he ducked.
A little while later tne bartvnu.i
brought him another beer.
“Who got me that one?’ he asked,
just about making up his mind io
refuse it.
“It was the man who was just in
heie for a package of cigarets,” the
bartender replied.
ABRUPT
Building' Setsji Low Poles
To Be Set
Fast Pace in
Temporarily
Canyon Area
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SHIFT
GEARS
It’s carnival time again here, and
the editor offers his usual advice:
Stay away from the little balls that
roll, the anows that twirl, the wheels
It happened in Mill City Friday,
that turn.
By all means, eschew tbe skillo, a
device with a big arrow’ which whirls
horizontally on the counter of a car-
ny joint. This one is stronger than
an onion. The man behind the arrow,
with his knee, can stop the arrow on
Photos Courtesy Capital Journal .
Two Mill City High School seniors
a hair. Sure, if you miss red, he’ll
were so close in scholastic honors
obligingly make that «pace red for
t’n- year that the customary vale
you. But, bi other, it would take a
dictorian award was withheld, a no
sight draft on the U. S. mint to keep
both were designated salbtatorians.
up the play till all the spaces are
T..ey are Marian King, who was
red, when he fairbanks you on every
given
a scholarship to Oregon State
play.
College,
and David Karr, who
Go on the rides, kiddies, and see
a s-.-holn i ship to the University
freaks,
folks,
but
stay
away
from
the
Oregon.
the pretty gadgets that whirl
Miss Cing will study -ec.ctariul
and
spin.
toll
science at OSC. Young Karr will ma-
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jor in mat hematics.
1 oughtn’t to have to write an
She is the daughter of Mr. and
itorial this week. The pictuie you
Mrs. Russell King of Mill City. He
on this peg» is giiyilji*! enough, on
th a wn of .Mr. an I Mr< Bert Karr
a subject which might have been men
of ^.ycns.
tioned before in this column- the
\t the g a luation ext noises TbiJrs-
need for the state to do something
ay evening, Dr. Chester Hamblin,
acout Highway 222 between Salem
a'e n min ster, spoke on roads to
and Mill City.
piness. The ceremony was held in
A few weeks ago Mr. Baldock, en
■ the .mu
uy [nearer.
_____ were
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Mill i City
theater. . Fourteen
gineer of the state highway commis
I graduated. They are:
sion, told reporters that the North
Marian king
Francis Claik, Warren Bennett. Al-
Santiam route was “not on the agen
da” for this year.
But it’s on other folks' agenda.-.
It’s on the agenda of the truck
driver, who might have been killed
in the mishap of last Friday, the one
you see pictured.
It’s on the agenda of the federal
government, which has spent almost
$5,000.000 on the rough an expensive
A full-fledged, two day rodeo
part of the North Santiam Highway
Joseph Harris, Stayton, was be-
horse show for June 18 and 19 has
and expects the state to do its .part
lieved
drowned in Suttle Lake Thurs
been decided upon by the Riders of
in makin pa transcontinental link of
day afternoon when the boat he and
the Santiam.
it.
It will be a racing, rearing buck his wife were riding in was capsized
It’s on the agenda of the cities of
ing
affair, the membership decided by high waves.
Stayton, Mehama, Lyons, Mill City.
Mrs. Harris, who wore a life jack
Bert
at a meeting Tuesday night.
Detroit, Idanha. Sisters. Redmond
et, was lescued late that evening. Al
Kair is general chairman.
and Bend.
The rodeo will be held at the Lazy though her husband also was wear
It’s on the agenda of Albert Bauer,
Maple
ranch between Mill City and ing a life jacket, no trace of him on
general manager of Consolidated
the surface of the water was seen.
Builders, Inc., who made the subject Lyons.
Mrs. Haris was brought from the
of
Sheri-
Delashment
and
Bernard
of the winding, narrow and dangerous
rough
water by fishermen.
road between Mill City and Salem dan have promised to furnish buck
Volunteers and state police have
ing
horses
and
cattle.
Several
saddle
his chief topic in an address to the
clubs in the Willamette Valley are dragge 1 the lake without finding any
Salem Chamber of Commerce last
already lined up to pa: ticipate in the trace of Mr. Harris. His coat was
week.
show, with drills, games and stunts. found on the shore.
And it's going to be on tbe agen.ia
Mr. Hanis operated a machine
The local Boy Scout troop will as
of the state of Oregon now, or by
shop in Stayton and was a brother
sist,
and
will
man
several
concessions
1950, when, if the present adminis
of Albert Harriss and Mrs. George
A carnival may be lined up.
tration has not acted, one will be el
Barney of Idanha.
In
past
.years
the
saddle
club
has
ected that will.
had
crowds
up
to
1500.
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Nice going, Bonneville Administra
tion. The Canyon, ami particularly
those here interested in aviation, are
grateful for your prompt recognition
The Colgan Construction Co. will
of danger to airmen landing at Davis
be continued and is now in operation.
Field if the tall tower line had re
Ray Colgan, who started the firm
mained where it was routed.
several weeks ago, died unexpectedly
We recognize that BPA had a hard
last week. The company will be con
decision to make. It had a construc tinued by Mrs. Colgan. A general
tion deadline to meet. The decision manager has been hired.
to reroute the line keeps in operation
a new but thriving industry here.
STOVEPIPE < \T<TIES FIRE
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The fire department was called to
It’s a pleasure to see the kind of the Dewey Flatman home Tuesday
workmanship that's already apparent noon when soot caught fire in a stove
in the early stages of const: uction pipe. The ceiling was scorched.
nf the Detroit Dam. Looking down
Al Cherry, of Dallas, brother of
from the new highway grade to the Mis. Mel Robinson, was visiting over
FBI's tase >f operations almost 500 Memorial week end.
f«et below one sees an area of 10 or
15 acres, clean and smooth, with food STOP signs INSTALLED
roads winding from level to level
The State Higway C>mmi--i<.n r-
where only a few weeks ago there stalled rton signs at street intersec-
<vas noth-ng but a mass of brush and | t.ions to H e way 222 here last week,
■“•comi growth fir.
j Strict regulaion of stop egulation
Neat, aluminum roofed buildings will be enforced, local Chief of Police
gleam brightly Trucks not in use are J T. King an*! state police sa
line-: p in straight rows. A general
atmosphe-e >f efficiency confronts one
Two Win Scholarships as School Ends
Riders Plan
2-Day Rodeo
Gravel Firm Stays
Stayton Man
Lake Victim
bert Haas. Jerry Hunter, Virginia
Jackson, David Karr, Gerald King,
Marian King, Franklin McDowell,
John Stiait, IarCretta Thomas, Eu
gene Thornley, Louis Verbeck a n d
Kirk Wirick.
A former Mill City student, James
Cooke, attending Salem High School,
was awarded a $5000 navy scholar
hip, He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Cooke of .Will City.
In a letter to Henry R. Bayless,
high school principal, E. Dean An
derson, executive secretary of the Or
egon State System of Higher Educa
tion, wrote in regard to youg Karr:
“The Oregon State System of High
ei Education is very happy to award
a scholarship to one of your students.
This award has been made by the
high school relations committee on
the basis of recommendations by the
State Instituting of Higher Educa
tion. We offer our congratulations on
the fine showing made by your schol
arship winner.”
Most of the high school faculty is
attending summer school this year.
Smith Finally Gets Chance
To Race Horse - - 75 Miles
At long last, Pau! Smith, «4, Mill
City’s iron man and maiathon walk
er, will get a chance to pit his bun
ions against a horse’s hooves next
month.
Smith’s long -tending challenge to
ace a horse over a long distance
route has at last been accepted. He
ill stride over a 75 mile course on
the Lebanon Meadows race tiack in
nid-July for 75 miles.
Li t Fourth of July Smith walked
from Albany to Mill City- 40 miles
but had no one, horse or man. to
mpete with. He came out fifth in
-hort jaur-t of about 15 miles out
Portland against men les* than
A roundup of building activity in
the Canyon showed considerable pro-
g ess the past few weeks.
George Manolis, Silverton, has be
gun the construction of a large drive-
in restau ant between Mill City and
I Gates. Ground w as being cleared for
the structure this week.
Work of moving two tourist court
buildings farther Loin the highway
was completed. Mr. Manolis is a well
known restaurateur, -ecently operat
ing the coffee shop at the state cap
ital building.
Also in the Gates area, loads of
lumber were being delivered to pro
perty recently bought by T. W. Lord
of Salem from Jerry Lyons, and work
on several tourist cabins is expected
to start in the next few days.
Only some interior finishing re
am to be done on the variety store
1 eing built by Not man Garrison in
Gates. An attractive exterior, stuc-
■ned, with a canopy built over the
front of the structure, adds much to
j the anyearance of Canvon business
houses.
lr. Mill City the Lantd Construc
tion Co. was making rapid prog:ess
o ’ a large building which will house
Albert Toman'» Hilltop Store. Ex
terior brick work has been completed
and work this week continued on the
suru.te at part of the roof.
Th©
new store will be about 100 by 80
feet.
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C. L. Booth, Mehama contractor.
- >un will have completed a new on-
story concrete brick structure which
will house two businesses, on Broad-
A-ny. Walls nre complete, stuccoing
Inishi I, and the roof and floor were
being installed this week. The build
ing is being constructed for C. E.
Mason and provides about 80 feet of
business frontage.
Also in Mill City u large service
station which will provide a local out
let for Richfield pioducts is nearly
ready. Next door east, on Santiam
Blvd, is the new Freres Lumber Co.
retail yard, a large and attractive
building.
Work will start in a week or so
on new qarters for the Mill City State
Bank.
Yoder and Martin, Corvallis con
tractors, completed pouring the foot
ings on the new Faust & Ross store.
LOGGER INJURED
Tom Fryer was seriously injured
last week when a limb fell on him
while working for Mt Jefferson Dig
ging Co. neat Lyons. He was taken
to Dr. R. P. Andersen of Stayton,
and it was found he hail a very bad
ly bruised right leg and injuries to
his right arm, but no broken bones.
He will be unable to return to work
for some time.
GRADUATED AT OSC
Clyde Marion Rogers, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Rogers of Mill City,
is among the graduating class of 1568
seniors and graduate students to re
ceive degrees at the 80th annual
commencement at Oregon State Coll
ege, Corvallis on June 5 and 6. He
w'l) be granted a bacheloi's degree
in business and technology. Mr. and
Mrs. Rogers plan to attend the ex
ercises.
OPTOMETRIST TO L(M VTE HERE
The Bonneville Power Administra
tion this week recognized the com
plaint oi the Davis airport here over
the locution of its transmission line
and agreed to move it away from
possible danger to planes.
The change in the route for the
230 kv. line to the Detroit Dam was
confirmed officially Wednesday in a
telegram from Sen. Wayne Moi ria
to Robert Vencss, secretary of the
Mill City Chamber of Commerce.
Bryon Davis, owner of the field,
and Ted Galbraith, its manager, also
leceived word from the BPA.
The present plan will be to install
a temporary line along the present
route, with 40 foot wooden poles. At
the same time, the tower line will be
surveyed und built on a route con
siderably south of the present one.
The temporal y line became neces-
r> bf< au ■ BPA must deliver pow-
e rto Consol'i'ated Builders, Inc., at
the damaite by mid-August.
Mr. Dn-is srd Mr, Galbraith ex-
are isc I " sir -’•• ♦itu le to BPA and
to its di lector Dr. Paul Raver, for
” • ■ prompt ami satisfactory settle
ment of the problem. Both plan to
<»,
now —>•» De breakfast hop
set for Julv 1"-
a G1 living pro
gram: and co-’tlnoa' on of the school
which now numbers msny students
Schools Ask
$114,021
Total estimated expenditures o.
$114,021.00 were contained in a pro
pose. . buiige, .or ochuol District 129J
.or next yea*. Hie tiguie was about
$10,900 above last year’s.
The budget was prepared by the
school board and the budget commit
tee, Lee Ross und K. L. Faust, it
will be »Ulmitleu for oflicial upprovai
at a school meet ng at the high school
building June 20 at 8 p.m.
At the same meeting there will be
elected a school director to till the
position now occupied by Ramon Ro
berts, whose term expires.
A big increase in pupils has been
made, especially n the pawl few weeks
with work starting on the Detroit
Dam. A substantial increase in mon
ey from the basic school fund, be
cause of more students, may help to
boost anticipated receipts.
The proposed budget contains a
$10,900 outlie, for the new school and
$3,500 for a new school site.
Dam funnel Job
Will Start Soon
Start of work on the diversion tun
nel for the Detroit Dam was sched
uled for next week.
The work will be done under sub
contract to the Shea Construction Co.
Consolidated Builders, Inc., virtually
completed er.cavation at the tunnel
entrance thia week.
It will be a 1400 foot tunned, 25
f<et in iameter, and will cairy th»
Sairtiam R ver, from a coffer dam,
directly through the mountain.
DRIVE TESTS |\ IDANHA
V driver license examiner will be
on duty in Idanha at the Idanha The
ater between the hours of 10 a.m.
and 3 p.m.
Pe. sons wishing lken.-ea or per
mits to drive are asked to get in
touch with the examiner well ahead
of the closing hour to assure comple
tion of their examinatina with a min-
mum f delay.
Dr. Mark Hatnmerickson, optome
trist. will locate soon at Dave Epps
furniture store He has been in pract
ice the pad ten ye»rs and served in
ti e U. S. a: my for three and one-
hilf years as optonetrst in army
eye clinics where he gained extensive
’kill an . experience in the field of
optometry.
His general offices are at 313 W.
1st,
Albany. Dr. Hammerickson will FIRE ’’EKMITS NEEDED
The race had been planned for last
S. T. Moore, district rangei, has
fall, but the Lebanon folks couldn’t be in Mill City each Thuraday from
1:00
to
6:00
P.
M.
and
laso
6:00
to
announced
that burning permits will
find a h<>:*e to run against Smith.
8:00 P. M by appointment.
be required for outside fires.