Seri mg the North Santiam Valley The North Santiam’s Mill City Enterprise VOLUME V, NUMBER 24 Looking Up Looking for a Place and Down to Live? Get a Tent the Canyon By CHARLES WOLVERTON Hamman Stage Line could quite profitable operate another bus, late at night from Salem to Mill City and other points up the Canyon. Much of the constiuction work is on a two- or three-shift basis. Week ends are particularly cut short for many who don’t have cars, because of the com­ paratively early leaving time in the afternoon. The new highway soon will mean much more bus travel via the North Santiam route through the Cascades. • • * All future Rose Queens should be tested for allergies. The current one had a bad case of the sniffles—rose fever. • ♦ • I’m not an economist, but I’d like to know if there is any connection between the current slump in busi­ ness throughout the country and the policy of the past few years of send­ ing billions abioad. The ostensible purpose of propping up certain governments with stacks of American dollars was to get Joe Stalin’s goiat and to halt the spread of the kind of government he likes. After three or more years of such a policy, a count of Red noses (and I don’t mean those that bloom front spirits! brings us a total of about 700.000,000 people, Before we set out to save the world from communism there were about 200,000,000 under its sway. The past three years has not seen a federal budget of less than $40,- 000,000,000 yearly. Roosevelt’s big­ gest peacetime budget—which built Bonneville, Grand Coulee dams and other vast public works, never hit above ten billion in .peacetime. The only way it can be figured is that we aie spending—what with an enlarged military establishment upwards of $.30 billion to stop the Reds. That ought to have bought a lot of anti- communism, but it hasn't. • • • What bthers me is that the United States, with the consent of the Dem­ ocrats and Republicans, has really ladled out the gravy to keep Them- ostocles Popopolis from turning Red, has dishes! out plenty of rice to a lot of Chang Cbangsjor the same rea­ son, they haven’t spent a dime on me to keep me fiom waving a red flag or heatring a bomb at a capital ist. Heck, I’ll stay non- communist, even divest myself of the pinkish hue of which I have been accused, if the government will give me a small frac­ tion of what it has been passing out to the rest of the world to keep it from going red. The business of keeping your ed- itor from looking longingly at the Kremlin by paying him a substan­ tial bonus has manv piecedents. We’­ ve been doing it for the past three years to the citizens of other coun­ tries. Another precedent could be de­ rived from the good old days of the new deal — when they paid farmers foi not raising wheat. I’ll pledge not to raise hell for a whole lot less. A near disaster occurred at the Id­ anha Lumber Co. mill Friday. It start ed with a sneeze. An employee let loose wi‘h a wol- loping ha-choo! He then was seen to pa* fiantically through the sawdust, then dash out of the mil! and down to the conveyer. There he waited for a few moments, at last picking up what he’d lost. You guessed it. Twas his uppers. XEW CAFE OPENED “Where are we going to live?” That question was being asked by hundreds of newcomers to the Can- yon, now that school is out and wives and children are coming in to join their husbands employed on the De­ troit Dam and related projects. And the answer is: “Theie just aren’t any houses.” Trailer camps appear to be the best immediate solution for many. Mar­ tin Hansen’s trailer court in Mill City has grown from about five or six tiailer occupants a month ago to at least 30 today. The Silver Saddle is filling up. Butler’s camp in Gates is already a small city on wheels. And up in Detroit the same growth is ev­ ident. What few local homes that have been vacant are now tenanted, some at triple previous rentals. Many dam employees are buying lots -and are planning to build. Heie and there are tents pitched, and large families are roughing it. The real housing crisis probably will not come, however, until next year, when Consolidated Builders’ payroll will start climbing to its peak of 2500 or more. Two college boys, out to work for the summer, looked vainly for a room and finally located one in Gates—at Breitenbush Road Closed Part Time ■S. T. Moore, district ranger, has announced that the road from Detioit to Breitenbush Hot »Springs will be closed to the general public from 7:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. because of construction. Sunday is excepted. The ruling took effect Wednesday, A $250,000 road widening pioject is under way. The improved road will improve access for the construction o tfhe Dertoit-Maupin transmission line and for looging of federal tim- be- on the right-of-way. Santiam Spanned Above Idanha A bridge acros the North Santiam, providing access to about nine million feet of timber on the Linn County side, is nearing completion today in the Idanha vicinity. The timber was purchased of the Forest Se. vice by the M. & M. Wood­ working Co. last year. The Idanha Veneer Co., which markets its pro­ duct with the M. & M. firm, is build­ ing the bridge androads. The bridge is of steel, 90 feet long with a 32 foot approach on the Linn side and a fill on the Mai ion side. At the conclusion of the logging operation the bridge becomes the pro­ perty of the forest service. Kliewer to Start Meat Service Firm Harold Kliewer, mayor, has an­ nounced the establishment of a whole­ sale meat business, which will begin to serve several outlets in this vitin- ity in a few weeks. Mr. Kliewer was associated with Fleetwood’s grocery here for many yea i a. The meats will be cut, weighed and packaged in cellephane in a new building almost completed at the new Hilltop General Store. The meats then will be displayed in local stores in self-service cabinets. Ixx-al outlets for Mr. Kliewer’s bus­ iness are Hilltop Store and the Red At W bite Store. In Gates, the general store there will be the outlet. The new firm also will suupl.v many res­ taurant accounts. Mis. Les Mullen opened the doors of an attractive restaurant next to Les Mullen's tavern on the highway. The eating place was named Viv’s Steak House. The new establishment has a iron­ Lt i£ VICTIMS EFFECTS FOUND tnge of about 40 feet and ia complete No t: ace of the oody of Jonepo ly new in all respects. A modem kit- Harris. Stayton. who was uroward chen has been installed. in Suttle Lake last week, has been found, but his boat, tool chest end purse have been located Mrs. Alice Huber. Lyon* school distrcit clerk, explained today that 1GED HOM \N BRE \K-s HIP Mr*. Saloney Hinkle. 82, of Afbany- notices cal Ing for a school meeting Monday were based on standard time and a former Mill City reside«*, fell and that the meeting will begin at 9 Sunday and broke her hip when she trippe-i over a black cat. p.m. DST $40 per month for a hole in the wall, hey said, ’Huh uh!” and went out and bought a tent. One CB1 wife located what sha had been told was a furnished apartment. The furnishings did not, however, in­ clude refrigeration, hot water, wash­ ing machine, and many other items normally expected at the high rental asked. Local people, as well as newcom­ ers, have been caught in the housing bind, when homes they were renting weie sold. Their chances have been a bit better than others because they were better informed on vacancies. Many workers and executive per­ sonnel are living as far away a# Sa­ lem and commuting daily. To outsiders, the best advice seems to be: •‘Bring a trailer—or a tent.” Plans Advance For Highway Opening Fete Edison Vickers, president of the Canyon Commercial Club of Idanha and Detroit, announced Fi iday that a meeting of heads of civic groups had decided on preliminary plans for the opening and dedication of the highway. The meeting was held at the high school Thureday evening. A ribbon will be stretched across the road at the Breitenbush bridge, where a caravan from eastern Ore­ gon will meet a caravan from the valley. Plans are for a 45 minute dedication service, and Gov. Douglas McKay will be invited to participate as chief speaker. At the same time a Queen of the Santiam will be crowned. The queen will be chosen according to plans not yet completed. Invitations have been sent to var­ ious groups in eastern Oregon and the valley. Also present will be pro- 11 inent men from the Corps of Army Engineers and the Public Roads Ad­ ministration. On June 21, heads of Chambers of Commerce from many eastern and ■western Oregon cities will meet in Salem for further plans. IM . Hl' ffii !!l! nilllt’IMiM.Bll lUlilUHiil MB'Utt fill WM UilUttMfflM »2.00 A YEAR. 5 CENTS A C«PY Ji xe IB. 1919 MILL CITY. OREGON. THURSDAY. KMiMUMMMS Lyons, Mehama. Elkhorn Mill City Gates, Mangold Detroit and Idanha Rapist of Teenager Given 10 Year Term C. of C. Will Construction Sponsor Air Worker, 27 Hop July 17 Pleads Guilty Swift justice wa* dealt out to Ed­ The Mill City Chamber of Com­ die Snell, 27, confessed rapist of a merce will sponsor the breakfiash hop teenage Canyon girl. He was sen­ July 17 at Davis Aiiport her«, when tenced to ten years in prison Wed­ about .300 fliers and passengers will nesday in circuit court in Salem. 'descend on the Canyon. Snell altered his original plea of A barbecue has been planned to not guilty to guilty before the trial 'feed the visitors. started. Lowell Stiffler, chaiiman of the The girl was criminally attacked committee, told the chamber of the May 1 when Snell was t eturning her program for the day. The committee to her home from a visit above Ni- met at the Entei prise office Wednes­ agara. He tried to intimidate her to day evening. Present were Byron Da­ keep her for telling her parents, but vis, Te l Galbraith, owner and mana­ she revealed what had happened to ger of the field; Harold Kliewer, ma­ them upon arriving home. The next yor; and J. C. Kimmel, president of d*y she identified Snell in the pres The Shea Construction Co. this chamber. ence of officers. week was on location at the Detroit Local fliers got a preview of what Snell was a highway construction Dam for its subcontract of digging their July 17 breakfaM. hop here will worker, is married and has two chil- a 1400 foot diversion tunnel for the be by attending one in Redmond Sun­ dren. North Santiam River. day. Over 1000 airmen convened at Consolidated Builders, Inc. complet­ the Redmond airport, and the skies ed ecavation work at the east portal were filled with planes. of the shaft which will bee 25 feet Five local planes took ofT here ear­ or m oreindiame ter and will be cut ly Sunday morning, along with two through sold rock. from Silverton and one from Salem. Other work the past week at the In contrast with a general trend Byron Davis leached the field across damsite included pouring of footings of slowing lumber production and the Cascades in 50 minutes. for the main office of the construction mill closings, a brighter 'picture of A big feature of the breakfast hop company. which will bring hundreds of planes __ of a new lumber producer put in op­ About 350 are presently employed eration this week was good news for here from all over the Northwest, ‘»'SafrkFP b l*ftni9O*P an air circus. Visiting on the CBI pay roll, with over 100 the Canyon. an air circus. Visiting aiimen ai.----- will ---- m I v I V I 1 "1 tz at work or scheduled to be on sub- perform a series of stunts and man- It is the Oregon Pulp and Paper The first con plated busiress build­ contracts. Co. Mill between Mill City and Gates, oeuvers. A local student flier, Glen I ing of the current conspsKtion boom a plant -which was moved from its Roberts, is s> heduled to make a para- here was ïéady for inspection this ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETING Monument Peak location where it had ciiaM jumff. One of the most interesting attrac­ week here It aqs a two More busi­ WILL BE HELD MONDAY been idle for over a year. The mill tions will be two 'helicopteis from ness b'ock built by C. A. Booth for An important school meeting will was set up in its new location under the Army Airforce. They will be the C. E. Mason, on Broadway. of Tony Ziehe rt of Mill the direction be held Monday evening to elect two The new structure, with a frontage first ever seen in the Canyon. I directors and vote on the proposed City. Mr. Davis and Ted Galbraith, man­ of 80 feet, is of concrete block con- a good supply of tim- Backed by budget for next year. ager of the field, are studying out ! st ruction. The exterior is trimmed The terms of Ramon Roberts, chair­ ber, thg mill will produce about 35,- the problem of feeding the hundreds j with green. The interior is white, and 000 board feet daily. man, and W. B. Shuey, who was ap­ of flieis and their passengers. A big is lit with floreacent fixtures, pointed to fill the post vacated by The building was finished in les* barbecue has been decided upon, but BUS1NESS CENSUS PLANNED Willis Potter, expire. One director the sponsorship of it has not been de­ thin u month. is to be elected for a three year, and Landscaping in the form of shrub­ Enumeration of business establish­ termined. The affair will come up for the other for a year’s term. ments in the Linn County part of discussion at this week’s Chamber of bery was added as an extra touch A budget about »10,000 above last Mill City wilt begin next week, it was Commerce meeting. George Manolis, Salem and Silver- year’s also will be discussed. announced in Eugene by Olga A. Local fliers and passenger-, were ton restaurateui, began construction Freeman, district supervisor of the Elmer Moore, Don Walker, Byron of a large drive-in cafe between Mill LYONS GETS SWITCHBOAD Davis, Lloyd Hoeye, Glen Robeits, City and Gates. Census Bureau. Footings for a 40 by GO foot build­ Reports will be sought on 194b bus Ted Galbraith, Virginia Galbraith A new swtichboard has been install­ ing, to be constructed of concrete ness operations. Information sought Wayne Keir, John Jackson Kenneth ed in the Lyons telephone office, a 50- will include sales volume, pay rolls, Chance, Ben Bodeker and Buddy Tho­ blocks, were poured late last week. circuit board. mas. Ted Finley and Mr. and Mrs. The work has been contracted by the It is quite an improvement over and employment. Lee Selman of Silverton and Elmer I jar sen Construction Co. of Silverton. the old board which has been in ser­ LOOKOUT STATIONS OPENED Rapid progress was being made on Thomas of Salem joined th ■ flight vice ever since the telephone com­ the Hilltop General Store’s new build­ S. T. Moore, district ranger, said here. pany was organized early in 1900. ing. The outside walls and roof are The first service in Lyons was a this week that lookout stations at finished, and chief work remaining is three jack box at the Trask ami Bro­ Stahlman peak and Kinney Ridge had plastering amt glazing. Albert To­ therton store, with only three lines. beei opened this week, and that eight man, proprietor, said he expected to That was before the telephone office t « more stations would be manned be­ start moving into the new place in fore early July. was established. i mid-July. Mill City’s new grade school build | ing is going ahead rapidly toward completion. All walls are up, most of the roof has been placed and part COUNCIL ’ adiR t The City Council last Wednesday of the exterior has been finished in approved a proposed budget of »15,- a gleaming white. The work is under 24« for the fiscal year beginning in the direction of the Adams Construc­ tion Co. of Stayton. July. High above the highway is the With arrival of millwork, the sub­ By JEAN ROBERTS Mayor Harold Kliewer said the city A word picture of the North ¡¡power line right-of-way, looking for tax would not exceed the six per cent division of 18 homes of the Consol all the world as though a mighty limitation. ¡dated Builders, Inc., is rapidly near­ Santiam Canyon, now transform­ reaper had mowed a -wath through ing completion. Mountan States Pow er! by a new highway, is given Other action by the council: j the forest; up and down, crossing by our Elkhorn correspondent. An application for a betr license er Co. was placing a large water Where once was a narrow, windi ng 1 mountains so steep as to be nearly from Oliver Farmen was tabled in­ , main to serve the area. yet maintaining a definitely. The Presbyterian Church was mak- gtavel road of hairpin turns and r impassable, . ing plans to move the manse to a treacherous curves, there is now a , draight line. A plat of Evergreen St., as sub­ now hard surfaced highway. The level road stretches ahead mitted by G. C. McKinney, civil en­ different location, following sale of Although not entirely finished, the | still gradually climbing, cement walls gineer, of Salem, was approved. (A i frontage for business purposes of the new highway from Gates to Detroit j supporting the lower -ide in places new survey had been requirtd because 1 lot on which it stands. is so much improved, a.« to be nothing where the mountains were too steep of faulty original surveying.) Pedetson and Hagen, Salem con­ i to provide a road bed. short of a miiacle. The council heard a report that the tractors, were at work on their fourth At the main damsite, huge flood­ state highway commission was look­ residence in the locality. They began Tons of solid rock have been blast­ ed along the North Fork of the San­ lights skirt the road, heavy equip­ ing into the problem of drainage near one in Fox Valley last week. Both the new Freres Lumber Co. tiam for the highway right-of-way, ment, hage D8 cats and enormous the Silver Saddle station. building and the service station on which at first follows the bank of lock trucks, stand in neat yellow the highway were almost ready for this sparkling river, then gradually rows. Above these drifts the smoke X-RAYMOBILE SERVES 410 occupancy thia week. climbs higher and higher to the crest of clearing projects which are keep­ IN UPPER