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About The North Santiam's Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 194?-1949 | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1949)
\ \ The North Santiam’s Mill City Enterprise Serving the North Santiam \ alley Id! :..i I. riWLIlil HL,IIU.I1M!I1U Illi HHittB inr«» . R . nf*,|l,rUt!'IUt!tWt'MI1!IUtittM’UHMM<ilil.iUifHHIb!ll|l Illi Itll.lWlUllUUilUI »2.00 A YEAR. 5 CENTS A C»PY MILL CITY. OREGON. THURSDAY. JUNE 23, 191» VO’ UME V. NUMBER 25 ’’’! 1 Lyons, Mehama. Elkhorn Mill City Gates. Mongold Detroit and Idanha I Looking Up Paul Smith to Race and Down Lebanon Horse July 24 the Canyon By CHARLES WOLVERTON The taxpayers of the Mill City school district owe a certain gentle man something in the neighborhood of $35,000, but it’s a debt tbat never will be paid, because 'he’ll never bill them. I’m refering to Don Sheythe, who as chaiiman of the building commit tee of the board, has guided the con struction of what will be one of the most beautiful and practical school buildings in the state. When the credits are passed around a proportionate share of praise and thanks are due to Chaiiman Ramon Roberts of the board, and to Al Ad ams, who has superintended the con struction of as fine a piece of work as has been erected in this Canyon. But here is the reason why Don Sheythe has a special claim on $35,- in change. When the bids were open ed, the lowest contractor’s estimate was almost $200,000, or more than $35,000 above what the board could spend on a much needed school. The board, although inexperienced in the vast details of building, felt sure the building could be erected for the am ount set asirle. Al Adams, a young Stayton contractor, who couldn’t put up the required bond but had done a lot of preparatory work and study, also felt that $165,000 would do the job. So the board took the long chance that it could build the school, and Don, as chairman of the building committee, was assigned the respon sibility. For the past three months, Don has had but little time for his own affairs. Working out contracts, buy- ing materials, shaving a dollar here and a dollar there, it’* been a full- time job. • • • But the results are already mani fest in the fine building that now is shaping up so beautifully in a pic turesque seting near the park. Our children will enjoy school now—per haps. At any rate, the surroundings are such as to make school a pleas ure. Every room will be almost as bright as the out-of-doors. It will be heated by a system that’s the last word in moiiem design. Warm water surges through miles of pipe imbed ded in tihe flooi—the most economical method of heating yet devised, They’ve thought of about every- thing. An emergency room for the sick child, A A display window for trophies. Everything that goes for a big modem kitchen. And the best gym you’ll ever see. It’s a vast building, too. Looking down its long coiridore, it’s a full city block from one end to the other. There is boldness and modernity in its design. It’s functional, and be cause of that, beautiful, for it’s a school building not trying to look like anything else. Landscaping will extend from the front of the new building all the way to the athletic field. Such a building deserves the proper setting. Don, and Al Adams, althought they have their fingers crossed, believe to day, with the building now far en- ough along to hazard a guess, that it can be built for the $165,000 allot- ted for it If it should run a few thousand over, no one should kick. The community is getting the biggest bargain in a school building that is possible in these time of costly con struction. There’s one change I’d like to see in the new school building. I’d like to have them rip out a wall and in stall there a cornerstone, with the names of the board and Al Adams inscribed thereon. And with no re- flection on anyone, the name of Don Scheythe should be carved in largest letters. • • • To the horseburger merchants in Portland the authorities are saying: “Neigh! Neigh!’’ Al Ge«ides, duly elected as Demo cratic precinct committeeman in the last election, has been summarily de prived of office. His name has been scratched. He <rualified in all respects —except he's a registered Republi can. The big race between man and horse in on at last. Finally the long standing challenge of Paul Smith, Mill City’s 64-year- old iron man and marathon walker, has been accepted. He’ll race a horse and rider on the Lebanon Meadows track July 24. It’s really not news to the people here in the Canyon. For Paul has been observed by hundreds almost every evening, striding it off at a pace that makes young men blink with wonder, up and down the high way, above and below Mill City. The race track will give Paul a bet ter break than he had last Fourth of Jungwirth’s New Grave) Plant Opens July, when he had to dodge holiday traffic in his jaunt from Albany to Mill City, 40 miles of gruelling test. And at that time 'he had to nace against himself, finding neither man nor beast to accept his challenge. The Lebanon race will be for 75 miles, quite a day’s hike for a horse, but no problem for Paul. Wanna bet? Paul Smith’s prowess as a walker and athlete of great endurance are well known to the Canyon, but for newcomers, here’s a brief outline of the man: He went the full distance from Los Angeles to New York in the Bunyan Derby 25 years ago and came in 19th (he’d have done better, but his man ager was too tight to keep him in shoes; he won many long distance hikes in the Northwest, or was high in the money; he toted provisions to miners here in the Canyon for many years, once cairying a stove from .Mill City to Quartzville, 15 miles of rugged mountain walking. 3 Idanhans Hurt in Crash A $75,000 industrial enterprise be- gan operation in the Canyon this week—the biggest rock and giavel plant esat of the Willamette Valley. The new plant, located on the Mar ion County side of the North Santi Three men were injured, ona ser am. was built by the Jungwirth Con iously Saturday evening when the struction Co. Increased demand for pickup they were riding in collided gravel, sand and rock in connection with a truck three miles west of Id- the rise in building operations here, anha. decided John Jungwirth and his son, Calvin Cannon, 18, of Idanha, un Clarence Jungwirth, on their expan derwent surgery in a Bend hospital sion plan. They had been operating a to release ipresure on his brain due much smaller plant in Lyons for a to a skull fiacture. He had not re number of years. gained consciousness early this week , The new plant is located on a ‘huge and his condition was reported as gravel bar about thiee miles west of grave. Mill City. There a large quantity of Richard Cannon, 21, also -a passen natural sand, as well as rock of var ger of the pickup, was confined to ious dimensions. the same hospital for 96 hours. He At its highest point the plant is suffered a minor concussion when he about 60 feet high. The gravel pit was thrown from the truck by the area is about ten acres. ' impact. His condition is reported as The rough rock and sand is entered ! satisfactory. in the plant by truck at a ramp. Charlie Cannon, 26, who was in the Thence it is conveyed by rubber belt ; same vehicle, was taken b y Dick to a separating assembly, where the i Haseman to Memorial Hospital in sand drops to the bottom and larger Salem' for treatment. He was released rock is screened by size. The boulders but is confined to bed. then fall into a hammermill, powered Norman Bowers, driver of the flat by a diesel engine. The rock is brok bed truck owned by Milo Harris of en by large bars revolving at a high Idanha, was uninjured. The truck rate of sipeed. was badly damaged; the pickup was The crushed rock then is conveyed demolished. on another rubber belt to a somewhat lower height. There it is screened POWER BREAK CLOSES MILL I and separated into hampers. The Jungwirths devised a large The Idanha Veneer Co. plant was wheel which revolves slowly, drawing forced to suspend operations for a- the washed sand and lifting it into while last Wednesday when a fire in a sand hopper. The silt and dirt aie the Idanha Power Co. plant reduced drained off. current too low for operation. Clarence Jungwirth said that there are only a few deposits of sand in LOGGER BREAKS ARM the Canyon and that they are fortun Keith W’hite, Detroit logger, broke ate to have such an ample source. his right arm Friday when he was The plant can be seen from the highway about thiee miles west of thrown from a log while setting chokers for Noyes Whitten. His arm town. A large fleet of trucks will carry was set by Dr. Andeisen in Stay-in. the product to construction jobs here He was taken there by the Industrial Hospital ambulance. and in the valley. Highway Fete Given Eastern Oregon Boost An enthusiastic eastern Oregon it leady to pitch in to make the open ing of the North Santiam highway sometime in August a rousing affair. That was the report of an upper Canyon delegation after conferring Tuesday in Redmond with a Cham ber of Commerce council of several cities across the Cascades. The dele gation, headed by Ed Vickers, pres ident of the Canyon Commercial Club included Mrs. Ray Johnson, Otto Rus sell, Howaid Baldwin and Mrs. Gor don Skidmore. Mr. Vickers reported that the re presentatives from Bend, Redmond, Burns, Madras, Prineville and other towns consider the new road their own—the fidst time they’ve had a di- recet route to “their capital." Bands, paraders and caravans of cars were promised. On the othe’r side of the Cascades, enthusiasm was not lacking. Robert Veness, secretary of the Mill City Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Vickers and Clay Cochrane, manager of the Salem chamber, worked out plans in Salem Monday night for invitations to a long list of notables, Chambers of Commerce, private citizens who have contributed to the drive to get the road, and to many who person ally or by family connection contrib uted in the early discovery of Minto Pass. Tentative plans are for an east- meets-west motif, and invitations are being prepared to have both Gov. Douglas McKay an dthe governor of Idaho participate by meeting the day of the celebration. I Council Favors I Traffic Lights Manolis Dies At Cafe Site Funeral services for George Mano lis, 58, Silverton restauiatuer who diedwhile supervising work on his projected cafe near Gates Tuesday, will be held in Silverton Friday at 2 p. m. Mr. Manolis died unexpectedly at the site of thediive-in restaurant he had set out to build when his lease on the Capitol building coffee shop in Salem was not renewed. Mr. Manolis is survived by his wi dow, a son, George Jr., and two bro thers. Third Santiam Rodeo a Success The thitsi annual rodeo and horse show of the Riders of the Santiam at the lazy Maple Ranch between Mill City and Lyons, was successful and well attended. The rodeo played to a huge crowd Sunday and a somewhat smaller on* the day before. Mrs. Everett Limbeck was queen of the rodeo and Margaret Nietiing anil Carolyn Turnidge were princess es. T. Henness, 95, one of the oldest residents of the Canyon, rode in the grand parade Sunday. Events includ ed bareback ridng. calf ropng. bronc bustng and races. By JEAN ROBERTS “Whata yuh mean, young fellow ?” | Commtteemen n charge were Bert indignantly replies the small fry,1 Karr, president, as timer; Jess Tay Strawberry season soon will be lor, announcer; Fiak Studnick and “ over, and the cry of “Carrier!” will don’t you know. I’m 10?” Y’oung ami old, mostly women and | Happy Coville, judges; Jim King and be a dying echo in the hills of the children, people from all walks of Barney Barnard, pickup men; Morris Fei n Ridge country—until next year, Howe, game chairman; and Fred life form the army of pickers Bent backs and blistered knees will Gnuschke, director. Pete Peterson is Strawberry picking by no means soon heal, but it will take a litle I depicts ones’ monetary status. One secretary-treasurer of the riders. longer for the stained hands of the Stock was furnished by Ellery De young girl, who arrived each morn strawberry picker to be white again, Lashmutt and Barney Barnard of ing in a new Buick 8, was working reminding him meanwhile of the to earn extra money to attend norma! Sheridan. miles of rows he crawled along. school this fall; a young chap of 12 Strawberry patches are many but wanted a bicycle; a housewife — 3 CARS COLLIDE AT ELKHORN they are much alike. From the far new carpet; another, some new The cars of George Pettingill and comer of the field one can hear the clothes. Ike Myers collided Sunday night, just disconsolate tones of th^ weary pick One boss remarked. “The ones that below the Sischo home in Elkho.n. er as he laments. “Oh, Those Straw- work the hardest aren't the ones who Mr. Pettingill*« sister, who was rid be ry Groans.” ing with him, was thrown against need it the moat." Nearoy a youngster shouts, "Hey, (Tony Moravec, Fem Ridge berry the winshield. The Pettingill car was Richard, are you working hard?’’ grower, •«aid that over .300 regular badly denttd and the front fender “Naw,” Richard replies. “Come on, picker» were fumiehed to the Fem of Myers’ car crushed in. Consider young frilow. let’s get this patch Ridge growers by the Canyon this able time was spent prying the two don.” cars apart. season.) Berry Picking’s Rough On the Knees, Says Here Bids Called July 7th For Paving Highway State Will Surface New Road The City Council Wednesday eve ning took action to install stop lights in the business section on the Mar The North Santiam highway be ion County side to eliminate a ser tween Niagara and Detroit will be ious traffic hazard. pa veil soon. Bids were called July 7 Carl Kelly, stieet commissioner, by the Public Roads Administration was instructed to work out a plan in Portland Wednesday for the sur with the state highway commission facing of the 13 miles, which has to place stop lights at the top of the been hacked through the North San highway grade above the Red & tiam Canyon by the PRA and shaped White store and on the bridge. May into a first class highway. Grading is or Harold Kliewer's proposal, which scheduled for completion sometime in was outlined to the council and to July. the City Long Range Planning Com The paving program is the last mission the night befoie, was to have phase in the completion off one of th«> two lights syncronized so as to the most difficult highway jobs ever keep one way traffic around the dan undertaken in the Northwest. Relo gerous corner and at the same time cation of the North Santiam high providing for safe crossing of the way was necessitated by the Detroit street below by pedestrians. Dam, the basin of which coveis the Also, another question to be work route of the old road which was one ed out with the highway commission of the most tortuous and dangerous is the proposed closing of the under mountain routes in the Northwest. Besides the paving, there remains pass from the Shepherd addition to Highway 222. The commission had the completion o f t h e Breitenbush told Lee Ross of the planning conr- briilgr*«, and conside able grading and mission it would install a drain at filling between Mongold and the dam that point on the highway anil elim site. The Kuckenberr Construction Co. inate the pool that usually collects at the foot of the hill in front of the had the contract for building the ex Silver Saddle station if the viaduct isting grade and it's taken almost were closed. By so doing, diainage two years to do the job. In addition would be provided for the Shepherd to the rough terrain, the company tract and the CB1 housing and park had other serious difficulties to meet. The old highway had to be kep* open. areas. The railroad had to be kept in opei ■ The council, following a recommen atrin. Because of the steeip sides of dation of the planning commission, the'Canyon, moving off rock at the voted to work out a plan with the top usually resulted in avalanche- state. on the old road and railroad. In connection with the same drain- The new highway has given cen age aiea, some means vbill have to tral Oregon its fiist adequate route lie found to eliminate a swamp that directly into the Willamette Valley, forms against the railroad grade. Ef which means also that U. S. 97, a forts so far to get the Southern Pa-, favored route to California, and an < ti< rafh m ■ tn i>;a«-.- conduit ub A mt 'alternate road to eastern states are the giade have not been successful, now soon to be opened. although Councilman Robert Veness has been in touch with the railroad company. Another request by the planning commission to rezone an area ad jacent to the Thomas addision as School district elections were held residential, was tabled for further throughout the Canyon Monday. study. In Mill City the budget was ap The planning commission passed a resolution addressed to the state high proved and two incumbent directors, way commission calling for immedi Ramon Roberts and W. B. Shuey, ate construction of a modern route were ieelected. between Mill City and Mehama, cit GATES ELECTS 2 D'RE»T(>'.’4 The annual mee’i-g of Gatei ing the hazards and inadequacy of <choo! district was held Mo'idaj eve the pi esent route. The petition was signed by J. C. ning. Two director« wert elected: Kimmel, chairman, Roy Beebe, Neal Gale Oiivj u succeed Ebne- Kiutkc Marttala, Lee Ross, and Charles Wol whose term xpi id: Mr Klutke wil1 complete ti * term of FrcJ Butler, verton. A regular meeting night of the who suomi.ted his resignation -.ftar third Tuesday of the month was se- serving one year o* n three year term. lected. Districts Hold School Elections LYONS RB-ELECTS JOHNSTON Mill City Boy Sees President James Cooke, Salem high whool ’49 graduate and son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cooke of Mill City, was photo graphed with President Truman in Washington Friday as one of 19 boy “governors” sent in a delegation spon sored by the YMCA. Young Cooke also ripok« over a national network on yoth and citizen ship. The North Santiam Recreation Club will soon be ready to open on the former Fred Gooch place, east of Mill City on the Linn County road to Gates, it was announced this week by H. C. (Tex' Keller, of Salem, a former Texan. The club, which will have private membership, will include a gun club, saddle club, boxing an athletics of various kinds. Mr. Keller said he planned to have the dining room open some time this week. The home is being extensively remodeled. The annual school meeting was held at the Lyons school Monday evening. The budget and tax were approved, and G. Paul Johnston, whose term had expired, was re-elected a direc to: for a three year term. DETROIT ELECTS WHITTEN At a school meeting Monday eve ning Noves Whitten, Idanha, was el ected to the three year term on the board of directors of the Detroit dis trict, taking the place of Huber Ray. Idanha. CUB SCOUTS PROMOTED At the pack meeting last week ad vancement awards were given to a number of the Cub Scouts. They are: Johnny Roten, Larry How, Terry Muir, Charles Marttala. Lany Urban, larry Bennett, Keith Powelson, Ar thur Webb. Ronnie Williams, Harold Lee Kliewei, larry Kanoff. Jimmy Baltimore, and Richard Ziebert. A wiener roast was given by the committeemen. There were 19 Cuba present, an eat mated 45 parents and chiHten. The July 8 pack meeting will be held in City Park with a 6:30 pot luck supper for cubs and families.
