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Looking Up Building Permits Total
and Down
the Canyon $304,509 Since Spring
By CHARLES WOLVERTON
“Step up, ladies and gentlemen—
and the kiddies, bless ’em and take
a ride on the Ferris wheel. It’s sen
sational! It’s colossal! It’s a thrill!’’
This is the spiel which a local
company of carnival entrepreneurs
are praoticing up on. Fur the firm of
Hutcheson-Reid-Greene-Stewart and
Wolverton is just about ready to get
in the show business.
The reason therefor are two rubber
checks and a couple of unpaid bills.
The Enterprise shares the distinction
of having been taken for a Ferris
wheel ride along with such concerns
as the Mountain States Power Co.,
the able real estate firm of Reid and
Hutcheson and perhaps others who
belong in similarly exalted company.
(It has been reported that the pow
er company was reimburse I for the
hot check, along with Mr. Greene,
too, but such facts spoil this story,
so they will be disregarded.)
The main thing to concentrate on
is the fact that R. L. Stewart, Dave
Reid, Bill Hutcheson and your editor
have a real claim upon the apparatus
which stands half assembled in Gates
following a none too prosperous at-
,n, . by the Northwest Amusement
Co. to amuse the people of the Can
yon.
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The aforesaid company, henceforth
referred to as HRSW Inc., will take
over the ownership anil operation of
said wheel as soon as certain legal
problems are settled. The assignment
of duties is as follows:
Bill Hutcheson is best qualified to
be the ticket seller, pa tly because
the kind of hats he wears are suffi
ciently picturesque to pass him off as
a snowman.
M». Stewart, will tei ' > him; toe
ticket sellers’ booth with pencil and
pad, for reasons we won’t go into
heie, because they might reflect on
the integrity of the ticket seller. It's
just a matter of form, you know.
For Dave Reid is reserved the spe
cial task of starting the motor that
uns the wheel. From ail accounts,
that will be work enough for Mr.
Reid. When the former proprietors
of the wheel we. e on the Gates site,
owned by Messrs. Reid an I Hutche
son, the motor was started by wind-
,ng a rope around the shaft, getting
four or five men on the end of the
rope, then dashing all in the same
gene.al direction until the rope had
spun the motor. To Mr. Reid is as
signed the responsibility of getting
the darn thing started.
The Wolverton part of the firm will
handle all 'publicity foi the Ferris
Wheel company at a safe distance.
In addition, what spare time he has,
he will stand behind Mr. Stewart to
make sure Mr. Stewart and Mr. Hut
cheson don’t get together.!
Bill has wo. ked out an idea for a
further source of revenue from the
machine. We’ll sell space for adver
tising signs on the backs of the seats
for molest sums.
The e will be a board of directors
meeting soon, at which time the
members of the firm will draw straws
so see who puts the apparatus to
gether. Two men were injured, both
seriously, when they were trying to
set the thing up last week.
• • •
Unfinishe i business: The little mat
ter of the road which Marion County
has promised to this area, between
Elkhorn and Gates. How about it. Mr.
Rice?
The completion of the North San
tiam highway f om Mill City into the
Valley. How about it, Mr. Baldock?
The dangerous intersection (Bal-
lock Corned in Mill City, which is
a source of hourly peril to life and
lope/ty and ought to be closed. How
bout it, members of the city coun
cil?
Tie installation of phosphorescent
..ghts on Broadway? How about it.
Mountain States Power Co ?
And. speaking of some eal unfin-
e: business, what about the repair
ii the < ity’s streets ?
In this case, the city got the run
around from Baldock an 1 Co.—this
time by a rembe of that firm named
Jerry Farrar. Mill City «ent the Mg--
way eommiasMM a check for $1000
fo state crews to do the *vrk which
Building permits totaling an a —
t iundi'g $304,50° have been issued
ii. )’ I C ty since »he bu>' ’ ng cc e
wa> set uu last Ap’i! Figures were
his week by C.*" Recorder
Ein Rags ale.
T h - total went u> .-harply ’his
week vi- the issuanc. uf a $42,000
pern i: ta C msolidated Bail ler.-- Inc.,
fen three ew hörn'». ;'i the < BI ad-
diti n.
M Rag dale said th it residential
construet’on accounted for <b
75
per cent of the total btnldi’ig. and
tha* it epresented ab'.u ~0 new
homes, as well as remoJt'in . Of the
estimate < 50, about ?5 w»re acded
oy CBI.
The LuTding totals. ,f they we e
to in-.'tide those struct'! i • Lui t cut-
sid - th.- city limits an 1 in nearby
Gt'.*-, would probably teach over a
h-.’f m 1; on dollars.
The current building boom, which
shows no pie.-ent sign of letup, has
more than doubled the store frontage
locally.
Nor do the figures inclu !e the big
$165,000 new gra ie school building.
Buildings Go I p Rapidly
Two new business places for Mill
City on 1st. St. are going up fast.
One will E
»und»
an
automobile repair shop. Both build
ings, on the former Rhoda property,
are of permanent pumice block co -
st: uction.
Now rapidly nearing comple
'"s
a new tavern, the Meander Inn, -e-
ing built by Tony Ziebert and GeoVge
(Sparky) Ditter. Mr. Ziebert estim
ated the building will be finished in
two weeks.
In real estate, considerable activity
has been recorded the past week or
so, with Gates in the lead. In Mill
City Dick Cain and Cecil Lake report
er the -ale, within a few weeks aWer
opening Cheir 21-lot subdivision, of
six parcels.
Al Adams, superintendent of con
struction of the grade school build
ing. said this week that the new 12-
room building would be finished well
before the beginning of school and
within the cost of $165,000 which
was set aside fo: the project. Virtu
ally all carpenter work is done, paint
ers are following close behind the
carpenters, and the glaizers are past
the half-way mark in their work.
Laying of asphalt tile floors also has
been started.
Mr. Adams said the competion of
the gym might go beyond the day
school starts. He raid he had been
given another 15 days by the board
on that job, because of the change
of plans in the roof.
Deer Tramples
Detroit Boy
Jack Payne, 9, o f Detroit, was
c’.iarged by a deer and badly bruise I
last week on a trail in the upper part
of the Canyon.
The boy thought at fiist a cougar
was after him.
His mother, Mrs. H. C. Payne, and
his brothers, David and Mike were
out picking berries. Jack was walk
ing along a trail. Suddenly he heard
something running and before he
knew it a large doe came charging
lown the trail, knocking him down
and jumping on him. He was badly
'».akin, but not seriously bruised, al
though the dees’s hooves dug into
i’ face.
was to start Aug. 1. Nor* the -tate
Mr. Farrar -says it will be 60 days,
if at all this year.
Anyone who knows the diffe ence
between a cow path and a four-lane
highwav which wouldn’t include the
1 ori -nentiuned Bildock & Co.f knows
you can’t repair *a -^rav*! st eets
• the fall min*
in. Yet t .e
stafe1 p opoAcs— if it can jfet around
to *1 jo <0 start pouring tar nnd
"I irto rhurkholeji which by Oc-
tober will be as deep and vast as mill
ponds.
T-e
ise Wednesday
night in vo'tiny to buy rond re
«»quipment.
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The state fair has announce* that
Ft r’s day and the day for the fee-
ble imikded he me is the sum?
Aren’t tfiev af aid of mixiry em
Rivaling the CBI homes in beauty
is the newly completed motel, built
by the Montag Construction Co. in
Gates. The exterior of the eight-unit
motel has been finished in pastel, oi
a stucco surface, and the grounds are
attractively landscaped.
Real estate has begun to move in
Gates again after several weeks of
inactivity.
Mr. and Mis. Melbourne Rambo
have sold their home on the highway
west of town to Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Jun and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lewis, re
cently of southern California. This
property includes the Rambo home
and about two acres of land. Mr. and
Mrs. Rambo plan to build in Gates
if a location can be secured.
Dave Reid of Mill City has com
pleted the sale of a lot he owned on
the highway on the corner opposite
and west of the postoffice.
Following the cc lpletion of a ut
ility house, construction of the first
unit of a motel to be erected by
George Clise has started and a drive
way from the highway has been in
stalled.
Construction of the new postoffice
is under way. This building will be
36 by 28 feet and of pumice blocks
with waterproof paint finish.
It is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Brisbin and located on the site of the
old building which has been moved to
an adjoining lot.
Work was started Sunday on the
clubhouse for the Gates Woman’s
Club on a lot donated for that pur
pose some time ago. Lumber has
been purchased for a good start and
a crew of volunteer workmen met on
a cement foundation and foims.
Paving Jobs
Under Way
Extensive work was being done the
past, week on paving of approaches
to several businesses in Mill City.
Thc Western Paving Co. which re
cently completed the street thruogh
the CBI addition, has found contin
ued jobs paving approaches and park
ing areas. Among the firms for which
work has been done are:
Les’ Tave. n, driveway and park
ing area.
Don Smith Se vice Station: the en
tire area between the station and the
street.
The new tavern being built by To
ny Ziebert and Siparky Ditter: entire
area between the building and the
highway.
Beebe’s apartments: a driveway
300 feet long.
Other businesses are planning to
pave entrance ways and parking ar
eas, including the Mill City Theatre.
'A street about two blocks long will
be paved by 'property owners on the
'4arion County side.
/Kuglers Meet,
Trge Game Fish
Initial steps toward the organiza
tion of a North Santiam Sportsmen’s
Club were made in Stayton Morniay
evening, with the primary aim of
getting the river better stocked with
game fish.
Sportsmen from Stayton to Detroit
were present.
Anglers pointed out that the No:th
Santiam, a natural habitat for rain
bow trout and other game fish, is
now stocked chiefly with salmon, and
t at there are no trout aised in the
state's hatchery on the stream.
Further meetings will be held and
a p“rmanent organization set up.
M&M Move to Stop
Road Opening Fails
McKay and Ex-Governors
To Dedicate New Highway
Oiegon's Governor Douglas McKay
will officiate at an impressive cere
mony August 14 at Breitenbush
Bridge, opening the North Santiam
highw-ay f8r traffic that will link two
empires with a modern thoioughfare,
it was announced today in Detroit
by Ed Vickers, president of the Can
yon Commercial Club.
Joining with Oregon’s chief exec
utive in the festivities will be several
former governors, a queen presiding
over the fete, pioneers of the Canyon
country, eastern and western delega
tions and representatives of the fed
eral government.
Dedication ceremonies will be cen
tered at the bridge at 11:30 Sunday
forenoon, after caravans from Sisters
on the eastern slope and Gates on
the western converge.
Oregon’s queens of betuty, Miss
Beverly Krueger, for 1949, an 1 Miss
Joyce Davis, Redmond, for 1948, are
to her the eastern caravan. The west
ern caravan will be led by Gov. Mc
Kay, and Queen Santiam, reigning
over dedication day. Miss Patricia
O’Conner, Cherryland queen, and
Miss Stella Dummer, flax festival
¡Plan Offered
'Set Up New
Chest Group
Mill City and Gates officers of the
Community Chest have called a pub
lic meeting for this Friday evening,
8:30 o’clock, at the Fire Hall to dis-
cuss plans far incorporating the or
ganization locally. Former Governor
< harles Sprague of Salem is expect
ed to speak.
The meeting was called bv Gale
Carey, Gates, and Earl Ragsdale and
Tony Ziebert, Mill City, and an in
vitation is extended to the public, to
leaders of various organizations and
especially to those organizations
likely to share in Chest funds.
Mr. Carey, Mr. Ziebert and Mr.
Ragsdale are all members of th,. Ma
i ion County committee.
Sponsors of the plan for incorpor
ation assert there are many advan
tages gained by incorporating:
1. That the local community can
designate local purposes for use of
funds collected.
2. That, while supporting the gen
eral county program, local partici
pating organizations can have more
direct benefits from the Chest.
3. That local citizens will be more
j willing to contribute, knowing that
the fund will concentrate on local
aid.
queen, a e expected to be among the
royalty.
Special recognition will be paid to
the old timers of the region, with in
vitations including one to B. E. Remp
of Marion County, who recently cel
ebrated his 99th birthday. In keep
ing with the pioneer spirit, the Ore
gon Trails Assn will be represented
by a covered wagon in the western
caravan. Each caravan will be ac
companied by a band.
Invitations for the day have been
sent to foimer governors Charles
Sprague. Walter Pierce, A. W. Nor-
blad and Oswald West. Mr. Vickers
said.
Fifteen or more candidates for the
queen's crown were entered in a pre
view meeting at the Canyon Theatre
last week.
New Town
Wil) Rise as
Old One Goes
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The building of a new town in the
North Santiam Canyon will get un
der way this year, it appears with
the announcement of a low bid on
preparing a townsite, announced this
week by the Army Engineers office
in Portland.
Site of the new commnity, which
will contain a.t the outset about 15
pe manent homes, is on the new high
way between the new Breitenbush
and Tumble Creek bridges, in the
Breitenbush flats area.
The firm of Minnis and Shilling,
Eugene, was the low bidder with
$138.734.
The contract wincludes the con
struction of a motor repair shop, a
warehouse, pumping station, water
storage tank, water and sewer sys
tems, power installations, substations
access roads, and parking aieas ar
eas in the permanent housing area.
One government town will be van
ishing while another is rising, just
a few miles away. Mongold, now the
housing site for Army engineei per
sonnel and th^ location of their of
fices in connection with the Detroit
Dam, will be razed within two years
as the waters of the reservoir begin
! to rise. The new town, for which no
name has yet been announced, will
be going up meanwhile.
In Portland this week Army En
gineers officials expressed the opin
ion that the new townsite would not
house more than a fourth of the dam
personnel, and were interested in the
prospects of further housing facilities
in the Canyon.
FREE MATINEE OFFERED KIDS
BY FIREMEN’S At'XILIARY
A free matine,, will be given to
all local children of pre-school and
grade school age Suday at 2:15 by
the Women’s Auxiliary of the Mill
CecH Gold, 31, a laborer, was ar-
City Volunteer Fi-e Dept, at the lo
i
e-ted
in Mill City on a charge of
cal theatre.
Mr- Frank Blazek, president of the ' rape, following the signing of a com
auxiliary, said the free show, which plaint by a 17-year-okl girl that she
will include a comedv and cartoons, | was criminally attacked by Gold and
is being offered the youngste-s in I a companion.
Gold, who is an employee of the
lieu of the cusomary kids parade.
Tie [«’■ado was felt to be unwise, , H. O. Montag Construction Co., «as
e -'i I, becau*e of the big increase 1 arrested by Chief of Police J. T. King
' >n a warrant charging him wita rape
in 'oca! traffic
W(MH»< JOBS SCARCE
Member* of the auxiliary will act and waa jailed in Salem where his
nail was set in Judge Joseph Fen-
Don Downing, business eg nt ef a* chaperone' at the theate-.
on’s court at $3500. Officers a:e con-
the Canyon local, IWA. reported to
' Iitcting a search for his companion.
i «• . at Lbs wer -till sca re for
In her complaint the girl asserted
I'»
r.g wo ker», de-pte the fact the troit Dam and the Bonneville trans
r'lf, ogt in a car with the two men
many construet’on jobs are booming mission lines.
But he added, he was experiencing to go home. Instead, she charged, she
the area.
ulty finding work «as taken to a secluded place on the
M -. Downing said the chief hope rm I rable ri
of future erployment is in connec fo- the former employees of Mill Ci Fe n Ridge road and was attacked.
Gold came to this area from Miss-
tion with the clea ing projects ac- ty Manufactu ing Co., which closed
I curi.
conpanying the building of »he De- la-t spring.
Worker, 31, Held
Oil Kapt* Charge
But U. S.
Must Oil
Highway
Logging an I lumber inU;«~i 1 i-
ed Tuesday to postpone the abandon
ment of the North Santiam brsp' h
of the Southern Pacific rail rood nd
delay the official opening of Che uuW
highway.
The State Highway Come ission in
Portland announced it would declare
the Detroit-Niagara porti« of H
way officially open as so
Bureau of Public Roads completed
oliing an I smoothing it.
Commissioners felt that the final
work on the road could be cumpleUsi
by inid-August, ar in time 'or u de
dication ceremony scheduled for Aug.
14.
The Portland hearing brought to
gether a variety of diverse inteests
which included:
1. The Coups of Army Engineers,
whose representatives argued that a
delay in the opening of tlhe highway
would delay the construction of the
450 foot Detroit Dam a whole year.
2. Logging and lumbering interests
led by the M. A M. Woodworking Co.
which declared thc roar! is rough and
<iu»tv and unfit for traffic, (M. and
M. has a loading point well above
the future end of the SP branch at
Gates
at Blowout Creek, several
miles above the dumsite, and would
benefit by continue«! use nf the rail
road. •
3. Chambers of Commerce from the
cities which lie along Highway 222,
all for immediate opening of the n««w
highway.
Bureau of Public Road- officials,
who got into a side «-¿angle with the
highway commission over thP con
dition required for the road in order
to be acceptable to the state.
It was a complk»t<<l affair.
Road to Be Oiled.
Afte,r considerable argument, Frank
E. Andrews, senior engineer of the
BPR. agreed that his department
would oil and gravel the 13 mile sec
tion, but only after he had extracted
from the highway commission the
prorniw of help, particularly in the
loan of equipment.
The task of finishing the highway
can move rapidly, but to BPR men
a <ha<lline of Aug. 15 appeared at
the hearing a tough assignment.
I'uder a ruling of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, made after
logging interests several years ago
had demanded, but lost out, that the
railroad be relocated, th, branch up
from Gates cannot be abandoned un
til the highway is officially declare«!
open for travel. The portion of high
way, hack's) through a steep canyon
moat of the way, has cost over $5,-
000,000, which was charged up to the
dam project. Its relocation was ne
cessary because most of it lay below
what will be the water level of the
reservoir.
Busineas organizations from Salem,
Silverton, Stayton, Mill City, Gates,
Detroit, Idunha, Bend, Sisters and
Redmond were present. Ed Vickers,
president nf the Canyon Commercial
Club, Detroit, an«I Robert Veneta,
secretary of the Mill City Chamber
of Cxrm merer, led the Cc
gation.
M&M. Ia-ads Protest.
Eberly Thompson, assistant to the
president of M. & M., asked delay
of the highway «gtening because the
unsurfaced new section is asserted!)'
dusty, rocky an«l unsafe.
The railtoad is s«-he«iuled for aban-
onment at 12:01 a’m’ August 11
and it would be to the interest of the
Portland lumber company to delay
that until the end of the current log-
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