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MILL CITY. GATES, MONGOLD
—=— Mill City Enterprise
VOLUME V. NUMBER 35
Looking Up
and Down
tl e Canyon
By
Mill CITT, OREGON, IIIIKSDO
DETROIT and IDANHA
««lniLMMMmian
$2.90 A TEAR. 5 CENTS A COPY
SEPTEMBER I. 1H*
Pre-Concrete Work Advance* at Detroit Dam Site »
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HARLES WOLVERTON
There is such a thing as being too |
right about a question. I’m thinking .
about the campaign for a Columbia ■
Valley Authority.
I’m reminded of a time in college, I
back in the middlewest. It was a de­
cidedly straitlaced institution.
My '
brother, who was studying for t h e '
ministry, found its rigid mores not 1
at all galling—in fact, he was entire- ,
ly in agreement with the whole re­
gimen, which included, as my mem- j
ory serves me, restrictions on dates
but two nights a week: till 7:30 on
Wednesday and 8 on Saturday. To
smoke was to risk the fires of per- |
dition, and there wasn't even a rule I
against drinking, because the prexy
didn’t think, apparently, that a stu­
dent of that college would ever do
such a sinful thing.
To such no doubt helpful regula- j
lions I was a rebel. It didn’t matter
that they were for my own moral
welfare: I just wouldn’t be regulat­
ed.
So my brother, in full sincerity,
took the matter to the dean—a little,
long-faced character who fairly ooz- |
ed piety, and said that he thought his
brother — meaning me — ought to
be expelled because “he is out of har- i
mony with the institution.” Unknown
to me, there must have been a sense |
of humor lurking behind the solemn
face of the dean. He let me stay.
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I feel the same way about the
advocates of CVA. Like tny brother
when he '’--»nted to have me purged
from the college, they are right. A
CVA, if patterned after the gieat
Tennessee Valley Authority, is right,
and even its opponents are willing
to grant that TVA has lifted up the
South.
The argument, too, that the power |
generated by the dams, paid for by ;
the people, should be the people’s, is
sound enough. IrW.eepect »o principle
they are on firm ground.
But the mistake of advancing the
idea of a CVA has not been compre­
hended by its proponents.
Just suppose that the campaign
for CVA were successful. What would
happen ?
At present conservative elements in
the Northwest aie for thP power de­
velopments of dams and, though less
enthusiastically, even the Bonneville
transmission lines.
The weight of
conservative opinion regionally has
influenced conservative opinion na­
tionally to the extent that big sums
for dam construction have not been
denied.
Add to these conservative forces
the liberals who ate for public power
anyway, and you have a big majority
of opinion for power dam construc-
tion.
Workmen on the diversion tunnel
But once you interject a CVA into
the picture — without a F'ranklin for the North Santiam River at the
Roosevelt to glorify the prog: am and Detroit Dam were expected Thurs­
a hart! core of liberals in Congress day to break thiough and join the
to defend it—and every appropria­ two bores from east and west some­
tion for a power dam will get a tag time later in the evening or early
of “socialism.” In solemn basso pro­ Friday.
fundo, the old guard will thunder
If they do—-and no obstacles had
“regimentation.” The shrill tenor of appeared to prevent it today — last
the rabble rouser will sc: earn “com­ week's estimate by Consolidated
munism.” And in all the clamor the Builders, Inc., engineers, has been ac­
great projects now under way or to curate practically to the hour. The
he started soon wi'l slow down or be CB1 guessed Friday as the time when
halted. The old ted herring can stop the two holes of the 1100 foot tunnel
progress like a red flag halts traffic. would be connected.
Let’s get the dams built. Kilowatts
Within about three weeks the river
have no politics. When they are built will be diverted by a coffer dam at
there will be time enough to decide the east poi tai of the tunnel into
the issue of CVA.
the 25-feet diameter passageway, to
Right now the Northwest needs to enable work to progress on the dam
generate a lot of power and not a location.
powerful lot of righteousness.
A breath-taking network of roads
has been cut up the steep south face
HONESTY WINS PLAUDITS
of the damsite Work now is on a
FOR GATES WOMAN
A Gates woman's honesty mad« the round-th-clock basis, and the entire
woik area is brilliantly lighted at
headlines in Chicago recently.
Mrs. Hollis Tumidge, aatending a night so that virtually the same kind
music convention there, where h • r of projects can be carried on as in
daughter, Carolyn pc: formed, found the daytime.
The engineering office, now located
s wallet in the Congress Hotel. It
contained $1200. Mr-. Tumidge re­ in the Fire Hall in Mill City, will be
ported the find to the hotel, and the moved to the new office building at
report was broadcast. The owner had the damsite this wek end. Russell
'hll.-sn, general superintendent, al-
not yet missed the wallet.
At s«v, s' ’.»srq'ict liiere. M r a. *-dy has trasnfetred his desk there.
The general office now in Mill City
Tumidge had to ’ake a how as “the
11 te moved to the new building
honest woman from Oregon." Miss
Tumidge won a cash p. ize in a con- ( next week.
text, placing second. Mrs. Tumidge’«
The first generator for the Detroit
reward was 420.
dam is to be completely tested and
Mrs. Helen Kelley of Jefferson ac­ r ady for corrrme rial operation by
companied them to the convention. F*b. I.
and the second one by
The directors of the Lions Club
here voted late Thursday afternoon
to deed their park to Mill City. Final
decision on the transfer now awaits
the citly council.
Decision to give up the park was
largely the result of a projected pav­
ing program which included the park
frontage. Carl Kelly, president of the
organization, announced the decision.
The agreement makes possible a
complete new paved street on Ever-
Igreen, from First St. to the city lim­
its, about six blocks.
Property owners agreed, theMrll
City school district approved the plan
and Consolidated Builders, Inc. were
going ahead anyway on their front­
age.
CBI also agreed to pay the cost
of paving in front of the park, but
whs unable, because of income tax
provisions, to undertake it except for
a public municipality or a charitable
institution.
Many members had favored deed­
ing the park to the city even before
the paving question came up.
Throughout town a paving crew
directed by Police Chief King is re­
pairing streets long needing it but
neglected because, the state highway
commission failed to appear with a
crew at an agreed date in early Aug­
ust.
Opening Date
For School
Delayed Week
'DETROIT. Auf. 27—Thh nanoramir view at the Detroit dam-site was taken at the upstream construc-
! tion bridge and shows ie south bank of the Santiam river. Near the river bank (middle of the pic*
ture) may be seen the upstream portal to the diversion tunnel. The windinc roads shown at the top of
the picture are used by trucks and equipment working on the excavation site high on the mountain
side. In foreground of the picture is shown the old Detroit highway. The photographer stood on th<
new highway to snap the photo. (Statesman photo).
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Dam Tunnel To Be CuiWoTk Starts on $21,()(io
Through by Friday
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Lions OK
Park Gift
To City
Station; Bank Progresses
Work has started on a $21,000 ser-
vice station on Highway 222 by the
, the following July 1.
Standard Oil Co.
Tho.-e are the terms of the contract
A tin building there has been torn
, of Westinghouse Electric Corp, of E. down, and foundation work and in­
Pittsburgh, Pa., with the Corps of stallation of big tanks already is in
¡Army Engineers. The Westinghouse progress.
firm was apparently low bidder on
Pro »e ty for the station, on Santi­
two 55,555-kva alternating current am Blvd., was pruc^a-ed from Dave
generators and appurtenances. B i d Reid bo’ >•<>r'< wax d<'ayed until »
was #2.091 979, said to be 20 pe: cent construction firm that was using the
above the current price. At time of old building had vacated.
delivery, the cost is not to exceed this
L. A: Knowles of Ia>banon i : 1-
price, but saving will be allowed the moxt ready to move ekuipment into
government not in excess of 220 per a new garage building on First St.
cent.
I near Broadway. Paving of the front
Other bidders were: Allis Chalme.s anproch was completed last week, a
Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee. Wis., o-icrrte floor was installed and fur-
$2,130,490; and General Electric Co., |‘ r rrasonry work 'lone.
Schenectady, N. Y., $2,104,537.
Mr. Knowles will specialize in th«
Detroit Dam will be the fourth unit tepair of damaged vehicles.
of the Willamet Project to be com­
pleted by the Army Enginee x. Cot­
tage Grove dam on the Coast Fork
»nd Fern Ridge dam on the Long
Tom River have been in operation
since their completion in 1942. Dorena
dam on the Row River will te finish I
rd this year.
Det oit Dam will have a rated cap- !
a ty of 1000.000 kilowatts, and Big
Cliff re-regulating reservoir down­
stream 2’z miles will produce 30,-
onn
| Next door, with most of the plumb-
|ing work done, heavy equipment for
a self-s< i . vice laundry wax being in-
stalled. 1 Cpenings for both places are
planned for early this month.
Wor ,..i the M'll City State Bank
s gon ahead rapidly, now that the
basic re-.'»ration has been done. A big
t --i » It door arrived this week
and 1 . l c ng put into place. Con-
'•r‘p
work on the vault has been
comple’ed.
T'-e balconv will have asdwmmmP
1" e bank will have a large bal-
'•ony i ffice, and part of it will house
the testing system.
Window frames weie being install­
ed this week. The exterior will be
ttuccoed.
A restaurant is being built at Ni-
’fsra.
'.FITTING HELI
Mrs. M. J. Chance, who recently
nderw-nt -urgery at Albany Gener-
’ h-v; Pnl, is reported 'ecovering.
- Photo by Robert Veneaa
STATE POLICE POST IN IDANHA SCENE at the Hilltop Store here last Saturday at its grand opening an
Bob Steele, state patrolman, h a» •vent that attracted hundreds. In about the renter of the picture ia Al-
H"*n stationed in Idanha and will op- ■e t Toman, proprietor. Just to theleft nearer the window is Mrs. Mary
►rate from bee 'quarters at hi» home. Toman, proprietors of the store.
School will get uniier way here on
Monday, Sept. 12, a week later than
the previously announced date, due
to delays in completing the new grade
school building.
Registration of all new high and
grade school students, including first
graders, will be held at the school
buildings Friday, Sept. 9.
The announcements were made by
Vernon S. Todd, superintendent, and
Henry R. Bayless, principal of the
high school.
Registration hours are from 9 a.m.
to 12.
The Marion County Department of
Health will be on hand at the school
for physical examinations for first
grader s.
Donald Sheythe, board member, of
the Mill City district, said he met
with members of the Elkhorn com­
munity Thursday, and plans for con­
solidation of that district into this
one were discussed. Mr. Sheythe said
that immediate consolidation was un­
likely because the Little North Fork
district has hired a teacher for this
year, but he held out the hope that
consolidation would be taken up dur­
ing the year.
landscaping work is progressing
at the new school, with most of the
earthmoving already done. Further
leveling, and planting of grass seed
are the next jobs.
The Marion County school superin­
tendent’s office this week advised all
parents of school age children to pre­
pare cxildren to enter school on the
opening day this September.
The compulsory education law, the
office explained, states that every par­
ent or guardian is held responsible
for and required to send all children
under their control to school regu­
larly.
Paients having any questions on
the law are advised to see the county
office or phone Salem 3-6783.
CITY TO BRIGHTEN UP
WITH MERCURY LIGHT
Mercury vapor lights will be in­
stalled in most of the downtown sec­
tion this week end by the Mountain
States Power Co.
Ten of the lights, similar to those
in Silverton, will be placed on First
St., Broadway. Santiam Blvd., and
the bridge across the North Santiam
will be brightly illuminated for the
first twre.