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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1949)
Looking Up and Down the Canyon T he MILL CITY ENTERPRISE w By CHARLES WOLVERTON There was an accident Saturday ' night—one of the usual week end af- i fairs of an intoxicated man driving a car off an embankment. The man was taken to a Salem hos pital, badly injured. No arrest had been made early in tre week. I do not know if any arrest is contemplated. But, if not, an arrest should be made. To me, it seems a matter of no real bearing that a drunken man injured himself while driving, rather than someone else. The law states plainly that drunken driving is drunk en driving, whether or not an acci dent is the consequence. And the fact that the man injured only himself does not mitigate the circumstances, any more than, in the case of armed robbery, wrould a holdup man get off any easier because he was filled full of bullets at the moment. This man’s intoxicated condition was known to officers prior to the accident.. He is not known to have be come any more sober in the course of the evening. If these facts are conclusive, there seems to me to be but one course for the officers to follow: To serve a war rant for his arrest on drunken driv ing charges, even if it has to be serv ed at his bedside. • ♦ » VOLUME V, NUMBER 41 Open House Oct. 20 for New School Lyons Couple Creates Business A Lyons merchant and his wife have had trouble getting supplies of plastic cloth articles—so they started making them with the result that the demand is growing far beyond their own sale needs. The couple is Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Johnson who operate the Lyons Var iety Store. Mrs. Johnson, an expert seamstress, soon mastered the tech nique of sewing the plasitic sheets called Velon—into aprons, curtains, table cloths and many other items. The material is heat - resistant and easily washed. The couple plans to manufacture aprons of heavier stock for canning work. They have been able to price their products far below the going price of similar products manufactured else where. The Lyons products are in attrac tively designed patterns and work- manship is excellent. I MILL CITY, OREGON. THURSDAY, IM TOBER 13. 1949 Serving LYONS, MEHAMA ELKHORN. MILL CITY GATES, MONGOLD DETROIT, IDANHA »1.90 A YEAR. 5 CENTS A COPY 1st Charter Vote Set Hooks 40 Pounder Vote on Draft Document Pink Mason hooked 42- inch, 40 pound salmon in the Yaquina River Open house for Mill City’s new near the coast this week. grade school will be held Thursday Mr. Mason also brought home an evening, Oct. 20. The entire commu other one, about 30 inches in length. nity is invited to inspect its beautiful An election date of October 28 has cation, name and boundaries. It was almost a record for Pink, who 12 room edifice. Section II defines the legal powers been set by the city council for vot has been an active angler most of his of the city. ing on the firtrt Mill City charter. A tour of the rooms will be con life. Chapter III describes the form of Voting places will be the City Hall ducted by School Superintendent Ver on the Linn County side and The Mill government. Powers are vested in non S. Told, and pupils from the first STATION MANAGER NAMED to six grades will present a program Allen Keith, Inspiration, Ariz., will City Enterprise office on the Marion a city council of five members elected annually .The mayor is chosen by the in the new auditorium. be the manager of the new Standard side. from their own tanks. Besides the Parents and others are urged to be The charter, which was prepared Oil Station when it opens on or about at the building by 8 o’clock. Officers by the Stayton legal firm of Rell anil council, the charter provides for a Oct. 22. It’s municipal judge, a recorder and such and members of the Parent-Teacher Mr. Keith is living in the Reid mo Devers, contains 10 chapters. Assn, will serve refreshments. provisions include Bancroft Act sec other officers as are deemed neces- tel. The station is one of the Canyun’s tions, enabling the city to bond its I ary. Section fv ^ts up council proce largest and was reportedly built at elf for public improvements. Chapter I designates the City ’ s lo- I dures. >ieetinggs at least monthly a coat of $21,000. a1c mandatory, with special meetings f called either by the mayor or at the j The Mill City Timberwolves mat- Bankers are supposed to be con request of at lest three councilmen. I ched touchdowns with the Jefferson servative. But I belive the officers of A journal of proceedings must be Lions Friday afternoon but couldn’t the Mill City State Bank have proven | convert. Consequently Jefferson won kept. All meetings of the council are themselves progressives to the core. î the Marion County B league contest, open to the public. A vice chairman' The building, which will be ready : 13 to 12. Leo Poole scored Mill City must be elected, to (preside in the ab for occpancy next week, is modern touchdowns. Jim Grimes perfotmed sence of the mayor. in every respect. Lts construction is a similar feat for the Lions and aeri- | Chapter V deals with the pov.ers an expression of faith in the future aled for the point that won the game. aiK^ dut*es of officei* of the city. The of the town which now might be ad Firri. rock excavations on keyways cavations made into the rock --and the 1 mayor “shall appoint the committees I equately served by the present bank for the Detroit Dam weie made this concrete dam is locked in the rock provided for ilfldcr fhe rules of the i quarters but which would not be big week by Consolidated Builders, Inc,, formation. In some places the key council,” ‘‘shall sign all proceeding* or fine enough for the Mill City that’s at the site 12 miles oast of here on ways will be 300 feet wide an as deep of the council,” and must sign all or- on its way. as 100 feet, depending upon the ng- Lini« ""'"¿’j,, "three ’¿yi’of the North Santiam. River. The bank, an old institution, has ture of the rock encountered. | age thgt The Mill City Enterprise was sold The rock drills were made on the been alert (to facts that are also ap Test drilling conducted for several , p(mw(| of mimiclpa| jud<e last week to Don Peterson of Helena, south face of the damsite, fairly high Five vehicles weie damaged in an parent to many new industries and years by the Army Engineers has de- j a|e [ar)tp|y confcM< al, crinl<,H Mont., and the new owner will take up above the .river. | accident 8 miles east of Marion Forks I businesses. When I came here Don charge $he latter part of this month. te mined, for the most part, the „ffenses "<l«Wined and made punishable Nearly t» the stage of completion Jenkins had not long before opened ¡about 8:30 p. m. Tuesday night, Oct- necessary depths. or di nurK . es o f the city. ” However, The former owners, Mr. and Mrs. ober 6. this week was cribbing for the coffer hi* badware store. No doubt there Excavations continue on access couft may aHsume guUeg jn re>. A 1936 Chevrolet. Whose registra*J Charles Wolverton, plan to remain dam, a temporary structure which were local pessimists who told him roads, plant area* and the cablewaysl viol,tu>n8 ot laW8 cu.t(Wkar. in the Canyon. will hold back the river, which now it wouldn’t work. Yet his i* a firmly tion card read Jacob Friesen, Alpine, j and favorable weather the latter part j ¡| y lf| j^tic* court*. Power* include established business in three years. Ore., which was going oast on hi - way | Mr. Peterson ha* been with a He has been diverted through a tunnel. of this week speeded up operations. of pi 222 sideswiped * Dodge pick up, >«n- [i.wung of prooeaaes for arraits,, jail nna weekly for many years. He is 1 Seepage, whidh engineers ond em- Just as many mote baie found a The corps of engineer* exipect to ' y ed and operated by W. R. Collect, Rt. ' an experienced printer, having been niche that needed fining. A good baker ployws of CBI w«me fighting last move into their permanent quarters dhd bail corttemtmcwts, iartance of —John Muir—found a market for 2, Salem, damaging the left side of continuously at that occuupation week at the diversion dam, has sub this week, on the highway near the I subpoenas and punishment for con his wares, where none had been be the pick-up; it then swiped the right ! since his 12th year. He is a graduate sided. Pumping has been discontin damsite. The real estate division, tempt of court. fore. George Veteto’s dry cleaning hand side of the 1949 Plymouth coupe, of Silverton high school, and a sis- ued at the river below the tunnel en housing administration, and firemen ' The du tie* of the recorder are. de shop, Stiffler’s radio store. Porter & which was going west on their right ter, Mrs. Ed Cooke, has been a res- trance because no excavations are will retain bheir present quarters, but fined as ex officio clerk of the coun Lau, Baker's jewelry store—all these side of the road. The Plymouth was ident of Mill City for several years, i jo p*d pnoj uti Xpa«;p»uMut peuunpi the center of activities will be at the cil and signing of all older* on the treasury. businesses made a place for them driven by George Barney, Idanha and ! Besides his activities in his profere the damsite. office building which is just being Chapter VI cover* election proce - owned by him. Estimated damage of rion, Mr. Peterson has three times selves long before the construction The keyways *re the extenaive ex- completed. The men who work there dure*. Terms of office begin Jan. 1 $300.00 was done to the Plymouth. | been given the Democratic nomina- of Detroit Darr began. will commute daily from Mongoid- in the year following the «lection. A After hitting the Plymouth the tion for state legislature in Montana. DRve Epps built up a two-store The fish hatchery which is being specific procedure is mandatory for Chevrolet went into the ditch. About j Mrs. Peterson is an accomplished pi- I business of considerable magnitude built by the army engineer« is pro nomination* to council. Petition must from a few loads of used furniture 10:00 a loaded truck, traveling eart anist. They have six children. gressing. Concrete wall* for the hatch be signed by 10 voters, but each el- stopped to puli the Chevrolet out of Mr. Peterson has purchased a home several years ago in a ramshackle ery building which is 60 x 110 have , tor can sign but one petition. A rign- ! the «fitch. In the process of doing so here. buildin». been ipoured and work on the roof i* . ed acceptance of the person proposed i he was on the wrong side of the road . Jn older to take -care of an in- • And the older businesses found it next. The three 2-(bedro«>m houses by a petition is required. I and George Barney, Jr, going west, - creasing market for job printing. Mr. The second annual International necessary to expand. Chapter VII lays out iprocaduers fhit Hie truck breaking a .■■4»ring on ( Peterson ha* purchased a Kluge au- Progre»trive Dinner given by the Mill with attached garages are in various Since work starter on the dam/xth- stage* of construction. The hatchery I in the event of vacancies in office. A the truck thus disabling it. The 1942 tomatic press, which soon will be in- City Parent-Tewher Assn., is sched «er businesses have already placed are* itself has 3R of the 48 concrete , vacancy mint be filled by a majority Plymouth driven by the younger Bar daMed.. He plans many othe, hn- uled for the evening of Nov. 3., and themselves firmly in the trade of the bases for Bh<- circular rearing ponds , of the entire membership of the coun- ney had the «motor driven back and | provements. again will present a glamorous stray poured. Thes«- ponds are 25 feet in di town and the Canyon. It used to be •eil. frat with o»thor minor damages caused The Enterprise was founded in 1944 of foreign dirile*. Hungary, France, >aid that women would not buy their ameter with concrete walls about 3 Ordinances are th* subject of Chap it to be towed away. by M. McKittrick, and was managed Sweden and Holland will be repre fancier raiment here. Yet two stores, fert high. They are getting ready to ter VIII. It (provide* for two read Melvin Peck, cousin of George Bar by Paul Robinson until its purchase sented this year. Wood's Store acd the new Oleson’s pour baaea for the rectangular which ney, Jr. passenger of the *42 Ply- ! by Dave Epps in 1946. Originally it A complete coarse will be served is 1*5 x RO feet approximately, hav ings of an ordinance before passage. Apparel Shop, have proven that isn’t However, a unanimous vote of the ; mouth, was the only one injured. He was a small, handset weekly, usually in several homes. true. Untried tines of trade here are ing lf> subdivisions when completed. body may place an ordinance in the i was treat«! by Mr. Ror* of the Idanha just two local pages. During the past Th* homes are thone of Frank Bia- proving themselves. A recreation This fish hatchery is jurt off to city law in a single meeting. First Aid station for a lacerated summer the paper has grown to 10, zelc, Wilbur Meinert and Albert To the right of the state highway, about center is doing good business. An au An ordinance take* effect 30 days rheek. Mrs. Barney was with George ■ 12 and «x-casionally 14 pages. man, and dessert, coffee and tea will Umile above Marion Fortes. to body repair shop is on an overtime after its pasaage except in caae* of Barney. This May it moved from a back be served in th* recreation room of Ivan Oakes, secretary, and Rollin emergency when immediate effect is -chedule just to keep abreast of its The driver of the Chevrolet refused shop location to a new building er- the high school vriiere a short pro Jones of the Willamette River Basin provided for. work. to show his driver’s license or to give ected by and lea»«*i to it by Frank gram of international dance* will be Cxwnmisaion visited the army *ngi- Along with theis record of success, Chapter IX deal* with public.im Blazek. his name. present d. neers’ office here on Sept. 29 and were provements. Under it* sections are there have been few instances of f*il- In less then five years. The Enter Mr*. Arthur Kriever i* general shown over the different projects by •ure. provided the legal stops for the M- prise ha* grown fiem a circulation of chairman. Se reported that th* din CLEARING RIDS REJECTED P. M. Othus, (special assistant dis ¡quirition of property for public uee. i* there opportunity here ? Ix>t* of /about 200 to over 1000. ner. which < .rite su'.ssafu! last trict engineer. ■it to the man who’ll pick out some Ail bids for clearing about seven Powers i include eight of condemn* It is the only newspaper serving There are three jobs of clearing ♦ion. line of trade which now draws dollars * mile* of taanr mission line ri^»t of ; »he Canyon area—now being trans 'year will be better ohan ever thia uut of the canyon and hold them here. way in the Detroit Than aiea were formed by the activities of building year. Tickets wiH be limited to 200. being done from the dam axis to Street, sewer, sidewalk and other re- will te ike »me ,!.d ‘ ‘ before ' blowout creek. Thompson Hendrick The buyers’ wants will be satisfied rejected this week by the Benton- the Detioit Dam. improvement* may be undertaken on -11 ■r adults > 50 cents for chil- son have completed cutting and have vhether here or eL»ewhere. Why not Lincoln Co-op, Inc., were turned motion of the council or petition of dren urvier 14. logged practically ail merchantable down as too high, the Corvallis office satisfy' them here ? two third* of the property owners tindber. They are now computing benefiting from the popose impove- FIREMEN’S BALL DATE I’m hazardinc a guess that by May ’ announced. JOB PAY APPEAL WON their burning and are starting down or June employment on the dair will Cascade Electrical Contractors, of. TENTATIVELY SET mednt. However, two thirds of the stream and working up the north be three times what it is today. That Corvallis weie low with $312I9.>; and A tentative date of Nov. 19 for the Knutson, local logger, won on bank of the river approximately *4 property owner*, by remonstiance. Thompson. Hendrickson lagging Co. annual firemen’s ball has been set. '»PPca! to the State Unemployment would be a lot of customers. can veto a (proposal. now working in the Detroit area, bid pending word whethe! the high I Commission a claim for ron-perms mile from the «tan-site. Special aseeeament* must follow the The Gates Co. have «-ompleterf cut Anywhere in America you’ll find $46.800. >" available on that day. ’tion h* had turn"1 'l,,wn ting. and nearly all their logging procedure* of state law, where appli Effort will be mane to reduce the that the finest building in town is the «able, or by general ordinance* en I •he firemen will hold another or work and are working on the clean school building. Certainly. here, we requirements and resubmit the job acted by the council. All work in ex The commission found that Mr. ganisation and planning meeting on up. George Shroyer who has an area res* of $500 "shall be done by con for bid. can say the same thing. ’Knutson ha«l met the requirements Tuesday. Committees have been ap on the south ride of the river about Charing is on right of »'»y of a There's something noble abou’ the tract” to ascertain th* lowest bidder. [ of the law. Don Downing, local 1WA pointed and work is under way. as large as the other two combined motives of (people who will see to it line to the peirr.anent hov-ing area Chapter X set* up procedure for ' burinen« agent. *i<ie«l in making the T're firemen’s ball, a real local rap- i* about half through with the cut that even if the taxes that built the for Detroit Dam personnel. zle-dazzle. usually diaws up tn 1290 ip eal. Mr. Downing advised utmost ting ami is working on clean up along financing.. Except by consent of th« .«« iool were on a hovel, the cniH that vote:», bonded m«lebte<>nea* i* limited [care in filling out forms for a claim. people. the river. The nation’s production of goats’ goes for from that »hack each day to $10,000 on floating indebtedness, This year, with a large local in At Mongold the engineers are dear- I with a $60 limitation at any one time spend» part of his We in the comfort milk is \ jlued at $100,000.000 a year. err ijm » in population, the attendance EXTENSION UNIT TO MEET ing a space just e*rt from the main I Bonding procedure* follow the state The word grocer originally meant of the American school. >>uld be even better. The first fall meeting of the Lyons offices large enough for 24 trailer one who sold by the g o«J or w k «'le| Bancroft act. Children aren't expected really to Extension unit will be held at Rebe house* which are to be brought in The same chapter deal* with an ur ierstand this. School to rbem can sale. kah Hall there Oct. 21. at 10:30 a.m. soon from Dorena dam. * nexation proceduers, the manner in G ts be as dull in the big new modern ed Project is candy, with Mrs. John Kun- which bond election* must be con ifice a.« the Pttle red M. onl house. kl* an«! and Mrs. Clyde McRae lead- WORD OF FATHER’S DEATH i new eaaoline station on Santiam ducted. and other miscellaneous l«c»i Yet *v«n if t' e kid > neve even said Otto Witt rereived wo «I Thursday p oblenu. I. will be constructed noon by C. e- s. The new president, .Mr*. Otto thanks for this fine new acheot, every I Jone*. formerly of Richland. Wash We«trnan, and vice president, .Mrs. of the < tea th of his father, Henry D. one of us i* happy »e bought it for Witt, age »2. at th* home of his CHRISTI,VN S43ENCE SERVICES ix'-avatons already have te»«i Orville Downing will b< installed. th em. daughter, Mr*. L. W. Whitlock. ! Services of the Church of Chri*t, d'. The station *011 *eil Clipper A « <rr->et**t «met can be mode al Funeral service* will be at the Scientist, began last week her*. The ■» --ts. It is located on property It wont h*i| pen aga»n thi- year reh, and bring hi’ game home in a «n»-veriy owned by Mr». D. J. Fer most enti reefy of vegetrtrie*. if milk Presbyterian chu cb in Mill City, Sun merting place i* the Legion Hall at w will it’ — Chat E«l Keno.T can I ird eggs are added. day afternoon. ’ 11a.m. Sundays. guson. eel bar row. do M« dear hunting from hi* bark Timberwolves Lose Enterprise ¡Is Sold to Driver Sought After Accidnet Scheduled for Oct. 28 Rock Excavtion Begins On Key ways for Dam Montanan PTA Plans 2nd Novel Dinner
