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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1949)
! whistle-punk. Cutover lands were thought to be good only for stump pastures or to be cleared for farming By JIM STEVENS Farmers burned trees to grow grass Men of vision in the forest Indus The old pioneer belief has been hard trie? started the Western Forestry ’ to kill. It remains a major problem and Conservation Association for the of fire control in the Lake States, the 11 western states and British Colum- i South and the West, despite the gen- bia 40 years ago Similar groups of | eral progress of industrial forestry forest industry owners and managers "Don’t talk tree farming to me,” of the public forests were formed in j many a marginal farmer will reply other parts of the Western Forestry to the forester. “I won’t be around pattern the Southern Forestry Con 60 years from now when • the seed gress, for example. In all sections lings have grown to sawtimber size there were large industrial owners of 11 burn each spring to bring on grass forests who began to hold and protect for pasture.” their cutover lands after 1909 instead Too often the burning of the fern of going the old way of “cut out and patches sets fire going on the lands get out’’. They were learning from of others. After a few seasons the the forestry what W. B. Greeley calls grass crop fails. On <he other hand, “faith in the land”. And so the pri where farmers have kept their poorer vate timber owners began to grow acres in trees the value of the land trees for future harvests. has risen with the annual growth of There was money in it, and for- wood on each tree. esters brought the fact home to There are now many specialists in them. For this best of American rea farm forestry. In Washington indus sons, more and more lumbermen fell ' into the march of forestry progress try foresters have joined with farm in the 1920’s. By that time a lot of foresters in a "More Trees for Wash loggers had gone through college by ington” program of education to con way of forestry school. Each year I vince the farmers who need convinc- the schools were turning out ’logging | in that trees only should be grown engineers”, rugged lads who were on tree land and that tree crops can civil engineers and foresters both. be made to pay in various ways. The oldstyle bull of the woods found Farm forestry is likewise booming in himself competing with the technic Oregon. Forestry is now in force all over ally trained forester for the top posi the West tions in the forest industries. of Fresh Meat Very Reasonable Kellom’s Grocery MILL CITY ggMggggMaKMBMagSMMBBBMHMg Typewriters Calculators Adding Machine« CAPITOL OFFICE EQUIPMENT CO. 531 Court SALEM Sales — Rentals — Service * Lz-iftL ’ D W. Reid MD PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Mill City Otto Russell INSURANCE Agency Fire Auto Life Accident Phone 1502 Detroit The 194!» Report . . . The timber transition from a bull team and strong-arm logging indus try to one highly mechanized went right along with the changes in for est land management. The passing of the timber beast became all but wages, requiring good living condi. tions in camp, often wanting a home for his family there, stood forth as the typical woodsman. Also in the 1920’s forest products research be came a powerful branch of industrial forestry. Its great commercial sue cess has been in plywood, pulp and paper, plastics and timber engineer, ing. In terms of land use, new forest products have increased the values of small timber and of such as West Coast hemlock, once a leftover of lumbering. In a hundred important ways pro- fessional forestry, industrial manage ment, timberland labor, farmers, gov ernment men and the public have made a steady march of progress to. gether in the woods. The reports to be made at the 1949 Annual Conference of the Western Forestry and Conservation Associa tion in Portland, Dec. 8-9-10, will ring with promise for the West. Farm Forestry , . . Young trees were weeds to logging superintendent to skidgreaaer or Church Activities DETROIT CHRISTIAN CHURCH Warren Knape, Pastor Sunday school „ 10 a.m. Morning worship 11 a.m. Youth meeting 6:45 p.m Youth night Saturday 7 p.m Sermon topic for the Detroit Chris tian Church is "How to Remain a Christian”. • a • FREE METHODIST CHURCH "The Church of Light and Life Hour" Sunday School 10:00 11:00 Morning Worship Mabel Smitty 11:00 Junior Church Evening Service 7:30 7:30 Wed. Prayer Meeting •9906 Phone Pastor Rev. L. C. Gould North Mill City « • a • ST. CATHERINE CATHOLIC CHURCH, MILL CITY Sunday Mas« at 9 A.M. Confessions heard before mass. Father C. Mai, Pastor • • • LATTER DAY SAINTS OF JESUS < IIR1ST CHURCH. DETROIT Sunday School each Sunday 10 A.M. In high school building. Detroit. HAS MOVED Priesthood meeting 11 A.M. To the Building Next Door to Jenkin’s Hardware Zealand Fryer, Presiding | ¡SSSSSC BUSINESS HOUKS CHANGED • • • to 10 till 5iS0 Fridays PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Evenings by Special Appointment Prelude; call to worship;doxology; PHONE 2248 Announces the opening of his pro invocation; gloria; psalter selection; Mill City y fessional offices for the practice of hymn of praise; scripture; prayer; Xi notices; offering; music by choir; OPTOMETRY sermon; hymn; postlude. LITTLE ILLS Nov. 20 "The City to Come.” in all of its phases of visual care Nov. 27—"The Sin of Being Too Busy.” MAKE Remember the annual bazaar. De 1991 FAIRGROUNDS RD. Ph.2-4074 ember 9. SAI.EM, OREGON • • • BRIDGE TAVERN A/ the bridge in Mehama McEwan’s Photo Shop Dr. Leslie J. Carson I • True, that "little ¡linea» " you’ve been mentioning in an offhand wsy, may nvl teem to amount to much— )uat a few faint symptoms. Bat, neglected, their "little ilia” can lead to big bill» for doctors, medicines, etc; not to mention needless suffering and loss of precious time. Consult a Doctor now — you’ll save by it in the endr And, of course, we hope you’ll bring his prescription to ua for careful compounding^ — Feet Hurt? I Capital Drug Co Salem, Oregon >ÍUA»Ü> ’ ••»•••• 0_ «•••••• Quick relief with Dr. Scholl’s Arch Supports EXPERTLY FITTED ROWE’S SHOE REPAIR Next to Star Theatre STAYTON ’pH! Sv RIP’IONS » il'! Itti We have just recently puc into operation a new ! heavy duty wrecker. We are now epuipped to handle any job. We have an experienced wrecker driver standing by 24 hours a day. The Dough's McKay Chevrolet Co • : : : • 510 North Commercial St. Phone 3*3175 day & night Salem, Oregon MILL CITY Mrs. Waldo Carter and Elmo Smith are spending the winter at Gales burg. Ill. Previously they visited Les- lie Smith, their brother, in Melvin dale, Mich. While there they took a | trip to Windsor, Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cree returned from a week's elk hunting trip in eastern Oregon and were successful. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bassett went boating in Salem Sunday on the Wil- j lamette River. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hill played pinochle at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Case Saturday night, the la dies winning. Mr. and Mrs. Russdll Hoffman were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Lentz Wednesay evening. The evening was spent playing bridge. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Podrabsky and family are planning to go to Eu gene this week end to visit their little daughter and sister who is at- tending school there. Mrs. W. W. Mason is visiting in Harrisburg at the home of her son, I Arthur Mason. Mrs. Vivian Hoenig and her father, of Salem, drove to Mill City Sunday visiting Miss Daisy Hendricson and then taking her for a long drive. Mr. and Mrs. Alton Parks and family spent the week end with her parents, Mr. an dMrs. R, L. Faust. Lowell Stiffler and Wayne spent Sunday in Salem visiting relatives, j Mrs. Otto Witt, who returned from a Salem hospital Monday, is reported much improved. Mrs. Frank Bass spent Monday in Salem on business and shopping. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Thomas are building a small house on the rear of their property which they are planning to occupy and rent their home. Charles Wolverton attended a po litical meeting in .Portland Sunday. 1 Johnny King, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim King, fell from a bucking horse Sunday, bruising his side and ne cessitating medical attention. ' Beauford Flatman reported seeing a half-grown cougar in his back yard Sunday. He shot and missed. John Montgomery of Albany and a former resident was in Mill City Monday evening. Mrs. Leonardd Herman was ill the earlier part of the week with a strep throat. Virginia Timm went home from < school Monday because of illness. Mr and Mrs. D. B. Hill have be '■ gun the construction of their new home, with Karl Willms in charge. They received the plans from their architect the early part of the week NORTH SANTIAM TAVERN One Mile Eaat of Detroit JEWEL MYERS, MGR. Mom & Pop’s Mill City Lodge No. 144, I.- 0.0.F.. Meets Every Friday night. Visiting Brothers Welcome. Cafe x x x x x « XX x x x x x x x x x x 0CKBC81 ♦Private Dining Room For Guaranteed Cleaning, it’s the NU-METHOD Tune in HEX each Sunday at 11:15 A.M. World Wide Broadcast 3:00 P.M. 1st and 3rd Sunday each month WRUL—15:85 Meg. 19.7 Meters WRUX—17.75 Meg. 16.8 Meters x X.X3LX x x st xxx xxxxxaxxxxxxxs. 48-HOUR SERVICE MILL CITY Just Opened! CY’S GAS STATION GAS FOR LESS — 26c and 28c SPEOIAL TRUCK RATES ON GAS AND TIRES Cy’s Gas Station N. Santiam Blvd. Mill City LIPPOLD - BRENNER Accountants •Bookkeeping Service 'Auditing •Payroll Report« ‘Income Tax Phones: Mill City 207 Salem 3-7615 Salem Laundry SERVING THE CANYON AREA PICKUPS AT Arc & Acetyline Welding Truck and Auto Repairing Open Days and Evenings Laundry: Nu-Method, Mill Qity and Stayton ..Laundry and dry cleaning: Ken Golliet, Mehama; Mt. Jeff Cafe.. Idanha Dry Cleaning: Santiam Self-Service Laundry, Detroit 168 S. High Ph. 34125 SALEM SILVER SADDLE GARAGE Highway west of Mill City Tel. 903, Mill City FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH Services Every Lord’s Day Morning Worship 11:00 6:30 Young People's Meeting Evening Worship 7:30 Tom Courtney, Pastor • • • DETROIT CHURCH OF CHRIST Warren Knape — Pastor 10 a.m. Sunday school Morning worship 11:00 Youth meeting 6:45 Youth night, Saturday 7:00 Music, games, eats and devotions e • • CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST Services Sunday morning 11:00 American Ia*g'"n Hall Mill City • • • GATES COMMUNITY CHURCH OF CHRIST Sunday Sdhool 10:00 Ì) Morning Worahip 11:00 Christian Endeavor 6:30 Evening Worship 7:30 Walter Smith, Pastor. • • Nov ember 17 HM9 7—THE MILI. Cm’ ENTERPRISE Rot»» with Both r Rote» without Bath $3.50 up $2.00 up In the Heart of the Theatre and Shopping District MASTER MMD ila (¡ooft.'! COMMUNITY CHURCH Rev. Wayne W. Watkins, Pastor Sunday School 10:00 Morning Worship 11:00 Evangelistic Serv ce 7:45 Wed. Bible Study 7:45 CONSTI!' 4TION (Colili«) ^3 Is a in m pt on, not a disease. Rectal ailments are the under lying factor. Hemotoid» and other colon ailment» must be corrected •No lo« of time No hoopitaliiation Free descriptne booklet 'Tjk Dr. R Reynold* Clinic Nature ProctolociM 1144 Center St. Salem. Ore. LANDSC APE NOW Seeour work at the CBI homes, and also the Montag Motel F. A. DOERFLER & SONS 150 No. I .ar caster Drive, at 4 Corners Phone 2-1322 SALEM Ä XX X X-X. X XXsX X»