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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1950)
Elkh Con so With T he MILL CITY ENTERPRISE Serving LYONS, MEHAMA ELKHORN, MILL CITY By GEORGM Consolidation of ■ district with the Mil tern became a reJ when voters accept! Mill City by a voté Elkhorn accepted 15 Only eight voters td Mill City election at t while 26 of the 28 ellgi voted in Elkhorn. Action to bring the e in the outlying district here will not be carried start of the next school Elkhorn district has hire for the present school yea Proposed routing of a sell pick up the youngsters ir horn district and transp. I led to much controversy r district’s school board n. J the citizens in the communi route would carry the stu the Gates-Elkhorn road, w! other would bring them in river road via Taylor Grove. County School Supt. Agnes declared the road over the moun ous slopes via Gates was inadeqfl for bus transportation. The rcH however, was reported to be reJ for travel after a county road crJ straightened out many of the clifr cult turns. Gravel has been pu chased for the road, to be applie when the weather clears. Donald Sheythe, local president of the Mill City district school board, said today further action on the mat ter would be way-layed until allocaj tion of funds for the coming yea made at the next meeting c boadr. Total taxes from the additi the school to the local distric give Mill City’s school systei more to work with for t year. This will be use tional teachers and bui ment badly needed her A decision for routi will be left until the meeting, Sheythe sai Soil Offl Will Disc Conservatio GATES, MONGOLO DETROIT, IDANHA Vol. VI—No. 1 MILL CITY. OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5. 1950 Rate Changes In Electricity ue Here xplanation of rate changes for customers served by Moun- tes Power company from its amette Valley electric system made today by Z. E. Merrill, dent of the Power company. Merrill stated that the changes ve in January, 1950, were de- to simplify rates, and to elim- ual meters wherever possible. 11 conform to the practice of pany on some of its other systems and with the prac- number of other electric stributors in the Northwest. rates were adopted to mplification. Many resi- mmercial and small cus- rever, will find it to their to change their electric sceive all of their require- h one meter. It should ent customers will ve an increased suit of the new apply to made I « Soil conservation district forma tion for Linn county will be discussed at a special meetingat the new Lyons school Thursday evening at 8:00 o’clock. Petitions for formation of the dis trict are being circulated throughout the local area to gain approval of a district in this immediate area. Anyone owning ten acres or more of land are urged to be present at the special meeting Thursday evening. Several of the soil conservation staff from Stayton will be there to answer any and all questions pertaining to soil conservation. Those circulating petitions for the formation are Ike Myers, Steve Dark, Chet Blum. Tony Marnick and Elmer Taylor. Couple Arrested For Possession Of Stolen Goods Roy Eaves was bound over to a grand jury and his wifi was turned over to juvenile authorities in Salem by the Breitenbush justice of the peace following their arrest Decem ber 28 for possession of stolen goods valued at $93 35. The goods had been stolen from three different stores in Detroit over a period of about a month, The arti- cles included a watch stolen from the home of Mrs. Pike. The arrest was made by state pa trolman Robert Steele who arraigned the couple into the Britenbush justice court in Idanha. Walter Dozier of Stayton was ar- taigned before the Albany justice court charged with wanton waste of game on December 13 by Steele. He was fined $154 The Albany court also fined Brice A Dolzer of Stay ton the same amount for killing deer with less than a forked horn and in closed season. Two Stayton men. Leroy Harold Fehlen and John Edward Mack were charged with hunting dt ember 20 and fin st ice court e of possession c >f venison A cason was impose ed on four Detroit men. Lawrence New rell Trask. Phillip Edward Robinson, George Ro bert Winters and Charles R Win ters. who were cited into court by state police of ble at mette val- ________ S' are invited to call or write if they should desire further information or advice rela tive to their electric service, accord ing to C. M. Cline, local manager. Electric Service Disrupted Here By Failing Tree Electrical power was put out for three hours and 25 minutes in the Mill City, Lyons. Mehama area Tues day night when a tree uprooted and fell across a power line between Scio and Lyons, it was reported by the Mountain States Power company of ficials today. An emergency power unit carried power to parts of Marion county 45 minutes after the accident, it was reported. Light service in the Stay ton area, however, was not dis* rupted. The accident occured at 10:35 p.m., Many local company officials said. citizens used left over candles from the holidays and flashlights during the emergency. Snow and Ice Front Hits Local Area • The universal elements combined forces this week over the Canyon area to furnish a taste of summer, winter, spring, and autumn for resi- w* ; t .*■ | dents in the vicinity. • More than six inches of snow cov. '■ i«> s« ered the ground at Detroit while i I* 3 Idanha reported a good foot of the white blanket stopping transporta tion through that city. Mill City also had its subfreezing weather, combined with snow Sunday. Monday and Tuesday. Old Sol beamed his flicker of rays down on the city Wednesday after noon for about two hours, but snow again drifted from the sky Wednes day evening and rain Thursday aft- emoon. Both city and state police reported few accidents, even with the hazard ous driving conditions along the highway. Police still urge drivers to use caution because of the icy pave ment. Most schools again resumed Tues day, although busses were hampered by traveling conditions. The Parent Teacher meeting at Stayton was called off because of the weather, but Mill City parents will hold their meet- ing as per usual. • ÿ A scheduled basketball game be tween Mill City and Turner Friday night will be played, it was reported, although a scheduled non-league >aded with house trailers for Mongold, the semi-truck and trailer belonging to E. IL Hitchman of Salem, game between the Wolves and Che- anie to grief Monday morning. Though the road hail been sanded, the equipment skidded and broke a wln- mawa was called Tuesday evening dow in the Dawes building and also damaged the trailer house on the truck. It was an hour before the wreckage was cleared and the hazard to traffic removed. The upper picture shows how the truck and because of road conditions. trailer finally stopped and the lower a close-up of the damage. (Photos courtesy of Capital Journal.) Throughout the northwest, floods are endangering several communities in British Columbia, ice flows caused Registration of Bicycles blocking of the Yakima reservoir, With Police Due Here cutting off the water supply for some time, and icy roads in Portland and All bicycle owners are being Seattle caused many accidents. urged to register their two wheel Schools were closed in many sub ers with the local police, J. T. King, urban communities' ,n Washington police chief said today. state. Railway transportation was Police will register the name, ad delayed for several hours by the dress, number and color of the bi The heavy fall of snow throughout Snow, bad visibility, and icy roads weather wave. cycle for filing. This will facilitate this locality has not stopped work on combined to make it tough going for Here at home, three families at the finding of stolen bicycles if such a the Detroit and Big Cliff dams, al- R. B. Hitchman, Salem truck owner, need should arise. old Amalgamated mine 15 miles i though workmen did remain off the who was transporting a heavily lad- King said owners can register above Elkhorn were in danger of be- ened semi-truck-trailer load of pre job Wednesday, Jack Murray, CBI , , .... .. . anytime during the day or evening _ — ----- J ’ snows. It official reported today. ■ fabricated homes from Portland to was just one year ago that heavy He added that work has already the Mongold government camp, Mon equipment was put into action to begun on construction of the aggre day morning. carry relief supplies through to the gated storage plant as well as piac- About 9 a m. the truck driver hit same location. The group, last year, I ing of a 108 inch steel retaining tun the famous Banfields' loop out of were marooned for more than two nel. The tunnel will be 370 feet in Mill City. slid, and lodged against the months. I length when finished. wall of the Mill City tavern, causing Electric power service was cut off A few new workers are being put damage to the houses, wall of the for more than three hours in the Mill on the pay rolls, replacing those who tavern, and breaking in the window [City area when a tree became over in the establishment. Funeral services for Virgil Johnson have left the job, he said, but there loaded with snow and uprooted, sev Traffic was snarled for more than asphyxiated victim when his automo is no foresight of adding more work ering a power line in its fall. an hour before the equipment could bile slide into a snowbank recently on ers in the near future. Sleigh parties, skiing and general Meanwhile, Colonel Miles reported be turned around. A Hammond stage the Dalles-California highway be winter time pattying occupied the work is going ahead of schedule at line bus, as well as travelers through tween Bend and Klamath Falls, were time for most of the younger set in the city were delayed by the acci- held at Weddle’s Funeral parlor in the dam-sites, but snow has stopped and around Mill City. Planned en- work at the new fish hatchery. dent. Stayton Thursday, December 29, Bids will be opened soon on con tertainment and work for the old Another truck bound for the same with the Reverand Lloyd Whitford of sters still carried on. struction of an information booth, to place, and the large semi involved Sutherland officiating. be located on the highway, he added. in the wreck, had to return to Salem The body was brougnt trom Klam Bids will also be open for call in the and wait for better conditions before ath Falls, where it was previously near future for construction of a again attempting the trip. reported the burial was to take place storage house for rock core. The Two days later, one of the trucks The victim died from fumes of core, obtained from drilling in the did make it through with a load of carbon monoxide from the exhaust of area of the dams, will I be saved for Accidents have hit a low ebb dur houses, it was reported. Stewart's his car after the car slide backwards general information and inspection, ing the week although rain, snow, wrecker removed the stalled truck. into the snowbank as he was travel Fifteen housing units and utilities ling from Crescent Lake to Bend. originally scheduled to be open to sleet, and the many elements of the have hampered travel Also killed in the accident were Jack call this month, have been tempo- universe Virgil Friedley and his wife, Drucilla, rarily stymied through army negotia- through the Canyon area. Chief of Police J. T King reported today. of Idanha. The trio had been work l Continued on Page 10) ing the vicinity of Bend. Most serious accident was the Mon. day morning freak on the hill going Johnson was formerly a resident through Mill City in which a heavily of Mill City and had worked here as loaded truck slipped on the icy road a logging truck driver. centers in the one way road, they and lodged against the MUI City He is survived by his wife, Virgie, said. tavern. and four children. Residing at the mine this winter King warned drivers, however, to Burial was in the Fox Valley ceme are the Hewitts and Mr. and Mrs. use caution while driving and avoid Justin Trippett and Mr. and Mrs. tery near Lyons speed. Oscar Chapman, President Tru Bill Borman, relatives of the Hewitts. Meanwhile, Bob 8 tee le, local state man's recent appointee as secretary Last winter the group was ma of interior is expected as principal police officer, has warned drivers to rooned for more than two months by speaker at the annual Democratic use chains for all driving. He said high snow banks and bad weather. Jackson day dinner January 7 at 6:00 they will be needed for all travel over When provisions ran low, Mr. Trip FRIDAY— I.O.O.F. meeting. pm. at the Cosmopolitan club, 11th the Santiam Pass highway. pett snow-shoed out for help. He employed two cats to rescue the « \Tl RDAY— and 8 W. Alder streets in Portland. Earl G Mason, Linn county Demo REPTILE < HAILMFR TO party. It took seven days to work Santiam Riders Dance cratic chairman, announced recently. SHOW HERE into the mine with the equipment. SUNDAY— All Linn county democrats interes Although the camp is situated 30 Folk Dance club 2 p.m. Dee Jay Nelson, noted reptile mes ted in attending the $2.00 dinner are merize r, will be featured on a na miles from the nearest town, and is MONDAY— accessable only by a narrow rocky asked to make reservations by writ tional program at the Mill City high Lions club meeting Boy Scouts 7:30 ing Chairman Mason at route 2, Al school auditorium Tuesday, January ledge for a road, the officials have bany. made the place both comfortable and Tl ESDAY— 10, starting at 2:45 p.m. convenient Thia will be Chapman's first pub WEDNESDAY— Nelson will bring with him a boa Idanha Eagles 8 p.m. Electricity is generated with small lic appearance in Oregon since his constrictor and several other well power pumpers from local streams. Altar Society meets 2nd Wed. appointment and he is expected to known varieties of snakes, which he An unexpected eye catcher is a beau Till RXDAY— discuss the program of his depart will use for demonstration in his lec PT A meeting tiful grand piano gracing the living ment for the development of the ture. resources of Oregon room of the Hewitt home. Conservation meet Lyons School Admission will be 25 cents. * sj Weather Does Not Hamper Dam Project Ice and Snow Cause Wreck In Mill City Funeral Service For Gas Victim Held in Stavton Travel Hampered By Bad Roads Amalgamated Mine Officials May be Isolated again Mining company officials living at the old Amalgamated mine located on the Little North Fork, 15 miles above Elkhorn, are in danger of be ing isolated again, as they were from December through March first of last year. More than two feet of snow cov. ered the ground New Year’s day, periously hampering transportation to and from the mine. Mr and Mrs. Ercill Wilson and Mr and Mrs. Myran Fender of Mehama, who were New Year's dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hewitt, mine superintendent, said it took nearly five hours to make the trip from Mehama to the mine via jeep. The jeep had been equipped with chains on all four wheels. The visit was well worth the labor ing trip, however, because of the lav ish entertainment offered them by their hosts. The two couples were sometimes halted by slides and high Truman Appointee To Be Featured At Demo Banquet (Coming Eurntii:
