Elkhorn To Consolidate With Mill City Serving LYONS, MEHAMA ELKHORN. MILL CITY GATES, MONGOLD T he MILL CITY ENTERPRISE By GEORGE HOPKINS DETROIT, IDANHA Consolidation of the Elkhorn school district with the Mill City school sys tem became a reality last Friday when voters accepted the issue in Mill City by a vote of 8 to 0 and Vol. VI—No. I MILL CITY, ORFGON, Till ILSDAY. JANl’ARY 5, 1956 Elkhorn accepted 15 to 11. Only eight voters turned out in the Mill City election at the high school while 26 of the 28 eligible registrants voted in Elkhorn. Action to bring the eight students in the outlying district Into schools here will not be carried out until the start of the next school year. The Elkhorn district has hired a teacher for the present school year. An explanation of rate changes for Proposed routing of a school bus to The universal elements combined pick up the youngsters in the Elk electric customers served by Moun forces this week over the Canyon horn district and transport them here tain States Power company from its area to furnish a taste of summer, led to much controversy between the Willamette Valley electric system winter, Bpring, and autumn for resi district's school board members and was made today by Z. E. Merrill, dents in the vicinity. (ITT WJHÍkfH the citizens in the community. One president of the Power company, More than six inches of snow cov route would carry the students over Mr. Merrill stated that the changes ered the ground at Detroit while the Gates-Elkhorn road, while the effective in January, 1950, were de Idanha reported a good foot of the other would bring them in on the signed to simplify rates, and to elim white blanket stopping transporta river road via Taylor Grove. inate dual meters wherever possible. tion through that city. Mill City County School Supt. Agnes Booth This will conform to the practice of also had its sub freezing weather, declared the road over the mountain the company on some of its other combined with snow Sunday, Monday ous slopes via Gates was inadequate electric systems and with the prac and Tuesday. for bus transportation. The road, tice of a number of other electric Old Sol beamed his flicker of rays however, was reported to be ready service distributors in the Northwest. down on the city Wednesday after for travel after a county road crew noon for about two hours, but snow The new rates were adopted to straightened out many of the diffi achieve simplification. Many resi again drifted from the sky Wednes cult turns. Gravel has been pur dential, commercial and small cus day evening and rain Thursday aft chased for the road, to be applied tomers, however, will find it to their ernoon when the weather clears. Both city and state police reported advantage to change their electric Donald Sheythe, local president of wiring to receive all of their require few accidents, even With the hazard the Mill City district school board, ments through one meter. It should ous driving conditions along the said today further action on the mat be noted that present customers will highway. Police still urge drivers to X & ter would be way-layed until alloca in no instance have an increased use caution because of the icy pave ■ F — *• w * tion of funds for the coming year are electric bill as a result of the new ment. made at the next meeting of the ( rates. Most schools again resumed Tues : H » ■ ■ boadr. day, although busses were hampered The change rates will also apply to IB Total taxes from the addition of by traveling conditions. The Parent practically all new connections made the school to the local district would Teacher meeting at Stayton was to the Willamette Valley system of give Mill City’s school system $65,000 called off because of the weather, but i the company and will result in sav. more to work with for the coming Mill City parents will hold their meet- i ings to the customer because he will year. This will be used for addi ing as per usual. ' in most cases need to provide wiring tional teachers and building equip A scheduled basketball game be for only one meter regardless of the ment badly needed here. tween Mill City and Turner Friday types of electric service he may use. A decision for routing of the bus night will be played, it was reported, Mr. Merrill pointed out that elec the ■ will be left until the time of although a scheduled non-league leaded with house trailers for Mongold, the seini-truck and trailer belonging to E. IL llitclunan of Salem, tric service in this area is one of the meeting, Sheythe said. game between the Wolves and Che- came to grief Monday morning. Though the road had been sanded, the equipment skidded and broke a wln- few commodities which have not in- 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 I creased in price since pre-war days wreckage was cleared and the hazard to traffic removed. The upper picture shows how the truck and because of road conditions. and that this new step in rate simpli- trailer finally stopped and the lower a close-up of the damage. (Photos courtesy of Capital Journal.) Throughout the northwest, floods cation is in accordance with the com are endangering several communities I pany’s policy of providing a more in British Columbia, ice flows caused Registration of Bicycles convenient means for customers to blocking of the Yakima reservoir, With Police Due Here make a greater use of the service. cutting off the water supply for some Details as to the application of time, and icy roads In Portland and All bicycle owners are being these rate changes are available at Seattle caused many accidents. urged to register their two wheel all of the : . yany's Willamette val Schools were closed in many sub ers with the local police, J. T. King, Soil conservation district forma ley offices. Customers are invited to urban communities .n «Washington police chief said today. tion for Linn county will be discussed call or write if they should desire state Railway transportation was Police will register the name, ad at a special meetingat the new Lyons further information or advice rela- 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 school Thursday evening at 8:00 f tive to their electric service, accord weather wave. cycle for filing. This will facilitate this locality has not stopped work on combined to make it tough going for ing to C. M. Cline, local manager. o’clock. Here at home, three families at the finding of stolen bicycles if such a R. B. Hitchman, Salem truck owner, the Detroit and Big Cliff dams, al need should arise. old Amalgamated mine 15 miles Petitions for formation of the dis who was transporting a heavily lad- though workmen did remain off the King said owners can register above Elkhorn were in danger of be- trict are being circulated throughout job Wednesday, Jack Murray, CBI|ln<r . . . . ¿ " ened semi-truck-trailer load of pre .nnnrt/d tn.Lv ' b,O,ate<l b* “VY anytime during the day or evening. 1 official reported the local area to gain approval of a . the — hp ------ / snows. It today. fabricated homes from Portland to was just one year ago that heavy district in this immediate area. He added that work has already the Mongold government camp, Mon equipment was put into action to Anyone owning ten acres or more day morning. begun on construction of the aggre carry relief supplies through to the of land are urged to be present at the gated storage plant as well as plac About 9 a m. the truck driver hit same location The group, last year, special meeting Thursday evening. ing of a 108 inch steel retaining tun the famous Banfields’ loop out of were marooned for more than two Several of the soil conservation staff nel. The tunnel will be 370 feet in Mill City, slid, and lodged against the months. from Stayton will be there to answer | length when finished. Electrical power was put out for wall of the Mill City tavern, causing Electric power service was cut off any and all questions pertaining to three hours and 25 minutes in the damage to the houses, wall of the A few new workers are being put for more than three hours in the Mill soil conservation. on the pay rolls, replacing those who Mill City, Lyons, Mehama area Tues tavern, and breaking in the window City area when a tree became over I have left the job, he said, but there Those circulating petitions for the day night when a tree uprooted and in the establishment. Funeral services for Virgil Johnson loaded with snow and uprooted, sev formation are Ike Myers, Steve Dark, fell across a power line between Scio 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 Chet Blum. Tony Marnick and Elmer and Lyons, it was reported by the an hour before the equipment could bile slide into a snowbank recently on ers in the near future. Sleigh parties, skiing and general Taylor. Meanwhile, Colonel Miles reported Mountain States Power company of be turned around. A Hammond stage the Dalles-California highway be winter time partying occupied the ficials today. line bus. as well as travelers through tween Bend and Klamath Falls, were work is going ahead of schedule at time for most of the younger set in the dam-sites, but snow has stopped An emergency power unit carried the city were delayed by the acci- held at Weddle’s Funeral parlor in and around Mill City. Planned en Stayton Thursday, December 29, work at the new fish hatchery. power to parts of Marion county 45 dent. tertainment and work for the old Bids will be opened soon on con minutes after the accident, it was Another truck bound for the same with the Reverand Lloyd Whitford of sters still carried on. struction of an information booth, to reported. Light service in the Stay place, and the large semi involved Sutherland officiating. be located on the highway, he added. ton area, however, was not dis- in the wreck, had to return to Salem The body was brougnt from Klam rupted. and wait for better conditions before ath Falls, where it was previously Bids will also be open for call in the near future for construction of a reported the burial was to take place The accident occured at 10:35 pm., again attempting the trip. storage house for rock core. The Roy Eaves was bound over to a company officials said. Many local Two days later, one of the trucks The victim died from fumes of core, obtained from drilling in the grand jury and his wifi was turned citizens used left over candles from did make it through with a load of carbon monoxide from the exhaust of area of the dams, will be saved for over to juvenile authorities in Salem the holidays and flashlights during Accidents have hit a low ebb dur houses, it was reported. Stewart's his car after the car slide backwards general information and inspection. by the Breitenbush justice of the ing the week although rain, snow, the emergency. wrecker removed the stalled truck into the snowbank as he was travel Fifteen housing units and utilities peace following their arrest Decem ling from Crescent Lake to Bend. originally scheduled to be open to sleet, and the many elements of the ber 28 for possession of stolen goods have hampered travel Also killed in the accident were Jack call this month, have been tempo universe valued at $93.35, Virgil Friedley and his wife, Drucilla, rarily stymied through army negotia- through the Canyon area, Chief of The goods had been stolen from Police J. T. King reported today. of Idanha. The trio had been work t Continued on Page 10) three different stores in Detroit over ing the vicinity of Bend. Most serious accident was the Mon. a period of about a month, The arti- day morning freak on the hill going Johnson was formerly a resident cles included a watch stolen from the through Mill City in which a heavily of Mill City and had worked here as home of Mrs. Pike. loaded truck slipped on the icy road a logging truck driver. The arrest was made by state pa Mining company officials living at centers in the one way road, they and lodged against the MUI City He is survived by his wife, Virgie, trolman Robert Steele who arraigned the old Amalgamated mine located said. tavern. the couple into the Britenbush justice on the Little North Fork, 15 miles Residing at the mine this winter and four children. King warned drivers, however, to Burial was in the Fox Valley ceme- court in Idanha. above Elkhorn, are in danger of be are the Hewitts and Mr. and Mrs. use caution while driving and avoid Walter Dozier of Stayton was ar- ing isolated again, as they were from Justin Trippett and Mr. and Mrs. tary near Lyons. speed. laigned before the Albany justice December through March first of last Bill Boeman, relatives of the Hewitts Oscar Chapman, President Tru Meanwhile, Bob Steele, local state court charged with wanton waste of year. Last winter the group was ma man's recent appointee as secretary game on December 13 by Steele. He More than two feet of snow cov. rooned for more than two months by of interior is expected as principal police officer, has warned drivers to was fined $154 The Albany court ered the ground New Year's day, high snow banks and bad weather. speaker at the annual Democratic use chains for all driving. He said also fined Brice A. Dolzer of Stay, periously hampering transportation When provisions ran low, Mr. Trip- FRIDAY— Jackson day dinner January 7 at 6:00 they will be needed for all travel over ton the same amount for killing deer to and from the mine. pett snow-shoed out for help. I.O.O.F. meeting. pm. at the Cosmopolitan club, 11th the Santiam Paas highway. He with less than a forked horn and in Mr and Mrs. Ercill Wilson and Mr employed two cats to rescue the x VtTRDAY— and S W. Alder streets in Portland, closed season. and Mrs. Myran Fender of Mehama, party. It took seven days to work Earl G. Maxon, Linn county Demo REPTILE < HARMER TO •Santiam Riders Dance Two Stayton men. Leroy Harold who were New Year's dinner guests into the mine with the equipment. cratic chairman, announced recently. SHOW HERE sl'NDAY— Fehlen and John Edward Mack were of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hewitt, mine Although the camp is situated 30 All Linn county democrats interes Folk Dance club 2 p m. Dee Jay Nelson, noted reptile mes- charged with hunting ducks after superintendent, said it took nearly miles from the nearest town, and is MONDAY— ted in attending the $2.00 dinner are merixer, will be featured on a na hours December 20 and fined $14 In five hours to make the trip from accessable only by a narrow rocky Lions club meeting asked to make reservations by writ tional program at the Mill City high Stay ton justice court. Mehama to the mine via jeep. The ledge for a road, the officials have ing Chairman Mason at route 2, Al school auditorium Tuesday, January Boy Scouts 7:30 A charge of possession of venison jeep had been equipped with chains made the place both comfortable and TLESDAY— bany. 10. starting at 2:45 p.m. in closed season was imposed on four on all four wheels. convenient. U EDNENDAY— This will be Chapman's first pub Nelson will bring with him a boa Detroit men. Lawrence Newell Trask, The visit was well worth the labor Idanha Eagles 8 p m. Electricity is generated with small lic appearance in Oregon since his constrictor and several other well Phillip Edward Robinson, George Ro ing trip, however, because of the lav power pumpers from local streams. Altar Society meets 2nd Wed. appointment and he is expected to known varieties of snakes, which he bert Winters and Charles R Win ish entertainment offered them by An unexpected eye catcher is a beau Till RXDAY— discuss the program of his depart will use for demonstration in his lec ters. who were cited into court by their hosts. The two couples were tiful grand piano gracing the living IT A meeting ment for the development of the ture. state police sometimes halted by slides and high room of the Hewitt home. resources of Oregon Conservation meet, Lyons School Admission will be 25 cents. Rate Changes In Electricity Due Here Snow and Ice Front Hits Local Area 1 a Soil Officials Will Discuss Conservation ÏI 1 Ice and Snow Cause Wreck In Mill City Electric Service Disrupted Here By Failing Tree Weather Does Not Hamper Dam Project Funeral Service For Gas Victim Held in Stavton Couple Arrested For Possession Of Stolen Goods Travel Hampered By Bad Roads Amalgamated Mine Officials May be Isolated again Truman Appointee To Be Featured At Demo Banquet ([ninitui Ettrnts: