Should The
People Know?
T he MILL CITY
ENTERPRISE
Serving:
MILL CITY
DI I DOIi
ELKHORN
GATES
IDANHA
I am writing this with the belief
that a newspaper has a job to per
form in the community and when it
LYONS
becomes supine it might better go
«
out of existence, than remain as a
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drug to the community, always cov
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ering up the "naughty” doings of
those entrusted with the care of pub
lic property. I believe in telling the
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good side too, but sometimes the nec
essity for the truth "no matter who
Vol. VI—No. 19
$2.50 a Year, 5c a Copy
is hurt” becomes an obligation of the
newspaper.
In this issue we publish some of
the findings of a group of Mill City
residents with regards to affairs ot
their local school board during the
past two years.
I want to say here that it is with
reluctance that we find that facts
Has the district school board of ; violation of the statutes of the State
were found that I felt it was the
Mill
City (129-J) been violating the of Oregon. According to the state
right of the people to know, and it is
Oregon law’ which carries a misde . law’ second class districts can not
their duty to tend to their business,
' sell the district's land without a ma
however distasteful it may prove to
meanor penalty for illegal disposition jority vote ot a legally called special
be.
of school property ?
' school election.
We have a duty as citizens of any
The question grew from the action
129-J is a second class school dis
community,, whether we be new in
of board members Donald E. Sheythe, trict by statutory standards, to-
that community or not, to fight for
Ramon L. Roberts and William Shuey wit: O.C.LA 111 802. Classifica-
our democratic rights of free s|>eech
when they executed a warranty deed I tion of districts. "All districts with
for ourselves or others, and the free
to The First Presbyterian Church of more than 200 and less than 1.000
dom of the press to report those facts
Mill City, Oregon on June 18, 1949, | children of school age shall be
known as districts of the second
unham|>er<*d by any threats from any
of a portion of the school district | : class.
source whatsoever.
lands.
District 129-J has an enrollment of
Some time ago we received photo
The execution of the deed, which is 1 approximately
433 which without
stats of deeds to property, showing
now on record, would have been of
:
question
qualifies
it as a second class
that such property had been trans
routine matter but for the apparent district.
ferred from the possession of the lo
I Law Transgressed?
cal school district (129-J) to individ
The procedure to be followed ac
ual persons, with the claim that the
cording to law (O.C.LA. 111-1014)
transfers were illegal and had not
in referring to school property and
been authorized by the expressed will
schoolhouses reads:
of the people as required by laws of
“They may also sell, lease, or
the State of Oregon.
otherwise dispose of any property
I have investigated these charges
belonging to the district, when
and searched the minutes of the local
AUTHORIZED to do so by a ma
school board and searched the back
ROD MILL AND CLASSIFIER FOR DETROIT DAM—Machinery now being Installed just above the aggre
jority vote at any IJiGALLY called
gate storage plant at Detroit dam will function as a rial mill crushing rock into sand and operate as a
issues of The Enterprise file copies to
school meeting; provided, that the
classifier sorting rock of various sizes.
Photo Courtesy Capital Journal.
find where a notice had been pub
call for such meeting shall have
lished and an election held, but could
stated that such sale, lease or dis
position would be one of the ob
net find any such evidence.
jects of such meeting.”
The apparent result is that state
Th«’ law clearly points out that any
laws governing disposition of school
sale or transaction must meet the
property have been violated, and vio
legal requirements which require that
lated by a school board that had an
the proposed transaction be adver
attorney setting as a member of the
Between 1500 and 2000 Salem per
tised in advance of the meeting at
board that committed the first of The Northwest Regional Negotiat
sons are expected to visit the Detroit
least 2 weeks. The law further re
fense of which .1 have knowledge. ing committee through its chairman,
damsite on Sunday May 21st in an
quires that such advertisement shall
What kind of a defense can a school J. E. Fadling, announced today that
Whether this nation finds the diffi inspection tour sponsored by the
union
members
on
the
job
throughout
be made in a local publication if such
board have that is called upon, to
cult path to world peace or plunges Salem Cherians.
exist in the community.
make an accounting when they had the Northwest voted by a large into a war that can destroy civiliza
The day will be highlighted with
Has the board from district 129-J
an attorney setting on the board and majority, authorizing the Northwest tion may well be determined by the
Regional Negotiating committee to
speeches
from state and army offi
violated the law by disposing of the
taking part in such a transaction?
calibre
of
men
we
elect
to
Congress
district’s property without the con
We are being accused of dividing | call a strike not later than May 15th. this year, E. C. Sammons, prominent cials. Guest of honor for the day will
The figures were not revealed but Republican leader, told a radio audi be the Cherrian Queen and her court.
sent of the people?
The property
the city into factions over “such a
The queen and the royal court will be
sold to the church and later trans-
little offense”. But the opposite is it was known that the Committee ence over KEX Wednesday night.
taken on a tour through the excava NEW UNIVERSITY JOURNALISM I ferred to relatives of a school board
the truth of the matter. For several sent out more than 40,000 ballots.
"National and international events
years now the citizens of the com Fadling said, "All locals did a good move with a terrifying pace today, tion while other onlookers will stand MAN—Charles T. Duncan, commu member, was only one of three such
munities in this canyon have been job in getting a big vote. The large said Sammons. Answers to problems on the excavation rim to hear con nity newspaper specialist, whose ap I apparent violations.
making attempts to get a union high ! vote and the great majority favor- that were adequate in the 1920’s and struction details from Colonel Walsh pointment as associate professor of Penalty for Violation
school, whereby Mill (Tty. Gates, j ing strike action, unless our demands '30’s do not now suffice. If we do not of the Army engineers and C. C.Davis journalism iff the University of Ore
rias the board's repeated refusal
Lyons, and Detroit can combine their are met, means the employers must develop new vision, new understand resident engineer on the construction gon was announced today. The ap- I to be responsible to the taxpayers of
resources and build a new union high make a satisfactory offer before ing and new leadership equal to our site. Other speakers will include |M>intnient Is subject to confirmation | the district threatened them with a
school Gflk* wouM be « c.tdit t.i the May 15th, or Tie mills, plywood problems of the present, the Ameri Oregj^i's governor, Douglas McKay, by the state board of higher educa | statutory penalty ’ Again according
canyon and an advantage t«f the plants, logging operations and other can way of life as we know it will ex-governor and Statesman editor tion.
to O.C.LA. lll ’.iW.-,
—
Charles Sprague, and Senator Wayne
young people graduating from such woodworking plants which the com vanish.
Violations of school law: “Any
Morse.
member of any school district board
an institution. What has come from mittee represents will have picket
“As ex-Governor Charles A Spra Clay Cochran, president of Salem’s
or any school clerk who shall vio
those efforts and meetings that have lines out Monday morning. May
gue expressed in an editorial in his Chamber of Commerce placed Robert
late any of the provisions of this
15th.”
been held? Apparently nothing.
act shall be deemed guilty of a mis
When can Mill City and her sister
The demands of the International Salem Statesman recently, "Forces, V’eness of Mill City on a committee
demeanor, and upon conviction shall
communities ever get a union high Woodworkers of America, a CIO af new forces, tremendous forces are with others to complete details for
b«’ punished by a fine not leas than
loose in the world today. To ignore the tour.
school? They can accomplish that in filiate, are:
them is to invite the whirlwind bear Information Booth
The final meeting of the Mill City $25 nor more than $100, or by im
the near future if we make the effort.
1. Six paid holidays.
prisonment in the county jail not
ing complete destruction to cherished
Mill City’s chamber of commerce Parent-Teacher Assn for the school less than Hix months or both such
But reports have been coming into
2 A health and welfare plan pro
ideas
and
ideals.
The
supreme
under
year
will
be
held
at
8
o
’
clock
Thurs
allotted up to $150 for an information
fine and imprisonments; . . . and it
this office ever since I came here last
viding: $3,000 life insurance with
taking is to harness these forces for booth to be placed near the damsite day evening, May 11th, and will fea shall be the duty of the county
November that Gates will not join
double indemnity for accidental
men
’
s
uplift.
Few
men
in
the
United
and to serve as a "good Samaritan” ture a special March of Time movie, .superintendent to prosecute and
with Mill City, that Lyons will not
death and dismemberment;
States are as well equipped for this representative for visitors.
carry out the provisions of this
The "The Fight for Better Schools”.
join with Mill City while the present
$40 00 per week sick payments
job as Wayne Morse.
In concluding a very active and section."
booth, it was believed, would make
school hoard is in power. The point
for 26 weeks off the job;
The acknowledgment of the war-
"This opinion of Mr. Sprague re considerable contribution to good will successful year, Mrs. Robert Veness,
I wish to bring to your attention
$2000 per week for 26 weeks
retiring
president
and
program
chair
ranty
deed in question was taken by
flects
the
judgment
of
serious
Repub
for canyon communities. The cham
is that the city has been split wide
to supplement inadequate woik-
licans throughout Oregon. To old- bers industrial committee met with man. will install the five incoming D. B. Hill. Jr., on the 18th day of
open long before the present owners
man's compensation pay;
June, 1949
of The Enterprise had anything to
3. Employer paid hospitalization, timers. the Morse sponsorship by men engineers and officials to complete officers.
In an appropriate obaervance of.
like
Sprague
and
Paul
Wallace
of
details
for
a
location.
The
booth
will
do with this paper.
surgical and medical care.
National Music Week, the entertain
Salem. Herb Cox of Eugene, Huston be completed by May 21st.
I think therefore that the charge
Walter of Lebanon. Phil Hitchcock of
Also to welcome the visiting cara ment will consist of songs presented Don Jenkins Suffers
that we have split or are splitting
Klamath Falls, ex-Govemor Jay Bow van will be a large sign 8 feet square by the high school girls' glee club
the city is false.
Flight Instruction Now
erman, Bob Dwyer and Jesse Gard of to be placed on the western limits of under the direction of Miss Hope injury in Accident
I with another gentleman acted as
Portland is all the answer needed. the city. The sign, was painted by Baney.
an emissary between this group of Available, Davis Field
Don Jenkins, owner of Jenkins
Refreshments will be served by the
To this list can be added the testi Mrs. Lamphaer and will read "Wel
citizens and we delivered to one of
Hardware in Mill City narrowly es
teachers.
Flight
instruction
is
now
available
mony
of
outstanding
members
of
the
come to Nature's Empire”. A large
the members of the present school
caped critical injury in an automobile
board a copy of a resignation for the at the Davis airport with a competent congress. In the memory of the old picture of the Detroit dam is also
accident near Silverton early this
■
instructor
in
charge,
Byron
Davis,
est members of the senate there never painted on the sign. Committees
school hoard to sign. That resigna
week.
airport
manager
announced
today.
Fire
Season
May
15
has
been
a
previous
case
in
which
were
sellected
to
place
welcome
ban
tion was written so as to give the
Jenkins was driving at a moderate
Ralph Nibbler, instructor and a which senators have violated their ners across the Mill City streets.
Fire season in this canyon area will
school an opportunity to resign anti
speed
on his way to Portland where
former
army
flight
instructor
with
traditional neutrality in primary elec In Tuesday nights meeting a pro open May 15th, Arlo Tours, Mill City
leave the way open for the next board
he was to trade in his present pickup
to find agreement with the neighbor over 4000 hours of flight time will be tions. The reason in this case is the posal was made to hold the disburse fire chief announced today. Tours when a car ran through a stop sign
ing districts and thus accomplish the on the field every Friday evening and viciousness and unfairness of the op ment office of the state unemployment stated that permits will be necessary at the Mollala junction directly in
in Mill City. The state makes no to do any burning and that he will front of Jenkins
unionization of school districts.
I all day on Sunday. Mure instruction position.”
Sammons concludes with the testi provisions for such field offices and issue such permits in his district.
showed that member of the board a time will be alloted as the demand
Both cars were serious damaged.
mony of Mark Trice, secretary of the should it be necessary for workers
copy of the story appearing elsewhere grows.
The operator of the other car waji
Davis
stated
that
rates
for
both
Republican party in the United States to drive to Salem for their checks
in this paper discussing the transfers
held for reckless driving.
of property that were apparently il planes and instructors were among senate and official officer of that merchants would stand to lose. D. B.
It was believed that Jenkins suf-
the lowest in the state. Students body.
Hill,
Jr.
headed
the
committee
to
He
quotes
Trice
as
saying,
legally made.
fered a concussion of the lower left
THURSDAY
—
prices
were
reduced
to
$9
an
hour
"That during his five years in the raise fundi from the merchants to
That was last Tuesday (May 2). I
mastoid. His condition is improved,
PTA Benefit show TONIGHT
felt last week that perhaps to hold for instructor and plane and $6 an senate. Senator Morse has voted with pay the operating cost for such a
American Legion 2d and 4th Thurs. however, and he is resting at home.
the Republican majority on a major building in Mill City.
the story another week would be just hour for solo flying.
Gates PTA 1st Thursday 8 pm.
ity of the roll calls taken. During Air Show Plan»
as well, but I was wrong.
Before
many days had passed most every our city and people in every way. those five years Senator Cordon and
Theatre Group Sponsors
Plans for a breakfast for the visit FRIDAY—
body in th«' city knew something Th«- dub is a cross section of the Senator Morse have voted together ing pilots at the chamber sponsored
Presbyterian Mothers' Day Dinner Amateur Show
about it but the people were not be busine»« men and women of the more times than they have voted op airshow July 16th were nearing com
5:30 to 7 p.m.
town. We therefore wish to con posite. In the 79th, 80th and 81st pletion
The amateur night given by the
ing informed fully.
Menu for the early flyers
I.O.O.F. meeting.
This story affects quite a number gratulate the ««chool board for their sessions up to March 1st combined. will be turkey sandwiches, turkey
Idanha Theatre group, for the benefit
Lyon.v TWA r.'.ee’lng 3rd Friday.
of people and I thought that perhaps great work and sacrifice in the last Senators Morse and Cordon voted a gravy, baked potatoes and coffee.
Mill City TWA meeting last Friday I of the Idanha church was well at-
They were in Between 15 and 20 turkeys will be
they could get together and settle the few year». Without pay they have total of 568 times
1 tended.
SATURDAY
—
differences but the only thing accom given freely of work and time and agreement 329 times, or 58%. Up to purchased for the event.
The program wim held In the audi-
To add
plished was to allow friends of the supervised the building of a fine March 1st of this session, both voted flavor to this year's annual Break Legion Dance at Legion hall.
torium at Detroit with Mr. Hoyt as
Santiara Riders Dance.
on 22 occasions and were in agree fast Hop" a committee was selected
school board to build a pretty picture new school.
master ot ceremonies. First prize in
We comnwnd any organization or ment 20 times, or 90 9%."
of “only a little crim«- having been
the adult class was won by Delphine
to determine ways of electing a queen SUNDAY—
person that works for the upbuild
Tucker and Barbara Denton who sang
committ«*d”.
”1 have brought you these state for the airshow Candidates would
Mother’s Day.
Knowing that the story was being ing and g«><>d of the city.
a vocal duet. Sencond prize went to
ments. says Sammons, because I wish b»* suggested from each canyon com MONDAY—
Unanimous resolution.
prepared a m»-mber of the Lions club
Johnnie Davis - for his piano solo.
you to know the truth about the munity.
Lions
club
meeting.
(Hign«-d> CARL KELLY, Pres. vicious, intentional and inexcusable
presented th«- following resolution to
Also being investigated for the fun
First prize in th« children's class was
A F. A A M No. 180 stated meet taken by a group of square dancers
JACK COLBI KN. Sec. misrepresentations that have been day is the possibility of obtaining a
the club and It was passed and copies
ing third Monday.
sent to the Stayton Mail. Detroit
To some this may ap|H-ar as a bou made in recent newspaper advertis- carnival to finish out the day's ac
(composed of Mario Vickers, Mary
Boy Scouts 7:30
Dam News, and I am informed a quet to the school board, but when mentsing and leaflets by the opposi tivities
Sue Palmer Ruth McDaniel, Marilyn
Salem paper also received a copy and it follows the publication of our story tion "
TUESDAY—
Overholser, Stanley Timms. Richard
all three published it apparently with- about the negligence of the school
( \R .STRIKES BOY
Women's club 8 p.m. 1st, 3rd Tues Calkins, Elvin Blan and Jack Weis-
board In regard to th«- care of the
nut comment.
gerber. Second prise went to Eva Lou
Richard Morris, son of Ray Morris
Sant lam Eagles auxiliary 8 P m.
WE SEE BY THE ADS:
I herewith puMKh It In full. It septic tank« on high school ground»,
New for her piano solo Judges were
of Detroit, was struck by a car driven
Senior Scouts 7:30 p m.
needed comment that last week 1 (which even now i» only a makeshift
Mrs. R C Ha«« man. Mrs Gordon
Coffee. 75c pound
by Otto Russell of Detroit late Friday WEDNESDAY—
didn't want to be forced to make:
repair job, and immediately prior to
Skidmore and Mr. Fitzgerald. A
Full-Color photographs 'ree
afternoon.
Wed.
Lions
club
auxiliary
8:30,
4th
the possible publication of this story
moving picture f< .lowed the program.
Electric clocks $3 95.
The boy suffered a broken leg The
THE LIONS ( LI B. MILL <TTY
Santiam R«-bekah 166 -1st and 3rd
on the transfer of property, it begins
Kool Aid. 6 pkg 25c.
accident occured on the highway near
April 24. 1950
Wed
at
8
pm.
R*-m<'mher to \«>le am May 19th for
Free Mattress
the old C.C.C. camp Mr Russell was
This < lub Is a service club in every to take on an ««dorous aroma, espe-
Altar Society meets 2nd Wed
Your < andMat«-:
(Continued on Page 10)
sense of the word. We try and help
not held.
Has Local School Board Violated
School and State Stalutes?
C of C Plan Booster
/MM Vofes Strike Peace Depends on
Shutdown Threatens New Congress, Says At Inspection Tour
Morse Committee
Final P.T.A. Meeting
Will Show Movie
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