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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1950)
aaaBBBBBaaaBHaanaiibaaanaaa greater part of the 75,000 acres log- ians had been here for at least ten 1 and I thought how they were not old thousand years, the scientists declare, days, after aU, here was this log ot a ged off all over again. “Give the trees time,” he said Time before the 1870’s,when the great sum tree that was a windfall in the log mer burnings began. Prospectors, ging of 25 years ago. 1200 years of -—and no fire." ranchers, stockmen, homesteaders. age. Yet our native Indians could No Sum— Billy hunters, all white, fired the forests look ten thousand years back beyond Once upon a time," said pur- the tree in their own history in the Entwhfstle, "our summers here were to clear them out for their own pur forest region. jall fires and no sun. In the summers poses. [of the 1870 I‘“ ’ ‘ s ____ J... 1880's, when __ - I "No ... one dreamed that timber The poster put up by the Cub Ssout and 2 the was a boy and a young logger, the could ever become scarce Of all read, “Look to the Future. Keep the by Jim Stevens people Of Western Washington things trees were the cheapest. White Forests Green.” Time is how you see Time and Trees— seldom saw the sun on the Fourth of men burned wonderful forests just to We sat there on a log that had been July—or on any other summer day. J make trails for easier travel. Many a seedling over 1,200 years ago. Billy All summer long hundreds of forest traveled the waterways by boat Veterans who neglected to apply Entwhistle, once a bullteam logger fires kept burning. In the heaviest and canoe, camping overnight on the for terminal leave pay for unused | helped a nine-year-old Cub Scout nail i rain they would smoulder, and the beaches. If their beach fires started I leave time during World War II now DETROIT DAM LEAGUE P,.|. up a "Keep Green" sign on the dead smoke would die down. Rainy spell forest fires, no one was concerned. have until June 30, 1951 to make League Standings: W I, Teamsters 5 1 .833 forest giant, and I thought of the I over, we'd have the twilight of smoke *' 'Let 'm burn.’they said, 'fires do application. REOS 5 1 .833 meaning of time. Around the log were again.” o no harm. Too many trees anyway.” aHHBBHK’arHWrW»t?iH»SiXiK5:2tBHEW CBI Engineers 4 666 firs and hemlocks about 20 years old. "Was it the Indians whe burned the 2 Shavers 2 .400 We were in the midst of an area I forests all the summers?” asked one Is it any wonder that the sun did 3 TRY OUR 1 5 .167 that contained 75,000 acres of second I of the Cubs. "I heard at school the not shine in the summertime ? But DatraU never blame the Indians, who loved 1 .143 and third growth forest. Operations 6 Indians burned the forests to make their home country, for the fires of Billy was telling the Cub Scouts better hunting grounds." Mill City’s Teamsters in the De. they should live to see the "You heard something wrong, son,” other days.” troit Dam 1 league smothered the Oper- First Warden— ations club j Tuesday under a barrage | said Billy Entwhistle. The Indians did It seemed a long way back even to of base hits and excellent pitching to it was the second shut out for the not set the fires that hid the summer me, and to the Cubs a time much FOR LONG WEAR rack up a merciless 30 to 0 victory. I Teamsters. sun in those times and killed so many farther away — the 1870’s. Bi 1 The win enabled the Teamsters to Two Teamsters collected five hits, of the lowland forests, which had the Entwistle is now 85. His father was GUARANTEED keep pace with the REOS in the bat Carlton and Hamby. Four others col biggest and best trees of all. The Ind- a California 49er who found no gold tle for the league lead. lected four hits apiece. Each of thir and came to Puget Sound as a soldier Mel La Vine pitched a two-hit game teen Teamsters participating in the, under General George Brinton Mill City while his mates were collecting 37. game collected hits. McClellan in the Indian wars of the The Teamsters biggest inning was early 1850's. Billy was born in the aaaHMSHwaaHHanHawKawaaaaaa a»aa&:aaaBaKr<>K:qoBaaaaa:tfaaaa the second when they collected eight | region in 1864. By 1876 he was greasing skids for a bullteam logging runs. show. In 1906 he was working for for It was the second disastrous de- j Meals Fountain est fire prevention, posting trail signs feat the Operations had absorbed in j that simply ordered "No Fire.” In. the past week. 1908 he became the first official fire Last Thursday on the Mill City [ Sweden Soft Freeze warden of the Pacific Northwest. Diamond, the CBI Engineers won OPEN SEVEN DAYS Retired from active fire-fighting, their first game in three starts by ’ Bily Entwistle still likes to go to the A WEEK downing the Operations nine, 16-7. w’oods with the youngsters and tell Operations led off with a flying [ Chuck Faylor and Sam Engle them interesting facts of forest life start by getting six runs the first inn Owners So there we sat and listened to ing. They were able to hit Roberts, history of the old days in the timber. the Engineers starting pitcher. Er rors in the infield helped them gamer mu 2>2X ZEISS SCOPE, CASE AND AMMUNITION the runs. The six-run deficit looked mighty big until the Engineer sluggers went to work. Gayle Lowery led the pack with three hits out of four times at bat and the rest of the team followed close behind. They were able to col lect thirteen hits from Pinkstat, the 15 HOURS ACTUAL RUNNING TIME, Operations chucker. COST 1120.00, TAKE IT FISHING FOR $85.00. Yarnell took over the Engineers' - mound in the second inning and held the opponents to two hits and one Stayton, Oregon ■ more run. The CBI Engineers meet the Shav FULLY EQUIPPED, FULL-SIZE BED AND STOVE. ers tonight at Mill City, and the FRIENDLY' SERVICE REOS at Camp Mongold on Monday. TAKE A LOOK AND NAME YOUR PRICE. JIM 4— THE mile city enterprise lulj 13, 1950 SPCKTS PAGE Teamsters Smash Operations 30-0 In Pitchers Duel Out of the Woods Hand Made Work Boots DICK’S SHOE SERVICE VIV’S Steak House The following items will not be Needed In Korea 30-06 Custom Made Sporter Stayton llardvv are and Furniture 5 hp. Sea King Outboard Motor Is Your Car Dirty for a FREE Vacuum Cleaning Come In 11 ft. Sport Trailer We take better care of your car - ON MARION COUNTY ROAD CHEVRON KEITH Mill City Cabinet Shop » zz X.W « vXW V v ' GAS STATION »Mil lunuli. 'iitr WEEKS NEWS SOUTH KOREAN ARMY troops man Amer ican built trucks os they defend their countryland ogainst Russian invasion. The North Korean Communist troops invaded the American sponsored South Korean republic, causing an international situation. -y/~ * ■%»•* -, ' Ur 'Wÿ SECRETARY OF STATE Dean Acheson (right', with Charles M. Spofford, who is to serve as deputy American repre sentative to the North At lantic Council. The council's task is to speed the coordina tion ol western Europe's de fenses against attack. CHANGEABLE TAF FETA polka dor green and bronze dress was selected for Diana Lynn appearing in Paramount's "Paid in Full." It has a square neckline with flanged collar and cuffs TELEVISION S outstanding newscaster is John Cameron Swayze who is heard on the Camel News Caravan Mondays through Fridays at 7 45 p m , e d s t. over the NBC television network Swayze is a former newspaperman and a tele vision pioneer. 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