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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1951)
Columbia River Sets Record Power Output T he MILL CITY ENTERPRISE U. S. Columbia river power genera tion set a new record of over 11 billion kilowatt hours for fiscal year 1950 and supplied over half of the Pacific ON Till SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — GATEWAY TO THE HEART OF NATl RE'S EMPIRE northwest's total power production, Bonneville power administration re cently advised Secretary of Interior Vol. VII—No. 10 MILL ( I l V. OREGON. THURSDAY. M ARCH 8. 1951 $2.50 a Year. a Copy Chapman in submitting its 13th an nual report. Areas served by the ad ministration include Oregon, Wash Dick Woodward Awarded ington, northern Idaho and western Santiam Ready Mix Co. Montana. Changes Ownership Boy Scout Life Badge Installation of three new generators Al Bochsler and Francis Lulay of at Grand Coulee dam and unprece Dick Woodward was presented with the Life Badge of the Boy Scouts dented demands for power combined Mt. Angel announced recently the of America at the Court of Honor to increase gross operating revenues purchase of the equipment and busi Thursday at the Detroit high school. to $31,197,515, a gain of 12 percent ness of the Santiam Ready Mix com Lee Hopson advanced to 1st class over fiscal year 1949 and produce net pany formerly owned by David M. Scout. Award were presented to Dick revenues of $11,908,967 for fiscal 1950 Reid of Mill City. Mounting anger among the citizenry The new owners of the concrete Woodward, Lee Hopson, Robert Lady, ompared to $10,665,769 the previous and Frank Barton. Clark A. I.ethin, burst into flame again this week year, the report revealed. Net reve I distribution agency have re-named the field scout executive of the Boy Scouts »hen car and truck drivers alike re nues since beginning of operations business, “Marion County Redi Mix peatedly blued the snow and water presented the awards. reached $54,644.061 and repayment of Co." The Santiam canyon office of laden atmosphere »hen forcing their the Marion County Redi Mix Co. is A cake, baked by Mrs. H. H. Storey federal investment continued well in now in Stayton, company officials, in commemoration of the 41st anni straining and reluctant conveyances advance of schedule. Bochsler and Lulay, report. versary of Scouting, was enjoyed by up and down Banfield's Nightmare Short of Power near Epps store. After purchase of the Santiam Scouts and parents present. “Even with completion of McNary Councilman Jim O’Leary, smarting and Chief Joseph dams,” said Admin Ready Mix Co. from Reid, Bochsler under a barrage of sulphurious com and Lulay, who prior to such purchase istrator Paul J. Raver in his letter plaints, tossed the problem of how of transmittal, “the region will find were operating a ready mix agency to eliminate this hazard again into itself still short of the power supply under the name “Mt. Angel Redi Mix the laps of the Mill City city council. needed to fulfill its requirements, for Co.” changed the name of their con The council tossed the hot potato crete enterprise to Marion County either peace or war time purposes. around a bit and something in the Since 1945 the Bonneville power ad I Redi Mix Co. way of signs may be in the offing as ministration has consistently urged all a result of Wednesday night’s city utilities in the region to develop ad Members of the Mill City Lions council deliberations. ditional generation. Few major con club are busy these days setting the During the recent storm, Banfield’s tributions have been made to the re 'stage for the extravaganza special Nightmare was barricaded part of gion's power supply other than those 'third annual Lions club amateur show developed by the federal government.” stated for March 29 in the Mill City the time and then heavily sanded. Regularly this week a succession of New transmission construction dur- I Theatre. cars and trucks have given up the Mr. D. B. Hill, president of the .ng the fiscal year concentrated large At this time special attention to first try at the Nightmare and peri Mill City State Bank, today announced ly on increasing flow of energy to signing up of amateurs occupies the BLOOD FOR KOREA . . . revitalizing, life-saving blood, power-short load centers of the receipt from the Federal Deposit In spotlight of activity which centers lously backed down and around for valiant fighter against shock, sudden injury, hemophilia,, vital Olympic Peninsula, Puget Sound, surance Corporation, Washington, D. Ion Lion Jim O’Leary of the Mill City a second crack at it or abandoned C. of a new certificate of membership Portland - Vancouver and southwest aid in brain and nerve surgery for the wounded. BI>OOD . . . I Variety store. Already a healthy the idea entirely and took the route Oregon areas, the administration re giving effect to the recent increase | showing of willing aspirant amateurs around Banfield’s Nightmare. constantly and urgently in demand, as the field of medical re ported. Addition of 650 circuit miles in insurance coverage to $10,000. The have put their names on the dotted Councilman O’Leary suggested dur search opens up new ways to halt disease, to save life . . . Y’our of transmission line and 15 new sub Mill City State Bank has been a mem | line for a chance at the prizes offered ing the council meeting that a sign be Red Cross is starting one of its greatest projects—the BLOOD stations gave Bonneville the largest ber of FIDC since 1935. I such as $25 for first place, $15 for erected to the effect that during haz Mr. Hill pointed out that this in- FOR KOREA PROGRAM. Y’our contribution to the Red Cross high voltage transmission network of second and $10 for third. Door prizes ardous road conditions traffic must proceed to the left in detour around any existing utility, with 4,040 miles i surance does not cost depositors of I are scheduled. fund helps accomplish this task—and all the other work of this the bank a single penny. The surplus of line and 108 substations. Besides the regular emphasis upon the Nightmare. Chief of Police J. humanitarian organization. GIVE generously! Most significant of the transmission of Federal Deposit Insurance Corpor j amateurs a new addition is being 1. King informed the council that lines completed were the 230,000 volt ation which now exceeds $1,300,000,- I planned for this year’s show. Talent some action along this line is in the line from Grand Coulee dam to Sno 000, in addition to all deposit insur will appear on the stage and com- process in co-operation with the state homish substation, the 115,000 volt ance losses and operating expenses I pete for a prize of $25. Those who highway department. A favorite sport of Mill City citi line from Shelton to Port Angeles, of the corporation has been paid in I register for the show must declare a 230,000 volt line from Bonneville by the 13,650 insured banks of the | their status as being either amateur zens is the positioning of themselves I in a half-safe spot in the Dawes build dam to Troutdale, and the Detroit- nation in the form of annual assess or talent. There is no entry fee. Lyons-Lebanon 230,000 volt line, cur ments based on their total deposits. O'Leary, who is in charge of re ing at the bottom of Banfield's Night “Under the leadership of its chair rently operated at 115,000 volts. cruitment work for amateurs and tal mare and there speculate on whether Important transmission additions man, Maple T. Harl, and his prede ent, announced today that all who or not various vehicles will make it since last July 1 include the south cessors,” Mr. Hill said, “the Federal desire a chance at the prizes offered up or down without stalling or jack Snow and ice in copious west Oregon service, Mapleton-Reeds- Deposit Insurance Corporation has must make application before March knifing. made a great contribution to the (Continued on Page 2) 26. The Lions club holds auditions quantity make this sport first class soundness and solvency of our bank each Monday, and March 26 is the fun these days fans WpOrt. Elmer Cooper, 60, died following last audition date prior to the show The regular meeting of the San ing system and to the safety and security of bank depositors. It has tiam Valley Grange was held Friday a lingering illnes Monday, March 5, date on March 29. been seven years since any depositor night at the Grange hall with Johnny at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Joe Shields Remine, master of ceremo of an insured bank suffered a loss, Lambrecht, master, presiding over the Joaquin. nies of the show and Mil) City Appli The Coopers for many years resided ance store partner, indicated that a new record for depositor safety in reguar routine of business. Robert Schmidt, county deputy was in Gates and then took up residence money obtained as a result of this this nation. The U. S. Forest Service ranger Past Record Cited present and presented the grange with in I.akeview, Ore. Some six weeks third annual amateur show is chan station at Detroit will be moved and The Mill City Garden club did some “This is in sharp contrast even to a plague for top honors in the county. ago Mr. Cooper returned to Gates neled into assorted civic projects un rebuilt on a site three miles from its the synthetically prosperous days of Steve Dark was recommended for the for medical care in the home of his dertaken and supported by the Mill thing Wednesday night about the present location. Preparation of the early 1929 when the State Bank Di- Soil Conservation board. daughter. City Lions club. problem of unleashed dogs running new site started this week. This Elmer Cooper was born in Elkton, belter skelter through carefully (Continued on Page 8) At the lecturers hour Leora Stevens move is being made because the pres groomed flower-beds and over newly gave an interesting talk on educa Oct. 11, 1891. His parents were Mr. ent location is in the flood area of the planted lawns by submitting a peti tion. A comical skit, “How to raise and Mrs. Alvin A. Coope.r He spent Publication of Mill City Detroit dam, according to L. K. Mays, tion for action on the matter before 'a child to become delinquent” was his early manhood in the Elkton com Building Permits Slated assistant regional forester, in charge the Mill City city council. presented by Leora Stevens, Estella munity before his marriage to Dora Hereafter those citizens erecting of the division of operation, Portland. Although the action of the Mill City | Mae Paxson on June 17, 1919. The Spiva and Nina Dark. The present site probably will not The social meeting will be held Elmer Coopers spent most of their a building or addition thereto and i Garden club appears a bit previous procuring building permits required be flooded until the fall of 1952 but ' in view of the fact that no gardens married life in southern Oregon com This is a sequel to last week’s March 16. Featured will be a card munities. according to Mill City ordinance will have as yet been planted and there it is necessary to get work on the party, and members are entitled to new station under way so that the “great-grand-pa” Tom Booth story, invite their friends. Survivors are two daughters, Myr find notice regarding same printed i are no flowers in bloom where dogs Forest Service can move there before wherein Mr. Booth’s rise to the stat may play and dig, there is merit how tle Odessa Joaquin of Gates and Mrs. in the Mill City Enterprise. us of a great-grandfather was re The Mill City city council by ordi ever, to the argument that now is the the 1952 field season. : Ila Mae Sorter of Lakeview, Ore.; This is the largest relocation job ported. 1 three sons William A. Cooper of Lake- nance set up rates for building per time for effective action before a Mrs. T. A. Booth’s school day undei taken by the Forest Service in ' view, Ore., Robert Alva Cooper of mits quite some time ago. The repeat prformance of previous years. the Pacific Northwest. There will be chums, as a result of Thursday’s The Mill City Garden club petition Ashland, Charles Elmer Cooper of rates are: All applications for building per , to the city council was signed by the ten or more buildings at the new site, “grand-pa” story, quickly called the Medford; one sister, Mrs. Myrtle including an office, several dwellings, attention of The Enterprise to the ¡club’s membership and numerous citi Sweet of Eugene and eight grand- mits 50c. Buildings estimated from $50 to zens in this community have ex crew house, warehouse shop and other fact that Mrs. Booth takes another ' children. Old Dad gets a bit of attention j honor because of the birth of the $500, permit $1.50. buildings. pressed sympathy with the tenor of Burial service and interment in Buildings estimated from $500 to the petition. The new site is on the North San- twin boys, Keith Allen and Kirk An when the Mill City Parent-Teacher Ashland is planned. association convenes next Wednesday, $10.500, per thousand $1.50. tiam highway about five miles above drew, to Mrs. Joe Bourdelon. The club’s petition sets out the Besides being catapulted into great March 14, in the Mill City high school Buildings estimated from $10,500 abuses garden owners and lawn dec Detroit dam. It is adjacent to the auditorium, Mrs. Kenneth Crosier an grandmotherhood with a flourish, Army Engineers maintenance head up. per thousand $1.00. orators in Mill City have been sub Smith New Willamette Mrs. T. A. Booth is the first of her nounced today. quarters. jected to in past years and prays for Applying a peculiar twist to the Funds to build the new station have school-day class-mates to have such action on the part of the city council. order of things, Mrs. Crosier, presi Fire Staff Assistant been transferred to the Forest Service a title bestowed upon them. In response to the Garden club's dent of the Mill City PTA, is turning Tom Booth is the genial partner by the Army Engineers. Work of petition the council, upon the motion New forester assigned to the staff the gavel of authority over to her hus establishing the new station will be of Jack Colburn in the Mill City Meat A DAUGHTER—To Mr. and Mrs. of Councilman Arey Podrabsky, voted of the Willamette National Forest band for the evening. under the direction of J. R. Bruckart, Market. Clifford Hicks, Lyons, March 4 at the taking the matter up with the league with headquarters at Eugene, will be Dad’s Night promises something in supervisor of the Willamette national Silverton hospital. of Oregon Cities for legal advice on teresting in the form of short vaude John W. Smith, at present on the forest, with headquarters at Eugene. A DAUGHTER—To Mr. and Mrs. I how to proceed and sending a copy ville acts and several unusual songs. staff of the Wallowa National Forest, Veterans ATust Soon Clyde Hathaway, Mill City, March 6, 1 of the club’s petition to the county Of course, Pop is more than wel Enterprise. courts of Linn and Marion counties. He will succeed Roy A. Elliott who at Salem Memorial hospital. come at the next Mill City PTA meet Claim Tax Benefit PAID ADVERTISEMENT ing on March 14—this order of things retired December 31 after more than FRID AY— Disabled war veterans and widows does not occur everyday you know! thirty years with the U. S. Forest Service. J. R. Bruckart, forest super I.O.O.F. meeting of ex-servicemen must apply by April visor, advises that Smith will be in Mill City TWA meeting last Friday 1 for state property tax exemptions charge of fire control, recreation, wild of $1.000, the Oregon Department of MONDAY— life, and range management activi Veterans’ Affairs cautioned today. Explorer Scouts Legion hall 7:30 p. Application is made to the assessor ties. Lions club meeting. Native of Oklahoma, he moved to of the county where the property is A F 4 A M. No. 180 stated meet located. Those eligible for the ex Oregon at an early age. He entered ing third Monday. the Forest Service as a member of emption include: O.E.S. meeting, 2d Monday month. the protection organization, Umpqua 1. The veteran of World War II, Oil. FURNACE. ATTAt II ED GARAGE National Forest in 1930 and worked TVTSDAY— World War I or the Spanish-Amer- CONCERT DRIVEWAY AND SIDEWALKS intermittently in various protection Chamber of Commerce 2 4 4 noon ican war who has a disability of 40 NICE LAWN-SPRINKLER SYSTEM jobs until 1939 when he received his ’ percent or more as rated by the Vet luncheon. degree in forestry from Oregon State erans administration. Lions Auxiliary 4th Tuesday college and was appointed as forest Women's club 8 p m. 1st. 3rd Tuea 2. The veteran of the Mexican, Civil A HOME YOU MAY BE I’ROUI) OF guard. ' or Indian wars, regardless of dis- WEDNESDAY— After various positions in the CCC Santiam Eagles and auxiliary 8 p.m. ' ability. program, he was promoted in 1942 3. The unremarried widow of a at Mill City fire hall. to Forester and the following year Santiam Rebekah 166—1st and 3rd ' deceased war veteran. was made ranger in charge of the Bly 4. The veteran who has a phys- Wed. at 8 pm SMALL DOWN PAYMENT ranger district of the Fremont Forest, I ician's statement that he is 40 per- Altar Society meets 3rd Wed promoted to district ranger in charge ¡cent or more disabled, even though Shown by Appointment Only Mill City PT A meets 2nd Wed. of the Drews Valley district on that i the VA does not rate him so. In this City council first Wed. 7:30 p.m. forest in 1946, and assumed his posi case he cannot be receiving more than THIRADAY— tion at Enterprise in 1948. $2,000 in pension or retirement pay This Brownie, who share» Smith’s background, particularly in Theta Rho Club for Girls, meets 1st for military service. membership in the Girl Scouts the field of fire control, qualifies him and 3rd Thursdays. The applicant must be an Oregon ot the I SA with a million for this important position which he Gates PT A 1st Thursday 8 pm. resident. He must apply for this other (iris axed * through 17. REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE will assume on or about March 18. American Legion 2d and 4th Thurs year's exemption by the April 1 dead will take part in the nation wide birthdav celebration oi He is a member of the Society of line. even though he received the bene Garden club fourth Thursday the Girl Scouts on Alar< h I.’. American Foresters. Firemen Auxiliary meets 3d Thurs. fit in previous years. Anger Mounts At Banfield’s Nightmare Amateur Show Slated On 29th D. B. Hill Reports Deposit Coverage Will It Be Death . . . Or Blood for Korea? 'WrtMDCMSS WENDSwm" Santiam Grange Tops In County Elmer Cooper, 60, Dies in Gates Forest Service Builds Station Mill City Garden Club Infers Plea Mrs. T. A. Booth Tokss Honjfs Old Dad Gets Deal In Next PTA Meet ?ust Arrived... Coming Events . . . 39 Years Old Lovely New 2-Bedroom Home A Steal at SSSOO.oo David M. Reid
