'Any Sex’ Deer
Hunt Arouses
Curt Opposition
Hunters holding “any sex” deer
tags for the special deer hunt which
starts Saturday in this area are due for
a shock. Some nine-eight percent of
the landowners east of Mehama have
taken positive action against deer
Hunters filtering through their forests
and over their land. Owners of
nearly 12.000 acres of land in the dis­
puted hunting area have petitioned
the state game commission against
the special deer hunt beginning Sat­
urday. With reluctance landowners
have tacked up numerous “no tres­
passing” signs.
It is reported that the state game
commission has issued 4000 deer tags
for this pre-hunting season “any sex”
leer kill. It is also reported that
those citizens in the Silverton area
having berry farms were the ones
who pressed the game commission into
creating the September 15 to 18 hunt.
'Those who entered a petition of pro­
test against the any sex deer kill ex­
press the view that this portion of
Marion county should not have been
included within the permitted hunting
grounds.
The petition to the state game com­
mission against the Mill City-Mehama
hunting area war signed by 58
signees. The petition states: “We,
the undersigned, earnestly request the
Oregon State Game Commission to
exclude all lands lying East of what
is commonly known as Taylor’s Grove
approximately 2 miles east of Me­
hama, Oregon, from the special hunt­
ing season proposed for from Septem­
ber 15th to September 18th, 1951, for
the reason that at least 98 percent of
the landowners are signers of this
petition and do not desire trespassing
upon their property and do desire to
retain the deer population as it now
is in their area.” Latest reports give
no hint that the state game commis­
sion has excluded the area outlined in
the petition.
Putting it mildly, landowners are
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Former Employee
Of C.B.I. Passes
Maurice Spencer was taken by Mill
City ambulance to the Salem Memor­
ial hospital recently when he became
seriously ill of an internal condition.
Spencer’s health declined steadily
after entering the hospital. Soon
after being admitted to the hospital,
he passed away.
Spencer formerly was paymaster
for Consolidated Builders Inc. It is
reported that he handled this position
and others of like responsibility for
many years for C.B.I. Spencer had
not worked for C.B.I. for quite some­
time prior to his death, however.
Spencer was an employee of C.B.I.’s
when that organization began work
on the Detroit dam, and came to Mill
City in that connection.
Spencer’s body was flown to Chi­
cago, Ill., for interment. His sister,
Mrs. D. Greene of Chicago, took care
of the funeral arrangements in
Chicago.
Golden Cycle Fire
Was $10,000 Loss
Lyons—The Golden Cycle Lumber
company sawmill located some four
miles east of Lyons was completely
destroyed by fire Thursday morning.
The mill was engulfed in flames
when discovered by Mrs. Marvin Os­
burn, who lives on the Lazy Maple
ranch near the mill. New machinery
had just been installed which made it
an all-electric mill.
About 10,000 feet of lumber was all
that was salvaged. About seven men
were employed by the mill. Claude
■Greaves of Salem is president; Leo
Flack of Anaheim, Calif., vice presi­
dent; and Ralph Harvey of Tigard,
secretary of the corporation. It is
reported that $10,000 in insurance
covered the loss.
Coming Events . . .
MONDAY—
American Legion Auxiliary 3d Mon.
Lions club meeting.
A.F. A A.M. No. 180 stated meet­
ing third Monday.
O.E.S. meeting, 2d Monday month. [
TUESDAY—
Boy Scouts at City park, 7 p.m.
Chamber of Commerce 2 & 4 neon '
luncheon.
Lions Auxiliary 4th Tuesday
Women’s club 8 p.m. 1st, 3rd Tues
129-J School Board meeting 2d Tues j
WEDNESDAY—
Santiam Eagles and auxiliary 8 p.m. 1
at Mill City fire hall.
Santiam Rebekah 166—1st and 3rd
Wed. at 8 p.m.
City council first Wed. 7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY—
Theta Rho Club for Girls, meets 2d j
and 4th Thursdays.
Gates PT A 1st Thursday 8 p.m.
American Legion 2d and 4th Thurs
Garden club fourth Thursday.
Firemen Auxiliary meets 3d Thurs.
FRIDAY—
I.O.O F. meeting.
Mill City TWA meeting last Friday
Farmers Union meeting at Mehama
Woman’s club, 2nd
T he MILL CITY
ENTERPRISE
ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHM
Vol. VII—No. 37
Serving:
Mil I CITY
DETROIT
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GATES
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LYONS
MEHAMA
MONGOL!)
— (.ITEM \Y TO THE HEART OF N »TIRE’S EMPIRE
Mil l. ( 1TY, OREGON. Till RSI) \Y. SEPTEMBER 13. 1951
$2.50 a Year, 10c a Copy
Lyons Plywood Plant Due
For Completion Next April
Idanha Veneer's Lyons nlywood plant will be completed by the first oi
April 1952. That is the information released Tuesday during an interview,
of the future plant's manager Vern Alvin. Kuckenberg Construction com­
pany is now about finished with the construction of the mill pond which
will be used by the new plant. The new plywood plant site is located between
jthe North Santiam highway and the
Southern Pacific rail right-of-way
running through Lyons towards Mill
City.
A fleet of earth-movers made up-
of “cats”, two-piece dirt haulers, and
trucks recently moved in on a 15-acre
area near the highway and in an
amazingly short time built a rather
deep mill pond. Those who operated
the heavy machines, used in moving
Mountain States Power Company the large mounds of earth, worked in
filed a request for a rate surcharge rising clouds of dust most of the time.
with the public utilities commissioner Water sprinkling crews were kept
j Geo. H. Flagg, Tuesday Sept. 5. PGE busy combating the effects of powder­
I entered a similar request recently. dry soil being stirred up repeatedly.
Basis of the request is the expected Water Proves Problem
higher cost of energy during periods
Now that the pond itself has been
of acute power shortage.
constructed the problem of filling it
The surcharge, if applied, will in- with water presents itself to head
I crease the rates of all the customers engineer Larry Supove’ of Portland-
of the Mountaon States Power Com­ Previous to the work on the walls
pany in its Willamette Valley and of the pond itself, well drillers probed
North Lincoln county districts. The the area for water with little success.
surcharge has been suspended pend­ Since the North Santiam is not too
ing proper hearings and investiga­ far distant from the construction site,
tions. A hearing on the matter will it was decided that it would be the
be held at the office of the public logical source of water for the mill
utilities commissioner, room 210, in pond. Supove’ called in Ray Hansen,
the public service building in Salem. an expert on wood pipe lines, in prep­
Date of this hearing is Monday morn­ aration for drawing river water via a
ing at 10 a.m., September 17.
wood conduit to the mill pond. Hansen
In commenting on this request for is the manager of the National Tank
temporary surcharges by the com- and Pipe Co. and has written an
| panies, A. W. Trimble, president of authoritative book on the subject of
Mountain States Power Company, wood pipe.
j stated that over 60 per cent of his
Alvin, Supove', Hansen and Linn
I company’s power requirements for the county surveyor Iatraen had lunch in
Willamette Valley were supplied by Mill City, Tuesday They held a brief
Here is a cross-sectional view of one of the water conduits which will carry rushing water against the ' the
power generation facilities of the conference before eating regarding
impeller blades of a water turbine used in the generation of electricity at Detroit dam. The dam itself will
government
and the Northwest Power the coming construction work on the
require 1,530.000 cubic yards of concrete. Its two power units will produce 100,000 kilowatts of electricity. I pool. The power
pool’s steam electric wood conduit from the mill pond site
All of the work at Detroit dam must be completed by December 1, 1952, while the Big Cliff project must be
generating plants carry abnomally to the North Santiam river.
completed by March 1, 1954. Big Cliff, however, will be ready for power generation purposes by December
heavy power loads in meeting Pacific
The conduit carrying water from
1. 1953. I)- • rf>it dam, 49 miles southeast of Salem, is a flood control and power dam. part of the Corps of
Northwest power requirements during the river to the mill pond will cross,
Engineers’ Willamette valley project. A concrete gravity type dam. it will have a length of 1,523 feet, a
the 1951-52 fall and winter low water the right-of-way of the North San-
height of 377 feet from minimum taiiwater to normal pool, a normal pool length of 8.5 miles and a normal
periods on the Columbia River. This
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pool area of 3,580 acres.
(Photo courtesy of the Albany Democrat-Herald)
will involve substantial extra cost for
fuel oi).
Depending upon how much hydo-
Kindergarten Beginning
electric power may be available, these
surcharges will average between five
Monday, September 17
and 20 per cent for the period, unless
unusually favorable water conditions
The Mill City PTA sponsored kin­
develop as the season progresses.
dergarten
will
open
at
9
a.m.
Monday,
The important role played by Ore­
Shelby Umphress sustained bad Adjustments will reflect the actual
gon-made cheese in helping supply Sept. 17, upstairs in the Mill City head and right arm injuries Saturday costs,
the surcharges will be
vitamin A, which nutrition experts fire hall. The kindergarten will be mid-night when he^was the occupant dropped and
as
promtly as stream flow
under
the
direction
of
Mrs.
Agnes
regard as essentia) to health, has been
conditions
permit
normal hydro- gen­
of
a
speeding
car
which
missed
the
Allen.
Tuition
is
$6
per
month
per
demonstrated by the work of agricul­
Sardine Creek fire is proving ass
tural chemists at the Oregon State child, and an additional $1 per month curve near *8» Fox Valley schoolhouse eration.
( tough as a hunk of dried jerky. After­
Need
for
surcharges
arises
from
has been requested for incidental ex­ on the North Santiam highway. Um­
college experiment station.
sprawling over a great amount of'
phress was hiking home from Stayton the fact that present rates are de­ P rough terrain, the fire was halted
penses
Working in college laboratories with
A mothers’ meeting has been sched­ when he was picked up near the Apple signed on the basis of normal use of by high humidity and rain. Now that
financial aid from the Oregon dairy uled for Monday evening, Sept. 24, Tree Court by two youths driving a
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. portion of the Sardine Creek fire that
products commission, OSC chemists in at the home of Mrs. Eldon Lents, 1941 five-passenger Chevrolet coupe.
hopped the canyon to Linn county is
1949 recorded the seasonal variation house no. 14 in the CBI addition.
Umphress apparently was the only
causing more trouble. Fire fighters
in vitamin A potency of Oregon butter Problems regarding the kindergarten
are being recruited again and fire
and this year extended their findings are up for discussion during this meet­ occupant of the car who was injured.
He was knocked unconscious when the
fighting units organized. It is re­
to Oregon cheese.
ing. Mrs. Don Bengston, PTA kin­ careening car rolled over for the first
ported that the fire is out of control
Investigations with blue vein cheese dergarten chairman, stated that “It time.
The Jack Scotts came upon
again
in the Monument Peak area.
are complete while preliminary infor­ is urgent that mothers of the kinder­ the scene of the accident soon after
Wednesday smoke columns rose and
mation has been collected on cheddar garten children attend the meeting in it occurred. They picked up Umphress
were blown towards Mill City. Today
cheese manufactured in the coastal re­ the Lents home”
Adults had their x-ray opportunity (Thursday) defense against the fire
and took him to Dr. D. W. Reid’s
gion of the state, according to Dr. J.
Since there are two weeks remain­ office in Mill City for care. Um­ recently, now young people will have
R. Haag and Dr. Pau) H. Weswig of ing in September, tuition for the phress is still under doctor’s care and theirs. The mobile x-ray unit begins got underway in earnest.
Apparently at no time has the Sar­
the OSC agricultural chemistry de­ month of September is $3.50. This cannot be up and around at all times, the x-raying of high school students
dine Creek fire been completely out.
partment.
in
the
entire
canyon
area
Wednesday,
sum should be paid to Mrs. Bengston though he is improving rapidly.
Snags still burned and released a
Results have verified the belief that when children are enrolled in the
The two youths who gave Umphress Sept. 19, on the grounds of the new shower of sparks even after the first
cheese is an excellent source of vita­ kindergarten.
Each child should the ride soon after the accident were Stayton high school. Of course, those rains came. The canyon area near
min A and have remonstrated that bring his own cookies or crackers for taken from the scene of the accident who already have received x-rays dur­ Big Cliff dam burned subsequent to
vitamin A potency remains remark- a mid-morning lunch; milk will be by friends. The names of the two ing the recent survey need not be the
rains which cooled the main body
x-rayed again.
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furnished.
individuals are not available.
Not only are high school students of the Sardine Creek fire. The steep
being admitted for x-ray, but also and rough cliffs in the immediate area
those of the adult population who of the two construction projects
missed their chance during the can- proved a tinder box for the fire. That
yon-wide x-ray survey.
Those who area has burned out. Now the area
need x-ray retakes are reminded that in the region of Kinney creek in Linn
the Stayton x-ray set-up offers a good county is presenting a problem for
fire fighters, !t is reported that the
opportunity for getting them.
A physical examination of all Mar­ fire jumped a fire trail in that area
ion county high school freshmen is Wednesday.
Wednesday forestry officials re-
being undertaken. The date for Mill
| City frehsmen is Wednesday, Sept. . ported the main trouble-spot of the
J 26, Marion county health nurse Deter- I fire as being in section 23, township
ing announced today. The physical 10 south, and range four east. This
examination is conducted without j spot is approximately a mile and a
' half from Monument Peak lookout.
' charge.
Nurse Detering has scheduled Tues­ ' station in Linn county.
days as her visiting days for the Mill
When the rains came a week ag< >
City school area. The first Tuesday Monday, most of those men fight­
' in the month Nurse Detering will hold ing the fire were taken from their
nursing conferences with regard to ! fire duties. The large timber owners
j immunization and innoculation of ! in the immediate area, however, kept
children.
The second and fourth j work crews on the alert and did
Tuesdays of the month will be given patrol work. State foresters did like­
over to dealing with teacher-children- wise.
The resumption of hot, dry
school nurse problems.
weather has taken the fire on another
The Kuckenberg ( onstruction company has nearly brought to completion a mill pond covering some 15 acres
The third Tuesday of every other 'campaign as feared, despite the ef­
of land area. The pond -hown in the construction stage above is located near the Apple Tree Court on the
month is being set aside by Nurse forts of foresters and loggers.
North Santiam highway near the railroad right-of-way. The pond will be u-ed in connection with the ply­ Detering for a well-child conference
At thia stage of thé setting up of
wood nlant being constructed on the site by Idanha Veneer. Vern Alvin, manager of Idanha Veneer, states
at the Mill City grade school building fire defenses the extent of the fire
the plywood nlant will be completed by April 1952. The new plant reportedly will employ some 60 men
Dr. W. J. Stone will be present during alert is not generally known. It ia
when operating. A fleet of "cats” and assorted earth-movers threw up the earth walls of the 15-aere pond.
this conference which will deal with known, however, that lines of com­
Shown above is a two-piece earth-mover releasing a load of scooped up soil atop the rim of the nearly com­ pre-school children and in some in- munication in thia area are presently
plete pond. Water from the North Santiam river will be used in filling the pond.
I stances school-age children, Nurse jammed to the hilt with emergency
(Photo courtesy of The Statesman and Robert Veness)
Detering stated.
calls regarding the fire.
Local Electric
Utility Asks
Rate Increase
Oregon Cheese Cops
Much Vitamin A
Sardine Creek
Fire Proving
Tough Battle
Out-of-Control Car
Hurts Umphress Boy
Now, X-Rays
For Students
Football—Mill City vs. Lebanon—Sept. 20 at 8 p m.