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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1952)
Canyon Avenue Parade * T he MILL CITY J- ENTERPRISE 4 4 Serving: Mill CITY DETROIT EIKHORN- GATES 11» AN1I \ LYONS Ml HAMA MONGOL!) By DON PETERSON Tomorrow night Friday, March 21 ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIXM IIK.IIW U residents of the canyon are invited to attend a benefit card party at Gates high school recreation rooms sponsor Vol. VIII—No. 12 $2.50 a Year. |()<. a Copy ed by the Gates P.-T.A. Prizes for can asta, five hundred and pinochle are planned, and refreshments are includ ed in the 50 cent admission charge. Everyone is invited to attend accord ing to the committee. • • « Those listening to the radio tonight may have caught the significant fact that our enterprising theatre operator, Bob Veness, has scheduled the acad The main business of the Wednesday meeting of the North Santiam Chamber emy award winning picture “An of Commerce centered on the recreational future of the area which will American in Paris” for this Sunday surround Detroit dam reservoir. Owen Davis, of the trmy Engineers stated that recreation possibilities and Monday. Bob has consistently may not come up to the estimation of some because of the necessary fluctu been showing fine pictures over the ation of the reservoir’s water level, approximately twenty-three feet. He years, and again has come through told of an estimate hv the Engineers with a “first”. ♦ ♦ ♦ and Forest Service which sets the an nual number of guests at 65.009, with Paul Smith, our famous walking fifty thousand of these during the pe man, has been doing a good turn again riod between May 1 and September by supervising the cleaning up of 31 yearly. Fairview cemetery and burning off Davis outlined a tentative plan for the old grass and moss on the grounds. In doing so he has exposed old cans, Mill City councilmen, Jim O’Leary the use of lands surrounding the res bottles, and broken glass which need and Bill Hutcheson, were detailed by ervoir. When the question arose as to the governing body of Mill City as the the possibility of summer homes on to be picked up and carried away. Paul committee in charge of ironing out the the lake front, Davis explained that needs an hours help from as many as Dawes building area parking problem. a federal law stated that u strip of will come out and help to do the job and put the cemetery in a neat, clean O'Leary and Hutcheson will sit down land of specified width must be set condition. He tells us he would like as Monday night with the merchants in aside for public use. President J. C. “Doc” Kimmel next many as possible to turn out next Sun volved in the knotty parking set-up introduced Jack Smith, of the Forest The picture above shows the present state of construction of Detroit dam. U hen (he dam is completed the top day afte«»oon jf weather permits. for a thorough airing of the whole will be on a level with the point indicated by the arrow. The dam will l»e 463 feet high from foundation to deck, matter. The recent regular council Service, who showed the group a map In case of rain or snow then the fol of the Detroit Dam Reservoir and 1579 feet above sea level, and will be 1580 feet long. Maximum width at the base will be 335 feet. meeting drew fire on the parking issK lowing Sunday will be the day for all Area with the planned camp areas (Photo courtesy Capital Journal) and prompted Monday night ’ s investi hands to turn out. colored in. Six choice spots were res- gation. • ♦ ♦ served for public use as camping and Councilmen O’Leary and Hutcheson picnic sites; six lesser sites are for or This week we noticed many ladies will submit their findings and recom ganizations—the Boy Scouts, the again fighting the "splashing” of mendations at a later date. The meet YMCA, church groups, etc. Also in water that flies up in their faces as ing will be conducted in the Mill ( ity cluded in the plan is a summer home they cross the Santiam bridge here in furniture store at 8 p.m. The Mill City area, near but not on the lake shore, Mill City. The floor of the bridge is Amos Leonard Hiatt, 81, passed j Bank has moved towards a partial two resort areas, and one camping so level that water stands in puddles away at his home in Lyons Monday j Strike vote ballots will go out to By JEAN ROBERTS easing of the weekly Friday and Sat area on the island which is accessible all along the curb side next to the afternoon March 17 at 4 p.m. He more than 50,000 CIO Woodworkers A building at least 79 years of age was born at Ringo county, Iowa, Sept. I in the five northwest states early next urday congested parking. The bank is only by boat. sidewalk and as a car comes along it splashes the water up in your lap and I has recently been dismantled and I 20, 1870 and came to Oiegon with his week, IWA-CIO President A. F. Har smoothing off a parcel of land near The Engineers and the Forest Ser the bank suitable for four cars. The house, owned by the parents when a small boy. face—very refreshing to say the least, i burned. '. vice, Smith disclosed, has a small fund tung announced today. Ballots are to Keith Phillips family, wa* built prioi I for early development, but stated this returned r nostmarked not later ------ " I * * * Funeral services will be held Thurs; ( he ----------- « ------- ---------------- sum is pitifully inadequate. There are We are happy to see the interest I to 1873, as newspapers bearing npui )■» anu win or counted April 17 i | day morning at 9:30 from the St. April 14 and will be three means of obtaining the necess being shown in the consolidation issue! date were used to paper walls. it m ! followed by a meeting April 18 to.»* Patrick Catholic church here in Lyon« . ary money: direct appropiation by. Hand hewed sills, fastened with With interment in the Fox Vhll»y (tUk? further action on the basis ofi»» being studied in the canyon commu congress; the Tackett Bill, which pro- nities. It is a definite sign of de wooden pegs had been used to con- cemetery. He is survived by his | the tally. ,, I vides ten per cent of the profit derive« mocracy at work and the people in-I struct the house, but the pegs now widow Martha Hint I, bile son Percy , Industry-wide bargahnlttf between I from Federal lands be applied for rec forming themselves on issues that are I crumble to sawdust in one’s hand, J. Hiatt of Lyons, one daughter Mrs. I the northwest regional negotiating reation development and wildlife; and to be decided. This week we received The old fireplace was built of soap- Veronica Thoma of Lebanon, three i committee of the IWA and principal | A five t#nU an hour increase has the least attractive plan— charging a letter from Mr. J. Cal Schlador of «tone sawed from a hill on the prop- grandchildren and one great giand- i been added to the hourly minimum employer groups Yt-presenting some | Detroit discussing the points in favor erty. child, two brothers Elmer Hiatt of 250 operations in Montana, Idaho, wage in the retail trades industry, those who use the forests. E. T. “Gene” Ware showed motion of keeping the high school in Detroit Reading from the newspapers on Lyons, and Charles Hiatt of Red Washington, Oregon and California, Labor Commissioner W. E. Kimsey —it is printed in full under our col-’ the wall, advertising of the 1870’s mond. 1 said today in announcing new rulings pictures of pack trips taken At the was at a standstill this week, which I. «'• --« umn, “Editor’s Letter Box.” of the state wage and hour commix« •«. I sounds odd now: One read: "Revolving „aascaue mountains unu.. precipitated the union's action. » » ♦ sion for the mercantile and cannery I the auspices of the Cascade Packers I Shoe Heel Co. — revolving shoe heel The Woodworkers ask for a 20-cent- First, if , .'"e be mprvusion 1 doubles the duiability of shoes and industries of Oregon. l and the Oregon Association of Mount- an-hour wage boost plus a hi ore lib that Mill City is trying to get students boots—saves expense of reheeling—is The new minimum wage for stores i cd Posses. This was followed by the eral vacation clause, shift differential away from Detroit, Idanha or Gates, ________ __ ___ __ ___ ____ noiseless.” A shot gun was adver- pay, three more paid holidays to make 1 up from 65 cents to 70 cents an hour I showing of slides of lakes and other then I agree we should defeat the tiae(j for sale in large letters, it reads: six in all, leave of absence clause, applies to ALL women and EXPERI | still-life scenery. consolidation issue. Mr. Schlador “A double double barrel barrel gun, gun, warranted warranted gen- gen- Election of directors was the first travel time for loggers, rest periods ENCED minors working in the retail used his “end quote' too soon, be- ujne twist barrels and a good shooter Stuart Compton, Marion County and minimum crews on power saws. . trade. It is the first pay-boost’ in order of business and all present cause the full quotation says “If we or XO SALE. With flask, pouch and members were returned for three year treasurer of the 1952 March of Dimes, The employers’ groups have “of the mercantile industry's minimum J terms. Reorganization of the board of will succeed in the struggle for sur- a wa(j cutter, for $15.” ' wage since May 1948. reported today that he had just receiv fered ” to renew present contracts with vival in this, a great future indus- j Patent medicine advertisements This order sets a minimum of 60 directors will be on schedule at the trial area, we must step forward with ' wrere plentiful such as: “Keynote to ed a check for $1,136.10 from Edgar F. no changes Industry-wide contracts Kaiser of the Consolidated Builders, cents an hour for any minor having next meeting to be held in Sublimity, expire April 1. some action.” where officers for the coming year | health. Health is wealth, wealth There are some 350 other operations less than four hundred hours retail will be chosen. I think our masthead will show that ■ means independence. The keynote is Inc., representing contributions of the Detroit Dam workers. experience except in the cases of high under IWA in the states with which we have always included every com Dr. Bosanko’s cough and lung syrup. The next regular meeting of the school and college students working This additional contribution was negotiations are continuing. munity in this canyon area, that we1 North Santiam Chamber of Commerce Deafness and catarrh was of no con out-of-school hours. A learning pe transmitted to William R. Stewart and have always advocated canyon-wide The union contends it has about 9 riod of eight hundred hours has been is slated in Sublimity. cern in those days as a lady adver C. R. Stewart, Mill City co-chairmen cents an hour coming under the cost- action through the North Santiam Chamber of Commerce, that the policy i tised to cure anyone afflicted, by a for the March of Dimes, by J.E. Lents, of-living adjustment as of December established for such students after which the 70 cents hourly minimum Indian recipe.” Not to be administrative manager for the Con of this newspaper has always I been ----- - 1 15, 1951. and that the additional 11 becomes effective. outdone was Dr. Henleys Celery Beef solidated Builders. for the whole canyon, and not pitting cents is due on increased productivity In cases of emergency an employer R. L. Elfstrom and Jason Lee, and standard of living increase. any one community against another and Iron. A nerve tonic and “remedy for broken down constitutions.” | may now apply to the state labor Marion County co-chairmen for the for any reason. During the past dis BLS figures for West coast saw , commissioner for permits to work The Hon. David Davis, a candidate ___ _______ their 1952 ______ March __ of _______ Dimes, __ expressed cussions on the subject of union high mills and planing mills show an aver women and minors in excess of the for an office in 187 < was described , thanks to the Detroit Dam workers i school or consolidation we have tried Disabled veterans and war widows a|] of Marion County con- age hourly wage of $1.69 in 1949 and state maximum -8 hours a day, 44 to show that every student in the area as “i a very opulent man, but he is an(j $1.89*^ in 1951, showing an 18 5 cent were warned today that April 1 is the quite simple in his tastes and ways, tributors who have shared in making increase. But reduced to 1939 spend hours a week ^ut all such overtime would benefit by having only one high last day on which they may apply for school, so well equipped that no other but by no means averse to the pleas the March of Dimes campaign a able dollars through increases in cost must be paid for at the rate of not| a $1,500 property tax exemption pro ■ less than $1.50 per hour for experi- ant things of the table, edible and better. success. school could claim to be any of living and taxes, the boost actually i enced help and 90 cents an hour for vided by state law. Application is potable.” • ♦ » amounts to only 2ti cents, or $1 a I learners. made to the county assessor in the An excerpt from the Science Week Mill City was here before week, based on a 40-hour week,” Har Rest periods for retail store em- county where the property is located. ly reads: “ Washing the ear out with was started and it will continue to tung said. The Oregon Department of Vet | ployes also came in for overhauling in be here afterward the same as Gates, . soap and water is bad and makes it I the order just adopted by the com erans’ Affairs said the special tax absorb the dust with which the air Detroit and Idanha. These commu mission after a series of public hear- exemption on homes or personal prop nities have not been boom towns in I always abounds." 1 ings. Heretofore, the law has ordered erty is available to the following per any sense of the word, such as the I An item of foreign news also dated ten minutes rest periods for each four sons: communities Mr. Schlador refers to 1877 says: Ten thousand workers in Mill City Chamber of Commerce is I 1. Any war veteran with a 40 per 1 hours of working time, to be taken the flax mills at Leeds, are on a strike at the Parker, Coolidge, and Shasta stirring to life. The chamber’s board ■ cent disability or more, as certified by I in the forenoon and the afternoon. dam sites. The communities Mr. ( for a reduction of their time to nine of directors caucused Tuesday noon in Mrs. Lester Hathaway, Mill City. Under the new order if the forenoon the Veterans Administration or a Schlador speaks of were only “camps” hours a day. Ede’s Cafe. In the face of problems fine arts chairman for the Third dis work is less than two hours and forty- branch of the armed forces. The vet and were not in existence before the of this community Russell Kelly, pres trict, Oregon Federation of Womens five minutes the morning's rest period eran must obtain this statement from (Continued on Page 7) ident of the chamber, is thumping the | clubs, will be guest speaker for Port need not be given but a twenty min the Portland VA regional office, or tub for recruits for the battle. The, land Sorosis at the fine arts depart utes rest period becomes due in the from the branch of service from which directors set March 25 at 8 p.m. in the mental meeting and tea Thursday at : afternoon. It is ordered that rest pe- he was retired, and submit it to the Legion hall as the time and place for 1:30 p.m. Her subject will be "Art is j riods shall be free of duties and no county assessor when he applies for MONDAY— re-organirat ing the Mill City chambt i . a Religion to Me.” She sponsors an wage deductions shall be made for the tax exemption. American Legion Auxiliary 3d Mon. 2. The un-reman ied widow of a war The Linn county clerk, R. M. Rus of commerce. ' them. annual art exhibit at Mil! City. Lions club meeting. veteran. She must submit proof of sell issued a news release this week Kelly said, “There’s plenty to work the husband’s military service and A.F. 4 A M. No. 180 stated meet- setting out the names and addressee on and many other matters coming copies of the marriage and death of those in Linn county who may ree up!” The directors of the Mill City ing third Monday. certificates. O.E.S. meeting. 2d Monday month. ister voters. The list include« fer chamber voiced the need for civic ac 3. Any union this district the following: tion in community problems. The TUESDAY— ican. Civil or Indian wars. meeting Tuesday, March 25, at 8 p m. Mill Chas, and Nellie L ’ mphress in Women's club 8 p.m. 1st. 3rd Tues 4. Any war veteran who. lacking a is the kick-off in building a fighting City at their shoe repair shop. 129-J School Board meeting 2d Tues disability rating from the VA or the chamber of commerce for Mill City. M. G. Brassfield at the I.G.A. Store Lions Auxiliary 4th Tuesday armed forces, submits a certified Riders of the Santiam. 1st Tuesday In Lyons. statement from his physi' ian and the Rilla M. Schaffer at her home in county health off icer tha‘: ho is 40% WEDNESDAY— Idanha. disabled. The ve teran in thi s cate- Boy’ Scouts. 7:30, H. S. Recreation Registration closes for the May gory is not entitl ••<1 to th«? ext■m pt ion City council first Wed. 7:30 p.m. of his gross Incornn in thr • last calen- Sar.tiam Eagles and auxiliary 8 p.m. Primaries on April 15th and all are dar year exceeded1 $2.500 urged to take time out to regis ter at Mill City fire hall. The applicant must nliso submit Santiam Rebekah 166—1st and 3rd before the deadline, according to County Clerk Russell. proof that the pr< iperty is reco>rd«*d in Wed at 8 p.m. his name. All evi donee f’j ppor ting his Altar Society 3d Wednesday 8 p.m. claim must be filed befor e th<e April PTA, second Wednesday 8 p.m. 1 deadline. The t«lX ©yo»nrinti on ap- T hursday — plies to the per o n’n home* tea 1 -that is. the porpertv h<? own» nind nti which Theta Rho Club for Girls, meets 2d i prop he desires—or to hin p<r and 4th Thursdays. >*! erty. Gates PTA 1st Thursday 8 p m. Men who hav» nerved iri the armed American Legion 2d and 4th Thurs. Speaking Jun< Garden club fourth Thursday. I r.«tes I. Jone«, (left) commi- -aryman. first ria»«. I SN, w‘ ire wife r<- ides Xi« J. Whi h war vet Firemen Auxiliary meets 3d Thurs. upporting f in Mill City, with the aid of a navy man from Pueblo. < olo.. J. I . .Anthony, Toastmistress Club. 2d & 4th, 7 p.m. •1rs. Reba S rommi-'-ary man .«-«man. take* pictures of the ruins of I rakami ( atholic if FRI|>\Y— rhurrh in Nagasaki, Japan, a rity devastated by the atomic bomb late in on of Mr I.OO.F. meeting 4 World War II. The navy men are nerving aboard the amphibiwtis force ri war 4 £ W killed Ja Mill City IWA meeting last Friday flag-hip, CSS Eaten in the Far East. Jones is a veteran of World War mines we k ' Dex- ornp- II recalled to active duty in February, 1951. for a ff K coait Farmers Union meeting at Mehama (U. 8. Navy photo courtesy of Capital Journal) Woman's club. 2nd North Santiam Chamber Talks Recreational Plans Council Committee Planning Parking Ancient Building Found Interesting Amos Leonard Hiatt Passes at His Home Woodworkers Cast Their Strike Ballots etail Workers Gain Five Cents Per Hour CBI Workers Swell March of Dimes Fund Tax Benefit Given Disabled Veterans Kelly Calls Chamber Meet Tuesday Night Coming Events . . . Registration Deputies Named for Linn County Detroit PTA Holds Public Meeting Body of Gerold Swan Arrives From Far East Sorosis to Have Fine Arts Meeting