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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1952)
Canyon Avenue Parade By DON PETERSON Consolidated Builders, Inc., since sealing the big tunnel under the De troit dam last week has been experi encing troubles of their own during the past week while trying to com pletely shut off the leaks around the big concrete logs tight enough to allow the building of bulkheads in the tunnel preparatoryto placing a 50-foot concrete plug. With the coming of heavy rains and the resultant high water of the past week a large leak developed above the portals that could not be stopped from inside the tunnel, so the contractors found it necessary to bring in divers from Portland to descend in SO feet of water to plug a hole variously estimated at the size of a man’s head. This hole in the rock formation was full of dirt and did not develop until water pressure built up by high water washed it out. The diver went down and placed fillings in the holes and work is expected to proceed as planned. An amusing feature of this opera tion was the fact that about 100 sponge rubber balls (with the long rubber string attached) were used to stop the smaller leaks. The kind you see small boys busily playing with on almost any summer day! * * ♦ The Army Engineers are negotiat ing for the purchase of 15 of the homes situated in the CB1 court. They will be used for the operating personnel of the Detroit dam when it is placed in use some time next year. Details are being worked out and it is expected that in the near future an nouncement of the sale will become official. This will leave six homes to be disposed of by other means. ♦ * * The council this week took action to start a city-wide paving project that should do much to improve the beauty of the city and they should be en couraged to push this worth while project with utmost speed. This has Jong been a headache to residents be cause of the holes that invariably de velop in the winter time and the clouds of dust in the summer. Paving could not be economically started without first planning the drainage and sewer age problems involved. The lack of . money to carry on preliminary surveys has hampered work of this nature, but this year’s budget provided finances to get started. It is impossible to bring new busi ness into the community when we had nothing but the climate to offer. We have said before that business does not want to come into a community where there is on sewerage provided, where bad streets are common, and the telephone equipment is antiquated and completely out of date. • » • We believe that the city should also think seriously of owning its own light and power distributing system. This is not a new idea, in fact many cities already operate their own power plants and are atle to pay much and in fact most of their city expenses from the profits they accrue from their plants. Monmouth is one city that has made an excellent record with its public power distributing business. Tacoma, Wash., to the north has been notorious for its cheap power and light, besides providing revenue for its city operating expenses. The city council was right in being slow to sign up a 20-year operating permit with the local power company, even with the 2-year cancellation clause. This new permit will pay the city $50 a month at the 3% rate for use of city streets, however, Oregon law provides that a power utility may pay up to 5%, but the power company has stated they would oppose such a rate. Citizens should wait upon the city council at their next meeting to urge a thorough study of other cities where the power is distributed by the city. • * • Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith were Salem visitors Monday and Tuesday of this week. While in Salem Pau) picked up his new “walking man trophy” that he hopes to get some competition for in a walking race this summer. So far no one seems inclined to take on Paul in a walking race—and I don’t blame them much, because 1 know what a man he is when he gets “on foot”. Today’s Statesman shows Paul pictured with his trophy. It is being displayed in various business houses here in town, look it up. maybe you can win it! LEAGUE STANDINGS At the end of first round. Pct. L W O 1.000 Kellys — 5 >00 1 4 CBI Engineers 600 2 3 Firemen .400, 3 2 Mehama 200 4 1 Chuck’s .000 5 0 Lee Logging T he MILL CITY ENTERPRISE Serving: Mill CWT DETROIT ELKHORN- GATES ll> \NH \ l TONS M I II \ M \ MONGOLI» ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — GATEWAY TO THE HEART OE NATI KE’S EMPIRE Vol. VIII—No. 27 MILL CITY. OREGON. Till RSDAY, JI LY 3, 1952 $2.50 a Year, ]()(• a Copy City Council Making Plans For City Improvements The city council met Wednesday evening with Coun cilmen O’Leary and Hutcheson, two of its members absent. One of the first subjects to come up for discussion was an ordinance granting a non-exclusive operating permit to the Mountain States Power company to construct and maintain power service to the city of Mill City for a period of 20 years, and providing for a 2-year cancella tion clause, the ordinance only grants a permit to the power company to continue operations as at present and will increase payments to the city from 2' < to 3',. Petition Asks Election of City Officers Detroit is starting out all new. Moved to a new site, a move into incorporation was in order. Friday the voters of Detroit by a big majority, 64 to 2, gave the nod for incorporation. The new townsite is not a puny one, it includes some 50(1 acres on the new highway north of the site of “old" Detroit. The reservoir for Detroit dam forced the moving of Detroit to its present home. Friday's vote was the third one taken on the issue of incor poration. The upper photo shows a new market in new Detroit and a cafe and club building in the process of construction. Below is a residential section of this new North Santiam city, which borders the North Santiam highway. (Photos courtesy Capital Journal) Idanha Lumber Buys 9 Million Feet Timber CpI. George Child Jr. Promoted to Sargeant Hells Canyon and 70,000 More Jobs Cpl. George Child Jr., of the 566th Air Police Sqd. at Hamilton Field, Washington, D.C. — Citing 70,000 Idanha—The Idanha lumber com California, has been promoted to the ' jobs as dependent upon authorization pany recently purchased 9,000,000 board feet fit national forest timber grade of sargeant, or airman first 1 and rapid construction of the Hells class, as it is now called. rV'anyon dam, Congressman Hugh B. located on Boulder Ridge north of! Idanha. Total value of the sale was j Child received his basic training Mitchell, (D, Wash.) told the House at the Lockland Air Base. Tex., tran. - j of Representatives today, the project reported to be $113,135. Included were 6,000,000 feet of ferring to Wichita Falls, Tex., and is “vital to the welfare of the Pacific Douglas fir for which $16.87 per then to the Hamilton Air Field Base, northwes-t^nd the nation.” Describing the Idaho Power com thousand board feet was paid, anu 3,- Calif., where he is stationed now. Airman Child and his wife reside pany as “the most powerful single op 000,000 feet of Hemlock at a cost of at San Rafael, Calif., which ¡ b near ponent of the Hells Canyon project", $3,63 per thousand. Mitchell charged the company, aided In addition to the bid price for the air base. --------------------- j_. by oiganized private utilities through- stumpage the company will pay an i out the nation, with launching an all extra 35 cents per thousand for slash out drive to kill the project. disposal and 20 cents per thousand for replanting of the area after logs The congressman expressed regret have been removed. Immediate oper that Governor Langlie “has espoused ations are expected to begin on the the cause of private monopoly by pro sale. Detroit.—Loss of about $100 in mer viding it with a willing spokesman chandise, including watches, billfolds in the person of Holland Houston, his and tobacco, was reported Friday by engineering ‘consultant’.” Playground Schedule the Cedar tavern of Detroit when Mitchell referred to Houston’s ap thieves broke in through a window of pearance before the Interior commit Planned Next Week the establishment between 2 and 4 tee of the House to oppose authoriza There was a fair amount of interest I a.m. tion of Hells Canyon dam and stated According to the proprietor, the loss | that Houston’s testimony “was heavily shown in the special classes which were started last week. The classes might have been greater had not the i seasoned with half-truths and un will continue next week and it is hopeu thieves been frightened away when truths.” The congressman said that that more children will be able to take they disturbed the telephone while at , this evaluation was affirmed by Sen part. As soon as enough participants tempting to remove Xhe safe. They ator Morse of Oregon. Mitchell urged are enrolled in the classes, competi- j had ransacked the building, collecting the members to read Senator Morse’s ham, steaks, beer and merchandise “devastating criticism of Mr. Hous tion will be organized. from the shelves and apparently would ton’s testimony,” in the Congressional Schedule for next week: have taken it all had they not upset Record. A.M. — Playground activities. the telephone which alerted the De Special classes: The Idaho Power company low troit operator. Tennis: Mon., Wed., Fri. dams, if built in place of Hells Can Connection between the entry at De yon, would result in permanent loss of Archery: Tuesday and Wed. troit and the robbery at Chuck’s Tav 594.000 prime kilowatts, Mitchell said. P.M. — Arts and Crafts ern Tavern near Gates the some He contended this would cost the Pa Playground activities Little league and junior basebait night was considered doubtful. cific northwest 70.000 free enterprise jobs, an annual payroll loss of $240,- 000,000 anda federal tax loss of $45,- 000,000. Hells Canyon dam authorization and rapid construction is vital to economic welfare. Mitchell said, “the nation needs the 1.4 million kilowatts of elec tric energy. My state of Washington and the region need the added protec tion from floods that Hells Canyon would make possible. Our farmers are interested in its irrigation bene fits, our business men and workers in the jobs and factories that would be created by the sorely-needed incre ment of hydro-electric power.” Citing Governor I-anglie's earlier Hells Canyon project support. Mitchell said the governor had done “an about- face” and was “playing the game of the Idaho Power company”. Efforts to kill Hells Canyon dam, Mitchell said, were “buttressed by a nation wide slicknaper advertising cam paign.” Mitchell displayed a copy of a nrivate power company sponsored advertisement published in numerous national magazines and contended it contained “lies and distortions” about Hells Canyon. Mitchell asserted that the “Con gress should have full information on (Continued on Page 8 Cedar Tavern Robbed Last Friday Night 1 hir Great America A The ordinance was given first read ing and held over for final disposi tion at the next meeting. The grant ing of a’permit will give the city 3% Petitions seeking vital changes in of its collections instead of the pres the setup of the government of Mill ent 2% now being paid without the City were placed in the laps of the ! use of an operating permit. city fathers at this meeting. The | Mr, N. W. Haner, Portland engineer petitions, signed by 106 signees, called was commissioned to prepare esti for city charter amendments making mates for paving and drainage proj several present appointive offices elec- ■ ects for the city to use in a city-wide Mr. Haner was tive ones. The petitions represent a improvement plan. demand for placing the whole issue present and went over the many de tails of the plan to make these im on the fall November ballot. provements with the council. The petitions are aimed at chapter It was stated that the cost of paving III, sections 9 and 10 of the Mill City a 50 foot lot frontage would be ap charter. This portion of the charter proximately $100, or $2.00 per foot provides at present for the appoint for each half of a 10-foot paving strips ment of the city recorder and munic This can be bonded and paid for over a 10-year period, making the cost very ipal judge* Now the mayor of Mill City is reasonable. Plans are to obtain estimates and chosen from among the members of the council, and thus the position is I layouts for these various projects and filled by vote of the people only in then the council will call a public hearing to discuss the plans with the directly. The petition would have the citizens and get a better understand- charter amended so that the mayor, ingof the desire of the city as a whole. too, would be elected. Th« same is true It it is feasible petitions will be cir of city recorder and municipal judge. culated and a bonding election will be If the petitioners have their way, | held so that work can be started at. Legal requirements a new section will go into the city j an early date. charter. This provision sets out the 1 will take at least four or five months accomplish these chores and as a general qualifications of rs. New] to ersult no paving can I. ready for thia residence and property holding re year, however drainage could bo quirements are added to the officer's started this fall in time for use thia list of qualifications. year, and would be necessary before Proposed section 12 provides, “No any paving can be started. At the public hearing any and all person shall be eligible to hold any office in the city of Mill City, who, questions will be answered by com at the time of his election is not en-, petent engineers. Plans are to have titled to the privileges of an elector, attorneys from the League of Oregon according to the general laws of this Cities present and Mr. Haner will also on hand to answer questions. state and in addition to the above be The question of a sewerage and qualifications shall be owners of real treatment plant for the city was dis estate within the corporate limits of I cussed and colncilmen expressed the said city, and have resided therein for I thought that in the very near future six months immediately preceding the city will have that problem to his election.” solve also. Information will be avail If the voters so desire, the charter able at the public meeting being will read, “Further elective officers planned to inform the citizens about shall be mayor, a recorder-treasurer, this important improvement. and a municipal judge, and these elec Problems involving the city jail tive officers shall hold their respective were discussed and further informa offices for a term of two (2) years tion will be necessary before they can or until their successors are elected be settled, Attempts are being made and qualified.” to have prisoners housed in the Linn The petitions are addressed to the county jail where anyone is incarcer honorable Lee Ross, recorder of the ated for more than 24 hours. City of Mill City. Five signed and! The council held over action of att notarized petitions were presented to initiative and referendum ordinance to the city council. The petitions call next meeting because of the absence for a vote of approval by the common of the two members of the council. council of the City of Mill City for The council passed a motion to ap putting the charter change issue on point a new member to the council to the November election ballot. (Continued on Page 8) | PAID ADVERTISEMENT NOTICE To Mill City Water Customers CITY WATER WILL BE SHUT OFF TUSEDAY MORNING, JULY 8th, FROM 1 to 4 AM., WHILE THE «-INCH MAIN IS BEING RELOCATED. PLEASE SHUT OFF WATER HEAT ERS AS A SAFETY MEASURE. THANK YOU, Mountain States Power Co.
