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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1952)
By DON PETERSON Baseball has been crowding out much of the political discussions and until the world's championship is do tided. The Yankees and the Dodgers stand even up today at one game each but I am predicting that the Dodgers will come out on top this year. You can take that for what it’s worth. • a a We need at least two candidates for the posts of city councilmen this fall and time has run about out on the filing of petitions for these positions in our city government. Saturday is the last day for filing petitions and each petitions is to carry the signa tures of 10 citizens of Mill City. Terms of Councilmen Greene and Toman will expire January 1 and they or someone else will have to be elected to fill their places. At present Greene is serving as mayor and Toman has also served in that capacity for one year. Both have given freely of theit time and ability to give a good admin istration. Both have been criticized and praised for their actions, but none will deny they have worked hard tc serve the city in their elected posts. We are all grateful to them for theii personal sacrifice and if they are re elected we believe they will continue to serve the city well. It is hoped that others will make themselves available to serve on the city council. That is the democratic way of our life. We should have a choice when we go to the polls, so that we can thereby choose the best man available for the job. • a • Hunters are all very disappointed in the curtailment of the hunting sea son. Weather has continued to plague the hunters and the failure of the rains to come has forced the closing of the forests to both loggers and hunters. The logging operators have all agreed to keep their gates closed and guards posted to keep out every one without any business in the wood« according to information passed along by Fire Warden Keith Phillips. The 'ogging operators promise to open u) their gates as soon as weather condi tions permit so that the hunters can go after their meat supply. Eastern Oregon is about the only place left open to hunters after the action of the governor this afternoon in .Ivbiky, w-.Urn Oregon forests • * * “Walk East on Beacon” is a movie that tells a story that everyone should see.,. It is a story of the FBI made with their assistance and co-operation telling about a red spy hunt here io the U. S. The point 1 felt most war that their methods were sure and at* curate — they got their men and/or women as the case may be. The duty that we as citizens have is to give our information to the FBI and let them take over from there without our play ing detective. The lesson was very clear that th« FBI can do a better job than any of us could possibly do, and the sooner that all the McCarthys, Nixons and Fulton Lewises turn their informatior over to the FBI and stop publicizing innocent men and women along with a possible suspect the better off we will all be. Perhaps those gentlemen don’t want to catch the real culprit but would rather play football with them and make a political issue of it—it would appear that that is the case by their reckless and stupid publicity It would certainly be foolhardy of me or anyone else to publicize a list of names of a group I know about after I had turned it over to the FBI How could the FBI catch the guilty ones after they were warned by suck irresponsible public officials or private citizens? PTA International Dinner Scheduled The Mill City Parent-Teacher asso ciation announces that plans are nearly complete for their fifth annual International Progressive dinner, scheduled for Thursday, November 6. Countries to be represented this year are Ireland, Norway. Mexico, and Den mark. A special effort is being made to feature various objects of interest from these nations, such as silver, jew- elry, linens, clothing, etc. As always international music will be played at each course, and a special program will be presented on the stage of th« grade school gymnasium, featuring the music and dances of these foul nations. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Veness are the dinner chairmen this year, and prom ise an outstanding evening. Adult tickets will be ,1.00 and children under 14 will pay 50c. Mill City Camp Fire leader- are assisting, and Mrs. Harry Dyhrman has charge of the stage en tertainment. Further details will ap pear each week. T he MILL CITY ENTERPRISE Serving: MILL CITY DETROIT ELKHORN GATES 11» \\H \ LYONS MEHAMA MONGOLD ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — GATE« \Y TO THE HEART OF N.ATI RE'S EMPIRE MILL CITY, OREGON. THl RSDAY. OCTOBER 2, 1952 Vol. Vili—No. 10 $2.50 a Year, |()t- a Copy Special Bulletin Fire Fighting Crews Stop Sardine Blaze Fire Warden Keith Phillips, in formed us this morning that all log ging operations in the area have been contacted and are joining in a move to limit fire danger during this dry spell. Operators stated that until it rains or there is a break in the weather, gates in their logging areas will lie kept locked and a man poster! at them. No permits to enter By MRS. S. T. MOORE the areas will be issued. They em Detroit—The second hold-over fire phasized that they wish to co-oper ate with hunters and that logging of the season was extinguished areas will lie re-opened to hunters Wednesday in the Sardine Creek burn as soon as this can he done without area where fire fighters found a mis undue fire danger. sive “clinker" in a burning snag, evi dence of a long-smoldering fite. The fire was confined to a quarter j acre by efforts of forest service and ! logging crews. A previous fire in the area in August was also found to ! have flared up as the result of fire burning deep in a snag for nearly a John Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs, year. L. C. Davis of Idanha is one of two Fire fighting crews were called out students from Marion county now at late Tuesday to extinguish a fire in tending the Oregon College of Educa an equipment shed and truck on the tion at Monmouth under a PTA North Santiam river where the Drayer scholarship. The other winner is Car Construction company has assembled olyn Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, equipment for the installation of a R. E. Jones of Salem. log boom. Serving in a concrete way to demon The shed and contents of tools and strate its support of education in th« power equipment were lost in the fire state, the Oregon Congress of Parents and the truck was badly damaged. and Teachers last year awarded $10,- Loss was reported to be covered by 300 in tuition scholarships to prospec insurance. tive teachers in elementary and junior high schools of Oregon. John Davis received the first seven years of his education in Bend, then went to the Detroit-Idanha school in the eighth grade. Then he attended Detroit high school. While in high State Representative Robert Y. school, he took part in dramatics, Thornton, Democratic nominee for music, arts and crafts, and was either state attorney general, and Mrs. of the high school annual, also cheer Thornton will visit Marion county on leader. He was the salutatorian for October 10, it was announced here yes- his graduating class. New scholarships issued to 41 col lege students, plus renewals of pre viously granted scholarships, bring to 104 the total of students now receiv ing aid. Each grant includes the total tuition at any of the Oregon Colleges of Education, an amount totalling $120 per year. Tuition scholarships are granted on the basis of high school scholastic performance, participation in extra curricular activities in high school, personality, and good citizenship, among other qualifications generally considered to contribute to superior teaching ability. Financial need is not considered in making the selec tions, according to R. E. Lieuallen of the Oregon College of Education who serves the Oregon Congress as its tuition scholarship chairman. ROBERT Y. THORNTON John Davis, Idanha, Receives PTA Award HAPPY BIRTHDAY—Lewis Theodore “T” Henness. Gates, third from left, celebrated his 98th birthday Sun day at a reception given by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Millsap at their home in Gates. Others in photo, from left, are Lincoln Henness, 89. a brother. Gates; Mrs. Ida Geddes. 97. Mill City; Mrs. Edna Ratzehurg, a daughter. Salem; Mrs. Glen Henness and Glen Henness, a grandson. Gates; and Mrs. Lincoln Henness. (Photo courtesy of Capital Journal) Chest Campaign Richfield Service Has New Manager Clyde's Richfield service in Mill City is now under the management of John Sadler. Sadler assumed operation of the service station Monday under the assumed name of Jack’s Richfield Service. Clyde Golden, former pro prietor, tentatively plans a move to eastern Oregon. Jack's Richfield Service station is owned by Chas. Morgan of Stayton, Richfield agent. The Mill City Rich field station now managed by Sadler is located near the eastern boundary of Mill City on highway 222, near KeRy Lumber Sales lumber yard. Sadler formerly lived at Four Corn ers outside of city limits of Salem. He is married and has a baby boy 10 months old. Mrs. Sadler is a reg istered nurse. The Sadlers are living in the Al Haun house located east of Mill City. Sadler attended grade and high school in Stayton. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Sadler of Stay ton. L. C. Sadler managed Freres Lumber yard in Mill City before it was gold to Kelly Lumber Sales. John Sadler brings to his new posi tion three years’ experience in a Carls- bad, N. Mex., service station and two October 15th Mill City Community Chest drive will be under the chairmanship of The main “Bud” Bruder this year, drive w>’’ ,;-nax during the week of » to George Veteto, the 1 . ,___ lent. Mill City Mil! and Gates will combine their efforts this year on the Community Chest drive. Che»t officials held a short meeting Tuesday evemiig at the IOOF hall in Mill City. It was decided that there should be another planning meeting before the drive gets under way. The date of the projected meeting has not been announced. Present for the short session Tues day were Community Chest officials, Clyde Kells, co-chairman, and Clarke Lethin, field Scout executive from Al bany, George Veteto, Mill City vice president; Irl Plymale, Mrs. E.i Chance, and several others were also present. Funds solicited in the two commu- nities of Gates and Mill City will be divided between Linn and Marion counties. Formerly funds obtained in 1 these two communities went to Marion county alone. Niagaro Streets Vacated Tuesday Niagara on highway 222 lost two streets and parts of two others, Tues day morning of this week. Marion county court signed an order vacating the streets after hearing no objections. George H. Ditto had petitioned the court and asked that the streets be vacated. D. R. Drew was the only other party affected by the vacating of these streets, and he made no objection. The Salem law association of Hewitt, Estep & Sorensen handled the legal work on the Ditto petition. ^Streets vacated in their entirety were First and Second streets. Partly vacated were A street and B street in Niagara. The reason assigned for vacating these streets was the fact that the townsite of Niagara never developed. years’ work in a Walla Walla, Wash., general service station. Sadler also has been employed for six years by Freres Lumber Co. of Lyons. Sadler's move from Four Corners has caused his advertising for sale his house in Four Corners. terday by R. F. Shutler, Marion coun ty Democratic chairman. A comparative newcomer to state politics, Thornton, when a candidate for representative in 1950, was elected by the largest majority in his count, of any candidate running for a state or local office, and defeated the Re publican incumbent better than twe to one. He was twice appointed cit, attorney of Tillamook, and held the same post for the cities of Garibaldi and Nehalem. The 42-year-old Tillamook lawyer and World War II veteran is a grad uate of Stanford and attended Oregon and George Washington law schools, earning his own way entirely. After graduation, he did legal work for congress, which included co-author ing “Constitution «f the U. S.” a wide ly circulated legal reference book. He was assistant solicitor of the U. S. Department of Interior when he re signed in 1938 to return to Oregon and enter private practice. In civic work Thornton has served as director of the Tillamook YMCA. Veterans Housing Authority and Chamber of Commerce; president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis club; commander, Amer ican Legion; and as county chairman of fund drives for the Red Cross and | Crusade for Freedom. - Call for Bids for Hatchery Station The Portland district, Corps of En gineers, will invite bids Tuesday, Sept. 30, for improvement of facilities at the Minto fish egg collecting station on the North Santiam river, eight miles east of Mill City. Col. Thomas H. Lipscomb, Portland district engineer, said the work would consist of installing a training wall and new entrance stoplog guides, som« rock excavation, and smoothing off one shoal area and removing boulders over eight inches in diameter. He said the bids would be opened in his office at 2 p.m. October 8 and that the work must be completed with- in 90 days. Bids are being advertised under invitation No. CIVENG-35-026- 53-65. | | i ] j i Legion Auxiliary Holds Annual Rummage Sale American Legion Auxiliary of Mill City will hold its annual "white ele- pha nt” and rummage sale Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3 and 4, in the building vacated by the War Surplus store near the post office. There is promised a large variety of clothing, jewelry and knicknacks. Anyone wishing to contribute un needed articles from the home or used and outgrown clothing can call Muir’s bakery 2222 and it will be picked up. Dues are now payable for 1953. Mrs. Ina Chase will be present at the rum mage sale, and dues may be paid to her at that time. Thornton, Democrat, Seeks Attorney Post St. Catherine’s Food Sale Saturday, Oct. 11 Site of "old" Detroit in the Detroit dam reservoir. no« rlearrd of tree« and worthwhile salvage is ready to he burned over preparatory to innundation «hen Detroit reservoir at this point is indirated by the clearing line for timber -bo* n in the background of the top photograph. Belo« : Relira of old Detroit that will vanish after fire and bulldozer-, have finished clearing the nite. (Photo courtesy Capital Journal) St. Catherine’s Altar society ia planning a food sale to be held at I Stiffler’s store on Saturday, October 11 from 10 a.m. until noon. Come early and buy all the fixings for your dinner. The ladies plan to have a selection ! of salads, breads, hot dishes and des serts. Turkey sandwiches and coffee will also be available for those desir- I ing a luncheon out.
