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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1952)
Canyon Avenue Parade T he MILL CITY ENTERPRISE Serving: Mil l. CITY DETROIT ELKHORN GATES IDANHA LYONS MEHAMA MONGOL!) By DON PETERSON The council meeting had some dif ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — GATEWAY TO THE HEART OF NATURE’S EMPIRE ficulty getting started Wednesday evening because hunting season had $2.50 a Year, |()(- a Copy MILL CITY, OREGON. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 9. 1952 Vol. VIII—No. 41 kept some of the members away too Jong or they were too busy showing their prize bucks to admiring friends and had forgotten the date. Mayoi Green got his young buck on Monday, Dave Reid was busy showing off his animal to friends and had to be called Sale of state timber killed in the on the phone to get him away from 1951 Sardine Creek fire, which is to his 196 pouVid (dressed) buck, and Lee Knowles was still out looking be held in the office of the State For ester in Salem next Wednesday will for his! Toman couldn’t be located initiate intensive forest management and Johnny Muir was biting his fin Marion county’s present commis- planning of state lands within the > sioners recently have been charged gernails bemoaning the fact he passed area, according to M. L. Helland, for ' with using wasteful purchasing meth up a nice party just so he could be estry department official in charge of ods by Preston W. Hale, Democratic present! After about a half hour Mayor the sale. I candidate for county commissioner. Green called the meeting to order with The sale has as its objective the Hale brought forth proof that Mar- Reid, Muir, and City Clerk Jane salvage of all merchantable timber | ion county commissioners during the Thacher present. Reading the minutes within the area, felling of snags as a , past six months' purchases of truck and paying the bills took only a short fire protection measure and the devel and auto tires had paid somewhat near time, but several other problems were opment of a permanent access road the standard retail price in some cases discussed relating to the coming elec system. This will definitely facilitate but generally had paid from $6 to $3(5 tion. Raising the patrolman’s pay future management activities, Helland more per tire than Clackamas county. from $325 a month to $350 beginning said. Hale stated he had investigated the Oct. 15th was okayed. Ed Cooke was “If the forest is to be renewed ther* Marion county tire purchases from named building inspector to fill that must be a seed source,” stated Helland, State Tire Co. in Salem personally; Santiam Memorial hospital. Stayton. except for windows, is completed externally. Workmen are now concen vacant post. “and we hope to do this through nat- and had done so by inspecting county trating on the interior and hope to have it finished and ready for occupancy by winter. One problem still facing the citizens uta) restocking by reserving seed trees shops and county purchasing records. (Photo courtesy The Capital Journal) is finding candidates to fill the two and seed blocks that escaped the fira Hale has other purchasing practices expiring offices of Councilmen Toman However, if future examinations ind> under study. and Green. No petitions were filed cate that this has failed, the state will Republican Candidates Hale gave these price comparisons, last Saturday before the deadline and act under its broad land rehabilitation the lower figure is that paid by Clack Appear Before Club ways are being sought to except any program and artificially restock the amas county, the higher one Marion petitions in time for the November The Salem unit of the National Fed area by either aerial seeding or plant county paye: election. If no way is possible then Heavy construction 10 ply 825x20. Big Cliff dam is the center of activ Tillamook—“Women are a tremen eration of Republican Women’s clubs ing of seedlings.” a special election will be necessary at ity now as work on its big brother dous force for good government even All the income derived from the sal« $54.36 and $81.35; 10 ply 750x20 $45.80 will meet in the Republican headquar a later date. Members of the council Detroit dam is completed. Resident though they hold few public offices,” ters, 220 North Liberty street, at 2 will be distributed on the basis of 75 and $65.32; 10 ply 900x24 tractor tires, felt it was the duty of the citizens to Engineer H. W. Rutherford estimated Mrs. Robert Y. Thornton told members o'clock, Monday, Oct. 13. All Repub per cent of the grosB to Marion county $77.57 and $114.14; 4 ply 670x15 find a candidate for the position, and the dam and its powerhouse were 70 of the Business & Professional Wom lican candidates are invited to appear and 25 per cent to the state. Th« safety tires $13.09 and $19.84; 6 ply not their duty to attempt to draft per cent completed and would be fin en’s club Tuesday. “As in driving, 75 per cent is further distributed to 650x16, $20.44 ami $29.13; 12 ply before the group. anyone. ished by next summer. they seem to operate just as happily Mrs. Clark McCall, president, will the various taxing districts within the 825x20 heavy construction, $80.67 and • • • Big Cliff is called a re-regulating from the back seat position.” tell about her attendance at the bien county in the same manner as th« $102.05, Anyone seeing Byron Davis out on Gasoline purchases came in for crit Mrs. Thornton, speaking at the an- nial convention of the national federa property taxes, Helland added. dam. It will control the flow of water his hunting expedition please tell him icism also, Hale said that Marion nual BPW public relations meeting, tion in St. Louis which was held in in the North Santiam river when De to come home. His friends say they county was paying 20 cents a gallon recounted experiences from a recent mid-September. have seen two bucks eating up his troit dam is generating power. Immunization Clinic for regular gasoline against 18.65 campaign trip to fifteen eastern Ore A literal flood of water will shoot Mrs. Crecene A. Fariss of Portland, garden while he is in eastern Oregon cents paid by Clackamas. In com gon counties with her husband, can state president of AAUW, will dis through Detroit dam ’ s powerhouse trying to find one to shoot! Set for Oct. 14 parison Salem school district pays didate for state attorney general. during peak operation. Big Cliff dam, cuss the issues of the coming election. • • » Mill Ctiy and surrounding area nurs 19.99 cents and Salem city govern People are interested in meeting a two miles downstream, will arrest this Would have enjoyed riding the October 14 is Dwight Eisenhower’s ing and immunization clinic manned ment, 19.45 cents. candidate face to face, she said, but Eisenhower special from Salem to majority flow of water and will parcel it is the women who ask the most birthday. In celebration the members by Marion county personnel will b« Other fuel and oil purchase rec Albany last Tuesday, but the Repub it out as needed. The water will be I questions. Some ask about the can- of the Salem unit will bake birthday open Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. ords revealed that Marion county pays needed especially to keep the river lican committee failed to furnish me ' didate’s background and qualifications, cakes. Proceeds from the sale of the until noon, October 14th, according to higher than Clackamas county for with an invitation. Would like to flowing when no water is passing others about his stand on issues of cakes will be added to the treasury. Mrs. Robert Wingo. diesel fuel by Mt cent; kerosene by 2.4 through Detroit dam. see the general close up And pernaps Appointments for Mill City school cents; motor oil by 18.50 cents. particular interest to them, while a An invitation is extended to al) inter Big Cliff dam will generate power ask a question or two. Also I would few care only about his party label. ested men and women, according to patrons for the immunization clinic like to see one of those “10,000” too, on a smaller scale. Its peak out She told of meeting one such who, Mrs. W. L. Phillips, program chair can be made with Mrs. Wingo, tele crowds! One person estimated the put will be 18,000 kilowatts compared after reading her husband’s card said, man. phone 3503. Gates patrons may ob Eugene crowd at 15 to 20,000, while to 100,000 for Detroit dam. tain appointments by calling Mrs. K. “ Young man, tel) me just one thing Delivery of machinery for power another said 5,000—long ways apart! —how can you have all these splendid BPW members to move from the back W. Martig, telephone 5842. Mrs. R. houses at both Detroit and Big Cliff “The most difficult thing to see on qualifications and still belong to That to the front seat even if they were not C. Haseman will handle immunization the Eisenhower Special is Eisenhow dams is slow. Engineer Rutherford re Party?” Mrs. Thornton urged fellow yet ready to take the wheel. calls in Idanha. The Linn County Farmers Union ported Tuesday. As a result, offi er,” according to Larry Hobart, Emer will hold its quarterly convention on cials are cagey about predicting when ald editor in Eugene. Hobart added, Saturday, October 11, beginning at "The general-turned-politician is bot either dam will be finished or will 10 a.m. tled off from minor politicos, guests start generating power. The measures on the November bal Deadlines are July 1, 1953, for De- and the press. Party workers stand lot will be the main subject for dis guard at the entrance to his section. j troit dam and the end of 1953 for the cussion. Rutherford was still Reporters may get a press conference entire project. Mr. John Wallin, legislative chair but there are no private interviews.” ¡optimistic that the deadlines will be man of the Clackamas County Farm met or bettered. I think if the general would publicly ers Union will discuss the measures End of the project was fore-shad admit that his “crusade” has fizzled dealing with milk, the tax on trucks, and that he is now the captive of the owed last month when the rock-crush- and school re-organization. There Old Guard Republican Taf-ooverites, I ing plant—reportedly the largest ‘jaw’ will be an additional speaker on the ! crusher in the world — was dismantled. and firmly bedded down with the most ---------------------— milk measure. dangerous group of Republicans, but Arthur Bone, editor of the Farmers would fight to free himself from theit Union paper will discuss the other grip at every opportunity, then he measures. could still be elected. Musical numbers will be given by • • * the juniors and a pot luck dinner is Joseph Alsop riding on the Presi planned at noon. Members are asked dent’s campaign train has this to say “No single group in America has to bring their own table service. about Harry S. Truman’s reception: contributed as much as labor to the | "For nearly three days now, the welfare of all groups, locally, nation- ! same remarkable scene has repeated ally, and internationally,” Robert T. itself in the little towns of northern Creasey, assistant U.S. secretary of Montana and Washington State. At labor, told delegates to the annual con each small depot, there is an aston ishing large, genial and prosperous vention of the International Wood looking crowd—tow-headed kids in workers of America, CIO. Detroit Acquisition of the govern- Those persons who are "anti-labor plaid shirts mingling with more sol ' ment owned water system of new De emn elders; smartly turned out or misinformed” seek to create the troit by the city was under discus members of the local volunteer sher impression that all labor unions con- ■ sion at a special meeting of the city iffs posses making their horses cern themselves with are wages, hours i council Tuesday evening. prance on the outskirts; and in the and working conditions, he said. This ‘ foreground, an elaborately costumed has received the greatest attention in Byron Price, real estate representa high school hand or choir.” tive for the government in its dealings ■ the press because of strikes which are Five days later Alsop included this often headlined. with Detroit properey owners, spoke paragraph in his news release from to the council and townspeople to give But labor unions have been in the San Francisco: them an understanding of the govern “vanguard of the fight for better, "In short. Truman, who was once schools and hospitals, decent housing ment action to date in the disposal to be kept in the background, is now and rent control, playgrounds and i of the water system. to be given a great role in this puz The government is considering an zling campaign. Maybe the change slum clearance. (They) have battled ' exchange of the system with R. D. for social security for all . . . backed of Democratic strategy is a piece of Morris, former water system owner folly. But in the Oakland speech, a« legislation to guarantee bank deposits of old Detroit, in settlement of hia at the small towns along Truman’s ... supported small business . . .' claim for the old system. route through the Northwest, you fought for the GI Bill of Rights and | Definite interest was expressed by could see why Stevenson and his guarantees of low-interest loans fori Detroit property owners toward ac aides now regard Truman as a major homes, farms and business and unem quiring the government system as a asset.” ployment allowances for veterans to “Don't sell Harry short!” is fast help them readjust to civilian life. municipally owned project. becoming a phrase heard in many The Detroit city council voted un “Labor unions helped to bring about ' animously to offer the government places these days! j civilian control of atomic energy . . . | $500 for the system, stipulating that supported minimum wage and over-' it was not to be purchased for re-sale time legislation for all . . . full em by the city. ployment for all workers whether or Obligations for the future water A DAUGHTER—Tn Mr and Mrs. not they were members of labor union» I management to supply the Detroit George Miller, Idanha, October 5, at ... soil conservation programs, farm > school and Detroit telephone company price supports, rural electrification. I Salem Memorial hospital. were discussed. A SON—To Mr. and Mrs. Harvey TVA, rural telephone act. . . . Seventy per cent complete, this is the Big Cliff dam on the North Santiam river. Mater project to the recently The next regular meeting of the Hansor. Idanha, October 9, at Salem 1 “On the international scale, labor i finished Detroit dam. Big Cliff will serve to regulate flow of the stream »hen Detroit in generating power. (Continued on Page 5) It is two miles downstream from the other dam. (Photo Courtesy The Statesman) I city council will be Tuesday, Oct. 14. Memorial hospital. Forester Holding Timber Fire Sale Big Cliff Project 70% Complete Hale Uncovers Marion County Fund Wasting Women Important To Good Government Linn County F. U. Holding Convention Labor Unions Fight For Better Schools Detroit Considers Buying Water Plant Just Arrived... See The Mill City Timberwolves Vs. St. Boniface Friday Night, October 17