THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE
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ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — GATEWAY TO THE HEART OF NATURE’S EMPIRE
VOLUME XIII
MILL CITY. OREGON
NUMBER 27
Plans Finished
Here July 4th
For Celebration
Angel of Mercy Rode
THURSDAY. JULY I, 1957
¡th This Driver
r
$3.00 A YEAR 10c A COPT
Valley Telephone Company
Takes Over Mill Operation;
Present Staff To Keep Working
Plans are completed for the second
Lowell Brown Jr., of Silverton, is ton with exchanges also located at
annual Gates-Mill City July 4th cele
in Mill City this week setting up the i Turner and Detroit.
bration. The Gates firemen are spon
books for the Valley Telephone com
The Valley telephone Co. will con
soring the dance to be held at the
pany, which took over active control tinue to operate the system with the
Gates school gym Wednesday, July
and management of the Santiam Co- I present staff and in the best pos
3, and the balance of the celebration
Operative Telephone Company Mon sible manner until such time as the
day morning.
will be held at the City park in Mill
lines can be rebuilt and the system
City.
Mr. Brown said Monday that in the converted to dial operation. August
The Legion beef barbecue will be
near future a service man will be 1958 has been set as the date of con-
held starting at 11 a. m. the day of
permanently located here to service [ version.
the Fourth. Bob Oliver and Stanley
the local system and the Detroit-
In closing out their business, the
Idanha dial system.
Vail worked Monday night at the
i Santiam Cooperative Telephone Co.
park getting the barbecue pit dug.
The Valley Telephone Co., and its will render a bill to each present
The kitchen committee will work
It looks like a mess, but what can you ex 40-foot embankment to the bed of the river. He predecessor Interurban Telephone subscriber shortly after July 1, which
Wednesday night getting the cook pect when a loaded logging truck goes over the was uninjured. James F. Ferebee, state highway Co., have been engaged in the tele will contain charges for exchange
house cleaned up for the event. Herb bank and into the North Santiam. This is what flagman of Four Corners is in Santiam Memor phone business for 53 years. The
service for the month of June and
Schroeder has built some cupboards happened recently when a truck owned by Mar
principal office is located in Silver- I j for
toll calls made between May 21
ial
hospital
with
a
crushed
leg,
caused
when
the
in one end of the kitchen, and a new
and June 30. Payment of this bill
ion Aiderman and driven by Henry Bradshaw log truck bumper knocked him over the bank,
water heater has been installed.
I should be made directly to the repre
The Jaycees have secured a pig for drove into the river rather than crash headon covering him with dirt and logs. Floyd Russell
sentative of the Santiam Cooperative
into
two
state
highway
trucks.
The
accident
hap
Curtis driver of one of the highway trucks was
the greased pig chase and have their
Telephone Company at Mill City.
games all lined up for the youth part pened just above Big Spring Forest camp about taken to the hospital and treated for shock.—
I
Telephone bills rendered by the Vai
of the program. There will be bingo ( 5S miles above Idanha. Bradshaw stayed with Mill City Enterprise Photos.
, ley Telephone Co., are prepared in
and other games on the grounds all ( the vehicle when it made this descent down the
the Silverton office and will be mailed
day long, and the Mill City band |
directly to the subscriber. In order
under the direction of Earl Loucks
to distribute the work of preparing
will appear during the day. A ball
a large number of statements, the
game is scheduled in the evening |
' billing period for the Mill City ex-
before the fireworks display, put on
I
change will be from the 16th of one
by the Mill City Firemen.
The United States National bank
to the 15th of the following
Buttons are still on sale,, and
'of Portland in its June statement of month
month. Thus bills dated July 16 will
Beginning Monday, Elmer Peter-I condition
......
those who do not buy them prior to
report showed deposit«
son, of Hilltop Market has changed totaling well over 710 million dol- be for the period July 16 to August
the Fourth may get them on the j
15. Accounts due the Valley Tele
j
over
his
meat
service
and
now
has
grounds the day of the celebration.
lars.
employed his own meat cutter. The ' The Mill City branch listed de- ! phone Co., may be paid at the Mill
Monday night, Otto Koeneke pre
market will be run more as an old-1 posits of $1,886,736.84, according to j City office or by mail to Silverton.
sented 100% pins to Burton Boroughs ;
fashioned butcher shop where meat D. B. Hill, Jr., manager.
Rates will not change, and sub
Lowell Fleetwood, Bob Hill, Frank -
is cut to suit the customers taste and 1 Loans and discounts for the state scribers who now own their telephone
Hunter, Carl Kelly, Charles Kelly, | DETROIT—Four men miraculous-1
‘ cut while you wait.
Oh- j ly escaped death Wednesday morning
Jay Mason Don Moffatt, Rex C
wide system now stand at $323,551,- instruments will be required to leave
i a week ago, in a highway accident bin Ave., both Salem and drivers of I Mel Whelchel, formerly of Fres 688. The Mill City branch reported it in service until such time as the
mart and Lee Ross.
| involving two State Higsway Depart the State trucks; James F. Ferebee, no, Calif., is the new butcher. Mr. ’ loans and discounts in the amount system is converted to dial, unles*
State Highway flagman, also a resi
the service is discontinued, at which
men dump trucks and a loaded log dent of Four Corners Trailer court, I Whelchel is not a newcomer here, ’ of $792,757.88.
ging truck, near White Water on the end Henry Bradshaw, Idanha, driv having worked at the store about
One of the leading banks in the time the equipment may be disposed
six years ago for A. W. Toman. nation, U. S. National now lists total of as the owner see* fit. The company
North Santiam Highway.
er of the loaded logging truck.
i He is an experienced meat man, ac- ' resource» of $790,440,132.
will provide repair service bo main
The quartet was Floyd Russell
The accident occurred about 9 a. {Cording to Mr. Peterson, and only the
Curtis, Four Corner Trailer court,
Since mid-year 1956, U. S- Nation- tain the quality of service of these
and Edward Alfred Reed 4335 Dur m. Wednesday as Curtis’ truck was j best of meat will be sold at the ' al has completed modern new build telephones. The company will follow
dumping rock into the river over an market.
ings at six of its branches. In ad- the usual commercial practice of
embankment. Flagman Ferebee was
Mr. Whelchel plans to move his 1 dition, major remodeling projects at providing telephone instruments for 1
in front of the truck warning traf- i wife and six children here in the other branches have added new serv- new subscribers. Telephone subscrib- ‘
future.
' ices. Cqs’^mer parking lots were *.n- ers tv'ring service at the time of
( Reed driving another state truck
dial conversion will not be required
' stalled at many other locations.
started to pull around them, when
I
An
increase
in
savings
interest
rate
;
to
make auy payment of any type
the motor stalled, blocking the high West Coast Steel Low
With one of the greatest arrays ✓"*
i />
■
(
dial
became effective January 1, raising in connection
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-' conver
way. The flagman told police he saw Bidder for Movable
of circus talent ever assembled, ga
I the rate to 2Vz%. At the same time, sion program.
the loaded truck about three-tenths
thered from all points of the world
j the bank announced an increased rate 1 All applications for new service,
of a mile away, blowing its horn, Bridge at Detroit Dam
and previously exhibited in the great
of 3% on three-year certificates
changes, disconnects, and trouble
the driver shouting and waving his
West Coast Steel Company, of deposit purchased after January
metropolitan areas of the East and
hand. When the log truck was with Portland Friday was low of five Interest on these new certificates 1 reports should be made to tt)e Mill
then making its big leap from the
in about 200 feet of the blocked high bidders with an offer of $17,933 now paid semi-annually at U. ** City office.
East to West as it annually does,
way, Ferebee dropped his flag and when bids were opened by the Port
playing Los Angeles, San Diego,
With the recent purchase of an- ran. Curtis jumped and followed, but land District, Corps of Engineers, National.
Oakland, Sacramento and San Fran
cisco, each and every one of these other grader, to replace the old worn- Reed froze inside his truck. The log for the manufacture and erection of
cities under the sponsorship of the out machine, the city has completed truck smashed head-on into Reed's a fail mounted movable bridge with Firemen Called Out to
power units at Detroit Dam.
r. _
Prat
Shriners. Polack Bros. Shrine Cir grading the streets and giving them truck sending it tumbling backwards, two
Other bidders were: Moffitt En- ^°P ^^aSS hires
cus will again appear in Salem fot a coat of much-needed dust oil. Reed escaped without serious injury.
Mill City Volunteer Firemen were
its second annual visit at Waters While residents may complain about The log truck then caught up with g.neering Corp., Albany, Calif.,
called
out twice this week to kill
the
“
gooey
”
mess
for
a
few
days
it
$28,544;
Marine
&
Industrial
Supply
the
running
Curtis,
hooking
him
with
Field, July 19 and 20. From Salem
the show will proceed to Vancouver. will eliminate the dust in the air and the bumper and plummeting over the Co., Seattle, Wash., $18,170; Wayne fires hi Mill City, both evidently
Canada and Seattle from where an I make for much cleaner living and embankment into the river. Ferebee Construction Co., Seattle, $39,739 and started by smoker’s carlessness. The
first one was at the Vancouver
other big jump back will be made to 1 homemakers in general will be re was tossed into the water by the im Monarch Forge & Steel, Portland,
Ply location in East Mill City and
$25,260.
San Antonio, Texas, Oklahoma City, lieved of some of the dust problems. pact, and logs spilled over him.
the second right by the river on the
City
Street
Commissioner
C.
E.
calendar
Bradshaw,
driver
of
the
log
truck,
Completion
time
is
120
Little Rock, Springfield, Ill., St.
Pacific Power & Light company
Pacific
Power location just east of
Mason
said
the
price
of
the
oil
had
days.
escaped with hardly a scratch. Fere
Louis, Charleston W. Va., and thence
Thursday honored its Albany district
the
bridge.
The bridge will be a traveling
to its closing date and rehearsal for [ raised two cents a gallon this year, bee was found beneath debris with a
Now that grass is dry everyone is line crews and other operations em
carriage which can be hauled up and
the 1958 season, getting ready to I which does nothing to help the city badly crushed leg.
ployees with a dinner meeting in
urged
to be extra careful with fire.
Ferebee and Curtis were taken to down over the project’s test chute so
again span America as it has done finances, and that the cos$ of pav
recognition of the 16-month safety
for several decades, bringing enter ing also had gone up. This will cur Santiam Memorial hospital at Stay that engineers may conduct various
Mrs. Albert Millsap, Gates corres record the group has compiled.
tainment and excitement to millions tail some of the paving projects that ton. Cutris, who was suffering from velocity tests.
The company’s 79 line operation«
pondent
of The Enterprise is in the
of circus lovers throughout the na- i the City Dads had hoped to complete shock, was released later. Ferebee's
men in Albany, I^banon, Sweet
hospital
at
Stayton
at
the
present
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Putman and
leg condition was reported as seri
this year.
Home, Jefferson, Scio, Stayton and
tion.
One other improvement citywise ous. His general condition was re ' family returned Monday night from I time. Gates residents will join The Mill City have worked 16 months, or
Polack Bros. Shrine Circus has
Enterprise
publishers
in
wishing
her
’ an outing at Odell Lake.
man-hours, without
earned its laurels through presenting this past week, was when the high ported as good.
1 about 308,472
a speedy return to her home.
time-loss accident.
circus in its truest and cleanest way department put in a new cul
which
Members of the district group
form without tawdy sideshows and vert at the Union Oil Station,
were awarded jafety cards in recog
cheap gambling to mar its real may or may not eliminate the floods
Have
Accident
Free
Record
nition of individual accident-free re
worth. Those who visited the Shrine which in two preceding years have
circus last year were high in their caused heavy damage to The Enter-
cords compiled. Collectively, the dis
praise and this year it returns with prise plant and also some residences.
trict has amassed a total of 670
Time alone will tell whether they put
a completely new show.
years worked without time-loss ac
This year the circus, with ita 40 big in a large enough pipe—however,
cident.
C. Herald Campbell, of Portland,
acts will be headed by the Hawthorn- they at least made an attempt to al
personnel director for Pacific Power,
trained Wild Animal Fantasy con leviate the situation.
praised the group for its safety re
sisting of a large group of royal leo
cord, noting that the Albany district
pards and a troupe of pure white
half-bred wolves, black panthers and
was a major contributor to the com
Zebra, each natural enemies to the
pany’s system-wide safety
record
K » ■
F jl
other, working together in absolute
. which recently received national re
I
harmony in a massive steel arena
F
cognition.
under the direction of pretty Pat
DETROIT—Final rites were held !
The company recently completed
Monday morning at 10 o’clock in the
Jamison, an English arena star.
, its second period of one-milllon ac-
The Santiam Shriners are cooper chapel of Weddles Funeral Home,
I cidenb-free man-hours worked with-
ating with the Salem Shrine club Stayton for Mrs. Joe Leis of Detroit.
I in a year.
and are arranging a plan whereby Interment was at Fairview cemetery
Campbell credited participation in
every child in this district will have near Gates.
Pacific’s safety program on the part
Pallbearers were Otto Russell, of
an opportunity to see this truly won
of individual employees with being
derful show. The local committee is Portland, L. L. Rynearson, Gates;
the major factor in the company’«
Albert Toman, George W. Laird, Ken John Cook, Raymond Sophy and Har
safety record.
Golliet and Ercil Wilson.
old Champion, Detroit, and Len Davis
He pointed out that the company*«
Parents wishing to have their of Idanha.
safety engineers conduct monthly
safety education meetings for all
children see the circus are asked to
Mrs. Leis, aged 65, passed away
send in the names of their children Friday morning at Santiam Memor
working unit« in th« system in addi
to Fred Snyder for Detroit and ial hospital following a heart at
tion to providing latest type protec
Idanha; W. R- Huthceson at Gates; tack Thursday evening.
tive equipment wherever required.
Stewarts Grocery and The Enterprise
A highlight of the dinner meeting,
The deceased was born October 31,
at Mill City; Stewart’s Store at 1892 at Wilsonville. She was the
held ®t the Albany hotel, was pre-
Lyons; Ken Golliet at Mehama and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James j
sentation of a gilded safety hat to
Merton Cox at Stayton.
Mayor William L. Fitzpatrick, who
Whittmore of that city. Ora Whitt- I
congratulated the group and welcom
Several have registered so far. more Leis, was united in marriage j
ed out-of-town company men present.
but many as yet have not registered to Joe Leis in 1915 at Calgary,
Other guests included Fong J.
their youngsters. Please do so at once. Alberta. A son, Robert, was born to
Forty-nine years of accident-free work Glen McCrary, Ijtbanon; and Joe Samek,
Hughe», Portland, safety director for
this union. The Leis’s have resided
time are represented by these four Pa Stayton. The district workmen for the Pow
Pacific, Wallac« C. Eakin, assistant
Mr>. Floyd Johnson and Mrs. in Detroit for the past 11 years.
cific Power & Light company linemen who er company, who received cards at the din
to the publisher of the Democrat-
James Cuthbert spent Monday in
Surviving are the husband, Joe
were among Albany District operations
Herald, and C. B. "Shorty” Green-
enBd, where Mrs. Cuthbert was look Leis Detroit; son, Robert Leis, La-
ner in recognition of individual safety rec
ough, Albany, safety engineer in
workers at a dinner meeting June 27.
ing for a house, as they will be mov Mirada, Calif ; and two nieces,'
charge of the company’s Willamette
ing to Bend this weekend where Maude and Evlyne Weatherberg,
They were, left to right, Stan White, ords, have amassed an aggregate of 670
valley and coast service areas.
Mr Cuthbert will be working.
Portland.
Sweet Home; Norman Anderburg, Scio; years worked without time-loss accident
Four Men Have Close Brush With N At ™. Hilltop Market
service
Death When Truck Takes River
Route Rather Than Headon Jolt
Shriners Invite
Kids of Area
To Annual Circus City Streets
Get Coat of
Dust Oil
Pacific Power
Men Have Good
Work Record
Final Rites Held for
Mrs. Joseph Leis