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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1959)
THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE I HURSDAY. NOV EMBER 5, 1959 SEW AND save this fall We have a wonderful selection of New Fall Yard age. Also a full line of Advance Patterns, and everything for Your Fall Sewing. Men's Wash and Wear White Dress Shirts $3.98 ADA’S NEEDLE SHOP Phone 2243 Mill Qty, Ore. 227 8. W. Broadway Up and Down ; Mdli-CdUS6d Pacific Northwest Power Co. Forest Fires Gathers Data for Mt. Sheep Dam 1 Thc, Cause Trouble Br Don Moffatt Exploratory drilling to obtain ad ditional data for Federal Power Com the most valued fish spawning mission hearings on Pacific North grounds of the entire Columbia basin, This week we have started hearing west Power Company’s application to •s well as providing important power about the past deer season- Jean build the 690-foot High Mountain and flood control benefits for the re- Roberts of Mehama has a couple of Careless smokers were the bad j Sheep dam on the Snake river above gion” yams in this issue then I happened boys on the forest fire front thia the mouth of the Salmon is now in ! onto another one this week. Seems past summer accounting for 212 man- I progress, the company announced Lee and Julia Bassett went on one caused forest blazes, according to the | re ently. of their hunting trips over the moun- I Keep Oregon Green Association. Man-caused forest fires, said Al- PNP said engineers and survey o u u _ta*ns- They stopped in Bend, ’c. and l - in ' h crews had completed preliminary in- Report From Santiam Memorial «* fest room Julia took out her bill ' bert Wiesendanger, Executive Sac- ' vestigations in the rugged Snake riv „ I fold and forgot to return it to her 1 retary of the Keep Oregon Green Born to Mr and Mrs. Reaford G.ipocket when ghe she ha(J Association, for the year to date er canyon, and that diamond drillers had been assigned to do supplemen Lunsford, Turner, Oregon October 20. gone about five minut€S when she have been far more numerous than tal work in connection with the 1959 a son Darnel Gale, weight 7'notlced ghe was minug the bi]1 fold forestry officials like to see, reach | She went the rest room—no ing a total of 745, with another 406 firm’s application for a Federal pounds. 5^4 ounces. 1 license to build the muti-purpose Born October 31 to Mr and Mrs., bill fold. Losing a billfold nowdays caused by lightning. A total of 59,848 acres of private, project. Dean L- Odenthal of Stayton a daugh- I ig really something One has a driv- To be constructed a» the largest ter, Patricia Ann weighing 7 pounds I era license, social security card, and state and federal forest lands were I probably a dozen other organization burned over through September 15. hydroelectric project ever under 4Va ounces. taken by private utilities, High Born October 21 to Mr. and Mrs. cards too. And of course her hunting according to Wiesendanger. compared Mountain Sheep would have an ulti Leonard D Wallace of Jefferson a license and deer tag They finally did to 17,558 in 1958. However, Oregon mate generating capability of 2.000,- daughter, weighing 7 pounds 9!4 find a notary public and got another had one of its most severe fire sea license and tag and continued on their sons in years. 000 kilowatt». The project will cost ounces. Named Blinda Ruth. At Sexton Summit in the moun about a quarter of a billion dollars. Born October 22 to Mr and Mrs. hunting trip. After the trip, they PNP said heavy drilling equipment | Francis L- Feckley of Stayton a returned and during the time they tains north of Grants Pass, the 4 p. has been barged to the site some 50 daughter, Lynda Gayle, weighing 8 were gone the station attendant had m. relative humidity was below 30 miles south of Lewiston, Idaho, and pounds 10 ounces. found the missing billfold in the percent for a record 41 days, con a campsite established there. Dur Born October 27 to Mr. and Mrs- trash can. While on this same trip trasted with 15 days in 1958- At ing the next six weeks an eight-man Rayford Stevens of Rt. 1. Aumsville, Julia noticed the set from her dia Medford, the temperature reached crew will extract over 1000 feet of a daughter, Pamila Marie, weighing mond ring was missing. More worry. 100 degrees on 15 days, more than rock core from the riverbed and from 8 pounds 4 ounces- Upon getting home and after due and double the seven days of last year. Keep Oregon Green Association, the Idaho and Oregon abutment diligent search, she found the mis Born, October 28 to Mr. and Mrs- areas flanking the deep river gorge- Samuel D- Miner of Rt- 1, Lyons, a sing diamond in the bathroom. They the publicily sponsored fire preven The cores will be examined by PNP daughter, not yet named. weighing didn’t even get a deer—after all that tion organization, notes with sincere regret the increase in acreage burned ' geologists and engineers. fuss and bother. 5 pounds 13 ounces. Organized by Pacific Power & Born October 29 to Mr- and Mrs. Sort of figures with my pheasant and the increase in man-caused fires Light, Portland General Electric, Orville C. Pursley of Scio a daughter, hunting trips this year All 1 have in a critical year when people using Washington Water Power and the Bonny June, weighing 8 pounrs 5*6 returned with so far is aching muscles the forests should have been far more Montana Power companies. Pacific ounces. and a couple of “cat-tails” for the careful. In a summary of other man-caus Northwest has a license application Born October 30 to Mr- and Mrs- granddaughters. I think part of this pending before FPC to build the big Chester F. Shelton of Rt- 1. Turner a poor luck is due to a box a shells I ed fires, Wiesendanger pointed out dam to meet future power demends daughter, Mary Louise, weighing 8 bought from Jerry Coffman down at that 26 fires were started by rail of the region. pounds 91» ounces- Ken Golliet’s in Mehama. I wonder roads, with only 80 by all lumber and The 690-foot high concrete arch Born November 1 to Mr. and Mrs. if he put paper wads in the shells in logging operations. Campers account 1 structure will be the highest of its •Charles W Nelson of Marion, a stead of shot. I couldn’t have missed, ed for 114 fires through carelessness kind in the United States, and the daughter, not yet named, weighing 8 as I had my scattergun pointed in the a fact deplored by the fire prevention second highest in the world- It will be pounds, 3 ounces. right direction. He must have given leader who said these visitors to the ,140 feet higher than the massive me one good shell though as I knock forests should show more concern Grand Coulee dam on the Columbia. ed one old bird end over end. It was with preserving the beauties of wood 1 The reservoir created by High raining at the time and I was hunt lands. Debris burners started 103 1 Mountain Sheep will extend 58 miles ing in a field with high stubble. I fires and 23 were laid to incendiary up the Snake to Hells Canyon, and galloped over to where I thought causes with 187 classified as miscel ¡contain 3.100,000 acre feet of stor he would be—but no bird. I spent laneous. A breakdown shows that 21.021 of age. Top elevation of the reservoir about half an hour walking around in will be 1510 feet above sea level. | that soggy mess of a field, but never the total acreage burned was on Located on the Snake about a mile did find my bird- This past Sunday State and private lands while 38,827 were on federal timberlands. above the confluence of the Salmon I walked another five miles in var acres “Fire conditions,” Wiesendanger river, High Mountain Sheep will pre The Enterprise is again printing ious fields and didn’t even get a serve that important fish spawning the school menu through the weeks decent shot. Oh well, only a couple of said, “during the summer in most of tributary for passage of Chinook of November 9th and November 20th. more weekends then I can quit hunt western Oregon were among the most salmon and Steelhead trout. The It is hoped that this will be of ser ing and go back to my easy chair severe on record- High temperatures, low humidity and higher than usual Salmon river is the source of near vice to readers, whose youngsters again on weekends. winds characterized the summer sea ly 30 per cent of all salmon and may not have arrived home with the • • • son.’’ steelhead passing McNary dam- menu which is mimeographed at Mill City residents are fortunate to “In a forest area such as Oregon,” PNP has proposed a unique by-pasa school. canal system designed to carry mig November 9th—Wiener in a Bun, be in one of the cities that has fluor the fire leader warned, “there should ratory fish both upstream and down Milk, Macaroni Salad, Fruit Pud ides in the drinking water supply. A be increasing care with fire as tha study made recently shows that flour- danger arises. Keep Oregon Green will stream around the short Imnaha arm ding. of the reservoir. The plan, now be November 10th—Baker Beans, Veg ide in water supplies has reduced continue to aim its fire prevention ing reviewed by Federal and state etable Salad, Hot Muffins and But tooth decay as much as 55 percent program at tMs goal.” among teenagers tested in five west fisheries agencies, includes screen ter. Milk, Fruit - Cookies. ern states. This is just another good ing of the entire flow of the Imnaha November 11th—No School. river which supports less than 3 par TRT THE ENTERPRISE FIRST November 12th—Meat Gravy on reason for living here. Just count «cent of the Columbia’s anadromous Whipped Potatoes, Milk, Buttered this as one of your many blessings— WHEN IN NEED OF PRINTING fish. Vegetable, Bread and Butter, Apple- i I and it costs the users nothing. • • • The High Mountain Sheep project sauce Bars. has been recommended as a key pro November 13th—Potato Soup. Egg i think the young people in Mill Possibly the supervised parties put on ject in the Major Water Plan de- Salad Sandwich. Turnip Wedge, City have a vote of thanks coming for the youngsters and the party put daloped by the U- S. Army Corps of Milk, Cherry Cobbler- from their elders. This past Hal on by the teenagers helped the situa engineers in the current review of the November 16th—Spanish Rice, lowe'en. I saw no results from van tion. I asked Chief Norfleet at Stay “308 Report” for comprehensive de Cabbage Slaw, Cinnamon Toast- Milk dalism in our city. We happened to ton how things were in his town and velopment of the Columbia Basin be away from home that evening, so he said just fine. I think the young Fruit. PNP has emphasasied that early November 17th—Barbecued Ham we put a box of candy and gum on our sters of today are just as good and construction of High Mountain Sheep burgers, Potato Salad. Carrot Sticks. front porch with a sign “help your maybe better than their parents were- would be the best way of protecting Milk. Apple Cake and Butter Sauce. self.” I told my wife. Alta, that the Of course the old "two-holer»" have November 18th—Roast Turkey. first kid there would take the whole been removed from the scene teoday Dressing and Gravy. Buttered Green works, but she said no. and guess and that, too, makes quite a differ- Beans. Hot Roll and Butter, Milk, what, when we returned home, there ence- • • • was still some candy and gum in the »O«D SU«I MAKI] Pumpkin Custard. I» »OOIISH ÎO SAT box. and nothing about the premises November 19th — Hamburger Loaf, i on a sign the other KO«I IHIS VIANI" Baked Potato. Buttered [>••■■ ■ ’ Vegetable, /r— J • was disturbed. Which proves the kids i others, before they do in Mill City aren’t such a bad lot Bread and Butter, Fruit, Milk. November 20th—Tomato Soup, Toasted Cheese Sandwich. Carrot Sal ad. Milk. Jello Dessert. New Arrivals HEAVING OILS * Houses Warm Up to Shell Our "Certified Comfort” Heating Plan Is the reason why You get the coziest, moit secure shield of warmth between you and that bone-chilling, ear-biting cold outside your door. For Shell Heating Oil is highly- refined for maximum heating power. It’s the clean, safe way to heat. And Shell certifies its oil is premium qual ity—the very best for your burner. What’s more, we don’t just drive oil trucks. We give our customers certified service. Just check this list of the things you get. • Automatic Refill —you never have to call us. 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I COME ENTER A WONDERFUL NEW WORLD OF FORDS AT AMERICA'S FIRST COMPLETE AUTOMOBILE DEALER"? -•—PHILIPPI MOTOR CO Phone 2524 Den 5 of the Cub Scouts held their Hallowe'en party at the Scout Cab in Wednesday afternoon. Following a taffy pu'' i ' iu .oys worked on their physical fitness tests and then play ed pin the tail on the “Cat.” Larry Ragssdale served the refreshments. Present were Phillip Crandall, Pat j Vai], Larry Ragsdale. Stephen Jeter. David Ruby, Earnest Freeman, Step hen Williams. Warren Franklin. Mrs. Richard Freeman. Den Mother and Mrs. Franklin, assistant den mother. I,ee Gardner of OCE at Monmouth has been acting as supply minister at the Presbyterian church. Mr Gard ener is studying for his Master’s de gree at the college and is an extreme ly interesting and fluent speaker He will continue to act as supply minis ter until the arrival the first week in December of the Rev Richard Cole of Seattle Rev. Cole has accepted the pastorate of the church here, coming from the Northminister Presbyterian church in Seattle where he is assist ant pastor. Mr. »nd Mrs. Albin Cooper »nd children Peggy and Sandra were in Lebanon Sunday at the home of his uncle and aunt, Mr and Mrs. Harry Willis and daughter. Judy A birth day dinner honored Mrs. Cooper and daughter Peggv. who have birthdays just a week apart. Additional dinner guest at the Willis home was Mr. Cooper’s brother. Arthur Ja kson. who (a s science instructor at Leban on Junior High. Mrs. Cooper’s par ents. Mr and Mrs. John Cooke too* her ar.d other members of the Cooper family to dinner in China City Mon day evening for another birthday ob servance Bos Office Opens 5:30 P. M. Sunday» - 7:00 P. M. Week Day» FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6-7-8 TIM HOVEY. JOCK MAHONEY, in “MONEY, WOMEN, AND GUNS” Western in Color — PLUS — GREGORY PECK in a Great War Story PORK CHOP HILL’’ Christmas Cards A large selection of Box Cards from 79‘ to »1.50 A Mill Citv Pharmacy • ♦ Dependable Prescription Service Phone 6607 Mill City, Oregon
