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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1963)
LOCALS Mr». M u I h -I V etc to of Port land this week sent in her re newal for 'Du* Enterprise sub scription for unother yeur and asked to be remembered to all her friends here. Pioneer Firefighter Recalls Era of Horseback Forest Protection Herbert Maag Passes Away Tuesday Herbert Maag, longtime Mill City resident, passed away at his home Tuesday night He had been in poor health for sev eral months. He was bom Jan uary 31), 1886 in Sublimity of pioneer parents. He was a retired mill man, working as a sawyer for the former Hammond Lumber com- puny for many years, then the Co-op mill and Mt. Jefferson Gimber company at Lyons. Survivors include his widow, Jennie, son, William and step son. Alfred Wurd; sister. Mrs Esther Greer of Salem. Arrangements are pending at Weddle Funeral Home in Stay ton. Oregon's forest Industries winning the cooperation of cat puld tribute Tuesday, March tlemen arul ranchers, Scott tlioiiglil tor UMlMy—One 19 to a Portland man who has said. And some of the oldtim- renson thry put mcn's tacca on seen organized forest fire pro- ers, hr* added, perversely be money la tliat women are Juat tectfon In Oregon grow from lieved in a little light burning autlafliil to gel their lumda on |t. the original era of wardens on now and then. horseback to today's radlo- Scott remembers that the first equlpped bulldozer-led firefight fire he ever fought was on .Hululu y guv»t» »I Ihn bum» ers. Service Creek, a tributary of of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Rusli and When Carl C. Scott received the John Day River. family nt Pratum wore Mrs. ii special citation at the annual "'Die stage driver came into Tena Graham, Mrs Bess V.m Attending * ctli <ll»tri<t meet meeting of the Cluckamas-Mur- Fossil one day and told me he’d dernier nnd Mrs, Faye Ver- ing of the Federated Women's lon Forest Protection ussocia- passed a fire about 15 miles beck. clubs from the Mill City Wom tion In Molalla, he looked back back in thr* hills. 1 saddled up an's club Monday were Irene Mr». < It-llirl Knox »nd I two INxlrubaky, Elaine Russell, Nell over more than a hulf century and rode out to the only ranch of work in forest fire protection. nearby and tried to get help sons left Sunday for I Idillio lh*Wilt und Edith Mason Scott, who turned 74 lust No there. But the rancher had just where they will visit with vember, begun bls career as been released from the Oregon Mrs Knox's daughter and fam Mr. nnd Mr». Frank Kline one of Oregon's curly state fire penitentiary after a term lor Former Resident ily. Mrs Knox is secretary ut of Medford visited Ills mother, wardens In 1911. horsestealing and he didn’t Snntluni Union High school and Mrs. R D. Turpin the past "1 had four counties to cover, look kindly on any kind of au Passes Away in Bend her sons attend .Stayton Union weekend. Mrs Turpin accom MUI City friends have re- i and I had to furnish my own thority, so 1 had to fight it all I High sc I mmi I. Mr, Knox, who panied them on a trip to Port horses to do it with,” he recal by myself. It look me ull night ceived word of the death of a was unable to muke the trip is land Saturday. Kline is man Mrs. Glen led with u grin. "'Die state wus to get that fire under control. former resident, cni|4o)<-ii nt Cedar taimber Co. ager of the Medford Airport. putting up |30,(J(J0 u year for There was u cliff on one side (Jane Beeson. Mrs. Beeson pas fire protection then und the of it, so 1 widened a cattle trail sed away Sunday in Bend and Mr». Ihm <«,«»!•* of Eugene, first job wus to map the for- on the other side to make a tire funeral services were held there WUl In Mill City lust week vis cuts. 'Die state forester hud no break and then backfired a Wednesday. The Beeson family Ring with her father, Ed Berl record of the timber he wui strip in front, in that country, moved away from Mill City ram and with friends. you had to hunt your natural about 20 years ago. charged with.” Mr. and Mr». IJoyd Albright Surviving are four sons, Mel- Scott headquartered in F um - firebreaks. md family of Springfield were I Georgi* Aduni» (Italie "By daylight, 1 had her vin and Charlie Wilson and ail, covering Grant, Wheeler, Sunday guests ut the home of of Modford. uccompan- Umatilla und Morrow coun- licked, and we didn't lose more Robert and Douglas Beeson. Mr. und Mrs. Fred Berg. Mrs. Beeson made her home ties In 1912 he married Elsie than 10 ucres altogether.” In r daughter unii sister in Stili City fast week By 1914, Scott was patroling with Melvin Wilson. Smith of Salem u "poor little Mr. und Mr». Jim Aiiilemoi { wltli old-tlme friend» city girl,” lie called her und his district in a Model T Ford, md family of Portland Spen introduced her to Blue Moun- but travel was still so slow and prime Douglas fir went for a two days this week nt the homi tain forest camping. They now fierilous that he considered dollar or two per thousand II ru I >f bis mother, Mrs Rudy Tohl have two grown daughters and making 100 miles in 10 hours board feet, and you could hard- a good day's journey. ' ly give hemlock away. Today, four grandchildren tluudiu Hudlong, who ha« Fighting fire in those pion "It took two and a half days ' of course, hemlock’s a prime Mr». Richard Klin» wn» cal led to California recently by the • en confined to her home with eering days of primitive com i to go from Salem to Heppner,” pulp species.” Scott doesn't think Oregon’s sudden illness of their son lie heumatlc fever since curly fall munications and transportation he said. "I'd leave Salem after underwent surgery nnd is re- » reported to be improving. depended almost entirely on noon, put the car on a boat at first Tillamook fire would have Portland that evening, travel happened if the radio network covering satisfactorily but tla* MI«« Ann Dolenti und Mr». upriver the next day, stay over- that gives forest industries in doctor states In- will convalesce Giura M.iltsby from Jefferson Mr. und Mr». Rudy Tolil en mgnt at 'D m * Dalles, then drive stant communications today for a locig |<« ium 1 'Die young «fient Saturday visiting at the joyed an afternoon of golfing ut to Biggs up over the hill to had existed in the thirties. man hud just obtained » job in ionie of Mr and Mrs. Charles the Santiam Golf course in Wasco and Moro. I'd have to "The operation where the California two days before br Dulezai. Stayton Sunday After playing cross the John Day River at fire started would have been ooming IU. 18 holes of golf a group of McDonald's Ferry and go up closed down earlier.” he sur Mr. ium I Mm. Kirk Wlrlck friends surprised Mrs. Tohl Rock Creek to Condon or Hepp mised. He explained that the Mr. *»•! Mr». E. K. H»h of and family from Roseburg, are decision to close down all log AkJia were in town last week s|x*ndlng several days visiting with u birthday party. Refresh ner.” ging because of low humidity Ln that yeur, Scott got his ments were served and Mrs visiting with friends. They ut the home of her parents, Mr. on that fateful day had to be first taste of fighting a string Tohl wus the recipient of many moved tn that city recently to md Mrs. D»ul» Verbeck. carried to each operator by the of lightrung-sct fires. lovely gifts. make their home "In most cases, I had made local warden. The warden go Ray 4 iuiku» left Sunil») tor arrangements with ing into the area where the Sunil») gumt« nt the home of previous Mr. and Mrs Dun Moffatt Monterey. Calif . where she will Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Stewart local people to help. But it Tillamook fire started had two wen’ to >*ortlnnd Sunday where spend the week visiting at the and family were Mr. and Mrs. took hours, sometimes days, to operations to call on. Unfortu thry hel|n*<l their nephew, Rob home id Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ross Wright of Willamina get to those fires, and some nately, said Scott, he called on ert Nelson celebrate his 16th Veneta and family. Ray made Additional dinner guests were of them would be booming the wrong one first. birthday anniversary. They the trip by plane, her first Walt Thomas nnd son of Gates. right along by the time I got "Even so, we almost had that were accompanied home by flight. there. We'd have to back up fire trailed when the wind came their granddaughter. Claudia IzxFrtnme* Beauty Salon at to a road or a ridgetop or some up that afternoon and the fire The coftrv Ul Iw siten in lion Stayton. Open Monday through other natural obstruction and crowned into the treetops. By Frnre of Bravrrton. who will •pend her spring vacation hen’ or of Mrs. Norah Selfridge of Friday 9 to 6. Saturday hours: let the fire burn out down in the next morning, it aad gone Drug Beach. Calif., by the Mill 8 .’in to 4 ! ’hone Stayton !( 1- u canyon. 1 managed to sur eight miles.” Qty Garden club had to be 5322 Scott said today's network of 46tl round one fire—thanks to a Mr. and Mm. I’Aul Cree were 383 Third Street. randier with an irrigation sys access roads would also have tn Oakridge one day last w<*rk postponed due to the illness of Mr. and Mm. Ed Hempeck tem by blocking a couple of been a tremendous help in on business. On their return Mrs. Selfridge Mrs. Selfridge trip they stopfs-d In Springfield is a guest nt the home of Mr. from Salem visited at the home irrigation ditches and turning fighting the Tillamook fires. "In the secoixt Tillamook fire of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Shep the water down each side of it." Mid visited nt the home of Mr. nnd Mrs Bert Morris. herd Sunday afternoon. By 1909, forest industry lead in 1939," he said, "we got a and Mrs Walter Nicholson Ilu* lumie id John Kelly un ers were working to get a com lull in the weather after the Darlene Ruby was hosUxm at pulsory lores: protection act fire had traveled half way Mr. and Mr». DH» Turnldge the SUHS honor roll for the from Cascadia, werr overnight last six weeks period was omit the Bid or Bunch Pinochle club before the state legislature, across the old bum. If we could gticsts Saturday nt the home ted from the list sent from the meeting Monday at the home of Forest industries formed the have put a thousand men in of his parents, Mr and Mrs school as It was posted late. He Mary Wright. The hostess serv Oregon Forest Fire Associa there to build a fire trail across is a Junior and had a grade ed dessert preceding the even tion in tile spring of 1910 to the bum. we thought we might Bert Tumidge point average of 3.83. He and ing of cards. Gladys Podrab- work for sound state forestry have had a chance to hold the Mm. Robert Nrriinton 1» Janet Hutchinson were the only sky won high prize and pin legislation, and through its in fire. But the men would’ve had spending Severn) days visiting Juniors making the honor roll. ochle, and Battie Fend won fluence the State Board of For to walk in and out, and the low prize. Guests for the even estry was created in 1911, to danger of losing lives if the at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A committee from Marilyn ing were Edna Lady and Suzie gether with stronger laws that fire crowned out on us was Don Marshall Kim Scranton visited at the Marshall home Chapter No 145 Order of the Stewart. The next meeting of contained penalties and effect just too great to take the chance. dinner the club will be at the home ive enforcement. and attended tnc Sweetheart's Eastern Star served "As a matter of fact, it did Oregon led the nation in es- ball The Scranton's formerly Monday to Mrs Gladys Mason of Marion Stovall, April 1. tablishing a compulsory forest crown out in front of a 40-mile resided in Mill City and arc nnd relatives and friends who Mm. Sly«!» Duncan, Worthy patrol act in 1913, a model east wind a few days later.” now living at Warnick, Oregon. were here for Lester Mason s Scott first came to Oregon funeral. The dinner was at the Matron of Marilyn Chapter No. which other states have follow home of Mr. nnd Mrs. Cecil 145 OES accompanied Mrs. Alta ed. The private forest-landown in 1892. He grew’ up at Scotts Lake. Bodeker. Worthy Matron of er protection associations which tno relation) Mills a few miles Acacia diaper No. 63 of Stay exist throughout Oregon today east of Silverton where his fa ther, a Quaker minister, had a Kenneth Norrie, who attend» ton and other members also were bom as a result of it. pastorage. He is one of the OSU at Corvallis is spending from Stayton went to Independ Pinch-hitting for a forester Spring vacation nt the home ence Monday evening where serving in France during World oldest board members in point of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. they wen* guests of Adah Chap War I, Scott became deputy of service of the Keep Oregon Green Ass'n. Duane Norrie. ter No. 34. state forester in 1918 and se N imm iuk I Drniil» Jenkin», both students at the University •I Oi<i?<n, are spending tlicli spring vacation nt the homes ol clnssmuti-s in the Bay urea. Susan Is a guest of l.lndu Pol llgrln of Walnut Creek and I tennis is the guest of Jack Grunt of Sunnyvule. Mr». Bert Tumldge *»« hon- ored with a family dinner Sun on her birthday annivers- Present were Mr. and Mrs. Bert Tumidge, Mr. and Mrs. "Stub" Tumidge of Drain; Mr. anil Mrs. Hollis Tumidge of Gates; Mr. und Mrs. Bob Cree of Redmond; Mr. nnd Mrs. Paul Cree and George Cree. 0 N E/43 . MORE POWER • MORE VALUE . MORE SAW A light w»l«ht. h»nl working Mw you con dopond on ovoqr tlmo. Tokoo McCulloch'» work »ovlng occoo»erloo. tool ONLY $149.95 com plot« with 16* Bar and Sup«r Pintail* Chain. Highest Trades / Easy Terms AS LITTLE AS SOO 00 Ft A WEEK Raymond Branch & Son Equipment Co. Phone 869-2240 Mehama, Oregon Mr. and Mm. Charlie French and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Chose were in Albany Saturday ev ening where they attended the annual Santiam Fish and Game Association banquet at the Al bany high school. A house guent nt the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Morris is Mrs Norah Selfridge from G>ng Beach. Calif., and form erly of Mill City. Mrs. Sel fridge has been in Seattle, Wn., visiting relatives. Her son. John Selfridge, brought her to the Morris home Saturday and re turned to his home In Seattle Sunday. The Round Robin Pinochle club members were entertained Monday evening nt the home of Margaret Boroughs. The host ess served a dessert before the evening of cards. Winning high was Alta Moffatt, with Marge Differ receiving pinochle. Mary iloodenpyle was a guest for the evening ami received low. The next meeting will lx* April 1 at the home of Millie Bickett. cretary of a group of forest Mr. and Mm. Don Anil row » fire associatiations in 1920. In from Eugene spent several this latter capacity, he still days last week at the home of serves several of the private her parents. Mr and Mrs El- protection associations today. mor Shaw. "A lot of forestry progress came through the fire associa Bart und Bruce Howe of tions,” said Scott. "New ideas the like the pulaski tool and the Portland arc visiting at home of their grandparents, portable back pump were first Mr. and Mrs. Morris Howe introduced to timber people while their parents are on a there.” vacation. Scott believes one of the greatest advances in forest Mrs. Gold* Martens has re firefighting came about when turned to her home following forest industries brought the several days spent in Santiam bulldozer into the woods, The logger with his bulldozer and Memorial hospital. pump-equipped tanker has be Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cree from come essential to today's fore Redmond spent the weekend at protection, in Scott's view. the home of his parents, Mr. "We figured one dozer was and Mrs. Paul Cree. the equivalent to 100 men in fireline construction," he said. Mm. J. C. Dickinson returned "The dozer was our first real to her home in Salem Saturday break in getting the kind of two equipment we needed.” after spending the past months at the home of her ■Die greatest impetus for for son-in-law and daughter, Mr. est protection, in Scott's opin and Mrs. Dwell Cree. Mr. and ion, grew* with the development Mrs. Cree were dinner guests of markets for timber after Saturday evening at the home World War II. As the economic of her brother-in-law and sis value of forests rose, the pos ter, Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Gorton sibility of providing adequate in Salem. fire protection became an ex pense that forest landowners Hemorrhoid»-pile»; Flatala-fl»- could afford. "It used to be that people sure-prolapse-ltching and other rectal disorders. No loss of time just couldn't hold cutover land except unusual cases. Free des until the next crop of trees criptive booklet. Dr. R. Rey came along," Scott recalled. nolds Clinic, Naturopath-Proc ___ ______ r "because the value of the next tology, 1144 Center St., Salem,; crop wouldn't begin to pay the Oregon.___________________ 35tf, taxes. In those days a lot of 5—The Mill City Enterprise, Thursday, Mar 21, 1983 Funeral Services Held Monday For Lester (Lee) Mason 4H Club Gives Cookies To III Friends LYONS The last meeting of the Steaming Kettle 4-H club was held Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. C. C. Davis. Each member brought cook ies which were wrapped as gifts and presented to three Funeral services were held elderly sick friends in the Monday at the Mill City Pres community, Mrs. Anna Hub byterian church for 1-ester bard, Mrs. Edna Carroll and Franklin Mason, 66, wtio passed Elmer Hiatt. After delivering away Friday at a Salem hos the gifts refreshments were pital. He had suffered a severe served to Marilyn Davis, Su stroke on March 10 and had san Sledge, Diana Metteer, Lin beer hospitalized since. da Cox. Beverly Conover, Can Mr. Mason had lived in Mill dy Wilcox, Sally Walton, Tam City since 1906 and was a re-1 my Palmer, Patty McDougall, tired logger. He also worked Margaret and Bertha Wilson, at Simpson's Plywood mill I Two extra meetings were several years before his retire-' held this year by the club -one ment last year. wax the Linn County Officers He was liked by all those who Training which was conducted' knew him and will be missed at Mari-Unn last February 22 by his many friends as well as and the other a wiener roast at his family. Santiam Park, March 9. He had been feeling well un til he was suddenly stricken by a stroke the week before. WHY DON’T YOU St fW RiBE Mr. Mason was born in Find TO THE ENTERPRISE. ley, Ohio, living in Silverton a short time before the family settled in Mill City. He served with the U. S. Marines during Workl War I and was stationed I overseas. Survivors include the widow, Gladys; daughters Mrs. Ken neth McCall of Carlsbad, N. Flowers For All M. and Mrs. Albin Rask of( Occasions Portland; stepchildren. Edwin Stone of Sweet Home and Mrs. Flowering and Foliage Charles Mason, Lebanon; bro-1 Plasta thers, George Mason, Salem ; Primrose« - G Lui. Bullis C. E. Mason, Mill City; 10 grandchildren, and two great 230 N E 4th St. grandchildren. The Rev. Richard Cole, pas MILL CITY tor of the church was in charge ' of the services and interment Phone 897-2452 was at Fairview cemetery with Weddle F uneral Home in charge. Brunner’s Flowers We Deliver Mrs. Hayes Having Therapy Treatments Many people suffered proper ty damage on the fateful day of October 12; however Mrs. Frank Hayes is still having a great deal of personal discom fort from a fall at a local busi ness house on that day. She slipped and fell, breaking the cartilage in her chest and spraining the ligaments in her shoulder. She has been undergoing ex tensive therapy treatments since that time and Mr. Hayes says she has to keep moving her shoulder or it will "freeze”, even though it does pain her to do so. reward yourself with General's money saving "Afl In-One” Homeowners Insurance! ••■i «XI itarru JERRY PITTAM INSURANCE Ph. 897-2413 or 897-2754 Mill City, Oregon NOTICE! Office of Golden Rule Translator Company is now located with Howard’s Golden Rule TV Service in the Pittam Build- ing All Translator Business, Member ships, and Payments should be directed to this office. Golden Rule Translator Co. Mill City Enterprise Pittam Bldg., Mill City Subscribe to The Phone 897-2446
