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Mr». M u I h -I V etc to of Port
land this week sent in her re
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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.
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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
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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
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was at Fairview cemetery with
Weddle
F uneral Home
in
charge.
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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.
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