The Mill City Enterprise
VOLUME VIII
ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY—OREGON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND
NUMBER 26
THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1963
Up and Down ¡Council OKs
The Avenue
By Dun Motf.lt
Vacation time is beginning to
get under way In the«* parts,
and Sunday,
Father's Day.
was-a day of extreme pleasure
for many folks who love the
outckxir life. A trip up to De
troit In the morning saw M<>n-
gold and the State park fllllng
up even a few brave mails
water skiing and some, brrr
even swimming. Of ciairse It
was the real young who were
In the water. 1 guess that is
because they have good red
bkxxl in their veins This bea-
tiful camp on the shores of De
troit Izike is a sight to behold
In the morning Many still have
their campfire and cook their
meals outside. The aroma <>f
bacon and eggs cooked in an
old iron skillet, just about slays
a person, as they drive through
the camp Of course, nowadays
many pe<»ple have camiiers and
trailers, with all the rmxlern
conveniences of home
away
fnm home.
We who live here in thia won
derful outikxirs country
pro
bably have a hard time realiz
ing what It means to city dwel
lers to get out Into the open
and enjoy a day or two. We
have It every day. ao our senses
become somewhat dulled to the
beauty of the country around
us.
Salmon fishing Is on the wane
now
Ixit the bridge nt Mill
City has been lined with spec
tators every morning and even
ing. as the flshermrn try to
catch the salmon which annual
ly make their trip to the s[»nwn-
ing areas around here. It is a
lot of fun to watch the big
Chlmatk break water on tiled
migration up stream.
I really enjoy my )ol> inoat
of the time ... as going anxirxl
visiting people In our town and
the surrounding communities in
nur area always brings some
interesting visits with the peo
ple When down in Mehama
this past weekend, I was kx»k-
ing for Grant Smith of Mehama
Oncral Tire Sure enough I
hxind him at the Hub getting a
cup of "Norwegian gasoline "
Our gorxl friend and feature
writer. Jean Roberts, was br-
hind the nxinter as usual, but
working under a handicap She
had one hand in a cast, She
hart fallen from her horse nnd
broke her hnnd. It didn't sk»w
her up, though That wasn't all
the trouble the Roberts family
had Her horse was sick and so
was her husband.
The horse
had distemper. I guess, and
didn't say what Ray had. Jean
had called the vet. she said
While we were drinking coffee,
in walked Ray. not kx>king too
sharp, but nt least hr was on
his feet. Maybe the Vet had
given him a distemper shot too.
Plans are going forward for
the annual Fourt of July event
here Committee meetings are
toing held, ami the program is
taking shape. I read, over the
weekend, where many towns
are going to ring all the bells
on ths* Fourth of July. I think
it is a g<MMi idea, and would like
to hear all the church bells in
our city sound out in honor of
our Nation's Birthday. We know
the flags will be out, as that ,
is a Jaycee protect and I
might add, one of their best.
This week my rigtit hand
man, Dnve Warde, Is on vacn-
tlon. He is back in Minnesota
visiting his sister, and hxtking
over some of his childhixxi
haunts. We miss him. anti if
you find extra errors this week,
I hnve no one to blame them
on. Dnve is one of those rare
men, who are hard to find in
this day nn age. He seems to
enjoy his work, and doesn’t
spend his time clock-watching
or taking coffee breaks. I
wonder how many less people
the state would have to employ
in Salem, if they threw out all
the coffee pots? You'd be sur
prised how much these prolong
ed coffee breaks cost the tax
payers. Oh. well, I guess it is
just flic modern way to work.
Coffer cup in one hand, and a
far-away l«x>k in the worker’s
eyes.
Motel Addition Nears Completion
Island at 1st
And Bwdy.
At the June meeting of the
city council, approval of an
island at First an<l Broadway
was given by the Unn County
court and the hedge ttore will
be rrmovrd in the near future
Authorization for renewal for
the physical damage Insurance
policy covering grader, mower,
and tar |xrt was made.
Two ordinances were adopt
ed, one for street closure and
A new plush addition to Barker’s Motel at De
one for alley closure.
troit is nearing completion. Mr. Barker stated it would
'Die pipe line grid for the
I be ready for use in the very near future. The new ad
Northwest Natural Gas com
pany was approved so that lines dition will consists of 12 rooms. There will be eight
may be placed within the city. units, two with kitchens. The lower portion will be cov
Bills for the month authorized ered about half way up with Roman brick and the up-
to lx- paid amounted to $1,829 - ■ per part finished with shakes. Around the upper deck
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will be a wrought iron fence, Barker said and there is
Run Meacham, police chief a fine view of the lake from the upper level. Mr. Bark
gave his report for the month er said they were putting in the finest possible furniture
of May with 14 traffic viola
and that there will be tile baths and wall to wall car
tion cited to court; 12 for fail
ure to stop at posted intersec peting in all units. The Barkers besides having a trailer
tion. 1 for Inadequate muffler (court have seven units and two small houses in the
and 1 violation for posted speed present set-up. Merle (Doc) Garton of Mill City is the
zone.
! builder.—The Mill City Enterprise photo.
"Diere were 10 complaints re
ported to the police department
with right of them nleared.
Idanha Father
War I Veterans
Mr. and Mrs.
Delivers Daughter Get More Benefits
Robert
of
Clyde Rogers Hurt
exper
his
of
Under New Law
In Car Wreck
Thursday
13,
IDANHA —
Guerin
; Idanha had the unusual
delivering
baby
ience
daughter,
morning,
Jun«*
enroute
to
a Salem
Mill City friends were sorry
to hear this week 111 at Mr. and to. pi tai.
Mr. and Mrs. Guerin left
Mrs. Clyde Rogers were involv
ed in an auto accident at Ore Idanha hurriedly about 7 a. m.
gon City. The Rogers' station f<>r tin- Ixispital but the stork
wagon was completely dvmol- overtook them on the way.
Isixxl foliowing a co U is K mi with Guerin, who had been instruct-
<-d by the family physician, for
a big Safeway truck,
was
Mr ruigrrs suffered a head just such an emergency,
gash. requiring 27 stitches to equal to the task.
He then drove his W1IB
wife and
clone the wound and Mrs Rog-
er* ha. a broken knee, elbow "2* T
to the
re-
and rib. Thor daughter. Mikl- I
red Wambaugh, who was in the I P‘,r,*•<, * »* ,n
co"d,tl<x1'
but father was a little jittery.
car with them, suffered a bruit
Tile Guerins have three other
en arm ami other Injuries. They
are at Willamette Falls hospit little ones at home. He Is an
Idanha mill worker.
al in Oregon City. Mr. Rogers
was released early this week.
Nancy Stewart Is
July 4 Princess
For Rainbow Girls
The Rainbow Girls held their
last meeting of the year at the
hall Thursday evening with
Sara Smith, worthy advisor,
presiding.
It was voted to have a float
in the 4th of July parade with
the theme 'Flower Drum Song.'
Princess selected was Nancy
Stewart, junior an Santiam I’n-
ion High school, and daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charley Stew
art.
Then* was considerable dis
cussion on the girls attending
Grand Assembly in Corvallis
June 16-18 with Sara Smith
and IJnda Duffy staying for
the three days and other girls
going to some of the sessions.
Janice Ixtgan. Grand Repre
sentative to the State of North
Dakota, will be unable to attend
the sessions.
Nancy Stewart invited the
girls to a summer swimming
IMirty at her home. There will
be no more regular Rainbow
meetings until fall.
Myers Sell Cranberry
House to Californians
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Myers,
long-time residents of the Lit
tle North Fork area in their
famed Cranberry House, mov
ed recently to a new home in
Stayton. They sold their house
nnd some acreage to Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Fisher of Alham
bra, Calif. He will log with
Jim Grant nnd she plans on
attending college this fall to
complete her degree in cduca-
tion. She will work for a Salem
telephone company this sum-
mer. Hie Fishers also raisc
quarter horses. They say they
love it here in this area and
are glad to lie away from the
traffic and smog of California.
Plan to Spend July Fourth
Firemen’s Auxiliary To
Sponsor Softball Game
For Fourth of July
The
Firemen's
Auxiliary
members are sponsoring a soft
ball game the 4th of July at
Allen Field. They are challeng
ing any and all women in the
an-a to play them.
There will be a practice ■ this
(Thursday)
evening at the
school field starting at 7:30.
information
For more
Mary Wright at 897-2957
Welcome to Oregon
Painted on Highway
Entrances to State
Sixt«»cn highway cntranc«»s
into Oregon have now toen
painted at th«» state borders
with the "Welcome to Oregon"
green mats that stretch out 152
feet to form a greeting sign for
all travelers entering the state.
These 16 large welcome mats
are located in every area of
the state wherever a major
highway crosses the border, ac
cording to Forrest Cooper, state
highway engineer.
Paint crews of the Highway
Department will also paint
welcome mats on several other
entrances to the state as soon
as possible, Thes«» other high
ways include roads under con
struction and those in remote
areas.
All incoming lanes have the
"Welcome to Oregon" painted
in letters eight feet tall. On the
outgoing lanes are letters of
the same size stating "Hurry
Back."
This is the second year that
the Highway Department has
painted the welcome mats on
state entrances.
WELCOME?
STAY AMD MAY
TO OREGON { ANOTHER DAYI
Additional World War I vet-
«•ran* and widows will be en-
titled to state and local bene
fits as the result of passage of
Senate Bill 411 by the 1963
legislature. Russ McCormick,
Linn County veterans' service
said today.
The n<-w law extends the
dates of military service for
defining a World War I vet-
teran under law. thus liberaliz
ing entitlement of World War I
veterans and widows to state
property tax exemption
and
house trailer license exemption,
and liberalizing such veterans'
entitlement to low-cost game
licenses, to assistance
under
the county indigent veterans'
program, and to civil service
preference.
The change took
effect May 1.
A companion measure. Senate
Bill 442, gives these newly en
titled veterans ami widows un-
til September 12 to apply to
their county assessors for the
■ 1963-64 property tax exemptton.
I The veteran must prove a 40%
■ disability.
Under the old way. a World
War I veteran had to show 90
days of military service be
tween April 6, 1917, and No
vember 11. 1918. The new law
extends his period of qualifying
service to July 2. 1921, if he
had at least one dav of service
on or before November 11. 1918.
The new measure also qualifies
him as a war veteran if he en-
tcri'd service after the Armis
tice and his 90 day* of active
duty included time spent with
th«» United States forces in Rus
sia on or before April 1, 1920.
Completion of 90 days’ service
is not required if the veteran
was discharged for service con
nect«^ injury or illness.
Veterans affected were ad
vised to contact Ross McCorm
ick at 123 W. 2nd Ave. Albany.
Ed McCurdy Tells of
Fun on Mexican Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McCurdy
have received word from their
son. on a trip to Mexico with
the Spanish class from SUHS,
that he is enjoying it to the
fullest. He is greatly impressed
by the "wild life" there- in the
bird
and animal
kingdom,
speaking of the "great green
lizards." He said that they
went swimming a lot but the
water was almost as warm as
that in a tub at home. He men
tioned some of the prices there,
particularly Cokes, which are
extremely popular with the
group, selling for 1 peso, or 8
cents. He said the bottle de-
posit was 1 peso or sometimes
a half peso. A good meal runs
about 20 pesos.
He spoke of the prices being
"wild." Ed said that in a visit
to the University of Mexico he
talked to a group of 100 young
people visiting Mexico by plane
1 from the Southwestern part of
1 the United States.
Time Short
For Entering
July 4 Floats
There are just a few more
days for organizations to get
their float and princess entries
in for the 4th of July parade
in Mill City. Deadline for en
tries Is today (Thursday, June
20 I
All entries should be submit
ted to Barbara Olson. Box 467.
Mill City. It was voted that a
minimum of 10 entries would
be required for the parade and
to date just six have been re
ceived.
Some girls have been asked
to be princesses, but until their
sponsors'
entries are turn
ed in they cannot be accepted.
New entries include. Mill
City Firemen's Auxiliary with
the theme "The Girl in the Red
Velvet Swing.” Their princess
is I-canna Carpenter. Rainbow
Giri« will have the theme,
"Flower Drum Song," and the
princess is Nancy Stewart.
The Garden club will use
"My Fair Lady" and their
princess is Janet Hutchinson.
Th.* IOOF and Rebekah prin
cess is Leila Barney and theme
for their float is "Carousel."
Jack Goodell Takes
Pari in Fleet Maneuver
USS SAINT PAUL—Jack V.
Goodell. Jr., seaman. USN,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack V.
Goodell of Lyons is serving
aboard the heavy cruiser USS
Saint Paul, a Pacific Fleet
unit which recently participated
in First Fleet exercises off the
coast of California during the
President s two-da y visit June
6-7.
The operations included am-
phibious/mine warfare demon
strations. anti-air warfare ex
ercises involving the attack air
craft carriers USS Oriskany
and Kitty Hawk, missile dem
onstrations and anti-submarine
exercises.
The Saint Paul is homeported
at San Diego. Calif.
Three SUHS Students
Get U of O
Journalism Awards
For meritorious work in jour
nalism. 223 Oregon high school
seniors have been recognized
by the Oregon Scholastic press.
These students received Eric
W Allen awards for rwwspaper
work and George S. Turnbull
awards for yearbook work. Stu
dents were nominated by their
high schools for the awards
which were made by the Ore
gon Scholastic press, an affili
ate of the University of Oregon
School of Journalism.
Students from Mill City who
received the Eric W. Allen
award were: Terry Morris and
Patsy Pennick. Alice Bickett
won th«» George S. Turnbull
award.
Hot Weather Increases
Fire Danger in Woods
Recreation rtqxirt from the
Mill City Ranger station indi
cates the fire danger is be
coming increasingly severe and
caution should be taken.
Weather for the weekend is
expected to be hot and dry.
AU campgrounds are open
and logging trucks are using
French Creek road. Breiten-
bush road and Marten Buttes
road.
Firemen Called Out - -
The fire department was
called out Tuesday evening to
stand by while a large pile of
scrap lumber from tearing
down the old Linn (Hoeye) ho
tel was being burned. It has
been in the process of being
razed for the past several
weeks.
Eldon Hutchinson, fire chief,
said aU three pieces of equip
ment and a gixxi turnout of vol
unteers were on the job Tues
day evening.
Weather, Detroit Dam
? A. M. Daily Weather Reading
and Lake Elevation
Max. Min Pep Elev.
76 52 0.00 1569 21
June 12
76 55 0.00 1659.21
June 13
81 54 0.00 1569.19
June 14
86 55 0.00 1569.08
June 15
93 59 0.00 1569.14
June 16
88 56 0.00 1569 12
June 17
86 57 0.00 1569.09
June 18
$3.00 A Year — 10c A Copy
Lions Auxiliary Princess
I-aura Jo Rambo, daughter of
of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Rambo
was choaen recently by the
Lions Club Auxiliary to repre
sent the group as princess in
the July 4th queen contest.
Chamber Banquet
At Riverview Cafe
Thurs., June 20th
Anyone interested in ideas
and ways to improve tourist in
come is invited to attend the
annual Chamber of Commerce
banquet at the Riverview Cafe
Thursday evening, June 20 at
6.30.
Speaker for the evening will
be Don Seeley, Oregon State
Highway Instrastate Travel co
ordinator. He will have some
good ideas to present, said Jer
ry Coffman, president. Guest of
honor will be Tom Wright,
Statesman State editor.
Officers will be formally in
stalled and colored movies of
the White Water Challenge will
be shown after dinner. The film
was made by Forrest Holman.
Stayton.
Coffman said the senices of
the Portland Ski club have
been obtain«»d for the Detroit
Lake Water Festival. August
18. They will put on a one-hour
ski show after the boat parade.
Other events are in the plan
ning stage.
Upland Game Shows
Good Carry-Over
Two Mehama
Firms Entered
Friday Night
Min City Police Chief Ron
Meacham arrested a Lyons
youth on a burglary charge
Monday evening. At the time
he and two other youths were
stopped, it was on a routine
loitering questioning tn compli
ance with a city ordinance.
However, in examining the
car Meacham noticed a large
book of trading stamp« in a
plastic bag in the back of the
car. In checking with state
police he learned that there
had been two robberies at Me
hama Friday night. The Me
hama General Tire Shop had
been robbed of about $90 and
Harold Wiltse's Servito st»
tion had been entered and about
$35. the trading stamp« and
some spark plugs taken.
In both business houses en
try had been through
back
windows which were unlocked.
The youth was taken to the
Mill City police station and
state police were called and
took him into custody where he
is charged with burglary other
than in a dwelling.
Local Clubs Ask
Highway Sign Limits
In Scenic Area
Designation of a portion of
the Santiam Highway as a
scenic area has been requested
by a number of Mill City organ
izations, according to A. N.
Weir, chairman of the State
Scenic Area commission.
Petitions were Mled by the
Mill City Garden club and the
Mill City Woman’s club.
The area described extends
from the Junction of the North
Santiam Highway with Highway
No. 20 (Santiam Pass) to the
west city limits of Sisters, a
distance of approximately 26
miles.
If the above areas are des
cribed as scenic areas, no ad
vertising panel, structure or
sign, tire primary purpose which
is to be viewed from the high
way may be lawfull erected.
All
non-exempt
advertising
signs which previously have
been erected and maintained
must come down within a per
iod of seven years.
The Scenic Area commission
is considering the petitions and
will hold a public hearing at 10
a. m. on Tuesday. July 16 in
rooms 202-203 of the Labor and
Industrial building in Salem.
If game birds have a good
nesting season this spring, up
land bird gunners can look for
ward to a pretty fair season
this fall. This is the word from
the district biologists of the
game commission who report
that the spring breeding popu
lation of most upland game
birds stows an upswing in most
areas from the winter carry
Sig Jepsen Given 40
over of 1962.
R. U. Mace, chief of the up
Year Pin At Masonic
land game bird program for
the game commission, reports Lodge Meeting Mon.
a 10 oercent decline from last
Sig Jepsen, long-time resident
year in the carry-over pheas of Mill City was honored Mon
ants in western Oregon; higher day night at the Masonic lodge
breeding populations are pre meeting here when he was pre
sent in the lower Deschutes, sented his 40-year pin by Wor
Klamath basin and the south shipful Master Leo Russell.
east basin; and fewer birds are Russell also presented a belt
present in the Malheur country buckle to Sid Baughman, for
and the Columbia basin than a taking part in a ritual contest.
year ago.
The buckle was adorned with
Valley quail show a substan a polished rock. Mr. Russell po
tial incrase over last year, ac lishes these stones as a hobby.
cording to Mace. This is par He said the ritual contest would
ticularly evident in southeast be continued again this fall.
ern Oregon wht»re the 1962 car
J. C. Kimmel gave a com
ry-over was very low due to prehensive report on the Grand
severe wintering conditions. The Lxxige session, which he at-
1963 breeding density of valley tended in Portland last week.
quail is almost three times as
This was the last meeting of
high in Malheur county and up the lodge for the summer.
substantially in Lake and Harn
ey counties. Modest increases
were not«»d in northeastern Gates Cub Scouts
Oregon.
Enter Strawberry
General observations of chu-1
kar partridge indicate increases Festival Parade
Den 4, Cub Scouts of Gates,
in the number of breeding pairs
over most of the range. It is accompanied by Den Mothers,
estimated that a third more Mrs. Robert Wilson and Mrs.
birds are present in the lower Arnold Dennis, attended the
John Day drainage than a year Strawberry Festival at Leb
ago. while the carry-over in anon last Friday. The Cubs
Malheur county is believed to entered their own float in the
parade, which they had helped
be the best ever experienced.
Little change is apparent in build and decorate, depicting
Hungarian breeding populations a Cub Scout Campout. The Cubs
participating were Kelly Dennis.
over a year ago.
Mace reported that game Craig Stevens, Kim Gabriel.
farm production of pheasants Jimmy Jacobson. George Rust
and chukar partridge is well and Bobby Wilson. The Scouts
underway for the year, with expect to «xjntinue activities
egg setting on schedule. Pheas throughout the summer. Boys
ant breeders have already been from 8 to 1144 years are eligible
released from the Hermiston to become Cubs. The next Den
and Corvallis game farms. Pro meeting will be held Friday.
duction schedules call for rear June 21. at the home of Mrs.
ing around 21,000 pheasants and Robert Wilson. A hike is be
ing planned.
10,000 chukar partridge.