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On. Ref. and Doc. Div Newspaper», 1 of O Library 97403 The Mill City interprise ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND VOLUME XXI NUMBER 46 lip and Down The Avenue By Don Moffatt A lot of political commenta tors around the country stat ed the recent general election in Oregon was a test of the “Doves” and the "Hawks”, trying to tie it in with wheth er or not the people were in favor of our committment in the Vietnam war. Political writers figured that everyone in favor of the war would vote for Duncan and all those against our Vietnam policy would vote for Hatfield. It would appear that the Demo cratic leaders used Duncan as a pawn, and gave him a “bum steer” in encouraging him to run for a Senate seat. Duncan was doing all right for himself in the House in Washington, D. C., and could have easily kept that position. Democrats evidently figured he was the only man available who had a chance to defeat Hatfield. It didn’t work, and by putting up a real weak can didate, Porter, they lost Dun cans House seat to Republican Dellenbeck. So the Democrats lost both seats in Congress. I never did figure the main issue of the campaign was the war in Vietnam. There were many other issues of equal importance, and I feel that Hatfield won on what might be termed as a backlash against President Johnson and his Great Society. People are beginning to see this for what it is worth, and they are not satisfied that it is worth the price. I feel like many Democrats I have talked with since elec tion, that they were glad to see Republicans make gains, and after all, our government is strong because of the two- party system. No one party should hold complete control for any great length of time. That party in power begins to feel it can do no wrong. While the Democrats still have a big majority in both the house and senate in Washington, this repudiation of the voters will make it a great more dif ficult for much of the social reform legislation to be en acted. Personally I feel that most of Johnson’s program should be sacked, at least un til we can bring the Vietnam situation under control. It is just too inflationary to try to go along with both the “guns and butter” programs at the same time. It will indeed be interesting to see what changes are made in the Washington plan when things get under way after the first of the year. « * * The Free Society As more and more people seek to accomodate themsel ves to the apparently spread ing belief that ever bigger government is inevitable, it is refreshing to read a few words from a booklet, entitled "The Power of Choice”, issued recently by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. It says, “It is the free societies that have led the way in scientific progress, in invention, in applying inven tion to industrial use, and in turning the works of science to the good of the average man. “It is the free societies that have given scope and liberty to the scientist to think his own thoughts and to turn his inventions and innovations to productive use. Consider how much of the industrial and scientific revolutions have been copied round the world from the European and Amer ican free societies. Does this not suggest a strong empirical connection bewteen scientif ic progress in the useful arts and economic free enterprise? The challenge is to main tain. in the face of unprece dented social and economic change, the values which have made this nation great. . in any age, the great society is the free society." In a free society, the pow ers of government are limit ed — a fact that many people -eem to be forgetting. Father-Son Night Set For Lions President Martin Hansen Monday- night announced that next Monday night would be Father and Son night when the club meets for dinner at Fellowship hall. He urged all those who do not have a son of their own, to borrow one and bring him to the meeting. A good program is being plan ned. At the Monday night meet ing, District Governor Allen Briggs of Eugene made his official visitation and gave a good talk on the real meaning of Lionism. He said: “Janu ary 21st we will be celebrat ing the 50th anniversary of Lionism. It is with pride that we point to the many accom plishments the world-wide or ganization has made in these 50 years.” A group of Camp Fire Girls requested permission to plant some shrubs in the City Park and President Hansen appoint ed Maynard Smith, Herb Schroeder and Bill Meteer to meet with the group. At a short board meeting which the District Governor attended he announced the mid-winter conference would be held in Bend in January and urged members to make their reservations early. Paul Brady, calendar sales chairman announced that 348 calendars had been sold this year. Sales winner prizes were presented to Fred Berg, first; Martin Hansen, second and Don Moffatt third. Berg sold 50 calendars. Guests for the evening were Al Willson and Jim Rose. THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1966 Varsity Cheerleaders at Mill City Elementary The following students have been chosen as cheer leaders at the elementary school here. They are Jackie Evans, Linda Hampton, Donna Bradley, Penny Lewellen and Sandy Oliver.—The Mill City Enterprise Workmen's Comp. Pacific Power Law Changes Coming January 1 Oregon employers who em ploy one or more workmen will be affected by an import ant change in the workmen’s compensation law. Jan 1, 1967. The new provision is part of the 1965 law revision. On that date employers of one or more workmen must have workmen’s compensation insurance coverage, reports the Workmen’s Compensation Board, regulatory agency created by the legislature. At present employers of more than three workmen are covered. The Board is alerting em ployers early so that they may obtain coverage from the State Compensation Depart ment or private carriers be- i fore January 1. I Employers of one or more i workmen—with few exclus- l ions—who are not protected by workmen’s compensation ' insurance on Jan. 1, may find ; themselves legally bound for claims of their injured work- I men. Mrs. Howard Morrison, pre j For additional details, the sident of Santiam PTA said ; Board advises writing for its the November meeting would • pamphlet regarding employ be held at the Mill City grade er coverage: Workmen’s Com school Thursday evening, No pensation Board, Labor & In vember 17 to discuss a num dustries Building, Salem, Ore ber of important issues. gon 97310. There has been some talk Employers engaged in farm- of changing the PTA to a par 'ing are not affected by the ent-teacher club but Mrs. Mor law until Jan 1, 1968. There rison said this week that she are other exclusions, but to felt the scholarships received be safe, the Board suggests from the state organization you check. If your required should certainly be considered to have coverage the Board as a motivating force in con recommends obtaining work tinuing the local PTA. men’s compensation insur There will be a pro and con ance from the carrier of your discussion Thursday night as choice before January 1. well as a vote on the budget and a membership drive. Mrs. Morrison said she would like to urge all parents and teachers to attend this meeting and “speak their piece” in just what they want ed from the PTA. There has been some dissention in re The City Council adopted gard to the programs and she several ordinances at their said if anyone had construc November 9 meeting and they tive criticism on what they will be effective in 30 days. would like as projects and Ordinance No. 94 relating to programs for the year, this special assessments would be a good time to pre amending ordinance No. and 50 sent it. was passed. Also ordinances Nos. 95 and 96 which relate to Teen-Age Committee to fortune-tellers and peddlers and transient merchants and amend ordinances Nos. 19 and Elects New Officers 11, respectively. At a recent meeting held at A building permit was is the home of Mr. and Mrs. sued to Elmer E. Hann to Jim Girod the Mill City Teen alter and remodel a house at Age committee elected offic 801 N. A. Alder. ers for the ensing year. The young people are active sponsors of the 4th of July Simpson Timber Gets parade and queen coronation with assistance from the Bid on South Steering committee, of which the Girod's are members. Breitenbush Salvage Elected to serve as presi Simpson Timber Company dent was Jack Johnson; vice- president, Mark Meuser; Se was the apparent high bidder cretary, Kandee Henness; on the South Breitenbush No. treasurer, Patricia Moore; 2 Salvage timber sale at 11:00 Sgt.-at-Arms, Linn Stafford a. m„ November 4,1966. There were three qualified bidders. and reporter, Darlele Rue. New members joining were The sale was purchased for Sandra Oliver, Charles Riddle, $31,843.60. It was appraised at Kenneth Goforth and Rita $21,050.40. Whitney, eighth graders and Located just west of Fire June Kennedy from the jun camp Lakes, the sale consists of 585,000 board feet of timber. ior class. Important Issues Pays Big Tax Bill Pacific Power & Light Company’s property taxes in Marion County totaled $88,- 144.56 this year, an increase of 23.6 percent or $16,832.11 more than a year ago. Wayne Goin, PP&L’s local manager in Stayton, said the increase largely reflects the company’s expansions of elec tric service facilities in the county. The tax payment made this week was part of a statewide total of $5,892,669 in property taxes Pacific Power paid in 30 of Oregon’s 36 counties this year. “This is equal to $16,144 every day,” Goin said. The power company report ed that school districts receive a majority of the tax funds, and that more than 68 percent of the Oregon property taxes PP&L paid last year were dis tributed to school districts. To Be Discussed Valley Telephone At P.T.A. Meeting Taxes Up 14% Council Adopts Over $35,000 in taxes was added to county treasuries this week by Valley Tele phone Company. This is a 14% increase over the amount paid last year, due mostly t o additional cables in all the areas served by Valley. Telephone compan ies are taxed by miles of wire in place, regardless of wheth er or not it is in operation.The actual wire footage is broken down into small areas created by differences in the boundar ies of cities, school districts, water districts, fire districts, sewer districts and any other special district. By counties the payments were: Marion, $33,132; Linn, $2,539, and Clackamas, $20. City Ordinances Glenn Havens at Marine Corps School CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. —Marine Private Glenn L. Havens, Jr., son of Mrs. Wanda L. Havens of Mill City graduted from an intensive four week course in general military and Marine Corps subjects conducted by the Re gimental School, Headquarters Regiment, Marine Corps Base in Pendleton. The school is designed as a refresher for Marines who serve as specialists in fields which do not train on a dally basis. Upon completion of this rig orous training syllabus he Is prepared to assume duty, when the need arises, as a member of the Fleet Marine Forces. Area Pilots Organize to Build Strip The North Santiam Pilots, a group of men interesting in flying, got off to an official start this week with the mem bers approving the bylaws submitted by the Board of Di rectors. Dues were set at $5 per year. Any person who is a pilot, student pilot or interest ed in the advancement of avia tion and aviation facilities is eligible to become a member. The first project the group is working on has been start ed, and that is an air strip at Detroit Lake to be used by local pilots, businessmen and tourists. In order to get the project under way the group is asking for volunteer equip ment and labor. The proposed strip will be approximately 3,000 feet long and situated so it will not hamper or endanger any exist ing or proposed changes around the lake shore. Oregon State Board of Aeronautics of ficials have looked the site over as well as the Salem, Marion, Polk Port Agency and feel the strip would enhance the area and that it is feasible. Present officers are Farris Benton, Idanha, president; William Morgan, Mill City, vice president; and Jerry Coff man, Mehama, secretary. Board members are Burnett Cole,Lyons; Lee Hopson, Jr., Idanha, and Tom Drynan, Mill City. The group is making plans for a “fly in” next spring. $3.50 a YEAR — 10c a Copy Prices on Exotic Meats in New York Hit Record High People who like to “live it up” by eating exotic meats are finding that they have to “pay through the nose” for the privilege in New York. This bit of information came to The Enterprise from Martin V. Kelly, who brought the story in. It carries a New York dateline. For instance Buffalo steak has jumped 40 cents to $2.95 a pound, and black bear steak has soared $1.52 since march to $4.75. But the partridges are still just $9.95 a pair. Raccoon sells for $1.25 a pound. Bear chops sell at $3.95; black bear roast, $3.50; and bear stew meat sells at $2.50. Editor’s note: I’ll take just "bare” steak here for less and like it twice a well. Probably I shouldn’t have published this, as our neigh bors, Al and Irene Pease gave us a wild goose last week. He probably could have sold it in New York for $10. Reforestation To Be Subject at North Santiam Meeting Troy Moore, Forester of Publisher’s Paper Co., Tilla mook Branch will be speaker at the next meeting of the North Santiam Safety Coun cil to be held at the Highway man Inn, Monday, November 21. Notice the change of date, on account of the Thanksgiv ing holiday. Moore’s topic will be “Haz ards of Thinning and Selective and Salvage Logging.”. In his talk he will tell about getting rid of “D” trees, meaning those which are diseased, down or deformed. He will al so tell of special equipment recommended to handle this work, and also why there are F. F. (Monte) Montgom more thinning operations than ery, Eugene Republican, will in the past. be Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives for the next two years. His un Geologists Exploring animous selection by the 38 Breitenbush Area member Republican caucus DETROIT — Four geologist Friday night in Salem was engineers with West Hill tantamount to the election as Mining Co., of Geedro, Sanada, Speaker. have been exploring a region Montgomery will be the sec about 16 miles above Breiten ond man in Oregon’s history bush Hot Springs for miner to be elected twice to the of- als, zinc, lead, or gold, etc. lice of Speaker. Montgomery The project has been in pro- is serving his fifth term in giess for about three months. the House of Representatives from Lane County. Montgomery said, “I am Discussion Group at honored by this selection and Catholic Rectory I am gratified the voters of There will be an adult dis Oregon endorsed the record of cussion group every Tuesday the 1965 session by returning evening at the Catholic Rec an increased Republican ma tory (Kessler house) on San jority. tiam Blvd, at 7:30. We recognize Oregon faces Rev. Hugh Gearin will lead a multitude of problems, in the discussion of Vatican II. cluding providing property lax relief, financing education, Volley Ball Players strengthening traffic safety Start Fall Practice legislation and others." Monday a number of women We are, however, looking forward to another construct played volley ball at the Mill ive hard-working session. Of City Grade School gym. the 60 members, 47 have pre There will be practice every vious legislative experience, Monday night and any women 28 of them Republicans and interested is invited to come out. 19 of them Democrats. Montgomery To Be Speaker of House For Second Term Elementary Jayvee Cheer Leaders Joe Muise Reports on Canyon Weather DETROIT — Weatherman Joe Muise reported the De troit area received six inches of rain in a five-day period from the 10th through the 14th. Heaviest rainfall re corded in a 24-hour period was recorded as 2.47 on the 14th. Total precipitation for the month up to and including the 14th was reported as 7.10. Brady Tells of Forest Serv. Plan at C of C Paul Brady, district ranger of Mill City gave a compre hensive report on the Forest Service proposal to increase the Mt. Hood Primitive area by some 10,000 acres. He show ed on a map where some areas would be excluded and others added, to make the boundaries more definable. He said this would give a good workable unit and one which would fit into the Forest Ser vice multiple-use plan, where recreation, as well as good timber management practices could be put into effect. There was considerable dis cussion from the floor when the plan of the Wilderness Society and others was brought up. In a recent article The Enterprise mentioned some million board feet of prime timber would be locked up and taken out of use. This was a typographical error. It should have stated more than a billion board feet. The would affect the allowable cut of both the Detroit and Mill City Forest Service Districts, and this would in turn affect every person in this area. The conservationists wish to extend the boundaries far to the west and include some 125,000 acres Into the wilder ness area. They claim the ad ditional land is necessary to build a barrier around the pre sent unit to keep the logging industry from further en croachments. It was brought out that the upper mountain slopes are of little value for timber pro duction because of the poor soil and short growing season but as the lower slopes are taken Into an area, It takes the better land and better timber out of production. The Chamber members were asked to urge everyone to write letters at once, oppos ing the conservationists plan, to J. Herbert Stone, Regional Forester, Multnomah Build ing, 319 S. W. Pine, Portland, Oregon. These letters must be in his office by November 25 to be effective in the decision. At a recent hearing in Sal em, many in this area were not able to testify, because the conservationists had the meeting packed with their people. The Chamber of Commerce Is on record as being In favor of the Forest Service proposal, as it feels there is ample land for all those who enjoy wild erness areas. One member said Tuesday night that he had lieen in the Mt. Jefferson Park area four times this year and had seen only one other person there during these visits, which he said would lead one to believe there are no crowded condi tions there. Tom Tate and Bill Sterrett were present and showed col ored movies of outboard mo tor boat racing. They had been asked by the Chamber to be present and discuss the feas ibility of a boat race on De troit Lake. If It is possible the Chamber may sponsor boat races on the lake next year. Tate was asked to Inspect the area and report back to the Chamber. This will be taken up at the board meting De cember 7. There will be no general meeting in December. President Ed Davis ap- ixiinted Hattie Golliet and Cal Culbertson on the telephone committee to call members urging them to attend meet ings. On the legislative commit tee, Davis appointed Don Mof fatt, J. C. Kimmel and Lowell Brown, Jr. Weather, Detroit Dam Junior Varsity cheer leaders from Mill City Ele mentary school are pictured above. They are Sherry Richards, Jackie Clark, Rebecca Savage, Debbie Bam- hardt and Rosie Whitney.—The Mill City Enterprise photo. 7 a. m. Daily Weather Reading Pool Max. Min. Elev. Pct. Date Nov. 9 48 38 1493.38 0.10 Nov. It 48 39 1592.21 1.29 Nov. 11 53 40 1 191 12 0.84 Nov. 12 56 44 1493.38 1.47 Nov. 13 52 44 1494.32 0.12 Nov. 14 56 45 1495.52 3.00 Nov. 15 20 42 1501.47 2.42
