5—Ihe Mill City Enterprise, 'Riursday, Dec. 29, 196tí
DETROIT! LETTERS
IDANHA to the
7 ! In the New Year now dawn-
I <
ing, may all your most cher
ished plans come to fruition,
By “Boots” Champion
Twenty eight were in at
tendance at the Willing Work
ers Clubs dinner and Christ
mas party held Saturday night
in the social room of the
Idanha fire hall. The eve
nings entertainment was pro
vided by the playing of
Bingo followed by the ex
change of gifts.
Guests included Mrs. Sam
Leffler of Detroit, Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Morris of Mill City,
Club members Myrtle Gest-
son and husband Gudne, Leola
Delker and husband Eddie,
and Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Brisbin of Gates.
Russell Rice of Detroit was
released from a Salem hos
pital Tuesday following a
week in traction for a slipped
disc in his neck.
t
your dearest dreams come
true. May you enjoy the full
est measure of good health
In past issues The Enter and happiness.
prise has printed articles on
wilderness and conservation
and its meaning to us. Do you
also mean the same for the
Dick and Della
Primitive and Wild Areas as
classified by the U.S. Depart
Mill City, Oregon
ment of Agriculture?
I would say your definition
of Wilderness is a little far
fetched, your statement: “lack
of people”, but the dictionary
states: “a region or tract of
land uncultivated and unin
habited, desert.”
Next, if I was a betting man
I too, would bet along with
you that Daniel Boone, Jim XI
Bridger, Freemont, and men
of their time would really
flip, but only because of the
Best wishes for a
way we are using our forest
happy New Year. . .
and trying to do to our Wild
erness, Primitive and Wild
areas.
I do not believe that all the
facts have been laid out before
the public on the movement
to abolish the Wilderness and
HENRY KIRK
to open the wilderness with
roads and logging.
You are invited
DETROIT — Funeral serv One only has to travel in the
ices were held Wednesday at high country to soon realize
10:30 A.M. at Halsey Metho that our creator and mother
to a gala
dist Church for Henry Harri nature laid this type of coun
son Kirk, 57, a life long resi try out to be preserved.
dent of the Halsey area, who
We well know that we must
died' Saturday at a Eugene have water to survive and we
hospital. He had been ill with know that if we as much as
heart truble for some time.
scuff up the soil in the high
He was a son of pioneer country and disturb the natu
parents in Halsey, farmed in ral resources, that our water
the area for the past 32 years supply is ruined and this soil
and was known in the area is not fit to raise timber again
for his pure-bred livestock. for many years.
He was a member of Halsey
Another use is a sanctuary
Methodist Church for 44 years for our game animals and
and a member of Oregon
Fun and Favors For All Farm Bureau and a former birds.
Roads into the high country
member of Lake Creek would be snowed under about
Grange.
eight to nine months out of
He is survived by the wid the year.
STAYTON, OREGON
ow, Edna Mae, Halsey; sons,
Music by the Tri-Tones Robert, Detroit, Dennis, Sa The Forest Service has done
a great job building trails for
lem, brothers, Willis, Shedd, our use and anyone with a
Francis, Junction City, and little endurance can travel
Jim and Raymond, both of them, and thousands do every
Halsey; sister, Mrs. Grace year.
Brownlee, Medford, and two As far as valuable timber in
grandsons.
these areas, this is untrue, if
Interment was at Alford it were to be logged and roads
Cemetery, with Fisher Funer built, more timber would be
al Home of Albany in charge. wasted than utilized, ask any
Detroit, Oregon
logger. Some species of timber
that come from the high coun
try hasn’t any market of its
own, for these species must
be mixed in with others that
do, in order for the mills to
sell it.
One should look for whom
is really behind this move
ment—perhaps it’s big money,
il
construction companies, or
In
those who just don’t care.
I for one would like to take
you on a little tour of some
country real close to home
and show you things that
may change your mind and
it is not in the wilderness
either, you could ride every
foot of the way in your car.
Respectfully,
Wallace Robertson
Mr. Editor:
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Happy New Year
obituaries !
To
All
Our
Friends
New Year's
Eve Party
Don't stop now... Move
ahead this New Year...
Philippi Motor Company
STAYTON, OREGON
Jack’s Coffee Shop
The LAKE LODGE
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A gift of bountiful joy
this New Year. 1967...
NewY«a.r
We send our
wishes for
Best wishes... Good
your smooth
NEW.YEAFl
luck throughout the
sailing
New Year...
in '67
Come To Our Gala
New Year's Eve Party
Live Music by The Gents
Accept our best wishes for
a successful 1967...
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MILL CITY, OREGON
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