4—The Mill City Enterprise, Thursday, January 5, 1967 educates children of govern
ment employes, who live in
government owned residences
not taxed by the District.
On January 10th the fish
population in Detroit Reser
voir was increased when a
truck from the fish hatchery
Boots Champion
down resulting in the
Timber sales, Bond issues, approved an additional $120,- broke
planting
Chinook
and the construction of a new 000 bond issue to complete Salmon in of the 33,000
Reservoir.
high-school and gym heads the financing of the project. fish were dumped into The
the
the list of events in the upper
There was a total of six North Santiam River at Dry
North Santiam Canyon for bids submitted on the project, Creek
near Idanha when the
the year 1966. A total of 22 and bids were opened by the pump on
the fish truck failed.
timber sales were conducted school Board of Education on
The Chinook were sched
by the U.S. Forest Service July 20th.
uled to be released below
at the District Detroit Ranger
Dale Pence of Salem with a
Dam.
Station. Forester Ralph D. low bld of $382,278.00 was Detioit
On March 7th Mr. and Mrs.
Anderson said total volume of awarded the contract.
Raymond Sophy announced
Willamette National Forest
Excavation for the new the sale of their store, De
timber sold was 89,100,000 structure begin in August troit Super Market, to Mr.
board feet of timber for a total with completion scheduled in and Mrs. Sam Leffler of
price of $3,975,000.
late summer of 1967.
Sacramento, California. The
Total volume of sales logged
In January it was an Sophy’s had continuously op
in 1966 was 41,000,000 board nounced by Congressman erated the business, chalking
feet of merchantable logs, in Wendall Wyatt that payment up some 20 years of grocery
cluding 8,000,000 board feet of of $10,557 would be made to store business in the canyon.
cull logs.
the Detroit school district Their record as one of the
In July 1965, school district by the office of Education, oldest business operators in
voters approved a $300,000.00 Health and Welfare for fed the area was topped only by
bond issue for the construc eral assistance. The payment one other business firm, the
tion of a new high-school and was scheduled under Public Scott Youngs at Marion Forks.
gym, but bids exceeded that Law 874—which provides aid The Lefflers took possession
amount by several thousand for federally affected areas. the 1st of April.
dollars. Last June the voters Detroit qualifies because it
March 21st — the marking
1966 News Summary of Upper
North Santiam Canyon
and tagging of 25,000 spring
Chinook fingerlings begin at
the Marion Forks Fish Hatch
ery. Of this amount 19,400
were marked and 6,000 tagged.
Three different tags were
used on the 6,000 fingerlings
and the 1st group was re
leased in March, followed by
the second and third group
in April and May. These were
released just below Round
Butte Reservoir and the De
chutes River near Madras.
The marked (fins clipped)
fingerlings were released in
March at Cougar Reservoir
on the South Fork of the
McKenzie just above Blue
River. The fingerlings were
used in down-stream migra
tion studies.
A Safety Rally meeting was
held March 31st in the after
noon at Simpson Timber Co.
Idanha Veneer plant, in com
memoration of 2,094 accident
free days and Safety Dollar
Day.
Simpson Timber Co. achieve
ment award was presented by
Howard Curtis, Safety Direc
tor for Simpson at Shelton,
Washington, to plant man
ager Harry Spencer, who ac
cepted the award on behalf
of the plant employees.
In April Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Hopson Jr. of Idanha pur
chased and took possession of
the Idanha Grocery store.
The store was purchased
from Mr. and Mrs. Luther
Guest formerly of Stayton,
who operated the store for
two and one half years.
Wendell L. Jones, District
Ranger was transferred to the
Siuslaw National Forest and
assumed the District Ranger
duties at Hebo, Oregon in
April.
In June our new District
Ranger, Leo L. Boeckstiegel
came to us from the Olympic
National Forest where he was
Assistant Timber Staff in the
Supervisors office in Olympia,
Washington.
The 1966 seasons first forest
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when the temperature was
near 90 degrees and the hu
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The five acre blaze on Tom
Creek near Idanha was soon
“mopped up” in the afternoon
after spreading from a slash
burning operation.
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the Detioit Mobile 1st Aid
Unit were hosts the evening
of May 13th to the Volun
teer Ambulance Association of
Oregon. In attendance were
representatives from six Vol
unteer Ambulance groups.
Visiting delegates were here
from Beaverton, Sandy, Silv-
verton, Canby, Lyons and
Tualatin.
Ten seniors graduated from
the Detroit High School and
eighteen eighth grade stu
dents.
Construction began about
the middle of May on Stuck-
arts Lumber Company’s all
modern new office building
in Idanha. Complete remodel
ing of the mill and installment
of new equipment was also
completed during the summer.
A grand total of $353,13.00
was collected in the Detroit-
Idanha-Marion Forks areas in
the annual May American
Cancer Crusade.
The ball diamond con
structed about three years
ago at Idanha and inactive
in 1965, was restored in June
under the sponsorship of Buz
Lee, Jim Wiley, and Harold
McDonald, with aid of Dale
Hayes of Aumsville who furn
ished the loader and dump
truck. Eighty yards of sand
was applied to the ball
diamond.
The seasons first boat acci
dent occurred here July 4th,
and a 14 year old Silverton
girl was cited to appear in
Marion County Juvenile Court
after bing charged with reck
less driving of a motor boat
on Detroit Reservoir. The
boat collided with another
boat on the Lake causing
minor damage. The girls boat
was halted after a high speed
chase by patrol officers.
Simpson Timber Co. Idanha
Veneer Plant headed into its
7th consecutive year with out
a lost time accident.
Three National and one
State award was presented
to the plants employees on
July 8th. In addition a special
surprise engraved plaque was
presented to Harry' Spencer,
plant manager, by the State
of Oregon.
Work was halted at the
Idanha plant for the presen
tations of the awards—Na
tional Safety Council, Forest
Products Assn., and American
Plywood Assn., top awards,
plus the State award of honor.
Voters at a special election
(city) July 20th approved a
$85,000 water bond issue au
thorizing issuance and sale
of revenue bonds for improv
ing and extending the cities
water system. The proposed
extension of the Detroit water
system will be to develop the
Breitenbush River as sec
ondary source of water sup
ply, modify the distribution
of the present system for max
imum development and install
larger mains, plus fire hy
drants where ever needed for
better protection.
Preliminary work on the
project Is now in progress,
and bids are expected to be
let on the project sometime
in February of 1967. Plans
call for the completion of the
project by early summer.
Two Foresters of the De
troit Districts Ranger Station
were transferred July 31st.
They were Walter T. Parker,
Timber Management Assistant
to the Oakridge District who
has assumed the duties of the
Reforestation, Timber Stand
Improvemnt and Forest Tree
Improvement program there.
Detroit District Engineer,
Art Marty was transferred to
the Ochoco National Forest.
Mr. Marty is assistant Staff
Engineer in the Supervisor’s
office in Prineville.
Progress of a different na
ture, and noteworthy, was the
construction of eleven new
camp site units completed in
August at the Districts new
campsite units completed in
August at the Districts new
Whispering Falls campground
located three miles East of
Idanha on highway 22. Plans
call for a total of 40 units
when completed.
Another boon to recreation-
ers was the stump removal
(contracted) on the Detroit
Reservoir. Stumps covering
130 acres (under water during
the summer) was removed
thus eliminating a hazard to
boat enthusiasts and improv
ing the existing facilities for
the enjoyment of vacationers,
fishermen and water skiers
alike.
On July 27th a contract was
let bv the U. S. Forest Service
for the construction and com
pletion of approximately 10
miles of the Sky-line trail
system, thus completing the
relocation of the entire trail
on the Districts district.
In an effort to better serve
the large number of campers
who seek spots in State Parks
the Oregon State Highway
Department added 74 over
night units this summer to
its previous total of 160 sites
at Detroit Lakeshore State
Park. The Parks facilities in
clude water, electricity and
individual sewer connections.
Each area is served by a near
utility building which con
tains hot showers, toilet fa
cilities, and laundry equip
ment.
Approximately four miles of
the Breitenbush road was
scheduled for re-construction
in 1966. The upper 2.4 miles
from Cleator Bend camp
ground to the South Breiten
bush road via the by-pass is
curi ently being built by
Young & Morgan Inc. When
the four miles are completed
the Breitenbush road will
then have a total of 11.5 miles
of recontly constructed three
lane width road.
On Sept. 29th a Marion
County Well Child Health
Clinic was held at Detroit
City Hall. 262 immunization
shots and 22 physical exami
nations were given.
Mel Round of Idanha had
a close call October 2nd when
his light plane developed en
gine trouble while he was
flying over Mt. Jefferson,
causing him to make a forced
landing on highway 22 about
four miles West of Marion
Forks. Round escaped injury
but his light plane was de
molished.
Two new City ordinances
was passed by the Detroit
City Council in October. A
new water ordinance will go
into effect as soon as the
new water system is com
pleted. One of the provisions
will be a slight increase in
water rates, with the changes
in the rules and regulations.
The new Building Code
Ordinance is an ordinance
adopting the 1964 addition of
the International Conference
of Building Codes. Under pro
visions of the Code, permits
will be required for new build
ings within the city limits
of Detroit.
In addition a 3rd ordinance
was passed on December 13th.
This is an ordinance prevent
ing the parking and storage
of vehicles on streets or prop
erty of the city, thereby ob
structing the orderly clearing
of snow from city streets and
property, and creating a haz
ard. Penalties will be levied
in accordance to the rules
and regulations of the city
ordinance.
Stahlman Point, a Lookout
Station in the Detroit District
of the Willamette National
Forest was disposed of by
burning October 21st by the
U. S. Forest Service. The
building was destroyed be
cause it was no longer needed
for the administration of the
District, a Forester said.
The “Point”, located on Spur
Ridge North of Coopers Ridge
was constructed by the Forest
Service in 1948 and was
named Stahlman Point in
memory of Fred Stahlman,
who was District Ranger here
some 60 years ago. The
“Point” of “Interest” had also
been the target of vandalism.
A standard First Aid course
was completed in November
under the sponsorship of the
Woman’s Civic Club. Instruc
tor was Howard Dean of the
U. S. Forest Service. There
was an enrollment of 22 per
sons.
The Spillway Tavern at
Idanha re-opened early in the
year following complete re
modeling. The Cafe re-opened
the latter part of November.
Hoodoo Ski Bowl Develop
ers Inc. added a new high
speed chairlift to their facili
ties at the Resort on Santiam
Pass.
The first measurable snow
of the season in the Detroit-
Idanha area came December
4th with Detroit receiving
four inches of snow in a 24
hour period.
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