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The Mill City Enterprise
VOLUME XXIII
ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND
NUMBER 39
THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY, OREGON
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
Up and Down
The Avenue
By Don Moffatt
Last week the North Sanliam
(liamber of Commerce held its
annual installation banquet. It
was a good banquet, there was
a good speaker, and everyone
present seemed to have an en
joyable time. The only thing
wrong was lack of attendance.
That is not new for this day
and age. I can remember when
I came to this area some 15
years ago, we would have 25 to
30 out for any regular monthly
meeting. The organization was
alive, and always working. The
Chamber is still alive and
working, but the work is being
done by a few instead of a
larger group. The Chamber is
financially solvent, but that is
beside the point. The Chamber
has accomplished more than
any other group, area wise,
that is. It has promoted many
good things during its years
of existence. In publicizing the
area it has no peer. Just re
cently another 20,000 colored
brochures were ordered, and if
I am not mistaken, this makes
about 80,000 of these invitations
to visit the North Santiam.
They have been accepted by
many people, and it is a prov
en fact, that this one mailing
piece is responsible for many
of these people coming here to
make their home. That in it
self is enough reason to justify
belonging to the North San
tiam Chamber of Commerce.
The dues are only $10 a year,
and it is one of the best bar
gains for residents, and busi
nessmen in the area. Not only
does the Chamber need funds
with which to operate, but it
also needs your presence at
their meetings. Why not join
and attend the meetings. The
Chamber will help you and
you can help the Chamber.
Mt. Jefferson and Marion Lake
Wolverines
Pummel
Gervais 41-0
Led by Larry Hillesland and
Ron Johnson, the Santiam
Wolverines piled up 358 yards
and crushed the Gervais Coug
ars 41-0, Friday night on Allen
Field.
Hillesland chalked up his 12
points with a 3 yard sneak and
a 44 yard pass from Ron John
son. He also came through with
a 49 yard pass interception
which he ran back for a touch
down.
Also in the scoring column
were: Mark Jeter who recover
ed a fumble in the end zone
for six points, and Howard Ly-
ness and Doug Cline who scor
ed on runs of 15 and 55 yards
respectively.
The defensive effort of the
Wolverines proved powerful as
they blocked a punt, intercept
ed two passes, one for a touch
down, and recovered two fum
bles, one for a touchdown. Ron
Johnson led the defense with
14 tackles and one interception,
while Lee Stafford collected 11
tackles and blocked a punt.
Linebacker Mike Long also
made 7 tackles.
Santiam next meets Salem
Academy, Friday, Sept. 27 at
Salem.
Register Now to
Vote; It's Later
Than You Think
Local residents who were battling to keep Marion
Lake out of the Wilderness area lost their fight. Many
telegrams were sent to Washington, but to no avail.
Evidently the Sierra Club and the Western Outdoor
Blanche Syverson
Stanley Ogden, registrar for Escapes Injury in
Linn county, said this week
that he would like'to remind
residents that Saturday, Oc Car Collision
Mill City is one of the few ' tober 5 is the last day in which
cities in Oregon which can
boast that it is debt-free. Most
of the streets are paved and
aside from a few buildings
which should be fixed up, or
torn down, it is coming along
fine. It is making no boom, but
it continually grows. New
homes are being built all the
time, but still there is not
enough homes to house those
who want to make this their
place of abode.
The city over the years has
had its ups and downs, but it
is doing all right. It probably
could do better, but sometimes
it is hard to know just where
to start when improvements
are needed. Some of these days
we’ll be ferced to construct a
city sewer system, then we pro
bably will not be in such good
condition tax-wise. Many small
cities of the state have been
forced to put in sewer systems,
and to the best of my know
ledge, we do not have enough
bonding capacity to finance
construction of a sewer sys
tem. Most likely it will be done
with the assistance of the Fed
eral government. I hate to see
it, but we are no different
than other small towns. When
the chips are down, there may
be no other route. For the
time being, septic tanks and
drain fields have been fairly
adequate to handle the situa
tion, but will they be in the
future?
I feel now is the time the
city should be looking towards
land along the river or some
other suitable place to place
its sewage disposal plant. It
would be easier to acquire the
land now than to wait until
it is forced to do it. Just where
the land can be obtained will
be up to the city officials, but
some move in this direction
certainly should be made r.ow.
Hunting season is upon us
again, and I presume there
will be the usual accidental
shooting of sportsmen in the
field. Again I say, gun controls
are not the proper solution to
this. Being Safety minded is
much more important than gun
legislation. Every year many
people slip in their bathtubs
and are killed. It would be just
as sensible to outlaw bathubs
to stop thig, as it would be to
pass legisbtion to curb the
sale and ownership of fire
arms, to stop crime.
You can fcever keep the crim
inal from securing firearms.
to register for voting in the
general election, November 5.
Anyone who has moved in
the last six months, changed
their party affiliaticn or their
name must register to be eli
gible to vote. Mrs. Jack Scott
at the U. S. National bank in
Mill City is qualified to regist
er both Marion and Linn coun
ty residents and Mrs. Joe
Chailender is also a Marion
county registrar.
Mrs. Blanche Syverson, es
caped injury last Wednesday
evening when driving home
from a lodge meeting about 11
O’clock. She was turning west
from the city center onto high
way 22 when she was hit
broadside by a car driven by
Charles Allen, Jr. of Bend.
Don Gillenwater was called
to the scene of the accident
and said both cars were ex
tensively damaged but there
were no injuries and no cita
tions issued.
Gillenwater said that Mrs.
Syverson was fortunate not to
have received injuries as her
car war hit on the driver’s side.
Clackamas-Marion
Fire Districts Ends
Ban on Burning
■* Due to the unA&sonably wet
weather the 1968 closed fire
season of the Clackamas-Mar-
icn Forest District ends at
12:01 Wednesday, September
25.
Burning permits are no long
er required in the Clackamas-
Marian district. However, some
rural fire districts require
burning permits the year
around and if residents are in
doubt they should contact
their local fire department.
The voluntary industrial con
trol plan is no loner in effect.
Jim Bunke, district warden
said he would like to thank all
the loggers for their adherence
to the burning index shut
down system used this season
in the Clackamas-Marion dis
trict.
Raymond Pittam Dies
In Nebraska Monday
From Heart Attack
Four Timber Tracts
IDANHA—Mrs. Albert (Re
ba) Snyder of Idanha received Sold to Local Buyers
Rex Ohmart Named
UGN Chairman For
Canyon Area
Rex Ohmart, assistant man
ager of the U. S. National bank
was named general chairman
of the United Good Neighbors
fund this week by Ed Davis,
who is a member of the Mar
ion-Polk county executive
board.
Ohmart will be assisted by
volunteers in the area from
Mill City to Marion Forks. Goal
for the North Santiam Canyon
area this year is $1,800 accord
ing to Mr. Davis.
He said he would also like
to stress the fact that over
$1,000 of the money stays in
the area with $700 allocated
to the Youth and Recreation
program which is headed by
Bill Lewellen and $350 is used
for the Mill City emergency
fund to help people in immed
iate need.
$4 00 a YEAR — 10c a Copy
word Monday that her brother,
Raymond Pittam of Hastings,
Neb. died with a major coron
ary attack Monday morning.
Pittam died in Kansas the next
day after attending the funer
al of a relative of his wife’s.
Unable to get a flight out of
Portland Monday evening, Mrs.
Snyder, accompanied by her
brothers Jerry Pittam of Mill
• City and Leland of Eugene left
Mill City Monday night by car
for Hastings, Neb.
Visitors at Detroit
Dam Fewer Than 1967
MEHAMA — Four timber
tracts were sold at oral auction
here Friday by the State De
partment of Forestry.
Successful bidders were:
Stout Creek Lumber Co., Ly
ons, 209,0(X) board feet of Doug
las fir for $50 a thousand; ap
praised price was $36.20 a thou
sand.
Frank Lumber Co., Mill City,
138,000 board feet of Douglas
fir for $24 a thousand; apprais
ed price was $23.60 a thousand.
Young and Morgan Timber
Co., Mill City, 324,000 board
feet of Douglas fir for $22,000;
appraised price was $14,900.
Freres Lumber Co., Lyons,
328,000 hoard feet of Douglas
fir for $50.50 a thousand; ap
praised price was $11.45 a thou
sand.
Dennis Clark, director of
travel information for the
State Highway Department was
guest speaker at the annual
North Santiam Chamber of
Commerce dinner held at The
Riverview in Mehama Wednes
day night.
Prior to his talk, Floyd East
wood, master of ceremonies
had all those present introduce
themselves and their guests.
The North Santiam River Guid
es were guests for the evening.
Eastwood gave a resume of the
Chamber’s activities during his
year as president of the group,
and asked that everyone give
their support to the incoming
president, J. C. Kimmel. Mr.
Kimmel was the first president
of the Chamber when it was
organized about 17 years ago,
and has been an active member
and a board member most of
the time since then. Kimmel
said: “the North Santiam
Chamber fills a place no other
group can, as we supplement
the Chambers of Commerce of
all the towns up and down the
Canyon, and we represent the
whole area.” He asked that all
present members get out and
attempt to bring in new mem
bers.
Clubs had enough lobby power to get their way, so now Before turning the meeting
the lake pictured above is included in the Wilderness over to the speaker of the even
ing, Eastwood, who is now sec
area. The picture and the map is published through the retary
of the Chamber present
courtesy of Don Holm of The Oregonian.
ed "mini-trophies” to Dick Par
ker, general chairman of the
Whitewater Challenge; to Bud
Davis, chairman of the me
morial service and to Orville
Brown, traffic director. He
praised each one for a job well
done.
Bud Davis introduced Mr.
Clark, who-the» Showed slides
and told of the value of tour
ism to the state. He said it is
now the third largest income
producing facet of Oregon’s ec
onomy, being surpassed only
by lumbering and agriculture.
Clark said that Oregon won the
top tourist promotion prize for
the United States in 1967. He
had many samples of advertise
ments the state had placed in
national magazines. He said
this past year they could not
cater too much to those com
ing in campers and trailers, as
there was no room for them in
our parks.
He said in part: "the North
Santiam area is in a good posi
tion to gain much from the in
flux of tourists to this area.
He said we should have our
color brochures in all state
operated tourist information
centers, especially the one near
Medford, as it is the first in
formation booth the tourist
coming from California hits
when coming into Oregon.
He said it is important that
waitresses, service station op
erators and motel and hotel
operators "smile when they
meet tourists. A sour look can
undo all the good our promo
tion work does. Each person
should learn of the scenic
City of Gates To Have
spots in his area and try to
get tourists to spend another
New Water Tank
day in the State.”
GATES — A short business
meeting was held by the Gates
city council on September 19.
The council discussed the de
teriorating condition of the city
water tank and it was decided
they should get bids for a new
tank. A letter from the Jaycee’s
about their flag service offer
was read. They decided to ac
cept the offer, which will cost
$10 a year.
Petitions are now being cir
culated for two councilmen and
anyone else interested
River Guides to Meet a in mayor,
circulating one should con
At Mehama Fire Hall tact Hazel Gabriel at once.
DETROIT — According to a
recent report released by the
Army Corps of Engineers, Au
gust visitor totals for Detroit
and Big Cliff Reservoirs were
up by a third, but the total for
the year still trailed 1967.
Some 133,850 people were
counted at the area on the
North Santiam River near here
during the month, compared to Wednesday Evening
100.700 last year. The eight-
The North Santiam River
month total reached 469,953 Guides
will meet at the Mehama
compared to 494,000.
Fire Hall Wednesday evening,
September 28 at 8 o’clock.
Weather, Detroit Dam Main subject for discussion
7 a. m. Daily Weather Reading will be a proposed river run in
mid-Octol>er and discussion on
Pool
Elev.
fire arms. There will be a
Sept. 18 74 51 1550.07 0 94 speaker present at the meeting.
Sept. 19 56 46 2549.89 0.28 The guides had their instal
Sept. 20 51 43 1549.64 037 lation banquet last week and
Sept. 21 50 44 1549.28 0.15 received thanks for their as
Sept. 22 58 47 1549.29 0.00 sistance on the annual White
Sept. 23 62 48 1548.87 0.00 Water Challenge on the North
Sept. 24 76 51
1549.04 0.00 Santiam.
State Man
Speaks at
C of C Meet
School Merger Is
Defeated in Election
LYONS—Unification of Stay
ton, Sublimity and Mari-Linn
school districts was defeated
Friday with a vote at Mari-
Iinn school of 204 no and 24
yes: Sublimity, 183 no and 23
yes; Stayton 391 no and 228
yes.
If passed unification would
have created a single adminis
trative district for the area.
Hunters Asked to
Save Deer Hides For
Lions Working on
Camp Fire Girls
Calendar Sales
Mrs. Bill Shephard, president
of the Canyon Campfire lead
er’s association said this week
that all hunters were being
urged to save deer hides for
the Camp Fire and Bluebird
groups.
Mrs. Jack Evans of Gates is
chairman of the collection
drive and may be reached at
897-2462. Mrs. Shepherd may
i>e contacted for any necessary
information by phoning 897-
2147.
The money obtained from
the deer and elk hides goes to
wards supplies for the groups.
Barrels will he placed at the
Sportsman Center and at a
place in Gates to be designat
ed later. Hunters are asked to
roll and tie their hides tightly
and if possible to salt them
down before rolling. The hides
are greatly appreciated but
some of the ladies last year
found it “unnerving” when the
bides got a little too odorous.
Lions members are knocking
on doors, and using the tele
phon.* to carry cut their birth
day calendar sales program.
This work must be done in a
short while in order to get the
names of calendar purchasers
to the printers in time to have
the calendars ready for delivery
prior to January 1.
Money raised in this sales
event goes to the Lions sight
conservation program. If for
some reason or other, no Lions
representative calls on you, you
may stop in at The Enterprise
office and sign up.
Martin Hansen, zone chair
man of this district reported
on a Leadership Training
School he attended in Spring
field. He said this year clubs
will be working on getting new
members and also keeping old
members interested in Lion-
ism.
Next Monday, two new mem-
l>ers will be inducted into the
Mill City club.