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Gen. Ref. and Doc. Div. Newspaper», U of O Library 97403 The Mill City VOLUME XXIII NUMBER 45 Up and Down The Avenue By Don Moffatt 1 finally went and did it. I went hunting in Eastern Ore gon over a long weekend. We hooked up our trailer Wednes day afternoon and headed for Nyssa. That is a fur piece from home, we found out. We were hunting with two fellows, one from Stayton and one from near Jefferson. Birds are rath er scarce over there this year, or so the natives say. However, I found more shooting the first day out than I have ever found on this side of the mountains. But believe you me, after a couple of years with no shoot ing, one gets pretty rusty. I firmly believed that I was shooting paper wads at those birds. The first day out I didn’t hit a pheasant, and 1 had at least two chances. I did manage to get four quail. That is real sport, believe me. They get up fast, and really move out. Friday, the weather over there was perfect—no clouds, just bright sunshine. Saturday was something else. It rained all day. I got good and soaked, but did manage to get two pheasants. This was the first time in all my years of hunt ing that I had the opportunity of shooting over a dog. First thing out Saturday morning when working a beet field the riog came to point, so I walked over to where the dog was, and you can believe it or not, 1 cotild have picked up the bird in my hands. My com panion said “kick him out,” I gave the bird a little poke to get him into the air, and did manage to get that one. I got one more that afternoon. 1 also found out something else about the Nyssa area. They really raise the sugar beets there. I thought the soil was sandy, but after the rain 1 found out that it was real slick clay. My big feet were about twice their normal size after about 10 steps into a corn field. I hunted in only one corn field and found that I didn't have the horsepower to pull my feet in that terrain. We wound up cur hunting Satur day and came home Sunday, all safe and sound, and glad to be back. It was a good hunt- ting trip, we got some meat in the pan, and had a good time. ON THE S6ENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1968 Phone Co. May Join Continental Lowell Brown Jr., Vice Pres ident of Valley Telephone Co. has released an announcement by President Lambert D. Miller of Valley Telephone Co., a part of Sunnyside Telephone Company, that Sunnyside has entered into an agreement in principle providing for acquis- tion of Sunnyside and subsi diaries by the Continental Tele phone Corp, of St. Louis, Mis souri. Continental is one of the largest independent, non Bell, telephone companies and has operating systems in most states. If the acquisition is con- sumated the Sunnyside group, consisting of Valley Telephone Co., Western Valley Telephone Company, and cable vision Inc. will be the first Continental properties in Oregon. The proposed acquisition is subject to the definitive agree ment, approval by Sunnyside stockholders, a favorable tax ruling, and approval by regula tory agencies including the Se curities and Exchange Commit- ion and the Oregon Public Util ities Commission. Terms of the offer provide for one (1) share of Continen tal common to be exchanged for three and one fourth (3%) shares of Sunnyside now out standing or reserved for is suance to holders of Sunny side’s 6% convertible subord inated debentures. On the bas is of the Monday closing price of Continental stock on the New York Stock Exchange, Sunnyside stockholders and de benture holders would receive approximately $13,200,000 in market value. Valley Telephone Co. serves about 5,000 telephones in the communities of Silverton, Tur ner, Aumsville, Mill City and Gates, and Detroit. Western Valley Telephone Company serves about 5,000 telephones at Sunnyside, the Wemme, Welches, Zig Zag area on Mt. Hood, Dayton, Yamhill and the Murphy-Provolt area south of Grants Pass. Cable Vision Inc. serves the Wemme-Welches ar ea on Mt. Hood with 315 cus tomers. Services to customers are ex pected to be maintained at the present high level by existing As I am writing this on Mon employees. day I’m thinking how nice it is going to be the rest of the year, or at least after Tuesday, elec tion day, and Wednesday, when all the commentators and TV programs will be telling why they were right or wrong on election results. Personally, I am so fed up with promises from both sides of the fence, that I just turn off the set and read. Sometimes it is less ir Over 10,000 banks are in the ritating. to the ears at least. process of mailing checks total ing $2,113,624,000 to 15,725,000 Sunday night we decided to members of America’s largest turn on the “Boob Tube” to club—Christmas club. This record amount is an -;ee what Ed Sullivan had to offer. After a short period of average of $134 per member— some real “croopy cackling” the highest ever recorded, ac from both light and dark sing cording to U. S. National Bank ers, I decided that there would of Oregon. The $2 billion figure never be any need for Castoria is double that of the 1953 if people would just watch and Christmas club, a scant 15 listen. So we shut that off, and years ago. Checks in the amount of read some more. Thank God for the little buttons on T.V. $4,240.50 were mailed out local and radio. You don’t have to ly, according to local bank of ficials. listen to it. The new record in both mem bership and dollars saved de No matter which party wins monstrates that thrifty Amer this election some changes icans prepare in advance for will have to be made and made the year’s biggest holiday. soon. Do you realize that every raise workers have received for the past few years has been gobbled up by inflation. Unless the new Attaiinistration can bring federal spending down to a level that the taxpayers can support, the devaluation of the The Melody Aires orchestra U. S. dollar will continue to destroy the savings and invest had another good music mak ments of all of us, and govern ing session at the basement of ment benefits paid in ever the Christian Church on Wed more worthless dollars will nesday afternoon. Two of the provide a fitting epitaph for members, Mrs. Walter Brisbin at the piano and Mr. Lodahl at political opportunism. the violin played a special hymn, "There’s a song in the You heard about the busy air.” A new member joined the body who was pumping the town doctor after one of his orchestra, Emil Mimarek who richest patients passed away. moved here recently from Cal How much wealth did he ifornia. He plays the baritone leave. Doctor”, she cooed. Re horn. Also present at the meet plied the doctor, “all of it, ma- ing was Miss Karen Jensen who played the guitar <’am, All of R”. Christmas Savings Top $2 Billion In United States Melody-Aires Make Melodius Music United Good Neighbor Fund Drive Underway Rex Ohmart, chairman of the United Good Neighbor Fund drive in Mill City and sur rounding area, said that the house to house canvass by ladies volunteering to do the work started Tuesday. Calls are being made both during the day and in the even ing so that all the territory may lie covered. Mr. Ohmart said he hoped that all residents would respond generously to this worthwhile cause. Al though there are many drives this time of year money re ceived for the United Good Neighbor fund goes to many agencies, with a number of or ganizations in this area receiv ing the benefits. Over $1.000 of the money re ceived stays in the area with $700 allocated to the youth and recreation program, and $350 used for the Mill City emerg ency fund. Local Mill Awarded Timber Contract DETROIT—Bugaboo Timber Co.; Mill City, was apparent high bidder at $33,987.50 on an estimated 970,000 board feet of Willamette National Forest timber in the Summer Home Salvage Timber Sale conducted monday morning at the U. S. Forest’Service, Detroit Ranger Station. The sale included the remov al of some 168 acres of substan dard timber (all species logs) at $2.50 per acre. Only three bids were submit ted with Douglas-fir the only species bid on above the adver tised price of $42.35. The bid was $12.85 per thousand board feet. The other two firms re presented were Young & Mo, gan Inc. Mill City, and U. S. Plywood-Champion Papers Inc.; Idanha. The sale located 11 miles East of Detroit up the Preitenbush Road involves 450 MBF of Douglas-fir; and peel er blocks, an unestimated a- mount of Douglas fir special cull logs and blocks, 200 MBF Western Hemlock and other coniferious species logs. 230 MBF Pine logs and 90 MBF of Cedar logs. Purpose of the sale is for the removal of all downed, dead and dying timber in the sum home addition. Eagle Rock Fire number 4 timber sale with an estimated 1,040 000 board feet of federal timber is scheduled ta go on the auction block at 10:00 A. M. Friday, November Sth. The sale will be conducted at Detroit Ranger Station. October Is Wet In Detroit Area DETROIT — According to Frank Hancock, who is taking care of the Detroit weather station during Joe Muises ab sence, the Detroit area receiv ed a total of 8.77 inches of pre cipitation during the month of October. This is some wetter than normal. Greatest amount of rainfall in a 24 hour period was recorded as 1.42 inches at 9:00 A.M. on the 12th. Highest temp, reading was recorded as 77 degrees on the 4th, and lowest temp, reading was a cool 30 degrees on the 26th. However, there were 12 days in the month when the temp, reached over 60 degrees. The Detroit area received its first heavy frost of the season November 1st. when the temp, dropped to a cool 25 degrees at the 9:00 A. M. reading. Max. for the day was 52 degrees. Weather, Detroit Dam 7 a. m. Daily Weather Reading Pool Elev. Oct. 30 58 45 1505 52 1.03 Oct. 31 47 40 1504.90 0.48 Nov. 1 49 36 1503 85 0.00 Nov. 2 52 36 1502.81 0.84 Nov. 3 54 40 1.502.39 0.28 Nov. 4 53 37 1501.77 0.00 X ot . 5 50 33 1500.90 0.00 The New President $4.00 a YEAR — 10c a Copy Mill City Volunteer Firemen Now Making Plans tor Annual Fund-Raising Event The big event of the year for the Mill City Firemen will be Saturday, November 23 when they have their annual benefit at the firehall. Raymond Porter is chairman this year and he said plans are well underway for the various concessions, prizes, refresh ments and dancing. Advance ticket sale will start in November 12 and all resi- lents and business people are irged to buy the tickets. Mon- ?y obtained from ticket sales ind profits from the evenings mtertainment will improve ind maintain Mill City’s very ’ood volunteer fire depart ment. The more that is obtain ed this way means less in tax es. Mr. Porter said more pro jects are planned for this year by the department and Auxil iary. 'Two resuscitators were purchased this year and the fire hydrants in the city will be painted with fuorescent paint, making them easier to see when a car is being parked. The Fire department also sponsors the Boy Scout troop in Mill City and with the as sistance of the Auxiliary ar range for a visit from Santa at Christmas time with treats for the youngsters. HOW THEY VOTED IN MILL CITY For President— East M. C. West M. C. 102 106 18 140 175 16 58 73 9 130 101 177 153 86 57 159 60 266 57 107 27 116 111 179 147 64 74 68 154 74 249 4Û 121 ios 143 181 77 64 137 82 175 171 236 4 167 235 118 8« 190 113 107 110 153 162 114 94 173 122 126 88 186 117 Richard M. Nixon................. . Hubert H. Humphrey .......... It is apparent as The Enterprise goes to press this George C. Wallace .................. Wednesday forenoon that Republican Richard M. Nixon is pie winner and new President of the United States, rhid election will go down as one of the closest ever recorded. It also shows a lot of dissent with both major parties—evidenced by the vote Wallace polled. It in dicates the people want some definite action, differnt than either party has produced in past years. The new president will find that he has a real rough row to hoe. It appears that Parnell won over Blake for Super intendent of Public Instruction, and that Lee Johnson, republican, unseated Thornton for Attorney General, of the state. Packwood defeated Morse for U. S. Senate. Chemawa Downs Wolverines 19-13 How They Voted in Near-by Areas Santlam found disappoint ment Friday in the game at Chemawa. Thing-: looked good for Santlam in the first quarter with Tom Rush gjing over for a T.D. on a 1 yard run, making the score 6-0. The kick was no good. Chemawa, however, re sorting to their powerfull and using a runing game, started to pull ahead. Their first T.D. came from an interception. They ran all the way for the score. Santiams turn came a- gain in the second quarter with a 60 yard run coming from Dug Cline to make the score 13-6. Chemawa, however, did not falter, and added a score in the third quarter to tie things up and another T.D. in the fourth quarter to pull them ahead. In the closing moments Santiam fought valiantly but to no avail. The final score was Chemawa 19, Santiam 13. Dennis Clipfell was elected Mayor In Lyons with a vote of 85. Don Schiev^ek received 66 votes. Hobson Gunn, 61 and David Danielson, 24. The may or’s term is for 2 years and the councilmen for 4 years. Coun cilmen elected was Don Huber with 121 votes. Gerald Rock well received 61 votes, Scott Brown, 36 and Robert Reynolds 14. At Gates James Siegfried was named Mayor for a 2 year term with 51 votes. He was the in cumbent candidate. Lorraine Mills received 40 votes. For councilmen Ross McComb re ceived 65 votes, Dorman Greg ory 64 and Dorothy Newberg, 40. At Idanha Len Davis receiv ed 51 votes for councilman, Ray Monroe 66 and Glen Stor- mer, 34. A Mayor will be nam ed from among the councimen. The heaviest turnout of vot ers ever recorded at Detroit gave Frank Hancock, 70 votes for councilman, Frank Ander son, 76 and William McMillan 76. A Mayor is selected by the councilmen at Detroit. Detroit Has Well-child Clinic Recently DETROIT — Mrs. Howard Drago, area chairman of the Marion County Well Child Health Clinic, reported that the Health Clinic hekl at Detroit High school October 29th was very successful. Some 125 peo ple received 158 immuniza tions. Receiving immunizations were 16 pre-schoolers. 15 adults and 94 students. 19 physicals were given. A Marion County Health Ar ea meeting is scheduled Nov ember 7th at 1:00 P.M. in the library of Detroit Elementary school. Guest speaker will be Dr. William E. Creighton, as sistant director of Dental Health, of the Oregon State Board of Health. He will speak on health and fluoridation. Representatives from the various organizations in the area are asked to please attend. Brownies Organize In Lyons Recently LYONS — An organization meeting of the seven year olds, second grade Brownies was held at the Marl-Linn school house, following school. Their meeting will be held each Wed nesday of the week. leader Is Mrs. Maurita Silbemagel and assistant leader, Mrs. Delores Stavang. Brownies are Carmy Barnett, Debbie Barnett, Lucy Bejar. Mary Chytka, Kim Good rich. Marcie Grantham. Lori Kokstis. Christie Mahurin, Nita Pierce, Karen Silbemagel, Kel ly Silbemagel and Thersa Stav ang. United States Senator Wayne Morse ........................... Robert W. Packwood ............. Representative 2nd eon. Dist. M Ullman ................................ Marv Root ................................. Secretary of State Clay Meyers............................... George VanHoomissen ............ State Treasurer Robert W. Straub..................... DETROIT — Christmas is coming early at Detroit Ran ger station, U. S. Forest Ser vice. Buyers are cutting trees now for commercial Christmas tree sales. The trees are being cut under )»wer lines and var ious places to thin growth, a spokesman at the ranger sta tion said. Cull Christmas trees are being used far boughs and trim. Condition of roads on Detroit District are good, and the wea ther has been grand. Trails are open below the 4,000 foot level. The consolidation of the Mill- City-Detrait Districts went into effect November the 3rd. Lee Johnson ............................. Robert Y. Thornton.................. : LINN COUNTY — STATE REPRESENTATIVE Position No. 1 Gerald W. Detering ................. Position No. 2 William (Bill) Gwinn .............. 141 District Attorney Linn County Jackson L. Frost ........ Conntv Commissioner Ray Maddy................................ Eugene A. Richardson ............ For Sheriff George K. Miller ..................... Charles K. (Chuck) Smith Recorder of Conveyances Delbert W. Riley ..................... John W. Sheppard ................... County Treasurer Evelyn Dawning Hal D. Landon ......... MARION COUNTY STATE REP. Position No. 1 Carson 114 ........................... Position No. 2 58 ' 74 Neuwirth...................... Crothers ................................... Position No. 3 Wahl Annunsen 62 69 ............................ Position No. 4 Wolfe ........ Day ............................................ 54 75 District Attorney Gortmaker 100 County Commissioner Position No. 3 McCarthy ..................... 106 County Clerk 98 Sheriff Utterback Bachelder ................... 64 71 Surveyor Graham 95 Connty Treasurer Hale ................ Coe............ 66 62 NONPARTISAN OFFICES Supt. of Public Instruction Walter Blake Dale Parnell STATE MEASURES Measure No. 1— YES NO .................. Measnre No. 2— YES NO ................ Measure No. 3— YES .......................... NO Santlam High school may of fer contract bridge lessons through an adult education class if enough people are in terested. There will be classes for be ginners and intermediates and further information may be r& ceived by calling Dick Rick etts at 807-2738 after 5:30 p. m. The high school may be called from R a. m. to 4 p. m. 87 121 123 182 53 76 174 35 281 25 109 22 195 15 283 19 117 9 149 52 243 45 95 32 82 98 129 128 48 64 93 85 164 92 70 15 72 115 137 172 93 24 47 161 68 241 24 110 Measure No. 4— YES NO .............................. Measure No. S— School May Offer Bridge Lessons 9R State Attorney General Tmlinson .......................... Christmas Coming Early At Detroit Ranger Station Mar. YES NO Measure No. 6— YES NO ......................... Measure No. 7— YES NO ................... . ... Bridge Bonds 64 54 YES NO (ITY ELEtTION For Mayor Peck For Councilman Howell ......... ..................... Hotts. T.arrv Jr. TO* 141 219 91 135 152 219 »45 84 92
