VOLUME XXIV
NUMBER 29
ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON’S EAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND
THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1969
j Up and Down; Boats Not
; The Avenue Legal on
Marion Lake
;
By Don Moffatt
I think we live in a real
nice country and a pretty
gjod community, but every
once in awhile we run across
a real stinker. They are in the
minority :md we can be thank
ful for that. The recent candi
date which goes down as the
prize stinker of the area was
brought to my attention by a
friend in Lyons. This person,
or persons, removed the flow
ers from a grave at Fox Valley
cemetery after it had been de
corated for Memorial Day.
Don’t you think this is a pretty
low trick. I do, and I’m thank
ful that this type of person is
not too prevalent here.
1
The Mill City Enterprise
subscription campaign which
has been running for the past
several weeks was brought to
a successful close Saturday
night. I would like at this time
to thank all the young sales
people who worked so hard to
put new names on our mailing
list and to collect renewal sub
scriptions. It has been good ex
perience for them, and at the
same time they received money
for their efforts. There is a list
of the winners in this week’s
edition. Advertisers in The
Enterprise will find that their
advertisements will be reach
ing new people now that the
campaign has come to a close,
.¡nd The Enterprise now reach
es more homes in this com
munity than any other adver
tising media.
It would appear to me that
the Mid-Willamette Valley Air
Pollution authority is biting
off more than it can chew
with many of their regulations.
I think limiting burning of
paper in covered barrels un
less a permit is obtained is a
little out of the ordinary and
also a little foolish. Here in
Mill City, with a population of
under 2.000. all the paper that
i burned does not make much
of a pollution problem. The
state outfit will have to enforce
this law, as there is no local
ordinance to date which covers
it. I know that Mrs. Eld n
Hutchinson is a little perturb
ed at having to make out all
these burning permits. It might
be all right for a city like Port
land to have a close check on
these things, as in a city of
that size, open burning could
be a air polluting hazard. Of
course when a state agency
makes a ruling, they fail to
make any provision to cover
the smaller cities.
Worse yet. is the eliminating
of burning at the city dump.
Rud Cline of Mill City Dispos
al has always taken care of
burning of stumps, paper and
ther rubbish in a good man
ner. He used to make a big
burn twc or three times a year.
There would Ire enough heat
generated from the fire to eli
minate most of the smoke.
While visit mg relatives in
Calgary. B. C.ywe found they
have the same problem. The
city put a ban ;n all barrel
burning. They really hit a bad
snag. Paper and other burnable
refuse began piling up. The
result was the city had to
purchase many extra garbage
trucks and put on a lot of new
men to take care of the situa
tion. Some times we get so
tangled up in government reg
ulation« on a I t of things that
it becomes logged down, and
the men in the offices in Salem
cannot handle, or control the
mess that they make. Maybe
some of these days we can
get back to a little less control
from the outside, and let the
cities take care of their own
problems. It will be a happy
day indeed—could possibly cut
down on sone office help in
Salem too.
I am much more concerned
with other things in our city
than a little smoke from trash
barrel«. It is the mess of cans
under the railroad bridge. This
is a disgrace, believe me. Why
do people desecrate a spot of
beauty. I don't know who has
the responsibility of cleaning
up this mess, but it should be
done right away.
Another bad deal is the rail
road crossing in the west part
of town. If the railroad or
county road department lets
Mot:r boats are laeing used
on Marion Lake in the Mt. Jef
ferson Wilderness in violation
of the 1964 Wilderness Act, re
ports Willamette National For
est Supervisor D. R. Gibney.
Congress, in approving ere-
ati.n of the 99,632 acre Mt.
Jefferson Wilderness last fall,
had Included Marion Lake
within its boundaries. Subse
quently. as a result of petition
ing by Oregon residents, a bill
was introduced in Congress
tliis year to study removing
Marion Lake from the Wilder
ness.
The Forest Service to give
Congress time to consider this
bill, has delayed all action un
til September on removing de
veloped facilities in the Marion
Lake area to restore it to a
Wilderness condition.
In the meantime, however,
all other conditions of the
Wilderness Act will apply. In
particular motor bikes are not
permitted on trails, or motors
on boats.
The trail to Marion Lake is
posted with notices telling
about the prohibition of mo
tors in the Wilderness.
U. S. Bank
Shows Gain
U. S. Bancorp and its whol
ly-owned subsidiary, United
States National Bank of Ore
gon, according to its mid-year
financial report, had consoli
dated net operating earnings
of $6,442,693, or $1.60 per
share in the first six months
of 1969, up from $5,032,031. or
‘■1.26 per share a year earlier,
for a $28.03 percent increase.
The pe-’ share figures are based
on average shares outstanding,
adjusted f r stock dividends.
The consolidated statement
further discloses that deposits
on June 30. 1969, stood at
$1,471,101,586, representing an
S.76 per cent increase over the
total of $1,352,621,885 a year
ago, while loans rose 13.88 per
cent from $905,456,758 to $1,-
031.103,712.
At the Mill City Branch of U.
S. National, deposits were $4,-
546,538, according to Floyd
Eastwood, manager. He also
reported loans on the same
date were $2,309,432.
Gene Teague Chev.
Entertains
Employees Saturday
Gene Teague Chevrolet, Inc.,
Stayt n held their annual din
ner it The Riverview in Me
hama Saturday evening.
Teague, who acted as master
of ceremonies at the event,
praised his crew in the various
shop departments for their loy
alty to the firm and for their
conscientious work. He also
had words of praise for his
salesman who have so far
year have turned more units
than any other year in the
history of the firm.
Besides his regular crew,
rihers from the Canyon area
were guests of the firm.
B L M Timber
Sales Withdrawn
This is to notify all interest
ed persons that all Bureau of
Land Management timber sal
es in the Salem District now in
advertising for July have been
withdrawn. They will be of
fered again as early as possible
in August. The 90-Dav offer
ings have also been withdrawn
Reappraisal of August sales al
ready scheduled will be delay
ed.
it g much longer, we'll be
able to drive under the tracks
instead of over them. It would
n't taka much blacktop to fill
in the hole, but if they let it
go all summer, it will take a
truckload to repair the dam
age.
United Vacation
Bible School To
Start Here
Plans have been made for
the United Vacation Bible
school which will start July
21 and operate through July 25
at the Mill City Presbyterian
Church.
This is for children who will
be in the second, third and
fourth grades this fall.
Registration will begin on
Monday. July 21 and the fee
will be $1.00 per child. Hours
are from 9:30 A. M. to 12 noon.
The date for those who will
be in the 5th, 6th and 7th
grades this fall will be Au
gust 4th and Sth at the Chris
tian Church. The time for this
will be 7 to 9 p. m. and the
fee will be the same.
Registration for that group
will be Monday, August 4th.
Detroit High
Detroit Council
Discusses Pollution
Preventage for Lake
DETROIT — Preventing pol
lution of Detroit Lake from
septic tanks was discussed at
the Detroit City Council meet
ing last week.
Representatives of the Mar
ion County Health department
and Mid-Willamette
Valley
Council of Governments sug
gested the council form a plan
ning commision to combat the
threat.
The commission could es
tablish setbacks to keep the
tanks far enough from the lake
to prevent the pollution. The
groups emphasized that
there is no problem at the lake
now.
In ether business, the coun
cil said water bills may now
be paid at Detroit Patio. This
ruling went into effect July 1.
James Rose
School
Resigns from
City Council
DETROIT — Work began
Tuesday afternoon on die re
construction of Detroit High
School. The interior of the two
year old facility was gutted by
fire of undetermined origin
March 11th.
Bids were opened July 1st
for the reconstruction of the
school with Johnston Construc
tion Co., of Salem the success
ful bidder.
All construction is covered
by replacement Insurance.
»
Bill Lewellen
Debra Barnhardt
Former Idanha
Resident Drowns
DETROIT — Upper canyon
friends of the Herbert Smith
family of Aumsville were
shocked to hear of his tragic
death Sunday afternoon.
The Smith family formerly
resided at Idanha where Mr.
Smith was employed by Mar-
Vel Trucking Co., of Idanha,
(drove chip truck). Smith, 39,
drowned in the surf off Wald
port Sunday afternoon as he
tried to save his two sons.
The boys, Daniel 13, and Al
len 16, told police they began
having difficulty and called for
help. They said their father
came and brought them half
way back. They said they
swam in by themselves but
that their father never made it.
Authorities are still serch-
ing for the body.
$-1.00 a YEAR — 10c a Copy
Mike Golden
Rick Richey
JUDGE’S FINAL STATEMENT FOR THE MILL CITY
ENTERPRISE SUBSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN 1969
We, the undersigned members of the advisory board of
Upper Canyon
Recreation Report
Shows Trails Open
DETROIT — The following
recreation report on the De-
roit District was released Tues
day by the U. S. Forest Ser
vice, Detroit Ranger Station.
All roads on the District are
open but little road mainten
ance has been done, so travel
ing may be rough in spots.
However, travel on Bruno
Meadows Road is not recom
mended due to a 10-foot wide
hole in one section. Elkhorn-
Elk Lake Road has a lot of
sluff, and Lost Shoe Pass is
closed by a washout.
According to the report trail
maintenance began this past
week. Trails in the Eight Lak
es Basin area are open but
may not be maintained. Griz
zly Peak Trail No. 3428 is also
open. This trail has drinking
water available.
All campgrounds are open.
For campers who would prefer
a quiet selected place. White
water campground 13.0 miles
East of Detroit Ranger Sta
tion is recommended. It is lo
cated on the hank of the
Whitewater River. The trail
ing blackberries at the 2,000
foot level are starting to ripen
nicely.
The French Creek Road to
Halls Ridge offers an outstand
ing view and an abundance of
wild flowers. From this road
there is an excellent view ,f
Mt. Hood, Olallie Butte, Mt.
Jefferson, Three Fingered Jack
Mt. Washington, Three Sisters.
Tumble Lake, the Elkhorn Val
ley, Santiam Canyon and De
troit Reservoir. Flowers bloom
ing along the road are paint
brush, Lupine, pentstem :n.
Wild current, beargrass and
rhtxlodendron. Follow highway
Ranger Station, turn left on
22 !i miles past the Detroit
French Creek Road and follow
Halls Ridge.
judges, appointed to have supervision over the final count of
votes in the Enterprise’ subscription campaign, do hereby state:
That we have made a thorough canvass of all subscriptions
found in the sealed ballot box for each individual sales-kid:
That we have totaled all votes and points earned on each
subscription in the ballot box, and added these totals to all
votes earned by each sales-kid through Wednesday of this week:
And that from these totals we have found the prizes won
and places earned by each sales-kid who remained active to
the end of the campaign to be as follows:
GRAND PRIZE
.... Bill Lewellen, Mill City...... 949,250
SECOND PRIZE
... Debra Barnhardt, Gates...... 939,000
THIRD PRIZE ..
.... Mike Golden, Mill City...... 580,750
FOURTH PRIZE
.......... Rick Richey, Lyons.......441,000
The above four sales-kids win the major prizes in the
campaign. Following is a list of places earned by each of the
remaining workers wha receive cash commissions of 15% on
all subscriptions they sold during the 3-week campaign.
5— Glen Abrams
.391,000
9— John Archer ..... 259,000
6— -Mike Hancock ...388,000
10— Russ Budlong —.175.000
7— Craig Blackburn .342,000
11— Karon Easter
82,000
8— Bill Morgan ...... 134,000
12— Sandy Hoover .. 42,000
The first EXTRA prize of $10 in cash, given to the sales-
kid earning the most prints on NEW subscriptions during the
3rd and 4th report periods was won by:
BILL LEWELLEN of Mill City, with
193 points
The second EXTRA prize of $10 in cash, given to the sales
kid earning the most points on new AND renewal subscriptions
during the 5th, 6th and 7th report periods was won by:
DEBRA BARNHARDT of Gates, with
261 points
Dated at Mill City, Ore., Saturday, July 12, 1969.
(signed) Herbert J. Peck
John Ficker Serving
Burton L. Denton
On The Bryce Canyon
Open House LogBooms To Be
Built On Reservoir
DETROIT- Two log bo ms
are being constructed this week
on Detroit Reservoir by the U.
S. Foiest Service, Forester
Tom Levering said Monday.
An 8.30 foot b iorn is being
installed on the Breitenbush
Arm and a 930-foot lxx>m on
the Blowout Arm to help keep
debris out of the main b:dy of
the Reservoir.
The existing log boom in the
Santiam Arm and the addi
tion of these booms should help
provide a safer area for boat
ers and water skiers, Levering
said.
A 25-foot boat pass will be
installed in each boom to al
low access to boaters and re-
creationists.
The openings will lie marked
by signs and red flags.
B :aters are urged to be care
ful and observe the 5-mile per
hour peed limit, he said.
De+roit-ldanha to Form
Square Dance Club
Hoover's Supply Inc. have
DETROIT—The Detroit-Id taken space in this week’s is
anha Business Associati n Is sue of The Enterprise to ad
assisting in forming a Square vertise their Oix-n House which
Dance Club in the Detr it ar I will be held Saturday, July 19
ea. The first "get-together” from 8 A. M. through the day.
Hoover’s have been updating
will be held Saturday night.
July 26th at 8:00 P. M. in the their stock and equipment for
schools’ gym. Everyone is in some time and have added a
vited t j come that is interested new building to their First
Avenue 1 cation
in forming a Club here.
Jim Hoover, Walt Wood and
Al Nesbitt, of Mill City, will
be the caller and his wife will Ed Cronan are cordially invit
assist him in teaching the art ing all
. In the area to come in
of the square dance. Form your and visit and also get in on
own square, come as a family, the free coffee, donuts and
r come by yourself. Most of do r • prizes.
the people who have been con
tacted so far are beginners and
are interested in learning.
A s]>okesman for the group
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said many Square Dancers in
Oregon, Washington, and Cailf.
Win National Honors
are wanting a place to fiance,
Mill City friends will be in
and that it was thought De
DETROIT
—
At
a
recent
terested
in learning that the
troit can be put on the sum
mer calendar far next sum special meeting of the Detroit former locally originated rock
mer as the ‘Vacation Square Citv Council bids were open and roti group. Ingredients Un
Dance Center” of Oregon. It ed on a 1913 advertised Inter known. placed Ith in the na
is felt that it would be enter national Fire Pumper truck, tion at a Raleigh. North Caro
competid n
tainment for vacationers and with the bid awarded to Ray lina
Neal
Grandstaff, formerly of
Kau
cf
Lebanon
tourists, as well as for resi
By unanimous vote of the Mill City, now living in Cor
dents in the canyon.
If unable to attend the first council money acquired from vallis is a member of the group
will be used for the The band will make some ap
mee’ing, interested persons the
may sign up for the club at purch ise of new hose for the pearance» in Hollywood, ap
any of the l eal businesses in Rural Fire District pumper pear on TV and are currently
lieing interview«! by reconi
Detroit or Idanha. Classes are now rationed at Deti
I c mpmies to cut some records.
Hall
schedulefl to begin in the fall
Fireman Apprentice John
M. Ficker. USN, son of Wil
liam C. Ficker. is serving
aboard the destroyer tender
USS Bryce Canyon.
His ship departed I zing
Beach. Calif., its present home
port, for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,
its new h meport. The change
in homeport will lie effective
September 1.
The Bryce Canyon, commis
sioned in 1950 at the Naval
Shipya . <1 in Charleston, S. C.,
has served ships of the U. S.
At the July meeting of the
city council the resignation of
James Rose was accepted. He
had been serving as council
president and police commis
sioner.
Mr. Rose gave the pressure
of outside committments as his
reason for resigning. Dale Ho
well was appointed council
president and Vernon Rush
will serve as police commis-
sioner.
A survey is to be made to
see how many additional fire
hydrants are needed in the city.
A report will be made and ac
tion taken at a later date.
Council members voted to
request the state highway com
mission to put 15 miles per
hour speed limit from High
way 22 to Broadway.
A report was given by coun
cilmen and Virgil Trout on the
current city beautification
program. Considerable progress
has been made but much re
mains to be done to make the
city really sparkle.
Razing of old buildings and
tall grass on lots are currently
being stressed.
Don Gillenwater, police chief
gave his report for June with
9 traffic citations noted: 12
traffic warnings; 5 municipal
citations and 18 cases proces
sed through court. There were
21 complaints answered and
the police car patrolled 1,633
miles using 186.9 gallons of
gas.
Ray Roberts Host
Japanese Students
M E HAM A—Tsunendri Sen-
da of Nagoya, Japan and Yas
utoshi Kawane of Shizuoka
City, Japan were week-end
guests at the Ray Roberts
home. “Tony” and “Yoki” are
student- at Tokyo University
where they are studying Econ
omics and commerce. They
are here as guests of Willam
ette University for a two weeks
tour of Oregon Industries, one
week-end of which was ta be
spent as guests in an Ameri
can home. There are 42 stu
dents in the group and one of
the objects is to practice their
English
Weather, Detroit Dam
7 a. in. Daily Weather Reading
Pool
Elev.
July 9 79 59 1567.19 0.00
July 10 82 56 1567 29 0.00
July 11 77 55 1567.38 0.01
July 12 65 52 151,7.16 0.02
July 13 65 51 1567« o.oo
July 14 71 43 1567.00 0.00
July 15 79 49 1567.63 0.00
Pacific Fleet from its home
port in I-ong Beach throughout
rn ¡st of its service.
Happy With New Bike
Detroit City Council
Sells Pumper Truck
Mike Golden was the only salesman in The Mill
City Enterprise subscription campaign who took a
bicycle instead of the cash. He is shown with his prize,
his remark was ‘‘isn’t it a dandy?”—The Mill City En
terprise photo.