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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1969)
Sill City ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON'S EAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND VOLUME XXIV NUMBER 30 Up and Down The Avenue ♦ By Bon Moffatt Hardly anyone can dispute the fact that the United States certainly is the leader in space. The “men on the moon” really has been a tremendous scien tific feat, and certainly is one of the biggest firsts in my life time. It is some step from the first Atlantic crossing by Charles A. Lindberg in a single engine airplane—and that cer tainly wasn’t a trip to be tak en lightly, when you consider the meagre equipment he had compared with present day electronic devices to help on this latest pioneering venture. I have no idea how much money this space program has cost us in dollars and cents, but it certainly has been a very large sum. True, we have learned a lot about space and we also have developed many new products which will be of benefit to all mankind. But 1 firmly believe now that we have achieved our trip to the moon, there are a lot of other ways we could better spend our tax money than in this manner. Before we start sending men to Mars and other -pots out in space—how about doing something more here on earth. It we could save some of this tax money, maybe we individuals could save enough to retire, instead of depending upon the government for same subsistence checks. 1 don’t mean Social Security is all wrong, but maybe we’d be able to save a little more, so we could live a little more secure ly. Personally. I have little faith in what the government will da for men when I reach retirement age — and believe me, that is staring me right in the face now. THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILI. CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, JULY 24, HMM) Forest Fire Burning in Slate Creek DETROIT—Fire broke out about 1:00 P. M. Monday in the Slate Creek area about 11 miles southeast of here, (across the Detroit dam). Officials at Detroit Ranger Station said the blaze had covered 8 to 10 acres and was not under control by late Monday, although it was not spreading rapidly. About 25 fire-fighters includ ing 16 smoke jumpers from the Redmond Air Center were call ed in to aid local crews. Offic ials expected the blaze to be controlled by early Tuesday morning. However, a spokes man at the Ranger Staion said Tuesday morning they expect ed to have the fire under con trol by noon Tuesday. -The fire, project size, has burned some 25 to 30 acres as of Tues day morning it was reported by the Ranger Station here. The spokesman said 250 men, made up of Forest Service crews, loggers and Job Corp crews are on the fire lines. A Forest Service Fire Camp has been set up at Slate Rock Road the spokesman said. The smoke jumpers were re turned to the Base Center at Redmond Tuesday morning by school bus. Dallas Smiths Escape Injury in Car Accident Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Smith and two children from Viola. Wise., have returned home af ter visiting with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Simon Richards and other relatives and friends here. When less than 250 miles from home they had a har rowing experience and were luckv to escape death or ser ious injury. They went to pass a heavy milk van when the front tire on their car blew out throwing them into the side of the truck. . ( complete ly totaled their car and even broke an axle on the heavy truck but they were not in jured. In calling relatives here and telling them about the accident the Smiths said it was a “mir acle.” Another thing that griped me no end was this Monday holiday bit. Before President Nixon, Hatfield, McCall and the rest knew for sure that the astronauts would make a successful moon landing they decided to take a day off. I think a holiday to commemor ate the feat is all right—but why be in such a helluvahurrv. Most of the working people had to take care of their jobs —so wny just because they are government employees should they get a day off—talk about discrimination. I suppose if I were lucky enough to be on a | Weather, Detroit Dam government payroll, I’d be for 7 a. m. Daily Weather Reading Pool it too—people are that way— Elev. but 1 still think maybe we should have fewer holidays July 16 75 50 1567.63 0.00 and a few more “work breaks.” July 17 78 51 1567.61 0.00 You know it really doesn’t July 18 79 53 1567.61 0.00 hurt anyone to work a full July 19 82 54 1567.62 0.00 July 20 85 55 1567.67 0.00 week now and then. So much for the space pro July 21 84 49 1567.71 0.00 gram. We've made a landing July 22 »0 55 1567.63 0.00 and proved a point, and God willing the men will get safe ly back to earth. Let’s let it go at that and do a little more to solve ><>me of our earthly prob lems. I'm proud to live in a country which can produce equipment such as was needed Visiters to Army Engineers for this moon landing, and am proud that we have Americans reservoirs in the Willamette who have the courage to make Valley and at Bonneville and The Dalles Dams on the Col such .. flight. umbia River totaled 857,600 Did you ever stop to think during June, according to Col that school will be back in onel Robert L. Bangert. Port session before you know it. It land U. S. Army District En seems that the summers con gineer. He said that 2,348,600 recrea tinually get shorter and short er. and the winters longer and tionists have been counted at the reservoir projects during longer the first six months of the Congress has lieen consider year, compared to 1,985,600 for ing legislation aimed at more i tcns.ve management of fed- ban renewal. One of the larg r. ally-owned commercial tim- est timber companies is en herlands. The output of logs visioned by its president as on these lands has lagged far spending an average of $200 behind the production from milli m a year over the next private industrial timber hold five years to speed construc ings. The latter are being ad tion of timber-processing fa ministered in a manner simil cilities. This is on top of $500 ar to gigantic farms to achieve million that has been spent on maximum growth and output. plans and equipment during Raising trees and cutting the past five years. them for market is but part of Congress has established a the story. Standing back of the national goal f 26 million new industry - owned timberlands homes by 1978—an average of of the nation are the compan about 2.6 million a year—far ies that most people think of above the current rate of con merely os sawmills. H wever, struction To meet this goal, the clay of the oil-fashioned far more Is required than just sawmill is gone. In its place cutting trees. It requires the are complex wood products kind of intensive forestry, tree manufacturers that are rapidly utilization and progressive diversifying into many fields. management that we find to These include construction, day in the investor-owned, tax prefabrication, mobile himes. paying 'imber industry—an in process deign, pollution con- dustry that is as great an asset, ol. Dnd envelopment and ur- almost, as timber itself Lyons Man Experimenting With Salmon Eggs Joe Johnson of Lyons is at the present time conducting an experiment with salmon eggs to determine just when the eggs are developed sufficient ly to make them attractive as trout bait. He has been in con tact with researchers ai OSU, who told him that he was ahead of them in the study of salmon eggs. Johnson has been getting the salmon eggs directly from fishermen at the coast and is curing them himself. He is placing some of the eggs on the market this week on a trial basis, giving fishermen tips on how co use the eggs. He will continue the experiment for three weeks. He said: “it makes a lot of difference how the eggs are used. A special snelled hook, when baited pro perly with the eggs will catch trout” One other thing Johnson tells about is how to keep clean while using fb? eggs. He says a lot of fishermen get in trouble with their wives when they come home smelling like salmon eggs. If each fisherman would take a pair of scissors along, and use the scissors to cut off the right amount of bait, it can be done with less mess. Also, carry a wet cloth to wipe off the hands after baiting the hooks. If fishermen would be a little more careful they’d catch more fish, and less trouble at home when return ing from fishing trips. Catholic Churches To Have New Pastor DETROIT—It was announc ed here this week that Fath er James McNaughton h»s been a s igned by Bishop Dyjv- er of Portland, as pastor of St. Christopher’s church here, and St. Catherine’s church at Mill City. His new duties will also include Marian Rest Home for the elderly at Sublimity. For the past 23 years Fath er McNaughton has served in various resort areas. He suc ceeds Father Frank Callan S.J. who was transferred recently to Shaw. Mass will be held at St. Christopher’s church every Sunday at 10:30 A. M. and a- gain at. 12 noon until further notice. Mass at St. Catherine’s church. Mill City, is schedul ed at 9:15 A. M. on Sundays. Elected president of the Al tar Society at a recent meet ing was Mrs. Howard Drago. She succeeds Mrs. Frank Han cock. Mrs. Tom Levering is the new secret ary-treasurer. Battle Close For Title of Most Popular Corps Of Engineers Reservoir In Oregon J Improvements Noted $4.00 a YEAR — 10c a Copy Silverton Woman Killed Near Marion Forks DETROIT — A Silverton woman was killed Saturday in a one-car accident about noon on Highway 22 about 10 miles south of Marion Forks. State police said Elaine Mattie Fisher. 64, 217 Cherry St. Silverton, was dead on ar rival at Silverton Hospital. She was a passenger in a pick up driven by her husband, Har rison, 58, when it left the high way, skidded on loose gravel and flipped over. She was crushed by the wreckage of ficers said. Fisher received only minor injuries Detroit Mobile First A1J Unit war called but when they arrived at the accident scene no on" w;is there. Apparently the victims were picked up by a passing motorist. Ambulance attendants re ported on their trip home from the accident scene they noted another vehicle that had left the highway about a mile East of Marion Forks. They said it looked like the car traveled about 50 or 60 feet off the highway ending up by strik ing a big tree. No one was at the scene of the accident. Both the Fisher pickup and the second car were extensive ly damaged. A number of improvements have been made in the city recently with homes refurbished and remodeled; new buildings constructed and old ones coming down. Many vacant lots that have been eye sores for years have also been cleaned off. A typical example is the weed and briar patch with a “shack” in the center, just off N.E. 5th street and Highway 22. The Before and After pictures show the improvements made. It was in a place that got the full view of tourists, getting their first impression of Mill City. Rapidly Growing Southern Plywood Production Poses No Real Threat to the West By the year 1975, the South could be supplying some 30 percent of the n iti ii's total output of s ftwood plywood. That’s the conclusion of an intensive study described in Forest Service Research Paper SO-41, issued recently by the U. S. Department of Agricul ture. The study was prepared under the direction of T. C Nelson, director, Southern For est Experiment Station. Publication of the study comes on the heels of news paper speculation in the West that the rapid growth of South ern pine plywood production will cause seri us problems for the western segment of the in dustry. Not so, says Bronson J. Lew is, executive vice president of the American Plywood Asso ciation. “Despite temporary prob lems of demand such as th se we face today, the South's emergence as a major factor in plywood production is lx>th timely and necessary to the long range health of the in dustry. With ut the South's existing production, the de mand supply crunch that hit the industry last winter would have lieen far worse.” As Lewis sees it, the real problem for the West is not the South. “It’s the possibil ity,” he says, “that future de mand for structural grades of plywood could so far exceed supply, that the whole industry —North and South — could price itself out of the market in relation to other products.” the same period in 1968. June visitor; that year numitered 750.900. Based on figures so far, it appears that Bonneville Dam will give Fern Ridge Reser voir near Eugene a run for its m:ney this year for the title of most popular Corps of En gineers project in Oregon. Vis itor attendance at Fern Ridge has surpassed that at Bonne ville for the past two years. During June. 281.100 people visited Bonneville Dam com pared to 256.500 counter! at Fern Ridge. After the first six months of the year Bon neville leads in the yearly visi tor attendance race by 74.000— 753.500 to 679,100. The Dalles Dam on the Col umbia River registered 76,000 Linn County Historical visitor; in June to bring its total f r the first six months Society To Have Picnic of 1969 to 190.100. Its June at The Linn County Historical tendance last year was 58.000. Visitors to Detroit and Big Society will have a picnic on Cliff Reservoirs near Mill City Sunday, July 27 at the Swett totaled 58.200 in June and 118.- Home City Park at 1:30, ac 500 for the year through June. cording to Floyd D. Jenk<, In June 1968, about 95,700 visi president. Those attending are asked tors were counted Other Willamett • valley re to bring their own table ser servoirs and their visitor at vice and coffee and punch will tendance figures for .June 1969. be furnished. Ray Briggs will talk on the June 1968. and the first six history of the Sweet Home months of this year are: Lookout Point and Dexter area and there are also to be Reservoirs near I>ovell, 16,200. other entertainment on the | program 18.800 and 121.900 In 1368, the South accounted for 16.1 percent of total in dustry output of 11.7 billion sq. ft. (%-inch basis.) The as sociation predicts total sales for 1969 f 15.3 Billion sq. ft. and the South will probably in crease its share of that total somewhat. The association’s long range forecast of plywood sales is sued earlier this year predicts plyw o 1 sales of 20.1 billion sq. ft. in 1975. “Should the South achieve the 30 percent shaie of out put predicted by the Forest Service," says Lewis, “their sales would lie 6 billion feet. That still leaves reasonable room for growth in the West." Lewis points cut that the course of events in the West will be heavily influenced bv the problem of timber supply in an area in which some 57 percent of the available stand ing timber is publicly owned. Should Congress pass the pro posed National Timber Supply Act f 1MB, tinilxr supply should lie reasonably in bal ance with the industry’s needs. Lewis discounts fears by some western producers that they could lose a significant share of their traditional mark ets to the South. He points out that Southern production alone is not yet adequate to meet de mand for plywood in markets traditionally served by the South—the Northeast and its own backyard. Rignt now the association estimates that average plywoxl consumption per living unit in the South is some 30 per cent under what it is In other (»arts of the country. At the same time, the market for homes is growing faster in the South than ever before. Lewis believes that the tw segments of the industry, far from ix.sing any kind of threat to each other, are essentially interdependent. "As the Vietnam war draws nearer to a settlement," Lewis 'ays. “and with the underlying pressure for decent housing for low and moderate Incom" pe pie building to explosive levels of intensity, there is every reason to believe the in dustry may he haul put to m<«et future demand Idanha Store Destroyed by Fire Monday IDANHA—A fire of undeter mined origin destroyed the Id anha Grocery store about 8:00 !’. M. Monday. A volunteer fireman was in jured in the blaze, which broke out in the rear of tne building and quickly gutted the wooden structure. Also destroyed were the living quarters and belong ings to the owners, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hopson Jr.; who re sided i.i an upstairs apartment. Mrs. Hopson said she and her husband escaped safely. She said the store was insured but she couldn’t estimate the val ue of the building and its con tents. Arlie D. Ellis. 28, Idanha, was treated for a severe cut on the knee at Santiam Memor ial Hospital at Stayton and re leased after he was injured while battling the fire. The blaze was still burning three hours after it began and some of the firemen including Fire Chief Dave Roberts. The Mill City Fire Department was cal led. The market on Highway Mill City Firemen 22 is the only grocery store in Make Double Runs on the Idanha community. It was reported that a camp Tuesday Grass Fires er, honda and a car were also The Mill City Volunteer fire destroyed in the fire. Reports department memliers were cal indicated the vehicles were led out for “double time” a- owned By the Hopsons. bout 3:30 Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Larry Plotts, Jr. of S. E. Fairview had just phoned May Exports of Logs the department that there was a grass fire out of control right Total 184 Million bd.ft. in back of their garage. Mrs. Ed Andersen, wife of one of Softwood log exports from die firemen was answering the the Washington, Oregon, nor call when she looked out her thern California, and Alaska window and saw another fire Customs Districts totaled 181 in the Donovan Moffatt field. million board feet, Scribner Their place is located at S. E. log scale, in May 1969, accord Kingwood. ing to data just received by the Dick Berg spotted the fire U. S. Forest Service Pacific at th" Moffatt residence and Northwest Forest and Range immediately called his moth Experiment Station in Port er, Mrs. Fred Berg, who turn land. This volume represents ed in the alarm. an increase of 10.4 percent from Bo'li grass fires were '•ulck- April 1969 exports but a 11.8- ly extinguished with no dam percent decline from shipments age reported. in May of last year. Log shipments from Wash ington and Oregon totaled 165 Santiam Lodge To million board feet, up 17.0 per Enter Float at Stayton cent from exports in April but Bessie Jobe presided at the 10.1 percent below shipments July 16 meeting of Santiam made in May 1968. Northern Rebekah lodge when plans California exports decreased were completed far the August from the April figure of 25.2 visit of the president of the million board feet to 14.3 mil Rebekah Assembly of Oregon. lion board feet, and Alaska It was also decided to enter shipments rose from 189,(MM) the prize winning 1th of July board teet in April to 4.6 mil lOOF - Rebekah float in the lion board feet in May. Japan received 168 million Stayton Bean Festival parade. Mar'«» Stickney, district de board feet, or 91.0 percent of puty president presented Alta total shipments from the four Bodeker with her seal of per States. Douglas-fir made up 19.4 per fection in the unwritten work cent of May log exports, and of the lodge. A visitor at Wednesday ev Port-Orford-cedar 1.5 percent. ening's meeting was Freda The remaining 79.1 percent was Thayer of Leone Rebekah other softwoods, primarily wes lodge In Scio. She is a retired tern hemlock and true firs. Total value of the log ship school teacher now living in ments was $19.1 million, and Mill City. Following the business meet the average value was $103.68 ing refreshments were served per thousand board feet. Doug by Alta Bodeker and Eva las-fir average $99.05 per thous Bressler. Summer fl wers and Ixiard feet; Port-Orford-ce- were used to decorate the serv dar, $344.09; and other soft woods, $103.68. ing tables. Senior Citizens To Be Honored At Oregon State Fair SALEM—Those over 65 will again lx? h nored on Senior Cit izens Day, Tuesday. August 26, riuring Oregon’s “BIG ONE,’ the 1968 State Fair, ac cording to Fair Manager Ro bert L. Stevens Senior Citizens Day features ;• long list of special attractions including: free gate admission starting at 10 a. m , the always fun Old Fiddlers' Contest, the nationally famous Swiss Bell Ringers Mr. and Mrs. James F Copper, ages 76 and 75. free admission to the reserved sec tion oi the evening stage re vue stai ring a host of Ameri ca's top entertainers, free ad mission to the evening per formance of the All America Horse Sh .w-Rodeo. and free admission to the Thoroughbred Horse Races in the Grandstand. A host of awards is again planned for the special after noon recognition pt gram on the Concert Plaza. Awards will be given to senior citizens who have come the farthest dis tance. attended the most fairs, married the longest, have the most grandchildren, great grant ir*iil<lren. to the oldest male and female senior citi zen, and to 'he lady wearing the mast unusual hat. Registration for free admis sion tickets to the big «lay and its special awards and activi ties begins. 'Da. tn. at the desk on the Fairgrounds Concert Plaza. Stevens added.
