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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1969)
ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND VOLUME XXIV NUMBER 35 THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY. OREGON SEPTEMBER 4, l‘MW $4.00 a YEAR — 10c a Copy -»-J— McMorris to ,v'nuf Play Softball To Graduate Up and Down ; < i Parents, Harvest Time For Drug Use Today, many people feel that we are riding the crest of a prosperity wave. 1 don’t think so. I think we’re riding for a fall, and the ones who are on fixed incomes are really the ones who are suffering most. All countries have had th» same experience. Inflation has alwajs been associated with booming business and general good times. I know that writing against inflation is not popular, but I do feel that when we continue deficit spending and debt ac cumulation by government, re gardless of the taxpaying abil ity of the people, we just can’t maintain this policy forever Something has to give. Some economists are beginning to speak of the possibility of a re cession and inflation at the same time. Wages are outrun ning output it is said. In the last three years, th» purchasing power of the average U. S. worker has done no better than hold steady. Every time wages go up, so do the prices of foods and other commodi ties. No one wins. Someone, someplace, sometime, is going be forced to stand still—but who is going to take the first step? Increased wages do not necessarily help the worker. The increase in the commodi ties he buys always go up a little faster than he can make money to provide for his fam ily. Wouldn’t everyone be bet ter off it things would level off? Maybe government price freez ing is the answer, and I for one would hate to see that. We just have to learn to spend a little less than we earn, and put a little away for old age, but it is next to imposible to do that in an inflated economy. Try to tell a parent right now how to save money when they try to buy school clothing, for instance. Some of the young people in our area, who have worked hard in harvest fields to purchase their own clothing are getting a real taste of what Mom and Dad go through every day in providing a home for them. Just isn’t so easy, is it kids? Gordy McMorris left Wed nesday, September 3 for Springfield, Missouri to com- pete in the National Softball Tournament which includes the sixteen top softball teams in the United States. Mr. McMorris plays for the Lakers, sponsored by Lake Grove Finance company, who won the Northwest Regional Tournament August 24th in Seattle with a 2-1 score in the final game against defending champion, Mead-Samuel Real ty of Seattle. Ron Davidson, who pitched Kelly Lumber Company to the State title in 1953, pitched all four wins for the Lakers. He was named the outstanding pitcher and the most valuable player in the tournament. Gordy was the leading hitter for the Lakers, hitting 7 for 15 and had key hits which pro duced winning runs for his team. He has received many a- wards and honors through the years he has been playing soft- ball but his wife, Betty Lou said that this was “a once in a lifetime oppartunity.” Kindergarten To Open Sept. 11 At Gates School Mrs. George Stafford who is again teaching the Mill Sity- Gates kindergarten reminds parents that the school will be gin at 9 a. m. Thursday, Sep tember 11. She says that stu dents can enroll that morning at the school in Gates, or call Mrs. Floyd Blackburn, at 897-2632. Bus transportation to the school, which is held in Gates, and car pool arrangements can be made. While school in 129J will open September 4, kinder garten will not start until a week later. Another item on taxes was given to me this week by Lee Bassett. It says this year marks the 50th anniversary of the Nation’s first gasoline tax. Gasoline taxes now produce more revenue in 30 minutes than the one-cent-a-gallon Ore gon tax did during the first full year the tax was on the books. He said that U. S. highway users now pay gasoline taxes at the rate of $17,000 a minute, $1 million an hour, and $24.5 million daily. This is a lot of money, but I would rather pay a gasoline tax, than have the ourden of highway con struction a n d maintenance placed as a general tax. As long as ALL the gasoline tax i£ used for highway purposes, it isn’t quite so bad. Service Stations Change Owners In the past couple f weeks two sei vice stations in Mill City have changed hands. The first change was when Del Goforth sold out his Shell sta tion at Broadway and 1st to Vern and Carol Ohrt. Del said he thought it was time to take a little rest. Vern stated ne plans- to maintain the same business policies set up by the former management. The other transaction took place when Bob and Rae Music sold their Phillips 66 station on the highway to Oscar and Irene Harris. They are inviting customers to come in and get acquainted. I I wonder if the day is com ing when we will be governed by the decision of panels of experts rather than laws. With increasing frequency, boards and commissions made up of .-■upposed ‘experts’’ are issuing what amounts to edicts involv ing everything from prescrip- t: n drugs to gun controls. The National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Vio lence has concluded that the best way to control crime is to take handguns away from mil lions of law-abiding citizens. I think this is all wrong. The owning of a handgun does not necessarily mean that the own er is going out and take a pot shot at someone. It would not eliminate guns fr'm hoodlums any more than prohibition kept booze from those who should n t have had it. I know many people who wn handguns who would not harm a flea, but on the other hand, it does give them some sense of protection to have one handy. Consider the person who is camping in our camp sites, or in remote places now- days. How can they tell when they w-il be accosted by some croup t hoodlums Sure, own ing a gun may be the worst thing. l:ut personally I feel ust a little bit better when Stayton Firm Left Out of Index on Trade Center Review Last week when The Enter prise ran the Stayton Trade Center Review, which is put out by News Accounting Serv ice, an error occurred in the index on page two. Pat’s Pill Box was left out. Pat Ackerman informed us of the erroi and we wish to cor rect the mistake. Pat Acker man is the owner-pharmacist of the firm which is located at 521 N. 1st in Stayton. 1 have a hand gun along to sort of equalize things a bit. Taking away hand guns is not the answer, or at least I don’t think so. I feel that stiffing of the laws, or at least enforcing the ones we da have would bring about a more sobering effect on the law breaker than a lot of other plans to disarm the public. I know that things are supposed to be better now than during our frontier days, when guns were the “law of the land,” but are we any more civilized now than then? We didn't have to lock our doors in those days, but how about today'’ Think these things over. Miss Juanita Morgan, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Mor gan of Mill City will receive her nurses degree from Good Samaritan at ceremonies to be held at the Trinity Episcopal church in Portland, Friday, September 5. Miss Morgan graduated from Santiam High school with the class of 1966 and received nursing scholarships from the Linn County Medical society and from Santiam Memorial hospital in 1967. After her graduation she will be a surgical nurse at Good Sam aritan hospital. State Police Superintendent Holly V. Holcomb today an nounced that in an effort to aid parents who have reason to be lieve their children may be us ing narcotics or dangerous drugs, they may leave suspect ed substances for analysis by the Staite Crime Detection La boratory at any State Police office in the State. Any infor mation so obtained will be kept confidential between the par ents and the State Police. It was explained that on oc casion parents will note unus ual changes in the personality and habits of their children, which may indicate drug us age, and will observe unidenti fied tablets, capsules, powders and vegetable material in the clothing or in possession of their children. Under the program announc ed, a parent may take such ma terial to a state Police office and leave it for laboratory an alysis. The parent need not leave his name, but will be as signed a number. After approx imately ten days, the parent may call the office where the material was left without re vealing his identity, using on ly the number assigned, and will be informed of the result of the analysis. In the event the material is identified as narcotics or dangerous drugs, the parent will be warned of the probability of usage by the child and can arrange through his physician for any indicat ed medical assistance o r through other agencies for ap propriate social services. One of the busiest places on the highway recently is the fruit and vegetable stand in east Mill City owned and operated by Baylink & Myers, Inc. Many tourists on their way to a camping spot also stop and purchase some produce to take on their trip. The firm does land scape gardening and intend next year to expand their business and building to include a complete garden sup ply store. —Mill City Enterprise Photo. Log Export Hearing Set For Sept. 26 Young & Morgan High Bidder On Federal Timber Thomas and Lynn Get F. S. Awards A brief awards ceremony was held at the Detroit Ranger Station recently. Ten-year cer tificates and pins were given to Wayne L. Thomas and Ger ald W. Lynn. Thomas began his career with th? Forest Service in 1957 and has spent all his career on the Detroit and Mill City Districts. Bud worked in Fire Control until 1965 when he was reassigned to Timber Manage ment, working primarily in Reforestation. Lynn first started working for the Forest Service in 1962 on the Kettle Falls Ranger District, Colville National For est. Prior to that time he was in the U.S. Navy for 4 years. Most of his time at Kettle Falls was in Recreation and Fire Control. He came to the Mill City District in 1967 and work ed in Timber Management and Fire Control before reassign ment to the Detroit District in 1968 as Assistant Fire Control Officer. Mildred J. Whitsett was giv en a Quality Step Increase ef fective August 24. Jo started w’orking for the Forest Ser vice on the Mill City District in 1963 and was the Personnel Clerk for the District from 1966 till reassignment to De troit in 1968 where she is cur rently serving in this capacity. Her award was for sustained above-average work perform ance. DETROIT—Young & Mor- gan Inc. Mill City, was the successful bidder on an esti mated 5,100,000 board feet of federal timber in the East Humbug No. 3 timber sale con A public advisory hearing on ducted at the Detroit Ranger plans to implement a section Station Tuesday morning. of the “Morse Amendment” to An estimated 3,620,000 board IDANHA —Ricky William the Foreign Assistance Act of feet of Douglas-fir logs and son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn 1968, on timber export from peeler blocks, advertised at Williamson of Idanha was re federal land, will be held in $69.75 per thousand sold for cently awarded a $273.00 schol Portland Friday, September $77.30 per thousand in the fin arship from the Oregon College 26. al bidding of the oral sale. of Education it was announced The Forest Service, U. S. De There was five qualified bid here tnis week. In addition he partment of Agriculture, and ders. was also awarded a $750.00 the Bureau of Land Manage Other species of timlier in General George A. Jackson and ment, U. S. Department of the cluded in the sale was an es Maria C. White Foundation. Interior, will hold the hearing, timated 1,480 MBF of Western He was the recipient of a $233.- beginning at 10 a. m. in the hemlock and other species 00 scholarship from the Dean- auditorium of the Bonneville which solfl at the advertised ha Parent Teachers Club. Power Administration Build rate of $50.75 per thousand, A 1969 graduate of Detroit ing, 1002 N. E. Holladay Street and an uneBtimated amount of High School he will attend Portland. Douglas-fir special cull logs O.C.E. tills fail where he plans advertised at $-1.15 per thous- The hearing is to review a to major in Business Admin- > Members of Salem Boy and. The western-hemlock and plan proposed by the two agen istration. Scout Troop 18 were jubliant other species and the special cies to control log export sub on August 6 when they dis stitution, as provided in the cull logs sold at fixed rates. Included in the sale were covered a dugout submerged amendment. The main provis Christmas Seal People 177 acres of all species logs in Horse Lake within the ion of the amendment, which DETROIT — The Upper substandard because of defect Three Sisters Wilderness. To Meet At Idanha North Santiam Canyon buzzed went into effect January 1, or size, sold at the advertised Was it an old Indian canoe with activity as thousands of 1969, restricted to 350 million rate of $2.50 an acre. The stand hacked out of a giant log many Firehall Tuesday hoard feet the amount of tim vacationers flocked to the area Willamette National Forest moons ago? Christmas Seal volunteers on the last big three day holi ber that can be sold for export ’ of timber is located approximate To answer this question Dr. will gather at the Idanha Fire day of the season. Detroit Lake fiom federal lands west of th? ly 11 -miles northeast of De David Cole, Curator of the Un 100th meridian. Hall for a label party Tuesday, State Park, Mongold, as well troit up the Breitenbush River. iversity of Oregon’s Museum September 9 at 10 a. m. The amendment also authori as all of the Forest Service of Natural History, travelled The group will label envel Campgrounds were filled to zed the Secretaries of Agricul to Horse Lake on August 26 opes for mailing Christmas over flowing. Latecomers ture and Interior to formulate Nurses To Attend with Sam Frear, Public Infor Seals to residents of Marion, could be seen camping along a plan to prevent purchase of mation Officer of the Willam Benton, Linn, Polk and Yam the river bank as well as in National Forest or Bureau of Social Security Meet ette National Forest. Land Management timber in September 8 in Salem hill Counties in Nox ember. \ any wide spot on the road. Together they sawed and Fishing was reported from substitution for non-federal potluck is also planned. The first program of the fall chopped away logs near the timber being exported. Opal Leming, Willamette Tu fair to good with many limit season for District No. 3 Nur outlet f Horse Lake that were berculosis and Health Assn. I ing out. It was an ideal holiday Comments and advice are ses is scheduled for September pinning down the canoe. Turn (WTHA) Area Chairman, is with the weatherman co-oper s ught on the proposed plan, 8th at 7:30 p.m., Oregon State ed over, the canoe revealed which is being circulated to Hospital Nurses Residence. Mr. non-Indian trade marks: gal in charge of the event. WTHA ating fully. No serious accidents were r e timber purchasers, industrial Clair FJaten, District Manager vanized nails and clean cuts is the local Christmas Seal as ported and no ambulance runs associations, state officials, port of the Social Security Office obviously made by a sharp me sociation. Bettv O’Brien and Lula Mar- were made. authorities, and other interest in Salem will be the featured tal ax. Everyone seemed to be hav ed persons. Khat of the WTHA staff. Sal In addition, in one of their guest speaker. He will discuss ing a delightful time. em, are expected to attend. Persons unable to attend the social security—what it is and not so ti usty swings of an axe. Portland hearing may submit whom it serves, Including the the investigators chapped a written statements to either recent Medicare Program and piece from the canoe’s side, They Grow Big Here revealing that the wood still the Regional Forester, Forest its functions, Servie», P. O. B x 3623. Port Clair Flaten has been as- appeared fresh. The verdict, then, i. that the land 97208, or to the State Dir soclated with Social Security ector, Bureau of Land Manage i since the year of its beginning, canoe is about 15 to 22 years ment, P. O. Box 2965, Portland 1937. Special training t<x>k him years old, its maker or makers 97208, within 30 days follow from Portland to Washington, unknown. ing the hearing. Copies of the D.C., Baltimore, Maryland. N. I The Salem Boy Scouts made proposed plan may also be ob Y. City and San Francisco. He their discovery while on a 50- tained from the offices listed has been district manager at mile ¡like on the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail and were above. the Salem office since 1964. Beyond his role as district swimming in Horse Lake «lur manager, Mr. Flaten serves as: ing a two-day layover there. 1. Chairman of Rotary Foun The troop leader is B. J. Battig dation, Committee of Salem Rotary Club. 2. Chairman of Marion-Polk County Health Council. 3. President of Salem Feder al Executive Association. 4. Past meml>er of Boarfl of The hot weather of the past Administration of Faith Lutn- week brought a rash of grass eran Church. All nurses are in DETROIT—The Pre-School vitefl to attend an informative fires with the firemen called out three times on one fire; mothers will sponsor a rum meeting. that was near th» new Scout mage sale Friday, September building on ReMine road. 5th from 10:00 a m. to 3.30 p.m. The old Hammond lumber The event will lie held at company railr ad tracks in the Detroit Community Chris that area are lieing removed tian Church. Proceeds will be and it Is lielieved that sparks added to the Kindergarten from some welding caused the fund. blaze. The fire was apparently A Gates man has lieen sen t This i brings to mind a little fenced to six months in Jail out but strong winds brought Last week Mrs. Ruth Powers called story about a sign that was after hi pleaded guilty to them to life the next day the office to say she had a record parsnip spotted t a church preparing charges that he took food and Again in Saturday the smould at her place. To prove her point she for a fund raising project. cooking utensils from a cabin. ering blaze flared up but was brought the plant to The Enterprise of Gerald Udell Sherfy, 26. was put out, this time “for keeps.’’ It read: Ladies “Don’t for- fice. It was well over six feet high. It cer Ther? was another grass fire get th» rummage ale. This is sentenced Wednesday in Mar tainly didn’t look like a parsnip to me, a go» I chance to get rid of ion C unty Circuit Court. The on Thursday near the former but she swears she planted parsnip seeds everything not worth keeping charge involved entry into the Baptist Mission on SW 7th and this one really grew tall. Her home is I but too good to throw away cabin of George Kraus at which was extinguished with out incident. on S. E. 4th in Mill City—Enterprise photo | Bring vour husbands.” Gates on April 30. Receives Honors Salem Boy Scouts Find Indian Canoe In Horse Lake Many Visitors In Santiam Canyon Over Labor Day Pre-School Mothers To Sponsor Grass Fires Keep Firemen Busy Rummage Sale Gates Man Gets Jail Sentence
