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
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McMorris to
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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