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3en. Ref. and D0®- ®lv* C ot b Library 97103 The Mill City Enterprise ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND VOLUME XXIV NUMBER 44 THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30. 1909 Up and Down Drug Use The Avenue Meeting Set For Tues. Nite Muscular Dystrophy Workers By Don Moffatt I was reading this weekend something about inflation and it really made me stop and think about what is going on in our country today. In 1931 Babe Ruth received a salary of $80,000 from the Yankees: in 1967 Willie Mays was paid $125,000 by the Giants. This is the sticker. Who was better off? Out of the $80,000 salary- paid to Babe Ruth, he paid $11,500 in federal income tax es, giving him a take-home pay of $68,500, On Mays’ $125,000 salary, only $52,000 was left in take-home pay after feder al takes. In addition, consum er prices today are about 2.2 times as high as they were in 1931. In terms of purchas ing power, Mays' salary was worth only about a third of Ruth’s. Today, if Mays were to receive as much purchasing power as the Babe did in 1931 ($68,500) he would have to be paid $454,000. This brings up the talk about the great increase in Gross National Product growth of the country pointed to with pride at every opportunity by government agencies. What they should concern themselves about is how little our money buys, even with high wages. And while everyone is told to curtail expenditures, the law makers we elected and sent to Washington, D. C. voted themselves a healthy raise. Do you think that helps fight inflation? You know it does n’t. Maybe it is even too late now to set the brakes on the inflationary trend in our coun try. No one likes regulations but maybe it will finally come to that. And then we came back to the action by the City council on the Circle K application for a package license for their proposer! store here on High way 22. We again have sever al letters to the editor on page four of this issue. Read them, and you will see just how much furor has been caused by a simple request of a company wanting to have the privilege of starting a business in our town. We have a couple of letters thank ing the council members who voted "no” on the question of whether or not Circle K should have the license. Both of these letters were written in good faith, or at least I be lieve so. The only trouble is that they have forgotten that church and state are separat ed, and religion should have no bearing on this particular question. Most of the people in the city are in favor of issuing a permit, but I guess these councilmen do not be lieve in majority rule. It does no good to say a law is good or bad. The fact remains that beer, wine and liquor all are legal businesses now, whether or not we like or approve it. and the stores have the right to sell these commodities as long as they are licensed and comply with the regula tions relative to their sale. I can remember only a few years ago when he had four more beer and wine outlets in Mill City than we now have. I can’t for the life of me see any less beer or wine con sumption now than then, so why all the commotion about another outlet here at this time. Those who do not wish to buy beer and wine, certain ly are not forced to buy it. The major markets here and in other towns have the licenses, and I can’t see where it maizes one iota of difference in the drinking habits of the public. One more outlet on Highway 22 certainly isn’t going to make that much difference, and surely enough, if these council members continue to work against progress in Mill City, they should resign, or be removed. They are just doing ne more thing to make this just a wide spot in the road. Let us remember that it is Impossible to legislate morals ’nto people They must have rhe desire to be moral—no law i- going to change that If the •pie driving on our high- • are going to buy beer wine, this one outlet in City certainly is not g:- m ke the difference. Tom Drynan this morning asked The Enterprise to re mind area residents of the meeting cn drugs which will be held at the Mill City Grade School gymnasium Tuesday evening. November 4 at 7:30. Topic of the speakers will be “Told Like It Is.” This should be an informative session and everyone is invited and urged to be present. There is considerable use of drugs by young people in the canyon area, and that is one of the reasons parents especial ly are asked by Cpl. Drynan to come, and they may get in formation on how to deter mine whether their young folks are using drugs. Drynan, who has been con cerned about the increase of drug use by youths here is making arrangements for the program. An outstanding authority and speaker, Dr. Ronald Win ters of the OSU pharmacy de partment will give the main talk. Also of particular inter est will be the talk by Dick Hollmen of Portland a former inmate of the Oregon State penitentiary and for six years a user of “hard drugs.” This is a community project and one that has been wanted and needed by all interested and concerned people, young and old. Mr. Drynan said plain facts and statistics will be used and those wanting to know just why and how kids are using drugs nowadays may find some of the answers at the meeting. New Bridge Spans North Fork River By Jean Roberts MEHAMA—A new type of bridge has been engineered at Mehama, one that will last a lifetime say property owners Merle Philippi and Dick Bil yeu. The bridge is the steel body of a railroad flat car weighing 12 tons. The flat car, purchased in Portland was hauled to Me hama on a heavy hauler and is now spanning Stout Creek as an access road to future home sites on the other side of the creek. The creek at this point is 26 feet across and the flat car spans 54 feet. It is steel construction planked with car decking (2 inch first quality fir) lumber. The bridge was ready for use as soon as it was installed across the creek. Junior High Camp Fire To Collect For UNICEF The Junior High Camp Fire group will be representing UNICEF for the local area this year. The girls will be asking for volunteer donations at the Halloween party which is to be held at the Elemen tary School Gym on Hallowe en night. Also, there will be a group of youngsters from Stayton on Thursday evening who will be conducting a door to door drive and Mrs. Margaret Ware, chairman, stated donations on this would be counted sep arately and credited to this area. Elementary Journalism Class Visits Enterprise Mrs. Pattie Avery brought half of her journalism stu dents from the Mill City El ementary school to Thè En terprise office last Wednesday and the other half this Wed nesday to see how the news paper is put out. They got to see how typesetting machines worked and also how the news paper was printed. Many students from local .schools visit The Enterprise each year to get a better idea of how a country weekly is operated. The above ladies of the Eagles Auxiliary will be among those of that group who are sparkplugging the muscular dystrophy drive in the area. They are from left to right, Betty McCall, secretary; Norma Long; Bonnie Chytka, and Myrtle Prichard, president, of Lyons, and Jeff Welstad, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Welstad. Rubys Shine At Football Game Friday Eagles Auxiliary To Head Muscular Dystrophy Drive The regular meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary of the North Santiam Aerie F.O.E. was held October 23. Sister Lucy John and David Ruby rack Palmer reported that a total of ed up 27 points between them $44.00 was taken in on the as their sister Marge was bazaar table. These proceeds crowned Queen of Homecom were donated to the Eagle ing. The Santiam Wolverines Cancer Fund went on to crush the Chemawa A combined Beeline and Braves by a score of 62-6 Fri Koscot Cosmetic show will be held November 14 at the FOE day, October 24. There was little question a- Hall. The Auxiliary is spon bout the game after Santiam soring the Muscular Dystro splurged for 27 first-quarter phy Drive in this area and all points on two 7 yard runs by proceeds from the fashion Howard Lyness, a 40 yard pass show will go to the muscular to Larry Hillesland from Ron dystrophy campaign. The pub Johnson, and a 25 yard pass lie is invited, to come and do interception by Tony Grant. some Christmas shopping and In the second quarter the donate to a worthy cause at Wolverines almost matched the same time. There will be the Ilrbl tTlt? first tjUdl quarter UUipui. output. n A xu 10 . some interesting , p door prizes yard run by John Ruby, a 4 I (a new dress for one) to be yard run by Doug Cline and given away and refreshments a 35 yard pass from Johnson J will i)e served. to Hillesland gave Santiam a 48-0 halftime lead. In the second half the Wol verine subs dominated the field for the rest of the game. They scored only twice in the fourth quarter, on 2 and 15 yard runs by John Ruby. John GATES—Dorman Gregory, also ran for the conversion on Gates City councilman, submit his first touchdown in the ted his resignation Thursday fourth giving him all 14 points evening. October 23, during in the quarter. the monthly council meeting. Defensively Lynn Cutsforth Mr. Gregory has been transfer lead with nine tackles. How red to John Day, and will be ard Lyness and Greg Davis fol moving shortly. The resigna lowed Cutsforth with seven ■ tion was accepted and names and five tackles respectively. were suggested to be contacted Santiam will travel to Ger- j to fill the vacancy. vais for their final regular sea-1 A request for gravel on San son game Friday, October 31. | tiam Street and a question re The Wolverines will then garding water lines to pr ])er- meet Stayton at there home ties on Santiam Street owned field Saturday, Nov. 8. for the by Mr. Imel and Mr. Spring playoff between the Minor and er of Silver Falls Realty in Major league Champions. Silverton was brought up. The road was to I m ? referred to the Road Commissioner, Dick Mar Boy and Girl of tin and it was stater! that the city was required to take the Month Guests at water lines to the property since it was within the limit Lions Club Meeting set for the city. A suggestion from the Plan Santiam’s Boy and Girl of the Month, Lynn Cutsforth and ning Committee regarding an Linda Crowther were guests additional access road onto of the Mill City Lions club i Highway 22 so as to curtail Monday night. This has been truck traffic through the town the custom of the club for the was presented. Members of the past few years, and it gives council asked Mrs. Hazel Ga the young people some recog briel, recorder, to contact Mar nition outside school for their ion County. Mayor James Siegfried re accomplishment. The club agreed to take mo quested a street light to be ney out of the administrative placed near his home. He stat fund, to add to $1 donations ed that one had been remov from club members to send $50 ed from there at some previous to the CARE program of Dis time. The council decided to take no specific action but re trict MR Zone Chairman Martin Han commended that someone sen reported on the mid-win check all of Gates for dark ter conference held at Coos areas in need of street lights. A Planning Commission Bay. He was accompanied by President Fred Krecklow One meeting will be held at the of the speakers at the pr ogram Council chambers on Novem was George E. Daly, interna ber 13 in the evening. Present were Mayor Sieg tional director. Following the business meet-; fried, Councilman Frank Bae- ing Roger Mink showed a film ’ chler. Dorman Gregory, Ix>r- on the "Aftermath of World | raine Mills and Recorder Haz War II." I el Gabriel Gregory Resigns From Gates Council Police Telephone Number Confusing To Residents Chief of Police Don Gillen water asked The Enterprise today to help straighten out the telephone number of the police car. A lot of people here evidently don’t know, or have forgotten, that the police car number is 859-2172, which is a Lyons number, as it is a mobile ph me. Many of late have been dialing the Mill City prefix, 897-2172 and they wind up getting Bill Easter out of bed at ungodly hours. Bill naturally doesn’t like this and is sometimes curt in telling people so, and who can blame him. Thus Chief Gil lenwater says everyone is un happy about it. The police are blamed for not taking care of their night car calls, and Mr. Easter is missing a lot of sleep. In the future please try and get the prefix straight, 859-2172 when calling the police car. $4 .00 a YEAR — 10c a Copy Santiam Wolverines in First Place in Minor Division Of Capital Conference With one game remaining in the regular season, Santiam out the season. Doug Cline, de is in the enviable position of fensive halfback, intercepted a first place in the minor divis Jefferson pass with 12 seconds ion of the Capital Conference. left in the game to clinch it Offensively the Wolverines for the Wolverines. Tackle are led by split end Larry Hil Mark Jeter tackled the Jeffer lesland and quarterback Ron son punter deep in Jefferson’s Johnson. Hillesland also plays territory to set up a one yard quarterback ;md commands touchdown by Lyness. Santiam the running game handing off intercepted 3 passes and re to the team’s leading ground covered three fumbles against gainer Howard Lyness, who Jefferson. In the North Mar has compiled 433 yards, most ion game Mark Jeter and John of them up the middle. Junior Ruby teamed up to block two fullback Tom Rush has also punts deep in North Marion r Ik'd up considerable yardage. territory. In their most recent Hillesland and Lyness are pre game against Chemawa, the sently one and two in minor Wolverines held the Braves to division scoring, Hillesland 6 points and scored a total of with 42 points and Lyness 62 points. Sophomore John with 28 points. Ron Johnson Ruby led all scorers with 20 commands the aerial game points, Hillesland and Lyness with passes to Hillesland and each scored two touchdowns. Coach Gibson said, “The de Tony Grant. It was Johnson’s pass to Grant that won the fense has been solid all year,” Jefferson game 13-6. To date and he looks for Grant, Lyness Johnson has passed for nine and Rush to improve greatly touchdowns. The offensive line in the remaining games. After Santiam’s last regular centers around the team’s cen ter Bruce Roscoe, guards Mike ly scheduled game with Ger Long and Lynn Cutsforth and vais the Wolverines will meet tackles Greg Davis and Mark Major division champion Stay Saturday, November 8 at Jeter. Assistant coach and ton Stay ton. head scout Bab Williams said, “Roscoe is the best center I have seen in the league.” Santiam has a strong, quick A group of loggers and men led by Mike Long, connected with the timber in defense Mark Jeter Greg Davis, dustry in the Santiam area who are the and team leading met Monday night at the tacklers. The defense ’s has held Scout House in Mill City to the opposing teams to an av discuss the problem they are erage of 6.6 points a game. having with theft and break The secondary has been alert, Hurston Nicholas has taken age at their logging sites. over as acting President of the intercepting passes through- Cpl. Tom Drynan of the Mill City Jaycees. President State Police said it was really Joe TerLouw is being trans a good turnout and many sug ferred to Enmuclaw, Wash gestions were made to cut ington and will be leaving the down vandalism and outright end of the month. theft of equipment in the Bill Flynn and Ed Hastings woods. were welcomed as new mem Drynan said during the dis bers into the club. cussion one of the things An area orientation meeting brought forth as an aid to stop will be held here at the Mill theft was a good marking or City Elementary School Ion branding of tools and equip November 5 at 7:30. JayCees ment, as this might tend to from Mt. Angel, North Mar deter theft, as it would be lon, Salem, and Stayton along more difficult to dispose of the with the Mill City JayCees items pilfered. will attend. This meeting is He also urged loggers to an excellent chance for any preserve any evidence on the young man in this area to spot, if it could be done with find out what the Jaycees are out holding up their operation all about at the local club lev All men working in the el and, what the State and Na woods were asked to be more tional JayCees are doing and alert in checking unauthor how they go about doing it. ized vehicles in the area, and A team of JayCees at the to take license numbers if they State level will give talks on could see them. In this man various subjects and will also ner it would give police of answer any questions about ficers something to work on JayCees. President of the Ore It was also pointed out that gon .TayCees, I^arry Fuller, a *‘go<xl share of the thefts are and, Past president of the Ore coming within the companies gon JayCees, Ed Patterson, by men working in the woods.” will attend and should have Another point was the pa some interesting comments. trolling of the area by the If there are any young men in companies involved, in an ef this area who are not JayCees fort to apprehend those who and would like to attend this were doing the damage to meeting and find out more a- Senior Princess Marge Ruby bout JayCees call either Hurs equipment and stealing tools. was crowned Santiam High ton Nicholas 897-2875 or Roger School's 1969 Homecoming Penrose 897-2717 and trans queen during halftime of the portation arrangements will Chemawa - Santiam football be made. game Friday. Marge reigned over the rest of the game as her two brothers, David and J hn Ruby, helped the Santi am Wolverines smash Chem awa, (¡2 to 6. John Ruby, a sophomore halfback scored 20 The JayCette meeting was points on three touchdowns and held recently at the home of a two-poirit conversion and Pam Morris with the JayCees seni r David Ruby kicked five The students of the Ivy as guests for the evening. At extra jxiints. Park school in Mill City will Marge was chosen from a be out to collect used cloth tending were Terry and Pam M irris, Hurston and Mary Ann group of four princesses, one ing and canned goods for the Nicholas, Erwin and Jan from each class. The Varsity Seven Day Adventist Welfare Woods, Roger and Barbara Football team chose the prin center on Thursday night, Oc Penrose, Shirley Bigness and cesses, and GA A picked their tober 30. The center has help Linda Sanders. Cpl. Tom Dryn escorts. Doug Cline, also a ed some sixteen families this an of the State Police was the senior, escorted Queen Marge. year with furniture, food, and guest speaker He gave an in Rita Whitney, Junior princess clothing and also gas at times. formative talk on the drugs in was escorted by Bruce Beyer. Their clothing supplies as this area and throughout Ore Sophomore princess, Jenny well as fax*! stuffs are quite de Chance was escorted by Lynn pleted. gon. A short business meeting Cutsforth Jeri Parker, re Residents are asked to look was held with Pam Morris presenting the Freshmen, was for the young people the night being elected vice president escorted by Rodney Luke. before Hallowe’en. and Linda Sanders, treasurer During half-time after the to fill recent vacancies Jan crowning ceremonies the San- Woods was named hospitality Ham Wolverettes performed Weather, Detroit Dam a peppy dance routine t > the 7 a. m. Daily Weather Reading <hairman. Pool Christmas candles are still music of “Spanish Flea ” The Max Mln. Elev. Pep. on sale and anyone interested drill team wore outfits corres may contact any JayCette ponding to Football Officials Oct. 22 66 45 1507.25 0.00 and the routine consisted of Oct. 23 65 45 1506.09 0.02 member. Oct. 24 53 41 1504.98 003 The next meeting will be referee signals. The Homecoming Dance Oct. 25 53 40 1500.85 0.01 held November 6 at the home of Barbara Penrose. A dem was held after the game, and Oct. 2»! M 40 1502.71 000 onstration on wigs is planned the theme was “Homec'ming Oct. 27 58 42 1501.65 1.03 Oct 28 55 43 1800J7 055 Ecstacy.” fur that meeting Timber Men Discuss Thefts Of Equipment JayCees To Hold Orientation Meeting Nov. 5th Marge Ruby '69 Homecoming Choice Cpl. Tom Drynan Talks at Recent JayCette Meeting Ivy Park School Students to Collect Food and Clothing
