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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1970)
I City Enterprise ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND VOLUME XXV NUMBER 34 Up and Down The Avenue By Don .Moffatt THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1970 Boats To Be Removed From Marion I If any of you people know how to do a rain dance, you’d I better get to stomping, as it( has been a long dry spell in the state. No rain of any con sequence has fallen for some' time, and while I really enjoy the bright sunny days. I realize full well what a fire in our forests would do to our coun- try.lt would be like a gasoline, fire. I presume that everything that isn’t under irrigation is really suffering. I do like this type of weath er though. One gets up in the morning, and it’s real chilly— then about noon it gets pretty warm, but not unbearable. Just right for living. Well Preserved Spike $4.00 a YEAR — 10c a Copy 10 & C Checks Are Sent to Counties Checks totaling $323,215 have been mailed to five Mid-Wil- lamette Valley counties which share in receipts from sale of resources on revested Oregon and California (O&C) railroad grant lands. The payment represents the counties’ share of June re ceipts. Thirteen other West ern Oregon counties received payments totaling $2,978,266. The largest share was $827,021 to Douglas County. Mid-Valley payments were Benton, $92,771; Linn, $87,159; Marion, $48,201; Polk, $71,311, and Yamhil.l $23,770. MâyOF âlld 3 Councilmen To Be Elected DETROIT — The long-de At the General Election this layed restoration to wilderness November. Mill Citv will elect a Mayor and three Councilmen, condition of the Marion Lake it was announced at a recent area in Mt. Jefferson Wilder meeting of that group. ness is to begin. The terms of Mayor Herb All boats and other person Peck and Councilmen Herb al property in the area are to Schroeder. Verne Rush and I be removed by December 31, Adolph Brunner will expire. according to R. L. Worstell, Anyone wishing to run for any Ronald L. Bryant action supervisor of the Wil of the offices are reauired to lamette National Forest. file a petition with the City The recent story in The Enterprise on the remains Recorder at least 30 days prior « toaction by* Oregon Hi 811 camP on the Monument Peak road created S. Senators Mark Hatfield to the election. Petitions may TT-.r.-u and consijera|j’e interest. The past week George Dickie Bob Packwood, the Marion brought in the cut from the tree pictured above. It be secured from Recorder Rex Lake area is the only section Ohmart. of the Mt. Jefferson area where was cut down near the old site and he and Joe Stodola It was reported that several counted 72 rings on it. Arrow shows the big spike Sometimes I wonder about wilderness regulations have old houses are eith°r being all the advancement in our way not been enforced since restor which Dickie hit with his chain saw. The camp was torn down or brought up to of living. Remember when we ation was ordered in 1968. code, and an agreement was I believed to have been there in the early twenties. had time to stop a bit and visit DETROIT—According to a reached with Pacific Power & Since last summer, accord-I — Mill City Enterprise Photo, with our neighbors, and call Roger Penrose, president of ing to Detroit District Rang-1 report last week some of our Light regarding the mainten on friends? Seems now that the Mill City Jaycees has an- ers, the number of boats kept1 young people in the area are ance of street lights at Santi with all this hustle and bustle ounced that Ronald L. Bryant at Marion Lake has fallen from playing a pretty daring game am Boulevard and N. W. 2nd we just have to work like heck of Redmond, President of the over 200 to about 150. Worstell with their cars. It’s called streets. to keep our heads above water. Oregon State Jaycees, will be said any personal property re-1 In other action the council “chicken’’. The rules are when I wonder if it is really worth in Mill City to attend the mem j , maining within the Wilderness you meet one of the gang on accepted the proposed plans for all the effort. I know that we bership meeting of the local ¡area after December 31 will the highway or any other con future development of the city can’t take a backward attitude, group Thursday, August 20. venient place you head straight park, which were presented by become the property of the and the old days were really for them in their lane of traf Pete Adair. Mr. By rant, a lawyer in Red United States. By Goldie Rambo not so rosy, but it is sort of mond, was elected State Jaycee The Council denied a request fic and then get out of their Dakota and down Into South The forest service has been A Gates couple returned last fun to reminisce once in a- President May 16 at Eugene to close a street in River way just in the nick of time Dakota where they visited in the issue, though week from an extremely inter while. We didn’t have so much and has been actively touring silent on to avoid a collision. It's called view Addition which was nre- Mobridge with her sister and marked the end of July 1st I esting trip to Reedsburg, Wise. trouble with pollution, and the state and will be guest family, the Dale Hollenbecks. “chicken” because if you want sented by Darrel Bethel. The part of that was due to the fact speaker at the Mill City meet the last extension before re- I Not that traveling to Wiscon Then on to Wisconsin where to be “in", you better do it, street Is located between 8th to wilderness was to storation sin is so distant or so unusual, that there were a lot fewer ing Thursday night. and 10th streets and runs from they visited with several of his or your “chicken”. start. but their mode of travel was people on the earth. We didn’t The game is not new since S. W. Linn Blvd over the A Jaycee for 13 years, Mr. aunts and cousins and their A September 15, 1969 dead have so many food it has been going on for some bank and dead ending on S. tooa ® containers onial“erb | Bryant has served in local Jay- line for removal of boats was not the conventional one. The families. Schroeders and their 11-year- to throw away. . In 2.. those .1__ days| i__ cee affajrs including president in other mid-valley towns. W. Spring Street. This street Enroute home they stopped time almost everyone did their own 'of the Redmond Jaycees, and put aside last fall until May 1, old toy terrier, Midge, made However, it’s a pretty danger I has never been in use. as it n Boise to visit with her bro ous game and those taking does not go anywhere and has the trip on a motorcycle. vegetable canning in jars— I on the state level as State and then again until July 1. I They visited enroute with ther and family, the Lloyd part in it are really flirting no purpose. there were no home freezers Chairman, State Vice Presi- Dodges. her parents in Leavenworth, thus no cardboard cartons to 1 dent, National Director, and with the man up stairs. Bills totaling $9RR8.R2 were Wn., ard with relatives in The Schroeders said they dispose of—and when we had last year as Internal Adminis Recently a local mother met authorized for pavment. were very “ litter conscious ” Boise, Idaho and Mobridge, S. waste paper, we just burned it. trative Director. a young lady who pulled this The following nolire report Dak., before visiting in Wis and were careful to put every stunt on her. The young lady was given: Traffic citations 8; No law to say you must not. President Penrose stated consin. , bit of theirs in roadside trash recognized the car but mistook traffic warnings 22: municipal All of these old-fashioned that anyone Interested in at They camped out most of the cans. She said that at each the driver for one of the moth citations, adult 2: prlsonserr things are gone and sometimes tending this Mill City Jaycee Í time in paiks and campgrounds campground at which they ers’ sons. The mother was lodged 2: cases nrnc»ssed I wonder if it is all good. Of meeting on Thursday night is but when they wanted some stayed they picked up litter pretty shook up over the or through court 8: comnlalnts re course, living on a farm was welcome. extra rest they stopped at a left by others. a lot different then than now. deal and followed the young ported 37. Incidents renorted 75, motel. It also gave them shelt On a cycle more litter can lady home. She asked her , and accidents reported 1. I can remember when the I farms were small and tractors MARION FORKS—Some 150 er from a bad thunder storm he seen than in other modes of what the big idea was, and the two. were not used to any extent. travel and Mrs. Schroeder said girl replied she thought it was riders completed Oregon Appla- or Mrs. Schroeder said they got she disliked saying it but “it her son driving the car. The Motorist Has Car We raised the feed for animals. I oosa Horse Club annual ride 50 miles to the gallon seems that our state has more reply of course was as shock I and mast of everything we had, Sunday at Santiam Pass South about with their cycle and thought litter than others. I hope we ing as the ordeal the mother I Fir« at Detroit on the table. Things were not! east of Marion Forks. I on such a large scale. We al-j The 3-day ride primarily fol more people should travel can change that so our state had just gone through. DETROIT—An unidentified that way to really enjoy the ways had plenty to eat and de-I It ’ s too bad that young will be the cleanest. ” How lowed the Skvline Trail in the motorist and his companion summer scenery. They came cent clothing to wear—and people who have so much en ever, they agreed that Oregon Cascades with over nine stop ran into some trouble about after all, just how much more; overs at White Water Creek, home looking very tanned and parks and campgrounds were ergy to bum can’t put it to ' noon Friday when their nickup fit: at much less expense than much nicer than the average some good use in their respec-1 developed motor trouble and do we get in our high-speed LYONS—Mari-Linn school Pamelia and Marion Creeks. getting a suntan at some re which seems to be the opinion tlve communities. race of today. How about that Cliff Hathaway of Willsonville caught on fire on Highway 22 I for a backward look at things. I begins Tuesday, September 8. was Trail Boss on the 50 mile sort. of most travelers. about a Quarter of a mile east j Letters have been sent to the I Mrs. Schroeder said it took Stupid, I suppose. Good weather prevailed Portland Boy Loses of U. S. Ply plant. i parents of first graders for a trek which started on Centinal I them about as long to get most of they way and they from White Water Creek Detroit-Idanha Fire Depart To continue on in this vein testing program the last of Trail ready for the trip as it did to had no unpleasant encounters i Life Sunday Afternoon Jefferson Park. Conducting ! j make ment was called, but the fire of thinking, I see where Salem ' August. New residents of the to it. They spent about two with people or animals. They annual Directors meeting, , . ... had been put out by Nils Bitt is having a time finding a area with school age children the Saturdav night at the Marion i™5®*3 on he road which in- ran into quite a bit of road | In Detroit Lake place where young people may' are to contact School Principal Creek camn was president Ted eluded side-tr ps to scenic spots construction ard in South Da-; DETROIT — A 16-year-old ner, who used a fire extinguish er before the department arrlv- congregate at night. There’s Curtis Benefiek* Finely of Portland. i lnc2^din?. y®llow3t(one Pa«*- . kota one strip of newly dug | Portland boy drowned in De- , ed. Damage was troit I.ake about 2 p. m. Sun-1™ uam^ V" mi,nOr ’!"Ce nothing to do—or so goes the| Miss Jackie Mehl of Scio is A steak dinner was served' Th^v had, a 3111 tca3e b?lted earth had just been heavily K lit burned only a few wires, complaint. That is true, but I. the new fifth grade teacher to ISO riders and 30 guests on the cvcle carrier in back watered. They hit that gumbo ( H °aV- Dave Roberts said, wonder why just once in a and other teachers returning State Police said Michael M Fire Chief and just went “ .......... plop.” “ Con- motorists were enroute while the young folks can’t are Viola Helsel, first grade; Creek camp. Cooking the camp^“ of tbe rear whe®’’ Du® H struction crews hurried over Ellis, son of Mr. and Mrs. to The Prineville. stay home. It would appear, Linda Mickelson. 2nd:; Olen style dinner was Gaberilth of a factory strike prior to leav to them to see if they were Reed W. Ellis, Portland, Smith, 3rd- Martha Poole 4th; they couldn't get regular injured (which they weren’t) drowned after he and a 15-year- that HOME no longer holds The outing annual ing — anyone, -v—. other ----- : Hazel Wirth 6th. with Jean Beaverton. saddle hags for the Honda, so and help dig their cycle out old friend attempted to swim Weather, Detroit Dam any appeal for ly includes friends and families than a place to sleep. Here’s | Roberts, student teaching: John Mr. Schroeder bolted and stap of the mud. Mrs. Schroeder to a life raft which had drift 7 a m. Daily Weather Reading some more old-time thinking.' Huffman, 7th, and Jim David- of the club members. led the tote bags on a ply- said they were really a rness ed away from them. Pool After we had put in a day of J son 8th~ .................... board and made braces to fast until they got washed up. Police said a Marion County Max. Min . FJnv. Pep. en them securely. hard work, we didn’t feel' Eva Benefiel will teach spe Sheriff’s patrol boat picked up Aug. 12 99 58 1556.79 o.oo The Schroeders were so en one They were all ready to go thused much like going out to a party cial education. Remedial read youth, but Ellis went un- Aug. 13 87 54 1556.42 0.00 about their trip that and the cycle wouldn’t even this writer, in talking with | der. every night. Of course there ing, Ethel Wyman: teacher’s Aug. 14 76 52 1555 96 0.00 start!—except to run on one them, seemed to get a feeling I His body surfaced a short Aug. 15 84 52 1535.00 0.00 was plenty of whooping it up aid, Effie Anderson. Jeanne Owen will be half-davlibrarian. cylinder. So Earnest had to of the .joy and vibrancy which time later, but an hour and a Aug. 16 91 31 1555 20 0.00 on weekends. pet back to doing some more This brings us up to the com Custodians are Elmer Cui- dominates Bronson in | half of artificial respiration Aug. 17 80 48 1554.85 0.00 “mechanicing.”’ In two more usually ing Legion convention in Port well, assisted by Melvin Goode. 1 was futile, police said. 1 Aug. 18 79 49 1554.23 0.00 hours they took off—at 8 a. his travels on TV. land. Sure that is not in our Cooks are Donna Asmussen m. instead of the planned 6 a. realm of concern, or at least and Irene Lantzer. with Mrs. Two Killed In This Wreck some people will say that The I Richard Grossnicklaus, dish m. Mrs. Schroeder said her part thing I can’t understand is how washer. An increase in postage on All bus drivers are return parcel post will go into effect of getting things organized for in the world this group of people who plan to meet in ing. Registration for pre-school November 14. The increase of the trip was to put more pad Portland figure they have any will not start until the middle 15.4 percent was authorized by ding on the seat (after all it right to use Washington Park of September the Interstate Commerce Com was a long time to be sitting!) as a headquarters when it cer mission July 16 but is being and to make a cover for it. Mrs. Jack Miller, chairman 1 tainly has no facilities for such delayed by the Post Office From the material left over a gathering. Even the Portland Department as an encourage from that project she made a of the YMCA Adult Program taxpayers, who have built this ment for the early mailing of “doggie hag’’—the blanket lned Committee announces that the beautiful park cannot sleep holiday gifts. Postmaster Gen kind for their little old dog. next series of citizenship clas eral Winton M. Blount “hopes Midge rode in style in the box ses for those preparing to be there at night. There are no to provide an incentive for which was placed on the gas come naturalized U. S. citizens toilet facilities there to handle a large crowd, so you can well families and friends with serv tank She especially enjoyed will start Thursday, Septem imagine what a mess it will be. GATES—-Orville Brown is icemen overseas to use the low- It in the mornings when it her 17. This series of six ses And Gov. McCall’s authoriza now issuing fire permits for cost military mail service so was cold riding. The Schroed- sions will start each Thursday tion to let a big festival be held the Gates area on specific their gifts will arrive before ->rs used snowmobile suits at 8 p. m. The classes tihs year in Clackamas county also seems days in Linn-Marion counties. December 25.’’ To ensure de when it was coki and wind will be taught by Hattie Mr. Brown said that a per livery by surface mail of par breakers for when it was just Kremen and John Logan, Sal to be some “Tom foolery!” Who is going to pick up the tab for mit was necassrwy for all bum cels to servicemen overseas nleasantly cool. The suits em practicing Attorneys. messing up this beauty spot. ing and the trash must be in the parcels should be mallet! were strapped in a bundle to These classes are sponsored I'm glad we are out here in a container covered by screen by November 7. The rate in the front fender. Their sleep- jointlv bv the Marion County the country—but by the same and with the proper clearance crease effective November 14 'ng bags were tied to the top Bar Association and the Salem of the suitcase and they used YMCA as a community service token how do we know that around it. Those wishing to will apply to all parcels. Also effective the same dat° the tote hags for groceries,! and there is no chorge for the at some future date the gov burn and needing permits or I instruction or for the mater ernor may send a group of more information may call Mr. will be a 6 percent increase in tools and other necessities. The Schroeders left from i ials. No pre-registration is ne the postage rate on catalogs people out here to Fishermen’s Brown at 897-2777. The two increases are expected their home east of Gates over I cessary. Persons who wish to Berd park. We d raise holy Two people, Hazel L. Seymour and Earl William to yield about $123 million in Santiam Pass to Washington participate in these classes Lumley were killed recently when the car, driven by ned about that wouldn’t we? Maybe there is some answer uations, and I feel that right additional revenue, enough to to visit her folks. Mr. and should just come to the Salem Mrs. Seymour left the road east of Gates. Gene Hen to all this hullaboo about pro now is the time to draw the have these fourth-class mail Mrs. Clifford Dodge. They YMCA at 685 Court St. N. E dren, a passenger, was uninjured in the craah. tests. but I still say we have line on a lot of this damfool- services pay their full costs as then headed for Idaho, Mon- by 8 p. m. Thursday, Septem —Photo By Stanley Ogden. tana and a comer of North ber 17. required by law. lows to handle most of the sit- ishnesa. State Jaycee President To Visit Chicken at Detroit Not Good to Eat Tough to Swallow Couple Makes Cycle Trip To Wisconsin; Say It Is Really Fine Way To Travel Appaloosa Horse Club Has Annual Ride on Sunday Mari-Linn School To Open Doors September 8th Higher Parcel Post Rates Coming Nov. 14 Salem Y Slates Citizenship Classes Get Burning 0. K From Orville Brown
