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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1970)
Mill City VOLUME XXV NUMBER 40 Up and Down The Avenue By Don Moffatt ON T*HE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1970 Hunters Get Set for Big Buck Season Visitors Make Tour of Steam-Electric Plant at Chehalis, Wn. $4.00 a YEAR — 10c a Copy Six File for Council Positions The political pot in Mill City has started to boil a little bit this week, as candidates for Mayor and Councilmen have filed their petitions with City Recorder Rex Ohmart. Incumbent Mayor, Herbert J. Peck has filed to succeed himself in office and LeRoy Phelps has also filed for the position. For positions on the council Gerald R. Caryl, William Mc Call, Clyde Bate and Clyde I Phillips have filed. I Three councilmen, whose I terms expire at the end of the ' year, and who have not filed I for re-election are Adolph I Brunner, Herbert Schroeder , and Vern Rush. Pre-School Poll Being Conducted Thursday I had an opportun ity to take a field trip—and these usually are one of the most interesting facets of news paper work. Mayor Herb Peck Oregon’s big game hunters In the past few years a num and myself went to Stayton are already heading for the ber of residents of Administra where we joined PP&L Manag hills in masses preparing for tive School District 129J have er John Kohls, Mayor M. Van the opening of the buck season, shown a growing interest in Driesch and Frank Crow, pub Saturday, October 3. Some hun establishing a kindergarten in lisher of the Stayton Mail. We ters make it an annual event to the district. The school feels It went to Centralia, Wn., where take off a week early to estab would be wise to have a poll we made a tour of the Pacific lish their hunting camps. The taken to see what percentage Northwest’s first major steam Enterprise will not attempt to of the community would favor electric generating plant. point out the “hot spots” for having this program put into The size of the building op hunters, as it most likely the budget and regular school eration is fantastic. The enor would be wrong anyhow. Most program. Copies of this article mity of the machines which hunters in this area have found will be sent home with all will be used to mine the coal that they can get their deer students Thursday, October 1. staggers the imagination. The close to home. Of course, this Those who do not have child plant when completed will sort of dampens the sport of ren in school, copies will be have a generating capacity of outdoor living for a week or available at various business 1,400,000 kilowatts. The cost of so. The rains earlier made it houses, including The Enter- this plant and dam will run possible to get into the hunt pr office, from October 1 to 7. some $200 million and the coal ing areas, but all those making All voters in the district are mine equipment will add an trips into the woods should urged to fill in a form and ei other $25 million to the co6t. remember that there is still ther send it back to school with The boilers which will be furn fire danger. their children, return it to the Above are Don Moffatt, publisher of Pacific Power manager of Stayton and ishing the steam to generate Those hunters who have not place it was obtained, or mall the electricity are 233 feet high. taken the precaution of pre the Mill City Enterprise, John Kohls, Mayor Herb Peck of Mill City. it to Box 1448, Mill City by Oc The two chimneys, one was season conditioning, should be W. A. Lovelace, who says he tober 7.No signature is requir completed earlier in the year, extra careful if they do knock worked a week in Mill City for ed. and when we made our visit, down a big buck. Many hunt Hammond Lumber Co., in 1899 Listed below are the criteria the last one was being topped ers die of heart attacks each was in town Friday afternoon, and estimates involved in a off, are 470 feet high. year, and that is most likely visiting with residents and do district sponsored kinder It seems incredible, but coal because they go into the woods ing a little campaigning for garten: consumption will be 4,800,000 after sitting behind a desk for Gov. Tom McCall. Mr. Lovelace 1. Kindergarten would be tons annually. This means that a year. Better take it easy, as said he was 91 years old, but held in the old high school at nine tons a minute will be con it is foolish to over-exert your when visiting with The Enter Gates. (The building has been sumed. self. prise staff he appeared to be approved for this by the fire Taxes will be some $1 mil The sound of high-powered CENTRALIA, WASHING- . . .u , „ much younger. marshall, with a few minor begin sttoring the heavy rains fr°m the P ?nt 3 ^ue gases lion annually. That is a lot of rifle fire can be heard each TON-The big steam-electric | Lovelace, a Cherokee Indian, evening now, as hunters sight generating plant that will ' Operating on the principle of this winter. Water stored be said he was married at Chem- changes.) There would be two money in anybodys book. shifts of students per day. I always enjoy watching in their guns and get in a little launch the Pacific Northwest magnetic attraction, the collec hind the dam will be used as I awa Indian school in 1904. 2. Teacher would be certified men work on these huge pro pre-season practice. into a new era of power devel tion plates will receive a posi make-up in the steam-electric It was interesting to visit jects and cannot help but ad Hunters are urged to read opment one year from now is tive charge, while the fly ash plant’s several water systems. with a man who has remained by the State Department of will be charged negatively. The The Centralia Steam-Electric Education. mire all the planning it takes the hunting regulations for de on schedule. project marks the beginning of alert and really alive. He is ac 3. This would be a kinder dust is attracted to the plates to get such a project under tails, special rules, the dos and Robert W. Beadnell, who tive in politics and in his plug way—and then to see that don’ts. Often times hunters will be manager of the $200- and after a certain amount is ed generating system for the for McCall for Governor he garten and not a nursery many men working together. are in violation of the law, million plant, reported the built up, the plates will be ag trie base to a steam-electric bas- said: “I have a lot of admira school. How it all is coordinated to because they do not take time work on the project, which will itated and the fly ash then will a transition from a hydroelec- tion for Tom McCall. I think 4. A child would have to be complete the job. Another in to study the rules. Don’t spoil place the first of two 700,000- drop down into large hoppers Pacific Northwest. Eventually, he is a wonderful man and has five years of age by November teresting thing is to watch the your hunting trip by getting in kilowatt generators “on the beneath the precipitator struc the thermal plants will be the a lot of good common sense 15 of the calendar year to be power load mainstay for the huge cranes work. The man trouble with the law. line” Sept. 1, 1971, has reached ture. A half mile east of the main region, as the hydro generating and experience, and that’s all I eligible to attend. who handles the controls of 40 percent completion. takes to do anything.” 5. The kindergarten would plant area, two huge earth projects shift to utilization for it Lovelace, these big pieces of equipment Higher than a 23-story office moving who looks and acts not be compulsory. machines are taking peaking purposes, must have the touch of a sur building after two years of shape at the coal mine area. A 1 During the 1970’s the utilities 25 years younger, lives in Sal 6. District transportation geon or musician. If the oper construction the Centralia plant dragline assembly, with a boom of the region must build as em in an apartment. He re would be provided. ator would make just one mis dominates the Hanaford Valley of 210 feet and a bucket cap much capacity as the entire ports to the governor’s office 7. Cost is estimated at 33c take. lives would be lost and as a man-made landmark bulk able of biting out 54 cubic electric utility industry — na at least once a week to tell per $1,000 of true cash value, much damage done to the ing larger every day. how the campaign is going and The North Santiam Sports The Centralia project is the yards of dirt at one time, is tionwide—constructed tn the "try to find out what else I can representing a levy of $15,000. structure. Administrative School Dis When one considers how men’s Club has scheduled their first in a series of steam-elec being assembled so as to be past eighty years. do.” trict 129J would like your hon ready to go into action this fall | next meeting for Monday, Oc badly the world needs electric tric plants planned by the Joint est and candid opinion on this Another behemoth—a buck-' power in these times. It is tober 5, at 8:00 p. m. a:t the Power Planning Council, which important matter. Results of heartening to see a company Englewood Grade School in is composed of 109 electrical etwheel excavator—is also be Have You Registered the poll will be published in such as Pacific Power invest the Cafeteria. The school Is systems in the region. The ing prepared to go into opera-, The Mill City Enterprise. such huge sums of money to located at 1132 19th St. N. E., council has estimated that on tion this fall. The bucketwheel .......... I favor a district-spon To Vote November 3? when operating, will be cap- > Salem. If attendence is not bet make it possible. The company the average, one 1,000,000-kilo- able of removing 6,000 cubic sored kindergarten. ter at this meeting place, more has gone to great expense to Residents who have not as .......... I do not favor a district watt generating facility must see that the ecology of the area of the winter monthly meet be built each year until 1990 I yards of overburden per hour yet registered to vote in the sponsored kindergarten. has been protected. This is ings will probably be eliminat to assure adequate electrical from above the coal seams. The General Election this coming Conducted by Pre-School and the bucketwheel one of the first things done, ed. November 3 have only until power for the growing region. dragline Education Committee in excavator will be utilized to Members are advised to take I suppose, so they can meet this Saturday to do so. Each major steam-electric conjunction with School the rigid standards set for care of their campsites soon for project will be jointly sponsor remove overburden earth from Ralph E. Whitmore, Resour To make it easy to register District 129J. above the two main coal seams ce Assistant, Detroit Ranger in Mill City, three places are smoke and pollution control. the winter months. It is plan ed. that will be mined. I asked Bob French, who con ned to winterize all the rest District, has recently been el available. On the Linn county At Centralia, eight utility Coal will be burned at the ected Vice-Chairman of the side, Stanley Ogden and Lois I ducted the tour if the return rooms and lodge area on the companies have contracted to rate of nearly 4,800,000 tons per weekend of October 10th. of water from the boilers would share in the energy output of year when the plant is in full Capitol Chapter of the, Society Scott are registrars, and for raise the temperature of the Marion County, Mrs. Joe the plant The sponsors and the operation. I of American Foresters. The nearby river. He Informed me percentages they have contract The mine will be operated by Chapter membership has over Chailender is registrar. that cooling towers would be Being able to cast your bal ed for include Pacific Power the Washington Irrigation and 100 professional Foresters from used to cool the water and that & Light Company, 47.5%; The Development Company, a whol the following areas, Salem, Dal lot in a free election is your I it was a closed-circuit opera Washington Water Power Com ly owned subsidiary of The las, Silverton, Carlton, Mill right—if you don’t vote you tion and the water is returned pany, 15%; Snohomish County Washington Water Power Com City, Detroit, Lebanon, Willa have no right to gripe—ever to the boilers. That should Public Utility District, Seattle pany. PP&L and WWP jointly mina, McMinnville, Turner, think of that? make everyone happy, and it Molalla, Monmouth, Stayton, City Light, and Tacoma City own the coal reserves. A tour of the Detroit Rang certainly will prolong the time Yamhill and Sheridan. Light, each 8%; Puget Sound Some 10 miles northeast of that we can use all the power er District was made by 14 Power & Light Company, 7%; the plant, the 80 percent com Other officers of the Chapter we need without having to re visitors Thursday and Friday. Grays Harbor County Public pletion mark has been reached are Ted Maul, Chairman, Sal sort to “brownouts” as they There were eight men in pri Utility District, 4%; and Port on building of the Skookum- em, State Forestery Dept.; vate industry, loggers and mill do on the east coast. land General Electric Company chuck dam. More than 100 feet Norm Marsh, Secretary, Salem, Personally. I feel that more owners from the Port Angeles, State Tax Commission; Robert 2.5%. of dirt and stone have been Camp Fire and Blue Wn. area, also six forestry plants should be built as fast Reporting other construction placer! in the axis of the earth Borends, Treasurer, Dallas, men from Forks Rangers Dis as they feasibly can. to ensure progress. Beadnell said the lar fill dam, planned for a height Willamette Industries, Inc.; and continued growth of the area. Birds To Collect Hides gest single piece of plant equip trict, Olympic National For John McGehey, Member at Rev. Donald Dishong Ls an est. of 165 feet. The dam will be Large. It appears now that a certain ment — the turbine-generator nouncing this week that spec The Mill City Camp Fire and for Unit No. 1—arrived at Cen finished this fall so that it can Conducting the sightseeing element is working to cut down ial evangelistic services will be tour was LaVerne H. Behrens, on the use of electricity. I Bluebirds will again be col tralia in September. Shipped at the Mill City Commun Timber Sale Officer. Points of don't think this country would lecting deer hides this year. from Pennsylvania, the gener I Sgt. Gary L. Whitsett held ity church Thursday, Friday Interest were viewing Skyline have ever made the great pro This is one of their main mon ator alone will weigh about 750 and Saturday, Qctober 1, 2, and logging methods and the use of Graduates From gress it has to date without ey making projects and the tons. A special rail track is be 3. the type of equipment needed. looking ahead. Too bad the hunters are usually more than ing installed between two con The Rev. D. L. Schorr of the Stops were made at Devils Instructors Course nuclear power plant at Eugene willing to give the hides. Crete turbine pedestals to facil Oak Park Full Gospel Church Pickup barrels will be placed itate hoisting of the large has been postponed. These WICHITA FALLS, Tex- in Salem will be main speaker. Ridge, Eagle Rock No. 2 and 3, Fisher Point Intermediate, Box Santiam long-bombed JFK Staff Sergeant Gary L. Whit He plants have been working suc at the Sportsmen’s Center in equipment onto a four-story is a former drug addict cessfully in other parts of the Mill City and at Jerry’s Ta high concrete pedestal. The tur into the ground 19-0 Friday on sett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bon- I who states that "Gori delivered Canyon Unit No. 1 and Rocky country—so why not out west? vern in Gates. It will be appre bine-generator will stretch 140 Santiam’s home field. |nie | nie E. Whitsett Jr., Seventh him from the habit.” Rev. Dis Top. Maybe we should take a little ciated by the girls and their feet in length when fully as Santiam split-end and quart- and N. E. Santiam, of Mill City, hong states his ministry has closer look at the power situa leaders if the hides are salted I sembled. There will be two tur erback Allen Severs got it to- has graduated at Sheppard been well received by people gether in the first quarter AFB, Tex., from the U. S. Air of all ages and all walks of Man Hurt in Logging tion now—not later when and wrapped loosely before bine-generators in the plant. we’ll have our backs to the placing them in the barrels. The chimney for Unit No. 2 when he connected with Elliott Force technical instructors life. wall. was topped out two weeks ago with a 28-yard touchdown. (Course. The public is invited to hear Accident Thursday The third quarter looked like , The sergeant, whose training I him speak at the 7:30 services to insure that the public will and stands as tall as the Unit A Gates man, John Murrah, This week, newspapers in continue to have rights, and No. 1 stack, topped out in May the worst one yet when San included the use of instruction on the above dates. who just recently moved here the United States are observing not be plowed under by some at a height of 470 feet. Work tiam was on their 34-yard line, al aids, lesson planning and from California was seriously National Newspaper Week. small minority of radicals. men are now assembling a 20- 3 down and 25 yards to go, Se practice teaching, is remaining The theme this year is "Amer During these past 200 years the foot stainless steel liner to be vers threw a 34 yard pass to at Sheppard for duty with the Weather, Detroit Dam injured in an accident in the 7 a. m. Dally Weather Reading woods last Thursday, while ican Newspapers—200 Years of newspapers of the country have set in the top of the Unit No. hit Elliott on the 44-yard line Air Training Command. Pool working for H & W lagging Freedom 1770’s to 1070’s” Just had a major roll in preserving 1 stack. where Mike took control and Sergeant Whitsett graduated Max. Min. Elev. Pep Co. this alone should be heartening the freedoms we enjoy. Let us Between the chimneys and ran the last 36 yards for a in 1963 from Santiam High He was setting choker on a to the average person. We hope that 200 years hence the the boiler structure, construc touchdown. School and attended Oregon Sept. 23 61 40 1527.08 038 log when it rolled, pinning him In the fourth quarter John College of Education in Mon Sept. 21 .58 40 1525.85 0 newspaper people are always same will be possible. Where tion men are hanging 30-foot Sept. 25 68 38 1524 42 0 against a stump. His knee was promoting every other special there is no free press, it is long collection plates in a six- Ruby made a quick 2-yard mouth. shattered so badly that the day—so it gives us a small much easier for government of story tall "ash collector,” an run for Santiam’s last touch His wife, Judith, is the Sept. 26 79 40 1523 61 0 leg had to be amputated above down. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Har Sept. 27 8«! 49 1522.77 0 chance to toot our own horn ficials to get out of line—not electrostatic precipitator. the knee, according to Noyes for a change. The eternal vigil that all do—but it is still a This device is designed to re David Pittam’s last kick was old Strout, 44 Roebuck Ave., Sept. 28 84 49 152194 0 Whitten. Sept. 29 81 49 152055 0 move virtually all of the fly' good for one point. Saco. Maine. ance of a free press does much good check on them. Resident Works for Gov. Tom McCall Construction on Big Steam-Electric Generating Plant Now on Schedule Sportsmen's Club To Meet Monday Ed Whitmore Is Vice Chairman Of American Foresters Industry Men and Foresters Make Tour of District Evangelist To Be At Community Church Oct. 1,2,3 Santiam Wins Game Here Friday
