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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1971)
- r VOLU’ =- ON T1HE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND - .UMBER 8 THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1971 ........................ I .<d Down! The Avenue j I 4 B> Don Moffatt J f On Shnne Team Loggers To See Display State Man Speaks at C of C Meet I $4.00 a YEAR — 10c a Copy Chamber Tourist Information Center Pro Ball Team To Play Here Each week we get many letters from our representa tives in Washington, D. C„ with plans for some sort of ■ ■ < x • legislation. The one I have on Preliminary estimates indi Tom Rush, San-' Clark Cox from the State my desk right now, this Mon cate that the logging equip Basketballs will literaally fill tiam High school and son of Department was guest speaker the air March 19, at 8 p. m. day morning, which by the ment on display at the 33rd at a recent meeting of the Vern Rush, Sr„ has been chos way is the real “Washington Annual Session of the Oregon at Santiam High School when Santiam Chamber of Birthday," comes from Sena hogging Conference in Eu en to play halfback on the North the hilarious Harlem Travelers Commerce. He was asked to tor Bob Packwood. He rein gene, February 25, 26, 27, will West squad in the 1971 Shrine appear at the meeting bring their brand of magic to by Mill City. troduced on Friday, legislation be one of the largest in their All-Star football game to be that would provide for a two- history. More than $9 000,000 held in Pendleton August 21. • Chamber representatives to Game time is at 8 p. m. but Tom is presently on the all-1 see if the former Forest Serv plan to be there early to view year independent study of the of newly develoned types of star Capitol Conference team ice building in Mill City, which Oregon Cascades. It will cost ’ogging machinery will be the pre-game drills of the fab ulous Travelers. I-t’s no secret $250,000. This is supposed to viewed by more than 1,700 re and his sophomore and junior is now being used as head- that this portion of the even be a study of the entire Cas gistered members. The display year was chosen as a defensive I quarters for the State Police ing is almost as entertaining cade Range in Oregon, within will be open to the public on end. He served as co-captain | in this area could be more of the Santiam football team ' fully utilized. as the game itself. the Mt. Hood, Willamette. Saturday February 27. his junior and senior year. | Loggers and other truckers Umpqua, Deschutes, Winema. Tickets will be sold in ad "The Benefits of Creative This year he is president of in the area would like to see vance by High School students and Fremont National Forests, Cropping,” “Forest Roads,’* Monev to be used to furnish and lands of the Rogue River ‘ The Contract Logger,” and the senior class and, among PUC and other licenses issued the Student Commons. National Forest which lie ‘“What’s New in Logging” are other honors, was chosen boy, here. This would save them of the month for September. , many trips to Salem to get Mrs. Inez Sciu.eiuvr can be seen ar The precision-like Travelers wi'thin the Cascade Mountain scheduled. ___________ - these permits. Team is comprised of some of ranging some of the brochures at the range. Sounds like a lot of Dick Posekany of Frank I I Mel Round of Idanha, Fred the most outstanding perform money to me, especially when Lumber Co., Mill City, Is pro North Santiam Chamber of Commerce In iw I I a ATAHC Moore and Noyes Whitten of ers in the professional and we are paying about $10 mil gram chairman. A. L. “Hap” \ ill formation center located at the Calico Cat, [Jill I III \ | Mill City spoke of the con- comic basketball world. lion to operate the Forest Ser Ware of Freres Lumber Co., Mehama. Mrs. Ken Go liet, who owns the IXWIVI | venience this type of service Leading the parade Is Art vice in the Willamette Nation Inc., Lyons is also on the k I . Ilf I ' would be to the area. Others store told the Chamber that it could use “Bones” Smith, who is regard al Forest alone. We now have program committee. Mmif TA \Af AFIAIfelt possibly that driver’s 11- the space and that she would give assist- ed as the “Clown Prince” of an income from Willamette Iwliyy III YY III l\|cences could be held here. Now tance to tourists who wish to find out more basketball. His lanky 6 foot 10 National Forest of about $33 I ’V VI 1V fivi the nearest place for residents inch frame moves around the million. It would appear to me about the area. Highway directional signs f - - A of this area to take these ex- Cancer Chairman court like an acrobat and his that if we have trained forest are being erected, said Jerry Coffman, A MAA aminations is Stayton. At one genius for pantomine humor ry personnel on the job, they who has been chairman of the project. 11 AV 11 ill Ml 1.(1 time a license examiner came has the crowd in hvsterics. He certainly are much more cap bJIVIJ I VI I nl W t0 Mln Clty periodically. —The Mill City Enterprise photo. I is the best in comic basketball able of giving us a good pro Gale Christensen, Adminis-| Mr. Cox said it was a prob- I Bobby Blue, the team’s foun- gram than any committee, trator at Santiam Memorial - lem of expense to keep some |der, is one of the fine players picked by politicians, who will hospital in Stayton said today | one in the office here daily. He i in the game today. An out- be donating their time. The that things at the hospital are' did not feel that there was I standing shooter, he played pro $250,000 suggested for the looking up. Another new doc-1 enough business generated | ball with the Los Angeles Jets study is supposed to be used tor is locating in Stayton. He | here to warrant the expense of ■ when the American Basketball for travel expenses. If this is Dr. William C. Slick, who. a full-time person, 'League was in operation, and legislation is passed, I firmly came to the area from Taylors,' Jerry Coffman reported that with the Harlem Clowns. Bob believe that all we’ll get out S. C. He will be located in the j the tourist information booth by has put together an exper of it will be a sheaf of paper same building with Dr. Leslie [ | is now set up at the Calico ienced comic team. giving a bunch of damphool Wilson in Sublimity until oth Cat In Mehama. Hattie Golliet suggestions that probably will agreed to keep the information er arrangements are made. I Zane G. Smith. Jr., Willam not work anyway. Better come These arrangements are booth at her store and give ette National Forest Supervis- up with something better coming closer to reality each assistance to tourists who wish I or called in the Citizens Ad- than that for the use of our Week now, with the building to find out more about this I visory Council for the first money, Bob, or you’ll be back committee of the hospital area. There is a picture on this . DETROIT The Board , of 1 meeting wi of 1971 x«y i a on vn Thursday. uui ovicty^. in Oregon working for a llv meeting with the architect to I page showing what the in- Directors of the Detroit Mobile The meting was held at Eu- | DETROIT—A Detroit man ing again. get plans and estimates on : formation center looks like. First a ( ene. At this meeting - . he — out- - I1 irst Aid Unit has slated a|g He also sent out another re the proposed medical building | Signs are being erected telling public meeting March 8th atifjnVd his o'bpec‘tivw‘ and stat- was beaten by two youths in lease this week on the French which will be erected just tourists of the service. 7.30 j>. m. at Detroit school to' that there should he more the 1200 block of1 Commercial Pete Drainage area in Lane John Kohls, Pacific Power air problems facing the Unit south of the hospital. , public interest in the Forest St. SE early Saturday. Ken Wright of Springfield, ’ * | County. Packwood says the Dr. Slick is a graduate of the manager for this district show under proposed new rules and | , Service plan for full utiliza Salem police said James Car- of the Springfield amount of timber involved in manager son Foreman, 29. was driving _____ _ _____ University of Scranton, Scran- ed slides and talked about the regulations. branch First National Bank of I tion of the forests. the French Pete area is “min Oregon, South on Commercial when he will serve as chairman j ton . > Pa- . He also attended the power generating plant which Under a bill now introduced Oregon, will serve as chairman Smith said: “ we ar:e in a iscule” when compared with of the April Cancer Crusade of1 University of Oklahoma^ medi- is now under construction at in the State Legislature, House time of change and need toi noticed a car behind him fol the available, harvestable tim the American Cancer Society’s cal school and graduated in | Centralia, Wn. This plant is Bill 1227, includes more reg- l ( place new values not only on lowing closely. When he pulled ber in Oregon. Real true, Mr. Oregon ulations for all ambulances In commercial use of the forests, into the driveway of his broth division, according to June, 1969. He served his in-| ¡slated to open this July. Packwood, hut I think you’re Dr. Harvey ternship in Greenville Gener-i the State of Oregon, for both but also recreational use where- er-in-law, Harold James Good Baker, division missing the point entirely. president. a) hospital in Greenville, S. ‘ volunteer and commercial am | ever feasible. There is a need win, 1207 Commercial St. SE, What the Forest Service want Wright will be assisted by C., and received his license bulances. for some 26 million new hous- the other car stopped nearby, ed to do was to put French Worth W. Caldwell Jr., of Port to practice medicine in Oregon i ing starts in the next 10 years. two teenage-youths got out and This bill, if passed, will Pete on a timber management land, who will be vice-chair last October. beat Foreman with their fists. create problems for the De | This will require a good man- The assailants accused Fore basis which would permit them man. This will make six practic 'agement policy to get the most Caldwell is a former troit Unit since it Is operating man of trying to force them off to take out some overripe and of the division’s ing physicians in Stayton, and independently. All other volun out of the forest land. There I the street with his car. diseased trees, thus really “sav chairman there is a possibility of more will be need to be an improved Multnomah county unit teer units are merged with returned to their ing” the area and live timber concept of the multiple-use car The and two drove The newly appointed chair coming later. The new doctor ( Fire Departments. away when for posterity. Preservationists man is married and has four child- j An exchange of land involv- program. ” was vice-chairman of the Too many people in the area Goodwin came outside on hear remind me of a farmer raising ren. The family is living at ing the Willamette National It was brought out at the 1970 campaign under Ed Ham plus the support of outside ing the ruckus, police said. corn, trying to save his field ilton, furrier, and | 1397 Westwood drive in Stay-1 Forest and the Mt. Hood Na- sources worked too hard to meeting that many times Foreman was taken to Salem so his grandchildren can see played a Portland tional Forest has been com ton at the present time. vital role in the most brine an ambulance into the I Pe°P>* over-react to a situa- p.cvcvi, assuring aoouniiK permanent pvi uuuiciii. ,,rlnK an amouiance into ine | I tion. rr U1„ is what , happened _______ , in Memorial Hospital, where he what corn fields look like. For i successful crusade in the pleted, This di- ests ripen just like a field of : vision’s history. protection of more land with-1 area *° see R0 (*own lne the French Pete controversy. was given outpatient treatment and d for facial cuts. Lions Club To Have corn, and should be harvested in the Columbia River Gorge1 ^fa‘n because of l more rn?r^ f" All the Forest Service was Regional more strict rules being laid to get the maximum utilization area, according to I —- - Work Night Monday trying to do was to harvest j---- by powers-to-be. of the land. I‘t is pretty hard Charles A. Con- down some dead, or diseased trees, Wolverettes Plan Ken Goforth, boy of the ' | Forester The trainee! volunteers con- and construct some marls that to put this point across, but noughton, U. S. Forest Service. month and Lisa Gabriel girl ’ The city of Oakridge, aboutlnected with the Unit have surely it does make sense, does woukl make the area more ac Garage Sale March 13 of the month from Santiam n’t it? You can’t save a fir mUes east of Eugene, whi<^ strived for the past 11 years cessible to more people. The Santiam High School tree forever. It will die, just Wolverettes are planning a t inn« eluh 'is completely surrounded by. to keep the Unit in operation It was also brought out in the Monday night‘ : National Forest lands, wiil ob- despite the ever changing like any other living thing. discussion at the meeting, garage sale to be hekl March meeting. Roth were pre sente i, tain t|jn acreage aprp.)l7p for fi>p the thp commun Pnmnllln . i j strict strict rules rules and and regulations, regulations. I don’t suppose anything I that if these precedents are 13 at the High School from 10 a certificate by President Gale > say here will change the DETROIT — Week ending' Larson commending them up ity’s growing room. During the summer months set, what will stop preserva a. m. to 8 p. m. The sale will thinking of people in Washing February 23rd at 8:30 a. m. | The exchange involved 322.5 when thousands of people vis- tionists from holding up tim- include all types of useable ton who are supposed to be i shows a high temperature of ■ on being good students. I acres of Willamette National I it the area the traffic accidents . her sales on any part of the merchandise. Mel Rambo reported that working for the best interests | 44 degrees on the 17th. a low of I Anyone wishing to donate ' Digging and forest, thus stopping the har- are ready for ' Forest land, located in scat j are numerous. I of everyone—but I’ll still keep 1 1 27 degrees on the 26th, with1 two bus shelters items for the sale may cal) « f I tered parcels around Oakridge, traffic accidents are also fre-1 Vest .„t thousands of acres painting and Monday at 7:30 on trying. an average mean of 36 degrees. ■ has been designated ?the time f°r ■F’0 acres of land, owned by quent. The new law, if passed which should be taken at once. Mrs. Andrew Lelsinger at 897- nas> oeen uesigoaLeu uiuc i tHp _____ 2519 or Sandy Oliver at 897- This temperature compares >, . - . ± the Miirnhv Murphy r« Co. nf of portion,! Portland, ...in will ,„..i,„ make i. it impossible for Al Sorseth Sorseth, former former 1 ranger »¡,h .970 .or .he , am e period! % A friend of mine gave me and loc;tted within the I* ‘ Mt. the Detroit Unit to operate un- here and at Detroit spoke brief- I 2695. Any sale items will be this little poem this week. I as follows. High for 1970, 61 , The shelters are at Ozzie Hood National Forest. The der its present status. If the | ]y on the Marion I^ike situa- picked up by the Wolverettes. think it’s pretty good so will degrees on the 20th, low 26 ‘ Mikkelsen’s residence’ Contributions for the sale Murphy Co. acquired eight sep law does pass, all new régula-1 t!on. He said that most of the I degrees on the 22nd and 23rd pass it along to you. arate parcels of land adjacent tions will go into effect o n or iman-made facilities are being will be appreciated. Proceeds to Oakridge. and an average mean of 40 JUST OLD . before July 1, 1972. .removed, and that the area Irom the sale will go towards The land acquired by the Mt. A film will be shown at the j wj]j restored to its original financing the girls’ trip to the Ma and I are getting old and i de?L^S' The precipitation (melted Hood Forest is in the scenic meeting on the fh» Sth «th entitled ontittod prlrnitivp condition to comply State Drill Team Competition I am telling you Oneonta Creek area of the “Before the Emergency”. with the wilderness area law. to be held at Corvallis in April. We just can’t get around snow and rain) was 1.61 inches in 1971. with snow still cover Columbia Gorge. Its acquisi The public is urged to attend. Some Advisory Board mem and do the things we used to do ing the mountain tops. In "This is your Land” was the tion is a further step in the bers still feel that Marlon Hir+e Is Sec.-Treas. We just sit around all day for the 4th of long-standing cooperation be- -'“V -«v —----- ■----------- ------- -------- 1970 ’ only .70 mvuv-o inches VI of pri precip. theme chosen Lake should be taken out of and seldom sit up late fell during same period, July Of Local Tax Group -------- this ---- ------------------ . Parade this year at the tween the Columbia Gorge the Wilderness area. I’m In bed at seven-thirty — and the records show light | Steering Committee meeting Commission and the Forest Bill Hirte was named secre repre- Don Moffatt, board and Ma goes to bed at eight. frost each night. At present' held Tuesday evening. John j service In acquiring lands In sentative from this area, at tary treasurer of the recently When we wake up in the we have snow In patches in, Fohl was appointed parade Gorge for public use and organized local chapter of the tended the meeting. morning just about half past 5 open areas, and trees are be- chairman. (enjoyment. Two recreation Linn County Protective Tax We look at each other’s bed ginning to show tiny leaves (ini The next — meeting “*•— of the, traj] - S - from the - - .. floor of . the payers association at the reg to see if we’re both alive. Instances) shrubs are bud- committee will be held March Gorge t0 Larch Mountain pass Schools in Linn county have Lay Committee Gets ular monthly meeting held When we both get dressed I some ding and bulbs are making 30 at the Eagles lodge. All re- through the land. Monday night at the MUI City just received checks for their Ma starts the coffee pot presentatives from the various their presence known. * ” The Mt. Hood Forest will not share of the Basic School Sup I Tour of New fire hall. We have to wait a little while The above information was clubs and organizations are log on the 360 acres it has port Fund. This money comes Jim Montoya is president of until the stuff gets hot. furnished by Detroit weather urged to attend. acquired. Only tree« endanger I from the Linn-Benton Inter School Building the local group. About 10 peo Ma makes herself a piece of observer, Irene Paullln. ing public safety would be re mediate Eduction District. A meeting of the lay study ple attended the meeting when toast and drinks a cup of brew Adult Sewing Class moved. This payment, together with committee was held at Santiam taxes were discussed I always get four friend eggs Public meetings were held the August and November pay High School on Thursday, Feb- Weather, Detroit Dam To Start March 9 and a can of oyster stew. • last April to discuss the ex- ment. represents approximately I ruary 18 at 7:30 p. m. The Shrine Circus Slated When we are through with 7 a m. Daily Weather Reading Adult classes in Beginning [ i change. breakfast we don’t have much Pool Sewing will start March 9 at I " — I —-- ■ ■ . — 75% of the estimated Founda I committee was given a tour of For Salem in March tion Program and Transporta ' the new Santiam Auditorium. Max Mln. Elev. PCD 7 p. m. The class will be 10 to say Albert Toman, member of But we alwavs look forward Feb. 17 45 35 1502.20 0.01 weeks at a cost of $15, and If the number following tion Apportionment as determ- which is now in the finishing Feb. 1R 43 37 1502.80 004 will be held in Room 1 of your name on The En ined through the use of prelim tages This was followed by the Santiam Shrine club has to another perfect day. inary data submitted by the a presentation and explanation announced that the Interna When the day is over and It Feb. 19 40 33 1503.78 0.70 Santiam High school. reads districts. of the approved budget for the tional Shrine Circus is slated Feb. 20 38 31 150424 002 darkens overhead All women interested in sign terprise label We have to rest awhile to Feb. 21 45 32 1504 45 0.00 ing up for the course contact 3-71 it'« time to send Administration District 129.111971-72 school year Coffee was to come to the Salem Armory I received $23.114 78 and Mari : served and the meeting ad- Auditorium Monday and Tues have strength enough to get Feb. 22 48 34 1504.50 0.14 the school between 8 a. m and day March 8 and 9. a check for renewal. J I.inn received $7,382 20. Ijoumed at 7:15 p. m. Feb 23 43 38 150474 0.1« 4 30 p. m. Phone 807-2311. in bed Ambulance Forest SuPervisor Outlines Plans Law To Be ' For Coming Year Topic of Meet j i Columbia Gorge I Land Acquired by I Forest Service I February 1971 is Wetter Than 1970 iuuxuo ur July 4th Parade Theme Is Chosen imiv Basic School Funds Are Distributed I Detroit Man Gets Beating in Salem