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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1972)
Mill City VOLUME aa VII NUMBER 3 ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY- OREGON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, JANI’ARY 20, 1072 $4.50 a YEAR — 10c a Copy Lions Hear Speaker Up and Down The Avenue From Welfare Dept. Lions members Monday night heard Miss Margaret R. Maddox, special service work er from the Children’s Services By Don Moffatt Division of Maron county. Miss Maddox is assigned as the liai son position between Marion A short circuit on an elec I wonder just how long the County Public Welfare and the trical panel at Frank Lumber public will stand by for this I Lions clubs in Marion County. Co. last week caused consider anti-pollution kick the govern She said the medical budget able damage to the wiring, By Don Moffatt ment is forcing down our I The Willamette National for the last quarter of 1971 throats at this time. The pollu Forest, Detroit Ranger District,, was some $3.291, and it is not damaged the motor that oper The cut and run logging op-1 Frank Timber Products. This into the field where modern tion control faction seems to held a meeting in Mill City i enough for all the needs. She ated the barker and another in eration of half a century ago firm has some 6,000 acres of methods of tree farming are think nothing of making such last Wednesday night to dis-' expected some increase in this the main mill. is a thing of the past, and timber holdings in the area, practiced, they could, if they Officials at the mill said with rigid laws that they are hard cuss cutting plans for the next amount for the coming quarter modern day methods, bet and by the end of this year wanted to, see why clear cut- evidently rain had blown into to enforce, and some of the couple of years in this area. of this year. Some 1,000 child- . ’ ’ some 1,200,- ting is best suited for this ter utilization of the tree, and will have planted the panel, causing a short cir firms that are in violation of __ _ Lee Boecksteigel, District ren are placed in foster homes cuit, throwing a surge of pow use of the bi-products the in 000 young trees on their lands. area. Clear cutting provides an This represents a huge invest even growth of young trees. regulations are forced to close Ranger, chaired the meeting, she said, and that there are into the rest of the circuit dustry has made great strides. ment, and should prove that Douglas Fir needs sunshine their doors. That just doesn’t He was assisted by Gale Lar- ' about 2.000 on Aid to Depend- er In the old days here, more ry, that virtually melted the I make sense to me at a time son. i ent children. In speaking of wiring and panel. timber was wasted than util the modern-day timber oper for proper growth, and this is when unemployment is high. ized. At the old Hammond mill ator is far removed from the the best method for regener Slides of the sales were' the children per family in the Luckily the mill was shut What will the hundreds of men shown and comments from the county, it totals up to an aver- down for lunch period at the huge slabs were dumped into old time cut and run operation. ation of forests. do for employment when these floor were recorded by ranger age of one and a half child time of the short or more dam the river and lost for any use : This writer had an oppor-1 In one of the pictures on this mills and plants shut down? personnel, in an endeavor to per family. at all. Now the bark, the saw- tunity of making a trip into page, the newly clear cut area age could have resulted. Some will find other work, but improve their method of har-1 Miss ” Maddox said that this dust, the chips, all are maket- the woods Friday where A is shown. To be sure, this is ~JJ De^ny Frank said Tuesday many others will be forced to vesting these sales. , area does not have many peo morning that the mill was back ed, making for almost total C Reforestation Co., Inc., of not a pretty sight, but in a draw their unemployment Salem had a crew planting few years, the young trees The foresters are doing their ple on welfare, compared to in production and the steps utilization of the tree. checks until that source of in best to offer sales that will other areas in the county. She had Not only that, the land is trees on a tract which had wil prevail and the landscape been taken to eliminate a come is exhausted, and then bring the most yield and at was asking the Lions club for chance of the same malfunc being used to better advantage. just been logged. There was will provide a pleasant view what will the answer be—some 1 the same time using harvesting assistance in furnishing eye tion to occur again. Constant harvesting, follow some slash on the ground, but again. other government agency will I methods best suited for the glasses for school children, During the time the mill was ed closely by reforestation, by this will not be burned, said I This area was clearcut ___ __ be- take over, with the cost added land so that it wU1 be best which the local club has been down, workmen installed a natural methods, by aerial Dick Posekany, timber man- cause the stand of timber on to those who are still work-1 for regeneration. doing for many years, buying dummy elevator to carry saws seeding and by hand planting, ager for the Frank firm. He the ground was not spaced ing. Boecksteigel said they plan glasses to those referred to the from the ground floor to the keeps the land in production said this slash will protect the properly nor of good enough A case in point is the two to reduce “road impact” on the . c'ub by schools,, second floor, thus making it and makes for a sustained yield young trees from the hot sum quality to be used as a long paper mills located in Wash forest. Nothing has yet been Next Monday night, Lions safer to transport these circle on our lands. mer sun, and will also help term timber crop. In these ington state. It has been said set for guidelines, but no “su- will honor their daughters, saws where they are used. ! One of the local firms that keep the top soil from wash cases it is best to start with that the mills are obsolete, per highways” are being plan-1 an^ the boy and girl of the spends considerable time and ing away. If preservationists a new, thrifty crop of trees. and they cannot compete with ned ' month from Santiam High for i money on reforestation is would only take the time to go One other picture shows the modern mills—but they Dick Posekany of Frank December. an area that had been clearcut nevertheless are in operation Lumber called a meeting im-1 Tree Planting Crew —- ■ about 10 years ago. These trees at this time, providing jobs mediately following the one Blood Drawing Is are getting to be a good size or quite a few men. Makes ¡held by the Forest Service rel-< <- , , Ci , X__ now and baring unforseen haz- you wonder how long we can, atjve tbe hassle ln Wash. Set at Stayton tor ! ards, will be ready to harvest afford to kill the goose that Iington, in[Jtnn d n . r at th „ „resent i Tk..re J.»« c. at the present i Thursday, January 27 in another 40 years. Not only lays the golden egg I don’t I , time He said time. He said n it appears ttlat that1 -- ----- I that, there will be some mar- Mrs. Kenneth McKenzie, believe that paper mills should | bQth the ^„<^3 and the announc I | ket for the trees that will be blood bank chairman, announc- ] At the regular meeting of thinned from the area. streams and harbors, but there „/^cutting as attempt t0 I ing will be held next Thurs- Mill City Lodge No. 180 AF& Timber stands adjacent to the clearcut area in the picture must be some happy medium g Tt will hp rpmembered some day, January 27, at the Stayton AM held Monday night, mem- It will be remembered some Q rade School from 4:00 to 8:00 bers started making plans to will be thinned four or five so everyone can live. 1 time ago, that nearly all of the p m L^jgs of the First Chris- celebrate the 50th anniversary times over the next 20 years Presidential hope- t;an Church will be in charge of the chartering of Mill City before the area is clearcut. Senator Gale W. McGee, D-1 I Democratic fuls got on the ban clearcut , the canteen. lodge. This practice is compatible Wyo., surely is up in the air . Vv 99 m z4 4 ATM 1 Fll 1 — i —— . — «« I ■ XI" i" 1 1 and the Republi- | since the last blood draw-' General chairman for the with management plans on all because he didn’t get his way bandwagon, can party at the time this was j„g was be]dj there have been Frank lands. The planting, on the two-year ban on clear- written was following a bad three open heart surgery pa- event will be Herbert J. Peck, thinning and clearcutting pro cutting of timber. He said that example, as far as the economy tients wbo need blood replac- and within the week he plans grams are necessary to insure the large timber interests con of the western states Is con-j ed They are Herman Gescher, to name the remaining chair men. The celebration has been maximum wood yield and de tinue to call the shots for the cerned. Richard Zornes and Mrs. Boyd set for Saturday, June 24th. velop the best possible quality Nixon adminisration on na People present at the meet It is planned to have a good from a given area and togeth tional forest management pol ing Wednesday night were of Norton all of Stayton. Anyone er constitute good forest man icies. I rather doubt this, and the opinion that it is foolish wishing to donate blood in speaker, a dinner and other ac tivities for the day. agement. if the administration is so gul I to ban clearcutting, as it has their behalf may do so. lible as to follow through on been proven that this is the Posekany said that if they Above is the crew which planted one of the areas I have suggestions such as those made best method of harvesting tim 60% survival of the trees Trees Show Good Growth on Frank Timber Products land near the Elmer Klutke 1 planted it will be a good pro by McGee, then it is high time ber for quick regeneration of place just off Highway 22 between Mill City and Gates. ject. He said Walt Nichol is in that someone did stand up to the forests. —The Enterprise photo. the government and fight for charge of this phase of the Since this meeting, however, their rights. Frank operation. President Nixon went against Clear Cut Area It seems to me that if we the ban of clearcutting. Frank Timber Products is spend as much money as we do only one of the firms in this teaching forestry and hiring as area which have tree farms, many people as we do to take I growing trees for future use. care of our national forests, surely then we should have faith in these people who are doing their best to manage our DETROIT—At the regular forests lands. Certainly they know a good deal more about January meeting of the De raising trees on a sustained troit City Council, Cliff Mc yield basis than do the poli Millan was reelected mayor for I ticians who seem to have the another year term, and Mrs. idea that they have some God Earl Michaelson was re-elected given insight on how to do ev president of the council. Earl | erything. Personally, they foul Layman was reappointed street I up more business than anyone. commissioner and Frank An They try to control everything, derson building commissioner. Jerry Lynn was appointed and consequently bungle most water commissioner by the of the time. The City Council of Mill This picture of Dick Posekany of Frank Lumber I have always maintained council and will finish out City announced at last Wed that the best government is the Jules Hill’s three-year unex Co., shows a good growth on land planted three years nesday's meeting that it would one which governs the least. pired term. Hill resigned re ago just east of Gates on the Linn County side of the participate in the federal fund cently due to other pressing river. Growth this year is shown above where Posekany Right now almost every busi ing employment program by a has his hand. He said this particular area is making ness is hamstrung by a long business. The aabove clear-cut area on Frank Timber Pro accepting a $4,500 grant to em Earl Michaelson was retain good showing.—The Enterprise photo. list of regulations . Some of ducts land, was purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Elmer ploy a street and park main these regulations might be all ed as water superintendent. A mayor is selected each Klutke. This was logged just recently by Clare Henness. tenance worker. right, but if they all were Tree Planting Is Hard Work year by the council from their Some preservationists are against the practice of clear- Wayne Taylor, of Clark & dumped possibly the good cutting, but it has been proven to be the method of Groff Engineers, Salem, told would surpass the bad, and members. harvesting best suited for the Douglas-fir area. The the council he would have we wouldn’t have the country Many Out for overrun by inspectors. slash on the ground furnishes cover for the newly plant aeial photos ready for the next meeting and stated the street ed trees. The Enterprise photo. Annual Ham Dinner survey is almost completed. One sure way to make any A large crowd attended the It was also announced that type of service double in cost Ten Years of Growth the Oregon Correctional In is to let the government take annual ham dinner held last Thursday in the Mill City stitute will donate $1,500 in over. shrubs and plants from its An old man once said there Grade School Gym. The din nursery for the new City park was a time when he could mail ner. sponsored by the Santiam a letter to New York for 2c Boosters, is the main fund rais The Council authorized -and it cost some $10 to make ing event of the year for the $1,898 40 in payment of bills. a telephone call there. Today, Canyon Scholarship fund. This The police reported three year almost $300 was realized a postage stamp costs 8c, and traffic citations, 14 warnings, after 6 p. m. you can call New from the dinner for the fund. two municipal citations, one A cakewalk provided enter York for $1. This proves the accident, one prisoner lodged. tainment throughout the even point that government is a 4 court cases, 21 complaints, poor business risk. While the ing with many people taking and 30 incidents reported. home cakes. cost of postage has gone up 400 percent, the telephone cost, private industry, has gone pernicious influence of wealth. down about 900 percent. Does They cry out loudly against n't that tell you some sort of all banks and corporations, story? Too bad our politicians 1 and a means by which small don’t look at the facts, and try (capitalists become united in to keep their noses out of busi I order to produce important ness. In other words if you and beneficial results. They Voters in Mill City turned really want to muck up the carry on mad hostility against thumbs down on the cigarette works, turn it over to the gov all established institutions. They would choke the fountain tax Tuesday. The vote was ernment. The clearcut area shown in another picture on this Marcelino Sanchez, pictured above, is part of the of industry and dry all 323 No to 203 yes. page will look like this in about 10 years. The above crew from A C Reforestation Co., Inc. of Salem which Here's one I found this week: streams.” This was written by The measure carried in the ‘ There are persons who con Daniel Webster in 1838. So you planted trees near here for Frank Timber Products shot was taken of a reforestation project near Mill City. state, however, and will go This is a healthy stand of trees which should be ready This man, along with the rest of the A C. Crew planted stantly clamor. They complain see, we’ve had the “aginers” some 9,000 trees for Frank this year.—Enterprise photo for harvest in another 30 years.—The Enterprise photo. into effect February 17. of oppression, speculation, and with us for many years. Frank Lumber Tell About Harvest Plans Mill for Week is:: i McMillan Again Mayor of Detroit Masonic Lodge To Celebrate 50th Anniversary in June I Fed. Money Hires Part- Tax Measure Loses Here; Carries State
