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TJieMill City Enterprise _=m= VOLUME XXVII 1 0N THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY—ORI GON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1972 “«.K 6 f $4.50 a YEAR — 10c a Copy Girl and Boy of Month Named The Avenue StOpS Would Is Poor Driver Glen Stormer of Idanha It is reported that the deal I has been completed and plans | parked his vehicle at Hoover’s Repair last week, left the mo are progressing toward the! building of the new dental I tor running, and his dog in the This is crime prevention clinic to occupy the old Stone ! cab. While he was in the shop, week—February 6 through 12, oroperty on 1st Street located the dog jumped up behind the and it is a time when private Detroit man was lodged wheel and evidently got the between S. E. Fairview and S. citizens should be doing some in A Marion County jail Wednes car into reverse as it went a- E. Grove. The site consists of thinking about assisting law day on a charge The Mill City City Council of attempted cross the steeet, knocking out five lots, with 3 of them front and Budget Committee met at enforcement agencies in pre second-degree kidnapping and ing on 1st. Street. venting crime. It takes more I driving while under the influ both gasoline pumps at the 7:30 Tuesday evening, Feb. 1, A modular type building, of for the purpose of setting up than praise or condemnation of ence of intoxicants. Police said Shell Service Station. which there are several locat- the 1972-73 budget. The meet These accidents are rare, but police to stop crime. This week the man was John Gerald | ed in various spots in Oregon, ing was also attended by the The Enterprise would like to is a good time for all of us to Branham. 51. is to be brought in in sections, City Recorder, Judith Bogle warn all motorists, especially look inward toward ourselves The incident happened near when parking their cars in and it is hoped to reach com and Mrs. Gladys Lake. and our families and to ap Pack Saddle Park on the North front of the Postoffice, bank pletion some time in March. Rex Ohmart was elected praise our own personal ef Santiam highway above Gates. In charge of the clinic will Chairman of the Budget Com forts toward crime prevention. . Bob Blumenstein and Orville I and Enterprise, to kindly shut I be Dr. Hays, who with his mittee, with John Young. Sec We all complain about the per Brown happened along on the off their motors, or take their Jennifer Pauline Chance Dennis James Budlong wife and four children is lo-| retary. ____ Members of the 1972-73 missiveness of our society. We highway just as Branham had youngsters with them. If the : Girl of the Month for Janu Dennis James Budlong has j cated in Salem, but the resi- Budget Committee are: Gale complain about our courts be tried to force an 18-year-old child happened to get the car ary is Jennifer Pauline Chance, ing lax in letting criminals go Mt. Angel student into his into gear it could possibly a senior at Santiam High been chosen Boy of the Month 1 dent dentist, Dr. Miller, plans Dorothy, Leo Russell, John with minimal sentences. How pickup. The girl had gotten injure the children, and may school. She is the daughter of for January. He is a Junior at I to make his home here with his I Young, Rex Ohmart, Chai ley many thoughtless individuals away and was running up the be those working in the build Mrs. Kenneth Chance of Mill Santiam High school this year. I wife and two children. Dr. Mil- I Stewart, and Frank Stromquist Dennis is the son of Mr. and 1er was recently discharged Representing the city govern do we see today rampaging highway. Brown said she was ings across the sidewalk. Mrs. James Budlong of Mill, from the service. This writer presumes their City. ment were the Mayor, Herbert through public parks, game really frightened. He told her Among her activities are I The City Council was instru- Peck, and the City Council: refuges, public buildings, post- i to get into his pickup and is a law against leaving a car Pep Club, Drill Team, Honor City. Dennis has been in Basket- mental in making arrange- I Dale Howell, Adolph Brunner, ed and fenced lands and over 1 Blumenstein attempted to stop when the motor is running and Society, F.H.A., Drama and j occupied by youngsters, but if ball for three years and plans ments for establishment of the Clyde Phillips, Clyde Bates, . .... running streams, rivers and „ this year she is Varsity Cheer A fast chase ensued there is, nothing is done about i dental clinic in Mill City, and Larry Plotts. lakes with no regard for others Branham. leader and is Secretary of to go out for baseball, too. up and down the highway, it. The budget this year is up of the violation of laws? wants to go to col-1 . I ~ _ Dennis ____ __ __ Girls Athletic Association. I with Branham finally ending from last year. Last year the It is just this kind of “per ; up in the Hilltop parking lot She plans to attend Southern lege but at this point he is] i total budget was $91,460 and missiveness” that leads to in Mill City. Branham went Oregon College and study for not sure where. He hopes to1 I major in mathematics. this year the proposed budget crime. Once we let down our into the store and Blumenstein a theatrical career. is $92,713. The current budget guard in one area, it tends to blocked his escape and a fight required $28,823 in property make us a little more lax in I followed. Branham came at taxes and the proposed 1972-73 others. ‘ Blumenstein with a wrench I budget will need $37,386 from We had a good example I but the latter took it away that source. Less cash carry citizen action right here 1 from him. Bystanders evident- home this last week. We had : ly thought it was just a brawl, DETROIT — According to a over is the reason given for report damage caused by van I the levy increase. two men who saw their duty: t Blumenstein informed and ,u_. he was making a citizens Commission today announced: DETROIT—Weather report dalism and theft on the Wil When the balloting date is ana did aia something sometning about aoour it. n. | [ them The men were Bob Blumen- ] arrest a store employee called distribution of $6,143,319.75 in | for the first week in February À i lamette National Forest to I set, taxpayers will be voting taled $11,857 in 1971. This I on the $25,368 of the levy out- stein and Orville Brown. They j ' the clty pollce and the man highway-user tax funds to thC| 1972, taken at 8:00 a. m. on the Al6â | 8th with comparative reading were responsible resnonsible for the appre- aDnre-1___ ___ »1 f ____ figure does not include labor i side the 6 percent limitation. was *_i taken 0 the ___________ Marion Coun- 36 counties of the state. V-i cl /-»rs and nnrt arrest nrracf of a n mar» . ... The allocation is based on for the same period in 1971, is IDAN hension man ty IDANHA — A 25-y ear-old involved in replacing destroy The City Council and Bud- jail. who had attempted to abduct Idanha man was arrested by ed property, nor does it meas j get Committtee worked four Brown went to the home of | the statutory 20 percent for as follows: 1972 --------- for this s---- per XJliUl a young woman by force. Their state" Policeman^Barry Drake’ ‘ the period October 1 through 1 The high in -------- Linn VUU111J County 311C1U1 sheriff’ 3 s UGjJU- depu- ure the price of living trees hours on the tentative budget action is to be commended. w^o lives near the Maples, December 31, 1971. The funds 14 | iod was 47 degrees on the 7th . ties Saturday and charged with and natural beauty which were I before approving and submlt- They are the type of citizens and he caned the state police, come from the following sourc * | with a low of 8 degrees on the I second-degree assault. Jesse mutilated or destroyed, super- ting the budget. Budget docu- es: motor vehicle registration "¡2nd. Precipitation we need in this day and age. |__________ (melted Dean Rose was arrested and | visor Zane G. Smith, Jr. said, ments may be inspected and and operators’ license fees, | snow and rain) was .94 inches. I accUsed of assaulting Donald Of the seven Ranger Dis- discussed with the City Recor- Probably there are a lot of gasoline tax, use fuel tax, mo | There was no snowfall during I Eugene Lien, P. O. Box 464, I tricts on the Forest, Lowell der between the hours of 10-12 people here who would do the tor carrier fees, and fines | the week and-between one and 1 Idanha. same thing if the opportunity was the hardest hit. Due to its and 1-3 p.m., Mondays through and penalties collected for vio two inches of snow remains on | The first report was received low elevation the District is Fridays at the City Hall. A copy presented itself. lations of the size and weight the ground in open areas. I by radio and it was to the ef- ( usually accessible during the of the budget may be obtained The crime against women statutes where complaints are There is still considerable feet that there had been a j [ entire year when other forest at the City Hall. Long hours of is getting out of hand. It looks made by the Highway Division snow on the mountains. Gusty shooting in Idanha. This re-, areas are covered with snow.1 thought and work have gone as if it is no longer safe to weighmasters. walk on our beaches either. Lowell district reported that into the preparation of the winds prevailed on the first port was broadcast several ____ | The allocation to each coun- and third. Two women were raped at destroyed toilets, garbage can budget. Any question or dis- The new owners of _ Detroit times during the day. *s based on the number of knifepoint this past weekend. Super Market, Betty and Bill! During this same period in It was learned from Cpl. thefts and destroyed or stolen cussion of the approved budget There was once a time when McCall, are holding their vehicles registered in it. The 1971, the high was 47 degrees, Tom Drynan that what really sinks account for most of the ] is welcomed by the members we had no fear of this type of grand opening this Thursday, ' alocation for Linn County is I also on the 7th, and the low happened was that a shot was damage. Vandals gave prefer- > of the Budget Committee, City crime on our highways or on Friday and Saturday, February i $216,667.60 and Marion Coun- was 28 degrees on the 1st. The fired into the air, and then ence to tables, benches, signs Council, Mayor, or the City ” ty, $431,129.13. our beaches, but it behooves 10, 11 and 12. precipitation was 1.53 inches. Lien was pistol whipped by and green trees to other types I Recorder, it was stated, all of us to take action when | The approved 1972-73 Mill Five inches of snow fell on Rose. Drynan said evidently of firewood. The McCalls purchased the I _ _------------ City necessary to eliminate the re Detroit Market from the Sam | the 4th, with light flurries on someone had cut in on a police In the McKenzie Ranger! _ . Budget is being published currence of these crimes in ______ the 3rd and 5th. During both radio band and only got a District, foresters report that in today's Enterprise. A meet Lefflers ____ late in December and our supposedly educated and since that time have been re of these periods there were part of the story. I traffic counter hoses were cut,1 ing of the City Council will be enlightened society. several periods of sunshine, I a water system destroyed and ! held Thursday, February 24, organizing the store. and the same amount of snow the large, interpretive sign on at 7:30 p. m. at the City Hall Free coffee and cake will be Wagners Receive 25 Al Nesbitt, who has been off served Saturday along with | Mrs. Dale Brosig, Heart Fund I remaining on the ground at the ! McKenzie Pass was shot at ( for ‘ the purpose of holding a work for some time on account dixie cups for the children ac- Chairman for the Mill City end of the week. Year Certificate from close range with a shotgun public hearing on this budget. of a heart attack that occurred companied by a parent. Any person may appear to dis The above information by1 causing extensive damage. area is urging all residents to when he was at work, told me In Detroit Ranger District, cuss the budget or any part of support the 1972 Heart Fund Irene Paullin, Detroit weatherj Santiam Vai. Grange LYONS—A no host Sweet an alert camper reported a . it. The Budget Committee may a good one the other day. Like Campaign to be conducted here observer. all people who have had heart Keep Horses Off For the same week, weather, heart dinner preceeded the man chopping up picnic bench ' also be present at this meeting. and throughout the country attacks, Al does a lot of walk Footpath Says City observer, Howard Drago, gives regular meeting of Santiam es and sign posts for firewood. during February. ing now. It was on one of his Citizens are urged to con I the following report for the Valley Grance Friday night. Apprehended by State Police, Adolph Brunner, City Street Mr. and Mrs. Otis Bishop were the offender agreed to pay the Many New Drivers trips that he noticed the debris Commisioner, informed The tribute to the Heart Fund Cam Marion Forks area. ____ on the obligated as new members. along the street between the Enterprise this morning that paign in order to speed ad __________ High was 39 __ degrees - cost for replacement. two schools and on down town. the pathway leading east from vances which have already re 7th, and low was 7 degrees on j Mr. and Mrs. Giles Wagner Damage done in 1971 by van Registered in State | received their 25-year certifi- dals was down slightly from a He thinks something should be the end of Wall street has been sulted in the saving of thous February 3rd. More than 56,000 people sur Precipitation was recorded cates as grange members. Mrs. high of $16,873 for 1970, al rendered out of state drivers’ done to teach our youngsters used as a bicycle trail and is ands of lives. not to litter the area with gum also being used by those rid- 1 Chairman for the Heart Fund as .45 inches. Present snow on Sam Wizer and Mrs. Georgia though recreation use increas licenses and applied for Ore and candy bar wrappers. It is ing horses. He said that this Business Solicitation is Frank ground 34 inches with no new Hays presented the program ed by 168,000 visitors. gon licenses during 1971, Ches not only our kids—grownups is against regulations and that Stromquist. Mrs. Glen Henness snow falling during the week. during the lecturer’s hour. Mr ter W. Ott, Administrator of Wizer gave a reading, ‘ The are just as bad. On another anyone having a bicycle on the is chairman for the Gates Area. Hoodoo Ski Bowl has 197 the Motor Vehicles Division walk near the City Hall, he path, must not ride it, but The week of February 20, inches of snow as of Sunday. Life of George Washington." said Friday. Mrs. Thurman Smith sang “I saw a couple of men get into push it, and horses are not the local Rainbow Girls will be In 1970, approximately 50,- Would Like to Teach the a car. When they were about allowed on the path at all. conducting a house to house 000 out-of-state licenses were Alex World to Sing, ” Mrs. to leave, one of the men This also goes for motor soliciation for the Heart Fund. surrendered. Bodeker gave a reading “The rolled down the car window bikes of any type, too. Signs Mrs. Brosig said films are Ott said Oregon received 22.- I Good Old Days,” Gene Feif, DETROIT—A Salem man and 657 _ surrendered _____ „„ California 11- and heaved a snuff box into are being made now and will available from the Heart As- a reading on “My Wife, the woman, cross country skiing the street. Al asked him if he be put up soon. In the mean solicitation for the Heart Fund, during the year and Sweetheart, and Judy Feif, in the Big Lake area of the I0 639 Washington licenses. knew it was against the law time, he said, it is only to be and anyone interested should A two-car accident last Wed I “My Hisband the Sweetheart.” South Santiam pass, were lost These two states accounted to litter streets. The man said: used for foot traffic. contact her. nesday night on Highway 22 Xy'san^'L^t’Me 75all 1 You for nearly three hours Sun- for a]most go percent of the “what are you going to do i just west of the Mehama June- ( I Sweetheart. » day night but found in good total. about it.” Al said, “I’m going to tion injured Adolph and Paul- ■ ■ Santiam Valley Grange will condition by a search team. Modern Log Truck of Yesteryear report it to the police," and he 1 Licenses were surrendered ine Brunner of Mill City and ; go to Holly Grange Saturday Skiers from the Santiam Ski I fn)rn every state, the District went into the police office. Al Glen R. Clason of Mehama. | j night for their official visit Patrol, Hoodoo Ski Bowl and of Columbia and seven Cana- said he saw the man get out Mr. and Mrs. Brunner were, : and will put on the program Big Lake Youth Camp located 1 f|iap provinces. of his car, pick up the “snoose” treated at Santiam Memorial ; and close the Grange meeting. the two about 7:40 p. m. as , other states sending more box and take off. Good work. hospital for lacerations. Mr | they were returning to a point | than a | 000 drivers to Oregon Al, we need citizens with guts Brunner remained in the hos-i _ CI’J J where they had make a wrong, ]ast year were Arizona, Colo enough to stand up and be pital overnight for observation i Post Office jlides and turn. ' — ’ Idaho, . ..... counted. rado, Illinois and ------- Tex Mrs^ Brunner was released on J |k Slated at Next The two were Mrs. Jarmil 1 as. Friday afternoon. Mr. Brun- Cruzen and Don Christensen, j I wonder when the dock ner said he was blinded by the Chamber Meeting both of Salem. Mrs. Cruzen [ strike will be settled, hopeful light of an on-coming truck The next general meeting of and her husband Norvll and ly before this newspaper is and he did not see the Clason the Chamber will be held at Mr. Christensen’s wife Jean I Residents Asked to printed this week. But - the car until he was just about to Riverview Inn Wednesday were skiing in the area and | Remove Old Cars thing I abhor most is Harry’ hit it. I noon, February 16, when Char decided to split up Into two Bridges' statement that if the LYONS- A meeting of the Glen R. Clason was taken to les Kelly, postmaster from Mill teams about 5 p. m Mrs. Cru government passes legislation City Council was held Wednes Salem Memorial hospital with city will have a film on the zen and Christensen were re to force longshoremen back on day night, It was reported that a head injury. He IZ has i.u„ since »1..^. ■ Postal Service. ported lost by the others In the job he will tie up shipping been released and Is convalesc- j At the board meeting held their party to the Forest Ran a new folding table and 12 worM-wide. When any one had been purchased, al ing at home. i last Wednesday noon, it was ger Station a t McKenzie chairs person, regardless of whether so a new Dictionary the latest ---------- 1 decided that a roster of all Bridge he is a union leader or not, Unabridged edition with be mailed to Detroit Dam-Weather members would Mrs. Cruzen, an experienced can dictate to the government, stand was presented to the 11- each firm and individual now cross-country skier said Mon brary. The State Is making Pool and get away with it, it is high a belonging to the Chamber. day that they took a wrong survey to establish a speed Max. Mln. Elev. Pep time to do something about it. turn and lost their was as it 0 1 Feb. 2 34 20 1482 71 I presume the union could be for John Neal Memorial If the number following started to get dark, but had limit 0 22 1479 89 broken, but I don’t think that Feb. 3 N Park road, also to have a side Above is a picture of an old time log truck taken is the proper answer, as work I in the Gates area years ago. It wrs taken by the late Feb. 4 M 21 1476 90 T your name on The En no serious problems. walk installed on 5th street at 13 men should have the right to Feb. 5 40 36 1473 77 Lyons Memorial park. . «is« .. for their rights, — reads SANTIAM DEFEATS SCIO bargain as Feed Jones, and sent to The Enterprise by Mrs. Jones, Feb. 6 41 36 1470.55 .37 terprise label A general discussion was long0 as it does'* not ’hurt as w^o now lives at Gold Hill. She was wondering if any- Feb 7 43 37 1467 58 .38 The Wolverines defeated held on asking residents to re 2-72 it's time to send many people as this dock strike one in the area could remember where this was taken, Feb. 3 47 37 1466 49 T Scio Tuesday night on their move old cars and not to park does. and who the men are in the photo. own court 59-58. Total Pep1. for Week ...... .88 a check for renewal. in front of fire hydrants. Rv Bon I>on Moffatt Ry I ' Be Abductor Marion-Linn Counties Get Weather Report Funds same As Year Ago Shooting Stirs Forest Service Over $11,000 in 1971 Detroit Market Grand Opening This Thurs., Fri. Sat. February Is Heart Fund Month Local Folks Hurt In Car Accident Lost Pair Found In Good Condition