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April 24, 2008 Front Page |
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Pass Over Top of Marble Creek To Baboon Creek Built For Lime Access
Tony Brandenthaler owned Burnt River and Mining Company in the 1950’s, later purchased by Ellingson Lumber Co. Tony also owned Chemical Lime, located on Marble Creek Road, with the processing plant located at the corner of Wingville and old Highway 30.
The quarry on the Baker side was running out of lime, and Tony found a new supply on the Sumpter side at Baboon Creek. He began construction of a road from the old quarry, over the top of Marble Creek Pass, to the new Baboon Creek location, using his own funds and road crew, who at the same time were building various logging roads in the area.
City Council Passes Rate Increases
By Brian Addison
Beginning July 1, 2008, Baker City residents will see an increase in a number of city services, most notably the 8 percent increase in their water and the 15 percent increase on their sewer bill. The typical household will pay an average of $4 to $5 more per month for these services. In addition, council authorized applying a Cost of Living Adjustment to water and wastewater service fees beginning July 1, 2009, with all councilors in favor except Councilor Beverly Calder.
Baker City Council Chambers provided the setting for debate on a proposed city fuel tax during a five-hour council meeting Tuesday evening. The municipal Fuel Tax Ordinance No. 3286 proposes a 2-cent per gallon tax on gasoline and diesel fuel sold from gas-stations within the Baker City limits. The money raised from the proposed gas tax would help fund the maintenance of the city streets.
District 60 Candidates Debate Current Issues
By Debby Schoeningh
Tim Smith and Cliff Bentz both have ties to the land, strong voices in their communities and are keen on protecting the rights of those who live and work in rural Eastern Oregon. They also have their sites set on becoming Oregon’s next House District 60 State Representative.
The two Republicans debated current issues Tuesday evening at the Baker High School. The event was sponsored by the Baker County Chamber and AAUW. Aletha Bonebrake moderated the debate and proposed eight questions that were compiled by a panel of local experts.
Another Dead Body Discovered At Brownlee
By Debby Schoeningh
A little over a week after pulling a Nyssa dentist out of the Brownlee Reservoir who drowned in a boating mishap, another body was discovered washed up on the bank of the Reservoir.
Baker County Sheriff Mitch Southwick said the body of Edward Dale Ingram, 39, was found Wednesday, April 16, about 5.5 miles north of the Spring Recreation site, just 7 miles north of the Reservoir’s Burnt River entrance.
Southwick said Ingram had no fixed address and the Sheriff’s department was told he had been living in a tent.
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