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BIG TOOTHED SAW
A log is flipped into position and then grabbed hy the large hooks on top of the log.
The large blade sweeps by cutting a slice approximately three inches thick. The log is
bounced to an uncut side ami tlie process lieyins again.
Elgin's Wesern Stud
Mill Adds New Chipper
By VIRGINIA ANDERSON '
. Observer Staff Writer
Lumbering is one of Elgin's
most important industries.
' With its location so near many
of the forested areas of the val
ley, Elgin is a focal point for
bringing the cut logs from sur
rounding mountains.
Recently Elgin's Western Stud
Mill has been making many mod
ernizing improvements.
The newest addition in the
machinery line is the installation
of a chipper. According to How
ard Crippen, manager and stock
holder in the plant, the chipper
cost around $60,000. The new
machine cuts unused smaller
pieces of lumber into chips. From
the machine the chips are trans
ferred through a tube to the
loading area where the chips are
electronically loaded into box
cars." The cars are connected to
a machine that gently moves the
open-topped car back and forth
evenly loading the wood.
A new quarter of a million
dollar barker has also been in
stalled. A dry kiln that assists nature
in drying the lumber to the tune
if 190 degrees controls the ag
ing process. Precision instru
ments control the moisture and
heat in the kiln which are re
corded on a graph just inside the
building.
The company uses this new
equipment to aid in its produc
tion of about 100,000 board feet
of lumber in an eight hour day,
Crippen reported that more
than 50 truck loads of logs are
brought into the busy yard every
day.
The mill has asked the Union
Pacific Railroad to build a spe
cial spur line to the mill. The
chip cars particularly are load
ed on this line and transported
from there to the main line.
There are 50 employes work-
Federal Mediator
In Dual Capacity
In Negotiations
NEW YOKK (UP1) Chief
Federul Mediator Joseph F. Fin
nogiin resumed talks with steel in
dustry and labor leaders today in
a new dual capacity as a con
ciliator seeking to end the seven-
day strike and as a reporter for
Labor Secretary James P. Mitch
ell who Tuesday declared himself
a one-man fact-finder in the dis
pute.
Both union and management
announced Tuesday night that
they would cooperate with Mitch
ell in his unexpected attempt to
investigate the causes and facts
pertaining to the strike which
has shut down 83 per cent of the
nation s steel production.
A half million members of the
United Steelworkers of America
(USW) are walking picket lines in
4 states and more than 30,000
miners, truckers, railroad work
ers and Great Lakes seamen al
ready have been Jaid off as a re
sult of the steel stoppage. .
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ing at the mill. This figure in
cludes both mill workers and of
fice employes.
; The company is also installing
seven mobile radio units. The
base station is at the mill proper
and another station is located at
Spout Springs. All their woods
trucks will carry radio units
which will be used for safety
purposes and dispatching.
CONCENTRATING In the Western Stud Mill's own
repair shop they care for their own equipment. Here
Joe Baker from La Grande guides the 21 inch lathe
with a steady hand. (Observer I'hoto)
MOSCOW Vice President ltieli
ard M. Nixon, arriving ut Mos
cow with his wife to open the
American Exhibition and start an
11-day tour of Russia:
"Every day we spend in this
country we shall work wholeheart
edly to help create a climate of
better understanding in which Die
policy differences of governments
will not separate or bring into
conflict our two peoples."
DENVER Gov. Earl Long of
Louisiana, after being told the
Air Force is investigating the pos
sibility he is misusing an Air Na
tional Guard plane on his trav
els through the Southwest and
West:
"I was never in that plane.
Some senators and representa
tives and police captains have used
it. That damn thing was a
wreck."
MEMPHIS. Tenn. Eighteen-year-old
Harold Aldridge, who
never went past the 11th grade,
explaining why he posed as an in
tern in Memphis hospitals for the
past year:
"I always wanted to be a doc
tor." WEST COVINA, Calif. - Police
Chief Allen Sill, who arrested Dr.
Bernard Finch in Las Vegas Sun
day for the slaying of Finch's
wife, speaking of the missing
murder gun:
"I wouldn't be surprised if we
flew over it when we went to Las
Vegas Sunday." ,
Humphrey Asks Summit
Talks To Holt Cancer
WASHINGTON tlil'li Sen
Hubert lliimtilui-y l Minn ) to
day u.l(K ali-tl a ' "sin i in ut meet
ing" on hi-allli to oiguni.e an
Kast West war ui'ainsl cancer.
Iluiiiilney said, "I feel that So
viet scientists have iiiuih to con
tnliule to the international con
iiest of cancer and that tliey
earnestly desire to do so."
SUICIDE IN POST OFFICE I
l.OS ANCKI.KS (UI'K Ned
King, 50, waited in line at the
post office Wednesday where his
estranged wife, a postal clerk,
was selling stamps. When he got
lo the window, he laid down a
note, pulled out a 45 calibre auto
matic, and killed himself. The
note read: "I loved you too much.
Goollye until always. Ned."
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BANDING It's B. D. Witherspoon's job to load, tally,
and band the 2 by 4's for the WesternStud Mill. He is
an'Elgin resident. The hand machinne uses secures
the bands before they are loaded on the nearby train
car. (Observer Photo)
When Yon Go To The Grocery Store
I DON'T FORGET THE
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In All Popular And Special Flavor
AT YOUR, GROCER'SI
Success To Elgin's Stampede!
DON'T FAIL TO ATTEND
THIS FINE WESTERN SHOW
...sit down to a real Western treat
Hamburgers ... all YO" :an eat!
Made with the finest, best tastin' buns
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SEEBgttqQlOcteyu CAKE MIX DISPLAY FOR DETAILS
CAKE MIXES 59c
Get Vi gallon of ico craam FREEI Just tend tho box bottoms from two pack
ages of Betty Crocker Cake Mix and that pari of a Vi gallon container of ice
cream which shows the purchase price, to GENERAL MILLS, BOX 96, MIN
NEAPOLIS, 60, MINN., and General Mills will refund the price of the Ice
cream plus 4c postage. Limit one per family. OFFER EXPIRES NOVEMBER
1, 1959.
Berry Syrups
For Topping!
WILD BLACKBERRY
BOYSENBERRY
BLACK RASPBERRY
Reg.
57c
SPECIAL
45
c
Vi Gal. Arden's
Delicia
Ice Cream
7"
SPERRY'S BETTY CROCKER
PANCAKE &
WAFFLE MIX
FRENCH'S
Instant Hashed Potatoes
KING SIZE ' 1
LIQUID LUX....
No. 2'A TINS VAN CAMP'S
Pork & Beans
....pkg. 2S)C
No. 2Vi Tins
Mandarin
Oranges
SS)C
Instant
TANG
Orange Drink
LG. SIZE JAR.
5
' .303 Tins Llbby's
Fruii
Cocklail
2 FOR W
WE EXPECT TO HAVE BRIQUETS IN THIS WEEKEND
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Tenderized SWIFT'S
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Brldgman Bras, Oregon Crown
Fresh Fryers HAII
j Avr9fl'2. ea. 98c SLICES
GROUND BEEP Lb. 49C LB.
Produce
Large
Avocados
2 F 23(
Fresh Field
Cncnmbers
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GREEN
Peppers
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