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1 1 jl The Stortee man, Salem, Oregon TueedaY April S. IMS JMehama-Mill City Road Link Not on Schedule; Detroit Dani Area Overrun with Job Seekers I Sufficient Men Baldock Says Cost $770,000 For Seven-Mile 'Bottleneck' t ' - I Sprinc renewal of work on the Detroit dam project and Santiam highway has once again awakened interest and rumors of interest in a new highway from Mehama to Mill City. The right-of-way for this new route already belongs to the state. It lies along the Marion county side of the North Santiam river. Mar lon county purchased and cleared the right-of-way about IS yean go and turned it over to the state. State Highway Engineer R. H Baldock said Monday the project, little over seven miles in length, would cost an estimated $770,000. "This project has not been pla ced on the highway program by the commission as yet." Baldock tresses. Agitation for the Improv ed Mill City to Mehama link has cropped up from time to time. Bal dock said, but has been consistent- . ly refused by the commission. Proponents of the plan - and these Include municipal, county nd civic officials in central and western Oregon - - point out that this seven -mile strip is a bottle neck in the long North Santiam highway. This highway begins at the Idaho border and sweeps through Marion and Polk counties nd on to the coastal area. Completion of the new Santiam highway above Mill City will bring traffic down the broad new rout and throw it into the narrow bottleneck at Mill City. "Eventually," said Baldock, "the Important link will have to be im- PLEXIGLAS (Sheet Plastic) Is Now Available In Size up to 12" x 24" X Choice of thickness X Both clear and X Translucent colors Tough and Durable f J"? GEORGE (ilLLEfjJ ail, if on proved. The existing road between Mill City and Mehama on the Linn county side is however, a pretty good road. In portions it is as good as the rest of the highway into Salem." Marion County Judge Grant Murphy pointed out Monday that the existing road has two lai" faults as a medium of travel from Mehama to Mill City. f This road, the judge said, does not have brid ges strong enough to support hea vy equipment hauling to the De troit dam site. It also "has an ab rupt hill at the Mill City end. The proposed new route would parallel the river on the Marion county side from Mill City to Me hama. It would cross the Little North fork of the Santiam just east of .Mehama. The route was first projected as part of the en tire Santiam route improvement project. j Agitation simmered; when the Detroit dam was in forming sta ges. But now,' say proponents of the route, the new strip is needed more than ever. The big improve ment in streets and bridges con templated by the highway com mission for Salem, however, also apepars to have slowed up a new Mill City-Mehama road. Smith to Head Y's Men Here Robert O. Smith was elected president of the Salem Y's Men's club at a meeting in the YMCA Monday night Harry Manning was chosen vice president. Other officers elected at the meeting were Stuart Compton, secretary; Leon Margosian, treas urer; Everett Clark, Dale Biles and Dr. Robert Wulf, members of the board. Dale Bates, Howard Arnot and Dr. William Crothers were initia ted into the club at the Monday meeting. Following the initiation Dr. Wulf and Dr. Crothers led discussion on socialized medicine and explained legislation now be fore congress. ; Wives f members were guests at the discussion period. Neiv York Cabbies Strike f . '.. i Tt I S , "7 i C I i mum . "" - ii 7 2 I ,, V i '. " 1 1 ' t T ; 1 y - -I I .-y- I , NEW YORK, April 4 Twe mei stand tUp a cab while another stands en rannlng beard eutslde ef a taxleab garage 11th a venae, between 44th and 45th streets, here today, te rge striking taxieab drivers te retara te work. A city-wide taxi strike was called by the Taxi Workers Organizing committee, local 11. Unite I Constraetloa Workers, an affiliate ef Jena L. Lewis' United Mine Workers of America. Fleets there are 427 la New York City acceant for M00 of the city's 1111 licensed cabs. The ether 4,710 are owner-operated. (AP Wlrepheto te The Statesman). Bar Memorial Honors Zerzan Memorial services for the late Charles J.' Zerzan, local attorney who died here recently, were held Monday morning in Marion coun ty circuit court rooms. On motion of District Attorney E. O, Stadter, jr., president of the Marion County Bar association. resolution was presented by Paul Hendricks and entered into the court records. The resolution noted that the late lawyer was for many years a Mar ion county aepury autrtct attorney, an active member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic church, and a mem ber of American Legion. 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Allen,Albany route 3, a son, Sun day, April S, at Salem General hospital. COL LTER To Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Coulter, 2510 Cherry st, a son, Sunday, April S, at Sa lem Memorial hospital. MeGILL To Mr. and Mrs. Mer via McGill, Jefferson route 1, a son, Sunday, April t, at Salem Memorial hospital. For Year Sijm Already at Dam Work on the big Detroit dam project has not begun yet and workers were urged here Monday not to travel to the site in search of employment. t "The area is already overrun with over 1,000 men hoping for immediate employment, said F. D. Van Sweringen. executive secre tary of the Salem Building Trades council. "A premature report that work actually harl started has i brought an avalanche of workrrs to the Detroit area." Van Sweringen said the latest box score on the $05,000,000 dam project showed: Work probably will not start for another week or so. When it does it will be only in a preliminary "small way." Don Gessner, in charge of the Niagara branch of .the Salem Building Trades coun cil, already has enough men reg istered to supply contractors for "at least one year or longer." Job-seekers should register at the Niagara office in person or by mail. Their names will be placed on a registration list and workers will be notified by Gessner by mail when ' they may expect to come to work. Registrants are ask ed to classify themselves as to the type of work desired. Most of the initial workers need ed will be laborers and carpenters. It is expecetd that more men will be used as the project expands to a peak of about 3,000 in the fall of 1950, Van Sweringen said. "It is a waste of time for work ers to go to the dam site now in search of work," ,he said. "When workers are needed the contract ors will draw them from the work list compiled at Niagara." The sudden influx of workers, said Gessner Monday, has com pletely over-taxed housing facili ties in the dam site area. "Many of them," he said "arrive here broke. They live in trailers and make-shift houses. They afl expect dam jobs but it will proba bly be a year or more before they are all hired. Much of the equip ment needed to work with has not even arrived yet." Oils Bright Spot in Day's Market Gains NEW YORK, April 4-fP)-Oils were the bright spot in today's stock market with advances of fractions to nearly 2 points and extreme gains of around 4. Otherwise the day was about a standoff with the lift spreading out into a pattern of losses in fractions and gains of fractions to around a point. r . An early rising tendency through out slowed down toward mid-day and then reversed itself in many of the major groups. The, high point of the oils advance was lost in late trading. Industry sources believe the 't cent a gallon rise in gasoline prices posted by Socony Vacuum will be followed by others. Railroad shares eased away from their best and closed virtually un- Grains Drift Lose Slightly CHICAGO, April 4 -(VP)- Minor fractions were shaved off grain vattres on the board of trade to day. For nearly the entlretession the market Just drifted along, un ruffled by routine grainnews. Fi nal prices were a bit above the day's lows. Wheat closed lower; corn was lower, oats were lm'ltt lower, rye was unchanged to Vt lower, soybeans were V lower to V4 higher and lard was 7 to 10 cents a hundred pounds lower. More moisture was received In changed. Steels, motors, metals and farm implements were mostly low er. Utilities, aircraft, airlines and distillers were mixed. Chemicals were unchanged to lower. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks was unchanged. The volume of trading stepped up a little to 920,000 shares.' Shrubs Pilfered At Nursery Here Shrubs valued at $100 were taken early Sunday morning from the F. A. 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