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t (Sc .l-StaitmcaL Sckm.0r.. Friday, ury- 2. 1934 ! I ... I I I I I I I - I .- f - ' Valsetz Feels Full Impact of Lumber Strike n. ':.: J J. v - - f f i 1 . - - r- 1 , - r. ."',r' rFTrrj rsri ,- W, ' - - .1, - , ii d i . ju ,?-- -oj -3 I - x . "C I """" "b r' - Ai -v-CTr Li V r 8 , h r-. i IF- . ! 1 J, r pr-i j. ; 1 . 1 - t.--- i Rebekali Conclave Due at Mill City SUtesmaa Newt Seryiet .MILL CITY Mrs. L.Bassett, chairman of the Rebekah Conven tion to be held in Mill City on Aug ust 14, called a meeting of offi cers recently to discyss plans for the convention which will Include lodge members from Stayton, Scio, Turner. Jefferson, Lyons, and Mill City; V ' Mrs. Burrell Drury of Coburg. president of the Rebekah Assem bly of Oregan, will pay a visit here at that time. y Elective officers include Mrs. Giles t Wagner, Lyons, vice-chairman, and Mrs. Melbourne Rambo, Mill City. Secretary. TALSETZ Peeling chittum bark from trees has provided modest i Income for a few of the 500 Valseti men idled since lumber strike ', ; started Jane 21. Above, Don Teal, a millworker, shows bark to 'daughter, Sandra. Dry bark brings 18c per pound. . VALSETZ The Valseti Lumber Co. store has extended $15 week' v ly credit for duration of strike to families who were regular pa trons of store. Above, Lewis Howard, store manager, looks over The charge-account rack. , I iMany Workers Leave ToSvn For 'Duration' ; - By CHARLES IRELAND I f V Valley Editor, The Statesman J V ' VALSETZ Tho lumber strike I hahitthls Isolated town with the Impact of a tornado. ; But the damage is economic in stead of physical. t 1 One could stand in the center of Slain Street this week and hear the rain drip onto the wooden walk in front of the company-owned store. ; - , The town, feels as deserted asa Vacant Army post. ; Estimates , are that half of the nominal population of 1,200 has moved away for the "duration. I More than 500 workers are on strike in this company town. The bulk of them work for Valseti Lumber Co. which .pretty much owns every lock, stock and barrel fn Vie community.. Jersey C&Ws -Make Record StaUsmaa News Servlct MT. 'ANGEL In recognition of having produced over a ton. of but terfat Coring, a four-year period on Herd Improvement Registery Test, three registered Jersey cows owned by Rex Ross have been awarded Ton of Gold certificate by the American Jersey Cattle. Club. . . The cows in the Ross herd that won the award ' were Come Son Valley Births Stateiman News Service SHERIDAN Mr. and Mrs. Lester Moritz of Sheridan are the parents of a daughter, born June 21 at the McMinnville Hospital. . Jr.. Rose Bud, 37,609 pounds of milk with 2,331 -pounds of .butter fat; Standard Come Dolores, with 41,876 pounds of milk with 2,544 pounds of butterfat, and Standard Loretta Iris, with 35,450 pounds of milk and 2,030 pounds of butter fat. ; - . . ' i HURT OS VACATION MILL CITY Stephea Todd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Todd, broke his arm in two places in a fall at Laramie, Wyo.. where . the Todd family is spending several weeks, according to . Mrs. W. W. Allen, the boy's .grandmother. More than 500 different spe cies of insects are found; as pests in human homes. " I - SehatfwV Rheumatic Remedy : . For th Relkf Of RHEUMATISM, LUMBAGO, SCIATICA, and GOUT; Relieving 1 stiff ness and swell ing in the joints or muscles when of rheumatic or gouty origin. " ' - SCHAEFER'S Drug Store y 135 N. Commercial Open Daily 7:30 AJO. to S PJL Sundays 9 AM. to 4 PJH. - f I- I hi No Pickets , Posted It's ". i remarkably friendly Strike. " " Striking workmen have posted no pickets, and the management has extended a $15 per week cred it at the 'company store to families who had been trading there. I The company has also deferred rent and power bills for the .'dur ation. .. r Even so, a good many families have left town. Some are taking vacations, a few are living with Relatives elsewhere and some have Just gone fishing. -' y '.- ; Practically all of the many sinrie men have left tovrn. The bunk and cook houses are (dosed, The comoanv-owned recreation Sail social center of. the. com munity V-r. is' closed, too, and di . version is limited mostly to news papers, radio and television. TV reception is fairly good and many homes have a set, ; , ' ... . ., -: -. , . J6 Miles toTown The nearest cluster of stores Is it Falls City 16 miles - away ever a tortuous mountain road that requires nearly an hour of fraveL The nearest movie is at Dallas another 10 miles to the East The economic plight -of Valseti as spread to Falls. City ' where , Several merchahts opinad that ' business was off "maybe half". ' I Dallas, too, has undoubtedly felt I the pinch of the valsett struce as ielTas its own VTillamette Valley Lumber mill strike. I Total number of millworkers and ggers on strike ia PoUt County, is estimated at 1,000. That is Coughly one person of every 251 m the county. , " ' ;So far, however. the . young strike has worked no apparent hardships on the townfolk of Val- Set4 : ; -(,: vv'v , " - Jldstly Cash Sales The company store the only dne'in town reports an increase in cash sales since the strike fertilizer heap caught fire at the 4tateL-Few, as yet, are taking West Mushroom plant, 4349 State advenuge ot . tne proterrea fis a pe, rnursaay. sending f our cor- ieck credit. nerr volunteer firemen into ac Some of the idle workers have Uon at 5:15 a. m. gone "over the mountain" to tne Firemen attributed the blaze to eutide world to pick- berries, spontaneous combustion and said Winers nave peeiea pare irom ' v S ' I'-'' - - , - ..... l .t ii VALSETZ Cold smokestacksloom above the strikebound Valsetz Lumber Co. mill which formally bustles with activities of 260 workmen. Another! 90. are employed by company as loggers while some 200 other men log for Western and other logging companies in this area. All are on strike. In foreground is W. B. BrownjobJi, mill superintendent for Valsetz Lumber Co. if . . 3' 4 r i I (VALSETZ The Valseti company store has new boors "for the duration, a phrase that is new to young Dennis Weaver (above), who can't remember World War II days. Another bulletin on door asks householders to conserve electricity daring strike, and a note from Statesman carrier asks people to contact him if they are leaving town. (AH Statesman Photos). I Combustion Fires Fertilizer Heap - it threatened nearby buildings. SUtetmim Ntw Scrrle FOUR CORNERS An outdoor ehittum trees that abound in the ; j. .j-.- I. A ... .,. for millhands,, according to Bert , "1 Thomas, general manager of Val- T- -7 JU8 ";r .ti Lumber - Co. Lowball mffll ; Hbw long will it last? '' W about 51.8a per hour. ,- A lot of workmen think it will Thomas says his company can't endj "right after the Fourth", afford a pay raise because "it's Others say. "not 'till the first of a buyer's market A year ago we August". Nobody 'at Valsetz seems could pass along increased prices. ' $ think it will last much longer: We can't do it now." , . Like other Pacific Northwest The workmen obviously feel dif- himberworkers who struck, ' the ferently. The "millworkers voted sien want a 12V4-cent hourly in-1 153 to 42 to authorize the strike. Crease in pay. The present aver- And Valseti will be one of the age. hourly pay, including -'over- deadest towns in the world 'until time, is 12.85 for loggers and $2.18 1 it's over. P0IS0I7 OAK! Wny experiment? Olhar romodies mcry possibly cur you, but th additional suf fering U not only nnneces ary. but also rery pcdniuL For quick relleL try HOOD'S Poison Oak Lotion SCIMEFER'S DRUG STORE Open Daily, 7:30 AJU.-8 PM. Sunday. 9 A.M. 4 PM, 135 N. 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