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U CapRal Journal, Salem, Or., Saturday, October 8, 1949
Dorena Dam Dedication
Sunday Afternoon, Oct. 23
Dorena Dam, located seven milu southeast of Cottage Grove,
the third project completed In the Willamette Valley Basin
development, will be dedicated on Sunday afternoon, October
23, at 2 p.m.
Marshall Dana, editor of the editorial page of the Portland
1 Journal will serve at matter of
I ceremonies. H. E. Eakin, presi
dent of the Cottage Grove Cham
ber of Commerce, will give the
addreai of welcome.
A hlitory of the Willamette
Basin project will be given by
Gov. Douglai McKay, for prior
to hit lnuaguratlon ai governor,
served ai the chairman of the
Willamette Valley Basin eom
miiaion. Some iniide Information on
the fight waged in congress for
funds for flood control and
power projects In the northwest
will be given by Congressman
Harris Ellsworth and the com
pleted dam as viewed by engi
neers will be explained by Col.
O. E. Walsh, N. W. division en
gineer of the Corps of Engineers.
The dam from a contractors
viewpoint will be discussed by
Guy Atkinson, president of the
Dorena Construction company.
builders of the dam. Following
nis talk Gov. McKay will close
the gates and start the reservoir
on its job of storing water.
The dam is ,3S0 feet long
and 146 feet high. The embank
ment has over 3,000,000 cubic
yards of dirt and the concrete
spillway has 150,000 cubic yards
ol concrete. The resevoir will
contain 70,000 acre feet of water
and will be approximately one
mile wide and five miles long at
tne normal pool elevation.
The storage will be used pri
marily for flood control but
will also be available to help
irrigate about 6,000 acres along
the coast fork of the Willamette
river.
WU Students
Hold Election
The ballot boxes will be
trundled out Monday and Tues
day when Willamette university
students will conduct fall sem
ester elections.
Bob Muhr of St. Helens and
Bob McMullen of Taft are the
candidates for the presidency
of the senior class. Trying for
the position of president s right
hand man are Cece Johnson of
West Linn and AI Miller of Hub
bard. Ruth James, Palo Alto,
Calif., and Margaret Atwood of
Corvallis aspire to be class sec
retary and Margaret Austin of
Coos Bay it the sole candidate
for treasurer.
Other class candidates are:
Juniors President, Jack
Brown and Herb Carlson; vice
president, Diane Proctor, Joan
Kllnderworth and Marion
Sparks; secretary Margaret
Guice treasurer Dick Bolton;
sergeant-at-arms Wes Hedeen,
Bill Church.
Sophomores President, Dan
Montag and Lou Predilletto;
vice president, Larry O Dell
Wally Snyder and Wm. Mac
Dougall; secretary Jo Colony
Sue Mellor, Dolores Spellbrink
and Virginia Wilson; treasurer
Clarabelle Easton, Bob Shan,
gle and Patsy Older; sergeant-
at-arms Chuck Robinson, Don
Hosford, Clyde Jackson, Jim
Hartly and Dave Card.
Freshmen: President Bus
Sawyer, Bob Sanders, Tom
Sheldel and Ralph Bollinger;
vice president John Shimus,
Dick Ruff and Bob Miller; sec
retary Marilyn Whaley, Shir
ley Griffin and Jean Kile;
treasurer Steve Nicks, Bob
Ulrlch, Prudence Edwards and
George Collins; sergeant - at
arms Hugh Nelson, Jim Jack
ton, Joe Bonowitz, Jim Arm
ion, Norman Lawson and Allan
McGregor; class representative
Jack Larson, Bob Bain, Joan
Richardson, Rollin Cocking and
Jim McHale.
Hodges Buys
Store af G. P.
Millard Hodges, who for the
last year hat been city super
visor for the Capital Journal,
has resigned, effective today,
and will go into business in
Grants Pass.
Hodges hat purchased the
Grantt Pass High School store,
which hat built up a fine pat
ronage from students of that
eity, where he formerly lived.
He and Mrs. Hodges will leave
for there at once.
He hat a long experience in
newspaper circulation work and
for 17 years has been a member
of the Pacific Northwest Circu
lation Managers association. Be
fore coming to Salem he was
for 10 years circulation manager
of the Courier at Grants Pass
and was circulation manager
for The Dalles Chronicle from
1932 to 1037, which gave him
a wide acquaintance in eastern
Oregon.
While living here Mrs. Hodges
hat been with the Peerless bak
ery. They have made their
home at 205 South 23rd.
Mullins Driving Bus
Hubbard The Hubbard
school bus has started its regu
lar run with Don Mullins as
driver and 7B bus students. For
the first part of the year the
first pickup will be east of the
highway, after Christmas the
route will be changed with stu
dents on the west tide of the
highway being picked up first.
Elliott Uses 99
Defense Words
Portland. Oct. t W) Sheriff
M. L. Elliott defended his dosI-
tion in a 99-word statement to
day, to be printed on the ballot
in the Oct. 21 recall election.
The law allows the subject of
a recall 200 words to print his
side of the case. Elliott's state
ment, confined to 99, began:
"What is the basis for this
election? There Is none!
"There is no basis for this re
call election. I have operated
the sheriffs office efficiently
and economically. No graft,
corruption, or misconduct has
Deen shown against me. No
such charge has ever been
made."
He went on to charge the re
call was a political maneuver to
prevent him from uncovering
corruption.
Sheridan Pondering
Sewer System Plans
Sheridan Plans for a sewer
system and disposal plant tq be
presented tne city at a special
election have been started by
the city council through adop
tion of necessary resolutions.
Before an election can be call
ed the council must work out
engineering and financing plans,
according to Mayor Francis
Bradley. The matter of a sewer
system and disposal plant has
been under consideration and
discussion for several months.
The state sanitary authority has
ordered the city to have the sys
tem completed by December 31
1951.
The city is now collecting BO
cents a month from each water
account to help finance the pro
ject. The sewer assessment
charge raised around $30Q a
month with the proposed sewer
to cost from $225,000 to
$250,000.
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Dallas The Bridgeport community between Dallas and
Falls City is taking a "new look" with pupils attending a
brand new school and county bridge crews constructing a
new bridge nearby. The school was completed recently by
Charles Wiedeman, general contractor, at a cost of over
$26,000. It is two rooms and incorporates modern principles
of education to make it a standard school under regulations
of the state department of education. Not visible in the
photo is the old one-room building which now acts as a
play room and utility room. Growth of school population in
the Bridgeport community made the larger school necessary.
The new bridge is on the Bridgeport road over the Little
Luckiamute. Men of the crew of Tom Keller, bridge foreman,
are shown working on the span which is expected to be
completed in about a month. The photo was taken upstream
from the old bridge which almost washed out in last winter's
floods. The Bridgeport span is the only major bridge that
will be constructed in Polk county this year. (Abel Photos)
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Monroe avenue and moved there.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hohnstein
who have lived at the home for
two years have moved on an
acreage near Frultland. The
acreage was divided with Hugh
Williams buying two acres and
the Pierces one with the home.
East Salem Has Concern
Over Children's Safety
Tost Salmi. Oct. 8 Safety precautions still neeaea lor tne
children attending Middle Grove school was the leading point
of discussion at the meeting of the Middle Grove Mothers club.
Several children have had some accidents and narrow escapes
from serious injuries since school Degan mis term.
Markings on the pavement for
.afetv crossing zone win oe
askeb for. As the pavement has
been resurfaced and small slow
signs have been put up, Put
not what will give a motorist a
school warning. A rummage
sale by the club has been plan
ned for November 11 and 12.
A special meeting will be held
on October 26 to prepare the
articles for the sale There were
18 mothers present who were
members last year and five who
will be new members. Hostesses
for the social hour were Mrs.
Joe Slimak, the new president,
and the secretary, Mrs. Ernest
Crum. The meeting date will
be the first Wednesday of each
month at 2 p.m.
Mrs. Warren Shrake enter
tained members of her sewing
club Wednesday afternoon. The
guests were Mrs. Harold Snook
and Mrs. Terva Cable, and mem
bers present were Mrs. John
Meier, Mrs. Stuart Johns, Mrs.
Walter Lewis, Mrs. Arthur
Stowell, Mrs. Henry Hanson,
and the hostess. Mrs. Hugh Wil
liams was remembered by her
mystery friend.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Pierce who
lived on Monroe avenue a few
years ago have bought the for
mer Jack McKeniie home on
Middle Grove In Portland on
Fturday attending the Pacific
International Livestock show and
competing as a live stock judg
ing team will be members of the
Swine 4-H club who were win
ners in the Marion county show:
Marshall Jelderks, Wayne Goode
and Lewis Patterson. Marshall
Jelderks had the highest score
for individual judging in the
county show. Their leader, Mrs
n.mory Lroode will accompany
tne team. Marshall Jelderks and
Wayne Goode will also compete
in tne 4-H calf scramble.
Sprague Named Chairman
Portland, Oct. 8 M" The Ore
gon and California Advisory
u o a r a re-elected Charles A
Sprague, Salem, chairman, yesterday.
Mobile Blood Unit
Coming on Tuesday
Next Tuesday, October 11,
brings the mobile unit from the
Portland regional blood center
for its monthly stop at Salem.
The unit will be in operation
between 2 and 6 p.m. in the
First Methodist church.
A staff of volunteer workers
is contacting prospective donors,
also those signed to give this
time. Those already signed up
as donors are urged by the Red
tablished the townsit of AI
bany.
The late Judge Kelly purchas
ed the lot from Foster in 1906
and had never re-sold it.
County Owns Property for
93 Years; No One Knows It
Albany, Oct. 8 For 93 yean Linn county was the legal owner
of the property at 325 First avenue, but nobody knew it.
Not until this week did Mrs. Margaret Kelly of Salem, widow
of Justice Percy R. Kelly, formerly of Albany, who thought she
owned it, become the actual owner of the lot and the building
which is now being remooeieav
by William Dussler to house a
men's clothing store.
It was when Mrs. Kelly sold
the Drooertv to Dussler and at
tempted to give him title to it
that the fantastic ownersnip sit
uation came to light.
When Joe Hrdina, manager
of the Willamette Title company,
started the customary research
of the Linn county deed records
to validate the title he found
that back in 1856 an invalid
deed to the property had been
given by Linn county to a pur
chaser, and that accordingly le
gal ownership had never passed
out of the county's hands.
The records show that the late
J. H. Foster, early Linn pi
oneer, purchased the property
from the county, received a deed
dated September 8, 1856, and
signed by H. M. Brown, who
termed himself "president of the
board of commissioners, county
of Linn, territory of Oregon."
Witnesses were Demos Beach
and John Barrows, but witnesses
were not enough. It was neces
sary that all three commission
ers sign the document to make
it legal. The other two essen
tial names, those of commission
ers Jonathan H. Brattain, and
Reuben S. Coyle, were missing.
The consideration, incidental
ly, was given as $194, a fair
price In those days for a lot in
Albany.
The error has now been cor
rected by the Linn county court's
issuance of a quit-claim deed,
filed with County Clerk R. M.
Russell Thursday for transmis
sion to the office of the county
recorder.
So Dussler was Friday first
owner in legal possession of the
property since 1856, though it
had been assessed to each sup
posed owner thereafter.
Hrdina's investigation resur
rected also the fact that the prop
erty was given to Linn county
through a deed recorded as of
April 11, 1856, by Walter and
Margaret Montieth and Thomas
and Christian Montieth, who es-
Cross office to remember the
appointment, or call in time that
a substitute may be contacted.
Winter Schedule
For Detroit Set
Maintenance of a heavy con
struction schedule at the De
troit dam site through the fall
and winter months is announc
ed by Consolidated Builders,
main contractors on the pro
ject. Yet to be constructed are ca-
bleways, aggregate plants, the
mixing cement and cooling in-!
stallations, carpenter shop and
warehouse. Excavations for the
south access road are n e ar 1 y
completed with similar prepara
tory work on the north cable
ways estimated at 90 percent
completed while the coffer dam
is 30 percent done.
Completed are the machine
shop, offices, tire repair thop,
electrical shop, first-aid station
and other minor structures.
There are 525 men currently
employed on the project with
the company being inconven
ienced by a rush of job seekers
due to erroneous reports to the
effect that an immediate in
crease is planned.
Week Proclaimed
For Business Women
Mayor, Robert L. Elfstrom
calls attention to the annual
"National Business Women's
week," to be observed October
9 to 16 by the Salem Business
and Professional Women's club.
Pointing to the fact that this
also is the 30th anniversary of
the local club, Mayor Elfstrom
says:
"Salem citizens are apprecia
tive of the fine civic and philan
thropic contributions of this
group of business and profes
sional women who are always
ready to aid in any worthy
cause."
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Curlv Is Here Signs on his fleet milk truckt say "Here Comes Curly." Here he is in
person. Curly's association with the milk business in Salem began 37 yean ago, way back
in 1912. For 20 years he drove a truck making personal deliveries. Now he serves as chief
executive for his own plant, a friendly, home-owned dairy.
"Holly"
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b running hithtr and yon trying to find o gift for your
Aunt Fonnia, something, for Bill, Oh, yes, ond daor
little Sut, ttc, ond In the rush the one's who are near
est and dearest to you may be put off until the last
minute ond then it's just take whot's left and that is
just the exact opposite to what you really want.
Why not come in now before the actual rush starts,
choose ot leisure a nice gift for him or her and have
me put it oway from peering eyes until Christmos. No
need to pay for it now, just a deposit, ond even better
if you like, you moy pay a little whenever you wish ond
hove It all paid for by Christmos. It's the sensible
woy to obtain a really worthwhile gift for a really
worthwhile person.
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