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Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, Nov. 16, 194919 ;
the demonstrator. Part of the
sale proceeds went for church
benefit. Prizes went to Mrs. Reb
ecca Thamer, Mrs. Ed Shannon,
Mrs. Donald Smith, Mrs. Ervin
Miller, Mrs. Harry Schultz and
Mrs. John Rasmussen. Sixteen
ladies attended the affair.
Roll Collected
When the discount giving
, - f sat mc
deadline for property taxes was
. tii reached as the office of the tax
I collector closed Tuesday evening
about a third of the roll had
NEW COMPACT LOW COST
been collected or $1,379,119 out
of the total roll of $4,656,272,
reported Harold Domogalla,
I.1
Forced Air Oil Furnace
for
First Floor Installation
chief of the tax collection depart'
ment.
There is still considerable
mail to be checked out as any
letters received bearing tax
checks and postmarked before
midnight Tuesday night will be
considered eligible for the discount.
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Preliminary Work on
Dam Mo ving Rapidly
By JAMES D. OLSON
With 497 project workers on the payroll, rapid progress is
being made on preliminary work for the huge $28,209,000 De
troit dam on the North Santiam river by Consolidated Builders,
Inc., contractors,
A network of roads, some constructed out of sheer rock, on the
outh side of the river, are com-
f I m, pleted and work is soon to be-
Hiem rirm low on
Fence-Building Job
Included in the mail Tuesday
was a check tor $zu,lt)2 from
the Portland Gas & Coke com
pany. In the eight counties in
which the company operates
taxes of $543,450 are being paid
this year or $31,009 more than
last year.
Portland, Nov. 16 Neu
man company, Salem, submitted
the low bid for building 520
rods of fence along the north
boundary of government tract
A-10 in the Lookout Point reser
voir area on the middle fork of
the Willamette river.
The Neuman bid, low of three
submitted, was $2386. The gov
ernment estimate was $2184.
Rapid Progress at Detroit Dam Left: North abutment of
Detroit dam where excavations lor the key way are being cut
through resistant diorite rock. Access roads to facilitate
construction now line the face of this cliff overlooking the
North Santiam on the Marion county side. Top, right: Coffer
dam designed to control flood waters of the North Santiam
when flow exceeds capacity . the diversion tunnel. Lower,
right: Old, rock ribbed bed of the diverted river where
exploratory soundings are now being made for dam footings.
Coal-Burners Will
Resume Operations
Washington, Nov. 16 (U.R)
The interstate commerce com
mission today authorized coal
burning railroads to resume nor
mal passenger service on Sun
day. The order followed the
end of the coal strike.
Beginning Oct. 25, coal-burn
ing railroads had to cut passen
gcr traffic 25 per cent when
their coal stock piles dwindled
to 25 days supply or less.
Jet Record Set
London, Nov. 16 (U.R) Brit
ain's jet airliner, The Comet, has
set a new speed record by fly
ing 590 miles in exactly one
hour during its longest test
flight over the British Isles, it
was disclosed today.
gin on a huge rock crushing
plant that will process the di
orite rock procured from a rock
quarry only a short distance
away.
Keyways into which the
dam structure will be "keyed"
into rock are excavated on both
the north and south locations
of the dam.
Will Add Many Men
When actual pouring of ce
ment begins estimated to start
next spring the number of
project workers will be in
creased materially with the
number reaching between 1500
and 2000 men. Work applica
tions from far more than this
number are already being filed
according to Jack Murray, per
sonnel director for the contractors.
Murray said that the compa
ny has a fine crew working with
virtually no absenteeism.
The n.en are interested in
the work," he said. "They are
doing a s well job.',"
Water is now flowing through
a diversion dam with a 90 foot
coffer dam barring the flow In
the dam site area. On the north
side of the coffer dam a concrete
spillway has been constructed
to care for any flood waters that
may result beyond the capacity
of the diversion dam to carry.
Contact by Radio
Lt. Col. J. W. Miles, resident
engineer for the army engineers
on the project, has installed a
two-way radio set - up, with
which contact can be maintained
constantly between the engi
neer's office, now located near
the dam site and the field men
in cars.
The contractors are now oc
cupying a commodious building
on the north side of the river,
having moved its entire engi-
neering office force from tempo
rary quarters in Mill City.
Construction of a motor re
pair shop and warehouse at the
permanent housing site for
army engineer personnel is well
under way. This work, to cost
$138,734, is being carried on by
Minnis & Shilling, Eugene con
tractors, and is to be completed
by February 20, 1950.
Fifteen family dwellings with
two and three room bedrooms
will be erected although a con
tract has not been let. These
homes will be utilized by the
army staff '.hat will be assigned
to the dam during construction
and also after the dam has been
completed.
Shorter Name Sought
For Extension Unit
Liberty The Extension unit
will meet Thursday at the Salem
Heights Community hall on Lib
erty Road at 1:30 o'clock.
The club members are asked
to think of a new name for the
unit as the present one is too
long. All aprons that ha'a.Jieen
completed for the Azalea House
apron sale to be held in Decern
ber should be turned in. Club
members are asked to remember
to bring their favorite recipe.
The project will be "Window
Treatment," and will be pres
ented by the home demonstra
tion agent at large.
Pacific Sailors
Talking Strike
San Francisco, Nov. 16 (Pi
Members of the AFL Sailors'
Union of the Pac;fic held stop
work meetings in west coast
ports today to discuss negotia
tions for a new contract with
maritime employers.
There is talk of a walkout
but the decision will not be
known until Monday when
strike ballots are returnable.
Federal Conciliator Omar
Hoskins said he has not been
informed that any strike date
has been set.
Hoskins yesterday arranged
for a joint session with repre
sentatives of the SUP and the
Pacific Maritime association at
2 p.m. (PST) today.
The AFL sailors are seeking a
pension and welfare plan; wage
increases from $10 to $25 a
month, and retention of SUP
jurisdiction on coastwide vessels
Stanley Party Given
Butteville Mrs. Glen L. Yer
gen and Mrs. Ed Shannon were
hostesses at a Stanley party at
the Butteville Congregational
church. Mrs. Phil Hathaway was
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