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About The North Santiam's Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 194?-1949 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1949)
MILL CITY ENTERPRISE.AUGUST 4. 1949 (Continued from Page 1) told completely. It started with Mr. la strike of cabinet shops throughout ging season. Wolfe, who cruised the town for pos the Northwest halted the delivery of (M. 4 M.’s subsidiary has been us- sible homesites and picked — Mill I window and door frames. rng the highway and detour even in City’s park, the property of the local its roughest condition for hauling ve Lions Club. After much dickering a STORE PLANS GRAND OPENING neer from Idanha.) price was arrived at an I a deal was The Hilltop Store will hold a grand Lt. Col. D. A. Elliget, acting Army made. But the troubles were not all opening within a week or bo , or as engineer of the Portland district, said over. Survey lines, in this country, <w>on as moving can be completed and further delay in opening the road sometimes go awry, and they did in other fixtures added. would slow down building of the De this case. An adjoining parcel was A removal sale is now going on troit Dam by a year. ‘ found, not to be owned by the party at the old stort. i CBI Wants Road Opened. fiom whom it was purchased, but by Here in Mill City, Consolidated the county, on a tax claim. Quality job printing at th ■ Fnter- Builders, Inc., officials said that the In the midst of their construction, prise continued use of the railroad had cost them thousands of dollars. This is MBH».. because the Marion County (north) side of the damsite could not be worked upon, and access roads had to be delayed on both sides of the river. The railroad line runs on the north side. The highway, built with federal funds, will be turned over to the Completion state when completed, means paving, which cannot be un dertaken until next summer. Dedication Plans Uncertain The Santian: Highway Dedication Committe, headed by Ed Vickers, of Idanha and aiming for a formal cer emony Aug. 14, was given an uncer- tain answer to its lequest for an op- ening date at that time. Highway Engineer R. H. Baldock was authoriz ed to confer with federal agencies and report when the commission’s requirements 'had been met. The road admittedly is far from ready. Ned Richards, Gates, county foreman in that area, and Dale Gra ham, county surveyor, went over the highway Tuesday. Said Graham: DOLORES .GETTY, of Garibaldi, “Miss Tillomook County,” helps Gover “The road is so rough and dusty nor Douglas McKay affix “KEEP OREGON GREEN’’ plate on his offi I doubt if anybody else much besides cial car during ceremonies at Owl Camp, in the Tillamook burn area, Ned Richards could drive over it. He where Oregon’s $10 million rehabilitation progtam was formally started has been road foreman up there, I in July. don’t know how many years and can drive over any kind of a mountain in that area, but at times I wasn’t sure we’d make it, even with Ned at , the wheel. Part of the section hasn’t even been graveled, he said, and at one place' Seven families were 1 eunited this make them attractive in the extreme. huge boulders were falling on the week in the most beautiful home set All have big ipicure windows, large ting in the Canyon or the North fireplaces and the most complete in road. In Mill City, railroad men said west—when they moved into their terior equipment. An interesting group of colors has an oflk'Lal of SP had given them in new homes in the CBI addition here. been used in their exterior. Each There are 21 homse in all, and structions that the line would not be are designed to conform to a general home, though following a similar ar in operation after Aug. 11. In the tussle over the new high style of ranch type architecture, but chitecture, is set off from the other. For many weeks there has been a way from Niagara to Detroit, the all are different. They are set in a parade of sightseers through the ar- beautiful grove around a horseshoe- question of the state’s future job to er, looking with interest, and some build a modern connecting road into curved street. George Wolfe, home architect for envy, at the beautiful collection of the valley was forgotten. the Kaiser interests, designed them. homes. Out-orf-towners as well as lo A birthday diner was given for Joe Me Nealy super intended their cal people have followed their devel Carol Jane lllazek at her home Wed construction. All are being rapidly I opment with during their construc r tion the past few months. nesday by her parents. Mr. and Mrs. brought to completion. The history of how the homes hap The homes constitute a permanent Frank Blazek. Guests were her grand pen to be there is tale that cannot be and welcome addition to the real es- mother, and Patricia and Mary Jo state of the community, and from a Wolverton. cost standpoint are likely to reach Typewriter» Calculators over a quarter of a million dollars in Adding Machines all. CAPITOL OFFICE This week the following families EQUIPMENT CO. moved in: 531 Court SALEM Ray Walker, Floyd Jones George Sales — Reniais — Service Humphreys, Eldon Lentz, Jack Lac 'ey and Vincent Palmer. CRADE A MILK / All are key men in the Henry Kai (CHOCOLATE DRINK' ser organization building the Detroit Dam. .1 BUTTERMILK The street into the 'homes has been V COTTAGE CHEESE / paved and landscaping will be in pro ICE CREAM gress soon. No expense has beer: spa:ed Freres Building Supply Co Building Materials of All Kinds LITTLE ILLS • True, that “little illness you’ve beer mentioning in an offhand way, may nCi seem to amount to much- just a few faint symptoms. But, neglected, these "little ills" can lead to big bills for doctors, medicines, etc; not to mention needless suffering and loss of precious time; Consult a Doctor now— you’ll save by it in the ends And,of course, we hope you’ll bring his prescription to us for careful compounding; Capital Drug.Co Salem, Oregon Earl Smith, Mgr PBESCRIPTIOMS to eat Store-Bought Cakes Tenants Occupy CBI Homes Real Quality Cakes cost no more at M U I BAKERY ■’>V’ Fausft & Ross THE FRIENDLY STORE SATURDAY SPECIALS Featuring IIALLMAM CARDS HALLMARK TI CARDS Unusual Cards ||ALLMARK n CARDS for birthdays. anniversaries HALLMARK rT CARDS and birth congratulations HALLMARK 11 CARDS Edward Williams 330 Court Coffee Bed & White Fishers Biskit Mix 2Ì lb. pkg Sunshine Krispy Crackers 1 lb. pkg Flavor-Jell Bel. Dessert 3 pkg Fruit Cocktail K&W No. 1 2 for Frisco 1 lb. .33 3 Swansons Chicken Fricasse 1 lb. tin 'l’ornato Juice li&W 46 oz. Franco American Spaghetti No. 1 tin 2 for Kelloggs Corn Flakes 13 oz. pkg. 2 Friskies Do*' food Meal or cube 2 lb. pkg. Oxvdol or I ide Ig O' ©• .25 .19 27 .35 .29 27 i