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About The North Santiam's Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 194?-1949 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1949)
giant volume of production in British docks and wharves throughout the Columbia. To the lumber trade “fir” world. Most of the Douglas fir used for piling is treated under pressure means Douglas fir. By JIM STEVENS with coal-tar creosote to lengthen its The main harvest of Douglas fir in OUR DOUGLAS FIR Washington and Oregon is for lumber life in salt watei, which will rot un The Douglas fir is the most impor and plywood. However, in recent treated wood even as it will rust un- tant species of softwood tree on the years there has been a growing use I painted steel. The great service of Douglas fir, face of the earth. This is due to tech of fir for the manufacture of both nical properties which make it a bleached and unbleached sulphate historically and today, is in lumber prime wood for 700 and more assort (kraft) wood pulp. Out of this mat and lumber products. The laige dim ed uses of importance and to its ab erial is made wrapping paper, bags ensioned, long timbers of Douglas fir undance. for your grocery store, and tough have been exported to every country paper for pacgaking of such bulk com | in the world for heavy constiuction This tree species is at its best west of all kinds. As the supply of old- of the Cascades in Washington and modities as cement and flour, and for growth giant trees is replaced by fiberboard containers. Oregon on the lower coast of British smaller young trees, big timbers for Columbia and in the Noithern coastal Kraft also goes into the manufac big buildings aie being made from countits of California. ture of roofing and building papers I layers of smaller pieces by applica While the production of the six used in the construction of homes. tion of glues or of metal timber con- species of “Southern pine” exceeds Pining and Lumber. ’ nectors. .hat of Douglas fir, our king tree Many acres of tall straight young West of the Cascades there are two yields the largest annual harvest of Douglas fir are harvested each year distinct classes of Douglas fir saw- wood from any single specific species for service as utility poles, as piling I mills. One kind is commonly called in the United States. And it has a for fish traps )n Ala-ka and for i the caigo or exort mill. The cargo ' nill is located on tidewater on Puget MMM Sound. Grays and Willapa Harbors, ' the Columbia River, anti the bays of There is a difference lietween lreing able to [the Oregon Coast. accomplish an art and doing the same thing i The cargo mills produce laige quan Easily. Don't expect your child to get good tities of roug timbers. Most of their grades in school if his eyes are not equal to I output is shipped green to domestic i markest by way of coastwise vessels the task of studying With Ease. and intercoastal thiough the Panama Canal and to foreign markest over | the Seven Seas. The other distinct type of Douglas ' ti sawmilrl is the inland operation, lor “tail mill," which dries and fin REGISTERED OPTOMETRIST ishes a much greater proportion of Offices at Mill City Furniture Company its products. This type of operation ships its products mostly by tailroad. Open Every Thursday 1 to 6 P.M.6 P. M. to 8 P.M. by appointment The key to the separate characters of these two types of operation in • Eye examination * Glasses fitted. the same geographical region is in the fact that the freight lates for * Eye glass adjustments * Broken lense* replaced ocean shipments are based on cubage while freight rates are determined General offices at TenBrook Jewelers, 313 W. 1st St., ALBANY on weight. Green lumber costs moie than dry per foot for shipping by rail i» but costs no more wen shipped by water. Peeler Fir Logs..................................... The Douglas fir plywood industry takes the highest grade logs from the old-growth forests for face stock of the 4xfi’ and 4x8' panels of plywood ranging fiom V*" to 1” in thickness. The interior plys and core of most Douglas fir plywood is made from fir logs which do not have the deep clear Washed Sand, Cement Rock, Crushed Road Rock, stock tequired for face material. | As logging climbs into higher and Oil Rock, Fill Rock higher country in the aged stands, the trees become slimmer. This Shovel and Trucks for Hire means that the kind of face stock . now required by the plywood indus- I MILL CITY-Phone 9242 Days LYONS ' ^7 n Ä try is steadily conti acting. However, as the supply of “fat : trees” ha-lightened, the plywood in- I Mill City Plant 2 miles west on River Road dustry has driven its resea:ch toward new and improved makeup techniques | »■i,, ni! luaiii,.... us uwauiaeiHsaauauitui u as lamuiunuci naot which put short pieces of clear ma- | terial to work in the manufactuie of. acceptable plywood. The plywood industry used to sell the cores from the rotary peeling of big, fat logs for domestic fuel. Today the Lend is toward using the core for peeling on a smaller lathe to pro- . duce core stock and some of the ply- , wood plants are converting their cores • j into dimension lumber. The Douglas fir grows on in impor tance in the wood markets of the world, even as its young forests are growing on 8.700.000 acies of west ern Oregon and Washington land. Out of the Woods Dr. Mark Hammericksen JUNGWIRTH Sand and Gravel Co. Mick’s Mid way Cafe and Boarding House WEEKLY RATES. ALL SHIFTS ACCOMODATED ON HIGHWAY 222 Midway Between Mill City and Gates MILL CITY TAVERN BYRON DAVIS, PROP. “At the Bottom of the Hill” OREGON MILL CITY Last Sunday the Willamette Dist rict meeting was held here at which ! time about 150 members were pres ent including Jim Sim, zone director, Salem, W. S. Sn.alley, distiict director of McMinneville, Jim Griffin, Worthy president. Salem Aerie, L. C. Bennett, worthy president. Me Minneville Ae rie, C. Martin, distiict secretary, Dal las and the ladies accompanying the visiting members were entertained by Mrs. Gale Fagan who is organizing the Auxiliary to the Santiam Aeiie. During the afternoon the following members were elected and initiated into the Santiam Aerie: Charles A. Burns*. Claience I. Niemier, Kenneth W. Harlam. Jesse W. Glasgow, De- Itroit, D. G. Heness. Orville W. Hay The Eagles dance on Saturday, the ward, Gates; Frank Haney, James B. 3rd, was attended by a fair crowd, Kesterson, Bud B. I<a Neave, Charles the Detroiters playing. W. Mason, John Nelson, Dallas C. Strickler, Mdl City, and Andrew J. Peters. Duane Thomason and Norman Thomanson of Idanha. H. E. Martin’s Body & Fender Shop COMPLETE PAINT JOB S OR SPOT MATCH—ANY COLOR FREE ESTIMATES ::: VCETYLINB WELDING Mehama, Ore Phone 88 Tex’s Tavern Thomas Housing Project MILL CITY LOTS, HOMES FOR SALE If You’re a G. L, See A friendly family atmosphere prevails —i G. E. Thomas, Mill City V inOiNBit miiim kThe liveliest weekly in Oregon That’s what folks outside the Canyon are saying about THE Yet just a little over three years MILL CITY ENTERPRISE. ago, The Enterprise was a four page, handset weekly. Like doz ens of other businesses, it's growing with the Canyon Subscribe today! SUBSCRIPTION REMINDER Nine months trial subscription. . . . $1 Address _ ...... Sale applies to— With Your General Dual Grip General Silent Grip General Squeegee Grip Old Tire '! MANUFACTURERS OF TENTS, AWNINGS & CANVAS GOODS Tents For Rent By The Month Tel. 3-4781 72* N. Liberty, SALEM Randall's Elkhorn I Guest Ranch ■ Breakfast - Lunch • Dinners 15 Miles East of Mehama on the Elkhorn Road ’. . ..................... Buy Three - Get 1 for 1 Cent Detroit By MRS. J A. WRIGHT Mr. and Mrs. Ed B.vrkit returned Sunday from, a ten day fishing trip at Winchester Bay whe.e they caught some nice fish. Mrs. Louise Taylor of Lebanon, and Mrs. Keith Miller and Mrs. Joyce Lam bert of Scio visited at the A. M. Hen diickson home on Tuesday. The Fraternal order of Eagles, San tiam Aeri 2745 had a dinner at the Rod and Gun club hall on Wednesday evening During the evening Grace Cross, six year old daughter of James •'Cross sang several numbers. Presi dent Ed Debolt gave a brief history of the Eagles lodge and its accom plishments fiom the time it was / SALEM TENT & AWNING CO. I | started in 1898 up to the present. PHILIPPI TIRE SERVICE Mehama