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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1950)
So You Think- O.. s '"túwayÁ (Continued from Page 1) Rocks loosened by rain occasionally rolled into the road blocking passage to any motored vehicle and forcing the occupants to roll them out of the way by hand. It was not uncommon to See women as well as men strip off •hoes and stockings and plunge into the mud to keep clear the right of way Still another time a group of truck drivers and Mr. C. Bottsfore from Fortland, better known as the "prof- fMSor” were stranded on the Elkhorn •Ide of the slide for an entire day •midst a pouring rain. A bonfire was built and Bottsfore dug into his supplies to produce, eggs and pota toes which they cooked in the coals. A good many early settlers boast of the "good old days”, but few would return to the time of the Mocked and impassable road, and all •gree that the county maintainer plowing snow is a happy sight. .Si the FVW/Z.E SCANDINAVIAN WARRIORS DRANK THEIR SOUR FROM Crew Leaders Sought for Census Districts February .»■ 1 »50 A—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE sub-freezing weather decide to leave a flury of activity is predicted to begin CBI will ogam be in opera- (Continued from Page 1) f tion, building projects that have been for residents to gain a glimpse of retarded by the cold will again be their yard. able to proceed, and many people The weather again is held respon- will feel more like doing a hundred sible for extremely poor road condi and one odd jobs that the weather tions. Not only has king winter has kept them from doing. Social caused in most cases, the difficult life has suffered a stand-still during roads, but also has prevented any the inclement weather with the ex road repair. ception of some canasta parties. When and if the snow, ice. and Zero Weather-- Application« for the position of ' crew leader in the 17th Decenial Cen- ' sus to be conducted in April are now being received by the Salem district office of the United States bureau of the Census. SN*- Application will be accepted up to . February 13, and final selections for IN IQ** CENTURY /> crew leader positions will be made ENGLAND, THE HOST- W,S"* ■ I about the end of February after oral bursed for the use of their car which SEE ESS DID THE CARVING, >5’ ¡"k and written examination of those each crew leader is required to have. WHICH SHE LEARNED who meet the qualifications shown The Census bureau further spec AT FASHIONABLE LON- >.7 “ / below, betters should be addressed ifies that the applicant’s previous DON CARVING SCHOOLS J-* ! to Cornelius Bateson, District Super employment and association must be For your excavating visor. bureau of the Census, Salem of such a nature that they will facil- I and dump truck work ........ ............ .... Oregon, or Ray Seres, bureau of Cen itate obtaining co-operation from [ 3-8 yd. 10-B Shovel sus. Eugene, Oregon, asking for residents. Census bureau employees J Basements, Trench and application blanks. Those who have are sworn to secrecy and are pun General Excavating already listed their names with Hub ishable by law for revealing con G’ * Silver Saddle Trailer Camp Saalfeld, Marion county Veterans fidential information, but beyond I Mill City, Ore. Phone 903 service officer, will automatically this, care is exercised to employ only 1 I receive application blanks. persons who have public confidence. I Marbles is a very old game, says Bateson states that two urban the World Book encyclopedia. i crew leaders, for work in Salem, and ■ c Egyptian and Roman children played /./ four rural crew leaders, for work in with marbles years before Christ was f 6 HOlVAHtUL J) the balance of Marion county, are to bom J IV / V” be be appointed in Marion county. Each crew leader will supervise from ; AN ENGLISH HEALTH 15 to 20 enumerators. FAD OF !7QO WAS Qualifications required for selec- [ TO EAT STRIPS OF tion as crew leader include, as a min- | AAEAT FAT WITH — One Day Service — imun, a high school education and at LUMPS OF CHA LK.. A least three years of experience in QCfiynqht 1950 J.V.C/4'** supervising or assisting in the super- | 7J vision of an office force or filed crew, training of subordinates, making and j /i k wT ton Journal states that the word has reviewing reports of average diff not had full justice accorded to it. iculty, and handling related assign- J L > ! From 1630 for nearly one hundred ments. In general, an applicant's years Boston was the chief lumber record of experience must show sat- ■ The word “lumber'', which has an market of the world, and that indus isfactory performance in increasingly try was one of the principal founda responsible positions. College educa- ' essentially American origin as ap tions of Boston’s wealth. Other Bos tion may be counted in lieu of exper- plied to manufactures of timber, was ton staples were fish and leather, but ience. Applicants for rural crew The Difference Between LOTS, and HOMES FOR SALE first used in Boston, in an official in magnitude of transactions "lum leaderpositions should have farm ex- ! Eating and Dining ber” was in the lead. The site of the perience as well as a good knowledge way In 1663. IF YOU’RE A G.I., SEE It is a most comprehensive word, old State House, known as Market of the geography of Marion county. For those who appreciate and other countries have no expres- Place, was formerly America's first Veterans, men and women, if eligible j the difference between sion for it that covers the ground so ; lumber yard. on written and oral examination, will rating and dining completely. In Great Britian, for The men of Boston got to calling be given preference. Pay is ade Instance, each item of lumber has its sawn timber, ’’lumber”, because the quate and crew leader will be reim | name, as with us; but, if they were ships that brought that article of speaking of manufactures of wood as commerce to Boston used to lumber ■ a whole, about the only term which up the wharves and streets with their they have that covers the case is product. "wood goods", which is an awkward In 1M3 the poiice regulations of expression at best. Menu and Nervier are Boston provided that the wharves I The word "lumber" was coined in and all the streets "that butt upon rw>|tectfully dedicated. I Boston. A recent writer in the Bos- the water” must be kept free from ; all “lumber and other goods”, Bos ton lumber carried in Boston ships went to all parts of the world and laid the foundation for Boston | wealth. It is said that the first cargo re- I turned by the Pilgrim Fathers to i . England was a cargo of pipe staves, and for the reason that Europe could Í not produce as good an article it was a profitable venture, netting the 'shippers five hundred pounds. In ¡that industry the Puritans were ¡satisfied that all Europe could not i rival them j The term "lumber" included masts, i staves, clap-boards, shingles, boards. | 1 planks and timbers. Although Boston is still a large i lumber market and has continued so j through all these years, it did not long maintain its supremacy in this World’s first upright heater country, being early overshadowed by New York, then Chicago and in with Period furniture styling! later years by the great Pacific Northwest. JOHN ADAMS Rubber Boots Hall Soled $2.50 Dick’s Shoe Service Where “Lumber” Came From Thomas Housing Project G. E. THOMAS, Mill City Manolis W Santiam Cafe ITS HERE! PRESTONE Any Amount $3.50 Gates Groe SHI FFLE BOARD GAME HERE ! 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