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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1951)
3—THE Mil l. CITY ENTERPRISE New Crabgrass Killer iELECTRICAL TIPS FOR THE HOME ’| L. If Your Bathroom Light Casts Annoying Shadow* and Glare ... J DON'T think you have to cen- . 1er one fixture over the bathroom mirror. A lamp placed in this posi tion casts shadows on the neck and chin, makes shaving and other dose-seeing jobs difficult. It ». • •»i DO install two fl I or in candescent fixtures—one on each side of the mirror. For shadowiest, glarefree light, center the lamps at S feet, 2 inches high and cover them with translucent shields. Sneeze Weed Invades Oregon Only three simple steps quired to kill crabgrass with potas sium cyanate. STEP No. 1—Care fully read and follow the directions found on each can of potassium cyanate crabgrass killer. STEP No. 2—Mix with water, in a pall or in the sprinkler or sprayer itself. STEP No. 3—Spray it on. If the crab grass is bad. spray the whole lawn. If It appears only as individual plants or in small patches, just spot spray at close range, as shown (3). NEW chemical is available thia out danger around ch’ldren or pets which shows promise of It causes no permanent injury or A year even lasting discoloration te most ending the home owner's long and discouraging battle against his worst lawn enemy—crabgrass Its name is potassium cyanate and It works by simply mixing it with water and sprinkling or spraying it on your lawn. After five years of testing and perfecting, potassium cyanate has been proven safe, economical, sim ple to use and—most Important— 95 to 100 per cent effective. It Is non-toxie enough to be used wlth- LYONS By EVA BRESSLER Watch out for thia enemy I It’s ragweed, scourge of midwestern hay fever sufferers It has shown up in Oregon. A drive to wipe it out before it gains a strong toehold in the state is being led by Oregon State college. Citizens can help by reporting the location of plants resembling ragweed and sending a sample to the OSO herbarium for identification Ragweed grows 1 to 6 feet tall and has long branching spikes <top> bearing small greenish heads or berries. The Chest x-ray unit will be in Mehama Monday, July 30, 12 noon to 8 p.m. on the vacant lot by the Hub Cafe. The U.S. Health Service hopes everyone will take advantage of this wonderful opportunity. Anyone over 15 years may be x-rayed. Many heart and lung conditions other than tuberculosis can be found. Mrs. Roy Phillipi is the district X-Ray chairman. With her works Mrs. Ira Kirsch, Mrs. Ken Golliett and Mrs. Harry Monroe of Mehama. Attended the x-ray meet ing in Mill City, Friday afternoon Recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Johnson were his sister, Mrs. Bill O’Conner and »laughters Deloris and Janet, and his brother, Dan Johnson, from Nacelle, Washing ton. Mrs. Benford from Burnt Woods is visiting at the home of her daughter basic grasses. And it can be used effectively on either seedlings or mature crabgrass plants. The cost of using potassium cy anate averages one dollar per 1200 square feet of lawn when applied to young seedling crabgrass in the spring (about twice as much is required in late summer, when the crabgrass plant is In its hardy prime). For those who have larger lawns the cost will be much less. as larger containers can be pur chased at quite a substantial saving. Although potassium cyanate can be applied at any time during the growing season, it Is most effective when applied late in the summer, just before the crabgrass plant goes to seed. This is also the ideal time of the year to re-seed your lawn In those patches where crabgrkss has been destroyed. . Potassium cyanate is not a trade name. It Is the basic chemical in eleven different brands, each sold under a different brand name. and family, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Olm and Pau) Maddux at the First Chris stead. The Benfords are enroute to tian church in Monmouth Friday even Missouri for a visit with relatives. ing July 20. Miss Thompson was first Mr. and Mrs. Ed Allison of Holl grade teacher at the Mari-Linn school wood, California, and Mr. and Mrs. last year. Robert Clyde Cendy and Eddie of Burl Smith is spending this week at Burbank, California, were guests at White Salmon, Washington, looking the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie after business matters. Hrudka. Mrs. Hrudka is the daughter Miss Donna Peabody is a guest this of the Allisons and sister of Mrs. week at the home of her aunt, Mr. and Clyde. Mrs. Everett Garn in Salem. A good crowd from Santiam Valley Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Ransom, who grange attended the annual all county is spending the summer at Walport, grange picnic held at Cascadia, July spent the weekerid at their home in 22. A 1 p.m. pot-luck dinner was fol Lyons. lowed by group singing and lecturer’s Jim Kimery is reported as improv hour. Albert Julian, lecturer from San ing. He is suffering because of an in- tiam Valley grange, helped out. After 1 fection in his foot caused from a the lecturer hour everyone enjoyed the ( blister. fun of the 3-legged race, sack race, The Fox Valley club with their 1 potato lace and relay race, and several families enjoyed a picnic Sunday at other contests such as the cracker Breitenbush Hot Springs. The group eating, whistling, pie eating, ball ate their dinner at the Forest camp throwing and horse-shoe pitching. and later enjoyed swimming at the Several from Lyons attended the ' springs in the afternoon. Those at wedding of Miss Dean Thompson tending were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mohler, Shirley and Jerry; Mr. and Mrs. John Worden, and Marjorie; Mr. and Mrs. Glen Julian, Glen Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Christensen, Duane and Sue; Mr. and Mrs. Harley Scott, Lynn and Joyce; Mr. and Mrs. John Kunkle, Judy, Juanita, and Johnie; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Downer, Carol Lona and Dwight; Mr. and Mrs. Orville Down ing; Twda Bailey; Mr. and Mrs. Ottoe Weidman and family; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Johnston. Kathyrn, Kenton and Tommie: Mr. and Mrs. James Nye. Garry and Jimmie; Raymond Forrest, Patiiiia Ryley; Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Leirman, Ronnie and Richard; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Davis. Mr. ar.d Mrs. J. W. Allen from De- Moines, Iowa, are visiting at the hone of their »laughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Rogers on Mc Cully Mountain. Mr. ami Mrs. John Prideaux and children returned home Sunday after spending their vacation at Everett, Washington. They were house guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Dodd. While there they visited the Waldron Islands in Washington. Mrs. Willard Hartnell entertained a group of ladies with a ten o’clock breakfast at her home Friday morn ing. Attending the breakfast were Mesdames E. L. Roye, Thomas Theil, Wood Oliver, Al Julian, R. A. Feen- stra, Wilson Stevens, Lynn Lambert, George Huffman, Burl Smith, Charlie Cruson, Alex Bodeker, James Hollings head, Loren Chamberlain, Jim Lande, Mrs. Viola Zander, Mrs. Catherine Julian. Present also were Mrs. Riddle and Mrs. Woody, her mother and sister, who are visiting at the Hartnell home from Kenewick, Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Burmester visited Sunday afternoon with their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Adam V’oytek, in Scio. Sunday evening they were invited to a fried chicken supper at the home of his brother, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Burmester, and daughter, Janet, also of Scio. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Kerr returned the latter part of the week from San Francisco, Calif. 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