4— THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1954
The Floyd Shepherd’* entertained
at dinner Saturday evening in honor
Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. of Wm. Jull. Others piesent were
Jack Scott Sunday were her parents, minister and Mrs. Jull, Wilma and
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Stevens of Lyons. Ralph Jull and Ellen Shelton.
Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. I
R. Grubb and three children of
Douglas Hirte, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Dallas.
William Hirte, cut the thumb aid
and Mrs. J. C. Kimmel spent
forefinger of his left hand quite
Sunday at the O. E. Hoodenplye home
Glen Hearing, formerly of Gates severely this week. The accident hap
in Creswell.
and Stayton, has opened a barbershop pened when he was splitting kindling.
Steve Canyon By AVilton Caniff
Mr. and Mrs. Melbourne Rambo tisok
their daughter, Laura Jo to Santiaru
Memorial hospital Wednesday for
observation.
Little Stephen Streeter, young sun
I of Rev. and Mrs. Noble Streeter, has
I been ill with chicken pox for the past
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ike Myers were in in the former Dawes building. Mr.
Wilma Jull. »ho is employed as
Gresham Saturday visiting telatives and Mrs. Hearing and children, Shar-1 student nurse librarian at the State
on
and
James,
both
who
attend
giade
and friends.
school, aie living in the Jorgensen hospital in Salem, is at home under
the doctor’s care, suffering with an
place, now owned by Otto Witt.
Stephen Todd, elder son of the
infected nerve in one eye.
Vernon Todds, has been out of the 1st
The youth group of the Christian
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hathaway
grade with an attack of the mumps.
church visited the Lyons Methodist
drove to Nelscott where they will
The food sale held in the apartment Fellowship Sunday evening. Those spend two weeks or a month for a
attending were: Sybil Dart and Laur
at the Detroit Postoffice Tuesday
rest, Mrs. Hathaway is still recup-
was a success. Proceeds will be used en Dart, Audrey Shaw, Ellen Shelton, erating from a serious automobile a< -
j Ralph Jull, accompanied by Glen E.
far the Detroit Church of Christ.
cident last October.
Shelton.
Mr. and Mra. Hugh Walkup were
A birthday party at the Cecil Lake
in Salem Sunday, guests at the home
of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. home Friday evening honored then-
niece, Mrs. Eddie Stone. Attending the
and Mrs. R. H. Walkup.
affair were Mi. and Mrs. Eddie Stone
Mrs. Otto Witt has been confined to and children, Sharon and Shirley, Mrs.
her bed for over a week with a severe Lester Mason, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
cate of neuritis, affecting one leg and French, Mrs. Opal McRobert, Mrs.
Kenneth Harris, Mrs. W'. J. Robinson,
hip.
Mrs. Nell Stahlman, Mrs. Gale Doro
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Ferrigno and thy, Mrs. Jack Lake, Frances Cain,
family of West Fir, were guests Sun and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Lake.
day at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
At the Christian church Sunday,
H. I. Plymale. Other guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Sullivan and Mr. the choir will sing a Palm Sunday an
and Mrs. E. N. Hutchinson and fam them, and minister H. E. Jull will
ily. This was the first time Mr. and preach on the triumphal entry. Sub
Mrs. Sullivan had seen their newest ject, "A King Rides in Glory.’' This
great granddaughter, Anna Louise church will coopeiate in the Union
Ferrigno, who is about 4 months old. • Pre-Easter services to be held this
She is their 14th great grandchild.
year at the Community church.
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Mr. and Mrs. Walter Miller of Mill
City moved to Carlotta, California, re
cently. Mr. Miller had been employed
by Vancouver Ply, and Mrs. Miller
at Viv’s Steak House. They are both
employed at their new location.
ATTEND PRESBYTERIAL
Attending Presbyterial at the Sa
lem Presbyterial church Tuesday a:.j
, Wednesday of last week fiom here
were Mis. W. W. Allen, Mrs. James
Swan, Mrs. John Swan, Mrs. Ralpn
Fough, Mrs. Fred Grimes, Mrs. Nob.e
Streeter, Mrs. Floyd Fleetwood, and
Mis. Robert Schroeder, who is livi: £
' temporarily at Forest Grove.
Rev. Noble Streter of the Presb;. •
terian church and William Shuey a
member of the session, attended the
Presbytery Executives meeting
Coivallis Tuesday of this week.
Lynne Smith, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Smith, is again attending
grade school here after being enrolled
at the School for the Blind at Salem.
At the Blind school Lynne learned
new methods of eye usage, and of
ficers of the school let her return to
school here.
Mrs. Ike Myers entertained at
luncheon last Wednesday afternoon,
honoring Mrs. Bill Bu kett of Elkhorn
on her birthday anniversary. Among
tho.-e attending were Mrs. Merwin
Knox, Mrs. Kenneth Baine, Mrs. Carl
Longnecker and Mrs. Koger Kindred.
Power Saws Change Logging
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Jackson and
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Mr. and Mrs. Foirest Baker drove
the Jackson’s new Ford to Astoria
REPAIR WORK
(By Jean Roberts)
where they spent the week end. Jack-
MEHAMA—“Single-jacking” the up he would know that the teeth were
sons visited their son and wife, Mr.
AUTO PARTS
not cutting enough wood, and if the
and Mrs. Ratio. The group drove act of one man falling a tree with a
motor
would
pull
down
—
he
was
push-
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Needs to Seaside over the Sunset Highway. . power
er saw, is becoming
common
Lubrication, Washing
| practice in this area and is the newest ing too hard.
Many logging operators also dis- |
Mrs. J. F Potter recently spent a change in the cutting end of the tim-
Waxing
appioved of the power saw, maintain-|
few days in Oregon City where she be- ber industry.
ing
that
it
was
impossible
to
do
a
good
came acquainted with her new great , The invention of the power saw,
grandchild. Jill Deanne Larson, born which enables a worker to single-jack, job of timber falling with the noisy I
BRYANT’S
newcomer. As loggers began to mas
March 24 to Mr. and Mrs. Richaid is the most revolutionary in Oregon's
ter
the
machines
however,
logging
.
Larson (formerly Jacquelyn Potter.) long timber history.
TEXACO SERVICE
Prior to 1941, trees were felled by companies were forced to buy them to
This is their third child and second
get workers. Many companies hired I
We Give
j the age old custom of "hand felling.’
daughter.
| (Two men manning a hand saw.) One power saw men to “day-work”, and I
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Green Stamps
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"lead
faller”, also hired a "day-set”. The company
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ragsdale are man was always the “
Phone 3202
Mill City
was responsible for keeping the saw
leaving next Tuesday for Visalia, i ! the other the “secoon faller.” As
in running order.
California, Mrs. Ragsdale’s former the undercut or face of the tree was
Soon workers began buying their
home, where they will live. Mr. Rags usually chopped the men were ex
own saws and demanding busheling
pert
with
an
axe
as
well
as
a
saw.
dale will take over the distribution of
jobs. Bushlers are paid so much per
a hearing adapter for radio and TV As they stood on opposide sides of
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day upkeep on a saw and a specified
in the state of California. They are the tree to chop, one man was re
amount for each thousand feet of tim
quired
to
swing
left-handed,
while
the
holding an auction sale of their
ber felled a day. Most cutting crews I
|
ing
blows.
furniture.
I A bouble axe was a prime requi prefer busheling to day working, but
both methods are in common use.
Going to Salem last Saturday where site with one blade keen as a razor
The lighter weight saws used in fal
I
for
chopping
and
the
other
blade,
used
I they attended the Inter-District con- 1
ling and bucking, enables one man to
for
swamping
or
brushing
was
usually
| test of the Toastmistress Club at the
do the job that formerly required two.
i Golden Pheasant restaurant were Mrs. dull. Woe befell anyone who would
I Howard Means, the local contestant, pick up a faller's axe and use
I Mr. and Mrs. Don Miley of Gates, Mr. sharp bit to chop anything on
| and Mrs. Vincent Palmer, and Mr. ground.
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two men still work u partners hut,
The introduction of the power saw
| and Mrs. A. E. Nesbitt. Winners
one does the falling while the other 11
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from this contest go to the regional
*»s not welcomed by fallers, who
1 feared being forced out of a job by buck-. The logs are scaled and the i T
I the faster method of cutting.Most pay is equally divided. Saws used |
of the fallers were busheleis then, and for single-jacking, weigh between 501
1 it seemed hardly fair for a “hand and 75 pounds apiece, depending on
set" to compete with a motor. Bush- the length of the bar. Bucking saws
ellers—logging name for piece-work, with a smaller motor and shorter bar
usually weigh
between 25 and 35
or falling by the thousand foot.)
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Most early power saws weighed 150 pounds.
Though
the
power
saw
was
invented
pounds or more apiece and were car
1 hat a "hat you get "hen you let
ried through the woods by head fallers to lighten the work of timber falling
Us Take Care Of Your
and
bucking,
it
is
not
so
easy
but
what
with the motor end, and the second
faller with the stinger. Since the head any bushier or day worker can work
Cleaning Problems
faller carried the most weight and as hard as he wants.
was responsible for saving each tree
the second faller was accountable for FLUE FIRE WEDNESDAY
knocking out the undercut and swamp
A flue fire Wednesday morning at
ing out before each cut.
the Louis Kelly home east of Gates
48 HOUR SERVICE
The throttle was opened wide on on the Linn county side, was ex
the power saw- and speed was regu tinguished by the Gates volunteer fire
Mill City, Oregon
lated by the second faller. If he was department. Mrs. Albert Millsap, En
Hours 9 to 6
a good worker the motor speed scar terprise correspondent reports
no
cely varied. If the motor would speed damage done.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hershberger
and two children of Albany moved to
Mül City Sunday. Mr. Hershberger
is employed by M A M at Lyons.
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