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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1969)
New Driving Laws Helpful In Effect This Week Homemakers Oreg n drivers will have Hints . . some new or changed traffic the jar top. This space can carry from '» to 1 inch depend ing on what you’re processing Check a canning book for the correct amount. Choose only fresh, sound pi’o- duce for your canning. Wash and drain well before cutting or breaking any other skin Handle quickly and in small amounts. You’ll then have home canned fruits and veget ables j cu‘11 not only be proud to serve but that will be safe to serve as well. laws to follow beginning Au Canning Skill Reduces gust 2_’, as a result of 1969 leg Food Spoilage Those jewel-like jars of islative action, according to the Motor Vehicles Division, De heme-canned fruits anil veget ables can quickly lose their partment of Transportation. One key change applies to lustre if food spoilage takes entering freeways or other ar over, says Mrs. Belva Covey. terial highways. It requires a Linn C ounty Extension agent. Can it—or Freeze It? driver to yield to traffic al Food spoilage can be pre The method you use for pre ready on such roads when a vented, though, if you take serving food for your family merging or acceleration lane some simple precautions. has been provided for his use Use the right meth d for can depends on the equipment you unless signals, signs or police ning your product. Beans, corn, have available. It used to be much less ex officers indicate otherwise. beets, meats and all low-acid Another new law adds the foods should always be pro pensive to can fruits and veg term careless driving to Ore cessed in a steam pressure etables. But if you have to gon law. It makes it illegal to canner. Fruits and tomatoes purchase canning equipment drive in a manner to endanger plus other acid foods may be and jars when you already or be likely to endanger any canned by using a boiling wat have freezer space available, laerson or property. er bath. Open kettle canning freezing may be your least The law on crossing the cen is suitable only for jams, jel expensive choice. ter line on highways also was lies. preserves, relishes and Whether canning or freez changed. The new law makes some pickles. ing. however, prompt handling, it illegal to cross the center Under-processing is another cleanliness and proper proces line when approaching the cause cf spoilage. Following sing are essential to successful crest uf a grade or a curve if directions carefully, and ac foot! preservation. This is es your view of the road ahead is curately counting the proces pecially true in low acid foods, obstructed a distance which sing time, are equally import such as most vegetables and wouki be hazardous if another ant. A good source of directions meat. Batterli growth can go vehicle should approach from and timing is the county Ex rampant if you get slipshod the opposite direction. tension office, where freezing about processing times and Previously, the law made it and canning bulletins are temperatures. illegal to cr:ss the center line available without cost. Canning To Meet Diet if you were within 500 feet of When it comes to sealing Restrictions— any hillcrest or curve which your jars, read the instructions When the winter season ar blocked your view of the road that come with your jar lids. rives again, those who must ahead. All lids are not the same. Disc restrict their daily intake of A driver's responsibility lids should not be reused and sugar needn’t be excluded when making a left turn to bands that have dents, rusty from the flavorful returns of enter a private road or drive spots or pried-up edges should the summer home canning way also has been clarified by be discarded. fruit list. new legislation. Beginning Au Check your jars, too. Jars Home canning of water-pack gust 22, the Division says a containing commercially can ed fruit means considerable driver preparing to take this ned foods are not suitable for money savings for those on re action must signal for a left re-canning as the mouth is not stricted diets. Often commer turn and yield right-of-way to the right width. Jars with cially canned unsweetened or any vehicle approaching from nicks or cracks on the sealing artificially sweetened fruits the opposite direction if it is surface should also be discard are much higher in price than close enough to constitute an ed. the commercial sugared kind. immediate hazard. During the actual canning Although sugar helps can The State’s “U” turn law process, make sure you’ve re ned fruits hold their shape, also was amended to make it moved particles of food from flavor and color, it isn’t neces illegal to make a “U” turn on the tops of the jars so you get sary for “keepability.” Proper the open highway where the a good seal. Your seal also de sterilization and sealing is driver cannot see the road for pends on how’ much space you what makes the difference in at least 1,000 feet in either di leave between the food and 1 preservation. rection. It also remains illegal to make such a turn on any curve or upon the approach to or near the crest of a grade. In cities, it remains illegal to make a “U” turn between intersections and, under the new law, it also becomes illeg al to make such a turn within a city where the driver cannot see the road for at least 500 feet in either direction. (Such turns also may be prohibited at any location by official signs.) There’s also a new law’ about towing house trailers on high ways. It makes it unlawful for a driver to tow a house trailer containing passengers. Still another law does not apply strictly to drivers, but to use of the slow-moving ve hicle emblem first approved by the 1967 Legislature. The law’ was amended this year tr make it illegal to use the emblem in any v.'ay except on the type of vehicle specified by law— that is, on a vehicle designed for customary use at speeds of less than 25 miles per hour. Two new laws relate to truck drivers. One permits a maximum speed of 60 miles I per hour on Interstate high ways which are posted for higher passenger car speeds1 than the 55 miles per hcur des ignated speed on the open highway O n non-Interstate highways, the truck speed will ■emain at 50 miles per hour. The other new law requires truck drivers to use flares or < ther signal devices whenever their vehicles become disabled at night. Previously, the flares w'ere required if the druck Was disabled and its lighting equip ment was not working. Finally, a new law will sul>- ject vehicles to the state's first inspection program. It authorizes Oregon State Police to stop and inspect vehicles to determine if they meet safety requirements. Drivers must stop and submit to inspection where signs are posted and in spections are being given. De fects found must be corrected within 15 days. Beverly Helsel Marries Ron Hamile of Hawaii MEHAMA —Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Helsel of Mehama are announcing the marriage of their daughter. Beverly, to Ron Hamile of Honolulu. Hawaii. The Handles, married July 28. in Honolulu, will arrive soon to visit with her parents. The new Mrs. Hamile was a 1964 graduate of Stayton Un ion High school and attended Oregon State University and the University of Hawaii. Mr. Hamile was a member of the USAF band until his discharge in January, 1969 He is cur rently with a musical group that has just finished making ,■ recording in Los Angeles Thev will be playing engage ments in Los Angeles. Reno, ' as Vegas and Portland be- f re returning to Hawaii. Homemakers mav can fruit without sweeting in its own juice, in extracted juice or in water. The processing time is the same as for sweetened fruit. “P” is for Picnics— Xoi Poison Summer picnicking needn't be spoiled by summer f od ¡xjisonings. With today's mod ern conveniences, it's easy to pack a picnic and be assured the food will arrive at the picnic site safe and sound There are containers that keep foods ice cold r steaming hot, and precautions to keep foods clean. Th? shape food’s in when it’s packed may lie the most important. And this is up to the picnic packer herself. To keep the foods as free as pos sible from microorganisms, she needs to work with clean hands, clean utensils and have foods either piping hot, or thoroughly chilled. Most food poisoning during warm summer months is caus ed by over-handling and im proper care of foods. Mici organisms invade food 3—The MUI City Enterprise, Thursday, Aug. 21, 1969 in many different ways. Once they're in the food, they pro duce a toxin. This toxin is the culprit that, when eaten, caus-l es food poisoning. Any foods that require a lot of handling after they’ve been 1 co ked are the ones most sus-j ceptihle to fo<xl poisoning . That includes a lot of picnic favorites—ham salads, bean : Call 897-2442 For Fast Service salads, chicken and potato sal ad. Al I State Toxins develop (rest at com- j fortably warm temperatures, i Motor Club This means the picnic basket j Road Service left in the truck or back seat ( of the car makes the foods in side highly susceptible to food poisoning. Leaving food on the picnic table waiting for the We Give S & H Green Stamps crowd to gather is also a good, Phone 897-2442 Mill City way to put food in the toxin “danger zone.” The best advice is to keep hot fo<xls hot—close to the boil ing point. And to keep cold foods cold—as close to refrig erator temperature as possible. Anil keep them that way, right up to the time you’re ready to eat. Del’s Shell Service Enjoy the security of a complete "profile of protection" for your home - with « ses Of course your home is insured against the obvious things. Bi .'a it covered for the unexpected—explosion, extreme storm damage, a car crashing into your living room, for example? We help you protect your home and possessions with a Safeco Homo Owners Policy. It'll be free of dangerous gaps and costly overlaps, will save you worry, save you money. ’oo. And Safeco pays claims quickly. Call us today. 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Adjust a single dollar... spent at home instead of being used to “pick up” some article in the city . . . may account for $5 or $6 or more of additional home trade vol ume as it goes ‘round and ‘round 1 jxAnd every added dollar of trade among us. volume in the community means a little better jobs for us . . . in f^Each such dollar put on the creased business profits, better home-trade merry-go-round is an property values ... a little better investment in enlightened selfish support for our churches, schools ness ... as it comes around and and other civic facilities ... better back into our own hands again service to meet our daily and from time to time. emergency needs. These Firms Are Genuinely Interested in the Future of Our Community and Your Welfare H. L. Ashby Distributor of Shell Products Hill Insurance Agency Santiam Cable Vision Mill City. 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