Youth Group Attends Retreat Energy Conservation Save $$ On Home Heating Costs 5—TTie Mill City Enterprise, Thursday, Feb. 2«, 1974 Sewerless Society In Near Future I closed-loop system which op­ per year. erates by using a light oil as To combat odors tn a house a flushing fluid instead of wa­ with an accumulation of wastes ter. A central unit provides for in its basement. Multrum em­ by Vern Golden by Joyce Presler gravity separation of the body ploys a natural ventilation sys­ V The youth groups of the An article appeared in the wastes from the oil, purifies tem, without fans. Air is in­ Mill City First Christian Los Angeles Times on Sunday, the oil, and recirculates it to troduced into the container at July 22, 1973 entitled “A the flush toilets. Wastes are several points to insure a com­ Have your social security Church, and the Community Sewerless Society Is Starting burned in a special two-stage posting process which operates check deposited in your Christian Church of McMinn­ to Take Shape.” It was writ­ incinerator that is smokeless only on oxygen, thus avoiding checking account. See U. S. ville had an enjoyable time of ten by Harold H. Leich and and odorless, and only a sterile the generation of foul-smelling National Bank, Mill City fun and fellowship this week­ gas which occurs in a septic first appeared in the Wash­ ash remains. Branch, for details. 9 end. Both groups attended a youth retreat from Friday, tank. The vent leads the water ington Post. It gives readers a One of the most promising Feb. 22, to Sunday, Feb. 24. different viewpoint other than devices for waterless disposal vapor and carbon dioxide—the Mrs. William McClintock, The large group, which to­ the traditional sewage disposal of human wastes comes from only gaseous products coming Mrs. Fred Alban and Mrs. taled about 45 people from plants. Following are excerpts Sweden. Rikard Lindstrom in­ from the unit — up above the Lowell Cree were hostesses both Mill City and McMinn­ from the aforementioned ar­ stalled a self-designed com­ roof into the atmosphere. Friday afternoon at the Cree ville, stayed at Harmony Lodge ticle. posting unit about 20 years ago Thus modern technology, home for an informal tea. The in Lincoln City. The lodge The environmental move­ to prevent sewage from drain­ through various incinerating I afternoon was spent visiting normally holds 35 or so, so ment in this country devotes ing onto his bathing beach on and composting devices, is al­ and refreshments were served. room had to be made. much effort to campaigns for the Baltic Sea. When the unit ready solving the problem of Leroy Sheperd, a one-time Attending were Mrs. Lloyd picking up old bottles and proved successful, neighbors a waterless method of human Sletto and Mrs. Edward Cru- Mill City boy, came up from Enjoy indoor comfort during the heating season while saving putting bricks in toilet tanks asked to have the devices in­ waste disposal. Maybe each son of Lyons, Mrs. John We- Northwest Christian College fuel and reducing heating bills. For most families, heating is to save a little water yet ne­ stalled and then more units one will find an appropriate hrli and Mrs. Edith Kiehl of in Eugene to help teach one of • hi largest cost item in operating a home. Users of liquefied glects a festering environmen­ were made until about 1,000 niche in the sewerless society Salem, Mrs. Clyde Golden, the Sunday school classes. pitroleum gas for home heating—or propane as it’s also called tal problem of modern society are now in use in Scandinavia, of the future — or perhaps Mrs. Ralph Budlong, Mrs. Other NCC students who —can easily save fuel and heating dollars by doing some prac­ —the fact that we flush our chiefly in vacation homes. some device not yet invented Cloyd Cox, Mrs. Paula Smith taught were, Mike Bernett and body waste into the public wa­ tical home winterizing. will be the answer. and Douglas, Anthony Cree, Judy Horton. Lindstrom and his son, Carl, ter supply and then spend tioned. They effectively keep The best way to prevent Mrs. J. C. Dickinson, Mrs. Featured speaker for the But, whatever devices are billions in futile attempts to have arranged for a concern more cool air in your home in winter cold from robbing your William McClintock, Mrs. Fred Sunday worship service was sewer- ­ restore the water to its orig- in Oslo, the Andstor Co., to I used, the outlines of a sewer summer just as they prevent beating budget is to take steps Alban and Danelle of Sublim­ Doug Fisher of McMinnville. make and sell the units. A ! I less society are taking shape — inal condition. heat loss in winter to keep more heat inside your Fisher was called in to replace ity and Mrs. Lowell Cree. The antiquated Victorian thousand units will be install-1 a society in which no sanitary home. Warm air leaking to the If your home lacks over­ Jerry Nelson of Salem, who ed this name sewers or central sewage treat treat- ­ “ water closet” — now in mo->.„ ....... year — under ------- the — ------ outdoors and cold air filtering head and sidewall insulation, was unable to attend due to dem dress-still sits there gur- of Multrum and plans are go- ment plants would be needed Leroy Golden underwent illness. in can cause your heating this too may be a wise in­ gling, hissing and polluting al-1 ihg for larger-scale manufac- anywhere. —..... surgery at the Salem Memorial coats to go up as much as 30 vestment in greater comfort All had a wonderful week­ I The advantages of a sewer- most a century after immortal- ture. Hospital last Monday and re­ end, full of blessings, and were percent! and lowering heating costs. T . , . ,, less society would far outweigh izing its British creator, The- ( _, turned to his home Wednesday reluctant to return home. Consult your propane-gas The Lindstroms recently the added costs. Start your LP-gas saving mSutto I1“""1 “ oontracl the where he is convalescing. dealer or heating contractor campaign by searching out 1. A major contribution to for advice. loose-fitting windows and public health by keeping any .nd progress. It .«ou„U * Opie Clark, who has been! Acacia Assembly doors, and other cracks where You can save LP-gas by set­ some 45% of domestic water I install Multrum units in mili­ trace of human wastes (and living with his brother-in-law Makes Tray Favors tary camps and negotiations heat can escape. Then apply ting the thermostat at the de­ use use and ana its us output omput befouls u™• wa- ”» are’ under way for distribu­ tneir bacteria and viruses) out and sister for several months, | Acacia Assembly #40, In­ weatherstripping and caulk­ sired temperature and leaving of the water supply. terways from the Potomac to returned to his home at Bill- ternational Order of Rainbow tion of the system in the Unit- ing where needed. These are it there. Constant thermostat % Stopping contamination the Mediterranean. mgs Mont, where he will be, a^u"a;\aZrs7oWr simple and inexpensive reme­ changing wastes fuel and adds j i ed States. i of ground water by septic Even though a Urge num- employed for awhile before re-. the Santiam Memorial Hospital - dies. nothing to your comfort. And __________ S. communities have | | The Multrum unit consists of tanks or leaky sewer lines. ber u of U. _______ turning to Mill City. don’t overheat! Heating costs _____ _ systems 4rnolmnnt sewe? ’^ ’ large fiberglass container, Storm windows and doors following their last meeting. 3. Reduces eutrophication go up significantly for every will pay for themselves in The tray favors are for St. plants their still is not about 10 feet long, which is of lakes and estuaries. ■ • water --____________ Dr. John Nevin of Tigard Patrick’s Day. degree over 70*. lower heating costs within 10 being purified as it should. A ' installed on a slant in the, 4 Better water quality for will be the guest pastor at the I Refreshments were served years, even less where winters The operating efficiency of task force headed by Ralph | basement of a single-family j outdoor recreation. Presbyterian Church next by Cindy Bishop of Scio and are severe The air barrier your gas heating equipment Nader found that after 15 years dwelling. From the Jloor I 5. A reduction of about 43% Sunday, March 3, with Rev. Nancy Plane from Aumsville. provided by properly fitting is highly important in saving vertical chutes . jn consumption of purified x of research, lire level of filth above, , two Luther Kurtz of Woodburn at fuel and reducing heating storm windows will cut in half lead into the container. One of [ water, leading to great sav- Attending from Mill City has not been reduced in a sin- '* “ J a later date. costs. It pays to have your heat needlessly lost through _ ______ these, in the bathroom, holds i ings in building reservoirs, were Sue McClintock and Mrs. gle major body of water. windows in vour house. Leave heating equipment inspected scientifically possible, ' the toilet seat and lid; the sec­ conduits, and filtration plants William McClintock. (t is ! ................ Larry Doble was moved storm windows on in summer annually by a trained service not practical, , to restore and chute, in the kitchen, is and reducing the adverse ef­ bv v t»w — - from the Santiam Memorial if your homo is air-condi- professional. fects of future droughts. drinking water to its original for garbage. Mill CH •y Weather Hospital last Monday to the At the time of installation, a 6. Release of large amounts condition once it has been used 1 Salem General Hospital and Date Lo Pep. Hi to transport body waste. Other | layer of garden soil and grass of desirable land now tied up underwent major surgery on Feb. 17 38 0.19 48 factors, including equipment, clippings is placed on the for treatment plants. 1.32 Wednesday. He was placed in Feb. 18 38 49 breakdowns, sludge disposal, slanting floor of the container, 7. Eliminating the expense 0.90 the intensive care unit and on Feb. 19 37 51 Joyce Presler — 897-2707 overloaded treatment plants As the wastes accumulate un- of major underground piping Sunday underwent emergency Feb. 20 0.06 49 31 Returning to Grullo, Jalisco, diseases auu add uet der the chutes, composting systems, with continued sav­ and water-borne aiseases me two i.wv vnuveo, 0.36 Mexico after a three week stay surgery. He is still in the in­ Feb. 21 ........ 44 39 to the problem of water puri- begins and a temperature of ings by stopping repeated dig­ 0.28 44 tensive care unit. Feb. 22 31 with Louis and Betty Hampton The Santiam JV’s dropped fication I body heat beat is atta attained *ned- This m°- ging-up of streets. 0.08 is Betty’s brother, Rev. Hum- another 49 30 Feb. 23 ______ = game, ___ , this ____________ _ time losing The construction of homes, derate warmth causes water 8. Opening tracts of land Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Cree Total Pep. for the week . 3.19 berto Garcia Zuniga. During | to'the’jefferson Lions, 6045° office buildings, and factories in the material to evaporate for building houses and fac­ and J. C. Dickinson were din­ Snow Feb. 21 and 22 his stay he had the pleasure of, Santiam’s league record now is coming to a halt in many, and rise into a vent pipe which tories where extension of — ner guests Sunday in Oregon presiding at the wedding of his drops to five-seven. places because sanitation au-( goes up through the roof or in­ sewer lines is not feasible. City at the home of Mr. and Dick Blakely is reported to neice Linda and David More­ As these new devices be­ Santiam was only behind by thorities are refusing to ex-| to a chimney. Mrs. Gordon McMorris. They be in sorious condition at Sa­ land. He also said mass in the The unit needs no attention come better known and prove went to celebrate Mrs. Mc­ lem Memorial Hospital where Mill City Catholic Church and one point at the end of the tend sewer lines that drain in­ for the first two years while themselves in large-scale Morris’s birthday which will he was taken early Monday was able to see snow for the first quarter. But Jefferson to already overburdened treat­ the composting wastes are trials, the next step is obvious. came on strong in the second ment plants. be Wednesday, Feb. 27. Due to I morning due to a coronary at­ first time before he left on The cost of water cleanup slowly drying out and moving A long transition period will the gas shortage, the McMor­ tack. At last report his condi- Sunday, Feb. 24. He planned to quarter, out-scoring Santiam 21-8. In the second half, both for all U. S. communities is down to the lower end of the be needed to put them into ris’s were unable to make the ' tion was steady. stop at Pacific Palisades, teams played evenly. estimated by a top EPA of­ slanting container. Then the | wide use. First they would be trip to Mill City. Calif, to visit his sister, Mrs. ficial at $38 billion and even householder opens a hatch at installed in new vacation Santiam had a cold shooting Mrs. Vee Golden received Alfred Bush before returning then the eutrophication (the the lower end of the slanting homes and in the “new towns’* night as the Wolverines hit Residents of S. W. Linn word early Monday morning home. This is the first visit he container and finds a pile of that are planned in many Place, located between the of the death of her brother. has made with the Hamptons on only 25% of their shots, and natural aging process) prob­ dry, black, odorless humus areas, eliminating the need 21% in the first half. Also lem will remain, not to stress railroad track and the river on Lofton Cook of Cove, Ark. He in five years. which represents 5%, by vol­ for sanitary sewers and the Linn County side of town, passed away Sunday night. On Thursday evening, Feb. the Wolverines hit only 48% the esthetic problem of drink­ ume, of the wastes that were treatment plants. ing water that has already of their free-throws. Santiam were surprised about 7:00 Sun­ 21, Janet, Suzie and Paul deposited many months before. A society that spent billions day evening to see three deer, Athel Savage, who under-; Lewis spent the evening with also committed 23 turnovers I passed through three or four Tests by health authorities for space travel and its relat­ a doe and possibly her twin went hip replacement surgery Mr. and Mrs. Paul X. Smith but hit the boards hard for 45 toilets upstream. All these factors clearly have found no harmful bac­ ed disposal problems surely fawns from last year, browsing at Salem Memorial Hospital, in Mill City. They had dinner rebounds against the much point to a conclusion that pres­ teria or viruses in the humus, can afford a few millions for taller Jefferson club. along the river bank. The deer was brought home last Friday and celebrated Paul Lewis’s Mike Morgan was the only ent methods of human waste which is safe to use as a gar-1 intensified research into wi­ seemed so tame, in fact, that I and is reported to be recover­ tenth birthday. den fertilizer. Humus output | terless methods of human when Mrs. Stanley Chance ing satisfactorily. He was hos-| Visiting with Ray and Vi Santiam scorer in double fi- disposal are approaching a is about 70 pounds per person waste disposal. gu -s, as he tallied 12 points. dead end. stepped out into her back pitalized for two weeks. j Foster on Sunday, Feb. 24, The question is: Can modern, yard, one of them climbed up were Harold and Mary Wilson. Bill Gabriel followed with nine technology devise a better me­ points. David Etzel and Jim We accept payments on the slope to within about 20 ’ I Visiting with Floyd and Cline led Santiam in rebound­ thod of sewage disposal than feet of her. Witnesses thought BankAmericard, Continental______ _________ ____ ___ , Laurell Johnson from Wed., it probably would have gone Telephone and Northwest 2fa-1 Feb. 20 through Sun. Feb. 24 ing, with nine each. Rick Lady using scarce and expensive had three steals to lead in that drinking water to transport closer if she had had any food t turai Gas. U. S. S. National was — their granddaughter, human waste from the bath­ X Bank, Mill City Branch. handy. Lauri Cuthbert from Wood­ category. room to the river or treatment Jefferson had balanced scor ­ burn. plant? Saturday night, Feb. 23, Mr. ing with 11 players scoring. The answer is “yes”. and Mrs. Virgil Lewis attend­ Santiam... 9 8 14 14—45 Lamere Industries of Wal­ Jefferson .10 21 19 10 — 60 ed the Talent Show in the worth, Wise., makes and sells Santiam 45 — Richards 2, auditorium at the high school. Both Suzie and Paul Lewis Morgan 12, Cline 5, Lady 6, the Destoilet dry toilet, for were participants in the show. Etzel 7, Lof ten 2, Gabriel 9. about $400. A combined toilet and incinerator fired by gas— i I The Gates Christian Church More 2. either piped or bottled — Jefferson 60 — Hochspier 9, Brides9 delight hosted a program given by Mr. and Mrs. Glen Lyda on Looner 5, Mall 8, Girt 5, Bry­ some 30,000 have already been in summer cottages, Camp Wi-ne-ma Youth Pro­ ant 6, Price 12, Cobb 8, Boyce installed houseboats and other places 1, Posch 3, Towery 1, Svejko- gram. The Feb. 24 event was where connections are not | 11\ *■ skL , termed a success by persons » <» «- possible. I attending the program and The Destoiiet incinerators j . fellowship. are adjusted to burn the waste I Betty Kelle will reopen her Marilyn Club Meets COMING TO SANTIAM HIGH AUD to an inorganic ash. Inevitably, “This ’N That Shop” today At Carlson Home there is some release of gas to (Thursday, Feb. 28). She will Thursday, February 28th air, but not so much as to be open from 10:00 to 4:00 each Marilyn Club met Tuesday the reduce water pollution at the Showtime 7:00 P. M. Thursday and Friday. at 12:00 at the home of Mr. A councilmember is still and Mrs. Donald Carlson. A ! expense of increased air pol- lution. As air pollution be­ needed. It’s a shame there is covered dish luncheon was I comes more stringent, further mmmmmmawwwwwwwamawwwwwww no one in this community in­ served followed by a short technical progress may result; i terested enough to participate business meeting conducted by Lamere is working on a unit f in the affairs of the city. If Mrs. Murry Moore, president that will discharge nothing but you don’t like what’s being of the club. carbon dioxide and water va- , done — participate, then you Final plans were made for por to the air. tàvoli can’t complain. Anyone in­ the club’s benefit luncheon Another unit, this one self- terested may contact Mayor which will be March 26 at the Jay Jenks or City Secretary Fellowship Hall at noon. Mrs. contained and called Aqua­ sans, has been developed by ; Morgan White. Moore and Mrs. Carlson are the space division of Chrysler Water bills may now be paid co-chairman. Corp, in New Orleans and is1 Mill City at Ted’s Drive-In or mailed There will be no club meet­ to Water Dept., City of Gates, ing in March due to the lunch­ designed to dispose of body wastes from a ship ’ s crew of I Gates, Ore. eon. The next meeting will be 200 men, without dumping ji Gates Christian Church held at the home of Mrs. Leora anything overboard. (As a re- ] holds church services at 10:00 Stevens on Tuesday, April 23. a.m. and Sunday school at Election of officers will be held suit of new legislation, all ontl