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dently a shotgun was considered safe
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for them.
"We jest figgered to camp h«re
while Pa was workin’ yonder,” Ma
explained “Hope you don’t mind. 1
always hate to see a feller with a
natural-lookin’ face trit into tiouble
with
Pa. It always changes a feller
and take anything away that was
FOREST PROPERTY RIGHTS
to."
I loose or which could be dug up or
They were good Christian folks.
Sixteen years back I gave up a 62- cut down.
No evil was meant. The custom of
acre stump ranch, one into which I’d
There were »word ferns, for ex­
put years of savings from green­ ample, the biggest and greenest I’ve the country was be ig followed. That
chain labor and logging. I let it go ever seen anywhere. And a number was to make free"with any unoccu­
for taxes. One leason was that just i of cascara trees among the giant el­ pied property out in the woods. When
about everybody who came along felt ders along the river. People went in another neighbor made free to use
free to enter and use the place at Will | there regularly and—uh — boi rowed my ranch as calf pasture, I did not
venture a murmur.
‘ the bark. I took care not to show up
I Ji nd
while they were doing it. Among Lost
If I had valued the land and what
these here shootin’ Tarheels, I’m a was on it in the light of today’s val­
LADIES A < HILDKEN'N
yellow coward.
ues, I’d have put up a fight for my
You may not believe this one, but American citizen’s property rights
DRESSES
if put to it I can p.ove it. The sum- there. Butmy personal situation was the one who can make the most out
r mer was that of 1926—or maybe such that I could do nothing to real­ of cascara <bark, Christmas trees
1927. A lot of highway work was ize on the cascara trees and Sword sword fems, huckleberries, alder
being done between the towns of Al­ ferns. At the time I had no hope of wood and other minor forest pro-
sea and Waitport. My shack and barn selling timber from the river or from ducts. The first thing ou this need
were across the river. I did not argu<* the second-growth fir up the hill, al­ is a force of public opinion in his
with the occupants. A shotgun stood though some of the latter was swell­ behalf.
in a corner. A rifle was hung on the
ing into sawtimber size. And there
wall, out of reach of the kids. Evi-
was never a thought that a huckle­
berry patch held promis of a maiket
or that clumps of young firs that
By MRS. SCOTT YOUNG
grew in spots could be thinned and
Mrs.
Scott Young and Mrs. Vem
the thinnings sold as Christma trees
Morgan
spent the greater part of
Whoever has that 62 acres now is
thinking of such market possibilities. last week in Poitland on business.
It may be that the big alder has al­ They visited with Robert Young. He
7. E. ‘Pink’ Mason, Prop.
ready been cut for furniture stock. is drivin gcat and carryall rebuilding
SHELL PRODUCTS
I'm sure there’s a pile of sword fems the dike on the Columbia.
Speaking of snow, we have it at
AUTO STORAGE' BATTERIES
shipped regularly to Portland, with
Marion
Forks and I think it will be
/IMI II TIRES
hucklebe' ry brush hitched on the
shipment. Cascara bark, of course, the Fourth of July when we will see
FISHING TACKLE
is worth more money year after year. Mother Earth again. It is only eight
feet deep on the level. The Lodge is
So are saplings for Santa Claus.
But it is lost land to me. And the barely visible from the highway. One
losing was largely due. to my letting way traffic from the Santiam Junc­
it go to avoid trouble with people tion to the Tucker’s operation nine
Need Help on Your
who held the old tradition that squat­ miles from here. No traffic is allowed
MASTER
INCOME TAX?
ter's rights were equal, at least, to i except on business. We are marooned.
Popular - - betaut« il'« Qaa^'
If you had mare than on«* rm-
the property rights of an absentee A total of 69 inches has fallen the
ployer in 1948, you may be en­
owner, in making profitable use of last nine days, in fact the govern­
ment weather records shoy 186 inch
titles to refund on social secur­
the land and its products.
es
has fallen to date.
ity tax. tbnsult—
The courts of justice, law enfo ce-
Howard
Tidrick and Floyd Green
and
legislators
often
ment officers
VAL C. W II I T E
hold to the tradition of the early of Portland braved the storm and
Moat Treasured Document»
day of pioneer development, Doubt- came up to work in connection with
less there was reason then for the the new hatchery to be built here.
Phone 3408
Mill City
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attitude. Only a few years back I They could not find a place to work
Notary Public
so returned with a few pencil marks
Funny bu
t
Plain Stealing.
T7T Systeme
Sheet Metal
Lincoln's Plan for
Most good Christian folk who live
Water Softener»
Oil Burners
in Pacific No thwest citie« and towns
Abolition of Slavery
JUDSON’S
still think it is perfectly honest and
Plumbing - Heating
fair to drive out before Christmas
“Service Anywhere”
In our display window
and take their trees from anybody's
Tel. 3 1414 279 N. Commercial
land without asking permission to do
Salam, Oregon
ft. Many, far too many, still think
nothing of flipping burning cigarets
and matches out of a car window on
anybody’s land, although they know
BE COOl)
this act is the mein cause of forest
A Self Supporting, Tax Paying
fires.
TO ŸOURSELF
I’rii ate Enterprise
How would they feel. I wonder, if
AND ENJOY
a logger should walk by a city home
on a hot summer Hay and toss a
lighted cigaret into a living room,
OF GOOD HEALTH
through an open window? How would
We specialize in the treatment
they feel if loggers should stop by
of rectal disorders.
and uproot any s ibs they fancied
No Hospitalization
from the front yard?
Meco A National Apparatus
No Loas of Time
What’s the difference? Stealing is
lancoln Elect roden A .Machines
where you find it, without regard to
Dr. R. Reynolds Clinic
Everything for Weldin?
the location and ownership of the
Naturo Proctologist
CALL US OR COME IN AND SEE OUR COMPLETE
property; so it is with vandalism
218 N. Liberty. Salem, Ore.
LINE OF APPAR ATI S AND SUPPLIR»
that causes fires, in homes or on
P. Seitz. Mgr.
205 Chemeketa St., SALEM
fores’s.
Phone 2-1605
Phone 2-3581
The farm forest owner needs more
protection from thieves and vandals
than he is getting now. So do all for­
est owners, both private and pub’ic,
for that matter. But the farmer is
■■ WISE-ECONOMIZE
■at at th« MILL CITY CAIE
'Sterefts
Wood’s Store
Marion Forks
MILL CITY
Service Station
AMERICA’S
Tex’s Tavern
Mountain States
Power Company
A friendly family
atmosphere prevails
Mrs. Ernest Biown is back work-
on their memo book.
inj
at tae Mdl City Bakery.
Recently Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mar­
Homer Thacker and family of Id-
tin and Mr. and Mrs. L. Heinsohn
of Santiam Junction spent the eve­ andaa have been in town for a few
days.
ning here visiting with friends.
The Detroit Ranger and his crew
have been feeding deer in this local­
ity and on the Breitenbush.
The Women's Council of the Church
of Christ will hold an all day meeting
in the basement of the church Wed­
nesday, Feb. 23. The purpose of this
meeting is to wrap gauze bandages
for India missions.
SANTIAM
GARAGE
GENERAL AUTO
AND TRUCK REPAIR
ARC AND ACETYLINE
WELDING
Mill City State Bank
PHONR $462
Mill City, Oregon
A Home Bank,Owned
and Managed by Home
People.
CAPITAL
Monumentai Works
Established in 1919
J. C. JONES, prop.
All Depositors Insured up to
$6000.00 Under the Terms of
the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation.
Fire and Automotive Insurance
Notary Public.
MAKE YOUR ARRANGEMENTS
NOW
2210 So. Commercial St. Salem
Office Ph. 6887
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MHAT IS \ 11'KER'S DOZEN?
F<r one thin? it*» a I moat a thing of
th« past. The idea, though, »aa that
you alwtya got what you paid for
—with « little »omething extra
tb-iwn in. And. being old-fashioned,
bk ■ tS* ratv* steel yngraving shown
h<r«t ww like th« idta of always
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In c r.< He ics it may not be pauibls to visit every person
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throwing in something extra—extra
can*. extra personal interest
We
make sloes, sell shoes ant repair
almro at nur place and we have the
■HMt up lo-ihr-nunule maduucs and
materials. hut
»till must take the
time to he sure that everybody is
l»e winally wtisli d. Me tiy .<> ihrow
in something extra.
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I OO; r> /« t'i« ' er' of th« Ch i c i It • I c, -• »Pt -i -n
In ftnrfir j hungry fellow m«n abroad, and in rehabilitating di«-
rup ?d l»v •1.
I contribute herewith $
in cosh.
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Your Old
Furniture for New
We anticipat a brisk trade in used
furnitures when the dam gets going.
Why not ret rid of your old »tuff
NOW?
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