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About The North Santiam's Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 194?-1949 | View Entire Issue (June 30, 1949)
MILL CITA' ENTERPRISE JUNE 3». 191« Out of the Woods By JIM STEVENS “The evergree huckleberry ha.' a fine future in my eye»,” »aid George Herkimer Jr. "So ha* the salal, foi that matter. This»- wonderful little native shrubs were looked on a» brush for so many years that it is ha d to get folk , to see their pro mise. "Times change,” said George Jr. “Everytime a big evergreen in town blows over on a house it’» a sale.' argument for huckleberry, salal. swo d ferns and other Northwest na tives that are the best of shrufc» for Northwest garden».” We had stopped over at the Her- I: :.rr«-r farm, up in the Lemolo hills. A creek canyon opened on a j.astuie n.id hayfield. On up the creek was n rare show of what my companion, Bill Denny, a forester, called "an El ysian field of minor forest products.” This i» the general teim for small npecies o f plants found o n forest 1 nds. The Greatest Garden County. “During the war I was in Eng land,” young George went on to tell us. "There ! learned what an r.it of li i ig g denirig can be. And 1 was amazed * • find in some of the finest g irdens native plants of our Nort1’- t ev, | r<■<• i ueklebii . s ilal »nd tall Oregon grape. "1 tall.e I to an Engl sh gardene wi.o had li ed here and in British Columbia, lie vas a -arcaste cus- tcrer, an I some of his lab about how little ve appreciated our own na’’ e shrubs set rre to thinking. I remember, d the back fo tie- of the Herkimer farm ‘ id loads of such na tural growth that was never nol'ced except n • brush and weeds in the stum ps. “Tile gn di ner n a le cracks about the big evergreens that were so fa- • oied for home hedges in our coun try. ‘Tortured t ees,' he culled them. But thia man's argument was that the Pacific Northwest was the great e.,t natural garden spot on < arth and that the fnat and greatest need was • or tue people here to learn what was right use and wrong use of na tive plants and what would grow be t in imported plants. "1 same home with many more ideas,” Herkimei went on," most of them on how to sell what we have on land that is of no use to us except for woodland crops. I am sell.ng all toe huckleberry brush 1 can harvest and take to Green Home.” >alal in June. We went up into the woods, on the tenches and slopes. Thei4. we.e seed ling trees in sight among stumps and greening ground cover. We came to a handsome spread of salal that was yet in bloom. The shrubs were loa .ed with flowers like little pink pit he.». T.ie rich dark-green fol.age had a depth of texture like waxed leat er. Salal grows just about everyw ere west of the Cascades except in the • fanciest ga den-. George ke, t talk • ing about boosting its home use as I the u.-e of the Christinas tire id' been promoted. He had the same opes of course, for the evergreen iv ekle berry. Al eany e was harvesting and ••11- in- huckleberry and salal foliage th» v i r roun I, except for the spring e iod when the new leaves are eas- ly crushed. The ma ket is with fior ds who use the foliage in decora tion». (oorge Herkimer Jr., and his ounger brothers, Fed and Nels are demonstrating that “brush” has mo ney in it. IND ENJON Illi- BENEFIT: OF GOOD HEALTH We specialize in the treatment of rectal disorders. No Ho pitalization No laws of Time Dr. R Reynold» Clinic Naturo Proctologist 1111 Center St. Salem. Ore. PLUMBING CO. OREGON. LTD. UNION SHOP ROBERT SKINNER, Proprietor Blue 118B R“s- 428R STAYTON ane White, Claudia, and Perry Fry, Carol Campbell, Nina and Gene Wal ter, LaWang, Marilyn and Linda Mor gan, Morily and Johnnie Hanan, Sal ly Fletcher, Jimmie Cook, Dickie Ja cobs, Dale McDaniels, David and Jackie Payne and Evelyn Wi'son. Ad ditional guests were Mrs. Perry Fry and Mrs. Ed Hanan. Refreshments were served. The pa ent- of Jack Fidel, newly ppointed a.ssi tant deputy here, vls- ted here, from Santa Monica, Calif. They wore on their way to Canada. Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Crawford re- tu.red the fir -t of the week from Re no where they had been to attend u •• onion of her family. Delores Morgan arrived this week fun, Boise to spend her two weeks’ cation it the home of her mother, Mrs. Delmar Nelson. Mrs. Curt s Howard and »on Kenny tetvrned by bus Thursday evening f om :i visit with he- parent», Mt. ami Mr R. Bowen of FrsnO. Calif. HI OCK WI I"» ";: : !r■ .iu «lainiMiiiimgiiouaja'anuwwianaauBraiiaraiMarimMOiaw BIG REDUCTIONS A friendly place to meet ami eat. on Unredeemed Jewelry, Luggage, Musical Chicken in the Hough Instruments, (¡uns. Cameras and Field Glasses Information Center. Star Exchange & Loan Office Detroit, Oregor 311 No. Commercial, Salem 24 hour- a day »«min. r . muni ui irwii m in. inrim innaiMimmnwiiiiuiiiimi w nn nmnu iwnmnnanimni umwi . »iMiMiM»WMMnm«ManMaMM / FIREWORKS’ FIREWORKS! FIREWORKS! FIREWORKS! FIREWORKS! THÎCH OF THE LATTER DAY SAINTS A I.arge Assortment to Choose’From • y 10 a. a.m. ’ at Odd Fellows Hall I OF THEATER Jacob Spaniol AL Son TINNERS and I’ I I M ■ I K •iT AATON. ORF. Mill City Boy Scouts GATES COMMUNITY CHURCH OF CHRIST aunJrx SERVING THE I INMIN 6 \RF V Laundry: Nu-Method. Mill City and Stayton .Laundry an iry clean n. Ken Gallici. Mehama 31 « 163 S. Hirh ' CHURCH OF CHRIST Services Every Lord’s Day 11:00 Morning Worship 6:30 Young PeopTe’s Meeting 7:30 Evening Worship Tom Courtney, Pastor r aleni ' . Arthurs Cafe LUZIER'S * Blacksmithing * Welding * Logging and -aw mill Repairing i STAYTON Traditori Safety Servie« II. A. Schroeder Repair Shop GLEN’S ifAIDi d s,ib| i I STAYTON ( hurch Activities Jacquitii Music Co Ski.EM LADIES A CHILDREN S FOR YOUR PLUMBING NEEDS l ine Cosmetics and Perfumes Gifts for Men and Women 50 Cents up i tly w »me window were bro- K\Y COI.Bl RN, Distributor ' >'H a’ the library building. Tl e Wo Mill City. Oregon en’s C vic Club feels that the child • n of t'>e neighborhood should taki Studio 200 feet West of Furniture Store n ¡»’»crest in t ying to care for our Telephone 2606 for appointment nubl c buildings instea I of destroy > voisi. iiilFWwiimimniiiiw'iniarwritrrvmiritwMinitM ed them. They hope there will be no further trouble, or it will have to l»e taken up with the proper authorities. M s Guy Wilson entertained Fri- FIRST v l't'»rnoon in honor of her daugh PRESB YTERI AN CH U R< H lers. Rtrby. who was nine June 25, Prelude; call to worship;doxology; and Thelma, a. seven June 23. The invocation; gloria; psalter selection; •h id en played games and a door hymn of praise; scripture; prayo ; it 'e was von by Dav d Pavne. Pre notices; offering; music by choir; ent were Donna Rae Stevenson. Di sermon; hymn; postlude. LESSONs 136 S. High SI. Wood’s Store DRESSES By MRS. J. A. WRIGHT BIND INSTRI MEN I«. U <'ORDION A CT.er.y of Dallas ¡pent Sunday with his aiater-in-law, Mrs. Mel Ro binson. Don’t Borrow. Subscribe! An- two TO YOI'RSEI.I Mrs. Tinstale of McCully Moun tain is also a patient at Salem Mem- or r ! Hospital. Her daughter it Bet ty ¡aney o: Mill City. DETROIT M s. Iola Christianson and child- •n Gayle and Norma Lee came Mon day for a two weeks’ visit at the nine of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. ’. iy Johnson. Dr. E. E. Baird of Toledo was on a busines trip, also visiting the week end with Mr. and M s. Layman. Bob Layman, son of ■/»vg-fr-s. Mill City Lodge No. 144, L- Earl Laymans, is spending *^0.0.F.. Meets Every Friday week » in Salem at the home of his n'ght. Visiting Brothers Welcome. •r-andparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jayne Layman. He will also pick cherr'es Idle away. PRECISION GRINDING A wedding of interest to hi- friends of lawnmowers; all kinds of e e was that of Lon Goodrich and tools sharpened. M ' Jimmy Hall of Silverton, sol- ED L. BERGHOLZ • rniz'd at Vancouver la t Friday. (on county ma I SE Hilltop Store) He an I his father, Omer Goodr eh, vere employed here by the Atkin-on Construction Co. last summer. The ' itte i working here for the Army Engineer». The young couple will NORTH live in Silverton where he l as em ployment. SANTI AM Th., I-' sternal Order of Eagles, Vitin i .Aerie, hail a dance Saturday TAUERN night at the Rod and Gun Club. A r s zed ciowd nttended. Good mu One Mile End of Detroit sic was furnished by a local orches tra. Mr-. Gordon Skill i ore. Eldon BE GOOD Mrs. H. E. Agee and children were sho p ng in Salem Monday. Mrs. R. R. Case of Mehama was operated on Monday Morning for tu mor and gall bladder at the Salem Memorial Hospital. Jack Bardsley, formerly with The Enterprise, unie vent an operation at Veterans Hospital Monday. His condition was reported good. TI 2 Human Race SALEM OMMVN1TY CHURCH W W.itk ». r Wa M Ev Wed w