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About The North Santiam's Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 194?-1949 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1949)
MILL CITY ENTERPRISE, PAGE SIX The Mill City Enterprise MHI City, Oregon. Charlea Wolverton, Editor and Publisher Elebeth Wolverton, Business Manager Staff: Leo C. Dean, Mary Jo Wolverton, Patricia Wolverton Holered second-class matter November 10, 1944 at the post office at Mill City, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. ENTERPRISE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Ads received by Wednesday noon will run in the regular classified section and those received later up to 10 a. m. Thursday will run in the “Too Late to Classify” section. Errors in advertising should be reported immediately. The Enterprise will not be responsible lor more than one incorrect insertion CLASSIFIED RATE Ono Insertion tor 50c or three insertions for |1.00. Display advertising 40c inch t ; 11 o ri a i u P ub 1 < sun.. ¡ASSO C-lh I .C>fl J 1 T since 1825. This land yields the en tire world’s supply of cascara bark used by manufacturers of drug pro I By JIM STEVENS ducts. The harvest runs to about 1500 The bark of the cascara tree, one tons a year. It is taken from nature’s of the hundred species of the buck trees. The past record of the harvesting thorn family, made famous medicine for the Indians long before the white and selling of cascara bark proves man came. The tree, found all over that crime does indeed pay—at odd the land wes* of the Cascades, has times and places. Cascara bark is a been used and abused by us whites crop which thieves have been, in ef fect, given a license by law enforce ment officers and courts to steal with Otto Russell out danger of more than wrist-slap ping punishment. The effect has been to create a tra dition that thieving was roght as Agency long as only the pioperty off owners of cascara trees was stolen. Owners Fire who resisted were threatened with Auto fire or firearms. The thieves, of course, have no con Life cern with conservation. They strip Accident trees completely of their bark, killing them. They start fires that destroy Phone 1502 Detroit entire stands. To Protect the Pot of Gold Buyers of cascara bark have also been too little concerned with the i sources of what they buy, especially , since growing demand and decreasing supply have made a seller’s market. Cascara bark remains a crime crop in the large pait. But now forest land owners, most of all farmer SHIRLEY LAIRD owners of forest land, are demanding their rightful (protection at the hands MILL CITY of agencies of the law. Their cascara bark crop is worth real money. They Phone 2603 are trying to manage it for perman ence. Only a six-inch stump of bark is needed for the sprouting of new stems, “We have only a few cascara trees CAPITAL but it is amazing what their bark has brought in,” a typical woodland owner told me. "We are guarding this crop as we would a little pot of J. C. JONES, Prop. gold, and I do mean guarding. There is bird shot waiting for any bark MAKE YOUR ARRANGEMENTS pirate who comes this way.” NOW More Brush Crop«- Foresters gues that pickekrs of ev ergreen huckleberry, salal and sword Ü10 So. Commercial St. Balam ■ Office Ph. 6887 R m , Ph. 6887 Out of the Woods INSURANCE SHIRLEY’S BEAUTY SHOP Monumental Works fern collect even now two million • three items alone. Much of the pick ing has been done by trespassers on unprotected property. Sword fern thrives in the Pacific Northwest. Florists provide its mar ket, which calls for new - growth leaves clean with sharp tips, each at least 25 inches long. The standard bunch has 55 leaves, and 50 bunches are packed to a case. Tree seeds have never had a better market than they enjoy today. Flor ists also buy cedar boughs, rhododen drons, moss, Oregon grape, Kinnik- inink and other items of the kind. While the big plants of the wood land are “fattening up” each year, adding layers of wood, spearing to ward the sun, there are tiny timber crops on the farm that may make in come. Even moss and skunk cabbage have market possibilities. Ginsing roots, foxglove, pepipermint, wild berries, are also prospects. Let’s get down to earth in the farm woodlands! Detroit JULY 21. 1949 SP, and Eva Hernandez were mar ; law and daughter of Lebanon and ried June 22 at Vancouver. They will their son Rex. and family of New port. live here. Mrs. Otis White, accompanied by Guests of the Paul Fletchers over Harlo, James, Marlene and Mrs. Har the week end were his brother-in-law ley White, drove to Portland Tuesday and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Jack- to pick up her husband who had ta son and son Tommy of Springfield, ken the school bus to Portland for and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Fletcher, some repair work. Bob and Bruce, and Mr. and Mrs. Ken July fire season closure of al! Wil neth Fletcher, also of Springfield. All lamette forests took effect July 9. Per picnickekd at Breitenbush Forest mits may be obtained from the De Camp on the Fourth. troit ranger .station. Mrs. Tom Fryer left by auto Mon The fine new auditorium being built by the Army Engineers clase to the day for Salt Lake City to attend the ne school building is nearing com funeral of her nephew, Lawrence Maynas. pletion. Out-of-town pioperty owners at Mr. and Mis. Archie Mattoon re- I tending the public meeting on pro ■ turned recently from a vacation spent perty problems «in the Detroit area ’ at Idlewilde Park, near Roseburg, in included Mr. and Mrs. Roy Newport Coquille, where they visited his mo of Culver and Mr. and Mrs. Raol Mor- ther, Mrs. Guy Mattoon, and in New riss of Scio. port. Mrs. Guy Mattoon returned with Recent guests of the H. I). Burts them for a visit. were Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Burt and baby son of W'aldport, their son-in- BARGAINS In Furniture, Stoves, Dishei Clothing, Housewares McEWAN $10 CASH A Friendly Place To While Away Your Idle hours or outsoles of any work shoe bearing the FRIEDMAN-SHELBY trademark. Weddle Funeral Home MODERN FUNERAL SERVICE Stayton, Oregon Stop in and See Our SPECIALS on ALL TRAILER HOMES GEIGER MOTOR CO USED CARS Bought - Consigned - Sold 1 Mile East of Gates Near The Maples GREENLY’S Plumbing & Heating LET US FIGURE YOUR ESTIMATES ON PULMBING AND HEATING. NO JOB TOO LARGE AND NONE TOO SMALL M AC’S By MRS, J. A. WRIGHT 145 S. Church, next to Salem Parking Mr. and Mrs. Ben Galligan of Red- mond visited the L. C. Davis and L. L Rynearson homes Sunday. Mr. Ry- nearson returned with them to stay cvemight and Mr. Galligan brought bim home Monday. Mrs. Earl Capuro returned home Saturday after a week kspent in Port land getting some dental work done. Word has been received here by Keith White that his stepfather, Wil PHOTO SHOP ham Ward, has recovered sufficiently Open each Friday from a recent heart ailment an-l has Mill City Furniture Company taken employment with a cab com 2:00 to 7:30 pany. — PORTRAITURE — Mrs. John Cook accompanied her son-in-law and daughter, Mr, and Mrs. Albin Cooper to Bend Sa‘urday and stayed overnight with her mo- the-, Mrs. Ben Golden. On Sunday they atended the ball game at Pow- I ell Bute wh< re Cooper played on the Bend team. Mr. and M's. Cliff Peterson left and a new pair of shoes Sunday for Washington. The PRA will be given to the recently tiansferred him to a small twon near Everett. Their son, Dale, wearer who finds paper is staying at present with an une’e or fibre board in the at Tangent. heels, counters, insoles Joe Villar, section foreman for the •W.V. Shop and Residence 4260 Macleay Rd. SALEM Ph. 2-7390 .............................. il . SANTIAM WAR SURPLUS WORK SHOES ARMY & NAVY OXFORDS CLOTHING TENTS BOATS FISHING TACKLE 1 mile east of Detroit ■ ATTENTIO N : BUSINESSMEN We will run your errands or get your parts for you out of Portland or Salem in time that will amaze you. Passenger Air Taxi Senice to Salem It’s not hard to learn to fly with a competent instructor. DAVIS .AIRPORT has engaged the ser vice of Ted Galbraith, Silverton, a licensed flying instructor, who will be at the airport daily each week. Check with Byron Davis, Mill City Tavern, for details. DAVIS AIRPORT LANCEFIELD & BURMEISTER Phone 394R STAYTON OPTOMETRIST G. C. McKinney Ì ¡FURNITURE ■........................................ Sil. Illi— CIVIL Richards Tavern GATES engineer ’ AT LOWEST 310 S. High St Ph. 2-2578 SEE PRICES IN THE Surveying John Adams VALLEY Construction, Plans and Specifications Salem, Ore. NEW & USED CARL’S PLACE Raaementa, Trench and General Excavating Silver Saddle Trailer Camp Mill City. Ore Ph. 7 03 PO 1605 N. Summer SALEM, ORE. Pool Hall For your excavating and dump truck work 3-8 yd. 10-B Shovel. Linoleum SOFT DRINKS Detroit CAPITAL Wool Carpet CANDY and CIGARETTES Appliance« I AUTO Living Room Funrniturr llrdroiiti Furniture Arthurs Cafe A friendly place to meet and ent Chicken in the Rough Information Center. Detroit, Oregon 24 hour« a day • TRADE TERMS Ph 3-5110 Mill City SHELL PRODUCTS AUTO STORAGE* BATTERIES ZENITH TIRES FISHING TACKLE Eye examination Broken lenses replaced Eye glass adjustments Glasses fitted. Open Every Thursday 1 to « P.M. also 6 P. M. to 8 P.M. by appointment General offices at TenBrouk Jewelers, 313 W. 1st St.. ALBANY BUILD for Happiness BUILD o NEW HOME •Delta Band Saws •Delta Joiner« •Delta Table Sawn Delta Wood latbea I>elco-Kemy Shocks Phone 3-9151 Liberty 3fter hour, 2-1593 Chemketa SALEM. OREGON Yoder-Martin Const. Co GENERAL CONTRACTORS Expert Bulldozing Road Building Oregon Mutual Fire Insurance Phone 751 C. E. 'Pink* Maaon. Prop. * * * * PARTS C »m mereiai and Residential Builder- See Ed L. Davis Lyons, K. F. D. MILL CITY Service Station Welcomes you to his new office at THE MILL CITY FURNITURE CO. Clearing. Grading and Leveling Masonry and Concrete Work w F Complete supply of all vour building needs 31 33 4 3 * Gl \R 3NTF.E Ol R WORk Stay ton Blue 162-H OPEN SATURDAYS Screen Doors Knotty pine* paneling Sheet Rock ALL GRADES OF LI MBER. LET t’S ESTIMATE YOUR MATERIAL COSTS. YOUR ENTIRE BUILDING PROJECT KELLY LUMBER SALES CO Rpiail Division Russell Kelly, Mgr