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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1951)
7—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE February 8, 1951 FOR RENT—New 3-room apartment, BARGAIN PRICES — Tarps, new, i waterproof, selection of sizes. Red’s unfurnished. See Walt Peterson, F 6tf Hill Top Trading Post. 47tf Swift’s addition. WE BUY fir pitch 75c per gallon. WANTED TO BUY—Unpeeled Doug las fir poles, delivered to Lyons See us for containers. Also sell us yard. For further information call your used burlap bags, old batteries or write Allen Goold, 1424 Filbert and car radiators. Red's Hill Top Ave., Lebanon, phone 5745, Puget Trading Post. 2tf Timber Co. of Oregon. 45tf FOR SALE — ’41 Chevrolet 5-pass. coupe, excellent tires, ’49 motor. FOR SALE—Girl's Schwin bicycle, I about 1 year old; woman’s size 12 Inquire at Martin’s Trailer Court. 6-3p man-tailored suit. See Roy Morris, east on Kingwood to second street, i $50.00 PER THOUSAND truck scale 4th house south next to Timm’s | paid for 24 ft. to 40 ft. small Doug place. 6-lp las Fir logs suitable for piling. High prices paid for barkle poles and NEED A TELEPHONE? — Stop in piling. Call Albany 1287 or write and see the new Lech combination Standard Pole & Piling Co. for price desk or w’all phone, also used | phones from $10.00 up. Telephone lists. 31tf and Hearing Aid batteries stocked. CHILD CARE—I will take care of Stiffler’s Radio & Appliance. 39tf children, any day, any time, in my home. Call telephone 924. 6-3p WANTED—Tree surgery work, top ping, trimming and removal. Free estimates. Wilmer Werth, % S P WE HAVE GALVANIZED WATER Depot, Mill City. 2-4p Pipe — all sizes. Red's Hill Top Trading Post. 4tf FOR RENT — Clean, warm rooms, single or double, $4 and $6 per week, W. S. Hudson, Gates Laun FOR SALE dry. 6-3p 1937 BUICK ............. ... $150.00 WANTED—’38 Chevrolet radiator in 100.00 Coldspot refrigerator good condition. See Walt Peter 25.00 Daveno ...................!.. son at the Enterprise. 5tf 35.00 Oak Table and Chairs Wood Range ................. 25.00 FOR SALE—“Indian Runner Duck" eggs for hatching, one setting or Trash Burner ......... 25.00 incubator lots; Bantam chicken eggs in lots, small Bantam roosters, BURNETT L. COLE choice 50c; Indian runner drakes, Santiam War Surplus choice of three; ducks for eating, dressed and wrapped. Geo Cree, Phone 1814 Phone 924. 6-3p We Are Buying CLEAN USED CARS New New New l sed Italian Italian Italian Italian Gene Teague Chevrolet Phone 2344 Stayton, Oregon HEWITT, ESTEP & SORENSEN -4- L'eutitk Jr., Attorneys at Law Physician and Surgeon MILL CITY Phone 6602 JAQUITH MUSIC CO 846 Cascade Drive, Salem, Ore. Phone 3-4641 Always Open—Evenings by Appointment FOR SALE—Well improved 40 acres, about half cleared, balance brush pasture, lots of water, might con sider good 2-bedroom house in Mill City or Lyons in trade. Pennick- Pennick, Brokers, phone 702. 6-2 (¿XPERT AUTO and home radio service, 20 years experience, all makes. Guaranteed service. Stiffler’s Radio and Appliance. 3tf UNUSUAL BARGAINS—Good clean oil range, excellent condition, white enameled, guaranteed. Red's Hill Top Trading Post. 2tf FOR SALE—Four 4.75-5.00x19 tires, nearly new’. See Paul’s Service, Mill City, formerly Cy’s Service. 4-3p Broadalbin STAYTON PHONE 4148 Opposite Claude Ix-wls' Servil e Station I I I A Friendly Place To While Away Your Idle Hours RICHARD’S TAVERN GATES DAVID M. REID Real Estate Mill City General Dry Goods NOTIONS IANGERIE READY-TO-WEAR HOSIERY LUZIERS COSMETICS 8DOOOC* x x x x x :: x:: x x x :: x xrktKXSRK FLOWERS VERNES BARBER SHOP L J GOODE S ELOWER SHOP 2nd A Broadway Hour*: 10 to 7 Phon? Blue 64B Canyon Garage Expert Repairing SHELL OIL PRODUCTS U. S. ROYAL TIRES Detroit P. E. Fry, Mgr. Stayton, Ore. WEDDLE FUNERAL HOME J Modem Funeral Servire STAYTON OREGON ■■■ — GET YOUR QUALITY JOB PRINTING AT THE ENTERPRISE — Shuffleboard MIKE S Septic Service : Septic Tanks and Sewers Cleaned J » Phone SALEM 8-946«, COLLECT • 1079 Elm St., W. Salem Where Friends Meet SPINET PIANO for unpaid balance. Cash or terms. Can be seen in Mill City. Write R. L. Taw, 395 S. 12th St., Salem, Ore.5- 57 fl MR. D.A.’s CRIME CALENDAR On Highway 222, Linn County Side MILL CITY Tony Zlebert o: George ‘Sparky’ Bitter llirlhihiy (¡ills SPECIALTY CARDS TRICKS and PUZZLES TOYS and DOLLS MODEL AIRPLANES II. O. Model Railroading Equipment FEBRUARY is th» Month for . . . EMBEZZLING: Coming at it does at the heel of the winter, Febru ary is the month for the amateur criminal. You’ll hear about the honest little men with horned rim specs, the loyal employees of long years standing. Suddenly they dig down into the firm’s coffers and take off with a big haul. Most of them are people who have never before done wrong. There are sev eral reasons to explain this sud den succumbing to temptation. We'll advance one: the easy money provides a nice trip to Florida. The return trip isn’t so nice. CROOKED WHEELS: Winter cruises are in season right now. The cruising cardsharp who strikes up a shipboard friendship to fleece you at cards has been pretty well ticketed by the movies and the steamship line people. Even so, canasta could still lead to dis aster. But the real bait you’ll nibble at is the gambling joints at your island paradise destina tion. I know a croupier at one of the winter wonderlands—if you’re a pal he’ll let you win back what ever your vacation cost; if you’re a stranger better sew that return fare to your lining! NARCOTICS: The dope bug has successfully bitten our teen-age problem children. The authorities have already begun wholesale drives to stamp out the source. Don’t be surprised at the appall ing stories you’ll read this month, of what vicious dope rings are do ing to our youngsters. Good Music MEANDER INN FOR SALE — Trash burner, good shape, also about 250 used red brick and a few fire brick. R. S. Corbin, first house west of city garage. 4-3p S’ WOOD’S STORE Albany ©National Federation of Independent Buslnwi J. W. GOIN MMMMMMI Attorney at Law "Hubsrt keeps e (burp lookout for bunk exeminen." LIST YOUR homes and farms with me. Have cash buyers. Mill City, SEE ME FOR GOOD Real Estate buys in Canyon area. Listings Gates, Detroit, Lyons. David M. wanted. C. E. COVILLE, Broker, 3tf Reid, Real Estate. West side Mill City. Phone 2207. 51tf TYPEWRITERS AND ADDING Ma chines. We sell, rent, repair and ELECTRIC WATER PUMP Fair swap all makes. Trade your old banks-Morse, with tank and good machine towards a new one. ROEN, motor, a bargain at $49.00. Red’s 456 Court St., Salem. 35- * 2tf Hill Top Trading Post. FOR SALE — Factory built trailer, I FOR SALE OR TRADE—Lot in Par 22-ft., with full bed, completely fur-! adise addition, 96x100 with a 2-room nished, $950.00. Fir Grove Trailer house. Will take trailer house in Park. 4-3 trade. See Byron Bates, or phone 1443, Mill City. 4-3p FOR SALE—Modern 2-bedroom home in Mill City, insulated, utility porch PLEASE LIST all available rooms, room and board, houses and apts. with laundry trays. Box 694, Mill Write, telephone or visit Personnel City. 6-1 Dept. 10 a m. to 3 p.m. Consolidated Builders, Inc., Detroit Dam. 12tf FOR SALE — 4-bedroom house, in quire at Enterprise. 33tf x x x x x a x st x x x a x x'XikDWm HARLOW L. WE1NRICK World War II this forced many small businesses either to close, or sell out to a big corporation. • • • Is it technically possible to write an excess profits tax law that will not ruin independent business? Many sincere Con gressmen don’t think so. • * * So when debates start, don't think all arguments against are by big business. Independent businessmen may have to be op posed for self-preservation. In previous votes, independent busi ness has called on government to first try reduced spending on non-essentials. But. although bu reaucrats urge reduction of non- essential consumer spending, little attention is paid to reduc ing non-essential government spending. Probably many a bu reaucrat fears investigation would prove his job non-essential. * « * Gordon Gray, presidential eco nomic adviser, wants American • * 0 The method by which a profit taxpayers to give another 10 bil will be determined as excess is lion dollars to the Marshall Plan, plus billions for armament grants the key to the entire question. to friendly powers. * * • * « * Any small business can have Already big corporations are experienced bad luck during the base period used for a normal working to capture these billions profit period. For example, a in business. This is evidenced by series of jurisdictional strikes the private “star chamber” ses promoted by big labor, or a sions held by Secretary of Com "freeie-out” price war prose merce Sawyer at Sea Island. cuted by a big corporation, can Georgia, with top industrialists. make that base period one of sub The press was barred. * * * normal profit for an independent This has created a storm of concern. Thus, a normal year’s profits can, as was done in the protest by organized independ past, be taxed as excess profits. ent business. * * * * * * Information on what went on In order to compete, small busi behind those closed doors will be ness must continually improve equipment, This is done out of related next week. It now ap pears that the Marshall Plan is profits. bencfitling a few huge American • * * However, under tax laws, mon corporations as much, if not ey spent on production facilities more, than it is benefitting the is not tax deductible. During peoples of other nations. NEW & USED PIANOS — Save Up to $350.00 Directory - Professional Business President Truman asks the “Lame Duck” Congress for an “excess profits tax'' retroactive to July 1, 1950. • • • Many small businessmen hope Congress will not act without get ting an honest expression of opin ion. They have asked the Na tional Federation of Independent Business to make a nationwide poll on the question. This is now being taken. As usual, the voted ballots go directly to Congress men. The results will be publish ed first in this column. • • * Since Korea, huge corporations have received phenomenal earn ings. Therefore, an excess profits tax has great emotional appeal. • • • But small business is not en gaged in a blind “holy" war against big business. Small busi ness. resentful of certain big busi ness practices, is not rushing pell-mell into supporting a meas ure that could wreck all business. New Metal Clarinets Reg. $110.00, NOW $59.50 New Mood Clarinets Reg. $175.00, NOW $99.50 Save Ip to 50% on anything musical from Piccolo to Pipe Organ. CASH IN YOUR LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER • y-C. WILSON HARDER Accordians ................ Reg. $110.00 NOW $ 49,59 Accordians Reg. $325.00 NOW $139.50 Accordians Reg. $795.00 NOW $375.00 Accordians, 120 Bass $ 65.00 100 Other Accordians to Choose from VETERINARIAN Get the Top Price for your used car NOW! "SMALL BUSINESS” Musical Instrument SPECIALS Wants and Sales SALEM’S ORIGINAI 3 Toy & Hobby Shop 163 N. Commercial 2 SALEM se Our Mail Order Service IF YOUR PLANS CALL FOR REMODELING ♦ ** ,i,ff T“r*‘r Watch For Mr. D.A.’s” Calendar For Crime In March' OiilrlH Anonwv Wednutdov, on NSC RALEIGH HAROLD FIXJRIST and NURSERY FLOWERING AND SHADE TREES SHRUBS AND BULBS S19 W. Wash. St. Stayton Phone 3684 We re ready to help you with your plans for remodeling your home...and we can supply all the lumber and other building materials needed to make yours a home that's truly up-to-date. - NEW STOCK - Lace and Rayon Table Cloth — Book« Bed Spreads — Silk Head Scarfs Cotton Blankets — Printed Flannel* Stamped Good* Hendricsons Store la the Dnw^s Bldg MILL CITY DISPOSAL SERVICE Garbage, ashes, trimmings, etc. weekly pickups $1.50 per month. Also light hauling. Leonard Herman CmBBBBBDDBOBDB r Phone 2125 MILL CITY AMBULANCE SERVICE Call Mill City Telephone Operator FRERES BUILDING SUPPLY Mill City Phone 3215 Stayton Phone 2484