The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998, March 26, 1953, Page 4, Image 4

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    March 26. 1953
of a great people appears to have about it. He is now quite a young 6—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE
produced a mistake which, luckily, will man and I think he is an intern at
turn out to be a blessing in disguise. the Santiam Memorial hospital — the wear garment industry, and a packing discovery brought about. Don’t miss
Lucky people, we Americans! Over kid always did want to be a doctor, plant — along the lines of a custom it!)
these next three years and the balance and he’ll be a “top-notcher”, too!)
cannery, to say nothing of the unbe­
Not until that fall—during hunting lievable change in the already unsur­
of this one, one should give thanks
By LANCE SAILS
in their in hearts to the “Democrats ; season — was one of these animals passed scenic beauty of our hills which
Place: The Hill House, Mill City, Ore.
TO THE WIVES OF FISHERMEN in Exile”, because had the Republicans , killed—and brought in, did the people followed early attempts to insure this
whose husband fish and they don’t: NOT gotten in, this story might never hereabouts begin to connect it up with new and strange animal choosing our
The manager of The Hill House
THIS year, girls, why not go
have been written.
■ the story the kids had told earlier in hills as it’s favored habitat, just to
again requested those present at the
with him?
mention a few of the changes this
I
All
a
Republican
is
anyway,
is
a
>
the year.
last Chamber of Commerce meeting
Take with you those skirts and
Democrat who either never acquired
It was thought at first it was either
to again pass the word along to have
things for alteration you’ve al­
the ability to dream, or had become a throw-back or a cross with some iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
people (regardless of whether they
ways intended to get fixed but
too old to—of better things—for you J other animal. What puzzled everyone
owned stock or not) to register their
never found time to—or for that
was—but how? and with what?
—for me!
»pare rooms with the hotel in order
matter, any other sewing and, be
If you will remember, back to 1953,, The Mill City Meat Market (which
to take care of the overflow of the
sure to take them to
you will recall that the Republican , used to be located in the old Dawes
traveling public who desire to stop
ADA’S NEEDLE SHOP
a k
administration had been at the helm building—across the street from the
over at Mill City. Those who have
in
Mill
City
bank)
was
the
place
where
it
was
dis
­
J
but
three
short
months
until
the
pa-
been co-operating in this over the past
played during days.
At that time
have reported that they have made This quaint little town in the moun­ i pers were full of explanations of their
BASSETT’S WELDING SHOP
they
had
some
sort
of
an overhead
tains
in
the
North
Santiam
canyon
‘
failure
in
attempts
to
balance
the
some nice friends who are still writ­
crane
arrangement
whereby
they
hung
is
within
walking
distance
or
short
budget and cut taxes, etc.
ing and coming back to visit us up
this animal by the hind feet over a
driving distance of some of the best
Phone 116
Phone 1141
hare In the hills.
Things began to look rough back
hook and rolled it out during the day
fishing
in
Oregon.
Branch Store Lyons
Sweet Home, Philomath
there in the spring of 1953.
Jobs —suspended over the sidewalk—and
The wife of one of the fishermen
You won’t be bored, there’s lots ’ were closed down, etc. All sorts of
stopping at The Hill House this past
I
back in the refrigerator at night.
week, while just browsing around to see and to do, and the friendli­ things beginning to happen.
Will anyone who reads this—who
est
people
in
the
whole
state
of
About
this
time,
the
hillbilly
mind
'
town, happened to see the sign “Ada’s
u a i
was
in Mill City at the time—ever
commenced to function.
Needle Shop”, and thought it a good Oregon.”
the
stories
this
discovery
forget
* * *
opportunity to get the buckle on her
Now it “aint” everybody that can 1 started Tom Booth telling of early
She
Ada's business has grown,
suit belt fixed. She did. This lady
be a hillbilly. Lots of people have days here in the canyon! I hope that
was captured by our quaint little town now sews for people all over Oregon. tried to be one of us—and just couldn’t
i somebody collected them—just as Tom
PRICED FAR BELOW ACTUAL VALUE
tucked heer in the hills, and the two She has expanded her business, and somehow make the grade.
You’ve told them—with his own picturesque
now
with
four
seamstresses
and
two
women got to talking. Mrs. Plymale
| just about got to live here ia these speech and descriptions. To Jack Col­
1931 CHRYSLER WINDSOR DELUXE CLUB COUPE
was not to learn of for whom she had clerks and the gift mail order busi­ l hills a few years to become thorough­ burn (of Booth & Colburn, then) and
Only $495 Down and $72.88 per month
ness
has
developed
into
one
of
those
sewn till later that spring and again
ly indoctrinated with our philosophy his good-looking and ambitious wife,
1950 PLYMOUTH SPECIAL DELUXE 4-DOOR SEDAN
things
that
one
doesn
’
t
readily
believe
that fall.
Not only was this lady
$350 Down and $55.10 |HT month
and thinking. Here we are—in Na­
Ada is now reaping the ture’s Empire—and no one has to be Kay, goes the credit for the news of
pleased with Ada’s expert needlecraft possible.
PONTIAC
DELUXE
CHIEFTAIN
4-DOOR SEDAN
1949
this sansational discovery o f this
$395 Down and $58.91 per month
as well as her friendliness, but said harvest of the smile and the genuine told lam sure—U
that
self-preservation
q
Ueer
animal
reaching
the
outside
1949 PLYMOUTH DELUXE 4-DOOR SEDAN
in leaving, ‘T’ve got an idea—you're friendliness she sowed. And now for (survival) is THE FIRST LAW OF wor]j as quickly as it did. For miles
$295 Down and $50.55 per month
going to like, I think. Thanks so my column for this week:
NATURE.
—on either side of Mill City—along
1948 PLYMOUTH SPECIAL DELUXE CLUB COUPE
much for fixing the buckle, and I’ll see
The Democrats were tired and
Anyway, we all managed, somehow,
highway — were signs hurriedly
$250 Down and $49.82 per month
weary. They needed a rest, and some to get through the spring and sum­
I put up—red letters on butcher’s paper,
1942 CHRYSLER WINDSOR CLUB COUPE
“time out” to cook up some more mer—but that autumn of ’53 will stand
$150 Down and $45.37 per month
a board—and some tacked 1
dreams, "deals” and experiments, to out in the history of this canyon as tacked to
WE SELL BETTER
on
trees:
THE
ABOVE
PRICES
INCLUDE
INSURANCE
AND INTEREST
bring about the more abundant life the turning point for a lot of us. It sTOP AT MILL CITY—SEE FREAK
CARS FOR LESS!
for the benefit of all of us, and so was at the Annua) Bean Picker’s ball,
50 — OTHER CARS TO CHOOSE FROM — 50
IN WOODS NEAR HERE
everyone who wanted to work would held in Stayton, to which hundreds of CAUGHT
ON
DISPLAY
AT
have jobs. So, they let the Republi­ we hillbillys come down out of the
MILL CITY MEAT MARKET
cans have it for the next four years, hills to attend.
Little wonder that not a single car
the American people showing their
The Hillbillys had organized a sort
HOME OF CHRYSLER — PLYMOUTH
gratitude and appreciation in Novem­ of buying co-operative early in 1953 ever passed by Mill City that week.
WE TRADE —LOW, LOW INT. RATE
People
didn
’
t
know
what,
to
expect
—
Stayton
ber 1952 by voting us a well earned and all that spring and summer had
or think—whether it was two-legged
Open
Saturday
Afternoons—Evenings by Appointment
and certainly a deserved rest.
attended auctions and bought up pigs
IT PAYS TO BUY AT
405 — 435 — 495 N. Commercial St.
Phone 3-4117
LONG LIVE THE REPUBLICANS! — hundreds of them — and brought or four—or whether we had gone can-
nibalist up here in the hills. Things
HOME!
(that is, until next election!!!)
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them back up here to the hills. Farm­
An error of judgment on the part ers were going broke and unloading were pretty tough.
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Such traffic had never before been
their stock.
seen in this little community. Lee
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SALEM, ORE.
1288 STATE ST
Ph. 3-6489
We hillbillys entered into a recip­ Knowles did OK that week—and Geo.
rocal trade agreement, I guess you’d Stewart, too—with his wrecker truck.
call it, there at that ball, whereby There were cars parked every which
Open Elimination Tournament
we would fuinish the valley folks with way — one way traffic across the
“
sow belly” in exchange for their bridge. All the film in town had been
Every Sunday 3 p.m.
beans. Things were tough—and get­ sold. Bob Veness from on top of the
EVERYONE WELCOME
ting tougher from day to day. (I be­ Bank building, getting pictures of
lieve it was this same year that young people taking pictures.
Bob Hill sponsored a soft-ball team
(Next week I will describe this
I and called them The Hill Billys, which I strangest and newest animal on the
I have since brought fame to our little North American continent, tell you
These prices effective till further notice. Buy with confidence! We
mountain town of Mill City.)
the name it was given, and the events
guarantee you the best value for your money always. Plan to buy a
On Highway 222, Linn County Side
Like most great discoveries of and promotion which followed that
week's supply!
Any of our retail cuts double wrapped for your
MILL CITY
I science — some “insignificant some- brought to this canyon a whopper of a
locker FREE!
I thing” happens that leads to a greater tourist trade built around the newest
Shuffleboard
Good Music
George Sparky Ditter
ib
discovery even than what they were of hunting sports, the establishment ». Freshly Ground HAMBURGER
searching for in the first place. Some of an altogether new kind of sports-
Country Style SAUSAGE ........................
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of the hogs got loose — and though
people missed one now and then they
RIB STEAK SPECIAL, while they last
X
THRILLING NEW DESSERT!
X
never thought too much about it—
X
Eastern Oregon Hereford
until one day some small boys—play­
Round
and
T-Bone
Rib BEEF STEAK
ing Indian — with bows and arrows
Eastern
Oregon Hereford
came running—wild-eyed and excited­
5 Arm Blade Rump BEEF ROAST
ly, down the side hill above the new
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Vondlo Ice Cream
highway near Mill City. They tried
BEEF
HEART
or
TONGUE
Topped with
Ib
to tell everybody about the funny look­
Welch’s
ing animal they had seen. Naturally,
Extra Lean GROUND ROUND
ib
FROZEN
people, though getting a big kick out
Lean,
Tender
BEEF
CUBES
..................
of the stories of these kids, were in­
Grape Juice
>b
— poured right from
clined to dismiss it as “just a kid's
PLUMP
YOUNG
HENS,
Dressed
and
Drawn,
th
the can*
imagination”.
However, talk of this strange ani­
MAKE IT AT HOME TONIGHT!
BEEF FOR YOUR LOCKER—Fancy Eastern Oregon Hereford
mal persisted—people got to wonder­
1
Front
Quarter
Half or Whole
Hind Quarter ?
ing— and asking themselves “Could it
be?” Weeks after this episode the
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If you are bothered by Backache. Getting
kids still talked about it and just as Up
Nights (too frequent, burning or sting­
ing urination), Pressure over Bladder, or
excitedly as they did the day they
Fancy U. S. tirade A Good Light Steer Beef
strong cloudy urine, due to minor tempo­
first saw it.
rary Kidney and Bladder Irritation, for
1
Front
Quarter
Hind Quarter S
Half or Whole
palliative relief ask your druggist about
(I remember one of these kids — I CY8TEX.
Popular 25 years. 20 million pack­
think it was Stiffler’s youngest boy— ages used. Satisfaction or money back guar­
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I he just wouldn’t let anyone forget anteed. Ask druggist about CYSTEX today
From Out of
The Past
I you this fall. My husband comes up
1 here each year to hunt.”
This lady was from Portland. On
her own she had inserted the follow­
ing ad in The Oregonian, the week
before fishing season opened here:
Gooch Logging Supply
Everything for the Logger
Guaranteed Used Cars
GENE TEAGUE
CHEVROLET
Randall’s FINE MEATS
ALWAYS THE BEST MEAT
VALUES
MEANDER INN
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MILL CITY MEAT MARKET
Quality Meats and Groceries
FOOD LOCKERS
FROZEN FOODS
Crosley Refrigerators and Ranges
Bendix and Thor Dryers
Small Appliances
ELECTRIC HEATING
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL WIRING
COMMERCIAL LIGHTING
BACKACHE?
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FINE BEER.
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FORME!
NO MONTHLY CRAMPS...
not oven on the VERY FIRST DAY!
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•uffer from the functlon- markably
the uterus- u-tt’iout the use
•Bv-caused cramps ba. k- of
psin-dradrnin» drugs'
•ches and headaches due
The effectiveness ot t vdl*
to menstruation—who feel rinkhsm'a
needs no proof to
upset and irritable on cer­ the millions ot women and
tain "particular days” atria whom It has benefited.
every month—may be <u/- But how about you > Do k » m
know what It may do tor you?
feTing quite needleuly!
Take t vdla Pinkham's’ See
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from tests by dix’tors tn lief trori
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which Lydia E. Pinkham s ness . . feel
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