The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998, October 21, 1965, Image 3

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The Mill City enterprise., October 21, 1965, Page 3, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextTil«» Mill City Ifeiterprl’M*, ’111 uhm lay, tk-t. 21, I!H m Traveling Checks O you habitually take a 25 or 30 per cent discount on the personal checks you write? | Many people do... without re alizing it. It’s the hidden penalty they pay for the privilege of tak ing their trade to some other city or town. | l ake a moment to consider the facts: Only about 70 cents of each dollar we spend goes to pay for the actual goods or service that we get. About 30 cents of that dollar has to cover the ex penses of the community where the sale is made ... to pay the people who work there ... to re turn something on the capital in vested ... to help support the civic facilities such as churches, schools, fire and police protec tion, road and street mainten ance, etc. | Of course, when we spend our money away from home we get no personal benefit whatever from the 30 per cent of it which goes for community business and social improvement. | Doesn’t it follow, then, that when we give checks or money for out-of-town purchases, near ly one-third of the amount goes for something we don’t get? Isn’t that very much the same as dis counting our checks or money? These Firms Are Genuinely Interested in the Future of Our Community and Your Welfare Girod's Hilltop Super Market Strout Realty Mill City Meat Market Less Tavern S &■ H Gn*en StamjiH ARCHIE THOMPSON. Local Manager Meats and Groceries Mill City, Oregon Kelly Lumber Sales Building Supplies, Paints, Plumbing Supplies, Electrical Fixtures Mill City Tavern Ardath and Rudy Mill City Enterprise Mill City Pharmacy Advertising — Commercial Printing Try Your Drug Store First Santiam Cable Vision Red & White Store Mill City, Oregon Fresh Meats, Groceries. Dry Goods Muir's Bakery and Fountain Mill City Branch Hill Insurance Agency Jerry Pittam Insurance Mill City, Oregon Phone «07-2413 or «97-2754 Mill City Hardware We Give S & H (iiwn Stamps Sportsman's Country Kitchen Steaks Our Specialty G. S. Merryfield Made From The Best Head Office Portland Interior Exterior Painting Spray or Brush Ph. 897-2483 M & M Flying A Service S & H Green Stamps Shirley's Beauty Shop Hoover's Repair U. S. National Bank of Oregon Barbara Davidson. Mgr. Mill City Disposal Bud and Esther Cline JIM and VERYL Studio of Hair Design Betty Klutke Jerry Coffman Wills Bros. Shingle Co. Mill City, Oregon New and Used Cars Ada's Needle Shop Less Body & Fender Repair H. L Ashby Dry Goods and Notions Complete Body Repair and Paint Service Distributor of Shell Products Oakland's Groceries and Gifts Don's Tire Sales Enco and Tire Sales We Do Our Own Recapping