ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND VOLUME XXV NUMBER 27 THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, JULY 2, 19’0 Salem Man Hurt Up and Down At Breitenbush The Avenue DETROIT — A Salem man By Don Moffatt It seems hardly possible, but we know it is a fact. This week we begin our 18th year as pub­ lishers of The Mill City En­ terprise. During this time we have seen a lot of changes in our town and surrounding area —and mostly for the good, I might add. True we have had some community set-backs, but for the most part, the area has Iseen growing steadily. When we first arrived, the Simpson Plywood plant, which was then known as M & M was just get­ ting into production. They em­ ployed a lot of men when the plant was at its peak. Many of us felt that the bottom would fall out of the economy when they decided to shut down their plant in Fox Vai- iy. It was rough at the begin­ ning, but other plants were coming in and before long, about the same number of men were employed as before, but with this difference, there were more locally owned and oper­ ated mills, and they were grow­ ing rapidly. Frank Lumber Co. was starting to expand; Freres was growing too, and North Santiam Ply put in a big mill and Cedar Lumber had grow­ ing pains. These four firms have made a great difference in the stability of the economy here. Some stores have closed, and others have taken their places. Now Mill City is in the process