[or-roots] Huh? 60 years ago

[DanM]

Forgot about those Mugs <G> yes they were in the brown bottle for a reason.
   Any one remember what that was with out looking it up?
 Soon the deposits were 5 - 10 and 20 cents. We could finally make some real
change.
    My dad was a in lumber, like so many in my lines.
Dan M
www.wvi.com/~wb
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Wulf" <wulf at bendbroadband.com>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 12:27 AM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Huh? 60 years ago


> In the 50s in Oregon the deposit depended on what kind of bottle.  Beer
> bottles were 1 cent.  Pop bottles were 3 cents.  Remember mug root beer.
> Had to have the label on that one to get your deposit back, because it was
> pop in a beer bottle.
>
> Barb
> wulf at bendbroadband.com
> http://home.bendcable.com/wulf/Project/siteMapNoImage.htm
>