[or-roots] Huh? 60 years ago

[E V Barnes]

While working as an insurance adjuster, we had a fellow on the property damage
desk who, as I, was from Oregon. He and a friend made their lab money by collecting
rattlers when it was cold.  One particular deary day, after a good catch, they stopped
for a brew at a local beer hall.  When they came out, his 1936 Ford sedan was gone.
So, he called the Oregon State Police, and they had his car.  It had been found on
a snowy highway, engine runing and both front doors wide open.  It seemed the
thief had turned on the heater, and the little fellers in the gunny sack on the back
seat got restless.

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: DanM 
  To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us 
  Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 12:23 AM
  Subject: Re: [or-roots] Huh? 60 years ago


  1953  I tied 2 gunny sacks across the fender on the back of my bike, went
  from Medford to Central point and about collecting bottles, they paid for
  new shoes and another better bike. $ 10 was a lot of bottles at 1 cent each.
     Did the same later when we lived in Ririe Idaho. I bought some engineer
  boots I think the deposit was 2 cents by then. My dad worked on a Mormon
  farm, then we moved to Brooks Wyo as farm worker, and on to Yellowstone park
  where he got a job with the YP Co.
      Genealogy and what they did were things I am trying to learn now so I
  can try to find out what my people did .

  Dan M
  www.wvi.com/~wb
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Cecil Houk" <cchouk at cox.net>
  To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
  Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 11:57 PM
  Subject: Re: [or-roots] Huh? 60 years ago


  > Les and the list:
  >
  > No and yes.
  >
  > As I start my 66th year of life (in not very good health [3 liters per
  minute of oxegyn 24/7]), why
  > not talk about things that might not be known by some of the younger
  folks?
  >
  > There has always been a refund price on beer and soda bottles (cans came
  later).
  >
  > I'm tired; goodnight,
  >
  > Cecil

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