2—THE MILI. CITY ENTERPRISE TV MILL CITY ENTERPRISE BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET MILL CITY, OREGON The Truth May Make You Free But Watch Out How You Use It DON PETERSON, Publisher TOM COURTNEY JR , Editor Entered hh i% KHTISIIISi One Insertion for ........ ' three for 31.00. The Enterprlee will not be responsible for more than one Incorrect In­ sertion. Errors In advertising should be reported immediately. Display --------------------------------- By BILLY ROSE——--- ---------------------- One night when I dropped into Jerry’s for a firkin of foam. Long George Smiley and Sid “The Inch" Perry were at the bar as usual As unusual, however, they were not arguing with each other but with the bartender “The truth never hurt anybody,” said the bartender, “and the truth is I'm on the hook for 63 beers. And until you gentlemen settle up. there ain't gonna be no 64th." Advertising 45c column inch. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Better Streets City council members recently Issue«! assurance that street repairs were on the way. The patching of the deep holes in the city's streets was scheduled to take place as soon as Ole Sol favored the community with a day or two of dry weather. Certainly no one objects to the city repairing the streets. The un­ fortunate part however is thia pouring of sand down the proverbial rat hole. Each year the city receives be twees $5.000 and $6,000 for street main­ tenance from th«’ stat«*. A good portion of that and other funds goes to graveling the streets time after time. The point Is the gravel just doesn’t last. That’s not the fault of the city, or the state, or the grav«4. It Just happens that way. The only satisfactory alleviation from the street dif­ ficulty will come with a permanent type of street surfacing. Such as the surfacing leading lx» the Keiser addition. Mill City may have such im­ provements on every street should they desire it. The cost is not as great as you think. It is estimated such u paving program would cost the average property owner between $50 and $60. The action may be taken by the city council or by the property owners. Section 3$ of the city charter reads: IMPROVEMENTS: Street, sewer, sidewalk, and such other public improvements as thr council deems necessary may be undertaken on the motion of the council or on petition of the owners of two-thirds of the property to benefit specially from the Improvements. A remon­ strance of the owners of two-thirds of the frontage of the property to be s | h < tally affected by such an Improvement shall defeat such a motion or petition, in which event no further action to effect the improvements shall be taken for six months. Better streets for Mill City must come. Who will act first? Hollywood Halo? When two of Hollywood’s leading feminine stars gained titles in the U. 8. 8enate as “Apostles of degradation", film leaders cried unjust and accustxl the government of poll««1 state tactics. How low «‘an the box offic«* magnets sink? Recent action of the two "stars” can hardly be justified by all of the moral covering up put out by th<> gigantic publicity departments. It is a sad state1 of affairs In anyone's life when they refuse to admit mistakes. It Is tragic Indeed when outsid«1 forces are needed to clean up the studios backyard. T«> be sure, ftxleml licensing, may not be the best answer, but the need remains for some course of action. A possibly better suggestion would be box office refusal. Movie Investors will not t>e willing to produce films the public refuses to see. Much of the power for a movie clean-up I will rest In the hands of those who s«* the movies, or refuse to patronize them. Hate * .* When this week's wires told the story of the 14-year-old girl that shot her twin sister becaus»- she hated her, It tendwl to refresh our memories of the power of hate. Psychologist« have named It as one of th«1 four major disruptive form In life. Sahl th«1 California Juvinlle: “I hatesl her because she was stupid anti loud anti always acting like a nut. .1 l«'arne«l to hate her when we were In th«1 sixth grade and ever eiMS then this has built up". After shooting her sleeping sister sh«1 stat«! she did not feel badly about It. When this Is only on«1 of many such stories it should cause us to refuse entry in any way of this creature call«*d hate. With wisdom we could block the emotion from our liven. If hate can be as dangerous as a ma«l dog we should give It th«1 same welcome. s' I • I Faust Ô* Ross 1 I I I RED AND WHITE STORE I I FRIDAY and SATURDAY SPECIALS 1.EMONS, lArge and Juicy I i i RADISHES OR GREEN ONIONS i PURE PORK SAI SAGE I i OYSTERS i i TINA, Chunks, all White Meat i PEAS AND CARROTS, R & W No. SOS «an i i R USINA. Sun Maid Fan« ». 15 <>«. |>kg. for .25 i I IRBY'S CORNED REEF i i GARDEN SWEET PE \s i I GARDEN TOMATO HOT SATCE .05 i CIGARETTES, Any Brand per carton 1.45 i I VAN < AMI’S <1111 I CON < ARNE with beam. 15», or. tin 2 for .53 I ORANGES, Medium size Navels RED A WHITE BROWN BREAD No. • tall tin .18 CAMAY TOIIJCT SOAP GIANT BORENF SOAP POWDFR I I I V I MEN S WORK CLOTHING MEN'S WORK AND DRESS SHOES | bar. ,22 69 « "Look," said The Inch, "you’re a downtrodden worker yourself, and when you turn down another worker's request for a bowl of suds, you're committing class suicide." "For three weeks successive." said the bartender, “you gentlemen have been prom­ ising to pay up, and if it wasn't against the rules to insult a cus­ tomer, I'd say you liars were making free with the truth.” "What's wrong with a lie now and then?" said Billy Rose Long George. “If it wasn't for a little banana oil, the wheels of our crumby civiliza­ tion would come to a dead stop." “You couldn't be more wrong,” said the bartender. “A wise man tells the truth on any and all oc­ casions." "If you'll excuse my elegance," said The Inch, "that's a lot of pig shampoo.” • • • “1 CONCUR with my friend," said Long George. "Look at what happened to Hogan, the trucker, when he got mixed up with the verities. A couple of months ago, a frined tipped him off that his wife was dating a kid who worked in the brewery, and instead of mak­ ing like the three little monkeys, he hired a detective to follow her. When he learned his missus had been sneaking off to a dime dance hall to jitterbug with the young man, he confronted her with the fulsome facts, and a few scrappy minutes later his wife was packed and on her way back to her moth­ er's house in Canarsie.” "Served her right,” said the bar­ tender. "Served Hogan right," laid Th» Inch. "Before he found out, ht was happy ai a fly on a whit­ key cork. Tonight, like esery night, he’s in bit apartment alone, lapping up th» Irish and playing 'Melancholy Baby’ on the phono­ graph." Camp Magruder for Girls LYONS Camp Magruder near Bar View on the Oregon coast haa been selected Mis. Alex Bodeker, Mrs. Clyde as site of the 37th annual meeting of Bressler, Mrs. Minnie Smith, Mr. the Oregon Older Girls conference William Fetherston and Bob Brass­ April 14, 15 and 16 Dr. Freeda O. field attended funeral services Mon­ Hartzfeld, dean of women at Lewis day afternoon in Eugene for Mr. and Clark college, is conference direc. Hugo Hallin who passed away there Friday morning. The Hallins are tor. The association is an interdenomi­ national group of girl leaders from churches throughout the state and is sponsored by the Oregon Council of Churches President is Jean Her­ ald, Portland. Program of the three-day work- shop will develop the theme, "Today, ' Tomorrow and I." Registration will begin Friday afternoon with activi- ties continuing through Sunday afternoon. Registration fee, plus room and board, will be approximately $5. Each girl will supply her own bedding and outdoor clothing. All girls of high school and college age in Oregon are eligible to attend the conference. Further information regarding de­ tails of the program will be available from Jean Herald, care Oregon Council of Churches, 215 S. E. 9 Ave­ nue, Portland, or Dean Freeda O. Hartzfeld. Lewis and Clark college, Portland I I I I I I I I I "Besides which.” said George, "nobody has heard him say a word against his wife. But the finagling friend who tipped him off—well, he's got an eye you couldn't cover with an eight-dollar steak." “You've got a point, maybe,” said the bartender, “but I still in­ sist there's nothing like the truth, and the truth is you gentlemen get no more beer.” • • • "THE TRUTH, I'd like to point out," said Long George, "is prob­ ably the most incendiary thing man has discovered since he learned how to rub two little sticks together. And if the case of Hogan isn't enough, let me give you another for-lnstance: The gent in congress who recently insisted on inspecting Fort Knox to make sure the 20 bil­ lion in bullion hadn’t been hypothe­ cated by the Fair Dealers.” "Why shouldn't he inspect?” said the bartender. "It's in the public interest.” "You amaze and sadden me," said The Inch. “Suppose, due to a subterranean earthquake or some interplanetary shoplifting, the con­ gressman had found nothing at Fort Knox but a big hole in the ground. IF/ m / could he hate done"! Blab to the prest? Not on your bungstarter. Even a man with the mentality of a Congressman would know that an hour after the newt bit page one the econo­ my of the world would do a Bikini—and that a man couldn’t buy a tangerine with a 20 dollar note." "Which proves what?" said the bartender. "Which prove s,” said Long George, “that truth, like dynamite, shouldn't be tossed around care­ lessly. If my friend and I some­ times misrepresent about settling our tab, it is only to spare you pain.” The bartender took a couple of beer glasses, wiped them, and then put them away. “You know," he said, “I never thought about it that way before, and it almost makes me ashamed of myself to have to throw you gentlemen out." nuHcreracravw an a a a a a a ci eravn a March 23, I960 well known in this vicinity having lived here several years while he was superintendent at the Mt. Jefferson lumber company mill. Mr. and Mrs. Rammie Martel! and Mr. and Mrs. Loren Chamberlain were Sunday dinner guests at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Averill of Halsey. The occassion honored Mrs. Averill on her birthday anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Roye of Albany and Miss Imogene Roye of Lebanon were weekend guests at the home of their parents Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Roye. Lynn who is a student at Ore­ gon State college is on spring vaca­ tion. Other students from the col­ lege on vacation are Jim and John Toombs, Billie Prichard and Juanita Downing. Miss Downing has com­ pleted her work and will graduate with the class in June. Mr. and Mis. Herman Free left by plane last week for Rochester, Minn. They will visit relatives there and in Flint, Michigan. They plan to make the return trip by driving back a new car. Editors Letter Box DAVIS Electric & Tavern Supply LICENSED Dear Editor: For personal reasons would you withhold my name from publication ? I have been reading the recent letters to the editor in your ' newspaper concerning the telephone 1 service. May I contribute my share ? I It seems that the letters written to your paper have been centered a- round personalities rather than a- round the actual telephone situation. I would never be one to critisize j any of our telephone operators or the executives of the company. I iwould, however, like at times some improvement in our telephone service. The fact that the service is not every thing it should be is certainly not the operators fault. We know they do the job to best of their ability. But with inadequate and outdated physical equipment it makes the beet kind of service impossible. If better service would cost more i I know no one who is in need of a phone that would object to a slight rental increase. I've lived in Mill City for a number of years and have come to the place where I'm willing REGISTRATION TO VOTE CLOSES to see some real progress come to our APRIL 18--IT IS YOUR PRIVILEGE town. Sincerely, Mr. L. J. GARBAGE SERVICE $1 per month and up Also serving Gates and Lyons Commercial Refrigeration Sales and Service MILL CITY DISPOSAL SERVICE 2134 Fairgrounds Road Salem, Ore. ■ .... L . «.. PHONE 2352 LEONARD HERMAN Phone 3-7193 Mill City Plumbing & Heating “We Aim To Please" FOR FREE ESTIMATES See MARTIN J. HANSEN PHONE 503 ( I ¡