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
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Mill City, Oreson, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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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."
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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
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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.
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"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.”
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“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
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"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.”
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"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.
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