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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1950)
The MILL CITY ENTERPRISE MII.L CITY, OREGON DON PETERSON, Publisher Entered an aecond-claaa matter November 10, 1044 at the poet office at Mill City. Oregon, under the Act of March S, 1S70. < i t««n ii 1» m >' i imtibinsi 1 'c ' ertlon for pi throe for ti.oo. The Enterprise will not be responsible for more than one Incorrect In sertion. Errors In advertising should be reported immediately. Display Political Advertising 75c inch. Advertising 45c column Inch. NiWJPAMI PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIO NA L I EDITORIAL I a $5 pc IT átío ) n “THE PAPER THAT HAS NO ENEMIES HAS NO FRIENDS.” George Putnam. The Town s Meanest Man The meanest perron In town sprung into full bloom this week. Little Elton Gregory, a grade school youngster who is ill with rheumatic fever, had bought himself half a dozen hens and a few dut ks with the money he had earned delivering paper* before his illness. Now Elton had his chickens and ducks in a small pen of his own and curing for them was one of his only joys. Apparently someone hated to see this youngster have any happiness and stealing his chickens seemed to be the best way to take it away. In consequence the theft. Elton's parents had chickens In a nearby building hut they were untouched. This “noble character” broke into the boy’s pen and stole all the chickens and one of his ducks. It seems a shame to waste space denouncing such a character. A better idea Is apparent, however. Why not let your heart be your guide and mail a few dimes, or dollars to Elton Gregory in cure of the Mill City postmaster. The boy Is not able to work now because of his sickness. Let’s give him a hand. Experience Is Deadly It may surprise you to learn that experience can be dangerous—even deadly. Statistic* show that »7 percent of last year’s traffic accidents were caused by drivers with at least one year’s experience. ■ .earning how to drive is relatively easy. The mechanics of driving iwcoine second nature soon after a student “solos”. At this critical point, attitudes begin to take over. The super caution of the beginner is diluted by an ever-increasing confidence bused on experience. And,, with too many drivers, caution is ultimately replaced by indifference, carelessness. The skill of experience can sometimes get you out of trouble on the highway. But the chances are your over-confidence, your indifference) got you into the trouble in the first place. The moral is clear and urgent. Those of us who are experienced drivers must also be HUMBLE drivers. the most interesting way of raising ! money for the club added $53.25 to ' our treasury. Skits and Scratches of Detroit Civics Club Last year the Detroit Women’s club made their first year book. On June 13th the Mobile Chest X-ray aws in Idanha, and took 410 chest x-rays. The soliciting and help of the unit was done by club mem bers. The organization sponsored the Brownies again this year, and sent one girl to Girl's State. In July our committee took an ac tive part in the dedication of our new highway. In collection with the dedication the club sponsored "Ama teur Night” for the purpose of select ing a queen, made formal* for the queen and each of her four princesses, took care of the tables and served the lunch immediately following the dedication, and were in charge of the reception prior to the dedication. In September we held a cooked food sale at which we made $55 65. An offer of prizes to our members for Canyon-aid was the outgrowth of an idea presented in the civic club. The response was so gratifying that such an organization was formed and incorporated in the state of Oregon. This spring a benefit tea for the Detroit Library was given by the civic club at which time a numbet of books were donated, and several dollars added. The civic club now has $375 in their Library building fund. There are approximately 900 books In the library. Expenses such as librarians wages, library supplies, and fuel are paid for by the Civic club. On June 3 the year will be con cluded by a carnival dance at the school auditorium. The history of persecution is a his tory of endeavors to cheat Nature, to make water run uphill, to twist a — Emerson rope of sand r, ■ NOTICE! HAVE CEASED OPERATION AND OFFER FOR SALE THE FOLLOWING: 8 Model-32 Aluminum square-tub Washers 4 NEW ami 4 t’SED 3 Wash Racics and Tubs REASONABLE PRICES Mother’s Day 1 BROADV/AY AND MAIN STREET Don’t Borrow—Subscribe Today! Editor’s letter Box: Nazis' 'Process of Selectivity' Outsmarted by Polish Scientist Dear Sir: Who is this Dave Hoover whose fanatical ravings in paid ads, have appeared in your paper and others ? I am no particular champion of Senator Wayne Morse and have never voted for him, but I would be inclined to do so merely as a counter-action to this Hoover person’s mud-slinging. That good old "red herring” always comes in handy, particularly these days, when anyone who opposes the status quo can be called all sorts of names with impunity. Mr. Hoover would do well to utilize his advertising space with specific information on his position on vital issues instead of smearing his opposi tion. It would be most interesting to see a list of names of persons who are sponsoring Mr. Hoover in his very expensive advertising campaign. Sincerely, RUTH F. STOVALL ’ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ By BILLY ROSE-------------------------- Whenever I’m in the mood for gargantuan gab, I hie myself over to a Russian tea room near Carnegie hall where refugees of a dozen nations sit around and give out with tall talk about the old days be hind them and the new days coming up. To give you a fitting for-instance, the other midnight I heard a maca bre yarn from a gent who used to teach science in Warsaw, and while I don't know whether it’s history or hokum, it strikes me as being worth my allotment of white space today .... During the last year of the war, THE POLE, however, was more there was a small concentration worried about the disks in the hat camp in east Ger- than the whisperings going on many which had about him. Under the lottery sys- been set up for tern, it would be almost two t w o purposes: months before his name was (a) to build an •V- i>> called, and since news had fil- ma- underground tered into camp Ahat the Russian chine shop, and forces were only a few weeks away, (b) to make avail he kept telling himself that libera able the required tion might come before the date number of human for the drawing. But as the days POLICE COURT guinea pigs for turned into weeks, and still no certain experi- Billy Rose sound of far-away cannon, he re Appearing before Police Judge Don ments being _ con- ducted by distinguished Nazi scien signed himself to taking his 50-50 ald Sheythe: Violation of basic rule: Clarence chances with the hat. tists. Estenson $14.50, Otis Gamer $5, and • • • The night before the fateful By SS STANDARDS, the metnod morning, the scientist was lying Wilbur Cash $10 Truck failure to stop at grade of selecting these guinea pigs was awake in his bunk when he felt scrupulously fair. Each morning a tug at his blanket. It was a young crossing: Edward L. Everitt $5, and before breakfast, the 50 men in Czech who had been badly mis Curtis Deetz $5. Edward operators license: each of the wooden barracks would treated by the “trustee, ” ‘ and who No stand at attention until the com had often mumbled about getting Brand $5, and Elmer Lee McDonald mandant appeared with a list of even. $5.00. their names. He would read off Reckless driving with liquor in- According to the kid, the com- the top name on the list and the rades had figured out a plot to volved: Donald Versteeg $100, and prisoner whose name was called make certain the Pole would be Edward Brand $50. would step forward. Drunk on public street: Jeremiah shipped off to the Nazi experi The commandant would then menters. The “trustee” had cut a Kennedy $19.50. hand two small leather disks, one leather disk from his shoe and marked with a white circle and made a black circle on it, and Don’t learn traffic laws by acci- the other with a black, to the when the commandant asked him Sient. “trustee” of the barracks for ex- to examine the disk, his plan was ——- amination. Then the commandant to palm the one with the white cir /■ would drop the disks into his hat, cle and substitute his own, so that and the prisoner would draw one either would mean death to the of them. non-Party man. If he picked the one with the while circle he wet safe until hit name came up again SO days later; if he drew the black one, he would be shipped out that Satur day night. In December of 1944, my tea room friend—the scientist from Warsaw—was cattle-carred to this concentration camp and assigned to a barrack occupied almost ex clusively by captured Russian sol diers. He was asked the usual ques tions, and when the Russians found the newcomer was a Pole, they quickly let him know that the fra ternity of races as preached by Moscow was confined to Kremlin publicity handouts. And when he further admitted he had never joined the Party—not for any big ideological reason, but simply because he was a scientist and had no interest in politics— the Red army men decided he was an enemy of the state and began t® plot against him. For a long moment, the scien tist looked up at the slat ceiling of the bunk aboie him. "Thank you," he finally said to bit friend. "I think I'll be able to manage." Next morning when 1 his name was called, he saw the “trustee” palm the white-circled disk and substitute another. But he pre- tended not to notice, and I when the comandant held out his hat he smiled and selected a disk. “White or black," he said, “I’m going to have one good meal in this mis erable camp.” And before the of ficer could stop him, he popped the bit of leather into his mouth and swallowed. The SS man frowned. “Crazy Pole,” he said, "what good will that do? There is still a disk left in the hat. If it is black, you picked the white; if it is white, you picked the black." “That is quite correct, said the scientist. ! so-called Joe Dunne pension bill and ' named two Democrats as joining the move—Senator Austin Dunn, now a , candidate for state supreme court, and Henry Semon, for many years Joe E. Dunne, father of the so-called representative from Klamath caunty. Joe Dunne old age pension bill, has He asked specifically that Repub told his oldsters to vote for Walter Pearson for the democratic nomina licans do not vote for Rudie Wilhelm, whom he named as Flegel's collobora- | tion for governor. He said in a radio address that tor in destroying the pension bill. Pearson has a 100 percent record I In closing Dunne, as a Republican, with the old people and always kept made an appeal to the Democratic his word. 1 party when he said: Of the other candidates for gover- "Remember. us — a ___________ Democrats, ___________ _ give __ ___ nor.Dunne said Lew AA allace is his candidate for governor we can vote — second _ — —-.-4 choice Av, but ,4 t that As a » AUnlln^« 1 ., _ — _ . — _ • - . . * Wallace’s vote for. We will help to put him in. In for the lien law in 1947 “leaves a bad this way we canhave a victory for the taste in the mouth of many of our principle, and those candidates who elders.” i adhere to that principle, and among Dunne said that the third Demo those candidates Walter Pearson is cratic candidate, Austin Flegel, is our first choice.” "utterly and positively impossible.” Don't Borrow—Subscribe Today! "The lien lay was one of Senator Flegel's pet bills, “said Dunne, "He thinks if any old person has anything it becomes subject to lien. The old people hate the lien law worse than any other law.” The former Republican candidate for governor told republican old people to leave their ballots blank on governor. He said: “Remember, Republicans, no vote for governor.” He blamed the republican majority in the legislature for shelving the Joe Dunn Says Pearson To Get Support I May 11, 1950 2—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE tn SHAKI SHACK Home of the Famous FISH AQUARIUM LUNCH COUNTER « 3 X n Specializing in Sandwiches Milk Shakes Ice Cream n Chili n Pie a la Modo Sundies n Soft Drinks x X n CLOSED TUESDAYS n n n On Hiway 222 East of Mill City g x x x x x: x x x x X n nn n nnn.nn x. x x..x Hill III II 111111 II II 11 III 1111111 II II I III I Hill lililí NOMINATE LLOYD GIROD of Idanha REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE Let's get the Canyon Represented in the State House 1 Pd. 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