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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1950)
Tin- MILL CITY ENTERPRISE BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET MILL CITY, OREGON ond-claaa matter November 10. lull at the poet office at Mill City, Oregon, under the Act of .March S. 187» I I. VSSIFIEI. VI»V EHTISIWlii On« Insertion for 50c or three for |1.00 The Enterprise will not be responsible for more than one incorrect in _______ sertion Errors In advertising should be reported immediately. Display It-,“ Advertising 45c column inch. Political Advertising 75c inch. ___ _________________ NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION “THE PAPER THAT HAS NO ENEMIES HAS NO FRIENDS.” George Putnam. Town’s Going to the Dogs Maybe the blame should fall upon the Egyptians or some other early civilization for domesticating man's best friend, the dog. At any rate citizen's complaints to the city fathers over the canine population continue to grow. Seems as how the season of the year calls for re union of all the old dog-gone friends. No one has yet complained over Fldo’s gregarious instincts but are hotly contesting the right for the canines to parley on their lawn or in their freshly sprouting garden spot. A private census of the dogs in the United States indicated the canine population at about 22 million divided among 17 million families. The census shows that dog-owning families have 1.4 dogs. Perhaps it is because of the owners laxlety toward that .4 dog that the city Is faced with the task of catching and Impounding the pets. No suggestion has been offered as yet as to how the dogs will be caught but plans are going ahead to Impound the strays at the city dump. If the dogs are not called for within a designated period of time they will be disposed of. Of course the entire action might not be necessary if dog owners were to suddenly assume their family responsibilities and keep the delinquent pets from “running the streets’’. Or perhaps a plan to impound the owner at the dump until called for by the pet would be more effective. At any rate some action Is required and our sympathies are extended to the city officials on whose shoulders the responsibilities has seemed to have fallen. Tourist Gold for the Canyon If Oregon’s share of tourist trade runs In the neighborhood of $125 million a year one would wonder what portion of that amount will be spent In the Santiam canyon. Of the gross amount a sizable sum will go to Oregon's coast towns who have the natural advantage of the Pacific ocean. Oddly enough, how ever, the greatest proportion will be spent In Portland, Salem, and other larger Oregon cities. Puzzled as to why such cities with no natural drawing card should gain so much of the tourist gold trade the inevitable facts must be faced. Perhaps the jlst of the story lies in the old adage that it takes money to make money. Oregon's leading tourist attractions have followed just such a policy. Their chambers of commerce have worked with all fidelity to place their respertive towns “on the map". They have seen the feasi bility of spending enough money in order to nuke money. The Santiam canyon has more potential tourist attractions to offer in one day than Oregon’s leading cities can offer In a month. And yet they get the trade. It the answer lies In advertising, friendliness, and expressed good will then the cue should be obvl ous. It might be worth a try here. H s s I Marion Forks It Takes All Kinds-Chiselers And Those Generous of Heart DON PETERSON, Publisher Entered a» May 25, IW Ì—THE MULL CITY ENTERPRISE Mr. and Mrs. Hemmi of Bellingham, Washington, are now making their home here at Marion Forks while working on electric work at the hatchery. Mrs. Eli Bangs visited with the Youngs Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Art Sullivan, while traveling the main highway near Ma rion Forks, were unfortunate enough to have a deer leap in front of the car smashing the front end of the car ; in and causing them to be towed back to Salem for repairs. They are | residents of Madras, Oregon. [ The snow is fast disappearing on the road to Marion Lake but it is i highly probable that there will be I plenty of snow left for the weary : fisherman to fight to get to his happy j fishing grounds to get "his limit". Think ’it over; do you like to plow snow? The upper lake regions will be still under snow for a long time yet but the fish will still be there when they do open and you will enjoy them far more when the other lakes have be come tiresome fishing. By BILLY ROSE--------------------------- Here are two stories, both true. The first is as mean as a thumb in the eye: the second, as heartening as a sunrise. . . . The mean one is about a Philadelphia industrialist who, on one of his frequent business trips to New York, made the acquaintance of a young lady whose goad looks were only surpassed by her amiability. Despite the fact that he was married, the tycoon began to see a lot of the girl, and it wasn’t long before he had set her up in a Madison avenue apartment and war forking over $300 a week to cover expenses. At-er a couple of cozy and clan The broker examined the certifi destine years, the girl said to him cates. “You’re a little late, Miss.” one night, “if he said. “This railroad went out of something ever existence almost 30 years ago.” happens to you, The girl picked up the worthless Daddy, I’ll be paper and walked out. “The dirty left without a pen double-crosser," she muttered. “All Don’t you ny, he gave me was the same three think you ought hundred a week.” to do something AND NOW let me take the thumb securing about out of your eye and show you the my future? »» sunrise. “You’re a b s o- Some years ago, an Iowa garage lutely right,” said Billy Ruse man went bankrupt and decided to industrialist, the “Give me a few days to work it make a fresh start in another state. He scraped together a little cash, out.” loaded his wife and kids into a beat- The next time he called on the girl, he handed her half a million up Chevrolet and headed for Cali you publish such unpleasantries? The dollars worth of 3 per cent railroad fornia. Unfortunately, the jalopy least you could do is suppress that broke down outside of Tucson and type of thing. bonds. the cost of getting it fixed cleaned While I have never met you I have “These will yield you an income him out. heard you were an older man. You of 15 thousand a year,” he said. To get a little eating money, he “Every three months as the cou set out to canvass the garages in should know by now that exposing pons come due, clip them and I’ll town for a job but quickly found rotten schemes will only make you cash them in for you, and you can the supply of local labor was great eligible for the year’s most unpopu use the money for expenses er than the demand—Tucson, be lar man. Get wise mister. Clam up. cause of its climate, was filled with It’s said the bank is in favor of such "You'll notice I hatent put tuberculosis victims, a good many a policy. your name on the bonds. Well, Go ahead print my name. I don’t of whom were mechanics. that's because the transfer of so owe a soul a cent.—Sincerely, large a mm would come to the At the last garage on his list, LEO FOSTER, Mill City. attention ol the board of direc- he repealed his hard-luck story tors and cause a lot of talk. Host'- and got the standard turndown, ever, if anything happens Io me, but as he started to walk out he you can write your name in and was stopped by one of the me- sell the whole lol al any broker- chanics. age house,' “If you need a job as bad as you The girl thanked him, and the say," he said, “you can have mine. pair continued seeing each other I’m pretty sure I can fix it with until the tycoon keeled over in his the boss.” “Don’t you need the job your Philadelphia office a couple of years later with an attack of coro self?” said the man from Iowa, “I've saved enough to last me nary thrombosis. When his lady friend read the obituary in the pa for six months," said the meet .in- pers, she wrote her name on the lc, "and the doctor who’s treating bonds and took them to the broker me for TB says that's all I figure to live.” age house. Santiam TAVERN One Mill East of Detroit JEWEL MYERS, M<r. I Mom & Pop’s CAFE Private Dining Room SEE JOHN ADAMS For your excavating and dump truck work 3-8 yd. 10-B Shovel Basements, Trench and General Excavating Silver Saddle Trailer Camp Mill City, Ore. Phone 003 III I wish to thank my friends who faithfully supported me in the May 19 Primary Election, Editor’s letter Box: A few of the “fan mail” letters received to date. They bear no sig natures and so do not rate publicity except to show how childish some ot them are: "Don Pedersen: "Five months ago Mill City was a clean place.” • • • "Dear Sirs: Kindly print only one edition of the Enterprise (The Smog) this week —that will be enough to SMELL and LOUSE up the whole town. A former Reader." "SINCERE SYMPATHY "May the TENDER THOUGHTS and LOVING SYMPATHY that SUR ROUND you BRING COMFORT and PEACE TO YOUR HEART. Signed: Try Carter’s Little Liver Pills." • • • "Mill City Loco Newspaper, Dear Old I .ace— Just read your weekly arsenic and am in last throws of riggor mortis. Buchenwold would have been kinder death. Natzi victims were ■ given chances to deffend themselfs sometimes. i —B. V." • • Mr T. Cortnle, "STINKY!” • • gnnti oooosoooatiotiDannaDODoooooociononijDODiwo "The Enterprise: I "The parson-p-yew! D. Petrovich, ignoramus!" I I • • • I ■ The following letter was signed and since receiving permission was granted to publish by the writer: "To the Editor: Dear Sir: The chairman of the With $10.00 or More Order school board is not related in any way to the Superintendent of Schools. ONE 5 Lb. IGA ELOUR I don’t think owing money to the | , I : bank should affect anyone’s right to get up and speak, either. I don’t think J.M. has lived here since Ham mond went out, either. This is not for publication—just my comments on your letter to the editor. I think J.M should encourage whom ever he would like to have on the school board or city council, or run himself, at the next election for those offices. Very truly yours. BOB HILL. ♦ * • To the Editor, Dear Mr. Peterson; Just a letter expressing my condolence, What kind of a paper are you running any how ? Shame on you denouncing that innocent little school board. After all they are among the oldest mem bers of the community and their longevity should give them some type of immunity. As one of their friend^ have been busy stating; what does a little sin amount too? Maybe they have been intrusted with the thousands of dollars belong ing to the taxpayers. Are you going to question their integrity just be cause irregularities appear. After all everyone makes a mis take now and then. Are you infer ring in your paper that they should be arraigned? What kind of char- acter do you have anyway ? You would never be popular among prison inmates. They too have made just a little mistake. This town was quite and peaceful before you arrived. Must Wayne E. Downing COUNTY COMMISSIONER Advertisement From where I sit... // Joe Marsh Why "Moose'" Changed His Mind Last week, parents were calling Moose Jackson on the phone—and kids were hooting at him in the streets. All because Moose fenced in his field near the depot, where the kids like to play ball. Moose got sore the way folk.- acted- refused to budge. Then Doc Sherman, w ho likes to play center- field himself sometimes, decided to “use a little psychology.” Over a friendly glass of beer at Andy’s Garden Tavern, Doc says, “Sorry this came up. Moose. We were thinking of asking you to um pire—what with your profeetional experience and all." (Moose used to play a little semi-pro ball.) That did it! Next day Moose put up a stile over his fence. In return, the kids promised not to cause any damage. 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