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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1951)
The MILL CITY ENTERPRISE 2—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE___________________ September 20, 1951 COMMUNITY AIMS THRU CO-OPERATION MILL CITY. OREGON IKW PKTERBON. Publisher Entered as second-class matter November 10. 11*44 at the post office at Mill City, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1S7S. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING: One 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 Advertising 45c column inch. Political Advertising 75c inch. NIWS PA MR NATIONAL ■—».». SANTIAM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. MILL CITY STREET IMPROVEMENT. LOCAL YOUTH RECREATION CENTER. MILL CITY DIAL TELEPHONE SYSTEM. MILL CITY PARK PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL. ELIMINATION OF BANFIELD S NIGHTMARE. MILL CITY AREA SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM. IMPROVE HIWAY 222 BETWEEN MILL CITY AND LYONS. OBTAIN CANYON YEAR ’ROUND PAYROLL INDUSTRIES. DETROIT, GATES, AND MILL CITY UNION HIGH SCHOOL. EDITORIAL . PUBLISHERS "-ASSOCIATION .'unvixuniai OR. MARK HAMHEKICI\SES REGISTERED OPTOMETRIST Will be at his Mill City office in the Jenkins Building Thursday afternoons 1 to 6 p.m. Also Thursday evenings by Appointment | ‘THE PAPER THAT HAS NO ENEMIES IIAS NO FRIENDS. —George Putnam. an n» ui ;?r an m HOME OFFICE: 313 W. FIRST. ALBANY GOOD HEALTH Constitution Day Monday was Constitution Day—U.S.A. Constitution Day, that is. The Constitution at its start was something brand new in the way of official papers. Those who put this great document together and signed it had pointed reasons for doing so. Getting this official paper approved by the individual states was no push over. The stony face of history proves that our government's founding fathers cut a governmental pattern in a com mon sense way. It is said that our Constitution is a “living" thing, Let’s see why. Events rocked along for the Constitution until the Civil War. Lincoln bluntly acted as if the Constitution were here for good. I Lincoln, with some pretty good help. proved he was right in the action he took, Before his tragic death, certain special “interests” saw in our Constitution an element of “first come— first served”. An anti-South U. S. Supreme Court realized this also and This decision meant that a thereby declares! a corporation a “person”. corporation has the same rights as you and 1. ¥ ¥ ¥ Lincoln snorted in dismay at this trend of government. Andrew' Johnson tried re-constructing the battered South as Lincoln would have. Johnson got himself impeached and almost convicted by Congress for his effort. Incidentally the South is still bleeding because of this ridicule of Johnson. Lincoln's vice president. Civil War General U. S. tirant, next president of the U.S.A., had a tough time getting anything constructive done by Congress. The Negro, in effect, had lost the vote he had got under Lincoln and the amended Constitution—northern carpet baggers saw to that! The South thus became a fountain of cheap labor. ¥ ¥ ¥ Judges of the U. S. Supreme Court kept the Constitution in this rut until President Franklin D. Roosevelt came along, Enough of the judges retired or died until a new court came to life. These men put the power of our Constitution behind the express wishes of citizens. So-called “con stitutionalists" have been raising heck about this trend since. Taft says what the U.S.A, did and is doing in Korea is “unconstitutional”. The voters will have their say on this issue—come November, 1952. ¥ ¥ ¥ This right of the vote proves again that there is blood and muscle in our Constitution. The Constitution's usefulness was shown when its power was used in dismissing MacArthur. At present an anti-communist con spiracy law is operating with the approval of the U. 8. Supreme Court. This law is a ticklish one for our Nation. Australia is meeting this matter face to face. That Nation's citizens are voting whether or not they will outlaw the communist party. At present the Australian constitution—like ours—does not allow outlawing the communist party. Yes, our Constitution is great, but the citizens of the U.S.A, are greater. Citizens’ wishes are commands to the living Constitution—may it always lie so! Let us hope our Constitution weathers the topsy-turvy years ahead as it has the hectic years in the past. May our Constitution remain always the sinew of justice and equality. ALL TYPES BRICK WORK CLEANING FLUES N. C. M. Bros. & Co GENERAL MASON WORK PHONE LYONS 76 iwMBSOXBOOCgix:« XIX. x'x x :: Answer to Question No. 1: I near them, it may reveal dis- 1. Only thirty years ago oper fum tion of ccitain nerwes and ations on the lungs were great brain centers. Only a doctor is rarities and were performed able to judge the exact moaning with most e'aborate apparatus j of the reaction to conduct furth- Most of these early operation ' er tests if necessary were fatal. Today operations on Answer to Question No. 3: the lungs are performed fre 3 Pruritis is a medical term quently for tumors and tuber I which merely means itching culosis. Many patients have complete recovery, due to ex However, it differs from the itch ceptional advances in surgery caused by a mosquito bite or Recent research indicates that poison ivv, in that pruritis re humans may live if as much as fers to the itching which comes 75 % of the lung tissue has been from no obvious cause It some times occurs in such conditions removed. as jaundice, diabetes, or just Answer to Question No. 2: plain "nerves ” (Copyright 1951 by Hrzlth Inforrrz- 2. If the pupils of the eye fail to contract when a light is shoo tion FoundJtion) 8 o I o B g g o o: o Box 195, MEHAMA x x x i: >: x x x x x x :: « x x »uxSCg TRAILER HOMES Platt | Angelus Traveleze O O I o ■ :o ■ I » P Boles-Aero S s NEW AND USED Editorial Comments M I ALL SIZES land, not enough food, not enough JAPAN’S UNCERTAIN FUTURE We didn't notice any dancing in raw materials. This situation is what PARTS AND SUPPLIES the streets after the signing of the ■ made Japan an aggressive, oppor tunistic nation in the past; this situa Japanese peace treaty. I If Americans felt any satisfaction, tion necessarily will determine what it was a mild and negative satisfac Japan will be in the fufure. An ag 8 tion in the fact that Gromyko was gressive Japan, seeking to gain new ■ territory, new resources, through war ALBANY — 2 Miles South on 99E stymied in his attempts to gum up is ruled out by the terms of the two the works at San Franciseo. treaties for the time being. But an Our pride in the treaty itself, in opportunistic Japan, seeking to re nK»öiaiSHKDH»»öia»lSÖÖ«ööaiöS(»laöö»)S«öööi(>a(ö»ÖDööö:ö:öiO(R(e(©iia»)aet' the generous and far-sighted terms open the old markets in China or es of our peace with Japan, is a little tablish new trade with other commu uncomfortable because there are some nist-controlled countries (and through twinges of doubt about the treaty’s trade agreements entering into politi success in operation. We know we cal agreements, too), is not unlikely. are taking a calculated risk when we Nor is it unlikely that an opportunistic base our hopes for permanent Japan may feel that the US., commit Western alignment by Japan on faith, ted to the containment of communism, and little else. This “treaty of recon is “over a barrel’’ for any Japanese WE HAVE PURCHASED THE EQUIPMENT AND BUSINESS ciliation” is an experiment, and no demands OF THE body knows how it will turn out. ♦ ♦ ♦ It is a good thing that the U. S.- Even if Japan and the other signa Japanese security treaty was signed tories hold to the letter of the treaty, almost simultaneously with the peace the spirit of the treaty may be vio AND SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE treaty. At least, the West is assured lated. Japan herself honestly may military bases in Japan. As New try to become a nation in good stand York Times Military Analyst Hanson ing among other free nations, but her I Baldwin says, it lays the cornerstone old enemies, out of a lingering wish for the structure of a multilateral for revenge or self-interest, may force Pacific "alliance” against communist Japan into an antagonistic position. aggression. It makes Japan a poten If the former ajlies against Japan Areas and Surrounding Communities — Call for Service at tial bastion, filling the gap in the refusk to ratify the treaty, or press STAYTON—541 Third Street strategic line from the Aleutians to too hard the issue of reparations-by- MILL CITY— Sumpter Jewelry Bldg. Okinawa and the Phillippines. labor, or pass trade restrictions that Call Stayton Phone 4174 * * * will make Japan’s economic position Phone 4174 But it doesn't settle the role—in impossible, then we can expect no evitably a major role—to be played 1 good results for our efforts. Seeing by a renascent Japan in the Pacific, I to it that everyone lives up to the I a Japan which will re-emerge as a I spirit of the treaty will become a new FRANCIS LULAY AL BOCHSLER great industrial and military power. diplomatic burden for the United And the peace treaty doesn’t define States, and thus this country will still y that role, either; it merely gives be partly responsible for Japan’s future. Japan the center of the stage and the So there isn't any dancing in the right to ad lib. From now on, except for a few ! I streets; there is only the feeling of restrictions, the Japanese people will , 1 relief of one job done, and the hope I have to decide for themselves what that it will turn out to be a good job. they will do with their military, in —From The Statesman dustrial, political potentials. Up to rw now Japan's decisions have been made LICENSED for her by American planners and her TO SAVE TIME AND MONEY FOR ALL national shortages supplied by Amer I ican funds. The U. S. will continue to THE LOGGERS IN THE NORTH SANTIAM I I be responsible for Japan's military I AREA, I AM PUTTING A COMPLETE STOCK 5 defense "indefinitely,” but that does not mean forever. Technically, the $1.50 per month and up OF LOGGING SUPPLIES IN AT BASSETT’S U.S. will not continue to be respons Also serving Gates. Lyons, WELDING SHOP AT LYONS. ORE. ible for Japan's economic and political I Idanha and Detroit future. And that’s where the big BETWEEN FLOYD AND MYSELF. I AM MILL CITY trouble lies. • • • DISPOSAL SERVICE SURE WE WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU For Japan's central difficulty re- I Phone 3952 I BETTER SERVICE THAN YOU HAVE EVER mains today what it was before Pearl , LEON \RD HERM \N Harbor: overpopulation, not enough , HAD BEFORE IN THIS AREA. South Side Trailers I ATTENTION! Santiam Ready Mix Co. Salem Heavy Hauling & Equipment Co 1405 N. Front St. SALEM, ORE. Salem Phones: 2-1924: Night 2 4417 HAULING AND MOVING HEAVY MACHINERY and Mill Equipment Up To 25 Tons Including D8 and 111)11 Cats, and x4-yard shovels. Complete Rigging Outfit, Winch Trucks, Low-bed Trailers Prompt Service in Stayton-Mill City-Mt. Angel Marion County Redi Mix Co. 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