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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1953)
Editorial Comments The MILL CITY ENTERPRISE February 5. 1953 2—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE -., — : LET THE PEOPLE RILE tern of , i long, u bitter campaigns is no am bringing ” the . plight of my , husband , . . | to your attention, not only for his | Estes Kefauver doesn’t pull any longer justified. sake, but for the many more like him Entered a* second-claaa matter November 10. IS44 at the post office at punches in his Collier’s article, “Why “> have never seen an> “ense in throughout the nation, He Is 41, a Mill City. Oregon, under the Act of March S, 1ST». By MRS. S. T. MOORE Not Let the People Elect Our Presi- practically killing our presidents be veteran, handicapped by the loss of way he Rudy Lumber company was high dent’” fore w< CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING: One insertion for 50c or three for $1.00. his left hand.» We had high hopes The Enterprise will not be responsible for more than one incorrect in bidder on timber auctioned Tuesday The Tennessee senator who made pu^>!i ’J' sertion. Errors in advertising should be reported immediately. Display Perhaps Senator Kefauver has not that he would be able to overcome this at the Detroit ranger station. a valiant but futile fight for the handicap, but our hopes were ill Advertising 45c column inch. Political Advertising 75c inch. The sale is located on Mary’s Creek Democratic nomination declares that devised the perfect plan for modify- founded. Month after month, it has T------------------ I ing and improving our nominating and includes 72,000 board feet of blow “ the election system in this country been the same heart-breaking story NEWSPAPf R is bad enough, pegged as it is to the an_d . el^t,inf;_?^Ure8-, Several over and over again. He tries to get down and insect killed trees. , PUBLISH! RS antiquated electoral college tradition ‘ others, including Senators Douglas of any kind of work, Several times he Bid prices were $15.50 for Douglas ASSOCIATION which makes it possible for a candi Illinois and Smathers of Florida, have has been hired and then released with fir and $3.00 for Hemlock. date to receive a minortiy of the pop plans, too. Smathers, for example, | the excuse that it made the other • « • ular vote and still be elected presi believes that if a vice president sue- j workers uncomfortable to work along Star Reed and Frank Moore are “THU PAPER THAT HAS NO ENEMIES HAS NO FRIENDS.’ dent.. But the convention system is ceeds to the presidency by reason of side a man with only one hand. The in Oakridge this week attending a —George Pui am. a death, there should be a special a mockery of our democratic proc presidential election at the next gen doors of American industry are closed timber management training session. esses.” tightly against the handicapped. It Mrs. Nettie McMillan, mother of eral election. Then from his own bitter experi is a shame that such a state of affairs Mrs. Star Reed, is a house guest at In any event, the Tennessean makes ence and observation he points out case for presidential elec exists—but it does—in every city and the ranch home of Mrs. Edna Swartz The North Santiam hit the front pages again this how national conventions become “the a tion cogent ” near Jefferson. reform. We agree with him that every town in • our * country. * ■week with something that is unfortunate this time, a easy tool of the political bosses, the the era of boss rule is fading and that slick manipulators and the unscrupul huge landslide right onto our North Santiam highway. ous his program, if approved, might be its I How’s business? It’s great if you king-makers.” can get a J75 million ocean liner for death blow. Lest those situated on the South Santiam smirk, we would Kefauver $28 million — at the taxpayers’ ex- | is optimistic, however. remind them that their’s was a like fate not so many He believes that the people, after fol We agree also that the people pense. The United States Lines, I should control elections, not rigged years ago! We can take pride that ours is the biggest, lowing the conventions by TV' and , convention halls and smoke-filled owners of the luxury liner United I States (sometimes known as the U. | radio, are now wise to this “unde rooms.—From Oregon Journal. it must be. It’s in the North Santiam! S.S. Subsidy), report net earnings of , mocratic spectacle ” and will move to So far we have found the public most gentle in their $7 a share for 1952—up $3 per share remedy it. comment on the whole situation of a 15,000 cubic yard Still smarting over the ignominious above 1951. slide right smack on our fine new highway. It’s said that treatment he received at the Demo- ’1 YOUR JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMES that road, meaning the North Santiam highway, slices cratic convention, particularly at the 1 TODAY! through some pretty big mountains and so it does. Until hands of Chairman Sam Rayburn, who , AUTHORIZED blocked his last-minute effort to with we can get things settled alongside this new roadway we in favor of Governor Stevenson, | DEALER all can expect more of the same in the years ahead. The draw Kefauver bears no grudges. He cam- South Santiam route was plagued by one slide after an I paigned energetically for Stevenson (Heard over KPOJ, Portland, at 10:15 FOR p.m., Monday through Friday) other until the earth decided that the whole thing was, and he pledges his co-operation to President Eisenhower. But he does after all, permanent. If you hold GI insurance, here’s a believe that something should It seems absurd blaming Oregon rain for this whole be done, strongly and soon, about presidential tip that may be worth a lot to you. thing. A more appealing excuse for it is that one of the election reform. Very few veterans know it, but there .14 North Santiam’s choice deer kicked a rock and started The Kefauver program involves a is a bargain in disability insurance the whole thing going. It could be also that an enter federal law setting up presidential available to every veteran who has and Don't let dlfflcult breathing, coughing POWER CHAIN SAWS wheezing, due to recurring spasms of his GI insurance in force. It is prising Mill City chamber of commerce member dreamed primaries in all states. Delegates a kept Bronchial Asthma or simple Bronchitis ruin your sleep and energy without trying would be firmly pledged to cast their provision of the policy which enables Phone 1652 MENDACO. Works through your blood to up the whole thing just so we could get some more free votes help loosen and remove thick, strangling for leading candidates in state the insured to pay a small premium mucus. Thus usually allays coughing which state-wide publicity! 24-HOUR SERVICE primaries on a proportional basis. No which will entitle him to $5 a month permits freer breathing and sounder sleep. MENDACO under money back guar “Uncle Sam” will pick up the check on this current candidate could be placed on the ballot on each $1,000 worth of insurance in Get antee at druggists. case of disability. This means that a splurge of nature in the North Santiam canyon. The against his will, as they may be in 30-year-old vet with a $10,000 policy Oregon. Nominations at national state of Oregon again snickers up its sleeve at the plight conventions would be by simple ma can pay an additional $10.70 per year of “Old Whiskers’. The horseless carriage certainly has jority. After 10 ballots delegates and draw $50 a month in case he been making a dent in “Uncle’s” bankroll for many years would be free to vote for any one becomes disabled. Not enough to live now. Our North Santiam is no exception, far from it. of the three leading contenders for on but quite a help in time of trouble. How do you find out about this dis Highways such as we have right under our noses cost nomination. ability provision of your GI insur Kefauver has an interesting sug many pesos. We in the North Santiam voice an Allah about nominating vice presi ance? Just make written application to “Unde” for his making possible such fine roads. To gestion dential candidates. He would have to your nearest Veterans Administra the thousands and thousands who have pitched in tax them chosen by delegates from the tion office and be able to furnish sat dollars to the federal treasury we say, “Thanks”. We three candidates who polled the next isfactory proof of good health. It’s at a low cost. like ’em even if they do get stopped up once in a while! highest number of votes in the nation disability insurance * « * wide primaries. He believes this The mail is full of letters from j would prevent “degrading” the office of vice president to the political bar ladies who tell me that their nylons aren’t what they used to be. From ter level. Finally, Kefauver urges shorter Chicago comes this lady's comment: , presidential campaigns. He believes “Tell the ladies and the girls that I quite properly, that our present sys- have solved the problem of nylons: quite a while ago. I pay 82 cents a * ■yrx gjgrrx pair for black cotton stockings. They | wear like iron and they look like gunny sacks but thej- never run! But We received this short letter from ! thenM am 75 and I seldom run either.” ♦ * * 1 Mr. Hunter this week and we find Crosley Refrigerators and Ranges I that it expresses the feeling of many Charles E. Wilson’s attitude while residents here and perhaps you have : testifying before the senators was not Bendix and Thor Dryers some thoughts on the subject too. If one which was likely to make any so you are welcome to use this column ' friends. He was the big successful Small Appliances pro and con on the subject at any executive; they were the politicians time. Try not to write your letters who worked for comparative’ peanuts, i ELECTRIC HEATING too long, however, we would like to The ex-president of General Motors INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL WIRING I have longer ones than Mr. Hunter snapped at the senators: “What's good COM M E R( ’ IA L LIGHTING 1405 N. Front St. SALEM. ORE. gave us. His letter follows: for General Motors is good for the * * * i country.” Salem Phones: Lyons Phone: You may recall that another fellow To the Editor: 2-1924; Night 2 1417 113 How about a Public Utility Dis named Wilson dealt with that same I topic, but he told the whole story. HAULING AND M0V1NG HEAVY MACHINERY trict election now? My winter operating expense has His name was Woodrow Wilson and and Mill Equipment Up To 25 Tons Detroit, Oregon gone up too. Can I get 20% more? he said: “When privilege gets the Including DR and HUI I Cats, and %-yard shovels. No, and neither can you. Let’s have profits, the people pay the price.” ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING Complete Rigging Outfit, Winch Trucks, Low-bed Trailers • * « Phone 263 that PUD election now. F.H.A. FINANCING Box 176 C. F. HUNTER. Mill City. Writes a San Francisco lady: “I MILL CITY. OREGON DETROIT DON PETERSON. Publisher Nature Rampages on Highway Auto Supply FRANK EDWARDS Says: M c C ulloch ASTHMA COUGHS MILL CITY MEAT MARKET Quality Meats and Groceries FOOD LOCKERS FROZEN FOODS Editor's Letter Box Salem Heavy Hauling & Equipment Co Marion Kite ELECTRIC SERVICE _ _ St L PAY LATER From Major .Motor Repairs to Body and Fender Work. Nothing Down! 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