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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1953)
IlLCKLEBERRY FINN One Cent Power- 6—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE (Continued from Page 4) which today is marked by ineffective- ness and failure to act in the con sumer and public interest. When the regulatoiy bodies of state after state issue orders, to hand over on a silver platter the entire $1,600,- 000,000 of accelerated amortization benefits to the stockholders instead of to the rate-payers, then we can well conclude that state legulation is not merely a failure but a hopeless fail ure. As an associatoin it may not be improper for us to consider the adop tion of a resolution urging the ex emption of all private electric corpora Lindemann house across the street tions from regulation by public utility from the Variety store. The Mc- commissions. A beter solution to this Whirks moved from the Schwindt entire unsavory situation is to urge The members of the Santiam chapel faim in Jordan. the enactment of legislation permit- met with Rev. Atwood Forester, dis jng statewide administrative machin E. L. Roye returned Sunday eve ery to promptly acquire the entire trict superintendent of the Assembly ning from Elgin, Ore., where he spent properties of the private electric cor of God churches, and Rev. Paul Dorr, the weekend at the home of his son porations, to operate the generation sectional presleeter and voted to co and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Roye. and transpmission facilities by means operate with the Assemblies of God. , Mrs. Clara Corbin of Mill City stayed of such a state agency and to provide They also voted to change the name with Mrs, Roye while he was away. for local public and co-operative dis of the church from Santiam Chapel, Mr. and Mrs. Leland Manning are to the Santiam Assembly of God. tribution agencies. the parents of a baby boy born Friday. as Luster Young resigned Rev. Another misconception which has pastor and the Rev. L. E. Gould will May 15, at the Salem General hospital. The child weighed 8 lbs. 11 ozs., and been promoted by the private utility be the succeeding pastor. has been named Larry Dennis. propagandists has been the expression Mr. and Mrs. Donald McWhirk and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Larimer have •‘public power versus private power family have moved into the Fred J moved to a farm near Jordan. Mrs. fight”. I want to deny the existence I Elva Kuiken bought their home here of a fight between “public power and private power”. This attack has been do those things which we know are I in town and moved in over the week started and is heavily financed by right. We can take the steps to cut end. Mrs. Kuiken hopes to sell her the stockholder-owned, management- costs without being damped by rules I large house in town. Monday evening a meeting was controlled private electric corpora from some investment manipulator tions. It is directed against the peo back east who might dictate the held at the Mari-Linn school house ple. The cost of the propaganda at amount or kind of new investment we to vote the county budget for 1953-54 tack is financed by the very rate would be allowed to make. We are which passed unanimously. payers against whom the attack is di allowed to buy transformers and poles Mrs. Helen Anderson and Mrs. rected. It is not a fight. It is a and wire with the money which the Hazel Lewis, members of Fai’h Re one way attack by the companies upon private utility corporations budget by bekah lodge, went to Portland Tues the people. Our public anil co-opera the tens and hundreds of thousands day morning where they will attend tive power systems are instruments of dollars for propaganda, lobbying the Grand Lodge of the Rebekah As of the will of the people. There is a and political purposes and for expen- sembly of Oregon. Helen is a dele burden and a duty upon us to repre give advertisements of babies spout- gate from Faith Rebekah lodge of sent our people and not only our own ing words of deep concern about Lyons. customers but in my opinion we have socialism. Mr. and Mrs. John Neal had as their a duty to represent the public in gen- ’ We are fortunate, you and I, be- gu st over the weekend Miss Florence cral, including the helpless victims of cause we can have a sense of self- Flande of Salem. While she w-as here the private corporations. So I leave respect in regard to the execution of they made a trip to Eastern Oregon | 13. Also for the gland lodge, which with you this additional thought that our duties as trustees for and on be and also visited the Cooley Gardens in will be held in Portland this week. there is no separate thing called public half of out customers. In particular Silverton. Delegates are Helen Anderson and power. Our systems are merely in- we do not have to spend vast sums The Mother and Daughter banquet Garnett Bassett, who was elected to etruments of public policy. The fight of money to apply false labels on our will be held in the all puipose room replace Zona Sischo, who will be un is between the private utility manage- ' product and on our way of doing busi room at the Mari-Linn school Thurs able to attend. ments on the one hand and on the ness. day evening, May 28, at 6:30 p.m. The Entertainment was in charge of other hand THE PEOPLE, all the The Penny As Our Yardstick guest speaker will be Miss Viola Han Maxine Berry and Rose Coffman. Let me pull these various thoughts sen, home extension worker from Coi • people. At the close of the evening the com We are fortunate, you nr.d I, to be together by commending to you for vallis. mittee, Alma Olmstead, Lucille Huber able to work in public and co-opera your earnest consideration the slogan The tegular meeting of Faith Re and Laura Neal, served refi eshments. tive power systems. We are free to or motto of ONE CENT POWER. bekah lodge was held Wednesday eve- Members of the Altar society held Let us show in our reports and pub- ! I ning, May 13, with Jean Robert.-, their meeting at the home of Mrs. » ' licity what progress we are making 1 noble grand, and Garnett Bassett, vice Robert Free Tuesday evening. ' toward our goal of ONE CENT grand, presiding over the meeting. ¡I Mrs. Giles Wagner was hostess for Tax Consultant Auditor 1 | POWER. Let us abandon as treach- I Plans were discussed for the district the Home Economics club of the San- ! t rous and too vague the terms of low | convention, which will be held in Scio 1 tiam Valley Grange, held at her home I cost power, cheap power or reason Saturday afternoon and evening, June in Mehama. Tuesday afternoon. able lates. I want to endorse and * PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT* reaffirm the motto which Ford North Bookkeeping, Accounting and ¡ rop discussed three years ago when % % ✓ Tax Service > he urged us to provide "the best pos sible service at the lowest possible Comer 3rd ä Marino cost.” STAYTON. ORE. I am convinced and hope you are Telephone 1114 that this nation and our industry has P. 0. Box 1321 i leached the stage of te< hnological de velopment where the engineer can send the great seivant of electricity into every American city home for an average cost of one cent per kilo watt hour, and perhaps to the rural areas for about one and a half cents. It is my hope, in conclusion, that we might sharpen the issues and inciease public understanding of the basic eco nomics involved in the electric utility business by considering each of us for his utility the adoption of a slogan or motto of ONE CENT POWER. Let’s use the penny as our yardstick. IT’S AMAZING! LYONS W. N. SIMMONS ii Shuffie board Good Music I MEANDER INN t ♦ » I ♦ » I » I I » I ! » * Where Friends Meet On Highway 222, Linn County Side MILL CITY George “Sparky” Bitter / Áwway ; y OU /ooA w/ets thaw et/er. ASTHMA COUGHS Don t kt difficult breathing, coughing «nd wheezing, due to recurring spasms of Bronchial Asthma or simple Bronchitis ruin your sleep and energy without trying MEN PACO. Works through your blood to help loosen and remove thick, strangling mucus. Thus usually allays coughing which permits freer breathing and sounder sleep. Get MFNDACO under money back guar antee at druggist*. 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