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The MILL CITY ENTERPRISE "JOE BEAVER By Ed Nofziger 2—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE June 11, 1953 OUR DEMOCRACY------- byM4i DON PETERSON. Publisher Entered an Necond-claHis matter November 10, 1944 at the post office at Mill City, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 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. NIWSPAHl PUBLISHERS NATION A L ■ EDITORIAL S ASSOCIATION “THE PAPER THAT HAS NO ENENI1 8 H SS NO FillND8. ____ —George Putnam. A Dam is Dedicated Detroit Dam was officially dedicated Wednesday, In many respects it was not a pleasant dedication. First the generator that was supposed to generate was disabled. The button that was all set up for pressing, naturally could not be pressed. It seems that the big 50,000 kilowatt generator has bearing trouble. Even the crowd was smaller by far than was expected. The dedication speech by the Secretary of Interior lacked spirit. Those assembled gave surprisingly little applause at any time. The weather was a beautiful sunny day. Secretary McKay launched into a weak defense of Forest Set vice, U. S. Department of Agriculture his stand on public power and praised President Eisen When all this snow begins to melt, the folks down below will be hower as a person. None of this inspired any applause mighty glad we've kept a good timber and grass cover on this water during the speech from Detroit Dam’s guests. shed so the water will not run-off too fast," Now that the business of dedicating Detroit I)am has passed, the cold hard facts of life begin for this great structure. Much electricity is expected from it. People are anxious. Budget cuts have already caused construc tion trouble on several dams under construction in the SENATOR WAYNE MORSE mind, a thorough grasp of the problem northwest. Power contracts unfavorable in outlook have The so-called leaders in both major ■ of government, it was not a question been written for the power that will come from these parties go to extreme lengths to main . of competence which cost Senator the committee posts he desired. dams. We are convinced in spite of the above, that tain what is called party discipline. , ' Morse No; actually, on the basis of ability In Washington Monday a coalition of Detroit Dam’s dedication this week was a symbol of a Republicans and conservative south . and experience, no member of either better future. A future that can be guaranteed by men ern Democrats refused to grant Sen. committee was better equipped to of vision. Wayne Morse, of Oregon, his place on i serve. The greatness of the Pacific northwest was brought the Senate Armed Services and the i The action taken by a Republican majority, an action, it must be ad- about by a pioneer spirit. If this greatness be continued, Senate Labor committees. raitted sorrowfully, joined in by some In the eyes of the majority of Sen men and women must awake to their civic duties to their ate Republicans, Mr. Morse is “Peck’s Democrats, is so revealing. A man’s nation. bad boy." He must be spanked, thor capacity to serve his country and his Now that the North Santiam has a giant power source oughly disciplined, properly punished. people with distinction and ability is we should insure that it is just that for our people and Senator Morse, it will be remembered, of no consequence. A man's courage in following his own conscience is to industries. It will be a most frustrating thing, indeed, bolted his party’s candidate for Presi be rebuked. A man’s determination if the citizens of the North Santiam are treated to the dent, something which anyone who to follow the ocurse which he himself values partisanship, cheap or other spectacle of huge power dams generating power that is wise, above everything else finds it believes vital to the welfare of the willfully made too costly for their homes and industries. impossible to forget or to forgive. The interests of his countrymen must be The North Santiam and the Pacific northwest de denial of committee assignments written of for brushed aside in order that the Grand Old Party is in the serves better treatment than this. We have a slight which he previously had held on two position to punish Senator Morse. committees to Senator hunch that our people will see that they do not get such important That is one thing that is wrong with Morse was not based on a lack of com treatment. We hope that the dedication of Big Cliff petence or physical incapacity to dis this country, and terribly wrong. We dam will not be the somber affair that Detroit dam was. charge the committee duties. In the place a premium on partisanship, I n colonial times our . FOREFATHERS built their own homes WITH the help of their , neighbors , they cut TREES INTO LOGS, STRIPPED THEM, PLANKED THEM, NOTCHED AND LASHED AND PEGGED THEM INTO WALLS, FLOORS, (ROOFS. tup price op a ucmf ruEPPirr op ah axp Editorial Comments Knowledge is Power l. WHO INVtNîlO Ikl AUTOMOBILE ? 3, WHAT tMMCTWAS ’M PewCATfi TAÍT« $6N«g? 3 WHÍR.8 iJTHB WOftLDS UAROiST KiNPSR&ARTfNf wasn’t Henry Ford, as many people believe. Ford revolutionized the automobile manufacturing industry; but he did not invent the automobile. The inventor was Sieg fried Marcus, a German-born Austrian, who drove his first car on April 9, 1865. He is not well known partly because of the dre Joaquin Salcedo is teaching Nazis, writes Ken W. Purdy in his more than 7,000 peasants to read book, “The Kings of the Road." and write through short-wave Because Marcus was a Jew, the radio programs beamed to the al Nazis tried to destroy all evidence most inaccessible mountain vil of his connection with the auto lages of Colombia. A picture story in the September Catholic mobile. (2) The butterfly, states Alan Digest describes his methods. Devoe in American Mercury mag When his new short-wave azine. Flitting from one blossom transmitting station is completed ing spray to another, the butter the radio priest will reach more fly makes use of a taste faculty than 100,000 people. The pro so fantastically subtle that no an grams teach the elements of read imal performance in the most ing and writing. Religious sub exotic jungle is more amazing. jects are limited to a half-hour That butterfly in your backyard sermon on Sundays. National can detect the presence of sugar history, agriculture, sanitation, in a mixture of one part to 300,- music, courtesy, and civic obli 000 gations are taught as the pupils (S) In Boyaca, Colombia. Pa- progress. Marion Kite ELECTRIC SERVICE Detroit, Oregon Full Line Crosley Appliances RADIOS — REFRIGERATORS — FREEZERS WASH EILS. DRYERS and TV SETS Electrical Contracting F. II. A. FIN ANCING PHONE 263 P. O. Box 176 whether it is inspired and dedicated to the welfare of America’s masses or blundering, blind, and stupid. Par tisanship is the thing, The party label is all that counts, Party sup port is all-powerful in determining whether an individual of conspicuous ability shall have the right and the opportunity to serve his countrymen. Senator Morse was in Nebraska last weekend, the guest speaker at a mem orial dinner given in memory of the late George W. Norris. Those who (Heard over KPOJ, Portland, at 10:15 heard Senator Morse, and it W’as a p.m., Monday through Friday) most unusual audience that packed the dining room where the dinner was Inflation Insurance: Hoosier Repub held, came aw-ay with the impression lican Homer Capehart, chairman of that here is a man upon whom the the Senate Banking committee, is American people may rely. In this fighting an uphill battle for standby great fight over the conservation of controls on prices, wages and rents— natural resources, the people will dis to be used by the President at any cover that they owe an eternal debt time during the next two years if an of gratitude to Senator Morse. He emergency presents itself. Capehart will be on guard. And because he will regards his measure as insurance—a be on guard, it will be more difficult safeguard that would be ready if for certain powerful groups with self needed. But the ultra-reactionaries ish aims to serve to put over their who see ¿-ontrols as possible deter games. The address which Senator rents to runaway profits, are giving Morse gave at this memorial dinner Uncle Homer a hard way to go. was one of the most effective, power • * * ful, political discussions to which Ne Government by influence peddlers braskans have been privileged to listen continues. Recently the House Ways for a good many years. and Means committee held a closed The boys now* in the saddle may session to work on legislation dealing deny him committee assignments he with unemployment compensation desires, but in so doing they will not funds, Properly worded, it could give clip his wings. They may undertake certain industries a windfall of $65 every measure of discipline but they million a year—at the expense of the will not make a coward out of him. wage earners. Although top Admin Senator Wayne Morse will follow his istration officials opposed the scheme, conscience. He will do what he thinks the bill came out of committee almost is in the public interest and not even exactly as the Big Business propon the possibility that his rebellion may ents wanted it. bring him opposition should he seek Sitting in with the members of the re-election will reduce him to the House Ways and Means committee at status of a timid soul. The American people will find at this closed meeting, was Stanley- Rector, lobbyist for the Unemploy the close of this struggle that what ment Benefit Advisors, Inc.—an outfit they need is more representatives of whose list of contributors includes the courage, the high sense of in most of the giant corporations of the tegrity, the conscience of Sen. Wayne nation, such as General Motors, Allis- Morse. They need more men of this Chalmers, Standard Oil of California, caliber, not fewer of them, in the and Alcoa. Rector promptly sent his dominant role of shaping America's Big Business clients a letter covering future. — From the Lincoln Star of the developments of Jhe closed meet May 27, 1953, and placed in Congres ing. and also sent them an analysis sional Record of June 2, by Hon. of the new bill as worked out by the Charles W. Tobey. committee—a bill which most mem bers of congress had not yet seen. It \N ANCIENT GAME la a strange sort of crusade: some in In New York a librarian is retiring fluence peddlers get investigated: who disproved the American folk tale others get invited into closed execu that baseball began with Col. Abner tive sessions. Doubleday- at Cooperstown, New York, e e e In 1839. Robert W. Henderson, the For the first time in 20 years, the librarian, showed that the game ex signatures on new issues of paper isted at a much earlier date. money bear Republican signatures. It In fact, it seems to have begun in is interesting to note that the serial England as early as 1700, originating numbers on this new paper money from a game played with milking carry the distinguishing letters: “NG". stools as bases. It was even played I n this modern age of specialization , a home has become THE BIGGEST SINGLE EXPENSE IN THE LIFE OF THE AVERAGE AMERICAN FAMILY. YET MORE THAN HALF THE POPULATION OWN HOMES TODAY AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER FAMILIES ARE WORKING AND SAVING TO BUY ONE, AT THE SAME TIME, FOUR OUT OF FIVE AMERICAN FAMILIES ARE PUTTING A ROOF OVER THEIR FUTURE TOO, THROUGH INCREASED LIFE INSURANCE AND SAVINGS. FLOWERS ARE ALWAYS IN FASHION by MARY HAZEL DRUMMOND Author of tho Book “Styling Corsages with Garden Flowers" Tho flowers that grow in your garden can be used in many ways to lend grace and enchantment to your home and to you Jun* is tho time ot year to plant dahlias if you want to enjoy their beauty and utility early this fall. With tho many scientific discoveries now available to help make flowers and other plants flourish, it Is no longer prime of life, physically vigorous, cap able of devoting long hours to the job, intellectually outstanding among his colleagues in the Senate, a brilliant FRANK EDWARDS Says: After first selecting a container in proportion to the size and number of flowers you plan to use, cut the tallest bloom (1) about one and one-half limes the length of the bowl. Cut the second stem (2) two-thirds and the third stem (3) one-third as long as the tallest bloom. Place each bloom on a sharp needle« holder so each stem appears as one unit and have each bloom facing up to the highest flower. Then cut additional doh. lia stems different heights ond arrange 'them in the empty spaces, thereby ere« ating a complete flower arrangement. Dahlias should be cut in the coolest port of the day. Four to five inches of the stem should be placed in boiling waler for about three minutes and then In cold water for several hours. Tho items on dahlias are slow to take up water, so if the cut end is hammered, the flowers will last longer due to greater absorption. Another fascinating use for flowers Is in creating your own corsages. Flowers worn on the wrist ore a flattering floral pioco for almost any occasion. Select a Dahlia Arrangement just the lucky few who hove o “green thumb ' who can reop the harvest of their flower beds. Dohlias are particularly easy to roiso if properly planted. They should be planted in full sun. first treoting the soil to a six-inch depth with a scientific« oily tested soil conditioner such os Krilium to provide proper soil structure. They come in a variety of colors In« eluding white, pale tints and many bright, gay shades. Proper arrangement is very important in getting the most beauty out of flow, ers and the illustration shows one of the most effective methods of styling dohlias. by the boy who became King George III, which makes it the more difficult to account for his provoking the American War of Independence. But it was not until 1838 that “The Boy’s Book of Sports” revised the rules from the English game of “rounders,” placed the bases on a “dia-1 mond,” and had the players run them 1 counterclockwise. Around 1845 the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York, an amateur group, made base ball a grown-up game, though it did not become professionalized until the 1870’s. To a current generation of fans such names as “Babe” Ruth, Rogers Hornsby, Walter Johnson, and “Ty” Cobb sound slightly historical without going back to “Honus” Wagner, few small pompon dchlios ond, for a light, airy effect, arrange o few sprays of the geroldton wax flower in with them. Use ribbon, velvet tubing or chan« ille to lie the band of flowers to your wrist and you will have a flattering ad> dition to your costume “Christy” Mathewson, “Cy” Young, “Pop” Anson, and “Kid” Nichols. But the game does go back considerably further than 1839—as a juvenile pas time, at least, and the wives of fans have varied opinions on whether it still belongs in that category. It’s another illustration of the point that in human events truth is not only stranger than fiction but more com plicated. — From Christian Science Monitor. Never - - a Dull Moment “At the Bottom of the Hill" MILL CITY TAVERN
