The MILL CITY ENTERPRISE
"JOE BEAVER
By Ed Nofziger
2—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE
June 11, 1953
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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.
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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.
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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