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4—The Mill City Enterprise, Thursday, Oct 9, 1969 THE LETTERS TO THE' EDITOR ■» ting about my generation, if ' | you are really worried about the condition of things today, why not try and correct them both sides of the fence? Sincerely, Vai Chai lender 13800 Biola Ave. La Mirada Cal. 906:18 MILL CITY ENTERPRISE r. O. Box 348 Phone 897-2772 Mill City, Ore. 97360 Published at Mill City, Marinn Comity, Ore. every' Thursday Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Postoffice at Mill City, Oregon, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. The Mill City Enterprise assumes no financial responsibility for errors in advertisements. It will, however, reprint without charge or cancel the charge for that portion of an advertisement which is in error if The Enterprise is at fault. TO THE EDITOR, An independent newspaper, dedicated to the development I have just finished reading TO THE EDITOR: of the timber industry and agriculture in this area. the Mill City Enterprise, es Earlier this m nth I visited AAl.MOtK pecially the letter from Betty your beautiful Valley for a McCall. It really did me some few days, and left, having : Ie. ‘VSPAPER good to see this. Finally maybe bought a small country proper k PUBLISHERS some of the "people” in this ty? "ASSOCIATION area who were trying to ignore Until I move in next spring this alcohol problem will real I’d like to keep up with the Association • Founded 7885 ize that it is our problem, local news, and enclose $2.50 Subscription Kates yours and mine. 1 have talked for 6 months subscription to Marion-Linn Counties, per year ....................................... — $4.00 to some adults who readily ad your paper Outside Marion-Linn Counties, per year ............................. $450 mit that they have been using Thanking You, Outside Oregon, per year ............................ $5.00 beer, gin, bourbon, etc. They Sincerely Y urs, say that to them it is no worse DON W. MOFFATT.... ............................... Editor and Publisher Roland Barker than the drugs their children GEORGE LONG ............................. Assistant Publisher-Printer Las Vegas, Nevada. consume or the music that we GOLDIE RAMBO .................................Society and News Editor younger generation resort to. LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ROSE CREE ............................................... Local News Editor Maybe not, but how about First I would like to com CORRESPONDENTS the things—hard liquor and mend Tom Drynan, for his let Detroit-Idanha ........................................................ Boots Champion these other alcoholic drinks ter to the Editor. In spite of Gates __________________ _________________ Toni Thomas lead to. It is very difficult and knowing it would ruffle feath Mehama...................................... Mrs. John Teeters - Jean Roberts sometimes terribly embarras- ers in the wrong direction. Lyons ____________________________________ Eva Bressler i.ng, for us as “teenagers” to Thanks for an interest in our admit that our parents are in young people. volved. What do we know There are some people who about it? I don’t know, except are willing tj give of their the first step is to admit that time and have in the past tried BIT IT’S A LONG, LONG RAINBOW! we are involved and then real in many ways to help our ly take the bull by the horns young people. We have Blue- Uk? A QI 1 i nd liecome involveil. I per Birds, Camp Fire Girls, Cub Mèi L. & i '.A*'' ■’ sonally have talked to quite a and Boy Scouts, which, with ■ V J k IK B À Pw 1 ) riuml>er of “people” about this. adult leaders, is a start in the Some young people that I right direction. Still, even for know are aware that their par these younger children, people ents are, or have, used some are not interested. When m >- kind of alcoholic drink, and tiler’s are asked to help, lead we’ve talked about it, but and guide these children by be AND KEEPS THE WORLD IN FOCUS there’s not much “we” can do. ing a ‘‘den mother” or Camp- They know where their par Fire “Guardian”, They reply, ents are, and what they are Oh! I can’t that’s my bowling doing, but there’s still not day or that’s my Bridge day, much we can do. or I have a Pinochle party organizations, and I am sure the road to a more full useful Believe me after talking to that day. Then there are par will be continued, or at least and contributing member of a some of these adults who are ents, where both work and the I hope will be continued by community, the fewer we have involved I am too sick and children are turned loose, I some other group. There were to spend tax dollars on wel scared to think of what’s going know I have felt and know of measles clinics, Kindergarden fare, detention in a facility far to become of them, somebody others that have felt like free support. Help for needy child youth or in penal institutions. has got to help them, some baby sitters. ren, Room mothers and others Volunteering or accepting how. What kind of grandpar Last year, because of lack to help with school parties and when asked to help make our LYONS—Election of officers ents will our children have, if of interest and everyone too programs. area a better place to live was the main business at the our parents keep on experi busy, our PTA folded. The unfortunate part of our needs no apologies. Even if meeting of Santiam Valley menting with these drinks? This was an organization endeavors, if that is the proper our efforts didn’t turn out as Grange held Friday night, el I realize this is a takeoff sa working for our children. Oh. phasing, is that the known re well as we hoped. we tried. ected were Thurman Smith tire of Mrs. McCall’s letter yes, people ask what did they sults can only be seen on a Their is no evil more imper master; Lee Pinkston, Over from last week’s Enterprise, do? long term basis, as in the re ious than indifference. It is the seer; Mrs. Georgia Hays, lec but it’s frustrating to see the Well to name a few things duced cases of measles. breeding ground for many turer; Mrs. Fem Sletto, Sec grownups trying to justify The Canyon Scholarship which In the case of scholarships, problems in society. retary; Mrs. Ada Plymale, themselves, by constantly fret- they spearheaded with other any youth we can send down When people criticize or com Treasurer; Roy Lambert, stew plain a good thought is we ard; Frank Bast, assistant stew don’t pretend to be perfect but ard; Berta Basl, lady assisttant we try and what have you steward; Alvin Palmer, gate done to help? keeper; Mrs. Doris Miley, Chap Let’s get behind some kind lin; Lois Myers, Ceries; Celene of a program to help our Taylor, Pomona; Bessie Hamp young people. ton, Flora; John Shafer, Lloyd Sletto and Elmer Taylor the Mrs. Howard Morrison. executive committee; Mrs. WHAT PRICE AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL? Clara Wizer, musician. It has been almost four years since Congress passed the The new officers will be in Water Qaality Act and two years since the Air Quality Act stalled November second at was adopted. Has anybody noticed any improvement in our Crowfoot Grange with Po mona Grange officers doing streams, or in the air over our cities? Yes, we are on our way to winning our fight against pol the installing. They are also invited to take part in the Art lution. Voters in many states have voted higher taxes to mod and Photo exhibit. ernize municipal sewage treatment facilities which in many "There isn’t a game bird cases were obsolete half a century ago. Industry is stepping up that flies or a trophy head in its ]>ollution control activities and is making important strides. existence that is worth endang Many companies voluntarily started the antipollution crusade ering the life of a hunting com panion.” back in the ‘thirties’ and hundreds of millions of dollars have This statement was made by been spent to provide industrial air and water pollution control. John McKean, state game dir Petroleum companies alone are now spending a million ector, as he urged hunters to dollars a day to eliminate pollution from their plants. The iron be careful with firearms during The Detroit School Board of and steel industry has invested over one billion dollars for clean the hunting seasons which will Education will hold their reg air and water. be underway during the next Such expenditures do not necessarily mean instant im three months. McKean voiced ular monthly meeting October hir concern over 13 nonfatal 9, at 7:30 P. M. in the elemen provement. Air and water pollution control facilities must be firearms hunting accidents tary school. designed, built, installed. w hich have already occurred There will be no school Fri Pollution control equipment is usually expensive. Pol this year, eight of which invol day, October 10, due to State lution controls at one foundry added $1-5 million to the orig ved juveniles. Wide Inservice Day. inal cost of $20 million. Few companies can afford to do the All of the accidents except A Marion County Health entire job in one year. So they install as much equipment as ont were the direct result of I Nurse will be at the Detroit careless handling of firearms. School October 9th to weigh, thnir resources permit, and plan future improvements. These investments normally bring no return of income The lone exception involved | measure and _ give eye exams the wounding of an individual to the first grade through the but do achieve a broad social benefit. One way of improving in line of fire with neither the third. industry's performance is to provide some form of tax assist- victim nor the shooter know ance to companies in meeting the costs of pollution abati- Detroit Jr High is schedul ing of the other’s presence. ed to play (football) at St. McKean aimed some of his Mary’s Thursday, October 9th ment. But industry’s efforts alone will not bring about clean remarks at parents who allow at 3:30 p. m. air and water, for 80 per cent of the pollution in this country youngsters to hunt without The Detroit Cougar Football is from other sources. Human sewage dumped into our streams supervision or without ade quate training in the safe hand team will play Cascade Locks after inadequate treatment is our worst source of water pollu ling of firearms. One juvenile there Friday. October 10th 3:00 tion. There are a myriad of sources of air pollution, including shot himself while illegally p. m. Students are requested home heating equipment, incinerators and autos. hunting quail on his parents’ to bring a sack lunch. Ws will have clean air and water. But this will not happen property. Another accident in Detroit school district clerk overnight and it will cost ns money. We will be paying higher | Ruth Miller, announced this volved youngsters hunting rab bits with their parents’ permis I week there is 111 elementary taxes and higher prices before we are able to see again “Our sion but without adult super students enrolled and 124 Jr. alabaster cities gleam above the fruited plain." Sr. High students for the en vision. suing year 196!» and 1970. In r Oregon law requires that ju The true iact* about anything men. Nobody ever claimed they veniles less than 18 years of comparison there were 99 ele are seldom pure and never simple. were all perfect. But one thing age must possess a hunter mentary students and 99 Jr. ON DISPLAY NOW Facts often are deeply hidden, like certificate to hunt on Sr. High students enrolled last is certain: No other agency, insti safety lands other than their own or year. the seven-eighths of an iceberg tution, or group of people of any Mrs. Dallas Benton Idanha, those of a parent or guardian. which always lie under water. kind is engaged in digging out and Juveniles under 14 years of has leased her Beauty Shop All Models — Cars and Trucks age must be accompanied by to Mrs Steve Simpson. When your newspaper reporter publishing important facts about adults, IMMEDIATE DELIVERY and youngsters under Mr, and Mrs. Gale Fagan De says to the mayor, or the school our public life. 12 may not hunt big game. troit returned home last week Reports of investigating of from Orville. Wa*. where superintendent, or the chief of po That’s the job of a free and un ficers OVER 100 1969 Dodge indicate the accidents oc they had been visiting Mr. and lice, "May 1 ask you a question or licensed press. This newspaper curred because of some in- .Mrs. Henry Kniss. Cars and Trucks at Wholesale Prices two?” he is really "diving” for fraction of the basic rules of Some excitement occured would like you to remember that firearms SAVINGS OF $700 — $1,000 safety. One accident last week in the Eagle Rock facts. He hopes to bring to the during National Newspaper Week, occurred because the victim area. The story goes, a sky light of day other related names, thought the weapon was un cart got loose from Cal Mar October 5-11. Full Line of Sunbeam and Simen Imports loaded One youngster almost | I digging Co , and went sailing figures, or relationships which will lost a hand while he was drag through the air. “LIKE A BAT tell his readers a fuller story. ging his loaded rifle through OFT OF HELL". It was found the brush by the muzzle. Sev- needless to say very badly I Good newspapers, good news- • ral accidents occurred while damage«!. Dealers For: pap« linen constantly dive, dig, and firearms were being load«! or orote beneath the appearances of unloaded. Five accidents in- Bodge Cars A Trucks v Ived pistols, six involved .22 Generally, some kind of hunt Chrysler leasing things to their deeper, often hid Salem caliber rifles, and two involved ing is available through the < all makes A- models) den meanings and connections. shotguns. Ten hunters shot remainder of the year All hun Sunl>eam A Simca themselves, and three shot oth ters are urged to use firearms Reaver A Often Road There are all kinds of news- Phone 364-0184 er persons. with care and to follow ex tampers A Motor Home* p ~crs and all kinds of newspaper- Hunters are reminded that a plicitly the ten commandments long hunting season is ahead of firearms safety. t U Santiam Grange Elects Officers Hunters Asked To DETROIT IDANHA The Truth Generally Lies Under the Surface 1970 DODGES TEAGUE MOTORS DODGE »n-rnt
