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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1970)
liberties guaranteed in the di- vinely inspired constitution of this great land and beat down jits citizens you can’t be too ¡surprised if they rebel. These new schemes to “exploit" the gullible citizens is a master piece. I have it here before I from here. me as I write and I can assure 10 December, 70 Again i thank you all for you, "it stinks”. Dear Mrs. Stafford: | vour wonderful package. May It is long past the time I want to thank you and all [ ’God bless and watch over all when every citizen in these the members of your W.W. 11 of great United States put a stop auxiliary for sending me this Sincerely yours, to the constant tampering with package. I and all the men in David H. Homing their inherent rights and lib my section enjoyed its con erties. Advise your socalled tents very much. Home-made Mill City, Oregon representatives that you are cooklee and fudge are a great sick and tired of this trend to Dec. 14, 1970 change from the food we nor ward a total police state and mally receive here. Your box Mr. Don Moffatt, Editor assure him he will loose your has made our tour here just a Mill City Enterprise support if he fails to act In little more pleasant and we all Mill City, Oregon 97360 your behalf. This has gone too thank you very much for Dear Mr. Moffatt: I know you will recall that far now to be “funny” thinking of us. It is unfortunate that the on the day before Thanksgiv I realize Mr. Moffatt that Vietnam war exists at all but ing I handed you a "Letter to my letter is a long one, so are these proposals, forty-seven since it does we must do our the Editor” containing infor pages of them to be exact, and best to see that these people mation regarding the “New our original constitution was a Methods of Proposed Taxation ” are able to retain their free long document also, it need.; dom. I believe that we did about to be shoved down the have a responsibility to Viet necks of our unsuspecting citi our If protection. you cannot publish my nam to get involved in this war zens in the form of further in but our mistake was not going fringements upon the constitu letter, please forward it as re quested. all out at the very beginning tional rights of our citizens. Sincerely yours, and getting it over with. Few I refer to ““Article 28." Of Morgan G. Holt er men would have been killed fenses involving firearms and In the long run but the war deadly weapons, preliminary would have been ended before draft No. 3: May 1970 which is the Communists got a firm soon to be submitted to the foothold in this country. Un ^tate legislature in the hopes fortunately it is impossible to hat thev in their new jobs and do that now and 1 don’t see he excitement of supposedly how we can do much more ‘renresenting their constitu over here than we’ve done al ents” are iust apt to overlook ready. The Vietnamese army »be constitutional infringe has become highly trained in ments involved and pass this all fields. I work with them mas’erniece of Dro-Communist in my field also. I am glad to ‘»•ash which is designed to qI...own V. see that President Nixon Is -roote a complete police state ’-’dav. r'-'«ember 18 at We’ starting to withdraw our forces in Oregon, and, an addl- Vfv • nrrr Ip < •Hnal “tax burden” upon the ' ibort ”’’”i',m A’, ai’-e-'r'v overtaxed population ates, -■'■is'- v -'f same. und-”’ -* '»'* br *s vou know, the legislature utal In P--»1ind ''”o"Fln" !s tn m°et in the first part of n*»erln»» Vnecx. T,muarv 1971 and if this letter TTo W3C -in -)ir* <-']-etr'Cl’' t rpfpr to not made public nd Koro’n war ’-«•'-rnn tT -.»anmt be made nubile its pur- nd hi« w,Pft mov'd Gste; -nco of enlightening the citi- bout e’x month« -mo from •»«"« to their impending fate ancas»'»- pallf be lost. CUr-1-O’f-w Trn l-’c V’M’-W Th“so are the “sneaking” Inn Sim’m of Ga»-" h’s mrth- ♦t>!ngg that tne newspapers, r. Mrs Marv Simko of Los ”->m c’aim thev wish to know 'nce’es r’o’if. a-»d -na »-*-'•»h- ” t>T information their readers r. Andre”’ ’’mko n’so of Los ent seldom ever become ’ ngeles Calif -I’-are of, and especially not in Burial n’oq in the tvHlam“tte • mn for said readers to con- National Cemeterv in Portland. ’’”•» the’r "representatives” -nd donvmd that such unjust ind unAmerican proposals as »’»'s trash is, be literally vjpvn "’M L'l •••'TtVOOD Floyd ””’l'am Fie-two'd “thrown out and knot out" of -nr already overstocked law ”, pa«se»’ --way Sundav in a ’akm h'Tital whnre he had proposed infringe '»een a few days with pneu ments of our rights will make monia. He had been in poor mmrv citizen a “criminal” if ìealth th° past year or so fol he has a firearm and does not owing a stroke. A native of Michigan he had nav to register it and have a 1'cense to own and keep it, it Let a smile light your also provides for its confisca path this year. tion if any of these unAmeri can laws thev intend to ram , down our necks are violated, it will make of our state police ■ (whom we now admire and re- 'snect) a bunch of Hitlerized gestapo agents Inasmuch as ' thev toe given the dutv of en- , forcing these unconstitutional ■ edicts. I The tourist traps in Oregon I are crying because there were Bud and Al Hance I not as mnnv suckers this year as in the past. This is just like any other unjust treatment upon the people. If you bleed them every chance you get, Stayton, Oregon don’t be surprised if they don’t return. If you take away the actual LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Let your little light shine, shine. SHINE y Stayton Sports & Hobby Phone 769-5343 -“7 7C? 2213 185, 1st. Stayton lived in Mill City and Gates the past 46 years. IL opérât d <. a candy stor > He and restaurant and then a gro eery store until he sold it to Stewarts when ” he retired. Surviving are his widow, Ida of Mill City; two sons. T.owell Fleetwood of Mill 'City and Lyle Fleetwood of Bandon and one daughter, Mrs. Ben (Lois) Beisel! of Eugene: two s’sters Mrs. Mike Perd of Salem and Mrs. George Weatherill of Sil verton; ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren also survive. Private services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Weddle's chapel with Rev. Wayne Blake officiating. Why Don t You Subscribe to The Mill City Enterprise Mill Gty Enterprise ... for all our friends this town around. North Santiam Sand and Gravel Stayton, Oregon Union Oil Baldwin’s 3513rd Phone 769-2926 Stayton, Oregon May the days ahead reflect the peace of this greatest of all holidays. tis the season to be Spread enough Joy for everybody you know— and then remember some one you don't. SO SMILE, DARN YA’ SMILE. Santiam Hardware Jahn Kintz STAYTON Y Eldon Farthing Ph. 769-5116 195 N. 3rd Ave. Stayton Refrigeration Mick and Helen Klamp Phone 769-5323 FRANK LUMBER CO. INC. MILL CITY, OREGON Stayton
