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GATES books and long poems, some 3—The Mill City Enterprise, Thursday, March 11, 1971 times get put aside until pre sent pressures ease and there’s By .Rose Cree Clownbair at its Best more time to devote to some Guests the past week at the thing seemingly complex. home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Proponents of HB 1330, how Thomas, Sr. and Chris Emmer ever, continued to press for by Jack Zimmerman LYONS—Mrs. Leora Stevens son have been their son-in-law consideration because the bill was hostess for the meeting of and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. CONSUMER BILLS deals with most of the subjects lion, Homeowner mortgage involved in the “smaller” con the Womens Society of Chris Edwin King and Travis from SPOTLIGHT OUR debt has soared from $45 bil- sumer Fresno. California. They re LEGISLATIVE PROCESS measures. In the pro tian Service held at her home turned to their home last Sat The complexity and purpose lion in 1950 to about $250 bil- cess of curbing abuses, UCC Tuesday afternoon. World Day urday by way of Reno,, Nev. of our lawmaking process may lion today. With the rise ot tackles referral sales, door-to- of Prayer was observed with On Tuesday they visited Mrs. be epitomized by “consumer nationwide credit card systems door sales, balloon payments, Mrs. Florence Darling in King’s grandmother, Mrs. Jes protection” proposals current and everyone in credit from repossessions, seizure of goods charge of the program. A dis sie Ziegler and her uncle El- ly facing Legislators in Salem. airlines to dance studios and already paid for, garnishment cussion was held on the Dis vin Marlow at Vancouver, Wa. Perhaps two dozen bills have funeral homes, no one argues and assignment of earnings, trict meeting to be held at On Friday Mrs. Thomas ac been introduced in House and the fact installment buying is the holder in due course doc McMinnville on March 31 with companied them to Albany Senate dealing with problems here to stay. And economists trine and loan sharks. It also those who could to attend. Al- where they visited Mrs. Thom between Oregon buyers and praise credit as a key to the would establish practical cred-' 1 so, for those who could, to as’s sister, Mrs. Gene Martin. sellers. The bills come from nation’s envied living standard. it procedures untangling the attend the Retreat to be held Mr. and Mrs. Ancel Hayward interim committee study, con But credit and installment snarl of Oregon’s present re at Aldersgate Park in Turner from Portland spent one day sumer interest organizations, practices vary widely from gulations. March 12-13. last week at the home of his the state’s retail business com state to state and mounting The retreat is for the Salem Consumer Interests brand When the Harlem Travelers play at Santtiam High mother, Mr. and Mrs. Walter munity and individual law problems were recognized as UCCC a “creditor’s bill.” Some Central District officers, the early as 1957 by the Council creditors oppose it because of I Presidents and Spirtual Grow gym here Friday, March 19, fans will see some real Brisbin and his brother, Orville makers. Hayward. For the most part, each deals of State Governments. That the entry provision that would th chairman of the Womens So zany ball handling by this troup of professional bas Mrs. Lon Marston, Mr. and with a specific problem. Spon body' petitioned the National make it simpler to get into the ciety of Christian Service. Rev. ketball players. Mrs. Don Pierce and Donna sors seldom cast aspersions at Conference of Commissioners credit business. Ernestine Hitchcock of Eu from Greshman were dinner Oregon merchants and lend on Uniform State laws—a com UCCC’s authors certainly gene will be the leader of the mission responsible for draft considered viewpoints on cre- retreat. Miss Hitchcock was a guests at the home of Mrs. ers. Expert Craftsmanship—Fast Service, Too Marston’s sister, Mrs. Lang Rather, they claim their big ing uniform state laws since ditors and consumers alike, minister in Oregon Churches Stafford last Sunday. gest goal is to strengthen Ore 1892. Commissioners accepted And their combined wisdom for 20 years, and a social work Mrs. Stafford returned home gon by law—to bring it in line the challenge and in 1964 work dictated "< ‘competition” must er for 10. The retreat is from The Enterprise Prints Wedding Announcements with them for a five day visit. with neighboring states and commenced by a 13-member be encouraged to guarantee 3 p. m. Friday to 3 p. m. Sat Donna Pierce who is a talent discourage fly-by-night, out-of- special committee on retail fairness to both. urday. Attending the meeting installment sales, consumer ed artist presented her aunt state fast buck operators. Lawmaking complexity of were Mrs. Mildred Prichard, with a 27” x 40” oil painting The choice facing lawmakers credit, small loans and usury, ten is accompanied by its own Mrs. Florence Darling, Mrs. of Tater Hill and the range is not whether wrongs need The 13 were attorneys, law “three-Cs”—concern, confusion Alta Bodeker, Mrs. Peggy behind from Monument Peak righting. The choice is wheth professors a judge and a state and compromise. Wright, Mrs. Eva Bressler, North to Rocky Top dotted er to deal with each alleged legislator. They were assisted All of Oregon’s current con Mrs. June McPheeters, Mrs. with snags. It is bordered on abuse individually, or to lump by a 20-man advisory commit sumer legislation was prompt Nellie Riggs, Mrs. Evelyn Jul the North by the North San groups of regulations together tee—10 from consumer interest ed by concern. The flood of ian, Mrs. Helen Johnston and tiam River and the old cover to produce some kind of uni groups and 10 from the credit bills and determination Mrs. Stevens. industry. ed bridge near where the con formity. proponents have created After five years of study, dictable confusion. crete bridge now stands. Already attracting its share Due to the snow there were of attention is one bill, HB hearings and painstaking in It remains now for no church services at the Gates 1330, which would invoke the vestigation, the UCCC emerged 1 state’s lawmakers to evoke Community Church last Sun prestigious Uniform Consum and was hailed as an instru I compromise, to consider the day. ment that protects consumers I problem‘ m a whofe”'to delete" er Credit Code in Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Mar The UCCC proposal, adopted and ethical business people1 to amend - and - to combine the shall and baby son from As earlier by Utah and Oklahoma, alike. various parts into a workable toria visited at the home of has been introduced this year HB 1330, Oregon’s UCCC whole. That’s the legislative Name of Team When you see how fast Mrs. Mary Stafford last Sat in more than a score of state bill, is strongly supported by process. Stayton Radio & TV urday. Mr. Marshall was a legislatures. Indiana House the state’s retailers. But it is The final shape of Oregon Stayton Mail _____ you get results, you'll con former minister at Gates. and Senate have adopted it drawing opposition both from consumer legislation will re LaFemme Bty. Salon gratulate yourself on your consumer interest organiza overwhelmingly. It already has veal how well the 56th Legis Riverview .................. tions and part of the financial lative Assembly did its job. .passed the Idaho House. wisdom in using a Want Ad TesMonique Les Coif. 18 In a sentence, U-triple-C re community. No widepread Silver Dollar Tavern 1714 to sell or buy. cognizes abuses and inconsis support yet has emerged Lounge .... 13% Respect for Law Makes among lawmakers themselves, If the number following Santiam tencies throughout the country Stout Creek Lumber 13 Democracy Live regarding buyer-seller relation quite likely because of the bill’s HIG Betty Wallace 183, HIS CAN YOU PATENT IT? complex nature. your name on The En ships—with emphasis on the Mary Fierce 476; HTG and Even in this era of large- ¡prodigious [ Legislative committees often Phone 897-2772 growth of credit. reads HTS Santiam Lounge 784, 2179. scale research, a surprising I In 1945, for instance, out- find it more attractive to deal terprise label number of inventions still come standing consumer credit in with "small” bills Involving 3-71 it's time to send L. p WANTED QUALITY JOB PRINTING from the tinkering individual. the U. S. amounted to $2.5 bil- one subject. Big bills, like big a check for renewal. MILL CITY ENTERPRISE Valuable patents still are be ing won by “basement in ventors” ingenious enough to become something new. However, to be entitled to a patent, an invention must be not only new but also—in the wording of the U. S. Consti tution—“useful.” What kind of an invention is useful? First of all, it must be able to work. One man invented a “per petual motion machine,”’ com plete with a dazzling array of doodads and thigamabobs, but his invention was held not patentable because, being con trary to the laws of nature, it could not possibly do the job it was meant for. Second, to qualify as useful, the invention must do some thing that is beneficial, not harmful, to society. Thus courts have denied pa tent rights to a device for fak ing the quality of tobacco leaves and to a gadget for “curing” disease by mysterious vibrations. Both inventions were found to be useful only for the purpose of cheating— hence not useful in the con stitutional sense. What if an invention, while useful for evil, is also useful for good? That is enough basis for a patent. For example, an improved pistol could be pat ented. Although an instrument for evil in the hands of a rob ber, it could also be an in strument for good in the hands of defenders of the peace. A third requirement for an invention to be considered use ful is that it must be more '."■K? r than a mere frivolity. Of course, what is frivolous to one generation might not be to the next. A century ago a federal court said that a hoop skirt should not be patented because it had no serious value to society. But today’s courts are not likely to be that prim and proper. As for what might be called “odd-ball” inventions, the Pa tent Office generally takes a tolerant view. For instance, it has issued patents for an auto matic hat-tipper, a shield for grapefruit eaters and a gun for shooting down flies. For who can be sure that the od dity of today won’t be the suc cess of tomorrow? 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