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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1973)
3—The Mill Citj Enterprise, Thursday, Nov. 8, 1973 Completes Basic LEGISLATIVE REPORT “THE ENERGY CRISIS” The most positive thing we did Part I: Electric Power was give the PUC the author (iordon Macpherson ity as of Jan. 1 to allocate gas House Republican Leader and electrical energy supplies Victor Atiyeh in times of emergency. We Senate Republican Leader also passed a bill directing the Like a “hang glider” pilot PUC to conduct an energy about to step from a pricipice study as the basis for legisla high over the Columbia Gorge tive action in 1975. Two mea ... we stand poised at the sures failed. edge of an electrical energy One would have created an chasm with no certainty that Interim Comm, on Energy Mother Nature will be good Conservation; the other would' to us or that our skill as a have established regulatory pilot will carry us to a safe procedures for certain fossil landing at the point of our fuels, and would have requir-l choice. The first option we do ed the governor to allocate' not have is whether to take such fuels on a priority basis that first big step. Our de during emergencies. Michael A. Moffatt Aside from voluntary cur Airman mand for electrical energy has completed his basic train alieady shoved us on our un tailments of electrical use by has at Lackland AFB and has all of us—business, industry, ing certain flight. been home on leave visiting Perhaps the governor government and individuals, his and family, Mr. and brought the pending electrical there is a need for legislation Mrs. parents Donovan Moffatt. crisis most clearly in focus to deal with the current crisis Airman Moffatt left Wed when he declared an energy and to meet or avert future nesday for Homestead AFB in crises. emergency and ordered all Miami, Fla. for seven days of Our most immediate concern non-essential display and ad survival training. He will vertising lighting off. But, is providing the governor ex sea then go to Fairchild AFB at we have been heading for the ecutive authority to deal with Spokane for further survival problem we now face for some I the seriousness of the moment training, After January, Mof- time. Precipitation along the and to avert energy disasters, fatt will be stationed at Cas- upper reaches of the Columbia The governor does not clearly and the Snake Rivers are far have that authority; and tie AFB in Merced, Calif. below normal. The winter though a court test of his snowpack, so plentiful two lighting ban may affirm the years ago, was followed by a power he has assumed, we call winter which produced only upon legislative leadership to 70% of normal. And, stream pass legislation during the flow on the Columbia River special session next year from January through August which would allow the gover A roast turkey potluck din was the lowest ever recorded. nor to control energy supplies ner will be served Friday During the last legislative and demands in Oregon dur evening, Nov. 9, at the Mill session, too little was done ing a declared “energy emer City-Gates American Legion to deal with the problems. gency” and to coordinate em Post «159 and Auxiliary meet ergency plans with other ing. All members and wives Western States. Such auth are asked to attend and bring ority is properly placed with a friend. The dinner meeting will be the chief executive of the state. This authority must be gin at 8:00 p.m. at the Gates clearly defined and it must Community Center and will terminate once the crisis has mark the visitation of Mrs. James Drew of Salem, the passed. Oregon, along with other Auxiliary President of Dis- states in the nation, has been trict Two. Invitations have been sent energy use oriented with little regard for conservation too to Salem, Silverton, Canby, long. This philosophy has pro Idanha, Lebanon and Stayton duced much waste, not only of posts. A full evening of entertain energy but of raw materials and finished products as well. ment is planned for the event In 1971 the state reversed it self and set a course toward conservation with passage of r the Oregon Bottle Bill. For the first time the emphasis FAMILYÄ was placed on re-use, a signi- If car and home insurance cant energy saver. seem like a big item in your The re-use concept must be — budget, maybe it’s because carried much farther. Payment in Full you’re wasting money on Although it is impossible to the wrong kind or amount know how much total energy Suppose somebody owes you be saved or generated money. According to your fi of coverage. Too little pro can through extraction of valuable gures, the amount is $300. But tection is just as wasteful matter from solid waste, it has the debtor insists that the as buying more protection already proven to be an effec amount is only $200. One day than you actually need. tive energy answer in Europe you receive a check from him for $200. On the back he has That’s where the profes- and the U. S. Though we may emerge re written the words: “PAY sional advice of an indepen latively unharmed from the MENT IN FULL.” dent agent can often save current crisis, the legislature Should you cash the check you plenty. In premium must expend all personal ener and take a chance on collect dollars — and future re gy in search of long range so ing the extra $100 later on? It grets. We are the indepen lutions. We recommend that is tempting to do just that. dent representative of sev the appropriate legislative The trouble is that if you cash the check as is, the law eral insurance companies, committees and government will probably consider the agencies limited resources which lets us pick the one used to generate electrical whole debt wiped out. The company that has the beat energy (i.e„ petroleum) and debtor has made you a legal policy for you. move full speed ahead with offer to settle up for a total of $200. By cashing the check, So cill us, or come in soon an investigation of renewable you are accepting his offer and energy sources such as the and let’s talk over your sun. the wind, tidal forces, agreeing to a final settlement present and future insur fusion and geothermal power. at that figure. ance needs. Oregon has a tradition of leadership. The solution of our energy problems is but an other challenge. While we ap ply our special brand of Ore gon discipline to the imme diate problem, let us free our brightest minds in search of Mill City, Oregon ultimate answers. Ph. 897-2324 or 897-2754 Why don’t YOU subscribe School Lunch Menu Automotive Repair For Sale Log Scale Books FOR THAT WINTER WOOD CUTTING JOB Potluck Dinner Set For Friday Night limits Are you sure you’re not wasting money on your car and home insurance? THE ■ LAWYER J Now Open In Stayton FOSTER’S UNLIMITED Navy Lieutenant (JG) Joel Thursday, November 8 G. McDowell, husband of the Tacos former Miss Sharon Smith of Lettuce, Tomato, Cheese Lyons, has completed the basic Applesauce naval flight officer training Icc Cream at the naval air station in Milk Pensacola, Fla. Friday, November 9 He will now begin final Barbecued Hamburgers I phases of instruction leading Cabbage Salad to his qualification as a radar Yellow Cake and intercept officer, bombardier/ For All Domestic and Imported Cars Cherry Sauce navigator, airborne electronics Milk and Trucks warfare operator or tactical Monday. November 12 air control officer. HOLIDAY Fuel Injection Analyzer Automatic Transmtemions Tuesday, November 13 Helaric Welding Flute on Hand Spaghetti Buttered Carrots 101 2nd Ave., Stayton Ph. 769-2434 Cinnamon Toast Pineapple Tidbits Milk Wednesday, November 14 Vegetable Soup Toasted Cheese Sandwich Fruit Cocktail Cake Miik Thursday. November 15 Meat Balls Homemade Bread & Butter Mixed Fruit Ice Cream Friday, November 16 Turkey Dinner Whipped Potatoes & Gravy Dressing Hot Rolls Cranberry Sauce Pumpkin Pie We repair all makes and models of Chain Saws Milk EDITOR 1 r SPECIAL I « a ! I k DEAR SIR: I have lived in this city for over ten years and have al ways enjoyed taking the time, and th" extra expense to see that all the children that come I to my house had a nice treat' on Halloween. This year, I encountered so many liberated lips, to the point of demanding what they wanted — and one with language I'm sure would make a logger blush. Tm wondering what the par ents teach them at home, and I’m sure that some of them haven’t been taught very much. To those who were nice enough to say thank you, and like apples—come back next year. But the “Liberated Lips” better learn some manners or go some place else. I don’t need them. Betty Bostwick 288 S. W. 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The court said he had no authority, on his own, to alter the terms of the defandant’s offer. Another man tried some thing else. He too cashed a ‘PAYMENT IN FULL” check but at the same time wrote the debtor that he simply was not accepting it as a full settle ment. But again, a court ruled that the entire debt was wiped out The court said the man’» ac tions in cashing the check spoke louder than his words of disavowal. Even if you don’t cash the check, but merely hang onto it, you might be held to have accepteed the debtor’s offer. Silence can mean consent. However, that wouldn’t hap pen right away. In one case, a creditor kept such a check for six weeks before mailing it back to the debtor. The latter thereon insisted that the delay had cancelled the entire debt. But a court decided the debt was still due and payable. The court thought six weeks was not an unreasonable time, un der the circumstances, for the creditor to weigh his next move. THE OLDTIMERS Extend yourself with a bit of the past that makes today a little more fun. The Candlestick telephone. Fashionably old-fashioned, it comes in a variety of models and colors, including All-American red, white and blue, and stars and stripes. It’s a smart touch to any room in the house. To extend yourself with a Candlestick telephone, or for more information, call your business office. Continental Telephone of the Northwest
