August 9, 1949 (8 pages)

305 Broad Street, Nevada City—Telephone 36 A legal newspaper, as defined by statute : ROBERT H. and DONALD W. WRAY, Publishers KENNETH W. WRAY, Editor and Advertising Manager Member California Newspaper Publishers Association : Published every Puesday and Friday at Nevada City, California, and entered as matter of the second class in the postoffice at Nevada City under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year outside county (in advance) -.-.----------------sssseenerreonne* on One year in county (in advance) -..--.-.---+----------sescencnrincennenecneees 2. Four months (in advance) One month (in advance) A GREAT AMERICAN — There are many reasons why Herbert Hoover is entitled to the esteem of his countrymen, to whom he has devoted thirty years of his life in official and extra-official capacities. There are many reasons, too;. why he should hear of it first hand from the American press. He is the only living ex-president, a distinction in itself. More important, he is a great humanitarian—the man who, during the ravages of two world wars, undeitook the tremendous task of feeding starving peoples in all parts of the world. -‘Througout his life, Hoover has worked constantly for lasting peace. He is the founder of the Hoover Library on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford university. The library is a unique institution which has done and is doing important work on the problems of peace, including special studies and programs for the government, the Carnegie corporation, the Rockefeller foundation and similar organizations. Knowing that the library project has been closest to Hoover's heart during his later years, friends provided approximately $100,000 for its work on ‘his seventyfourth’ birthday last year and expect to raise an even larger fund to present to him for the support of the library this year. There are additional reasons why the nation owes him special recognition at this time and should express it through its press. Hoover was made the “whipping boy” of the depression in the 1930s. A smaller man would have become embittered and resentful. Not Hoover. He stood ready at all times to serve his country in any way he could. He has grown in stature and public respect. It is significant that when President Truman was looking for an outstanding man of administrative ability and objectively to head the important commission on ‘organization of the executive branch of the government, he selected Hoover. The report of the Hoover commission is itself a monumental work. It is recognized throughout the country as pointing the way to the only real solution of those problems of big government which put too great a burden on the taxpayers and rob government services of much of their effectiveness. On the basis of the Hoover reports alone, Hoover is entitled to special expressions of appreciation ‘from his fellow countrymen. No time would be more suitable than the. occasion of his birthday anniversary tomorrow. PROCRASTINATION—A Borrowed Editorial The following editorial is penned by George Ross, our esteemed contemporary on the staff of the Mountain Democrat, Placerville. We think it merits reprinting and are borrowing it for today’s column: A letter to the county supervisors from an admiral in the Coast Guard this week advised the board to seek Army Engineer aid in policing Lake Tahoe. That’s about as pathetic an exhibition of buck passing as any seen in a long while. Trouble is, the buck passing started here. The county owns and operates a public camp ground which contains a beach. If we can't hire a life guard, string buoys and cables and keep bathers in and motor boats out, it seems strange indeed to poor dumb johns who aren't hep to the doings of the big brass. If we have to have the life guard enlist in the Coast Guard, wear an Army Engineer uniform and salute the District Attorney at sundown, let’s recruit him. If we get into a wrangle wtih the various protective agencies over our right to protect our public, let’s*protect it first and wrangle later. Imogene Wittsche is beyond our help. Maybe Mary Jones needs it. No man ever did, or ever will become most truly eloquent without being a constant reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language. —Fisher Ames Opportunity seems to have an uncanny habit of favoring those who have paid the price by years of preparation. An executive is a man with a worried look on his assistant’s face. ——— If your money goes to your head, at least you know where it went. Some men can learn more from a stroll in a park than others do in a voyage ‘round the world. He that has the truth at his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue. —John Ruskin ARMS PROPOSAL QUESTIONS Here are some of the questions which go through a congressman’s mind on just one of the current proposals before congress. Should we put another billion and a half.of red ink on our books to finance arms for Europe, Turkey, Greece, Korea, the Philippines, et al, Should we add to our deficit for any proposal which isn’t absolutely necessary and in the nature of an emergency? And, if such is the case, does the arms program qualify as an emergency? If so, why did the president say in a recent Chicago speech that we have won the fight for peace? And, why did the secretary of state on returning from Europe say that we have the Russians on the run? And, how is all of this reconciled with almost simultaneous statements by the secretary of defense before congressional committees that our defense situation is extremely urgent? If our possession of the atomic bomb will not stop Russia from aggression, what good will the small amount of arms to each of the countries under this arms program do? Is it true that Russia could overrun Europe in six weeks if war started? And, if such is: the ¢gase, aren’t we wasting the artfis or, worse, making it possible for ‘them to fall into Russian hands to be used against us? What assurance have we that these nations will not reduce their own preparedness program proportionately and in the overall be no better prepared? And, if we got such assurances, how can we be sure they will be kept? Or, is this another way of increasing aid to these nations by assuming the obligation of their military preparedness? Will the most of this program be subtracted from our own defense budget? And in such event, isn’t it possible that we could make a better use of the money for everybody’s protection if we spent it on our own military Letters to The Editor The views and opinions appearing in this column, Letters to The Editor, are not necessarily those of The. Nugget. ok * * The Editor: Sir: Having retired me in your issue of July 12 and resurrected me in the Aug. 5 number of your increasingly interesting paper and having misquoted me in your editorial “The Butchery of History,” I am moved to protest as follows: I am quoted as having said (1) Professor Robinson’s hall was located where the Cardinal hall now stands; (2) It was not ‘The Merchant of Venice,” actually a trial was being held in a theater that collapsed into Deer creek; (3) ‘no one was drowned; (4) Durgan’s Flat and Jersey Flat were near Downieville. (1) While Dr. Robinson, not professor, did open “Dramatic Hall” in the spring of 1851. There never was in this town a Robinson hall, nor for that matter, a Cardinal Hall. Hamlet Davis’ Dramatic Hall, built above his store on northeast corner of Broad and Pine streets on the lot now occupied by the ‘Morgan building, was the first]’ “house of entertainment” in this town. A glance at the topography will plainly show the impossibility of a structure on this site washing down Deer creek. (2) It obviously was not “The Merchant of Venice.” Dr. Robinson, affectionately known around the northern mines as “Yankee” Robinson, was a ' wise-cracker noted for his ability to improvise gags about local celebrities. He did not play Shakespeare. The only place of entertainment that ever washed down Deer creek was the Jenny Lind theater, which in the great flood of March, 1852, was lifted from its supporting piles and with several .other buildings, completely demolished. (3) No one was downed in this disaster and so far as I know no loss of life occurred in the Downieville flood. (4) Durgans Flat and Jersey Flat are not near Downieville but are component parts of that town. It was from the bridge connecting the two flats that Juanita was lynched. Mr. Lynch’s story of this flood, with these errors and some inadmissable elaborations, is fairly accurate. H. P. DAVIS,,. Aug. 6, 1949. Nevada City, Washington Notes By Congressman Clair Engle establishment right here at home? WHAT. ARE WE STARTING How long is this arms program going to last? Is this just the beginning? Will future calls upon us be the same or much larger? Will supplying arms to these nations be considered as provocative by Russia and therefore intensify the international bad feeling? In short, will it have a tendency to aggravate war rather than decrease the possibilities of war? Moreover, since the commitments of the Atlantic charter, is it apt to encourage some cocky little nation into an international incident which will bring about war? ANSWERS SHOULDBE PUBLIC Do the leaders of our government have the answers to all of these questions? If not, why are President Truman, Secretary of State Acheson, Secretary of Defense Johnson, the joint chiefs of of staff and former Secretary of State George Marshall so emphatically urging it? And, if they have the answers, why haven’t they been made public? Add a similar line of questions on the budget, federal aid to edueation, social security, public health, the economic recession, etc., and you can understand why most congressmen are befuddled. Grass Valley -* Mountain Chevrolet company, Grass Valley, was awarded contract to supply a 49-passenger bus to Union Hill elementary school district, as the result of a lengthy meeting of the school board last Thursday evening. Among other bidders for the bus were Cochran and Celli; Earl Covey garage; Helbach Motors; Paul Viles, and Sierra Truck and Tractor. * * ea Women’s Christian Temperance Union members will gather at Memorial park today at 12:30 for ‘a picnic luncheon and meeting. Miss Muriel Bunney will be in charge of devotions. Guests are expected from temperance unions in Colfax, Roseville and Lincoln. Grass Valley members. and friends are asked to be present with well-filled baskets. * * * Grass Valley Wildcats forfeited Foothill league baseball game to Placerville 49ers, which was to have been played at the Nevada county fairgrounds Sunday. * * * Grass Valley Gold Miners chorus, one of the north state’s most popular singing groups, will give an entertainment at the El Dorado county fair in Placerville on the night of Sept. 11. * * * E. H. Hocking, owner of a model operating 10-stamp mill, has presented the mill to the Nevada county historical museum. The mill is a replica of one of the famous Alleghany mills. It was in operation in Grass Valley during the Fourth of July Nevada county centennial celebration. No. 6025 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEES TO DISTRIBUTE ASSETS IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA INAND FOR THE COUNTY OF NEVADA In the Matter of the Application of HARMONY GRAVEL MINING COMPANY, a corporation, For Dissolution and Distribution of Assets. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Frank G. Finnegan has filed herein a petition for, the appointment of Trustees to Distribute Assets of the Harmony Gravel Mining Company, A corporation sae charter has been forfeited; an That Friday, the 2nd day of September, 1949, at 10 o’clock A.M. at the Court Room of the above entitled, court has been fixed as the time and place for hearing said petition, at which time any person claiming to be a director or trustee or receiver for the corporation, or named in.the petition as respondent, may answer the petition and may be heard thereon by the Court. Reference is hereby made to said petition on file with the clerk of the Court for further particuae hahaa contained. ated this 21st day of Jul 1949. ¥ gd R. E. DEEBLE, CLERK By RUSSELL WILSON, ; Deputy Clerk FRANK G. FINNEGAN Attorney for Petitioner Publish July 22, 26, 29, Aug. 2, 5, 9, 1949. “TRY MILTON'S GALLONS $1.60 PER GALLON ORDER AHEAD Phone 123 { * . make proper representations to the Gop Diecer’s Fran Charles Scott Haley ; I had a very. delightful and uneventful trip through the canal and up the east coast. By this time the canal wore a settled and stable look, after seven years of use, which was quite a contrast to my memories of it during construction days. . always regretted, however, the loss of those pictures which I had taken so carefully during the week that I had prowled around the bottom without any hindrance to my activities. : io We came up the east coast and landed in New York on a spring morning in February. ] went up to the office as soon as . had landed my grip at a hotel and been shaved. : The Chief was there and as soon as I had sent my name in, he came out to usher me into his office. I was glad to see him again, for . have always admired him greatly. His first words were: ‘Well, we made our cake too quickly and it wouldn't rise, would it? Anyhow, it was worth the try. But it does not now look as if we were going to be short of oil, judging by the reports we get from California and Texas fields. But here is something” — and his eye twinkled— ‘to show you how remiss you have been.’” And he handed me a letter. It was from the Department of Commerce in Washington, and forwarded a complaint from their attache in Lima, regarding our company. : ee, ‘There are five major companies who have their representatives here, beside the Company. All ‘of them have reported here and asked for our assistance. This one company is known to have a representative here who has contracted for third of the available petroleum acreage in Peru, according to our advices. And yet this office has not only been unable to find out who he is, but does not even know where he is staying. Please sidist cckcal Company. Such is the advantage of protective cover. A LITTLE OF ALPHA, AND SOMETHING OF OMEGA They say a man grows old when his thoughts turn backward rather than forward. This may or may not be true; for myself, . cannot say. . have it in mind that . am yet to do things of real worth in the days that are to come, as reconstruction of a war-wracked world becomes im. perative. And yet at times in the afternoon, my thought turns back to days that I have known. My recollection runs savorily back through shimmering and smoky vistas of the past—to mornings when the tang of the Oregon pines and the, weight of Oregon dews aroused me from beneath a heavy tarpaulin to sense the keen odor of bear-oil sizzling in the frying pan, . stuck my head out to see white and foaming batter plop merrily in the pan. Quickly I doused my head and hands in a near by pcol of stinging, ice cold water, and returned'up the bank redfaced and ravenously hungry, to feast myself on the loins of King Hotcake, who beamed benevolently from the pan as he crisped himself for our satisfaction. Again, the dawn of day in the Peruvian Andes. The sun leaped over the roof of the world at sixteen thousand feet. The clear, cool atmosphere filled our full-expanded lungs to their last-distened capillary. A dirty little thatched stone hunt that held a fireplace smoke-blackened in the time of the Incas, served as hearth for John, our bleck Savannah cook. Like some Nubian priest in overal!s, he ceftly whisked his biscuit from the skillet and deposited them on pampas grass alongside. Dirty, squatting descendants of Athualpas serfs sat around him on their haunches, their open-mouthed wonder adding to his price, as he bore aloft his precious burden to our hungry table. Fir boughs and warm woolen blanket. The murmur of Horcelinto Creek, in northern California, disturbed my slumbers gently. My partner, Tip, was taking his turn at breakfast making. A platter full of crisply browned trout, heavenly scented, caught:a fleck of morning sunlight through the branches. As I hastily laced my boots, the shining white belly of our royal friend, the hotcake, flashed 2 moment in the air’as Tip dextrously flipped the pan. Scarcely stopping to scrub the sleep from my eyes, . reached for one. Hot and sizzling, . wrapped a pair of six inch trout in the caressing folds, and sank my teeth deep -into the food that the gods would have chosen. These and other memories—not all to do with eating —come crowding back, until the tale is full. When . first left college, . went to Nevada to learn to use the tools of my trade. Suffering desert thirst and sunstroke as a prospector, . made up my mind that I was not enough of a philosopher to be in proper communion with burros. Many better men have found life's satisfaction in nature's communions—but . wished for more action. I] learned how easy it is to waste one’s substance in halls of light where clicking wheels go round and thousands of dollars turn on the roll of dice. And, going back to cloistered halls for another year, . finished my schooling. Not education, for college years are merely training and hardening of the mental muscles. Education can only come from living life, and some of the best educated men whom . have ever known— inincluding my own father—never went to a school after twelve years of age. Either the desire for learning is in a growing mind, and hard study becomes easy, regardless of where it is done—or the desire is not there. In that case, all the college degrees in the world will never educate. (to be continued) Many an optimist ‘got rich by buying out a pessimist. Py ne y «

305 Broad Street, Nevada City—Telephone 36 A legal newspaper, as defined by statute : ROBERT H. and DONALD W. WRAY, Publishers KENNETH W. WRAY, Editor and Advertising Manager Member California Newspaper Publishers Association : Published every Puesday and Friday at Nevada City, California, and entered as matter of the second class in the postoffice at Nevada City under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year outside county (in advance) -.-.----------------sssseenerreonne* on One year in county (in advance) -...--.-.---+----------sescencnrincennenecneees 2. Four months (in advance) One month (in advance) A GREAT AMERICAN — There are many reasons why Herbert Hoover is entitled to the esteem of his countrymen, to whom he has devoted thirty years of his life in official and extra-official capacities. There are many reasons, too;. why he should hear of it first hand from the American press. He is the only living ex-president, a distinction in itself. More important, he is a great humanitarian—the man who, during the ravages of two world wars, undeitook the tremendous task of feeding starving peoples in all parts of the world. -‘Througout his life, Hoover has worked constantly for lasting peace. He is the founder of the Hoover Library on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford university. The library is a unique institution which has done and is doing important work on the problems of peace, including special studies and programs for the government, the Carnegie corporation, the Rockefeller foundation and similar organizations. Knowing that the library project has been closest to Hoover's heart during his later years, friends provided approximately $100,000 for its work on ‘his seventyfourth’ birthday last year and expect to raise an even larger fund to present to him for the support of the library this year. There are additional reasons why the nation owes him special recognition at this time and should express it through its press. Hoover was made the “whipping boy” of the depression in the 1930s. A smaller man would have become embittered and resentful. Not Hoover. He stood ready at all times to serve his country in any way he could. He has grown in stature and public respect. It is significant that when President Truman was looking for an outstanding man of administrative ability and objectively to head the important commission on ‘organization of the executive branch of the government, he selected Hoover. The report of the Hoover commission is itself a monumental work. It is recognized throughout the country as pointing the way to the only real solution of those problems of big government which put too great a burden on the taxpayers and rob government services of much of their effectiveness. On the basis of the Hoover reports alone, Hoover is entitled to special expressions of appreciation ‘from his fellow countrymen. No time would be more suitable than the. occasion of his birthday anniversary tomorrow. PROCRASTINATION—A Borrowed Editorial The following editorial is penned by George Ross, our esteemed contemporary on the staff of the Mountain Democrat, Placerville. We think it merits reprinting and are borrowing it for today’s column: A letter to the county supervisors from an admiral in the Coast Guard this week advised the board to seek Army Engineer aid in policing Lake Tahoe. That’s about as pathetic an exhibition of buck passing as any seen in a long while. Trouble is, the buck passing started here. The county owns and operates a public camp ground which contains a beach. If we can't hire a life guard, string buoys and cables and keep bathers in and motor boats out, it seems strange indeed to poor dumb johns who aren't hep to the doings of the big brass. If we have to have the life guard enlist in the Coast Guard, wear an Army Engineer uniform and salute the District Attorney at sundown, let’s recruit him. If we get into a wrangle wtih the various protective agencies over our right to protect our public, let’s*protect it first and wrangle later. Imogene Wittsche is beyond our help. Maybe Mary Jones needs it. No man ever did, or ever will become most truly eloquent without being a constant reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language. —Fisher Ames Opportunity seems to have an uncanny habit of favoring those who have paid the price by years of preparation. An executive is a man with a worried look on his assistant’s face. ——— If your money goes to your head, at least you know where it went. Some men can learn more from a stroll in a park than others do in a voyage ‘round the world. He that has the truth at his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue. —John Ruskin ARMS PROPOSAL QUESTIONS Here are some of the questions which go through a congressman’s mind on just one of the current proposals before congress. Should we put another billion and a half.of red ink on our books to finance arms for Europe, Turkey, Greece, Korea, the Philippines, et al, Should we add to our deficit for any proposal which isn’t absolutely necessary and in the nature of an emergency? And, if such is the case, does the arms program qualify as an emergency? If so, why did the president say in a recent Chicago speech that we have won the fight for peace? And, why did the secretary of state on returning from Europe say that we have the Russians on the run? And, how is all of this reconciled with almost simultaneous statements by the secretary of defense before congressional committees that our defense situation is extremely urgent? If our possession of the atomic bomb will not stop Russia from aggression, what good will the small amount of arms to each of the countries under this arms program do? Is it true that Russia could overrun Europe in six weeks if war started? And, if such is: the ¢gase, aren’t we wasting the artfis or, worse, making it possible for ‘them to fall into Russian hands to be used against us? What assurance have we that these nations will not reduce their own preparedness program proportionately and in the overall be no better prepared? And, if we got such assurances, how can we be sure they will be kept? Or, is this another way of increasing aid to these nations by assuming the obligation of their military preparedness? Will the most of this program be subtracted from our own defense budget? And in such event, isn’t it possible that we could make a better use of the money for everybody’s protection if we spent it on our own military Letters to The Editor The views and opinions appearing in this column, Letters to The Editor, are not necessarily those of The. Nugget. ok * * The Editor: Sir: Having retired me in your issue of July 12 and resurrected me in the Aug. 5 number of your increasingly interesting paper and having misquoted me in your editorial “The Butchery of History,” I am moved to protest as follows: I am quoted as having said (1) Professor Robinson’s hall was located where the Cardinal hall now stands; (2) It was not ‘The Merchant of Venice,” actually a trial was being held in a theater that collapsed into Deer creek; (3) ‘no one was drowned; (4) Durgan’s Flat and Jersey Flat were near Downieville. (1) While Dr. Robinson, not professor, did open “Dramatic Hall” in the spring of 1851. There never was in this town a Robinson hall, nor for that matter, a Cardinal Hall. Hamlet Davis’ Dramatic Hall, built above his store on northeast corner of Broad and Pine streets on the lot now occupied by the ‘Morgan building, was the first]’ “house of entertainment” in this town. A glance at the topography will plainly show the impossibility of a structure on this site washing down Deer creek. (2) It obviously was not “The Merchant of Venice.” Dr. Robinson, affectionately known around the northern mines as “Yankee” Robinson, was a ' wise-cracker noted for his ability to improvise gags about local celebrities. He did not play Shakespeare. The only place of entertainment that ever washed down Deer creek was the Jenny Lind theater, which in the great flood of March, 1852, was lifted from its supporting piles and with several .other buildings, completely demolished. (3) No one was downed in this disaster and so far as I know no loss of life occurred in the Downieville flood. (4) Durgans Flat and Jersey Flat are not near Downieville but are component parts of that town. It was from the bridge connecting the two flats that Juanita was lynched. Mr. Lynch’s story of this flood, with these errors and some inadmissable elaborations, is fairly accurate. H. P. DAVIS,,. Aug. 6, 1949. Nevada City, Washington Notes By Congressman Clair Engle establishment right here at home? WHAT. ARE WE STARTING How long is this arms program going to last? Is this just the beginning? Will future calls upon us be the same or much larger? Will supplying arms to these nations be considered as provocative by Russia and therefore intensify the international bad feeling? In short, will it have a tendency to aggravate war rather

than decrease the possibilities of war? Moreover, since the commitments of the Atlantic charter, is it apt to encourage some cocky little nation into an international incident which will bring about war? ANSWERS SHOULDBE PUBLIC Do the leaders of our government have the answers to all of these questions? If not, why are President Truman, Secretary of State Acheson, Secretary of Defense Johnson, the joint chiefs of of staff and former Secretary of State George Marshall so emphatically urging it? And, if they have the answers, why haven’t they been made public? Add a similar line of questions on the budget, federal aid to edueation, social security, public health, the economic recession, etc., and you can understand why most congressmen are befuddled. Grass Valley -* Mountain Chevrolet company, Grass Valley, was awarded contract to supply a 49-passenger bus to Union Hill elementary school district, as the result of a lengthy meeting of the school board last Thursday evening. Among other bidders for the bus were Cochran and Celli; Earl Covey garage; Helbach Motors; Paul Viles, and Sierra Truck and Tractor. * * ea Women’s Christian Temperance Union members will gather at Memorial park today at 12:30 for ‘a picnic luncheon and meeting. Miss Muriel Bunney will be in charge of devotions. Guests are expected from temperance unions in Colfax, Roseville and Lincoln. Grass Valley members. and friends are asked to be present with well-filled baskets. * * * Grass Valley Wildcats forfeited Foothill league baseball game to Placerville 49ers, which was to have been played at the Nevada county fairgrounds Sunday. * * * Grass Valley Gold Miners chorus, one of the north state’s most popular singing groups, will give an entertainment at the El Dorado county fair in Placerville on the night of Sept. 11. * * * E. H. Hocking, owner of a model operating 10-stamp mill, has presented the mill to the Nevada county historical museum. The mill is a replica of one of the famous Alleghany mills. It was in operation in Grass Valley during the Fourth of July Nevada county centennial celebration. No. 6025 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEES TO DISTRIBUTE ASSETS IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA INAND FOR THE COUNTY OF NEVADA In the Matter of the Application of HARMONY GRAVEL MINING COMPANY, a corporation, For Dissolution and Distribution of Assets. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Frank G. Finnegan has filed herein a petition for, the appointment of Trustees to Distribute Assets of the Harmony Gravel Mining Company, A corporation sae charter has been forfeited; an That Friday, the 2nd day of September, 1949, at 10 o’clock A.M. at the Court Room of the above entitled, court has been fixed as the time and place for hearing said petition, at which time any person claiming to be a director or trustee or receiver for the corporation, or named in.the petition as respondent, may answer the petition and may be heard thereon by the Court. Reference is hereby made to said petition on file with the clerk of the Court for further particuae hahaa contained. ated this 21st day of Jul 1949. ¥ gd R. E. DEEBLE, CLERK By RUSSELL WILSON, ; Deputy Clerk FRANK G. FINNEGAN Attorney for Petitioner Publish July 22, 26, 29, Aug. 2, 5, 9, 1949. “TRY MILTON'S GALLONS $1.60 PER GALLON ORDER AHEAD Phone 123 { * . make proper representations to the Gop Diecer’s Fran Charles Scott Haley ; I had a very. delightful and uneventful trip through the canal and up the east coast. By this time the canal wore a settled and stable look, after seven years of use, which was quite a contrast to my memories of it during construction days. . always regretted, however, the loss of those pictures which I had taken so carefully during the week that I had prowled around the bottom without any hindrance to my activities. : io We came up the east coast and landed in New York on a spring morning in February. ] went up to the office as soon as . had landed my grip at a hotel and been shaved. : The Chief was there and as soon as I had sent my name in, he came out to usher me into his office. I was glad to see him again, for . have always admired him greatly. His first words were: ‘Well, we made our cake too quickly and it wouldn't rise, would it? Anyhow, it was worth the try. But it does not now look as if we were going to be short of oil, judging by the reports we get from California and Texas fields. But here is something” — and his eye twinkled— ‘to show you how remiss you have been.’” And he handed me a letter. It was from the Department of Commerce in Washington, and forwarded a complaint from their attache in Lima, regarding our company. : ee, ‘There are five major companies who have their representatives here, beside the Company. All ‘of them have reported here and asked for our assistance. This one company is known to have a representative here who has contracted for third of the available petroleum acreage in Peru, according to our advices. And yet this office has not only been unable to find out who he is, but does not even know where he is staying. Please sidist cckcal Company. Such is the advantage of protective cover. A LITTLE OF ALPHA, AND SOMETHING OF OMEGA They say a man grows old when his thoughts turn backward rather than forward. This may or may not be true; for myself, . cannot say. . have it in mind that . am yet to do things of real worth in the days that are to come, as reconstruction of a war-wracked world becomes im. perative. And yet at times in the afternoon, my thought turns back to days that I have known. My recollection runs savorily back through shimmering and smoky vistas of the past—to mornings when the tang of the Oregon pines and the, weight of Oregon dews aroused me from beneath a heavy tarpaulin to sense the keen odor of bear-oil sizzling in the frying pan, . stuck my head out to see white and foaming batter plop merrily in the pan. Quickly I doused my head and hands in a near by pcol of stinging, ice cold water, and returned'up the bank redfaced and ravenously hungry, to feast myself on the loins of King Hotcake, who beamed benevolently from the pan as he crisped himself for our satisfaction. Again, the dawn of day in the Peruvian Andes. The sun leaped over the roof of the world at sixteen thousand feet. The clear, cool atmosphere filled our full-expanded lungs to their last-distened capillary. A dirty little thatched stone hunt that held a fireplace smoke-blackened in the time of the Incas, served as hearth for John, our bleck Savannah cook. Like some Nubian priest in overal!s, he ceftly whisked his biscuit from the skillet and deposited them on pampas grass alongside. Dirty, squatting descendants of Athualpas serfs sat around him on their haunches, their open-mouthed wonder adding to his price, as he bore aloft his precious burden to our hungry table. Fir boughs and warm woolen blanket. The murmur of Horcelinto Creek, in northern California, disturbed my slumbers gently. My partner, Tip, was taking his turn at breakfast making. A platter full of crisply browned trout, heavenly scented, caught:a fleck of morning sunlight through the branches. As I hastily laced my boots, the shining white belly of our royal friend, the hotcake, flashed 2 moment in the air’as Tip dextrously flipped the pan. Scarcely stopping to scrub the sleep from my eyes, . reached for one. Hot and sizzling, . wrapped a pair of six inch trout in the caressing folds, and sank my teeth deep -into the food that the gods would have chosen. These and other memories—not all to do with eating —come crowding back, until the tale is full. When . first left college, . went to Nevada to learn to use the tools of my trade. Suffering desert thirst and sunstroke as a prospector, . made up my mind that I was not enough of a philosopher to be in proper communion with burros. Many better men have found life's satisfaction in nature's communions—but . wished for more action. I] learned how easy it is to waste one’s substance in halls of light where clicking wheels go round and thousands of dollars turn on the roll of dice. And, going back to cloistered halls for another year, . finished my schooling. Not education, for college years are merely training and hardening of the mental muscles. Education can only come from living life, and some of the best educated men whom . have ever known— inincluding my own father—never went to a school after twelve years of age. Either the desire for learning is in a growing mind, and hard study becomes easy, regardless of where it is done—or the desire is not there. In that case, all the college degrees in the world will never educate. (to be continued) Many an optimist ‘got rich by buying out a pessimist. Py ne y «