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can be heated so we are quite com fort
able. The days are warm but it gets
chilly at night and in the morning.
The weather is much like fall in Ore
gon.
"O u r area is about eight miles from
Keijo, the capital of Korea, and a city
of well over half a million people.
" I am still in doubt as to when I
will be returned to the States for dis
charge. Except for taking care o f my
squadron troops until they are pro
vided for under other command, I feel
as though my job here is done and I
want to be home with Dorothy and
back on my job.”
A plan for adjusting salaries of city
employees in accordance with the cost
of living index of the United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics has been
adopted in Lodi, California.
Columbus, Ohio, has created a wage
adjustment commission of five citizens
appointed by the mayor to serve with
out pay for the purpose of studying the
classification and standardization of all
positions in the city service.
A t the recent session o f the Florida
state legislature a bill was passed giving
Tampa a new civil service board and
changing the method of filling these
positions.
V O X POP
" Ju s t one big happy fam ily.” That
old adage correctly describes the State
Employee, speaking collectively. O ut
of 67 2 1 J4 State employees there has
not been one gripe in four months,
four months gentlemen, one hundred
and twenty three days.
The V ox Pop editor has less to do
than the man who counts the new cars
in an auto factory or a checker in a
saw mill.
Retirement is a desirable condition to
work for but ye ed was surprised—
yea amazed that he was given the bums
rush along with "L ittle Flower” L a
Guardia at such a tender age. Oh well,
i t leaves more time for hunting.
A lady swept into a bank with such a
commanding air that the president of
the bank thought he should ask her if
there was something he could do. There
was— he signed for a telegram.
I f you have begun to accept things
as they are, and quit trying to change
them, you’re growing old.
A modern girl is one who can meet
the wolf at the door and come out
with a fu r coat.
It is futile to worry about yesterday
or tomorrow and it is foolish to worry
about anything so temporary as today.
Eugene Sand & Gravel Co.
J. R. McKy
- H. B. Ruth
Washed Sand, Gravel and Crushed Rock
Eugene, Oregon