The Oregon state employee. (Salem, Oregon.) 1944-195?, October 01, 1949, Page 30, Image 30

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deep is thei r y eterminatiunj aUd effort
to make* | | |5 8 d a y qùnt.
(Cover Picture)
If the tree could think, it would
By Ernest A. Rostel
know it must keep fighting if it jsgtô
In man’s reckoning of time, the end remain a living 'thmg>on the hillside/
of 1949 brought the close of the first and man4B85y realizes he rW sÇdômis
half* of the fabulous Twentieth Cen- consistent-îâést in alfchis e n < g g ^ js / y |
H H but to a -tree ^ n ^ grows at Toll- he would
gate in the Blue Mountains, the com -1 tree on t l^ h i’llside. I
ing of 1950 is but another year.
A n o tp f^ e a r fo.i®ifflg^give battle: to
I benj& il thebe
m or^K^isfabthM
the' elements of the high country and in patting I a man on ltfie |b a ck |j^ O E n
to e i O ^ ^ i t s will to./ljB9gmid ad­ Islanding on hiW nfjìlBl believe there
versity ~againsWw kind. Somehow it is more fun in lifting a man up than
stands there on the lorffijawle ak moun­ holding him down. I believe happiness
tainside an Example forhum ans who is bound up with helpfulness.
may become impatient with -the &&&ys
—j J S m e
Fleishman.
of life and living.
When the Twentieth Century began,
Oregon Gravel Co.
with nearly three-fourths of today’s,
population yet unborn, the tree had
Sand - Gravel - Crushed oROk
already suryjSam countless battles with
Concrete Pipe & Concrete Tile
ruthless elements of the uplands. A t
1405 N. Front St., Salem
“that time its trunk mayfhavb extended
Phone 3-3417
higher into the alpine;rair, and K O
branches -may havetbeen?heavier^ith
needles. Relentless winter storms, sud­
den lightning of summer, and high
winds-in between, relentlwgly|xetard-
Quisenberry Quisenberry Medlcal
ed its rightful growth.
With all its hard knocks, it stands
c'°rner
Pharmacies Cente‘'
there proud and erect in i t s | ^ » K ^
B ranch
against a cloud-fleck^ ^ g y of the New
Court & Com’l Salem 2440 Grear
Year, a symbol of te r m in a tio n . Near
its base two skiers, surveying forested
and hilly, terrain, are peering toward^
the horizons of the futu ^ ^ y it'h. things
Capital City Transfer
to come still unkn§||n.
They know 1950 is bringing, them
Local and Long Distance Hauling
365 brand new -.(^ S t t o r S g r very own
Storage - Crating - Oil - Briquets
use. How they will bpjwsBjBOTfor each
226 State St.
Day Phone 2-2436
of his own choosing, and what they
Salem, Ore.
Night Phone 3-3342
will bring forth depends much on how
new horizons
SALEM CONCRETE P IP E & PRODUCTS CO.
Culvert - Sewer - Irrigation - Drain - Blocks
PIPE
150 Beech Ave
Portland Real
Salem, Oregon
Phone 3-3500