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PAOB TWO
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T H U R S D A Y A P R IL 30, 1»31
THINGS ABE LOOKING VI’
We do n 't m ean only the green th in g s in fielld and g a r­
den Econom ic d ep ressio n s have no effect upon th e p ro ­
cesses of n atu re : the leaves com e out and the g ra ss com es
up to say nothing of the weeds w het her business is good
or bad. And at this tim e of year it is alw ays tru th fu l,
though not alw ays the whole truth, to say th a t th in g s are
looking up.
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T his y ea r it seem s to he tru e ot o th e r things besides
th e ones th at grow. T here a re plenty of signs of im prove­
m ent in business, not m uch in some lines, a good deal in
o thers. Automobile production is increasing, w hich m eans
m ore men w orking in the factories. T he electric pow er
o u tp u t is higher than it was a year ago. T hat m eans not
only th at m ore people are using electric light but th at
industrial plants are buying m ore power. Buillding con-
tra c ts reported for M arch show a gain over F ebruary. And
it is hard to travel tw enty miles in any direction from a n y ­
w here w ithout running into a new highw ay o r bridge under
co n stru ctio n , o r som e o th er big piece of pubic w ork, giving
em ploym ent to large num bers of m en and p u ttin g in the
ag g reg ate h u ndreds of millions of dollars into circulation
T here has been a great deal of unfriendly com m ent
abroad over the situ atio n in the Vnited S ta te s d u rin g the
past eighteen m onths. U nem ploym ent, the breadlines in
th e big cities, and sim ilar sensational itetps of new s were
printed in E uropean papers, with th e resu lt th at G erm any
F ran ce and Italv picture the whole population of the I nited
S ta te s reduced to d estitution. A pparently they have never
heard, over th ere, of o u r m iniature golf craze, which began
Just a fte r th e depression hit us and so fa r lias developed
into a $150,000,000 business. Not everybody in th e Vnited
S ta te s spends his tim e in th e breadline!
And. to com e back to th e green g ra ss and the weeds,
n a tu re is doing a little b e tte r by us this year th a n last. At
least, th ere h as been m ore rain this spring all over the
co u n try th a n th ere w as a y ear ago. and m ore snow in the
n o rth th an for several w inters. T here is still a lot of w a te r
to fall to bring up th e average, but th e re d o esn ’t seem to
be any d an g er of a n o th er widespred drought in 1931.
On the whole, all th in g s considered, we re doing p retty
well, th a n k you.
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BOATS MUST GO
B oat fishing m ust go. In the sm aller sections of the
W illam ette and McKenzie boatm en have tak en lately, ab ­
norm ally large catches. Bank fisherm en have g o tte n a
few. It is not a m a tte r of w h at we an d o u r friends would
like to do. but w hat is th e best for th e fishing sport g e n e r­
ally.
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CHAS. TAYLOR'S GARAGE
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ALL OPEN BUT ONE
T h e road to C ra te r Lake and down to Fort K lam ath is
open. W apinta cutoff is open, a s are all th e o th e r im proved
ro ad s th ro u g h the m ountains, except the McKenzie. W hen
will we get th e highw ay dep artm en t to feel som e obliga­
tions to th e people of th is p a n of O regon as re g a rd s the
McKenzie pass?
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Ryen m e u nprecedented dust sto rm which sw ept the
s ta te last week brought its bits of hum or. Som e fu n ster
assu red th e public th a t G overnor M eier w as Just cleaning
house at Stlem .
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T h en again one of o u r co rresp o n d en ts says th e storm
proved th a t th ere was no such thing as strict enforcem ent.
"T h e p ass,” referrin g to th e “ M cKenzie p ass,” h as been
declared officially closed, and yet d u st and breeze of the
en tire C entral Oregon c o u n try cam e over the p ass.”
Eugene, Oregon
Well if th e new s ta te police is to be a m ilitary o rg a n iz a ­
tion, w hy not put G eneral George W hite in com m and. We
can see no reason for im porting any high powered publi­
city generals.
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ISN'T IT?
TAKE TIME TO THINK IT OYER
T h ere is a m an. now old in years but still very vigorous,
ho built up th e largest com pany of its kind in th is coun-
y. One of his younger associates w as recently giving me
'ine sidelights on his c h a ra c te r and m ethods.
“ W henever we had som e especially big problem on hand
e sam e thing invariably happened.” he said, "It m ight be
building program involving the investm ent of m illions, or
e launching of a new product, or a plan for extending our
terations into a foreign country.
"Always, in the midst of ou. discussions, the-O ld Man
ould bring his fist down on the desk w ith a bang.
“ 'We will stop right here,’ he would say. ‘We will not
scide a single thing. 1 am going aw ay to the c o u n try for
vo w eeks to re st ami fish. W hen 1 com e back I will tell you
>w to run this com pany.' ”
My in fo rm an t said th a t the Old Man invariably re tu rn ed
1th a b e tte r perspective, clearer vision and fresh courage.
Years ago 1 read a biography of B enjam in Diraell who
jgau life, as you will recall, as a writ r with publishing am -
tions. He conceived th e idea of a m agazine, and w as bold
to u g h to hope that be might persuade Sir W alter S c o tt to
i its editor.
He took the train to the city w here Scott lived and ar-
ved late in the afternoon. Instead of m aking his call at
ace, he registered a t th e hotel, ordered a com fortable
join, and w ent to bed.
In recording the experience, he said th a t he had m ade up
is m ind, even in thoRe early days, never to a tte m p t a diffi-
Lilt interview , when he w as tired.
Tw o m en of niv acq u ain tan ce w ere throw n o u t of em-
loym ent by a m erger T hey were men of ability for whom
pportunities were sure to open sooner or later.
T h e first m an proceeded to w orry him self into a sta te
I nerv o u s Inefficiency, lie hurried around am ong his
•lends; he let fear show in his eyes and face.
T he o th e r m an w ent away. W hen I m et him la st he
a s sun-brow ned and reBted; he had purchased som e new
lothes, and w as s ta rtin g o u t serenely to co n q u er the
orlld.
M ost of us have to tak e our vacations a t sta te d in te r­
n s, which a re fixed by the routine of business ra th e r th a n
y o u r perso n al desires. B ut it is possible for even the
m nblest of us to avoid th e m istake of m aking im p o rtan t
»cisions w hen o u r m inds a re w eary o r worried.
lx>ts of tim es the best th in g we can do is to say: “ I
lall now tu rn my b ack on this desk and leave th e office,
id I will not th in k a b o u t this thing again tonight.
T om orrow w ill be a new day and, if I am rested, a day
ill o t mu« b m ore co u rag e an d w isdom. So my decision will
I so u n d er an d braver th a n it can possibly be today.
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