Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1921-06-10


I'd FSSSR are biting up In old Sandy.
r. vi "AIysadvIce TO each one OF you
w is to get your fishing pole ana
carry the question along with you. Near the shores
Of old Sandy you will find schools OF polliwogs,
Learn a lesson from them.
'"These powogs are on their way TO froghood.
You fellows are on your way to manhood. But the
powogs are not in any particular hurry. don't
think you'll find them trying to leap around and hit
their voices like frogs. AS matter of fact they
are going to assume several different shapes be-
fore they settle down into froghood. For the
present however, they are content to go right on
being powogs
you fellows are In the polliwog stage. Your
powers and abilities only half revealed. Look
around before you decide what you want to be or
do. In few years you may become aware of quail
tiles In your makeup whose existence you never
suspected. At the same time, abilities that you
think you now possess may fade away Take your
time. You may save yourself from the fate OF
misfit. You've heard of them-the doctors are UNI
happy because they are not lawyers, the chemists
who would be OF more service to the world as
newspaper men,"
have passed on these wise words to many boys.
And | pass them on now with new application
Ito the small=town boy who dreams of achiev-
ing success In the city.
His mind is cranmed with Horatio Alger Jr,
stuff. He has read the picturesque life stories
of some of our big men who left the farm for the
city The whistles of locomotive among the hills
makes him yearn for the city. bristllng with OPP
portunities. He looks upon the glistenlng rails
as the avenue to his opportunity.
He is short-sighted.
A few. years ago. big city was the place for
an up-and-coming young man. It needed him. and
1t was prepared TO reward him with money and POI
ssItlon Today. however, the story Is reversed.
America has grown too fast" say our deep think
ing economists and publicists. "She has spread
herself thny over a large area. The future OF
/ Airy In &c rffl Q0
and towns"
Are you looking for opportunity? Examine that
4 little old "onehoss" town of yours before you
think of buying one-way ticket from It, There
are many ambitious, and very wise. young men
who are deliberately leaving the larger cities and
moving into towns such as yours.
D.. few months ago visited a country store IN q
typical small town Of the West. The owner Is a
young man. Ten years ago he left the town and
went TO Chicago for real job" But he had not
worked long before he realized that II would be
many yenrs before he could get the kind OF JOB
he wanted. There we're opportunities for fore.
men, managers, superintendents and other
"bosses" But they were purely administrative
Jobs. He wanted TO create and build up q Dusi-
ness of his own.
The death OF his father called him home TO care
for his mother. and he got job in general store
of the town. II was terrible grind. The WORK
itself was not back breaking But the daily rouno
OF little things 10 do-the same dull routine. hour
after hOur day after day, week after Week. Bos
on his nerves. Weighing out bagful OF TINS
wrapping up handful OF that-it was hard work
simply because II was not Interesting
Did this young fellow settle down and wear ninl
self deeper and deeper into the rutf He do not
He simply began to look around to see II ne couio
liven things up.
he suggested to the owner that ne advertise.
"Adyertiser" snorted the owner what for
why-p'tu Everyone round here knows were
here. And open for business all the time. Pfu
And CARRYING almost anything in stock that tbey'I
ever want. ADVERTISED What fort
He suggested specializing. "Why not throw ou
some of these sow-moying articles and put II
goods that sell more quIcklyT
aNo." said the merchant. I'VE depend on tn'
farmers for the bulk of our trade, anu we've 70
70 carry general Iine-a little BIZ OF everything
No-p'tu! -weD go right ON with our line
staples" \.
The next year the young man bonght our .Ih'
did man and started in 10 be business-pniiaeF
HIS first reform was TO get rid OF nail the stocA
Won know what collection Of junk the averag'
country general store f. with Its haunting odo
of harness grease. calico. soda crackers. hoFA
7 Iininent and cheese
Tie had observed that the women did most. OF en-
EuyIng SO he nodded his stores service 10 NEE
! their needs He investigated their buying habits
He learned that those who could anord TO bu
J hnery patronized the large city stores OF sen
away 20 the mail order houses
The young man visited the Jobbers and manu-
: facturer- in the city. He brought back iarg
consignment Of hats. suits. dresses ana othe
stylish things that women wear Ihen he htte
M a si,eiial department in the space from whic
NJ had drown the gun oil and tenpenny nall