The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-07-14


NO REWARD FOR LOYALTY
What can : aSn AeQs for who en-
tiers she government service as
earperz Let Is hook AZ some actual
ezseS~ Here IS the story q enc IS
todd hy = ]. Ayers ehief CLERK he
pSrrmezt Of the l1tersoE. He cites II
as a case similar - that q EnSRy oSh-
eES in his department. and says there
are many oxhers was are in NoCse en-
cumSlSnce>c
The records Of our department
show that be entered the service asa
53borer al $500 year. after service
II THREE aud half ye2rs in the Uni
tel States navy as rrst-SS2ss ire
man with an honorable discASrse- he
has been With Is for u2@Ee than thirty
three years. snt Is Sixty-Six yeSrs
cid sad hSs given mere than half his
life 70 the service q the s0vsrumeni-
He owns q little property three
miles ls-.yoSsd the Chesapeake juno
ton ant h gets up early In the morn
ing before daylight and oorDcs II 10
work and goes out after dark - night
Tc.iAy he = getting $50 = rear He
has raised = family % nIRe ehildreEl-
thr-~ ~ whom are nOw dezd-eight
boys and c1e daughter His elder
sons are married and have established
homes q. their oEu- Two u his suns
we're in the military service in France
and his daughter. rwelyr years old
lives with her grandmother. where he
IS Supporting educating and clothing
her.
He Is white man. 9 very lnteilt-
gent Tnsn. enInen,ly qualified for this
particular line u work His N4fe Is
dead. He i his 0su hoGsskeep~r and
he does The COOKIES and the wsshin,
and the iFSning
His horlle wss established IL its
present location because II was no;
thought practicable 70 raise family
in the district. and he bought plece
q property in Prince Georges eOun-
u three miles beyond the railroad
terminal which distance, as i said he
walks twice = day. leaving in the morn
Ing mast 81 the year before daylight,
and returning home by dark This
small place consists Of shsck and 8
few acres 81 land % which he has q
mortgage Of Sl.nssl. and you can judge
that he ENJOYS no eoaveniences othe.
than lAe small house, which protects
him from the elements
ROOMS. the partitions being OF paper
tackled 70 the framework. there being
no lsrkss or plaster
The small stove standing In the
cenrer ~ the room he has used 20.
more than twenty years. and the 20,
OF the store contains his Sunday din.
ner. which he has prepared for him
self consisting Of white navy beans
and fsrback These teams are now
costing him twenty-five TO thirty cents
quart and the farbsek costs him
forty cents 8 pound Il could have
been purchased q few years ago tor
seventeen cents pound. and the beans
for ten cents He does not get any
fresh meat because he cannot afford
70 buy IL
To my mind il seems 8 pity thai
the United States government should
employ men Of that type or any othe,
type for that matter. and not give
them enough 10 lire on tecentiy II
Is particularly pity in this case Be
cause he Is somewhat superior q
many Of the employees. He hs,
stared with - IS . matter Of faithful
hess 10 the government. and hss
stared ~ith Is when he could make
more IN one week outside % the gov.
eminent than we pay him for one
month
Others have Jeff Is. but instances
o. thar kind have been very few Al
ole tine ! had In our auditorium on,
employees and ! made an appeal q
them TO stand by Is during the wal
period and there were more than ia
Of them present and they all Of one
accord assured Is that they would
stand By Is and would give Is the
benefit - their Labor 10 our cegarr
Rent during the w4r period. not with
standing Th= fact that the price tog
lahor OUTSIDE Ess great deal more
This cErlOEzs pride in their work and
loyalty 20 the government ami sh@
gDye-uDent service xsS : thing that
eropF@1 % In tie most UNEXPECTED
places
A. g<l= employs- pzr il: L think y01
all find that every service SEEMS q
Be quite proud o. its work knozR
yoG EiIl ind il IN our service as far
as compensation and such a. that ~.
eE1ce-le1 The pay In this Otzee L
snail. but that element that f@elIn.
n mans Ezild that he Is really help.
ing 10 accomplish ss.0S zogk and
helping this government 70 fRncrSOr
Sesl- i really pzrI q r. ind IN al
ny talks EIIh employees that they
really feel proud Of the4r work and
that pride Is really ShzE gets things
done think that Is true ev-EyW here
IN the whole service. and particularly
Throughout tie executive ceuerr-
nse1ts
That i rurio1sly true and & "a 0oe
81 tie FezsQCs. possibly the chief r-s
son- ShE TN sIay On II th- f@parr-
n@1Es year after y-ar al q lOz rztr
% PAS and Lot Es1h possibility o.
DrOLosi01-
G II Zsdiksr : having Z handsome
EsE residence eO1s-ruEEe6 On his
tract II ia E-<- uzr- NJ roTr The