The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-08-26
arms that summons the spirit Of
those hoIf-forgoffen days Of resolvte marching men
Here's q stirring coll TO

10 OVeT0SLlludtluS IT, Liz SAJJ w
are Just turning the corner" of
1929-3O, was the equivalent Of I'VE
will have the boys out Of the
trenches by Christmas" Of 1914-15.
And our 'aThis country Is going to
the dogs" of 1882, is the equivalent
of 'The Central Powers are invfnci-
Bile" of March, 1918. l have heard
leading men, given over to fear,
prate Of national failure, bankrupt
cy, and Bolshevism. This Is no
time for craven cringing. Looking
out of my window, l see the shaft
of the monument to Washington. l
think of Valley Forge, and wonder
how those who lament n
wiring their hands would have en-
joyed that winter. This Is Wash
ington's bicentennial. 1t is time
for a new reckoning, a new respon-
sibility, a new courage.
During the winter past many a
good man, willing and able to work,
has gone through a hell Of unem-
ployment and uncertainty. Re
membering that, we may also n
that some good, along with the
evil, comes out of all depressions.
I am not a stranger to depres-
sions. Economists tell US that the
panic Of 1873 was the closest anal
g which history furnishes to u
present troubles. My father, a
well-to-do business mar and farm
er in Missouri, was caught in that
general disaster. l was just th1r-
teen years old. One day my IA
Their told me the whole story.
John" he said, Everything |
own has been swept away except
the farm, which is covered by a
heavy mortgage" eve finally lost
it, 81 must try to make some
money by travelling as a salesman.
While 1 am away you must take
care of the family and manage 4
farm" During the next three years
my brother and | ran the farm.
We plowed, sowed, and reaped.
We took our produce to market.
Those days were not SO different
from these for the farmer. l re-
member we had a field Of timothy
hay which was particularly fine. l
baled it up, a carload of 1t, and
sent it by rail to st. Louis, hoping
to receive a top price, but it did
not bring enough to cover the
freight charges.
During those years my attend
ance at school was limited n L
had to do the best l could to keep
I'D with my classes by studying at
night. Those were certainly hard
times. Yet, "sweet are the Uses OF
| adyersity," and it was the best
thing that ever happened to me- 1t
taught me more, gave NE greater
| confidence and a keener ems OF
responsibility than anything Else
could have done.
unsupported Powers.
cite my own experience merely
TO show how men and women &C
tually gain a new strength and
courage when thrown upon their
own resources and responsibility in
| times of. crisis. They find In them
! selves powers they never sus-
pected.
I; The life of a military mar FUR
! nishes another example valuable in
times like the present. In every
armv career there come occasional
times of dullness. The officer, sta
toned at some remote army post,
| has his routine duties to perform.
When these are completed he finds
the temptation almost overwhelm-
ing to give over his leisure to
cards, light reading, social eve
| nings, painless time-wasting. 1t is
the officer who resists that tempta-
ton. who spends hard hours each
day studying the latest advances
In artillery technic, ia transport, In
tactics-it is this officer who re-
ceiyes recognition when the oppor-
tunity for active service comes.