Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-17
'The Wealth Of A Nation Is Men
And Anything Is Possible If All
Have Courage, Honor, Nobility

only the PROV propeers. and hulls of ships
Scientists navigators, men of intuition and the
world at large agreed that San Francisco Bay,
to which I refer, could never be bridged
1t was the one thing that could not be done.
But a few mornings ago ! drove across TINS
bridge four times The irst because OF necessity
the second time on the way back to my office,
and then because had been told of so many
personal problems in the newspaper world that
could not be solved turned around and drove
twice again across this bridge.
Oddly enough my problems were minimized
when l look at this massive structure and real
lied that another step forward had been taken.
I actually stopped and thought in the middle OF
that bridge much to the dismay of the guardi-
ans of traffic thereon, and realized that in this
world there is probably nothing impossible.
Once old Emperor Norton, back in the eigh-
teen hundreds ordered the bay area eridged.
The eccentric old gentleman thought of himself
as king, although in truth he was a COM
moner. He also thought himself the Protector
of Mexico and the world thought he was crazy
crazy like fox!
Perhaps some of the rest of US are crazy
when we see beyond the mundane things of the
everyday world-and perhaps we are not. For
my part l accept the challenge of this oridge
and refuse to be frightened by the vicissitudes
of existence in this universe of turmoil and
chaos No doubt every human being in the
world has problems. Few seem able to solve
their difficulties with calm and cool deliberation.
rHERE is no sea of turmoil no muddy waters
1 Of grief nor channels of dspair that can not
be bridged by dauntless faith and the courage
to carry on This is not a cche, nor is 1T trite,
but it is a fact which the commercial world
brings to our attention every day of every year
Great men are great because they have the
ability to see these bridges in their minds COM
plete, while others doubt even the possibility
of their realization If we would take our prob
lens as the first engineers took the problem
of bridging the bay and attacked the difficulty
with forethought and sincerity and the afore-
mentioned courage we would find the very effort
of solving them diversion which robs our
minds of the panic induced by fear.
For instance: there was the problem of the
depth of the water, the width of the bay, and
the curve of the channel. So the engineers
sounded the depth and proceeded with care and
caution, calling to the aid other men versed in
the difficulties of such matters.
Suppose you attacked your problems in this
way. Let us imagine that your immediate OBJ
iective is more money, better living conditions
and more friends (actually these are the major
problems of existence). Then the thing to do
first would be to sit quietly as these engineers
must have and sound the depths of your mind
in order to ascertain what you are most suited
for and can do the best. 1t may be that with
your. accomplishments goes disposition not
welcome to the public or an Incidence which
could be overcome. In short, it may be thou
sand things known to others but not to your
self And professional advisor, if called in,
could hold the mirror up to the light so that
you would see your flaws and be able to correct
them.
If your need is friends, the same method OF