"Itllsn't Your Tow11---ff'g You!"

By JACK DIONNE

If the-re is otre idea I like to h"tp otto it is that which says that a town is a refection of its citizenship, and that when they say that a town is ttdeadtt they are simply declaring that the buslness" men. of that town lack nothing but decent burial.

' ft is a thought that should be pounded into the heads of the business men werywhere. Fleuses, store btrildings, churches, theatres, etc., dontt make a tovyn. ftts the MEN of the town that ARE, the torun" If the town is dead, itts its business men that are in that condi. tion. Pound that thought eternally ho,tne, and the mercharrt will be slow to say, "My town is dead." FIe doesn't like to feel thai he is declaring himself ready for embalming.

Remember this. Vhen you see a big tock rolling ponderously up a steep hilt you know without going back of it to looft, that drere is some force behind drat rock that is pushing to beat the band; and when you see a town that is going forward steadily and surely, overcoming the obstacles that all growing communities have to encounter, riding down its little, old-time, good-enough-for-father-and-good-enough-fot-me, obstructionists, you will know without the qoestion of a doubt that good men and true are behind that movemeng and that they have their shoulders to the job.

There may be exceptions to that rule--and if sor they only serve to prove the rulebut the fact is that towns and cities are only what their citizens make them, and in such matters, ttCitizenstt mean t'businegs mer.tt

"You say, etThat town has great poosibilitiesrtt and it is all bosh. Human possibilities are man-made; nothing else. They say, ttYou cantt make a silk purse out of a sowts earrtt but the truth is that a skillful man can make a purse out of a sods ear that has a silk purse skinned to death. ft isn't so much what you have, as what you think yo'u have, AND V/HAT YOU MAKE OTHERS THINK YOU HAVE. Half a loaf to a wise man is worth more than a whole bakery to the man who does not realize the value of his possessions.

You say, ttMy town is deadr' and you immediately contribute liberally towards its burial ceremonies. Yout tovm is what you and your other townspeople think it it. Reverse your attitude. fnstead of thinking it's dead-think it's alive, and. you will immediately begin to contribute towards its enlivenment. Say ittc alive, and get others to sefng it. They will soon be believing it, and when they begin to believe it, it will become a fact.

Remember, IT ISN'T YOUR TOVN, IT'S YOU.

Make your town what you would like to see it.

. Just Wonderin'

I Wonder if the forest trees Are shaking in their roots, And if the solemn, great horned owl An eerie warning hoots; And if that bird could utter speech And voice his heart's desire, Would he command right hootingly, "Don't start a forest fire?"

I wonder if you and I rvill spend our vacations in the rustling shade of California forests. Will it be our privilege to revel in the beauty about us, listen to the carols of feathered songsters, watch the amusing antics of elfin woodland creatures, inhale the spicy odors of pine, fir and mountain laurel, and gain inspiration, ,courage and fortitude for the tasks and problems awaiting our return home ?

I Wonder if we will leave our peaceful sylvan retreats as we find them; or will some heedless act of ours reduce them to ghastly ruins, snuft out the lives of their happy denizens, perhaps destroy the homes of men and endanger the lives of those lvho will be called upon to combat and conquer the demon our hands have rvantonly set free.

The rules are simple; extinguish matches and cigarettes before tossing them aside, bank the camp fire and in every way possible heed the plea of the defenseless forests, "Help Prevent a Forest Fire."

\(/alter P. Medill

Walter P'ennock lVIedill, well known San Fran,cisco lumberman, died from the effects of blood poisoning at Oakdale Hospital, Oakdale, Calif., on July 7.

He was born in Newark, Delaware, 6O years ago, and began his early training in the lumber business in Washington, D. C., coming to California in 1903 to take a job with the llammond Lumber Company at Samoa. He worked there and in Eureka for Hammond Lumber Company until 1909 when he came to San Francisco to work in the sales department of McKay & Company, Redwood manufacturers. He later became sales manager for this concern and held that position until 1934, the mill having cut out in 1932.

Mr. Medill is survived by his widow; Mrs. Mildred Medill;'four brothers, George, Charles, lVill and David, all residing in the East, and two sisters, Mrs. Jos. McVey and Miss Frances Medill of Newark. Del.

Ken Haley Visits East

W. K. (Ken) Haley, of Haley Bros., sash and door wholesalers, Santa Monica, returned recently from a five weeks' vacation trip to the Eastern States and Erastern Canada.

He made the trip by automobile, and was accompanied by Mrs. Haley. They visited the Grand Canyon and other interesting pla,ces and saw many relatives and old friends, covering close to 10,000 miles.

Visits Los Angeles

A. C. Tebb, Aberdeen, Wash., president of the Southland Lumber Co,mpany, was a visitor at the company's Los Angeles offi,ce last week. He made ghe trip by airplane.

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