California District News Letter, Volume 3

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Page 11 - ... (d) Before any such exchange under this section shall be effected, notice of the contemplated exchange, describing the lands involved, shall be published by the Secretary of the Interior once each week for four successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the County or counties in which may be situated the lands to be accepted, and in the same manner in some like newspaper published in any county in which may be situated any lands to be given in such exchange; lands conveyed to...
Page 10 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That, when the public interests will be benefited thereby, the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized in his discretion to accept on behalf of the United States...
Page 11 - Interior be, and hereby is, authorized in his discretion to accept on behalf of the United States title to any lands within the exterior boundaries of the national forests which, in tiie opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture...
Page 1 - If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill, Be a scrub in the valley — but be The best little scrub by the side of the rill; Be a bush, if you can't be a tree. If you can't be a bush, be a bit of the grass...
Page 19 - The world bestows its big prizes, both in money and honors, for but one thing. And that is Initiative. What is Initiative? I»ll tell you: It is doing the right thing without being told.
Page 5 - They do me wrong who say I come no more When once I knock and fail to find you in; For every day I stand outside your door And bid you wake and rise to fight and win. Wail not for precious chances passed away! Weep not for golden ages on the wane! Each night I burn the records of the day; At sunrise every soul is born again.
Page 19 - Next, there are those who do the right thing only when necessity kicks them from behind, and these get indifference instead of honors, and a pittance for pay.
Page 1 - If you can't be a highway, then just be a trail. If you can't be the sun, be a star; It isn't by size that you win or you fail— Be the best of whatever you are!
Page 5 - ... 1. Have a definite aim. 2. Go straight for it. 3. Master all details. 4. Always know more than you are expected to know. 5. Remember that difficulties are only made to overcome. 6. Treat failures as stepping-stones to further effort. 7. Never put your hand out further than you can draw it back.

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