THE TAHOE 

 (A Quarterly Publication) 



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 VOLUME II November 1912 KUH3ER 2 



"It Was Hot Like That in the Olden Days" 



Truly we are living in progressive ' tiroes. If \vo cannot 

 fully comprehend the fact all by ourselves, it only remains for 

 us to review the events in the past campaign and we got the idoa 

 immediately. Y/e are likewise reminded of the change in the af- 

 fairs of men when wo pay our grocery and meat bills. Then, of 

 a truth, we are brought face to face with the realization that 

 times have changed since we wore boys c Then a balloon asoensic_ 

 was a momentous event, and the bicycle a favorite method of con- 

 veyance. 



Not long ago, hoary mountaineers about Emigrant Gap were 

 startled from their Rip Van Winkles by the appearance of n flying 

 machine in thoir midst, and now the brute creation no longer 

 stands in amaze and terror as benzine buggies buzz by. People 

 are evon becoming accustomed to a Forest officer in our progres- 

 sive times, and some begin to realize what his p.dvont is all about \ 

 Ho longer are there raanlfos tat ions of curiosity or alarm when he 

 appears, and the impression that he really does work has gained 

 wide credance. 



likewise, are different than in the oldon days when 

 a badgo was apt to impart rather Of a cooky fooling* It moans 

 Just as much to us as it over did, but the cockiness has been 

 superceded by horse-sense as regards the position of the other 

 fellow. In those early days wo were so busy with petty details 

 that nuch of the larger things escaped our notice, and if they did 

 intvude themselves on our nindo , HO were not prepared for thorn. 



:t we are selling millions of feet of timber without 

 batting an eye-lash, establishing nurseries, planting trees, and 



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