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Show GIVING OUR WORLD THE Once Over . . . By Dick Morrison "A part of all you earn is vonrs tirprf i. .,...:.,. u 10 Keep - from The Richest Man need for completing the chariot on In KAhvlnti i . i i , In Babylon. Ancient Wisdom It was a hot day in the valley of the Euphrates as Bansir, the chariot builder, and his best friend, Kobbi, the musician, were spending spend-ing some idle moments in conversation: conver-sation: Bansir sitting on the low wall which surrounded his modest home and workshop, which stood not far from the grand Temple of Bel; Kobbi standing nearby idly twanging his lyre. Kobbi was speaking. "May the gods bless thee with great liberality, liber-ality, my good friend. Yet, it does appear they have already been so generous thou needest not to labor. I rejoice with thee in thy good fortune. More, I would even share it with thee. Pray, from thy purse which must be bulsins else thou wouldst be busy in yon shop, extract ex-tract tut two humble shekels and to show. "Food and clothing and penance for the gods, and other things of which I could not remember re-member not what, absorbed all my earnings", he told them. Then, one day, Algamlsh, the money lender, had come to the house of the city master and order. ed a copy of the Ninth Law, and which he had been working in i this had led to Arkad's acquaint ance with Algamish, and in due course he had pleaded, "Algamish, you are a very rich man. Tell me how I may also become rich, and all night I will carve upon the clay, and when the sun rises it shall be completed." And Algamish had reDlied. "You are a forward knave, but we will call it a bargain." And Arkad had carved all night, order to get it delivered so that he could collect the price from a wealthy customer. And the glances frequently cast by Bansir's wife from the door of the house said more sternly than words that the meal bag was almost empty, and he should be at work finishing the chariot.' Bansir and Kobbi, in a word, were broke, thoueh thev didn't th no matter how little youitlon. Both are good men, and Utah It can te as much more as could do a lot worse than to elect a tenth earn. you can afford. Pay yourself first. one of them. To get right down Do not buy clothes and sandals j to the point, I, as a Republican, more than you can pay out of the would prefer either of them to the rest and still have enough for George Dewey Clyde, as governor, food and charity and penance for Perhaps I should say as an ex-Re-the gods. publican, but it hasn't quite come "Wealth, like a tree, grows from to that yet. As a still-is Republican, a tiny seed. The sooner you plant 1 wno f(?els badly double-crossed by know why. They had sought riches,; though his back pained and the ,,...- ,3 A. c , . . , ... . . and dreamt of contentment. As Bansir was expressing it: "As youngsters, we went together to the priests to learn wisdom. As young men, we shared each other's pleasures. As grown men, we have always been close friends. We have been satisfied to work long hours and spend our earnings freely, yet to know the joys that come from wealth, we must dream about them. Are we more than dumb lend them to me until after the sheep? We live in the richest city noDiemen's feast this night. Thou m lne worm. What is the matter? wilt not miss them ere they are re- Why cannot we acquire silver and turned." gold - more than enough for food "If I did have two shekels." Ban- and robes?" sir responded gloomily, "to no one 11 was quite a question, and their could I lend them not even to continuing conversation led up to you, my best of friends; for they would be my fortune --my entire fortune. No one lends his entire fortune, not even to his best friend." So the conservation ran. Bansir, it was made clear, was sitting: idlv on the wall not because he was affluent, but rather because he was SHOES REPAIRED FAY WALKER 60 SOUTH 4TH WEST Just South of Overpass the idea that they should eo to their old friend, Arkad, who had become the richest man in Babylon, and, in effect, ask him how it was done. "It costs nothing to ask wise advice from a good friend and Arkad was always that. Come, let us go to Arkad and ask how we, also, may acquire incomes for ourselves", our-selves", suggested Bansir, after while. And the more they thought about it the more anxious they became be-came to get on with the Drolect. and they decided to go to Arkad and seek of his wisdom that very day. Arkad remonstrated with them. saying, "If you have not acquired more than a bare existence in the years since we were youths, it is because you either have failed to learn the laws that govern the building of wealth, or else you do not observe them." He told them how he. in turn. In his youth had been poor, and had seen all the good things that were to bring happiness and content ment, and how he had realized that wealth increased the potency of all these. He had found emDlovment in the hall of records, and had la bored hard upon the clay tablets, days, weeks, and months, and yet for his earnings he had had nought smell of the wick made his head ache, and by sun up the tablets with the Ninth Law were done. So Algamish had said to him, "The thoughts of youth are bright lights that shine forth like the meteors that oft make brilliant the sky, but the wisdom of age is like the fixed stars that shine so unchanged un-changed that the sailor may depend de-pend upon them to steer his course. Mark you well my words. . . "Then he looked at me shrewd ly", Arkad continued, "and said in a low, forceful tone. 'I found the road to wealth when I decided that n nn fif nil T Anmt.3 ...a... . L - . yuiL aii a caiiicu w nunc w j keep. And so will you' ". "Is that all", Arkad had asked of Algamish. "That was sufficient to change the heart of a sheep herder into the heart of a money lender", Algamish Al-gamish had replied. "But all I earn is mine to keep, is it not", Arkad had persisted. "Far from it", was the reply. "Do you not pay the garment maker? Do you not pay the sandal maker? Do you not pay for the things you eat? Fool! You pay everyone but yourself. Dullard, you labor for oth ers. If you did keep for yourself one-tenth of all you earn, how much would you have in ten years?" "As much as I earn in one year". "You speak but half the truth", that seed the sooner shall the tree grow. And the more faithfully vou nourish and water that tree with consistent savings, the sooner may you bask in contentment beneath Us shade". So saying, Algamish had taken his tablets and gone away. Arkad went on to tell how he had gone ahead and saved some money, and then entrusted it to a brickmaker to take over the far the Bennett, Watkins, Clyde perfor mances, I can t quite go along with the Democratic party because it remains the tool of left wingers and socialists; and yet I am more than a liltla unhappy with the performance per-formance of my own party. Maybe it is because, as Brack Lee says, both parties have become alike. And, that being the case, the only course left is to vote for the man and the principles one believes in seas and with it buy rare lewels 1 reSleas of party labels. At least, from the Phoenicians. This venture! lhat ls what 1 am goinS to do. from the Phoenicians. This venture had proved unfortunate, for, as Algamish Al-gamish then told Arkad, "Every fool must learn; but why trust the knowledge of a bricklayer about jewels? Would you go to the bread-maker bread-maker to inquire about the stars? No, by my tunic, you would go to the astrologer, if you had the power to think. Advice is one thine that is given freely awav. but Back to Hopkin and Brewster: The Tribune, Sunday, quoted each In significant utterances. What they said was much to my liking. Take Lon Hopkin, first: "During the years of this rare experience (with several state administrations) ad-ministrations) I naturallv have formed some strong convictions of Millard County Chronicle Thursday, Jan. 23, I960 ABRAHAM afton miMEH The January Thaw is upon us 1 it was and very welcome too. Fro- guess, anyway it is warmer than want a decrease in their oppressive oppres-sive tax load ". "Oppressive is the word for the tax load, Mr. Brewster, and here's hoping I am on the majority side in agreeing with you about that. It was Sheldon Brewster, remember, remem-ber, who created quite a stir last session of the legislature bv at tacking Dewey Clyde's bloated bud get, saying that the state had enough money for essential Dur- poses without increasing taxes, if money were spent wisely. Without takinsr sides as hptwpcn these two Demoncats, right now, I u just like to reiterate that either of them would make a srood nomi nee and, if voters so decree, a good governor. This idea of voting for the man and the principle both w......v4 uiitv. oiiyiig iUUUIiS UL i-iiiivnit iuLit ITIV Own n! in lha l-nA are COOd men. and thp nrincinlnc CJ -J I w - w n.v. "HIM I.JI Ltl IC - 1 - ' " i"""-"i' J watch that you take only what is government and the amount of tnev stand for, as quoted from their worth having". state government the DeoDle And from that point Arkad had Utah want. gone on to gain great wealth, for he saved and learned as he lived, and many friends from his youth came to him to ask the secret, and he told them: "I advise you to take the wisdom wis-dom of Algamish and say to yourselves, your-selves, 'A part of all I earn is mine to keep'. Say it in the morning. . . at noon. . . at nieht. Sav it to vour- self until the words stand out like letters of fire across the sky." There's more to the book, The Richest Man In Babylon, than that. But If you like it, read it for yourself. your-self. I found it a delightful work; the thought behind it not new -not at all but instead a bit of ancient wisdom expressed in a different and charming way --a bit of ancient wisdom the truth of which has been all but lost In these lat ter days of profligacy, the essence "For one thing, I am convinced we should stay out of debt, resort ing neither to bonding nor using our state reserves." Bravo! Great words from any body's candidate. Sheldon Brewster was quoted to this effect: "While it is true that certain people are demanding more ser vices irom government and increased in-creased spending, I am convinced that the vast majority of citizens Algamish had retorted. "Every of which can be summed up in gold piece you save is a slave to three words: save your money, work for you. Every copper itj Thanks to Val Styler for lending earns is its child that also can me his cony, from which T nm earn for you. If you would become wealthy, then what you save must earn, and its children must earn, that all may help to give you the abundance you crave. "You think I cheat you for your long night's work. But I am paying you a thousand times over If you have the intelligence to grasp the truth I offer you. "A part of all you earn is yours to keep. It should be not less than r f ) ' t I ? J I i Save 40 Miles of washday hiking with an ELECTRIC Dryer! TOTAL ELECTRIC HOME Yes, you soy goodbye lo som. 40 milet a year of walking to ond from clotheslines ... wh.n you get 011 e!dri dryer. An electric dryer costs less to buy ond requires less maintenance fewer complicated ports needing repairs. No flues to connect and drying clothes electrically Is healthier does not consume oxygen. Clothes fade ond shrink less, too. It costs so little to dry clothes tteclricolfy only obovt a nicke! a load I TEllURIDE POWER COMPANY Buy row from your dealer. composing this comment The Richest Man In Babylon, by George S. 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