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No.2 and No. 3, you }noar what you are gettingl I r r

Bnclusu Shingle Bureau iuepectore are hard to pleaeeo you lcnoar that CERTIGRADES are exectly os lobeled'! T|a,e Bureau eete rigid godiog rulee-and ite own inde. pendent inepectors eee that theee atandarde are maintained. \fr hen you buy CERTIGRADES No. I, and. remenber, the beaut! of CERTIGRADE Shingles is a strong selling hourt to zuomen.

Reil Cedar Shingle Bureau: Head.quaraers, Seattle, Vash.; Canadian ofi'ce, Vancouver, B. C.

DAD'S CHRISTMAS LETTER

Dear Son: I do hope you will come home for the Christmas holidays. Mother and I have arranged everything so that we will be ready to receive you. All the cars are going to be overhauled and painted during the vacation so that you will not be able to wreck them. Your brothey's bank has been emptied and the money deposited in the bank down town. My ties, shirts, socks, gloves, tux, etc., have been placed in a strong trunk for which I have the only key. My cigars and cigarettes will not be available as I am locking them in a humidor. I hope you will come to see us. f know you will enjoy your visit very much.

Love, Dad.

P. S. I also fired the maid.

A little sun, a little rain, A soft wind blowing fro'm the west, And woods and fields are sweet again And warmth within the mountain's breast. A little love, a little trust, A soft impulse, a sudden dream, And life as dry as desert dust Is fresher than a mountain stream.

-Stopford Brooke.

COULDN'T REMEMBER

He was one of the town cut-ups, so when the preacher met him on the street and stopped to pat him on the back and shake his hand enthusiastically, he was at a loss to understand what it was all about. Then the preacher said:

"Henry, I am delighted that you have evidently determined to turn over a new leaf. It was a great joy to me to see you sitting at the church meeting last night."

The clouds began to clear.

'(Oh f" said Henry. "So that's where I was."

Shades

The shades of night were falling fast

When for a kiss he asked her, She must have answered yes, because, The shades came down much faster.

The filling-station man had finished wiping shield, when the woman driver asked:

"Vtfould you mind going over Johnny's face

Virtues And Vices

Virtues and vices have frequently changed hands. Once witch-burning was a virtue, and loaning money at interest was a vice. A short time ago in this country the possession of liquor was a crime and the possession of gold was a virtue.

Not That Old

Jack Benny employs gag-writers to prepare his fun for the radio. One day one of them brought in a story. "It's my own original stuff," he told Benny. The comedian read it through. "You wrote this yourself ?" he asked the gag man. "Sure," said the other. "Goodness !" exclaimed Benny. "I had no idea you wete so old a man."

Heart, we will forget him ! You and I, tonight ! You may forget the warmth he gave I will forget the light.

When you have done, pray tell me, That I my thoughts may dim; Haste ! Lest while you're lagging, I may remember him !

-Emily Dickinson.

The Old Army Game

"Doc," she said as she entered the doctor's office, "I need an operation."

"Major?" he inquired.

"No," she said. "Second Lieutenant."

The World

The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the refection of his own face. Frown at it, and it in turn will look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly, kindly companion.-Thackeray.

Good Talk

. Good talk has always flourished in taverns, but it dies in the hotel de luxe. It springs up naturally around campthe wind- fires. ft results from conditions which strip off social veneer and bring people together on a plane of elementary just once?" humanity.-Marjory Barstow Greenbir.

Offers Prize to Painters and Decorators For Best Finished Panel of Redwood

California master painters and decorators are being encouraged by the California Redwood Association to experiment in the proper treatment of California Redwood for interior decoration.

At the California Council convention of the International Society of Master Painters and Decorators, Inc., to be held in Fresno, the .iveek of 'January 17, the redwood industry will offer a cash prize ol $25 and a beautiful redwood plaque to the member submitting the best finished panel of Cali, fornia Redwood.

The judging committee .rvill be appointed from a select list of master painters in no r.vay connected with the California Redwood Association.

Convention headquarters will be established in the Hotel Californian at Fresno, where the California Redwood Association will display a series of new panel designs in unfinished redwood, affording painters an opportunity to study the wood in its natural state.

Lawrence L. Witty, sales consultant to the Association, will be in charge of the display and other details of the contest. If successful, the program of cooperation with master painters and decorators will be carried on in other state organizations in the redwood trading area.

Christmas Tree Sales High

Approximately $10,000,000 worth of Christmas trees are sold each year in the United States, according to an estimate by the Forest Products Division of the U. S. Department of Commerce. The domestic supply is augmented by imports of from two to four million trees from Canada.

This cutting, under present day conditions, is not considered a waste of forest resources, but is recognized as a boon to the economic practice of forestry. In many forest areas such cuttings permit the necessary thinnings which would ordinarily be allowed to rot. Christmas trees grown on sub-marginal lands yield a substantial income. While trees in restricted areas such as national, state and local parks should be preserved, in other areas the production of timber is no different than using land to grow corn or wheat.

Back From Northwest Trip

George S. Melville, Los Angeles, Southern California representative of South Souncl Lumber Sales, Inc., is ba,ck from a two weeks' trip to the Northwest where he visited the mills he represents and the company's Seattle office.

Adopt Union Stamp

Paramount Built-In Fixture Company, Oakland, and Peerless Built-In Fixture Company, Berkeley, have established union wages in their factories, and are putting the irnion stamp on all their uroducts.

Will

Hobbs, Wall & rvhich will be put settled, carrying City to California