Colorcd Logic

The train was very late, and the traveler was grumbling and "cussing" the railroad while the colored Porter brushed him off, and got him ready for his station.

"They certainly run this railroad in lousy fashion," he complained, half to himself and half to the Porter. Every

Red River Lumber Company Sends Paul Bunyan As Christmas Greeting

That famous character in lumber mythology, Paul Bunyan, is traveling again, this time as a messenger of Christmas t{dings from The Red River Lumber Company of Westwood, California, to their friends and customers. Paul is cut from the company's well-known Ponderosa pine plywood, a figure about 7 inches high, garbed in the traditional woodsman's clothes and great ax swung over his shoulder. He stands like a monarch on a log pedestal, also turned from Red River Ponderosa pine.

TRES RIOS LUMBERMEN'S CLUB HOLDS CHRISTMAS PARTY

There was a large attendance of members and invited guests at the Christmas Tree Party of the Tres Rios Lumbermen's Club held at Hotel Modesto, Modesto, on Saturday evening, December 17'

The dinner was followed by an entertainment program that included singing and dancing number's and a couple of amusing dramatic skits.

Rod H,endrickson, former lumberman, and nationally known radio star, acted as master of ceremonies, time I ride it lately, I get in late. I don't see why the Devil they go to the trouble of publishing a time-table at all."

"Scuse me, suh," said the Porter, "but dey's got to have a time-table, cause if'n dey didn't hab one, how would dey know if de train wuz late?"

MOORE MILL & LUMBER CO. INCREASES OUTPUT

B. W. Bookstaver, Bookstaver-l\'[oore Lumber Company, San Francisco, has just returned from a trip to the Moore Mill & Lumber Company at Bandon, Oregon, for which rnill his firm are exclusive representatives.

Mr. Bookstaver states that under the general managership of Dave H. Miller, the mill output has been increased from 40,00O,00O to 70,000,000 feet annually. He says they have installed a new sorting chain in the mill enabling them to ship lumber in separate lengths instead of random, also to make separate grades of No. I and No. 2 WCLA lumber according to FHA requirements.

Club Membership At Peak

Carl R. Moore, secretary-treasurer of East Bay Club No. 39, reports that the Club's membership the highest point it has ever reached.

Hoo-Hoo is norv at

Improvements At Watsonville Yard

T'he office is bei,ng remodeled and a new shed is in cottrse of construction at the Watsonville yard of Homer T. Ha1'ward Lumber Company.

The Glad New Year

"Ring out the old, ring in the new;" And keep the sunlight srniling through.

"Ring out the old, ring in the new ;" A joyous task is this to do.

The dau'n is near, its light we see, A new day smiles above the lea; Ring out sad thoughts that scar and blight, Ring out depression's murky night; Greet opportunity once more And open wide each long closed door.

"Ring out the old, ring in the new;" A wondrous task for us to do.

To us there comes a brave New Year. Its clarion call is sweet and clear. Ring in new strength for mind and heart, The sturdy will to do our part. The courage high that takes a chance, And moves on at the crv. "Advance."

"Ring out the old, ring in the new;" A glorious task is ours to do. A new age waits to bless the world, Its gleaming banners all unfurled. Ring out the hoarded spoils of greed, The doubting word, the unjust deed; Ring in the joy of conquests \,von, The pride in worthy tasks begun.

"Ring out the old, ring in the new;" And keep the sunlight smiling through.

A. Merriam Conner.

Seeks Accounts For Metropolitan Area

The Medusa Trading Company, who formerly operated for many years in the metropolitan area of New York, have resumed their commission lumber business at 1537 President Street, Brooklyn, New York, and are seeking the accounts of manufacturers or rvholesalers interested in marketing in that territory.

Appraises Home Building Market Facts Belore Federal Housing Economists

\Vashington, Dec. 16.-.4 six-sided analysis of the American market for new homes in the immediate future was presented to one hundred and twenty housing economists from all Housing Bureaus of the Federal Government departments, by Wilson Compton, secretary and manager of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, at a luncheon meeting here today of the Central Housing Committee.

Mr. Compton described plans of the private home building industry which are already underway to provide more adeq,uately good modern housing, ranging in accommodations from three to seven rooms and within the buying or renting range of families r,vith incomes as low as $10O a month.

These plans are embodied in the National Small Homes Demonstration, a cooperative technical and merchandising group of thirty-trvo important building and building material industries.

Mr. Compton analyzed the facts as sufficient to define the major problem with rvhich the bui,lding industries are dealing:

1. Satisfactory home financing which plagued us when we had a boom market is no longer a seriotrs problem in m,ost communities.

2. Among families with incomes of $250O or more, nearly 75 per cent own their homes.

3. Among families with incomes under $2500 the corresponding ratio is less than 40 per cent.

4. Eighty-seven per cent have annual incomes less than $2500; seventy-nine per cent less than $200O; sixty per cent not more than $1500.

5. Assuming that a family rvith an income of $2500 or less should not spend more than 25 per cent for housing, then 85 per cent of American families are not safe prospects for new homes costing more than $6500; 75 per cent for homes costing over $5000; and fifty per cent for homes costing over $3000.

6. The average cost of new detached homes built in the United States is around $4500 and the average is declining. Between 1930 and 1937,16 per cent of our I76,m average new dwelling units cost $3000 or less; 32 per cent cost $3000 to $5000. Mo,re than half were built for the market over $5000 which on the averag'e is already saturated.