"The Perfect Stenographer"

Contibutd from the Los Angeles O1lica of Chas. R. McCormicfr & Co.

Behold, she is all thingl to dl men, in the office.

She is the shield that standeth between them and the world, and the mouthpiece that frameth their alibieo.

She is the repository of tiheir recret troubler and the oracle which guideth them in their love affairr.

She is the comforten in their moments of rorrow and the runshine which briqhteneth the office.

She findeth the loet letters, where the borr hatrh laid ttem, and taketh the blame therefor without murmuring.

She harkeneth to the manager's pet story, each morning, and laugheth with unfailing heartinela.

She is "convulsed" at the boes'r joker and deaf to all hir swearings.

She ignoreth the office boy'r impertinence and bindeth up his wormded fingers with her own handkerchief.

She beareth with the chief clerk'r groucher and answereth not back at hir anappings.

She harkeneth unto tte domertic troubler of one and all, and giveth wisdom and advice.

She shudderetfi not at trheir pipe smoke and is not rprath when they doff their coats upon hot days.

She taketh their dictation and beareth tte burden of their mistatrres without complainitrg.

She keepeth her ganhentr neat and alluring and glorifieth the office with the polish of her nafu and the brightness of her hair.

He that findeth a good wife findeth a good thing.

But, he that findeth a perfect stenographer findeth a miracle.

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National Lumber Statistics For T925

The lumber production of the United States will run close to 39 billion feet in 1925, counting all mills large and small, of which the U. S. Census Bureau will report nearly 37 billionlfeet, or but slightly less than for the peak year, i923. These estimates by the National Lumber- Manufacturers Association are based upon its association reports from the larger sawmills of the country which show fbr the first ten months of the year 4.2 per cent greater production than in 1924 and only about one fifth of one per cent less than in 1923. Production in 1925 will, therefore, probably exceed that of any year since 1916, except 1923.

Lumber stocks as reported by 587 mills were approxi- mately 16 per cent heavier on November 1 than those reported by 574 mills as of January l, 1925.

Lumber exports in 1925 will probably equal those of 1924, which were somewhat over 1,900,000 M feet., For the first ten months of. 1925 these exports were one fifth of one per cent below similar figures of last year. Southern pine lumber exports were 6 per cent more in quantity the first ten months of. 1925 than during the first ten of 1924 and Douglas Fir'lumber exports wire about 9 per cent less. Redwood lumber exports increased nearly 40 per cent; exports of hearly all other species declined.

Car loadings of lumber will be about 2 per cent above what they were last year and may equal or almost equal the peak loadings of. 1923. About 48 per cent of all forest products loadings come under the lumber and timber class; other loadings being of posts, poles, etc., pulpwood and ties.

Water shipments of lumber from the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon and British Columbia), especially to the Atlantic Coast, show a hotable increase over those of previous years. As these water shipments in 1924 were 37 per cent greater than in 1923, so in 1925 they will be ap-

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proximately 25 per cent larger than in 1924, or somewhat more than one and a half billion feet. This is seven times what it was in l92l and hearly two and a half times similar shipments in 1922. Total waterborne shipments of lumber from the Pacific Northwest in 1925 will be close to 4,7W,000,000 feet, or 5 per cent more than in 19241'1924 showing an increase of 4.5 per cent over 1923. The l92S figures are based upon comparisons for the first nine months of the years compared.

American Lumber Standards Included In Timber Highway Bridge Specifications

Inclusion of the American Lumber Standards in specifications for timber highway bridges is considered one of the most outstanding features of the new bridge specifications of the American Association of State Highway Officials, according to the recent annual report of its Sub-Committee on Bridges and Structures on this subject.

GRITZMACHER & GUNTON

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Fir Piling - CG&r Polcr

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