Ambrose Lumber Co. Demonstrates Beauty and Adaptability of Redwood

and ends of the desks are wire brushecl. The president's office, as well as the office of the mill superintendent, are finished the same as the general office. The lobby of 'the ofifice is laid with 72x12-inch red tile with white joints, and the same effect was used at the main entrance and the rvalk to the sidervalk.

2x6-inch Redwood studs were used in the u'alls of the building with one-half insulation board on each side. All sash, doors and screens are made of Redwood. The interior doors are solid 2-inch plank with the irregular groove which is similar to the doors used in the missions of California in the early days. All the mill work u'as manufactured in their own mill. and all the work was detailed and designed by their mill superintendent.

The office also has an attractive display room, the floor being laid in ten different panels of oak flooring shorving the different grades of flooring carried in stock.

In the construction of the office building, the owners have tried to shorv n'hat can be done with Redwood as an exterior and interior trim. The natural color of the wood is preserved through the use of trvo coats of linseed oil and one coat of flat varnish. R. C. Ambrose is president and O. N. Reynard manager of the Ambrose Lumber Co.

New Moore Calendar jor 1932

In keeping with tradition, the Moore Dry Kiln Company announces the publication of a new calendar for L932 featuring "Uncle 'Neas", the southern darkey lumberman and lumber merchant.

The title of the new picture, which was drawn by Jarnes P. Alley, famous artist and creator of "Hambonets Meditations" which appear in most daily newjpapers of the South,.is "The Optimist's Reward". In introducing the new calendar, 1\[r. Chas. J. Williams, Jr., president of Moore Dry Kiln Company, says:

"One again we present Uncle 'Neas, our darkey lumberman, who, having learned the futility of over-optimism by fishing in his log pond and rvaiting for business-to get befter, has returned to old-fashioned hard r,vork in his lumber business. He finds reward for his efiorts and tangible in- dications of better times ahead."

The illustration shows Uncle 'Neas delivering the first full rvagon load of lumber, which he sold by persistent effort, and incidentally also delivering a baskei of Mandy's washing. He meeti young Rastusl who has operated a neighboring mill, but who decided early in the year that "they ain't no business" and traded his future for a used Model "T" Ford and an extended vacation. Young Rastus is out of money to buy gas and his tires have blown out. IJncle 'Neas knows this as he laughingly jibes the young darkey: "Rastus, is you trabbelin"er'jes gwine some'ers?t'

The full story of the new calendar follows:

"Conditions were pretty tough for Uncle 'Neas in 1931. At the beginning of the year he had hoped for better times and operated his sawmill three days a week, but conditions became "wusser and rvnsser". Finally Uncle 'Neas' op- timistic spirit almost weakened, and he observed-"I kin well understand what the Bible meant when it said 'bottomless pit"'. His predicament could well be described by James Russell Lowell's little poem, which

"He stood a spell on one foot fust

Then stood a spell on t'othef, And on which one he felt the wust

He couldn't ha' told you nuther !"

Mandy, Uncle 'Neas' wife, couldn't quite understand the situation. To her, depressions were just the result of. laziness on the part of her husband-an excuse to loaf and let her support the family by taking in rvashing. Mandy finally demanded that Uncle'Neas explain the lack of business, and when he couldn't she asked him pointedly why he didn't go out after lumber orders with the same energy displayed by herself in going after the laundry business.

As a result of Mandy's pep talk, Uncle 'Neas hitched up the old mule and began a personal house to house canvasi, while he carted around a load of his best lumber to make it easy for people to buy. To his surprise, while no individual order'was large, almost every home needed some lumber, and 'Neas soon found that now and then a whole wagon load could be sold for cash at a fair price."

A copy of the new calendar may be obtained free by writing the Moore Dry Kiln Company, either at North Portland, Oregon, or Jacksonville, Florida.

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