From Standing Timber to You through one organuzq,ttott,

From over 300 sguare miles of timber land which we operate-through our mills employing more than 2000 men-across the ocean to our United States headquarters in Los Angelesthence to your factory-every operation is under the direction andcontrol of this organization.

That's one of the important reasons why we canpositively and with certainty guarantee the grade of our lumber and the reliability of our source of supply.

Builders,contractors, millmen and manufacturers should consider this in making arrangements for their 1926 supply of hardwoods.

Bataan and Lamas[rus hardwoods with beautiful Mahogany grain and texture-are ideal for interior finish, furniture manufacturers and hardwood users generally. The attractive prices insureprofits to the user.

Don't Be "Too Busy To Live"

There was once a famous American business man who was always so overwhelmingly busy that it got so they used to say about him around his own office that, "FIe is too busy to live'."

Time proved that to be a fact, and not just a figure of speech. He was too busy with his own great business operations, his innumerable meetings and conferences and works and worries, that he had no time to rest, no time to reflect, no time to get out in the open air, no time to breathe deeply, to th.ink quietly, to relax, to play with children and imbibe their youthfullness, to take the exerciSe that Providence intended men should take if they are to be healthy and happy. He couldn't do these things. He hadn't time.

And long, lo,ng before his "appointed time," figuring it on general averages, he blew up with a loud crash, and nothing that could be done for him was of any avall, because he had undermined the foundations, weakened the fundamentals of life, and left nothing to fight with.

And so, regardless of how busy he had been, he was called suddenly away from his work, his worry, his conferences, his plans, and his achievements. Had he lived he couldn't have been hired to admit that these things could get along witliout his personal attention for a single hour, while he rested, and relaxed, and gave himself a chance.

But he left for all time, and his affairs and the rest of the world rocked along in the same old way. He WAS a great man, but he had to die to find out that he wasn't indispensable, and that the world could get along without his tremendous personal attention.

If he could have learned this a little sooner, he might have lived much longer, enjoyed himself much more, got more out of life and put more into it, and altogether made a much better job of the business of living than he did.

Don't be "too busy to live." Blessed and wise is that man who realizes that a necessary part of every day's business is some time given to contemplation, and relaxation, and relief from the direct cares o{ business things.

That doesn't mean to neglect your affairs. Not in the least. But so mix your work with your play that your work will be better and last longer, and you will give more of. yourself to your family and your friends, and take more out of the world because you have done so.

The poorest of all humans is him who leaves the world and has taken nothing from it but money, and given nothing to it but energies directed to money making.

Auto Demonstrator (who had been trying to sell the car for three hours) : "Now I will throlv in the clutch."

Uncle Eben; "I'll take her then. I knew if I held off long enough ye'd give me something to boot, b'gosh !"

Skeptical Lady: "And can I wear this coat out in the rain rvithout hurting it ?"

Fur Salesman: "Madam, have you ever seen a skunk carrying an umbrella ?"