Horace Greeley's Practical Report on the Redwoods

(From a lecture on "Inspiration" by the late Robert G. Ingersoll)

"Once in my life I heard Horace Greeley deliver a lecture. I think the title was, "Across The Continent". At last he reached the mammoth trees of California, and I thought, "flere is an opportunity for the old. man to indulge his fanpy. Ilere are trees that have outlived a thousand human governmentsi There are limbs above his head, older than the pyramids. While man was emerging from barbarism to something like civilization, these trees were growiirg. Older than history, every one appeared to be a memory' a witness, a prophecy. The same wind that filled the sails of the Argonauts, has swayed these trees". But these trees said nothing of the kind toMr. Greeley. Upon these subjects not a word was told by him' He remarked: 'One of these trees, sawed into inch boards, would make more.than three hundred thousan:d feet of lumber'."

ALLEY BROS. WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE NORTH HOLLYWOOD YARD

The Alley Bros. Lumber Co., who recently sold their yards at Beil and Van Nuys, will continue to operate their vard at North Hollywood. Through an error in the last issue, it stated that ihey had also sold their yard at North Hollvwood.

Col. '\ry'. H. Sullivan

Col. William H. Sullivan, vice-president and general manager of the Great Southern Lumber Company, 13ogalusa, La., cliecl suddenly follor'ving a heart-attack, Saitrrday, January 26, at his 'home in that city. He rvas one of tn. pto-i"ent lumbermen of the country,- active notonlyin'lumber afiairs but in ,many other industrial ventures as well as in civic matters.

Col. Sullivan was 64 years old, a native of Canada, he came to the United States when a young man and became associated with the Goodyear interests' working in Pennsylvania, Florida and finally in Louisiana' As the representitive of " gto,tp of Eastern capitalists, he built the first mill at Bogalusa some 22 Years ago.

In connition rvith the milling plant which has developed into one of the largest in the country, he laid plans for the establishment of i lumber community, which has grown to a city of 18,000 population. Not on-ly did he develop 1 big lumber cutting-enterprise, but undertook the work of ref"orestation, and ivas one of the pioneers irr this field'

Last vear. in association with the Finkbine-Guild interests, he'launched the plan for bringing California Redwood logs to Louisiana for manufacturing and-the first op-eration in"this field was started last month. His wife, who was Miss Ella Rose Salmen, preceded him in death last December. Two children survive.