SheYlin Pine Sales Gompany

Lurabcr Conlrny McCloud, Cclilonia

Shevlia-Clcrko Conpoy, Linited

Fori Prqaec, Oltclo lb. Sh.rlb-I[:3ol Conlmy had, OrcAol

I Mcmbcr ol thc Western PlD. Association, Portlqad, Oregou

DISTBIDI'TONS OF SHEVLIN PINE Res. U. S. Ptrt. Ofi. ETECUTTYE OFFICE gl0 Firrt lfctioaal Soo Linc Building MINNEIPOIJS, MINNESOTA

DISTNICI SALES OFFICES: NEW YOBK CHICAGO 16il Grqybor BldE. 1863 LcSolle-Wockcr Bldo. Mohml ,l-9I17 Telephona Centrol 918f, SAN FRANCISCO l0O Monodnock Bldo. EXbrool 70{l

LOS ANGELES SAIIS OFFICE 330 Petroleum Bldg. PRospeci 0615

SPECIES

NORTHERN (Genuine) WHITE PINE (PINUS STROBUS) NONWAY ON NED PINE (PINUS RESINOSA)

PONDEROSA PINE (PINUS PONDEROSA)

SUGAB (Gcnuine Wlire) PINE (PINUS UIMBERTIANA)

Convention Dates

March 5-6-South Dakota Retail Lumbermen's Association, Sioux Falls, S.D.

March 7-&-Southwestern Iowa Retail Lumbermen's Association, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

March 12-13-North Dakota Retail Lumbermen's Association, Fargo, N. D.

March Zl-2?-Mississippi Retail Lumber Dealers Association, Jackson.

March Z3-California Retail Lumbermen's Association, Hotel Californian, Fresno. Annual meeting.

March 27-Z9-Southern Pine Association, New Orleans.

April 4-6-Florida Lumber & Millwork Association, Coral Gables, Florida.

April 8-10-Lumbermen's Association of Texas, Fort Worth, Texas.

May 5-7-National Retail Lumber Dealer's Association, Annual Meeting board of directors, lVashington, D. C.

June 4-5-National-American Wholesale Lumber Association, Rye, N. Y.

June 13-1{-National Association of Commission Lumber Salesmen, Louisville, Ky.

NE\ry YARD IN SALINAS

Clair W. Hicks, formerly with Homer T. Hayward Lumber Co., Salinas, has started a lumber yard at East Market and Merced Streets, Salinas. The new business will be run under the name of Hicks Lumber Co.

East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club

Franklin C. Palm, modern history professor at the University of California, addressed members of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 at their regular dinner meeting held at Hotel Leamington, Oakland, on Monday evening, February 19. His subject was "Problems of the 'Have-not' Peoples." The speaker was introduced by H. (Abe) Lincoln, Jr.

Lewis Godard announced that a Hoo-Hoo Concatenation will be held in San Francisco after the middle of May.

James Stevens, director of promotion of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, Seattle, spoke briefly on Western Homes Foundation activities.

Professor Fritz made a plea for employment by lumber concerns of Forestry students of the lJniversity of California graduating in May.

Henry M. Hink, general chairman of the Sth annual Reveille, predicted a large attendance this year.

Music was provided by Mrs. Cobb, musical director of Fremont High School, Oakland, and a group of students. One of these, Rodney Branson, son of Tom Branson, Mel' rose Lumber & Supply Co., Oakland, got a big hand for his songs.

Jas. B. Overcast, president of the Club, presided.

STOCKTON-COURTIAL

Alfred H. Stockton was married to iVliss Theresa Courtial at San Francisco on February 17.

Mr. Stockton is vice-president and general manager of the A. L. Stockton Lumber Co.. Daly City. Calif.

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Always thought a lot of William Shakespeare. But the other day when I read in some book that he hated dogs, he dropped many pegs in my regard. Of all the nearly-sublime things that have been written by men about their dog friends, I put one by the late Doug Malloch right up in front. Can't guarantee the exactness of the wording, but this is the way I remember it: "There is a look in the eyes of a good dog that makes me understand why God allows him to use His name, spelled backwards."

James Whitcomb *rr""i"J.nlt way about his pet horse. I{e wrote, you remember:

"I love my God the bt iu, Then Him that oerion the cross; then I fall And next my Down on ; and love my hoss."

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JOr perhaps pet is a cat. Cat lovers have THEIR say, also, and sometimes it is a ten-strike. For instance, my friend E. V. Durling, syndicated columnist out of Los Angeles, is always writing about his dog, a Cocker Spaniel. One day he got a letter from a lady reader, and she said something to this effect: "You are always bragging about your Spaniel, a breed of dog that loves everybody that comes along. Why don't you say something about a wise, intelligent cat, who looks you over and estimates you carefully for weeks or months before deciding whether or not you are worthy to have as a friend." To me that's one of the finest tributes to a cat I've ever encountered.

We've all read.rra rr"aJa JroJ"ooo, Salty Rand, the fan dancer. But I learned the other day she is a first-class philosopher, as well. Sally took bankruptcy recentln and she remarked: "It's no disgrace to be broke; it's only a disgrace to STAY broke." You'll look far for a better epigram than that.

Speaking of philosophr]*rl, il "tr"rrg" that many a man who has so lived that he reads his title clear to a mansion in the skies, is just as reluctant to migrate as any sinner?

What wonders politics can work! See how quiet things are on the Democratic front. No one has been read out of the party for monttrs; even the clumsy and violent Mr. Ickes has called off his name-calling. Truly, the shadow of an approaching election has "tempered the wind to the shorn lamb."

This will be one of thJse |"J. *,t "r, patriotism retires to the sidelines, while partisanship rides down the center of Main Street with brass bands blaring.

A few days ago trri, rldJt f,"o"ua in its stride to remember the birthday of Abraham Lincoln; a man whose memory is as gentle as the summer air when reapers sing among the golden sheaves. He left us as a heritage the inspiration of a character-stainless and immortal-that grows ever greater with the years. fle was a cornerstone of history; a column nothing can move; a star no darkness can fade. ***

Any man who can read Lincoln's Gettysburg Address without feeling a tremendous throb of patriotism swell within his breast-without finding an honest lump in his throat and an unashamed tear in his ey+doesn't deserve to wear the kingly crown of an American Sovereign.

*:t* william Allen whitu, ,L,Ju i"rro" editor, said on Lincoln's birthday that "another humble, kindly, gentle leader like Abraham Lincoln is what this nation needs to lead us out of our present bondage of unemployment. We have tried egotis4f and arrogance, in vain." ,F,F*

Lincoln possessed the gift of uttering exalted truths in short, plain, simple words, that reach the hearts of all. Only in the Bible itself, and notably in the Book of Luke, do you find like literature. Nothing compares to it in the realm of profane literature.

Bruce author, advertising expert, and member of est from New York, gets the plum for the cleverday remark. He said, "'We are gathered here memory of an American who was 'ill-fed, illill-clad,' but who became one of the earth's greatest men."

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True! Great men never come from mansions. F'or some inscrutable reason known only to Omnipotence, most of the world's titans came from the hovel and the cabin; most of them started "ill-fed, ill-housed, and ill-clothed."

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I think Lincoln would have loved Bruce Barton's remark. He loved a joke as have few men in hisyrp He used to say that if he could not stop a\frelyrtt intervals and tell or listen to a story, he couldn't$rf,r his troubles.

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So modest and self-effacing was he that he often disclaimed authorship of his most-quoted remarks. For instance, when some critic complained to him that General Grant drank too much whiskey, Lincoln suggested they find out Grant's particular brand and send a barrel of it to each of his other generals. Lincoln credited this to one of the King Georges of England. He said some critic said to the King that he t'hought General Wolfe, commanding tlre British army in Canada, was mad. The King remarked that he wished Wolfe would bite all his other generals, and inoculate them with that same madness, so that they could win a battle now and then.

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One of the greatest tributes ever paid Lincoln, came a few years back from a distinguished Englishman, H. G. Wells, most famous of living historians. His "Outline of History" and other works, are well known to scholars eVerywhere. Wells was asked who, in his opinion, were the greatest men that ever lived; the men whose lives most affected the human race. .He named six men, just six; and one of them was Abraham Lincoln. Coming from a Britisher that was honor, indeed, and it made my American soul swell with pride. fire fame and name "i io.L.* Lincoln grows ever greater in retrospect. He possessed more gentleness, humility, kindliness, and less personal egotism than any leader of men in modern times. On this great leavening of the Christ-spirit is his greatness founded. In this era of personal ego through which the whole civilized world is now passing, the humility and self-effacement of Lincoln is magnified by comparison. Emerson had Lincoln in mind when he wrote: "See how the mass of men worry themselves into early graves, while here and there some great, unselfish soul FORGETS HIMSELF INTO IMMORTALITY." Do you see any signs of any leader forgetting themselves into immortality nowadays?

Lincoln once said in tirJe J tJorrur": "A firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land, is still competent to adjust, in the best way, our present difficulties." Note the difference in attitude between then and now. When Lincoln was in the White House he trusted "Him" to lead us out. Today we are being told that the only one who can lead us out is the man in the White House.

Corydon \Vagne r Heads \Vest Coast Lumbermen's Association

Corydon Wagner, vicepresident and treasurer of the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co., Tacoma, Wash., was elected president of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association at its annual meeting in Portland, Ore., on January 26. He succeeds Edmund Hayes of the Row River Lumber Co., Portland, Ore.

Mr. Wagner, the Association's new president, was born in Tacoma, Wash., in 1895. He graduated from Yale University in 1916, and attended Yale School of Forestry until April 6, 1917, when war was declared. Commissioned a lieutenant, he spent nine months overseas with the 347th field artillery.

lle went with the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. as timekeeper at the Tacoma plant in 1919. After filling several positions in that organization he was made vicepresident and treasurer of the company in 1933. He is also an officer and director in several business organizations.

Mr. Wagner has been chairman of the trade promotion committee, West Coast Lumbermen's Association, since 1935, was trustee at large in 1936-1937, and served as Association treasurer in 1939.

Other officers elected were: vice-president for Washington, E. W. Demarest, Pacific National Lumber Co., Tacoma, Wash.; vice-president for Oregon, G. T. Gerlinger, Willamette Valley Lumber Co., Portland, Ore.; treasurer, Frank Reed, Simpson Logging Co., Seattle, Wash.; secretary-manager, W. B. Greeley, Seattle. Wash. District trustees: Northern District-C. R. Elliott, E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Anacortes, Wash.; Everett DistrictH. W. Stuchell, Eclipse Mill Co., Everett, Wash.; Seattle

District-E. C. Stone, Stimson Mill Co., Seattle, Wash.; Tacoma District-L. L. Doud, Defiance Lumber Co., Tacoma, Wash.; Chehalis-Olympia-F. L. Stokes, Mutual Lumber Co., Bucoda, 'Wash.; Willapa-Grays Harbor-C. Stuart Polson, Polson Lumber & Shingle Mills, Hoquiam, Wash.; Columbia River-C. E. Miller, Youngs Bay Lumber Co., Warrenton, Ore.; Portland District-W. W. Clark, Clark & Wilson Lumber Co., Linnton P.O., Portland, Ore.; Willamette Valley-J. S. Magladry, Bohemia Lumber Co., Culp Creek, Ore.; Oregon Coast-Wm. Vaughan, Coos Bay Logging Co., North Bend, Ore.

Trustees at large: C. H. Ingram, Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., Tacoma, Wash.; O. R. Miller, Deep River Logging Co.. Portland, Ore.; Edmund Hayes, Row River Lumber Co., Portland, Ore.

John D. Tennant, Long-Bell Lumber Co., Longview, Wash., was elected honorary trustee.

Big Increase in Residential Building

Washington, Feb. l0.-Residential construction in cities of 10,000 and greater population during 1939 was valued at $1,044,707,300, largest amount since 1929, Federal Home Loan Bank economists announced today.

This was an increase of one-third over 1938, the previous peak post-depression year, it was estimated by the Board's Division of Research and Statistics. The 89,992 lamily dwelling units constructed or projected last year by all individuals, organizations and agencies represented a 35 per cent gain over 1938.

fn December, last, the home-building industry also set a new lGyear December record, 25,135 units of all kinds costing $86,791,000. Of that total in December, 11,968 were one- and two-family dwellings, costing ffi,085,100, as against 9,571 costing $37,902,6il in December, 1938.

Most of the 12 Federal Home Loan Bank districts reported a larger volume of construction in December than in the same 1938 month. First in actual amount and relative increase was the Winston-Salem district of eight Southeastern states with $15,957,ffi, a 176 per cent climb over December, 1938. Next in percentage gain was the Pittsburgh district of Delaware, Pennsylvania and West Virginia with $9,845,700, or 162 per cent more than in December, 1938.

TWo IilUH{T0RIES roR DIALERS' CoilVttuttct

At our Fresno ycrrd we ccrry complete stocks of USG Weatherwood Insulcrtion Bocuds cnrd USG Red Top Insulcting Wool, Douglcs Fir Commons crnd Clecrs, Redwood, Red Cedcr Shingles, Plywood cnd Ock Flooring.

At Oaklcnd we speciclize in Douglcs Fir Commons, Rough Clecrs and Finish.

Sales Dcpartment Changes Announced by Pope & Talbot Lumber Co.

The following changes in the sales department have been announced by Pope & Talbot Lumber Co., San Francisco:

W. E. Davis has been transferred from Los Angeles to the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valley territory. He has been calling on the trade for the past two weeks in the Valleys with Jim Berry. Mr. Davis was with the company for the past five years in the Los Angeles territory.

Jim Berry has been transferred to the San Francisco, Oakland and Peninsula territory, succeeding J. Stanley Quinn, who has been brought into the sales department in the San Francisco office.

Dennis Gilchrist, who has been in the l-os Angeles sales office for some time, is replacing Mr. Davis in the Los Angeles County territory. Ehvood Thomas has been moved from the Eugene, Ore., office to take Mr. Gilchrist's place in Los Angeles.

It is pointed out by Pope & Talbot Lumber Co. that these changes have been made in accordance with their policy of broadening the experience of the members of the sales staff by making them acquainted rvith the various territories.