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Two Thousand Dollar Prize Contest Open to Public

Washington, D. C., Mar. 3.-The Committee of the National Lumber Mb'nufacturers Association in charge of the annual manufacturing improvement and waste prevention contest of that association announces that the time lirnit for the submission of entries has been extended from March 1 to April l,1925.

Already twenty-five per cent more entries have been received than at this time last year, and keen rivalry is developing among the contestants from different regions. Manufacturers who are already using some of the devices that their employes have suggested are zealously championing them before the committee.

This contest is of general interest to the whole American industrial world because there is ho class limitation of contestants, the contest being open to the general public as well as to members of the lumber industry. However, it is specifically designed to encourage study and research among'the employes of American lumber mills and logging camps.

A_ total sum of $2,000 is to be awarded for original methods or mechanical devices which, when applied to present logging and lumber manufacturing practiies, will result in the improvement of product, the reduction of manufacturing cost, the elimination of waste, or the reduction of those wastes which can not be entirely avoided.

All entries must be new, fully developed and practical of application. A committee of competent lumber manufacturers, thoroughly familiar with every phase of the manufacture of lumber, will judge the merits of the entries and award prizes accordingly. Lack of ability or facilities for submitting detailed drawings, models, and specifications need not deter anyone from entering the contest. If he merely has a promising idea the committee will co-operate with him in getting it into shape.

Persohs desiring to enter this contest should communicate with the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, 402 Transportation Building, Washington, D. C.

ALBERT V. (DAD) GRAY rS GONE

The lumber industry of the Pacific Northwest was saddened on February Zlst by the death of Albert V. Gray of the Gray Lumber & Shingle Company, Seattle, Washington. Mr. "Gray, affectionately known to the lumber industry at large and to his hundreds of warm friends in Seattle as "Dad" Gray passed to his reward early Saturday morning, February 2lst, at his home in Seattle.

At the time of his death he was the senior member of the Gray Lumber & Shingle Company, of Seattle, but had been inactive for a considerable length of time on account of illness, the business having been for several years under the active management of his oldest son, Cecil V. Gray.

"Dad" Gray was for many years President of the Alaska Lumber Company, of Seattle, which firm is now out of existence. He had an unusually wide circle of friends in the lumber business and was well known and held in high esteem all along the Pacific Coast. He was a member of Eureka Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Snohomish. He was also an old time member of the Concatenated Order of HooHoo, and a charter member of the Metropolitan Club of Seattle.