MY FAVORITE STORIES

By Jack Dionne

Age not guaranteed-Some I have told for 20 years,-Some less

DI . Qf rraytng Jale

One of my retail lumber friends in Texas vouches for the truth of the following story, because it happened to him just a short time ago.

One of the local shoe stores had a colored porter fixing up some temporary shelving, and so he dropped into the lumber yard and asked for 75 feet of one by six strips, and

60 feet of one by four strips.

"Do you want lineal feet, or board feet?,' asked the lumber dealer.

The colored one scratched his head ruefully.

"Dey nevah tole me, Cap'n," he admitted; ..spose you jes mix tem up."

Supervisors Amend Ne* L. A. Western Forestry Conler ence County Building Code

Calling for a more rigid regulation of construction of buildings, to make them fire and earthquake proof, especially schools, in unincorporated territory of ios Angeies county, the board of supervisors at its meeting on April 10 amended the new county building code that was adopted as an emergency measure following the recent earthquake. The board acted on the recommendations of the recent grand jury and Coroner's jury following their investigations on the earthquake situation. The new ordinance is now the uniform building code drawn up by the Pacific Coast Building Conference which has been adopted by eighty-six municipalities of the state.

There was no uniform building code for unincorporated territory in Los Angeles,county until Mar,ch 2O, last month. At that time the board of supervisors adopted an emergency ordinance patterned after the building aode of Santa Barbara. Through the office of the County Regional Planning Commission, the board has set up machinery for the issuing of permits under the new code. All plans and specifications for every building to be erected in county territory, or buildings to be altered or repaired, must be submitted to the department where expert construction engineers will pass on building permits.

Returns To San Francisco

A. M. Baxter, president of J. H. Baxter & Co., returned to San Francisco on April 5 after spending two weeks at the company's Los Angeles office.

Mason Kline Los Angeles Visitor

Mason Kline, Union Lumber Company, San Francisco, was a re'cent visitor at the company's Los Angeles office where he spent a few days on €ompany business.

At the annual conferen,ce of the Western Forestry & Conservation Association recently held at Seattle, Wash., George B. Mcl-eod, Hammond Lumber Compahy, portland, Ore., was re-ele.cted president. The following were ele'cted to serve as vi,ce presidents : California, H. W. Cole; Montana, W. C. Lubrecht; Idaho, S. G. Moon; Wastr"ington, C. B. Sanderson; Oregon, E. S. Collins.

Trustees elected included : California, D. S. Painter; Montana, Paul Neils; Idaho, G. F. Jewett; Washington, J. L. Bridge; Oregon, E. B. Tanner. C. S. Chapman was elected treasurer. E. T. Allen, the Association's chief forester, was in ,charge of the program.

SANTA FE LUMBER CO. DISCHARGES LUMBER CARGO AT STOCKTON

Santa Fe Lumber Company, San Francisco, will discharge a large shiprnent of lumber from the steame.r H. F. McCormick at Stockton, April2O. Part of the lumber will be distributed locally and part will move by truck to various ValIey points.

ATTE.NDS PORT DEDICATION

Jas. E. "Jimmy" Atkinson, district sales manager, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., San Francisco, attended the port inauguration banquet at Stockton, April 5, and during the last three days of the week toured a portion of the lower San Joaquin Valley in company with Jerry Stutz, the company's salesman in that territory.

Revised Booklet Shows Uses Of Structural Redwood

The California Redwood Association's publication No. 504, "California Redwood in Modern Timber Structures." revised and brought up to date, is just off the press. This publication contains a great deal of information for construction engineers on the uses of structural grades of Redwood, and is attractivelv illustrated.