California Pine Association Inspectors Meet

A meeting of the grading inspectors of the California White and Sugar Pine Manufacturers Association was held at the plant of the Red River Lumber Company at Westwood, California, during the w,eek of April 13. With the exception of V. E. Johnston who is in the east, all the inspectors of the Association lvere present.

Several important matters were up for discttssion by the grad,ers at this time. In the first place John W. Stevens, Chief Inspector of the Association, who has recently returned from a number of reinspections in eastern markets, gave the inspectors his observations on the uniformity of th,e grades as observed at the point of lumber consumption and the feeling of lumber buyers concerning the manner in which present gr:rdes fit their needs. An important subject for discuSsion was the proposed change in the line-up of California pine grades approved at a recent rheeting of the Board of Directors. The standardization movement and its effect on California pine was also considered at

CALIFORNIA'DOOR COMPANY MAKE RAILROAD IMPROVEMENTS

Diamond Springs and Caldor Railway in El Dorado County, owned by the California Door Company, is undergoing extensiveimprovernents. Bridges are being strengthened and curves widen'ed. It is planned to start operJtion of the company's new mill during the month of April, the capacity bf which will be around 200,000 feet a day. The mill will be electrically,operated throughout.

some length. The development of specific grading rules foi white and Douglas fir- boards atrd di*en-sion rias another subject before the meeting. In addition the usual checking up of the ideas of different inspectors so necessary in keeping grades of lumb,er uniform throughout a large association was made part of the program. The meeting was a very enthusiastic one and developed many ideas of benefit in the grading work. The following association inspectbrs were present: Mr. J. W. Stevens. Mr. Mark Decker, Mr. E. L. Dixon, Mr. H. C. Sims, Mr. F. C. Ranker, Mr. Irving Dunn.

Announces Dissolutionof Partnership

The following notice appeared in a recent issue of a Northern California paper.

Notice of Dissolution of Co-Partnership

Public notice is hereby given, that the pirtnership formed by Roy K. Fatight, Albert Bfown,and Berry Faught, and engaged in the business of manufacturing lumber and other building materials, and doing business under the style and name of the Anderson Valley Lumber Company in the County of Mendocino, State of California, has been dissolved by the mutual consent of the partners, and that all debts due said Anderson Vallev Lumber company shall be paid to Roy K. Faught and Berry Faught, and they shall pay fully. all of the debts of said partnership. ROY K. FAUGHT, ALBERT BROWN, BERRY FAUGHT.

The Forty Show Windows

By R.M. Knight

flere's a tale of Bill Johnson, a live business man, Whose up-to-date store was kept all spic and spanThe rendezvous of every bargain fan In the neighborhood.

Now Bill'sbig show window was his sure delight, He.went to much trouble to trim it up right, It attracted the people by day and by night And got business.

He tackled some clever publicity schemes And nrsed up much paper-dozens of reamsIn letters and folders, but these things it seems, Didn't get him much.

"I'll be hanged if my window," said Bill in a hufr "Don't get me more business than all of that stuff, If only I just had show windows enough I'd be happy."

Then a bright inspiration to Bill Johnson came"There's more than one method of beating this game, I'll get out some posters with colors the same As my windows."

The lithographer gave him posters galore, All tastefully finished in colors a score, He then had them posted the whole city o'er And well lighted.

Now Bill has no longer a neighborhood store, His business has doubled and trebled and more Ten thousand new paths have been made to his door From all over.

On a drive to his newly built store one fine night, While passing his posters all brilliant with light, Said Bill to his wife, "If f counted them rightI've got forty show windows."

Why He Waslate

The fourth man of the golfing gang was a little late, and the other three chafed until he came puffing up. It was Sunday morning, and he explained:

"I didn't know whether to go to church or play golf with you guys, and I decided to toss up to decide. I said it would be 'heads I play golf and tails I go to church.' That's why I'm late. I had to fip that doggoned coirr nine times before heads finally turned up."

A Case In Circuit Court

Judge-"What is your name, your occupation, and what are you charged with?" plisengl-"My name is Sparks, I'm an electrician, and I'm charged with battery.

Judge-"Officer, put this guy in a dry cell."

A Fine Advertisement

A California dealer advertises:

"Quality comes first:we have it. Service comes nssf-\ rg give it. Satisfaction is what we all wantWE GUARANTEE IT.''

In New York Too

"Goodness, Papa," said little Johnnie, as hethrew a copper penny from the tower of the Woolworth Building where his family were sight-seeing, "a little money sure goes a long ways in this tourn."

A CLEAN-UP SEASON

"Do they have a clean-up week in this town?" asked the incoming guest, a pai4t salesman, of the hotel clerk. "Yes" put in the departing guest as he paid his bill, "this hotel seems to be conducting one right now."

.ABORN FISHERMAN

Too tired to work:

Too tired to walk.

Too tired to read;

Too tired to talk.

Too tired to eat;

Too tired to drink.

Tootired to write;

Too tired to thirtk.

Too tired to ride;

Too tired to row.

Too tired to stay;

Too tired to go.

Too tired to want;

Too tired to wish.

But never too tired

To just set an' fish.

Be as carefulwithfire in the woods as you are with fire in your hone

A burned city may be rebuiltin a few years, but it takes a century to regrow a forest.

Tilden Lumber & Mill Company Take Over New Yards

Mr. E. Xl. Tilclen. l'ell knorvn C)aklancl luml>erman, announces that effectir.c NIay I the Tilclen Lumber & X,iill Company u,ill take over the yarcls of the Sunset Lumber Company at Sacrarnento, Galt, Stockton, Suisun, Martinez, Concord, Hayrvard, El Dorado, N{ilpitas, East San Jose, San Jose (Mill and Yard), Morgan Hill, and Salinas. The new company u'ill also include their present line of yards, the Hogan Lumber Company yards at Oakland, Berkeley, Piedmont. and Elmhurst and the Tilden Lumber Company yards at Richmond, Berkeley, and Crockett. Mr. Tilden states that the neu' company,- the Tilden Lumb.er & Mill Co., rvill be incorporated -for-g2,000,000.00 and that their headquarters u'ill be Oakland. E: M. Tilclen will be the President of this large r,etail lumber organization.

Mr. Tilden has been associated rvith the" retail lumber business in California for many years and received his first "experi,ence rvith the Sierra Lumber Company of Recl Bluff rvhere he startecl in as an office boy. ^In"l9O0. he started a retail lurnber yard at Point Riihmond ancl in 1911^f: bought-out the_Berkeley Lumber Co. at Berkeley. In 1917, he took over the interests of the Hogan Lurnber Company.

Mr. Tilclen is one of the most progressive and successful lumbermen in the state of Califbrnia. Since he has been associated .with the lumber business, he states that he has always strived to make the market in which he participates a better market to do business in and in takirig olr., 1.,i, new yards he rvill continue to follorv or.rt this same policv. He is assisted in the management of the business by his son Waverlv Tilden, rvho aits as his assistant m"trag.r.