JOHN JOHNSON FLOORING COMP^ANY

68f2Santa Monica Blvd.

Woodhead Sells Two Yards to Patten "& Davies

Patten & Davies, Los Angeles, will take possession of two of the Woodhead Lumber Company's retail yards, on June first, and will also take over and operate the Hardwood Flooring Dbpartment of the same company.

The transaction includes the vard at Slauson and Main Streets, the Tweedy Blvd. yard,-and the hardwood department at 58th and Main Streets.

'FEW LUMBERMEN CAN AFFORD THIS STUNT

San Jose, May ll.-Ray Hicks has so much money that on next Friday afternoon he's going to stapd on a street corner and give it away !

But there's a catch in it:

You've got to answer his questions first.

Hicks, who is a wealthy lumberman, is incensed at the ignorance of his fellow citizens when it comes to civic matters. It all began four days ago when he made an experiment. He stood on the postoffice steps and asked the first thirteen persons who came along where the postoffice was.

"Only seven of them could tell me," he said today.

So he made up his mind to lead his townsmen into better ways, and decided to hold a personal educational campaign.

"I want to stand on a street corner and give away dollar bills for correct answers to my questions," he said.

The City Council voted unanimously to let Hicks stand at First and San Fernando streets from noon to I o'clock and 4 to 5 o'clock next Friday afternoon.

"I will give away at least $1SG-maybe much more," said Hicks this afternoon. "But they've got to answer my questions, first."

The questions will pertain to civic aftairs.

Kiln and Air Dricd Upperr

The Ho-me'EVery Farm WomanWants

Investigations reported by William Draper Brincklod, architect, in the April issue of Agdcultural Engineering throw a new light on farm home requirements. Through prize contests for farm women, over 36O0 amateur house plans and irrangements, representing the opinions and desires of an even greater number of persons in agricultural pursuits were made available for analysis. The contestants were well distributed geographically, and the summary of farm house requirements, as viewed by farm people, thus disclosed, is interesting and significant.

The two-story house is slightly more popular with the women than the one-story bungalow; and most of the plans for two-story dwellings include one first-floor bedroom. The trend of preference is toward a smaller house than was formerly customary on farms. Twenty-three per cent of the plans were for S-room structures; 26 per cent for six rooms ; ?-0 per cent for seven rooms; and 6nly 17 per cent called for eight rooms. The remaining 14 per cent showed a slight preference for 4-rooin dwellings.

Fifty per cent of the contestants favored shingle or lumber siding and 24 per cent preferred stucco surfaced structures. Brick walls appealed to 15 per cent of those expressing a preference, and hollow tile to 10 per cent. Only one in a hundred specified concrete blocks.

Hardwod floors were popular. Kitchens must be smaller; and a washroom, combining the purposes of an entry, storage for working clothes and boots, and a place for lvorkers to clean up, is required by many. Only one planner in four provides a pantry; the preference being for cupboards in the kitchen. Breakfast nooks, sleeping porches, and screened or glassed-in porches off the kitchen or dining room are very popular; but the sun room, so frequently seen in urban dwellings, appeals to few; and the front or entrance hall appears only occasionally.

Tested and Cutified

16 Calif. St

Crrucn CXcrn and C.ommonr

San Fnncirco

So. Crf,f. Rcprcrabfivo

Twohy Lunbcr Co. Lor Aryplc

Fruit Growers Supply Company

Manufachrrcn of C,alifornia lVhite and Sugu Pine Lumber

Milb et Surenvillc and HiIt, CaL

15O,(X)0,(X!O Fcct Annurl Cepecity

' B. \V. ADAMS, Msr. Salee Dept. First National Bank Bldg. - San Franeiro

A syrtem of continuour inspection duting m:nufec. ture assllrrE Gxlrct, unvatying unifomity for ttEvcdlgt ing" f,ooring. Operaton are provided with geuger to check down to a hai/s breadth thc rridt$, thickncr* tongue andgtoove. You can relecr eny piece of ttEver. larting" fooring from any b'undle and 6nd tht it matcheg pedecrly, ride and eo4 any other piece fioo eny other bundle.

Nichob & Cox Lumber Co., Grand Rapi.ls, Michigrn

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Dry Kilns

This Mill Gets lts llt{r "Hilke"

There's no use talking the most convincing testimonial in the world is buying another of the same thingt

Sugar Pine Lumber Co. of Pinedale, Cal., has just expressed their opinion of the Hilke Lumber Piler by purchasing another-making a total of eleven "Hilkes" now operating in their yards. This latest one is equipped with the new "jack- knife" unloading arms, a recent improvement.

We'll bc glad to rend you catalog and perllcular.

Moore'e natrral dreft and mechanical recirculating kilu of practical and modern typel.

Complete line of dry kiln equipment, ruch ar tnrlq trent'er carr, recording end regulating inrtnrment$ hrmber lift! end fat and edge lumber rtackeru.