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He Had Caught The Spirit

Children are very impressionable.

Little Johtttty had been reading some old English fiction, and he was standing in front of a tobacco shop, and looking very disconsolate, when an old woman noticed his expression.

"Sonny, ye look troubled. Anything f can do for you?l' "Hist Mother!"

ADAMS LUMBDR CO. OPEN WHOLESALE

The urchin grandiloquently placed a penny in her hand. "Mother, old Mother," he said with tragic emphasis; "thou can'st indeed be of signal service, an' thou wilt. Seest thou yon tobacco shop? Then take thee this bronze coin, and bid the churl within to give thee a cigarette, and eke a match therefor. Be secret, Mother, and betray me not, or thy old blood will answer for't. I will await thee here. And now, beldame, begone !"

CHAS. LINDNER OF PORTLAND VISITS IN LONG BEACH, CALIF.

The Adams

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a warehouse at 5312 llorton St., Oakland, where they will carry a full line of California Pine Plywood Panels of various grades and thicknesses. They will carry panels suitable fbr all purposes; for walls, doors, etc., and in all thicknesses running quarter inch and thicker. Ttreir panels will cover all requirements of construction from summer bungalows to high class residences.

Their stock will also include doors, open and glazed sash, mouldings and screen doors.

For 22 Yeare (CHICI(ASiAW BRAND" OAK FLOORING her becn a *andard of Grade-Quality-Manufac{ure

Manufagturcd By

Chas. Lindner, of Portland, Oregon, one of the leading lumber wholesalers of the United States, has been a visitor for the past four weeks at Long Beach, California. Mr. Lindner is President of the Henry D. Davis Lumber Company, of Portland, a wholesale lumber concern that does business all over the United States. They particularly specialize in timbers, railroad ties, and oil- field stock.- Mr. Lindner has returned to Portland after a delightful vacation in Southern California.