A Beautiful Prose Poem on "Home"

By Jack Dionne

I am not trying to start the Civil War all over again. My wife ir an unreconstructed Rebel, but my forbean fought, and s<ime of them died, in "uniforms of blue.tt

But I hrow that all of my readcns love the thought and the ideal of HOME; most of them, I trust, love thiog" ttat are beautifrrl; beautiful thoughtr, beautiful wor&, beautifuI sentimentr.

So it dways pleases me to be able to reproduce ruch thingr in there columns, even though they present no dircct reference to industry.

There lies on my desk as I write, what, in my iudg. meng ir the most eloquent addre$ ever delivered on .the American continent. Those who have never read it, have mi$ed a mental banquet so beautiful ar to defy dercrip-, tion. Nothing but its own words can do it justice.

It ir the oration delivered by John W. Daniel, at tte inauguration of the mausoleum and unveiling of the recrrmbent figure of General Robert E. L€e, at Washington end Lee Univerrity, Lexington, Virginia, of which school Robert Lce war once Prerident.

"There was no happier or lovelier home that of Col. Robert Edward Lee in the spring of 1861, when for the first time its threrhold war darkened with the omcns of civil war.

"Crowning the green rlopes of the Virginia hitls that overlook the Potomac, and embowered in ctately trees, rtood the venerable mansion of .Arlinglon, facing a prorpect of varied and imposing beauty. lts broad porch and wide-rpread wing! held out open arms, es it were, to welcome the coming guest. Its rimple Doric columns graced domestic comfort with a clarcic air. Its hallr and chamberr were adorned with the portraitr of patriotr and heroer, ild with illuminations and relics of the gtcat revolution, and of the father of hL country; and within and without, history and traditioir seemed to breathe their legends upon a canvala as soft as a dream of peace.

"The noble river, which in itr hirtory ar well ar in itr narne, carries us back to the days when the red men

The firgt page of tlnt marvelous oration, is a lovely prose poem on the HOME of Robert E. Lee. And in that oration the speaker based his defense of the secession of Robert E. Lee as the action of a man riring in defense of his HOME.

And because the wording is so wonderful, and so beautiful a tribute to home, I take the liberty of quoting that portion of the address:- ttlet his defense 'rest in this fact alone. Nature spealq it! Nothing can weaken it! The historian may compilet., 'The casuiat may dissect! The statesman maf expatiatb! The advocate may plead! :The jurist : may expornd! but, after all, there can be no stronger or tenderer tie, than that which binds the faithful heart to kindred and to HOME.

"When t|re lines of battle formed, Robert Lee took his place in the line beside his people, his kindred, his children, his HOME.

"and on that tie-stretching from the cradle .to the grave, spanning the Heavens, and riveted througfi eternity to the throne of God on high, and underneath in the souh of good men and truFon that tie relts, stainlesc and ir6nortal, the frrne of Robert:Les, trod its banks, sweeps in full and even flow along the forefront of . the landscape; while beyond its waters *retch the rplendid avenues and rise the gleaming tpires of Washingtonl and over dl the great white dome of the national capital looms up against the eastern sky like a glory in the air.

"Southward and westward toward the blue rim of the Alleghanies roll away the pine and oak-clad hillg of the "OId Dominion," dotted here and there with the homes of a people of simple tastes and upright minds, renowned for their devotion to their native land and for their fierce love of liherty; a people who have drunk into their souls with their mdthers milk that man is of right, and ought to be, free.

"On the one hand.- there was impresred upon the most castral eye that contempliated the pleasing prospect, the munificence and grairdeur of American progress, the arts of industrv and commerce, and the symbols of power.

'ttOn the other hand, nature seemed to woo the heart back to her sacred haunts, with vistas of sparkling watenr and verdant pasturer, and many a wildwood rcenel and to penehte'itc deepeet recesEer with the halcyon charm that ev_er lingers. _Sb.q$_SS_JhC,gght of HOME.,,

(Continued from Page 18) a d,istance of about a half block it has the appearance of a downtown thoroughfare. On Sundav, May 6, between 8:20 and 8:30 P. M. we counted 62 northbound automobiles and 6O southbound. This means that 122 automobiles containing from one to seven passengers passed our illuminated display u'indows in ten minutes.

"One of the first things we displayed in our window was a large white pine Breakfast Room Set, priced at $55.00. Imagine our surprise and pleasure lvhen, a few days later, a man drove up before our office in a ,motor truck, purihased the Breakfast Room Set and waited until we placed it in his truck for him. An occurrence of this kind was far beyond our expectations. The display of the Breakfast Room Set also resulted in numerous other inquiries for the same merchandise and many promises were made as that prospects i:rtend to build Breakfast Room Sets in their present home or in a future home.

"The display of the Breakfast Room Set was followecl by a large buffet which had been constructed for one of our contractors. 'We narrowly escaped having to take this buffet out of the window and deliver it to a purchaser. Trhe display of this buffet resulted in several orders, one customer demanding we duplicate the design for him.

"Following the buffet we displayed an obsolete design of Colonade bookcase pedestals and these too have been sold ard delivered. The fact is, these odd bookcase pedestals had been standing around our warehouse for several

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Our Redwood Specialties POSTS SHINGLES GRAPE STAKES TIES years and we placed the displav simply to see what would happen.

"Many sales also have been made of small items of hardware because the prospects have seen them displayed in the window. Our hardware store is immediately back of the display window and naturally benefits from the sale of small carpenter tools, locks, door butts, cupboard hardware, etc,

"At night the windows are really more noticeable than during the day. Our property is right rext to a switch which crosses City Park Avenue and just a short distance beyond is a bridgi crossing Swan Creek. The traffic bound either north or south must slow down to pass over this crossing and make the approach to the bridge. On several occasions we have even seen drivers go past the display windows then stop their cars and back up to in front of the wirdows. Little did we realize when this installation was made that it tvould give us as much favorable advertising and result in so many sales of merchandise."

E. U. WHEELOCK GOES NORTH

Mr. tr. U. Wheelock, of the E. U. Wheelock Lumber Company, Los Angeles, has been away for some time on a trip that will take him as far north as Vancouver. Mr. Wheelock expects to return to Los Angeles about the 20th of the month.

WE HAVE ON HAND FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT FROM OUR SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO YARD

35OO TONS NUMBER ONE

60 PoUND RELAYING RAIL WITH ANGLE BARS

SPECIAL MEETTNG OF THE SAN JOAqUTN VALLEY LUMBERMENS CLUB HELD JUNE 2ND

About fifty members attended the last meeting o{ thc San Joaquin Valley Lumbermens Club held at the Hughes Hotel, Saturday June 2nd. This was called by President J. C. Ferger, of the Swastika Lumber Cornpany, Fresno, for the purpose of adopting the club's plans for the visit to the redwoods as guests of the California Redwood Association.

Mr. Ferger prcsided at the luncheon, and was assisted by secretary Frank Min,ard, of the Pierce Lumber Company, Fresno.

Mr. Ferger introduced Mr. John Hemphill, superin'tendent in charge of the construction of the immense new mill for the Sugar Pine l.umber Company. Mr. Hemphill made a most interesting talk on the building of this plant, giving some facts and figures on their intended operations that made the club ,members open ,their eyes. This new mill will be in o,peration in about three weeks, and Mr. Hemp- hill states that they will have a capacity of 10,000,00O feit per year. They have a stand of the finest timber, located just ninety miles from the mill, and they have estimated a :thirty year cut. lVIr. Tom. Russell chiei engineer for the Minarets and Western Railwav. told the club members of the building of this ninety milei'of road into the woods, and stated that they had but eight miles of rail to lay to complete the road into the mill..

Mr. A. B. Wastell, manager of the California Retail Lumber Association spoke on the work that their association was doing and made a plea for 100/o membership in the San Joaquin Valley. Mr. Wastel will spend a few days in this part of the state.

Mr. C. W. Pinkerton, president, and Mrs. Eggelston, secretary o{ the state association were introduced at the rneeting.

A committee report was 'heard and it was decided that the club members would,meet at Santa Rosa at noon, June l8th, going from Fresno by any routes that they select individually, and at Santa Rosa they would join the caravan of other clubs that are making the redrvood trip. After transacting other pertinent business, Mr. Ferger adjourned'the meeting.

W. P. FRAMBES MAKES TRIP NORTH

Mr. W. P. Frambes, of the wholesale firm of Fletc'irer and Frambes, I-os Angeles, is making a three-weeks' trip that will take him as far north as Vancouver, B. C.

Mr. Frambes will meet Mr. T. C. McCabe at Seattle, and they will travel together to other points, calling at various of the mills.

ALL McCLEOD LUMBER COMPANY'S OFFICES i HITTING ON SIX

The McCleod Lun.rber Company, operating offices in various cities in the country are among the heaviest shippers of west coast products into California.

Handling huge quantities of fir, spruce and yellow fir, t'hrough their Portland offilce, this company originally went out for, and established a reputation for fair dealings that has made them popular among the dealers.

Mr. R. M. Mcleod is president of the company, with their main offices at Hattiesburg, Miss., and Mr. D. W. Ferry is vice-president. They have offices at Portland, Jacksonville, Chicago, Fittsburg, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Mr. Chas. I. White, is manager of the Los Angeles office and Mr. T. B. Blanchard attends to the Northern California office.

Good Shingles Must Have Parallel Edges Says the Rite-Grade Inspector

Er XPERT shinglers and carpenters who do Ea any amount of shingles will realize this more than any other class of people wtro handle Red Cedar shingles. A wedge-shaped shingle must be trimmed on the job before laying. This means slowing up the work and loss of time to shingle contractors.

Proper clipping of shingles as they come from the saw is purely a matter of efficient and well supervised workmanship. If shingles are not carefully inspected and measured in the mill it is exceedingly easy'tio produce "off-parallel" shingles without knowledge or intent on the part of shingle mill operators.

This is one phase of my inspection work in Rite-Grade mills. No shingle is eligible to bear the Rite-Grade Inspected trademark that exceeds one-quarter inch difference in width between butt and tip measurerncnts.

And while ttris is only a srnall portion of my inspection work at a Rite-Grade mill it is an essential part of the routine and is never slighted. My rule is more accurate than a shingle packer's eye.

If retail lunber merchants or others wtro hande Rite-Grade Inspectetl slringles can suggest any practical means by which we can further prot€ct the purrchaser of shingles bearing our trade-mark we will be mighty glad to have their ideas. We certainly uso every safeguard that can reasonably be applied to keep the gr,ade and qual[ty of manufacture up to our own guaranteed standard.

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