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By Jach Dionne

Age not guaranteed-Some I have told for 20 years-Some less That W.s Her En-tire Name

It was in a rural district in Alabama that the white lady heard the fat colored woman calling-

"LarseeneyLarseeneycotne heah Larseeney ! Ah wants you right away chile."

And a little colored girl came running to answer the mother's urgent call.

"What did I hear you call your little girl, Mandy?" the white lady asked.

Forest Service Issues New National Forest Map

A new re.creation map showing the,18 national forests of the California Region, together with'important cities and towns, and the main highways, has just been issued by the U. S. Forest Service, according to report from the office of the Regional Forester in San Francisco.

The unique feature of this map is that the base is a photographic reproduction of a relief of the physical geography of the State. In addition to the national forests, state and national parks and monuments are also shown. Printed text on the back of the map gives full information on camping, list of free public camp grounds, rules for fire prevention and other recreational data con.cerning the national forests.

Copies of the map may be obtained from forest rangers or by addressing the forest supervisors of the individual national forests.

CHANGE OF,OFFICE

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association Los Angeles' offices are now located in the Ar,chitects, Building Material Fxhibit, Fifth & Figueroa Streets, where it will bl possible for them to come in direct contact with the lumber buying public. A. A. Kayser, grade supervisor for California, feeli that the new location will prove very beneficial to the organization.

"Ah done called huh Larseeney,', replied the motrher.

'Ts that really her name?,' asked the white lady.

"Yessurn, dass huh name, all right,,' said the colored woman, "but hit ain't huh entiah name."

"No?" said the white lady. .,Then pray tell, what is her entire name?"

"Ifuh entiah name is Petty Larse€rgy," said the mother proudly.

BUILDING CODE SERVICE OF N.L.M.A. NOlv CENTRALIZED AT CHICAGO OFFICE

Washington, June S.-The Building Code Department of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association will hereafter be centralized at the Chicago offices. Increased efficiency as well as economy are expected to result.

The dearth of actual construction has afiorded local architects, engineers and general construction technicians more time in which to consider and contemplatg the efiect on their business of their local building codes, rules and regulations under which such work is done and has re= sulted in a greatly increased demand for the technical consultative assistance of the Building Code service. This demand can be better taken care of from Chicago, because of its central location. Richard G. Kimbell, Director of the Building Code Bureau, hitherto stationed in Washington, will continue in charge of the department with headquarters at the Chicago office, fr17 Conway Building, and commissioned to cover building codes in a large territory containing many of the largest lumber markets.

Joins Coastwise Lumber Conferdnce

C. D. Johnson Lumber Co. has joined the pacific Coastwise Lumber Conference, according to a statement by Arthur Griswold, manager of the firm,s San Francisco office. They have leased the steamer Dan F. Hanlon, which will make two round trips a month between yaquina Bay, Ore., and all California points.

Theodore Stearns Named for Congress

Theodore L. Stearns, of South Pasadena, was elected as the Republican candidate for Congress at the Conference of the Twelfth Congressional District held at El Monte, Calif., on Saturday, June 4. The nomination carries with it the pledged support of the 50O delegates from the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, Fifty-first and Fifty-second assembly districts. Neal Ames, San Gabriel, Myron C' Burr, Monrovia, and Burt Martin, Whittier, were also candidates for the nomination. The final ballot gave Stearns 249 and Martin 226. On motion of Mr. Martin the nomination was made unanimous.

Mr. Stearns is purchasing agent for the Hayward Lumber & Investment Co., of Los Angeles, and is prominently identified with the lumber and building material business in Southern Calfiornia.

League o[ Nations to Study \(/orld Lumber Situation

The League of Nations recently 'called a meeting 'of European lumber experts to examine the rvorld lumbel situation and to decide upon remedial measures states a late report from H. C. Schuette, assistant trade commissioner at Paris to the Lumber Division of the Department of Commerce.

The experts are to make an extensive study of the general situation in wood production and commer'ce, and to devise means of improving the condition of the industry' The committee, with representatives from Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland. Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Soviet Russia and Yugoslavia, will center its attention on softwoods.

Some of the questions that will receive the attention of the committee are: the organization of the lumber industry in the various countries, their lumber exPort figures with relation of these to the general exports of the country, the statistical facilities available, and the regulations governing imports and exports-such as quotas, 'customs duties, etc. With such data on hand, the committee expects to proceed to the formation of some feasible plan for international cooperation, rvhich is the solution the League hopes to achieve ls a result of these discussions.

Appointed Manager Of New York Office

W. E. Rutledge, who has been'connected with the Hammond Lumber Company office at Chicago, has been appointed manager of the company's New York office. Mr. Rutledge has been with the company for a long period, and bejore going to their Chicago office, was at the company's mill at Samoa, Calif.

New Yard At Sacbamento

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