Strange Tale of Amenphophed Orban-Crowell

Amenphophed, august ruler, dwelt in Egypt long ago, And his mode and rate of living were, they tell me, far from slow.

On life's stage for years he strutted in exultant pomp and pride,

Then, like anycommon person, Amenphophed up and died. Charon rowed his haughty spirit swiftly o'er the river Styx; On his body, taxidermists turned some very clever tricks. Then for centuries he slumbered in a crypt beside the Nile, And the pyramid above him, was a huge imposing pile. In due time came rude explorers, searching for Rosetti stones.

Cuneiform inscriptions, paplrus, sacred cows and holy bones.

In old Amenphophed's chamber, they "Sacrilege !" The natives shouted, afraid.

When they found the royal mummy, "now here's a thing,

Miss Elizabeth Crowell, daughter of William C. Crowell, of Oak Grove, Pasadena, became the bride of Paul Orban, son of the late Peter Orban and Mrs. M. J. Backenstoe, of Pasadena, Wednesday noon, May 31, 1933. The ceremony took place in the garden of Mr. Crowell's residence, and the rvedding breakfast was served immediately following the ceremony.

Mr. and Mrs. Orban left on the S. S. Mariposa that afternoon for Honolulu where they will spend their honeymoon. On their return they will make their home in Pasadena. Mr. Orban operates the Orban Lumber Co. at Pasadena.

Ed. Culnan Resigns

E. B. (Ed) Culnan has resigned as vice president and " cried they, general manager of the Western Lumber Company, San Diego. He has returned to Los Angeles where he intends

We'll be rich when we have sold by the Black Cat, to get into the wholesale lumber business. he's a king !"

Then they dragged poor Amenphophed forth the light of day,

Heeding not his lrozen aspect and forbidding air, they say. Forth they dragged his Hathor couches, easy chairs and carven throne, a murky tunnel made; but adventurers aren't his castle on the a sharp protesting

Do-dads that a regal monarch needs who takes a trip alone. Hearts beat fast and voices trembled as they gazed upon the prize, Avaricious lights gleamed brightly in their wonder widened eyes.

First a German baron bought him for Rhone, Whereat Amen, don't repeat this, made moan.

Then a Frenchman wished to lease him, charmed by dry, insensate clay; But the bargain was not final, for the Frenchman would not pay.

Amenphophed went to England-to a show place in the strand, to view him and in awe about him bought and shipped him o'er the sea, fiesta. bade his world to come and

Where wiseacres ,came stand.

Soon a rich Americano Advertised him, made see.

And it did come, never doubt it, fetching uncles, aunts and nieces.

Amenphophed could not stand it-in the night he went to pieces.

Cerements were ripped asunder, atoms tore themselves in two, Hot electrons let go madly; Amen vanished from our view. There was nothing left next morning save a little pile of dust.

Which the experts said resembled residue of iron rust. Oh, of course there was excitement-great detectives sought for clues

And for weeks old Amen figured as head liner in the news.

Visits Northwest And Los Angeles

Walter J. Mulligan, president of W. J. Mulligan & Co., San Francisco, returned June 5 from spending a week in the Northwest visiting sawmills on Puget Sound and Grays Harbor which his company represents in the export and California trade. Following this trip Mr. Mulligan left San Francisco June 7 to spend a few days at the company's Los Angeles omce.

C. M. FREELAND VISITS S. F.

C. M. "Friday" Freeland, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., Los Angeles, conferred with executives at the company's San Francisco offi,ce around the first of the month.

CARL HORNIBROOK CALLS ON TRADE

Carl Hornibrook, sales manager of the Ewauna Box Co., Klamath Falls, Ore., is spending a few days in Los Angeles calling on the lumber trade.

PORTLAND SALES MANAGER VISITS S. F.

J. W. Vaughan, sales manager for Hammond Lumber Company at Portland, Ore., recently spent a few days at the company's head office in San Francisco.

Finally he was forgotten-soon oblivion was his lot; Fresher and more vital issues occupied the public thought. Now the wherefores and whereases of the case I can't explain,

Long I sought for information, but my efforts were in vain. Once I fully was persuaded, as I pondered Amen's fate, That spontaneous combustion caused him to disintegrate. But the theory is, they tell me, antiquated, obsolete; Can it be that Amenphophed with a lame duck chanced to meet ?

I give up; the eerie mystery pins my reason to the mat; Loss of energ)' depletes me ; Quick, go page a Technocrat !

Normal Seasonal Building Expansion is at Hand

Contrary to general belief, the late summer and not the spring is the big building season of the year, although the increase from March to April in building employment is greater than between any other two months.

In 1924 the President's Conference on Unemployment surveyed the subject of seasonal operation in the construction industry and stressed the fact that bad weather was not the principal'cause of seasonal idleness, but fixed customs in the building trades. It con'cluded that for most types of construction it is possible to build the year round in all parts of the United States. The 1929 Construction Census indicates that progress has been made toward greater stability in employment from month to month in the construction industry, despite the persistence of a distinct seasonal trend in all lines of constru'ction activity in 1929. Seasonal fluctuation is apparently not so pronounced as it was ten years ago when (in 1922) the monthly employment of building labor was about 45 per cent in January of what it was in July.

Seasonal EmPloYment

In 1929, building employment under contractors and builders was 59 per cent in January of what it was in August and residential building was 56 per cent of what it was in its peak month, or June. Comparison is shown below in percentages of employment in construction under