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E. A. (Alex) Gordon, a native of Michigan, grew up'on a ranch in Montana's famous Gallatin Valley, where his father raised grain and livestock. He attended high school and the State College at Bozeman. Later, in company with his brother, he broke prairie sod on a new ranch in Southern Alberta.

Soon after this country entered the world war Alex returned to the United States and enlisted in the Navy. Upon completion of ,preliminary training at the U. S. Naval Station on Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay he served with the Atlantic Fleet and later was transferred to a Reserve Officers' Class at the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. After the Armistice he returned to the Alberta ranch, but soon turned his attention to mining in British Columbia and Northern Alberta. It was during this period that recollections of the Bay region began to recur and in 1924 he returned to San Francisco, where he entered the har,dwood lumber business with E. A. Howard and Company. In 1927 he joined the Strable Hardwood Company where he now serves as salesman, covering Northern California and Southern Oregon. He is married and resides in Berkeley. Taking pictures of scenic landscapes is his most interesting diversion.

Alex says he likes his work because his travels take him among'friends of his firm, all of whom help with the present-day problems of merchandising. "Experience has taught me," he says, "that there must be friendship in business for without friendship true business ceases and becomes barter."

SAN LORENZO LUMBER CO. HOLDS OUTING

Forty employes, their families and friends were guests of the San Lorenzo Lumber Company of Santa Cruz at a barbecue dinner at the summer home of James Maddock in the Ben Lomond mountains, Sunday, June 11. The occasion was the third anniversary of the company. Dinner was followed by games, swimming, hiking and target shooting.

Large Demand for Small Home Plang

Washington, June 8.-Still ahead of last year in number of small home plans distributed to dealers, builders and contractors, the National Small Homes Demonstration moves into the sixth month of its 1939 campaign with more than 5,300 plans outstanding.

Judging by the distribution of the plans, Houses 1-A, I-8,2-A and 2-F are the most popular of the small homes, the first two being of the two-story type. House 1-A has two bedrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen and bath and differs from l-E in that the latter has an attached garage over which is a flat roof permitting a second-story sun deck. Ifouse 2-A is a simple cottage with two bedrooms, a living room, kitchen and bath, while 2-F has in addition, a garage attached to the house proper by means of an intervening terrace.

More than 35,000 co,pies of the Small Homes Manual, containing the full story of the National Small Homes Demonstration and illustrations of all twelve houses. have been printed.

Patching Products Sold Through Dealers

Many home owners neglect minor and simple plaster, concrete or tile repairs because they don't know that they can fix them easily, quickly and economically themselves, according to California Stucco Company, Los Angeles, which sells through dealers their Kwickpatch products, prepared for the inexperienced to make simple repairs with ordinary kitchen implements.

Kwickpatch Plaster is a patching plaster for walls and ceilings. Kwickpatch Concrete is a quick-setting 24-hour concrete mix for all Portland cement and concrete patching. Kwickpatch Tile-Seal is prepared for re-setting loose tiles or refilling tile joints.

Copplete instructions for use are given on each package.

GOVERNMENT AGENCY USES P.O. CEDAR

The use of Port Orford Cedar run to %" by €' lor siding by the U. S. Farm SecurityAdministration at Yuma, Ariz., is reported by the Port Orford Cedar Association. The uniformity of color, relative eco.nomy and its established durability made this wood favored for the particular use.

Edgar A. Brown, 42O Market Street, San Francisco, is special representative of the Port Orford Cedar Association.

Going and Coming

W. K. Kendrick ot and his family have Northwest.

the Valley Lumber Company, Fresno, returned from a trip to the Pacific

Jas. E. (Jimmy) Atkinson, Atkinson-Statz Co., San Francisco, is on a 10-day trip calling on sawmills in Oregon. He took his wife and family with him and traveled north by way of the Redwood and Roosevelt Highways.

G. R. ('Roy) Bleecker, manager of the Westfir Lumber Co., Westfir, Ore., was in San Francisco recently on business.

Clay Brown, manager of the Plywood Division of Smith Wood-Products, Inc., Coquille, Ore., was in San Francisco and Los Angeles this week on business. He was accompanied by his wife and they visited the San Francisco World's Fair.

Bob Leishman, salesman for A. L. "Gus" Hoover, l,os Angeles, with his wife and two children, is on a trip to the Redwood Empire and Pacific Northwest. While in San Francisco they paid a visit to the World's Fair.

E. w. Hemmings, Lo.-Ang.l"s, accompanied by his daughter, has been vacationing the past two weeks and on an automobile tour in Northern California and Southern Oregon. On his return he will travel over the Redwood Highway, and will also visit the San Francisco Fair.

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*)rucco is chosen for a high percentage of new homes in communities where good stucco has been used, and where contractors are really out selling. Nothing helps like taking folks around to see the good stucco values others have received for their rnoney.

A feut qualily qtestions

These days smart contractors seem bent on getting the highest quality stucco work ever. Inspection shows some mighty fine jobs. It is just a matter cf keeping in mind such questions as Is the structure rigid and well-framed? . . Base O.K.?

Flashing and other protective structural details propedy designed? . Is Portland Cement or Waterproofed Portland Cement used for all coats? Are approved methods of mixing, applying and curing stucco being rigidly followed ?

Our free "Plasterer's Manual" covers specifications and approved methods. ITrite for your coPy.