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The Big DilJerence

At dinner the clergyman sat for more than an hour listening to a big-mouthed, self-opinionated young man who insisted on discussing Darwin and his Origin of Species, in what he thought was a very learned and unanswerable way.

"I fail to see," said the young know-all, "what difference it would make to me if my grandfather was a monkey."

"No," quietly remarked the preacher, "it probably didn't make much difference to you. But think how your grandmother must have felL"

S. F. Fair \(/ill Show Woodworking Tools Special Paint for Outdoor Plywood

An unusual exhibit of the various tools used in the lumber and woodworking industries will be displayed to the millions of visitors at the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition on San Francisco Bay.

The whole range of tools used from the equipment of the timberman to the delicate instruments of the miniature maker will be exhibited. Besides loggers' tools, mills supplies, furniture makers' and carpenters' tools, the equipment of various home woodworking crafts will be shown. In fact practically every tool used by amateur or professional woodworkers and finishers will be displayed in its proper connection.

Among the various hobby crafts to be represented will be model making of boats, airplanes, trains and locomotives. Woodcarving tools and pipe making equipment will also be included. Each of these crafts calls for a workshop with a surprising array of. highly specialized tools.

This exhibit which will be shown in the huge Mines, Metals and Machinqry buildng of the $50,000,000 World's Fair of the West, is being planned by C. W. Marwedel Company of San Francisco, which carries the equipment of some two thousand manufacturers.

Back From Vacation

Don Coveney, salesman for Strable Hardwood Company, Oakland, has returned from his vacation. He covered several thousand miles by automobile and visited many interesting places including Grand Coulee Dam, Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks.

Two products are being featured in the advertisement of Geo. E. Ream Company, Los Angeles, in this issue, Super Harbord, the outdoor plywood and Rezitex, a beautiful stucco-like decorative coat for exterior plywood.

"Rezitex, manufactured by I. F. Laucks, Inc., Los Angeles, is a synthetic resin bound plastic paint that meets the demand for a finish that is both protective and truly decorative," Mr. Ream says.

"In order to decorate exterior walls of plywood successfully a material must Lre waterproof and lightproof, it must have body enough for texturing, it must be fire-resistant and have flexibility. Laux Rezitex meets all of these specifications."

ALASKA LUMBER PRODUCTION-l937

Lumber production in Alaska in L937 decreased approximately 14 per cent from the 1936 level, according to preliminary data compiled by the U. S. Forest Service from information furnished by the Regional Forester at Juneau.

The 1937 production was 25,306 M feet as compared to 28,858 M feet in 1936. (The 1937 figure is subject to revision.)

Shingle production in Alaska dropped from 2,598 squares in 1936 to an estimated 1,745 squares in 1937.

The census of lumber production in the western States and Alaska has been conducted for many years by the Forest Service under the terms of a cooperative agreement with the Bureau of the Census. Final production statistics will be released later by the Bureau of the Census.

San Joaquin Lumbermen's Club was again host to a number of its. friends from San Francisco, Los Angeles and other points on Saturday and Sunday, June 18 and 19, at the beautiful summer home of Mr. and Mrs. F. Dean Prescott at Twin Brooks in the High Sierra, about 5O miles from Fresno.

Everybody had a most enjoyable time from the moment