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THOMAS JEFFERSON'S DESCRIPTTON OF GEORGE WASHINGTON

I think I knew General Washington intimately and thoroughly, and were I called on to delineate his character, it should be in terms like these: His mind was great and powerful without being of the very first order; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and, as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder.

It was slow in operation, being little aided by imagination or invention, but sure in conclusion. Hence the common remark of his officers of the advantage he derived from councils of war where, hearing all suggestions, he selected whatever was best; and certainly no general planned his battles more judiciously.

Perhaps the strongest feature in his character, was prudence, never acting until every circumstance, every consideration, was maturely weighed, refraining if he saw a doubt, but, when once decided, going through with his purpose, whatever obstacles opposed. His integrity was most pure, his justice the most infexible I have ever known, no motives of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. He was, indeed, in every sense of the word, a wise, a good, and a great man.

His temper was naturally high-toned; but reflection and resolution had obtained a firm and habitual ascendency over it. If ever, however, it broke its bonds, he was most tremendous in his wrath. His heart was not warm in its affections; but he exactly calculated each man's value and gave him a solid esteem proportioned to it. flis person, you know, was fine; his stature exactly what one would wish; his deportment easy, erect,.and noble; the best horseman of his age and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback. On the whole his character was. in its mass, perfect; in nothing bad, in few poinls indifferent; and it may truly be said that never did Nature and fortune combine more perfectly to make a man great, and to place him in the same constellation with whatever worthies have merited from an everlasting remembrance.

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Playing Safe

From London comes the story ofa lottery peddler who persistently tried to sell Baron Rothschild a lottery chance for fifty cents.

"But f don't want to take a chance in the lottery," thundered Rothschild, "I'm a rich man; why do you annoy me with such a trivial thing?"

"Dat's val I am trying to say to you," contended the man, "vat vould fifty cents minn to you? C'mon, pleez tek a chench."

Rothschild, weary of the pest, bought a lottery ticket to get rid of him. The next day, true to Rothschild's luck, the persistent salesman called to inform him that he had won the first prize in the lottery- three hundred thousand dollars.

"Well, well, well," exclaimed the Baron, ,,that's very interesting. I really should reward you. Which would you rather have, ten thousand dollars in cash, or a four thousand dollar annuity for the rest of your life?"

"You better gimme de tan tousand in cash," quickly replied the Jew. "Wit your luck I wouldn't live anudder six months." ***

You Are Gone

A smile, a nod,

This was the simple start.

I felt no twang of bow

Nor felt the strike of dart.

Then like a quickning breath

You filled my heart.

It's empty now.

The laughter and song

Are stilled. From where you were

Sounds leaping.Mem'ry's gong

When I would fill the space

Where you belong.

-By Allen White. ***

Thomas Paine On War

"I have as little superstition in me as any man living, but my secret opinion has ever been and still is, that God Almighty will not give up a people to military destruction, or leave them unsupportedly to perish, who have so earnestly and repeated sought to dvoid the calamities of war by every decent method which wisdom could invent. Neither have I so much of the infidel in me as to suppose that He has relinquished the government of the world, and given us up to the care ot U":ttr:i,*

Lumber Strike at Los Angeles Plant Setded LargestLumber Storage Buildings Erected

In an advertisement appearing in the Los Angeles papers on July 26, Owens-Parks Lumber Co. announced the strike at its plant was ended and the company lvould continue on an open shop basis. Following is the advertisement in part:

"Although business continued at Owens-Parks Lumber Company's yard without interruption during the strike which ended Friday, we are happy to notify our customers that regular service is now available.

"Our company did not retreat from its position of insisting on the maintenance of the open shop and, of course, kept its promise to employees made before the strike that the same scale of wages paid during 1937 and 1938 would be continued until June, 1939.

"These wages were not an issue in the discriminatory calling out of Owens-Parks men on July 5th. You will recall in a previous advertisement making public the scale this firm and other leading lumber dealers were paying, the hourly rates ran from 65 cents for the least skilled yard help to $1.10 for machine operators and more experienced workers. This scale is for an eight-hour day with time and one-half for overtime and Saturday afternoon.

Prompt Efficient Action

"To the general public for its support . . to our many customers who stood steadfastly behind us during the past three weeks we take this opportunity of extending our sincere thanks. Owens-Parks Lumber Company is indeed more than pleased to now offer full complete service with its regular yard and mill employees handling every job, large or small. And we pledge to customers prompt, efficient action on their orders."

Armstrong Tile Dealers To Convene

Announcement is made by the Armstrong Cork Products Company that first shipments o{ Armstrong's Asphalt Tile were made from the new factory at Southgate, Calif. on July 13.

The announcement also states that the formal opening of the new factory will be held at a convention of Pacific Coast dealers in Armstrong resilient tile at the Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood, on Monday and Tuesday, August 1 and Z.

In England in 80 Years Completed

Washington, July 19,-The largest lumber storage buildings erected in England in 8O years, according to the Lonlon Times, were recently completed for use at the wharves of Messrs, James Latham, Ltd., at Leeside, Clapton, 8., I23year old London firm.

The sheds. erected on concrete foundations, of Australian Jarrah and Canadian Douglas fir, have a storage capacity of over 15,000,000 bd. ft. of lumber and are built under the new London County Council regulations regarding maximum stresses which became effective last January. In this connection it is interesting to note that the Council has set 800 lbs. per square inch for "non-graded" European softwoods using extreme fibre stress in bending as descriptive base, while Douglas fir and Longleaf pine are designated as "graded tirnber" at 1,20O lbs. per square inch bending stress.

The main posts of the shed support the roof trusses and ore 9"x9'. The crane posts and beams are L7'xl7'. While actual figures on the cost of construction are not yet available the use of wood was found to be far less expensive than steel, and in addition construction proceeded more quickly.

Mr. Latham declared at the formal opening of'the sheds that the wood building was not as great an insurance risk as steel or concrete and stated insurance companies consider timber beams, solid timber supports and substantial structures to be a better fire risk than either of these materials. He emphasized this by saying that when a fire broke out at their office in Curtain Road in 1913, the I7'xl7' timbers were found to be merely charred and with the halfinch charred wood sawn off the beams were used again in the reconstruction of the building.

The employing of lumber in these large sheds is serving as an exc€llent demonstration to all Englancl of the quality and desirability of timber as a construction material.

Back From Vacation

P. J. Van Oosting, E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, and family, have returned from a vacation trip to Chicago. His family remained in Chicago while Mr. Van Oosting took a few days to visit the plants of the Insulite Co. at International Falls, Minn., and Roddis Lumber & Veneer Co., Marshfielcl, Wis. He reported excellent fishing in the Rainy Lake region.

Haff Year Forecast

In a letter under date of July 18 to James G. McNary, president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, Secretary-Manager Wilson Compton gives some interesting facts from the lumber movement during the first week of July. Following is his letter:

"You will recall our forecast in May that the last half of this year would be much more satisfactory in the lumber industry than the first half. You will be interested in the following facts from the lumber movement during the first week of July:

1. New business was the highest in eleven months.

2. For the first time this year new business received was above the corresponding week of 1937, exceeding that week by 20 per cent.

3. New business was 75 per cent greater than production.

4. Production was nearly 60 per cent of the corresponding . week ol l9D; shipments nearly 7O per cent; new business 75 per cent.

5. New business was 5 per cent above the last week of June.

6. Southern Pine, West Coast, Western Pine, Northern Pine and Northern Hemlock all had new business greater than the corresponding week of 1937.

7. New business in Redwood was only 4 per cent less than the same week last year; in Cypress, 4O per cent less; in Hardwoods about 33 per cent less.

8. In Southern Hardwoods during the past month new business has exceeded production by 50 per cent; in Oak Flooring during the last two months new business has averaged more than double the volume of last year.

9. Inventories at sawmills average only 8 per cent above last year and are declining. Some regions have considerable excess; others the lowest stocks in over two years.

10. Unfilled order files in relation to stocks on hand are the most favorable since last March and, with the exception of March, the most favorable since 1937.

"One swallow doesn't make a spring, but this at least shows the direction the swallows are now flying. This will be encouraging to those who have seen in building, especially residential buitding, the most likely source of lumber industry recovery. Present indications are of a total volume of home building in 1938 equal to 1937, and

Operating on Midsummer Schedule

The Red River Lumber Company is operating all plant and logging departments on midsummer schedule. The season is not far enough advanced for decking the customary supply of logs for Winter mill supply and logging is limited to the current run of the saw mill.

An average of 650 thousand feet of logs is being delivered daily to the mill pond. The company is working three sides and three sides are run by contractors. Including the company railroad operation, the logging department is employing 250 men. There is a truck haul of ten miles with 4O trucks from Moonlight Canyon to the mill. Logs from Eagle Lake are hauled 21 miles by rail after a haul of four miles by truck to the railroad.

The saw mill is running four bands and two resaws with two shifts working 40 hours a week each. The Box Factory and Venetian Blind Slat Department are running with two shifts each and the Plywood Factory three shifts. Planing Mill, Shipping and Moulding Departments are working one shift each. Shipments are running about 20 cars per day.

Buys Lumber Town And Railroad

Hobart Mills, Calif., July ZZ.-Sale of the Hobart Lumber Co.'s mills, railroad, office buildings, sheds and homes at Hobart Mills to the Los Angeles Iron and Steel Co., was announced today by Manager Harry Landsberg.

The purchasing company will salvage the property, and the 12 miles of railroad from Hobart Mills to Truckee will be torn up. The sawmills, planing mills and other equipment will be dismantled and junked, and the 55 company homes in the town will be torn down, Mr. Landsberg stated.

Included in the railroad equipment are seven locomotives and, 47 flat cars, including the famous old No. 5 narrowgauge engine built in 1875.

Opens Yard At Phoenix

Stanley Clem has started the Clem Lumber Company at Phoenix, Ariz. He was formerly with the Air Homes & Supply Company at Phoenix, and prior to that was connected with the Santa Ana Lumber Co. at Santa Ana. Calif. a trend toward small homes in which lumber predominates."

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