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PATTON STARTS ONAUTOMOBILE TOUR OF LUMBER, DISTR,ICTS IN GN,EAT NORTHWEST

Henry Patton, head of the big Los Angeles retail film of Patto! & Davies, is on a combined business and pleasure trip through the classic forest regions of the great Northwest. Accompanied by members of his family he went north by water, shipping his car with him.

From Seattle they will tour the parks and cities of Oregon and Washington and in between time visit some of the lumber mills and lumber offices.

July Was Good Month In San Jose

. During^July an aggregate of T8 building permits were issued in San Jose for the erection of structuies aggregating $166,245 in value. This is more than twice the ouii" Jt p""-_ mits issued in July, 1g21. The buildins movement has 6een active in San Jose throughout the year.

r. A. DOUTY VISITS CALIFORNIA

F. A. Douty, president of the Multnomah Lumber & Box Company of Portland, has been visitinq in California for the last few weeks. His company is one of tfre heaviest pro_ ducers of spruce and homlock box shook on the pacific Coast and recently acquired a big tract of government timber in Western Oregon. The tract runs largely to spruce and will provide arnple log supply for many years to come.

IJGGITT & CO. OPEN AT GAR,DSN GR,OVE

D. E. Liggitt & Co. have opened an office in Garden Grove. Orange county, and are preparing to erect the necessary buildings for a modern lumber yard. A location has been secured near the business center of the town. The same eompany has bben in business in Santa Ana for the last few years.

SAN PEDRO FIR,M MOVES OFFICES

The office and display department of the Harbor Sash, Door & Mill Company at San Pedro has been moved to a new room on Pacific avenue in that city. The company specializes in built-in features of modern homes and has an active part in the building development in the San Pedro territory. A factory and wood working plant is operated at Harbor City. G. F. Hopkins is the rilanager of the business.

Riverside Has Good Building Year

Building records at Riverside are being shattered this year and the total for 1922 probably will be greatest in the history of that enterprising city. The record for the first seven months was approximately $700,000. With many important public and business buildings planned for the next few months, the year will measure up exceedingly well.

L C. C. DECLINES TO CIIANGE ITIINNEAPOLIS BATE

The Interstate Commerce Commission has ruled.. in favor of California lumber'producers in the case heard last spring for a readjustment of rates from various manufacturing distriets of the Coast to consuming centers in the East and Middle West. Shippers in the Northwest sought a parity u'ith California to points in Texas and other Middle Western states, and pointed out that California shippers enjoy a parity with the Northern mills to Minneapolis territory. The eommission declined to change any of the rates, so California rnills will continue to ship to Minneapolis for 66.5 cents.

"IIABD WORN," SAYS LELAND

Ilenry M. I-.leland, the creator of the Lincoln car, offets the following suggestion concerning young men and their choice of a career:

"Every young mail reaehes a point in his carr:er whett he has to choose one of two courses. If he chooses to be' clever, he will meet with a great deal of competition. If he chooses to be just plain, old fashioned, and honest, and work like a demon, he will be so unique that he will make an i:nmediate success. t'

The great men of the world sometimes cliffer as to some of the fundamentals of success, but ALL of thenr agree on ONE esseutiai-WORl(

Make the same price for the rame thing to all rr€D. Atty other method spells trouble.