Our Fam'ly Tree

Billy brought a ponderous volume, And he said, "Do this for me, Take the time to read the hist'ry Of our splendid fam'ly tree."

For his sake I waded thru it

From the first page to the last, And I'm wondering now.why Billy So adores our checkered past.

When our fam'ly tree was planted, No one seems to know, at all; But strange birds have perched upon it In each epoch since the fall.

And about the spreading branches

C)f our r,vondrous fant'lv tree. Trvines a thing I do not fancy That men call "heredity."

It has weird far-reaching tendrils That persist thru weary ages; I often found a Bill or me In those old musJy pages.

No, we can't elude our grandads, They have marked us for their own. From an ape in some tall tree-top, From a r,r'eak king on his throneWe inherit moods and noses, And one trait I'll not disown, For I find our foxy grandads Lived in HOMES that were THEIR OWN. Adeline M. Conner.

Uses Teak

Approximately five acres of teak will be used for the weather decks of the S.S. Malolo, which will be the fastest and largest passenger steamship ever built in the United States. The Malolo is norv being constructed for the Matson Navigation Company, under the supervision of Gibbs Brothers, fnc., at Cramp's Shipyard, Philadelphia.

The specifications call for 162,843 board feet of teak decking, L9,199 board feet of teak margins, 10,642 board feet of teak rail and 2515 board feet of teak foundations. All teak is to be sound and clear in accordance with the standards and requirements of the U. S. Navy.

Joe Shepard A San Franctsco Vtsttor

Joe Shepard, Friend and Terry Lumber Co., Sacramento, was a recent San Francisco visitor, where he spent a few days calling on the lumber trade and attending to other business matters. He repolts that building in his locality is active and that the lumber demand in the Valley Territory should be good this fall.

G. FOSTER SPENDS VACATION IN ITORTHWEST

G. Foster, owner of the Foster Lumber & Planing Mill at Vallejo, together with his wife and daughter, has returned from his vacation, which he spent touring through theNorthwest. While in the North, Mr. Foster visited many of the sarv-mills and reports that they all seemed to have plenty of business.