MY FAVORITE STORIES

BY Jack Dionne

Age not guaranteed-Some I have told for 2O years But lt \(/ouldn't P.y Them All

The average man today will feel deeply in with the colored brother in this story. His friend said to him, "Boy, whut would you had all de money in de world right now?"

Some Less

sympathy And, after studying the subject very carefully for some time, he replied: you do if "\^rell suh, Ah tells you whut. Ah'd jes'pay hit on mah debts-fur as hit would go."

LANGFORD W. SMITH IN WHOLESALE BUSINESS

Langford W. Smith, formerly sales manager of the Red River Lumber Company, Westwood, Calif., has opened an offi,ce at 3001 Dwight Way, Berkeley, where he will conduct a general wholesale business in Pacific Coast woods. His telephone number is THornwall7134.

C. F. REEDER VISITS LOS ANGELES

C. F. Reeder, Peoples Lumber Co., Fillmore, Calif., was a recent Los Angeles visitor on business. He took an afternoon ofi to attend the Olympic games and watch Eddie Tolan, Ralph Metcalf, Bill Carr, Ben Eastman and the other track stars perform.

D. R. WAGNER ATTENDS OLYMPIC GAMES

Dan R. 'Wagner, Wagner Lumber & Mill Co., Santa Barbara, Calif., was a recent Los Angeles visitor where he spent several days taking in the various Olympic games events and calling on the lumber trade.

J. D. REA APPOINTED YARD MANAGER

J. D. Rea has been appointed manager of the Hayward Lumber and Investment Co. yard at Vista, Calif, For the past several years, Mr. Rea was with the San Gabriel Valley Lumber Co. as manager of their yard at Baldwin Park.

ACTS AS OFFICIAL IN OLYMPIC GAMES EQUES,TRTAN EVENTS

E. B. (Ed.) Culnan, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., Los Angeles, was one of the offi.cials in the Olympic games' equestrian events held at Baldwin Hills, Riviera Club and the Olympic stadium. The officials were chosen from the active and reserve mounted ofiicers of the United States army. Mr. Culnan is a Major in the Field Artillery, Reserve Corp., United States Army.

H. G. LARRICK A LOS ANGELES VISITOR

H. G. Larri'ck, Lumber & Builders' Supply Co., Solano Beach, Calif., spent a few days in Los Angeles recently attending to business matters. His family accompanied him on the trip and they spent an afternoon attending the Olympic games track and field events at the Olympic stadium.

Frank Duttle Spends Vacation On Russian River

Frank G. Duttle, president and general manager of the Sterling Lumber Co., Oakland, is spending his vacation at his summer home on the Russian River, near Healdsburg.

Santa Cruz Yard Sold

Lloyd M. Hebbron, who for the past seven years has been manager of the Santa Cruz yard. of the Homer T. Hayward Lumber Co.; has pur'chased this yard, and will operate it under the name of the Hebbron Lumber Co.

Lumber Ranks Next To Copper In Arizona

Washington, July 28.-The lumber and timber products industry ranks second in Arizona in number of wage-earners and amount of wages paid, .being exceeded only by copper smelting, says the National Lumber Manufa,cturers Association. Of all the wage-earners in the state engaged in manufacturing industries, 2,084 or 20 per cent are employed in the sawmills and logging operations, and $2,268,088, or 15 per'cent of all wages paid in the state in manufacturing establishments are paid by the lumber industry. These comparisons are based upon U. S. Census Bureau reports.

In value of products, the lumber industry is third in Arizona, 'copper smelting and meat packing showing higher totals.

Arizona ,cuts no hardwoods, according to the Census Bureau. Of its production of softwoods in 1930, of" 95,497,000 feet, 95,413,000 feet were of Ponderosa pine (including some "Arizona pine") and 84,000 feet was Douglas fir. In 1929, ol the total lumber cut of I74,594,M feet (all softwoods) 173,586,000 feet was Ponderosa pine. Thirty-one mills reported in I9D, one of which cut more than 50,000,000 feet; three between 15,000,000 and 50,000,000 feet each, and 26less than one million feet each. The ,cut in 1929 was the largest on record.

One-half of the lumber shipped by rail by Arizona sawmills is distributed in the home state or goes into New Mexico, the proportion being about 43 per cent for Arizona and 7 per cent for New Mexico. In the latest year of re,cord Arizona sent approximately 18 per cent of its lumber to Missouri and Kansas; 9 per cent to Illinois; 8 per cent to New York and Pennsylvania and 5 per cent to Texas.

Box and crate manufacture is the principal wood-using industry of the state.

George W- Moore

George W. Moore, 73, pioneer lumberman and former state senator of Michigan, died at Petaluma, Calif., July 28, from pneumonia.

Mr. Moore was born at Port Huron, Mich., April 18. 1859. He entered the lumber business in Michigan in 1878, and remained in it until 1890, when he went into the banking business. After 15 years as a banker he came to Bandon, Ore., in 1906, where he founded the Moore Mill & Lumber Company. For several years past he had made his home in San Francisco. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Harriet R. Moore, San Fran,cisco; four sons-Carl R., of Oakland, Ralph T. and John S. of Bandon, Ore., and George W. Moore, Jr., of Petaluma; a daughter, Miss Mary E. Moore, and four brothers and three sisters in L4ichigan.

M. J. SCHMITT VISITS CALIFORNTA

M. J. Schmitt, of the Longlyfe Cedar Produ'cts Co., Port Angeles, Wash., returned recently from a two weeks' business trip to California.

Says:

Paintabilityt

Thc abllity of Rcdwood to talc ard rctah a palnt finleh L uncxelled. Thk lr duc to itr fim, cven txturu and cntlrc fredm fro pltch, rarln q olh.

Tha U. S. Govcrmcnt'r llx yar t6t tro. that a Redwod pitnt Job lartr lmgr un&r rny extEur6 thm dl other mterbb. Furltemorc, it is not ncsla(y or &ginblG that ey lpecial Dre-tmtment or stf,clal paint fomula be ucod.

Dsdec of experlere mfm Redwood'r high ranking on paintability.