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By Jack Dionne

Those Awful Women

O. O: Mclntyre told one about the drunk who staggered out on the street just in time to see a dainty, aloof, lovelylooking woman sweep proudly by. He watched her go' then staggered back to the bar. "At's what makes a drunkard of me," he mumbled. "Women won't let me alone."

Which reminds me of a story that great Irish-dialect story-t€ller of the Pacific Northwest, Tom Shields, has told for many years. The circus parade was going down the street of a sawmill town in the old days when the wooden sidewalks were frequently built high above the ground.

R.ETURN FROM EASTERN TRIP

' Walter Hardwick, owner of the Dinuba Lumber Co., Dinuba, and Mrs. Hardwick, have returned from a three months'trip in the East.

They sailed from Los Angeles for New York last April, going through the Panpma Canal where one day stops were made at Panama and Havana, arriving at New York :City, May 11. They took their machine along with them ,on the same boat. They visited some time in New York and motored to Washington, Boston, through the state of iMaine to Mr. Hardwick's old home in Nova Scotia, thence to Quebec, Montreal, Niagara Falls, Detroit, Des Moines, Kansas City, Salt Lake City and Lake Tahoe, returning to Dinuba, July 20.

r Mr. Hardwick states he found business on the Eastern coast at a low ebb, and the Central West had the third failure of ,corn owing to the severe drouth and hot winds that swept Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska. California was the brightest spot he found on the trip, and he was glad to 1 get back home.

This Irishman stood at the edge of such a walk, six feet from the earth, and watched the parade with all eyes. Along came an elephant, and seated in gala splendor on the elephant's back was an ornate blonde in tights and loud colored velvets. The lrishman's eyes never left her. She passed the point where he stood, so he shifted slightly to follow her, one foot went ofr the edge of the sidewalk, and down he went. He sat up, wiping dirt and sawdust from his face, and was heard to mutter: "If thim damn wimmen wud just let a man alone, he cud get along foine."

CELOTEX B'TIYS.NEW PLANT

B. G. Dahlberg, president of The Celotex Corporation, has announced the purchase by Celotex of the Metuchen, N.'J. plant of R. J. Scott & Company, manufacturers of asphalt roofing material. According to Mr. Dahlberg, this property will be used by The Celotex Corporation, for the manufacture of certain new products now under development.

"Despite the fact that the capacity of the Celotex plant at New Orleans has been re'cently increased," Mr. Dahlberg states, "it can hardly be expected to do more than care for the rapidly increasing demands for current Celotex products. The only way to provide for the development of new products was to acquire another plant and the R. J. Scott factory seems ideally suited to our present requirements and future plans." i

Calls On Pine Mills

Lyman Taft, Hammond Lumber Company, Los Angele$, is. back from a trip to the pine mills in the Klamath Falls, Ore., district.

Addresses S. F. Lumbermen's Club

"Lumber's Testimony in the Lindbergh Case" was the subje,ct of an address at the Commer'cial Club on Wednesday, August 5, at the regular weekly luncheon of the San Francisco Lumbermen's Club. The speaker was Walter Koehler, Chief of the Wood Identification Section, United States Forest Produ,cts Laboratory, Madison, Wis. Nearly 100 lumbermen and guests were present. Introdu'cing the speaker, President C. C. Stibich of the Lumbermen's Club paid tribute to the helpful spirit and valuable service continually rendered the lumber industry by the U. S. Forest Service.

Mr. ,Koehler's talk was illustrated with slides, and he held the close attention of his audience for more than an hour as he told the story of his investigations which were brought out in his testimony at the trial.

BUILDINGS AT STATE FAIR BEING MO.DERNIZED

Some of the buildings at the State Fair grounds at Sacramento are being modernized, and the grounds are being landscaped and beautified, the lawns, shrubbery and trees giving it the appearance of a beautiful park. Charles Paine, secretary, states the first California State Fair was held 82 years ago. He became a member of the State Fair Board in 1901 and 13 years later was made se'cretary. The Horse Show, which is always a big feature at the fair, is well under way and is in charge of Mr' Paine's son, Tevis Paine'

C. D. Johnson lurnber Corporation

PORTLAND, OREGON tolt Old Growth Yellow Douglal Flr and 8ltk8 gpruce

Mitls-Toledo, Oregon. Capacity 47 M pet hour, largest in Oregon, of combined Liln-dried and green lumber. Over 50 years' supply virgin timber.

Cargo and Rail Shipments-Veekly sailings to Califomia ports-Packaged lumber, stowed even lengths and widths -shipments made as promised.

Note:

C alif ornia l,umb ermen e s pe cially are inztit e d to ztisit our operations in Toledo and, our offices in Portland, when motoring North tilis summer via the Redwood Highway' Toledo is just off the Coast Highway at Newport, Orel1on, and in direct route to Portland,. In Toledo, go to mill office and' asb for Dean lohnson or Bob R'ichard'son.