Chicago Exposition House

Washington, Sept. 6.-The members of the various lumber associations are responding generously to the call for funds with which to build a model lumber house for the 1933 Chicago Century of Progress Exposition. The $6,000 necessary and being raised by popular dollar subscription for the building of "Sunlight House", as it is to be known, will be in hand on or about September 15, it is indicated in reports to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, which has agreed to act as leader for the drive.

Walter F. Shaw, trade extension manager, says that while the sums actually received to date leave much to be accomplished, assurances from practically every lumber association, retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers indicate the proposal is being well received by members and that substantial contributions may be expected as rapidly as returns can be made. The National-American Wholesale Lumber Association, he points out, has been particularly active

The Minnesota retailers at present lead the list of contributors. Every retail association has been favorably heard from except two in the far West. The honor roll for these associations ranked in the order of their contributi6ns reads by states to date: Minnesota, South Carolina, Missouri, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Ohio, Florida,'Wisconsin, Illinois, Washington, Mississippi, Oregon, Massachusetts, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia, Iowa, Connecticut, Texas, Alabama, West Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and Tennessee.

All the funds are expected to be raised by September 15 and checks will be returned to donors shortly after that date if the required amount is not secured, individuals interested in seeing lumber represented alongside its competitors at the great exposition are urged to send their checks forward immediately. A dollar each is being asked from lumbermen, though larger sums, particularly contributions covering all employees, have beeh received and are being accepted. Checks should be made payable to "\M. M. Ritter, Treasurer" and should be forwarded either through recognized lumber trade publications, lumber associations in which the donor holds membership, or directly to the offices of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, 1337 Connecticut Ave., Washington, D. C.

Returns From Tahoe Visit

B. E. Oakland, hoe over

Bryan, general manager Strable Hardwood Co., with Mrs. Bryan visited their cabin at Lake Tathe Admission Day week-end.

Build For Storms

Build roofs for storms, and walls for gales, Not for the zephyrs of the spring. Put spikes where there is need of nails, And wire where there is need of string. The morning may be bright and fair, The afternoon be dark and cold; There may be stormy moments where A nail will give, a spike will hold.

Build banks for panics, not for booms, And so a factory, a store, And know that when a tempest looms They have the strength to stand, and more. And, if you think that you must owe, Owe only half what you can pay. Though not a strain a string rnay know, A wire is much the better way.

Yes, build for storms, and, best of all, So build yourself in body, soul, Your health the corner, heart the wall, To stand, whatever thunder roll. Temptation comes in time of stress, In many shapes, has many forms, And building character-no less Than building houses-build for storms.

-Douglas Malloch.

JrM CROW

Ernest Woods, of The Southwestern Lumbermen's Association at Kansas City, tells a true darkey story that will last always. It was away back in the early part of the present century when Oklahoma had recently become a state, and the Jim Crow laws had been enacted, separating the negroes and whites in all public places. Ernest walked into the postoffice one day in Claremore and noticed a small negro boy looking hesitatingly about, in his hand a freshly stamped and addressed envelope. After a little he went over to the then very youthful lumberman, and

"Cap'n, is dis de mail?"

The Small Things

It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out-it's the grain of sand in your shoe. Be master of your petty annoyances, and preserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things.

Two Times

"There are just two periods in the life of a man, when he does not understand women."

"Yes? And what times are they?"

"Before and after marriage."

Fooling

It is easy to fool yourself.

It is more difficult to fool the people you work for.

And it is impossible to fool the people who work under you.

The Little Days

But give to me the little days, just plain days small and brown,

Just days of little fleecy clouds, days in some little town. The little days are comforting, they settle one to rest, They stir the fire and sweep the hearth and do their very best.

To make the world a happy place in which to live and die. So give to me the little days, and let the great march by.

The Gripers

To hear some business men grouching, one would think that life was a disease from which they longed to be set free as soon as possible.

To see their dull, fish eyes, one would think that no'thing in the world was worth a gla4ce.

It is a pity that there is not some kindly giant who could take these men over his knee and give them a sound spanking, to wake them out of their trance of pessimism.

Every day we live we should be full of amazement and interest at the astounding dranla of life, in which, for a few short years, we are privileged to play our part. box whah de cullud folks pute dere