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They Really Paid This Preacher

Three boys sat talking about their respective fathers. They got to bragging a little. To every boy his father is a hero, thank God. One was the son of a doctor, another of a lawyer, the third of a preacher.

"My dad sure makes big pay," said the doctor's son. "Yesterday he cut a hole in a guy's tummy just about an inch long and took out his appendix, and he got five hundred dollars for doing it, and it only took him half an hour."

Lumber Market is Strong, Says L. G. Opsahl

Leo G. Opsahl, general sales manager of The Red River Lumber Company, returned to Westwood September 7 after a two month's trip covering various markets and the Red River regional offices. His route eastward to New York and New England was through the Northern States and his return through the Central States and Middle West.

Mr. Opsahl was very optimistic as to conditions effecting lumber sales. "In every section I visited," he said, "the lumber market is strong and the feeling is general that the demand is growing. Building is active, particularly in the classifications where the percentage of lumber consumption is greatest and the market increase in all lines of manufacture is already reflected in the demand for industrial lumber."

ENJOYS READING THE'MERCHANT"

I take great pleasure in en'closing $2.00 to 'cover subscription. I desire to express appreciation of your valuable magazine. I enjoy reading it immensely.

Edgar. W. Pack, Seattle, Wash.

"shucks ! That's nothing," said the lawyer's son. "My pa talked to a jury just twenty minutes yesterday in the Court House, and he got a thousand dollars for doing it."

"I guess my dad is the best paid man in this town," re marked the preacher's so 1. "Last Sunday morning he preached a sermon for just twenty minutes, AND IT TOOK FOUR MEN TO CARRY HIS MONEY TO HIM.''

Will Hear Talk on Football

George T. Davis, prominent sports editor of the Los Angeles Herald-Express, will interview well-known football players on the outlook for the present season at the meeting of Lumbermen's Post, No. 403, American Legion, to be held at the Army and Navy Club, 1lth and Broadway, Los Angeles, Tuesday evening, October 13. Dinner rvill be served at 6:30 p.m. ; the dinner charge will be 75 cents' Members of the lumber and building material trade are invited to attend the meeting.

Roy Milner, Mac'co Lumber Co., Clearwater, is Commander of Lumbermen's Post.

Visits Sawmills

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Carl R. Moore, Moore Mill & Lumber CY., S",, F,u"cisco: R. O. Wilson, R. O. Wilson Lumber Co', San Francisco, and H. J. DeVries, San Fran'cis'co retail lumberman' have returned from a trip to Oregon, where they called on Moore Mill & Lumber Co. at Bandon, Ore., and other Fir mills. On the return trip they traveled through the California Pine region and called on a number of Pine sawmills.

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\7'estern Pine Ass'n Publishes Revised Parson Simpkin Memorial Oct. 11 Edition o[ Standard Grading Rules

Portland, Oregon-The $estern Pine Association has published and is distributing a revised edition of its Standard Grading Rules for Ponderosa Pine, Sugar Pine, Idaho White Pine, Larch-Douglas Fir, White Fir, Engelmann Spruce, Incense Cedar and Red Cedar lumber. These rules are effective as of September lst. 1936, and supersede all pr'evious issues.

The new edition includes the ,changes approved by the Association's grading rules committee. Two pages have been added which show illustrations of 'Western Pine Association grade, trade and species marks and give information pertaining to their use.

The rules are published in pocket size as before and may be had at 15 cents per copy by writing the Western Pine Association, Yeon Building, Portland, 'Oregon. Quantity lots are offered at slightly less cost per copy.

SAN FRANCISCO F'IRM MOVES

Gamerston & Green, wholesale lumber dealers, San Francisco, moved their offi.ces on September 19 to their yard at 1800 Army Street, San Francisco. Their new telephone number is ATwater 1300.

The two private offices in their office building are attractively finished in Knotty Pine, and the general office is paneled in Douglas Fir.

The sixth annual memorial services will be hel'd at the Sequoia Shrine of Parson Simpkin in the Calaveras Big Tree Grove on Sunday, O,ctober ll, at2:00 p. m.

A campfire meeting will be held at the Big Tree Hotel on Saturdav evening, October IO, at 7:0O.

Tom L. Gardner, 265 Wilhoit Building, Stockton, is chairman of the committee. All lumbermen, Hoo Hoo and friends are invited to attend

Talks to S. F. Club

Jack Dionne, publisher of The California Lumber Merchant was the speaker at the regular luncheon meeting of San Francisco Lumbermen's Club, held at the Engineers' Club, 206 Sansome Street, San Fran,cisco, Septembor 16. He was introduced to the gathering by President C. C. Stibich.

PHILIPPINE MAIIOGANY ANDPHILIPPINE HARDWOOD IMPORTS F'OR AUGUST

The Philippine Mahoganv Manufacturers' Import Association, Inc., reports that imports of Philippine Mahogany and Philippine Hardwoods into the United States consigned to the various ports for the month of August, 1936, amounted to 2,258,000 board feet, one per cent of which was logs. Total imports for the first eight months of the year were 23,170,m board feet, 3 per cent of which was logs.