1929 Hoo Hoo Annual to be Held at Amarillo, Texas

M. M. Riner Kansas City, Mo. Snarh of Universe

Policies and activities of Hoo-Hoo International for the ensuing year were.given through consideration by the recently elected Supreme Nine, at a meeting at the headquarters of the Order, in St. Louis, October 2A, 21, and 22.

Amarillo, Texas, was selected as the scene of the next Annual Meeting. The ahnual held at Boston recently fixed the fourth Wednesday in September as the date on which future conventions of the Oider must begin.

The inerease in dues for Active Membenship in the Order, which the Boston cohvention authorizes, will not be put into effect by the Supreme Nine next September 9th, as directed for lack of authority under theBy-Laws. A resolution on this subject was adopted, as follows:

"The Supreme Nine, believing the action of the Thirtyseventh Annual Meeting in regard to increasing the dues for Active Membership from $5.00 to $6.00 a year to be ineffective because it did not meet the requirements of Article 7A, of. the By-Laws, which require a three-fourths favorable vote of the convention for the passage of any amendment to the Bpl-aws, hereby proclaims its inability to put the proposed ihcrease into effect, because of lack of authority to do so."

The Supreme Nine went on record as opposing the acceptance of any advertising for publication in the Hoo-Hoo Bulletin and recommending to the next Annual Meeting that the By-Laws be amended to provide that the acceptance of advertising for The Bulletin be prohibited for the future.

This action merely supported similar decisions of the past, as The Bulletin never has been open to advertising of any nature.

The meeting made the following apportionment of territory to the various members of the Supreme Nine: M. M. Riner, Kansas City, Snark of the Universe-Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Iowa,'Colorado and Nebraska, and all foreign countries excepting Canada. Gaines D. Whitsitt, Amarillo, Texas, Senior Hoo-Hoo-Texas, New Mexico and Louisiana. A. C. Dixon, Eugene, Ore. Junior Hoo-Hoo-Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Wyom- ing and British Columbia. Franklin A. Hofheins, Buffalo, NJ Y., Bojum-New York,New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New llampshire, Maine, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and District of Columbia. Charles L. Schwartz, Naperville, Ill., Scrivenoter -Illinois, Indiana,'Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Herbert L. West, Atlanta, Ga., Jab-' berwock-Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina. Charles G. Bird, Stockton, Cal., Custocation-California, Nevada, Afizona and Utah. Adelard Beaudette, Montreal, Canad,a, Arcanoper-All of Canada excepting British Columbia. W. G. !_mit!, Akron, Ohio, Gurdon-Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia. The only member of the Ninewhowas not present for the meeting was A. C.

Dixon, of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co., Eugene, Ore., who was unable to attend because of business pressure.

The other members concurred in the following statemeht, issued by Snark of the lJniverse Riner at the close of the meeting:

"The responsibilities and the opportunities that have' come to Hoo-Ifoo through our assumption of an important part in the Wood Promotion program ofthe Lumber Industry, should arouse in every Hoo-Hoo not only a feeling of pride in this recognition of our ideals, but a sense of personal obligations to carry out our part of the program.

"By undertaking to promote the greater use of Wood, Hoo-Hoo has not sacrificed ahy of its principles or abandoned any of its ideals as the fraternal Oider of the Lumber Industry. Rather, we have strengthened these principles and ideals, for in fostering the legitimate practical interests of the Lumberman, we are cohtributing to his health, happiness and long life, both as a Lumbeiman and a Citizen.

"The program that Hoo-Hoo has espoused not only invites, but demands the co-operation and support of every Iumbermah, regardless of the branch of the Industry with which he is identified.

'tThe Lumber Manufacturer should be a Hoo-Hoo because the Order has 12,00O men out on the "firing line" advocating .the use of lumber in preference to substitutes and otherwise building up a demand for the products of the Lumber Manufacturer.

"The Retailer, with more thah 80 per cent of his investment and about the same percentage of his sales represented in lumber, should be a Hoo-IIoo. because Hoo-Hoo is creating good will for Lumber, thereby enlarging the sales field for the Retail Lumberman.

"The Sash and Door Manufacturer and Distributor should be a Hoo-Hoo for the same reason-Hoo-Hoo is advocating the use of wooden sash and wooden doors in preference to substitutes for these rhaterials,.

"The Lumber Salesman should be a Hoo-Hoo because Hoo-Hoo creates a favorable opinion of lumber and thereby makes it easier for the salesman to make sales.

"The man who works in the office of a lumber company, whether it be that of a manufacturer. wholesaler. or retailer, should be a Hoo-Hoo because the surest road to a better income and a bigger job is to help increase the business and the profits of the firm for which you work-and the only way to do this is to help encourage the greater use of its products.

"In other words, every man who is connected in any way withthe Lumber Industry stands to profit in a material way from the constructive work done by Hoo-Hoo in Wood Promotion. The Manufacturer cannot do his part to support the efforts of the men on the "firing lihe" unless he is an active, enthusiastic Hoo-Hoo. The Retailer, The Sash and Door Man and all others concerned with the production and distribution of the various products of the

Lumber Industry, inciuding the employe, likewise must turn to the cooperative spirit of Hoo-Hoo to achieve thetr ultimate ambitions.

"It is the purpose of Hoo-Hoo to work in the closest_ possible harmony -with all of the trade associations of the I-.;umber Industry. Theirfight is ours. 'We already have "Key Men"woiking in various districts in co-operation with the National -Lumber Manufacturers' Association. Now we wish to appoint a man in each district or each territory who will ait as a point of contact between the Retail Association representative in his territory, and HooHoo.

"For, in the last analysis, our real work is hot to move the products of the Lumber Manufacturer into the Retail Yard, but to move the stocks of the Retailer into the hands of the Consumer. To do this we must cooperate with and have the co-operation of the Retail Lumber Associations.

"Worki'ng together honestly, earnestly, courageously, without thought of immediate personal profit, we can help so to increase the consumption of lumber that not only the Lumber Industry as a whole, but each of us individually will benefit from larger and more profitable sales and bigger jobs and better incomes."

Frank S. Murphy

Frank S. Murphy, member of the Murphy-Russell Lumber Co., San Francisco, died November 3, a victim of heart disease, on the N. Y. K. liner Taiyo Maru, on his way back to San Francisco after attending the Rotary Club convention in Tokyo.

Mr. Murphy was 59, and is survived by two sons, C. A. and M. A. Murphy, Piedmont, and a daughter,, Mrs. Dorothy Montgomery, San Jose.

Parson Peter A. Simpkin, chaplain of the Concatenated order of Hoo Hoo. conducted the services at the funeral, which was held on November 14.

Annual Architectural Exhibition

The Annual Architectural Exhibition of Photographs and Allied Arts, tinder auspices of the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, the Los Angeles Architectural Club, the Architects League of Hollywood, the Pasadena Architectural Club and the Long Beach Architectural Club will be held in the Exhibit Rooms' of the Architects' Building, Fifth and Figueroa streets, Los Angeles, from November22 to Decembei 8.

This exhibition, held at the end of each year, marks the culmination of architectural development in Southern California during 1928. It has more than local interest, since the progress of architecture in Southern California is being watched significantly by architects all over the world.

Pictures for the Exhibition are being selected by a committee made up of well-known architects, with Palmer Sabin, chairman. Judged by its character in previous years, the Exhibit will represent the work of Southern California's most prominent architect. The sponsorship of the four clubs, with the consequent interest that will be aroused among their many members insures variety to the representative exhibit.

One of the first Annual Architectural Exhibitions was held in Hamburger's Department store in 1913, agd one has been held practically every year since then, with the exception of those during the world war.

THE MOUNTAINEER'S CREED

Is there any better creed than that of the kindly old mbuqtaineer who was asked how he managed to keep on such good terms with his neighbors, and replied: "f reckon it's because I spend so much time criticising myself that I ain't got no time to find fault with other folks. The good Lord don't expect me to make anybody good except myself, but He does expect me to love my neighbors and try to make 'em happy. And if f can do that, inaybe it'll work around the other way, and make them good and me happy."

A Cutting Suggestion

Judge: "Before I pronounce sentence, have you anything to say?"

Ex-Barber: "Yes, your honor. I'd like to shave the prosecuting attorney once more".

A Restful Ambition

Oh ! To be a turtleA slow, lethargic turtle, With nothing in the world to do

But crawl around the wholc day through.

To sit upon a mossy log

And idly gossip with a frog.

To dwell amid the rushes cool

Amid some clear and fragrant pool.

To know no matter what befell

I could but crawl into my shell

And let the whole world go to Hell !

Oh ! To be a turtle !

-Author Unknown.

Thecity Banker

Returning from a visit to the big city, the farmer told his family: "Some of them city bank fellers are pretty slick with their fingers. I seen one of 'em in a bank window, and durned if he didn't have to keep a wet sponge alongside to keep his fingers from gettin' hot. He told me so hisself".

From A Kansas Newspaper

"fositively no more baptizing in my pasture. Twice in the past two months my gate has been left open by Christian people, and I can't afford to chase cattle all over the country justto save a few sinners".

A Poet Speaks To Mars

To take some simple little words And make them laugh and sing; To catch the melody of birds And make the echoes ring; To bring a smile where smiles are few To lighten someone's task; This would, I'm sure, seem vain to you, A foolish think to ask

But I could seek no finer fame

Could ask no greater prize, That smile and sunshine to reclaim In sorrow-brooding eyes. It needs but gentleness and truth, It needs scant skill or art, To brush aside the wreck and ruth And reach the saddened heart.

Let him who will choose battle's crash, The laurels won by might, And proudly march mid war and clash, The victor in the fight; For me'twere triumph greater far Than cross bestowed by king, To go where gloom and shadows are With words that laugh and sing.

-W. T. Card in "Walk-Over Shoe Prints."

Air Castles

It is wisdom to build castles in the air, but it is folly to stop there. Go at your foundation, pile stone upon stone until you reach your castle. Then it's yours.

Evidently The Correct Answer

A charming young lady with a poodle in her lap was riding the street car. She was making quite a fuss over the dog. The blue-nosed woman next to her sniffed several times, and finally said: "What a fuss to make over a nasty little dog. Don't you think it would be more sensible if that were a nice little baby you. were fussing over?" "I hardly think so", replied the girlwith the dog; "you see, I'm not married".