LUMBER CAREERS Bert E. Bryan

A native Californian, born at Mills Station, Sacramento County, Bert Evermont Bryan, president and general ma,nager of the Strable H ardwoo d Company, Oakiand, comes from pioneer stock.

His grandfather came to California in the gold rush days of 1849 and engaged in freighting wjth eighteen and twenty mule teams from Shingle Springs, California, to Virginia City, Nevada. His father was.a stockman.

When Bert was just six years old, his father took him to New Mexico. He was given a horse almost immediately after his arrival there and started his career as a cowboy. He rode the range for twelve years.

Riding along on his horse, one day he suddenly met and recognized the notorious outlaw, "Billy, the Kid," who n mltes wl In the course o "Billy, the Kid" demonstrated his skill with the six-shooter by shooting the heads off little prairie dogs from time to time. This was during the Lincoln County war in New Mexico.

During his cowboy days, he took time off to attend the State Agricultural College at Las Cruces, New Mexico. Being a big husky boy, it was natural that he played center on the college football team.

He returned to California and attended business college in Sacramento; then entered the flour and feed business, spending many years with the Phoenix Milling Company of Sacramento; leaving this firm, he was engaged in the banking business for a short time; later, he became assistant manager of the Del Monte Milling Company of San Francisco, holding that position up to lhe time of the San Francisco fire in 1906. He then entered the milling business for himself in Oakland and remained in that line for a number of years.

In 1913, he started to work in the lumber business with the Strable Hardwood Company in Oakland. His first job was handling lumber in the warehouse; since then he has filled practically every job in the firm up to his present position of president and general manager.

Mr. Bryan was married to Miss Luise Buckmann in Sacramento; they have two daughters of whom they are very proud-Mrs. Alvin Juel (Helen H.) and Mrs. Lon Starr (Bernice L.) The former is vice-principal of the Petaluma High School.

-FrJ-ald,an wettatfve in the Hoo-Hoo order for a great many years; is a former member of the Supreme Nine, and a past president of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39, in which he still takes an active interest.

He is secretary-treasurer of the Pacific Coast Hardwood Wholesale Distributors Association. He is an enthusiastic lumberman, and thinks the lumber business is one of the greatest in the world. He is one of the finest men one can find in or out of the lumber business.

Mill Representative Stockton Lumber Co, lncorporates

E. W. Hemmings is mill representative for the Ivory Pine Co. of Klamath Falls, Ore., and the Swayne Lumber Co. of Oroville, Calif., ponderosa pine and sugar pine manufacturers, i.n the Los Angeles territory. His office is at 3557 South Hill Street, Los Angeles.

Articles of incorporation for the Stockton Lumber Company, Stockton, capitalized. at $25,000, were filed November 3 at the office of the Secretary of State.

The directors listed were: C. G. Bird, J. C. Mclntosh, Carlton C. Case, and C. E. Kennedy, all of Stockton.

Herbert Hoover On Mercy Work

(An excerpt from the address of the former President at the opening.meeting of the Los Angeles Community Chest drive for 1934.)

"There are other responsibilities which are beyond the reach of Government. They must rest upon the sense of personal service in the community. A kindly clinic, a cheerful hospital, a good home for the homeless among our children, must provide the makings of physical stamina in .many of your future citizens. But beyond even this, one Boy Scout or Girl Scout troop, or one good community nurse today will prevent more evil ten years hence than ten policemen.

"A great spiritual return comes to those who give from a thankful heart, who give because of a sensibility to misfortune and suffering. And these spiritual values are equally imbedded in the service given by those who administer these volunteer agencies, for they give also sacrifice and solicitude for the well-being of others.

"And this giving and serving has still larger aspects. Relief to others is a spiritual irnpulse, and your labors are the spiritual expression of the community. These are indeed the actions which bring the brotherhood of man infinitely nearer to realization than a thousand-fold greater sum extracted by the tax collector. Herein lies the conscience of mankind, the obligation of the strong to the unfortunate and weak.

"These are times when need is greater and when giving is more difficult. They are the years of a great test. They are times which sumnion devotion and sacrifice. You will again succeed in this effort for the unfortunate and the helpless, for you serve those whose needs cannot be postponed or ignored. I know of no greater triumph for a community over adversity, no more steadfast support to great ideals, than that this city in these times shall succeed in this effort. I commend you to the Almighty Providence whom you serve."

American Tragedies

Mabel: "I'll bet you were scared when it took that lifeguard so long to swim out to you when you were screaming for help. and looking like you were drowning."

Flossie: "I'll say I was scared. I came very near starting to swim."

The Politician

The politician is my shepherd, I am in want.

He maketh me to lie down on park benches; He leadeth me beside the still factories; He disturbeth my soul.

He leadeth me in the paths of destruction For the party's sake.

' Yes, though I walk through the valley Of the shadow of depression; I anticipate no recovery, For he is with me.

He prepareth a reduction in my salary, And in the presence of mine enemies. He anointeth my small income with taxes; My expenses runneth over. Surely unemployment and poverty will follow me All the days of my life.

And I shall dwell in a mortgaged house forever.

Three Divisions

Professor: "What three parts is womankind divided into?"

Pupil: "The intelligent, the beautiful, and the majority?"

Competition

The tree that never had to fight, For sun and air and sky and light, That stood out in the open plain And always got its share of rain, Never became a forest king, But lived and died-a scrubby thing.

No Answer

"Mama, where does the fire go when it goes out?"

"My dear child, you might as well ask rne where your father goes when he goes out."

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The smart filling station man says that the curse of the gasoline station today is the I.W.\jV. customer; he wants Information, \ll/ind, and Water, but no gas or oil.