Big Shingle

Improvements in the methods of m,a,nufacturing and distributing red cedar shingles will be discussed iat the annual Shingle Con,sress which will be held in the Washington hotel, Seattle on Thursday and F'riday, December 7 and 8.

Among the principal speakers will be A. J. Russell of the Santa Fe Lumber Company of San Francisco. who will tell them ho.rv the lumber fbtks of California aiousecl the people of the state to defeat tl.re state Housinrg Act with its anti-shingle provisions at the recent election ; Peter. B. Kyne, erstwhile lumberman, now in the writing business, and Jack Dionne. publisher of THE CAIIF'ORNIA LUMBER NTERCHANT.

Paul Smith of the X'I. R. Smith Lumber & SlTinele Company, will open a discussion on "Water Shipr.nents," and outline the progress of this mode of transportation, which is of great import to the Industry today.

J. S. Williams. former secretary of the Shingle branch and now head of the Williams Stained Shingle Company at Vancouver, Wash., will tell of his plans for marketing stained shingles.

The proeram for further trad.e extension work for the shingle industry will be presented by a specia,l committee recently appointed for that purpose.

Donald H. Clark, Secretary-Manager of the Rite-Grade Shingle Associ,ation; Fred H. Lamar of the British Columbia Shingle Manufacturers' Association and C. L. Johnson, Manager of the Mutual Timber Mills, wtill discuss the activities of their respe,ctive groups.

A IIoo-Hoo concat will be one of the principal social functionsl of the gathering. r

Ed Chamberlin, the San Francisco lumberman, shipper andl golf player has been passing out copies of a poem by S. E. Kiser, which recently made its appearance in print under the caption, "Adventures in Investing."

His friends are at a loss to understand Chamberlin's dis. proportionate interest in this particular poem, but after reading it they have concluded that at some time in his life he must have bought a gold. brick. Here is, the poem: I too, have had ambitions ; I've bought when things were low,

And hoped they rnight go higher-that's never happened, rthough.

If I should put my earnings in Standarcl Oil, my friends, I'll bet they'd fir-rd some reason for stopping dividends.

From time to time I've managed through thriftiness and zea),

To save a little

Four times I've money meant for my future weal; put-my earnings in "gilt-edged" real estarte, taken losses. Bad judgment? No, sir-

And four times fate !

When good olcl Pennsylvania was paying six per cent I bought on in[ormation that doubtless was well 'meant; You knorv the sad old story; I'11 not repeat it here; I've lost in three bank failures. Excuse this briny tear.

I used to listen gravely when preachers made their pleas Concerning contributions; I gave, and, felt at eas,e ; But I have cluit such giving-perhaps i,t's just as well; If I held stock in heaven thev'd start a boom in hell.