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Bv Jack Dionne

Ag" not guaranteed---Some I have told for 20 years---Some less Names

Darky stories that play upon names have long been a source of laughter. Two short ones are now going the rounds.

"An' why," asked the neighbor, "did.you call you' last child'Encore'?"

" Caus€ he wasn't on de prlgram a-tall" replied the proud father.

And Liza said to Pansy, "Gal, why does you call you' sweetie 'Pilgrim'when his name is Mose, I wants t'know?"

"Cause dat boy makes progress eve'y time re calls, gal, he sho' makes progress."

Describes Big Tree Cut in East B.y Hoo Hoo Club Grays Harbor County to Change Name

W. W. Wilkinson, Los Angeles representative for the Oregon-Washington Plywood Company, is in receipt of a letter from their Tacoma offi,ce describing the falling of a large Douglas fir tree whi,ch their log buyer, R. E. McKenna, recently witnessed on the headwaters of the Wynooche River near Camp 5 of the Simpson Logging Company in Grays Harbor county, Wash.

The tree was 370 feet in heighth, diameter at the base was 10 feet one way, and 13 feet the other, and, by the annual ring 'count was 605 years old. The first log, 28 feet long, contained 27,W0 ft. B. M., while the other logs ran 32 to 4O feet in length, the first six logs running number one grade. The main trunk produced 318 lineal feet of usable cornmercial logs. One sapling limb produced three good logs.

The first butt log had to be handled by a continuous line of trucks, instead of the usual 2-truck flat car, which is normally employed for moving extra heavy logging machinery. The other logs were moved to tidewater with the regular equiprnent.

Talks on Work of Bureau

Wm. W. Woodbridge, manager of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, Seattle, arrived in San Francisco November 19 to spend about two weeks in California.

Mr. Woodbridge was a guest at the monthly meeting of the California Lumbermen's Council held at the Stockton Hotel, Stockton, November 23. In a brief talk he outlined the work being done by the Bureau, stressing the fact that this is even of more importance to the retailer than to the manufacturer.

Announcement was made at the monthly meeting of East Bay Hoo Hoo Club, held at Hotel Coit, Oakland, Monday evening, November 19, by President Jerry Bonnington that the club's directors had decided at their last meeting that the name of the club should be changed.

A prize of a year's dues is offered for the best suggestion for a new name. Suggestions should be sent to the secretary, Carl R. Moore, Moore Mill & Lumber Co., Underwood Building, San Francisco.

Nail kegs filled with groceries will again be distributed at Christmas by the lumbermen to needy families in the East Bay district. The committee in charge of the work this year is as follows: Miland Grant (chairman), Henry M. Hink and Earle Johnson.

Lieut. Commander J. D. P. Hodapp of the Sunnyvale Air Base gave a most interesting talk on the operation of the big dirigible Macon, and of the airplane carrier Langley. The speaker was introduced by Earle Johnson.

Professor Emanuel Fritz, of. the forestry department, University of California, talked on the subject of "Reroofing with Wood Shingles Over the Old Shingles." He demonstrated with a model house made specially for the purpose, just how this work is done.

The fine turnout at this meeting showed that the attendance committee has been doing good work.

Opens Wholesale Ojftce

Carl Davies has opened an office at 657 West Jefferson St., Los Angeles, where he will ,carry on a general wholesale lumber business. Mr. Davies has been connected with the lumber business in Los Angeles for a long period, and was formerly with the Globe Lumber Co.