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Dependcbility crnd cccurqcy crre the two loremost chcrcrcteristics thcrt hcrve contributed so much to build our orgcrnizqtion into the industry's authoritqtive credit, scles, buying, qnd collection service.

The lcct that subscribers continue their subscriptions year clter yecr proves thct they recogmize the unusual vclue of our service.

"You Are As Youngi"

You are as young as your sense of perceptions; You are as young as your words; You are as young as your admirations; You are as young as your generosity; You are as young as youtr memories allow you to be; You are as young as your power to feel wonder and surprise;

You are as young as your service to something greater than yourself.-B. W. Overstreet.

An Airmcn's Prcryer

(The following came to us from Walter Steves, of San Antonio, now piloting a B-24 in Italy.)

God guard and guide our men who fly; Thru the great spaces of the sky;. Be with them as they take to air, In morning light and sunshine fair.

Eternal Father, strong to save, Give them courage-make them brave. Protect them wheresoe'er they go, From shell and flak, and. fire and foe.

Most Loved Member of their crew, Ride with them up into the blue; Direct their bombs upon the foe, But shelter them whom Thou dost know.

Keep them together on their way, Grant their work success today; Deliver them from hate and sin. And bring them safely home again.

Oh, God, protect our men who fy, Thru lonely ways across the sky.

Mcrrines clnd Hqmburgers

The big Marine stepped up to the counter at the Stage Door Canteen for G.I.'s, and said to the pretty girl who stood there smiling at him:

"Forty-eight hamburgers, please, with onions."

Her eyes protruded. Her mouth gaped. He noticed her consternation.

"Take it easy, honey," said the big Marine. "I'm not going to eat them all myself ; I've got two buddies waiting to help me."

A Nquticcl Bemcrrk

An over-dressed lady of rather ancient vintage paraded along the street where many men in uniform lounged or strolled. She passed two salty sailors, back from overseas, and as they looked over her excess finery, one of them said:

"The fittin's are worth more than the hull."

Homes cnd Hope

So long as there are hornes to which, Men turn at close of day;

So long as there are homes where Children are, where women stay; If love and loyalty and faith be Found across these sills, A stricken nation can recover from Its greatest ills.

So long as there are homes where Fires burn, and there is bread;

So long as there are homes where Lamps are lit and prayers are said; Although a people falters through The dark-and nations grope, With God Himself back of these Little homes, we still have hope.

Table D'Hote

One of the crew of an ocean liner happened to find a first-cabin menu card, and seeing at the top the words "Table d-hote," he turned to his pal and inquired what in the something or other those words meant. So his pal explained in this fashion:

"It's like this 'ere. Them swells in the saloon have some soup, a bit of fish, a bit of this, a bit of that, and a bit of summat blse, and call it 'table dottie.' 'We uns have 'table dottie,' too, only difference we mixes it all together and calls it stew."

Good Cheer

Charles Kingsley said: "The men whom I have seen succeed in life have always been cheerful, hopeful men, who went about their business with a smile on their faces, and took the chances and changes of this life likg men, facing the rough and smooth as it came, and so found the truth of the old proverb: 'Good times and bad times and all times pass over."'

Rhode Islqnd qnd Texcrs

Texas is 212 times as big as Rhode Island. A Texas soldier who was stationed in Rhode Island for a short time, remarked when moved elsewhere that he sure was glad to get au'ay from that state, and when asked why, he said that every time he went out for a morning stroll he ended up in some other state.

She Needed Service

Wise Guy: "When it comes to eating, you've got to hand it to Venus de Milo."

Come On: "\Mhy?"

Wise Guy: "ffow else could she eat?"

One More Bridge to Cross -- But Quick

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Some mills find that kiln drying can be speeded up as much as one-third.

Many chemicals have been tried, singly and in combinations. Job was to find a substance with desired hygroscopicity, or ability to attract and hold moisture, that was also easy to apply and cheap enough to use. It was known that common salt, sodium chloride, would do the trick, and some mills began using it. All of them gave it up when it was learned that its use imparted objectional residual properties to the wood, such as corrosive action on nails, screws, and hardware incidental to the end product. West Coast mills are now using a powdered urea salt with good success. Before trying chemical seasoning losses through checking degrade were running as high as 40 to 60 per cent, where the same mills are now holding under 3 per cent loss.

The urea is applied by dry spreading over the sap side face of the flat grain pieces, with the outer curve of the annual ring up. The lumber is solid piled in a protected place as the hand spreading progresses. The method permits diffusion of the chemical into each piece. If the humidity is low, a little water is sprayed over the lumber with a hose or an ordinary sprinkling can, before the urea is applied. This prevents drawing too much water from the interior of the lumber. Actually, the chemical does not pull the water to it, but simply reduces the vapor pressure and thereby induces the higher vapor pressure of fresh water in the green interior of the wood to force its way out, pushing water ahead of it. The salt thereby keeps the surface moist and so prevents checking during seasoning.

Kiln drying must follow, or the pressure will come into balance before the water content is reduced to the required percentagd. The general rule established is to allow one day of chemical action in the pile for each inch of thickness in the lumber. The West Coast Lumbermen's Association has prepared an interesting free booklet on this subject called Chemical Seasoning, Progress Report No. 1.

A look at the sizes of ponton stock at once suggests other production difficulties. They ran: ZlxIO%; 2lxl2t/2; 3xl2; 4x8; 4lx6l; 6x8fu; 6lx8r/a; 8x10 ; 8fux10fu; r.vith lengths of 16; 14; and 22 feet. When a piece is rejected it means that it has to go to the resaw for cutting to the nearest standard size. Often the length required can not be obtained from a given log without loss of remaining wood in useful sizes. Production has not yet reached the point where it is possible to have the bucker in the rvoods bear ponton lumber in mind when he works a freshly. fallen tree. All of this naturally adds a good deal to the cost as well as the problems of manufacture.

The next time you see a picture of a ponton bridge, or hear of their use on the battle fronts, you can appreciate a little more, the job of our lumber industry at war. When ,dealers look at their scanty stocks they can know where the lumber is going. They can tell their customers that plenty of lumber is coming up as soon as we cross a few more rivers between here and Tokvo.