Christmas

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The Christmas season is almost upon us. You can feel it in the air. It is dl about us. As some wise man said: "It is the time for giving and for getting-forgiving and forgetting."

Andy Gump says he thinks Thanksgiving is the only worthwhile holiday: at Christmas you have to give everything you have away, at New Yeat's you have to make resolutions, on the Fourth of July you have to dodge fireworks, and at Thanksgiving you just have to eat and be thankful.

But Andy was only joking. New Year is physical stock-taking time. But Christmas is MENTAL and SPIRITUAL stock-taking season.

Because it commemorates the birthday of Him who, better than any other who ever trod the earth, preacihed, and taught, and exemplified the Golden Rule, the Gospel of Service, the Holiness of Work, the Godliness of Giving, the Triumph of Tolerance.

Others, both God-believing men and Pagans, had taught these sarne things before Him, but none of them left their imprint on the world's soul like His teachings.

Six hundred years before Jesus Christ was born the Chinese teacher, Confucius, taught his people: "To fight decides who is the stronger, but does not decide who is right. That is to be decided by the Heaven in your own heart." Both these thoughts Jesus taught six hundred years later when he said: "The Kingdom of Heaven is within Jrou;" and told us when smitten on one cheek, to turn the other.

Speaking of the Golden Rule; Confucius said: "You should not do to others what you would not have others do to you;" Socrates said: "Act toward others as you would have others act to\ tard you;" Aristotle said: "We should conduct ourselves toward ottrers as we would have them conduct themselves towards us;" Seneca said: "Do not to your neighbor what you would not have your neighbor do to you-" Pericles, who worked hundreds of thousands of men for many years building the glory of Athens, and with full power of life and death, said at the close of his life: "f have never willingly caused any human to wear crepe."

Wonderful thoughts from so-called "Pagans."

And then came the Man of Galilee and preached his philosophy of kindliness, meekness, love, charity, honesty, work, service, all which we have combined under the term "Christliness-"

And while He gave us a wealth of examples and demonstrations, only once did He use the $7q3ds-"1 shall give you an exampl€"-and that was when I{e was performing the work of a servant.

The true spirit of Christmas is the spirit of loving kindliness for all men and for all things; the exemplification of the feeling that it is "More blessed to give than to receive." Doing something for the other fellow is a fine way to put that spirit to work.

"Ffeaven helps those who help themselves," says the old saw.

"Heaven helps those who help each other," is the spirit of Christrrras. The fellow who helps only himself belongs more properly to the swine than the human family. Christmas means nothing to him.

F. A. HUTTON HAS FAMILY REUNION

F. A. Hutton, manag'er of the Dixon Lumber Co., Dixon, had a family reunion at his home over the Thanksgiving holidays. Among those present. was W. E. Spangler, manager of the Spangler & Sons Mill. near Sterling City. Mrs. F. A. Hutton is a daughter of I\[r. Spangler.

JOHN C. McCABE ON NORTHWEST TRIP

John C. McCabe, of the Andrerv l\{ahoney San Francisco, has returned from a ten dayi' in the Northwest. While in the Northrvest. he in the Coos Bay District.

Lumber Co., business trip rvas a visitor

John Olson A San Franctsco Vtsttor

John Olson, manager of the Los Angeles operations of Chas. R. McCormick & Co., \\'as a recent San Francisco visitor, where he spent a ferv days at the company's San Francisco office. He states that the month of-November showed considerable improvement over the month of October in the lumber demancl in the southern part of the state. He also reports that the lumlter market in the Arizona territory has 'also shorvn marked improvement. In speaking of. 1925, he savs the lumbermen in the Los Angeles territory are very olttirristic and are looking forrvard ror a prosperous veaf.

Oakland Building Permits To Reach

$31,000,000 FoR 1924

Building permits in the city of Oakland rvill reach a to-tal of $31,000,000.00 according to building inspector T. p. Ryan. 942 permits were issued during the month of November at an aggregate cost of $2,104,741.00 With the excepting of $75,714.N, the November permits are for nerv construction.

SAN FRANCISCO BUILDING TO ECLIPSE RECORI) oF r9o7

The building permits in the city of San Francisco for the first eleven months of 1924 exceed the record of anv previous full vear save only that of 1907. The buildin! permits of lX)7 totalled $56,578,884.0 as against $52,333,- 942.ffi for the 6rst eleven months of the present year. Not onlv does 1924 promise to establish a record, but the month of Nocember exceeded the figures of any previous month in the city's historv. The total for the past month of November was $6.358.7D.6.

Lumber Imports Into San Francisco Show Gain For November

Lumber imports into San Francisco for the month of November exceeded the imports of the month of October l>y 7,413,@0 feet, a shorving that is considered the best of the year. Total lumber imports for the month just passed, including shipments from \{ashington and Oregon, California coast ports, and interior points, amounted to 74.858.000 feet as compared n,ith a total for October ol 67,Us,W feet.

D. A. WILLIAMSON A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VISITOR

D. A. Willil.mson, manager of the IlIidvallev Lumber Co., Galt, has returned from a three weeks' trip to Los Angeles and other southern points. He rvas accompanied by Mrs. \Villiamson on the trip. Mr. Williamson is one of the oldest Hoo-Hoo members of the state, his number being 210.

J. M. MONTGOMERY BACK ON JOB AGArN

J. M. Montgomery, representative of the Silver Falls Timber Co., is calling on the trade in the Valley Territory again after being confined to his home in Stockton for two rveeks rvith an attack of influenza.