-l l/no, ol Opportunity Bntlton,

The next year will be a year of OPPORTUNITY.

In that respect, however, it wiil differ from no other year.

Ever since a group of inspired men created and signed the Declaration of Independence, opportunity in this country has belonged to all men.

Before that time kings used to say: "God made you a peasant, and He made me a king-gave you, rags and gave me riches-God did it." Of course it was an unholy lie THEN as NOW; but from the standpoint of the fellow under foot it might as well have been true.

The world found its tortuous way through long eras of agony and injustice when for a man to speak forcefully and intelligently, and speak freely, was dangerous indeed.

And you can trace the liberation of the human racethe dawn of opportunity-to that day when our forefathers signed their names to that Declaration of Independence and gave it to the world as the true birthright of man. It set at liberty, thought, speech, ambition, originality, initiative, patriotism, love of country, love of home, and love of God.

And at the beginning of each new year the thoughtful man can well afiord to devote a few moments to contemplation of and gratitude for-his blessings.

And so the next year will be a year of OPPORTUNITY' Every one of us will have the opportunity to do his level best in the particular work he has chosen. My rights only terminate where yours begin. We will have the opportunity to think, and speak, and work, just so long as we fail to intrude on the rights of others. We have the right to create success for ourselves, and to enjoy its fruits. We have the right to pursue health, happiness, and prosperity in our own way, so lon! as we do not interfere with the rights of others.

We have the right to help the other fellow, to cooperate with him, in order to help one another, and the country generally. And when we say we have the. right we have one hand leaning against the Declaration of Independence and the other against the Bill of Rights, and don't ever forget it. And don't forget that before that Declaration was written, few men had ever been able to say-"f have the right"-and get away with it.

That is why the next .year will be one of OPPORTUNITY.

Dave Gates Will Retire on December 31

D. H. (Dave) Gates, widely knorvn and popular retail sales managcr of the 1,. K. Woocl Lumber Co. at l-os Angeles, rvill retire f rom business ol1 f)ecemlter 31. He has been with the company for thirty-three years.

l)ave was born in Brownrvood. Texas. in 1879. When lre rvas sixtecll -r'ears ()ld. he started in the lumber business u,orkin.g in sawmills in Louisiana and Texas. He came to I-os Angeles in 1903, and went to work {or the C. Ganahl l-umber Co. at Redondo Beach and was rvith this concern several years. Then he went with E. K. Wood I umber Co. in Los Angeles, where he was shipping clerk for a year, spent two years as a salesman, and then was made retail sales manager, which position he has held for thirty years.

He married Miss Virginia Tiley in 1923, and they make their home in Los Angeles. f)ave's hobbies are hunting and lishing, and he is also an expert cribbage player. On his retirement, he exPects to spend his time between his home in Los Angeles and his summer residence in tlrc

San llernartlino mountains, ancl he will also rvork in lr littlc hunting arrd fishing.

When Dave first came to l-os Angeles, he and Ilddic Yoder, resident manager of The Pacific Lumber Companv at Scotia. r'r'orkecl for the same firm and were roommates ancl they have been close friends these many Year-s. l)ave's future plans call for a trip to Scotia u'here he c:ttt havc a goocl visit u'ith lrlddie.

Southern Pine Ceiling Prices Increqsed

Washington, D. C., Nov. 29.-An upward adjustment in the ceiling prices for Southern pine lumlter at the mill level was announced by the Office of Price Administration today.

Ceiling prices for Southern pine produced by rnills generally are being incrcased 4.7 per cent or an a'r'erage of $2.25 per 1,0(X) board feet.

For small mills that produce r<-rugh lumber olrly and do not operate planing mills, increases averaging $5 per 1,000 board feet are authorized.

There will be no resttlting increase in ceiling priccs t() builders, farmers and everyday citizens buying Southern pine lumber. however. bccause retail dealers are being required to absorb the price increases.

Cclled On The Mitls

D. Normen Cords, of Shevlin-Cords returned November 21 from calling on and Northern California.