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A man walked into a London bird store and said he wanted to buy a parrot. The bird man offered him the highest priced bird in the place, a trained African parrot that spoke six langu €es. The price, he said, was fifty pounds (two hundred dollars, American).
T, M. Cobb Co. Expcrnds Ios Angeles Plcnt
Expansion of the Los Angeles plant of T. M. Cobb Co. by the addition of a new building 40 by 8O feet was recently announced. This was made necessary by the steadily increasing sales of R.O.W. Windows, which are made and assembled in the plant.
The R.O.W. unit is being well received by builders, according to a statement by Earl Galbraith, sales manager, who stresses the fact that all sales of this window unit are handled through lumber and sash and door dealers.
Major W. Overbeck is plant superintendent.
"Isn't that mighty high for a parrot?" asked the shopper.
"But this is a very special bird," said the storekeeper. "He speaks six languages."
"To hell with that," said the shopper. "All I want to know is-is he tender?"
Date And Location Set For 30-Dcy Trcrining Course
Announcement was made in a recent bulletin of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California of a definite date and location for the next 3Gday retail lumber training course. The place is the College of the Pacific, Stockton, and the starting date is Monday, February 16. There are still a few openings in the class. Applications are being rceeived by the Association at their offices, 214 Front Street, San Francisco 11. Their telephone number is YUkon G37O5.
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