THE CALIFORI\IA

Hawaiian Conference Set for March

Announcement has been made by the Lumber Association of Southern California that it will hold a Business Conference in Honolulu, March 17-25. Those attending will be housed at the I{awaiian Village, Waikiki, where all business and conference rneetings are scheduled.

Arrangements have been made with Pan American World Airways for jet flights to and from the Islands, with departures from either Los Angeles or San Francisco. Brochures with complete information are in the mail now, and further details will be published in the next issue of CLM.

Also invited to participate in the Conference are associate members of the Lumber Association and members of the Lumbermen's Association of Northern Califotnia, Arizona and the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association.

For reservations and further information call the Lumber Association of Southern California. Telephone: in Burbank, Vlctoria 9-&61.

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Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2

Will Efee 1962-63 Ofiicers

I\{eeting February 2 at Inglewood Country Club, members of Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2 wlll find a full sehedule."of eve*ts" planned {sr' them.

The day will begin with a golf tour- nament, followed by the evening cocktail hour, dinner, concat and election of officers for the coming year.

States current Snark Joe Petrash, "Due to the many long range programs of your Club, and in completelY gnpreiedented fashion, a special meeting of ttre nominating committee was held, and a slate of officers has been selected for the Hoo-Hoo year of 1962-63 . . and a special election will be held at Inglewood Country Club on the night ol February 2."

Nominated for of6ce are: Ben Gardiner, Snark; Ole May, lst vice president Don Gow, 2nd vice president; Wally Lingo, 3rd vice president; and Phil Kelty, secretary-treasurer.

It is the duty and responsibility of all members to support their club, and a large attendance is desired at this February 2 meeting.

King Louis the Fifteenth of France made one of the most quoted remarks in history about coffee, Louis being something of a philosopher. He said: "What would life be without coffee? But then, what is life even with coffee?" ***

There was a great story in World War II about two Marine aviators who had been forced down in the ocean and were floating around in a rubber raft, when an enemy submarine surfa&d close to them. An ofificer ordered them to surrender and come aboard. One of the Nlarines whispered to the other: "Act like we're going to surrender, and then when we get close to the sub, let's ram it."

An eye witness description of the great Stonewall Jackson would probably surprise most historians. Eugene Baldwin was editor of the Peoria (Illinois) Star in Civil War davs, and was a great friend oi Lincoin. This is how he, as -an eye witness, described Stonewall Jackson : "Jackson wore an old ragged suit. The visor on his cap rested on the bridge of his nose. He mounted an old, sira*ny and sorrowful horse." Such was the appearance of a man who has been described by unbiased mifitary history as one of the great military leaders, and one of the greatest fighters of all times.

History says the follor.l'ing Civil War story is true. A certain Col. Fisk of N{issouri, raised a voluntary regiment. and made every man agree that he, the Colonel, should be allowed to do all the swearing for the regiment. In short, swea.ring was forbid,den. One of Fisk'i teamsters got tangled up w_ith a team of balky mules on a muddy roid, and he cussed those mules something terrible. The Colonel said to him : "I)idn't.you agree to let me do all the swearing for the regiment?" The teamster said: "Yes, Colonel, I did, but the fact is the swearing had to be done right then, or not at all. You weren't there to tend to it, so I had to do it myself ."

The prevalence of what is called ',cocktail parties" in this gguntll.tgqay_brings to mind a famous stoiy. A good Ind-ian Chief had pleased the spirits of the red-men io much that one of thenl appeared fo him and told him he coulcl have three wishes, and whatever he wished for he would get. So he pointed to the ocean and said-,,All whiskev." "You get it,".said the spirit. Then the Indian pointed to a great mountain, and said-"All tobacco.', ..you get it,', said the spirit, "and now you have one more wish.,'Th. ir.di"r,

BY JACK DIONNE

scratched his head for awhile. "Oh, well," he said, "Little more whiskey." :F ,< ,k

Lest you be given to supposing that this nation has become rn any sense narrow minded, take notice that all over this broad land the night spot broads are singing broad ditties-little tales of bawdrv set to music-while enthusiastic, inebriated, and overcharged audiences shout their approval with lusty voices. We can account for our present public tastes only on the basis that the population of the world we live in is sadly interspersed witli people of sad and bad taste.

The situation in which the world finds itself today reminds us of a passage from Voltaire's wonderful little short story "Candide," which brings the great Frenchman to the topmost heights of sarcasm. He relates a dialogue between Candide and Nfartin. Candide asked Martin : :Do you believe that men have always been liars, cheats, iraitors, ingrates, brigands, idiots, vicious debauchees, fanatics, hypocrites, and fools ?" To this Martin replied, "Do you believe that hawks have always eaten pigebns when they l-rave found them ?" "Without doubt," replied Candide. "We11, then," said Martin, "if hawks have jlways had the same character, why should you imagine that men have changed theirs ?"

And now, some history. The Indian border province of Assam is about the rvildest country left on earth. It is traversed by the great Bramaputra River. It is covered with mountair.rs of terrific height, and jungles the most irnpenetrable on earth. It is the toughest figtrting ground in the whole rvorld. It is a rvild animil's oarJdise.-A-bounding. with elephants, tigers, rhinoceroses, the mighty gaur, which is the wildest and most dangerous animil of ltrem all, and deadly snakes are there in abundance, like the cobra ancl tl.re coral whose bite is quick death. The wild natives are as deadly as the animals and the snakes. The great River swarms with crocodiles, as do all the other riveis of tl.re territory. Some of the world's highest mountains and highest cities are to be found on its-borders. The whole land is like a moving picture artist's wildest dream ; but this is real. It is one of the rvorld's least knor,r,n districts. And one of the .ivettest spaces on earth in the rainy season. One thing can be said in its favor, in addition to its tremendous beauty; its women are reputed to be the loveliest in all India. Remember Kipling's Burma girl a-sittin' by the old Moulmein Paqoda? Like ihat .-