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The Britigher and the Owl

A Britisher, visiting in this country, was enjoying an early evening drive with some American friends. They were traversing a country highway, when suddenly from a thicket alongside the road there rose the unearthly screech that only a screech-owl can make. It was a familiar sound to his American friends, but to the Englishman it was something most extraordinary. He motioned to the driver to slow down, and as he di4 again the cry of the owl shat-

Will Open Yard In Sacramento

James Tully and Henry A. Lemon.of Sacramento have formed the Building Supply Company and expect to be ready for business with a new stock of lumber and building materials early in March, at Izth Ave. and 24th Street where the Western Pacific recently completed a spur track.

A. E. Erickson & Sons are constructing the buildings consisting of the office, store and warehouse 48x126 feet, also a double-deck shed for lumber 2Ox14O feet. The office and yard will front on l2th Avenue.

Hawk Huey Builds A New Home

Hawk Huey, Phoenix, Arizona,lumberman, has just completed building a new home of the ranch architecture type, which features wood construction. The house has wide clapboard siding, a shingle roof, hardwood floors, and knotty pine walls of vertical detailed boards for the rooms. C. Louis Kelley, architect, designed the house and the lumber was supplied by the Clem Lumber Company.

tered the night air. Said the Englishman:

"My word, old man, what on earth is that?"

The American host said:

"That? Why, that's an owl."

The Englishman registered complete disgust. He said:

'Oh, I say old man, I'm not that thick, you know. I know it's an 'owl; but what I want to know is, what in 'ell's doin' the 'owlin'?"

News Flashes

R. C. Knight, Pueblo, Colo., lumberman, is spending the winter months at Long Beach.

Frank Morrill, land, Ore., and Jolla.

Morrill & Sturgeon Lumber Co., PortMrs. Morrill, were recent visitors at La

.Olson Lumber Company, Alhambra, is building a lumber shed.

W. B. Wickersham, Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lurnber Division, spent a few days recently at the company's San Francisco office.

W. W. Clark, president of Clark & Wilson Lumber Co., with mills at Linnton and Prescott, Ore., conferred with C. P. Henry, manager of the company's Los Angeles office, February 11, and then continued his trip to Palm Springs to spend a vacation.