Cotl C. Crow---"This Was A M.n"

Carl C. Crow died the other day.

To those who have known him long and u'ell. it hardlv seems possible that.Carl could be dead. He \\'as so rugged, so. vital, so thoroughly unafraid, so forceful in evervthing he did, that he gave one the imprdS'sion of being indet'Ttt*.f;.

by the name of Shakespeare-although centuries before Carl Crou' u'as born-splendidly described him lr'hen he wrote: "THIS WAS A MAN." For in everlfashion by which you could weigh and measure a manCarl was one.

And on that 26th day of January, 1953, u'hen Carl Cros' breathed his last in a hospital in Portland, Oregon, rvhere he made his home, the lumber industry of the entire nation lost a friend r,r'ithout a flaw, a champion rrithout a fear. You might not agree with everything he rvrote in his volatile, hard-knocking, eloquent, driving fashion. but you always respected him for his honesty and loved him for his humanness.

He had the brains to generate pou'erful and interesting opinions, and the force of character to help him carry through with them. He never rode a fence in his life on anv subject. He looked, talked, and wrote in the most rugged fashion. And, to top it all, he had as grand a sense of humor as any n'ran that er-er lived. And horv he loved his friends ! That, of course, is rvhv he has so many of them; faithful, tireless, rvorking friends. \\'ith Carl, friendship \\'as an obligation to do sorrrething for the other fellorvh. ,u", honorable, he u'as useful, he rvas lovable.

Carl C. Crorv rvas born -\ugust 23rd, 1882, at Lane. Kansas, his father being a lumber and hardware dealer at that place. He rvent to Portland, Oregon, about fiftv years ago, and s'ent to s'ork in the lumber business. He rvorked at times for different sarvmill concerns, tried rvholesaling lumber on his orvn hook for a time. and then. in 1921. he started the business to rvhich he devoted the rest of his life. His first publication rvas Crou''s Pacific Coast Lumber Digest. Then he launched Crorv's Index, rvhich later became Cros''s Buyers and Sellers Guide. ln 1933 Crorv's Weekl-v Letter $'as started, and in 1935 Cros''s Price Reporter. He continued to run this very large business personallv until his fatal illness struck him dorvn just three months ago.

His survivors are his rridotv ; a son Richard, of Portland; a brother, Gu;r E. Crorv ; trvo sisters; and three grandchildreri. Mrs. I\I. L. ("Duke") Euphrat. of San Francisco, is a sister to Carl C. Crorv.

New Douglas Fir Plywood Farm Catalog

After revieu,ing more than 400 plans, rvest coast plyu'ood manufacturers have issued a l6-page catalog of 33 proven plans for Douglas fir plyrvood farm structures and equipment ranging from a silo to a roll-arva't' nest for poultry. Every plan in the catalog shou's a tested item in rvhich plyu'ood is used to best advantage from the standpoint of economy and ease of building.

A11 the plans in the catalog u'ere selected bv agricultural engineers on the basis of their practicality in accord rvith modern scientific farming practice. Er-erv one has been full-v tested in actual use. No experimental structures are shorrn. The plans are complete and easy-to-understand and the structures the-v shou' can be built by the average farmer rvith ordinary l-rand tools.

The catalog includes listings for hog houses and hog handling equipment. cattle shelters' poultry feeders and brooder houses. grain and feed bulk storage equipment, crop driers, freezers and dehl'drators. The catalog also tells you horv to select the right grade of exterior 6r pll's'ood rvith u'aterproof glue for et'er-v use.

Lumber dealers can obtain copies from their regular source of suppll'or by s'riting Douglas Fir Plyrvood Association. Tacoma 2. \\'ash. -\ small number oi the catalogs are available s'ithout charge. In quantity, they are $5':0 per hundred.