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By Je Dionne

Age not guaranteed-Some I have told for 2O years-Some lese

A \(/ise Choice

Rastus was one of the best known members of Darktown society and quite a power with his colored brothers, so his white employer was conslderably interested in knowing how he had voted in the recent election. So he asked him.

"fn de mawnin' of''leckshun day, Cap'n, Ah wuz 'bout decided to vote de Republican ticket. De fack dat dey give me fo' dollahs fo' mah vote sorta made me lean dere way."

"Ah, so you voted Republican, did you?" said the white man.

"Nossuh, nossuh, de fack is Ah didn't. In de aftehnoon de Democrats done guv me two dollahs fo' to vote wid dem, an' Ah done hit."

"But why vote the Democratic ticket if the Republicans gave you twice as much for your vote?" asked the white man, puzzled.

"Becvz, Suh," replied Rastus, ,"de Demercrats wuz de leas' corrupt.t'

Forest Industries Approve Bifl O'Keel[e Locates in Connector Construction San Francisco

Washington, D. C., Feb. 28.-The approval given to the "revolutionary",connectors method of timber construction by the National Wood Utilization Committee of the Department of Commer'ce is echoed at the offices of American Forest Products Industries and National Lumber Manufacturers Association here. Speaking for the new association of the wood industries, Wilson Compton, i{s president, said today that at a recent conference in Chicago of the Executive Committee of American Forest Products Industries, it was the unanimous opinion that connector construction is of exceptional import to the lumber industry. So much is this the ,case that the group has organized a 'corporation to acquire the American patent rights, so that they may be administered for the benefit of forest industries as a whole, and thereby withheld from exclusivecommer,cial exploitation. The heavy construction utilization of timber, thanks to the constructors, may be increased as much bs 65 per cent, Compton said.

Coastwise Lumber Confer ence Elects Officers

John C. McCabe of the A. F. Mahoney Company, San Francisco, has been elected chairman of the Pacific Coastwise Lumber Conference succeeding Arthur B. Cahill, president of Sudden & Christenson.

W. R. Chamberlin of R. W. Chamberlin & Co. is the new vice chairman.

John H. Rosseter continues as secretary-manager, with Robert C Parker as his assistant.

W. F. "Bi11" O'Keefe, manager of the Watertite Installation Company, announces that he has moved his headquarters from Stockton to San Francisco, where he has established an exhibit of Watertite windows in the Building Material & Machinery Exhibit Building, 557 Market Street. Mr. O'Keeffe has landed several jobs since locating in San Francisco and feels encouraged about the future possibilities for his specialty.

Floyd Ellttt With Chamberlin

Floyd Elliott, who for the past 10 years has been with the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., San Francisco, as salesman, is now associated with W. R. Chamberlin & Co., San Francisco, and is calling on the trade in the San Francisco Bay district and Peninsula territory.

Before starting on his new work Mr. Elliott made a 10day tour of the Washington and Oregon mills for which W. R. Chamberlin & Co. are California sales agents.

Central Valley Club Elects

The executive committee of the Central Valley Lumbermen's Club met in Stockton February 2l and elected the following officers: President, Chas. G. Bird, Stockton Lumber Co., Stockton; vice-president, 'Warren S. Tillson, Modesto Lumber Co., Modesto; treasurer, W. O. Mashek, United Lumber Yards, Modesto; secretary, Charles S. Tripler. Delegated to State Council,'Chas. G. Bird and Warren Tillson.'