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Ed Kilman, Editor of the Houston Post, word-wrangler and phrase-maker extraordinary' comes up with a kangaroo story that is brand new to me, and mighty good, too.

A colored soldier in World War Two was stationed in Australia, and from there he shipped a kangaroo as a souvenir to his brothers over here. When they unloaded the crated kangaroo from the freight car it got loose and ran away, with the brothers in full pursuit. They chased after

So-Cal Building Materials Co., Los Angeles, had a joint exhibit with Rudiger-Lang Corp. at the recent Home & Building Exposition in Pan Pacific Auditorium, Los Angeles, shorving Tension-tite, Nu-Frame, and Roll Au'ay Screens. They made this efiort in order to stimulate the interest o{ prospective home builders. Inquiries received will be channelled through lumber dealers.

it until they were run ragged, and never came anyplace near catching up with their quarry. Finally they stopped, panting, and one of them said:

"Hit ain't no use! We jus as well quit runnin! We ain't doin no good a-tall ! Dat anamile is plum outrunnin us easy, an he ain't even put his front feets on de grcun yet !"

According to preliminary figures compiled by Henry B' Steer, of the U. S. Forest Service, there was a decline of about 20 per ,cent in the total amount of u'ood preservatively treated in 1948 as compared to the totals for 1947' Ap' proximately 285 million cubic feet of 'rvood was treated in 1948, as compared with about 349 million cubic feet in t947.