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Freight-Cor Relief on the Woy For Smoller lumber Shippers

The freight-car shortage was termed a "bogeyman" by the general lumber agent of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad at the Associated Independent Lumber Producers' recent dinner meeting in Portland. "For the past three years there has been a national surplus of freight cars," stated Howard W. Johns, who had just returned from a survey of shippers' needs as far east as Philadelphia.

Freight-car shortages, particularly in southern Oregon, have plagued independent producers in the past, the speaker admitted. Johns' appearance before the AILP was part of the program by the organization to seek relief for small, independent producers.

Johns agreed that freight car distribution is an acute problem still to be solved. "The failure by railroads to have adequate cars in the proper areas of the country, to handle peak shipping, leads many to believe there are far too few cars in existence." Johns said the "shortage" was often the problern of one rail line alone. He cited, as an example, that during their peak lumber-shipping period in the northwest, the railroad needed 120/o of their ownership of cars.

"The policy of many carriers to use other railroads' cars and pay per-diem charges complicates the problem of having adequate shipping space at peak periods for freight movement," Johns added.

Rail companies are racing to build cars and are securing financial assistance from the government under the recently passed Transportation Act, the speaker said. During a panel discussion, Johns said there was a strong feeling among many railroads that proposed legislation giving the Interstate Commerce Commission sweeping powers to force railroads to build cars and to alleviate car shortages will not attain its objectives.

Facing the problem of the lumbermen, Johns believes that better operation by the carriers and the stiff competi- tion among them will eventually cure the car-shortage problem.

He Doubted

Wife (reading Spanish history): "It says here that those Spanish Hidalgos used to think nothing of going a thousand miles on a galleon."

Husband: "Aw, nuts ! I never believe half I hear about those foreign cars."

Edwin tlorkhom Wrote:

I dare not ask your very all, I only ask a part; Bring me-when the dancers leave the hallYour aching heart.

Give other friends your lighted face, The laughter of the years; I come to crave a greater graceBring me your tears.

Did Nooh Drown His Grondpo?

You think the above is a silly question? Well, let's do a little figuring:

The Fifth Chapter of Genesis says: "Methuselah lived a hundred and eighty-seven years and begat Lamech.

"And all the days of Methuselah were nine-hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died. And Lamech lived a hundred and eighty-two years, and begat a son. And he called his name Noah."

Thus we see that Noah was Methuselah's grandson. In the Seventh Chapter, the Eleventh Verse, we learn:

"In the six-hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the deep broken up and the windows of heaven were opened."

Take your pencil and write down 600. That was Noah,s age when the food came. IJnder this put 182, which was Lamech's age when Noah was born. To this add 187, which was Methuselah's age when Lamech was born. Add these up and you get 969, the number of years from the time Methuselah was born, until the flood.

And 969, remember, was the age at which Methuselah died. So, according to the figures furnished by the Scripture and quoted above, Methuselah died the year of the flood. Which Ieaves the very definite possibility that Noah, when he entered the Ark, left his old grandpappy out in the food. Of course, the old boy could have died before the seven- teenth day of the second month of that year but, unless he did, we can only conclude that his grandson, Noah, sure done him a dirty trick.

Sign Over Fqrm Gqte

"The only love that money can buy-Puppies for Sale."

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By Ring Lardner

A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor. Personally, I have found it a good scheme to not even sign my name to the story and, when I have got it sealed up in its envelope, and stamped and addressed. I take it to some town where I don't live. and mail it from there. The editor has no idea who wrote the story, so how can he send it back? He is in a quandary.

Enthused Him

A grizzled, old banker in a rural town was being quizzed by a reporter about his successful career. How did he get started in the banking business, the reporter wanted to know?

"It was simple," said the old banker. "I put up a sign that read-BANK. A feller came in and deposited $100. Another came in and handed me $200. By that time my confidence had swelled so high that I hauled off and put in $50 of my own money."

Apologies to Whiflier

Blessings on thee, little man, Barefoot boy with cheeks of tan, Trudging down a dusty lane With no thought of future pain.

You're our one and only bet To pay off the national debt; Little man with cares so few, We've got lots of faith in you.

Guard each merry, whistled tune, You are apt to need it soon.

Have 5rour fun now while you canYou may be a barefoot man.

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