May We Too Be Instructed

Russian school children are very 'carefully instructed in the ,care and protection of birds. An organization of 5,000 known as "The Bird Brotherhood," has for its slogan, "The Birds are our Allies." Each member is required to build one starling house and two feeding stations per year, and to systematically assist in the planting of trees and the destruction of injurious pests. Russian children have a working interest in the upbuilding of their country.

Now here is a pleasing picture

From the land of the ski-ko-vitch words. Of children banded together For the care and protection of birds.

The men with the wind-blown rvhiskers Are toiling with might and mainBy the plan which their strong hearts cherish They are building a nation again.

And there in schools where the wee ones Are learning to write and to read, They are pondering the great land's futureHer wealth, her power, and her need.

"Nothing," they say, "must be wasted." The power of beast and of man, The birds, the trees, and the children Are part of the wonderful "plan."

And young eyes shine with the vision That glows in a teacher's heart, And in eager, bristling phrases The children pledge their part.

So I give you this pleasing picture

From Russia land over the sea, Of a young child building a bird house And another one planting a tree.

Adeline M. Conner.

W. T. Hankins Transferred to Los Angeles

W. T. Hankins, West Coast Lumbgrmen's Association, has been transferred to the Association's Los Angeles office where he will assist A. A. Kayser in supervising the grade-marking of lumber in the yards licensed by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association. Mr. Hankins was formerly connected with the Association's Portland, Ore., office supervising grades in the Portland district.