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, Age not guaranteed---Some I have told for 20 years---Some less'

HeWanted to Haul lt off Hlmself

The menagerie had a sign out "Colored Man Wanted."

A long, tall, lazy-looking darky applied. He got the job, and the office man who hired him was filling out his application blank. The name, residence, etc., was noted.

"There is one more question I want to ask you, Mose," said the white man. "In case of a fatal accident, where do you want your body sent?"

"Suh?" said the darkey. And the white man noticed that the whites of his eyes were showing, and that apparently autornatically, but with definite certainty, his feet were "inching" toward the door.

"I say," said the manager, "in case of a fatal accident, that is, if one of these lions or tigers should get hold of you and kill you, where do you want us to send your body?"

"Cap'n," said the now livid darky, "if you doan mind, please Suh, Ahm goin't' take it along wid me, NOW."

And like a shadow, he was gone.

"Harvesting the \(/estern pin"t"-New Secondary Roads tf(lill Require Lumber lndustrial Movie for Bridges

Portland, Ore., Aug. lsf-"f'1ess Tree to Car" would give an indication of the scope of an industrial movie recently completed by the Western Pine Association, and which had its first offi'cial showing at the Semi-Annual Meeting of the Association in San Francisco on July 18th.

The film is titled "Harvesting the Western Pines". It depicts in a most absorbing manner the wide activities incident to carrying on modern lumbering in the pine districts of the West. To secure the photographi,c material, the'camera man traveled over 350o miles, visiting forests of Ponderosa Pine, Sugar Pine and Idaho White Pine, logging operations and sarvmills throughout the territory. It is factual all the way through and should prove extremely interesting and informative to persons who have never visited these timbered areas.

It requires about 30 minutes to run, and is a non-inflammable, 16 millimeter sound-on-film talking motion picture, having a spoken story, describing the s,cenes, synchronized with the pictures. It is all on one reel and can be shown on any sound projection equipment taking films of this size. Additional prints are now available and are being loaned to interested organizations for showings.

The Association has announced that requests for the film should be sent to its headquarters oflices, 510 Yeon Building, Portland, Oregon.

Oakland July Permits Up

Oakland building permits for July totaled $I,348,924. These include the $1,129,000 permit for the constru,ction of the Broa{way tunnel, but even without this permit the July, 1935, total showed an increase over the $203,562 total issued during July ror 32 dwellings

Washington, July 31.-In planning Works Program projects, Harry L. Hopkins, Works Progress Administrator, says there is urgent necessity to care for the nation's rural and small-town unemployed, as shown by the fact that approximately 40 per cent of the 5,000,000 families on relief are to be found in the open country and in towns under 5,000 population.

"One of the main features of the Works Program for the benefit of the rural unemployed will be an extensive secondary road-building program", Mr. Hopkins continues, and he adds that "a substantial sum" will be spent by the Works Progress Administration for this purpose. He points out that about two-thirds of the roads in the United States are not highways subject to Federal funds. "ft is these roads which will come under the Works Progress Administration."

It is reasonably assumed that bridges on these secondary roads will not be built of ,concrete and steel, but that lumber will be preferred because of its adaptability, familiarity to rural people, and relative inexpensiveness. The State Works Progress Program Administrator in each state will, it is believed, have the ,controlling decision in the specification of type of construction to be followed in these secondary roads.

Door Plant Closes Permanently

Permanent closing of the American Door Company's plant at Hoquiam was announced by the management July 30. Strike difficulties were given as the reason. When the plant was shut down by the strike the 'company had orders on hand for three months'operation. The plant, which employed 150, will be dismantled and the machinery removed elsewhere. The plant has operated ,continuously under a union contract for 10 years.