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Bert Williams, the most famous negro entertainer in the history of the New York stage, liked to tell stories on his fictitious friend, Spruce Higby. One of his prime favorites was this:

Spruce Higby didn't believe the world was round. And, being a man with the courage of his convictions, he often said so. He said it to the schoolteacher one day.

- "Why Spruce," the schoolteacher said, "you can see for

Timber Hiqh Priced in Montana

High timber prices are everywhere where there is commercial timber. The national forests in Montana recently sold a large quantity of commercial timber, for which the following prices were secured: Yellow Pine, $18.12 per thousand; Fir and Larch, $10.12 per thousand; Spruce and Lodgepole Pine, $13.12 per thousand.

yourself it can't be anything but round. The sun rises over there in the East, doesn't it?"

"Yas Sah, yas Sah," said Spruce.

"And sets over there in the West, doesn't it?"

"Yas Sah, yas Sah."

"Then, if the earth isn't round, how does it manage to get back in the East every morning?"

"Don't prove nothin'," said Spruce. '"Ol' sun jes nachally SLIPS BACK AT NIGHT.''

Construction Work at Cloverdcrle

The Coastal Plywood & Timber Company, of Cloverdale, California, has started construction of their new sawmill and planing mill. The proposed plywood plant will not begin construction until the sawmill and planer are finished. They will cut Redwood, Fir, and Sugar pine.

J. W. Norberg is President.