MY FAVORITE STORIES

By Jock Dionne

Ag" not guaranteed---Some I have told lor 20 years---Some less Perlectly Safe

An American importer of fine goods from the East had purchased a considerable amount of tapestries, rugs, etc., in the interior of Turkey, and was transporting them to the nearest port for. shipment. When night-time came he stopped at a wayside inn and was told he could have accommodations. But he found no place where he could lock up his truck load of precious goods.

So he said to the keeper of the inn:

"Where can I store my goods for the night?"

Will Dedicate New Port Labor Day

Oregon's new port at Port Orford will be dedi,cated on Lab,or Day. Gov. Martin and other state officials together with many Oregon business leaders will attend the dedication. Port Orford is located 6O miles south of Marshfield. The new dock whi'ch was built by the Hauser Construction Co. is 100 feet wide and 500 feet l,ong.

The Trans-Pacific Sales Corp. will make the first lumber shipment from the new dock and the S. S. Shasta will leave on Labor Day for Southern California with a full cargo of lumber. The company's Southern California representative is MacDonald & Bergstrom, Inc., of Los Angeles. L. W. MacDonald of MacDonald & Bergstrom, Inc. will attend the opening of the port. The S. S. Shasta will make regular runs between Port Orford and Los Angeles harbor making the round trip every 14 days.

New Redwood Shingle Mill

M. B. Emery recently started operation of a Redwood shingle mill near Laytonville, Calif. He has become a member of the Redwood Shingle Bureau.

The House of Friendly Seruice

The inn-keeper said:

"Leave them outside where they are, my friend. It never rains here at this season, and they will not be damaged."

"But," said the American in ilismay, "they might be stolen in the night."

The Mohammedan inn-keeper laughed long and heartily.

"They are entirely safe, my friend," he said. "Nothing is ever stolen around here. THERE ISN'T A CHRISTIAN WITHIN A HUNDRED MILES.''

Redwood Calendar lot 19?6

Samples of the 1936 Redwood Calendar are now ready and may be obtained on application to the publisher, James D. McClure, 1401 Santa Clara Ave., Alameda, Calif.

Many retail lumber dealers have found the Redwood ,calendar to be the most suitable one they can get for their business, and there is a steady increase in the number of dealers ordering a yearly supply of these calendars for distribution to their customers.

The publisher says the 1936 edition will be if possible more beautiful than its predecessors, and the pictures will include home scenes as well as timber s'cenes.

VISITS LOS ANGELES OF'FICE

Forrest Wilson, who represents the Masonite Corp. in the Southern California territory south of Los Angeles and Yuma, Ariz., with headquarters in San Diego, was a caller at the company's western headquarters in Los Angeles around the middle of August.