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Bf le Sawre

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Long ago, when that fine Englishman, Lord Balfour, "Just bring me something good for dinner. I'11 trust your visited the United States, he took back to England with him choice." a story on himself which he delighted to tell on all occa- And, sure enough, the waiter brought him a splendid dinsions. He said that in Washington his first dinner in the ner. So for several evenings he sought this same waiter's hotel was served him by a highly intelligent-looking, grey- table, and always let him select the food. When he was haired Negro waiter. Instead of looking over the bill-of-fare, leaving he gave the waiter a very generous tip, and thanked Lord Balfour said to the waiter: him for his able assistance. The waiter beamed:

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In the 19.17 fiscal year cn<ling Jurrc 30, thc California State Treasury at Sacr:rrnt'nto crillecte<l the sum of $1,637,000,000 in taxcs. This is sairl to be nrorc than collected evcn by thc Statc of Neu' York rvith its ytoprrlation of at least one million rrrore. rvhcrc thc tax talic n'as $1,+.10,000,000. Local taxes in the anrount of gl-1.-l liillion ucrc collectecl by the U.S. in tl.re fiscal r-t:rr:rncl, in ailrlilion to thc state ancl local taxcs, thr fi.,lcr':rl inconic tax lritc is, of conrse, r'norc than tl're other t\\-o tax(.s cornlrinc<1. l'otal t:Lxt's in thc U.S. last vcar canre to $.5-11 for cvcr_v nran, wonralr antl chiltl in thc total populatir,n $l.l rrr,,rjt. tharr ever brforc.

"Dass fine, Kuhnel," he said. "I sure is glad I pleased you. Dass what I'm heah for. And when any of yore friends come Jtere, Suh, WHAT CAN'T READ EITHER, jest you send 'em to Calhoun Clay."

Joe Williqms Joins Aflos Lumber Co.

Joe \\ti11iams, r-e terlrrr lun'rlrer sllc'snran of l-os -\ngeles, h.ls joined tl-re szrles staff oi the .-\tllrs I-unrber Ciornp:rn1', accorclirrg to Ed Bauer, l):rrtlrer in the u'holesale lumber Lr()ncern. Joe has been idcntillc<l in the u'holesiLle lumber distrilrution fielcl ir-r Southern CalifornilL {or over 35 vea.rs. He formerly handlecl the rrorthenr territor_r' f,,r l,-. J. Stiurton & Son, Inc. anc1, more recentlv, rvas gcncral rrurltrger oi' Arreclrrs Harclu-ood Companr-. ile has lreen actir,e irr I [ool loo :ttr<1 other fraternal ancl civic a{Iairs.