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VAGABOND EDITOR,IATS

(Continued from Page 6) drank the valorous youth of a new world, the strength of virgin forests braced his mind, the hush of spacious prairies stilled his soul, and his thoughts were roots that firmly gripped the granite of Truth." *

Wise men are. directed by reason; lesser men by experience; small men by k*een* necessit5r.

Says the frank and truthful cynic: "ff you can,t intelligently and interestingly express that which you DO know, try and suppress that which*you DON'T."

In this world $re meet a great many men who consider themselves dim diamonds, ished pebbles. when they are really just pol-

The story goes of an obstreperous little boy who was giving the passengers on a big plane a bad time, rushing and bumping about among the passengers. Finally he collided with a sour looking old man who grabbed his arm, and said to him gently: "Boy, why don't you run outside and play?"

L. A. Firm Joins NHLA

Among the ten membership applications received in August by the National Hardwood Lumber Assn. was that of the Lane Lumber Co., Los Angeles.

Building log Hits Mill Areos

Redding, Calif.-California's homebuilding industry has been dragging its feet and the lag is being felt in Shasta and Trinity county lumber mills, The San Francisco Examiner reported September 30. Lumber is the economy rvhich holds up these two counties and between 400-500 loggers, sawmill workers and lumber truck drivers are affected.

Big mills such as U. S. Plywood Corp. and the Ralph L. Smith plant have cut their production to four days a week. K. L. Morrow, general manager of U. S. Plyrvood, said, "It is just possible that the new homes that were not started this year will be added on top of the normal starts next spring."

A. B. Hood, general manager for Ralph L. Smith, said, -We decided to curtail operations now in hope we can keep running through the winter. Any time we shorten the work week we don't feel good about it." W. C. Lorenz, Lorenz Lumber Co., said, "You can't have Christmas every day; we expect things like this when we set up big, longrange operations."

Employes of Fortuna Sawmills, Inc., went back to work Sept. 17 after one week's general shutdown due to oversupply of Douglas fir, particularly in the Los Angeles area market.

Cqloveras Buys Into Five Firms

A majority of the stock in five transit-mix and gravel producing companies in California's Central Valley has been purchased by Calaveras Cement Company in a $500,000 transaction.

The companies are Standard Materials Co., Inc., Modesto; River Rock, fnc. and Concrete Supply Co., fnc., both of Merced; Merced Sand & Gravel, Inc., Atwater, and Standard Rock Co., Inc., Escalon.

All five of the companies are in the transit-mix business, the gravel producing business, or both. No important changes in sales, personnel, suppliers, banking connections or other policies are contemplated.

Sqn Fernqndo Volley Decrlers Meet

The San Fernando Valley Lumbermen's Group of the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn.'met September 25 at Kover's Bull Pen, with Frank Doepker of the Mullin Lumber Company yard at North Hollywood as chairman. The dealers were given a briefing on Lumber Yard Cost of Doing Business in 1955 and also witnessed a workshop showing of "How to Use Time-Payment Selling in a Retail Lumberyard." The meeting was concluded with a lively roundtable discussion conducted by Dealer Doepker.

Don't Forget! Glub 2 Concqf Oct. l9

The big Concatenation of the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo CIub 2195G57 season will be Friday night, October 19, at Montebello Country Club. Membership chairman is John R. Osgood, 3315 West 5th St., Los Angeles 5, and the Nine has been well rehearsed for the impressive ceremony.

Also looming on the Club 2 calendar is an Open House November 18 at the LeRoy Boys' Home at LaVerne, Calif., about which more in the next issue, and, of course, the big Christmas party December 21 at Riviera Country Club.