"Lumber Merchant" Should Mean Something

In the dayo when Rome war in the heyday of her glory, the proudert boast of the RomanE wa!: "Civir Romanrs Srun.tt t'I arn a Roman Citizen." No empty title thia It meant romething, grd was plainlv understood and admitted to mean tomething, in character, reeponribility, service.

And ro it should be with tte title "Lumber Mcrchant."

tt lhould mean a epecific thing' or definite thinS$ to every p€rx>n in HIS torvn It rhould be much more than a mere namc, if he ir reelly a LUMBER MERCHANT in the be* rence of the word.

Thoee wordt rhould mean to tihe proopectivc buildcr or ur€r of building materid in HIS town

Sacramento's "Chinatown" is doomed. It stands in the path of progress, and the little buildings that have housed ieemins-hor-des of Orientals since the days of gold are beinE retioved to make room for the brave new buildings of a irodern citv. The last link between the old and the new -the oldest wooden building in Sacramento-is being razed