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Another loe Frisco Story

(Joe Frisco is the wittiest, funriiest man in his own right, in the entertainment business. The better known ' comedians depend on an army of writers to do their thinking for them; they simply pull other people's gags. Joe Frisco never had a writer, and his wit is his own. i Few, if any, of the big name comedians, could ad lib a belch after eating chili and tamales. Joe Frisco is a natural ad lib man.)

One day at the race track an acquaintance begged Joe Frisco to give him some tips on the day's races which were just starting. In order to get rid of the fellow, Joe took his race card and marked a horse in each race, and handed the

Ockland Firm Leases ScwmiII

Reid & Co. Lumber & Supplies, Oakland, recently took over a sawmill at Georgetown, Calif. on a five-year lease. It -is a moderate sized, all-electric mill, producing fir and California pine. It will cut fir all winter. The cornpany does its own logging. William Neilson is manager of the card back to the guy. Joc hardly l,ooked at the horses he was marking, and gave theqn no thought.

Two hours later the samg fellow, his hands full of money and his face bearning with joy, fairly fell on Frisco's neck,. thanking him profusely. "Those selections you gave me are wonderful,"'he said. "I've won four straight races !"

"NO f" said Joe.

"Yes," said the fellow. "Four straight so far, and I'm going to bet afl your selections straight through. I'll be rich !" and he started to walk away. l Joe reached out and grabbed his arm.

"Tell me," he said, "who do I like in the next'race?"

brstcrlling.Remanulcrcturing Plcnt

Kline & Ruf, San Francisco, are establishing remanufacturing facilities adjoining the inill of the Empire Redwood Company at Gualala, Calif., for which they are exclusive sales agents. It is expected that the new plant will be completed within 30 days.

Kiln Drying Course Will Be Given in Los Angeles Jan. 17-28

13erkeley, California, October 14-A tu'o rveck clcrnonstration in the kiln rlryirrg of lunrber u.ill lle gir.cn in thc I-os Angeles areA fronr Janu;ry 17 to 28, 19:19, thc Claliforrria Forcst ancl liangc Itxperinrcnt Station of tlrc U. S. Forcst Service anr-rounced hcre todar'.

Instruction u'ill be gir-en by experts in u.ood technology an<1 kiln drving frrtnr the Forest Service's Forest Proclucts Laboratory. The Laboratorv, rnaintaiued at N adison, Wisconsin since 1910, has inclucled in its broad research proI'ranl an intensir-e studv of the problems of rvoorl seasoning.

The course l-il1 ccx-er the basic principles of kiln clrl-ing, kiln-drf ing scheclules for both hardrr-oods and softrvoocls, kiln equipnrer-rt, testing of kilns, arrcl the analysis of problems arising irr their operatior.r. It u'i11 include clemonstrations and actual practice irr kiln olteratiorr, and rvil1 present infornration gained in recent ycars and in 'r'n'artime exltcrience in the irrspection of kilns. The coursc rvill also irrclude rliscussir.rns of l'ood-rnoisture relations, shrinliage of u-oorl, rlrving stresses in u'oorl, an<1 other lrasic principles of scasorring u'tiocl.

The Iiorest I'roclrrcts I-altoratorv has givcn ttr,cnty of thcse demonstrations since 1946. Fir.e u'ere helcl in Nfadison .three in North Carolina, tu'o each in Illinois and Maine, and one each in Arkansas, California, Nen' Hampshire, 1)ennsr-lr-ar.ria, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and \\'rashington. Total enrollment l-as 506. The men enrolled included manr- from positions of managernent as rve1l as kiln operators. Thev have represented sarvrnills, r,vholesale and retail lumber yards, u'ood-using pla'nts, dry-kiln manufacturers and engineers. state agencies, universities, and research organizations. They come from 35 states, the I'anama Canal Zone, Canada, Cuba, Nfexico, ancl South Anrerica.

The Los .\ngeles demonstration rviil be lirnited to 30 persons, ancl applications u'ill be accepted in the order received. I'ersons u'ishing to elrroll should nrite to the Director, Forest I'roclucts I-aboratory, l,{adison 5, \Visconsin, or to the Califon-ria Forest and Range Jlxperin-rent Station, I)ost (JItce Box 2.15, Berkeley 1, California. A fee of $150.m per person is charged to cover thc costs of the demor-rstration. All travel, livinS, and personal expenses must be ltorne by the student.

The Forest Utilization Service, a division of the California Forest and Range Experirnent Station, is promoting the demonstration as part of their program of encouraging better practices in the processing and use of w-ood.

A similar demonstration rvas given in San F'rancisco from July 21 to October 1 of last year. llhe Forest Products Laboratory now has fer.ver men available {or this lvork than formerly, and the January 17 to 28 demonstration in Los Angeles may be the last in this area for some time to come.