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Those Knot Holes

"Kingfish" Castleman, veteran East Texas sawmill ope' rator, tells the following story and swears it is true. In his rendition he relates'the name of the hero of the tale, a well known lumber manufacturer, but we'will leave it out in this case, and just tell the tale as the "Kingfish'i relates it.

A big East Texas sawmill employed a large number of colored workers, most of whom were members of the same church. One unlucky night the church caught fire and burned to the ground; and the colored folks were without a meeting place. They raised all the money they could to rebuild the "church-house," as all negro churbhes are called, but it wasn't enough, so a delegation called on the mill owner. They wanted a donation of a lot of lumber. As they entered his office, they knelt in prayer, as is likewise usual custom in such cases' and they prayed for help.

The mill man promptly agreed to supply the lumber to complete the church, and the committee left rejoicing. When the lumber came it wasn't exactly the highest grade. In fact, by the time the church was finished the interior was sheeted with No. 3 and No. 4 stock. But they got it

"Rcrndom Lengths" Go For A C'ood Ccruse

Tom Ross, of the Ross Lumber Co., and A. A. Lausmann, of the Kogap Lumber Indpstries, have purchased the remaining First and Last Edition of "Random Lengths," Herb J. Cox's book of his 40 years in the lumber industry, and announce that proceeds from the sale of these books will be equally distributed to the Salvation Army and thc Y.M.C.A. Less than 400 copies'remain to be sold.

The retail price is $15.00 each, but Mr. Ross and Mr. Lausmann are letting their friends purchase the books for $10.00. Each book u'ill be autographed by the author. Send your check in favor of the Salvation Army or finished, and then held a big dedicatory service in the new church the very first Sunday. The mill man and most of his key men attended the meeting in reply to the urgen! pleas of the colored folks. Special seats were arranged for the "white folks."

The preacher opened the meeting by calling on the mill man for some remarks. He came forward, said he was glad to have been of help and furnished the lumber, then took his seat. Then the preacher rose, and spoke: "White tolks, brethren and sistern, we has wid us tonight one of de greatest-men dis heah country has evah seen, dis gentman who jest spoke. He has made it possible fo us to have a roof ovah ouah haids tonight; an I want you to remembah, brethren and sistern an membahs of dis congregashun, dat in de yeahs t'come, long afteh dis good man has dopahted fum dis life, we may enter de threshold of dis heah tabernacle, an when ouah eyes rests upon de. walls an ceilings of dis place, DE KNOT HOLES IN DIS TABERNACLE WILL STAN OUT AS A MONUME.NT TO HIS MEMORY.'' the Y.M.C.A. to A. A. Lausmann, P.O. Box 1268, Medford, Oregon, and the books will be sent to you postpaid.

Mr. Cox has been active in the Western Oregon lumber industry since 1907, and is now with the Reeves Taylor Lumber Co. of Eugene.

Iack Burns Returns To Scn Pedro

Jack Burns, a resident of San Pedro f.rom 1902 up until five years ago, has returned and opened a lumber yard at 371 Twenty-first Street. When he left San Pedro five years ago, it was to start a lumber yard in Ojai.