PACIFIC WESTERN LUMBER COMPANY

tures requiring painting or clean surfaces where the treatment must have a minimum effect on other materials. Wolman salts have been rvidely used as a protection against termites. Engineering assistance is offered that is particularly valuable for construction in which pre-framing affords greatest economy.

Wood destroying insects and fungi require food, air and moisture, and rvarmth. The creosote, Penta or Wolman salts poison this food supply. The result is that pressure treated Douglas Fir is, for practical purposes, considered a "permanent" material.

In the preparation of sawn lumber Pope & Talbot has adopted a policy of recommending that all pieces be incised before treating. This improves penetration and distribution of the preservative. Incising also minimizes checking and relieves internal stresses caused by rapid changes of moisture conditons. Incising does not affect stru,ctural strength.

Founded in 19L2, the Pope & Talbot treating plant has long been in the forefront of the industry. It was a pioneer in adopting as standard procedure a pre-treatment "retort-seasoning" process under which all possible moisture is driven from the wood before the preservative is applied under pressure. In connection with creosote treatment the special Pope & Talbot "empty-cell' process has been developed to provide maximum protection and at the same time produce maximum'cleanliness of the treated surface.

The Pope & Talbot plant offers three types of shipment-water, truck and rail. Coastal, intercoastal, and foreign ports may be served by water shipments. Truck shipments are generally found economical for an area within a comparatively short distance from the plant and for pieces not too large to exceed highway restrictions. Rail shipments may be made, of course, anywhere in the United States or Canada.

Pope & Talbor Appoinfs

Vqnder Lqon As Distributor

To effectively serve the California trade, Pope & Talbot, Tnc., Wood Preserving department, has appointed the Vander Laan Piling & Lumber Company, 461 Markct Street, San Fran'cisco, as distributors.

Pope & Talbot, under its expansion program, is now in position tolsupply three process types of pressure-treated Douglas Fir; creosote, pentachlorophenol, and Wolman salts.

los Angeles Hoo-Hoo-Ettes Meet

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo-Ette Chb No. t held its October meeting on the l1th at the Mayfair hotel. Dinner was served at 6:29 p.m. in the main dining room. The regular meeting took place in the Rainbow rocrn, with the entire time taken up by a general business session.

The following committees were appointed: Sally Bissell, emplo5rment; Agnes Mclntyre, editor-in-chief, "Cat Tales;" Jane Adams, publicity, and Bessie Stewart, Parliamentarian. Club No. 1 will meet next on Monday, November 8, at a place to be announced.

r'Those Good Old Doys"

Whenever you hear sorneone bragging about "the good old days," tell him about the set of rules that hung in a general store in an Illinois town back in 1880, that read:

1. Store must be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

2. Store must be swept, counters, shelves and showcases dusted, lamps trimmed and chimneys cleaned, pens made, doors and windows opened, and a pail of water and a bucket of coal brought in before breakfast.

3. The store must not be opened on the Sabbath unless necessary and then only for a few minutes.

4. The employee must not pay less than five dollars per year to the church, and must attend Sunday School regularly.

5. The employee who is in the habit of smoking Spanish cigars, being shaved at the barber's, going to dances and other places of amusement will assuredly give his employer reason to be suspicious of his integrity and honesty.

6. Men employes are given one evening a week for courting; two if they go to prayer meeting.

7. After 14 hours in the store, the leisure hours should be spent for the most part in reading.

(Who said they were "Good Old Days?")

No lowyers

At a recent state bar association convention, the following story got the biggest laugh of the entire evening:

The fence between heaven and hell had fallen down. The boss below wrote the Boss Above a letter, stating that his legal counsel had advised him that the Boss Above was responsible and should repair the fence. The Boss Above waited a few days and then wrote back back to the boss below, saying He would have to accept the decision because He could find no" legal advice in heaven.

Her Trouble

The colored maid appplied to the lady of the house for an advance on her next week's pay. When asked why she needed it, she said:

"Well, Mam, I has some insurance, and de insurance agent done tole me dis mawnin dat if'n I did'n pay up de premyums by tomorrow, my policy would collapse and go beneficiary."

A Sfep ql q Time

A public opinion poll-taker was questioning people in a Western city, and he asked a grizzled old man whether or not he was in favor of continuing aid to Europe by our government. The old man said he positively did favor it.

"And what," asked the questioner, "is your reason?"

Snorted the old man: "Heck, I only just made my decision. I haven't figured out no reason yet!"

Growing Older

(Auth,or Unhnozun)

FIe was

A little more tired at the close of day, A little less anxious to have his way; A little less ready to scold and blame, A little more care for a brother's name. {<**

And so we are nearing the journey's end, When time and eternity meet and blend.

He was reminded of

A little less care for bonds or gold; A little less zest in the days of old; A broader view and a saner mind; A little more love for all mankind. *{<{.

And so we are faring a-down the way, That leads to the gates of a better day.

And he believed in

A little more love for the friends of youth

A little less zeal for established truth; A little more charity in our views; A little less thirst for the daily news. t(**

And so we are folding our tents away, And passing in silence at close of day.

As he thought of A little more leisure to sit and dream: A little more real the things unseen; A little nearer to those ahead; And visions of those long loved and dead. {<x<*

And so we are going where all must go, To the place the living may never know.

And

A little more laughter; a few more tears; And we shall have toiled our increasing years; The book is closed and the prayers are said: And we are part of the countless dead. *{<*

Thrice happy then if some soul can say, I live because he has passed my way.

Thof Figgers

A waiter in a swank restaurant was horrified at seeing a guest washing a spoon in the fingerbowl. He asked the guest why.

"Because," said the eccentric diner, "I don't want to get ice cream all over my pocket."