sToRlEs ,, It Surprised the Preacher

It was a burning hot day in summer and the colored brother was down on his knees in the dust of the country road, trying to get the flat tire off his old Model T, and having no luck It was solid with mud, and rust, and the gatherings of the country roads, and the crust just held it.

Finally his exasperation got the better of hirn, and he just turned loose and "cussed" the ornery tire with every bit of profanity in his exasperated soul. Then he saw a shadow at his side, and looked up to discover the prBacher of his congregation standing there, looking and listening. His profanity suddenly ceased. Said the preacher:

Brothah Jackson, Ahm suttinly supprised at you, a man of Gawd an' a membah of de chuch, using dat kine o' langwidge. Ah suttinly is ! Don't you know dat you ain't nevah gwine to git nowhah cussin', and swearin', an' takin de name of de Lawd in vain? You boun'to know dat! If you got to do somethin' 'bout dat trouble you havin' wid dat car, why don't you try prayin'? II'it mout work. You cain't nevah tell."

The thought appealed to Brother Jackson. He was already on his knees, so raising his hands in supplication, and his eyes upward, he said:

"Oh, Lawd ! Please hep me t'git dis tiah ofi !"

And as he said it, the tire fell off the wheel into his lap. The eyes of the preacher fairly bulged from their sockets, and he blurted out:

"Well Ah'll be blankety, blankety, blanked !"

Redwood Movie Ready Soon Ray Canady \7ith Coos Bay Lumber Co.

Recording of the dial'ogue for the new talking pictures of the California Redwood Association has just been completed, and the Association hopes to announce the release date of the picture by January 1.

Jim Farley, member of the advertising committee of the Association, made a flying trip to Hollywood at the first of the month in connection with the work on the new film.

,BUSINESS TRIP TO

Roy Barto, president, Cadwallader-Gibson Co., Inc., has returned from a business trip to the Northwest where he visited Portland, Tacoma, Seattle and Vancouver, B. C.

Ray Canady is now with the Coos Bay Lumber Co. in their Los Angeles office. Ray has been connected with the lumber business in Los Angeles for the;;;;"f;t;:;;;< having been with the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. and before coming to Southern California r,vas in their San Francisco office for several years.

Successful Hunting Trip

Hawk Huey, Phoenix, Ariz., reports that he recently took time out from business to get in his supply of meat for the winter. He got his first elk which r.veighed 820 pounds, and a deer weighing 115 pounds.

To Speak at A. S. A. E. Convention

Max E. Cook, agricultural engineer, The Pacifrc Lumber Company, San Francisco, rvill be a speaker on the program of the annual convention of the Pa'cific Coast section of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, to be held at the University Farm, Davis, Calif.. January 10 and 11, 1936. The subject assigned to Mr. Cook is "Standardization and Closer Utilization of Lumber in Srnall Farm Stnrctures."

Geo. S. Melville'sMother Passes On

Geo. S. Melville, Los Angeles, Southern California representative for South Sound Lumber Sales. Inc.. was called to Broken Bor,v, Neb., November 15, orving to the serious illness of his mother, who died on November 21. Mr. Melville, accompanied by his wife, returned to the Pacific Coast by way of Seattle, arriving at Los Angeles on December Z.

George A. Racouillat

George A. Racouillat, of the American IJox & Drum Company, San Francisco, formerly with Pacific Box Company, San Francis,co, passed away in San Francisco, November 30, 1935. He is survived by his widow, NIrs. Mae Racouillat. and a sister, Mrs. Adleine Meyers. Funeral services u'ere held on December 2 under the ausoices of Rincon Parlor No. 72, N. S. G. W.

Visits Pine Mills

George Geary, in charge of Pine sales for the E. K. Wood Lurnber Co., Los Angeles, has returned from a trip to the Pine mills. He visited Klamath Falls, Ore., where he conferred r,vith Carl Hornibrook, sales manager of the Ewauna Box Co., and looked over their mill and logging operations. The E. K. Wood Lumber Co. are Southern California representatives for the Ewauna Box Co. He also visited McCloud and Weed where he was conne,cted rvith the mill end of the. business before coming to Los Angeles and met many of his old friends.

BACK F"ROM EAST

Jas. E. "Jimmy" Atkinson, manager of the rail department of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co.. Portland. Ore., returned re,cently from a six rveeks business trip to New York, Middle West and Southwest points.

Wants To Keep In Touch With Things

Enclosed you will find draft to cover my subscription. If it rvasn't for the "Lumber Merchant" I wouldn't knorv what was going on around the old stamPing grounds'

H. p. Alderman, Lewers & Cooker Ltd.. Honolulu, Hawaii.