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The Otd Prospector And The Bear

"There I was," the old prospector was telling his visitors from down East, "the grizzly bear was down in the canyon behind a tree. The only way I could hit him was to ricochet a bullet off this high canyon wall on my right. A one-rail shot, you understand."

He paused to consider the degree of their interest, seemed satisfied, and went on.

"Well, I had gauged my windage, calculated the lead of the barrel and the rate of the twist, the hardness of the bullet and the angle of the yaw it would have after being smacked out of shape against the canyon wall, and I judged my chances were 6O-40 that I would get my bear' A one-rail bank. A controlled ricochet. So I fired."

There was silence. Then one of his visitors asked rather timidly: "Did you hit him?"

"No," said the old man, "I missed the wall !"

(A yarn Joseph S. Chevalier told Tom Dreier.)

An Aqed Woll Weeps

My heart is heavy, I am sad, O'er all the lovelies I once had, And lost because I, lack-a-daY, Misplaced them somewhere 'long the way.

Sweet Clarice, Lily May, blonde Pearl, And Dolly (boy! was that a girl), Dear Gladys, Beth-a svelte brunet, And that wild red-head, Violet.

I loved each one, then tossed her o'er, For there were always hundreds more; But how was I to know some sPring, rhere'd come a *rjllrl?'*L".

The Stcrkes

Arriving home earlier than usual, he found his wife in the arms of his best friend.

"I love your wife and she loves me," said his friend. "I'll play you a game of cards for her. ff I win, you divorce her, and if you win I promise never to see her again. How about gin rummy?"

"Fine." said the husband, "but how about a penny a point to make the game interesting?"

A Fqir Question

Bum: "Mister, how about a dime for a cup of coffee?"

Jones: "I never give money on the street."

Bum: "Mister, do you want that I should open an office just to get a cup of coffee?"

The Wisdom of Lqziness

By Thomas Dreier

It is all very well to remember that time-honored maxim: "Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well'" Like all maxims, it's good so long as one does not take it too seriously. There is such a thing as wasting energy out of all proportions to the results obtained.

You remember another old maxim that goes like this: "See a pin, and pick it up, and all that day you'll have good luck." Perhaps you also recall the old story of the man who saw a pin in front of the postoffice. Bending down to get it he dropped his hat, which rolled into the gutter. His eyeglasses fell and broke on the pavement. His suspenders gave way behind. He burst the buttonhole on the back of his shirt collar, and all but lost his new front teeth.

Every executive, to our way of thinking, ought to read Fred Kelly's book, "The Wisdom of Laziness," because, as Fred says, the lazy man makes it his business to master the art of doing his work in the easiest possible way. fn fact, he won't do much work at all if he can get out of it by delegating it to someone else. That's why lazy men, who aren't too lazy to want to get results, usually make the best executives. There is no merit in hard work. The question always is, not how hard a man is working, but what are the results he's getting?

The Mcn To Hire

Robert Ruark says: "I can tell you whom I wouldn't hire. I wouldn't hire the young man who asked me about pension plans, or the fellow who admitted he couldn't fiIl his boss' shoes. Gimme the young guy who would look speculatively at my desk and mutter to himself : "Two years-or maybe three-and I'll have that bum out of here."

The Choice

Fear said to Hate

"Come, let us build a state, Proscribing all save of one tribe or skin From joy therein !"

But Spirit said to Love

"See, a huge world whereof All are one body. Quickly in every land, Reach hand to hand !"

Alarmed for ambush, sullen before all light, Crouch Fear and Hate within the caves of night, While Spirit and Love, from no man fugitive, Walk in the sun's free dower through which we live."

-William Rose Benet.

WE toke this opportunity to exlend rhe SEASON'S GREETINGS to our Customers qnd Friends. Regordless of your lumber needs during this coming yeor -we wqnt you to know-"WE'RE HERE TO SERVE YOU tN',52." JUST CAtt Rlchmond 53O9

Simpson Logging Company Purchases Everett Pulp & Paper Company

-\n agreement for the purchase of all properties of tl-re (r0 vear old Everett Pulp & Paper Company by the Simpson Logging Con.rpany \1.as announced jointly November 23 in Everett, \Vash., by Wm. G. Recd of Seattle, Simpson board chairrnan. and \\'arren M. Jenkins, president of the Everett Trust ancl Sal.ings Banks, 'rvhci represented the paper colllpany stockholders. The purchase is subject to the con.rpletion of the necessary financial arrangements.

The transaction, 'ivhich unites two of the oldest folest prodrrcts firms in the State of Washington, involves no changes in the name, active management, policies or location of this big Everett industry, Nlr. Reed announced. The Everett plant, largest producer of book and fine papers in the \\,'est, employs 600 people and provides ar1 anntral pa1'roll of $2,000,000. W. P.Pilz, rvho has been u'ith the concern since 1902, and rvhc for the past several years has been president and general malager, has been inactive in recent rnonths and is retiring.

A. B. XIoody, rr'ho has been tith the company irr exectrtile pcrsitions since 1927, wlll be vice president and general nranager under the nerv or,vnership. No charrge in staff or plant personnel rvill result front the sale.

'Ihe Simpson Logging Con'rpany is one of tl-re l':rcillt: Crlast's major producers of luniber, plyrvood, doors, and insulation board products. It has operated continuously at SlTelton. \\-ash., since 1895, and non has lrlants in Shelton and XlcCleary, Wash., and in Klamath arrd Arcata, California.

^\rrangements for the purch:rse of the paper comlrany's :rssets from the stockholders \\'ere negotiated by NIr. Reed nnd Thos. F. Gleed, president of the Simpson Logging Company, r,vith XIr. Jenkins. The Everett Trust and Savings Bank as trustee for the estate of -\. H. B. Jordan has been the owner of a substantial block of stock in the paper company since l'Ir. Jo:dan's death in 19-11.

From its original capacity of 15 tons a day in 1892 the paper mill has gron'n to a present otltput in excess of 80 tons daily. Improvements costing an estimated $3,000.000 are in progress at the present time.

Cqlilornic Redwood Association Msrres Scn Frqncisco Olfice

The California Redrvood Asscciation has nlo\/ed its tlffices to 576 Sacramento Street, San Francisco 11, u-here they rvill occupl' the top three floors. The telephone number, llXbrook 2-7880, is ur-rchanged.

This building is ti.re one formerlv occupied bv Sunset Magazine.

Pcul Euphrcrt Working Out oI Scrn Frqncisco Office

Paul Euphrat, s'ho has spent some time at the Portland office of \\rendling-Nathan Lumber Companv, is nou' locatecl at the firm's San Francisco oflice, and is calling on tl.re trzrde in the San Francisco Bay area.

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