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Coke Stevenson, former Governor of Texas and-one of the most interesting politicians the State ever produced, was adept at telling effective stories to illustrate his remarks. In one campaign his opposiion was pushing him hard, and in a speech on the subject, Coke told the following great story:

A man going through ttte woods met a country boy with a big string of squirrels and no gun. Asked how he killed them, the boy said he threw rocks. The man said he would sure like to see that kind of throwing. So they hunted up a squirrel, the boy pulled a rock from his pocket and, throwing left-handed, brought down the squirrel on the first throw.

The man was full of admiration, and said, "Son, you'd make a great southpaw pitcher in baseball."

The boy said, "But I'm not lefthanded." The man re- minded him that he had just killed a squirrel with a lefthand throw, and wanted an explanation.

Said the boy: "Because when I throw with my right hand I tear them to pieces."

And, said Mr. Stevenson, if these folks don't stop picking on me, I'm going to start throwing right-handed !

And we will close with the old story about the new office-seeker stopping a newspaper reporter and asking: "What do people say about my candidacy?" The reporter said: "They don't say anything-just laugh."

Now 4,600,000 U.S. Firms

The number of operating businesses in the United States at the beginning of 1959 rtached 4.6 million, the U.S. Departmentbf Commerce reports. During 1958, the net addition of 55,000 firms, or l1/4 percent, about equaled the small gains that have characterized recent years.

- Wholesale trade and contract construction firms each increased about 2 percent in number. During 1958, 41 1,000 concerns were newly established and 356,000 firms discontinued business; in addition, 372,ffi0 going concerns were sold, reorganized or otherwise acquired by new owners.

Large diversifted stocks of foreign and domestic hardwoods-our yard.

o Prompt delivery by our trucks o Immediate service on "will calls" o Complete milling facilities o New, modern dry kilns o Competitirnely priced

Centrol Golifornio Dry Kiln Club Meets ot Dorris Plont, Sqcromento

The trfth regular meeting of the Central California Dry Kiln Club for 1960 was held September g at the Dorris Lumber and Moulding Company, Sacramento. After registration at the company ofrce, members inspected the lumber yard, kilns, storage facility and the remanufacturing operations.

Of particular interest was the end-gluing of short stock to make fuU length moulding strips. A cold-setting polyvinyl glue is being used. Another machine that was ngw to many of the men was a Mattison straight-line rip-saw. This saw is relatively new and has proved very efrective in ripping high-grade stock to widths. A shopmade rip guide is used to "joint" one edg:e and rip stock to specific widths.

Everyone was impressed with the paved yard and work areas. Several men surmised that their respective yards so paved years ago would long since have paid for the paving in increased production and less equipment maintenance.

T'he club enjoyed a fine lunch at the Square Deal Cafe as guests of the Dorris Lumber and Moulding Company. A business meeting and technical meeting were held after the tunch.

Buslrress Meetlng

President Joe l{ughes of the Hughes Bros. Lumber Company called the meeting to order at 1:30 p.m. Past Secretary-Treasurer, Dr. Ellwood, read the minutes of the July 16 meeting held at the American Forest Products Corporation, North F ork. president Hughes requested that members who wish to hold a meeting extend aJr invitation (even tentative) to facilitate planning a schedule of future meetings.

Doc Grubb asked to have the November meeting at the Scott Lumber Company, Burney, be rescheduled for March. Charles Smith, F'luor Products Cotporation, and Bob Keeling of the U.S. Plywood Company extended invitations to hold meetings at their respective plants. Schedule of meetings is:

Ja^nuary: U.S. Pl5rwood Corporation, Anderson, California; March: Scott Lumber Company, Burney, California; May: Annual meeting of Western Dry Kiln Clubs, Medford, Oregon.

President Hughes expressed a concern about the participation of management in kiln club meetings. Ma^ny of the improvements in kiln drying that are discussed at meetings call for management cooperation and approval. Hughes recommended an endeavor to have more men from management participate.

Tochnlcal Meottng

Dr. Eric Ellwood of the California f,'orest Products Laboratory was moderator of a panel discussion on "F'actors That Influence Uniformity of Moisture Content of Kiln Dried Lumber."

Bud Kinney of Western Dry Kiln Company described the need for sorting lumber into homogeneous kiln charg:es, and the difficulties a custom kiln operator sometimes has. Poor control of the uniformity of lumber going into a kiln is often expensive of kiln time and uniformity of final moisture content.

Jacobsen ofrered the suggestion that lumber from difrerent timber sources varies in drying rate. Heavy, fast-grown, low-elevation ponderosa pine, for instance, is much more difficult to kiln dry than ponderosa pine sawed from slower g:rown, high elevation timber.

C. C. Brown, manager of Harbor Kiln Company, Oakland, returrning to the lumber industry after four years of university training, talked about "temperature sensitive" and ,'humidity sensitive" lumber, which must be considered in kiln drying. Redwood was cited as a wood that wiu collapse when subJected to high kiln temperatures, and flat-grained Douglas-fir, a wood that will surface check if subjected to low humidities.

President Hughes closed the meeting at 4:00 p.m. to adJourn to the State F'air as guests of the Setzer F'orest Products Company, Sacramento.

Respectfully submitted, Harvey H. Smith, Secretary-Treasurer Central California Dry Kiln Club.

Those attending included:

Dlug Skfimager, American Forest Products Corp., North Fork, Calif.; Cleve Norris and F. Ream, Beaver tumber Company, San Leandro, Calif.; Emos M. Duart, Blagen Lumber Company, White Plnes, Calif.; Robert Cyr and Bart coldbar, Dorris Moulding & Lumber Co., Sacramento, Calif.; W. W. Xesler, Electric Dry Kiln & Lumber Co., Stockton, Calif.; Lloyd Lerum and Charles M. Smith, Fluor Products Co,, Santa Rosa. Calif.: Paul A. Loris. clenco Forest Products, Elk Creek, Calif.; Rob Bierwith and Coy Brown, Harbor Kiln Co.: Alameda, Calif.; Joe Hughes, Monty Lang and Thomas Wheeler, Hughes Bros,. Foresthill. Calif.; Willard C. Bean and John E, Silva, Hudson Lumber Co., San Leandro, Calif.; Bert H. Butler and Wilbu. Preston, lvory Pine Co., Dinuba, Calif.; Meil S. Kennedy,'ostroil Lumber Co., Marysville, Calif.; Harvey H. Smith, Pacific Southwest Forest & Rance ExDeriment Station, Berkeley, Calif.; Clark Bowden, Red Bluff Moulding, Red 81uff, Calif.; Ftavel D. Grubb, Scott Lumber Co., Burney, Calif.; C, R. Belforte and Eill Thexton. Setzer Forest Products, Sacramento, Calif.; Ray Hampson, Francis Hargedine, James W: Jacobsen and J. F. McAlister, Ralph L. Smith Lumber Co., Wildwood, Calif.: Ray Brown and Henry J. Meyer, Stockton Box Co., Foresthill, Calif.; Eric L. Ellwdod, U. C. Fbrest Products Labbb tory, Richmond, Calif.; Roy S, Bradshaw, L. B. Hodgkins and E. R. Keelins, U. S, Plywood, Anderson, Calif.i Bud Kinney, Western Dry Kiln Co.,oakland, Calif., and Thomas C. Black: wood, Western Pine Association, Portland, oreson.