THE USES OF WOOD 



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thrive on dampness. The name of dry rot is misleading, 

 for it must have dampness, the same as other kinds of 

 decay, in order to carry on its work of destruction. Dry 

 rot decay is due to fungus, the same as all other kinds of 

 decay. While this species of fungus prospers in situa- 

 tions which seem to be free from dampness, it needs 

 water and it has the power to get it out of the air by 

 absorbing it, and then makes use of it in producing the 

 decay. This fungus, or one of the dry rot funguses, 



bears the name Merulius Lacrymans, which might be 

 liberally translated into English "tearful" fungus, which 

 name is descriptive and appropriate, for by using its 

 own tears, which it obtains from the dampness of con- 

 fined air, it produces decay in wood and the owner of 

 the house has the bills to pay when new floors or new 

 beams have to be put in. Better ventilation drives the 

 damp, stale air away, and the fungus leaves off "weep- 

 ing," and the wood ceases to rot. 



TWO GOOD THINGS IN A SMALL PACKAGE 



ANOTHER use has been found for the justly famous 

 Western Red Cedar . Shingle. It is serving now 

 as a container for a popular brand of society choco- 

 lates. Through the enterprise of the shingle branch 

 of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, one of 

 the leading candy manufacturers in Seattle has under- 



NOVEL CONTAINER FOR A BOX OF SWEETS 



This candy box is built of real cedar, made to represent a miniature 



bundle of Rite Grade inspected shingles. 



taken to pack some of his choicest products in minia- 

 ture shingle boxes made of Red Cedar. The box has' 

 every appearance of a regulation bundle of shingles, 

 even to the band stick and label. By a simple manipula- 

 tion of the band stick the top comes open and a full 

 pound of delicious chocolate candy is disclosed. 



Buying candy in red cedar boxes now has become 

 quite a fad among the gallant youths of the Puget Sound 

 country and the novel idea promises to spread to other 

 parts of the country. Thousands of boxes have been 

 sold for parcel post delivery in the East and the candy 

 manufacturers are receiving inquiries from Eastern 

 dealers. One enterprising confectioner in Seattle 

 recently arranged an attractive display window of cedar 

 candy boxes and was rewarded with a group of admir- 

 ing people in front of his store all day long, many of 

 whom went inside to buy. 



In each package is a little card telling something of 

 i lie shingle industry of Western Washington and Western 

 Oregon. It explains that the brand used on the package 

 "Rite-Grade Inspected" is the official trade marked in- 

 spection mark of the Shingle Branch of the West Coast 

 Lumbermen's Association; that its use is jealously safe- 

 guarded, and is granted to a mill only when that mill's 

 shingles have been found, by association inspectors, to 

 comply with the grade under which they are manufac- 

 tured. The little card also informs the purchaser that 

 th^cedar industry is a rich asset to the states of Wash- 

 ington and Oregon. More shingles are produced in the 

 state of Washington alone than in all other states com- 

 bined. An aggregate of 36,000 carloads are taken out 

 of the forests of Washington and Oregon every year. 

 These shingles placed singly, end to end, would belt 

 the earth 66 times with enough left over to stretch to 

 the moon and back. 



The shingle industry produces $25,000,000 in annual 

 revenue to these two states.- 



GENERAL FEDERATION ENDORSES PINE BLISTER LEGISLATION 



rPHE cordial interest of the women of the General 

 *- Federation of Women's Clubs in the control and 

 suppression of the white pine blister disease, which 

 threatens the extinction of the five-leaved pines of 

 America, is evidenced by the following resolution adopted 

 at the recent convention: 



Whereas, the white pine blister rust is a destructive 

 disease to native white pine trees ; and, 



Whereas, the disease spreads rapidly and is a menace 

 to the white pine trees of the United States ; and, 



Whereas, the white pine blister rust was introduced 

 into the United States on imported white pine nursery 

 stock ; be it 



Resolved, That the General Federation of Women's 

 Clubs urge upon Congress the passage of Senate Bill 

 3344 to prohibit the importation of nursery stock in the 

 United States. 



