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Hardwood Bark, 1929

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  • HAR THE Thoroughness To know every detail, to gain an insight into each secret, to learn every method, to secure every kind of skill, are the prime necessities of success in any art, craft, or trade. No time is too long, no study too hard, no discipline too severe for the attainment of complete familiarity with one's work and complete ease and skill in the doing of it. As a man values his working life, he must be willing to pay the highest price of success in it,—the price which severe training exacts. —Hamilton Wright Mabie. A Magic Eraser Andy Gump, widely-known character to America's millions, gave an "unfortunate" some mighty good advice the other day in these words: "Instead of waiting for opportunity to knock at my door, I unscrewed the door and went hunting for opportunity. Climbing up the ladder of success is a harder job than rolling down the hill of misfortune, but any time you want to wipe out hard luck just use hard work for your eraser and BARK you will soon have the world at your feet. I'm giving the recipe, but you'll have to mix it." Old Saws- Turn the calendar as far back as the stone-age days and you will still find the hand-saw. It is one of the oldest of tools. There is a Grecian fable which declares that an enterprising god of something or other patterned the first saw from the jaw bone of a fish. The earliest prehistoric saws were simply flint flakes, wrought by chipping, and averaging about three inches in length. One stone-age mechanic made a combination saw and knife blade which is now on display in a New York museum. Ancient Egyptians had their hand saws. Bronze age saws were built much like our own modern ones. Egyptian relics have been found consisting of saws with jewelled teeth, evidently used for cutting hard stones. Iron saws were common during Biblical times. The Bible speaks of Christians being "sawn asunder." Cicero referred to the saw in several of his orations. t t New docks and pile bottoms on the highline at Nantahala, which will give more favorable drying conditions, for our Poplar and basswood especially. The accompanying views show the nature of the work, in charge of Elmer Roten, carpenter foreman, shown at right of one of the views. Eleven
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