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model box factory, located in close proximity to the finest and largest bodies of box timber on the Pacific Coast. Last year the factory cut up 2,500,000 feet of lumber and made boxes of it that were shipped to California and to all parts of Washington. The company buys its logs direct and has them specially sawed, giving this factory a decided advantage in the market. Each box is carefully inspected and must be faultless before it is allowed to leave the factory. Nothing but cement-coated nails are used and only first-class timber. These facts account for the rapidly increasing business of the factory as much as do the very low prices the company is able to quote on account of its economic advantages of location, equipment and management. First Scandia Bank. One of the most marked successes in banking circles in the Northwest is that of the First Scandia Bank of Everett, of which Mr. Christ Olson is cashier and general manager. This bank was established in July, 1906, has a paid-up capital of $50,000 and has 1,800 depositors with more than $130,000 and carries a surplus of $1,000. This institution not only had the distinction of paying all savings deposits on call throughout the recent panic. but rejoiced in the unique triumph of gaining a considerable amount of business in all that stressful period. Mr. Olson is an interesting character, whose predominating traits are strict integrity, frankness, keen discernment and observation and logical judgment of a high order. Although he is a comparatively young man, my little conversation with him on Wed. nesday convinced me that he is endowed with business capacity and ability that have been unusually well developed by close study of men and affairs. He is at home in the discussion of many subjects outside of the banking business and is quick to grasp the spirit and feeling of anything of human interest. It was not, therefore, a surprise to me when I learned that, particularly among the Scandinavians. Mr. Olson was a man of extraordinary favor and influence throughout Snohomish county. "I think that the campaign now under way to clear up the logged-off lands of Western Washington is one of the best enterprises ever undertaken in the West," said Mr. Olson. "Of course I am an enthusiast-every good, constructive citizen should beand I believe that Mr. Johnston's plan to have the counties do the work the same as they build roads and ditches and dikes, is excellent and practicable.