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Trcgedy Strikes Fcmily

Ol Bcrtes Smith tccDcncld Co., l. W, .............................4i llccDmold I Hc??lnelil, tld. ..............29 llqDogecff Dor I lrmr Co. .......'....1f l|ohcgmy Inponlne Co. ..................1.1.C'

Ittoplj 1re3. ..................at llonh Woll P?oduGtr, Inc' ........................16 llorflaor Cc., |' W. ..............................t9 l|loon 3upplld, 14c. ..1 ta.!rg.l Cmpony, lhr .......................,.... lloro Dry Xlln Co. ................................t!

North.m l.dw@d lunbtr Cc. ..............4

Po.ltc Cootl Agir.got.t, Inc, I

?oclic Fororf Prodcctt, In<. ....................39

?oclir l{odwood 3ol0 Co' t

Pcllc Lmbor Drolrrr Supply, Inc.......53

Pq<lfr lmbor Co,, lhc t

?qclic l|ufrcl Door Co. t

?qdfic Wlrc Prcductr Co. ...............33

?orofinc Cmponlor, lhc *

Pormlno lmbr Co. ...........-....................35

Polrl<l Lcmba. Co. ................................40

Pcnbrrf hy Lmbcr Cmpony ................37

Philllpr t llurphy Lumbrr Co, ..................39

Poadrroro Plnr Woodwo* -.,.,. i

?opc t Tolbot, InG., Lmbrr Divltlon.... I

Portlond Gamant Arro(1o11on I

Mr. and Mrs. John J. Cotton, of Seattle, Washington, nlct t'rilgic an(l accident:rl dcath by asphyxiation in their honrc in ttrat city on thc night of Wednesday, January Itl. I\{rs. Cotton was thc only (lnughter of Mr. and Mrs' l|:rtcs Snritlt, of Los Angeles. Mr. Smith is one of the nrost higtlly resl)ected veteriln wholesale lumbernten of Southcrtr California.

A llrokcn gas main cklsc to their home was the cause of thcir dcath. I'robably restllting fronl the heavy storms that grippecl thc Seattle territory, the f ttmes f rom this mairr in s()nre wty penetrnte(l irrto the hottsc where Mr' an<l I\{rs. Cottotr lverc asle;p. Their llodies lvere found thc rrcxt da1'. The fact that they tlse(l t1() gas in the ('ottotr honrc att<l therc arc tr() g:ts c()llncctions thcre' nlit(lc thc trltgctly all thc m()re acci(lcntal.

'fhc <Lrtrblc furtcral was hcl(l in Seattlc Jantrary 23'

E. A. Frost

Dolton, R. W. t

Co.

Donover Co., Inc. ........-..,..........................45

Dooley ond Co. .53

Door t Plywood Jobber, Inc. .....-....... t

Ellloll. F. W. I

Errfey t 3on, O. C. .-....-.............................44 t7 I

Eubqnk & Son, L. H.

Eviu Produdr Co. .....-..................

Exchonge 5qwmillr Soler Co.....

Foirhutrt Lumbe. Co. ....--........

Fern Tru(king Co, .....-....-......-..-.......-.--.-.... *

Fir Doo. ln!titule ...........-.-..-...----..---.--.--.-. *

Flr-Tsx of Soulhein Cqlifornlo ..---.-..-..15

Fir-Tex of Norlhem Cqlifornlq ...-,-.-......15

Flomer, Erik .............--.52

Firk t Moron ...-----.---29

Flelrhmqn lumber Co. .,........................-.-,52

Fordyce Iumber Compdny ........-.............-- |

Fore3f Producl! Sqler Compqny -..-...-....51

Founlqin Lumber Co., Ed ..-.-.--..-.-----.--.-.. I

Freemqn & Co., Stephen G. ................--27

Gqnerrlon & Green Lumber Co......-......51

Gqrcio T.qfnc Service, B. R. -..,.......-...... t|

Gerfinger Corrier Co. .....-.....-...-......--...---29

Gorrlin-Hording lumber Co. ---...,..,..-..... *

Greenlee Lumber Co. ..---....,..--...........-....-,54

Holey, Bror. ....--...-.---.-..51

Holl, Jomes t. -,--.-........-..-...........---.-..--.-..53

Hommond Lcmber Co.,,,--..,..........--..-..---46

Horbor Plywood Corp. of Cqliforniq..---*

Horrir Lumber Co., L. E, ..............-.--.--... t

Hefiernon Supply Compony, In(. --.---...-..51

Higgins tumbe. Co., J. E. .-..,-..-.-.-.,-....41

Hill & ilorton, Inc. ................-.....--.,-.,-....14

Hobbs Woll Lumber Co. ....--..--.-..,,,..,.,......35

Hofimon Componv, Eorl ....--....--..---.--.--.--.-39

Hogon Lumber Co. .,.-....,..........-.---.,..,---.-53

Hoover Co., A, t. ..-....,,,.......-...---..---,.,...- t

Hyste. Compony .-..,.,,.,.-13 lrving Lumber ond iloulding, Inc....-.-37

Joner Hordwood & Plywood Co.

Johnron Lcmber Corp., C. D.

Johns-Mqnville Corporolion -.,-,

Kelley, Albert A. Kline

Tqconq lumber 3qler ..............................13 lorler, Webrler E Johnron, Inc. -...1.F.C'

Triongle Lumber Co. .................-..---...-... t

Union lumber Cmpqny ....-,....,-...,.......-.. *

Uniled Stqlet Gyptum Co. ....--.......,.......... t li. A. Irrost, SO-year-olcl prcsi(lent of Frost Lttmber Industries, died in Shreveport, La., January 16, after a long illncss. 'fhotrgh inactive of late years l)ecause of ill health, hc ha<l becrr regar<le<l as the leading citizcn of his communit1,, his intcrcsts besides civic enterprises including memlrcr au<l board chairman of v:rriotts lranks and railroads in thc Ark:rnsits-Tcxas-T,ottisiana area. He rvas an executive of Utriotr Sau' I\fill company, Arkansas and Louisiana l\fiss()uri llail\\'a)' Compitny, Louisiana and Pine Bluff Railu'ay ('onrpany, the Nacogdoches and Srluthwestern Railroad ('ourpanr', Irrost-\\thited Invcstnrdrrt Company, Shreveport l,ong Lcaf Ltttttller Company, Frost Har<lrvood Flooring (-onrpanv iur(l the Slagle-Johnson Ltlmber Company' llorn otr :t fartn near Texarkana on Octoller 25, 18(19, he n'orke<l arottnd sa'rvmills as a boy, graduated from Southwcstcrrl 13aptist University at Jackson, Tenn,, then took :r business cotlrse and went to u'ork as bookkeeper for C' T. Crorvell at Long l.eaf, I-ouisiana. Along with others hc organized thc Frost-Trigg Lumber Company of Texarkana in 1897 arld then \\rent on to organize or purchase further sarvmill ol)erations, u'hich culminated in the Frost I.umlrer Industries in 1925. This firm was the merger of some thirteen active sawmill tlnits and became one of the largest lrtmlter ltroducers in the South.

In 1924 hc l>ecame president of the Southern Pine Association, n,hich he helpecl organize in 1914. He served turo terms. I

\\rithout green leaves our food supply would be irrevocably cut off and all animal life would perish from the face of the earth. In addition to food, green leaves of trees and other plants maintain the supply of oxygen in the air and rrrodrrce all of ottr fuel.

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