o\CTURS ]rffis5 A. J. Koll

A. J. Koll, president of A. J. Koll Planing Mill, Ltd., Los Angeles, died in a Madera, Calif., hospital at 7 :45 P. M., Thursday, January 28, of injuries received in an automobile accident at 2:ffi P. M. that afternoon. He was 77 years of age.

Mr. Koll was on his way to Modesto on a business trip,, and his ten-year old grandniece, Betty De La Motte, who was accompanying him was only slightly injured. His chauffeur, who was driving the car, escaped with minor injuries.

Mr. Koll was the oldest planing mill operator in Los Angeles, having been in the business there for half a century. Ife was born in Germany and came to the United States in 1875. He first located in Chicago, and after working there a few years, came to Los Angeles, in 1883.

Upon his arrival in Los Angeles, he went to work for the Mechanics' Mill on Alameda Street, near First Street, and remained there from 1883 to 1888. He started in the planing mill business for himself in 1888 at Second and Los Angeles Streets, and in 1890 built a mill on Second Street, between San Pedro Street and Central Avenue. He moved to the company's present location at 421 Colyton Street in I9I2.

He was a member of Southgate Lodge, F. and A. M., of the Knights Templar and White Shrine, past worthy patron of Southgate Lodge, O. E. S., and past royal patron of the Order of Southgate Court, Order of Jamarangh. He was the last living charter member of the Good Will Odd Fellow's Lodge.

He is survived by three sons, Milton L. and Walter A., associated with their father in the business, and Harvey W. Koll, who is connected with the Anglo California Lumber Co.; a daughter, Mrs. J. T. Wright, all of Los Angeles; a sister, Anna Millesteadt, and a brother, John Koll, of Chicago.

Funeral services were held Monday noon, February I., at the Little Church of the Flowers, Forest Lawn, Glendale.

Partnership Dissolved

Announcement was recently made in San Jose that, effective January 2I,7937, the co-partnership of James H. McElroy and Leo C. Cheim, doing business under the name and style of McElroy-Cheim Lumber Company, had been dissolved by mutual consent of the partners, and that henceforth Mr. McElroy will conduct the business formerly owned by the co-partnership at Los Gatos, Palo Alto, San Mateo, and Centerville, under his individual name, and that Mr. Cheim will conduct the business formerly conducted by the co-partnership at San Jose, under his individual name.

Ohio Dealers Visit Redwood Region

San Francisco, Februarv 9.-Despitc their cucountering the u,orst stonn of the scason on the southet'n Oregon and northern California coast. more than 10o Ohio lumber dealers ancl guests arrivecl in Errreka, January 31. as guests of the Clalifornia Redrvoocl Association.

The tour \\'as sponsored by the Ohio Association of Retail Lumber Dealers ancl inclttclecl guests frotn five surrouncling states. Findlel' N[. .Torrence, eclitor of Wood Construction, managecl the tour.

Arriving in E,ureka b1' bus the tour members were entertained at a reception ancl informal dinner. The next morning the entire party 'rvas taken by bus ancl private automobile to the great reclu'ood state parks 45 miles south oI Eureka. rvhere the n'orlcl's tallest tree rises to a height of 364 feet and many others exceed 300 feet high, and 15 to 20 feet in diameter.

Returning to Scotia, home of The Pacific Lumber Com1lany, the gttests rvere entertainecl at a lur-rcheon ar.rcl later taken on an inspection tour of the sarvmill and mauufacturing operations. The plant of The Pacific Lumber Compauy was selectecl as a typical Red'lvood operation, r,vith representatives of all other Reclt'oocl companies assisting in conclttcting the inspection tour.

Follor,ving another informal dinner rvith the California Rechvood Association as hosts, the touring party boarded a special train for San Francisco. Arriving in that city, the Ohioans were greeted by N{ayor Angelo J. Rossi ancl escorted up Nlarket Street by a police motorcycle squadron.

The tour left California. Februarl' 5, after visiting in l-os Angeles for trvo days.

Mrs. Bea Leaver

l.'uneral serr,ices for l\[rs. ]Jea Lear-er, 63 1'ears of age, rvere held at Los Angeles on January 28. She r'vas born in Ontario, Canacla, and haci been a resiclent of Los Angeles for forty years.

She rvas the u'i{e of It. J. Leaver, rvho l.ras beeu connectecl rvith tl-re retail lttrnber bnsiness in Los Angeles for lnany years, 'ivhere he forrnerly operated the Advance Lumber Co. Besides her husband. she is survived by a daughter, N{arie Gladys, and three sons, Raytnoncl J., Leon E., anrl Clarence F. Leaver.

SAVES $60 A YEAR

I-arue Woodson, San Flancisco sales representatil'e for Wheeler Osgood Sales Corp. for California, Arizona and Nevada, was one of the first automobile owners to buy a commutation ticket rvhen the San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge was opened to traffic November 11.

He rvas seen rvearing a broad smile on February 1, when the commutation rate was slashed irom $22.50 per month to $17.50. Larue says he can use the five per saved by the cut, and believes increased traffic will eventually justify a further leduction.

Canadian Agent Visits Scotia

I-ouis Rollar-rcl, agent at N ontreal for The Pacific I-umber Company. San Francisco, arrived in San Francicso l'ebrtrary 7 for a u'eek's visit to the cornpany's main office ancl mill operation at Scotia.