TWENTY YIAQS AGO

Jrom the february l5r I:029,) fssue golf tournament San Gabriel, on gross prize, and

Shad O. Krantz, managing editor of The California Lumber Merchant, passed away suddenly in a Los Angeles hospital follo'rving an appendectomy.

Southern California lumbermen held a at the San Gabriel Valley Country Club, February 6. E. R. Maule won the low John Cushing was the low net winner.

L. A. Beckstrom, Chas. R. McCormick & Company, Los Angeles, was appointed manager of their Southern California and Arizona sales with headquarters in the Los Angeles office.

T. B. Parcher of Portland, Ore., well known Northwest lumberman, opened a Los Angeles office in the Stock Exchange Building for the Henry D. Davis Lumber Company of Portland.

W. I. Hutchinson, IJ. was the speaker at the Salesmen's Club of San January 29.

S. Forest Service, San Francisco, luncheon meeting of the Lumber Francisco at the Palace Hotel on

An interesting article by A. Merriam Conner on the monthly meeting of the Sacramento Valley Lumbermen's Club held at the Hotel Land, Sacramento, January 27, was in this issue.

The Sunrise Lumber Company, Modesto, was incorporated under a new name, the American Lumber Company.

Liggett Lumber Company, Santa Ana, made an important addition to its service-giving department by employing an architect, Wallace G. Hays, to handle its architectural and plan service.

Ohio retail lumbermen and their party, over 1@ strong, visited the sawmill operations of the Hammond Lumber Company at Samoa and The Pacific Lumber Company at Scotia on February 7. Luncheon was served at the Redwood Hotel, Eureka, where they were guests of the Humboldt County redwood operators.

On February 8, they were luncheon guests of the East Bay lumbermen at the Oakland Hotel, Oakland, and on February 9 were guests of the California White & Sugar Pine and California Redwood Associations at the Whitcomb Hotel, San Francisco. They also visited Yosemite National Park, and spent four days sight-seeing in Los Angeles and Southern California before leaving for the East by way of the Grand Canyon, Colorado Springs and Denver.

Ambrose Lumber Company, Santa Barbara, started erations in its new mill.