TWENTY-FIVE YEARS

As Repoiled in The California Lumber

C. R. Johnson, presi<lent of the Linion Lumber Cornpany, u'as conrpleting tu'o months in \\'ashingtoll ()11 business for the ltcd'lvood divisiorr of the Lumbcr Code Authority H. J. Bailey, salcsmanagcr of the Saginan. Tirnber Co., visiterl the San Francisco offices of the Santa Fe Lunrber Co., agents for the Saginarv Shinglt^ Iirres Charles G. Bird, manager of the Stockton Lumber Co., n,as re-electeci president of tl.rc Central Valler' l.rrrirberrrrt.rr's Club, l\Iarch 15, at the nreeting in Hotei Stockton. Other oftit'ers ch,,s.rr u'ere \V. S. Tillson, X'Io<lesto Lunrber Co.. anrl W. O. Mashek, Unite<l Lrrrnber Yards, Jloclcsto l-ouis N,Ialorre, Drodrrctiorr lniurager oi The Pacific Lirmber Co., Scotia, die<l X{arch 13 in a San Francisco hospital. I{e had gone to n'ork irr tlre \\'ilnrirrgton 1'arrl in 1905 Charles S. Tripler, fon.ner secretary of the San Francisco lletail Ltrnrbermcrr ancl rnanv vears u'ith \;:rn Arsclale-Harris, resignerl as secretarv of tlie Central Valley l-rrmbermerr's Clrrb to bec,rrrt. ..cr.iary- r',,anager of the lrast Ba1' l,rrnrbermen's C1ub, succee<lirrg C. R. Buchanan.

Trvo pages of this i-qsrre are cler-otecl to an C)bitrrary- of lIr. It. A. Lorrg, chairr.nan of the boarcl of the l-or.rg-Bell Lutrrber C'ur1r;rrry :rrrrl orrt. ,rf tlie nation's gre:rtest lrrnrbermen, n.ho <liecl N,Iarch 1.5, 193.+. at the flcnr.rrah hospital in liansas Citv. llo., at the age of 83. IIc hacl appeared in goorl health rrltil the n'rorning of X{arch 13, n.hen he u,as taken tt-r tl.re hospital for an opera- tion, anrl hiLcl been at his clesk in his Kansas Citr- olficc the clay before. as usua1. Itol>ert ,\1e-ranrler ione lcft'his Kerrtuck_r' lr,,rrrc Jarru;rry 22. lti7.1. u lrerr lre r'vas 22 yeztrs o1cl, carrving his $700 in sar-ings, arrd heacled for Kansas City. In 187-1, u-ith his cousirr Robert \\,Ihite ancl \rictor Ilc:ll, son of the rrresiclcrrt of tlrc barrk n'lrt.rc NIr. J ,,,rrg'i rrnclr. n'us caslrier, yorllrrr l,ong stltrlitl for Ccrlurrrbns, I(ansas, t() enter thc ha1- busincss. A load of lrrn'rber bought for the velture .olrl for trr,,rc tharr tlre hay, atr,l towrrspeople askerl lrinr t(' come bxck ancl start a lrrmbervarcl. llr. I-ong borrol'c,1 $8,000. r..'trirne,l t,, Columbrr'. and opened tl-re Ii. A. Long & Co. retail Iumber vard thcre on April 30, 1875.