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David H. Steinmetz

David H. Steinmetz, 81. passed an'av in the H,>ll1'rvood Presbvterian Hospital on April 8 after an illiness of several months.

Ilorn in Chicago u'here he l'as engaged in the sash and door business until he came to California in 1900. joining the staff of the \\rest Side Flume ancl Lumber Co. at Ttrolumne. In 1902, along u'ith T. S. Bullock, presideirt of the Sierra Railroad Company, he organized the Standard Lumber Co. and ac<luired the Bradford Estate of Sonora, including the timber and sas'mill of the Empire mill, and the factorl' and planing mill at Sonora. Thev also acquired a sa'n'mill at South Fork, and later lluilt a band mill at Cold Springs. Thev built a standard gauge logging railroad from Ralph Junction. on the Sierra Railroad, to f,r-ons Dam t'hich l'as extendeci as iI narro\\' guage railroad to haul lumber frorrr the Empire ancl Cold Springs mills to Sonora and Standard. The standard guage railroad, in subsequent years, has been extended some 75 miles of main line bringing 75.000.000 or more logs ttr the present sal'mill of the I'ickering I-umber Corporation at Standard. They also built a sash artd door factorv at Sonora l'hich operated until 1930.

I\[r. Steinmetz \\-as vice president and general manager of the compan\'. In 192O, he brought \\'. A. I'ickering .'f Kansas City, I\Io., into the companv through the pttrchase of all the Standard Lumber Companv outstanding shares and properties and l'ith the acquirement of large additionel timber holdings and the building of a large sal'mill and auxiliarr- departments. The business continued as the Standard Lumber Companl'until 1925 n'hen the name was changed to the Pickering Lumber Companv. In 1925, the properties of the \\rest Side Lumber Companv at Tuolumne 'n'ere purchased and operated until these propertics u-ere re-sold to the \\rest Side Lunrlter Co. in 193-1.

I)uring the late depression the Pickering properties n-ere closed dol'n, and tr{r. Steinmetz rr'ho, since the inception of the business in 1902. n'as 'i-ice president an<l general manager, retired from the col.npany and moved to Los Angeles u'here he organized the Standard Lurnber Companl... \\rhen the I'ickering propertr- \\'as reorganized uncler the name of the Pickering Lumber Corporation in 1937. \Ir. Steinmetz rejoined the organization as president for one vear to get the ne\\- companv under l'av. -A,fte:' a year, NIr. Steinmetz retired and resumed the general llanagement of his I-os -{ngeles distrilluting vard.

N[r. Steinn.retz \\'as a president of the old Caliiornia \\'hite and Sugar Pine Association, and lras also president and o\\'ner of the Sunset Dor-rr and Sash Co. of Stocl<ton. He \\'as a member of the Bohemian Clul> and Islam Temple of the Shrine in San Francisco.

Nlr. Steinmetz is survivecl bv three sisters. IIrs. J. C. 'Moreland, Mrs. W. H. Rimr.ner anrl IIrs. T. E. I.ombard: tu'o grandchildren, N{rs. Nanc"- Lee Terrv and David H. Steinmetz III, u'ho rvas associated u'ith his grandiather in the management of the Standard I-uml>er Company at

Los Angeles and u'ill continue rvith the comPanv as president.

Funeral services rvere held on April I I in the Church of the Recessional. Forest Larvn I\femorial Park, Glendale.

Horcrce Xr Bqter

Horace X. Baxter. president of J. H. Baxter & Co-, San Francisco, died in Belmont, April l, after a short illness. He s'as 5O years of age.

I\Ir. Baxter s'as rvidelv knorvn both to the lvood presen'ing industry and to lumbermen on the West Coast for his progressive and constructive business policies. During his years as president of the concern, J. H. Baxter & Co. grerv into one of the largest producers of pressure treated forest products in the \\'est. Under his guidance, a treating plant and 1'ards u'ere acquired in Alameda, California. In Oregon NIr. Baxter further expanded the business rvith the fornration oi tu'o subsidiarv companies, Baxco Corporation rvith treating plant and 1'ard in the Dalles, and J. H. Baxter ct Co. of Oregon. rvhich operates in Eugene. The company also operates a large treating plant in Long Beach, Caliiornia.

NIr. Baxter had long been an aviation enthttsiast, and u-as a skilled pilot of his orvn planes.

He leave his rvife. Dorothl'. his brother A. \I. Baxter luncl one son. Alfred \. Baxter rvho is in the San Franciscrr oflice of the Baxter firm.

Forest Cobb

Iiorrest Cobb. 59. president oi the \Ioore Drv Kiln Companv oi Oregon. passed an'ar- at Portland. Ore., on l\farch 19. He s'as also president of the firm's affiliated companies at Vancouver. 8.C., and Brampton, Ontario. A native oi Cordele. Ga.. he \\'as an ar-iator in \\'orld \\-ar I. and foll<xving his graduation from the Universit.v of California in l9l8 he moved to I'ortland. He invented and patented se\'eral designs for drf ing lumber and veneers. He rvas a menrber of the I\Iultnomah -\thletic Club, Universitv Club, Rotar\-Club and trIasonic Lodge in Portland.

Surr-ir-ing are his s-idorv, t$'o sons, his mother, three brothers. and a sister.

Frank IL Alcott

Jamaica. N. Y.-Frank Hart Alcott. building codes cotrsultant and structural engineer for the National Lumber Ilanufacturers -\ssociation for l7 1'ears. died at his home in -Jamaica, N. Y., Ilarch l6 follorving a heart attack. He rvas (r2. Surviving is his s'ife. Selina.

Ilasonic funeral services s'ere held at Flushing. L. I.. Ilarch 18. follorved bv Episcopalian services, ][arch 19. Ilurial u'as in Brooklvn.

A large St. Louis industrial plant u'hole-heartedll' endorsed s'ood tanks recentl)' s'hen, in retiring a 2{-vear old rvood tank, thev replaced it s'ith a 100.000 gallon tank fabricated from "\\'olmanized" Douglas fir lumber.

\\-est tree in n'ith a beautl-.

Coast hemlock. rvhich rvas once considered a vieed the Douglas fir region forests, has proven its r alue record of fiftv vears of durabilitv. versatilitv and