Ten Years Ago Today

From the ftles of The California Lumber Merchant, Ausust 1 , 1925

"Here and There with The Red River Lumber Company" is the title of an article on the plywood and veneer operations of The Red River Lumber Company at Westwood, California.

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Richard Jones, Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co., San Francisco, has returned from a trip to the pine mills in Placer County.

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D. R. Else, Sudden & Christenson, San Francisco, is vacationing at the Yosemite National Park.

Announcement is made'of the purchase of the timber holdings and sawmills of fope & Talbot in the state of Washington by the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. of Delaware.

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Z. T. Thorning, Gray-Thorning Lumber Co., Redwood City, is on a trip to the Northwest. In addition to visiting some of the s,cenic spots of that region, he will also call on some of the Oregon and Washington mills.

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Ed Chamberlain, W. R. Chamberlain & Co., San Francisco, has been spending a few days at the company's Los Angeles office.

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Roy Hills, Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francis,co, has returned from a two weeks' vacation spent in the Northwest'

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Fred Roth, W. E. Rampe and E. W. Holmberg, San Francisco lumbermen, are attending the Knight Templars convention at Seattle. Following the convention, they plan to spend about two weeks touring Oregon and Washington where they will .visit some of the Northwest mills. **:1.

A. W. Koehl, John W. Koehl & Son, Los Angeles, will leave on Augu.st 5 on a trip to Honolulu.

Over twenty San Francisco lumbermen were the guests of Fred Palmer at a luncheon given at the Commer,cial Club on Friday, July 24, in honor of Dwight Hinckley, president of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association, who was.a San Francisco visitor on July 23 and 24,

The Citrus Belt District Hoo-Hoo held a golf tournament, dinner and concatenation at the Victoria Country Club in Riverside.on July 10. ,Five kittens were initiated. E. R. Maule and J. W. Shrimp were the low gross and low net winners in the golf tournanrent. 'A large delegation from Los Angeles attended.

B. E. Bryan, Strable Hardwood Co., Oakland, is attending the annual Pacific Coast Advertising Convention at , Seattle. Bert is a member of the Oakland Advertising Club. rl*{.

A. J. Russell, Santa Fe Lumber Co., is at the Bohemian Grove to attend the annual Bohemian Club Jinx. ***

Lloyd lfarris is back on the job after a two weeks' camping and fishing trip in the Redwood region. rf**

S. L. Sayre, Sterling Lumber Co., is enjoying a three weeks' vacation. He will be back at his desk around the first of the month.

Earl Carlson, Santa Fe Lumber Co., is spending a two weeks' vacation in Shasta and Trinity Counties.

K. A. Millican, president of the Pacific National Bank of San Francisco, was the speaker of the day at the HooHoo Club No. 9 luncheon on July 9. Harry Gaetjen was chairman of the meeting. "Harry's Own Trio," ,composed of his three children, Norma, Harold and Walter Gaetjen, furnished an excellent vocal and musical entertainment. Mrs. Gaetjen accompanied them on the piano. :F :f

Hugh Handley, Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co., San Francisco, is spending his vacation at Gold Lake. Hugh generally brings back some pleasant wild game experiences and his many frien'ds will be anxious to hear what encounters he had on this trip.