rwf NTY YEAAS AGO

hom the October 15, l028r Iccue

This issue carried a personal write-up of M. A. Harris of San Francisco, president and general manager of the Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co.

The sash and door dedlers of Southern California had big get-together party at Big Bear.

A picture showed the unique advertising coupe used by the sales department of the Barr Lumber Company of Santa Ana. A miniature two-story colonial house, exact in all details, was built on the body of the machine. The company's name appeared on all sides of the car.

Sterling Lumber Company at Morgan Hill purchased a tract of land adjoining their yard on which they built an additional shed and mill building.

Clint Laughlin was chairman at the Los Angeles HooHoo Club meeting on October 4. August Vollmer, Los Angeles police chief, was the speaker.

"Miss Brey-Building teresting article by Jack

Merchant Extraordinary," an inDionne. was in this number.

The Diamond Match Company purchased the Oroville Lumber Company yard at Oroville.

Alcrskc Timber

Nearly 7 million board feet of Alaska timber has so far been delivered to mills in the Puget Sound area under the Alaska spruce log project to help meet war demands for airplane lumber, the Agriculture Dgpartment reports. The Forest Service, in charge cif the project, expects that deliveries will soon reach a rate of about 5 million feet a month.

Los Angeles Building Permits

Building permits issued in Los Angeles during September totaled 1,987, showing increases over the August total of. 1,799, and the 1,904 issued in September, 1942.

The $3,024,991 valuation for September's permits,, however, is under that of August, which totaled $3,192,914, and September a year ago, which totaled $4,063,190.

Port Orford Cedar

(Also known as Wbite Cedsr or Lcwron Cyprers)

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