TUUENTY-FII|E VEARS AGCD TODAY

As Reported in The California Lumber Merchant, August lf 1935

"F'ollowing a 60-year policy," says the Back-Cover advertisement in this issue, "The Red River Lumber Company is offering selected tracts of California Pine and millsites for sale" While on the Front Cover, the advertisement of Western Door & Sash Co. celebrates the Oakland firm's "21st anniversary of distributing to tlte lumber trade" A. L. Iloover, his wife and sons returned from a trip north by automobile, and back from Seattle by the S.S. "H. tr'. Alexander" to Los Angeles, where "Gus" represents The Pacific Lumber Co. and Wendling-Nathan Company

Earle Johnson of the Independent Lumber Co., Livermore, visited friends in L. A. enroute to a vacation in Mexico City . .

Henry M. Illnk, salesmanag:er of Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., his_-wife and daughter spent a week in San Diego, then drove north to Bishop for a week's fishing in the High Sierra before returning to San Francisco via Yosemite. He was pleased to report a great amount of redwood being used in mountain cabins X', S. Buckley reiurned to Buckley Lumber Dealers' Supply Co. in San Francisco after several weeks calling on the Southwest trade. He also arranged to establish a southern California office in L. A. , Frank Burnaby returned to the Sun Lumber Co. in Beverly Hills after a 6-week trip which included visits in Seattle, Nova Scotia and return via the Panama Canal.

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The majority of the Northwest sawmills were again operating July 28, with or without union contracts. In Tacoma, the National Guard was protecting 2,O76 men returned to work at 17 mills, where "gang violence" to persons and property was said to stiU characterize the strike situation; many of the innocent victims were not even connected with the lumber industry

Walter Splcer of the Bay District Lumber Co., Newport Beach, is increasing his hardware sales by the novel method of placing the merchandise in drawers of a wall case, with a sample item and the price of the article on the face of each drawer . . In renewing his subscription, ilohn C. Light of the Light Lumber Co., Miami, Arizona, writes in that he "doesn't know how a western retailer could keep house or own a lumberyard without the C.L.M."

Mason I(llne, manager of the Union Lumber Company's office at L. A., attended the Trade Promotion meeting of the NLMA in Chicago, htly 25-27 C. D. ilohnson, Portla.nd; his son Bob Johnson, Toledo, Ore., and Arthur Griswold of the S. F. ofEce, visited several Bay area and Peninsula retail yards. Young Johnson is a former Oregon and B. C. tennis champ Ira S. Kennedy, manager of the Patten-Blinn yard at Riverside, resigned after 35 years and is succeeded by II. E. Schnur. Kennedy started with the Russ Mill & Lumber Co. Harry Bird, founder of the pioneer California Saw Works, died JuIy 15 in San F rancisco Goorge Ley, president of the California Lumbermen's Counci'l, presided at the monthly meeting, July 20, in San Francisco, which was also attended by Harry A. Lake, Garden Grove dealer and president of the CRLA . The Jas. L. Hall Co., San Francisco, is supplying a butt-treated red cedar radio pole, 120 ft. long, to the U. S. Bombing Base, Hamilton Field and, for the S. I'.Oakland "Bay bridge," is supplying' more than 600 Douglas fir pilings, 90-110 ft. long . , , The Natl. Retail Lumber Dealers Assn. Executive committee, meeting' in Chicago, endorsed the activities of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, reports W. W. Woodbrldge.

Two pages of photographs in this issue show the California Redwood Assn. exhibit at the Calif.-Pacific Intl. Exposition in San Diego, sta"fred by R. R. Lelshman, Margaret Archlbald and Alberta Rlchter Ralph Bandini and Kenneth Smlth will speak at the "Commander's Night" meeting of Legion Lumbermen's Post 403 in the Rosslyn hotel, August 6. Nominated for 1935-36 offices are William McCullough, Stuart Smith, Andrew Foster, Lloyd Milne, Carl Schreiber, Russell Gheen and Albert Albertieri, while Ed Biggs was named chairman of the Golf committee O. V. Wlson of the Central Lumber Co., Stockton, was visited by his son Martell from NYC E. B. Ifarrls returned to his Inglewood retail yard from a month's trip to Alaska . . . Western Lumber Co. of San Diego has built a new mill office and added several pieces of machinery. The office of the Ocean Beach yard has been remodeled, and the office at the Coronado yard has been repainted, reports Ed Culnan, manager of the company. Jerry Sulliva,n, Jr. is president of tlre firm and also Sullivan Hardwood Co.

The San Diego lumbermen enjoyed a party at the La Mesa Country Club, July 20. There were 22 golfers for the day, swelled by several more for the bufret supper. Bill Cowling of Dixie Lumber & Supply was m.c. for the short evening program, at which Ray Julien of the E. I(. Wood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, discussed the Northwest strike. Short talks were also made by Bob Forgie of Santa F e Lumber's L. A. ofrce and Ed Martin of "The Merchant." The golf prizes were won by E. E. McCormick, W. c. Halbritter, H. P. Foley, Frank Nolan, Frank Park and Bob Forgie. Ed Culnan was chairman of the golf, which also drew to the greens such players as Cy Irving, R. .W. Reid, L. R. Allen, ceorg'e Klicka, Harry Whittemore and P. S. Johnson.

Reprinted in this issue is a JuIy 11 interview with ilack Dlonne in The Houston

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Press, the publisher's "other home." The interesting article relates that Mr. Dionne has a fund of no less than 3,500 stories of "all models and ages" Dick Schiller succeeded Dan Strtte on the wholesale desk of the Hammond Lumber Co. in L. A. . .

N. E. Lentz presided at the July 18 meeting of the Northern San Diego County Lumbermen's Club at the Red Apple Inn, Carlsbad

G. R. "Jeff" Tully, formerly with the A. W. Smith Lumber Co., L. A., visited from Portland, where he is now with Haslett Warehouse Co. Clyde M. Davy, 54, secretary of the Home Builders Store, Carlsbad, died July 9 of injuries in an automobile accident Albert J. Stoner. 66. pioneer southern California lumberman, died at his West Los Angeles home, July 11. In 1921 he organized the Sawtelle Lumber Co. now operated by his sons, Edward

R. and William A. Stoner.

L. O. Green of Gamerston & Green, San tr'rancisco, and his wife welcomed a son on July 4 who was named Lewis Marston Green H. G. Larrick of Lumber & Builders Supply Co., Solana Beach, is serving'on the Oceanside-Carlsbad district high school board Knute Rinde and Bob Zumwa,lt of the Benson Lumber Co., San Diego, were July 19 visitors to L. A. F. "Tom" Tomlinson resig'ned from the Donovan Lumber Co. to join the Paramino Lumber Co., San F rancisco, as Central Valley and Bay area salesman L. A. Goda,rd of Hobbs Wall & Co., San l'rancisco, stopped in Los Angeles a few days on his way to a High Sierra vacation

A. R. Martin of HaJes & Symons, Sonora, is attending the National Boy Scouts Encampment in Washington, D.C.