VACATIONS

B. E. Bryan, Strable Hardwood Co., Oakland, with his family made an automobile tour recently which included Yellowstone Park, Glacier Park, Banff and I-ake Louise, Spokane, Seattle and Portland.

George Meissner of Valley Meissner, traveled recently to their daughter.

Lumber Co. of Lodi, and Mrs. Montana by automobile to visit

W. K. Kendrick, sales manager, Valley Lumber Co., Fresno, is back from vacation spent in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

F. A. Sullivan, Sullivan Lumber Co., Portland, was in San Francisco early in August on a combined business and vacation trip.

Bill Schorse, Pope & Talbot, Los Schorse, have returned from a vacation Angeles, and Mrs. trip to Lake Tahoe.

The Diamond Match Company to Build Seven New Units at Chico Plant

A large building program at the Chico plant was announced JuJy A by John R. Gray, head of western operations of The Diamond Match Company.

Seven new units will be built to the south and east of the present mill department, two of which are already under construction.

The units planned include a new planing nill with connecting storage space for finish lumber,276x2O8 feet; a cutup plant which will produce cut stock, sash and door stock and moulding, and a new machine shop 25x125 feet.

Birthday Party For George Burnett

San Joaquin Lumber dealers gave George C. Burnett, Burnett Lumber Company, Tulare, a birthday party at the Fresno Hotel, Fresno, on Friday evening, August B. and presented him with a beautiful watch.

J. E. (Ed) Tietjen of Sudden & Christenson, San Francisco, will be back on the job August 18 following a vacation spent at Camp Rose on the Russian River.

Caspar Hexberg, Union Lumber Company, cisco, spent his vacation at his summer home Mountain, San Mateo County.

San Franon King's

D. Normen Cords, Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco, played a lot of golf and did some fishing on his vacation in the Feather River country.

Ray Shannon, Union Lumber pleasant vacation manager of the Los Angeles office of Company, returned August 11 from a at Fort Bragg.

George R. Kendrick, manager of California sales division, Pope & Talbot, Inc., will return August 18 from his vacation in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

O'MALLEY LUMBER COMPANY BUYS HALSTEAD YARD AT TEMPE, ARIZ.

O'Malley Lumber Company, Phoenix, Ariz., recently purchased the Tempe, Ariz., yard of the J. D. Halstead Lumber Company.

T. Wesley Dines, veteran manager of the yard continues as manager and his entire stafi will be retained.

A new lumber shed, 80x26 feet has been constructed and other new sheds are planned. The interior of the office and display room will be modernized'

WITH PARAMINO LUMBER CO.

Francis U. Mandis is now with Paramino Lumber Co., San Francisco, as salesman covering the Peninsula, Marin arlrd Contra Costa Counties territory. IIe was with the Peoples Lumber Co., Ventura for the past two years as salesman and before that was manager of Ganahl Lumber Company's yard at Santa Barbara for three Years.