AGO TODAY

Merchant, August 15, 1933

gated to represent northern and southern state dealers, respectively, and they flew to Washington, Aug. 12 The Millwork Institute of California called a general meeting for August 19, in Monterey, to consider approval of the Code of Fair Competition for the industry W. T. Black, The California Lumber Merchant's San Francisco man at 645 Leavenworth St., got a new phone number: PRospect 3810.

Kirchmann Hardwood Co., victim of a recent fire believed to have been incendiarv. moved to a new site at 2800 Third St., San Francisco, leiied from Roth-Maier Lumber Co., announces Manager H. W. Kanne. The Balboa Mill & Cabinet Co. leased the planing mill at the same site A. C. Horner of San Francisco placed the first actual order for "Alligator Connectors" with Timber Engineering Co. President Roosevelt on July 20 approved a general voluntary code of minimum wages and shorter work hours S. C. Hooper returned to his Los Angeles lumber company from a trip of several months in the Orient, where he ran into Tom Dant in Manila and Carl Seitz in Shanghai Frank R. Close was on a 2-week motor vacation in the Northwest from his Sutter, Calif., yard . Weyerhaeuser Sales Company started a new system of"zone" handling of dealer orders for closer contact with customers . J. A. Hart was elected president, E. J. Nutting vice-president, and H. W. Gaetjen, secretary-treasurer of the newly formed San Francisco Planing Mill Owners' Assn. Directors are L. J. Pierce, George T. Gerken and H. W. Fennimore.

Ed Culnan returned to San Diego to resume management of the \Mestern Lumber Co. after a few months in his own wholesale business and Chamberlin & Co. representative in Los Angeles . Trinidad Redwood Co. changed its name to Klamath-California Redwood Co. It is represented by J. M. Chartrand in San Francisco and W. D. Dunning in Los Angeles . . . California Governor Rolph signed the two Industrial Recovery Acts into law on August 4 . Chas. S. Dodge, recently of E. J. Dodge & Co. and Hammond Lumber Co., joined the sales staff of MacDonald & Harrington, San Francisco Herb Berry switched from the Progressive Lumber Co., Livermore, to the Oakland Lumber Co. Stanley Gustafson returned to the Sierra Mill & Lumber Co., Sacramento, from a trip to the Chicago World's Fair J. G. Ferguson of the Clovis Lumber Co. vacationed in the Northwest. R. F. "Dick" llammatt, former secretarymanag'er of the California Redwood Assn., visited San Francisco in line with his new Forest Service duties . . Ray Miner, former manager of the Grenfell Lumber Co., Grimes, filled in for Arch Towen at the Grass Valley Lumber Co. while Arch was ill.

The Stanislaus Lumber Co., Modesto, had the prizewinning commercial entry in the 4th of July Horse & Mule Parade celebrating opening of the new bridge across the Tuolumne. R. L. "Dick" llstick of the retail yard furnished The Merchant the following captions for the two photos of the event in this issue:

"The county was cornbed frorn Atlanta to the sea for any kind oi