Ten Files of The Years California Ago Today

From the Lumber Merchant, Septemb er 1 , 1925

W. B. Wickersham, Chas. R. McCormick lrumber Co., was elected president of the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club at its meeting on August 27. ***

The Finkbine Lumber Company of Jackson, Miss., veteran manufacturers of Southern Pine, has purchased over a billion feet of Redwood timber in Mendocino County, Calif., from the Cottoneva Lumber Company.

The subject of "d,r.rtiril* l"O " large place on the day's program of the meeting of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association on July 31.

Phil B. Hart of "Ttr. Cliilrr,l I-u*r.r Merchant" rvas recommended for appointment as \ricegerent Snark of the Los Angeles District by the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club on August 27. Herman Rosenberg, Hipolito Company, was recommended for the position of State Counselor.

Jack Dionne, Publisher .t lt* California Lumber Merchant" was the principal speaker at the August 19 meet: ing of the San Francisco Advertising Club. In the course of his talk, he introduced A. J. Russell, San Francisco lumberman and inspiration of Peter B. Kyne for his famous story character, "Augustus J. Riddell." {< :t t<

The Wagner Lumber & Mill Company has opened a yard at Santa Bar,bara. {< * *

A $250,000 construction program which includes the erection of a new plant on a 3f-acre site at E. 14th Street and 58th Ave., Oakland, is announced by the Eureka Mill & Lumber Co. of Oakland.

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The San Francisco Bay District Hoo-Hoo held a picnic at'Kendall Dell on Sunday, August 16. Over 400 attendecl the outing which included lumbermen from practically all sections of N,orthern California.

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In the August 15th issue, an editorial titled "California Retail Lumbermen's Association Want I-umber GradeMarked" told of a statement made b)' President C. W. Pinkerton that the Association, at the next fall meeting, is going to start a campaign to bring about the grade-marking of lumber entering the state. The article caught the eye of E. T. Robie of ihe Auburn Lumber Company, Auburn, who wrote in that they have been having their lumber grade-marked for the past trvo or three months, ancl his c,ompany hopes that grade-marking will become general in the very near future.

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James Wisnom, manager of the Wisnom Lumber Company, San Mateo, is on a four weeks' vacation. He rvill spend the first two weeks at Bartlett Springs ar-rd u'ill then leave for the Northwest where he will visit the rnills of Oregon and Washington.

The leadership in trr" nlavJ""J "ob,t.,,1' Contest, at this writing, is being hotly contested for by Frecl Burgers of the Union Lumber Company and Ed Seward of DolbeerCarson Lumber Co. According to Fred Holmes of the Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., more interest is lrcing shown each week by the dealers as.lvell as the salesmen. 'f**

Fred H'amilton l,vas host to five hundred of his fellow Sciots at a noon day meeting at San Diego on August 14. Lunch was served on one of the giant log rafts at the Benson Lumber Co. Frank Lyflch, president of the Benson Lumber Co., and Jack Dionne, Publisher of "The California Lumber Merchant" addressed the gathering.

The Peninsula Lumbe;.:'.l,rlo n",o a di.ner clance at the Cardinal Hotel, Palo Alto, on Friday evening, August 14. There was a splendid entertainment and dancing was enjoyed until midnight.

The Susanville Hoo-Hol O"O n"O a grancl ancl glorious day of sport and fun at their big picnic and outing held at F. G. S. ,Co. beach, Eagle Lake, on Sunday. August 23.

Prof. E. G. Linsley of Mills College was the speaker at the Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9 luncheon held at the Palace Hotel. San Francisco, August 13.

At the monthly meetinj ", ,n. East Bay Hoo-Hoo Clulr at the Oakland Hotel 'on August 21, Henry L. Todd rvas the speaker of the day. ***

H. W. Aldrich, former sales manager of Brighton Mills Co., Portland, and H. B. Cooper, also connectecl with this firm, have formed a partnership under the nanre of the Aldrich-Cooper Co. with offices in Portland. They will act as Northern representatives for Wendling-Nathan Co.

The Sterling Lumber a:. ;. f.,r.t "."a the I'dependent Lumber Co. at Salinas.

Eddie Peggs, W. R. Chamberlin & Co., San Francisco, has become the proud father of a fine baby daughter. Mel Doane, Southern Lumber Company, San Jose, is also the recipient of many congratulations over the arrival of a baby daughter.

The Pacific Co".t H".l',"Joo*o""r.rs' Associatio' held their semi-annual meeting at Vancouver, B. C., August 11 and 12. The next convention will be held at Coronado.