T\YENTY.FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

As reported in The California Lumber Merchant September 15, 1923 llerman Rosenberg has been elected the new Snark of Hoo-Hoo for the Los Angeles district.

West Coast lumber markets boomed by der-nand for lurnber for Japan, where the worst earthquake and tidal lvave in history has done terrific damage.

Forty-seven Uout, b.o.,ln,ir,)oo,oo0 feet of tumber into Los Angeles harbor in the last twelve days.

A special story and picture of W. B. Dearr, of Chico, adorns a page. He is head of the Diamond Match Company business.

Elmer H. Cox and his ;.":r;". Pine Lumber Company have started operations at the new sarvmill at Fresno. It is one of the biggest White a1d S;Sar Pine mills ever built.

Northr.vest lumber manufacturers held tl-reir semi-annual meeting at Longview, \Mashington.

Jo Steel has just a.rirr"JinluLru"a, California, to represent Moore Dry Kiln Company. The young man is 6 feet, 9 inches tall.

M. B. Nelson las just been elected president of the LongBell Lumber Company. He lives in Kansas City.

The Outer Dock & Wharf Company announce plans for immediate gigantic improvements to San Pedro dock facilities.

Fred Hamilton pulled .U " ,i". "oo Concat on a huge lc-,g raft in San Diego harbor, making it one of the nrost notable events in California Hoo-Hoo history.

The San Pedro r"-l...c.loln, ".,.,ornces a new planing mill at their plant that vvill cost $125,000.

The Lumbermen's Club of Watsonville. California. is holding monthly dinner meetings.

Cadwallader-Gibson n". j";,rltoua.a a cargo of a million and a quarter feet of Philippine Mahogany at Los Angeles harbor, the biggest shipload to ever land there.