TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

As reported in The California Lumber Merchant, October 15, 1932

Inaugurating an "annual pilgrimagei' a group of Hoo-

FIoo and their families went to the Parson Simpkin Me- porial Tree in Calaveras State Park, October 9,-for cere-

= monies at the giant redwood. Chairman Charles G. Bird of

Stockton was in charge and Frank lll/. Trower read letters i1',from the Parson, while Bert Bryan read a poem, "Hail ( Sequoia," and Betty Trower read-Douglas Mailochis "The r'..,Parson." Others in the group included Tom L. Gardner, t Esther Hengel, C. D. LeMaster, Robert Bird, Lester H. q,'Elllott, Mrs. Robert S. Fuller, Mrs. L. B. Hines and their , families. r' Earl E. White gave up the retail lumber business and opened a restaurant in Palo Alto . . The program was completed for the anhual convention of the California I Retail Lumbermen's Assn. at the Hotel Alexandria in Los :i,Angeles, Nov. 3-5 . . . R. D. Brown, assistant secretary., sranager of the West Coast Lumbermen's Assn., issued a r g4ll for a stockholder's meeting at the Winthrop in Tacoma,

;' Lee Prather joined The Pacific Lumber Co. as byproducts salesman in Southern California Charles 6. .,Lyons won the Hammond Lumber Co. trophy at the com.,pany's September tournament . A. S. MurphS president 'df The Pacific Lumber Co., was appointed to a government committee on wood uses . The C. D. Tohnson Lumber Co. and R. O. Wilson & Son firm ioindd the California 'Wholesale Lumber Assn.

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89{ E_. Bryan, plesident and general manager of the Strable Hardwood Co., Oakland, -was elected lrcanoper on the Suprerye 9 of_Hoo-Hoo George Bonde, manager of the P. C. Hansen Lumber Co., Centerville, won the prize offered. in the football contest in The Pacific Lumber eompany'9 Sept. 15 advertisement in this magazine . Les Cunningham of the Hayward Lumber & lnvestment Co. was- offering desirable seats at $1.65, for the St. Mary's- pCLA football game, Nov. 11, sponsored by the American Legion.

R. Clyde Johnson of the Hammond Lumber Co. and David H. Gates of the E. K. Wood Lumber Co. were among those elected directors of the Los Angeles Builders' Exchange at the Sept. 27 meeting . . . Ben Springer was reelected Snark of the ljniverse at the 41st annual lnternational convention of Hoo-Hoo in Milwaukee, on which a two-page report was carried in this issue N. H. Parsons of Pasadena, formerly in the lumber business in Los Angeles but now in insrirance, returned from the east.

A large crowd greeted new President Earle E. Johnson of Livermore at the Sept 19 meeting of East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club 39. A talk on the Olympic Games was heard. Charles R. Wisdo'rn died Sept. 14, He had been with McCloud River Lumber Co., was,manager of Diamond Match's California lumber operations, manager in Mexico for Madera Lumber Co., San Francisco head of Red River Lumber Co., and general manager of California Pine Box Distrs.

Nqfionql [umber Exchonge, lnc. To Be Lounched Ocl. 2l

National Lumber Exchange, Inc., will -officially be launched at Por_tland, October 21, following a two-week "shakedown cruise." The Exchange, whicli is patterned after exchange systems long used to market grains and such commodities, is believed to be the first of its kind for the specialized needs of America's lumber industry.

Membership is open to sawmills and wholesalers (sub- ject to approval of the Exchange's board of governors) on a per-car fee basis. Sawmill members may list from one car to their entire production with the Exchange and thereby immediately reach an industry-wide market through an estimated 4OO wholesalers trading on the Exchange. The only cost to a mill for this service is a seller's fee of $5 per carload.

Likewise, a wholesaler member, bv one call to the Exchange can, in effect, advertise his requirements to many more sources of supply than ever before-and at a fraction of his former buying expense. Wholesalers pay a flat yearly fee of $1,000 for an Exchange membership; however, this fee is actually treated as a deposit against future carload purchases. For the first 200 carloads purchased during the year, the Exchange merely credits a $5 per-carload charge against the wholesaler's annual membership fee. Wholesalers purchasing additional carloads after this credit has been used pay a regular fee of $5 per carload to the Exchange.

Factoring service is to be optional through Walter E. Heller & Co. of Chicago. National Lumber Exchange will also offer members an hourly check on quoted market prices for lumber

The National Lumber Exchange, headquartered in Portland's Terminal Sales Building, is headed by Frederick C. Talbot, chairman of the board and treasurer, and also owner of Talbot Lumber Company, San Rafael. Other Exchange officers include H. E. Van Allen, president; Howard R. Baker, executive vice-president; J. Paul George, vice-president; F. Lyle Baker, secretary, and Joseph Hull, director.

Fire Hits Sror Ploning f,fill

Fire started during the night of September 22 in the planing mill of Star Lumber Company, Stockton, and quickly spread to yard stock before it was brought under control. The lumber company's offrce, store and sheds escaped damage, according to manager J. G. "Jack" DuBois.

QTATEMENT REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF AUGUST 21, I9I2, AIt AMEND. ED BY Tl{E ACTS OF MARCH I ltoE, A}IID JULY z, r0{C (Tltlc 39, Untred Stltar Codc, Scctbr 233) SHO\I/ING THE OWNERIIHIP. MANAGEMENT. AND CIRCI,JLA'TION OF TIIE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT. DUb: lished semi-monthly at Ins Angeles, Catifomia, for October 1, 1957.

1. The names md addresscs of the publisher, editor, managing cditor, and business managers are:

Publisher, J. C, Dionne, Rom 508, lG W. 6th St., Los Anceles 14. Califomia. Managing cditor, Recd Porter, Rmm 508, 108 W. 6th St., Los Anicles 14. California. Business managcr, M. Adams, Rmm 50& l(E W. 6th St., Ias Anicles 14, California,

2. The owner is: (If owned by a corporation, its name anil address must be statcd and also immediatcly thcreundcr the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding I percent or more of total amount of stock. ff not owned by a corporation, the names and addresscs of the individual owners must be giren. If owned by a partnership or other unincorporated firm, its name and addrcss, ,as wcll as that of each individual member, must be given.) The Califr. nia Lumber Merchant (a Corporation), 108 W.6th St,, Ins-Angeies, Califomia; Maymme Adams, 9216 El Manor Ave., Los Anceles 45, Califomii: T. C. Dronne. Roorn 508, 108 W.6th St., Los Angeles 14, California: J. E. Martiir.52 Clinton Strect, Brockton 21, Mass.; Mrs. A. C. Meriyman, 431 So. Madison Avi.. Pasadena 5, Califomia; Elsie Stirling, 81fi No. Fullei Ave., Los Angeles 46, Caiifomia.

3. The known boadholders, mortgagees, and other seiurity holders ourin* or holding I percmt or m6e of tolal amount oI bonds, mortgages, or othei securities are: (If there are none, so state.) N6e.

4. Paragraphs 2 alld 3 include, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the compaay as truatee or in any fiduciary relatim, the name of tbe oerson or corDoration for whom such trustee is actinq: also the stat€meots in thC two parag:aphs show tbe afiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditiotrs under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upm the bmks of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bma fide owner.

5. The average number of copies of each issue of. this publicatim sold or distributed through the mails or otheruise, to paid subscribers during the 12 moaths preceding the date shom above was: (Ttis lnfomation is required from daily, weekly, semiweekly, aad triweekly newspapers only.)

M. ADAMS