See Fresno While You Are There

Folks, you who are going to attend the Annual Meeting of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association at Fresno, the end of October, just as this issue is off the press, you are going to spend two or three days in a city that has no peer for hospitality, and it behooves you to take in some of the many attractions that this beautiful place offers.

First of all, a word about the retail lumber gentlemen who are entertaining you.

California has many fine men in this business, from the Mexican border, down by San Diego, up to the north encl of the state. California lumbermen are noted throughout the world for their hospitality, and we have plenty of chances to display it with our countless visitors to see just what we have out here on the coast. And isn't it a pleasure to take these visitors around and convince them?

In Fresno there are nine yards. We are going to give you the names of them, and the names of the managers of each one and are going to take it upon ourselves to issue a cordial invitation to you to visit these plants, get acquainted, and ask any favors that you wish, rvhile you are in their city.

Fresno Lumber Company, manag'er, J.G. (Joe), (Daddy), Martin.

Halstead Lumber Company, manager, R. A. Johnson.

M. Kellner & Son Lumber Company, manager, S. B. Kellner.

Maisler Bros. Lumber Company, manager, Ben Maisler.

C. S. Pierce Lumber Company, manager, Frank Minard.

Routt Lumber Company, manager, Virgil Routt. Swastika Lumber Company, manager, I. C. (Jack) Ferger.

Tilden Lumber Company, manag'er, G. H. Johnson. Valley Lumber Company, manager, F. Dean Prescott. All of these men are interested in their fellow retailers from other parts of the state, without exception they are fine fellows, and you are commended to their care.

Fresno has a large number of other interesting sights, and, if you have time, we suggest that yo-u have some of the local boys inform you about them and put you on the right road to see them.

The cotton gin, an institution that is flourishing and that very ferv people know about, is well worth seeing. Do you know that this state is producing in excess of seven hundred thousand bales of cotton, this year, practically all of it from north of the Tehachapi ? Then there is the cotton compress, in connection.

Fresno has the largest raisin plant in the world, an interesting sight. You can see the raisins being dried out in the vineyards and can visit this plant and see the various things that they do with this valuable product.

A trip to the head gates where the water is taken from Kings River to irrigate the entire San Joaquin Valley rvould be of interest. This is a mighty project.

, There are two golf courses, numerous theatres, wonderful stores, in fact a whole world of entertaining places to go and things to do.

J. G. Martin is the chairman of the Committee on Arrangements. He will gladly direct you.

The "Trade Mark"-our new line of non-infammable lumber treated under the Somoza patents.

Also "Somozided" Shingles-with all the popular shades of stainin fireproof liquids. Think what THAT meant-#r

is now in operation, here in Los Angeles, and we can supply full lines of FIREPROOF PAINTS-the application ofwhich creates a fire retardent surface on the wood coverd.