Lumbelmen Hold Banquet Reunion

What is undoubtedly the most unusual banquet in the annals of the Southern California lumber industry was held on the evening of October 22 at the Jonathan Club in Los Angeles, when thirty-five old empioyees of a lumber concern that went out of existence twenty-two years ago met in good fellowship and dined together at their first reunion in that period of time.

The concern was the Montgomery & Mullin Lumber Co., a leading lumber distributor of the early 1900's, who operated seven yards in the Los Angeles area and three in Arizona. The guests of honor were Will F. Montgomery, president, and Chas. H. Griffen, general manager, of the Company.

The hosts of the evening were the Mullin brothers, Russell and Wayne, who today are following their father's footsteps by operating the Burbank and the Mullin Lumber Companies.

Guests were the old employees who had worked with Mr. Montgomery and his partner John F. Mullin and Mr. Griffin in the early days. Many of the men had worked together thirty-five and even forty years ago. Many reminiscences of the early days of I.os Angeles and stories of early day deliveries of building materials with horse and wagon were told. Deliveries over the sand dunes of Redondo, the building and rebuilding of Frazier pier after the fire at Ocean

Park, the establishment of Flollywood and Highland Park as communities were some of the high spots the oldsters enjoyed discussing. Manv compliments were paid to the honor guests and to the high standard of ethics strictly adhered to by the firm.

Montgomery & Mullin Lumber Co' was founded in 1900 by Mr. Montgomery and Mr. Mullin, rvho had come to California in 1884 and 1885 to engage in the lumber business. From a small beginning they rapidly expanded their yards until they had branches in Redondo, Moneta, Ocean Park, Sawtelle, Hollywood, Highland Park, South Pasadena, Los Angeles, and in Atizona at Predcott, Jerome, and Clarkdale. In 1918, due to the desire of the partners to retire from business, they sold their California yards to Patten & Davies Lumber Co.

Those present were Harry Allen, Robert Anderson,'Warren Barker, Percy Bruner, Walter De-Shields, O. E. Dickey, C. H. Griffen, Carl Hanson, Harry Jackson, Al Johnson, Walls Jones, George King, Vernon Miller, W. F. Montgomery, Ward MontgomerY, D. 5,' Morgan, Russell Mullin, Wayne Mullin, Wm. Myers, A. F. Nienke, C. W. Pinkerton, Earl Pinkerton, Norman Phillips, Howard Renner, Henry Roschmann, John Smith, Wm. Smith, Ed Stoner, Bert Stout, Don Sutherin, R. C' Wertenbaker, Earl Weigold, and C. B. Wright.

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It hain't no use to grumble and complain; It's jest as cheap and easy to rejoice; When God sorts out the weather, and sends rainWhy-rain's my choice.

-James Whitcomb Riley.

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And some wise guy once said that a true diplomat is one who makes up his mind which way God's going, and sort of gets things out of His way.

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I like the fellow who said he was left an orphan and on his own resources when he was just twelve months old, yet made an immediate success of his life. Asked how he did it he said he crawled on hands and knees to the nearest baby show, won the first cash prize, invested it in Coca Cola stock, and lived happily ever after.

He probably got nf, .a"r* frlm the professional business adviser, who said: "ff the wolf comes to your door, let him in and get yourself a nice warm wolfskin."

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"The years have brought you their finest gift if they have taught you to be kind," said E. H. Stuart.

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Ben Franklin used to say that the most acceptable service we can render to Him is being good to His other children.

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It is just possible that some day the scriptural prediction will be fulfilled, and-"the meek shall inherit the earth." But I'm afraid it won't do them much good. The un-meek will take it away from them-pronto.

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It is difficult-but necessary-to remember when looking at news reels of the horrors that are happening to London every night, that that mighty Intelligence-whatever you choose to call It-that made us and made everything, has not abdicated, but is still on the job.

Sign seen posted in a Western sawmill that might well be copied for other mills: "Our business is making LUMBER and not CRIPPLES; sb watch your step."

No other product, ""a:".J ".tiopt "n", has increased its consumption so trerriendously in the last ten years as aspirin. Fleadaches, headaches, everywhere! t<:f*

Someone asked c"rrr.rli"r,.*nl -"" a philosoph", "rru NOT a religionist, what he thought about a future life. The wise old oriental replied: "How should I, who know so little about this world, know anything about another."

Someone is shoving ":""; tnl ,"*"rt that every convict in the penitentiary is wearing a "No Third Term" button.

Got to running through the files of this magazine the other day and stumbled on an editorial in this column in February, 1932, in which I lambasted President Herbert Floover unmercifully. What for? For so fearfully increasing the cost of the Federal Government. Scuse me, Mister Hoover ! I didn't realize then what a sorry amateur you really were when it came to spending and cost-raising.

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Some shameful things have happened lately. The throwing of eggs and even missles at a man and his wife for no other reason than that the man is a candidate for our highest office and is speaking his honest, soldierly mind about things, brings the blush of shame to the cheek of every decent man. Those who have preached the doctrine of class hatred and bigotry in this country in recent years should feel very proud of these outrages.

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Lots of heat, but not much smart stuff in this campaign; no really good stories developed, and no sterling epigrams such as usually catch the public fancy in such times. The most joy I have had out of campaign literature is what Pegler did to Ickes. I am sure that New Dealers and antis alike, enjoyed that very one-sided word battle. First Ickes swung, then Pegler swung, and then came silence.

An old epigram * ,"*r* a terrific mauling by the politicos: "Don't change horses in the middle of a stream." I have heard or read only one smart remark on that subject so far. A serious little woman, debating the political campaign before a large audience and against a male speaker, pulled it. The man pulled the "don't change horses" gag. And then the little woman asked him: "Did you ever see a horse BOGGED DOWN in the middle of a stream? It's mighty serious business, and something HAS to be done about it." She got a big hand on that reply. *:t<*

I guess the last political remark that ever became a household phrase in this country was Al Smith's-"They don't shoot Santa Claus." ll/hat a run that remark got ! And what a lucky man that Al Smith is. If he had not been a Catholic he would have been President from 1928 to 1932, and all the Hell that poor Herbert Hoover caught, Smith would have had to stand.

Thinking of apt political remarks, I remember when I was just a kid they took me to hear one of the stem-winding political speakers of that day, the late J. P. Dolliver, the best orator the State of fowa ever produced. He brought down the house when he declared: "Iowa will go Democratic when Hell goes Methodist !" Dolliver did not live to see his prediction upset, for, while Hell has never gone Methodist, Iowa went Democratic twice. Or rather, it went New Deal twice.

They used to say that "fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong." f was reminded of that the other day when Boss Flynn called the newspaper men in and lambasted the American press for its opposition to the New Deal. He declared that 90 per cent of the United States press is opposing Mr. Roosevelt. I was interested in his figures for they were even higher than my own estimate. And when I walk up to the polls on Nov. 5 to register the first Republican vote of my life, it will be a lot of satisfaction to know that nine out of every ten men in my own line of business the nation over, feel the same way that I do about it.

And it will make me feel doubly happy to remember that of all the people I know in this world-and I know quite a few-at least 95 per cent of them are going to vote the same way I am. I'm a man who likes good company. And if fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong, how can 90 per cent of my editorial associates and 95 per cent of my pen sonal friends be?

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