Home of Charles RaY

Sale to Alfred F. Smith of the former home of Charles Ray on Canyon Drive in Beverly Hills, California, has bben announced, the nerv owner taliing possession during the past month. While the consideration was not named, the dwelling is said to be among the most elaborate erected in Beverly }Iills for members of the motion picture colon-y-Mr. Smith is chairman of the executive committee of the Monolith Portland Cement Company, although he came to Southern California only last year to take up his residence. He made a large fortune in the steel, lumber and building business in Poitland, Ore., formerly being at the head of the Smith & Watson Iron Works and the Columbia River Shipbuilding Corporation. He also was heavily interested in logging and paper machinery manufacturing business. Comlng to Southern California last year, he became interested in the Monolith Portland Cement Company and last March was named chairman of the exectttive committee.

Total $443,288,334

Howard Curran of the E. K. Wood Lumber Company, Los Angeles, has returned from a two weeks' vacation in Northern California. On his way home, he stopped in San Francisco to attend the annual convention of the California Retail Lumber Dealers Association.

A. D. Squires of Mark W. Lillard, Inc., Los Angeles, is back at his headquarters after completing a three weeks' business trip to Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Kansas City and Memphis.

L. E. COLE TAKES WEEK OFF

L. E. Cole of the Hammond Lumber Company, geles, is back on the job after taking a week's most of which was spent on a trip to Palo Alto the Stanford-U. S. C. game.

Los Anvacation, to attend

November l, 1929 m r Map fhe factore conridered are: Agriculture' industry, ernployment, trade, moneyt and credit conditionr.

Where burinelr il derignated ar tgood" in the above map, it ie actually good now and not merely s"oi Uv comparison with a month or year ago.

(Reproduccd by Sltecill Pennission of Forbes Ailagazine)