Bill Chantland Wins John Olson Cup

tsill Chantland was the winner of the John Olson Cup at the monthly golf tournament of the McCormick Los Angeles office force held at the Westwood Country Club, Los Angeles, on November 7. As he has won the cup twice in succession, he gains the permanent possession of this beautiful trophy which was donated by John Olson, manager of the company's Southern California and Arizona operatiops. Four foursomes took part in the tournament.

Death of Mrs. Thos. S. Foster

Mrs. Thos. S. Foster died at her home in Pasadena, California, Saturday, November 7th, and was buried November 9th in that city. She is survived by one son, Walter B. Fraser, of Dallas, Te*a., and one daugirter,l4tr. Rob.tt E. Campbell, of Beverly Hills, California. She was about 70 years of age.

Mrs. Foster was the widow of the late Thos. S. Foster, of Houston, Texas, for many years one of the leading lumber manufacturers of Texas. Mr. Foster died in 1913, and Mrs. Foster has been making her home in California for the past fiveyears. Her lumber interests were The Walker County Lumber Company and the Foster Lumber Company, sawmill concerns of East Texas, and theTrinity River Lumber Company, a veteran wholesale concern, of Houston. Mrs. Foster was for many years one of the outstanding society women of the Housion district.

Pacific Logging Congress

Paul E. Freydig, logging manager of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., Seattle, was elected president of the Pacific Logging Congress at the twenty-second annual meeting of the Congress, held at the Davenport Hotel, Spokane, October 2l to 23.

E. G. McGregor, Boise-Payette Lumber Co., Boise, Idaho, was elected vice president and Archibald Whisnant, of Portland, was re-elected secretary.

T. E. Jackson, Fruit Growers Supply Co., Susanville, and Gordon Manary, The Pacific Lumber Co., Scotia, were elected to serve on the exectitive committee, representing California, for the coming year, and I. B. Koch, Arizona Lumber & Timber Co., Flagstaff, Ariz., was elected on this committee to represent Arizona.

British Columbia Lumber Exports

British Columbia lumber exports this year are reported to represent about 3O per cent of the saw-mill cut compared with about 8 per cent of the cut during 1930, states a telegram from Trade Commissioner E. G. Babbitt at Vancouver to the Lumber Division of the Department oi Commerce.

Total waterborne lumber exports from British Columbia, including Vancouver Island, during the first eight month period of this year, decreased 20 per cent under the same period of 1930. British Columbia lumber mills are reported to be operating at 40 per cent of normal.