Pn'tonal -/'1n't

Norm Cords and Bill McCubbin of Corcls Lumber Co., San Francisco, called on a large number of retail lumber yards in the San Joaquin Valley, Sacramento Valley and Coast Counties during October. They state that all the yards are busy, and that in spite of car shortage and scarc. ity of some materials most yards report better than normal business for the first 10 months of the vear.

J. R. (Johnnie) Kent, recently dischargerl from the Army, in u,hich he held the rank of Captain, is nou- .ivith Gamerston & Green Lumlter Co., in the sales departmnt, rvorking c-,ut of the San Francisco yarcl. FIe u,.as rvith Gorman Lumber Sales, Oakland, before the rvar, and prior to that r,vas r.vith Hammond Lumber Company at Samoa.

Wayne Mullin, Mullin Lumber Co., Los Angeles; Judd Blanchard, Blanchard Lun"rber Co.. Burbank. and Owen Dalton, Dalton Lumber Co., I-os Angeles, attended the LJ.S.C.-California football game at Berkeley, C)ctober 25.

Casper Hexberg, district Lumber Company, returned tlvo u'eeks' vacation.

Roy Barto, Mal-roganv turned recently fronr a six and Nticldle \\rest.

sales manager of the Union to his desk October 16 from

Importing Co., l-os Angeles, relveeks' business trip to the East

Floyd Hart, itresident of Tirnber I)roducts Co., Medford. Oregon, ieft in the early part of Nor.enrber on a business trip to the Middle \\rest.

Stan Rose, Exeter Lumber merly r,vith Tacorna l-lrmber recent business visitor to San ct Green Lurnber Co., San Franon sat'mills in Northern Cali.

Sales, Longvierv, Wash., forSales, Los Angeles, \vas a Francisco and l-os Angeles.

Abe Jackson, district sales manager, Uniorr l-uml-ler Com1>an1', Los Angeles. retnrnecl early this nronth from a trip to Texas, Coloraclo. Utah, and Ner.ada.

Wes Collins, Gamerston gisco, is back from calling fornia.

R. E. (Dick) Fteeman, purchasing agent, So-Cal Building Materials Co., Los Angeles, rnade a business trip to the San Francisco Bay district in the latter part of October.

Otis H. Fine, recently visited for his firm.

Allied Lumber & Veneer Co., Los Angeles. Portland. Tacoma. and Seattle on business

Grey M. Skidmore, sales manager, A. K. Wilson Lumber Co., Dominguez Junction, Calif., \'vas on a lO-day business trip to Northern California and Oregon early this month.

Nate Parsons, San Pedro Lumber an enjoyable deer hunting trip rvith the Reclu'ood Empire last month.

Co., Los Angeles, had a party of friends in

J. C. ("Mac") McCune, of the Los Angeles Ofrfice, and \V. \\/. (tsill) Jackson, of the San Francisco office of J. H. Baxter & Co., spent four days late in October at the con-rpany's treating plant at Eugene, Oregon. They traveled bv air both rvavs.

Doyle Bader, partner in Ed Fountain Lumber Co., Los Angeles, recently called on the mills in Northern California and Southern Oregon. He spent a felv days at the compally's planing mill operation at }rhoenix, Oregon.

Carl W. "Duke" Watts, rvholesale lumber dealer, San Frarrcisco, left early this month on a business trip to Nerv York and other eastern cities. He expected to be gone about tl-rree rveeks.

Frank Alley, Alley Lumber Co., Dorvney, Calif., and his rvife clrove east on a vacation trip to the Ner''n England States. They returnecl around the middle of C)ctober, by l'av of the Southern states.

T. F. Ecks,.o*, ** -nn*"t I'acific Mutual Door Co., Tacoma, was a recent visitor to Los Angeles, in connection u'ith the opening of the cotnpany's ner,v u'arehouse at 2719 Compton Avenue, Los Angeles 11. Accompanied by NIrs. Eckstrom he made a trip to N{exico City by plane, from u'hich they returnecl to I.os Angeles, October 23.