Lumbermen's Accident Prevention

Association Holds Meeting in Eureka

Fred Hull, Fruit Growers Supply Co., Westwood, Calif., president of the California Lumbermen's Accident Prevention Association, called an informal meeting for members and friends of the Association, November 20, at the Eureka Inn, Eureka.

The meeting was called for the purpose of planning a presentation for the hearing of the Assembly Interim Committee on Industrial Safety which took place the next day; and also for the discussion of developments that have taken place in regard to the proposed Logging and Sawmill Safety Orders, particularly the sections that deal u'ith Log and I-umber Trucking.

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club Christmas Party And Golf Tournament December 15

The Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club will hold its annual Christmas Party and gold tournament at the Oakmont Country Club. Glendale, December 15.

The golfers will tee-off at l2.@ p.m. The prizes u'ill include six trophies, and other prizes will be awarded to the winners of the special events. John Lipani, Russell Bond, Orrin Wright and Harvey Koll will be in charge of the tournament.

Dinner will be served in the Clubhouse at 7:09 p.m. J. W. Fitzpatrick, Harl Crockett and Ole May are making the arrangements for the party and they have lined up a fine program rvhich rvill include seven acts by big time entertainers.

Ten door prizes rvill be arvarded to the winners holding the lucky numbers. Get your reservations in early as a big turnout is expected.

President Orval Stewart will preside.

Sells Interest in Retcril Ycnd

R. \\'. Squires has purchased the interest of J. E. Richardson in the firm of Richardson-Squires Lumber Co. at Colton, Calif. The company rvill continue operating under the same firm name. Mr. Richardson's plans are indefinite but he expects to take a month's vacation before resuming any kind of business activity.

New Booklet on Douglas Fir

"Where to Use Douglas Fir Lumber," a l6-page, tu'ocolor booklet featuring "the rvorld's most versatile u'ood," has just been published by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association. This announcement will be welcome news to retail lumber dealers, architects, engineers, builders and specifiers, who for vears have specified, purchased and depended upon Douglas fir for structural and industrial uses, house construction and farm buildings.

This attractive publication, profusely illustrated, will serve as very useful reference material because it covers the properties, characteristics and grades of Douglas fir; gives recommended grades for interior and exterior uses and points out the hundreds of uses of this dependable softwood.

Coast-type Douglas fir lumbe: is manufactured from the extensive forests of Western Washington and Oregon and Northern California. This region with its moderate climate and ample rainfall makes it the world's greatest treegrowing area. The natural regenerative power of Douglas fir, coupled lvith scientific forest management, assures specifiers of this all-purpose u'ood rvith a permanent and dependable supply.

"Where to Use Douglas Fir Lumber" is the second publication to be released in a series of four species booklets on the Major West Coast woods. The first one "Where to Use West Coast Hemlock Lumber" was made available a year ago.

Copies of the new Douglas fir booklet be obtained in quantity without charge, West Coast Lumbermen's Association. 1410 Street, Portland 5, Oregon.

(8lxlI") may by writing the S.W. Morrison

James W. MacDonald, L. W. MacDonald Co., Los Angeles, has returned from a trip to Northern California *'here he called on the mills.

Ken Conway, Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is back from a deer hunting trip in Utah. He got a 4pointer.

E. L. "Bud" Reitz, E. L. Reitz Co., last s'eek in Arcata and Eureka. Los Angeles, spent

D. Hall in Utah the Peoples Lumber of the Peoples Lumeach got a deer on

Grant Hall, W. deer hunting trip Co., El Cajon. had a successful and got a 2-pointer.

Ben W. Bartels, general manager of Co., Ventura, and Jack Cline, manager ber Co.'s branch yard at Santa Paula, a recent hunting trip in Utah.

H. V. Simpson,. executive vice president. and Robert E. Mahaffay, director of public relations, West Coast Lumbermen's Association, Portland, Ore., were recent Los Angeles visitors while enroute to the annual meeting of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association at llouston,