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The Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club held a luncheon meeting at the IJniversity Club, Los Angeles, on November 17. President Orval Sten art presided.

Walter Gould Lincoln, prominent Los Angeles attorney, r,r'as the speaker and he talked on the "Mystery of Lincoln." His talk rvas enjoyed by the large attendance. Don Bufkin introduced the speaker.

President Stervart announced that the next meeting rvill be the Annual Christmas Party and golf tournament rvhich rvill be held at the Oakmont Country Club, Glendale, on December 15.

Announces Compcny Chcrnges

A. B. McKee, Jr. vice president of the Forest Lumber Company, Los Ang6les, has announced the following company changes which became effective on November 1:

C. E. Fortney has resigned as secretary-general manager, and H. B. Grandin has been elected to the office of secretary.

Mel Jelnick, manager of the San Bernardino branch, has resigned and'Walter C. Davidson, who rvas assistant manager, has been named manager.

Dubs, Ltd. Holds Final 1950 Tourncrment

Secretary Jim Knox of Dubs, Ltd. reports that the final 1950 Dubs, Ltd. tournament was held at the Meadow Club in Marin County on November 17. He says: "It w'as held in the middle of the 'big rain.' Twenty intrepid golfers braved the weather to get out to the Club, and of these seven 'swam'around the first 12 holes of the course- To each of these, Chauncey Needham, Jim Needham, Hank Needham, Fred Ziese, Jim Myers, Dave Allen, and guest Jim McNeally prizes were awarded at dinner for'bravery above and beyond the call of Dubs requirements'."

At the business meeting following the dinner the club's first set of by-laws was adopted. President Art Evans presided. Don Younger was chairman of the day.

With Scm Pedro tunber ComPcmY

f. B. "Bud" Crowe is now associated with the San Pedro Lumber Company, and is in the sales department in the Los Angeles office. He was formerly with the St. Clair Construction & I{mber Co. at Toronto, Canada.

Home Wobt

There is many a prank you can play with a plank, And a board is just full of tricks, You can sarv it and cut it and mortise it and butt it, And millions of things it rvill fix.

A one-by-six trvelve is quite useful to shelve, The pots and pans used 'round the sink, To fill up a niche in most any old kitchen Is easier far than you think.

You can tend to that fence with but little For your shoes you can make a nice box, You can mend the back gate, and, with aid Build a home for your egg-laying flocks.

expense, of a crate

Don't grumble and holler but put on your collar, And get from John Lumberman's store, Some lath and a stanchion to fix up your mansion, And save umpty dollars-or more.

Forest fires have been knorvn to overtake running deer and men on horseback.

SERVICE-is thcrt uncharted and intcrngible development ol moden times thcrt mqkes your goods worth buying crnd worth hcrrring.

Out of thc Woods

By Jim Stevens

New Timber Technician . .

Logging camps are fewer now than thev used to be but men enoug'h live there still to keep bullcooking a going trade. I should have said "profession," or perhaps "science." In the 1930s the Federal government was all set to give two-year courses in bullcooking, through the National Youth Administration, and then the lvar menace and decreasing unemployment called a halt. Now' the rirmor has rolled down to my boom-pond shack that the Y.I\{.C.A. is considering taking up where N.Y.A. left off.

I hope so, for with the modern logging camp's electrical and plumbing systems, the oil-burners that have put stovewood out of business in some places, the laundries and bathhouses, the complicated sanitary regulations, the intricate systems of bedding supply, the problem of detergents vs. soap, and more, much more, bullcooking norv stands as a most brainy profession,

The good modern bullcook must even be an expert in landscape gardening. And in family camps he must be something of a child psychologist. No more taking the hooktender's spoiled brat to task rvith an axhandle. It would add to the lad's sense of insecurity, or buzz uP an inner'conflict. No honest bullcook s'ould want to do that.

Note to Hollywood

Before I go on with these observations. let me remind Hollywood movie directors and Eastern magazine editors tl,at the logging camp bullcook never is a "cook." These vi'iseacres often apply "bullcook" to the camp chef.

For their information, a bit of history. In lhe old Lake States camps there was always a "chorebov" rvho rustled rvood, pumped and carried water, built fires and performed all kinds of odd jobs. Out West the chorebov became the bullcook. Historian Stewart Holbrook declares that the later term came from Maine, u'here the man n'ho forked hay and scooped bran and corn meal into the mangers of the logging s)<sn-"[u]ls" to the lumberjacks-\\'as called the bullcook.

The trade of the bullcook rose in importance in the Douglas fir rvhen spring beds, mattresses, pillorvs. sheets and showers became standard logging camp equipment. Long before that time he had escaped the childish toil of pumping and packing water, for in all but some gyppo camps, pipes and spigots had replaced the pump and r'r'ell. But there were more fires to light in the mornings. lvhat with the one big bunkhouse having given rval' to smaller ones set on sleds or to the bunk cars of railroad camps.

The good bullcook took pride in his fire lighting. Prone to use coal oil, despite fire rules, he rvould move fast from shack to shack, and at the end vieu' rvith pride identical curls of smoke rising from the rolvs of stovepipes. Then came his great moment. With a monster silver-plated watch in his left hand, and an iron baton in his right, the bullcook would square off at the triangle of drill steel hanging in front of the cookhouse, and on the dot of appointed time, he would smite the gong a first resounding blow.

Then, music. And pri-de, for with his guthammer the bullcook rang the biggest and best men in camp out of bed. The glory would linger u'ith him through his day of srveeping, chopping and pig-feeding.

Once in Michigan .

On a shanty camp site so old that I had to shovel among grass, bush and popple to find even charred remnants of log s.alls and pole roofs, I uncovered one day a rvell top-a platform.of heu'n planks. Th.e rough surface rvas crisscrossed rvith ax marks. They told the story of a Michigan choreboy of the 1890s, coming out each rvinter morning long before "daylight in the s\\'atllP," to chop arvay the ice from around the pump. and to tharv and prime it for the day's needs of the camp.

A lad s'ith a lantern and an ax, long, long ago. The big l>unk shanty a silent black shadorv against pinetops and stars. The rvind a-moan. The days of old, so much labor, and ncthing but ax cuts in rotting wood remaining- \\'e've come a long, long rvav from that kind of life into the day of the bullcook technician. I hope rve have improved lnatters. but I'm not too sure about it.

Mill Near Completion

Winslorv, Ariz.. November 3-The nerv sarvmill being constructed here by the Winslos' Timber Companv is expected to .be completed rvithin two weeks. John Babich' company superintendent, said the log pond is being filled u'ith rvater from a rvell at the mill site. Some logs have already been hauled in.

W. S. Cowling, Dixie Lumber & Supply Co., San Diego, and tr\Irs. Cos'ling vacationed at Palm Springs for a ferv r.r'eeks.

Odd ltems

The Lost Colonv of in our historv.

Roanoke in N. C. is still a m)-stery

Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (Nellie Bly) rras the first \\'oman to travel around the rvorld. It took 72 days- popular choice for state in lllinois, Nerv Jersey, and Death Valley, hig-hest and lowest are onlv a ferv miles apart in California.

The violet is America's most florver. It is recognized as such \\'isconsin, and Rhode Island.

I\Iount Whitnel' points in the U. S.

\\/illiam Henrl' Harrison, ninth president of the U. S. served the shortest term. He died 31 days after his inauguration.

The Douglas fir a Scottish botanist is named in honor of rvho introduced it into David Douglas, Europe in 1827. boards used b1'larger spruce.

A great majoritv of the sounding piano makers are made from Sitka

At Ellicott's Rock, on the border of North Carolina, you can rest your hand so it touches North Carolina, South Carglina, and Georgia at once.

Barr at Santa Ana Makes Many Changes

A short time ago there was announced in these columns the news that Ralph N. Baker, of l-os Angeles, had joined forces with the Barr Lumber Company, of Santa Ana, California. in the office of'general manager. The Barr Lumber Company is a veteran retail lumber organization of Southern California that was organized by the late O. H. Barr and operated by him until his death, since which time his son, Wilbur Barr, has been president and executive and managerial head of the concern. They operate six modern and important lumber yards located at Santa Ana, Whittiei. Norwalk, Pico, Artesia, and Costa Mesa, rvith the general office and headquarters located at Santa Ana. Before joining Barr, Mr. Baker was executive vice president and general manager of the Hayward Lumber Company, of Los Angeles, with which he had been associated since 1934.

Now comes announcement from President Barr of various changes now being made in the Barr Lumber Companv organization and set-up. He has been managing the entire Barr business until the recent arrival in its ranks of Mr. Baker. Mr. A. C. Walter has been manager of the Santa Ana yard for the past several years. Effective at once Mr. Barr himself takes over the management of the Santa Ana yard. rvhile Mr. Walter leaves their direct emplov to take over and operate the sash and door and cabinet mill belonging to Barr, which has been virtually dormant for some time past. The mill has been reactivated with a large force of operatives, and rvill manufacture and sell at wholesale the products of the plant, rvhich covers 12.m0 square feet of floor space, and which adjoins the main Santa Ana yard. Mr. Walter has leased the plant and will operate it on his own.

Mr. Baker, general manager, is coordinating the activities of the six Barr yards, as well as of all departments of the business.

Mr. Barr reports that they are revamping, remodeling, and realigning the company departments and personnel. The personnel formerly located in the main office on East

First Street in Santa Ana has been moved into the com- : pany's main store building at lO73 East Fourth Street. The Fourth Street end of the main store is being remodeled : to accommodate four sectionalized offices. This change will unite the Santa Ana yard and general offices under one roof. Also included in the changis is moving to the front sections of the yard the various items of building material chiefly bought by the drop-in trade, which will be especially ' catered to. Additional mechanical equipment of various l sorts has been added to the yard equipment, making for quicker and morri economical handling of orders. Earl Sanborn, estimator for the yard, takes over credits in the nerv set-up. Under the management of William R. (Bill) Hinds, a nerv department of pre-cut wood products is grorving, making fences, yard furniture, etc.

When they get through with their renovating the Barr business will be streamlined as never before, and, under' the direction of Ralph Baker, is going strong. Mr. Barr reports himself highly pleased rvith the changes.

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