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ing the partnership of T. P. Hogan, Jr. and John R. Anderson. Officers will be Mr. Hogan, Mr. Anderson, and G. H. Pierce, who, together witl.r T. P. Hogan, Sr. and M. B. Carter, form the board of directors. The firm was established in 1888 and is Oakland's oldest yard. The yard is ideally located to ship over three railroads and the Sacramento and San Joaquin River steamers.

Mead Clark of Santa Rosa was elected president of the Redwood Empire Lumbermen's Club at the annual meeting, Nov. 14. Also elected were Andrew McNair, Henry Laws, Arthur Owen, W. C. Woodward, H. V. LaPorte and S. J. Hauge A total of

400,000 persons are now engaged in the lumber and timber products industries, reports the Lumber Code Authority, Washington, D.C. W. L. Aisthorpe of the Aisthorpe Lumber Co., Chico, reports improved conditions in his district on a visit to San Francisco. The dealer personally owns a fine almond orchard and expects a banner 1935 crop C. P. Henry, W. B. Wickersham, Bill Schorse and Guy E. Smith of the California offices attended a sales conference held in San Francisco by home ofifrce executives of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. Corydon Wagner of the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co.. Tacoma. was a gnest from the Northwest.

H. F. Vincent and Warren B. Wood returned to the E. K. Wood Lumber Co. offices in San Francisco from a survey trip to the Northwest Max E. Cook, agricultural engineer for The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, is spending 10 days in the Imperial Valley of southern California to acquaint dealers with the firm's redwood sectional seotic tank line ancl other Palco producti. He expects to extend his trip to Arizona . . Norman O. Cruver, salesmanager of the Wheeler Osgood Sales Co., Tacoma, made a business trip to California, calling on the trade with Larue Woodson in the Bay area, and with Harry Hart of the Los Angeles office.