Lumber By-Products, North and South

From Shasta's Lofty Summit to Coronado's Silver Strand.

A. E. FICKLING BUYS LAND AT LONG BEACH TO PROVIDE EXPANSION OF 'HIS YARD

_ .A. E. Fickling, head of the lumber organization at Long Beach that bears his name, has purchased a tract of land on Fourte,enth street, west of Daisy avenue in that city for the purpose of providing a future home for h,is business. It is understood that the property will be developed at once and the business permanently established there.

The Fickling yard now is located at Anaheim and American avenue and is enjoying a splendid business. At the new location the concern w,ill have railroad ,connections and improved facilities for servin,g its trade.

Mr. Fickling is president of the Southern California Retail Lumber Dealers' Association.

Oregon Mill Man Visits Southland

, H. W. Preston, sales manager of the North Bend Mills and Timber Co. of North Bend, Oregon, has returned north after spending two weeks in California. During the holidays he visited with his mother in Los Angeles and on his return north spent several days calling on the lumber trade in San Francisco. Mr. Preston reports rnuch activity in the lumber market in the Coos Bay District and says that their mill has been working on two shifts for some time. He was accompanied by his wife and family on the trip.

BABY BOY ARRIVES AT OTTO FRESE'S HOME

Richard C. Jones of the Van Arsdale-Ffarris Lumber Co. has received word from his good friend Otto Frese announcing the arrival of a fine baby boy at their home in flara, Brazil. Mr. Frese is well known to the lumber fraternity of San Francisco and was formerly connected with the Union Lumber Co. He is now in the hardwood business in Brazil and his friends are glad to hear that he is doing so well in South America.

EL ABE.TO GOES NORTH TO LOAD

El Abeto, the first of the fleet of lum.ber-carrying vessels to be used, in the service ,of the Los Angeles Lumber Products Company, has gone north to load its first cargo of lum,ber which will be ,brought from the company's timber holdings in British Columbia to the mill now being completed at Los Angeles harbor.

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WILLIAMS STARTS ON EASTERN TRIP TO STUDY .LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS

-J. T. Williams, mana,ger of the employment department of the Union Lumber Company, has-stirted on i trip to New York and the New England states to look into'thel labor market situation with a view of finding out what thei demand for labor through the present yeai will be. .l Mr. Williams has been with the Union Lumber Company for 17 years-during a greater part of that time iri charge of the -em,ploy,ment departmenl. Through his ad-, ministration of that important end of the businiss the labor turnover at the company's operations at Fort Bragg has been reduced to approximately eight per cent " *o.riii B_efore starting on his eastern swing IVtr. Williams went' t9 If_r.Angeles to visit with E. A. Goodrich, manager of the Union Lumber Company's office in that city and- with other friends.

L. A. WHOLESALERS TO FORM ORGANIZATION

Wholesale lumbermen and mill representatives in Los Angeles have made tentative plans for a permanent organization for both social and business purposes. At a recent informal meeting the following com,mittee was aF pointe_d_to outline plans and report io a later gathering; J. O. Means, E. A. Goodrich, Earl Hoffman, B. W. Boolkstaver and T. W: Lawrence.

DOOR FACTORIES OF NORTHWEST HAVE BIG TRADE SAYS ROBERT S. OSGOOD

Demand for doors and panels from all parts of the country will be heavier through 1923 than in the. year Just "i6t"a, says Robert S. Osgood, manager of the big- Los An;"1;; 6t;i.h of the Whe6ler-osgood Companv of Tacoma 1-""" of the leading sash and door manufacturing concerns in the Pacific Northwest.

In December the company manufactured 125,CO0 doors at Tacoma, an avrerage "i SOO0 each working d"y; the record day's run for the month was 7,135 49ott'

The-company put an aggregate ol 4,677,ffi feet o-f-clear fo*f-., tfrr.jugh iir dry ki'iis-another record in the Northwest.

George Burnett In The Big City

Georse C. Burnett, of the Burnett Lumber Co' of Tulare' *r"-" ?ecent visitor to San Francisco where he spent a few d'ays calling on the Bay lumber dealers'

FRANK P.ARAMINQ LOOKS OVER L. A.

Frank Paramino, of the Paramino Lumber Co' of San f't"n"it"o, is spending a few days in Los Angeles on com'pany business.

State Association Directors To Meet At Fresno Next Saturday

The next meeting of the Directors of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association will be held at Fresno on Saturday, January 2O. The meeting will be called at ten o'clock in the morning so as not to conflict with the San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club which will convene at Fresno on the same day.

H:enry Riddifotd, Secretary of the I-os Angeles Lumber Exchange has been invited to attend. The Secretary advises that they expect a full attendance at this meeting.

DOLBEER-CARSON MILL PROGRESSING

E. S. Murray, general superintendent of the Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co. of Eureka, spent several days recently at the company's headqu,arters in San Francisco. He states that the construction of their new mill is progressing rapidly and that they expect the new plant to be operating during the coming summer.

Pony Planer Wanted

We want a 3Ginch pony planer at once; must be in class condition. Miller Box Mfg. Co.,2Ot N. Ave. 18, Angeles.

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