C. I. Gilbert

The first retailer to appear in this series of cartoons is C. I. Gilbert, o'ivner of the Eureka Mill & Lumber Company, Oakland, a lumbertnan of the most resourceful type, who has made a success of the lumber and rnill business.

Born 48 years ago in Modesto, Calif., rvhere his father had a planing mill, it seemed the most natttral thing in the rvorld for "C. I." to get into the lumber or woodworking business as so many of his family tvere engaged in one branch or another oI it.

His mother's father, an expert stair builder, came from Boston to San Francisco to build the stairrvay of the old Palace Hotel. His mother's brother, S. C. Dodge, went to Los Angeles ancl made a fortune in the planing mill business, running first the Arcade Planing N{ill and later the Santa Fe Planing Mill.

His father bought a lumber yard in Oakdale in 1890 for his nepher,v, and ir.r 1894 took over this yard himself and operatid it for 2O years, selling out to the Tild'en Mill & Lumber in 1924, rvhen he retired.

"C. I." attended the public and higl-r schools in Oakdale and spent tr,vo years at the University of California in the class of '06. His first job in the lumber business was in his father's yard in vacation time at the age of 13, and after leaving college he rn'orked for his fatl-rer for a time, leaving Oakda-le in September, 1905, to go to 'ivork for the Acme Lumber Company, San Francisco. In March, 1906, just three rveeks before the San Francisco fire, he left the Acme Lumber Company to enter the employ of the Sunset Lurnber Company, Oakland, and remained there for more than slx years,

Acting against the advice of his friends, but rvith an abiding -faith in his own ability and in the future of the lumbei business in Oakland, he invested his entire capital in the purchase of a half interest in the Eudeka Mill & Lumbef Company in September,1912. After a partnersh.ip with F. L. Parker in this business lasting 17 years he bought Mr. Parker's interest in 1929. The Eurekb Mill & Luriber Company's plant is splendidly located at 3615 East 14th Street, Oakland, and is one of the most modern and up-to-date lurr.rber and mill plants in the State.

Mr. Gilbert married Miss Anne L. Caskie, of Oakland, in 1907, and they have one boy, Robert, aged 7. His main hobby, as suggested by the cartoonist, is hunti.tg. He is a member of the Butte Lodge Outing Club, with headquarters at Colusa, and a member Hoo Club No. 39. of East Bay Hoo brother in the reHealdsburg Lum-

It is interesting to note that he has a tail lumber bttsiness, L. D. Gilbert, of the ber Company, Healdsburg.

Beautiful Redwood Calendar Confer ence Headqua]ters moved

One of the most beautiful calendars ever made anywhere is the Redwood calendar lor 1932 produced by Lawton & McClure. Ltd., of 216 Pine Street, San Francisco, specialists in photographic advertising. The calendar consists of 12 gorgeous vier"s of the Redwoods, one for each month. The advertising matter is confined to one line on each page setting forth in turn a uumber of the good qualities of Redwood.

The California Redrvood Association ordered a supply of thes,e calendars and sent one to every retail lumber dealer in California. Many of the dealers have ordered a number to send to their customers.

Owing to the enthusiastic reception accorded to this calendar Lawton & McClure, Ltd., are planning to get out an even more pretentious one of similar character next year. Dealers wishing to get some more of these calendars can obtain them from this firm at a moderate price as long as the supply lasts.

to Los Angeles

Headquarters of the Pacific Coast Building Officials' C9.ference, located in Long Beach, Calif., for the past five years, were moved Dec. 14 to 562 I. W. Hellman Fldq., 124 W. 4th St., Los Angeles. The new phone number is MUtual 3060. An immediate move on short notice rvas made necessary because the Heartwell Building recen-tly leased a large suite of offices on the eleventh floor, including Room 1101, which had been occupied by the Conference for three years. In view of the fact that the Executive Committee voted a number of months ago to permit the removal of Conference Headquarters to Los Angeles when conditions were satisfactory, President C. D. Wailes, Jr., and l\{anaging Secretary David H. Merrill decided to make the move in the existing emergency.

One hundred and six iities and towns have now adopted the Uniform Building Code, the most recent to take action being San Diego, CaTii., on December 7, 1931.