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LUMBERAVAILABLE PRIME of LIFE and HEALTH EXPERIENCE with DIRECT CONTRACTOR and INDUSTRIAL, TRADE-IN, FARMING, CITY and OIL FIELD, COMMUNITIES. NO FACTIONAL nor MARRIAGE AFFILIATIONS. BEST ABILITY AS BRANCH YARD MANAGER. Ad. dress Box C-465 California Lumber Merchant.

Position Wanted

As Manager, Branch Manager, General Manager, or Salesman, by married man in his forties, thoroughly experienced in all branches of the lumber business. Has been general manager for years and nor,v finds himself in the market for a position due to a ,consolidation. Address Box C-467, The California Lumber Merchant.

E. P. IVORY RETURNS TO CALIFORNIA

E. P. Ivory, who has been connected with the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, at St. Paul, Minn., for the past few years, has resigned his position and returned to California where he is making his home at Oakland. Before going East, Mr. Ivory was associated with the lumber business in California and is well known in lumber circles on the Pacific Coast.

OAKLAND YARD HAS $3O,OOO FIRE

Fire hit the yard of the T. P. Hogan Company, Oakland, early in the morning of December 29 and destroyed close to a million feet of lumber, mostly flooring, ceiling and rustic, and a shed. Damage was more than $30,000. This is the first serious fire that has occurred in this yard, where a lumber business has been operated continuously for 45 years, and a much more serious loss was only averted by the efficiency of the Oakland fire department and the company's own watchman system.

Recovers From Flu Attack

Elmore King, King Lumber Co., Bakersfield, the job again after having been confined to his influenza.

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Thomas Cotter Now Practicing Law

Thomas Cotter, widely known California lumberman, is now practicing law at Eureka, Calif. He was connected with the redwood indusiry in California for many years.

SPEND HOLIDAYS IN S. F.

George T. Gerlinger, president of the Willamette Valley Lumber Co., Dallas, Ore., accompanied by Mrs. Gerlinger,

LUMBER YARD F'OR SALE

Excellent location. Long established business. Cheap railroad lease. Good competition. 85 miles from Los Angeles. Address Box C-466, California Lumber Merchant.

Wants Office Position

Young man with several years' lumber experience in Los Angeles office wants position. Expert stenographer and typist and familiar with all kinds of office work. Can furnish references. 26 years of age. Address Box C-463, care California Lumber Mercharit.

Expert Traffic Manager

Years experience handling large volume of lumber and shingles open for engagement with wholesale lumber concern or mill. Will go any place. Address Box C-468, care California Lumber Merchant.

Iv\/. H. NIGH VISITS LOS ANGELE,S

W. H. Nigh, Shevlin Pine Sales Company, San Francisco, was a Los Angeles visitor over the New Year holidays and attended the Pittsburgh-Southern California football game at the Pasadena Rose Bowl on New Year's day.

NEW S. P. PURCHASING AGENT

George M. Betterton has been appointed purchasing agent for the Southern Pacific Co. at San Francisco, succeeding William Taylor, who was recently retired at his own request.

Executives Visit Home Office

A. A. Gay, of Irort Gamble, \Mash., manager of production, and Paul Freydig, of Seattle, logging manager, of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., were recent visitors at the home office in San Francisco.

Redwood Mill To Start

Hobbs Wall & Co. announced early this month that their mill at Crescent City would be started during the month with the intention of operating it long enough to balance their stocks.

Hans Heidner Southern California Visitor

Hans Heidner, Tacoma, Wash., lumber importer and exporter, was a Southern California visitor aroiind the first of the year where he spent a few days visiting the Los Angeles' lumber trade.