December Building Activity in Arthur J. McQuatters, Lumberman \(/estern States

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Arthur J. McQuatters, exe,cutive head of the Cady inter" ests and receiver of the Cady Lumber Corporation, McNary, Arizona, died suddenly on December 8, at Albuquer. que, New Mexico, from heart failure. He was born July 18, 1874 in Ellis county, Texas.

Before reaching his majority he had engaged successfully in the business of the McQuatters Plumbing & Machine Shop at Hillsboro, Texas. Of his mining, railroad and lumber manufacturing operations in the states of Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico, his purchase of a large share of the Luis Terrassas estate and management of the balance, totalling nearly twelve miilion acres of mineral, timber and grazing land; of the building of the Parral & Durango railroad, big dam at Chihuahua City, establishment of school system and mail route at his own expense for the city of Parral, many interesting and even thrilling incidents could be written.

For a few years Mr. McQuatters was engaged in New York City in financial development projects, becoming interested in Arizona, and in 1926 together with James G_ McNary and others bought the Will Cady mill at McNary, the Apache Raillvay, ,connecting McNary with the Santa Fe railway at Holbrook, and later acquired the properties of the Flagstaff Lurnber Co. and Standard Mills, Inc. In 1930 he r,vas appointed receiver for the Cady Lumber Cor_ poration.

In 1893, Mr. McQuatters was married to Miss Lela Gwinn, who survives him, together with three sons, three daughters, and two brothers. Funeral services were held on December 12. The pall bedrers were members of the Cady organization, R. F. Lilly, Chandler M. Wood, F-lovd R. Wigely, Chester Lintner, B. E. Snoddy and D. T. Ben= choff.

R. M. INGRAM VISITS CALIFORNIA

R. M. Ingram, sales manager, E. C. Miller Ceddr Lum_ ber Co., Aberdeen, Wash., was in California last month on a business trip. Mr. Ingram was a.ccompanied to Southern California by A. B. ,,Bert,' Johnson, Jr.,-,of the A. B. John_ son Lumber Co., San Francisco, California agents for his company's products.

R. F. van DEINSE LOS ANGELES VISITOR

Rufus F. van Deinse, Portland, Ore., vice president and general manager of the Edward Hines pacific Coast Lurn_ ber Co., was a recent Los Angeles visitor where he spent a few days conferring with F. M. ,,Cappy,' Slade, the com. pany's California representative. Mr. van Deinse made the trip both ways by airplane.

Bill Dunning Represents Trower Tacoma Lumbermen's Club I I lF- Lumoer Lompany

Two well-known lumber concerns have joined forces in the Southern California market. William D' Dunning, rvith headquarters at 4247 Sth Avenue, Los Angeles, has become the representative of Trower Lumber Co. of San Francisco. The latter firm has long been knolvn prin'cipally as California distributors for the Knappton Mill, of Knappton, Washington, and Bay Park Mill, of North Bend, Oregon. These two up-to-date mills were originally operated more than half a ,century ago by the late Captain A. M. Simpson, of whom it was said that if you gave him an anchor he would build a ship to fit it.

"Bill" Dunning broke into the lumber game back in 1906, in the office of The Bronson Lumber Co., at O'ttawa, Canada, rvhere he rvas associated with Mr. Harry W. Cole, now Vice-President of Hammond-Little River Redwo'od Co. He followed Mr. Cole in 1909 to the Bronson subsidiary at Bulwinkle (now Crannell) in Humbolcit County, California-the Little River Redwood Co. In I9l4 Mr. Dunning rvent to work in the San Francisco office and took charge there in 1917, becoming sales manager. In 1931 the Hammond-Little River merger took place and Mr. Dunning moved to Los Angeles, taking on the agency of the Klamath-California Redwood Co. and later the Buzard-Burkhart Pine Co. The Trower Lumber Co. connection now adds a dependable supply of Douglas Fir, Spt'uce, Cedar and other West Coast lumber products.

Elects Officets

Ralph Brindley, vice president, Wheeler Osgood Sales Corp., Tacoma, was elected president of the Tacoma Lumbermen's Club at the club's annual banquet held in the Winthrop Hotel, Tacoma, December 14.

J. M, Morris, Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., Tacoma, was ele,cted vice president, and Chas. P. Hurley, secretary.

Speakers at the banquet included Ex-Gov. Roland Hartley, Everett, Wash.; Nlajor tr. G. Griggs, Tacoma; Mayor John Prinz, Tacoma; and Lieut.-Gov. Victor Myers.

Corydon Wagner, St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co., Tacoma, retiring president of the club, presicled.

New S. F. \(/holesale Firm

A new wholesale lumber concern, Davis-O'Connor Lumber Co., has been formed by two men r,vell known in the California Pine industry, A. B. Davis and Chas. T. O'Connor.

Mr. Davis was formerly sales manager of Kesterson Lumber Co., Klan-rath Falls, Ore., and Mr. O'Connor until recently was sales manag'er of the Shaw-Bertram Lumber Co., Klamath Falls, Ore. Both have a large acquaintance among buyers of Pine lumber all over the country. They will specialize in Cali{ornia Ponderosa and Sugar Pine lumber, mouldings and ,cut stock.

Offi,ces of the new firm are at 450 Monadnock Building, San Francisco.