Ten Files of The Years Ago Today

From the California Lumber Merchant, Januarv 15, 1925

Reports from lumbermen throughout the state, both wholesalers and retailers, indicate that the industry is looking forward for a fine year in 1925. ***

A telegrarn from Houston, Texas, states that tire Vaughan Lurnber Company, one of the biggest wholesale firms in the United States, has announced their plans for the installation of a large wholesale yard and warehouse, in that city, on the Ship Channel, for the concentration and distribution of Pacific Coast lumber and shingles. Their stocks rvill include all kinds of Pacific Northwest forest products and shingles, as rvell as California redwood and California pines, in all grades. This will be the first yard of its kind on the Gulf Coast. ***

The Port of Grays Harbor celebrated on January B the shipment of the billionth foot of lumber for the year 1924. In the twelve month period, 728 ships .loaded lumber at the port, and 468 of these carried 5W,774,W feet to California. 'fhe East coast rvas the second best customer, Japan third, and Australia fourth. * >r< +

The Bay District Hoo-Hoo started off the New Year successfully when over a hundred members attended the Concatenation held at the Commercial Club of San Francisco, on Friday.evening, January 9. Eight Kittens were initiated. Vicegerent Snark J. Walter Kelly was in charge of the initiation ceremonies. ***

Frank H. Harris, prominent San Fran.cisco lumbennan and a member of the Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co. retired as a director of the San Francisco board of education on January 8. Mr. Harris served three years on the board. As an appreciation of his fine services to the City of San Francisco, Mr. Fred Dohrmann, Jr., President of the board of education, tendered Mr. Harris a luncheon on his retirement which was attended by forty-five city officials including the heads of the various city departments, superintendent of schools and staff, city snpervisors and members of the board of education.

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Employes of the San Diego Lumber Co., San Diego Planing Mill, and Frost Hardwood Co. were guests of the offi,cials of the three companies, led by A. L. Frost, at a dinner and entertainment on the evening of December 23.

A cut of l,Ol5,826Uo"rJr".], ,,J". -"a. in two eight-hour shifts at the West Fir unit of the Long-Bell Lumber Company's manufacturing plant at Longview, Wash., on December 18.

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The Western Lumber Company's sar,vmill at Westfir, Ore., on the Eugene-Klamath Falls cut-off, rvill be formally opened on January 20. The mill rvill have a capacity of 200,000 feet per eight-hour shift.

The E. I{. Wood Lumber Co. has completed their new office building at 47Ol Santa Fe Ave., Vernon. An article illustrated with photographs showing the exterior and several interior r.iews of the new office building appears in this issue.

'fhe Hudson Lumber Co., Lynwood, have moved their general offices to larger quarters in the center of Lynwood. The builcling they are llow occupying was formerly used as a public library.

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The Antelope Valley Lumber Co., Lancaster, has just completed some alterations and additions to their office building. They have added a paint and hardware department.

E. S. Brush of the Loop Lumber Co. was the winner of the first prize, $50.00, in the contest for members of the Lumber Salesmen's Club of San Francisco. and Richard C. Jones of the Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co. lvas awarded the second prize of. $25.00. Floyd Elliott of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. received honorable mention for his paper. The subject was "Suggestions for Improving Retail Sales Methods for Lumber in San Francisco." The prizes rvere donited jointly by the Lumber Association of San Francisco and Ben Reed. The judges in the contest rvere R. A. Hiscox, M. A. Harris and Walter Sutton.

The Shasta Lu'rber aJ. J ivi".yr.,itt. are constructing a new r.varehouse, 80 feet by 100 feet. The new building rvill be used to store doors, windows and building materials.

Hoo-Hoo Club No. q hlalnJ. "r,n,r"l.Christmas meeting at the Pala,ce Hotel, San Francisco, on De,cember 24. Rod Hendrickson presided over the business session. There lvas a fine entertainment and Bob Gehring and his Lumberjack Orchestra providecl the music. J. E. Martin was the chairman of the day.

J. E. Lloyd-Jones was chairman of the day at the first 1925 meeting of the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club. L. A. Beckstrom won the attendance prize. Ralph E. Fox of Los Angeles was the speaker of the day, his subject being, "Selling Yourself." T. B. (Ted) Lawrence was welcomed back after a long siege of sickness, and Forrest Wilson was given a good send-off on the announcement that he was going to San Francisco where he would be conne,cted with the sales department of The Little River Redwood Co. ***

The annual midwinter number of the San Diego Union carried full page editorials on the business. operations of the lVestern Lumber Company and Sullivan Hardwood Company, and the Benson Lumber Company.