CALIFORNIA LUMBER NOTABLES

H. F. BREY OF PORTERVII.I F

Col. H. F. Brey, one of the oldert lumbermcn in tbfu state; reopected and adrnired by dl who have had the great privilege of meeting this wonderful gentleman" fN Norway-wbcrc thc farcinatlng 3pdt of rkilng ml I orklnrtsdakir arc nadc of tprucc. The lightnsr' thc - toughncu, tte rpringiner*the calc with which thi! rrurti wood' nay bc wro,rked-makc lt cnctly ruitcd to tbl. FritTdr.

He ir Piecident of tte Brey Wright Lurrber Companyr of Portenille, one of Cdiforniatr moot progre*ive retail eatab' lishment!.

Mr. Brey was born in Ohio, in 1848. He entered tte lum' ber game while a boy, working in a mill in Ohio, while in hir 'teens. Later he went to Wyoming, where he clerked in a general merchandisc rtore, that handled lum,ber, and from there he entered the rervice of the Southenr Pacific, where he rtayed until 1882r when he carne to California' going into the retail lumber businels at Dixon.

He made hir home at Porterville in 1889, and ha^r ever rince been a good citizen of that city.

Mr. Brey has led a very active life, he har dwayr beeo clorely asrociated with all of the civic and educational rnovementc of the city, is a Shriner, an Elk, and enjnyr the dirtinction of being the olde* member of the San Joequin Lumbcrmen'r Club.

Until a short time ago he had alwayr been in the bert of health, and in the last ferr monthr hc has not been able to take ar active a part in his company'r afrairq account of ill health, brougbt on by an automobile accident" lart fdl.

Fot. construction utork ol all kindc

Thcrc nir qualiticr na.hc rpruc cqually adrptcd to the morc practical putpoac3 of conatf,uction vork.

Graham Island Sitka Spruce

At Grahu leland, B. C., wc own approxlnetelv 3,500'000,m fcGt of Virgln Tinbcr. Wc alro havc our own fl*t of 3t€Gl rtcm lmbcr echoouerr and complete eaw mills, planin3 millr ud dry kilnr at Lor Angclca Ha.rbor. .An adcqutct contlnuoul iupply of fir3t trade lubcr lr thur arrurgd for loql uee. Prices and d.etails on request.

JN the City of Tacoma, Washington, is r located one door factory which produces more doors than any other in the world. 'fhe combined door factories in Tacoma manufacture enough doors in a year to build a new city the size of Boston. More wooden columns are produced in Tacoma than in any other city.

Owing to the large production and keen competition, Tacoma has become famoub for the quality of these prod. ucts. Dresden is famous for its high quality of china, and just so is Tacoma famous for its high quality of doors and millwork.

Douglas Fir, from which doors, sash and columns are made, grows to a particularly fine texture in the Tacoma district. It is the ideal wooi for construction of doors and columns. It is hard enough to withsand the inevitable knocks and bangs and will not dent and mar easily. At the same time Douglas Fir is light and easily worked. The Forest Products Laboratory at Madison rates Douglas Fir at 80Vo as durable as White Oak.

Tacoma has the best of raw materials at its doors. It leads in equipment and modern manufacturing methods. It produces greater quantities and it has developed a woodworking craftsmanship found n(F where else.

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