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B. C. MANUFACTURERS ATTEND MASS MEETING

The placards will be prominently displayed on all jobs rvhere millwork is being furnished. They carry the name of the manufacturer of the goods, address and telephone number, in addition to the insignia and the words, "manufactured in -

Twenty lumber manufa'rturers from British Columbia attended the big mass meeting at Seattle January 28 and D to lend their support to the trade pt'omotion and advertising movement which resulted in the formation of the West Coast Trade Extension Bureau. It is expected that a large proportion of these will decide to contribute to the bureau on ttre same basis as the Washington and Oregon manu,: facturers.

STATE FORESTER SPEAKS TO L. A. HOO HOO

State Forester M. B. Pratt, San Francisco, was the guest of honor at the February 4th meeting of the Los Angeles Hoo Hoo Club.

He spoke entertainingly on Reforestation and Fire Prevention matters, and interspersed his remarks with introducing Professor Metcalf of the Division of Forestry at Berkeley and Mr. M. Dunwoody, Director of the California Development Association.

R. C. WITBECK

WHOLESALE

Southern-HARDWOODS-N orthcn Brucc OaL Flooring Maplc Flooring

1200 Firrt Nationel Bank Bldg. Tclcphone Sutter 26iltl

M. A. GRAINGER & COMPANY, LTD.

Metropolitan Bldg. - Velcouvcr, B.C. ADVICE AND SER\'ICES ttr"*t ltrBltiio"Lrtt"

LOGGING OR PULP PROPOSITTONS

In British Columbia or The West Officers and Directors:

M. A. Grainger, Prea. - Alrd Flavellc, Vlce-Prec.

F. R. Pendleton, Director - L. Lafon, Forect Engineer

Dimmick Lumber Company

PACIFIC COAST LUMBER

CAR and CARGO n,cDrclcntrtlvc. Port Orloral Whltc Ocdrr W€rtctr| Whltc Ocdrr Co. Dougita! FltsgDrrcc-E nlock

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Los Angeles Hoo Hoo Hear About Regional Planning

Mr. Hugh R. Pomeroy, of the Regional Planning Commission, Los Angeles, spoke to the members of the Los Angeles Hoo Hoo Club, on January 28th. Mr. Pomeroy's adadress was very entertaining and distressingly short, account of lack of time, and it has been arranged for him to appear again, when he can give the Club a longer talk.

Dave Woodhead presided, introducing Mr. Pomeroy and Mr. E. D. Tennant of the Los Angeles Lumbermen's Club, who spoke for a few minutes on local market conditions.

Jack Dionne spun a few yarns, and Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Porter of Spokane were introduced.

SOUTHERN PINE ASSN. TO MEET IN MARCH

New Orleans, Feb. 9.-The eleventh annual convention of the Southern Pine Association, comprising leading lumber manufacturers in ten southern states, will be held at the Roosevelt hotel in Nerv Orleans March 23 and 24, H. C. Berckes, secretary-manager of the association, announced here today. Several other meetings of lumber organizations will be held in conjunction with the pine manufacturers' convention and New Orleans will be the important objective of the nation's lumber industry during the first half of the week beginning March 22.

NEIV\/ DISTRICT FORESTER FOR CALIFORNIA

The recommendation of Forester W. B. Greeley that Stuart B. Show be appointed to the position of district forester of the California district United States Forest Service has been approved by the Secretary of Agriculture.

Mr. Show is a graduate of Stanford'IJniversity and received his technical education in forestry at the Yale Forest School. He will succeed Paul G. Redington, who ha.s been chief of the California district for the past six years and will soon leave for his new assignment as Assistant Forester in Washington.

Reedsport Operator Purchases Timber

C. McC. Johnson, Reedsport, Ore., has bought 50,000,000 feet of fir and spruce timber at the mouth of the Smith nver.

E. C. AMES HONOR GUEST AT BANQUET

E. C. Ames was the guest of honor at a banquet given by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, Januarv 29.

Mr. Ames has been engaged in the lumber business on the Pacific Coast for almost fifty years, having entered the employ of the Puget Mill Company at San Francisco in t879.

Ralph H. Burnside announced that Mr. Ames' many friends in the lumber business had decided to present him with a book containing their autographs. Mr. Ames was also presented with a Tiffany lamp.

Other speakers were Charles S. Keith, Major Griggs and E. D. Kingsley.

Fruit Growers Supply Company

Manufacturerg of California lt/hite and Suglr Pine Lumbcr Mills at Suranville and Hitt, Ca[ I5O,(XX),(XX) Fcet ^A,nnud Cepacitv

B. W. ADAMS, Mgr. Salea Dcpt.

Firat National Bank Bldg. - San Franciroo

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