Up and Down the -f/r Dtate

- DUTTLE RETURNS FROM THE EAST

F. G. Duttle, President and General Manager of the Sterling Lumber Company, has returned to San Francisco after a three weeks business trip to D,ubuque and Minneapolis, lvhere he conferred with his business associates. While in, the East, he also spent a few days with his folks, who reside at Clinton, Iowa. He returned West by wav of Seattle and Portland.

ALBION LUMBER CO. REPAIRS COMPLETED

Thmdore Lerch reports that both sides of their mi.ll is now mnnin-g and that they are operating to ful,l ca,pacitv. One side of the mill was down for nearly a month- whiie re-pairs werg being made on the pony rig. With this side 9{ 1-h_" mil,l in operation, it will increase th-eir capacity about 40Mfeetad,ay.

VAUGHAN JOrNS JUNTUS C. SNEAD COMPANY

^ Ja A. Vaughan, of San Ftancisco, has joined the Junius C. Snead lumb,er organization and will assist Mr. Snead in carrying on his wholesale lumber business. Mr. Vaughan was- formerly connected with one of the large struct-ural steel concerns of San Francisco. Mr. Snead hias conducted a wholesa'le lum,ber business in San Francisco for many years and is well k,nown by the lumber fraternity of ttri Bay District.

Palmer Visits Southland

Frederic S. Palmer, prorninent lumberman of San Francisco, together with Mrs. Palmer, were recent visitors to L-os Ange'les and Pasadena where they spent two weeks. Mr. Palmer, who is an expert golfer, hid anticipated enter- ing.the golf tournament of the Southern Ca,lifbrnia Ltrmbermen whi,le in the South but owing to its postponment until February 6, he was unable to lemain ovei for the tournament. His trip was entirely for pleasure and he reports an enjoyable time.

LAWRF'NCE VISITS HEADQUARTE.RS

^ T. B.-(Tg_d) Lawrenc_e, manager of the Los Angeles office of the Hart-Wocd.Lumber Co., spent several ?ays re_ cently at the company's San Franciscb office. ,,Tedi' was formerly c,onnected with the Hart-Wood Lum'ber Co. of San. Francisco, having beeu pro,moted to the managershio oj th9 company's Los Angeles office last fall. He ieports th.at he is well satisfied with the lumber situation in the South.

Increase

An addition costing $50.0C0 will be built at once to their plant at Wilmington Harbor lby The Southe,rn pacific Creosoting Cornpany.