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Million Feet ,t Lumber
. . , tbink of it, 60 millioo fttt in stock all tbe time and it's all to be used in Southern Caltfornia buildings
ouclAs Fn from our mills at Mill City, Oregon, and Garibaldi, Oregon, Rso''voop from Hammond Sawmills at Samoa, California, always in stockatourTerminal Island wholesale distributing yards, covering an area of. nearly sixty acres.
Retail lumber yards of Southern California find in these great reserve stocks, a form of service that becomes a safeguard against suddenly depleted grades or sizes and an immediate source of supply to fill the "hurry-up" order. ft's one of the links in the Hammond chain of service on lumber orders from the retail vard.
E. T. Henson Will Cover California as Specialty Shingle Salesman for Santa Fe Lumber Company
E. T. Henson
The Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco, began a campaign last month to educate the state of California to the use of good shingles, and announce that they have secured the services of E. T. Ilenson, shingle expert and specialtrv salesman, who will devote all his time to the sale of shingles, specializing on the sale of Fitite Colonial Shakes and Fitite Cedar Tile for which this company has the exclusive agency for California.
Fitite Colonial Shakes are 24 inches long and tl in,,9/16 in., )/q in. and I in. in thickness. Fitite Cedar Tile are 9/16 in. and 1 in. thick, and are manufactured in one width only, 6 inches.
All sales will be made, of course, through retail yards. "Better Shingles for California,".is the motto of the Santa Fe Lumber Co., according to Harry Officer, sales manager, who says they are convinced there is a large potential demand for the highest grade shingles throughout the state.
R. A. LONG VISITS CALIFORNIA
R. A. Long, Kansas City, chairman of the Board of Directors, Long-Bell Lumber Co., was a recent California visitor. Mr. Long left for the east on February 18.
F'RANK CLOUGH CALLS ON ARIZONA TRADE
Frank Clough, Los Angeles, Southern California and Arizona representative for the Albion Lumber Co., has returned from a trip to Arizona where he spent several days calling on the lumber trade. He returned to headquarters the latter part of the month.
F'RANK CAMPBELL RETURNS FROM HAWAIIAN TRIP
Frank Campbell, field representative of the Pacific Lumber Company, returned recently from a trip to the Hawaiian Islands. The trip occupied six weeks.
CHARLES L. LINDNER iSPENDS A FEW DAYS IN CALIFORNIA
Charles L. Lindner, head of the well known wholesale firm of Henry D. Davis Lumber Co., Portland, visited San Francisco and Los Angeles in February, onhisway to Chicago.
Addresses Glenidale Lumbermen
Earl Bowe, Los Angeles representative for the National Lumber Manufactuiers Association, attended the regular monthly meeting of lumbermen of Glendale on Monday evening, February 27, and. addressed the meeting on the activities of the association.
Fire Burns Lumberyard
The plant of the Clark Lumber Co., San Diego, was destroyed byfire on February 16. The origin of the fire is unknown. The damage is estimated at several thousand dollars.