Northwestern Association Party Entertained at Los Angeles

E. J. Stanton & Son Hosts for the Southland

Eighty two members of the Northeastern Lumbermen's Association, on their Los Angeles stop on the tour being made of the Pacific Coast, were royally entertained for the day, by the firm of E. J. Stanton & Son.

On short notice, when notified from Fresno that this representative body of Northeastern retailers would make a day's stop at Los Angeles, Mr. A. B. McAlpine journeyed to the raisin city with a message of invitation from E. J. Stanton & Son, to be their guests, while in the Southern metropolis.

The party was met at the Biltmore Hotel on Friday rnorning, March 6th, by a sufficient number of automobiles to accommodate the entire group, and they were taken to the offices of E. J. Stanton & Son for a tour of inspection of this new plani. From there the sight-seeing trip went through the rvestern part of the city and Hollywood, stopping at Warner Bros. Studio where they were shown the rvorkings of a large motion picture plant, and were given the opportunity of seeing pictures being taken.

Luncheon was served at the Flintridge Country Club, Mr. McAlpine acting as Toastmaster. He addressed the meeting, welcoming them to Los Angeles, and expressing the desire of the Los Angeles lumbermen that their eastern friends thoroughly enjoy Southern California. Ninety were served at the luncheon. Mr. Henry Swafford, of E. J. Stanton & Son, made a short talk, sounding a note of welcome to the visitors. Response for the ladies was made by Mrs, Fred Barnes of Brookfield, Mass., and Mr. Andrew H. Dykes of the Dykes Lumber Company, New York, responded for the men. They expressed themselves as having enjoyed a very entertaining and educational journey all along the line.

After the luncheon, the party was taken for a tour through the Pasadena and Oak Knoll sections, returning to Los Angeles through the orange g'roves, disembarking at the Biltmore Hotel at 6 P. M.

Mr. E. L. Raffery, Traffic Manager of the Association, was the business manager of the party.

WILBUR WOODWARD A, BAY DISTRICT VISITOR

Wilbur Woodward, Cotati Lumber Co., Cotati, spent a few days in the Bay District around the first of the month, calling on the lumber trade and looking over market conditions. He reports that conditions in his section are satisfactory.

A. J. BARKER LOOKS OVER CALTFORNTA MARKET CONDITIONS

A. J. Barker, Acme Lumber & Shingle Co., Chicago, was a recent San Francisco visitor where he was making a survey of lumber conditions in California. His trip to the West Coast also included a visit to Seattle and Portland where he called on some of the Northwest mills.

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