tes Fiftieth Anniversary at SantaAna Guest of Honor

dead," though I will submit that this group are very lively corpscs.

"Seven years is a brief space of time. Indeed, we think it is just sufficient to introduce our company to the community and to get us thoroughly enthused with the great advantages of this highly favored city and county.

"With these remarks, I turn over to the old crowd and the oldtirners the next few hours for such enjoyment as they may be able to gather from th€m."

Mr. Barr introduced the out-of-town guests who made short talks. The out-of-town guests included: Frank Curran, E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Los Angeles; Harry Vincent, E. K. Wood Lumber Co., San Francisco; Paul Hallingby, Hammond Lumber Co., Los Angeles; Loren Barton, Riverside Portland Cement Co., Los Angeles; and J. E. Martin, '1The California Lumber Merchant," Los Angeles.

Mr. Robert Bradford, accompanied by Miss Ruth Armstrong on the piano, then rendered several enjoyable vocal numbers.

Mr. Barr called on Walter S. Spicer, who read letters of regrets frgm' J. M.'Elliott, president of the First Natiqnal Bank of Los Angeles; Harry W. McT eod, Hammond Lumber Co., Los Angeles; and Sytvester t. 'Weaver, 'Weaver-Henry Mfg. Co., Los Angeles.

Mr. Barr then read a letter from Mr. J. A. Graves, for the past twenty-five years president of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Los Angeles. Mr. Graves, who was trnable to attend the meeting, was a sonin-law of Mr. Griffith. His letter was a historical sketch of Mr. Griffith's life and business career and was greatly enjoyed by the gathering. The letter follows:

"There is but little written information regarding J. M. Griffith or his lumber companies, but my wife and I have a very good recollection concerning the same.

"J. M. Griffith was born'in Baltimore. At ten years of age he ran away from home, rvent, I think, to Pittsburgh, Pa.; got a job in a bank, and stayed with it until he had worked up to the highest position in the bank except vice presidency and presidency. He then came to California, went to Sacramento, and became a confidential ernployee of Stanford, Huntington and Hopkins. When they began their railroad ventures they wanted him to unite with them, but he had no capital, and as far as that is concelned, they hadn't much, and he thought they were all Iunatics. So he cdme to Los Angeles in 1861 and joined his brother-in-law, John H. Tomlinson, in the freighting and forwarding business. They ran freight teams and s_tage lines to San Pedro, in opposition to Phineas Bannine. They also ran a line to Tucson, Arizona.

"If you fiave been out to Palm Springs lately, after you diverge from the railroad track on the.part of the road that ioes to fndio, you will remember that you go down quite-a declivity into a valley, where there is a house on the left-hand side and an alfalfa patch on the right-hand side._ -It is jus-t a lew hundred yards before you turn ofi the highway for Palm Springs. This was- one of the Griffith & Tomlinson stage stations when they ran to Tucson.

"Tomlinson died in 1866. Prior to that time, Mr. Griffith had opened a lumber yard on their grounds on Temple Street, where the County Jail now stands. After Tomlinson's death Mr. Griffith gradually r.etired from the freieht- ing and stage business and devoted himself to lumler. Over the entrance to Tomlinson & Griffith's yard, on Temple Street, where the County Jail now stands, was a wide gate, with high side posts connected at the top by a heavy cross-piece of timber. Several murderers wire-hung mobs from these cross-pieces, among them Lachenais,-wh-o in cold blood killed Jacob Bell in 1861.

"Mr. Griffith established yards in various places in the go-rLnty, _a1d all of them were successful.- Mr. I. M. Flliott, (afterwards president of the First National-Bank of Los Angeles and now chairman of its board of direct!!!),, was, for many years, his agent at Compton. Mr. Skidmore was in charge of the yaid at Downey, and. Mr. A. C. Bowers was in charge of the yard at Santa Ana.

"Ife subsequently, at just what date I do not know, took into partnership with him Mr. S. J. Lynch, and the firm'ran as Griffith,-Lynch & Co. They moved iheir Los A_ngeles yard and headquarters from Temple Street to First and Alameda Streefs, to property leasCd'from R. F. Del Valle. After the dissolution ol Giiffith, Lynch & Co., Del Valle had, at about the expiration of the lease, sold his land at First and Alameda Streets to Mr. Davies who soon after estahlished the Davies Lumber Company. Mr. Griffith moved his yard to property owned by him persgnally_, on North Alameda Strdet, north of Micy Street. The Kerckhoff-Cuzner Mill & Lumber Company yards were between his yard and Macy Street. I do not remember just when this move vras made. I ktlow he was at First and Alameda Streets in the summer of. 1879 because at that time I visited him there, asking hi3 permission to marry his daughter, Miss Alice H. Griffith. We were married on the 23rd, day of October, 1879.

At this time he carried his business as J. M. Griffith & Company. f opened an office for myself as attorney on the first day of July, 1878, and on looking up my old letter-book I find that the first thing in it, on the first day of July, 1878, is the copy of an opinion rendered J. M. Griffith on a piece of real property. Mr. Wm. Pridham recommended me to hirn and secured me his business. The first suit f ever brought for him, according to a record which I dug up, was against P. Beaudry, and in that suit J. M. Griffith and Company were the plaintiffs. In.' 1887, the law firm of Graves & O'Melveny, of which I

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Northwest Millwork Association To Consider Consolidation

A possible consolidation of the Pacific Northwest Millwork Association with the newly combined West Coast Lumber Bureau and the West Coast Lumbermen's Association will be considered at once by a newly appointed committee of millwork manufacturers, following a meeting of that association in Seattle February 25. The matter of consolidation was thoroughly and favorably discussed by millwork men present, representing firms in British Columbia, Washington and Oregon.

C. J. Hogue, Bureau field manager, was present upon request and pointed out the greater efficiency which would result from united action in all matters pertaining to the 'use-and marketing of West Coastlvoods. He explained that such a union would be of great benefit, both to lumber manufacturerS and to millwork interests, in increasing the market for lumber and lumber products and in protecting the lumber industry from unfair attacks by outside interests.

Frank Hite, Aberdeen Cabinet Works, Aberdeen, Wash., president of the millwork association, appointed the following committee to 'ivork out necessary details, if consolidation is considered desirable and feasible: E. E. Vogue, Pacific Door & Manufacturing Co., Seattle, chairman; C. E. Cowdin, Nicolai Neppach Co., Portland; Maurice Springer, Springer Mill Co., Olympia; L. B. McDonald, guitders Manufacturing & Supply Co., Tacoma; W. J. Lilequist Hanse & Lilequist, Salem, Oregon.

MONTBOURNE, WASH., MILL BURNS

Montbourne Lumber Company's mill at Montbourne, Washington, was destroyed by fire March 1, with a loss of $150,000.

Lumber Slogan Results To Be Announced In March

Trade Extension Committee Finds Task of Selecting 57 Slogans from 370,000 One of Incredible Labor

Washington, Feb. 25-The National Lumber Trade Extension Committee has found it impossible to determine the winners of the National I-umber slogan contest in time to make an announcement of the results during February, as intended. The announcement will be made the latter part of March.

The Committee explains that the complications of making careful selections of fifty-seven winning slogans from 370,000 submitted are be-yond comprehension of anyone who has not participated in this or a similar endeavor.

As soon as the decision is arrived at, every contestant will receive a communication informing him of the result.

Hayward To Build In Fallbrook

The Hayward Lumber and Investment Company's Los Angeles Offices announce that in keeping with the progress being made in the little city of Fallbrook, they have completed plans for a new stucco office building with solid plate glass front to be built on the newly paved and lighted main street in Fallbrook. Work will start on the new structure immediately. Oran Marshall is manager of the Hayward office in Fallbrook.

BELLF'LOWER HAS NEW LUMBER BUSINESS

The llarbor Lumber Company is a new concern which has recently oponed its doors for business in Bellflower at the corner of Somerset and Artesia Boulevards. Mr. R. C. Napier, recently of Long Beach, is the operator of this new business and is an experienced lumberman with a successful record as a lumber merchant in numerous cities.

Mcmbcr California Rcdwood Arociation

OFFICES:

SAN FRANCTSCO

Crockcr Building

Phonc Suttcr 6170

LOS ANGELES

Lanc Mortgagc Bldg.

Phone TRiniry 221/;2

MILLS: FORT BRAGG Californie

Adcquatc rtoragc rtook at Sen Pcdro

BEN OSLIND MAKES INITIAL FLIGHT BE|T\^IEEN LOS ANGELES AND SEATTLE OVER PICKWICK STAG,E SYSTEM AIRPLANE ROUTE

Ben Oslind, Coos Veneer & Box Co., Marshfield, Oregon, made the inaugural flight over the Pickwick Stages System airplane route, betureen Los Angeles and Seattle on March 2. They are using the new Bach Air Yacht machines. The plane left the Bach Airport at Clover Field, Los Angeles, at 2:N p.m., and arrived at San Francisco, their first stop, in two hours and fiftv minutes, beating the old record by ten ndnutes. At Redding, a party of newspaper merl from Portland joined the party. Mr. Oslind planned on going through to Seattle. Harry Hanson, Roddv Mulholland and J(OOdy 1vlulnoltand

George Stratemeyer, of the California Panel & Veneer Co., Los Angeles, were at Clover Field to see him take-off. Harry Hanson says that Ben takes to aviation naturally, ahd on account of his height he is not subject to dizziness when at high altitudes. The accompanying photograph shows Ben at Clover Field just before the hop-off.

1926 I/ALVE OF LUMBER CUT AT THE MILL

The value at the mill of the lumber cut in 1926 was approximately $1,010,000,000, as compared with $1,075,000,000 in 1925, according to average mill value figures just published by the U. S. Census Bureau. These were $27.34 per M feet in 1926 ani, $28.02 in 1925. The 1926 ligurg is the lowest since 1922, when the value was $26.15 and compares with $38.42 in L92O.

Western Retailers Meet At Salt Lake City

F. Dean Prescott Elected Vice-President, P. M. Norbryhn Elected Director.

At the twenty-fifth Annual Convention of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association held February 23,24 and' 25, the following officers were elected:

Frank C. Kendall, manager retail department Potlatch Lum.ber Company, Spokane, Washington, was chosen president, succeeding Robert M. Graham, of Great Falls, Montana.

Vice-Presidents: J. E. Olds, Winslow, Arizona; F. Dean Prescott, Fresno, Calif.; John Piotivin, Idaho Falls, Ida.; Grant Boorman, Chinook, Mont.; Jesse E. Smith, Reno, Nev.; R. O. Bushong, Eugene, Ore; P. E. Van Petten, Ontario, Ore.; A. E. Money, Spanish Fork, Utah; Theo. B. Brusegaard, Mt. Vernon, 'Wash., Homer Kendall, Spokane, Wash.; J. J. Jewett, Riverton, Wyo.

Directors: P. M. Norbryhn, Rio Linda, Calif'; D' E. Winehart, Missoula, Mont.; E. Von Tobel, Las Vegas, N. M.; L. C. Scharpf, Eugene, Ore.; H. Larsen, Rawlins, Wyo.; A. L. Larie, Wenatchee, Wash..; n._J. ]vt"_9l"lt:t, Bolse, Idaho; R. B. Ritchie, Salt Lake City, Utah; W. W. Anderson, Ogden, Utah.

5lPTANER SAW

Dcr crcrlrthlng a novclty rrw can do butdocr lt ll/hen ordcring epecify Simonde Planer Saw for rmoothcr cutting. Do not accept a rubatitute.

Thie eaw will cut quickly and economically on cither hard or roft wood. Whcther ripping, cutting-ofi or mitering, it will etand fart hand feed without rubbiug or overheating. The succerlful performauce of Simondc Sawa, Kniver and Filer ie due to the fact that thcy are backed by Sinondr rnanufacturing crperieuce of ncarly a century.

SIMONDS SAW and STEEL CO.

Los Angeler, Celif. San Francbco, Calif.

Barr Lumber Co.

(Continued from page 33) was a memb_er, incorporated his business as J. M. Griffith Company. Sub.seq-uently, he deeded the tand upo"-*t1"t, he carried on the business to Griffith Brothers'Company, a corporation, in which his children held all the stock and he retained the right to occupy the premises at the rentai of $100 a month-; and he c-onducied business "" th"i ground until October 16th, 1906.

"f was the Executor-of his-will, and while acting as such I sold for the J. M. Griffith Company all of its luirber and lumber business to Mr. Crookshlnk of the First National Bank of Santa Ana. Acting for Griffith Brothers Comp3ly, I then leased the site,-for a period of five years, at $500 per month, and shortly afterwards sold the land to lhe ]egrye- for 9200,000. Thit money has been kept intact in Griffith Brothers-Company-"nd I have addia quiii largely .!h.e5et9 b_y fortunate- investments, after pai,ing liberal dividends during all of these years.

^ "My recollection is that the firm of Griffith, Lynch & Company was dissolved in 1878. The dissolution came abor,rt in this way. They never had any business troubles and got along exceedingly well together, but Lynch eot to drinking quite heavily and Mr. Griffith did not apprSrre gf

One morning, at the office, he said: .,Lynch, let's disso-lve partnership." Lynch said all right. ihey took stock. Ilrey oy_ne_d no real estate exc6pt the c-ountry yards. They added the value of this real estate to thl stock, deducted the- firm's liabilities, which were quite "lig!t,- therefrom, divided the balance by two, and'Mr. 9riffith gave Ly_nch his check for it. Thtiy had'the bookkeeper draw off two statements of the bills receivable.

& Company, as a firm, assigned those to J. M. Griffith, and h.", o! the other copy, wrote an agree- ment that, in consideration of the assl!-nment, as faJt as these bills were collected, he would sei one-half thereof. less cost of collection, in case of suit, to the credit of Lvnch in the Farmers and Merchants Bank. Thev then iook all the notes which the firm held and segregaied them according to_ amounts, _that is, all under-16 were put in one pile, all over 9100 and less than 9200 in anothei pile, and. so. on, and so on, up to the large notes. They then, beginning with the large notes, turned them face doivn and stacked up all the others on top of them. They tossed a half-dollar for choice, and the one who won drew ofi a note from the top of the pile, and then the other drew. They kept that up until all the notes had been drawn. Tttgy- then added _up the amount that each pile of notes called for. Lynch's exceeded Griffith's by a few thousands and he drew his check therefor, and the notes were endorsed by tle 6rm of Griffith, Lynch & Company to whoever drew the same.

.Among the'notes which fell to Lynch was one of Wm. R. Rowland for $1800. He was perfectly good and it had been renewed. Lynch removed to Santa Cruz, with his family, and there died. F. A. Hihn, a very wealthy man and a very excellent business man, u,as the executor of his estate. Lynch owned a great deal of real estate in Los Angeles County. The firm of Graves & O'Melveny acted for the executor in all matters and.especially in the disposition of all of the real estate, which was sold and the proceeds invested by Hihn for the benefit of the family.

On one of his triils down here, Hihn brought the Rowland note, which was not then due, and claimed that he gave it to Mr. I. W. Hellman for safekeeping at the Farmers & Merchants Bank. He had kept a copy of the note, and the date of its maturity, and when it became due he sent us an order on the bank for the note. We called for it and it could not be found and Mr. Hellman had no recollection of receiving it and vowed that he never had. On the next trip down Hihn interviewed Hellman. They were both Germans. I happened to be present, and for a time I thought that the Dutch had taken Holland. They parted, Hihn swearing that he had left the note and Hellman swearing that he had not.

As the note vras due, f called on Billy Rowland, who was Sheriff, and told him about it. "Now," I said, "Billy, let us give a proper bond and you pay the note." He answered, "f don't know anything about a bond. Produce your note and I will pay it. The thing went on for months, and Mr. Hihn wrote and insisted on suit being brought, saying that "as Hellman lost the note he will certainly give us a bond and protect Rowland." I again went and saw Rowland, trying to avoid a suit, as he and I were very friendly, but he again put me off with, "Produce your note and I will pay it." I went back to my office, intending to draw the bond, and if Hellman would not sign it our firm would give the bond, when I had a frantic appeal from the Farmers & Merchants to come down there, and lo and bihold, they had found the note. in an envelope marked J. D. Lynch, who was the Editor of the Ilerald !

"I took the note, walked down to the Sheriff's Officq, and again interviewed Billy, not letting him know I had it. He laughed and said I must be crazy to think he was going to pay a note without having the instrument. He said, "Produce your note and I will pay it." I had had the bank figure the interest; and I laid the note on the counter. He picked it up, looked at it, handed it to Jim Kays, who was under-sheriff, and said: "Kays, give. him a ch'eck." So that ended that collection.

'"In looking' through some letter-books I fidd that we had very extensive correspondence with Hihn for many years, the first letter I find being dated August 1, 1883, and that continued away down to 1899, before the Lynch matters were entirely closed up. The letters in the letterbook before 1883 had been written on a typewriter with a green copying ribbon, and every vestige of the letter so cgpied had entirely disappeared. There was nothing but the signature, and sometime after 1883 I find four oi five volumes of letter-books which could be used today if one wanted to copy anything. The letters copied therein have entirely disappeared.

"Mr. Griffith, notwithstanding his advanced years, gave close attention to his business until his death on October 16th, 1906. I continued to represent him as his attorney from July, 1878, until his demise. I want to pay him this tribute, which I think Mr. Bowers will bear out. He was as square a man as ever lived. He believed in doing business on' the level. He was shrewd but honest. When a contract was made he believed in keeping it. He despised a man who did not do business on the square. To show you how close attention he gave to his business, when I came here in 1875 Mr. I. W. Hellman was building his dwelling house at Fourth and Main Streets, where the Farmers and Merchants National Bank is now located. A contractor named Chisholm was doing the work. Mr. Griffith was furnishing the lumber, lime and other building materials. He became satisfied that the contractor could not finish the building for the amount of the contract price, so he kept himself well paid up out of the 25 per cent payments which were being made under the contract; and when three-fourths of the amount had been paid, he concluded that he had had enough. Chisholm wanted some seven or 'eight hundred dollars' worth of l,ost the suit, because Hellman showed that he had made all of his payments under the contract and there was but the 25 per cent due.

"No more generous man ever lived than J. M. Griffith. He contributed freely to every charity in the City of Los Angeles. When money was to be raised for any purpose he was always placed at the head of the committee appointed to collect it. He had a rough-and-ready method of soliciting, knew everybody, and always got the money that he started out to raise. He stood high in the estirnation of the public and, until age curtailed his activities, was one of the foremost citizens of Los Angeles."

Mr. Barr announced that Mr. John Cubbin was awarded the book, "My Seventy Years in California," of which Mr. J. A, Graves is the author-as he was the oldest resident of Santa Ana among the guests invited to attend the celebration. Mr. Cubbin was unable .to be present as he was slightly indisposed.

Walter S. SPicer Secretarg and Assistant

fancy millwork. Griffith declined to furnish it unless he could secure him. Chisholm then went to Pbrry lVood- 'worth & Company, and with some hocus pocus story that Griffith could not furnish it, he got it from them. When the building lvas finished and the 35 days had elapsed, the 25 per cent payment did not pay all of the bills remaining including plumber, Perry Woodworth & Company and some odds and ends, all of which work had been done after the main body of the house had been finished, so there was left due Perry Woodworth & Company some three or four hundred dollars. It is a rather singular thing that one of the first things I did, in Brunson & Eastrnatt's office, in June, 1875, after my arrival here, was to diaw a lien for Perry Woodworth & Company against Chisholm and Hellman for this three or four hundred dollars. We brought suit on it for Perry Woodworth & Company, making Mr. Hellman a party, and of course we

Mr. Barr then introduced Mr. A. J. Crookshank, president of the First National Bank of Santa Ana, as toastmaster of the evening. After a few introductory remarks, Mr. Crookshank introduced the honored guest of the evening, Mr. A. C. Bowers. Mr. Bowers triced his connection with the Giiffith Lumber Co. at Santa Ana from.the date the yard opened on March 6, 1878. Mr. Bowers said that in January, 1878, he heard Mr. Griffith was going to olren a yard in Santa Ana and he applied for the position as their agent there. He first went to the Griffith Lumber Co. yard at Downey, where he was instructed on how to keep books and make out reports, bnd on March 3, 1878, he appeared on the scene at Santa Ana. Mr. Bowers said that his salary was to start as soon as he made his first sale of lumber; the first bill of lumber he sold was on March 6, 1878, and he continued his services with the Griffith Lum-, ber Co. for forty-three years without the loss of a day and up to the time the yard was purchased by the Barr Lumber Co., seven years ago. At first Mr. Bowers performed all the duties of the business of the yard himself. In those days, he stated, the lumber was pointed out to the customer who loaded it on the wagon, also that there were just two prices for lumber, onJ for "common" and one for "clear." Most of his early sales were to the farmers of the community for homes,'barns, fences and other improvement work.

Following Mr. Griffith's death in 1906, Mr..Bowers who was now a director in the company, was elected president. He stated that he took this position provided that the company close their Los Angeles yard. In lm7, M. M. Crookshank bought out the J. M. Griffith interests and Mr. Crookshank was elected president of the company. He said that he was again elected president of the company again following the death of Mr. Crookshank. After 43 years of con-

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Helping Them Across The Divide

When a person died in ancient Babylon, a camel was tied to his grave and left to die, so that when the resurrection came the dead person would have a mount to ride to IIeaven.

The Chinese place rice in the dead person's mouth so that he will have food for his long journey, while primitive Russians placed a certificate of character in the hand of the deceased, to be delivered to St. Peter"

Down on the coast of South Carolina, when the negroes bury their dead, they put all the boxes and bottles of medicine, etc. that were used during the last illness, on top of the grave.

Just As Likely As Not

"'What happens to little boys who swear when they play marbles?"

"They grow up and play golf."

wHo KNOWS

"I may go to that boy tomorrow to borrow money, or to hear him preach, or to beg him to defend me in a law suit; or'he may stand with pulse unhastened, bare of arm,.in white apron, ready'to do his duty while the cone is placed oyer my head, and night comes creeping into my veins. Be patient with the boys-you are dealing with soul ,stuff. D.estiny is just around the corner. Be patient with the boys."-Elbert Hubbard.

VOU Uf.lOpnStenO f

' The jirry had betn deadlocked for two days. It was eating time again. The foreman of the jury came to the door, and said to the sheriff : "Send in eleven dinners-ADD ONE BALE OF HAY."

False On Its Face

Judge-"Pat, where did you buy the liquor on which you became intoxicated?"

P41-"r{, Scotchman gave it to me."

Judge-"Thirty days for perjury."

When Our Groping Days Come

So much old women and old men remember As years bewilderingly are multiplied, They keep a bit of April in December; They dream on,. when the best of life has died.

Old dames with hair like scanty shreds of wool, With cheeks like shriveled fruit plucked long ago' Think of the night that once were wonderful With love, with dance, with mlsic allegro.

Old men with eyes that water and are dim Tottetr about, forget the day and year, They see ttremselves as supple, straight of limb, Life sweet and overfull, and very. dear.

All vital substance ebbs away from these Decaying husks of dissipated hope. But they have left them dreams on which to seize, And hardrv'*'

No Record

"When I gaze into the stars, they look down upon me with pity from their serene and silept Plec.e-s, ltle eyes glistening with tears over the little lot of men. Thousands of gg{rerations, all as noisy as our own' have been swallowed up by time, and there remains no record of them any more."-Carlyle.

perhaps .r,"y ""uA,tli"cH:J" ty-')"r "Scotch" because so many are kilt.

HE'D EVIDENTLY BEEN MARRIED

Bus Conductor: "One seat on top, ma'am, and one inside."

Lady: "You surely wouldn't separate a mother from her daughter?"

Conductor (ringing bell): "Never again, lady- I did it once, and I have regretted it ever since."

We cater to the small yard-----

And the smaller dealers have found out that ou, ,.rrrii'l to them is REAL SERVICE. Our quick shipment of anything and everything for the building trade by car or truck makes it possible for the small dealer to give tip-top service to his trade, and yet keep down his investment, his insurance and his overhead.

Many Subjects Of Tmportance Will Be Discussed At Wholesalers Annual

Some of the matters to be discussed at the annual meeting of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association at Atlantic City, N. J., April 11-12 (Ambassador Hotel) include the results of the joint negotiations between manufacturers and wholesalers on the development of merchandising relations between these two branches of the industry. This will probably be discussed by Mr. H. T. Kendall of Kansas City, Mo., Mr. M. W. Stark, Columbus, Ohio, representing the manufacturers, and W. H. Schuette, Pittsburgh and B. C. Currie, Philadelphia, representing the wholesalers.

Mr. Arthur Bruce, Memphis, Tenn., will discuss the wholesaler's relation to the new plan of the hardwood industry in its compilation of statistics covering both production and consumption.

In line with the tendency toward group merchandising, an outstanding eastern wholesaler will cover this subject and specifically refer to an arrangement made by him to merchandise along this line.

John M. Gibbs. Manager of the Trade Extension Campaign, will cover that activity and representatives of manufacturers and retailers, including L. P. Lewin, President of the National Retail Lumber Dealers AsSociation, will discuss the retailers'objection to the transit car, on which an effort is being made by manufacturers, lvholesalers and retailers to reach a common understanding to remove any outstanding abuses of such shipments.

The Gulf Red Cypress Manufacturers will send a representative to discuss cooperation on distri.bution through the wholesaler.

' A representative of the Western Pine Manufacturers Association will discuss the question of split commissions and other plans seeking a better understanding among the three trranches of the industry will be considered.

This is the. only annual gathering of wholesalers and Secretary Schupner states that reports indicate an unusually large attendance from all three branches of the industry. This is not to be a "speechy convention" because the program will confine itself to the consideration of problems affecting the everyday life of the wholesaler and his relations with his shippers and his customers.

COBBS & MITCHELL CO. INSTALL NEW BURNER

Cobbs & Mitchell Co. recently installed an 80 ft. refuse burner at their Valsetz. Ore.. mill. This burner is of the new air cooled type manufactured by the Seattle Boiler Works.

sourHER* "ottlo*?Hf A BrG LUMBER

"About fifty per cent of the 1,020 lumber retailers in California are located in Southern California," says Assistant Manager E. E. Bowe, of the Western Division Office of the National Lumber Manufactures Association, in a recent report on retail yards. Most of the lumber sold in Southern California is received by boat at the port of Los Angeles, in which city are about 10 per cent of the retailers of the state.

Two-thirds of the state's consumption of lumber is in Southern California, next important regions being San Francisco Bay and the San Joaquin Valley. Within a trucking radius of seventy miles of Los Angeles there are trvo and a half million persons, or one-third of the estimated population of the- three Pacific Coast states. The value oi truilding permits in 1927 in Los Angeles was$123,000,000, fifty per cent of which was for residential construction, including $39,000,000 for dwellings and $19,000,000 for apartments.

Barr Lumber Co.

(Continued on Page 37) tinuous service, Mr. Bowers said that the stockholders wanted to retire from the lumber business. They did not announce the business for sale, he stated, as they preferred to look around and select a man who would carry out the policies of the company and keep it up to the standard that they had maintained. They selected Mr. O. H. Barr, who was operating the Barr Lumber Co. at Whittier, as their successor.

Mr. Bowers stated that he formed a partnership with Mr. S. S. Skidmore, who was manager of the Griffith Lumber Co. at Downey, which yard is operated under the name of the Skidmore & Bowers Lumber Co.; also he formed a partnership with Mr. Henry Adams, who was manager of the Griffith Lumber Co. at Anaheim, and this company is now operated under the name of the Adams-Bowers connection with the company at Santa Ana. He stated that he has been in the lumber business for fortv-seven years and is still actively engaged in their retail iumber ope.rations at Downey. Mr. Hinry Adams said that he arriv-edin Orange County fifty years ago and that he owed his entry into the lumbei business to Mr. Bowers. In 1901, he went to work in the office of the Griffith Lumber Co. at Santa Ana. In 1904, he stated, he was sent to their yard at Anaheim and he has been there ever since. Mr. W. E. Clement, Clement Lumber Co., Orange, another old employee of the Griffith Lumber Co. yard at Orange _where he served as manager until he puichased this yard, also responded with a shoit talk relating some of his early reminiscences with the Griffith Lumbei Co. and his long friendship with Mr. Bowers.

Lumber Co. .W. E. Clement, who was manager of the Griffith { umber Co. at Orange, purchased thai yard, he stated, also that Mr. Barr took over the Griffith -Lumber Co. at Noiwalk, a month after he purchased their Santa Ana jard.

In closing, Mr. Bowers stated that after 50 years of continuous service, he was still in the lumber business. At the conclusion of address he was given a splendid ovation by the large gathering.

Mr. Crookshank then called on many of Mr. Bowers' old Santa Ana friends who paid him hieh honor as a true and loyal friend, a capabli and efficilnt business man and a splendid citizen. Among those who responded -with shoft talks were: Judge R. Y. Williams; C. F. Grim, one of the first office employees of the Griffith Lumber Co.; H. C. Head, attorney; Judge Homer Ames; W. T. Bfown, who acted as manager of the Griffith Lumber Co at Anaheim for sixteen years; J. P. Baumgartner, state highway commissioner and a former on'ner of the Santa Ana Regis- ter; and J. Frank Burke, present owner of the Santa Ana Register.

Mr. Crookshank also called on Mr. Bowers' business associates, Mr. S. S. Skidmore, Skidtnore & Bowers Lumber Co., Downey, and Mr. Henry Adams, Adams-Bowers Lumber Co., Anaheim. Mr. Skidmore said that Mr. Bowers and himself were the two old lumbermen of the Griffith Lumber Co., as he became associated with their yard at Downey in 1881, three years after Mr. Bowers'