Sifting Out the Fire Traps

In our mutual companies, our obligation to protect the policy-holder demands that we sift out the firetraps-that we insure only approved rieks-that we keep losses down.

The policy-holder who maintains a good. risk should nq1-and under our.Lumber Mutual plan cannot be penalized, by higher rate and reduced dividends, in order to protect the bad.

Few lumber yards offer the fire hazards our picture presents, but it is to protect our policy'holders and ourselves against such risks that we have eetablished definite approved etandards.

When a property fails to meet our gtandards, we show the owner how to make it acceptable, thus bringing greater fire safety to him and safe-guarding the interegts of all.

For approved properties, Lumber Mutual policies offer the most corn\lete protection aaailable for the lumber ind,ustrSr, zttith the substantial sauing of a diaidenil that azterages 4OVo. Write an! of our comfanies for full intormation.

Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. Installs Teletype Machines

Teletype machines have been installed in the Seattle, Portland and San Francisco offices of the Chas. R. McCor* mick Lumber Co., in order to facilitate communication between the company's 'offices in these cities, and to speed up service to the lumber dealer. These machines receive and print the messages at the receiving end at exactly the same time as they are typed by the sender, thus resulting in a considerable saving in time.

Western Retailers Elect

W. C. Miller, Columbia Lumber Co., Seattle, was elected president of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association at the annual convention of the association held at the Hotel Davenport, Spokane, Wash., February 20, 2l and 22.

Noah Adams, Noah Adams Lumber Co., Oakland, was elected vice-president for California, and W. F. Edens, Cottonwood Lumber Co., Cottonwood, Ariz., was elected vice-president for Arizona. F. Dean Prescott, Valley Lumber Co., Fresno, was elected a director of the association for two years.

Roy S. Brown, Spokane, was re-elected secretary, and Tacoma,'Wash., was selected as the next meeting place.

San Francisco Hoo Hoo Hear Harry B. Smith

I{ tt^rry B. Smith, editor of the San Francisco Chroniclg 'sporting Green, was the speaker of the day at the regulai monthly luncheon of Hoo Hoo Club No. 9, held at the Elks Club, San Francisco, February 27.

In his talk Mr. Smith discussed the various sports, and gave some interesting figures on attendances and the money involved in golf, baseball, football and boxing. Most interesting were his reminiscences of famous sporting figures and events of the past, given from his 25 years experience in the game. Showing the growth of public interest in sports, Mr. Smith stated that his paper gave six columns of space to sports and employed two men 25 years ago, and today the daily space devoted to sports is four pages, emplying six men full time. The speaker concluded by answering a large variety of questions on almost every kind of sport.

It can certainly be said that those missed a treat. President Eddie Peggs Gaetien was ,chairman of the day.

who stayed away presided and Harry JAMES

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