Predicts L. A. Housing Problem

The house situation is a good index to the ebb and flow. In a very short time Los Angeles is due to discover that it hasn't houses enough to cover the folks. Then a madhouse building will begin. Itwill not end until there are houses enough to accommodate a good part of the population of the earth. If a cat showed as little sense as the average investor, she would claw her eyes out every time she saw a dog that frightened her-so she wouldn't have to look at the dog.-Harry Carr in L. A. Times.

Yard in New Locatio n"/

The Burlingame Lumber Co. has moved to its new location on the highrvay at Millbrae, rvhich is just a short distance north of the old location. E. E. Phillips is the ovvner and manager.

Buys Morgan Hill Yard "/

Sterling Lumber Co., Oakland, has bought the yard of the Morgan Hill Lumber Co., and consolidated this with their own yard at that point. M. P. "Skipper" Hale rvill continue in charge of the consolidated yard.

Building Material Concern Appoints Salesmen

Canec, the new structural'insulation, shortly to be marketed by Hawaiian Cane Products, Ltd., is being intro; duced this month to California lumber dealers. "Milt" Cruse and Jerry Brennen, veteran insulation salesmen, have been assigned to the California territory by Wm. L. Rawn, general sales manager of the Canec organization. E. D. Griffith has been assigned to demonstrate Canec to Northern California architects and engineers.

The $2,500,0@ insulation board plant of Hawaiian Cane Products. Ltd., at Hilo, Hawaii, has an annual capacity of 100,C00,00O square feet and is expected to be in commercial production by the end of March.

Theb. H. Davies & Co.. Ltd.. with offices at 215 Market street, San Francisco, are managing agents of the new project, the capital stock of which is completely subscribed by sugar, commercial and transportation interests of the Hawaiian Islands. The interests include Alexander & Baldwin, Ltd., established in 1894; American Factors, Ltd., established in 1918; C. Brewer & Co., established in 1826; Castle & Cooke, Ltd., established in 1851, and Theo. H. Davies & Co., Ltd., established in 1845. Walter F. Dillingham, president of the Oahu Railway & Land Company, heads a group of leading commercial and financial interests of Honolulu who have participated with the sugar producers in making the project a reality.

GEO. B. CONE IN EAST

George B. Cone, sales manager of Fruit Growers' Supply Co., San Francisco, is expected to return March 23 lrom a business trip to the Eastern States and Eastern Canada.