Arizona Hoo Hoo Stage Concat in Mexico

The first Hoo Hoo concatenation staged on Mexican soil in many years was held at Algadones, Mexico, on March 8. The concatenation was an open air affair and five Kittens were initiated. E. L. Simpkins, vicegerent snark of the Yuma District, was in charge of the concatenation' The obligation was given by Jas. J. McFall of Phoenix. H. A. Wark, vicegerent snark of the San Diego district, assisted N. H. Huey, Arizona state counselor, in giving the secret work.

Among those who attended the concatenation were E. L. Cooper, Los Angeles; P. I. Merithew., Los Angeles;-B. R. Juliin, Los Angeles; F. D. Park, La Mesa, Calif.; Er W. Pool, Phoenix; E. H. Wheat, Phoenix; R. W. Dalton, Phoenix; Jas. J. McFall, Phoenix; Geo. T. Saunders, Calexico; H. A. Wirk, San Diego, and N. H. Huey, Phoenix.

A Hoo Hoo Club for Yuma r.vas organized and E. L. Simpkins u'as elected president. L. H' DeMund was elected first vice-president, H. {. Rademaker, second vice-president, and Charles J. Killen, secretary-treasurer' '

Believe It or Not !

One of the most outstanding golf games played on the Del Monte course during the convention of the Pacific Coast Hardwood Dealerst Association was the one played between Bob Kahn of the Forsyth Hardwood Co., San Francisco, and Henry Kirchmann of the Kirchmann Hardwood Co., also of the City by the Golden Gate.

By the terms of this remarkable game played on Friday morning the loser had to drink trvo glasses of sauerkraut juice. Bob won, and Henry drank his sauerkraut juice like i man, but challenged Bob to play another 18 holes in the afternoon with double stakes, the loser to drink the four glass.es of the tasty beverage during thd banquet in the evenlng.

Henry won the afternoon game, and to prove that Eorsyth Hardwood Co. always carries out its contracts Bob drank the four glasses at the banquet. This was done so quietly that only his immediate neighbors saw him do it, and a clamor arose demanding that Bob carry out the terms of the wager. Four more glasses of the sparkling beverage were brought, and Bob tossed thern off with a smlle, saying, "I only drank the first four to see if I could do it.r'

San Francisco District Box Companies in Merger

Pacific Box Factory of San Francisco, one of the oldest manufacturers of wooden boxes in the state, recently acquired the Mercantile Box Factory of Oakland and San Francisco, and the Superior Box Factory of Alameda. The merger will be known as the Pacific Box Corporation, Ltd., and r,r'ill be capitalized at $600,000.

The new company will have a capacity of 3,000,000 board feet of lumber a month, and rvill be the largest of its kind in the West. The officers of the new company are: President, Walter G. Hyman; vice-president, Arthur B. Cahill; second vice-president and production manager, William H. Pierce; secretary, Louis Beedy.

Eugene Lumberman

M. Tohnson of the firm of lumbdrmen, Eugene, C)re., Francisco.

Visits San Francisco

Johnson & Johnson, wholesale was a recent visitor to San