File Amended Petition in L. A. County Planning Commission

Long-Bell Case lssue 324 Pcrmits lor March

Following a mernorandum opinion on March D by Judge M. E. Otis, of the United States District Court of I{ansas City, in which he upheld the demurrer to the Long-Bell Lumber Company receivership suit for lack of a cause of action, attorneys for the plaintiffs filed an amended petition April 1. The Long-Bell Lumber. Company is allowed twenty days to answer the petition.

The memorandum opinion was based upon petitions filed by W. G. Hutson, Jr., of Lawrence, Kansas, and W. Verdner Carson, of Quincy, Ill., individual bondhold,ers. Holders of approximately 13 million dollars of the bonds, out of 20 m,illion dollars outstanding, have deposited their bonds with the Bondholders' Committee.

Col. Lebbeus Schofield

Col. Lebbeus Schofield, 93 years of age, for many years identified with the lumber business in Southern California, died at Whittier, Calif., on April 2. He was past commander of the Southern California Veterans' Association, and past ,commander of Rosecrans Post of the G. A. R., Whittier. He served throughout the civil war, enlisting with Company K, Twenty-sixth Iowa infantry, and rising to the rank of colonel. Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon, April 5. Interment was at the Rose Hill Cemetery, Whittier, and. the firing squad from the American Legion Post, Whittier, sounded taps and fired a salute. He was born at Fishkill, N. Y.

Col. Schofield's business life was devoted entirelv to the lumber business. His first lumber experiences were with the Clinton Lumber Co., at Clinton, Iowa, in which his father was interested. His father also had a shingle mill in Wisconsin where he spent some time after which he ran a lumber yard at Westside, Crawford county, Iowa, also serving the community as postmaster along with his lumber business. He ,came to Los Angeles in 1887 where he became associated with the Los Angeles Lumber Co. Later he was appointed manager of the San Pedro Lumber Co. yard at Compton where he remained for two years, and was then transferred by the company to their yard at Whittier where he served as manager for twenty-five years when he retired at the age of eighty-four years.

He is survived by four children who reside in Southern California: Miss Helen Schofield and Harry Schofield, of Whittier; Mrs. Florence Butterfield, of Montebello, and Jerome V. Schofield, of lluntington Park.

The Regional Planning Commission of Los Angeles county issued 324 permits for buildings and structures to be erected in the county outside incorporated towns and cities at an estimated cost of $341,000 during the month of March, 1932. 378 permits with a valuation of $694,000 were issued during the month of March last year. 759 permits with an estimated valuation of $1,215,00O have been issued for the first three months of. 1932. Permits issued for the month of March. 1932. were as follows:

German Government Announces Plans For \(/ooden Houses

The.German Federal Commissioner for Suburban Settlements has announced plans for the construction of 16,000 wooden houses, costing $11,425,000, for the unemployed in the suburbs of German industrial cities,. states a report from Vice Consul O. W. Gray at Berlin, made public by the Lumber Division of the Department of Commerce. The German authorities calctrlate that a small wooden house can be constructed for $429 each, the balance of the cost being for furniture and equipment. The settler is required to give his own work in the construction of his house.

The number of houses to be built will be increased, it is reported, providing that tenants are found who have funds to assist in the financing. Construction will likely begin as soon as suitable spring weather allows.

The houses are to be constructed of wood and each will consist of a living room 12 to 14 square meters; a bedroom 9 to 12 square meters I two small bedrooms; a small stable from 5 to 6 square meters and a cellar at least 4 square meters. In addition, sheds will be provided for the storage of tools, implements, feed, seed and other essential articles.

It is understood that preference is -to be given German products in this project, whenever possible.

Tou Dontt Gamble

when you deal with us. Our service is the outcome of many years of study of the needs of the retailer.