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sAN JOAQUTN VALLEY LUMBERMEN'S CLUB
An enthusiastic ancl tY.?3TLTrled meeting of the San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club was held ai the Hughes Hotel, Fresno, on Saturday, April 14. Al C. Joy, president of the Fresno city drive o'f the Sun-Maid Raisin Growers, in its campaign to sell $2,500,000 of preferred stock, told of the development of the association and of its present financial needs. Mr. Toy stated that the failure of the stock subscription and cr6p'contracts campaigns would ,mean a deflation in property values in the state of m,ore than $1,0@,000,000. Property would drop in value one half. He ppedicted that the failure of the S,un-X{aid organization after which others are patterned, would mean the failure of every other co-operative marketing organization in the state. A. J. (Gus) Russell, manager of the Santa Fe Lumber Co., with headquarters in San Francisco, gave an excellent talk in support of the Raisin Growers campaign and pledged $1000.00 to be invested in Sun-Maid preferred stock for the Santa Fe Lumber Company. Mr. Russell also read portions of a letter from Larry Harris of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, pledging the support of that body to the Sun-Maid campaigns. A. L. Porter of Spokane, secretary of the Western Retail Lu,mbermen's Association, spoke about the oldest shingle contest now being carried on in the state of California by the Santa Fe Lumber Co., and what fhe benificial results of this wooden shingle publicity meant to the lumbermen of the state and the shingle industry. Mr. Porter also spoke on the lumber conditions of the Northwest. R. F. Hammatt. secretarv of the California Redwood Association. in behalf of his ai-
MOISTURE.PROOF. FIRE RE. SISTING FOR LINING WALLS AND CEILINGS. STRONGER AND BETTER THAN LATH AND PLASTER. WILL NOT BUCKLE OR BULGE. CAN BE WALL PAPERED OVER.
Panelr 4 ft. wide, 5-16 inch tbick and 6 to 16 ft. long.
Manufactured by sociation invited the members of the San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club to be the guests of his organization on a tour o'f the Redwood district in Humboldt and Mendocino counties; the club accepted the invitation and arrangements will 'be made to make the trip in May. The Directors of the California Retail Lumbermen's'Assbciation, who also had their regular monthly at the Fresno Hotel on April 14, were guests of the club at .luncheon.
New Retail Yard At Lynnwood
Mr. John D. Jones, formerly of Portland, Oregon, has opened a retail yard on Alameda Boulevard, Lynnwood.
Mr. Jones came to California just recently, and has purchased a home in Southgate, near his yard.
R. G. HISCOX LOOKS OVER LOS ANGELES MARKET
R. G. Hiscox, of the Western States Lumber Co. of San Francisco, was a recent Los Ange.les visitor where he looked over conditions in the Southern California lumber mar- ket. While in the south, he called on Earl Hoffman of the Earl Hoffman Co., to discuss business matters. The Earl Hoffman Co. are the Southern Cali{ornia representatives of the Western States Lumber Co.
E. K. WOOD MEN VISIT I;OS ANGELES
Mr. Walter Wood and Mr. Harrv Vincent of .the E. K. Wood Lumber Company, San Fraircisco, were visitors in Los Angeles last week.
EDDIE SUDDEN JOINS LUMBER SALESMEN'S CLUB
At the regular Monday luncheon and meeting of the Lumber Salesmen's Club of San Francisco. ,held at the Palace Hotel on April23, Eddie Sudden of the Christensen Lumber Co. was admitted to members'hip. Eddie was formerly Stanford's star short sprint runner but since leaving college he is familiarizing himself with the lumber business and is now connected with the Christenson Lumber Co. of San Francisco.
CHARLES R. McCO'RMICK & CO. PURCHASE STEAMER ARGUS
Charles R. McCormick & Co. announce the pur,chase of the steamer Argus and will be operated in the intercoastal trade. The Argus will be renamed the Sydney M. Hauptman. The Argus is a sister ship of the Apus, renamed the Charles R. McCormick, which was purchased by the company a short time ago.