Death Concludes Long Career of Crockett Bowefs

Pioneer Lumbermon Lived in Oronge County 55 Years

Closing a long career of business activity, Addison Crockett Bowers, 78, Orange Coun'ty pioneer, died May 13, 1932, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Orange, California, where he had been receiving treatment {or a severe illness' Funeral servi,ces were held at the Smith and Tuthill funeral chapel, Santa Ana, California, Monday, May 16, with the Rev. Perry .Schrock, pastor of the First Congregational Church, of Santa Ana, in charge. Mauri'ce Phillips, friend of the former lumber dealer, sang. Pallbearers were H. M. Adams, O. H. Barr, C. H. Chapman, C. S. Crookshank, Grey Skidmore, and W. V. Whitson. Interment was made in Fairhaven Cemetery with members of Santa Ana Lodge, Knights Templar, escorting the body to its final resting place.

Addison Crockett Bowers, widely known and respected, was the son of Patterson Bowers, who came to Orange County, then a part of Los Angeles County, in 1858, from Virginia. Mr. Bowers opened the Santa Ana lumber yard for the J. M. Griffith Company o'n March 6, 1878. J. M. Griffith had been in the transportation and lumber business in Los Angeles since 1861. He rvas a progressive pioneer, proven by ihe fact that his name was one of the seven that were the entire contents of the first telephone book in Los Angeles, when the telephone was not well thought of.

At that time, Rutherford B. Hayes was President of the United States; Irwin was Governor of California. Santa Ana had a population of less than 700; the township had about 3000. In the same month, March 1878, one of the first brick buildings in Santa Ana was started, the J. G. Bailey block at Third and West Streets (Broadway)' The Southern Pacific completed its line to Santa Ana in that month, charging $4.00 for the round trip to Los Angeles. The Santa Ana Public Library was also organized in March, 1878.

The first bill of lumber the Griffith Company sold was to a railway conductor living on Fruit Street. Among the first customers ufere George Preble, contractor, and Chris McNeill, contractor. Both of these men were patrons of the business during the entire 43 years it was under Mr. Bowers' management, and are still residents of Santa Ana, though now retired.

A. C. Bowers, the grand old man of the lumber business, and of Santa Ana generally, was manager of the concern for 43 years of Santa Ana's most important history, and up to the time the yard was purchased by the Barr Lumber Company in 1921.

At first, Mr. Bowers performed every duty of the yard and office alone. There was no such thing as delivery. Business was done on the "cash and carry" basis. The lumber was pointed out to the customer who loaded it on his wagon and paid for it on the spot. There were just two prices for lumber, one for "common" and one for "clear", any size and any length. Most of the early sales went to farmers for fencing, barns, etc., until the era of brick buildings and fine residences came to Santa Ana.

Other yards established by the Griffith Lum'ber Company and continued with Mr. Bowers as general manager until 1921, were located at Orange, Anaheim, Downey and Norwalk. When Mr. Bowers decided to retire, the Santa Ana yard and the Norwalk yard were sold to the Barr Lumber Company, and the Orange yard to W. E. Clement, the former manager of that yard for the Griffith Lumber Company.

Mr. Bowers joined with his son, Elmer Bowers, and H. M. Adams, the manager of the Griffith Lumber Company of Anaheim, to purchase that yard, which has since been operated as the Adams-Bowers, Lumber Cornpany, and he joined with S. S. Skidmore, the Griffith Lumber Company manager at Downey, and his son, Grey Skidmore, to pirrchase that yard, which has since been known as the Skidmore-Bowers Lumber Company.

Mr. Bowers was recognized for many years as the dean of the lumber business in Orange County. He was universally respected and held in warm affection by all who knew him intimately. Throughout his 54 yiars'connection with the lumber business in Orange County, his counsel and advice were sought by other lumbermen, by his contractorcustomers, and many others. He was always conciliatory and exercised an influence enjoyed by but few men.

Some time after the death of J. M. Griffith the business was taken over by Mr. M. M. Crookshank and his two sons, A. J. and C. S., Santa Ana bankers, together with Joihn Cubbon, a pioneer capitalist, and Mr. Bowers.' At the expiration of 4O years' service as manager, and la,ter as president and general manager of the Griffith Lumber Company, Mr. Bowers was given a complimentary dinner at the country home of A. J. Crookshank, Orange Cdunty lumbermen and other intimate friends being the guests.

On March 6,I92I, which marked 50 years of Mr. Bowers' connection with the lumber business in Orange County, he was the honor guest at a banquet tendered by the Barr Lumber Company, marking 50 years' continuous service by the Santa Ana yard. About one hundred guests were present, including lumbermen from Orange County and Los Angeles and many personal friends of Mr. Bowers. No mark of esteem in the power of man to bestow ever seemed too great for this kindly man.

Following the death of his son, Elmer, he was made an honorary member of the Anaheim Lion's Club. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge, Knights Templar, Shrine, and Elks, also of the Sunset Club and the First Congregational Church of Santa Ana. lle was a director of the Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank and the Santa Ana Building and Loan Association.

The yards of Santa Ana and Orange County closed for the funeral of Mr. Bowers, May 16. Nearly all of the lumbermen of the Orange County Lumbermen's Club, representing forty-four yards, were present, as well as many from out of town. Mr. Bowers is survived by his widow, Mrs. Martha Bowers; a sister, Mrs. William Atkinson of Arlington; a daughter-in-1aw, Mrs. Elmer Bowers, of Santa Ana; a grand daughter, Mrs. Helen Bowers Norton, of Santa Ana; and a grandson, Addison Borvers, who is attending school in Missouri.

Lumber Industry Needs Discussed At Round Table Conference

Everett G. Griggs, pr,esident of the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co., Tacoma, Wash., presided at a round table conference on the oil and lumber industries held at the Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Francisco, May 19, in connection with the 20th annual meeting of the Chamb,er of Commerce of the United States.

J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr., of Lewiston, Idaho, president of Potlach Forests, Inc., spoke for the lumber industry on "What the Lumber Industry Needs."

There was a good attendance of lurnbermen at the meetrng.

GEORGE WEIR WITH SMITH LUMBER CO. OF OAKLAND

George Weir, well known lumberman, formerly for many years with the Coos Bay Lumber Co., is now with the Smith Lumber Co. of Oakland as salesman. Mr. Weir is covering the East Bay and surrounding territory and San Jose, and will travel the Sacramento Valley as far as Sacfamento.

MATHENY BUYS PARTNER'S INTEREST

C. B. Matheny has purchased the interest of P. R. Duner in tlre Duner-Matheny Sash & Door Co. at 4200 East 14th Street, Oakland.

CLOSE S. F. WAREHOUSE

Announcement is made by The California Door Company that they are discontinuing their sash and door warehouse at 43-49 Main Street, San Francisco, and are removing their offices to 506 Doe Building, 153 Kearney Street, San Francisco.

Buys Long Beach Yard

The Atlas Lumber Company, of Long Beach, Calif., has been purchased by M. E. Dorvney, and will be operated as the M. E. Downey Lumber Co. Mr. Downey was formerly connected wittr ihe Century Lumber Company of Long Beach.

SWAYNE LUMBER CO. MILL

oN JUNE 1

Ttre Swayne Lumber Co., Oroville, tions in its logging camps on May 25. on June l.

When You Sell

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E. J. Sbnton & Son 2050 E. 38th St., Loe Angelar

Northcrn Californie Ccntrel Gliforria Hill & Morton, Inc. Gco. W. Robinron

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Her Recommendation

"All of which reminds me of Peter, a Norwegian friend of mine. Before the world discovered gold in Alaska, Peter and three of his friends ventured into the Tanana country in that bare land of ice. Gold they found, and in due tirne having saved a considerable fortune apiece, they journeyed back to San Francisco, married each one a country maid brought from Norway, and lived, in the days before the Great Fire. at the Grand Hotel.

"The wives forthwith began to plunder the jewelers and the modistes, and by the same token the jewelers and modistes plundered the wives-that is, all but Peter's wife. Peter's wife continued to wear the peasant coiffure, the peasant clothes, the peasant dhoes she was born to.

"One afternoon I sat by Peter in the lobby when the four wives came down in the elevator. Proudly the three beauties of the quartet peacocked their way across the marble floor to the entrance and out.

"Behind them toddled the wife of Peter, dressed almost like a charwoman.

"'I know what you are thinking,' said Peter to me. 'You are thinking those other fellows have sornething on me in the way of wives.'

"'But they haven't,' continued Peter, and he pointed to his spouse. 'There's one YOU CAN GO AWAY AND LEAVE.'''

JUST AN TNQUIRY-NOT AN ORDER

The Jewish Bronxite went into the delicatessen and looked around. He inquired the price of various articles such as cakes, fruits, etc., and finally got around to a big Virginia ham. Looking cautiously about to see that none observed him, he secretively asked, as he pointed to the ham:

"lloqr much?"

Just at that moment there came a terrific crash of thunder, and a bolt of lightning that seemed to rend the very heavens. Down cowered the little Jew, and looking upward he asked in quavering voice:

"Mine Gott-can't I even esk?"

Wisdom

The world is full of cactus, but we don't have to sit on it.-Will Foley.

The Gospel Of Discontent

We are charged with preaching the gospel of discontent. We plead guilty. We are dissatisfied with the world in which we live.

But isn't it a pretty good old world, dfter all?

Yes, it is a grand old wodd. It is a grand old world because, generation after generation, down through the ages, men always have been dissatisfied with it.

That is why they crept out of their caves and built houses,in the sunlight. That is why they brought power from the hills, and sound from the uttermost parts of the earth. That is, why they discovered anesthetics. That is why they abolished slavery. There is no such thing as progress without discontent.

"The trouble with us," declared Parson Rastus, "is dis here status quo."

"What you rnean, status quo?" asked Deacon Rufus.

"Status quo," answered the parson, "is two Latin words meanint de mess we's in."

The parson is right. Whatever the status quo may be, it must be changed. Change is the law of life. An organis,m which resists change is dying; an organism which does not change, is dead. Whether the United States must speedily make changes for the better is not a debatable question. The only question is, what those changes are to be.

It was said of Robert Louis Stevenson that he never believed he had attained a great success, but fre was ever hopeful that by taking pains he might yet do so. Between the two great dangers of the artist, he steered safely a middle course. He was never satisfied, never discouraged. These are the two great dangers of every nation. Both are fatal.

Discontent withotrt a purpose, is pain. Discontent WITH a purpose, is progress.-By William Trufant Foster and Waddill Catchings.

Neither One

Flapper-"Listen, boy ! You ain't no collar ad man."

Drug Store Cowboy-"An listen, Sister! You ain't got no Fisher body."

GENEROUS SCOT

Son: "Father, I dreamed pense.tt last nicht ye gave me a sixbeen a guid laddie; ye may

Father: "Sandy, ye hae keep it."

Business Statistics For April

' Chicago, May 23.-Indications that American business is rapidly liquidating its obligations and preparing for a fresh start are contained in the monthly credit analysis for April just released by the l,umbermen's Blue Book, credit service of the lumber industry.

After noting that special requests for credit reports had fallen 20 per cent below the level for April last year, indicating a decrease in orders placed, it reports that the volume of collection business was approximately the same as a year ago. It concludes with the significant statement: "Collections are easier than for some months past."

A sharp rise in the number of reports on "business troubles" gives further support to the liquidation theory, indicating that concerns whose difficulties began months ago have finally capitulated to the inevitable. Bankruptcies, for instance, usually 20 to 30 a month, and totaling 26 in March, rose to 40 for April. The Blue Book's business trouble statistics for April in 1932 and 1931 are as follows:

DISTRIBUTORS OF

House Doors .. Garage Doors

Screen Doors . Sash . Windows

Plywood and Inside

Door Jambs

WE SELL DEALERS ONLY

NICOLAI DOOR SALES CO. OF

CALIFORNIA

3045 19th St. San Francicco, Calilomia

Tclephoner: Mlcsion 7920 & 7991

The April, 1932, issue of the Blue Book contains 24,W changes from the listings six months earlier.

Elmore King Visits Los Angeles

' Elmore King, King Lumber Co., Bakersfield, Calif., was a Los Angeles visitor on May 21 . Together rvith Earl Galbraith, sales manager of the Schumacher Wall Board Corporation, Los Angeles, and Ernest Dudley, DudleyThomas Lumber Co., Santa Monica, they played a round of golf at the Brentwood Country Club during the afternoon and Earl Galbraith reports, that as usual, the lumber dealers donated.

J. C. CUSHTNG NOW LTVTNG rN OREGON

J. O. Means, John E. Marshall, Inc., Los Angeles, is in receipt of a letter from John C. Cushing, for many years Southern California sales manager for the Donovan I-umber Co., who is now making his headquarters at Pengra. Ore., where he is connected with the Lewis Lumber Co. of Eugene, Ore. At Pengra, the company's loading point, they also operate a planing mill. Pengra is on the main line of the Klamath Falls branch of the Southern Pacific railroad, fourteen miles south of Springfield. Mr. Cushing states that a good auto road is avail4ble all the way and he will be pleased to have bny of his old California lumber friends, while on their way to the Northwest, call on him. And as Pengra is located on the Middle Fork of the Willamette River,. as a special inducement, he ofiers them excellent fishing.

-."Red" Wood

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