New Eureka Mill & Lumber Co. Plant One o[ Best in State

The Eureka Mill & Lumber Company's new plant at San Leandro Street and 38th Avenue, Oakland, is one of the finest and best equipped in California. The site covers a little over three acres. All parts of the yard and the mill are readily accessible to customers as the yard faces on three streets. The frontage on San Leandro Street is 125 feet and on 38th Avenue is 400 feet.

C. I. Gilbert, now the sole owner and manager, had a partner in the business, F. L. Parker for 17 years up to 1929 when Mr. Parker retired. S. C. Forsey is secretary of the company.

This firm specializes in industrial lumber of all species, including Redwood and Sugar Pine for pattern making. The special needs of nursery men are also catered to and shipments made to many points within a radius of 100 miles.

Eureka Mill & Lumber Company moved to the new site

R. O. WILSON INJURED

R. O. Wilson, Oakland wholesale lumberman, was injured in an automobile crash in Albany, May 7. He was on his way home from a business trip in the Sacramento Vallev. The iniuries were said not to be serious.

in January of this year after having been 34 years in the old location.

In addition to a complete stock of lumber for general building construction, large stocks of insulation materials, wallboard and plyrvood are carried. The company is a distributor for Certain-teed Products Corporation.

The mill, seen at the left of the picture. is equipped with the most modern machinerY.

C. I. Gilbert is a lumberman of the most resourceful type, who has made a real success of the lumber and mill business. He was born in Modesto, Calif. His first job was in his father's yard in vacation time at the age of 13. He attended the University of California and after leaving college worked for his father for some time and in 1905 went to work for the Acme Lumber Company in San Francisco. fn March, 1906, just before the San Francisco fire, he entered the employ of Sunset Lumber Company, remaining there until 1912 when he purchased a half interest in the Eureka Mill & Lumber Compan-v. Oakland.

California Visitor

E. E. Arthur, sales manager of the cargo department of Weyerhaeuser Sales Co., Tacoma, was recently in San Francisco and Los Angeles on a business trip.

Geo. \7. Greene Appointed Secretary

George W. Greene succeeded Chas. L. Tripler May 22 as secretary of the Coast Counties Lumbermen,s Club. Headquarters will be at Watsonville as before.

Mr. Greene's experience equips him well for his new position. He has for the past few years been manager of the California Roofing Bureau, Inc., and the Painting and Decorating Contractors Association, Inc., with headquarters in Los Angeles. Prior to holding these positions he was for a period of 10 years secretary of the Asphalt Roofing & Shingle Institute, Los Angeles.

L. A. Firm Introduces Pecan Flooring

Perfection Oak Flooring Company, Los Angeles, recently introduced into the California market Pecan Flooring. In speaking of this flooring, B. W. Klug, manager, said that Pecan is harder than oak or maple and of greater density than either.

"It is a species of hickory and lends itself admirably to a very beautiful finish. It is being specified for all types of buildings, especially schools, gymnasiums, auditoriums, warehouses, skating rinks, store buildings and residences,f, he said.

Pecan Flooring sells at about the same price as oak.

wEsT coAsT SCREEN PTCNIC JUNE 11

The annual picnic of the West Coast Screen Company, Los Angeles, will be held at Banning park on June 11.