California Lumbermen--Wholesale and Retail Have Active Organizations

California lumbermen are well organized. Apparently they believe in association effort. With more than half a dozen wide-awake retailers' associations functioning successfully in the state, it is estimated that nearly every retail lumber merchant in California belongs to at least one association.

The various retail associations are confined to districts or localities, their geographical limitations being fixed by natural circumstances such as mountain ranges or dissimilarity of interests or industries.

But when it comes to problems affecting the state at large these associations work har{noniously together.

Several of these local associations represent great empires in themselves, sueh as the San Joaquin Valley Association, for example. There will always be room for these local associations, for the interests of dealers in the central part of the state may differ, in many particulars, from the interests of dealers in the extreme northern or extreme southern part of the state. At the same time most of the intliviclubl members of the distriet associations responded enthusiastically to the call for a state association when that movement was launched a year ago. They could see the practicability of having a separate organization, covering the entire state, functioning on questions of state-wide interest.

The San Joaquin Vailey lrumbermen's Club embraces practically all the territory that its name indicates. A big percentage of the retail yards in that teruitory are ineluded in the membership.

J. C. Ferger of Fresno is the president; Frank Frane of Reedley vice president; Frank F. Minard of Fresno seeretary, and J. G. Martin of Fresno treasurer.

One of the pioneer lumbermen's organizations of California and also one of the most active is the Douglas Fir Club of San Francisco. It is composed. of wholesale dealers in the Bav district, some of them representing northern mill c'onneetions and others being independent operators. They meet every Tuesdav for luneh. While these meetings are informal,.they usually brinq forth some interesting discussions afrecting the fir market.

The members of this club have done much to promote the uses and distribution o{ Douglas fir.

The present officers are W. C. Ball of Charles R. McCormick & Co., president: A. B. Johnson of the A. B. Johnson Irumber Co., vice president, and Frank Paramino of the trYank Paramino Lumber Co., secretary.

Another very active and progressive association is that of the Southern California Retail Lumber Dealers. Much of the suceess of this organization is due to the aetivity of F. L. Morgan, the veteran seeretary-treasurer, who probably is aequainted personally with more retail lumbermen in Southern California than any other inilividual in the state.

The other officers, for the present year' are 'W. T. Davies of Pasadena, president, and C. W. j)inkerton of Whittier, viee president. At the last eonvention A. C. Bowers of Santa A.a, the retiring president, wa{ elected president emeritus.

The Central California retailers have a elub of their own of vrhich B. R. Duvall of Ripon is president. They meet informelly about once a month for lunch or dinner at one of the cities embraced. in their tenitory, talk over business conditions and subjects of mutual interest. H. S. FuIIer of Lodi is the secretary.

Another informal organization is that maintained by the Orange County retailers. Thoy have a lunch about once a month and usually have some well informed speaker tell them something interesting and. instructive. C. W. Pinkerton of 'Whittier is the President.

One of the most active organizations of the state is the I-.,umbermen's Exchange of l-ros Angeles, comprising a group of the largest retail dealers in that city. Ilenry S. Patten is the presid.ent, E. F. Ganahl vice president; R. L. Cuzner treasurer and Henry Riclcliford seeretary. Mr. Riddiford's office is the headquarters for information on lumber activities for the entire Los Angeles district. He is one of the best informed persons on the subjeet of lumber affairs in Southern California. And one fine thing about him is that his information always is cheerfully given.

L. A. GETS LUMBER, FR,OM COOS BAY BY DIRECT STEIA'MEBS FBOM MILL

Direct steamship serviee between Coos Bay, Oregon and. I-.,os Angeles Harbor now is regularly.maintained by the Coos Bay'Lumber Company, of which C. A. Smith is the founder and active head. Three vessels will be employed. The first one of these unloaded early in June. Mr. Smith himself came here to look after her.

With its big mills on Coos Bay operating steadily, the company expeets to produce enough lumber to supply its distributing yards at Oakland as well as the trade in Southern California.

HOO-HOO ANNUAL AIIITOUNCED FOR DETROIT SEPTEMBER 7-&9

The first announcement of the coming annual meeting of The Concatenetated Order of Hoo-IIoo com€s from Supreme Secretary-Treasurer H. R, Isherwood, of St. Irouis.

The dates are normally the 8th, 9th and 10th of September, but because of the fact that this year the 10th falls on Sunday, the meeting will take place September ?th, 8th and 9th instead.

The Hote1 Statler, Detroit, Michigan. Mr. Isherwood calls op the California contingent to get ready.

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J Ot. of the attractive exhibits at the reeent conclave of ffiiners in San Francisco was a redwood bungalow near the fivic center. It was built of redwood throughout, the roof teing of redwood shingles, and offered a forceful demonstration of the utility of this wood. The exhibit was arrangecl by the California Redwood Manufacturers' association.

ADVERTISING'BR,INCS BESULTS BUT DOES IT PAY?

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A certain man, discussing adyertising, remarkecl that he advertised for a wife, and got one. But within a month they had separated. and sued for a divorce. Heogr willing to admit that advertising brought him resuffi,Jbut there was much question in his mind as to whether it Baid: i