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June Lftt" Golf Touranment
IAgain the golfers and would' be golfers of the lumber game in Southern California have met and fought it out.
The golf tournament and dinner dance given by Hoo-Hoo at the Brentwood Country Club, Los Angeles, on June 14th. was a brilliant and successful affair. Fifty-five of lumberdoms best golfers entered in the morning and afternoon play, competing in the 'morning in a sweepstake tournament for first and second prize {or low net and low gross, and in the afternoon the competition was divided into three divisions. Prizes were awarded for low net, low gross, and the flag play.
\4lE B.@le, of the Flammond Lurnber Company, is undoubtedly the best that has been produced, and while he was held close in the morning by three stalwart opponents who each registered an 85 against Berts 80, in fne afternoon he carried away the field with another 80, without competition. Mr. Maule was awardtdi the silver cup, donated by the Hipolito Screen and Sash Company of Los Angeles. This is .indeed a prize to be greatly desired, and must be won twice to be retained permanently. In addition to the cup,, Mr. Maule drew a sweater that was given by the Pacific Ready Cut Homes Company, of Los Angeles. fhese prizes,were awarded Mr. Maule for his low gross for the day.
Thirty prizes in all were given by various of the wholesale and retail companys, in-Los Angeles and e'lsewhere.
Fred E. Golding, won the flag tournament, and was presented with an automobile spot-light set given by the Slade l,u'mber Company. Fred carried his flag through the
SUNDAY NIGHT HOLD.UP AT WHEELER OSGOOD PLANT
Mr. D. G. McDougal, of the office staff of the Wheeler Osgood Company at Los Angeles, is $13.00 poorer than he was when he came to the of,frce one Sunday evening recently, to catch up with some work.
Mac says he w'as working away peacefully, early in the evening, ard paid very little attention when ,lre heard the door open, thinking it was the watchman. But, when he felt the end of a large gun pressed on his back, ,and heard a deep southern voice saying, "White boy, I doan want to hurt you, better stick 'em up," Mac did the only wise thing under the circum,stances, and proceeded to stick.
The big colored boy gathered $13.00 from the victims clothes, and fortu:rately decided to pass up the open safe.
eighteenth green and onto by one player, the next fairway, beaten only
Mr.. RSrspell Postle,hw^;te,o'f-the Slade Lumber Company, Los AnlEtdffiFiied away the low net prize, a beautiful sweater given by the Woodhead Lumbei Company. Mr. Postlehwaite was runner-up. The second in this diui.iott was.wo_n by F. M. Slade; a golf bag donated by The Cali- fornia Lumber MerChant.
_ M., Jack Thomas, of the Coos Bay Lum'ber Company, Los Angeles was the rvinner without-contest or contiadiition of the pri"e for the highest score turned in. Jack shot a sn€ppy lM in the afternoon, and was awarded, the highly useful and appropriate certificate which will entitle trim tb lve lessons in goH, by the professional at the Wilshire Club. This prize was given by tirg La Brea Materials Company.
In the afternoon twenty-five ladies attended the bridle and Mah Jorgg toprnaments.' , Mrs. W. Sam,pson carriEd away first prize f.or highest score at bridge, and Mrs. L. M. Rosenberg took first at Mah Jonng. These prizes, silver g?ke trays, were donated by Mr. Gus Russell, the Shingle Sleuth, of San Frarcisco.
One hundred and forty-eight were at the dinner that evening. Mr. David Woodhead presided, as toast-master. He introduced several distinguished out-of-town visitors.
After several hours of dancing the Third Lumbermens Tournament adjourned, with com,ments from all sides on the success of the entire affair.
Arrangements were in the hands of a committee composed of : F. M. Slade, R. Postlethwaite, Will Dixon, J. E. Lloyd-Jones, Berne S. Barker, and Phil B. Hart.
Eureka Lumber And Planing Mill Suffers Fire
A fire of unknown origin, destroyed practically the entire mill plant and burned some of the stock of the Eureka Lumber and Planing Mill Company, at Oaklard on the night of June 19th.
The owners of this mill, C. I. Gilbert, and F. L Parker, state that they are covered by insurance, and that they will no doubt re-build in the verv near future.
OH. THESE TELEPHONES
Now comes one Bob Osgood, Los Angeles manager for the Wheeler Osgood Company, with a report that their ghone number, along with mary others in I-os Angeles, has been changed.
If you want their Los Angeles office in a hurry, call HUMBOLDT 721K.