Eastern e, Western Lumber Company

Western Hardwood Co. Take Regional Logging Congress Over National Hardwood Co. Held at Pondosa, Cal.

Ffiective July 1, the Western Hardwbod Lumber Co. is Ttaking over the National Hardwood Co., the oldest exclu- i sive hardwood flooring concern in Los Angeles. They will continue to operate this yard and with this added stock they have established a hardwood flooring department.

Frank Auten, the former owner of the National Hardwood Co., had been continuously connected with the hardwood flooring business in Los Angeles for twenty-four vears. He incorporated the National Hardwood Co. in /imZ. Mr. Auten is retiring from business and at the present time his future plans are indefinite.

H. L. Call to Represent Hitl & Morton

H. L. Call, well-known Oakland lumberman, has sold out his retail business, and will join the orgsnization of Hill & Morton, Inc., cargo and rail wholesalers, as salesman. Mr. Call will cover the San Francisco Bay district and Peninsula territory, starting Jdly 15.

The first of a series of regional logging sessions to be staged under the auspices of the Pacific Logging Congress, was held June 1 and, 2 at Pondosa, California. Pondosa is the logging town of the McCloud River Lumber Company. Elmer E. Hall, Logging Superintendent for McCloud, acted as host of the occasion. For the best part of two days forty odd loggers and foresters of Northern California and Southern Oregon discussed the details of their profession, and the entire meeting was a very useful and practical one, and augurs well for future affairs of the sort. The finest of hospitality was enjoyed by the visitors, who also had the privilege of seeing one of the biggest and most modern logging camps in the west, the Pondosa camp being only six months old, and built to stay twenty-five years.

TED LAWRENCE AND W. H. WOODS SPENDING VACATION AT WAWOMA

Ted Lawrence, Los Angeles Manager for the Hart-Wood Lumber Co. interests, has left for a two weeks' vacation at Wawoma. At the famous mountain resort, he will meet W. H. Woods of San Francisco, President of the Hart Wood Lumber Co. They will return to their respective offices about the middle of July.

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