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HOO.HOO

DOINGS and SAYINGS of TOI{

ALL CATS EAVE TIIEIR' EYES TURNED TOWAR'D SAN FR,ANCISCO CONCAT, AUGUST 9

'Wednesday, August 9, is the date of the big concate-nation at San Francisco. -It wiII be the greatest Hoo-Hoo gathering held in Northern California in years and wiII be the means of bringing together members of the Ord'er from all parts of the Pacific Coast.

Ilomer Maris, vice gerent snark for the Bay district, has an active staff of committees at work laying plans for the big event. Supreme Snark Griggs was-in San Francisco a fei days ago -ancl confered' with the local authorities on their arrangements. Ee probably will be on hand for the festivities. -If *o, it wiII ue nis last visit to california before the annual meeting at Detroit in September'

The San Francisco concat wiII be in accordance with the action of the last annual meeting, when August 9 was designated. as National IIoo-Hoo day. The idea is to hold' coneatetrationt throughout the realm of IIoo-Hoo on that day, tut tne california brethren will concentrate all their efrorts o" tUu one big session rather than attemat separate neetings in each of the several d'istricts. The big coneat planned' for Southern California takes place Iater in the month so as not to conflict with the one in the North.

The "big eats" will be served in the Commercial Club at -O SO ii tne evening and' every lumberman is invited, *hutn"" he is a Hoo-Hoo or not, for the program is going to be attractive.

Included among the battery of speakers will be Julius Seidel of St. L,ouis, past snark; Peter B. Kyne, popular writer of lumber stories in fiction; Jack Dionne, publisher of THE CAIJIFORNIA ITUMBER MERCHANT; Newton B' Drury, secretary of the "Save the Redwoods" League, who will show color-ed pictirres of redwood forests; R'. F HaTmatt, secretary of [he Redwood Assoeiati-on-, -who will speak on the anti-shingle referendun; C. D. LeMaster, supreme arcanoper; Frank Trower and R. A. Iliscox, t4e last two being iast snarks. The concat will follow the d'inner'

PROGR,Ail FOB BIG ANNUAL IN DETROIT OFFEBS MUCII INTEB,EST TO LUMBER,MEN

A tentative program for the big Hoo-IIoo annual in Detroit Septembei 7, 8 and 9, has bee'I- prepared by SecretaryTreasurir Isherwood and it shows that the proceedings will be full of interest to every lumberman. Some practical phases of the lum,ber business wiII be brought up for dis6ussion. Officials of several important lumber associations have arranged to attend..

But the entertainment features will not be overlooked. A very attractive program is being worked out, which includes the usual social functions, luneheons and concatenation. Besides that, the lumbermen of Detroit have arrarrged' to take all visiting Hoo-Hoo and their families on automobile rid.es to,soEe of the points of interest nead that city. The codvbntiijn will wind up with a banquet on the night of September 9.

HARRY FULLER OF LODI IS ONE BUSY U/A!t' BUT NOT TO OBUSY TO WOBK FOR' EOO-EOO

One of the most active and most enthusiastic Hoo-Hoo brethren in the state is Ifarry S. Fuller, vice gerent snark of the Sacramento district. Although Mr. Fuller is an extremely busy man with his own afrairs ancl with numerous civic cluties at his home tow)r' Lodi, he always finds time to Perform valuable service for the Order.

No lumebrman in Central California is better known, both in and out of the industry, than Mr. Fuller. Ee is president of the Fuller Lumber ComPanY and of the Liodi Mill & Manufaeturing H' s' FULLER Corlpanv.- He_has been in the lumber business for 28 years and his picture indicates that he must have started. in at a eomparatively tender age. IIe first engaged in the retail tra-de at Y-ork, Neb., and was successively in business at St. Joseph, Mo., Oxford, Neb., Manteca, Cal., and Lodi.

He is a thorough believer in association work qnd proves it by holcling membership in three separate lumber orCgluzations, besicles Hoo-Hoo. They are the Sacramento Valley Lumbermen's Club, the Central California l-rumbermen's CIub and the California Lumbermen's association. He is a Shriner, a Scottish Rite Mason, a Knight Templar, an Elk and a member of the Liodi Rotary Club.

Lrumbering seems to run in the Fuller family. A brother, George B. Fuller, is in the Iumber business at Santa Rosa and an uncle, R. P. Fuller, at Manteca.

NEW NINE ITADIED TO EANDLE AFFAIR'S OF OBDEB IN LOS ANGELES DISTRICT

A nerv set of officers has been appointed to conduct the bursiness of the Los Angeles district and to take charge of all concatenations and social sessions held through the rest of of the year. Sub-committees will be named to handle varioug details of the work, as occasion requires.

The eourpl.ete nine as it now is constituted, follows:

Vice Gerent Snark, David Wood'head, Woodhead Lumber Co.

Senior Hoo-Hoo, Curtis Williams.

Junior Hoo-Hoo, H. I-.l. Rosenberg, Ilipolito Screen and Sash Co.

Scrivenoter, C. E. Glasby, Glasby & Co.

Bojum, H. W. Swafrord, E. J. Stanton & Son.

Ja6berwock, W. Woolsey, flammond Lumber Co'

Arcanoper, W. B. Wickersham, Chas. R. McCormick & Co.

Gurdon, J. J. Rea, W. R. Chamberlin & Co.

Custocatian, J. L. Jenkins, San Pedro I-rumber Co.

W. B. Wickersham alsq has been appointed' treasurer for the district and. A; L. rlloovdrlspecial-treasurer for the "Big Brother" fund for crippled children.

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