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What Live California Lumbermen are Doing.

CHAS. K. SPAULDING LOGGING COMPANY IS BIG FIR LUMBER PRODUCER

One of the most conservative lumber producing'firmrs of the State of Oregon is The Chas. K. Spaulding Logging Company, of Portland. This big concern operates two big and modern mills at Salem and Newberg, Oregon, and makes a specialty of surpplying the lumber trade of California, shipping a large majority of their yard stock product into this state. They orvn large holdings of the finest Fir timtrer that grows in Oregon, and take partrcular pride in the quality of their product, and the careful manufacture of their lumber. Everything that the Fir tree produces comes from their mills.

L. Weaver, president of the Weaver Roof Company, of Los Angeles, was the guest of honor and prin,cipal speaker. Mr. Weaver responded to the presidents introduction with a thrilling talk on the future of the city, and especially urged all through his talk that the members of this rew organization con,duct their business on modern merchandising lines, to "make it easier for the prospective home builder to buy."

The Exchange also had as guests the officers of the recently formed Builders Exchange of Long Beach.

Dionne Addresses Portland Lumbermens Club

and Manager. F. W. Leadbetter is Vice President; Walter fpr thirty minutes on t'he lumber and timber situation. L. Spaulding, son of the Presidert. is Secretary and Treasurer, and Assistant Manager; Forest Haworth is Sales ,/. COVINA LUMBER CHANGES

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Manager; P. C. Stevens, is Assistant Sales Manager. \l The yard at Covina that has bee'n operated by James L. Hall is California representative of the firm, - Viney-Milliken I-umber C'ompany under the nam'e of making his o1fice at 1022 Mills Building, San Ft'ancisco.

Their genera.l offices are on the Fifth Floor of the North- Jack Dionne, Publisher, was guest of honor at a specialt western. Bank Building, in Portland, Chas. K. Spaulding, meeting of The Portland Lumbermen's Club, Portla:rd, organizer of the company in the early 80's, is President Oregon, on Wednesday, July 1lth, and addressed the club the the AS

SYLVESTER L. WEAVER GUEST OF SAN BUILDERS EXCHANGE

At a m,eeting on the evening of July 18th, of formed Builders Exchange of San Diego, Mr.

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the newly Sylvester

Covina Lumber Company, will in the future be known the Viney-Milliken Lumber Company.

This company operates four yards, at Bal'dwin Park, Covina, Lankershim and Burbank. 'fhey announce that this name change does not affect the ownership or policy of the company.

\,[IEST ANAHEIM LU.MBER COMPANY SOLD

The E. M. Smith Lumber Company has succeeded the West Anaheim Lumber Cornpany at A:raheim, having purihased the entire plant just recently.

The new company is headed by Mr. E. M. Smith, an oltl lumberman from' British Columbia.

WASHINGTON LUMBER & MILLWORK COMPANY GETS GOOD START

Mr. James G. Browne, president of the Washington Lumber & Millwork Company, a new wholesale company at Los Angeles, announces that they have t'heir new offices well established now in the Merchants National Bank Building, and that they have met with gratifying success.

Mr_. Browne was formerly connected withl the George M.

Harty Lumber & The new company

Manufacturing Comlpany, of Tacoma. will handle stock from this concern.

LONG-BELL LUMBER COMPANY BUYS HUGE TRACT OF WHITE PINE IN CALIFORNIA

The Long-Bell Lumber Company has just made another huge timber purchase in Nort'hern California, when they bought from the McCloud Lumber Com,pa,ny a rract of wtrite and sugar pine adjacent to their big mill at Weed, for which they paid $2,750,000. This was the biggest deal ever made in Siskiyou County, California, where, the timber stands. According to the records this concern :low owns 86,000 acres of timber in Klamath and, Lake Counties, and 114,000 acres in Siskiyou County, all to be cut by the Weed mill, and giving it a lifetime of at leasr two generations.

REDWOOD and FIR

WE CARRY A LARGE WHOLESALE STOCK AT OUR OAKLAND DISTRIBUTING YARDS WHICH ENABLES US TO GIVE YOU PROMPT LOADING OF YARD AND SHED ITEMS IN BOTH REDWOOD AND FIR.

CATIFORI{IA and (lREGOI{ TUMBER COMPAI{Y

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