Donald H. Clark Makes Change

Donald H. Clark, secretary-manager of the Rite-Grade Shingle Association since 1921, has resigned this position to accept the management of the Cedar Department of the Pioneer Lumber Company, Seattle, Washington. He is succeeded by Joseph R. Blunt, as acting secretary-m,anager, who has been with the Rite-Grade Association since l9h and has held the position of assistant Marrager sincef .t921.

"It is witir regret," states Clark, "that I leave the pleasant environment and the in,teresting phases of Associatior work, but the organization of the Rite-Grade Shingle Association has always been such that changes in personne'l do not affect its plan of activities nor, to any extent, the policies of administration.

"Work will go along smoothly and a steady program will be continued towa.rd the objective of the Rite-Gtade plan-namely standardized, dependable, guaranteed shingles, merchandised through national advertising under a nationally-known tr,ade-mark. It is certain that no movement in tihe shingle industry has been as beneficial as the Rite-Grade plan-no influence more healthy toward winning back the confidence of retail lumber merchants and thee general pubhc to the red cedar s,hlngle.

"The shingl,e industry now seems to be arousing {r,om I shingle. its lethargy and, awakening to the consciousness of competition and the danger of elimination from' its own market by inferior products which use tretter merchandising,methods.

The next few years will undoubtedly see astounding changes in the grades, organization and manufacturing methods of the industry. There will be more friendliness and; cooperation between the elements which make up the industry-ced,ar timtrer owners, loggers, manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers."

To his new position, Clark brings an intensive trai:ring and wide experience in the lumber business. Born in Chicago in 189O, he entered the lumber business at Gflants Pass, Oregon in 1910 working in the logging woods of the Edgerton Lumber Company and later as lum.ber grader and assistant y21d foreman of the Three Pines 'Lumber Cornpany at Three Pines, Ore.

In I9I2 he entered the College of Forestry, University of W'ashington, graduating from the Dep,artment of Log: ging Engineering and Lumbering in 1916. The following year he did graduate work in Wood Products, receiving the degree of Master of Forestry, cum laude.

At the outbreak of the war, he entered the military service of the United States, serving with the field artillery and receiving his promrotion over-seas to Captain in the field. On his return to Seattle in May, 1919, hc was made Assistant Secretary of fhe Shingle Branch, West Coast Lumbermen's Association and in 1920 was promoted to Secretary, holding this until he became Secretary-Manager of the Rite-Grade Associatior.

T,he Pioneer Lumber Company with which he will also have the office of 'Ireasurer is one of the oldest and stronEest wholesale lumber concerns in the Pacific Nort'hwest and do ,a large ,ltrmfuer and shirgle business, R. G. King of Seattle is President and Walter Hamilton of Seattle is Vice-President.

In addition to his other activities, Clark is well known among lum,bermen for his connection with the lloo-lloos, having been Vicegerent in Seattle in l92l-22, and now Supreme Bojum of the Concatenated order of Ffoo-Hoo, and in charge of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia.

Joseph R. Blunt, who succeeds Clark with the RiteGrade Association is a native Wasrhingtonian, having been born at Roslyn in 1893. His lumber experience began with the Tacoma Mill Compary in 1910 and in 1913 he erltered the College of Forestry, University of Washington, graduating in 1917. After leaving the lJniversity, he was with Jas. D. I-acey & Co., for a year and then was em,ploye,d selling and installing sawnrlill and shingle-mill machinery until 1920 when he ioined the staff of the Rite-Grade Association, with whiih he has continued

Los Angeles Distrtct Lumbermens Club Meets

On the evening of July l?th, at the Los Angeles City Club, one of the most enthusiastic and best attended meet- ings that have been conducted by the I-os Angeles District Lumbermers Club, was attended by about .thirty of the memibers.

Secretary-Manager E. D. Tennant presided at the meeting. Mr. Tennant gave the members a splendid outline of the present market and building conditions. He afterward introduced Mr. Roger Andrews, Vice President of the Citizens National B.ank of Los A:rgeles.

Mr. Andrews spoke on "The lJncoverecl Wagon." This address has been enjoyed by thousands of Lus Angeles business men. Mr. Andrews also gave the members of; the club very optomistic figures on the bank and real estate conditions ir{ Los Angeles countv, pointing out the prospects for a fall business that would go far ahead of past years.

The meeting adjourned until the next regular meeting to be held at the same Dlace.

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Koa canbe finished in neutral tonee like Gum. It hac, howcver, amore distinctiwe and aristocratic appearance than gum, and it is a far more durable wood.

We hau a fine steh of line dry Koa onhand rcadg tot lmmelide dclioqg. Thts td is uorthg of gour dtention.

More Boquets For Our Birthday

Your July lst birthday issue just overwhelm,s us; I am at a loss for superlatives enough to give you proper credit. You have done the unusual, for the prophet who was already not without honor i:r ,his own country has gone into a far country and added to these honors.-A. A. Ohlin, Lumlbermens Reciprocal Association.

If it is your policy to give rather than to receive at Birthday time, we hope you have many birthdays like the last.-Peo'p1es Lumber Com'pany, Oxnard.

Best wishes to you and congratulating y,ou on the splendid aeniversary nunrber of your IMFORTANT AND DOWN TO DATE publication.-Sylvester L. 'Weaver, Weaver Roof Co., Los Angeles.

Congratulatlons on your birthday number. It was indeed a compliment to Trade Journalism,. I have heard nothing but praise for it.-C. D. LeMasters, Fresno.

Have You Kept Faith? My guess is best answered by "Can A Duck Swim?"-A, W. Holt, Holt Bid Co., Minneapolis

The Birthday edition was a gorgeous number, and you desen'e a regular bright and shining halo for giving the lumbermen of California such a fine, high class, helpful publication.-Adeline M. Conner, Sacramento.

I have read youi birthday number from cover to cover and I wrant to congratulate you upon such a splendid showing at the conclusion of one short year of life.-S. Stowell Smith, California White & Sugar Pine Manufacturers Association.

Heavy Reservations For Planing Mill Congress

The Second Congress of the Western Planing Mill and, Woodworking Association, prom,ises to be a record breaking affair from reports of the reservations coming in to, President C. D. LeMasters of Fresno.

This meeting will be held at Portland, August 22-25, at the Multnomah Hotel, and membirs are urged to make early reservations, account of the large crowd expected.

SAD DEATH OF H. G. BOHLLSEN. VETERAN SOUTHERN HARDWOOD MAN

Mr. H. G. Bohllsen, head of the H. G. Bohllsen Manufacturing Company, hardwood manufacturers, of Ewrng, Texas, was acc.identally killed at their mill on July 17th. He was crushedi to death ,by a heavy timber iatiittg on hirq while he was loading timbers at the mill. M'r'. Bohllson was well known throughout the south. He organized tho H. G. Boh,llsen Manufacturing Com'pany about two years ago, and this company has become in this short time one of the well known hardwood concerns. Mr. Bohllsen was also Ptesident of the Southwestern Hardwood Manufacturers Club. Before entering the hardwood game at Ewing, he operated a pine mill at New Caney, Texas.

Bob Forgie Goes North On Business Trip

Mr. Robt. Forgie, well known wholesaler of Los Angeles, has just returned from a business trip througtn the northern part ,of the state. -\

H. J. FAGAN rN LOS ANGELE.S

Mr. H. J. Fagan, of the NlcCullough Fagan Company, is in I-os Angeles taking chaige o{ the Southern. Californrla offices, cluring Mf. B. W. Bookstavers absence on his ho:revmoon.