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!1I. W.WILKINSON ADDS ANOTHER LINE

Mr. W. W. Wilkinson, Los Angeles wholesaler, in the fnsurance Exchange Building, has just completed arrangements with the Metropolitan Redwood Company of San Francisco to represenf this large concern exclusively in Southern California.

Mr. Robert Reed, formerly with the Albion Lumber Company, has become identified with Mr. Wilkinson in the sales department, handling the redwood department.

A. A. OHLIN VISITS COAST

Mr. A. A. Ohlin, assistant manager of the Lumbermen's Reciprocal Association of Houston, Tex., was a California visitorthis month, spending several days with their Los Angeles representative, T. W. Jacobs, and with Mr. E. J. Brockmann at San Francisco.

WEST COAST LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION GOLF TOURNAMENT

The annual West Coast Lumbermen's Association golf tournament will be held August 28, following the August meeting of the association, which will be at Gray's Harbor, August 27. This tournament was won two years ago by George Duncan, president of the Duncan Lumber Company, at Portland, and lpst year was woh by A. L. Paine of the National Lumber-and Manufacturing Company.

JACUMBA FrRM 3.9:?iyAREHousE oN

Jacumba Hot Springs, July 17.-The J. E. Peck Lumber company, which has lumber yards in Imperial Valley and a branch in Jacumba, has just completed the construction of a large warehouse at the San Diego & Arizona railway station here. The warehouse will be used for the storing of cement, lime and other building materials received by railway for distribution in this section.

Large quantities of cement are used by the Peck company in the manufacture of conduit and building blocks at its plant adjoining the lumber yard in Jacumba.

Cargoes At Ventura Wharf

The Ventura wharf was the scene on June 16 of much lumber activity, when the Steamer Stout discharged a half million feet of lumber for the Sun Lumber Co.,.and as she cleared for another cargo in the north, the lumber steamer Cricket took her place at the dock with another half million feet or more for the People's Lumber Company, and the Sun Lumber Company. The latter's cargo is said to be one of the largest ever discharged at Ventura.

MAT'THARRISBACK FROM CLEVELAND CONVENTION

Matt Harris, Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co., San Francisco, and President of 'the San Francisco Rotary Club, is back at his desk again after attending t!-e Annual Convention of the Rotary-Clubs at Cleveland-. He r'eports that the Convention this year was very largely attended and that they had a wonderful time, 6ut the-temperature in the Central States was a little too hot for him and he was glad to get back to San Francisco again.

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YEAR OF SOFTWOOD STANDARDIZATION SHOWS LARGE SUPPLY AND DEMAND FOR A.L.S. LUMBER

"I am elad to tell you that the survey made by the Central Cominittee on Lumber Standards shows that during the past quarter the Standards already established have been used in the movement of the vast bulk of the lumber in the country. This is indeed an astonishing success. It has been estimated by responsible members of the industry that the waste already eliminated by this work runs into millions vearly. Whaiever it may be it is just as important to the pubtic- and the industry as a reduction of taxes"' (From Secretary Hoover's opening address May 1, General Standardization Conference.)

CENTRAL COMMITTEE URGES CO.OPERATION AS SECOND YEAR OF AMERICAN LUMBER STANDARDS OBSERVANCE OPENS

Washington, July 16-July 1 marked the beginning of the second yeai oi the sbftwood lumber industry's per{ormance uttder American Lumber Standards. The notable progress made in this movement in every lumber manutuciurine and consuming section of the country, as shown bv reoor-ts t othe Central Committee during the past twelve montirs. is a certain indicator for the lumber industry of the trpward trend of Progress.

^After nearly a-century of diversifying, the brakes have been placed on needlessly multiplying of a variety of lumber sizes, grade names, patterhs, workings-and -shipping oractices and the lumber industry has settled on less comolicated methods in the way of economy in production and in conserving his source of supply, and better for the consumer in being able to secure a uniform reliable product.

Bob Tate Wed

Robert L. (Bob) Tate of the Tate Itumber-Company, I{untinston Park,'and Miss Reba Copeland of the same citv weie married at Riverside on July 7.

These wonderful panels are especially adapted for high-class enameling. Free from insect and bug activity, and an ideal wood for closetlinings.

Terrible, If True

Many tales have spread across the c-ountry about Los Angeles and all- of Southern California, but it rvas lefi to the Portland "Oregonian" to print the most amusing of the lot.

In a recent issue they had this to say:

"A slump has certainly hit Los Angeles," states Edward Hunter of Seattle, where- he is interested in the lumber business. "I paid 150 for a small apartment the winter. a ylear ago. and t-his past winter I got the same accommodations for $65. One LoJAngeles hotel has closed two floors and another has closed one floor. The effects of the real,restate boorh are apparent. A friend of mine paid $11,500 for-a lot 50 bv ll0 i,iet. He put up a house on it, five rooms, otf light construction that i could duplicate for $3500, and sold it for $35'000' but the other day he had to take it back. There are sections two miles from a car line where the district i's built upt with $25.000 and $35,0@ houses and there are no sewers' Thev h"rre gas and electricity, however, but it is a long way to go to wo-rk for the owneis. The collapse was bound to come, for the hish point had to be reached some time and those who held 6n ire still holding the sack. I walked down Seventh street from Figueroa for five blocks one morning last week and I was the-only man in sight. I counted 50 emptv stores in another district that was formerlv a busv section. I stepped into a fruit stand and dealer asked me what had happened, for mine was the only sale he had made up to that holi' since opening, and there had been no people going by. The peoole have not gone to Los Angeles the past winter as thev -have been doine for years, and the effect is noticeable on business, and this,ln connection with the real estate slump. has given the city somewhat of a set-back."

R. M. PRICE NOvt' WITH E. K. WOOD

Mr. Rankin M. Price, brother-in-law of Fred E. Cohner, and formerly of the Sacramento Lumber Company, has secured a position with the E. K. Wood Lumber Companv of Oakland