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HOO-HOO

DOINGS and SAYINGS of TOIVI

BIG SOUTIIER,N CALIFOR,MA CONCAT AT AR,CII BEACE, SATUBDAY, SEPT. 9

The next big coneat will take place Saturday, September 9 at Arch Beach tavern near Laguna Beach and will bring together eats and kittens from San Diego, Orange, Riverside and Los Angeles counties. This great gathering first was scheduled for Stratford Inn at Del Mar, but accommodations could not be secured there, hence the change.

Definite and final arrangements have been made for a wonderful tide at Arch Beach. The hotel is large and comfortable and boasts all the modern conveniences, so members are expected. to take their families. Special entertainment will be provided for the women folks, including dancing.

The big idea is to go to the beach Saturday afternoon and stay over Sunday. Special rates have been obtained for the week-end stay. It is only 55 miles from l-,los Angeles, 71 from San Diego, 34 from Long Beach and 20 from Santa Ana.

The eommittee has been working hard on this thing and seore of kittens already have applied for admittance to the realm of Hoo-Hoo. O. S. King, snark of the San Diego district, has charge of arrangements at the southern end. and. If. G. I-.rarrick in Orange county.

L. A. CATS OBSERVE NATIONAL EOO-EOO DAY AND COMPIJMENT RETIR,ING SNAR,K

National Hoo-Iloo day was observed by Los Angeles members of the order by an informal smoker at the City Club. The committee under the chairmanship of Phil Hart provided some high class entertainment by both professional and amateur performers. If. L. Rosenberg, senior Ifoo-Iloo of the distriet. was master of eeremonies. Refreshments were served.

fnasmuch as this was the last social under the administratiFn of David'Woodhead, snark of the district, the boys gave him a rousing vote of thanks and a "Hoo-Ifoo" for the time and effort he has devoted to the afrairs of the order in these last two years. The snark said. he was well repaid by the intimate and friendly relationship the work had given him with a fine group of lumbermen.

LUMBER,MEN-JUDCE TALKS TO L. A. CATS

_ At the weekly lu:rcheon of the Los Angeles cats at the City CIub August 3, Judge George S. Richardson was the prineipal speaker. Judge Richardson began his way in the world by.working in a lum"ber yard and studied law in his spare moments. He therefore has a warm sympathy for lumbermen and their problems and numbers many of them among his friends. He told, in interesting fashion, something of his early strugles and of his later experiences on the bench. The meeting was in charge of C. E. Glasby.

PAR,SON SEES MANY KITTENS IMTIATED

Scores of kittens have been welcomed to IIoo-Hoo land in many eastern and southern cities these last few weeks in celebration of the transcontinental trip of Parson Simpkin, chaplain of the order. The parson has visited nearly every state east of the Mississippi, has ofriciated at an average of at least three concats a week and is still going like the proverbial two-year-old. He will wind up at the national convention in Detroit next month and then hopes to come to his California home for a rest and a visit with the brethren of the Golden State.

GET BBADY FOR, ANNUAL IN DETROIT

If you are going to attend. the thirty-first annual meeting in Detroit next month it will be well to make your arrangements early. But little time remains. Dates are September .7, 8 and 9-Thursda;', Friday and Saturday. SecretaryTreasurer Isherwood reports that the attendance will be the largest in recent years and. the entertainment features the most attraetive in Hoo-Hoo historv.

TACODI]A, IIAS RECORD CLASS OF KITTENS

What probably was the biggest class of kittens ever inducted into the order on the Pacific Coast at one time was that at Tacoma on August 2. ft numbered. 68 membersthe most in the entire history of IIoo-IIoo for the Iast 17 years. In honor of Major Everett G. Griggs, the popular snark of the universe, who lives in Tacoma. the concatenation was named for him.

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B. TULLY JOINS I'ORCES

WITE E. A. BROWNING. TO SELL IN L. A. TER,RITON,Y

- G, R. Tully, until recently with A. T. Show, wholesale lumber dealer in the Central Building, I-ros Angeles, has formed a connection with H. A. Browning, Stock Exchange huilding, and will eall on the trade in I-,os-Angeles and viciiity. l\'Ir. Tully is a high-powered salesman and before comlng to I-ios Angeles & year or so ago was a member of the Saari-Tully Lumber Cbmpany in Plrtland.

H. A. Brbwning deals in lumber and shingles, handling both rail and cargo shipments and reports a steady and growing business this season. Charles F. Fogelquist, who has been with the Browning organization for some time, will continue in his same capacity- one wonderful thing about the future ir, there is so much of it.

Rernember the old adage-A Board in the Barn ir worth two in the Lurnber Yard.

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