Up and Down the ^lrt Jtate

MONROE-ENGLES TO BUILD MILL ON NEW TRACT

' Monroe and Engles, Chico, California, lumbermen, have purchased all of the timber on the Pacific Investment Company's property which lies between Magalia and Paradise. The tract iomprises 2I2O acres. Logging has already !'en started and the timber is being hauled by truck to Red Bluff. However, a sawmill at Optimo will soon be ready for use.

Earl Bowe Gone To Northwest

Earl Bowe, District Manager of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association at Los Angeles, is in the Northwest, where he went to attend the midsummer meetings of the Board of Directors, Trade Extension Committee and the Representatives of the National Association of Wooden Box lVlanufacturers, *hich was held in Tacoma during the week of August 6. Mr. Bowe will also spend some time at the mills, which are closely identified with the Southern California trade, after which he will start on a two weeks'vacation.

Jaffray Returns To Denver

J. H. Jaffray, Manager of the Monolith Portland Midwest Company, at Denver, Colorado, returned to his home last week after a visit in Los,Angeles. Mr. Jaffray was in the Pacific Coast city for several days going over the preliminary marketing and distributing stiucture of the company with associate officials previous to the opening of the Laramie, Wyoming, plant. IIe reported to the Los Angeles general offices that splendid progress has been made in the erection of the new plant, and that the entry of the Pacific Coast company into the construction material field has been welcomed by architects, engineers, contractors and building material distributors in the Rocky Mountains and Middle West.

PATRICK RETURNS FROM THREE WEEKS' BUSINESS TRIP

Samuel C. Patrick, superintendent of agencies for the Monolith Portland Midwest Company, has returned from a three weeks' business trip to various offices of the company, including Denver, Cheyenne, Laramie, San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and San Diego.

s. J. SHARP MOVES TO CALTFORNTA

Selwyn J. Sharp, of Portland, Oregon, has brought his family to Santa Ana, California, and may decide to make his home in this territory. For the past slven years he has been statistician for the Western Pine Manufacturers' Association, and is well acquainted with the pine industry of the West.

G. C. BURNETT IN SAN FRANCISCO

G. C. Burnett, Burnett Lumber Co., Tulare, spent a days in San Francisco at the end of last month. few

Blue Diamond Buys New Plant

The Blue Diamond Company, Los 'Angeles,- has purchased the rock and gravel plant of 'the Cooperative Sand & Gravel Company, located between Hollywood and Roscoe and noted for its exceptional quality of plastering sand,

MARTINEZ BVTLDING NE\v OFFICES

The Martinez Lumber Company, Martinez, California, has started construction on their new office building. The new structure will cost around $3000.

Associated Rock Company Has House

The Associated Rock Company, Los Angeles, recently had a house warming at the opening of their new plant in the San Fernando Valley. The plant is located at Wentworth and Wheatland Streets on what is known as the Annette Kellerman tract and is said to have the finest deposit of rock in the valley.

\^|OOD BLOCK FLOOR USE INCREASES

, Figures issued by the American Wood-Preservers Association f.or 1927 show that a total of 13,853,817 square feet of treated wood block floors were laid in the United States in 1927. This was an increase over any previous year, and' was laid principally in factories, machine shops, printing shops, foundries, etc., where heavy trucking and heavy wear is required.