Ten tiles of The Years California Ago Today

From the Lumber Merchant, August 1 5, 1925

The Exchange Sawmills Company of Kansas City, Mo., one of the biggest producers of lumber in the South for the past twenty years, announ'ces the firm has closed a deal for the purchase of the timber, milling and railroad properties of the Modoc Lumber Company at Klamath Falls, Ore.

William Lowe has resigned as vi,ce president of the Whitelock Lumber Co. at Bell to return to Sidney, Neb., where he will be associated with the Nebraska-Colorado Grain Company.

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Reproduction of an advertisement by the Boyd Lumber & Mill Co. boosting wood for home constru,ction is a sample of the advertising the lumber firms of Santa Barbara have carried on since reconstruction started following the earthquake.

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The Redwood publicity contest which aims to boost "Better Homes" and which was announced in the August I issue of "The California Lumber Merchant" is warming up. To date the Redwood salesmen,have turned in a large quantity of Redwood selling and using ideas as they have gleaned thein from the retail trade, the Committee in charge of the contest reports.

The annual picnic ", arL ,r"t"" Lumber Company was held Sunday, July 26, at Eagle's Nest on the Noyo, Mendocino County. About 1400 attended the picnic.

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The Two Rock Commercial Co. at Two Rock has completed the ,construction of a new mill at their plant.

The Wisnom Lumber a: ; Sln M.teo is building a new shed which will be strictly modern in all details, and will contain many features of various types of lumber sheds throughout the state.

The Albion Lumber Company held at Northfork on Augdst 5.

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Frank Wisner, Laurel, Miss.; Wilson Compton, Washington, D. C. and John Blodgett, Grand Rapids, Mich., were San Francis,co visitors following the mid-summer meeting of ihe National Lumber Manufacturers Association held at Portland, Ore. They were guests at a luncheon at the Palace Hotel which was attended by twenty prominent San Francisco lumbermen.

H. A. Cahalan, Cahalan Co., Burlingame, has returned from a business trip to Oregon, Washington and Utah.

J. A. Mulcahy of Tucson, Arizona retailer. has been spending several days in San Francisco calling on his lumbermen friends. * :r. *

Ray Spencer, Spencer Lumber Co., Walnut Creek, has been vacationing at Morgan Springs in Tehama County.

This issue carries ",;r;;ion of the Sun Lumber Company full page advertisement that appeared in The Beverly Hills Citizen. * * *

In going over his old files, A. J. (Gus) Russell of the Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco, encountered an interesting momento of the wreck and fire caused by the train robbers at Siskiyou, Ore., in 1923. A picture of the check which was in a burnt and badly mutilated condition appears in this issue. The check was sent to the Patrick Lumber Company, Portland, and 'delivered many weeks later with the notation, "This mail damaged by fire and dynamite in hold-up of Ashland & Gerber Train No. 13, at Siskiyou, Ore., October 11,1923." In spite of the mutilated condition of the ,check, the Patrick Lumber Co. did not hesitate to clear the document with their endorsement.

The Waddell Lumber Co., Alameda, announces the sale of this large retail lumber yard to the Loop Lumber Co. of San Francisco.

Dan Schroebel, A. A. Hauerbach and Robert Inglis have purchased the stock control of the San Joaquin Lumber Co. at Stockton. The purchase of control was made from the Coos Bay Lumber Co.

This issue 'carries a two-page spread of photographs of San Francisco Hoo-Hoo officials, including J' Walter Kelly, G. W. Fraser, J. E. Peggs, Fred Roth, J. E. Martin, L. A. Godard, Chas. R. Wilson, C. C. Stibi'ch, R. E. Caldwell, J. E. Higgins, Jr., E. A. Chamberlin, R. A. Hiscox, Frank H. Harris, J. C. McCabe, C. Stowell Smith, Frank Trower, Frank O'Conner, and Rod Hendrickson.

Fred Burgers of the "rrl.rr-t,i"rber Company is back on his old territory again calling on the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley trade. For the past month he has been connected with the sales department in the company's San Francisco office. Roy Shannon, lvho covered the territory during his office detail, will be connected with the San Francisco office.

The Columbo Lumber Co. of Sebastopol has completed the construction of a new lumber shed, and recently purchased property adjoining their plant whi'ch will be used for lumber stocks.

Fine lnsulation Job

King Lumber Company, Bakersfiel'd, has done a remarkably good job in insulating their ofifi'ce and store.

All the walls are insulated with Celotex. Fir-Tex is laid on top of the roof sheathing, and the ceiling is insulated with Palco Redwood Bark.

Acousti Celotex is used on the ceiling for sound deadening.purposes. Celotex is also used on the floor under the linoleum.

This insulation redu,ces the temperature of the office and store about 18 degrees below the outside temperature in hot weather. A cooling system effects a further reduction in temperature of six degrees.

This store and office building is one of the finest in the country.

Plywood Plant Damaged

The veneer plant of the Wheeler Osgood Sales Company, Tacoma, was damaged by fire, said to be due to spontaneous combustion, August 7.

E. J. Calloway, president, stated that there was no connection between the fire and the recent labor troubles. The entire crew was back at work and the plant was on a Z4hour basis.

The plant will be rebuilt as soon as possible.

Redwood Mill Burned

Fire, said to have started from a smoke stack spark, burned the mill of the Klamath-California Redwood Company at Trinidad, August 2. The loss was estimated at $250,000.

Change Of Telephone Number

The Los Angeles office of the Coos Bay Lumber Co. now has a new telephone number. The number is VAndyke 203r.