From the Ten Files of The Years Ago Today

California Lumber Merchant, Septe m6er 1 , 1926

"Northwestern Observations-No 2" is an interesting article by Jack Dionne, who is on a trip to the Northwest.

Jimmy Atkinson, rvho has been covering the Peninsula, Coast Counties, Marin and Sonoma Counties for Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., has been assigned to the company's San Francisco office where he will be in charge of their rail department.

C. Harry White, White Brothers, San Francisco, and Mrs. White, have returned from a two months' European tour where they visited England, France, Switzerland, Scotland and Italy.

Fred Palmer, San pr.,rli.Jo, 1l", l"it for Mexico where he will be associated with his father-in-law, Hiram C. Smith, as general manager of the Durango Lumber Company at El Salto. Mr. Smith and his associates have owned a large tract of pine timber in the Durango region for many Years'

"Speaking of Self Made Lumbermen, Meet C. D. John-.on of Portland, Oregon," is an interesting article on the lrrrnber career of C. D. Johnson, the Pacific Spruce Cor- poration mill at Toledo, Oregon, and the C. D. Johnson Lumber Company of Portland.

The Byron Times nr, ;1r.J,.J"ed the Byron Times Development Edition, their tenth special number. Among the Iumber firms having articles in this issue are the Good I-umber Co., Stockton Lumber Co., Brentwood Lumber Co., Electric Planing Mill, Redu'ood Manufacturers Co., and Tracy Lumber Co.

A fire destroyed a large part of the Coos Bay Lumber Conrpany yard at Bay Point, Calif., on July 16.

Guy F. Campbell .f F;r;, Iul". ,.p..sentative in the San Joaquin Valley for Paraffine Companies, Inc., of San Francisco, sends in some observations on the live wire manager of the King Lumber Company yard at Wasco, Calif., which are published in this issue. Stanley W. Root is the gentleman in question, who believes in changing the old school of lumber yards into the more modern Building Material Stores.

Kenneth Smith, the big, hearty, good looking boy with

Hardwoods - F"r"y Hardwoods

Calif ornia Sugar Pine

California Ponderosa

California Redwood

Douglas Fir Lumber Building Materials

Hardwood and Fir Plywoods

Ulallboard - Roofing Nails t'Supet Cedar" Closet Lining

Insulite Distributorg the booming laugh, so well known in California through his long association with the Long-Bell Lumber Company, has come back to the Golden State, and is now associated. with the E. K. Wood Lumber Company in Los Angeles as sales manager for the Southern California division. He left California about a year ago to take charge of the Long-Bell Lumber Company office at Philadelphia. w. H. (Bitl) Morrt..J oi.rl c. D. Johnson Lumber Company has been transferred to the company's Los Angeles office where he is connected with the sales division.

The Geo. M. Huff Lumber Company, Los Angeles, is opening a new yard at 116th and Main Streets. The new plant will be their main y:.rd. *

Otto Frese. well known San Francisco lumberman, has opened an office in San Francisco where he will carry on a wholesale business in lumber and building materials.

Entertains Northwestern Lumbermen

IlIembers of the Northwestern Lumbermen's Association who recently toured the Pacific Coast were given a dinner at the Eureka Inn, Eureka, by the California Redwood Association on Sunday, August 9.

Carl Bahr, president of the Association, presided. Professdr Emanuel Fritz gave an interesting talk on Redwood. The party visited the mills and logging operations on Monday, August 10.

The lumbermen spent August 11 and 12 in San Francisco, and visited Los Angeles August 14 and 15, traveling by the Daylight train from San Franciscq August 13.

Wins Redwood Shingle Sale Prize

L. W. (Lew) Blinn, salesman for The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francis,co, recently attracted considerable attention to himself as a Redwood shingle salesman when he won the prize of a $50.00 suit of clothes ofiered by the California Redwood Association for the Redwood salesman selling the greatest number of squares of Redwood shingles during the month of June.

C. Iv\/. BUCKNER MOVES OFFICE

C. W. Buckner, California representative of Harbor Plywood Corporation, Hoquiam, Wash., has mqyed to larger offices at 712 Underwood Building, San Francisco. His telephone number is the same, GArfield 8529.

Back From Vacation

Carl Freyer, manager of the Wagner Lumber Co., Santa Barbara has returned from a two week's vacation spent visiting some of the points of interest in Southern California.

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