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every sign of rage, when the phone rang. It was the colored one.

"Boss !" he said in his most ingratiating tones. "I'm sorry but I cain't come to wu'k dis mawnin'. Il'its on account of de heavy fog. De fact is, I ain't even arrived home las' night yit."

H. J. NUNNELEY CALTFORNTA VISTTOR

H. J. Nunneley, sales manager of the Pacific Plywood Corporation, Willamina, Ore., was recently in San Francisco and Los Angeles on business.

New Yard In Salinas

Will Jenkins & Sons recently opened a retail lumber yard one mile north of Salinas on 101 Highway. Mr. Jenkins rvas formerly with Salinas Lumber Company.

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Coast Hardwood Distributors Convene Frank Trower Succeeds to Oflice of Seer ol the House of Ancients

September 14-17

The annual convention of the Pacific Coast Wholesale Hardwood Distributors' Association will be held at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, September 14 to 17.

Several nationally known speakers will address the group during the business sessions, including Ralph E. Hill, secretary of the National Oak Flooring Manufacturers Association, and Arthur F. Fisher, in charge of the Philippine participation at the Golden Gate International Exposition.

The program is as follows:

Thursday, September 14,9:30 a.m. to 12 noon, business meeting at Palace Hotel. Afternoon and evening on Treasure Island. f)inner at Yerba Buena Club, followed by visit to the Cavalcade of the Golden West.

Friday, September 15, 9:3O a.m. to 12 noon, business meeting at Palace Hotel. Afternoon and evening on Treasure Island. Dinner at the California Pavilion with a special program of entertainment, followed by visit to the Folies Bergere.

Spturday, September 16, 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon, business meeting at Palace Hotel. Afternoon, open. Evening, a special surprise program in San Francisco.

Sunday, September 17, l0 a.m., farewell buffet breakfast at Palace Hotel.

Frank W. Trower Francisco who rvas of the Trower Lumber Company, San Snark of the Universe of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo in l9l213, has succeeded to the office of Seer of the lfouse of Ancients.

He is the fourth to hold this office, and the first active lumberman to be so honored, the other three having been Bolling Arthur Johnson, Lumber World Revierv, Chicago; founder of the Order; Nelson A. Gladding, E. C. Atkins & Co., Indianapolis, Ind., and John S. Bonner, Humble Oil Refining Co.. Houston. Texas.

Frank is known in the House of Ancients as Rameses 20. He will be presented with the nine-pointed diamond star, which is the badge of office, at the Big Trees Hotel, Calaveras Big Trees, on September 30, the evening before the Parson Simpkin Memorial Service. October 1.

Yard Adds Improvements

Clear Lake Lumber Co. has added a new shed at recently established yard at Clearlake Highlands, Calif. its