Pacific Coast Hardwood flealers Meet at Santa Barbara,

tions for membership in the Na{ional Hards'ood Lumber Association and I\Ir.-Fish promised to have the inspectors on the ground in thirty daYs.

The report of the Committee on advertisilS !o lnsle.a:g the use oi hardrvoods rvas presented by I\1r. D. J. Cahill of the Western Hardrvood Cbmpany of Los Angeles and a 1>lan rvas tentatively decided upon.

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The semi-annual convention of the Pacific Coast Hardrvood Dealers Association rvas held at the Hotel Arlington in Santa Barbara, August 29th and 30th. I\Ir' C' H' White presided and I\'f r. ;. E. Higgtns,- Jr., (Ted). performed his buties as Secretaiy. Dealers from Seattle, !'ancouver, B. C., Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Pi"g9 attended. N[r. Frank Fish, Secretary of the National Hardrvood Lumber Association, at the invitation of the Pacific Coast Association journeyed from Chicago to- take u-p- the matter of placing Nationil inspectors-o-n the Coast' Heretofore theie have been no National Hardr'r'ood inspectors locatecl in the West. The impossibility of securing National re-inspection in cases of dispute, and the inability t-o furnish Nati,onal certificates on Philippine and other hardwoods shippecl frorn Pacific ports to eastern states has hampered Pacific Coast Dealers to a considerable degr-ee' tUr. p;sti presented the offer of the National Association to place a chi.{ or assistant chief inspector in Seattle, San Frincisco and Los Angeles if memberships in his association could be obtainedln sufficient number to t'arrant the expense. After a thorough exposition by Nfr. Fish of the aims and methods of his Association, practically one hunclred per cent of the Pacific Coast dealers signed applica- tr-Rev Booro Boors.

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After the discussion of a number of other matters of interest to the hardrvood trade the session adjourned to the banquet hall. I\{r. J. Fyfe Smith of, Vancouver, B. C', acted as toast master. He proved an adept in evoking the n,it and rvisdom rvhich all idmit is inherent in lumbermen the world over and his os'n resPonses to the jibes and sallies of his American confreres shoived a rapier keenness. I\{r. Frank Fish gave a fine talk and told some of his tall timber tales. An eicellent program of music, singing and dancing provided by the Loi Angeles Hardrvood Club ended the evenlllg.

The follo*'ing day the golf tournament rvas held at La Cumbre Golf Ciub.- The -boys appeared in gorgeo-us raiment. All thc pastel shades were shorvn but Ted-HiSSitl" outshone them- all. His pants were spotless rvhite, his shirt pongee yellorv and his stockings a rvondrous clream rvittr ion{ deivhickuses hanging dorvn -the sides. Henry Srvafiordlof Los Angeles musi have thought that Santa Barabara being Nort6 of his home torvn had a bleak and frigid climate i.td for that reason he rvore u'oolen stockings an"inch thick. Gus Dieckmann and Clarence Bonhoff were nifty in bran nerv variegated suits. Nhen -group-ed together the hardrvood deilers looked like a bed of Fyfe Smith's peonies.

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_ While Ted Higgins had the most iridescent golf togs, $e p.a-lm for the brightest green suit went to Georg,s Brown, President of the Strable Hardwood Company oiOakland. George and Bill Davis rvere playins the same foursome. Henry Kirchmann of San Franciico-told Carload Bill that George Bror,vn tvas as temperamental as an opera singer and that he demanded the strictest quiet rvhen he teed ofi. They-had been spoofing one another-al1 morning, however, and this information only made Bill more caustic.

rvinn,ers in Class A and Class B and Sam Forsythe of San Francisco gave a gold medal for the lorvest net score. Roger Sands of the Ehrlich-Harrison Company of Seattle won the Class A cup and also the gold medalj nosing out !. Boy. -Stanton, conceded to be ihe best golfer ail-tong the Pacific Coast dealers and defeating handily such good players as Ted Higgins and Henry Swifiord. The Cla-ss B Trophy was won by J. Fyfe Smith of Vancouver. This was a-s.urprise as the gentleman had never played a game gf. golf in his _life. H. i:-, however, an expert critket piiyer. There must be some likeness in the rnintal and phvsicalt requirements of the two games, because his drives'were straight and far and his g'ross score lvas the lowest in Class B. William Carload-Davis was another player who made his premiire golf appearance at Santa Baibara. His playing was not exactly brilliant but his jovial manner and ready wit. lifted the gloom rvhich might have attended the poor playing in Class B. He came a cropper, holvever, at the ninth hole.

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At the ninth hole'there was quite a crowd waiting to tee off. Green suit stepped forr,vaid and started to m"ake his tee. Bill remarked casually, "They have an Oakland mole, l9y- tha! guy in the green suit is going to make a mole ht_U." The green garbed golfer called over his shoulder, "Shut up." "Not on your life" loudly responded Bill, ..No pestiferous insect from San Francisio's bedroom is going to nrake me shut up, you hardwood highbinder." Ai thi! the g_reen- suitecl one turned and rushed at Bill with up- raised club-and it wasn't George Brown at all. A bistander rvarded off the blow which threatened Bill,s baid head, and Bill's profuse and abject apologies could be heard clear'to the othir end of the links. ^ :

At the banquet that evening the prizes were awarded. Ted Higgins was the toast master and his humor was spontaneous and contagious. Homer Maris of San Francisco came in flr a good razzing for staying out of the golf tournament. Ed Taenzer wal accused oi calling on "the Santa Barbara trade when he should have been altending to the affairs of the convention. After the main trophiei were. awarded Ted presented a number of ludicrous prizes rvhich rvere received with tumultuous hilarity. The banquet was voted a huge success. The following forenoon rvas spent in automobiling around beautiful Sania Barbara and in the afternoon the conv.ention disbanded to meet again next January at Del l\{onte.