MY FAVORITE STORIES

By Jach, Dionne

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The Wrong Architect

Al Jolson is the most skillful man on the American stage at turning a local situation into a big laugtu He played an engagement recently in Los Angeles, and got a big roar out o{ this one:

There is a new theatre in Hollywood called the Grau' marfs Chinese. It is the most beautiful theatre in Cdifornia, and one of the most ornate theatrc palaces ever

. NEW LITMBER FIRM AT EVERETT

The new Parker-Poyneer Lumber Company, of Everett, Washington, was recently organized b;' Mr. George D. Parker df Riverside, California and Mr. Poyneer, a veteran lumberman of the Northwest' They have leased the plant ooerated for several years by the Parker Lumber & Box Cbmpany, and expect- to do a nice business with Mr. Poyneer acting as manager.

CALIF. WHITE & SUGAR PINE MFGRS. ASS'N. TO MEET AT MCCLOUD

On Sept. 16th the California White and Sugar Pine Manufacturers' Association will hold its monthly meeting at McCloud, Calif., followed by a golf tournament on the 17th. These tournaments are monthly affairs and a cup is awarded the player having best net score at the end of six meetings., The tournaments have proven very interesting and helpful in getting the lumbermen better acquainted.

Pioneer Lumberman Dies At Hemet

Mr. W. P. Stump, pioneer contractor and lumber dealer of Hemet, was recently called by death at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. H. Spaulding. Mr. Stump had been a resident of Hemet for the past 29 years, at one time operating the Stump-Spaulding Lumber Company, which was later turned over to his son-in-law and operates under the name of Spaulding Lumber Company, Hemet.

built, Chinese in style, and with scores of spires, colors, and what not, that fakly dazzle the eya

Jolson brings up the subject of this Chinese theatre and its remarkablc exterior appearance, and then pulls this one. "You know, Harry K. Thaw was in Hollywood the othcr day, and he walked out Hollywood Boulevard. As he passed the Chinese Theatre he took one loo! threw up his hands and cried out,-"My God ! I killed the wrong architect."

El Segundo Lumber Company In New Hands

The El Segundo Construction Company recently sold its lumber yard to Mr. Alvin Kuchenbacker and Mr. E. G. Moser, both experienced lumbermen. Mr. Kuchenbacker was affiliated with the Inglewood Lumber Company for several years, while Mr. Moser comes directly from a large company in Washington. They expect to add greatly to the stock and handle all kinds of building materials, operating under the name of the El Segundo Lumber Company.

New Lumber Corporation Formed

Sale of the Alley Brothers' Lumber Company, operating lumber yards in Pasadena and Sierra Madre, to a holding company known as the Pasadena Lumber Company, headed by J. S. and Glenn I. Billheimer, was recently announced by Mr. J. S. Billheimer, president of the concern. The new corporation will own and operate the Pasadena Lumber Company, the Sierra Madre Lumber Company, the San Dimas Lumber Company and the La Verne Lumber Company. Mr. Glenn Billheimer, who will act as manager of the Pasadena yard, was for several years associated with the E. K. Wood Lumber Company. A home business, run by home people, has been the policy of the Billheimer yards in the past and will expand to a greater extent for the future. r

LUMBER'S.COSTLY FAMILY F'IGHT

By. Henry R Isherwood, Secretary-Treasurer, Concatenate.d Order of Hoo-Hoo.

Competing industries get a big "kick" out of the tumber Industry's "family fight."

Bitter competition among Lumbermen gives these other industries a chance to gain for their produits a larger share of the consumer's dollar-at the expense of Lumber.

Every industry claims a share of the national spending money, and the biggest chunk always goes to the best organized, most progressive industry.

The income of the individual depends on the income of his industry.

What, then, does it profit the individual Lumberman to engage in a knock-down-and-drag-out competition with his fellow Lumbermen, in which prices and profits must suffer and public demand for Lumber must decline ?

Is it not better that we devote ourselves to organizing a united front to meet the competition of other industries?

-To advocate Home Ownership in preference to purchases of luxuries ?-To promote the wider use of Lumber for home-building and other uses ?

The Lumber Industry has a distinct advantage over competing industries in the opportunities for thorough organization. We have powerful State, Regional and National Associations representing the individual branches of the Industry and the various species of woods.

And back of the Associations-supporting them at every turn, eagerly ready at all times to co-operate with themwe have }foo-Hoo, the International Order that represents all branches of the Lumber Industry.

Hoo-Hoo offers the common ground of Friendship, Confidence and Education on which all the Associations are founded-and on which the Industry must build its battle front to meet the competition of outside industries.

A. J. RUSSELL VISITS NORTHWEST

A. J. Russell, Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco, left for Portland on Saturday, September 3, on a short business trip where he conferred with his Northwest mill connb'ctions. He was expected back at his office about the middle of the month.

Simonds Buys Abrasive Grinding Wheel Company

Announcement is made of the purchase by the Simonds faw & Steel Co., of Fitchburg, Mass., of ihe plants anci business of the Abrasive Company of Philadelphia, Pa. The Abrasive Co. is one of the leading companies in the grinding wheel manufacturing field, making "Borolon" wheels for grinding cast iron, brass, bronze and metals of low tensile strength. The company also manufactures abrasive cloths and papers.

The Simonds Co., established in 1832, is one of the oldest and largest manufacturers of saws, files and machine knives, owning and operating its own steel mill, in rvhich, in addition to making steel for its own products, there is made sh,eet and bar steel for the commercial market. The Abrasive Co. has a complete organization of branches and sales outlets and will continue to sell the wheels through the same chann,els as in the past. The products of both the Simonds Saw & Steel Co. and the Abrasive Company are used almost entirely in the industrial woodworkingindmetal working field and this close association of the two companies should not only prove mutually beneficial to them but also acceptable and useful to the consumers of both the Simonds company's products and the Abrasive Company's wheels.