Sacramento Club and Hoo Hoo Visitors Entertained by Diamond Match Co.

Butte County District

Sacramento ValLey Lumbermen's Club members, Butte County and visiting Hoo-Hoo enjoyed a delightful day as guests of The Diamond Match Co. at Chico and Stirling City, September 8.

Assembling at Chico, the lumbermen were taken to Stirling City where luncheon was served on the beautiful shady lawn of the residence of Frank A. Compton, logging superintendent of the company.

Jo Shepard, president of the Sacramento Club, presided in his usual happy manner.

W. B. Dean, general manager of The Diamond Match Co., welcomed the visitors. Mr. Dean said lumbermen should get together oftener and know each other better, and that in his opinion gatherings such as these accomplished a lot of good.

Ira E. Brink, Diamond Match Co., and George M. Cornwall gave short talks.

Immediately after the luncheon the party rvent by special train to see the new railroad incline by rvhich logs are taken across Butte Creek. This operation is an expensive one; but it has saved the building of about 35 miles of logging railroad. Everyone in the party was much interested in the demonstration of the efficiency of the incline when a car of logs was brought from the opposite side in a few mrnutes.

Fred Roth, San Francisco, Supreme Bojum, was toastmaster at the Hoo-Hoo banquet held in the evening at the Oaks Hotel, Chico. Fred was in good form and helped out the entertainment by sprinkling a few good stories among'his remarks.

Joe Cuneo, White Bros., told some amusing Italian dialect.

C. D. LeMaster, past Snark of the lJniverse, spoke on the aims and objects of the Hoo-Hoo order.

Winfield Scott, Director of Public Relations of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, gave an interesting talk on his work.

George M. Cornwall of The Timberman, talked on problem of the lumber industry.

Those present included the following: the

M. E. Fergerson, Diamond Match Co., Chico.

C. E. Brown, Diamond Match Co., Arbuckle.

F. C. Baker, Swayne Lumber Co., Oroville.

J. J. Miller, Diamond Match Co., Gridley.

Roy P. llunter, Sterling |,umber Co., Oroville.

J. A. Shere, Red River I-umber Co., Westwood.

C. E. Mclntosh, Red River Lumber Co., Westwood.

W. J. Morrison, Red River Lumber Co., Westwood.

J. D. Lowe, Red River Lumber Co., Westwood.

Walter Johns, Red River Lumber Co., Westwood.

W. M. Casey, Redwood Manufacturers Co., Pittsburg.

A resolution was passed unanimously recommending that Parson Peter Simpkin be sent to lfonolulu, Australia and New Zealand on a Hoo-Hoo organization trip, and a copy of this resolution rvas ordered to be sent to the Hoo-Hoo Annual at Boston.

Howard M. Gunton, Gritzmacher & Gunton, San Francisco.

F. N. Binton, Diamond Match Co., Sacramento.

Chas. Schab, Diamond Match Co., Durham.

H. L. Weitz, Diamond Match Co., Richvale.

Winfield Scott, National Lumber Manufacturers' Assn., San Francisco.

S. Hassel, Diamond Match Co., Chico.

L. P. Mitchell, Diamond Match Co., Stirling City.

R. B. Orner, Diamond Match Co., Stirling City.

M. W. Hedge, Diamond Match Co., Stirling City.

O. B. Vance, Diamond Match Co., Stirling City.

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