West Coast Lumbermen's Association to Open Los Angeles Office

L. A. Nelson and A. A. Kayser of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association arrived in Los Angeles recently to make arrangements for opening an office here. Mr. Nelson, who makes his headquarters in Portland, Oregon. remained only a few days but Mr. Kayser will make Los Angeles his headquarters and will also cover the San Francisco Bay, the Sacramentci and San Joaquin Valley, and the San Diego district.

Mr. Kayser has a thorough general knowledge of the lumber business, having been connected with the industry for almost thirty )€ars; His first experience was sales work in the Puget Sound territory during the years of 1900-01-02 and later he went to Portland where he became connected with the PortlandLumber Company. Mr.

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Kayser has been supervisor of grades in the district between Medford and Portland for the West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the past three years.

He will spend the first few weeks contracting member mills and keymen and attending the various lumbermen's meetings so as to become familiar with conditions in California. He will devote considerable time to re-inspection work and will confer with the county engineers, contractors and architects advising them on grades. He will also work with the distributors at San Pedro, San Diego and San Francisco. Mr. Kayser states that he will be glad to give any information regarding grades which may come up for discussion.

The location of the office will be announced at a later date.

A. D. SQUIRES ON EXTENDED TRIP

A. D. Squires, vice president of Mark W. Lillard, Inc., Los Angeles, is spending a month in Arizona and New Mexico on business. He will go as far East as El Paso before returning to Los Angeles.