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What Live California Lumbermen are Road Doing

SOUTIIER,N CAIJFOR,MA RETAILER,S TO }IEET IN LOS ANGELES SATUR,DAY, NOVEMBER, 18

-Saturday, November 18 is the date of the annual meeting of the Southern California ReJaiI I_iumber Dealers, associa-- tion. 1r6s Angeles'is the place but the hotel has not been selected..

These definite plans were made at a meeting of the directors in I-.ios Angeles a few days ago. Present at the meet- ing were President Will Davies and Secretary-treasurer F. L. Morgan as well as most members of the board of directors.

The committee in charge of arrangements consists of C. 'W. Pinkerton of Whittier, C. H. Chapman of Santa Ana and Frank L. Fox of Glendale.

The nominating committee consists of Frank Gibbs of Anaheim, C. If. Griffin of Artesia and M. A. Vining of Covena.

An attractive program will be worked out. These details are in the hands of the committee.who will cooperate with Mr. Morgan.

WOODEEAD DR,IVES TO NOR,TIIEN,N CITIES

David 'W-oodhead, well-known l_.los Angeles retailer, accompanied. by Mrs. 'Woodhead., drove to San Franciseo and other cities in the northern part of the state early last month. On the return trip they stopped at Fresno and accompanied the San Joaquin Valley crowd on the memorable exeursion to Iluntington Lake. Ben 'Woodhead. of Beaurnont,. Tex., brother of Mr. 'Woodhead and presid.ent of the American 'Wholesale Lumber association, drove back with them.

KEI.LOCG TO IJVE IN SOUTIILAND

_O_. 4. Kellogg, who is known to most of the lumber buyers of California, has resigned. as manager of the E. K. 'Wood f:umber company's mill at lfoquiam, 'Wash., and will come to I-ros Angeles to live. IIe will be succeeded at Hoquiam by his son, George G. Kellogg.

SAN DIEGO IIAS GOOD }IONTE

I-rumber reeeipts at the port of San Diego for the month of August aggregated 10,01?,790 feet, according to official compilations just completed. Only 30,000 feet were exported Mexieo in the month.

OAKLAND EAS EOME SEEKERS' SEOW

The California Complete flomes exposition opened. at Oakland a few days ago and already is attracting prospective home owners from m,any sections of the state. Ten eomplete hones have been built in one of the most attractive residenee districts of Oakland. so persons looking for the ways of aequirinq a home mav have alt the information neeessary offered right before their eyes. Already it is stimulating builcling say the local lumbermen.

W. C. RIBENACK CALLED TO AR,KANSAS

W. C. Ribenack, Chairman of the Board of the California and Oreson Lumber Co.. has been ealled to Thornton. Arkansas. beeause of ffre that destroyed the eompany's planning mill at that point.

TOR,WARD MOVE}IENT SPEEDS UP HOMT.BUILDING IN SAN FR,ANCISCO DISTR,ICT

Building operations in the San Francisco Bay region continue to increase in both volume and value and. no small part of this happy situation is due, it is understood., to the campaign of the San Francisco Forward Movement to which many lumbermen belong.

During the month of August, when building permits reached the magnificent total of 96,000,000, the city had the best building month since the fire of 1906.

Richard B. Bell, treasurer of the San X'rancisco Forward. Movement, d.eclares that the August builcling record. is only a promise of what San Francisco can clo through the continued. stimulation that the San Fbancisco Foiward Movement is furnishing. Ife declares that instead of g6,000,000 in builtling permits, the city's monthly record for the next twelve months should average at least $10,000,000.

SHIPMENTS FR,OM EUN,EKA AR,E IIEAVY

Lumber prod.uetion and shipment from Eureka-in the heart of the redwood. country-are heavier this year than in any similar period in recent history. Cargo shipments from the port run approximately 25,000,000 feet a month. Most of this noves coastwise to San Francisco and l-ros Angeles, but from 4,000,000 to 6,000,000 feet a month is exported.

trgy_-"gh siding shorter than ten foot lengths HAS to be used on California bungalowsl

_ Is it n_ot a-part of the extra seryice that Jach Dionne has been preaching, to show your customers the advantage of BUYING shorts instead of long lengths)

WE CAN BACK YOU UP in that service by f-urnishils specified amounts of short lengths, the_quickness of shipment being in propoition to the percentage of short lumber you can take.