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A few hours were available for outd.oor sports before the big dinner in the main d.ining room. After dinner a campfire and the entire party gathered around.

J. C. Ferger, general chairman, took charge of the campfire program and presented J. G. Ferguson, chairman of the committee on arrangements. Mr. Ferguson is manager of the Shaver Lake Lumber company at Clovis, a subsidiary of the Southern California Edison company, and. it was through his good offices that many of the interesting and entertaining incidents of the outing were mad.e possible.

A. J. ("Gus") Russell of San Francisco was the presiding genius of the subsequent speaking and. story-telling session, and "Gus" never was in a happier mood.. IIis quick wit and. caustic comments combined to place both the crowd. and the speakers in good humor.

The first of the orators was I-r. R. ("Dick") Putman, secretary-manager of the American 'Wholesale I:umber Association of Chicago. IIe brought a message of greeting from the wholesalers of the country, and entertainecl with a few of hi! side-splitting "nigger" stories, brought from the South, where he forirerly was in the retail business and where he still retains an interest in a number of yards, thus giving him the rare privilege of addressing the crowd as "fellow retailers."

Ben Woodhead of Beaumont, Texas, president of thc wholesalers' organization, also was in a story-telling mood. He delighted his audience with an ultra-humorous account of a young salesman's experience in calling on a typical old-time French store-keeper in Louisiana.

Cleorge M. Cornwall, editor of the Timberpan, who made the long journey from Portland. to attend the picnic, told. a number of his inimitable Scotch stories and brought reports of lmbering and Iogging conditions in the Northwest.

S. O. Krantz of the CAIIX'ORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT, conveyed. the greetings of Jack Dionne, who was unable to be present.

On adjournment into the lobby of the hotel, officials of the Edison company, including I. 'W. Linklider of the I-ros Angeles office, explained the plans of their organization.

Timothy llealy, San Francisco attorney, addressecl the crowd on the Southern Pacific-Central Pacific merger, directing his argument against .the proposed dissolution of the two roads.

Chairman Ferger introduced the committeemen who hacl pdepared and arranged for the outing and each was given rousing acclaim. They were: J. G. Ferguson of Clovis, "Ilncle Joe" Martin of Fresno, Sam KeIIuer of Fresno, Dean Prescott of Fresno and William F. Baird of Madera. trbed Conner, president of the State association of lumbermen, urged every man present to attend the forthcoming annual convention of that organization at San Francisco, Saturday, October 28.

Then came the dancing. The committee had engaged a high-powered orchestra and there was fun galore until midnight.

Sunday's program was a strenuous one. Breakfast before 3 o'clock and the start across Kaiser Pass by 8 :30.

The trip &cross the pass, at an elevation of 9300 feet, and the visit to the camp where one unit of a tunnel, that ultimately will be 13r/2 miles long, is being driven, probably was the climax of the journey.

This part of the trip was under direction of Davitl E.

Redinger, resident engineer for the Southern California Edison company, who explained the numerous intricate details of the operation and who piloted the party on an electric train for more than a mile into the huge bore that is being driven through solid granite under the crest of the Sierras.

It is the biggest diversion project ever undertaken. In brief, it contemplates diverting the South fork of the San Joaquin river through a tunnel Lgyz miles in length into Huntington lake where the waters will be used to develop hydro-electricity to supply the patrons of the Southern California Edison company in the San Joaquin Valley end as far south as l-ros Angeles. The tunnel now is being driven from its outlet and from a point about midway to the intake. Work soon will be started at the intake and at one other point. It is a mere reflection on the work of these engineers to observe that while this tdnnel is being driven from four different points, when the several sections meet underground the sides will coincide to the smallest fraction of an inch !

On the return trip to Fresno the party traveled. over the Edison company's own somewhat circuitous, but well laid out and well-maintained mountain road. to a picturesque camp-site for lunch; thence dowa, d.own and on down the mountain side, with majestic scenery along every foot of the way, until the final halt at Fresno. Yes, indeed, it was a strenous trip but it was worth all the effort that it cost.

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