Lumber Bg -Products, I{orth and Sou th

From Shasta's Lofty Summit to Coronado's Silver Strand

BERTIIOLT AND STRUBE NOW WITII C. & O. J. L. EODGE WILL EANDLE L. A. OTFICE

J. R. Bertholf, formerly sales manager of the Hart-'Wood Lrumber Co. at Portland and 'W. B. Strube of Chicago have joined the sales fores of the California and Oregon Lum- ber Co., of which A. A. Dimmick was placed in charge on August 1. Mr. Strube has been connected with the lumber business of the micldle west for many years, and in addition to being Mr. Dimmick's assistant in San Francisco. he will devote a large part of his tiu.e to the wholesale department,

Mr. Bertholf is a former Californian and. well acquainted. over the state. IIe has been with the Hart-Wood oigauiza- tion in Portland for several years and enjoys a wide popu- larity through the Northwest. Furthermore, he wieids a wicked brassie, being one of the kingpin golfers among the lumbermen of the Coast.

_ Jr -L._ Hodges, formerly Lss Angeles manager for the Pacific MiU & Timber company, will represent ihe Califor- nia & Oregon Lumber Company and the Trower Lrumber company in Los Angeles with offices at b018 Moneta avenue.

DOOB COUPANY OFEICI/ALS ON TOUR,

For the purpose of acquaiuting themselves with trade conditions in various parts of the state and to visit their big factory at Oakland, Glenn O. X'ogelman, traveling rep- resentative, and C. M. Isaacson, estimator at the I-,,os Angeles office of the California Door Company, have started. on an automobile trip that wiII keep them away from the home office for several weeks. They have planned. to stop at Paso Robles, Santa Cruz, Del Monte and other points along the Coast before reaching San Francisco. After visiting the plant at Oakland they will go to Sacramento, by boa! shipping their machine with them; thence to Diamond Springs where they will visit the company's box factory, to the mill at Caldor and the timber holdings in the same section, thence Lake Tahoe, Mono lake and over Tioga pass into the Yosemite valley, Fresno and home.

LONG.BELL BUYS INTEBEST IN PORTLAND BANK

That the I-:ong-BeII Lumber company intends to become an active factor in the future business affairs of the Northwest is indicated by the circumstance that R,. A. Long has purchased. stock in, and been elected a director of, the Northwestern National Bank of Portland. It is understood that the same bank soon will open a branch at Kelso, Wash. to serve the Long-Bell interests at that point, as it is right near Kelso where the I-.rong-Bell Lumber company is erecting its new fir mill. Kelso is about 40 miles down the Columbia river from Portland,

RANSOM WITE FR,IEND & TERR,Y

Richard Ransom of Portland has joined the local sales force of the Friend & Terry l-rumber company at Sacramento. Ile is a son of Frank I[. Ransom, general manager of the Eastern & 'Western Lum,ber Company at Portland and has had several years'practical experience in the lumber business.

I,AUGIIIJN VISITS LONG-BEI,L OFEICES

C. J. Laughlin, manager of the 1.,sg Angeles office of the J:ong-Bell I.rumber company, has gone on a trip to the various Long-Bell properties in the Middle West. He will spend. some time in the general offices in Kansas City anct inspect some of the company's hardwoocl nills and other operations in that part of the country.

Cement Rates Reduced

New tarifrs effective September 20 reduced the rate on cement shipments from producing points to Brawley an average of 6 cents a barrel and to Calexico 10 cents a barrel, with corresponding reductions to intermed.iate points.

RUSS ItrILL AT SAN DIEGO THBEATENED BY FIBE

Fire threatened the plant of the Russ I-rumber company at San Diego on September 13 but was put out by the local lire department before it could do much d.amage. lhe flames were confined to the boiler room. None of the machinery or stock was damaged.

uoRcArv ErLL tErLL AND YARD BURNEI)

Fire recently d.estroyeat W. H. Bone's mill and lunber yard. at Morgan Hill in Santa Clara county. The property is said to have sufrered almost a total loss with no insurance.

SUPERI(|R BRAI{D

A kiln dried board has more moisture inside than on the surface.

Oak Flooring'made from resawn kilndried lumber has but one DRY surface.

SUPERIOR BRAND Oak Flooring, all thicknesses, is equally dry on both sides as it is not made from resawn lumber.