State Retailers Will Hold Annual Convention at Del Monte, October 22-23

Hotel Del Monte, 125 miles south of San Francisco and 375 miles north of Los Angeles, is well situated for those attending the State convention. It is served by excellent highways and directly by the Southern Pa,cific Lines.

Visitors to the convention who wish to golf have the choice of five ,courses within a three-mile radius of Del Monte. These are Cypress Point, Del Monte, Monterey Peninsula Country Club, Pacifi,c Grove's municipal course. and Pebble Beach, where the National amateur championship was played in I9D.

The Roman Plunge in the hotel park, with its heated salt water will appeal to swimmers.

Del Monte is a paradise for motorists. Del Monte F'orest alone has more than 100 miles of sceni,c boulevards within its toll gates, and there are interesting scenic trips down the Carmel Highlands and up the Carmel Valley, to the Mission of Carmel, San Juan Bautista, to the Redwoods of Santa Cruz and the fine coast highway to the Big Sur River.

Convention visitors will want to see the nearby cities of Monterey and Carmel, and to take the famous l7-mile drive around the Monterey Peninsula.

Convention rates at Hotel Del Monte include meals and are as follows:

George W. LaPointe, Jr., Menomonie, Wisconsin, Dresident of the National Lumber Dealers Association, will dttend the convention and will address the meeting.

The Douglas fir grade-marking campaign being carried on by the Lumber and Allied Products Institute. Los Angeles, will be one of the special features to be presented at the convention. H. A. Lake, president of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association, has appointed Paul Hallingby, lfammond Lumber Company, Los Angeles, as chairman of a special committee for a grade-marked lumber exhibit. Mr. Hallingby will prepare an exhibit of advertising and publicity material developed by the Institute