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F. J. Connolly, president, and J. G. Cahill, vice president, Western Hardwood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, left September 12 on a three r,,'eeks' trip to Chicago and other Middle West points. They attended the annual meetings held at the La Salle Hotel, Chicago, September 17 to20, of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, the National Wholesale Lumber Distributing Yard Association (of which Mr. Connolly is vice president) and the meeting of the Woodply Foundation. They also visited birch and maple mills in Wisconsin.

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J. Macmillan, general manag'er, Consolidated Lumber Wilmington, Calif., left September 18 on a business pleasure trip to Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, B. C., Canmore, Alberta. He will be away three weeks.

B. W. Byrne of B. W. Byrne & Sons, hardrvood lumber dealers, Long Beach, left September 8 to cover the hardwood manufacturing centers of the Middle West and South. He will also visit New York, and will return about the middle of November.

Bill Sampson, Sampson Company, Pasadena, a successful deer hunting trip in the High packed in from Olancha, Inyo County.

Fred Morehouse, to Salt Lake City to and made the return is back from Sierra. He division of Unitbusiness trip to visits to the San

Anglo California Lumber Co., flew spend his vacation with his family, journey also by the air route.

Robert Lee, Escondido Lumber Co., Escondido, returned September 18 from a two weeks' trip to Henderson, Ky. The trip was made necessary by the death of his father.

C. R. Taenzer, American Hardwood Co., Los Angeles, left September 15 to attend the annual conventions of the National Hardrvood Lumber Association, and the National Wholesale Lumber Distributing Yard Association, held at the La Salle Hotel, Chicago, September 19 and' 20. He was accompanied on the trip by Mrs. Taenzer.

M. I-. (Duke) Euphrat, Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco, is back from a three weeks' visit to the Northwest, rvhere he called on the firm's sawmill connections, making his headquarters at the Portland office.

Fred Smales, manag'er of the California ed States Plywood Corp., recently made a Phoenix, Arizona, and followed this with Francisco, Oakland, and Fresno branches.

Seth L. Butler, Northern California sales representatives of Dant & Russell, Inc., returned to San Francisco recently from spending three weeks calling on mills in the Pacific Northwest. He made his headquarters at the firm's home office in Portland.

Nate Parsons of San Pedro Lumber Company, Los Angeles, and Mrs. Parsons spent part of their vacation at San Diego and "South of the Border," finishing up in the San Bernardino mountain area.

LeRoy H. Stanton, E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, traveled to Chicago to attend the conventions of the National Hardwood Lumber Association and the National Wholesale Lumber Distributing Yards Association, which were held at the La Salle Hotel, September 19 and 20. Mt. Stanton is a director of the last named organization.

Roy Barto, Precision Kiln Drying Co., Los Angeles, hardrvood importers, is on a six weeks' business trip to Colombia, South America, where he is calling bn their lumber connections.

Bob Evju, sales manager, James L. Hall, wholesale lumber dealer, San Francisco, was a recent Los Angeles visitor.

Ed Huffman, nanager of San Pedro Lumber Company's plant at San Pedro, and Mrs. Huffman, spent a week recentlv at Crestline. in the Lake Arrowhead district.