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Hardwood J. Stanley Quinn, of Vander Laan Piling & Lumber Co., Co., San Francisco, ended a month's vacation September San Francisco, officiated as harness race starter at San 30. He made a trip east to visit friends in Charleston, Mateo County Fair at Bay Meadows race track, September S. C., Washington, D. C. and New York.

Emil Sass, secretary of Geo. C. Cornitius

27 to October 5. He has made a hobby of this for many years. His father trained and drove harness racehorses during Fred Lamon, o, *n*nt*,on Co., wholesale most of his life, and Stan is licensed as a starter by the lumber dealers, San Francisco, was back September 26 United States Trotting Association. from a three weeks' northern trip spent visiting the firm's sawmill connections in Northern California and Oregon. Moreland B. Falkell, who was a Captain in the U. S. Mapaul M. p. Merner, Merner Lumber co., palo Arto, is back from a buying trip to washington and oregon' He nue, Richmond Annex. This is an associated company of was accompanied by M. J. "Ben" Byrnes, San Francisco the Sequoia Mill & Lumber Co., San Francisco. lumberman.

A. W. "Bates" Smith, MacDonald & Harrington Ltd., San Francisco, has returned to Oregon where he will be engaged for some time in calling on mills.

George R. Kendrick, general Talbot, Inc., Lumber Division, September 30 from visiting the in Washington and Oregon.

Steve sales manager, Pope & San Francisco, returned firm's mills and offices

Oceanside Lumber Co., with his wife and family O,ceanside, is in the Red-

Francis D. Holmes, of the public relations of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, Seattle, Francisco on business for the association at August.

New Ycrd in Ocecnside

department was in San the end of

A new lumber concern, St. Malo Lumber Co., has been opened in Oceanside. William Meredith, veteran of three years'service with the U. S. Navy Construction Battalion,. is co-owner and manager. He is associated with Gene Gautier, owner of the Encinitas Lumber Co. in Encinitas.

You'd hovc likcd ir, too. h wat going ro be o fawler ponel of rolin-wood, on exompb of the rort of work

Crilifornia Poncl & Vrncr liko lo lurn oul. Only wo couldn't 9or ir. fho rtory ir rfill linircd quontillcr of wolnut, ook ond mohogcny pondr, oll ovoiloblo ro drirlor. Whcn tho cxotic woodr comc bocl. lumbor mrrchonlr will grf th.m, too.