Gets Action

Max Cook, Farmstead Engineer for the California Redwood Association, wrote the following letter the other day. The letter he refers to is from the Humboldt Milling Company, Fortuna, and asks for information on securing the Bulletin. Here is Mr. Cook's letter:

"The California Lumber Merchant, 318-320 Central Building, Los Angeles, California. October 5,1926.

Gentlemen:

BENTLEY FIRE LOSS WILL REACH $7O,OOO

GLENDALE, Oct. 4.-Fire that broke out in the yards of the Bentley l-umber Company at l,os Feliz Road and Railroad avenue, shortly after noon today, caused damage estimated at $70,000 before it was brought undbr control in hour later. The flames started in a shed in which the finish lumber was stored, destroying 500,000 feet of lumber, together with the shed, leaped to the warehouse in which composition_ roofing and other building materials were in stock, and thence spread to a dry kiln that was also burned out.

HALST,EAD BUYS IRED ARROW

._'The lumber department of the Red Arrow Company. on We-s-t Pico -stleet,_ Los_Angeles, has been bought 6y ttre 1. D. Halstead Lumber Comfany, according to L{r. dmlroJe Halstead, Los Angeles manager.