To Represent McCormick in 6000 See Better Housing Stunt

Aiizona and New Mexico

It is announced by the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. that they have appointed L. R. Chadbourne their representative in Arizona and New Mexico.

Mr. Chadbourne recently spent a few days at the company's home office in San Francisco and attended the annual convention of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association at Fresno on October 71, 12 and 13.

He has represented the Elliott Bay Mill Co. and the Insulite Co. in that territory for some time. It is also announced that Charlie Henrv will continue to spend a Week out of each month in the Arizona territory.

J. H. Kruse

John Henry Kruse, 84, founder lumber firm bearing his name, and men in the retail lumber business of di,strict, passed away at his home ber 4.

of the San Francisco one of the best known the San Francisco Bay in Hillsborough, Octo-

A crowd of 6,000 Oakland people turned out on the evening of October 5 to see the dramatic stunt of remodeling a dilapidated house in four hours that would normally take about six rveeks. The demonstration took place in Lakeside Park under batteries of floodlights. The job was made possible by rehearsing for some time a crew of 150 mechanics.

Louis J. Breuner, general chairman of the Oakland Better Housing Program, and Clifford C. Anglim, director of the Northern California district of the Federal Housing Administration, and other speakers told of the Better Housing movement and urged the co-operation of Oakland'citizens in the program

Fresno Better Housing Program

' and came to San Franin the lumber business

Mr. Kruse was born in Germany, cisco 70 years ago. He had been for the past 54 years.

Jesse E. Rodman, pr'esident of the Fresno County Chamber of Commerce, is the chairman of the Fresno Better Housing Program committee. In connection with the program a dinner meeting was held October 1, at which Clifford C. Anglim, director of the NHA for Northern California was the chief speaker.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Cora B. Kruse, and six dadghters, Mrs. Ed Gillon, Mrs. Helene Gilmore, Mrs. Harry Thompson, Mrs. M. Hirshfeldt, Mrs. Walter R. Clare Lumber Co. has opened a yard in Sacramento. The Blick, and Mrs. E. A. Green, Jr. company also operates a sawmill at Azalea, Oregon.