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, a J. WAGNER UNDERGOES OPERATION

A. J. Wagner, of the Santa Fe Lum.ber Company, San Francisco, is confined to the Franklin Hospital -wh-ere he recently underwent an operation. Mr. Wagner is doing nicely after the operation and his many friends are wishing him a speedy recovery.

ELMoRE KTNG vTSTtTNc IN NTw YoRK

Elmore W. King, of the King Lumber Co., Bakersfield, has left for the east on a pleasure trip where he will spend a few weeks looking over the sights in the "Big Town." It is rumored among several of his San Francisco lumbermen friends that he will continue the perfection of his Mah Jongg game while in the east and ascertain if possible it a"1i iew plays or moves have been developed by the crack players of the New: York m,etropolitan district.

PACIFIC COAST AGAIN BREAK$ SHIPPING RECORDS

Breaking atl former records by a great niargin, the ship;nents of lumber from Pacific Northwest ports, in the first isix months ol 1923, reached the enormous total of 1,818,114O,000 feet. This includes shipments'from Washingtdn, Oregon and British Columbia, and exceeds the total for the first six months in 1922,,!y'185,000,000 feet.

GANAHL LUMBER COMPANY LOSES LOS ANGE. . LES YARD BY FIRE

The Alameda Street yard of the C. Ganahl Lurn.ber Com,pany wap completely destroybd by fire on the afternoon of October 14th.

The fire, starting in a paint factory adjoining the offices of the lumber yard, spread with remarkable speed to the alleys, and fanned by a stiff wind, soon had the entire yard and mill in a roaring flame that was uncontrollable..

; This yard is situated in the city of Vernon, wlrere they have very little water supply for fire fighting, and the engine company that responded to the alarrn,, from Los An-r geles, were unable to give much of a fight.

' It is understood that the Ganahl Lumber Company had about eight million feet stored here, this with the loss of ihe mill and trucks, will mean a loss of about a half milIion dollars, which is partly covered by insurance.

Hawthontp Venp Chawges Hands

Mr. R. M. Gregg has taken over the Ratclifie Lumber Companys yard at Hawthorne.

BILL RUSSELL OPENS SAN FRANCIS@ OFFICE

Bill Russell, formerly with Hill & Morton, is now located in the Flatiron Building, San Francisco, and will act as tte California representatives of the A. C. Tebbs Lumber Corp., of Aberdeen, Washington, and the Ward & Lcwis Lumber Co. of Portland, Oregon.

FRED HAMLIN NOW ASSOCIATED WITH E. L. FIFIELD

Fred Hamlin, popular and well known lumberman of San Francisco, has disposed of his partnership in the BennettHamlin Lumber Co. and has sold his interest in the tiusiness to Mr. Garry Bennett. The Bennett-Hamlin Lumber Co. dissolved partnership on October 5. Beginning Optober 15, Mr. H,am.lin will be associated with E. L. Fifield, the well known San Francisco wholesaler.

SCHUMACHER WALL BOARD OFFICIALS RE. TURN FROM NORTH

Mr. John Schumacher, Ir., Asst. General Manager and Mr. Earl Schmidt, Sales Manager for the Schumacher Wall Board Company, Los Angeles, have returned from a several weeks trip through the northern part of the state. They took in practically all of the cities in the north, making a study of building conditions.

c. L. JACOBSON OPENS YARD

Mr. C. L. Jacobson, of Huntington Park, has opened a yard and general building material store on the Tweedy Road, south of Huntington Park.

MR. J. F. MULLIN LEAVES FOR LONG TRIP

Mt. J. F. Mullin, pioneer lumberman of Los Angeles, left recently for a several months trip to South America.

NE\,t/ RETAIL YARD NEAR LONG BEACH

McDonald and Fraser, a new company, have opened a retail yard on Anaheim Road, between Long Beach and Wilmington.

PAUL S. FOSTER VISITS LOS ANGELES

Mr. Paul S. Foster, Sales Man,ager for the Northwestern Redwood, with offices at San Francisco, was a visitor in Los A.ngeles last week, attending to business matters.

While in Los Angeles, Mr. Foster called on Hooper & Smith, who are representatives in Southern California and Arizona of the Northwestern Redwood Company.

Our new DRY KILNS are now in operation and we have sufficient SHED CAPACITY to carry complete stocks for prompt shipments. Try us on SOFT OLD GROIWTH YELLOW FIR CLEARS.

We can ship in STRAIGHT or MIXED CARS immediately: DOUGLA$ FIR-REDWOOD-CEDARWHITE and SUGAR PINE-SPRUCE.

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