S. F. Hoo Hoo Club Gets Big Attendance

The largest crowd at a San Francisco Hoo Hoo Club meeting in many moons rewarded the efforts of President Jim Farley, Secretary Edward Tietjen and the directors of Hoo Hoo Club No. 9, when the club held the first meeting of the new season at the Commercial'Club, San Francisco, Thursday, October 23.

The gathering was representative of all branches of the lumber industry, and the time which would usually be taken up by a speaker was given over to suggestions as to the best way to conduct the monthly meetings -of the club' Valuable suggestions for the consideration of the directors in the mattii of the kind of programs and quality of entertainment desired by members were given by a number of those present.

Phil B. Hart, former vicegerent snark of the Los Angeles District and former member of the Supreme Nine offered his help and support in making the club a success.

Henry Faull, hlst president of the club, stressed the importancl of short educational talks on lumber subjects. '

Duke Euphrat promised his support, laid emphasis or-r the value of .olop.t.iion between the various branches of the industry, and- affirmed his belief in a bright future for the whole industry.

Mason E. Kline, suggested having two speakers at the

Perry Dame Back In California

Perry A. Dame, Pacific Coast manager of the Creo-Dipt Co., In'c., returned to his San Francisco headq-u^arters -October 23 from a visit to the company's home office in North Tonawanda, N. Y. Mr. Dame, who was away 6ve weeks returned by way of the Pacific Northwest, where he visited the company's Seattle plant in Seattle, and sales rePresentatives in Spokane and Portland.

meetings, one on a lumber subject and the other on some outsidqsubject of interest, both talks to be brief.

Al. Stockton, prominent retailer and a director assured the meeting of his interest and help.

Owing to lack of time for hearing further suggestions, President Farley asked members to put these in the form of a letter.

Bert Bryan, new vicegerent snark of the Golden Gate District, assured members that he is heartily in favor of the movement to make Hoo Hoo Club No. 9 the largest.and most active in Northern California, and pledged the support of the officers and members of East Bay Club, No. 39.

Paul Overend, new State Counselor, who came from Sacramento to attend the meeting, stated that he would do everything in his power to insure the success of the club. Mr. Overend introduced as his guest, W- F. Snyder, No. 5945.

Tommv Tomlinson. chairman of the entertainment committee, and Dr. George Eveleth, provided entertainiqg piano and banjo duets during luncheon, and two solos were sung by Byron Mills, accompanied by Charlie Runyon, radio artists of the National Broadcasting Company.

Walter Medill, vice-president of the club, was the fortunate winner of two choice seats for the U. S. C.-Stanford football game, given away as an attendance prize.

Jo H. Shepard, general manager of Friend & Terry Lum. ber Co., Sacramento, was a recent San Francisco visitor.

UILPITAS LUUBERUEI{ VISTT CITY

William Button and Irving Crabbe, of the Milpitas Lumber Co., Milpitas, rpere recent business visitors to San Francrsco.

California Second in Building Permits for September

With prospective building conditions improving through the Unifed States in September, California ranked second among the states in building permits issued durin-g the month, according to recently made reports by S. W. Straus & Co.

New York ranked first among the states, with permits totalling fi44,48,424, and California was second, with $17'025,56I. Illinois was third, with $16,928,215' Los Angeles Is Third , Among cities reporting the largest volume of building permits in September, New York was first, Chicago second and Los Angeles third.

The total volume of permits in the United States r'vas fi168,254,846, compared with $161,609,331 in August, l-gain of 4 per cent. The September total, however, 's'as 23 per cent below that of SePtember, 1929.

Forest Service Notes California Region

According to a report by the U' S' Forest Service, -the manufacturi of boxei requires more than 14 per cent of all the lumber cut each year in the United States. Fiber containers Iake 7 per cint of all the rvood pulp rrsed in this country.

California develops more electri'c power frorn u'ater, or hydro-electric power, than any other s-tate in the Union. Every year one and three-quarter million horsepowe.r. is mattufaltured by the force of water from streams which have their source in the national forests of the state.

The year following a fire on a brush covered watershed in Souihern California, 100,000 cubic yards of soil were washed from an area of 1.2 square miles, according to studies made bv the U. S. Forest Service.

Tractors have replaced horses in the logging woods oi California and are norv replacing the heavy steam donkey engines. They were first used in 1923 in this state and in 19b, 62 per Cent of all timber logged in the pine regions of California was done by tractors. The U. S. Forest Service approves of their use as they are less liable to cause foresi fires and, if rightly handled, will cause less destruction to the remaining trees that will some day form a forest.

A band of 1500 ewes and lambs grazing on the succulent forage, under permit from the U. S. Forest Service, in the Lassen Nation-al Forest, recently completed a 26-day period without drinking any rvater.

Timber in C"tiforrri. *., nr.*mercially used for lumber in 1818 by the Russians who emigrated from Alaska to Fort Ross. The first regular whip saw set up for manufacturing lumber was at Bodega in 1835. Today the lumber milG of California manufacture annually two billion board feet of lumber, of which 400 million board feet is cut on the national forests of the state'

One California cattle man, in the Tahoe National Forest, first took his stock to the mountains in 1862. He is still using the same rang'e, .now under permit from the U. S. Foreit Service, and is managing his outfit. Another Forest Service permittee started in the cattle business in 1870 and a third in 1874. All of these old stockmen are riding the range each summer in charge of their stock, as they used to do 50 years ago.

Everything In Hardwoods

Because of our big stocks the dealer can furnish his trade at any time in any quantitythe precious and semi-precious wds of all the world. Without expense tohim we galher thir wealth of wood and place it at his dispotaland that of his trade. This pdrmits the dealer to render a great servicer at a great saving to himself.