Holt's New Wonder Book Calculates Quickly Cost of Any House Any Where

It looks as though there realll' IS something nerv under the sun in the building line.

A. W. Holt's new book, "Automatic Building Costs," seems to fully live up to his claim that it is "the wonder book for builders." For many years Mr.Holt's name has been known. to American builders through his first remarkable building idea, called Holt Bid.

And nor,t comes his book for figuring automatically, absolutely correctly, and almost instantly, the cost of any size, shape, and kind of house imaginable, any.where, by any reasonably intelligent man.

The book is brand nerv, just off the presses, the first edition is sold out, and the second is already rolling off.

With this book at hand, the lumber dealer quits guessing, when a prospective purchaser and builder asks him "about how much a certain house would cost." There is no about to it, with this very remarkable little book. In a few moments he tells the prospect exactly what the cost would be. The shape ofthe house makes no difierence. Any sort of material is figured. The guessing days are gone.

Mr. Holt is a most enthusiastic believer in modern merchandising for the retail lumber dealer. He believes that the lumber dealer should be the building authority of his town, and that his place of business should be building headquarters. He is selling this new book to and through the lumber dealer, and it is his sincere wish that by putting this powerful modern building weapon in the hands of the

M. L. COOPER ADDRESSES KIWANIS CLUB

M. L. Cooper, Los Angeles, in charge of the Publicity Department for the Hammond Lumber Co., was the principal speaker at the meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Huntington Park on November 4. Mr. Cooper exhibited the motion picture, "From Forest to Builder", showing the company's operations at Samoa, San Pedro and Los Angeles.

Old Time Lumberman Passes

A. L. Brown, who a good many years ago was manager of the old Sierra Lumber Co., at Red Bluff, and later was interested in a string of retail yards in the Sacramento Valley, died in San Francisco early in November' dealer he will help him identify himself most positively as the local building authority.

There has never before been anything like this book "Automatic Building Cost," "ABC" of building figuring, Mr. Holt calls it.

The other day Mr. Holt called at this editorial desk, his book in hand, and he succeeded in convincing our editorial department, as well as several of our retail lumber friends, that his book is all that he claims, and that it will do everything and anything that he recommends.

It is perfect wizardry to watch the things a man versed in plain building figures can do with that book in hand. In the working out of the book Mr. Holt has discovered things concerning economic building facts that are perfectly amazing, all of them being incorporated into the book.

It looks to this journal as though Mr. Holt has created something that will absolutely revolutionize the figuring of building costs.

In one of the large Northwestern districts the lumber dealers have made a deal already withMr.Holt by which he sells his book only through them, so that they shall say who will possess the books, and the dealers themselves are handling the selling campaign, so much do they think of the proposition. Mr. Holt carried a letter signed by this group of dealers stating that in their opinion no modern lumber merchant can get along without the "ABC|' Book, and pronouncing it the best gift that has ever come to the man who figures homes.

'MAJOR" WILLTAMS ENTERS HARDWOOD BUSINESS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

M. ("Major") Williams is a new entryinto the hardwood business in Southern California Where he is representing the Mansfield Hardwood'Lumber Co. of Shreveport, I]ouisana. The Mansfield interests operate hardwood inillsat Winfield, Louisiana, and Reeder, Arkansas. Before coming west, Mr. Williams was connected with the Stout Lumber Co. at Thornton, Arkansas.

Fire Destroys Warehouse

Fire destroyed the warehouse of the Woodland Lumber Co., Woodl.nd, C"lifornia on November 2. The company's stock of doors, windows, lime and cement was a total loss. The loss was estimated at $10,000.

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And the smaller dealers have found out that our service to them is REAL SERVICE. Our quick shipment of anything and everything for the building trade by car or truck makes it possible for the small dealer to give tip-top service to his. trade, and yet keep down his investment, his insurance and his overhead.

ANGELES HOO.HOO CLUB ARRANGES FOR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY

y'Arrangements are well under way for the Third Annual Christmas Party of Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club No. 2, V which will be held on Thursday, December 22. Last year " over 4O0 children were invited to meet Santa Claus at the Club's Christmas party. This year the Club also plans to mlkg a large number of kiddies happy and a big program will be arranged, providing plenty of Christmas cheer for the youngsters. There will be a special luncheon, fine entertainment and Santa Claus will appear in person to present the young guests of the club with presents.

.4. L. "Gus" Hoover will act as chairman of the Christmas Party Committee. He has appointed the following to serve o.n the arrangements committee: Frank Burnaby, Berne S. Barker, B. W. Byrne, B. W. Bookstaver, T. B. Lawrence, Roy Stanton, Floyd Dernier and Mel Coe. All lumbermen are invited to attend.

LOUIS J. SIMPSON DOWN FROM THE NORTH

T-. J. Simpson, president of the Coos Bay Logging Co., and also president of the Ba1' Park Mill Co., Marshfield, Oregon, visited San Francisco about the middle of Novem- ber. While in San Francisco he made his headquarters in the office of the Trower Lumber Co.

Bricks Made From Redwood

William Reynolds, Marysville, California, hds been granted a patent for a brick made from redwood. The br.!k_s are regulation size, and Reynolds claims lathing will be unnecessary on the inside oi a wall built of these bricks, as t.hey can be grooved to hold the plaster.

HERMAN ROSENBERG VISITS .LOS ANGELES

Herman Rosenberg came back from Detroit to spend a couple of weeks in his home town of Los Angeles and at the home office of the Hipolito Company, and will return early in December. He will spend the winter in Detroit. He is full of common sense optimism concerning conditions and prospects. He says that the complainers are doing plenty of noise making, in Michigan as elsewhere, but that the hard workers and strong diggers are getting along well, just as they always do, regardless of slack cbnditions.

Ife is accompanied on his trip by l\frs. Rosenberg.

Puddingstone Dam And Diversion Channel Being Built With Monolith Cement

Work on the Puddingstone dam, diversion channel, and diversion dam in the mountains above San Dimas Canvon is progressing rapidly, according to reports from the Los Angeles County flood control engineers to the Monolith Portland Cement Company. The Monolith mills are furnishing the 38,000 barrels of cement to complete the project, at a cost of $78,000, f.o.b. Monolith, the county records show.

Contracts were let for the actual work of erecting the dam to its full height and of completing the divelsion channel from San Dimas Canyon to Puddingstone; but the county is purchasing the materials, according to E. C. Eaton, chief engineer.

_C. A. Low, vice-president and general manager of the Monolith companies, said the county engineers estimate that it will take about 16 months to complete the work which was started late last summer. Thiee contractors now have full crews working, one on the dam proper, one on the diversion channel. and the other on the diversion dam.

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