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Seventy-five years ago, during the administration of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States. William Carson and John Dolbeer formed the partnership which has since grown into one of the best known lumber firms onthe Pacific Coast.

William Carson, a native of New Brunswick, arrived in Humboldt County in 1851, started working in the Redwoods in that year, and in 1857 operated a sawmill with a partner named Philip Hinkle.

He later met John Dolbeer, who had come from Maine, and in 1863 these two stalwart men built the foundation on which the present Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Company is constructed. Around these two rugged pioneers centers quite a little of thehistory of Humboldt County, especially of the lumber industry, much of which has been forgotten and the little that is known is fast dying outwith the old timers.

There are few histories or other books which give arr

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accurate account of those early days in California, upon which the foundation of the wealth and progress of the present generation is built. On one thing the histories and the old timers agree, however, and that is the fact that William Carson shipped the first cargo of Redwood out of Humboldt Bay.

Starting with a very small circular saw operation, each new plant that follorved the preceding one was planned to embody the good points of its predecessors, so that the modern electric mill now operated by this company is considered by many lumbermen who have inspected it, second to none of the Redwood mills in efficiency. A modern electric power plant furnishes the energy not only for the sawmill proper, but for the battery of six dry kilns and numerous reworking machines that enable Dolbeer & Carson to render its customers service in keeping with the quality of its product.

The accompanying photographs clearly show the progress

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made by this company. The two main rigs and the sevenfoot resaw give this mill an average daily production of 1CI,000 feet, which, due to the high class timber owned by the company, includes a.large percentage of Clear and other upper grade material.

In addition to the long sorting table the mill has two outlets, one for ties, the other for large timbers. This method of handling the mill's production of ties and timbers adds greatly to the efficiency with which the general output of the mill is taken care of from the table and distributed to the various grade piles in the green and dry yards. The kiln-dried stock is unloaded from kiln trucks under cover and transferred to the large dry sheds adjoining the planing mill. Worked dry orders for rail shipment are assembled in separate sheds also adjoining the planing mill and are then loaded into cars rvithout being exposed to the weather.

A broad guage railroad, The Bucksport & E,lk River Railroad, taps the large tracts of virgin timber owned br.

this pioneer of the Redwood industry and it is a wonderful sight to see the trains arrive at the log pond, loaded with logs, many of which have been "halved or quartered" in the woods because of their immense size. Timber owned by this company assures the continuation for many years of its present daily production, and in the meantime these people are taking an active part in the reforestation of cutover lands.

Visitors to this plant are immediately impressed with the conscientious care exercised by the employees both in manuiacturing the product and in its preparation for shipment. This {act can readily be appreciated when it is considered that of the present active mill plant employees many have loyally served this company for more than 2O years. Tl.rat record of itself is evidence of the cooperation that exists between employer and employee in this organization -cooperation of a kind that has helped to make possible the building up of this business and the maintenance of (Continuecl on Page 18)

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(Continued from Page 1Z) the uniformly high grades that have characterized this operation since its inception.

Needless to say, this company having successfully carried on for these many years-through poor times and goodmust have a sales policy based on square dealing with both customers and competitors. As is the case in the personnel of the manufacturing departmeqt, comparatively few changes have ever been made in the sales department.

The general sales office, located in San Francisco, is in charge of Henry M. Hink, who has been associated with the company since 1910. Harry G. Hood, assistant in general sales office, San Francisco, has been with the com. pany since 1925. In the Los Angeles and Santa Barbara territories, R. E. Seward is the sales representative, and the San Diego Lumber Company is the company's representative in that market.

The executive officers are J. M. Carson, president, Eureka; Henry M. Hink, vice-president, San Francisco; V. M. Kemble, secretary, San Francisco.

E. J. (Joe) Stewart is general superintendent at Eureka, with 39 years of service to his credit, while Hugh Smith, the mill superintendent, has seen 36 years of service. J. C. White is chief engineer, and is well qualified to fill this position, having personally supervised the installation of all electrical equipment in the new plant.

Alden Ball, Eureka, looks after shipments. E. J. ("Abe") Abrahamson, is planing mill superintendent, while C. A. ("Chet") Moore, has charge of dry kiln operations.

Clarence E. La Boyteaux is general superintendent of logging and railroad operations. B. N. Bullock is Eureka office manager as well as a director of the company.

It is interesting to note here that the third generation of the Carson family is now represented in the organization in the person of Ellsworth La Boyteaux, grandson of President J. M. Carson, who is now learning the business from the ground up.

Spends Christmas In Southland

A. A. Kelley, of the Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco, traveled to Southern California to be with his family, who are staying in Banning for the winter.

Washington, Dec. 16.-4 book recently pubtished by the Department of the Interior for Civilian Conservation Corps project training entitled "Lumber," compiles information on the source of lumber, its characteristics, and common forms in which it is prepared for use, as a means of providing basic data for project training in the carpentry trade.

Containing knowledge invaluable to the layman, "Lumber" describes forest products from their source to standard patterns and structural material. Chapters devoted to "selection for Farm and Home Building," "Defects in Lumber and Unfounded Beliefs," "Finish'or Select Lumber," "Lumber Grades," and "Dimension Lumber" are found in the contents as well as additional material on wood uses.

"Lumber" says that one-fourth of our land or 50O million acres is in forests and that 14 billion cubic feet of timber is used annually. This annual cut, according to the publication, is used as follows:

35 billion board feet of lumber; enough for 2,400,00O sixroom houses.

150,000,000 railroad ties; enough for 46,875 miles of standard track.

4,000,000 cords of pulpwood.

110,000,000 cords of fuel wood. About half of our people tuse wood for fuel.

500,000,000 fence posts; enough for 757,575 miles of fence, with the posts set 8 feet apart.

170,000,000 feet of round mine timber.

8,000,000 pieces of pole and piling. Without the wooden pole our telephone and telegraph system would be impossible.

1,500,000,000 barrel staves.

Waste is transformed into clothing and fibre containers. Other requirements are for wooden vats and taps and for the handles of tools and utensils.

Tracing wood from its source the book describes sapwood, hardwood, structure, rvorking qualities and selection of lumber and then its classification and grading. Millwork. is likewise mentioned in one chapter.

"Lumber" concludes with a summation of lumber abbreviations and a glossary of definitions and trade terms.

Robert Hutcheson Retires-With E. K. Increased Activity Planned for 1938 bv \(/heeler Osgood

\7ood Lumber Co. Thirty-Two years

Robert Hutcheson, credit manager for E. K. Wood Lumber Co. at its Los Angeles office, is retiring on January 1, 1938. He went with the company on January 1, 1906, and on January 1, 1938, will have completed thirty-two' years with the firm. For the past twenty years he has been credit manager.

Mr. Hutcheson was the guest of honor at a stag dinner at the Central Manufacturing District Club, Tuesday evening, December 21, when the company presented him with a beautiful Hamilton wrist watch on which was engraved: "Presented to Robert Hutcheson by the E. K. Wood Lumber Co., 190G1938." President Warren B. Wood made the presentation. Vice-President Harry F. Vincent made the trip from San Francisco to attend the party.

At the company's annual Christmas part!, held at the Los Angeles office, Friday noon, December 24, J. A. Privett, manager of the Los Angeles and San Pedro operations, on behalf of the employees of the Los Angeles office, presented Mr. Hutcheson with a Thirty-second Degree Masonic ring with a beautiful diamond setting.

Mr. Hutcheson will continue to make his home in Los Angeles. He plans to do some traveling, bnd will also look after his business interests.

Visits Southland

Chauncey Griggs of St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co., Tacoma, recently made a trip to Los Angeles on the company's steamer Lake Francis. While in Los Angeles he made his headquarters at the office of Tacoma Lumber Sales, Southern California representatives for his company.

In anticipation of sales increases during 1938 intensified' sales, merchandising and advertising plans, developed during the past year, are being put into efiect at the present time, according to W. M. MacArthur and.L. J. Phillips, Wheeler Osgood vice-presidents. Dealer, builder and architect programs will be released early in the year. The results of the campaign recently conducted featuring the lG Point Sales Plan and the lGPoint Doors have been exceptionally satisfactory and constitute the basis for the current merchandising activities.

The company's new products, Rustic Laminex plywood, All-Weather plywood and the "138" line ol l-3/8" .garage doors will receive special advertising attention. Preliminary tests indicate that the acceptance, of these additions to the line of Wheeler Osgood products, by the trade and by consumers, will be favorable and immediate.

The improvement program just completed at the Tacoma, Washington, factory places the organization in an excellent position to meet today's marketing requirements. Full advantage rvill be taken of the anticipated activity in the remodeling as well as new building markets. The policies of product improvement and development are among the primary considerations irr the company's program and are expected to have an important bearing on 1938 sales.

Vessels Carry Large Redwood Export Shipments

California Redrvood lumber, totaling 1,223,W board feet, served as the cargo for the maiden voyage of the Union Steamship Company's S.S. Kakapo, which sailed from Humboldt Bay December 3 for Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand.

The new vessel arrived at the Humboldt ports in ballast direct from the shipyards of Alexander Stephens & Sons, Glasgow, and will continue in the Pacific Coast trade. Captain D. N.Mcleish is the master.

Departing the same day from Humboldt Bay was the Matson Line's S.S. Hamakua with 1,470,000 feet of Redwood ties for the Peruvian Corporation.

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