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FOREST FIRE PREVENTION IS EVERYBODY'S PROBLEM

"Protection of the National Forests from fire is everybody's problem," says Col. William B. Greeley, Chief Forester, lJnited States Department of Agriculture, in his annual report recently made public.

As a result of a special study of the present organization of the Service for fire prevention and control, the Chief Forester has set down his conclusions as to the most urgent needs in his report. The protection of the national forests from fire would be well nigh an impossible task if the Forest Service had to carry the burden unaided, he declares. "It makes a great ptactical difference," he says, "whether the viewpoint is that the Forest Service is pro' tecting Government property with Government funds or that the Forest Service and the local public are working jointly to protect the forested land on rvhich local prosperity depends."

One of the most urgent needs, according to Colonel Greeley, is vigorous development of educational and cooperative measures designed to prevent man-caused fires. This must be backed by the building up and applying of specialized knowledge through research of the causes of fire and the most effective methods of control. The woods need "fire-proofing."

The Forester also points out that it is essential that increased provisions be made for employing. fire guards, pr-ocuring fire equipment, constructing telephone lines, lookouts and othCr improvements, and training fire personnel.

J. H. JEFFREY

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J. H. Jeffrey, assistant general manager of the -Cgos pay Lumber Company, with headquarters at Marshfield, O_regon, sufiered -a severe attack of paralvsis Thursday, December 22nd.

ouTDooR ADVERTTSTNG REQUIRES VAST QUANTTTY OF LUMBER

Washington, D. C., Decenber 31.-Outdoor advertising companies use large quantities of lumber, some of the leading companies such as Foster & Kleiser maintaining their own mills and lumber yards.

In San Francisco alone the Foster & Kleiser Company maintains more than 6,000 bulletin signs and uses a little more than 1,000,000 feet of high grade lumber a year' In this one city the company also uses 250,000 feet of posts 4rrx6rrx2or.

Reuben W. Smith, field engineer of the western division of the trade extension department of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, who has been making a survey of the outdoor advertising companies on the Pacific Coast and who recently visited the Foster & Kleiser mill and lumber yard in San Francisco, reports that the manufacturing procedure of the company shows close utilization of shorilengths and reclaimed pieces and is a model worthy of investigation by lumbermen.

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J. wll.soN A sAN FRANCISCO VISITOR

V. J. Wilson, formerly superintendent of the Pacific Spruce Corporation at Toledo, Oregon, who is now eastern fi-ld representative for the Silver Falls Timber Co,, spent a few days in San Francisco around the first of the year.

Creosoted Timbers Resistant To Alkali

Creosoted Douglas fir timbers are recommended for use in alkali conditions, as creosote is not affected by alkali. Treated timbers have a mechanical life of from 20 to 30 years. Trans-continental railroads, whose lines cross alicali country, have found that creosoted timbers give excellent service.

HOW WALNUT PRODUCTION KEEPS PACE WITH EVER-GROWING DEMAND

Fifty million feet of walnut lumber and three hundred and twenty-five million feet of walnut veneer must be produced annually in this country to supply the tremendous demand for American Walnut furniture and fittings.

This production requires a cutting of approximately three hundred thousand trees per year, and it requires approx- imately fifteen thousand cars to haul this timber to the sawmills.

One reason why walnut appears to be as plentiful as ever, although twenty years ago it was considered exhausted, is the fact that walnut trees for decades have been planted faster than they have been cut. It is estimated that over a million walnut trees are planted each year, some by man, but the majority through natural .rnr"5-prin- cipally the activities of squirrels in burying nuts.

It is expected that within the next few years there will be a million black walnut trees planted each year by land owners for windbreaks, shade trees, wood lots and for orchards. The high value of the walnut kernel makes American Black Walnut the only tree which can be planted in the hardwood belt that combines a valuable annual crop of nuts with a valuable wood, when the last of the nut crop has been gathered.

W. R. CHAMBERLIN SPENDS NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS AT LOS ANGELES

W. R. Chamberlin, W. R. Chamberlin & Co., San Francisco, waS a Los Angeles visitor over the New Ydar holidays. While in the Southern metropolis, he was a visitor at the company's Los Angeles office where he conferred with Jack Rea, their Southern California manager. Mr. Chamberlin also attended the Pittsburgh-stanford football game at the Rose Bowi, Pasadena, on Jlnuary 2. Mrs. Chamberlin accompanied him on the trip.

GERALD PIERCE APPOINTED MANAGER OF SUNSET LUMBER CO.

Gerald Pierce has been appointed manager of the Sunset Lumber Co. at Oakland. Mr. Pierce has been connected with the Sunset Lumber Co. for the past year. Before joining the Sunset Lumber Co., he was connected with the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. at their mill at St. Helens, Oregon, and their San Francisco office. He is succeeding Chas. Lamb, the well known East Bay lumberman, who resigned December 31. Mr. Lamb is going to take a rest, and at present his plans for the future are indefinite.

wEsrERN RED cED"S"Xplt# AND usEs ToLD

A booklet on Western red cedar. the fourth of the Bureau's major publications on West Coast woods, is just off the press. It was preceded by booklets on Douglas fir, West Coast hemlock and Sitka spruce.

Written as the other booklets were, in popular style, the cedar booklet is profusely illustrated with pictures showing Western red cedar trees, manufacturing processes and the chief uses of the wood. It presents briefly and accurately the characteristics and properties of cedar and the purposes for which the wood is employed to advantage.

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WERE $47,032,848

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San Francisco building permits for the year 1927 totaled 9190, involving an expenditure oL $47,032,8€, according to figures just issued by the Building Permit Department. The 1926 total was 10,085, with a value of $57,953,9,t8.

December permits totaled #2,582,015, compared with $5,066,659 in December 1926.

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