C. D. Terwilliger Elected President Pine Assn.

C. D. Terwilliger, general manager of the Clover Valley Lumber Company, Loyalton, was elected president of the California White & Sugar Pine Manufacturers' Association'at the annual meeting of that organization held at the Pala'ce Hotel, San Francisco, January 9.

W. E. Lamm, president of the Lamm Lumber Company, Modoc Point, Ore., rvas elected vice-president, and R. D. Baker, president of the Lassen Lumber & Box Company, Susanville, was re-elected treasurer.

Bernard F. Scott rvas re-elected acting secretary-manager.

Philippine Lumber Inventories Reduced Further

Statistics covering approximately 90 per cent of the total production of Philippine mills show lumber inventories at the end of O,ctober to be only 2 per cent over last year, rvhile lumber production during the month of October was 37 per cent less than the same month of last year, a,ccording to a radiogram frorn Trade Commissioner E. D. Hester at Manila to the Lumber Division of the Department of Commerce.

Philippine lumber production for the reporting mills during the first ten-month period of this year amounted to 772,426,NO board feet as compared with 196,093,000 feet for the same period of last year. For the month of October production amounted to 13,500,000 feet as compared with 2l,7n,O0O for October of last year. Mill inventories at the end of October were 45,400,000 feet compared rvith 44,500,000 feet last year.

Fageol-Moreland Merger Falls Through

Oakland, January 9.-The following statement was released today byMr. L. H. Bill, President, Fageol Motors Company.

"The idea of a merger of the manufacturing and sales organizations of the Fageol and Moreland companies as advanced by Mr. Watt L. Moreland, Vice-President and General Manager of the Moreland Motor Truck Company, has been definitely declined by the officers of the Fageol Motors Company. After going into the matter quite thoroughly it seemed impracti,cal to carry out the idea of a merging of interests at this time.

"The new model Fageol Flyer recently announced at $900.00 opens new markets for the sale of Fageol trucks. With our strong direct factory Branch and Dealer organization we plan an extensive sales program along with several inovations in mass transportation and advanced truck features whi,ch we will announce in the near future."

E. R. WADE AND A. A. GAY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VISITORS

E. R. Wade, Portland, and A. A. Gay, St. Helens, following the conference of company officials of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. re,cently held at San Francisco, spent a few days in Southern California where they visited the company's Los Angeles office. Accompanied by "Friday" Freeland, they also spent a few days at San Diego before their return to the Northwest.