Sawmill of S.cramento Box Co. at Woodleal, Calif.

The fine neu' mill of the Sacramento Box Co. at \\roodleaf, Calif., pictured above, has a capacity of 2l million ieet a month, runs 12 months in the year, and rvent ittttr this winter r,vith 9 million feet in the log deck. The log pond is seven acres in extent and has a capacitv rvhetr filled of four miliion feet. In 1945 the cut ran 60 per cent

Buys J. H. Chcrmbers & Son Properties

J. H. Chambers & Son have sold logging and timber properties at Cottage Grove and Lorane, Ore., to W. H. Daugherty. The deal includes 25 miles of logging railroad and 275 million feet of Douglas fir'timber, in addition to sawmills at Cottage Grove and l,orane. The timber holding is the largest in the Willamette Valley. Price is not announced, but it is known to involve more than $1 million' l)ouglas frr,37 per cent pine, and 3 per cent Incense cedar. The mill is operating on a sustained yield basis. They are no\\,' ctttting Soper-Wheeler timber in Yuba County. Sales agents for Sacramento Box Co. are L. J. Carr & Co., Sacramento. Southern California representative is W. D. Durrning, Chamber o{ Commerce Building, Los Angeles.

Mr. Daugherty, who operated a wholesale lumber company at Forest Grove, has sold his wholesale business.

The mills have not operated since September because of strikes, followed by floods. Ho'ivever, the new operators expect to resume work Feb. l. under the name of Lorane Vatley Lumber Co., with oftices at Cottage Grove.

Announce Pcrrtnership

Oliver D. Ruse and Dale E. Ruse announce their association as partners under the firm name of Ruse Lumber Co. The yard is located at 302 West Fremont Street, Stockton. It was formerly operated under the name of Ruse-Blair Lumber Co.

New Mill Opened

Fir Manufacturing Co. opened its nerv mill at Myrtle Creek, Ore., on January 7. The mill replaces the plant destroyed by fire several months ago shortly after it was purchased from the White Star Lumber Co. The new mill is electrically equipped and has a daily cutting capacity of about 175,000 board feet.