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ASSISTANT YARD MANAGER IN L. A. WANTED

Man wanted not orer 30 years old, experiencedin r'etail lumber busintss for assistant 'manager small yard in Los Angeles. Address Grogan Lumber Co., Route 8, Alhambra Ave., Los Angeles.

TWO S,ALESMEN WANTED

One experienced box salesman and one experienced lumber estimator and office man. Give full particulars regarcling yoursglf, previous experience and salary expected. Miller Box Mfg. Co. 201 N. Ave. 18, Los Angeles, Cal.

NEW MILL AT SANTA BA"RBARA

IThe Ambrose Lttmber Company, of Santa Barbara has started operations 'in its new'mill, recently built in conjunction with its yard there. It is a thoroughly modern plant, every nrachin,e drive by direct connected motor' and will give the builders of Santa Barbara excellent service' This ioncern operates a string of trucks for ,making deliveries. and also a tractor for bringing lumrber to the yard and mill from t'he docks.

DIMMICK MOTORS TO LOS A,NGELES

A. A. Dimmick, manager of the California and Oregon Lumb,er Co., at San Francisco, recently motored to Los Angeles where he spent several days on comp'any business in Southern California. He was accompanied on his trip by Mrs. Dimnrick.

Browne Visits Los Angeles

Junius H. Browne, Vice-President of the Pacific Lttmber Co., is spendir-rg a ferv days in Los Angel'es on business. Mr. Brown'e in on his winter trip to the Pacifi'c Coast, and has spent the past month between the San Francisco office and the company's mill at Scotia. He expects to retttrn to New York the latter part of the month.

Fruit Growers Supply Company

Manufacturers of C.alifornia White and Sugar Pine Lumber Milts at Sruanville and Hilt, Cd. I5O,OOO,OOO Feet Annual CePacity

B. W. ADAMS, Mgr. Sales Dept.

First National Bank Bldg. - San Francisco

EXPERTENCED CAL. WHOLESALER \,[IANTS , LOCATION

A thoroughly experienced lumberman with extensive acquaintance among dealers in Northern California wants first class mill or wholesale connection on commission basis. Address "Experience" care California Lumber Merchant.

WANTED_PLANING MILL DRAFTSMAN

Wanted-Plan'ing mill draftsman to List material from plans and bill same into mill. Must be experienced in special work. State age, salary, a,nd give ref,erences in answer. Apply in own handvlriting. Boyd Lumber &Mill Com' pany, Santa Barbara, Cal.

REED CALLS ON SOUTHERN CALIFO,RNIA TRADE

John L. Reed, Vice-President a,nd General Manager of the J. R. Hanify Co. of San Ftancisco, spent several days around the first of the month attending to company business in Los Angeles and Southern California.

Hiscox And Long Return From Mexico

R. A. Hiscox, of the Western States Lum,ber Co., and L. L. Long, of the Frank H. Doe Lumber Co., have returned from a three-weeks' trip to Durango, Mexico. They report that business conditions in X4exico are looking up and showing much{mprovement.

Landram Visits San Francisco

W. E. Landram, the prominent Merced lumberman, was a recent visitor to San Ftancisco where he spent several days calling on the lumbermen of the Bay District.

Insect Control In California And Oregon

In its insect control work in southern Oregon and northern California this year, the United States Department of Agricnltrrre treated 69,710 acres; 7,079 trees containing 6,672,4m board feet were felled and the infested bark co'ntaining the- beetlcs removed and destroyed. It is thought that a SOfl' reduction irr the infestation will result.

Yellow Pine Gets Box Test

-l'lventy-six thousand feet of Western yellow pine from the \\reed Lumber Company's plant at Weed, has been sent to the !'orest Products Laboratory, at Madison, Wisconsin, to be made up into 'one thousand boxes and crates, which will be tested to determine their fitness to stand the strains" and rough knocks of shipment. These tests will furnish information on the most practical thicknesses of box shook,_ the best methods of nailing, the most adyisable forms ofmetal strapping or other binding, and will suggest improvements in crate designs. Each box will be tested in the giant revolving drum, and computations will be made as to how many hard knocks the boxes r,r'ill stand before breaking open and spill'ing their contents.

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