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Phonc TRldty22!E ent time, and in his opinion the scarcest items for yard trade in the next 90 days will be real high grade uppers and low grade common. It is a fact that California prices today are lower than can be obtained in the Middle West for the same material.

"It would be impossible to condemn too stJongly thc transit car evil," said Mr. Russell. "Most of the talk we hear is against unsold cargo shipments, but the volume of rail transits is considerable, and much greater than is generally realized, and the situation is worse in California today than at any other period." As an instance of the poor business sense of some of those who ship lumber by rail unsold, he told of one operator. who shipped three transit cars of fir shop recently, buyers for which in the territory north of Tehachapi could easily be named on the fingers of one hand.

Mr. Russell was particularly pleased with his visit to the Western Lumber Company's mill at 'West6r, Ore. Wi,lliarn Ferrin is the manager of this fine plant, and .John Elder h. thg sales manager. The mill started up again Febluary,'S,'after being shut down since before the Decembgr holidays. They have a nicely assorted stock of well manufactured lumberlon hand, and are now logging in a stand of wonderful timber-the best thev have ever cutof the s'mlll smooth-knotted type which makes the finest yard stock in the world. The Western Lumber Co. hes a ten yearcut in this particular stand, which is located on one of the plateaux of the Cascade range.

The Saginaw Timber Co.'s shingle mill at Aberdeen started up on February 6, after seasonal shut-down for repairs and curtailme.nt. Sales manager H. J. "Bill" Bailey ieported a fat order file, denoting a brisk demand for the well-known "Saginaws," which bring a premium in all markets for their uniform high grade and quality. Shingle logs are scarce and the labor market is firm, the shingle industry workers on Grays Harbor now being 100 per cent unionized.