C. R. Johnsohr Lumb ertlndustry Lead er, Passes On

Racine College, and got his first experience in the lumber business by working in his father's lumber operations, Mackinaw Lumber Company, at St. fgnace, Michigan. Later he worked for the Menominee River Lumber Company, Chicago, and in 1882 came to Kibesillah, a forestcovered landing several miles north of Fort Bragg, Calif.

In 1885 Mr. Johnson established a sawmill at Fort Bragg, then an abandoned Indian Reservation and now a city of 4,000 inhabitants which has grown up as a result of this enterprise. Three other men, Calvin Stewart, General Russell A. Alger, Secretary of War during the SpanishAmerican War, and Senator Stockbridge of Michigan were interested in this concern, the Fort Bragg Redwood Company.

The Fort Bragg Redwood Company was merged in 1891 with White & Plummer and the Noyo Lumber Company to form the Union Lumber Company. Mr. Johnson was chosen president.

An outstanding leader in the Redwood lumber industry, he was the last survivor of the founders of that industry. He represented the industry in the Lumber Code Authority of the N.R.A. in 1933.

He married Miss Mary Conness, daughter of the late U. S. Senator John Conness of California. She died in 1932.

Charles R. Johnson, nationally known lumberman and pioneer Redwood manufacturer, passed away at his home in San Francisco on February 1 following a short illness that developed into pneumonia.

He was president of the Union Lumber Company until last September, when he resigned to become chairman of the company's board of directors. His son, Otis R. Johnson, succeeded him as president.

Born in Racine, Wisconsin, in 1859, he was educated at

Besides his son, Otis R. Johnson, he is survived by two sisters, Miss Jeanette Johnson of New York and Mrs. Howard Abbott of Minneapolis, and one brother, F. J. Johnson of New York; four grandchildren, Russell Johnson, Mrs. John Jones of Salt Lake City, Miss Marvin Johnson and Peter Lowe, and one great-grandchild, Peter Edward Lowe.

Funeral services were held on Friday, February 2, and. were attended by a large number of lumbermen.

Business was suspended on Friday afternoon in Fort Bragg. Memorial services were held in Fort Bragg on Sunday, February 4 by Rev. J. L. Kent of the Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church, which Mr. Johnson helped organize man/ ]eilrs a$o;

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"Lumber Merchandising Newr" Glenn Kraft \fith Graves Company Makes lts Reappearanc?

Washington, January ll, |940-Lumber dealers again can obtain good, ready-written newspaper advertisements for local use from the Joint Retail Service, according to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association and National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, lvho today released to 10,000 dealers and 1,000 papers "Lumber Merchandising News," the seasonal catalog of available advertisements.

These prepared ads may be purchased from the Joint Retail Service at a cost of but f'orty cents per mat, or thirty-five cents each, in quantities of ten or more. A small postage charge is the only extra.

The purpose of the service is to furnish the lumber dealer with an economical means of advertising himself and his products, at the same time eliminating the time and effort he would have to devote to such advertisements if he prepared them himself.

In addition to these advertising mats, the Joint Retail Service offers building page material, including plans for low-cost homes, furnished in mat form, that can be used in the lumber dealer's local newspaper. There is no charge for these mats.

Requests for all mats should be addressed to the Joint Retail Service, 1337 Con.necticut Avenue, Washington, D. C.

Glenn Kraft is now connected with the Graves Company of Los Angeles as sales representative in their new wholesale sash, door and millwork department, and will call on the Southern California retail lumber trade. Mr. Kraft has been associated with the wholesale and retail lumber business in Southern California for the past five years and is well known to the trade.

HOME CONSTRUCTION AT IO-YEAR HIGH

New York, Jan. 1S.-Construction during 1939 reached the highest level since 1930, with residential buiding volume showi.ng the best figure since l9D. The total for all building and engineering work for the 37 eastern states, according to F. W. Dodge Corp., aggregated $3,550,543,000, compared with $3,196,928,000 in 1938. Of the 9353,@0,000 increase, $350,000,000 was in privately fina.nced construction and only $3,000,000 in publicly financed work.

E. K. WOOD LUMBER CO. ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of E. K. Wood Lumber Company took place at the company's head office in San Francisco on January 22.

Among those who attended were Warren B. Wood, Los Angeles, president; J. B. Wood, Oakland, vice-president; Harry F. Vincent, San Francisco, vice-president and general manager, and George G. Kellogg, Oakland, director.

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