Northwest Production Record Broken

All previous records for lum,ber production in the Pacific Northwest were broken in 1922, according to the announcement of R. B. Al'len, Secretarv of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association. He estimates that the production of lumber in the regions rvest of the Cascade Mountains in Oregon and Washington was 8,715,763,N0 feet during the year. The previous high record was 7,578,925,000 feet in l9?f.

R. A. LONG IS DISTINGUISHED VISITOR

R. A. Long, of Kansas City, head of The Long-Bell Lumber Company, was a visitor in Los Angeles on F eb. 27tt, and, a caller at the office of the California Lumber Merchant. Mr. Long had been in Arizona on business for two weeks, and was on his way back to Kansas City. He was looking at the world in his usual optimistic way, and expressed his admiration for lhe continued development of the great state of California.

CONNER VISITS SAN FRANCISCO AUTO SIHO\^/

Fred Conner, of the Sacramento Lumber Co. at Sacramento, was a San Francisco visitor during auto show week. Fred says that last years ,machine doesn'ilook so well after giving all the new 1923 models the once over. While in the Bay District, he also combined business with pleasure, and called on his numerous lumbermen friends.

H. B. WHITE MAN.&GES SANTA ANA YARD with now

H. B. White who was for twe'lve years associated the E. K. Wood Lumber Company, in Los Angeles, is manager of the yard of that concern at Santa Ana.

Phil Hart

Dear California Lumbermen j-

Effective March first, Phil B. Hart, until that date and for years past sales and advertising manager for the Woodhead Lumber Co. of Los Angeles, will be Managing Editor of the California Lumber Merchant, succeeding the Iate Shad Krantz.

Please treat him ldndly and help us to make this paper constantly stronger and better.

Sincerely,

JACK DTONNE.