Under the Pines and These Timely Tales Are Redwoods Gathered

Forest Service To Protect Beauty Of Tioga Road

The scenic beauty of the Tioga ro'ad, in the Stanislaus National Forest. which leads into Yosemite N'ational Park, will be preserved by the United States Forest Service through an agreement just entered into 'between the Secretary of dgricu.lture and the California Peach and Fig Growers' Association. Under the terms rof this agreement the privately-owned lands of the Association located along the highway will be turned over to the Governm'ent in exchange for National Forest stumpage. This action is in accordance with the announced policy of the Forest Service to preserve the natural beauty of the landscape along main mountain highrvays within tlie National Forests.

Light Burning Destructive To Forests

The "light burning" of California's tirnilrer l'ands, a subject over which there has ,been a great deal of 'controversy, has been ,proven by experiment to be a dangerous practice, destructive to the forest grotvth and much more costly than the ordinary methods of fire protection, according to report just macte -public by the California Forestry Com'mittee. This committee, composed of representatives from the California White and Suqar Pine Manufacturers' Association,

(Continued from Page 3l) the Southern Pacific Railway Company 'and the United States Forest Service, has been condu'cting a critical analysis of the effects of light burning on the forects of the state. In discontinuing the ield experiments that have been carried on for the past three years, the committee reports that no fire proective system has been discovered or devised that seemed more practicab,le or economical than that now in effect on the National Forests.

And when the lumber dealer ftas done THESE things, he has gone far torvards the goal of selling satisfaction with his building materials.

As a matter of fact, retail dealers-thousands of ihemwho merchandise paint, soon ,come to consider and to understancl that paint is not even to be restricted by being called a "side-line."

That isn't a fair title. lt is something tha,t belongs ON the lumber, and should go. WITH the lumber. It's a main line.

MAKE IT YOUR BUSINESS TO SEE THAT YOUR CUSTO'MER PUTS PAINT ON HIS NE\\I BUILDINGS-O,R HIS OLD ONES-WHERE PAINT IS NEEDED. AND SELL HIM THE PAINT.

Mason And Stevens Become Forestry Partners

Washingfon, Fe'b. 74,-,Carl M. Stevens, Chief of the Timber Section of the B'ureau of Internal Revenue, has resigned his position, effective March 1. Mr. Stevens will hereafter make his home in Portland, Oregon, where he will enter into partnership with David T. Mason. The new firm of Mason and Stevens will continue the forest engineering work with which Mr. Mason ,has been engaged, with Portland as headquarters, during the past two years. Mr. Stevens has been in the Timber Section of the Bureau of Internal Revenue during the past four years, and has been Chief of the Timber Section lor two years, since the resignation of NIr. Mason, who organized the Timber Section and was its first Chief. Both Mr. Mason and Mr' Stevens are graduates of the Yale Forest S.chool ; and each spent a number of years in the Forest Service.