Alvan T. Simonds Economic Prizes for 1925

_Two prizes of 91000 agd $SOO are ofered by Alvan T. Simonds, _P_resident of the Simonds Saw and Steel Cohpany of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, for thc best two cssays on ttt. toitorfinl ""b]il;-'' .YOUR PROSPERITY AND MTNE'

^ The contest is open to all residents of the United States and canada. It is hoped that- it will cspecially appeal to business ex_ €cu_uves' assrstants to business executivcs and students of business .and commcrcc.

Conte-stants, who are- not wcll versed in cconomics, are advised to study elcrncntary works,. dcaligS with fundamentali, and-t;-"cad arucles on cconomtc subtc.cts in nerrspapers and magazincs. The essays may-bc cntircly origirral or miy-be based, in-wtroli oiin part, on books or articles.If -tlg latter ptin is followed, references to the books and articles should be givef in footnotes.

The- c^ssays must be_at least 2500 words in length and should not .exceed 35fi) words. They must be typewrittcn ind on orrc iide-oi thc papcr only.

Thc..prize winning- ess:rys, upo_q paymcnt of thc prizes, will becomc the propcrty of Alvan T. Simonds.

The judges wiII- bc -announced later. Thcy will be sclected from cxperls in economics, bqsiness, and related aitivities. - Th;i;-a;"86; must bc accepted by aII concerned as final, _ T!'e-essays rnust rcach the Contest Editor, Simonds Saw and Stccl C_ompa\y, 470 Main Strect, Fitchburg, tfin*i-t "*tt", -L" .i beforc Dccember 31. 1925.

Association Elects A New President

,E. D. Kingsley of Portland, Oregon, for nearly a quarter ol..a century ole ot the most consistently successful saw_ mill operators in the Pacific Northwest,-has been etectea president of West Coast Lumbermen,s Association. His election occurred at a meeting of the Association Board of Directors, held in Portland. Mr. Kingsley succeeds Frnest D.olge -of Tacoma, Washington, u'ho Jerv-ed as presi- dent during the past year.

Curtailment General (Telegram)

Portland, Ore., Feb. 10.-Two portland sawmills op- erated last Saturday. All others rvere down.

Practically all major producing fir mills in Washington and Oregon rvere down Saturday, February Z. The ex_ ceptions noted, in a careful study of the entire northrvest, were ferv and far betrveen, and representecl operations hav_ ing time orders or whose plants had been out of the running recently and who were, therefore, behind in shipments or rvho had cargoes to load.

Approximately 25,000 men were directly afiected by the Saturday industrial closedown and the probable ctirtailment in production amounted to from eighteen to twenty million feet.

McCullough Moves Los Angeles Offices

The McCullough Lumber Company is moving the Los Angeles headquarters from the Van Nuys Bldg., at Seventh & Spring -Sts., to the newly completed Chamber of Com_ merce Bldg., at I2th and Broadway.

_ Traffic problems in Los Angeles have sent a number of the lumbermen into a districi that is now somewhat re- moved from the main downtoln area.

Mr. Boolstav_er, Los Angeles manager for the McCullo-uSh- L_umber Company, stites that thiy will move about March lst.