Big Lumber Haul

In the forests ol Arizona, hauling, like everything else, is done in a big way. On each of the trailers shown here is a 60-ton load of lumber. Each of these loads has 15,000 feet of logs.

These big Fruehauf trailers are busy day-in and day-out in one of the .large lumber operations in the United

Rounds Trading Co. Succeeded by Kilpatrick a Co.

The Rounds Trading Company, with head offices in San Francisco, has been succeeded by Kilpatrick & Company, a limited partnership, with Ralph M. Rounds and F. C. Kilpatrick retaining the same interest as in the Rounds Trading Company.

F. C. Kilpatrick is general manager of Rockport Redwood Company and Kilpatrick & Company.

A. E. Wolff is manager of Kilpatrick & Company. F.

A. "Pete" Toste is Southern California sales manager rvith offices at l24O Blinn Avenue, Wilmington.

States. Southwest Lumber Mills produces from 50,000,000 to 60,000,000 feet per year. The headquarters of Southwest Lumber Mills is in McNary, Arizona, a town of about 3,000 people, which was named in honor of Southwest's president, James G. McNary. Mr. McNary is noted for his constructive work in the lumber industry particularly dealing with conservation and scientific cutting of timber.

Bakergfield DefenseHousing Approved

San Francisco, Feb. 21.-O, W. Campbell, Associate Coordinator of Defense Housing, today announced construction of 110 permanent housing units at Bakersfield, Cal.. has been approved. The units are designed for enlisted lrersonnel and civilian employees rvith incomes ranging between $900 and $2100.

Long Beach Yard Moves To New Location

An item in the February 15 issue stated that the Rossrnan Mill & Lumber Company had moved its Long Beach yard to 6980 Cherry Avenue, Hynes. 'Ihis should have read 6960 Cherry Avenue, Long Beach.

National Foregts Report Increascd Recreational Use

San Francisco, Feb. 2l.-Mountain vacationists made 4,710,W recreation visits to the 18 national forests of the California Region last year, the U. S. Forest Service announced today in its annual recreation report to the Department of Agriculture.

An additional 6,745,ffi0 visitors were listed as "passing through" on forest roads and highways. The total number of forest visits represented an increase of 12 per cent over the preceding year.

Regional Forester S. B. Show's public use inventory of the national forest recreational resources in California included 1,213,000 sightseers; 84O,00O winter sport enthusiasts; 521,000 fishermen; 366,000 campers; 230,000 hunters, and 176,000 hikers and horsemen. Their average length oi stay was two and one-tralf days.

"I anticipate," Regional Forester Show said, "that national forest recreational use may be heavy again this year. Our people, particularly defense workers, are entitled to and really need healthful outdoor recreation now more than ever before.

"Forest Rangers will do everything possible to help provide the public with forest outings unl,ess, as a war emergency measure,.we are forced to close a few timber and watershed areas to recreational use because of serious fire danger or outbreaks of man-caused forest fires."

Home Loans Set High Mark in 1941

Washington, Feb. 2|.-Nearly $70O,000,000 was advanced by member savings and loan associations of the Federal Home Loan Bank System for construction and purchase of homes in defense areas during 1941, according to a survey published in the current issue of the Federal I{ome Loan Bank Review.

These associations reported loans for all purposes in de. fense areas totaling $900,000,000. New construction loans aggregated $311,000,000, while an additional 9370,000,000 was advanced for home purchases.

For the second consecutive year, the Review said, nerv mortgage lending by all savings atrd loan associations in the United States exceeded $1,000,000,000, reaching a peak of $1,378,000,000 for 1941. This was the highest volume in L2years and was an increase of 15 per cent over 1940.

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