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LUMBERMEN'S CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO

At the regular weekly meeting of the Lumbermen's Club of San Francisco, held at the Palace Hotel on April 9, Mr. C. L. Hill of San Francisco, in charge of the Office of Forest Products, U. S. Forest Service, gave an interesting and instructive talk on "Lumber Research in Relation to the Lumber Salesman." Mr. Hill gave a short account of the Forest Service Products Labratory at Madison, Wisconsin, and the work that they are doing on lumber research ; he stated that over a half million tests on all species of economic importance have been made at the Madison Labratory. He also spoke on the report of the Building Code Committee by the Department of Commerce and referred to the attacks and prejudices that are being made against the use of woods. In referring to the Lumber Standardization work being carried on under the direction of Secretary Hoover, he said that this standardization is necessary if we expected to compete with the other materials used for construction purposes. He also spoke on the characteristics of woods; the air drying 'and kiln drying of lumber r,r'ith especial attention being called to the work accomplished with the drying of doiglas fir, redwood, and California vvhite and sugar pine; the research work carried on by some of the large lumber companies; and the uses to which lumber of short dimensions can be put to eliminate this waste at the mills. Mr. Hill stated that the lumber salesman of the future should be thoroughly familiar rvith the physical characteristics of woods; how lum'ber can be used to the best advantage; and the necessity of obtaining these figures and information that research provides.

A. J. RUSSELL VTSTTS SAN JOAQUTN VALLEY

A. J. Russell, of the Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco, is spending a few days in the San Joaquin Valley attending to busiriess matters. He will also attend the meeting of the San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club at Fresno on April 14.

HEALEY TO REPRESENT J. R. HANTFY & CO.

L. E. Healey, formerly manager of the Sunset Lumber Company yard at Sacramento, is now connected with J. R. Hanify & Co. of San Francisco and will represent this concern in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys. Mr. Healey has been connected with the lumber business .for a good many years and is well known by the lumberman ,of Northern California.

CHAS. H. LAW IS CALIFORNIA VISITOR

Mr. Chas. H. Law, Secretary Treasurer of the J. W. Wells Lumber Company, Menominee M,ichigan, has been a visitor in Los Angeles, San Francisco and other parts of the state the past month.

Mr. Law is looking over coast.

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