National Forest Timber Sales Northwestern Mutual Make Exceed One Mitlion Dollars Readjustments in Staff

f'he value of timlter cut fron.r the national forests of the California district (California and southwestern Nevada) amounted to $1.037.638 in the calendar year 1928, according to T. Dl Woodbury, assistant district forester in charge of the office of forest management in the United States, Forest Service headquarters at San Francisco. This total is a 15 per cent increase over the 1927 receipts, and is the hrst time that the revenue from timber sales in the national forests of California has exceeded one rnillion dollars. The total cut of national forest tirnber Anrounted to 333 million feet.

Of the total receipts fronr timber sales approximately $130,000 was applied in the exchange of private lands within the national forests. Tirnber sold at cost of administration to farmers and settlers for use in their lands totalled $1,114.

The largest amount of timber, 87 millior-r feet, was cut on the Sierra National Forest, headquarters North Fork, Madera Co., ltut the largest reyellLte, $254,000 rvas derived from the Stanislaus National Forest with headquarters at Sonora. The principal timber operator on this forest is the Pickering Lumber Company, with large miiling plants at Standard City and Tuolumne. The Lassen National Forest, with headquarters at Susanville, ranks second in point of value of cut, with a timber revenue of $246,000. The principal timber purchasers on the Lassen Forest are the Fruit Growers Supply Company and the Lassen Lumber and Box Company, both with rnilling plants at Susdnville.

The amount of tim;ber covered in contracts of sale consummated [y the Forest Service in California during the past year was approximately 670 million feet, of whichover 600 million feet is located on the Modoc National Forest in northeastern California. The activity in this region is due to recent railroad development by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.

Twenty-five per cent of all receipts from the sale of timber in the national forests is returned to the state for distribution to counties in which the forests are located, for use in the construction and development of roads and trails. This return by the Federal government is in lieu of taxes on national forest lands.

Orving to the recent passing of F. J. Martin, president and founder of the Northrvestern Mutual Fire Associatiori and the Northwest Casualty Cornpany, there has been a readjustment of the official staff.

N{. D. I-. Rhodes, the nerv president, hacl been associated rvith N{r. Martin in the clevelopment of the Northwesterrl from its organization in 1901; he is held in high esteem by his associates and by the rnutual insurance interests throughout the country. J. II. Edwards, lvho has been associated rvith the Northrvestern as chairman of its investment and loan committee, and since 1923 executive vice-president, has been electecl chairman of the board. Corrvin S. Shank, who has been general counsel and director of Northwestern since its organization, has been elected general counsel ancl vice chairman ,of the board.

Among the junior members of the staff promoted to executive positions, and rvho are well known to the lumber industry in California, are A. C. Baker of Los Angeles and W. F. Snyder of San Francisco: they have been promoted to resident vice presidents.

Peninsula Lumbermen Meet Snark Riner

i\fore than 4O lumbermen attended a ioint dinner meeting of San Jose and'Peninsula lumbermen and members of the Peninsula Hoo Hoo Club held at the Hotel St. Claire, San Jose, March 25., M. M. Riner, Kansas City, Snark of the Universe, was the speaker of the evening.

George M. Cornwall, Portland, Ore., also addressed the meeting.

Visitors from the San Francisco Bay District included Paul E. Overend, secretary of the Peninsula Hoo Hoo Club; A. C. Horner, National Lumber Manufacturers' Association; R. F. Hammatt, California Redwood Association, aod Bernard Scott, California White & SuEar Pine Association. R. T. Titus, West Coast Lumbermen'JAssociation, Seattlg rvas also present.

-J.- C. Ellis, Palo_Alto ! umber Co., Menlo Pirk, president of the Peninsula Hoo Hoo Club, presided.