Hammond

Lumber Co. Appoints

Eastern Sales Manager

W. E. Rutledge, who has been in charge of the New York office of the Hammond Lumber Co., has been made eastern manager of sales, succeeding the late W. R. McMillan. Mr. Rutledge, who has been with the company for 24 years, started to work first at the mill in Samoa, and spent two years in the San Francis'co office before going East. He will continue to make his headquarters in New York City, and will make regular trips to Chicago.

E. E. Abrahamson will be in charge of sales at the Chicago office. He has been with the company for 2l years, having also started his lumber career in the mill at Samoa. He has handled Redwood sales out of Chicago for several years.

Mr. Rutledge will have for his assistant in the New York office John G. Klopfenstein, who has handled fir sales from the Chicago office for the last seven years.

Frank H. Campbell, who has been engaged for the last seven years in promoting the sale of Redwood in new territory, has been added to the Eastern sales staff, and will work in this capacity from the Chicago offi,ce.

Court Rules Calilornia Pine Can Sell as \(/hite Pine

United States Circuit Court of Appeals decided April 4 that although in reality of the Yellow Pine family, California White Pine has been known by that name for so many years that to call it White Pine is not "deceiving the public", and "injuring 'competitors" as chirged by the Federal Trade Commission.

The opinion was rendered in an appeal ol 12 Pacific Coast lumber companies from the Federal Trade Commission order.

Features Enterlocking Lumber

The Long-Bell Lumber Sales Corporation has installed an exhibit at the Ar,chite,cts Building Material Exhibit, Fifth and Figueroa Streets, Los Angeles, showing their new achievement in building construction, Enterlocking Fabricated Building Lumber. A frame model of a residence shows the many features of this new development. Enterlocking Fabricated Building Lumber is manufa,ctured of Douglas fir at the company's plant at Longview, Wash., and comes to the job pre-fabricated, ready to put into place. The display is creating a great deal of interest with the building industry.