Fruit Growers Supply Company

Manufacturerr of Cdifornia White and Sugnr Pine Lumber Milb at Suranville and Hitg CaL

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^A,nnual Cepacity

Diego,ly the San Diego Lumber Company, of which Mr; A. L. Frost is the head.

This yard will be modern in every respect, placed at this point to better take care of the inireased derirand for ma-' terials that are coming from this new development.

Mr. Don Gaston who has been with this cbmpany continuously for the past ten years, will manage the iew'plant.

Benson Officials Meet At San Diego

_ Mr. O. J. Evenson, secretary of the Benson Lunrber porylary, and Mr. L. B. Hanna, vice president, arrived in Sa_n Diego on April 26th, staying for a-few days inspect- ing the southern plant, and coriferiing with their new San Diego general manager, Mr. Fred C. llamilton.

Mr. Evenson and Mr. Hanna make their headquarters at Clatskanie, Oregon.

Variations Noted In Heavy Windfall Loss

One of the first activities at th,e Fort Valley Experiment Station, once signs of spring appear and mounta-in roads again bscome passable, states the Forest Service, United State-s Department of _Agriculture, will be to investigate the damage done by the unusually severe windstorm "last December in the Conconino and other national forests in Arizona and N,ew Mexico. Considerable apprehension is felt for the seed trees on the experimental sirirple plots established at different points to sludy the results of-lumbering.in w,estern y,ellgw qine forests. Near the experiment station atFort Valley, in the Conconino Nationai Forest, the old-growth western yellow pine sufiered by far the worst windfall on record for this locality, numeious large trees being broken off or uprooted by thi high winds. dn neighboring lumbering operations heavy ldsses ruere reported for- recently logg.d areas, while cuttings five years or more old escaped with lighter dSmage.

B.

W. ADAMS, Mgr.

Saler Dept. Firet National Bank Bldg. - San Franeirco

J. M. Chase Makes Change

J. M. (limmie) Chase, known by everyone, at least ty ev-eryone in the southern part of the state, has given his friends a surprise in the last few days, with an announcement of .a change that he is making on the first of May.

Jim will aftei that date, be connected with the Hayward Lumber & Investment Company, with headquarters at Los Angeles. His duties will be in connection with the supervision of the line yard activities, and will keep him on the road most of the time.

He has been with the Owens Parks Lumber Company for the past two and half years, as sales manager.

Owens Parkslumber Company Put On Hoo Hoo Show

Thursday April 24th, Los Angeles Hoo Hoo Club luncheon was irr thC hands of the Owens Parks Lumber Company, said cornpatry being the chairmag of the day.

Jimmie Chas-e aited as the speaker for the crowd, there being about a half dezen of this company's own representatives on hand to add to the fun.

,Jim called on'several of the boys for impromptu speeches, siiing them variouS subjects, and then he staged a debate betwden six of the fellows on the subject, "Resolved, that straw hats should be worn on a week (weak) 'end." The Ayeq won. 'Itwas a general get together meeting, well attended.

R. O. WILSON RETURNS FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

R.O. Wilson, of the R. O.Wilson Lumber Co., San Francisco, has returned from a several days business trip to Southern California; Mr. Wilson says that there is a gogd- demand for lumber in the Southern metropolis and that their building permits are holding up well in comparison with 1923 which was their banner year.

Ed. Houghton in New Position

Mr. Ed. Houghton, who has been in the sales department of the Earl Hoffman Lumber Company, Los Angeles wholesalers, for some time, recently resigned from that posittion and has gone with Chas. R. McCormick & Company, at Los Angeles.

- He will be connected with the rail department, handling Southern California.

Mcdonald In North

Mr. C. H. McDonald, Los Angeles manager for L. H. Ives & Company, of Seattle, is on a three weeks trjp through the north, making his main stay at Seattle at the compiny's offices, and also making a jauntinto the mill country.

McNARY BILL FAVORABLY REPORTED TOTHE SENATE

Washington, April 15-The United States Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry voted unanimously to make a favorable report onthe McNary-Clarke national forestry policy bill.

The-bill is- now on the calendar of both Houses, and there appears to be no organized opposition to it,-and_very littleoiiosition of any sort. It is possible that the House mav aci-upon it within the next two or three weeks.

Fio*eu"'r, the chances of the bill becoming law at this session are largely dependent upon progress made with other legislation likely to be considered more. important or more urgent. Members of Congress are receivilg--many letters from their constituents in support of the bill, and the more such letters are received th'e greater will be the urge to early action