Profitable Protection!

The Associated Lumber Mutuals were created and are operated by lumbermen to furnish a more complete specialized protection for the lumber industry and to provide it at lowest cost.

Economical management and consistent reduction of losses, by selection of risks and fire prevention, have effected substantial savings for surplus and dividends. The surplus safeguards against excessive conflagration losses. Dividends, averaging about 407o, assure lowest insurance cost.

Material rate reductions have naturally followed-about 6O/o since 1900-from which the entire lumber industry benefits.

And the primary purpose of all insurance is faithfully fulfilled in prompt payment of losses.

From eaery angle, Lumber Mutual policies offer to the lumberrnan d most profitable intestment in protection-specialized insurance at lowest cost. Write any ol our companies lor full infornration.

McCormick to Distribute Walton Veneers

The Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co.; San Francisco, announce that they are now exclusive selling representatives in California for the Walton Veneer Co., Everett, Wash., manufacturers of high-grade Douglas Fir plywood. The products of the Walton Venebr Co. are well known in California, having been formerly sold in this territory by the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., and more recently by the Pacific Coast Plywood Manufacturers, Inc., whicit concern has discontinued business.

E. M. Scofield Addresses Los V Angeles Hoo Hoo

E. M. Scofield, president of the Scofield Engineering Co. of Los Angeles, addressed the Los Angeles Hoo Hoo Club at their regularly monthly luncheon meeting on Thursday, April 24.. Mr. Scofield talked on the waler and power situation in Los Angeles and urged the adoption of the $38,800,000 water boind issue at -the special'election on May 20. He stated that Los Angeles must have more water or face a water shortage, also that the adoption of the water bond issue will not result in an increase in taxes or assessments for the reason that all charges on these bonds, in accordance with the strict proviqion of the new city charter, must and will be paid from earnings of the water system.

Mr. S'cofield said that it will require ten years to bring in water from the Colorado River, and that the water made available through the use of the proposed water bond issue will ,carry the ,city safelv over the ten year period. He stated that the monev is to be used to purchase water lands and water rights -in Owens Valley, Long Valley, Round Valley and the Mono Basin water through tunnels into the Owens River watershed and the Los Angeles Aqueduct system; it will also provide for a large additional storage at Los Angeles and to finish necessary extensions to the rvater distributing system.

President R. S. Osgood presided at the meeting. Carl Shufelt announced that a concatenation will be held at Los Angeles during the month of May and he requested a large class of Kittens for the event. The meeting was well attended.

Appoint Farm Salesmen

For the purpose of rendering better servite to the farmers in the territories served by their yards, the Auburn Lumber Co. and associated companies have recently appointed as outside salesmen, B. C. French, with headquarters at Davis, and A. L. Johns, with headquarters at Bowman.

E. T. Robie is president of the Auburn Lumber Co., and the following associated companies: Davis Lumber Co., Davis; Dixon Lumber Co., Dixon; Loomis Lumber Co., Loomis, and Woodland Lumber Co., Woodland. Auburn Lumber Co. also has a branch yard at Colfax.

Northern California Salesman Appointed by Weyerhaeuser

L. E. Stallings is now Northern California sales representative of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., with headquarters at Sacramento.