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BRUCE BEECH Flooring for the Heavy Duty Floor

Brucc bccch fiooring ir manufacturcd from Southcrn bccch with the ramc care and precirion that character' izc lthc nationally known Brucc oak flooring. Owing to ihe frct tLet tLe routhcrn vericty har r tcrturc rupcrior to thc northcrn grrown, it will finirh bctter and hold thc 6nirh longer.

It ir ea crccllent f,oor for gymnariunr, drating rinLr, rchoolr, o6ccr, end othcr typcr of buildingt rubjcct to cxccptionally hcrvylrcrvicc. -It har color tad life, and ir nuch urcd in kitchcnr, and eimiler roomr in rcridcnccr.

Wc wilt rhip Bccch f,oorirg " flo oring rnd othcr Brucc pro. ductr.

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E.L. Brue Conpany M$ufrcturGra Mcmphir, Tcnl.

W. E. COOPER RETURNS FROM EASTERN TRIP

Mr. Cooper on his trip East inspected his Wisconsin yards, and from there made the rounds of the pr_oTlltgtlt iumber manufacturers in northern Wisconsin and Mlichigan, buying quite extensively. On his return trip he stopped at Newr -Orleans, Memphis and other southern hardwood lumber centers.

Barwick Visits Southern California

W. E. Barwick, San Francisco representative of the Hilsard Lumber Co. of Chicago, was a recent visitor to Los Angeles and Southern Cali-fornia where he called on the lum--ber trade and made a survey of the building conditions in the south.

Timber Supply And Land Use Two National Problems

The necessity of providing enough til:ber to supply the countr)r's futuri requirements, and inability to use-the bulk of the cut or burnid-over forest lands for agriculture are two vital problems now confronting the nation, declares the Forest Seivice, U. S. Department of Agriculture, in a bulletin iust oublished entitled "Timber: Mine or Crop?"

"the depletion- of our timber supplies and the reduction of our foreit area largely through timber mining has created one national problem, that of providing the timber necessary to meet 6ur future requirements," states the bulletin, "'and inability to utilize cut or burned-over forest lands for agriculture has created a second and related ploblemthat of land use."

Austin Lumber Company Makes Additions

The Austin Lumber Company, successor to the Fernwood Mills Company near Blue T :ke, is in-stalling- new machinery and eipetts to be cutting capacity within a very short time.

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