COOS BAY TUMBER CO.

NATI,ONAL WASTE PREVENTION CONTEIST OFFEIRS OPFORTUNITIES TO WIN CASH PRIZES

___Washington, D. C., June 8.-The $2,000 prize National Waste Prevention Contest will be continued another vear and, moreover, will be supplemented by several regi,onal contests with suitable additional cash prizes for thJ best entries submitted.

This announcement by the National l-umber Manufacturers Association is of interest both to lumber manufacturers and to employees of the industry and others familiar with the problems of logging and miliing. In this undertaking the benefits are mutual and both manufacturers and employees can expect full return.

13.-Character of Entries Desired:

While any entry that meets the conditions outlined under paragraph 6 above is acceptable in the NationalWaste prevention Contest and most of the regional contests. those along the following lines are especiall-y desired:

(") To increase the usable product of the standing tree.

(b) Products which can be manufactured at a profit from the material not now utilized in woods operations and practicable methods for the conversion of such material into marketable commodities.

(c) To decrease the amount of waste of material or quality during transportation and handling between stump and mill.

(d) To increase the amount of merchantable lumber and other material which can be milled from logs.

(.) To eliminate miscut lumber at the head-saw.

(f) To eliminate waste in edging and trimming o,pera- tions.

(g) To u-tilize,slabs, wide edgings, long trimmings, etc., for saleable products.

!l) To e{ect substantial reduction in cost of logging.

(i) To effect substantial reduction in cost of mTiiinf.

(j) To systematize both logging and milling operi- tions and improve their general efficiency.-

(k) To effect more accurate lumber grading, grade marking, and preparation of the ploduci ioi the market.