McCormick Ships Lumber for U. S. FrigateConstitution

After many months of investigation and comparison of various woods, the Navy Department has decided upon Douglas Fir to be used in rebuilding the famous old U. S. frigate "Constitution." The contract for 150,000 feet of Douglas Fir structural grade decking, timbers and ceiling was placed with the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Company. All of the order was cut from McCormick stands of old growth Douglas Fir timbers and manufactured in the McCormick Mill at St. Helens, Oregon. It was shipped in the vessel, the "Chas. R. McCormick," which arrived this week on the East coast, and is norv being unloaded in the Boston Navy Yard.

For over a hundred years the old "Constitution" has been a shrine and an emblem of liberty where millions of Americans have come to worship. It is best remembered and loved for the victory of 1804 when the "Constitution" bombarded Tripoli, exacted peace and stopped Corsair attacks on American ships. During the War of. I8I2, the brilliant victory of the "Constitution" over the British frigate, the "Guerriere," and the destroying of the pride of the English Navy, restored the morale of the country. In 183O the

Floyd Dernier On Northern Trip

Floyd Dernier, Lumbermen's Service Association, Los Angeles, is on a business trip in the northern part of the state. He plans to visit the lumber dealers in the San Francisco Bay District, Sonoma and Marin Counties, Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys and Coast counties. He will return to Los Angeles the latter part of the month. During his asbsence, his sister, Miss Eda Dernier, is looking after affairs in their Los Angeles office.

"Constitution" was condemned as unseaworthv and ordered broken up. It was then that Oliver Wendel Holmes wrote his famous poem, "Old lronsides" arousing such a storm of protest that the historic wooden frigate was saved and has floated the Stars and Stripes under every President, fro-m Washington to Coolidge.

During the past year American school children have raised the funds that are being used for rebuilding of the "Constitution." She was built almost entirely of Oak, and in the reconstruction naval engineers demanded a wood of great strength and adap-tability for the many purposes for which wood is needed in the old frigate. A grelt deal of rivalry developed between the various lumbei regions of the United States in furnishing these timbers, bui the order w_as finally awarded to Douglas Fir lumber and the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Company for their ability to meet spe- cifications and give necessary prompt delivery. Withi; a tew hours after the order was placed, the logs were being sele-cted specially for the order and arrangements were made to ship the entire lot on a fast McCorm--ick vessel out of the Columbia River for the East Coast.

Lumbermen Club Secretaries Meet At

The secretaries of tP"tnffi.tl*$s crubs in Southern California met atthe Commercial Club, Los Angeles, on Friday evening, June 3. Following dinner theie was a general discussion of lumber condiiioris in the Southern Californja t-erritory. Ed. Tennant, secretary of the Los Angeles District Lumbermen's Club, states tlrat all the clubs were represented at the meeting. Meetings of the Club secretaries are held once a montli.