R. F. Hammatt Appointed to B.C.tumbermen To Brand U. S. Forest Service

R. F. "Dick" Hammatt, who for the past 10 years was secretary-manager of the California Redwood Association, has received an appointment as Assistant Regional Forester in the United States Forest Service at Missoula, Montana.

Mr. Hammatt sailed from San Francisco June 13, on the H. F. Alexander for Seattle. and will take up his new duties in Missoula, July 1.

Export Lumber

The Associated Timber Exporters and The British Coumbia Lumber Manufacturers' Association, representing about 87 per cent of the timber exported from British Columbia have arranged to brand exPort products with the mark "Astexo" Canada, to identify it as a British Columbia product. This information is contained in a report from Consul Robert M. Newcomb at Victoria and made public by the Lumber Division of the Department of Commerce.