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wood can be readily sold. The producer krio*. that, and in many'cases woiks entirely on the basis of this thoroughly artificial market position. The hardwood distributor in Britain and his customer knorjv it too, but would be foolish to adopt the same policy. The long term interests of both sections demand that the new woods should be bought, named and put to use in an orderly and rational manner, otherwise pre-war blunders like the sale of Eucalyptus obliqua and Eucalyptus regnans as "Tasmanian oak," will be repeated on a bigger and more damaging scale.

New Yard In Sqntc Mqricr

J. H. Kirk and Ernie Sanders, formerly with the Southern Pacific Milling Co., San Luis Obispo, CaliT., and Leo T. McMahon have organized a company to conduct a retail lumber and building material business under the name of Kirk Lumber & Building Material Co, The new yard is located at 800 West Main Street; Santa Maria, Calif.

Mr. Kirk was general manager of the lumber department of Southern Pacific Milling Co. Ior many years at San Luis Obispo, and resigned June 1 to enter business for himself. Mr. Sanders was with the same concern as sales manager.

Mr. McMahon is an attorney and businessman in Santa Barbara.

Long-Bell Buys Mill

The Austa Lumber Company's mill at Austa, Oregon, was taken over by The Long-Bell Lumber Company, effective June 1, 1947, according to an announcement by N. M. Larsen, sales manager.