Cafifornia White Pine Siding---65 Years Old Exhibited at Century of Progress Exposition

An interesting display in the Western Pine Association exhibit in the California section of the States Building, Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago, is a panel, 8 feet by 4 feet, showing California White Pine siding taken from an old building on the Olsen ranch at Chester, Plumas County, California. The removed siding has been reassembled in exactly the same relative position it appeared on the building and mounted as a panel. With the siding panel is included some extra pieces of the siding for detailed inspection and some of the original iron nails, which show no rust where they were embedded in the wood. Accompanying the exhibit are two photographs signed by

Almanor, and was dismantled and removed about the time the dam was built.

Mr. Olsen kindly consented to the removal of the siding by the Red River Lumber Company, of Westwood, Calif., who prepared and shipped the exhibit and various manufactured articles displayed by the Western Pine Association at the Chicago exposition.

In connection rvith the exhibit is a bulletin in which Professor Emanuel Fritz of the Division of For'estry, University of California, makes an interesting statement refuting the impression in some quarters that California White Pine and Sugar Pine are less durable than Eastern Pine.

Chicago,

Mr. Nelson Olsen, the owner, and his affidavit.

The history of the building is well established. It was built in 1868 by the father of Nelson Olsen. It stands near Mr. Olsen's large modern ranch home and has been in continuous use since it was built. The sash, roof shakes and all materials, except the floor, are the original materials. Some of the logs are breaking down, but the rest of the materials are as sound as when new. The siding taken from the gable end of the building as shown in the photograph, shows no traces of decay, even under the lap and around the nail holes.

The siding was made in a small mill which stood from the early pioneer days near the site of the Western Power Company's dam in Plumas county, which forms Lake

Reopens Los Angeles Office

The Donovan Lumber Company of Aberdeen, Wash., announces the reopening of offices in the Petroleum Securities Bldg., 714 West Tenth Street, Los Angeles, and the appointment of J. A. Thomas as their Los Angeles representative. Mr. Thomas is well known to the Southern California lumber trade, having acted as inanager of the Southern California operations of the Coos Bay Lumber Co. for many years. The Donovan Lumber Company also maintain offices in San Francisco.