Gus Hoover Extends Congrcltulclrions

And Best Wishes to the Ceilifornicl lumber tlerchclnt on its 25rh Birrhdoy, crnd to all of ,irs Orgonization. A Good Publisher - lhough ei lousy

Golfer-ferck Dionne has given the Ceiliforniei lumber Frqlernity o Publiceition of which ir hos been iusrly proud for o querrler of a cenluty. ilcly the rrterchanltt live Long ond prospGfo

A once proud locomotive sunken in railrocd right of there it stands today. There has been some salvaging of valuable equipment in recent years. The larger units of sawmill machinery were finally sold and taken out. The Government salvaged some of the railroad rail during the recent war. The grandsons of H. N. Anderson are now salvaging some of the Redwood logs that were cut and waiting for the mill to start. The belting and saws which had never been put in place when the mill died, were taken out and sold not so long ago. But for about forty years the place stood and rotted, and became the ghost of the sawmill town of Andersonia; a desolate ruin. And so it is today. Old logging cars stand right where they were overg'rown with trees and earth. A huge fly-wheel still stands between twin engines mounted on concrete. It is a bit off level, but still impressive. What is left of the commissary, the waterworkb, the company offices, the logging camp equipment, and other units of the mill that was ready to start in O'ctober, 1905, still peers in spots from the undergrowth. For that is Andersonia today.

The ghost mill of Andersonia ,belonged to the Southern Humboldt Lumber Company, which was organized November 6th, 1902, by the late H. N. Anderson, of Aberdeen, Washington. Investing rvith him in the enterprise were