Fir Manufacturers Pledge Themselves To Support National Trade Extension Work

Pledges estimated to yield a sum of $225,000 a year for five years were given by Northwest lumbermen for the support of the national trade extension program of the Nationll Lumber Manufacturers' Association in its proposed $1,000,000 a year, five-year campaign of advertising and research work, at the joint meeting of the national association and the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, held at Tacoma, August 5.

George S. Long, general manager of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., and R. A. Long, founder of the I ong-Bell Lumber Co., promised on behalf of their companies to contribute the 10 cents per 1000 board feet asked, and in addition George S. Long promised an additional contribution of $50,000 a year by the Weyerhaeuser Co. Pledges of these "two companies will amount to nearly $100,000 each yearly.

An outstanding feature of the meeting was the address of Charles S. Keith, president of the Central Coal & Coke Co.

Frank G. Wisner, president of the national association, presided, and other speakers were lI. B. llewes, vice-president of the national association; Dr. Wilson Compton, secretary-manager o[ the national association, and Chester Hogue of the West Coast Lumber Trade Extension Bureau.

The day's proceedings brought out a large and represen-

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Fred Holmes Backs Up His Fish Stories With Pictures

Fred Holmes, Holmes-Eureka Lurnber Co., San Francisco, together with his brother-in-law, Carlos Carter, and their wives and families, have returned from a two weeks' automobile tour and fishing trip through Northern California and Southern Oregon. Their i.tinerary included the trip over the Redwood Highway to Eureka, thence to Crater Lake, Klamath Falls district, and Sacramento Canyon.

Fred says that they had some excellent fishing on the trip and he is relating many interesting fish stories to his lumbermen friends. lfowever, he is backing up his stories by many pictures taken along the route, and the above picture shows Fred and Mr. Carter and their catch at Lake Diamond, Oregon. He reports that they had an enjoyable trlp.