Doug[as F'ir Facts e{No.4F

P erfect Struchnal T imber s f @Yi:,P,:i3i *'i'.Hrii ) produce structural no equal in size or

Douglas Fir tr6es timbers that have length.

Unwually Wide StePPing

ll trade-marked oak flooring. Its ll -f excellence of manufacture [- ll makes it economical to lay and ll tl. f*:..-" beautrful, durabte ,l

Stepping, perfectly vertical andall heart, can be had ten inches and wider in 'Long-Bell Douglas Fir.

Exceptional Strength foi,r Weight

Trade-Marked

Long.Bell Douglas Fir lumber and timbersarc traile-marked. fot iilen. tification of unusual thoroughness in monu, facture-plusmorcthan fifty yearc' exPerience as lumbenien.

"Douglas Fir has unusual strength for its weight," says an expert. "From the fine-grained, soft, old growth wood of the finished lumber, to the hard, tough wood of the structural timber, it is excelled in strength by no other softwood species."

Improving Method.s of Manufactuting

Devising and adopting the best processes of manufacturing, in the interest of the user of lumber products, give added reason for the superior qualitY of I-ong-Bell trade-marked Douglas Fir.

C. HARRY WHITE RETURNS FROM EUROPEAN.

C. Harry White, White Brothers, San Francisco, has returned from a two months' European tour which included a trip through England, France, Switzerland, Scotland and Italy. He was accompanied by Mrs. White and their three children on the trip which consumed two and a half months. lfe reports that they enjoyed the trip immensely and in his travels noted that business conditions in the countries visited were good and the people prosperous. Harry says that london has a population of 10 million people and a city 30 miles in width, but on his second day in London he unexpectedly run onto "lfank" Swafiord, the popular Los Angeles lumberman, who was also visiting in the British metropolis, and while at dinner that evening they programed all the annual convention of the Pacific Coast Hardwood Association for the next five vebrs.

Anotherdriving Record

Records come and records go, and if these wild driving lumber jacks keep lowering the automobile time betweei Los, Angeles and Oregon points, there will be no further need for airplanes.

About the middle of August, H. C. Clark, Los Angeles manager for the Boojh-Kelly Lumber Company, set out, with Mrs.'Clark, for Eugene.

He checked in atthat point three days later and sub- 'stantiated his report of the remarkable record of but thirty hours' driving. And that is some driving.

After spending a few days in and around the mill, Mr. and Mrs. Clark headed for -home, the coast route, arriving there on the 23rd.

CHAS. R. McCORMICK, JR., ASSISTING IN SALES DEPARTMENT

Chas. R. McCormick, Jr., son of Chas. R. McCormick, president of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co.. has been assisting in--the sales department in the company,s San Francisco office for the past two weeks. He attendi school at Santa Barbara, but ior the past few years during his vacation months, he has spent some time Lach summe-r ac- quiring lumber experience.

FREDERIC S. PALMER CLOSES WHOLESALE BUSINESS AND ENTERS SAWMILL BUSINESS IN MEXICO

Fred_ Palmer, one of the best known and, most popular men who ever wholesaled California lumber, has quii the game, closed up his office and his business, and moved down into Lower Mexico, where he has engaged in the white and sugar pine manufacturing business in issociation with his father-in-law, Mr. Hiram C. Smith. Mr. Smith and associates have owned a great tract of high grade large size pine timber in the Durango territory for many yeais, and they have now begun the manufacture of same. The name of the firm is the Durango Lumber Company. They have built a big milling plant at El Salto, Mexico, equipped with a circular and a band mill, planing mill, kilns, -boi factory, etc., and th-ey are alrebdy operating. Mr. Palmer is generil manager of the company.

They are located on a railt'oad that will some dav run form Durango to Mazatlan, but has progressed only as far as El Salto, and penetrates the timber of the Durango Lumber Company. Their outlet now is entirely by iail, but will eventually be by water also when the railroad reaches Mazatlan. The mill runs double shift and cuts nearly 300.000 fee-t of high grade pine daily. The species is a veiy white, soft pine, and is reported to be largely sugar pinl. Thei.r common lumber is sold in Mexico, and their clears in the United States.

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