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A Motorlogue

lJotc-tr'Ir. and Mrs. Fred, Conner, nr,erchandisers ertraordinary of Sacramento, .recently mad,e a loig motor trip tlrough the northern part of California, and part of Oregoro, tahing ht a number of side trips to country seldom visi'ted by tourists and visiting a nutnber of the mi.lls. Mrs. Conner faz'ored this j.ournal with a delightful letter about the trip, full of intaresting things of intucst to lumbermen and we Pass i"t clong to \ou.

Dear I\{r. Dionne:

We have "done the Redrvood Highrvay from one end to the other and it is most emphatically the Lumberman's 'Irail of Glory.

Started out Friday morning and made a side trip to Clear Lake in Lake County, rvhere a Los Angeles company is lluilding a resort for San Franciscans.

We fiave driven over magnificent highways, mere plate rails, and rvinding roadways:'from the rim of the rvorld to sea level; but the trip so far has been a gorgeous one, and though I do not like being suspended over yawning chasms, I'm Jticking to it rvith bated breath and grim determination.

Judging from what one can see from the auto, lumber i-s active along the Redrvood Highway. All the mills with the exception of one hear Fortuna seem to be busy, one meets huge loads of lumber going and coming, and at the ports finds ships loading aird unloading their cargoes of fine Fir, Redwood and other merchantable timber.

The great forests are indescribable in their beauty and majesty-, and on every side one sees proofs gi Ih" durability -one might almost say the indestructibility of wood. Perhaps one of the most interesting landmarks on the Redwood Highway is found at Scotia where an immense rnaple tree is growing upon the stump of a Redwood tree. Thi maple rvis planted in a crevice of the old stump-38 years agb by two men rvho are still livin$ in Scotia. The i*por".l poition of the stump, large enough for twelve or fifleen people to stand upon comfortably, is in a.pe.rfect state of preservation, and the maple is an unusually large and thrifty sample of its kind.

Furniture Stock in Sete CUT TO SIZE Ready to Arsemble

Flat Surfaces Hardwood Trim Sanded

A Redwood burl is on exhibition in Crescent City which is five feet in height and about four and one-half feet wide, it is hollorv and shaped like a funnel with one side lowelr than the other. Another burl which grows upon a tree orvned by a citizen of Crescent City is twelve feet in diameter, round in shape and solid so far as can be deterrnined by men lvho stand on the ground and look up, way tlD.-'fhe gathering and trahsportation of tan-bark seems to be an important industry at the present time; loads of bark going down the highway to the tanneries at Stockton, Sin Francisco and other cities are frequently met with and many conversations seem to revolve about "Tan Oak, Tan Bark", and methods of merchandising, transporting and using this peculiar gift of the trees to man.

We expect to turn homervard tomorrow over the winding roadJ, the broad highways and the plate rails and we send our best to you and ytXi.tr.," M. conner.

Saving Lumber

Norv it is possible to reduce all the sawmill waste-islabs, butts, sawdust and the like, to a cellulose pulp, which under pressure is made into perfect lumber. There are no knots, .snags or weak spots. Why not put our trees through the meat-grinder in the -first place and then make all th"e lumber we want in the form we want it ? Maybe we could dispense with a lot of nails an4 press our doors and windowJ in regular sizes for domestic consttmption.L. A. Times.