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Emanuel, Fritz Joins Wist Coast Lumber Bureau

Following the policy of the West Coast Lumber Bureau, nounced more than a year ago, of securing technical

'uthorities to assist in the merchandising of ltimber, the

Bureau is now pleased to announce that Emanuel Fritz has been added to the staff of field workers. Mr. Fritz is admirably suited for his new duties as Bureau leader in group meetings of retailers and sales representatives in furthering popular knowledge of the technical side of the lumber business.

Mr. Fritz is a graduate of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and has the degree of mechanical enginebr from Cornell University and is a Master of Forestry from Yale University. He was an instructor for four years in the engineering department of the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, followed by two and a half years of work with the United States Forest Service in Idaho and Arizona. During the war he was captain with air service overseas.

For the past eight years Mr. Fritz has been associate professor. -o-t-fp-r"e.s.-t:y at the University of California,. giving-cSriises in wood technology and lumber manufacturing. He is nery on a sabbatical leave of absence from that institud6fi. Pievious to his recent affiliation"#ith the Bureau, Mr. Fritz had been carrying on studies for the California White and Sugar Pine Manufacturers Association.

Mr. Fritz is i member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and affiliated with its Wood Industries Division, Order of Hoo Hoo, Society of American Foresters, and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Forestry.

Changes In California Truck Laws

As the result'of bills passed at the 1927 session of the California legislature, there have been some changes in the status of trucks. These changes include:

Gasoline tax increased from two to three cents a gallori.

Speed limit on open highways increased from 35 to 40 miles per hour for pleasure cars and light trucks.

Speed of trucks of a gross weight over 22,ffi pounds (six-wheelers) increased from lO to 12 miles per hour.

Examination of new applicants for motor vehicle drivers' licenses made mandatory instead of discretionary.

License of drivers shall be revoked after three eonvictions for reckless driving.

Clearance lights are required on vehicles exceeding 80 inches in width.

Common carrier trucks are already paying a five per cent in lieu tax. *All trucks hot common carriers will be taxed annually by weight as follows:

3000-6000 pounds, unladen weight, pneumatic tires, $15; solid tires, $30.

6000-10,000 pounds, (vehicl.es limited to load of. 22,W pounds) $40 pneumatic; $8O solids.

10,000 pounds unladen, (limited to load of. 22,000 pounds) $50 pneumatic, $100 solids.

6000 pounds or more unladen, intended to carry more than ?2,ffiO younds (six-wheelers) $7O pneumatics, $14O solids.

*The weight provisions in the new measure, the socalled Wagy bill, have been held up by a referendum which, if found to be legal, will prevent enforcenieht until after the general election in November, 192F.. And only then will it be effective if the people repudiate the referendum. However, the California Highway Commission will go into court'to defeat the referendum. Meanwhile the Duval laws of 1923 dnd' 1925, recently sustained by the United States Supreme Court, providing a four per cent gross income tax on all truck commercial edrnings is in 6fiect.-(Western Truck Owner.)

Mike and Pat, who had partaken freely of some highpowered moonshine, rvere strolling down the street of a iarge city. Pat happened to notice a large sign and stopped to iead ii. The sign read: "Ladies' Ready-to-wear clothes."

"B'gosh ! Mike," said Pat, "Shure, I think it's about time."