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NEW VICE PR,ESIDENT AND DIRECTORS ARE ADDED TO LONG-BELL STAFF

Two new vice presidents have been elected and seven men added to the directorate of The Long-Bell I-rumber (lompany. With two exceptions the new officers are men who have been connected rvith the company for many years, five of them having been with the company more than .fffteen years.

W. I-r. Prickett, director, formerly general manager of what was then the King-Ryder Lumber Company at Bonami, I:a., was elected vice president. S. M. Morris, of Kelso, Washington, Western Representative, was elected vice president and director.

Other directors elected were I-.l. L. Chipman, Beaumont, Texas, manager of the Export Department; R,. W. Stith, Kansas City, Missouri, comptroller; G. A. Houston, Kansas City, Missouri lumber sales manager; J. H. Lane, Kansas City, Missouri, manager timber sales; Jesse And.rews, Kansas City, Missouri; and R. P. Combs vice president of the Peoples'Irust Company.

SEATTLE LUMBER,MAN SAYS NORTHER,N ITIILLS ABE RUNNING TO CAPACITY

W. M. Beebe, presid.ent of the Burton-Beebe Lumber company of Seattle, spent the early part of the month in California, calling on lumbermen in both San Francisco and I-ros Angeles. He then proceeded. East, stopping at Kansas (lity and Chicago before going to New York.

Mr.Beebe reports that the fir mills of the Northwest are running to their full capacity and cutting more lumber thtin they are selling. The Miclclle Western market, he says, is not buying in great volume, but the Atlantic Coast business and the California business are sustaining the present strength of the market.

The Burton-Beebe I.lumber company maintain their California office in Los Angeles, in charge of Rollins A. Brown.

New Kilns Planned Fob Yosemite Diilt

Owing to increased. production at the plant of the Yosemite Lunber company, at Merced- Falls, another battery of dry kilns will be installed at once, according to present plans of officials. A new inclined railway also is to be built to tap some of the timber on the north side of the Merced river above EI Portal. H. W. Jackson, vice president of the Charles Nelson company, owners of the property, recently visited the mill to make preliminary arrangements for the improvements.

B. T. BUZARD ENTEBS INSUR,ANCE BUSINESS

R. T. Buzard, formerly of the Navarra Lumber Company, has entered the Insurance business and is now affiliated with the E. Detrick Compan;' of San Francisco, with offices at 310 Sansome street. Mr. Buzard has been connected with the lumber business in California since 1909 and is well known by the lumber fraternity throughout 'the state. Prior to his coming to the Coast, he manufactured and wholesaled lumber in Pennsylvania. He retains his interests in the company's timber holdings here on the Coast and they still maintain their office to look after this end of the business aN 507 Crocker Building.

Our Big New Plant is now prepard to serye the California retailerc with the following stock:

Red Fir Dimension

Dealers who have tried this wonderful dimen sion stock are enttrusiastic over itr 6ne qualitt and appearance. ^Ash uc about it.

CALIFORNIA ro PINE

A splendid quality of this rtock beautifully manufactured, ready for prompt ehipment.

Box Shooks

Three cara a day of thir ctock.

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