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SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY LUMBERMEN'S CLUB I MEET AT FRESNO

/ The San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club met at the f Calif.ornian -Hotel, Fresno, on Saturday, October 15, at 10 \ / a.m. The principal business of the meeting was the discusf sion of the revision of the by-laws of the club. The by- ' laws as submitted by the committee were adopted with a few minor changes. The principal changes in the byJaws are in the classification of membership. In the past, the membership included honorary, active and associate members. In the future there will be no associate members and the membership will include honorary and regular members. The members were urged to attend the state association convention at Los Angeles on November 10, 11 and L2. There was also considerable discussion on the action taken against wooden shingles by several cities and a committee was appointed to work on this matter and report at a late!meeting.

- Dr. Thomas E. Snyder, entomologist with the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., gave an interesting talk on termites, commonly known as white ants. Dr. Snyter stated that the termite is not a native of California but is found all over the United States. He also went into detail, explaining how to successfully combat the termite.

President F. Dean Prescott presided at the meeting.

The meeting adjourned at 12:30 p.m. The following list of guests and members were present: Dr. Snyder, A. G. Wishon, Jim Chase, L. L. Walker, O. A. Baker, Mr. Moore, Hal Baldwin, Dan Desmond, Geo. Kennedy, Hugh Alderman, Burton Boyle, Geo. Burnett, Chas. Burnett, R. O. Deacon, Erwin Frane, Dean Cook, Ray Clotfelter, O. H. Carter, A. E. Johnson, Elmore King, H. C. Kofoid, Ben Maisler, W. B.'March, Frank F. Minard, F. Dean Prescott, S. P. Ross, J. F. Wright, Chas. Schaffer, P. T. Burns, J. J. Eymann, J. E, Holt, W. K. Kendricks, V. G. Schoeneman, H. E. Verble.

OREGON LUMBER AND LOGGING FIRMS FORM $12,OOO,OOO MERGER

It, rvas announced October 17 in Pottland that a merger has been formed by the Clark & Wilson Lumber Co., Beaver Lumber Co., Nehalem Timber & Logging Co., and the Portland & Southwestern Railway Co.

The properties taken in by the merger include the Clark & Wilson mill at Linnton, Ore., with a two-shift capacity of 400,000 feet per day, with its camps, timber and logging railroad; the Biaver Lumber Co.'s plant at Prescott, Ore., with two-shift capacity of 400,000 feet per day; the Portland & Southwestern Railway, operating from Scappoose west to Turrish, near Vernonia; the Nehalem Timber & Logging Co.'s logging camps and timber, and also- considetable additional timber which is tributary to the Portland & Southwestern Railway. It is estimated that the two mills will have enough timber to keep them running on a twoshift basis lor 2O years.

The new merger will be operated by the Clark & Wilson Lumber Co., whose capital ltock will be $12,000,000. The officers of the merger will be : O. M. Clark, president; H9lry Turrish, Duluth, Minn., and A. J. Keith, Eau Claire, Wis., vice-presidents ; W. W. Clark, treasurer and manager; C. G. Kinney, assistant manager, and H. M. Krebs, secretary.

R. F. HAMMATT AND C. STOWELL SMITH RETURN FROM CHICAGO CONFERENCE

R. F. Hammatt, San Francisco, secretary-manager of the California Redwood Association, and C. Stowell Smith, San Francisco, secretary-manager of the California White and Sugar Pine Manufacturers' Association, have returned from Chicago, where they represented their associations at the meeting of the secretary-managers of the regional associations of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association.