Forest Industries \(/elcome Silcox Holmes Eureka Lumber Co. Moves a3 New Forestry ChUf San Francisco Officc

Washington, D. C., November 3.-The forest industries look with favor upon the appointment of F. A. Silcox as Chief of the U. S. Forest Service, to succeed the late Major R. Y. Stuart. Wilson Compton, head of American Forest Produ'cts Industries and the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, said today that Mr. Silcox' fine record of service in the U. S. Forest Service for nearly twenty years has given him a practical knowledge of forestry problems which, united to his notable business experience during and since the World War, equip him for his duties' Mr. Slkox' experience outside of the public service as well as in it suggests that his administration may seek to tackle the fundamental economic problems involved in promoting the recent epochal cooperative undertaking between timbermen, professional foresters and public agencies brought about under the conservation provisions of the Lumber Code.

SEATTLE LUMBERMAN VISITS S. F.

Alvin N. Schwager, vice-president of the Nettleton Lumber Co., Seattle, was a recent visitor to San Francisco' While there he attended the U. S. C.-California football game at Berkeley, October 28.

Holmes Eureka Lumber Co. will move from their present offices in the Monadnock Building, San Francisco, to 1505 Financial Center Building, corner Montgomery and California Streets, November 18. Their telephone number will remain the same, GArfield 1921. The new ofrces are in the same building as the California Redwood Association, and are within a few blocks of the offices of all the other Redwood companies.

It is interesting to note that the Holmes Eureka Lumber Co. was the first tenant to move into the rebuilt Monadnock Building after the fire in 1906.

Council Meets in San Francisco

California Lumbermen's Council met in the Whitcomb Hotel, San Francisco, on Wednesday evening, October 25, the evening before the opening of the State Convention. President George N. Ley, Santa Cruz Lumber Co., presided.

Elmore W. King, King Lumber Co., Bakersfield, is vicepresident of the Coun,cil, and Merle D. Bishop, Watsonville, is secretary-treasurer.

Andrew F. Mahony

Andrew F. Mahony, Sr., prominent in the lumber and shipping business in San Francisco and former police Commissioner, died November 8 in the Fren,ch Hospital, San Fran,cisco, after an illness of ten days.

Mr. Mahony was stricken with apoplexy in his offi,ce at I Drumm Street on O,ctober 28.

He was born in San Fran,cisco sixty-four years ago, and for the first twenty years of his business life was connected with the ,clothing manufacturing business. Immediately following the fire in 1906 he purchase<l two sailing ships and entered the lumber and shipping business. He subsequently acquired other ships and substantial lumber interests, and operated a fleet of lumber ships up to the time of his death.

Mr. Mahony was first appointed to the San Francisco Police Commission in 1919 by Mayor James Rolph Jr., and served continuously antil 1932. He was an outstanding member of the commission and was always a picturesque and forceful figure.

Ife was a champion boxer of the Olympic Club in his younger days, and always took a keen interest in boxing. He is survived by his widow and two children, Andrew F. Mahony, Jr., and Mrs. B. L. Haviside.

Redwood Sawmill Quotas Set For November and December

Individual mill production quotas for the months of November and December for all the sawmills in the Redwood division were allocated at a meeting of the directors of the California Redwood Association held in San Francisco, November 10. The total cut for the mills in the Redwood Division for November and December will be 38,677,00Of.eet.

Forest Service Egtablishes NIRA Camps

In addition to the ninety-five C. C. C. camps in the national forests of California this winter, the Forest Service will have a total of fifty-five camps employing about 1,500 men on activities under NIRA appropriations amounting to $1,228,000, according to a report by S. B. Show, regional forester. This allotment will be used mainly for the payment of wages and subsisten,ce of work crews selected from local re-employment registers.

There will be 41 camps for truck trail and firebreak ,construction, five on insect control, three will do cultural work in the forests and six on range management and erosion control.

Insect control work will be carried on in the Lassen, Modoc, Stanislaus and Sierra Forests; erosion control in the Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Santa Barbara and Tahoe; cultural work on the Lassen, Plumas and Stanislaus.

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