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JOHNSON-ANAWALT TMPROVEMENTS COMPLETE

The Johnson-Anawalt Lumber Company has completed a large mill building in connection with its yard at Montrose.- This improvement will provide additional sprace for assembling sash, door and other rnill material and will enable the company to give improved service to its patrons. The nerv milll is complete in every particular, including a battery of modern planing mill machinery. The company operates yards ,at Montrose and Tujunga and the new mill will serve both yards.

Record Cargo Of Siiingles Arrives

What is believed to be the biggest cargo' of shingles brought to a California port in a great many years was unloaded at the Oakland wharf oif the, Sunset Lumber Company a few weeks ago. It consisted of 3,300,000 shingles, all brought from Puget Sound on board the steamer Admiral Sebree. The shingles were ready for shipment in the north before the election and wiere started on their way south as soon as it was dfinitely known that the anti,shingle bill had been defeated.

Hotw States Stand In Lumber Production

Ar.kansas is the leading lumber state in the pr,oduction of red gum, hickory, ,ash and sycamore. California leads in redwood, white fir and sugar pines. Louisiana is first in yellow pine, cvpress and tupelo. Colorado is at the top in lodgepole pine, Idaho in larch (tamarack), Indiana in beech, Maine in balsam fir, Michigan in maple, Minnesota in white pine, Mississippi in cottonwood, Missouri in walnut, Oregon in western yellow pine, Tennessee in oak, Washington in Douglas fir, spruce and cedar, \Arest Virginia in chestnut and yellow cedar, Wisconsin in hemlock. birch. elm and basswood.

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"l would rather go w.ithout my morning cup of coffee than to be without THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT," says C. A. Campbell, manager of the King Lumber Co., at Shafter, Calif., in sending in his order and telling us to keep on sending the paper.

Government Sells Timber In Plumas Forest

One hundred sixty-seven million feet of timber on the Plumas National Forest in C,alifornia has just been sold to the Swrayne Lumber Company, Oroville. The timber covers about 14,000 acres in what is known as the sugar pine-yellow pine belt in the heart of the Sierras. I't is estimated that this amount of timber, together with the intermixed privately owned timber, will requir'e eight vears to cut: and ,convert into lumber.

HOME BUILDING WOULD BE TAX-EXEMPT

William Hornblower of San Francisco, who was elected to the state ,assembly at the recent election, says he will intro,duce a bill atthe forthcoming legislative session to exempt homes from taxation up to a valnation of $3000. Something must be done to encourage people to build and relieve the housing shortage, hi says, and insists that t'his will help 'to do it.

Great Southern Officials Visit State

A. C. Goodyoar, J. M. Seigar, J. H. Cassiday and J. H. Friend ,comprised a grotlp of officials of the Great Southern Lumber Company of Bogalusa, La., who visited California late in November. They traveled, intor Mendocino and Humboldt counties to inspect the big redwood operations. They also visited some of the fir mills in 'the Northwest on their trip along the Coast.