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H. R. KAVA^\IAGH TO LOCATE IN SAN FRANCISCO

H. R. Kavanagh, for the past six years connected with the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., of San Diego, has resigned his position with this concer'n and expects to Iocate in San Francisco. After a short vacation enjoying tfie sights of the Bay District, he ,contemplates following the lumber business in the northern metropolis.

H. ARENDT VISITS BAY DISTRICT

H. Arendt, prominent retail lumberman and manager of H. Arendt & Co., Pleasanton, was a recent San Francisco vis,itor, where he spent a few days on business. While in San Francisco, he called on Ed. Garland, manager of the rail department of Chas. R. McCormick & Co., and also inspected-the new ofifices of Chas; R. X{cCormick & Co., in the new Matson Building. Mr. Arendt said that he had just completed a trip to Los Angeles, and'was very much impressed at the rapid growth of Los Angeles during the past few years.

"SANDY" McNAIR L_O_O{S__O_V_ER CONDITIONS IN BAY DISTRICT

"Sandy" MbNair, of McKinnon & McNair, St. Helena. was a recent visitor in the Bay District, where he spent a few days calling on the San Francisco lumber trade and also'm'aking a sur\:ev of lumber conditions in the Bay cities.

SEC. WALLACE AP,PROVES BIG LAND EXCHANGE IN SHASTA F"OREST

Secretary of A,griculture Wallace' has, approved the ap- plication of the McCloud River tumber Company to ex. change 26,L76 acres of cut-over lands with,in the Shasta National Forest for a quantity of live tim,ber n'ot €xceeding the base lands in value. The timber selected'for exchange which will be cut under Forest Service regulations, is in the Lava Beds logging unit of the Shastalqrest.

This is the firrst large land exchange in the national forests of California that has r.eceived the approval of the department and state forest'ry officials, and will be consummated under the provisions of the General Land Exchange Act of \{arch 20, t922, which provides for the exchange of privately-owned land or timber within a national forest for an equal value of either national forest land 'or timber, p'rovided the exchange is to the public interest.

E. R. WICKS VISITS LOS ANGELES

Mr. E. R. Wicks, vice president and general manager. qf the Vaughan Lum'ber Company of Houston, Texas, was a visitor in Los Angeles during the last month. He left there on the Zlst, to return to Houston.

The Vaughan Lumber Company are large distributors o{ Southern and West Coast lumber products, maintaining offices in llouston, Fort \&/orth, Dallas, Portland and,SeJttle.

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SACRASffENTO VA["[.EY n"[,JMltsER

The members of the Sacram'ento Valley Lumbermen's Club, together with their wives a'nd invited guests, assembled at the offices of the Hutchinson Lumber Co., Oro ville, on Saturday morning, November 17 to start on their inspection trip of the company's logging operat'ions in the South Fork of the Feather River District.

From Oroville to Bideell, the trip was made by automo- ' bile, at which point, the logging ra,ilroad of the Hutchinson Lu,mber Co. connects with the Western Pacific Railroad. At Bideell, a logging train of two flat cars equipped with seats and drawn by a Shay engine, was waiting for the larty and a twenty-seven mile trip was made up the scenic South . Fork of the Feather River to the company's logging camp. ;;,rt ,This railroad has the longest 5 per cent grade of any railroad in'the Unitedl States, and the road bed for the first seven miles has a solid rock foundation which was made at a,cost of $125,00.00 per mile. Three hours were utilized in making this interesting and instructive trip, from Bedeell to the logging camp oPerations.

Upon the parties arrival at the logging ca'mp, _they- sat down to a deiicious turkey dinner as guests of the Hutchinson Lumber Co. Nothing was lacking from this wonderftrl meal, and the guests now know why the Hutchinson Lum' ber Co. refer to their camp cook as "Chef." At the conclusion of the d,inner, the "Chef' was the recipient of at least forty rousing cheers from the visitors.

The party then looked over the loggi'ng operations of

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the company and saw one of the high climbers "topping" a giant white pine tree, to be used in rigging a "High Lead" line, also they saw the loggers felling several large pine trees approximately 300 feet in height. The improved,methods of electrified h,igh lead logging and loading the logs on cars were also observed with much interest by the visiting lumbermen.

At the conclusion of the inspection of the logging operations, the party returned to the Union Hotel, Oroville,