trxpeit"''fb[s'S."F. Salesmen'S Clu'b' of Russian Timber

the regular weekly'luncheon of the San Fiahciscb J"-ptr,-mafk'et and m.ake-s J1R"r, indi:pendent of odher counLurnber Sale-smen's Club hela at the Palace Hotel, Decem,- tries for ,their supply of pul'p wood for the manufacture gt papef . ':' ber 4, the guests were Waldemar Toritch, lumberman from Siberia; George M. Cornwall, editor of the .Timberman, Guy - D. Reynolds, Sart Francisco representa'tive of J. A. Fay & Egan; Jack Dionne, Publisher, and' J. E. Martin, Northern California manager of The California Lumber Merchant. irDick" Jones, president of the club, presided. ', Jack D'ionne gave an interesting and instructive talk on Salesmanship and the merchandising of lumber.

Mr. Cornrvall gave a short talk 'on the timber ,resources of Russia and introduced IVIr. Toritch.

Mr. Toritch gave an excellent address on the timber wealth and lurn,ber conditions of Russia and Siberia. He stated that there are 750,000,000 acres of vi.rgin timber in Russia and that with'in three to five years Russia is sure to take its place with the other nations in the lumber trade of the world. Stumpage and labor are much cheaper there and lumber will be produced in su'ch large quantities that it will be able to compete with the United States,. Canada, and the Scandanavian countries.

The commercial trees of Russia are pine, fir, and larch while the spruce is of poot' quality and of little commercial value. Oak, ash, elm, birch, and maple are the principal hardwoods, but they comprise only a sfiall percentage of the ,total stands. He said that timber operations in Siberia at the present tirne consist of concessions from the Governm,en,t to Russians, who are financed by the Japanese. The lumber from these operations. are made into pulp for the

Japan heretolore has depended on Canada, the lScandinavian countries, and the United States foi theiilsupply gf pulp wood, but owing to distance, transportation Jrom those

Apreciation From Washington City

My Dear Mr. Dionne: "I want to congratulate you on the article entitled "Ambition-Confidence-Determination" in your issue of Ootober 15th. It certainly is a very stirring article and I enjoyed reading it very much. Articles like this are inspiring and do a great deal of good."

R. G. Merritt, Executive Secretary, Central Com' mittee on Lumber Standards, Washington, D. C.

countries has presented many unfavorable circumstances and made the supply uncertain.

Mr. Toritch says that Russia "may be down but she is not out," and thlat the timber, mining, and fishing resources of the country will bring it back s,oon. He says that the native timber is easy to work and that it will be put to thd front and that the income received from the 'timber and lumber operations will be utilized to pay the w,ar debt oi the country and place Russia back to where she belongs.

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'llhatos What Old Caesan Did

When Caesar took an eastward ride, and gabbed the Gauls of Rome, What was the 6rst thing that he did to make them feel at home? Did he increase the people's loads and liberty forbid? No; he dug in and built good roadg-1h31's what Old Caesar did.

Did Caesar put the iron heel, upon the foeman's breast? Or did he try to make them feel that Roman rule was best? What did he do to make them glad he came their lands amidst? He built good roads in place of bad-that's what old Caesar did.

He built good roads from hill to hill, good roads from vale to vale, He ran a good roads movement till old Rome got all the kale. He told the folks to buy at home, built roa& their ruts to rid, Until all roads led up to Rome-that's what old Caesar did.

If any town would make itself the center of the map, Where folks would come and settle down, and live in plenty's lap, If any town its own abode of poverty would rid, Let it go out and build good roads-just lilce old Caesar did.

\,t/. H. WOODS RETURNS FROM TRIP OVER STATE A-ND REPORTS BUSINESS GOOD

W. H. Woods, assistant-sales manager of the, Coos Bly Lttnber Co., has returned to San Francisco, after a three peeks business trip through the state calling on the lumber trade. i

To make a complete survey of the lumber situation, he traveled with the company's representatives over their re- spective territories and accompanied J. A. Thomas and S. M. Landrurn in Los Angeles a,nd Sbuthern California; Ralph Duncan through the San Joaquin Valley; Al Rantilla in the Salinas, Napa and Sacramento Valleys; Earl Davis Oakland and East Bay territory, and Enoch Holmiberg in San Francisco.

He states that business ,conditions throughout the state are very prosperousi and that the demand for lumber is excecdirrgly good.

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