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ber, for he knew there was plenty of timber there and an excellent market for lumber in San Francisco. In 1853 he took the schooner Julius Pringle from San Francisco to Puget Sound to establish a sawmill.

He selected Port Gamble as the site of the new mill. Puget Mill Co., a subsidiarl was the owner. From this modest beginning-the first mill cut only 2,000 feet a day-grew the mighty lumber and shipping enterprise of Pope & Talbot, u'ith logging camps, mills, and a fleet of vessels sailing the seven seas.

Pope & Talbot today have their original mill at Port Gamble, and a mill and creosoting plant at St. Helens, Oregon.

The service and tradition of almost 90 years of manufacturing and distributing Douglas Fir lumber and othep forest products continues.

George A. Pope, chairman of the board of directors, recently passed away at the age of. 78 in San Francisco.

Capt. George A. Pope, Jt., U. S. Army, of the third generation, is president of the company. His brother, W. K.