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EN AND woMEN engcged in the mcnulqcture oI wood products cre perlorming one of the most vitcl qnd necesscrry tcsks in wcrr production. As the wcrr increcses in tempo qnd lorce on the Europecn crnd Pccific bcrttle lronts the demcnd lor wood grows more urgent. We sqlute the lumber, plywood and wbod products industries crnd their loycl workers.

Omalc Area Dedicated As Trce Farm

More than 1,000 pdrsons, including Governor Arthur'B" Langlie of. Washington, participated in a program dedicating 6,532 acres owned by Aston Brothers and the Biles' Coleman Lumber Company as the "Omak Tree Farms," on November 10, at Omak, Wash,

This is a private ownership area which is associatecl with forest lands of the Colville Indian Reservation, and certain national and state forests in the Omak-Okanogan cooperative management unit of 690,000 acres.

The Tree Farm certificate was awarded to Aston Brothers and Biles-Coleman by the Western Pine Association, with Governor Langlie making the presentation during a program in the Omak \igh school auditorium. Governor Langlie also was the principal speaker, his subject being, "What Tree Farming Means to 'Washington."

Other speakers included T. S: Goodyear, State Supervisor of Forestry; J. S. Barron, chairman of the association's Forest Practice Rulgs Conmittee; R. P. Hampton, mayor of Omak; W. H. Price, president of the Omak Chamber of Commerce; and R. L. McNett, president of the Biles-Coleman Lumber Con-rpar.ry.

The program was broadcast by radio stations at Wenatchee and Seattle, and was rebroadcast also from Spokane.

The policy of the company and the Aston Brothers was stated as follows:

"\Me have decided to'rnranage these lands for continued forest crop production. To achieve this objective, rve intend to furnish adequate forest protection and to manage this area so as to maintain a m?xirnum of heaithy growing stock thereon. We expect to thin the stdnds to promote maximum growth; to restrict use of the lands which would endanger the timber crop production,'and to develop utilization practices which will assure full use of products thereon. The sarne restrictions and policies on grazing will be followed on this area as are practiced on federal forest areas in this vicinity."

A report on the condition of this land, as made by Stuart Moir, forester of the Western Pine Association, took note of the fact that it included no hand-planted area, and commentbd tersely but significantly: "Natural reproduction more than needed."

Limitcnion Order L-63 Amended

Suppliers who are required to keep inventory records under Limitation Order L-63 no longer need file Form WPB-825 (formerly PD-336), the War Production Board has announced.

Amendment of L-63 also provides that suppliers must keep records of total net monthly sales from stock and total inventory of supplies at the end of each month, but need not keep a separate record of each type of supplies.

Another change made by today's revision clarified the meaning of the fourth exemption from the order by sgbstituting the phrase "replacement parts specially designed to fit only one model and brand of machinery or equipment and adaptable to no other use" for the phrase "functional replacement parts for machinery and equipment."

These veteran employees of the S;e-N Fffiffiffiffi fu"&$$tu4ffiffi"ffi join this pioneer organization in its sincere Holiday hope that all of its old friends may enjoy peace, prosperity, and a

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