A Merry Christinas from HOBBS WALL LUMBER

CO.

qlnd AssociatedRcdwood Mills

The Sage Land & Lumber ComponVr Inc., Willits, Calif.

Salmon Creek Redwood Co,, Beatrice, Calif.

Coast RedwoodCo., Klamath, Calif.

Crag Lumber Co., Inc., Smith River, Calif.

Mcterial things mcy chcrnge, but the spirit oI Yule- ' tide lingers on. In thct spirit we extend cordial grreetings to our lriends in the lumber industry. Mcry pecrce oI mind and contentment oI heart be your lot ct this Christmcrs secson.

405 Montgomery Street

SanFrancisco

Los Angreles OfficeJ2s Rowcrn Bldg.

Heads National American \(/holesale Lumber Association

New York, N. Y., Nov. 24.-In accordanct: rvith the b,vlaws of the organization, Titus W. Hager cf Grand Rapids, Mich., first vice president of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association, has been rtamed by the board of directors to fill the unexpired term of the recently deceased president, J. Lou DuPlain.

Mr. Hager is president and secretary of the T. W. Hager I.umber Company of Grand Rapids and also vice president and general manager of the Grand Rapid; Sash & f)oor Companv. He has been a member of the N;rtionai-Americ:in continuouslv since 1933, rvas elected a director for :L full three-year term in 1942 and re-elected lhis year. He ha<l served as first vice president since the election of Mr. l)rrI'lain at the annttal meeting in Chicago in 1944.

frr assuming the presidencv of the orgz.nization, Mr. Hager says, in a statement to the members :

"The main problem confronting us todav il the plight of the wholesaler. You are all familiar with the action taken as a result of our polling the members as t() their prefercr.rcc in connection rn'ith with rvholesalers^ compensation. The aclverse decisiorr on the mark-up applic:rtion rendered by OPA was reported to you in the associrtion bulletin. l-osing the first round doesn't me:tn that th,: fight is lost. It only nreans orrr further elTorts rvill be intersifiecl. I huvc just spent tu,o days at Ner,l' York meeting with a small group of our directors ancl association counsel. Itrelimi- nary steps are being taken prior to our next steps at Washington. However, for your information, another meeting rvith a small group of lumbermen representing several branches of the industry, will be held in Chicago early next rveek in furtherance of our plans. You will be kept informed of developments as soon as there is something of a definite nature to report."

Building New Pl<rnt

A modern daylight structure of steel and concrete will rcplace the present 75-year-old plant of E. C. Atkins ancl Comp:rny, pioneer Indianapolis firm and manufacturer <if saws.

According to E. C. Atkins, president of the company :rlt<l grandson of the founcler, present construction plans involve an expenditure of $1,5@,000, but this figure mav lzrter reach or exceed $2,000,000.

Work on the new program has already been started arrd is schedulecl for c^mpletion by late fall of 1946. The Carl Geupel ConstruCtion Co., Indianapolis engineers ancl contractors. will be the builders.

Redwood Mill Burns

Salmon Creek Redwood Company's mill at Beatrice, Calif., rvas destroyed by fire December 3. The mill had a dailv capacity of 50,000 feet. The loss was estimated at $200,000.00, partly covered by insurance.

The sales of this mill were handled exclusively by Hobbs Wall l.umber Co.. San Francisco. Fred H. Lundblade is lrlanagcr.