CIUFI AE'TH ANI\IIVEFISAFIY MAY 195ClMAY 1975

We have enjoyed oun 25 yeans, a pleasant and wondenful nelationship with all of oun cusEornens and suppliens.

To all of you who have rnade oun success possible, we offen oun sincene gnatitude.

SIE! SIMMC'NA ANE' THE ENTIFIE STAFF

By KENT MOXEY executive vice oresident

f NfHuSlnSM? Involvement? Colr operation? Gung Ho?

The New Mexico lumbermen are putting all those things into force getting ready for the 82nd Annual Convention of the association at the Albuquerque Hilton Inn, Sept. 24-26.

Lumber and building materials dealers from ldaho, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado will join with the New Mexico people for a great get-together. Viva La Fiesta!

Nino Trujillo is chairman of the whole affair. And he has a lot of active help from Charley Smith, association director from Roswell, who is vice chairman.

Frank See of Duke City Lumber is heading the "host program" for supplier participation. Bill Grimm, R. W. Specialties, Inc,, Denver, will assist him. Bill Brock from Santa Fe and Jim Quillen of Thunderbird Steel are in charge of golf arrangements.

News around the region: Art Wintheiser now owns and operates Wegman Lumber & Hardware Co., in Albu- querqqp. Don Kreager is new manager of Wickes in Boulder. Don Herschman is new manager of Building Materials Supermart in Boulder, Howard Henry is manager of Foster in Burlington. Bill Anderson is new manaser of Maw- son in Loveland. Harry Wesson is new manager of Bowman in Artesia.

Hollywood Lumber Co. in Ruidoso is now Thunderbird Store, Tommy Polly, manager. Swenson Lumber in Laramie is now Foster Lumber Co., Bill Swafford, Manager. Vern Thompson now works for Management Advisors, Inc. in Salt Lake City. Keith Kirby is new manager for Foster in Saratoga. Terry Diehl isnow in the purchasing and brokering department of Diehl Lumber Products in Salt Lake City.

Monlono Building Mqteriol

Deolers Associotion

59601, (,106) 112-2120

By R.V. PETERSEN executive secretary

T HE controversial quality of legisI lation emanating from the current Montana Legislative Assembly may qualify the session as outstanding, certainly one of the most predictably confusing.

Seemingly plagued by lack of organization and by vacillation, it has failed to demonstrate a definitive, consistent purpose. Characteristic has been the frequent rejection and subsequent successful revival of legislation of varying purpose at the considerable extra expenditure of time, effort and money.

A frequent criticism during the session has been that a general "antibusiness" atmosphere has pervaded most considerations. Although the claim is heatedly refuted, from a businessman's point of view the legislative trend has been toward harrassing, restrictive, punitive controls of debatable benefit to the economy.

A seeming general indifference to the increasing tax and expenditure burden for the state is evident in much of the action, and stems, perhaps, from the number of legislators unburdened

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