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nating human account of the great forest fires in American history. In a foreword to the latter book, the late Col. W.B. Greeley, former chief of the U.S. Forest Service and a past president of American Forest Products Industries, said Holbrook "has rendered a great service to American forestry."

Now 70 and a longtime Portland residerrt, Holbrook gnt his first taste of bark in the pine and spruce-hardwood forests of New England as the son of a Vermont logger. The drama of the log drives dorvn the Penobscot and Kennebec rivers wove their spell over him, antl he himself worked the whitewater river drives before marching off to World War I.

In the spring of 1920, Holbrook saw a postcard in Boston depicting "outlandishsized trees on the West Coast." A 30-inch trunk was a big tree in his logging experience, and here was a picture purporting to show trees with a trunk diameter of six or eight feet or more. He bought a roundtrip ticket to the Pacific Northwest with the idea of proving the photographer a liar and then returning home, as he tells it. But a week after getting into the big timber, he sold the other half of the ticket and went to work bullbuckine "timberbeasts" in a logging camp.

The lumber industry was also moving West. and Holbrook tells of a barber in Longview, Wash., during the 1920's who had his own standard for determinine how early a man had to arrive in the Norihwest to be considered a true pioneer. He disdained anybody who hadn't been in town long enough for two haircuts. But those whom he had shorn twice were recognized as authentic pioneer stock.

The eccentric characters rvho lived the rugged life of the early logger and settler fascinated Holbrook and peopled his books. One of them was the cantankercus old homesteader who was the sole resident of Pluvius, W'ash. The old man clainred it rained 362 days out of the year in PItrvious, and the other three days were 'odamned cloudy." It was his regular ritual before he ate breakfast each morning to step outside his shack and fervently consign the place to all the devils in hell.

Holbrook edited a lumber industry magazine for several years and became a fulltime freelance writer in 1934. He made some of his biggest splashes in the literary pool with "Lost l\Ien of American History," "Yankee Exodus," and "The Age of Moguls." He is the author of some 20 books and numerous magazine articles.

The Keep America Green forest fire-prevention-education movement owes its origin to the founding of Keep Washington Green in 1941. and Holbrook was KWG's first manager. He i-. a member of the Society

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Bulldog Pqllet Rebuilding Plont After Moior Fire

A three alarm fire destroyed the main building and facilities of Bulldog Pallet Co., 35785 Haley Street, Newark, California, in late November. In the accompanying photo it would appear the two gentlemen might as well "go fight City Hall."

The fire, of undetermined origin, broke out several hours after the plant had shut down for the weekend and apparently went undetected until it built up to its full destructive force.

Roy Sjolund, production manager of the established pallet manufacturing concern, cut short a business trip to rush to the scene and help establish temporary offices next door to the burned out plant which reopened for business, admittedly not quite ooas usual," Monday, December 2. Damage is understood to have been fully covered by insurance and plans are now under way for a complete rebuilding of the plant on the same premises.

Dubs Hold "Turkey Shoot"

Dubs, Ltd. held its annual "Turkey Shoot" November 15 at the Diablo Country Club with 39 golfers'participating for the "birds" with an unbelievable IO0/o attendance for the banquet (no banquet, no bird).

Thirty turkeys were awarded on a low net Dubs handicap basis and there was also a low ball foursome event with golf balls for prizes, won by the foursome of Gran Geisert, Duke Warnock, J. Hill and Jack Koepf.

Second place went to the {oursome of Bill Leonard, John Prime, Dick Merritt and Bill Gilmore.

Four teams tied for third position and chief dice thrower Gordon Davis spurred his team to a win with assists fronr teammates Fred Ziese, George Cilker and Ralph Lamon.

Bob Kilgore will host the coming Dubs m'nthly tournament at Peacock Gap, San Rafael, on January 17.

Third Annuol Humbolt Hoo-Hoo Concot

Humbolt Hoo-Hoo Club 63 will stage its 3rd Annual Hoo-Hoo Celebrity Nite ar,d Concat in Eureka on January 28, according to Dave Davis, chairman of the big event. Hqo-Hoo notables from all parts of the country have indicated their desire to attend, and Snark of The Universe, John Hickey of Toronto, has accepted an invitation to sit in as Visiting Officer for the initiation ceremonies.

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