"Merory" Book Built Around History Purchases Two Liberty Ships Of

The Late C. R. Johnson

Charles Russell Johnsor.r, of San Fr:rncisco. 'tvho rvas bortr in Wisconsin in 1859 and died in California in 19'10, rvas the founder and lifelong head of the Union Lttrnber Company.

A r,r,riter of charm and literarv Power has n'ritteu a ltook called "Memories of the Mendocino Coast," u'l.rich is built around the life history of the late Mr. Johnson. The rvonderful history of this marvelous California coast rvhere the Redrvood forests met the sea, and particularly the history, growth, and development of the Redrvood lumber industry on that coast and througl.rout that area, is well told in this book, which lras rvritten nnder the sponsorship of Otis R. Johnson, present President of the Union Lttmber Companv, and n'orthy son of C. R. Johnson. For, as the author tells so well, the history of the Menclocino Coast from 1882 until the present time, is really the history of C. R. Johnsor.r and his associates. The ltook rvell rnerits reading, and those interested in California history tvill find a u'ealth of interesting matter betu'een its covers. It is dedicatecl ttr C. R. Johnson and to every employe of the Uniorr Ltrmber' Cornpany.

Scores of interesting pictures illustrate the 90 page volume.

The first sau,mill on the l\{endocino Coast tvas built at Mendocino City in 1851. When C. R. Johnson, rl'ho had already seen active serr.ice rvith his father in the lumber business in Michigan, arrived or.r that Coast in 1882. there were about ts:enty small mills along the Coast, cutting l{edwood. The young man immediately bought an interest in one oi those mills, and tveut to work. In 1884 he decided to broaden out, so he {ormed the Union Lumber Company and built the first mill at Fort Bragg, the site of the present day big and modern sal,vmill of the company. From here on the book tells a great story of the vision, courage, and personal al>ilities of Mr. Jol.rnson ar-rd his various associates.

C. R. Johnson cluicklv assrttned a position of leadershilt on the Nfendocino Coast, u'otr the trttst and friendship of most of the population, at.rd ftlr sixty years he u'as kuon'tr to all the population of that territory simply as "C.lt."

The book is a splenclid tnouttntent to a great lumbernlarr.

Tacoma. \\/ash., Decen-rber 30-Purchase of trvo Liberty ships by the Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company for operation in its intercoastal services was announced today by L. J. Rogers, Pacific Coast Manager of the line rvith l.readquarters in Tacoma, \A/ashington.

The trvo neu' units, accluired from the Maritilne C:onlmission at an approximate cost of $1,300,000, llrings thc Weyerhaeuser fleet up to a total of six ships atlcl onlv trvrr short of the pre-u,ar fleet size.

Follorving the line's customary practice of r.ran-ring its ships after \\reyerhaeuser exectttives, the trvo ships havc been named for W. H. Peabody, executive vice president of the Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company. Nelvark, Nerv Jersey, and the late George S. Long, former getreral manager of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Comparly at Tacoma.

First to enter the service rvill be the \\r. H. I'eabodv, nou, scheduled to sail from l'hiladelphia, Chester, Baltimore an<l Norfolk during the first half of Janttarr- in the Pacific Coast Direct I-ine serl'ice, u'estbotttld segtrletlt of the \\reyerhaettser I-ine.

The George S. I-ong is schecluled to sail u'estn'ar<l lrottt the same ports in late Iiebruary. A11 ships clischarge at [-os Angeles, Sar.r Francisco 13a1' llorts, Portlarrd, Seattle ar-rd Tacoma. I-astbound the ships rvill follos' the same general itinerary. \\/ith the cxtra ships, sailings u'ill be n.raintained on a 14-day frecluency'

Both ships are 10,800 rleadu'eight ton ftlrmer \\'itr cltrriers, and n'ere built in the \faryland yard of thc Ilethlehem Shipbuilding ComPan-v'. Other \Veyerhaeuser fleet rrnits are the John \\reyerhaeuser, F. E. \\rer-e rhaeuser, Horace Irvine and F. S. Bell. Sir-rce all eight rrr.rits of the pre-\\'ar fleet u'ere either sttnk or sold, tl.rese six ships of the neu'fleet have lleen:lcrlttirecl since the errd of the n-ar'

Monscnto APPointment

Paul C. Nlc\Iillan has lleen appointed nrarlager of the' neu.lr- created San Francisco office of Monsanto Chenrical Companr''s export sales tlepartulent, r'vhich openetl Jarruary 1. The office is situated s'ith the Monsanto clonlestic sales organizztlion at 111 Sutter Street.

Gr .*p.rience of Associated Plywood Mills extends over a period of 28 years.

That is a long time in the plywood industry. Long enough to acquite "know-how"; long enough to realize that plywood, like any article of worth, is iudged by quality of manufacture, long range research programs to improve the product constantly, honest dealings with buyers, integrity of management.

Branches have been opened recently in San Francisco, Dallas and St. Louis. These regional distribution depots, plus a group of strategically located sales warehouses, widen the service of Associated Plywood Mills to all sections of the country.

Deputy State Snark Dave Davis Announces Appointments

I)ave Davis, San Frdncisco, I)eputy State Snark for Northern California, announces the appointment <tf the follorving Vicegerent Snarks to their respective districts :

Jack F. I)omeroy, Lumber N{erchants Association of Northern California-San Francisco and Peninsula l)istrict.

E. J. LaFranchi, Pacific F'orest l'roducts, Inc., Oakland --Oakland and East Bay District.

N itch R. Landis, Noah Adams Lurnber Co., \\ralnut Grove, Calif.-Sacramento Valley District.

Lloycl \\rebb. Deer Creek Inn, Nevada City, Calif.-Nevacla City Forty-Niners District.

J. C. Snead, Jt., C. S. Pierce Lumber Compar.ry, Fresno, Calif.-Southern San Joaquin Vallev.

William Ultch, 2935 Pacific Aventte, Stockton, Calif.Northern San Joaquin Valley District.

Eureka District-Northwestern Califorr-ria Lumbermen's Club, to be appointed.

Salinas, Coast Counties District. to be appointed.

In submitting the list of appointments to Snark of the Ur-riverse, I-erov H. Stanton, Los Angeles. Deputl' State Snark Davis said it rvas hoped ancl irrtended that one and possibly tu'o Concats rvill be arranged in each district for the coming year.

The Story of West Cocst Lumber

The story of Douglas fir lumber, frour tree farms to America's homes, is told in graphic style in a neu' filmstrip just released by the \\rest Coast Lttmbermen's Association through the Society for Visual Education of Chicago.

Called "The Storl'of West Coast I-uml)er," the 65-framc filmstrip, (not a motion picture), u'ill be distributed to 5,000 schools in America. N{ost of the clistribution 'lvill be ir-r schools in states lr'here West Coast lttmber species hal'e their greatest markets.

Arrdio-visual education authorities are alreacly proclaiming it one of the finest industrial educational presentations developed for school use. A committee of northrvest educators u'ho specialize in visual methods u'orked u'ith Arthur K. Roberts, visual education director for the association in preparing the text and piitures.