A NEW STAR ts BORN

FIRSI OF THE Blc PHIIIPPINE LOGS up the chqin fron the millpond ql the Caldor Lumber Co., Diomond Springs, Colif. (lefr). Shipment orrived from Mindonao ond wos fron3porled to Coldor on 58 roilroqd gondolos. lf lhe experimenl proves oul, compony plonr to impod obout q nillion feel o month for processing. Scene ot righil shows C. G. Price (cenler) wotching unlooding; Williqm Henderson (lefi) is superintendenl ond Everell Turnboo, ot right, o worker. The 650,000-feer run ftnished December 5 wos first of lwo experimentol shipments; onother million feet of logs wor due lo qrrive in mid-Jonuary.

the National Forest area of rvestern United States' The timber stand of all species, including the lauans, has been placed at 445,931,194,000 board feet.

Commercial lauans, Price said, generally range from 20 to 40 inches in diameter, although trees of five to over six feet are common. In height they range from 60 to 100 feet,