Lumber Saves the Day---lnauguration Day Successful Lumbermen

Make Successful Race Horse Men

That successful lumbernlen mav also be successful sportsmen, is a fact that can be pror-en beyond a doubt in the Los Angeles territorv todav. Three of the better knorrn and more respected race horse o\\'ners and breeders, are of the lumber fraternitl'. Thev are L. G. ("Bob") Burns, Gus Luelou'itz. and Tonr Ross. IIr. Ross is a comparative ne\\'comer in racing circles. rvhile the first trro have been at it in a big s'av for manv )'ears.

Wcrshington, D.C. The above view shoqre how lumber bridged the gray when <r runqwqy trcin tore tr icgged 100-by-300 loot hole in Union Stqtion concourae iust five dcys belore President Eisenhoeer's incrugu- rction. The use oI lumber to repoir lhe dtrmcge soved leng ol thouscnds ol incugurclion visitors poesible deloys cnd inconvenieace, (Ntrtioacl Lumber Manulaciurere Associqtion,)

Washington, D.C. The use of lumber to repair \\rashington's Union Station follorving last Thursday's runau.av train crash saved tens of thousands of Inauguration visitors possible delays and inconr.enience.

Leo Bodine, executive vice president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, said today that lumber deserves a major share of credit for the speedy and orderll' movement of Inauguration rail traffic into \\/ashington, D.C.

The runaway train tore a jagged 100-by-300 foot hole in the station's steel-concrete concourse floor, threatening to snarl the heavy influx of Inauguration visitors.

However, within 72 hours after the accident, salvage and construction tvorkers laboring around the clock had removed virtually all scars of the crash.

Heavy wooden beams, strong solid timbers and rugged heavy-duty planking'rvere used to build a temporarv n'ooden floor over the demolished section of the concourse. The r'vooden floor t'as then covered u'ith a quick-drving asphalt.

Railroad officials relied on the u'ooden floor to hold the peak traffic loads u.hich poured into the station-and their confidence in wood l'as justified.

Lumber also rvas pressed into serr-ice to build a ne\\station master's office and to rebuild a ne\\'sstand on the concourse. Botl-r u'ere smashed bv the runau'at' train.

M and M Promotes Kelly

Portland, Ore.-Robert N. Kelly has been promoted to sales manager of M and N{ \\rood \\'orking Compan;-, makers of Malarkey plyu'oods and doors, after ts'o 1'ears as assistant to Sales Vice President Verne Breitenbucher. it is announced. As sales manager, Kelly rvill have complete charge of all sales of plyrvoods and doors and all sales representatives in the field.

NIr. Burns os'ns and operates a beautiftrl horse breeding and training ranch in the \orth end of the San Fernando \rallel', the Elobee Farm. s-here he has a lovely rural home. and all the buildings and erluipment that go to make up a modern race horse establishment. He has had splendid success thus far, and is nou' going deeper than ever into the breeding game. He bred ancl raced one of the greatest three year olds of recent )'ears. Yankee Valor, rvho won the Hollyl'ood Derbv and various other stakes and handicaps before meeting an earlv death. One of his fillies, Lurline B., rvon a fifty thousand dollar fill1' and mare stake at Santa Anita. I\Iany of his other horses have made names for themselves. His prize dam. Valoria, is the mother of his best horses. and is norv in foal to the great Count Fleet.

Gus Luelol'itz has a great stable of class horses, including at present \\'indv Citv Second, rvho rvas champion of lreland. and for u'horrr IIr. Luelorvitz paid a fabulous sum. This horse is unsound at present and may be retired to stud soon. His best horse so far has been Moonrush. rvho u'on many fine stakes and handicaps, including the famous Santa Anita Hundred Grand Handicap. The names of his fine handicap horses ior the past ten vears \r'ould fill a paragraph.

Tom Ross is a partner in the firm of Ross & Brunk, n'hich o\\'ns manv class horses at the present time, and has \\'on rnanr' 6ne purses. l[r. Ross manufactures lumber at Xledford. Oregon. and lives in San llarino. Los Angeles Countl'. He is a real racing enthusiast, as \\'elt as a \-er-\' popular lumberman.

First Modern B.'''nd Scrumrill lor New Zealand

The Februar-v, 1953, issue of "The Timberman," prints an interesting storv concerning the "first modern American t-\'pe band sas'mill to bt erected in Australia." It is the nerv sarvmill plant of Neu' Zealand, Forest Products Co.. Ltd., located at Kinleith. \es' Zealand,. It is a single band sarvmill rvith the most modein -\merican made equipment, and on a ts'o shift basis is expected to cut about .lO million board feet of trIontere,r' Itine lumber annuallv.

The timber supply s'ill come from a part of 800,000 acres of hand-planted and companv-o\\'ned trIonterey Pine forest in Nen' Zealand,. Onlv logs l-l or more inches in thickness u-ill be manufactured, smaller timber to go to the other industrial enterprises of the compan\', s'hich include a kraft pulp mill. and a s'allboard plant. Leftovers from the sarvmill l'ill also go to these sideline plants,

I\Ionterey Pine logs are sinkers, so no pond storage is possible.

The sarvmill heavv machiner-v rvas made b1' the Klamath Iron \\-orks.