ations More Than Half a CenturY Old

the plant, is a most effrcient operation. It goes no further into the remanufacturing of lumber than the making of siding, ceiling, trim, tank stock, etc.

Around this plant has been established the town of Fort Bragg, which now has a population of about 3500. In tnd about this town employees of the Union Lumber Com- pany have established their own homes, and enjoy every modern convenience for their comfort' Fort Bragg is the Western terminus of the California lMestern Railroad and Navigation Company. This railroad furnishes the rail outlet for the product of the Union Lumber Company. The railroad, some 40 miles in length, connects with the main line of the Northwestern Pacific at Willits. In climbing the mountain between Fort Bragg and Willits the line travels eight miles in one instance to cover one airline mile' The plant of the Mendocino Lumber Company is locatecl on the Coast at Mendocino City, 12 miles south of Fort Bragg. It is equipped with two band head rigs and is capable of producing over 30 million feet a year. There is no rail connection, shipments being made either by vessel from Mendocino Harbor or by truck from Mendocino to Fort Bragg and then loaded in cars'

To serve the coast wide trade and to handle vessel shipment from the Union Lumber Company's sawmills they own and operate the lumber carrying steamer "Noyo," which has a capacity of about 1,000,000 feet' This vessel runs the year round between the two loading harbors at Fort Bragg and Mendocino and ports of San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and others'

The Union Lumber Company owns enough virgin Redwood timber adjacent to these two mills to keep them in continuous operation at their present rate of production for decades to come. It is fitting here to explain the meaning of the word "Noyo," the company's copyrighted trade-mark' "Noyo" is an Indian word for timbered river. In naming it, the Indians showed real foresight, as there have been logging operations carried on in the Noyo River country for the past 60 years.

It has been history making, the establishment and development of these outstanding operations. C. R. Johnson son, II, recently graduated from college, now working in the Fort Bragg logging operation.

These men are surrounded with a live-wire organization that sparkles with enthusiasm while continuing to build the name and fame of the Union Lumber Comoanv. The nor,v heads the enterprises and or.ganization which he founded in the pioneer days. There are three generations of the Johnson family actively engaged in the interests of the

Iohnson logging and sawmill operations have as their head M. D. Gray, general manager at Fort Bragg. E. L. Green is vice_ president, in charge of all sales. A well rounded organiza_

Union Lumber Company at the present time: C. R. John_ sor.r, president; his son, Otis R. Johnson, vice_president and general manag'er, and his grandson, Charles Russell lohn_

How Union Lumber ,"*fffi"lrF1:!^ledwood in the Earty Days tion, the Union Lumber Company has come to stand for integrity, conservatism, dependability and general worthi_ ness throughout the Redwood world.