25th Anniversary of the ^ Tree Farm Program Themes + ;;rr"-i"scade Logging Conference A

TIAVID M. WILLIAMS. I'. S. PIYI-f *oo4', logging supervisor in Redding, Calif., was elected president of the Sierra-Cascade Logging Convention for 1966-67 at the group's 17th annual convention held recently in Sacramento, Calif. Williams succeeds Ray Crane of Crane Mills, Corning.

The newly-elected vice president is Tom Taylor, American Forest Products Corp., Northfork, Calif. Re-elected secretarytreasurer was L. D. Wambold, Redding, Calif.

Dedicating its program to the 25th an' niversary of the American Tree Farm System, the theme for the three-day conference was o'A Public TrustTree Farming and Good Logging'"

During the opening day's program, President Ray Crane presented a plaque to the nation's oldest tree farm at Clemons, IVash., accepted by Robert Ramstad, forest engineer, Ifleyerhaeuser Company, Clemons. Another -pl*que was presented to California's oldest tree farm at Chico, Calif., with acceptance by Joe Akers, manager, California Lands and Timber, Diamond International Corp., Red Bluff, Calif.

High on the program was an equipment clinic, billed as 'oThe Big ShowLogging Machinery, 1966." More than 60 manufacturers displayed their wares filling more than 100 exhibit spaces at the Cali{ornia State Fairgrounds, according to Max Christensen, equipment chairman for the meet.

The conference featured a three-day series of profit-packed panel discussions and speeches covering such subjects as "Logging Road Maintenance," "How to Manage a Tree Farm," "How to Bid a Logging Contract," and "New Harvesting Ideas."

Directors elected for a two year term at the meet were: Hank Abraham, American

Forests Products Corp., Johnsondale; Joe Lebo, Georgia-Pacific Corp., Feather Falls; S. C. Linebaugh, S. C. Linebaugh Logging Co., White Pines; Jim Thompson, Stockton Box Company, Foresthill; Dan Gellerman, Glenco Forest Products, Sacramento; Doug Whittaker, Fruit Growers Supply, Hilt; Mike Balcom, International Paper Co., Weed; Bob Leatherman, U. S. Plywood Corp., McCloud; Jim Fisher, J. W. Fisher Logging Co., Redding; Edward Murrison, L. K. Hollenbeak Logging Co., (Continued, on Page 74)

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In o fiercely contested PloY'off, the world's chompion "Teller of Tqll Timber Toles," Don Molson of D. E. Molson Forest Products Co., Gross Volley, Colif., retoined his title ogoinsf five chollengers ol the conference.

Motson iold of the fontostic success of his logging compony-profits up 5000 percent. RePorting to the "slockholders," he disclosed thot o bottle of vitomin toblets occidenfolly dropped by one of the compony's loggers hod revolutionized the techniques of logging.

Grubworms, eoting the toblets, hod grown to monstrous size-bigger thon the lorgest logging lroclor' The firm hornessed these giont lorvoe ond used them for skidding ond colddecking logs. In o motter of weeks, lhe creotures hqd put 150 million feet of logs in the decks.

When the giont lorvoe chonged to their qdult form-immense horntoiled wospsthe comPonY fobricoted greol wire rope slings, four inches in diometer, ond utilized these "helio-wosps" for flying ten truck loods of logs ot o time to the sow' mill.

The entire operotion wos kept o secret from competitors by flying only ot night, ond operoting in lhe woods behind o smoke screen creoted by burning tremendous loods of old truck tires.

Motson reporled thot the comPony is now using the giont wosps for export of lumber ocross lhe oceoniust o 24 hour round lrip, ond the firm is negotioting with lhe oerospoce industry, looking lo new horizons for its helio-wosp.

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