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OVER the fence conversation puts more Rilco buildi.gs on more farms every day of the year. Neighbor-to-neighbor talk helps the lumber dealer sell more Rilco Rafters for every type of farm building. But it takes more than talk.

Rilco has what it takes A product that is expertly engioeered and manufactured-a sales policy that makes an operating profit for the lumber dealer and the farm builder. Rilco offers a complete line of farm building rafters that sells itself.

There's a Rilco Rafter for every type of farm building. The glued-laminated Rilco Rafter makes streamlined" strong wind-resistant framing for barns, machine sheds, poultry houses and commercial strucnrres.

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New Pope and Talbot Sawmill

(Continued {rom Page 20) rlills and the r,','oods, u,hose skill ancl special l<r'rorvlcclge hale alt'avs plaved such an important part in the progress of the hrm. IIr. Itope and \'Ir. Talbot are the grandsons of the founders and head the third generation in :lctile charge of the u'icle activities and interests of tl-re \\:est c()ast concern. l'ope and Talbot have had northu'estern interests since the early da1 s of the organization. They established their in der-elolting real estate tracts. Lumber iread<iuarters are maintained in Portlan<l ancl near that citv, clon'n the river, is the St. Heiens industry. h.r 1>ast generations, picturesque sailing ships battlecl their \\ray across the ser-en seas loaded rvith Pope and Talbot lumber ancl brought back prodtlcts of otl.rer lands to the \\'est coast. Their successors today are the nrodern cargo ships that are operated bv the companv under the name of Pope & Tall>ot I-ines. Those vessels sail in tl.re Intercoastal Service betu'een the Pacific and Atlantic ports of the nation and in the Pacific-\\'qst Indies, Puerto Rico service. I)ope & Talbot Lines also conducts the Pacific Argentine Brazll line, u'ith a fast fleet of mcidern C-3 cargo and passenger r-essels plying betu.een l'acific Coast ports and and the East Coast cif South America. This line l.as uiorreered in 1926 br- I'ope and Talbot.

North of Portland are located timber lands ancl the Toutle Iiiver real estate holdings. South of Portland is the C-'anbv log dump u'ith its booming and rafting grorln(ls, and a 1ittle further sorrth are the llo1a1la holdings of timber and logging operations. \\rest of Salem is the Dalles tin.rber and logging activit,v* and the Glenltrook holdings are directlv south. E,xecutive ancl general offices are situated in San Francisco, u'ith other olfices in Los Angeles, Eugene, Neu, York and I)uerto ltico.

Society of Arnerican Foresters Will Meet

The Southern California section of the Societr. of An-rerican Foresters u'ill hold a clinr-rer meeting at 7 :00 p.m. Friday, April 23, 1918. at Carpenter's Santa -\nitan Cafc, -\rcadia.

Architects perspective oI Pope d Tqlbot scwmill cnd buildings.

first ar.rcl nou' historic sau'mill at l)ort Gamblc in 1853. a mill that is still operating after several modernization itrograms. -Ihe St. Helens plant l'as built in 1909 and thc large u'ood-prcservatir-e Treating I'lant in 1912. To join together ancl ade<1uatelv serve their san'mills alor-rg tlie \\'est coast, the corltoration's timlter holdings and auxiliarv loggirrg camps are locatecl at strategic points from Bellingharn, \\rashir.rgton, as far south as central Oregon.

At ltellingham are the Sultar.r timber ancl logging holclings. Surroundirrg Port Gan.rble, on Floocl Canal, are real estate tracts and timlter limits and the Ho<tcl Canal Tree Farnt, another I)ope and Talbot contribution that assures "Timber as a Crclp for Future Generations." Located in Seattle is the head office of the Puget N'Iill l)ivision, engagecl r\. A. "Art" Kar-ser, \\'est Cloast I-urnltermen's .\ssociation, Los Angeles, rl-ill be the speaker. His subject rvill be "The Lumber Situation Today." Anr-one lr-ho is interested is invited to attend.

I)inner reservations can lte nrade br- calling llalph \-an \\-agner, llUtual 9211, station 2051, I-os Angeles. l)inner tickets are $1.75 each.

Milton J. Brock, Sr., Honored

Abottt 400 builders, public officials and others nret on Thursdal., April 1, to honor Milton J. Brock, Sr., of Los ,\ngeies, recentlr. elected president of the National Association of Home lJuilders. Fritz R. Burns. president of Kaiser Communitv Homes, u.as master of cerernonies at the luncl.reon meeting, helcl irr the bailroom of the Biltmore TI, rtel. Los .\rrgeles.

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