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James L. Hall, Jr., sales manager for James I-. Hall, wholesale lumber dealer, San Francisco, has returned to his desk from a lO-clav business trip to l)ortlancl and other Oregon points.

W. B. Wickersham, Los Angeles, Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lumber Division, rvas present at the starting of the company's new sa\r:mill at Oakridge, Ore., on April 6. He also attended a sales meeting, at t'hich representatives from all the company's offices were present, at Portland on Aoril 8.

A. W. (Bates) Smith, NfacDonald & Harrington, Ltd., Los Angeles, is in the Northrvest. He is mal<ing his headquarters at the company's Portland offrce.

Ed Fountain, Ed is back from a trip companv's office at

Fountain Lumber to the Northrvest. Medford, Ore.

Co., Los Angeles, He also visited the

Jim Forgie has returned from a trvo u'eeks' trip to Northern California u,here he called on the mills. Jim is associated u'ith Bob Osgood. Los Angeles *'holesale lumberman.

Art Milhaupt has beer.r appointecl szrles manager of the fir and redwood <lepartment of Wheeler Pine Co., San Francisco. He was formerly u,ith the Hammond Lumber Company, Samoa, and 'rvas at one tirne associated rvith the Trans-Pacific Lumber Co., Port Orford, Oregon, and Gorman Lumber Sales Co., Oakland. I)uring the rvar he was a radar technician rvith the United States Armv.

At the age of 80 years, the average fully stocked acre of Douglas fir will cruise about 35,000 board feet of logs, as they are measured in the rvoods. The mills would actually manufacture 50,000 feet or so of lumber from these logs. In addition there are 80 or 90 cords of rvood, of sizes suitable for pulp or fuel.

Fred Kanzler, formerly with the CPA in Portland, and for many years 'nith Utah Lumber Co., Salt Lake City, is nou' u'ith Christenson Lumber Co., San Francisco. Dan Starr is also a ne\\r man rvith Christenson, replacing Ray Ratto.

Robert F. (Bob) of Mackie Lumber 6 from a business Oregur.

Mackie, and Francis U. (Fran) Mandis, Sales, Inc., Long Beach, returned April trip to San Francisco and Southern his recent illness. Lumber Co. u'ork-

E. G. Bower, of the E. G. Bou'er Lumber Companv, Dzrllas, Texas, has returned from spending some time on the Pacific Coast calling on manufacturers of lumber in Oregon, \\'ashington and California.

Ray Holmes is back on the job after Ray is a salesman for Hallinan Mackin ing out of their Los Angeles office.

.W. A. Barksdale, treasurer of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, has brought to that important position an understanding of the retail lumber field backed by 39 years of experience in the industry. Ife is vice president and general manager of the Charlottesville Lumber Companv, Charlottesr.ille, Virginia, I,vith rn'hom he has been connected since the age of 18, excepting his service rvith the army in 1918. Mr. Barksdale is active in civic affairs, Bov Scout rr ork, and is a l,Iason and a Shriner.

There are 26 million acres of commercial forest land !\-estern Oregon and \Vashington. ln

Structural lumber to it, and each piece assigned load.