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Lumber Seosoning Associotion Meefs ot Los Angeles

The Southern California Lumber Seasoning Association met at the Rodger Young Auditorium, Los Angeles, on Thursday evening, April 1. About 75 lumbermen attended the meeting.

After dinner, President Al Wahl presided over tl-re business session. There was an interesting program and the speakers were: Arthur Koehler of Los Angeles, retired, formerly with the U. S. Forest Service Laboratory at Madison, Wis.; Harvey Smith, California Forest and Range Experiment Station, Berkeley, Calif., and Willard E. Pratt, California Redwood Association, San Francisco.

Secretary Bob Inglis, urged the members to attend the annual meeting of the Western Dry Kiln Clubs to be held at Eureka, Calif., on May 13-15. He also paid tribute to the late George Beckman, former Association president, who passed away a year ago, for untiring efforts in organizing the Lumber Seasoning Association-

President Wahl announ'ced that the next meeting will be held at Rodger Young Auditorium, Los Angeles, May 6, 1954.

Annuql Repoil of Long-Bell

The annual report of the Long-Bell Lumber Compa,ny for the year 1953, as released by President J, M. White, showed that sales for the year amounted to $92'100'000' a decline ol 2.4 per cent from 1952. Net income amounted to $2.76 a share for each of the 1,991,130 shares.

Timber holdings at the end of 1953 totaled 3,O27,185,618 leet which was 65,701,243 more than a year earlier, because of timber purchases during the year. Federal income tax amounted to $2,85O,223.

Sales for the first quarter of 1954 were reported at a high rate.

Bill Tobin, Tobin Forest Products, Long Beach, Calif', spent several weeks during March and April in Crescent City, Calif., and Brookings, Oregon, discussing spring shipments, to Southern California u'ith the mills he rePresents'