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Boise Cascade Corporation, the nation's second largest producer of softwood, has announced that it will buy the Columbia River Paper Company, largest producer of fine papers in the Western U. S., for $60 million.

R. V. Hansberger, 4l-year-old president of Boise Cascade, calis the nrove an exciting saga of corporation growth during which his firm has become one of the giants of the industry, almost unnoticed until now by many Idahoans.

The deal will put the Boise firm into a new line-fine paper. Boise Cascade now produces lumber, plywood, paper bags, cardboard packages, concrete products and textiles.

Nils G. Teren, president of Columbia Paper and Hansberger announced jointly that Boise will buy the common stock of Columbia Paper at $I.761 a share. There are 34,028 shares of Columbia and owners of 80 per cent of the stock already have accepted the offer, they said.

In 1856 Boise had three sawmills in Idaho. Now it owns 13 sawrnills in Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Colorado. It increased production of lumber by five times to achieve its commanding position in the industry. Corporation net worth is estimated at $125 million. Columbia has paper mills at Salern, Oregon and Vancouver, \Mashington.

Sofety Awords crl Associqtion Convenlion

Lyle Harrison, Arcata Redwood Company, was elected president of the California Lumberman's Accident Prevention Association at their recent annual meeting. Richard L. Spencer, Winton Lumber Company, was elected vice president and Dwight Steele, Lumber and Mill Employers Association, elected secretary.

In other business Michigan-California Lumber Company was awarded the D. Nat Edwards' trophy for the best record of injury prevention in the lumber and logging industry.

Michigan-California's "Johnson" rating was 9.6, while the overall frequency rate for members during 1961 was 30.92. The 1960 overall rate was 31.31. Michigan-California employs more than 200 men who worked more than 400,000 man hours and lost only 302 days due to industrial injuries.

During the last 12 yearc the frequency rate among member companies has been reduced over 50 percent. Over l7,W are employed by member companies and worked over 33 million man-hours during the last year.

\Minners of the District Awards for the best record in their district were: Mt. Shasta District, McCloud Lumber, 15.552; C. R. Johnson District, Arcata Redwood Co.,18.721,; Mt. Whitney District, American Forest Products, 23.4ffi. Assemblyman E,dward M. Gaffney told the group he had introduced Assembly Bill 46 to up-grade the position of Chief of the Division of Industrial Safefy.

M. L. Gershenson, head of the Division of Labor Statistics and Research reported that an estimated $20 million and 216 lives have been saved over the past decade.

Mr. Dan Adair said that research and experience to date shows that the most effective protection from noise damage is through nse of proper ear plugs and hearing muffs.

Duke Wornock Forms Wqrnock ftlles

D. M. "Duke" Warnock, former president of Dant & \Marnock, Inc., announced the formation of Warnock Sales, Inc., P. O. Box 547, Menlo Park, California, on April 1. Jack V. Hill, also formerly with Dant & Warnock, will be associated with Warnock in the new company which r,r'ill wholesale a general line of western softwoods, lumber and millwork.

Both Warnock and Hill have had many years experience with the old Dant & Russell Sales Co., and later, Dant & Warnock, Inc. Duke was vice president of D&R Sales Co. at New Jersey from 1947 to 7956, when during the latter year he was named president of the newly formed Dant & Warnock organization. Ilill joined Dant & Russell Sales Co. during 1948, leaving in 1956 to join Warnock in D&W's new Menlo Park operation.

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