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Offering The Finest Old-Growth Douglos Fir Cleors from the ROSS TUMBER MlttS ot Medford, Oregon

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Sfeody Growth Through Speciol Service

March 1957 Construction Activiiy At New First Quarter High

Tlre value of neu'construction put in place expandecl sea- 1957, totaled $6,581 million, slightly abor.e private conscrnrilly in N{arch to $3,172 million, setting a ne\\' high for struction outlays in tire previous record lirst quarter of the month ancl closing out the most active first rlrrarter 1956. l)eclines in housing, st()res, an<l farrn buildings u'ere on record, according t<i preliminarv estim:rtes prepared offset lry rises in thc other tvpes of privrLte construction. jointll' by the l)epartments oI Commerce and Labor. ]Iarch Inclustrial brrilcling activity u'as onc-fiith higher than the activity brought the first quarter total to $9,157 mi11ion, recorrl level for the first thrcc months oi last ye:tr. Officc a 4/c tncrease over the previous Januarv-Nlarch high in buil<lings, churches, schools. hcislritals. an<1 public utiiities 1956. On a seasonallr.acljustecl basis, neu'c()nstruction ac- u-erc also at an all-time high for thc periotl. tivitf irr this ye:r.r's first cluitrter reached the unprecedente<l annu:rl rate of $44.ft billion, as comparecl rvith an annnal WgSt

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rate of $.1.1.-1 billion in thc ltreceriing quarter and actulrl The \\'cst Sidc Lun-rbermen's GrouP of thc Southcrn exper-rditures of $-1.1.3 billion for the vear 1956. California ]tetail l,umber.\ssn. rvill have a clinncr nleeting, Private expenditures, u'hich accounted for morc than70/c of ull ne\\' constrnctior.r actir.it-r' during January-\{arch,

NIav 15, at 6:30 p.m. at l-lrancl's restartrltttt, XIlrr \-istlt

Ships Collide in Hqrbor

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An inbound Oregon iumlrer schooner :ttid a -1000-ton freighter departing for Japan collidecl \[iLrch 28 at the breakwater entrance to Los ^\rrgeles I Iarbor. The schooncr \Iar"' Olsen ancl the I'o1>e & Talirot lixplorcr got on the collisior-r c()11rse just zLs the Yokahatnit-lrounrl freightcr u'as 1c:Lving the h:rrlr<.,r ancl sidcsrviped each other. l'ith no injuries an<1 only minor diimages. The lumber schooncr put ilr at the Consolirlaterl Lrrnrber Co. oier and unloaded its lunrlrer.

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ARE MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF

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YDovglos clnd White Fir Shop and Setects y'Dovglosond Whire Fir Dimension ond Bocrds y'\n""n"" Gedcr Boords

/R.d-ood Siding ond Finish

4onderoso Pine ond Fir Mouldings

%in"Scrsh qnd Ponel Doors fn oddition TEif ore octively ensosed in the procurement ond distribution of oll West Coost lumber producls ond moinloin buying offices in producing oreos to give the trode complete one-coll service.

Crofoof Reopens Philo Mill

Philo. Calif.-Thc Croioot I-umber Co. ol' Ukiah has lcasecl thc Anclcrson \rallq- Lun.rber Co. mill r.rear here and [][. G. Crofoot, Jr., planrrcd to rcopen it anci h:rve it ctrtting redrr'oo11 l:rst nrorrth. It had be cn a steam nrill lrut IIr. Crofoot is convcrting to air an<l rvill oversee ()peratiorrs himself for the tinrc heing. Thtr n-ril1 l'as idle nearlv a year follou'ing thc suddcrr delLth ,,f Ben Iilrnes earlr- in lQ56

Scheetz Monoges Tulqre Yqrd

Tulare, Calif.--\1 Scheetz, a Linclsav lumberman, has beerr promoted to nranager of thc IJurnett I-umbcr Conrpanv here, replacing I{eith NTurrger, s'ho llrs recently eler':rtecl tr. clistrict managcr of thc Spaul<ling :rnrl I),urne11 yards in this ulea. lior the past tno yeurs Scheetz has been nlarlager of the Spaulding^ I-umber Compar.ry vartl in Linclsay.

Big Jo Closes Carrizozo Sfore

Carrizozct. N. II.-The llig Jo f-rrmber Co. closcrl its branch yard here last nronth ar.rd offerecl the cntire stock at reducerl prices.

\Vater, range, rvildlif e at.rd recreatior.t in timbered areas add greatly to Californi:r's forest u'ealth. Under mo<lern. planned forest management a1i these importat.rt res()tlrces builcl ancl l)rosper together.