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Reported in The California Lumber Merchant, May 15, 1955

The Pacific Coastwise Lumber Conference, meeting April 17, established new minimum lumber freight rates from ports in Oregon and Washington to California. Rates ranged from $5 to San Francisco B.y ports to $6.50 to llueneme.

C. C. Stibich, salesmanager of the Tahoe Sugar Pine Lumber Co., San Francisco. attended the Trade Promotion committee meeting of the Western Pine Assn. in Portland . . "Pete" Rutledge, plant superintendent of the Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co. at Eureka, called on the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley trade with Sales- manager Henry M. Hink of San Francisco . A. J. Todhunter, formerly with the Hammond Lumber Co. at Los Angeles, has joined The Hipolito Co. The first all-wood radio tower in America was completed by Station WRVA at Richmond, Va. The Sterling Lumber Co., Oakland, purchased the Cochrane Lumber Co. yard at Petaluma and the S. G. Beach Lumber & Box Co., Placerville The Thompson-Ryness Hardwood Lumber Co. was started in Los Angeles by Howard Thompson and George A. Ryness . C. H. Griffin, Jr. of the Monterey Bay Redwood Co. was a Los