TWrNTY YEAPS AGO

. fl"om the cfnne Irlelz4r Issue

This issue carried an article and picture of the new office building of the Stanislaus Lumber Company at Modesto. J. U. Gartin is manager of this well known retail lumber company.

Between nine and t"r, *itti* feet of Douglas fir logs were delivered at the plant of the Long-Bell Lumber Company at Longview, Wash. These were the first logs received by the company for its Longview operations, and were delivered preparatory to the opening of the plant in July.

A. J. Russell, Santa Fe Lumber Company, San Francisco, was named a member of the Shingle Marketing Committee of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association.

The seventh annual meeting of the Lumbermen's Club of Arizona was held at Douglas on May 76-17. President J. J. Halloran presided over the business sessions. New officers elected were H. S. Corbett, Tucson, president; E. L. O'Malley, Phoenix, vice president; and Wiilam Killen, Tucson. secretary.

John W. Koehl & Son, Los Angeles, acquired a piece of property.adjoining their factory. A modern two-story brick building, which r,.r'ill house their factory, warehouse and offices will be constructed on the site.

Its Possible Oil Interegts ,iii

Chicago, May 8-A special oil committee has 6"gq: li: appointed to handle Masonite Corporation's possible oil in-,:i"1 terests in Mississippi, said Ben Alexander, Masonite presiri.ii dent, in a letter to stockholders today. :ii

Thus far, no wells have been drilled or any oil found l on eompany lands, I\{r. Alexander pointed out, although'",i1 Masonite owns some timber acreage near the recent diss;I coveries in Jasper and Wayne counties.

Since the announcement of two possible new. oil fields'i --- ----:r41;; there; the company has been beseiged by inquiries, requesls'i1,{ for interviews and offers for leases. So that the company-,.$ can continue to carry out without interruption its primarrt;i.1 function of manufacturing Presdwood Hardboards and re-',i lated products for the war effort, the special committee haSx L^^- -^! --- lr- Ai^--^-l^- -r^r^l ii!,: been set up, Mr. Alexander stated. -l;

"This committee, whi,ch is now working actively and;1 aggressively, will effectively handle our oil matters in ol'f'! their phases," Mr. Alexander said. "However, time, fur+4i ther exploration and drilling are the only factors which c+al; determine the ultimate value of tbese mineral interelsts." ,,',,!; ol r^.Lvl!J!v:

The committee consists of Alexander Deussen, chief $e"",1 ologist, of Houston, Texas; Urban Hughes, resident geplot'ijj gist, of Laurel, Miss.; R. M. Heskett and C. J. Winton, Ji"g; Masonite directors, and L. Parker McKinley, secretary, 1i1l