T\TENTY. As reported FIVE YEARS AGO in The Calilornia Lumber Merchant June

Announcernent is made in the Northwest that the sale and construction of modern dry kilns surpasses all past history.

News comes from British Columbia that the shingle mills of that territory have organized the Consolidated Shingle Mills for the purpose of exploiting and advertising British Columbia red cedar shingles.

White Brothers, of San Francisco, established a record in lumber transportation on May 21st, when they shipped to Europe by airplane cottonwood boards for the construction of planes.

The ington, are 80

Long-Bell Lumber Company mill at Longview, Washis turning out Fir timbers for government use, that feet long, and 34 inches square.

The 18 national forests of California cover nearly one-fifth of the total area of the State.