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Max Cook

Dear Sir:

Enclosed please find a photograph and article on the latest car of lumber shipped by our Rickini (Saginaw, Oregon) operation to American Distributing Co., at Modesto, California. Our reasons are two-fold. We have been experiencing an offand-on flatcar shortage during the past couple of months, plus the fact that Fred Mensinger, manager of the above yard, is always disappointed when his cars run under 80,000 feet. So, we decided to ship a Saturday surprise.

The car arrived about a week ago and the word from the south says that Fred is still unloading the car, (by hand that is).

S. E. Pittman Sales Manager Bohemia Lumber Co., Inc. Cottage Grove, Oregon

For the rest ol the story on this record,-making shipment see picture and, story on page 81 ol this issue.-Editor.

Ole May Dear OIe;

I am now "basking" in the sunshine at Palm Springs for a month's time after I spent 15 months in Mexico. I enjoyed every minute of it. I would strongly recommend a similar trip to any of the Lumbermen. Buy a trailer and take your time to really see the country. Avoid the summer as it really rains during July, August and September. November, December, January and February are the best months. April and May a bit windy. By-the-way, I think May and June are ideal in the desert at Palm Springs.

I ran into Bus Blanchard and Bob HansenMullin Lumber,

Nofth Ho'lly'wood, Rotarian's concat at the El Mirador Hotel. AIso visited with J. F. Weber and George Cameron at Palm Desert. Nice to get some of the lumtrermen's news directly.

Best regards to you and all my lumbermen.

Sincerely,

Harry Whittemore

Dear Sir:

I for one am glad to see You people carrying stories regarding the threat to free enterprise that faces the lumber industry.

I speak of the government and President Johnson's Plans to take over northern California forests and make them into a boondoggling government memorial for some paper shuffiing "public setvant,"

The feds may condemn the Iand under so-called eminent domain and call it progress, but I call it the nationalizing of one of the West's basic industries' A. E. Harvey, Jr. Scottsdale, Arizona.

David Cutler

Dear Dave,

In your last issue (June) you had a story on a retailer uP in the valley who used a coupon idea as a customer come-on for remodeling work.

IMhat I'd like, to know is if anybody can just copy the idea out of the magazine or is it copyrighted or something ? Yours Very TrrrlY, Ralph Fremont Santa Paula, Calif.

Go ahead' and, use the id'ea and good, sales to you. FeeI lree to usc anything in the mag,azine as your own. Vhen something is protected by copyright it will be plainly marked'.-E ditor.