GEORGE CLOUGH TA @ rcN E - GD re LUMBER

Th6 use of teletype in securing informotion regording lumber shipmenls reminds us thol lhe ftrst Trans-Allontic cable wos opened for business iust 92 yeors cgo. To be exoct lhe very firsl ma33qges were lrqnsmified Augusl 5, 1858-ond from.thot dote on, one improvemenl ofler qnother hos mode our communicqlion syslem a most vitql poil of oll business lransocled lodoy-in porticulcr the business of morketing lumber. We moke thol slolemenl becouse we ore constontly in direct communicolion with our mills up north lo secure choie PINE, DOUGTAS FIR qnd REDWOOD for our trqde. In foct-we cover lhe northern produclion oreo doily-to obtain BEfTER mqferiql for our customers.

Our job is to offer the indurlry c complete, compelent wholesole service in the eftcient dislribution of foresl producls-ond thqt is jusl whol we do by representing lhe mills whirh ore producing QUAIITY moteriql in VOIUI/tE-so if you need mixed csrs or sfrcight iust give us o coll ond we will show you thot we Proctice whst we Preoch.

Change of name of the Vanderwood l-umber Company, Claremont, has been announced by Arthur E. Tracy. It will be known as the Tracy Lumber Company, with Mr. Tracy as manager. W. R. Vanderwood will continue in the business but will take a less active part.

\{r. Tracy joined the firm in 1946 after leaving the air force in which he was a flight officer of the glider corps.

1950 Round-Up August 25

President Jack Butler announces that plans for the San Francisco Lumbermen's Club 1950 Roundup are well under way. Under the general chairmanship of Bill McCubbin, the Round-up will be held on August 25 at Aquatic Park in San Francisco.

Assistant Chairman Wendell Paquette, tickets; Art Gray, publicity; Jim Needlam, refreshments; Al Bell, entertainment, and Ernie Bacon, golf, are progressing in plans to make this one of the best of the Club's annual Round-ups. Tickets are available from Club members at $5.00 per person.

New Rool Insulation Specilicctions

The Celotei Corporation has issued a complete set of new specifications on its three types of roof insulation.

Architects and roofing contractors tnay obtain copies of these new specifications as well as samples by writing the Celotex Corporation, Chicago 3, Ill.

Short Course in Hardwood Lumber Grading To Be Heldin Los Angeles Area Sept. 4-9

A short course in hardwood lumber grading and inspecting will be given during the week of September 4-9 in the Los Angeles area at an address to be announced later. In order that those attending the course may be on their job the major portion of the day, the class will probably start at 4:ffi P.M. and continue througl-r the evening.

The course is to be given by L. C. Nicely, assistant chief inspector of the National Hardwood Lumber Association and the instructor of the Association's Training School at Memphis, Tenn.

The Industrial Lumbermen's Club of Southern California is sponsoring the course. The Club officers are E. G. Reel, Reel Lumber Service, president; Sterling Stofle, Western Hardwood Lumber Co., vice president;.LeRoy Stanton Jr., E. J. Stanton & Son, secretary-treasurer; and Hamilton von Breton, Tropical & Western Lumber Co., director. Reservations for the hardwood grading and inspecting course may be made by those in the hardwood industry by contacting the above. The only cost will be the prorated share of Mr. Nicely's expenses. A note book and a National Lumber Association grade book are the only equipment needed during the course.

Every year men have to fight at the United States. Most of these people. Only one forest fire in ten least 200,000 forest fires in fires are started by careless is caused by lightning