T\TENTY.FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

As reported in The California Lumbcr Merchant August 15r 1924

The leading editorial of this issue tinuing the manufacture of thin Red 2 inches in thickness.

is a plea for disconCedar Shingles, 6 to

U. S. Forester S. B. Show estimates that of the 3,438,000 acres of cut-over timber lands in California, fully 65 per cent is capable of producing and regrowing a second crop approximately as good as the first' the Coos Bay Lumber Company, of Marshcame to Los Angeles last week to attend. their new lumber hauling boat, the "VulWarner and George Weir were among the

Announcement is made that to honor the memory <-rt the late Franklin K. Lane. a magnificent tract of Redwood trees at Kittintelbe, Humboldt County, will be dedicated to him. A ceremony will take place August 24 f.or that purpose. Lane was first president of the Save the Redr,r'oods League.

Officials of field, Oregon, the arrival of can." F. A. visitors.

Luunrn Tunmilali Go.

The following were the lumber receipts at Los Angeles harbor for the month oT June: lumber, 71,539,825 feet; lath. l4,42S,qO packages; shingles, 5,486,450 packages.

W. M. Brown succeed.s D. the J. R. Hanify Companv, at has joined Hart-Wood.

B. W. the Los

R. Philips as manager for Los Angeles. Mr. PhiliPs re-elected manager Team.

Bookstaver has just been Angeles Hoo-Hoo Baseball of

The sawmill and two million feet of Pine lumber belonging to the Prescott Lumber Company located 40 miles East of Fresno, was destroyed by fire on August 6, loss $125,000.

A statewide meeting of Hoo-Hoo will take place August 23 at Santa Cruz. California.

Ofificial announcement comes from population of the State of California 4.800.000.

Sacramento that thc is now estimated at

Lumber members of the recently organized Pacific Coast Advisory Board are: R. E. Baker, California White & Sugar Pine Association; J. M. Hotchkiss, California Redwood Association; Timotliy Riordan, Flagstaff, Arizona: S. M. Bump, Los Angeles Lumber Products Company; H. Riddiford, Los Angeles Lumbermen's Exchange; A' B' Wastell, California Retail Lumbermen's Association.

Two Oregon Plants Dcmrcrged by Fire

Eugene, Or., July 31-A sawmill of the Long-Bell Lumber Co. at nearby Vaughn and the Valley Furniture Manufacturing Co. plant at Creswell were damaged by fire today' Damage at the Vaughn mill was estimated at $150,000 by Manager George Hayes and loss at the Creswell plant was set by the owner at about $38,000.

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