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Willard lvarson, Pacifi c vacationed for a rveek at Fir Saies, Pasadena, and his rvife, Laguna Beach.

Fred Holmes, president, Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., with George Allen, logging superintendent; George peck, loading engineer, and his son, Francis Holmes, had wonderful luck in a deer hunt in Mendocino County at the opening of the deer season. Each of the party brought home a deer, ar-rd NIr. Holrnes usecl up his two deer tags for this year.

Harold Ranstad has been appointed Siskiyorr Forest Products Co., Grants gene:'al manager of Pass, Oregon.

A. K. Wilson, president of A. K. Wilson Lumber Co., Compton, California, Coast Redwood Co., Arcata, California, and N{ultnomah Lumber and Box Sales Co. of portland, Oregon after spending months at his various operations has decided to take a little rest.

He returned to his home in Corvallis, Oregon the first part of Arrgust and at last reports he, Mrs. Wilson and their tlvo sons a-e trying their luck at fishing in the Oregon streams.

Max Barnette, manager of Rounds Trading Company's Southern California office at Long Beach, flew to San Francisco recently and went on north from there by automobile to visit the company's mills and other mills in the Redwood Empire area. He was accompanied on the trip by Clitr Lindholm, of Western Lumber Companv, San Diego.

Figures On Northwest Wcterborne Shipments

Seattle-Waterborne lumber shipments from Pacific Northwest ports continued to be large during June, according to Pacific Lumber Inspection figures. Domestic shipments were only slightly below the record set the previous month, while exports were the highest in nine months.

June domestic shipments totaled 225,833,909 board feet, compared with 228,916,762 in May and 210,075,681 in April 147,n5,573 in June last year, 96,053,n6 in June, 1948, and 39,834,953, June 1947.

June exports were 63,378,802, against 55,537,404 the previous month and 39,464,023 in April; 103,027,107 in June, 1949; 85,796,950 in June, 1948, and 176,436,541 in June,1947.

July Construction Brecks All-Time Records

New York, August 20-Constru,ction contract awards in the 37 states east of the Rockies in July set an all-time monthlv record with a $1,420,181,000 total which was 5 per cent higher than the previous all-time monthly record of $1,350,496,000, set in April of this year, it was reported today by the F: W. Dodge Corporation, construction news ; and marketing specialists.

The July total was 6 per cent higher than June's 1,345,463,000 figure, and 51 per cent greater than the July, 1949, total according to the Dodge firm.

For the first seven months of 1950 construction contract au'ards totaled $8,27+,329,000, which was 53 per cent greatei than the corresponding figure f.or 1949. The total square feet of floor area for the first seven months of 1950 was 753,757,000, an increase of 69 per cent over the comparable figure for last year.

Residential awards in July totaled $675,080,000, an increase of'7 per cent over the June figure and an increase of 98 per cent over the corresponding figure for 1949.

Non-residential awards in July were $487,115,000, up 10 per cent over the June total and 39 per cent ahead of luly,1949.

Public and private works and utilities totaled $257,986P00, a decrease of 6 per cent from June's total, but an increase of 2 per cent over July, 1949.

E. K. Wood Ycrd At Riverside SuIIers Grecrt Fire Loss

On the night of the 13th of August fire destroyed a large part of the big retail lumber plant of the E. K. Wood Lumber Company, at Riverside, California. The loss was about $100,000, fully covered by insurance.

The office and rough lumber sto'cks were saved, but the mill and the big sheds that stored the higher priced items such as finish, flooring, plywood, etc., lvas entirely wiped out, which caused the high total loss.

It is contemplated that replacement will begin as soon as possible. The yard is located at 3761 First Street in Riverside, and is under the management of Paul Loizeaux.

Curly Emmerson of R. H. Emmerson & Son, fir manufacturers, Arcata, represented in Southern California by Pacific Fir Sales, Pasadena, was recently in tos Angeles for a few days buying equipment for the company's new sarvmill.

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