Texas Mill Man Buys Southwest Lumber Mllls, lnc. in Arizona

Corrigan, Texas:-The palm for the champion lumberman commuter of the Southwest must go to Jim Ben Edens, president of the Edens-Birch Lumber Company of Corrigan, Texas, as a result of a recently completed deal whereby this firm-has acquired controlling interest in Southwest Lumber Mills fnc. of McNary, Arizona. Dividing his time between the coastal plain of Texas and the mountain terrain of Arizona, Mr. Edens directs important units in the production of both Southern yellow pine and Ponderosa.

Southrvest Lumber Mills, Inc., whose name and whose operating personnel will remain unchanged, according to announcement by Mr. Edens, operates three sawmills, a

B. J. Gilbert It New Managcr of Hill a Morton's Fresno Branch

Hill & Morton, fnc., Oakland, announces the appointment, effective August 1, of B. J. "Bert" Gilbert as lnanager of the company's Fresno branch office and yard.

The announcement, made by J. G. "Jerry" Mashek, general manager, says: "Bert Gilbert has grown up in the lumber business and is familiar with most of its phases. He started with the Nettleton Lumber Co. in Seattle, Wash., and continued in their employ f.or 17 years. When this operation cut out Bert moved to Arcata, Calif., where he was employed by Dolly Varden Lumber Co. for several years, and later by Hill & Morton, Inc., in charge of our distribution yard and loading dock at Arcata."

The Fresno burnch office and yard sells to dealers only, and handles botir direct mill shipments of quality Douglas fir, redwood, and Ponderosa pine, by rail or truck and trailer, also from the yard where ample stocks of these woods are carried. The yard also carries USG roofing and gypsum products, Royal Brand oak flooring, Roseburg Shingle Company's Red Cedar shingles, and interior and exterior plywood panels.

Elverrt Gant, yard foreman; Merle Smithson, and Leland Gant assist Mr. Gilbert in giving service at the yard.

box factory, planing mills, and is one of the largest producers of mouldings in the country. The sawmill at McNarry has three head rigs and a horizontal resaw. Another mill at Flagstaff, Arizona has two head rigs and the usual supplementary equipment for a sawmill of top calibre. A third mill, located at Overgaard., Atizona has a band head rig and a gang. The total output of the firm runs in excess of 10,000,@0 feet B. M. per month. Sales of the three mills' output will continue to be handled in the same manner as in the past, except that in the state of Texas, Geo. C. Vaughan and Sons will henceforth be sales agents.

5th Annual Valley Frolic

o[San Joaquin Hoo-Hoo Club To be Held Septemb et 6

Announcement is made by San Joaquin Hoo-Hoo Club No. 31, Fresno, that the fifth Annual Valley Frolic will be held at Sunnyside Country Club on Saturday, September 6.

Competent public relations man Willard La Franchi in his bulletin on this big event says in part: "Sunnyside will be a dandy place to hold this Fifth Frolic. It will be handy for the golfers. Privacy will be assured for all. Sunnyside's management will, as usual, turn out a well-rounded and complete meal. The cocktail service will be the best that Fresno has to offer. Tickets will be $5.50 each."

Willard recalls that 265 attended last year, and says, "Let's push that over 300 this time !"

House Smcrll Business Committee Meets in Secrttle

At a hearing of the House Small Business Committee in Seattle July 18, R. T. Titus, executive vice president of \Mestern Forest Industries Association, Portland, stated that the Departments of Agriculture and Interior frequently sell public timber in such large units that the majority of prospective bidders cannot compete.