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in the Southland area for more than 10 years and is well acquainted at all levels of production and sales' 'iWe are building our iersonnel, both yard and sales, to keep abreast of our expansion program,",said Mr. {ro-d- sham,'"and we intend to make this new plant ohe of the finest of its kind in this area."

Pqcific Region lecrds Decreoses ln Lumber Inventories of June

Total retail lumber stocks on June 30, 1959, were estimated to be 4,933 million board f.eet, l.l/o less than on May 31, 1959, bvt 4.3/o above June 30, 1958. Five of the nine retail regions indicated decreases in lumber inventories during June, with the largest drop of 6'9/o occurring in the Pacific region.

June relail lumber sales, based on board-foot volume of reporting yards, gained 6.4/o ovet May and .were 20-.9/o greater thin June 1958. All but one of the nine retail refions showed increases in lumber sales during June over ihe preceding month. Compared with the corresponding norrih in 1958, every region registered a sales gain during Tune 1959.