THE CALIFORI\IA LT]MBER MERCHAI\T

Jack Dionne, Publisher

IALENI]AR t1F II]MING EVENTS

October

National Hardwood Lumber Assn. 62nd national convention, Queen Elizabeth hotel, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 6-8. National Wholesale Lumber Distributing Yards Assn. board and general meeting, in conjunction with NHLA, Oct. 3-5.

Santa Clara Valley Hoo-Hoo Club 170 Election night, Red Coach Inn, Los Gatos, Oct. 8.

Redwood Empire Hoo-Hoo Club 65 dinner meeting, Oct. 9.

Northern Calilornia Section, Forest Products Research Society, Fall meeting, Santa Rosa, Oct. 9; Tours: Fluor Products, California Wood Products, Dinner.

l2th annual Industrial Forestry Seminar, Yale Univ. School of Forestry in cooperation with Weyerhaeuser Company, Longview, Wash., Oct. L2-t3.

Dubs, Ltd. monthly Tournament, Green Hills Country Club, Millrbrae, Oct. 16.

Humboldt Hoo-Hoo Club 63 dinner meeting, Oct. 16'

Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39 dinner meeting, Claremont hotel, Berkeley, Oct. 19.

California's 65-million Acres Wildland Conference, sponsored by Wildland Research Center, Agricultural Experiment Station, U.C. -Ahwahnee hotel, Yosemite Natl. Park,Oct. 19-2O; chairman: Henry J. Vaux, dean School of Forestry, U. C.

Sacrart€nto HooHoo Club 109 dinner meeting, Sherwood Room, Sacramento, Oct. 21.

San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club 9 Sports night, Leopard cafe, Oct.27,

November

American Forest Products, Inc., annual meeting, Statler hotel, Washington, D.C., Nov. 3-6.

l0th annual Retail Lumber Dealers Conference of the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn., El Mirador hotel, Palm Springs, Calif., Nov.46.

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2 golf Tournament, dinner meeting and Concatenation, Nov. 6.

National Wood Council, Statler hotel, Washington, D.C., Nov, 9.

Toxes Totol $98 Billion

Taxes collected by all governments in the United States-Federal, Sta-te, and local-in their fiscal- years that ended during 1958, totaled 998.3 billion, or ibout the _same as in the previous year, according to a report made public today by the Bureau of the Census, -De,. partment of Commerce. A drop of $1.8 billion in Federal tax revenue was largely offset by a $1.5 billion increase in tax collections of State and local govern. ments.

Tax yields amounted to about $568 per capita in 1958, somewhat below the 1957 per capiia amount of $579, but higher than in earlier ylars. -