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Insure yeor-ofter-yeor cuslomer sorisfqcrion wirh POPE & TALBOT Lumber

Most potent advertising in the world is the personcrl recommendation oI cr user. What your customers scy cbout you depends upon whqt you give them, in the wcry oI service...crndproduct.

Declers insure utmost customer satisfaction . . . invite lcrvorcble comment . . build conlidence . when they deliver Pope & Tclbot Lumber. This is the lumber thct is properly milled, properly hcndled, qnd conscientiously grcded to high stqndcrrds.

Forests mills crnd men . . . this is the Pope & Talbot Lumber orgcrnizction. It comprises cr bcrckgrround ol experience in the lumber business covering more thcrn 175 yecrs . .. since 1849 in the West. Agcinst this bcrckqrround qre P d T strecmlined production methods and modern mcrchinery.

You cqn depend upon Pope d Tcrlbot lor the kind oI service and qucrlity oI product . . . thct builds business lor dealers.

\(/heeler Osgood Acquires Timber, Plywood Plant and Sawmill

At a rneeting held September 22 in Tac<,tma stockholders of the Wheeler Osgood Companl', Tacoma, Wash., ratifiecl a plan approved by the cotnpany's l;oard of directors to acquire all the outstandirrg capital stock of the Iiir X,Ianrrfactrrring ConrPanv of Nfyrtle Creek, Oregon. This makes available to the corllpally large aclditiclnal stands of virgin timber, a modern plyu'ood plant, and an all-electric sau'mil1.

The Fir Nlanufacturing Company rvill operate as a r'vholly orvned subsidiary of the Wheeler Osgood Company. The combined assets of the tlvo companies r,vill exceed 8 million dollars. It is estimated that the annual sales volume of both operations r,r'ill exceed 15 million dollars.

J. H. Gonyea, president of the Fir N{antrfacturing Co., has been elccted a vice president and director of Wheeler Osgood Company.

Takes On Insulction Line

Hill & Morton, Inc., rvholesale lumbbr ancl building material dealers, Fresno, recently became distrillutors for tl.re Carney line of rock rvool insulation, u'l-rich is sold to the public by lumber dealers only. This firm also distributes oak flooring products of the Southern I-ttmber Co., Warreu, Ark., and USG roofing, Sheetrock, gypsum boarcl and gypsum latl-r.

Carroll Nicholls, manager of the Fresno branch, is zi happy man these clays, having just moved into his neu' honre.

Southern California Retailers Will Meet November 21

Orrie W. Hamilton, secretary-manager of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association, announces that on Noverrrber 21, 1947 at 9:30 a.m., the lumber dealers from all sections o{ Southern C:rlifornia n'ill gather for a oneday session at the -\tnbassador llotel, 3400 Wilshire Blvd., I-os Ar.rgeles.

Among the outstanding speakers who rvill be on the progranl is Roy Wenzlick, nationally knor'vn and recognized authoritl' on real estate developments and trends. More about the meeting r,vill be announced later.

G. B. Mcleod on Ecrstern Trip

George B. Mcleod, president, Hammond Lumber Company, returned October 6 from a business and vacation trip to the east. He visited friends in St. John, New Brunsrvick, u'here he lvas born, and paid a visit to his sister in Fredericton, N.B. He was accompanied by Mrs. Mcleod. They spent a feu'days in New York, and Mr. Mcleod had sorne business to clo in Washington, D.C. and Chicago.

Congrctulqtions

Mr. and l\frs. Jamcs L. Hall, Jr. have been receiving congratulations on the birth of a son, Peter Dudley Hall, in San Francisco, on August 17.

Nfr. Hall is associated u'ith his father, James L. Hall, Sr., in the l'holesale lumber business ir.r San Francisco.