Harry

A. J. Russell, manager of the Santa Fe Lumber Co., the well known California wholesale lumber distributors with offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles, announces that effective November 1. Harry E. Officer will ioin their sales organization with headqul,rters in the cbmpany's San Francisco office. Mr. Officer is succeeding H. M. Gunton who recently resigned.

whvHarry E. Officer needs no introduction to the lumber trade of California. Prior to his going to the Northwest, he had been associated with the lumber industry of California for many years. As far back as 191 l, he was calling on the lumber trade of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley territories as the representative of Dant & Russell. In 1914, he became'associated with the E. K. Wood Lumber Co., and called on the California lumber trade until hist enlistment in the World War. At the conclusion of the war and upon his return flom France, he located in Portland where he was connected with the G. W. Gates Lumber Co., and since the death of G. W. Gates he has been in charge of the liquidation of this company's affairs.

He has always been very active in Hoo-Hoo affairs and has been affiliated with the Order for many years. During the year 1915, he was the Vicegerent Snark of the Sacramento District. And in the Northwest, he has served a term as State Counselor for Oregon.

The lumber fraternity are glad to welcome him back to California and wish him all success in his new position.

' Portland, Ore., October. 1.7.-It was recently announced here by telegraph from R. B. White of Kansas City, president of the Forest Lumber Company, that his company has purchased three hundred million feet of timber in the North Marsh district of Klamath County, comprising the ShevlinHixon holdings in the Klamath Indian reservation.

The timber holdings thus far acquired by the Forest company aggregate 1,m,000,000 feet, and the capacity of the mill now being built by them exceeds that of any other operator in the district.

Purchase of two more 11,600 ton steamships, the Hegira and Heffron was announced recently by officials of the company at Everett, Wash. The two big ships were purchased from the United States shipping board, and are now plying out of Gulf ports to Europe and the Orient. They are expected to arrive at Everett about the first of the year. The ships are sister ships of the Pomona and Hanley purchased by the company over a year ago. Everett will be the homi port of the Weyerhaeuser fleet, which will be used exclusviely in the transportation of lumber from this port to the company's east coast yards.