Two New Members for rhe Cqlifornio Redwood Associotion

The firm of Hulbert & Muffiy, with headquarters at Cloverdale, and The M. and M. Wood Working Company, headquarters at Portland, became members of the California Redworrd Association on October 2, and October 12, respectively.

The Hulbert & Muffly mill is located near Cloverdale at Yorkville, and is operated as a partnership by G. R. Muffly and Wayne Hulbert. Muffly is general manager and Hulbert is in charge of the woods operations. The company primarilv manufactures redwood lumber. Hulbert and Muffly, both young men, started their operation six years ago with the help of L. A. Hulbert, father of Wayne Hulbert. Careful manufacturing and a highly efficient organization have been the principal keys to the success of the company. Smalle.st of the CRA members, the company rnaintains an office and rail car loading facilities in Cloverdale. Lumber destincd for Northern California is shipped by company-owned trucks. The office manager is Howard E. French.

The M. and M. Wood Working Company has long been a leader in processing forest products. Noted at first as the nation's leader in the production of doors, the Company found it a natural step to go into the plywood field in 1927. Today abott 58/o of its sales consist of plywood, while doors provide about 18/o. The remainder is lurnber and other wood products. M. and M. is the only volume rnanufacturer of redwood plywood. It produces a vast number of doors, about two million annually. The Company also has tu'o sawmills a glue factory and manufactures wooden tanks and pipes. Under the presidency of Tom Malarkey, the personnel management has been enlarged with men selected frorn other industries. The M. and M. Wood Working Company, starting in a small millwork factory with a capital of $600, in 36 years has become a widespread corporation with 14 major operating divisions. Headquarters are located in Portland, Oregon lr'ith divisions in Longvie'r'r', Washington; Portland Lyons, Idanha and Springfield, Oregon; ancl Eureka, Califor'rria. A Subsidiary of NI. and M., the Eureka Redwood Lumber Company, has been a member of the California Redwood Association for several years. M. and NI. is one of the two largest manufacturers of plyrvood in the country, but irr rts California operations it is also interested in lumber and other 'forest products and has acquired extensive timber holdings in Del Norte and Humboldt Counties.

Jim Higgins, Higgins Lumber Company, San Francisco, has just retrrrned to San Francisco after a two 'iveeks busiriess trip covering much of the Pacific Northwest territory.