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Tbe Very Best in Lumber time. The two railroad companies had combined their forces and completed their linefrom San Francisco to Eureka, under the name of Northwestern Pacific, in 1915. Anticipating this, the company had begun construction of kiln, factoiy and planing mill, sheds and shipping facilities to concentrate everything at the shipping point.

Previously, all lumber had to move out by boat, and so everything except the actual mill itself was located on San Fraricisco-Bay or in San Pedro, where finished lumber was shipped by rail to destinations in California or farther east. Foi many years the heavy winter rains gave the new railroad a lot of trouble, and some doubted the wisdom of depending so completely on it. But in the long haul, the move proved well taken.

Under the Nlurphy regime, the company has had only {our presidents. The present occupant of that position, A. Stanwood Murphy, a grandson of the founder, became president in 1931, after having served as executive vicepresident for six years. Today his son, Stanwood A. Murphy, holds that title, and a fifth generation of boys is coming along to provide leadership for the remote future.

Sawmilling is something more than just converting logs into lumber.ln the philosophy of The Pacific Lumber Company, sawmilling is a trust wherein the operator must converf a timber resource to the service of mankind, and in the process must not forget an obligation to his fellowman.

At Scotia, and in all the ofrfrces of this company, attention is always focused on broadening the range of products which come from the redwood tree. But at the same time, full attention is given to means of improving the outlook of the employes.

In product development, beyond the conventior-ral lumber items, the company produces Prestologs, Palco Wool Insulation. Palco-Seal, -Palco Fiber AR, Palco Fiber A, and other specialized fibers, Sodium Palconate, Palco-tan, and other ciremical derivates. IJses are being found for all the components of the bark substance, and for the sawmill and factory waste in the form of sawdirst and chips.

In employee relationship, meanwhile, the company started in 1918 withits Continuous Service Compensation plan, installed the first retirement program in the industry in the 30s, has always provided the best of hospital care for families of employes, as well as the employee himself, and instituted health and life insurance plans both of which are provided wholly by the company.

While Pacific is proud, and justly so, of its Douglas products, it thinks ofitself as essentially a redwood ducer. Its first concern is that its redwood products be proun- surpassed. It realizes that this is not possible without the help of the people who make it, and the place for them to do it.

There it is : Product, People, Place; the three go together like love and marriage as the popular song says. The company is just as proud of its people and of its plant and town as ii is of its product. And it cares for each with equal consideratiou.

One has only to look at the plant, as over 30,000 visitors do eacl-r year, to know that i1 would be pretty hard to surpass.

If "Palco" can ever be better, it will be better, for that is tl-re r'vay the people of Scotia think.