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Hines crnd Long-Bell Plcn New Plynrood Plcrnts

Two new Douglas Fir plywood plants for immediate construction have just been announced.

The Long-Bell Lumber Company will immediately construct a plywood mill at Gardiner, Oregon, where the Gardiner Lumber Company, a wholly owned Long-Bell subsidiary, operates a sawmill. The new plant will be at the mouth of the Umpqua River, and will immediately adjoin the present sawmill plant.

J. H. Kenesson, vice president and general manager of the Gardiner Lumber Company, who had his offices in I-ongview, Washington, u'ill be in charge of the building and operation of the plywood plant. It will employ about 200 men. LongBell bought the Gardiner operation about two years ago-

At \\'estfir, Oregon, the Edward Hines Lumber Company, of Chicago, will build a single unit plywood plant with an annual capacity of about 20 million square feet of Douglas Fir plywood.

Western Forestry & Conserrcrtion Associcrtion Holds Annucl Conlerence in Scm Frcurcisco

The 41st annual forestry conference of the Western Forestry and Conservation Asspciation u'as held at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, San Francisco, December 6, 7, and 8.

\\'. S. Rosecrans, chairman of the California State Board of Forestry, representing Governor Earl Warren, u'elcomed the Association to San Francisco.

A report of the Conference u'ill appear in the January I issue of The California Lumber l\Ierchant.

I. IL Bcncter d Co. Moves San Franci"co Office

J. H. Baxter & Co. moved their San Francisco office to 200 Bush Street, San Francisco 4, effective December 8, 1950. The nes' telephone number is YUkon z-Om.

Assembly Interim Committee on lrdustricrl Sdety Holds Public Hecrring in Eurekcr

A public hearing rras held at the Eureka Inn, Eureka, by the -\ssembly Interim Committee on Industrial Safetv, \ovember 21.

llds'ard lI. Gaffney, chairman of the committee presided. Also present were Charles J. Conrad, Hollvn'ood, and \\'m. Clifton Berry, San Francisco. The hearing opened rvith a general statement b-v Chairman Gaffnev concerning industrial Safetf in the Lumber Industry.

. -\ppearances lvere made before the Committee b1' the follorving employer representatives: Derby Ilendorf, The Pacific Lumber Company; C. P. ECdie, -\merican Box Corporation; Orman Oak, Union Lumber Co.; Fred Hull, Fruit Grorvers Supplv Co. ; Val Mever, Northern Redrvood Co.; \\'m. Berry, Sierra Cascade Logging Conference; George Gregerson, Holmes Eureka Lumber Co.; Irhil Creagor, The Diamond }fatch Co.; Herbert Nlc\Iahan, Ralph Smith Lumber Co.; E. S. I\Iackins, Jr., Hammond Lumber Co.; Carl Clogston, California Barrel Co.; T. R. I\fcGovern, State Compensation f nsurance Fund; Gordon \\'agenet, \\lillits Redrvood Products Co.; Frank Valentine, Caspar Lumber Co.; \\'m. Land, Feather River Pine llills; Hol-ard French, Rockpo:t Reds'ood Co.; E. I\fcCollum, Scott Lumber Co.: Nat Eds'ards, \\'ood Products Co.

Trr-o representatives of labor and trvo representatives of the Dir-ision of Industrial Safetv appeared.

Iniured in Auto Accident

\\'endell Robie, president, Auburn Lumber Co., \uburn, Calif., s'as injured seriouslv in an automobile accident on the highrvay near Colusa, Calif.. November 14. He is convalescing in the Sutter Hospital. Sacramento.

-\lso recovering from injuries received in the same accident is Don Anderson, an employee of -\uburn Lumber Companv.