The Times Standard from Eureka, California • Page 19

Fairhurst Lumber Company of Carlotta Sold! JL First Fir Plant Here Goes To Orban Firm uwmill and pUning mill of the Lumber Company of Carlotta were told for-in undtscloied amount to the Southern Humboldt Lumber Company of Carlotta and Pasadena this week, Jack Fairhurtt, vice president and general manager, announced yesterday. The Carlotta which is Lumber Industry Legislative Confab Here on the A. J. Kjer ranch, is a subsidiary operating company of the Fairhurst holdings and was the first In the production of ties and studs from Douglas fir in Humboldt county. Fairhurst emphasized, that this Is not the sale of Fairhurst Lumber company of California which operates the wholesale business in the state and continue to.operate, retaining offices In Eureka, San Rafael and Los Angeles.

Southern Humboldt Lumber company is affiliated with the tirban Lumber company in Pasadena and operates several mills at Carlotla and in the Van Duzen river area. A limited amount of. timber and lumber was. included in the sale. officials said the Fairhurst plant woiiii be in operation Monday, Fcbrii ary 11, with the same person nel and crew.

Fairhurst leased the site from Kjer in Slay of 1946 for the purpose of loading fir rail road ties from Northern (jrnia. The following year Fan- hurst built a planing mill and edger to work- up the side cu from the tie mills in the Bridge ville area. Since 1946 more than hundred million feet of tics studs and lumber have ben processed by the plant contri huting much of the early de the Douglas fir nrtustry in the county. C. J.

Fairhurst and Jack Fair- mrst (son) will still operate the awmill at Ft. Seward known as trinity National Lumber Corp airhurst said yesterday that heir intent was to concentrate heir mill operations at Ft. Sew ard and a program for moder nizing the sawmill owned Trinity National Lumber Corp now underway. New Titan To Arrive Here Titan Chain Saw company lias a new model lightweigh chain saw- the Titan 50- on it way to distributors and dealer through out the west coast, Craig Huff, sales mana ger, has announced. Lee Smith and Son compan; of Eureka, local Titan Chai; saws announce' the new saw has arrived an will be sold locally.

Designed to ease the lot the chain saw operator, th high speed saw has more powe per pound than any saw on th market, Titan engineers claim "This saw will be especial! useful to the logger, farmer sportsman who needs an al around saw," Smith said. One new design feature Ihe saw's sprocket location Scliofield Will Speak On Laws Affecting Logging; Lee To Discuss Trucking WILLIAM R. LEE WILLIAM SCHOFIELD Subjects of two the major speakers at the leg illative conference be held iTere February 22 will aim ed directly at problems and legislation concerning the lum her industry. William Schofield, tecre- tary-mRnager of the California Forest Protective association, will speak on legislation directly affecting the timber industry. William R.

"Bill" Lee, secretary-manager of the North Coast Timber Truckers assocla A I DRAG and CLAM SHOVEL WORK A A I FASTER by DRAYAGE COMPANY DIAL 2 tion, will present a discourse on special-problems of the timber truckers. The conference is sponsored jointly by the Humboldt C1H-. tens' Tax Committee arid the S'orth Coast Timber association from noon until 5 p.m. February 22, at Eureka Inn. Harry W.

Graham, manager of the timber association, said Schofield's background is well suited for speaking on legislation affecting the timber, in- right center for better balance. "Operators have always asked for less weight and more power, but what they really wanted was a saw that was easier to use but faster than ever," Smith went on to say. "It was more a matter of balance than of power and waiglit and now they have all three." dustry. to World War I he wa employed by the U. S.

Fores Service and after an Interrup tion for service in the war, rejoined Forest Service. He servic in. 1920 to become engineer a county in Montana, late again serving with the Fore Service. He is well acquainted i Humboldt forest problem Graham stated, having bee limber engineer for Hahmioii Lumber company from i 1932, in addition to sen in" i secretary-supervisor, of th Humboldt Redwood Reforestation association, and secretary- engineer of Humboldt county planning commission, He has served in his present capacity since 1943 and played a major part in development LOCKJAW ureka Newspapers, 195Y No. 238 Plan Sale Of 158 Million Board Feet The Salem district of the bu- eau of land management plans offer 158,000,000 board feet if timber during 1957, accord- ng to an announcement from he office of District Forester Otto Krueger.

This represents an increase of approximately board feet over the 1956 plan. The volume is expected to be represented in 71 separate racls ranging from 250,000 to 10,000,000, board feet as well as considerable number of un scheduled tracts less than 250, 000 board feet. The Salem district econom passes OC and public domain lands administered by the bu reau of land management in 12 extreme northwest Oregoi counties extending from ap proximately Junction City I the Columbia river and fron mountains to the Pacific ocean the summit of the Cascad Nearly one third of the vo ume will be in salvage timbei Current.regulalions permit sa: vage timber to receive primar, processing in any OC marke ing area. Forest Forum Plans Study Kenneth Roe, a research forester it the Yurok Redwood Experimental Forest station, presented, the program of (ho North Coast Forest Forum Monday at the Big'Four Inn. The group discussed various projects which will be worked on by glng company and the California Range and Experiment station.

Experiments'will he differ enl methods of cutting second growth timber, studying how to get the most'growth 1 out of mature forests, esfab llshlng which trees should be cut and which left, how to bring cut over land back Into production after cutting, the. study of methods ol slash disposal and controlling erosion. After seven years of re search a report will be pub llshcd on the findings. The group will meet again (he first of March, chairman Ed win Piers on of the Humhold State college forestry depart merit announced. Annual Lumbermen Ladies 9 Night Set Saturday at Acres Northwestern Lumbermen's Club an- Night will be held Redwood Satur- day, Robert Fleming, general chairman, a yeiterday.

Well-known will appear on the program, which will feature a dinner prepared by Tony Lenzi and dancing to the' muiic of Phil Bovero and hit KGO-TV orcheitra. Topping the list of entertainers Is the Wilder brothers who lave appeared on the stage, screen and television and who have 1 made several recordings. The trio, who recently were it the New Frontier Hotel In Las Vegas, have a comedy, novelty irid musical act. who has appeared on the Ed Sullivan show, lorsce Hcldt show and Comedy Hour, is Lee Carter. Carter's'-'' ap dance Is rated Ihe fastest in show business.

Eagan and Parker, considered the surprise package, Is song ventriloquist team. Lunard and Lewis, MOM star's, 1 ere labeled "Sophisticates of the Dance." They re also a comedy team. Master of ceremonies will be Mark Newman, a comedian, who will.also do Impressions and sing a few songs. The Bovero.orchestra from San Francisco will play during" the dinner hour which will be from 8:45 to 9:15 p.m. They will play again at 10r30 for 15 minutes and then after short" break they will return to play until 1:45 a.m.

for dancing. The evening's program will begin 6:30 with cocktails, followed by dinner it 8 o'clock. The show IK scheduled start at 1lV Tickets are now on sale beginning today for the general, public. Price of the tickets $10 per couple. Only 250 tickets were made available and club members had first chance for- purchasc, Fleming announced.

Members of the'program committee may be contacted for tickets. They are Fleming, E. W. Thrasher, H. W.

Dreckmann, L. L. J. H. Berry, Carpenter, Olho Davis, A.

A. Emmcrson, J. Gamsby, B. J. Gilbert, Mirlln Moehnke William Rogers.

NEW the HYDRO-CLAM 1-MACHINE 1-OPERATOR and enactment of California's efficient and progressive forest protection and management laws. He.was author of-the California-Practice Act of 1945, designed to promote sustained forest- production; on 8.3 million' acres of privately owned forest' lands. is well known locally through dealings of the North Coast Timber Truckers association, Graham states. His discussion will center around the impact of present laws and their administration, 'as well as proposed changes in law. Lee's group has worked closely with local legislators in attempts to ease weight restrictions regarding hauling of logs by truck.

Other speakers scheduled to appear at the conference are Vincent Cooper, assistant general manager, County Supervisors' association of California; Senators Carl Christensen and Randolph Collier; Assemblyman Frank P. Belotti; Mrs. Arlene Sparin, assessor of Del Norte county; Robert Fouke, president, Common Properly Taxpayers association, and J. Roy Holland, assistant general manager, California Taxpayers' association. ONE Le TOURNEAU ELECTRIC LOG STACKER WILL DO ALL THESE JOBS EASILY LOADS RELOADS UNLOADS TRUCKS SORTS LOGS FEEDS MILL BUILDS BREAKS DOWN COLD DECKS appraisals estimate there ate nearly 950,000,000,000 tons -of recoverable coal reserves in the- United Slates, of which 40 per cent'is bituminous, 24 per cent subbitumin- ous, 34 per cent lignite and 2 per cent anthracite.

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