Show Crofts Lumber Company Sells to New Mexico Firm JE J.E. Crofts Crofts' and Sons Inc finalized the Isale of their Vernal saw mill and lumber operation known a as Crofts CroUs Lumber Lumber Lumber Lum Lum- ber Co Wednesday of last week to a firm called Dinosaur Timber Company from irom Albuquerque New Mexico THE NEW V Vernal timber company is formed from fro the New Mexico Timber limber Tim lim ber Company and includes Garlin Carlin Gear ho who s serves as as as' president in charge Ron Hon Smith Sooth vice president in charge of sales and f TP Galliger part owner Mr Gear is moving t to Vernal to make his home h here re According to o a spokesman for tor the tho Dinosaur Timber company they plan to increase the production of 01 the Vernal 2 by 4 stud mill by by enlarging the plant and employing more men The local retail sales of studs will wilt cease ease as even the reject studs will now be used in the new operation IT WAS WASS explained that the New Mexico MexIco Mex Mex- ico Ito production has ceased and has been converted to sales of timber Many of the production men will be transferred to the the Vernal operation The Croft Crofts Lumber Company came to Vernal about fi e years ago and have gradually developed a 11 who whoso whose e volume is about aboul seven seyen million b board ard feet annually They installed the first large dry kiln in the area and have employed about 30 to 40 mom men THE J E Crofts and Sons Song Inc Ine is a II partnership of four sons who ho along with their father were pion pioneers ers in the timber tim ber business in southern Utah Tt The e sons suns are JH JU 81 Si Alfred H. H John M. M I I and Leo U H. H Crofts whose father was the late JE Crofts J j v |