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Be it one piece, a truck or a carload, Capital's neat stacks are designed to help you maintain a well balanced inventory that keeps you profitable and competitive at all timeswe've been doing this efficiently since 1948. We have an experienced sales force of knowledgeable and capable people who take personalpride in handling your standard shipments or custom loads.

Whatever your needs, our specialists will get your order moving pronto with the most reliable route and schedule available. In the Phoenix, Albuquerque and Orange CountY areas we can visit you in your yard or business personally. If you are outside these areas our staff is available on the telephone. With full line distribution yards servi!g Arizona, Lrl,n T

Southern California andr New Mexico, Capital is one of the Pacific-Southwest's leading independent redwood and cedar wholesale distributors. ! Stack it all up - compet tive prices, dependable service. flexible policiesn diversified stock, pronto deliveries, quality produ and 30 years of proven experiencewe're the redwood and cedar com pany you can rely on. If you are not familiar our neare you - and discover the I r neatest stacks in town. CALIFORNIA 542 Freedom Ave. P.O. Box 5989 Orange, Ca.92666 (7t4) 998-9500

Publisher Emeritue A. D. Bell, Jr.

Editor-Publisher David Cutler

Associate Editor Fran Hatch

Contributing Editor Dwight Curran

Contributing Editor Gage McKinney

Contributing Editor Al Kerper

Art Director Martha Emery

Staff Aftist Terry Wilson

Circulation Mary Cannella

The Merchant Magazine is pub' lished monthly at 45lXl Campua Dr., suite 476, Newport Beach, Ca. 92660, Phone (714) 549'llll93 or (714) 1149-8394 by The Merchant Magazine, Inc. Second-class post' age rates paid at Newport Beach, Ca., and additional offices. Adver' tising rates upon request.

ADVERTISING OFFICES

NORTIIENN CAIIFORNIA & PACIFIC NORTHWEST 4500 Campus Dr., suite 476, New' port Beach, Ca.92660. Phone (714) 549-8393.

SOUTHENNCAUFORNIA

Carl Vann, 205 Oceano Dr., Los Angeles, Ca. 90049. Phone (2I3) 472-3113 or (714) 549-8393.

SUBSCRIPTIONS

Chanqe of AddressSend subscriPtion -orders rnd address changes to Circulation Derrt., The Merchant Macazine.4500 Camnus Dr., suite 476. Newnort Beoch. Ca.92660. I nclude address label from recent issue if possible. plus new address and zip cooe.

Subscriotion RrtesU.S., Canada. Mexico and Latin America: $5-one year: $8-two years: $l l-three years. Overseas: $7-one vearl $l l-two years. Sinsle copies $1.00. Back copies'$1.50 whJn available.

The Merchant Magazine serves lhe members of the: Aiizona Lumber & Builders Supply Assn., Phoenix; Lumber Merchhht! Assn. of Northern California, Los Altosl Montana Building Material Dealers Assn., Helena; Mo-untain States Lumber Dealers Assn.. Salt Lake Citv and Denver; Lumber Assn. of Siruthern California, Los Angeles: Western Building Material Assn.. OlymPia. Wa.

THE MERCHANT MAGAZINE i.s an independent naga:ine t'or the retail, thole.sale and distrihution leyels of the hmher and huildinc nateriol.s and honte improventent industr.r' in the l3 Western slale.\, (onu'nlrating on nterchandising, nnnagcntetlt and acatrale, lactual news reporting and interprelat ion.