WATCH FOR OPENING OFTHE NEW

Construction is nearing completion on our new Pallet plant. The new enlarged facility will enable us to service more customers with the superior quality that has been a Tradition with Hunter since 1943. when you need Pallets, Industrial Boxes6 Cut Lumber.

I ETTERS HAVE been sent by L WBMA to all U.S. Congressmen lrom our four-state region urging them to support H.R. 6070, the National Forest Multiple Use Managenlent Act of 1980. H.R. 6070 was introduced by Rep. Thomas S. Foley (D-Wa.) and is a real step forward to resolve controversy over RARE ll, the Forest Service's second Roadless Area Review and Evaluation.

It has been brought to our attention by the pesticide enforcentent stalf of the Washington State Dept. of Agriculture that some dealers in Washington are selling pentachlorophenols as wood preservatives to their customers in unlabeled containers. A firm may purchase a 55-gallon drum of pentachlorophenol and refill containers that either they or their customer supplies.

Section 2 ofthe Federal Insecticide.

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act by definition, considers pentachlorophenol a pesticide, and therefore, all containers of penta sold require proper labeling or they are considered misbranded. Proper labeling is further defined as including but not limited to: the name and address of the producer or registrantl the name, brand, or trademark under which the pesticide is sold; the weight and measure of the contents; an ingredient statementl appropriate use directions and precautionary statements which are necessary to protect health and the environmenti and appropriate EPA registration and establishment numbers lrv Dellinger has sold Westmart Building Center, West Yellowstone, to Gregg Forsythe ol Denver. Gregg's welcome to West Yellowstone was a deep-freeze -49'. Irv's plans for the future are still in the formative stage. Lee and Linda Pollock have purchased Treasure Lunrber & Hardware Co., Hysham, from Don Nansel. Dexter Shaurette, retail mgr. for the St. Regis Paper Co. Lumber Division at Libby, has retired and is currently traveling somewhere in the South PacificAsia area, flaunting his freedom. Dex is succeeded by Harold Crill.

To sell or offer for sale any pesticides which are nrisbranded is considered an unlawful act and subiect to civil penalties ol up to $5,000. Any additional information concerning the regulation and restrictions on sale and distribution of pesticdes can be obtained fronr the Regional Environmental Protection Agency Region X office, 1200 6th Ave.. Seattle. Wa. 98101.

The 1980 s should be a boom decade f,or the housing industry but only after a slow start this year, the president of the U.S. League olSavings Associations predicts. Edwin Brooks said the league whose primary purpose is to "Make certain that American home buyers have mortgage money," foresees 1.4 million housing starts in 1980, down fronr 1.75 million new homes begun in 1978. But he expects the figures to rise after 1980, anticipating home buyers will need more than $1.5 trillion in nrortgage funds during the decade.

Brooks said mortgage money will continue to be tight and relatively expensive, especially during the first haliof 1980. How much improvement occurs, he said, depends on "things beyond the control of the savings and loan business - or the rest ofthe housing industry for that matter". Those factors include arresting the inflation rate and decisions on Middle East oil supplies, he said.

According to the National Association of Business Economists. our Congress passes five times more bills that feed inflation than they do bills that would impede it. And. they do it on a massive scale. Of 410 bills passed, 140 tend to increase inflation,28 reduce it. This is why we have to continue to keep letting them know this is not what we want.

Grogan Robinson Lumber Co.. Great Falls, is now occupying new facilities which were constructed adjacent to their earlier facilities. The operation will be carried on under the name ol Grogan's Home Center. Arlo Nicholls is the mgr.

MBMDA directors are accepting applications for the position of managing officer of the association. Interested parties should direct their applications to the Association office.

We are pleased to welcome as new members, Carl Kipp and Dale McLaughlin, proprietors of the Sherburne Mercantile Co., Browning. New on the list of associate members is Big Sky Insulation, Unlimited, Belgrade, with sales representation by Dennis Swanson.

FRANK DAVIS executive vice president

1. llE ARIZONA Lumber and I Builder's Supply Associalion's 59th annual convention is scheduled for May 1, 2, 3 at the Doubletree Inn, Tucson. Az. The convention theme is "The 80s, the Decade of Opport un ities. "

James Stewart. convention chairman, has put together a fine program. Thursday. May 1, is Fun Day with the annual Lumbermen's Golf and Tennis Tournaments. Golf will be on the Randolph Park North, teeing olf at 8:30 a.m. Tennis will be at the hotel courts.

A Hawaiian Luau will be held poolside at the hotel with orchids for the ladies.

The business program opens Friday morning with a breakfast session. Keynoter is Dr. Gunther Klaus, one of Anrerica's top speakers. Lee Briggs, pres. ol NLBMDA, is as the second sneaker. l.L. "Gus" Dehnert, retired longlime mgr. for Aldrich & Company, Hardin, died at his home in Billings in October. Wallace Bunn, Aldrich & Company mgr. at Thermopolis, also passed away in October,

The afternoon's program is devoted to the subject of "lnventory Management," conducted by William Schoolman.

Lead off speaker for the Saturday breakfast session is Ralph Lewis, Jr., Gulf Oil Corp., on the topic of energy. The Honorable Bob Stump, U.S. Congressman, District 3, Az., will wind up the business programs.

The annual banquet will end the convention on Saturday evening with special awards.

Plan to attend the 59th ALBSA conven tlon.

The Dept. of Energy. helped by HUD, has issued for comment proposed energy saving construction standards for residential and commercial buildings. Possible effects of concern to dealers: increased direct costs for residential construction - possibly up to $1,700 per house; increased overhead construction costst possibility of requiring approval or certification by registered architects or engineers: expansion ofactivity by state code authorities at expense of local code authorities; greater clout and federal control in code matters, perhaps even a national bldg. code. The cut-off date for public comment will be May 28.

Internal Revenue has ruled that reimbursement for out-of-pocket med-

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