cut constructlon costs l0%

Here's how the J. C. PenneY Company built lasting fire protection into their newly enlarged and modernized store in Phoenix, Arizona. By using Non-Com@ lumber on the job, construction costs were cut an estimated 'lO%!

Non-Com lumber is the KoPPers super wood with Proven fire retardant qualities. lt has gained Code acceptance from coast to coast, and its use can often result in lower insurance rates.

Non-Com lumber gets its deeP- in-the-cell protection against fire th rough pressu re-treatin g with chemicals -yet Non-Com lumber keeps all of wood's workabilitY! That's where real savings come in: Carpenters can do all the work. Hardware, wiring, plumbing are easier to install or attach. Wouldn't savings and fire protection like this make Non-Com lumber the ideal choice for your next construction project? For more information on Non-Com and other Koppers super woods, send for Catalog W-576. Write Forest Products Division, Koppers Company, lnc.,210 South Avalon Blvd., Wilmington, California, or call 213-830-2860 or 775-6868.

Architectural

Top Level Cedor Confqb

A top level cedar conference with four of the biggest names in the business from Canada attending was held in late February.

Co-sponsored by the "Cedar King and Queen," Merv and Doris Kjer of K/D Cedar Supply, and Paul McCracken, head of Tumac Lumber Co. in Portland, the 'ohands across the border" event was enthusiastically received by the visiting Canadians who, among other things, were introduced to the winter wonderland of Lake Tahoe, Nev., and given a short lesson on how fast you can lose moneyatbaccarat.

1967 Lvmber Totols Sog

Total lumber production, shipments and consumption in 1967 registered declines from 1966. Latest figures to be released show that declines were primarily the result of the now all too familiar cutback in housing.

side of table) Paul McCracken, Merv Kjer, Ken BraCley, salesmanager, McDonald Cedar Products, Ltd.; Ken and Lynda Kjer, and Rann Matthison, president of McDonald Cedar Products (the world's largest private cedar mill). 0n right side are: Erroll Wintemute, Delta Cedar Products; Herb Shifton, Plywood Sales, Doris Kjer, Jack .Biggs, Lamford Cedar Ltd. and president of the Western Red Cedar Lumber Assn.; and Bill Little.

CEDAR

Lumber production in 1967 was 34.6 billion bf., a decline of 5.1 percent from 1966. Shipments totalled 34.9 billion bf., a decrease of 4.7 percent. Orders received during 1967 dropped 2.4 percent. Consum'ption decreased 4.6 percent. Softwood consumption dropped 3.3 percent, hardwood consumption dropped 1l percent.