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Dixieline Turns 90, Plans DC

Dixieline Lumber & Home Centers, San Diego, Ca., is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year and planning a new distribution facility.

Last month Dixieline purchased property in Perris, Ca., where it plans to build a new l6-acre DC to serve customers in Southern California's Inland Empire region.

The company was founded in l9l3 as North Park Lumber. After adopting the name Dixie Lumber & Supply Co. in 1916, the company's next move came when it merged with Airline Lumber in 1957 and officially became Dixieline Lumber.

The company now oPerates I 0 lumber and home centers that primarily serve the Southern California market.

Sawmill Vet Starts NW Yard

A Washington sawmill veteran has opened a new lumberyard in Diamond Lake.

Michael Hambidge, who until recently was the manager at Springdale Lumber Co., Springdale, is the owner of Diamond Lake Lumber.

Hambidge said he will carry cedar and redwood from inland mills as well as composites and a line of economy lumber for sheds and non-bearing structures.

Right now Diamond Lake Lumber has some rental equipment, including a backhoe and a small bulldozer, with plans to offer more in the future.

Hambidge also said that a new lumber shed is in the works.

Old Mill Spawns Wholesaler

One year after Sweet Home, Or., watched Santiam Forest Products' mill close, the wholesale business that replaced it is still operating.

New Vision, which imports timber from Russia. China, New Zealand, Indonesia and Canada, started up last year with two former Santiam employees and now moves about 500,000 bd. ft. per month.

"Our target customers are mostlY remanufacturers," explained owner Ted Fullmer, adding that most make doors, windows or interior trim. New vision also sells some wood for framing and cedar siding.

When Santiam closed last year. it found itself $50,000 in debt. Fullmer says he sold off the firm's equipment to pay creditors and organize the transition.

New Vision now sits on half the property once occuPied bY Santiam Forest Products; the other half was sold to developers.

"I understand that this facility is short term," said Fullmer. "MY goal right now is to further develoP our Internet business (Quixtar) and, with that business, wholesale lumber from out of my house."

As for long range plans, Fullmer said, "I'll always stay in the lumber business. I love the lumber business. The Internet has more long-term potential."

Oregon Truss Shop Closes

Lumbermen's recently closed its Lakeview, Or., truss shop.

The Olympia,Wa.-based Pro dealer closed the shop because of "economics," according to district mgr. John Johnson.

Of the five workers affected, one will transfer to the comPanY's Klamath Falls, Or., truss and construction operation, while another, Bill Steelman, will retire after 12 years as foreman.

Lumbermen's building suPPlY center in Lakeview remains open, with no layoffs expected.

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Reclaiming Millennia-Old Redwood

A salvage project in Oregon is turning up hundreds of thousands of board feet of clear heart redwood estimated to be more than 2,000 years old.

S&B James Construction, White City, Or., received the contract to remove and replace a 3,I0O-ft.-long redwood stave flow-line, comprised of two, side-by-side, 7-ft.-diameter tubes, in Prospect, Or. Since James had 90 days to replace the tubes with steel pipe, the company set aside l0 days to remove the redwood tube and enlisted Western Lumber Co., Medford, Or., to dismantle, salvage and sell the reclaimed wood and steel from the tubes. It took l0 days-and 123 truckloads-to haul the lengths of tube to White City. James Construction cut the tubes into 20-,40-, and 50-ft. lengths and loaded them with a crane onto flatbed trucks with bunks and log stakes. Within two months, the tubes had been reduced to one massive stack of lumber. Western salvaged over 780,000 lbs. of steel (that ended up at a Portland shredder) and 382,000 bd. ft. of 3x6 redwood on stickers under cover. Built with 3x6 tongue-and-groove clear heart redwood, (Please turn to page 36) fruly an international company, with customers and production resources spanning the globe, McFarland Cascade had its beginnings in Sandpoint, tdaho in 1 91 6. By consolidating treating plants to fewer locations with higher production capabilities, McFarland Cascade has been able to focus attention on state of the art equipment and efficient use of manpower. Expanded distribution sites make "iust in time" morethan a promise.

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