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Mountain States Comment

David Cutler, editor-publisher

The Merchant Magazine

4500 Campus Drive

Newport Beach, Calif .92660

Dear Mr. Cutler:

It has been my pleasure for manY years to read your fine publication. As a past president of the Mountain States Lumber Dealer's Association, I am delighted that Kent Moxey is now contributing a column and I use it to keep up with the news in the mountain area since I have returned to my native State of Oklahoma.

The other articles and columns by managing directors are also quite good.

The one negative item I would ask your consideration on is the manner of mailing. If your magazine was mailed "flat", it would avoid the sharp creases now creating problems for the readers. Would it be possible to make this change?

Yours very truly,

Stanley O. Dixon, Senior Vice President Flintco

6974 E.38th St. Tulsa, OK 74101 l'/e do mail it flat, iust to avoid the problem you mention. Our suggestion is to contact your local postman andlor postmaster; rough handling of the magazine most often occurs at the local level. -ed.

Australian Request

Dear Sir,

I would like to ask you for a favour. Can you let me have the name and addresses of three or four lumber suppliers based in San Francisco? I will be needing two or three ton lots of ready-cut seasoned or kiln-dried boards for shipment to the South Pacific region.

A sawmilflumberyard that cuts uP lumber for housing construction would be ideal.

I would be very grateful if you can give me several names as I would like to ask for quotes for my requirements. With thanks,

Robert Bruderer

P.O. Box 149

Broadway, N.S.W. Australia 2007 l|te have detailed specs on what Mr. Bruderer needs. Interested readers are invited to contact The Merchant or write directly to Mr. Bruderer. -ed.

SOTJND OFI.

l4/e want to hem from you. If we goof it up, make a Wo, scramble the facts or fallheir to any other of the hazmds of collecting and dis' uninating informatio n, let us know. We are running hard to keep The Merchant as the leading forum for the industry in the 13 lAestem states...we have to get it ight and we seek your help. Additionally, we hope you wtll use this space as a forum for anythtng you think the industry should or might like to be made aware of. If you have a good idea that could be helpful to the industry, let us know so we can share it. As Dino says, keep those cmds and letters coming. -ed.

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Heip Wanted

INDUSTRIAL lumber salesman, L.A. area. Salary and commission. Ed Fountain Lumber Co. Call Ed Fountain, Sr. (213) s83-1381.

EXPERJENCED SAWMILL SALESMAN wanted. Redwood background preferred. Excellent opportunity. Reply with resume Box 208, c/o The Merchant Magazine.

Operations Manager

WOOD PRODUCTS MANUFACTUR-

ING SUBSIDIARY OF A MAJOR

COMPANY IS SEEKING: Experienced manager who will takp full responsi- bility for P & L and RO.I. The person we seek must have a proven record of success in operating a manufacturing plant engaged in the producing either cut stock products, moldings, door production or related fields. This career opportunity will command a substantial salary per year for the right person. In addition, there are other fringe benefits and management incentives. We are particularly interested in: l. leadership abtlity; 2. technical competence; 3. industry recognition; 4. knowledge of purchasing raw materials; 5. ability to effectively communicate and understand customer needs. This position is located in a delightful central California community. Interested persons, please submit a complete resume' along with a handwritten letter stating what you consider your most outstanding accomplishments or successes in the past five years to Box 207, c/o The Merchant Magazine.

LUMBER SALESMAN - Excellent opportunity for qualified aegressive person who has very heavy experience selling lumber to contractors, large builders & developers. Salary plus bonus, car, health insurance, pension and profit sharing. This is not a training position. You must have a proven lumber sales record. Barr Lumber Co., our 76th year-Stan Skelton, ules mgr., 10742 Los Alamitos Blvd., (213) 5964475, (7 14) 527 -228s

EXPERIENCED salesman to concentrate on direct carload sales of softwood and hardwood industrial cut stock and furniture dimension.

OUTSIDE salesman to call on industrial accounts in So. Ca. to merchandise our wholesale distribution yard stock. Salary or Commission. All replies held confidential.

Reply Marc Seidner Summit Wood Products. Inc.

(2r3) ss347 13

LUMBER BUYER - opening for experienced lumber buyer with well established Ca. wholesale distribution company. Direct & lcl responsibilities. Reply in confidence, Box 206, c/o The Merchant Magazine. EXPERJENCED salesman for well established redwood company. Steady job. Good fringe benefits and equal oppodunity employer. Write Box 205, c/o The Merchant Magazrne.

Position Wanted

Twenty-five year's experience selling wholesale hardwoods, softwoods, So. Calif. area. Large school & industrial clientel. Write Box 209, c/o The Merchant Magazine.

SERVICES OFFERED

LUMBER HAULING replies to box number shown in ad in care of The Merchant Magazine, 4500 Campus Dr., Suite 476, Newport Beach, Ca. 9266O. Make checks payable to The Merchant Magazine. Deadline for copy is the 23fi. To call in an ad: (7r4) s4e-8393.

C.Q TRUCKING INC. (213) 638. 7851, 5501 East Century Blvd., Lynwood, Ca.9O262.

lusrNEss oPPonTuNtilEs

LLMBER AND building materials busi ness for lease. Sales volume excess $3.5 million. San Francisco Bay Area, long established, well located. Heavily retail, Very good return on investment. Write Box 157, clo The Merchant Magazine.

OPPORTUNITY as manager and participating owner of established building material business in growing Eastern Washington community. Investment required, Present manager retiring, Submit history and experience to Box 202, c/o The Merchant Magazine.

WANTED: BUILDING MATERIALS

We buy closeouts - irregulars - overstocks in: Hardware - plywood - paneling - windows - any kind of building materials. Edw. Stein. H & E Home Builders City, 15121 Palmdale Rd., Victorville, Ca. 92392,Phone: (714) 245-3486.

FOR SATE

GERLINCER FORKLIFT _ 16,000 excellent condition, $3400. Call Fountain, Sr. (213) 583-1381.

FOR SALE: Well established building material business. Sales volume excess of half-million. In So. Oregon area. Inquiries mailed to P.O. Box 408, Grants Pass, Or 97 526.