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Quality Lumber

REDWOOD-K|ln Dried or Green

Rough or Surfaced

DOUGLAS FIR-Rough Cuttings

Premium 4x4 and 4x6-FOHC 1450f and 1750f Stress

Kiln Dried Clears

SUGAR PINE-S4S Boards

Rough and S2S

Station to station

PHI L KELTY 707 -487 -3201

DEAN FOX 707-487-3231

San Diego area call: 714-442-1693

Shoo and Better

P.O. Box 250 Smith River, California 95567

TREES ARE AMEBICA'S RENEWABLE RESOURCE securely to the decks. but always in the knowledge that a severe storlrl along their Pacific coast rtlute ctluld blast it off the decks and into thc sea.

The last of these sailing ships were still a1 it as late as the 1920s, floating anachronisnrs that rctain their fascination even now.

"Difficult Times" Forecast

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.llnrcs Nlc(iirtl is. Jr Nlcrid ian. \1i.. .,vls clcctcd ltr!-sidel r.

Thrcc- rlorc d:rvs ol plol'itlbilitr'-rrr.ieltcd brrsirress scssiorrs rcrnaincd for thc wlrolcsllcr-tlislribulr)f\ ol rrclr.lr (r5., ol tltc sof'trvood luntbcl Lrserl in \ortlr ,\ntcrica.

BUSINESS CANT BE too bad, wholesaler's faces at NAWLA's Springs, Co.

judging frorr tlre smiles on these 84th annual, held at Cororaoo

"IDEA WAtt" displays CRA literature and customers' snapshots of d-i-y proiects, in' cluding a redwood waterbed frame, bookcases, clocks, fences, decks, and room additions.

I NSTALLING a redwood deck

I display with a trellis roof and a picnic table added a deck a week to sales for Heddings Lumber and Building Supply, San Ramon, Ca. Their successes in selling redwood have been typical of the results enjoyed by dealers all over the 13 Western states who are aggressively promoting redwood.

Simple end-use displays and easygoing direct involvement with customers' do-it-yourself projects have made the firm one of the most successful quality redwood dealers in their area.

Customer loyalty has built annual volume in the half-acre yard to a mil-