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Dealers Demand Budget Cuts

Telegrams signed by 235 lumber dealers in the Mountain States have been sent to President Reagan and Speaker of the House "Tip" O'Neill asking them to set aside political differences and resolve the federal budget.

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"Unemployment in the lumber industry is approaching a depressionera level with small and large businesses declaring bankruptcy at unprecedented levels," notes James C. Beardall, president Anderson Lumber Co., Ogden, Ut., and president of the Mountain States Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association.

"Continuation of high interest rates that stifle recovery appears to be assured due to the political failure to trim the federal deficit," he said. "The current economic crisis has been devastating to the weaker firms and has endangered the very survival of many of our older, stronger firms. It is difficult to accept the fact that anyone might be willing tolet our nation slip to the edge of depression for political gain."

"LOOKING AROUND" says Paul Bunyan

Paul does not rest on his fame as the lumberman's symbol of accomplishment. New requirements and changing conditions keep him alert to progtess.

Ornate Stairs Restored

Over a hundred years ago, Philetus Burnett and his son Henry, founders of Burnett & Sons, Sacramento, Ca., crafted the elaborate carved wooden stairways installed in the then new California State Capitol building.

Now, after working for seven years as part of the California State Capitol Restoration Project, the fouth generation of the family, still operating as Burnett & Sons, has completed the reconstruction of these same stairs.

The Capitol underwent many changes during the years after it was built and the monumental stairways were no exception. They were removed from the West Wing in 1906 when the stairwells were enclosed as rooms. Fragments found in Sacramento's St. Francis Church and photographs served as the basis for replication.

Each newel post on the four levels of stairs has three carved grizzly bear heads, a motif which appears throughout the building, in wood on the stairs and doors, in cast iron in the rotunda, and in the ceramic tile murals on the first floor.

The heads, newel posts and much of the other ornate woodwork used on the stairs were hand carved by Robert Orr under the direction of Burnett Miller, grandson of Philetus Burnett. Although the majority of the work was done by hand, some was duplicated by machine.

Albert Winters supervised the installation of the stairs as well as the cabinet and furniture reproductions done by Burnett & Sons. From five to ten men worked on the job during the seven years for a total of 12,800 hours. Approximately 16,000 board feet of fine hardwood was used; white oak and Honduras mahogany on the stairs, walnut and red birch on the furniture and cabinets. Total cost for the milling and installation of the stairs, the furniture and cabinets was $1,?50,000.

J.E. Higgins Lumber Co., San Francisco; Forsyth Hardwood Co., Hayward, and White Brothers, Oakland, were the suppliers.

The biggest problem on the job, according to Miller, was determining details on each of the four sets of stairs and installing the third level. He is enthusiastic about the work, calling it a "very challenging and rewarding project, a once in a lifetime job. "

The firm is experienced in restoration. They have done work on the Old Sacramento renovation as well as on the Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento; Lake County Court House, Clear Lake; Columbia State Park, Sonora; and the Railroad Museum, Sacramento. None, according to Miller, was as large a job, nor of such quality and intricate detail as the Capitol building.

HAND CARVED grizzly bear heads characterize the monumental stairwav replicated by Burnett & Sons, Sacramento, Ca,, as part ol the restoration of the Capitol building there.