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Anyone can take orders over the phone.

But when it comes to fiUtng orders for wood products, that's where Willamette breaks rank.

Our salespeople know their way around the mill because they go there often. They check the quality of the lumber and plywood first-hand, to make sure you're getting exactly what you've ordered.

Besides knowing their products, they also know your market. And when it's time to fill orders for your customers, the products you need are at vourcommand. -

So if you're looking for a few good men and women to do business with, call Willamette.

Afterall, if we only took orders, we might as well sell fast food.

Instead of wood.

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Lumber & Plywood Divisions

Western Lumber and Plywood

Albany, OR (503) 926-77n

Southern Lumber and Plywood

Ruston, LA (318) 255-6258

Atlantic Plywood

Rock Hill, SC (803) 328-3U4

Shake & Shingle Legal Battle

The lawsuit filed in August 1989 by the Cedar Shake & Shingle Bureau contesting the Los Angeles ban on fire retardant treated shakes and shingles continues after July 6 rulings denied motions proposed by both parties.

Bureau consultants are analyzing the recent Santa Barbara and Glendale. Ca.. fires for total losses and types of roofs involved. In other research, they have determined that metal, composition, tile, rock/gravel, slate and synthetic materials have no better record than wood roofs.

Western Lumber: 3rd Best

Western lumber production in 1989 hit 23.212 billion bf, a slight drop from record-setting 1987's 23.9421billion bf and 1988's 23.638 billion bf.

In achieving its third highest production year ever, the twelve-state western woods region supplied 56.40/o of all softwood lumber produced in the U.S.

Last year Canadian softwood imports fell to 13.526 billion bf, the lowest total of Canadian shipments since 1984.

Wood Furniture Outlook

Summer furniture market expectations in San Francisco, Ca., included a 2olo minimum improvement over 1989 with total sales dollar volume up 4o/0.

Tabulations by Northwest Hardwoods showed the return of oak at 35.30/o and the continued growth of cherry at 130/0. Mahogany, although down from last year, was widely represented along with African lookalikes of sapele and anagre.

Northwest alder is sustaining its position along with maple and birch as favored close grain woods with subtle grain patterns, according to Cliff B. Chulos, v.p., sales of the Weyerhaeuser division. Walnut also showed small growth with walnut brown leading in all finished wood tones.

Other standings: traditional wood styles, 45.20/o; contemporary, 38.20/o; French, 13.60k; English, 13.3%; Oriental. 10.70/o'. Italian. 3.80/o: Spanish, 1.20lo: ranch, less than l0l0.

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September 199O

Home Gabinet Demand To Grow

Total demand for kitchen and vanity cabinets is expected to be 49 million units in 1990.

New construction denrand is projected to reach 2l nrillion units, a 6.6% increase over 1989's estinlated 19.7 million units. This represents a shift from three years of declines in this category, according to the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association.

About 54ok of the total denrand, or 26.3 million units, is expected to come from consunrers who purchase kitchen and vanity cabinets for the repair and renrodeling of their homes. This represents a I .20/o increase over the estintated 26.0 million units purchased for R&R in r 989.

For the Record

Diamond Lumber has stores open in Red Bluff, Chico, North Highlands, Stockton, Auburn, Grass Valley, Placerville, Ukiah, Fairfield, Atwater, Paso Robles, Hanford, Pine Grove and Sebastopol, Ca., and Reno, Nv., as well as a door shop in Lodi, Ca.