LUTIIBER

You'd call r wood products manufecturer dlvmrlfled that produces ulrtuelly eueDy type end size of top quallty lumber producir under tha sun.

OREGON (Ioll.free 800.547.6065)

DOUGLAS FIR

ClearsBleacher Seats r Export r Finish .

Flooring & Stepping r Gutter Stock o Ladder Rails . Mine Shaft Guides o Ship Decking & Margin Plank r Shop Lumber o Tank Stock r Indusirial . KD3"&4"

IndustrialsCross Arms & Transmission Arms r KD & Green Laminating Stock

TimbersCut through 40' r S4S through 16" x 20" r Full & Standard Sawn . KD & Green

Bridge Plank & Stringers . Exposed Beam o

Specified Yard Stock o Merchantable

DimensionKD & Green through 32' . Specialize in 22' through 32'

HEM FIR

ClearsFinish r Flooring & Stepping r lndustrial Ladder Rails

IndustrlalsKD & Green Laminating Stock

DlmenslonKD & Green through 26,

CEDAR

Weslern & Weslern RedStandard Sawn .

Timbers r Dimension r Boards Channel Siding .

ShiPlaP Decking o #4 & #5 Common

FOR THESE PRODUCTS, CALL: OUTSTDE q4!EoRNlA (Ioll.free s00.824.s862). tN

CALI FO R N lA: 916.273.3388.

Specles: Doug Flr o Whlte Flr o Ponderosa & Sugar Plne r Western Cedar.

Items: Moulding r ShoP r Gommons r Select & Commercial Deck o Laminating Stock o Stress Grades o Selects o 3" & 4" Cutting o 2x 4through 2 x 12 Dimension through 20' . Boards

Patterns: 4/4S/L o T & G o Wp4 o Wp1 6/4Channel o Dolly Varden r Single&DoubteT&GrSingte& Double Shiplap o WP11

PGL Montana Acquisition

Palmer G. Lewis Co., the Auburn, Wa., based building material distributor, has reached preliminary agreement for the acquisition of the physical warehouse and equipment presently owned by Creative Materials Supply. Inc., Missoula, Mr.

"This acquisition," according to Richard E. Lundgren. presidenl of PGL. "affords us an excellent opportunity to expand business." The company has been servicing the western part of Montana frori its Spokane operation.

Water Bed Experience

Enroute to an Oregon mill trip recently, Bill Niesen, and friend. Neisen-Ward Forest Products, Fort Bragg, Ca., accepted the overnight hospitality of Two OxTraders David Ponts' beach front pad at Trinidad, Ca. David was at his Cloverdale, Ca., branch at the time.

Bill had a delightful evening on the Humboldt Coast but in the predawn hours the Ponts' water bed sprung a slow leak which put a dampening effect on Bill's awakening. An early emergency call to Ken

The company announced earlier that it was planning to expand into several new markets includine Montana in 1979 and 1980. Addi] tional service centers are also planned for central and southern Oregon next year.

With the Montana facilitv. Palmer G. Lewis Company nowhas l7 wholesale distribution centers covering northern California. Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Montana. In addition, the company owns 70%rof Superior Building Supply, which operates four retail lumber yards in Alaska.

Insulation Sales Prosper

"Sales of fiber slass home insulation for retrofit Jhould besin to rise this fall, leading to a stro-ng 1980, deSpite fewer housing starts," says Robert Snow, merchandise mgr., building insulations, for Johns-Manville.

"The government has been distracted by gas lines and not paid enough attention to home healing," he continues. "When vacation driving is over and the snows start tofall, this should change."

Laudenschlager at Two Ox's Arcata office elicited the reply - "l'll leak the news to David in Cloverdale. As for the repair, I'm not sure if you need a plumber or a tire repairman."

Bob Shannon of Noyo Timber Products, Santa Rosa, Ca., called in to caution Bill to remove his spurs while on a water bed, while Jack Fuller of Fuller Redwood, Sacramento. Ca.. asked Billwhen he had gotten into the Whip and Caulk Boots routine.

Sales of fiber glass insulation which has gone off allocation are expected to bedown only slightly for 1979, despite the anticipated drop in housing starts late in the year. Although fewer new homes will be bult in 1979 than in recent years, the trend to more energy efficient houses with increased R values of insulation will continue. Snow predicts, offsetting the drop in housing starts. Later in the year the retrofitting of exisiting homes is expected to rise as homeowners try tocut the higher fuel bills.

Do-it-yourself remains a strong segment of the home insulating business, more than 50% - possibly as much as 650/o depending on how you define the market - of the retrofit market, according to Snow.