THE PERFECT PRODUCT FORAROTTEil MARKET.

There's one bright spot in today's otherwise gloomy lumber market. Pressure-treated lumber. DIYer's and remodeling contractors are eating it up. Primarily because the bugs, mildew and termites won't. Even after 29 years in the ground.

It's become the smart, economichl choice for all kinds of outdoor projects. And now you have a major new source to work with. Louisiana-Pacific. We're taking high quality hem-fir and ponderosa pine from our own forests. Giving it first-rate treatment at our new high capacity facility at Uhah, California. And making immediate delivery with our own fleet of trucks.

So now you can give customers the treatment they've been asking for: L-P Outdoor@ Wood for decks, patios and fences. You can even grve it to them with a Cedartone'" pre-stain. To say nothing of L-P Wolrnanized@ lumber for sill platq And pressure-treated landscape timbers. Take advantage of a rotten situation. For all the details, call: Louisiana-Pacific Corporation.

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The Larry M. Hamman Lumber Co. yaiO in Kingman, Az., has been sold to Copeland Lumber YardsofPortland, Or. . 84 Lumber Co., Eiehty Four,

, al National H anllu8t Natronal Housewares

J. Borg Supply, an old line San Francisco, Ca., firm has closed its doors Wickeshas shuttered its last Tucson, Az., facility, a contractor-industrial yard; their two retail stores closed earlier Commodore Producfs, ChatsWorth,:Q1,, is now in ChaPter ll bankruptcy.; . Barnett Internotional, Inc., has closed its Tacoma, Wa., office..

Southwest Farest Industries, Phoenix; Az., has closed its City of Industry, C&., sales and distributim,,ceaGr and plans to sell the plOpertt,:,'..', ;,,t: Snyv€l! FOreSt PrO' ductshas opened a new yard and sales off,rces in Denver, Co., on the site of the old Shepard & Morse Lumber Co.; the Pittsburgh, Pa., manufacturer and wholesaler also has offices in Medford, Or., and Tempe, Az.. ,.

Rolando Lumber Co., San Leandro, Ca., has closed its Rolando Lumber Sales facility in Rialto, Ca.; mgr. Don Derbes has moved over to H & M Wholesale,

The ha rdw are in&s t r! remains sluggistr with Scpt. Hrdware Index Sales figs. declining to 98.6 from 9.4in.$ugupt.. . the semitlxel995,pip,c

Housing starts for Sept. ircreased l4.4Vo from August, pushed bygovt. subsidized multiples single-family houses increased6.69o . . . building permits were up l6.9Va givingriseto hopes that the gradual drop in long-term interest rates is:having an effect the sea$onally, ad- justd annual rate'waS 1,,i46,:000 units

New Western lumber orders were at the,h WnSt :fuw!,.,tl€{1m ily since Juner '8J' r r'''r'..''iot l;'.''nbur construction rOSe li;6r90..''rin.,.Aug.i, the 5th increase in 6 mos new home sales inched upZu/o in latest figs.; builder$ fepolt.r,incieased customertraffic...

The remodeling industry expects loans for fix-up will neaily double, in 4 years, to $58.4 billion . estimates of spending on home improvemcnt in '81 are in excess of $46 billiern; homE, rgpair and rernodeling has gbwn, 3';4% annually in thq last decaile,.i;, ,

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Outlook for West Good

"The long-term outlook for the western forest products industry is good, but several factors have made for short-term difficulties.

"Once we get going again, the forest products industry nationwide will get a real boost from the pent-up demand for housing," John H. Dunkak, senior v.p. of Georgia-Pacific Corp.'s Western Div., told a recent American Economic Development Council conference held in Reno, Nv. "The western industry stands to gain in the longer term as Americans continue to migrate westward and as we continue to develop export markets for our products."

"Regionalization of marketslargely because of rising transportation costs-has been taking away a good part of our traditional 'export' markets east of the Rockies," he explained. "More than 67s/o of l98l's western lumber production was consumed in western states, compared with only 42t/o in 1971."

A similar situation exists with respect to softwood plywood, which was once the exclusive domain of West Coast Douglas fir, Dunkak said.

"Today, however, Southern pine plywood is rivaling Douglas fir in total productive capacity, " he noted.

Dunkak feels the forest products industry nationwide would also be helped by the continued growth of the remodeling,/repair sector as well as industrial markets for wood products.

Grading Seminar

(Continued from page 16) sponsors withthetwo fraternal groups included Western Wood Products Assn., California Lumber Inspection Service, American Plywood Assn., West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau, California Redwood Assn., Lumber Association of Southern California, Capital Lumber Co. (who supplied food and soft drinks), Carroll Moulding, Simpson Timber, Inland Timber Co., American Forest Products, Fontana Wood Preserving, Penberthy Lumber, Standard Structures, Huff Lumber, Ganahl Lumber, Koppers Co. and D.C. Essley & Son. Admittance was free and more than 300 from every level of the industry took advantage to hone their working skills.