Iniustone dug Inlandwill putyou throughthe mill.

extros. Like hoving o fifteen-million boord foot inventory to drow from, Shipping most of your inquiries within twenty-four hours, And putting together Cusrorv CnR shipments of borgoin rotes.

Coll us ot 714/783-OO2l next time you need lumber or building moteriols. Meonwhile, write for more informotion obout

Inlond Lumber Co,, 2l9OO Moin Street, Colton, Colifornio 92324, I N LAN

The woods moy be full of lumber LUMBER CO. suppliers, But you'll find thot lnlond's services moke us stond out.

Outlondishlyl

Building Takes A

TO SELL A HALF.BILLION I,l'('RTI{ IN JUST NG TEAM.

OREPAC HAS THEM. TWO OF THEM. DEFENSE A OFFENSE. 22OF THE NATION'S ALL.STARS IN MEPGHANDISING.

NOW READY TO PIAY BALL IN CALIFORNIA AT FAIBFIELD.

HERE'S THE UNE-UP:

All 22 are on your side America's top brand names, in there fighting to keep your turnover high and your inventory low. by moving!

Our product "team" will now be moving out of OREPAC's brand-new warehouse in Fairfield. It's as big as lwo football fields, stocked with a $1 /z-million inventory and staffed by 50 trained line-backers a squad which is in there for one reason only: to build business for you. Since '1968, the Pacific Northwest's been our primary distribution league, but as of now we're full-fledged members of the whole Pacific Coast wholesalers' "conference" serving retail dealers from Alaska to California.

There are 12 OREPAC trucks ready to move our "team" to you, anywhere from Fresno to Yreka, within a day. Whatever lumber, plywood, or other building materials you need whenever you need them . give us a call.

CALIFORNIA WAREHOUSE: 250 Dittmer Fload

P.O. Box 310

Fairf ield, California 94533 Area Code: 707 Phone: 429-1711 hHbhctr A. D. Bcll, Jr.

Pages 6'14 of this issue are devoted to The Merchant Magazine's Annual Business Forecast. Within these pages is an in-depth presentation of what ll ofthe industry's leading figures foresee for 1974.

Edlta David Cutlcr

Corflbutlng Edltor Dwight Curran frT'il5iff ff"*uc'roo Msr'

Clrculetlon Manha Kelley

Editobial Offices

WESTERN LUMBER & BUILDINC. MATERIALS MERCHANT ls Dub- llshed monthly at 6?E 8o. Ilko Avo., P8sadena, Ca. ell0l, PhotG (21S) ?02-E02$ or (llt) ?02-100t Dy Caulornla Lumber Merchant, Inc. Second-class Do8tare rates Dald at Pasadena, Cal, anif aaldltlbnal offlces. Advertlrlng rates upon re- que8t,

ADVERTISING OFT'ICES

NORTHEBN CAIJTORNIA & PACIFTC NOBTH'WEST

Jerry Holtz, 580 Market St., #400, San Franclsco 94104. Phone (415) 392-3365.

SAN T'RANCISCO BILITNG OFTIOE

2030 Unlon St,, San Franclsco, Ca. 94123. Phone (415) 346-6000.

SQUTHERN CALIFONNIA

Ken Sweeney, Carl Vann' 1385 Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles, Ca. 90024. Phone (213) 477 -7 593.

MOUNTAIN STATES

Frank L. Beckstead Aseoclates, (Denver) 3505 Mlller Court, wheat Rldge, Colorado 80033. Phone (303) 421-2692.

Subscriptions

Ch|nro of Adrtre$-Siend sub8crlp. tlon orders and address chanSes to Clrculatlon Dept., Western Lumber & Bulldlns Materlal3 Merchant, 5?3 So. La)<e Ave., Pasadena, Ca. 91101. Include address label lrom recent lssue ll pos8lble, plus new address and zlp coale.

Eubecrlptlon Boter-U,S., Canada, Mexlco-and Latln Amerlca: Ss-one year; $8-two years; $l0-three years. Overseas: S6-one year; t9- two years. Stncle coDles 60r. Back copte-s S1.0O when avallable. Thc llcrcn&nt Mogorlno 8erves the members of the: Arlzona Lumber & Bullderr Supply Assoclatlon, Phoenlx; Lumber Merchants Arsoclatlon of Northern Callfornla, Los Altos; Montana Bulldlng Mate- rlal Dealer! Assoclatlon, Helenai Mountaln States Lumber Dealerg Assoclatlon, Salt Lake Clty and Denver: Lumber Assoclatlon ol Southern Callfornla, Lo! Anaeler; Wertern Bulldlnr Materlal Arsoclatlon. Olympta,-WathhSton.

IHE iIERCHIIIT ie on inilepeniknt mogozdne, for the htmber onil building moteri.als iniluatrg in tha lE Wectent stotet, conaantrdting on, ,nerchandising, managament and, occTttote, loatuol newc.