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P&M Buys Osage Operation

P&M Consumer Products, Stockton, Ca., has acquired the aromatic cedar closet lining division of Osage Products Co., Eldon. Mo.

Manufacturing and equipment will be relocated to the Hot Springs, Ar., plant where P&M's CedarPro brand of closet lining is manufactured. With the addition of 42" and 32" closet lining products to its existing brands, P&M Consumer Products becomes the nation's leading manufacturer of aromatic cedar closet lining, general manager Charles Berolzheimer said.

Osage will continue its cedar-shaving pet bedding and turkey litter operations, two O.P. Hardwoods retail doit-yourself center units and sawmill facilities in Flippin, Ar.

Fountain Lumber Co. Changes

The Ed Fountain Lumber Co., Los Angeles, Ca.. is stepping back from the role it has played as a major area wholesaler since 1937. Its sister company, Fountain Industrial Lumber, is being similarly downsized.

With the retirement of founder Ed

Fountain, 88, "we felt a number of business factors indicated a change in company size," said Ed Fountain, Jr., president. He cited dwindling lumber supply, an unfavorable labor contract, changes in the cedar market, shifts in architectural styles and the increasing burden of govemment regulations.

"We're not liquidating the company," Fountain said, noting that future plans depend upon conditions after the downsizing is complete.

Al Bell Study Grants

The Forest History Society has announced the availability of Alfred D. Bell, Jr. travel grants for 1992. Those wishing to study at the society's library and archives may receive up to $750 in support of travel and lodging expenses. Seven Bell grants were awarded during 199 l. For information, write Bell Travel Grants, Forest History Society, T0lVickers Ave., Durham, N.C. 27701 or call (919) 682-93t9.

The late A. D. Bell, Jr. was the coowner and publisher of The Merchant Magazine. The Forest History Society

The Merchant Magazine is a nonprofit educational institution affiliated with Duke Universitv.

Mild recovery

(Continued from page 10) pick up as we move through 1992. However, the expansion pace will be less than during the first year of other postwar uptums. (If the economy falters in late l99l or early 1992, expect some kind of tax cut and additional Fed easing in an effort to boost activity and preserve incumbency.) where wood is pressure treated (foreground) are 6' in diameter, 80 lono. Plant has zero discharge permit, indicatin-g company meets all government regulations and has no air, water or qround emissions. Plant recycles 100% of alf chemical and water used in the wood treatment,

Washington and Oregon are likely to experience more robust performance in 1992 with employment growth moving back to the 2-2.5Vo range and a housing activity rebound. There are signs of residential permits responding to declines in interest rates and continuing population growth in excess of the national averase. Idaho is likely to have another year*with employment growth near 3Vo.

The upturn will be restrained in the Northwestt milder downturns are followed by milder recoveries. All three states should have another year of population growth at least one and one half times greater than the national average.

Fremont specializes in a large inventory of high quality Douglas fir boards, dimension, long lengths and timbers shipped from select mills in British Columbia, Oregon and California. We &r€ cofl. stantly adding to our selection of western red cedar, pine, hemlock and white fir. Other species and specialty items are inventoried and included in our weekly flyer sent to all Fremont customers.

Thunderbolt Opens Chemonite Facility

Celebrating its fifteenth year of CCA wood preserving, Thunderbolt Wood Treating Co., Riverbank, Ca., has expanded its capabiliries with the recent addition of a Chemonite wood treating facility.

While Douglas fir is perhaps the best structural wood, it is among the species most difficult to treat. Thunderbolt' s new two-cylinder Chemonite facility allows Douglas fir to be treated to proper penetration and retention standards as set forth by the American Wood Preservers Bureau.

Chemonite was developed in the 1920s specifically for Douglas fir and other difficult-to-treat western softwoods. Douglas fir, green or dry, cannot be adequately protected with any other waterborne preservative, Thunderbolt says.

Numerous research reports and technical papers have charted the chemical's superior performance against decay organisms, termites and marine borers. Douglas fir wharf timbers installed in the 1930s are still performing well.

Thunderbolt Wood Treating Co. also has three 80-ft. cylinders for CCA wood treatment at its 14 acre plant.