The California Lumber Merchant - January 1940

How PATCO hefps you REDWOOD Seff More

"Years Per Dollar" the real unit of value in lumber for exposed places, makes Redwood the logical choice. Palco Redwood, with facilities unexcelled in the Redwood industry, brings you the extra "yearage" of Redwood accurately milled, properly cured and carefully graded. Sell Redwood. Buy Palco Redwood. Both Pay!

The PACIFIC

SoIt Textured GAI.IFORNIA PINES

Solt Ponderosc ond Sugor Pine ecsy to work with oll edged tools ond stickers. Take points economicclly {or quolity finishes. Kiin dried ond shed stored. Continuous yeqr round production. Stroight cqrs or mixed cqrs.

LT'MBER CUT STOCK MOUI.DING PtNilOOD INCENSE CEDAR PENCIT AND BIJND SLATS

(bonded with phenol formoldehYde resin)

AIrL'PURPOSE ALIJ'WEATHER PIJYWOOD

Unconditionclly gucrrcnleed cgcinst ply separation

Builders everywhere use RESNPREST. Stronger thcrn steel by weight. Bond is uncllected by wcrter, "t"c-, tr.ot, "bta, termites, lungus or mould. For all exterior construcdorl or wherever moisture is a lcrctor+ell RESNPREST.

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V. A. NYMAN LOS ANGELES VISITOR

V. A. Nyman, vice-president and general manager of the Aberdeen Plywood Cornpany, Aberdeen, Wash., has been spending a few days in Los Angeles,rvith Don Oder, their Southern California representative. He also took in the U.S.C.-Tennessee football game at the Rose Rowl on New Year's day. Mrs. Nyman accompanied him on the trip'

CALL ON ARIZONA TRADE

W. B. Wickersham, Pope & Talbot Lumber Company, Los Angeles, is, back Jrom a trip td Arizona' With Bill Davies of Phoenix, their Arizona representative, they called on the lumber trade.

RALPH LAMON TO WORK IN REDWOOD MILL

Ralph W. Lamon, son of Fred Lamon of Lamon-Bonnington Co., San Francisco, who has spent the last 14 months in several Oregon sawmills getting lumber mantlfacturing experience, will start to w'ork in the Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Company's sawmill in Eureka early in January for the purpose of gaining some knowledge of Redwood lumber.

HEADS WILSHIRE COUNTRY CLUB

George Lounsberry, Lounsberry & Harris, Los Angeles, was re-elected president of the Wilshire Country Club at a recent meeting of the Club's board of directors.

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How Lumber Looks

the week ended December 16,523 mills produced 2L8,268.,W feet of hardwoods and softwoods combined, shipped 194,946,W feet, and booked orders of 204,559,000 feet, according to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. Revised figures for the preceding week, 549 mills re^porting',- rvere: production 237,475,ffi- feet, ship- ments 205,630,000 feet, and orders 185,912,000 feet.

Seattle, Washington, December 7, 1939.-The weekly averag'e of West Coast lumber production in November (5 weeks) was 733,492,000 feet, or 67.8 p€r cent of the weekiv average for l92Gl9D, the industry's-1'ears of highest capi- city realization, the West Coast Lumbermen,s Associatjon tgporlg. Orders averaged LO2,675,W feet; shipments, 119,?ql,gq. Weekly-averages for October were i production, 138,495,000 feet (70.3 per cent of the highest capacity realizalion index) ; orders, 128,521,W; shipments, i4O,6ZI,W.

First 48 weeks of 1939, cumulative production, S,gS4,?79-,W feet; same period, I939-4,26JO5,000; lg37_4:,_ o49,7lt,wo.

Orders for € weeks of 1939 break down as follows: rail. 2_,96-927,qO feet; domestic cargo, 2,32I,249,W; export. 370,593,000 ; local, 927,3Cf.,}CfJ..

The industry's unfilled order file stoocl at 443,636.000 feet at the end of November; gross stocks at 908,000,b00.

The market for West Coast-lumber in November continued to settle in the wake of the September buying wave.

In October the_drop in average weekly orders *.s 23.6 pe, cent from the September average. The November *..klv ayerag'e is down 20.1_ per cent from October, 38.9 per cent from September. Considering the usual s,easonal contracti,on in building at this time of the year, particularly in the colder sections of the country, the cbntinued letdown i_n buying represents a return to the normal course of West Coast business.

There has been a resumption of building in California since the defeat of the "ham and eggs" proposal at the polls. Lumber movement to California, however, has been adversely affected by waterfront strikes in the San Francisco Bay area. West Coast business on the Atlantic Coast in future w-eeks depends largely upon available intercoastal sPace and the outcome of present labor issues in Pacific shipping.

In any event, the seasonal lag in lumber orders will probably extend into January, L940, and will be reflected in production and shipments. Dodge estimates a 14 per cent increase for residential building in 19,1O over 1939. There are also prospects of a large increase in factory and commercial buildi,ngs next year.

Meanwhile. the West Coast lumber industry marks time through the winter days.

The Western cember 16, 110 feet, shipmentsfeet. Orders on 966,000 feet.

Pine Association for the week ended Demills reporting, gave orders as 55,357,000 54,851,000 feet, and production 58,901,000 hand at the end of the week totaled 18O.-

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended December 16, 131 mills reporting, gave orders as 27,378,W feet, shipments 28,995,000 feet, and production 33,127,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 70A62,000 feet.

The California Redrvood Associatio,n for the month of November reported production of 13 mills as 30,889,000 feet, shipments 27,7%,W feet, and orders received 2I,783,W feet. Orders on hand at the end of the month totaled 31,127,W feet.

I. E MANflN McracgiagEditor

Agcrin we wish to scy 'thank you" Ior your continued patronage in the past year qnd to wish you cll-

Plenty o[ Timber to Supply Emergency Needs of Western European Countries

Washington, DecembeT l).-"ft1serica's supplies of lumber-both hardwood and softwood-are ample to provide for the emergency needs of western European countries cut off from normal supplies by disruption of Baltic shipping routes," said Wilson Compton, secretary and manag'er of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, today. Mr. Compton added that the American lumber industry needs and can use this business.

Pointing out that winter has now also closed the White Sea lumber harbors, Mr. Compton said: "While American lumber manufacturers with other Americans deplore the circumstances which have prevented normal shipments of lumber from the Baltic countries, we also see the importance of maintaining the market for lumber in Western Europe, even in emergency times. The timber exporting countries have carried on development rvork for wood construction in Europe as we too have done both at home and abroad. If we are now able to supply emergencv needs in the markets of Europe, we shall be helping them as r,vell as ourselves."

Due to the various tariff and shipping circumstances during the past decade. American lumber exports in 1938-39 have been only one-third of the export volume of ten years ago. Our permanent forest supply on the contrary is somewhat greater than it was generally believed to be even lvhen the United States n'as exporting three times as

much as it is exporting now. Forest growth has increased and is continuing to increase. We have and we will have no national timber shortage. But we do have a shortage of markets and hence of employment. Our sall'mill capacity is no less. Adequate supplies of lumber can be provided for home demands, and more export than ever in our peak years when the United States was not as now fifth in rank among lumber exporting nations, but first.

American supplies are available for any need in England or Western Europe for which wood is suitable. That is a wide range, from house, camp, and other light building to bridges and other heavy "structural" work, as rvell as many industrial purposes.

And not only boards, dimension and timbers, but our many fabricators of C.C.C. and Army camps can supply large quantities of prefabricated housing in lumber.

The industry has abundant supplies of Pacific Coast and Southern softwoods and hardwoods ftom both North and South available to supply such needs in Europe as may develop. The present acquisition by Great Britain of large additional facilities for the trans-Atlantic shipment of' American lumber and cotton will enable the lumber industry to be much more serviceable in supplying emergency needs abroad and will no doubt furnish much of needed emolovment at home.

We just shake hands at parting, With many that corne nigh; We nod the head in greeting, To many that go by; But welcome through the gateway, Our few friends old and true; Here's open house to you, my friends, Ifere's open house to you.-Massey.

Happy New Year, rri"rrl" ; ;" lumber and building industry ! A happy and prosperous New Year ! Want a New Year's prayer? Try THIS verse from Oscar Rush's "Cowpuncher's Prayer":

"Let me be easy or, .1" lr"l .n..'" down, And make me square and generous with all; I'm careless sometimes, Lord, when I'm in town, But never let them say f'm mean, or small."

Or, perhaps this one, O, *r*1" Wuerfel, pleases your New Year's taste even better:

"Grant me, O God, the power to see, fn every rose, eternity. fn every bud, the coming day, In every snow, the promised May; In every storm the legacy Of rainbows looking down at me."

And. then there was .n";";"* rran who started life as a preacher. Aftbr several years as a minister he discovered that mankind is more interested in its body than in its soul, so he became a doctor. He practiced medicine for several years when he discovered that people are more interested in their money than tJley are in their bodies, so he became a banker. And the longer he lived the more certain he became that people are more interested in their money than in anything else, so he stayed in that business all his life.

"What a pleasure ,a ,. a" ai U.rrirr"". with Secretary Harold Ickes," remarked a speaker to a business convention the other day. "I{e is undoubtedly the most even tempered man in history-mad as Hell all the time."

"What's the difference between a Nazi and a Communist?" is one of the most told gags around Washington lately. The answer is: "A Nazi can't get a job in Washington." flowever, that one came out before Stalin attacked Finland. Even the well coddled Communists find the atmosphere not so friendly now. ***

King Herod killed a few hundred babes, and his name has come down through the centuries as a monster of infamy. Stalin caused the deaths of millions of women and children in his own country, and we still recognize him as the head of a civilized Government.

And then there was ,n" ,r. Jere great crowds gathered every day to witness the amazing sight of a lamb lying peaceful and unmolested in the cage with a great lion. One day a visitor asked the negro attendant if those two were always left in the same cage? "Yassuh, all de time," he said. "Cose" he added, t'now an' den we has to sorta replace de lamb. But h'its de same lion."

There was good "u-, ;r-" "a * Americans in newspaper reports from Washington the last few days. The Congressional Committee that started investigation o,f the Wagner Act and its administration by NLRB, announced that it would recommend to Congress the revision of the law. That's the biggest Christmas present the employers and the unemployed of this country could possibly have heard.

The Committee had ""r, O*" L "".rion a few days when this announcement came. But what they had already heard was most convincing. They haven't taken the lid off yet; only lifted one corner, as a matter of fact. But something closely related to a Chinese stink-pot was already manifest. And when they renew their hearings in January the fur is really going to fy.

I won't attempt ,o ,"tla" *rl"a n"* already been told the Committee. But here is one juicy little sample for em. ployers to mull over. They asked an NLRB official if the Board would compel an employer to hire a linown Communist, and he said YES; that the fact that a man was a

Communist did not deprive him of the protection of the Wagner Act. Get it? The Board would compel YOU, an EMPLOYER, to put back in your factory a man whose political faith was based upon the sabotage of the machinery, the destruction of the plant, and the undermining of the Government itself !

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Is it any wonder that an attorney representing an employer at a National Labor Relations Board hearing the other day, cried out: "There should be some semblance of decency EVEN in these hearings ! After all, this ISN'T Russia !"

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Anyway, Congress is now certain to get the case with strong recommendations from its own Committee that the law be revised and its administration reformed. And if that is done in such fashion as to restore to the employing class in this country the confidence that THEY ALSO have rights under the constitution and before the law, you will see tens of thousands of men and tens of millions of dollars -now unemployed-going happily back to work.

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Can a nation ever emerge from depression, think you, when the employing class, those who invest the money and supply. the jobs if there are to be any, feel as embittered and is outraged as they have in this nation of late, about the administration of the Wagner Act?

Besides this, there are other hopeful signs on the budiness horizon. As you may have heard, there is going to be a presidential election this year. And, while there is supposed to be a business hoodoo in such a year because of concentration on politics, THIS year it may be different. There have been for years at least half a dozen major conditions that contihually depress and discourage business. Who knows but that in the tense race for votes-and friends, there is going to be a battle royal before this good year draws to a close-some of the pressure may be taken off of business, that will cause it to improve its tempo. It wouldn't surprise me a bit if we heard some friendly whisperings from headquarters about lightened taxes, regulations, and other major deterrents of business optimism. The good old profit system may become suddenly a thing highly praised. In other words, we might have a better year in 1940 than in 1939 because o,f the political campaign.

Have you any idea ,J ;"; people are getting what they call "Washington money"? That is, federal funds of some sort, for some reason? Harlan Miller, popular Washington columnist, and very friendly to the New Deal, published an article on that subject the other day. He listed the bureaus, the agencies, the full time employes, the reliefers, the old age pensioners, the farmers, unemployment

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(Continued from Page 7) money gettef,s, war pensioners, the army and navy, and everyone he could find getting government cash. Then he added the totals, and multiplied by 3.76, the number of people in the average American family. And he arrived at the conclusion that approximately ONE-HALF of our entire population is getting or has been getting'during the past year some of that "Washington money."

A brief review of the ":J" J, ,nrn brings to mind the frightful number of men of affairs, of middle age or a little past, who died suddenly during the year. Nothing like it was ever known before. Every newspaper you read adds to the list. They were just as certainly victims of the depression as men killed in battle are victims of war. Worry kills more men than germs. Believing that all this high blood pressure, hardened arteries, and sudden death for thinking men is strictly modern and depression-generated, I went up on the book shelves and gathered a list of famous American business men from Revolutionary days up to now; men important enough to be in the encyclopedia. And I checked their terms of life. And I found, in a list of twenty men selected only because of their prominence in their day, that not one died under seventy years of age. Most of them were above seventy-five when death took them. They were all men who started small, rose early, worked late, and burned the candle at both ends as far as WORK was concerned. But they lived long. Work doesn't killit's worry. In my list there were such men as Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Jim Hill, Phil Armour, John D. Rockefeller, H. If. Rogers, A. T. Sterrnrt, George Peabody, Frederick Weyerhaeuser, Peter Cooper, John Jacob

WILL ORGANIZE SACRAMENTO HOO.HOO CLUB

Larue J. Woodson, San Francisco, Supreme Arcanoper of Hoo-Hoo, announces that Edmund S. McBride, Davis Lumber Co., Davis, Calif., has been appointed Vicegerent Snark for the Sacramento Valley district, and that a charter has been received for Sacramento lfoo-lfoo Club No. 109. which will be organized after the first of the year.

Astor, James Oliver, J. P. Morgan, Stephen Girard, Robert Owen, and others, And the shortest-lived died at seventy.

Those of us who lived*in*lgin ,.- history made. At least we can say that. When the history books of the future are written, 1939 must needs be printed in large, red letters. The rape of Poland; the infamous invasion of little Finland; the starting of another great European urar; and the machinations of Hitler and Stalin, will give this past year great prominence historically. How sad it is that the year must be notorious rather than famous.

And it will likewis" i tlnin in the histories of the future that in 1939 a little band of heroic people, the Finns, gave to the world an example of courage and patriotism that has roused the admiration of every decent-thinking human regardless of where he lives. As these lines are written this stalwart band, out-numbered and over-armed fifty to one, is hurling back the invading hordes, while the whole world shouts its acclaim. What the end shall be, no man knoweth. But that strong hearted little nation is truly following the example of the Carpenter of Nazareth, when He said: "I will give you an example." Surely Finland is setting an example that the rest of the world may well follow.

As the late Judge uotrri"t t. kittr"U once said: "Whenever and wherever any people rise and bare their bosoms to the invader of their native land and the despoiler of their homes, their action, by its inherent moral power, is lifted into a realm where no human statute has application, and no hurnan tribunal has jurisdiction." God bless and help little Finland !

A GOOD CHRISTMAS GIFT

Western Door & Sash Co. of Oakland sent out to the trade with their holiday greetings this year splendid reproductions of very fine engravings of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

These are well worth framing and no doubt will find a place on the office walls of many Northern California lumbermen.

Adopt Newly Compiled Basic Differential List

Seattle, \Mash., December ll-West Coast Sitka spruce manufacturers have officially adopted a nervly compiled basic differential list. This is a discount list and is being issued by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association. It is scheduled, as the "E List" among Association publications'

The E List replaces the "D List", which had been in efiect from 1935 to the date of the nerv issue. Changes in relative demand for tl-re different lengths and widths of Sitka spruce made a new discount list necessary for effective service to the trade. The principal departures are standard clifierentials for ladder stock and the inclusion of Atlantic Coast differentials for dimension, plank, small timbers and boards.

The E List became efiective December 1' It is available from the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, Stuart Building, Seattle, Washington, at 1O cents per copy.

BACK PANEL CO. HELD OPEN HOUSE

Back Panel Company, Los Angeles, held open house, Friday afternoon, December 22, when members of the lumber, furniture and industrial trade, and many friends called to exchange holiday greetings. The front part of the warehouse was arranged very nicely for the occasion and the Christmas trees and decorations added to the holiday gayety. There was music and dancing, and a buffet lunch and refreshments were servecl.

J. William

(Bill) Back,

proprietor, Mrs. J. William Back, J. Frank Baldwin, salesman, Ted Back, warehouse manager, Alma Thompson, bookkeeepey and auditor, together rvith the office and warehottse staffs urere on hand to welcome the many callers.

HOGAN INSTALLS NEW MACHINES

Hogan Lumber Co., Oakland, recently added three new and modern machines to their stock frame department. This is now operated separately from their detail frame department, making possible speedier shipments to dealers of stock frames.

The plant was closed last week for repairs to the boilers and the big 500 H.P. Corliss engine in their main polver plant.

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The Craw-FirDot comes lrcm the aill primeil to takc any frnish, Prc-frtteil to 8, z 7t opeaings,

O $7ant to go bacJ< in the overhead garage door business? The Craw-Fir-Dor gives you your chance. ft's the fastest-selling overhead-type gatage door in America. It's very low-priced and. the price inclad,es a cylinder lock! The Craw-Fir-Dor can be installed in less than half a day. Even a child can operate it. Made of durable Douglas Fir and equipped with extra-suength hardware. Two new designs available at slight extra cost. See your distributor today. If he can't supply you, write Fir Door Institute, Tacoma Bldg, Tacoma, $Zash., or Crawford Door Co., 5300 St. Jean Street, Detroit, Michigan.

The Crsw-Fir-Dor is fhe only volu me-priced door eguipped with cl fock crf no exlrq cosf.r

60 Years of Proven Progress

Lafayette Moore (1844-1922), founder of the Moore Dry Kiln Company, built the first steamheated dry kiln at Verbena, Ala., in 1879. The stacks were built 6O feet high to draft out moisture and create circulation.

When Mr. Moore {ound that a high stack drafted out too much moisture and caused excessive checking, he changed the oner high stack for two short ones. During the decade 1889-1899 he introduced live steam sprays to supply humidity and reduce checking and employed recording thermometers to register temperature.

During the years 189-1909 he developed and patented the self acting automatic ventilator valve, replacing the draft stacks on earlier designs. This improvement conserved heat by utilizing the humidity coming from lumber to prevent checking, and also reduced construction costs, kiln fires, and insurance rates. This improved kiln design was known as Moore I\{oist Air System. In 19O4, Mr. Moore developed and patented the Return Bend Heating System.

From 1909-1919, Moore engineers developed and patented the Graduated Return Bend Heating System. This provided proper graduation of heat and humidity for progressive kiln operation and greatly increased longitudinal circulation within the kiln. It made possible the drying of many species of hardwood lumber green-from-the-sarv. Moore engineers also developed a permanent and flexible steel foundation for supporting the tracks and pipe, made adjustable for heating coils. An improved Fireproof Dry Kiln Door built on welded steel frames was also develo,ped during this period. The all steel supports inside kiln. and fireproof kiln doors reduced fire insurance rate, fire hazard and maintenance cost.

With the introduction of Internal Fan Kilns, during the decade I9l9-19D, designed to recirculate and blow air rrp.

ward in "A" flues in the loads, the biggest problem was to develop a bearing that would stand up and give long trouble-free service under exacting kiln conditions. They developed a special dry kiln bearing that made Internal Fan Kilns practical. More than 30,000 Moore Dry Kiln Bearings are now in use, and many of these have been operated twenty-four hours per day for over twelve years. These bearings have completely solved the dry kiln problem.

Between L9n-1939, their engineers, dissatisfied with the waste space in vertical flue stacking, developed and patented the Moore Reversible Cross-Circulation System, employing flat edge-to-edge piling on kiln loads. This improvement revolutionized lumber drying. It increased kiln capacity 3O-5O%, improved quality and reduced costs. Difficulties have been overcome by having all fans on one

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Bctiery oI Moore Cross-Circulation Kitns ct The Red River Lumber Compcny, Westwood, Cqlil.

shaft, operated by one motor and drive outside kiln. The low-cost, highly efficient Duct System directs circulation uniformly through lumber.

From Maine to Mexico, from Alaska to the Florida Everglades, and in many foreign countries, Moore Cross-Circulation Kilns are seasotring timbers, lumlter, veneer, plywood, baskets, panels, and other species of forest products. This modern drying system has been installed in practically all timber producing countries, including the Philippine Islands, Mexico, Russia, Brazil, Columbia, Chili, South Africa, Jugoslavia, China, India, Australia. and New Zealand. They are also being operated in many forestry schools to teach students the scientific process of lumber drying.

The company's activities are unceasing and as they enter upon the seventh decade of service to the lumber industry, they are presenting their latest achievement, the Moore Autographic Master Controller, a recorder-controller made especially for dry kilns.

Moore Dry Kiln Company operates factories at Jacksonville, Florida, North Portland, Oregon, and they are affiliated r,vith the Moore-Ca'ivston Dry Kilp Co., Ltd., of Vancouver, B. C.

Congressional Committee Holds Hearings on Forestry

The joint Congressional committee on forrestry held hearings in San Francisco, December 6 and 7; in Portland December 12 and 13, and in Madison, Wis., December 18 and 19.

Between the San Francisco and Portland hearings the party took field trips through the Redwood and Douglas Fir regions

Representatives Daniel A. Reed of Nerv York, Fulmer of South Carolina, Englebright of California and Pierce of Oregon, all of whom attended the San Francisco and Portland hearings. Albert Boutwell is secretary of the committee.

The party that went through the Redwoods and on to the Portland hearing included Professor Emanuel Fritz, consulting forester of the California Redwood Association; Rex Black, secretary of'the California Protective Association; Dr. Clapp, U. S. Forest Service, Washington, D. C., and Fritz lewett. Potlach Timber Co.. Spokane.

Makin' The Grade

If you want to reach the top, son, Make a start, begin to climb; Ain't no use in loafin' round

An' wastin' precious time; For the old hill of'Success son, Is a rugged o,ne an' steep; An' you'll never reach the summit

If you're satisfied to creep.

Ain't no pull that's goin' to help youGot to make the grade alone; Got to fight your way on upward Over many a stick an' stone; Got to push on through the rubble

That'll clutter up the way, Got to turn down many Pleasures, Choosin' work instead of play'

Got to start down in the valleY

At the bottom of the hill

Got to keep your faith an' courage, Exercise your nerve an' will. Got to keep on pioddin' upward, Make your job a sure non-stoP; With your feet upon the trail son, An'your eyes upon the toP.

Ain't no pull that's goin' to help you, Solitaire's the game you'll play; Sometimes tired an' discouraged, Gainin' though from day to day; An' the fight will make you husky, Firm of mind an' strong of will, An' from every crest you conquer' Loftier heights will beckon still.

Adeline Merriam Conner.

MOVES TO NEW WAREHOUSE.

MacDougall Door & Plywood Co., Losr Angeles, are now located in their new warehouse at 2035 East 51st Street. The telephone number remains the same, Klmball 3161.

Telephone us your order-when your truck calls the locd will be crssembled cnd ready to drop onto your truck. It's time saved and money in your pocket.

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In Rotation

"Papa," said little Mary, as they prepared to rise from the supper table, "I have a riddle I want to ask you."

"Go right ahead," said her fond daddy.

"Well" said little M"ry. "It's about a woman who got married four times. The first time she married a millionaire. The second time she married an actor. The third

VISIT LOS ANGELES TO SEE THE STARS

George W. Gibson, Gibson Lumber Company, and William H. Eadie, certified public accountant, San Bernardino, drove to Los Angeles one night last week to see the stars, not the Hollywood celebrities, but the self-luminous bodies in the heavens which they viewed through the giant telescope in the planetarium at Griffith Park.

Mr. Gibson and Mr. Eadie devote considerable of their time to the study of astronomy which is the oldest of sciences, having been utilized from remote days in the formation of calendars, prediction of eclipses, etc. Mr. Gibson says about 100 stars have names rvhich r,vere given by ancient Greek and medieval Arabian astronomers, but the modern method of designating stars in order of their brightness in a given constellation is by making use of the Greek alphabet followed by Roman letters if necessary.

NETy\I YARD IN CASTRO VALLEY

Clarence Ellsworth, formerly manager of Martinez Lumber Co., Martinez, and Robert Wilson, who also was u'ith Martinez Lumber Co., have opened a retail lumber and building material yard in Castro Valley (Hayward P.O.).

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husband was a preacher. And the fourth husband was an undertaker. Now, why did she marry them in that order?"

"I give up," said her father. "Why did she?"

And little Mary danced around and sang:

"One for the money; two for the show; three to get ready, and four to go."

BRITAIN MAY BUY LUMBER

Washington, Dec. 21.-Great Britain, offrcial quarters disclosed today, has offered to buy between $15,000,000 and $30,000,00O worth of lumber in the United States if she can at the same time purchase American ships in rvhich to transport it.

The sale of the ships, reported to be ten in number, has been discussed by the government's inter-clepartmental neutrality committee.

Negotiations for the purchase of the lumber and ships are in the hands of Sir Ashley Sparks, British shipping magnate, who is a member of the British purchasing mission in Nelv York City.

CENTRAL VALLEY HOO-HOO CLUB MEETS AT MODESTO

Central Valley Hoo-Hoo Club held its monthly dinner meeting in Modesto on Monday evening, December 18.

Herb Florcken, history instructor at Modesto Junior College, gave an interesting talk on the Eur,opean situation.

President Robert Fuller presided, and Dick Ustick, Stanislaus Lumber Co., Modesto, was in charge of the program.

Hawk Huey Bass 650-Pound Elk Hammond Redwood Co. Builds Warehouge

The accompanying photograph shows Hawk Huey, lumberman-hunter of Phoenix, Ariz., with the bull elk he killed December 2 in the Sitgreaves National Forest. The elk weighed 650 pounds and one shot brought him down, Hawk reports.

The season on elk which opened November l8 was scheduled to close December 10, but an extension was ordered

Washington, December l3,-Lumbermen have been told of the efficient use of timber connectors in heavy construction for the past six years, and many of them have been using this system in the maintenance of their own plants. The latest concern to employ connectors in mill construction is the Hammond Redwood Company, of San Francisco, California, who have erected a dry lumber storage shed 120x5@ feet at their sawmill at Samoa, Calif.

The truss members of the building were pre-framed, bored and grooved for split ring and shear plate connectors in the fabricating shop of the Hammond Redwood Company. Ordinarily this shop is used for the fabrication of redwood cooling tower members. The timbers were cut to proper shape and dimensions with power cut-off saws and then sent to the "gang drill" for boring of bolt holes. The grooves for the split rings were cut with a portable drill.

The efficiency of fabricating the members was demoustrated by the fact that not a single piece r,'i'as cut, bored, or grooved incorrectly and not a single piece had to be replaced during the assembly of the trusses. This was due to the stenciling on the members themseh'es of the exact faces on which grooves were to be cut, as recommended in the new Teco Manual of Construction.

until sundown December 31 by the Arizona Fish and Game Commission. The extension was decided upon, the state game warden reports, after a survey of the checking stations disclosed that storms had impeded hunters in their attempts to find the animals.

The season was opened to elk hunting in two major areas and a smaller area because of reports of damage caused by an overabundance of the animals in the forested areas of the state.

ATTENDS NATIONAL SKI MEETING

Wendell T. Robie of the Auburn Lumber Com'pany, Auburrn, Calif., nationally known for his interest in the sport of skiing, attended the annual meeting of the National Ski Association at Minneapolis last month.

The trusses were stacked three deep along the length of the building. A single crane then lifted columns whicl, were guyed into place and the trusses were lifted into position and fastened without the necessity of temporary erection bolts. One unusual feature about this was the li{ting of the trusses several feet off the ground in their horizontal position before turning the trusses right side up for placement on the columns. This was done to allow clearance for the knee-braces, already attached to the trusses. and to prevent their possible breakage.

The entire framework was erected by four men in six days with a single crane. Despite the fact that a plumbline was not used, no column was more than 1732 inch out of line on the entire length of the building.

The structure was diagonally sheathed in redwood with all framework of Douglas fir.

MAY \rc EXTEND OUR THANKS FOR YOUR GOOD WILL AND PATRONAGE DURING THE PAST YEAR AND \flsH vou

\luality Both \fays

MBy Jack Dionne

"Never rob q mcn of his illusions," some philosopher scid. We <rll hcrve 'em. I knew c mcn who used to scry thct when he retired lrom active business he wcs going to spend the remainder ol his lile secrrching the ncrtion to see iI he could find tr m<rn whose barber hqd not told him he hcrd the toughest beqrd in town- Thct's cr common illusion.

Some dcy I'm going to stcrt cr world-wide investigction, going wcry bcrck into the dim recrches ol history, to discover the originctor cnd cuthor oI the scrles slogcrn: "Anyone ccn cut <r price but it tckes brcins to make cr better article." Like the origincl idecr oI cr deity crnd c heredter, its origin seems to be lost in the dqrk clouds oI cntiquity. As fcrr bcck <rs you c<rn recrd qbout business or business metL you run into that remcrrk on every corner. Awcy bcck in ihe filteenth century Ercrsmus wqs mcrking bibles crnd ollering them Ior sale with thcrt scurre slogcrn. Who he got it lrom, I don't know. Perhcrps it was Pericles. Or mcrybe Aristotle,'he scrid crlmost everything worth while. In cny cqse it htrs come down to us through ecch qnd every cycle of the pcrst Iive hundred yecrs.

However this cge-old slogcrn seems to directly contrcrdict cr not-so-old business beliel to the ellect thcrt il you ccrn find one mcm who ccrn recrlly SEIL you will find cr hundred who cccn produce or mcmulccture the goods Irom lonnulcr or blueprint. I'll cheerlully crdmit thct the latter idetr cppecls to me. I don't me(m to belittle the truth oI the slogcn thct "Anybody/ccn cut prices but it takes q smcrrt mcrn to mcrke ct better qrticle." Not for cr minutel Thct's true qs gospel! But mcrny cr mcn has crected q better <rrticle, crnd then hcrd to sit crnd watch some superior sqlesman who is selling cn inlerior crticle, crowd him out ol the mcrket. It hcppens every dcy. It mcry be true, cs so olten stcted, thcrt "Virtue hcth its own rewcrrd," but it mcry not be the sort oI rewcrrd thcrt will keep its possessor out oI the bcrnkruptcy court.

Why not set both these individucrl slogcns cside, qnd mcrke q combination oI them? Let us scy thct the rocd to success lies in mcking cr better crticle, cnd then hiring tr better sclesmqn? Then the more the production depcrrtment improves upon the article, the rnore re-scrles the scrlesman will lind wciting lor him,'cnd the more the sqlesmcrn sells,'the more incentive the production depcrrtment will hcve to mqke cr still better crticle.

'\IIIHO'S WHO''

Harmon Kincade

C.

I). Johnson lumber Corporation

HEAD SALES OFFICE,PORTIIND, ORE.

You couldn't meet a finer or better liked man in the retail lumber business than Harmon Kincade, r'vho started to work for the Glenn County Lumber Co. of Willor,'r's, Calif., 37 years ago at the age of 15 and is now its orvner.

A veteran in point of service, although still a comparatively yoLlng man, this native Californian was born in Woodland, Yolo County, and moved to Willor.vs rn'hen he was two years old.

He graduated from the Willows Grammar School when he was 14 and after two years in high school went to work for the Glenn County Lumber Co. on February 2, 1902, under the management of J. M. Silvey.

This company began operation in the 1880's and was composed of employees of the old Pope & Talbot Lumber Co. Some of the stock rvas held by Pope & Talbot until 1938 when F. C. Talbot purchased all of the stock' A little later Mr. Kincade became the owner of the business. He is modest about his success in working up to be the head of this concern, but as is usual in such cases it is the resnlt of more than average ability, hard work and strict attention to business.

He is a member of the Shrine and of the Rotary Club of Willows. The picture of Mr. Kincade reproduced here was taken recently in his yard.

SKIING GROWS IN FAVOR

Skiing is becoming more popular with Californians year by year, according to Don F. White of White Brothers, hardwood dealers, San Francisco, whose sale of selected Hickory ski blanks shorvs a steady increase each season.

BBANCH SALES OFFICES:

strN FnANCll'CO

A. B. Gricwold

A. R. McCullough Newhcrll Bldg. 260 Cdffornic SL

Pbone GArEeld 6258

LOS f,NGEI.ES

R. T. Gheea

C. P. Henry

Pet. Sec. Bldg.

714 W. Olynpic Blv& Phone PBorpect 1165

PRESSURE

€trerv oDonLEss Pf,TNTf,BI.E TERMITE. DECAY.FIBE NESISTANT

TREAIED IUT{BER

TREATED AND STOCBED AT OUB LONG BEACH PLANT FOR IMMEDIATE DELTVENY TO LI'MBER DEALERS.

ExchdnEe service--deqler's uatrcclcd luber lor our Chromcted Ziac Chloridc rtocl plue chcrge lor trecting. Trecting dealer's om luabeenill ahip- neDts to our dock or huctr lotr lron decler's ycrd,

This airplane view conveys sone idea of the size and extent of our plant-with the largest capacity, namely, 47 M per hour, of any car-and-cargo mill in Oregon. Cargo and rail shipments of Soft Old Growth Yellow Douglas Fir and Sitka Spruce. Weekly sailings to California ports; packaged lumber stowed even lengths and widths.

Better Lriving Standards

Excerpts From an Address by I.

N. Tate, Vice-President of Weyerhaeuser sales company, Delivered at Recent construction Industry Conference at Washington, D. C.

The American people are entitled to better living standards. They are entitled to the best living standards. It is not enough that our living standards are norv higher than the standards existing anywhere in the world. and higher than they have been at any time in the past. It is not enough that our living standards have improved more in the last ten years than they improved in the previous fifty years. The point is that there is room for improvement, and that it is definitely the business of the construction industry to provide still better homes, and to make those homes more easily available to a constantly larger proportion of the American people.

There is no disposition on the part of the industry to shirk this responsibility. And just as there is a new appreciation on the part of the public that better living standards are possible, so is there an appreciation on the part of the industry that it can provide better homes, and that it can make those homes easier to own.

Right at the out-set of a talk like this I want to make the position of the industry clear. Let us admit freely that there are ideals of home building and home.ownership which have not yet been attained; that we have not seen or lived up to our full responsibility. But I am not aclmitting that the Construction Industry is a backward industry; that it is not progressing today as fast as any

industry you can name. I am' glad to say that it is today fully awake to its responsibilities and opportunities, and is willing and anxious to assert the leadership and to pro. vide these best living standards with a degree of coopera- tion and a desire for perfection that has never existed before and that augurs w*ell for*the home of tomorrorv.

Disparaging statements, whether or not they are deserved, do have the virtue of stirring an industry out of its lethargy, out of the inertia that is so apt to result from the routine performance of daily tasks. And it does bind our industry together in a common effort to justify its existence and to give values in its homes that would not be possible with its many divergent units working separately and in secure isolation. Even the smallest modern home is a complex mechanism gathered from a hundred sources; so bulky that it must of necessity be assembled on the job. How much simpler are the problems of the manufacturer of a small product that may be assembled at a distant factory, securely crated and shipped to its final destination, and easily installed in a garage or in a kitchen or on the library table, there to do a comparatively simple job in a restricted field.

This subject of better living standards is much too large for a single talk, it involves all construction-homes and apartments, banks and stores and office, buildings, highr,vays, the tremendous but just now diminished fi,eld of farm buildings. We shall get nowhere unless rve begin to eliminate. Let us talk today only of the srnall home; and in the main, let's talk about the detached small home, built by private initiative, financed by private capital; and pay our respects only briefly to subsidized housing, even though that is an important field and though our neglect of it does not imply any failure to appreciate its problems.

For our purposes, let's hold to the privately built home,

whether it be single or multiple; and let us consider for a moment what has been done to provide an efficient home. Two questions arise immediately, because they are much in the public eye-standardization and prefabrication; both arc tantalizing, alluring words.

What about the costs of the materials that go into this modern small house? And of the labor? Has the material manufacturer done his duty, which is clearly to give more and more value each year, to take advantage of the new materials and new processes as they are perfected, and to give the public each year more house for his dollar? What has labor accomplished along these lines of delivering more value, more house for the dollar ? We are all familiar with the facts in a general way, I do not need to recount them here in detail, but we should recite just enough of the figures to guide us in our conclusions, and to determine which way the construction industry is traveling. The favorite prescription in all matters economic and statistic is to take the year 1926 as 16/o, the normal year by which all other years are judged; and using the United States Bureau of Statistics, it develops that the year 1938 brought us a price for all building material of m.3% of 1926. The important fact is that the present price of all building materials is lo/o less today. Cement is 4.5/o less, brick is 9% less, lumber is lO/o less, paint is l9/o less, plumbing is 2L/o less. There is that much saving for the home-owner in all of these basic materials that go into this home. The twenty-year average is 95.9/o of 1926.

What about wages ? Not all building labor works on the union scale-not a great deal of it outside of the larger cities. But the only figures I have are for seventy cities, again compiled by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nor do I know why, in the case of labor, they take l9D as the IAO/o year. But the wages of all building trades were in 1938, 106.7,%: of l9D; and they .',ere l2/o more than t926. Plumbers and gas fitters were 18/o more than 1926, plasterers were 7/o more; painters were 9/o more; carpenters werc 12/o more; bricklayers 5/o mote. All union wages for the building trades were in 1938 2O/o above the twenty-year average.

We want our labor to be adequately paid; and as I have said, most of the labor that built these small houses throughout the land worked on a prevailing wage rather than a union wag'e. Just the same, it is clear that our costs have been reduced through building material reductions

and not through building trade wages. In general, we can say that 6O/o of the cost of the house has been decreased 7/o through the reduction of the cost of materials; while 4O/o of the house has increased N/o, representing labor. That would be a total increase of approximately 4/o. However, that figure must be analyzed a little further. It does not take account of all of'the laborsaving devices that make it possible to build today's home with fewer man hours of labor. We must count in the final tally the steam-shovel that digs the basement, the cement mixers, the power saws, the precision-cut framing, the pre-assembled frames that I have mentioned, the electric sanders which finish the floors, these pre-assembled heating and plumbing units, the kitchen cabinets all ready to be put in place. It has been well said that building is becoming more and more an assembly job rather than a cutting and. fitting job.

It is not easy to get at the exact final result; but in the case of one'carefully estimated house where the cost in our normal year of 1926 was $7,725, the estimated cost for the first part of 1939 was $6,215 and the fuyear average was $6,693.85. We cannot ..""pi the conclusion that this construction industry is building better homes, and we must admit that they are better homes-better to live in, better to look at-for much less money.

We certainly do not expect any serious decline in wage rates, and I have already pointed out to you the low present level of building material prices. Certainly those prices cannot continue on the present levels, nor will as expert building labor be available when the rate of employment is higher.

A very important item is the fact that every lending institution in the country is looking for investment of its surplus funds. That has resulted in the present low interest rates, and this condition in itself points to the present as a favorable time to build, bef'ore our interest rates increase with the coming of the other opportunities to invest those surplus funds.

There is almost no limit physically to the building of homes; none of these industries producing the materials are working to capacity. We could build. 5O/o' more houses without building many more mills or factories. But if more are needed, the money for them is eagerly seeking investment. The one big limiting factor is onr inability

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We wcrnt to express our hearty cr1rprecicrtion lor pcrst lcrvors cnd to wish crll our friends

THE NEW YEAR THAT FOR YOU WAITS

A flower unblown; a book unread; A tree with fruit unharvested; A path untrod; a house whose rooms Lack yet the heart's divine perfumes; A landscape whose wide border lies In silent shade 'neath silent skies; A wondrous fountain yet unsealed; A casket with its gifts concealedThis is the Year that for you waits Beyond tomorrow's mystic gates.

-Horatio Nelson Powers.

WONDERFUL WORLD, IF_

It would be a wonderful world if we could do as well today as we expect to do tomorrow.

ON THE DECLINE

"fsn't it awful? I refused to marry Bob last month and he's been drinking ever since."

"Seems to me that's carrying a celebration too far."

SAID TREASURY SECRETARY MELLON_

When the average citizen is as careful about how public funds are spent as he is about spending his private salary, we will not hear :rny more about government extravagance.

HOOCH AND HASTE AND HER

Intoxicated driving, uncontrolled thumbing and indiscriminate spooning, according to a traffic report, are among the major menaces of highway safety. Or, to put it more briefly, "hic, hike and hug."

OBSERVING THE RULES

Two matrons who might well have come from the depths of the country got into a Madison avenue bus at the height of the evening rush hour, and when they atighted, used the front door, interfering with a lot of people who were trying to get in.

"Lfse the rear door, please," the driver said, with a good deal of irritation.

Both ladies were by this time on the curb, but they turned, entered the bus again, walked through to the back door, and exited. The driver couldn't speak for ten blocks.

THE HARBOR AT TWILIGHT

As twilight comes, row after row Of masts against the deep sky showThe shipping of a mighty stream, Hushed to the quiet of a dream. Moved gently with the ebb and fow Of waters, lapping soft and slow, Beneath the sunset's purple gleam, As twilight comes.

A mighty calm seems oft to go O'er earth and sea and sky. The woe With which the daylight hours teem Is past. God's work and man's all seem To rest, beneath heaven's sunset glow As twilight comes.

-Ethel Wendell Trout.

NOT VERY CHOOSEY

Two spinsters were discussing men.

"Which would you desire most in your husband," asked one, "brains, wealth or appearance?"

"Appearance," snapped the other, .,and the sooner the better."

WHERE TO FIND IT

The City of Happiness is in the State of Acceptance, on the border of Contentment, in a country called The Mind.

-Walter J. Munro.

AF'TER THE HUNT

Ole: "I bane want a license."

Clerk: "What kind? A hunting license?',

Ole: "No. Aye tank aye bane hunting long enough. Aye want a marriage license."

A "FULL'' MOON

Pat had been out on a New Year,s party. Along about four in the morning he was staggering home. Coming to a bridge he halted in the exact center and saw the moon reflected in the water. Just about that time a policeman came along.

"\Mhat is that down there in the water?" asked pat. "Why, that's the moon."

"Well, how did I get up here?',

Better Living Standards

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thus far to organize an effective sales program that will get this attractive story to the American people. The need exists but the desire must be stimulated, and no one of these building industries can do that job alone. There is a spirit of cooperation among them that has been sadly missing in the past. There is a realization on the part of the government of what a successful home-building program lvould mean to our unemployment problem, what it would contribute to the living standards of our people. True, in carrying through its necessary objectives, that realization must express itself in contradictory terms. One division of the government builds a tremendous organization with 4,7@ employees in one department to exploit the building of homes. Another department tells the people that the cost of building is too high; that building costs must come down. Ifowever, I believe the objectives are clear. and that there is a sincere desire to purge the industry of those sins that are inherent in every industry, and clear the channels of distribution for the accomplishment of the needed, larger building program. It is unfortunate for the American people that this could not be done without giving the public the impression that the sins of one person who may be guilty are practiced by the 99 who are honestly trying to make this efficient' modern home available to the people at the lowest possible cost and with the greatest possible value.

Let me repeat for emphasis, even though repetition may not be necessary; that we have a tremendous selling job to do; that it is more important than the engineering job because the engineering job rvill go on anyway. We shall have each year larger value to offer to the American people; and you can trust the American engineer to <1o that job. It is inevitable that each year our products t'ill be improved and new products will be available. It is by no means inevitable that these products and these efficient new homes will be bought and will be used by the number of people who should be using them. I hope that this conference may be able to develop and thoroughly digest the idea that its jotl is not even half done when the American small house has been perfected and can be delivered. Our largest contribution to better living would be an organized, efficient plan to create in each family a desire to own that home. Each company represented here; every one who contributes materials or ideas for the home of tomorrow, can and should be doir,g their part in telling this story and creating this desire.

FRANK HARRIS AT PALM SPRINGS

Frank H. Harris, vice-president of Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co., San Francisco, and Mrs. Harris are spending the Christmas and New Year holi'days at Palm Springs.

SPEND HOLIDAYS IN REDWOODS

Jim Farley, assistant Western sales manager, The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, with Mrs. Farley and their son, Kim, spent the Christmas holidays in Humboldt County. Jim took the opportunity to visit the company's mills at Scotia.

New Booklet on Wolmanized Lumber "Economy Sidingg in We3tern P,nes"

The ability of Wolman Salts preservative to extend the service life of wood by eliminating failure due to decay or insect attack, resulting in the broadening of its use through nearly every class of engineering and construction, is interestingly told and illustrated in a new booklet, "Wood Preservation," bI the American Lumber & Treating Company,37 Van Buren Street, Chicago.

The term "Wolmanized" is applied to any species of lumber or timber which has been impregnated by the vacuum-pressure, full-cell process with a solution of Wolman Salts preservative. The physical characteristics are in no way adversely afiected by the treatment.

Representative installations for which Wolmanized lumber has proved well suited are illustrated, such as the wet process industries, including pulp and paper mills, textile mills, textile dyeing and finishing plants; decks, piers and boardwalks; railroad structures; bridges; posts and poles; oil tanks and derricks ; mine timbers; refrigeration plants; institution and municipal buildings; sanitary rvorks and water supply construction; stadia, and numerous other.uses.

Re.sidential construction has not been included because of the necessarily complete discussion which house design rvarrants. A separate publication dealing with the use of Wolmanized lumber in residential construction is available to those interested in this subject.

Also included in the booklet are specifications for treating with the Wolmanizing' process, treating facilities and distribution. Pressure treatment with Wolmanized Salts prebervative is carried out in eighteen plants located at convenient points from coast to coast, To stimulate distribution of Wolmanized lumber through established channels, it is the policy of'the company to refrain from the purchase or sale of lumber, and to offer treating service only to lumber manufacturers and distributors. Thus the purchaser obtains Wolmanized lumber through the same concerns rvhich supply untreated lumber.

A copy of the new booklet may be had free on request to the company.

A. C. MARSH AT FEATHER FALLS

A. C. Marsh has been appointed comptroller of Feather River Pine Mills, Inc., Feather Falls, Calif. Mr. Marsh for some years held an important executive position with Cobbs & Mitchell Co., Portland, Ore.

Portland, Oregon, December 19.

Low,cost housing through rpractical economy in every phase of building construction has been a much discussed subject in recent years. Considerable progress is being made along these lines and the lumber industry is doing its part to further this ,program. As an example, the Western Pine Association has just issued a new 8-page illustrated folder entitled, "Economy Sidings in Western Pines." This new publication of the Association's Pro.motion Department has been prepared to meet the growing demand for specific information on the use of the Common grades of Western Pines for exterior siding. The use of these modern patterns of economy sidings made from Idaho White Pines, Ponderosa Pine and Sugar Pine is definitely on the increase, both for residential and commercial buildings. Until recently perhaps,ithis popularity has been more evident in the Pacific Coast states where striking examples of homes, shops, stores, hangars and other similar structures are being styled for modern needs with Western Pine flush sidings. The various types of sidings in the "economy group" are shown among the twenty-,trvo illustrations. The folder gives specific recommendations for exterior painting, the painting of knots, suggestions for nailing and outline drawings of modern siding patterns.

Lumber dealers, operative builders a.nd'architects will fincl this attractive folder on "Economy Sidings in Western Pines" helpful when discussing the subject with prospective home owners. Single copies are available to all interested persons without charge simply by writing the Western Pine Association, 510 Yeon Building, Portland, Oregon.

CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN

A. J. Koll Planing Mill, Ltd., Los Angeles, according to their regular custom, entertained,, about fifty children whobeside in the vicinity of their plant at a Christmas party on December 23. The youngsters were presented with Christmas gifts.

SPENT CHRISTMAS IN LOS ANGELES

Bob Wright of Portland, Ore., Northwest representative for George M. Coale Co., spent the holidavs with his brother, Ted Wright, California representative for Washirrgton Veneer Co.

Hi-Jinks Brings Out a Large Crowd

About three hundred attended the Lumbermen's Fii- was the recipient of many fine compliments from his host Jinks held at the Royal Palms Hotel, Los Angeles, Fri- of friends for the efficient manner in which he handled day evening, December 15. the iob.

Following dinner there was a splendid program by a companv of beautiful girls in singing, dancing and musical numbers that lasted over two hours. Russell Gheen was master of ceremonies, his introductions to the various numbers adding a pleasing touch to the program, and he

GUY SMITH BACK FROM NORTHWEST

Guy E. Smith, who returned December 22 from a trip to Portland, Tacoma and Seattle on business for the Rounds Trading Company, reports that this concern loaded and dispatched shipments to Australia and South Africa in the week ended December 23.

Mr. Smith also announces that the Rockport Redwood Company's yard in San Pedro is now well stocked rvith both dry and green Redwood.

The door prize, an automobile battery donated bv the Frank W. Dillon organization, was won iy Charles Stuart of Glendale.

The ,party was sponsored by Lumbermen's post, No. 4O3, of the American Legion.

BILL DUNNING IN EAST

W. D. (Bill) Dunning, wholesale lumber distributor, Los Angeles, left December 14 f.or a trip East. Ife rvas accompanied by his wife and M. O. parrick of Western Mill & Moulding Co., Los Angeles. I\{r. parrick pickecl up a new car at Lansing, Mich., and the party crossed over into Canada, where Bill visited his olcl home in Ottawa. They will drive South and return by rvay of Netv Orlean-q,. arriving in Los Angeles about January 8.

Sallv Rand Visits M and M Plywood Plant

Convention Dates

lan. 9-Il-Indiana Lumber and Builders Supply Association, Indianapolis, Ind.

Jan. 16-18-Northwestern Lumbermen's Association, Minneapolis, Minn.

Jan. I6-19-Ohio Association of Retail Lumber Dealers, Dayton.

Jan. 2Z-Z4-Mountain States Lumber Dealers Association, Denver.

Jan. 23-Zl_Kentucky Lumber and Supply Association, Louisville.

J an. 23-Zl-Northeastern Retail Lumbermen's Association, New York.

Jan. 24-26-Southwestern Lumbermen's Association, Kansas City, Mo.

Jan. 3O-Feb. 2-Michigan Retail Lumber Dealers Association, Detroit.

Jan. 31-Feb.2-Iowa Retail Lumberrnen's Association, Des Moines.

Feb. G&-Illinois Lumber and Material Dealers Association, Chicago.

Feb. 13-l5-Wisconsin Retail Lttmbermen's Association, Milwaukee.

Feb. 14-lG-Virginia Building Material Association, Roanoke, Va.

Famed fan dancer visits mill. Sally Rand sees how the big ones are made out at the N{ and M plywood plant, Portland, Oregon. "I'd like some cores to pave a terrace and a big chunk of bark for a woodland scene I'm planning," the U. S. No. 1 show girl comrnented as she toured the big mill from log pond to final trimmers, where she posed with a 6 by 10 foot Resnprest panel, weather and waterproof plywood used extensively on San Francisco's Treasure Island.

BOB MORGAN IN OKLAHOMA

Bob Morgan, Chas. C. Adams Lumber Company, San Bernardino, is spending the holidays in Blanchard, Okla., visiting his folks. He is a nephew of Chas. C. Adams, San Bernardino retail lumberman.

Feb.2l-23_Nebraska Lumber Merchants Association, Omaha.

Feb. 22-24-Western Retail Lumbermen's Association, Salt Lake City.

March 5-6-South Dakota Retail Lumbermen's Association, Sioux Falls.

March 7-&-southwestern Io'r,va Retail Lumbermen's Association, Council Bluffs.

March 12-13-North Dakota Retail Lumbermen's Association, Fargo.

April 8-10-Lumbermen's Association of Texas, Fort Worth.

TRAVELS BY AIRPLANE

Ray Julien, salesman, E. K. Wood Lumber Company, Los Angeles, spent December 19 in Las Vegas, Nevada, calling on the retail trade. He traveled both ways by airplane.

Ten Years Ago Today

From the Files of The California Lumber Merchant, January 1, 1930

Lumbermen in the Los Angeles district added considerable pleasure to two hundred children at the Olive View Sanitorium, San Fernando, Monday afternoon, December 23. Among the gifts presented to the children were yearly subscriptions for. twenty magazines and two hundred books. $75.00 was also contributed to the playground fund.

J. H. Prentice, Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills, Los Angeles, fulfilled the aspiration of every golfer when he made a hole-in-one. The "ace" was made on No. 6 at Chevy Chase Golf : Club which is 194 yards long.

B. E. Bryan, general manager of Strable pany, Oakland, was elected president of the annual meeting.

Hardrvood Comthe company at

East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club's annual Christmas party for orphan children was held at the Leamington Hotel, Saturday noon, December 21. Each child received a worthwhile present. Rod Hendrickson was chairman of the entertainment committee.

The Hart-Wood Lumber Company, rvho for many years did a wholesale lumber business in Southern California, cloSed their Los Angeles office on December 31. Their Southern California representatives, T. B. Lawrence and D. R. Philips, organized the Larvrence-Philips Lumber Company to succeed the good will and business enjoyed by the Hart-Wood Lumber Company.

E. D. Tennant, Los Angeles, Past Snark of the lJniverse, was appointed by Hoo-Hoo International to do field work in California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona.

There was a large attendance of lumbermen at the Christmas Jinks Hoo Club at the Hotel St. Claire.

Peninsula and San Jose of the Peninsula lfooSan Jose, Monday eve-

ning, December 16. Overend acted the

Thirty orphans were entertained. Paul role of Santa Claus.

San Francisco lumbermen brought Yuletide cheer to three hundred orphans at their annual Christmas party held at the Elks Club, San Francisco, Monday noon, December 23. President J. E. Peggs presided, and Fred Roth was master of ceremonies. Frank O'Connor acted as Santa Claus, and all the children were presented with gifts.

San Diego Hoo-Hoo held a dinner meeting at the Cabrillo Cafe, San Diego, the evening of December 11. president M. P. Bennett presided. Several visitors from Los Angeles and San Francisco attended the meeting.

Warren S. Tillson was elected president of the Central California Lumbermen's Club at the annual meeting held at the Hotel Hughson, Modesto, December 14. Other officers elected were Frank Fisher, vice-president; T. L. Gardner, secretary, and Chas. G. Bird, treasurer. Lester Elliott was the retiring president.

Rossman .Lumber Company, Wilmington, Calif., moved to their new and modern yard at Bayview and B Streets. E. J. Rossman is president of the company.

Los Angeles' building permit total for 1929 approached the $93,000,000 mark.

Fifty Redwood executives and salesmen attended a oneday sales conference at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, December 18. "The Power of Salesmanship," was the title of a talk by C. G. Wakeman. Prof'essor Emanuel Fritz discussed sorne of the mechanical and physical properties of Redwood and their relation to salesmanship.

Roy Sharp, Mountain elected president of the

Lumber Company, Tacoma, was Tacoma Lumbermen's Club.

Announces New "\(/intite" Sash Lock

The new "W'intite" Sash Lock illustrated here has a smooth rvorking eccentric action that draws the upper and lorr'er windows together, providing a rvind tight joint. It is stated that this prevents the usual side-slip action and prevents any possibility of vibration or rattle. It is recommended by the manufacturer for rveather - stripped windows and for use in airconditioned homes and buildings as well as for replacement purposes.

"'Wintite" Sash Locks are available in both steel and brass in standard finishes. A demonstrator showing application and actually demonstr;rting the eccentric action of the lock is offered to dealers on a liberal free hardware plan.

As a part of the "Amerock" line manufactured by the American Cabinet Hardware Corp., of Rockport, Ill., "'Wintite" Sash Locks and demonstrators rvill soon be available through leading jobbers throughout the country.

xooBl RlvlltllLl GNOTT qNCULATION KILNS

l. 2Jy'o to lOy'o morc capacity due to colid cdge'to'edge staclcing'

2. Bctt r quality drying on lor tcmpcraturel rith a faet rcvrnibe citculation.

3. Lower rtacling cortr-just rolid edge-to-edge stacking in the rinpleet forn.

It Brought the Money

A lumberman has sent us a copy of a collection letter he sent out recently that got quick results. The amount was small but had been carried on their books for three years. He writes: "It struck me that it might amuse lumbermen who are harassed by such little accounts." The letter follows:

"Every time I look at this tiny tittle _- account of $1.48 which represents an accommodation to you on a very serious promise made to me personally, I just wonder how in the you have the guts to let the account tun.

"I can spend a dollar and hound you to death on the account ANb GET IT. I can report the delinquency to the Credit Bureau and have your name listed with all the other well-known delinquents. I haven't done it, but by golly, if I don't heat from you by October 1, I'm going to do my and believe me, boy that's something.

"I hope you will come in or send it in, because I don't want to spend $5.00 worth of time and a lot of energy collecting a measly $1.'E bill, but the funny part of it isI will."

Our lumberman friend says that two hours a{ter the bill was received he got the $1.48'

VACATIONED IN NORTHWEST

Harlan Wentworth, W. H. Dary Co., Long Beach, vacationed over the holidays in the Northwest where he spent Christmas with his son and sister. He will be back on the job on JanuarY 2.

Uge Moorekiln Paint Producm for weatherproofing your dry Liln and mill roofs'

Kit! Build.rt for Morc Tbr! H.lf r C.entuty

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Booth'Kelly Douglas Fir, the Association grade and trade mark certify to your customers the quality of the stock you handle. Builders quit guessing about what they're buying, and buy where they know what they're getting.

Fir Door Ingtitute lssues New Catalog

Containing illustrations and specifications of every stock door manufactured by its membership, the Fir Door Institute of Tacoma, Washington, has just completed publication of its nerv 20OoSeries catalog. An arresting black fabricoid cover, lettered with gold-leaf, exemplifies the high quality of the entire publication. Displaying the many types and designs of doors in colors, and black and white, its 56 pages are expected to prove a valuable selling aid to distributor and dealer alike. The catalog is 8lxlt inches in size to fit standard files and sales manuals'

Since all FDI grade-marked doors are pr'odttced in accordance with U. S. Commercial Standard CS-73-38, the text of this standard has been include.d in the catalog to acquaint purchasers with the r,igid specifications followed in the mantlfacturing processes. This division also carries illustrations of the grade marks and of the various patterns of sticking used.

An attractive section has been devoted to the Tru-Fit entrance door. With several pages in four colors, the smart styling of this line is shown very effectively. Each door illustrated is accompanied by a sketch which shows it serving as an entrance in a becomingly designed home. Full specifications on sticking, panels, sizes and thicknesses are also included.

Sixteen pages have been devoted to stock Douglas fir house doors, All standard designs are reproduced together with complete specifications as shown in Commercial Standard CS 73-38. This section covers a wide variety of designs obtainable in rear entrance, interior, storm and cupboard doors. Included in the selection are panel, panel with glass openings, rim and french doors. An introductory page shows several interiors in.color with installations of Doug1as fir doors. Contained on the page are directions for obtaining the more popular finishes.

The balance of the catalog carries a complete pictorial description of garage doors that are manufactured by the members of the Fir Door Institute. This grouping also includes the fast-selling Craw-Fir-Dor, the overhead-type garage door offered by members of the Fir Door Institute in conjunction with the Crawford Door Company of Detroit, Michigan, manufacturers of the hardware.

One of the most instructive door catalogs issued, it is expected to find favor with distributors, dealers, and purchasers.

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Lumber and Log Exports and lmports First Ten Months of 1%9

Total exports of hardwood and softwood lumber (including boards, planks, scantlings, flooring, sawed timber) and logs for the first ten months of 1939, totaled 1,W4p28 M board feet as compared with 878,426 M feet for the first ten months of 1938, a gain of 17 percent, according to figures just released by the Forest Products Division of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.

Of the total 1939 amount, sarved material accounted for 913,512 M feet as compared with 784,596, a gain of 16 percent. On the same basis of comparison, export of logs and hewn timber totaled 110,516 M feet as against 93,830 M feet, a gain of 18 percent.

In the following paragraphs, the amounts given cover the first ten m'onths of 1939. For comparative purposes the figures covering the first ten months of 1938 are in parenthesis.

Sawn so{twood totaled 675,949 M feet (572,496). In the sawn softwood group, Douglas fir was the most important species exported totaling 354,691M feet (257,896). Southern pine was next in importance totaling 234,226 M feet (253,432). Other woods ,exported in this g'roup were: white, ponderosa, and sugar pine, 36,076 M feet (D,LZ}); spruce, 76,487 M feet (9,261); redwood, I7,gg9 M feet (11,678); cedar, 4,896 M f.eet (4,214); cypress, 3,162 M feet (4,194); hemlock, 5,789 M feet (1,415). Of these woods all showed gains except Southern pine and cypress.

Sawn lrardwoods (including flooring) totaled 237,563 M feet (212,1{JO). In this group, oak totaled 738,767 M feet (122,267); ash,22,X)7 M feet (22,217); poptar, t6,546 M feet (16,239); red and sap gum L2,867 M feet (13,137).

Softwood log exports totaled m,803 M feet (7S,4gZ).

Hardrvood log exports totaled 19,713 M feet (18,338). In this log export group, Douglas fir accounted for 65,946 M f.eet (6,097); cottonwood and aspen 12,984 NI feet (8,826); hemlock, 3,621 M feet (3,536) and other cedar 2,549 M feet (1,113). Log exports of other segregated species \vere comparatively small.

With reference to the above statistics, mention should be made that sawed railroad ties and box shooks are not included (even though they are considered as lumber items), for the reason that comparable statistics ate not available.

Total imports of har.dwood and softwood logs and lumber (including clapboards and cabinet woods) totaled 769,471 M feet (572,547) an increase of 34 percent. Of this amount logs (hardrvood and softwood) accounted for 187,348 M feet (140,548) ; softwood lumber (including clapboards) 500,826 M feet (376,179); hardwood lumber and sawed cabinet woods 81,D7 M feet (55,820).

In the softwood lumber group, spruce was the most important species imported, totaling 234,928 M feet (156,632). Imports of fir and hemlock combined totaled I37,D4 M feet (138,957), and imports of pine totaled 92,913 M feet (48,866).

With reference to the above import statistics, rnention should be made that sawed railroad ties, pickets and box shooks are not inclu.ded (even though they are considered as lumber (items) for the reason that comparable figures are not readily available in terms of board feet.

Detailed monthly statistics on U. S. exports and imports of hardwood and softwood logs and lumber are compiled by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce and are available from the Bureau on a subscription basis.

Federal Grand Jury lndicts 23 in Hardwood Floor Industry

San Francisco, December 21.-Following its investigation into asserted violations of anti-trust laws the Federal Grand Jury yesterday indicted twenty-three members of the San Francisco hardwood floor industry on charges of violating the anti-trust laws.

The charges were grouped in two indictments, the first naming the San Francisco Hardrvood Floor Contractors' Association, the Hardrvood Floor Institute, Inc., and fifteen members; the second naming five companies and eight individuals.

All defendants, according to the indictments, entered conspiracy to "unlawfully create, regu,late, fix, maintain, and control uniform, non-competitive and unreasonably high prices for the installation, alteration and repair of hardwood flooring imported into the San Francisco Bay area in interstate commerce."

Hearings on both indictments will be held in San Francisco on Tanuarv 4.

News Flashes

C. L Gilbert, Eureka Mill & Lumber Company, Oakland, Mrs. Gilbert and their son, Robert, attended the Pasadena Tournament of Roses parade and Tennessee-USC football game at the Rose Bowl on New Year's day.

Lathrop K. Leishman, Crown City Lumber pany, Pasadena, acted as chairman of the foot tee for the Tournament of Roses Association

& Mill Comball commit+Li^ -.^^- rrrrS J cdr.

Fred Kozak, Builders Supply & Lumber Company, San Diego, spent the Christmas holidays in Los Angeles.

Ross Blanchard, Blanchard Lumber Company, North Hollywood, is serving on the Federal Grand Jury.

Bert Cooper, Aldrich-Cooper Lumber was a recent San Francisco and Los company business.

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This mork is your cssurcnce oI thoroughly, properly, cnd unilonnly Kiln Dried Ponderoscr Pine Lumber, Mouldings, crnd Cut Stock EVERY month oI the yecn.

E\TAUNA BOX CO.

Klcrmcth Falls, Oregon

Representcrtives

Centrql Cclilornicr

Pyrcrmid Lumber Scles Co., Oo:kkrnd

Southern Cclilornia cmd Arizonc

E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Los Angeles

PIYr[rOOD

Co., Portland, Ore., Angeles visitor on

Harry E. Whittemore, Benson Lumber Company, San Diego, visited Los Angeles on December 28.

DOUGI,AS BUII.DING

Cor. Third cmd Spring Sireets Los Angeles

Il you cre thil}ing ol eatcblishiag cn office in Los Angeles we would welcome the opportunity of showing you spcrce cvcilcble in the Douglcs Building. Bental rates cre recsoncble. The locction hcs cdvcnt<rges. Pcrking spcrce is close cnd relcrtively checp,

Thorpe Babcock, Agent

Room 420

Phone MUtual 5721

"Colil. Pcnel" is the oldest exclusive Plywood Distributor in the West cnd is constqntly growing. Such progress cctn only be mqde possible through our policy o{ ccrrying a well diversilied stock cnrd rendering on intelligent ond economicql service to our mculy Deqler customers. Our guclity qnd service ore "tops" qnd our prices qre competitive. For prolits ond reql sqtisfqction cqll "Colif. Pcrrel" whenever you need plywood.

915967 sours aLAMEDA STREET . TctrcpbnaTRinitl cr,5T MzilingAddnss.'P. O. Box 95, Arcade Station IOS ANGEES.CALIFORNIA

DOUETAS FIB HARDWOODS CALIF. WHITE PINE TTANBOND SUPER ATGONNE NEDWOOD

Bing Crosby Offers Cup to Low Gross Scorer First Five Awarded Institute Certiftcates in California Open Golf Tournaments

To R. L. Akerman, manager of the Spahn and Rose Lumber Company, Garber, fowa, goes the privilege of prominently displaying the Number One certificate of completion of the Tested Selling Methods program conducted under the auspices of the Merchandising Institute of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, Inc. With its dispatch to Mr. Akerman, the "Commencement" parade for men enrolled in Tested Selling Methods is on.

Next in line to Mr. Akerman in the completiori of the course are the following individuals, making up the first five to earn their certificates:

Harry R. Potter, salesman, DeForest and Hotchkiss Co., New lfaven, Conn.

Francis W. Delyea, yard manager, Thompson Yards, Inc., Clara City, Minn.

W. W. Munroe, salesman, Wood Conversion Co., St. l,ouis, Mo.

A. A. Haniford, Housing Guild Division, Johns-Manville Co., New York, New York.

Each day more names of progressive lumber and building rnaterial men are being added to this ever growing list. The Commencement season of Tested Selling Methods will continue throughout the year and through many years to come, until every dealer and his employee who know that they can improve their selling through the study of Tested Selling Methods have enrolled for this industry program and have completed it.

Organizations with a large number of employees are making special provisions of their own to award the Certificates of Completion with due ceremony. But even in these larger organizations, "Commencement" will go on because employees newly hired are constantly being enrollec.

Here is Bing Crosby, noted screen and radio star, with the beautiful trophy he is offering to the low gross scorer in the open golf tournaments in California this winter. Bing is proud of the cup, and proud, too, are those who shaped it from California materials. The trophy is of solid silver mined in the "Golden State," has clusters of grapes typical of California's famous agricultural crop, and is mounted on a handsome base of a highly polished Redrvood burl, the colorings of lvhich set off the cu,p in regal style.

SAMPSON CO. HAS CHRISTMAS PARTY

The Sampson Co., Pasadena, had their annual Christmas party at the company's plant on December 22. They distributed over 500 pounds of turkey, and a fine bird rvas presented to each of the employes.

SPENDING WINTER IN LOS ANGELES

Chas. H. King, King Lumber Company, Detroit, and N{rs. King, are spending the rvinter in Los Angeles.

PAIIIUDO PI.YWOOD

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Distributed Exclusively Since l92l by

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Walter H. Roberts, assistant manager of the Blanchard Lumber Company, North Hollywood, Calif., passed away very suddenly, Saturday, December 23, follou'ing a heart attack. He was 48 years of age.

Mr. Roberts was born in Portland, Ore., coming to Southern California in 1912, and was with the Blanchard Lumber Company for over twenty-five years, being one of their most trusted and faithful employes. He was well known in lumber circles and was held in high esteem by his host of friends.

He was a member of the Masonic Order and Past Master of Lankershim Lodge No. 542, also a charter member of the North Hollywood Rotary Club.

Surviving him are his widow, Cora Roberts; a daughter, Mrs. Donna Sparks, and two sons, l{erbert W. and Glenn M. Roberts.

Masonic services were held at the North Hollywood Community Church, Tuesday afternoon, December 26.

Water shipments of lumber from the Pacific Northvvest for the month of November, 1939, as compiled by the Pacific Lumber Carriers' Association, San Francisco. from the reports of l2 companies, totaled'51,213,000 feet, compared with 68,69,300 for October. The total was considerably affected by the lGday strike of the Marine Firemen's lJnion, which ended November 18. The figures for the various ports were as follows:

We invite lumber dealerE to tcrlce crdvcurtcge of our well qssorted

The figures for San Francisco include shipments to the Port of Oakland.

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

Rate---$Z.5o Per Column Inch. Minimum Ad One-HaIf Inch.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RETAIL YARD FOR SALE

70 miles from Los Angeles on main highway in fast growing comrnunity. Railroad lease, established trade, clean stoc\ good equipment. For full particuIars address Box C-773, California Lumber Merchant.

ROSS LUMBER CARRIER FOR SALE OR RENT

This carrier has never been used in a lumber yard and is like new. Low price. Terms. Wilmott-Murphy Inc., 5707 So. Alameda St., Los Angeles. Phone JEfferson 0934.

WANTED

Wholesale Lumber Salesman for San Francisco Bay Territory-water and rail. State age, qualifications, and salary expected. Address Box C-781, California Lumber Merchant.

YARD FOR SALE

Completely equipped lumber yard and small mill selling paint, hardware and other building materials, for sale. Located in County in close proximity to Los Angeles. Real estate included or will lease to purchaser of business. Address Box C-777, California Lumber Merchant.

POSITIOT.I WANTED

Retail lumberman, 25 years experience, last 10 years in Los Angeles, fully familiar with all office detailsales, collections and credits, desires position as manager. Excellent references. Go anywhere in California. Address Box C-779, California Lumber Merchant.

RETAIL LUMBERMAN WANTS POSITION

Five years experience in the retail lumber business. Two years as auditor with retail lumber company, and one year as manager of branch yard. 2l years of age. Prefer Southern California. Address Box C-784, California Lumber Merchant.

CAPABLE, EXPERIENCED YOUNG MAN SEEKS LUMBER POSITION

llow would you like to have in your employ a young man with six years' experience in the lumber business, whose family has been in the business for 58 years. Thirty years of age, graduate of the University of Texas,industrious,sober,honest, dependable, efficient. Desires position as auditor, assistant manager, or bookkeeper. Married and has one child. Employed now but desires to rise in chosen field. Excellent references. Address Box C-783. California Lumber Merchant.

EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR INVESTMENT

76(X) acres of virgin redwood timber land in the heart of California's Redwood Empire now available for lumbering purposes. Ilave twenty year lease on tract, completely equipped sawmill with capacity of 1O0 M feet per day now in operation. Need capital to insure full production. Will sell shares or incorporate company. This is an exceptional opportunity for quick turnover of investment. Call or write Albert J. McGuire, Esq., 1216-17 Hearst Bldg., San Francisco, Calif.

\vANTED

To purchase a 12'inch sticker; prefer ball bearing. Also 24-inch planer. Address Box C'782, California Lumber Merchant.

SITUATION WANTED

Accountant thoroughly experienced, desires position with lumber and logging company. Adam R. Hunter, Care California Lumber MerchantTelephone VAndike 4565.

LUMBER YARDS FOR SALE

We have a number of good yards in Southern Cali' fornia for sale. Twohy Lumber Co., Lumber Yard Brokers, 801 Petroleum Securities Building, Los Angeles. Telephone PRospect 8746.

BT]YBB9S GT]IDD SAN I.BANOISOO

LUMBER

Atlinson-Stutz Compann UZ Markot Street ..............'.'GArficU fE09

Boo&stav.r.Moor Lumbcr Co., 5ZS Mstot Street ..........,,.. Exbroo& 1745

Dolbca & Caron Lubq Co730 Mqchutr Exchugc Bldg....'..Suttcr ?lsG

Guerlton & C*eu l80O Any St.'.,............... .Atwater 1300

Hall. Jbna L.. r.caz Mtlt. 81dg..........,........ ....SUtter 7520

Haramond Rdwood Conpuy' 4l? Montgoncry St. ...:.........DOuglae 33tE

Hobbr lVall Luba Co., 2350 Jerrold Ave..... ..',.....'.. Mlslion lr90l

Holna Euc&a Luber Co., ll05 Finucial Center Bldg. .......GArEdd r92l

Roy M. Janb lrrmbs Co,. -Arthu H. C.olq 16 Califo'mia St...GArfield 6E70

C. D. Jobnson Lunber Corporation' 260 California Skeet ..........'..GArfield 025E

Lamon-Bomington Gompantr,--le-c"rG""ri-St"it -.' 1.'... GArfi etd 688r

LUMBIER

LUMBER

Mad)onald & Hffiington" Ltd.

16 Callfonia St...................GArfield 8393

Pacific Lumber Co., Tte r|||| Burh Stret ..................GAr6e1d rrtl

Pope & Tdbot Lmber Co., 461 Market Stret...............Doualas 2561

Red River lmbcr Co., 315 Moaadnock Bldg. ...,........GAricld 0!t22

Sata Fe Lumbsr Co16 Califomia Sue€t .,,..........Exbrook 20il

Shcvlla Plar Sd.. Co, l0lll Monadnock Bldg. ..........EXbrook ?lXl Suddcn & Cbrirteuon, 3lC Surcru Sr6t ...........,..GAr6e1d 28ro

unlo r hhh.r coe Crcc.ks Bulldturg ..,... .........Sutt.r 6Ua

Wendling-NatLan Co., 110 Muket Stret ................SUttE 5it63

E. K" Wood Luubcr C.o., I Dm Street,,,..,..........,.EXbrook 3710

Weyerhaeueer Salce Co., 149 Califomla Stret .............GAr6e1d S9il

OAITLANI)

Can€rston & Grcen, 9th Avcnuc Pie ....,,............Hlgatc 13,16

Coma Lumber Co., {621 Tidwater Ave........

Hlll & Morton, Inc., Dmircn St. Wbarf

Hogan Lubc CompuS

..ANdover 10(h

...ANdovc llX77

Zud & Allce Strets ...........Gl*nourt 6E6l

Red Rlver Lumber Co,, 90E Finaacial Cater Bldg.....TWinoaks 3100

E. K" Wood hmb* Co., Frcdcric& & King Str. ....,...FRuitvals |luz

LUMBER

HARDWOODS AND PANEIS

Mrir Plywood Cotlroration, 540 lllth Stret .MArkct 61t05-6?06

ONeill Lumbs Ca.. Eth ud Townrend Strectr..........MArket 6,|{t

Whitc Brcthcr8.Fifttr ud Biamu Str@t!.........Suttqr 1365

SASH_DOORS_PLYWOOD

Unitd Statlr Plywood Corporation, ll9 Kmrar Srre€t .,,.....,.,....MArket ltE2

CREOSOTED LUMBER-P@LES_PILING-TIES

Amcrio lanbc & Trcating Co.. U6 Nerv Mmtgomery St.......'..Suttcr 1225

Butcr. J. H. & Co33' Montgonery St. ..............DOuglal 3E&|

Hall. James L. 1032 Mi[! Bldg. .SUtter 752C

PAI\EI.S_DOORS-SAS

TT_SCREENS

Califomla Buildsc Supply Co.' 70e 6th Avs. :..........'.......Hlgatc 6016

Hosu Lubcr Compuy. -hd & Alie Strccti''...........Glen@urt 6t6l

lvedm Dor & Sarh Coe 5th & Cyprcr Sts ...........TEmplebut'lc0

HAR.DWOODS

Strablo Hardwood Co., $t7 First Strcct ...........'..TEnplebu 55E{

Whitc Brotherr, 5{f0 High Sbeet .ANdover 160{l

LOS ANGBLDS

Anglo Califomir l&ber Co., 695 East Florcne Ave. ....,...THornwall 3l4d

Buma Lmber Co55t Chubq of Comcre Bldg..,PRogpct 614l

Dolbq & Carpn Imbcr Co901 Fldelity Btdc. ...............VAudi&e E?92

Hrmnond Redwod Company, felf So, Bmdway ......,.....,PRospcct 13:13

Hobbr Wall Lunrber Co., 525 Rowan B|dg.,....,..............TRinity 50Et

Hdmer Eureka Lunber Co. ilr-tU Architcctr Bldg.' .,.......Mutud grtl

Hovs, A. L, 5225 }l/ilaHin Blvd. .................Y(>k 1166

Roy M. Juin Imber Co., F. A. Clougb, ll,16 Trcmaine.......YOrh 296t

C. D. Johnron Luurbcr Cortoration, 6tt6 Petrolcm Secuitiec Bldg..,PRorpect 1165

Lawrsce-Phlllp3 Lumbcr Co., 6il3 Petrclsun Seorities Bldg...PRospect tU4

MacDonald & Harington, Ltd., 97 Petrclcum Securlties Bldg...PRocp€ct 3lZ

Paclfic Lumbcr Co., Tbe, 5225 Wilrhire Blvd. .................YOrk rr6E

Pattm Blinn Lumber Co., 52t '8. sth St ...,,................vAndikc 2321

Pope & Talbot Lmber Co., 601 W. Fifth St. TRinity 524r

Rcd Rivs llmbcr Co., ?|02 E. Slauron CEntury 290?f

lllitl So. Broadway ...,PRorpect 0:lll

LUMBER

Reitz. Co.. E. L. 313 Petrelcum' Securities Bldg...PRocpect 869

Su Pedrc Lumbe Co., Sm Pedro' lEll0A Wilmiagton iRosd .....'Su Pedrc 221t0

Suta Fe Luber Co.. 3ll Finucial Ceuder BIdg. ...'..VAndike4l7r

Shcvlin Pine Saler Co32E Petroleu Seorritts Bldg...PRogpect 0615

Suddcn & Chrirtcnpn, 631 Bmrd ol Trade Bldg. .......TRinity 6t'11

Taoma Lubor Sdcs. 423 Pctreleu Seduitie! Bldg...PRoapect lleE

Union l.mbe Co., 923 1\/. M. Grlud Bldg. ........TRinitv 2262

Wendllnc-Nathan Co5225 Wilshire Blvd. ..........'.....'YOrk 1166

W*t Oregon Lmber Co., {2? Petrolem Seerities Bldg..Rlchmond 0261

Wilkinson md Buoy, 316 w. grh st. .TRinity 1613

E. K. Wood Imber Co., t?01 Suta Fe Ave. ............JEffsrcn 3l1l

\f,feyerhaeuger Saler Co., 920 I[/. M. Garlud Bldg. .....Mlchigu dl54

CREOSOTED LUMBER-POLES-PIIINGTIES

Ansim Lmber & Treating Co., l03l So. Brcadway,..,.........PRocpect 43Gl

Buter, J. H, & Co., 6lll' Wert sth St. ...............Mlchigan 6294

Bwniag Lumb* Co., H. A., 5979 -So. Riverside - Drive..-..... JEfrerrrcli 7],2l

HAR,DWOODS

Amsican Hudwood Cor l90l Eut fsth St. ...,..........PRosp*t d235

Cadwalladq-Gibron Co., Inc sozC-eici-bii,-pii- si;ij Alrlgclu lll6l

Stuton, E. J., & Son, 2050 East 3Eth Str6t ...........CEntqy 29ZU

Wectem Hardwood Lmber Co., 20rl E. lsth St. .................PRoapect 616l

SASH_DOORII_MILLWORK

PANEI.S A}ID PLYWOOD

Back Puel Compuy, 3rG3l4 E. 32nd St.................ADus {225 California Dor Compuy, The 37-2ll CeDtral Ave. .TRinity 7{6f

Califomia Pmel & Vener Co., 955 So. Alueda St. ..........,..TRidty0057

Cobb Co., T. M. 5ElXl Central Avc. ...........,:..ADau UU?

Eubank & Son, Inc., L H. (Inglwood) l0l0 East Hydc Park Blvd...,.ORegon 6-1666

Kehl, Jno. \tr/. & Son, 652 So. Myerr St. ...........,...ANgcIuE191

Oregon-lVarhington Plyw@d Co., 318 Wcst Nintb Stret ...........TRinity 46rl

Pacific Wood Productc Corporation, 3600 Tybum Strst .,............Al.buy Ol0l

Pacific Mutual Dor Co., 16110 E. Washington Blvd. ,.... .PRorpect 9523

Red River Lubor Co., TltZ tE. Slauson CEntury 29|}7l

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