New Wood Treating Facility

THE FIRST Woodlife lumher treating r lacilitv in southern California has heen completed at Consolidated Lumber Company in Wilmington, according to Al Wahl, vice president and director of sales.

Woodlife is a water-repellent preservative developed by the Protection Products Division of U.S. Plywood Corp. Treatment with the chemical protects wood against warping, swelling, checking, splitting, shrinking and grain-raising. It also guards against rot and decay and attack by termites and other wood-destroyi ng insects.

Wahl stated that the treating service is available to anyone. Consolidated will also maintain a large inventory of Woodli{etreated stock. The 5 {t. x 28 ft. Woodlife dip tank now in operation at Consolidated has a capacity oI 4,862 gallons. The dipping process requires only three minutes per Ioad. Finish lumber, corbels and some sizes o{ plywood are dipped in metal baskets.

A five ton electric hoist operates the dipping and is handled by a crew of three who also sort, grade and load the material as it moves through the yard.

The new immersion tank was designed lnd constructed by John Hults, general superintendent at Consolidated, who is a lifelong student of wood products.

DIP TANK using Woodlife water repellent treatment -the first such installation in southern California -is now in ooeration at Consolidated Lumber, Wilmington. Here, yardmen swing another load into position for dipping in the 4,862 gallon tank.

Hqrdwood Use Difticult

California hardwoods stand as a valuable forest resource but often a difficult one to use, the University of California has reported.

Though parts of trees ofier good milling possilbilities, a number one log by standards of the eastern hardwood region is seldom found. William A. Dost, the UC Agri' cultural Extension 'Service has noted. Dost hopes his studies will show the feasibility o{ a working partnership of cordwood cutters and timbermen. If less desirable parts of hardwood trees could go to firewood and mill operators could receive only num'ber one and number two logs, he said, good use could be made of the Cali' fornia varieties.

NESS past.

HAT PROBABLY WAS Glendale

Calilornia's oldest continuous busioperation has become a thing o{ the

The Litchfield Lumber Co. has auctioned off its stock, closed its doors and is rapidly clearing away equipment to make room for the $B million Glendale Fashion Center.

The lumber yard at 217 N. Glendale Avenue had been a Litchfield activity 54 years. Before that it had a long career under various nam.es.

But the story of the Litchfield Lumber