PACIFIC FIR SALES

35 N. Raymond Ave., Pasadena 1, Calif.

Northern California and Oregon Mills

DOUGLAS FIR RED\TOOD

did someone say CONFIDENCE?

Yep. We did. We've got it-in ourselves. (lf we didn't hqve ofter 34 yeors in the business of choosing woods for building moteriols, we wouldn't be on this poge.l But our oldesr customers ore still right with us, ond we think thqt's the best evidence thot ihey hove confidence in us, too.

lf you need fine quolity hordwood, softwood plywoods, Simpson Insuloting Products, Formico, or Mosonire Brond products, ret us onswer the need with quolity ond our yeors of experience.

Oregron'e Fint Hy&cnrlic Sqwlog Bcnkcr

ing "doughnut" of steet accommodates logs up to 7U' in diam' etJr and-can be raised, towered or shifted horizontally to fit the log's shaPe.

Wiihin the ring's inner circle are four jets which direct water at a pressure of 1400 pounds per square inch against the tog as it is fed through on fluted rolls. The combined motion oi the rotating ring and forward'moving log provides the uni' fornr spraying action requirecl to shear bark from the sawlog'

Sawmilf min have become barker fans. Their sawmilling is benefited because the sawyer can size up his cants better' Knots, imperfections and defects show up clearty when the bark is removed. Saw clulling is minimized because barkimbedded grit is banished. The entire mill is cleaner, too, because less debris accumulates on conveyor lines'

Springfield, OregonOld time millmen probably would goggle at Oregon's first hydraulic sawlog barker, now in operation at Weyerhaeuser's integrated manufacturing centcr here. Is symbolizes a revolutionary trend in milling practices.

"Nude" logs on a sawmill carriage are not yet a common 'sight, but they're destined to become fashionable as the "new look" in our coming age of more complete wood utilization'

Jon R. Titcomb, manager of Weyerhaeuser's lumber division, points out that the bark-eroding device wasn't installed for the primary benefit of sawmill men, although it improves lumber production in manY waYs.

"Our milling leftovers, consisting of cants, slabs and trinrmings not suitable for lumber, become raw material for making the chips used by the Kraft pulp mill, which in turn supplies the containerboard plant with its stock. Such pulp wood must be bark-free. Getting rid of bark before the logs are cut into lumber automatically provides leftovers which are 100 per cent bark-free. This saves considerable sorting work on mill conveyors," explains Titcomb.

The barker is a commercially-produced unit known techni' cally as a ring type, manufactured through arrangements with the Hansel Engineering Company of Seattle, Washington' Located in a building straddling the mill's log haul, this rotat-

The hydraulic barker at Springfield is Weyerhaeuser's second unit. The company's first one was installed at its Longview, Washington branch operation in late 1948, to provide bark-free slabs and cants for the Kraft pulp mill on that site. The Longview barker, designed by the company's engiueering department, cloes the same iob but is different in operating principle. The two sawlog barkers are the only ones operating in the Douglas fir region of Oregon and Washington' They presage " "o--ing trend in the forest products industry, as wood i..ou..y is stepped up to supply Kraft pulp mills'

Scn Diego Hoo'Hoo Bowling Lecgue

The San Diego Hoo-Hoo have a bowling league which is creating considerable interest among the "Old Cats'" The following companies have teams entered: Dixie Lumber & Supply Company (Blue), Baker Hardwood Lumber Co-parry, Di*ie Lumber & Supply Company (Gold)' San Diegt Lumber Company, Helix Supply, Century Lumber t ilitt Company, Smith-Trevor Lumber Company,'Lightfoot Lumbei Co*p"ny, American Mill & Mfg', Inc" National Lumber Company, Whiting-Mead Company, Benson Lumber Company,'W'estern Lumber Company, Sullivan Hardwood Lumber Company, Patten-Blinn Lumber Company, and Frost Hardwood Lumber Company'

The league gets out a bulletin every week, "Whose \Mho in the Hoo-Hoo Bowling League," which gives the league standing, high scores , "2W honor roll," etc' The December 4 bulletin showed the Dixie Lumber & Supply Company (Blue Team) leading the league rvith 33 games rvon and 15 lost.