GEORGE CLOUGH tU MB DNER

Good Forest Products-properly mqnufoctured-will secure <rnd hold the business for the Retoil Lumber Deqler. So-it is iust noturol that the wholesqle distributor r,r'ho consistently ships dependoble grcdes will be fqvored by the retoil merchcrnt.

We will not knowingly ship cny up-groded lumber ond we will stond squorely behind the quolity ol the moteriol we do ship. Thcrt is just good common horse sense ond the bcrsis ol our delinite responsibility to you.

Jonucny is the time to build your springr inventory Ior the busy seoson which is iust oround the corner crnd when you plcrce your order with us you con specily delivery dote ond we will follow through qnd see thot your instructions are Jollowed io the letter.

We speciolize in the wholesole distribution ol QUALITI RED\fi/OOD, PONDEROSA PINE, DOUGLAS FIR, MIXED CARS OR STRAIGHT, STANDARD BOARDS and DIMENSION-ond SPECIAL CUTTING ITEMS. There is no substitute Ior GOOD LUMBER PROPERLY MANUFAC. TURED--iI will build repeot business lor you.

Your Home, Bill Woodbridge's Chrisrmos Cord

ALeaders in all phases of the architectural profession and related fields will serve on a twenty-five member Sponsoring Committee for "Building Your Home, 1954," a public exhibition to be held in New York for one week beginning N{ay 22nd, und,er the sponsol'ship of the Architectural League of New York.

"Building Your Home, 1954" will demonstrate the progress made in recent years in housing and residential architecture, spotlighting newest developments in modern building materials and methods. as well as recent advances in community planning. Manufacturers of building materials, lighting, heating, flooring, household equipment, and other basic elements in today's shelte2 planning will be among the many exhibitors.

S. Robert Elton, director of the National Horne Furnishings Show, will also direct this exhibition. Harold Bartos is show committee chairman for the League.

New Borber Giry Yqrd

Bill Woodbridge of Seattle, Washington, who recently retired as head of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau on accouut of ill health, sent out a very original ancl attractive Christmas card this year as is his custom. His picture adorns the quite elaborate Merry Christmas card. And he reprints on the card his definition of the finest gentleman he ever heard of, who was.Richard Cory, concerning whom Edwin Arlington Robinson wrote:

Whenever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at hirn: He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean favored, and imperially slim. And he was always quietly arrayed, And he was alw'ays human when he talked: But still he fluttered pulses when he said, "Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked. And he was rich yes, richer than a king, And admirably schooled in every grace: In fine, we thougl-rt that he was everything To make us wish that we were in his rrlace.

Will Operole ot Shermon Oqks

Walter C. Bailey announces that the West Coast Lumber Company, of North Hollywood, a partnership of which he was a member, has been dissolved, and that he is continuing in business as the West Coast Forest Products Company, at 4523 Yan Nuys Blvd., in Sherman Oaks, California. He is wholesaling Redwood, Pine, and Fir lumber.

7221 E. Firesfone Blvd., Downey' Colifornio

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J. Seydlitz and j. H. N{orrow are co-owners of the new Barber City Lumber Company yard at Barber City, California. Located at 5942 Westminster Blvd., the new yard will stock both new and old lumber, and also new and used windows and doors. It will carry a full line of builders hardware. It will remain open 7 days a week.

1953 Construction in L. A. Breqks Records

When they closed the construction books in Los Angeles at the end of the year 1953, it was found that total construction for that year broke all records, surpassing the previous peak of 1950 in dollar value.

The totals for the year in the city of Los Angeles showed $430,256,010 which was more than $23,000,000 above the totals for 1950. In 1952 the totals were $351,637,113.

However, from the standpoint of building permits issued,

1950 remained on top. In the last 12 months 60,266 perrnits were issued, as comparecl with 66,452 in 1950.

Los Angeles County issued 50,245 permits in 1953, with a valuation of $292,774,870, which was second only to 1950, when $341,516,103 was spent for construction. However, it exceeded the 1952 totals. Of the county totals 26,352 were dwellings.

New construction in Los Angeles combined City and County for 1953 totaled $723,030,880.

Work Iniury Rote in Lumber lndustry Declines

The California Lumbermen's Acciclent Prevention Association, Oakland, Calif., has received the following release by M. I. Gershenson, Chief, Division of Labor Statistics and Research, California Department of Industrial Relations:

Another reduction in the work injury rate in the lumber and wood products industry in 1953 is indicated by the statistics available to date.

Employment in the industry during the first eight months of 1953 averaged 8 per cent higher than in the corresponding period ol 1952.

Despite this increase in employment, the number of disabling injuries reported in January-August 1953 was 2 per cent lower than during the same eight months of 1952.

At the same time the number of fatalities in the industry dropped from 54 to 49.

Greatest reductions in lost time injuries were recorclecl in logging and'in the manufacture of wooden containers.

All of the decrease in deaths occurred in logging.

A comprehensive report for 1953 on work injuries in tl.rose industries classified under "forest products" will be preparecl when all of the figures for the year are in. In addition to statistics for the "lumber and wood products" industry as formeriy defined there will be figures for wooclen furniture and fixtures manufacturing, contract log and lumber hauling, and lumber and building material dealers.