NIJAND TUMBER

Compdry, Inc.

Douglot Fir

. Ponderosq ond

Sugor PINE

. Redwood

. Plyrood Shingler

. Loth

. Johns-ilonvillc Productr

. Simpson Logging Co. Products

Nu-Dor Sliding Door

Frcmes

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Thof wos o news heodline bock in 1929 )une 16, 1929, to be exocl. The low morked the first lime thot building controclors were licensed ond reguloted in lhe Stote of Coli{ornio. Bock then E. K. Wood lumber Compony hod olreody estoblished o 29-yeor record os o dependoble source of supply to builders qnd conf roctors. Mony of ou. cuslomers in '29 ore still good cuslomers. For exomple, there's A. F. Bredthouer, well-known Posodeno builder of fine homes. He soys, "l've boughi from E. K. Wood lor 22 yeors. The use of top-quolity 'Goods of the Woods'products hos proven lo be o conslont source of sotisfoction to ou. cusfomers ond lo us."

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The \\'est Coast Lumbermen's Association for the rveek ended January 3, 189 mills reporting. gave orders as 87.398.000 feet, shipments 88,081,000 feet. and production 68.587.000 feet. Unfi11ed orders at the end of the s'eek totaled 487,065,000 feet.

For the l'eek ended January' 10, these same mills gave orders as 100,3-13.000 feet, shipments 105,661,000 feet. ancl production 120.681,000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of tlre n'eek totaled 481,747,000 feet.

Irortlanrl. C)re.. Jan. 2l--Douglas fir sau't.nills missed l>r' a "slim plank" cutting as much lumber in 1952 as in the previous vear. The 1952 output totaled 10,314 billion board feet, just 102 million feet belol- the all-time high cut of 10.416 billion feet of 1951.

Harris E. Smith. secretarv. \\.est Coast Lumbermen's Association. said that fir inills came l'ithin a fen'carloads of shipping ers much lumber as \\'as produced. and that orders n'ere only 217 million feet less than the vear's production.

"The \\rest Coast lumber inCustry." Smith said, "again has done a great job of supplf ing the nation's needs for high quality structural and finish lumber. Defense requirements har-e been met, and yet enough lumber u'as availallle to build a near-recorcl number of hornes and schools. manv commercial and farm strtlciures and other lluildings throughout the nation."

The u-eekly average of \\rest Coast Luml>er production in December u'as 180.218.000 b.f. or 96.3% of the 1947-1951 average. Orders averaged 174,841,000 b.f.; shipments 162,Kt2.0rJ0 Lr.f. \\'eeklv averages for November \\'ere : Production 200,185.000 b.f. ;1O6.9/a ol the 1947-1951 average : orders 190,092,m0 b.f.; shipment" 790.777.000 b.f.

Tu'elve months oi 1952 cumulative production l0'314'426'000 b.f. i ts'eh'e months of 1951 10,416.132.000 b.f.; trvelve months of 1950. 10.107,751.000 ir.f.

Orders for t'rvelve months of. 1952 breakdol'n as follou's : Rail and truck 7,235.897,000 b.f. ; domestic cargo 2,128,306.000 b.f. ; export 246.157,Un b.f. ; lo'cal 487.385.000 b.f.

'fhe industry's unfilled order frle stood at 820.1'15.000 b.i. at the end of December, gross stocks at 1.092.619.000 b.f.

All 1952 figures have been adjusted to the latest infornr:rtion available.

Corzection

The D,:cember 15 issue of the llerchant carried a stor)' on the J. D \Iurphv Lumber Co.. San Nfarino. in rvhich it stated that the firm represented J. \\'. \\'ilder, Inc., in Southern California. This rvas in error. The firm represents the Evans Forest l)roducts. Inc.. of Santa Rosa. and Standard Lumber Sales Co. oi -\rcata.

Speciai railroad equipn.rent ri'as required to ship the 6 glued laminated beams 97' long.5' and 11" thick manufac' tured in Portland for a school g-vmnasium in Illinois.

\\'estern red cedar and West Coast hemlock are among the very feu'commercial softrvoods rvithout pockets of pitch and gum that run free rvhen the rvood is sarvn.

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