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BUITDINff MATTBIALS HilAD0UARTIBS

For fhese Nofionally advertised producfs:

CEIOTEX COR,POR,ATION

Roofing - Insulotion

HEATILATOR,S

KAISER SHADE SCREEN

COIU'UTBIA FRAME & TENSION SCREENS

,NASONITE COR,PORATION

Presdwood wooD coNvERgloN

Bolsom Wool - Nu Wood

CTOPAY FOTDING DOOR,S

RICHKR,AFT PAPER, NICHOUI ATUMINUM PR,ODUCTS

WOODTIFE-PAR,

NAITS - oll types Screen & Hordwore Gloth

Wire - Stucco Netting - Poultry Netting - Fencing - Welded Fqbric wHOlE3AlE DtSlRllutotS f 22O PRODUGE SIREET, LOS ANGELES 21, CAtlt. TR'inlty 5304

PRo,IPT DETIVERY IN tOS A{GEIES-ORAT\TGE-RIVERSIDE AND SAN BERNANDINO COUNTIES soundly constructed, and besides serving a very practical

Recognizing the public need for more detailed_h^ome |f"::g 't ;;il;.'., they add to tn"lpp.arance of o"ur yard'. ' informition, ispecially for young. married couples, the new i ' ,,th"'buildings *.r. "o"'.l.ucted by th.e Paramount Pole WCLA booklet-explains how to_plan for better living in the ' Construction Ci. of Artesia, and wiih their special equip- near future, how to set up a definite new home program and ment and know-how the sheds were put up wlth no inter- how to select a home that not only fits the needs of the present ruption to our ordinary yard routine. As a matter of fact, but also the future. l';i,,;mel'i,ili';l*r""5'il?1x1"-'**fTf':",',h':?t#ff ,"tl#S"ffi ".i,:l''1f"1","'#i:'il*.fuH1' ?il: 1'.liiffig for lumber storage." pl."tui. of impulse buying with the lasting security of home

Free New wctA Home Booklet

i},ffil',iit;.fl.T,it1,'iTl"n'iJi""',:?gffTl,*'T'io"?il"'ottil'llfll Aneight-page,fu1l-colorbooklet,..HoyYouCanownaof-asavingsprogramforadownpayment.

Ne1trr H-ome,""has just ,been published by the West Coast Designed to acquaint prospective home.buyers with.the Lumbermen's Association. The-booklet tiei in with WCLA's financial details as well as advaltages-of home-ownership, ownership. Other charts cover suggested home -costs, -l9nthly' j1 ;;;;;;";iiri"s th."r., i'Lirr" Better. in a Home of Your the booklet- is being distributed fred of "h..t_s-:.- 9?li": 11y' Own," which has ieceived the enthusiastic endorsement of the be obta!19d-by_writingto the West Coast Lumbermen's Associa- i National Association of Home Builders. tion, 1410 S.W. Morrison Street, Portland 5, Oregon. ,tt'

For LONG Dinension and limhrs

Select Slructurql & Consfruction & Btr Cuttings

Direct mill Shipmenl vin Woter ond Roil from Woshingtoh - Oregon - Colifornio Mllls

FRED C. HOLMES LUMBER C(l.

Wholesqle Lumber

Roil/T r vck- &-T r oiler Shipmenfs

OID-GROWTH, BAND-SAWN REDWOOD from Boiock Lumber Co., Monchesler

OLD.GROWIH DOUGLAS FIR

From Spocek Lumber Co., Monchesler

PRECISION.TRI,I,IIIAED STUDS

Douglos Fir Whife Fir o Redwood

REDWOOD POSIS ond FENCING

Fred HOLMES / Corl FORCE

P. O. Box 987

Fort Brogg, Cqlif.

TWX: Fort Brogg 49

Phone: YOrktown 4-37OO

Southern Coliforniq Office: Russ SHARP t | | 94 Locusl Ave., Bloomington

PHONES: ([os Angeles) ZEnath 4925 (Colton) TRinity 7-O33O s a/e s offices

'Lcrst of the [umber Schoonerst limps 'Home' to Sqn Frqncisco With Aid of Coost Guqrd T,rg

THE OtD C. A. THAYER is shown qft (left) ond fore (righr-this londlubber rhinks) os her bottered hull is docked in Son Frcncisco Boy. At for lefr of lefi phoro is fhe Moriiime Museum which will be her finol resting ploce

San l'rancisco.-A once-proucl lrrmber schooner, the C. A. Thar-er, "cAnre honre" recently at tl.re end of a Coast Guarcl torvline accel>tecl reluctantly at sea after battling her u'ar- tl.rrough her last Pacific stornr. Orrce the oricle of the E. K. \\'ood Lumber Co. fleet, she cirrrre u'allorving irr rvith sails furlecl ancl bon'sprit dipping in gray se:rs to etl,flrer career as a mrlsellnr piece after being rescrrecl lly the trrg Avor.el 55 nriles n-est of Fort Bragg.

The rveather, ancl the fog, nra<le an ignoble ending to tl're final vo1'age of the last of the lunrber schooners. Iiarlier plans hacl been made to welcorne her ltassage through the Gol<len Gate with her three-r'r'rasted canv:rs l;illon.ing in tlie ltreeze. as she came to take her place in the llaritime }frrserun here alongsirle tl.re llalclutha as the state's contriltrrtion to the Project X plan to expand the Nluseunr into a historical e-rhiLit oi California transoortatiot'r.

'fhe lunrlter schooner l-rad left Seattle expecting to take 5-10 days for the 900-nii1e voyage but, after plying the Pacihc coast \'vzrters 62 years through shining snn and rough sea, she rnet her nratch in that final stort.n u-hich battere<l N<iitherrr California last l.all :rnd tossecl the :153-ton I'essel fore and zrft. r)ort to sta rlroarrl.

Tlre C. ,\. Thaver is the last ol 122 lumber schooners u'hich o1;eratecl along the Pacific coast, loacling lumber at Eureka, the Colulnlria ltiver, Clravs l{arlior ancl Puget Souncl ports ancl clischarging it at Siur lirancisco, San Peclro or San Dieeo. She rvas lxrilt in 189.5 at l,'airhaven, near Eureka, lrr.H. D. Benrlixsen for the I,-. K. \\Ioocl l,unrber ComDany ancl namecl for JIr. Thal'er of San l{afael, a l)artner in tle olcl lumber firn-r. Her arrival u'as to have beeu r,r'elcouied bv his claughter, llrs. Norma T1111'9r !{aggio of San 1.-rarrcisco, ri'ith preseirtation of a ship's bell if ali hacl gone accorrling to schedrrle.

Follon'ing its conrnrissiorring in 1895 as the first of the E. K. \\'oocl fleet of scl-rooners, r,r.hich at one tinre nunrberecl more than 15. the Tl-rayer was operaterl bv \\'oorl rrntil 1913, rvhen it lr'as solcl to Peter Nelson of San lirancisco for fishirrg in Alaskan \,aters. Nelson solcl l.rer to -J [t. Shields of Pousbo, \\rash., irr

703 Market Street

San Francisco 3 l()25 ior corl lrslrirrg irr .\l:L.ltan \\'aters. In 19.1 1, Shiclrls rc'tirt'rl tlrc'l'lrlr-r't'r:Lrrl tit'r1 lrtr rrlr in l,al<c \\-asJrirrgtorr. Jrr l()-12 tlrc schoorrt'r u':ls llrrt'lr:Lsctl lrl tlre .\rril ancl cut clon'n to a lr:rrgc. .\itcr \\'\\'ll. Slrielrl: lrorrglrt lrt'r-lracli irorrr the Arrnr', r'c-ri.gur:rl tlrc lro:rt. arrrl llrt lrcr lr:rcli to corl lr:hing oft Alaslia. Irr l()5(), tlre'l'lr:rvt'r rvlis lrc:iclrt'tl irr tlrc lJoorl Carral. lrurchased 1r,r'C.1ras. -\[c\t'rL], rLrrtl trrrnttl irrto lL lltlrlic rrlrritinrc nrusellll. l-1ris u':rs tlrr sitLurtiorr u lrcn llrt' st:rtt' of C:rliforrria purchasc<l the f ha_r'cr for rcstor:rtiorr :rrrrl :r l)('rlr:ulcnt lrertlr in tlre local Jlrrseunr near IiislrcrrruLn's \\'lnr-[. It slrou]tl 'lre rrote rl that consiclerralrle rclittirg- 1r:rrl to lrt'rlont'for 1hc trilr rlorr'rr fronr .Seatt1e. arrcl tlrat tlrr latc I'1. Ii. \\toor1 l,runlrcr Corrrlr:rn-r'. n'hich itself closed in San Iir;rrcisco l:rtc' l:rs1 r'r'ar, rlorr:Lttr1 the three nursts thlrt broriglrt hcr lr,,rrt ((,r-;rlnr(,ri lr,,,rrr', an\'\\'a\').

I ':L1rr Slirtngs.- ( :r1);rrtlrcnt lruiltling

'()lrStrtlctr( )lr s1:ll-t c(1 at Jlc(-lLllrrnr \\'it\- u1

,,1 :t -l 2 Lrr it c,, r,1r $;.;0.(XlO r rrl ruLtiorr.

| 958 Edirion of 'Where to Buy' Avoiloble Now From WCLA

,\lort' tlr:ur 2(X) nrills in Oregon. \\-aslrirrgtorr :rrrrl \ortlrt'rrr Cl:r1i[orrrirL lirorlucirre' I)ouglas 1lr, \\"est Coast hcrrrlocli, \\-cstcrrr rt'rl ct'rl:rr:Lrrr1 Sitli:L s1)r'1tc(,lunrlrcr lrre listecl itr thc l!158 crlitiorr of "\\'lrcrt'to llu-r'." jLrst rcleiLserl lrv the \\-est Coast I-urrrlrcrtttr'tt .\:>r,t i;rli,,tr ,,i l',,t ll;rrr,l. ( )1'sgirrr.

'l-ht' -1()-p:ret, prrlrlic:rtiorr. cor,c'rirrg \\'CI-.\ nrenrlrer r.rills, also cort:rilrs rlet:rilcrl irrfolnt:Ltion orr lurnlrcr {alrricatirrg anrl treating plants irr tlrc l)orrg1:Ls llr rcgiorr.'l-lrc <1ire'ctor,r'lists lier'1)ersoltnel. c:rp:Lcitr':trrt1 f:lciiilics of r':Lclr rrrenrlrerr nrill a,s tr-ell as the itenrs or tirrrlrcr lrrotlrrcts irr u'lrich it spt'ci:r'lizcs.

l.-ree copic-s of tlrc lrool<lc't, uhiclr is lrt'ils rlistrilnrtcrl to solne 30.000 u'holcsale arrrl rct:ril htrrirrr rlt'lLlt,rs irr tht'ruLtirtn. nrav be olrtainerl ll' $'riting to tltt' \\-cst (.o:rst I-ulrlr(.rntr.n': -\:sociatiorr. 1-ll0 S.\\'. -\[r.,rrisorr Strcrt, l'ortl:Lrrr1 5. Ort'a'on.

Experienced in the f ield since 1904.

DANT & RUSSELL, INC. BRANCH OFFICES

Dqnt & Russell, Inc.-13625-C Venturq Boulevqrd Shermqn Oqks, Colifornio

Dqnt & Russell, lnc.-Medic<rl Arts Bldg. Eurekq, Colifornicr

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