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Holbrook . W anship, Ulah

Quality Douglas Fir and White Fir . Ponderosa Pine

Engelmann Spruce

Mixed or Straighr Truck & Trailer Shipments

From Quality Mills in ArizonaColorado & Urah hardwoods because of its machining qualities and glueholdingability...

"A Florida cabinet company, which is paying an additional $20/M freight charge from California users, is sold on alder's ability to take various finishes

"'With this type of acceptance, and with wood users all over the country discovering what those in the Northwest Hardwood business have always known concerning the features of these woods, I can only see a growing demand in 1960. It only remains with the producers themselves to meet this demand with a quality-grade product.

"1960 will see more activity in the use of the Northwest Hardwoods in veneers. Our hardwoods have got a fairly good foothold in the nation's markets, even though it is still on a small scale. The new year should be one of more production and more business," NHA President Barber concluded.

Club 2 Golt Tournqment Scheduled For Rio Hondo €ountry Club

February 19 has been scheduled as the first Hoo-Hoo Club 2 golf tournament for '60, according to Harold Cole, Snark of the Los Angeles organization. Tee-off time has been set for 10:09 a.m., with cocktail hour starting at 5 :09 p.m. Dinner will be served promptly at 7 :09. "We anticipate a good turnout for this first event of the year and we intend to have a snappy entertainment program in the evening," said the Snark.

Reservations can be made for both golf and dinner by calling Chairman Tom Burden at LUdlow 7-6168. Rio Hondo is located in Downey on Old Mill Road adjacent to the Long Beach Freeway turnoff at Firestone boulevard.

Forest Fires Cquse $2.4 Million Cloim

The Michigan-Californii Lumber Co. has blamed the Sacramento Municipal Utility District for causing two forest fires last fall and has claimed $2,398,850 for damage to timber. The fires occurred in the Placerville area of El Dorado county. Alfred T. Hildman, Michigan-California manager, said that the first, called the Jaybird fire, was caused by a faulty district power line ; tl-re second, called the Ice House fire, was caused by a control fire that got out of hand.

WCIIB to Hqlt Building Inspection

(Continued from Page 1) be subject to question as to grade, arrangem€nts for a li.rnited inspection may be made. In such cases, a Certificate of Inspecti,on will be issued, indicating whether the visible portions of exposed members meet stated specifications, but no stamps will be applied. like the fingers of a giant hand, rivers of forest products flow from the mills of the Pacific Northwest to the dealers and distributors of the nation. And like the nerves in skillful fingers, Oregon-Pacific supplies direction to these rivers of lumber and plywood, guiding them unerringly-and on time--to the places where they are most wanted. This takes aggressive thinking and planning, the most modern communications, and an organization dominated by the resolve to provide unexcelled service. This is what Oregon-Pacific offers to lumber dealers in California !

The Bureau's usual per diem charges will apply for this service, Simpson told The California Lumber Merchant that the custom of stamping lumber in buildings under construction was begun some years ago when grade-stanr,ped lumber was not so readily available as it is today.

"The West Coast industry is now in a position to grade starnp its entire output if this is desired," Simpson said, "In the interest of proper merchandising and proper use, all four surfaces of a piece of lumber must be examined before its grade can be determined accurately." The telegram was signed West Coast Lumbermen's Association.

PACIFIC WOOD PRODUCTS COM. PANY, los Angeles importing ond distributing concern, held ifs onnuol soles meeiing eorly in Jonuory with heodquorlers ot the Hilton-Slotler hotel. Execufives of the firm from Ario ond Europe ottended the conclove ond odded on inlernofionol flovor lo ihe week. long meefings, including business ond sociol offoirs.

Froni Row, pictured from lefl: Bob Brown, Los Angeles; Ed Sconlon, Hong Kong; Chondler Hort, Los Angeles; Dick Bortleti, Monilo; John Stover, New York; Otto Nochloss, Texos.

Bqck Row, left to right: Uriel fobion, Zurich; Wolter Jennison, Los Angeles; Dick Fqntz, Los Angeles; Don Gleosner, Chicogo; Al Rogers, Los Angeles; Jtck Dovidson, executive vice-president, ond Normon Dovidson, president, who conducted the conclove which, they soid, "wos one of our mosf successful soles promolion evenfs."

Sovings, Loon Associotions Hit Peok

On December 31, 1959, savings associations completed the best decade, year, and month in their history. Associations added $42.1 billion to savings, raising total savings capital from $12.5 to $54.6 billion. In 1959 savings gain amounted to $6.8 billion, l0/o more than the 1958 total; December's gain of $1,275 million was well above the previous record for any month set in June 1959. Withdrawals in December were 45/' of. gross receipts compared with 43/. a year ago.

In December, mortgage lending contintled to decline, falling 3/o below December 1958. Due to the record lending achieved during most of 1959, total lending for the year at $15.5 billion was 25% above the record year of 1958. Loan commitments continued to be worked off in November, indicating further declines in lending activity may be ahead.

United Stqtes Plywood Signs For Hult Plywood Go. Output

United States Plywood has contracted to market the Douglas Fir plywood output of the Hult Plywood Company of Junction City, Oregon, announces Gene C. Brewer, United States Plywood president, and Nils B. Hult, presiclent of Hult, which has a rated capacity of about 50 million feet per year.