GEORGE CTOUGH tUMB

The other ovenlng, oflcr q long doy ot the ofice, I wor ogoln foced with the folherlY lqrk of reoding q itory to mY lhree ronr, Jlm, Pefe qnd John. Somewhere lhey hod found q book colled "Anogo' look the Eskimo Girl." ilidwoy lhrough rhis slory of life in lhe North, thoughlr qbout the recent Lumber ilsrket kept popping into mY mind.

Our sources in the Northwesl hove been hoving themselvel o rugged winler. Snow llonns, ice, roin--<ll the elemenfs, il seemr, hqve been united in on ollempl lo mqke lumber os unprediclqble os lhe first rqce ql Sontq Anitq. Consequenlly, lhe flow of moteriol hqs been disrupled ond with the disruption comes price heqdoches for everybody. We've been working horder lhon ever to beqt this morket condition, qs our qim hos been, ond will conlinue to be, dependoble service lo oul Lumber Deqler qccounls.

When you cqll us for your DOUGTAS FIR PIANK qnd IIMBERS, BOARDS ond DlfilENStON, SHINGLE9, REDWOOD, PONDEROSA PINEonything you requireyou cqn be cerloin fhol our prices will not be the "up-og'in, down-og'in" kind.

New Yqrd in McFcnhrd

A. Ii. Spradling, owner of the Spradling Lumber Company of Earlimart, Calif., has opened a new yard in McFarland, Calif., on Wcst I'erkins Street. llcsides selling lumber, the new yard has a workshop wherc frames, cabinets, and other iterns may lle nrade to <lrder. Hernran Anrrein is manager.

Arizonc Finn Opens

Chandler, Arizona, is the site of the new Edrvards-Massey Lurnber Company, formed by Larvrence I'ldrvar<ls itn<l Harry M;rssey recently. The firm sells dimension lunrber of all grades, sheeting and small timbers. Massey, a grader with the West Coast Bureau of Lumller Grades and Inspection for 13 years, was formerly of Grants Itass, Oregon.

Veneer Plcnt Rebuilds

The Redding Veneer and Box Company plant, rvhich was destroyed in a $150,000 fire last July, is being rebuilt, and will be in operatiorl very soon.

Lodi Dealer To Expcrnd

John Krause, lumber and building material dealer and home builder of Lodi, Calif., has announced that he will extend his business by adding architectural work, home financing, building supervision, and estimating building costs to his services. He has already built more than .50 homes ranging from $3,000 to $30,000 in price. His two sons, Nealand and Darrel, assist him in the lumber yard.

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Mr. Hill, who has recently visited the new mill, reports that the entire plant has been constructed and finished with the thought, unusual in sawmill construction, of making it attractive to the view of passers-by on the highway. Soft green paint over thc cntire plant has creatcd a vcry favorable apllearancc, and the plant itself looks neat and intercsting. The new nrill has a lorrg lifc ahead, according to Mr. Hill.

Clay Brown came West in 19?6 rvhcn thc Long-Bell Lumber Ciompany built its great plant at l,ongview, Washington. llc stayed at L<lngvierv for six years, and in 1932 became sales milnager for the M an<l M Wood Working Conrpany, at I'ortlan<!. In 1936 he joined the Smith Wood I'roducts Cionrpany, antl btrilt their plywood plant at Corluille. Iirorrr 1944 !> 194(t he was in Ncrv York City executive vicc presi<lcnt of U. S. l'lyrvtxr<l Corporation. He resigned to forrn his own comirarry an<l lluilt thc Humboldt l'lyu'rxrd plant at Arcata, California. In 1948 he sold that 1rr<rlrerty to the Rocldis organization, and in 1949 he returned to Clalifornia to builcl the nerv sau'nrill :tt Fortttna, which brings us up to date on Mr. Brown.

Clarence Flill came to California in 1945 and built the Arcata plywood mill for Clay Brou'n & Company, and was resident manager of that plant until it was sold to Roddis, when he moved to Los Angeles to take over the Brown office where he is now locatecl. He rvas also a Long-Beii man formerly, and has been 25 years in the lumber business.

Ncrtion's Newspcpers Will Receive New Series oI Forestry Ads

Washington, D. C.-American Forest Products Industries early in January mailed new proofbooks of forestry ads to newspapers and magazines in all 48 states. The nelv forestry ad proofbook contains 32 different ready-made ads in tu'o and three column sizes. They stress fire prevention, trce grovl'ing, rvoodland management and wood utilization.

In addition to the forestry ads, the proofbook lists three e<litorial pieces and half column Keep Green insignia mats for each state.

All advertising materials listed in the new proofbook are available in mat form free of charge on request. Copies of the new proofbook may be obtained by writing tcr American Forest Products, Inc., 1319 Iiighteenth Street, N. W., Washington 6, D. C.

Last year this industry-sponsored organization supplied more than 18,500 advertising mats to daily and weekly newspapers, trade magazines, advertising services and forest indrrstries. These ads were sold by the individual publications concerned to local forest industries, merchants, banks, ar-rd other advertisers.

Bob Sutton with Airline Lumber Co.

Robert M. (Bob) Sutton is now manager and a partner in the Airline Lumber Co. at San Diego.

Bob has been associated with the lumber business in Southern California for many years, and is widely knorvn. lIe rvas formerly manager of the Associated Lumber Co. at Los Angeles for over eight years, and prior to that was vard superintendent for the Securitv Materials Co.