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Construction-grade Douglas Fir or Southern Pine 1 x 4's are bolted together in a series of triangles fastened to a base ring. Homasote panels are nailed to this triangulated frame, overlapping 6" at joints for a weather-tight structure. Excluding masonry foundation, the cost is less than $1.00 per sq. ft.-erected!

The Domasote here pictured has a center elevation above masonry wzll of l4'-37A" and, a diameter of 55'-3". This means 2,397 sq. ft. of floor area and 34,448 cu. ft. inside above masonry wall. The addition of a 4'masonry wall adds 9,113 cu ft.

Among the many profitable uses for the Domasote are: poultry houses tarm buildings lumber storage machinery sheds grain bins sa*dust storage sielters lumber kilni hangars camps molels boathouses oil mud covers mess halls codstr[ction ottices garages roadside stands lactories recteation centers barracks used car lot covets tLicensee to R. Buckminster Fullerutud,er proprietar! rights, includ,itug U.S. Patent:2.6E2,235 and, U.S. and, Foreign P dtents Pend,ing. t-

The Domasote is licensed* to Homasote Company and is available as a package through lumber dealers. For full details. use the coupon today.

READY TO SHOOT rhe felling of o redwmd tree (frm which quolity lumber will be mdutdGtv.edl in lhis 3eqeen.e of lhe new C.R.A, ftlm in iound been secn by zrn estimated fir.e million pe()l)le siltce it \\ras released in 1948.

Script for this dramatic film l'as written b1' l3arney Petty, u'ho is u'ell knou,n foi his scriDts irr the inclrrstrial and natural resouice education fielcl. I)irectcir was l)ave Butler of l)alrr-rer Films. Carnerarnan u'as Toe Dieves. rvh,, h:Ls l)ccn \vith I':rlmer- Filnrs since 19,10, interruptcd by a stint l.ith the U.S. Armr. Signal-Corps as combat cameraman in ]iuroDe. The narration is by Nlarvin -Nliller.-lJob ('lrrne. a forestry major at tl're University of California. \\'as pro(lltcti,rn as.iitalrl and Ecl McDonnell rvas sulrervisor for the L':rliforrria l(edrvood Associalion.

Shooting took place in Hurrbolclt and \Iendocino counties of the Itedn'oocl Regicin during the spring, summer and fall oi 1q57. 'l-he rxnge ln qrr:rliti<'s oI light ancl size of subjects-fronr a 2-inch redrvood seedling to a 300-foot tall mature trec-\\,ere a well-met challenge to cameramen arrd to the Iiastrrrin Kocl:rchrome film alike. (A black arrd rvlritc vcrsion is uvailable ior TV screening.)

Wood Conversion Gompony Announces Technicsl Chonges

Wood,Conversion Company, St. Paul, Minnesota manufacturers of building materials and industrial products, has announced a realignment of the functions of its technical executive. personnel, according to M. S. Wolf, general sales manager.

D. B. Anderson, formerly director of Technical Sales Service, becomes technical assistant to the general sales manager to provide information and recommendations regarding technological changes that affect building and industrial products and markets. He Will be responsible {or supervising market research activities that relate to enduse requirements for the company's products and sales potential for suggested new products. G'A. Erickson, formerly assistant to the Buil'ding Products sales manager, becomes manager of Technical Sales Service. Three assist- ant managers, Technical Sales Service department,- were' also announced. M. A. Nicholson will direct the activities' of the Building Products section of the departmentr A.-J. Withoff and C-. E. Swanson will share responsibilities for' the Industrial side of the department.

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New Foresfry Ads

Forest'(nanagement through the industry-operated Tree Farm prograrn is a ,fountain-head of prosperity that penetrates lhe entire economy while providing wood needed {or more than 5,000 useful items. This concept of growing timber as a crop on taxpaying lands is the theme of the 1958; series of % fuee forestry ad mats now available to ther nation's newspapers from American Forest Products Industries, Inc., dustfres, lnc., spons System pnd the Keep America Green program. The ads are designed for use in all forested regions of the country.

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West Goost Dry Kiln CIubs ro Hold I Orh Annucrl Conference in long Beqch

Following a meeting of the General Planriing committee of the Southern California Lumber Seasoning Association with Orrie Hamilton, executive vice-president of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association, the SCLSA will host the 10th annual ,Conference of the West Coast Drv Kiln Clubs at the Lafayette hotel in Long Beach, May i3 and 9. There will be a retail lumber theme to the seasoners' 1958 Conference and the support of the SCRLA was sought and secured.

The February 6 regular meeting of the SCLSA was postponed until February 13 so the General Planning tommittee could meet again February 3 and prepare a final draft of the Conference plans. John Kurzhals of the Sun Lum,ber Co., San Pedro, will be general chairman of the

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May Conference and the following. committbe chairmen have been appointed for the local hosi club:

_ Technical program-SCLSA Secretary.Tfeasurer Robert P. Inglis,_Associated Molding Co., Lol Angeles; Publicity-Ray-Benson, Western Mill & Lumber Cb., Los Ange- les; Local Arrangements-Cort Mason, Downey Kiln Dry & Milling Co., Diowney; Registration-Art Fuicron, Consolidated Lumber Co., Wilmington.

Hqmmond fumber's George Mcleod Dies in Sqn Froncisco Aged 87

George B. Mcleod, one of the best-known lumbermen in the Redwood Region, died of a heart attack at his San Francisco home, February 3. He was 87. Mr. Mcleod was !q:{, i_t St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, September 23, 1870. He was educated at schools in Quebec ani graduated from the Royal Military college in Kingston, Oitario, in 1891, at which time he went.to Missoula, Montana, to enter the employ of Andrew B. Hammond. In 1904 he *en1 to the Hammond Lumber Co. offices in San Francisco. remaining there until 1909, when he returned to Oregon to stay for 15 years. During this time, -Mr. Mcleod worlied actively to prepare,existing Oregon and Washingtoir state fire laws, and was a founder of the Western Forestry & Conservation Assn.

1933 saw his return to San Francisco. and in 7946 he became president of the H"ntmond Lumber Co. He helped formulate the California Forest Protective Assn.. serving as a director at the time of his death. In 7945 he cooperated in the study which brought aboul the California For6st Practice Act. He was also one of the founders of the Redwood Region Conservation Council and active in the Pacific Logging Congress. Mr. Mcleod served as chiirfran of the board of the Hammond'interests from 1951 to 1956, when the company was purchased by Georgia-Pacific C6rporation.^Fa- miliar with every phase of the-lumber business, he made many contributions to its status in the West. During his presidency the first tree farms in ttre Region were established on Hammond lands. -

He is survived by his wife, Emma, and a daughter, Mrs. Sarah Van Amerongen, both of San Francisco. Funeral servides were held February 8 at Missoula, Montana.

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New offices of the Small Business Administration were opened this month on the llth floor of the Orbach building at Fifth and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, reported Donald Mclarnan, SBA regional director. The federal service agenci'has leased l4W feet of air-conditiJnedoffice space, which the department store remodeled to meet specific requirements - of the government personnel occupying them.

Pomono Yord Joins SCRTA

The C & E Lumber Company, 2692 North San Antonio, Pomona, Calif., has been enrolled as an active me'mber of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association. Executives of the retail yard' are George R. Callaway, president, and George E. -Else, vice-president.

Fronk Jordon €elebrtrtes 53rd Anniversqry in Wood Products

On February 26, Frank L. Jordan (left), president of the Frank L. Jordan Sash & Door Co., Los Angeles, celebrates his 53rd anniversary in the woodworking business in Los Angeles. It was in'1906 that the "Dean" of millworkers started his career r,vith the City Mill & Manufacturing Company, and in 7920 he esta;blished his or'vn concern producing sash. doors and frames for the retail lumber dealers of Southern California.

Today, Frank is active in the administration of his firm, and has no olans 'ivhatsoever for retiremeni. His trvo sons, Spud Jorclan and Kenny Price, are in charge of production, management and sales, and Frank is chairman of the planning committee for nerv products and finance.

"ft seems it was just yesterda). that I arrived from Cripple Creek, Colorado, and as I get rvell into my sixth decade in serving the building trades through retail dealers, I feel that it won't be any problem at all to continue for many years to crJme," Frank declared. He attributes regular hours for u-ork and pleasure as the key to his success and feels confident he ri.ill be on hand to accept his Diamond Anniversary pin.

Fork-lifi Cowboys Trqin for | 958 Nqlionql Rodeo Competifion

The trusty "steeds" of the nation's most expert operators of fork trucks are being grocrmed for competition in the 1958 National Fork-Truck Rodeo, scheduled to be held in Los Angeles on May 10, sponsored by the national organiza' tion of the American Material Handling Society, Inc. The elimination battle among the nation's top regional lift-truck jockeys and the crowning of the grand national champion on May 10 rvill take place during the third and final day of the big Western Material Handling Show in Los Angeles. The fork-truck rodeo idea was initiated just two years ago by the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Material Handling Society.

A 50-page booklet, available from the Society's National Fork Truck Rodeo committee, provides all the rules, forms and releases required to conduct a local fork-truck rodeo. Additional copies of the fork-truck Rodeo guidebook are available from Homer Poston, Long Beach Naval Shipyard, Long Beach, Calif.

Golden Stote Lumber Co. O Second Sonlq Monico Reroil

The Golden State Lumber Company has completed an expansion program which includes new offices for contractor business at 1100 Colorado Ave. and removal of the general offices to that location from the old retail yard at 2436 Santa Monica Blvd. There will also be complete customer service at the new site, as well as the old. Frank G. Kranz is president of the retail lumber firm, which has been in business in Santa Monica. Calif., since 1921. Frederick H. Kranz is general manager of the operation.

One of the yard's specialties recently added is a large inventory of hand-split rustic redwood fencing for ranchtype homes. Golden State carries complete stocks of rough and finish lumber, hardware, paints and building materials for its homeowner and contractor customers.