March l, 1942
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
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Ceiling Price Set for Southern Hardwood
lVest Coast Appoints Public Relations Director for Oregon Seattle, Washington, February 4, I942.---The West Coast Lumberman's Association has appointed Arthur W. Priaulx public relations direc' tor for Oregon, with Headquarters in Eugene, according to an Association announcement. Mr. Priaulx, widely known Oregon newspaperman
and editor of the Eugene
Daily News for the past three years, will extend cooperatiou of the lumber industry of western Oregon with organizations interested in forest questions, the announcement said. Arthur W. Priaulx The Association maintains two offices in Oregon, with H. J. Cox manager of Willamette Valley branch and Paul C. Stevens Portland manager. "The public relations policy of the West Coast lumber industry, which Mr. Priaulx will carry on in Oregon, is simply to bring about clearer public understanding of the industry's problems and what is beirrg done to solv,: them," the Association said. "Planned tree grow'ing on the industry's harvested forest lands, large-scale planting of seedlings on fire-denuded areas, public education on the forest-fire problem through the Keep Oregon Green and Keep Washington Green progralns, the huge and complex war mission of lumber-these are headline examples of the many vital enterprises in which the industry needs iniormed and friendly public support." CORRECTION Pine Association advises that there was The Western a typographical error on page 7 of the first few copies mailed out of the ceiling price schedule for Western Pine iumber. The price on f x 6" D Bevel Siding Ponderosa Pine should be $23.00, wliile the $16.50 price applies to the same size of E Siding. The ceiling price schedule appeared in our February 15 issue, but their letter did not reach us in time to make this correction before going to press.
San Francisco, Feb. 6.-fssuance of a price schedule for substantially all species and grades of southern hardwood lumber was revealed here today by Harry Camp, regional
director of OPA. The schedule becomes effective Feb. X,1942. Prices on most items in the schedule are reduced $2 to $5 a thousand feet from current levels and tough white ash prices are cut as much as $10 per thousand feet in the thicker sizes. Maximum prices for oak lumber are substantially those prevailing today. Maximum prices are established only for shipments of lumber which originate at a mill. Direct mill shipments pursuant to orders of less than one thousand feet are excluded from the schedule, since in most of these shipments the mill performs the function of a distributing yard.
Frank C, Schmitz Frank C. Schmitz, a resident of Wilmington since 1903, passed away at his home on February 8. He was born December 2, 1869 in Redwing, Minnesota. Mr. Schmitz helped to build the Southrvestern Lumber Company, now the Consolidated Lumber Company, and was associated u'itlr the lumber business until he retired in 1932. He is survived by his widow, two daughters, a son, a sister, and trvo brothers. Fu'neral services were held Tuesday afternoon, February 10.
LUMBER YARD FIRE Fire destroyed a shed and a quantity of lumber at the plant of the Pacific Lumber & Supply Co., 123 N. Ave. 18, Los Angeles, early Saturday morning, February 21. The fire was discovered in a shed at the rear of the yard about 2:30 a.m. H. C. Wehlest, one of the owners, states the com,pany has been having trouble with vagrants who slip into the yard from nearby tracks to sleep. They have been caught smoking and he expressed the opinion the fire might have started in this manner.
CALIFORNIA VISITOR Ray Lewis, sales manager of \'Villapa Harbor Lumber Mills, Raymond, Wash., was a recent business visitor to San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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