THE CALIFORI\IA LT]MBER MERCHAI\T

Jack Dionne, Publisher

lncorporcted uDdor th. lqws ol Cqlilonia

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Ht]W LUMBER Lt]t]KS

Lumber price trends are still upward but the pressure is not as hectic as recent weeks, reports Crow's Lumber Market News Service in the period ending Feb. 13. Standard & Btr green fir dimension remained firm and other items and species which had lagged were moving into line with 1959 levels. It was still difficult for wholesalers to buy 'unless they met the mills' price. Kiln-dried Douglas fir dimension came up alor-rg with the green and was holding. DF dimension for water shipment maintains a strong price structure and some producers with long order files were asking peak. figures, just as. they are for rail shipment. No. 2 common ponderosa pifre Loards strengthened a bit, while No. 4 appeared to ,be leveling off.

Shipments of 480 mills reporting to the National Lumber Manufacturers Assn. in the week ending Feb. 14 wete 0.6/o above prorluction: new orders were 6.2/o above Orders of 101,456,930 feet at 148 mills reporting (137 operating) to the West Coast Lunbermen's Assn. in the week ending Feb. 14 were 12.2/o over production Orders of 88,597,000 feet were 3.7/o above production at 118 mills reporting to the Western Pine Association in the week ended Feb. 7.

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SHADES OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTI Just l@k qt thir boutiful modern lunbervord slora entronc€, qnd which suggertr thr up-lo-dotc merchondiring of the compony ond tho plonning oids tha honown", *lll Rnd insidc. lt's thc brond, :ponkin' new 5tore of the Diomond Gordner Yords of Colifornio in lh. ndlhorn <ity of Concord. The <omponv ofrciolr oo hond for the grond.opcning, Jonuory 16, were (lclt to righf): Leo V. Bodine, formcr cxsulive vice.precidcnt of lhe Nott. [unbe. r'{qnufoclurers Atrn., Worhington, D'C., now vicc' preiidonl in <horgc of Diomond Gqrdna lufrbd oprrqtion3; Chcster Hinrhow, generol monoger of the D-G 56-yord Colifornio relqil ttote3;8ill Horrir, on ortislonl gen€rql nonogcr (with lctler Mollo, nol shown) of D'G'r rctqil divirion; Je Dutrq, qilistqnt ronoi.t, ond Howord Underwood, mdnogcr. of thc ncw Concord yord qnd rto.e. You'll find Att the dotoilt in lh6 tlorv ond photor slorting on Pog€ 14

In This Issue

Vogcrbond Editoriols ... 2 2lYeorsAgo Colendor ol Events . .. . 6 Personqls ..

Obituory ........ l0 Fun-Focts-Filosophy .... My Fovorite Siory . 22 Wont Ads New hoduct

I've shut the door on yesterday, Its sorrows and mistakes; I've locked within its gloomy walls Past failures and heartachesl f've shut the door on yesterday

And now I throw the key away To seek another room And furnish it with hope and smiles And every springtime bloom.

No thought shall enter this abode That has a hint of pain, And neither malice nor distrust Shall ever therein reign.

And thrown the key away; Tomorrow holds no doubt for me

Since I have found Today.

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Sticktoitiveness is one of the prime assets of a business person. They tell of a Swede who struck it rich in Alaska gold and was urged to tell a newspaper reporter how he did it. The Swede's reply was simple. He said: "Ay never tole no vun before, but Ay tell you now how it ban. Ay yust kept. on digging holes."

Little Johnnie was ;rJ ,"J"r, |ear. old, and as soon as the family sat down to the supper table, he pulled the following: "Pa, I sure saw a grand picture today. Teacher brought it to school, and it was marked 1776. It made you feel proud just to look at it. I don't know why but that's the way it made me feel. It was a picture of three men and a flag. I don't remember who they were but one fellow had a horn, the other had a drum, and the third had a headache."

Tall tales have alway: "oL" Jr',t or Kansas, especially farm stories. There is one about a farmer who decided to diversify his crop, so he planted a field of popcorn. Just about the time the corn was ready to harvest, a terrible heat wave came along and the corn began to pop. It popped until the whole field was heaped high with drifts of white. A herd of cows came by about daylight the next morning. saw the popcorn and thought it was snow, and they just leaned up against the fence and froze to death. Anyway that's the story.

A junk yard at a railroad crossing carries this sign for motorists to read: "Go ahead ! Take a chance ! We'll buy the wreck !"

She was quick on the trigger. Her husband asked: ,,Why do you weep at a sad play over the sorrows of people in whom you have no interest?" And she,answered:.,I don't know, unless it's for the same reason that you cheer wildly when a man with whom you are not even personally acquainted makes a home run."

BY JACK DIONNE

The movie producer (in most cases a close relative of the boss) was a bit under the weather, so he called on his doctor and told him about it. The doctor told him to take it easy for a while. Suggested he take two hours for lunch. "Then I'll have to get down an hour later," said the producer, "because I take three hours for lunch now."

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And they tell about the burglar who decided to have his eyes fitted for glasses when he started twirling the knobs of a safe one night and a jazz band started playing.

He was applying.for a driver's license, and when the officer asked what he would do if he were driving at high speed and his brakes failed to work, he gave a very interesting reply. He said: "I'd hit something cheap."

And a shortie that deserves repetition is about the patron in the restaurant who loudly complained to the waiter: "Call the head waiter. I never saw anything as tough as this steak !" And the waiter answered: "You will if I call the head waiter."

To get his wealth, he spent his health, And then, with might and main, He turned around and spent his wealth To get his health again. **{<

Chesterfield said: "Put your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket, and do not pull it out just to show you have it. If you are asked what o'clock it is, tell it, but do not proclaim it hourly and unasked, like the watchman."

Said the rich old ,rr..*-i,ir tnl uaa digestion: "I have seen the time when I did not know where my next meal was coming from; and now I don't know where my last meal is going to."

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Discussing the task of a man, Robert Louis Stevenson wrote: "To be honest, to be kind, to earn a little and spend a little less, to make a family happier for his presence, to renounce when that shall be necessary and not be embittered, to keep a few friends, but these without capitulation; above all, on the same condition, to keep friends with himselfhere is a task for all a man has of fortitude and delicacy." :r. ,. ,<

We bought a little country home, Away from carts and cars

And city smoke. They did not charge IJs extra for the stars.

Or singing birds, or for the clouds That dropped their scented showers; They sold us just a house and lot, But all the sky was ours.

-Rowena Bennett.

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Lassoed and hog-tied without even a struggle. Mattel of fact you won't have to utter a word when your Cowpoke Customers come face to face with Lam-Loc Frontier Wood. They'll do all the talkinl And the nice easy goin' price will seal the deal before you can say kimosabe. You can give up stage robbin' forever. We've printed a wanted poster that describes the merchandise and tells how you get your sheriff's badge. Hand branded sample panels come free of charge. All will be shipped pony express as soon as we hear from you. Ed Fountain Lumber Company, 6218 South Hooper Avenue, Los Angeles, California.

Hordwood Plywood lmporters Coll Cormel, Colif., Conclove 'Best'

The Imported Hardwood Plywood Association of America held its 1959 annual meeting at the Highlands Inn in Carmel, January 2?-3L. The meeting was attended by the major importers of plywood as well as many door manufacturers, stock panel distributors and guests. It was an interesting and productive meeting which was also enjoyed by all attending.

The IHPA can look back upon a rnost successful year in every way. The imported plywoocl business has inireased greatly because of improved customer conlidence and the obvious desire of overseas suppliers in all countries, as well as domestic importers, distributors and users, to promote the business irr a predictable and orthodox manner.

The recur-rent legislation to eliminate or restrict plywood imports in Washington was successfully o.uercome during the past year. This_year another l.rearing has been requested before the Tariff Commission concerniirg the future- of the imported plywood business. It is believ'ed that again this year it will be found that imported plywoocl helps domestic lumber and 'ivood products producers to sell rnoie tl.ran ever before.

sists of the above three members plus Jack Davidson, Pacific Wood Products, Los Angeles; Jon S. Gudmundsson, Wood-Mosaic Industries, Louisville, Ky.; W. G. Hellar, Heidner & Co., Tacoma, Wash.; Seiichi Nobe, Pan-Asi4tic Trading Co., Los Angeles; T. A. Parker, Getz Bros. & Co., San Francisco; Robert S. Reid, Ziel & Co., San Francisco ; Gunter Silmar,.Scarburgh Co., San Francisco, and Jan van Wyngaarden, Pac. Coast Div., W. R. Grace & Co., San Francisco.

All present voted this the best meeting on record, both from the business and social points of view. The Association rendered a hearty vote of thanks to Managing Secretary Gordon fngraham and to Past President Jack Davidson and his officers for a magnificent job during the past year. The meeting adjourned looking forward to tl.re next convention. which will be held in Tanuary of 1960 at the Hotel del Coronado.

REGISTR"ATION at the IHPAnnual Nlembership tr{eeting and Election included tlie following delegates of the firms listed:

New officers elected at the meeting are Hans Raitrer of the }iast Asiatic Cornpany in San Francisco, president ; vice-presidents: John Osgood of Robert S. Osgood Lumber & Veneers, Los Arrgeles, and Charles J. Schmitt of Atkins, Kroll & Co. in San-Francisco. The boird of directors corr-

Atkins, Kroll & Co.-Chas. J. Schmitt, San Francisco, and James Bley, Los Angeles; J. Wm. Back Co.-Ralph L. Seibert, Los Angeles; Bentley-Markey, Inc.-Richard Bentley, San Francisco; The Beton Co.-Richard Brown, San Francisco; M. S. Cowen Co.-M. S. Cowen, San Francisco; Del Valle, Kahman & Co.-Eric Wagner, San Francisco; The East Asiatic Co.-Hans Rainer, Mogens Silleman, San Francisco; Getz Bros. & Co.-David Borum, T. A. Parker, San Francisco; Pacific Coast Div., W. R. Grace & Co.-Jan van Wyngaarden, San Francisco, and Wrn" K. Suiter, Jr., Los Angeles; Heidner & Co.-W. Grant Hellar, Tacoma; Myers Sales Co.-Roy M. Harlow, Tacoma; Robert S. Osgood Co.-John R. Osgood, Los Angeles; Pacific Wood Prod,ucts Co.-Jack Davidson, Los Angeles; Pan Asiatic Trading Co.-Seiichi Nobe, Los Angeles; Scarburglr Co.-Gunter Silmar, San Francisco; Ziel & Co.-Robert S. Reid, San Francisco; Jordan International Co.-Wm. H, Kerry, Jr., San Francisco; American President Lines-V. A. Fulton, Los Angeles: Castelazo & Associates-Leonard Q. Webster, Los Angeles; Haley llros.-Francis E. Haley, Santa Monica; Miratile Mfg. Co.-A. K. Hoffman, Whittier, and R. E. Brady, Chicago; Ray Hill Lumber Co. -John R. Mercier, l,os Angeles; Seattle Door Co.-T. W. Gregg, Kirkland, Wash.; Simpson Logging Co.-Victor Craig, Portland, and Harold Johns, Shelton, Wash.; States Steamshin Lines-Douglas Fellom, San Francisco; H. Zwart & Co.-H. Zwart and Lex van de Pol, Los Angeles; Treco Sales Corp.-W. L. Havens, Jr., C)swego, Ore.; Dant & Russell--rChuck Darling, Portland; Lawerence & 'Iuttle-Ned Glad, Los Angeles; Sharp & Rogan--fames R. Sharp, Washington, D. C.; Corporation for Econonric and Industrial Research-Dr. H. W. Robinson, Arlington, Va.; Japan Trade Center, Plywood section-K. Hoshi, San Francisco; Inrportetl Hardu'ood Plywood Assn.-Gordon Ingraham, San Francisco.