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for wholesole redwood,

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A partial list of milling machinery includes high-speed modern Mattison Moulders of varying capacity, Torwegee straight line gang rip, Twin Turner resaw and Twin Turner band rip saw.

Shasta National has complete yard stocks of hardwoods and softwoods with excellent mill connections for continued supply. As Al Weitz says, ool believe in personal service and have put this into practice by being out in the field whenever the customer or salesmen request it. Itos the best way I know of to take care of problems before they happen."

The yard is located at 6800 Victoria Avenue, Los Angeles 43. Telephone number remains the same: Pleasant 3-4321, but the TWX number is (213) 750-0810.

Redwood Poltern Book

The California Redwood Association has published a new edition of its standard pattern book. Pattern Book No. 6 is almost twice the size of its predecessor. Besides additional patterns, it contains several pages of general information on redwood's properties and uses which make it more useful for dealers and specifiers. Copies of Standard Patterns-Redwood Lumber, Pattern Book No. 6 are available at 30 cents each from the California Redwood Associ' ation, Dept. P-1,576 Sacramento Street, San Francisco ll, California.

The book describes redwood's special qualities of decay and termite resistance, finish retention, and dimensional stability, and contains a nailing chart and other information for laying up the siding patterns (the Association also publishes data sheets on siding application and on each of the siding patterns, for more detailed information.)

The siding patterns included among the industry's Standard Patterns are Tongue and Groove, Shiplap, Bevel Siding, Anzac Siding and V-Rustic Siding. Many variations of each siding are shown in the pattern book. Mouldings and fencing and paneling patterns are also included, as well as sills and gutters. The book shows those patterns which are available from any of the CRA member mills: Arcata Redwood Company, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, The Pacific Lumber Company, Simpson Timber Company, Union Lumber Company, and Willits Redwood Products Company.

Diomond Notioncl Forms lumber Products Merchsndising Bronch

, M. E. ctgu6" Jones, Western Lumber

.Divisions General Manager for Diamond lNational Corporation, announces the formation of Lumber Products Merchandising as the Lumber wholesaling branch of the company. Offices will be maintained in Red Blufi, California and Spokane, Washington.

According to Mr. Jones, this new unit will enable Diamond to better supply its customers with a much wider range of prqducts and afford them the best of services.

T. A. Huetter, Jr., will be head of the wholesaling organization and Clyde C. Crenshaw will manage the Red Blufi office.

Mr. Huetter was born in Spokane, Washington, and attended Gonzaga University and the University of Washington, receiving a degree in Business Adrninistration from the latter. He served in the Army Air Force from 1942 to 194,6.

Since his return from military service, Mr. Huetter has become well experienced in both buying and sales of lumber and forest products. He is active in fraternal and civic afiairs and an arden amateur collector of Indian artifacts besides golfing, fishing and hunting.

Mr. Crenshaw is a native of Lonerock.

CATIFORNIA TUMBEN ilENCHANT

Oregon, was educated in tJrat State and attended Oregon State College. He comes to Diamond with 25 years' experience in sawmilling and distribution of lumber.

Tree Form Booklet Tells of Growth

The story of continu-eus forest crops through modern tree-seleciion harvest methods and multiple use of cffimercial timberlands is told in a new'L2-page booklet, "Tree Farms of the Western Pine Region," just published by the Wg{ern Pine association. :ii' '

Featuring the 10 species of timber trees grown in the pine country, the color publication includes a tree identification chart {or all 10, designed to be useful in conservation studies.

How tree selection logging works towards larger, sustained yields of the five basic crops of the woods-water, timber, forage, wildlife and recreation-is told by word and picture. A camera-point, fourpicture scene from the Klickitat country in Eastern Washington, showing a spot where three old trees were harvested 19 years ago to help win the war, and the same spot today reforested and regrown, is a special feature of the booklet.

Copies are available from the Western Pine association, Yeon Building, Portland 4, Oregon.