\yHoLEsALE T I M B E R S JoBBING

Douglas Fir in sizes to 24" x 24" t

Redwood in sizes to 12" x 12" - lengths to 24' t

Planer capacity for surfacing up to 24" x 24"

Rcmanufacturing facilities for resawing up to 34" x 34" at Berth 156, Wilmington, Calif. The company, formerly knou'n as Coos Bay Wood Products Cornpany, will offer old growth Douglas Fir and Douglas Fir plywoods to retail lumber dealers of Southern California exclusively, according to NIr. Gilbert. A complete stock of materials, with lengths to 4O', will be maintained at the harbor for fast delivery to the Southland lumber market.

Phil Gilbert has been engaged in lumber production ancl sales for over 40 years. He formerly held the post of presiclent ancl general manager of the Coos Bay Logging Co., Coos Bay, C)regon, and has spent most of his life in the Pacific Northwest timberlands. He also operated the Gilbert Lumber Company and the Gilbert-Carlson lumber firm. He is a graduate o{ Long Beach Poly High and Oregon State College, graduating as a logging engineer. He is a Californian returned to his native state and has a family of three ciaughters and a son rvho is a pilot in the U. S. Air Forces.

"Lurnber has been my life," said Phil, "and we'll do a good job for the retail dealers in this area."

Cfub 9 Plons April 27 Dlnner-Dqnce

A1 Bell, president of San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club 9, and Bob Bonner', general chairman of the meeting, have announced that plans are no\\r underway for the 9 Club's big annual dinner-dance, to be held this year at the California Golf Club in South San Francisco. The d:rte to circle on your calendar is April 27, and come early for an er-ening <-lf fun.

Father Goose

Solvong Yord Joins SCRTA

The Solvang (Calif.) Mill & I-umber Yard ha:; been enrolled in the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn. as an active member by Orrie Hamilton, association manager. The retail yard at 1781 Mission l)rive in Solvang is owned by Hans F. Skytt and Evald R. Skytt, partners.

Mill on lndion Reservqtion

Tulare, Calif.-Tribal Leader Marcus Hunter announced that Indians on the Tule River Reservation had voted 37 to ll in favor of amending the tribe's constitution to allow long-term land leases, which would clear the way for negotiations with the Mount Whitney Lumber Co. for locating a sa\vmill on the reservation.

Plon los Vegos Shopping Genter

Las Vegas, Nev.-Plans have been drawn for a 50acre, $8 million shopping center here to start construction during this summer on a 9-month building schedule. Parking for 3,000 cars is included in the plans drawn by Pereira & Luckman, Los Angeles.

Gluits FHA

San Diego.-Walter I-. Forward, Jr., Federal Housing Administration director for San Diego and Imperial counties s i n c e 1954, resigned last month to enter orivate business.

les ley Elecfed

Les Ley has been elected vice-president of the Santa Cruz city redevelopment agency.

Speciolists Speok lo lorge Meeting Of S. C. Seosoning Associcrtion

The regular monthly nreeting of the Southerr-r Californi:r Lumber Seasoning Association r.vas called to order by President Herb Geisenheyner at 8:40 p.m. in the Rodg.:r Young auditorium, Los Angeles, March B. President Herlr introduced the first speaker, Arthur l(oehler, consultant, r'vho spoke on "Causes of I.umber Warping." Mr. Koehler displayed slides shou'ing graphs depicting the points he u.ished to stress. He spoke of the following terms :

Compression wood-A term given to softwoods taken from trees rvhich had grou,n at an angle instead of straight up'lvards, rvhich causes the grain on the lor,ver side to become compressed. Compression rl,ood shrinks along the grain more than normally grolvn r,vood, rvhich means that such lvood borvs tou,ard the compression side. In order tc'r determine rvhether lumber is of compression wood, one may cut a cross-section about If8" or 3/16" thick, then, holding it up before a very bright light, the summerrvood bands u'ill show as very dark.

Tension wood-A term used in hardu'oods, corresponding to compression rvood in softr,voods, but tension in a hardr'vood tree is from the higher side of the tree which greu' at an angle. This 'il'ood is difhcult to dress. In the case c,f fast-grot'ing trees rvith u'ide grorvth rings in the cent:r, the pith side u'ill shrink more than the sap side. and rvill shrink more rvith the grain than do trees of normal gror'vth.

Case Hardening-Case hardened rvood has a tendency to

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Improper sticking-Lumber rvhich has been improperly stuck is apt to become .rvarped when the top side of the boards get wet, thus absorbing more moisture than the bottom side; the rvet side expands and causes the warping. As the top side dries, it tends to straighten, but it rrill never return to its original form.

Secretary-Treasurer Bob Inglis introcluced the second speaker, Les Harter, technical consultant for the Woocl_ work Institute of California, rvhose office is in Fresno. He came to Los Angeles especially for this meeting and ac_ quainted the SCLSA u'ith his organization, rvhose member_ ship consists of manufacturers, architects, builders. etc.

The main purpose of this particular organization is to become a liaison among the manufacturer, the architect and the builder.

Mr. llarter mentioned a number of problems that have arisen in the organization, which actually are problems such as lve encounter in our rvork with lumber, such as the improper seasoning and the improper handling of u.ellseasoned lumber. He offered a challenge-seeking to have the Lumber Seasoning Association disseminate certain information to the W.I.C. as the SCLSA is considered spec- ialists in this line. He also stated that, in return, the \\roodrvork Institute of California rvill assist the SCLSA in getting this information to the architects as rvell as to the manufactureqs and builders. Nfr-. Harter gave the rnem-