T\TENTY.FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

As reported in The California Lumber Merchant May 1' 1927

This issue carried a personal writeup on Lloyd Harris' salesman for the Holmes Eureka Lumber Co', San Fran-' cisco.

The Central California Lumbermen's Club held its monthly meeting i! Stockton on April 9. President O' V' Wilson presided, and A. J. Russell, Santa Fe Lumber Co', San Francisco, was the principal speaker.

Paul Penberthy was appointed sales manager of the W' E' Cooper Lumber Co., Los Angeles.

Herman Rosenberg, Hipolito Company, Los Angeles' was on an extended eastern business trip calling on the comDanv's business connections.

The new $750,000 Plant Co., Medford, Oregon, was started operation on APril of the Owens-Oregon Lumber ofificially opened APril 21, and )t

C. W. Pinkerton, Whittier retail lumberman' was elected president of the Whittier Rotary Club.

At the meeting of the East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club held on April 15, Mrs. J. E. Fraser, secretary-manager of the Califoinia Retail Lumbermen's Association, was the speaker'

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club met at the Elite Cafe, Los Angeles, on April 21. It was announced that a golf tourna-".rt, .ponsored by the Club, would be held at the Ojai Country Club on \[ay 7. Secretary Harry ]fanson presided at the meeting.

Fred E. Connor, Sacramento lumberman, visited the Northwest where he organized Altrurian Clubs at Seattle and \rancouver, B. C. Mr. Connor is international president of the Altrurians, a service club otganization'

F'red W. Roth, San Francisco, State Hoo-Hoo Counselor, at the Watsonville Rotary Club meeting subiect was the observance of Forestry was the speaker ol Aprrl 27. His \\reek.

The Pacific Coast Hardwood Association held its annual convention at Del Monte on April ZI, 22, and 23' Officers elected were J. E. Higgins, San Francisco' president; Roy H. Stanton, Los Angeles, vice president, and Homer Maris, San Francisco, secretary-treasurer.

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Ponderosa Pine \(/oodwork Elects

Officers and Directors

Re-election of officers highlighted the eleventh annual meeting of the Ponderosa Pine Woodwork Association held February 12, 1952, at the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago.

Officers re-elected included:

F. E. Bissell, Jr., Carr, Adams & Collier Co., Dubuque. lola, as president.

Arthur H. Mohring, Edw. Hines Lbr. Company, Chicago, as vice president.

J. D. Rowland, Andersen Corp., Bayport, Minn', as secretary.

L. G. Carpenter, M,cCloud Lumber Co., Minneapolis, as treasurer.

In addition to Bissell, Mohring, Rowland and Carpenter, the following were also re-elected to the board of directors of Ponderosa Pine Woodwork:

William J. Burns, Long Lake Lbr. Co., Spokane, Wash..

George M. Curtis, Curtis Companies, Inc., Clinton, Iowa'

Paul W. Curtis, J. Neils Lumber Co., Minneapolis, Minn'

E. W. Donahue, Wabash Screen Door Co., Chicago, Ill.

L. L. Gibson, Long-Bell Lumber Co., Kansas City, Mo.

A. J. Glassow, Brooks-Scanlon, Inc', Bend, Oregon.

F. A. Hoerner, Rockwell Sales Corp., Chicago, Ill.

Walter S. Kennon, Pickering Lumber Co', Standard, Calif' Arnold E. Loetscher, Farley & Loetscher Mfg. Co., Dubpque, Iowa.

T. I-. O'Gara, Weyerhaeuser Sales Co., St. Paul, Minn.

A. \A/. Olson, Missoula White Pine Sash Co., Missoula, Montana.

H. F. Root, Anaconda Copper Mining Co., Bonner, Montana'

F. R. \A/eddington, Wm. Cameron Co., Waco, Texas.

Newly elected to the board of directors were:

Harold J. Ford, Tarter, Webster & Johnson, Inc., Stockton, California.

R. D. Scamehorn, Morgan Company, Oshkosh, Wisconsin' Martin S. McDonnell, Cascade Lumber Co., Chicago, Ill' D. G. Pilkington continues as general manager of the Association.

Instcll Two Moore Dry Kilns

G. C. (Cal) Setzer and I{ardy C. Setzer, principals of Glenco Forest Products, have announced that they are proceedirrg t.ith the installation of two Moore Cross-Circulation double track kilns 72' long and one single track kiln 72' long rvhich will give them approximately 165M board ieet holding capacity.

This is another step in the direction of a well rounded and integrated sawmill and remanufacturing plant planned at the neu'' mill site at Elk Creek, rvhich is 25 miles rvest of Willorvs. California.

Thev recently completed a new all-steel sawmill of the latest design, as well as a special 15 deck green sorter rvhich feeds lumber onto a 4 column Moore vertical stacker'

Additional planning for the completion of this expansion program includes dry sheds and remanufacturing facilities'

REEVES TAYTOR I.UMBER GOMPANY

68 WEST I OTH AVE., EUGENE, OREGON pHoNES 4-2271 & 4-2272. TEIETYPE EG_OO4

WESI COAST TUMBER PRODUCTS

Son Frcncisco

FIOYD W. EIIIOTT Phone: DOuglos 2-4211 Fife Building

Sqcromenlo ROY E. BROWN Phone: Hillcrest 6-1616 l9Ol-55rh Streei

Los Angcler C. P. HENRY & CO.

Phone: PRospect 6524 714 W. Olympic Blvd.

GAIIFORNIA SOFTWOOD SAI.ES

DARRETL RICHARDSON

410 Scrn Fernando Rocrd, Los Angeles 31, CalilornicrPhone CApitol Z-OZ14

Representing:

THE VOIISTEDT-KERR I.UMBER GO. OT PORTTAND

CIAREIICE IEWETT, Mcncrser

Shippers oI Mixed cqrs KD Ponderosa Pine, Contcrining Mouldings, Pcrttern Stock, S4S Bocrrds and Uppers

A TRIAL CAN WItt CONVINCE YOU

Idcrco Opens Wholescrle Yqrd qnd New Mcnulcrcturing Plant ct Heclldsburg

Idaco Lumber Company of Oakland and San Francisco announces the opening of their nelv re-manufacturing plant at Healdsburg, California. The new plant opened on the 15th of April and is situated on the North Western Pacific Railroad and the Redwood HighwaY.

The complete new planing- mill is located on a 24 acre site just 2 miles north of Healdsburg. Equipment includes a Newman 512 Matcher B" x 16" with profile, automatic feed table aird lumber lift; Gunderson 54" Vertical Tilting Roll Resaw ; a 125' sorting chain, staggered trimmer, re-run merry-go-round and Idaco Multiple Trimmer. Lumber will be handled with Hyster Fork Trucks and Ross Straddle

Carriers. Dry kilns will be added sometime in the near future.

E. Jeffreys is president, Al E. Soulages, vice-president and E. E. Firestone is the secretary-treasurer of the Idaco Company. George McMillan is the resident manager at the ne.r,'r' Healdsburg plant and Charlie Mudd is in charge of the office. Both men have been recently promoted from the company'S operation in San Francisco. Tom Gaines heads the sales department with offices in Oakland.

In addition to the new planing plant and wholesale concentration yard the Idaco Company also operates a sawmill at Jenner and manufactures sawmill equipment in their machine shops in Oakland.

He is the Lumber deqler who buys qt the bottom of the mqrket. There is no doubt thqt shingles qre qt bed-rock so order q truckfoqd or o cqrloqd today. Prices qre bound lo rise soon.

Wholesale to

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Exterior Sliding Door Units

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E. F. T. Wohlenberg Specrks At Sacrcrmento Meeting

San Francisco, April l9-President E. T. F. Wohlenberg of the Redwood Region Conservation Council was one of the principal speakers at a joint meeting of the state board of forestry and the California Fire Prevention Committee, Ap:il 18 in Sacramento.

Wohlenberg, vice president and general manager of the Masonite Corp. at Ukiah, led a discussion on forests and forest products as part of the general theme of the meeting-"The Dependency of Our Basic Natural Resources upon Protection from Wild Fire."

Also during the meeting recipients of the award for outstanding service in the field of fire prevention rvere announced.

The award, sponsored by the California Fire Prevention Committee upon recommendation of the U. S. Forest Service and the State Division of Forestry is presented to persons or organizations credited with performing an outstanding service in fire prevention during the previous year.

The joint meeting also honored posthumously Gerald B. O'Reilly, former forest fire fighter foreman of Sonora, r'vith the award of the James Mclachlan Bissel medal for meritorious service. O'Reilly lost his life in a vain attempt to save the lives of three fellow fire fighters on a San Luis Obispo forest fire in July, 1950.

JAMES L. HALL CO.

PHONE: SUlter l-752OlO32 tUtlttS BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO 4, CALIF.

STADIUII, B]EACHER

Ccrlow-Smith

Miss Shirley Smith, daughter of Mrs. Florence Smith of Burbank, and Robert J. Carlow, son of Mrs. Benjamin CarIor,r'of Los Angeles, were married in Beverly Hills on April 19. Only members of the immediate family were present.

Jack Carlow served as his brother's best man.

Mr. Carlow is a partner in the Carlow Company, and the new Mrs. Carlow was formerly secretary to Saul pick, Saul Pick, Inc. The newlyweds spent their honeymoon in.Northern California and the Pacific Northwest.

U/4olPAe,k a.td lolt/tra?

Sincc 7888

OFFICE, MILL, YARD AND DOCKS

2nd & Alice 9ts., Oqklond 4 Glencourt 1-6861

Wqlter N. Bcker, mqncqer of the Woodlqnd Lumber Compcrny -ot Woodlcnd, Cclilornic, wis presented ct becutilul plcrque recently by Don McDoncld, sclesmqn *tith Sttolt. Hardwood Compcny oI Ook' land, The qwcrd wcrs made to Mr. Boker lor selling the lcrgest dmount oI Bqlscwood lor the lirst three months ol 1952. Mr. Bcrker sold mogt oi the etock tor duck decoyg. However, it is used lor strecrmlining siruts on qirplqnes, toys, iniulction, qnd model dirplanes' Tlre ncme nilSf comls trom the Spcnish word meaning "ralt" cnd weighs crpproxiniately three-qucrters pound per bocrd looi'

CUSTOM MILLING and KILN DRYING

MCCOY PLANING MILL

3400 East 26th St., Los Angeles 23, Calif.

Phone ANgelus 9-8216

For Sale

1934 Ford V-8-3 Axle, 10 wheel Lumber Roller Truck-Al condition-$395.00.

Call ORchard f-2016 or see at SOUTHLAND LUMBER & SUPPLY CO. 901 W. Olive St., Inglewood, Calif.

CAR.R,IERS & tIFT TR,UCKS

For Sole or Renl

Following Equipment

Remanufactured Carries 90-Dav Guarantee

A six-year-old Monterey Pine harvested in New Zealand produced sumcient veneer and lumber for three complete doors' l,ightning causes man caused. onlv lOVo of our forest fires. 90/o are

A typical aggressive lumber dealer will handle about 1,327,000 board feet of lumber in a Year.

Pay rolls do grow on trees. Don't burn jobs. Prevent forest fires.

The California Reclwood Association has certified over 110,000 acres in tree farms in the redwood region.

Tree farm certificates may be revoked if the operator fails to comply with the rules for tree farming.

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CLEARANCE SAIE

MqchinerY Prices Sloshed

TABLE SAWS, 10", I and 3 Phase Power.

DOOR CLAMP; opening 6'xV, 3 H.P., 3 phase.

DOVETAILER, Dodds, 15 spindle' Brand new. STICKERS-MOULDERS: 4" XL Mroldmatcher. lU'American, square heads, ball brg.

GLUE JOINTER: Diehl, ball brg., direct drive, new condition'

R,OY FOR.TE

Production Machinery for the Woodutorking Trade 723 E. Manchester Ave. (Firestone Blvd.), Los Angeles I Phone THornwall 2224 (Raidence MEtcalf 3-2562>

For Sale

Complete small lumber yard and cabinet shop. On louthe-rn Pacific leised propef,ty, $50.0O per month, wittr-spur track, slreds' machinerv. rolierbe<i - Ford tiuck, office equipment and inventory' totat tgO,OOO.00. Wish to retire fnom the lumber business. BOYD MILL & LUMBER CO., unincorporated

19 Santa Barbara St., Santa Barbara, Calif. Phone 53962 Francis E. Boyd

Established Santa Barbara, l9l3

For Sale

TWO MODERN ALL ELECTRIC MOULDERS ONE 1OO KW FREQUENCY CHANGER

May be seen in operation at Mutual Moulding-and Lumber Companv.-Los Angeles, where new 6-10-A1 Stetson-Ross matcher i8 being installed. Available about March l, 1952.

One (l) used, 12"x4" 4-head Model 134M S. A. Woods Moulder, 67 -rl total horsepower.

One (1) used 6" x4" 4'head Model 137M S. A. Woods Moulder, 32 -/2 total horsePower.

One (1) rrsed 100 KW 220 volt Fairbanks Morse Frequency Changer.

These late model machines are in good operating conditio-n' Both moulders have lag bed feeds, and are--equipped with 4-knife rountl lieads. Hoods an-d blowpipes to manifold also included.

For further details, write

STETSON-ROSS MACHINE COMPANY or phone local representative in Whittier, Calif.' Oxford 57-839

Seattle 4, Wash.

Want Ads

Bcrte-Position wcmted $2.00 per colunn lrcb

All oihers, $3.00 per 661'mn fu1sh Closiag dctes lor copy, Sih cnd 20tb

FOR SALE_BUILDERS SUPPLY

..Doing_good cqsh business. Hdwe., plmbg., sash, doors, cement, tile, brick, etc. Some lumber. Good'location in citv of iS.OOO. Stj miles from Los Angeles. Stock & equipment approi. $25,000. '

Address Box C-2U2E, California Lumber Merchant 108 West\6th St., Rm, 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

For Sale

A. S-an Fernandro Valley yard about 2l acres; spur track; Good sh-eds, office, store and mill bldSs.' Marshall -& Sterrens valuation report g_ives "Sound Value" ground and buildings 9124,000. Invortory will run about 940,00O tdditional. l9S0 saf;s S2++,000. Books open.

B. Los-Angeles y,ird under one ownership for 25 years, located about !_qil* fro-m City Hall on main highway to San Fernando Valley. 25,000. sq._ ft. wit! 7,Om ft. under roof. Will sell ground & bldgi. for $45,t)0O; truckg office and mill equipment Jt market valie; inventory extra Terms_can be arranged on grround and buildings. Or will lease same for S300 monthly. 9 months' sales 1951 aboirt S120,000. We are sold on this yarci.

C. Stanislqqs-^County-yard. Gr-ound on ? year lease, running from $50 to 9100 monthly depending on salesvolume. Will sell-buildings fror $55tD. Inventory extia. Good one or two man yard.

D. Ventura-County yard, small investment, but showing excellent feturns for past 5 years.

If you want to sell your yard #hy not get in touch with us.

TWOHY LUMBER.CO.

LUMBER YARD AND SAWMILL B,ROKERS

714 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 15, Calif.

PRospect 8246

FOR SALE OR LEASE HYSTER

Model-RT-l50 Condition-Excellent

Capacity-15,000 lbs. Guarantee-9O days

SYSTEM LIFT TRUCK SERVICE

1711 15th Street, Oakland Z, Calif.

TWinoaks 3-4403 '

LU'NBER.CAR UNLOADING

$37.00 per car-Flat Rate

ONE DAY SER,VICE

Experienced lumber crews fully insured.

CARRIER HAUTING

Late model equipment-low rates.

"Use Ray-How Know-Ifowt'

RAY.HOW CO'YIPANY

7406 S. Main, Los Angeles 3, Calif.

THornwall 6853 Pleasant 1-3210

LEATHER LUMBER APRONS

- Stgqdy- lumbermen'e aprons made of top quality reclaimed leather, furnished in both single and double ply,-appror-. lAtx24,, with oi without belt and bugkle. Special discbuirte lo jobbers.

HENDRIE BELTING & RUBBER CO.

,O5 Towne Ave., Los Angcler 13, Calif.

Phone TRinity 77&6

Nomes of Advcrtiscn in fhis Dcportmcnt urirg o blind qddrcss connot be divulgcd. All inquiricr cnd rcpllor should bc qddrcrsed to kcy rhown in the odvrrlircmonf

Hardwood Lumber Salesman

Have opening for experienced hardwood lumberman with good following in L. A. territory.

JONES HARDWOOD & PLYWOOD CO.

4230 Bandtni Blvd., Los Angeles 23, Calit. ANgelus 1-7lll

SALESMAN WANTED

Well established, but still growing wholesale lumber firm with distribution yard in Los Angeles area wants salesman to handle both out-of-warehouse and direct car-load sales of Pine lumber and Pine and Douglas Fir Plywood. Good salary, plus expenses and commissions. This is exceptional opportunity for right man.

Address Box C-2t26. California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Rm. 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

SALESMAN WANTED

Experienced in selling wholesale, Ponderosa and Sugar Pine and associated species" Acquainted \rith the industrial trade in Los An-geles and surrounding territory. Own transportation necessary. Salary and expenses.

AL DERRY LUMBER CO.

4230 Bandtni Blvd., Los Angeles 23, Calif.

Phone ANgelus 0856

MANAGER AVAILABLE prne regrons,

Lumbermarl Lumberman, qualified for general manager of loggine oDerations and lumber mill in either the fir or pine recions. -desires -to make mru rn erther hr or pine regions, desires to make a change. Experience includes all phises of the industry. Age rt8, excellent references. Available Mai f.

Address Box C-2030, California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Rm. 508, Los Angeles 14, Cdif.

LIFT TRUCK & ROLLER BED TRUCK

FORI SALE f417 E. 12th St., Ipe Angeles

Ross- 15HT 7/2 ton lift truck, late 46 model motor needs rings, mechanically perfect condition, can finance $3750.00. 1947 Chewolet bob tail roller bed truck, brown lite trans, vaCuum brakes, all new rubber, looks like new, cost $4200, sale price $1500.

CRANE & CO.

Phone TRinity 6973

CARUNLOADING LABOR

"There is a way to keep payrolls down and stable, while business fluctuates." When business shows an increase, don't employ extra labor, just contract part of the work out. Orders filled immediately for Car Unloaders and temporary yard labor.

CRANE & CO. TRinity 6973 LOS ANGELES

For Sale Or Lease

Cabinet Shop & Lumber Yard in new and growing comrnunity, Sportsman paradise. Will sell inventory appro:a;950O0 and machines appmx. $45fi), rent buildings and land on long time lease with purchase option or will sell all now. Pumice tile buildings, 7-room apartment over shop and office.

GEORGE RIEBEN, OWNER

Phone 7-1601 or write Box lE5, Tulelake, Calif.

WALLACE MILL and LUMBER COMPANY

General custom milling, grading and drying.

In transit Half way between Los Angcles and Long Beach. Corncr Rosecrans Avc. and Paramount Blvd. P.O. Box 27, Clearwater Station Paramount, Calif. MEtcalf 3-426fNEvada 6-3625

Pacific Elcctric s. P.

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