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We believe QUAI,ITY ond SERVICE counl moro lhon "lower priccs" in ihis rother expensive lumber morkcl of rodoy becouse whcn the pricc leval ir high buyers more lhon €vcl denond "on thc grode" productt.

Thsf is whare we come into the picture-"SHOOIING STRAIGHT ON PRICES"-bur never overlooling thc QUAIITY of our stock qnd DEPENDABIE SERVICE to our trade.

Competition drows business-ond oE long os competition is open qnd fqil -we encoursge communicoting with other sources of supply-but in the end producl qll we osk is to give us c chance lo mske our quototions when you ore 3eoking "on the grode" REDWOOD, DOUGLAS FlR, PONDEROSA PINE ond other mq. leriol you orc needing. Wo wonl you to iudge us only on our dbility ond PERFORIIANCE in hondling your order for lllXED CARS or SfRAIGHT -in foct snything you dcsire in forest producls from o disfributor.

We ore speciolirts-ro givo u; q coll TODAY regording your lumber requircmcnls. . . GL(IUGH

Fire levels Son Cqrlos Yord

Early on the morning of April 27 fire broke out in the lumber yard of the Liberty Mill & Lumber Company, at San Carlos, California, and burned until it had leveled the plant to the ground. The loss was estimated at between $75,000 and $100,000, and included offices, sheds, dry kilns, and lumber yard.

Another Mechqnicql Borker

Twin Feather Mills, Inc., located at Kamiah, Idaho. has installed a mechanical barker at its big mill. The equipment was made and installed by the Nicholson Manufacturing Company, Seattle, Washington. It wili handle logs from 6 to 39 inches in thickness, and has a daily capacity of over 120.000 feet.

Building Industry fo Erecf Cenfer

Washington, May 1A new national headquarters for the homebuilding industry is going up here.

Beil Hqsselberg Joins Arcqfq Lumber Scrles Co., Son Frcrncisco

The Arcata Lumber Sales Company of San Francisco, sales organization of Arcata Redwood Company of Arcata, California, announced that effective March 15, Bert J. Hasselberg joined their sales staff. He will operate from the San Francisco office of Arcata Lurrber Sales Company and will cover the Bay Area, Peninsula Counties ancl the territory South to Santa Maria.

Bert Hasselberg rvas recently sales manager for Western Tree Products of San Carlos, specializing in redwood and fir. In the past several years, Bert has been associated witl-r other Bay Alea firms and during that time formed many friendships from Balersfield to the Oregon border. His background, besides wholesale selling, included management of a retail lumber company, sawmill and woods experience. He is a graduate of the University of Washington and majored in business administration and economics.

Concrete Mosonry Associof ion

The Concrete Masonry Association is the name of the new organization of rnasonry manufacturers that was organized recently in Los Angeles. Membership is planned to include makers of concrete block, concrete veneers, and specialty concrete masonry. More than 50 manufacturers located in California, Arizona, and Nevada are included in the group. E. P. Ripley, of Concrete Froducts Company, Van Nuys, California, is president of the new association, and the offices are at 3250 West Sixth Street, Los Angeles.

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The National Association of Home Builders is erecting a $2,000,000, eight-story National Housing Center. It will be ready within a year. It will serve as a central source of information about the home-building business.

5O Yeor Old House Being Remodeled for L.A. Home Show

When the annual Los Angeles Home Show opens June 10 to 20 in the Pan-Pacific Auditorium, one of the very attractive exhibits will be a remodeled house. A 60-year-old house has been selected for that pulpose, and is being remodeled for the occasion under the direction of A. J. Blackstone and sponsored by the Remodeling Contractors Association of Los Angeles.

Actually, the old house will be only partially remodeled, some rooms being beautifully done over to show what can be accomplished, while other rooms are left as they were to demonstrate the before and after effects of skilful remodelittg. The house is a sturdy frame structure that formerly served as the parish house for a church, and contains seven rooms. It has been moved from its former location to the Home Show grounds, where the work is being done. Frank Hess, Home Show president, says this house will be one of the most talked-about things in the ten-day show.

Middleron & Beirne Lumber Co. Close Burlingome Office

The Middleton & Beirne Bay Area office at 1204 Burlingame Ave., Burlingame, was closed April 30, 1954.

Tom Rollinson, former manager of the Middleton & Beirne Burlingame office, has returned to Gartin Lumber Co., San Mateo, where he is now active as manager.

Superior Quolity Doors-Moderotely Priced

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Sroonco cuaranteed flush doors are precigi6n built vdth all-wood cons-truction throuchout. Ventilated straight-graii, kilu-dried Westem red cedar cores mai[tain dimeuaional stability.

Snoonco conE ooNgrRrtcrroN meets the hishest standards ard wins the comilete aporoval of discerning archibcts aid contractorg. Sroonco doorg confom to Commercial Standad U1-50, eetablighed by the United Statee Denertnent of Commerce. Face ip'ecie: Philippine mahogany rotar5r cut and ribbon grain; fir, birch. white arh 41{ nagonite.