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Jack Dionne, Publisher

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The green fir dimension market leveled off in the pe.riod ending May 8 after rising steadily since mid-April. Prices on all grades, and also studs, were still strong, however, reported Crow's Lumber Market News Service. Prices on random length Standard and better green fir 2x4s were just short of the Spring 1957 price level, and the lower grades surpassed last year's prices; boards, timbers and clears were still belovr' 1957 prices. Rising p,roduction in the Pacific Northwest with better weather was the big halt in the price rise. Pine boards have been steadv. K-D fir Utilitv and Economv dimension made sharp advances.

Shipments of 481 mills reporting to the National Lumber Manufacturers Assn. in the week ending May 3 were 12.5/o above production, while new orders shot 79.4/o above; for the year to date, orders are now 3.6/o above production. National production of lumber totaled 2,508,000,000 board feet during March, reported the NITMA. Shipntnts rose lA/c over February and orders 6Vo. For the first three months of 1958, production hit the lowest first-quarter output recorded since 1949. Orders of 125,839,198 leet were 18.2/o above production at 155 mills reporting (135 operating) to the West Coast Lumbermenis Assn. in the week ending May 3; shipments were 8.4/o above. In the previous week ended April 26, orders had zoomed 28.6/o over production. . . . The weekly averaS:e of Douglas fir sawmill region production during April was 155,745,000 feet; orders avera'ged 175,941,000 feet and shipments 161,785,000 feet. Orders rocketed 36.4/o and shirpments 78.4/o above production of 74,334,00A fieet at 723 mills reporting to the Western Pine Associatiron in the week ending April 26. . 'Orders of 2Q415,000 feet were 03A7o and shipments were 3.67% above the three-year average at 91 mills reporting to the Southern Pine Association in the week ending May 3.

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In this issue, we welcome these new advertisers into the family of California Lumber "Merchant-isers":