The California Lumber Merchant - June 1944

WHEN YOU CHECK UP ON YOUR PLANT's PAY-ROIL SAVINGS PLAN FIGURES!

m Ihese doys, things chonge with ostonishing speed. The Poy-Roll Sovings Plon set-up thot oppeored to be on outstonding iob o short time ogo, moy be less thon sotisfoctory todoy.

How obout checking up on the situotion in your plont? Checking up to see if everybody is ploying his, or her, port to the full meosure of his, or her, obility. Checking up to see if 'multiple-solory-fomilies' ore setting correspondingly multiple-sovings records.

A number of other groups moy need otteniion. For exomple, workers who hove come in since your plont's losl concerted bond effort. Or, those who hove been odvonced in position ond poy, but who moy not hove odvonced their bond buying occordingly. Or even

those few who hove never token port in the plon ot oll. A little plonned selling moy sfep contributions up moteriolly.

But your iob isn't finished, even when you've iocked porticipotion in your Poy-Roll Sovings Plon up to the very top. You've still got o iob before you-ond o big onel lt's the tosk of educoting your workers lo fhe necessity of not only buying bonds, but of ho/ding them. Of teoching your people thot o bond sold before full moturity is o bond robbed cf its chonce to relurn ils full volue to its owner-or to his country!

So won't you stort checking... ond teoching... todoy?

Wor Bonds To Hove And To Holdl

..MOST VITAL"

With lumber nqmed qs "the most vital wcr commodity," it hcrs not been possible to tcke ccre of the needs oI our retcril decrler customers. But we cssure them we have done and will do our best in this most dillicult situation.

I. E. MARNN Mcucging Editor

W. T. BLACK Advertieing Mcntrger

THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

How Lumber Looks

Lurnber shipnrents of 508 mills rcporting to thc \:rtiorral l-umber Tracle llarometer rvere 2.3 l)cr cent belos' pl-oduction for the u'eek ended Ma1'13, l9t1-1. In tire saure rveek trerr. orders of these mills l'ere .7 per cent belo\\' production. Unfillecl ortler filcs of the reporting mills amounted tcr 123.0 per cent of stocks. For reportir.rg sof tr,vood mills, unfillecl orders are ecluir.alent to 41 days' procluction at the current rate, and gross stocks are cquivalent to 31 days Droduction.

The Wcstern l'ine Association for thc r,vcek ended May 13, 109 mills reporting. gave orclers as 711,632,000 feet, shipments 74,'+51,000 feet, and procluction 77,918,000 feet. Orders on hand at the encl of the \veek totaled 385.751.000 feet.

The California Redu'ood Association reportcd productiorr for trvelvc opcrations for the r.nonth oi April as 37,653,000 feet, shipnrents 36,8.54,000 fect, ancl orders received 32,442,0C0 feet. (Jrrlcrs on hand at cncl of the month totaled 161,208,0@ fcet.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended N{ay 6, reported orders as 111,428,000 feet, shipments 120,300,000 feet, and prodrrction 123,6.1(r,000 feet. For the n,eek endecl May 13 orders \\''ere reported as 114,607,Un feet, shipments 117,9:13,000 feet, and productiorr I21.O62.UJO feet.

Northwest Lumber Strike

I'ortland, Ore., May 30-A grotlp ol 2OO A.F'.I-. loggers ancl sau,mill rvorkers at Valsetz, Ore., ptlintecl the n'ay for resumptiotr of lumbering activities in Oregon and Washington today by returning' to tvork.

Everett, Wash., district council lumller zrncl sau'mill u'orkers' officials announcecl affiliated locals votecl to go back to n'ork at that commttnity's four iclle mills.

As rve go to press, it is reportecl tl.rat n-alkouts in the Northlvest lttmber industrv har-e affected 106 plants' sa\\:nrills, cloor and plyrvood mills, \\'oodworking companies, logging and booming operatior.rs. ancl lletween 25,00O and 30,000 men are iclle. Estimates are that 11,000,000 board feet of luurber is lost dail1- b1- the rvalkouts, rvhich are in protest against the War Lallor Board's denial of pay increases.

Union officials have maintained that the *'alkouts, which beg:rrr a l.eek ago, were unauthorized.

The A. tr. L. is demanding an itrcrease in minimttm hourlv rates from 9O cents to $1.05, ancl the C. I. O. to $r.02%.

The War Labor Board arlvisecl the strikers it rvould not consider the dispute or appeal cases ttnless the meu n'ent lrack to rvork.

Back From Business Trip

Henrr' \f. Hink, Dolbeer & Carson l-un.rller Co., San Francisco, is back at his desk after spending several dayi on business in I-os Angeles aud Sau Diego. llrl Set'ard, Los Angeles, the companl"s Srtuthcrn Califonlilt rellre-sentative, made the trip to San Diego u'ith him.

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Douglas Fir Plywood Association Tacoma 2, Washington

Changer in MPR No. 215---Distribution Oakland Hoo-Hoo Wlll Hold Concat Yard Saler of Softwood Lumber

Washington, \'{:t.r' I I llxtcrrsion of the regtrlation uoverning salcs of soft'rvood lrrmlrcr bv distrilrution lar<1s to inclrrde vellon' clprcss lrtnrlrer, n'ith the exccption oi hcavicr inclustrial sizes norrn:rllr- stockctl and soltl only trv hardu-ood distrilrutors, rvas thc princiyr:rl one oI ser-eral changes macie in this rcgulation, the OlTice of l'rice Arlrninistration announced todar'.

This action, u'hicl-r becomcs eil'ective I'Iav 22, 19'l'1. u'ill permit distribution yards to reflcct rccentlr--increa-sed nlill priccs of thesc species irr their selline' priccs. Under the General }laxinrurn Price Rcgulation, n.hich formerlv covered sucl'r sa1es, scllcr-s \\'ere linritecl to the highest price ther' clrargecl cltrring \Iarch, 7912.

Distributors' prices are comprrted b,r' acldins together the f.o.b. mill cciling priccs, the inbound transportation charge from a spccihed b:rsing point arrcl a $5 handling charge, and adding to tl-re sun'r rr specified percentage nrarkup basecl on this sunr. \I:rrk rrps establislrecl bv the regulation zrre computcrl on thc lrasis o{ or.cr-a11 clistrilrution vard operations, inclrrding all s1'rccies, at (icneral Ifaximum Ii'rice Regulation levels.

For purposes of clarification, tu'o othcr changes :rre affcclcd b_v lorl:L_r"s :r('li"n :

( I ) Certain iten.rs, sr.rch as basc Lro:rrrls, casings, chair rails and hock strilrs hzrvc sonrctimes been classifled as rnouldings, the m:irk-rrps for .,r'hich are highcr than those ior lumber items. -flrc amerrclrrrerrt brings them rvithin coverage of thc regrrlation as lumlrer items.

(2) The ile{rnition oi "sale orrt of distribrrtion 1'arcl stock" is n-rodilicd to perrnit s:rles of southern pirre lunrbcr subject to relc:rsc rrnclcr \\-ar T'rorluction Ilolrrrl Ortlcr' M-61 :rncl also o{ sales of certain spccies of Canadian lurrrber sulrject to the Canarlian Controllcr of Tin'rbcr.

It is gcncrall,v rcquire<l th;rt lurnbcr be in thc rljstribution yarci's stock at thc tir.ne of slrlc. It u-ns inrpossilrlc to complv l'ith this rerlrrircnlelit ()rr species srrbject to limitatior.r orclers since,ipecilrt'en<l rrse is a corrrliti,rn r-rf relcase ancl <listribrrtors cann()t lr:tve suclr lurnbcr irr stock at tlre timc of sale. IIou-cver, 1hc anrrnrlr)rent lnorliires this rcclttirenrctrt so that lun.rbcr thlrt lrccor.r.rcs part oi stock prior to the rinre of rlclive rv rnav be sold lr-r. <listribrrtiorr r-arcls.

(Amen<ltrrcnt No. .i t,, Secor<1 licviscrl JltLxinrrrnr I'ricc Jiegrrlation No. 215 I:ll'ectivc flrrr- 22, 1()-l-1.)

and Dinn er )une 16

'\'-ice€Ierent Snark lSert E. Bry.ln annotlnccs that :r concatcnation rvill be hclcl at thc Claremont llrrtel, Berkeley, C:rlif., Frida-r' e vcning, -Jrrne 16, l!).14. fJinncr rvili be served at 6:09 p. m., rtnd there u'i1l be an entertaitrnrcnt program drrring the dinncr. Thc concatenzitior.r t'ill be held at 8:09 p. nr., ancl a hne class of Kittens is being liler1 up for the occasion. flcmbers are :rskc<1 to bting a Kitterr along.

The Nine that l'il1 be in charge of tl're coucrttcrration inclrrclcs: \ricegcrcrrt Snark, I',crt E. P,rliur; Senior T{oo-Hoo, G. F. Ror.rnington ; -lunior Hoo-Hoo, Leu-is Godard; Jabberu-ock, D. Norrnen Corrls;(irrrdon, (icorge Cla,vlrerg; Bojrrm, Hcrrrl FIink: -\rcanopcr-. Clemcnt liraser; Scrivenoter, \Iilanrl Grarrt; and Custocatian, I-rLrtre .|. \\rrto<lson. It is interesting to note that everl menrlrcr of the Nine is a past presiclent of Iloo-Hoo Clrrb No. 39, except D. Normen Cord,s, r'ho is the present Clrrb president.

The announcement scnt otrt bl tl.re Cotnrrittee states that this concatenation is lorrg or-crtluc. ancl it l'ill be a rortsirrg ()ne. This rvill ire thc last mecting in thc O:rl<1and district ior the ILro IJoo lear 19-13-1!)'14, lrnd a ltig tttrnotlt is expected.

f'Iark thc date, lrrnc 16. 19.1'1. trlr 1-our calcndar non'.

Price Chcnges lor Western Red Cedcrr

-\ rrrrnrbcr of ch:rnges in the pricc regulation ir'rr Wcstern rcrl ccclar-u'hich is rrsc<l in orrlinlLrr- constrttction tvork, an<l lts interior finisl-r anrl cxterior sirling t'et'c attnottttcerl orr -\Iav 20 b1- thc OfTicc of Pricc .\rlmir.risiration.

Tirc changcs, c1l'cctive }tar- 25. l9J-1, nraire ;r ieu- price :icljustnrents, establish uniforrl priccs of general applicalrilitv for sonre iterrs prer-iousl,r- colere6l ll-1' rpcci'Il pr-icing and bring the regrrl;rtion into conformit-r-l'ith llrr-scnt incltts1rY l)facticcs.

OJ'A declared that, l'ith some pricc increa::es an<1 sor.ue rcclrrctions, tlrerc is no changc in t1-re over-:Lll realization to produccrs. f Amenrlrncnt I t,, I{PIi -102--\\-estcrrr Red ('erlar Lrunlrer.)

On Eqstern Business Trip

.J oseph \Vcston, J'-1 f Ionte, C'irlii., Southrvcstellr represcntative for thc Doue'l:ts Iiir J'l_r'u'oorl -\ssocilttion, lcit on Jrrrrc 1 to visit W:rshingt,rn. D. ('.. \tlr-\'orl<:ttttl Boston on .\ssociatiorr'lrrrsiness. ITc erpccts to 1rc b:icl<:rlrorrt _ftrne 20.

You folks who love America, We need your faith today, This is the time for courage; This is the time to pray.

The above was sent ,rr*ofu ]otaier. Author unknown. But very pat at this critical time in our history. And here is another, the line that came with it stating that it was found on the dead body of one of our Marines, killed in the Far East; likewise very pertinent at'this time: And if our lines should form. then break

Because of things you failed to make, The extra gun, or ship, or plane

For which we waited all in vain; Will you then come and take the blame

For those supplies that never came?

For we, not you, will pay the cost, Of battles tor,*rolwe, have lost.

The time is at hand in the United States when every true American is going to have to stand and be counte<i. The time for fence-riding is nearly gone. Wouldn't it be fine if every free American would sign and hang the following in his office or his home, and stand back of it in the troubled days that are ahead:

"Pity the man who a".l "la l*n r,i-.etf. Pity the maii who does not possess his own spirit. It would be better to die a beggar covered with rags, yet with his soul erect, fearless, and free, than to live a king in a palace of gold, his soul slimy with hypocrisy and crawling in the dust of fear. I will do my own thinking; and when I have thought it, I will say it with words as hard as cannon balls if need be. I am a free man. I will mortgage my mind to nobody. I will give a deed of trust on my soul to nobody. No matter wheth,er I think well or i1l, what thought I have shall be my thought, and shall be a free thought. And I am going to admit cheerfully, gladly, the right of every other man to thus think and speak."

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Heard a splendid speaker the other day addressing a Rotary convention on the obligations and duties of citizenship in time of war. He expressed a couple of thoughts s<r well that his words bear repeating. He said: "No man has a right to kick or gripe about taxes today; but he HAS the right and it is his obligation to scream to high heaven when he sees or learns on good authority of the waste of that money; no man has a right to kick or gripe about rationing, but he HAS a right and it is his obligation to demand to know IF and .WHY that rationing is necessary." Looks to me like that covers two important questions in a short space of tim,e.

Those who defend cutting across the Bill of Rights in time of war, evidently forget the fundamental fact that those rights were instituted particularly for the protection of the citizen in time of stress and strain-not just in peace times. That, in short, was why they were born. It is because the founding Fathers realized. too well that in times of emergency, holders of power are inclined to use emergencies to put things over that would not be tolerated in times of peace, that Jefferson and his associates gave us the Bill of Rights to protect minorities; and particularly in troublous times.

Through the centurie, ;.; hl" "o*" down to us a definition of the word "justice" that will always endure: "Justice is the constant and perpetual purpose or will to render to everyone that which is his." You can add a million wellchosen words to those and it is doubtful if vou will have thrown a bit more light on the *subject.

When I hear or read the words of some politician lashing out against those who are brave enough to differ with him in opinion, and witnress the intolerance of his selfrighteousness, f am reminded of the philosophy of the ferocious Danton, leader in the French Revolution, who cried out in a speech to the Convention: "Be my brother or I'll killyou."

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Not long ago representatives of ten national women's organizations that were convening in Washington, visited by invitation the offices of the U. S. Forest Service, where they listened to a talk by Chief Forester Lyle F. Watts. According to printed reports, Mr. Watts took pot-shots at the lumber industry, and one of the pieces of advice he gave the women was that they "inform the public generally about the misleading character of the publicity campaign of the lumber industry." Thus dcies another of our paid employes and public servants contribute his share toward the upbuilding of national "rtjt l"U*rhe more abundant life.

I offer the next stanza of poetry as one of the weirdest pieces of war literaturre that has come my way. I understand it was written by a British soldier named A. E. Housman. It is difficult to understand the mental attitude of such a foeman as he describes, who tries to kill him, fails, and then, taking death from the saber, smiles at his killer, blows a kiss at him, and dies. No one can say that isn't drama as well as tragedy. Here is the stanza:

I did not lose my heart in summer's even, When roses to the moonlight burst apart: When plumres were under heel and lead was flying, In blood, and smoke, and flame-I lost my heart.

I lost it to a soldier and a foeman,

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i..,.; A chap who did not kill me-but who tried; r . Who took the saber'straight, and took it spriking, :- And laughed-and kissed his hand to me-and died.

i:'r' "the stern joy that warriors feel in foemen worthy of their

There are nearly 4 million men in our 4-F draft ,,':, steel." It was.something of that same thought that the

I ' Sir Walter Scott in his "Lady of the Lake" wrote about t.' suddenly found himself surrounded on the mountainside by

author of the above stanza must have had. If you will retion. If we may believe the Bible it was God Himself

member, the wandering and lost King James of Scotland started the "4-F" business. Only he was a hundred ti-qici more drastic in His restrictions than are our army rcguhi

the following from the 21st Chapter of Leviticus, andr f," sword, backed up against a rock, and dared them to come what you think: "The Lord spake unto Moses sd il,' on. "Come one, come all, for this rock shall fly from its whosoever he be of this seed in their generations that hd ,' firm base, as soon as I." Thus spoke the gallant King of Scotland. And Scott relates that it was then that Rhoderic any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of * Dhu expressed "the stern joy that warriors feel in foeman

worthY of their steel." ***

i I read the. other day that only 2 per cent of our draft

huirdreds of heavily armed enemies. He gallantly drew his i,,:,, army had ever handled a rife when they were inducted.

Those figures shocked me. I always think of American

.l boys as being handy with a gun from the age of good judg-

ment. And I likewise read officially that only 28 per cent , . of our recruits at the various naval training stations were

'' able to swim when they got there. Guess our latter-day

parents aren't as interested that way as the mountaineer who was asked how he taught his boys to swim so young, and who replied: "I throws 'em in, and they swim,s ou.ti,. if'n they don't drown."

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tt,, A bit of geography to keep us up with the war newsl We ;1:,- read much of Truk, the naval stronghold of the Japs in the i;.'. Paci.fic that has been getting frequently bombed of late . by our forces. It has been called the Japanese Singapore.

i When you read of Truk, here's what it means: an ocean I I area of about 1600 square rniles, 38 miles north and south, and 4O miles east and west, the outer rim of which is a coral reef through which there are four principal passes; inside are eleven islands, none of them large, and a lot of ri''.' Some more geography. You read of the Japanese,trfing

season. One thing c?n be said in its favor in addition to il tremendous and rugged beauty; its women are reputed be the loveliest in all India. Remember Kipling's Burdd girl a-sittin' in the old Moulmein Pagoda? Like that .:; *** tions today. You don't believe it? Ah,Iriend! Then r# shall not approach; a blind man or a lame, or he that hi a flat nose, or anything superfluous; or a man that is broilF en-footed, or broken-handed, or crooked-backed, or a or hath a blemish in his eye, or the scurvy, or scabbedl: .-.j he shall not go unto the veil or come nigh unto the altar; because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my saneturf aries." See? What did I tell you? r ***

God; for whatsoever man he be that hath a blemislr".

Preparedness. The Army Air Corps has a new t:'L book called "Jungle and Desert Emergencies," which into all pilot bail-out kits. One of the intereStiag pieari of advice to bailed:out pilots is: "If forced down inltfr jungle, don't monkey around. Watch the monkeys. Y6 can eat anything they can eat. .You can also eat:t! monkeys."

An editor, writing about the.Montgomery Ward b$ ness, suggests that Congress re-write the war powers.lil so that the Attorney General can understand it, Coq# now! fsn't that asking a good deal of finite minds? ,'i * * * .;

Douglas MacArthur should feel quite dt home in A tralia, because it was one of the MacArthur Ctan, J6hi

small islets; the largest island shaped like the letter U, is MacArthur, who is called by Australians "the fathef"

ten miles long and three miles wide; the Jap fortress in- New South'Wales." He went to Australia from Scotlar stallations are inside the great lagoon. where the MacArthur Clan is so old that there is an *** Scotch saying: "There is nothing older except the t:

to enter India through conquered Burma by way of the

\T t maputra River. ft is covered with mountains of terrrific i,' height, and jungles the most impenetrable on earth. It

MacArthur and the devil." The MacArthurs used to cleii

to be the oldest branch of ..the Clan Campbell, and ,th'tit

Indian border province of Assam. This is about the wild- headquarters was Strachur. Until 1427 when James I eri est country left on earth. It is traversed by the great Bra- cuted the Clan head, the MacArthur tribe was one of S strongest in Scotland.

' is the toughest fighting ground in the whole world. It is

R. L. Batts once said of our soldier dead: "To them,

a wild anamals'paradise, abounding with dlephants, tigers, more the sunshine of the land they loved. They not agaii

rhinoceroses, the mighty gaur which is the wildest and will look upon her verdant hills, her'plenteous rivers r wide-skirted meads. No more for them the joyous ,1:' w.rv5L vrlg

f, ,,

is quick death. The wild natives are as deadly as the ani-

of her birds, the music of her rippling streams. No mora.j the clasped hand of friendship, the thrilling touch of lovq;i mals and the snakes. The great River swarms with croco- They are chosen for immortality. They died for us, ai

, dileg as do all the other rivers of thg territory. Some of for unnumbered millions who will follow in the paths oil l'., the world's highest mountains and highest cities are to be feet have trod. They died that liberty might live; that t$i

found on its borders. The whole land is like a moving pic-

most dangerous animal of them all, and deadly snakes are i1:, ,. there in abundance, like the cobra and the coral whose bite ture artist's wildest dream; but this is real. It is one of the

lowly be lifted up; that peace abide among the peoplesi,ft the earth." t":.

SCHAFER BROS.

LUMBER & SHINGLE CO.

Home Office-Aberdeen, Woshington

Monufocturers of Douqlcrs Fir ond West Coost Hemlock

CALIFORN]A SALES REPRESENTAT]VE

Robert Gray Shinqle Co.

Gardiner Lumber Co.

Aberdeen Plywood Corp.

BUYING OFFICES

Eugene, Oregon

Reedsport, Oregon

CALIFORNIA SALES OFFICES

FOR

LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO

Ill West gth St.-TRinity 4271 I Drumm St.-SUtter l77l

HARDWOODS FOR HOMES

When hardwoods are again available for civilian trade, large guantities will be used for interior finish in moderately priced homes.

How do we know this? Well, the trend was that way before the war, and it will continue when we are free to build homes again.

Mcritine Commisaion Awqrd

l'lV olauolrik Shrq

B2 l"o/a Siaaaa

Age not guaranteed---5ome I have told lor 20 years---Some Lcss

TTI I oo I ough

It happened in a small county seat in the South. The Army sent in a recruiting crew, and they opened offices on the second floor of the two-story brick building on the main corner across from the courthouse. Here they beat the drum for recruits, and gave those who came their prelirninary examinations for the service.

About the same time the Highway Department sent some of their men in to open a temporary driver's license office. They examined applicants for driver's licenses. It happened that they also took offices on the same floor of the same building as the Army recruiting station.

One day a big country darky came to town to get a driver's license. and was told he could take his examina-

Redwood Mill Rebuilding

Juan Crcek l,nmlrer Cornpan,v is ivhich l'as rccentll' rle stro,r-erl b.v flre. mill r'il1 be reopenerl in the fall.

l. an Exam

tion on the second floor of that certain building. He went up, walked into the Army recruiting office by mistake, told them his name, and that he came to take his "zaminashun." They stripped off his clothes, and gave him a thorough physical going over. They slapped him back and front, made him do the split on the floor, made him gallop around the room, jump over chairs, punched and checked him from head to foot, and about the time he was exhausted and ready to holler "calf-rope" the)r turned him loose. One of the officers said: "All right, boy. I guess you'll make it."

The panting negro said: "Thank you, Suh. Thank you. I did aim to git one of dem fo mah wife, but I don' believe she could pass."

Receiver Appointed For Mill

rebuilding its r.ni11, It is hoped that the

Chas. G. llircl, forrner manager o{ Stocktorr I-ttmber Co', Stockton, l'as appointe<l rtceirer of the l-lectric Plauing X{ill, Stocktor-r, llay 13.

At both Long Becch and Los Angeles plcnts. Kilns and operctors <rre certilied by Government lor drying <rircrcrlt lumber. Also other commerciql drying. Mill

1405 Wcrter St., Long Becrch 2

t. B. 6-9235

136l Mircsol St., Zone 23 ANgelus 2-1945

NO CONVERSION NEEDED

The entire production of the Douglas Fir plywood industry of the Pacific Northwest, now devoted to war uses, will be diverted into regular channels after the war, and plywood will again be a big item in the retail lumber dealers' stocks.

And the great plywood industry will be ready to go-no conversion needed-when Victorv comes!

Mailing Address:

TACOMA LUMBER SALES

Tacoma

Peterman

Eatonville

De(iance

955-967 Sourn Ar,auroe Srnnur Telephone TRinity 0057

P. O. Box 2096, Tenlrtx.tr, ANnrx LOS ANGELES 54. CALIFORNIA

714 W. OLYMPIC BLVD,, tOS ANGELES, CALIF. CARGO and RAIL PHONET PROSPECT II()S

Allow Increare on Redwood Prices

Increases in ceiling prices for redrvood lurnber, the net effect of rvhich rvill be to raise the average sales realization for all redrvood lumber by $2.30 per thousand board feet, were announced on Mav 19 by the Office of Price Administration.

O.P.A. said that this u'as the minimum necessary to cover the stumpage and out-of-1>ocket costs of substantially all operations, excluding onlr' a snrall percentage that are normally unprolitable.

Tlre increases, u'hich became effective N[ay 23, 1944, are as follou's :

$5 per thousand board feet in the maximum prices of all common and shop grades of redn'ood, except 5f 4" and 6/4" thicknesses, ancl ties sold anywhere in the United States (For example, 1" x J'R/L No. 1 Heart Common is 'aised from $41.50 to $46.50.)

This action u'as taken after extensive consultation rvith the inclustrl' and examination of cost data, O.P.A. said.

In 1943 approximately 600 million feet of redn-ttod u'ere produced, rvith an aggregate vah,re of $33,000,000.

California redwood grows only in tlie northern coastal counties of California. Production is confined to a feu' companies, five companies accounting lor over 80% of the total and nine companies producing95/c of all redu,ood.

Three-quarters of the production is going to the Army, Navt' or Maritime Commission or into indirect militarl' uses such as tanks and pipes in offshore military and naval estabiisl-rments. The remaining quarter goes into farm construction and repair, home repair, boxes and general milllvork.

O.P.A. pointed out that the $2.30 increase in sales realization provided by today's action compensates for a gradual redtrction in sales realization since the first half of 1943, rvhich amounted to $2.02 per thousand board feet.

This reduction rn,ras due to the exhaustion of stocks of dry lumber and the conseqttent loss of extra cl'rarges {or dry condition. Redu'ood takes 12 to 18 months to dry and a stock eqrrivalent to trt'o-thirds of annual production is normally maintained. Nlilitary clemands have been so great that for two vears very little has been put in stock, and the only dry redrvood available l.ras been that already in stock' Present inventories are critically low and it is not expected that any larger proportion of clrv lumller u'ill be available until after the end of the lr'ar O.1'.A. saicl.

Paul C. Stevens Named !(/'estern Manager

The Executive Committee of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association announces that Paul C. Stevens o{ Portland, Oregon, has been named to succeed the late Roy Dailey as Western manager. He rvill assume his duties on or about June 16. After spending some time familiarizing himself rvith the workings of the organization it is planned to move the Western bran'ch ofifrce from Seattle to Portland, a move that has been under consideration by the Executive Committee for the past year or more.

For the past seven years, Mr. Stevens has been manager of the Portland office of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association. The four previous years were spent with the Douglas Fir Exploitation and Exporting Company of Portland, and for ten years prior to that affiliation he was manager of the rvholesale department of Chas. K. Spaulding Lumber Co. also of Portland. Mr. Stevens came to the last mentioned concern after seeing service in the U. S. Army during World War I, prior to r'vhich he had been rvith the Bridal Veil Timber Companv, lumber manufacturers.

Will Live on Oregon Rcnch

After twenty-one years with the Rossman Mill & Lumbcr Co. at its San Pedro yard, C. P. Kellogg has left for Grants Pass, Ore., rvhere he and Mrs. Kellogg rvill make their home on his 4o-acre ranch. Ife expects to spend part of his first six or eight months in the North as a buyer for the firm, calling on the Oregon and Washington mills. His son, Eugene, rvill succeed him as manager of the yard.

Buys Retcil Lumber Yqrds

Bert McKee has purchased from Kerckhoff-Cuzner Mill & Lurnber Co., the lumber yards at Calipatria, Imperial and Brawley. They will be operated as the Imperial Valley Lumber Company, the head office being at 1518 S. Central Avenue, Los Angeles.

The only' change in personnel management rvill be that Wilie Manning, who has managed the yard at Calipatria, will be succeeded by his trvin brother, Riley Manning. J. R. Weakley, u'ho has been manager of the Brawley r-ard for sixteen years, u.ill remain in that position. Jerome A. Wilson, manager of the Imperal yard for the past twenty-three years, lvill remain in full charge.

"qoafu "l t/4. Uoolt"

Tuition-Free Evening Courses Designed for Builders and Allied Trades

-'\nrong more than 150 tuitioi-r-free er-ening courses offerecl bv thc \\rar Training L)ffrce oI the Universitv of Southern California at l-os Angeles arc sirccial classes designed for builders ancl :rlliecl tracles, stlLrting rluling the u'eek oi June 1.

Sponsorecl b1' the U. S. Ofllcc of l.-clrrcatior.r, the majority of classes rr-reet u,eekly for thc lrcnr tenn of 1S-u'eeks duration. Supplement:lrv gasolinc :Llrplications are issued to trainees thlorrelr ( ). l'. .\. rt'grrlltri,,ns.

Listed in the neu- cataloguc :rre subjects of l'ood technologl' featurir.rg strcngth :rnrl structural values, reinforced concrete rvith special selcctecl problems, plastics ancl tl'reir phvsical and chemical properties, civil engineering, errgineering ur;ithematics iLnil both elementary and arli'ancecl errginceri rtt],I r':r rving-.

()ther fielrls inclucie thosc of electrical enginccring ancl a group of corrrses in r:iclio, ultra high irecluency studies, electror-rics, tool and die clesign, time ancl motion strtclv, lrlant protection, and phases of inclustrial r.nan:rgenrcnt.

Detailed information on the new catalogrle rlitv be had fron.r tl're S. Cl. \\rar Training (){ice at llTchnron<l -ll I I or l)lloslrcct 9877 a.fter 5:30 p. rn.

In the Ncrvy

Don Philips, Jr., son o{ l)or-r 1'hilips of Philips Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is norv in is stationed at San Diego. Hc n';rs fornrerll' the comDanv.

thc Lawrencethe Navv and :i saiesnran for

BAXCO

GHR(lMATED ZIIIC CHT()RIDE

THIS MAN WAR WORKER

As eqch log is locded it must be checked cnd tcllied. Trcrining and experience litted this man lor his job. The War Mqchine needs lumber qnd lumber production needs skilled men.

Soft Ponderosa and Sugcrr Pine

TUMBER MOT'I^DING PLYWOOD VENETIAN BIJND

Making Big Ones From Little Ones

Bv R. Trade Extension, \#est

T. Titus, Director Coast Lumbermen's Association

Solid timbers of Douglcs lir up to 136

"Bigger, better ancl lor.rgcr rvoocl beams tiran ever have been sau'ed from a log are nolr' :rvailable for use in htudreds of structttral shapes." Cl'rester J. Hogue, in charge of technical service for the West Coast Lurnbermen's Association, pointed out recently in tellins' of the spectacular development in nerv glues being used irr fabrication of laminated timbers.

Research, stimulated by u'ar's clemands, has rler-elopecl :,-ll sorts of glues. Quick-setting colcl glrrc ; a phenolic resin glue now suitable for beams exposed to rain, frost, heat ancl cold; a casein glue that rvon't mold; and glues so strons that a glued-up laminated member 1.i11 not break on thc glue line-these are some of the \-ert' ne\\' olTerings of scicnce and laboratclrv technicians designed to extend rrltra-modcr:r r,t'oo{ rrse ir.rttl the difficult game of heavy constructir)l1 arrrl touqlr engineerirrg reqrrirenrents.

The lumber inclustrv tociav is making l.reavy plan.; fcr the futtrre, x'ith tlre great \\-ar uses for lumber:rs a rvonclcrful provirrg grorrnd, cnabling l'ood to take its rightful place among' tl-re chosen fcu' rrnir-crsall1- zicceptecl "semi-precious'' materials. With thc aid of nelr. technologies, such as the perfection of high-grade glues, lumbermen hope to keeo out of the economic cloghorrse of the futnre, bv reversing the old adage to one of tl.reir o\\rlr-"making big ones out of little ones."

Ieet in length, lor Ncvy boqt keels.

\\'ith the transition here in the Pacific Northrvest of our forest lands from decadent olcl-grorvth stands to rvood producing young forests determining the rnarching orders of the industry, many problems must be solved. Lumber manulacturers and private forest land orvners must begin to think in terms of products ancl markets instead of trees. Their keynote for the future is, "Year br. r'ear, cut fer,r'er trees ancl employ more rnen."

Because utilization of the tree crop from our millions of acres of top quality tirnberland out here is a basic element of forestrv, it stands to reason tl.rat anv neu,' method oI utilization n'ill have a orofound effect on future forestrv policies.

For installce, if bv der-eloping gluecl-up lamination to the point l-here future reqnirements of industry for heavy tirn. bers can lre completelr. rnet from the coml>irration of srnall boarcls anrl gluepot, then the entire forestrv pictrrre charrg. cs. Gone u'ill lte the neerl for large trees Irom r','hicl-r to cut large "sticks." If srrraller trees can be profital>iy harvcstcrl ancl the irrrnl>er therefrorn converted into everv recluiremeut of the brrilding inclustry, the grou'th cycle of a forest can be greatlv reduced. 'Ihat means that private capital can l>etter all-ord to retain control of forest-grorving land l'ith much shorter and more frecluent periods of harvest.

fIRITEX

Insulating Board Produets

Building BocrdColorkote TileAcousticql TileColorkote Plqnk

Insulcting lathInsutcting ShecrthingRoot Insulcrtion

. Refrigercrtion Blocks

i:' Rod Hendrictcson, Versatile Radio Artist

a sixty-day visit with their oldest son, who is the owner

of the Temple Furniture corporation

Nationaf-American Annual Meeting

while there Rod made a trip to New york to look aroun.r 6^-7'-l:4:'.o*:i* the speakers will be congressman charles ,. ji; '1 Rockefeller Center and the National Broadcasting Co. al A' .Halleck of Indiana; J' Philip Boyd' director' Lumber t :: his leisure. He soon found out that his reputatior, ", " 1"9 LY*tt Products Division, war Production Board; i .., , oaio arti"t t ui oreceded him. was welcomed with a .oupll Colonel Fred G. Sherrill, chief of Enginee'rs Office, Wash- ! llr ,radio artist had preceded him, was wglcomed couple a rsu v' r'wrur tt"tt.Yt D'E'rssrJ v'r!s' YY4r': :( i,,. of guest appearances, and inside of two weeks of supposed t:s:1n, ?.9 i Roy c' Ingersoll, president, Ingersoll steel ,:

done some nine or ren r.",n shows. & Disc Division, Borg-Warner Corporation, Chicago, fll., i ,; vis.t.ng, he had done some nine or ten top shows. dE ljlsc ljrvrsron, IJorg-Warnefl Lorporatlon, Lhrcago, lll., .:': ''1. Since locating in New york, he has done over two u"d Dl._I.- F. T. Berliner, E. I. d.uPont de Nemourt & Corr ;! u .,.t i' hundred shows,"and has appeared on programs with Helen pany, Wilmilgt:", Delaware' :-

IlUIIultU JllVWJt 4llg ll4J 4PPg4ltU WuPrVBr4urJ Wlll! rI9I T,, H;y;r,-R;v-""a Massey, Richard Arlen, Allen Jones, -sessions will be confined to mornings only leaving the il 1t-, rr?#i.r. ift".lrr, Jean Hersholdt, and other stars. rr" i, a.fternoo_ns and evenings free for discussions and ,ela*"- .' .; ]'r ,t" *;;i";-.D""ny,, to ..Bulldog Drummond,, and alsJ tion. All lumbermen-manufacturers, wholesalers, and re- : l j

it. appears regularry in "The Aldrich Family", "Molle Mysterv tailers-are welcome to attend. -1

TL.-r..,,..a^..-.D'.-r--.-''...''''.L...',.JD:..d^'.,' ,: Theatre", "Gang Busters", "Counter Spy", "Big Town", Revgillg procgeds Donatgd To .i l '. Y :""' \'r's ' ano t)ea'n varrey ',ays' Americcn Bed Crogs ;, i, , *_:_o^::I'^lh: "11 ryf:1",'t:: t',,'-ttll_ll.tl:-111'g:11-o --p';;;-.d' J.'J, "*p",,,es or the 12th Annual Reveiue, hetd ,l ly-' ,- ::j:j",-"":^"'::i_,^:^;':: 'r rLJ'rr@'1,'t;-" Proceeds over expenses of Reveille, held ,'i i' L',,lllli,li.""i}T,',"'ffi'1j:",:'i#$;.Til $:T1' :l :.14*: ;p;ii A: "*"';ir"s j: .$g"p ll{'t* ?,:,r vr vvLJL ' rtLw rvr^ r/' rt' r' donated to the Oakland Chapter of the American Red ::, n1.. Cross. :i ;, TIFFANY LUMBER CO. RESUMES

This decision was made at the meeting of the d.irectors ,:i f..-i.,t The sawmill of Tiffany Lumber Co., Garberville, Calif., of Hoo-Hoo Club No.39, May 15. The moneyis to be used ' tl, - resumed operation May 15, cutting mainly Douglas Fir, by the Red Cross in any manner they see fit, the only .:, ii- Fir, only .;' i''afterbeingdownforseveralmonths'PhilBensonisman-stipulationmadebeingthatitmustbeusedforthebenefit i'l ager. of United States service rrren of World War II. '!,.

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Panel Hearing at San Francisco

A tripartite panel appointecl b1' the Natiorral War l-abor lJoard of \\rashington, D. C. held a hcaring Xlay 8 to 11 at the Ftrrniturc N'Iart, San F'r:ur'cisco, on :r uttmber of California lrrmlrcr industry cases.

John Galcv of Portlancl lv:ts chairman ancl I-. A. Peifer, San Francisco, \\'as co-chairmau. The CIO u'as represented b_r' Stanlcr' \\r. Earl, cxccutive sccretarr', Orcgor-r State Ir-rdrrstrial LInit-,n council, ancl the AFI. bv Lcster Sulgrove, Tacr-rrna attorr-rey.

Lurnber indrrstrl' erupioyer representatives rvere Louis C. Stervart, r'icc-presidcnt, Sudclen ct Christcnson, Iuc., Sal lirancisco, :rn<l Fr:rnk J. O'Connor, ntanager, Donovan Lttrrrlrcr Co.. Slrrr .l"rancisc,,.

Iiour groups of cases u'ere hearcl: (1) AFL Northern California Pine ciLse s, or-r N'[l11- 8; (.2) CIO Northern Califorr.ria Pinc casc-s, \'lar' 9; (3) Ceutral California Piue cases, l\{av 12; (1) Recls'ood area cases, May' 13.

Amons.. those l lro ptlrticiltatccl in the hearing u'ere C. G. Price, The Califorrri:r Door Cct., Diamonrl Springs, Calif.; J. C. Rasenfoss, I]ickcring Lumber Co., Standar<l, Calif .; 13cn Johr.rson, Pickcring' Luurbcr Co., Stanclard Calif ; Sri'ift 13erry. \lichigan-California I-ttn'rber Ccr., Camino, Calif ; -'\rchie Gorrlon, American Box Corporation, San Francisco, trncl Fred Illlis. \\/est Sicie Ltrntber Co., Tuo|-rmne, Calif.

Kenneth Smith, presiclent, California Redu'ood -\ssociatior.r, San Francisco, presented the case for the Redrvood manuf actttrers.

'.lll're Arron, N{il1 Co., l't-ureka, ancl California IJarrel Co., Arcat:r. Calif., u'ere hearcl. jointll' u'ith the Rcclrvood casc.

The panel reports to Washington, D.C., and clecisions u'ill probably not be annortnced before Julv.

Receives Fourth Gold Stcrr Ior Production Achievement

Thc \\-estern IIardn,ood l,ttmller t'ottlpanv lrrltl P. J. \\ralker Co. of T,os ,\r-rgelcs receivecl atlditional honors for continrred otltstanding per{ortttattce in prtldttctiorl ot.r NIal' .3 and l'ere at'arded the fourth Cioicl Star for their lllrritime "\I" Pennant.

'Ihe \\restern Hartlu'ood l,ttmlter Contpanv antl P' .f. \\-alker Co. is a joint vr:nttlrc pcrforming joir-rer cotltracts ior the U. S. \Iarititne Comtrrission.

American \(ood -P reserv ert' '\(/artime Conference

'Ihe secor.rd n'artimc conference of the American WoridPreservers' Associatior-r 'uvas hel<l -\pril 26 at the Palmer Ilouse, Chicago, 111. \Iore tl-ran 150 persons rcgistered for thc one-dav session.

I,-larneprooling, both of timbers antl plyu'oocl, accounted for morc report subjects than anr- other phase of rvoodtreatirrg considered at the meeting. Lt.-Comclr. Neil W. Frorch, Chicago, supplementing a report fronr Capt. W. I'I. Smith, director oi the Planning ancl Design Dcpartment, Bureau of Yards and Docks, \\-qshington, D. C., pror.ided motion pictures shou-ing construction of the hnge pressnrefireproofed u'oodcrr hangars. A report on the effectir.eness oi fire1>roofing treatnrents tr-as preser.rted lt1' A. J. Steiner, Underu'riters' l,abciratories, Inc.

A report on the practical aspects oi fireltroofing \\'as prescnted lrr- tl-iree ofhcials of the American Lumber &'freating Conrpanr', President J. tr. Linthicum, General Superinter-rdent Paul \\-avuran, ancl Technical Director tr. W. (iottschalk. Iteprescnting one of the higli priority users of trcatecl l'oocl. H. ll. Llhrrrch, general supervisor of bridges ;rrrrl buildings, Chesapeakc & ()hio Railroad, commentcd on trc:rtnlent pr:tctices ol the railroad.

\farine piling needs, ior developr.nent of captured islands :,rn<1 bases, notablv in the Pacific, rvere studie<l lrr- oflrcials in :rttenclar-rce at the conference.

\\''. P. Arnolcl, Koppers Companv, u.as electe<l presiclent, succee ding Dr. It. H. Colley'. Other olllcers r.eelected are: first vice presiclent, S. D. Hicks, Sorrthern \\'ootl Preserr'ing (-ompanl-; scccind vice presiderrt, J. lI. liremicker, Perrnst'lvania Railroad. and secretar\--treasurer, H. L. Dawson, \\rashington, D. C.

Member of Industry Advisory Committee

The Ofhce of Industry Adr.isory Committees, \\.ar Procluction lloard, recer-rtly announced the formation of the J3alsa Importers Indrrstn- Advisorl Conrnrittee. John N. \\Iintor-r, I -unrber ancl Lur.nber Irrodncts I)ivision, is the ('olernment presiding oflicer.

lTarnilton Von Rretorr, Tropical & \\restern T,umber Co., I-os Angeles, is a mcnrber of the committee.

SheYlin Pine Sales Gompany

Up and Down thc State

F. A. (Pete) Toste, manager of the Southern California office of Kilpatrick & Company, Wilmington, was back at his office May 72 from a business trip which included visits to Seattle, Portland, Eirgene and other Northwest points. vvoilo vvar r.

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Leo Cheim of Cheim Lumber Co., San Jose, has two sons in the armed forces. Leo, Jr., is in the U. S. Marine Corps, serving in the South Pacific, and Bob is in the Navy Seabees in New Guinea. Mr. Cheim served in the Navy in World War I.

Lieut. William L. Frese, son of O,tto Frese, San Francisco lumberman, and stationed in Italy, recently told his father in a letter that he was enjoying a rest period on the Isle_ of Capri, having completed two-thirds of his missions.

Guy Male and George Thornton, Globe Lumber Company, Los Angeles, are back from a trip to the Northwest.

Walter Harris, Lounsberry & Harris, Los Angeles, was a recent Northwest visitor.

OPA announces discontinuance of premium ceiling pricesl,i for "noble fir aircraft" and "Douglas fir ponton" gradeg- uf''' logs. OPA said the WPB reported higher ceilings were no-ii; longer necessaiy because.sitka spruce lumber for aircrgft;r, construction, formerly in short supply, is now sufficient i6,r* .ease demands for noble fire and because "Douglas fir ponli,l ton", is adequate to meet present and anticipated demantl;'t] (Amendmenl 13 to Revised Maximum Price Regulatiorur 161), effective May 18.

Lumber Consunrer Requirements ,": Lumber users who failed to report their requirements fot.'d lumber to WPB by April 25 may receive lumber onlg.",1 through specific written WPB authorization, WPB reportsilqi Hcrrdwood Lumber ,':'T

Th;-;crl"ti"";;t"ing

Hop Poles

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A. W. (Bates) Smith, manager of the Los Angeles office of MacDonald & Harrington, Ltd., spent a few days recently at the company's head offrce in San Francisco.

Carl Hornibrook, sales manager, Ewauna Box Co., Klamath Falls, Ore., and J. W. Rodgers, vice-president and sales manager, Lassen Lumber & Box Co., San Francisco, recently attended a meeting of the advisory committee of the container division of the War Production Board in Washington, D. C.

Lieutenant Brian Bonnington, pilot in the Army Air Corps, stationed at Kingman, Arizona, was home on leave recently. He is a son of G. F. (Jerry) Bonnington of Lamon-Bonnington Co., San Francisco'

Copeland Yards, fnc., Portland, Los Angeles the latter part of il ;!'.'

Aromcrtic Red Cedcrt

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The OPA makes three changes in the aromatic red cedai;; lumber regulations, the principal one being a4 increase/i$f the base price of 4/4 inches No. 1 common and better gra{g.:ri from $67 per 1,000 board feet to $82 per 1,000. ,.i1

Veneer

Maximum prices for producers of southern box car veneer are raisqd $5 per 1,000 board OPA. (Amendment 5 to MPR 176), effective

Noble Fir logrs

Restrictions on aircraft grade noble fir logs are by the WPB. (Order M-228, revoked), effective May 1& i'

K E E P on Euging Wo, &onl.t, and KEEP What Uou Eoy i:,.. s,NcE ,eosCHRlsTENsoN LUMBER CO. Evins Avcnue and Quint Strcet, San Francic€o * * Phone VAlencia 5839.' ::[l',

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Selective Service Deferments

In a memoranclrrm dated l{av 15, 19'+4 to the loggirtq and lumber inclrrstrv on the sulrjcct, "Sclective Service Deferments," J l)hilip t3o1'd, rlire ctor, Lumbcr antl I -umber Proclrrcts I)ivision, \\,-ar Pro<lr,rction Board. stlttcs :

"Revised Selective Service policics on ()cctrPational deferment indicate that tnerr 2(r 1-ears olcl and older er.rgaged in esscntial rr-ork rnar- nol' lre indefinitcly tlefcrrecl from military service. This is particularlr'trttc irr the case of nrcn 30 years of age :rnd o1<lcr.

"Merr t-rf age 2(-t lLnrl or-cr continrre to leave the lunrlrer inclustr_r,' in the belicI that etuplttvtuerrt in certain other indttstries offers bctter chances o{ lieilg clcferred. The purpose of this letter is to renrir-rd 1.orr antl, tl.rrough r'ort, tlie men in r-our emplo,r' that essential n'orkers morc than 26 years o1cl are still eligible for defernrcrrt consideration and u'e believe that a high percentagc of de{erments for key nren ilr the irr<lrrstrv mzil. sti1l lre rlcpencletl upon.

"The lumber sitrration corrtinues to be critical ; dotrbtless it l'il1 beconre irrcrcasinglv so:rs the p:rce of the n-ar accelerates. This s'cek, loggine anrl lttmbering n'ere placeci on the 'production 11r€fenc\, list' lrr- the Procltrctiorr Iixecutive Comn'rittee. Thus lurnber is ir-rcludecl ir-r the rlrgency list for first consicleration in neecls for labor. 'I'his action by representatives of the n'rajor l'ar agencics rcafhrms the War Production l3oarcl's previous statenrent that lumber is an extremelv critical item."

Revised Directory of Membership

TO THE LUMBER DEATERS

Alter two yecrs of war we are still engaged completely in mcrnulccturing qrticles lor importqnt wcr uses.

We crre finding time, however, to plcrn lor postwqr production of Eubcnk Ironing Boards, Ccrbinets, Mantels crnd other specialties. So when the war needs cre served we expect to be crble to oller you crn enlarged line ol Eubcrnk products.

Portland, Oregon, .\Ia_r'

1

1.-A reviserl Directorr. of Memlrership datecl I{ar. 1,191+, has just lrecrr publishe<l br' the Western Pine Association, superserlitrg the isstte tlrat lras been current since April l, 1943. In the neu' issne the listings of the indir.iclrral mills that are members of the Association have beerr rer-ised or corrected in accordance rr ith the latest information reporteci for each operation. A nur.nber of neu' mernliers are includerl, rnaking the listings quite conrplete ancl rrp-to-date. '1-he names of n-rember nrills, locatecl in tcn Western states and British Colrrmbia, are listed alphabeticallv by statcs. In the directorv the information gir-en is arrangecl arrrl tabulated for convenience of reference. It shon's the location of inclivirlrral plants; the estimatecl capacitr- of nrills for one S-liorrr shift; the addresses.of sales oIfices anr[ the percentagc of production of Idaho White Pine, I'onclerosa Pine, Strgar Pirre and associatecl species. Tl're clata e'ir.en in tabular forn.r indicate the nature of t1-re products of each operation listed, classified eitl'rer as staple items or factorv proclrrcts and specialties that are manufactured ancl'handlerl. Copies of the latest l)irectory of Xlcnrbership ri-i11 be ser.rt u.ithout charge by the Western Pirre .\ssociation, .510 Ycon Rrrilding, Portland .1, ()regon.

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EUBAI{K & SOil

433 W. Redondo BIvd. Inglewood, Cclil. ORegon 8-2255

TIIB BOSS-TBBBBLL OO.

naaafuotannt "r/ Uhala+lo,a ol WDST COAST,WOODS

Plcnt

GNANTS PASS, ONE.

P.

O. Box 516

While moEt of'our lunrber is going into Government wcr uses, we hcve been tcking ccre of our decrler customers' requirements to the best ol our ability, cmd we thqnlc them for their grtience cnd coopercrtion

ilt, Tournament and Get-To-Gether

; , The Willamette Valley lumbermen's golf tournament i'r"', and get-to-gether held at Eugene, Ore., on May 11-12 was i;i1 : a very successful affair and there was a big turnout. There ,' were 96 contestants in the golf tournam€nt, and practically eyery section in the Northwest entered a team.

'The buffet dinner, Thursday evening, was attended by approximately 30O; this was a mixed party, the ladies ','attending. 245 were on hand for the stag party Friday evening, and at the same time, the ladies ,were entertained at the Eugene Country Club with a buffet dinner.

The Eugene wholesaler's team, comprised of Norman , BuoY, Earl Chalfin, Forest Lemley and Tom King, won ,the first prize with a net score of 331. Second prize was won by the Eugene manufacturers with a score of 345, and third prize went to the Springfield plywood team with a score of 396.

' Ed Stuchell, Everett, Wash., captured low gross, as well as low net, with a gross 76, which gave him a net of 68. Bob Arkley and Norman Buoy, both of Eugene, were tied ' for second low gross, each turning in a score of 80. The high gross score went to Bill Buchanan of Tacoma, and . Bob Veatch, also of Tacoma, had second high gross. Second low net was won by Bob Arkley. First high net was . won by Claude Vanderslice of Raymond; Wash. '

The special prize for the longest drive, for the golfers with a handicap of 14 and under, was won by Tom King, of Dallas, Ore., with 237 yards; and for those with a handi-

cap of 15'and over, Grant Robertson of Portland, had a 289-yard drive.

Nearest to the pin in the lower handicap was Norman Buoy, and in the higher handicap, Sterling Smith, of Leba-' non. Most putts on 18 holes went to Art Strong with 44, and the fewest putts on 18 holes was won by Forest LemIev with 29.

Russum Forrily Hcs High Senzice Record

O. L. Russum, San Francisco lumberman, has reason to be proud of the war record his family is rnaking.

O. L. Russum, Jr. was recently promoted to the rank of Captain in the U. S. Army Air Corps. IIe has been stationed in England since last August.

Douglas Russum was recently made a Flight Lieutenant in the Air Corps. He is stationed in Mississippi.

Bill Russum, another son, has an important job in charge of ordnance from the Ford, Geireral Motors and Chrysler plants, rvith headquarters at the Oakland Port of Embarkation.

His daughter Mary Ann, executive secretary at Douglas Aircraft Corporation, Santa Monica, is doing important war work, arid Mr. Russum himself admits that he gives up 2O to 24 hours weekly to voluntary work, handling ordnance for the U. S. Coast Guard.

Reopens Downtown Office

E. C. Pitcher Company, manufacturers of Pitcher Disappearing Doors, recently reopened their downtown office at the Builders & Manufacturers Exhibit, Pacific Building, 608 16th Street, Oakland 12.

California Building Permits for April

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Big Order lor Redwood Tanks

One of the largest contracts for the manufacture of wooden tanks ever received in the San Francisco Bay district was one for the United States Navy recently completed by the George Windeler Company, Ltd., San Francisco. The contract called for 88 Redwood tanks, each of L26,W gallons capacity, crated for shipment abroad.

The tanks were 34 feet in diameter and 20 feet high, and when crated each weighed more than 50,000 lbs. Each tank took 27 crates and made a carload, so that the whoie order required 88 freight cars.

A total of 1,5@,00O feet of Redwood was used, as well as 500,000 feet of Z-inch Douglas fir and hemlock crating. The contract amounted to $300,000.

The George Windeler Company's plant is one of the oldest in the wood tank manufacturing business in the United States, the business having been founded by the late George Windeler in 1885. His son, Fred Windeler, is now presi-

Jcck Thomas Beports From Nqtional Ccrpitcrl

J. A. (Jack) Thomas, former Los Angeles lumberman, who is now with the Western Softwood Branch, Lumber Section, Office of Price Administration, has checked in with a letter and reports that he is feeling fine and enjoying his work. He wants to be remembered to his lumbermen friends. His address is 3956 Pennsylvania Ave., S. E., Apt. 1O5, Washington 20, D. C.

Some ol the 2376 crtrtes needed lor shipment ol 88 lcrge Redwood tanks lor the United Stcrtes Ncvy, dent of the company and has managed its affairs for many years. The plant is located at 22Ol Jerrold Avenue, San Francisco.

Elected President

L. E. Harris was elected president of the University of Southern California chapter, Pi Sigma Alpha, national honorary political science fraternity, at a meeting held at tlre Chapman Park Hotel, Los Angeles, Saturday evening, Mav 20. He is a well known lumberman, and is a member of the sales staff of A. L. Hoover, Los Angeles wholesale lumberman.

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DOUGTAS FTN PORT ORFORD CEDAR PONDEROSA PINE RED CEDAB SHINGLES

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214 Front Street, Scrn Frqncisco ll

Phoue GArfield 0292

Representing DANT & RUSSELL, Inc.

Modesto Oflice

W. H. WINTBEE

420 Myrtle Ave., Modesio 3874

Wholesale to Lumber Yards

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Gasements t Doors, etc.

Our usuql lree delivery to Lumber Yards cnywhere in Southern Ccrlilornic

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Los Angeles Phone: AShley 4-2268

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SACRAMENTO BOX & LUMBER CO. Mills rdt Woodleaf, Calif.

SACBAMENTO LOS ANGEI.ES

P. O. Bor 1282 \l[f. p. punning

Tcletype Sc-13 tl38 Chcmber ol Commercc Bldg.

Weyerhaeuser Ready to Produce Plastic Molding Compoundt

For the first tim€ \\-cst ('oast manufactrtrers of rnolded plastic products are to h:rvc a local sottrce oi- rlolcling compounds- The \\'everhacuscr 'finrlrer Conrpanr-. rine of the larger \\'esterrl r )rganiziitiorrs crrgagccl in iorest ln:rnagernent, l,rgging an.[ the manui:rctrrre of forcst lrrorlrrcts, rvill shortlv begin smal1 capacity- prodrrction o[ nrolrling pou'<lers ior conrmercial nrarkets.

l"irst procluction facilities u'ill be estrLblishcd at I-ongvierv, \\'ashington. u'here the cornpany has an cxtcnsive site on tl.rc ('olurribia River ancl r,r.here nrarrtrf;rcturer of Iumber, u'ood 1rulp antl other iorest prodttcts has ltccrr carried on f, rr ncarlv tu'o clecades.

The ncu' r:ornpounds s'hich rnark the entrr- of tlie companr- into a hithcrto rrntorrchecl field, are another product of tl'rc comp:rnr.'-* I)er-elopmerlt l)epartment n'hich has been u,orking quietlr- in its orvrr cspecially designed laboratory at Longr-icu- for somcn'h:rt less tliar-r t\\-o vears. Ground rvas brrrken for the ncu' lalroratorr on _June 4. 1912, and the brrilding u-:rs irrst lrartiallv occupied in November of the sarne t'e:ir.

Tl.re der.elr;,Pnrerrt n'ork has lrcen unrler thc clirection of C. C. Heritage, technical clirector of the c()1rpanv, n'ho describes the neu'procluct as an cntirell'r'ren'type of thermosctting plastic molding conrpottnd. NIr. lleritage has announcecl that explorator,r' phases of develolrruent have been satsilactorilv cor.rcluded arrcl that cxperimcntal nroldings of marrr- t1-pes have alreadt" been tnacle u.ith very satisfactory results.

It is cl:rin'red bl the \\'elerhaettser organization that the ncs- rrr:Ltcrial u-ill rrrovicle :r number of advantages for nrolrlers in their procluction of finished pl:tstics. 'Ihe new cor.r'rpounrls arc saicl to be superior in certain respects to stanclard phcnolics arrd it is stated that their use u'ill perrnit thc prorhrction oi a full range of molded iterns n'hether clesignccl for gcncr:tl tlse or high irnpact.

The nr:Lnufacture oI nrolcled piastic prodtrcts is not new to the \\-cst ('oast arrrl is alreaclv an established industry of fair size, lrrrt hcrctoforc \\'cstcrn rnolders have had the cor-npetitive clisadvantagc oi higher freight rates because the only sources of molcling porvclers ar-ailable to them were located in the clistant eastern slates. IJou'ever, it is not believed that interest in \\-cr crh:ieuser's nerv product r,vill be confined to l'estern molclers inllsnrrrch as the physical qualities of the nel' tl.pe nrolclirrg coltlpouncls in vietv of the rvide range oi aclaptabilitv claimed for thenr, u'ill make them of interest to mol<lers in all parts of the country.

40 Yecrrs in Lumber Business

This 1''ear ,\rthur Tt'oh1-, Trvohy Ltrmbcr Co., L.os Angeles, is celelrrating his -10th 1'ear in the lunrber business in California. ^\rthur u,ent to San Francisco in 19O4 irom \.\raterloo, Iou-a, and aftcr spending a vear in the lumber business there, hc put in tl-re next fir'e years at The Pacific Lumber Companr"s piant at Scotia. I-Ie then came to Los Angelcs u'hcrc hc has lrccn zrssociated u'ith the inclttstrrfor thirtr'-[or1r \-ears.

TWrNTY YEAPS AGO

. fl"om the cfnne Irlelz4r Issue

This issue carried an article and picture of the new office building of the Stanislaus Lumber Company at Modesto. J. U. Gartin is manager of this well known retail lumber company.

Between nine and t"r, *itti* feet of Douglas fir logs were delivered at the plant of the Long-Bell Lumber Company at Longview, Wash. These were the first logs received by the company for its Longview operations, and were delivered preparatory to the opening of the plant in July.

A. J. Russell, Santa Fe Lumber Company, San Francisco, was named a member of the Shingle Marketing Committee of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association.

The seventh annual meeting of the Lumbermen's Club of Arizona was held at Douglas on May 76-17. President J. J. Halloran presided over the business sessions. New officers elected were H. S. Corbett, Tucson, president; E. L. O'Malley, Phoenix, vice president; and Wiilam Killen, Tucson. secretary.

John W. Koehl & Son, Los Angeles, acquired a piece of property.adjoining their factory. A modern two-story brick building, which r,.r'ill house their factory, warehouse and offices will be constructed on the site.

Its Possible Oil Interegts ,iii

Chicago, May 8-A special oil committee has 6"gq: li: appointed to handle Masonite Corporation's possible oil in-,:i"1 terests in Mississippi, said Ben Alexander, Masonite presiri.ii dent, in a letter to stockholders today. :ii

Thus far, no wells have been drilled or any oil found l on eompany lands, I\{r. Alexander pointed out, although'",i1 Masonite owns some timber acreage near the recent diss;I coveries in Jasper and Wayne counties.

Since the announcement of two possible new. oil fields'i --- ----:r41;; there; the company has been beseiged by inquiries, requesls'i1,{ for interviews and offers for leases. So that the company-,.$ can continue to carry out without interruption its primarrt;i.1 function of manufacturing Presdwood Hardboards and re-',i lated products for the war effort, the special committee haSx L^^- -^! --- lr- Ai^--^-l^- -r^r^l ii!,: been set up, Mr. Alexander stated. -l;

"This committee, whi,ch is now working actively and;1 aggressively, will effectively handle our oil matters in ol'f'! their phases," Mr. Alexander said. "However, time, fur+4i ther exploration and drilling are the only factors which c+al; determine the ultimate value of tbese mineral interelsts." ,,',,!; ol r^.Lvl!J!v:

The committee consists of Alexander Deussen, chief $e"",1 ologist, of Houston, Texas; Urban Hughes, resident geplot'ijj gist, of Laurel, Miss.; R. M. Heskett and C. J. Winton, Ji"g; Masonite directors, and L. Parker McKinley, secretary, 1i1l

CIJASSIFIED ADVERTISING

WANTED LUMBER YARD

Want to purchase a good going lurnber yard, town 2500 to 10,000 population, at the right price.

F. J. Kotey

1026 W. Vine Street Stgckton, California

POSITION WANTED

Retail lumber yard manager or salesman, now employed in Middle West, wants to locate in Southern California. Desires position with good future. 25 years' experience in selling, buying, managing-lumber, millwork, hardware, paint and building materials.

Address Box C-1O27, California Lumber Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

LUMBER VARD FOR SALE

We have for sale a good yard in the San Joaquin Valley. Inventory $20,0o0.00. Lease on ground and buildings $200 or will sell- 1943 business $74,O00.00.

If your yard is located in Southern California and you want to sell, let us tmow.

Twohy Lumber Company

Petroleurn Bldg., Los Angeles 15, Calif.

WANTED

4-inch VONNEGUT

Address Box C-2021, California Lumber Merchant 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

PERMANENT POSITION, OPEN

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We are looking for a wide awake retail lumbernl-an:' to become our General Manager after spending fout .', or five months getting acguainted with our inventory; methods and customers. This is not a chain yard. Wp .-l are located in the Central Coast area of California. This is a good paying permanent position for thc right man. Sufficient time will be given for interviews, moving, etc. In replying state fully your past experi. ence and references. Applications strictly confidentiat, Address .Box C-I028, Califomia Lumber Merchant,. 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

WANTED

Heavy lumber trucks. Motoi not important.

Address Box C-1030, California Lumber Merchant, 50E Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.