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Canadian Spruee by the Van Load!

\Z OU ARE LOOKING at ahother \Winton I extra senice Canadian Engelmann Spruce shipped by the van load d.irect from our mill in British Columbia ! Now lumber retailers can order mixed vans of Spruce at competitiue prices!

Winton can supply kiln - dried Engelmann Spruce in SELECTS . ., COIvlIvION,, DECK'/NG and END - CAPPED PANELING. Coupled with carload shipments from Washing- ton and Idaho mills, Winton gives you a /nos, depend.able source for Engelmann Spruce!

In addition to Spruce from British Columbia, rVinton also ships the following, direct from mill to !ou: KILN-DRIED and GREEN INLAND RED CEDAR.. KILN-DRIED MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK and KILN - DRIED FIR & LARCH.

Give your friendly lVintonman a call today for full particulars on Engelmann Spruce and \fin. ton's many other species.

The A-LMA-NAC of Northern Deqlers IIRLD{ Spring Meeting Finds Decrlers Optimistic .. .. Home-Building Colled Woy Out of Slump l_lywood 'Super Siding' Oflers Building Economies

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Our New Phone Number: MAdison 2-4565

Effective June 15, 1958, the old four-unit VAndike 4565 telephone number of The CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT goes the way of the orange groves and the gnarled shade trees. On and after thai date. we'll gladly accept your Southern California News items and your Advertising insertion orders at the publication office just as courteously at our new telephone prefix and numerals: MAdison 2-4565.

14, "A Much-Wcmted Mon"-An Editoriol Survey Shows Wood Industry Hordest Hit . .. New Building Developments . ZO, St, 62, Rcil Freight-rqte Cuts Suspended Son Diego Lumbermen Form Plywood Division poeciol Hoo-Hoo Activities .. . 40, Building Mtls. Distribs. Ask Mqnufqcturers for 'Policv' Deqlers Heor Progress in Unitized Looding Lumber Corgoes Arrive Agoin ct Port oiOoklqnd

Ht]W LUMBER LI]BI{S

The green Douglas Fir rail-shipment market settled back somewhat but cargo shipments rema,ined strong and Hemlock cargo lum- ber stiffened, report€d Crow's Lumber Market News Service for the period ending May 23. Fir studs retreated a bit in price but Utility and Economy Dimension held ,their strong price ievel and mills had good order files. Dry Hemlock and White Fir moved easily in transit cars. No. 3 Ponderosa Pine l2-inch boards weakened and No. 2 were slowing down but all widths of No. 4 boards were strong. Prices firmed tp on fu-inch and fu-inch plywood panels and sheathing exhibited strength but sanded plywood was still a sales problem,