THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

How Lumber Looks

While the market shows some sisns of firmness. Crow's Lumber Price Index declined again in the feriod ending May 31. Standard & Btr. green Douglas fir dimension got some support from strike threats in the Northwest, especially 2xi0, but lower grades showed no hopeful signs. White fir dimension is moving in good volume, common-grade Ponderosa pine boards were softer with seasonal appearance of air-dried stock. and selects and shoo srades were slow at rnost mills. Plywood sheathing continued firm .-. The log market

CATENDAR of CO'NING EVENTS

June tuly

LOS ANGELES HOO-HOO CLUB 2, Lakewood Country Club (Long Beach), Golf and Dinner meeting and Election of 1957-58 Officers, June 21.

PACIFIC COAST WHOLESALE HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTORS ASSN. Annual Meeting, Ojai Valley Inn, Ojai, Calif.-June 23-27.

PHILIPPINE NTAHOGANY ASSOCIATION 24th annual meetins, La Valencia hotel, La Jolla, California, July 8-9.10; \\ralter G. Scrim, president.

NORTHWEST HARDWOOD ASSOCTATTON (3253 Commodore Way, Seattle 99) quarterly meeting, Hotel Leopold, Bellingham, Wash., luly ZO.

October in western Oregon remained steady with only minor price adjust- ments. Labor-contract negotiations and federal housing legislation underway were expected to have strong influence on future market condltlons.

NATIONAL HARDWOOD LUMBER ASSOCIATION, 60th annual convention, Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Ill., October 1-2-3.

- Shipments of 497 mills reporting to the National Lumber Manufacturers Assn. in the week ended-Mav 25 were 4.8/a above oroduction; new orders were 3.1/o above. Foi the year to date, ordeis were 0.5/o abov e production.

Orders of 127,796,763 feet climbed a tremendous 36.1% over productiorr of 93,725,798 feet at the 164 mills reporting to the West Cbast Lumbermen's Assn. in the holiday week ending-June l; shipments were 10.7/o above production; perhaps foreshadowing a .eturn to (Continued on Page 79)