The California Lumber Merchant - July 1937

A NDW T'AST DDLIVBEY SEBYIOB

for OBANGD and LOS ANGBLES COUNTfES

To better serve the tradg we are inaugurating a fast delivery service from our San Pedro wharves and yard, beginning immediately.

ORANGE COUNTY AND VICINITY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY

Telephone and mail orders will rcceive prompt attention. Call San Pedro 22OO (fuorn Loc Angeles PRospec't 4r4l) for fast, efrcient senrice.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND VICINITY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY

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Douglas Fir Redwood Ponderosa Pine

( Commoas, { Finish and { naodai"gt

Cement U.S.G. Plastet U.S.G. Rock Lath

Insulation

Roofing Building Paper

Clay Products Spruce Douglas Fir Plywood t5Jb. Felt

Owens-Illinois Insulux Glass Block

BUILDING SPEI]IALTIES

Nails and Bolts

Vire Products

Metal Lath

Corrugated Sheets

U.S.G. fnsul,atio,tr, \Teatherwood and Hardwood

Johns'Manville Producs Sisalkraft and SK Building Papers Art-Ply Panels

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when yor sell

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LAWRElIGE, PIIILIPS LUMBER GO.

WHOLESALE LUM BER

714 Yle^st Olympic Blvd. - [.os Angeles . Telephone PRospect 8t74

Consistently Serving

Southern California Retail Lumber Dealers

V/ith Their Complete Lumber Requirements

Agents for

LAWRENCE-PHILIPS STEAMSHIP CO.

S.S. Point Loma

WILL RE-ENTER LUMBER BUSINESS

R. C. Parker, assistant se,cretary-manager of the Pacific Coastwise Lumber Conference, San Francisco, will enter the lumber business again in the near future but is not ready yet to announce his plans.

He will remain with the Conferen,ce until August 18, the date when the resignation of the 12 members will take effect and the Conferen,ce will be dissolved. Members decided to file their resignations when their continued efforts to stabilize freight rates on the Coast proved unsuccessful.

VISITING THE MILLS

D. Normen Cords and Junius C. "Doc" Snead, for Wendling-Nathan Company, San Francisco, 25 for a 10-day trip during which they will visit sawmill connections in the Northwest.

BACK FROM NORTHWEST

salesmen left June the firm's

E. G. Gallagher, Northern California sales representative of Aberdeen Plywood Company, recently spent a couple of days at the company's plant in Aberdeen, Wash.

OUR ADVERTISERS

Brookmire, fnc. ------------MacDonald & Harringtont Ltd'

Brueh fnduaial Lunber Co. ___-_______-____ Mcfntyre & Son, V. P. --------

Burnr Lumber Co. _-_____-__-_ Michigen.California Lumber Co. ------------------23

Cadwallader-Gibson Co., fnc. --------------- -----------2g Moore Dry Kiln Co' ----------"----'2o

* Moore Mitl & Lumber Co.

Calaverar Cecrent Co.

California Buitderr Supply C-o. ------------------------2g National Oak Flooring Manufacturerc' Asgociation

California Panel & Veneer Co.

Pacific Lumber Co., The celiforT ia Redwood Acrociation

n"""-o.rrrt Built-rn Fixt're co. ---------------------" celotex corporation' The -------------- paaen-Blinn Lurnbet co. --------------- ---------------26 certain'teed Products corporation

Chamberlin & Co, W. R. ------------------------------2?

Curtir Cocrpanier Sewice Bureau

Fid( & Maron ----------

p""rl.r" Built.rn Fixture co.

Pioneer Div., The FlintLote Co. -------------------r

Red Cedar Shingle Bureau

Rud River Lurnber co. ---------------------------------- 9

Foreyth Hatdwood Co. -------.-------- R. J. M. Company, The ------Gorman, George W. -----------------

Ro11.A.Way lVindow Screea Co., Ltd- --____--___r

lfaley Broc.

Hdl, Jemer L. --------,------ -------2O Serra Fe Lumber Co. -------------------------

THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

How Lumber Looks

530 mills produced 24,3O2,W feet of softwoods and hardwoods combined, shipped n|,743,m feet, and booked new business of 205,979,00 feet for the week ended June 12, according to reports to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association from the regional associations covering the operations of important softwood and hardwood mills.

New business reported by 452 softwood mills for the week totaled 198,435,000 feet, or 28 per cent below the production of the same mills. Shipments werc 26?,779,00O feet, or 4 per cent below production. Production was 274,008,000 teet.

96 hardwood mills for the week gave new business as 7,544,W feet, or Z7 per cent below production. Shipments were 8,964,000 feet, or 13 per cent below production. Production r,r'as 10,294,000 feet. *****

175 mills reporting to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended June 19 produced 131,392,100 feet, an increase of 22,A51,798 feet over the previous week.

Shipments for the week totaled 117,306,O49 feet. New business taken was 99,345,182 feet, compared with 96,575,516 feet the week before.

Details of orders and shipments were as follows: Orders

-Rail, 44,639,791 feet; Domestic Cargo, 38,391,323 feet; Export, 8,551,505 feet; Local, 7,762,563 feet. ShipmentsRail, 50,431,869 feet; Domestic Cargo, n4,7L7,584 feet; Export, 18,394,033 feet ; Local, 7,762,563 f.eet.

The unfilled order file at these mills stood at 603.910.000 feet.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended lune 19, 113 mills reporting, gave new business as 56,28i,00O feet, shipments 69,670,000 feet, and production 88,110,000 feet. Orders were 36.1 per cent below production, and I9.2 per cent below shipments. Shipments were 20.9 per cent below production. Unfilled orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 238,565,000 feet.

The Califorrrr" n.a.Jood O..".r"Oon for the week ended June 12 reported production of 13 mills as 10,151,000 feet, shipments 9,490,000 feet, and new business 6,237,000 feet. Orders on harrd at the end of the rveek totaled 68.607.000 feet.

The califor'i" tu-u], ;;; ,lo*, very little change. Retail dealers report that the consumer demand continues good.

Los Angeles lumber yard workers who asked for increases in wages and have been negotiating with the employers for the past few weeks have come to an agreement. The agreement which will remain in effect for a year calls for an approximate pay increase of 15 per cgnt and 44-hour week with time and a half for overtime. The pay increase is retroactive to June 6.

, Cargo arrivals at Los Angeles Harbor for the week ended June 26 totaled 17,951,W feet, as compared with t9,l7I,WO feet for the previous week.

Subrcriptior Pricc, fZ.C0 pc! YGrt Singlc Copic+ 25 ccatr crch.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, JULY l, 1937

Change in Ownerrhip

Val Baskett, former Phoenix, Ariz., retail lumber dealer, and W. J. "Judd" Blanchand, manager of the Blanchard Lurnber Co., at Burbank, have taken over the Whittier Lumber Company at Whittier, Calif., originally owned by W. A. and R. W. Blanchard and C. W. Pinkerton. They will operate the yard as the Baskett Lumber Company with Mr. Baskett as manager.

Mr. Pinkerton, who was manager of the yard for nineteen years, will continue to be affiliated with the retail lumber business, and for the present will finish up the legislative lvork he carried on at the recent session of the State Legislature at Sacramento.

Appointed So. California Representative

Twohy Lumber Co., Los Angeles, has been appointed

Southern California representative for the Trans-Pacific Lumber Co. of Port Orford, Ore. The Trans-Pacific mill has a monthly production of two and a half million feet, specializing in cutting orders and commons. The company operates two steamers.

BACK FROM EASTERN TRIP

Charles Snellstrom, of Snellstrom Bros., lumber manufacturers, F)ugene, Ore., was in San Francisco recently on his way home from a seven weeks' business trip to the East and Middle West.

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Vagabond Editorials

By Jack Dionne

The mountains they are silent folk; They stand afar-alone, And the clouds that kiss their brows at night Hear neither sigh nor groan. Each bears him in his ordered place As soldiers do, and bold and high They fold their forests round their feet, And bolster up the sky.

-Hamlin Garland

Vacationing this summer? Want some advice? Well, that's simple. Drive out of San Francisco over the new Golden Gate Bridge, and up through the Redwood Empire -the grandest road drive in America-to,the great Pacific No'rthwest, "Where Rolls the Oregon." You get your eyes and mind both filled to overflowing..

fn the Northwest the high\i'ays roll along through beautiful green mountainous country that presents such a variety of beauty and wonderment as to keep the surprised adjectives of the visitor in constant use. Out of Portland you can drive delightedly along the "Oregon," now the Columbia. You can climb Mount Hood, or beautiful symmetrical Mt. Helens, if you like snow in your neck.

You can drive through countless miles of orchards bearing luscious fruit; apples, cherries, prunes; plums, and other species, wonderful both to see and taste. Honest, Mister, did you ever sink your teeth in one of those huge, black Washington cherries that you find in all the markets in Seattle? Two bites to a cherry, or I'm the biggest liar on earth'

And on and on you can drive, with wonders all about you. Ever play golf at Everett, Washington, with the Cascades thrusting their ridge of tops through the sky on one side, and the Olympics piercing the clouds on the other? And between the two toward the South on a clear day Mount Rainier lifts its magnificent head to make all the other mountains of the territory trook cheap and small by comnarisont

Want a genuine thrill that will send the goose pimples into protninence on your back, and make every hair on your head tingle like a Jew's-harp? Then sit down in the Tacoma territory below Mount Rainier late on a clear after-

noon. And after the dusk creeps in below, and all about you there is semi-darkness, you look up and there the sun is just setting on the top of the mountain. And it will come nearer to making you kneel and pray than anything you ever encountered in your life. For the peak of Rainier is a glorified ice cream cone, mighty in size, splendid in contour, white and glistening with snow and ice, and when the sun that has already left the earth below to darkness still plays upon that unforgetable mountain top, it furnishes you a sight that will live in your memory as long as it endures. No wonder the Indians called it "The Mountain that was God." It was the sun setting on the peak while the world below was draped in darkness that brought the Indians to their knees in worship. And it will, come mighty near doing the same thing to you.

A few steps off the Redwood Highway in Humboldt County, California, you can see the highest tree that grows on the face of this earth. It is a giant Redwood that grows near the tow:r of Weott. Three hundred and sixty-four' feet it towers above the earth; and there it has towered for tfiousands of years, looking down on the comings and goings, the living and the dying of poor little men things, and whispering to itself musingly, I have no doubt, of their little importance.

A jaunt north from ai"J.;ritish columbia is some, thing to write home and tell your girl friends about. Two glorious cities, enchahtingly located in the midst of Nature's grandest gifts of scenery, are Vancouver and Victoria. One of them is Canada at its finest and grandest. The other is still old England, quaint and o,ld-fashioned and so beautifui you can hardly believe it. Both surrounded by sparkling waters, high mountains, green forests, mighty trees, scenic things that delight the senses. You can go by boat, which is a wonderful daylight ride from Seattle, or by motor. Grand, either way.

If you are a lover of trees, the whole trip from San Francisco to Vancouver is a sequence of wonderful trees and impressive forests. Trees grow big all along this route. The Redwoods in California are the largest trees you will ever see. But all the commercial trees of the West Coast grow big. You will see Douglas Fir, and Hemlock, and Red Cedar, and Spruce, mixed with a certain sprinkling of lesser

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trees, as you go north from the Redwood district. The Pine district of California you will miss on this route. You must go to Eastern and Northern California to see the Sugar and the Ponderosa Pine at their best.

***

And if you are l,umber-minded you can see the world's biggest mills all along this route. There are giant mills in the Redwood district you drive through. In Oregon you can dodge off the highway for a short trip and see a two-band sawmill that can cut one hundred thousand feet of lumber every hour, when they want itto. Some mill. Or you can stop at Longview, Washington, the town the late R. A. Long built, and there stands a battery of mills belonging to Lo'ng-Bell and Weyerhauser that can cut about four million feet of lumber a day if they turn on the heat.

***

Lots of other big mills all along the way. A mill that cuts no more than a quarter of a million feet of lumber a day isn't considered a major mill in the West. There are many California Pine mills, many Redwood mills, and innumerable Fir and Hemlock mills that cut more than that daily, and think nothing of it. I remember my first trip to the Northwest, many years ago. f was being shown through a sawmill that didn't look so terribly big to me, and I casually asked of the manager who was conducting me, what the mill cut. When he answered, "About a million feet a day" f nearly swallowed my Adam's apple. And he wasn't kidding.

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Of course, if you live where it's hot and you just want to go where it is reliably cool, try San Francisco. It is the coolest large city in America in the summer. Seattle is second but its coolness is not as thoroughly dependable as that of San Francisco. I have seen one warm day in my many years'visiti to San Francisco. But I have seen it get very warm several times in Seattle, and hot as Flouston in Portland. I used to think Duluth, Minnesota, was a close candidate for San Francisco's cool summer temperature honors. But a couple of years ago I was in St. Paul and Minneapolis, and it was hot. So I jumped into my car and set sail for Duluth. AU the way I told my family that when we dropped over the hill into Duluth, it would be cool. It always had been before when I went there. But we dropped over trhe hill into Duluth and it was still so hot we gasped for breath. So I immediately withdrew the application of Duluth from my summer comfort contest. ***

I recall my first visit to San Francisco. It was July. I

had been enjoying the beaches in Southern California, and I barged into San Francisco on a night train, dressed up in a slick tan silk suit, two-tone shoes and Panama hat. It was exactly 68 by the thermometer when I got off at that depot. My teeth were chattering long befo,re the taxi man set me down at the Palace Hotel. From there I phoned Los Angeles for a wool suit, and a felt hat, and an overcoat. And I stayed within the confines of that hotel until the next morning when those winter clothes arrived. And I know many another who has been caught the same way. ***

But, Mister, that's a town that puts the pep in you. Stepping out of your hotel door onto the sidewalk on Market Street about five-thirty any summer afternoon, is something to remember. That stiff, cool wind catches you and shoves you along, makes you pick up your heels, builds up your appetite, recharges your batteries. Some town ! Now, I guess I'11 catch fits for being so dad-blamed restrictive in my recommendations concerning where to go vacationing. But I'll stick to my guns. I've tried the Great Lakes, and they are utterly unreliable. I've never got much kick out of the Rocky Mountain territories for summer use. Yes, folks, I still say-go to San Francisco, get well cooled off, and then drive north via the Redwood Empire to Vancouver. If that doesn't get the work done, then call in the undertaker and tell him where to send the body. All hope is gone.

Aberdeen Concern Large Producers of Old Growth Yellow Fir

Anderson & Middleton Lumber Qompany of Aberdeen, Wash., whose advertisement appears on another page of this issue, is one of the largest producers of old growth yellow Douglas Fir lumber in the Northwest.

The company was founded in 1893 by H. N. Anderson and A. W. Middleton.

A. W. Middleton is president and general manager. E. A. Middleton is superintendent, and for some time has been assuming the duties of general manager. G. E. Anderson, Jr, is sales manager,

The sawmill at Aberdeen has a capacity of approximately 500,000 feet daily in two shifts.

The company operates its own vessels in the California trade, the Cadaretta into San Francisco, and the Claremont into Los Angeles.

Anderson & Middleton Lumber Company is represented in,Northern California by J. E. "Eddie" Peggs, 1 Drumm Street, San Francisco, and in Southern California by Don H. Doud, Petroleum Securities Building, Los Angeles.

"Paul Bunyan's"

CALIFORNIA PINES

SOFT PONDEROSA and SUGAR PINE

LUMBER . MOULDINGS . CUT STOCK PLYWOOD and WALLBOARD

! The demaud lor ellicient ingulation ia greater today thau iu yeare -aad is being iacreased by USG advertiaing in both coagumer aud architectural publications. Other dealere are proliting by thie quickened demand-you cau, toot Oaly Red Top Insulatiug Wool* provider ao rrary e:clugive and outstauding delling advantages. Only USG provides Bed Top lusulating Wool. Check thesa important leaturea:

FIREPROOF-Red Top Wool will uot burn or aupport combugtiou. It is approved by the Underwriters Laboratories.

MOISTURE-RES ISTANT-II is inhereatly moigture.registaat; maintaius its iusulatiag efficlency under all atooapheric conditiong.

Staight or mixed cars of lumber and plywood products manufactured at one point.

In Los Angeles, L. C. L, Wholesale Warchouse Servlce

U'ESTERN PINE ASSOCIATION ADVERTISING BUILDS SALES FOR DEALERS

THE RED RIVER LUMBER CO.

MILL, FACTORIES AND GENERAL SALES VESTWOOD, CALIFORNIA

LOS ANGELES

Sales Office: 715 Vertern Pacific Bldg., 1O3l So. Broadway Warehouse: L. C. L. Wholecale, 7O2 E. Slauson Ave.

SAN FRANCISCO

Sales Ofice: 315 Monadnock Building

DOES NOT DECAY-Uaallected by air, water, acide ot gaees, it never crumbles or rotg. Will aot harbor vermio.

EFFI C I ENT-Iudependeat laboratory aad uaivereity testg ghow ttat a 4-iach thickneas oI Red Top Wool has a corductivity coellicient of .066 BTUs per sq. lt., pet hour, per degree teroperature dillerence.

PROFIT ie eaay to make when you handle Red Top Inaulating Wool. Ths demand ig there the quality ia there. convenient ware. house atocka are near at haad-wby not write ur today {or full iaformatiou on both the product and tbe opportunity?

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Lumber Industry Presents Vie*s on Labor Standards Bill

Washington, June 1S.-Wilson Compton, Secretary and Manager of the l$ational Lumber Manufacturers Association, today presented the joint meeting of the House and Senate Labor Committees on the Labor Standards Bill, a statement, as follows, on behalf of the lumber and timber prodticts industries of the United States-

To the Joint Committee of the Senate and House:

I speak here for the lumber and timber products industries of the United States, represented by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, a federation of 16 associations including every region of lumber production. Lumber is a predominant factor in the industry of 5 states; a large factor in 7 others; and of commercial importance in more than 30 states. The forest products industries probably will be affected as much as any other industry by such legislation as is now proposed.

My comment is directed to four specific features of this Bill which, if enacted, will in our judgment afiect the forest products industries in a peculiar way, or to an extent greater than industry generally:

1. The proposed establishment of a class of exempt employers;

2. Industry Advisory Committees and hearings of industry;

3. Foreign competition; and

4. The effect on forest conservation..

First, as to the exemption of small employers proposed in Section 6 (a). I have here, and with your consent, will leave for your examination, an analysis showing the extent to which this provision would exempt production and proclucing units in the lumber industry in 18 of the principal timber states, and in the United States as a whole.

This is based on the assumption of an exemption limit of 25 employees which, I understand was originally contemplated by sponsors of this proposed legislation. If and to the extent that a lower limit is assumedlgthe resulting exemptions of lumber production and mills would be reduced in about ratable proportion. This provision applied to the lumber industry in the United States as a whole would exempt between 2O% and 22% of. the total production of the industry, and between 867o and 88/o of the operating mills. In the Southern Pine region it would exempt ?% of. the product and between 82% and 86/o of the mills; in the Western Pine region between 9% and 12% of. the product and between 74% and 8O7o of. the mills; in the Douglas Fir region 7/o ol the product and 67% of. the mills; and.in the Southern lfardwood region about 36% of. the production .and X)% of the individual mills.

This is based on the most complete available reports of the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics covering lumber production, average hours of employment and

average output per employee. The Census reports are for tlre years 1929 and 1932, the latest available which show the classification between large and small mills, and the publications of the Department of Labor during the past twelve months.

In t9D, a Z5-employee limit would in the State of Georgia have exempted 52/o of the lumber production, 63% in Virginia, 39o/o in Alabama, ll% in Montana, 48% in North Carolina, 42o/o in Tennessee, 19% ln West Virginia; and in :percentage of producing units, the exemptions in 1929 'would have ranged 'between 45/o in Louisiana, 6l% in Calif.ornia, 927o in Tennessee. The same provision in 1932 would, in the Southern Pine region, have exempted total lumber production to the extent of. ll% in Louisiana. 18% in Mississippi, 39/o in Alabama, 65% in Virginia; in the Southern Hardwood region, amounts ranging between 26% in Arkansas and 52% in North Carolina; in the Western Pine region, between 7/o in California and 26% in New Mexico; and in the Douglas Fir region, 6/o in Washington and 9/o in Oregon. These percentages of exemption, in nrost regions, can be much increased by the easy device of contracting and sub-contracting of both logging and milling.

There is comparatively little difierence between these percentages in the active year of l9D, when the national lumber production was over 36 billion feet, and in the stagnant year of 1932 when the production was barely 10 billion feet. It may be fairly assumed that these same proportionate exemptions, within moderate margin of error, would result today when the national lumber production is at the rate of about 25 billion feet annually.

If you conclude to deal with this matter as proposed in Section 6 (a), you should at least know what its con'sequences will be as applied to one of the most difficult industries, and accordingly determine for yourselves what likelihood there may then be of a fair and impartial application of any proposed labor standards to competitors in this industry. If standards are to be applied, no competitor should be exempt.

Second, the pending Bill defines oppressive wage and the sub-standard wage. In Section 4 (c) it proposes to authorize a Labor Standards Board to vary the minimum wage standard "upward and downward" as the Board finds "necessary or appropriate." Then under Section 5 (a) it is proposed that the Board be empowered under certain conditions to fix a "minimum fair wage" higher than the minimum wage standard established by Section 2 (a) 10. Further, Section 14 authofizes the Board, before issuing an order fixing a "minimum fair wage" under Section 5, tor consult with an "advisory committee" for the industry in question. This same provision apparently does not apply to the determination of minimum wage standards or to ad-

ministrative modifications under Section a (c). We hope that if you conclude to recommend to the Congress the establishment of a Labor Standards Board and the grant to such Board of powers as proposed in this Bill, that you will recommend, also, that such Board be not only authorized but required to consult rvith the affected industry and to give it a hearing before the Board issues any order, either to establish a "minimum fair wage" under Section 5, or a "minimum wage standard" under Section a (.).

We suggest, also, that the proposed Board, if established, should, upon appropriate application of any industry, be required to give hearing and due consideration to any facts which the applicant industry may submit in support of request for modification of the "minimum rvage standard" as it may be established by Section Z (a) lO. The pending Bill is deficient in this respect: every subject industry should be entitled as a matter of right, and not merely of convenience or discretion of the Labor Standards Board, to make application with respect both to "minimum wage standard" and "fair wage standard," and to have appropriate hearing on such application.

Third, as to foreign competition: Our Anrerican lumber industry is naturally and normally an export industry. We say so and the State Department says so. We are having a hard time maintaining that status. Eight years ago we rvere in first rank in volume of world lumber exports. Now we are fifth. Legislation of the kind here proposed will obviously make our export trade more difficult. Direct labor costs average about &/o of total production costs. In various regions this percentage varies from 30% to 5O%.

This Bill, if enacted, would result in substantial increases in cost. This will further handicap the much-needed recovery of our foreign lumber trade and will further accentuate our dependence upon our domestic markets. The moderate protection afforded in existing tarifts has been reduced by one-half in foreign trade agreements during the past year and a half. A tariff hardly more than nominal now separates us from the competition of lower-cost foreign lumber. Last year our lumber imports increased 507o and our lumber exports declined 27o. We are merely facing the plain fact when we say that legislation such as proposed in this Bill will retard our foreign trade and will substantially increase the need and the justification for more effective and more dependable protection in domestic markets. If Congress enacts such legislation as this, you cannot expect us to eat our cake and have it too.

Fourth, lumber manufacture probably can be decentralized as readily as any other American industry. This is an industry typically of small or moderate-sized units. There are no huge single lumber manufacturing enterprizes. The nature of the industry does not lend itself to concentration. There is an important place for small lumber enterprises. But their place should be determined naturally by their efficiency and by their local advantages, and not by statutory preferences or exemptions set up by Federal law. If, by statute, you force decentralization into small operating units, you will within a few years have nullified most of the progress u'hich in the past quarter century has been made toward forest conservation and sustained yield management of forest lands. Without that there will

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MY FAVORITE

Ag.

He Couldn't Figure lt

Mose and Sam, two colored brothers in a poker game, sat clutching their cards. Mose said:

"Sam, Ah'll tell you what Ah'll do. You give me one queen outa de deck, an' Ah'll bet you all Ah got heah on dis hand."

Sam looked over the four cold kings in his hand, and crooned with joy. Rapidly searching the discard he handed over the queen asked for, and shoved in his stack. Mose

threw away one card and picked up the queen. Sam spread his cards triumphantly on the table face up. Four kings and a nine. Then Mose laid down his hand. Four aces and a queen. He picked up all the money on the table, rose from his chair, and departed. Sam just sat and stared at the two hands.

"Men," he finally said, "what Ah wants me to know is, what in de Hell did Mose want wid dat queen?"

Hi-Jinks Brings Out Big Crowd Cut Will Run 70% Sugar Pine This Year

Over three hundred attended the Lumbermen's Hi-Jinks at the Hotel Adway, Los Angeles, Friday evening, June 18. Lumbermen from all sections of Southern California and several visitors from the Northwest were present. Dinner was serted at 7:AO p.m. and was followed by a two hours' entertainment program which included singing, dancing and vaudeville acts by professional entertainers.

The party was sponsored by Lumbermen's Post, No. 403 of the American Legion. Milton Taenzet, Ameri,can Hardwood Co., Los Angeles, was chairman of the Arrangements Committee.

CHANGE IN YARD MANAGERS

Jack Hughes, manager of The Diamond Match Company's yard at Los Molinos, has been transferred to Petaluma. He succeeds Delmar Travis, who will assist in the retail yard department at the ntain olfrce in Chico.

William Harris, bookkeeper at Red Bluff, will succeed Mr. Hughes as manager of the Los Molinos yard.

Michigan-California Lumber Company, Camino, Calif., started up May 5 this year, about two weeks later than usual, but they expect to cut between 26,000,000 and 8,000,000 feet in 1937. This will run about 70 per cent sugar pine this year.

This mill has a capacity of about 16O,00O feet in eight hours.

The company is constucting a new office building, right alongside the old one. The new building has Sugar Pine siding and a Red Cedar shingle roof. Sugar Pine, Ponderosa Pine and some Knotty Pine are used for interior finish.

The new building is insulated with Palco Redwood bark in the ceiling and Balsam-Wool in the sidewalls.

Swift Berry is general manager of the Michigan-California operation. W. F. Baird is sales manager.

E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, is the company's Southern California representative.

CALLS ON MILLS

E. U. Wheelock, Los Angeles, wholesale lumberman, has returned from a trip to Northern California and Northwest mills.

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be little permanent forest industry and even less of permanent sources of employment.

No country in the world has solved its problem of forest conservation by forcing or even encouraging exceedingly small forest ownerships or small producing units. In general, permanent forest industry, permanent communities and permanent employment, are dependent upon substantial ownership of forest lands. For reasons of economy and efficiency, this requires producing units of substantial size. If, by a legislative policy, you put the larger and moderate-sized mills under a substantial competitive handicap, you will retard the progress of forest conservation at the very time when our industry, in cooperation with public agencies, is showing more symptoms of progress toward forest conservation than at any time heretofore.

My sole purpose here is to ask your fair consideration of these facts. If you regard them as important and conclusive, you will readily find the means, in any legislation which you may recommend, of avoiding the creation of exempted classes of competitors; of assuring fair protections against lower-cost foreign competition; and of safeguarding such progress as we have already made and are rnaking toward forest conservation.

This statement is not to be understood as signifying approval of this legislation as a whole. Many groups in this industry, notably the Southern manufacturers, are totally opposed to it. Most lumber manufacturers believe that in

proposing to go beyond a simple minimum wage "floor" and a simple maximum hours "ceiling" for each industry or each region, it attempts too much, too fast. Many believe that it does not sufficiently insure fair differentials between competing regions and industries or consideration of seasonal limitations. All regard the vague definitions and the proposed vast discretions as leaving the way open for endless confusions, misunderstandings and frictions. All are fearful that, if enacted, it cannot be and will not be applied uniformly to all competitors, and impartially enforced. Whatever else may be said for or against this or any other legislation for similar purposes, we think that laws should not arbitrarily take, or authorize the taking, away from one industry or one competitor and giving to another; and that Congress should not pass any law which the Government cannot administer and cannot enforce promptly, impartially and uniformly.

NEW YARD AT QUINCY

The Diamond Match Company is establishing a yard at Quincy, Plumas County, Calif., and constructing an entire new, modern plant which will ,carry complete stocks of Iumber, window and doors, roofing, paint, builder's hardware, cement, and other building materials.

Everett Pierce is manager. He was transferred to Quincy from Woodland where he was bookkeeper.

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Hartman Testifics to Practicability of NonCombustible \(/ood in Shipbuildins

Appearing before the senate commerce committee on May 19 on the pending safety at sea legislation Ernest F. Hartman stressed the need of wood in ship construction to secure protection against fire.

With one inch of wood giving an insulating value equal to seven inches of ,con,crete it was pointed out that conflagrations can be guarded against only by better fnsulation of the structural members of ships. Weight, so all .important in the superstru,cture of ships, was stressed as one reason for the preference of wood by shipbuilders and shipowners. Mr. Hartman pointed out the experience of the British and Fren,ch who acknowledge it has been found impracti,cable to eliminate wood in cabin spaces for reasons of comfort, condensation, conduction of heat and cold and prevention of noise, but who require such wood to be noncombustible. As examples that a similar course ha'd been followed in building the United States liners "Manhattan" and "Washington," he called attention to the entirely satisfactory results on these ships.

The attention of the senate committee r,vas called also to the necessity of insuring against the passage of smoke into the corridors and the need of requiring doors to be equal in fire resistatrce to that of the wall or bulkhead in which they are placed. Records of the National Bureau of Standards and Columbia 'University, covering tests for,fire resistance and srnoke passage, were submitted on doors constructed of fireproofed wood. Actual results in fires were also submitted to show the superiority of wood doors as against doors made of other materials in preventing the spread and passage of fire and smoke, as well as preventing high transmitted temperatures.

Mr. Hartman took exception to requirements calling for steel or "shall be of metal," suggesting that in lieu thereof "material and construction suitable for the exposure" would give consideration to new materials as yet unknou,n which on the morrow may demonstrate their fitness.

He urged that the United States Bureau of Marine In-

spection and Navigation be empowered to make rules and regulations and that congress limit itself to passing an enabling act that will make it possible for the United States, as regards 'construction and operation of all sea going ships, to be placed on a parity with other more advanced maritime nations.

Mr. Hartman is president of the Protexol Corporation, Kenilworth, N. J. His voluntary appearan'ce in behalf of the lumber industry was fortunate. He was probably the only wood-minded individual to attend the "exploratory fire tests" on the S. S. "Nantasket" capable of analyzing the value of the tests on whi.ch Senate Bill 1916 is based. As chairman of the committee on fire-proofing of the American Wood Preservers Association and as a member of committee C-5 on fire tests of materials and construction, American Society for Testing Materials, his appearance as a technician was most opportune.

Mrs. Edith L. Nicholson

Mrs. Edith L. Nicholson, wife of E. A. Nicholson, formerly president of the Pacific Door & Sash Co., passed away of a heart ailment at Winterhaven, near Holtville, Saturday, June 19.

Mrs. Nicholson was a member of a pioneer Southern California family and was born in El Monte in 1881. She was a graduate of the old Los Angeles Normal School and had taught school in Los Angeles.

She is survived by her husband; two sons, Francis and William; four daughters, Dorothy and Marion Quinn, Mrs. Ralph Collette of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Kenneth Shipp of Berkeley. Six sisters and three brothers, residents of Los Angeles, also survive.

Funeial services were held in Hollywood, Wednesday morning, lune 23.

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Fred J. Wood, president of the E. K. Wood Lumber Co., passed away at St. Joseph's Hospital in Bellingham, Wash., early Tuesday morning, June 22, following a long illness. He had been a resident of Bellingham'since 1901.

lfe was born in Stanton, Mich., in 1869, the son of the late E. K. Wood and Marion (Thayer) Wood. He graduated from Olivet College in Michigan in 1890, and then came to the Pacific Coast where he was associated with his father who had lumber interests in California and Washington.

The E. K. Wood Lumber Co. operated a mill at Grays Harbor, and in 1900 the company purchased a mill at Bellingham and later bought large timber tracts in that section. In 1926 the Bellingham mill was destroyed by fire, and they then built their present mill at Anacortes, Wash., which is one of the most modern electrified lumber plants on the Pacific Coast. Mr. Wood was also head of the Nimpkish Timber Co., Ltd., in British Columbia.

The company maintains an office in San Francisco, and they have yards at Oakland, Los Angeles, San Pedro and other Southern California points. They also operate a fleet of lumber steamers.

Mr. Wood held membership in the Knights Templar, Scottish Rite Consistory, Elks, and the Bellingham Country Club. He was a director of the First National Bank of Bellingham for many years.

He is survived by a son, Warren B. Wood of Pasadena, vice-president of the company in charge of the company's Southern California operations; a daughter, Mrs. Charles L. Sefrit of Bellingham; and five grandchildren, Frances Wood, Fred J, Wood, Anna Bale Sefrit, Frank Wood Sefrit, and Mary Jane Sefrit. He was a brother of the late Walter T. Wood, who died in Oakland in t929, when vice-president of the company.

Funeral services were held at Bellingham, Thursday af.ternoon, June 24.

New Douglas F:r Plywood Booklet

Announcement has just been made by the Forest Products Division, Departrnent of Commerce, Washington, D. C., of the issuance of a new publication, "American Douglas Fir Plywood and Its lJses." This publication is of the trade promotion type and is of particular interest to retail lumbermen, building contractors, wood working industrialists, manual training instructors, teachers and home handicraft workers. as well as others associated with the use of soft wood plywood. It may be secured by writing the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., or through any of the 31 District Offices of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. The 4l-page booklet sells for 10 cents a copy.

CALLS ON THE TRADE

C. C. Stibich, sales manag'er for the Tahoe Sugar Pine Co., San Francis'co, spent a week in Southern California on company business aiound the middle of June.

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The San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club held their annual frolic on June 19-2Q at the beautiful summer home of F. Dean Prescott, located at Trvin Brooks in the High Sierras about fifty miles from Fresno.

'fhe Club was well represented by its membership, and they had as guests about twenty-five representatives of the wholesale lumber industry.

Mr. Prescott again proved himself to be the perfect host, providing every comfort and pleasure for both members and guests.

Mr. Jorgenson's services were obtained to provide the wonderful eats which consisted of a turkey dinner Saturday night. Following dinner the members and guests gathered around a huge bonfire where stories were swapped and a grand time was had by all.

Following breakfast Sunday, the morning was spent playing games and swimming. At 2 p.m. another perfect meal was served; a steak dinner with all the trimmings. About 5 p.-. the crowd began to break up to go home. leaving with regret the beautiful spot where they had such

an enjoyable time which u'ill last a long time in the memories of

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Will Hold Open House

The San Pedro Lumber Co. will hold open house at its new retail lumber and building material store, 1518 South Central Ave., Los Angeles, from July 8 to July 17.

On the eveuing of July 8 at 7 p.m. they will entertain the members of the Building Contractors Association of Southern California, and all general building contractors. Contests of speed and skill have been arranged and which all contractors are invited to enter. Three prizes in merchandise orders, $15 for first, $10 for second, and $5 for third, will be awarded in each contest. and in addition there will be three door prizes of 925, 915 and 910. The prizes to be awarded total $200.

There will be five contests: (1) Install USG insulating wool in a wall section. Contestants to unpack, cut and install. Time and workmanship to count equally. Limited to 10 entries.

(2) Install se,ction of Art-Ply plywood. Contestants to install panel and make tight joints. Time and workmanship to count equally. Limited to 10 entries.

(3) Install Silentite window. Contestants to unpack, assemble and install one double-hung window. Time 75%, workmanship .25%. Limited to 10 entries.

(4) Build 5 feet of picket pack fence. Contestants work in pairs on rails, singly on pickets. Time and workmanship to count equally. Limited to 1O entries.

(5) Tear a sheet of Sisalkraft along a straight line. Straightest tear wins. Time limit 10 minutes. Entries unlimited.

There will be a demonstration of Owens-Illinois Insulex glass block and its properties, also a demonstration of the qualities of Old Colony paints.

Supper will be served at the completion of the contests and the awarding of the prizes.

tVill Use Redwood for Highway Construction

California Redwood has again been called upon by engineers of the California Division of Highways to perform an experimental job in California highway construction.

Plans for 90 miles of 4-lane highway, supplementing 55 miles already in use, utilize structural Redwood in various localities in providing a divided highway.

Designed for immediate construction on the difficirlt A1tamont Pass, between Oakland and Stockton on U. S. No. 50, will be 12 miles of 4-lane highway, using a four-foot island with Redwood ,curbs. Redwood was also used in the 'curbing on the new Cuesta Grade alignment in San Luis Obispo ,county on Highway No. 1O1 and on the divided highway approaches in Alameda county to the San Francis,co-Oakland Bay Bridge.

The divided highway depends upon the efifi,ciency of the dividing strip in facilitating safe movement of traffi,c plying in two directions, state engineers explain. Trhe highway authority is seeking the design which will be adequate without being prohibitive in cost. Ea,ch project becomes a special study, subject to special treatment and application.

Redwood's .acknowledged durability and great salvage value are recognized assets in its selection for a m.ajor test in this state highway program.

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J. Harold Peterson

In this career sketch we are going to give you a close-up. on the activities of I. Harold Peterson, a reallive and progressive lumber merchant.

J. H.arold Peterson, president and general manager of the Peterson Lumber & Finance Co. in San Diego, was born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1888, the son of Dwight J. and Minnie Arvilla Peterson, who are now residents of Coronado. He represents the second generation of lumbermen and home builders in the Peterson family.

Mr. Peterson attended the lJniversity of Michigan, class of 1911, and is a graduate of the Biltmore Forest School, having obtained the degree of Bachelor in Forestry and Forest Engineer with that school in Darmstadt, Germany.

In l9L2 he came to San Diego and became vice-president of the Southern Title & (iuaranty Company, which position he held until 1915 when he returned to his former home in Toledo. While there he engaged in the lumber business under the firm name of D. J. Peterson Lumber Company and the Hixon-Peterson I-umber Company, which companies he managed until 1928 when he sold out his interests and returned to San Diego.

Mr. Peterson thought he u'ould take things easy and enjoy the California sunshine, but after a while found this did not work as he missed the association of his friends in the lumber business and became anxious to get back again to the creative jo,b of modern retail lumber mer'chandising. Associating himself with Owen S. King and J' H. West they organized the West-King-Peterson Lumber Co. (now the Peterson Lumber & Finance Co'), and built their modern and attractive plant in San Dego.

"If you can pay rent, you can own your own home," has been Mr. Peterson's motto for many years.

In November, L934, Mr. Peterson formed the Coronado Federal Savings & Loan Association, of which organization he is now president. This Association has made rapid growth, having financed, in 1935, the building ol 124 hornes in San Diego County.

Other enterprises which Mr. Peterson heads are: The Arbud Investment Company; the National Heating & Engineering Company; the Peterson Realty Company.

The Arbud Investment Company are authorized to negotiate F'HA Title II long-term home financing loans, repayable in small monthly installments over 10 to 20 years.

The National Heating & Engineering Company are builders of the new Marvelaire heating, cooling and airconditioning equipment and the Marvelaire fprnacette. The factory is located in National City.

The Peterson Realty Company are the developers of Bay Park Village in San Diego, a full sized modeltown. This is Mr. Peterson's outstanding achievement of 1937. This tract was opened in December,1936, and there are already 4O homes completed or under construction and more than a third of the homesites have been sold.

Mr. Peterson was married in San Diego, February 18, 1911, to Miss Helen Sumner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Sumner, who were then residents of that city. They have two children, Mary Arvilla Peterson Hardy and J. Harold Peterson, Jr. J. Harold, Jr., is gaining distinction as a baritone soloist, and has studied voice in Germany and at the University of Caliiornia at Los Angeles. Recently he was heard on a weekly program over the Columbia Broadcasting System.

In 1935 Mr. Peterson served as a director of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce and as vice-president of the Cuyamaca Club. He is affiliated with the Masons and with the Theta Delta Chi college fraternity.

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New Fire Control Policy (or Redwood Region

Fire control has a new meaning in the California Redwoods this year as a result of the California Redwood Association's new policy of self-regulation in cooperation with the State Division of Forestry and private agen.cies.

Following the major fires of the critical 1936 season, the California Redwood Association began a comprehensive study of fire control through its forestry and public relations departments which led to presentation of a voluntary control program to State Forester M. B. Pratt and the State Board of Forestry where it received unanimous approval.

In submitting the new plan on behalf of the industry, President Carl W. Bahr of the California Redwood Association, said: "The industry recognizes the public interest as well as a personal interest in leaving logged-over lands in a condition favorable to regrowth, thus providing a future supply of timber, and along w'ith it, permanent industry and employment. The Redwood lumber operators are now convinced that the success of the sele,ctive logging forestry program will be jeopardized if fires are not kept out of ,cut-over lands where seed trees and reserve timber have been left to provide for such regrowth. The industry desires also to ,cooperate fully with tourist and travel promotion in the Redwoods by keeping the area free from smoke and fire hazards during the recreation season."

For many years the practi,ce in the Redwood region has been to'clear the land after logging 'by burning all slash and refuse. Under the new fire ,control poli'cy members of the California Redwood Association, representing 90 per cent of the total production, rvill dispose of slash by means of fire only at seasons when burning is effective and safe.

Efforts will be made to burn all slash between the time of the first soaking rains in the fall and the following May 15. No slash 'ivill be fired during the other periods unless weather conditions are safe for burning, and in such instances only by written permission of the State Forestry Department.

Details of burning technique comply with state forestry practi,ces. Lumber operators will maintain suitable supplies of fire-fighting tools at each of their camps and at other designated locations. Crews will be organized among'company employes to be available for all emergencies.

The California Redwood Association w'ill maintain 'con' stant contact with the U. S. Bureau for the purpose of keeping all lumber operators informed of weather conditions'

The Redwood industry also will undertake through its forestry department a program of publi'c and employe education on the new fire control policy, seeking to influence public sentiment in favor of full 'compliance with State and Federal regulations.

Loggers of the entire Redwood area met in Eureka June 11 and 12 for their second annual logging conference. Slash disposal and fire control were the principal subjects of dis,cussion. E. E. Baker, logging superintendent of the llbmmond Redwood Company, was chairmaq, with Professor Emanuel Fritz, consulting forester, assisting. Sixty logging bosses and government foresters participated.

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Ten Years Ago Today

From the files of The Calilornia Lumber Merchant, Julv 1 , 1927

This is our Fifth Anniversary Number and we celebrated the occasion with a special edition.

Articles in this issue are: "The Future of the Lumber Industry" by R. A. Long; "Lumber-The Industry with a Personality" by Arthur A. Hood; "Rough Random on California Market from a Wholesaler's Viewpoint" by T. B. Lawrence; "Modern Merchandising from a 'Woman's Viewpoint" by Alberta Ruth Brey; "The Lumber IndustryThe Proposed Consolidation and Its Relation to the Northwest" by C. S. Keith; "Forestry-What Is It?" by Russell Gheen; "What Price Credit" by D. P. Reordan; "LumberDry and Green" by W. K. Kendrick; "Philippine Mahogany-What Is It?" by C. H. White; "Price Cutting" by O. V. Wilson; "Individualism in the Retail Lumber Business" by E. D. Tennant; "Singing the Pattern" by A. Merriam Conner; "Improving Conditions in the Retail Lumber Business" by B. J. Williams; "The Value of a Good Wood Interior" by Howell Baker; "The Plan's the Thing" by Eda Dernier; "Certified Lumber" by C. W. Pinkerton; "Year's Doings of the San Joaquin Club" by F. Dean Prescott; "Why Retail Lumber Yards Should Stock Fir Laminated Panels" by C. W. Buckner; "The Stained Shingle Situation in California" by H. P. Kendall; "One Hundred Years of Building and Loan" by Frank M. Wise; "Personality in Business" by Sylvester L. Weaver.

21y'o to 5O/o more capacity due to solid edge-to-edge stacking. Better quality drying on low tenperaturee with a feist reversibie circulation.

Lower stacking costr--just rolid edge-to-edge stacking in the cimplest form.

The Redwood situation is and C. Stowell Smith writes

Carl Crow of Portland lumber conditions in the

covered by R. F. Hammatt, on the Pine situationgives a comprehensive report on Northwest.

Articles devoted to the millwork industry are: "Millwork Ramblings" by E. A. Nicholson; "Millwork Situation" by H. W. Gaetjen; "Doings in the Millwork Industry" by H. P. Dixon, and "What Cooperation Is Doing for the Millwork Industry" by H. T. Didesch.

Fred W. Roth of San Francisco. Hoo-Hoo State Counsellor, discusses Hoo-Hoo activities in California.

The Martinez Lumber Company, Martinez, Calif., is renovating and remodeling its lumber plant and will build a modern and attractive office building.

The Arizona Lumbermen's Club convention Jane 17,18 and 19. H. president.

held their tenth annual M. McCalla was elected

The Sun Lumber Company was host to its employees and families at the picnic near Camillo on Saturday, June 18.

The Pacific Lumber Company has electrified its sawmill plant at Scotia, Calif.

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Sales Promotion Program For Philippine Mahogany

Los Angeles, June l5-The Philippine mahogany importing industry which does the largest tropical hardr.vood business in America, is launching a consumer sales promotion drive, it is announced by W. G. Scrim, president of the Philippine Mahogany Manufacturers' Import Association, fnc.

The association has adopted a sales promotion program which includes consumer advertising and trade advertising.

Gerber & Crossley, fnc., national advertising "g.trry with headquarters in Portland, has been appointed to hand.le the campaign. The program will be financed out of an assessment which has been in effect for several years.

Members of the association, which handles virtually all of the Philippine mahogany brought into this country are: Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Co., Portland, Ore.; Black & yates, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Cadwallader-Gibson Co., and FindlayMillar Timber Co., Los Angeles; Insular Lumber Sales Corp., Philadelphia; C. U. Martin, New York; Thomas E. Powe Lumber Co., St. Louis; Robert Dollar Co., San Francisco; Henry J. Winde Co., Charlestown, Mass.

"Our members have long felt that we should capitalize Philippine mahogany's exceptional selling points," declared Mr. Scrim in announcing the program. "Philippine mahogany is the most economical of the luxurious tropical hardwoods. It is admitted to the United States duty free. Cost of production is low, owing to the accessibility of the timber."

The nine-point program was worked out by the advertising and promotion committee of the association, in collaboration with its advertising agency. Members of the committee are: Roy Barto, chairman; H. R. Black, and C. U. Martin.

Lawrence A. Robson

Lawrence A. Robson, one of the principals in Lumber Dealers, Inc., retail lumber dealers, Oakland, died in Oakland June 22 f.rom burns received in a fire in his apartment on June 19.

Mr. Robson was 28 years of age. He came to Oakland a few months ago from Westminster, B. C., where he had been assistant sales manager of the Timberland Lumber Company, Ltd. He was'the son of Alex T. Robson, one of the owners of Timberland Lumber Company.

Funeral and interment were at Westminster. B. C.

New Book on Plywood for Concrete Forms

A handbook, "Concrete Forms of Douglas Fir Plywood," has been issued by the Douglas Fir Plywood Association and free copies are available to architects, builders, dealers, engineers and specification writers upon request to the Association's office at Tacoma, Wash.

The book consists of 24 pages, is illustrated with photographs of buildings and other types of construction in which Douglas fir plywood was used for concrete forms, and contains additional information and data on the use of plywood as concrete form material.

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Protection Against Decay and Termites

HlGlr 0UAUTY SHttGrr

YouR cusTorfiEn DErfiArDs !

\(/n"o a buyer comea into your atore he asks for a chingte that will rtand up. C,ost to hinr ic not ac important a factor ar getting a durable, eary-tG keep-in'condition roof. You cantt guarantoe that tind of a roof unlerc you sell him a brand of rhingler that you tnow are the bect you can buy.

CaliJornia Soles Offices

SNIDER

BRAND OF RED

CEDAR SHINGLES co-pletety fitl the billt Experdy nanufacturdd of a elose grained high dtitude red cedar, Snider rhingles make cale after sale. Try them-all sizea and grade* Also Nu-Cut Shakes availeble.

of the

COMMERCE COLLEGE HUMOR

Commerce is a game of skill which every man cannot Professor (After a bad recitation)-Class is dismissed; play, which few men can play weltr. The right merchant don't fap your ears as you go out.-Bean Pot. :l:F* is the one who has the just average of faculties we call common sense; a man of strong affinity for facts, who

THE LADy pOVERTy makes up his decision on what he has seen. He is thorough-

By Jacob Fischer

ly persuaded of the truths of arithmetic. There is always I met her on the Umbrian Hills, a reason, in the man, for his good or bad fortune; and so, Her hair unbound, her feet unshod; in making money. Men talk as if there were some magic As one whom secret glory fills about this, and believe in magic,.in all parts of life. He she walked-alone with God' knows that all goes.,on the old road, pound for pound, I met her in the city street; cent for 6snf-f6r- every effect a perfect cause-and that Oh, changed was her aspect then ! good luck is .another name for tenacity of purpose.- With heavy eyes and weary feet Emerson. She walked alone-with men 't*!F

It isn't the holiday we want, it's the day after.-Mark Twain. *X(*

BE R'ASONABLE

Mike was smoking in the waiting room of a railway station. A porter said to him, "Don't you see that notice on the wall?-'No Smoking Allowed'?"

t'Yes, f do," answered Mike, "But how can I kape all the rules? There's another sign on the wall, 'Wear Gossard Corsetsl."

NEW STYLE LULLABY

Hush-a-bye baby, pretty one sleep, Daddy's gone golfing to win the club sweep. If he plays nicely-I hope that he will, Mother will show him her dressmaker's bill.

Hush-a-bye baby, safe in your cot, Daddy's 'come home and his temper is hot; Cuddle down closer, baby of mine, Daddy went around in a hundred an nine.

when love and ,r.nr *rlr. ;-:.*r expect a masterpiece.

-John Ruskin.

THEY ALSO T\MIDDLE THEIR MIDDLE l'Hulu hulu dancers have an easy time of it."

"Why?"

"Oh, all they have to do is to sit around and twiddle their tums." 'f**

You may be as orthodox as the Devil, and as wicked.

-John Wesley.

THEsE:';; DAYS

Old-time mosquito (to. young mosquito) "And to, think that when I was your age I could bite girls only on the face and hands." * * +.

SELF-INTEREST

I cannot commend to a business house any artificial plan for making men producers-any scheme for driving them into business-building. You must lead them through their self-interest. It is this alone that will keep men keyed up to the full capacity of their productiveness.-Charles H. Steinway.

DARKY PHILOSOPHY

"IIi there, you; didn't you tell me you never got tired?" "Dat's right, boss, Ah allus stops an' restes befor' Ah' gits tiahd."

Los Angeles Ranks Second in Building

Los Angeles continues to hold second place in building among the cities of the nation for the first five months of L937 with a total ol $25,765,977 according to figures compiled by Dun & Bradstreqt, Inc. San Francisco ranks tenth with $8,757,661; Oakland is eighteenth w,ith 94,043,544, and San Diego is nineteenth with 94,021,076. New York held first place rvith a total of $L25,574,58.

Building permit valuations for the twenty leading cities for the first five months in 1937 and the corresponding period last year follow:

GAMII{O SUGAR PIIIE

C.alifornia Sugar Pine Lumber is unsurpassed for pattern work, industrial use, outside trim and sash and door manufacture. Camino Quality Sugar Pine may be depended upon as being carefully manufactured from our excellent stand of California pine timber in El Dorado County.

Redwood Ars'n Opcns New York Ollice

Increasing interest in California Redwood in the Eastern market led this month to re-establishment of the California Redwood Association offices in New York City. Offices have been opened at 155 East 44th Street, Suite 2906. President Carl W. Bahr announced the appointment of Hal B. Alston, for eight years eastern sales manager of The Pacific Lumber Company, to the new position of eastern manager for the Association. He will be succeeded in the Pacific organization by V. W. Malloy.

Mr. Alston brings to his new position nearly 20 years of outstanding qualifications in the lumber and construction industries. He served as a captain in the 312th Machine Gun Battalion during the World War and from 1919 to l9D engaged in the construction business in Rahway, Matuchen and Plainfield, New Jersey, building more than 2,2@ homes in 11 years. He joined The Pacific Lumber Company organization in l9D as sales manager for New England, New York, New Jersey and seaboard states. He is widely known as an authority on wood construction and holds wide experience in retail and wholeslle lumber association activities.

The New York office is the seqond expansion of the California Redwood Association in 1937, a new office and exhibit having been opened in the Los Angeles Architects Building earlier in the year. Eastern activities of the Association will be directed upon specifications and consultation in the proper use of California Redwood.

Your Neighbor May Be a Fine Talks

Fellow, But -

Would you, if requested, write your check for $500.00 payable to the order of a "New Next Door Neighbor" ?

You have met your "Neighbor," and believe him to be a good fellow. He has promised that, in return for your loan, you will receive on or before the 10th of next month the sum of $500.00 plus $50.00, or $550.00 less 27o.

This "Neighbor," although a comparative stranger to you, had some dealings, as you recall, with an acquaintance of yours and, if you remember correctly, he paid although he was slow in doing so. He rents from a friend of yours, lives next door to you, and you see him almost every day. All in all, being a good fellow, he should repay the loan and you fully believe he will, so you turn over your checkor do you?

What, from a credit risk standpoint, is the difference between the filling of a request from a "Neighbor" for a $.500.00 cash loan, for which you expect to receive $550.00 less 2/o, or in filling that "Neighbor's" order for a car of your merchandise which costs you $500.00 and on which there is to be a gross profit mark up of $50.00?

You say it's "THE BUNK"-But is It?

The facts are:

FirstYour stock in trade is capital deposited to your merchandise account against which you draw each time you make a sale.

Second-Stock aboard cars, to be paid for at a future date. is your certified check payable to consignee's order in the sum of whatever the amount of the invoice.

ThirdSales terms state the time in which the consignee agrees to make hie return to you, and is, therefore, his promise to pay.

Fourth-The "Next Door Neighbor" is the Account or Prospective Account you are shipping or expect to ship on regular sales terms.

YOUR NEIGHBOR-ANY NEIGHBOR

Who is he?

Who are his friends?

' How old is he?

What does he do ?

What does he own ?

How is he doing?

How is he paying?

Where did he corne from ?

Why did he come to you?

The answers to these and many other questions are in the report files of the Lumbermen's Credit Association Inc., and the information in those files is the basis {or the net worth and mode of payment ratings and descriptive classifications shorvn in their Credit Rating Book and Twice-a-Week Supplements thereto

The Association's main office is located at 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, with eastern headquarters at 99 Wall Street, New York City. They invite you to write for full information about their 6l yeat old service of credit and sales information to the lumber and allied trade.

Before making a "loan" to your "Neighbor" be sure that you know something about him.

to Lumber Groups on Legislation

C. W. Pinkerton is visiting the various Lumber Groups throughout the State, discussing the legislation passed at the last session of the State Legislature which afiect the retail lumber business

Among the bills passed by the Senate and Assembly which affect the building industry are: A. B. No. 3 which amends the "IJnfair Trade Practice Act;" A.B. No. 119 which pertains to transportation tax and puts collection of the tax in the State Controller's office; A.B. No. 469, amend.ing Section 7tO oI the C.C.P. relating to execution on money due from a governmental agency to a judgment debtor; A.B. No. 506 which changes the exemption under the unemployment insurance act from 8 to4; A.B. No. 1218, a truck bill setting up a table of weight fees of $40, $50, and $70, and the classification would be based on the gross weight of loaded trucks; A.B. No. 150O is one of the numerous housing authority bills supposed to be a model bill sent out from Washington by the PWA; A.B. No. 2714 requires any contractor making an application for a building permit to satisfy the building inspector as to his compensation insurance being in order before same could be granted; S.B. No. 516 gives the Board of Supervisors of any county the right to build or repair any building or other property up to $2,000 without advertising for bids; S.B. No. 773 amends the present Transportation Act and clarifies the section pertaining to the transportation of property on a person's own truck-it establishes the right of material dealers to.make a differential in price between a delivered price or a price at the warehouse or place of business, in either case, the gross amount will have to be reported as sales and the 3 per cent State Sales Tax would apply-the same provisions hold true in S. B. No. 953 which is another Transportation bill-both bills being passed.

Bills A.B. No. 469 and A.B. No. 1218 have been signed by the Governor, while the other bills have been sent to the Governor.

This House \(/as Built for Approximately Employees Share in Retirement Program $3r000-Now Open for Inspection

Lancaster, Pa., June 1S.-Nearly one hundred per cent o{ the domestic employees of the Armstrong Cork Company are participating in a retirement program, designed to supplement Federal Social Security benefits, according to an announcement by H. W. Prentis, Jr., president of the company.

The program applies to both hourly workers and salaried employees in the company's twelve plants as well as in all offices and warehouses. The program consists of two plans -an insured plan which covers service rendered from June l, 1937, forward, and an uninsured plan which pertains to service prior to June first.

f, "pcckcge housa" that cbo built under F.ILA. locn plcrs eo thct thc moathly inslallngfl3 mcry be cs low at $31.50 per nonth ia rhowa bere cr c,rolution to the low coet housing problen Fincrnced through the Sccurity

First Ncrtional Eqnk ol'Loe Angetea tmd built ol grrc& mqrked Douglcr Fir ca apeci; lied inninimun FJLA. alcndard8, it hqs bcon conpfeted cnd is nolr open lor insp€Glion oa the grounds of thc Calilorni<r llouse cnd Gcrden Exbibition" 59(tr Wilsbirc Boulevqrd, in Ioe Angele*

McGETTIGAN-McNEVIN

Miis Lilian Monica McNevin and Bernard Dudley McGettigan were united in marriage at four o'clock, Wednesday afternoon, June 30, at the St. Vincent de Paul Church, San Francisco. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Peter Collins McNevin and the late Peter C. McNevin, who for many years was an executive of The Pacific Lumber Company.

Participation in the program is entirely optional on the part of employees, Mr. Prentis stated. On their own volition, employees who participate in the insured plan agree to set aside a definite percentage of their earnings each month. The company pays the balance of the cost to provide the employee's retirement income under the insured plan. The entire cost of the uninsured plan covering prior service, which the company hopes to put into effect, will be borne by the company.

In announcing the plan to Armstrong employees, Mr. Prentis said: "Seldom, if ever, have I had the privilege as an officer of the company of making an announcement which gives me as much personal pleasure and satisfaction as does the presentation of this carefully thought out pension program which rvill provide for the comfort and peace of mind of all our employees as the years pass and we all grow old together."

WEST COAST VISITOR

Burdett Qreen, secretary-manager of the American Walnut Manufacturers Association, Chicago, Ill., was a California visitor last month where he spent several days calling on the hardwood trade in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay district. He attended the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast wholesale hardwood dealers at Victoria, B. C., on May 27,8 and D.

The Association has just issued a booklet, "Walnut in the Art of Gracious'Living." The book is illustrated with many beautiful photographs in color which show the beauty and versatility of Walnut for interior woodwork, furniture,

etc.

$1,951,000,000 in Home Mortgage Hearing on "Ellective Date Rule" Loans Madein 1936

Washington, D. C., June 19.-Of the total of approximately $1,951,000,000 in home mortgage loans made on one to four family non-farm houses during 1936, thrift and home financing institutions supervised by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board or eligible for membership in the Bank System, loaned $1,051,000,000 or 54 per cent, John H. Fahey, Chairman of the Board, announced today.

These loans were made for new construction, refinancing, purchase, and modernization of urban dwellings. Individuals loaned about $600,000,000 of the aggregate total, or 30 per cent, and commercial banks $300,000,000, or 15 per cent, Mr. Fahey stated.

He estimated that loans for new construction amounted to $625,000,000 in 1936, of which $156,000,000 was loaned by member institutions in the Federal Home Loan Bank System.

At the close of 1936, home mortgage loans outstanding in the United States aggregated $17,799,000,000, Mr. Fahey said. Members of the Bank System, together with the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, under supervision of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, held a combined total of $4,806,000,000, or 27 per cent. The holdings of all institutions eligible for membership in the System, added to this, brings the total to $1O,569,000,000, or about 6O per cent.

The Board, created by Cong'ress in 1932, supervises the Bank System, comprising 12 Federal Home Loan Banks. These have 3,859 member institutions, with estimated resources of $3,375,000,000.

The System, Mr. Fahey said, in less than five years has become the largest and most comprehensive mortgage reserve system in the world, operating in the field of small home mortgages. These represent the greatest single unit of the total private debt of the country.

Held at Seattle

Seattle, Wash., June 1S-West Coast lumbermen have completed testimony and arguments here, against the United States Maritime Commission's temporary suspended "effective date rule" to regulate steamship tarifis on cargo moving under intercoastal lumber rates.

The rule, originally published to take effect on May 10, but suspended on protest of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, Seattle, would subject lumber shipments through the Panama Canal to Gulf ports and the Atlantic seaboard to the freight rate in effect on the date of loading, instead of on the date that space is booked.

W. C. McCulloch, West Coast Lumbermen's Association attorney, presented many witnesses before Examiner G. O. Basham of the maritime commission's division of regulations to support a contention that this rule would seriously confuse the lumbermen, as it is the customary practice to sell lumber one to three months prior to shipment. It rvas also contended that the rule might lead to prejudice ancl discrimination by carriers.

No witnespes were presented by the carriers, although they were represented by Attorney M. G. de Quevedox. Briefs in the case are to be filed.

A decision by the maritirhe commission is expected within ninety days. Meanwhile, it was understood the "effective date rule" would continue under suspension.

Witnesses for the lumbermen's Association were J. C. Lass, who testified as to the manner of loading lumber cargo; K. C. Batchelder, traffic manager of the association; R. E. Seeley, manager of the Puget Sound Associated Mills and chairman of the maritime committee of the lumbermen's association, and E. Strange, general sales manager of the Canyon Lumber Company, Everett' E. Houston also testified.

WHEN YOU SELL

Booth-Kelly Douglar Fir, the Agsociation grade and trade mark certify to your cuetomerg t-he quality of the stock you handle. Builders quit guecsing about what tfiey're buying, and buy where they know what they're getting.

A.quires New Modern Factory Building

Due to the constantly uct the Acme Spring Sash increasing demand for their prodBalance Co. has recently acquired

The manufacturers of this very popular and almost indispensable item of builders hardware are to be congratulated for the manner in which they have brought it up to its present high standing rvith the trade. From a modest beginning eleven years ago the Acme Sash Balance is now favorably known in architects' ofihces, wholesale and retail hardware companies, lumber companies and sash and door dealers as a leader in its field. The design and careful attention to manufacturing details have given it "what it takes" to make good mechanically. In addition the sales policy has proved effective to the end that the trade name ACME is all that the name implies.

Tribute in this story of success must, necessarily, go to the original designer of the Acme Sash Balance, A. H. Kersting, who through persistence and faith in his product, as well as with faith in the future of. the double hung window, has been rervarded r,vith distinct success.

a much larger and very modern factory Long Beach Avenue, Los Angeles. building at 1626

C. ARTHUR BRUCE VISITS CALIFORNIA

C. Arthur Bruce, vice-president of E. L. Bruce Co., Memphis, Tennessee, is spending a few weeks on the West Coast on a combined business and pleasure trip.

While here he will visit his father, E. L. Bruce, Sr., chairman of the board of E. L. Bruce Co., who now resides in Los Angeles and is actively interested in the distribution of Bruce Products in California. This visit to his father is an annual occasion for him, as well as for his brothers, and he will be joined soon by E. L. Bruc'e, Jr., also a vicepresident of the company.

Mr. Bruce will also inspect the new San Francisco warehouse of E. L. Bruce Co., which has recently been completed. This warehouse, as well as the one in Los Angeles, caffy a complete line of hardwood flooring and lumber products.

Not only does the Acme Sash Balance serve the western market but it has steadily worked itself into the eastern states and export business, as lvell. And-the company is still young.

TRAVELS BY AIR ROUTE

George Gorman, Trans-Pacific Lumber Co., Port Orford. Ore., was a Southern California visitor last month. George spent only two days in the Southland but he covered a lot of territory. He left the Oakland airport at 6:45 a.m. and flew to San Diego where he called on two customers, then flew back to Los Angeles, arriving there just before noon, where he had an appointment with Arthur Twohy, of the Twohy Lumber Co., who represents the firm in Southern California. George returned to San Francisco by airplane.

WILL BUILD NEW PLANT AT GALT

The Diamond Match Company is starting construction of a modern retail lumber plant at Galt. It will replace the yard recently destroyed by fire.

California Building Permits for M.y

*Included in Los Angeles Totals.

Gain in California Lumber Production

Lumber production in California for 1936 continued its rise from the low of. 1932 with a gain of 2L.2 per cent over 1935, according to a preliminary summary of data compiled for the Census Bureau by the U. S, Forest Service.

According to a statement by L. M. Bean of the California Forest and Range Experiment Station and special agent of the Census Bureau, the total cut for the State last year was 1,189,849,000 board feet in the pine region and 453,676,ffi in the redwood region, for mills with a total cut of 50,000 board feet or over. Small mills producing less than this amount cut 834,000 board feet bringing the total lumber cut in California for 1936 to 1,644,359,000 board feet.

This is only 75 per cent of the peak production in 1936, but was 241 per cent of the low in 1932. Percentages ol increase were almost equally divided between the redwood and the pine regions, the former gaining 22,4 per cent and the latter N.7 per cent over 1935. The pine region continues to produce nearly three quarters of California's lumber with ponderosa pine the principal species forming 46.1 per cent of the total cut. Redwood forms 24.5 per cent of the State's lumber cut and sugar pine 13.6 per cent.

Late returns may change final summary figures in the published report of the Bureau of the Census. Returns from 95 per cent of California operators give the cut for the large mills as follows:

ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING JULY 12

The adjourned annual meeting of the Philippine Mahogany Manufacturers' Import Association, Inc., will be held at the Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colo., Monday, JuJy 12, for the purpose of hearing reports of officers, elect' ing officers of the corporation for the ensuing year, and transacting other association business. The annual meeting was held at Los Angeles on June 14.

RIO VISTA YARD TO BE REBUILT

The Rio Vista yard of the Noah Adams Lumber Company, whi'ch sufiered a loss estimated at $12,000 from a fire on June 4 which was said to have been incendiary, will be rebuilt immediately.

In the reconstruction a separate office building will be built.

CLASSIFIED

Rate---t2.50 Per Column

GOOD BUSINESS OPENING

ADVERTISING

Inch. Minimum Ad One-Half Inch.

Lumberman to 'invest $10,000.00 in an old established lumber mill and millwork plant situated in the East Bay district. Either as a partner or will sell outright. The party who invests to take full charge. This is a real opportunity in a fast growing community. Address Box C-673, California Lumber Merchant.

SITUATION WANTED BY OFFICE MAN

Lumberman with splendtid backgro,und of more than twenty years experience in manufacturing, wholesale and retail, is seeking a position. 43 years old, single. Experienced in wholeale and retail buying, accounting, correspondence, estimating, counter work, etc. Over two years Los Angeles experience. Witl go anywhere for a fairly decent salary. Address Box C-668 California L,umber Merchant.

FOR SALE

Retail Yard, 60 miles from Los Angeles in fast growing territory. Will make attractive deal account of ill health. Write Box C-674 California Lumber Merchant.

WANTED POSITION AS BOOKKEEPER

Young lady experienced bookkeeper and secretary in wholesale and retail lumber business desires position. Address Box C-671, California Lumber Merchant.

GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG RETAIL LUMBERMAN

Will consider financing young retail lumberman with following in Los Angeles County. Must be practical man and able to operate retail yard. Write full particulars, giving experience, age, etc. Address Box C-672, California Lumber Merchant.

POSITION WANTED

By well acquainted California lumberman, who is thoroughly experienced in the wholesale business and as retail yard manager. Prefer to remain in Northern California. Address Box C-670, California Lumber Merchant.

RETAIL YARDS FOR SALE

Los Angeles yard doing $f0,000 monthly business. Real estate, buildings and all equipment $5,700. Stock at inventory.

Yard in suburban town, new building, clean stock. Lease $75 per month includes fine modern apartment. Stock $1,500, equipment $25t), doing $2,500 business monthly without soliciting.

Both these yards are exceptionally good buys.

Twohy Lumber Co., Lumber Yard Brokers, 549 Petroleum Securities Bldg., Los Angeles. Telephone PRospect 8746.

Going and Coming

J. A. Privett, E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is vacationing and left on June 25 f.or Yosemite where he will spend a few days. He will also visit San Francisco to look over the new San Francisco-Oakland and Golden Gate Bridges, and then motor north into Oregon where he will try his luck at fishing. He will be back at his desk in about three weeks.

R. R. Henderson, Lone Pine Lumber & Supply Co., Lone Pine, visited Los Angeles, June 18, on business. In the evening he attended the Lumberments Hi-Jinks. C. I. Sumner, Lone Pine building contractor, made the trip with him.

Bill Giles, who operates retail lumber yards at Lennox and Hawthorne, has returned from a trip to Minnesota.

C. W. Kempter, sales manager of the Shaw Lumber Co., Klamath Falls, Ore., was a Los Angeles visitor during the month of June on company business. IIe was among those present at the Lumbermen's Hi-Jinks.

Frank H. Hrarris, vice-president of Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Company, San Francisco, is taking his vacation in the form of a month's automobile tour. He is accompanied by Mrs. Harris.

Walter S. Kennon, sales manager of the Swayne Lumber Co., Oroville, spent a week in Los Angeles last month on a combined business and pleasure trip. Mrs. Kennon accompanied him.

C. C. Barr, Barr Lumber Company, Whittier, was a recent visitor to Salt Lake City. On the return trip he visitecl Bryce Canyon and. Zion National Parks.

Bill Fickling, A. P. Fickling and Mrs. Fickling have returned tion trip to Alaska.

Lumber Co., Long Beach, from a three weeks' vaca-

Earl Johnson, Johnson Lumber Co., Pasadena, is back from a trip to his ranch in Northern California, near Redding.

BT]YBB9S GT]IDB SAIT FBAITCISOO

LT'MBER

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Dolbor & Cem Luba Go- zt Dlcchub Erchure Bldr.......SUtt r ilsa

Gcmal Lubcr Qo- att CaHfmie St. .................,GArfrcld Stlll

Hrll, Jencl L, 16? Milb Btdr. .....................SUttcr 7520

Hurrond Rsdrrod Cmpany. ll? Motrmrry SL .....,.......DOutlu !3ll

Holncl EmJ:r l,rnb.r Cc l!15 Flmnchl 6atcr Bl&,......GArfic1d U2r

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IJrrq' A. N. 2l0r C.lifcllr Strut ............Fl11ncc elTl

MrcDurld & Hrrinsto Ltdla C.litorrlr Stmt................GArftcld tt0!

lloora Mlll & Lunbcr Co525 Merkct Strat ...,............EXbroo& f7{5

Pedfic lubcr Co. Th. tt Burb Stmi....................GArfir|d lltl

Pcggr; J. Eo -i Drun St. .............,......D(hrrfat $5t

LUMBER

LUMBEN

Rcd Riva Lunb.r Co.

llt Morrrrrrru 81d'............... GAricld C2i

Sutt Fc Lunba Co, fl Crlllmll .Str..t...........,KEmy 2l1ll

Schdcr BE Lunbc & Shbrt CG.

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Sbcvlh Pinc Salar Co. n$ Mor&ocl Bldt .,.........KErnt ?fat

Sud&a & Chdrrano.

tfO Suror St!..t....,...........GArftcH Ata

Union Lumbcr Co., Cnd3.r Bull.hS ..Sutta 3l?a

Wddlht-Nrth.! Co..

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E. X. Wod LuDbc Co- I Dnrmn StEGt...........,....,..,KErnt $7la

lVrTcrtaruc Selo Co._

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Hil e Mdtoc. lDG.. Daniro SL Tlrhul ............ANdffi fatt

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HARDWOODS AND PANEIJ

Foryth Hrrftrod Gc., 155 Bryrhc,r Bl!d. ........,,.....^Tnrr Ortt

Wblt! BretbcrqFlfth rad Bmlu Srr.ctr .........Sutrc ff.3

SASH-DOORS-PLYWOOD

Nlcohl Door S.h. Co' L5 fttL Str.Gl ...............,....Mlrrho ?t!l

Ualted _S-trtc Ptryood Co1 Inc, ll! Kenrar Stnct ................,.MArtat f$f

Wbclcr-O4ogrl Sdo Coaamrln, taat ltth St. ..........,...........V^Lrcb arr

CNEOSOTED LUMBER-POT.BTPILINGTIES

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PANEIJ-DOORTSASH-SCREENS

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BUTLT-1N FTXTURES

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LOS AITGDLDS

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Bruch Indu*riil Lunbcr Co-

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Cbmberlin & Cc, W. R.

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Dolbccr & Cano Lunbcr Co, tor Fldcllty Bldr. ..........,.....VArdikc tO2

Do4 Do H., a2t Petroldn S€cuitic! Bldg. ,,.PRcFct Zil

C.ooper, Wilfncd T., $0 Petrdm S@riti6 Bldg.,,PRcpcct r$l

Hmmd Rcdwod Cmpany, lqll So Bmdway ..,............PRaD.ct rta

Holncr Euntr Lunbcr Co., Al-?rt Archlt ct Blds. .,....,...Mutud trtr

llova, A. L.. m !h Ir Ba Avc. ,....,..........YOrt lret

G D. Johuo Lrmbcr Ccp., COt Petrclcum Sccurltis Bld8.,..PRaFd ff66

Kclly-Snlth Col a2r-r2 GrriGld Blds. ...... Mlchfuan r02l

Kuhl Lumbcr Cmpeny, Carl H., 3t Chambcr of Coroucrca BUg...PRapcd tfil

Lrrmcc-Pbilipl hDbE Cc, B Pctrolcuo Srcurld!! Bldg....PRo6D.ct lf?|

MacDmald & Bergstron, lirc, ?tl Petrolcun Scarltc Bld3,...PRorpcct ?ll|

MrcDmld e Haniu:to, Ltd., 5ff Pctrolcm gmrltlo BldS....PRapct tl?

PrciRc Lubrr Co. Th. ,t So b Bs rln. ................YOrL lfa!

Pafto-Bllnn hnbcr Co. sal E. 5th St. ....................VAnd|kr 2td

Rod Rttu Lunb.r Co?fiz E. Shum .CEntury 290ilf l|tsl So. Brcdway ................PRocpcct Cff

Reltz Co., E. L, &B Pctrolcun Secruldar Bld8. ..PReFct A||

Su Pc&o Imbcr Cc, Sra P.dro, ft|,OA Wllninrto Rod.........Su Pcdro Alto

Sutr Fq Lmbc Co- llr Finuchl Cart r Btdt.......VArdltc 4Ol

Scheler Bm. Lunbc & SElDtL Co- En W. M. GEhrd Blds.........TRblV a?t

Shrylin Ptnc Saler Co., 32t Pctrcleum Scor.ltlcr Bld3. PRaFGt tal5

Sothlard Lumbc Co.

|3,1 Petroleu Scuritics Bldg. ,..PRcpcct 3!80

Suddcn & Cbri:tcnrm, GlO Bard o{, Tn& Blds. ........TRh1t ttrr

Tacme Lumbcr Salcr. lAl Petrcleum Scorltler Bldt...PRopcct ffet

Ualon Lunbcr Ca ta W. M. Grlard Bldj...........TRblty Z2t2

Wendllng-Netbrn Co.

7O So, h Brur An. ,.............YOrL rt$

WiIHnn ud Bury.

3lt W. tth St. ...........,.....,.. TUckcr trt3t

E. K. Wod Lmbsr Co..

47tt Sut Fo An. ..............JEfim tfrf

Wcycrharuq Salcr Co.

tA W. M. Garlmd Bld3.........Mlchlgen |Otl

HARDWOODS

Cadw-rlladcr-GQon Co., Inc.

3l2t Er.t Obnplc Btv&-........ANr.hr lUat

Stlhta$ E. J., ri So"

2O50 Eart lttb Srrur............CEnrun !t2lr

sourhcq "I$.3X933*tTo.' n" tl!i! Ealr Slth Stnect,..,,.'..........ADu 4li!

SASH-DOORS-MTLLWORK

PANEI.S AND PLYWOOD

cllilgfb Paml & Vcmr C;oe

__ _t5t _Sq Alancda St.........-........TRhrt, Ijt

Halcy Bm.. llrntr Mota Ia Argcl.. Phoc ..............REnrb1c ff0it

Kochl, Jno W. & So.

^ eSz 9_g lvlycn St.- ................ANsctu llrl

Orcr-o-_Waehinstm Plyrud Co., tlt Wc.t Nirth Strc.t ......-.......TUd.Gr t|!t

Rcd Rivcr Lumber Co.,

702 E. Slaueo .......,....,....CEnturrlrOtf

Smpccr C@Fry (Paradm)

715 So Raymd Aw. Bl.schrd ?2tfa

Unlted Stltcr Plywod Co- lnc..

-__ lt30- Elst rsth St. ....PRcDGct ltt

Wcrt Ca.t Sro Co,

llas E. C8rd Strut .....,............ADmr ll10

Wct Cort Plywood Ca, tls W. Nlnth 3t. ,.................VArdikc Orla

lVbclcr-Oa3ood Salc Corpcrtlo, ?l$l Sacnmmto St. ...............TUckcr fll

CREOSOTED LUMBER-POLES-PILINGTIES

Ancrlcu Lumber & Trcatln3 Co., lmr 90. Brodyay .....,........PRo.Dct stFl

Butcn J. H. & Cc. Ol Wcrt 3th St ................MIchhuD tEal

"TH*'F:ir"*::..3.1?.:l;Hj-.* .-

FOR INTERIOR PANELI LONG,WIDE AND CLEAR

Unusual effects in wide, full length panels without a blemish are rcadily obtainable in rich, colorful Redwood. The huge logs of Hammond Redwood yield extremely large dimensions in clear lumber. The texture of the wood is compact and even, permitting a satiny smooth surface for staining or waxing. With today's active market for quality materials, it pays to maintain an adequate stock, in all the grades of Hammond Quality Redwood.

I XOff: Therc ir no "rtt.purpose" lumber. Redwood is rccomocnded for many uses wherc norhing 'l I clseis"iustesgood."trisimponaotroothatrhezlltgradcsofRedwoodbeusedineachiosrence.Atl I l- luobcrmeo rhould heve the gnde speci6catioos of Crliforoie Redwood. Copies gladly supplied. J