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Wesfern Pine Third Quqrfer Shipments Expected 6 Per Cent Below Lost Yeqr

l'ortland, June 30-The follorving report of the secortd quarter, 1953, production ancl shipments of \\''estern Pirre region lumber and lumber products and estintate oi probable third quarter shipments l'ere released today by S. V. Fullaway, Jr., secretary-lnanager of the \Vestern l)ine association. The report covered Idaho White Pine, I'onclerr.rsa Pine and Sugar l)ine. The statement in full:

"Again in the second quarter the \\t-estern l'ine ir-rdustrl' produced and shipped more ltturber than during the same 1952 period. llowever, the rate of increase u'as less than in the first quarter ancl the month of June shol-ed er tlecline of rnore than 6 per cent in both production and shipments from a year ago. A prolonged rainy season u'as irr part responsible but market conditicins undoubtedir' \\'ere a factor.

"Preliminary estimates indicate that the second qtl.rrter cut $'as 1,951 million u'hile shipnrents lvere 1,833 million. This means that the first half performance shou's a prodttction of 3,360 million, up 12.8 per cent from 1952, ancl shipments of 3,345 million, an increase of. 6.2 per cent above the previous year. Total regional stocks at the mills oi 1.782 million are therefore at about the same level as on -farrttary 1, 1953 but 135 million above a year ago.

"General business activitl' has continued at high level and total construction volume has exceeded last year. The decline of housing starts in l\{ay as compared to April could be the first indication of a decline in residential constructior, during the last 6 months of the year as has been forecast by some observers. The federal government in recognition of this situation has apparently sponsored several proposais in Congress to give home building a boost. lteduction in don'n payments in connection u,itl-r FHA loans ancl removal of the Veterans Administration ban against discounting of G I honre loan mortgages are in prospect.

"Based upon such factors and all other available information, it no\\. seenls probable that, during the third quarter of 1953, shipments (consumption) of lumber from the Western Pine region u'il1 approximate 1,900 million feet or about (r per cent under the same 1952 quarter."

Mqck Giles Now Operqting Drcrkes

Boy Lumber Co. ot Sqn Rqfqel

Effective July 1, 1953, Mack Giles took over the interest of ])ave Davis in the Dave Davis l-umber Co. at 834 5th Ave., San Rafael, and has changed the name to Drakes l3a1' I-umber Co.

NIack is continuir g operations on the same basis and is ably assisted by salesman Jim Fraser u'ho is calling on retail yards throughout the central coast counties and North Valley areas and N[rs. Carmen Millfap u'ho holds dor,vn the office at San Rafael.

Richard (Dick) Doherty, West Oregon Lumber Co., San Francisco, and Mrs. Doherty, returned recently from a three day trip to Blue Lake, California, rvhere Dick visited the Mclntosh Lumber Co.