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SHerutood 2-3211 TIVX: MSVL 241

P.O. BOX 1310

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DOUGLAS FIR

REDIY/OOD

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The green Douglas fir market held steady in the period ending July 4, with a reasonarbly good volurne .of sales, rerports Crow's i_umbe, Market News Seiviie. One contributing factor was threat of a strike in canadian coastal mills. Mills selling kiln-dried fir in mixed cars enjoye continuing businesrs at unchanged prices' Both gr"att "na d.ry -b'oards were still scarce and green prices were pushed ;p ; tit b; ut.ottg California demand. Cargo sh'ippers plagued bv shont.ge "f ,r...tI" did not have heavy dernand but prices were stable. Nos. 2 and 3 Ponderosa pine iboards were disappointing to the mills but No. 4 eight-inch and l2-inch were in reasonably good shape. Dry white fir Jnd inland fir dimension held their own rather *eli. Plywood sheathing rerna'ined a hard-to-get item for prompt .hip-.ni, while sanded plywood price list's at mills were advancing on the quarter-inch AD index grade.

Shipments of 476 mills reporting to the National Lurrber Manufactur-ers Assn. in the week ended June 2l were 3'l/o a'bove product'ion, while orders shot 10.5/o above. For the year-to-ddte-,-ship-ents we.e O.7/o and' orders 2.8/o above production, marking a steady trend back up for severtal werks. S'hipmen'ts spiraled lS.\oio a.bove production of 1M,548,251 feet at 155 mills reporting (l3B operating) to ttt. West Coas't Lumbermen's Assn- in the week endingJune *-; otdeos were 0.3/o above. ' Shipments of 82'903'000 feet Jeie 9.4/o above production at 110 mills reporting to the Western Pine Assbciation in the week ernding June 28; s'1[s13 l^IsrB l'77o above and all figur'es for the year were nearly up to 1957's' '.'-' Orders of 21,665,0O0 feet were 6.58/o above product'ion at 90 mills reporting to ,the Southern Pine Association in the week ending June 28; shipments were 5.41/o above and both were over the 3-year average.

Welcome

In this issue, we welcome these new advertisers into the family of California Lumber "Merchant-isers":

In This Issue

NLMA Nqmes Movie Stqr "Woodmqster of Yecrr"

New Redwood Grodemcrk, Inspection Service Ncsne. ..

Dubs Wind Up Yeor With Plushy Porty

The A-LMA-NAC of Northern Deolers "Ageless Advertising"-An Editoriql

Upkeep of Wood School Is l,ow-Budget Item

RRJLC Trqins Boys Ior Tomorrow's Lumber

Son Jooquin Hoo-Hoo Elect Moderq Deqler Rcru

Big "Mogic Kitchen" Disploy Avcdlcdcle to Decrlers

Engineering Lcyouts on "Lumber Flow" Avoilcdcle

NBMDA Seeking "Solid Front" of Worehousers

BY J.[,CK

I{ere are some interesting historical facts concerning the Fourth of July, not generally known to the public. These facts are gleaned from writings of an eminent historian, Dr. Frank Harmon Carver. They concern the greatest document in profane history, the Declaration of Independence.

On June 7th, t776, Richard Henry Lee introduced a resolution in the Continental Congress calling for the adoption of the Declaration, as it came from the pen of Thomas Jefferson. With regard to dates, let us refer to a letter on July 3rd by John Adams to his wife, in which he said:

"Yesterday the greatest question was decided which was debated in America, and a greater, perhaps, never was or will be debated among men." As stated, that was dated July 3rd. John Adams also wrote to a friend a letter which stated:

"The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. f am apt to believe that itwill be celebrated by successive generations as a great anniversary festival." ***

But the Declaration was actually adopted on July 4th, rather than the 2nd, so we have since celebrated that day instead of the date predicted by John Adams.

It was on July 19 that the Continental Congress made and adopted a resolution that the document be engrossed upon parchment for permanent preservation. Then, on August 2, tbc Declaration was actually signed. Not by the entire Congress, for there were only 50 present that day.

Six other names -"rJ "u*u i.."r, ." follows: George Wythe signed on August 27th; Richard Henry Lee, Elbridge Gerry, and George Walton signed their names on