Weyerhaeuser Develops Parks

O'ccasional logging road crossings or log landings near the highway will be screened by tree plantings made last winter' 15,000 quick-growing alder and cedar and 35,000 lusty Douglas fir seedlings were set out by Cowlitz County members of the De Molay organization, under direction of company stafi forester Jake Hisey. Trees, tools, and transportation were furnished by Weyerhaeuser for the project, carried on over five weekends.

Park areas being improved are Coal Banks, Kid Valley, Al Raught, Hoffstadt Creek, and Marratta Creek, in the order of their location from the Pacific highway near Castle Rock. Coal Banks, a beautiful tree grove on the Cowlitz River, is just beyond the signboarded entrance to the St. Helens Tree Farm. Marratta Creek park is in a stand of virgin Douglas fir timber near Spirit Lake. Al Raught park commemorates the now retired former manager of Weyerhaeuser's Longview branch operation.

In these park areas the ground has been cleared and smoothed up, access roads built from the highway, identifying signs placed for public guidance, and a supply of wood logs left for camp fire fuel. Ready for use this summer, each park will be maintained by the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company in cooperation with the Washington State Highway Department.

Longview, Wash., May 28-Scenic Spirit Lake in eastern Cowlitz County, Washington, will hold a special attraction this summer for vacationists. Five park areas adjacent to sections of the Spirit I-ake highway which pass through Weyerhaeuser's St. Helens Tree Farm area are being developed for public use, according to an announcement made today by Harry E. Morgan, manager of the company's Longview branch operation.

Long range plans for this recreational development recognize the multiple use possibilities of tree farm land. The designated parks are in naturally wooded areas, ranging from mixtures of hardwoods and evergreens to stately old growth Douglas fir. Accessible by automobile, each park is next, to a stream or creek and will be cleared of brush and debris and equipped with tables and outdoor fireplaces.

A thirty-mile stretch of the scenic Spirit Lake drive will receive special treatment by Weyerhaeuser logging crews. The natural beauty of the tree-framed highway, with its vistas of snow-topped Mount St.. Helens, will be preserved for public enjoyment. Dangerous or esthetically undesirable dead snags are being felled along most of this timbered corridor.

New Gcrdencr Ycrrd

Mr. and Mrs. Tex Lockhart, formerly of Colorado Springs, Colo., have opened a lumber yard at 18320 South Westerr-r avenue, Gardena, to be known as the Western Retail Lumber Cornpany. Mrs. Lockhart, rvho has been assisting her husband in this type of work for some time, is general manager. Mr. Lockhart is a representative of the Ingersol Mills of Northern California. The public is invited to visit and inspect their new yard and stock of general lumber and building supplies.

I-M Stcrrts Work on New Cancdiqn Mine

Funds have been appropriated by the board of directors of Johns-Manville Corporation to finance immediate development of a rich, new asbestos ore deposit in northern Ontario, it was announced by Lewis H. Brown, chairman.

The mine is expected to be in production before May, 1950, and will provide jobs for 100 to 125 persons. Construction of a new mill, having a capacity of 50 tons of mill rock an hour, will also be started promptly.

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Good Demand lor \(/estern Pine Lumbet Expected in Third Quarter o( 1949

Portland, Ore., July 1-A second quarter report of production and shipments of Western Pine Region lumber and lumber products and an estimate of probable third quarter shipn,ents were released today by S. V. Fullaway, Jr., secretary-manager of the Western Pine association.

The report covered Idaho White Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Sugar Pine and associated species. The statement in full:

"The second quarter 1949 forecast anticipated shipments ten per cent below those for the same 1948 period. Actual performance now indicates that the first quarter trend (29 per cent below 1948) has been reversed and that second quarter regional shipments will total 1,768 million feet or three per cent above a year ago.

"This reversal in trend is, however, more comparative than leal, the extreme variation of the weather factor in the two years being responsible. During the first quarter of 1948, weather conditions were unusually favorable and shipments broke all previous industry records. But, excessive rainfall and floods greatly hampered second quarter operations with the result that shipments were much below normal for that season. Exactly opposite conditions were encountered this year. The first quarter witnessed one of the worst winters ever experienced in the West while for the past three months operating conditions have been almost ideal. Actually, the region for the first half of 1949 shipped 11.2 per cent, or 348 million feet, less than in the sarne 1948 period.

"Production in the second quarter, likewise, exceeded that in the same 1948 period by 6% per cent but for the entire first half was down more than nine per cent. Lumber stocks at the mills, following the seasonal trend, increased about eleveu per cent during the quarter. As- of -Tune 30, regionai stocks are estimated at about 1,700 million, up only 25 million since December 31, 1948. This voiume of inventory is definitely larger than that of the past few years but substantially under the usual prewar level.

"Unfilled orders as of June 30th stood at about 500 million, considerably below those of a year ago, lvhen floods and excessive rainfall retarded shipments, but substantially above the order file on June 30, 1947. The volume of new business accepted during the second quarter exceed that of the same 1948 period by about three per cent.

"Although the volume of home construction is below that of a year ago, it is continuing at a high level and overall construction volume is somewhat ahead of 1948. Therefore, despite uncertainty as to the ultimate outcome of the present economic readjustment, a good lumber demand, gauged by prewar standards, should be expected in the third quarter. Based upon all available information, it now seems probable that during the third quarter of 1949 shipments (consumption) of lumber by the Western Pine industry will approximate 1,900 million feet or about ten per cent under those for the same 1948 period."

New Timbers Ior "Old lronsides"

Astoria (Ore.), June 3O.-Four timbers for the U. S. S. Constitution-so huge each had to come from a tree six feet in diameter-are en route to Boston, Mass.

Officials at Shepherd Morse Lumber Company of nearby Westport said they understood the Douglas fir timbers would replace the ancient vessel's keel. They were cut to fit between the ribs of the War of 1812 ship moored at the Charleston Navy Yard.

Each is 7O feet long, 28 inches wide and 20 inches thick. Towed up the Columbia River to Longview, \Mash., they will be taken aboard the freighter Kenyon Victory which is scheduled to sail for Boston July 5.

The Constitution, famed as "Old lronsides" from an 1830 poem of that name by Oliver Wendell Holmes, was restored by school children's contributions in 1927-31 and visited west coast ports in 1933 with masts and spars cut by the same Westport mill.

New Construction Peak Hit During First HclI oI 1949

Washington, July 6.-.4. record total of $8,453,000,000 was spent for construction in the first half of 1949, the Department of Commerce reported.

This is $294,000,000, or about 4 per cent, above the previous record of $8,159,000,000 set for new construction during the first six months of 1948.

The department noted, however, that private spending in the last half year amounted to $6,213,000,000, a 5 per cent drop from the $6,519,000,000 of the like period of 1948.

The slack rvas taken up by public construction which rose 22 per cent from last year's $1,640,000,000 level in JanuaryJune to $2,240,000,000 for January-June, 1949.

New Film lllustrates On-the-Job Fabticating

Washington . Builders of multi-unit dwelling projects now have an opportunity to follow, through motion pictures, actual on-the-job truss fabricating techniques which are permitting builders to reduce roof framing material and labor as much as 25 percent.

The Timber Engineering Ccmpany, Washington, D. C., has just announced the availability, for free use by architectural and building groups, of a 16 mm motion picture covering the mass manufacture and assembly of 3,500 timber connector equipped trussed raTters used in the Bonhaven Apartments, Richmond, Va. The picture is a single reel, black and white silent film which requires 18 minutes for projection.

The new film depicts in detail the quantity production methcds used to fabricate, assemble and erect the ner,v lorv-cost trussed rafter which has been used in over 17,@0 housing units in the last three years. The rafter itself is a simple, four-member assembly composed of standarcl 2x4 and 2x6 lumber. It is designed to cover spans up to 32 feet.

The member sizes in the trussed rafter are small because the Teco Timber Connectors in the joints permit use of the full allowable working stress for the members.

Because of their extreme simplicity and economy of material, the trusses have been fabricated and erected in quantity at costs as low as $9.89 each in place. The basic design, which is available in four pitches, requires no left or right hand members and makes turning of the truss during assembly unnecessary.

Distribution of the film is being handled directly by the Timber Engineering Company. Copies may be secured by interested groups by writing the company at 1319-18t1". Street, N.W., Washington, D. C.

Nqmed Scles Mcncrger

Earl Galbraith, well known Southern California lumberman, has been appointed sales manager of the Atlas Lumber Co. of Los Angeles. He was previously with T. M. Cobb Co Earl has been associated with the lumber and millwork business in Los Angeles for a long period, and he is a former secretary of the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club.

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I have been reading Jack Dionne's Vagabond Editorials for many years with a great deal of admiration of his ability to so interestingly put into print down to earth truths so vital to all of us.

I have often retained some issues of The California Lumber Merchant so I might read and reread time and again a Dionne editorial. I am wondering whether you have compiled these editorials into book form and I would like to suggest, if you have not already done so, that you give consideration to this plan as I feel yott will find a great many of your readers who would like to have such a volume.

Many thanks to Mr. Dionne for his fine writings.

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I have been rvithout the Lumber Merchant since I left Los Angeles in December of. 1947 and didn't realize how much I have missed it until I got hold of a bunch of back copies the other day.

EIIA Insurcnce Sets Record

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H. Taft, Jr. Taft Lumber Company Oroville, California

Applications for FHA insurance of mortgages on newll' constructed one to four-family hdmes under Section 203 reported for May of this year broke all records for activity under this section of the National Housing Act, Commissioner Franklin D. Richards announced. Also disclosed were the following details:

The 31,018 dwelling units covered by these applications represented an increase of some 4/o over the comparable figure for April which was the previous all-time high. All new construction applicbtions during May involved 45,733 units of which 14,136 were units in rental projects and 31,597 units in one to four-family homes.

Applications for FHA mortgage insurance on existing construction involved 20,279 units.

Second Annual Valley Frolic tVill Be Held Septemb er 17

On Saturday, September 17, the San Joaquin Valley HooHoo Club No. 31 will hold its Second Annual Valley Frolic at the California Hotel in Fresno. Ed Schlotthauer, Willard Lumber Company, Fresno, is general chairman, and preliminary arrangements are being made to make this year's Frolic bigger and better than ever.

The following members are assisting with the arrangements: Publicity-Arrangements, Bernie Barber Jr., Bernie Barber' and Associates; House and Reception, J. C. Snead, C. S. Pierce Lumber Co., and Art Post, Delano Building Materials; Program, Bob Wright, Reid & Wright Company; Reservations, Bob Reid, Reid & Wright Company; Finance, Jim Clifton, Willard Lurnber Company; Ticket Sales, Jim Duart, Tarter, Webster & Johnson, Inc.-George Elliff, California Iluilders Supply Co.-Wally Kennedy, George Kennedy & Sons-Willard LaFranchi, Pacific Forest Products, Inc.Herb Thompson, Wendling-Nathan Company, and Tom Ja.cobsen, Jr., Cords Lumber Co.

Tentative plans for this day and night of fun include golf, a concat, steak dinner, a gala floor show, and lots of good fellowship.

Becrch Pcrty qt Solcna Becch

The San Diego Hoo-Hoo Club sponsored an enjoyable beach party at Solana Beach on Sunday, July 17. Over 150 attended. Swimming was enjoyed by the crowd, and there rl'ere games for both the grown-ups and kiddies with appropriate prizes going to the winners of the various event.

Herschell Larrick Sr., and hi sson Herschell Jr., prepared the barbecued fish dinner which was delicious.

President Carl Gavotto and his committee did such a fine job in making the arrangements for the party that the Clulr plans to make the beach party an annual affair.

Correction

Dave Davis, Deputy Hoo-Hoo Snark for Northern Cali fornia, advises that B. F. Springer, Milwaukee, Secretary of the Order, through an oversight had assigned the recently formed Coast Counties Hoo-Hoo Club the Number 111. This was in error and should have been Number 114. Coast Counties Hoo-Hoo Club No. 114 is the official name of the trew club.

Our forest lands today often seem more productive than in the past because of the closer logging utilization made possible by re-logging, yields from thinning, salvage of fire-killed trees, and pre-logging.

Cushiontone Available to Lumber Dealers

On July 1, Armstrong's Cushiontone, a perforated, fibrous acoustical tile, was made available to retail lumber dealers through Armstrong wholesalers.

The need for sound conditioning is recognized today by thousands of stores, restaurants, offrces, and other places where noise causes inefficiency and discomfort. Cushiontone is economical and easy to install. No special tools or skill are-needed on most jobs. Tiles are nailed to wood furring or cemented to any sound, level surface.

Cushiontone is factory-painted white both on surface and bevels. Each square foot is perforated with 484 cleanlv drilled holes that absorb tp to 75/o of the sound that strikes the ceiling. Ceilings are easy to maintain and can be repainted without loss of acoustical efficiency.

E. J. Stanton & Son, I-os Angeles, is Southern Califomi;r wholesale distributor for Cushiontone.

Hyster Announces Personnel Chcnges

Eugene Caldwell, vice-president and general manager of the Hyster Company, Portland, Oregon, announces tvro personnel changes.

Theron Howard, head of tractor sales and service in the eastern division of the company since 1941, wilt become manager of the Peoria, Illinois plant.

J. F. Lewis, formerly in charge of production and purchasing at the Peoria plant, is being transferred to Portland to assume the duties of chief production engineer.

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