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K[lP.R.KURE

The PERFECT

Wood Preservative o Prevents Rot and ltlildew

A Primer for New Wood o May Be Painted 0ver o An Eficient Preservative foT EUERY PURPOSE

KOP-R-KURE is light green in color ond hqs exirqordinory penetrolive properties ond impregnqtes the cellulose fiberc of ALI Woods in charge of the Smith Hardwood made a combined

Doris and Vernon Johnson, executives southern California territory for L. R. 9o., with headquarters in Los Angeles, business-pleasure trip to the company's Longview, Washington, mills during July.

Dealer Frode B. Kilstofte, executive of the Rossman Mill & Lumber Co,, Wilmington, was pictured in The Los Angeles Times, July 23, with Rear Admiral Walter H. Price, Bandleader Lawrence Welk, Actor Leo Carrillo and several

-HEI,P WAI{TED- _POSITIONS WANTEDSALESMAN WANTED

For counter and store sales, buying, etc. Must have expcritnce in retail lumber. Can ofier a future. Cdl Mr. Hese, HUnter 6f5{B' WAG.ON WHEEL LUMBER CO., INC.

Oxnard, Cdifornia

WANTED-YOUNG MAN

FOR RETAIL COUNTER WORK. Must be experienced in all phases of work in a retail lumber ofiFce. For appointment call Mr. McCoig or Mr. Mullin:

STanley 3-1530 -orDlckens 2-3188

TARZANA LUMBE.R CO.

6056 Reseda Boulevard Tarzana, Calif'

WANTED_LUMBER SALESMAN

For S. F. Bay area Retail yard. Must have car and local experience with industrial and retail accounta, State age and references.

Addrcss Box C-2769, Catifornia Lumber Merchant 10E West 6ttr St.,,Room 5O8, Los Angeles 14' Calif.

Good Opportunity

Lumber. Sash-Doors. Warehouse and Counterman wanted, also with lrrowledge of Shipping and Receiving in Retail building materials yard. Mist have eipeiience in this field. Good op,portunity for the right man.

Address Bolx C-217A, California Lumber Merchant

1OB W. 6th St., Room 508y Loe Angelce 14, Cdif.

**wANTEDf,r, SHIPPING CLERKRETAIL LUMBE.R YARD SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA AREA SALARY $5OO UP

Addrcss Box C-2761, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Loe Angelea 14, Calif.

THREE MEN NEEDEDWANTEDExperienced Hardwood SALESMAN, Hardwood GRADER and ORDERMAN by progressive young wholesalc hardwoo'd company. A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RIGHT MEN. All rcpliea treated confidentially. Phone or write: MAX HARDWOO'D COMPANY

2(l94O S. Alamcda Street; Lorg Beach 10 Phoncs: NEvada 6-l{XD or NEwmark 1-7137

WANTE.D_HARDWOOD SALESMAN

Have opEning for Hardwood Salesman, prefcrably with Northcrn California following. All replies strialy confidential.

Pleasc call ANtlover l-16!) for appointme{rt

D. F. White WHITE BROTHERS

500 High St.; Oa.kland 1, Calif.

WANTED_

EXPTRIENCED HARDWO,OD LUMBER SALESMAN for wide Southern California territory. Excellent opportunity for right man. Commission plan.

Address Box C-2771, California Lurnber Merchant

108 W. 6th St., Room 508, Los Angelca 14, Cdif.

OPPORTUNITYSan Franclsco wholesale firnr looking for an experienced salesman in this area who is acquainted ryith the retail yard and industrial trade. Salary or profit-sharing compensation plan

Addrese Box C-2772, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6ch St.,,Room 508, Los Angeles 14 Calif.

.WANTED_PLYWOOD SALESMAN

.

.Witt ptv*oa or Building {aterials experiencb' Excellent territory available, real opportunity fof good salesman. All replies confidential.

Phone or write:

GOLDENBERG PLY\^IOOD & LUMBER CO., INC.

351 South Avenue 17, Los Angeles 31 ; CApitol 5'1311

Executive Available

12 years' experience in practicdly all phascs of dre lurnber-industry. 2 ylars as PurchasinS Agent fm 32 line yards. 4 yeius as Salesmanager for large Manufacturing & Wholesale lumber company hand-line Carloaii Sales to Midwest and Eastern markets. 6 years as General-Manager of Manufacturing & Wholesale Co., with sale of 5 million dollars per year, Supervision Cocrstruction of Mills and--Dry Kiln, Purchasing of Timber and Lumber. Now moring -to -Wcst Coast and requiie pffmanent poeition of responsibility. Maried, 3 children. Availablc August 15.

Address Box C-2776, Cdifornia Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St.,,Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

Sales Represeniiative

Arnbitious Canadian, 32 years crf age, married with 2 childr€n, would like to bccome located in the San Francisco area. With 1o years' successful experience seUing all types of plywood, doors, hardboards, softboards, mouldings, ceiling tile, etc., on a wholesale basis, I can supply excellent references fronrr cmployer and past sales record. Am interested in position supplying future poesibilities cornrnensurate with ability and determination.

Address Box C-2768, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St.,,Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

MANAGEME.NT OT SALES MANAGER JOB NEEDED

Capable of assuming co'mplete responsibility in managernent or sales'. Many successful yeirs' eiperiencC at Mill and Wholesale levels. Unfortunate circumstances beycrd my control make it necessary for me to find a poeition on a salaried basis. Honest, cheerfirl family- man who wants to remain that way. I am not changing jobs-I need one.

Address Box C-2775, California Lumber Merchant

108 West 8th St.,,Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

_CONNECTIONS WANTEL

RTDWOOD MANUFACTUR.ERS

Would like to represent your firm in the S. F. Bay area and elsewhere \rith qutlity Calilornia Redwood and its products. Fifteen years in lurnber, tcn in salcs. Salary and commission. Refercnces. -

Addre*s Box C-2765, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Roo,rn 508, Los Angeles ld Calif.

DESIRE CONNECTIONMan with many years' thorough Wholeaale expcrience marketing Wcstern Softwoods throughout U. S., acquainted with mo,st producere in Northern California & Southern Oregon, desires connection with adequately financed Wholesale Cocnpany.

BRICE STOKES

1730 Pacheco Street, San Francisco 16

Phone: LOrnbard 6-6963

-YARDS cmd SITES FOR SALEA.EASESOUTHE,RN CALIFORNIA

LUMBER YARDS FOR SALE

We have some good, long-established yards to offcr for sale. If you want to sell your yard, givc ue a ring.

TWOHY LUMBER CO.

714 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 15; Rlchmo,nd 9-8746 '

Lumberyard and Sawmill Brokers

NEVADA RETAIL YARD FOR SALE

For salc at cost of invcntory & equipment, appro:. $35,000, a retail lumber yard and gcneral building supplics. Located in one of the fastest-going areas in Ncvada. Doing aplrox. $200,000. Owner will carry land and buildings on ten-year contract or lease.

P. O Box 661. Fallon. Nevada

CHICO LUMBER COMPANY

Finest location in Chico, on main highway in modcrn surroundings. 3-plus acres, well laid-out for mechanical operation. Catering moqlly toretail and farm trade. NO SET-UP LIKE IT IN THIS AREA. Other interests make this sale necessary. For further information contact above at P.O. Box 673, Chico, California.

VALLEY YARD For SALE or LEASE

San Gabriel Valley,Retail Yard for Sale or Lease. Building Materials and Lurnber. With or without inventory. Established for 8 years of successful, profitable operation. No buildings to buy as we just had a fire. Books open for inspection to responsible party.

Address Box C-2774, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St.,,Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif. FOR SALE or LEASE IN FRESNO, CALIFORNIA. WHOLESALE LUMBER YA,RD, PLANING MILL, LUMBER SHEDS AND TWELVE ACRES WITH SWITCH TRACK ON TWO RAILROADS. Company has a tax base of $4O,@0.

VANI"ANDINGHAM. INC.

509 Griftth Way Fresno 4. Calif.

Phone: BA. 9-4681

-WANTEDWANTED_TRUCK

Late model Ford or Chevrolet two-axle lumber truck.

Address Box C-2773, Californla Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St.,,Room 5O8, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

WANTED

WAREHOUSE SPACE on spur track in Los Angeles Industrial area . . . Do not object to slrare with other distributor, Wood products field,

CALL:

Oleander 5-9956

-EQUIPMENT FOn SALESELF-FEED RIP

Viking Machinery

LYco,ming 3-3021

HEAVY FORK.IIFT TRUCKS RENTALS

E22 - @lh Avenue

AND SALES

MacKay Mill Service

SWeetwood E-9428

FOR SALE or TRADE

Oakland 21, Calif..

Wood Working Machinery including Resaw and Carrier. loo/o down with small payments or will trade for Lrrmber or Building Materials.

GOLDEN STATE LUMBER CO. 2436 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, Calif. EXbrook $.3275

FOR SALEKiln boiler, smoke stack, fans, steam pipes, instru. ments, etc.

Frank Burnaby

STanley 3-2060

No. ,to4 Woods Matcher u*fto*.ft*to bottom profite. feed table. drivc rnotor, four-speed feed rnotor. Side heads & drive shafts bali bearing; extra ei& heads- Nfso, Sinker Davis gang rip-saw, 30-H.p. tnotor. No. 106 Bcrlin Sticker, ball-bearing tbp,- boltom and side heads. Motor on each head. Round top and- side'heads. Motors for side hcade includcd. ALL FOR 94,5fl)- or will sell separately.

LIBERTY MILL & LUMBER CO.-

1(25 Terminal Way, San Carlos, Calif.; LYtell [-ZLO4

EQUIPMENT BARGAINS:

Cat, D-8 (2U-11338) with heavy duty cat blade, rebuilt tracks and reconditioned engine ..$9,950

Gallion, 101 Road Grader-fully reconditioned, new tires with 100 hours ...$2,950

Cumrnings, stationary Model HB-reconditioned, two new heads ......S1.500

Six-60" Circular Saw*7/g gaugg unused-each .$ 275 ,:,1,

WESTERN DRY KILN 8261

LOckhaven 8-3284

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE l-3-axle dual-drive, 1952 Mack truck; l8-ft. flatbed with lumber roller.

2-Z-axle, 1950 Utility trailers; l8-fr flatbeds with lumber ro;llers. 1-16,0OG1b. Gerlinger lift truck.

FERN T'IRUCKING COMPANY

1200 Mines Avenue RAymond 3-3601 Montebello, Calif.

MACHINERY FOR SALE

PLA N E R-Yates-American 2 4' x8" with 7 tl-H.P. 3-Phasc motor, all accessories, extra set Knives, $2,ZlO. Blower system & fan $l0O extra. SHAPER-Porter l/g" spindlg s-H.P., 3-Phase mo or, Extras, $900.

KVAL MACHINERY

Petaluma, Calif.; Phone: POrter 2-4363

FOR SALE:

HVSTER Lumber Carrier, good condition. WILL SELL CHEAP

Write: P. O. Box 83 or Call: TErminal 2-45O4 San Pedro, California

-SPECIAI. SERVICESSTORAGE & HANDLING

Lurnber Storage & Handling now being solicited for ou,r ,t.car S.P., P.E. Spur, all blacktop area. Will build covered area soon. Consign your Pool-Cars to us, we will make distribution. Competitive rates gladly quoted.

CRANE & COMPANY

5143 Alhambra Avenue Los Angelee 32, Calif. cApitol 2-8143

BUY-SELI-REPAIR-SERVICE

Fork Lifts and Straddle Trucks. Complete shop and field ecrvice. Portable Welding, Spccial Fabrication, Steam Cleaning and Painting. Servicc Available 7 Days a Wcck. All work guiranteed. COMMERCIAL REPAIRS AND SERVICE

1115 North Alameda Street, Compton, Calif.

Phoncs: NEwmark 14269, NEvada 6-4805

THERE'S MONEY IN YOUR UNCOLLECTABLE ACCOUNTS

For fast and personal collection service of your delinquent accounts. submit your past-due accounts to our office. Specialists in lumber trade collections.

PUBLIC ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (Licensed and Bonded)

Ben Dorrcn, 760 Market St., Suite 927; San Francisco 2, Calit. Phones: Office-DOuglae 2-7114, or Residenc+LOmbard 6-936E

Everyone Reqds These Poges-Jugt Like You

Goliforniq Lumber MER.CHANI-IZE All Youi Weinls Here

9602 E. Los Tunos Drive (P. O. Box 303)

"Operotion Optimism"

Plqnned by Sun Lumber llomer Buruaby, president of the Sun Lumber Company of San Pedro, California, announces "Operation Optimism," Sun's new acl campaign, which rn,ill include tracle and industrial publications and an intensive direct-mail program.

Accorcling to N{r. Buruaby, "Operation Optimisrn" is a

Temple eiry, Colif.

R,ETAIt tUMBER. DEATERS

Arcqlq Office:

Art Milhoupl

P. O. Box 573

VAndyke 2-0355

"full-speecl-al'reacl-don't-spare-tl're-horses" Progranl which erp.esies Surr's faith in the future. "The project has fired ever)'one'. imagination at Sttn Lumber," saicl N[r. Burnaby. "\\Ie at Srtn kuow business is good. Tl're past ten years have beer.r goocl, but we see e\rery indication that u'hat's ahead u'ill be er,en better. Constrirction is the 'r"'eather vane' of orlr economv. Right now \\re knolv the economy is getting a n.ruch-needed lift, for the <lollar volttme of cotlstructiorr is steadily rising."

Mr. Burnaby rvetrt on to point out tl.rat Sun's campaigrl r','i11 represent a clifferent approacl.r to lrtrnber advertising. 1'l.re campaign u'as prepared by Sutr's ageltcy, Kerrnedy, Walker & Wooten, Inc., of Beverly Hills.

Continentol Moves to Scln Gclbriel

O."r,'ner-Ilar"rager P. P. "Peyt" Maloney of Continental f,urttber Sales, Sottthern California wholesale distributing concerll, has moved general offices of the corr.rpanv to 818 trast Valley Iloulevard, San Galrriel, u,here the trerv telepl-rone trrtttrlter is CUrrberland 3-8146.

Pe1't Maloney nracle lumber I'ris career tnore thau '10 r'ears ago rvhen he started to work for tl're It. l). Hunting Lttnrlrer Company in Cedar itapids, Iou'a. He spent 28 years with this retail organization before rnoving to the Sorrttrland, where he has been identifiecl in u'holesale iutnber distribrrtion in the l-os Arrgeles area for ahnost tr'vo decacles :rncl cotrclttctecl his u,holesale concern in Sarr Marino for several r,ears.

P. O. Box No. 34O Berkeley l, Colif.

fhree Veteron Lumber Scrlesmen Esroblish Coost Lumber, Inc.

Jim Elliott, Jerry Gale and Milt Gensch, three well-known Southern California lumbermen, have established wholesale lumber distributing offices at 17159 Lakewood Boulevard, in the suburban city of Bellflower, just minutes from the Harbor area and adjacent to all freeways in the greater Los Angeles eastside industrial district.

Jim Elliott, for the past 10 years an executive and officer of F. P. Baugh, Inc., is president of the new Coast Lumber, Inc., Nlilt Gensch is vice-president and Jerry Gale is secretary-treasurer. Between the three of them. thev have more than a halfcentury of lumber sales experience- and all were formerly associated with the F. P. Baulh organization

"We have opened our business for the express purpose of serving the retail lumber dealers in the southwest," said President Jim. "We represent reliable Northern California and Oregon mills shipping quality products," he continued.

Milt Gensch has been in wholesale lumber sales in Southern California for the past 16 years. He started his wood products career in the early 1930s in Minnesota when he worked in the yard for a retail dealer, so is well informed at both the retail and wholesale level.

Jerry Gale has spent almost three decades in hardwood and softwood lumber sales. lfe is well known in the Southland having been continuously engaged in distribution and sales since 1933.

Coast Lumber, Inc., offers direct shipments of all species of Pacific Coast lumber via cargo, rail and truck and trailer. They will specialize in hard to obtain materials, it was said.

Kitchen Speciolisf School

Kitchen experts from the trade and consumer publication fields, along with industry authorities in various phases of the kitchen business, will join Michigan State University faculty members in serving as instructors at the Training School for Kitchen Specialists, Aug. 17-29. Requests for admission forms should be addressed to the National Institute of Wood Kitchen Cabinets, 75 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago 1, Ill. The basic course covers the entire two-rveek period; the one-week advanced course is Aug. 17-22.

Enrollment is open to owners and employes of companies in the retail kitchen business, including lumber, appliance, plumbing and specialty dealers.

Residents of 16 states from coast to coast had enrolled by July 1. Three general groups were represented equally, each comprising slightly more than 30/o of. the total enrollment. These were lumber and millwork companies, kitchen dealers, and active and associate institute members. Among the lumber and millwork companv representatives were salesmen. owners. a kitchen specialisf, a lales manager and a bookkeeper.

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