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(Continu,ed lrom Page 8,) ing to meet these changes as efficiently as possible."

We asked Ives and Hamilton, (the former having left Marmion Lumber to team up with Hamilton), what was really happening to lumber dealers because of the marked decrease in home construction.

Ives suggested that a sag in large tract building is mainly affecting the fortunes are needed now to promote legitimate business methods in which all kinds of customers are serviced. Perhaps this sag period we're all living through is something that was needed so we could clean house." ooAnd rupt'ed, forget," Hamilton interthose lumber men who operated on a fixed overhead sufiered, of course, since in many cases theilbusinesses dipped to 50 percent of what they had been doing."

Hamilton and Ives chuckle at a cautious posture typical of some area dealers. Closing up shop, they feel, is definitely not the answer to the "dip" in business.

66Bverybody hae difrerent problems, of courseo but we like to feel wetve operred in the wake of better tirnes coming, not just bad times nowltt

Both men would like to be in a position where they might diversify and build for themselves. But this is some time ofi, they suggested. The only building they've put up so far is their portable,24 X 32'all-electric main office.

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Clever merchandising ideas and a minimum o{ cost went into the erection of this completely insulated building. Inside walls are covered in antique 'birch, rustic walnut and antique ash-a difierent specie for each room.

The hugc yard, which is partially graded, is bounded by the Southern Pacific track on the wr:st side and a Los Aneeles Flood Control Wash on the east. Hamihon said that opening the yard was difficult. especially in the early days when negotiations, acquisitions and much paper work were needed lo meel various requirements.

"But we worked out these uroblems with a minimum of panic. One thing for sure. the hours meant nothing to us. We simply had to do it."

Pete Ives pointed out that hours should mean nothing to lumbermen who want sucCCSS.

"Bccause, after all, impres-*ive customcr servi.r,is still the goal all of us should attain. So service is at the top of our agenda."

The hardy optimism of Hal Hamilton and Pete Ives, both in their thirties. both experienced in the industry and both waiting for those "good times" again, is some of the best news we've heard in a long time.

Moore Kiln Instollotion

Moore Oregon has placed a new Moore prefab cross-circulation type dry kiln into operation for Klamath Lumber Co. in Klamath l'alls, Oregon. The new kiln is 33 {eet wide by 105 feet long.

This kiln building is of prefabricated aluminum roof and wall panels with aluminum sheets outside and insidc joined with Wedge-Seal vapor'barrier type construction. This unique Moore method of construction has no rivets or panel sheet joints exposed to inside kiln conditions. Insulatecl wrap-around corner panels are used to entirely eliminate leaky corner joints.

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