The California Lumber Merchant - August 1923

KIRBYBONNER

Lumber Company Houston, Texas for

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NO. 4 I We also publish at llouston, Texas, The Gulf Coast Lumberman, America's foremost retail lumberAUGUST t5, 192?, iournal.

WHERE WE PRODUCE SOFT OLD GROWTH

FIR-YELLOW

Eagle Lumber Co. Mills at Westimber, Oregon

THE DELIGIIT OF EUERY FIR USER-..

wHY llOT BUY QUALITV?

'we specialize in GREEN CLEARS-TIMBERS-and MINING TIMBERS.

We always have a large stock of SHED and YARD STOCK on hand for prompt shipment to serve the trade.

'We own and operate our own LOGGING CAMPS, RAILROADS, SAWMILLS, PTANING MILLS, and DRY KILNS.

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EAGTE LUIIBER G. Sales Office, 327-8 Lumbermen's BIdg.

PORTLAND, OREGON R. A. Stevenson, Sales Manager

R. BLEEGKER

Calif ornia Representative 16 California St. Phone Sutter 4182 San Francisco, Cal.

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THE CALIE'ORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

Protecting Your Interests Advertising Guards Your Buying Like a Watchdog at Your Home ADVERTISERS Albion Lumber Co. .. ..

American Hardwood Co. Arkangae Hardwood Flg. Co. Bemis & Cowan Beebe, W. M. BohlsEen, H. G., Mfg. Co. Boston Varnish Co.. .

Bradtey Lumber Cc. -.

Brininstool Co. . .

Brucc, E. L., Co. Buttonlath Mfg. Co. Booth Kelly Lbr. Co. . .

CaI. Iron Yards Co, Calif. & Oregon Lbr. Co. Calif. Panel & Veneer Co. ..

Calif. Moulding Co. Calif. Redwood Assn.

Compo Board Co. .

Cooper, W. E., Lbr. Co. Cooa Bay Lumber Co. ....

Cornell Wood Productr Co. Chamberlin, W. R.; & Co. Crow'g Lumbcr Index Cooper, Vilfred Lbr. Co. Davis, A. O. .

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Fletcher & Frambles ...

Fruit Growers' Supply Co. . .

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Golding, Fred, Lbr. co. ..

Grasby"& co.

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Gulf coast Lurnberman Gerrnain Lumber Co. Hamer, Alvin C.

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Hanify, J. R., Co. Hart Wood Lbr. Co. Hendrickson Lbr. Co.

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Hoffman, Earl, Co. 26 Kirby Boirner Lumber Co. . . . Outside Front Cover Koehl, John W., & Son Little River Redwood Co. . .

Long-Bell Lumbei Co. ..

Liberty Rubber Co. . .

Lumbermen's Reciprocal Association Lumbermen'g Service Aseociation McCulloch Fagan Lumber Co. Mahony, Andrew J . ......

McCormick, Chas. R. & Co. Memphis Hardwood Flooring Co. Moore Dry Kiln Co. . .

Morrill & Sturgeon

National Hardwood Co. National Mill & Lurnber Co. Nettleton Lumber Co. Nrchols & Cox N. W. Mutual Fire Association Oregon Door Co. Oregon Lumber Agency

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Paraffine Companies Pioneer Paper Co. . .

Peterman Mfg. Co. Red Rivcr Lumber Co. .. ..

Rito Gradc Shingle Asaociation Redwood Manufacturcrs Richardeon Co. Rose, C. M, & Co.

Robertson Hackett co. santa Fc Lumbcr Co' SchumachcrWall Board Skagit Steel & Iron Works Slade Lumber Co'

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Koll Co.

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Twohy, Arthur-Lumber co.

Union Lumber Company

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United Sagh & Door Dealers 'Weaver Roof Co. Wendling Nathan Co. 'Western Celotex Co. 'Western Hardwood Lumber Co. 'Weyerhaeuser Sales Co. Wheeler Osgood Co 'Western States L"*b;; C".

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Wilson, R. O., Lumber Co. Willapa Lumber Co.

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THE CALIFORNIA LL]MBER MERCHANT

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Pubtirhed th. l.t rDd l5tl of cecb Eonth at I8.9 FAY BLDG., LOS ANGELES, CAL. TELEPHONE t2+I65 Eatered u Second-clur mrttcr Scptcmber ?5,194 rt tbe Po3tofficG rt Lor Angclc:, Celifornia, undGr Act of Merch t, 1t79.

J. E. MARTIN,

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Subrcription Price, $2.00 pcr Ycar.

Singlc Copier, 25 ccntr cacL

LOS ANGELES. CAL.. AUGUST 15, 1921

NortLwcrtcrn Offioc lAt Northwctfn Bk. Bldr.

Portlrnd, Ore8on

Advcrtiring Rrtcr on Applicatioa.

California Comes Back . The lumber market in California har been very, wery

dow for rome time, it's a fact, but already Cdifornia is "coming back" and the eun is beginning to chine through the cloud'r of sluggish demarril.

Don't wony about the California lumber market!

It might well be raid about California what J. P. Morgan raid about the United Statec: "The man who ir a bear on THIS COUNTRY is on t{re.WRONG SIDE OF THE MAR-

KET.'' And the man who is a bear on the Cdifornia lumber market ir surely on the wrong ride of the market.

The California lumber market war cimply ruffering temporarily with "over-feedingf'; it rvas biliour, ar it wcre.

Perhapa it was treveling too fast anyway. Everyone was trying to crowd lumber into Califormq and they were pLay. ing that gane ro rtrong ttat when a little reaction Garne, lumber piled up on the doclc so fart that it rcered the trade into 6ta, and rAey hunted cover.

But it war jurt the LUMBER market that war slow.

The BUILDING buriner ryas all right. The dealers generally kept right on aelling lotr of rtock, but they were afraid to buy.

That condition wan not eupriaing, but it couldn't last long, becaure all the time good old California was licking up the material in enormour gobr, and the buying had to $art. It HAS darted, and there ir a mighty good fqll in prorpect.

If the effect of the rum,rner ret-beck ir to wata people not to overload California too greatly, and not to let lumber pricer get too high, it will have been all for the bect, becaule no one har been redly hurt In Lor Angeler, on the night of tte elen'enttr, the permita wer'e well over $8r(X)O,O(X).(X); pointing to a greater total than for tbe month of July. Elsewhere in thic iuue there ir a report on tte building activitier in the Bay Dirtrict' with rcme figrrer ttat argue for a continuance of tfie building program in ttat rection of tte ctate.

At San Pedro, up to the night of tbe thirteenth, 59 boatr had docked, carrying a total of TOTOOOTOOOTOOO feet of 6r and redwood.

The fir millr reporting to the Wect Coast Lurnberrnentc Association show two weeks totals ar followc: 131 rnilb report a production of 1O5r0OOr00O feet and their sdct for the period ran 96,0OO'(X)O feet in round nurnbers. It has been reported that the rail ordere in the Northwett is in much better rhape than for rome weekr past, that tte looked for Fall business in thir line ha.r already ctarted.

In California, cargo shipmetts are 6ndi-g more favor with the dealer than they did two weekr ago. Common.it bringing better prices. Lath have dropped from fiftecn centr to twenty-five cents a thourand, with the rhipmcntr lighter.

During the furt ten days in Augurt, 31 cargoes carrving 2l,184rOOO board feet of Dowlas fir and Redwood lumbcr arrived in San Francisco harbor. Approximately 25Vo, of thir total was Rcdwood.

Cargo rhipmenb for Aqust are showing e material gain over July rbipmentr, and if the prerent rate of cargo arrivaL ir maintained during the month, the August rhipmcntr rhould exceed the July rhipmentr by l5'OOO'fi)O board fect Regarding the rail market in San Frencirco: Wholeralcrr and mill representativct are feeling more optimistic ov€r the future outlook and report that the dernand' har rhown conriderable improvemcnt over t'hree or four weckl ago.

The Southern Pine Aeaociation membert rePort for the pest two weekr a production of 78'(XX)'OOO, rder 64r(XX)'O0O feet and ahipmentr 74,O(X)'0(X) feeL In Celifonria again, tte Redwood mills have increercd their raler over tte week'r previour period, over fuVo, rhowing total nles for tte week of 919061000 fed, end production of 11,134 feet. Thir bringr the Redwood rnillr raler for rhis week about 3O7o over their normal production' Up to August 4th the C.tifqnia Redwood Areocia$on memberu have cut 28818261000 feet and their new burinerc har run 292,88210/l,0 feet.

Brains, vigor, personality, and honesty, make a stron$ foursome on the links of life.

THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

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Douglas Fir Sp ecialfsfs Our whole aim is to so conduct

our business that you will decide it is for your best interests

to deal with us.

We feel u)e can safely say-

"Ask the yards that buy from us" OFFICES:

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San Francisco

THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER \,IERCHANI'

"Ask'em to Buy"

By TACK DIONNE I have frequently rmitten editoriab ca',ling the attention of lumbermen to methodr

ueed by the auto folkr for developing bruinera. Thir ir done on tte theory that the wisest man ir he who can profit by tte experiencer f otherr. Since the auto indutry has rhown

world-beating abilrty at burineaa developm rnl-given a thousand timer the thought to that department of ttreir burinesr that the lu nber industry has-they are good folks to watch, and often to patterl after.

Right now throughout much of the ceuntry, the Automotive Equipment people have a ver;r clever campaign on, that giver food for ttought to relling folkr. They call it the "Ark'€m to Buy" campaign. The ider is that when they lerve a motoriet at an equipment rtetion, they look hir equipment over with keen eye to ree what he might tue, and tten take clever advantage of the opportunity to ofrer it to him.

A man drivel up for ga& or rome othdr rupply. The "Ark 'em to Buy" ralerman notee that two of hir tira are under-inf,ated; cellr attention to it; makee him a talk on the dangcr of rmdcr-inf,etion from rim crrttlng, etc.; recult-selb him a Tire Crauge to check hir air pr€rurc.

A lady drivcl up in e drizzling rain, for rometting, and taker advantage of the rtop to gct out r cloth end wipc her wind-rhield. Perfect opportrnity. Thcre'r e wind-rhield wiper on that wind-rhicld whcn rhc drivcs ofr.

Think of thc auto accesoricl thcy rcll today, and conrklcr the endlcr opportrmity of ruch cdeative rc[ing ar thir.

Thc auto equipment folkr have gonc mucb farther than thir. They fond tftey were snjls6slling their liner. (The lunbcr indu:try alweyr raln "over-conrrmptiont' when it findr itrclf rhort of orden The auto folkr rimply ray "under-relling." Thcre IS a difference.) Nerq ttrrngr to rnakc rnotor car3 more attractive end enjoyablc w€re appcuing evcry day, end they had to bc rcld. Whcrc rtan the bert place to begin gelling th;? Ai lhe placc of auto ralc, of coune. When a man ir buving a new car, it'r the earieet thing in the wodd to drece up that car with thin$ that he jurt harn't the heart to take ofi, once he reer them equipped. Don't YOU know that feeling?

So they made tteir campaign throughout the nation Made it worth while for the people who bell new car!, to sell additional equipment-6t 6 generour proiL Recult: walk into any good motor cer raleroom todan and you will find from one to five carc "&€s&d up" wi_tlr everything in the line of attractive on them that you ever heard of, and many that you never heard of.

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See if ttrir icn't so. You go in to look at a nice little touring cer for the folkr that deliverr for $1,2(X). THAT ie what you had in mind to buy. THAT ia what you had intended to pay. But the ralesman getr .you over, just "for a minute" to take a peek at one "fixed up e little.". There'r a apecial top on it that corts jurt a hrmdred' extra. There are burnpers front and reer. An extra tire, with attractive tire cover (advertiring the make of the car). There's a motometer-with lo:kextra. There'sawindchield-wiper,a.dome light' rubber covers for t'he pdalr, a "rtop" aignal on the brake, t*o clever little parking lights set on eit"her side of the car jurt back of the hood, a set of snubbers all arormd to make the car ride ea8y, a special lubricating system that preeewes the car and prevents squeaks, etc., etc., etc., etc.

And it's amazing how many people trke t'lre car right off'the fioor equipped with ALL the.se thinge. When it comea to eliminating them, they just can't do without them.

Appl some of those thoughts to your building selling. You can do the same things with homes, old and new. But you have got to have something to VISUALIZE what y(xr mean. Word's won't do it. You muct be able to SHOW what you have to sell.

An "Ark-'em-to-Buy" campaign for the lumber industry would bring grand results.

August 15, 1923

\ugrrst 1.5, 1923

THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

We Believe This is the Finest Softnrood Flooring Made.

It is Weyerhaeuser's End-Matched, Trade-Marked, Nationally Advertised Hernlock Flooring. Try an Order.

We are exclusive sales agents in California for this wonderful product.

Also for Weyerhaeuser's incomparable trade-marked Fir Flooring. Let us sell you one car. The material itself will sell you the second one.

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Los Angeles

$an Francisco

THE CA,LIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

August 15, 1923

St. Louis Lurnber Dealers Fined and Ousted 'fhe nrost severe decision ever rendered against retail lumber dealers was the fecent decision of the Suprems Court of Missouri, issued on August first. It found the St. Louis Lumber Trade Exchange, composed of iumber dealers of St. Louis City and County, guilty of conspiracy to restrain trade, limit and restrict competition, and fix prices. The Exchange is 'dissolved by the decision, the members are all fined'from $2,500 to $10,000 each, and they are all "unconditionally oust.ed" from tl,e State of X4issouri, and can no longer do business in" that commonwealth. Somre, of the best known lumbermen in the country are on the list. including Julius Seidel, former Snark of Hoo-Hoo.

The following is a list of the firms fined and ousted, anC the amount's of their fines: Julius Seidel Lumber Co. Fined $IO,OOO. St. Louis I-um'ber Co, Firted $10.000.

Wiles-Chipman Lumber So. Fined $10,000.

Boecker Lumber Co. Fined $10.000.

Philip Gruner & Sons Lumber Co. Fined $7,500.

O'Neil Lumber Co. Fined $5,000.

Shellabarger Lumber Co. Fined $5,000.

Prendergast Lurn,ber Co. Fined $5,0O0.

Ganahl Lumber Co. Fined $5,000.

Holekamp Lumber Co. ' Fined $3,500.

Mound City Lumber Co. Fined $3,500.

S. J. Gavin Lumber Co. Fined $3.500 Goodfellow Lumber Co. Fined $3,000.

Clayton Lumber Co., St. Louis County. Fined $2,5O0.

Cherokee Lumber Co. Fined $2,500.

Vandeventer Lumber Co. Fined $2,500.

H. E. Rapp Lumber Co. Fined $2,500.

Louis Essig I-umber Co. Fined $2,5,0O. Wilson Land & Lurnher Co. Fined $2,500.

COUNTRY NEEDSWHAT THIS '' 'but NOT to get more taxes from the people -is for the pe--<iple to get more for the taxes. 'n,

The California Rail Trade ir rolicited rcgularly by

OUR SALESMAN If you cannot wait for him-mail or wire your ordcr or . inquiricr direct to

E. K. WOOD TUMBER CO. Portland, Ore. Northwestern Bank Bldg For shipment out of Bay DietriC Write, Phone or Wire our Officc et Frederick & King Sts. Oakland, Cal.

JUlIIUS G. SlIEAD GO.

Here is the best piece of business philosophy on earth, outside of the Goiden Rule: Put all business agreements in writin$.

wE HAVE oN HAND FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT FROM OUR SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO YARD

WHOLESALE LUMBER

35OO TONS NUMBER ONE

REDWOOD DOUGLAS FIR PINE SUGAR PINE

60 PoUND RELAYING RAIL

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WE SOLICIT YOUR INQUIRIES 32t-322 SHELDON BLDG, SAN FRANCISCO

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CALIFORNIA IRON YARDS CO. 34 MISSOURI STREETT

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THE' CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

TELL THAT EASTERNER who is starting a'.factory in your neighborhood that he will step ofr on the wrong foot unless he knows the elernental facts about REDWOOD. :

REDWOOD is supreme for flumes, pipes, vats, tanks, silos and in positions requiring resistance to wet, fungi and chemicals. It also resists dryness. It never warps nor shrinks when exposed to extreme climate conditions.

Fineness of grain, softness combined with firrnness and anti-splitting and anti-chipping qualities, cause REDWOOD to be used exclusively for pattern and model making,in metal-casting shops.

For this reason it is the handiest wood for general uses in a factory.

There is nothing lil<e it for the amateur carpenter.

Those who use it, are glad to tell the world----

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CALIFORNIA REDWOOD ASSOCIATION 24 CALIFORNIA STREET . SAN FRANCISCO MEMBER MILLS ALBION LUMBER COMPANY

J. R. HANIFY COMPANY DOLBEER & CARSON LUMBER CO. HOBBS WALL & COMPANY GLEN BLAIR REDWOOD CO. HOLMES EUREKA LUMBER CO. HAMMOND LUMBER COMPANY LITTLE RIVER REDWOOD CO.

MENDOCINO LUMBER COMPANY NORTHWESTERN REDWOOD CO. THE PACIFIC LUMBER CO. UNION LUMBER COMPANY

THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

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C. D. Johnson, Former Southerner, Starts Great Operation in Oregon Portland, Oregon, Aug. 1O.-There is booming away today, down at the new mill town of Toledo, Oregon, one of the great sawmills of the world, while a former famous lum,ber manufacturer of the South watches with pardonable pride the fruits of his aciive efforts bi ttre past two years. C. D. Johnson, formerly Presi<ient of the

Frost-Johnson Lumber ComPanY is the head and active rnanager of the institution, and director of its destinies.

The mill is that of the Pacific Spruce and Corporation. Mt. Johnson created i,Tl C. D. JOHNSON financed that instiiution, and also The C. D. Johnson Lumber Company, a selling concern which is handling the .marketing end of the organization, with offices in Portland.

During the war the United States Governn-l€nt acquired a huge tract of timber in Lincoln County, Oregon because oi tire fact that it was cotered r,;;,h a rnighty growth of tirnber that ran 45 per cent Old Growth Sitka Spruce of wonderful quality. This Spruce was to have been harvested for the aeioplane division, but the development had only well begun when the war ended, and of course production was dropped.

C. D. Johnson, who had sold his Southern mill and timber inteiests just previous to this time and moved to the Pacific Coast, saw- the possibilities of this mighty timber proposition, and got busy. He created the Pacific Spruce Corporation, inteiested other Southern lum:bermen in the thing, principally Robert H. Downman and Harry B. Hewts, of Cypress fame, an'd bought from the Government this great timber tract.

They then built their miJl at Toledo, just a rifle shot from the Picific, completed their thirty mile railroad through the timber, and prepared for one of the greatest, m'ost unique, and mgst practical lumber producing campaigns tl hjltbry. The mill is a very remarkable one. It is equrpped with two big "head-rigs" for sawing the great'logs,-one vertical, and tw-o horizonial r€-r?wS, and very unusual and unique

lumber handling facilities. There is

600 feet of conveyor chaiq taking the

flow of lumber from the mili, the Iumber is stacked and unstacked both, by mechanical devices, and handle,d to and from the yards, sheds, kilns, etc., by electric overhe.ad system. The en-

tire plant is directly driven by elec-

tricity from the big "head-rigs" to the smallest machine in the great planing mill. fhere probably never has been a sawmill with so {ew men employed to the thousand feet of oroduction. as in the Toledo mill.

E' E' JoHNSoN They have a mighty battery of 20 steanr dry kilns, a logging equipment that embraces everything in ihe latest of-moderrr devices for high logging, and they have built around their mill all the auxiliary e-qqip' ment that goes to make life worth living in a town of that nature. ' The man who actually built and is operating the- plant is

als,o a recent Southern-lumberman, Mr. Frank W. Steph-

ens, formerrly head of the Bagdad Land & Lumber Com-

pany, Bagda'd, Florida, and for years a national figure i-n iumb.t ciicles. .He is the man who actually built the mill and is making the lum,ber,'and he believes he has the most efficient lumder making plant in the world, having incorporated into it the things he has planned and dreame{ during his whole life term as a lumber manufacturer.

The Toledo mill is now running full blast in every d-epartm.ent, and is cutting lumber at the rate of 120,000,000 leet annually. In addition to the timber purchased from the Government, they have been buying steadily from adjoining timber stands, and will probably continue to do so, .ince lhete is enough available timber adjoining their own timber to run a dozen big mills a generation' Their present holdings will supply their big plant at full speed {or at least twe-nty-five years. They are located in Lincoln County, Oregon, which is the second heaviest timbered countv in the United States.

Of course they are not cutting entirely Spruce. Their

August 15, 1923

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This photo of Sitka-spruce was taken on the timber holdings of the Pacific Spruce Corporation, in Western Oregon. The trees are tall and- straight with but -little taper, ranging 160 to 180 feet high and 3rr/, to 6 feet in diameter, though 8 and 9 foot diameters are found at times.

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timber is estimatecl to run 45 per cent Sitka Spruce, 30 to 35 oer cent C)1d Growth Yellow Fir, ancl the rerrr,ainrler Cedai and l{ernlock. They will be selling all thesc products' They are already shipping freely frorl the big plarrt, particularly to Caliiornia, where they are shipping their SprLrce by rvater into the Califomia ports. 1-he1' har-e lteen shipping Spruce and F-ir into the miclclle arr<l eastern markets also, and are already seeking the general traclc. ;The selling of the prodtrct is in the \,ery capable har.r<ls of Mr. Ilrnest E. Johnson, Secretary and Treasurer, son of Mr. C. I). -|ol.rnson, ancl oue who has l>een in the lumber business with his father from the day he le{t school, and

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has been at 'foledo. "grorving up witlr the rnill'' fronr the time 'they startecl building.

The general oflirces of the Pacific Spruce Corporation, and the selling offices of The C. I). Johrrson Lumber Company are all grouped on the 13th floor of the Northwestern Bank Building, in I'ortlancl. C. D. Johnson tlivides his time between Toledo ancl Portland, llrnest Il. Johnson stays in Portland, ancl F. W. Stephens lir.es at the mill at Toledo.

Many interestecl visitors have l;een flocking to Toledo to see this new and totaliy "cliffererrt" sawmill in operation, and it is loudly heralcled as a wonclerful lumber cutting in-

stitution.

Wonderful electrically driven plant of Pacific Spruce Corporation. Note how few men are required for operations.

August 15, 1923

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Purely Personal HARRY CARTER SPENDS VACATION AT TAHOE Harry Carter, representative of Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co., San Francisco, has returned from a twoweeks' vacation spent at Lake Tahoe. Harry did a lot of hiking while in the mountains and states that he was successful in getting several good strings of fish. He made the trip by automobile and was accompanied by his famuv.

WALLACE BOVYE"R LOOKS OVER LOS ANGELES Wallace Bovyer, of the Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co., San Francisco, has returned from a two-weeks' vaca-

tion spent at Los Angeles and other Southern Caliiornia points. While in the south, he made a survey of the building activities, and reports that there is lots of activity in new building operations in the Southland. lle was accorr.rpanied by his family on the trip.

F. W. WILSON LOOKS OVER CONDITIONS IN THE

MISS LEONA PERKINS RETURNS FROM NORTHERN TOUR Miss Leona M. Perkins, of Charles R. McCormick & Co., San Francisco, has returned to the Bay District after spending an enjoyable three weeks automobile tour through 'Oregon, Washington, 'Vancouver Island, and British Columbia. She also spent several days at St. Helens, Oregon, as the guest of her sister, Mrs. H. F. McCormick. Their itinerary carried themr through Portland, Olympia, over the beautiful Hood's Canal Highway to Port Angeles, Victoria, Vancouver, and Seattle. A day was also spent at Longview, Washington, to inspect the Hotel Montecello and new operations of tne LongBell Lumber Com,pany. Included in the party were Mr. and Mrs. H. F. McCormick; Miss Perkins, and Mr. Sherman Miles, prominent banker of St. Helens, Oregon. Mr. H. F. McCormick, is manager of the St. Helen; Lumber I Co. AL HAMER CELEBRATES ARRIVAL OF DAUGHTER Mr. Alvin C. Hamer, known as the "Douglas Fir Specialist," of Los Angeles, is celebrating the arrival, on August lst., of a fi,ne baby girl at his house. According to the daddy, she is the finest ever, and has 'been named Mabel Miner Hamer.

BAY DISTRICT F. W. Wilson, well known representative of Fletcher & Frambes, Los A'ngeles, was a recent San Francisco visitor.

While in the north, he spent several days calling on the lumber trade in the Bay District and meeting some of his lum.bermen friends. IIe also made a short visit with his relatives who reside in Oakland. He reports that building conditions in the South are very active. He was ac- , HEAD OF PARAMINO LUMBER COMPANY VISITS LOS ANGELES companied bv Mrs. Wilson.

Mr. F. Paramino, of the Paramino Lumber Company, CHAS. R. McCORMICK AND FAMILY MOTOR TO of San Francisco, has been in Los Angeles for the past month, making his headquarters at their Los Angeles ofST. HELENS fices. Mr. C. E. Berry is the Los Angeles manager for Chas. R. McCormick, of Chas. R. McCormick & Co., San Francisco, accompanied by his family, has returned from the Paramino Companv. a several days motor trip to St. Helens, Oregon. The trip north was made over the beautiful Redwood Highway JESSIE M. EGGELSTON RETURNS FROM CANA. DIAN TRIP via Eureka, Cresent City and Grants Pass. Before his resecretary of the California Retail M. Eggelston, the party remained Francisco, several days Jessie turn to San at St. Helens. Included in the party were: Mr. and Mrs. Lum,bermen's Association, San Francisco, has returned from an enjoyable two weeks vacation that was spent Chas. R. McCormick. Miss Florence McCormick, Chas. R. travel'ing through the Canadian provinces of Alberta and McCormick, Jr., and Freddie McNear.

British Columrbia. Her itinerary carried her to Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmundson, Jasper NationBARWICK CALLING ON PINE MILLS W. E. Barwick, San Francisco manager of the Hilgard al Park, and Prince Rupert. The trip north was made by Lumber Co., has returned from a weeks' trip calling oq water on the Ruth Alexander; the return trip was made the California white and sugar pine mills. Mr. Barwick by rail from Vancouver, B. C. She reports that condisays that the demand for pine has shown much improve- tions through the Canadian provinces are good and that excellent wheat crops are expected in the Alberta districts. ment during the past two or three weeks.'

REDWOOD and FIR WE CARRY A LARGE WHOLESALE STOCK .A,T OUR OAI(LAND DISTTRIBUTING YA,RDS WHICH ENABLES US TO GIVE YOU PROMPT LOADING OF YARD AND SHED ITEMS IN BOTH REDWOOD AND FIR.

CAtIF0RNIA and 0REG0ll LUMBER C0tPAtlY 2 PINE sTREET +lilffK; fi+"iJiIH sAN FRANcIsco, cALIF. MILI, BROOKTNGS, OREGON

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Yard, Mill, Office and Road What Live California Lumbermen Are Doing

W. P. FRAMBES ON EASTERN TRIP Mr. W. P. Frambes, of the wholesale firm, of Fietcher and Frambes of Los Angeles, is due back in Los Angeles after a five-months' trip through eastern and southern states.

Mr. Frambes visited practically all of the important lumber centers in the struth, as well as stopping at Chicago and other cities farther east.

BEEBE LOOKS OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MARKET W. M. Beebe, of San Francisco, well known distribu-

tor of Southern hardwoods, has returned from a two-weeks' tlusiness trip to Los Angeles and other Southern California points. While in the south, he discussed business matters with his Los Angeles representative, R. A. Brown.

Mr. Beeibe reports that building operations are active in that section and that the demand for hardwoods is very good.

H. A. BROWNING A NORTHWEST VISITOR H. A. Browning, well known Los Angeles wholesaler, is on a two-weeks' business trio to the Northwest. He is calling on his mill connections alonq the Columnia River and on Grays Harbor. On his way north, he stopped off at

San Francisco for a few days, to call on the San Francisco

trade. Mr. Browning reports that the lumber market is very active in the Los Angeles District.

COOS BAY

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LUMBER

Manufacturers of Douglas Fir and Port Orford Cedar.

Sawrnills, Marshfield, Oregon.

Distributing Plantr - Bay Point.

GEO. JE\^/ETT, ON ANNUAL TRIP, WILL FOLLOII/

TRAIL OF FORTY-NINERS Each year Geo. A. Jewett, veteran head of the Jewett Lumber Company, Des Moines, Iowa, makes an auto tour of the country, visiting different sections each time, and gathering in a world of new ideas and informaticyn on home building which he later uses in his merchandising.

This year he is going to California, and he has the following interesting announcement regarding his trip in his regular daily newspaper advertising space: "Good-bye Susannah dear, don't you cry for me.

I am bound for California with a q'ashboard on my knee."

FOLLOWING THE TRAIL OF THE FORTYNINERS

"f am leaving soon on my annual automobile trip. This year I will follow lhe trail blazed by my father tn 1849 in

the mad rush for the gold of California. He went with an ox-team, leaving Red Rock, Iowa, April l9th, 1849, and reaching the gold mines near Sacramento, Novem'ber 9th, nearly seven months on the way. With his diary as my guide, I shall follow. his footsteps as near as I can with an

automobile. Ar-rd don't forget I sha'l be on the lookout for new ideas for homebuilders."

BOOTH.KELLY

LUMBER GO. OUR TWO OREGON MILLS OFFER ANNUALLY 100,000,000 FEET

Annual Production 2OO,(X)0,000 Feet

GENERAL oFFICES : !T: ??t"t::,:}'" Los Angsles

Office,

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Phonc Dougler 2513 J. R. Ncylu, Selct Agcqt

Lol .dngeler

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August 15, 1923

THE CAI,IFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

lBack the Stock "f Youshow Is WHar? Can yo^u le-ad a cusromer up to any pile o{ yard stock or into your finish sheds, confident that th" tn*ber to be shown him will clinch the sale, so far as quality goes?

backed by Sierras' super-best illustrated above, are woods that invite and deserve your preference for quality that is unquestionable. On items including bungalow oil"p ridiog, mouldings, finish, lath and yard stock weore rlady to quore. '

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STANDARD LUMBER COMPAI{Y . Standard, California

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THE' CA.LIFORNIA LUMBER MER'CHANT

PLANS and PROGRESS HERE and THERE

What Busy California Lumber Folks Are Talking About ALLEN TURNER SPENDS VACATION AT MT.

THE ONLY LUMBER PAPER "We read with interest all the artic,les in your paper, in fact it is the only lumber paper that we go

ihrough thoroughly each- issue. We consider the cRr-ipoRtgta LUMBER MERCIIANT the best lumber paper that we receive." rr.Ici<A BROTHERS COMPANY, San Diego.

HERMON

Allen Turner of San Francisco, well known and popular representative of the E. K. Wood Lumber Company in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley districts, is on a two-weeks' vacation at Mt. Iiermo.r, near Santa Cruz.

Allen says that he is going to get a good rest on his va-

cation, as he gets his share of traveling during the balance of the year. We hope that in his ramblings through the Santa Cruz Mountains that he will get a lot of new material so that he can favor with a few more of his delightful poems. He is accompanied by Mrs. Turner and their

family.

Wholesale

BARGE SERVICE SAN PEDRO TO NEWPORT By the establishment of a barge line to transport lumber from San Pedro to the Newport Harbor, the dealers of Orange County will be assured of a steady supply of lumber, and if the dlmand proves sufficient to warrant, this harbor will no doubt, make arrangements to have material broug'ht direct fronr the mills on a steamer that has been arranged for in San Francisco.

The company handling the barge shipments at pres-e-nt is known ai t6e Newpoit Transportation Company. Mr. Jack M. Whitney one of the officials of the new company itates that Orange County dealers have already displayed enthusiasm overlhis new plan of transportation, and that the initial schedule will be for two cargoes per week between the two Ports.

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" Wholesale Lumber Dealer e"

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REYNIER LUMBER CO. $iI'*o'"'o

.FOF. 27 YEARS IN LUMBER AND LOS ANGELES"

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Pacific Coast Lumber and

Red Cedar Shingles

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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

DOUGLAS FIR (EVERYTHING)

RED CEDAR ..SUDDIN

SHII{GLES (Saginaw Brand, Best on Earth)

IOO% MACHINE STAINED SHINGTES (Car or less mixed with unstained)

SERVICE"

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"Bear Brand" manufactured by Pacific Timber Co., Everet!, Wash.

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Bartlett Bldg.

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St.-Clair

16 California St.

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The unique color effects of the weathered brown have delighted architects and home

you an unusual degree of roofing serviceability. For example, its greater size (10"x 1 4') saves 35/s in cost of laying. Itsffi%greater thickness makes it last much longer, and casts a deepershadow line on the roof. And its 100% greater stiffness keeps it rigid in all kinds of weather and makes the whole roof twice as firm.

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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER. MERCHANT

August 15,'1923

27

Retail Plan Service Badly Needed In Pacific Northwest

BY JACK DIONNE

Do you know where they misuse lumber and shingles more criminally-as to architecture, painting, and building service-than they do anywhere else on earth?

That place is right where lumber and shingles are produced : the towns and cities of the Pacific Northwest. Nowhere in the United States today is so little help given to t,he builder along the line of building plans, building se.vice, building ideas, building architecture, as in that great territory of Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia.

The., reason simply is that in most of those towns ancl cities there are saw and shingle mills operating, and the greater share of the building business-in many towns IOO/o ol it-is done by the mrills themselves. They have their retail departments, so-called, and they sell lumber and shingles to those who come to buy.

But they have NOT arrived at the point of putting in genuine retail departments that study the building game, and furnish building IDEAS and SERVICE, al'ong with their materials.

The resultr is that the man who builds enough of a home to employ an architect, builds very attractively, but the fellow who doesn't, simply turns board,s and shingles into SHELTER-and most unprepossessing shelter it is. \A'ith no ,building assistance the small hom,e is just four walls, with doors for openings, and windows for light and ventilation, without any skillful advice or assistance in the securing or the placing of those do'ors and windows, the arran,gement of the ventilation, or any idea of building with modern home ideas to create beauty, attractiveness, comfort, convenience-all the things that make a moderu small home worth while.

The small home owner in most of the Pacific Northwest has not been educated and assisted in knowing that it costs no more to build a REAL HOME of sm,all size, than it does to build an U'GLY SHELTER. I don't know of any greater service that the millmen of

the Northwest who operate retail departments in their local towns could give the people of those towns today, than by bringing their retail departments up to date, and selling building icleas along with their boards and shingles.

What it would mean to those towns in a couple of years time by improving the homes of the men od snrall means, no words can tell ; what blessings it would bring to the women of the Northwest who have to live in those homes, would be immeasureable.

You can go to Vancout'er, New Westminster, Bellingham, Everett, Seattle, Aberdeen, Tacoma, Hoquiam', Willapa Harbor, Portland, and dozens of other well known nrill towns ancl cities in that territory, and the same great need is seen everywhere.

The man without a plan buys his boards and shingles and builds a shelter for his family. He buys unsightly stock windows, and doors, and sticks them in unsightly places in the structure, and as you pass by those crosseyed planless houses give you the shivers. And they either leave them, unpainted or daub them with sad look-

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Cargo

Southern Hardwoods Band Sawn

OAK-Quil1gved-Plain Red and White GuM-Qua11s16d-Plain Figured Red and Sap OAK and GUM PANELS and VENEERS

ASH-MAPLE Pacific Ccast Representative "Supetiot Branil" O aft Flooring-" America's Finest"

\ry,. M. BEEBE 259 First National Bank Bldg.

One Car 1x6 Dry Standand Grade

REDWOOD Rough or netawn to bevel riding

E. J. DODGE GO. San Francirco

t-"ga -"J

Rail

OFFEREII FOR PROTIIPT SIIIPIIEilI

16 California Strcct

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0ak

August 15, 1923

ol'In

isid

"I(lill this oak floor give long service? Can it be laid easily in a smooth, beautiful foor? Is it economical and generally dependable?" The buyer is entitled to have these questions answered in the affirmative.

The l-ong-Bell trade-mark on oak fooring is recognized assurance of durability, beauty and dependable service, because of these safeguards in manufacture:

AII lumber thoroughly air dried before being placed in kiln; kiln-dried in rnodern moist-air.kilns; allowed to cool 72 hours after liln drying.

Modtrn machinery used in ripping, which rcducea crooL,ed fooring to a minimum.

Best side-matcher machines known, kept in perfect condition, thus insuring perfectly matched stock.

Famous end-matcher machines used, making thie feature of Long-Bell fooring perfect.

Chief inspector and several assistants constantly check the grading of the high class, experiqnced graders.

Bundled with annealed wire, two pieces to each bundle.

Moisture-proof sheds keep stock in perfect condition.

The large, well assorted stock on hand at all times enables us to give prompt service. Good average lengths shipped in all grades and sizes, Long-Bell oaL flooring crn bc idcntificd by the Long-Bcll trade-rnark on cvcr5r piecc.

Ttic cection of Long-Bell oak flooring hrg not bcen ecraped or wued. It 13 Jurt u lt cimc fron ttc flooring nill.

TH.[8

THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

August lS, .1923

23

Lost-A Great Leader

By Jack Dionne

Let us forget politics-forget partisanship-forget pasAsk the boys in t'he Rotary Club in San Antonio, Texar, rion, and prejudice ruch as our lafter-day politics have ro where Warren Harding used to respond to roll call very fretmfortunately developed let ur be jurt plain, honert, quently in the winters when he used to visit ttere, and they American citizenr for a moment-and bow our headr in will tell you of the sarne rimple, kindly, lovable, genid, Eotrow and regret for the loss of a God-given gentleman sweet-souled gentlemen whom the people of the United whose loss every fair-minded man will alwayr keenly de, States learned to love in the character of their President. plore-Warren Harding.

Neithcr time, nor politics, nor lucceEE, nor title changed him Just the other dey I saw the regirter in the Country Club in the least. at Vancouver, British Columbia, and there-with a spdce He loved his neighbor, and strove to serve him. "I want erorurd to mark it-war a rignature to which those Cana- to be a good neighborr" raid Wanen Harding when asked dianr now point with afiection and unafiected regret. The what he wanted to do as President. And he gave to us rignature read' just this: much the same sort of leadership that McKinley did'. There WARREN HARDING, W^ASHINGTON. war friendliness, goodwill, good fellowrhip, charity, and That signature illustratec well tihe simplicity of our Late breadth of human under*anding in all of hig looks and actr.

President-one of his mort admirable characterirtics.

He'poosesred-who can doubt-an honert, cincere purpote "WARREN HARDING-WASHINGTON,' is gone from to renre }ris nation, and to serve hurnanig, to make the us; but tte page ttat he wrote into the hietory of thir land ir world a little brighter and better for people to live in, and bright-very, very bright today, and will grow brighter in to thir end he atrove. retrorpect.

Ana hthad a fine typc of moral courage at the seme For in t'he dayr and years to come the American people time. An uprtanding, fearlecs manner of doing his duty will come to know full well the finenesr of th6 leadership when he raw it that showed through dl hir gentleness and that Warren Harding gave u!. Follpruing years of sadneu kindliners, that "the velvet scabbard held a lword of steel." and turmoil and strife and pasrionl he etepped into the A bright, glorious page in American birtory belongs to Preridential chair in a ve4r vital moment in Americ"o iri"- Warren Harding, and the American people, looking backtory, and he gave us the exact rort of an adminirtration that ward over hir life as public rervant trhrough tearr of regret, we radly 6seded-$'hether we realized it at that time or not. can be depended on to do him full justice.

OUR SPECIALTY

AIR DRIED REDW(IOD CLEARS

rHE r,riTr:'i'iilifr il#iilo oD co.

San Francirco

Balfour Building

351 California St.

Rail and Cargo

Manhcr California Redwood Acrociation

I"oo Angelcr W. R. Chamberlin & Co. m7 A. G. Bartlett Bldg.

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August 15, 1923

THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

California Moulding Co.

One of the younger and newer institutions offering service to the Retail Lumber Dealer in the Los Angeles territory is the California Moulding Co., of which Roy E.

Harrington is the head and sole owner.

Mr. Harrington', who is a native of Los Angeles, has been identified with the Planing Mill, Retail arrd wholesale lumber business for more than twenty-two years, having in this time beconre well acquainted with the wants and troubles c,onfronting all branches of the business, and it was from these ideas ancl experiences that the California Moulding Co. was originated and started January first of this year.

The offi,ce and warehouse is located at 1306 West 58th Street on the Santa Fe harbor line, the building which is of galvanized corrugated iron is 40x110 f.eet 77 feet high and extends from 58th Street to Slauson Avenue, the inside arrangement is the last w'ord in rack construction for the handling and storing of finished mouldings, all stock is carried on end which insures cleanliness, rapid handling and utilizes floor space to the fullest gxtent, there is a 16 foot driveway the entire length of the building which allows trucks to enter and leave from either entrance, the building is well ventilatecl, the arrangement oi high windows at the ends of all alleyways affords am,ple light at alt times, there is also an overhead electric lighting systent which can be put into service whenever necessary.

The holding racks have a capacity of approximately three million linear feet of finished mouldings of various sizes besides a series of assembling racks used in preparing orders for shipment.

The regular stock carried at all times consists of some fifty standard California Patterns of I(iln Dried Old Growth Yellow Fir Mouldings, well manufactured and

tied in bundles r,r'ith lengths separated, this proves a great convenience to clealers who carry their m'ouldings in horizontal racks saving nruch labor in marking and separation.

Mr. Harrington has endeavored to establish two principals in his business, first to handle only the finest of finishecl mouldings with not always the question of the lowest price in m,ind and second to give the customer a del'iverv on his purchase that will be appreciated by most of the dealers.

All truck equipment delay had been eliminated to the lowest possible degree due to the fact that large quantities can be handled rapidly and accurately in a small space of time, this also means a saving to the dealer who needs his equipment every hour of the daY. The company confines its bus'iness exclusively to the dealers and has so far enjoyed a fair volume of business since entering the local field ; with the class of stock handlecl and the service rendered they should make many new friends and satisfied customers.

Dealers Prefer lt Because There ls No Breakage In

Handling and lt

STAYS SOLD Manufactured bY

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AugJust 15, I9Z3

FRED HAMILTON MAKES FLYING TRIP TO LOS ANGELES Mr. Fred C. Hamilton, sales-manager for the Benson Lumber Company at San Diego, rnade a flying trip to Los Angeles last week, on business.

A. C. FLANIGAN MAKES CHANGE Mr. Art C. Flanigan, for two years manager of the retail hardware department of the Woodhead Lumber Companv, Los Angeles, has resigned to enter another line of business.

ALPINE LUMBER COMPANY TO REPRESENT GLOBE EXPORT LUMBER COMPANY IN SOUTH Announcenrrent has been made to the trade, ol the recent arrangements whereby the Alpine Lumber Company of Los Angeles, will in the future be the exclusive Southern California, representatives of the Globe Export Lumber Company, of Seattle. Handling large quantities of fir, spruce and hemlock, this concern does an enormous export business in addition to the local trade. They are also export agents for the Bolcom-Canal Lumber Company, and other mills.

Mr. H. W. Isham, manager oI the Alpine Lurnber Company, is selling agent for the A. B. Johns,on Lum,ber Company, of San Francisco, and for \\rilson Brothers Company, of Aberdeen.

LOS ANGELES VISITED BY OREGON MILL MAN I\fr. C. Mc C. Johnson, of Reedsport, Oregon, was a recent visitor in Los Angeles.

Mr. Johnson is the owner of the Reedsport Sash and Door Company, of Reedsport, and is also in the mill game, as a manufacturer on a large scale of the famous Umpqua Sitka Spruce.

PIONEER MILL MAN RETURNS FROM EXTEND. ED EASTERN TRIP Mr. John W. Koehl, one of the pioneers in the mill and sash and door business in Los Angeles Countyn has jusr returned from,a three-months' trip through the eastern and northern parts of the United States. Mr. Koehl made an extensive study of building conditions through'out the country, stopping at practically every large city in the country. He expresses himself as well pleased with the

outlook in other parts of the country, and especially pleased with the interest that is shown every where about Los Angeles.

Mr. Koehl was the founder of the John W. Koehl & Son Company ,of Los Angeles, manufacturers of doors, windows, and distributors of wall boards, panels, etc. Ile retired from the business a few years,ago, and was succeeded by his son, the present president of the com,pany, Mr. A. W. Koehl, who is also general manager of the business.

This is one of the fastest growing institutions rn Los Angeles. Mr. Koehl' senior, received a pleasant surprise on his return from the east, in finding an addition to their factory, all completed, in the form of an entire additional floor, covering the entire plant. Mr. A. W. Koehi st,ates that this addition was made necessary by the large increase shown each n:rrnth in their business.

PROSPERITY IS HERE

It is pleasant to note, that in these times of tow prices and tight orders, that some of the brethern in this great

game are showing evidences of prosperity.

A. W. (Al) Koehl, general manager and president of the John W. Koehl & Son Company, Los Angeles, is sporting

a brand new five-passenger Cadillac sedan, and is all swelled up over this new possession.

Bt0EltE[-D0]touAtf tuilBER tfiltt$ Bellingham, Wash.

ROBT. FORGIE AGENT 602 Central Bldg.

LOS ANGELES

L H. IUES & G0.

Seattle, Wash.

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August 15, 1923

Random ltems-Mill Run ON THE RUS- PACIFIC READY CUT HOMES CO. LOSES LUMBER A fire caused by a defect in the heating system of a J. Walter Kelly, well known San Francisco lumberman clry kiln, caused a blaze at the Pacific Ready Cut Homes and sales-manager of Chas. R. McCormick & Co., is on a Company plant in Maywood, burning fifteen cars of lumtwo-weeks' vacation at Rio Nido, the popular sumlmer re- ber, valued at over $100,000.00. sort on the Russian River. He is accompanie( by Mrs. Kelly and family.

PIONEER PAPER EXECUTIVE RETURNS FROM TRIP GLASBY & COMPANY GOING STRONG Mr. A. E. Carlson, popular sales manager in the roofing With the fast nearing completion of the first unit of division of the Pioneer Paper Company, at Los Angeles, three new factory buildings, on the site at 2120 East 2.tth has returned from a pleasant two-weeks' vacation trio at Street, Los Angeles, Glasby and Conrpany have reached Catalina Island. the first goal in their enlargement plan that calls for the expenditure of many thousands of dollars, and will take FRED GOLDING BACK FROM LONG MOTOR TRIP nearly two years to complete.

Mr. Fred Golding, of the Fred S. Golding Lum,ber This first unit, of brick and concrete construction, is Company, LosS.Angeles, has just returned to Los Angeles 80x3ffi in size, and is one of the m'ost modern buildings in fronr a five-weeks' trip by motor that took him as far the industrial district. The Glasby Company is negotiat- north as Vancouver, Il. C. Mr. Golding rvas accompanied ing at this time for additional acreage, to take care of the by Mrs. Golding and their two sons.

WALTER KELLY VACATIONING SIAN RIVER

future growth of the company.

This com.pany, d,istributors of the line of Glasco Products, fast becoming famous throughout the state, as a result of an extensive advertising campaign, intends adding possibly a dozen more commodities to their line. Just recently they have completed a deal with the McDougall Company, of Illinois, to be the exclusive distributor in California, of the line of McDougall Kitchen Cabinets.

This line has found favor with the architects and contractors all through the east, the cabinet having tlre distinct advantage of being suitable for a built in feature, or it can be used on castors the same as the ordinary cabtnet. Having late refinem/ents, such as a small refrigerator included right in the cabinet, metal lined drawers, built-in nread box, etc., the Glasby Company expect this line to create a 'sensation in building circles in the state.

Another recently acquired line that has proved a large success, is the Beatsall-Leather-Mat, that is being distributed in Southern California by this company. Mr. Emil Seidel, manager of this department, reports many jobs that have been completed in the southern part of the state.

Mr. Claire E. Glasby, general managei of the company. intends announcing another line within the next two

SAN FRANCISCO IE,NTERTAINS SAN DIEGO RETAILERS

X{r. Al Frost, proprietor of the San Diego Lumber Company ancl the Irrost Hardvvood Company of San Diego, spent several days recentlf in San Francisco conferring with offi-

cials of the Dolbeer & Carson Mills. Mr. Frost was joined at San Francisco by Mr. Henry M. Hink of the Dolbeer & Caarson Cornpany, and they journeyed together to Eureka to inspect tlte new plant.

R. 0. lYilson lumber Company Wholerale Lumber Productr ElXl Fifc Building Saa Francirco Telcphone Keaity 4ll

Fir Spruce Redwood Port Orford Cedar Red Cedar Shinglee

weeks.

Mr. Fred C. Cook, former secretary of the hardwood association of Los Angeles, has been engaged as sales manager for the company. Mt. Cook has bebn engaged in the lumber business for years,'being located in Seattle prior to his coming to Los Angeles.

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IIIHAT do you need in Pacific Northwest lumll ber, or re-manufactured lumber products?

Whatever it is,.Tacoma-"The Lumber C.pital of America"-ss11 fill your order, quickly, completely, economically.

Ask Tacoma for dimension or special orders rn Doug'West las Fir, Red Cedar, Coast Hemloclc; re-manufactured products, such as doors, veneer panels, columns, wood pipe, broom and mop handles, crossarms and conduit, shingles, box shooks, 8ash, moulding, ply wood, boxes, crates, cases, tank and silo stock, tubs, pails, kits, etc.

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gervicc-with epced!

Write for your copy of a handsome, illustrated, board-

bound book dcscribing Tacoma's resources and listing lumbcr manufacturere. Valuable and interesting. Sent free on requect.

To haoe gout inquiries rcach the entfte lumber manufacturing inttests of Tdcomd and Tacoma District, usrtte or uire TACOMA LUMBERMEN'S CLUB, Tacornan Wn.

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Heat Proof --'Cold Proof rr Sound Proof With One Material-CELOTEX! Celotex is INSULATING LUMBER. It is made from baga6se, or cane fibre. This 6bre is felted and interlaced into a tough, tigid, board, having great structural etrength.

Scientific Construction Makes Good Buildings Better No one today, who is interested in building a home can longer afford to ignore the value of ingulation

in the walls and roofs as protection against heat and cold.

The common practice of constructing buildings with' ordinary wood sheathing and building paper, to. shut out heat and cold, is gradually givingj way to t'he use of the moderri-day material-Celotex Ineulating Lumber.

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The scientific process, used in converting the canefibre, from which Celotex is made, into building lumber causes it to develop miriards of minute air cells, forming its remarkable insulating quality. ' Its strength as gheathing has been fully tested by leading engineers, proving that it is superior to wood sheathing when used for this purpose.

Besides replacing wood sheathing, Celotex is also a plaster base, eliminating lath, an interior, exterio' 6nish, and sound deadenqr. Insulation against heat and cold is cornbined in all itg uses. Celotex makes buildings better.

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Dealers Profit Some live and up-to-date building material dealer is going to secure distributor's righte in your ter-

ritory. You cannot aftord to overlook this opportunity. It means money to you. For complete infrmation address: Wholesale Department, Wegt-

erir Celotex'Comirany.

is a use for Celotex in eoery building

INSULATING LUME}ER

cHlcAGo--THE CELOTEX CO., MFGRST--NEW ORLEANS

WESTERN CLEOTEX COMPANY Klicka Brotherg Company,

San Diego, Calif.

J. D.*Halttead Lumbe,r' Co.'

Frccno, Calif.

ltoncr T. Hayward Lumber Co., Salinaa Calif.

Pacific Coast Distributors CELOTEX DEALERS Geo. L. Eastman Co.

Harrir Broe.,

Los Angeles, Calif.

McCraken-Ripley Co., Portland, Oregon.

F. T. Crowe & Co., Seattle, Wagh.

Wedern Arbertor Magneria Co., San Francisco, Calif.

Fldnigen Warehorue Co., Reno. Nevada.

Bakerefreld, Calif.

August llt :1923

THE : CAIJFORNI.T LUMBER. MERCHANT

NEW CALIFORNIA TRAFFIC LAWS AFFECT LUMBER TRUCKS

After August 31st, all vehicles on the roacls in California

will be required to give turning and stop signals in such a way as to bel visible from the ,left hand side of the car or truck.

This is a part of the new auto lau's that go into effect on the above date, and was drarn'n in this lvay for the fact that practically all cars are controllel from'the left hand side, and collisions have been caused by dritiers of a right 'hand drive car giving signals from the wheel that were not seen by the car following.

J. O. MEANS CHANGES LOCATTON

M..J. O. Ifeans, wholesaler of Los Angeles, has moved his offices from the former acldress in the Central Building, to room 1001 in the same building. They wi I retaiu their sam'e telephone number.

Our Big, Ilew lUlill now is in

Full Operation WE CAT.I MAKE PROMPT SHIPMENT

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HUGH HANDLEY RETURNS FROM LAKE BASIN DISTRICT Hugh Handlev, of the \ran Arsclale-llairis Lumber Co., San Francisco, has retrrrned from a three-weeks' vacation in the high Sierras. Hugh says that he has covered the various mountain resorts pretty thoroughly in the pa.st, but is sold on the Lake Basin country and for anyone desiring to spend an outdoor vacation, it is an ideal spot. He states that the twenty-six lakes in this section offers excellent fishing, wild game is abundant. and the mountainous scenery cannot be beat. Hugh remarked that there is no difficulty in keeping perishable foods and supplies in the proper condition in the Big Basin section, as their camp was locateC about twentv feet fronr a massive snow bank. He was accorrpanied by N[rs. Handley, his sister, and his two young sons, Warren and \[aft.

ITESTERN STATES TUMBER Ctl. 605 Fife Bldg.

San Francisco Phone D..g. 34f5

Our soft White Pine from the Feather River Canyon will meet four requirements for factory lumber and finish. Let us quote on your demands for the coming season.

Your inquiries and orders will receive orlr usual prompt attention if sent either to ourselves or to our Southern California representatives :

Hutchinson Lu mber Go.

EARL HOFFMAlI GO.

GALIFORIIIA WIIITE

ANd SUGAR PIilES

PAUL BUI{YAN LATH, sheathing and lath combined in one piece. A p"tfect bond for stucco. A solid . job of cheathing. One leas item of material to buy. Reduces cost.

Building lumber and Finish. Factory Lumber. Pattern Stock. Wide clears

OROVILLE. CAL.

Manh-Strong Building, Loc Angeler Phoncr l2TE0_Pieo 24?9

and uppers for drainboards and shelving. Siding and Moldings, Lath and Shook.

"Largest Producers of California Pines"

The RED RIUER LUMBER GO. ff:i,,,:N'"YN,Jr:#:*Y MILIS & FACTORIES wEsTwooD

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(432 U"io" Oil Buitding-Phonc Pico l0t5 .. ...LOS ANGELES Block*Phone Garfield 922 ......-:.........SAN FRANCISCO SALES ar307 Monadn-o'ck ... ...MINNEAPOLIS )E07 Hennepin Avc. (2452 Loomir St.... ....CHICAGO

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August 15, l9Z3

Report on Second Growth Redwood A report on the recent experimental sawing of second

growth redwood at the Men'docino Lumber Company's mill at Mendocino, ccintains much interesting data regarding the growth and value of young redwood timber. The report, by Professor Emanuel Fritz of the division of forestry of the University of California, emphasizes the importance of seconcl growth redwood forests to coast towns and the redwood timber counties in general.

The study was undertaken to determine how much re'dwood can be grown on an acre in a given time and also to determine the quality of the timber thus produced. Last year under Professor Donald Bruce, also of the univer5ity, a number of second-growth stands of different ages were measured in all the counties where redwood occurs naturally, and it was found trhat redwood grows with such amazing rapidity that no other American forest tree can_equal it.- Not only redwood, but its associates-white fir, Douglas fir and Sitka spruce-were found to make very rapid growth. The redwood region of California is thus certain [o continue to be one of the mrost important lumber producing regions ,of the United States when the old growth begins to give out.

For the experiment in question a small plot was selected on Big rivei below the High Chute Ridge' It contained only three quarters of an acre, but carried a good _stan'dt of young redwood trees. These trees were chopped -and as the trees were felled the university people and the forester of the lJnion Lumber Company, V. B. Davis, m,ade many measurements o,n the stumps and logs to determine the rate of growth. The logs were taken. to the mill and sawn.

Each board as it left the saw was given a num'ber corresponding to the log number, thus permitting-a rccord of-the ictual Contents of each log. The logs contained zlo,00o feet, net scale, including three old growth redwoodi trees and one Douglas fir. A rough tally made in the yard of all the lumber, iies and small dimension stuff actually cut from tlhe logs gave 62,000 feet. This is a considerable ovef-run over the deck scale and is explained by the universlty men by the fact that there was very little loss because of decay and 'because the utilization was very close, the smallest board sawed being 1x3x4. The sawing of ties an'd some dimension and the use of the resarv also helped to cut down the loss due to sawkerf.

Nc great amount of clear quas expected because of the branchy character of young redwood trees,_but general_satisfaction was expressed of the quality of the material from such young trees. Excellent number one ties were obtained and the inch boards are of a grade of Common. No

strength tests have yet been made, but from an examination of thJ material and because of the very small loss sustained by breakage in the woods the university men believe that the strength of second-growth will com;pare very favorably with that of old-grbwth redwood. The heart wood of ihe second-growth is considered very durable, this conclusion being based on examinatior of many piles and potes which have been in use ten years and more. Ttt. i"p wood is thick on young growth, averaging 1 3-4 to 2 inches in thickness as comparid to an average of about If inches on old growth, it has an important bearing on the usq of young [rowth where conditions for decay are favorable.

Theri a-re regions in the United States where second-growth lumber of other species, no better than second-growth redwood, is already of great commercial importance and'com' mends a high price. It is certain th,at such lum,ber will have a good value in the general markets o{ California when olii-growth lumber becomes scarce and.expensive. .

The expiriment was not intended to determine the feasi' placing second-growth. redwood on the general bility of -The limber made in the experiment will not be maricets. placed on the market, but will be used locally on comrpa:ry improvements. The experiments were expected only to yieid information that would be of practical value to the owners of cutover lands, who are interested in starting a new forest now with the hope of realizing a profit in the distant future. Since it takes at least 50 years to produce mer.chantable trees it is evideet that a start must be made at once if we are to have plentyl of lumber w,hen the old grow,th givrcs out.

Reforestation activities of the several redwood lumber companies will soon be on such a scale that the forests now being planted will assure a continuous supp-!y.of lo-gs followiig the depletion of the virgin forests. This makes for permanent towns, permaren.t'local industries, and better property values, and is therefore of first importance to lowns in the redwood region.

Fire is a serious enemy to any forest, even a redwood l'orest, and every man, woman an'd child in thel redwood 'counties should be interested in keeping fires out of the forest. Fires will have a very important bearing on the future ,of redwood towns and the value of their properties.

Redwood operators have engaged in a plan of reforestation of their cut-over lands of the greatest magnitude and im,portance. Their nurseries will soon be. producing " t-9t^".!

5000 of ZtQ million small trees per ye_a.r' sufficient -to plan acres per year. But along with this effort of the companies to provide tim'ber for future generations must come an awikened public sentiment against fire. New forests cannot succeed unless fires are kept out of them.

Ertablished in 1888

Peterrrtan Manufacturing Co. TACOMA, WASH. ,LUMBER CAPITAL OF AMERICA'' Msnulacturcrt

FIR DOORS FIR VENEER PANF'I S (Threc Plv)

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TIIE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

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You want SERVICE don't you?

Well then, let us give it to you We deliver by truck to all parts of Southern

California.

Your sash, doors, screen doors, glass, ironing boards, medicine cabinets, mirrors, etc., delivered to your yard at a small minimum charge, equal to freight charges.

Let Us Serue You

CO. & GLASBY Street 6740 Phone Pico

2024-2026 Bay

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SPEED 0ur Efficient 0rganization

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C. E. Glasby, Trea. and Gen. Mgr.

F. C, Cook, Sales Mgr. W. R. Burba, Auditor E. Seidel, Leather Mat Division Norman Selby, Sales

Piere Turgeon, Saler C. A- Lind, Sales

Firrt Unit of Our New Factory Building Jurt Abor

GLASB] Preeent Address 2024-26 Bay St.

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August 15, 1923

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MIRRORS

IRONING BOARDS MEDICINE CABINETS WINDOW AND DOOR

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"[Ir GLASCO" BEATSALL LEATHER MATE McDOUGALL KITCHEN CABIU, etc.

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THE CALIFORNIA LUUBER UERCHANT

..GLASCO LEATHERMAT'' FOR HOTEL IOBBIESJORRIDORS_ELEVATORS-MARBLE OR COMPOSITION

STAIRS-TAXICABHRONT ENTRAI{CES OF EVERY DESCRIPTTON4R PUB LIC BUILDINGS.

SEE THIS NEW GLASCO PRODUCT Installed in the Following: I*ightons Cafeteriar, [.or Angehr Tatetr Coffee Houser Lou Angeler Hotcl Stowell Doyle'r Cafe, Vemon Junior Orpheum Theatre, Loc Angelee

Sou. C,alifornia Telephonc Bldg., [.or Angeler Yellow Taxicabs, Lor Angchc

Mark-l,ally Building' Vernon Brown & White Tsdcabs, L.oc Angeler Pantages Building, [.os Angeler

And Many Otfiers

SEE US OR WRITE US ABOUT THEM

CO. & GLASBY St. 6740 Phone Pico

2024-2026 Bay

Los Angeles

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Fun, Facts and Filosophy VERY PLAIN "Why' do they have knots on the ocean?"

"They couldn't have the tide, if they hadn't the knots."

SO WHY SPEAK OF IT? "What did you do after the varsity ball?"

"Nothing to speak of." ,roh

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EITHER AND BOTH Officer, to colored sentry: "If anything moves, you shoot."

Sentry : "Yassuh. An if anything shoots, Ah move."

Just selling boards and materials at so much per is as far from "buildinA service" as Hades is from the glistening Gates Ajar.

HER IDEA OF PINE USES The Chicago Lumber Company, of San Francisco, issues a blotter advertising California White & Sugar Pine. F. A. Macomber, Manager, sends us the following: "Here's one for your funny page. A new girl in our office saw our blotter and said. 'Oh, you handle that stufi that they make white pine cough syrup out of.'"

Don't say your trade don't need your building service.

MAKE THEM NEED IT!!

NATURE DID IT "I don't like these photos at all," he said, "I look like

an ape."

"You should have thought of that before you had them taken," said the photographer, w'ho was there with the high powered talk stuff himself.

Selling Service means to do

to others as you would want them to do to you, if YOU were the buyer.

RHYMING THE NEW LUMBER OFFICE A comfy swivel chair to sit in, A polished cuspidor, to spit in; A desk, and on each drawer, a label, Some visitor's chairs, an attractive table ; A neat bookcase, a well oiled floor, "Welcome Ffome Builders" over the door; Attractive wal.ls with tinted ceiling, Paint well used good taste revealingl "Modern Flomes" upon the wall, In pictures fine where glances fall ; Pictures fine and pictures fair, Plans of building everywhere ; Make .all those who chance to roam To your office-think of home Building; and, your wiles asnaringMake them think about repairing; Make your office your best "ad," Make the new,lyweds feel glad; Do the building thinking, see?

For your whole community.

BUT DID SHE? The silence of the night was unbroken except for an occasional murmur coming from the porch swing, when a voice from the upstairs front window said: "Dorothy, why don't you take that young man around to the back of the house so he can see the sunrise?"

It is difficult to CREATE business for any merchandise or commodity where all of your competitors have the same brand of goods and liberal stocks. Your salvation, then, lies in stocking a service which your competitors do not have. In other words, sell the thing to the customer on which there is the least competition and on which you can earn the most profit.

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Thc lwnber that makes up the retailu's stock tnust be cotre&ly seasoneil if it is tobe ettirely satisfo&nry. AtWeyethaeuser mills cone& lutmba. secsoniag is coisidqeil a uqy t:ital pa* of lumber making. Abooe ate shown huo special methoils of piling in one of ptecautions taken to the W exerhaust seoson;ing lolrrils - extto guoranteebetterlunber of finq a;pqearance.On thelett are pilesin

August 15, 1923

process of seasoningboardeilup onthe eilIas aproted'ion aSdinst tlt,r, ilhe&r ay s of the sun On the fisht is a pile of thickldohoWhite

Pine selelts "wtopped" with ceilar boarils so that the stock will

dry eoenly aloil not too rapiilly.'Wegethaeusu mills continue ta use these tnote costly tnethoils of seasoning because high.quality lumbq is more sa.tisfd,&or! for the rctail(J. and his customets.

Sellitg the Kind of Lutnber That Holds Customers HE retailer who has been casting about for something that will tie customers to him may find the answer in the lumber he buys and the way he buys it.

Many a lumber dealer has discovered that when he"sells"the quality and service value of hislumberhegives his customers a definite reason for coming to him when they are again in the market. These retailers have found that their best business getter is their own stock and their own service. Just as they have found that the confirmed price buyer is nobody's custo'mer.

Every year finds more and more lumber dealers looking at the sale of lumber in this light. And putting their stocks in shape to meet this enlightened demand. They have found that it doesn't pay to experiment in their buying. They concentrate their purchases among the concerns who deliver sale' able, uniform lumber, car after car, year after year.

These retailers know just what type of lumber their local contractors and carpen' ters want for each particular use. And they always have it for them because their lumber is always uniform in type as well as in grade, size and pattern.

What is more, these retailers do not have to contend with the boneyard evil. The lum' ber they have is saleable and in demand.

They can always depend ongetting a clean turnover on their stock.

IHB Weyerhaeusermills are equipped to I render a complete service to retailers who want to do business on this basis. They are doing it now for hundreds of dealers. The Weyerhaeuser timber holdings and perma' nent mills, coupled with the Weyerhaeuser quality standards, are a guarantee of a uniform lumb'er supply for many years to come.

The first policy of the Weyerhaeuser mills is to make high-quality, uniform lumber and

THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

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deliver it to the retailer in saleable condition.

The entire personnel of the'W'eyerhaeuser mills works to this one standard. Not a detail is overlooked in the making and ship-

ping of the Iumber.

Every process, every

machine is perfected for the production of high-

quality, uniform products. So that the dealer will never be forced to make excuses to himself or his customer for his stock of Weyerhaeuser lumber-so that he will find it all saleable at a profit

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your stocks to meet your local demands-to see that you are covered on your require. ments at the right time and in the right way.

Part of his duty is to see that you are satisfied with every stick of lum. ber you buy of him.

The Weyerhaeuser salesman knows perso[. ally the personnel of each mill he represents; he knows their stocks; he knows iustwhat they can do for you. He is a man who understands the buying as well as the selling of lumber. The mills have confidence in

him. They rely on his

judgment; they fulfill his promises to his trade.

/EYERHAEUSER

YY lumberisavailable

to retail dealers through the Weyerhaeuser salesman. You will find the

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If you do not know

Weyerhaeuser representative a good man to

know. His first principle of selling is to help you. To aid you adjust

Qreen lumber stackeil on co;rs fot the ttip through the

dry kilns ot one of theWeyahaeuser mills

the address of our local district representative, a letter or wire to our nearest branch office will put him in touch with you at any time.

WEYERHAEUSER SALES COMIANY lDistributors of

WEYERI{AEUSER FOREST PRODUCTS General Offices

. SPOKANE, I(/ASHINGTON Branch Ofices

ST. PAUL 2694 University Ave.

CHICAGO zos SouthL Sa[e St.

BALTIMORE l.exington Bldg.

NEV YORK 22OBroadrway

The Weyerhae*sf S"k: Company is_t!:-combined selling organistion of the folloting Weyerhaeuser Mills and Distributiig p:lants:

9"q:9, L-"-bI Co. . .

TheNorthernlumberco. . .

Johnson'wentworthCo. PodatchlumberCo. Humbird LunberC.o.

EdwardRutledgeTimberCo.

Cloquet, Minn. Bonners Ferry_ Lugber Co. . . BonnersFerry, Idaho . cloquet,lrlinn. Boisepayettalumbercr.. . . . . n"ire,ra.m . CloguetrMinn. SnoqualmieFallslumberC,o. . Snoqualmier"ff"rW."t. ..Potlitch,l{"f" WeyerhaeuserTimberC,or...

...Coeurd'Alene,Idaho ThompsonYards,fnc.

WoodCrcnversionCo. . ;. . . CloguetrMinn.

..,St.paulrMinn.

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New Corporation to Consolidate McCormick Lines Announ,cement of the incorporation of a new steamship company to operate in the coastwise and intercoastal trade under the name of the McCormick Steamship Company, fnc., was made rece;rtly. The line is incorporated for $500,000. Charles R. McC'ormick is president; Sydney Haupt-

nrzflr vice president; J. S. Brown, secretary-treasurer; Charles S. Heutter, general manager.

The corporation is a consolidation of several steamship lines and agencies {ormerly handled by the incorpora'tors separptely. All the interests are being brought under one centralized control and the business handled by them will be departm,entalized. These interests include the Charles R. McCormick Steamship company, west coast agency of the Munson line; the fleet of steam schooners operated by Sydney Hauptmhn, and the California agency of the Kingsley Steamship company of Vancouver, B. C. T,he new organiz,ation will include 64 vessels in the coastwise lum,ber, freight and passenger business, six vessels in the intercoas'tal trade, and six new 't'essels which the company has just purchased from the shipping board for the coastwise trade. John M- Henken has been appointed operating manager; J. C. Struttmater, general traffrc manager; Robert Hill, port superintendent' The house flag which formerly marked the vessels of the Charles R'

McCorimck Steamship company's fleet will be flown over the vessels of the new line. A general increase in the service of the McCormick company between San Diego, northern California, Colrrmbia river and Puget Sound points will be made effective July 1.

For rnany months the vessels of the Charles R. McCorm'ick compiny have been transporting a large.part of ^the

brought from north coast points to San lumber ""tgo..

Diego and San Pedro. No particular effort has been made to citer to the passenger trade so far as plans of the 'company are known, the freight traffic will continue to be the principal factor of business.

A careful yard operator has little fear from fire. KeeP Your place'of business clean, spickl span and well paintea. conlorm to the insurance rules and the fire bell need not alarm You.

FIR DOUGLAS FIR LUMBER & MILL WORK Straight or Mixed Cars s E R

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GIIAS. K. SPAULDI]IG r0GGlle c0.

Distributors

FORTLAND ORE.

5r0 N. W. Bank Bldg.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ro22 Mille Bldg.

OREGOlI LUIUIBER AGETIGY Phone 67985

Los Angelec, Cal. 1125 Central Bldg.

August 15, 1923

THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

COMMON BRICK MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIA. TION OF CALIFORNIA APPOINTS SECRETARY MANAGER The Common Brick Mamrfacturers Association of California, organized last May, and including about eighty-five per cent of the brick manufacturers in the state, has appointed tr4r. George E. Summerell as the secretary-manager for the association.

Mr. Summerwell is particularly well fitted for a position of this kind. He was for several years Assistant Deputy Commissioner of tsuildings in Cleveland, Ohio, and later held the position as Chief Commissioner. He also was closely asso= iiated with Mr. Ralph Stoddard, of the National Brick Association, assisting in considerable of the work that has been done by the brick manufacturers.

The Common Brick Manufacturers Association of California is a non-profit organization, formed to further unity ad co-operation between manufacturers and consumers of clay brick. They intend a popularizing campaign that will be state wide.

The officers of the new association are: Mr. Walter Simons. of tthe Simons llrick Company, president; Mr. W. M. Dennis, of the \{cNear Brick Company, San Francisco, vice-president; Mr. I-. S. Collins, of the Los Angeles Brick Company, Los Angeles, treasurer; I\[r. Rice, of the Un:on Brick Company, San Diego, and NIr. W. P. Dwyer of the Sacramento Brick

RIGHT NOW We are specializing on Douglas Fir Flooring.

Send us an inquiry and let us quote yorl.

REDWOOD AND CEDAR SHINGLES Redwood and Fir Dimension and Uppers

SOLVING

3;

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Company, Sacramento, directors; and Mr. George S. Sum-

merell, secretary-manager.

This is the first state association to be formed in the country, anrl will no doubt be watched with interest by the manufacturers throughout the United States.

RICHARDSON COMPANY ESTABLISHES CALIFORNIA OFFICE The Richardson Company, large manufacturers of roofing m,aterials, with offices and plants in Ohio, Louisiana and Illinois, will in the future be represented in the California territory ,by Mr. J. S. Roemer, who will open ofifices in Los Angeles, from which he will cover the state. Mr. Roemer is an experienced roofing man, having had years of training in the game, in the eastern market.

A PLEASURE TO PAY THIS BILL "Herewith my check for another years subscription.

This is the only brll in which the pleasure is all ours."

A. F. Stevens, Healdsburg

ltErDRtcKsotl LUIUIBER GO.

112 Market Street,

San Francirco

Phone Sutter 398

llRY Kl$t C0I{STRUCT|0}| C0.

Designers

PROBLEM 'We sell anything in softwoods that the Cali-

fornia dealer desires. \Y/l-its pi-^ f)q,,elas F;r. Redwood. Cedar and Redwood Shingles, Split Redwood Posts, Ties ,

ll_q

Our connections are the best, and ae gioe the best possible sefl)ice.

Engineers & Contractors 824-966 -

Builders of Modern Dry Kilns Now Building Dty Kilns For

E. K. WOOD LUITIBER GO. PAGIFIG DOOR & SASH GO. BUILD YOUR

WENDTII{G.NATHAI{ C().

4OS Lumbermen'r Bldg.

sAN FRANCISCO, CAL

515 Bryson Bldg., L. A.

owN KILN

Dry KiIn Turns Money Over Fast

THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

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August 15, 1923

Is lhe Slogan of Ihe Doy In every avenue of busine$ life it ie conceded that success ia builded not only upon honest values, courteous and fair dealingE, but upon SERVICE. Service to the public, the prospect and to, the cugtomer.

When this word-ite application and realization is considered in connection with building materiale, it is then we come to know its real value-for boards and home parts represent no tangible value until visualized aa units in a com,,pleted article. These raw materials mean very little to the man or woman who is contemplating building a home, on the other hand, a Plan Service which conveys a variety of modern home building ideas, conveniently arranged roomr, etc., a selection large enough to meet and care for individual requirementa, followed with completely detailed building plans and peroonal eervice in advising gradee and kinds of materials to uae, repreeenta a Service to man kind which cannot be equaled by any other profegsion or busineea. Pictures and plane of modern homea, display rooms and building helps are dominating factors for the building of a successful building material business : ao important in fact, ig service in the building of homes that lumber dealers who have in the paet been satisfied with what bugines$ they could get by out-figuring some other dealer, are awakening to a realization that creative bueiness ia not only noncompetitive but, backed by a conotructivc Service, creates a profitable future business.

Satiefred new home ownera are real boosters. Their enthusiaam will stimulate desirea for modern homes and demandc for materiale from the merchant who is equipped to SERVE them.

In all this world there'e no other building plan Service ao complete, !o practical and productive ae the one we have creatcd for you to adopt and apply, and we will welcome the opportunity of serving you.

LUMBERMENS SERVICE ASS'N. -

404-5-6-2 Fay Building

Phone 64839

LOS ANGELES, C^A,LIF. We Drant to hear from Lumber Merchank vho haven't yet equ'ppeil ffteir business vith our Senice. Wrile us for detaileil inlonnolion.

THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

August 15, 1923

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MY FAVORITE STORIES

By Jach Dionne

Age not guaranteed-Some I have told for 2O years-Some less.

The Story of Jezebel Old Uncle Eph war a good old darky who had been blind rince early manhood. During his blindneo he becarne a great lover of the Bible, but beceure of hir infirmity, he had to dcpend for hir Bible reading upon hir wife and yormg daughter. He alro depended on tbem to make hir living for him, which they did by taking in family warhingr. Uncl,e Eph rpent moct of hir time ritting in a big armchair wherc the eunrhine could hit hirq and the bright houru of hir day were thore tirrea when either hir wife or deughter could tpare some time from their wa.rhing and cooking, to read to him from the Good Book. They had no fixed time for thir reading, but for yeare had been in the hrbit of coming in when at leirure, picking up the Bibte, and reading, wbereve'r they happened to open it. Thir would happen rcverd timer a day. The rerult war tlrat Uncle Epb got hir bibtical education romewhat rcrambled.

One night they took Uncle Eph to prayer mceting, and 6e Freacher, who had heard of Ephtr lovc of the Scripturer, arked him if hc worildn't tell them a rtory from the Bible.

Greatly pleered Uncle Eph roee, leaning on hir canre, and uid he'd'bc glad to, and wouldn't lomeone ruggert ronc Bible dory for hirn to tell. Up rpoke an old colorcd Mammy, arking: "Llncle Epht Doer you know de rtory ob Jezebel?"

Uncle Eph raid he not only kncw, bril loved, the dory of Jczebel, and he proceeded to tell it, ar followr: "Jczebel wcnt dowrr fom Jeruralem to Jerico, an fcll rmong thiever. An they rcnt her arundah an toah hcr epeht. .An one paht fell on dony groun, an th wind blorvd it eway. An one paht fell by thc wayride, and th t{rawnr growd up an choked'it. But one paht fell on good. grour, end dab it lay. An along curn th preachah, an he rcen dat paht layin dah, but went on hir way without ofrerin no hclp.

Thcn th ardrtant preachah he cum dong, but he rcen how the preacheh done, an he went along by too. But along cum r kin h'atcd genernrn, and hc rcen det paht, an he pickcd it up, an put it on hir anirnal b€hind hfuq rn bnrng it into town. An bc took Jczebel to the hotcl, end hc gin the botel keepah fo bit to talre kccr of ah, an he raid: "If it'r rny mo Ah'll pay you all whcn Ah gitr brck." An hc wcnt on hir way. An thcn Jczebcl wcnt up to the top f,o

Fruit Growers Supply Company

9f thu hotel, an ret lookin out ovah th city. An tb wicked king and hie sojen cum ridin by. An th king eeeo Jezebcl aittin up_ yondah, an he nid to hir captain of iojerr: ..\)Vboever ir tbat woman?" An th Ceptainraid: ..It'c that wickcd lvoman, Jezebel." An th king eayr: '.Gowanr up and tho hc down." An th roierr went up and fung her dovyn. An th king,raid: "Tho her down ceven timee." .A,nd they thew her down seven timer. An th king said: ..Tho hei down aeven timer seven timec reven tim€r.t, An they thew her d"y1 rev-enty timer seven timer. An tihen th dawge came and licked her bruirea And then t[ king had his eojere take th profit and tho him into tte lion'r den. An when he gpt into tlre lion'r den, he sat among em, an th lionr nevah did

hurt him, an tben ." "\f,fait a minute, Uncle Ephr" gaid'the old auntie who hed ,and who had been lietening leUuerted the rtory of Jezebel" like dl the reet with wide araazement at the yam that had been unfolded, "you ain't tellin no Bible r,tory-you murt be tellin e CIRCUS rtory." "\ilomanr" said Uncle Eph rternly, "herh you morf,!

Dir aunt no circrrr rtory. What Ahm tellin you bappened fo thourand yeahr B. C., and you know youref dat B. C. meanr'BEFO CIRCUS$'."

BETTER

PAINT MAKES

:

We'oe Got It

BETTER HOMES

We have a paint proporition ts live hlnbcr dealers, who derirc to lrandle printr of $Elity and backed by rervice.

Our materials are made forpeople who know what good paint will do to improve the ecceptability of their lumber.

Manufacturera of

Calirfornia White and Sugar Pine Lumber Milb at Suranville and Hilt, CaL 15O,(X)O,(X)0 Feet Annual Cepacity B. W. ADAMS, Mgr. Sales Dcpt.

First National Bank Bldg. San Francirco

The BRlNlt{ST00t Co. 908 S. Main St"

LOS ANGELES

THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

August lS, 1923

30 Years

in building use For nearly a third of a century Compo'Board has been used as a building material. The test of time has proved its big, outstanding advantages as a wall board.

TAe W00D CORE WAIL B0ARD =Th. orrly wall board made that has the com: bined features of (l) great strength (2) resistance to moisture and frost ( 3 ) insulation from heat and cold (4) adaptability to ANY dssey6gien-urall paper, paint or kalsomine.

A bigger rnarket and more uses are the results of the wide, practical adaptability of CompoBoard. For new buildings, remodeling, covering old plaster walls, partitions, store fixtures, and many other purposes iri homes, of6ces, factories and farms-in fact, wherever extra stength, stiffnesg, eaae of handling and climate-proof protection is wanted.

C.mpo-Board does not

chip or crack, warp, shrink, buckle, or pull away from the nails.

Look for the wood

An Inaestrnent Costs You Nothing Goodwill is an investment that pays big dividends-and it costs nothing!

When you sell *weaner" Roofingo it is absolutely certain that time will prove to your man that youknout roofing; that you gave him the benefit of your knowledge.

If this doesn't mean goodwill-money in your pocket-what does?

There's no getting away from ths fsgtsit pays right down the line to push the sale of

$aituer n"g,[#{

core -:- none other is

genuine. 'We have a large, complete stock always on hand. Quick shipments.

Compo-Board Co. 923 Eart 3rd St., Lor Angeles, Cal.

Wholerale Only Factory and Main OfGce, Minneapolir, Minn.

The "Wea,:sr" guarantee assures your customer Dermanent satisfaction. He will know that his roof ion't leak. He will know that there will be no upkeep expense.

Cash in on "Wea er

Weaver Roof Company Sgl rcster

Telephone Bdwy. 784

L. Weaoer

Los Angeles

THE CAI-IFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

PLANS AND

LETTING THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG MERRYMAN SHOWS THEM UP

At a recent Thursd,ay luncheon of the H,oo-Hoo Club in Los Angeles, the wholesale and retail lumbermen of

Los Angeles were given an opportunity to show what they knew.

Jr., advertising manager of the ^ .Yta3._Q. _Merry_man, CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT was Ihe chairman.of the day, and Mr. Merryman provided a new stunt for the boys that was a treat. help of Mr. Faul Penberthy of the W. E. -various ^ With _the Cooper Lum,ber Company, 20 samples of kinds of lumber were prepared, each piece shellaced and labeled with a number. Papers were distributed to the thirty-five members presen.t, and they were given a stated time in which.to pass these samples arourid the table, each man ind.entifying the various samrples on his paper, prize_ was given to! the man with tie -highest score.

- _A Mr. Frank Connelly of the Western Hardwood Lumber Company, and Mr. Bob Taenzer of the American Hardwood Company, tied with a score of 80 per cent, m,aking it necessary to open the prize box of cigars and passin"e them around the table. These two gentlemen weie ablE to correctly name 16 out.of the N pietes of wood.

PARSON SIMPKINS PAYS WONDERFUL TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT HARDING At the Hoo-Hoo luncheon in Los Angeles on Thursday, August.9_th, (lIog:Hoo Day) Parson Peter A. Simpkins was called on by Vicegerant Williams, and the Parson responded with the most inspiring talk that eny man has ever -been privileged to listen to. Mr. Simpkini told in a wonderful .way of the great love that this country and the rest of the world had for our late president, espeiially emphasizing the tenderness and love that Mr. Harding naa always shown toward all people, and the magnitude 6i tt e loss that the world has suffered.

The Parson referred to Mr. Harding as the greatest an,d most illustrious Brother }foo-I{oo.

UNTQUE GrFT FOR LOS ANGELES CLUB The T,os Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club is the recipient of a most unique and useful gift in the form of a cleverly arranged gavel and gong, to be used at all meetings in the future by the order. __The parties _responsible fot the surprise, are Mr. J. M. Chase of the Owens Parks Lumber Company, Los Angeles, Mr. C. I. Fisher of the California Saw Works, and phil B. Hart, of the California Lum,ber Merchant. The boys used a beautiful piece of redwood burl for a base, and t#o snrtall branches of manzanita for the hangers, from which they swung a small ni,ckeled rip saw for the gong. The doners were tendered the thanks of the order for their thoughtfulness.

FIRST IN STATE OF WASHINGTON TO ORGANTZE HOO-HOO CI.UB \

Spokane takes the lead, recognizigg the advantages and benefits il becoming a part of the -(Iational Organization.

Spokane Hoo-Hoo and lumbermen 'if the Elkad Elko Club made their final decision to merg€ the Elkad Elko Club into a Hoo-Hoo Club at their Ar/nual picnic on Wednesday, July 18th.

This again places Spokane in'the lead and lime light, because of the fact it is the firs| city in the state of Wish-

,.A

ffii:+$r*s(D ilgtol to have a regularly organized Hoo-Hoo Club. The

declsron was made after a very careful consideration following th_e visit of Secretary-Tieasurer Isherwood to SpoJune llth to 12th, when he outlined fully ."Ti" \"1..,o1 detail the benefits and advantages of the Hoo_Iioo plan and-program for Clubs throughout the Unit'ed S,tates.' ^-This merger of the Elkad Etko Ctub into the Hoo_Ifoo Ulub affords the Club, its members and the city an oDDor_ tunity to..participate in the National activitieJ, a; #il;" wtde publicity, to receive the service of the National ofte and reports of the actvities of the Clubs throughout if,i United States. The Spokane Hoo-Hoo Club *iff U" N". t6. _ L.Tl.Bullen, of the Bullen Lumber Companv is president of the Club and R. L. Bayne of the ^W6y"it-.L."i Sales Company,- Secretary-Treaiurer. Mr. Bayrie i" ;i; Vicegerent Snark. Nomination of officers for ihe ensuiner year will be held on August fth in accordance to the Byl Laws of Hoo-Hoo.

AUGUS,T NINTH NATIONAL HOO-HOO DAY This is in accordance to resolution adopted Septem,ber 9, 1921, Fresno, California, which reads as jolows: WHEREAS, It has been deemed for the best interests of the Order that the fth day of August of each ]'ear hereafter be designated as National Hoo_Hoo Day, with the object ,of bringing together the mrem_ bers of the Order in all districtJemb'raced within its jurisdiction, with the view of strengthening the alles_ iance of its members to the principles of H6o-Hoo arid to d.iscusj; an-d.prepare plans and offer suggestions for ,l the benefit ,of the Order to be presented ailhe Annual.

THEREFORE, Be it resolved, That the fth dav of August be designated as National Hoo-Hoo Dav Lnd all.loyal _Hoo-Hoo will foregather on that day with the object of promoting the best interests of the Order.

If meetings or concatenations have not already been arranged for in your district for this date_GET BUSY!

iT IS IMPORTANT, affording the ,members of your _district the opp-ortunity for discussing matters pertaining to the welfare and devel,opment df the Or_ der ,locally, ,presenting srrggestions and criticisms for the betterment of the Order at large, for presentation at the coming Annual Meeting.

NEW ORLEANS, SEPTEMBER 8-12th.

MORRITT & STURGEON LUMBER CO. Lumber Merchantr

Yeon Bldg.

Portland, Ore.

ROUGH-GREEN or K. D.

YELLOW FIR CLEARS I\'IRE US OR CALL OUR

SAN FRANCISEO OFFICE J. C. SNEAD,32l Shclton Bldg.

PLonc Dougler ?tl5

August 15, 1923

THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

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THE LOS ANGELES NINE IN RHYME 'fhe GREAT BLACK PRINCE a welcome sends Forth from his domain.

He bids us join in sport and song

()RI.EANS

With all our might and main.

The attractive design shown here has been prepared by the Supreme Nine of the order of Hoo-FIoo with the idea of securing as mttch publiciti' as possible for the coming annual convention of the'order.

It is intencled that every member of the order and every lumberman make use of this design whenever possible in correspondence and in ailvertising..- -The secretary-treas,ri"r, if. R. Isherwood, Arcade Building, St' L-ouis.' Mo" will glaclly furnish anyone desiring it, a tnat of thts cut' free of charge.

IRA F' COWAN

C BENJ. BEMTS TELEPHONE

UNIVERSITY 2155

BEMIS & CO\MAN SASH AND DOORS 5059-63 SO. HOOVER STREET

Los Anceues, Clur.

I

DOORS

Capacity lfl)0 Doorc Drily.

A,LSO

FIRMOULDING STOCK SA.SH

I-Ie's enterel into realms of light

And gives to all l-ris strength. l{e's sent his call to earthly cats -lo gather on the fence.

Beholcl ! Vicegerant Snark appears Ancl, seated all in state, Assem,bled are Curt's truest nine

Ancl on his orders wait.

'fheir names to you we'll now impart.

-l-he SENIOR-Philip Hart.

And next, the JUNIOR-"Bobbie" Byrne

Who's wide and high astern.

And then, with round and chubby face, Appears the BOJUM-"Jimmie" _Chase.

Cilff Pstes is the JABBERWORK 1r&'ith whom the spirits often talk.

Bockstaver is the ARCANOPER. Floyd Diernier-the SCRIVENOTER. .|. L. Jenkins, GURDO'N takes \l'ftite E. S. Houghton CUSTOCATES.

As evening cloucls are hanging lorv We'll open tlp our worthv shortl.

I-et silence rule throtrghout the hall \\'hile answering to our Black Cat's call.

Ghickasaw Brand (No Better Mede)

0ak Flooring Manufactured BY

tlemphis Hardwood Flooring Go. Memphis,Tenn.

And Dirtributed BY

Hrch Grade Stock and mixed carr our rpecialty.

All doors made mortire and teoon.

TWOHY LUMBER CO. Kerckhoft Bldg.

Loo Angeles

GEO. C. CORNITIUS Amer. NatL Brnlt Bldg.

Oregon Door Go. PORTLAND, ORE.

S'an Francieco

SAMUEtr. R. NORTON tlcnry Btdg.

Pdthnd

TIIE CA'LIFORNIA LUMBER MER,CHANT

Augnst 15, 1923

MR. HERMAN IORNSTED IN NORTH Mr. Herman Iornsted, proprietor of the Dixie Lumber of San Diego is making an extended Ibusiness fupply C'ompany *California and pleasure trip through northern and Oregon. He will spend some tinie in Eureka ancl Humboldt County then go up to Portland and Seattle. Mr. Iornsted will be away from San Diego about a month.

BIG SALE OF PLUMAS NATIONAL FORI'ST TIMBER San Francisco, Aug. 10.-121 million board feet of pine, , fir and cedar adiacent to the line of the Western Pjcific Railroad and valued at $376.000 has been sold to the Ni,bl_ey-Stoddard Lumber Company of Cromberg, Plumas County, by the United States Forest Service, reports District Forester Paul G. Redington of the local headquarters. Cutting is to be completed before 7951.25 per cent of the purchase price will be returned to the counti-es covered by th Plumas Forest for their schools and roads, and 1O per cent alditional will be expended fy the Forest Service for their benefit.

Cutting will be conducted in accordance with the best forestry practice, which invoh'es the leaving of all thrifty

young tim,ber to reproduce the forest and furnish the basis for a second cut. A11 dead ancl d,iseased trees will be removed and adequate fire precautionary measures insisted upon. $920,000 worth of timber was cut cluring the year ending June 3O from California's National Forests, and nearly one-sixth of this was from the Plun-ras Forest. The receipts for the last year were the largest in the history of the California District, and exceedel the returns of the previous year by over half a million doilars. This clearly indicates that the trend of maximum production is toward the Pacific Coast states.

LOUISIANA ESTABLISHES STATE FOREST New Orleans, I-a., Aug. l0.-Establishment of the first state owned public lorest in Louisiana and the first irr- the yellow pine region of the South, was authorized by the Louisiana Forestry Advisory Board at its quarterly meeting in Bogalusa, La., Saturday, when the advisory B,oard completed the purchase of the H. S. Burrows tracr of tim-

ber land, comprising 2,000 acres near Forest Hill in Rapides Parish, La., to be used as a state forest to demonstrate

the feasibility and practicability of forestry and for other

purposes.

The 2,000-acre tract contains ab,out two million feet of n.rerchantable timber. It was cut-over about 25 years ago and is fully stocked with second growth pine. This traft,

it is stated, will be the nucleus oi Louisijna's state-owned forests. The Board ex-p-ects later to acquire, either by gift or purchase, about 5,000 additional aCres of forest- ,lind

adjoining the original 2,000-acre tract.

The first publicly owned forest in Louisiana is located at the head waters of Indian Creek, on which the state fish hatcheries are located, and it is near the Tefferson and Pelican highways, and easily accessible.

KID McCOY ENTERS SASH AND DOOR GAME Mr..Norman Selby, (Kid McCoy) of pugilistic and mat. rimonial fame, haq completed atrangementi with Nir. C. E. Glasby, manager of Glasby -and Company, Los Angeles, whereby. he will represent this company in the Los Angeles district, as a salesman.

One of the best known figures in the country, Mr. Selby will make a valuable addition to the Glasby itaff, and ln Mr. Glasby's w,ords, "Any bird that can iell himself to eight different wives, should make a Wow of a sash and door salesman."

. KOA -

Cutting Fh Hernlock Spruce

Special

Orderu

Our Long Suit

Redwood

Lumber Shingles

Pilins

fies

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Hawaiian lYfahogany offers distinctioe hardwood uooduorh at a medium price for homes, stores, rtore windows, vestibules and office buildings.

w. R.

Koa is-a hish_class ha-rdwood, unusually well 6gured.

When finished natural it shows exquisite high -lights and shadows, or it can ie stained ai Muhoginy oTt.r, is. Koa runs clear and 6ne widths.

GHAMBERLI]I

& G0.

Lot Angclcl Bartlctt Btdg.

al

More Distinctiae Than Gum Koa can be Gnishcd in neutrel tones likc Gum. It has, however, a more distinctive and aris_tocratic appearance than'gum. and it ia a far morr durable wood.

We

a linc stor;ft 9t firc dtg Koa on hand rcaAg for imts ututhy of gow dlcnllon.

-haw mcdldc dcltug. Thts td

Sea Francbco

Balfour Blds.

HARDWOOD HEADQUARTERS

sth & Brannen lltr

thn Frencirco

August 15, 1923

THE' CALIFOR.NIA LUMBER MERCHANT

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..:

(Continued from Page 21.) ing paint, and the result'is nothing short of fearful.

Yet a live ,building merchant coul'd havel taken that same material, furnished the modern 'plan to go with it, and selected decent paint to ,cover it, and the result would have been-for practically the same cost-attractive, comfortable, step saving, l'ive,able, loveable HOMEs-"which men and women will gladly save and sacrifice to own."

You mill men of the Pacific Northwest who sell retai! building materials-WAKE UP. If your materials were as sadly abused in general in OTHER territories as they are in YOUR territory-God help the lumber business, because few people would cry for HOMES. If you are going to sell retail, accep't the duttes and the privileges that come with being retail building MERCHants, and; render SERVICE in order that the people of means too small for the employment of an architect may likewise enjoy the priveleges and comforts of H'OME' It is your DUTY. What are you going to do about it?

will be moved to Wilmington as soon as the fills are complete, and the docks are built.

The company plans to erect new loadilg -and -storage the consheds and a planing mill at a cost of

CHANGES AFFECT VTTILMINGTON; WILL BE IMPORTANT LUMBER POINT Four of the largest lumber yards in Southern California are preparing to move to the West and East basins' W!lmrinAto;, a. ioott as improvements provided in the $15,000,000 bond issues are comPleted.

Wilmington promises to be lhe largest distributing and unloadinsioinf for lumber in the west within a year, with a monthl-y'payroll probably in excess of $2OO,000' The San'P6dro Lum'bei Company, now in San Pedro, has leased dockage on the \Mest basin, and t"he entire plant

HEADQUARTERS

$150,000,

tract for the sheds and mills having already been let.

Work has been begun by the L. W. Blinn Lumber Company on its docks in the East basin, and it is planned to have the new mill in running order within 60 days.

The contract for the installation of electrical equipment, to cost $13,650, has already been let.

The mill will be 300 feet long and 10O feet wide. The yards ar'd mill of the company on Terminal island is to be moved to the East basin, Wilmington.

The Consolidated is already located at the end of its own lchannel 'in Wilmington. They unload their own boats on their docks, milf and distribute stocks from this large plant. Other changes will no doubt result from this improvement program.

PLYtT00D

- Pll{tts

and VENEERS EXCLUSMLY Therelore Pcnel and Veneer Southern California Agents

for

BATAAN ilTATTOCANY Phones

Panelr

"td

V"o"o

CALIFORNIA PAfrlEL & VENEER CO. .955.65 S. Alamcda, Lor Angclcr

DRY STOCKS RIGHT GRADES EFFICIENT SERVICE

Wrne-wRITE-PHoNE

..EUERYTHIlIG IT HARDWOODS''

Hardwood Flooring Hardwood Lumber Hardwood Veneers White Cedar and Spruce Sugar and White Pine

WESTERT HARDWOOD LUilIBER GOMPA]IY 2o1A E. 15th St. B. W. Byrnc, Scsy.

Humboldt 5633

Mail Addrss-Box 8, Stalion C

Loo Angeles

D. J. 6hitl. Prcr.

August 'l5i: 1923

THE CALIFORNIA, I,UMBER MERCHANT

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Prograrn Complete for Ffoo-Hoo Annual Following is the complete progr,am for the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo, at New Orleans, September 8 to 12: Saturday, Septerrbcr 8 9:09 a. m. Registration all day at Hoo-Hoo Headquarters, llotel Gruenwald. Make inquiries there for all information regarding program-about New Orleans, what to do-how to do it-make yourself at homi.

2:00 p. m. Executive Session-Members of Supreme Nine.

4:39 p. m. Osirian Cloister Meeting and Initiation, Hotel Gruenwald, High Priest of Osiris, E. G. Griggs, of Tacoma, Washington, presiding.

6:39 p. m. Osirian Cloister Dinner. All Hoo-Hoo and Ladies invited. This will be a regular get together ge! acquainted dinner from start to finish.

Surnday, Septembcr 9 10:09 a. m. Services, Conducted by Chaplain P. A. Simpkin at New Orleans City Park midst the beautiful trees, for which this park is noted. This will be a real inspiration meeting to which a m,ost cordial invitation is extended not only to all Hoo-Hoo, but lumbermen and their families.

2:09 p. m, Boat ride, seeing Harbor and through the New Canal.

8 09 p. m. Inform,al Reception and get together get acquainted at Hotel Gruenwald.

Monday, Septenrrber l0 9:09 a. m. Opening of the Thirty-Second'Annual Meeting, Gruenwald Hotel, Snark of the lJniverse, W. S. Dickason, presiding.

Invocation-Chaplain P. A. Simpkin.

Address of Welcome.

On behalf of New Orleans.

On behalf of New Osleans Hoo-Hoo and Lum,bermen.

Response.

Annual report of the Snark of the Universe, W. S.

Dickason.

Annual report of the Secretary-Treasurer, H. R. Isher-

wood.

Appointment of Committees.

11 :09 a. m. The ladies committee have a program arranged so that there will be something doing every minute of the day.

'12:O9 p. m. Ladies leave Hotel Gruenwald, Auto Tour of the Vieux Carre, followed with luncheon at the famous Patro Royal.

2:O9 p. m. Reports of each member of Supreme Nine, except Snark. General discussion for the good of the Order.

6:09 p. m. Parade all Hoo-Hoo. 8:@ p. m. Ladies' Theatre Party followed ny Buffet Supper.

8:09 p. m, Concatenation at Hotel Gruenwald Convention Hall, followed by Smoker an.d entertainment for a,ll Hoo-Hoo. Concatenation and entertainment to surpass anything ever given in the history of Hoo-Hoo. Tuesday, September 1l 9:O9 a. m. All Hoo-Hoo will gather to purr and spit

over: Reports of Committees.

11:09 a. m. Ladies Auto ride over City and Lake front to Southern Yacht Club for lunch.

(Continued on Page 49.)

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THE CALIFORNIA',I,UM.BER MERCHANT

August lS, 1923

(Continued from Page 47.)

All information and details will be announced in connection with reduced rates within the next few days. Information concerning Hotel reservations, and any information concerning the Annual or railroad rates and reservations may be obtained by addressing H. R. Isherw,ood, SecretaryTreasurer, ll74 Arcade Bldg., St. Louis, Missouri.

Secretary-Treasurer Isherwood, in his tour of the Pacific Coast advises the interest displayed in,the coming Annuil N{eeting and the number of members planning to attend is far bey"ond expectation.

Delegates from the Northwest will be headed by High Priest of Osiris, E. G. Griggs, of Tacoma andf Donald. H. Clark, Supreme Bojurn of Seattle, Washington C. D. LeMaster, Senior Hoo-Hoo of Fresno, California, will head the delegation from the leading Hoo-Hoo state of the Union. Many of the leading and prominerrt members of San Francisco, Los Angeles and. San Diego have already made their plans to join the California delegates.

12:@ p. m. Luncheon "Round Table Session" chairman in charge. This will be a session where there will not only be food to eat'but food for thought. Problems of vital importance to Associations, the Lumber Industry and the Pu,blic will be discussed. The attendance of all Hoo-Hoo and Lumbermen is desired.

2:O9 p. m. Election of Officers-selection of ThirtyThir,d Annual Meeting place for 1924.

4:09 p. m. Embalming retiring Snark preparatory to his incarceration in the House of Ancients.

7:O9 p. m. Banquet and Entertainment.

General Chairman of all comrnittees, J. Walter Michel, adviSes National Headquarters by wire that at the meeting just held of the Chairmen of the various committees at the New Orleans .Lum'bermen's Club Rooms, the various reports of the Chairmen show.that splendid progress has been made, and that from the program, as completed to date the visitors to the New Orleans Annual are assured one of the most interesting and entertaining Annuals ever held in the history of this order.

Robert J. Fine, Chairman of the Membership Committee, stated that the Vice Chairman and members of his comSUCCESSOR TO DONALD H. CLARK mittees are making splendid progress and that they will have two hundred applications for m.embership for the 32nd Annual concatenation. and states that the members of his committees are willing to wager that they will accomplish their every wish. The committee who will take charge of the concatenation, and the nine who wil,l confer the degrees, plan to make this one of the most impressive concatenations that has ever been staged in Hoo.Hoo. The attendance at the 32nd A.nnual Meeting of the Conatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo promises to be one of the most representative, by states and in number in many years. This is indicated by ihe number that have already made hotel reservations through National Headquarters and by the number of inquiries received for information concerning the Annual.

The Illinois Central Route has been selected by the Supreme Officers as the official route. Plans are well under way for a Hoo-Hoo Special following the same schedule as the Panama Limited. Special reservations are being m,ade fo,r two special cars out of Chicago, whidh will be made up of members from Chicago District, adjoining states, and the extreme Northwest.

St. Louis will have two special cars made up of members from the states of Missouri and southern Illinois.

The gentlemen' pictured trefl*itfrl"l,lr. Joseph R. Btunt, New York will charter a special at New York City to has succeeded Mr. Donald Clark; as secretary of the Ritecarry the clelegates ,of their district and the New Engiand Grade Shingle Association. joining states, the Hoo-Hoo Special at Fulton, Kedtucky.

As stated in the August first issue of the California A large number of delegates will join en route from Fulton south. This train rvill leave Chicago September 7th, 1230 T umber Merchant, Mr. Clark has taken the treasurership p. ffi., arriving New'Orleans l1:00 a. m., Septeryber Sth. of the Pioneer Lumber Company of Seattle.

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Over the Round Table

NEWS GATHERED FROM LUMBERMEN_FOR LUMBERMEN PARAMINO LINE TO START FREIGHT SERVICE BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND PUGET SOUND Freight service between San Diego and Puget Sound will be inaugurated this week by the five lumber steamers of the Paramino line, according to announcement made'by Frank Paramino, president of the Paramino Lumber Comr

NE'w MANAGER FOR THE SAN DIMAS LUMBER

pany.

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OSGOODS NE.W YARD AT LYNNWOOD IS OPENED The Osgood Lumber Company, operatin-g a retail yard at Bell,' ha-s opened the new yard just esta'blished at-I4ynnwood. The new plant is in- charge of Mr. E. Steffanvin, qho has been in charge of the Bell operations.

The steamers to engage in the northbound freight service are the San Diego, Quinault, Thomas Crowley, Lake Cayuga and Lake Fiances, the latter two recently having been purchased from the shipping board.

The Lake Cayuga will be renamed the Dorothy Wintermote in honor of the daughter of E. V. Wintermote, secretary and treasurer of the Puget Sound Lumbel Company, ivith which the Paramtno company is affiliated.

Southbound, the lumber steamers will carry lumber from the northbrn ports and instead of traveling north in ballast will accept freight offerings in competition with the lines now operating in the coastwise freight and passenger

COMPANY

Mr. Stanley W. Plummer, formedy connected with the

Patten Davies Lumber Company, has taken charge of the San Dimas Lumber Company's plant, at San Dimas.

GET,S AN INSPIRATION "Your magazine is a source of inspiration t'o me and deserves all the praise you are getting from everyone."

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NEW MANAGER TAKES CHARGE AT CORONADO LUMBER COMPANY llr. Neil B. Taylor, a former lumberman of Coronado,

has taken the management of the Coronado Lumber Com-

p"ty, Coronado. ' Thisatcompany was recently bought from Mr. J. -M. Helderbrand, Uy the Western Lumber Company of San Diego.

MARK LILLARD RETURNS F'ROM TRIP Mr.' Mark W. Lillard, of Los Angeles, has return€d from a delightful two-weeks' motor trip through the northern part of the state.

Mr. Lillard, acc\ompanied by Mrs. Lillard, covered over two thousand miles, and they state that it was the most pleasant vacation they have ever enjoyed.

Hardwood Flooring Are you taking advantage of "Ceda'line" advertising ?

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Every housewife in your vicinity is inter€stcd in all-year round protection against moths at nomihal cost. Women see the national advertising of Bruce aromatic Tennessee red cedar lining for clothes and linen closets, such as this pagc from the September issue ol

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they can get "Ceda'line," and how much it will cost to have it installed.

becausc it is thoroughly seasoned, ecientifically Kiln Dried, and manufacturdd ae nearly perfect ag mod' ern machinery and human endeavor will permit. . .

The lumber dealer w.ho advertises in the local news-

papers that he carries

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Ausust 15, l9?3

THE CALIFORNIA LI}M3ER MERGHANT

HAMMOND LUMBER COMPANY ASSURED SITE FOR YARD AT COLTON The Colton Chamber of Commerce at a recent meeting, passed a resolution, pledging the support of the Chamber in obtaining a site for a yard for the Hammond Lumber Company.

This company had a lease on a piece of ground in Colton, but was held up owing to a protest by residents, in connection with the closing of an alley, adjacent to the

property.

LOS ANGELES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GIVES HIGURES Interesting figures I-os Angeles lumber receipts, have on . just released by F. \r. Stump, of the Los AngeMr. leen

les Chamber of Commerce..

SJump states-that-: , Enough lumber to build twenty. Mr.solid four city blocks of five-roorq bungalows is unload6d each day at Los Angeles Harbor. _ Durjng,_thg, leven months ending July 31, vessels brought 728,W,W board feet of lumbei inio the harbor.

Mr. Stump predicts that.the record for the year will reach m,ore than 1,250,000,000 feet which could be Cut into enoush one inch boards to encircle the globe nine times wiln enough material left over to build a five-foot fence from Los Angeles to New York.

The estimated year's lumber shipments would be sufficient tb comipletely build a city the size of Rome or the com'bined residence sections of the cities of Indianapolis, In_d.; Albany, N. Y.; Topeka, Kan., and Portland, Me. It is estimated that approximately 75 per cent of this lumber remains in Los Angeles and suburbs and that @ per cgn! used in this city goes into homes. Trhis, he points out, is borne out by the city's building permits-for iwell-

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ings and; tallies with the estimaie that at least 150.000 oersons will be added to the qopulation during t'fii y-""r,

bringing the total to a firll rriittjOn.

NATIONAL FOREST FIRE RECORD

San_ Francisco, Aug.

2.-A total of 354 fires have .oc.

curred in the National Forests of California since f""""rv 1, according to report by District Forester p;i b. ild'_ r_ngton of the San Francisco ,ofifce, United States Forest Service. These fires burne,d over iO,SOO acres of Government land and 12,500 acres of private land within and ad_ jacent to the Federal forests. Over 80 per cent of the fires

were discovered and extinguished by Forest Service offi_ cers before they had covered over l0 acres each. . Fifty per cent _of the fires were rnan-caused, largely through the carelessness of smokers and campers.

- Forty-four arrests for violation of State and F.ederal fire laws have been made by Forest of6cers, and 37.o""i.ti""" secured.

SISKIYOU COUNTY SUPERVISORS OFFER RE. WARD FOR FIRE BUGS A rewand of $50 for the arrest and c,onvictton of anv perlgq -or pe_rsons violating the State or Federal fire la#s in, Siskiyou .County is.offerid by the Board of Supervisori l'hrs is another.step in.the intensive public campaign be_ ing waged -by the northern counties io stamp out "incen_ diarism 'and fires set through the carelessness of visitors to

tho National Forests.

NEW YARD AT LA HABRA _ Mr. John W. Smith, formerly- manager of the Gibson Company,.at_Fulle_rton hgs op6ned y"ra-"i i.

Lopb"l Habra, known as the John W. Smith Lumber" io*o"rr.,. The new cbmpany will have attractive a!ri-J""a to rnclude a sales and -show room, and they "m".r, will car"ry a line of hardware, together with wall boards] ,ooting,-.i".*

August lS, 1923

THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

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OUTDOOR WORKERS Need of More Distinctive Names for Some of Them In spite of the question to the contrary, there is really everything in a name. Here are a few which have come down the ages-they so exactly describe the men and the work that every one of us has a definite picture in his mind when he hears the namre: farmer, hunter, fisherman, stockman, lumberman. But here are two that have not as yet become definite to everyone who hears them: ranger' forester.

What does the average man think of when he hears the name "forester?" Either of an officer who has charge of a forest of some sort or of a technically-trained adviser in forest work. what does this same useful character, "the think of when someone speaks of a -"r, ot theIsstreet," "ranger?" it anything more than this: an active outdtot-chap rushing ioouttd in the parks, forests, woodlands and wheiever peiple take their outings ; a sort 9f . ouidoo.s c"retakei; a- person of whom you can ask help in emergencies ; a jack-of-all-trades.

If these statements are true, it is high time for the generai public, as well as the lexicographers, to revise a few terms.

--A-'ifor".ter" is simply a man who lives for'but three .aie, fullett use, fullest development fullest things-the else oJ-i'iot".t, whether private or national' Everything pershort for except principles to these is'iubotai"ated incidentally, he is not a gamewarden ot a graz' iodr;

ing ranger or the caretaker of a recreation camrp. He has usi for-all the education and technical training he has been able to secure, and he adds something to it every day.

His closest ally in the long run is the intelligent lumb.erman. The teim "ranger" -does not in the least describe him, any more than "Cowboy" mea-ns the same as "stockmanr" o-r "rancher" means "farmer." This "forester" is in realitv a "f'orest man," and much more than a "ranger."

It ii true, of course, that the terms "forest ranger," "park ranger," 'jTexas ranger" have taken their places-in our. pioieer literature, to which they give - an atmosphere of iull and reckless adventure. But we think that the time has come when all who carry on the work of our N'ational Forests should be thought of as plain forest-men and for-

est-women'

.HARLES H.

'HINN, Calif' U. S. Forest Service, Northfork,

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The Wall Street Journal on Brick Layers There is reason to apprehend that bricklayers will become as uncomlnon as the veterans of the war of 1812.

When one reflects on the princely wages of bricklayers, it is a lamentable thought that they have to die, but, as with all thq world's great, no way has been found to save them frorrl this unhappy fate. An occasional veteran of the war of l8l2 is recruited by fraud, and an occasional apprentice is admittedr to membership in the Bricklayer's lJnion, but in neither case does the number of recruits begin to equal the mortality list.

The National Association of Manufacturers says that the number of apprentices admitted to the Bricklayer's Union last year was less than half the number of members taken by death. At this rate, bricklaying will soon become a lost art, and our grandchildren will marvel at our skill in laying brick as we wonder at the lost processes of our remote ancestors who understood and practiced the tempering of copper. The passing of the plasterers gives even greater reason for apprehension and disquietude, because they are passing even faster than the bricklayers. We replenish our streams with trout, and we protect our song birds from exter,mination, but we take no thought of our plasterers. By reason of the limitation of apprentices, most of our plasterers are aged men, and will not be with us lo1g. The years are not many which we shall regard with awe the last survivor of t'he Plasterer's tfnion very

much as we regard the last survivor of the charge at Balaklava.

With the grorrving scientific interest in these matters, it is not unlikely that the professors at our institutions of learnirg will soon undertake a study of this dissappearing type as they do the small remnant of some of the aboriginal tribes. While there is yet time, we suggest that there be preserved on the phonograph for future generations the voice of a plasterer discussing long hours and slave wag'es, for the era i.s not remote when all we shall know of the species must come from a study of the fossil remains.

What antiquarian interest will there soon be in a fragment of freshly spread plaster ! We can see the last plasterer a centenarian, on his deathbed, painfully but skillfully spreading this fragment, at the rate permitted under union rules, for preservation in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, alongside the fragment of King Tut's flagon.-Wall Street Journal.

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Buitding Operations ln Northern California Show Continued Activity

'D-u1ing_ the:nonth of July, 733 building permits were issued in San Francisco, calling for an eipenditure of $3,2?7,115.N. In July 1922, only 595 perniits were issued, the outlay-amounting to 93,024,036.00. July building increased $203,079.00 over the correspondiirg -period a -year

ago.

Building permits in San Francisco for the first seven months in 1923 amounted to $27,25V,3O7.W, an increase of $876,564.00 over the like period of, 1922, when the improvement aggregated $26,3&,7 43.n.

The building permits for Alameda during the month of July totaled $285,463.00, w;hich is the mont-hly record and has never been, equaled in the history of the city. The previous monthly record was $217,74O.5O. _ During the past ninety days, the permits for South San Francisco exceed $208dn.00 - Th" building permit figures available for the month of July as we go to press are as follows: San Francisco ....g3,227,y15.@ Oakland .. . 1,947,324.n Stockton 323,7n.ffi Alameda 285,4G1.00 Fresno nt,9L6.QJ San Jose 157,480.m Santa Rosa 6t,79t.ffi Modesto 32,935.00

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' In and Out of the Yards

Heard Above the Whii of the Planer and the Roar of the Rip Saw. NEW REDWOOD ACCOUNT FOR CHAS. M..ROSE & co.

Chas. M. Rose & Co., well known San Francisco wholesalers, announce that they have taken over the output of E. G. Ogle & Co., of McCann, California. E' G. Ogle & Co., are manufacturers of redwood shingles and split redwood products. They make an excellent grade of split 'redwood posts, pickets, and grape stakes. Chas. M. Rose & Co. are also the California ,representatives of the Vaughan Lumber Co., of P.ortland, Oregon, large distributors bf douglas fir and other Northwest forest products.

DWIGHT HINCKLEY VISITS FORT BRAGG Dwight Hinckley, prominent Cincinnati lumherm,an and vice-president of the National American Wholesale Lumber Association, was a recent visitor at the San Francisco office of the Union Lumber Co. Mr. H'inckley represents the Uhion Lum,ber Co. in the Cincinnati district, and before his departure for the east, he spent a few days with Otis Johnson inspecting the Union Lumber Co. redwood dperations at Fort Bragg. Mr. Hinckley came west to attend the semi-annual meeting of the National Wholesale Lumber Association meeting at Seattle, Wash., on August 3 and 4.

MILL DESTROYED BY FOREST FIRE FRANK O'CONNOR IN THE NORTHWEST According to wire repgtts received at the offices of the Frank O'Connor, San Francisco representative of the lumber the Western States Lumbe'r Co., San Francisco, yards and mills..of the Engeis Coppef-Mining Comtpany, Donovan Lumber Com.pany, of Aber'deen, Washington,-is '"."i-g"i".y w.ere destroyei by a iorest fire oi August 5. on a two weeks trip to the Northwest on business. He Abouf 200 volunteer fire-frghtirs.were employed in fight- will visit the company headquarters and mills at Aberdeen, ing the fire. The output oT this mill was hanated bylhe pnd also stop at Portland and other Puget Sound points. 'd'estern States Lumber Co' . . ,.i is accom.panied on the trip by Mrs. O'Connor. .

l^, TRIP / CneeNrELL LUMBER CO. PURCHASE YARD AT DAVIES RETURNS FRAITIITACATION 'rdte.

GRIMES of the'f repiesentative popular Mr. Fred Davies, The Greenfell Tumber Co. of Colusa, have.recently_p{Glasby Company, Los Angeles, has returned {r_om 4 tryoweeki ,r"""tiott-[rip, speni in fhe mountains. Mr Davies chased the A. A. Thayer Lury!.e-r C9. 1t Grimes. Mt. F' reoorted sood luck orr his hunting expedition, and is all W. Greenfell, well known California lumberman, is the president of the Greenfell Lumber Co. pepped up"'to get back on the job.-

SELL

C haracteristic residence using Reduo od

Catholic school

erected in 1870

now being dismantled fof its

. soand Redzaood

lumber.

REDWOOD FOR

BEAUTY LONG LIFE WORKABILITY

PAINTABILITY SATISFACTION

Old Land Mark built of Redwood becomes new home and barn.

E- IFTY-THREE years aso Father Henneberry I built this Catholic school for boys at Alton, California. It is now being torn down for the Redwood lumber it contains.

hoficLumbcr

UNION LUMBER c0. '

Crockcr Buildins

SAN FRANCUTCO LOS ANGETTS F()RT BRAGG Mobcn Celifornie Rcdrvood Arocirtion

The Latcctt llostlacttrat San Franci*o 3ll Crlifornia St.

atil D&elf}r,lott d Cdfi*rb R.dood 6th & Main Scotla

Humboldt County, Cal.

Ian An3olo

Ccntrel Bldg.

Mernbq Co,lifotnia Reduood Attociation

TTIE .CALIFORNIA .LU'MBER MER,CHANT

Augirst 15, 1923

57'

McCORMICK MILL DESTROYED BY FIRE ET MORE W, KING HAS A NEW PASTIME Elmore W. King, prominent reiailer of I Bakersfield, has The St. Helens Tie and Timber Company, ciperated by . the Chas. R. McCormick & Co. interesis and iocated on given up, golf and all other kindred sports, and is now deSauvies Island at St. Helens, Oregon, was destroyed by Y9t!"9 all his_spare time to mastering the mysteries of fire during the night of August 4.- The entire plant wasl Mah Jongg. Elmore has secured the services of the most a total losi. The hre started in the boiler.oo- .'nd spread. proficient instructor in San Francisco and is spending so rapidly that it was. im.possible tq check it. The l,oss is eve-ry, Sunday in the bay metropolis learning the techn,ique around $125,000.00 to the mill company and the St. Helens and finer points, of the game. After a few more lessons, it Ship Company suffered a lqss of b"i*..n $7,0fi).0o and is rumored that he will be sending out a challenge to the $10:000.00. The big shed was burned to the ground and Pacific Coast lumbermen for a series -of . competitive matches. Elmore was- formerly a great disciple of Isaac one of the ship ways *as destroyed.

The St. Helens Tie and Timber Company has been run- \A/alton, but.this year.he passe_d up his-annual fishing.pilninq two shifts for the past six months and gave employ- ^cr1iT*g.' as he couldn't sparq the time froml his new diverment to about 100 men. The daily cut avEragea atout sr()n' 125,000 feet of lumber for the two shifts or more than R' F' HAMMATT oN sourHERN TRrP s,oio,ooo feet fer nronth. The product of the mill was enR. F. Hammatt, of San Francisco, secretary-manager of tilely ties and'mining timbers.

H. F. IlcCormick, of St. Helens, president oi the com- the California Redwood Association' is on -a b-usiness trip pany, stated that it was yet too eariy to make a positive to Southern cal'ifornia that will extend until after the first statement as to the rebuiiding of ihe'mill. He intimatecl, of Septemher. H-e is calling on the r-etail trade rn the inhowever, that if the mill is iebuilt it .is probable that it terest of the dealer service plan work that -is betng conwould be constructed on the mainland, so that both water ducted !y tttt associllion'- He will spend about ten days and'rail facilities would be available. The output of the in the Los Angeles District and will also journey,as far south as San Diego. He is traveling by autonr'obile and St. Helens Tie and Timber Con.rpany was handled

by Chas.

-* ""*'' n. vr.C"'*;.k & c;. or San Francisco.

TiniT..;:o#T:r1;',l:'*:"i:fi:fi'rlli,#I",i: iiiS ,/ plans to call on the retail trade along both these.lines of TTAVCI' .FROST HARDWOOD

"'

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CONAPENY EXPADINGy'

The Frost Hardwood- Company of San Diego is building a h'ew yard on West Market Street, in that city. The ne* httilclings will be of brick and concrete consiruction, tlle ofices furnished in various kincls of hardwoods. and will make this nerv establishment one of the most attractive in

the south.

JULY SHIPMENTS FROM COLUMBTA.,RMR HrGH July lumber shipments from, the Columrbia Rtver totaled 86,587,035 feet. June shipments totaled 84,077,127 ieet.

The July shipments set a recoid for any month this year.

Portland lumber exports for July totaled 32,204,14E feeL; -Tuly was the largest mronth in exports for about two years.

REDWOOD

DURABILITY The Covemment's figures as to the durability, or lasting qualities. of wood (White Oah being talTen as IOA%) qre as f oIIows:

Redwood-I25 to l75Vo.

Douglas Fir-75 to IOOVo Western Larch-75 to 85Vo Western Hemlock-35 to 55% lf it is necessary for you to furnish your trade with a cheaper siding, why not do so with our Redwood

Garage Siding or Extra Merchantable Siding, either in lx4 to /gx6. You will then be protecting and increasing your good-will by selling something that will give permanent satisfaction.

IIOTTES-EUREKA LUTIBER GO. SAN FRANCISCO

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LOS ANGEI FS

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Phonc 821-752

MEMBERS CALIFORNIA REDWOOD ASSOCIATION

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Members California Reduood Associotion

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rTIIE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

58

August 15, 1923

Los Angeles FIoo-Hoo Year Ends

With Bang Bringing to a close the most successful year that,,has been expeiienced by the Los Angeles District Hoo-Hoo, the picnic and Concatbnation held in the La Crescenta Valley at Mr. Perry Whitings ranch, last Saturday, has been declared the best of the many affairs held by this boosting southern bunch. Under the leadership and guidance of Vicegerant Snark Curtis Williams, assisted by his chosen committeemen and members of the Nine, Ho+Hoo in Los Angeles has made great strides since Mr. Williams electiont at the Arch Beach Concatenation in 1922.

Last Saturday, over a hundred of the old Cats, with twenty Kittens and several reinstatementf, gathered shortly after noon to participate in the var'ious entertainment features that had been arranged by the stunt com,mittee, headed, by Mr. F. M. Connelly. The feature of the afternoon. was. without a doubt, the baseball battle, between a band picked nine of retailers, captained by J. C. Owens, and a more wiselv -F.selected bunch of wholesale men, lead M. (Cappy) Slade. The result of this to victory by one contest waq a d,istinct surprise to the majority o{ the spectators. Slades crew literally played all around the gang being coached and bribed by Owens, resulting in a score at the end of seven innings of 17 to 13, the wholesalers ahead. Many spectacular.plays marked this feature o'f the afternoon: the nines were com'posed of the following players: 'Watson, Ranney, Hayward, Fifield, McDonald, Albro, Cook, Kelty, and Hubbard making up the defeated retail team, and: Hoffman, Donovan, Bowles, Postlethwaite, Stanton, Slade, Landram, Golding, McAlpine, and Woolsey, being the men bringing the wholesalers to victory. It will be noted that the victor:ious team was composeil of ten members, this was made necessary by right fietder Woolsey, who obtained leave of absence several times durin8 the contest. his place being filled by a substitute during his absence. F. M. Connelly and Phil B. Hart, made themselves very unpopular, as is the custom of umpires.

The supper serve.d out under the, trees at six o'clock was a delight to the hungry horde. Mr. Berne S. Barker, chairman of the entertainment committee provided the most unique surprise that has ever been enjoyed by this crowd, in the form of a Spanish program offered by a troupe of real Spanish singers and dancers, that have been creating a sensation at the Los Angeles theatres.

Snark Williams called the concat to order at seven o'clock, this bringing to a close all of the games and fun stUnts.

The ceremony was very fittingly begun with a very fine

talk by Parson Simpkin, who made an inspir'rng speech

on the work of Hoo-Hoo, and closed with a tribute to Snark Williams that brought the boys to their feet. The Parson lauded the results accomplished by Mr. Williams, and the ensuing applause left no doubt of the love that if felt for this gentleman. Mr. Williams responded, thanking that Parson and the fest of the mem'bers ; and gave the bulk of the credit for his success to his good judgrnent in selecting helpers that had backed him up and carried the order through the su,ccessful year.

Don't be afraid to

Men never $et warts on the brain!

Mr. Williams labored long and hard in decorating thg to' the members' All of the various stations were built of logs and trees, making a rustic effect that was quite a novelty.

Twenty kittens had their eyes opened. The initiation committee, headed by Mr. Fred S. Golding, did them up brown. The ritual was handled in the usual solemn and effective way by the officiating Nine, and it wrs indeed a splendid clais of initiates that were taken in' The following is a list of the new members: C. Montgomery, L. H. Regal.

concatenation room, and it was beautiful sight

J. B. Hall.

L. M, F-ortune.

G. E. Meisse.

S. E. Owens.

A. B. McAbine.

E. lfrr. Shafiord.

F. W. Bishop.

S. L. Stofle.

P. B. Gilbert.

R. D. Atkinson.

E. M. Gailbraith.

G. R. Landreth.

C. A. Hatten.

Clinton H. Crane.

K. T. Cole.

C. A. Snow.

L. M. Meyer Mr. Williams has appointed a nominating committee, to report at the next luncheon, nomindting two or more candi'dates for the position of Vicegerant Snark for the coming year.

Geo. R. Hackett, V. P. & G. M. Eatablis'red f888 We wish to announce to the retail trade of California that we are in position to quote on parcels

D. Robe*son, Prec.

i' of

BRITISH GOLUMBIA FIR AlID HE]UILOGI( Government Merchant

Green Clears and lath, for shipment on Canadian Dimension - your inquiries.

Marine -boats, and solicit Highest quality lumber and lath manufacturedand inspected by Pacific Lumber Inspettion Bureau.

Boards

Ltd. Rbbertson & Hackett Sawmills B. -

Lumber Marrufachrrers

Vancouver,

C.

August lS, lY23

TIIE CALIFORNIA LU,MBER MERCHANT

5e

Good Advice From An Expert Is

Always Valuable

'l'here are numerous well-worn

sayings to the effect that advice is the cheapest commodity on the market ; that most

men give away advice for the reason that it isn't worth keeJring, etc., etc., the general idea being to discredit the value of indiscriminate advice.

ISut while much of that is true, we ntust remember to apply it to uncalled for and inexpert advice, and should not overlook the fact that ADVICE ON A SPECIFIC SUBJECT FROM A PERSON ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE AN EXPERT ON THAT SUBJECT is ALWAYS valuable.

Because the wise lu,mber merchant must use g.ood,

that will save him money, and better satisfy his actual needs.

Advise him how he can economize by using No. 2 sheath_

ing where his order calls for No. 1; and sell him short length sicling where you discover he needs short lengths, and was going to buy lumber and cut it up.

On the other hand, don't let him use inferior material in places where it would give poor service. Make him buy good material for use out in the weather. Make him buy good'flooring for his porch, good shingles for his roof, good grades for all parts that must stand weather ex_ posure.

Don't let the prospective builder search with his shut for the best place to buy building materials service. FORCE HIM TO KNOW ABOUT YOU. thoughtful, practical, discriminating advice with some de_ gree of freedom, if he is to give his trade the best of SERV_ ICE. You can undoubtedly win the confidence, respect, and continued patronage of the building trade, by giving your custorners good advice.

But be sure you let that advice be always from. the standpoint of THE BUYER. When he is going to build, learn what each item he is buying is to be used for, and help him to purchase wisely.

As a building expert you can render valuable ass.istance

REDWOO D-

See that he gets a good quality and quantity of paint to

cover the structure with, to protect the lumber from the weather, and allow it. to give the service that it should.

Advise him as to the proper materials. If he respects you as a building EXPERT, he will thank you for the advice.

If he turns your suggestion down because he things you

don't know your business, it is your fault for perm.itiing

such an impression to exist.

GOOD ADVICE FROM AN EXPERT IS ALWAYS ACCEPTABLE.

From the House of Quick Shipments

Here are shown fo-rty million feet of air dried Redwood uppers and thirty-five miltion Redwood shinsles

Wearetheon1yexclusiveshippersofaiidriedRedwo"odi;th..;;.i;.

San r600

Francirco Oficc

Hobart Building

Redwood Manufacturers Co. Mein Ofice end Phnt, Pittrbur3; 6lif.

Lor Angcler Oficc

3lt E. 3rd Strcet

THE CALIFORNIA LL}MBER MERCHANT

August 15, 1923

& TIMBER CO. TO BUY NE\^/ BOAT GARRY BENNETT RETURNS FROM NORTHWEST MOORE MILL Telegraphic authority has'been received by the CollecGarrv Bennett, of Bennett-Hamlin, San Francisco' has in tor of Customs from the Com'm'ission of Navigation perr.t"r"da fr;;; short business trip to Portland' While officials the lh. ,rorth, he discussed business matters withmill thev are mitting the Dollar Steamship Line to change the name ol ;I1h; O"ty t-u-ter & Shingle Co', which the steamer "Agnes Dollar" to "Mary E' Moore" as said Garry California' in northern representatives the exclusive is to be sold to the Moore Mill & Tirnber Co' The and he holds the record for vessel -"a. tn. trip byitautomobile just Moore Mill & Timber Co. are large lumber operatofs in comes to driving a machine; he. .rrauru"." -L"r. down a- quick the northwest, their mill operations being located at Bank;;;; gtt"g night and day. He made that -trip lost' he sleep on don, Oregon. They are large California shippers and ;;ii" iow-ttyi"g to catch up maintain a San Francisco oflice, where Mr' George Moore, COUNTY SONOMA VISITS H. M. SCHAUR president of the comrpany' makes his headquarters' at Co'' Lumber Tracy the of H. M. Schaur, manager Tracv. is on a two week"s vacation trip which he is spending il'S""oma County. Mr' Schaur is a. lover of the great CHARLES S. BRACE CALLS ON SAN FRANCISCO TRADE ou-tdoors and expects' to put in a lot of time fishing 'and hiking over the 6eautiful Sonoma County mountalns' Charles S. Brace, of the Stockton Lumber Co', Stockton, was a recent San Francisco visitor where he spent a few FRANCISCO SAN VISITING DIXON R. W. days on business. During his stay, he checked in at the Co'' Lumber Yancey the of manager .at ofifices of the Western States Lumber Co' to have a short W. R. Dixon, While Francisc'o' in San vacation h'is N;;;;,;spending A. Hiscox' Mr' Brace calling on his lum- visit with his old friend, Richard i" *.-g;y Oistrict, f,e spent a fewofdays is showing much activity Mr. Dixbn is one the popu-lar sportsmen reports that the Stockton section il.r*!" iii"nds.

Ngwlan of the irs jo"qui" oPerations. secretarv in building ;ilh';'b;; "Cf"l. Vallev and He wiil spend about ten days in the Bay Sr"ttt*"" District before returning to his bustness' BUY E. CRO!\/ VISITS SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY E.'Crow, well known Portland lumberman and salesSONOMA Guy H. S. MORTON RETURNS FROM & Morton' San Francis- manager of the rail department in the Portland office of H. ^t S. Morton, president of Hill a months vacation spent .at Clear Chas. R. McCorm,ick & Co., was a recent San Fran'cisco i"turn.a'f.o.o.

'S;;;;" "t He repo,rts that the fishing was visitor.WhileintheBayDistrict,hewaSavisitorat County' it Ljt. sojourn& Co', where he dist"a that he made some gobd catches while Mor- the offices of Chas. R. MicCormick Mrs. by accompanied """a was IIe mountains. officials' i;ilir; company the with matters cussed business ton and familY.

He Profits lf,ost-

Who olaces ouality above speed in the drying of Forest

P;;dJ;-- Pilifit ii that, whi;h is real and permanent'

be dried and_not how quickly is the How well ';il can lumber poli.y.

Timber costs too . much'to il;d ;;;A;ble

;;ilh"';;;hry lfth" finished product for a few hours

less drying time.

Drastic drying methods *il! hasten the, drying -pglqd ;'4s" h;il; J.p"nJing upo.n lhe kind and-thick;[" i;-il;.-' Ctn'.*u[in" dyi.ne schedules'. with "i J temperature, humidi'y und. circulation

ffi? ;; ;;;;t"t"".. ibre structure of the wood' ;iii"J";;;; il ;;stt' andchecking und .which produces a ;;;;;il;-i;;;d*in! demands a better pnce' better product and

'Out exPerience *nd facilities are alwaYs at Yout seroice

lloonnllnrlfiutCouN CtrorlelJ.llillisnt Jr.ke$denr^ -

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'Eiln-Builders Since lE?9"

North 9ortlarrd' Oregon'

August lS, 1923

THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

F.I,. HILLYER WELL KNOWN TEXAN VISITS

CALIFORNIA F. L. Hillyer, of Sanl Antonio, Texas, one of the best

known and most highly respected lumbermen of the Lone Star- State is a gueit oi ttre Virginia l{otel, Long Bea,ch, California, and will remain through the summer. _ Mr. H_illyer is the active head of the Hillyer-DeutschJarratt Company, a progressive retail concern of San Antonio, and an active partner in the Hillyer-Deutsch-Edwards-C9mpany, of Oakdale, La., which concern o,perates one of the biggest hardwood mills in the wortd it that polnt.

ANOTHER TELEPHONE CHANGE IN L. A.

Chas. R. McCormick & Company, in Loq Angeles have mailed a notice to the trade of a, change in theiitelephone

numbers. They are hoping that this is the last change.

Tlre new number is: 875-247.

HANAWALT IN NORTH TO STUDY SHINGLE

CONDITIONS Mr. Barrett Hanawalt of the Hanawalt Spaulding Company, Los Angeles, m,anufacturers of Cabots Cieosote Stained Shingles, is in the Northwest on a several weeks trip,-.made to m,ake a study of the shingle manufactur,ing conditions.

Mr. Hanawalt stoppeC at Seattle, Everett, B,rays Harbor, and will go on up to Vancouver. He wilt return to Los Angeles about the first of September.

NEW SAN FRANcISco DI$TRIBUTOR oIF wEAv-

ER ROOFINGS .fhe Weaver Roof Company of Los Angeles announces the appointm.ent of the Mallot & Peterson Cornpany of San Francisco as their new Bay District distributbrs.-

SAUE THE POLES and PILIlIG T\IO NEED to have any waste sy lsss-1trs r \ M. A. C. Tugger Hoist will attend to the yarding of your poles and piling more satis-

factorily and economically than ii can be done by steam or with the use of horses.

This light machine is easily moved into difficult places. Internal combustion r€moves all fear of fire hazard.

Burns kerosene, requires no firing up, and one man handles it efiectively.

'Write us for a catalog and price

on the

M. A. C. Tugger Hoist

Let it pay for itself in the economies it allows.

Skagit Steel & lron Works Scdro-Woolley, Werh.

M. A. C. Tugger Hoist uith Fordson Tractor

R. M. WILLIAMSON IN CALIFORNIA A lumber visitor of more than passing importance in California at the present time, is R. M. ,,Bob', W,illiam,son, of Dallas, Texas, who, with his wife and three children are sojourning at the Virginia Hotel at I-ong Beach. rFor many years Mr. Williamson was actively in the lumber manufacturing business in Texas, and has also been a retailer and wholesaler of much experience. Retired from. the active lumber game, yet retaining his lumber interests, his active mind got busy years ago with the creation of a plan book business in the Southwestern territory. This proved so successful and at oncs so interesting to him', that he conti,nued in the business. and todav is the U,igg.$ distributor of retail lumger plad books iir the world, Not only has he issued a series bf twenty-five original plan bookj for lu,mber dealers, but he likeufise supplies the plans for some of the biggest of lumber associations, and lumber concerns. The book of plans issued

by The Southern Ptne Association called ,,Modern Ffomes', ra'as created by Mr. Williamson. More than 300,000 of these books have been distributed to lumber dealers, and more than 30,000 homes have been built from that book.

He likewise sup.plies The Long-Bell Lumber Company, Wm. Cameron & Company,'many other line yard'concer:ns, and some of the big millwork houses of ttre country with their plan service, so that his homes are being built in most of the states of the union. .. A -*'1,t of large m:eans, still Mr. Williamsorr gives his "genius" to helping the lum'ber industry create i market for his p'roduct, ind spends all his time al it. For years hi .closely colloborating with the publisfrei of The [a9_ _been Californ'ia Lumber Merchant in spreading the gospel of merchandising, and has been an editorial and cartoon contributor to The Gulf Coast Lumberman for years.

No better or more practical friend of the- lumber industry lives than "Bob" William.son, and in the South an,d Middle west he has been so recogn,ized by the entire industry.

ISHERWOOD SENDS DEATH BE.NEFIT CHECK TO MRS. HARDING Orr the day after the death of Pbesident Hardrng, Henrv R. Isherwood, National Secretary of the Hoo Hoo, maile-cl !o Mirs. Harding a check for $100.00, covering the death benefit policy issued'by the order to all members.

President Harding was initiated into the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo, at Marion, Ohio, June 30, 1905. His Hoo-Hoo number was, 14945. At the time he was initiated he was a stock holder in the Marion Lumber Com,oanv and the Prendergast Lumber Co., both of Marion, ar'*.[l as publisher of the local newspaper.

The last Concatenation'which he attended was held at Marion, Ohio, October 26, 1920, which was decl,icated as the "Warren G. Harding Concatenation." The following is an excerpt from his address delivered on this particulai

occasion:

"The greatest privilege among men ,is association, one with the other, in bonds of fellowship. The fact that I have been vested with high honors at the hands of the people has not diminished my interest nor lessened my pride in this fraternal association with you." . A message of condolenc-e was conveyed tb Mrs. Harding immeditely upon notice of death.

August 15, 1923

THE CALIFORNIA LU.MBER MERCHANT

62

W.ANT AD and FOR SALE AD DEPI. This space is at your service for want and for sale advertising. Advertisementg for help, for emplo;rment or for sale can be run in reading form. The rate on this advertising will be $2.50 per column inch.

LUMBER AND CEMENT BIDS WANTED ARIZONA CONTRACTOR ABOUT TO START

LARGE BUILDING AT MEXICALI, LOWER CALIFORNIA, DESIRES TO GET IN TOUCH WITH LUMBER COMPANY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THAT IS IN A POSITION TO QUOTE PRTCES FOR THrS loB_, o_N ALL LUMdpn axo cEMENT. TNTERESTED PARTIES

CAN REPLY TO BOX F. F., CARE, CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT, GIVING ADDRESS AND ANY INFORMATION THEY DESIRE. LISTS WILL BE READY TO SUBMIT VI/ITHIN TWO WEEKS.

FOR SALE

In thriving town in the Sacramtento Valley, an up to

date t-UMBER YARD, this is worth y'our while.

Investigate at once, for this won't last.

Addresi: Box 300, care CALIFORNIA LUMBER

MERCHAN'T.

WANTED: Retail lunrlter yard for spot cash ; in Los Angeies or Southerrr California ; working capital thirty thousand to sixty thotrsand dollars ; must be a reliable producer. Adclress Box 119, care CALIFORNIA I,UM:T]ER MERCHANT.

Wanted-Experienced Mill Foreman able to take clgge eAPABLE LUMBER \ryOMAN \I/TSHES TO MAKEi of small planing mill and do own estimating and de-tailing.

LOS ANGELES CONNECTION In reply girre re:ferences and salary expected. Box 12, care with years and cashier Cornrpetent bookkeeper, ^estimato-r, of lumier experience is open for pgsitio-n in -Los A1S.e!e9' California Lumber Merchant.

P,refers wholisale office. Address, Box M W, care CALIWANTED-First class mill work estimator. Must be FORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT. able to list from plans on large or small buildings and bill and detail special mill work for our factory in Stockto-n, OPENING FOR SALES MANAGER California, ernploying about 25 men. Must have good selldesires company lumber retail Los Angeles Large ing ability. Slati experience, age, a,nd salary wanted. Perand advancement for one qullifi9d.to secirre a first class, thoroughly experienced ln minent position .

FISHER BROS. PLANING MILL, Southern California, Sales-Manager. Man who can Stockton. Cal. hire and direct force of salesmen' Salary will be-arranged on applicants merits, and this position offers sptiraia opportunities. This company- can also use WANTED:-POSITION another high class retail salesman for the Los 4ng9Wanted, position in lumber yard by man with 17 y9ars les territor-y. Address, giving information, Personal. experience i. manager with the sam€ comPany. . Address :are of The Califo'nia Lumber Merchant.

E.- R. Spencer, Turlock, California, Box 6.

YARD MANAGER SEEKS POSITION

Wanted, position as manager of line yard doing upward of $150,000.00 business annually. Have had 2.5 years experience in Mississippi Valley--territory,- am iamiliar with te.mt and systems of the West. Address Box 109, care CAIIF. LUMBER MERCHANT

J. R.

EXPERIENCED CREDIT MAN OPEN FOR POSITION Experienced and competent credit manager, with fourteen honths experience with Los Angeles lumber comoanv. clesires position in the sarne line with a good sized ietail comp.tty in California. Excellent credentials' Ad<lress: Box 7-C, care CALIF.ORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT.

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Manuf acturers-Wholesalers

Mills at Raymond, Washington-Eu{eka (Humbolt County), California

24 Market Street ,

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522 Cenrral Buitding

San Francilco, Calif'-

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