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How Lumber Looks

Lumber orders were in excess of producdotr in the weet ended August 15, the first time in four months ttat such has been the case, according to the National Lumber Manu. facturers Ass&iation..- Production was clooe to the to,p weeks of 1936, totaling 254,333,OOO feet. Shipments were 2LOJ66rOOO feet, and orders 255,492IOOO tf t_"r the week.

200 dorvn and operating mills in Vashington and Oregon reporting to the Vest Coast Lumberments Association for the week ended August 15 produced 1O9AO8r4l2 fect. - The iirdustry produced 66.5 per cent of its average weekly cut dur. ing 1926-1929. New business taken during the'week by these mills was 114,9861251 feet, and shipments wete 97,O07,332 feet. The unfilled order file at these mills stood at 369,717,124 feet.

The Asgociation rqrorts during the. week a slight incr€rue in the volume of orders received in the rail and domestic cargo markets was somewhat ofrset by decreases in the export and local markets, the net irrcrease being only approximately one and one-half million feet in exceos of the prior week. Vith the approach of tfie fall buying season some further improvement in new business sh'ould be experiencod during coming weeks. Production is at about the level of the past few weeks'

The Vestern Pine Association for the week ended August 15, lt? mills reporting, gave orders as 75242rOO0 feet; ship. ments 611479100o feet, and production 76r851rfi)0 feet; Orders rr.ere 2.O per -cent below production, and 22.3 pet cent above shipnients. Shipments were 20.0 per cent below production. Unfilled orders on hand at the end of the week totaled,242,730,OO0 feet.

The Califorrri. R"d*oJ.elro].eon for the wcek ended August 8 reported production of 13 mills as 9,506,000 feet; shipments 7r954r0OO feeq and ordets 6r334,WO feet. Week end orders on hand were 3Er189r0(X) feeL New business was 1 per cent greater, and productiotr 16 lrer aent greater than for the same week last year. * * *

The Sout{rern Pine Association, 117 mills reporting, gave grden as 4Or484rO0O feet; shipments 34r595rOOO feet, and production 35rO82rOOO f.eet. Orders were 15.4 per cent a6ove production, and 17.O2 per cent above shipments. Shipments were 1.39 per cent below production. Orders on hand at the end cf the week at these mills totaled 79,298,000 feet, equivalent to 3,776'cats.

Building operations in California are active. The retailers report t{rat business slowed up some during August, which is seasonal, but estimating for the fall business has commenccd to pick up much sooner than in former yeare.

Fir common, No. 1 alad 2, are in good demand and prices have advanced about f1.00. The market on Fir uppere is about the same. No. I Red Cedar shingles are scarce and the prices are very'firm, and going prices 6rm.

The Redwood market is active, stocks at the mills are low.

Ponderosa and Sugar Pine prices are firm and mill stocks are broken. A pick-up in the demand from all markets is expected after the Labor Day holidays, and the mills are looking forward to a good fall business

Cargo lumber arrivals at Los Angeles harbor for the week ended August 15 totaled 1010601000 feet, as compared with 19r617rq)O feet the previous week.

Negotiations between the Vaterfront Employerst Association and the fnternational Longshorements Union for a new working agreement are now being held in San Francisco. The prment working agreement expires on September 30.

Joins R. J. M. Co. Sales Staff

Russell Castell is now a member of the sales staff of the R.J. M. Company, Los Angeles, and is calling on the retail lumber and building material dealers in the San Fernando Valley, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, and Glendale. He was formerly associated with his father, A. J. Castell, who operates the California Lumber Company, I\[ontebello.

Howard Ryan, who represented the company in the above territory, is now covering the territory from Pasadena east into the Imperial Valley, and Northern Orange County. The company reports that they are increasing their lines and are finding business very good. They are strictly 10O/o iobbers.

New Wholesale Yard At Los Angeles

The Anglo California Lumber Co., Inc., has opened a wholesale lumber yard at 6420 Avalon Blvd., Los Angeles. The company will carry on a wholesale business in Ponderosa and Sugar Pine, Redwood, Wallboards, Panels, Hardwoods and Mouldings. Henry M. Luellwitz is president of the company.

Represents Oregon At Exercises

Phil Gosslin, sa,lesman for James L. Hall, San Francisco, was appointed official representative by the Governor of Oregon at the ground breaking ceremony for San Francisco's 1939 Exposition, held at Yerba Buena shoals, August 21.

Appointed District Representative

R. W. Dalton, Los Angeles, has been appointed district representative for the West Coast Plywood Company for California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico. Mr. Dalton has been connected with the lumber business for the past twenty years, and was formerly with PattenBlinn Lumber Co. of Los Angeles. His office is at 705 Pacific National Bldg., 315 West 9th Street, Los Angeles. The telephone number is VAndike 0616.

H. Bruce Wiscomb, sales manager of the West Coast Plywood Company, with headquarters in Chicago, Ill', recently spent a few days in Los Angeles, where he conferred with Mr. Dalton and called on old friends. Mr.'Wiscomb was associated with the plywood business in Los Angeles before going East. He was enroute !o Chicago, following a visit to the company's new ,mill at Aberdeen, Wash. He reports that since starting the mill on June 18, the plant has been running to capacity.

BILL DUNNING VISITS S. F.

W. D. (Bill) Dunning, Los Angeles, Southern California representative of L. J. Carr & Co., San Francisco, recently spent a fer4' days in San Francisco and Northern California, and while there paid a visit in company with L. J. Can to the Sacramento Box & Lumbe/ Company's mill at Kyburz.

He also conferred with Frank W. Trower of Trower Lumber Co., San Francisco, which firm he also represents in the Southern territory.