Wholesalers of Vest Coast Forest Products from the better mills

Southern California for five of the company's growing trade years before joining Oregon- in Southern California is seen Paciflc, the most recent being in the fact that Oregon-Pacific F airhurst Lumber Company. is now shipping lumber to that Oregon-Pacific established a market by cargo vessel, at a sales office in Los Angeles, time when its rail shipments headed by Ralph Cardwell, a are also increasing. little more than a year ag'o. Oregon-Pacific is a manuThe need for expanding cover- facturer and wholesale distribuage and service to Southern tor of lumber throughout the California lumber dealers led to United States. The head office Svenkerud's appointment, and is in Portland, Oregon, with further additions are planned other offices in Denver, Kam- for the near future. Evidence loops and Prince George, B.C.

-Nafional Foresl Producls Week October 16-22-

T. E. Olsen Co., 9538 Brighton \May, Beverly Hills, has renewed its Associate membership in the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn. Ted Olsen is president of the wholesale lumber firm.

New Business Listings in Red Book

New business listings and changes just published in the August 19 supplement of the.Lumbermen's Nationa^I Red Book Service, published by Lumbermen's Credit Assn., Inc., Chicago, include: Certified Wholesalers, Inc. (wholesale and retail building materials, plywood and lumber), Tucson, Ariz.; Carle & Sons Wood Products (cabinetmakers and mfgrs.); 415 S. Los Angeles St., Anaheim, Calif.-Fred Powell and John Carvounas, props.; Corona Cra^ft (mfgrs. cabinets and furniture), Capistrano Beach, Calif.-Milon Hutehinson and K. L. Toney, props.; Linden Building Materials (retail lumber), Linden, Calif.; Plywood & Door Western Coqr. (importers plywood and hardwood lumber), 1555 Santa Fe Ave., Long Beach, Calif.; Lark Furniture Mfg. Co., Los Angeles; Jim's Cabinet Shop (mfgrs.), Orange, Calif.-James L. Piskule, prop.; Brentwood Mfg. Co. (mfgTs. flush doors), Pomona, Calif.; John C. Carey Milling Co. (mfgrs. millwork), 591 E. gth St., San Bernardino, Calif.-John C. Carey, prop.; George's Cabinet Shop (cabinetmakers), Stanton, Calif.-George Szekely, prop., and Oromill Lumber, fnc. (retail lumber), Whittier, Calif.

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Serving All Southern Cqliforniq lumber Ysrds - Cobinet ShopsFurniture Mqnufocturers qnd Wholesqle Lumber Distributors for your fine qnd friendly response during the "shokedown cruise" of our new Wholesole orgonizotion this posl yeor.

Thonk YOU, Mr. Deoler .

Our gool is to become YOUR source for Quolity Lumber, bocked up by Dependoble Service ond Fost Shipment-by Roil or oul own Truck Oeet.

Thonksogoin...ondmoy we serve You soon?

Al Boldr

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New Building in Arizono Pocing Los Angeles qnd

Honolulu for Records

For the third consecutive month, light construction other than residential has led building activity in the 13 Western States. California, too, shows an increase in light construction other than residential for thc month of June 1960, as compared to a year ago.

In the 12 western states excluding California, the total for construction other than residential is $100 million. In comparative figures, dwelling-unit construction for which permits were issued in June 1960 amounted to $81 million as compared to $100 million a year ago, or a drop of $19 million. So the net increase in total value of building permits in the 12 \Mestern States was $3.5 million.

In California, construction other than new homes showed an increase of $4 million from $135 to $139 million. Dwelling-unit construction, however, dropped by $25 million due largely to an over-inventory of speculatively built homes in the metropolitan areas.

In the overall picture for the 13 western states, the total value of building permits issued in 453 reporting building jurisdictions is down from $529 million to $512 million, a drop of 3.3/o. The number of permits issued is down from 71 thousand to 66 thousand, a drop of 6.9/a.

On the building of new dwelling units in the West, the number of permits issued has dropped from 29 thou-

The 25 Leading Constmctlon ilurisdlctlons of the lilest June, 1960

*Unlncorporated sand to 23 thousand, a decrease of.2l.2/o, while the value of dwelling unit permits is lower from $316 million to $273 million, a decrease of. 13.8/o. It would appear that while the cost of building has evidently increased during the past year, the number of building permits issued for multi-family dwellings has decreased. This would account for a greater drop in number of dwelling units than in actual dollar volume in building throughout the West.

The bright spots in Western building for June were noticeable in four states: Alaska, Arizona, Nevada and Wyoming. In all of these four states both the number and value of total building permits as well as the number and value of dwelling units was up over a year ago. In Alaska