The California Lumber Merchant - September 1951

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How long since you looked at the cei-lings in your own home?

Tonight-look upl See for yourself!

Chances are your lwme too isincluded in those two out of every three which have cracked ceilings.

Of course, you'll prised-and annoyed! be sur-

But it's your chance to discover the gteat value of Upson Kuver-Krak Panels. See for yourself how easily-how quickly-how beautifully the

job can be done. Withoutmuss, fuss, confusion or irritating delays.

Then you'll have a crackproof ceiling that assures you lifetime satisfaction.

You'll want every customer to have an Upson Ceiling- you'll sell hundreds! Let us send an Upson Representa- tive to show you how to have an Upson Ceiling in your own home. MaiI the coupon!

Good Gradirs begins at the Green Chain

This lumber qt Pope & Tclbot's modern Ockridge, Oregron, mill is being marked lor grcde. This is c lirst ccrefully-superuised step in segregcting individucl orders. Bigid grcding, by Pope & Tcrlbot stqndcrrds,

POPE & TALBOT rrc.

is ccrried out in lcrvor oI the customef. Experience covering,more thcn 100 yecrrs oI West Coqst operction qssures quclity lumber-the kind you ccrn recommend with conlidence to your trade.

I. E. MANTIN Editor qnd Mcncger

THE CALIFOR}-IIA

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PEGGY STIBIJNG itlraiatot Editor

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How l-rumber Lrooks

The National Lumber Manufacturers Association, Washington, D. C., reporting for 488 sawmills in all parts of the nation for the week ended August 25, showed shipments to be 5.3 per ,cent below production, and orders 8.7 per cent below production. Unfilled orders for the reporting rnills amounted to 46 per qent of stocks. For the reporting softwood mills unfilled orders u'ere equivalent to 49 days' production.

For the year-to-date shipments of reporting identical mills were 0.1 per cent above production; orders were 2..5 per cent below production.

Compared to the average corresponding week of 193.51939 production of reporting mills was 53.8 per cent above; shipments were 52.6 per cent above; orders were 50'1 per cent above. Compared to the corresponding week in 1950, production of reporting mills was 8..5 per cent belorv; shipments were 12.0 per cent below; and new orders were I4.4 per cent below.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association, Pclrtlantl, Oregon, reports as follows: for the week ended August 18, l83 mills reported production 126,535,962 feet; orders 103.775,617 feet; shipments 111,739,601 feet. Orders were 18 per cent under production, and shipments 11.7 per cent under. For the week ended August 25, I83 identical mills reported production 116,226,445 feet; orders 109,106,255 ; shipments 113,533,006. Orders 6.1 per cent under production, and shipments 2.3 per cent under.

The Western Pine Association, Portland, Oregon, reporting for 106 mills for the week ended August 18, showed production 79,218,000 feet; orders 65,129,000 feet; ship-

ments 67,132,W feet. For the week ended August 25, the figures from 102 mills were: production 74,457,000 feet; orders 6]44,W feet; shipments 66,827,000 feet.

The Southern Pine Association, New Orleans, La., reporting for 113 mills for the week ended August 18, showed production 77,401,000 feet; orders 19,A32,0M feet ; shipments 77,2np00 feet. For the week ended August 25 the figures from 115 mills are: production 77,348,000; orders 18,761,000; shipments 18,981,000 feet.

The California Redwood Association reports for the month of July, and for the year to the end of that month, for 16 sawmill companies. Production for July rvas, Redwood 33,684,000 feet; whitewoods 7,594,000 feet; all spe-

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Iacorporcted uader the laws ol Ccliloraiq

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Lumber Production In Lake States Has Bright Future

By HAROLD S. CROSBY (Forest Products Engineer, Northern Hemlock and Elardwood Manufacturers Association)

At a recent association meeting a member called attention to the fact that for many years the lumber industry of the north had been operating under a philosophy of assumed timber liquidation. He declared it r"'as time to get this kind of attitude out of the minds of operators in the light of hard operating facts. Referring to his own company, he said they had been presumabll' liquidating for 30 years but were still in active and continuous operation' It is true that methods had changed considerably but at the same time their production is substantial and their operation is continuing on a sustaining basis for as far into the future as he is able to foresee.

A reliable forestry authority remarked a few years ago that the Lake States were at that time at about the bottom of their timber supply; that the future would see an increase rather than a decrease in merchantable timber. Government research agengies and opinions of various forestry authorities confirm the opinion that production of the Lake

States 'ivill be sustained or gradually increased in the future from natural grolvth of timber.

A forest survey in the Lake States is now lleing conducted through the me<lium of aerial photography rvhich will provide a means of checking against previous timber estimates taken in 1936. R. N. Cunningham, Lake States Forest Experiment Station, Saint Paul, who directed the 1936 appraisal has issued a statement based upon early results of the present survey for the west half o{ the upper Peninsula of Michigan and central Minnesota. He states that "the allowable annual cut (for those areas) is as large or larger than 1936 ."

Progress in forest protection has had the effect of conserving forest investment and the several species of the north which reproduce well naturally are ztlready Iorming the nucleus of another timber crop.

There are several credible examples of sustained yield forestrv in the Lake States and a numler of large timber land owners have established definite policies with respect to selective cutting practices on their lands.

It is inevitable that many of the larger operations. established in connection with certain fixed tracts of timber will have to be modified in the face of cl-ranging conditions. The trend of operation now is torvard the ttse of smaller units with wider concentrating of lumber for purposes for providing assortments in commercial quantities for kiln drying or refinement and remanufacture.

Therefore it can be reasonably predicted that production of forest products in the Lake States will continue on a relatively even production basis of volume during future years, and that the present stress accorded to intlustrial forestry will eventually expand the harvest forest products.

(From Mississippi Vallcy Lumbcrman.)

Humphries Is Scmd and Grqvel Committeemcrn

The sand and gravel industry of tl-re nation has been holding meetings with ofificials of the Office of Price Sterbilization for the purpose of discussing industry pricing problems.

The industry is represented by 14 men from all parts of the country, and the Pacific Coast member is Richard I(. Humphries, of San Francisco, California, whose firm is Pacific Coast Aggregates, fnc.

\\rell toward completion is the the Cascades Plywood Corpo,'ation Oregon.

hardboard plant which is building at Lebanor-r,

"l believe in procticol gifts, my deor, plonl this bouquet of litde trcer qnd romedoy they'll build you q homc."

Special Committee To Hefp Small Business on Prices

Albert J. Matthews, director of price stabilization for. Southern California, has appointed a special committee to aid small business with pricing problems, the Office of price Stabilization announces.

"We have in mind the thousands of businesses that are strictly family operations. We don't want to burden these people with paper work, yet we want them to get all of the help to which they are entitled under the law.,'

Matthews outlined a five point program to give the aid as follows: vrvsr@lrr LU srvc L'c aru as

1. Special problems of small business will continue to be reflected to the fullest possible extent in the basic pricing policies and techniques embodied in the regulations.

2. If smallness has traditionally justified higher prices, as in the case of retail food stores, this is to be recognized in price regulations.

3. Whenever practicable, simpler pricing methocls will be <levised for small businesses with limited clerical facilities.

4. Special concern for smail business will be taken in the form of writing regulations in the simplest language so that the small business man who does not maintain a legal stafi, and keeps his own books, rnay understand and comply with them.

5. Insofar as possible, reports required will be kept to a minimum. Records required shall not be more burdensome than the records usually kept in an establishment the size and nature of the business affected.

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Mr. Matthews will head the committee and has named Christian Murray and Elmer Nelson to assist him. Both are especially qualified for the responsibility.

Murray, an attorney and accountant, in private practice represented many small-volume establishments, and additionally was connected with Barker Brothers for many years.

Nelson, who is well known for his work in the field of foreign and domestic trade, served with the government from 7942 through 1946, and since then has been an economic consultant to private industry.

Truman Signs Bill Easing

Home Building Credit

WASHINGTON, Sept. l-President Truman today signed legislation easing credit regulations on moderately-priced new houses and permitting the government to build houses in certaln cases.

The Federal Reserve System accordingly put into effect a revision of Regulation X.

The credit relaxation provision is designed to spur private industry and to encourage the private construction of more homes.

It affects mainly houses costing $12,000 or less which now are covered by Regulation X requiring minimum down payments and amortization periods. An estimated half of all homes in the nation fall into this group.

Down Payment Cut

Present credit regulations require a down payment of 25.Bo/c for nonveterans and 15.8% for veterans on the purchase of new homes costing from $10,000 to $12,000 if the mortgages are guaranteed by the Veterans Administration or are insured by the Federal Housing Administration.

Smaller down payments are required for homes costing less.

The new law says that down payments not exceedinC 20% for nonveterans and 8/o for veterans may be required on homes costing from $10,000 to $12,000, with a 2S-year repayrrent period instead fo the present 20.

On smaller homes, costing $7,000 or less, the new down payment would be lo/o for nonveterans and 4/o for veterans instead of the present l7.l% and 7.I/o. On homes costing from $7000 to $10,000 the terms would be l5/. for nonvets and 6/o for veterans instead of the present 23/o and 10ft.

It will be noted that the new law simply says that the Government does not require more than the specified down payments and minimum mortgages. It does nothing to help a prospective home buyer get a loan.

Used Materials Come Under Allotment Plan

Used building materials, as well as imported materials, must be counted the same as ne\,v materials by anyone operating under the self-allotment plan, according to NPA.

In other words, 50 pounds of second-hand steel pipe rvould have to be counted in the steel allowance; secondhand structural steel cannot be used in residential construction after September 30, without express authorization.

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MORE QUOTATIONS, PERT AND IMPERTINENT, OFFERED WITHOUT COMMENT.

"Great empires mund Burke.

**:* and little minds go ill together."-Ed*+,F

"The strongest of all antipathies is that of second-rate minds for first-rats enss."-lltadame de Stael. **:k

"We have troops dispersed all over the world, and security n6$7hs1s- not even at home."-Senator Wherry.

"r have always u.ti..rul air",- o"u is better than most people think."-Aaron Burr, after hearing a hell-fire sermon. ***

"Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately you occasionally find men disgrace labor."-If. S. Grant.

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"Our dangers are that we may commit suicide from within by compliance with evil, or by public tolerance of scandalous behavior, or by cynical acceptance of dishonor. These evils have defeated nations many times in human history."-Herbert lloover.

"rf we are not careful "lrt lrr"u. across the seas will be called upon to give us money in order to restore our standard of living, which we might lose trying to raise theirs."

-Senator Pat McCarran.

"There is as much chance of Russia coming over here to wage war as there is of my flying to heaven-and I haven't got wings."-Ex-Senator Burton K. Wheeler. +**

"There is hardly anything in this world that some men cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey."-John Ruskin. ,< * *

"Evil is unnatural-goodness the natural state of man. Earth has no hopeless islands or continents. We live in a redemptive world. Poverty will end; sin will die; lov6 will triumph, and hope will plant flowers on every g;rave."David Swing.

"Lawmakers have employed the term 'temporary taxes' evidently to lure those they are about to tax into an agreement and then make the 'temporary' levies permanent. The Washington government so performed with about 50 temporary excise taxes 'only for the duration of

the war.' NOT ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN REMOVED."-Houston Post. {<**

"War is a game which, were their subjects wise, kings would not play at."-Shakespeare. .t,f>F

"The purpose of the western allies in particular and the free world in general, is to get some of the world's major problems settled. The purpose of the Russians is to keep the world in a turmoil.'-Bill Ilenry. :k**

"The Korean war is a bottomless pit for United Nations forces. . We should never have sent our ground forces into Korea in the first place."-Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, author of famous China and Korea reDort.

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"A man who kindles the flames of intolerance in America is lighting a fire under his own hems."-fl2rold E. Stassen. ***

"There is no friendship between those'associated in power; he who rules will always be impatient of an assogi21g."-fus3n.

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"War is mankind's most stupid and tragic folly."-Gen. Eisenhower.

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"War is old, pathetically old, tragically futile, hopelessly antiquated."-\ /. H. P. Faunce.

"when men are ".ruat.l ol, ,1t"., it is only for a while, for their hearts are not won; only their strength gives out. When men are subdued by moral conduct their hearts are glad within, and their submission i5 5i11ss1g."-Mencius.

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"We must ask ourselves if we can substitute billions for leadership, bullets for statesmanship."-Congressman Wigglesworth.

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"Duff believes that the Federal Government should give no man anything which he can earn for himself. Only in direst necessity, and always as an exception to the rule of do it yourself, should government put its hand in its

AN ACCOUNTANT SPEAKS

"I have been reading The California Lurnber Merchant for many years. It is sure a great lumber ntagazine,"

Wm. F. Connor, Public Accountant Los Angeles.

As unerringly as the compass needle points north, the Royal Oak Flooring trade-mark points Qual.ity.

Turn the compass dial ^ny way you will the needle holds constant.

Turn to Royal Oak Flooring for any grade you need the quality holds constant. There's nothing like certainty for permanent satisfaction.

pocket for the citizenry . . Only in specific catastrophesuch as the Indian famine-should the United States bestow charity on foreign n3fisps."-Newspaper sto:y on Senator Duff, Pennsylvania.

"when governmen, ."rI" ;; " man without his consent the fruits of his toil, and gives them to another who has done nothing to earn them-THAT is Communism."

-Bastiat' * ,< *

"A strong nationalism made us great as it has all nations that have risen to world power. To maintain this power, however, requires the intelligence and wisdom of our Founding Fathers who, by their use of initiative, enterprise, and prayerful determination made us the historic United States. Is it possible that recent generations of American men and women have lost those qualities and have failed to achieve complete maturity ?"-MaryLamar Knight, in .,Red Blight.,'

"A nation has been r"{"{+enerat MacArthur.

"f. have learned that there is no such thing as a free lunsh."-Q61. Ayres, famous economist.

"The keystone arch ", anJ .Ji"tir"a state is socialized medicine."-Lenin.

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"Love is like all other sweet things; unless you get the very best brand, it sours awful easy."-\iv. C. Brann.

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"No force is greater than armies except the force of an idea whose time has se6s."-!eltaire.

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"Many men would have attainecl wisdom if they had not presumed that they already had it."-Seneca.

"While I have "o*. u,La,i.. l, "r, the virtues. tr,.r. i. no quality I would rather have, and be thought to have, than gratitude. For it is not only the greatest virtue, but even the mother of all the'rest."-Cicero-

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"Americans would never stand for a 50 per cent income tax. It would mean revolution."-Statement of the late Senator Wm. Borah.

27, and 28, 1951, at the llotel Del Coronado. It r.r'ill not be open to the trade generally but confined to on'ners and principals in the retail lumber industry of Southern California, and the program will be largely given over to discussions of the more practical sort.

Aluminum Window Screens Not Restricted bv NPA-M-4a

Contrary to fairly widespread belief, aluminum window screens are not affected by the most recent NPA order governing the use of metals in current and fourth quarter construction.

Aluminum screens are classed as a B product under the new NPA-M-4a, which means that they may be used without certification or restriction of any kind.

According to Morris Levin, sales manager of Rudiger-Lang Co., Berkeley, Calif., and Toccoa, Ga., some contractors have the impression that screens are included with class A aluminum products, and subject to tight control.

"Actually Tension-tite aluminum screens for double hung rvood windows are available without any red tape at all, and imrnediate delivery can be obtained through local dealers," Mr. Levin said.

NPA Plans to be Toush on Commercial Building

That NPA intends to be tough in granting permits for conrme:cial and industrial building, at least during the fourth quarter of this year, is shorvn clearly ir-r thcir bulletin "Construction criteria for processing CNIP applications."

That document says ir, effect that r.ro allotments rvill be issuecl for any project n,hich can be postponed; thzrt no allotment lvill be issuecl "unless the interests of the public u'ill be so adversely affected b1'denial of an allotment that it rvill l;e a serious ancl unreasonable hardship upon the cornr.nunitl' orrvill have an adverse effect on the defense effort or materially affect the public health, u.elfare, and ,safety." It adds that loss of profit, financial loss, or personal inconvenience shall not be considered as influencing factors except 'lr.here unreasonablc hardship is involved."

HAVE BECOME SHEEP.''_

"Americans ann "tarrJr* ,.. a 50 per cent tax; some for a 90 per cent tax. And there is no revolution. Nor will there be any as things are going now. BECAUSE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

Bruce Barton, famous author, pub,licist, and legislator.

"The great trouble -rL In"*omerican people is that they have lost their capacity for sustained indignatisn."Clipt.

Remember Retcil Conlerence ct Hotel Del Coroncrdo

Again Orrie Hamilton of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association calls attention to the conference that the association will conduct and sponsor on Septen-rher 26.

Steel Shortage Yery Serious

The seriousness of the structural steel shortage is eviclenced by the fact that construction of a r.rumber of steel plants is being slorved dorvn by the shortage of rnatcrials, u.hich situation rvill continue through the fourth qrlirrter of the year. Olficials expect that during the first quarter of 1952 the situation rvill be eased by the completion of a numlter of industrial steel plants norv uncler construction.

At the present time it is estimated that the demand for structural steel is trvo and one-half times the available supply.

The Mengel Company is now able to offer you Af rican Mahogany Fl:ush Doors at prices actually less than you pay fot many domestic woods ! Operating its own large logging concession and mill in the best Mahogany section of Africa, Mengel imports this King of \$Zoods in tremendous volume. The savings of these large scale operations are passed on to you.

I7hat's more, when you choose Mengel Mahogany Flush Doors, you're assured of finest construction, guaranteed by the wodd's largest manufacturer of hardwood products. Mengel Mahogany Flush Doors have been tested and proved in thousands of installations. Better doort cannot be borybt!

Let us tell you about the extra quality, the extra luxury, the extra ualae of Mengel Flush Doors in genuine Mahogany! Mail the couPon for complete information.

The Meogel Compaoy. Amerjca's largest manufacturers of hardwood products growers and processors of timber a manufacturers of fine furniture a veneers o plywood o flush doors o corrugated containers kitcben cabinets and wall closets

THE MENGEL COMPANY

Plywood Divisioo, Louisville 1, KY.

Gentlemen: Please send me full information on Mengel Mahogany Flush Doors-both Hollow Core and Stabilized Solid Core.

FRANK M. FOLSOM President, Radio Corporation of Americi

"By _a simple person to-person canT)ass, we are ailiting thousands upon thousands oJ serious saoers to our Payroll Saaings PIan. Our .*p[oy.., or. eager to contribute to the_strengthening oJ America's d.eJenses while they build' their oun security. Th.y know that indiuid,ual saoing initiatioe *.oi, a blow at ruinous inJlation. They know thot is the line on *hi"h all oJ us at horne can malee our strongest fight!' t

ooThirty days has September.'o And every one of these September days is a D Day. In newspapers magazines. over the radio... from the television screen on billboarde contributed advertising will urge every American to'oMake today your D Day. Buy U.S. Defense Bonds."

September days are ooD" Days for management, too -Decision Days.

If you have a Payroll Savings Plan and your employee participation is less than 50/o or if you have not made a person-to-person canvass recently-consider this your o'D'o Day.

Phoneo wire or write to Savings Bond Division, U. S. Treasury Department, Suite 700, Washington Building

Washington, D. C. Your State Director will show you how easy it is to increaee your employee participaiion to 7O/o, Bl/o-even 90%-by a simple person-to-person canvass that places an application blank in the hands of evgy employee. He will furnish you with applica- tion blanks,- promotional materialo practical .ogg".- tions and all the personal assistance you may deri"e.

-Your employeeso like those of the Radio Corporation of America and many other companies will join by the hundreds or thousands because they, too, are eager to contribute to the strengthening of Americaog de_ fenses while they build their own security. Make it very easy for them-through the automaiic payroll Savings Plan.

ooVe are adding thousands upon thousands , .,"

The U. S. Goaernntent d.oes not pay lor this ailaertising. The Treasury Department thanks, Jor their patriotic ilonation, the Ailuertising Council anil

BEARS THIS TIARK

Redwood, with all of its inherent qualities, is recognized as one of nature's finest woods. By the same token, redwood logs are known to contain the most of the best texture and grain required for fine quality construction. But, the final quality and grade of redwood is determined in the miII by the manner in which logs are converted into finished lumber. Herein lies the secret of Palco Redwood's excelling quality-os the finest redwood that's produced. It's the best of the best.

For the cornplete story on Palco Redwod, write today for

fully illustratr.d booklet, "From out of the Redwoods"

Illills ol Scotio ond Ewcko, California too BusH SIREET, sAN FRANCI9CO 4, CAIIFORNIA OF CAI, IFORNIA REDWOOD AS

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IF YOU qre not now selling Shokertown Sidewolls, it will poy you to investigote the odvontoges ol these nqturolly beoutiful, noturolly better cedor shqkes qnd shingles. Write the oddress below.

NO WONDER BUYERS PREFER SHAKERTOWN SIDEWALTS!

More ond more qrchitects, builderc cmd homeowners preIer Shokertown Sidewolls, the No. I certigrode cedor shingles. There ore three importcmt reqsons why:

(l). Naturcrl wood beauty lends on oir ol distinction to homes ol every style, in every price rcrrge.

(2). Double coursing mecms higher dollor vqlue in extrcr insulotion crnd protection, with less cost per yeor of service.

(3). Vcriety oI lreatment is unequolled in ony other moteriol. For new home construction or lor restyling old homes, Shokertown Sidewolls ore quickly opplied with qssured results reqordless ol weqther conditions.

You Can't $ell tr'ir ilIouldings a rn $orthetn Calif ornia

AIt OF US old timers know thcrt. But ogr orgcnizcrtion is mqde up ol young lellows who DON'T know it. AS q result we crre hcving to run our plcrning mill ct DowneY two shifts to keep up with the orders, crvercgingr cr car per dcy oI lir clecrrs'

OF COIIRSE we cre lurnishing close grrcrined old grrowth stock, excellently mcnulcrctured ctnd hcve cr milled stock crt crll times to drqw hom.

NATITRALLY we don't wcnt our Boys to |ind out thct this stock ccnnot be sold here. II you ccrn help qs keep thir* inlormcrtion from them il wilt be cppreciated.

6],ranl, All-l

THTS BRAIID ilAME Oil lUMBER MEAilS...

Scientific Harvesting of FineTimber Stands

fo the men of Weyerhaeuser, it is necessary to see BOTH the forest and the trees as part of the job of producing good quality lumber on a continuing basis.

Progressive forest management, as practiced by Weyerhaeuser, is based on a policy of permanent mill operations within prescribed timber areas. In this prograrn, the timber harvest for each year is prudently scheduled.

There are two methods of harvesting mature timber block logging and selective loggrng. Block logging is clear loggrng of mature trees. Islands of seed trees are left to re-seed the cutover blocks. This returns the land to productive utility with trees of uniform age.

In selective logging, certain trees are removed, Ieaving room for the development of young timber. The type of loggrng pursued depends upon the type and location of the forests involved. As a further means of re-stocking the forest lands, manual and mechanical planting of seedlings are employed where natural re-seeding does not take place.

Weyerhaeuser forest and mill practices have been constantly improved and modernized, always with the view

of increasing the forest yield, and obtaining more usable products out of every tree.

A continuous supply of better quality lumber for present and future needs is the program behind every piece of lumber bearing the brand name "Weyerhaeuser 4-Square".

Certified superseedlings get o strong, sturdy stort in lree nursery before being tronsplonted.

lntensive reseorch to moke lree crops betler is o neYer-ending iosk wilh Weyerhoeuser forestry experls.

Side by side, growth ond deolh, Plonned, scientific iree forming helps lo prevent this needless wosle.

Oao ol a nrics 4 advcrliscmctils definingthcimporlnl lqlors conlribuling to lhc producliu ol good furtcr.

The Sprlngfleld, Oregon Mill

At mills locoled on fic Wcrf Coosf Jnd Inlond Empire, Weyerhoeuser 4-squorc Lumber is produced in o rongc of products from Douglos Fir, ldoho Whitc Pine, Ponderoro Pine,Wert Coosf Hemlock, Western Red Cedor ond reloted rpccicl.

Ofd Lumber Journals Never Die r r r

By Jack

"Old sold,iers never die-they just fade away," says the old song that MacArthur brought so sharply into public view last spring.

OId lumber journals never die-most of them at leastneither do they fade away. They seem to keep right on keeping on.

The American Lumberman,of Chicago,which started business in 1873, has entered on its 78th year. The Mississippi Valley Lumberman, of Minneapolis, has just completed its 75th year of life. The Southern Lumberman, of Nashville, Tennessee, was organized in 1881, and is going strong after 70 years of existence.

Then there is The Lumberman, of Seattle, which started in 1889 and operated most of the years since as the West Coast Lumberman. The Timberman, at portland, started in 1899, and continues to flourish. The Southern Lumber Journal, at Jacksonville, Florida, $ras organized in 1g96.

Those are the oldest lumber journals now operating, so far as my recollections go. There have been important changes made in some of them, naturally. The high honor for consistency goes to The Mississippi Valley Lumberman, of Minneapolis, which has been published every week for 75 years. The American Lumberman and the Southern Lumberman were weeklies for many years, but have been semi-monthly publications for a long time. .The Southern Lumber Journal used to be semi-monthly, but changed long ago to once a month. The Minneapolis journal remains the only weekly in America in the lumber field.

None of these old journals are under their original pub_ lishers. The American Lumberman, the West Coast Lum_

Lewis Killey qt Scn Fernando

Lewis Killey is the new manager of the Hammond Lumber Company yard at San Fernando, California. He succeeds the veteran Dave Nembeck, Sr., who is retiring. Mr. Killey has been assistant manager of the Hammond yards at pasadena and Rosemead. He is past commander of the American Legion Post at Alhambra.

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berman, and the Southern Lumber Journal changed hands, and have other owners and publishers. Jim Baird died and the Southern Lumberman passed into the hands of his lieutenants, Stanley Horn and J. H. Whaley. Platt B. Walker, who founded the Mississippi Valley Lumberman, is long since dead, as are the two sons, Platt and Jim, who succeeded him. George M. Cornwall, founder and for many years publisher of The Timberman, is dead.

The writer of this piece established and began publishing THE GULF COAST LUMBERMAN in April, 1913, and THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT in July, L922. Both have been published semi-monthly throughout these years, the first at Houston, Texas, and the second at Los Angeles, California. So the first is in its 39th year under the same publisher, and the second in its 29th.

So far as I can figure THE GULF COAST LUMBERMAN is the oldest lumber journal in the country under the same publisher and owner. Horn and Whaley became owners and publishers of the Southern Lumberman a number of years after THE GULF COAST LUMBERMAN started, and probably ranks second, and THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT third.

During the years the writer has been in the lumber journal business quite a number of prominent lumber journals have disappeared from the field, chief among them being the New Orleans Lumber Trade Journal, the St. Louis Lumberman, the Lumber World Review, the Lumber World, Lumber Review, Southern Lumber & Industrial Review, and quite a number of lesser knoWn publications.

Allen Bulkin, Pilot, Completes 7l Missions Over Koreq

Allen Bufkin, First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Force, recently returned from Korea on a 15-day furlough, after completing 71 missions over Korea. He hopes to be discharged in a few months, and to resume his work as salesman for Dant & Russell Sales Co., Los Angeles.

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San Francisco Lumbermen's Annual Roundup

The San Francisco Lumbermen's Roundup, an annual afiair sponsored by the San Francisco Lumbermen's Club, was held August 24 in the Empire Room of the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, San Francisco, and it was again a great success, with a total attendance of 264, a considerable increase over last year's attendance.

As in foimer years the day started with a golf tournament, played this year at the California Golf Club. Jim Needham, Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co., San Francisco, was chairman of the golf comm'ittee. The winners of the prizes were

Changes Announced By Rounds Trading Company

Rounds Trading Company, San Francisco, announces that in order to better serve the trade. their Southern California office at Long Beach, in addition to the territory heretofore covered (Arizona and Southern California) is taking over the purchase and sale of lumber from other than the Rounds plants, under the direction of Max R. Barnette.

All Northern California business, as well as all business for shipment to all markets from Rounds, California, and Rockport, will continue to be handled under the direction of E. G. (Dave) Davis and D. H. (Lee) LeBreton of the San Francisco office.

the following: Members, low gross-first, C. E. Needham; second, Fred Ziese. Low net-first, Bob Bonner; second, Jim Needham. Hole-in-one contest, Ted Stotz. Guests, low grossGeorge Mennier. Low net-Herb Beaver.

The cocktail hour started at 6:39 p.m. Dinner was served at7:39 p.m., and the Roundup Revue began at 8:59.

Wendell Paquette, Lumber Sales Company, San Francisco, was general chairman of the 1951 Roundup. He says the consensus is that it was the best yet.

Pacific Logging Congress at Victoria in November

For the first time. since 1946 the Pacific Logging Congress lvill be held this year in Canada. It is scheduled for the E,mpress Hotel in Victoria, November 5, d, and 7. Fifteen hundred delegates are expected. President of the Congress this year is S. G. Smith, vice president and general manager for the great firm of Bloedel, Stewart & \\relch. John N. Burke, secretary-manager of the British Columbia Loggers Association is convention manager. A program of great interest and importance is being prepared.

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One of the short gags that the stammering comic Joe Frisco loves to pull, is about his brother. Joe says:

"I got a b-b-brother that made a whole lotta m-m-money.

Redwood City Lumber Ycrrd Sold

It is announced that Glen O. Smallcomb and James G. Arnott have purchased the site and lumber yard of the Gray-Thorning Lumber Company, in Redwood City, California, and the site will become part of a million dollar shopping center. The building will be torn down. The lumber company, which has been there since 1910, announces that it will seek a new location and continue operations. It is also announced that Lindsay Gray, a son of one of the founders of the business, has bought the hardware end of the operation, and opened a new shop at Pine and Main Streets to house it. Z. T. Thorning and his son William are in charge of the lumber company affairs.

But the m-m-money he g-g-government money,

m-m-made looked so much like that the cops g-g-grabbed him."

Booth-Kelly Announces Betirement

ol L. L. Lewis

"Mr. Leston L. Lewis, our sales manager, is retiring as of September 1 and as of that date Mr. Forrest Haworth will assume his duties and responsibilities as sales manager. I\[r. Lewis has served at the Booth-Kelly Lumber Cornpany for almost 50 years. We are very happy that after such a long and outstanding record he is still in a position to enjoy well earned rest."

Eliot H. Jenkins,

President,

The Bcioth-Kelly Lumber Company, Springfield, Oregon.

One of the Simpson "PR0FlT-ilNE" Produrts

Irsur,errNc Decorative Tileboard is one of the most popular items in Simpson's complete line of Insulating Board Products. Dealers find this tileboard easy to sell for these reasons:

(l) Interlocking tongue and groove joint permits easy installation and prevents passage of air and dust. (2) The extra wide flange conceals staples or nails and lessens danger of marred bevels. (3) Tapestry White finish has

pleasing appearance. Tile is usually applied as is, but it may be painted easily in one coat without priming if other colors are desired. (4) Provides insulation against outside heat and cold. (5) Sizes allow for a wide choice of ceiling patterns. Available in I2"xl2", I2"x24", L6"xL6" and. L6"x32".

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Dcath Strikes Triple Blow to Executive Ranks of C. D. Johnson Lumber Corporation

Sudden and violent death struck twice and a few days later struck again against the executive heads of the C. D. Johnson tumber Corporation, of Portland, Oregon, on August 24, 1951.

The lumber industry of the entire nation was shocked when. the news broke on that fatal morning that Dean Johnson and his brother Ernest were among the 50 people who met death on a hillside near Oakland, California, in the crash of a DC 6-8 giant airliner. The plane was flying non-stop from Chicago to Oakland, and was but five minutes from the Oakland landing field when it struck and exploded.

The Johnson brothers had been on a business mission to Chicago. They rrrere accompanied on the trip by a business associate, Eric P. Van, also of Portland, a partner in the famous accountir-rg firm of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Company, and CPA for the C. D. Johnson Lumber Corporation, who died with them in the plane crash. Death for all who rode the doomed plane 'ivas instantaneous.

That was Friday morning, August 24. On the follo'rving Tuesday the funerals of Dean and Ernest Johnson were held in Portland in the presence of a great gathering of rnourning friends. One of the pallbearers for the Dear, johnson part of the service was R. P. "Bob" Richardson, resident manager for the C. D. Johnson Lumber Corporation at their big mill at Toledo, Oregon. Mr. Richardson collapsed from a heart attack as the funeral cortege moved out of Trinity Episcopal Church, was rushed to a hospital, and there pronounced dead.

Dean and Ernest Johnson were sons of the late C. D. Johnson, and of Mrs. Johnson, who survives them. Dean was president and Ernest vice president and sales manager for the corporation.

Dean Johnson, the elder brother lvas one of the top ranking personalities in the lumber industry of the Pacific

Northwest, a leader of splendid ability, an outstanding thinker and speaker in the councils of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, and also in the national affairs of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. He was a fii;rn of force and of great promise, and his death opens a sad void in the ranks of Western lumber. He had been honored with the presidency of the West Coast Lumlrermen's Association in 1945, and served with distinction.

Dean Jchnson was born in Louisville, Arkansas, January 2, 1894, gr:aduated from Cornell University with an engineering degree, spent several of his early years in engineering rvork. and then moved to Portland in 1922, to become associated with his father in the lumber manufacturing business. In I9l9 he married Ruth R. Robertson, who survives him, and they have two sons, Clarence Dean and Robertson Lee. He served overseas in World 'War One, and 'vrras decorated rvith the Distinguished Service Medal.

He was a member of many civic and social organizations in Portland, including the Arlington Club, IJniversity Club, Waverly Country Club, Racquet Club, American Legion, 4O and 8, Masons, and the Mummy Club. He was a trustee of the Oregon Forest Fire Association.

Ernest Johnson was a quiet, conservative, scholarly man, less givcn to affairs outside their own business than his brother. He established a long time reputation as a lumberman of vision and executiv.e ability, and in close association .,','ith his brother Dean, he contributed his full share in building the great success that has attended their lumber operations both before and since the death of their father. He was born in St. Louis in 1898.

Like his brother he graduated at Cornell, and served overseas through World War One. He married Edith Menefee in Portland in 1929, and is survived by his wife and two daughters, Dorothy F. and Margery. He was

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a member of the Arlington Club, Waverly Club, and the Racquet Club in Portland.

Besides their mother, wives, and children, Dean and Ernest Johnson are survived by a younger brother, Robert, who has not lreen active with the Lumber Corporation for many years, being engaged in the home building business elsewhere.

The Johnson lumber history is interesting. Their father, the late (. D. Johnson, who died in Portland in 1940, was engaged in the Southern Pine lumber business for many years before coming West. He was a partner in the FrostJohnson Lumber Company, of St. Louis and Shreveport, a concern that operated a big string of sawmills for decades. Mr. Johnson sold his interest to Mr. Frost and moved to Portland in 1922, bringing with him his wife and three sons. He immediately bought a giant sawmill which the Government had built at Toledo, on the coast of Oregon,. for the purpose of manufacturing airplane spruce in great volume. It had never been completed when the war ended. Mr. Johrrson bought it, completed it, and went to cutting lumber. The mill is a very large one, cutting 400,000 feet of lumber in 8 hours, and employing an army of men in mill and woods.

Dean and Ernest Johnson were both put to work in the Toledo nrill, learning the lumber making business at first hand. As the years went by Dean remained in the manufacturing end, and Ernest took over the sales end at portland. When the father died in 1940, Dean was elected presi-

dent, and stepped right into his father's shoes.

The two brothers have built well, and made a great success, financially and otherwise, of their lumbering. Since their father died they have expended large sums of money improving the harbor facilities at nearby Yaquina Bay, so that large ocean ships can load lumber there. Behind the big mill at Toledo there is timber that guarantees it a long life. 'fhe brothers took an active interest in all movements for the good of the lumber industry in the Northwest.

They were fine lumbermen and fine citizens, and their loss will be keenly felt wherever 'Western lumber manufacturers gather.

R. P. "Bob" Richardson, u'ho dropped dead while acting as one of Dean Johnson's pallbearers, was a man of considerable distinction. He was resident manager at Toledo, operating mills and logging for the corporation, and had been there with this same concern since 1925. He is highly thought of iri the Pacific Northwest as a production man of rare ability. He was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1888, was in the lumber business temporarily in his early youth in Michigan, before moving to the Pacific Coast. During World W'ar One he was Dban Johnson's captain in the 20th Engineers, serving in France. He is survived by his wife.

The lumber history of the nation has previously known no such sudden and shocking tragedy as that of the Johnson brothers' and their associates.

The Roseburg Lumber Comparry, Dillard, Oregon, is building a plywood plant adjacent to its mill.

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Business And The Tax Situation

As this issue goes to press, any business man who is happy over the tax situation properly belongs in the booby-hatch. Various very definite tax-threats join to make him look solemn.

High on the list of tax matters that might keep him from sleeping too soundly at night is the threat of retroactive taxes. The Houseand Senate Finance Committees have voted to raise the maximum income tax rate on profits of corporations from 47 to 52%, and to raise the ceiling on combined income and excess profit taxes f.rom 62 to 70%, and to make the increases retroactive to January first, 1951.

It is not impossible that the retroactive provision of the coming new tax bill will be eliminated, or that a later date may be used. The Senate Committee could change its position in the matter, or the alteration could be made on the floor of the Senate. But if neither of these things happen, then the retroactive clause in the bill will go, and incorporated business is not going to enjoy it a bit. If the bill goes into efiect October first, as planned, then a l?-month tax increase will be loaded on the profits of the last three months of the year. Frankly, hopes for a change are dim.

Taxing retroactively is considered bad in morals and in principle; two matters that are not considered over-important in Washington these days.

With regard to proposed corporate income tax rates, Senate and House measures in their present form differ only as to

the increase on income of $25,000 or less, the Senate proposing to raise it from 25/o .to 27/o, while the House bill would make it 30/o.

And then there is another cute little tax trick that hangs over the head of businessmen; a withholding tax on dividends. Competent authorities in Washington say that there is about a 50-50 chance of this going into effect as part of the big new tax bill. The House bill proposes to place a 20/o withholding levy on dividends, royalties, and interest paid by corporations on their securities. This scheme was rejected by the Senate Finance Committee. Senator George, Chairman of the Senate finance group, was in favor of the withholding tax on dividends, but his committee outvoted him. The matter will be settled in conference between the Senate and House committees.

The proposal in this matter would require employers to withhold the tax, and pay the 20/o direct to the Treasury. Dividend receivers would take this into account when filing their tax returns.

New Shingle MiU

A. C. Anderson, and his two sons V. G. and A. W. Anderson, have started a new shingle mill at Brownsville, Oregon, under the name of the Triple A Shingle Company.

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Millwork lndustry Meets With OPS

Washington, D.C.-A tailored regulation fixing dollars and 'Malta Manufacturing Co. C. K. paine cents ceilings on stock items would be welcomed by their Malta, Ohio Curtis Companies, I1c. industry, members of the Millwork Industry Advisory Com- Clinton, Iowa mittee told OPS officials at their first meeting.

Committeemen reported they have been operating fairly satisfactorily under the General Ceiling Price Regulation, GCPR, which they attributed to a high volume of production together with the fact that lurnber prices have remained fairly stable.

They urged that ceiling prices be spelled out for lumber before fixing them on millwork, and that current and possibly future wage increases be reflected in ceilings on millwork.

Committeemen said spelled out prices on lumber would be a means of insuring them against paying higher than ceiling prices for lumber.

Members said it would be impossible to put dollars and cents ceilings on custom millwork, recalling this type of millwork was priced by formula under a separate OPA regulation during the war.

Committeemen recommended individrral pricing on hollow core doors because of lack of uniformity of the core structures.

They said old OPA regulation No. 293 would provide a satisfactory starting point for preparing a new regulation for stock items.

The question where the line of demarcation should be drawn between pine and fir millwork was discussed. A separate regulation is being projected for west coast fir products.

The meeting was conducted by Norman O. Cruver, chief, Lumber and Wood Products Branch, and Glen Converse, chief, Millworl< Section.

Other OPS officials present were: Dante Galotta and Bernard Greenfield, counsels; David G. White, economist; George Wathen, business analyst, Distribution Section; R. E. Platter, btrsiness analyst, Hardwood Section; J. I. Wenstrup, Office of Accounting, and Walter R. Moulton, Oftice of Advisorv Committees.

R. D. Behm, chief, Plywood and Veneer Section, NPA, and A. K. Conrad, Millwork and Wood Products Section, NPA, also attended.

Members of the committee, all present, were:

Fred Bissell

Carr Aclams & Collier Co. Dubuque, Iowa

James G. Boden, Vice Pres.

D. C. NIcCray, Vice Pres. Paine Lumber Company

73 West Algoma Street

Oshltosh, Wisconsin

Russell T. Gheen Flew to Portlcrnd

Russell T. Gheen, n ell kno.lvn Los Angeles lumtlerman, flew to Portland, Oregon, on August 21, to be u'ith the families of Dean and E,rnest Johnson during their bcreavement. The Johnson brothers died in an airplane crash that morning. Mr. Gheen rvas employed by the C. D. Johnson Corporation for rnany years, and u,as a close friend of the family.

Joseph Cravenzola, Mgr. Hotchkiss Bros. Company Torrington, Connecticut

Elmer J. Cutting Plywood Plastics Corp. Hanrpton, South Carolina

E. W. Donahue, President Wabash Screen Door Co. Chicago, Illinois

L. L. Gibson, Mg.. Sash & Door Department Long-Bell Lumber Co. R. A. Long Building 926-8 Grand Avenue Kansas City 6, Missouri

Harvey B, Goodjohn, Vice Pres. Goodjohn Sash & Door Co. Leavenworth, Kansas

L. C. Paisley, Sales Mgr. Farley & Loetscher Mfg. Co. Dubuque, Iowa

Ralph A. Prouty Millwork Sales Division Tarter, Webster & Johnson Co. Stockton, California

James D. Rowland, Vice Pres. Anderson Corporation Bayport, Minnesota

F. R. Weddington, Vice Pres. & General Manager Wrn. Cameron and Cornpany Waco, Texas

O. Witt Roddis Plywood Corp. Marshfield, Wisconsin

John F. Young, Mgr. K. H. Klopp, President Anson & Gilkey Company White Pine Sash Company X{errill, Wisconsin

Spol<ane, Washington

The following members of the con-rn-rittee were appointed to subcommittees, to which other members of industry not on the main committee may be named later:

Window units-Rowland, Weddington, Bissell and Paine.

Screen products-Donahue, Paisley, Cravenzola, Weddington, Goodjohn and Klopp.

Hollow core and solid slab cels de61s-Witt, McCray, Cutting and Young.

Window and door frames-Weddington, Klopp, Boden and Gibson.

General softwood doors and windows-Young, l3issell, Gibson, Prouty, Paine and Paisley.

Cabinets, stairwork and entrances-Paine, Paisley, Bissell and Weddington.

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Moved to Distribution Ycrd

The sales oflrce of I). C. Essley & Son has been moved to their distribution yard at 7257 Anaheim-Telegraph ll.oad, I-os Angele s 22, The telephone nurnber is I TNderhil'r 0-1147.

The mailing acldress is I'.O. Box 7028, I,-irst Los Angeies Station.

Gosslin-Harding Entertains Employees

Gosslin-Harding Lumber Co., San Leandro, Calif., recently gave a party for their employees at the Mt. Diablo Country Club, August 18. Golf was played in the afternoon and a dinner dance was held in the evening. On Sunday evening all were the guests of Phil and Mrs. Gosslin at their home in Walnut Creek for a barbecue dinner.

Those who attended included: Henry H. Harding and wife, Eureka; Joe Petrash and wife, Los Angeles; Bob Sanders and wife, Eugene, Oregon; Milton Britt and wife, Eureka; Sylvia Fox, Eureka; Paul Gaboury and wife; Doug Freeman; Orville Bresee and wife; Henry Bailey and wife; Robert Bolton and wife; Keith Harry and wife; Peggy Gale, and Bob Skoglund.

Archie King of Galleher Hardwood Ca.. vacationed in Van.couver and on Vancouver he did some fishing in the Campbell River. trip by automobile and was accompanied by two children.

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Farley, The Pacific Lumber Company, San Franand Mrs. Farley and children, Kim and Jennifer, a week fishing on the Upper Klamath River in the part of August.

Art Neth, manager of the Los Angeles office of Dant & Russell Sales Co., will be back September 15 from a two weeks' vacation trip to the Pacific Northwest. He joined some friends for trout fishing in Canada, north of Vancouver, B. C. in the early part of his trip, and then stopped at Astoria, Oregon for salmon fishing. He called at the company's Portland office on the way home.

A. C. Penberthy, Jr. of the Arcata ber Sales, Los Angeles, spent two Francisco.

Al Kurten, sales manager, dena, spent an enjoyable two Newport Beach.

ofifice of Tacoma f-unrweeks' vacation in San

Fisk & Mason, South Pasaweeks' vacation at Bavshores.

D. O. (Doc) Cook, formerly in business for himself, is now a salesman for Pacific Western Lumber Co. of California, Inc., Pasadena.

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Stoetlt, A/holetalp D00RS Stl.CAtBUITllING MATERIALS GO., II{C. 1220 PRODUCE STREET O TRINTTY 5304 ' LOS ANGELES 2I. CALIF.

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House Beautiful's

Dosss FEnnY, N. Y. JULIUS GNSCONY, ARCflITECT

Here's the-Hidden Sto rrl'About Ihe l95l Poce Setter House

EAcn yeln, House Beautilul Magazine builds a Pace Setter house -presenting the ultimate in design and construction, as measured by current values.

In the I95l Pace Setter, Douglas fir plywood plays a major role. Durable Exterior-type creates the weatherwise board and batten siding . . . the smooth, flush soffits and the attractive breezeway ceilings.

Plywood is especially important in the "hidden" structural features of the house. @PlyScord-the sheathing grade of Douglas fir plywood-adds strength and rigidity to walls and roof, and provides a firm, solid panel backing for interior walls.

Here again, architect Julius Gregory and the editors oL House Beautifil chose plywood for one good reason: It's the finest construction rrloney can buy.

@ PlyScord is o registered grode-trodemork identifying the sheothing grode of Inlerior-type plywood inspected by Douglos Fir Plywood Associqtion (DFPA)

SATES HETPS FOR YOU!

Now qvoiloble is q speciol lZ-poge, fullcolor booklet, "Pqce Seiter House of 195I." Single copies free. In quontily, $50.00 per I,000. lmprinted wilh your nome ond qddress, $9.00 first 1,00O; $,1.00 eqch oddirionol 1,000. Writc (USA Only) Douslos Fir Plywood Associolion, Tocomo 2, Wn.

United States Plywood Corp. Has Moved to New Los Angeles Plant

United States Plyr,r,ood Corp. completed the job of moving into its new warehouse and offrces S..rptember 1. The new location is at 4480 Pacific Boulevard, Los Angeles 58, and the new telephone number is LOgan 8-3441.

The new warehouse has a floor space of 60,00O square feet, and in addition the offices occupy anorher 6,000 square feet.

Fred B. Smales, \A,restern Division man:1ger. in speaking of the'new warehouse said: "We are very happy about getting into our new larger quarters after many years of the difficulties of the inadequate space at our former location. Our main object is to give better and faster service to our customers."

There is more than an acre of parking space, and there

are dock facilities for loading l8 trucks at one time, if necessar)/. The spur track accommodates six cars at a time.

A further description of the warehouse and offices will appear in an early issue of The California I-umber Merchant.

Hcrmmond Scrmoa Chcmpions

The Hammond Lumber Company softball team defeated Humbolt Plywood in two hard fought games to end the season and win the softball championship of the city of Samoa, California.

Plywood At Coquille

The Coquille Plywood Company, Coquille. Oregon, started in to build a green veneer plant, but are going ahead to make a complete plywood plant out- of it, to make 50 million square feet annually.

Business Expert to Tecrch At L. A. City College

Los Angeles City College rvill add 26 experts from business, industry, and government to its part-time teaching staff in September to conduct evening classes in business manageruent, engineering, architecture, rubber technologv, optics, dental technology, paint manufacturing. and television. Over 7,000 students are expected to attend late afternoon and evening classes during the fall term, rvhich begins on September 18. Approximately half will be enrolled in courses leading to college degrees, the remainder in technical courses connected rvith their employment.

Over 400 classes in 30 subjcct fields n'ill be ollered. Registration for evening classes n,ill be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on September 18, 19, and 20, in the college auditorinr.n.

Af?I Publishes Lumber Story

Washington, I). C.-"The Story of Lumber and Allied Products" is a nerv, i6-page publication released this r,r'eek by An-rerican Iiorest Irroducts Industries, national spokesman for the 'ivood using indrrstries.

..,r "PLASTER VORKABILITY" is as important in the manufacturing of plaster lath as in BLUE DIAMOND lllTEltA[S r PLASTER. This invaluable characteristic is a gift of Nature. i Our g:ypsum deposits at Blue Diamond, Nevadi, possess i "PLASTER VORKABILITY" to a high degree. -

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The Blue Diamond Plaster Lath production line is equipoed tA0llltlEs ' with high speed automatic machinery of latest desien- - -

and is synchronized from beginning to end.

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The 6nest materials and machinery are no be$er than the men

who use them. Under standards set for them by men with r3r f- over a quarter century of continuous experienie

' 4 manufacturing Blue Diamond products.-skilled workers.

aided by laboratory control meihods, guard this long production line against imperfection.

10s fftGEtEs 54, Cruroiln

The authors of the booklet point out that trees ilre a crop-a cfop that can lle g:-oNn ol'er and over again on the same lancl. "More than half of tl're country's present n'ood suppll. cornes from forestland that has already yielded one or more crops," the rvriters declare. "If protected from fire, insects and disease and managed n'isely, Iorestlancl can produce crops of sar,vlogs forever."

Jhe reader is taken through the steps involved irr harvesting the rvood crop and turning it into numerous finished products. Sustained yield operations, selective cutting, scientific forest management, tree planting, forest fire pret'ention programs-all these are explained in this readable, fully-illustrated publication. A special map shorvs, by regions, .ivhere sarvlogs are grorvn in the United States.

Ready Hung Door Units Speed Home Constructon

Reody Hung Door unils ore nou/ qvqiloble to speed home conslruclion ond solve finish corpentry problems. These units serve lhe sqme purpose for hinged doors qs the window unit does for windows. Juslwhqtthe nome implies, the Reqdy Hung Door is q door qnd frqme packoged unit hoving the door hinged, the lock instqlled qnd the frome trimmed borh sides, reody to instqll in ony inside woll opening. The iomb, wirh trim or cosing qltqched, is mqde in lwo ports which slip oport for instqllotion from opposite sides of rhe woll opening. Jnmbs ore odiustoble for woll thicknesses lrom 41/t inches lo 51/z inches. One semi-skilled mon ccrn inslqll 24 units in 8 hours since noil driving only is required to instqll it. The unit, while ossuring high quoliry workmonship, looks identicql lo conventionol frqmes when instolled.

Sold Only fhrough Lumber, Sosh ond Door DealersOrder lrom lhe Warehouse Neoresf You

Ben Cardinal Uses Private Plane To Call on His Customers

R THAT WARP

For the past year Ben Cardinal, salesman for the United States Plywood Corp., San Francisco, in the Redwood Empire area of Northern California, has been flying a private plane in his job of calling on his customers, and it has worked out very well in results. He rents the plane, a Cessna 140 or 170, both of which cruise at 120 miles per hour, and flies out of Oakland Airport. His trips are, of course, tied in with the weather. He has a commercial pilot's license, and is a familiar figure at the airports of Ukiah, Willits, Fort Bragg, Eureka, Rhoneville, and Crescent City.

During World War II Ben was a Captain in a Combat Engineers battalion of the 41st Infantrv Division. He served 43 months in the Southwest Pacific all the way from Australia to Japan.

He was graduated before the war from the University of Nevada with a B. Sc. degree, and got his Master of Forestry degree from the Yale School of Forestry in June 1948. He then went to work for United States Plywood Corp.

Ben was born in San Francisco 33 years ago. He was raised in Susanville, Calif., and Reno, Nevada. He married Miss Helen Cameron, and they have two little doughters of five and three years old, so he has three very good additional reasons for working hard. And he does !

Moves to 4th Floor In Scme Building

Tacoma Lumber Sales has moved its offices to rooms 4ry, 10, and 11 in the Petroleum Buildiug, Los Angeles. The telephone number is unchanged, PRo:rpect i108.

Reody to tcke oll

Wunon, I u'e.n4urh*, 4742'tnrc

The EUBANK Swivel Type lroning Board

Wilh or Wilhout Built-in Sleeve Boord

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o Cqn Be lnstolled Where Spoce r Swings through Wide Arc for Flexibility in Use.

ls limired.

o Eqsy to Instoll, Before or Afler Plostering.

o Sturdy construction. Double strenglh ond Durobility.

o Right or Lefl Door Inslqllotion.

o ldeql for Aportmenls, Bungolow Courts, Smoller Homes.

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4:13 W. Florence AYe., ORegon 8-2255 lnglewood, Golifornio

Government Estimates 1950 Lumber Fr | .' rroductron

Lumber production in the Uniterl States in 1950 reached a new high since the early twenties, according to a report issued out of Washington by the Bureau of the Census, Department of Agriculture. It .ras made up from data compiled from the 1950 Annual Survey of Manufacturcrs under the direction of the Census Bureau.

These figures show an increase t,f about 18 per cent over the estimated production for 1949, rvhich was 32.2 billion board feet. It is reported that this great increase in lumber production lvas made up from the small mill section of the sawmill industry.

Softwood lumber accounted for 30.6 billion board feet in the 1950 totals, approximately 15 per cent above the 19.19 estimates, and hardwood lumber totalled 7.4 billion

30 Billion

board feet. an increase of about 30 oer cent over the 7949 totals.

The figures for 1950 as well as for 1949 were obtained from a sample survey of the sawmills and planing mill industry conducted as part of the Annual Survey of Manufacturers. Final and detailed data on 1950 lumber production will appear in the Annual Survey of Manufacturers Bulletin, to come later.

No figures on production by states are offered in the preliminary report on 1950. In 1949 Oregon led all states with 7.2billion board feet, California was second with 3.8 billion board feet, and Washington third with 3.4 billion board feet.

Table l.-Lumber: Production of Softwoods and Hardwoods, by Geographic Region, for the United States, 1950 and 1949 (In thousands of boa;d feet, lumber tally)

1950

East

Geographic regionr

UNITED STATES TOTAL

New England States

Middle Atlantic SLates

Lake States

Central States

Prairic States

South Atlantic States

East Gulf States

Lower Mississippi States

West

North Pacific States

South Pacific States

North Rocky Mountain States

South Rockv Mountain States

NOTE: The 1949 and 1950 estimates are based upon a_sample survey. The chances are 2 out of 3 that the unstarred figures do not vary from actual production by more than 5 per cent, the one-starred fignre. by more than 10 per cerlt, anrl tiie iwo-staried ngures by more than 15 per cent. The chances are 19 out of 20 that the estimateJwill n-ot vary from the true figur". b,r' -ore than twice the percentages indicated. The three-starred figures are less reliable and are shown only to indicate thcir ielative'magnitude. ^ lNew England States comprise: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermon"t. Middle Atlantic States cornprise:_Delaware, M.arylarr.d, New_ Je.rsey, New York,-and Pennsylvania. Lake States comprise: Michigan, Minnesota, and Wis- consin. Central States,comprise: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia. "Prairie States'comprise: Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. South Atlantic St_qtes comprise: North Carolina, South Carolina, and Viiginia. East Gulf States'comPrise: Atabama, Florida, and Georgia. Lower Mississippi States comprise: Arka6sas, Mississippi, Oklahoira, and Texas. North pacific States _comprise: Oregon and Washington. South Pacific States comprise: California and Nevjda. North Rocky Mountain States com- prise: Idaho and Montana. South Rocky Mountain States comprise: Arizona, Colorado, Nerv lfexico, South Dakoia, Utah, and Wyoming.

Long-Bell Starts New Sawmill

at Vaughn, Oregon

The new sawmill of the Long-Bell Lurnber Cc.,mpany, at Vaughn, Oregon, started turning its u'heels earlv in July, and is now in continuous operation. ft n'as built to replace one destroyed by fire. It is modern in every particular, Filer & Stowell equipped with a 9 foot band headrig, a 44 foot carriage, a new type hydraulic edger, and will cut 150,000 feet of lumber on an 8 hour sl-rift. The mill is electrically operated, lvith additional compressed air equipment.

The big new planing rnill is under construction, and will be as modern in its equipment as the sar.r'mill. This

mill is known as the Vaughn Division of the Long-Bell Lumber Company, and the local general manager is George S. Hays.

There is no r,vood rvaste at this new mill. all portions of the log not suitable for lumber being converted into hog fuel and transported over a belt convel'or to the power plant, located on the lvestern end of the mill.

Associated Molding Co. Makes Improvements

Associated Molding Co. is putting its yard at 7125 Anaheim-Telegraph This company is also planning to put kiln.

in a railroad spur at Road, Los Angeles. in an additional dry

TTMES HAVE CHADS@EDOOO

but we're stili old-fclshioned qbout hcrndling!

Mony o flintlock went ofi with o roor in the good old doys of flint ond sleel somelimes by misioke. We tqke no chonces. Don't wont our customers to go ofi with o roor, so we hondle lhem with iust os much core os we'd give one of these old blunderbusses. We hondle stocks with core, too. Just the finest in hordwood ond softwood Plywoods, Formico, ond Mosonite Brond products. In 34 yecrs, we've kept things pretty quietWe're coreful obout hondling, thot's why.

T\TENTY-FIVE YEARS

As reported in The California Lumber

Walter Scrim, of Los Angeles, president of the Philippine Mahogany Association, writes in this issue concerning the right of Philippine producers of hardwood to call their product "Philippine Mahogany," a right recently enjoined by the Federal Trade Commission.

Fred Palmer, veteran distributor of California pine lumber announces that he is closing his wholesale lumber ofifice in San Francisco and moving to Mexico to engage in the manufacture of lumber with a big new sawmill at El Salto.

Dr. Wilson Compton, secretary of Manufacturers Association, addressed and redwood lumber manufacturers in San Francisco on August 18. He is trade extension program.

Nearly 500 annual Bay Kendall Dell, tests for men, drinking, and

the National Lumber a large group of pine at a special meeting sponsoring a lumber

lumbermen and their families attended the District Hoo-Hoo picnic on August 22, at near San Francisco. There were athletic conwomen and children, baseball games, eating, dancing.

AGO Merchant Sept.

TODAY 15, 1926

One of the worst lumber fires in California history destroyed most of the big wholesale yard of the Coos Bay Lumber Company, at Bay Point, California, on July 16.

Kenneth Smith, who has been in charge of the offices of the Long-Bell Lumber Company, at Philadelphia, for the past year, has returned to Los Angeles where he has accepted the position of sales manager for the Southern California division of the E. K. Wood Lumber Company.

"Long-Bell Practices Forestry" is the name of a new booklet issued by the Long-Bell Lumber Company, telling and illustrating methods being employed by that concern for regrowing forests in California and Oregon.

The mill and logging operations of the Magalia Optimo Lumber Company, at Chico, California, suffered a $100,000 fire on August 9.

The steam schooner "Daisy," of fir lumber, sank at her dock in at San Francisco, on August 9.

loaded with 780.000 feet the China Basin Channel.

ROUNDS TRADING COMPANY

Pqbco color stylists hove ochieved o remqrkoble blending of ceromic-gronule colors in lhese new 'Colifornio Originols" shingle tones.

DRAIUIATIC COI of "Caftlful PABGO IUIIIIER

Pobco's "Cqliforniq Originols" shingle tones ha qdded new chcrm ond groce to rhis troditio shingle. A brilliqnt orroy of new blends opr more doorg lo extro soles.

PABCO R00lS ore Profitoble Roofs becquse;

Cu3lomar-proy.d colorr nokr relling roricr-forter I

Ruggcd cohrtruction plur cxlro qualify maonr curton.t rolirfocfion t

lnftoofiryfiMry R SIYII]IG DEUE1OPMEilT h 'GoloRs in .SURIACED ROOT SHI]IGIES

Pobco combined style ond color lo on omozing exleni to give you o hexogon shingle rhot is reclly new ond different in customer-proved "Cqlifornio Originols' colors.

Crealed exclusively by Pobco's color siylists, lhese Grip-Tire shingles offer q brilliont vcriety of un. surpossed beouty in "Cqlifornio Originols' colors.

Pobco Products lnc.

475 Brqnnqn Street

Son Froncisco 19, Colifornio

Yes, I'd like to get complete informotion on lhe new Pobco "Colifornio Originols" color-slyled shingles. NAIAE

UICTl| R Eigh Eatly Strength PORTIAND

GEMENT

Guqrcrnteed to meet or exceed reguirements ol Americcrn Society lor Testing Mcrtericrls Specilicctions lor Higb Eqrly Strength Portlcrnd Cement cr well qs Federcrl Specilicctions lor Cemeat Portlcnd, High-Ecnly-Strength, No. E-SS-C-20lcr.

HIGH EANT.Y STNDilGTI

(28 dcy concrele strenglhs in 2l hours.)

SUI.PHATE RDSISTAIIT

(Result ol compound compositioa cnd usucrlly lound only in specicl cements desigmed lor this purpose.)

ililulIUM EXPAI|SI(IIf and G0I|TRACTI0II

(Extremely aevere qute.cltrve tesl results consistently indiccrte prcrcticclly no expcrnsion or contrcction, thuE elimtrcrting one ol mogt rliffissll problems in use ol cr high ecrly strength cement)

PACKIII N MOISTUXI. PROOT GRIEII

PAPEN SACf,

New Firm Exclusive Sales Agent For lmportant Oregon Mills

Beaver Lumber Sales Co., which opened offices at 544 Market Street, San Francisco 4, on September 1, handles exclusively the sales of Southern Oregon Sugar Pine Corporation and affiliates of Medford, Oregon. These mills shipped over 100 million feet of lumber last year. They operate three sawmills, and a large remanufacturing plant known as the White City Lumber Co. The greater part of the lumber will be processed and shipped through this plant, which has the most modern facilities. The dry kiln capacity totals 1,600,000 feet in one charge. The kilns are modern and fully automatic.

Southern Oregon Sugar Pine Corporation produces Ponderosa pine, Sugar pine, Douglas fir, and White fir lumber.

H. E. "Ilucli" Atterbury and H. A. "Hac" Collins are general partners in Beaver Lumber' Sales Co. Associated with them is W. W. "Bi11" Ramsay.

Mr. Atterbury is a graduate of Oregon State University, where he majored in business administration.

Mr. Collins was graduated from Oregon State University in Technical Forestry In 1937. He was five years in the Army Air Force as flying officer. He was three years overseas in both European and Pacific theaters, and retired with the rank of Lieut. Colonel. "Hac" was with Rounds Trading Company for five and a half years, of which he was manager of the Southern California ofifice for two years and domestic sales manager at the San Francisco for the past three and a half years.

Mr. Ramsay is.a, graduate of the University of Wichita, I(ansas, in business administration, Class of 1938. He has been operating for the last five years as a West Coast commission salesman selling midwest and eastern lumber accounts.

Beaver Lumber Sales Co. is a young aggressive concern with its principals under 40. The company will oper4te from the San Francisco office with a coordinating office in Medford, Oregon.

(Users' craaurqnqe ol lresh stock unilonrrity cnd proper resultB lor concrete.)

Mcrnulcrctured by

Kenneth Smith, assistant to the president, The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, vacationed for two weeks in August, with his family. They spent a week in Victoria, B. C., and the second week driving do'ivn the Coast and Redwood highrvays.

R. P. (Bob) Kilgore, sales manager, L. W. Martinez Co., San Francisco, returned at the end of August from a two weeks' business trip to Texas cities, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Oklahoma Citv.

Warren Johnson, formerly with Spalding Lumber Co., Los Angeles, has joined the sales force of Los Angeles Lumber Co., Los Angeles, sales agents for Fairhurst Lumber Co. of California.

H. E. (Barney) Barnard, salesman for Pacific \Mestern Lumber Co. of California, In,c., Pasadena, with his wife and nine-year-old son, recently spent two weeks on a business and pleasure trip to the Northwest.

Aeriol View of our Modern Worehouse-"Dislrict ot 50th"

Jim Kirby Chrir fitillcr

Chairman Renuart Invites All Hoo-Hoo To Miami Beach

In an open letter addressecl to all Hoo-Hoo, General Convention Chairman Lucien L. Renuart, 48254, vividly tells what has been planned for the Convention. He assures that "A lfearty Welcome Awaits you." His Committee, and in fact all Florida Clubs and Brothers, have gone all out to make the 60th Annual the biggest and best ever held. Dear Fellow Members:

This bulletin, being one of the last issues before our convention in October, will be devoted mostly to convention preparations here in Miami Beach. As you probably know, the convention headquarters hotel is the famous Roney plaza, right on the Ocean at 23rd Street, in the heart of Miatri Beach. All the facilities of this renowned hostelry will be at our disposal frorn October 7 to October 10. I want to take this opportunity to invite all the members of the great order of Hoo_Hoo to come down to the good old South for some fine hospitality, good fun, and relaxation. llere are a few of the activities we have planned for you:

On Sunday, October 7, the opening day of convention we will have the Grand Reception in the beautiful gardens of the Roney Plaza. Cocktails at 6:00 p.m. with a charcoal broilecl steak dinner at 7:N will highlight the reception. Our host for the evening will be John Dolcater of Krauss Brothers of Tampa. Of course, Monday, October 8, will start with the usual Business of the Order, followed by a luncheon to which the ladies are invited. Following the luncheon, there will be

Rt,tt tlrfozTaa'a

A Complete Lumber Handlins Service at One Location-

Cor ond Truck Unlooding

Sorting to Width ond lengrh

Groding-All Softwoods

Tollying-Cor or Pqckcrge lois

Pool Cor Distribution

Two Months Free Storoge

Air Drying To fexlure

Complete Cuslom Milling ond Kiln Drying

We'll Unlood, Sort, Grode or Tolly on your premises ot Fixed cost.

We Corry Your Poyroll

For Exceptional Service, Call

a fashion show for the ladies, featuring the very latest in wearing apparel by stunning models. Also, Monday at 4:09 p.m. will see the start of. Concatenation;at 5:59 p.m. will be a Stag Buffet. Following this stag, there will be presented a very unusual lvater show with acrobatics at 9:29 p.m. Ladies are cordially invited to the water show.

On Tuesday morning, October 9, we will have another regular business session to be followed by a luncheon to which the ladies are again invited. Highlight of the Luncheon will be an address by Hon. Robert L. Floyd, Representative of the Florida House. Following the luncheon, you may choose between golfing or sight-seeing on the boat ride through the waterways along Millionaire's Row. The cruise around the islands is very delightful and you are never more than shouting distance from shore. Don't worry about maldemer, you landlubbers, as you can almost reach out and touch the pier at any time. In the evening, we will have our cocktail party and a grand buffet dinner dance in the beautiful gardens of the Roney Plaza.

On Wednesday, the final day of the convention, we will have the Embalming of the Snark, after a few comn-rittee reports.

Don't forget-anybody interested in a post-convention tour to Havana or neighboring islands, can get all the inforrnatiorr right at the registration desk. You can make your reservatiorr upon arrival at the Roney Plaza.

Till we meet you all personally, I send best wishes for- a pleasant trip to Miami Beach.

Sincerely yours,

L. L. RENUART, 48254. Convention Chairman

C. M. Jewett Ccrlls on So. Ccl. Trade

C. NI. Jervett, of Portland, Oregon, manag.er of the pine department of the Vollstedt-Kerr Lumber Company, r.vas a recent visitor in the Los Angeles territor-y. He rvas the guest of Darrell K. Richardson, owner and manager of the California Soft.ivood Sales Company, u,hich concern has handied their products in Southern California te:ritory for a rrumber of years.

The Vollstedt-Kerr Lumlter Company handles various West Coast l'oods in a u'holesale lvay, and maintains several branch olfices in \\'ashington and Oregon ltesides the heacl office in Portland.

Sqn Francisco Lumbermen's Club

Meets Sept. 18, Lee Giroux, Specker

Lee Giroux, sportcaster for football games for Associated Oil Company, San Francisco, will be the speaker at the next luncheon meeting of the San Francisco Lurnberrnen's Club, to be held at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, on Tuesday, September 18, at noon.

Moves to Lcrrger Qucrrters

7065 E. Fireslone Blvd., Downey, Cqlif. We're

Trock

Kendall Lumber Distributors moved September 1 to larger quarters in the Petroleum Building, Los Angeles, Rooms 633 and 634. The new offices are on the same floor, and the telephone is unchanged, PRospect 5341.

Californians Surv ey Huge Timber Tract in South America

(From the Healdsburs, Col., Tribune)

Jack l,ewis, well-knorn'n local real estate man, returned Tuesday from a two weeks' flying trip to South America where he investigated a timber deal for the sale of 10 billion feet of soft and hardwood.

Lewis, accompanied by John Taylor, Crescent City, left on July 26. The two flew by commercial airline as far as Cali, Colt.,mbia. There they chartered a plane, flew over the Andes to Tumaco. Then by tugboat and canoe they went into the interior, spending five nights in the jungle.

There they saw the largest privately owned tract of hardwood, owned by Mrs. Arturio Marquez of Colombia.

Mr. and Mrs. Marquez visited here approximately a month ago to discuss the transaction with Lewis and his associate, Roy Doolan.

Doolan and Lewis hold an option on the timber, the finest stand of virgin timber in South America. The purpose of the trip, according to Lewis was "to negotiate a deal on the option to sell the timber to Taylor." Taylor has been identified as a representative of several logging firms of Central California.

Lewis further revealed that a large plyboard factory will be erected at Tumaco, Colombia and that a new harbor is being built there now at the cost of nine million dollars.

Lewis was still in Colombia when its President Gomez passed a decree permitting unrestricted importation and exportation of foreign capital and profrts.

As a side issue, Lewis stated that he saw there a mahogany tree 200 feet to the first limb and 6 feet in diameter. Doolan and Lewis have been working on the business deal approximately a year-"one of the biggest timber deals consumated ?Dywhere."

Big New Plywood Plqnt For British Columbic "

H. G. Munro, vice president and general manager of British Columbia Forest Products announces plans for the immediate construction of a big new plywood plant. It will be built on a site right alongside their Victoria sawmill plant, will cost about two million dollars, and will produce about forty million square feet of plywood annually.

New Furniture Classes

The Extension Division of the University of California will 'conduct two new classes of interest to those in the furniture trade, as follows: Furniture Materials and Designs, teacher Mr. John J. Keal, begins September 20; Furniture Production, teacher Mr. Robert Engel, begins September 18. Both classes are sponsored by the Furniture .Manufacturers Association, and will be held in the Hillstreet Building, 813 S. Hill St., Los Angeles.

Rough ond Surfoced

Foirhurst Lumber Compony, the oldest estoblished wholesole ofiice in Eureko, now morkels the production of 33 mills in Northern Cqliforniq.

CALIFOR]I IA REIIW(I|ID STAI]I

Weoihering lests conducted in lhe desert sun 50 miles south of Deoth Volley, ond in the solt oir, seo fog, ond roin on Son Froncisco Boy proved ihot Colifornio Redwood retoins its noturol color ond texture longer when it hos been treoted with "liquid Redwood."

..IUMBER SEA[''

soves you money by stopping end splitting. Eosy to opply by sproying, il costs you obout 25( per MBF. Stocks ore moinloined ihroughout the Pqciffc Coqst.

There is more proffl in Coppernoie "250," the heovy duty wood preservolive used bY conlroclors ond industry throughoul the West. lt is eosier lo sell becquse it is eosier ond SAFER ro use.

Kirby lumher Corporation

0perates 550,000 Acre $outhorn Pine Tree larm in fiast Tsxas

The Kirby Lumber Corporation, of Houston, Texas, is one of the'world's outstanding growers of commercial trees.

In the Piney Woods section of East Texas this concern owns a tree farm that totals something over 550,000 acres, and every acre of that great tract is growing Southern Pine trees, and reaping a constant harvest of logs for supplying their mills, all in the most modern, approved, and scientific manner.

This 'ivas the result of no new idea. In July, 1901, tlie late great Texas industrialist John Henry Kirby organized the giant concern that bears his name ; and t'ithin sixty days after the forming of the corporation, he advised the Forestry Department of the United States Government that he r,r'as startir-rg to raise trees in commercial fashion on more than ONE MILLION ACRES of East Texas land, and solicited the assistance and cooperation of the Government in scientifically carrying out that vast enterprise.

So, when someone asks rvhen the tree farming idea first came into existence, the above facts concerning the Kirby Lumber Corporation may be safely quoted. It should be added here that at that same time, over in Louisiana, Henry Hardtner and his brother Quinton, were already busily and scientifically engaged in commercial and scientific tree growing, knorving practically everything about it that our best foresters knorv today, and that enterprise of the Urania Lumber Co. at ljrania, Louisiana, still thrives and flourishes. Those early sawmill men of Texas and I-ouisiana really had the vision.

Kirby Lumber Corporation started rvith 14 major sawn-rills and a million acres of land. Now, just fifty years later, it operates five major sawmills in East Texas, and is supplying those mills abundantly with quality logs scientifically grown and logged from land from which the virgin timber u'as long since removed. The Kirby mills now produce an average of 100,000,000 feet of lumber annually, as well as vast quantities of other pine products, such as posts, piling, pulpwood, railroad ties, etc. And Kirby's group of foresters have told them that soon they should further develop and increase their manttfacturing department in order that it may keep pace with their tree growth. For that reason there are plans at Kirby's for sarvmill additions of vast importance.

Kirby employs a company of 16 graduate foresters who have complete charge of its timber affairs. the growth, protection, designation, and harvesting of the tree crop from the 550,000 acre farm. E,verv tree is accounted for from the time it starts uplvard from the earth. Nothing is left to chance. Tree gror'ving is a tremendous enterprise on the Kirby lands. The future of Kirby timber and lumber products seems completely secure.

I{arry M. Seaman, one of the lvorld's most enthusiastic tree growers, is at the helm of the Kirby Lumber Corporation, as executive vice president. Kirby Herndon is vice president and his top lieutenant. Both are located in the Houston offices.

KIRBY IO.YEAR-OI.D PINE PTANTATION

SECOND GROWTH PINE STAND. This stond is 35 to 40 yeors of oge ond developed through nofurol reforestotion ofter the virgin stond \ /os removed. This sfond will be morked for thinning in next few yeors.

\Teyerhaeus€r Home Plan Service

Starts Sixth Yea,

SKOOITUM frzraut BRusH-coATED PAIilTED SHAKES

tncreose soles with top quolity Weslern red cedor pre-pointed shokes monufoctured under rigid controls by lhe nqtion's leoding independent monufqcturer of shingles ond shokes.

OtD GROWTH WEIIERN RED CEDAR giver life-tinc durobility.

IRU-GUI PROCESSING neclr rcquircmenf3 of mo3l crocling crqflrmen.

IRUSH-COAIED with dccp pGnelroting colorr which givc losting bcouly.

SEII 6 PERftIANENT BRUSH-COATED COLORS

SKOOKUII Green SKOOKUil Burgundy

SKOOKUII Brown SKOOKUil Buff

SKOOKUII Groy SKOOKUTIi Prlme Whhc

Avoiloblc in slroight or mircd cors fron lhc

SKOOKU'S SHAKE COTPANY

lFill-in quonlilics ovoiloblc from ccnlrolly locolcd dislributor worehouscr.)

Disfributed by

BAKER HARDWOOD IU TBERCOIIPANY

5on Diego, Colif.

Following a year of peak popularity rvith lumber clealers and their builders .and home owners, the Weyerhaeuser 4-Square Home Building Service is being offered exclusively to retail lumber dealers for the sixth successive year. Dealers report outstanding success with the Service, both in attracting prospects to their place of business and in closing a high percentage of sales. Dealer orders for blueprints of homes in the Service far exceeded those of any other year.

Known as one of the rnost complete merchandising programs in the industry, the 4-Square Home Building Service, to which a new design is added each month, now featnres nearly a hundred modern homes, representing the top designs of outstanding architects in small home construction.

All of the designs are prepared for assembly in the large, permanent dealer portfolio. Homes are attractively presented in color on large-size "billboard" pages designed to sell the distinctive features of each home.

Highlight of the program is a jumbg "lfome of the Month" package planned to keep the service right up to the last minute in its presentation of new designs, features and ideas.

This package comes to the dealer every month, and contains a fresh, crisp, new home design for inclusion in his 4-Square Home Service Book, plus all the merchandising materials needed to present the new design to builders and prospective home owners. Included in the package are blueprints, material lists, rapid estimating forms, a sales-tested mailing piece, a colorful wall poster and ad mats for effective local promotion.

The objectives of the service, according to Weyerhaeuser officials, are to enable the lumber dealer to offer his customers homes that not only have been architect-designed and soundly engineered, but which also provide for maximum use of standard sizes and stock materials in the average lurnber yard. This assures the customer the best buys in lumber and other materials and the greatest verlue for his home building dollar.

Also included in the 4-Square Home Building Service are N{odern Farm Homes especially designed to meet farm needs, combining attractive appearance with various utility features. These are particularly r,'aluable to dealers serving farm areas.

WHOI,ISAI.E IIISTRIBUTORS . DIRICT MII,[ SHTPPERS

Douglos Fir . Ponderoso Pine . Redwood Lumber

Douglos Fir Plywood . Cedor Shingles

Corner Wolnut ond Mqnchester (l0l Highwoy)

ANAHEITYI, CALIF. - Phone ANqheim 7231 - A Convenienf Locofion Jor Deqlers' Pickups -

Jew lumber operolors con afford nol to own lhen'

It takes long training for a ballet dancer to acquire perfect balance, and it takes lots of equipment and plenty of know-how to make a smooth, quiet, easy and dependable sash balance

like Acme.

ESASH BAtAl{C ES

Hal V. Simpson Meets Declers

Hal V. Simpson, Portland, Oregon, executive vice president of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, has accepted an invite from Orrie Hamilton to attend the meeting of retail executives which n'ill be held September 26-28 at the Hctel del Coronado.

Forest Resources

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announces the appointment of Torkel Holsoe, forester, to rvork u'ith the Liberian Government in the development of its forestry resources.

Iohn L. {very Visits Southlcnd

John L. Avery, of Shreveport, Louisiana, accompanied by NIrs. Avery, was recently a Los Angeles visitor for several days. He was on the returr-ring end of a trip that took him through the Pacific Northwest.

Mr. Avery is general sales manager as rvell as an oflicer of Frost Lumber Industries, of Shreveport, one of the most important lumber rnanufacturing concerns in the nation. They operate six mills of major importance located in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas, and own forest lands of such tree productive capacity that most of their mills are assured of perpetual log supply. They manufacture both pine and hardwood lumber, and hardwood flooring.

Frost Lumber Industries long since adopted a policy of follorving the most scientific as well as practical methods of developing logging their vast timber lands, and they employ a battery of foresters rvho control tl-reir timber operations.

Pcul B. Holmes Appointment

Appointment of Paul B. Holmes of Washington, D. C., as assistant director of the Building Materials Division, with supervision over plumbing and heating matters, rl'as announced today by the National Production Authority, U. S. Department of Commerce.

Fire Destroys Quincy Mill

The Chico Enterprise-Record the Genesee Lumber Company fornia, during the first rveek in acres of timber land. The loss frrrce of 240 fire fighters fought

New Astoric Plywood Mill

reports that fire destroyed sawmill at Quincy, CaliAugust, together with 600 is reported as $100,000. A the flames.

The Astoria Plywood Corporation started operations of its new plywood gon, cutting 3,500,000 feet monthly. president and manager.

has completed and plant at Astoria, OreNorman Jacobson is

CO.

Sold by leoding iobbers, hardwore ond building supply deolers everyvhere.

ACI|E SASH BATANCE COMPANY, 1626 Long Beoch Avenue, Los Angeles 21, Colifornio

\(arhington State Organizes For Forest Protection

of hand-painted neckties with tree and cone designs, all lettered with Keep Washington Green, to President Emmit Aston of the KWG Association, Bernard Orell, state forester, L. G. Olson, KWG Vice President, and other officials, by Juanita R. Gallaher, editor of the Western States Reclamation Journal.

Privqte Housing Dropped Moderctely in Juty

About 83,000 new private nonfarm dwelling units were started in July, a decline of 5 per cent from June, according to preliminary estimates of the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Although a drop in July homebuilding is not unusual, based on experience durine' the previous decade, this is the lor,r'est .fuly total for private housing since 1946. Counting the 3,200 public units started during the month, housing activity as a whole totalerl 86,000 units.

Lumbermen ond loresterg cre "tied' lo Keep Wtrshington Green progrcm oI loregt fue prevention. Left, Emmit Aston oI Biles-Colemcn Lumber Compcny, Omck, cnd, righr, L G. (Gcr) Olron, mcncger White River Brnnch, Weyerhceuaer Timber Compcny, compcre lbeir new hcrnd-pcrinted "Keep Wcrghington Greet'' neckties with Wcshington Stcte Forester Berncrd Orell's. A dozen ol the cu:tom-made neclcties were presented to officials ol the orgcnization trt the recent Governor's Annuql f,eep Wcshington Greea Meeting, by Jucrnitc R. Gcrllaher, Edilor and Publisher ol the Weetern Stcies Reclcmction Joumcl. The lies were presented cs c symbol ol ihe cooperction ol cll inlerestr crnd cgerrcies in lorestry progress-crll are "tied' togelher in c common

Forest fire danger in the northwest corner states began to build up unseasonably early this year and all protection forces of the region are rallying to meet the added peril to the timber. The present crisis has an inspiring phase, that of government and industry working together for the common good in forestry.

Recently Governor Arthur B. Langlie of Washington called a meeting of the state trustees and officers of the Keep Washington Green, with chairmen of the county and local KWG committees and the members of the Society of American Foresters in the State, to launch the biggest campaign of forest fire prevention that Washington State has ever known.

Retail lumbermen have responded to the call, among other groups, to make sure that every person among the millions who will go to the woods in the vacation months ahead is u'ell warned that the heat is on in the timber as never before. W. C. Bill Bell, Managing Director of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association, is serving as 1951 chairman of the Seattle Keep Washington Green Committee. In the 30 other Washington KWG committees and in the 36 Keep Oregon Green county committees retail lumbermen are also taking part in local forest fire prevention work.

A guiding principle of the "Keep Green" program in the Pacific Northwest is unification of all who have an interest in the forests, from the carpenter, building contractor, retail lumber dealer to tree farmers, timber cruisers and professional foresters, in education of the general public on f'-,,rest protection.

Even in April fire danger enforced logging closedowns. One feature of the Governor's meeting was presentation

Nerv clwelling units placed under construction in the first 7 months of 1951, numbered 669,50A, or one-fifth less than in the comparable period of -1950. However, homebuilding so far this year remains at a level second only to last year's all-time peak.

Telegraphic reports from both urban and rural buildingpermit officials suggest that the decline in homebuilding during July occurred in all sections of the country, except South Atlantic States. More than three-fifths of the larger reporting cities showed decreases in permit volume. Among these places were Chicago, Ill., Philadelphia, Pa., Cincinnati, O., Detroit, Mich., and Fort Worth, Tex. There were increases in New York, N. Y., Baltimore, Md., San Antonio, Tex., and San Diego, Calif.

Los Angeles Fir-Tex Group Tours Dcrnt d Russell Plants

John C. Moore, assistant manager; Vic O'Donnell, Jack Case, and Chuck Malmister of Fir-Tex of Southern California, Los Angeles, left I-os Angeles August 17 on a two weeks' tour of plants operated by Dant & Russell. They traveled by automobile and spent some time at the big Fir-Tex plant at St. Helens, Oregon. While in Portland they called at the company's head office, and visited the Inman-Poulsen mill, Portland Stevedoring Co., and a number of the State Line steamships which were in port.

At Coos Bay they were taken through the Coos Bay Lumber Company's mill, Coos Bay Plywood Mills, and the battery separator plant. At Eureka, Calif., they paid a visit to the company's large remanufacturing plant, and on the way.home went through the new Masonite plant at Ukiah, Calif.

Tcke Over Former Collins & Meyer Mill

S. & S. Lumber Company and Dry-Rite Kiln Company of Long Beach have taken over the remanufacturing and custom milling plant formerly operated by Collins & Meyer at 7053 East Firestone Boulevard. Downev. Fred Schiel is the manager.

TOREST 1| says GE0RGE A. SNIDo McCREAIIY [UMBER

Seaside, 0regon

"We sell o lol of Forest Hordboord for woll ponels," George soys. "Our customers like the light color of the boord which con be left in its nolurol color or pointed fo on ottroctive finish. Either woy you scrve point ond money.

Not only hove we sold o lot of Forest Boord, bul it hos brought in business for us."

Eoch ponel of high quolity Forest Hordboord must meet rigid stqndords of hordness, densily, wolerresistonce ond light color-tone. For woll boord, cobinel work, shower stolls or ony other use your best buy is Forest Hordboord".."the quolity ponel

WiIh SURFACE APPEAL.''

Ponef Slzes: 4'x4', 4'x6', 4'x8', 4'xlo', 4'xl2', ond 4'xl6'. Wropped 6 ponetr to o package except for 4'x l6' which lr no? wropped. (fhlckneser ol | /8",3/16". | /4".

Qtdet Standord Grcde or weolher-rcsislonl

"f realed" Forcsl Hordboord

Wrife for FREE inrfruction folder lodoy...

RaKSoftball Te.m \(/ins Gold Trophy

The personnel of Rounds & Kilpatrick L';mber Co. joined in honoring the R & K Softball tearD at a huge watermelon feed at the mill at Rounds, Calif., recenlly when 180 of the employees consumed 35 fine ripe melons in an inforrnal get-together. The R & K team had jus'" rvon the Gold Trophy for the second year in tlre Clovercl;,1e, Calif., American Legion softball league. The picture shorvs the p-esentation of the ar,vard on behalf of the Legion by Al Gambetta of the B & B Sports Shop, Cloverdale. to Elmer Olson, yard superintendent and manager of the r:eam.

Left to right in the picture are: First rorv, Bud Dooley, 'fom Pitts, Earl Lane, Elmer Olson, Al Gambetta, Carl Holling, Hugo Ntiller. Back row, John Riroda, plant manager, Jose Salazar, Jim Rabellino and Rrlph Bettcher.

As underlcyment lor new floors plywood bqse lor finish moteriqls like linoleum or look better cnd lost longer.

provides d smooth lcsting csphclt tile, makes floorg

The Tree Farm r.novement is sponsored nationally by the American Forest Products Industries, Inc. In the Redwood Region, t:ee farms of any species of tree are inspected and certified without charge by the California Redrvood Association.

RAIPH HUII IUMBER GO.

Producers, Manufacturcrc .nd \(/holesale Digtributors

NEI'WOOD- T'OAGLAS TIR

Remqnufqcluring Plont'

Distribution Yord:

P.O. Box 383, Compton, Colif.

S.W. Comer Alqnedo & Del Amo Blvds.

Phones: NEwnork 5-8141 NEvqdq 6'2257

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Dieiniorting hom om .nd cliil.€lr hrvo clqa

Hclyrood Joio r fh TiIPLE DOOR VALUE ia l|ro COMIINAIiCN SCREEN od MEIAL SASH DOOR toUI A rfody drpordrl,lo dq, @ilhst.d of qulity ndr ri.L, HOLLYWOOD JUNIOi'S EXCLUSIVE PATENIED FCATURES hrvr cutncdrd cU.frrtdoed ren doo rd ctfit dq ofihtypr odinlyl n g4!!!!! You YEAi 'touNp COuFOtt. COI{VEIIENCE ond Epq

Chicogo Ofiice:

165 W. Wocker Drive Phone FRqnklin 2-5095'

llills: I$onilq ftlills Co.

Rl. I, Box 695 Arcqtq, Colif.

Phone: Eureko 7-F-l

PROPERLY SETECTED LUTIBER

Eoch ployer on every footbqll leom lhroughout fhe country is corefully-ond properly-selected for the iob ot hond. Likewise-we use the some cqreful method of selecting the mills who ship our lumlsl-5e thot it, too, will do the iob for which it is intended. We qre speciolists in our fteld-iust like o good ployer is "lops" ON rhe fteld

When you need cqrefully selected moleriql cqll us qnd be qssured of TOP QUAIITY qnd TOP PERFORTuIANCE!

Teletype 1A ll2E

QUAUTY-J{aele Bro* Mouldingn qrs urexcolled lor Unilonnity, Smooth Finisb" @rd Solt Texttur. SEBVICE-Tbe pcrttems you wcDL whcn vou tnctnt then. Pronpt delivery to your ycrd FREE ia the loccl bcrde area-

"AsL Our Present Customers, Then See For Yoursell" '

Tacoma l,umber $ales, Inc.

714 W. Olympic Blvd.

tOS ANGETES 15, CAIJF.

Telephone PRospect ll08

Brcrnch OIIice:

1030 G Street, Arccrtc, Ccrlil., Phone 705

CABGO and EAIL fIR and REDWOOD BEPRESENNNG

St. Pcul 6 Tqcomcr Lumber Co.

Tccomcr, Wdsh.

Deliqnce Mill Co.

Tacomcr, Wcsh.

Diclsncn Lumber Compcny

Tqcoma, Wash.

Kcrrlen-Dcnis Compcrny

Tqcomcr, Wash.

Tacoma Hqrbor Lumber d Timber Co.

Tqcomcr, Wash.

G. L Speier Co.

Arccrtc, Cclil. Also Northern Calilornicr

crnd Southern Oregon

FIR crnd REDWOOD MIIIS

The Use of Red Cedar Lumber

"Where to Use \Mestern Red Cedar Lumber," a new 16-page species book, has just been published by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association. Many uses of this wood, noted for its durability and beauty, are described in detail. Included is a grade use guide for the generally used items. The profusely illustrated booklet is printed in two colors, in the popular 8%" * ll" size. Lumber dealers can obtain quantities for tl-reir customers without charge by requesting the number needed from West Coast I-umbermen's Association, 1410 S.W. Morrison, Portland 5. Ore.

The Edward Hines Lumber Company is building a plywood plant in connection with its sawmill at Westfir, Oregon.

A new cooperative Port Orford, Oregon. tive, of that town. has

plywood operation is scheduled for Western States Plywood Cooperafiled incorporation papers.

The Pilot Rock is building a new Lumber Company, hardboard plant. Pilot Rock, Oregon,

Anacortes Veneer, Inc., is building a hardboarrl plant at Anacortes, Washington.

"CMP" to the NPA means Controlled Materials plan. Florvever, the National Association of Home Builders reports its members have tagged the abbreviation as.,Cripes, N{ore Paper."

Secondary choice of abbreviations by builders in the fiekl operating under the complex plan is ,,Confusion More l'ronounced."

The durcbility oI Western red cedqr ig demonsiraled by this bcthtub r4cde in Astoric, Oregon, qbout 1865 by cr ahip's carpenter. The metal hoops ccrme lrom the wrecked ship, Desdemoaa. The bequtilul Western red cedar pcneling is in a qucint corner of q rrodern Astoric bone.

Galifornia f,umber Sales

WIIOIIESAIJE IJIIMBER

Douglas Fir-Redwood-Ponderosa Ping-$ugar Pine

3124 E l4th St. Teletype OA 6l

T-eleph-oneOcklord l,Calil. KEllos 4-1004

f,ef Us Know Your Lumber Reguirements

FIR CIDAR HEfIOCK

TEDWOOD SPRUCE. IDAHOT SUGAR AND POND:RO5A PINE

Wc Solicit lonr hqdries lor Wolnrnized and Creosoted Lulbcr, Tiuhrs, Poles anil Pilirg

Co_mpony, Inc.

. Douglos Fir Ponderosq qnd

. Sugor PINE

. Redwood Plywood

. I$ouldings

. Shingles

loth

Johns-ftlonville Products

Wholesole Distribulors

-Direcr ilill Shippers

-Serving Soulhem CALIFORNIA'5 Inlond Empire

IHREE CONYEN'ENT IOCAT'ONS

BLOOmNGTON rUSilN BAKERSFIELD

Executiv es o1 New Distribution Yard

The September 1 issue of The California Lumber Merchant carried an announcement of the opening of the distribution yard and remanufacturing plant at Newark, Calif., of the American Forest Products Corporation, a subsidiary of the American Box Corporation, San Francisco.

It was intended to run pictures of the manager, C. P. Eddie, and the sales manager, Kermit Noble, with that article. These did not arrive in time but we are pleased to present them here.

Although nearly 2l million veterans have purchased homes under the GI Bill of Rights, there still remains nearly 13 million veterans of World War II .ivho have not used their GI loan privile*"r.

Veteran home buyers have compiled a phenomenal repayment record according to the National Association of Home Builders, defaulting only on I of l/o over home loans granted, a record individual hom*e buyers cannot match.

Americans spent more last year on taxes, $201 billion, than they did on cost of housing, $19.9 billion. Americans last year spent $23.7 billion on liquor, cosmetics and amusement and only $19.9 billion in housing costs.

Russ Morgan's Lumber Handling Services

Russ Morgan (not the musician) is in the lumber handling business in Los Angeles, furnishing a wide variety of services to the lumber trade.

In fact, it is strictly a service organization that he operates. With a yard covering over six acres located at 7M5 E. Firestone Blvd., Downey, and complete equipment for handling, hauling, tallying, storing, seasoning, etc., he does a wire variety of things for the lumber people. All softwoods are included in his efforts.

Included in the services he offers the trade are car and truck loading and unloading, sorting and grading lumber for width and length, pool car distribution, storage, air drying to texture, complete custom milling and kiln drying, in short almost anything lumber folks want done and are not in position to do for themselves. Trucks, lift trucks, carriers, etc., are included in their equipment.

1\{r. IMorgan has been in the practical end of the lumber business for about twenty years, all the way from handling to selling lumber. His yard is on an S. P. spur track. Phone number is TOpaz 2-9712.

C. P. Eddie Kermit Noble

Plywood plcting iqnkr uged in electro-plcting metcl producls cre more durcrble thon tqnlcs ol other mqteriqls. Matericl in tonks shown here wqs bought cl retoil, wqs hqlf the cost oI lumber construction cmd 80 per cent checper thqn rubber-lined steel.

Eddie

0. eEvLno --LUMBER AND MIULD,NG co.

5050 Ealt Slaucon Af".,Los Angel es 22,Calil.Phone LOsan 5-5144

Quality Ponderoso Pine Mouldings

WHOLESAIE ON[}

Distribution Worehouse 6106 Wolker Avenue, tlloywood, Cqlifornio

Pioneer Shippers of Philippine Mohogony, Joponese Ook, ond Jcponese Birch LUMBER, we hove now odded PTYWOOD qnd VENEERS to our imports. We solicit your inquiries for:

IAUAN, BIRCH ond ASH

PTYWOOD

ffTANUFAGTUR,ED IN JAPAN

by our exclusive mill connections

ZIEL&

co. lNc.

DOUGIAS FIR AND REDWOOD LU'IABER

STUDS o R.R. TIES

DII,IENSION TUMBER

PTANK o AND SHORT TIIIABER

WHOTESATE AND col MrSStoN \

San

Established. in Francisco, October, 184P

149 Coliforniq St. SAN FRANCISCO I I

cAUF.

Exclusiae Fairhurst

'.usiae Sales Representatiaes ol burst Lumber Co. ol Calilornia

815 General Petro Harry rVhittemore, (

Bldg., Los Angeles 17, Calif.

General Manager . MAdison 6-9134

Teletype 763

SOUTH BAY TUMBER CO.

Wholescrle Distributors of GATIfORNIA REDWOOID

Shipments direct from mill, or less thcrn cqrloqd lots from our Distribution Yord

5001 El Segundo Blvd., Hcrwthorne, Calif. ORegon 8-4597 OSborne 6-226L

Interesting Fcrcts About Ccurtaloupes

The cantaloupe, a type of muskmelon, is an annual vine of the gourd family, native to India and New Guinea. In the Old World it has been cultivated for upwards of 2,000 years. This fruit is depicted in an ancient Roman painting excavated at Herculaneum. The name "cantaloupe" is derived from the Castle of Cantaloupe in Ancona Province, Italn where this fruit was first grown in Europe, from seed believed to have been brought in from Armenia.

In the United States there is no clear distinction between muskmelons and cantaloupes. In Europe, however, the term is applied to a definite type of melon which is not grown in this country. General practice in the United States is to classify muskmelons as cantaloupes, honeydews, and honey balls.

Sweetness, fine texture, and flavor of the flesh are factors that determine quality in cantaloupes and are found only in well-matured melons. The stage cf maturity is indi cated by the netting on the surface and the condition of the scar at the stem end. The netting should be coarse, corky, of grayish color, well developed, standing out in bold relief and fairly well covering the fruit.

The dark green color of the rind should be developed to a lighter shade and may have either a grayish or yellowish tinge. CANTALOUPES DO NOT DEVELOP ADDITIONAL SUGAR AFTER THEY ARE PICKED.

If taken from the vine too green, they will never get sweet, although they may soften. They should be picked at what is known as full-slip; that is, when the melon pulls off the vine smoothly, without leaving a jagged scar. Flowever, they should still be hard when picked, and be promptly cooled and shipped. If not shipped until ripe, they will be over-ripe and tasteless when they get to market.The American Eagle.

Old Bookies

That fellow Charlie just dropped in, To take tomorrow's bet, I didn't win for near a week, I ought to quit-but yet-

There's just one thought that helps me, Consoles me in my grief,

They say old bookies never dieThey just go on relief.

-Los Angeles News.

Money Chcnged His Mind

The story is told that Winston Churchill hailed a cab one evening in West End, London, and ordered the cabbie to drive him to BBC, where he was scheduled to deliver an address.

"Sorry, Sir," said the driver, "you'll have to get yourself another cab. I can't go that far. You see, Sir, Mr. Churchill

is broadcasting in an hour and I got to get 'ome to 'ear 'im on the radio."

Churchill was so pleased, that he handed the cabbie a pound note, at which the fellow shouted: "Hop in, Sir, I'll take you to BBC. To hell with Churchill !"

Recipe For Long LiIe

Dr. Rudolph Matas is a famous New Orleans doctor and an authority on surgery. Recently when he celebrated his ninetieth birthday, he was asked the secret of long life, and he replied:

"Just keep right along. Keep the flame of your enthusiasm fed. Mix merry laughter and earnest labor. Always have some unfinished task, but not too much and not too urgent, at your door. To kill time is murder in the first degree."

He said that nothing keeps one alive longer than an optimistic attitude and the will to live.

A Recsoncble Requesi

A drunk driver ran down a pedestrian, brought his car to a stop right over the victim. Looking down at the unfortunate fellow the drunk said to him: "Say, Pal, while you're down there, how about taking a look at my oil?"

Reclly Bcd

' The weather had been abominable for several days in a row, and Jones was thoroughly displeased with this interference with his golf game. "Fine weather.!" he snorted. "ft couldn't be much worse if the government was running it !"

Mohammed

"Mohamed is admired for having raised himself from a camel driver to a pontiff, a legislator, and a monarch; for having subdued Arabia, which had never before been subjugated; for having given the first check to the Roman Empire in the East, and to that of the Persians. But I admire him still more for having kept peace in his own house, among his wives.-Voltaire.

Autumn Days

Yellow, mellow, ripened days, Sheltered in a golden coating; O'er the dreamy, listless haze, White and dainty, cloudlets floating: Winking at the blushing trees, And the somber, furrowed fallow; Smiling at the airy ease, Of the Southward flying swallow. Sweet and smiling are their ways, Beauteous, golden autumn days.

-Will Carleton.

S-T-I|-E-T-C-H Yoar Profit lDolJars

The re-rooftng Seoson is here ond you lumber deolers will be getting colls for rooftng items of oll descriplion, mony of which you will nol hove in slock - - Don'f miss this exirq business, drow oR our complele slocks for your fill-in's, both in ospohlt roofings ond wood shingles qnd shokes. Remember too thot we ore cqrlood shippers. PYromid l-1197

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Report on Alaska'r Availablc Timber Supply

That Alaska is an asset of almost incalculable worth in the economy of the United States, and that timber is one of the greatest of those assets, is stated in a special report on that Northern land just made by Interior Secretary Oscar L. Chapman to the President and Congress.

The report says that among Alaska's various sources of national wealth, its forests offer a worthy potential for immediare development.

Conservative estimates place Alaska's coastal and interior forest lanCs at more than 375,000 square miles-almost twice as large as the combined forest lands of the four Scandinavian countries where forest industries are a maior factor in the economy.

Alaska's most productive forest region is the l6 millionacre Tongass National Forest in southeastern Alaska. where some 5 million acres have been classified as merchantable timber.

At least 75 per cent o{ this timber stands within 2l rniles of tidewater, and is preponderantly hemlock ancl spruce.

The interior forests of Alaska are composed mainly of white spruce and birch, and cover an estimated 342,000square-mile area along the Yukon, Tanana, Kuskowim and Copper Rivers.

A rough estimate places the volume of these interior forests at 910,000,000 cords. r'

Production of Alaska's forest products is eagerly awaited by an evergrowing 'market, Secretary Ch4pman's report points out. Newspapers, magazines 4nd printing establishments must now depend, to a large extent, on foreign pulp production to meet their paper requirements.

Demand for pulp for other uses, including rayon and plastics, also is steadily increasihg.

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Establishment of the pulp and paper industry in the Tongass National Forest is immediately possible, according to the report.

To meet this mounting demand, other ests have been cut far more rapidlv than

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Further', Canadian forest conservation policies are operating to lirnit both the production of present pulp mills and the establishment of new ones in the country.

Against this fast-dwindling supply, the report de,clares, Alaska offers its huge coastal forests "which now are rot-

Prelinrinary investigations, it asserts. indicate there is sufficient timber and rvaterpower now available to supply 5 or 6 pulp and paper mills of 500-ton daily capacity.

Estimates show this forest could furnish enough timber and waterpower to manufacture 1,000,000 tons of newsprint every year in perpetuity-on a sustained forest yield basis.

"The total annual production of Tongass National Forest would supply almost 25 per cent of the annual newsprint requirement of the United States press," the report declares.

Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 Meets September 17

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The next dinner meeting of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 rvill be held at the Clarsrn6nl Hotel, Berkeley, on Monday evening, September 17. At this meeting the new officers will be elected. Lu Green is in charge of the progfam.

Sacramento, Calif.-If all the forest fiqes in California last year had burned in an area one mile wide along U.S. I{ighway 101, the burned area would stretch from San Diego to near the Oregon line. It would be 865 miles long, and a motorist would need about two days to drive through the 553,400 acres of devastated wild land.

Other state-wide totals of wildfire destruction in California in 1950, according to a study made by the California Division of Forestry and the U.S. Forest Service and announced recently, are:

Bcck From Hcrwciicrn Trip

Ham Payne of Sierra Wood Products, Pasadena, and his wife and tvvo sons, Lee, 16, and Robert, 8, returned recentlv from a four weeks' trip to the Hali'aiian Islands. They u'ent over on the Matson liner Lurline and flew back. A highlight of the trip was when Ham caught a 175 lb. swordfish at Kona.

Costs and damage totaled $25,023,000. The costs were $15,061,000, spent by all agencies on prevention, hazardreduction, fire detection and firefighting. These efforts protected 50 million acres of forest, range and watershed lands and held down the damage to a bookkeeper's total of $9,962,0N. The books don't show additional damage, such as the upsetting of normal water flow, the destruction of recreational values, or the future shutdown of woodusing industries whose timber sources have been diminished.

There were 4,766 forest and range fires. Human carelessness caused 3,392 of them, or 7l/o. Lightning caused the others.

Smokers were the leading cause of man-made fires (972). Second came causes listed under "miscellaneous" (summer cabin fires, power-line failures, children with matches, auto exhaust sparks, etc.). Next in order were debris burning, incendiarism (276 fires), railroad operations, lumbering, and campfires.

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Kenneth Martin of Martin Plyrvood Co., Los Angeles, flew to forva last month to visit his mother. He was accompanied on the trip by his 11 year old son Larry.

cies 4I,278,000 feet. Orders for July were, Redwood 25,3I7,Ufi feet; whitewoods, 9,565,000 feet; all species 35,882,COO feet. Shipments for July were Redwood26,123,000 feet; whitewoods 9,580,000 feet; all species 35,703,000 feet. Redrvood Association figures for the year to the end of July shor',,', production, Redrvood 288,865,000 feet; whitelr.oods 72,341p00 feet; all species 361,206,000 feet. Orders for the period r.vere, Redrvood 245,108,000 feet; whitewoods 67,809.000 feet; all species 312,917,NO feet. Shipments for the period were, Redwood 255,133,@0 feet; rvhitewoods 66.720.0W feet; all species 321,853,000 feet.

Fred Sweeney, salesman for several years for Orban Lumber Company, Paszrdena, and manager for six years of the W. Rorve Lumber Company, Rosemead, Calif., is norv assistant manager at Carter l{ill & Lumber Co., Los Angeles.

Destination of Redwood shipments for the first seven months of the year were as follows: to Northern California 90,.599,000 feet; to Southern California 58,177,0C/|.; to all Eastern points 95,145,00O feet; offshore 3,653,000 feet ; Western states other than California, +,252,N0 feet: Rocky Mountain States, 2,732,0W feet; export 575,000 feet; total shipments first seven months of 1951, 255.133.000 feet. as compared with 2;,61,285,000 feet for the same period oi 1950. Redrvood shipments to Eastern territory for this period rvas 95,145,000 feet, as compared rvith 88,917,000 feet last year, a.decided increase, but California shipments fell off 5 million feet to Southern California, and about 7 million to \orthern California.

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North California Lumbermen Meet and Protest Credit Regulations on Home Building

The lumbermen of several districts in fornia have taken up cudgels seeking relief Regulation X, which regulates and restricts construction.

Northern Caliagainst Credit credit on home

Two meetings of lumber groups have been held in the last tr,vo weeks for the purpose of discussing the home building regulations, one on August 29, at Auburn, California, and the second at Red Bluff. California. Both these meetings were attended by U. S. Congressman Clair Engle, of Red Bluff. In both meetings there was specific discussion of the Regulation complained of, for the enlightenment of the Hon. Engle. Resolutions tvere introduced, discussed, and approved at both these meetings.

Leaders in the industry in Northern California state that the new and revised revision of Regulation X which relaxes restrictions on homes costing $12,000 and under, will do a certain amount of good, but no more, since you can't build much of a house for those prices in metropolitan districts of California today.

Following is a report of the meeting at Auburn on August 29, at together with resolutions passed at that meeting and the later one at Red Bluff:

To meet with Congressman Engle, the follorving California lumbermen were present:

Carl S. Walker, Feather River Pine Mills, Feather Falls

R. A. Colgan, Jr., Shasta Forest Co., Redding

W. B. Shadburne, Shadburne Lumber Co., Grass Valley

J. E. Little, Foresthill Lumber Co., Foresthill

William Hughes, Hughes Brothers, Foresthill

Ted Finney, American River Pine Co.. Foresthill

Bron E. Smith, California Door Co., Diamond Springs

C. G. Price, California Door Co., Diamond Springs

A. H. Land, Feather River Lumber Co., Feather Falls

Del Schiffner, Grizzly Creek Lumber Co., Nevada City

W. J. Pendola, Yuba River Lumber Co., Qrass Valley

Wendell Robie, Auburn Lumber Co., Auburn

Frank Notterman, Maxwell Lumber Co., Auburn

Al Fisher, Fisher Lumber Co., Alta

P. B. Goss, Bank of America, Auburn

Geo. R. Duff, Cal-Ida Lumber Co., Auburn

F. V. Amaral, Oregon Creek Lumber Co., Marysville

Hugh A. Schaffer, Michigan-Califorqia Lumber Co., Camino

Paul H. Logan, American River Pine Co., Foresthill

Ralph Hodges, Western Pine Association, Sacramento

Joe Cole, The Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co., Grass Valley

Marion C. Henness, Henness Sawmill, Georgetown

Fred Becker, Georgetown Lumber Co., Georgetown

Warren Carleton, Winton Lumber Co., Martell

Clifford Anderson, Winton Lumber Co., Martell

Wendell Robie stated the meetirig was called at the request of Congressman Engle, r'vho is concerned with reports to him from various lumber operators in the North end of his district describing a serious falling-off of business to support their operations and woods and mill employment in their organizations. In order that Congressman Engle can have the personal comments and advice of men in the lumber industry in the central portion of the district, this

meeting was called in Auburn. He introduced Clair Engle.

Congressman Engle stated that the lumber industry is at present the la.rgest concerned rn'ith natural resources in his district, which covers the whole length of the long Sierra Nevada in California. He continued, it is so important to the people of his district that if anything is wrong, which he can help correct, then he wants to knolv of it. To get full information, he said, the best way is to mcet and talk directly with the people concerned and for that reason he wanted to hear from everybody in the meeting, who would comment on industry conditions affe,cting their business.

As the turn for each man came, there was plenty of irrcentive among those present around the room .to speak of the condition of their own business and that of industry neighbors in their areas and to voice their opinions regarding a present serious slump in the market for present production.

As each man spoke, opinions multiplied concerning the serious effect on the lumber industry by a decline in home building construction, without a compensating market development to use equivalenl: production. Most of the speakers found the lameness in home building was created by certain provisions of Credit Reirulation X, as issued by the Federal Housing Administrator and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as their interpretation of the Defense Production Act by Congress and Executive Order No. 10161 of the President.

It was clearly pointed out that while the industry is urged to produce lumber as an essential material to National De{ense, it cannot remain in a state of good health 'rvhen certain elements of production, normallv used in home building, are piling and backing up around the mills, to create, an expensive and idle tie-up of capital u'hich is otherrvise required to maintain payrolls and operations. Some present reported this slump of business as s,lowing down their operations and providing serious uncertainty for the future and many told of shut-downs of other mills in their areas and stated, more would have to go down if present conditions are not irrrproved by a market for production.

Congressman Engle asked for an explanation of the olt jectional features in Credit Regulation X.

Wendell Robie used a copy of the Regulation and stated the Regulation sets up certain maximum loan amounts for any residential construction based on the appraisal thereof, and that the maximum loan percentages rapidly decline as appraisals increase. He stated that with the declining value in the purchasing power of the dollar, which is reflected in California by greatly increased wage scales for building construction mechanics and labor, that the cost for a fairly moderate new three bedroom home with utilities and street work complete, ready for occupancy,

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frequents a price range of $15,000 to $16,000 in suburban areas of California metropolitan cities. He stated the present maximum loan amount for a $15,000 -home property is $10,700 and of a $16,000 home, $10,900. For a $15,000 home, the necessary cash down payment required by Regulation X is $4,30O and one of $16,0C0 is $5,100.

Mr. Robie said the down payment requirements represent a serious ,cash consideration to most pebple, as very few nowadays have an idle bank account from which they want to take that much monel, and unless they carry such a big amount of cash on hand that a following provision of Regulation X, is almost an absolute and final prohibition to an American today from buying such a home' This provision states in efiect: When the primary loan on the property is for the maxirirum amount listed in Regulation X, then there is to be NO secondary borrowing, except that it be on borrower's life insurance. He read this example from a printed interpretation of the Regulation. For example: Suppose a purchaser is buying a new home for $15,000. He finds he must have a down payment of $4,300 in cash, along with the maximum loan of $10,700. If he does not have all the $4,300 in cash, he may borrow on his life insurance; but the Regulation states, HE CANNOT BORROW ON ANY OTHER COLLATERAL. No lender is permitted to extend real cstate construction credit without a signed statement of the borrower concerning purpose, total of all credit on the property, and various other assurances to determine the rules of the Regulation are inviolate.

Mr. Robie told of the example of a small manufacturer down on the Peninsula below San Francisco, lvho wanted to buy a subdivision home near his plant for $15,000, which required a cash payment of $5,000. He had clear, another home worth $19,000 of which he wished to retain title. Under Regulation X he was prohibited from borrowing the comparatively small loan percentage of $5,000 on the collateral of the clear property t6 make the payment on the new home. He stated a man r,r'ho owns his home clear, in Salt Lake City, and'who wants to retain ownership as a home for later years; but who may be sent to Sacramento to operate a chain store, is prohibited from buying a Sacramento home while there, if he would require a loan on the clear Salt Lake property to raise any part of the dorvn payment.

Mr. Robie stated that in his opinion a study of Regulation X as applied to California conditions, would convince any lumberman that the national housing program is all wrong which proposes to hand out one hundred per cent of public money to continue the Federal government in extravagant public housing projects, while this Regulation denies a reasonable opportunity to many of our people to secure their own homes from resourceful individual effort and private industry methods. He said that the Denton Amendment to the new 1951 Housing Act, which liberalizes credit to home properties below an appraised value of $12,000, will be of much help to create more housing in many parts of the country; but he stated California conditions require liberal credit to higher amounts and he believed a $12,000 home propertv in some Southern States would cost $16,000 here, when all elements are considered.

To effectively relieve the partial stagnation in home building, he stated a belief that any silly or unwise restriction of the use of other collateral to secure home purchase funds should be completely elirninated.

Mr. P. B. Goss, manager of the Auburn Branch of Bank of America, concurred in the previous explanation given concerning the serious effect of Regulation X on the market supported by home building and stated that home constructipn is also further slowed down by a Federal Housing Administration reduction of maximum loan amounts to 7O/o of appraised value, when permitted by Regulation X. He stated the Federal government is already far ahead on loan insurance funds paid in by borrowers to secure the government against loss and that a restoration of previous loan policies, which had proved a great public benefit, would be indicated by wisdom and be of great help to supply the home requirements of a greatly expanding population in all parts of California.

Mr. C. G. Price stated, the Credit Regulations on building were slowing down all of their business and pointed out that all in the nation should be concerned as the reduction of housing also seriously affects National Defense.

George Duff said his company is now carrying an inventory of sixteen million feet and that the national decline in the lumber business -is very noticeable. He stated that only a portion of the market is affected by home building, but that production is of all grades of material and that the failure to move any substantial part of it affects production for all the rest, much of which goes directly to industrial and defense orders.

Al Fisher remarked, that in his area along Highway 40 in California, six mills operated last year, but now only trvo are operating and the rest have shut down.

A. H. Land stated six or seven cars were shipped from their mill production during last week and that with an ordinary market, they should be shipping that mucll every day.

Ted Finney, William Hughes and all others macle note of the gradual decline of business throughout the summer' Congiessman Engle thanked everyone for the thorough explanation and of the business conditions described' He asked if the meeting would prepare some 'concise recommendations of what they might want him to do to help on his return to Washington'

The following recommendations were then prepared, discussed and approved:

1. To restore the right of lending agencies to make loans in l.:eeping lvith their discretion as to amount for home properties costing less than $20,000, without the Federal Government limitations on the loan amounts specified in Regulation X.

2. To remove from Regulation X, the restriction against the ttse of other collateral, than life insurance, for the raising of a cash down payment on home property.

3. To restore previous successful FHA loan policies 'ivhich permit 80/o to 90/o under conditions, as have pr')ven to be without loss to the government, and for rn''hich the loan insurance against loss has been paid for by the borrowers.

4. For all present to request the associations to which

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Clair Engle stated, on his return to Washington about September 12, that he is prepared to go to bat to get the action requested of him by this meeting. He stated, however, that any one man just can't get such a job done there alone. That he believes many members of Congress from a great many other lumber producing regions would want to take action, if their people will fully advise them as was done for him today. He stated Dick Colgan, in his job in Washington for the Lumber Manufacturers Association, had won a lot of respect from the members of Congress and that Dick on his new job in California, could help here a great deal with advice concerning legislation procedure. He asked Dick for his further opinions concerning proper methods to secure action on a national scale for these recommendations.

NIr. Colgan stated the Western Pine Association meeting rn Portland, within a week, should be interested to consider all of these recommendations and that their approval rvould help hasten action as recommended for all associations. He advised that the National Retail I-umber Dezrlers Association, the association for the home construction builders, for the real estate people, the bankers, and the Savings and Loan League, should all be communicated with anri requested to assist.

He stated Congressman Engle is highly regarded in W,rshington and that he agrees fully with him as to the need for concerted action.

There was ag'reement, that all present will get busv along the lines recommended. (This concludes reDort.)

Wins Cedcr Idecr Contest

Alfred H. Schmidt, president and owner of the Portlan<l Shingle Company has announced that Donald H. Clark of the University of Washington Forest Products Laboratory has been selected as winner for the month of August in the regular monthly Portland Shingle Company "Idea" Contest.

Entries were judged by Carl C. Crow, editor and publisher of Crow's Pacific Coast Lumber Digest; Bill Wrigt, superintendent of the Portland Shingle Company and Skookum Shake Company Mills in Portland; and Miss Patricia Carlson of the Portland Sales offic: of the Portland Shingle Mill.

In his winning letter, Clark suggested separating cedar sawdust from shingle tow and mixing a small amount of cedar oil with the sawdust to prodrrce a marketable sweeping compound. He further suggested that containers for the product should be treated so that the cedar oil would not discolor them. The containers, he thought for advertising effectiveness should be about the color of cedar with the printing on the containers to be of a dark green to match the color of cedar foliage.

Dahican American Lumber Co. Ships Philippine to Portland

A recent shipment of Philippine hardwoods to Portland by Dahican American Lumber Company from their mills in the Philippine Islands totaled 800,000 feet, and was consigned to the Palmerton Lumber Company, Klamath Falls, Oregon. Part of the shipment was manufactured and kiln dried by Lumber Manufacturers, Inc., Portland. This is the first of a series of major shipments by Dahican American Lumber Company from their mills.

The California ofifice of Dahican American Lumber Company was opened in May, and is in charge of W. H. Price, vice president and general manager. It is located at 334 California Street, San Francisco 4. Mr Price was with the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company in Tacoma for many years.

Ed I. Loney With Tropiccl d Western Lumber Co.

Ed J. Loney, well known lumberman, is now .,vith Tropical & Western Lumber Co., Los Angeles. handling the sales of softwoods. These include redwood. Douglas fir clears, Ponderosa pine, dry finish, and other special items.

Mr. Loney was with Roseburg Lumber Company for many years, and for the last few years was in business for himself in Los Angeles.

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Standard grading rules for redwood lumber now perrnit shipment of dressed finish in all lengths from three to 20 feet, according to announcement by the California Redwood Association, San Francisco.

Standard lengths are now 3 to 20 feet in multiples of l-foot or Z-feet for dressed finish and for all yard grades worked to bevel, bungalow and colonial siding, ceiling, wall boarding, drop siding, rustic and similar patterns.

The change extends the privilege of shipping odd lengths, which heretofore was permissible only in lengths shorter than 10 feet, to the longer lengths. It also reduces the standard lengths from 6 to 20 feet to 3 to 20 feet for dressed finish and for casing, base, etc. No change in standard lengths has been made for rough finish or other yard grades, rough or dressed.

The change was made to conserve lumber, as most of the clefects arising from working or seasoning may be eliminated by trimming one foot instead of two feet, as has been practiced in the past.

In addition, it is no longer necessary that the number of knots in Select Heart redwood two inches and thinner be limited to one maximum-size l<not or equivalent in smaller knots to each four linear feet.

These and other changes clarifying the present rules will be incorporated in a new grading rule booklet to be issued by the California Redwood Association as soon as possible.

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Besides this newly acquired mill they operate mills at Manton. Red Bluff. and Platina.

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Sixty Thouscnd Dollcr Sqwmill Fire

The Oroville Mercury Register reports that on August 10, fire entirely destroyed the Anderson sarvmill located r-rear Cohasset, California, u,ith a total loss of altout $60,000. Forestrv l-readquarters at Thermalito sent fire fighters to keep the fire from spreading. Forestry trucks also rvent from Paradise, Forest Ranch, and Cohaset to help

Vincent Wildmcn lor Furniture and Fixtures

Announcement is madc of the appointment of Vincent Wildman, of Chicago, as chief of the Furniture and Fixtures ilranch of the Consumer Durable Goods Division of the National Procluction Authority, U.S. Department of Comnrcrce. In 1>rivate life he has his orvn designing studio in the American Furniture Nfart, Chicago.

Louisicrnq Chcrmp Seed Producer

The interest in re-growing its pine forests by the State of Louisiana is shown by the fact that the nurseries of that state far surpass those of other states in the production of pine seedlings. In the past year Louisiana nurseries have produced 37,373,750 pine seedlings, one-third Loblolly, one-half Slash, and the rest Long Leaf.

Telephone 5-8594 Teletype EG 0S2

OREGON TIMBER PRODUCTS CO.

Wholesalers ol Douglas Fir Lumber and Plywood

SAYE-A-SPACE

lnterior Sliding Door Units

Model ll9o Low Cost Units

-No longer dn extraadganceDOORIIASTER

Exterior Sliding Door Units

Literature and prices furnished on rcqileil

COOR-PENDER, & IONG CO.

1753 Blokc Ave., los Angeler 3l NOrmcndie 3€238

UITI(I]I TUTIBER SALES G(I]TPAIIY (Colif.l

l2l9 3Orh Srreet Socromento 16, Gqliforniq

LU,NBER, - MOUTDINGS . TRIM

SUGAR PINE PONDEROSA PINE OREGON FIR CATIFORNIA FIR

Phone: Hlllcrest 7-5786

\ilHOLESALE MANUFACTURER

"For the Yards"

Generql Millwork - Sosh ond Doors

Wholesole Only D.

D. McCALLUM, lNC.

5370 Alhombrq Avenue

los Angeles 32, Colifornio CApitol 2-5109

W/4olPAdp

Since IBBB

OFFICE, 'IAIL[, YARD AND DOCKS 2nd & Alice Sts., Ooklqnd 4 Glencourf I -6861 sAltF0Rll

DISTRIBUTORS AND WHOTESALERS

Ook Srcrir freods-Thresholds

Door Sills-Hordwood Floorings

ond Domestic Hqrdwood lumber

Worehouse Delivery or Corlood Shipments

6IOI SO. VAN NESS AVENUE Los Angeles 47, Cslll. Phone AXminster 2-9181

Your Lumber Order ls An INVESTTTEilT

Our Job ls fo Mqke lt Poy You

D'VTDENDS

Redwood Fir Pine

Cqff YUkon 2-0945 or Tel 5F 530

West (oast Timber Products Agency

HUGH PESSNER 420 Mqrket 5t., Sqn Froncisco I I

\(/ays to Achieve Better Pubhc Relations

Advertising, display, and personal salesmanship are three time-tested ways to sell building materials and maintain good public relations. In addition, according to Supplement No. 4 to the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association's Public Relations Guide, there is another equally effective method by which a dealer may create and promote good will toward his business. That method consists of taking an active part in worthwhile community projects.

It is a fallacy, the new Supplement asserts, to feel that monetary contributions to worthy causes constitute the only way in which a civic-minded person can help. Contributions of time and energy are just as important; and, as well as bringing a sense of personal satisfaction, they undeniably add to the dealer's prestige.

In general, the Supplement points out, there are five ways to aihieve better public relations and gain the other benefits that may be realized by becoming active in community affairs. They are:

1. Advocating a better community environment.

2. Working for better government.

3. Helping the youth of the community.

4. Supporting worthy community activities.

5. Assisting the unfortunate.

Pointing out that it is, of course, impossible to support every cause and project, the Supplement suggests that "The better way is to concentrate on some two or three, or perhaps more, in which the individual dealer has a real personal interest and in which he sincerely believes."

The variety of possible services to the c'ommunity with which the dealer can associate himself is illustrated by the two-page breakdown of organizations, projects, and activities which the folder includes.

Quoting from a member of the National's Public Relations Committee, the Supplement states that: "The dealer who unselfishly devotes time and energy to community betterment is sure to receive public recognition without making any effort to claim credit or to call undue attention to his good work. His words and deeds speak for themselves. Genuine sincerity is bound to be recognized and appreciated."

Sometimes, holvever, it is a wise move to add a personai endorsement to plans or campaigns which the dealer feels are worthy, the Supplement advises, and it lists a number of ways by r,vhich this can be done.

The Supplement states in conclusion that "If every retail lumber and building materials dealer would make it a point to become :'ctive in at least a few worthwhile community activities, the Public Relations of our industry would be immensly improved. The public automatically would begin to associate the industry with community betterment and would become more likely to accept and support the industry's views on legislation and other important matters."

Contract has been let for the construction ing to house the new Weyerhaeuser Timber plant at Springfield, Ore.

The new plywood plant of Sylvan at Centralia, Washington, has started Products Company, production.

WANT ADs

PRoFTTAB"T "T*" r5LT oPERATToN

Splendid opportunity to buy profitable dry kiln business in Los Angeles. Owner is retiring for health reasons only. Plenty of room to put in a remanufacturing plant or retail lumber yard. Equipment is complete and practically new. Kiln, which is fully automatic, is in operation

Address Box C-1956, Californir Lumber Merchant Room 508, 108 West 6th Street, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

LUMBER YARD FOR SALE

Good drop in cash 'n' carry trade. Doing over $6,000 month and growing every month. Could be doubled easily. Gogd gross profit. Two men can operate with part time help. Modern blvd. front store, paint & builders hardware; 90-ft lumber shed, paved parking area, storage yard. DeWalt saw. Owner has other business interests. Will sell $15,(X)0 stock at inventory. Good lease available, Write or phone OWNER Eves or Sunday, DOuglas 7-5876; 2835 Bradford Ave., Arcadia, California

LUMBER YARDS FOR SALE

We have some fine lumber yards for sale, and will be glad to give you full information. Call us if you are interested. If you want to sell your yard, give us a ring and we'll see what we can do.

TWOHY LUMBER CO.

LUMBER YARD AND SAWMILL BROKERS

714 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 15, Calif. PRospect 87t16

LATE MODET WOODWORKING MACHINES FOR SAIE.

RESAW, 54" ball bearing, l0O H.P.

DRUM SANDER,49'Berli4 pbin bearings, with individual motors. FORK LIFT TRUCK, Ross, 6000 lb. capacity, 64" forks, excellent condition.

RIP SAW: Sinker-Davis, power-feed, with motor.

PLANER: Yates 3d'x5", 4 knife round head, ball bearing direct drive, 20 H.P., late model.

GLUE JOINTER, Diehl, ball bearing direct driv:, very late model. ROY FORTE

Production Machinerv for the Wood'wolking Trail,e 6918 S. Santa Fe Av6., Huntington Park, Calif. Phone MDtca'lt 3-2562

PINE MILL AVAILABLE

We hold mortgage ron 3Q0O0 ft. per day mill., Plenty timber available. Mill close-to Bakersfield' Mortgage and output for sale.

Address Box C-1949, California Lumber Merchant Rm. 508, 108 West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

KILN DRYING

We are one of the largest custom dry kilns on thc West Coart. We also sell, rent, or rcpair lumber carriers and lift trucks. Will exchange equipment for lumber.

WESTERN DRY KILN & EQUIPMENT CO P. O. Box 622, Wilmington, Cdif.

Phones: NEvada 6-1371 and TErminal 4-662't

CAN UNTOADING COI{TRACTOff!

of the buildCo. plywood

Wc supply labor fully incur-ed-you-carry-no p{y-roll O-lr labor '.vill sort ilie-lengths at thc car for less than 50d per M.- Halrling from cati can be arranged. One or a hundred cars-writc for printcd rates. Established 1943CRANE & CO.

r4l7 E. 12th St., Los Angcles, Calif. TRinity 6973

WANT ADS

Bcte-Position w(mted $2.00 per colurnn inch

All others, $3.00 per column inch

Closing daies lor copy, Sth cnd 20th

LEATHER LUMBER APRONS

Sturdy lumbermen's aprons made of top quality reclaimed leather, furnished in both single and double pl5i, approx. 18"x24" with or without belt and buckle. Special discounts to jobbers.

W. C. HENDRIE & CO.

405 Towne Ave., Los Angeles 13, Calif.

Phone TRinity 7786

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT

With yard storage for lumber, custom mill, and spur facilities, at 4230 Bandini Boulevard, Los Angeles 23.

FERN T,RUCKING CO.

JEffersotr 7261

FOR LEASE

Phoenix wholesale and remanufacturing yard with sheds some machinery. Property also has excellent retail frontage. tails freely to principals only:

Address Box C-1954, California Lumber Merchant

Rm. 508, 108 West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

WALLACE MILL ard LUMBER COMPANY

General custom milling, grading and drying. In Fansit. Half way between Los Angeles and Long Beach. Corner Rosecrans Ave. and Paramount Blvd. P.O. Box 27, Clearwater Station Paramount, Calif.

MEtcalf 3-426fNEvada 6-3625

FOR SALE

VONNEGUT MOULDER

and De-

Nomes of Adveiliscrr in this Deportmcnt using c bliad oddress connol be dtvulged. All inquirics ond rcplirl should bc oddressed to key shown in the qdvcrtircmcnl

WANTED

LUMBER MILLS TO REPRESENT

on commission basis. Have long and successful record selling retail lumber yards in Southern California Experienced in selling 150 carloads a month ail species and grades to strictly discount accounts.

Address Box C-1948, California Lumber Merchant Rm. 508, 108 West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

POSITION WANTED

As Plywood and Door \ilarehouse m:rnager. Thorough experience in the management of warehousing and sales of Doors and Plywood particularly in hardwoods. Well known to Southern California trade, Los Angeles-San Diego area.

Address Box C-1955, California Lumber Merchant 5(B Central Bldg., LoS Angelees 14' Calif.

POSITION WANTED

MANAGER of Millwork Plant, special or stock. Capable of assuming full charge, 20 years experience in all phases. Can handle and train personnel. Graduate of Cost Book "A" in both courses.

Address Box C-1957, California Lumber Merchant

Rm. 508, 108 West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

MALE HELP WANTED

Pacific Electric S. P.

#65_8's HEAD WITH JOINTTNG EQqTPMENT. MACHINE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY OVERHAULED AND IS IN TOP CONDITION.

IMMEDIATE DELIVERI.

ASSOCIATED MOLDING CO.

7125 Anaheim-Telegraph Road, Los Angeles 22, Calil.

BUSINESS FOR SALE

WHOLESALE LUMBER SALES AND REMANUFACTURING PLANT. Completely equipped with two American 4 x 12 Matchers, Mershon 6d' Resaw, 83 ft. Green Chain, two Cutoff saws, Lumber Carrier and two Forklifts, 1949 Chev. Flatbed, 9@0 sq. ft. in manufacturing buildings, 3000 sq. ft. in storage bldgs., 600 sq. ft. ofhce btdg., 3/2 acres ground with good lease and access to spur track. Loiated in ccnter of Redwood lumber industry. For particulars write to P. O. BOX 1205, SANTA .ROSA, CALIF.

SPECIAL PLANER BELTING

A waterproof leather belt designed' for all types of high speed woodworking equipment. Made from highest grade center stock, pre-stretched and run in under tension. Spccial discounts to jobbers.

W. C. HENDRIE & CO.

405 Towne Ave., Los Angeles 13, Calif.

Phone TRinity 778f'

FOR SALE OR RENT

Ross Model 1918, 7500 lb. cap. Fork Lift

Ross Model SH series 15, 15,000 lb. cap.

CO-OPER-A,TM PIPE & STEEL CO., Equipment Division 16800 S. Alameda St., Compton, Calif.

Phones NEwmark E03l or NEvada 6-2,i75

Lumber Salesman. Good,opportunity if you have essential qualifications. Must know lumber through retail or mill experience and have a record which inspires confidence. Our firm established as manufacturer over seventy years; now operating large mill and moulding plant in Sacramcnto Valley, and also engaged in wholesaling lumber. Office and trade area, Sacramento. Our employees know about this ad. Replies treated confidentially. Prefer man bctween 30 and 45. In reply give full experience, age, education and also when available.

Address Box C-1959, California Lumber Merchant Rm. 508, l0B West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

WANTED BOOKKEEPER

Male or female, steady position, good salary to star! plus vacation.

Address Box C-1960, California Lumber Merchant

,Rm. 508, 108 West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

POSITION OFFERED

For capable, experienced girl in wholesale lumber office. Should be experienced in figuring lumber tallies, pricing, billing, etc. Congenial working conditions, good salary, substantial firm. Call Allen K. Sinclair, Klmball 5111, Los Angeles.

WANTED

WHOT.ESALE LUMBER SALESMAN

\iVell known Los Angeles wholesaler is looking for an above average salesman to call on retail trade in Los Angeles and vicinity. Initiaiive, aggressiveness, personality, and ability to sell are prime requisites. An excellent opportunity for a ggod man.

Address Box C-1958. California Lumber Merchant

Rm. 508, 108 West 6th St., l,ros Angeles 14, Calif.

POSITION WANTED

Wholesale sales-manager-buyer-8 years experience from woods to consumer. Available October 15. Prefer Southern California. Married, age 34.

HOWARD CAMPBELL

' Phone Long Beach 2-3262

FO,R RENT

8-Ton Gerlinger Lift Truck for rent by day or month. rates.

COMMERCTAL REPAIR & SERVICE

1115 North Alameda, ComPton, Calif.

' Phone NEwmark l-8269

Reasonable

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

*Adyetising

Unit-Pcrckaging oI Building Mctericrls

A recent spot survey of retail lumber and building material dealers throughout the country shows an ever increasing interest, particularly among companies with larger yards, in the unit-packaging of building materials, according to the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association.

Of the 260 dealers who replied to a questionnaire sent out by the Materials I{andling Committee of NRLDA, 140 expressed the opinion that boards could be bundled, or palletized, for ultimate use at job sites, and 126 felt that dimension lumber could also be handled in this manner. Fifty-four of the 140 dealers reported that they were already receiving boards in units, and 59 were receiving their dimension lumber in this way. In each instance, more than 60 were themselves using steel strapping to make up unit packages for delivery.

The sizes of the units that the dealers felt would be helpful ranged from 1000 to 3000 board feet, with more interest in the larger consignments shorvn in the Pacific Coast area.

Similarly 105 of the dealers felt that palletizing of wood and asphalt shingles would be helpful; 86 felt that flooring could be handled in this way ;78 favored the unit-packaging of bricks, with 500 bricks to the package as the unit most generally suggested ; and 77 checked bagged cement.

Among the other building materials which many dealers felt could be handled advantageously in units were asbestos siding in squares, lath, roll roofing, bagged insulation, nails in kegs, doors, and furring strips.

The least interest in palletizing materials for shipment was expressed by dealers operating in small yards with very little mechanical equipment and handling chiefly small sales.

Empire Redwood Co. ....------...---

Emrco Plywood --.-. ..- .-...--..:-..--..-..---- t' Siskiyou F-ore-rlProductc co' """"'-'-----'---69 e,,i"y a son, D. c............-..-....................,r

....:................:51

Exchonge sowmill5 Sqler co. --'--'--'-" .'----Ii s.il6 lumber 5ol,cr, itvqrt c. -....--......-.. *

Eubqnk & son' L. H.

Foirhurrt Lemb€r c.. .-... .......-..--'.......'. .;i So-Col -Buildins Mqteriqb -,.-.-.-----.-,----..--.--30

Fern rru.kins c". ..............,....... ss :ffli_::i,iil3jl tlr. ......:...:..:.:.,..,.....61

Fir Door Institufe

Fir-Tex of Southern Colitorni"'-.-.-....-..-----i SouJhwesfern Portlqnd Cement Co. ......--,,42

Fir-Tex of Norlhern cqlifornl" ......-..-----..' a stohl Lumbw €o" InG' "------'--"""""'-.'-"" 'i

Firk & ltqson (ra Stqnton ll Son' E' J' """""""'---'---- -------. !*

Flomer, Erik ---------'--'..---; Slrqble Hordwood Co' .'--"'--- -----""'--"-"-''-65

Fl:ntkote, Pioneer Div:sion ."... ----... ..-.----.. * ::11:1 &.Chrirten:on' InG' """"""-"""""'59

ioriii" iu.u* Co. --...-..-.--.-,,..

7 Tq(omd Lumber Soler .'---- ----"-"""""-----:--58

The NRDLA Materials Handling Committee, which estimates that its survey is representative of the experience of well over 500 retail yards, places particular emphasis on the saving in time and energy that is made possible by unit packaging 'of materials for delivery, in addition to the solving of many storage problems.

Toylor Lumber Co., Reevet ---------.......-------*

Foresr Fiber produ<ri co. ..................sL l:rt:r1 .rye?3rtr E 'Johnton, InG. .-......-'-.--37

Terrill- & -Friedrichs ""--"'--"""""---'---"""" 'lt

Triongle--Lumber co' '-""""-'---"""""""""-76 Gqlfeher Hordwood

Co' ""'-'-"-""""-"'-"55 citbre;th Chemirqf Co. ........_.....-..--..---------47 Union Lumber Co. .--,,,,,---...-.-.-,-,-.,--------_--_--*

eorslin-xorains Lvmber Co. ....... Oc ll: !: Piry::1 Corp' '" -""""'-"" '-""""""1e

Hofey B.o'. ...............,............................----.-75 11I::1 S-TI-1"t' rhe "'."'.""""""""'."""1Fc

One dealer, for example, estimated that in unloading palletized asbestos shingles he saved at least 50 per cent in man hours and that in reloading from storage to delivery truck the saving in man hours ran about 75 per cent.

As a further example, the Committee reported that the average time in unloading a 15,000 carload of brick by conventional method is about 30 hours, whereas a truck load of 6,000 bricks in unit packages of 500 can be unloaded by lift truck in 40 minutes, or only 2 hours for the equal of a 15,000 car.

The biggest problem still to be solved iin this new method of materials handling, the Committee states, is to find a means whereby the mills can load the palletized materials for fork lift or crane unloading so that they can be delivered at a reasonable cost.

Alcrbqmcr Produces Over Two Billion Feet in 1950

The State of Alabama produced 2,104,280,900 feet of lumber in 1950, according to recently issued estimates, which passed the 1949 output by near 25 per cent.

Pine lumber amounted to 1,433,313,900 feet, and hardwood took a huge jump from 458,065,100 feet in 1949 to 670,967,000 in 1950.

BUYER'S GUIDE

SAN fRAIIGISGO

MocDoncld d Hcrriingtoa Ltd,, ...GArlield I-8392

Mcrtiuez Co., L. W, .....EXbrook 2.36{t!

Pccific Lumber Go., The .........GArlield l-ll8l

Pacific Westen Lunber Co. ol Cclil., Iuc, DOuglcs 2-5070

Pcrcmiao Lunber Co. ...GArlield 1.5190

O A K T A ND -B E R K E I. E Y -AI. AMEDA

Ecrle D. Bender.. ,.....f,Elfog 4-989

Cclilornic Lumber Sqles ..KEUog 4-1004

Gcmerslor 4 Green Lumber Co. ..KEUogf {-6464

Gosslia-Hcrdiag Lumber Co. Scn Leqndro ........Lockhaven 9-1661

Hill 6 Morton, Inc. .. .ANdover l-10??

Kelley, Albert A. (Alcmedc) ....Lqhehurst 2-2754

Kuhl Lumber Co., Ccrl H, Chcs. S, Dodse (Eerketey) ...THornwctt 3-90{5

Pccilic Forest Products, Inc. ....TWinocls 3-9866

LUIIBER

Arcqtc Redwood Co. (t. I. Rec) ..WYoniag tl09

Alkinson-Stutz Co. (Hcrold H. Bcker) .........IINioa 8-2127

Atlcntic Lumber Co. (C. P. Heary 6 Co.) PBospect 6524

Atlcs Lumber Co. ...PRoepect 4266

Bock Lunber Co., I. Wm, .ADcms l-{381

Bcush' ccrl w' (Pqscdenq) st;;il",! l-3883

Bercut-Ricbqrds Lumber Co. (A. W. "Andy" Donovcn) .MAdisou g-2355

Browa d Conpcny , Clqy . ..YOrl 1168

Brush Industricl Lumber Co. .IlNderhill 0-3301

Bums Lumber Compqnv .WEbster 3-5861

Ccrr 4 Co,, L. t. (W. D-. Dunning) PRospect 8843

CcstEll d Associqtes, Russ .......IINion 8-2127

Clcnberlh 6 Co., W. n. (I. t.. Rea) .......WYouins ll09

Chcntlcnd cnd AssociqtEs, P, W. AXmiastel 5296

Chsna- Lumber Co. (Buns Lumber Co.) ... .. ...WEbster 3-5861

George Clough ...DUnkirL 2-2214

Consolidcled Lumber Co. ........Blchnond 2l{l (Wilniagton) NE. 6-189l Wilm. Ter. 4-2637

Cozby Lumber Co. (South Gaie). .LOrcin 6-5121

Cooper-Morgcn Lumber Co.

Willred T. Cooper Lbr. Co. (Pqscdenc) RYcn l-7631,' SYcamore 3-2921

Cooper Wholescle Lumber Co., W. E. MUtual 2l3l

Dcltoa 6 Co., B. W. ....MAdigon 9-2173

Dannis Lumber Compcny .PEospect 23511

Dcnt G Russell, Scles Co. ..ADcms 8l0l

Donover Co., Inc. ........ADcmg l-{205

Essley, D. C. 6 Son ANgelus 2-1183

Falrburst Lunber Co. ol Cclil (Los Angeles lunber, Inc.)....MAdiEon 6-913{

Fisk 6 Mcson (So, Pcscderc) ....PYranid I-1197 SYcqnore 9-2674

Erik Flamer (Long Becch) ....Loug Beqch 6-5237

For€al Products Scles Co. (Inglewood)

Freemcn d co., stephen c. (BqlbodiRl?:;tt".l'3311

Ed. Fouutciu Lumber Co. ..........LOg@ 8-2331

Gossli!-Hcrding Lumber Co. (loe Petrcgh). .........ANgetus 3-6951

Hcmmond Lumber Compcny ......PRoepect 7l7l

Hcrris Lumber Co., L. E. ...Duskirk 2-2301

Heberle d Co., B. l. (Comptoa) ..NEvqdc 6-2595

Hill d Morion, Inc. .BRcdshcw 2-4375

Ecrr Honncn co. .... ..gH[:iI

3:313i

Holmeg Eurclo Lumber Co. ... .MUtucl 9l8l

Hoover A. L. ..... ...YOrk 1168

Hull Lumber Co., Rclph .........NEvcdc 6-2257

Indepcndeat BuildiaEMctericls Co. ....Plecsant l-{lql

Kerdcll Lumber Distributon. .. .....PRospect 53{l (uhl Lumbcr Co,, Ccrl H, R. S. O.good ....mbilt 8335

Tricngle Lumber Co. .TEnplebcr 2-5855

Westen Dry Kiln Co. .LOckhqven 8-3284

westem Pine supplv co' (Emeryvile) ont s-7322

Wholescle Lumber Distributors ..Twinocks 3-2515

E. K. Wood Lumber Co. KEtlog {-8466

HANDWOODS

Bruce Co.. E. L. .....EElog 3.6621

Strable Hcrdwood Coupcny....TEnplebcr 2-5584 White Brotbers .ANdover l-1600

IOS AIUGEI.ES

CNEOSOTED LUMBEN_POLES_PILING_TIES

.......STcnley 7-3723 (Ancbeim)

ossood. Roberr s. ^i+iit 3?il

Pccific Fir Scles (Pasqdena) ....SYccmore 6-{320 RYcn l-8103

Pqcilic Lumber Co., Tbe .....YOrk ll88

Pqcilic ForEsl Products, Inc, (Diclr LqFrcnchi) TUcker.l232

Pacific \l/estem Lumber Co. oI Cctil., Inc. (Pcsodenc) SYccmore 6-5397-L.4. EYqu t-8123

The Pbippa Co. ......ANgetus 3-380?

Pope d Tclbot, Inc., Lunber Division PRospact 8231

E, L. Reitz Co. (Scn Mcriao) ..BYm l-8r!04 SYcamore 6:3169

Rouads Trcding Co. (Loag Becch) NEvcdc 8-4056 Long Secch 7-2781

Rudbcch d Co., John A. .TUct<er 5tl9

Sca Pedro Lunber Co, ..Rlchnond ll4l

Sboecher.Kux Wholesole Lbr,,. ....Rlchmond 9392

Sierrc Redwood Co...... .ANgetus l-4lal{ Srskiyou Foresi Products oI Calilornic Stepbea G. Freemqn 6 Co., Balboc Hcrbor 2024

South Bay Lunber Co, (Hcwthorne) ORegoa 8-{597

Spcldinq Lumber Co.. ..UNderhill 0-1281

Sudden G Christenson, Iuc. .TRiaity 884{

Tqcomc Lunber Sales. Inc. ........PBospect ll08

Tarter, Webster d lohuson, Inc. ...ANgelus {183 S, A, Troxel Lumber Co. ..ANgelus 6061

Twin Hcrbors Lumber Co. (C. P. Heary d Co.) ..PRospect 8524

Union Lumber Compcny ..TRinity 2282 Upton Lumber Co., W, E. ....TYViaoc&s ll$ Wendtias-Ncthan Co. ...YOrh 1168

Wollace MilI d fumber Co. (Pcrcnouat) ..NEvadc 6-365

Wesi oresoD Lumber Co. (""".rJ$"Tltl"l_ ,-Or* \tr/ewerhceuget Scles Co, ........Blchnond 7-0505 White Lumber Co,, Hcrry H. .....8lchnond 059jl Wilson