THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

Jack Dionne, Publisher

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How Lumber Looks

Weather stepped onto the stage September 26 to take a hand in shaping the lumber market, aedrording to Crow's Market News Service in Portland. A month's drouth had curtailed logging to the point where more and more mills faced probable shutdown. The resulting cutback could have become a strengthening factor but arrival of light rain west of the Cascades appears to promise easing of the tight log supply. The sharp price declines of the last two weeks have leveled off, or at least slowed down. Green Douglas fir Utility 2x4 and.2x6 showed signs of strength, kiln-ilried Utility ZxL was steady, firmness in Nos. 3 and 4 common Ponderosa pine boards cheered pine operators and shop grade began to move. With the new base price lists now believed effective in the entire plywood industry for r/4-inch AD, and some profit possible, that segment felt more confident. The Sept. 23 report from Corvallis said critical fire weather again co,mpelled the shutdown of all logging operations in 'western Oregon and might result in delaying opening of the deer season; many mills planned to close down the first week bf the hunting season and some owners stated that they would not rcopen unless there was an improvement in the lumber market.

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