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Portland, C)re., October 1S-Orders for Pacific Northrvest lumber during nine months of 1947 have jumped more than a billion board feet above orders for a similar period in i946-indicating a nationwide ups.rving in constructionH. V. Simpson, executir-e r.ice president of the \\Iest.Coast I-umbermen's Association, zrnnounced torlay.

Total orders for the 39-'iveek period in 1917 rvere 5,486,915,000 board feet, Simpson said. Orders for the same period in 1946 amounted to only 4,423,223,000 feet.

Production during September in the Douglas fir region of Oregon and Washington continued high, the rveekly average for the month being 746,2&,000 feet, a slight increase over the August average of 145,573,000 feet. September's r,r'eekly average of orders 'ivas 132,691,000 feet, as against 139,924,N0 for August. Average shipments in September rose to i43,055,000 from the August average of 137,055,000.

"The volume of lumber orders has been rising firmly since a post war low lr,as reached in 1945," Simpson said. "This suggests very strongly that construction programs throughout the country are being steadily expanded."

Curnulative production for the first 39 rveeks of 1947 was 5,363,509,000 b.f.; 39 rveeks, 1946, 4,635,713,0ffi; 39 weeks, 1945, 5,046,172,ffi0.

Orders for 39 rveeks of 1947 break dou'n as follows: R,ail 3,476,284,W b.f.; domestic cargo 705,217,A40; export 801,0O2,0@; local 5U,412,000.

The industry's unfilled order file stottcl at 702,169,N0 at tlre end of September; gross stocks at 579,645,0ffi.

The Western Pine Association for the rveek ended C)ctober 18, 101 mills reporting, gave orders as 57,648,000 feet, shipments 61,984,000 feet, and production 70,446,0N feet' Orders on hand at the end of tl.re rveek totaled 183,021,000 feet.

The Southern Pine Association for the u'eek ended ()ctober 11,76 units (101 mills) reporting, gave orders as 13,771,n0 feet, shipments 17,110,000 feet, and productior.r 16.520.000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the rveek totaled 80,827,000 feet.

T[re West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the tleek ended October 11, 148 mills reporting, gave orders as 90,959,000 feet, shipments 92,655,000 feet, and production 97,279,000 teet. Orders on hand at the end of the rveek totaled 549,350,000 feet.

For thc rveek ended October 18, 149 mills reporting, gave orders as 88,303,000, shipments 86,573,000 feet, and production 101,780,000 feet. Orders on hancl at the end of the week totaled, 591,272,000 feet.

Tom Jcrcobsen A Grcrndlcrther

The birth of a granddaughter, Gretchen Nlarie, to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jacobsen, Jr., in Oakland, September 28, was the cause of great rejoicing in that household.

29 YEARS AGO THE WHOLE TOW]\ TURNED OTJT

TJre riew below, showing lhe lownspeople qnd workers from our millr celebroiing the end of the first greol world confict, rymbohzes the beginning oJ on ero, which hos wiinessed tremendour rtrider of progre33 onJ odvqncement in every phose of our operotionr. View wq: loken sl fhe north end of Scotia in front of rhe scotio Inn tooking toword Rio Dell.