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TWENIY-FIVE yeors, or so, in the lumber business in Southern Colifornio hos toughl me the Retqil Deoler in lhis oreq is interesled in fhree solienl feqlures when ordering from his wholesoler-qnd lhey ore -SERVICE, QUALIIY qnd DEPENDABITITY .

EXPERIENCE develops "Know How" in underslonding the needs of cuslomers ond lhen it is up to the distribulor lo see only rhe BEST in quolity lumber is used to fill every order. We speciolize in this type of SERVICE ond, of course, ot the RIGHT PRICE.

ALERT deolers reolize-during lhese doys of stiffening compelilionQUAIITY of MANUFACTURE is doubly imporldnt ond conscienlious otlenlion on our porl is lo see thot YOU secure DEPENDABLE grodes. Our direct mill qffiliqtion qssures iust thotincluding prompt on-lime delivery, even if the mqrket is fough.

WHEN inleresled in stroight or mixed cors-PONDEROSA ond SUGAR PINE, SHINGIES' REDWOOD, STANDARD ITE'!'IS OF BOARDS ond DlrrAENSIONS-lusr give us q coll

Dodge Report On Building

F. W. Dodge Corporation reports that sPectacrrlar increases in the dollar-volnme of builcling :rn d constrttction co ntracts arvarded during September in the thirtvscverr states east of the Rocky N{ountains has lrrought the total to $1,093,724.0C0. the highest reported for a singlc lnonth since June, 1942, u'l-ren wartime construction lvas at its peak. This u'as the second time sincc the pre$oom years in thc Tu,enties that more than a billion dollars in arvards u'ere reportecl for a singlc month in those thirtyseven states, the corporatiorr reports.

Bourdon Open For Business

The David Bourdon Lunrber Company opened rccently at 18446 Hart Street in Reseda, Calif ].ou Rourdon is manager. Lou has been in the lumber business in the Los Angeles area for 17 years, and u,as associatetl u'ith the Bourclrn plants at Santa Xfonica, North Hollvu'ood and Harvthorne.

Rice cnd Mcrnuel

H. Rice ancl Jack A. nfanuel, Jr. have opencd lumber offrces at 750 Thornton Street in Sar.r Leandro, and u'ill specialize in grading anC tallying lumber. Rice was formerly rvith the N{onarch Lumber Cornpany as an expcditcr and superintendent, ancl Nllanuel n,as associated n ith his father in the lumber business in Angels Camp,.

Lumber Salet Company Enters \(/holesale Lumber Business

Lumber Sales Company u'ishes to annotlnce its entrance into the wholesale lun-rber business lr'ith offrces located at 2000 Evans Avenue, San Francisco, California.

Wen<leIl Paquette and A. D. "Art" Ilvans rvill head up the nen Company. Sales will bc confinecl exclusively to the retail yard tradc.

A1l stanclard West Coast softrn'ood species u'ill be handled u.ith mixetl car shipmcnts from Oregon mills a specialty'

Wlrolesale stock of Redwoocl will be carried at their clistribgtion yarcl a'd pror'pt service will be rendered to dealers only, by carrier or truck.

Thc con.rpany r,vill offer tntck and trailer shipmer.rts frorn California rnills and u,ill insure prompt delivery through control of equiprnent operated in conjunction with the office'

Both Wenclell and "Art" are rn'ell known in the San Francisco area, Wendell having started at the olcl Pope & Talbol yarcl on Tl-rircl Street in 1920, then rvith chas. R. McCorfiricl< Lnmber Cornpany, and Allen & Dettmann Lumber Company successively. During the r,l'ar he served in the Marine Corps in connection with their lumber purchases, among other things' "Art" enjoys a wide acquaintar.rce u'ith Oregon miils and the Northern Californi:r retail )'ard tratle. Starting rvith Diamond X'{atch Company in Spoltane hc a<lvanced to the post of purchasing agent in California. For the past three years he has been in business for hirnself as A.D. Evans Company, u'holesale lumber, 681 Market Street, San Fr;rncisco'