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Western Pine No. 3Shop Grqde Chcnges

Portland-The Western Pine Association has announced revision of its grading rules for No. 3 Shop lumber, efiective October 15, 1955. The new rules clarify the grade by defining type and grade of cuttings which must be contained in No. 3 Shop pieces. The grade was given only general description in the association grading rules prior to the change.

The revision resulted from two years of study, and was approved at the association's semi-annual meeting in Portland in mid-September.

The special rules for White Fir Shop grades, when used for flush door cores, may now be applied to Douglas Fir Shop which is to be used for the same purpose.

The changes have been published in a supplement to the Western Pine Association grading rules, and copies may be obtained by writing the association at 510 Yeon Building, Portland 4, Oregon.

NorlhwesternColifornia Lumbermen Hold October Meering in Eureko

Lenzi's Club in Eureka was the scene of another successful Northwestern California Lumbermen's Club meeting October 14. President Arch LeFores presided over the meeting, which featured an excellent show following dinner.

Next big event on the Eureka Club's calendar will be the annual Stag Nite, to be held this month in Eureka.

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Conslruction Hits Pecrk With $e gillion New Record in Seprember

Washington.-spending for new construction in September passed the $4 billion mark for the first time in history to set the most active quarter on record. The Departments of Commerce and Labor announced the September figure of slightly over $4,000,000,000 was 9/o above September 1954, which had been the record-holder' August this year was slightly under $4 billion.

September was the fourth straight month in which construction outlays have climbed to new monthly highs, beginning at about $3.8 billion in June. During July, August and September, the joint report noted, the value of new work put in place totaled a record $11.9 billion- ot 9/o above July-September last year, the previous most active'

Taking seasonal factors into account, the departments said new construction activity in the third quarter reached an annual rate of $41.8 billion. This compares with an actual outlays of $37.6 billion in 1954.

The report said dollar volume during the first nine months of this year came to nearly $31.1 billion-a full l2/o higher than during the like period of last year.

The joint report noted private home building edged off about l/o from August to September but still held 11lo above September of last year. Commercial building, on the other hand. rose above the $300 million mark for the first time in September, and construction of churches and private industrial facilities was greater than in any previous month.