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MANUFACTURERS OF PONDEROSA PINE - SUGAR PINE. WHITE FIR . INCENSE CEDAR

Wholesole Lumber Distribution Yard

3O3O E. Woshington Blvd. Los Angeles 23, Colif. Phone ANgelus 8-Ol7l ,fftrT'4ffi.'-v--? 's#r ;&.*"Wffi'4Wi

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EVERYTHING'S UP To DATE AT ARCATA REDWOOD-(Top row, left to right)r lrvington Cut-ofi Sow rrimming shorts from mill. orton Single Surfocer; shorts ore 515 prior to gluing. SlS qnd trimmed shorls qre then groded ofi 30" moving belt. CENTER PANEI, (1. to r.): Motiison 202 Srroight Line Rip ,.Ld io rquor" edges be- fore gluing oPerqtion. Rqndoll Fenton End Morcher which cufs the finger ioint. Monn-Russell End Gluer, o continuous feed-rype mochinl which wili glue up to 70 feel per minute. BOTTOM PANEL: Deihl Strqight Line Rip Sow in opeiotion; end-glued stock is precision edge-rrimmed here Lefore edge-gluing. Monn-Russeil Edge- Glue Mochine con edge-glue ponels up to 48" in width. An exqcl end trim sow designed qnd Luilr by Arcoro ro precision end-trim fo*t. ro ony desired lengih.

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WHOIESALE LUAABER

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Teletype: PosoCol 7191

7tin1 39 SOIJTH EUCTID AVE. PASADENA I, CATIFORNIA

Northwest Hqrdwood Associqtion Annuql Heors Top Speokers

The Northu'cst Hardl'ood Association l-re1d its secou<l anntrrrl r'ncetir.rg, Octol>er 72, at the \\rinthrop hotel ir-r Tacoma. Jacl< lt. l'feilTer oi Corvallis, Oregon, was program chairmar-r. Tl-rc rneeting \\-as open to all persous interestecl in tlie clcvelonmcnt of tl.rc natir.e hardrvoods of the Pacific coast into :r- .sigrrihcant, cxpanding industry, accorcling to llarry O. Nlitchell. secretary-manager and editor oi "Pacifi c Coast I{:rrdu'oocls."

Ralph ll. Yocler, -Jr., president of tl're Producers' Council of \\tashington, arr orgar.rizzrtion of architects, builders ancl material-supply firnrs, <lelivered the feature aclclress on the subject of the funclarrerrt:rls of selling as appliecl to tl're hardwood industry and tracle. Yorlcr lras long been iclentified rn'it1.r the forest industries in lrromotit.rnal u-ork for the \\rest

solid PHIIIPPINE MAHOGANY

Iirnrnet J. Nist u-as elected to iris thircl tcrn-r as presicler-rt oI the Nortl.ru-est Har(l\\'ood Assrr. at the Oct. 12 annual in Tacot.na. Other officers electcd u'ere L. I{. Smith, r.ice presiclent; Harrl' P. Ca1drvell, treasttrer (third terrn), and the nervly elected directors; Johl W. .\llen, Ilobert XlcGregor and R. H. O'Neill. Directors serving unexpired terms are I'aul A. Barber, John ll Hauberg, Jr., \V. E. McPherson (Hallinan.\Iackin l-unrber Co.;. Victor I-. Nelson, Sedro Woolley ancl A. I'. York. Harry O. Mitchell continues his goocl u-ork as the association's secretarY-manager.

Coast I-umlrertltett's Association and the \\'estcrn Forest Inclustries A ssociation.

JanTes J). Srrorlgrass, associlite chief of the Division of Pliysical Research, Oregorr Forest I'roclttcts Laboratory, Corr':rllis. cliscussed tl're strttctttrc of u-otlcl as relatecl to seasor-ring ancl use.

Henry Becker of Ii. V. l)rcntice Cot.npant" I'ortland, discussed gang rip ancl straight line rilt sltws;tncl the operation thereoi. Bbth subjects had to clo u-ith tcchni<lues for improving t1-re qualitv oi harclu-o<tcl lttnllrer llrodrrccd in this f cglon.

Au..y D. Smith, n-estern division trafhc nlilllilger .of \\revcrhaeuser Sales Co., Tacoma, 1)rcsented thc itssociation-'s casc ior reducecl trauscotttitterltltl freight rlttcs on u'cstcrn lil<lcr. maple and other hardn'oods.

1,. It. Snrith o{ L. ii. Smith Harclu'oocl Conllrllny, l,ongvicu', tol<1 :Llrottt his courpanr"s establishment of a (lu:irternrillion tlollltr entcrltrise in Alaska to harvest nativc 1-lirch :rrr11 lrrcp:trc it for the U.S. furniture market. This is the lrrst attenrltt t() citl)italize rtu the enornlous llirch resottrces of thc territorv. irr the oltinion of associatiorr olficials, ancl it rcpresents rL significllnt steP in the progressive cievelopment of Alaska.

Therc u':ts a'lso :i <liscttssion of thc association's revised grading ntles for tt cstcrrt h;rrtll,oocl lttmbe r.

Compfefe Stocks of Quofiry "ILCO" Mahogony SIDING . PANEIING . MOUTDINGS . TRIM

-John \\'. Allcrr, {orcst rlanlLger, I',loecle1 Timlterlands Der-elopnrent, Ir.rc., Wirrslou', \\rashington. reported on the (r(ith r.rational conr,entiorr of the C)rder of Hoo-Hoo, the orgarrization o{ 14,000 f orcst-procltrcts ir.rclttstrv representaiir-es ancl the olclest inrlrrstrilLl fraterrritv irr tlie U.S. Allen u'as recently elccted presirlerrt of thc Seattle chapter.

The Northu'est Fl:trcln'oocl .\ssoci:ttiott u':ts chartered as Ir non-profit corporation in Selrten.rlrcr 1955 to promote increasccl utilization Ancl conservlLtior.r of l'acific Coast hardu'oocls incliger.rous to thc states of Oregorr arrd Washington Irrrrl the province of British Coltrnrbia. Its ltrogr:tttt emboclies the rlevekrpment oi a l'iclcr pr.rl,ilic urrderstarr<ling of their prolrcrties, rLclr-antages and uses, the impror-etrrct'tt <tf species tlrrorrgh souncl forest-tnauagcmettt 1)racticcs, t'hc cstlLlrlishnrcnl :rrr<1 olrservlu-tcc of n'orl<:tlrle ancl accept:r1rle grlrtling nrlcs orr logs ancl lumber so that sales tnay lre cott<lrtcte<l orr

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