All Species of West Coqst Lumber Products

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-TTEIP WANTEDEXPERIENCED HARDWOOD LUMBER SALESMEN WANTED E. J. STANTON & SON, rNC. LOS ANGELES

PHONE: ADams 4-9211

WANTEDDraftsman and millwork detailcr by long-established millwork manufacturer located in Central Califorila. Doing.large amount of school and public work. Steady position Excellcit salary for right man. Must be experienccd, Please state qualifications and referenies.

Addrcss Box C-2655, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 50E, Los Angcles 14, Calif.

WANTED -

HIGH - GRADE SALES REPRESENTATION TO WHOLESALE TRADE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR LINE oF TOP-QUALITY, WHrTE prNE MOULDTNGS.

Address Box C-2695, California Lumbcr Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angelcs 14, Cdif.

SALESMEN WANTED

By .well-established San Francisco plywood import firrn- Choice territories available on commission basis. Please send brief resume to:

Address Box C-26EE, California Lumber Merchant f08 W. 6th St., Room 508, Loe Angelcs 14, Calif.

EXPERIENCED BOOKKEEPER WANTED for Retail lumberyard-San Francisco peninsula area. Must be top- notch. Excellent salary. Write:

Address Box C-2694, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

-POSMONS WANTEDATTENTION: DOMESTIC MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS

Incrcase your sales volume with carload sales of plywood, lumber and allied wood products to the ll Western states, with special emphasis on California market, Aggressive, versatile sales representation available by former l0-year v,p. and gen. mgr. (young, 36) of inultiple plywood warehouse operation in So. Calif. Confidential.

- Address Box C-2682, California Lumber Merchant 10E West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Cdif.

POSITION WANTED

Experienced Wholesale lumber secretary. Knowledge of general office work. Capable of taking chargc of small office.

Address Box C-2696, California Lumber Merchant 10E Wcst 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

COMPETENT SECRETARY

Lady desires position in San Gabriel Valley, if possible, January lst. Seven years with present wholesale hardwood lumber and plywood brokerage firm, general office experience. College background, mature, excellent health.

Address Box C-2691, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

-YARDS and SITES FOn SAIEA.EASEFOR SALE_

Lumber and building materials yard in Lancaster. Office, lumber shed, spur track and approximately 3 acres fenced. Complete inventory. Established business.

Address Box C-2693, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

Nevada Retail Yard For Sale

For sale at cost of inventory & equipment, approx. $35,000, a retail lumber yard and general building supplies. Located in one of the fastest-going areas in Nevada. Doing approx. $200.000. Owner will carry land and buildings on ten-ycar contract or lease.

' P. O. Box 6,61, Fallon, Nevada

RETAIL YARD FOR SALE

Well-located in Monterey County. Fronts four-lane Highway with spur trackage. $50,000 for land, good buildings;5,00O sq. ft. store and equiPment' Terms'

P. o. Box 2s4

WATSONVILLE. CALIF.

FOR SALE-

Smdl wholesale and lumber company with tax loss of S+A@ (f-o$ applicable only for 195? and 1958). Best reasonablc cash offer will take.

Address Box C-2686, Califorpia Lumber Merchant 108 W. 6th St., Room 508, Ircs Angeles 14, Calif.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LUMBER YARDS FO,R SALECorporation owning 2 retail yards establishcd twe4ty-fiv9 yg4ls_ago,. Locited about 40 miles from Los Angeles, near 'nDisneyland." Good active area. Fine modern buildings. Price for ground and buildings$135,000. Hyster trucka, machinery, office equipment,,9!9.' $13'q00. Tptal $148,000. Inventory will run about S120,000 additional. Appraisal report will be shown

TWOHY LUTMBER CO.

714 W. Oly,rnpic Blvd., Los Angeles 15' Rlchmond 9-87'f6 Ltmberyard and Sawmill Brokers

FOR SALE

Complcte lumber remanufacturing plant, all-electric. 120 miles north of San Francisco. Eightcen acres of ground.

Address Box C-2566, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room.50B, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

-FOR SAI.E-

FOR SALE

/s" Mahogany & Birch Veneer.

L. SOLBERG

Phoncs: LYcoming 3-3021 or CApitol 5-09G)

-WANTEDWANTID_

Late r.bdel Straight Line Rip Saw. Pleasc state model number and price.

BAY CITY CABINET CO.

731 East lfth Street Oakland 6, Calif.

PHONE: TErnplebar 4-9267

-EQIIIPMEI,IT FOR SA[EFOR SALE_

1954-4-ton capacity Hyster. Completely overhauled. I95,|{hevrolet 12' flat-bed truck.

Address Box C-2692, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Cdif.

Twin Rcsaw-S4inch turner Mathison 4-inch Electric Moulder

L. SOLBERG

1000 Foothill Blvd., LaVerne, Calif.

Phones: LYcoming 3-3021 or CApitol $09@ o Terms to Suit You o

FOR SALE

TWO HYSTER LUMBER CARRIERS

GOOD CONDITION WILL SELL CHEAP

Write Box 83 or call TErminal 2-4504, San Pedro

FOR SALL

Twin Tank 300-H.P. GMC Diesel Power Plant. 94,000. Guaranteed Good. Will consider lumber in trade.

Address Box C-269O, Caiifornia Lumber ,Merchant 108 W. 6th St., Room 56, Loc Angeles 14, Catf.

sAvE! FOR.K-uFT BARGAINS SAVE!

Ured Good, Rcconditioned or Rcbuih & Grd. 2,OOO-|5,OOO lb. cop. Glbron , 6,000-lb, Copocity, hyd. rtrg, pnco. lirot Clork. '1951 . 6,000-lb. Cqpaclly, pn.u. lirct Rorr 19 HT 6,000-lb. Ccpocity; roconditioned Clork 6,000-lb. Copocify; rcbuilf qnd guoronlc.d Clork . , . 3,000 ond 4,000-lb. Copqcifyr rccondilloncd

Towmolor tT56 6,000.1b. Capoclty, rcboilf ond guorortod

8lg Discounts on New Surplur Port3 for All Xlokcr qnd fllodels of Forklifte

NEW CONTINENTAT ENGINES FOR ;ORKIIFTS AT BIG DISCOUNTS

Fit GlorkfowmotorRorr. Stock limitcd.

17 CFm Porf. Cornprotro13, Rebuitr ..---.-----....-.-.--...-.13t5

For Sale

po-mplete G4ng Mill in Northern California. 36" Ifeavy Duty Wehrhahn gang, Sumner,8"x54" edger, Cummins Diesels and other perti- nent equipment. All in new condition. Sell all or any part. Write:

P. O. BOX 364-Eureka, California

DE WALT SAW_lrl H.p.

Combination rip & cut-off, 3-phase, complete dadoes, rabbetts, etc.

$275 FULL PRICE

5646 McCulloch Temple City, Calif.

Hlllcrest 7-1301

How Lumber Looks

(Continued from Page 1) gradually in price and sales were increasing at the top of the price range on specified dimension and studs. In the period ending November 1, Crow's Lumber Price Index rnoved up for the first time since last April, entirely in the green Douglas Fir segment. Slight gains were made by No. 2 and 4 Ponderosa pine boards.

Shipments of 485 mills reporting to the National Lumber Manufacturers Assn. in the week ended Nov. 2 were 5.1/o above production, but new orders were 4.0/o below. National production of lumber in September was estimated at 2,883,000,000 board ieet, TVo below this August and.9/o less than September 1956. Shipments of 2,866,000,000 feet were 9/o below August, and orders of 2,797,000,000 feet were 6/o below August. Both shipments and orders in the first nine months this year were about equal to the 1957 output.

Shipments of 108,794,891 feet at 159 mills reporting (129 operating) to the West Coast Lumbermen's Assn. in the week ending Nov. 2 were ll.4/o over production ol 97,699,671 feet, while orders of 100,123,364 feet were 2.5/o above. The weekly average of west coast lumber production for October was 149,314,000 feet, reported WCLA Secretary Harris E. Smith; orders averaged, 144,173,000 feet, and shipments 154,651,000 feet Shipments of 83,350,000 feet were 2.7/o below production at 127 mills reporting to the Western Pine Association in the week ended Nov. 2; orders were 71.5/o below Shipments of 18,856,000 feet were 1.02/o zibove production at 94 mills reporting to the Southern Pine Association in the week ending Nov. 2

Orders of 90,428,@0 feet fell 26.3/o below production of 114,287,@0 feet, the Douglas Fir Plywood Assn. repoited for the week ending Nov. 2. For the year to date, production was 42% and, orders 8.0/o above the same 1956 span. Jobber inventories during September dropped 7.7/o lrom August, according to a D&B survey of l8l warehouses.

-SPECIAL SERVICES_

B U Y-S EL L-REPAIR_S ER VICE

Fork Lifts and Straddle Trucks. Complete shop and field service. Ponable Welding, Special Fabrication, Steam Cleaning and Painting. Service Available 7 Days a Week. All work guaranteed.

COMMERCIAL REPAIRS AND SERVICE l1l5 North Alameda Street, Compton, Calif.

Phones: NEwmark l-8269. NEvada 6-4805

EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTORS

Experienced lumber crews available for car unloading, sorting & sticking for air-dry. Labor dispatched to your yard on a board-foot basis. Can unload & haul from any R.R. spur-one car to 30 cars per day. Printed rates upon request. Established 1943.

Everyone Reqds These Poges-Just Like You Ccrlifornio Lumber MERCHANT-,ZE

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In this issue, we welcome these new advertisers into the family of California Lumber "Merchant-isers":

More Plywood to Enter Stockton

Stockton, Calif.-As a result of the recent ruling made by the Trans-Pacific Freight Conference of Japan, the Port of Stockton is expected to gain an estimated 30,000-40,000 tons of additional inbound cargo annually. The ruling granted this port the same status formerly accorded only the ports of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and Portland on the west coast. A wide variety of Japanese cargo can now be expected, it was said, including plywood, steel products and manufactured items.

furner Joins Dqniels ond Ross

Chet Dennis, of Daniels and Ross Lumber Co., Menlo Park, announces the addition of Jim Turner to the sales force. Turner had been with Tarter, Webster & fohnson, Inc., at San Francisco for the past two years. ,{ Marine captain during the Korean *nr,'Turrl"r originally received his lumber training with McCloud River Lumber Company.

Anal-reim.-Five separate motels totaling 199 units were approved. 60 units rvill be built at Lorraine and Los Angeles street, another 60 units at 8l9Z Lincoln Ave., 30 units at Kzrtella and West, 29 units at Kdtella and Harbor, and N units near Katella and West.

Berkeley Plywood Principols Buy Colif. Builders Supply Co.

The sale of California Builders Supply Co. of Richmond (Inc.),, now located at 9015 G Street in Oakland, to E. C. "Gene" Harter and Warner Odenthal is announced by Kenneth Shipp, president of California Builders. Harter and Odenthal are secretary-treasurer and oresident. respectively, of Berkeley Plywobd Co., Oaklancl.

Seek to lmprove Humboldr Boy

Eureka, Calif.-The California Real Estate Assn. has agreed to back efforts of the E,ureka Real Estate Board to obtain improvements to channels in Humboldt Bay harbor, a movement led by the Eureka C. of C. and the liumboldt Board of Trade. Lumber shipped from the harbor during the past three years has averaged about 120 million board feet per year in more than 200 ships.

New Hoyword Monoger in Vistq

The Hayward Lumber Co. has appointed B. A. "Bud" Nfarkert manager of the Vista, Calif., yard to succeed Cecil R. Courter, who last month resigned the management he had held the past 23 years in order to make a new connection. Harry Trexel is the new assistant manager and Pete Esquibel will continue as the driver.

Woodland Hills.-27 one-family dwelling lots bounded by Ventura and Burbank boulevards and Fallbrook and Sale avenues were sold to 20 buyers for $100,085.

Santa Maria.-32 new homes were ir-rcluded in the September building permits of $560,965 here;21were listed in August. September 1956 found only {ive nerv homes.

Advertisers Index

*Advertirlng oppeon in qltemqls b3usl

Dolly Vorden Lumber Co. ---------.--.---.----.-.--55

Iroorey & lo. ..-.-......-....--54 fJougfqs Fir Plywood Arsn. -.----..-.--.------.-.--27

* Avrm Lumber Co. -.-..----.......--....---..-.-.---.--.65

Bqck Co., J. Willim --.......-..........-...-....,....63

Bqrtlelt Uoo. co., In(. -...--.......-----.-..."..-.-- E

Bough, Corl W. --...--.-..........-.---.--------------.--.+

Bqugh 8roe. & €o. .-.--.....-....-.---..-...----.--..,.*

Bqxrer & Co., J. H. --,,-..-...........-.-------.--,---- 5

Behr & 5ons, Inc., Joseph ---.---...-----.-.-....--.71

Bender Imber Sole5, Eqrle D..--------------*

Bennelt 2-Woy Pqnel 5ry ---.......-.......-..---.* Bennetl Veneerr, Inc. ----..--..........--.--.---.---..-52

Beton Compony, The .---.--------.........-.-..----...-.50

Bfis: tumber Co., fnc. -----.--.--------------57

Blue Dimond Corporolion --.--...--.--.--.-.---.---48

Bohnhofi Lmber Co. ---...-.---.......-..-------.-.-.---'i

Bonnell-Word & Knopp ---....------..-....---..-.--*

Bonnington Lumber Co. ---.....--.....-....--.-.-.-.. :f

B. C. Forert Producfr, Ltd. -,,,-,,,...,-..,.,--.--* Erown t Co., Cloy -.-..-....-...---.......-.-.----.--.--51

Broyler Lumber Co. -----.-.-.--.----,--....-..-------.-61

Bruce Co., E. l. ------------.-................-.-.-..--.-*

B.urh lndusfriql lumber Co. ...-..-,-----.-..--..-33

Gol-Pocifl< Redwood 5oler, In<.,---.....-.--..*

Colovero Cement Co. ..........-.....--......---.----I8

Coliforniq Door Co. of L. A. --..-.-----.---------. *

Cofifornio Lumber Sqler -----..------------62

Colifornio Pqnel ond Veneer Co. .---.-..-.-.-:t

Cqliforniq Redwood Arn. -.-.---.-.-.......-...----36

Colif. Sugor & West. Pine Agency -.-.-.,--.-.65

Corlow Co, ---..-..-.....,--.-. 9

Corcode Pocific Lumber Co. ..........-...-...------58

Ce(o Steel Products Corp. --------........,--------*

Celolex Corporolion, The ...........-......--.---...- {t

Centrol Volley Box & Lmber Co. ,--..--,-..-.-65

Chrirlenson Lumber Co. -..-................--.-----.*

Cloy Lmber Co. ---.----.--.---.-.----.---------,-.,-----*

Coort Kiln t Lmber Co..---------..-----.-----..--*

Cobb Compqny, T. l. ............-...-.......-,.-..,.31

Consolidoled Lmber Co. .-.-------.-..----.--.-----:l

Continentql lumber 5qles ....--..------....--.-.---,*

Cook, Inc., D. O. .--.--.---.--..---..---------.--...-----,*

Cooper Wholerole Lwber Co., W. E. .-----4I

Coor Heqd Lumber E Plywood Co. .-...------*

Corqf ite Compmy, The -...........---.--- ---------.-29

Cordr Iumber Co. --.--...-.-...-.-----.----.----.-....---35

Crofoot Lumber Co. -------,-.--..........-..---...-.--*

Crown Lumber Co. ....-.--.--......----..-------,-....-.'t

Dofton t Co., R. W. --.....--..............---.-..-.-71

Dont & Rur:ell, Inc. .--..-.-.--......--..--..-.......-.'*

Dovir Hordwod Co. .---.-.......-----.

Del Volle, Kqhmqn E Co........-.

Dollor Co., The Robert

Diqke'! Boy Lunber Co., InG. -.---.......-.....-.59

Duroble Plywood 5oler Co. ..-,-.----..,--........- :l

Eckrtrom Pfywood & Door Co. ----------.--67

Edwordr

Fidler'r llfg. Co., lnc. .--...---..-..,-.----------,-. *

Filk E M6on ..-..----.---...-. *

Fountoin Lwber Co., Ed ........-.-.....-.--.....--*

Forert Fiber Productt Co. -...........-.-.--.....--..21

Freemcn Co., Sfephen G. -.......--.-..-.-..-.--..-.*

F.y noonng Co., Lloyd A, ....-.-...-.-.-.-......*

Goffeher Hordwood Co. ......-........--..--.--.-..--57

Gmerulon & Green Lumber Co. ---------------*

Gorehime Corp, ------....----.......,.,--....-.-.-.-..-...*

Georgio-Pociflc Corp, -----------.--..------.---.--.---*

Gilbleorh Chmicol Co. ---..-----.-----.-------,-,---41

Globe Inll. of Colif., Inc. ------..-.--------.---.--. *

Golden Gqte Lumber Co. --..--.-..-.---,-.-.--.-.--*

Golden Wert Lumber Co, ---.-----.-.---.-.--,-,,-.-. I

Gordon-MqcBeoth Hqrdwood Co. -.------O.F.C.

Go:slirHording Lmber Co. -..-...-.--.-.--------66

W. R. Groce & Co. ...---.--------.-..--.--.-----------47

Gre.d Boy Lumber Sqler .....----..-...------------.'i

G.eql Wellern Lumber Corp. ..-.-.-.------.---.*

Holey Bro:. ----.-.....-.--.-.--34

Holl Co., Jmes t, .--....---.---------.--.-.-.,.....--.:l

Hollinqn Lmber Co. ---........-.-.,--.--..-.-.-.-----46

Hollinon llockin Lumber Co. -------..--.....-.-. 't

Hollmork Lmber & Plywood Co..-..--.--.-.-- a

Hmmond-Colif. Redwood Co. .---.---.---O.B.C.

Hqrbor Plrwood Corp. ........----.,---,-,-..--.------'i

Horrii Lumber Co., L, E. .-.-.------...-.--.-..------5t

Heorin, F. l. Lumber ..----...----------.--,..-.,-,.--. *

Hedlund Lumber 5olcs, Inc. .--.----.,-.----.----.--53

Hexbeq Lmber Sqler ..-.----.--.------......--..-,.-60

Higginr Lumber Co., J. E...-.-----.----------.----*

Hill a l{orton, In<. --------..----------------..-------.2O

Hobbr Wqll Lumber Co. ......-...-.--..------.-.-..--43

Hollow Tree Redwood Co. .-..------.-----.----.-.--'i

Hogon Wholerole Bldg. ilqteriql5 Co. .--.-- ,l

Holmer Eureko Lumber Co. --------,-.----.-.--..-. *

Hofmes Lumber Co., Frcd C. ....--.-....--.-.-..--37

Homoiote Compony .-,-,-------.

Hoover Co., A, !. ----..-------.. ............,59 lmperiol Iumber Co. -...........-. lndurtriol Lmber .....-..--..........