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Up fo Our Eqrc in Poper!

The United States uses paper products at the rate of 440 pounds per person per year as compared to a world average of 57 pounds, according to a new booklet, "Pulpwood Industry ,.Facts," published by American Forest Products lndustries in cooperation with the American Pulpwood Association.

Pulpwood production in the country nearly has doubled since 1950, climbing from 20.7 million cords to 40 million cords in 1961, the booklet states.

Annual per capita use of paper products is 280 pounds in .Canada, 35 pounds in Russia, I35 pounds in Francg six pounds in Red China, and three pounds in India.

"Pirlpwood is the basic raw material for one of the nation's largest industrial complexes," says the hooklet. "The pulp and paper industry in the United States is composed oI 472 eompanies operating 813 paper mills and 357 pulp mills, many of which are in the same establishments. In addition. there are about 4,000 mills which convert the paper and paperboard into articles for every-day use."

The pulp and paper industry provides year-round jobs for more tl-ran 578,000 people whose wages total more than $2.9 billion a year. The industry pays more than $800 million a year for pulpwood delivered to the mills, furnishing a steady market for 24,000 tree farmers and other landowners growing trees as a crop.

Genuine Stephenson Redwood Cupolas

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tlow iVAl[ABtE for the first time in Western States, fast-moving Stephenson Redwood Cupolas are a proved money-maker. Volume production makes prices so low that every home can afford one. lmmediate delivery from distributor stock.

o UI{LIMITED MARKET due to low cost and high quality. Helps builders sell homes! Perfect for the do-it-yourselfer. Get into this profitable business now, while many homes are being completed.

o AIIDS BEAUTY to any home, certainly. Did you know these cupolas also.lower attic temperatures as much as 20 degrees? The biggest and best attic ventilator.

o 0UALIIY BUILT of lifetime Redwood. Rugged construction. One inch or thicker lumber throughout, even on lowers. All edges beautifully rounded. These symbols of a better-built home sell t-hemselves!

o C0MPLETELY ASSEMBIEII, all in one carton, ebsy to stock and sell!

o WEATHERVANES-A complete line of standard and deluxe weather. vanes gives you a double profit on every sale!

o M|)0ERN iIERCHAI{lllSlllG provided at no cost. Folders, stuffers, ad mats, radio commercials, and advertising at local and national levels.

IMMEDIATE DETIVERY FR()M SI(ICK

CAI.IFORI{IA DISTRIBUTORS

California Builders Supply Co. Western Door & Sash Company of Sacramento oakland 20. California

Sacramento, California carirornia. Dool c9..o,r Los Ansetes X3ffi:i,JVi|JIT companv Los Angeles 58, California

OTHER WISTERil DISTNIBUTONS

Wholesale Building Supplies, Inc. R. W. Frank & Company

Auburn and Bellinsham, washinston ili:,:1ir1 city 10, Utah

Continental Lumber Co.

Boise and Jerome, ldaho

$i.rX.#iH Clumber company

For complctc sofes klf ct no ciorgg wfite to GEOR,GE IN. STEPHENSON & CO.

15754 Industrial Parkway . Gleveland 35, 0hio

Phone 216-9'11-5168 lorgest fllonurdcturer ol Wood Cvpolas o,nd

The American Tree Farm System of grorving trees as " "rop on private lands helps to underwrite a continuing supply of wood !o feed the pulp and paper mills, says the booklet. Also, tree {amiqg msailB *,rltipL use of tlre forests doi-t,ood products, wildlife habitat, recreation, soil and witer conservation.

New Retiremenl Plon Possible

The new H.R. l0 law recently passed is greatly to the advantage of sole proprietors, small partnerships, doctorso la*y"rs, etc., concerned with setting up a retirement plan for themselves. It makes possible a simple plan which permits annual deposits up to $1,250.00 to be deducted as a business expense. It can be truiteed with a bdnker, or a custodial plan can be used.

Investments range from a special U.S. Bond to life insurance or annuities. The proprietor can deposit tp to LO/o of his earned income, with deposits not exceeding $2500.00. Of this amount, one-half is a business expense and the earnings on the balance are not reported as income, Employees with three or more years of service are included, and the full amount of the employers contribution for them is deductible.

Red Cedor Shingle Burequ Ofters New Applicotion ond Speciftcation Monuol

A new application and specification manual for Red Cedar shingles and sidewall shakes is now available from the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, Seattle.

_ The concise four-page manual deals with grades of shingles, shipping weights and roof coverage, plus illustrated applicaiion steps and specification details for both shingles and the economical machine-grooved sidewall shake.

Handy charts are available for applicators, contractors and architects to estimate proper exposure of shingles in relationship to roof pitch and to determine the number of squares required for proper roof coverage.

Copies of the manual are available free from the Bureau, 5510 White Bldg., Seattle l, Washington.

Most of the structural part of a home is hidden, but, when inspecting a home before buyingr go to the basement and see what the joists look like and inspect the exposed rafters. If these are of good Douglas fir lumber you know the best has been used.