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Bad Fires-Good Business

Jr-r boorning San lirarrcisco. 1852 \\.as u n,ildlirc \-cur. r\t the.cncl o[:iutunrn,25 lrlocks of tl-rc vorln.q golrl-r'rrih 1r,,r-t's business district \\-erL. in ashcs. 'l hc t't".,1'ii,r corrstrtiction lumber was so rlrgent that clock s:rlcs u'errc rccorrlctl at $500 1;er _thousancl boarcl feet, oi rlrrrclonr lengths, l'irlths antl gracles. 'I'he I'o1tes. ancl Talbots, Ilerrrv Yeslcr :tnrl othcrs sailecl north, n-ith -*lru nrilI nrachirrcrr.irtrtl cngirrc's allrong thcir baggagc.

Henry lioeder. ()nce A Great Lakes captain, ancl Iirrssell l-e1!9!-v cunoed fr,,rrr I'url Tor,,nsend to Bellirrganre Ba.rin 1853 to start a sau-nrill. They n-on the best of cooocraticlii from Chief Chan itzir and his Lumnris. At all rroirrts'Irrrlinns rvere the original sau'mill hands of F,uget Sorrncl.

In Gallagher's Gu1ch, no\\' a clistrict oi Tacoma, Nicholrts I)e Lin, first of the regior.r's Scandintrviarr lumlrermerr, put lL steam cnglnc to u-ork on a sash or m11le1' mill sarv. Nlichucl Sinrnrons. u'lio had lrrrilt e sun'r.nill ut 'furnrvater in llJ-17. set rrp ltnother one ()n tl'rc sitc of torllLv's Shclton. ()lvrloiu llr,l tr.lrivrrrill lref,r(.Ille t^rrtl o[ 13.5.]. -

'I'hc llrst Grcat Sarr l,'r:rncisco lirc n.trs thc nrothcr o{ lLll thesc r-nills. ;\nrl irr l1)0{r, lrs rleclinc in Arncric:rn lruilding lLn<l in lrrnrlrcr irroclrrction lcrl the <lcsccnt into thc "<letireision" oI l1)07, the .qrc:rt S:Ln I,'r:tncisco c:rr-tht1u;rkc :rt.r,i llr. oI tlrat ]-cltr gar-c'lrirth to a Prorlucliorr lroonr irr 1he ()re!.r,n lrrrrl \\'lrshingtorr lunrlre r inrlustrv. It lrrirlgcrl orrc of -the lrari lrusiness lears of :\mcrican historr'.

I'.S..1rtd tltis, rcodtr.r ottd fricndr,.r'r',,,1.r. it uh. ]rio,it, aoct! (t-i 1,t'o.r.r, I ant " rctirinll" trt tirc z,,riting oI boohi-" sf zr4iiclt tltcrc is tto t'nd." 'f ltanle ),ou all. So loiq!

(Editor's note: The CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT, which has carried Jim Stevens' ,,Out of the Woods" columns for many years, wishes him much happiness in his self-chosen "retirement', and much success with his "books without end.', The best of Mr. Stevens' former columns will be printed from time to time.)

Sqn luis Obispo Deqlers

Urge Grode-Stomped Lumber

Nfore than 30 San l-uis Obispo Countl' ancl Sunttr \Iaria rlcalers, as u'ell as numerous city :rnd cour.rty olficials lrnd association rcl)reselttatives, nret at the N'lotcl Inn in San l.tris ()bispo, Novcmbcr 12. Ior the purpose oI lrclolrting lr "eratlc-stiLmperl only" resolrr, tion for San I-tris Obistro anrl northcrn S;Lrrl:r Iirrrl,irr;r c'ullti('s. 'l'he nrectirrg' \v:rs spcarhc:r<lccl bv Wayne Intn;rn, San l,rris Ntill & l,unrber Co.. chairnlrur of thc rneeting, arr<l lialph IIagle, llaglc-l)cCiou I-umber (1o., chairnr:ur of the grade-stanrping orclinunce conrmittec. In :rdclition, l-NIA's J ack I'omeroy ancl \\'Cl-A's.Ken Jorgenson assistcd in running the meetlng.

Comnrent from nnmerous city and countr. brrildir-rg inspectors present at ihe meeting. as u'ell as ser.eral countv snDerr.isors and representatives of the Tri-Counties Corrtractors Assn., rvas highly favor;rblc in re.gard to adopting the resolution.

U.5. Plywood Sqles Rise

Neu-\iork Citl'.-Sales of Unitecl States ]'lr-.u-rxrcl Corp. re:rchecl a record high of $107.237,m0 in the six months ended C)ctober 31. s:rirl l'resident S. \\r. Antoville. 'Ihis conrparcs rvith $103.332,000 in the same 1956 suar-r. \Ir. Arrtoville said thc sales incrc:tse was cncorrragirrg lrec:ruscr it occrrrred in :r lleriocl of cotrrlrarativelt' lou' lrric-cs [or m;urv .rr'oorl I)r()Cucts.

New Coqsf Kiln Phones

Coast l{iln & Lumber Comrranr'. I-os Angeles, has t\'o new phone nurnliers for its "clualit,v kiln drying" and "prompt serl'ice."

LUcllou- 3-1861 and LUdlci.rv 3-18(r2 u'ill reach Herb Cleisenheyner's firm at ,1320 I.)xcharrge -\r-e. in the \rernon inclustrial section.