Bliss & Gotes Lumber Co.

Wholesaie Redwood

The committee was agreed, he said that the State and Regional Associations should be encouraged to continue holding management conferences and that NRLDA rvould act as a clearing-house. to assemble and disseminate information on the subject, pending another meeting of the Committee.

The directors also were told that trvo ne.n' educational programs rn"ere being developed to help individual dealers train their own employees in the yard and to guide employees in studying the retail lumber business ancl its products on their own.

These programs will be based on the Dealer Operating Guide and the Dealer Data Book. The guides to be prepared by NRLDA will be made available to dealers through their dealer associations at nominal cost.

At numerous points during the meeting, emphasis .lvas placed on the fact that the workshops and other educational programs and materials provide members l'ith invaluable information needed to guide them in meeting competition and distribution problems successfully.

The Lumber Dealers Research Council, according to Chairman Clarence Thompson, expects to complete its studies of windows and of dealer merchandising practices during the first part of next year and is considering nerv research projects on materials handling and otl-rer subjects. The Council plans to hold a spring meeting at .ivhich further decisions will be made.

Donald A. Campbell, chairman of the Standards Cornmittee, submitted a report which led to the action mentioned previously regarding lumber standards and marking ar,d said that his committee n'ould cr.rntinue to studv the rvhole subject.

A housing panel composed of Norman Mason, past president, \\ralter J. Howard, secretarv-manager, Montana Retail Lumbermens Association and Findley M. Torrence, secretary, Ohio Association of Retail Lumber Dealers, told the board that the industry needs to sell the public on the fact that good housing is rvell rvorth the money it costs. They added that the industry shorrld participate in der.eloping a sound plan of slum clearance, that private industry has developed good low-cost housing, and that the availability o{ such housing should be brought to the attention of tolvn and city officials.

They recommended that private lending institutions should be persuaded to take an interest in Title I, Section 8 housing and called for FHA approval of the Open-End Mortgage.

In reporting on NRLDA's Public Relations Program, Chairman Creden stated that the Nlinute Man program, u.hereby individual dealers send nen's releases to their local ne'rvspapers and radio stations continues to shorv excellent results and urged the managers of the Federated Associations to appoint additional Nlinute Men rvhere possible.

He expressed the belief that the nen' Public Reiations Contest to be held next year tvould attract even more entries than the 1952 contest and urgecl dealers not to be modest about telling the industry of the good work they do in their local communities.

(Continued on Page 60)

\|(/lll Stroamline \(/ood' And Mill Activities

Enumclalv, Wash., Oct. 23-The big rvaste-burner at \\'eyerhaeuser Timber company's White River branchsymbol of the lumber industry that has caught the eye of countless travelers over the Chinook pass highrvay-is livirrg on borrorved titne.

"\\re're going to let it go black and, eventually, rve lvill tear it down." The ln'ords came, vesterday, from Garfield Olson, manager of Weyerhaettser's White River operation near here. "Elimination of the rvaste-burner is part of a program to integrate and streamline our u''oods and mill activities at White River," Olson continued. "Our aim is more complete utilization of the forest crop."

\\rel erhaeuser officials and engineers have been making a detailed studl' of the White River operation for the past year. Among the changes projected are the substitution of trucks for the present system of rail logging the addition of a hydraulic barker in front of the sarvmill a"nd revisions within the sawmill to effect a more efficient handling of the srnaller diameter logs that rvill be harvested from the \Vhite Rir.er tree farm in years to come.

Rail logging has been a fixture at \\rhite River since 1904 and the shift to truck logging is a major one. The "offhighrvay" log trucks will operate on company roads bringing their loads to the log pond via the converted main-line railroad grade. A special log dump for trucks rvill be built and the 1og pond 'n'ill_ be enlarged to provide additional storage.

A pile drir.er is already at t,ork preparing a foundation for the new hydraulic barker. When the construction is completed, logs will be lifted directly from tl-re pond to a log deck at the head end of the barker rather than with the conventional "bull chain" conveyor.

Bark t'ill be removed from the logs and converted to fuel along u'ith sawdust and shavings to provide steam and electricity for the plant. Barked logs will move on chain conveyors to the sawmill. Material not suitable for lumber manufacture, such as small tops, defective logs, slabs and edgings, rvill go to the chippers and be shipped to Weyerhaeuser pulp mills at Everett.

"We anticipate doing the great bulk of the nerv construction and remodeling without interrupting production," said Olson. "Hbwever, certain portions of the mill will be required to shut down for short periods while rvork is being done in the immediate vicinity. A general shutdo'ivn of approximately 30 days will be necessary to connect up with present mill facilities. The two-week vacation period will be set during this shutdown if construction schedules perm1t.

"The key change inside the sawmill will be the addition of a log cut-off saw and the substitution of a fast, short-log carriage for the present double-cut rig," Olson continued. "The storage area ahead of the gang saw (machine which reduces partially squared timbers to boards or dimension) will be enlarged to permit a more efficient breakdou'n of the log at the headrig and fewer changes at the gang saw.

"Inventories made on sample areas have prol'ided us with detailed information on diameter, height, volume and species of the trees in White River tree farm," said Olson. "This information on the future 1og type, together with studies on sau'mill layout made at various Weyerhaeuser mills, resulted in the present modernization program. ft's our biggest step ton'ard complete utilization of the forest crop."

(Continued from Page 59)

' In addition, Nfr. Creden reported that the National Plarr Service has agreed to develop tu'o ideas recommended by the committee: the preparation of zr series of Hon'-to-Do-It sheets for dealers to provide to customers as a means of enabling them to use materials properly and efficiently and the development of a program to guide dealers in acquainting school children with the products and services of the retail lumber industry.

NIr. Creden also said that NRLDA rvill give active support to promotion of the Nlortgage Advance Plan (OpenEnd I\Iortgage) and thanked the building industry publications for their excellent support of the public relations program.

'Everett B. \\rilson, Public Relations Director, described the development of the Dealer Operating Guide, rvhich has been unusually rvell received b1 the industry. He said that 11 chapters have been issued to date, four more have been printed and are ready for distribution, two more are out being approved, and four others are being prepared. The directors saw for the first time four new chapters on Estimating, Merchandising, Display, and Personnel, together

'ivith the first of a series of procluct sheets u'hich rvill con-stitute the section on product information in the Guide.

He explained that in 1953 members will receire one new chapter and one product sheet each month.

The Budget Committee recommended a moderate increase in dues rvhich was approved by the hoard, as were a series of amendments recommended by the By-Laws Committee, including a provision under rn'hich the Texas Association becomes a separate Region with representation ;on NRLDA's Executive Committee.

There is good reason to expect that there lvill be an r ample supply of mortgage money in 1953 as a u'hole, al- lthough there may be some local shortages in the early part of the year, according to Miles L. Colean, economist, '"r'ho addressed the board. Mr. Colean expressed the belief that the private building industry can look for a more constructive attitude toward its problems on the part of the neu' Administration and that for the first time in a good many years the industry can make recommendations w-ith confidence that they will receive due consideration.

It u'as announced that the 1953 board meetings rvould bel held in Washington during May and Sun Vallev, Idaho, in September.

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6E20 BRYI{HUnSI AVL r0S Ailen:s 43, CAUrcniln

Dougfas Fir Beetle

A double-pronged forest catastrophe, second only to the famed Tillamook Burn in severity, has struck the Douglas fir forests of \Arestern Oregon and killed more than ten billion board feet of prime timber,

W. D. Hagenstein, chairman of a recently formed Subcommittee of the Northr,vest Forest Pest Action Committee, reporting in October to inter-agency membership, said a new pest, the Douglas fir beetle, had teamed up with a vast windstorm to rvreak havoc on two million acres of Oregon's rich virgin forests.

About one billion feet of timber has been killed in the past year, Hagensteir-r reported, by the Douglas fir beetle. Another nine billion feet was blown over by extremely high rvinds of hurricane velocity during the winter of 1951-52. Additional damage may run two to five billion board feet.

Much of the blor,v-dorvn timber has been infested by the beetle, which finds in the freshly destroyed timber an ideal breeding place.

The problem no\\/, the forester warned, is to salvage as much of the dorvn and beetle-infested timber as possible in the quickest possible time. There is no known means of checking the beetle b1' spraying.

Surveys which revealed the timber killed, he said, were made under the direction of A. W. Greeley, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, and R. L. Furniss, entomologist in charge, U. S. Forest Insect Laboratory, Portland.

These surveys show that the scattered nature of the blowdowns make salvage exceedingly difficult. One reason is that much cf the heaviest blowdown and beetle-kill has been in wilderness areas not yet developed with systems.

Furniss told the committee that additional heavy killing by the beetle is expected during the next tu'o or three years and the situation could become increasingly serious if rvinter storms blou' down more timber.

Another threat to western Oregon forests stemming from this vast area of dead and dying timber is fire danger, Hagenstein stated. Blowdolvn is exceptionally heavy along ridges rvhere the wind had full sweep, and here is rvhere bad fires could get underrvay, posing a threat to surrounding green timber.

Loggers and lando'ivners have been urged to undertake a vast salvage program. Much of the timber will deteriorate once the beetles have made their attack and should be taken out as quickly as roads can be built.

Salvage of this timber appears to be the Number One task of C)regon Douglas fir owners in the next five years. Roads are needed, Hagenstein said, to salvage the killed timber, and the combined efforts of private and public forest agencies will be required to develop a road system into the most heavily infested areas. In many cases, these roads will have to be built several years in advance of the projected schedule where tree farm owners are operating on a long-range cutting cycle. This will be a costly job and 'ivill upset management plans in some areas, it is thought, unless maximum cooperation can be realized from all interested companies and agencies.

Annual surveys throughout the area have been urged on all landor,vners to determine the extent of spread of the beetle and also to keep posted on any additional wind damage.

A unique feature of the aerial survey of the vast 13,500,000 acre area came to light during the committee meeting. A skilled forester rode the low-flying airplane and mapped out the wind-throw and beetle-infested areas during each flight. Nlost of this aerial flying survey work rvas done during July.

Cost of the aerial survey was $83,600. Th" Douglas fir beetle has always been present in forests of this region, but reached epidemic proportions only when a vast lush breeding and lunch table was set for him in the billions of feet of u'indthrown timber. The beetle bores through the bark and takes up residence in the cambium la1'er of the tree t,here he lays his eggs, increases, and feeds.

F, VY. Elliott

Wholesale Forest Products

Representing Reeves Taylor Lumber Co. Eugene, Oregon

I Drumm Slreel, Sqn Froncisco | |

UITT(lil tUilIBER SATES G|IMPA]IT (Cqlif.l l2l9 3oth Street

Sccrqmento 16, Colifornio tUftIBER . MOUTDINGS . TRIM

SUGAR PINE

PONDEROSA PINE OREGON FIR CATIFORNIA FIR

Phone: Hlllcrest 7-5786

SAVE-A-SPACE

Interior Sliding Door Unils

Model I l9O Low Gost Units

-No longer an extrauagdnceDOORMASTER

UholzAak aaA fuUtht?

Sinca 1888

OFFICE, l,tl[L, YARD AND DOCKS

2nd & Alice 9s., Ooklond 4 Glencourl l-686t

Los Angeles offlce 639 S. Arden Blvd. Phone Webster 3-0327

Wholesqle Lumber-All Species

Kiqbob Pine-to your door by truck qnd troiler

Covering S. Cql.-Nevqdq qnd Arizono ofiering FirPine - Hemlock . Cedqr - Shingles - Shokes - Plywood and E. J. Stcnton & Son's Hsrdwoods.

Friends: Coll us colfecf onytime.

Exlerior Sliding Door Units

Literatare and prices furnished on reqaes, COOR,.PENDER, & LONG CO.

1753 Bloko Avc., Lor Angolcr 3l NOrmsndic 3€23E

\(iHOLESALE MANUFACTURER

"For the Yards'

Generol Millwork - Sosh ond Doors

Wholesole Only

5370 Alhombro Avenue Los Angeles 32, Colifornio CApitol 2-5109

Congrctulqtions

Nu-Wood.

O STOGI

INSTAIL ffi DISTRIBLI'IORS OF DOUGLAS FIR PLYWOOD ROBERT DOLLAR BLDG. SAN TRANCTSCO EXBROOK 2-4454 CATIFORNTA REDWOOD O DOUGLAS FIR TDACO TUMBER COIUIPA]IY 32OO PERATTA STREEI, OAKI.AND 8, CAIIFORNIA O IE1EPHONE OLY'VIPIC 2.24OO ilill od Wholerole Yord. Sohitl qt Janer, €olif. :iis\%?-,f-\:i{*;F.lisee- HegldrbuE, Colif, ---.,:::r':::.'rl::::-...'..,.3.--R. TU IDAITON & GO. 475 Huntington Drive Scm Mcnino 9, CqliI.-PY l-2L27 Luhrs Building-Phoenix, Arizoncr Lcrrry Griffith-Phone 3-ll2l UTHOLESATE LUMBER

TRIANGITE ITUMBER CO.

wHoT.F_sAIE LITMBER

Pcrcific Bldg- 610-l6th Street, Oqkland 12, Calilorniq

Phone lEmplebcn 2-5855

Teletype OA 262

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West (oast Timber Products Agency

HUGH PESSNER

42O Mqrkel St., Son Froncisco I I

RIGGI & IIRUSE IUiIBER G(l.

WHOtqiAtE - JOBBING

Speciolizing in

r(|Ht lrRtED rutBER

Ponderosa ond Sugor Pine

Gleor Fir qnd R.edwood

9t2 SHOTWEI ST., SAN FRANCTSCO tO, CAL|F.

TEIEPHONE TttISStON 7-2576

llrnnv LurrrBER GorrrPAilr

-W holesale DlstributorsSpecializing in Ponderosq Pine

Sugor Pine

Douglos Fir Cleqrs

Office crnd Yqrd

4230 Bondini Blvd., los Angeles 23, Colif.

ANgelus 0856

Brush Industrial Lumber Co.

Wholesale Distributors

Hardwoods and Softwoodc

5354 Eail Slauron Avc.

Lor Angeler 29, Calif.

UNdeAill 0-3301

B, R. Garcia Trallic Service

lllonodnock Bldg., Son Fruncirco S, VU*on 6-0509

Teletype SF lOSO

For 26 yecrs we have speciclized exclusively in the trcrllic crnd trcrnsportction problems ol the lumber indr.rstry.

We oller qccurcte cnd prompt freight rcte quotcrtions, both rcril crnd truck.

Frelght Bills Audited tholesale to Lurirber Yards Only

Windows, Doors, Plywood, tloulding

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FIR-REDWOOD

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Rcrte-Position wcnrted 52.00 per colurnn inch

All others, $3.00 per column inch

Closing dctes lor copy, Sth crnd 20th

SOUTHERN CATIFORNIA IUMBER, COMPANY FOR SAIE

Three yords locqled in Oronge Counfy, estqblished over 5O yeors ogo. Best of reosons for selling.

Venturo County yord, sqlls o-uour $ts,oOo monthly. will cost $20,000 including ground, buildings, trucks & equiPmeni. lnvenlory obout $2O,OOO qdditionol. Thisyord, in o fine district, mqkes o yery good impression. Books open lo quolifted porties.

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TWOHY LUMBER, CO.

LUMBER YARD AND SAWMILL BROKERS

714 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 15, Calif.

PRospect 8746

For Saie

Southwest LA M-2.County. Trackage; 3 acres; 2 dry kilns on property. 7-ton Hyster available if desired. Prime industrial area, near Northrup Aircraft. Owner, ORegon 8-4793 or

ERONEL INDUSTRIES

12607 Cerise Ave. Hawthorne. Calif.

CAR UNLOADING CONTRACTORS t+r7 E. r2th St.

Experienced labor furnished to unload and sort lumber cars. O.P.S. printed ratesupon request. Established 1943.

CRANE & CO.

TR. 6973 Los Angeles, Calif.

LEATHER LUMBER APRONS

Sturdy lumbermenjs aprons made of top quality reclaimed leather, furnished in both single and double ply, approx. tV'xZ(' with or without belt and bucklc. Specialdiscounts to jobbers.

HENDRIE BELTING & RUBBER CO.

,105 Towne Ave., Los Angeles 13, Calif.

Phone TRinity 7786

VIILUME PLYWOOD WHOTESATER

Serving cll ol Southern Ccrlilornia

Looking'lor permcnent connection with A DOUGIJTS FIR PTYWOOD MItt that will keep him regulcrly supplied cnrd competitive. Ccrn lurnish highest ccrlibre bank cnd trcrde relerences.

Address Box C-2088

CAIJFORNA LUMBER MENCHANT

Ncmcr of Adverlircrs in this Dcporlmcnl using o bllnd oddrc:s ccnnot bc divulgcd. All inquiricr ond rplir should bc oddresrcd to kcy :hown in lho odvcrlbcmrnl

SMALL LUMBER YA,RD FOR SALE

Sales $52,388 first 9 months 1952' ($35,927 in lumber,- $16'461 in hardware, paint & plumb.) Est. profits $14,991. Low overhead. Rent $185 rrro.' -Good 2-man yard, Mbdern retail store & 90 ft. lumber shed. Main blvd. center SanGabriel Valley. Stock around $15'@0 plus equipment. CASH, no terms. Retiring. Phone owner for appt' ROWLEY, days9 a.m. to 3 p.m. RYan l-8188, or write 34 No. Raymond Ave' Pasadena 1, Calif.

For Sale

Rebuilt Carriers and Lift Trucks

All sizes and capacities

Immediate deliverY

THE ROSS CARRIER COMPANY

2440 Third St., SanFrancisco 7, Calit. ATwater 2,-2428

CARR, IERS & IIFT TRUCKS For Sqle or Rent

Following Equipment Remanufactured Carries 90-Day

Volts, 1800 R.P.M. Machine located at 8801 Crocker St., Los Angeles.

M. E. O'CONNOR

542 S. Berend,o St., Los Angeles 5, Calif.

Phone DUnkirk 7-7433

WALLACE MILL and LUMBER COMPANY

General custom milling, grading and drying. In transit. Half way betweerr Los Angeles and Long Beach. Corner Rosecrans Ave. and Paramount BlvdP.O. Box 27, Cle*atet Station

Paramount, Calif.

MEtcalf 3-4269-NEvada 6-3625 Pacific s. P.

CUSTOM MILLING and KILN DRYING

MCCOY PLANING MILL

3rl0o East 26th St., Loe Angeles 23,Calif.

Phone ANgelus 9-E216

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