TIASONITE RIDGEWOOD

Recommend MASONITE RIDGEWOOD for: o Lop siding o Ponel siding o Shingle siding o Inlerior ponelingl o Buih-ins

Here's a wide-open selling opportunity for you! Itts Masonite Ridgewood, the all wood tempered hardboard with a combed effect, textured surface. This new member of the famous Presdwood' family offers all the advantages of MasoniteT/q" Siding...plus a handsome ridge pattern that more and more architects, builders and home buyers are looking for. Thoroughly tested in actual use. Comes in convenient sizes for lap siding, panel siding and shingles, Ridgewood can be used inside the home, too. In sliding doors, built-ins, cabinets, wall paneling, and in hobby work. Can be given decorative tone-on-tone finishes.

Your Masonite man has the details. Or write us for prices and sizes.

CRA Certifies New Tree Fqrm

Five nernn' Tree Farms totaling 22,510 acres \\:ere recently addecl to the l{edrn'ood Region Tree Farm svstclll, accor<iir.rg to R. lt. Challee of The Pacific Coast Con-rpany, Willits, ner,v chairman of the California Reclu'ood ,'\ssocation Trec Farm Committee. Chaffee replaces C. lir-rssell Johtlst.rt'r, president of LTnion Lumber Companv, s'l.ro has l;ccu chairman for the last four years.

The {ive nerv tracts bring the ttltal Tree Fartlr acreage in the region to 358,873 acres in 55 clifferent Trec Farms. The largelt additions r"',ere in Mendocino countl', inciuding the Sequoia Tree Farm, 358 acres; Usal Unit, C. R. Johnson Tree Farms, Union l,un.rlter Crirnpany, 11,808 acres. Also Frank C. Tctzer of San Francisco, 14 acres near F-elton, Santa Crnz county, rvl'rich has the <listinction of being the smallest Tree Farm norv certified in the Redu'ood Region.

SEIIING TO THE ARMED FOR.CES

(Courtesy of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California)

Selling lumber, building materials, or uanufactured r'vood items to the U. S. Arrnecl Forces is a possibility for many retail lurnber clealcrs. The process can be reasonably-simple or fairly complcx, depending on the types of sales attempterl.

Almost every military installation does sorne local purchasing. Most have authority to make purchases up to at least $1,000. If therc is an Army, Navy or Air Force camp, post or station in your area, contact the purchasing offici the." and tell them you are interested in bidding on their local pnrchases. Be prepared to tell the purchasing ager-rt what typcs of materials or services you are prepared to furnish and ask to be put on the of6ce's list of supplicrs for those materials.

In Northern California, there are three purchasing offices which buy in larger quantities than local installations do. Contact these offices, telling them the types of materials you are equipped to furnish and ask to be phced on their-bidders list for these items. Adclress: Officer in Charge, Navy Purchasing Office, 180 Ncw l\4ontgom,ery Street, San Francisco, California. District Engineer, San Francisco District; Corps of Engineers, 180 Nerv Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California. District lingineer, -Sacramento District, Corps of Engineers, 1209 Eighth Street, Sacramento, Caiifornia.

In addition, there are nurterotls gcneral purchasing officers throughout the collntry buying iten-rs lvhich you may be in a position to supply. Tl.re simplest n-rethod of locating these requests for bids is through your local Chamber of Commerce. Thc U. S. Department of Commerce daily prepares and distributcs a list of bids rvanted bv Armetl Forces Purchasing agencies throughout the country. These lists are supplied to local Chambers of Commerce requestir.rg them frorn their closest Department of Commerce field office.

Weelily, a listing of bids awarded by the Armed Forces is issued by the Department of Commerce and is also available through your local Chamber of Commerce. The list entitled, "Consolidated Synopsis of Contract Award Information," gives the names, adclresses of the firms awardeci government contracts cluring previous weeks, type ancl quantities of items rn'hich they will supply. S_ome of these firms may subcontract part of this lvork. You may be in a position to supply packing materials, or other maierials which go into the manufacture of these iterns. Contact the prime contractor directly on this type of subcontract business.

ROOF INSUTATION IOAIDS

INSUT,ATING SHEATHING

PERFORAIED ACOUSTICAT TI[E

ACOUSTICAL ROOFDEK

, INSUTATING ROOFDEK

DECORATIVE TILE

FINISH PTANK

BUITDING BOARDS

INDUSTRIAT INSUI-ATING BOARDS

REFRIGERATION INSUTATION

THRIFT WAtt BOARDS

BACKER BOARDS