Si"rro Redwood Compony

Said the Emperor Marcus Aurelius: "Live as on a mountain."

Great men live on mental mountains. Their spirits tower above the storms.

An Editorial

Their minds are above doubt, cynicism and despair.

They look out over the obstacles into the Promised Land.

They see the rainbows, while little men battle with phantom shadows in the valley.

Their heads are in the clouds, but their feet are bedded in the solid rock of Fact and Reason.

They dare the sky.

-Chas. C. Peale. procticol

FEATHER Pqtent No. 2633611

George and Dungan Gibson, co-owners of the Gibson Lumbei Company with retail yards in San Bernardino and Victorville, held the grand opening of their newest link, a handsome new retail store at Indio, Calif., last Wednesday, December 9. The Imperial County yard is at 373Co Highway 99 and will be managed by Al Heuer, who answers the telephone at Dlamond 7-2391

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Construction on the new store and yarcl was photographed by The California Lumber Merchant during the November Retail Lumber Conference of the SCRLA in nearby Palm Springs, and the story will be reported when further photos and details are in on the grancl opening this month.

Williom Poul Alley Lumber Co. New Member Yord of IMANC

The William Paul Alley Lumber Co., of Porterville, was added tothe Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California roster last month. The yard, established some four years ago, is owned by William Paul Alley attd managed by Edward Rouch.

Scotch Chrisfmqs Proyer

Some hae meat an' canna eat.

a a a a 3 The most a 3 tolked oboul, a 3 customer sotisfying, a o o a o o a Wrsrr DIRECT MItt SHIPMENTS BY TRUCK or RAIL DOUGLAS FIR REDWOOD PINE 2358 - 35th Avenue SAN FRANCISCO 16 Phone lOmbqrd 4-8760 Teletype 5.F. 1576 VICTOR WOLF Fonrsr Pnooucrs sAN FRANCISCO

G. Gqnohl Lumber Co. Leoving Downlown L.A. After 75 Yeqrs

The December 8 bulletin of the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn. contains a sad item about the liquidation of the old C. Ganahl Lumber Co. at 1912 S. Olive St. in downtown Los.Angeleg. The company's 75th anniversary at the site was itemed in these pages during the past surnmer. Orrie Hamilton's bulletin to his members- says the old yard has good prospects for leasing their propeity for new occupancy about January l, Igffi.

In order that the C. Ganahl Lumber Co. may vacate this prop-erty and liquidate their lumber holdings in California, the bulletin continued, they are offering t6eir lumber and hardware .inven_tory (which has been turning at the rate of approximately every_45 days) at a substintial saving. It quotes the.veteran "Connie" Ganahl as saying, "We are prepared to discount these values liberally to lumber dealers in order to clear the premises by Januai-y 7, 1960.', Other.retail yards interested-in the birgain lumber inventory (or the hardware supplies), may contact Mr. Ganahl at RlchmondT-0184 in Los Angeles.

1959 Housing Storts Srill Aheod of ,58

Nonfarm housing starts totaled 105,000 in October, according to preliminary estimates of the Bureau of' the Census, U. S. Department of Commerce. The October 1959 starts for privately and publicly owned units were almost 9/o below October 1958 and i3V belo* September this year, a more than normal seasonal decrease. Thev reore:gnleq a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,180,000, down ll/o f.rom the estimated rate of 1,325.000 for September. When averaged for the first 10 months, however, the sea- sonallv adjusted annual rate of privatestarts in lgsg amounted to 1,356,000, compared wilh the much lower rate of 1,089,000 for the same 1958 oeriod.

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Block Bort Hoo-Hoo Goin | 3 Kittens of November Concot

Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club 181 gained 13 new members, along with the International Order, at a very successful ConJatenation staged at theVichy Springs Resort near Ukiah, the evening of November 18. Showing elcellent :up- port for their new- president, Harold -lless, of Indepen-dent Fi. Co., more than 40 members and guests ofthe Black Bartclub attended the event. Official starting time was 5:59 p.m., with libations (compliments of Rockport Red-

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KITIENS (befqe The Tett) included Richord Dovis-,- Robert..Ac-slin' Golen -Ellingson' Lloyd bl"Ji.-o"ir '6tt"v.r, nov-.nJ-oitii.t, Joe Gollgq<-1, Bill crwford' Cloude Crenrhw' Ddiea Egli, Korl FiGkes, Merritt Field' dd Russell Krnsey

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