The California Lumber Merchant - January 1927

to the wettare of all branches of the Lumber Industry"tr;illr Yard and Indtvidual.

HE true value of rnen's achievements islearnedonly by the test of time. The builder who uses Plastite-the waterproofed plastic cement-in L927, will have his good judgmentconfitmed by each passing year.

Concrete or stucco properly made with Plastite offers pemanent resistance to water. Its structure will be close and fine-grained, hard as flint. And with age it grows even harder and more dense.

The water-resisting qualities of Plastite are an inherent property of the material, due to a special chemical formula and superior facilities and care used in manufacture. Resolve to specify and use Plastite in 1927 on every job intended to be waterproof.

"Plastite Progress" is an illustrated monthly maga{ne ol exceptional yalue to architects, engineets, conttactors, plastercrs, and all interested in better building. Write to be placed on the mailing list.

Plastite is manufactured by the Riverside Portland Cement Co., 724 South Spring St., Los Angeles, Calif. The company also manufactures "Riverside" and "Bea{'Pordand Cement and "Bear" Oil Well Cement.

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W. T. BI.A,CK M3r. Portland Ofilcc

THE CALIFOR}IIA LUMBER MERCF.TANT

JackDionne,prblishu

Incorporeted undor thc llwr of C.llffitrh

J. C. Dlonnc, Prer. ud Trcar.; Phil B. Hart, Vlcc-Prcr.; J. E. Mardn, !hcy. Publirbcd thc l3t rnd ltlth ol och Dontt tt

3lE-1!r-20 CENTRAL BUTLDING LOS ANGELES, CAL- TELEPHONE, VAndlLr l5l5 Eutcred ar Seond-claer matter Septembet 6, lg,,., rt thc Portofiq rt Lor Angcler, Cdifornl,a' under Act of March !' 1t79.

Subecription Price, g2.lXt per Year Singlc Copiea,25 cente cich.

LOS ANGELES, CAL., JANUARY I, 1927

How Lumber Looks

There ir not a great deal to report here at the first of the New Year, on market activity. There IS very little acivity, at this writhg.

The last two weekr in December is not the busiest time of ttre year for the wholerale men, naturally, and 1926 wa^r no exceptiolr.

AII things point however to a healthy de'nrand, right after inventory time, and it ir generally believed that building will not wait this year until after March fint.

Permit offices, in every city in the rtate, are loaded with pllns, and iurt ar s(rcn as these permits are issued, there will be a rush of bruineu, for the ietailer.

The decks are cleared, offices have been cleaned upl order boolc are durted off, and everything ir set for the bell to ring on a good 1927.

Shiprnents into Southern California, for 1926, will totd very cloee to the final figures that were given for 1926. During tbat year there was a grand total of 1160315851000 feet of Fir and Redwood came into the Port of Los Angeles, and, with edimating December at 135 million feet, 1926 will nur to 11609,383.

The following table showr how the rhipmentr have been rrmning during the past twelve months, as compared with |[e prwiour year.

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143,575,OOO

Totalr .1,603,585,O(X) 1,6O9,383'(X)O

Building perrnita, in Loa Angeler, will rrur considerably below, in 1926, the totals e*ablirhed the year before. In 1925 a grand total of 162,646,436 was reported, and, tfing ten million dollarr ar a fair prediction for December, 1926 will run to only a little over 121 million dollan.

MARKET

The market in the San Francirco Bay and throughout Northern California has been dull during the past two weeLs due to the holiday season and inventory The dealers do not look for much activity rurtil after the New Year.

Cargo thipmentr into San Francisco for 1926 will run a little below the 1925 ehipmentr. D.rritrs the yeer 1925,

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the cargo arrivalr totallcd 749r84O M feet while the total arrivals for 1926 will rrm a littie below 7OO,0OO M ft. At the prerent time there are 23 lumber caniers tied-up, rome rmdergoing repairs.

Thi pouglas Fir trade are looking for the railroadr to be big buyen duing 1927 and they-alro repgtt Qat there ir very much prorpective buineer already in dght for-other industrials. ihef abo predict t[at m&e lumber will be shipped into new territory than in 1926. One mill-repre' tott"tl"" reportr that di'ing thepart year they shipped over l(XX) cars into Texar and Oklahoma-

Mat y of the Redwood milts will be shut dorvn ovs tte holiday le.ron for repairr.

Some of the California White and Sugar Pine mille have already gone down for the wint€r teaton.Ship-ments have slowed d-own during t[e part month but about in the rame proportion to produCiorr curtai[nent.ptockr at the millr are-about 16 per cent higher than at thir time lart year'

HOLIDAY SUSPENSION IN LUMBER INDUSTRY WILL BE CURTAILED

Aberdeen, Wash', Dec.23.-Grays Harbor mills this year will be closed down for one of the shortest Christmas holid"y. ott record here, most of the operators having annolnced that they will resume operatiolts the first of next week. Logging .a*ps, howe-ver, are..already { Per cettt down, "..#?ittp toreports' Some will-resume J.anuary 3, others about thi middie of January, and a few will remain down until the first of FebruarY.

While the Blagen mill in Hoquiam has closed for repa-irs which are expecled to take from ten days to tw-o weets, activity at otirer mills has increased. The- Bay City mill, which -was shut down for about three weeks, has just reopened; others which have been operating but one shift.are nbw running two and most Harbbr mills now have thirty to sixty dayJ cutting in sight before they can close for needed repairs.

A number of logging camps have laid off their crews and all but the Northwestern and a few small operatois will be shut down after the first of the year.

The log market is reported unusually firm forthis season and a marked strengthening has been noted in spruce and hemlock during the past week. The'present firm market is attributed to curtailment of operations, which began earlv in the fall.

H. G. Larrick will open a Lumber and Hardware Store at Del Mar in the near future.

This is Mr. Larrick's third venture, his other yards being at Solano Beach and Encinitas.

Looking Backward and Forward

By lack, Dionne

. - Ih. entire country has done a bigger business during 1926 than during any prwious p€ace year in history.

Labor had its most_succ-essful year, with plentiful employment, and the highest wages in history, coupled with slightly reduced costs of living.

The oil industry had the most successful peace year it has evet enjoyed.

The automobile industry had a tremendous year, far eclipsing any previous record.

The steel industry had a highly successful year.

_ The building-industry had a year of ,tremendous volume, the high tide of building keeping up almost to the end of thc_.year, in spite of the many predictions early-in the year that thE couritr/had caught up with its building necessities to a large eitent.

{Sriculture had-a great volume of production this year, and in many ways it was a successful year. The large blot on th_e agricultural year_was the slump in cotton prices brought about by the bilgest crop on record, that brought the price down below thi cost of pr6duction. -

The lumber industry had a big volume_ y-ear. The balance will show that th€ lumber industry sold a-nd shipped more lumber than was produced during the year. Yet the year termirurted with a d6mand that was.weak, and-a price that fo!-many weeks had been slowly failing.- Therefore, the industry closed its year in clouds of -pessimism. This is speaking nationally. ,ihe lumber business generally w;as done on too close a margin during 1926, and, in the proluction-end particularly, the year-was a-disappoint- ment.

None of the producers of western woods made any money during 1926. - Southern_Pine. prod.fers made- money during the year, but much less on the average than they figure their declining volume of timbet entitles them 1o.

Cyp-ress producers made a splendid profit, but, strange to relate, for the first ti,me since C54rress beBqn its famous advertising camoaign years ago, the demand for the product fell far below tlte average mi! prgduction It must be rememberg4,however, that this demand was at the price asked. Cypreis makers al-wayg ask what they think their lumber is worth, and failins to get it, they don't sell.- But the inroads of other woods undoubtedlv had a depressing'effect on CypresJdemind, ind rnade the year an unsatisfactory one, comparatively speaking.

Re4 Cedar Shingles had a miserable year. Demand below production, and prices far below the lev-el of s".& economics, have pre'vailed most of the year. While-1925 was'a very decent year fo'r the Shingle folks, 1926 took a bad slump.

It loohs as though 1927 was going to be the kind of a year when the business will come to the man who makes the best efiort. It will be a close competition year. Santa Claus won't do much for business men. They will have to do for themselves.

It v/ill be a year wh-en every man who hopes to accomplish anything must plan to get his by the good old work and service route, and no other.

It doesn't look like it n'ill be one of these years that try men,s souls. But it DOES look like one of these years that try men's brains, and ingenuity, and go-getter qualities. It will be another one of those years when the guy that gets the grapes will be able to say-"Business is good, I make it good."

1926 has brought large reduction in lumber production in the old South, and increased productron in the Pacific Coast regions. The state of California, with huge timber reseives and large pbssibilities of lumber production increase, has held an even keel during 1926. But there has been a cbnsiderable increase in production in Washington, and probably a smalf increase in Oregon.

THE DECREASED PINE PRODUCTION IN THE SOUTH IS GREATER IN TOTAL THAN ?HE INCREASE IN THE WEST.

The lumber industry does NOT enter the New Year in bad shape at all, except mentally. Stocks on hand at all the softwood mills of th€ country are lower than they were a year ago at this time. Stocks in the retail yards of the United States are as low as they have ever bien in history. Buying for the pa.st sixty days has been less than the lumber actually consumed, by far. The export lumber' situation is far better than the domestic, and the year's prospect for foreign-lumber trade lboks fine.

.^ Bgt here at home, in the domestic market, we have simply got to bring about a better condition, if the industry is to piosper. Lumber is too clieap. Compared -wiih other cdmmodities and necessities, that fact is easily demonstrable. We must give honest goods, honest service, and make an honest profit.

That the industry may find its way in this direction is our New Year's Wish.

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Orphans' Christmas Party Great Success

The December 23rd. meeting of the Los Angeles Hoo Hoo Appropriate gifts were distributed, and each child was Club will be long remembered, it being the date of their delighted with his or her package. Watches, handkerchiefs, Annual Christmas Party for the orphans of Los Angeles. dolls, footballs, balloons and a host of other things were

Four hundred happy youngsters were entertained at the included in the gifts. meeting, held at the Elite Cafe. At 2 o'clock the meeting adjourned, and the kiddies were

Original plans were changed somewhat, on account of then taken for more rides, to the homeb of the members, to the hard rain thatfell on the morning of the event, and the beach, to the movies and other places. instead of a long automobile tripin the morning, the chil- Permission had been secured to keep them until 5 p.-. dren were taken direct to the cafe, where they were enter- and not a man returned his little flock until that time. tained for an hour and a half, with various games and sing- / T!. party was held under the direct supervision of Floyd ing, Mrs. Berne S. Barker lending invaluable assistance in 4/ A. Dernier as General Chairman, and he was assisted by this part of the program.

A.W. Koehl, A. L. Hoover, B. W. Bookstaver, Berne S.

The luncheon started at noon, as planned, with a few Barker. Frank J. Connolly, Sam T .Hayward, T. W. Jacobs, over four hundred of the happy orphans in their seats, each T. B. Lawrence, A. D. Teagarten, J. A. Thomas aria pnit group seated with the temporary "daddies", and looked B. Hart. a{ter by a dozen or so ladies from the offices of some' of All of the boys worked hard, for many days, on the plans, the members. and especial mention and thanks should be given to De:rnier,

Chicken, mashed potatoes, milk, ice cream and cake. A as well as to Al Koehl, Sam Hayward and Ted Lawrence. feast for the kiddies. Al collected the money, no mean job, and Ted and Sam

Then a show, all planned for young minds and heartily looked after the automobiles enjoyed by the applauding audience, as well as by the hun- Close to twelve hundred dollars was donated, in indidred members of the order who were there. vidual amounts of from one dollar to fifty.

Two midgets did a comedy boxing bout, Punch and Judy

The Los Angeles boys plan to make this an annual event, went through their flnny capers and then a magician made this being the second year that such a party has been pui the bunnies appear from the air. on, with such success.

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Satirfection ic the fore.rumrer of Prorperity---and the two tnean a healthy, happy buriner. I7eaver Roofing ic famour fot itr enduririg raticfactionfor the "Good.will" that it buil&. Only relected dealen nay rell Weaver Roofingand thcre will have many happy, plorperous yearr.

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CUT OUT GAIUBLING _IN 1927 --r

This is the time of the year when folks innrurrerable make good resolutiontr cutting out this, that and the other. Lots of men resolve to cut out their gambling for 1927 '

That wouldn't be a bad resolution for the retail lumber dealer, particularly with reference to his own business.

Cut out btyittg lumber that may be one grade today and another next montb; one iize today and something different when it dries, Kitn Dried, ready shrunhen, permanent graded Fir, will help you cut out lots of your business gambling. Let us help you k""p your resolution.

Hoo Hoo Club No. 9 Entertains Kiddies at Christmas Luncn'eon

Trventy-th1ee kiddies from the McKinley Orphanage, San Francisco, together with their matron, Mrs. Studley, wtlre the guests of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9 at their Christmas luncheon held at the Palace Hotel on Thursday, Dee 23.

Nearly 100 Lumbermen were present to enjoy the festivities and to assist the youngsters in having a day ofChristmas joy. Each youngster received a package con- -taining several gifts, apples and candy which were presented by A. J. "Gus" Russell, who acted as Santa Claus.

During the luncheon music was furnished by Sapiro's Palace Hotel Orchestra.

President J. Walter Kelly called the meeting to order and presented Matt Harris of the Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co. as chairman of the day. After a few excellent introductory remarks by Mr. Harris, he then called on Dr. Ezra A. Van Nuys, who gave a splendid inspirational address on the meaning of Christmas and the ideals of club activities; h,e intermixed his remarks with several enjoyable stories and his entertaining and cheerful message wis thoroughly enjoyed by the large gathering.

State Association Meeting at Harbor

The Southern Directors of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association held a luncheon meeting at the California Yacht Club, Wilmington, on Saturday, December 11. Eleven of the fourteen Directors were present. Vice-president Charles Curran of Pomona acted as Chairman.

Ttt. meeting was the first under the new policy of havrrrg local sec_retaries attend,those presenf being R. E. Envoldsen, San Bernardino; E. Stefienson, Santa Ana; E,. D. Tennant, Los Angeles; George N. Swartz, Long Beach, and E. D. Heldman, Santa Monica. Full co-operaiion was pledged between the Directors and the local secretaries in efforts for the benefit of the retail lumber industrv.

Among subjects dealt with at the meeting were:'Cement situation; Sales by wholesalers direct to consumers; Membership meeting at Los Angeles January 22, and printing of a_ "Term!"poster. A Roofing Committee was ippoint-- ed for the South to work with the manufacturers toward the betterment of sales conditions.

A report was made of the services rendered by the Association in settling a recent community lumber dispute, and it was agreed that the Association should be atall times available for such work whenever requested.

A. J. "Gus" Russell was then introduced as Santa Claus and after presenting the kiddies with thejr presents, he brought forward his Christmas bag which contained presents for all the members present. "Gus" with his humorous presentation remarks was good and "OldNick" himself couldn't have done a better iob as Santa Claus.

At 2 p.m. the meeting adjouined and the kiddies, after enjoying a fine chicken luncheon with all the trimmings and their arrns heavily laden with Christmas gifts, were a merry littlelot as they started for home.

Matt Harris was the recipient of many excellent compliments for arranging for such an excellent program. In his arrangements he was assisted by J. H.'MCCallum, who arranged for the boys to be present at the luncheon; Harry Carter and his committee, who conveyed the youngsters to and from the hotel in their machines, and Fred Rotl, Floyd Elliott, Eddie Peggs and J. E. Martin, who made the holel arlangements and provided the presents.

_ The-ge-xJ rggular luncheon will be held on January 13. P. C. McNevin, the Pacific Lumber Co., will act as ihai"man of the Day.

Additional applications for membership have been received from East Bay.Lumber and Mill Company, Oakland; Sullivan Lumber Company, Montrose; Olson Lumber ComRajy, Alhambrir; Upland Lumber & Mill Company, IJp- lafd, and Bell Lumber Company, Oxnard.

\4. L. Hubbard Appointed Coast Counties Vicegerent Snark

Albert L. Hubbard, 38333, of Hubbard & Carmichael Brothers, San Jose, has been appointed Vicegerent Snark of the Coast Counties District to succeed Henry L. Wills.

The appointment was made by Supreme Gurdon Phil B. Hart of Los Angeles, and confirmed by Snark of the Univgrse Arthur A. Hood, on recommendation of State Counsellor Fred W. Roth and members in the Coast Counties District.

While he has been a I{oo Hoo only a year, I\{r. Hubbard is a veteran lumberman and widely known in his district.

For 22 years he has been a supervisor of San Jose and he was the first president of the Kiwanis Club of that city.

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Boards like these do not come by accident. Somewhere back of them there is a glorious tree; numberless operations by skilled men; a knowledge of proper drying; and a purpose and intent tcl make them as perfect as is possible.

If you will look closely at the ends of the boards in the middle stack of lumb.i yorl will see the little diamonds enclosing- the trade-mark of HDE, the *.rk put on every stick to assure you that back ofthat stick there is a pride in proiuction and a guarantee of fitness for its purpose.

HDE offers you conflete stocks of Southern hardwoods, all as good as, thc board.s shbzun hcri, Cjtl)rcss, hardzaoods, pine,in straight cars or mited to sutt !ou.

White Brothers to Open Yard at Oakland

White Brothers. the well known San Francisco hardwood dealers, are opening a new yard at Oakland which will be located on High Street, between Howard and Commerce Streets. The yard rvill be 200 feet by 600 feet and work is now under way in constructing the plant. James H. Pedgrift is the contractor in charge of their new building operations. C. Harry White, general manager of the company, states that their shed will be the last word in lumber sheds, all gangways will be paved in cement with a spur track run ning through the center. The yard will be ready for business about February 1.

Owing to the growth of this concern's business, it was necessary to have more space, C. Harry White stated, and in addition to looking after the local business their wholesale shipments will be made from this yard.

W. T. White is President of White Brothers and C. Harry White is Vice President and General Manager. W. T. White is the son of the late Asa L. White who was one of the early pioheers of Oakland. It is expected that the new yard will be in charge of William T. Meyer and Walter J. Herkenham; both have been associated with their San Francisco yard for many years where they hold executive positions. The company name of this yard will be known as White Brothers, Oakland Hardwood Headquarters, and they will carry a complete line of hardwood stocks, together with complete stocks of Oregon Pine and Hardwood veneer panels, shipbuilding and boat-building material.

PROGRESS IN FORESTRY IS SEEN UNDER CLARKE-McNARY LAW

Progress in forestry under the provisions of the ClarkeMcNary law vyhich authorizes and directs Federal co-operation with the States, and which became eftective the past year, is evidenced by Col. W. B. Greeley, Chief of the Forest Service, in his annual report to the Secretary of Agriculture.

This movement to link the nation and the States in a united effort to devclop timber growing on the widest possible scale, especially on private forest lands which make up 80 per cent of our total forest area, has inspired many States to greater activity, according to the Forester. Fortyone of the 48 States and the Territories of Hawaii and Porto Rico are now co-operating with the Federal government under one or more sections of the law. Nearly $4,000,000 were available for forest fire control last year. Private landowners furnished nearly $1,500,000, the State, $1,800,000, and the Federal government, $660,000, excluding the amounts appropriated for fir.e control in the Federal forests.

CENTRAL LUMBER €O. BUILDING NE\,t/ ./. YARD AT STOCKTON

/ The Central Lumber Yard at Stockton have started the construction of the first unit of their yard which is located just across the street from their preient location. When completed the new shed will be 300 feet by 150 feet and will have their office, warehouse and mill under one roof. The shed will have a cement floor, with two central driveways, and a spur track running into the shed.

The firstunit which will be 100,feet by 60 feet is now under construction and will be completed after the first of the year.

"Our Plan Book Spreads New Disease Among Our Printers"

Reprinted frow the Decernber issue of the "Prairie Lunr,berman",lutnber journal of Eastern Canada. What would, happen in California, if sorne of the splendid, available Plan Books zaere to be distributed among Printers, Groceryrnen, Druggists, School Teachers, etc. Eaeryone is interested in a Honoe.

"This story holds a moral for every lumber dealer-even though it is written in lighter vein. Here's how and all about it. For some months back we have been working on our New Plan Book. About six times a day-or oftener-we would telephone our printers, "Come do$'n

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Now it is important to remember that there are five sheets, or, as the printers call them, forms in this book. Sixteen pages to a form. Four "sixteens" and one "eight." (We have got this dope down fine by now !) Well, along about the third form, can you guess what happened ? llere's what. We received no less than five inquiries from members of our printers' staff asking for informltion about certain homes illustrated in the book !

Now, here is the important point. NOT ONE OF THOSE FIVE HAD PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT ABOUT THE PURCHASE OF A NEW HOME. They confessed as mucti when asked this question. Every single individual among the five had his interest awakened and his desire stimulated by looking over the pages of our plan book as it went through the plant.

Every word of this story is absolutely true. And it just goes to bear out what we have always claimed to be the case, namely, that you must send the plan book out to those who have not expressed themselves on the subject of building a home. You must CREATE PROSPECTS by means of the book-not rvait until you are SURE that a man IS a prospect. Our nerv plan book will have just the same effect upon practically everyone living in your territory as it had on those five individuals mentioned. It will MAKE THEM BEGIN TO THINK ABOUTBUILDING. No one can read the book rvithout being impressed and without having his desire aroused in some form or another.

And so we say to you who will use the new plan book: DON'T RESTRICT YOUR OPPORTUNITIES by keeping the plan book on your desk or shelf until ASKED for. MAIL IT RIGHT TO YOUR PROSPECT WHERE HE LIVES. MAIL IT TO YOUR COMPLETE MAILING LIST. You certainly never will be able to estimate the good it will do you.

This story of the five printers will be duplicated in hundreds of cases and you will find people whom you never figured were prospects asking you about homeb and buildings."

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Sacramento Valley Lumbermen's Club Annual Meeting

W. A. Waldren Elected President

The annual meeting and Ladies' Day of the Sacramento Valley Lumbermen's Club was held at the Senator Hotel, Sacramento, on Saturday, December 18. During the luncheon hour Harold Cloughley of the Sacramento Lumber Co. led the community singing, several delightful songs were rendered by Mitch Landis and Will F. Peterson, with Miss Peterson acting as accompanist at the piano, and several orchestra numbers were played by the Anson-Weeks Hotel Senator orchestra.

President E. S. McBride presided over the business session.

Secretary-Treasurer C. D. LeMaster made the Treasurer's report, which was unanimously indorsed and showed the Club to be in excellent financial condition.

The speaker of the day was Russell Galloway, Sacramento, who read an interesting paper onhis recent trip through the Panama Canal, Havana, Florida, New Orleans, New York, Boston and other eastern points. He described conditions in Miami, Florida, after the recent hurricane and although the damage to buildings there was great, he stated that he did not observe one shingle roof that had been destroyed by the windstorm.His address was very instructive and much enjoyed by the gathering.

In reporting for the Nominating Committee for the elec-

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tion of officers, Oscar Miller, Knox Lumber Co., nominated the following who rvere unanimously elected for the ensurng year:

President, W. A. Waldren, Home Buildcrs' Lumber Co., Gridley.

Vice President, W. F. Knox, Superior Lumbei Co., Sacramento.

Secretary, C. D. LeMaster, Sacramento.

President McBride introduced the new officers, each making a fewremarks. President McBride then turned the gavel over to the new president, W. A. Waldren.

As an appreciation of their excellent work during the past year in the interests of the Club, President Waldren with a few appropriate remarks presented Retiring President E. S. McBride with a beautiful overstuffed chair. He also presented Secretary C. D. LeMaster with an excellent cocktail shaker set.

A resolution was passed thanking the entertainers.

Dancing was then- continued until late in the afternoon rvith the Anson-Weeks Senator Hotel Orchestra furnishing the music.

'The Arrangements Committee who furnished the program for the excellent meeting were C. D. LeMaster, Curtis Cutter, Chester Ferguson and J. W. Butler, Jr.

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Excerpt from the By-Laws of West Coast Lumbertnen's Assn.

"No mill shall be cligiblc to membcrship in WEST COAST LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION whosc grades arc bclow the tcst of gradcs cfficicncy cstablished by the Board of Trustccs of said Association

Any member mill whose grades, ovcr a reasonablc pcriod, shall fall below thc test of grading cfficiency, establishcd by the Association, shall forfeit its membership in thc Association

This mcmbcrship qualification, togethcr with the list of Association membcrs in good stanCing, shall, frorn time to time, bc nationally advertiscd."

comptying with thc ebovc, wEST COAST LUMBERMEN'S ASSO-CIAT^ION -hcrcby ccrtifiGs th.^t-llrc.gr!q^c!-and grading prlcticc ol thcfollowingmills,rttcrcarcfulchcckingbycompetcnt-;t';A;;-;p;"'-ll"ctccofound-torunfrotu95o/otol0o7oongredcirtoqu'litY prcrcribcd by thc official grading rulcs of Wcst Coast Lumbcrmcn's A|tocrltlol|3

ANACORTES LUMBER & BOX CO., Anacortes, \lfash.

ASTORIA BOX COMPANY. Astoria. Orc.

BEAVER LUMBER COMPANY, Portland, Ore.

E. K. BISHOP LUMBER CO., Abcrdcen, Wash.

BOOTH-KELLY LUMBER COMPANY, Eugcnc, Ore.

BRIDAL VEIL TIMBER CO., Bridal Veil, Orc.

BUFFELEN LBR. & MFG. CO., Tacoma, Wash.

CARLISLE LUMBER CO., Onalaska, Wash.

CARLSBORG MILL & TBR. CO, Seattlc, Wash.

CASCADE LBR. & SHG. CO., Snohomish, Waah.

CENTRAL COAL & COKE CO., Kansas City, Mo.

CLARK LUMBER COMPANY, Vancouver, Vlfash.

CLARK-NICKERSON LBR. CO., Everett, Wash.

CLARK & WILSON LUMBER CO., Linnton, Orc.

CLEAR FIR LUMBER CO., Tacoma, Wash.

A. F. COATS LUMBER CO., Tillamook, Orc.

COBBS & MITCHELL CO., Portland, Orc.

CORVALLIS LBR. & MFG. CO., Portland, Ore.

CROSSETT WESTERN COMPANY, Wauna, Orc.

DEMPSEY LUMBER CO., Tacoma, Wash.

ERNEST DOLGE, INC., Tacoma, Wash.

DOTY LUMBER & SHG. CO., Portland Orc.

DU BOIS MILL CO., Vancouver,'Wash.

EAGLE LUMBER COMPANY, Porttand, Ore.

EAST SIDE MILL & LBR. CO., Portland, Ore.

EATONVILLE LBR. CO., Eatonville, Wash.

ECLIPSE MILL COMPANY, Everctt, Wash.

EMERY & NELSON, INC., Napavine, Wash.

FISCHER LUMBER COMPANY, Marcola, Ore.

G. H. P. LUMBER CO., Hillsboro, Ore.

GLENDALE LUMBER COMPANY, Glcndale, Orc.

GRAYS HARBOR MFG. CO., Aberdeen, Wash.

HEWITT-LEA-FUNCK CO., Sumner, Wash.

WM. HULBERT MILL CO., Everett, lllfash.

E. E. JOHNSON LUMBER CO.. Coquille. Ore.

KENWOOD LUMBER CO., Portland, Ore.

KLEMENT & KENNEDY, Scattle, Wash.

LAKE CLE ELUM LBR. CO., Roslyn, Wash.

LINCOLN CREEK LUMBER CO., Centralia, Wash.

LINDSTROM-HANDFORTH LBR. CO., Tacoma,Warh.

LONG-BELL LUMBER CO., Longvicw, \Alash.

LUEDINGHAUS LBR. CO., Portland, Orc.

MACHIAS MILL CO., Woodinville, Wash.

MANLEY, MOORE LBR. CO., Tacoma, Wash.

McCORMICK LBR. CO., McCormick, Wash.

CHAS. R. McCORMICK LBR. CO., St. Helens, Orc.

McKENNA LUMBER CO., McKenna, Wash.

L. B. MENEFEE LBR. CO., Portland, Ore.

MULTNOMAH LBR. & BOX CO., Portland, Ore.

MUMBY LBR. & SHG. CO., Seattle, Wash.

WEST COAST LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION,

MUTUAL FIR COLUMN CO.' Tacoma, Wash. '

MUTUAL LUMBER COMPANY, Bucoda, Wash.

NETTLETON LUMBER CO., Scattlc, Wash.

NICOLAI DOOR MFG. CO.. Portlan4 Orc.

OREGON LUMBER CO.' Bakcr, Orc.

OSTRANDER RY. & LBR. CO., Ostrandcr, 'Wa6h.

PACIFIC NATIONAL LBR. CO., Tacoma, Wash.

PACIFIC SPRUCE CORPORATION, Portlan4 Orc.

PACIFIC STATES LUMBER CO., Tacoma Wash.

PALMER LBR. &'MFG. CO.' Chchalis, Wash.

PARKER LBR. & BOX CO., Everett, Wash.

PENINSULA LUMBER CO., Portland, Orc.

POSEY MFG. CO., Portland, Ore.

PRESTON MILL COMPANY, Seattlc, Wash.

PROUTY LBR & BOX CO., Warrcnton, Orc.

RAYMOND LUMBER CO., Raymon4 Wash.

RIDGEFIELD LUMBER CO., Ridgcfiel4 Wash.

ROYSE HANKIN LUMBER CO., SedroWoolley,Wash.

ST. PAUL & TACOMA LBR. CO., Tacoma, Wash.

SEATTLE MILL & LOGGING CO., Seattlc, Wash.

SILER MILL COMPANY, Raymond, Wash.

SILVER FALLS TIMBER CO., Silvcrton, Orc.

SKAGIT MILL COMPANY, Lyman, Wash.

SNOQUALMIE FALLS LUMBER COMPANY, Snoqualmic Falls, Wash.

SPRINGER MILL COMPANY, Ol5rmpia, wash.

STANWOOD LUMBER CO., Stanwood, Wash

STIMSON TIMBER COMPANY, Seattle, Wash.

STOUT LBR. CO. OF OREGON, North Bend, Or,c.

TUMWATER LBR. MILLS CO', INC., Tumwater,'Wasb.

WAGNER LUMBER COMPANY, Monroc, Wash.

WALLACE LBR. & MFG. CO., Sultan, Wash.

WALTON LUMBER COMPANY' Evcrett, Wash.

WALVILLE LUMBER CO., Walville, Wash.

WARNICK LUMBER COMPANY, Bellingham, Wash.

WESTERN LBR. MFG. CO., Tacoma, Wash.

WEST OREGON LBR. CO., Linnton, Ore.

WESTPORT LUMBER CO., WcstPort, Orc.

WEST WATERWAY LBR. CO., Seattle, Wash.

WESTWOOD LUMBER CO., Whccler, Ore.

WEYERHAEUSER TIMBER CO., Evcrctt, Wash.

WHEELER, OSGOOD CO., Tacoma, Wash.

WHITE RMR LUMBER CO., Enumclaw, Wash.

WHITE STAR LUMBER CO., Whites, Wash.

WHITNEY COMPANY, Garibaldi, Orc.

WILLAMETTE VALLEY LBR. CO., Portland, Orc.

WILLAPA LUMBER CO., Portlan4 Orc.

WINCHESTER BAY LUMBER'CO., Portland, Ore.

WOOD & MRSON, INC., Hobart, Wash.

W. A. WOODARD LBR. CO., Cottage Grovc, Orc.

SEATIIE, ltash.Tacona, lYarh.Portland, (he.

Offcial Grade Marh of IY.C, L. A.

Chas. R. McCormick Visits Company Interests in the Northwest

Mr. Chas. R. McCormick, President of the lVlcCormick Lumber and Steamship interests, arrived in San Francisco recently after a short visit to the Company's camps, mills and other interests in the states of Washington and Oregon.

Mr. McCormick visited Seattle and while there inspected the Company's logging camps and saw mills on Puget Sound, a great many of which are closing up for the Christmas festivities, as well as on account of a severe spell of cold weather recently experienced in that section of the country.

While on the Columbia River, Mr. McCormick attended the opening of the new $2,500,000 St. Helens Pulp & Paper Mills situated at St. Helens, Oregon, an event which strikes a very important note in the industrial life of that section of the country.

The St. Helens Pulp & Paper lllills are affiliated rvith the McCormick interests and are one of the most modern plants of their kind in this country. Most of the machinery is of the very latest type and these enormous mills have a capacity of 50 tons of craft paper daily and are arranged in such a manner that another unit may be added at any time in order to further increase production.

Paper turned out by this great plant will be made from saw mill waste; the latter being supplied by the McCormick Company's mills on the Columbia River.

. Questioned as to the general trend of events in the lumber world on this coast. Mr. McCormick stated that although a large volume of lumber had been manufactured and turned out by the mills of the Northwest daring 1926, this had been accomplished during a period in the history of lumbering operations when prices were much lorver than favorable to the trade, with the consequence that the profits

were very small. As to 1927, he stated that lumbermen in the Northwest are anticipating better prices and more satisfactory conditions in the industry during the coming year.

SHINGLE MAN VISITS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Mt. J. Frank Jones, Sales Manager for the Evergreen State Lumber Company, Aberdeen, is spending a couple of weeks in and around Los Angeles, on a combined pleasure and business trip.

Mr. Jones' company are distributors for the well known "Evergreen" _Cedar Shingles, the best, according to Mr. Jones, that can be bought.

In Southern California they are sold exclusively by W. W. Wilkinson.

R. S. GRANT ANNOUNCES BAYDISTRICTNINE

R. S. Grant, vicegerent snark of the San Francisco Bay District, has announced the following to act on the Nine for the ensuing vear:

Vicegerent Snark, R. S. Grant, California Door Co.

Senior Hoo-Hoo, Merrill Robinson, Loop Lumber & Mill Co.

Junior Hoo-Hoo, Howard Gunton, Gritzmacher & Gunton.

Bojum, W. B. Innes, Secretary, East Bay Lumbermen's Club. 1

Scrivenoter, J. E. Martin, "The California Lumber Merchant."

Jabberwock, Bob Cameron, Secretary, Peninsula Lumbermen's Club.

Custocatian, R. H. Carter, Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co.

Arcanoper, George \.[illiams, Richards Hardwood Co. Gurdon, Emory Nutting, Spencer Planing Mill.

Philippine Llahogany Saw MiIl, Island of Negros, P. I.

ESSCO Californiawhite Pine

A famous trade'fiJd,tk on d, new product

FfrI{P fame of the name

I ESSCO wap established in connection with Southern Pine and it also is appearing on California White Pine. This wood, because of its superior working surface, strength and durability was selected by the Forest Lumber Company in its expansion to the West Coast as worthy to bear the ESSCO trademark. This company is oneof the group composing the Exchange Sawmills Sales Company which has been manufacturing and selling pine lumber for nearly half a cenhrry.

The particularly fine qualities of ESSCO trade-marked California White Pine are due in

part to the fact that it grows at a high altitudeand amid ideal climatic conditions giving it a fine-grain, satiny surface, and in part to tho care and exactness with which it is manufactured.

The timber comes from the country around Pine Ridge, Ore., wherein is located the modern plant for its manufacture. Present stocks include in addition to the factory grades such items as beveled siding (identified with the ESSCO green label) satiny, soft-texture finish, mouldings and wide clears, lath and pickets. Special or unusualitems can be manufactured as desired.

ESSCO California White Pine-ESSCO Southern Prne-ESSCO Southern IIardwoods are beinS produced at the rate of more than I,OOO,O0O feet a day.

1116 R- A- Iong Btdg. Kaaras City, Missouri

ESSCO regular servic€ to ESSCO dealers includes a comprehensive and business-getting retail advertising program which is used by dealers eve4rwhere, Ask us to tell you about tbis service.

NEW"TERMS'' POSTER OFFERED ' ASSOCIATION MEMBERS

Every lumberman agrees that the best way of making prompt collections is to have a definite agreement in advance as to the time of payment. The difficulty is that when a salesman sets his heart on selling a retail bill of lumber, he is very reluctant to mention terms of payment to the customer before getting the order signed up.

The California Retail Lumbermen's Association has furnished to each of its members a large "Terms" poster printed on a sheet 17x22 inches in size. It is meant to be posted in the retail lumber office and in the yard so that every customer will see it and understand the credit policy of the company. The poster reads as follows:

TERI\4S Alt

Purchases Due lOth Of Month

Fo[owing Purchare.

There wilt Be No Deviation from Ttresc Tetrns Except by Special te in Writing Before Delivery of Materids.

This suggestion came from the Hansen Lumber Company at Fontana, one of the members of the Association. Additional copies can'be procured through J. E. Fraser, Secretary, California Retail Lumbermen's Association, ll2 Market Street, San Francisco.

AIR MAIL MAN ENTERTAINS L. A. HOO HOO

Mr. R. C. Diggins, one of the officers of the Western Air Express, addressed the Los Angeles Hoo Hoo, at their meeting on December 16th.

He told of the development of air travel and of air mail, and predicted even much faster time, for mail, in the near future.

Vicegerent Wickersham introduced his new Nine at the meeting and announced his appointment of two committees.

H. L. Rosenberg, C. J. Laughlin and Tad W. Jacobs will be the Initiation Committee this vear. and the new Membership Committee is composecl oi Ctif Estes, A. C. Merryman and Jerome Gripper.

SALINAS YARD TO MOVE

At the expiration of their present lease, the Hayward Lumber Company, Salinas, will move their yard to a newly acquired four-acre site, not far from their present location'.

HENRY BLYTH

Henry Blylh, pioneer California lumberman, died at his home in Berkeley on December 18 at the age of 79 years.

Mr. Blyth was connected rvith the ret:iil lumber business in San. Francisco for 59 years. IIis first yard was located on the site of the present Seaboard Bank. Later he moved his yard to Mission and Spear streets, where he operated under the name of Blyth &Trott for forty years. In 1908 he retired from the lumber business. Mr. Blyth was a resident of the Bay District since 1851, rvhen he came around the Horn at the age of three rvith his father, who was a ship owner. He is survived by his rvife.

JVIr. Blyth was also president of the C. W. Smith Copper Works of San Francisco.

DEALERS WnO NEED HARDWOOD FLOORTNO

WIIL BE INTERESTED IN

"COOPER" and "l X L"

OAK, MAPLE, BEECH AIYD BIRCH

"COOPER" or "IXL" Hardwood Flooring Har Giverr Satisfaction in Thete Buildingr Where Good lroking and Long Wearing Floors Were Demanded:

Woncnr Athlctic Club' L. A

Wcrtwood School' Wcrtwood

Bcvcrly Hillr School' Bcvcrly Hillr

Brcntwood Countrt Club

Crrthay Ccntcr School, L. A.

Y. M. C. Ao Glcrdrlc.

Fodcrrl Buildiag' Hollywood

Urbrn Militery Acrdcny, L. A.

Stulcy Aprtncntr, Feredcne

Longfcllow School, Whitticr

Horecc Mrnn School, L. A.

ll/arrcn G. Hardiag School, Sawtcllc

Mt. Vcraon Jr. Hi3h School, L. A.

Hotcl Nonnendic, Hollyvood.

Qymnmiun, Peldcnr Hi3h Scbool

Unitcd Studior, Culvcr City

Manuel Artr HiSh Schoof L. A.

O'Melvcny St. S-hool Srn Fcrnrndo

loy-crcign Apertmcltr, Lon3 Bcrch

Odd Fcllowr Tcnplc, L. A.-

Alhembre AtLlctic Club, Albrnbrr

Jcwirh 'ltonca'r Council, L. A.

E_rcondido Union High Schoot, Ercondido.

Chcvy Chuc ScLool,Gtcndelc

CALIFORNIA PINES

PTYWOOD WITH A WIDE RANGE OF USIF'UINESS

Sash and door manufacturers prefer PAUL BUNYAN'S CALIFORNIA PINE PLYWOOD PANELS because of their beauty, their smooth surface that requires but little sanding, the fact that they do not sliver or split and the ease with which they are glued + Decorators and builders because of the variety and richness of their grain figures and the one-piece facesup to 60x120 inches s Refrigerator manufacturers because they take enamels so economically and well I Trunk Makers because of the light weight and strength E Coach and Car Builders because, in addition to their strength per weight, they do not surface check or crack * Box and Pachage LJeers because of the exceptional guality values in the lower grades, bright, clean appearance and light weight.

ALL USERS because of the MIXED CARS including Mouldings, Sash and Doors, Lumber (laminated or solid) from the Red River plant, the largest producer of California Pines.

Are You Profting by Thi.s Erceftional Servi.ce?

White

Centml California Lumbermen's Club

Annual Meeting

O. V. Wilson Elected President. Hold

Hoo-Hoo Concatenation.

About seventy-five sat clor,vn to luncheon at the Annual Meeting of the Central California Lumbermen's Club at the Lincoln Hotel, Stockton, on Saturday, Qecember 11. Included in the gathering were lumbermen from the various sections of Northern California, together with their wives and guests.

J. U. Gartin, president of the Club, called the meeting to order and introduced O. V. Wilson, vice-president of the Club, as Chairman of the Day. Community singing was led by Alec Emerson and during the luncheon hour several excellent vocal numbers were rendered by Mitch Landis, Ray McGinley and Alec. Emerson. W. C. Kirkman acted as accompanist on the piano. Chas. Gartin gave several delightful saxophone solos accompanied on the piano by Miss Anna Gartin. Mr. Wilson kept the crowd well pepped up by finding occasion to fine many of the gathering and he kept Lester Elliott, who acted as the official collector, very busy.

The community singing went over big but the following Stockton booster song brought out the most volume and was sung in gustatory fashion.

(Tune, "If you knew Susie, like I know Susie") If you knew Stockton, like we know Stockton, Oh!Oh! Oh!what a town!

They're live and gritty in our fair City;

Oh ! Oh ! All the girls are sweet and pretty. Soon we'll channel a way to the sea, When that's finished all the world will want to be In our fair Stockton.

You're right there, Stockton !

Oh ! Oh ! what a town !

At the conclusion of the luncheon, Chairman of the Day O. V. Wilson, introduced several of the notables present, and then called on Parson Simpkin, Hoo-Hoo Chap- \ lain, as the Speaker of the Day.

The Parson gave an excellent inspirational address relating conditions in the lumber business today. In speak- ing of lumber distribution, he stated that 815/o of the lumber produced is sold through the retailer. He urged on the lumbermen that they should be a working factor in their business; they should fight for the industry; and they should make a careful study of their costs, saying that when you know your costs that you are not going to throw lumber away. "The curse of the lumber business in California today is too much volume," he stated, and he urged that all branches of the industry get together for closer cooperation

Moving pictures of the Calaveras Big Tree trip made by the Club last summer was then put on the screen by Fred Holmes, Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., San Francisco. The big thriller on this reel was the acrobatic stunt of George Ground in the 100 yard dash with Joe Cuneo. To get

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in lhe Southarest Since 1892"

Lester Elliott

O. V. Wilson

Know the Lurnber You Buy

Long-Bell Douglas Firlumbert manufactured at Longview, \/lfn , is one of many products taking to users in many marhets ell of tbe lumber values this trade-mark signifies.

Douslaa Fir Lumber and Timbers, Douelaa Fir Window Frameg- \l/eJtern Hemlock LumberSouthern Pine Lumber and Tim. berr- Creoaoted Lumber'Tinberst Poete, Poles,TiearGuard.RailPo*et and Piline-Southern Hardwood Lumber aid Timbers, Oak Floor, ine-California White Pine Lum. bei, Sash and Doors, Box Shookr.

The Long,Be[[ Lumber Company

R.A.LongBldg., KansasCitY'Mo. LmbmSirre1875

C1HIPS put outtomany domestic and foreign ports with D "*g* of this knovrm lumber for world constnrction. World trade seeks Long-Bell because of the reputation of its trade-marked lumber. .rl ,{ lf Every year thousands of familiescome to the day of putting carefully eaflred savings into lumber for a home. ,{ Jf { Faith surely guides that transaction-the faith of the buyerin his lumber dealer and in the honesty of value built into that lurnber by the manufacturer. ,F il .{ Here is a trade-mark that merits the faith of buyers of lumber the world over. Behind this name behindthistrade-mark . . . . are vast forests' gigantic manufacturing plants-and, most important, the uniteAambition of thousands of skilled men to give the buyer of lumbermaximum construction value. This trademark on lumber signifies ideals and standards unsurpassed in the industry. Askyourretaillumber dealer-fte knows!

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George's movement in detail, this portion of the picture was put on in "slow motion."

Business Meeting

While the ladies spent the remainder of the afternoon sight seeing and shopping, the Club went into session for their annual meeting.

President J. U. Gartin presided over the business session.

The first order of business was the reading of the Treasurer's report by Treasurer Lester Elliott rvhich showed tne Club to be in good financial condition.

C. D. LeMaster spoke on his service to the retailers to eliminate the sale of lumber direct to the consumer by rvholesalers and manufacturers. This service rvill consist of a list designated ethical wholesalers and manufacturers . for which a charge of $1.50 per month is made. A motion rvas made endorsing Mr. LeMaster's plan and advising the members to subscribe for the service. A motion was pissed that the Club subscribe for the Axiom and that it bi sent to the members: $10.00 a month was appropriated for this pufpose.

The report of the Nominating Committee was unani,/mously approved and the following officers were elected for // the ensulng year: ,/ President, O. V. Wilson, Central Lumber Co., Stockton. V Vice President George Ground, Modesto Lumber Co., Modesto.

Secretary-Treasurer Lester Elliott, Valley Lumber Co., Lodi.

Hoo-Hoo Dinner

Hoo-Hoo held forth during the evening and at 6:30 P. M. nearly 1@ sat down to dinner at the Lincoln Hotel. Chas. G. Bird, Stockton Lumber Co., Stockton, acted as toast' master. Duringthe dinner hour there was community singing led by Joe Baird, and Frank Smith sang several

BAGAC Flooring FOR,

delightful solos accompanied by Mrs. Joe Bairdon the plano.

Following the dinner, C. D. I-eMaster and Frank Trower rvere called on for a few remarks.

Toastmaster Bird then introduced Fred Roth, with J. H. McCallum, San Francisco, State Hoo-Hoo Counsellor for California, "Freddie" was given a rousing "nine,' when he arose to address the glthering. After paying some very fine -compliments to the Parson and the -City oi Stockton forits progressiveness, he discussed lumber- conditions in the state. He also discussed what the substitutes were doing and how they were making a profit and he urged the lumber dealers to create new demands for their pr-oducts. In his Hoo-Hoo message he stated that Hoo-HoL creates good fellowship and closer cooperation which are successful factors in working out the problems of the lumber industry. --Parson Simpkin_ was. the closing speaker of the evening. He spoke on merchandising idealsand he congratulated th"e Hoo-Hoo of the West foi what they have -done for the Order. The Associations_say, he statid, ,,that the hope for the lumber business is Hoo-IIoo." He spoke on the advantages of the Hoo-Hoo Clubs and what could be accom- plished through-them by promoting good fellowship and cooperation. The Parson intermiied his remarks' with several pleasing stories.

A telegram from Henry R. Isherr,vood, Hoo-Hoo Secretary, St. Louis, was read by Toastmaster Bird.

During the Concatenation, the ladies with Mrs. O. VWilson acting as hostess attended a vaudeville show. Hoo-Hoo Concatenation

Immediately following the dinner program, the Kittens rvere led through the mysteries of thi onion patch and all came through with their tails properly curled:

Oscar A. Lindberg, Pioneer Lumber^ Co., Stockton

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A IVIIGHTY FOREST CHIEFTAIN

-whose youth was passed many years before Columbus consulted Ferdinand and Isabella about "Seeing America First." This Giant Sugar Pine, possibly the largest ever felled at a sawmill operation, was cut at our Jirolumne, California, holdings. lt measured 9 feet in diameter -226 feet from butt to tip-102 feet to first limbrequired 9 cars to transport it to the mill-and scaled 33,577 Board Feet of Pickering Gold Medal Sugar Pine:-an impressive and in' deed inspiring instance emphasizing again that-

PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY

STANDARD"

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Irvtlti"f" _E. Fgengh, Stockton Milt & Lbr. Co., Stockton.

Jack G. Dubois, Pioneer Lumber Co.. Stockton.

L. R. Giottonini, Electric Planine MiIl. Stockton.

A. M. Smart, HaSrward Lbr. Co,, Manieca.

Wt-!!i"fn T. Meyer, White Brothers, San Francisco.

J. E. Lease, Roberts & O'Keefe, Stockton.

John Mcctung Lemar, -rTff:T"fr"ltlo., sto"r,to,,.

G. P. Roberts, Roberts & O'Keeffe. Stockton.

E. E. Young, Chas. Nelson Co., Sin Francisco.

The "Nine" in charge of the initiation were:

Snark, Frank Trower.

Senior Hoo-Hoo, Chas. G. Bird.

Junior Hoo-Hoo, C. D. LeMaster.

Scrivenoter, J. E. Martin.

Bojum, Parson Simpkin

Custocatian, J. M. Montgomery.

Jabberwock, George Ground.

Gurdorl C. D. William.

Arcanoper, Fred J. McKain.

Following the Concatenation, a discussion was held regarding the forming of a Stockton Hoo-Hoo Club and the 'creation ofa new Hoo-Hoo Districtto include the territory now covered by the Central California Lumbermen's Club membership. A committee of seven was appointed to work out the final arrangements for the creation of a Hoo-Hoo Club and a new Hoo-Hoo District and to recommend for appointment a vicegerent snark and club officers at a meeting to be held in the near future.

Chas. G. Bird acted as the arrangement committee for the Hoo-Hoo dinner and Concatenation.

Registrants at Luncheon

J. U. Gartin, Stanislaus Lumber Co., Modesto.

O. V. Wilson, Central Lumber Co., Stockton.

C. D. Leltfaster, Sacramento.

Parson Simpkin, Hoo-Hoo Chaplain.

Frank Trower, Trower Lumber Co.. San Francisco.

Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Wells, West Trirlock Lumber Co., Turlock.

Josephine Wells, Turlock.

Mr. and Mrs. George Ground, Modesto Lumber Co.. Modesto.

F. F. Fisher, Fisher Bros. Lumber & Mill Co.. Stockton.

Miss Esther Fisher, Stockton.

Ray McGinley, Fisher Bros. Lumber & Mill Co.. Stockton

W. A. Glenn, Coos Bay Lumber Co., San Francisco.

Robt. Inglis, San Joaquin Lumber Co.. Stoclton.

R. R. DuVall, Ripon Lumber Co.. Ripoir.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hall, Hale'& Symon. Sonora-

Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Besecker, Tilden Lumb6r & Mill Co., Oakdale.

Chas. G. Bird, Stockton Lumber Co.. Stockton.

{. 1,. {eUey, Santa Fe Lumber Co., -San Francisco.

G, M. Kewin, United Lumber yard inc.. Modesto.

^ Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Montgomery, Silver Fall5 Timber Co., Stockton.

J_o_hn $. H_owatt, White Brothers, San Francisco.

WB=_ L,. Mey_er, White Brothers,- San Francisco.

E. W. Doe, Stockton Lumber Cb.. Stockton.

E. E. Young, Chas. Nelson Co., Sin Francisco.

O_. D. Rrlse, Tilden Lumber & Mill Co.. Stockton.

Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Fuller, Home Lumber Co., Manteca. Bertie Martin, Modesto.

Chas. I. Gartin, Stanislaus Lumber Co., Salida.

Anna Gartin, Stanislaus Lumber Co.. Modesto.

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey fscnhower, I{olmes Eurcka Lumber Co., San Francisco.

Mrs. E. A. Nixon, Nixon Lumber Co., Lockeford.

Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Hammatt, California Redwood Association, San Francisco.

W. O. Waskek, Unitcd Lumber Yards Inc,. Modesto.

l4r. and-Mrs. Jam_e_s F-arley,'Ihe pacific Luhber Co., Stockton

Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Falconbury, Falconbury Lumber Co., Stockton.

Mitch Landis, Falconbury Lumber Co.. Stockton.

Alec F. Emerson, Stockton.

W. C. Kirkland, Stockton.

!!rr.an{ Mrs. S. ! Ilwiq frwin Lumber Co., Escalon.

Philip C. Bcaton" Stockto;.

Miss Elizabeth Irwin, Escalon.

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. C. Moorehead, Irwin Lumber Co., Escalon.

Mr. and Mfs. C. U. Utterback. Stockton.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred V. Holmes, Holmcs Eureka Lumber Co., San Francisco.

Mr. and Mrs. W. M. C-as_ey, Redw_ood Mfg. Co., pittsburg.

A. M. Stuart, Hayward Lumber Co.. Manteca.

Mrs. O. V. Wilsoru Stockton.

L. H. Elliott, Valley Lumber Co.. Lodi.

J. E. Martin, "The California Lumber Merchant," San Francisco.

DIAMONDMATCH MILL CLOSES FOR THE WINTER

The sawmill operated by the Diamond Match Company at Sterling City has closed down for the winter after a seison run of 36,000,000 feet. In their sawmill and lossins operations at Sterling City, they employ aborrt 4OO mdn-.

&nbal C,alifonla ltsnlrlrnlrllt's Cltrt, Anmml Md,tng, Strxf1lon, Decmbcr I t.

The originotor of R.edwood ECONOT{Y DROP STDING whichis being FEATURED with EXCE,LLENT PROFTTS to DEAL.

ERS in all parts of the UNITED STATES will soon present another building idea of even GREATER BUSINESS and PROFIT possibilities.

Watch for our TWO PAGE ADVERTISEMENT in JANUARY 15 ISSUE of THE CALIFORNIA LUMBE,R MERCHANT.

The Paciiie Lumber Go.

Franh H. Carnpbell

Empire Planing Mill

"We make anything out of lvood and our middle name is Service," says Harry Gaetjen, President and General Manager of the Empire Planing Mill, progressive and prominent member of the millwork industry.

The Empire Planing Mill, located at 744-750 Bryant St., San Francisco, is equipped with complete mill machinery for the manufacturing of sash and doors and general planing mill. rvork. The company operates trvo drykilns in

The Empire Planing Mill, reorganized in 1919 with Harry Gaetjen as President and General Manager. Harry has been associated with the company since November l, 1906, when he went to work as draftsman, later filling the positions of Superintendent, and then as Manager of the concern untilits reorganization.

Harry is one of the best known members of the millwork industry in the West. He is the retiring President of the Millwork Institute of California, having served the Institute three years as President and under his leadership the industry in the state has made much progress. He is progressive, a tireless woiker and has always taken a keen interest in the activities of the Institute.

Harry didn't rvander very far from home when he became associated with the Empire Planing Mill, as he was born atFifth and Townsend Streets, just about two and a half blocks from the site of his present business opefations. He takes an active interest in the civic affairs of San Francisco and during the fiscal year 1925-26, he was foreman of the San Francisco Count-y Grand Jury.

Harry Gaetjen,

President and General Manager

connection with their mill operations that have a capacity of 75,000 feet per month.

LUMBERRAILROAD IS BEING REPAIRED

The Diamond Caldor Raihvay, twenty-eight miles in length, owned and operated by the California Door Company to transport logs from their logging camps at Caldor, where they have large holdings of virgin sugar pine, to their big electrically operated saw mill here, is being improved. Crews will be steadily employed all winter below the snow line filling in gulches and canyons, to replace the wooden trestles and short bridges. Short curves and bends in the railway will also be eliminated and the entire system placed in a readiness for the ensuing season of activity in logging and lurnbering. The season closed is said to show the greatest cut of lumber in the annals of history of the company. -

He is a member of the Native Sons of the Golden West and during the California Diamond Jubilee in September, 1925,he acted as Grand Marshall. Harry is a great "joiner" and is affiliated with many organizations. He is married and has three very accomplished children.

TIMBER DEAL RECORDED

Announcement is made of the sale of 35,000,000 feet of pine lumber to Richard Hovey, San Francisco timber purchaser, involving a consideration of $100,000. The timber is in the eastern part of Klamath county.

REPORTS GOOD YEAR FOR HARDWOODS

George H. Brown, the rvell knorvn East Bay hardwood dealer and President of the Strable Hardwood Company, Oakland, in summarizing conditions in his territory during the past year, states that his concern has had a good year, that building operations in the EastBayDistrict have been active, and the hardwood demand has been satisfactory. J. O. Elmer, well known in hardwood circles.in California, is.sales manager of this.large hardwood concern.

THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

long white whiskers and was dressed in a gorgeous uniform decorated rvith white. Rod Hendrick played part of Santa Claus.

Hoo lloo Club No. 39 Hold Christmas Party

Nearly l0O attenrlecl the Christmas Party tTq,

of the East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club, held at the Athens LluD' O"i.iuna, onFiiday, December t'' J:. H' Mathews' Kier"un-grUl"rd Lum6er Co., was the Chairman of the Day' "Trt. n"". -EG;; eire" Lowther, of the First Methodist Cn"r.f-t, Oaklarid, rvas the speaker.of th-ei"l' H",,q?": an excellent address on the "Meaning of Chrrstmas" tnat was greatly enjoyed by the large. gathering' Ft8ria."i 1. 'n. Neigibor, Neigh6or's Lumber Yard' presided over ttie busines"s session of the meeting' P-uring the i ttr.tt"o.t hour, there was community singing' Nels 9utst and his singing lumbermen trotrbadours trom 'htaywaro ."tg ,",r..uti o*riginal songs that went over big' Annouttcement lvas mide at the meeting that Merrill noUitt.on and Harry Call, prominent East Bay lumbermen' were sick and unable to attend.

Fotio*ing the luncheon Santa Claus appeared and took his position- by the large Christmas tree that was beautttuity a".ot"ted and disiributed the- presents' Santa Claus irad e"erything buthis sleigh and reindeers; he had the

- Fred AndersorL won the attendance prize while the prize for the oldest Hoo-Hoo present lvas arvarded to W. E. Fry, No.987.

SAN FRANCISCO HARDWOOD CLUB HOLDS CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON

The San Francisco Hardwood Club had their annual Christmas luncheon at the Commercial Club on Wednesday, Dec. 22. The following well known Bay District hardwood dealers attended: W. T. White, George Brown. Owen Gibson, Ifomer Maris, E. A. Howard, "Bud" Howard, C. Harry White, J. O. Elmer, Gus Dieckmann, Henry Kirchmann, Otto Wahlefelft and J. E. Higgins, Jr.

GEORGE BURNETT SPENDS HOLIDAYSIN BAY DISTRICT

George Burnett, Burnett Lumber Co., Tulare, was a San Franciio visitor over the Christmas holidays when he called on the lumber trade. He was accompanied by Mrs. Burnett and they spent Christmas Day with relatives in 13erkeley.

J. E. HTGGTNS LUMBER CO. TNSTALL DRY KrLNS ATNEW YARD

The J. E. Higgins Lumber Co. of San Francisco have recently installed dry kilns at their new San Francisco yard. The kilns are specially constructed for the drying bf hardwood lumber to meet with California climatic conditions. Constrttction work on their new yard is progressing rapidly and when completed will be an ideal hardwood plant.

Happy New Year

The dawn of. tgZT is upon us the time when we want to wish all of our friends and customers the compliments of the season a Most Happy and Prosperous New-Year.

we appreciate the business tfiat you have given us during the past twelve months . . . . and we hope to continue to number you as a friend and cus' tomer throughout the years to come.

so here's a hearty ,.Thank You" for your Good s/itl in the past ... and the very Best of Wishes for your Happiness and Prosperity n 1927.

President J. E. Neighbor

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Builderr have needed a superior wall board with definite dirtinctive qualitier. And we havc senccd thir demand.

So wc relected the finest materials availabl+pure mineral gypsum' combined with

g cmall percentage of wood fibre to givc it reeiliency and nailing strength. Then to these a heavy chipboard covering. Then our rcientific manufacturing process wer perfected to give abrolute uniformity, etrength, dimenrionr and compoaitions. And after eubjecting BUTTRESS WALL BOARD to the most severc teatr for atrength, 6re reeietanee, Ilexibility and sound deadening propertier, we now have a produet that ig rccognized by experta as ruperior. The increacing demand attcats to itr popularity.

You can make more money on BUTTRESS. Write or phone for the raler rtory. Our salesman will call today.

Many industrial plants are using BUIIRESS for its sounil ileailening qualities.

California Looks Optimistically Into L927

By Jack Dionne

All authorities on national economics and finances agree that the State of California is one of the most prosperous spots on the map today. The majority of the state, according to the latest reports, shows unusual prosperity, and the remainder of the state is shown to be in good condition.

A good start for the new year.

It looks from every practical viewpoint as though 1927 were going to be an unusually fine year for California, and for Californians generally. The bankers generally predict that L927 will be a better year than 1926, and the dependable pointers agree with them.

The tourist crop so far this winter the biggest in several years, and the commonwealth is pretty well filled with visitors who come to dodge the rigorous winters of the north and east.

Building prospects look fine. San Francisco has closed one of her biggest years. Los Angeles has done worlds of building in L926, The entire state has built steadily. The fact that not enough profit was made by building material men during the past year, does not change the fact that much material was bought and used.

There has been a pretty fair house-cleaning going on in the lumber and building industry of California for the past six months, and it looks as though the lumber folks are due to handle their affairs better in the next year than they did in the last, and there will be a lot more money made in the lumber business in California next year. That's all that is needed to make this industry boom. We have had the volume of business for a long time, but over-keen competition has reduced the profit to an impractical basis.

Every fundamental industry in California is in excellent condition. Competition is keen, but business is good, and prospects are fine. Everything in agriculture looks good. Already the state has had sufficient rain to guarantee plenty of water and power for the coming year, and the winter just started. The oil business and the railroad business are in better shape than ever before. Manufactures and industry in California are growing apace, and practically everything California makes finds a wonderful market right at home.

It looks as though t927 will be the sort of a year when keen wits, sound judgment, practical vision and fine merchandising will bring home the bacon; but it is apparent that there will be plenty of bacon for the go-getters to bring.home, and thatis all that any good man asks for.

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The Sturdy Com and Lever Steering Gear Does It

'Tl HE cam and lever steering device on the I Getlinger Hydraulic Carriet employs the same principle as that used on motor cars, but of heaviet construction to withstand the hard usage canier opetation gives it.

Features such as this, the hydraulic lift, the big REDSEAL CONTINENTAL MOTOR' the sturdy construction, and many othets have pushcd Gerlinger to the front in the carrier field. Send for Catalog which tellc rfie whole story. Eaptern

In Appreciation

On behalf of the Hoo Hoo Club of !,os Angeles I want to thank all the loyal members of the lumber industry who contributed to the Orphans' Christmas Party and made it such a wonderful success. And I want to express my appreciation to the Committee headed by Floyd Dernier for the splendid program fromstart to finish, and the Ladies Committee for their help at the luncheon and the splendid police officers who assisted us during the day.

B. W. BYRNE, President, Los Angeles Hoo Hoo Club.

HEY,YOU CREDIT MEN

(Contributed by J. E. Neighbor, Oakland, President of the Oakland Hoo Hoo Club)

Several hundred years ago, the monkeys held a convention to discuss how best.to make men and women out of themselves. Everything was arranged okeh; they succeeded in their evolution schemes, but even as men and women some still had tails. It was finally agreed that those with tails should gointo the credit business and they rvould soon rvork their tails off trying to make collections.

(Tavlor Rotarv Rarebit.)

HOO-HOO HEADQUARTERS CHANGES ADDRESS

After January First, 1927, the aclclress of Henry R. Isherwood, Secretary of Hoo-Hoo, will be 900 Central National Bank Ruilding, St. Louis.

SIMONIDS KNIYES

Red Streak High Speed Steel Knives will give you Ionger -eervicg without regrinding or jointing. Th.y are made of shock-resisting steel.

Producing New Shingle

Six-sided shingles, tgrned ont at trip-hammer speed in strips of four, made of an extra tough composition of felt and asphalt, and surfaced rvith genuine Vermont slate, specially ground to be-moul<1ed into an imperviol-ls mass, are the newest product of the Los Angeles Paper Manufactnring Company, it is reported.

A special machine fo1 the manufacture of the new hexagonal slate-surfaced El Rey shingles has been installed, according to N L. Brinker, director of sales, and is norv in ful1 productior,.

Brinker says the machine literally belches strips of shingles faster than a person can count, but the mechanism is so designed as to carefully press and cut each strip. The slate surface isput on hot and then plunged into a freezing bath to set the surfacing in a protective weather proof coat.

An insisteirt demand, created particularly by rvomen, for something different in roofing is the reason for the sixsided shingle, Brinker said. The new shingles are made in g'reen, grey, red and black, and are used in a combination of colors that lends an attractive touch to the new home.

MAKETRIPINTO YOSEMITE

Bert Neylan, manager of the San Francisco omce of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co., and "IIi" Henry, their Valley representative, together with Mrs. Henry, showed L. L. Lewis, sales manager at the company's Portland office, a little diversion on his recent trip to California when the party motored into Yosemite Valley. The trip was made on December 4, and although there was considtrable snow in the mountains, they stated that the roads were in good condition and they found many people in the Valley even at that late date.

Klamath Falls District Gets No. 6 !

"Tungeweld," the only Welded High Speed Steel Knife. The cutting edge of high speed steel is welded to a soft eteel back. Outlast thick carbon steel knives three to five times.

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The Forest Lumber Company of Pine Ridge, Oregon, is a recent purchaser of a HILKE LUMBER PILER. This makes a total of 6 now in operation in the Klamath Falls District-6 mills that have put their yards on a modernized, efficiency basis.

Thc "HILKE" will cut cortr, timc and labor in your 5rard, too. Lct ur looL into your yarding ritrration ud edvirc you.

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ft takes big, brawnytires to pull those super-loads with speed and economy. But lumber truck operatorsare doing it every day by means of Goodyear Tire equipment, backed by TRUCK TIRE SERVICE, which enables those tires to stand up under the most gruellingworking conditions.

URGES LETTERS ON CORPORATION TAX REDUCTION

A Letter by Mr. Frank G. Wisner, President, National Lumber Manufacturers' Association

The Treasury surplus will not fall far short of $500,000,000 if the total income tax returns for the first five months of the fiscal year 1927 may be taken as an indicator. Forging far ahead of last year's returns, the collections for the first five months of the fiscal year 1927 totalled over $617,000,000, or an increase of $118,000,000 over the corresponding period in 1926, according to the latest daily U. S. Treasury statement.

An increase of $1 18,000,000 in five months over the same period last year, when tax cuts totaliing over $300,000,000 were made, refutes the frequent assertion that "now is not the time fortax reduction." Reduction in the corporation income tax rate to 1O per cent can and should be made at the coming short session of Congress-and the Treasury's own surplus statements ably support this view.

Stress is laid on the desirability of rapid retirernent of the public debt. Here again the Treasury statement shorvs marked progress over last year, notwithstanding the surplus, for in November,1925, not a single dollar was applied to retirement of the public debt through the sinking fund, but in November this year nearlv $29,000,000 was paid off; and in the first five months of 1927 amount applied to the Sinking Fund totaled over $209,000,000, as compared with $82,000,000 in the same period last year, or an increase of $127,000,000.

The sinking fund calls for a fixed appropriation from the Treasury of about $250,000,000 a year, so that with only five months of the new year gone, the Treasury has already accounted for over 83 per cent of this required amotlnt-another good indicator of the corpulent condition of the Treasury's coffers.

In this connection it is interesting to note that the 1>ub-

lic debt in the last seven years has been reduced over $7,000,000,000, or more than 25 per cent, and at the same time thatthis debt, carrying an interest charge of only about 4 per cent, rvas being retired, American business paid and is continuing to pay a much higher rate of interest on its borrowed money.

While thousands of millions were applied to debt retirement in excess of sinking fund provision, and many other rnillions went to reduction in the personal and partnership tax rates, the corpor4tions of this country, the backbone of American business, rvere forced to pay an income tax rate at more than doubie the levy applied to other forms of business.

Today corporations must pay t3l per cent of their net income into the Treasury, which is even higher thaq the rvar rates, and_wholly out of line with the rate placed on partnerships. At first the income tax laws said "1 per cent for partnerships and I per cent for corporations", but today there is a spread of 8l per cent. Equality and justice in the tax laws have been supplanted by discrimination and unfairness.

But this inequitable situation can be remedied, and at the coming short session of Congress, too. It is reported that proponents of corporation income tax reduction will urge that the rate be reduced to at least 11 per cent and lower if possible. They are meeting with encouragement.

This can be dong i {ndat the same time the Treasury finances will not be impaired, the public debt can be rapidly reduced and American business generally and every citizen benefited by A. reduction of the tax burden.

Nlay rve again urge you, if you are in accord with our viervs, to write to your Senators and Congressmen, unless you have already done so, and request that they impress upon the House Ways and Means Committee (and the Senate Finance Committee, if occasion arises) to give this rnatter prornpt attention?

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fTAVORED with more selling points than any similar J produ! on the market, El Rey Slate Shingle Seips are now ready for produ&ion in any quantity the uide demands.

You have three shapes to offer your cufomer...sguare, hexagonal and ocagonal. and four striking colors. Rud, Green, Blue Black- and Tile Red. Dealers are giving.the Tile Red paaicularly warm praise as the livest color now obainable in slate roofing.

Because of thgir lighter weight and lower cost, hexagonal suips are particu. larly suiable for laying over old shingles. And you can point oui that a choice of colors, either single or in combination can be had, whidr will blend harmoniously with any sorr of landscaping or surroundings. The roofing is the finest El Rey Grade, surfaced *'fth "Say-So" ilate imported from Vermont and Virginia.

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RAILROAD EXPENDITURES CONTINUE HIGH

Capital expenditures made by the Class I railroads during the first nine months this year for improvements to the trinsportation plant and for the expansion ofits capacity, including improvements in and additions to railway facilities, locomotives and cars, totaled $629,000,000, according to a report submitted by the Bureau of Railway Economics of the American Railway Association at the annual meeting ofthat association. On the basis of capital expenditures made during the first nine months this year, it is estimated that the total capital expenditures for the year will amount to $875,000,000.

This estimate for 1926 compares with actual capital expenditures since 1920 as follows:

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A highly rpccielized product, wbich cortr Do morc than ordinary cloret lining. Madc of Tancrcc Aronetic Rcd Ccdar, eccuratcly rewn; tongucd aad groovcd ard cnd matchcd. Each paclegc bcarr thc Dlrnc, ttBrown'r Supcrcedarrt' !3 your ProtGctiotl egrinrt rubrtitution.

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E. J. STANTON & SON

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(Est.)

Grand TotaI (7 years) ... .$5,196,658,000

This indicates an approximate aggregate of railway capital expendituies, during the seven yeais since the close of the period of federal control, of nearly $5,20O,000,000,. or about $750,000,000 annually and an annual averag'e during the past four years of $890,000,000.

While the actual expenditures made from January 1 to October 1 this year amounted to $629,000,000, the railu'ay managements during that period have actually authorized capital expenditures amounting to $1,175,000,000. This includes $475,000,000 in unexpended authorizations brought over from 1925.

Capital expenditures for equipment during the first nine months amounted to $27L,023,000, an itrcrease of $15,130,000 over the corresponding period of. 1925.

For locomotives, eipenditures amounted to $72,324,ffi, an increase of approximately $30,000,000 over the same period last year. For freight cars, $143,265,000 were expended, a decrease of $31,107,000 under the year before, while for passenger train cars, $43,403,000 were spent, compared with $29,645,000 the year before.

Capital expenditures for roadway and structures in the nine months period this year amounted to $358,070,00O, an increase of nearly $79,000,(nO, compared with the first nine months last year. Of this amount, $124,084,000 was expended for additional track, an increase of nearly $25,000,000 over 1925, while $29,531,000 went for heavier rails, an increase of $4,5@,000. For additional ballast, $12,059000 was expended in the nine months period this year or $4,000,000 more than in the preceding year. For shops and engine houses, including machinery and tools, capital gxpenrditures amounted to $29,115,000, compared with $22,676,N0 ln L925. All other expenditures amounted to $163,281,000, compared with $123,878,000 during the first nine months of.1925.

IRVING KESTERSON VISITS BAY DISTRICT

Irving Kesterson, president of the Kesterson Lumber Co., Dorris, was a recent San Francisco visitor, where he spent a few days calling on the lumber trade. He was also a visitor at the offices of the Lumbermen's Reciprocal Association, where he conferred with Pacific Coast Manager E. J. Brockman.

PAT SUBLETT RETURNS TO THE COAST

Pat Sublett is back on the Coast again after spending the past several months at his old home in Oklahoma. He has resumed his old position with the Union Lumber Co. in their San Francisco office, which company he was associated with prior to his leaving for the east.

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The Value of Latter-Day Co-Operation

By Mr. J. O. Elmer, Strable Hardwood Company, Oakland, in the Last Issue of Their House Organ, "Ifardwood Shavings"

The r,vord "co-operate" means, briefly, to operate together for a common object. Appiied in a practical way to our every-day business lives it brings us very close to the Golden Rule, for how can we do unto others as we would they should do to us, if rve do not know and study those others ?

There is no more fruitful field for co-operation than in the lumber business. It would be possible to write at great length upon this subject, for every successful undertaking, great or small, is the result of concerted action, and yet, on the average, the man in the lumber business frequently pushes aside the forceful logic of this basic principle of suc-

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cess. The rush .for dollars and cents absorb3 him too frequently. Percentages. and margins, combinations of figures, rvorries over competitiqn and all the details of his business are too often allowed to dominate his thoughts, and he thus loses the sense of finer and truer things.

Let the individual weigh this matter thoroughly; let him look carefully for the true secret of success, whether in his private life or his business career, and co-operation will be found to be an important prerequisite. Men need to come in contact with men in order to receive encouragement, or to prevent discouragements. We cannot absent ourselves from our fellows and expect to achieve successful results. We must KNOW a man to appreciate him. Over two hundred years ago, Pope wrote: "The proper study of mankind is man," and it is as true today as it was then.,

Let us apply this principle to the operation of business: The manager finds it necessary in the employment of his force to secure men whose first qualification is loyalty. He must surround himself with men in whom he can place confidence, from the highest executive to the office boy, for upon his ability to judge men depends to a very large measure his own success.

If the amount of business transacted bv anv concern were limited to the amount of detail work that could be accomplished by the manager, their operations would be extremely limited. It is necessary, therefore, to have the co-operation of others in order that the volume of business mav be increased and expanded, and if harmony and unity of purpose prevail it means well for the success of the company.

There is but one conclusion to be arrived at in considering this subject, and that is that we need our fellow men; co-operation with someone is absolutely necessary to insure success; mind must meet mind in order to attain the greatest development. There is unexplainable strength and satisfaction resulting from the actual contact of men, when those involved are in unisonwith each other; hence, thoughtful men have come to the conclusion that great problems can only be worked out through co-operationnever through the efforts of a. single individual. Men in the same line of business should strive to elevate and improve the conditions of the particular business which they represent. Such unityof purpose means success that must re: dound to the benefit of the individual. The matter is worthy of the most careful consideration of every one and espe- cially those engaged in the lumber business.

Let me appeal, then, to all interested to do his part in bringing about a more wholesome condition of co-operation in the lumber industry so that eventually all can look back and say: "It is a work well done."

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SHIPMENTS IN LUMBER FROM WEST COAST TO THE ARGENTINE SHOIy\/ INCREASE

Shipments of lumber products to the Argentine, a trade practically unknown heretofore, is now being established on a large basis from the Pacific Coasst. Up until three years ago the Argentine country received only small quantities of timber products frorntime to timefrom this coast. Through the introduction of the United States Shipping Board's Pacific Argentine BrazilLine service, shipments of lumber to that country have improved so steadily that nolv such shipments are proving an important factor in the exports of the Pacific Coast.

The establishment of the steamship service by the shipping board opened the first avenue of regular service and has made possible quick transportation of lumber from the Pacific Northwest to a country that heretofore had no means of securing such products from the Western coast.

The Pacific Argentine Brazil Line is now operated by the McCormick Steamship Company, a concern which has large interests throughout the Northwest. This private concern is making every effort to stimulate the movement of timber in this new trade by maintaining the regular service.

Demand for lumber in the Argentine Republic has reached such a high point at the present that the San Francisco concern ofW.J. Mulligan & Company, lumber exporters. have chartered the McCormick freighter West Cactus for one trip to the Argentine.This steamer recently called at San Francisco before proceeding to the River Plate. She has aboard the first full cargo of Douglas fir lumber consigned to a single buyer in the Argentine.

This single shipment aggregates 4,500,000 feet, representing in excess of one-quarter of the total imports of Douglas fir received in the Argentine during 1925 and more than the entire country of Uruguay received cluring the same period.

1926 FIRE RECORD FOR NATIONAL FORESTS OF CALIFORNIA

A total of 1662 fires which burned over 584,601 acres and cost $565,136 to suppress, is, in brief, the 1926 fire record for the National Forests of California, according to figures released by S. B. Shorv, chief of the California District, U. S. Forest Service.

Of the total of 1662 fires that occurred in and adjacent to the Federal forests, 1138 or 68 per cent were due to human carelessness, as compared with 537 ofi of a total of 1915 fires in 1925. Smokers led the list with 427 fi,res, with incendiaries 178, railroads 170, campers 137, lumbering operations 52, brush burners 50 and miscellaneous causes 124. Lightning is credited with starting 524 fires.

The total area of government timber and brtrsh land burned over was 215,508 acres, while 369,@4 acres of private lands within and adjacent to the national forests were swept by flames. The total cost to the Forest Service of fire suppression was $565,136, or more than double the expenditures made for like purposes in 1925.

Fires in the national forests this year killed 296,00,000 feet of Federal owned timber besides large amounts of young growth, destroye-d 750,000 feet of cut logs, and occasioned damage to logging equipment, mills and improvements amounting to $216,00fmaking a total loss, based on conservative estimates, amounting to nearly one million dollars, of which more than three-quarters of a million dollars were timber losses. Figures on additional losses of forage, wild life, water conservation and recreational resources are not available.

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To cvery living Hoo-Hoo:

The attcntion of dl Hoo-Hoo should bc cdled at least once a year to thc fundamcntal prirrciplcs of the Ordcr, and no better eubject could bc had for the first message of the incorning Snark-

Hqo-Hoo is primarily and diatinctly a lumbcrmen's fraternity. Its mcmbership is confined to thosc participating in the production, fabrication, distribution and continuation of thc tirnbcr crop.

The menrbership of Hoo-Hoo is pledged to scck Hcalth, Happiness, Long Life, Friendship, Confidencc, Co-opcratiorl Educatiort Sciencc and Bcncvolerrce.

Seckers for these objectiws to the number of ncarly forty thousand hve passed into the realm of Hoo-Hoo and over trelrrc thousand of thcsc arc todav actively participating in Hoo-Hoo's perpctual scarch for morc light for hunbermcn and for ttrc lumber industry.

The industrial and social cvolution of tlre last thirty-five years hae wrought a markcd change both in the luraber industry and in Hoo-Hoo whictr is a part of that industry-

The lurnbet industry in the lagt generation has witnessed a docline in the annual co,nsumption ofits product Wood-a decline brought about through variors causea, not the least of which was the propaganda for forest conservation in which lumbermcn participated to sorrrc extent, but which was seized and subtly twisted by outsidc sclfish interests to promote the manufacture, distribution and sale of substitutc matcrials for wood.

fnstead of being rnade to rcalize that truc conservation of thc timber crop was to be found in intelligent utilization of forcst oroducts, coupled with forest protection and pcr- pctuatior\ tho public was falsely led to believe that forest Drotection mcant curtailed utilization.

Unfortunatcly too large a majority of tlre public still holds to this utterly false belief.

Simultaneous with this metamorphmis of the lurnber industry therre was an evolution with,in thc fratcrnity of Hoo-Hoo.

HAPPINESS THE BIG THING

Early in the ycars of Hoo-Hoo it was discovered that of the nine objective: of the order, Happiness was the thing rnost sought for. Hoo-Hoo searched for Happincss through Friendship and the order was founded and gtounded in friendships. Its carly years marked the beginning of friendships which will never terminate.

But Hoo-Hoo later discovered that Happrness \pas not to- be found in Friendship done,

nor in the Confidence that grew out of Friendship. Tten it came to Hoo-Hoo (as it docs to evcryone sooner or later) that true Happiness iomes only throusb Service, and that was thc dawn of the greater Hoo' Hoo.

For ycars thc problem of thc lcadcrs of Hoo-Hoo has b4n'How can this grea! lunbcr fratcraity -best ServF-its memberstrip, the industry which gave it being, the communities and states whercin its mcmbers reside and thc gowrnmentc undcr which it flourishcs?

Hoo-Hoo serviccs, chritable, fraternal, civic and industrial, have gained p$lic recosnition from govcrnment officialsr local, sttte. national and international; from all branches of the lunrbcr industry and fronr the membership, as witnesscd byits healthy growth, And Happin*s has comc to the workers in Hoo-Hoo.

The same question which has faced preccdins administrations is ours today. "IIow can EIoo-Hoo of. l!27 best servc?' Bcncv: olcnt activities? Educational programs? Civic duties? Our course in these is well marked and thc impetus of rrcccnt ycars will carry throtrgh But theee are not cnotrgh.

It would seem that this year the call is specially clear, the path peculiarly etraight' and thc op'portunity the greatest in Hoo-Hoo history.

The basic branch of our industry, the manufacturers of lumbeq are about to launch a great campaign for the bcttcr utilization of wood. The man power and money power of that branch of the industry are being marshalled to fight for the rights of wood. The scales are to b.e lifted fronr thc eyes of thepublic and thc truth is to be told that true conservation of the tinaber crolr includcs intelligcnt utilizatio,n

OPPOSITION IS STRONG

Unforturately, the pooition of tte cncmy is well cntrenched, their lines far advarrced; thc forces of wood substitutes are able, keen, cxtremely strong in both rnan power and finances. Ttre li.unber industry is figlrting on its own gtound. Much lost territory must bc regained.

It is a qucstion whether or not thc manufacturing branch of the industry alone can win the fight. Certainly they should not be asked to carry the burden alone.

rd significant historical fact in thc lumber industry is that the prosperous periods of the

manufacturinc branch bave bccn refectcd in thc distributiilg branchcs, but it has -not^-dways bcen trul that prospcrity in^ distribution of lumber has becn ref,ected in its rnanufacture.

Distributors of lurnber at wholesalc and ' rctai! as well as manufactrrcrs and-fablicatori of lunrber must bc enlistcd in the struggle for a prospcrous industry.

We must have a united front in thc lumber industryl

Where are we to get it?

Clcarly the answer comes-in Hoo-Hoo.

Wherc clse than in Hoo-Hoo are lumbcrmcn from all [ranches of th€ industry gathered together in friendship and confidcnce? WherJ else than in Hoo-Hoo can full and fair consideration be givcn to the problcras and constructive thoughts of retailers as wcll as manrt'acturers-wholesalcrs asgell as fabricators? Where cls€ can a co-opcrativc plan of action be worked out for the grcater good of all?

Thc task of Hoo-Hoo of, l!27 is the coordination of all branchcs of tlIe industry' the enlistment of every truc hrlnbcr cscct1tive in a unitcd front for thc lum.bcr industry.

But words and phrascs are uscless without action. Thesc plans and motives may be translated into altion by the actual doing of the nine actions expectcd of every loyal HooHoo.

NINE AIMS OF EVERY LOYAL HOO-HOO

l.-To learn, and be guided by the Code of Ethics.

2.-To attend all Concats and meetings, siclrress and travel only excusing.

3.-To do thoroughly cvcry Hoo-Hoo iob assigned to you.

4-To advocatc true conservatiott of forests.

5.-To preach wood utilization at cvcry opportunity.

6.-To edrrcate the layman that timbcr is a crop.

7.-To promotc co-operation among all branchcs of the lumber industry.

8.-To fostcr a deep fraternal spirit among all Hoo-Hoo.

9.-Promotc the International spirit in Hoo-Hoo.

If cvery Hoo-Hoo, from the Seer, the House of Ancients, the Snarb thc Ninc, the Counselors, the Viccrcgents, the club oficers and directors, and the merrbership down to the latest neophyte will be governed by these

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ncw Snark of the Universe, Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoo. Reprintcd from tlrc Hoo Hoo Bulletin.

Extension of credit to customers should not sentiment nor yet a $ambling proposition. simply a matter of accommodation, done in business manner.

be a matter of It should be a safe and sane

Looking Ahead

By Alvan T. Simonds, President Simonds Saw and Steel Co.

Not so long ago, the middleman was the target for.all kinds of misunderstanding and abuse. It seemed at that time from the attitude of the American buyer as expressed in speeches, articles and books that the middleman would soon be as extinct as the dodo.

But the American is given to contradictions and paradoxes. He moves fast in tvhatever direction he is headedthen suddenly he reverses or is off at a tangent. Instead of doing away rvith middlemen (those who take a profit between the producer and the consumer), he has reversed and greatly increased their number by a very unusual extension of installment buying. This form of buying has added to the number of salesmen, of credit men, financiers. collectors, clerks and others and has increased the spread between the cost of production and the price to the ultimate consumer.

It is nelv only in being extended into new fields. Fifty years ago serving machines were sold on the installment plan and furniture for almost as long a time. To get a home or an education by paying for it on installments was approved by all. It developed strength of character and made goocl citizens. Consumer's credit is not new' The easy terms upon which it may be had and the kind of purchases to rvhich it may be applied are new in installment buying. Is it good business and rvhere is it leading?

It is doubtless good business temporarily at least for the seller if he does not carry the risks of financing it. It is for the time at least good business for the seller, who carries the financing, if credit is extended only on sound principles such as the best banks follor,v.

It is good business for the buyer if he gets more for hi-s money than he rvould by saving it month by month, until he has eriough to buy for cash. In the first case he has the use of the article while paying for it ancl in the end he pays considerable more for it-estimated variously from 25 to 100 per cent more.In the second case his money has been earning interest in the savings bank. He has had the fun of watching it grow and the great joy of making his desired purchase at a worth-while discount forcash. In a period of falling prices like the present, he may also make a considerable saving on the purchase price in addition to the discount for cash. He has had the savings during the time they were gathering as an emergency fund. He has developed the habit of saving and of thrift. He has been, during the time, free to change his mind about the purchase and to use his savings for something that he may really need and desire more.

It is a bad thing for the bu1'er if he over-extends, as he is tempted to do when credit requirements are relaxed. Over-extension is one of the most frequent causes of business failure. In buying on installments, the buyer is really in business using credit and, as in any business, he is open to the danger of over-extending.

The most important question is what is to be the effect of installment buying upon the general welfare present and future.

The standard of living in the United States has been raised in the last few years by increasing wages and lowering production costs.Is the consumer offsetting the savings in the cost of production by adding (by buying on installments) to costs o{ distributing and selling? Is he in this way braking or stalling the rapid upward movement in the standard of living rvhich has been so noticeable since 1922?

Has installment buying slorved up the accumulation of additional capital in the United States? The world is short of capital due to the losses of the war. Much of the distress in foreign cottntries is due to this fact. Our pros-

perity in the long run depends to a greater extent than most men know, or are willing to admit, upon the prosperity of the other peoples of the earth.

It is claimed that installment buying has so increased the clernand for some goods as to make mass production possible n'hich has resulted in decreased purchasing prices for all ctinsumers. It is to be noted in this connection that Flenly Ford hacl developed mass-procluction before he adoptecl the plan of selling on iirstallments. Competition l>y others who also desire to produce in great quantities seelrs to have introduced installment buying into the automobile business.

It is claimed that installment buying has abolished strikes which formerly cost hundreds of millions annually. A rvorker with installments to be paicl for months ahead is not likely to strike.

Some say installment buying is curbed and checked by creclit rates and tlrat there is no more danger from this

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Tlwre' s Money in this Kitchen lor YOU

THE modern way to sell casework is to handle it com, plete, just :rs you would doors.You never sell just the material for a door-why sell just the material for all new built,in conveniences? Sell them complete. The Prer.rlss line of built in furniture consists of more than 8o dif,erent units. Every one of them is popular and a god seller. We give exclusive agencies.

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kind of credit than from other forms to r,vhich we are accustomed. In Europe business cycles are called credit cycles. Rates for credit in tl-re United States rapidly increased in 1920. Credit rvas restricted, butthisdid not prevent the depression of. 192I. Credit restriction with high rates practically ah,vays shorvs a dangerous condition lvhich is corrected only by depression in business. IJnsottnd credits accumulating, after a time, cause a ltusiness depression with unemploymer.rt ancl an extraordinary number of business failures.

Whether installment buying has created and is now adding unsound credits, the future (and very likeiy the near future) will shorv. Even a comparatively slight slorving

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of business below what it is now in December, 1926, will bring unsound credits to notice. A few unexpected business failures may start the ball downward, gathering material and momentum as it goes, picking up unsound credits extended for installment purchases.

There are moral questions involved which we have not sufficient space to consider. Does installment buying undermine the ancient virtues of thrift, prudence and selfdenial ? Does it encourage reckless buying and spendthrift habits? Does it weaken moral fibre and judgment as to real values? These and many others.-From "Simonds Guide for Millmen", January, 1927.

J. E. PEGGS RETURNS FROM TRIP TO MILLS

J. E. Peggs, W. R. Chamberlin & Co., San Francisco, has returned from a two weeks' business trip to the Northwest, rvhere he was looking over lumber market conditions and calling on their mill connections. He visited the mill operations of the Clark-Nickerson Lumber Co., Dempsley Lumber Co., Defiance Lumber Co., Barnet Lumber Co. and the Whitney Co.

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WHOLESALERS SAN FRANCISCO

LUMBER

Alblon Lumber Co.. Hobart Bulldlna ..............,...,Garfic|d 04{

But*. J. [L & CoAmericu Bank'Bldg. .,...,.,....Garfield 3l2tl

Both-Kelly Luber Co,, Manrin Buddtna ................,.Douglar 25lil

Cha-borlln & Co., W. R.,Matlorr_ B'.ifdinq ................Davenpfit t00

Cooe Bay Lumber CoBalfour Bullding .......,.........,Douglar E070

Cor Yma & 8ox Co..

7il5 Thlrd Stfeet,.,...............Douglar 6{116

Dodge Co. E. J., ll Callfornia Stre.t ..,........,...,Sutter 479E

Dolber & Careon Lumber Co., ,lt5 Califomta St. ..,..,..,....,.,...Kearny 5i0?

Eaglc Luber Co-

2,1 California St, .,..........,.....Douglas 5?91

Fortcr Brcthers, Inc., 65 Market Street .,....,,....,.Davenport lllxl

Fircher Broc. Lumber Co.,

2{ Colifornia St, ..................Doug|u 6ti5il

Frult Growen' Supply Co., Flret Natlonal Bank Bldg. .....,.,Suttr 5790

Glrtzmcher & Gunton, U2 Muket Stret ..........,.,......Sutter 71t99

Humond Lunber Co., 200 California St. ...................Sutter 66a3

Hanify Co., J. R.

2{ Markct Street .,...........,,.....Kearny 320

Hart-Wmd Lurnber Co., 1 Drumm Street ...........,.......Keamy ZIA

Hqdrickron Lumbcr Collz Marlct Strest ...,.........,.....Suttcr :lgE

Holmes-Eureka Luber Co. - *'ri;;-d;;;i. B;ii-dfi; ii'j. r""my rsr

Johnson, C. D., Lmber Co, - - -zllo trttioriL-SG.ei .1..'. :........c"rn"u erg

Little River Redwood Co., Balfour Bldg. ....,Sutter 3713

Long-Bell Luber Co., Firat Natlonal Bank Bldg. ,.......Kearoy 361

Madera Sugar Pine Co., First National Bank Bldg. ........Sutter 53i26

McCloud River Lmber Co.

Monadnock Btdg..,..,. ...,.... ......Kearny 7041

McCormick, Chaa. R., Lunber Co., a5 Market Stf,st ...,..........Davcnport 35tXl

Nettleton Lmber Co., I Drumn Strst .....................Kcemy IIX)

Pacific Lumbcr Co., 3ll California St. ..,.........,.....,.Sutter !760

Red River Lumber Co.. Monadnock Btds. ..............,..,Garfic|d f22

Reynier Luber Co.. lfz Markct Street ............,..Douglae 6dt5

Santa Fe Imber Co- f6 Califomia Str;t ....,..,.,..Kearny 20?tt

Sudden li ChrbtcDrdt. 4l Califomia Strct .......,.,....Gufield 2E1d

LOS ANGELES

LUMBER

Alblon Luber Co., 397 Pu, Elrc. Bldg. ...........,..,Tucker 5??9

Buter, J. H., & Co.

103:l Centrnl Bldg. ...,.............TRinity G32

B*kstron, L. A

6? Petrolem Sccuritlcg Bldg. ..VAndike 2995

Blim, L. W. Lmbcr Co.

2501 9. Alueda HUnbolt f,170

Booth-Kclly Lbr. Co.

71, C€ntral Blds. ................,.TUckc 9200

Bookstaver-Burns Lumbcr Co-

616 Chamber Conmerce Bldg..,WEstmore ?29t

Chamberlin & Co., W. R.

266 Chuber of Com. Bldg. .....WEgtmore 0295

Cor Bay Lumber Co.,

G06 Petroleum Securities Bldg. ...TRinity f616

Dolbeer & Canon Lunbcr Co.

ll0 Pacific Mutud Bldg. ..........TUcker 7654

Frult Growcre' Supply Co.

?u conslidatcd BIdg. ......,.,.,.TRin|ry 40tt

Hammond Lbr. Co-

2010 So. Alaneda SL ,...........Humbolt l5el

Hanlfv Co., J. R.,

52 Central Bldg. ........,,.....,.,MEtro. 0453

Holmee Euroka Lbr. Co.,

1025 Vm Nuyc Blds. ............y4a.|I|rc l?52

Hoopr, S. C- Lumbcr Co., 6U cetnl BIds. ...,......,,.,,....MEtro. |nE3

Hover. A. L..

?!6 Standard Oil Blds. ,......,..VArdikq t5tz

C. D. Johnron Lumber Cb-

,lGl Petroleun Seqritlor Bldg...VirdiLc 5573

Llttle River Rcdvood Co..

IC Chanbs of Commercc Blda.,.,.MAin 476{

Long-Bcll Lmber Co.

57E Chanber of Comnercc Bldg. WErt. tLE

McComick, Cha.. R. Lbr. Co.. of Del..

lanc Mort3rge Bldg. ........Thinity SAfi

Paclfic lanbr Ca-

St rdrrd ()|| Bldg. ....,......VAndike E5lt2

Pickering Lmber Co.. 615 Cmtrll Blds. .....,........BRoadvay Olll

Red Rivcr Lunber Co7OZ E. Slauron ..............,.....AXridge 9U5

Santr Fo Lumb* Co.. 307 Pac. El*tric Btds. .,..........TUcLer 5?29

Skinner & Eddv Corr. t07 Vu Nuye Bld3. ...............TRiltty ?50r

Sladc Luber Co., E2E Van Nuya Bldg. ...............MEtro.0t45

Sudden & Chrlc(esn 500 Edmrdg & WiI&y Bldt.

Union Lunbr Co.,

_ L+ Mortgage BldS. .,..........TRin|ty 22Sz

Wendling-Nathan Co., 700 Studard Oil Bldg. .....,.....V.An,liL. t5ilz

Whitney Co,, Thc 330 Central Blds.,.................Tuckcr 35U

W. W. WilHng@ l2t4 Inaurance Exchangc Bldg. ..TUcker 1431

Williur & Coop€r, Paclfic-Southrut Bant Bldg...,.TUckcr 501t

Woo4 E. K., Lunber Co., 4701 Sarta Fe Ave. ..............Mldtand3111

I{ARDWOODS

Brown, Rolliu A.

O046 Carlor Avc. ........,....,..GRanito !6,12

Cadvallader-Gibron Co., lac.

3626 Miner Ave. ..................A,Ngelur 3217

Copc, W. E., Lumber Co.

20:15 E. lsth rt. ..,..............HuEbolt 1335

Grlpps, Jeromc C., 786 So. Spring St, ...........,....,TRiD|ty 0{05

Unlon Lumber Co.. Crocker Buildin'g .Suttcf, auo

Van An&laHaria Lumbs Costh rrrd Bru Stretr ...'......Korny 471

Wendlinr.Nathan Luber Co.. ll0 liiarket Strcet .'.......'........Suttcr 5l3

Weyerhaeuaa Salce Co., ,15 Mark.t St. ...,..............Drvcnpct ttm

Whltney Co. Tbe ro ealifoinia st. .......'..'........Kclnv 55't

Wood Lumbcr Co., E. K.' I Drumm St. .:............'........Kcrnv l7l0

HARDW.OODS

B*bc. W. M.. rrdo First National Bantr Bldg. .'Du3lu 9ll7

Hicgine. J. E.. Lunbar Co, -48 Slxth Stret ......'...'........Kilrny l0l4

Strable Hardwod Co.. - ssi First Strect (Oakland)........Oakland 215

Whltc Brotbero. 5iL and Bminau Stretr ...........Sutter Ut6lt PANEI-S

Marir. H. B.. Panol Co., - ?# fbird' st. .....,.:,... ....,.... .Dou3lar c00

SASH AND DOORS

Wheeler-Osgood Co.. ll2 Mu[et stre;t ............. "..'sutt'r t'lzl

CREOSOTED POLES-PTLING-TIES

McCormick. Char. R., Lumber Co., ' 215 Marlet St. ...'..............Drvenport lSCll

Hamnond Luber Co.,

2010 So. Alameda Si. .HUmbolt l59l

John Johnron Flmrinr Co.. 8812 Santr MonicJBlvd. .........GRrnite tl0l

Natlonal Hardwood Co..

6i!'l Aliso sL .....................'...'MAb rt2l

Scrln, 11t. G. gld cotrd Bldr. ..................TUcLc tlZ

Stuton. E- J.. & Son, 3Eth-and fumedd Str. ......'...AXrldle l2ll

W'dtcrn Hardwmd Lunber Co.' 2014 E. lStb St. ...'.............WErtmre OCI

SASH AND DOORS

Hmond Lunber Co..

2010 So. Alusda Si' ..'....'....HUmbolt l9!l

Koebl. Jno- W- & Son, 6# So. -Myirs St. .-....'..........ANgclur ld?l

Lillard. Mark W. cod Staofora Ave. ....-'........THomvell t2tl

Red Rlver Lumber Co.' ?(E'E. Slauron .......,..........'.AXrtd3o 0115

Wstem Saeh & Door Co., r00i E. ztth st. .......;.........'HUmbolt !5ll

Wheler-Oggood Co., ' iorz E. fdth SL .:.................Humbolt 2tl

W. Vr'. Wilkiaeon l2l4 lDlurancc Exchangc Bldg. ..TUcLcr ltBl

SCREENS

Hioolito Compaav. - zlst ud Alamdda St3. '. .WEttBor. flll

PANEI,S

Cdifornia Pucl & Vaccr Co.

i55 S. Alameda St. ..TRinlty e|tf

Parson Simpkin and State Counselor Roth Visit Redwood District

Seven Kittens Initiated at Eureka. Organize Hoo-Hoo Club

Arriving at Scotia on Friday Morning, December 17, Hoo-Hoo Chaplain Parson Peter Simpkin and State HooHoo Counselor Fred Roth. were met by Ed. Yoder of The Pacific Lumber Co. and after a hearty'breakfast spent the remainder of the morning inspecting the large redwood operations of The Pacific Lumber Co. The company's forest nurseries were also visited, and in speaking of the Redrvood reforestation work, Mr. Roth states "that the Redrvood industrv have no apologies to offer anybody for the excellent work they are doing in reforestation." He said that their nursery in addition to Redwood seedlings also contains Douglas Fir, Spruce and Port Orford Cedar seedlings.

Percy Brown, the well known Humboldt County lumberman, met the party here and a trip was made to the plant of the E. J. Dodge Co. mill near Fortuna, where they were shc,u'n over the plant by manager A. C. Nelson.

Crannell .was thenext stop where they were met by Harry Cole, manager of the Little River Redwood Co. The balance of the afternoon was spent in inspecting the Little River Redwood Co. plant. An excellent dinner was arranged for by Harry Cole at which the following' were present: Ifarry Cole, I-ittle River Redwood Co., Crannell; Fred Roth, J. H. McCallum, San Francisco; Percy Brown, Eureka; Chas. Balm, Little River Redwood Co., Crannell;

W. A. Stewart, Little River Redwood Co., Crannell; G. L. Runckle, Little River Redwood Co., Crannell; J. H. Quill, Redwood Export Co., Eureka; Walter Dalton, Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., Eureka; J. F. Kenedy, Hammond Lumber Co., Samoa; Howard Libbey, Little River Redwood Co., Crannell; Parson Simpkin, Hoo-Hoo Chaplain, St. Louis; F. L. Van Dusen, Little River Redwood Co., Crannell; John Aldrich, Little River Redwood Co,, Crannell ; Jim Chase, Little River Redwood Co., Arcata; Nick \\rarren, Little River Redwood Co., Crannell; John Johnson, Little River Redwood Co., Crannell; C. A. Libbey, McKay & Co., Eureka; W. E. Bishop, Little River Redwood Co., Crannell; W. J. Wrigley, Elk River Mill & Lumber Co., Falk; M. C. Knighton, Bayside R€dwood Co., Eureka.

Jim Chase, manag'er of the Little River Redwood Co. retail lumber yard at Arcata, acted as host to the visitors on Saturday morning. They were very much impressed with this model lumber yard which they stated is one of the finest yards in the state.

Saturday noon they attended the luncheon of mill officials at the Vance }fotel,Eureka. The following attended the luncheon: H. W. Jackson, The Chas. Nelson Co., Eureka; Ifarry Cole, Little River Redwood Co., Crannell; J. A. Rankin, Hammond Lumber Co., Samoa; Joseph Stewart,

S. E. SLADE LUI{BER CO.

Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., Eureka; A. C. Nelson, E. J. Dodge Co., Fortuna; C. A. Libbey, McKay & Co., Eureka; X'I. C. Knighton, Bayside Redwood Co., Eureka; Philetus Bell, Humboldt Stevedore Co., Eureka; J. H. Quill, Red'rvood Export Co., Eureka; F. W. Hine, Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., Eureka; E. E. Yoder, The Pacific Lumber Co., Scotia; W. J. Wrigley, Elk River Lumber & Mill Co., Falk; FredRoth, San Francisco; Parson Simpkin, St. Louis.

E. E. Yoder, Warren fnnes, Howard Libbey and Percy Brown were appointed to act as a nominating committee to bring in the names of candidates for the remaining Club officers.

MONEY PRIZES

Offered to Sawmill, Planing Mill and Logging

Employees

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On Saturday evening there was a lfoo-Hoo dinner at v the Eureka Inn, which was followed by a Hoo-Hoo Concatenation rvhen seven Kittens wandered through the onion patch and emerged rvith their tails properly curled. The following Kittens were initiated: H. A. Libbey, William E. Bishop, Wm. A. Stewart, Edwin J. Stervart, M. C. Knighton, W. C. Dorsey, I-. Malone. Reinstatements: Frank L. Van Dusen, E. E. Yoder.

The Parson had charge of the Junior work and one of the features r.i'as the lumber examination contest between the Kittens of the Little River Redwood Co. and The Pacific Lumber Co.; the contest was won by The Pacific Lum, ber Co. boys.

At the conclusion of the Concatenation, a short business session rvas held at which it was voted to form a Hoo-Hoo Club. \\t. J. Wrigley rvas elected President and J. F. Kenedy, Secretary. J. H. Quill was recommended for Vicegerent Snark of the Eureka District.

for original devices or pieces of equipment or new and practical methods which will save material or reduce costs in sawmill or rvoods operations.

For the best device or idea submitted $1,000; second $500; and for the next seven $50 to $100 each. In addition substantial cash prizes are being offered by several regional associations of lumber manufacturers.

For further information address the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, Transportation Building, Washington, D. C. 1-l-1.

HAMMOND RUSHING WORK ON CHICAGO PLANT

The new seven-million-foot storage yards being built by the Hammond Lumber Company, in Chicago, are rapidly nearing completion, according to a recent report by Mr. W. R. McMillan, in charge of the Chicago operations. They will stock all western woods in the new yards.

THE L. W. BLINN LUMBER COMPANY

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MY FAVORITE STORIES

ByJack Dionne

Age not guaranteed-Some I have told for 20 yeafs-Some less Some One Might See It You Know

The story of the country merchant who said that he used to sell ice creEun but had to quit carrying it in stock because everyone in the neighborhood ran him ragged and gave him no peace, ordering it, is something of the same thought in the following from good old London, don't you know.

There was an American advertising man in London, and in company with some Britishers he was extolling the merits of modern publicity stunts as exemplified in the United States. He gave several examples of American advertising campaigns that have attracted public attention by

ANOTHER YARD FOR HAYWARD

Sam T. Hayward, President of the Hayrvard Lumber & Investment Company, Los Angeles, has just announced the company's plans for establishing a new yard at Corona. Mr. Haylvard states that construction work will start immediately.

their outstanding successes, and then he turned to electric advertising by the sign route.

"You should see the wonderful electric signs on Broadway, New York," he declared with much enthusiasm to his hearers. "For instance, there is one on that street that is a whole block long, advertising Wrigley's GQm, and there are twenty five thousand electric 6ulbs of various sizes and colors used in that one sign."

"How many?" asked an astonished Britisher.

"Twenty-five thousand" declared the American emphatically.

"My word, old chappie," cried the open-mouthed Britisher, "BIJTISN'T THAT A BIT CONSPICUOIJS?"'

E. L. MOORE BUYS REDWOOD TRACT

E. L. Moore, California Tie and Timber Co., Palo Alto, has recently purchased 1800 acres of Redwood timber from the Campbell Redwood Co. The deal involves about 4O million feet. Mr. Moore operates tie camps in'the vicinity of Palo Alto and at the Dresent time has a crew of about thirt-v' men working.

A system of continuous inspection during manufacture assures exact, unvarying unifonrrity for t'Everlast' ing" fooring. Operatorr are provided with gauges to check down to a haiCs breadth the width' thickness' tongue and groove. You can select any piece of "Ever' lasting" flooring fronr any bundle and f,nd that it matches perfectly, gide and ea4 any other piece from any other bundle.

Nichols & Cox Lumber Co., Grand Rapids' Michigan

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OUR SPECIALTIES

Vertical Grain Flooring Vertical or Mired Grain Hnieh Vertical Grain Stepping

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lf,illr: Raymond, Washington

Willapa Lumber Co.

Sales Office: Gasco Bldg., Portland, Ora

Abcdan Lubc & Shnlrllo Co.. Aberd*a. hrh.

.Anaiu Mtrl Co.. Abcrdeo. Wasb- Hoqqim_lgnFa & Shlnglc_€c, Hoquirn, WuL

Prcrpa MIU C... Prorocr. Ore.

Rrymmd IJEbc Co., Raymood, Warh.

Columbla Bq & Lunbcr Co- South 8cnd. Werh. Hdb.rt Mill Coo Abcrden, Warb-

Milb & Tlnbcr Co- South Bcod. Weslu

Co., South Bcad. Werh.

STEAMER9 Edna Janc Chrlstcnson

Carmel Annle Chrlrtenron

USE THESE SUBSTITUTES

Cooperation for criticism.

Performance for argument.

Enthusiasm for apathy.

Common sense for common gossiP.

THE AUTHORMUST HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED IN LOVE

He tookthe peacock's vanitY, , The cunning of the fox, The chattering of the bluejay, The dumbness of the ox, The sweetness of the honBy, The greeness of the grass, The swagger of the ibex, The braying of the ass, The vengeance of the viper, That lives in Hindustan, He made them into WOMAN' And presented her to man.

THE LITTLE NILES

"Now, Johnny," said the Sunday school teacher, "Come and tell me what is the name of the principal river in Egypt."

"The Nile, please teacher" said Johnnie.

"Ah, that's right," said the teacher. "And now can you tell me the names of the smaller tributaries?"

"Oh, yes, sir," replied Johnny,-"Juveniles."

FOLKS AND ME

It's a funny thing, but true, Folks you don't like, don't like you. I don't lmow why this should be so, But just the same I always knowIf I'm sour, friends are few; If I'm friendly, folks are too. Sometimes I get up in rtrorn, Wishing I was nwer born; Make of cross remarks a few, Then my family wishes, too, That I'd gone some other Place, 'Stead of showing them my face. But just let me change my tune' I Sing and smile, then pretty soon, Folks around me sing and smilg Su:e, it's catching, dl the while. Yes, it's funny but it's true, Folks you like will sure like you.

SHE PLAYED SAFE

A woman went into the bank and asked for a new check book.

"I lost the one I got yesterday," she said to the Teller; "but it doesn't matter. I took the precaution of signing all the checks as soon as I got the book, so, of course, it's np good to anyone else."

RIGHT QUTCK, TOO

Preacher-"The meek shall inherit the earth."

Cynic,-r"Yes, and the women that made them meek will soon take it away from them."

LUCKAND LABOR

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Luck is ever waiting for something to turn up. Labor, with keen eyes aqd strong will, will turn up something.

Luck lies in bed and wishes the postman would bring him a legacy.

Labor turns out at seven a. m. with a busy pen or a ringing harnmer and lays the foundation for a comPetence.

Luck whines

Labor whistles"

Luck relies on chance. Labor on character.

;"Wick" Announces New Nine for 1t/ Los Angeles Hoo Hoo

( .The new Vicegerent Snark of the Los Angeles District Hoo IIoo, W_ B. Wickersham, has just announced his appointments fo-r the new "Nine" to ofificiate at the severil Concatenations planned for this year.

"Wick" has stated that Hoo Hoo will hold probably three Concats during the year, the first at Ventura, probibly in January, and the other two in or near Los Angeles, dates to be announced at a later date.

The Nine is made up as foliows:

Vicegerent: W. B. Wickersham, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co.

Senior Hoo Hoo: J. C. Jenkins, San Pedro Lumber Co.

Junior Hoo Hoo: Hervey F. Bowles, Long-Bell Lumber Co.

Bojum: F. M. Slade, S. E. Slade Lumber Co.

Scrivenoter: R. S. Edmonson, E. K..Wood Lumber Co.

Jabberwock: LloydE. Cole, Hammond Lumber Co.

Custocation: F. J. Connolly, Western Hardwood Lumber Co.

Arcanoper: Max E. Landrum, Coos Bay Lumber Co.

Gurdon: W.W. Wilkinson. W. W. Wilkinson.

LUMBER FIRMS GRANTED LEASES

Four resolutions were adopted by the city council yes1e_rd1l authorizing leases on municipal tidelinds, south of I\{arket street,to the Western Lumber Company, the Klicka Lumber Company, the San Diego Pla;ing'Mill Cornpany and the San Diego Lumber Company.

These leases are to be granted on the "modified terms,' recently outlined to the council by the city harbor commission, and approved by the council.

The granting of leases to iumber company on this part of the bay front was vigorously opposed -by -an organization known as the Taxpayers' League.-San Diego ..-IJnion,,.

J. FRANK JONES A CALTFORNTA VTSTTOR

Lax regulations about smoking, matcheg cigaretteq rubbieh, waste, defective fluea, bad wiring, and all other kinds of careleesnegs with fire hazards, are juet like so much bait for fire. Why play with a 6ah you don't want to catch?

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J. Frank Jones, sales manager of the Evergreen State Lumber Co., Aberdeen, Washington, is in Califo-rnia, whers he is making'a survey of shingle market conditions. After spending a few days in San Francisco, where he.conferred with H. B. Gammerston of the Reynier Lumber Co., he le.ft for T,o_s Angeles to spend a few days with W, W. Wil!_i1s9-1 of Los Angeles. The Reynier Lumber Co. and W. W. Wilkinson represent the Evergreen State Lumber Co,, specialists in cedar shingles, in the California territory. Mr. Jones_also g!a-nn9d to cali on the trade in the Imperiai Val- ley. He will be in California until the first of thi vear and Mr. Jones says he likes nothing better than touring the "Golden State". Mrs. Jones is accompanying him oi the trip.

JEFF COCKRAN FROM TRIP TO MILL

Jeff Cockran, Sacramento rep;esentative in the Vallev territory for the Owen-Oregon Lumber Co., has returned to his headquarters after spending three weeks at the company's -mill operations at Medford, Oregon. He reports that the work on_their new mill is progrelsing rapidly and that it will be ready for operation in a iew moiths^.

J.M. MONTGOMERY VTSTTS THE BAy DISTRTCT

_ J.' M.Montgomery, Stockton representative for the Silver Falls Timber Co. of Silverton, Oregon, was a recent Bay District visitor where he spent a few days calling on thl trade. 'Monty" also attended the Chrijtmas pa-rty held by the East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club on December l7'at the Oakland Hotel.

Lumber Mutual Policies provide ample against fire loss, but better etill, they help you to get thie troublc-luring bait and make e againat 6re ac you can make it.

any of our companies for spe"Lihe'Fishing for Fire !" 'ormation concerning Lumual Policies.

Agricultural Series. Bulletin No. 2-A

(By the California Reilwooil Ass'n.)

RED\MOOD IRRIGATION GATE

DOUBLE WALL TYPE

NOTE: Cover all cracks wltJ:. )4' t3' or 1t x 3' Redwood battens. Use "all-heart' redwood throughout.

HE above illustration indicates a type of structure embodying the use of Redwood throughout. which has been adopted as standard for rvoocl type at the University Farm, Davis, California'

This suggestion, as well as Single Wall Gate illustrated in Buttetln No. 2, is made available through the courtesy of S. H. Beckett, Associate Professor of Irrigati,on Investigations and Practice of the College of Agriculture, University of California.

Regarding these suggestions, Professor Becket( says:

"These structures are rised in the delivery of water from field laterals to border or basin checks. We recommend the single wall headgate for the heavier soil types, that is the loams, clay loams, and clays. For

the lighter soils, such as sands, sandy loa_ms' etc.' we recommend the use of the double gate' We have had both of these types of strubtures in use on the IJniversity Farm for a number o{ years and it is our opinion that the designs and dimensions are approximately correct."

Dunenrr-rrv or Reowoo>-"If it had no other merits. Redwood would deserve a wide use on the farm because of its great natural resistance to rot and fire. Heart Reclwood when placed in contact with the ground should have an average life of 25 yeats, whereas some other native woods whiclr could be bought a little cheaper, perhaps, rot out in a few y-ears."-State Forestei M.-B. Pratt in University of California Bulletin No. 299.

Presented bg

Dealers Name Here

Using stoc(sizr;s atld ccommbollcngths and grades of QdlifotnioRr;dwood !u-nba.

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ANOTHER IDEA F'OR INCREASING WINTER SALES

There isa new and profitable business awaiting many farmers who own land along the highway, and in this new business there is an excellent opportunity for lumber dealers to increase their winter sales of lumber.

This business is building and operating Tourist Cabin Camps. The time to sell the farmer on the p-ossibilities of this business is not next spring when the weather is good, but right now, during the winter months, while he has time to give some lhought to the location and building of a camp. Then when spring comes he,will be ready to accommodate the early toqrist trade and begin to cash in on his investment.

After making a study of a number of privately owned tourist camps, the manner in which they were operated and the profits derived fromtheiroperation, the Long-Bell Lumber Company has published a booklet which will assist the retail lumber dealer in selling more farmers on the idea of operqting tourist cabin camps.

This new booklet is- now ready and is being sold to lumber dealers. It is entitled "Tourist Cabin Camps-How to Build Them." It should aid in increasing the dealer's winter sales if he has customers and prospects owning favorable tourist camp sites along the highway.

This practical booklet contains 16 pages, each page printed in two colors (brown and green). The page size is 6rlx9/s inches. There are 30 illustrations. Cabins suitable for use in every part of the United States are pictured and described. Page 2 of the booklet is devoted to the advantages of using short length lumber. The balance of the booklet is devoted to cabins, camp bath houses, and tells something of the profit-making possibilities for the farmer. No provision is made for imprinting the dealer's name in type, but a special presentation formis provided on the back page for writing in the dealer's name and that of his customer, thus making the distribution of this booklet more of a personal matter.

TO STUDY END-MATCHED SOFTWOOD

The launching of a project on end-matched softwood lumber was announced by Mr. Axel H. Oxholm, Director of the National Committee on Wood Utilization, Department of Commerce. Secretary Hoover; the Chairman of the Committee, has appointed Mr. William F. Chew, Managing Director, the Builders' Exchange of Baltimore City, Baltimore, Maryland, as the Chairman of this Subcommittee, which consists of nine representatives of builders, contractors, architects, lumber distributors and lumber manufacturers. A report will be prepared by this subcommittee, and later on issued by the National Committee on Wood Utilization, in which a full discussion on the advantages of endmatched softwood lumber will be given.

HARRY OFFICER RECOVERING FROM RECENT INJURY

Harry Officer, Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco, suffered a very painful injury a few weeks ago when he broke one of the bones in his wrist. He has discarded the cast and states that the injury is convalescing nicely. Withfn a few weeks, he hopes to have the full use of his hand again.

HARRY COLE BACK FROM EASTERN TRIP

Harry Cole, vice-president and general manager of the Little River Redwood Co., at Crannell, has returned to the Coast after spending a few weeks in the east on business. His trip included stops at New York, Buffalo, Havana and New Orleans. Before returning to the mill, he spent a few days at the company's San Francisco office, where he conferred with W. D. Dunning, manager oftheir San Francisco office.

One size only,7'6"x7'6"x1%" O. P. l.arge enough for any make of car. 9/s" Bottom Rail 59/6" Stile and Top.

THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

/ "TTMBER TrM" To oPEN NEw sroRE

t / "Timber Tim," the well known trade figure used by H. G. - Larrick, head of the Lumber and Builders Supply Company, with yards at Encinitas and Solano Beach, is planning opening a brand new Modern Building Supply Store, at Del Mar.

The opening will be right after the first of the month.

PARSONS BUYS PASADENA BUSINESS

N. H. Parsons rvho, since he left Illinois has been with C. Ganahl Lumber Co., in the capacity of manager of their distributing yard at Avalon Boulevard and 59th Street will acquire the hardwood floor business of H. S. Groash at 241 N. Allen Ave., Pasadena, early in January, and plans to conduct a wholesale and retail flooring business there.

Previous to coming to California Mr. Parsons was in the retail lumber business at Rockford. Illinois. lor 25 vears.

GRAYS HARBOR SHINGLE CORP. DISTRIBUTE ATTRACTIVE SIGNS

The Grays Harbor Shingle Corporation, Aberdeen, Washington, the manufacturers of the "Grays Harbor Brand" red cedar shingles are distributing to their customers in the California trade through their agents, I{endrickson & Godard Lumber Co., attractive porcelain office signs advertising their 5-to-2 Clear Shinglis. The signs are 12 by 32 inches with a white background and green Iettering and shorv a bundle of shingles in brown.

r S. L. 'Weaver to Talk at Retailers Meet

Mr. Sylvester L. Weaver, head of the Weaver-Henry Manufacturing Company, Los Angeles, far famed composition roofing makers, has accepted an invitation to address the Annual meeting of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association, at Tacoma, in l-ebruary.

Mr. 'Weaver's subiect will be "Ideals of Western Business."

FIRST CARGO SHIPMENTOF BRAZILIAN HARDWOOD LOGS ARRIVE AT SAN FRANCISCO

_ The "City of Nome," a Norlvegian vessel, r,vith between 900,000 and 1,000,000 of hardwood logs from Brazil has arrived in San Francisco Bav. This is the first shioment of logs from Brazil to arrive bn the Pacific Coast. ihe shipment contains several species of Brazilian hardwoods; the so-called Brazilian Mahogany and Spanish Cedar; Macacahuba, a hard beautiful wood similar to rosewood: Lucupira, a brown hardwodo used for floors in Brazil; and Freijo, similar to oak and ash.

The logs are being sawed at the plant of the National Mill & Lumber Co. at Oakland and are being piled on sticks adjacent to the new Oakland yard of White Brothers. The logs are owned by Leonidas L. Banboza and Mr. Debritts, wealthy Bazilian planters.Both are engineers and are graduates of American universities. The logs came from about 1800 miles up the Amazon River and there are billions of feet of this hardwood lumber available in Brazil. They ai'e trying to introduce this hardwood lumber in thii market.

The "City of Nome" had several exciting experiences in reaching its destination. The boat was in distress at Para, Brazil, and Salina Cruz, Mexico. Owing to engine trouble, a tug was sent from San Francisco to Salina Cruz at a cost of $10,000.00 and the "City of Nome" was towed to San. Francisco.

WA I'{ T

(The Clearing Houee)

This Column of "Wants" and "Don't Wants" is for: The Fellow Who Wants to Buy The Fellow Who Wants to Sell The Fellow Who Wants to Hire

Race: E2.50 pe.r colurnn inch The

Fellow Who Wants to Be Hired

WANTED

WANT TO BUY YARD

Want to buy a retail lumber yard, or an interest in one, up to $25,000, by a successful experienced lumber and mill man, 37 years old. Address Box A-200, care California Lumber Merchant. t2-L-3

FOR SALE

Yard in Best City in California. Making money; would sell all or part. Address Box 8-106, care California Lumber Merchant. 1-1-3

WANTED

A man with selling experience to work in a modern building supply store, one who has been in the game long enough to admit he doesn't know it all about builders hardware, paint, lumber, sash and doors. One who can't read a clock and has ambition enough to get the bosses job. Prefer one who knows how to operate a typewriter and read plans. Salary to start $125.00 and will be raised as rapidly as you can make it worth more. If you can't make it worth more inside of three months don't apply. Reply Box 8-107. care California Lumber Merchant. 1-1-1

SALESMAN WANTED

Retail Lumber Salesman for I-os Angeles City Territory' Must have local experience. State experience, etc., in letter. Address Box 8-105, care California Lumber Merchant. 1-1-1

SALESMAN, MARRIED, EXPERIENCED IN YELLOW PINE AND FIR, WELL AND FAVORABLY ACQUAINTED WITH OHIOANDMIDDLE WESTERN TRADE, WANTS GOOD CONNECTION FOR 1927. STATE SALARY, ETC. BEST OF REFERENCES. ADDRESS BOX B-IOO. CARE CALIFORNIA LUMBER

MERCHANT. t-1-1

Retail Address

lumber yard in exchange for ranch worth $20,000. Box 4-205, care California Lumber Merchant. 1-1-1

Position wanted by experienced Retail Lumberman. Knows lumber from stump to finished house. Good accountant and estimator. First class salesman. University graduate. Now employed, wants position as yard manager or salesman. Reason for change-no future to present position. Address Box 2O9, care Calif. I-br. Merchant. 1-1-1

FOR SALE'

Retail yard in growing town in Central California. Good buildings and good location on main highway. Investment around $18,000.00. Address Box B-10, care California Lumber Merchant. 1-1-1.

PARTNER WANTED

Want to get in touch with working retail lumberman, as partner, who can invest his services and from $15,000 to $25,000 to buy ownership of a yard I am now managing. Yard location less than 100 miles from San Francisco. Fullest investigation is invited. Address Box 8-103, care Cal. Lbr. Merchant. 1- 1-1

Book-keeper-Estimator-Draftsman, with manufacturing and retail sash, door and lumber experience, who is preparing for auditing work, wishes to connect with firm offering good chance for advancement. Can prove worth and ability to make good and grow with firm. References available. Box 8-104. care Cal. Lbr. Merchant.

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REYNIER LUMBER CO.

San Francirco, 112 Mark€t St. Portland, Northwedern Bank Bldg, E. dc Rcynicr H. B. lGanorrtoa

drearebis Irfitlin re-rofinf,!

Re,roofing sales, on the Poineer Re,roofing Plan, bring big profits to the "Iiae.wite" dealer at the the time of year when he nebds them most!

The rainy winter season may have a retarding e{fect on general building construction but it speeds up Pioneer Re-roofing sales!

With a little efrort on your part you can get your share of the great volume of Pioneer Re-roofing slles that will be developed during the next ferv months. . anil there's Profit for lou in euery sole!

The rainy season is waking thousands of people to the need of re.rmfing.... the Pioneer Time Payment Plan for Reroofing is turning these prospects into sales. Pioneer advertising, throughout Southern California, is telling hundreds of thousands about the time payment plan and the merits of Pioneer Yosemite Rock Surfaced Shingles. Pioneer Rmfing Contractors and Pioneer Factory Reprerntatives are *llingjobs and putting the orders through the nearest Pioneer Dealers!

Writes us for full details ancl literature . get behind thc Poineer Plan and cash in on the profits!

Palfr^Compan

Every Hipolito Screen Door and Window Screen is guaranteed in just that way. What other lumber product do You handle that so carefully protects your reputation, so fully assures you of a continuance of good will?

Scrgen Manufacturing

The experience of well nigh 3 decades is embodied in the Hipolito Screen Doors and 'Window Screens. Specialized machinery, standardized production assures absolute uniformity and quality.

HIPOLITO COMPANY

Manufacturers of tte farnous Hipolito Screen

and Window Screens.