The California Lumber Merchant - January 1937

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THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT JackDionne,fultbttu

How Lumber Looks

Renewed peace negotiations in the Pacific Coast maritime strike between the shipowners' committee and representatives of the Masters, Mates and Pilots were disrupted on Decem'ber D over the question of preferential hiring. The deck officers demanded the right to select, through a rotation system, the men who will fill the captains' and mates' position on deep-sea vessels. The shipowners announced that they would not con'cede this point.

A shipowners' committee met representatives of the Marine Cooks and Stevvtards on December 29 in an effort to formulate a working agreement, but the conferen,ce ended without an agreement being reached.

The Sailors' Union of the Pacific and the Marine Firemen, Oilers, Wipers and Watertenders' association have reached tentative agreements affecting off-shore and coastwise lines. The agreements were subject to ratification by the members of the two unions. The agreements as yet have not been ratified.

Cost of the strike, now in its ninth week, has reached over $450,000,000. Nearly 40,000 marine workers are on strike and 233 ships are tied up in Pacific Coast ports.

For the seventh consecutive week reports of 202 down and operating mills in Washington and Oregon to the West Coasf Lumbermen's Association show serious losses in both produ'ction and shipments due to the marine closure. The industry produ,ced &326,202 board feet of lumber in the week ended December 19. This is at the rate of 53.7 per cent of its average weekly cut during 1926-29. New business reported taken by these mills for the week ended Decembeilg was 121,928,816 feet; shipments were 72,7n,M feet.

Production, which was 115,000,000 board feet in the week ended October 31, or just prior to the strike, decreased to approximately 70,0@,000 board feet during the second week of the strike. Sin'ce that time, with the exception of the Thanksgiving Holiday week, production and orders have increased, the gains being the result of unusual buying for rail trade delivery, a movement r,l.hich started shortly after the marine shutdown became fully efiective.

For three consecutive weeks the volume of rail trade orders taken by the industry has been greater than in any time since t9D. Rail stocks are low and badly broken and buying for such delivery is rep.orted as increasingly difficuit. Straight cargo mills, or mills normally shipping most of their production tiy water, continue either closed or on reduced operations.

At these plants and dependent logging camps the Association estimates an unemployment, either totally or partially, due to the marine shutdown of at least 17,5n people. Lumber industry payroll losses for the eight weeks (to December 26) since the beginning of the strike are estimated at approximately $2,800,000.

The total loss in water production and shipm,ents in the same period is estimated by the Association at approximately 325,000,000 board feet.

Details of orders and shipments as reported by tl:'e 2O2 mills for the week ended December 19 are: Orders-Rail 87,ffi4,L26 feet; Domestic Cargo 23,832,818 feet; Export 2,7&,7ffi feet; Local 8,247,172 feet. Shipments-Rail 64,472,828 feet; Local 8,247,172 f.eet.***

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended December 19, 106 mills reporting, gave orders as 42,223,W feet; shipments 35,363,000 feet; produ,ction 29,822,000 feet. Orders were 41.58 per cent above produ,ction, and 19.4 per cent above shipments. Shipments were 18.58 per cent above produ'ction. Orders on hand yet to be filled at these 106 mills, on De,cember 19, totaled 109,190,000 feet, equivalent to 5,200 cars.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended December 19, lO2 mills reporting, gave orders as 83,578,00 feet; shipments 64,824,000 feet; production 55,670,000 feet. Orders were 50.1 per cent above production, and' 89 per cent above shipments. Shipments were 16.4 per cent above production. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 293,633,000 feet.

The California Redwood Association for the week ended December 12 reported production of 13 mills as 8,586,000 feet, shipments 7,223,Offi feet, and new business 10,703,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 48,- 119,000feet.

The lumber industry is entering the new year in a strong position. The Fir, Ponderosa and Sugar Pine, aqd Redwood mills report good order files and prices firm. Ponderosa and Sugal Pine stocks at the mills are badly broken. Redwood mills report a shortage of dry uppers.

Owing to the shipping tie-up, considerable lumber from the Northwest is mbving into all sections of California by rail. Fir dimension and boards are coming mostly from points in Oregon, Portland and South. Uppelg and shingles ire coming in from as far north as Puget Sound.

Los Angeles Ranlcs Second Among Citi€s Calaveras Manufiacturing New Type ol of Nation in Buildins

Los Angeles continues to hold second place in building among cities of the nation for the first eleven months of 1936 with a total of $58,2D,257 according to figures compiled by Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. San Francisco ranks ninth with a total of $16,845,389, and Oakland eighteenth with $8,200,959. New York holds first place with a total of 195,5r7.507.

Building permit valuations for the twenty leading cities follows:

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1936 1935

Cement--Building New Precipitator

San Francisco, Dec. lO.-Calaveras Cement Company begins work this week on construction of a $110,000 Cottrell precipitator or dust arrester, at the San Andreas plant, according to announcement made yesterday by William Wallace Mein, president.

The new installation will collect approximately 95 per cent of the dust arising from the company's two large kilns.

I\{r. Mein also announces that the company is manufacturing a new type of cement, known as Calaveras pumicite cement. This Portland-Puzzolan cement, developed after years of experimentation and research, is a combination of portland cement with true pumicite and is designed especially for canal linings, sea water piers, dams, and massive foundations.

Business Good Says "Ty" Cobb

Cobb, who entered business for himself July

this year as a wholesaler of sash, doors, frames, Cali-

fornia pine lumber and mouldings, reports that his business

has shown a gradual increase each month, and that he

forward with confidence to a good

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SALESMAN VISITS MONTANA

R. R. Howells, salesman in Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys and Coast Counties for Pyramid Lumber Sales Co., Oakland, visited relatives in Butte, Montana over the holiday season. He made the trip by automobile.

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Vagabond Editorials

By Jack Dionne

From quiet homes and first beginning, Out to the undiscovered ends

There's nothing worth the while of winning

But laughter, and the love of friends.

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-Hillaire .Belloc.

And now we enter upon another year, another era of promise, of hope enlarged because so long delayed. Nineteen thirty-seven, we greet you ! We greet you as the bridegroom greets the bride ! You've been highly recommended to us, nineteen thirty-seven ! See that you live up to your press notices !

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For a lonely string of years behind us, each year has started encircled with the high glamour of hope. And at the end, each one has brought its great burden of disappointment-until this one we are now closing. As I look back upon the broken promise of a string of years from 1929 to 1935 I think of the little poem about the string of "empties:"

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Have you ever sat by the railroad track

And watched the empties coming back?

I have-and to me the empties seem

Just like the dreams f sometimes dream

Of a girl<r money-or maybe fame;

My dreams have always returned the same, Swinging along the homebound track

Like a string of empties coming back. ***

This year they have not come back empty, as in the previous years. The year 1936 ends with a burst of high enterprise, enthusiastic business tempo, extravagant hopes and predictions of things yet to come. I heard the VicePresident of the Ford Motor Company say the other day that we didn't know as yet what prosperity really means; that a tide of prosperity is facing the people of this country that makes the best we have seen and known in tho past look shabby by comparison.

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The notable events of the closing week of 1936 will themselves help to set the wheel of prosperity turning double time in the beginning of 1937. From one end of this land to the other big employers have been paying out bonuses to their employes before closing their books for the year. Whether this was caused by a spirit of philanthropy, a fear of the surplus profits tax, or the deliberate choice to give a lot of money to their employes rather than give it to the

Government for income taxes, matters not. Countless millions of cash have gone into circulation, will swell the veins of business, and will come back to every worth while business in terms of increased demand for its products and goods.

Looks like one of the ol*]r. i',ouaay seasons in history, not only since 1929 but even before that. The stores are crowded from Coast to Coast with millions of people rushing around with apparently plenty of money they are eager to spend. And they aren't buying cheap things; they are really putting out cash for quality goods. I hear lots of actual experience sto,ries that sort of make you gasp about the money people are spending for the holidays.

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Makes me think of the famous question the little Jewish boy asked his father: "Poppa, where do these Gentiles get all this money we are taking away from them?"

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The year 1936 ends in a blaze of glory for the lumber industry. A heavy and general demand for lpmber and lumber products-the heaviest of the entire year-marks the closing weeks. The entire national situation is of that character. Lots of building, lots of repairing, lots of planning for more building and repairs to come. One big mill man said to me when I talked advertising to him a few days ago: "I'm like the fellorv in Arkansas who couldn't fix his roof when it rained, and didn't need to fix it when the weather was dry. A year ago I couldn't afford to advertise, 'and now I've got so much business I don't need advertisitg." (Weep for the poor lumber journalist.) ***

And 1937 enters upon so fair a prospect, so far as the lumber industry and its allied industries are concerned. Never in history has a year known so auspicious a start. Opportunity seems to knock at the door of every man with something worth while to offer the world. This should be a year of activity, of throbbing energy, and of useful profit for lumber, cement, paint, wallboard, shingles, roofing, and for every useful building material.

And a stewardship "orJur*ao1n" o,r,rurrrg industry and all these building lines along with this glowing opportunity; the stewardship that says, "Give service, give ample thought to your business, give keenest attention to the consumer and to the public, and see that YOUR hoped-for success is based on HIS profit. The building merchant who

succeeds will be he who aims to make profits WITH his customers-not FROM them."

' The public demands, ""1 nl, J right to expect, the building industry to give it products and ideas of service in keeping with the times-in keeping with the products and ideas and service which the most progressive of our industries are giving. This does NOT just happen; it has to be planned and executed. 1937 is going to be to the building industry what the building industry DESERVES. It can be great or less in exact proportion to its worthiness. **t

In this day of streamlining everything, why doesn't some architectural genius get to work on streamlined homes? ft CAN be done, easily. Streamlined bungalows; streamlined

story-and-a-halfers; streamlined double-deckers; with all the modern conveniences tucked away handily and attractively like they are in streamlined autos. The building business cries aloud for modernization. *,i*

One of the drawbacks to the present building situation is shortage of men to do the building. From one end of this country to the other you hear the cry on every hand-"\fl/s can't get men." And that isn't just skilled men. Help of all sorts is hard to get. Any cafe proprietor from Maine to Oregon will tell you that lots of men every day ask him for a free meal, but none of them are willing to wash the windows to earn it. Not on your life !

The relief rolls remain*r"J*" lnd corrtinue as a burden

and a harassment to every locality and to the local and National Government. But help is scarce.

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As we swing into the new year with all of its high hopes and promises, let us thank God we are on THIS side of the Atlantic. Look at poor old Spain ! Did you ever expect to live to see the horrors of the French Revolution done over again-with extra trimmings? Yet the fiendishness displayed in Spain in the past few months makes the terrors of the French Revolution loo,k like child's play. Poor old Spain ! Communism and Fascism-a pestilence and a famine-fighting for possession of her once proud hills and dales ! The land of grapes and sunshine, of Dons and Senoritas, of romance and col,ored shawls, of guitars and grated windows and lacy mantles-torn asunder by the harpies ! Regardless of which wins, Spain loses !

Reports from Soviet Russia say that they expect to have a population of three hundred millions in that country by 196O, in the natural course of events. Ilowever there seems to be a somewhat concerted plan on the part of a million or so little brown-skinned, bandy-legged men of Nippon; a few millions of Mein Herr Hitler's devoted lads; and several score brigades of that frowning Signor Mussolini's boys who wear the two thousand mile shirts; to cut that total down quite considerably.

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The only possible reason I can name for supposing that they may not start the big racket at once is the fact that they are threatening each other so vociferously. If the old, old axiom which says that "barking dogs don't bite', is even partly true, then the thing may blow over, for never beforre in history has there been such appalling ,,barking.', However, Mr. Stalin, the big shot at Moscow, is quoted as saying that nations do not declare war any more; they just start fighting. If this gang fights half as bad as it talks the war won't last a week; there'll be no one left to battle.

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Believing as I do that the world gets better all the time, that from every possible measuring point this is true and has been continually true ever since this country was instituted by the hand of God, and will coortinue to be true so Iong as the form of Government handed down to our inspired forefathers endures, I enjoyed reading the other day the worrds of Graydon Stetson, a Red Cross wheel-horse of the Boston territory. He was answering the remarks of a man who had thundered against ,,those who have" in this country. Mr. Stetson said: ,'All this bunk about ,exploited labor and a sq/eated public' is so overworked. Of course there are fools, and of course there are knaves. And the knaves rob the fools and always will, but-and what a .but' it is ! But exploited labor and sweated public live today

on a scale of luxury, comfort, and culture that would make the nobility of Europe of three centuries ago look like filthy slugs under a rotten log. Time marches on ! And it marches upward at a slow, halting, but continuous rising pace."

I. hereby nominate o".iu,*ori.e of windsor, for President of the optimists club. Any man, King or commoner' who accepts a third husbandship, magnificently illustrates and exemplifies the final triumph of hope over experience. And as for her, I shall always contend that any woman who marries the third time didn't deserve to lose the first two.

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Everyone on earth has mouthed and mumbled about the King and the Commoner for the past several weeks. But there is one phase of the thing that hasn't been properly approached by anyone, and that is the domestic situation that will arise if the two marry. "You gotta think of that" as the Two Black Crows used to say.

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What is poor little David going to do when there are storm clouds on the domestic horizon, and she says to him, with some scorn in her voice: "Now, when I was in the Navy-"-?

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Or again she may say: "Well, you can talk all you please, Duke, nobility may be O. K. but this Simpson was really a very remarkable fellow."

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What's he going to do? What can he say? He can't get out of it like he used td get off his horse when he was Prince of Wales-just fall off. Of course, if he has a good public relations man to coach him he may hand her a line like: "Listen, Delilah, was that Simpson or Sampson you were married to?" Or again he may cuttingly inquire why she didn't join the Marines when she left the Navy, or something like that. But I'll tell him one thing; she's going to be boss, just like ihe was a couple of times before, and it won't hetp him a lot to strike an attitude and recite-"If I were King." That won't help. She knew him when he was.

Alagkans LikeHollywood Door

A sash and door jobber in Fairbanks, Alaska, recently reported to the West Coast Screen Company, Los Angeles, that the Hollywood combination screen and metal sash door is gaining in favor in Alaska. The report quoted in part from a letter written to them by an Alaskan lumber dealer as follows: "We received the Miss Hollywood combination door, with adjustable sliding panels, and have it on display in the office. We have received considerable favorable comment from everyone coming in, and from orders already received we know this door will be a big seller."

Busincss Outlook For 1937

The business outlook f or 1937, according to the analysis of the lumber situation for the fourth quarter of 1936 and the first quarter of 1937, just issued by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, indicates f urther gains ahead but at a slower comparative pace than in 1936. Increased acitvity in building materials, freight car building, farm implement and furniture manufacture are indicated.

Activity of foreign buyers presages the largest export volume in five years, especially in softwoods.

Building ,construction in 1937 is expected to rise approximately 40 per cent over 1936, u'ith private building making rapid gains. Total ,construction in the first ten months of 1936, measured by contracts awarclecl ancl including public works, was 63 per cent above the similar period of 1935. Farm construction and repair rvork are going ahead rapidly in the Northwest as a result of good crops and good prices. The fall trade in millwork has been the best for the season in many years, both in the Southern hardu'ood ar,cl pine plants and in the milhvork centers of the North.

With recent replacement of large equipment orclers from three trans-continental railroads, including box and refrigerator cars, calling for considerable quantities of lumber. the prospect for heavier railroad pur'chases early in 1937 is good.

The outlook for 1937 for the furniture industry is especially bright and its use of wood shorvs no abatement.

Less wood per unit will be used in the 1937 passenger models in the automobile industry and also in truck construction and for trailers, but the greatly increased production of the latter is expected to more than ofiset the loss per unit. Plywood ,continues to be extensively used in heavy trailer production. Oak floor orders recentlv have shown large gains over preceding rveeks. Softwoocl rnill stocks on January 1,1937 are estimated at a gain of 2l per cent overtOctober l, 1936, and 5 per cent over Janttary l, 1936. In the past four weeks nelv orders have gained materially over output.

The price trend of building materials as a u'hole has been upward since March, 1936. and in October stood at 87.3 on a basis ol1926 as 100. The October price index for lumber was 86.1. the highest since June, 1934. It compares rvith 84.9 in September 1936 and 82.0 in October 1935.

Hi-Jinks Brings Out Bis Crowd

The Annual Hi-Jinks sponsored by Lumbermen's Post No. 4O3, American Legion, held at the Los Angeles Press Club, Friday evening, December 11, brought out a big attendance, about 250 being present. Follor,ving the clinner, a troupe of professional entertainers put on a fine trvo hours' entertainment r,vhich included sirrging and clancing numbers, and novelty acts.

The committee in charge of the affair included: Milton Taenzer, Russell Gheen, Ed Biggs, I\faurice Alexander ancl Fred Morehouse.

SPENDS HOLIDAYS IN TACOMA

George Eidemiller salesman for rvholesale clepartment of Hogan Lumber Company. C)akland, spent the Christrnas ancl Nes, Year holiclavs n'ith his relatives in Tacoma.

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Executives Meet at Madison and Develop Program lor 1937

Washington, December 17.-At an enthusiastic meeting of the Executive, Trade Promotion and Advisory Committees of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, held at the Loraine Hotel, Madison, Wis,consin, December 7,8 and 9, the lumber industry made plans looking to new prosperity highs for 1937. For the first time in many years observers reported that an overtone of pre-depression confidence and optimism prevailed throughout the three-day sesslon.

High light of the business session was the decision of the Association to launch in 1937 a nation-wide ho,me building demonstration of unprecedented s,cope. As a result, in 1000 or more communities of the ,country early next spring more than 30oO demonstration homes will go up, ranging in ,construction cost from $1200 to $2500.

At the Monday session of the Trade Promotion Committee, led by Chairman I. N. Tate, the staff of the National Lumber Manufacturers Asso,ciation made presentations of the Association activities and aggressive trade promotion work of American Forest Products Industries, showing definite ",coming back" progress which the industry has made in Association activities.

Later that afternoon and again on Wednesday the lumbermen present at the meeting had an opportunity to witness a demonstration of the extensive and fundamental scientific research work being done by the Forest Products Laboratory, and to see evidences of the scientific advances whi'ch the Laboratory staff has made in the field of ,chemical utilization of wood and its phvsical and mechanical utilization. Interesting developrnents in prefabrication, seasoning, gluing, painting, preservation and constru,ction with the use of TECO metal connectors were explained to the group.

Tuesday afternoon C. P. Winslow, Director of the Laboratory, with his staff, were guests of the lumbermen at a dinner at the Madison Club, where again the Laboratory technicians made interesting presentations, especially in the 6eld of plasti,cs.

Executive Committee Actions

The Executive Committee of the Asso,ciation met all day Tuesday, December 8. The meeting was opened by President Nettleton. who briefly described the a'ctivities of the Association and reported that the American Forest Products Industries, Inc. has been initially financed sufficiently to make a start on specific trade pr:omotion projects. Wilson Compton, Secretary and Manager, reported the Association's progress and submitted its program lor 1937. He presented a balan,ced budget for the Association lor 1937, rvhich was approved.

Small llomes Demonstration

At a luncheon meeting there rvas a showing of the FHA film-"Constrnction of Three Small Homs5"-wthiqh was based on the three small homes built by the National Association in Bethesda, Maryland. Mr. Compton then submitted to the gathering the proposal to extend this demonstration to everv section of the country. Through the cooperation of the National Lumber Dealers Association and retail lum'ber dealers throughout the country, ground will be broken for the construction of homes in l,000,communities or more on March 1,1937, to be officially opened simultaneotrsl;' on Ma1' l, 1937, the openirrg rlal' to be rnarke<l by a national radio broadcast uncler the sponsorship of the Federal Housing Administration. Mr. Cornpton preseutecl

this plan as a practical opportunity for the industry, for the first time in history, to bring small homes within the reach of 7l per cent of American families estimated to be financially able to pur'chase homes costing not in excess of $5,000. "Before the Bethesda homes were completed," Mr. Compton said, "mors than 300 persons wanted to buy them. We in Washington looked upon this local demonstration as no more than a first step, and it is our purpose now to re-enact this demonstration in 1,000 or more communities of the United States during the next six months."

Mr. Theodore Damm, Chief of the Industries Section of the Federal Housing Administration, then described in detail the activities of the Federal Housing Administration to aid in this national movement. The Association's proposal for this Small llomes Demonstration was enthusiastically received and approved.

Other Executive Committee Actions

At a later session that afternoon the Executive Committee adopted the following resolutions:

Resolution on Forest Co,nservation Conference

]. That the President of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association call a Conference on Forest Conservation to meet as early as practicable after March l, 1937. The purpose of the Conference is :

(a) To review industry practi'ces in forest conservation and recommend such furthei developments thereof as seem desirable.

(b) To review the public activities and legislati,on pertaining to forest conservation and recommend noted public action and legislation, with reference particularly to supporting and giving full effect to the prog'ram of the industry.

2. That the industrv representatives at on Forest Conservation consist of:

(a) Offrcers of NLMA and members of servation Committee.

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(b) Delegates selected by the several regional associations equal in members to their respective membership upon the NLMA Board of Directors.

(.) Such representatives at large as rnay be invited by the President.

3. That the President also invite to the Conference the Secretary of Agriculture and representatives of his department, the Se,cretary of Interior and repr,esentatives of his Department, representatives of State Department of Forestry, and such other representatives of public forest agencies and national organizations interested in Forest Conservation as the President shall select.

It is the intent oi this resolution that the number of representatives of public agencies and organizations invited to the Conference shall be approximately equal to the number of representatives of the industry.

4. That the President invite the industry representatives to meet shortly in advarrce of the Conference, to discuss the problems to be considered therein.

The President and Secretary Manager are authorized to take su,ch further steps as may be appropriate in carrying out the purposes of this resoluti,on.

Resolution on WPA Purchases

RESOLVED, That we again affirm our deper-rdence on the properll' orgarrizecl retail dealer as the channel through rvhich our lunr'ber shorrld move to the 'consumer, and our desire to rvork ciosely with the retailer to the end that he

tr-rar' handle as large a proportion of orrr proclu,ction as practicable.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That inasmuch as purchases of WPA are limited to $25.000 in Federal funds with additional amounts paid f rom local taxation, therefore, WPA requirements are recognized as not being direct governmental purchases as covered by the present distribution statement, and such purchases should ,be made through the usual retail channels. We further urge all lumber manufacturers and wholesalers who desire such business to seek it solely through our'channels.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That we commend the Works Progress Administration for their bulletin No. 7 of November 24, 1936, in rvhich they order that specifications may, first, call for grade marked, trade marked lumber, or second, for a Certificate of Inspection by established lumbers manufacturers' associations.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That if appeal is made to the President to change the existing executive order covering WPA purchases, as described above,. so that such purchases must be made through retail dealers, we approve such change subject to all su,ch lumber being grade marked and trade marked.

A Res,olution was Dassed to the effect that NLMA re,cord appreciation of the ionstructive activities of FHA toward home modernization, improvement and repairs, and urged that the part of Title 1 of the National Housing Act, authorizing insurance loans for the repair, alteration and improvement of property, be extended by the next Congress, and notation be sent to FHA, to members of Congress, and to all lum'ber associations for similar action.

It w,as also resolved that the National Lumber Manufacturers Association urge extension by Congress of the guarantee, by the United States, of principal and interest of the debentures of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund issued by the Federal Housing Administrator in exchange for properties foreclosed under insured mortgages. This was resolved in consideration of the fact that the exoiration of present guarantees at a time before the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund had had opportunity to build up through a'ccumulated premiums, might be a -serious handicap to a beneficial program.

Mr. Compton reported on the status of legislation enacted at the last Congress as applied to the lumber industry, especially the Robinson-Patman Act, the Walsh-Healey Government Contracts Act and the Social Se'curity Act. He also discussed the prospects of legislation in the next session of Congress convening January 3. The authority of the President to enter into new agreements under the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, he predicted, would be extended beyond its present expiration date of Ju,ne 12, 1937. In this connection he described the Lumber Export Import Service of the National Association now extended to inclttde the servi'ces of a firm of Commerce attorneys.

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co'r'renclabte proposals were submitted to the Trade Promotion Committee as activities in which the National Association should engage. Among these 'ivere the Retail Sales School Plan submitted by Wilbur Hawley; the Archite,ctural M,onograph Series, submitted by Mr. George Lindsay; Farm Products Storage and Warehousing, and cooperation with 4-H Club a'ctivities presented by Mr. Elrner: Hole; FHA radio program of electrical recordings submitted by Mr. Dulany. These and other proposals were thor.oughly considered by the Committee. After lengthy discussion the Committee clecided that the approved minimum essential activities of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association should be 'continued without interruption or financial handi'cap. In the field of its AFPI aggressive promotion it was decided to concentrate, with the limited financing available, on what may be grouped as three major activities: (1) Housing; (2) Strengthening of Building Code Activities; ancl (3) Cooperation with the Timber Engineering Company.

The field of Housing will in,clude the Small Homes Demonstration Program, the publication of booklets on designs in Wood Exteriors and Interiors, and the extension of the Joint Retail Merchandising Service.

In AFPI building code activities, work will be concentrated on fireproofing and in educational work on termites.

The work of cooperation with the Timber Engineering Company will be devoted to investigation of new methods, patents and inventions and, if practicable, augmenting its englneerrng servrce.

Mr. George W. Dulany, Jr., reported briefly on the InterInsurance Exchange, and also described in some detail the National Homes Finance Corporation, of which he is President, and the financing facilities whi,ch are available through that organization.

Mr. Dulany also introduced a resolution on the Lumber Products-Better Paint Campaign, which was adopted.

REVISITS BAY DISTRICT

William M. Gunton of Chicago, retired lumberman, is paying a visit to his son, Howard M. Gunton of MacDonald & Harrington, San Francisco.

Mr. Gunton, who recently celebrated his 75th birthday, has been in the lumber business all his life. His father was also a lumberman, which makes Howard the third generation of lumbermen in the family. He is particularly interested in visiting the San Francisco Bay distri'ct from time to time, as he spent some years in the retail lumber business in San Francisco, starting in 1906 just after the fire. He has been renewing many of his old friendships, and making the acquaintance of a number of present day lumbermen.

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Just Couldn't Stay Any Longer

The itinerant colored preacher came ambling along on his mule. Ahead of him he spied a neat cabin a short distance back from the road. As he came opposite the gate he saw a small boy peeking through at him. He pulled his mule over to that side of the road, and addressed the youngster.

"Sonny," he said, in his most persuasive tone, "is you' Mammy home?"

"Yessuh," replied the little darkey.

The right leg of the preacher swung up until he was half

way off the mule. Then he stopped right there, and asked again:

"An'whah i1 you' Pappy?"

"He's home too," said the boy.

The leg hung suspended for a moment, then settled back where it came from, foot in stirrup.

"Git goin', mule," he said. Then to the boy: "So long, Sonny. Tell 'em howdy fo'me."

Convention Delegates Visit Redwood Region Str:ke Halts Yule Tree Shipment

More than 700 delegates and guests attending the convention of American Association of Highway officials helcl in San Francisco, December 7-11, received Redwood burl ash tra,vs ancl their rvives ea'ch a beautifut Redwood Burl borvl as tokens presentecl by the California Rechvood Association.

At the closc of the ,convention an excttrsion, planned through the cooperation of the California Division of Highways, was macle up the Rechvood Highlvay to Scotia, site of The Pacific Lumber Company, where they were shorvn the r.nan1' processes of Redr,l'oocl manufacturing, including that of strrrctural Reclrvoocl. Several of the structural Redrvoocl bridges \\rere inspectecl on the trip north.

The guests rvere entertainecl at the Hotel Molvatoc rvhere thel' rvitnessecl a special sholving of the film, "California Giants," popular film of the Redwood industry. Clarence E. DeCamp, pioneer figure in the inclustry, and chairrnan of the structttral committee, related experien'ces clnring his 60 vears' connectiou rvith clevelopments in Reclwood. ,ql

()ne of the most attractive season's greeting cards seen this year by the lumber trade was one sent out to customers lly Fisk & Mason of South Pasadena, wholesale distributors of Red Cedar and Redr,vood shingles and all kinds of handsplit shakes.

For many years this firm has distributed l-rundreds of Christmas trees to its customers at the festive season, but this year orving to the maritime strike has had to forego this pleasure. Inability to ship in trees from the Northrvest is gracefully explained on the card in the follou'ing vefses:

The ships that sail the seven seas

Each year have brought us Christmas trees For all our friends who through the year Have l'ished us well and rvished us cheer.

But now all ships are at their dock, All harbors closed with union lock, And so this year all we can do Is wish A Bright New Year for you !

President Changes Name of Santa Barbara East Bay Club Stages Christmas Party National Forest to Los Padres

Change of the name of the Santa Barbara National Forest to "Los Padres" became ofificial when President Roosevelt signed the executive order recently. This will settle an argument among the six counties concerned (Los Angeles, Kern, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Monterey), carried on since President 'Iheodore Roosevelt in 1903 renamed the Santa Ynez and Pine Mountain and Zaca Lake Forest Reserves the Santa Barbara National Forest.

Agreement was finally reached among various chambers of commerce and county boards of supervisors to a name commemorating the work of the Mission Fathers, many of whose churches are found in Los Padres National Forest from Santa Barbara to Monterey. Both San Luis Obispo and Monterey Counties formerly had separate national forest units named after them. The San Luis Forest became part of the Santa Barbara in 1910 and the Monterey was made a ranger district of that forest in 1919. Since then it has been felt that the name "Santa Barbara" did not truly represent the two million acres of land embraced in the national forest.

Los Padres National Forest will be a historic reminder of eight missions within or near its boundaries: San Buenaventura, Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez Purissima, San Luis Obispo, San Miguel, San Antonio de Padua, and the famous San Carlos at Carmel.

BERKELEY CHRISTMAS PARTY

Fifty-two employees of the Built-in Fixture Company, Berkeley, with their wives and friends, a total of 122, sat down to dinner at a Christmas party given by the company in the Eagle Hall, Berkeley, Friday, December 18.

Jerry Jermark, sales manager, acted as toastmaster.

Ray B. Cox, president and general manager, spoke, and in the course of his talk announced wage increases.

MAKES TEXAS TRIP

Frank J. Connolly, vice-president of the Western Hardwood Lumber Company, Los Angeles, returned recently f.rom a business trip to Texas.

Mr. Connolly visited El Paso, Dallas, Forth Worth, San Antonio and Houston.

More than 100 lumbermen took part in the big Christrnas party staged by East Bay Hoo Hoo Club in the Athens Athletic Club, Oakland, Monday evening, December 21.

Presrdent Miland Grant was in the chair, and with him at the head table sat nine of the club's past presidents, Chas. S. Lamb, Clem Fraser, Sewall Morton, Ray Cox, Larue Woodson, Earle Johnson, C. I. Gilbert, Jerry Bonnington and Gordon Pierce. The only absent past president was Bert Bryan.

Musical entertainment was provided by Joe Bobba, East Bay insurance man who makes a hobby of putting on such shows. Musical numbers were given by Consuelo Gonzales, Spanish character singer, feature artist on the program; The Neapolitan Trio, Frank Figone, bass, Emanuel Porcini, baritone, Pietro Martone, tenot, accompanied on the accordion by Joe Bobba, and Joe gave some excellent solo numbers on the accordion.

A speaking contest for the past presidents, who were supposed to praise their successors, was won by Earle Johnson, Watsonville Lumber Co., Watsonville; Znd prize, C. I. Gilbert, Eureka Mill & Lumber Co., Oakland; 3rd prize, Chas. S. Lamb, Lamb Lumber Co., Emeryville. The contest created a lot of fun. for the "prizes" turned out to be fines.

Jas. B. Overcast spoke briefly on "Good Fellowship Christmas Fund."

Wave Tilden won the door prize of The committee responsible for the consisted of Gordon Pierce, chairman, Kenneth Shipp.

the progress of the $15.00. party arrangements Sewall Morton and

NEW SO. CALIF. REPRESENTATIVE

Appointment of R. W. Dalton & Company, 315 West Ninth Street, Los Angeles, as Southern California representative, is announced by W. R. Chamberlin & Company, San Fran'cisco.

CORRECTION

In the December 1 issue, ,credit was given to Edgar W. Pack of Seattle for the article "Life's Philosophies." Mr. Pack advises that the writer of the article was Frank B. Lazier of Seattle, Recorder of Nile Temple Shrine and these lines were first published in the Nile Temple Monthly Bulletin.

Lumber Companies Use TECO Connectors lmportant Exhibits Scheduled lor \(/estern on New Buildings Retailers' Annual Convention

A rapid increase in the use of timber connectors in the construction of distillery racks and warehouses, where heavy loads must be carried by the timbers, has been not'ceable in 1936. The metal connectors, used to strengthen joints, enable the builder to take full advantage of the strength of the timber, avoid difficulties of the older method of bolt framing, making possible the advantages of wider wood usage with economy in cost.

A current trend among lumber companies also is the use of TECO connectors when improvements are being made in their own plants or when new buildings are being constructed.

Recent examples are the large warehouse of the Red River Lumber Co., Westwood, California; the Trexler Lumber Co., Allentown, Pa., which recently built a large lumber shed with 88-foot span trusses; Shevlin-Hixon Company, Bend, Ore., finishing a new rough dry shed-9O feet wide and 900 feet long, with 50-foot posts using connectors in the center of the arch rib trusses: and the Pacific Forest Industries, Tacoma, Washington. From their warehouse, which is 113 feet x 300 feet, the export output of l6 plywood mills of the Northwest will be shipped to some 40 countries. Fonrteen Douglas fir timber trusses support the roof of this warehouse. At each joint a split-ring metal connector is inserted, strengthening the joint from three to five times, as compared with ordrnary bolted joints.

By means of the TECO connector system it has been possible for the Pacific Forest Industries to secure a free span throughout the width of the warehouse, thus eliminating all posts and providing 35,000 sq. ft. of storage space.

REMODELING OFFICE

A nice job of remodeling its office building is berng done by Boyle Heights Lumber Company, 116 North Lorena Avenue, Los Angeles. In both the private and outer offices knotty pine wainscoting is used and the upper part of the walls and the ceilings are finished with USG Weatherwood Insulating Tile Board.

The building has a flat roof, and this insulation will reduce the office temperature substantially in the warm weather, Earl W. Taylor, owner of the yard, says.

Mr. Taylor reports having had a good volume of business during 1936.

The current trend of business uplift is importantly reflected in the increased number and the type of exhibits now being scheduled for display at the 34th annual convention of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association, to be held in the Olympic Hotel, Seattle, Washington, February 18, 19 and 20.

F. S. Dickinson, of the Seattle Lumbermen's Club, the host for the oc,casion is general chairman, George S. Rich, of the Rich Lumber Company, is vice-chairman. Other committee heads norv announced are: N. Blackstock, chairman of exhibit committee; Nick Brace, finance; W. L. Feeley, contests and prizes ; A. Z. Limba,ck, decorations and properties; L. R. (Dick) Allen, publicity; Mrs. W.m. C. Bell, ladies' Commitee; Alice Stewart, registrations.

This committee group is working tirelessly to make the 1937 convention something to be remembered from the standpoint of both education and entertainment. Particular provision is being made to entertain the wives of visiting lumbermen, and the host club extends a spe,cial invitation to the ladies.

A poster stamp which has a design typifying the convention city is now being distributed by lnmbermen throughout the territory covered by the association. Such a "metr.opolitan touch" symbolizes the progressive spirit which characterizes all of the convention plans.

s. F. CLUB MEETS JANUARY 11

San Francisco Lumbermen's Club discontinued its weekly luncheon meetings over the holiday season, but will meet again at the Engineers' Club, N6 Pine Street, San Francisco, January 11, and each Monday thereafter at 12:15 p.m.

The Western Pine Association's sound film "I{arvesting the Western Pines" will be shown at the meeting to be held on January 18. All lumbermen are welcome.

RETAIL LUMBERMAN RETIRES

Chris T. Hygelund, president of the P. C. Hansen Lumber Company, Centerville, with yards also at Alvarado, Decoto, Irvington, Newark and Niles, is retiring, having sold his interests to George Bonde, manager of the Niles yard.

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Majority of Trailers are of \(/ood Construction

According to the Information Service Department of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, the toughest kind of woods should be used for trailer construction, taking lnto consideration three main features-strength, resilience and decay resistance.

In a survey now underway, results to date indicate that the majority of trailers are of wood construction, and by far the greatest number of all-wood and composite-constructed factory-made trailers are fine pieces of engineering and a credit to the industry.

There are three types of trailer chassis in use today-the all-wood, partial wood, and metal construction with wood inserts. Of these three, the partial wood is the most satisfactory as well as the most economical. Equipment necessary for wood usage in trailers is relatively inexpensive and can be obtained by small firms. Any metal used in this type of trailer is generally for reinforcement purposes and hitch attachments.

Moisture content in wood for trailer use should never be over 15 per cent or under 12 per cent for exterior exposed boards. The actual operation of conducting mo:sture content tests is simple; and if proper moisture content is specified and obtained, any loose structure and "working" in joints can be eliminated.

An item of major importance in trailer chassis construction is the treatment of wood members with preservatives. In instances where only the surface of the wood is treated and for any reason that surface is removed, the exposed portion must be retreated to be safe from moisture and decay. Bolt and joint holes are points which, if neglected in thls respect, become weak and invite decay.

The exterior covering of the trailer should be of the strongest material and plywood is said to be the strongest construction material known. Weight for weight it is stronger than steel. When properly constructed, plywood is very difficult to spl:t. It is easily worked, bends readily, and makes a perfect wall covering. Information on plywood will be furnished by the Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Tacoma, Washington. A plywood constructed with waterproof glue should always be chosen for use in trailers.

Progressive manufacturers are usrng timber connectors in trailer making. These connectors are metal devices used to supplement bolts for timber joints and to distribute load over a wide area rather than having it centered on the small area near the bolt hole. Timber connectors have been in the process of development for many years. Their use has been thoroughly tested by manufacturers of large timber structures and are now coming to be used generally by industries working with small timbers. The Forest Products Laboratory has made an exhaustive study of timber connectors and has data concerning the various kinds available. The Timber Engineering Company, 1337 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D. C. also furnishes this information.

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Weyerha eyser Plans Mobile Sales Convention

A sales convention that will travel 6,000 mrles by special train and take up the better part of a month's time is being planned by the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, merchandising unit for the Weyerhaeuser lumber interests, whose headquarters are at St. Paul.

If not the first of its kind, the tour will at least establish a new record for mileage and time.

The company's salesmen from all sections of the country 'r,vill assemble in St. Paul on January 4 and board the.Weyerhaeuser 4 Square Special which will be their home for three weeks.

They will visit the virgin forests from which come the lumber products they sell, witness logging operations in the Pacific Northwest, and see every step in the manufacturing of the company's products in its mills in northern Minnesota, Idaho, Washington and Oregon

R. M. Weyerhaeuser, F. E. Weyerhaeuser, and F. K. Weyerhaeuser, president of the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, will accompany the party of about 150 salesmen.

The special train, chartered from the Great Northern rarlway, will consist of twelve cars, including six Pullmans, two dining cars, observation and office cars, and a coach in which sales meetings will be held.

The itinerary calls for visits at mills owned by the Weyerhaeuser interests at Cloquet, Minn; Coeur d'Alene, Potlatch, Lewiston, Boise and Emmett, Idaho; Everett, Snoqualmie Falls and Longview, Wash.; and Klamath Falls, Ore.

CALDOR PARTY

Instead of holding their annual Christmas party at their office as heretofore, Th'e California'Door Company held a dinner party at the Casa de Rosas Inn on Tuesday evening, December 22, for all employees and their wives.

A very beautiful Christmas tree was loaded with gifts in the form of jokes which caused much laughter, so a great deal of fun was had by all present. The party was voted a huge success.

At the close of the evening, G. O. Fogleman, manag'er of the Los Angeles Branch, handed to each of the employees a check representing a share in the profits of 1936.

NARROW ESCAPE

Gordon D. Pierce, Boorman Lumber Company, Oakland, with his wife and two children, had a close call recently when his automobile skidded on a frost covered bridge at Crow's Landing and crashed through the guard ra;I, landing on its nose 16 feet below.

All of the party escaped with cuts and bruises. Thd car was badly smashed.

California Conservation \(/eek

California Conservation Week will be celebrated March 7, Luther Burbank's birthday, to 14 for the years 1937, \938 and 1939 according to plans perfected by the Conservation Week Committee meetrng recently held in the office of the U. S. Forest Service, San Francisco. Nine State and Federal bureaus and departments and eight statewide conservation organizations were urged by the chairman, Miss Pearl Chase of Santa Barbara to increase effort to preserve the geat natural resources of California and to broaden and improve all their educational activities.

The subjects for the eight days on Conservation Week will be:

March T,"California Conservation Bird and Arbor D^y," Luther Burbank's Birthday. (Sermons, lectures in museums, etc., field trips)

March 8, "Forestry" School and Organization observance of Arbor Day. (Tree Planting)

March 9, "Conservation of Wild Life." Birds, Fish, Game and Shore Life.

March 10, "Preservation of Native Plants." Trees, Shrubs and Wild Flowers. "Outdoor good Manners."

March 11, "Water and Soil Conservation." Fire Prevention.

March 12, Conservation in Parks and Recreation Areas and Improvement of Roadsides.

March 13, Conservation Activities of Federal, State and County Agencies, Demonstrations and Field Trips to nearby areas.

March 14, The fmportance of Conservation to our Community.

TRAILERS EXHIBITED AT AUTO SHOWS

Advance in design, construction and equipment for 1937 trailers has been quite remarkable. The number of makes of trailers on exh:bition at the 1936 New York Automobile Show-24-actually exceeded the number of makes of American motor cars shown. The total number of trailers shown at the New York and Chicago shows was 36, of which 13 were on display at both shows. This year, {or the first time, trailers had a part in the annual Automobile Show and the trailer exhibits entirely monopolized the attention of the crowd

APPOINTED SALES MANAGER

W-lliam J. Tway has been appointed sales manager of the Santa Ana Lumber Co., Santa Ana, succeeding Stanley Clem who recently resigned to go in the lumber business in Phoenix, Ariz. Mr. Tway had been with the Santa Ana Lumber Co. for many years up until a few years ago, and now returns to handle their sales. R. A. Emison is manager of the company.

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California Style Furniture in Demand

' A wood products industry rvhich has exceeded all expectations in the past ten years and will touch $32,00O,00O in 1937, it prognostication of business men is correct, is the making of California style furniture. Originating as quick knock-together furniture for movie sets at Hollywood, massive chairs, tables and beds, made of heavy planks burned and held together with wrought iron straps, are now in demand in the East as well as the South and West.

The 1935 Census of Manufacture showed Los Angeles ahead of Grand Rapids in furniture manufacture, and exceeded in volume only by New York and Chicago. Upwards of 160 factories are engaged in proclucing this nerv style furniture.

Home Building Boom Predicted

Washington, Dec. 26,-Looking ahead to 1937, Stervart McDonald, the housing administrator, foresarv today a possibility that 450,000 homes rvill be built in that year.

"On the basis of all inforrnation at our comlnancl," he said, "there rvil be an in'crease of approximately 50 per cent over the number built this year. Tentatively. rve believe that between 400,000 and 450,000 non-farm du'elling units rvill be constructed during the calendar year 1937."

PURCHASES RETAIL YARD

Ralph Fell has purchased the Midway Lumber Co., u'hich is located on the main highway between Beaumont and Banning, from E,. B. Cook, the former owner. Prior to this, Mr. Fell managed yards for the Hayn'ard Lurnber & Investment Co. at Bannrng and Santa Ana.

NEW MOTION PICTURE FILM HAS SAFETY FEATURES

A safety motion picture film, rvhich l-ras a base of cellulose acetate, has trvo uses. First it is ctesignecl for use rvhere the ordinary theatre type film presents too great a hazard from fire and explosion; and second, where it is desired to presbrve records of permanent value. For in addition to its safety features the new lihn appears to have excellent keeping qualities. In recent tests the cellulose acetate film rvithstood oven-aging f.or l2O days without serious change u'hile the nitrate film deteriorated beyoncl usefulness after ten davs under the same conditions.

RALPH DUNCAN VISITS NORTHWEST

Ralph P. Duncan, Mercecl, representative in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys for Dant & Russell, Inc., was a recent Northrvest visitor. He visitecl the mills enroute, and rvas also a caller at the comparrt"s Portland ofrfice.

TO SETTLE IN CALIFORNIA

lJluce Dower, of the well-knor,vn retail lumber firm of John Dower Lumber Company, Tacoma, Wash., recently spent a week in the San Francisco Bay clistrict and is norv in Los Angeles. He intends to settle in California.

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DAD'S CHRISTMAS LETTER

Dear Son: I do hope you will come home for the Christmas holidays. Mother and I have arranged everything so that we will be ready to receive you. All the cars are going to be overhauled and painted during the vacation so that you will not be able to wreck them. Your brothey's bank has been emptied and the money deposited in the bank down town. My ties, shirts, socks, gloves, tux, etc., have been placed in a strong trunk for which I have the only key. My cigars and cigarettes will not be available as I am locking them in a humidor. I hope you will come to see us. f know you will enjoy your visit very much.

Love, Dad.

P. S. I also fired the maid.

A little sun, a little rain, A soft wind blowing fro'm the west, And woods and fields are sweet again And warmth within the mountain's breast. A little love, a little trust, A soft impulse, a sudden dream, And life as dry as desert dust Is fresher than a mountain stream.

-Stopford Brooke.

COULDN'T REMEMBER

He was one of the town cut-ups, so when the preacher met him on the street and stopped to pat him on the back and shake his hand enthusiastically, he was at a loss to understand what it was all about. Then the preacher said:

"Henry, I am delighted that you have evidently determined to turn over a new leaf. It was a great joy to me to see you sitting at the church meeting last night."

The clouds began to clear.

'(Oh f" said Henry. "So that's where I was."

SHADES

The shades of night were falling fast

When for a kiss he asked her, She must have answered yes, because, The shades came down much faster.

The filling-station man had finished wiping shield, when the woman driver asked:

"Vtfould you mind going over Johnny's face

VIRTUES AND VICES

Virtues and vices have frequently changed hands. Once witch-burning was a virtue, and loaning money at interest was a vice. A short time ago in this country the possession of liquor was a crime and the possession of gold was a virtue.

NOT THAT OLD

Jack Benny employs gag-writers to prepare his fun for the radio. One day one of them brought in a story. "It's my own original stuff," he told Benny. The comedian read it through. "You wrote this yourself ?" he asked the gag man. "Sure," said the other. "Goodness !" exclaimed Benny. "I had no idea you wete so old a man."

Heart, we will forget him ! You and I, tonight ! You may forget the warmth he gave I will forget the light.

When you have done, pray tell me, That I my thoughts may dim; Haste ! Lest while you're lagging, I may remember him !

-Emily Dickinson.

THE OLD ARMY GAME

"Doc," she said as she entered the doctor's office, "I need an operation."

"Major?" he inquired.

"No," she said. "Second Lieutenant."

THE WORLD

The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the refection of his own face. Frown at it, and it in turn will look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly, kindly companion.-Thackeray.

GOOD TALK

. Good talk has always flourished in taverns, but it dies in the hotel de luxe. It springs up naturally around campthe wind- fires. ft results from conditions which strip off social veneer and bring people together on a plane of elementary just once?" humanity.-Marjory Barstow Greenbir.

Offers Prize to Painters and Decorators For Best Finished Panel of Redwood

California master painters and decorators are being encouraged by the California Redwood Association to experiment in the proper treatment of California Redwood for interior decoration.

At the California Council convention of the International Society of Master Painters and Decorators, Inc., to be held in Fresno, the .iveek of 'January 17, the redwood industry will offer a cash prize ol $25 and a beautiful redwood plaque to the member submitting the best finished panel of Cali, fornia Redwood.

The judging committee .rvill be appointed from a select list of master painters in no r.vay connected with the California Redwood Association.

Convention headquarters will be established in the Hotel Californian at Fresno, where the California Redwood Association will display a series of new panel designs in unfinished redwood, affording painters an opportunity to study the wood in its natural state.

Lawrence L. Witty, sales consultant to the Association, will be in charge of the display and other details of the contest. If successful, the program of cooperation with master painters and decorators will be carried on in other state organizations in the redwood trading area.

CHRISTMAS TREE SALES HIGH

Approximately $10,000,000 worth of Christmas trees are sold each year in the United States, according to an estimate by the Forest Products Division of the U. S. Department of Commerce. The domestic supply is augmented by imports of from two to four million trees from Canada.

This cutting, under present day conditions, is not considered a waste of forest resources, but is recognized as a boon to the economic practice of forestry. In many forest areas such cuttings permit the necessary thinnings which would ordinarily be allowed to rot. Christmas trees grown on sub-marginal lands yield a substantial income. While trees in restricted areas such as national, state and local parks should be preserved, in other areas the production of timber is no different than using land to grow corn or wheat.

BACK FROM NORTHWEST TRIP

George S. Melville, Los Angeles, Southern California representative of South Souncl Lumber Sales, Inc., is ba,ck from a two weeks' trip to the Northwest where he visited the mills he represents and the company's Seattle office.

ADOPT UNION STAMP

Paramount Built-In Fixture Company, Oakland, and Peerless Built-In Fixture Company, Berkeley, have established union wages in their factories, and are putting the irnion stamp on all their uroducts.

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Ten Years Ago Today

From the tiles of fhe California Lumber Merchant, January 1 , 1927

White l3rothers, rvell known San Francisco hardwood dealers, are opening a nelv yard in Oakland, which will be ready for business on February 1.

The Central Lumber :". -r, Stockton has started the construction of its new yard which is located just across the street from the present location.

W. A. Waldren, Home Builders' Lumber Co., Gridley, rvas elected president of the Sacramento Valley Lumbermen's Club at its annual meeting held at Sacramento on December 18. E. S. McBride, Davis Lumber Co., Davis, is the retiring president. * * *

The annual meeting of the Ceutral California l-urnbermen's Club rvas held at Stockton, Saturday, December 11. O. V. Wilson, Central Lumber Co., Stockton, was elected president, succeeding J. U. Gartin, Stanislaus Lumber Co. of Modesto. ***

The San Francisco Hardwood Club held its annual Christmas luncheon at the Commercial Club on Wednesdav. December 22.

Pat Sublett, Sun Fr"n.lr"J ,,rlrr.r-an, has returned to California after spending the past several months at his old home in Oklahoma. *{<t

The storage yard being built by the lTammond Lumber Company in Chicago is rapidly nearing completion. They rvill stock all rvestern woods in the new yard. ***

The Haywarcl Lumber & Investment Co., Los Angeles, announces it will open a yard at Corona. rt**

Thc Christmas party and luncheon of the East Bay HooHoo Club rvas held at the Athens Club, Oakland, Decernber 17. The Rev. Edgar Allen Lorvther of Oakland gave an excellent adclress on the "Meaning of Christmas." Nels Qu;st and his sirlging lurnl>ermen troubadours from Hay-

ward sang several original songs. Rod Hendrickson played the part of Santa Claus and distributed the prizes. tF ,1. ,f

E. L. Moore, California Tie and Timber Co., Palo Alto, has purchased 1800 acres of Redwood timber from the Campbell Redwood Co. The transaction involves about 4O million feet.

Four resolutions u'ere adopted by the San Diego City Council authorizing leases on municipal tidelands to the Western Lumber Company, Klicka L'umber Company, San Diego Planing Mill Company, and San Diego Lumber Company.

Sylvester Weaver, Los Angeles, has accepted an invitation to address the annual meeting of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association at Tacoma, Wash., in February. Mr. Weaver's subject rvillte 'Ideals of Western Business."

"The City of Nome," a Norwegian vessel, arrived in San Francisco bay with one million feet of hardwood logs from Brazil. This is the first shipment of logs from Brazil to arrive on the Pacific Coast and contains several species of Brazilian hardwoods.

Homer T. Hayward Lumber Co., Salinas, will move their yarcl to a newly acquired site not far from its present location.

Four hundred orphan children were entertained at the Christmas party sponsored by the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club on December 23. Following the luncheon there was an entertainment and each of the children was presented with a gift'

The San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club had as their guests the children from the McKinley Orphanage at their Christmas luncheon on December 23 at the Palace Hotel. During the luncheon music was furnished by the hotel orchestra. Each youngster received an appropriate Christmas present.

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Oudoolc for Lumber Industry Good

That a constant and growing appreciation of quality building materials is reflecting itself in an increased demand for California Redwood, Leonard C' llammond, president of the Hammond Redwood Company, and Carl W. Bahr, president of the California Redwood Association, r'eported upon their return from a three weeks' December tour to Eastern states.

Both attended the meetings of the executive and advisory committees of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association in Madison, Wisconsin, December 7-9, and' conferred in Chicago with Redwood sales representatives from midwestern and eastern states' Mr. Bahr also was an official visitor in Washington, D. C'

"Not in 2O years has the outlook for prosperity in the lumber industry been s'o favorable," Mr. Hammond and Mr. Bahr declared. "Especially is this true in the field of quality lumber, where experien'ce has shown definitely that cheapness is not economy. Increases in business in the past two years have been steady and healthy and we look forward with confidence to t937 and 1938."

Promotions in Hobbs, \(/all Organization

Personnel changes that have recently taken place in the organization of Hobbs, Wall & Company, manufacturers of Redwood, are as follows:

W. E. Stewart who has been with the company {or several years, is now in charge of Crescent City operations'

Bill Mun'cie, with 34 years' service. has been promoted to mill superintendent at Crescent City.

John Pinkey, with 20 years' service to his credit, has beln made chief millwright and general assistant around the mill at Cres'cent CitY'

Charlie Martin, who has been in charge of logging operations for the past 10 years, will remain in charge of all woods operations.

Thomis D. Jones, whose service with the company totals 33 years has been made comptroller, with supervision of botir the Crescent City and San Fran'cisco offr'ces' John Rhoda, who has been with the company for 14 years, has been appointed superintendent of the San Francisco plant.

Lewis Godard, with over 20 years' sert'ice, has been appointed sales manager of the company.

A. A. KELLE,Y VISITSE-S ANGELES

A. A. Kelley, Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco, with Mrs. Kelley and their two children, spent Christmas week in Los Angeles where they were visiting Mrs' Kelley's parents. Mr. Kelley was a caller at the company's Los ingeles office, and with Robt. Forgie, their Southern California representative, they spent a few days calling on the trade.

LUMBER OFFICE REMODELED

General Saler Ofice: Eugeng Ore.

Millr: 1ys1{ling, Ore., Springfield, Ore.

The Shattuck Lumber Co., Ontario, has completed the remodeling of their offi'ce rvhich presents a very attractive "pp."rtn... The ceilings of the main sales offrce, adjoining too-, and private office are each finished in Celotex of modern designs. The interior of the offrce has been rearranged and painted, and a Knotty Pine front has been installed on the counter. H. M. Shattuck is owner and manager.

Harbor Plywood Corp. Announces Expansion Program

The immediate construction of a new addition to its Grays Harbor plant to permit large scale production of the new Super-Harbord, has been announced by the Harbor Plywood Corporation. According to John J. Long, pre.sident of the corporation, the plans for the expansion program involves an expenditure of at least $150,000 and the new main building will have a ground area of 40,000 square feet.

Additions to the present equipment for Super-Harbord production will include two hot-plate presses of most modern design and a considerable amount of auxiliary equipment will be installed, particularly assuring that all processes will be under scientific control.

"While the company has been manufacturing this improved plywood for some time," declared Mr. Long, "it has been possible to produce it only upon a limited scale with the present plant. The expansion now underway will enable ns to manufacture this new type of moisture-resisting plyrvood in quantities sufficient to the demand rvhich rve have not been able to satisfy heretofore.

"The new product will be known as 'Super-Harbord'. It is particularly adapted to all outdoor and special uses such as roofs, sidewalls, outdoor signs, etc., because it offers positive resistance to all moisture changes, extremes of temperature and insect infestations. It enables many industries to manufacture products rvith greater economy, utility, and durability."

In addition to the new main building, the expansion provides for another separate building to house the laboratory for research work. The only fully equipped laboratory in the plywood industry, it is stafied with qualified chemists and engineers. Besides carrying on experimental work on new products and working constantly toward improvements in Super-Harbord and other plywood products, the function of this laboratory is constant checking of quality in the plant, everyday, on the efficiency of the glue, the moisture content of the panels, checking resistance to stress and scientifically supervising other details of manufacture.

"It is our intention," Mr. Long further stated, "to systematize these inspection services so that they are constant and will enable us to know each day the exact quality of the production. Samples of the panels manufactured each day are subjected to water resistance tests and further scientific tests for quality rvill be made daily on SuperHarbord."

Construction of the new buildings will be carried on without shutting down the present plant so that current production schedules can be maintained. It is expected that the additions will be completed so that the enlarged manufacturing program can be started early in 1937.

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O. G. GRIMES

Osborne Gurnett Grimes, of The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, one of the best known and liked lumber salesmen in California, passed away in San Francisco after a brief illness, December 14. Funeral services were held in Oakland, December 16, and were attended by a large number of lumbermen.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Belle Grimes, two sons, William A., and Osborne Grimes, Jr., his father, Ted. E.' and mother, Mrs. Anne J. Grimes, and a sister, Mrs. Thomas Benton, Jr.

"Red" Grimes, as he was affectionately known, was born in Alameda 42 years ago. He started his lumber career in the reiail end of the lumber business with Sunset Lumber Company, Oakland, and then went with the C & O Lumber Company at Brookings, Ore., to get sawmill experience. He returned later to California to go on the road for Sunset Lumber Company in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys. He became connected with The Pacific Lumber Company in 1921, and traveled the Coast Counties territory for them fuom l92l to 1926. The company sent him to Texas for nine months in 1926-27, and he represented Pacific in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys f.tom l9Z7 to 1932. He was transferred to Los Angeles for two years and then returned to the San Joaquin Valley territory, remaining there up to the time of his death.

W. H. FALCONBURY

William H. Falconbary, 61, prominent Northern -California lumberman, passed away in Stockton, December 16.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lucille Falconbury, two daughters, Barbara Jean Falconbury of Stockton and Mrs. Frances Ellis of Mount Shasta, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. John Reece and Mrs. Elvester Carman of Waynesburg, Ky.; and Mrs. Mary K. Emerson of Mount Washington, Ky. He was a native of Danville, Ky.

Mr. Falconbury engaged in the lumber industry first in Oklahoma. He came to California in 1907 and became associated with the Cross Lumber Company, San Francisco. He later went to Coalinga as manager of the Coalinga Lumber Company, and following this was manag'er of retail yards for Chas. Nelson Company for some time. He then went to Modesto as manager of Modesto Lumber Company, and was the first president of Modesto Chamber of Commerce,

He organized the Falconbury Lumber Company in Stockton 15 years ago, and later merged with the San Joaquin Lumber Company, of which he was president.

He was active in civic and trade association rvork; a member of the Masons, Elks, and Kiwanis Club, and a former president of the Central Valley Lumbermen's Club.

GEORGE H. BROWN

George Herbert Brown, well known in the hardwood and plywood trade in the San Francisco Bay district for many years, died suddenly in his office in Oakland, December 19. R"l

tion with the lumber industry was when he became associated with Strable Lumber & Salt Company, in Saginaw, Mich., where he held the position of office manager. He caine to California and started the Strable Hardwood Company in Oakland in 1906, remaining as its head for a period of about 20 years. He went into the hardwood business for himself in Oakland in 1927, and a few years ago closed out this business and became district sales representative for Northern California for the Aberdeen Plywood Company of Aberdeen, Wash.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Virginia E. Brown. He was a member of Live Oak Lodge No. 61, F. & A. M., Scottish Rite Bodies, and Aahmes Temple, Mystic Shrine. Funeral services were held in Oakland, December 22.

H. Iv\/. GALBRAITH

Henry William Gal'braith, president of the FoxworthGalbraith Lumber Co., died suddenly Friday morning, December 4, at his home in Amarillo, Texas. He was 66 years of age.

Mr. Galbraith was one of the lumber pioneers of the Texas plains country. At the age of 12 he u'as brought to this country by his father, an Irish Episcopalian minister, who settled with his family near Kerrville, Texas, where they operated a ranch. Later he made his home for awhile in El Paso, and then in Texarkana, and in 1901 settled in Dalhart.

It was in Dalhart that he laid the foundations for the great retail lumber organization rvhich is one of the largest and foremost in the Southwest. fn association with his brother, J. C. Galbraith, and W. L. Foxworth of Dallas, he started a yard in Dalhart in 1901. Today the FoxworthGalbraith Lumber Company operates some eighty yards in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona. In 1909, Mr' Galbraith moved to Amarillo, where he made his home and where the headquarters of the company is now located.

He was one of the early progressives in the Texas retail lumber industry, and in 1932 was president of the Lumbermen's Association of Texas. He served as a director of the Association for many years, also on many boards and 'committees. IIe served as president of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce, was active in Rotary, a member of the Episcopal Chur'ch, and participated in many philanthropic movements.

Funeral servi'ces were held December 5, in Amarillo, and burial was in Austin, Texas. Mr. Galbraith's employees and associates were active pallbearers.

He is survived by his wife and son, three brothers, Dr' B. Galbraith, Kerrville; Rev. J. E. H. Galbraith, Louisville, Ky.; J. C. Galbraith, El Paso; and three sisters, Miss Florence Galbraith, Kerrville; Mrs. B. Beecroft, Laguna, Texas. and Mrs. W. M. Molesworth, Austin.

L. H. MILLER

Lynn H. Miller, prominent Northwest lumberman, died at Tucson, Ariz., on December 11. He was born December13, 1878 in Greenwood, Wis. Mr. Miller moved west in 1896 and settled at Chehalis, Wash., where he was asso-

Mr. Brown was born in New York and his first connec-

ciated with the H. J. Miller Lumber Company' A few years later he organized the Chehalis Lumber Company in that city. From 1905 to 1915, he manufactured Douglas fir lumber in National, Wash., and then built and operated a mill at Kerriston, Wash. For the past several years he was located in the Southwest.

He is survived by his rvife, Lillian Langhorn Miller, a son and two daughters, who now reside in Los Angeles'

DAVID WOODHEAD

David Woodhead, president of the Woodhead Lumber Company, Los Angeles, died at his home early Tuesday morning, December 29. He had been in poor health for some time.

Mr. Woodhead was born in England, June 6, 1872. He came to America in 1890, and went to Texas where he resided for twenty-two years' and while there he became identified with the lumber business. Shortly afterwards he married Emma B. Pontefract of Houston. He came to Los Angeles from Houston in 1912, became associated with the Southern California Hardwood and Manufacturing Company, and four years later organized the Woodhead Lumber Company.

Mr. Woodhead was a progressive retail lumber dealer, took an active interest in civic and business affairs, and was very popular with the lumber fraternity. He was a deep student of philosophy and economics and throughout his career as a lumberman was a disciple of Henry George, taking a prominent part in all political campaigns to promote that method of taxation.

He was a former president of The Municipal League of Los Angeles; a member of the California Tax Relief Association; the Optimist Club; a member of Hoo-Hoo and had served on the SuPreme Nine.

He is survived by his wife, Emma B. Woodhead; three daughters, Mrs. Jack Addington, Mrs. Gordon Buckner, and Mrs. Harold A. Brown, all of Los Angeles; two sisters, Mrs. Richard Burnaby, Beaumont, Texas, and Mrs. Elizabeth Roper, Los Angeles, and a brother, Edward S' Woodhead, Houston.

Funeral services were held at Pierce Brothers' Chapel, Los Angeles, at 1:00 P. M., Wednesday afternoon, December 30.

. HAROLD J. FAGAN

Harold James Fagan, well known in California lumber circles, died in Oakland, December 12, altet a short illness' In his earlier years he had been associated with Cottoneva Lumber Co.. afterwards becoming a partner in the McCullough-Fagan Lumber Co. of San Francisco' For the past several years he had been with the Charles Nelson Co' and their Los Angeles affiliate-Consolidated Lumber Co' "Hal" Fagan is survived by his widow Elizabeth Haas Fagan, a daughter, Adrienne, and son, Jerome Fagan; two broithers, Paul I. and James J. Fagan. He was a native of Alameda and the son of the late J"s. J' Fagan, for many years Vice-President of Crocker National Bank of San Fraircisco.

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Wood Turning in the Home Workshop

For the mechanically and creative minded, the.home workshop is proving one of the most popular places in the American home today. Here the craftsman spends many a pleasant and profitable hour in his leisure time. Most home workshops are devoted to some form of woodworking because so many find it convenient, inexpensive and easy to work with wood. One of the most interesting crafts in the woodworking field is wood turning. To assist the amateur, who wishes to acquire some skill at wood turning, the Western Pine Association has recently prepared another booklet in their homecraft series entitled ..Wood Turning In The Home Workshop." It stresses the suitability of Ponderosa Pine for this type of handicraft. This 24-page beginner's manual covers in a brief manner the general instructions in wood turning, recommended wood turning equipment and tools for the home workshop and the principal types of wood turning. Six interesting wood turning projects, including one jigsaw project, are illustrated and described fully in a step-by-step manner for the amateur craftsman. A copy of this practical and elementary wood turning booklet should be in every home workshop and manual training school.

In addition to "Wood Turning In The Home'Workshop,,, the Association's homecraft Beries of booklets includes "'W'ood Carving for Pleasure," which features the use of Sugar Pine; and "Plan Book for the Boy Builder," which suggests the use of Idaho White Pine. The three homecraft booklets are of uniform size (5-7/ntt x 7-r4") and profusely

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illustrated. Single copies of any of these booklets are available without charge by addressing the Western pine Asso_ ciation, Yeon Building, Portland, Oregon.

Newspaper Mat Service Available to Dealers

Of special interest to retail lumber dealers is the an_ nouncement that the Western Pine Association is making available a newspaper mat service for use in local advertisl it g. The first mat series, consisting of thirteen different sized mats, features the use of Knotty pine for paneling in living and dining rooms, book nooks, artistic built_]ns, basement rumpus rooms and also for shops and store dis_ play-windows. Ordinarily, the Association refers dealers to the Joint Retail Merchandising Service, conducted by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association and the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, whose address is 1337 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D. C., for mats dealing with lumber items and house construction. How_ ever, in recent months there has been an increasing number of inquiries from dealers for newspaper mats of advertise_ ments featuring Knotty Pine. Obviously, mats devoted to individual species or specialty items could not be released by the Joint Retail Merchandising Service. For this reason. the Westeern Pine Association has prepared the new mat service to meet the demand for advertising material de_ voted exclusively to Knotty Pine. These mats are now offered to dealers at a nominal cost by the Western pine Association, Yeon Building, Portland, Oregon.

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Dart & Ruaell' Inc.' --i Fmt St.- ..........................SUtter t!5r

Dolbcr & Crno Lumbcr Co-, -- t- M-"but E:cbrnSc Blilg.......SUttQr 7"'

Gomn Lmber (4., ---lff Cantonia St.- ..'.......... .GArfield 50{1

Ha[, Jamc. L., --- iozo uttl. -Bldc. ' .suttrr ults

""trS"S:lL* ""rYl:........Dougra: 33rE

Hotma Eurckr Lubcr Co.. "-Iis -eu-al Gntcr Btds..'....GArnsld llzl

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MecDonald & Hanington Ltd.'

--it - c.til-"L strit... "...........GArficld !3t!

Moorc Mill & Lrnbcr Co"

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LUMBER

Red Rivcr Lumber Colf5 Moduoch Bldl. .GAricld 0t22

Sut Fr Lumbs Co., fa C|||fmtr Str6t..........'.KErmv 207r

Scbalcr Bn. Lubcr & Shlnrlo Co., I Drunm st. ..-............'.'.....SUtta l71lr

Shevlin Pinc Sales Co.' r0ltt Mordmck Btdg.

Sudden & Chri*cuon' !10 Saormc StreGt..'.............GArfic|d 2!44

Unlon Lumbcr Co.. Cloc&cr Bulldbr ..SUttGt al?a

Wadling-Natlen Co.' tlO Markct Str..t ......,.'.........Sutt.r slG

E. K. Wood Lunbcr Co. I Dnnn Str.ct,......,...... "....KElny }710

Wcycrbaeura Salcr Coi|| Cdifmir Str.Gt...............GArficld !'7{

HARDWOODS AND PANELS

Fonyth Hardrrood Cc, !55 Bayrhon Blvd" .......,.......ATvrtd lllt

Whltc Brothers,Fifth ud Brum Stretr .........SUttcr ltl5

SA9H-DOORS_PLYWOOD

Niohl Dc Salat Cor toas lrth Stract,.....,.....,.......Ml.|hn ?tEa

Orcgm.Waahingtm Plyvood Co, 55 Ncw Mortgonart Strut.......GArdcld tlll

UDltGd Statcs Plnrood Co., hc., ff! Kulas Strcct,............,....MArket lttt

Whclcr-Or3od Salo Corpontim, lCaS ltth St. ....,..,..............VA|cnci,r 22lt

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Anarlcaa Lunbcr & Trcatlng Co., lll Ncw Montgoncry St. ...,.,,...Sutter lZli

Buter, J. H. & Co., 3il3 Montgmery St. .....,.......,DOughs tSS:t

' --i- B"rh- -sircji...... "' ..GAricld utl

Prclfic Lrmbcr Co. Thc

Zlel & Co- la Cllifmia Strut .............Exbrcok 5flr

Hall, Jarncr L., rC2C Mllb AHs. .................,.SUrt r IttS

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Hilti MdtorL"hfiir"rr ...........,ANdrG tltl

Horu Lubcr CmPanY, '-'fr -e ei- Str3ctr-.........".'Gbaanrt 't|l

Pvramid Lumbcr Sal'er Co', "'ifi'-P;ln;-b"iidi"g ".. " " "'cr*acryt rao

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HARDWOODS

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Anslo Callfmla Lumber Co.

Cdlfmir Bull&rr Supply Co, 7t0 Cth Ave. ......Hlsarc ||tl

Wcrtm Dc & 3..h Cor 5th & Cynrcr sti ,.,..,.....,..LA}oi& t{tf

BUILT.IN FIXTURES

Parmqlt Buitt-In Fixturo Co., lE07 East lzth St. ...,...,,....ANdorrer llll

LOS ANGELDS

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Eo|rrtavc-Bunr Lubcr Co.'

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Chenberlin & Co., W. R.'

-- 3ii W: lg;t'i['st, ....:.........,..vAndkr eol6

Dant & Rucsell, lnc.'

- -rhF e. zth St, ..-.........,.........TRinity o57

Dolbccr & Cam Lumbcr Co.'

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Dunnlng, W. D., - - {3i EU-t"t -of Camrerce Blda.. PRGFct '116

Hammd Redwood CmPanY' - iglt So. Brcdway ...............PRCFct fcl

Henmings' E. W.'

?01 So. Sprtns' St. .................TRbitv t62r

Hohcr Eurcka Lumber Co., --- nr-zfz Archlt ctr Bldg.' ....'.....Mutud trEl

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C. D. Johnm Lubcr CcP., 60l Pctrclon Sccurider Bldg....PRcpect ff65

Kellv-Snlih Co, An-tZ C'zrielil Blds. .'..'. Mlchigu tll2l

Kuhl Lumber ComPanY, Carl H.'

{ES Chlrnbcr ol Cmnerce Bld8...PRdp.ct tl30

bme-Phllipc Lunbcr Co - "ii-?;6ilil-3.*?t-J" srds.. PRo.FGt rz, MacDonald & Bergstrm, lnc., ?itit Pctrclcm Scorlda Bldg....PRcpcct ?fU

LUMBER

Mec.Dorld & Hlninttd' Lt4i- -- irz Petroleum Smrltier BldS'...PRcFct lr2t

Prclfic Lubcr Co.' ltc

?I go. l, Brui An ................Y(n lrat

Pattcn-Bllnn Imbcr Co.

52r E. 5th st. ....................vAndikc Zt2l

Rcd Rlvc Lmbcr Co'

7o! E. Slauro 'CElhrry 2tlll

Reitz Co., E. L'

3itit Pctrcleum Scotltler Bld8. '.PRo.pect Ae

Santa Fc LuDbGr Co..

3rr Flu-cial Cotc 81d8....'..VArdthc ll?l

Schafer Bru. Lubq & SblnsL Co.'

rZ2A W. M. Guhnd Bldg'.'.'...'TRlaltv lZr

Shevlin Pine Sales Co.'

32t Petrclem Securlticr Bldel. PRapcct C6l5

Sudden & Chrlrtenron'

6At Bcrd of Tra& Blds. .........TRin1V ttll

Tama Lunber Sales,

423 Petrclcun Seorltler Bldsr...PRdFct rr0t

Unim Lurrbcr Co.

,23 W. M. Gulud Btdr...........TRbtV 22t2

Wcndling-Nathan Co?o Sa t- Bu Ava. .,............YOrL lf$

Wilkilsd and Buoy, 3ft W. tth St -...,..,.........,.., TUclrer ltlll

E. K. Wood t unbcr Ca. aill Sutr Fa An. ..,.....,,...'JEfrcndUU

Wcycrheew Salcr Co., 120 W. M. Garland Bldg....'....Mlchigu |!9l

HARDWOODS

Cadmllader-Gibrn Co.. lnc.. 3a2r Ealt Obnpic Blvd.'.......,ANsqlur ul3l

Perfctloa OaL Flolnr Co., t20 E. 60th St. .,ADane 32tt

Stantqr, E. J. & So, 2050 Eut ltth Strut,...........CEatury llrll

SA!'H_DOORS-MILLWORK

PANEI.S AND PLYWOOD

C.litmtr Pqal & Veucr Co., t55 Sa Alamcda St.................TRhttt XSt Haley Brc., Santa Moia Is Angelca Phore .......,......REpub|ic 0fOl

Kahl Jrc W.. & Sor.

152 Sc Mycrr St. ................ANr.|u tltt

Oreqgr-_!{arh1n-st1q Ptywd Co., 3lE Wat Ninth Strst ....,,.,.....tuclcr rfff

Rcd River Lumbcr Co., 702 E. glauso ..CEntry lLtl

Unitcd Statc.. Plywod Co., Inc., --- lt30_EGt lstb Stj ......,.........PRcpcct loft West Ccst Scrs 6., rras E. Glrd Strut ............,.....ADus UtOt

Wholcr-Oqmd Salcr Coraattoo, 215:t Sarunto 3L ...............TUcL.r aaa

CREOSOTED LUMBER_POLEII_PILINGTIES

Ancrlcar L.-bcr & Trrathg Ce, foBf So. Broctfay ...........,..PRocpect 55i!

Baxter, J. ttr. & Co., Ol Wcct 5th St ..,.........,..,Mlcl|gao @l

WHERE TO utE REDWOOD. . . .

REDWOOD 'IIEATIIING FOR IN'ULATPN

Sheathins from Hammond qudlity:Redwood is the kind that provides mdximum protection and lasts throughout the long life of o well built structure. Quality Redwood sheathing possesses the power to resist decay dnd insect attack in those hidden places between the walls. Furthermore the cellular formation of this amazing wood provides a true type of insulation dgdinst sound/ moisture, heat and cold. Ouulity Redwood sheathing saves luel bills in winter and insures greater comfort in summer.