The California Lumber Merchant - January 1946

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HAPPY

NEW YEAR

May 1946 is our

To our friends, old and new dawn on you bright with P.romise, sincere wish fo, you and Yoars.

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Pitcher Co., E. C.--------------------

Ponderosa Fine Woodwork--------------

Pope & Talbot,Inc., Lumber Divisibn-----------*

Poitland Cement Association,----------------------lt

Precision Kiln Drying Co.------------------------------17

Ream Co., George E.,,--------,---------

Red Cedar Shingte Bureau

Robbins LumberCo., R. G. ---------------------------27

Ross Carrier Co.------------------

Santa Fe Lumber Co.--------------------------------O.B.C.

San Pedro Lumber Company-------------------.------19

Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co.------- I-F.C.

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Shevlin Pine Salec Co. -- ----- - --------------------2t

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Tacoma Lumber Sales -----------------------------------'-15

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U. S. Plywood Corporatibn---------------------------- r

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West Coist Screen Co..----

West Oregon Lumber Co.-------------------------------- 7

Vestern Door & Sash Co.--------------------------:--- I

Vesteflr Flardwood Lumber Co.--------------O.F-C.

Vestern MiIl & Moulding Co.------------------------29

Veyerhaeuser Sales Company-------------------------- o

Vhite Brothers -------.---------- ----------------------------2,

Wholesale BuildersSupply' Inc.-------------------30

Wholeeale Lumber Distributors, Inc.-------------*

Vood Lumbet Co., E. K.-----=---------------------------'29

I. E. MARTIN Mcrncrging Editor

THE CALIFOR}IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

W. T. BTACK Advertising Mcncger

How Lrumber lrooks

Seattle, Washington, December 14, l94S-The weekly average of West Coast lumber production in November (4 weeks) was 53,686,000 board feet, or 33.1 per cent of I94l-I944 averag'e, according to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association in its monthly survey of the industry. Weekly averages for October were: Production, 52,284,0N b.f . (32.2 per cent of the 194l-1944 average) ; orders, 57,67 3,O0A ; shipments, 50,690,000.

Forty-eight weeks for 1945, cumulative production, 5,446,591,0N b.f.; 48 weeks, 7944, 7,365,570,000; 48 weeks, t943, 7,501,544000.

Orders for 48 weeks of 1945 break down as follows: Rail, 4,359,326,W b.f.; domestic cargo, 632,780,W; export, 354,018,000 ; local, 540,972,000.

The industry's unfilled order file stood at 722,g4g,0m b.f. at the end of November; gross stocks at 385,200,000.

With most of its rnills again in operation and an ample supply of logs at tidervater, the West Coast lumber indus try promises to be producing more than 10O million boarcl feet weekly at an early period, in contrast to the 54 million weekly average of November. Unfilled orders increased by 30 million feet in November, and as yet the acceptance of new business by West Coast mills is controlled by uncertainties on future operation. The industry's unfillecl order

file is Z2 per cent less than that of a year ago, but it is still a tremendous backlog of orders, amounting to 723 million feet.

In the promise for an ups'iving to normal production, the main concern of the West Coast lumber industry is centered on the critical nationr,vide lack of housing. It is estimated that we now have 250,000 "homeless heroes" among discharged veterans who have families, and that by next spring this number will be increased to ll or 2 millions. The demand for dwellings is as great from other large elements of the population. Latest Washington releases state that the President has announced that. he will apply his authority under the Second War Powers Act to impose priorities on use of building materials-not for the military, but to supply home building. In effect, this should direct that preference be given retail distributors on acceptance and shipment of lumber orders. This would not, holever, materially change present lumber distribution policy. Since V--I Day's cancellation of military orders, West Coast mills l-rave maintained a constant effort to restore shipnlents to the retail lumber dealers.

The present outlook is for a large volume of lumber to be flowing to retail yards from now to spring, when new construction rvill get under rvay. By that time the lumber

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I,ET'S TURN BACK

"Bcrckward, turn bqckwcrrd, oh, time, in your llight," ran the decrr old song our mothers used to sing.

We cre not csking so much, on this New Yecr's Dcy.

But looking out upon the turmoil crnd threcrt thct be-Iog our Nationql situction crt this beginning ol q New Yeqr, there IS c wish-c hope-c prcyer-thct we would like to express, crnd that isl-

LET'S TURN BACK.

Bcck to those good, crnd sqle qnd scrne dcys, when the SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST, wqs the test ol REAL men qnC women.

BACK to those dcrys when the BEST mcrn got the BEST pcy.

BACK to those times when the mqn who could PBODUCE something, wcs given his proper rqnk over the man vrho could NOT.

BACK to those dcrys when-"He who SERVED best, prospered most."

BACK to those dcrys when men did NOT scry-'T DEMAND"-buI-"I DESERVE."

Bcrck to ihe dcys belore the cmbition to POSSESS hcrd outstripped the willingness to EARN.

BACK to those dcys when EFFICIENCY was the rule by which every mcn wcrs iudged-cnd PAID.

BACK to the dcys when cr mqn's HOME wcs HIS home,. when cr mqn's dollcrr, wcrs HIS dollqr; when q mcm's business, wcrs HIS business; io do with crs he scw Iit under the Constitution qnd the LAW.

BACK to those wondrous dcys when EVERY MAN-outside oI prison-respected this Government, qnd olficicrls scle behind public sentiment-enlorced that respect.

BACK to those dcys when no mqn nor aggregction oI men, representing <rnyone or crnything, DARED to scy to our Goverriment ct Wcshington-"YOU MUST DO OUR WItr, On EtsE-!"

BACK to those dcrys-plecse God-thct every decent citizen oI this lqnd is cnxiously woiting lor, when the rights oI ALL the people will cgcin become the single lcw oI the lcrnd, qnd when men with hearts ol oqk will cgcin hold honored olfice, possessed oI the bowels to scry to those who crpprocrch with DEMANDS"Show us FIRST that whct you desire is lor the honor cnd glory oI ALL the people, or GET OUT AND DON'T COME BACK!"

THAT wqs once the test. fiIAT must become the test cacrin, iI this ncrtion is to stcnd. Clcp the hecvy hand oI the LAW upon the shoulder oI every man who threqtens the public wellqre, regcrrdless oI whether he represenls mqn or devil, cnd the lcw will regain its RESPECT, and the lcrnd its HEBITAGE.

THIS is our New Yeqr's wish. LET'S TITRN BACKI

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Federal Home Construction Program Ejlective Jan. 15

Washington, Dec. 21.-The government's program on home construction will go into effect Jan. 15, John D. Small announced today.

The chief of the Civilian Production Administration ordered that dwellings costing $10,000 or less be offered first to veterans and said the top rent on these dwellings will be $80 a month.

Small estimated that at least 400,000 homes rvill be built under the program in 1946.

He said, too, that if a preponderance of applications for homes to sell at $10,000 are received, C.P.A. will have to establish quotas "to see tl-rat a shar'e of nerv dwellings are in the lower price ranges."

The C.P.A. chief outlined a new regulation restoring 10 kinds of criticaliy scarce building materials to a priority system and announced that the Federal Housing Administration will handle applications for these through its 52 field offices.

Beginning Jan. 15, home builders who qualify r,vill be assigned a so-called "H.H." rating for these materials.

Ratings will be alvarded either to individual veterans who rvish to build for themselves, or to builders desiring to erect one or more buildings.

Housing already under way may be brought within the program, Small said, if it meets the $1O,000 price limit, is offered first to veterans and meets other standards outlined in the regulation.

All applications for priorities assistance in obtainir.rg materials must agree to make the housing available to veterans during the period of construction and for 3O days 11t"1gafler. At the conclusion of that period it may be sold or rented to a non-veteran at the same sale price or rental applicable to veterans.

Building materials covered by the new regulations are: common and face brick, clay sewer pipe, structural tile, gypsum board, gypsum lath, cast iron soil pipe and fittings, cast iron radiation equipment, bath tubs, lumber and millwork.

Ifere are principal provisions of the new regulations clrawn up at the direction of President Trttman in a move to ease the acute housing shortage:

l-Applicants for the so-called "H.H." ratings must submit specifications on homes to be built under the program, along rvith the price or rental at rvhich the dwelling will be made available to veterans of Worlcl War II, including merchant seamen. The F.H.A. must be satisfied that the proposed price or rent is "reasonably related to the cost of the proposed accommodations."

2-Builders must show they 'ivill be ready to start construction within 60 days. They also must demonstrate that they have control of the land, financing is assured and arrangements have been made for local building permits, utility service and the like. If construction has not been started within 6O days, the H.H. rating becomes void and a new application must be filed.

3-In the case of I resale, veterans or other purchasers are pledged to the same 30-day waiting period during which the dwelling must be offered exclusivelv to other veterans. Tl.re sale must be made at or belorv the maximum sales price originally paid.

4-The regulatior, also provides for couversion of existing construction where it can be shon'n that this will result in increased housing facilities.

S-Building materials also may be channeled to dormitories or group housing for educational institutions for the benefit of veterans.

Announces Promotions

A. J. Macrnillan, general manager, Consolidated Lumber Co., Wilmington, Calif., announces that Rex Clark, who has been general sales manager, has been promoted to assistant mallager in charge of sales and lurnber purchases. Also that J. L. Moody, who has been yard foreman, has been promoted to general superintendent in charge of the plant, succeeding Doyle Bader, who has resigned to become associated rvith the Ed Fountain I-umber Co., Los Angeles.

Wholesale and Jobbing Yards

Joins Bob Otgood's Organization

Robert S. Osgood, Los Angeles, wholesale distributor of lumber and veneers, has announced that Lieut. Col. James H. Forgie will join his organization on January 1. He will call on the trade with particular attention to Pacific Coast woods.

Orrick-Hogan

Miss Mary Francis Orrick was married December 1 to Thomas P. Hogan III at'Corpus Christi Church, Piedmont, Calif.

Lieut. Albert Hogan, USNR, brother of who had just received his discharge from best man.

The honeymoon was spent in Southern Mr. Hogan is general manager of the Co., Oakland.

the bridegroom, the Navy, was California. Hogan Lumber

Lumbermen's Dinner Dcnce crt Sqn Diego

ten-Blinn Lumber Co. He is known California lumberman.

Jim has just been released by the Army Air Forces after four and onehalf years of distinguished service in the Pacific area. He is an experienced lumberman, and before going into the service was with the Patthe son of Bob Forgie, well

Northern Calilornic Ass'n Directors And Members To Meet in S. F. Jan. 4

There will be a meeting of the board of directors of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California in the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, on Friday, January 4, at 9:00 a.m.

All members of tl're association are urged to attend this meeting, at which matters will be discussed that are important to every member of the retail lumber industry.

The lumbermen's dinner dance held at the San Diego Country Club, Chula \rista, Friday evening, December 7, was an enjoyable affair, and about 150 attended' Following the dinner, dancing continued until 1 a'm' The party was sponsored by the San Diego Hoo-Hoo Club.

The committee that arranged for the party included Mearl L. Baker, Charles D. McFarland, John Stewart, Nihl F. Hamilton, George V. Johnson, Carl B. Gavotto, J. C' Evenson, Syd Smith and Charles L. Hampshire.

"Uncle T.Ieqs" Ccrlendcr

The Moore Dry Kiln Company has mailed its 1946 "IJncle 'Neas" calendar to the lumber and woodworking manufacturers. These calendars have proved very popular with the lumber trade in the past. On the back is printed the story, presenting another incident in Uncle 'Neas' long career, which explains the picture on the front of the calendar.

If you have not received the calendar, you can obtain one by writing the Moore Dry Kiln Co., North Portland, Oregon.

OUR NEW YEAR'S \flSH FOR YOU

Thcrt you mcy crwcken every morning, Iilled wiih the ioy ol living, thrilled with'the boundless possibilities oI the dcrl',. etrger to be up cnd in the sunlight; enthusicsticclly recrdy lor whcrt the dcy mcy bring; prepcred to meel every crcqucintcnce with c smile, every lriend with q grin, cnd every decrr one with such wealth ol expression cs they best understand,' thct you mcy be crble to crowd every dcry to overllowing with those things ol the spirit that defy humcrn expression, yet fill the heart with hcppiness, the mind with inspircrtion, and the soul with pecce.

Licut. Col. Jqnea H. Forgie

"Of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these-'It might have been."' Thus wrote the poet, long ago, We know today it isn't so.

Fountains of tears these days unlax, At those saddest of words- ..BEFORE FEDERAL TAX.''

Most everyone that r*UJ ,i.r" lines will appreciate that philosophy. For federal taxes are closer to most men than their undershirts, right at this time.

A Happy New Year a.;"* "i ,or who have the temerity and the sticktoitiveness to read this column. It is, indeed, a much happier New Year than most of us have known for a long time; and in spite of ,,clouds that lower," the future, with its freedom from the horrors of war, certainly loofts a million times better than the days we have been through for years, with all the pain, the horror, the bloodshed. It should be easy to say at this time-,.Happy NewYear'"

Speaking of happiness, here's a little poem that I think fits in fine, written by Nick Kenny: "I often wonder what becomes of all the smiles so gay, And all the little chuckles that we chuckle in a day, And all the happy laughter that has poured from human hearts.

It must be in some land, I know, that isn't on the charts. And yet I feel this land I seek, is not so far away, We pass it by and know it not, a thousand times a day; Could we remove the veil of gloom we place before our eyes,

We'd find that in each ter lies." human heart, the Land of l-augh-

When you open your diary and take your pen in hand to inscribe your last entry on the records of 1945, you can at least say THIS: "I have lived through the most important, the most momentous, the most terrific year in all the history of this world." It's something big to be able to say that, because it is true. you could fill this volume with proofs of that statement.

During that year ,tu gi",lrtlu", in history reached its climax, the greatest armies were built, the greatest navies reached their maximum, the greatest battles were fought, the greatest feats of production were recorded, the greatest victories were won, the greatest deeds were done. Search

backward through all the tides of time, discover the most momentous, the most notable events, and then turn back to 1945 and you will find deeds that make all events of the past sink into the insignificance of molehills by compari- son'

Thank God 1945 is over ! For it was truly one hell of a year! ***

Not much to be gained by reviewing with any effort at detail the lumber events of 1945. They have been reviewed constantly in these colu.mns as history was made. When the end of the war came in the fall, it found the mills of the entire country trying in vain to supply the war needs for wood products; it found the lumber yards and sheds, both mill, and wholesale, and retail, almost free from lumber; it found the mill production low because of lack of labor, and low labor efficiency; it found the mill order files piled high with government orders; it found the public clamoring for lumber that did not exist; it found a rapidly increasing housing famine.

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It found lumber production unusually low because of a great strike at the lumber mills of the West; mills that normally produce an enormous volume of ordinary items of building material. This was the most serious item in the lumber situation. In the South there was little or no strike trouble, but extreme shortag6 of available sawmill labor'

Today all the war and government orders have been cleaned up on the sawmill books, and if the strike in the West ends, there is going to be a much greater production of lumber from both West and South than there has been for a couple of years. In the South the mill labor famine is over, most of the mills have filled in their crews during the last few weeks of the year, and there is the first semblance of orderly and efficient lumber production in a long time. The mills are showing every disposition to make all the lumber they possibly can, and with many lines of equipment more plentiful than they have been in years, it is safe to predict that such a supply of lumber will be flowing into retail channels from this time on as will considerably alleviate the distressing lumber shortage, and the present housing famine.

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Right now the left-wingers (who are always present) are crying in the public prints that the building industry

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(Continued from Page 8) has fallen down on its job and the government must step in and provide housing for our needy citizens, particularly the returned service men. Yet anyone with sense enough to pour water out of a bucket knows that when it comes to building, the retail lumber trade can provide housing faster, better, and more economically than any government agency can possibly do or has ever done. All they need is the building materials. And since the proposed government housing would necessarily need building materials to do the jobs they propose, the sensible thing would seem to be to channel all the available building materials into the hands of the retail lumber dealers and the known and tried channels of building, and get the job done right. To turn great quantities of building materials over to governrhent agencies instead of giving those materials to business people who know what to do and what they are doing, would be folly vast and vicious.

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How can the lumber dealer and his associates provide the vitally needed housing without materials to build with?

So far he has had only a shirt-tail full of building material since the war ended. But materials will be available from now on in ever increasing volume-all sorts of materials-and to put a lot of new, impractical, and visionary government agencies into the building business at this time would be a great step backward. Let's get the government out of business-all business. And let us see that new, impractical, and wasteful government agencies are NOT brought into existence and action at this time under the filmsy excuse that regular building agencieswho haven't had a Chinaman's chance because of lack o{ building materials-have fallen down on their job.

The building industry : ;Jt, experienced, economical, and dependable. There never was a government agency of any sort of which that statement could be truthfully made. All this hullabaloo about the need for the government taking over the building business because of weakness in the regular channels, comes from the same old gang who want the government to run the country so that armies of people who can't hold regular and practical jobs may be continued in government employ. Give the building men of this country the building material and the housing shortage will disappear like a fog before.the noonday sun.

And now, just a few philosophical thoughts for the New Year. It has been said frequently of late-and truthfully -that the average business man does NOT take enough interest in national affairs-in political matters, and for that _reason things are done that he hates and disapproves of, and men come into power for whom he has neither trust nor admiration. THIS would be a good time for every business man to enter himself in the lists of inter_ ested citizens who are going to see that the country is run better than it has been in the recent past. Then, hav_ ing done his best, if things do not go to suit him, he has not himself to reproach.

There was never a time in the history of this nation when it was so important that all good men place themselves on guard. If you do not understand that our American way of life is definitely threatened at this moment, then, dear friend, f seriously doubt if you would recognize the Goddess of Liberty if you met her on the street. Social and political conditions the world over are changing with a rapidity, never before known; ignorant and unworthy men, impractical theorists, blatant demagogues, radical left-wingers who want to change this government to suit their own ideologies, misguided men who seek to divide our people by arousing dangerous passions and prejudices, and Red Radicals-all of these are having their say in the world today, and all of them carry a certain amount of danger to our well being. Good men must be on their guard against them and all their works: must be bold of speech and prompt of action if our liberties are to be preserved.

Statesmen are scarce. "",r",. "* unorganized and hesitating in the face of trends they dislike and fear. Never was there a time when our public men seemed so fearful of the next election. It is difficult-well nigh impossible -to employ a high degree of statesmanship when fear of political defeat takes precedence over all other urges. Leadership is woefully lacking. Yet there was never a time in American history when so marvelous an opportunity presented itself to strong and ambitious men. William Allen White, the Sage of Emporia, said not long before his death a few years back that this nation is waiting for "another humble, kindly, gentle leader like Abe Lincoln." We still wait. The bow of Ulysses remains unbent. We are threatened by.socialism, communism and by various forms of anarchy. Therefore, we must be on guard, in order that this freedom that our forefathers bequeathed to us shall live a thousand-yes, a thousand, thousand generations yet to :"1.

Love of country must rise high this year among good men, and become highly vocal as well as physical. Love of country is the noblest emotion of the human mind. Syrthetic in its nature', it takes from every passion its purer portion. As passionate as love, it is more unselfish. As tender as friendship, it is more enduring. As deep as religious faith, it has a broader charity. Under its sacred influence the partisan becomes the patriot; the soldier, the hero; the scholar, the sage; the politican, the statesman; the prophet, at. ".it. * *

Patriotism is divided into two equ,al parts; to have and to hold. Let us not forget t6 hold, and hold hard, this year. Genuine Americanism is easy to define. It simply means equal opportunity for every man who lives underand honors-this flag.

Reopening Ycrd

Dolph Daugherty, owner of the Larkspur Lumber Co., Larkspur, Calif., is reopening his yard, which was closed for about 18 months owing to conditions brought about by the war.

Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 Christmas Party

Lelt to right: TomHogca IlL genercl chqirmcn; 'Dcve" Davie, president, Scn Frcncisco Lumf,ermen's Clul; John Helm, president, Hoo'Hoo Club No. 39; D. H. LeBreton, entertcinment chqirmcn.

The Christmas party for lumbermen and their gentlemen guests, sponsored by Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39, and held at Hotel Claremont, Berkeley, on Friday evening, December 21, was a most successful affair. The attendance of 130 was good, considering the boisterous weather.

President John Hehn presided and welcomed the gathering.

General Chairman of Committees Tom Hogan III proved himself a good man at ad libbing in dilecting Leo Hulett as Santa Claus in handing out the Christmas tree presents.

"Lee" LeBreton, entertainment chairrnan, put on a floor

"Cl"nop" driveways don't stay cheap long SAYD WITE DNDUBING EONOBBTB

Attractive concrete driveways that cost only a very little more to build, "stay put" through many years of service, an!, saae mone! in tbe long run,

A well-built concrete ddveway is a good investment for your customcrs because it gives low-annual-cost service,

Concrete has the stamina to stand up under constant use . doesn't develop annoying holes and ruts.

Concrete paved parking zrreas too, win friends for both owner and contractor.

show that rvas most pleasing to the audience, judging from the hearty applause.

Altogether it was an excellent get-together party, and the chairmen of the various committees and the general chairman are to be congratulated.

Sells Interest in Ycrd

R. J. Dahlem has sold his interest in the La Verne Lumber Co., La Verne, Calif., after 22 years as manager of the firm and is retiring from business. Purchase was made by the E. K. Wood Lumber Co. Mr. Dahlem started in the lurnber business in Pasadena 41 years ago.

lly dlaaonife Shrul

lacl" Siatue

Seemed Sort of Permanent

(If you don't like goofy stories, don't read this one.)

The man patient in the insane asylum had his ear plastered to the wall, and was listening very intently. As a nurse approached, he motioned to her to do likewise. So the nurse glued her ear to the wall, and she, too, listened

"Unusucl Scrn Frqncisco" Featured

In Americcrn Box Co. House Orgcn

A very fine article entitled "Unusual San Francisco" is the main feature of the December issue of The American Eagle, published in San Francisco for and by the employees of the American Box Corporation.

Jerome P. Arends is editor of the publication. The article is illustrated by many beautiful, clear pictures of "The City:' with a center spread showing a general'view from Twin Peaks, with the three-mile length of Market Street rtrnning down the center of the picture.

very hard. Then she said:

"I don't hear a thing."

And the nut said:

"Neither do I. AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY-ALL DAY."

Roy Bleecker Returns to Cclifornicr

G. R. (Roy) Bleecker who for the past ten years has been general manager of Westfir Lumber Company, Westfir, Oregon, which was recently sold to eastern interests. is now settled in San Mateo, California, .lvhere he has purchased an interest in the old established retail firm of Wisnom Lumber Company.

Before going north to manage the Westfir operation Mr. Bleecker was for many years California representative of the Eagle Lumber Company's mill at Westimber, Oregon, u{ith headquarters at San Francisco.

INSECT SCREEN CLOTH

Red Cedar Shingle Bureau Holds 29th Annual Meeting

Seattle, Dec, 14, 1945-shingle manufacturers from throughout the Pacific Northwest gathered here today for the 29th annual meeting of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau and heard industry leaders describe activities which are being carried out to preserve national markets for red cedar shingles and other Northwest lumber products.

H. V. Simpson, secretary-manager of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, and J. E. Mackie, western manager of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, told of the work being done by their organizations throughout the country. James Stevens, information director of the W.C.L.A., discussed the activities and objectives of the American Forest Products Industries.

In his annual report, Bureau Secretary-Manager W. W. Woodbridge stressed the work being done in the field of building codes and allied activities.

Paul R. Smith, chairman of the trade promotion and advertising committee; P. H. Olwell, chairman of the public relations committee, and E. R. Scott, chairman of the membership and inspection committee, reported to thc assembled shingle men for their respective committees.

Mr. Woodbridge lvas re-elected secretary-manager and G. A. Brewer was re-elected assistant secretary-manager' R. A. Wilde of Everett was elected Bureau president for 1946. Chas. Plant of Vancouver, B. C., was electe<l

first vice president and Jess Schwarz of Kelso, Wash., was elected second vice president.

Other shingle manufacturers chosen to serve on the Bureau's board of trustees were the following:

Paui R. Smith, Ralph H. Wayland and Keith Fisken of Seattle, Wash.; P. H. Olwell and M. J. Willett of Iiverett, Wash.; W. H. Mclallen, N. A. English and J. A. MacKenzie of Vancouver, B C.; E. R. Scott of Edmonds, Wash.; C. C. Rose of Aberdeen, Wash. ; Dale Craft of Raymond, Wash.; R. D. Mackie of Markham, Wash., and J. A. Wasser of Rainier, Ore.

Missing B-17 Pilot Listed Decrd

Mr. and Mrs. James K. McCorkindale of Los Angeles have been notified by the War Department that their son, Lieut. Don J. McCorkindale, previously reported missing November 21, 1944, now is presumed dead.

lle 'ivas a pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress with the Eighth Air Force, and was on a bombing mission over \{erseberg, Germany, rn'hen his plane went down. He entered the Air Forces in February, 1943, went overseas in August, 1944, and had been decorated with the Presidential Unit Citation, Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster. At the time of his enlistment, he was attending the University of California at Los Angeles.

Besides his parents, he leaves his widorv, Jane, who is a daughter of Noble K. Lay of the Manufacturers Lumber Co., Los Angeles. I-ieut. McCorkindale had planned to join the Manufacturers Lumber Co. and he was well known with their trade.

DOES IT PAINT WEI.L?

IT WEAR TONGEN?

IT ETIMINATE SURFACE CHECXING?

Teamwork And Research Are The \(/atchwords

Bv C. Arthur Bruce, President National Lumber Manufacturers Association

What c;rr.r be the most prosperous era itr the history of the lumber industry opens 'ivitlr 1946. To realize its 'il hole potential, trvo factors must be exploited to the fullest: complete coordination betn een all elements of the irrclustry and unremitting research aimcd at improving our products and developing ne\\. ones.

The National Lumber Marrufacturers Association, with its affrliates and its si:;ter organizatior.r, the National Retail Lumber Dealers' Association, offer natural and established focal points for heading up industry efforts to improve the competitive position of lumber. Teanrrvork here is already established and deserves the support of the inclrrstrl' at large.

-'\t the recent arrnual meeting of NLMA, the board of rlircctors re-exurnined the association's scchedule of activitic:r arrcl reacljrrstecl the program to n-reet postlrrar conditior.rs nrtrst effectivell'.

Research has come to lumber to sta)', ;rnd on it hangs the futur-c of thc in<ltrstrv. In the face of fierce cornpetition ironr nen' zrn11 irlproved products of other materials

n,hich, inciclentally, were <ler-elopecl or inrproved by research our industry rnust step-up ar-rd.speed-up its o\\rn program. A good sturt h:rs been made, but it is only a start.

Drrring thc t'cur l)ast seven hardrvoocl associlrtion:s ancl one u.ood office furniture group have cooperatecl irr cor.rtinuing the hardu.oocl research program t'hich rvas started in 1944. All the regior-ral associations contirruecl their financial support.

The projects undertaken inclucle impregnating rvood, cleveloprnent of b1'-products from rvood u':rste, devclopr.nent of "cigarette-proof" desk ancl table t<tps, <lcvelopmcnt of instantaneous setting glues, and cl.remiczr.l bending.

A list of 25O proposed research projects .rvas examinerl arrd priority given to studies aimed at incrc:rsing thc clirrrcnsional staltilitv of rvood and the development of economical metl-rods to reduce near ancl preverrt splitting o[ r,vood cross tie:;. The dimensional stability project is of clirect interest fo the retail clealer, a:s its solution rvill casc one of his most clifficult competitive proltlems. The cros,s tie project islr.s important to the railroacl lteople as to Irrmbermen, zrncl rve can re:rs()nably hripe for s-l.role-lreartecl cooperation from them.

Thesc arc promising an<l practical entcrpri:ses. I linr op, tirnistic. that manl' rnore u.ill lte larrnched cluring the cotnirg year :t'<1 that the progr.m *,ill contir-rre to expa'(l fr.r. vcar tri year rrntil lumber r:urks as the most prcigressir.c oi irr<lustries i'irrrPro'ing its products ancl br'acrenirg its 1'rclcl.

Telephones:

San Francisco Lumbermen Have F:ne Christmas Party

San Francisco Lumbermen's Club, sponsored by HooHoo Club No. 9, San Francisco, put on an enjoyable Christmas party and luncheon in the Concert Room of the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, December 2O'

There was an attendance of 83 at the luncheon' President Dave Davis presided, and Vice President Hugh Handley and the directors were in attendance'

Brief talks were made by President Davis and John Helm, president of Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club' Features of the party urere some good music and community singing, and valuable door prizes that were won by Edric Brown, Tom Hogan III, and "Sti" Stibich'

TECO Closes S. F. OlIice

Timber Engineering Company of Washington' D' C', has closed its San Francisco offrce, established 18 rnonths ago.

Alden K. Smith, who has been manager of western service and sales, in charge of the San Francisco ofhce, is returning to Washington, where he will have charge of the new Teco-Post Spindle system of construction'

The Teco distributor in California is the Timber Engineering Company of California, A. C. Horner, mana€Ier' Offices are at 268 l\{arket Street, San Francisco, and in the Chamber of Commerce Building, 1151 Broadr'vay, Los Angeles.

TACOil|A I,U[[BTR

714 W. Olympic Blvd.

tOS ANGEI.ES 15, CAI.IF.

Telephone

GAAGO and EEIL

REPBESENTING

St. Pcrul d Tcrcoma Lumber Co. Tccomc, Wqsh.

Delicarce Lumber ComPcnY Tccomc, Wcrsh.

Dicloncrn Lumber ComPcrnY Tqcomct, Wash.

Kcrrlen-Dcrvis Compcny Tccomc, Wcrsh.

Vcncouver Plywood & Veneer Co. Vqncouver, Wcrsh.

Tacomc Hcrrbor Lumber d Timber Co. Tcrcomcr, Wcrsh.

Clecr Fir Scrles Go. Eugrene, Ore.

C&DLumberCo.

Roseburg, Ore.

We hope, however, to be in Pos to take cqre ol our customers.

OReson 8-2255

s. s. WHITI',IEY OLSON s. s. wEsr coAsr

BOARD

oI course quantity is limited on shortcrgre oI matericrls.

but, account ol position shortly

Mahogany lmporting Company Purchases

Cadwallader-Gibson Co. Trade Marks

.\nrrrtrncenrcnt is rn:rrle of thc f()rlratirrrr oi \llLlr,rtlrrr-r. Inrpor'ling ('onilrlrn_r', l-os -\trgelcs.

'lhc pr-irrcilxLls in the ncn.()rgalrizati()n arc ]ior.]]arto, -ltLs. W. Ilcl,corl,:Lrtl (ieorge f]. Jleckn.ran. .\ll arc Iorrrrcr. rncnrlrcls oi ('lLtlu-:rllrrrlcr-(iilrson ('o. oi I.os Angeles, u,hich 0Pcralc<l i.r rrrlrtl_r' \ (.irr': irs rillrrtrrilrcturers :rnd impctrters oI I'hi1ilrPinc rrr;rhoe';Ln-r

n;Lnrc,i Itrecisi.n liiln I)r,r-ine- L',.'I-hcsc :Lctivitics rvill c.ntirrue rrrr<lcr thc ncn' c()l-np[ur,\- ntunc..'.1'hc-r. :rlso h:rr.c lrccrr inrlr,rtirg n'urhrgrLrr-r- arrcl ,ther l'uLrrl*''.cls fr.'r IIcxico, ('cntrlrl lrrrrl South -\ntcrica.

I)rrring tlre n';rr thc 1r:Lr-rncr-shi1r lLcrlrrired the Long llc:Lch ltliLnl ,,i (';rrln'lLlllrrlcr ( iilrsorr ('o. unrl has operiitecl it lL: :t I<iltt rlr-r'ing:tnrl crrstorrt rtrillil!'lrrrsilc.ss rrltler the 1)a st.

fluh,rglrrr_r' IrrrIortirre Corrrl;:Lr-rv has pnrch:rserl thc tr:rrlc nrarks rlrrrl s.,.rl1f ill ,i thc (l:rrlrvallader Gibso'r (.r. anrl ri-ill rn;trlict I'hilipPint u,.rls unrlcr these trade nrarl<s, lLrrrl t-ill nraintlLin lhc s:rrnt'hia-h st:ul(lirrrl of marruiactLrre, gracles iur(1 texturc rhrLt hlL'c rlisl irrgrrishcrl tl'resc proclucts ir the ( ( ontinued on l'age 19)

Lumber Wciting to Be Processed. Ycrd Hcrs Ccpocity ol 5rzi Million Board Feet.

Yord, Mill and Dry Kilns ot 1405 Water Street, Long Becrch, Cclil.

lilahogany lmporting Gompany

tapp>tea, .ail \irnil,h4toua ol

Mexican (Sri"t"nia) Mafroganyr African (Krt"t") Mahogany, and Ph:lippine (SAor"") Mahogany; also other hardwoods from Tropical America and the Philippine lslands

At present we oller Mexiccn Mchogcny, Primcr Verc, Hqvillo, and Rosc Moradcr in carlocrd shipments.

Very soon we will have Philippine Mchogcny cnd other hcrdwoods to oller to our old friends. Our Philippine Mchogcny will be mcrketed under our old trcrde mcrks

BATAAN and LAMAO

also the splendid hardwood BAOAC

with the scme high qucrlity oI mqnulacture, grcdes and unilorm texture qs in the pcst.

Africcn Mchogcny will be avqilable as soon crs regulcrr shipplng is estcrblished.

We clso opercrte cr completely equipped mill cnd &y kilns ct 1405 Wcter Street, Long Beqch 2, Co'lilornic, crnd solicit your Custom Millinq cnd Kiln Drying.

Roy Barto Jas. \fl. Mcleod Geo. B. Beckman

A Fine New Year Rhyme

A mighty fine little poem to read over again on New Year's day, is the following by Eddie Guest. You've read it before, but it will bear a lot of reading-and thinking: You may take to your office and hang on the wall, A motto as fine as its paint, But if you're a crook while you're playing the game, The motto won't make you a saint; You can stick up your placards all over the wall, But this is the truth I announce, It isn't the motto you, hang on the wall, It's the motto you live, that counts.

If the motto says "smile" and you carry a frown, "Do it now" and you linger and wait; If the motto says "Help" and you trample men down, If the motto says "Love" and you hate; You won't get away with the motto you stall, For the truth will come up with a bounce, It isn't the motto you hang on the wall, It's the motto you live, that counts.

A Mcn's Recl Mecrsure

The place to take the true measure of a man is not in the amen corner, nor in the cornfield, but by his own fireside. There he lays aside his mask and you rnay know whether he is an imp or an angel, cur or king, hero or humbug. I care not what the world says of him: whether it crowns him boss, or pelts him with bad eggs. I care not a copper what his religion may be: if his babes dread his home coming and his better half swallows her heart every time she has to ask him for a five-dollar bill, he is a fraud of the first water, even though he prays night and morning until he is black in the face, and howls hallelujah until he shakes the eternal hills. But if his children rush to the front door to meet him and love's sunshine illuminates the face of his wife every time she hears his footfall, you can take it for granted that he is pure gold, for his home is a heaven-and the humbug never gets that near the great white throne of God.

He may be a rank atheist and a red-flag anarchist, a Mormon and a mugwump; he may buy votes in blocks of five, and bet on the elections; he may deal 'em from the bottom of the deck and drink beer until he can't tell a silver dollar from a circular saw, and still be an infinitely better man than the cowardlv little humbug who is all suavity in society but who makes home a hell and vents on the helpless heads of his wife and children an ill nature he would infict on his fellow men but dares not. f can forgive much in that fellow mortal who would rather make men s$rear than women $reep; who would rather call anger to the face of a king than fear to the eyes of a child.-Wm. Cowper Brann.

The Buyer's Letter to Sclesmen On This Seller's Mqrket

"You will be welcome at the XYZ offices. Our purchasing agent has completed the Dale Carnegie Coruse, and now observes the following rules for dealing with salesmen: The buyer will remain standing until the salesman is comfortably seated; the buyer will never offer to shake hands unless the salesman appears willing to do so; if the salesman appears lonely, let your wife or best girl entertain him; when entertaining visiting salesmen be sure your orders are acceptable to them before paying the dinner check; remember, the salesman is always right."

Pre-Wcrr Licker

"You say dishere lickah am pre-wah stuff?"

"Sho do."

"Kin you prove hit?"

"Sho kin."

"flow kin you?"

"By drinkin' hit. One drink an' you fights. Ain't dat prewah?"

New Year's Open House

We just shake hands at meeting, With many that come nigh, We nod the head in greeting To many that go by;

We welcome through the gateway, Our few friends old and true; There's open house for you, Old friends,

There's open house for you.

-Massey.

Fcther Time

"And still old Time comes around, bringing each year whiter frosts to scatter on the whitening moustache, and brighter-gleams of silver to glint the brown of Laura's hair. Bringing the blessings of peaceful old age and a lovelocked home to crown these noble, earnest, real human lives bristling with hu,man faults, married with human mistakes. scarred and seamed and rifted with human troubles, and crowned with the compassion that only perfection can send upon imperfection. Comes, with happy memories of the past and quiet confidence for the future. Comes' with the changing scenes of day and night; with winter's storm and su.mmer's calm; comes, with the sunny peace and the backward dreams of age; comes' until one day the eye of the relentless old reaper rests upon old Tom, standing right in the swath amid the golden corn. The sweep of the noiseless scythe that never turns its edge, Time passes on, old Tom steps out of young Tom's way, and the cycle of life is complete."-Robert

J. Burdette.

Mahoginy lmporting Company

i (Continued from Page 16)

i fn. trade marks of Bataan and l-amao are knorvn all over the cotlntry rvhere Philippine mahogany has l>een used, and the trade mark Bagaac was used only on selectecl Apitong as a durable n'ood for construction purposes where cxceptional strength and wearing qualities were reqttirecl.

This company believes that before long they r,vill begin receiving shipn.rents of Philippine rn'oods, ancl then in increasing quantities as time goes on.

The firm is exclusive representative in United States ancl Canada for "f)istribuidora" S.A., with main office in Mexico City, u'ith three mills in the State of Vera Cruz, l'here they produce mahoganl'; and one mill on the West Coast of Mexico r'*'here they manufacture other hardlvoods.

The organization also represents Becktran & Jackson, rvhose mill is located at Coatzacoalcos, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico.

Also represented by the firm is L-a Industria of Barranquilla, Colombia, u'hose mills produce many species of hardrr'oods.

Patten-Blinn Lumbe:: Co. Meeting

The officials and employees of Patten-Blinn l-umlter (iornpany's I-os Angeles office ancl brancl-r yarrls hiLd a rlirrner meeting at the Jonatl.rar.r Clult, Los Arrgeles, Tnesd:ry evening, December 11.

President E. C. Irarker presided, and talks werc nuttlc by the l-reads of the various clepartments. Archie Pricc, n'ho completed 50 r-ears n,ith the companv on December 9. \\'as presentecl bv lfr. Parker u'ith a gold pen ancl pencil on ',vhich rvas engraled his name ancl "50 years of service." Archie responded and did some reminiscing, mentioning rnanv things o{ interest that took place during the years lre lias been s'ith the organization. A technicolor sound picture of the lumber and logging operations of the Weverhaenser Timber Co. u.as shorn'n dtrring the evening.

Caldor Christmcs Pcrty

The Christrnas partv and clinner for employees of The California Door Co., Los Angeles, and their wives, lvas hel<l at the Greer.r Arbor Inn, Whittier, December 21. This u'as the first Christmas partv held since the war, and everybody had a good time.

Clenn Fogleman. resident manager, presided, ancl prescnterl the 19-15 bonus checks.

C. G. I'rice, general manager, Diamond Springs, Calif., and N{rs. Price, also attended the partv.

Art Kcyser c Grcnddcrd

Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Helmer of l-os Ar.rgele:s arc thc happy parents of a baby girl, Kristan Helmer. Mrs. Helrrrer is the daughter of Art Kayser, of the West Coast Lnmbermen's Association, Los Angeles, and Art is nor,v a proud granddaddv. I\{r. Helmer \vas a sergeant irr thc Army Air Corps and recently received his dischargc from the service.

Alter necrly lour yecrrs working Ior Uncle Scm, this comtrxrny, which pioneered in plcnning cnd building modern kitchens, is once more in production lor civilian homes. Peerless is crgcrin ollering prolitcble decler6hips in modern kitchens, breqHqst rooms, rumpus rooms, etc. Get recrdy NOW Ior home building, Ior home modernizing! For profitcble inlormqtion, write to:

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Christmas Party

The annual Christmas party, golf tournament and concatenation sponsored by the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club was held at the Oakland Country Club, Glendale, on December ll and was a very successful affair. Fifty played golf in the afternoon, anl over two hundred were present for the evening festivities.

A beautiful Christmas display in the dining room, including a Christmas tree, around which were distributed presents for orphan children, gave a holiday spirit to the occasion. $241 was collected, which was equally divided and turned over to the Los Angeles Orphan Asylum and the School for Crippled Children in Huntington Park. Dinner rvas served at 7 p.m. President George Clough presided. The Guardsmen Quartette, '"r'idely known concert, screen and radio entertainers, sang' several selections during the dinner hour, and later presented their act, The Lady Killers, singing popular songs of the gay 90's. It was swell entertainment, and they were well received by the large gathering. Sid Simmons led the crowd in group singing.

THANKS!N'N

From hoppy customers qre yours .. when Hondityle is used lo modernize new or old construclion. long-losting, luslrous, eqsy-iokeep-clecn finishes. For home ond commerciol instollotions. Smcrtly styled designs ond colors. Eosily opplied over existing wolls.

After the dinner, Bob Osgood presented the prizes to the golf winners. Bill Ream was the low net winner in the first flight and received the George E. Ream trophy and a $25 war bond; Sid Simmons won the second low net prize in the first flight, $10 in war saving stamps. Gene DeArmond was the lou' net winner in the second flight and received The California Lumber Merchant cup and a $25 'il'ar bond; the second low net prize in the second flight, $10 in war savings stamps, was won by Loren Weddle. The leq, gross prize, the Roy Stanton trophy and $10 in rn'ar savings stamps, u'as ivon by Bob Osgood.

The prizes in the blind bogey contest were \var savings stamps, and the rvinners were : first, Harvey Koll, $7.50; second, Orrin Wright, $5; third, Earl Galbraith, $2.50.

The door prize winners were: Wilbur West, $25 rvar boncl; Al King, $10 in war savings stamps; and Bob Falconer, $5 in rvar savings stamps.

Bill Ream, rvho arranged the Christmas display and decorations, and Earl Galbraith, Orrin Wright, Harvey Koll and Jack Fitzpatrick, who were in charge of the golf

Photo by Warren Hoyt, American Lumber fry Treating Co.'.

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Nine. Lelt to right: Eqrl Gclbrqith, Scrivenoter,. Ed Bcruer, Jalberwock; Orville Stewqrt, Gurdon; Fred Smqles,Arccnoper; Bob Osgood, Senior Ho4Hoo; Lloyd Miller, Custocctiqn; George Clough, Snark; Bill Beam, Boium; Huntly 'Wcrk, Junior Hoo-Hoo,

(Aeeressiveryocd"il:::i: ll"Jii.i""t*" t

tournament, were given a big hand of applause by the crowd.

The concatenation was held following the presentation of the prizes. The Nine in charge of the concat included:

George Clough, v.icegerent snark; Bob Osgood, sehior HooHoo; Huntly Wark, junior Hoo-Hoo; Earl Galbraith, scrivenoter; Bill Ream, bojum; Ed Bauer, jabberwock; Lloyd Miller, custocatian ; Fred Smales, arcanoper; Orville Stewart, gurdon. Ed Martin read the Hoo-Hoo code of ethics.

The following Kittens were initiated:

F. D. Vaughan .. ....Kilpatrick & Co., Wilmington

E. W. Loughland...Oliver-Loughland Co., No. Hollywoocl

V. Oliver, Jr. Oliver-Loughland Co., No. Hollywood

Elmer L. Hexberg. .Anglo-California Lumber Co., L. A.

Eric M. Hexberg.....Anglo-California Lumber Co., L. A, Robert Q. Constans..Anglo-California Lumber Co., L. A.

J. G. Dooley Dooley & Co., Los Angelcs

R. D. Jones...Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co., Los Angeles

Gordon W. Cudworth .. .....McNall-Cudworth Co., Santa Barbara

Oliver Clarke.....Modern Cabinet Co., Huntington park

Frank J. Ray, Jr. Los Angeles

George Bregman Cal-West Lumber Corp., Garvev

M. E. Bethurum Cal-West Lumber Corp., Garvey

Harold K. Wilson

..Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Los Angeles

B. E. Johnson . E. L. Bruce Co., Los Angeles

Charles I. Cole E. L. Bruce Co., Los Angeles

B. R. Glatts .... ....Glatts Lumber Co., pasadena

D. D. Miliesell George E. Ream Company, Los Angeles

Wesley Kutz ....George E,. Ream Company, Los Angeles

Sam Jackson .. pacoima

Willard R. Ivarson. Tacoma Lumber Sales, Los Angeles

J. L. Steffensen . Barr Lumber Co., Santa Ana

George A. Johnson...Deats Sash & Door Co., Lo,s Angeles

Paul L. Matthies p. L. Matthies Co., Los Angeles

Richard I..Scott .... ..T. V. Walker & Son, BuJank

The following gave donations to the prize and. entertainment fund: Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co,, patten_Blinn

Lumber Co., San Pedro Lumber Co., Hammond Lumber Company, Sun Lumber Co., Lounsberry & Harris, Tacoma Lumber Sales, A. L. Hoover, Long-Bell Lumber Co., pope & Talbot, Inc., Lumber Division, West Oregon Lumber

Co., H. W. Koll Mill & Lumber Co.. Atlas Lumber Company, Pacific Cabinet Co., Associated Lumber Co., F. L. Jordan Sash & Door Co., Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co., Robert S. Osgood, Precision Kiln Drying Co., D. C. Essley & Son, Southwest Sash & Door Co., E. K. Wood Lumber Co., John W. Koehl & Son, Bohnhoff Lumber Co., Inc. The California Door Co., E. J. Stanton & Son, George E. Ream Co., American. Hardwood Co., Ryness Flooring Co., California Panel & Veneer Co., Western Hardwood Lumber Co.. and The California Lumber Merchant.

Pqcific Wood Products Plant Sold

Barker Bros. of Los Angeles has purchased the property and a 300,000 square foot one-story factory building on a lTla acre site at San Fernando Road and Tyburn Streets; Los Angeles, from the Pacific Wood Products Corporation.

The plant was built by the Pacific Door & Sash Co., in 1923. The Pacific Wood Products Corporation bought the business and assets from the old concern in 1934, and operated it until August, 1943, when the inventory, machinery and equipment was sold and it was leased to the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. It was one of the finest woodworking plants in the country and lvas devoted to the production of doors, sash, windows and millwork.

When the present lease expires next September, Barker Bros. will move its carpet room, mattress, cabinet and upholsteries factories to the new location.

Bcck On Iob

Ted Back, general manager of Back Panel Company, Los Angeles, is back on the job after an absence of two weeks as the result of an operation.

Buy Torzcna Ycrd

Russell and Wayne Mullin, Mullin Lumber Co., have purchased the Tarzana Lumber Co., Tarzana, Calif.. which has been operated by Jim Cronin, Cronin Lumber Co., Van Nuys, since 1939. He bought the yard at that time from the estate of Fred Briggs.

Art Twohy, Twohy Lumber Co., lumber yard brokers, negotiated the transaction.

We are making every effort possible to you qll know, Irom your own experience, times. But we're hopelul.

take care oI our customers. As this is a mcn-sized iob in these

( News o[ Our Service Friends )t

Lieut. Commander E. J. La Franchi, U. S. Navy Seabees, arrived home in Oakland December 7, direct from Samar in the Philippines, rvhere he had been stationed for some time. He has been 30 rnonths in the service, and 24 months overseas, and is now on terminal leave until February 1.

Lieutenant of Piedmont December 14 instructor in Texas.

Tom Jacobsen, Jr., son of Tom Jacobsen, Sr., Mill & Lumber Co.,'Oakland, was discharged from the Marine Air Corps. He has been an primary flying for some time at Dallas,

2nd Lieutenant Jim mel Building Supply, leave.

Handley, son of J. Carmel, Calif., rvas O. Handley, Carrecently home on

and l.ras a large acquaintance out Northern California.

For seven years before entering the service Ed rvas associated with Hill & NTorton. Inc.. wholesale lumber dealers, Oakland, in the lumber trade through-

Sgt. Maurice L. "Duke" E,uphrat, Jr., son o{ Maurice L' "Duke" Euphrat, Sr., Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francicso, returned from Hokkaido, Japan, and was discharged from the Army December 14, after being overseas 29 months 'rvith the l2th Special Service Company.

He is a talented pianist and was engaged in the u'ork of entertaining in many parts of the Pacific area. He will return to Yale, rvhere he had completed his first year rvhen he entered the service.

Sgt. Charles W. Rider, son of Leo P. Rider, rvho is in cl-rarge of the milhvork department of Eureka Mill & I-uniber Co., Oakland, rvas released from the Armv at the end of October after 28 months in France and Germany rvith the 6th Army Group.

John W. Rider, another son, has lleen in the U.S. Marine Corps for 10 years, served in the lst Division that u'ent into Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester and Peliliu, ancl has returned to California, where he is acting Sgt.-Major for the Marine Guard at Port Chicago, Calif.

Lieut. Horace Lumber Co., San the Navy alter 22 Guinea area.

Williams, formerly with West Oregon Francisco, was recentlv discharged from months' service overseas. mainly in Nerv

Lieirt. Jerome L. Salomon, USNR, son of Melville N. Salomon, sales manager, Smith Lumber Co., San Francisco, arrived in Portland, Oregon, December 2l lrom the Philippines. He has been C.O. of a YP-boat in Philippine rvaters for some time.

Lieut. Salomon entered the service in October, 1942; 1s a graduate of the University of California in civil engineering, and during his training period took special courses at Notre Dame and Harvard universities.

Herb. Bickell, u'ho has been a Chief Petty Officer in the Seabees for the past several years in the South Pacific area, is out of the service and is back in his old job as manager of thc Merner Lurnber Co.. Palo Alto. Calif.

Dick Lincoln, brother of L. H. "Abe" I-incoln, Lincoln Lumber Company, Oakland, and former manager of Lincoln Lumber Company's Berkeley branch, is out of service and back home. lfe r,vas ground instructor in aviation mechanics at the Thurrderbird Air School, Arizona.

Kenneth Lincoln, also Alte's brother, and formerly associated r'r'ith the firm, was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant slrortly before the end of the war as a pilot of a B-24. He has no.iv received his discharge and is at his home in Oakland.

HALLINAN IIACKIN LUMBER CO.

PADTUDO PIYWOOD

Mqnulcrcturcd

Pnrtonel -/r{nrt

Seth L. Butler, Northern California representative of Dant & Russell, Inc., and Mrs. Butler left San Francisco

December 9 for Seattle to spend Christmas with tl.reir son, Lt.-Comdr. Jack Butler, rvhose ship was due at that port shortly before the holiday. Mr. Rutler visited the company's head office in Portland and returned to San Francisco December 29.

' Lern'is A. Godard, Hobbs Wall Lumber Co., San F'rancisco, 'w.as back at his desk December 2l from a round trip by air to Portland.

Frode Kilstofte, San Pedro, Calif., on business.

president, Rossman Mill & Lumber Co., was in San Francisco early in December

Abe Jackson, manager of the Union Lttmber Co., was a recent ofifice in San Francisco, and the

. Steve Hatharvay, Oceanside Calif., recently spent a few daYs

Los Angeles ofifice of the visitor to the firm's heacl mill at Fort Bragg, Calif.

I-umber Co., Oceanside, in San Francisco.

C. Hexberg, district sales manager, Union Lumber Co', San Francisco, is back in the office after being awav for several months on account of illness.

Art Trvohy, Twohy Lumber Co., Los Angeles, left on Sunday, December 23, on an automobile trip to Oregon via Eureka. He will be away for three or four rveeks calling on the mills. Mrs. Trvohy accompanied him'

Art Penberthy, Tacoma Lumber Sales, Los Angeles, has returned from a month's trip to Mexico. He went by boat to Acapulco, Mexico, then traveled by airplane to Mexico City. The return trip was made by airplane.

Harry B. Gamerston of San Francisco, and Mrs. holiday in Los Angeles.

George R. Kendrick, sales mallager, Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lumber Division, San Francisco, returned December 17 from the Northwest, where he called on the company's mills and Northrvest offices.

Nforris B. "Nick" Carter, Carter nas in the Northrvest on a business

Lumber Co., Oakland, trip early in December.

Bud Hubbard, Hubbard l>ack from a business trio Los Gatos, Calif., is & Johnson, to Oregon.

W. M. Killen, Foxrvorth-Killen Lumber Co., Tucson, Arizona, visited San Francisco December 11 on his u'ay to the Pacific North'rvest.

NI. W. Crook, Tacoma several days recently in Lumber Sales, Los Ar.rgeles, spent Eureka.

Fred Lamon, f-amon-Bonnington Co., turned Deiember 22 lrom a business trip he called on sa'rvmills.

San Francisco, reto Oregon, n'herc

A. L. (Gus) Hoover, Southern California representative of The Pacific Lumber Cornpany, and Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco, recently visited San Francisco and Scotia.

Jas. E. returned Wayne Mullin, Mullin a recent visitor to Eugene

Atkinson, Atkinson-Slutz Co., San Francisco, December 17 lrom a business trip to Oregon.

Lumber Co., Los Angeles, rvas and Portland, Ore.

Don Philips, Lawrence-Philips is back from a three weeks' trip Oregon

Lumber Co., Los Angeles, to Coos Bay and Southern

Gamerston & Green Lumber Co., Gamerston, spent the Christmas Joe Buglel', Pan back from a trip to American Sales Co., Los Angeles, is Baja California,

Northern California Dealers Receive Report of NRLDA Meeting

The board of directors and members of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California met at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, December 19, to receive a report from Secretary-Manager B. B. Barber and L E. Horton, treasurer of the association, who had just returned that day from attending the meeting of the National Retail Lumber Dealers' Association in Washington, D. C., December 12. The report included the reading of a resolution passed at the Washington meeting, ,ivhich is as follows:

"Whereas, the major problem confronting the Nation's domestic economy at the present time is that of stimulating construction of housing, reconversion of industrial plants, maintenance and repair, and modernization, and

"Whereas, it is vitally necessary that this problem be solved without delay, and

"Whereas, one of the two principal obstacles in the path of a solution of this problem is the production of lumber and building materials, and

"Whereas, in our opinion the chief obstacle to the stimulation of production of lumber and building materials is the unrealistic administrative policies being pursued by the Office of Price Administration which are actually curtailing production because of a failure of these policies to eBtablish a proper price relationship between the items required for construction and the other items of production of the manufacturers,

"Therefore, the representatives of the retail lumber industry meeting here recommend to the Softwood Distribution Yard Industry Advisory Committee that it immediately meet with the officials of the Office of Price Administration and strongly protest the present critical lumber and building materials situation, its relation to the national construction and home building program, the lack of enforcement at manufacturers' levels, the unrealistic price relation-

ships in present manufacturers' ceiling schedules and the principle o{ absorption as being applied to the retail lumber dealer" and

"We further recomrnend that the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association immediately present this critical situation to the Congress and to the public, by vigorously utilizing every means at its disposal and that the city, state and regional associations of retail lumber dealers throughout the country support this action."

Mr. Barber also read a copy of a memorandum sent by the National and Regional associations to members of Congress, December 15, informing them of the critical situation mentioned in the resolution, and giving speciflc examples of OPA pricing that keeps lumber from being produced for home construction. Examples given include the following:

1 x 4 clear, g'reen, rough fir priced $8.00 higher than I x 4 flooring; I x 6 and I x 8 clear g'reen, rough, $8.00 more than siding or rustic; export lgmber $7.00 more than domestic purchases; railroad lumber $5.00 to $10.00 higher than construction lumber; select structural timbers with "fancy paragraphs" at $5.00 to $10.00 more than boards and dimension for construction purposes.

El Dorcrdo Timber Acrecae Is Sold lor $500,000

Harvey West, general partner of the Placerville Lumber Co., Placerville, Calif., has announced the purchase of about 13,000 acres of timberland from the Silver Fork Lumber Co. at an approxirqate cost of $500,000. Mr. West said that by purchasing the timber, the company will be able to cut on a sustained yield basis comparable to the regular Forest Service practice.

Because of early storms, the company's three sawmills shut down November 1, the earliest in their history. 49,0C0,000 feet of lumber was cut this season and 1,800 cars shipped, mostly to the Army and Air Forces. Shipments of lumber will continue all winter from large stock piles.

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to )Olo rnotc capaciry due to solid cdge-to-edgc rtackrng. Bcttcr qu.liry drying on low tcnpcranrrce uitfi e fert rrvrrribie circulation.

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ctacling cort+-just rolid cdgc-to-cdgc rtacking in tbc simplcst foro.

Urc Mooreliln Paint Products for wcathcrproofing dry hiln and mill roofg.

Amendm ent 14 to Second RMPR 215 - - -

Distribution Yard Sales of Softwood

Washington, D.C., Dec. 15-A procedure rvas annottttced by the Office of Price Administration today under rvhich wholesale distribution yard prices may be charged by new wholesale yards needed in certaiu areas to promote the distribution of lumber.

Permission rvill not be granted unless the price agellcy is satisfied that the yard rvas not established for the purpose of getting yard mark-ups on lumber u'hich normally would move direct from the mill at the lorver mill prices.

Sellers rvho must apply to OPA for permission to charge distribution yard prices include:

l. Any seller seeking to establish il ne\v distribution yard, or any seller rvho has sought to or has establishecl a yard since 1942.

2. Any seller rvho has qualified as a distribution yard under OPA's softwood lumber distribution yarcl price regulations and who subsequently has changed or in the future changes his rnethod of oper:rtions, has changed or in the future changes his location or seeks to open branch yards, any seller rvho effects or has effected a change of ownership or a mutuality of interest linking his business directly or indirectly rvith another seller of lumber, or any seller who has discorltintted or discontinues the business and rvishes to re-establish his yard.

The application to OPA for permission to charge distribution yard prices must describe the nature and pattern of the proposed yard business, and shall state in detail any element of ownership or mutuality of interest ltetrveen the proposed vard and any other seller of lurnber, and the proposed location.

An office wholesaler is any seller who engages in the business of buying lumber for resale or of arranging for the sale of lumber on a commission basis, but who did not before December 31, 1942, own, operate or maintain a yarcl or warehouse in rvhich a regular yard stock of lumberlvas stored or handled. An office r.r'holesaler is also defined as any person who has any mutuality of interest with such a seller, and rvho did not operate as a rvholesaler of lumber before December 31, 1942.

The applicant (1) must shorv there is no other rvholesale distribution .y;rrd within a radius of 50 miles; (2) his application must be accompanied by statements frorn at least 75 per cent of the retail yards within a radius of 50 miles of the yard or proposed yard, setting forth their need for the proposed yard and their willingness to absorb any higher costs of lumber that thev may iqcur in purchasing from the proposed yard.

The yard or proposed yard must: (l) have yard space of at least 20,000 scluare feet with covered storage of at least 2,000 square feet, (2) be located in a lumber consuming area, (3) have trucking facilities available, and (4) it must regularly maintain a varied stock of lumber ancl lumber 'products from at least trvo areas, such as, for ex:rmple, Douglas fir and Ponderosa pine.

(Amendment No. 14 to Second Revised Maximum Price Regulation No. 21S-Distribution Yard Sales of Softu'ood

-effective Decernber 14, 1945.)

Stuart C. Smith

WHOLDSALE LUDIBER PRODUCTS

539-541 Pcrkwcy Building

Pcrsadenq l, Cclil.

Telephones-SYccrnore 2-3837

Enith 6633

Teletype No.-Pcscr Cal 7583

ACME

BLOWER G' PIPE G(D. ING.

1209 Ncrdeau Street, Los Angeles I

IEs.ercon 4221

Manulacturers

BLOWEB S.rSTEMS and INCTNENATONS

Sec tfrc Acmc Incinerator with watcr woshcd lop

L. t. CARR & CO.

&liiornia Sugor and Ponderw Pinc

Scrles Agents For

SACRAMENTO BOX & LUMBER CO.

. Mills At Woodlcaf, Calif.

SACBAMENTO IOS ANGEI.ETI

P. O. Box 1282 W. D. Dunning

Teletype Sc-13 {38 Chambcr ol Comncrcc Eldg.

N. G. ROBBITTS IUTITBER CO.

319 S. W. Wcshington

Portlcmd 4, Oregon

Distributors of Pacific Coast Forest Products

Douglcs Fir-Hemlock-Cedcrr

LOS ANGELES 15 714 litl. Olympic Blvd. PRoepeci 0724

Ross C. Lcrshley

California Building Permits for November

Obituaries

Leonard C. Hqmmond

Leonard Coombes Hammond, president of the Hammond Lumber Company, San Francisco, passed away at his home in San Francisco on December 20, alter an illness of several months.

lle was born in Missottla, N{ontana, 61 years ago, and came to San Francisco in 190O rvith his family. He attended the Gttnnery School in Washington, Connecticttt, from 'ivhich l.re was graduated into Harvard, finishing his education at Stanford University.

He then became iclentified u,ith the Hammond Lumber Company, founded by his father, the late Andrer,r' B. Hammond, and continrred n'ith the company until the time of his death except for the period of World War I. He first served u,itir the Frer.rch in the Harjes Ambulance Corps. When the United States entered the lvar he returnecl to California for military training 'nhich eventrrally took him into the United States Air Force. There he serve<l u'ith great clistinction, becoming an ace, and receiving manlr dscorations from the United States and foreign goverrlnrclrts.

In addition to his official position as president oi thc Hammond Lunrber Companv ancl its affiliate, Flammon<l Shipping Companl', N{r. Han-rmond rvas a director of thc American Trust Company. He rvas a trustee of Mills College, a member of the Pacific Union Clult, San Francisco Yacht Club, San Francisco Golf Club, Commonlvealth Club, the Arlington Club of Portland, Oregon, and the Cvpress Point Club of Pebble Beach, Calif. In Eureka he u'as a nrember of American Legion Fort Humboldt Post No.2l2, and of Eureka Lodge No. 652, B.P.O.E.

Surviving him are his r,vidorv, and her son by a former marriage, Lt.-Commdr. Alfred D. Bell, Jr.; four sisters, Mrs. Frank B. King and Mrs. W. S. Burnett of San Francisco; Mrs. Florence H. Whiteside of New York, and Miss Daisy E. Hammond of Beverly Hills, Calif.

Funeral services tvere held at Grace Cathedral Chapel, San Francisco. December 22.

Mqnuel J. Enos

Manuel J. (Baldy) Enos passed away in Santa Clara December 10. Ife was owner of the Santa Clara Lumber Company, which he had operated lor 2O years, and was active in civic affairs.

He was born in Gilroy, Calif., 54 years ago, and was a member of American Legion Post No. 419.

Funeral services were held in Santa Clara on Decernber 13.

WESTERT TILL & If,OULDIlIG GO. WHOTESAIE

Ponderoscr & Sugcr Pine Lumber d Mouldings

I1615 Pcnmelee Avenue ct Inpericl Highwcry

Ios Angeles 2-f,Inbcll 2953

LU'NBER COMPANY

YOUR GUARANTEE FOR GIUATITY AND SERVICE

GENERAT OTfICE

Treated in transit ct our completely equipped plcrnt ct Alcrmedcr, CcliL

Trecrted and stocked crt our Long Beach, CcrliI., plcnt

News o[ Out Service Friends

First Lieut. Thomas L White, son of Charles F. White, Sr., of White Lumber & Coal Co., 150O Noreiga Street, San Francisco, is with the Paratroops in India, and has been in the service more than three years

Also over three years in service is Mr. White's other son, First Lieut. Charles F. White, Jr., rvho is with the infantry in Japan. Both are graduates of the University of San Francisco.

Lieut. Brian Bonnington, Army Air Force, son of G. F' (Jerry), Bonnington, Lamon-Bonnington Co., San Francisco. returned from India about two weeks ago, and is on terminal leave, following four years' service. He will go to the Northwest after the first of the year to start at getting practical experience in the lumber business by working in a sawmill.

Mr. Bonnington's younger son, Alan, a Lieutenant in the U. S. Marine Corps, has received his discharge, and will enter law school January 2.

Major Ray H. Hill, Transportation Corp, U.S.A., is on terminal leave and will resume his former position with the Lawrence-Philips Lumlter Co., Los Angeles' He r,vas in the service three years, and spent six rnonths at Honolulu.

Capt. G. It. (Bob) Tully, Jr., son of G. R. (Jeff) Tully' Sr., sales manager of the fir department of Hallinan Mackin Lumber Co., San Francisco, is now on terminal leave until March 1. He served with the 802nd Aviation Engineers, has been four years in the Army, and is just back from Okinawa rvhere he spent 10 months, and sar,v lots o{ action. He is a graduate of Oregon State University in chemical engineering.

't /4 Marx Hyatt, Ordnance Corps, formerly manager of the San Francisco office of the American Lumber & Treating Co., returned from overseas recently. He has received his discharge and has been visiting his famliy in Alabama.

Lieutenant Roy E. Hills, Jr., son of Roy E. Hills, Sr., of Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco, received his discharge from the Navy November 21 . He was graduatecl from Stanford University in lune, t942, and entered Midshipman's School two months later.

Ed Heiberger returned to Dolbeer & Carson I-umber Co. December 17, following his discharge after three years in the 38th Infantry, in which he rvas a Sergeant. In giving out this information Harry Hood of the D. & C. organization concluded by remarking: "And yoll can say r,l'e are very happy to have Ed back with us."

First Lieutenant John W. Gamerston, son of Harry B. Gamerston, Gamerston & Green Lumber Co., San Francisco, is with the First Division of the Infantry, stationed in Germany. He recently took a two months' university course in England.

Major C. Russell Johnson, Army Air Force, returned to San Francisco December 17 from service in the Pacific area. He is the son of Otis R. Johnson, president of the Union Lumber Cornpany, San Francisco, and is on leave of absence from the company.

Wholescle Distributors of Lumber and its Products in Ccrlocrd Qucmtities

Wcrrehouse Distribution ol Wholesale Building Supplies lor the Decrler Trqde

Telephone ' ,6o2 32nd sr. TEmplebcrr 6964-5-6 Ocklcnd, Cclit.

PATRICK LUMBER,CO.

Termincl Scles Bldg., Portl<nrd 5' Oregon Ieletype No. PD 54

Douglcrs FirSpruceHemlockCedcr

Ponderosa and Sugcrr PineDouglcrs Fir Piling

31 Ycars Continuously Serving Rctail Yards and Railroads

Los Angeles Representative EASTMAN LUMBER SALES

Petroleum Bldg., Ios Angeles 15 PRospect 5039

Ceilings for Mill Sales of \(/estern Softwood Shinglet Increascd

Washington, D. C., Dec. 18-An increase of 2G cents per square in ceilings for mill sales of Western softwood shingles in all standard grades was announced by the Office of Price Administration today.

The increase is effective December 22, 1945.

Today's increase r'vas determined, OPA said, after a study of producers' costs and is designed to assure recovery of costs by producers, including costs resulting from a recent increase of $1.50 per 1,000 feet in West Coast log prices.

A forthcoming amendment will require absorption of the mill price increases out of resellers' gross margins.

OPA also announced uniform dollar-and-cent ceilings for both hand-split and machine-processed shakes'

This was done, OPA said, to relieve the administrative burden involved itr special pricing based on individual application. It is felt, too, that published ceilings on hand split shakes which are usually cut by individuals rather than mills, will improve compliance by acquainting producers with permissible prices.

Hand-split shakes are shingles produced by a splitting rather than sarving operation and are usually of larger sizes than the general run of sawn shingles. Machine shakes are reprocessed shingles.

Up to now, producers of hand-split and machine-processed shakes were required to make individual application to OPA for approved maximum prices lor these items.

Dollar-and-cent ceilings for both hand-split and machineprocessed shakes are about the same as those formerly approved on individual application.

Producers of lorver grade shingles are permitted, however, a 20 cent raise per square over prices formerly approved thereby bringing prices for these items in line rvith the 2O cent raise permitted in today's action for the higher grade Western softu'ood shingles.

Today's amendment also provides that jobbers may sell less-than-carload lots of Western softwood shingles to consumers at prices established in the regulation covering clistribution yard sales of softwood lumber.

No ceiling for jobbers' sales to consumers was formerly set up in the shingle regulation, although it was recognized that when such sales were made prices prevailing at the consuming level rvere charged. These ir.r general, rvere the lrrices established for the consumer in Znd Revised Maximum Price Regulation 215, Distribution Yard Sales of Softrvood Lumber. Consequently, toclay's amendment makes consumers' prices in that regulation the jobbers' price tcr consumers.

In this manner, OPA said, long established clealers in Western softwoocl shingles not- qualifying as distributiorr yards, but lvhose practice has been to sell in the same lvay as jobbers, nolv have appropriate ceiling prices at each level.

(Amendment No. 1 to Revised Maximum Price Regulation 164-Recl Ceclar Shingles-effective Deceml>er 22, 1945.)

How Lumber Looks (Continued from Page 2)

shortage should be substantially relieved, but not the need for new dwellings.

The lack of housing is not new. It is mainly a result of four years of drastic decline in home building due to the war. The whole building industry has a long way to go to recover from 'ivartin.re losses of labor and materials.

The Western Pine Association for the r,veek cember 15, 96 mills reporting, gave orders as feet, shipments 27,926,000 feet, and production feet. Orders on hand at end of week totaled feet.

Producers' Council Has Merry Christmas Party

ended De-

22,913,O00 25,733,000 24r,952,W

The Southern Pine Association for the u,'eek encled December 15, 79 units (114 mills) reporting, gave orders as 14,617,W feet, shipments 14,324,000 feet, and production 13,840,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the n'eek totaled 79,352,000 feet.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the .lveek ended December 15, 153,mills reporting, gave orders as 69,665,000 feet, shipments 73,789,000 feet, and production 77.365.W feet.

New Yard in Bcrstow

W. M. Dary Company has opened a ne\\' lumber and building material yard in Barstorv, Calif.

Ernie Larson, San Francisco representative of The Celotex Corporation, was chairman of the Christmas Party of the Producers' Council, Northern California Chapter, held at Lake Mercecl Country Club, San.Francisco, December 6. There was a golf tournament in the afternoon, and the evening entertainment included a number of well known radio and concert stars. Ernie, who is widely knor,vn in the building material industry in Northern California, was congratulated on the fine j.ob he did in handling the party. The Producers' Council is a national organization of building material manufacturers. George Quamby of the Detroit Steel Products Co., Oakland, is president of the Northern California Chaoter.

Takes Over Bock cnd Sand Plant

The Southern Pacific Milling Co., with retail yard headquarters in San Luis Obispo, Calit.. has taken over the Sisquoc Rock & Sand Co., .ivhich ir-rcludes an asphalt plant, at Sisquoc, 14 miles east of Santa X4aria, Calil.

Redwood Workers Vote To Strike

A.tr.L. lumber .rvorkers in the Redtvood producing area of Northern California took a strike vote early in December and voted to strike January 14 if their demand for an increase of 221 cents an hour is not met. Negotiations are being carried on.

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

Rate-$2.50 per Column Inch.

POSITION FOR ASSISTANT MANAGER

Wanted-Asssitant manager of retail lumber yard 17 miles south of San Francisco. Starting 9200 per mohth. Sptendid opportunity for the right par'y. Burlingame Lumber Co. Box 356 Millbrae, Calif.

RE.TAIL LUMBERMAN WANTED

To manage retail department in yard in SanJoaquin Valley town. Must have Calfornia experience.

Address Box 1155, Califonia Lum er Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles f4, Calif.

MANAGEMENT WITH INVESTMENT

An opportunity occurs for an experienced retail lumberman to invest $10,000 for a half interest and management,as working partner, in a good retail lumber yard in the San Joaquin Valley.

Address Box C-1158, Cali'ornia Lumber Merchant. 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

SAWMILL FOR SALE

Production just started. Top and bottom saws 60 inches. 72inch headblocks, 6x8 edger. Full equipment. Cat with blade. Own 320 acres of fir and redwood, about 8,0@,000 feet. Other timber available. Four houses with full plumbing and two cabins. Also shingle mill ready to run. In Mendocino County. Total price, S39,000.00. Terms.

Address l8O Santa Ana Avenue, San Francisco 16, for full information.

FOR SALE

On account of health will sell our small yard with buildings, machinery, truck, and stock, 98,500.00. Terms. 6422 Compton Avenue Los Angeles, California Phone Klmball 1370

WANTED

Position as bookkeeper-clerk, line yard preferred; 20 years' experience, 56 years old, veteran War One, good health, bondable. Address Box C-1157 California Lumber Merchant. 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

LUMBER YARDS FOR SALE

G. Ten acres on Highway 66 at Pomona, spur track, $35,000.

P. Shepard 5-ton electric lumber hoist. Complete with 27-l.oot "I Beam" Timber frame work, new cable. Now in use, buyer to dismantle. $f250 F.O.B. Los Angeles.

Q. Southern California Country yard. Sales last five years average $360,000 annually. Net profits same period reported. for income tax purposes average $23,000 annually, Located well over 100 miles from Los Angeles. No war industries. Will lease plant based on percentage gross sales with minimum $300 monthly, Inventory $50,000. Yard and office equipment $15,000. Goodwill $2O,00O.

S. WOODWORKING PLANT outside of Los Angeles, established 1919. Fully equipped; 8 lots, including five under roof and sprinklered., Price $125,0O0. Large inventory of raw material extra. General Appraisal Co. depreciated ap- praisal, not including grounds, $87,500.

If you want to sell your lumber yard let usknow.

TWOHY LUMBER CO., LUMBER YARD BROKERS 801 Petroleum Bldg., Los Angeles 15, Calif. PRospect 87t16

LUMBER

Arcctc Bedwood Co. ,120 Mcrket Street (ll).

Atkinson-Stutz Comncav, ll2 Markei Srreef (li)......

Bcrg Lumber Co. 16 Cclilornic St..........

Butler, Seth L., 214 Front St., (ll).

Chrisiensoq Lumber Co.

BUYER'S GUIIDE

SAN FRAIYCISCO

LUMBER

..YUkon 2067

GArlield 1809

GArlield 5748 Exbrook 2082

GArlield 0292

Evcns Ave. cnd Quint St, (24)..VAtencia 5832

Dcnl d Russell, Inc,, 2I4 Front Street (ll). ....GArlield 0292

Dolbeer d Cqrson Lumber Co., lllS Merchcnts Exchcnge Blde. (4) DOuglcs 6446

Gcmerston d Greeu Lumber Co., _.1800 Army Street (24). ..ATwcter 1300

Hall, Jqmes L.,

-_ l-032 Mills Bldg. (4) .SUiter 7520

Hallincn Mackin Lumber Co,

..681 Market St. (5)j. .....DOustcs l9{l

nqmmond lumbot C;oEpdnY,

_-aJ? I:vl_9n_!s9nery Streit G). .DOuslqs 3988

Hobbs Wcll Lumber Co.,

__405 Montgomefy St. (4)..........GArlield 7252

Holmes Eurekq Lumber Co.,

Ldmon-Boanington Compcny, 16 Cclilornia Street (ll)......... GArfiEld 6881

Long Bell Lumber Compcny, 604 Missiou St. (5). .....EXbrook 8696

Northera Redwood Lunber Co., 2408-10 Buss Blde. ({). ..EXbrook 7894

O'Neill Lumber Co., Ltd.. 16 Ccliloruic St.(ll). ...GArlield 9ll0

Pocilic Lumber Co,, The 100 Bush Stre€t (4). .GArlield ll8l

Pqrelius Lumber Co. (Paul McCusker), ll2 Mcrket Street (Il). ...GArlield 4978

Pqulson Lumber Scles Agency, 681 Mcrket Street (5). ......SUtter 8623

Pope d Tclbot. Inc.. Lumber Division, 461 Morket Street (5). .DOuglcs 561

R. G. Robbins Lbr. Co. (W. H. O'Neill) I8 Cclilonic St. (ll). .GArlield 9ll0

Scntc Fe Lumber Co., 16 Ccliloruia Street (ll). .EXbrook 207i1

Schqler Bros. Lumber d Shingle Co., I Drumm Street (ll). .......SUttEr l77l

Shevlin-Cords Lumber Co., lnc., 68 Post Street (4)...... ..DOuglqs 2{69

Shevlin Pine Scles Co., 1030 Moncdnock Bldg. (5)...... EXbrookT0{l

LUMBER

West Oregon Lumber Co,, 1995 EvcnE Ave. (2rl) ...ATwqter 56?8

E. K. Wood Lumber Co., I Drumm Street (ll) ....EXlrook 3?I0

W€y€rbdeuaet Sqles Co., 391 Sutter St. (8).. .......GArtield 897{

HANDWOODS

E. L. Bruce Co., 99 Scu Bruno Ave. (3) ...MArket 1838

Davis Hsrdwood Compquv, Bcy ct Mcson Streei (6j. .....EXbrook 4322

Wbite Brotbers,Filth and Brcnnqa Streets (7). .SUtter 1365

SASH_DOOBS_PLYWOOD

Hcrbor Plywood Corp. ol Cclilornic, 540 l0thSt.(3).. .........MArker 6705

United Stctes Plywood Corp., 2727 Any St. -(t0). .ATwqrer 1993

CREOSOTED I.UMBEN_POLES_ PILINCFTIES

Americcn Lumber d Trecting Co., l16 New Montgomery Street (5). .Sutter 1225

Bcxler, I. H. d Co., 333 Montgomery Street (4). .DOuglG 3883

u. |J. ,ohDson.LuEbsr Corpordlion,

^ IPS Fincncicl_Cenrer B_ldg. (4). .GArfiefd lg2l

-.260 Cclilo_rnig Srroer (ll).-.. .GArlield 6258

upqrnck c L;ompqnv. Crocker Btds.(4).:.. ...yUkon 0912

Carl H. Kuhl Lumber Co..

O. L. Russum, ll2 Mctkel St. (Il)..YUkon I{60

LUMBER

Cc_mpbell-Cogro LumbEr Co. (Phit Gosslin), 2ll Prolessional BDS. (l). .KEfIog'4-201?

Gcmerston 6 Green Lumber Co., 2001 Liviussion St. (6). .KEUos.{-1884

Hilld Mortou, Inc,, Dmnison Street Wharl (7)

Hogqn Lumber Compqnv, 2ad qnd Atico Stre;ts i4).

Kclley, Albert A. P. O. Box 2{0 (Alqmedc).

LUMBEN

ANdover 107?

Sudden d Christenson, Inc., 310 Sqnsome Street (4)....... ...GArlietd 2848

Tcrter, Websler d lobnson, Inc.,I Montsomery St. (4). DOuglcs 2080

Cqrl W. Wqtts, 975 MonqdnocL Blds. (5) .YUkon 1590

Wendlinq-Natbcn Co., 554 Mcrket St. (4). .SUtter 5363

OAKLANID

LUMBEB

E, K. Wood Lumber Co., 2lll FredErick Street (6). .........(ff.llos 2-4217

Wholesqle Buildinq Supptv, Inc,, 1607 32nd Streei (8):.-. .'. TEmptebcr

Wholesale Lumber Distributors, Inc., 54 First Slreet (7) .TWinocks

Hcll, Icneg L., 1032 MiUs Bldq. (4). .......SUtter 7520

Pope d Tclbot, Inc., Lumber Division, 461 Mcrket StreEt (5). ...DOuglcs 2561

Vcnder Lcan Pilinqf 6 Lunber Co., 218 Pine Street (4). ,. .EXbrook 4905

Wendling-Ncthcn Co,, 56{ Mqrket St. (4). .. .. .SUtter 5363

PANELS_DO ORS_SASH_SCNEENS PLYWOOD_MILLWORT

Cclilornic Builders Supply Co., 700 6th Aveuue (4)... ....Hlgcte.80l6

Hogcu lunber Compcny, 2nd cud Alice Streets (4). .Glencourt 8861

E. C. Pitcher Compcuy, 608 l6rh St. (12). .Gleacourt 3990

Peerless Buillin Fixture Co. (Berkeley) 2608 Scn Pcblo Ave. (Z). ...THornwcll 0020

Glencoutr 686r r!::ji "::'3ff1,,",1T"oi?y: ..rEmprebcr

Lokehursr 2-275r *}df ,#itT,"?er (l). .. .ANdovor

Aoglo Ccliloruic Lumber Co., 655 E. FlorencE Ave. (l)......THornwoll gl44

Arsqtc Redwood Co. (J, l. f,eq)

5410 Wilshire Blvd. (36)........WEbster TgZg

AtkiDson-Stutz Compqnv, 628 Pelroleum Bldg. (t5). ....PBospect rlsrn

Atlcs Lumber Co.,

2035 E. lsrh Sr. (21). .pRospect 7401

Burns Lumber Compcnv, 727 W. Seventh St. -(tl).........TRiniiy 106l

Cc_m_pb_ell-Co'lro lumber Co. (R. M. Engstrqnd),

704 Sourb Spriug Sr.............VAnaike SStt

Ccrr 6 Co., L. I. (W. D, Dunniuo), ,!38 Ch. oI Com. Blds. (15).....-Fnospecr 8813

Couolidcted Lumber Co., 122 W. leflereson St.(7)......Rlchmond Zlll

1446 E. Aaqheim St., WilEingto!. ..Witm. 0lZ0; NE. 6-1881

Cooper, W, E,,

606-608 Richlield Bldsf. (13).......MUruct 2l3l

Dant 6 Bussell. Inc.,

812 E. 59th Streei (l). .ADcng gl0l

Dolbeer d Ccrson, Lumber Co., 90L Fidelity Blds. (13)... .VAndike 8792

Ed. Fountain Lumber Co-.

528 Petroleum Bldg. (15)..........PRospecr 4341

Halliacn Mackiu Luirbir Co ll7 w.. gjh qt. (E). .TRiuiry 06{4

nqmmond lumber compcnv,

__2p_10 S_o..Alcmedq Sr.- (54)......pnospecr I33g

Hobbs Wcll Lumber Co.,

__625 Rowqn Blds. (13). ...TRiairy S0B8

Holnes Eurekc Ludbe'r Co.,

__7ll-712 Architects Bldg. (13)......MUruql gl8l

Hoover, A. L,, 5225 Wilghire Blvd.(36)...........YOrk 1168

Kilpdtriqk. d Compcny (WilmiugroD)

l2tl0 Blinn Ave....-. .-.. .flEvadc 6-1888

Cq{-H. K_uh! Lumber Co., (R. S. Osgood),

_70{ S._Sprj4v S! (14).... ........Tniniiv gZZs

Rolt-s-C.-Lqs-hley (8. G. Robbins Lumber Co.),

7t4 W. QJr;grnic_8tvd. (tU......PRospecr ' 0?24

Lcwrence-Philips Lumbcr Co.,

633 Petroleum Bldg. (15) .PBospect gl74

Lo-n-g Eell Lumber Compcny.

HANDWOODS LUMEER Orbcn Lumber Co., 77 S, Poscdeac Ave., Pqsqdens

LOS ANGELES

Pccilic Lumber Co., Tbe

5225 Wilshire Blvd. (36) ..YOrk 1168

Po-reliqs Lumber Co. (Toste Lumber Co.),

326 -Pe-troleun Blde. (15). .PRospect 7605

Pctrick Lumber Co., Edslmc! Lumber Sqles,

_ 7ld W' Olympic Blvd. (15). .PBospecr 5039

Pope 6 Tclbot, Inc., Lumber Division

714 W._ Olympic Btvd. (15)......PRospect 8231

E. L. Reitz Co..

_ 333 Petrol,euq Bldg. (15)..........PBospect 2369

Sqn Pedro Lumber Co., I5l8 S. Centrcl Ave. (21). .Rlchmond ll4l

1800-A Wilmiaqtou Roqd (Scn Pedro). ....Sau Pedro 2200

Schqler Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co.,

_.117 W. gth Street (15).....-......TRinity 4271

Shevlin Pine Sqles Co.,

_-330 Patroleum Btdg. (tS)........PRospecr 0615

Simpson Industries, Inc.,

- lq!0 E. Wcshingtou Btvd. (21)..PBospect 6183

Smitb, Stuart C. (Pcscdenc) Pcrkwcy Blds. (t). .SYccmore 2-3837, ZEuith 6633 Slqalon, E. I. d Son, 2050 E.4lst Sr. (ll). ...CEntury 29211

Sudden d Christenson. Inc., 630 Boqrd oI Trcde Bldg. (l{)....TRinity 884t!

Tqcomq Lumber Sqles,

_ 837 Petroleum BldE. (15) PRospect ll08

Toste Lumber Co., 326--Petroleum Bl4S. (15) ...PRospect 7605

Wendling-Ncthcn Co., 5225 Wilshire Blvd.(36). ..YOrk 1168

Wesl Oregon Lumber Co,, 427 Petroleum Btdg, (15)........Blchmoad 0281

W..'W. Wilkinson, ll2 West Ninib Street (15)...... .TRidty 1613

Weyerhceuser Scles Co., lll9 W. M. Gcrlcnd Bldg. (15)..Mlchiscn 635{

E. K. Wood Lumber Co., 4710 So. Alcmedc St, (54) ..IEflereon Slll

CREOSOTED LUMBEN_POLES

PILING_TIES

Ulited Stctes Plywood Corp., 570 3rd St. (7)... ....TWiuoqkg 5541

Weslerq Door d Sqsh Co., Sib 6 Cypress Streets (7). .TEmplebcr 8400

E. E. Wood Lumber Co', 2lll Frederick StreEt (6). .KEllog 2-l2Tl

HANDWOODS

Americcn Hardwood Co., 1900 E. lsth Street (54) .PBospect {115

E. L. Bruce Co., 5975 So. We8ierr Ave. (44).....TWinoqks 9128

Penbetthv Lumber Co., 5800 S6uth Boyle Ave. (ll)......Klmbcll 5lll

Stdnto!, E. I. d Son, 2050 Ecst 4lst Street (ll). .CEntury 29211

Wesl€r! Hcrdwood Lumber Co., ?014 Ecst lslh Streat (55). .PBospect 616l

SASH_D OONS_MII,LWOBK_SCNEENS

BLINDS_PANEI,S AND PLYWOOD INONING BOANDS

Bcck Pauel Compcny, 310-314 Eqst 32nd Street (ll)....ADqms AtE

Colilornic Door Compcny, Tbo P. O. Box 126, Veraou Stction(ll) Klmbqll 2lll

Cqlilornic Pcnel 6 Veneer Co,, P. O. Box 2096, Termincl Annex (54) ...TBiaity 0057

Cobb Co., T. Mr, 5800 Centrol Avenua (ll). ...ADcmg. llll?

Cole Dor & Plywmd Co., lM9 E. Slauon Ave. (U) ..........A.Dams 4371

Davidsoo Plywood 6 Veneer Co., 2435 Enterprise St. (21)..........TBiaitv 25Sl

Eubqnk 6 Sou, L.H, (Inglewood) 433 W. Bedondo Blvd.. .OBegou 8-2255

Hcley Bros. (Santc Monicc) 1620 l4th Streel... .......AShley {-2268

Koehl. lao. W. d Son, 652 S. Myers Street (23) ...ANqelug 8l9l

Oregon Wcshiagton Plywood Co., _ ll2.. Wj-gth Street (15). .TRnity 11613

Pacific Mutucl Door Co., _ f600- E. .lVcshington BIvd. (21). .Pnospocr 9S2g

Recm Compcny, Geo. E., _ 235 S. Alcrnedc Street (12). .Mlchigcn lSSl

Scmpson Co. (Pascdenc),

^.7{5 So.- Rcymond_Ave. (2)........RYqn l-6939

DUpAOn rnduatrles, lnc,, lFl0- E_. Wcshinsron Blvd. (21). .pRospscr Bl83 United Stdt€B Plvwood Corp., 1930 Ecsr lsrh Sr. (21)..l.....nlchmond 610l

MdcDoncld Co., L. W.,

-_318 W..gth_St. _(ls]r..-.............TBiniry 2819

-,7I4 W. Olynpic-Blvd. (15). .Pnospscr Tlg4

Mahogcny Inporting Co,,

521 S. Spriag St. (14). ...TRiniry 965t

rPostoffice Zotts l{u1115sr ru Pareuthesis.

Americqn Lumber d Trectiag Co,, ll5l So. Brocdway (15)..........PRospect {363

Ecxler, I. H. G Co., 601 West sth Street (13) .......Mlchigcu 6291

Pope d Tclbot, Inc., Lumber Division, 7l{ W. Olympic Blvd. (15)......PRospect 8231

West Coast Screen Co., ll45 Ecst 63rd Street (l). ...ADqns tttnt

Wester! Mill 6 Mouldins Co., 11615 Pcrmelee Ave. (2'). .Klmball 2953

E. K. Wood Lumber Co., t!7I0 S, Alameda St. (5{)........tEllarson 3ltt