The California Lumber Merchant - January 1926

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f N our years of business life we have been the recipients of I -arry comrnunications of appreciation. Never have we feceived a letter that was rnore heartily enjoyed, and appreciated, than the one shown below. From a tiny tot of eight years, one of the four hundred orphan children that were made happy at the Los Angeles Hoo Hoo Club Christmas Party.

Dear Mr. Dernier Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Wickersham:

917 Boyle Ave. , Los Angeles, Decembe r 26, 1925.

0n1y a note of thanks for the wonderful- kindness you showed us by inviting us to dine at the Elite last Wednesday.

We all enjoyed it very much you may be sure and hope you did too.

I must not forget to thank you for the little presents that were prescnted to us on the same occasion.

Kindness is never Ieft unrewarded, so we hope you and aII your associates will succeed in their undertakings, and may God Bless you all and a Happy New Yea:'.

Thanking you again,

Margaret M. Hausfelder

Hammond Is Back of You! With 76 Acres of Service!

Millions in forests, ehipr, railroads, mills, ware' hourer, wharves! Trained men to help you! Yarde in nearly every community in the Southland! Seventy' six acret of building materialr at our two main yardr.

All the facilities, all ilre reterye stocks, all the vast rerourcet of t"he Hammond Lumber Co. are yours. No need to carry big stocks and maintain heavy overhead, when we are glad to do it for you.

This applies to Lumber, Paint, Flardware, Roofing Material, Sash and Doors, Cement, Hardwood, Stucco, Sand, everything for building!

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How Lumber Looks

Shipments into California, water rhipmentr, were 9x!ra heavy in December, piling up an unurually high total for the tast montrh in the year and leaving a rather high amount of unsold stocks on the docks, to welcome in t'he first day oC 1926.

Now we find a compenrating condition for the first two weekr in January, herddins the general curtailment at the mills, and evidencing the tight condition t'hat no1'- prevaile up north in buving stocks at ttre right pricee. Shipmerrts into the port of San Pedro, up to the night of lhe lat!, will rrm sligttly leas trhan forty million feet, and if there ir no decided increase for the next two weelc we will have a month at thir port of less than a hundred millionr consider' ably lesr.

From aII reportr, lurnber is setting harder and harder to buy at the millc and they are sitting firm on their lic-t prices. Randoms are not as plentiful as they were rixty days ago and northern buyers report an unprecedented condition. Weather conditions have been favorable for logging and the mills are well supplied, but are not cutting their normal ernount. There has been a persiatent rumor of an advance in logr, in January.

Thir month will undoubtedly see a thinning out of the rtockr on tte docks and we will enter February under very favorable conditionr.

The yardr have placed a fair amount of orders, starting on tte morning of the recond, and as this ia rrritten the attitude of the mill men and wholesalerc EeernE ve'ry optimistic on the outlook for tte next few weeks.

One good point that makes for better conditions is that the retail ren are not holding out for lower lists, ar they were in many cases before the first of tlre year. If the re' tailerr will accept stocks at a fair list price, without the wholesde pricer being materially advanced, ttren we will ree better timer, and before very long.

There ir no doubt that 1926 will see a large amount of

REDWOO

building, dl throwh the rtate, and there b ewety btig.t,.q that a -iooatv percentage of the conrtnrction will be of residencir, citing the lumberman e better proportion of the total than he received last year.

The last weekly report from the West Coast Lumbermen'r Association showl a ieven days' cut annourting to but fortyfive million feet, ten million lesr than the week before' aqd slightly orer h.lf of the arnount cut two weeks previoqr.- -In thi rebort they rhow a week'e tales.of 71,OO0'O(X) an! ahipmenrtslotdledGg rnillion. This placea their ne*v burinere at 57Vo ovq production and shipments 53Vo over. lt i! in' tereeting to note that of tte total of 46 million-feet rold, 23 millionlround figures) was for coartwise end intercoastal movemen! 9 million for export, and the bdance amotmting to about one trhousand carr' wa! for rail rhipment.

Redwood production for the week ending January 2nd was right on a par with the week before, amountin-g to- a little over four million f*t' SOVo less than the total for the week ending December 19th. In thir lar! repo{ lhev r!9w sales of g tillion feet and they rhipped 5 million. The Redwood rnen are optimistic for this year, feeling that there business will show increaser over the past two years. Redwood is going into new marketr, month by month.

The Californie Pine men report a steady satisfactory condition prevailing, with bright proopectr. Their-pqcg $tr have nbt chang-d materidly and production ir slightly ler than for November and early Decenrber.

A telegram from New Orleanr gives tte following inter' esting information about Southern Pine:

"southern Pine Association Barometer for last week chows orderr received decreased O.2 percent below previoul week; rhipmentr decreased 13.5 percent, and production decreared 11.7 per cent. Reporte from 121 millr rbow 47'' 8?9,076 feet ordered, 48,560,932 feet shipped, and 45'836;539 feet produced. Ordera on hand end of lart wee|r wex.e 252,670'264 feet.

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Are You Keeping Up With "FIenrY"?

Bg Jach Dionne

A few years ago "I{enry" was a crude car.

About that same time the lumber yard was a crude place of business. "Ilenry" wasn't much to look at.

Neither was the average lumber yard. But "Henry" gave mighty good service for that day and time.

So did the lumber yard.

Goodness! How "Henry" has changed.

You take a look at a new "Henry" of tbe closed type today, and what do you see?

No longer do you break your wrist cranking it._-You just step on the button, and away goes 'rHenry';. There is a motometer on the radiator cap; 'n ammeter, .a clock, a spee'dimeter, and an oil gauge on the dash board, whe.! there used to be nothing_. "I{enty" h"" strock absorbers Io riake him ride-easy_, and refinements in the body and motor, in fact, "Henry" has stepped out. He is SOME car' now.

How about the lumber yard?

Is it keeping up with "Henry"? Is its appearalge imp19ved, as has "Henry's"? Is it a self-starter-ttoiv? - Has its service developed, like "I{enry's"? Is its equipment as modernized as is "Henry's" equipment?

It SHOULD be, shouldn't it?

It COULD be, couldn't it?

There is just as much DEMAND for better service, and better-equipment,_and better appearance, aid better satisfactio'n to the public on the part of the lumber yard, as there was on "Henry", isn't there?

The lumber yard generally HAS improved very decidedly, and very Ft.e3!ly, i! the last few years. 'ihat iructr is-undoubtedly true. But is it keeping up with "Henry"?

There are just as many practical modernizations for the lumber qaSd as _thete are for "I{enry". Theie are plansl and ideas, and sales rooms, and sdesmanship, and advertisi-lg, and diiplay windows,-and paint, and glass, and flowers, and- building thoughts, amd building thirigs-that attract and interest the public and give the lumber yard a chance to "keep up with 'Henry"'.

The public has welcomed the advances the lumber yard has made' just as much as it has the improvements that "Henry" has developed.

The only difference is that the lumber yard hasn't kept up with "Henry", and therefore "Henry" has profited the most.

The New Year 1926 gives the lumber yard a chance to catch up. The lumb__er yar-q hasn't really "kept up wi-th 'Henry"', SO now it will have to catch up with "Flenq/'.

What shall I do to improve my yard, my business, and my service to the public in t926?

This question every lumber yard should answer at once, and get busy. We are living in times of progresi. The public judges everyone and everything, by its progressiveness in the PUBLIC behalf.

Let us trust that the lumber yard will make 1926 its banner year for improvements and advances.

Let's catch up with "Henry".

DOUGLAS FIR

We are basing our plans for 1926 on the firm belief that C,alifornia will enjoy'one of the greatest periods of prosperity in

SERVICE SATISFIES

its Gntire history. AII reliable signs point tothat fact.

Our service to the lumber trade of California will be all that our ambition and ingenuity can devise.

Let ur serve Y()U

More and lllore this Year.

CHAS. R. McC0RMICK TUMBER C(). OF DEL -

San Francirco [.or Angeler

Boulevard Mill and Lumber Co. Build New Plant

One of the attractive lumber plants of the iiast Bay l)is- trict is the new plant of the Boulevard Mill and Lumber Company, Iocated on Foothill Blvd., Oakland.

Their old plant was burned out on Sept. 9, 1924, and after being held up by the City Council for over eight ;months for permission to re-build on their old location. Ithey rals now located in their new, 634".n and up-to-date office building and mill. The new office building is constructed of stucco rvith a tile roof. The main office i-" 18 ft. by 20 ft., the interior of the office being finished with the many varieties of hardwood panels, rvhich makes a very attractive arrangement. The office liuilding also contains private offices, a display room, and an architectural department.

The mill is 60 x 7O ft. and equipped with new, modern machinery which is operated by electricity. The neill has a stucco front, with brick side walls, and a tile roof. A galvanized iron warehouse, @ ft. square has been ct'lnstructed for the storage of clear lumber, flooring, rustic, mouldings, etc. Their yard,200 x 3OO ft., provides space for the storage of a million feet of lumber.

The Boulevard Mill and Lumber Co. has been operating on their own property for eighteen years. They employ between l5 and 20 men the year round, with an annual payroll of $30,000,000. W. F. Lloyd, Owner and Manager, has been in the retail lumber and mill business for over fifty years. J. W. Oliver, Assistant Manager, and in charge of

the Architectural Department' has been in the mill business for many years, and for the past six years has been associated-with this concern. G. C. Troth, Credit Manager, has been with the company for about twelve years. M1. Troth is an active Hoo Hoo worker and is serving this year on the Bay District Nine. E" J. Hastie, is Mill Manager, and has followed the mill business for over twenty vears. - The Boulevard Mill and Lumber Co., conduct a general retail and mill business, and also make a specialty in hardwood finish and fixtures.

A PRAYER FOR THE NEW YEAR

Give us freely each day of the Spirit of Tolerance. May we be kindly disposed, one toward another. Help us to esteem ourselves modestly, and esteem our fellows generously

Help us to search diligently for Truth in the fertile places of an Open Mind.

And may we direct our Thoughts, and \ilfords, and our Acts, only toward Good.-Western Retail Lumberman.

FBOII HOLilES ET.'NETSA

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GOIDMEDAT Pickerin fffi*aPlne

Exhibttiirg at the Califbrnia' turersofCaliforniapineprod' State Fair, $acramento, Sep, uctsfromtheentifeStatb,the teuiber Seventh, to Twelfth, winning of this Prrre estab' Nirrdtu.n Hundred and lishes the leaderihip of the Tirenty,five, Pickering Cali' Pi&ering West Coast enter(, ,forniaWhite andSugar Pine prises, even as they have, rwasawardedtheGoldMedal Lnjoyed a commanditg pres,r of the Califoriiia State Agri; tig. of nearly a half century cularral $ociety. Competing in southern PTe, recogniZed, with ghe piincipal manufac, through the familiar slogan, "Ou,rs is the Sundard' FOR QUOTATIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION, ADDRESS

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CLUB IN ANNUAL MEET

The San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club has scheduled the Annual Meeting and election for Saturday, January 23rd..

Notices have gone out from the office of Secretary Frank Minard.

The meeting will be held at?P. M. at the California Hotel, with a banquet and dance at7 P. M., in the same hotel. President {Ferger announces that all members, their guests and ladies are invited.

LOS ANGELES HAS ANOTHER NEW YARD

The Wm. M. Robbins Lumber Company has opened a yard in Los Angeles, on Downey Road and -E. Slauson Ave.

Mr.,Robbins was formerly associated with the J. D. Halstead Lumber Co.

Los Angeles Hoo Hoo to Hold Concatenation

The Nine of the Los Angeles District Hoo Hoo have just made announcement of the date selected for the Concatenation and entertainment.

The;night of Monday, February 15th, is the date and the time and place are yet to be announced.

Members of the Nine, working with the permanent committees on entertainment, etc., ivill soon mail cards to all members telling all the details.

This affair promises to be an enjoyable one with a large number of Kittens and a program very different than aiy ever presented before.

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS in the.gojng home of Brother Bolling Arthur Johnson, thc founder of Hoo-Hoo, thc ordcr has nciwith jan irrcparable loss. But wc bow to the Divine providencc which guides our destinies and shapes our livts. Hls work was ovcr. The glorics of the sunsct ol his lifc came swiftly upon him. Heavc-n's gatcs swung opcn to bid 'him, welcorirc. ' At thc recurring Annual we will miss his familiar figurc and rrrisc counsel. His dcvotion to thc ideals of Hoo-H-oo was setr in the camco of truc brotherhood-the jeweled corncr stone of our order.

Hoo-Hoo sends forth its rays of joy and helpfulncss like a meteor flitting across the sky of life. It is consecrated to an ideal. "For thougtrts are things",as so beautifully exprcssed b1 th9 poet "and bring you back whatcver went out of your mind."

_ The lofty purposes of Hoo-Hoo giVbn'expression in our Ritual by Brother Johnson will go gliding down the ages. "For the good that men do lives after them." The active urgc oJ Brother Johnson's life is perhaps best typified by.the inscription in the chancel of Wcstminster Abbey: "Those who slcip here kcpt the world awake."

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:

That the proposed Hoo-Hoo Redwood Grove be dedicated lto his mernory, and bc officially known as Bolling Arthur Johnson Grove, and as the branches of thesc mighty trees aray in thc brcczc, the rustle of thcir leaves, set to thc music of thc fortgt will whispcr softly: "Hcalth, Happincss, and Long Life" with

"peacc on earth goodwill toward men;" for "No sun c'cr 8ets but .risea

To makc a joyous morn And out of all lifc's darkncss God's aftcrglow is born."

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club Numbcr Ninc cxpreeses to thc imaediatc rclativcs and friendr of Brother Johnson our profound Eorrgw at his untimcly death, and, ' :

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That a copy of tti4sc resolutions bc madc a part of the pcrmancnt records of thia Club and copics be forwarded for publication in thc Hoo-IIoo Bulletin and to the lumber tradc journale and to thc daily prcss of San Francieco. i Comrnittcc on Rcsolutionr, San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Qlub No. Ninc, San Francisco, Dccembcr 24, 1925.

IN THE RAIL SHIPPIENT FIDLD

The lumber trade of California and Arizona is naturally greatly dependent upon rail lumber and shingle shipments for a very large portion of their necessarlrstocks,and in this department we specialize. It has been tnrly said that "This is the day of the specialist." No other concern serving this territory has sources of supply corrparable to ours, either as to volume, variet5r, or a rs sustained quality. And our "Sudden Service" a by-word in Catrifornia.

Rubber For Wood

By Jack Dionne

_The other day I was very forcefully reminded of a new and very heavy inroad on the yse 9f wood, that is *orthy oi direct attention by the indurtry.

I went out to buy a new battery f,or my car. I looked at several batteries, and heard the service and quElity talk of several difierent makes of batteries.

And each battery man made practically this sanre statement to me:

t'Our batteries have improved a great deal in the p_ast couple of years. For instance, we used to house all our batteries in wooden Lox. es, and now we build most of them in rubber boxes? Why? Well, rubber is so much more practical.. When the acid gets to a wooden box it eats it up. Also, the inside of a wooden box gets awfully dirty, and mouldy, after it has been used a while. You can't ilean it out degently. We can take the battery out of a rub. ber box, turn a hose into it, ana it is as clean

an{ sood a! ne_w. Rubber ic very expensive, and getting higher, but we think it worth while even at that.tt

And there are tens of thousands of batteries for autos, radior, etc., being made in thb country every week, cased in rubber, that used to be cased in wood.

Each of ttre battery men I tatked to told me they used to use oak for their boxes-ctill do for the very large ones.

It seems to me there is an interesting proh lem for the lumber industry to look into.The wooden boxes are much the stronger, and will stand much hander usage. Isn't there an answer to the oijection to wood uttered by these htt""y T!eT? Perhaps t'ihere are other species of wood that will anawer the purposi and overcome the objectione. '

Anyway, it looks like here is an inroad on wood consum_ption that might be overcome by Eome practical attention.

Yellovy FIR and PINE

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Long View Second Unit Started

Construction is well underway on the secohd or East Fir Unit of the Long-Bell Lumber Company's lumber manufacturing plants at Longview, Washington. Contractors are at work on the 30 buildings which will put approximately 38.3 acres under roof.

The East Fir Unit will lie on the east side of the cutting pond in a layout approximating that of the first unit, the two forming a rough U with the power plant at the lower curve. The power plant will hot be enlarged. The buildings of the new unit will correspond with the present unit in color, being painted grey on the outside and white on the inside. A complete sprinkler system and other fire fighting equipment will be installed in the new unit and, as is the case in the West Fir Unit, a very elaborate system of overhead walks for visitors, is being arranged.

In cohtrast to the West Fir Unit, which was designed for Douglas fir alone and which is now turning out one million feet of Douglas fir lumber daily, operating on a double shift, the East Fir Unit will handle both Douglas fir arid hemlock. The sawmill of the East Fir Unit is of a different design than that of the first unit. The West Fir sawmill was designed to cut large timbers which require breaking down on head rigs and afterward being worked up on heavy timber edgers, gang and resaws. The East Fir sawmill, however, is designed especially to cut the smaller logs which do not re. quire breaking down as do the logs handled in the West Fir Unit. In the new uhit, lumber will be finished directly on the head rigs rather than on a resaw mill.

The East Fir Unit has been designed by C. A. Huffman, superintendent of construction, who was responsible for the

design or the West Fir Unit and served as construction engineer during the building period.

Contracts which have been let in connection with the building of the second unit of the Long-Bell plants in Longview, compare with the contracts let for the West Fir llnit, some of which were the largest of their kind in the world. The entire East Fir Unit is being built under Mr. Huffman's supervision.

LUMBER RECORD BROKEN BY 1925

Washington, D. C., Dec. 3l.-According to the totals of weekly softwood reports made to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association by approximately 350 of the larger mills, the lumber production of the United States was slightly larger in 1925 than for any year since 1916. These mills reported a production of. 12,428,809,277 feet, as compared with 11,828,948,847 feet in t924; and slightly more than for 1923, !{!h9rto_,!he peak year since the beginning of the World War. Applying the accepted ritio of production between the reporting and th- non-reporting mills, i1 is galsrrlated that the total production haE been between 37,000,000,q)0 and 38,000,000,000 feet. Graph- i_cally-stated, this would make over 1,000,000 ordiniry dwellirrg houses.

SAN DIEGO HOO HOO TO ISSUE PERIODICAL

"Hoo Hoo Tales" is to be the name of the periodical to be issued by the San Diego Hoo Hoo.

Decision was made at a recent meeting of the officers of the district, to issue a monthly bulletin, exclusively Hoo Hoo.

Seth Warren of the Dixie Lumber & Supply Company will act as business manager of the sheet.

For 14 Year

HIS company bar becn catering to thc rarh and door needr of the retail lumbcrrnan" in South. em Cdifornia, rince early 1912. Ar rccordr go, ttb ir not a rcmarkably lons pcriod, but we beliwe ttrat our record of rincere cfrort and our repu- tation for tlre rnaintenancc of plear. ent relationrhipr with our trade, it rnequalled. YOU could well afiord to nake ut prove our mcrit, with an initid ordcr.

Our manufac.turing facilitier irG GoD. plete, evety item of your order will bc medc and ercembled in our own plent.

But He's Running A Building Store

Now

By JACK DIONNE

I knew him for years when we gave him no cheers, I'd seen his uukempt lumber yard, 'Twas surrounded by mud and it looked like a "dud", And the landscape it horribly marred. He didn't use paint and he near threw a faint If you talked modern methods, I vow, But there's come a change that is stdrttingly strange, fle's running a Building Store now.

He wouldnit improve, he just stayed in his groove, He sure was a real old "Pip"; He only talked price, and no good adviceOn building he ever let slip.

The mention of service made him mighty nervous, It looked like he'd never learn howTo sell merchandise, but to our surprise, I{e's running a Building Store now.

f don't know what hit him, but something sure bit him, ft's been a complete resurrection, He's now "Mr. Pep", and he's making them step, The builders all over this section. He'S hustling and bustling and fustling and rustling, In fact he's a regular WOW, He- does merchandising and good advertising, IIe's running a Building Store now.

I{e's opened a plan room,.and started a grand boom, His office is one big displan Of things you'll be using, when you begin choosing, Your home in the homiest way.

So tip your hat to him, it really is due hirn, I{e rose from thd dead, you'll allow, The smile on his phiz says he's getting the bizFor he's running a Building Store now.

BAISAIU W00r

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What are we doing to help Retail Lumbeimen?

\fhen a neqr school is planned in your community-we help you get the flooring conrract.

\7hen a new factory, store or oftce is planned-MFMA can help you land the business.

\7'hen people build homes - ideas, furnished by Association headquarters, help.you to win them to Maple, Beech or Birch floors-and the order is yours.

This help is rendered, first of all, by nation-wide advenising in the magazines. But it is also concentrared in your local community by such folders, booklets and pamphlets as you see herewhich carry your name straight to busi ness prospects. Far more than a million ofthese business-bringers have been used by retail lumber y"rJs-"re you getting the share of.business they can bring? MAPLE

If you want to look at this set of sales-producers, wrimen to cover the many uses'and markets of Maple, Beech and Birch floors, write us for a full set of samples. f.'hcn- from the list-you can select the ones which will help you most, and get them free on requesr, with your name, address and telephone numberprinteC on them. Get them; -use rhem; to lelp you and your salesmen in person, and for enclosure with your mail. Drop us a line today and.see the actual sales mes'sages, pictured on this page.

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Concatenation at San Diego

C)r'er a hundred of the San Diego Hoo Hoo, together rvith a number of Los Angeles visitors, successfully initiated a class of five Kittens, at the Concatenation held at the Golden Lion Tavern, Sah Diego, on the night of January 8.

Vicegerent Snark Homer Miller, assisted by a very capable Nin1, put the poor unfortunates through their paces in fine shape, handling the work in a very impressive manner' impressive in more ways than ohe.

The team consisted of Snark Miller; Senior Hoo Hoo, Al Frost; Junior Hoo Hoo, H. C. McGahey;.Bojum, E. W. Reed; jabberwock, F, W. Hawman; Scrivenoter, R. A. Piersal[; Custocation, Ralph Smith; Arcanoper, Carl Cavotto; Gurdon, Phil Barker.

The initiation was preceded by a happy banquet, livened lly the appearance of Hawaiian musiciahs and dancers and by the introduction of the visitors' Parson Simpkins'-P. D. Tennant, H. L. Rosenberg, Rollins A. Brown, B. W. J3yrne, W. B. Wickersham, F. A. Dernier and Phil Hart, ali of Los Angeles, were introduced and the Parson and Ed Tennant responded, for the group, with short addresses. The Parson admonished the members of their great responsibility in the Order in the leading state of the Union, and urged a careful consideration of the vast benefits to be deiived from participation in the activities of the Great Black Cat.

Mr. Tennant told in a very entertaining way, some of the history of the order, through his administration.

The Junior work was well handled by "Mac" and his committee.

The Kittens were:

Jos. A. 'Woener, Superior Mill Co.; R. C. Behrens, Whiting Mead Co.; Jack L. Tillery, Independent Lumber Co,; Mark C. Smith, Gibson Lumber Co.; Howard M. Wilson, Spreckels Bros. Co.

There was one reinstatement, Alex Seegmiller, Superior Mill Co.

L. A. HOO HOO TO HEAR STATE FORESTER

President Wickersham, of the Los Angeles Hoo Hoo Club, has just announced to the members that he has succeeded in securing M. B. Pratt, State Forester, to speak at the February fourth meeting of the Club.

The meeting will be under the direction of the Southern California Forest Committee, h.eaded by Dave Woodhead.

Great plans are being made to make this ohe of the big meetings of the year.

ALBION CHANGES IN SOU. CAL.

Mr. Frank Clough, formerly manager for the Albion Lumber Company, at San Diego, has taken charge of the Los Angeles offices in the Pacific Electric Building, succeeding Mr. Ben J. Byrnes.

Mr. Clough will be in charge of both Los Angeles and San Diego, having Mr. R. T. Conyers in the San Diego territory.

NEW YARD AT PHOENIX

The Norman Light Lumber Company has opened an attractive retail yard at Phoenix.

This now makes twelve yards in the Hustling Arizona town, Foxworth McCallum, O'Mall.y, J. D. Halstead, Halloran-Bennett, Valley, H. H. Shoup, Phoenix Builders Supply, Hammon, H. W. Ryddr, Commerce Lumber &.Realty, Phoenix Lumber Co., and the Norman Light.

W"%says

Common"'

Small "?V.t (onmonCalifornia'White and soryairl Sugar Pine is the highest common grade tight andis one ofthe njcestgtades oflumbe.r lcnorc m3di. lt contarnsknots,.butthey afe.rslauvely smau rn proportron to the wrdth of thiboard. The m'a:rimum size permitted varies with the width, and i-s specified as: 'not to exceed 1}4 inches iir diameter in board widths of 4 and 6 ioch; 2 inches in diameter in board widthsof 8 and 10 inch;2lz inches in diametet in 12 inch boards; and not over 3 inches in diameter in boards wider than 12 inches. The average diameters of kuoa is much lower.'

"Knots must be sound, tight, and are usually round or oval in shape. Boards nust dress smoothlv even aiound the knots, and, generallyipeaking, few knots extend to the edge ofthe piece. An occasional dark or triscolored knot may be permined, but it must be firmly fixed in -position and musr not exceed half the Otllrcr 3ize of the red knots admired.

Thickness

surface chedrs, slight crook, slight cup, small pitch pockets, light pitch, pin worm holes well scattered, light stain, medium tom grain, and slight skip.

"No. 1 C,ommoo is available in one inch, inch-and-a-quafter, inch-and-ahalf and tn'o-indr thickness. Dressed sizes are staodard and extra standard, thus giving the purchaser a fuller measufe ol value-r.

"\[idths maybe specified or random. Lengths are fiom io to 16 feet,with larqe percentases of 16-foot. Five per ceit oT g and ! foot lengths may beincluded in a shipment-.

"No. 1 Common can be used for some purposes as a finishinq lumber for inieribr and exterior triml It finds especial application in windowand door fiames anil outside cornices. This grade is also q<cellent for shelves and is especiallv atuactive for city yards catering'to a ddparunent store and ofice building trade. It is also sold to pattern makers."

slight

" Other defects permimed in this gtade MeA-s when not in serious combinarion are

Haoe yoa our book of gradinr rula? If xlt,a)iie"Cal" ?ixe foi a copj. n's frei.

"I'll explain 'No. l

ltu?

The reason Hipolito S"r""r, Doors and Window Screens bring so many "repeat" orders is because:

They are made of selected California Sugar Pine, sun and air cured to withstand extreme exposure to heat, wet and cold.

The wire cloth is applied by machinery and is put on under even tension beneath the fush moulding. Being rolled into the groove, the wire does not pull out!

The high quality of Hipolito Screen Doors and Window Screens is not accompanied by a high price.

HIPOLTTO CO.

21st and Alameda Sts. - Los Angeles' Calif.

Phone WEstmore 6131

NEYV\I RATES FROM SOUTHERN CALIF.

The decisioh of the fnterstate Commerce Commission to reduce rates on east bound lumber between San Pedro and Arizona and New Mexico mining camps will undoubtedly clo much to restore the advantage that San Pedro formerly enjoyed in this territory. The commission declined to sustain the complaint of the Los Angeles Lumber Products Co. that rates from Washington and Oregon were unduly low and discriminated against San Pedro. While it will still be impossible for San Pedro to distribute in northern territory a half loaf is better than none. For years the northern mills located on rail lines have been eating in on the Arizona business and taking cargo away from water carriers. The relief afforded by the decision at Washington yesterday will undoubtedly restore some of the business lost to the all-rail haul.

-San Pedro Pilot.

HOW MUCH "ELBOW-ROOM'' DO FOREST TREES NEED?

To be able to estimate accurately whether a certain stand of timber is over-crowded or under-stocked, it is necessary to knorv horv much space should be allowed to the average individual tree in the ideal forest, taking into consideration the tree species and the richness of the soil, say foresters of the United States Department of Agriculture.

Studies by Duncan Dunning, associate silviculturist of the Forest Service, indicate that tolerant tree species-that is to say, trees that are tolerant of shade and will thrive in partial sunlight-need less space in the forest than intolerant species, to attain equal diameter growth. This fact must be taken into account when estimating the productiveness of forests in which several species grow.

Good soil also ecohomizes tree space, for oh a favorable site trees of a given species require noticeably less breadth of crown for the same girth than they do on unfavorable soil. Crown area, foresters say, determines the sap-pulling polver of the tree. Where nutritive elements are easily found in the soil, pulling power is not so important, and trees may thrive in closer rahks, with smaller crowns.

KENT WITH KELLOGG

Mr. Paul Kent, formerly with the Osgood pany, has become affiliated with the Kellogg pany of California. wholesalers, in the Central Angeles.

FORGIE OPENS S. F. OFFICE

Lumber ComLumber ComBuilding, Los

Mr. Robt. Forgie, California representative for the Bloedel-Donovan Lumber Mills, Bellingham, has opened San Frahcisco offices at No. 1 Drumm Street.

Mr. Allyn Grant, formerly with Bloedel-Donovan, at the mill, will be in charge.

GIBSON YARDS SOLD

Three yards of the Gibson Lumber Company, at La Jolla, Mission Beach, and Pacific Beach, have been bought by the Sullivan interests, in San Diego.

1926 SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF FORESTRY

To mark 1926 the semi-centennial of the first step in forestry of the United States Government, the American Tree Association announces the publication of the "Forestry Primer." The Primer recites the facts of the forestry situation and is designed for school and club use, and also :s for distributions to Women's Clubs, Civic and Commercial Organizations. The Association from its headquarters in Washington will send, for a three cent stamp to pay postage, the booklet to organizations and committees having forestry educational programs under way.

Manufacturere of the famouc Hipolito Stock Size Screcn Doorr and Window Screena

New Profits From a Neut Product

The same properties that have made White Pine the standard of quality,-plus new beauties of grain pattern developed by rotary cutting. For remodelling or new work. For homes, stores, hotels, theatres. Beautiful enough for the finest, at a cost surprisingly low.

Interior of a modest bungalow remodelled and panelled with PAUL BUNYAN'S CALIFORNIA WHITE PINE VENEER PANELS. Cost no more than Iath and plaster. Same panels and 6nish now going into one of Los Angeles' finest buildings, selected above most expensive woods on beauty alone.

Log Deck of Our Veneer Factory, Wertwood

Has Murder in America Become Simply a Misdemeanor?

A great jtuilt aaid to the publirher of tbir journal not long cince: ttWhy do you not publieh in every ircue of your pap€f,, why do you not dircurs in crery public 'all- you make, the horrible level to which the United Statee har fallen with regard to thc taking of human life, and the lenient treatncot of murdererr?"

It IS e subject that is in fact more important than any other tte American people facer-probably more eerioua than thia nation has ever faced. We will try and keep the rubject to the fore often in there columnr bereafter. Why preach Building a Better America if it is to be overrun with murder?

In London lart year ttere rvcre 8 murderr.

In all of England and Waler there were 5O.

Tcxar fairly ewarmed with takerr of human life.

The City of Loc Angelee had 17O murderc.

Other citiee and etatee in about the reme proportion"

A statistically inclined Chicago Jurict ertimater that there are walking the rtreetr of America today, free rnen, and weiting for their next victim, not le* ther l3srfirc murdererr, of whom at least lfi)rmO rhould have beerl hung, and would have been, had they committed tiheir crimes elrewhere than in thir counfry.

On the ltrects, in the trainr, the r$eet can, the theafrcs, the men and women end fildren of 'hir

FRAME BUILDINGS HAVE FEWER FIRES

In forty-five cities of the United States having populations in excess of 20,000 some seventy-five per cent of the buildings are of frame construction, yet there were fewer fires last year in such structures than in those of the other types, according to Robert Beck, President of the Longacre Engineering & Construction Company, which has just completed a country-wide survey of existing conditions.

Commenting upon the report, Mr. B'eck says: "'Washington, Boston, Fall River, Oklahoma City, Berkeley (California), Topeka, Wilkes-Barre, Salt Lake City, and Milwaukee are among' the cities surveyed where th.ere were 851,984 frame buildings out of a total of 1,128,002 of. all kinds.

"It was found that although this large number compris- ing seventy-five per cent of the aggregate were structures of frame construction, only in I.4/o did fires occur, whereas in 6.1/A of the buildings of brick, cement and other less combustible materials blazes originated and caused varying damage. Of the combined structures, 2.6/o were visited by fire.

"While in most cities the number of frame buildings far exceeds the census of the other types, the opposite condi tion prevails in Washington, Salt Lake, and York, Pa. In the first named city, there are 115,932 buildings of brick,

land rub elbowr dailv with men and rvomen whoce handr are red with the blood and whore roulr are black with ttre crime of murder.

Leigh H. Irvine, in hir Eemendour boolr, "The Follier of the Cortrtrr" in which he sumr up tAe murder rituation in thir countr5r and fundarnentel cauer, declrrer that ttere has never before been ruch a eituation ar this in att the hirtory of tte wodd, and ttat the manhood of America ir unaroured, while the murderer has us by the throet.

Berliq in broken-down and Communirt-ridden GermanS had 32 murderr last year. New Yor\ in our prized and civilized America, had 333.

A rituation unpardleled in the hirtory of mankind €sbts in this country; rcotre3 of men and worn€n are brutally mudered eveqr day and the mur. derer ir given bail ro that he may intirnidate witnerEer, prepare hir care, etc., and then goee free.

In Englsnd a murderer getr no bail and ir geocrally tried and hangcd in three weekr. If he chirnr insanity the court appointc a court pbyrician to pes on hir ranity, and trhat examination ir brief end finet

In Erytard they are cogagcd in defendins rcciety againd the nurdercr.

In the United Statec the murdered p€rlon ir gone, and the chid effort terema to be to rafeguard thc precioue killer.

Are we really civilized?

stone, etc., for example, and only 30,985 of frame, while in the Utah capitol the figures ar'e respectively 33,050 and 13,350.

"This analysis is, as far as we know, the first of its kind and contains several surprises. ft seems to indicate for one thing, that, in spite of popular opinion to the contrary, housewives and others occupying dwellings, (which are naturally in the majority among the frame buildings) are more careful in handling fire hazards than are the workers and tenants of factories and other business properties.

"On the other hand, a contributing factor in swelling the non-frame figures may be the 'set' fires involving business enterprises suffering from unsatisfactory trade conditions. One point that stands out clearly is the tremendous dependence upon wood for structural purposes, past and present, despite the trend toward reinforced concrete, brick, stone and other more lasting materials."

DUDFIELD BACK \^/ITH BANNING

John R. Dudfield, for years manager of the lumber department of the Banning Company at San Pedro, then for some time with Sudden & Christenson, at Los Angeles, has just announced his resignation from the latter position to resume his former position with Banning.

The famous Laminex water test again -this month and next

,. . . atbuildins shoq,trs..,lum,bgt conventiorns . scores of h,mbu yards . building ma.terial dealqso......

People everywhere reading, seeing, talking Laminex -the door that stands the famous soaking test! Millions of people becoming more and more aware of the difference between Laminex and 'iust doors." Lumber and building material merchants! This is the opportune time, right now, to identify yorr business with this widely known, nationally advertised product. While people are getting the story in the magazines and witnessing these repetitions of this famous test, it is your cue to b€ prepared. See that you are well stocked with all the popular Laminex patterns in both flat and vertical grainand let your customers know it.

If you wish to stage a Laminex soaking test yoqrself, as so many lumber merchants are doing next month' get in touch with our neares! sales office or jobber, or write us direct.

Hqe ate surneof the c(maentioru wh.qe tests will take Place:

Arkansas Association of Retail Lumber Dealers, at Litde Rock.

Florida Lumber andMill Work Association, at Orlando. Lumbermens Association of Texas, at San Antonio. Tennessee Retail Lumber Dealers Association, at Nashville.

Reta il Lumber Dealers Association of I ndiana, at I ndianapolis.

No ordinary door can stand these tests because, as science shows, the cells in wood, tracheids, while unchangeable in length, will shrink and swell in width due to moisture, heat or cold. Hence, we have warping. The Laminex process overcomes this characteristic of wood. In all Laminex doors the stiles and rails are

of soaking .[gminex shows no tendenry to shrink.swall or ut*ry

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ddb|Md.r6|rdd|tlln lF;m&il rnd,.|qr@. l. tr d!tuLd.d Fril, JrdFd;b. bEtr hlt btmr ,ircl I l!'b rnd hndnl nilithrrddsnK. snd s*r.. && $akJtunr.d [Gnu..!srhd.d -ttrdrbd.h'rbi.rilrFrroldldd f,rDrr d b.6r $t.rd.d Ndldt.

I,A1!gENEX DGORS

Rebroduction of full paee ad to run in The Saturday Euening Pdst, Feb. 13,-1926.- Vatchtor it! Also House Beautilul, House G Garden and Bettei Homes {d Gardens. Similar adtertisements in color in February builders' magazines.

built on a core of interlocking blocks with the grain crossed in adjoining sections. All parts, including the plywood panels, are welded with a tested waterproof cement and held under tremendous pressure fot 24 hours.

Progressive door jobbers carry Laminex doors. Write for name of nearest distributor; and send for our "Helpyou-sell" plan and other literature;also samples of Laminex wood to distribute for tests. Sales offices: New York, Chicago, Memphis, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Spokane. Foreign: Woco Door Co., London; E. J. Van de Ven, Paris;Paul Solari & Co., Genoa. E,^BP€EHHX ##+RE WILL NOT SHRINK, SWBLL OR WARP

ALL WALL BOARD

It might be a strain for the credulous to believe that the The buildings are a part of a tremendous .set,, construc- entire structure shown.in-the-accompanying_.picture is ted by the F& Fii- bo-p"ny, i" Ctirfith park. built of Schumacher ^Wall-Board, but slch'is?hd ."..,-u.- Mr.'schmidt states that tire ririiial"g. rrave been standing cording t-o Mr Earl Schmidt, genial Sales Manager of the for some time, ancl .t ot, no evidence of deterioration from Schumacher wall Board coip6ration, Los Angeies. the elements.

This is the "Original" Gas Carrier

The first Mi11er,,,8trd still in service. It was designed on correct principles which have stood the test of time and experience.

Put it side bv side with our latest machine and vou will find not i'"huttg€s", butconsistent, steady groti'th of the same sound construction ideas that developed our first and original gas lumber carrier.

HARSCH SL MILLER, Manufacturers

East Side Mill er Lumber Co., Distributors

PORTLAND, OREGON

MY FAVORITE STORIES

By lack Dionne

No Short Stops for This Nigger

General Goethals used to tell a story of a little Louisiana nigger who was a roustabout with the army that constructed the Panama Canal, and who, during the course of time proved to be the champion swimmer of the entire aggregation-

This little darkey got wonderfully chesty over his swimming honors, and left no chance unforgotten to get himself into the limelight.

But one day when the swimming talk was going on, a tall, rangy nigger from Alabama who,had recently joined the forces,listened to the vainglorioui tatt of the swimming champion for a while, then pushed up face to face, and looked the little one over carefully.

"Little niggah" he said, "is yo' shonuff de swimmin' champion ob dis outfit?"

"Boy, yo' is talkin' to de champeen, an' no mistake", replied the little one.

"Little Niggah" said the new comer, "Ah aims to take yo'to a cleanin' de fust time Ah gits yo' in de wateh, and Ah backs Mah swimmin' wid Mah coin. When does we swim?"

"Big Boy, who is you?" asked the champ.

"Ahse de Alabama whale" replied the big one.

"Big Boy, yo'ain't nothin'a-tall. Ahse de Louisiana sub-

HANSoN rELLs h*#3" Hoo ABoUT

The January 7th meeting of the Los Angeles Hoo Hoo Club was well attended and the boys greatly enjoyed an address by Harry V. Hanson, of the California Panel & Veheer Company,_on the origination and general history of veneers and panels. Harry gave some highly interesiing

H. B. Grncrrton

REYNIER LUMBER CO.

i|/,f,,-i|f2E-430 Sutr Marina Buildias

ll2 Merkct Strcct

SAN FRANCTSCO

WHOLESALE

Fir end Rcdwood Lunbcr

Trcetcd end Untrcatcd Polcr rnd Pilcr

Crlifornir,Suger end Whitc Pinc Lunbcr

Split Rcdvgod Ticr, Portr, Grapc Stakcr, ctc.

Srwn Rcdwood ShrLcr end Shiaglcr

PORTL/$|D, OnEcON, OFFTCE Northrcrtqa BuL Btdg.

Orr roprurcntrtlvcr ln Southcrn Cdllorah rn Wlllllnr rad Coopcr, tl3 Wort Shth Stf,lct, Iar Angclcr

marine. Comes next Sunday mawnin' we swims dishere race. Bring all yo' coin wid ycf ".

"Doan worry 'bout me, Little Niggah, Ah'll be dere". And they parted.

Sunday morning when racing time came, the little champion showed up in swimming costume, but he likewise wore additional apparel. Round his neck were straps and ropes, holding up a big water canteen, a side of bacon, a huge loaf of bread, and a bunch of canned goods. The General stared at him with wide eyes.

l'Boy, what's the idea of all the provisions?"

"Ginral," said the little one, t'doan yo' ax no, questions. Ah jes nachally got to bluff dis big Alabama whale. Dat Niggah can swim. Ah knows. Ah doan wan to race hirnAh aims to bluff him. \llfatch me".

When the big swimmer saw his adversary, he stared in amazement.

"Little Niggah, where you gwine wid all dem groceries?"

"Goin'on a swimmin' race wid you", said the little one. "Big boy, whah's yo' groceries? Go git yo'some groceries Yo'ain't goin' racin' wid me without yo' provisions. I don't aim to have yo' pesterin' me, askin' fo' food on dis- race. Mah fust stop is flonolulu, and Mah next stop is Ja-pan. Nifgah, go get yo' some provisioirs."

facts about the ancient use of plywood and of the gradual increase in use down to the present day.

Bobbie Byrne and Herm Rosenberg reported on the Christmas Party, and the latter was made chairman of the Big Brother Fund, in charge of the surplus in funds from this affair. The Snark told of the coming Concatenation, scheduled for February 15th. The Nine is working hard on the arrangements for this affair.

Age not guaranteed-Some I have told for 2o years-Some less.

E. dr Rcyalcr

Make 1926 a Better-Profit.Yeor at yorr Yard.

Make t926 a Befrer.Constnt'ctian' Year at yorrr yard.

'\U7hen retail lumber dealers in many sections of the country say;

"There is nothing more you can do to better your Fir lumber;"

-and

Better construction means greater Profi1 for the Yard, the contractor and the owner.

"the kind of lumber I like to handle and the kind a customer wantsl"

-and

"I am glad you are kiln drying your common Fir lumber;"

-and

Owners who rrav the cost ot si"il luntbq 'will never regret iL

"The grades ate excellent; the dressing is as nealrlv perfect as it is possible to get it, and beit- of all thc Z-inch Common Dimension is reallY dty"-

Certainlv that is valuable proof of the unifonn quaiity of Long-Bell Douglas Fir.

Lone-8e11 trade-marked Douglas Fir is worthy "of o place in the best lumber yards-in the best construction. Buy it-and sell it on its merits!

Better construction -better homes -better satisfied owners!

THE LONG.BELL LI'MBER COMPANY

R. A. Long Bldg. Lambcncn Slnct l87S Kansas Citv' Mo.

Douglas Fit Lumber and Timbcrg; Southem Pinc Lumbcr eod n-bc-; Crcoroted Lumber' Tlmbctr. Poctc. Polcr' Tlcr, Gurd-Rail Ports. Plling; SouthemHardwood Imber and Timbcru: Oak Floorlng; Californle White Pinelumbcr; Sarh,Doon; BoxShookr

23d AI{I{T]AI IITSTITTITE

TheTime -. Februar/ lEr 19 and 20, 1926 The Place-. Multnomah Hotel Portland, Oredon

WHO ARE INVITED

THE SPEAKERS

Mr. H. A. T€mplcton, Prcsidcnt. Wcstcrn Rcrait Ltrmb.rm.ns Associariofl

Mr. Jas.S. Taylor, Mer rill & Company. Sak Lak. Cny, Urah,

Mr. Earl Jay Gladc, University of Utah, Salt Lak€ City, Utah.

Mr. Robt. Andcrson, Andcrson & SonsCo., Logan,Utah,

Mr. B. J. Boorman, Boorman Lumbcr Co., OaklanC. Calif.

Mr. R. M. craham, Monarch Lumbcr Co., crcat Falts, Mont.,

M. Ceo. M. Cornwall, Editor of Thc Timbcrman, pc(tand, Oregon.

Mr. F. Dcan Prcscott, Valtcy Lumb.r Co., Fresno, Calitornia.

Mr. C. W Gamblc. Boisc Pay.ttc Lumbcr Cot. Boisc. Idaho.

Mr. CeorSe Pcrer Thomnson. Unir€d Lumbcr yards, Modcsto, Calif.,

Mr. Geo. M. Wood, Wood Lumbcr Co.. Santa Cr!r. Catif.-

Mr, Dalid Woodhcad, Woodhead Lumber Co., Los Angctcs, Calif.,

Mr. Jchn Dowcr. John Dowc. Luhber Co., Tacoma, Wash., (and scveral olh€rs.)

Thcn thc_rc.will !. tso half day s.ssions discussins pcrtinent subjc.is $nh manuracrurcrs.

I h€ n.m.s or thc spc.kcr! wrtt be announccd in the Februarv lsr issue

Subjects Which

-TnE FUTURE Or rHe ruMgen vanos..;

"SIDE T-INES.'

.COST ACCOUNTINC AND MODERN BOOKKEEPING."

"NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY T}tE MANUFACTURERS.'

"ODD AND SHORT LENGTHS."

"MILL STOCX AND QUICK DELIVERY.'

c. D. JOHNSON LUMBER CO. SHrpS CARGO TO FLORIDA

The steamship Robert Johnson left Portland, January

GENERAL SALES OFFICE

Red Cedar Shingles

Muufacturcd By

ATTENDANCE PRIZES

.-,, -A tolt ,*]19"d of h'mbcr prcdwG wirr be donatcd as a capiral att.ndancc prizc by rhc lumb.r tolks rn and around porrlrnd. The freighr on_this car will bc pr.paid to rhc tuiky number. Othcr merchandisc prizes lor ihe mcmbcrs and prizcs for th. tadics *iti b; giu"n at cach scssion. In ordcr bdrN.apiizconenusrbc.mcmbcringoodsranding of thc Westcm R.tail Lumb.rm€n.s Association and be ablc to c.rtify lhat he h;s bccn in aricndancc at thc sissions of thc tn"tituic irom t€n to tlvelve. nnd tu,o to lour.

SOCIAT FEATURES

.^ :If"j" _yl,] bc rh€ usuat good time with dinncr dancc, Ho,o Hoo concat€nition, thcatrc partics lor the Ladrcs. €1c. Thc Pcill.nd floo tloo Club witl act in th. capachy of host on severat occasions and cvcryonc will havc a splcndid and cnjovabte time. Evcryon. intcrestcd is urged to bc in atrcndacce.

SPECIAT FARES

As rh. artcndancc will bc auitc rargc. speciar rarcs wi[ bc secured from the rairroads on th€ cerliFcate Dl:n (one and onertarf farc for thc round trip) providing 100 arc in atr€ndancc who hotd iegnltrrly issucd cc(i6.ates.

Think ilrcrc is no quesrion but what wc witt hav€ many more ccrtificrtcs rhan rhc rcquired miDimu'n. Scc the lailicutars o{ how thc spccial ratc opcratis in thc Fcbruary issuco{ rhc mag'azinc.

Will Be Discussed

.'TIIE DELIVERINC Of CERTIFIED MATERIALS BY THE RETAILER."

.WLIY A HOME SIIOULD BE AUILT OF WOOD.' .CREATING WINTER BUSINESS."SUMMER BUSINESS." .LAWN .BARNYARDFURNITURE'FURNIf'URE.'' (rnd a numbcr oI othc' p.'rincnr srbjGcrs.)

2 {or Florida with 2,4OO,000 feet of Fir and Spruce. bulk of this lumber was loaded at Yaquina Biy, and the biggest cargo that ever left that pbrt.

The 'was

Schrfer Broc. Shlnglc Co.

Natlonal Lunbcr & Mfg. Co.

Jo CrecL Shlngle Co.

Ripley Ce&r Co.

Ulrlu Shlngla Co.

Montcnno, Warb. Hoqulm, \f,rarh. Alohr, Warh. Abor&cn, Wuh. Abcrdcon, Wub.

We are in position to furnish your requirements in all kinds of Shingles, either Grcen or Kila Dried, for atl rail or water shipment, and in order to better serve you have opened a general sales office in the Finch Building, Aberdeen, Washington.

We manufacture:

6/2 Fxlla *\*tg

5/2 Extra *A*'s Extra Clears

XXXXX Perfect Clears

Eurekas

Perfections

COOS BAY TUMBER CO.

of Californie.

Manufacturers of Douglas Fir and Port Orford Cedar Sawmills, Marshfield, Oregon

Dictributing Plant Bay Point

Royals

Premium Clears and all corresponding second grades

GENERAL SALESOFFICES:

tvtR6RttN sntN6tI G0RP0RAT|0N

Suite 241, Finch Building

Aberdeen, \ilerh.

Annual Production 200,000,000 Feet

GENERAL oFFICES :'H""i'*$,311*

los Angeles Office, 8116 ccatrrl Bldg.

The Need of Forest Conservation

The Following is Prominently Displayed on the Menus of the Pennsylvania R. R. System

Did it ever occur to you that we owe much of the privilege and comfort of travel to the forests ? Under everv mile of railroad lie about 3500 cross ties. The railroads of the United States use annually 125,000,00O ties. In the time spent at your meal in thii car about 10.000 new ties are placed under the steel rails in our country.

The menu before you is a forest product; 22,M,0ffi board feet of lumber are used annuily in the 'United States for matches and toothpicks, and you ride in greater comfort because a band of coinpressed wood fibre is-placed about the car wheels just within the rim.

The products of the forest play an important role in the running of every train in mole than a hundred different urays.

We use wood every day of our lives. From the cradle to the coffin it helps us live and makes our lives comfort_ able, yet our wood supply is becoming so low that the situ_ arron ls sertous. 'r'o tnsure an adequate wood supply our forests must be protected and cared'for.

The€reatest enemy of the forest is fire. fn ah average year 33,500 forest fires occur in the United Siaies"- ih;t b.urn abolr_t 2,000,m0 acres and do a damage ln property alone of $16,500000. The first step in forest restoration is lo_:!9p_{g."s! _fires. _Mt_ you h6tp? Spread the slosan PREVENT FOREST FIR-ES_IT' PAi-S. -- -

For your own part, do not throw lighted matches, cigar_

For 18 ycan

..CHICKASAW BRAND'' OAK FLOORING

har beco a etanderd of Grade-Quditv-Manufacture

Manufactured By

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ettes and cigars from the car window. It may start a fire that will despoil beautiful scenery, kill wild iife, suppress springs that supply pure rvater, and deprive our citizens of the wood they need. We must have forests to prosper a-s a people, and to have forests we must give thelreei a chance to grow.

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The Law of Liens for Material Dealers

. INTRODUCTORY

The lawyer who says he knows all about thc licn law reminds me of the fellow. who said he never got excited. One night his hotd burned. -The guests ran screaming through the hall. Our hero calmly got up, drcssed, put on a clean collar and tie, his hat and cane, lookcd at his tie in the mirror, didn't likc it, so he reticd it. Then he sauntered downstairs and out in front. Approaching a group of his friends he said, "What's the idea of all the cxcitemcnt? Look at mc. f didn't get excited." His friends lookcd and one said, "Uh, huh, you didn't get ercitcd, eh. Well thcn why thc h....1 didn't you put your pants on?"

I have not discussed the cases fully, merely citing them to cover the principle laid down in each point. By rcferring to tte cascs nancd, you may, of course, get a much ful- lcr idca. Thc discussion is designed likc thc flappcrts dress-short enough to be intcrcsting, but long enough to cover the sub.icct at lcast partidly.

HISTORY

Thc licn law of California is statutory and not an outgrowth of thc Common Law. It thcrefore can only bc interprctcd from thc Conatitution and Statutes. I'hc first Statute appcars on the books in 1851 and thcrcafter cvery scssion of thc lcgislature has altercd it.

In lE79 thc prcsent Constitution then adoptcd, has this provision in Section 15, Artidc XX. "Matcrialmcn shall have a lieri upon prolrrty to which thcy have furnishcd g.atcrid. And thc lcgislaturc shall provide for spcedy enforccrnent of such licnj." Thc Licn law thcrcfore comcs from thc hichcst autbority giving matcrial dealcrs, tabolert, attisane and craftrmen epccial and equal pre- fcrcncc ovcr othcr ctasscs of credltors-for matcrials furnishcd to a particular job.

In 1919 thc final swccping changc in the licn law was made. Oring to thc number of changcs in the law, it takeg carcful cxarnination to scc what a materialman can licn for and how long he has to do it in.

DEFINITION OF A LIEN

A lien ie a charge imposcd upon a spccific piece of rcal cstatc by which it is rnade securtty for thc performancc of an act; the licn acts likc a mortgagc and ie a chargc upon thc land.

The theory of the llen law is that the naterialman has a right to follow his material iato the building of which it has become a part. The owner of the land on which the building is constructed exccpt undcr certain conditions, is estopped from denying benefit and must pay the matcrialman for materials supplied for it.

WHEN MAY A LIEN BE FILED BY A MATERIALMAN TO BE VALID

l. A lien must be ricorded in the County in shich the work was done within 60 days by the original contractor aftcr notice of completion has becn filed by the owncr; and within.3O days by all matcrialmen. 1187 C. of C. P.

2. If no notice of cornpletion is filed, all parties have 90 days after complction to file; or, in general, 90 days after the last delivcry of a matcrial itcm; if work ceases 30 days the materialman has 90 days thercafter to file his licn. 1rE7 C. of C. P.

THE LA\,\/ OF LIENS FOR MATERIAL DEALERS

This very comPlete' comprehensive and accurate report of the California Lien Law, as now effective, is from the pen of Mr. L. D. Gilbert, of the Eureka Mill and L u m b e r Company, Oakland. Mr. Gilbert prepared the treatise for a meeting of the East BaY Lumbermen's Club, the officers of which later put the article in pamphlet form for general distribution to their members. It is offered as being entirely accurate and fully authoritative in its text, for use by any material dealer in the state. Additional copies of this issue will be mailed. on request.

3. Agrecmcnts to extend the lien pcriod are invalid. Partial paymcnts do not cxtcnd thc lien period. 1187 C. of C. P.

WHAT IS COMPLETION

1. Formal notice of complction filcd with thc County Rccorder-3O days thcrcaftcr to file.

2. Acceptance of thc job in writing by the owncr. 90 days to file.

3. Cessation of work 30 days- 90 days thcreafter to filc licn.

4, Occupancy or usc of ,t!c^ !944b-g-pf the owncr'or liis agcnt, ACCOMPANIED bv ccasation of work. Thir is constructivc c5moletion and the matcrialtnan has 90 days i" iii," ttis lien aftcr thc tvo above conditions iii.t. utttcs" he continucs to supply material aftcr that datc in which case he hae 90 davs aftcr thc last matcrial item is delivered' r18? C. of P. C.

WHAT MUST A LIEN CONTAIN

1. Date of filing.

2. Name of owncr or reputed-owncr to whose oremises material was deliverecl' or' if -u"in6*tt, John Doe will do; name of corrtractor by whose order materral was oe' livered. iror legal purposes' the -contractor' architect. lessee, builder, etc', is the owners agent. Ll92 C. of P. C.

1. Accuratc description of property-sou-ght to be charged. A technical flaw in the desiiii''i"it- -ili not destrov a lien if it is sufficiint for identification unless an innoccnt ;F;eittty is therebv injured. 1192 C' of C' P.

4. Statement (not itemized) of dcmand of amount due, after deducting all just-credits. showinc dates of first and last delivery' Aria that there has not bcen more than 90 davs since the job was finished or sincc last mitcrial item wls delivered. ll92 C. of C. P.

5. General statcmcnt of Lind of matcrial furnished, such as lumber, sash and doors, ctc. 1192 C. of C. P.

6. Statcmcnt that material was actually used in thc construction, alteration, addi' tion to or rcpair (as the casc may bc) of

that certain building on above dcscribed land. rr92 C. of C. P.

7. Above must be verified before a notary by the materialman or his agent and recorded iri the county where the land is. 1192 C. of c. P.

WHAT IS A NOTICE OF COMPLETION

It is a notice calling attention to all materialmen interested that a certain job is finished and it shortens their time to file a licn to 30 daYs.

A notice of completion must contain thc following:

l. Date of comPlction.

2. Date of filing this notice.

3. Contractor's namc.

4. Owner's namc.

5. Nature of job.

6. Nature of owner's interest in the rcal estatc.

This notice can bc filed BY THE OWNER ONLY. It must be filed within l0 days of complction and rnust so state' rlaT C. of C. P. If filed before completion whilc work ia going on it is of no effect. Failurc to do work on thc job for 3O consecutivc days is called "constrictivc complction."

\[|HEN IS A LIEN INVALID

1. Where thc owncr filcs notice of non' resoonsibilitv within l0 days after hc has knowtedsc that thc job was going- og 9r finighed.- In othcr words, the owncr is liable only if he knows thc work is going on (it's uD to you as Plaintiff to prove he knew.) Ii within l0 days of such knowledgc, he posts notice of non-rcsponsibility on the lot ind files a verified copy with thc county recorder of that county, no lien will hold' rcgardlcss of what stage of work was at. rlEg C. of C. P.

2. A lien will not hold against a ship. Iron Works vs. Owens, 168 Cal. 81.

3. A scller to a materialman or thc lattcr's cmployees has no licn. Hinckley vs. Field 9l Cal. 136.

1. A licn must bc against actual structures attachcd to tfie Rcal Estatc and will not hold against swings, Bcat8, gardcn furnihrre. Lotham vs. Wood 55 Cal. 199.

5. Public works of any kind cannot be liened. Milcs vs. Ryan 172 Cal. 205.

6. A unit of real cstatc from which matc' rial is rernoved and on which said matcrial was not actually used in the "construction, altcration, addition or repair" of structurcs on the ground is not subject to lien for thc part removed. 1187 C. of C. P. Also Mclain vs. Ilutton l3l Cal. 132, and California Portland Cement Co. vs. Wentworth 16 Cal., App. 692.

7. Temporary structure even if necessary to the job is not lienable, A temporary bridge was not lienable; nor was scaffolding; nor a cook house and bunk house. Stinson vs. Traction Co. 141 Cal. 30.

8. Material delivered to the job and unused will not give a lien. Ensele vs. Jolly lEE Cal. 297. Cement Co. vs. Wentworth 16 Cal. App. 692. Cartage and handling charge on all such material is a lien, however, if material was delivcred by contractor's order. Stinson vs. Traction Co. l4l Cd. 30. Aftcr filing a lien you may at your option remove such material as is not built into the

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CLAIM OF LITN

John Smith, Contractor John Doe, Owner

NOTICE IS HEREBY GMN that (Lumber Company), a corporation organized and existing undcr the laws of the Statc of California, hereby claims a lien upon the land and premises hereinafter described for materials fur. nished and delivered by claimant upon the said premises, and used in the (construction, alteration, addition or repair as the case may be) of a frame building upon that certain lot, piece or parcel of lanil sought to be charged with this claim of lien, situatc in thc City of.........., County of.... ......, State of California, tnore particularly described as follows, to-wit:

Accurate

Description:

THAT John Smith and John Doe arc the owners or reputed owners of said land, togcthcr with thc buildings and improvements thereon.

THAT claimant, within two years last past, at thc special instance and request of said John Smith and John Doe, as the owners and reputed owncrs of said land and premises, furnished and delivered upon the said prcmises for use, and which werc actudly used in thc construction of a building thereon, building materials consisting of lumber and lumber products of the reasonable value of.....

Dollars, which amount, the reasonable valuc of said building materials, said John Smith and John Doe promised and agrecd to pay.

THAT clainant has been paid nothing by said John Smith and John Doe, on account of said materials sold and delivcred aforcsaid, leaving a balance due and owing to clairnant and unpaid in the amount of . ($. ) Dollars which is the arnount of claimant's claim and demand, after deducting all just credits and offsets.

THAT, under the terms of the agreement of sale of said lumber and lumber products, and the conditions of the delivery thercof, claimant's bill therefore is and was at all times payable on demand, and remains unpaid after demand which has bcen made therefor, and the same is now due and owing and no extension of credit has been given thereon.

THAT said buildings and improvements upon said lot were actually completed on or about the day of work. 1925, and the period of ninety (90) days has not elapsed sincc the actual completion of said

THAT no notice of the completion of said building has been filed in the office of the Recorder in the County of State of California.

WHEREFORE, said (Lumber Company), a corporation, claims a lien upon said land and premises and ttre builaings and improvements thereon, in the amount of

Dollars under the provisions of the laws of this State relating to liens of mechanics and others upon real property.

Irumber Company

NOTE: Corect Form of Materialman's Lien. This Form has been repeatedly used in the Superior Courts of Stanislaus, Mcrced, San Joaquin, Tuolumne and Calaveras County and hricc has been before a U. S. Court of Appcals and oncc before the U. S. Supreme Court without a qucstion being raised as to its form.

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L. D. Gilbert

job. In recidng your credit for this material you must verify as to items and price and show that credit is equal to charged price. You do not endanger your lien by removing such unusued material. It is well to get a third disinterested party to verify the items at the time you remove it from the

time qf delivery a mortgage is fileil, the lien cill"go ahdad of the mortgage for the entire claim, BUT if there is no contract and material is being purchased on open account only as needed, the lien will hold only for thal portion of the account prior to--the recording of the mortgage. Avery vs. Clark 87 CaL2L9.

15. A false or fraudulent lien defeats itself and cannot be amended. An erroneous one does not UNLESS a third innocent party suffers. f184 C. of C. P.

WHEN IS A LIEN VALID

'1. Against an owner's equity filed in due form within the legal dme whire no notice of non-responsibility as shown above. Payment to contractor in full does not release the ov/ner.

2. A lien will hold against a homestead if the material is delivered before the homestead is recorded. This is where a lien has the advantage over an attachment. L24l C, of c. P.

3. Similarly a lien holds against a bankruptcy proceeding filed after material is delivered.

4, Where owner files notice of non-responsibility but materialmen proved the les-

of completion where same is filed more than 10 dayi after completion or if filcd bcforc thc job ii substantialfu completed. In 1lE7c C. of C. P.

10. All liens rank cqually. Therc 'is no orioritv. The fact that one is filed ahead of inother docs not givc the one who filed first anv prioritv. -Labor and materialmen share e<iuaily. 1184 b C. of C' P. flowever, materialhen, labor, etc', rank ahead- of I contractor's-lien and must be paid in firll before the original contractor takes anything. Ogram vs. Welchoff 40 Cal. App. 298.

11. Lien will be valid against a building for fixtures even if same are removed, screcn dbors. alterations of any kind, counters, sideboards, shelving, partitions, wainscoting, et-c', the removal of which would damage thc U"itai"e or cause necessity of further repair' Gross vs. Helburg 77 Cal. 190.

12. It is not necessary to notify the owncr or to make demand on him in any way bef-o-r^c iilft a tien. Kellog vs. Howes 81 Caf' 170' Bui-to't"fus" a statiment within 10 days.gf -tiit"" a"-"nd for sarne by owner--voide vour lien. Kellog vs. Howes 81 Cal' 170' '-i - A lien is valid if it exceeds the contract price. LL92 C. of C. P.14.-A lien can be filed any time. You

(The Secretary's name) being first duly sworn' deposes and says: THAT he is an officer, to.wit, the Secretary of the (Lumber Company) the corporation and claimant named in the foregoing claim of lien; that he has read the same and knows the contents thereof, and that the same is true; that it contains, among other things, a correct statement of the demand of said claimant, after deducting all just credits and offsets

Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of ......, 1926.

Notary Public in and for the County of State of California premises, Cement Co. vs. Wentworth 16 Cal. App. 692.

9. Where the contractor's work is so faulty as to entitle him to no compensatiorl thc iien is lost,-i. e., the building collapscd. Bianchi vs. Hughes 12+ Cal,24.

lo. Destruction (total) by fire oi othcr causes destroys a lien. Humboldt !qtb"" Co. vs. Crisp. 146 Cal. 686. Partial destrrrction does nbt. Brenan vs' Swasey 16 Cal. 140. Pacific Sash & Door Co. vs. Wells.

11. A settlement or waiver of lien in writing ends right to lien. Claiming error-or other reason for waiving will not rcvive the lien. Roystone vs. Darling 16 A. R. L. 981. Taking a security from the owner destroys a right to lien.

Martin vi. Becker 169 Cal. 301.

12. No licn will lie for money furnished a contractor even if it be proven he used this money to pay for material and labor actually used on the job. Sweet vs. Fresno Hotel Co. 174. Cal. 789.

13. An administrator, or guardian who acts WITHOUT A COURT ORDER does not render the real estate subject to lien. tr92 C. of C. P.

14. A lien will lie against the owner's equity only. However, if on a contract, mateiial is delivered and during or after the

see had the right to REMOVE the'building within a certain time, the materialman could enforce his lien right and take the building as per' thc lessee's contract. Luck vs. Meikeljohn 2 Cal. App. 506. Similarlv -a building being moved cannot be liened until it is affixed again to a definite piece of real estate.

5. A trivial item will not hold up a completion (1187 C. of C. P.) nor will it extend a lien to change some small item of construction or to liave undone some trivial thing. Nor will a trivid purchase of a few cents. It should be $5.00 at least.

6, Owner cannot defeat a lien by pleading he did not want the work done or that it iamaged his property, if he had knowledge it was biing done ind did not file a notice of non-respon-ibility within 10 days of such knowledge.

7.. If-the contractor practices fraud on the owner or is negligent in his work or orders material of poorer quality than his contract calls for thC tien will hold providing the ooorer qualitv did not result in a total destruction of the work. Ilowe vs. Schmidt 151 Cal.436.

8. An unrecorded encumbrance does not affect a lien. Avery vs. Clark 87 Cal. 2L9-

9. A lien will hold against a formal notice

do not have to await completion. Kellog vs. Ilowes E7 Cal. 170.

15. An innocent purchaser of Real Estate takcs subject to subscquent liens; nor does a subsequent judgmcnt takc priority. McCreary w. Osborne 9 Cal. 119.

16. An original contractor only can assign his right to lierr. A materialman cannot. Aftcr filing a materialman can assign his lien and join suit with others. Martin vs. Beckcr, 169 Cal. 301.

17. A false receipt in full to the contractor to induce owncr to pay does not void thc matcrialman's lien right if the owner is not thereby induced to pay the contractor. Washburn vs. Kahler 97 Cal. 58.

18. Any agreement between the owner and contractor whereby the contractor agrees to indemnify the owner against lieas does not affect the rights of the materialmen to lien Whittier vs. Coburn'18 Cal. 175.

19. A tien and an attachment can be filed simutaneously. Brennan vs. Swasey 16 Cal. 140. Securing a judgment on the attachmcnt does not merge the lien. German Building & Loan Assn. vs. Wagner 61 Cal. 349.

20. A materialman loses his lien if he takes a note or other security from the rowncr' (Continued on Page 4l)

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(Continued from Page 38) but not if he takcs a security from thc con- tractor. Martin vs. Beckcr 169 Cal. 301.

21. A materiaLnan who dclivcred lO houses in a row and could not segregatc hie clairns against each house and tot lid not lose his lien but took rank after the lien clairnants who could. Southern California L"'nber Co. vs. Pcters 3 Cal. 240. lf8E C. of C. P.

22. An owner cannot plead as against a materialman's lien that the contractor has not fully performed his contract unless the work be so defective as to lose the property entirely. Maximos vs. Wilson 18 Cal. App. 595.

23, A contractual agreement between owner and contractor that no money is due until a ccrtain stage in the work does not work

unru stagc rn aloes affect the materialman's right to lien. 16 A. R. L. 981.

24. A lien is valid only for the unpaid balancc. Pacific Portland Cement Co.- vs. Hopkins 17+ CaI. 251. But a lien for morc than is due is subjcct to correction without prejudice unlcss proven fraudulcnt.

PROCEDURE TO FORECLOSE A LIEN

l. A suit to foreclose a lien must bc filed within- 9{) days of filing the lien. By making a partial payment and by mutual agreement the guit can be extendcd 3O days at a tirae not to cxcecd in all one ycar. Failure to prosecutc thc suit after filing for 2 ycars automatically cancels the lien. l1E4 A. C. of C. P.

2. An owner can pay a licn judgmcnt and dcduct samc from amount due the contractor but if thc owncr pays a lien prior to judgment on Bame hc does so at his pcril. 1193 C. of c. P.

3. A licn clairnant is allowcd costs of verifying licn and rccording but not attorney's fees. ff96 C. of C. P.

4. Title to propcrty is gaincd I year after lien judgmcnt is recorded. Prior clains must be paid. 1f93 C. of C. P. They can only be agsumed by conecnt of thc prior claim hotder. STTTLING A LIEN

l. Markct valuc of material is basis of sct-

dcuent of a lien. Orncr cannot sct valueg Hanilton vs. Christensen 148 Cal. 272.

2. Aftcr filing a lien against an owner the latter can put up a satisfactory bond and rclcase thc propcrty. Roystone vs. Darling t72 Cal.20S.

3. Material dclivered to a contractor is not subjcct to his other creditors' claims or judgnents of any kind. 1196 C. of C. P.

4. A contractor is liable for a deficit. 1184 b C. of C. P.

5. Where therc is not sufficient to cover licns they share pro rata. 1184 b C. of C. P. Thc contractor is liable for the deficit with the owner. 1184 C. of C. P.

6. The court will decide what is thc right or reasonable amount of ground to include in a lien. It must be contiguous unless it is claimed that the material is dclivered to scvcral lots, in which casc it is not ncccssary to lien against each lot providing the lien reiitcs how much is due against cach lot. ttE5 C. of C. P. Note 10 A. L. R. 1026.

IN CONCLUSION

90 per cent of licns are paid without 8uit. The process of getting judgrnent on a licn where the owner fights is very tedious to say the least. Renembcr, you must prove that, first, thc material was actually dclivercd on the job. (Suppose the contractor hauled it himsclf and cannot or will not swear it all qent to that job, and can identify it on thc job.)

2nd, That it was all actudly used in thc conotruction, altcration, addition or repair to that particular job.

- {t ig wilt appear at once that this is a vcry difficult t}ing to do, the best thing to do ii to carefully filc your lien on time, file suit just insidc thc 90 days and thcn postpone prosecuting it for thc full 2 ycars if boss:iblc. You can protcct youreelf in a nurnber of traya, somc of which are:l. Be surc that thc property is rearonably clear-not more than one mortgagc.

2. Get signed receipts for each unit dclivercd on thc job by rorae respongiblc party on thc job. The owncr, of course, ioulal bc the bcst recipient, and aftcr him thc contractor and ncxt thc forcman.

3. Kccp cach individual accoult by itsclf on your lcdger. Do not run a gencral account. For examplc. If John Smith har 10 jobr, havc 10 accounts for John Smitb Btating to exactly which address or lot each account bclongs and sec that dl salcs tags arc accuratcly charged to cach lot. Herc is where carelcssncss is nost colnmon.

-4: Check up on all jobs which go 3O daye without a delivery charge. Go through your ledger the lSth of each month. make a list out and give it to your outside man. Lct your outside man also scc that the contractor is not moving his matcrial from one job to an_other; that he is using it on the job to which it is delivered. Lef him also ociasionally observe the progreea of thc work. (Thc statute making it a felony for a contractor to- use the money paid him !y an owner for other-purposes so that he cannot pay his naterial bilts was declared unconstiluEonal unless a certain form of reccipt ig uecd but hardly a'nyone is careful enough to usc the c-orrect form.) If work stops for an unduc tirne on the job, or the owncr movcs in hc ehould advisc you at oncc. Or if thc contractor abandons thc iob bcfore corapletion or the owner files notice, you should be adviscd at oncc.

The owncr buildc generally but oncc in bir life time. Hc gencrally dois not Lnow thc lien law, evcn law5rers arc at odds on it. Thc o.wner is cntitled to considcration. Evcry time hc is made to pay undcr the lien law anothcr -cncmy is addcd to the growing fist of cncmica of the lien law. We iio not -want to lose it It is dl the protcction we have against crootcd contractors and owncrs. 'Wc necd this law. Thcre has bcen agitation to rcpeal it as unjust to those who are not awarc of it.

I suggest that wc have printed copies of Article 15 Scction XX of- the Statd Con- stitution and kccp some on hand. Thcn whenever wc feel that an owner should know thc law or he asks us "if it's all right to Day his contractor," either hand him i copt' oi rnail him onc. Then it's up to him. HC&n't say "I didn't know-why didnt you tcll mc." Gcnerally it ia those who can lcast afford to tose who are made to suffer by the licn law.

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By A. G. ARNOLL

Secretary and General Manager Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce

Los Angeles, in 1925, according to figures compiled by the Marine Exchange of the Chamber of Commerce, will import approximately 1,200,000,000 feet of lumber, thus maintaining the distinction it has enjoyed for several years, of being the leading lumber importing port in the world.

Most people recognize the importance of Los Angeles as an oil exporting port, but only a comparative few realize that its imports of lumber, both from the Pacific Northwest and from foreign countries, have made it a world leader in this respect.

This enormous movement of lumber over our whdrves exerts a tremendous influence on industry'in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, which last year turned out in excess of $I,2A2,677,W rvorth of manufactured products in its 5500 factories.-

The motion picture studios are accredited with being the biggest consumers of lumber, due to the great number of massive sets which they are forced to erect in the course of a year.

The planing mills in the Los Angeles area turned out last .year d" total of $64,327,685 worth of finished prbducts-an increase of close to $6,500,00O over the previous year-ancl distributed more than $LL,747,W in payrolls.

The total value of sashes, doors, fixtures and cabinets manufactured here last year amounted to $22,997,712 while factories turning out those commodities distributed more than $7,2D,80O in payrolls.

A total of $17,610,106 worth of furniture parts were manufactured here in 1925.

M. A. GRAINGER & COMPANY, LTD. Mctropoltru BldA. - Vlncouvrr, B.C. ADVICE ANI' SERVICES

To Purchucrr of TIMBERLI\ND. SAW MT T q LOGGING OR PUIJ PROFOSITIONS

In British Columbia or The West Officers and Dircctors:

M. A. Gralngcr. Prse. - Atrd Fl,rvclla, VlcaPrcr.

Furniture Stock in Sets CUT TO SIZE R"ady to Agemblc

Flat Surfacer Hardwood Trim Sa,nded

BRADTEY TUMER C().

F. R. Pendeton, Dlrcctor - L. Irfor, Forc.t E||dnct DIMMICK

PACIFIC COAST LUMBER CAR rad CARGO ncDrG.Grtrtlvc Port orlotat TyLltG O.du We.tGrr Tylltc Oodu Oo. Doughr x.lt-gDl'lcG-EcrroGt

Do You KnowThis Man?

Hq ip,tbE depositary of the materials,that e?ter i4to the construction of the buildings that make his town.

He is the authority as to the nature of those materials; their uses, strengths, and other qualities.

His business is to distribute those materials for a remuneration, but his profession is to see, as far as possible, that those materials are used rightly so as to give the best results.

His duty is to think of his town not as it is, but as it should be; to paint a picture in his mind of that ideal town.

His privilege is to take an active, if not a leading part, in making that mind picture a rcdlization.

Ife sees a home in every pile of boards; sees protection in every bundle of shingles; sees comfort in every sack of cement and bundle of lath; sees beauty in every piece,of trim, in every can of paint.

He accepted a grave responsibility when he entered this line of work, for, as he acts well or ill, as he is energetic or slothful, as he is enthusiastic or dormant, as he is loyal or traitorous to his town, so will that town be affected for good or evil.

This is the man you see, Mr. Lumber Merchant, when you shave every morning.

BELLFLOWER YARDS CONSOLIDATE

The Janeway Lumber Company and the Hammond Lumber Company, at Bellflower, have been, consolidated, to be lrperated under the Hammond ownership.

BELLTNG""%XJkLIX+"" TNCREASE

,';$e,4ttle, ,I-an.: :Q;-It is announced that the properties pf the Puget _Sgun{ Saw Mills & Shingle Co. have beett purchased by John E'arl Hussey of Detrbit. The company-has been reorganized and Joseph G. Earles rvill continue as general manager and director. : ,.It is also ,q(4led that $?59,000 will be spent in enlarging the capacity'cif 'the plant''.to 500,000 {eet daily.

FRANK R. TITCOMB PROMOTED

Frank R. Titcomb, who has been manager of the Snoqtialuiie Falls Lumber Co., Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, ha.s been appointed assistant general ,rnanager of. the W.y- erhaetiser Tim.ber Qompany, with headquarters at Tacorna. Clarles H- Ingr:1ry_ has sLr,cceeded Mr..,Titcomb as manager of Snoqualmie Falls..Lumber Co.

Fruit Growers Supply Company

Manufacturerr of California White and Suglr Pinc Lumber

Millr at Surenville and Hilt, CaL

ISO,OOO,fl)O Fect Annusl Gpacity

B. W. ADAMS, Mgr. Salce Dept.

Firgt National Bank Bldg. - San Franeiro

SUDDEN & CHRISTENSON

LUMBER AND SHIPPING

AGENTS

Aberdcon Lnnber & Shlngte Oo., Aberdeen, Wash.

,l.ncrlcar illll Oo, Aberdeen, Wash.

IloqElan Lumbcr & ghlnalc Oo. Ifoqulam. 'Wa8h.

Prorper illll Oo- Prosper, Ore.

Rrlrmond Lrmbcr Co- Raymontl, Wash.

Columbh Eor & Lunber Ob, South Bend. 'Wash-

Ilulbcrt !(lU Co- Aberd€en. Wash.

LcwL lllu. & Tlnbcr Co., South Bend, Tfash.

J. A. Lcw|! Shhgle Oo., South Bend, Wash.

6lO Arctic Club Bldg. Seattle

STEAITERS

Brootlyn Raymord

Carnel Oaoba

Grty. Earlror Oharlea Ohrfutcnaon

Oathctlnc G. Sudalcn Edna ChrlrtenroD

l/hlta Ednn

6th Floor-Hind Blds. 23O Cdifornia St San Francirco

W. R. CHAMBERLI]I

GARCO and RAIL

Distributing Agenb for Clark-Nickerron Lumbcr Coo Everctt, Warh. pcnprey Lumber Co, Tacoma, Xfarh.

Defience Lumber Co, Tacoma, Warh.

Barnet Lumber Co, Vancouver, B. C. VYhitncy Co., Garibeldi, Ore.

Littlc Rivcr Rcdwood Co. Hunboldt Bay.

PORTLAND

.9O9 Porter Building

SAN FRANCISCO

12O0 Balfour Bldg.

9(X) A. G. Bartlett Bldg. Lor Angeles

& GO.

Operating Steamerr

W. R. Chamberlin, Jn Barbara C

Phyllie .Dan F. Hanlon

Stanwooc Bertie Hanlon

LOS ANGELES

266 Chamber of Com,merce Bldg.

Pertinent Facts About Lumber and Building During 1925

Lumber production for the first ten months of. 1925, mcasured by Association reports, has been 4.2 per cent above the first ten months of 1924, and only 1-5 of one per cent below 1923 production for the same period. This scems to indicate that 1925 production of lumber will run close to 38,000,000,000 feet, and possibly close to 39,000,000,000.

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Lumber has passed through the Panama Canal in recordbreaking volume. Every month of 1925 surpassed the record of any previous month. Water shipments from the Pacific Northwest through the Canal for the first nine months of 1925 were 25 per cent above those of the same period of 1924. Water shipments from the Pacific Northwest to California for the first hine months of 1925 were 8 per cent greater than during the same period of 1924. *rt,t*

Car service in lumber handling has been splendid throughout 1925, and,5 to 8 per cent quicker than during 1924. The only stagnation in railroad service during the past year was in the Florida district. THERE WAS NO CAR SHORTAGE IN THE COUNTRY ANYWHERE DURING 1925 EXCEPT IN FLORIDA.

BAGAC Flooring FOR

Schools--Stores-Buildin$-Aparbentr

The Crreatect Hardwood Flooring Value on the Mark*

The year 1924 was considered a PEAK YEAR in building construction. Yet the first ten months of. 1925 brought a building volume of nearly five billion dollars, surpassing that of the entire year 1924. Reports from more than 500 chambers of commerce indicate that 1926 will give 1925 a close run in building volume, and that the totals f.or 197-6 will run around five and one half billions.

According to Government figures, building costs nationally have been slightly lower during 1925 than they rvere last year. According to the figures of the Associated General Contractors of America, August, 1925, was the first month since April , 1923, to show construction costs belorv 200, that is, below twice the 1913 average. Costs in October were lower than in August.

Labor conditions in the sawmills of the entire country have been better than during any previous year. There have been no serious strikes, no great labor shortages, and no labor conditions of any kind extremely prejudicial to goodoperation. * * * *

A nation-wide study of the forest tax problem in rela-

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tion to reforestation is being launched by the Forest Service, IJnited States Department of Agriculture, with Prof. Fred R. Fairchild, of Yale University, as director of the investigation.

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Four hundred thousand homes were built in the United States in 1925, and of this number more than three hundred thousand were built of wood. The percentage of citizens who own their olvn homes is increasing. ****

During the first nine months of 1925 Southern Pine lumber showed an increase of 9 per cent over the same nine months of 1924, while Douglas Fir showed a decrease of 13 per cent for the same period of 1925 as compared r,vith the same months of the preceding year, inaking a total slight decrease in exports for the year.

WHAT DO \ME PLANT WHEN WE PLANT THE TREE?

What do we plant when we plant the tree? We plant the ship which will cross the sea; We pl4nt the mast to carry the sails; We plant the planks to withstand the galesThe keel, the keelson, the beam, the kneeWe plant the ship when we plant the tree.

What do we plant when we plant the tree? We plant the houses for you and me;

We plant the rafters, the shingles, the foors, We plant the studding, the lath, the doors; The beams, the siding, all parts that beWe plant the house when wb plant the tree.

What do we plant when we plant the tree?

A thousand things that we daily see.

We plant the spire that out-towers the crag; We plant the staff for our country's fag; We plant the shade, from the hot sun freeWe plant all these, when we plant the tree.

-Henry Abbey.

REDWOOD

Grecn Cllean and Conmon:

E. J. DODGE CO.

16 Calif. St. San Fnncirco

So. Crtif. Rcpracntrtivo

Two,hy lambcr Co. lar Angclc

Kiln and Air Dried Uppen

The Fable of The Window Box

A lumber merchant, with a bit of imagination and a little spare time, once made a window box out of some cull stuff, painted it nicely, and then gave it to a neighbor.

The box was nicely made and attractive and the neighbor put it in her window and planted some flowers in it.

A friend saw the box, with the pretty flowers, and learning where it had come from, went to the lumber merchant and offered to buy one.

The merchant, not being ashamed to make a dollar sale rvhen no hundred dollar sale was in prospect, made and delivered just as nice a box.

These two boxes were seen and favorably commented on by twice the number of people. The idea became popular. Window boxes became the fashion, and the carpenters were called into work to turn out more boxes from lumber sold by the lumber merchant.

Floral decorations became the vogue-almost a necessity to insure proper social standing.

Then the idea was suggested of selecting a Town Flower. The contest was inaugurated; the local papers took it up ; clubs fostered it; and a campaign was launched.

A spirited contest decided the Official Flower and then everybody started planting it-requiring, among other things, more window boxes-and incidentally more lumber.

Now, to plant the official flower meant clearing ground, and this revealed many unsuspected, hidden, ugly spots. These required cleaning and beautifying. Fences were needed to keep dogs and children off of the new flower beds. The new fence naturally suggested the new walkor the repairing of the old one. The new walk led up to the porch-which proved in many cases to be in need of repairs-or even entire replacement.

And by that time, attention was gradually led up to the main building itself-the home; and the question of whether to build a new house or, make extensive alterations to the old one became of more importance in more houses than any other matter.

Today that first little window box still looks down from its perch on the sill, but it sees a different view.

It still holds its pretty flowers-but somehow we think it wears rather a jaunty look-a look of satisfaction as of a labor well done.

For cannot it say to itself that, after all, it was the real cause of those beautiful homes and emer4ld, well-kept lawns; of those clean and handsome streets; of that general air of health and well-being and prosperity that so impresses the stranger within its gates ?

Brave little window box-a fresh coat of bright green paint would be but trifling thanks for the worthy deed you have accomplished.

m$AilGELESW[0LE$ALER$

Sudden & Chrirtcnron

glXl Bartlctt Bldg. . ...MAin $190

Tacoma Plaring Mill

9rS E. 62nd-St. ....AXridgc l3?|

Twohv Lurnber Co.

22i Kerclhofr Blds. Union Lumber Co.

Lanc Mortgagc Bldg. ...TRinitv Z2l2

Wendlinq-Nathan Co,

?06 Slaadard Oil Bldg. '.VAndihe 85i12

W. W. ll/ilkinron

l2l4 lnruraace Exchaagc Bldg. TUcker l'|lll

Williarnr & Cooper

Pacific-soutLweat Bank Bldg. ...TUckcr 50lt

\f,food, E. K, Lumbo'r Co.

4Zitl Sania Fe Ave. .Mldland 3lll

HARDWOODS

Brown, Rollinr A.

6lM6 Carlor Ave. ..GRanitc 3Ol2

Cadwalladcr Gibron Co, Inc.

3628 Miner Ave. .ANgelur 32t7

California Panel & Veneer Co.,

955 S. Alameda St.. .TRinity lXXiT

Coorrer. W. E- Lumbcr Co.

Goldinr Lbr. Co- Frcd

fltd Central istdg. . ' fUckcr 8l'l'l

Hamrnond Lbr. Co.

2010 So. Alamcda St. 'HUmbolt l59l

Hanifv Co- J. R.

522 Ceatral Btdg. ' MEtro. lX5il

Hart-Wood Lumbcr Co.

1123 Pac. Mutual Bldg. ...MEtto. X2l7

Harty, Geo. M., Lbr. & Mfg. Co.

?i3 S. Ber"r"do

2osi B. rsdh st. ...HUmbolt l!15

Grioper. Jeromc C. 'fSo S". Sprins St. .TRinity 0105

Hammond Lumber Co.

2010 So. Alameda St. .......HUmbolt l59l

Kcllogg Lunber Co. of Cel.

SSCentral Bldg.

National Hardwood Co.

634 Alieo Sr. ...

82'i29

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Nickev Broa. Inc. el2O So. Park Ave, ...THornwall ll97

Pecific Coaet Com'c'l Co. 4616 So. Main . ...AXridgc 3510

Scrim, W. G. 910 Ceutral Bldg. .

Stenton, E. Jo & Son

9126

3tth and Alameda Str. .. ....AXridgc fiZll

\lfcrtern Hardwood Lumbcr Co.

2Ol4 E. tsth St. .WErtmore 516l

Wilron, Wm. M., Lumber Co'

2oS7 E. lsth St.. .\lfErtmorc 31167

Woodhead Lumber Company 5720 So. Main St. .'AXridgc 57&

SASH AND DOORS

A,merican Door Co.

4if22 Moncta Avc. . ....HUmbolt 0tlt

California Door Co. 237 Central Ave. .. .TRinitY 7461

Lbr. Co., of Del.

Lane Mortgagc Bldg. .

5241 McCullourh Lbr. Co.

Ch-amber of Commcrce Bldg..

Neleon, A. O.

Ncttlcton Lbr. Co.

.Banls ltaly Blds.

Oregon Lbr. Agcncy

E. sznd-st. -..

Pacific Lumber Co.

?06 Standard Oil Btdg.

Red Rivcr Lumber Co.

.AXridsc l37l

..VAndiLe 8532

?02 E. Slaugon .....AXridge 9ll5

Redwood Manufacturen Co.

3lE E.3rd St. ... ...VAndikc lE?2

Santa Fe Lumbcr Co.

397 Pac. Elcetric Bldg.

SLinner & Eddy Corp.

.TUcker 5779

7ll Van Nuye Bldg.. ......TRinity 7591

Slade Lunber Co.

E2E Van Nuyr Bldg. ..MEtro. 0Ets

Hamrrond Lumber Co. 2010 So. Alameda St. .....HUnbolt l59l

7O2 E. Staucon .....AXridge 9U5

Pacific Door & Saeh Co. 3216 So. Main ..HUrnbolt 7671

Wcetern Sarh & Door Co. 160l E. 25th st. ..HUrnbolt 281i2

Whecler-Orgood Co. 16l? E. iotb st. ..HUnbolt 26e3

W. W. WilLinron 1214 Ineurance E:change Bldg. . ..TUcLcr ltl3l

SCREENS

Hipolito Company, 2let and Alameda Ste. . ...\l/Ertnorc 613l

Hubbard on Loyalty

Loyalty is that quality which makes a person true to the thing he undertakes.

Loyalty supplies power, poise, purpose, ballast and works for health and success.

Nature helps the loyal man.

If you are careless, slipshod, indifferent, nature assumes that you wish to be a nobody, and grants your prayer.

Loyalty, in one sense is love, for it is a form of attraction.

A vacillating mind is a sick mind, in a sick body. Vacillation is lack of loyalty-and it is a disease.

Loyalty is not a mere matter of brain capacity: success does not go to those who know the most-it gravitates to those who are true to the causes they undertake. 'This one thing f do".

Every man who succeeds in anything wins through his unflinching, unfailing, tireless loyalty.

Success hinges on loyalty. Be true to your art, your business, your employer, your firm. Dalliance is defeat.

"All is fair in love and way'' is a maxim that may be true as regards war, but never as to love.

Love is founded on faith, and he who violates faith vitiates his own nature and wrecks the venture.

Loyalty is for the one who is loyal. It is a quality woven through the very fabric of ones being and never a thing aDart.

Loyalty makes the thing to which you are loyal, yours. Disloyalty removes it from you--Elbert Hubbard.

TRY THIS SONG ON YOUR RADIO

The scene was in a restaurant, The lights were shining fair, A girl sat at a table And two men were sittir\ there. Said one man to the girl I Let's have a little drink or ltwo, And say, kid, take a little pooze, It never will hurt you". , But she was an honest wfrking girl, And quick came her reph, And this it was her ansfn'er, As a tear bedimmed hef eVe:

"No honest working Sf,t aorr't drink no booze, I'm sorry that I havp for to refuse, I may not get a chef, But I'm going to sti{k to beer, No honest working {irl aon't drink no booze".

THE TREASURE CHEST

James Anderson in The Rotarian

The coming year-unopened treasure chest With gold of happiness enough for all Who turn deaf ears to every selfish call And seek the ways to serve their fellows best.

The rapidly unfolding days and weeks, Are but the slowly yielding bolts that hold The lid which must be lifted, ere the gold Can be revealed to him who truly seeks.

Oh seeker! be not selfish in your quest. . He who thinks not of others, seeks but dross. His recompense will be but pain and loss And he will suffer in the final test.

Withdraw each bolt with deeds of kindness turned. With thoughts of others oil each rusty way, And you will be rewarded ev'ry day With a full share of treasure justly earned.

Oh, you, who turn away from selfish lures And spend your strength in service to mankind, WiU lift'the lid at last and you will find, The gold of happiness will all be yours.

LITTLE MEN AND BIG

It is interesting to watch and listen when strangers meet.

The small man will immediately begin to tell of his accomplishments or achievements. The big man will say little of his success.

The unimportant individual seems to' feel that he must "get over" a good first impression of his consequence. The man of weight can afford to wait.

Nothing is quite so sure a sign of a man's smallness as his high pretensions of oppressive greatness.

The big man does not have to brag-the little man must. Discount that man who immediately begins to tell what he has done.

Hurry not to tell how big you are.

EASY EN

It's easy to grin

When you're making a And wear a smile on But the guy that's worth Is the one that can smile, When the other guy's

-Silent Partner.

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"Be Yourself"

That new idiorn of the rlangiet, ir frrrt clar burineu edvice.

"Be Younelf!"

Be younelf all the time. Don't have what ir conmonly cElled a "professional face.tt

Dontt have one exprersion and manner for your friendr, another for yogr e-mploy-et, an' oth"t for your customen, and gtill another for thocc rceking eomething from You.

"Be Younelf!" All the time.

The cheapeet and choddiegt costume on earth ia a ttprof,esrional manrner.tt

Th" b"ttke/r e:<prersion to the man who comeE seeking a loan, and to him who eomes to open a big iccount, should be the tame'

i^""t o.tifot the man whose face hardens lihe tihat of a duelirt, when friendly conversa' tior, "."""", and business talk beginr' You ree a iot of th#.

All wrong is the man whose--face ir -q map of lriendly lxprersion while talking golf to a

Grays Harbor ShiPs Billion Feet

Aberdeen, Jan.2.-Gtays Harbor made a new record for offshore lumber shipments in 1925 by shipping 600,m0,000 feet. With coastwise cargoes included the port shipped well over a billion feet during the year'

A FLY DAME

"Will you step into my Ford ?"

Said a goofer to a chick.

"I'll promise not to harm You, Or do a stalling trick."

The flapper winked her eye, and said' "I've worn out too manY shoes

To believe in that old stuff."

friend, and which hardenr inrtantly ac a rub' otdinate enterc thc roon to a'rk a quetion

God'r mort graciour gift b a friendly,face. Friendly to everyone you neet. And HE giver one to each of ur. If we change the e:rprecrionn the fault ir our own

To have a friendly nafurt, and thcn to act natural chould be the endeavor of every bur. inecsman.

The trouble with too many businerc men b that they tahe their buciness too rerioudy. Th"y place their business above everything elee, and during buginess hours they put on their business faces. What they think they gai. by it, the lprd only knowa.

- "Be Yourrelf" would be a fine elogan to be printed large before the virion of every burineEE marl, ar he eits at hig desk.

It would help him to meet with kindlinesg every human who entered hic doon

And it would put a lot into hir life.

Short, Necked Bottles

li'"tTf€i'€"idn't'5iiy' business so good that it cannot be; made iibetter. Something can be done which will increase" both ibales and profits. Keen analysis will develop "that some- 'ithing."

f; A few years ago a manufacturer of hair tonic placed upon iihe market a new brand. The article was nationally adver;tised and sales were enormous through the sales force. IThe toqic was rvell backed by an aggressive campaign to iwin pu{i.tie fivoi r,vhich made iales st-ifi easier.

i,f Finally sales began to fall off. Repeat orders were diffiicult torobtainr, More national advertising and more publicity direct to the consumer failed to bring repeat business. iBarbers, when questioned, claimed the tonic was satisfaci.tory ahd those rvho used it rvere satisfied but still repeat i$usiness seemed impossible.

i One of the live ialesmen became desperate. It seemed iridiculous that the tonic could not be sold when it was giv- :rlhg satisfaction. He began to investigate and in ten days ihe leatned the trouble. Barbers prefer a long necked bottle ;,rvhich fits the hand and the tonic had been shipped in short inecked bottles that were awkward to handle.

;l As a consequence the shape of the bottle was changed, 'la new campaign was started and sales continually increased i'until they'; reached a highly satisfactory point. Intelligent 'i'investigation had solved the difficulty.

1.. Every business need5 analyzing. Every lumber dealer i.has one or more "short necked bottles." Systematic analy,.j'Sis will eliminrite them and place the busineis upon a highLr ',fplane. Business may be. good but it could be better. You 'ilost one or rngre jobs last year that you could have sold if lyoo had used better methods, given more service, been more ,: ;-diplomatic, or something that would have landed the orders. , ;. Every business has a leak in at least one place or needs iJmpioving.in another. THERE'S A REASON why you

clo not obtain more business and more profit. There's .a reason why so many prospective builders place orders with your competitors. It isn't always price that secures th-b business.

This is an excellent time to look around and be absoluteiv honest with yourself. Start a regular business house clear.t- ing. Haul out all the "dead timber" and replace it with substantial stock. "Fix up" the office, make it attractiv6, ptant a flowpr or two outside, clean the walls and mop up the dirt. .:

Then, after you have "renovatqd" the office, look to your methods. .Are you doing more than the average dealer or are you simply waiting for folks to ask you to figure bills ? If so, you are one in a thousand for the great majority have learnedthatwaitingdoesn,thelpthebankbalance.

Plan some kind of a campaign. Ary kind of a campaign is better than nothing. Make folks think of ybu-know you and realize that you have something worth while to offer. IJse road signs, newspaper advertising, special letters, special circulars-use something to tell the people that you can serve them better than anyone else. Then, give them a service that will make them remember vou forever.

Perhaps the things you have been ofiering aie like short necked bottles. Perhaps you have been advertising lumber, lath, shingles, lime and cement. DON'T DO IT ! Those things don't "fit" the average customer's mind. He doesn't think in such terms. He wants a home, a barn, or a silo. Talk to him about these things, show him the advantage df these buildings and the importance of correct design and architecture. Tell him how you can be of assistance. These things "strike home" and win his confidence.

Take a few days off and smash all your short neckid bottles. Fill your shelves with those that are designed 1o please and attract your prospects. THEN ADVERTISE.

The Responsible Contractor

Defined by the Advisory Board Associated General Contractors of America, Washington, D. C., Whether an individual, firm or corporation must possess as a minimum of requirement three essential qualifications, as follows:

Integrity

I{e must consistently and persistently comply with the spirit as well as the letter of his contracts. He must have business experience and handle every. transaction with fairness and honor.

skill

He must possess the necessary technical knowledge and practical experience, as applied to his particular form or group of undertakings, to enable him to carry them to completion in a workmanlike and economical manner.

Responsibility

He must possess cash or credit to meet all his commitments, also the equipment and organization for the satisfactory performance and completion of his undertakings. In special cases, problems may appear which will demand that consideration be given to other qualifications, but in general the above three requirements apply to all construc_ tion contracts, and without them no contractor can properly be regarded as wholly responsible.

Why You Should Own Your Own Home

(Some thoughts for the retail lumbernan to give his trade) why should you own your own home?

Because that's the only way you can have a HOME!

Your HOME is the place-the ONf,y place-wherb you h.ave a right and an opportunity to shut yourself away fiom the world 1l "ry timef for anytime, attd ,ro one can say to you, "Nay." -

Your HOME is where you can keep your family safe, and well, and happy.

Unless you control that abiding place-through owner- ship-you are subject to the whim bi tle real Jwner. and you have NOT a home, but simply a SHELTER which. you may enjoy only as long as someone else permits.

The HOME is the original and genuine SAFETY FIRST.

You take a natura_l_pri{e_ in your dwelling, when that dwelling is your HOME. your ihildren instiirctivefy tur" toward home, as against outside attractions.

Your merchant looks upon you with favor, because he knows that a HOME owner is permanent;. that t. *ifi strive to ke.ep. his bills paid and Lis credit good; that his example will induce others to do likewise, There'by insur_ ing greater communal permanence and sta6ility.

Should serious reasons demand a change of location, in your HOME you have a bankable resource to secure needed tqnds, which rent receipts, however numerous, can never afford.

In-your own home, you can live as you want to live. vou are. free. to do. as you will, and this very indepe"a.nl6 tJ material conditions gives you an independence of thought that m.akes yo-u. a better rnan, a better'fathe, "rJ-n"rUl-ra, and a better citizen.

THAT'S WHY YOU SHOULD OWN YOUR OWN HOME"

From Standing Timber to You tlwough oirl,e orgq,niza,tion

From over 300 square miles of timber land which we operate-through our mills qmploying more than 2000 men-across the ocean to our United States headquarters in Los Angelesthence.to your factory-every operation is under the direction and control of this organi2ation.

That's one of the important reasons why we can positively and with certainty guarantee the grade of our lumber and'the reliability of our source of supply. .:,

Builders, eon[ractors, millmen qnd r4antrrfac' turers should cqnqider this in makir.rg,,arrflnge-:, ments for their | 926 supply of hardwoods. :. , .',,;,

Bataan andt'Lamaotrus hardv98brls 'with beautiful Mahogany grain and texturei'ijie:ideal 'l for interior finilh, furniture manuficiurers and "'' hardwood users generally. The attractive prices insuie profits to the usbr. ,:,

Another Successful%ar fo, BnrsAM -VboL Dealers and acBigger One eAhead

A S ANOTHER year closes and salee are to-n taled up the success of BALSAM-WOOL as a fast selling specialty is again convincingly proved.

Total sales for the past twelve months far surpass those of any previous yeur. In fact 1925 sales were ahead of those of the entire previous year at the end of June.

But more interesting to lumber dealers than the BALSAM-WOOL shipments from Cloquet is the movement of this specialty oat of dealers' stochs.

Here are some facts brought to light by BALSAM-WOOL men reporting dealers' activities with the line.

1. Over 9O/o of thedealers handling BALSAM-VOOL make several tutnovers on it a year. M*y:rre getfug 4, 5 and 6 and some as high as 10.

2.Tlae bulk of BALSAM.V/OoL orders from dealers is repeat business-this despite the fact that many new dealers are added each day.

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3. For the big majority of dealers BALSAM-VOOL sales and turnover are quickening with each sucaeeditg building seaEon.

4. BALSAM-VOOL is for miny dealers their most profitable specialty.

5. Vherever building or remodeling is going orre a rriaket for BALSAM.VOOL exists and is easily cultivated.

With the help of sales and advertising plans now being arranged for the coming season, BALSAMWOOL promises to outdistance any of its past successes.

BALSAM-WOOL helps carry part of the general overhead. Read the letter on the right. It also results in additional profits-BALSAMWOOL does not compete with other items of yard stock.

Now is a mighty good time to get lined up for next year.'Write for complete details about BALSAM-WOOL and the sales co-operation offered. You will not be urged to overbuy or solicited to put in a cafload. 'Write direct to the 'Wood Conversion Company, Cloquet, Minnesota.

There is a builder in Portage Park, Illinois, who saye that BALSAM.WOOL ie one of his best salesmen of houeee. He hae about 6OO catiefied cuatomcrc. fle ucee BALSAM.WOOL heat ingulation exclusively. During the paet year he uecd over four carloads. Abovc is ehown a row of housee he has built and sold.

LUMBER TALKS

Shavings

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D.! to DaDcr r!' sioao the6o l€i bFh' wotd!-'.lYo brvo se6 6troDg iEsenlola rlthoot ir@i doclthdo! *tthont srrueDt, .ed tlolaot cclsuo etrhout digdtt or bodehdo!.', SuF, aho luDbtue! ol the'prhert g€lebuot s. etl!€t lotlt' lho Guo thlrSlt bu! rbet'D t!Ua' mDton to thioselrar. f'or trulhi bobs,rp

Ar' gri6 $id uth, \VLild lumber.@rs bultiply

AD' people all thc eartb..

lvlll ya bc hcedla' thlll llere'. Wlblter sryln' that rall_ |3 a w€b.futtod blrd wld rtcb cryl

aD' Dtscl! ias thilklu' ,t cohslt!6il a ttncc ot r rlllbad. Ao' ! "reucur," aatr b€. "16 s Dtn tht btrrls ao' user onrightly laltut8e"' Ir'5

@ltused I am e-!-t{-r'ei-t D'ye Dhd hw @ny hooo. tb€t'ro buildlo' ol luobar' My, Smfth h!! on!. a!' tarDer Jotras ra' brlrer, rS. Dtr'I llccuDrhcr llil?.'sonderfil why 0o Dtlt D.D botlt birla tro' booi! ol rd. I 6?tr.d bb ?at! lDlilllSocc rlxllll -lr uDdaf

I{ ^f,rr4 of lhos irho rail eF'lr,rrl, r\n'rry "\lioll! Nolf!" t., d4unt en. 'lhr.r' bnilrl nu'lruild thoir r[n]h('r homr! llerause, b'Forh. thcy *a,t 'crr.

"Qiltro ^n.! t Xn('(t r\ a lld,f;t.' lr'! thlr irt qil l.r':mER -A ll C..

Americans are well acquainfed with the geag antiquity and durability o!rnany of our historic buildings, among which we might mention as deserving espcial noticc. the "Home Sweet Home" ho:se built in 1700 and Mount Vernon, the beautiful home of Waphington. The hct that lrees from prehistoric lorestg have bcen unearthed and made into merchantable lumber is, added testimony to lhe lasting qualities of wood.

Wood the ldeal Home Buitding Material

Is a grft of "our trnplcd hills" psfected by lriature in ber Sreot out door labomto.iq. lt fu Eaile ol hlatte! assemblod old beautifical i! a manD?r that isNitue! offi, trDd lih6 marblc ard stoDe it Eocks lhg-bsu.msdc Entcrials thst 6eek to laLe ils lrhce. If you er!t, yoru home to last, sldt tour luDb€r $ith car6, pcDcl }our rooD8 sith wood lratcd so that.tho litural hc4oty of the graitr Day bo prmcned, aHl sh.n thc hord$ao,l flonr is fiDisbrd y@r'hotrse Eill posse$ 'atr air ol rlis. rirclise cl.g.Dce'that rrupt be.lttsined I,y oly (illrer br, tcrials ilsed ir tho m.kiDg of an c..rnonrical and benltuul LomE.

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The Sacramento Lumber Co.

..'': THE REVOLT

In 1851 sevcral Eoglish boys, lcd by Vrllam Monr, rlrew up a protest agarnsl "thetearing down of iimemello*cd struclurcr to malc room for the unsighlly bnck pilcs of hoarding house kr=pcrs." ln rhis seemrngly insignrlicant act may be found the beginning o[ a novenr?nt for Bcttcr HofvlES that has s,mplified housekceprng and rriscd l-lonre makrng lo the status of a finc arl.

Villiam Morrrs lecl thc roolt agarnst Viclorian uglrncss as typifrcl by archrtmtural monstrosrties iirhabited !y hair clothsolas. nar bouquels. doddering *hatnols,etc., and substrtuted for these horors his own exquisile rdcals of heauly, utrlily and good tastc. His influence is lclt today in nearly cvery modern HOME, and a carcful examrnation of our littlc catalog will cotrvrncc one that lhe smallest garage or t.mporary I-IOME may be a "Morris HOME' of uscful and good taste.

Call, phone or otita lot cololog

Sacramento Lumber Co

Frcd E. Coucr. llanttcl

Twclhl rorl llortl B Strccb Meir ?ll

t.er t:i.fotEl:tGt tisr.

Si4d &roicc

Some of the productive copy used in display advertisements by the Sacramento Lumber Company, written by Mrs. Adeline M. Conner, when she and Mr. Conner were still connected with that institution.

Federal Trade Commission to Sit in California

Members of the Federal Trade Commission from Washington, together with Attorneys for the Philippine Mahogany Association and of the Philippine Government will sit in a series of meetings in the wesg on the matter of the use of the name "Philippine Mahogany" on woods produced from the Islands.

Meetings have been called in January at Denver, Salt Lake, Spokane and Seattle, and the Commission will journey from there to San Francisco, early in February- and from there to Los Angeles and San Diego.

ALBRO HAPPY

Mr_. Hal Albro, genial assistant manager of the Sun Lumber-Company yard at Ventura, is happy over the arrival, on New Year's day of a fine baby boy.

BOYD SUFFERS FIRE LOSS

A fire originating in a feed and fuel establishment next door, caused a 75,0@ loss to the Boyd Mill & Lumber Company, on the night of January 8th.

WHY SHE WAS LEAVING

"Missus", said the fat, colored cook.to the lady of the house, "come Monday mawnin Ahs fi4in to quit dis job".

"'What's the trouble, Mandy" asked the 1ad5 ,.haven't we treated you well?"

"Yessum", replied Mandy, "treated rne O. K.', "Aren't your wages satisfactory?"

"Yessum. Ah gits what Ah axed fo'.

'Then why are you going to leave?"

"Ah'll tell yo'Missus", said Mandy confidentially, ..dey,s too much shiftin ob de dishes for de fewness ob de vittles in disshere house".

OREGON PINE WHITE PINE

HARDWOODS

Portlrnd, Oregon

FIR LAMINATED FINISHING L.UMB,ER

Avoid loss on account of warping, checking,- and splitting of your Fir finish lumber by placing your order with us for

GUARANTEED "MORSTURG'' LAMINATED FIR FINISH

Either in straight carloads or in mixed cars with Doors and Panels

CALIFORNIA SALES AGENTS FOR

The world needs more men who tove their fellow men and play square with them under all conditions.

Lumber Trade in L925

In Spite of Unprecedented Opportrrnities Business Has Not Prospered

By Wilson Compton, Secretary and Manager National Lum-ber Manufacturers Association

Lumber has come through another year of the kind that is becoming chronic. The mills have made more lumber than in any but a few years since the birth of the industry three centuries ago. Moreover, it has been the best lumber, on the whole, that they have ever made. The shipping docks have been cluttered with loads, and trains and ships have been over-burdened with lumber moving swiftly to destinations far and near. But from far and near come complaints of much labor and little reward.

The greatest building year recorded has drawn freely on the forests but has gone by with net losses for the manufacturers of billions of feet of lumber. The industry therefore has to chalk down another year sacrificed to erratic merchandising and periodic overcrowding of already saturated markets. Prices have varied but little from the beginning to the end of the year, having been about as low as they could be at the beginning and still coax production, and having so continued, practically at the buyers' dictation. Recently there has been a change for the better in a sudden eagerness of derirand and there is much hope, even in the Pacific Northwest, which has been the principal suf-

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OFFICES:

SAN FRANCIPCO

Croolcr BuiHiag

Phonc Suttcr 6l7D

LOS ANGELES

Lrac Mortgagc Bld3.

Phonc TRinity Z2t2

MILLS:

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Adcqu.t rtoregc rtocl et Sen Pcdm

ferer from discouraging prices, that better days are at hand.

Looking forward, lumbermen see little likelihood of a reduction"of the demand for their product, and some hope of better merchandising and better adaptation of supply to demand. The morJ liberal attitude of the courts toward the dissemination of industrial intelligence and the withdrawal of cases against the industry under the anti-trust laws have helped the outlook. Signs of intelligent adaptation of production to the requirements of lumber consumers are not'lacking. Weak spois in the industrY glve promise of being streigthened by proprietary consolidations and commoi selling agencies. Interest in energetic- and comprehensive trade fromotion is growing, and it- is p-ossible if not probable thal after anotheryear has passed the-lumber industry will be stubbornly defending itself and fighting aggressively for its customary markets with modern commercial tactics and weapons.

Many sawmill operators also are looking forward to continuous operations sustained by carefully planned reforestation piojects. Truly the'lumber industry is beginhing to settle down.

stAD[ tuillBm c0.

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NORTHWEST LUMBER PRODUCTS

WHOITSALE

Advances in Forestry

By Theodore M. Knappen, Research Director National Lumber Manufacturers Association

'If there was any doubt of it, the developments of the ,past year have demonstrated that the American lumber industry is going to be perpetuated through private forestry. Having indulged in about all the moving that is forestally and geographically possible the signs are certain that the rndustry now proposes to perpetuate itself by forest reproduction in place of forest-pursuit.

,The trend of state legislation toward scientific forest taxation, the improving quality and widening scope of pro- tection against forest fires, and a conviction that the economic position of the forest industries-however discourag- ing now-must infallibly be strong in the future, have contributed to hasten the advance of the new epoch.

The Growing List of Reforesters

It is now possible to enumerate about 50 important lumber and paper companies outside of New England that have embarked hesitatingly or boldly on reforestation or forestry management of their properties. In New England more than 9,000,m0 acres of timberland are now on a reproductive basis in Maine alone. New England leads because the promise of adequate reward seems more certain there; forest depletion has proceeded further, and the markets are adjacent. It is gratifying, however, to find that in the South, whilst extensive stands of virgin timber still remain; and in the Pacific region, where the total forest rvealth is scarcely scratched as yet, the major holders of timber reserves are already taking steps to insure perpetual supplies of timber.

The California redwood region reforestation program is going ahead more rapidly than was foreseen; the vasl Weyerhaeuser interests in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Minnesota, are committed to reforestation in a cautious degree; the Long-Bell Company, among the most recent southern "invaders" of the North Pacific, have inaugurated reforestation within two years of applying the axe to their spacious timber areas. In the South, the Kirby, Long-Bell, Crossett, Dierks, Goodyear, Kaul, and other groups have made new advances in forest management. In the lake states, recent taxation reforms and others in sight, insure interesting private reforestation developments in the near years.

Col. Greeley's Testimony

That the foregoing is not a partial view of the situation is indicated by fhe following excerpts fro,rit the arihiidT report of Col. W. B. Greeley; Forester of the United States: "There is no doubt that forestry as a public movement is being converted into forestry as a private practice. Through this region (New England) forestry is destined soon to be on an established basis. In the State of Maine, alone, over 9,000,000 acres of forest land are being handled under some form of forest management. In the southern pine region no less than 18 lumber companies; including several of the largest owners of land in the Squth, have definitely committed themselves to the manageqlent of their properties for continuing crops of timber. . :. The large lumbermen's trade association in the South has taken an advanced stand in promoting reforestation.

. Yet in the Pacific Northwest the largest private owner of virgin timber in the U. S. has recently employid a trained forester and organized a department to discover without delay what measures should be taken to perpetuate timber growing upon its lands. Industrial research :, . is being conducted on a large scale by associated timberland owners. In the redwood region of California operators control$pg two-thirds of the lumber cut are eittrcr. aetually reforesting their lands or investigating its feasibility."

Humbolt 065?

E. 6th St. LOS AI\IGELES

Ash us a.bout iraning boards, the perfect onc. LI/e are erclusiae distributors, in Southern California, for the "Rough" Patent Board. It is a . uinner dnd costs no ,nore,

A Beautifully Stated Selling Thought

"The older I grow, the firmer becomes my conviction that 'mine own shall come to me.' Friends and opportunities come to me, not because I have struggled hard to get them, but because I have gvien much thought to preparing myself to receive them. When I become better, better friends come. When I give most to the world, the world gives most to me." (From "The Vagabond.")

A beautiful SELLING THOUGHT, wonderfully put.

It was only in the last issue of the C. L. M' in a selling article that we made the statement that we never actually SELL the other fellow; what we call salesmanship, is simply making it easy and desirable for the other fellow to BUY FROM US.

The above quotation states the same truth about our personalities. 'We don't really. go out -and make a lot of iolks our friends (and every wise man i",t!g-*-q44 il-t-1y-i inE his level best to MAKE friends) by SELLING C/URSELVES to them. We simply hope to make ourselves so worth while that they come and claim us. And the quality of those who make tie claim, is like unto the quality of the ofiering.

. It's the old story that has been going the rounds about the potatoes in the bushel. When 1'ou shake the bushel, the little potatoes go to the bottom, and the Ug ones- to the top -eveiy time. - Same way with men. Every time Providence lhakes the bushql of .humanity,'the little ones slide down, and the big ones cbme to the tbp. And the difference between the little potatoes and the little men is that a potato is stationary, while a man can prepare himself to shake higher up in the-bushel of life by building himself BIGGER. '

"'When I give most to the world, the world gives most to me." Fine, indeed. It's the Gospel of Service, that's allAnd it WORKS; that's the beauty of it.

Business Fishing

The sight of a plasWas the r,r'ay it'bbgan, Like the bait

On the fisherman's hook.

Then a phone And a note

Just like twitching the float, Asked the prospect

To come for a look,

"Here is hardwood and pine,"

There's a jerk on the line.

"'We've' the handsomest Wood, you can get."

Complete ! Here's the price

Of your own "Paradise."

There's the fish landed Safe in the net.

MADE THEM HAPPY

Elere is one of the happy groups that attended the Los Angeles Hoo Hoo Christmal Party, for the four hundred orDhan children, last month.

Flovd A. Dernier of the Lumbermen's Service Association, W. B. Wickersham of Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Company and Mr. A. W. Koehl 9f Jo!-n W. Koehl & Son, with- Mis, Koehl, entertained their flock of children at Mr.'Koehl's home, for the entire afternoon, following the luncheon meeting held down town.

HARD LUCK

Girl in a car, Going like blazes, Tickled all over at the dust she raises. Let's go the wheel, To fumble in purse, To take out her powder Puff, Good Night Nurse !

Continuous Testinl

Sanpler are cut i&on cvery kiln tnr& of lunBert rreighed on afnely adjurtedgrao rale' baked boae dry in an electric oven, then re'wcighed. By thir erectiag procerr wc mate sure that every piece of lunber &r tio"d fo. "Everhstingtt Hardwood Ftooring containr tbe proper moisture contcnt. Tbere ir ao guesrwor!, at aay atage ofmaaufactute.

NICHOIS 8, COX LUMBER CO.

GRAb{D RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

'The Hne of Firc Woduo*iry*

The customer who $ets furious when he receives a request to pay would be a good man to let $o to your competitor "without competition."

The Ad&a-Room Bungalow is the very latest idea in home building and retail lumber merchandisitrg. By adding a room, as desired, the four room home becomes a" five room home. In other wordq, it takes care of both the piesent'and the future needs of the builder and home owner.

Signing Up Kittens His Specialty

The above photograph is an excellent likeness of Forrest Wilson of the Little River Redwood Co. of San Francisco. Forrest covers the Bay District and Coast Territory for his concern, and in addition to being a live wire salesman, he is one of the most active Hoo-Hoo workers in the state. When it comes to signing up Kittens, he must hold some kind of a record.

He was initiated into Hoo-Hoo three years ago and since that date he has signed up 135 Kittens. In 1924 when he was selling lumber in the Los Angeles territory, he signed up 85 Kittens for the monster Concatenation that was held 1t Venice. At the November 12 Concatenation of the Bay District Hoo-Hoo, Forrest was awarded a prize for bringi- ing in 14 Kittens.

When it comes to playing base-ball, he is a regular Ty Cobb and_play_! abo_ui any position. He is the ciptain of the Hoo-Hoo Club No.9 t-eam.

WE Offer

W I SCO NSIN HARDWOODS

Ash - Birch - Maple - Elm - Basswood

Either air dried or kiln dried.

C.an be shipped in etraight or mixed carE with "KORRECT-MAKE' Birch and Maple Flooring -the world's best.

f,lfEEt[iD'tctuRG LUilBER GOtPAllY

Phillipr, Wirconrin

Mooc, tvir Mil. et Phillipr, Wir.

Wcrtom Rgproonlrtivc

Jcromc C. Grippcr

?tf Soutl Sprht StlcoC

Lor Aa3olcr, C,rliforaie TRtnity OtG

OPERATING THE "GEO. L OI.SON,'' ON REGULAR RUN

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SOUND TO LOS ANGEIES.

IW.rsttallon uted by tlv Hclnatwvt Lrlrnbrr Conrtorlng, Wausq Wl*, ptc:hlrlng llu all-tm arrralcrnrt d,ltuda ln Anulcon Lltc.

AIso Southern Hardwoods, from our otw Southern Mills.

That Interestin$ "Other Fellow"

Every now and then you find a ompetitor whoge trade you just crntt teem to butt into at all

He icntt a ttbad competito/', hett a good one.

He doesntt Lmock you' or your burinere.

He dwayr has a kit"dly grin on his-phiz when he meetr yo,l at d he's always ready to swap yarns, business or social.

- Bui hets eo confoundedly good natured, so continually on the iob, so thoroughly saturated with interect in the building problems of his customers and prospects, so reliable, so Poprr' lar, so thoroughly liked and reapected a member of his profereion, that nothing you can do leemr to cut in his game. He ir a sort of a one

SANTA ANA BUILDER LAUDED BY NATIONAL MAGAZINE

The December 1925 issue of The Building Age and National Builder, published at New York ahd with national circulation, contained a very interesting and illuminatihg article, illustrated, on the activities of a prominent Santa Ana, California, builder, Mr. Harry D. Barr.

The editorial runs for three pages, showing a number of plahs of Mr. Barr's "Better Bilt" Homes, and tells of the wonderful success that he has made.

The article gained considerable satisfaction to Harry 'Westover, manager of the Frank Musselman Lumber Company, at Santa Ana, inasmuch as he has furnished Mr. Barr with all of his materials for all of his Santa Ana operations.

TUCSON YARD SOLD

The Rush Lumber Company, Tucson, has been sold to the newly formed J. A. Mulcahey Lumber Company, I!c.

Jack Mulcah-ey was forrqerly manager for the O'Malley Lumber Company, in the same city.

MERITHEW IN LOS ANGELES FOR NEW YEARS

Mr. Percy I. Merithew, Phoenix manufacturers agent, spent the holidays in Los Angeles, staying until after the New Year's celebrations.

Mr. Merithew represents the Schumacher Wall Board Corporation, E. K. Wood Lumber Company and the Weaver Roof Company, in Arizona.

man hmber tnut, right imi& hirnrelf.

Alt of his acquaintancer are frienda

He has rerved them p weL and treated them ro frankly and finelyn that they can't meet hin& and bo[ him in the eye, and buy an5nrhere ebe.

You knorv what the answer to that problem ic, dontt you, Mr. Lumber Mercliant?

Why, itte rimple enouglu

BE THAT FELLOW YOURSELF.

And if you DO, you will be one retail lum' ber guy that won't have any kick about nail order ompetition.

Nobodn herc or aomewhere else, can take business from THAT sort of man.

CHARLES KEMPTER VISITS SOU. CALIF.

Mr. Charles W. Kempter, manager of the Adams Lumber Company, San Francisco, was a Los Angeles visitor just prior to the first of the month.

Fred Golding showed him the sights.

R C. WITBECI( WHOITSALE

Southcra-HARDWOOD S-N orthan Brrrcc Oak Flooring Mrplo Floorirg

1200 Firrt Nrtionel BanL Bldr. Tclcphonc Suttcr 2031

GEORGE G" CORNITruS HARDWOOD LUMBER Lncicrn BelL Buildil3, Su Frrlcirco Tclophoro Grrf,rld l2O CLic|rrrrv Brerd Orl Floorin3 Elliotr Bry Fir Prn lt Only clclurivc rbolcrdc Hrrdrood colc.tn ol Prci6c Cort

"The Perfect Stenographer"

Contibutd from the Los Angeles O1lica of Chas. R. McCormicfr & Co.

Behold, she is all thingl to dl men, in the office.

She is the shield that standeth between them and the world, and the mouthpiece that frameth their alibieo.

She is the repository of tiheir recret troubler and the oracle which guideth them in their love affairr.

She is the comforten in their moments of rorrow and the runshine which briqhteneth the office.

She findeth the loet letters, where the borr hatrh laid ttem, and taketh the blame therefor without murmuring.

She harkeneth to the manager's pet story, each morning, and laugheth with unfailing heartinela.

She is "convulsed" at the boes'r joker and deaf to all hir swearings.

She ignoreth the office boy'r impertinence and bindeth up his wormded fingers with her own handkerchief.

She beareth with the chief clerk'r groucher and answereth not back at hir anappings.

She harkeneth unto tte domertic troubler of one and all, and giveth wisdom and advice.

She shudderetfi not at trheir pipe smoke and is not rprath when they doff their coats upon hot days.

She taketh their dictation and beareth tte burden of their mistatrres without complainitrg.

She keepeth her ganhentr neat and alluring and glorifieth the office with the polish of her nafu and the brightness of her hair.

He that findeth a good wife findeth a good thing.

But, he that findeth a perfect stenographer findeth a miracle.

PHs LUM8E9 YARO

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NATIONAL LUMBER STATISTICS FOR T925

The lumber production of the United States will run close to 39 billion feet in 1925, counting all mills large and small, of which the U. S. Census Bureau will report nearly 37 billionlfeet, or but slightly less than for the peak year, i923. These estimates by the National Lumber- Manufacturers Association are based upon its association reports from the larger sawmills of the country which show fbr the first ten months of the year 4.2 per cent greater production than in 1924 and only about one fifth of one per cent less than in 1923. Production in 1925 will, therefore, probably exceed that of any year since 1916, except 1923.

Lumber stocks as reported by 587 mills were approxi- mately 16 per cent heavier on November 1 than those reported by 574 mills as of January l, 1925.

Lumber exports in 1925 will probably equal those of 1924, which were somewhat over 1,900,000 M feet., For the first ten months of. 1925 these exports were one fifth of one per cent below similar figures of last year. Southern pine lumber exports were 6 per cent more in quantity the first ten months of. 1925 than during the first ten of 1924 and Douglas Fir'lumber exports wire about 9 per cent less. Redwood lumber exports increased nearly 40 per cent; exports of hearly all other species declined.

Car loadings of lumber will be about 2 per cent above what they were last year and may equal or almost equal the peak loadings of. 1923. About 48 per cent of all forest products loadings come under the lumber and timber class; other loadings being of posts, poles, etc., pulpwood and ties.

Water shipments of lumber from the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon and British Columbia), especially to the Atlantic Coast, show a hotable increase over those of previous years. As these water shipments in 1924 were 37 per cent greater than in 1923, so in 1925 they will be ap-

MEYER & HODGE

proximately 25 per cent larger than in 1924, or somewhat more than one and a half billion feet. This is seven times what it was in l92l and hearly two and a half times similar shipments in 1922. Total waterborne shipments of lumber from the Pacific Northwest in 1925 will be close to 4,7W,000,000 feet, or 5 per cent more than in 19241'1924 showing an increase of 4.5 per cent over 1923. The l92S figures are based upon comparisons for the first nine months of the years compared.

AMERICAN LUMBER STANDARDS INCLUDED IN TIMBER HIGHWAY BRIDGE SPECIFICATIONS

Inclusion of the American Lumber Standards in specifications for timber highway bridges is considered one of the most outstanding features of the new bridge specifications of the American Association of State Highway Officials, according to the recent annual report of its Sub-Committee on Bridges and Structures on this subject.

GRITZMACHER & GUNTON

Wholetalerr

ll2 Marka St San Francirco

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Douglar Fir - Sprucc - Rcdwood

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"The Man Nobody Knows"

Bv Jack Dionne

Thig ie a free and unrolicited advertirement for a new book I have jurt read.

A lumber friend sent me a coPYr for which I am deeply grateful to him. And torhow my gratitudir l want to pam on tihe good news to otherr.

The name of thc book ir, "The Man Nobody Know". It ir written by that excellent adver' tiring and editorial writer, Bruce Barton.

It-ir a reverent charac{er rtudy of Jerus Chrirq writter4 not as one who loolc ulxtn a God, but a thoughtful' &lishtful rtudy of the Nazarene in Hb human concept, that will give eycrJr thinking man much to think about, and should bring nothing but pleastrre to any mind bigger than the proverbial murta,rd cccd.

Millionr of men think Jecus Chrict wa! a God. The large maiority of the people of the world do not !o rccognize Him.

But practically tlre entire world agreee that Hir life and terchingr made a greater impner' eiori on mankind than that of any other man tlrat ever lived upon thie globe.

So thb fine thinking man' Bruce Barton, site down to digcurs thL mort magnetic human that ever livd iurt ar he would discuts Calvin C,oolidge or Woodrow Wilson, with utmost reverence and admiration, but in a perfectly practical way.

- What diiHe look like? What did people think of Him then? How did His power come to Him? Whv did people follow Him, ar they

BUYS SITE FOR YARD AT BRAWLEY

Mr. Charles Morrow, of Brawley, has purchased several lots in the cehter of the city, in the name of the Morrow Lumber Company, and will start a retail yard, it is reported.

have followed no other man? Etc', Etc, Barton thinkt the marterpiece picturer we have of the Nazarene were as far from depicting Him, ar picturea could come. C-ould a ca{ efi-eminite 6oHng man have catled men and women to Him ; did thir Man? C.ould a weakling have cdled forth ruch ""a-i-g and immediate devotion? Would a marter carpenter have looked like that? Did not Jeoue delight in being with other people-? Don't we 6nd-Him at feartr, banquetr, weddingr, wherc' ever the crcw& gather? War He not, in fact' a man with rplendid mruder, of great perronal attraction, whom men' women' and children in' rtinctively gathered rorurd?

So he ihowc ur a magnificendy athletic man, of wondroug personal magnetirm, not a trF cluse, but the-world'c first and greatest "mix' errtt vibrant with conrciog! PoweJ' drawing ocbple to him in multituder ac the magnet a-*" the steel rhre&, gpreading the gorpel of ioy and love ar no man has spread it before or eince.

Regardletg of a mants crced, that book will give the reader a new and original 6f hi"tory'l most imprersive characten NOT .the man of sonowa. No rorowing one ever delivered the Sermon on the Mount.

The true character of Jecrrs has been ob. rured by restricted thinking on the subiect. Barton il this booh tears Eorie mental shackler away, and delights the aoul.

NEW YARD AT REDLANDS

The Bo'rvman-Johnson Lumber Company has opened at Redlands.

Mr. G. H. Johnson was formerly manager for,the tit4ql Lumber Cornpany, at Fresno and his partner Mr- J- W. Bowman. was assistant.

Exclusive Sales Agents.for Northern California

GERLINGER LUMBER CO._RAIL

Portland, Oregon

METROPOLITAI{ REDWOOD CO.-RAIL Mctropolitanr Cdtrotlir

NETTLETON LUMBER CO.4ARGO SattlG, Wethingilo

Fifc Build[ng, San Fnncirco 'i

'\ryA, I\T T ADS

(The Clearing House)

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

Rafe.' $2.50 per column indh The Fellow Who Wants to Be Hired

PLANING AND SASH AND DooR MILL Ton sal-p

Have one of the best propositions that has ever been offered in this state. A busy sash and door mill doing work for all the yards in a town of forty thousand, in addition to a_general planing mill business. Has alwbys shown a piofit. 'We own land and buildihgs and two paitners will sdll their entire iriterests at a fair viluation. Tbtat investment about $80,000. This w;11 stand s!r;ctest i'nvestigation. Address Box A-8.5, 6a1s California Lumber Merchant.

YARD FOR SALE

-Retail lumber yard for sale in good territory. Doing a nice profitable business. Will take 20 to 25 thousand'to handle. Address Box 4,-104, care California Lumber Mer-

FOR SALE

RETAIL LUMBER YARD NICE PROFITABLE BUSINESS FINE OPPORTUNITY INVESTMENT 40 TO $SO,OOO. ADDRESS BOX A-83, CARE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT. 11-15-tf

A RARE OPPORTUNITY

chant. ber Merchant.

M,A,NAGER WANTS POSITION

7-15-2

WANTED: Position as manag'er or auditor, try experienced retail lumberman-7f years with.present pmployer -employed as manag'er two-yird iown of ihree thbus"nS-have showh results-desire change-prCfer Southern Cali, fornia-age 34. Address Box A-103, Care California Lum-

l-15-2

WANTED-Position as Yard Manager. Experienced in manufacturing and retail. Good designer and estimator. Practical machine and construction min. Office man and excellent accountant. Can meet the public and sell lumber. -Now employed. Must have more money. Box A-87, care Calif. Lumber Merchant.

WANTED:

In Northern California, a live man under 40, to take charge of a small retail yard. Must be able to wait on trade and be- a good salesman and collector. For further particu- lars address Box A-92, care California Lumber Mirchant.

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WANTED TO BUY LUMBER YARD for cash.

Must be in good location. Information will be strictly confidential. Hayward Lumber & Inv. Co.,.p. O. Box 155, Los Angeles. ll-15-6

A growing sash, cabinet and millwork business located in' Oakland. Could use additional capital for expansion. Present owners will retain their interist. This is a rare opportunity to-become interested in a live business. Order files full. Address Box A-91, care California Lumber Mer_ chant. t2-15-r

WANTED, A BOOKKEEPER

We w_ant a strictly first class bookkeeper for one of our 5zards, a man who can handle this end of the busi_ ness and at the same _time be capable of successfully meeting the trade and selling goods. position offert opportunity. Want man who cin deliver and who is steady._ Apply,_.W, R. Spaulding Lumber Company, main office at Visalia-

. Rlaning Mill Superintendent and Manager, with years of- practical experience from the ground up, is open for an ofier. -Guarantees satisfact]on to eriployer; would like to have share of profits arange- ment; prefers Southern California. Many referencis. Can estimate, and knows machinery thorilughly. This is a high class man who commands a reat salaiy. Aadress Box A-96, care California Lumber *"t"t"fi_;

Can you use a live man with wide experience in the Re- tail Lumber Business ? Capable of, and now handling large business. C4n show employers good profit. Expecl good salary and lvill earn it. . Good reason for desiiind change. Address Box A-94, care:California Lumber Meri chant.

Your car can't go ahead if fou have tit in Neither can you; business. B6tter shift f."rr.

This Roof Beauty and Protection not expensiue !

If you've stocked Pioneer.Lock Shingles then you KNOW why dealers have to hustle to keep up with the demand!

Because they are the biggest, safest and most beauti' ful lock shingles on the market, their great popularity is obvious I Surfaced with non'fading Yosemite rock, they are fire safe and weatherproof-each shingle is complete with its patented lock. No metal fasteners to rust, stain the roof and eventually faill

This beauty and trouble,free roof protection is worth so much to vour customers that their low prices will amaze theml Stock up now-let your profits increase along with this growing demand for Pioneer'Lock Shinglesl

Uannite R&. Surfacad

EASY PAYMENTS FOR RE-ROOFING

When you sell Pioneer Yosemite Rock Surfaced Shingles for re-roofing you are selling the highest type of economical roof protection and you may sell them on easy time payments. If you are not already reaping the volume of business this plan assures, write us for complete details.

ProNrnn Paprn Co., INc.

Established 1888

LOS ANGBLES SAN FRANCISCO PORTLAND SEATTLE lra!

Pioneer Manufactures o Com. pkte Lirc oi Roofings ond Building Papet.s

{ he Poneer. Locfr Shrngle wfih fis S>atented loc\ at the lowcr corner. Abeau. tful and practrcal shngle

SHINGLES

HE, ever-increasing confidence ir.r Weaver Roofing is a logical result of its longn'earing qualities. Macle of genuine rag-felt, treated rvith a n'eather-resisting conrpound, it gir,es a service that lras u'orr the a1>proval of legions of 11 sers.

Roofir-rg rnaterials al)l)e :u' rnuch alike. It is diflrcult to judge clualitv frorn appearancc. Butthe name "\\reaver" assures qualitr'.

Capitalize it lrv reconrrrrcntling this roofing to vour c11st()tn e rs.

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