The California Lumber Merchant - January 1927

You sell protection against frre when you sell cher WaII Board

Tltt centtr of Sclt'ttntocher Pltstar LItall Boord is nodc o f g1'lt su'nt-tr dttroblc, non-ittfltntmablt mincrtl.

A sturdy slab of gypsum-non-burning mineralforms the center of Schumacher Plaster \7all Board. Each wall it builds is a barricade against fire. Customers are eager to build this kind of protection in their homes. Explain this advantage. They will appreciate it.

West Coast mills urge millions

to buy from local retailers

'FHROUGHI9Z7, as in 1926,wewill con-

I tinue to build good will for West Coast woods for retail lumber dealers with a nationwide advertising campaign.

This advertising will be backed up by the most intensive program of field work ever undertaken by a lumber producing region.

These business-building activities for lumber dealers, starting January lst, will be conducted with increasing vigor throughout the year.

Retail dealers from Maine to Califotnia and from Texas to the Dakotas have offered us practical assistance and friendly encout-

agement in the 1926 campaign. This cooperative spirit has had much to do with making the enlarged plans for 1927. We will do even more in the coming year to justify the good will of American lumber dealers.

After your inventory is finished, if you fill in your stocks with \Uest Coast woods, they will give you real satisfaction. They will lay straight in your bins and look bright and fresh when you sell them.

Tell us your particular requirements and ask for complete details of our dealer-help plans. o4ddress,'West Coast Lumber Bureau, 5562 Stuart Building, Seattle, \Tashington.

BuyVest CoastWoods fronr your retail lumber dealer

This is hotr we are telling eight million PeoPIe where m but Vest Coast woods,

\07est Coast Hemlock - Vestern Red Cedar

lmportant'West Coast'Voo,isDougias Fir 'West Coast (Sitka) Spruce

PHIL B. }|ARTMurrlry Edtr

AIII.THACKABERRY Clrculrdo Murlrr

A" C. MERRYMAN Advorddag

J. E. MARTIN Mtr. Sel Frurfuc Ofio

W. T. BLI\CK M3r. PorUud OE!c.

THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBER MERCFIAb{T

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J. C. Dlonac, Ps. ard Tno.; Phll B. Hrrt, Vl*Pnr.i J. E. M:rtlq Scy. Publlehcd tt. lst rld ltth ol cacb tnontt at ,rurt-, CENTRAL BUILDING, LOS ANGELES, CAL- TELEPHONE, VAndLr r5r5 Entccd er Seond-cl[r mttcr ScptlDbct 4 lrz2. rt thc Portofrlco at Loe Angclcr, Callforafui, undor Act of Mrrch 3, U79.

Subrcription Pricc, $2.1n per Ycar Singlc Copicr, 25 ccntr cach.

LOS ANGELES, CAL., JANUARY 15, 1927

W. R. GHAilIBERLIil & GO.

GARGO and RAIL

Dbtributing Agcnte for Chrl-Niclcrol Lunbcr Coo Evcrctt, Werh.

Dcuprcy Lunbcr Coo Tecomrn 'lYerh.

Do6rlco Lunbcr Co, Trcour, Tfuh. Brrnct Lunbcr Co, Vrncouvcr, B. C, WLitncy Coo Grribrldl OrG.

Littlo Rivor Rcdrood Coo Hunboldt Bry.

FORTI.AT{D

909 Portcr Bdldins

SAN FRANCISCO

618 Metron Bldg.

Opcrating Stcamerr

AdvcrtirirS Rrtc on Applicrtion

W. R. Chrnbcrlia, Jr. Brrbrn C

Phyllir Du F. Hutror

Strarood S. S. Yollorrtcro, S. S. Alveredo

IIN ANGETES

266 Chernb€r of Conncrcc Bldg:

LuMgrn in process of seasoning at one of the Weyerhaeueer Cloquet Mills. Multiply this panorama by 2O To gain an idea of the r""gnitude of Weyerhaeuser storage lacilities -the arrrouat of thoroughly aeasoned lumber

at the dispoeal of Weyerhaeuser peunanent customers. With backing such as this you are always assured a supply of unilorm higharade stock" In season and out- When a building boom is on as well as in dull periods

WHAT WEYERHAEUSER GIVES THE TUMBER DEATER TO PASS ATONG TO HIS CUSTOMERS

TTP to a lew years ago,itwas the rare

lumber dealer who distinguished in his own mind between one Lumber Organization and another.

ThenWeyerhaeuser began to putinto worh, the progressive plans they had been shaping up lor some time.

Thealert dealer took notice.

In theWeyerhaeuser progressive moves lre could see something uork, ing hothi:n.

Before many months had passed, h" saw that Weyerhaeuser notonlymeant all they said-but were geared up to make it all come true.

And today you'll find it an accepted Iact with the go-ahead dealer, rhat to maheand use a permanent buyin g connection with Weyerhaeuser brings a PLus into his business.

Here are some oI thethingsthat the Weyerhaeuser Pl,usgives the retailer:-

Concentrated buying and concentrated selling. A call Irom a single Weyerhaeuser Representative brings you all the difrerent kinds of lumber you need to supply a large part oI your trade.

Fifteen difierent species oI lumber-including Douglas Fir,W'estern Red Cedar, Pacific Coast Hemlock, Pondosa Pinq and Genuiw White Pine.

?. The output of 1l large mills-and 3 more '' building. 3 remanulacturing plants. Ship

4ping lrom 20 large stocks.

3 huge Distributing Plants, with l25,0OQO0O leet of lumber and 25,000,0OO leet trl timbers always on hand. Shipping in 24 hours, iI necessary.

{. The finest stands oI timber in this country. ' Precisemanufacturing.Scientificseasoning, giving the user the maximum natural durability oI the species.

6 Carelul handling and loading to insure de- v' livery oI IOOVo saleable and usable stocks. Fl . Sales making specialties that attract trade t and repeat.

R Quicker turnover on a smaller investment. Lro Easy buying. Regular supplies of compact stocks. Fewer losses and lesslumber thrown into the "boneyard."

q. TheWeyerhaeuserPermanentCustomerPlan, - operated by Weyerhaeuser Representatives who take care of their customers in season and out oI season. A most profitable arrangement lor the dealerwho makes use of it.

There is not one single itemol the above thatdoes not constitute :rn advantage which you can pass along to lour customers.

The right a.nsu)er to local competition.

Callup theWeyerhaeuser Representative. Have him come in to see you.

W'EYERHAEUSER SATES COMPANY

'Distributon.. !?'eyerhaeuser Forest Products Qmera I Oflccs : SP OKANE, \CASHINGTON

ffilfll+ 8o6 Plymouth Blde. 2o8So,LaSalleSt. r ?-.-!Lr

/@o\ Bruncb Oftces: -diiix /gRS Mn\rNEApoLrs cHrcAGo frf;S

lFrt.rDnt "" trlfrtGt RUK/ ST.PAUL PHILADELPHIA RTK/ -\{-3!ez 2563 Frenklin Ave. 16oo Arch Steet 'c]E9Pz NBVYORK BALTIMORE PORTSMOUTH 285 MadisonAve. 812 Lexin$on Bldg. Rhode Islmd

PITTSBURGH TOLEDO

24Ol FirstNat. Buk Bldg, 1313 Second Net. Benk Btdg.

9& Veycrl1cascr Sales CoTpery h tbc nmbind sellins organiution of the lollouing Wqcrb*ssir lllills end Disnibutilng Flanu: Goquet Lumbet Compmy Cloquet. Minnesota

The Northern Luber Compeoy , , Cloquet, Minnesota Johnsgq.S9entworth Compmy Cloquet, Miaoesota Johnsgn.lfentworth Clo<iuet. Miaoesota

Vood Coovetsion Company Cloquet. Minnercte Boqriers Ferry LumberCompany Bonnirs Ferrv. ldrbo

lnoqlralrie Falls l!'mber Company Smqualmie Falls, lTajSiogton

HumbirdLumberComDany Sandooint. lilabo

Edwd Rudedge Timber Compuy Coeu d'fuene, Idabo

Potl.tch Lumber Compeny Podatch. Idaho Boise Peyeitc Lumber Compuy . Boise. Ideho lfeyerheeuser Timber Compmy Evere$. lTasliLin*ton

Veyerhoeuser Timber Company Bdtimirre. Marvland

Veyerhaeuser Tiobcr Corbpany, Minnesota Trensfer. St. Peul. Mion'esota

VeyerhreuserTiober Compray . Ponsmouth, Rhodc Islead

tVOi.a/ ofthetri'ev' t. ernaeuser policy of giving immediate service are the 24-hout shipping schedules maintained at the J Weyerhaetrser distributing plant+ Plenty oI seasoned lumber always ready lor shipmena Equipment and facilities that make quick shipping poesible. Experienced nen that take a personal interest in each order and each customer. The list oI Weyerhaeuser permaDent custoDers is coastantly growing

How Lumber Looks

interogating a dozen wholeralers and aawmill reprereqtativer, in and around Loe Angeles, the information is gathered that January has rtarted ofr in a rtrictly satis' facory manner, for therc men.

By

By thir it is not meant that a greet rurh of buying har begun, nor doer it mean that wholesale pricee have taken any great iump.

The fall and winter volume wer unsatirfactory, ar were pricer

Matry predictione were made, all through November and I)ecernber, that the 6rrt of the year would eee a buying revival, how great no one knew, but it war confidendy ctated that 1927 would start oft with better timer, for the men who supply the retail dealer.

The commtc of thele twelve men, all boiled down, give the information that ttcy are relling lumber, relling more tfum they did in eitter November or December, that the pricea are firrn at their quoted lirt!, and, taken ar a whole, no one can complain of the conditions in Southern California, for the rtart of the year.

One man said that he had rold more rtock in the fir* twelve dayr of Jenrnry tban he had rold the whole month of Decembcr, or November.

There ir no wild price cutting, and vcr5r fcw "dbtrG.ttt lob being offered, eitber cargo rmterid or rail rtockr. And this ir a better condition.

No one item is particulady rtrong, or wea\ i4 price. Random pricee have not changed materially in eixty daye, uppen are firm at the pricee eetabliched gome time ago, lat{r are yery rtrong and there has been no change, one way or the other, in ahingl6.

Retailerr are going to rell lots of lumber trhir year. Unquectionably the volume of building in Catifornia, i\ 1927,

w:ll top former years, most of them, and exper.tr have released the cheering newc in tte part few dayr that a great peroentage of thir building will be dwellingr, and not the larger clan of construction that does not offer the lumberman much in the way of ordera.

Shipmentr, at San Pedro, will just about hold tbeir own with December, by indications on the l3th of the month.

Telegraphic reportr, from San Francisco, on the rnoming of the 13th, dirclose:

"Since the first of the year, tte market in the San Francisco Bay and interior sectionc has not rhown much actfuity. However, with inventory soon out of the way, rnany wholesden look for buciners to pick up before the end of the montt.

Generdly speaking the trade are looking fonrard to a good year. In San Francirco, rome of the retailers report that there ic conriderable bueinese in sig[t but owing to precent conditions in the carpenterr' strike rituation, th€y are holding ofr building operationr. The San Joaquin Vdley reportr thet ttey are entering tie New Year in better rhape t[an for tte part four or five years.

"Douglae Fir: Cargo receiptr into San Francbco during the year 1926 rbowcd a decreare of 661175 M feet ar compard to the year 1925. The total rhipnrcntr for 1925 were 749r84O M feet, while the 1926 receiptr werc 683r665 M feet.

"At the miltr it ir reported that tbere will bc conriderabh curtail.ment dwing the montfi of January. lfiany logghg camps have gone down and logr are reported ar being tcarce.

"Redwood: Cargo rhipmotr into San Francirco during 1926 rhowed an increare ol i|4r6l6 M feet over 1925. The (Continued on Page 50)

3 Reasons For Stocking C"lrfornia kfuood

L fnt Backing of T{ational ,-,{duertising

The story of Redwood is reaching millions throughout the country. Advertisements are running in House and Garden, Better Homes and Gardens, House

Beautiful, Small Home, Pencil Points, Architectural Record, Pacific Coast Architect, and a dozen Farm papers. 2000 inquiries reach us every month.

2 nt Stimulus of Thousands of ?rospects

To dealers stocking Redwood we send regularly lists of those prospectswho have written us saying they are interested. These prospects, according to let-

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ters from dealers themselves, prove a profi table rneans of increasing business. Every prospect is referred to the nearest Redwood dealer for complete information.

(omprebensioe Sales Seroice-,

Dealers stocking Redwood are supplied with a complete series of homeplans designed by California architects; with a practical farm building service; with technical information on R-edwood and

many other common building woods; with lettet inserts, yard signs, silent salesman, etc. New material is constantlyunder preparadon.\Ze invite your inquiry for further informadon.

of tbe

..REDVOOD SALES MANUAL"

The coupon below will bring you an interesting book on together with information on dozens of other woods. You It costs you nothing.

California Redwood, need it for refetence.

Usefulness

By lach Diorne

Emerson once said, in writing of friendship: "Make yourself useful to someone."

That thought, more widely extended, more generally applied, would be good advice to every business man to begin a New Year with.

At this season every business man in whose bosom lurks even the smallest germ of ambition, is asking himself what 1927 will mean to him, what it will bring, what it will develop, what the final result will be so far as he is concerned, what Providence has in store for him during the year, etc.

Men of the more punchful sort-who have a better and more comprehensive viewpoint of man's stewardship and opportu4ity, are asking themselves the still more important question-"What can I do to help bring my ship in this year?" For THAT is the attitude, the state of mind, the condition of thinking, th4!-,prornises the most.

Not, what will the year bring to me, but rather, what can I do this year to make it better than other years.

And there is a good thought there in the quotation from Emerson, found above. Only make it read, 'Make yourself useful to more people." There isn't an5rthing finer you can do to help your business. The ordinary way of putting it would be to say, "Give more service this year."

But we have worked that service word so hard that it scarcely registers any rnore on the average human mentality. We have grown numb to its impression. But when you say, "Make yourself useful," it registers in good shape.

The lumber business is essentially a business of usefirlness. There is probably no other line of business that can more truthfully say-"I am useful!'-1t13s the lumber business. Food and shelter are the primal qeeds of man. The lumber business is the original shelter department.

But its usefulness will be large or small very much in proportion to the effort YOU make to develop that effect. Think over your business, your territoryr /our trade, and your prospects. Are you serving them in the most useful way possible? Are you doing all for them that you can do? How can you improve your usefulness? How can you render truer and more esteemed benefits than you have been rendering? How can you make yourself and your business more USEFUL to everyone around you?

NOT just a lumber yard, or a building store, a sawmill, or a factory? But an institution of actual USE and SERVICE and practical HELP. That's what S E R V I C E really meansb Let's make the lumber business more useful in L927; and when the year ends our returns will undoubtedly be in proportion to.our efrorts in that direction.

MeGormtelc tlmbers,H treated or untreated -, for speelal needs!

WHERE timbers ane to be used in contact with the ground, where they may be accessible to attacks from white ants, where th"y are used in sak water, McCormick treated timbers, piling, polo, ties insune protection and long life.

Dealers can quote on Mc{ormicl< lurnber, tneated or untreated, for any purpose, confident that ordens will receive prompt attention. For 24 years this organization has been building up a reputation for dependable lumber products and frrst class sendce.

Now our own vast timber holding in the heart of Americats finest virgin forest arez', onr ovrrn logging camps, mills, treating plant, docfts, wharyes and feet of steamshipr b*y in the coastwise trade, cooperate to put you in direct touch with t'he finest lumber products obtainable.

Youwill find it worth while to avail yourself of the advantages of McCormick facilities. Our nearest l€presentative or sdes office will gladly quote you on straight or mixed carc and on special orders.

Ghas. R. McGorrnlek Lunber Go.

SALES OFFICES: San Francisco,Ins Angeles,San Diego, Portland, Seanh, Nen, York, Philadelphia. MILIS: St. Helens, Oregon; Pot Ladloy and Port Gamble, Washington TREATING PLANT: St. Helens, Oregon.

Cargo Shipments From Washington Make New Record

Lumber shipments from fuashington Ports in L926 established a new record. Total lumber shipments for the year from Grays Harbor, Puget Sound, and Willapa Harl bor were 3,397,1/,f.,W feet as compared with 3,055,697,m feet in 1925;2,759,592,W feet in 1924;2,2ffi,246,ffiin1923:.

2,179,167,W ln 1922; l)ll,7lZ,ffi in 1921, and 1,016,814,000 in 1920.

The most striking feature of the increase in lumber shipments was in those going through the Panama Canal. For the year 1926, this total reached, 1,312,944,000 as compared to 1,133,353,000 in 1925. Intercoastal lumber shipments in 1926 th'rough the Canal were 39 times greater than in 1920 when the Facific Northwest mills started shipments to the 'Atlantic Coast on a large scale.

WATSONVILLE 1926 BUILDING $867,085

Building permits in Watsonville for L926 totaled' $867,0q5: Of this sum, $507,000 was for new business and industrial buildings, $315,000 for new dwellings and the remainder for alterations and repairs.

SACRAMENTO BUILDS I,067 HOMES IN 1926

Ten hundred and sixty-seven new homes were added to Sacramento in 1926.

These nerv homes cost nearly $4,000,000 of the total of $7,732,573 in building costs for the year. The bulk of them -965, to be exact-were of the five-room, one-story type' costing a total of. $3,217,344. There were also sixteen twofamily, one-story buildings; sixty-nine two-story buildings for single families, and a number of flats and apartments for several families.

The largest single permit of the year was for $800,000, covering the new American Can Company's plant.

1926 SALES AND SHIPMENTS GREATER THAN 19?5

Washington, January 6-Measured by sales and ship. ments of lumber reoorted todav'to the National Lumber Manufacturers' Ass6ciation from approximately 500 of the leading lumber mills of the country, 1926 was among the big years of the industry-possibly the largest since prewar days. The comparable softwood mills sold 12,223,764,661 feet of lumber, and shipped. 12,355,202,635 feet, both orders and shipments being slightly higher than iir 1925. On the other hand, production comparably reported to be 12,248,324,0n feet, was almost 200.000,000 feet less than in 1925, but was actually about the same.

The total production reported by an average of about 125 hardwood mills is 1,5Q7,127,105 feet, slightly exceeded by both shipments and orders. Figures for comparison with preceding years are not available.

As these hardwood and softwood operations rePresent country, it is inferred that the total lumber output of the country, it is inferred that the total lumber output of the United States tor 1926 was in the neighborhood of 36,000,000,000 to 37,000,000,000 feet.

FACTS OF INTEREST

America, despite all indications otherwise, is'a nation of savers. This is shown by the report of the American Bankers Association for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1926.

During the year there was a gain of $1,500,000,000 in savings deposits and one of 3,000,000 in the number of savings depositors in all classes of banks in the country.

There were 46,762,240 savings depositors and &24,696,192,ffi in savings deposits. This was nearly $530 for each depositor and a per capita saving for the nation of $211, I new high record.

O*o Nu* Yean's W;uLn 6o Yr*

By JACK DIONNE

HAT you may awalcen every morning, 6lled with the joy of living; thrilled with the boundless possibilities of the day; eager to be up and in the sunlight; enthusiastically ready for what the day may bring; pre-pared to meet every acguaintance with a smile, every friend with a grin, and every dear one with such wealth of expression as they best understand; that you may be able to crowd every day to overfowing with those things of the spl_nt that defy human expression, yet fill the heart with happiness, the mind with inspiration, and the soul with peace.

San Francisco Building Totals

During 1926 the building operations showed a total of building contracts entered into of $57,953 9,{8. This exceeds tfie figures fior 1925 by nearly $2,500,000 and is next to the highest total for any year in the city's history, the highest year being 1924, when the total was $68,853,007. The following table gives the total of all building operations by months f.or 1926:

Big Get-Together Meeting to be Held / in Los Angeles

7offi..r, of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association are sponsoring a big get-together meeting, for Retailers, that will be held at the Elks Club, Los Angeles, on the afternoon of Saturday, January 22nd,,

The afternoon session will be held under the direction of Mr. Paul Hallingby, President of the Association, and the meeting will be devoted to general discussions of the problems of the Retail Lumberman.

Then at 6 P. M., with the ladies in attendance, there will be a banquet, rvith an address by Mr. C. A. Gummere, of U. S. C., and at nine P. M. the orchestra will tune up and the balance of the evening rvill be devoted to dancing.

Announcements are being mailed to every Retailer in Southern California, as rvell as to Wholesalers and manufacturers of other products, who are being invited to the evening part of the affair.

MILLWORK INSTITUTE MEMBERS HOLD I DINNER I

/ A very delightful dinner party was held at the Elite Cafe, / Los Angeles, on the night of January 4th, by Southern California members of the Millwork Institute of California. and their guests.

The meeting was purely inforrnal, their being no business program and no speakers. A splendid entertainment was enjoyed at the dinner.

Ask the M ayor of Oakland about Laminex doors

f\xe Monday morning tecendy, a stock \./ Lamins oneoanel door was placed in a tank of water in thi Builders Exhibit Building' Oakland, Califomia- A committee onsisting ot Hon. lohn L. Davig Mayor of Oakland; Mr. E M.Tilden, Preidentof the Builders Erchange, and Mr. Maury I. Diggs, a prominent atchitect, qmined the door before its submetsion in water and Mayor Davie auographed it to prevent sutctitution.

Thewaterfront Sash 6c Door Company, un&r whose auspicea the test was conducted, kept this I:minq door rnd"r water undl the following Ridav aftetnoon. viryed bv hundreds of interested'people. A public guesiing conte-t was held conceminq the number of pounds otwater the door woufd aborb, one $16 and two $5 prizes being _offered the best-guessers.. Newspapem carried announcelrrents of the test, wtuch attiacted many prospective purchasers.

Then thb Laminex door was removed from the tanl inspected by the committee and found to

be &ee from warp, bucLle oc blbter, with rails, sdles and panels-undamagedafter 6ve da1's of roaking!

Such tests, which every Laminex dealer can and should conduct, have proved again and again that dmpness will nevet damage a Laminer door beca-use the edles and cross-rails are built on a ore of stress.balancing blods

warp, swell or rhrink ig immediately counterbalanced by

Thc faaws-Ianiu aloot todktng tatr, thichyogtcDtblielt madcin allpatts of thc countt!, Cwt tlpt damancst sill aurmaLi a lamiaa door oatp, split o @ilc ap4rt. A* ,orrl ddld.

FAF,€EHflH FG<FRE

of Utica, too!

forces in the opposite direction exerted by neichborine blocE All parts of a Laminer dmr, iJudins i-he plywood-panels, are held 6rmly toc*hertrv Latifier cement, which is abaolutely *itnproof "r"d actually etronger than woods{sh the Mayor

A rimilar Laminex door soaking test has been made in utica, N. Y., and in hundteds of otlrer cities. alwavs usinc atocrL Laminer doonand in no test has a l;mine* door errer failed. Distributors in rnost cities can cupply you with oootrlardesims of Laminex doors, on which your i.6id trmoi". will be trelped bv a nation-wide advertising campaign. You can i:oint with pride to t{re reolacgnent quarantee label andtheword "-evtxE'x" on thetrottom of eaeh door. Mail the couoon for intetesting literature and omplete insauctions for condu&ng a business' buililing Laminer door soaking test in your own city.

, Please scnd illustated literature and sample of Laminer wood to test

Mr. Pep's Store at Arcata

Little River Lumber Company Inaugurates Modern Building Material Store Right in the Timber District; Jim Chase

,r Last year, when Mr. H. W. Cole, General Manager of ,fthe Little River Lumber Company, and other officials of V this great Redwood manufacturing company, decided to enter the retail business, they made a wise move.

These men had been contemplating the new venture for some time, and when the decision was finally made, and the site of the yard selected, they came to Los Angeles and selected M..J. M. Chase (Jimmie), an old retailer and one well wised up in the game. Jim has seen years of activity in the retail lumber business, first rn his home state of fowa, and later in Southern California. He was with Hammond for some time, left ther.e to help open the Owens Parks Lumber Company, held the position of Sales Manager with the Woodhead Lumber Company, and, before going into the wholesale game for a year, was a traveling manager for the Hayward Lumber Company of Los Angeles.

He is a booster for l\{odern Merchandising, and an admirer of our famous "Mr. Pep".

He was sent to Arcata, where there had been but one yard for years, given a free hand, and told to build and open a yard that would be a credit to Arcata, and to the Little River Lumber Company.

And he did it.

Arcata is a pretty little city of about 4500 population, located about eight miles north of Eureka, right on the coast, and just twelve miles south of Crannell, where the Little River Redwood Company has its immense manufacturing plants.

They selected a site for the yard right at the juncture of two main highways, where the main road makes a turn, going on north to Crescent City.

Construction took about three months, and the yard was built from the ground up, all new buildings, unique fences, a small mill, storage sheds and a really beautiful display room,

Their main office building is a beauty, and is built entirely of Redwood. Jim says that there is no other wood in the building, even the furniture being specially made in the shops at Crannell, and the only other materials used in building the office were nails and some cement.

From the front steps, two big squares of rough Redrvood, all through the building, there are many new ideas expressed. Doors, windows, all frames, mouldings, desks and chairs and even the doors are of specially selected Redwood, all, of cours€, from Crannell.

The display room adjoins the main office and contains, besides a l,ong table full of plan books and other literature, working models of a number of different ironing boards, breakfast sets, telephone booths, medicine cabinets, etc. This idea was a new one, according to Jim, for the city, and it has been a tremendous success.

Residents of the town rvere dependent upon outside con-

mcloseil.withr"r/tfl:i;j"tis desisn, painteil athite

cerns for built-in fixtures, and he states that many orders can be traced to the original discovery, by the builder, that so many of the necessary materials for the building could be bought under one roof.

The fences are of a very old and attractive design, as the pictures show. All Redwood.

Then next to the main office building there is a large garage to house the trucks, etc., and this unit is built with the idea of it being a display, or model design. The plan has been copied, several times, by local builders.

A small mill building houses a sander and other machines, and then there is a large storage shed, built high for end piling of uppers, mouldings, etc.

Hardware, Roofing, Schumacher Wall Board, Sash and Doors and other commodities are housed in a special building.

Practically all green stock is piled in specially designed racks, built of Fir.

The entire lay-out covers less than one and one-half acres.

Their lumber sales are about 80 per cent Redwood. This wood is used for practically every purpose in Humboldt

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Main Office Building, Garage, Sundry Shed and Storage Shed.

Proves Good Modern Merchandiser

The entire yard is

Theyte ffr"8 Growtr Yellonr

Kiln-Dried foililo tl fltFDl-al,

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I0ulldingJllaterial

-Snc.ancnlo. (alito rn r tr uarch 31, 1926

Ssta Fc Luber ConEnv 16 calt.lomta Street ' Ss Franclaco, CaLlfornla

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lyo roro vory mch p1!aa6d to rocelvo yoa tottor of yostorday aalvistng us that the Contral, Coal & Cokg Conpey hav6 accoptcd our orCola for one car of tio. 3 VG FLoorlng ard onc car of No. 2 Clear od Bett€r Rustlc.

lvo lgrs ulous to hsvc thls buslness pLacod rlth tho Ccntral Coal & Coko Cmpatry for the roa;on that thelr stock and manufacturo ha8 b6m tho iost 6eti6fac- tory wg havg 6v9r rec61v9al. At q cvd prlco rg vouLd be glad. to have you placo a" mch of @r tmsln.as as possl.blo rYLth thgm.

Porr.dt us to tak€ thls opportulEy to thsk y@ for tlr6 splsndld serylco and ttoatmont wl:ich ro ere r6cotvln6 lrm you.

Kiln.Dried Fir wins the good will of dealers' customers. There's "Satisfac. tion in every foot" of our Old Growth Yellow Frr lumber because it is thoroughly kiln.dried and dressed after seasoning to Ameri. can Standard siees. All degrades are taken out at the mill.

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(A. J. "Gus" Russell)

Distributors in California ond Arizons

General Ofrces: San Francisco, California St. Clair Building l6 California Street

So, Calilotnia Qftce: Los Angeles, California

397 Pacific Electric Building Bruce L. Burlingane, Agent "sudden Seruice"

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Genetal Oftces: Kansas Ciry' Missouri (Oregon-American Lumber Co., Vernonia, Ore.)

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PIONEER LUMBERMAN PASSES AWAY

Kansas City, Mo,, Dec. 31.-David Alden Kendall, pio. neer lumberman and father of four lumbermen, died early today at Research Hospital. He was 79 years old. His death was attributed to heart trouble.

Two of the sons live in Kansas City. They are llarry T. Kendall, general sales manager of tire Cential Coal and Coke Company, and Paul E. Kendall, advertising manager of the Long-Bell Lumber Company. Mr. Kendall made his home with the latter during the last ferv years of his life.

JOHN HEMPHILL VISITS L. A.

Mr. John P. Hemphill, one of the heads of the Madera Sugar Pine Company, Mader.a. and well known in California Pine circles all over the country, has just completed a visit in Southern California.

Yard scene, shotvirtg cnd pilins.r\tor;r;:r,;:0,,0 grotuth Redit:ood on hills

County, and the only other construction material stocked, besides C)ak Flooring, is Fir Flooring, Ceiling and Timbers. And they sell all of the ordinarily handled "side lines", wall boards, cement, hardware, roofings, sash and doors, etc., and they have the distributing agency for the district on some of these materials.

Probably the big high lights of this yard are its very attractive appearance and the idea of establishing a real Modern Building Material Store in a city of that size, giving the residents advantages enjoyed heretofore only in Iarger communities.

NEW EL CENTRO YARD

While in the southern part of the state he took in the Alabama-Stanford game, the Tournament of Roses and a number of other entertainment features provided by L. H. Stanton and H. W. Swafford of E. J. Stinton & Son. This company represents the Madera Sugar Pine Company, exclusively, in Southern California, Arizona and Weit Texas.

Mr. Hemphill was accompanied by Mrs. Hemphill.

JEROME GRTPPER MOVES

Mr. Jerome C. Gripper, rvell known hardwood wholesaler of Los Angeles, has sent out announcement notices of the removal of his bffices from 756 South Spring street to the Petroleum Securities Building, Tenth ind Flower streets.

$2,749,564 IN NEW STOCKTON BUILDINGS

ager

W. Jarrett is Vice President and resident general manof the new McGaffey Lumber Company at El Centro.

Robblns Flooring Go.

RHINEI.ANDER, WISi.

In "Robbins" Flooring you are assured of thc very 6nest that has ever been, or ever will be produced. Our geographical location, tfie modern machinery in our mill, and the type of men who make our fooring. all go to mahe this statement poesible. "Robbins" Maple and Birch Flooring is the best.

Southern Californir:

C. J. LAUGHLIN, eA Pclrol3|nD llccuritia Bld3., Lor Al3clcr

Nortb.rn Califonh: CEORGE C. CORNITIUS, Ancrican Buk Bldg., San Fnncirco

Building permits to the extent of $2,749,564 were issued in the city of _Stockton in 1926. Drrring that period Z7O new homes were built.

MANUF^ACTURERS

C.A,LIFORNIA WHITE AND SUGAR PINE

LUMBER

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CUT SASH AND DOOR STOCK ALSO

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WESTERN SALES OFFTCE No. l02t-t0 Monadnoclr Butldn3 Ctl MrrLst St. gAN FRAICISCO, CALIF.

W. A KAHMAN SALES MANAGER

SOUTI{ERN CALIFORNTA AND ARIZONA REPRESENTATTVES FLETCHER & FRAMBES, INC, Rlvor Strong Bdtdin3 LOS ANGELES, CALTF.

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UsEo tN THE Banowe Tnl,or FoR

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Architects and contractors who haveadopted it for building and lining various structures 6nd it an idealpaper as it meets their requirements.

It is easily'applied and effectively used under shingles, .trid.i'"tucco,, under brick and under rustic finishes.

The special processed inner layer of Bitumen saturates and binds the fibres together, thus making them sealed within and really a part of the paper itself. The deadening qualities of Moistite make it a goodsheathingpaper for use under hardwood floors. It keeps out theheat of summer and helps to make i warm house in winter.

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"Signing Another Declaration of Independence"

Celebration of Patriotic Holidays is but the outward expression of the Patriotic spirit and principles within the heart of every good American citizen.

PatriotiSm was instilled in each of us in the homes of the Mothers and Fathers that brought us through the perils of childhood.

BEST SHINGLE MADE

From these terse statements we glean the knowledge that a Home is the backbone of American Patriotism.

That, being builders of homes, lumber and building material dealers can tie in their business with patriotic celebrations was shown at a recent celebration in Visalia, by the Tulare County Lumber Company.

For a period of three hundred years the American people were renters-tenants of the sovereigns of Europe, they paid rent-tribute to the Kings of Europe. But finally after a series of events-tribute payments, "Tea Parties"they formed a more perfect union, signed a Declaration of Independence and kicked the landlord out of the United Colonies.

Renting and renters have their place; and it is seldom wise to kick the physical being of the landlord off of his own property. Bu,t after a series of events-rent receipts, mere scraps of paper-the renter signs another Declaration of Independence, which may be a deed to a home, a contract to purchase, or a deed to a lot and an agreement with a contractor and a building and loan association, and figuratively if not physicallv kicks the landlord out.

With these facts in mind, and also to bring out the fact that sound materials used in building a home will do more than anything else to hold satisfaction in that home, the display referred to was arranged.

A placard on the left hand corner of the display stated that the Tulare County Lumber Company were prepared to furnish building materials from foundation to roof. The displayed material was started with a sack of Porthnd cement-for the foundation, and was carried through common dimension lumber ofall kinds ; sheathing; all the clear uppers; lath, plaster and stucco; wallboard; stock doors and windows; shakes, shingles and roll roofings. The package materials were displayed on the platform, the pieces of lumber and wallboard formed the background. Every piece or package of material bore a card which gave the kind and grade of material and the use to which it was recommended.

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says "\[hat about S"PPly and

Wnrw you contemplate stocking lumber, and creating a use for it, the facts about immediate and future suPPlY

4 rF ^rprrtr i - ooftant. In these Califor-

Reforestation is being carried on most extensively in these woods, and it is the hope of lumbermen that the supply will be perpetuated.

4IL PrvLL/ rrrrt nia Pines both are ample, and this fact makes it both safe and Profitable to push these fine soft woods as regulat stock items.

Supply California White Pine and California Sugar Pine grow in Califorcia and the Klamath Falls, Oregon, district.

In this region there stands the prodigious total of approximately tl7 billion feet of timber, composed of ro5 billion feet of California White Pine, andS}billion feet of California Sugar Pine

The natural growth and reProduction is adding to this reservoir of wood supply at the rate of 250 million feet annuallY'

Fair estimates show that the supply of these unsurPassed woods, at the present rate of production, will last for fullY two centuries.

The production of lumber from these Pines is 1,250,000,000 board teet annually, or 62,500 cars.

400,000,000 feet goes into Sash, Doors and Frames, 100,000,000 feet goes into Interior trim and exterior finish.

feet goes into Industrial 250,000,000 feet goes into Boards and dimension for construction, sheathing and forms.

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440,000,000 feet goes into Box and crating materials.

With the above facts in mind, dealers may bny and push the sales of Cali' fornia White and Sugar Pines with the assurance of an adequate supply and production for years to come,-probablv forever.

California Retail Lumbermen's Association

Board of Directors meeting of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association will be held on lanuary 15 at the Athens Club at l2th and, Clay Streets, 6aklani, California. at 12:15 p. m. Not only will the directors meet, but ali lumber dealers in the Northern District of California have been invited. All arrangements for the meeting are being made by J. E. Neighbor, of the Neighbor's Lumber Yard at Oakland. Mr. Neighbor is again Treasurer of the Association, having served in that capacity last year and being re-elected at the last Convention at Sacramento.

Many important subjects will be taken up by those pres- ent-the principal being "ETHICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN RETAILERS, WHOLESALERS AND MILLMEN." Also the granting of the right to use the GRADE CERTIFICATE of the Association to the WASHINGTON LUMBER DEALERS-THE OHIO STATE ASSOCIATION-and others who have asked for the privi- lege. The idea is to grant the privilege to the Associations, and let them in turn sign up their members for the use of the Certificate-the members being made responsible to their Association and the Association being responsible to the California'Retail Lurnbermen's Association, for the use or mis-use of the Certificate.

Elmore King, Vice-President of the Northern District of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association will preside at the meeting. It is expected that this will be a get-together meeting of most of the Northern Members of the Association, and many non-members who are interested in what the State Association are doing.

The problems which tvill arise at the next session of the Legislature will also be discussed and plans laid for protecting and furthering the interests of the Lumber Dealers in California.

The sudden demise of Joe Martin of the Fresno Lumber Company, Fresno, on January 4th is deeply regretted by all lumbermen in California. Uncle Joe, as-he was loviirgly called !y "tt connected rvith the lumber fraternity, was dearly loved by all who knew hirn. He has always ireen an outstanding figure in the California Retail Lumbermen's Association, and was one of the founders of the San Joa- quin Valley Lumbermen's Club, at Fresno, and one of the leading citizens of the Valley.

The California Retail Lumbermen have lost a loval friend and co-worker in the demise of Mrs. A. E. Fickling, wife of one of the Directors of the California Retail Lumtrermen's Association, at Long Beach, who passed on last month.

Mrs. Fickling always attended the Directors Meetings with her husband and helped in every way possible-ilt lumbermen will reinember the successful and biautiful banquet she prepared for the lumbermen at their Convention at the Virginia Hotel, at Long Beach a couple of years ago. Mrs. Fickling is survived by her husband, two sons, a daughter, her mother and two grand-children. One could go on and mention many young people in Long Beach and vicinity to whom Mrs. Fickling wai a second-mother. A vacant spot is left that can never be filled in the passing.of Mrs. Fickling.

Mrs. Jessie Fraser, Secretary-Manager of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association has just returned from a little vacation trip to the Apache Lodge, at Roosevelt, Arizona, where she visited her old San Francisco Pal, spending the holidays. She reports that after California, Arizoni comes next in beauty spots. She also visited the new Horse Mesa Dam, Clifi Dwellers, etc.

CALIFORNIA PINES

PLYWOOD WITH A WIDE RANGE OF USEFUTNESS

Sash and door manufacturera prefer PAUL BUNYAN'S CALIFORNIA PINE PLYWOOD PANEIS because of their beauty, their gmooth surface that requires but little eanding, the fact that they do not sliver or split and the ease tvith which they are glued * Decorators and builders because of the variety and richnesE of their grain figures and the one-piece faces up to 60x | 20 inches t Refrigerator manufacturers because they take enamels so economically and well * Trunk Makers becauee of the light weight and strength * Coach and Car Builders because, in addition to their strength per weight, they do not surface check or crack t Box and Package users because of the exceptional quality values in the lower grades, bright, clean appearance and light weight.

ALL USERS because of the MIXED CARS including Mouldings, Sash and Doors, llmber (laminated or solid) from the Red River plant, the largeet producer of California Pineg'

Are You Profiting by This Erce[ttional Seruice?

of White Pine tor Over Half a Centuty"

COMMERCIAL FORESTRY AND THE COMMUNITY

Washington, J^n. 6.-,4. comprehensive report on commercial forestry has just been issued by the Natural Resources Production Department of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States.

The purpose of the report is to show the value of commercial forestry, both to the nation and to local communities, what progress it has made up to the present time, the nature of the obstacles to be overcome, its possibilities, and the aid that has been and can be rendered by chambers of commerce and trade associations.

A foreword points out that "American business is on the threshold ofa new industry-commercial forestry-the business of growing crops of trees by private enterprise. It will in time represent a forest investment of many billions of dollars."

The report makes clear that "commercial forestry, which rests on private enterprise, should be distinguished from government forestry. The federal government is extensively in the business of growing and selling timber on the national forests. We must look to federal and state governments also to acquire and reforest the vast areas of waste forest lands where the expense of the necessary hand planting or seeding makes private undertaking impracticable, but where the public interest requires reforestation."

E. J. DODGE GO.

f6 Calif. St. San Fnnciro

So. Cdif. Rcpracntetivc

Twohy Lumber Co. Lor Angdc

DISPLAYING PAC. COAST LUMBER PRODUCTS

Seattle, Jan. l.-West Coast mills will have exhibits at 16 different retail lumber dealer conventions during January and February, it was announced today by the West Coast Lumber Trade Extension Bureau, this city.

Designed with the thought of aiding the retail lumberman in his local sales problems these exhibits are the most elaborate that West Coast mills have ever undertaken. They rvill be shown by Bureau field men working under the direction of the Retail Department of the Bureau.

"We are trying, in these exhibits," the Bureau stated, "to help our retail lumbermen friends to a better understanding of how to buy West Coast woods to the best advantage and how to dispose of them, once they are bought, to the satisfaction of their customers and at a profit to the dealer. As the exhibits were prepared along lines laid down by some of the most progressive retail lumbermen in the country rve feel that our participation in these 16 conventions should be of value to our industrv and to the 8000 retail lumbermen members of the different associations."

Bureau exhibits, featuring West Coast woods, under the direction of the Retail Department, wi'll be shown at retail lumber dealer conventions in the following cities: Indianapolis, Ind.; Denver, Colo.; Columbus, O.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Winnipeg, Can.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Kansas City, Mo.; Syracuse, N. Y.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Louisville, Ky.; Lansing, Mich.; Chicago, Ill.; Milwaukee, Wis.; Lincoln, Neb.; Memphis, Tenn., and Tacoma, \Mash.

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A young man representing the building material dealer, the contractor and the building and loan association, sat at one side of a desk assisting the young lady on the opposite side-who represented the prospective home 6wnq1-in signing another Declaration of Independence-the Deed on the desk between them.

Other placards stated "Own Your Home" and "A Home is the Backbone of American Patriotism." The display, carried out in the national colors, with red, white and blue arepe paper and with red, white and blue placards and signs, was arranged by E. Mirrill Howard, Visalia Manager of the Tulare County Lumber Company in the main driveway of their building, as their place of business is located on the Main Street of Visalia.

MORRILL & STURGTON LUMBTR GO.

Portlud, Oregon

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CALIFORNIA SALES AGENTS FOR KNOX & TOOMBS

Hoquiam, Waeh.

Manufacturerr of Vcrtical

Grain Fir Doore

HARBOR PLYWOOD CO.

Hoquiam, Was5.

Manufacturera of 'Grayr Harbor" Yellow Fir Laminated Panelr

OAK FTOORING

,tHigh Stfeet, Oakland

in lumber from the log to the finished product. Complete a Lumber center"

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High Street in oakland, all the rvay from Fourteenth woodworking plants into one district gives this district a Streel to the Estuary, is Lecoming a great lumber and $:ltt:t"T" character which is bound to bring business to woodworking center'

The National Mill and Lumber Company operates, be- curable at the High Stre|t Lumber Center.

There is hardly a thing made of rvood which is not pro-

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equipment includes a sawmill rvhich is now cutting up a

million feet of Brazilian hardrvood_logs which were recent- San

ly imported into Oakland on the Norwegian steamer "City Oaklancl

of Nome." Los

The Pacific Pipe and Tank Company on Tidelvater Avenue is the principal manufacturer of wooden pipe in Cali,.

CHANGES AT CALEXICO yARD

fornia. / Jos. P. Siegel has resigned the management of the Sones

The Mercantile Box Company at Tidewater and Hjgh X Limber Corfiparry, Calexico, and has been succeeded by Street has a thoroughly up-to-date plant for the manufac- Bert Reddish. ture of wooden boxes and containers.

The Blackman Anderson Lumber Company has just completed a fine planing mill and lumber yard on the Oakland side of the High Street bridge.

The H. L. eall Lumber Company has a planing mill and complete stock of Fir and Redwood lumber at 579 High Street.

White Brothers, the pioneer hardwood house of San Francisco, where they have been established for the last fifty-five years, are now erecting their Oakland Hardwood He-adquaiters on the block bounded by High, Howard an9 Commlrce Streets. Here they will carry a complete stock of hardwood lumber, flooring and veneered panels, qs wgll as maintaining a wholesale y-ard for the shipment of Philippine Mahogariy and other tropical hardwoods to the eastern ionsuming centers, such as Chicago, Detroit, Grand Rapids, etc.

fhe lumber center on High Street can supply everything

ISRAEL NOW WITH W. C. EXTENSION BUREAU

Seattle, Wash, Jan. l0.-Albert R. Israel, who came here recently from New Orleans, La., has joined the staft of the West Coast Lumber Trade Extension Bureau temporarily to handle some special publicity and field work for the Bureau. For years Mr. Israel filled responsible positions on daily newspapers and in The Association Press in many of the leading cities of the country and also haS directed the publicitv activities of large enterprises and. organizations.

"I have been a subscriber to the Lumber Merchant for a number of years and I will say I would not be without it. You have one of the best lumber journals in the country."

Temecula Valley Lumber Co.

A TVTIGHTY FOREST CHIEFTAIN

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

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is thoroughly adaptable for the walls of COUNTRY CL[JBS, ESTATE LODGES, MOUNTAINand LAKE RESORI' HOTELS, HOMES and PAVILIONS. FIRE RESISTANT. Will not ROT, SIIRINK, SWELL or WAR P. Economical to apply because of the wide width - Rigid Construction. Each board fastened in three places. Heavy Shadow Line and wide exposure producing the RUSTIC effect so desirable in these structures. Avai straight cars or in our NATIONALLY KNOWN MIXED CAR SE

lumber.

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o, 12,, 14, 16" widths

)D by its NON-WARPING, NON CLPPING, FIRE-RESISTII{G and freedom from SHRINKities has made it possible to design a FINE HO{JSE available from the economical commercial sizes of

This is the first design to use full thickness lumber giving a depth of shadow line proportional to the wide width and will be welcomed by the architect and home builder.

TheWIDE width in REDWOOD will not develop SPLITS and SEASON CHECKS as in fibrous woods rle in IICE.

Madera Sugar Pine ComPenY,

Pioneers

Speaking of pioneers in the lumber inclustry of California, rvill interest every lumberman in the state to know that up in the mountains at the logging camp of the l\fadera Sug"r Pine Company, there is still in active service, the first logging locomotive ever used in the State of California' It is a peculiar little seven-ton saddle tank locomotive, and is afiectionately knolvn as "Betsey"'

For the l\fadera Sugar Pine Cornpany is truly a pioneer in its line of business. Its history is decidediy interesting, and some of the fundamentals to rvhich its offrcers credit much of its success are unique, as rvill be hereafter stated'

First, a terse historY.

Its predecessor in business rvas started in 1876, rvhen the California Lumber Company built a savi'mill in the Soquel Basin and flumed their lumber clown the Fresno River Valley to Madera. Their logging was done rvith ox teams' The venture was not a financial success, and the property was eventually taken or,er by a San Jose bank, an<l the company reorganized as the Madera Flume & Trading Company.

- By the late 9O's the Madera Flume & Trading Company had cut out all the timber available to its rnill, and the operation came to an eud. At that tinle NIr. Elmer H. Cox, fated to play a dominating part in the Pine inclustry o{ Cali-

fornia for the next generation and nlore, got jn-touch rvith thelttmberbusinessbykeepirrgthebooksofthislumberi;; ;;;;; ai a side iine, his irain business being that 9f ."!ni", "i the local bank. When the mill quit business JVIr. Cox conceived the idea of moving the plant over s-p,ecker*"" tllo""tain to the present sitelf the mill oI the Madera Susar Pine Company,^where there rvas a tremetrdous stand of ivonderful timber that ran very heavy in percentage to Susat Pitte. He planned to locate the mill there, and flume tt"-iu*U., dorvn the valley of Lewis Creek to its junction *lin ttt. Fresno River, "tti th.tt to l\fadera over the original flume line. This plan would make available a great timber holding or,vned -by Arthur Hill, F' M' Fowler and E. N. Briggs,lich eastern capitalists and lumbermen' \\rith this idea in his brain, 'Mr. Cox made a trip east and laicl this plan before these capitalists, and so irnpressed n,ere they r,vith the plan, ancl rvith the outstanding abjlily of this young man, that they not only accepted and fully financed the icheme, but they took him in with them, made hirn manager of the operation, ancl macle it possible for him to secrlre a large block of their stock. Frour here Mr. Cox's great lumber career began, for his work rvas {rom the start i decided success, and the Nladera Sugar Pine Company has been one of the best paying venttlres in California lumber histo11..

I'cntilatcd Lurnber. Alt Iladcra stoch is "llltter Cured", thcn -'lir Driad, in scionlific pilts.

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U?per left, Mill Pond.: Upper right, Train of hrmber floatine from Sawmill to Madera. Loading..d,ock. at. Madera._ ,7'zt,cnty-fiae hundred cars ore shipped from tl,t,ese dochs, front which the famous Modertr Trade Mark was tohen: Iower-iight, More ,,Ventilated

Planks are in water annuall5,: lower left, Lumber," in yards at

twenty-four hours; upper centef, Scene in u'oods, this is the tree Mad,cra.

:MADERA SUGAR PINE COMPANY, Continued

i Of the early ventures and adventures of the company' much might be written. Suffice is to say that in one year's time Mr. Cox had moved the sawmill plant, torn down and rebuilt on the new line sixty miles of flume, constructed.a planing mill and lumber yard at the foot of the flume in Madera, and started cutting logs.

From that time on the Madera Sugar Pine Company operation established a rgputation, not only as a maker of fine lumber, but as a "go-gettem" organization par excellence. As an example of the latter characteristic, get this: in the fall of 1922 the mill was destroyed by fire.It is located 6O miles from the railroad, at an elevation of 450O feet irr the.mountains, the only connection with the outer world being dirt roads. In the dead of winter, with much of the

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trucking being done through many feet of snow, they hauled in the niw equipment, and rebuilt that mill so that it started operations in the spring, an achievement unique in California history.

The original mill was equipped with two circular saws. In a few years one of these gave way to a band, and later the other went the same route, and the sawmill kept apace with progress, new and better equipment was constantly addedl until it reached a daily production average of 300,000 feet. The fire previously mentioned wiped out the mill and town. The mill, power house, lumber yard, dormitories, cook house, amusement hall and dwellings were all rebuilt at once that winter.

The new mill is practically a duplicate of the old, with

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Panoranta of the Planing Mill and' storage ldrds at Madera.

two Diamond rigs, one an S-foot and the other a 10, steam driven.

The lumber is manufactured, but not dressed or dried, at the mill, but it is flumed in its rough and green state, sixty miles to the yard and planing mill at Madera. So far as known this also is unique, insofar as the fluming of the green lumber is concerned, but it is handled most successfully by a process of an original character as to bundling, handling, etc. When it is considered that 300,000 feet of lumber come by water down that V-shaped trough every working day it will be understood that this transportation itself is a wonderful thing.

After reaching Madera the lumber is taken from the flume in bundles by elevator chains, the packages or bundles are unclamped, and the lumber passes to a spreader which spaces the pieces so that it can be inspected and marked as it passes over a sorting chain. It passes through what they call their lumber "laundry", the only one of its kind in the world, where every piece of the lumber is "washed" under 70 pounds pressure. All bark, dirt and gummy substance is washed away, and the lumber goes to the planer looking as though it has been scrubbed by a wire brush.

Another thought: the Madera Sugar Pine Company lays particular stress on the fact that the immersion of their lumber in running water for trventy-four hours while traveling down the flume, together rvith the "laundering" under pressure, removes not only any loose matter from the surface of the wood, but likewise washes from the grain itself various soluble substances, the removal of which improve the quality and value of the wood. They call attention to the fact that back in the old white pine.days in Wisconsin, the lumber that was left for a long time in water was considered to be of better quality and value than the fresh cut lumber. because much resin and other substances were washed out. They believe the same thing happens in their

operation at Madera, and they largely advertise this fact. The lumber at Madera is pulled from the chains, and distributed for drying by two electric transfers. The drying process at Madera is also unique and different in many ways. They pile it for drying so as to insure perfect ventilation, and they call their stock, "water cured, ventilated lumber". Perfect care is taken in the piling to insure plenty of air, and plenty of sunshine reaching the lumber. The piles are arranged to slope considerably. The stickers are exactly in line with one another, insuring straight drying. They believe that their air drying process is second to no other in use for drying California Pine.

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Illustrating conditions under zuhich the Sawmill canxP wat reconstructed aftcr ttte fire in 1922. rnt t!)!rif"f,tr5*tr, and ready to operate ott

The world's only Lumber Laundry. Eaery board is wasked,, top and bottom, under seaenty porntds pressure.

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The planing mill, box factory, and remanufacturing plant are ds efficient as they know how to make them' Their box factory is small, and so is the remanufacturing plant. Theirs is what is known as a "plank mill", since they do relatively little refining. The remanufacturing program contemplates merely the utilization of waste incidental to the handling of the lumber in the planer.

They operate a chamber dry kiln at Madera. Sturtevant blowers draw- air through steam heated manifold pipes and force it through a main air duct into the unloading end of each kiln. The kiln is a progressive one. The green lumber is introduced at the far end of the kiln compartment, working its way progressively toward the end from which it is ultimately removed. As the lumber moves toward the end of the kiln the air conditions are less and less humid, the final drying taking place directly in front of the atr duct. The lumber is flat piled.

The logging operations of the company are located about Fish Camp, south of Speckerman Mountain, and have been for twenty-six years. The sawmill itself is in Speckerman Mountain Basin, three miles from Fish Camp. For the next ten years they will be operating in the Chowchilla Unit, in the vicinity of Signal Peak. The timber runs very strongly to Sugar Pine. The main stand has averaged 40 to 50 per cent Sugar Pine, 15 to 20 per cent White Pine, 15 to fr per cent White Fir, and 5 to l0 per cent Incense Cedar.

In its logging the company depends largely upon steam donkeys, high leads and sky lines being used. For short

hauls a swing boom skidder is employed. Camp conditions are good, and the majority of their logging men have been rvith them long t€rms of years. The logging camps are about fifteen miles from the mill, and four Shay locomotives do the hauling. They are this year introducing their first caterpillar in their logging operation. It is a caterpillar sixty logging cruiser with Willamette double drum.

So much for the physical facts concerning the Madera Sugar Pine Company. If any great concern is but the lengthened shadow of a man, as has been said, then surely this concern is the lengthened shadow of Mr. Elmer H. Cox. He conceived it, promoted it, for many years operated it directly, and is now its president and general manager and guiding genius. It has always made money, and always been successful. Its product is sold in all the markets that know Sugar and White Pine, and everywhere it stands for the best of quality and satisfaction.

Lee M. Olds is vice-president and Walter F. Peacock is secretary. and treasurer.

Every year that passes in this age of service and salesmanrhip makes it easier for a smart man to make a living and harder for the 66dumb-bell".

lXrtrlbuth3 Yu{r ud Whryvcr, Foot of DlcF.rl$d Avc, Lor Al3clcr }hrbor, Wllnlqtn, Crl.

Joseph C. Martin

Joseph C. Martin, "Daddy Joe," one of the most beloved characters that ever graced the lumber industry, passed away, on the night of January third. Death rvas caused by injuries received in an automobile accident. earlier in the same day.

Joe Martin was probably one of the best known of California lumbermen, and his passing has caused deep grief to all men engaged in the business.

He was just past seventy years of age, was born in Waterbury, fowa, and entered the retail lumber business in Sioux City, when he rvas twenty. A ferv years later he cane to California, locating in Lemoore.

Twenty-three years ago he took up his residence in Fresno, bought an interest in the Fresno Lumber Company, and to the tinre of his death .lvas the active manager of this concern.

He was a Past President of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association; past President of the San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club; Past Commander of the Visalia Commandery; was very active in Masonic work, was a Thirty-second Degree Mason and a Shriner; Past President of the Fresno Builders' Exchange, and, at the time of his death, was acting Treasurer of the San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club.

He is survived by his r.vife, Mrs. Grace Martin, ttvo sisters, both residing in California, and a brother.

Writing Ads That Pull

Advertising should be an intelligent, persualive' forceful effort to interest prorpective customers in YOUR abiliiy to serve THEM.

Every ad-ehould be a SELLING TALI( If it won't db for a selling tdk, it irn't an advertisement.

The formdation of every succeesful advertisement is to know just exactly vfiat you are trying -to acl complish, "od theo lollow a well devised and thought-out rcheme for accomplishing it. THAT -*ib" the perapective of the man who writet ad' vertiring that PULLSi.

Of course, the 6rrt essential of a successful adver' tisement is to have sometting good to advertise; something that the other fellow wants, and that will appeal to him.

- Th" "".ood frmdamental is to BE TRUTHFI'JL. THIS applies to everything you do. If you 4re gourq to adverlise certain specific thingp-BE CERTAIN THAT YOU HAVE THEM.

An intelligent man will only let you fool him ONE TIME.

Be eertain that your merchandise ir jrut al so94 as your ad. Have-the thingr you advertire-a little over rather than a little under-and be prepared to deliver the goodr.

Keep YOURSELF and YOUR DESIRES rmder cover in your advertiring. The fact ttat yotr want to sell eornething doern't mean an5rthing to that OTHER FELLOW.

You mrut go to him from HIS viewpoinL Your advertising must offer sometfiing to HIM. The other fellow's desirec are tte thingr you must aim at if your advertiring is to PULL.

When you start to write an advertisement, get the bis thought in the front of your head that you are trying to accomplish is to give some information to the public concerning YOUR ability to senre THEM that will appeal to the reader's DESTRE FOR POSSESSTON.

It is the ot'her fellow's DESIRE FOR POSSES. SION that makes YOUR advertising PULL.

tFishiw FIRE'I a

Every little bit of carelessness involving fire hazardlax regulations about smoking, cigaretteq matches, rubbish, waste, defective fues, bad wiring, g1s.-is 6nother baited hook for fire. And fire is always ready to bite.

Thqfkeynote of Lumber Mutual Insurance is fire preventioil{e help you to get rid of all this dangerous bait and fire out. If fire comes, claims are justed and paid.

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ACCIDENT PREVENTION REDUCES THE EMPLOYERS COMPENSATION INSUR.A,NCE OVERHEAD IN MORE WAYS TH^AN ONE: AS FOLLOWS-

Fourth, thru your efrortr in preventing accidente, our plaa of operation will allow ue to return to you larger dividcnde ae we will not have to dirburce ac much noney for doctor, drugr, hoepital and rurgical rervice and compenration to the injured employeer.

Fifth, untold human rufrering and pain ir avoided by the elimination of dangerour plant conditionr and thc education of employeer in rafe practicer. No nornrat nan cnjoyr eceing another luffer, and cvery cnploycr ir dirtrercd whcn an employec ir injured in the courrc of hir duty. Sefcty will pay it. biggcat dividend iu the onc thing that moncy cannot buy and that ir, HUMAN HAPPINESS.

Sixth, a reriour accident will dirrupt your whotc organi:artion temporariln and after it har occuned thc crnployccr will have thcir mindr off tbelr work and rlow up productlon in a way thet will ba cortly to you.

Accidcnt prcvention rnd rafety 6nt work will acturtly incrcr.e your production; ae guardr are available that protcct and yct perm,lt the maximum output on thc machine, end with the prop€r protection thc cmployecr will not havc I rubconrciour heuuting fear of an accidcnt and they will bc able to increaac the quality ar well ae the qrnntity of thcir work.

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Emanuel Fritz is now associated with the California

tt' .r1tr/1tite and Sugar Pine Manufacturers Association as Wood

Technologist ind his work will be confined to the Associa-

tion's traie extension program. He is now in the East rvhere he will attend thi virious retail lumber dealers conventions with the Association Pine exhibits. Mr. Fritz is

equipped to handle his new duties and until the

Charlei Oliver, formerly one 6f the Association's lumber

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sAcRAMENTo EIiiDJNc Ozl s2,s?s FoR re26 Building construction in Sacramento during the past Lgar totaled $7-,732,573, according to a report compiled by City Building Inspector Ben H.tovell. This figure is-slightly under the 1925 total. During the year 2672 permits were

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We are frankly looking for new business, and invite you to give EAGLE QU.A,LITY a trial. You vrill be glad you did.

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MY FAVORITE, STORIE,S

By Jack Dionne

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2O years-Some less A Couple on the Cler$y

Clergyman stories, told in good taste, are always interesting.

One of the classics concerns the Episcopal Minister in the smoking compartment of the train, and the drunk who wanted to be friendly with him. The drunk pulled out a flask, and insisted that the preacher have a drink. He declined, courteously, but firmly. The drunk insisted. Again he declined. "'Well, why won't you take a drink?" asked the drunk belligerently. "Because I never drink," replied the minister. "You're a cock-eyed liar, you're drunk nour"' said the drunk one, "you've got your collar on back side in front."

But a later one was told me by a Catholic friend of mine who attended the Eucharistic Congress in Chicago last summer. He said he was sta4ding in the lobby of a hotel in the evening, talking jovially with a group of friends, when a big Irish priest, whom he knew, joined the group' The laughter sort of died off, and the conversation lagged' Thinking he should discuss some subject of interest to the clergyman, he said: "That was a fine reception they gave the Cardiqals this morning, wasn't it?" "'Well, why the divil shouldn't they?" replied Father Kelly. "THEY'RE LEADINGTHE NATIONAL LEAGUE, AREN'T THEY?''

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Hoo Hoo in California, in L927

The Old Black Cat has the stage all set, in California, for a boosting, active year.

There hasntt been a great deal happen, since the Annual, in the Golden State, but with State Councillor Fred Roth so very much on the job, making flying trips up and down the state, with the Parson, and with the activity in selecting and appointing nelv Vicegerents and" Club officers, the Spring and Summer will see much activity.

-Broiher Roth has made two trips, with Parson Simpkin, organizing new districts, officiating at Concatenations, and stirring up interest in general, and let it be said, here and now, that the Bay District Hoo Hoo are to be congratulated upon their selection of such a fine, active fellow for the important office that Fred holds. l:

Since September, when the great Annual was held at Kansas City, California has witnessed 11 Concatenations, taking in 176 Kittens. They have all been successful meet-

Coast Counties, San Bernardiuo, Riverside, Susanville, Hilt, Humboldt, and Quincy.

The Clubs are : Los Angeles, No. 2; San Diego, No. 3; San Francisco, No. 9; Fresno, No. 3l; Susanville, No. 37; Westwood, No. 38; Oakland, No. 39; San Bernardino, No. 44; McCloud, No. 55 ; Quincy, No. 58 and Palo Alto, No. ffi. The last named is the youngest Club in the country.

A number of the acting Vicegerents are shorvn in the accompanying pictures, and here is a list of the present Snarks. One or two of these are helcl over, from last year, and it is understood that successors will be announced in the next thirty days.

Butte County, Wm. B. Dean, (Chico)

Mt. Shasta, Clifford T. Kernohan, (McCloud)

San Joaquin Valley, W. P. Johnson, (Fresno)

Sacramento, Walter N. Baker, (Sacramento)

ings, and from advance reports the similar affairs planned for the near future by the San Diego District, Los Angeles, Fresno, Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland and others, the fiscal year will probably see some records up for other jurisdictions to shoot at.

The state now has 15 Hoo Hoo Districts, each under the direct supervision of a Vicegerent who is appointed by the Supreme Officer, and under the watchful eyes of Councillor Roth. These districts are officially knorvn as follows: Butte County, Mt. Shasta, San Joaquin Valley, Sacramento Valley, Northern, San Francisco Bay, Los Angeles, San Diego,

Northern, J. N. Boshoff, (Westwood)

San Francisco Bay, Robt. S. Grant, (San Francisco)

Los Angeles, W. B. Wickersham, (Los Angeles)

San Diego, Jerry Sullivan Sr., (San Diego)

Coast Counties, Albert L. Hubbard, (San Jose)

Susanville, Wm. C. Graf, (Susanville)

Hilt, A. E. Stonehouse, (Hilt)

Quincy, Wm. Stoddard, (Quincy)

San Bernardino, Harry W. Newton, (San Betnardino)

Riverside, J. Wesley Shrimp, (Riverside)

Humboldt, John H. Quill, (Eureka)

I. N. Boshoff, Westwood. William Stoddard,'Quincy

LI/. P. tolrnson, Fresno

I|/m. C. Graf , Susanz.tille

W. B. Wichersham, Los Angeles

I4tillinm B. Dean, Chico Robert S. Grant, San Fr.aucisco

A. E. Stonehoase, ' Hik

c. M. cRoss

C. M. Cross, Cross Lumber Co., Merced' well known California retail lumberman, died at his home in Merced on New Year's Eve, December 31. When suddenly stricken, Mr. Cross rvas at home and carrying on a conversation with his wife.

Mr. Cross had been connected with the lumber business in California for many years and prior to his coming to California, he was connectid with tlie retail lumber and banking business in Western Kansas, where he was associated with the late G. X. Wendling.

With Mr. Wendling, he operated a retail lumber yard at Hanford and carried on an eitensive lumber business in the San Joaquin Valley. In the early nineties, he and Mr. Wendling'staried the frendling Lumber Co. in San Francisco' Afler the San Francisco fire he started the Cross Lumber Co. in San Francisco where he operated a large retail lumber business until 1910. When the Wendling Lumber Co' discontinued business about 1912, Mr. Cross went to Merced where he started the Cross-Baird Lumber Co', which later became the Cross Lumber Co.

Associated rvith Mr. Cross in operating their lumber business at Merced are his two sons, H. M. Cross and Marion Cross and his son-in-law, Judd Burton. Mr. Bert Boyle has charge'of the Cross Lumber.Co' yard at Coalinga'Funeril services, which tvere largely attended, rvere held at Merced on lanuarv 2.

BUY STOCKTON PENCIL PLANT

Sale of the California Cedar Products Company stock, involving approximately $50O,000, was-announced on January a by W. -B^. Thot-.n, president. The purchase was negotiated by O. F. Chicheiter, president of the Hampton Investment Company, New York.

.The Stockton piant is the largest pencil slat- factory in the world, and enjoys the greatest export business of all plants of its kind. -'In. company was organized rvith a capital of $75,00O in 1918 and the capital has twice been inireased until it now is $500,000.

Mr. Thurman and his brother, G. S. Thurman, secretary, and F. F. Sayre, vice-president, owned all the stock'

The local piant has i capacity of 10,00O pencil-gross p.er day, enough io supply every man, woman and child in the Uriiiea Siites with four pencils a year. It employed 125 men.

WESTERN LUMBER CO. AT SACRAMENTO CHANGES HANDS

The Western Lumber Company of Sacramento changed ownership around the first of the year when H. C. Ferguson and F-rank Butler took over this retail yard. The new owners are rvell known to the lumber trade of California an I have a large acquaintlnceship with the trade. Mr. Fe suson was with the Tilden Lumber & Mill Co. yard at Sacrarnento and Mr. Butler was connected with the Swayne Lumber Co.

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READ THIS FROM ONE OF OUR SATISFIED CUSTOMERS

Boorman Lumber ComPanY Oeldand, Crlifornia

Hendrickson - Godard Lumber Co.

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Gentlemen:

December I}, 1926

Saturdey

Enclos€d find our check No. 2741 for $4,649.10, the net amount of invoice covering car MoP 8j169 containing carload of "DIXIE"-Brand'Flooring Strips, after deducting freight and discount.

- - iti" is a beautiful car of marerial, well milled, uniform in color, and the lenghs are ap' parently even better than you represented' ' \J1/; believe Floor Lay.rs wili appreciate this "DIXIE" product, and trust it will not be very long before we will be interested in another car.

Sincerely yours,

BJB:EC BOORMAN LUMBER COMPANY, B. J. Boorman.

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Close your eyes and run your fingers over the steel-polished surface of several pieces of "Ever. lasting" flooring, and you will not be able to detect where they are joined, so perfect is the matching. S::ch qudity is achieved only by eternal vigilancea rtem of rigid inspection continuous throughout man.;facture.

The Redwood Crisis

(From The Saturday Evening Post)

After negotiations extending over a period of several years an agreement has been reached between one of the iarge lumber companies on the Pacific Coast and such organlzations as are interested in preserving intact what is generally considered the most superb forest of redwood t-rees of-any size. This grove consists of the Bull Creek and Dyerville fl"ts in Cilifornia. Within the length of time agre'ed upon, a sum of between five and a half and six and a tialf milfion dollars must be paid to the private owners of these trees or they will be cut for commercial purposes.

It has been said ihat the redwood is perhaps the best known by reputation of any tree in America. Yet the larger and more monumental forests of redwoods are less visited than any other scenic feature. Many tourists have seen the smallei groves near San Francisco, bqt the-forest-s of maximum growth and age are as yet known to few, although in no Jense inaccessible, stretching as they do in all the riajesty of their centuries of growth along the northern coast of California.

Except for a relatively few areas that have been saved fol the people by gift oi purchase, the giant redwoods are owned 6y irrivale-interests. They cannot be withdrawn, like so many Western forests, from the, public lands-and given the tiile of national forest or national. park. Th.ey irust be purchased through private negotiation or. .bl. countv or state condemnation. The owners are entitled to cui down these most marvelous of trees, and will continue to doso even though ill-informed or superficial writers and agitators describe the lumbermen as murderers. A great industry is based upon the utilization of the redwood iree and its p?oducts, .nd-it is primar-ily a,business problem which must be approached in-a businesslike way,to work out a balanced piogrt* between the scenic values and those of an economic nature.

On the other hand, years of study by foresters and scientists have resulted in-the firm and settled conviction that the Bull Creek and Dyer.ville redwood forests are without an equal. As long as the attempt is being made to save a substintial area, il seems wise to save the finest'

It is true that the lumbermen have taken up a vigorous program of reforestation, which may possibly in time be of iom-=mercial use to them and prevent the disappearance of redwood timber But too many centuries are required to create a giant redwood for any of us now living.to be mu.ch intereste[, except from the strictly commercial viewpoint in any reforestation efforts.

It is unfortunate that more Americans have not visited the great redrvood forests. They do not bring t9 mind the stor! of kings, as do the shrinCs of Europe. There- is no connotation -of patriotism, as at Valley Forge -orM9un1 Vernon. They tell of living things rather than of the dead, of life for half a thousand years.

But a modern porver saw makes short work of even these long-spanned trees. Five hundred years are as nothing to a lumbei mill. The sunshine and soil, ocean mists and clouds, and time in all its full ,abundance, have created the redwood tree. No words can describe its strength and graceful beauty alive; yet anyone can describe the shingles into which it is sawed.

The Save-the-Redwoods League regards the preservation of the Bull Creek and Dyerville areas as its paramount duty to the public. Never have more careful and painstaking efiorti been made to arrive at a fair price {or -a piece of pro=perty. The sum is large, but the property is of -extra- otditta.y iommercial value.- That it has an even higher value nb one will deny who has ever seen this forest.

The state of California may yet be persuaded to contribute toward the purchase. - But like -other states, it is overburdened with bond-issue proposals already. No indi-' vidual who contributes to the saving of these trees can ever regret such a gift. In every life- there are times or -ometrls of exaltation, of attainment of the highest values. No man or woman can gaze upon the redwoods and fail to have that portion of life enriched.

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THE REBEL

I walked on the hill-top on Sunday, on Sunday, The bells pealed below me from valley and plain; I walked to gain courage for work-a-day Monday, To the hill-tops, the lone lands, the bells come again.

Mayhap in the churches they prove Him, they prove flim, The preachers say one day their God we shall see; f see Him, I feel Him, I kno'w Him, f love Him, When out on the hill-top, God preaches to me.

And down in the churches the people, the people, Sit tightly in rows just like peas in a pod; "And, oh, you're a heathen," comes up from each steeple, "\l[/ho walk on the hill-top to commune with God"

-By Vera Wheatley.

THE TEST

"I am not particularly interested in what any m€rn says to me about his religious beliefs, or about the church to which he belongs. What does interest me is the kind of life he leads. It matters not what brand of religion he professes, nor does it matter if he. confesses none at all. Is he loveable? Is he useful?"-Thomas Dreier.

DOPING OUT THE UNIVERSE

A group of workmen at the lunch hour were discussing evolution and the origin of man. One of the party remained silent, when a companion turned to him and demanded his opinion.

"I ain't goin' to say," he replied doggedly. "I remember as how Henry Green and I threshed that out once before, and it's all settled as far as I'm concerned."

"But what conclusion did you arrive at?"

"'Well, we didn't arrive at the same conclusion. I arrived at the hospital, and Henry at the police station."

THREE GOOD MAXIMS

I don't think much of a man who isn't wiser today tharl he was yesterday.-Abraham Lincoln.

The priceless ingredient is the honor and integriti of ,him who made it.-Hakeem.

' No man must spend all his time thinking, orall his Itime doing.-Babcock.

NO OFFERS

Luke-"I've been running around all morning trying to ;get something for my wife."

, Uke-'iCouldn't you get any ofrers?"

TWO PAIR FOR TWO PURPOSES

Flappers are now wearing two pairs of garters, one below the knee and the other above. The upper ones hold up etockings. The lower ones hold up traffic.

THE HUMAN TOUCH

It's the human touch in the world that counts, The touch of your hand and miqe, That means far more to the fainting heart, Than shelter or bread or wine. For shelter is gone when the night is o'er, A,nd bread lasts only a day, But the touch of the hand And the sound of the voice, Live on in the soul alway.-Clipped.

ADDED INJURY

The dentist had been trying to collect a bill for a set of false teeth.

"Did he pay you?" asked his wife.

"Pay me! Not only did he refuse to pay me, but he actually had the effrontery to gnash his teeth at nre-+ith MY teeth."

LIVE WELL

Where a man can live, there he can also live well.rMarcus Aurelius.

If you can live in a little town, You can help each friend and neighbor With the sunny smile and the kindly word That lighten care and labor.

If you can live on a lonely shore

With the winds and the moaning waves, You can learn the lore of the towering clifts And the magic of coral caves.

If you can live on the mountain top Alone in the swirling rain, You can touch the stars with your questing soul And conquer your fear and pain.

If you can "live by the side of the road," You can be "a friend to man;" And mould the life of the passer by To a nobler and holier plan.

If you can live in the city's strifeThat is a test for you ! : With tasks and problems on every side, r There is nothing you cannot do.

Wherever your earthly home may be- :' E'en the sands of the desert tell, If you can live in the world at all, You can wisely live-and well.

Adeline M. Conner.

THREE GUID REASONS

It was at the fall fair and some of the boys who were seeing the whole show tried to persuade Angus McGregor to buy himself a ride on the merry-go-round. "Na, na,l' said Angus. "The poseetion is redeeculous, the plaisure is but momentary and the expense is dornnable."

SAN FRANCISCO'S OUTLOOK FOR 1927

BY CLAY MILLER' President San Francisco' Chamber of Commerce

San Francisco is finishing a satisfactory year, with every promise of continued progress and prosperity for 1927. !n ind about the city t6ers are physical evidences of confidence.

Our financial institutions are in splendid condition.

Our investment institutions have enjoyed the heaviest business in their history. Other than the disturbance in the building trades, there has been no important cloud in the sky.

Shipping through the Port of San Francisco has increased in a very satisfactory degree.

Reports indicate a fine retail trade during the holiday season.

Rains have been plentiful and agricultural conditions throughout the state promise well for 1927. The barometirs of trade throughout the country reflect an optimistic feeling.

The peopli of San Francisco are alive to the growing importanCe of this city as a financial and shipping center for the most favored agricultural region in the !\'orld.

Our people are giving thought to civic problems arising from the growth of the.community.

The people of San.Francisco are developing a fine spirit of co-operation in all public movements. Our relations with the other cities and communities on the Pacific Coast are most cordial and co-operative. We may look back with some pride to the accomplishments and progress of 1926, and our people have every reason to look foirvard to 1927 as a happy and prosperous New lfsa1.-"p1om San Francisco Business."

CARGO OF PHILIPPINE MAHOGANY TO ARRIVE ABOUT JAN. ls

Harry White,'general manager of White Brothers, states that they will have a half million feet of Philippine mahogany arrive in San Francisco about January 15. The bulk of this new shipment will go to their new Oakland yard.

FRANK H. CAMPBELL LEAVES ON EASTERN TRIP

Frank H. Campbell, special agent for The Pacific Lumber Co., with headquarters at the company's San Francisco office, left for the east on January 8 where he will spend the next few months. He plans to attend the Pennsylvania Retail Lumbermen's Association Convention at Pittsburgh on February 2, 3 and 4 where he will have charge of the company's Redwood exhibit. He will have charge of their exhibit at the other eastern conventions and also call on the eastern dealers on Redwood trade extension work.

Takes New Account

The Hendrickson-Godard Lurnber Co. of San Francisco are now acting as the representatives of the Jerome Hardwood Lumber Co., the manufacturers of the "Dixie Brand" oak flooring, in the Northern California territory. The Jerome Hardwood Lumber Co. sawmills and flooring plant are located at Jerome, Arkansas. They also manufacture band sawri oak, ash, cypress, and gum lumber, both in the kiln dried and air dried rough and dressed. This concern also specializes s/s in. by ll in. square edge hardwood strips.

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Agricultural Series. Bulletin No. 4

(By the Coli,fornia Redzaood Ass'n.)

REDWOOD FARM GATES

Dcttgnd bt Mnx E h\" Fanaad Frl.6riwl;r, Agrktuhwal TRENGTH and long life, combined, will be obtained by using straight grained, all-heart California Redwood for farm gates.

Added appearance may be obtained by judicious use gt paint on sides, edges and ends of all gate members. This should be done after cutting to required lengths, and, before assembling. To obtain best appearance, finish coat of paint should be applied after gate is assembled.

The use of bolts, rather than spiking and clinching, in assembling,,insures best results ind permits of ready replacement of broken members without weakening th-e gate or detracting from its appearance after repairs have been made.

There should be two bolts, with suitable washers, at each important intersection of mernbers.

Type "A" illustrates a simple and inexpensive gate which, in unusual widths, may be strengthened by -No. 9 soft galvanized twisted wire placed counterwise to wood brace shown.

Type "8" is suitable for gates up to 18, 0r, wide.

Type "C" may be built in pairs if preferred, with meeting stiles in center to swing two ways, but this

Dc4rffi, Cali@a Rodulrd /uoffi* &plrig}c ryry, gate can be made self-supporting up to 16' 0,, wir:le.

Attention is called to the suggestion of a removable post housed in a Redwood post socket where the convenience of a walk gate is desired or where an unusually wide opening is required only at intervals. This overcomes the objection of operating an unduly wide gate for ordinary use. A removable panel may be substituted for one gate where only one is required.

*DIIRABILITY OF REDWOOD :

"If it had no other merits, Red.zoood uottlil ilesetwe a wide use on the farm because of its great natural resistance to rot and fire. Heart Redwood when placed in contact with the ground should have an average life of 25 years, whereas some other native woods which could be bought a little cheaper, perhaps, rot out in a few years. The durable quality of. Red.zaood should be taken adaantage of by the farmer in his choice of woods for such uses where all the conditions promoting decay are present."

*From "THn IJss or Lunrspn oN Cer-monnte FARMS," bv Merritt B. Pratt, University of California. Bulletin No. 299.

Uong socft siacs otd q.onanical lcngths ar:d gr&s of Califuniu Irtwcrd lumbq.

9rocr(s. roR H|NGES A9 ttEQutRtO

Thirteen thousand to one hurdred and frftv thousand square feet, location corner San Fernando Boulevard and Goodwin Street. This is the choicest industrial location in the Glendale Industrial District.

Fifty thousand square feet, location extending through from Washington Boulevard to Exposition Boulevard. Onehrmdred feet of trackage instaltcd can be exten&d to four hundred feet

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Lumber Industry Outlook Bright

Satisfactory Profits Expected in Coming Year, Stocks at Mills Are Not Large

,The lumber industry is convinced that the status of the lumber trade is an excellent thermometer of business, as the current files and shipments are more responsive to actual business conditions than in any other gieat industry, according to Wilson Compton, secretary, National Lumber Manufacturers' Association. They reflect the business temperature of the moment rather than that of three months hence. If this figurative thermometer is faithfully recording the present temperature of general business the conclusion is that business is letting up, not only seasonally but c1'clical!y.

It is true that lumber movement directly reflects mainly, crnly the variations of the construction industry but there is nb other industry probably that is now so intimately associated with the general business activity of the country. After a period of construction unparalleled in duration and intensity there appears to be some curtailment of construction, especially building. This curtailment is bound to have gencral repercussion, and the sensitive lumber industry is imnreciiately affected.

' The reduction of the volume of the lumber movement as compared with 1925 has been evident only during the last quarter of the year. During the first nine months, shipi-rrents and sales considerably exceeded the 1925 figures, but havd been lagging behind the corresponding dates of 1925 for some weeks. However. the industry has been more discreet than formerly in the matter of -production and did not let the heavy demand of the first part of the year stimulate production. The tendency throughout 1926 was to hold down the output, rvith the result that while the total outflow of lumber from the mills was larger than in 1925, a smaller amount was manufactured.

Notwithstanding this commendable restraint, prices have not been encouraging and the end of the year found a more than normal suspension of sawing or reduction of running time. The price level was almost a continuous level throughout the year. The lumber industry finds itself without large gains for a year that was on the whole one of peak activity for business in general and also for lumber. Stocks on hand at the mills are irot large, and the statistical position of the industry is generally sound.

Lumber men do not deduce a forecast of general business depression from the present status of their own industry. Neither do.they conslder that 1927 necessarily will be a dull year in lumber. There are signs that the rural demand for lumber will offset any shrinklge there may be in'the city requirements. Moreover, there are powerful forces rnaking toward the elimination of the peculiar conditions that have resulted in intense activity in the lumber industry, since the depression of. l92O-21, without satisfactory, if any,

profit. The great number of independent producing units (about 30,000) make for vigorous competition and oppose' co-operative group action to defend the industry against' destructive competition from without. Within the last year or so regional groups of manufacturers have united in vigor-' olls co-operative merchandising efforts, and there is everlr pospect that 1927 will see all these groups fused in an energetic and intelligent national trade expansion effort ori behalf of lumber as a whole.

HARRY OFFICER READY FOR ANOTHER BATTLE

Harry Officer, of the Santa Fe Lumber Co., who recently broke two bones in his wrist has discarded the cast and reports that it is convalescing nicely. Harry is still.protect- ' ing the injured wrist, and although he is still doing most of his handshaking with his left hand, he says he will be in fine shape for another battle soon.

C. S. PIERCE LUMBER CO. IN THEIR NEW QUARTERS

The C. S. Pierce Lumber Co. of Fresno are now located in their new plant which was recently completed. Their new quarters are very attractive and the new yard is an ideal modern retail lumber yad, located on their own property. Frank H. Minard is the manager of this progressive retail lumber company.

NEW YARD ATFILLMORE

* Hull Bros., of Santa Monica, are opening a yard at Fillmore. The new venture will be a general retail yard; a! Santa Monica they are engaged in the planing mill business onlv. j

FORESTRY PRIMERS :.

Sacramento-More than 40,000 forestry primers are on their way to California from Washington in a special car via fast freight. The primers are a consignment from the 900,000 given by Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the American Tree association, to the people of America to mark the present year the semi-centennial of the first step in forestry by the United States government. Plans for distribution of the forestry primers in California before American Forest Week, April 24, put this state among the leaders in forestry education. The great distribution drive follows a bulletin sent out by Will C. Wood, superintendent of public instruction. The primers will be presented as a handbook of fire pevention for children and a new bulletin and map of the national forests.of California. Plans for Forest Week are being outlined by Rotary, Kiwanis, women's clubs, Campfire and Boy Scout organizations.

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"Redwood Line" Inau$urates Coastwise Service

Inaugurating the service of the Finkbine-Guild Corporation belween talifornia City and Rockport' the steamer Frank D. Stout sailed recently for the northern port to load a full cago of lumber squares.

The Fiank D. Stout will act as a feeder for the company between Rockport and California City. on the Marin county side of San Francisco bay, where the- cornpany has. expended a vast sum in building and equipping a terminal' 'i?ro* California Citv to gulf ports the lumber will be handled by larger steamlrs oi the line, the lumber being reloaded ontb thJ larger steatners at the California City terminal'

In addition Io handling freight for the Finkbine-Guild the Frank D. Stout will also carry passengers' it rvas announced recently, and the steamer has been fitted up for the accommodation of a limited number of passengers.

The Finkbine-Guild owns extensive acreage of redwood timber at Rockport, on the Mendocino county coast, all of which will be siwed into squares and shipped to the company's mills at Gulfport, Miss., on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

Maior Charles W. Cook, who is interested with the company'in the operation of the steamer Frank D. Stout bei*..tt San Frincisco bay and Rockport, went north on the vessel to superintend the loading of the cargo.

The McCormick Steamship Company are the agents for the "Redwood Line" which ii the intercostal service of the company and operating a monthly line of ships between Pacific Coast Ports and Gulfport, Mississippi.

.NAVY BILL'' INGRAM ADDRESSES CLUB NO. 9

BOB PARKER A BAY DISTRICT VISITOR

Bob Parker, manager of the Portland office for the E. K. Wood Lumber Co., spent the Christmas holidays in the Bay District visiting with his relatives. Bob checked in at the company's San Francisco office and also called on many of his lumbirmen friends in the Bay District. Prior to his going North, he was connected with the San Francisco omce of the company and he has a great many friends in the California lumber industry. His many friends in the Bay District rvere glad to see Bob again.

B. W. BOOKSTAVER A SAN FRANCISCO VISITOR

B. W. Bookstaver, of the Bookstaver-Burns Lumber Co., Los Angeles, rvas a recent San Francisco visitor where he spent several days on business matters. He also called on his lumbermen friends and looked over the market condi. tions in the Bay District. "Book" before his departure for the Southern metropolis was a popular member of the Bay District lumber fraternity and his friends are always glad to see him check in again. He was registered at San Francisco's newest hotel, the Mark Hopkins.

GIVES LUMBER FOR HOME

A unique Christmas Prize plan was successfully carried out by the F. A. Johnson Lumber & Mill Company, Baldwin Park, last month.

They gave a complete house bill of lumber, value $1,423, to the holder of the lucky numbei, and the valuable prize was won by a local rancher.

About Labor Day the company started giving numbered tickets with each dollar purchase, announcing the prize as

a complete bill of materials for a five-room home.

TLe drarving was held just before Christmas Day. HOO-HOO r '!

There was a large turn-out of Bay District Hoo-Hoo at the luncheon held at the Palace Hotel on Thursday, January 6, at which "Navy Bill" Ingram, foot-ball coach at the Uiritea States Naval Academy at Annapolis' was the speaker of the day. "Navy Bill" alsembled ald was coach of the East team itrat ptayed in the annual East-West football game at Kezar Stadium, San Francisco' on New Year's Day.

'iNavy Bill," who had just returned lrom a few days' trip to The -Pacific Lumber Co. plant at Scotia where he rvas the guest of "Stan" Murphy, hade a few remarks about the lum6er industry and in referring to the plant there stated, "it is the most remarkable thing I have ever saw !"

The famous Navy coach is a pleasing talker and among the manv football iopics he discussed was the Army-Navy same at Chicago which was witnessed by 120,000 people' ile also spokeln football in the east and the AlabamaStarifbrd lame at Pasadena. His talk was surely- a treat for the football fans and was greatly enjoyed by the large attendance.

"Al" No'lan of The Pacific Lumber Co. was the chairman of the day and the Club was greatly indebted to "Al" for securing t'Nany Bill" to speak at the luncheon.

HomEr Maris, vice-president of the Club, presided over the business session. Fred Roth, Hoo-Hoo state counselor for California, spoke on the. recent trips he made with Parson Simpkin inlo the Redwood and Pine Districts. "Al" Hubbard-, vicegerent snark of the Coast Counties District, was a visitor at the luncheon.

HOMER MARIS ON NORTHWEST TRIP

Homer Maris, H. B. Maris Panel Company, San Francisco, is on a several days' trip in'the Northwest visiting with his business connections. He plans to visit the Portland, Seattle and Puget Sound and Coos Bay Districts. He will be in the North about 10 daYs.

VALLEY LUMBERMAN VISITS SOUTH

M.. J. M. Montgomery, lvell known rvholesale salesman of Stockton, visited Southern California, this month, accompanied by Mrs. Montgomery and their young son.

MITCH LANDIS SINGS OVER STATION KTAB

Mitch Landis was one of the artists to sing over radio station KTAB on New Year's Eve. The program was sponsored by the Public Spirit Club of.San Francisco. While located-in the Bay Diitrict, Mitch was one of the regular artists on station KTAB programs and his many admirers were glad to hear him sing again. He is now associated with the Falconburv Lumber Co. at Stockton.

BLACKMAN-ANDERSON LUMBER CO. IN THEIR NEW YARI)

The Blackman-Anderson Lumber Co. are now operating their new yard on High Street, Oakland, where they have an excellent and modern up-to-date plant' In connection with their retail lumber business, they also have a complete equipped planing mill. The company which was_formerly kno*n'aslhe E. L. Blackman Lumber Co., with the retirement of Mr. E. L. Blackman, they discbntinued their plant at East Fourteenth Street, moving their operations to their new Dlant on High Street. The officials of the BlackmanAnderson Lumber Co. are Clarence Blackman, Ernest A. Blackman and 'Fred Anderson.

M. V. JOHNS NOW LOCATED rN CHTCAGO

M. V. Johns, of the Redwood Sales Company, is -now located ai Chicago where the cgmpany have. gPened an eastern office. Milton has been connected with the Redwood Sales Company for several years and was assistant to H. W. Sinnock iri ttreir San Francisco office. Milton took an active interest in all lumber affairs in.the Bay District and his many friends in the California lumber trade wish hirn success in his new location.

(The Claring Houce)

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

Raedc $2.s0 pet cotutnn inch The Fellow Who Wants to Be Hired

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total shipmentr for 1926 were 1881346 M feet, while the 1925 receiptr totalled 143,830 M feet"

"For the year 1926, the AsEociation mills reported total orders received 3981421 M feet; production 3961752 M feet; and shipmentr 3801862 M fe€t Northern California territory bought 1581659 M feet, while the Southern California territory took 93,169 M feet during 1926.

"Califotlia White & Sugar Pine: The dealers report that it ir too early to size up tte rituation lor 1927 but the indurtry as a whole feelc optimirtic for $1g sp6ing year. There are about 15 millc down for the winter and some of fhe millr are making preparationr to start their logging operations about March 1. Stocks on hand at the mills are about l6Vo more than they were last yar at thia time. The total pine production for the industry during f926 ir ectimated to be elightly under two billion feet, which ir an increare of about lO/6 over the 1925 production."

WANT TO BUY YARD

Want to buy a retail lumber yard, or an interest in one, up to $25,000, by a successful experienced lumber and mill man, 37 years old. Address Box A-200, care California Lumber Merchant. L2-l-3

FOR SALE

SALESMAN, MARRIED. EXPERIENCED IN YELLOW PINE AND FIR, WELL AND FAVORABLY ACQUAINTED WITH OHIO AND MIDDLE WESTERN TRADE, WANTS GOOD CONNECTION FOR 1927. STATE SALARY, ETC. BEST OF REFERENCES. ADDRESS BOX B.1OO. CARE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT. l-t-l

WANTED

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

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

FOR SALE

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

PARTNER WANTED

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

SALESMAN WANTED

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

Want to get in touch with working retail lumberman, as partner, who can invest his services and from $15,000 to $?5,000 to buy ownership of a yard I am now managing. Yard location less than 100 miles from San Francisco. Fullest investigation is invited. Address Box 8-103, care Cal. Lbr. Merchant. 1-1-1

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All this means customer satisfaction-"repeat" businese -and more dollars for dealers.

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