IT. B. rtARIS PANET COilPAN.r SAN FRANCISCO PLYtYOOID

to meet the requirements of the tenants. The roof structure has been designed so that it can be used as an additional floor if desired. Another story may be added or a portion of the roof may be used for a restaurant, lecture hall, club rooms or anything of similar nature that seems desirable.

In the new building the lumber and wood industries will be well represented with complete and handsome exhibits. One of the outstanding lumber exhibits will be that of the Red River Lumber Company, which will erect a miniature building, containing beautiful specimens of the Company's lumber products and exemplifying the new method of wood carving by the sand blasting process. The CadwalladerGibson Company will have an exhibit of batten mahogany flooring and doors. The California Redwood Association, with headquarters in San Francisco, will also be represented. The Hammond Lumber Company will have an exhibit, and the Hardwood Dealers' Association will be well represented with a handsome exhibit. The exhibitors included in this association will be the Western Hardwood Lumber Co., W. E. Cooper Lumber Company, E. J. Stanton & Son, California Panel & Veneer Company and C. W. Bohnhoff.

The. location of the building is such that the natural lighting on all floors is admirable, but in their plans the architects have arranged to supplement the hatural light with artificial lighting in such a way that in addition to the regular outlets additional outlets can be taken from any part of the ceiling on any floor through concealed wiring. In the heating of the building also a new plan is being used; a plan which it is believed will produce some interesting restrlts for architects throughout the country. Steam heat will be used in all parts of the building, but gas fuel will be used to genefate the stearn and it is the purpose to carefully check the cost and efficiency of gas as the primary fuel for office building heating against the better known oil. Throughout the summer and winter observations and tests will be carried on and the data thus obtained will be available to architects and to the building industry.

The new building is owned by Wright-Aiken, Incorporated, headed by Preston S. Wright. Mr. Wright has been actively identified with building enterprises in Los Angeles for many years and has erected many of the finest homes in the city and a large number of stores and apartment houses.

States Enact T3o Forestry Laws In 1927

Taxation, Fire Prevention and Reforestation Among Problems Tackled By Various Legislatures

One hundred and thirty new forestry laws, or amendments to prior acts, relating to forest taxation, fire pre. vention and reforestation have been passed by state legislatures in the last year, it is shown by a survey of. 1927 forest legislation just completed by the forestry department of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. California was the most active state in such legislation, followed closely by Wisconsin and Minnesota.

New laws, or amendments to old statutes, relating to the problem of forest taxation were passed by nine states, namely, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, Minnesota; New Ifampshire, New York, Ohici, Wisconsin and Indiana.

Six states enacted laws pioviding for the establishment of state boards of forestry and state foresters. They are Florida, Rhode Island, South Carolina, West Virginia, Delaware and Kansas.

Included in the new legislation relating to forestry in California are bills providing for additiondl forest parks, reforestation of public lands, provisions for courses in forestry and amendments to the penal code relating to the ' prevention and control of fires and the cutting and destroy. ing of timber.

Wisconsin enacted a law which provides for the establishment of a state conservation commission among the duties of which are to establish state forests, state productive nurseries, experimerital stations and the maintenance of fire fighting establishments. Wisconsin's new tax law establishes. a method of taxing forest larlds on a yield basis" Minnesota, through the provisions of new legislation, will create state forests out of certain state lands. A yield tax larv under the provisions of the recently approved foresta- tion amendment to the state constitution has also been passed by Minnesota.

Logging on state lands must be done in such manner as to insure natural reforestation according to a new law enacted by Washington.

A new law in Oregon authorizes the State Board of Horticulture to establish control areas for the protection of horticultural, agricultural or forest industries from diseases, insects, animals and noxious weed.s.

..SHOW THEM THE FRAME OF THEIR HOME''

An enthusiastic retail lumber merchant we know always says that there are two obligations that rest upon the lumber dealer whenever he sells a house bill, and that is to make it his duty to see what sort of a roof and foundation the builder has planned, and, if necessary, to give him sound advice on those two important departments. His slogan is, "See that the home has a good foundation and a good roof."

Now, along comes a big lumber manufacturer and advertises to his trade-"Shorr them the frame of their home."

His idea is that in a world of cases the exterior of the home may look mighty fing, the materials that come under the eye may be well selected, and the decorating well done, yet the frame of the house, entirely covered from inspection, may be of inferior and unsatisfactory character, either as to qudity or quantity, or both.

We dl know that fimsy construction is usually confined to the frame, because that is the part of the house that cannot be inspected after the walls are completed. In the last year's hurricane in Florida it was the thousands of homes built speculatively and for sale that went down like packs of pasteboard, when the wind hit thern, and gave building a black eye in that territory. Good, strong frames, of sufficient size and quality, would have cut down the ;loss tremendously.

In a tropical hurricane on the Gulf Coast, modest homes have often been known to ride the hundred mile an hour ,gale without a penny of damage, due to the fact that they were built on frame-work of two by six dimension, cut frorn the heart of good logs. Scant-cut two by fours of sap ma,terial won't stand that sort of weather.

So this is a good point that this mill man is making. It :isn't only tropical hurricanes that try the value of the frame ;of a home, by any means. The stresses and wear and tear , that come with average usage, will cause poorly framed 'houses to sag, and give, and crack, and render unsatisfac, tory service.

So we believe that the addition-"Show them the frame iof their [esls"-1s the good old axiom-"See that they 'have a good foundation and a good roof"is well made. fn fact, good quality throughout is better still, and is 'far cheaper in the long run.

Mrss JoNEs rs SECRETARY OF TWO NORTHWEST SHINGLE ASSOCIATIONS

Here is a picture of Miss Grace Jones, who was elected a few months ago to be secretary-treasurer of the Washington & Oregon Shingle Association, and secretarymanager of the Rite-Grade Shingle Association, with headquarters in the White-Henry-Stuart Building, Seattle. Miss Jones succeeds J. R. Blunt in both of these positions, and she has just been re-elected at the annual meetings of the two.associations. She has had considerable ex- perience in the shingle game, and has already been suciessful in acld- Miss Grace Jones ing several new members to the Washington & Oregon association.

School Instructor Finds Redwood Agricultural Series Valuable

Fresno. California

Jan.7, 1928

California Redwood Association. San Francisco. California.

Gentlemen:

In looking over several Spring Numbers of the California Lumber Merchant, I find a number of designs of Self Feed Hoppers for chickens and hogs, drawn by your Mr. Max E. Cook, and I am very much interested in getting additional information about these useful farm fixtures.

As Carpentry Instructor at the Fresno Technical School, I know these Bulletins would be very practical and sErve a useful purpose.

Having worked in the mills and at the trade here in the Valley, I appreciate the need of Redwood, for headgates, Feed Hoppers and such, and will be very glad to receive what information you may be able to send me.

Respectfully yours, . (signed) Paul

J. Thiele Fresno Tech. School

Carpentry i;;;;t;; Fresno, Calif.

Another Booklet Ready

The Bureau's study on "Cause and Prevention of Decay in Wood Construction" has been printed in the form of a booklet and is now available for distribution. The booklet was prepared by C. J. Hogue, manag'er of the Bureau's field staff. Samples may be had without charge from the Bureau.