The California Lumber Merchant - January 1935

SUDDEN & CHRISTENS()N

Lumber and Shipping

7th Floor, Alaska-Commercial

310 Sansome Street

San Francisco

AGENTS

Bldg.

American Mill Co.

Hoquiam Lumber & Shinglc €o.

Hulbert Mill Co. - -

Willapa Harbor Lumber Milts

Edna

Sanitam

Trinidad

Barbara Cates

Dorothy Cahill

Edna Christenson

STEAMERS

- Aberdeen, Warh. Hoquiam, Wash.

- Aberdeen, Vash. Raymond, Vaoh,

Jane Christenson

Annie Christcnson

Edwin Christenson

Catherine G. Sudden

Eleanor Chrictenron Charler Chrictenron

Branch Ollices

LOS ANGELES

630 Board of Trade Building

SEATTLE

National Ban& of Comnrerce Bldg.

PORTLAND

200 Henry Bldg.

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SPENDING WINTER IN LOS ANGELES

B. F. Foster, Foster Lumber Co., Kansas City, Mo., with Mrs. Foster, are spending the winter in Los Angeles. The Foster Lumber Co. is interested in sawmills in the South and operates a number of retail lumber yards in the Middle West.

VISITS LOS ANGELES OFFICE

L. R. Chadbourne of Phoenix, Arizona, representative for the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., spent a. few days at the 'company's Los, Angeles office around the first of the month. He also attended the Alabama-Stanford football game at the Pasadena Rose Bowl on Nerv Year's day.

WILL SPEND MONTH IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

E. A. Blocklinger, Chiloquin Lumber Co., Chiloquin, Ore., and Mrs. Blocklinger, are Southern California visitors where they plan to remain about a month.

EARL HOFFMAN ON TRIP OVER TERRITORY

Earl Hoffman, sales representative for the M and M Industries of Portland, Ore., left on January 2 for the mill at Portland after which he will make a trip over the territory. He will cover the northern states going as far as Chicago. He will also visit St. Louis and other lumber consuming centers in the Middle West, returning to the West Coast by way of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. Mr. Hoffman's territory includes all the states west of the Mississippi River.

SPEND HOLIDAYS IN NORTHWEST

Stanley Moore of Los Angeles, Southern California representative for the Fir-Tex Co., together with Mrs. Moore and their three chiidren, have returned from the Northwest where they spent the Christmas holidays with Mrs. Moore's parents, J. M. Crawford, of the Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co., and Mrs. Crarvford, at Walla Walla, Wash. Mr. Moore also visited the Fir-Tex plant at St. Helens, Ore., Portland and Seattle.

JEFF CORKRAN BACK ON JOB

C. G. "Jeff" Corkran, Sacramento, representative in the Sacramento Valley territory for N{acDonald & Harringtotr, San Francisco, is back at work after being confined to his home for three months by illness.

ARTHUR BEVAN VISITS S. F.

Arthur Bevan, acting chief, Code administration department of the Lumber Code Authority, Washington, D. C., was a visitor to San Francisco last week.

BACK FROM EASTERN TRIP

A. C. Horner, consulting engineer, National Lumber Manufacturers Association, San Francisco, returned recently from a four weeks' trip on which he attended the annual meeting of the Association's directors in Chicago, December 6, 7 and 8, and visited Denver, Albuquerque and Phoenix on his way home. Mr. Horner's work in the last named ,cities was in connection with promotion work on timber structures made possible bv the use of metal conn ectors.

*AdvertisementE appear in alternate isoue.

Aberdeen Plywood Co. ------------- ------- -------O.F.C.

Associated Lumber Mutuals --------------------I.F.C.

Baxter, J. H. & Co. - --------------------:----.-----------*

Bookstaver-Burns Lumber Co.,------:---- -----------21

Booth-Kelly Lumber Co.,-----------------

Brice & Ffoward Trucking Co.------------------..----26

Brookmire, Inc. --------------- ---------25

California Builderc Supply Co..---------------------22

California Panel & Veneer Co."-------------.,I.F.C.

California Redwood Association.---------------------11

California Wholesale Lumber Acan.-------------- I

Celotex Company, The ----------..,-----------------,-----16

Chamberlain & Co., V. R.-------------------- ---------21

Cooper Lumber Co., V. E.-----------------------------.-Zt

Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co.----------------------21

Elliott Bay Sales Co. -----------,--21

Hammond Lumber Co.-----------------------------------21

Hitl & Morton, fnc.------ --------,21

Ffogan Lumber Co.------,----------- ------------------------2t

FIoImes Eureka Lumber Co.------,--- - ----- --- -'-.21

Ffoover, A. L.------------- --,-,---------2t

Kingsley Company, The------ - ------------------------14

Koehl & Sons, fnc., Jno. W.--------------------------21

Laughlin, C. J. - --- -- -- , ,------..----------21

Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co. ----------------- -------,21

Loop Lumber Company------------ -,-------...--------.2t

Lumberments Credit Association-,-----------------25

McCormick Lumber Co., Chas. R..---------------..13

MacDonald & Bergstrom, lnc..-,---------------------22

MacDonald & Harrington, Ltd..----------,--------19

Moore Mill & Lumber

THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

JackDionne,prbtkhw

Code Official States Oil Decision Redwood Prices Affected Litde Does Not Affect Lumber Code

Following the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States on January 7, 1935, holding invalid the oil production control provisions of the National Industrial Recovery A,ct, David T. Mason, Executive Officer of the Lumber Code Authority, on January 8, addressed a telegram to the Divisions, Subdivisions and members of the National Control Committee of the Lumber Code advising that the de,cision in no way affects the Lumber Code. A copy of Mr. Mason's telegram follows:

"Yesterday's oil decision of Supreme Court in no way affects our or any other Code including petroleum. Administration of Code including Article VIII should be continued without change. Supreme Court simply found that Section 9 (c) NIRz\ which has no relation to Codes of Fair Competition unlawfully delegates legislative power in that it fails to designate circumstances and conditions under which President may issue order curbing interstate shipments of oil produced in excess of state quotas. Richberg commenting said, 'Court pointed out that authority to approve Codes Fair Competition is based upon certain expressed conditions which require findings by President and that action under Section 9 (c) is not made to depend upon formulation of Code under Section III.' In other r,vords our Code and other Codes are based upon findings of fact required by Act whereas. Court found oil provision unconstitutional in that it failed to require such findings. Majority and minority opinions together with pertinent statements high Washington officials being forrvarded air mail tonight. Please notify persons and press."

Housing Chief to Visit L. A.

James A. Moffett, Federal Housing Administrator, rvill be in Los Angeles on January 31, it has been announced by the Los Angeles Better Housing Program committee. He will address a conferen,ce luncheon meeting at the Biltmore Hotel.

BACK FROM NORTHWEST

Eddie Peggs, sales manager, 'W. R. Chamberlin San Francisco, has returned from a l0-day business

-Pgrtland, Tacoma and Seattle.

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. ilce )uspensions

Harry W. Cole, Code Executive of the Redwood Division, returned to San Francis,co December 23 lrom attending the annual meeting of the directors of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association held in Chicago, December 6 to 8, and the hearing of the Lumber Code Authority held in Washington, December l0to13. Following these meetings Mr. Cole visited New York on business.

In reply to a question by The California Lumber Merchant Mr. Cole stated that the action of the National Industrial Recovery Board in suspending minimum prices December 22 has had very little efiect in the Redwood industry, as code prices repres€nted the market. In some cases, he said, Redwood items are selling for even more than the code setup, while the fact that there were no price violations suggested that the market was generally recognized to be at code levels.

McCormick Rail Dcpt. Manager Enters Wholesalc Business

_ Yq! D. Campbell, manager of the rail department, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., Portland, recently resigned to go into the wholesale business for himself in- Port6nd. _ Jas.. E. "Jimpy" Atkinson, district sales manager, San Francisco, left January L2 for Portland to take chaige temporarily of the rail department.

Frank L. Bortells

Frank L. Bortells, newly appointed postmaster at Monrovia, died suddenly Tuesday night, December ZS, f.rom an attack of acute indigestion. He had been postmaster since December 1.

Mr. Bortells went to Monrovia thirty-five years ago where he was manager of the L. W. Blinn Lumber Co. yard. He later came to Los Angeles and was ,connected with the Consolidated Lumber Co. About fifteen years ago, he started a lumber yard of his own at Monrovia, which he later sold to the Patten & Davies Lumber Co., now PattenBlinn Lumber Co. Until his appointment as postmaster, he was with the Whiting-Mead Co. of Los Angeles.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Kate Bortells of Mourovia, and a son, Philip Bortells of Chicago.

M. ADAMS Circulatio Muger

J. C.

A. C. MERRYMAN ,rr_rr-A Adrertisinf Manga

First of a Personal Interview Series With Palco Folks

No Man's Judgment is better than His lnformation.

"'We don't know who to credit with the above wisdom but it certainly hits the nail on the head in our business.

"\D7e try hard to know the changing nee& of the retailer. Sound ideas do not scare us just because they are new. If a change in merchandise or service will help you do more and befter business we are for it.

"When a Pacific man calls he is on the job to help you in any way he can. He brings information about something that will fit better into the forward moving picture we both have by the tail."

Herb Kloss

Herb Klass, General Sales Manager

V.gabond Editorials

Bv Jack Dionne

Youngsters often say things that, coming from grown folks, would be sacrilege. One of my good friends has a six-year-old son. About a week before Christmas the youngster said to his father at dinner one evening: "Dad, who is the biggest man, Santa Claus or Jesus Christ?" "Why, Son," said the father, rather shocked, "there is no comparison; of course Jesus Christ is the biggest." The kid scratched his head thoughtfully. "Well, Dad," he said, "I guess that's all right for you, but if you don't mind I believe I'll just string along with Santa Claus." ***

According to the papers, Mary Pickford has at last decided to divorce old Doug Fairbanks. f guess she must have seen his recent moving picture, Don Juan, and decided, as I did, that he is a total loss.

And now Donald ni"r,J"tjrr"1rr, o* and makes advance threats about something the Saturday Evening Post proposes to print from the pen of General Hugh Johnson. Don't take it seriously, folks ! It's just the present head of NRA trying to bring his predecessor back into the limelight, and help him out a bit. He probably figures he'll be wanting someone to do that for him before long.

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How these front page folks do disappear, don't they? The biblical illustration of the greatness of Joseph, and the next chapter telling of the new ruler "who knew not Joseph," is as up-to-date now as it was then.

rf r was encouraged o; ;" l-nr"r",or,, r was getting two weeks ago, I am doubly "high" today. I don't remember a January fifteenth when everyone seemed as optimistic and enthusiastic about the future as they do right now. The physical reports of various sorts and from all directions are tinted with brightness. ***

The feeling of all thinking people seems to be that we still have some great problems on our hanCs that have got to be handled, but everything is moving so definitely in the right direction that we must be on our way.

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A man once asked a colored teamster of army mules what the initials U- S. branded on the fank of each mule meant, and the darkey replied that it meant ,,IJn Safe." It would be decidedly unsafe to try to declare just what the lumber situation is today. The dropping of price fixing

from the wholesale end of the business, and the very. probable early dropping of the same from the retail end, is something of a shock that does not settle itself in a hurry. Everywhere there is a disposition to buy lumber. But the foundations have been shaken, and no one knows what "the market" is, and what the price will be two weeks from now. So the entire indr)stry is jockeying; watching, waiting, listening, and hoping. I would only say that no real harm has developed as yet, and general hopes are high. The industry is highly optimistic, and watching for the appearance of a real business rainbow.

"The federal government must and shall quit this business of relief," President Roosevelt told the houses of Congress in his message of January sth. I heartily applaud that decision. Furnishing governmental relief is like paying government pensions. It is a thing that grows, and grows, and grows ever more. A generation after the Civil War the federal pensions were growing and swelling. And, with every day that passes federal relief demands grow. Improvement of business conditions, relaxation of financial stringency, and apparent return toward normalcy and business health, affects the relief situation not at all. The thing grows and spreads. And, unless we stop it now, it will be with us always.

Getting people off relief is exactly like trying to rescue and return the feathers from a pillow that has been cut open in a gale of wind. There must be drawn a line of definite demarkation between those who are totally unemployable, and those who are not. Means must be employed for caring for those who can never work again, and have no means of support. That burden cannot be dropped or transferred. But the large majority of people now on relief must be placed on a working basis, somehow and somewhere, and the spreading of relief demands must be vastly reduced rather than ingreased. Otherwise we will soon find ourselves facing a situation much more serious than business depression.

In all times, good, bad, and indifferent (the three comnrising in all what we are pleased to term .,normal") there is a certain percentage of dependent and unemployable people. They comprise the aged, the ill, the infirm, the indigent, the crippled, etc. They used to be taken care of

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Vag.bond Editorials

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in a variety of ways. Today they are all on relief. No longer do their distant relatives, their part time jobs, or the corners where they shook their cups, have to help support them. And THIS class of relief is here for good. There is no way to put them back where they came from. They must be clothed, housed, and fed until they die. The chief problem with this class is to confine it to the present generation, and not have it swell from decade to decade. For the other glass of relief dependents, we must find work, put them on payrolls, and-regardless of how artificial their employment rnay seem-they must go to earning their living.In this way the question of who will work if they can, and who won't work ever again if they can help it, will soon be settled.

"No man shall go n"";r,: o,l. pr"ria"nt has wetl said. True. But if we can make an intelligent job of separating the sheep from the goats, whatever percentage there may be who can work but won't work, can be given a very apt choice regarding working and eating.

At present we are ,"orJr, utrUt"* into a situation. never before heard of, with one portion of our population enjoy_ ing prosperity and happiness, and another large portion living entirely on charity. And, that is what Mr. Roose_ velt seeks to prevent.

Many highly irrt"ttig"rrl ,rl"".u""r"re that every hation naturally develops a pauper class after it reaches a cer_ tain age and stage. I don't believe in any such necessity. But we HAVE a huge number of people now living on relief, and it is unquestionably the big problem of this country this year. Mr. Roosevelt's determination to face it right now shows his courage and determination to be in no whit abated.

Mr. Roosevelt did one thing in 1934 that I greatly de_ plored, and in light of recent events continue to regret; he recognized Russia. No matter of public economic policy should have induced us to place the badge of national de_ cency on the Soviet Government. It will take more than the recognition of this or any other country or group of countries to make a civilized government out of Sltin ana his horde of blood-thirsty barbarians. r would like to see the United States government announce that it had made an error, and call its representatives back from Russia.

The "purge" Russia needs is a destruction of the satyrs of Sovietism.

A federal judge in Kansas City decides that the Government has no right to fix prices on any sort of business, interstate or intrastate. .'The National Industrial Recovery Act," says this judge, ,'only expressly authorizes the President to approve codes of fair competition. price fixing under the code destroys fair competition." Again he says: "Fair competition must still be competition. The adjective does not destroy the noun. Competition is the effort of two or more parties, acting independently, to secure the custom of a third party by the ofier of the most favorable terms. To prohibit one or two who are dealing in the sEune commodity to offer that commodity at a lower price than the other offers is not to effect fair competition, but is to destroy competition in its very essence."

Of one thing r tu"t

the time the depression is over and gone, all these innumerable court cases will be finally decided; and I have no doubt but that practically all the emergency recovery measures will be declared un_ constitutional and illegal. By that time they won't be in use any more, anyway, and it Won't ma'ke any difference. Practically all the recovery measures affecting business in_ vade property rights and contract rights that the constitution was created to guarantee. I really don't think anyone at Washington or anywhere else really believes that these measures are legal. They will drop off from misuse as business improves, and by the time the courts throw them out they will be already out. So why worry?

Geo. H. Nicholson \fith Consofidated Lumber Co.

George H. Nicholson has joined the sales department of the Consolidated Lumber Co. of Los Angeles and is repre_ senting them in the Los Angeles territory. He tvas lor_ merly connected with the Los Angeles office of the pacific Manufacturing Co.

Fresno Exceeds Goal

A total of 3804 jobs involving expenditure of $2,603,6g0 have been pledged by Fresno property owners in the Fresno Better Housing Campaign, exceeding the goal of $2,500,000 set at the start of the drive.

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4-SOUARE Deoler-Conlroctor Soles Plon for 1935

Coshes in on three vitol new foctors in lumber selling

{ Poriiol Poyment Selling. The | 1..:"iH?"sing Act now makes it pos- sible forhome owners to pay for renrodeling on convenient monthly terms. The 4-sguanr sALEs ILAN, which includes r I 3 original architectural delineations, gives you materialrfar telling qecifc remodeling joh on a ilrt-?er-mottth batis.

{f Selling the Womon of the t) ll",ut:. ,More and more, in every - kind of selling, the woman must be included in the sales presentation. She is the future boss of the Housing Industry. The 4-seuARE sALEs rLAN is designed to sell remodeling jobs not only to the man of the [eus6-fu1 alto to the woman.

{f Selling in the Home. Expe,l/ ricnce shows that to sell costly mer- Ichandise of any kind in volume, the sell.ing must be done in sfts 1264snot the display room. The 4-sguanE sALEs rLAN gives you fully illustrated booklets and literature that makes it easy to se// remodeling jobs in the home.

lF YOU WANT to keep lumber in the modernization picture-if you want to sell more modernizing jobs-see the Weyerhaeuser representative at once. He will show you the new 4-seuann Dealer-Contractor Sales Plan that has just been released. This comprehensive plan gives you all the tools you need to go out and do a volume selling job. Part of tltis Plan

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Every piece of 4-sguear Lumber is trademarked. Every piece is precision cut to exact length. Ends are smooth and square. Standard sizing Loth as to width and thickness, 4-sguARE Lumber gives a betterjob at noextmcost. AndWeyerhaeuser advertising now running in national magaz:nes is selling 4-sguerr Lumber to architects, contncton, bankere, credit agencies, rcal estatemanxgcments, property maintenance men elerys l-c:c.

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Better Housing- 1934-193 5

An

lnterview With James A. Moffett, Federal Housing Administrator

In a recent interview, James A. Moffett, the Federal Housing Administrator, said: "The year 1934 marks a milestone in housing for this country."

Administrator Moffett's statement can better be appreciated by a review of the activities of the Federal Housing Administration.

Mr. Moffett accepted the task of organizing the Federal Housing Administration on June 30, three days after Presiclent Roosevelt signed the Act. Six weeks later-by the middle of August-this organization was completed and the banks and other lending institutions received the rules and regulations regarding Title I-the Modernization Plan. Within two weeks-September first-4,833 banks, building and loan associations and other lending organizattons had been approved to make loans under the Modernization Plan.

Thus was launched the Better Housing Campaign which is universally ,considered to be one of the most constructive things done in the entire recovery program.

This campaign, scarcely eighteen rveeks old has a remarkable record of achievement. It has made the home owners of the nation home c,onscious. It has loosened credit with 11,887 banks and other lending organiz.ations having been approved for making loans under this Plan. It has taken thousands of men off relief rolls and put them on pay rolls.

It is estimated that a total of $197,992,884 worth of repairs has resulted directly from the Better Housing Program from the beginning of the drive through December 28. 71,899 loans under the Modernization Credit Plan were reported through December 28, bringing the total amount of 'credit advanced through that date to $30,118,904.

There were on that date 4,86O community carnpaigns organized or about to be organized.

The Federal Housing Administration has by its stimulation of the building and heavy goods industries, encouraged large corporations to spend, in new equipment, building and modernization, millions of dollars. Over a half a billi<ln dollar program of plant improvement and replacement for 1935 by several large industrial .con,cerns is reported by the Federal Housing Administration. Three great industries alone have planned for an outlay of $313,000,000 in 1935.

By a governmental expenditure of $1,300,000 for a nationwide organization and educational campaign the Federal Housing Administration has regenerated up to De,cember 28, nearly $200,000,000 worth of business in repairs and modernization of homes and small business.

As to the future-1935 to be specific-Mr. Moffett said:

"The Modernization Program has been in operation since about the middle of August and the results thus far are sufficient to indicate the immense possibilities in the plan, for a stimulus to business and industry during the year 1935.

"We have just started ! The Modernization program, as

stipulated in the Nati,onal Housing Act, is to continue until December 31, 1935; so it is to last until a year from now. When we bear in mind that, according to careful surveys, at least 29,000,000 Ameri,can homes are prospects for modernization, we realize how immense the market still is for labor and all the many materials needed in repairing and equipping homes to bring them up-to-date.

"Every property owner is a business prospe.ct for the building industry, and for all other lines engaged in furnishing and equipping homes and business structures.

"One thing which is worthy of spe,cial attention is the fact that through our modern ization .campaigns, we are creating a year-nound market. There are building and home equipment companies, whi,ch in the past have had seasonal a,ctivity. But we believe we are creating an allseason demand for modernization and all the products needed in repairing and furnishing homes.

"Further,more, we are creating a wave of building and repair so great that it will pay every business man to ride it at its crest and make the most of it."

Asked if there was a significant influence the functioning of the provisions of the Title I of the National Housing Act has had on banks and financial institutions. Mr. Mof_ fett replied :

"\Me are educating thousands of banks in the special kind of financing that they are using for modernizati,on. That is,, lending money. on character credits and time payments. Under our Government insurance plan, money may be borrowed fgr home modernization by any man who is re_ liable and has a steady income indicating his ability to pay back in monthly installments what he borrows.

"Up until last August, when the campaign started, only about 350 lending institutions had ever loaned on character credit. Now, thousands of them are learning that there is no better credit in the worrd than that of the reliable, employed American citizen who promises to pay what he owes."

In reply to the euestion,-,,Do you believe the banks will ,continue ,character lending,', X{r. Moffett said:

"It rvould be a great misfortune to the ,country and a great loss to industry if this character lending cale to a stop the last day of 1935. That itwill nof come to a stop we are 'convinced for after 1935 the bankers will feel that.it will be good business to lend money on character credit, regarciless of whether the borrower wants to spend the money on modernizing his home, or buying cattle for l_r:. f"*, or to purchase anything else that- he-may need. What I mean is that the Housing Administration is Lducat_ ing the banks to carry on indefinitely a tremendous amount of lending, which will be a godsend to industry, and there_ fore an opportunity to develop far more business than in the past.

_.Asked regarding the possibility of future building under Title II of the Act, Administrator Moffett stated:

"Great as the Modernization market is, a still more enor_

mous one is about to be presented to industry under Title II and III of the Housing Act'

"This program is for the building of new residences' The Housing Aclministration published, the first of November, the rules and regulations controlling it. The basic {eature is 10O per 'cent mutual insurance of mortgages on homes up to 80 per cent of their appraised value, each home not to cost more than $20,000, the mortgages to run twenty years or less.

"We are authorized by the Housing Act to insure a billion dollars of moltgages on new homep and another billion of old mortgages.

"This country needs now 5,00O,000 new homes' Five million homes, with the average cost of each home as low as $4,00O, gives us a total of twenty biliion dollars in new homes as soon as we can get to the job of building them'

"The immensity of that market for the building industry, heavy goods and numerous other lines challenges imagination to do it justice."

W. E. COOPER LEAVES FOR THE EAST

W. E. Cooper, secretary of the Caddo River Lumber Co., left Los Angeles on January 15 for Arkansas where he will spend a few days visiting the company's sawmiils' He will then go to Kansas City to attend a meeting of the board of directors the latter part of the month. Before returning to California, he expects to make a trip through the Middle West and East cailing.on their representatives and the retail trade.

Purchases S. S. Tillamook

The Lawrence-Philips Steamship Company announces the purchase of the S. S. Tillamook from the Hammond Lumber Company on December 27,1934. The vessel un. derwent considerable repairs at the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, and sailed Saturday, December 29, under the command of Captain John T. Hubbenette for Grays Harbor.

The S. S. Tillamook was built in 1918 at the Albina Engineering Works at Portland, Ore. It was designed for use by the Norlr'eg'ian government for the North Sea lumber trade but was taken over and completed by the U. S. Emergency Fleet Corporation. It is known as a small point type and is a sister ship to the S. S. Point Loma. It is described as a four gear, single deck, steel steamer of 2,119 tons. The vessel was formerly the Point Arena aud was operated by the Hart-Wood Lumber Company but was purchased by the Hammond Lumber Company in 1927 and the name was changed at that time to the Tillamook.

The hailing port has been changed from San Francisco to Los Angeles, and they intend to change the name to Lawrence Philips after Don R. Philips' youngest son as soon as the necessary steps can be taken. The vessel rvill haul coastrvise lumber principally between Los Angeles and Grays Harbor.

WARREN B. WOOD VISITS SAN FRANCISCO

\Marren B. Wood, E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Los Asgeles, was a re'cent visitor to the company's San Francisco office rvhere he spent a few days on business.

RED\(/OOD SHINGLES IN SERVICE 79 YEARS

Shingles taken from a building torn down in 1925

near Santa Ctwz wete condition after 79 years excellent and usable service. of

California Redwood Cenifred Shingles, L\O% heartwood. 100% verticaL will last a lifedme if put on with proper nails.

\We predict an increase in the demand for California Redwood Shingles as a result of the Better Housing Progmm. Be rcady to make quick de' liveries by having a good stock on hand!

.. (( MY FAVORITE STORIES

Bv Juck Dionne Ag" not guaranteed---5ome I have told lor zo years---Some less

The Expfanation

"I've just had an application from Sam Johnson. He wants a job, and says he's a first class truck driver. and a very dependable man. What can you tell me about him?" said the white employer to one of his colored help.

"Well, Suh, de rnos' Ah kin tell you 'bout Sam Johnsing

is dat dey had to throw water in his face at his wife,s fun'ral."

"They had to throw water

"Yassuh, dey shuah did."

"You mean he fainted?"

in his face?"

"Nossuh. He's jes' a soundsleepah."

\(/estern Manufacturers Jack Kiley to Cover Northern Recommend Advances Pine Price

San Francisco. Dec. 29.-A rvell attended rneeting of Pine manufacturers from the Klamath Falls and California districts rvas held at the Palace Hotel. in San Francisco. on December 27th and 28th. This meeting was called to take such action as appearecl necessary in view of the suspension of Cost Protection Prices frorn the Lumber Code.

Due to the very favorable market conditions ancl inver.rtories of stocks, certain price advances on California Ponclerosa Pine rvere recommendecl, these representing present market prices:

California Territory

Jack Kiley is now representing the Edward Hines pacific Coast Lumber Co. of Portland in Northern California rvith headqnarters in San Francis,co. Jack has been connected with the lurnber business in Northern Calif6rnia for a long period arid is rvell knorvn by the lumber trade in that territory. I{e was formerly rvith the Union Lumber Company.

This rvill give the Edrvarcl Hines Pacific Coast Lumber Co. representation in both Northern and Southern California. F. M. "Cappy" Slade, California representative for the compan)', rvith oflrces in l,os-Angeles covers the Southem California territorv.

Appolnted Distrlct Freight Agent

The rneeting took a very strong stancl in regard to reaffirming all the differentials ancl working charges, also terms of sale, as set forth in L.C.A. Bulletin No. 24.

The general tone o{ the n.reeting was very optimistic as regards the future conditions.

MOVE TO NEW OFFICE

.The Northwest Lumber Agency of Los Angeles, whoiesale dealers in lumlter and panels, are now locatecl in their new office at 2104 West Pi,co Street. The telephone number is Fltzroy 8524. They are the California representatives of the Aberdeen Plyrvood Company of Aberdeen, Washington. Don M. Oder is manager of the Northwest Lumber Agency.

Val Larsen of Los Angeles has been appointed district ireight agent of the Schafer Bros. Steamship Lines in the Los Angeles territory. He was formerly connected with the Los Angeles ofifice.of the McCormick S,teamship Company. The oftices of the Schafer Bros. Steamship Lines and Schafer Bros. Lumber and Shingle Co. are at 1228 W. M. Garland Bldg. The compally owns and operates the steamships Anna Schafer, Hubert Schafer and the Timberman.

PROMOTING RED CEDAR SHINGLES

T. A. H. Taylor, representative of the Red Cedar Shingle J3nrean, Seattle, started January 1 on a tour of California doing promotional work for the increased use of Iled Cedar Shingles in this territory.

PHIL MOORE VISITS CALIFORNIA

Phil B. Moore, representative of the Union Lumber Co. at Tulsa, Oklahoma, recently spent two weeks on the pacific Coast, during lvhi,ch time he paid a visit to the company's sawmill and logging operations at Fort Bragg, and conferred with executives at the head office in San Francisco.

Lumber lndustry's Status

Washington, D. C., Jan. 2'_Wilson Conlpton. general manager of ttt. National Lumber Manufacturers Association, iaicl today of the lumber industry in retrospect and pr'ospect:

"lumber production in the United States in 1934 is estimated by the Statistical Department of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association at about 15,500,000,000 feet. It rvas 14,000,000,000 feet in 1933, 10,000,000,000 feet in 1932,-which was the lowest in 65'year.s,-a5 qernp4lgd with 37,000,000,0m h D29. The most, however, was made that could be made out of this relatively small product' It was so handled by sawmills and r'emanufacturing industries that it gave employment on the average to about 406,000 persons. The largest average number of employes in the industries which fall under the Lumber Code was 690,000 in 1923. (Several hundred thousand forest products workers are outside the code). As the 1934 lumber cut is only two-fifths of that of 1923 the industry has done well to take care of 406,000 people. This would not have been dorre without reducing the number of hours worked by each person.

"The outlook for 1935 is ttncertain. It is impossible to say whether there will be a pronounced building recovery this year or not. So far thq gradual revival of the lumber industry has been without the support of a buiiding, and particulaqly a residential building, tevival. What-

iltY BElllilll TllE sil0[EH0usE, JAGT III(ITIE ?

If you wanted to prophesy a good lumber year in L935 why didn't you look up a McCormick salesman? He would have taken you (through the front door, incidentally) to any of his customers with whom he works. That strange noise you would have heard is a lumber saw. It sings when business is good. And, brother . those saws are set to sing long and loud.

Mr. Lumber Dealer-are you one of those busy dealers who buy good lumber from. the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. and have their salesman in your confidence? Give us a call.

ever .t may be, the lumber industry will probably benefit more from it than any other of the principal building material industries. It is not unlikely that residential neu' building will be 50 per cent larger this year than in 1934' This, however, is not so big as it looks because of the distressingly low levels to which ordinary private residential building has fallen during the past year. The benefits rvhich this expansion of business will bring to the lumber industry will depend upon the 'capacity of the industry for self-control, especially in tl-re adjustment of produclion to consumption."

A- O. THOMPSON LOS ANGELES VISITOR

A. O. Thompson, A. O. Thompson Lumber Co.' Kansas City, Mo., large operators of retail lumber yards in the Middle West, was a recent Los Angeles visitor where he spent several days on business.

VISIT LOS ANGELES HARBOR

A. W. (Bates) Smith and Wendell Brown, NlacDonald & Harrington, Ltd., of Los Angeles, were recent visitors at Los Angeles harbor where a cargo of lumber for their firm that arrived on the "Daisy Matthews" from the Colr-.mbia River District was being discharged.

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LumberCode Authority Asks NRA-Approyal of Assessment For Trade Promotion Purpos?s

Washington, D. C., Dec.27.-The Lumber Code Author_ ity's advocacy of an amendment to the Code empowering the Authority to assess, collect and expend code fees not exceeding 5 cents per 1,000 feet for purposes of trade oro_ motion. r,r'as formally presented to the National Recoue.y Administration at a public hearing today, conducted by NRA Deputy Administrator A. C. Dixon.

fn presenting the viervs of the Authority, which he said had voted on three separate oc,casions this year in support of the principles embodied in the proposed amendment, Da_ vid T. Mason, the Authority's executive officer, quoted Section 1 of the National Industrial Recovery Act as encompassing adequate provision for trade promotion work, then referred to the objectives of the National Housing Act as providing further justification for co_operative sales efforts by the lumber industry.

The Lumber Code in its present form, Major Mason said, can do no more than regulate the business that ,,just hap_ pens to develop, and does nothing to create an increased volume of business so essential to recovery in both the lumber industry and inclustry at large',. Lumber is especi_ ally handicapped, he said, because it is in competit;on with industries made up ofa comparatively few- large units which can and do appropriate money for furtherirg their markets. In contrast, he said, the lumber and timber proci_ ucts industries subject to the Lumber Code are comiosed of some 36,000 units, employing at pre-sent approximatelv 450,000 workers, with dn average o? only t)r/ "emptoye, P!.. .ttt-t. Only by mandatory

possibte, Major Mason held, to obtain promotional funds :ind clis_ burse those funds in a manner equitable to so many indi_ vidual concerns. On a purely voluntary basis of contri_ butions, he said, all benefit while only a portion pay.

Major Mason designated benefits that rvould accrue to other industries if the lumber industry could carry out a comprehensive promotional campaign, stating that the in_ creased movement and use of iumber would give work to vast numbers unemployed in the buildine tiil4... would add signaily to lottg-haul freight for the ,lil.."JS ,rd;;;: coastal shipments by water, and rvould go far toward re_

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storing employment in the lumber ancl timber produ,cts industries themselves to the pre-depr'ession levels rvhen payrolis in logging camps, sawmills, and wood products factories totalled more than a million workers. To show the extent to which Iumber movement contributes to railroads, Major Mason said that in good times shipmejnts of forest products constituted nearly l0 per cent of all freight loadings on the first-class railroads, but that the decline in the lumber business had reduced that percentage by moie than half,

Stating that very few protests had come to the Lumber Code Authority against the proposed amendment, Major Mason added that the vote of the Authority, representing, as it does, all interests, is evidence in itself that the great majority of the industry favors the amendment. FIe pointed out further that, by adding to the volume of lumber busi_ ness through promotion, NRA's job of enforcing wage dnd hour provisions in the industry would be markeclly light_ ened.

Asked by Deputy Administrator Dixon if an estimate had been made of the funds the amenclment would provide, Major Mason said that a maximum obtainable from lumber production on present output would appr.oximate $750,_ 0OO a year, and that a considerable additional sum woulcl be forthcoming from the woodworking industries.

Questions put to Major Mason by members of NRA Divisions regarding the trade promotional ,campaign conduct_ ed several years ago by the National Lumber Manufactur_ ers Association were referred by Mason to Arthur T. Up_ son, of the Association staff. Mr. Upson statecl that the funds subscribed in 1928, r.vhen the promotion campaign rvas at its height, were slightly in excess of $1,000,000. in response to further questioning Mr. Upson reviewed the Association's campaign at that time, niming the various divisions of the work and the markets cultivated.

Endorsement of the proposed amenclment was given at the hearing by Homer T. Ballinger, chairman of the execu_ tive committee of the Retail Lumber Code Authoritv. as spokesman for that body; by the Natignal Association of Commission Lumber Salesmen, and bythe National Wooden Box Association.

C. D. Hudson, secretary-manager of the box association, said that organization is eager to cooperate in a trade ex_ tension campaign and asked that the proposed amendment be worded so that there would be no doubt about the box associatibn's participation in the movement. should it be g*ven NRA approval.

Mf. Ballinger, in speaking for the retail lumbdr interests, s?id.that inasmuch as lumber is the least expensive build_ ln$rihraterial for homes, the retailers highly f"lro.

paign of public education in the proper selection of grades and bpecies of lumber. He said this coulcl be done "duurr_ tageously in such a campaign as the amendment rvould pro- vide, and would assist greatly in the revival of builjirrg under the National Housing Act.

H. R. Northrup, of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association staff, who recently toured the country as industry adviser to the Federal Housing Administration to obtain first-hand information on the progress of Better Housing Program, when asked by Major Mason to express his opinion as to the value of trade extension work in connection with the Housing campaign, stated that in communities where active campaigns were being conducted the Housing Program already has proved highly successful, and that, on the contrar/, where promotional rvork has lagged the Administration's objectives are not being realized.

Opposition to the amendment was expressed by L. S' Beale. on behalf of the Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association, and the Mahogany Association, and by telegram and letters {rom a group of Southern hardwood operators in the X'Iemphis, Tenn., region; the Pencil Slat Manufacturers Association, San Leandro, Calif'; Cherry River Boom & Lu,mber Co., S'cranton, Pa.; Wilson Lumber & Tie Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association, Chicago; Washington Door Co., Inc', Tacoma, Wash.; Orrin S. Good Lttmber Co., Brooklyn. N. Y., and the North Central Hardwood Association, Indianapoiis, Ind.

Mr. Beale, in speaking for the Northeastern manufacturers and the Mahogany interests, said he regretted having to oppose the amendment, that he had always favored trade extension appropriations for lumber and does now, but that the associations he represents feel the time is inopportune for undertaking the work under the code; that because of market 'conditions peculiar to their products they do not feel they will be benefited in proportion to their contributions.

The hardwood groups protesting against the amendment took somewhat the same position, stating that only a small portion of hardwoods goes into building, the field likely to be most benefited, that hardwood markets are mainly among industries requiring specific promotional work which some of the protestants said they can best undertake themselves.

Major Mason responded to these objections by saying that the proposed amendment provides for disbursement of funds with due regard for the needs of each group, and that all budgets of collection and expenditure would be subject to the scrutiny and approval of the National Recovery Administration.

Some of those opposing the not be possible to ,collect fees terests which would benefit.

amendment stated it would from a large number of in-

"E"t" Grimes on Road for Union

L. Eaton "Eat" Grimes is now covering the Northwestern Pacific, East Bay, and Sacramento territories for the Union Lumber Co., taking over the territories formerly covered by Ray Shannon, who is now a member of the sales department in the San Francisco office.

Mr. Grimes was formerly with the Mendocino Lumber Co. at Mendocino, and the Union Lumber Co. at Fort Bragg.

Takes Over Pasadena Concern

The Sampson Company, In'c., of Pasadena, manufacturers of window screens, screen doors and roller screens, announces that they have taken over the manufactttre and distribution of the Standard and Srvivel Sivon ironing boards formerly manufactured by the Sivon Manufacturing Co. of Pasadena.

The Sampson Company, fnc., will distribute these products through lumber dealers along with their other products.

Davis-G tegoare

Williarn Davis Jr., San Francisco lumber executive and manager of the Davis Hardwood Company, was recently married to Miss Louise Gregoire, formerly secretary to the Canadian Minister of Forestry, at Montreal, Canada. They met during a cruise to Ensenada, Mexico, last summer. Mr. Davis is the son of .Mrs. M. W. Davis of San Francisco and the late William Davis.

ON TRIP A,ROUN,D THE WORLD

B. F. Moore of the Logan-Moore Lumber Co., Kansas City, Mo., with Mrs. Moore, sailed from San Pedro, December 22, on a trip around the world. The Logan-Moore Lumber Co. operates a line of retail lumber yards in the Middle West.

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National Housing Leader Talks

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Ward M. Canaclay of Washington, D. C., director of public relations for the Federal Housing Administration, addressed a gathering of 600 Southern California business representatives at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, Thursday noon, December 13. Many lumber and building material dealers attended the meeting. Mr. Canaday brought a message of encouragement to the assemblage on the progress being made throughout the country as to modernization and new construction under the Federal Housing Act.

Speaking of Southern California, he declared that 6,000 better housing loans for modernization have already been made rvhich represented a total of $2,250,000, and with the banks soon making loans under Title II of the Housing Act for new construction the loan total will jump by leaps and bounds. He said that surveys have shown that for every $1 borrowed by persons seeking to modernize their homes $6 has been spent out of cash on hand. On this basis he pointed out, more than $10,000,000 has already been spent in Southern California under the housing drive. This huge expenditure, he said, has provided 1,400,000 man days of labor for carpenters, brick layers, painters, plasterers and the thousands 'ivho are being employed in other lines of the construction industries.

The F-ederal Housing Act, NIr. Canaday stated, is not intended as a brief means to stimulate ,cons'truction and business revival generally, but is contem.plated as a basis of a program extending through a span of twenty years, lvith the possibility of from $4,000,0m,000 to 95,000,000,000 in expenditures annually.

Henry S. MacKay, Jr., chairman of the Los Angeles New and Better H,ousing Program, rvas chairrlan.of the meetirg. Reporting on the progress of the Los Angeles housing drive, Mr. MacKay said, the actual value from the modernization standpoint of the campaigr-r for the first twenty days, without taking into account any new construction and taking it at only 5 per cent of its face value, is.$5,350,000, using as a basis a $400 average for modernization loans.

Walter J. Braunschweiger, vice president of the Bank of America, discussed the "FHA from the Banker's Point of View" declaring that the banks are anxious to loan under the Act's provisions. N{ayor Shaw of Los Angeles extended the address of welcome and during his talk the Nerv and Better Housing Program emblem adopted in Los Angeles was unveiled. Robert L. Smith, chairman of the civic affairs comm:ttee of the Los Angeles Advertising 'Clul>, and Alfred Swinerton, regional director of the Federal Housing Administration, also addressed the meeting.

J. R. THOMPSO,N VISITS S. F.

J. R. Thompson, of the J. R. Thompson Logging Co., Marshfield, Ore.. manufacturers of Port Orford Cedar lurnber, was a recent visitor to San Francisco.

While there Mr. Thompson made his headquarters at the offi,ce of M. J. "Ben" Byrnes, Northern California representative for his company's products.

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RUMORS

Life is much like Christmas-you are more apt to get what you €xpect, than what you want.

Anotfrtir good memory test is to sit down and recall the thinge 'you were worried about this time last yedr, pf course you've -heard of the fellow who got up early in the morning so he'd have more time to loaf.

Divorces are rare in Sweden. That's where the safety rnatches are made.

Old Dobbin had his faults, but he wasn't second-hand the day after you bought him.

Heiney says that love may not make the world go round, t but it sure mal6es a lot of people dizzy.

Some people would stoop to do anything, but when it comes to lifting anything, they get the backache.

If the airplane is ever made fool-proof, as promised,.it will be the only thing that is.

What this country needs is to beat swords into plowshares, and jazz bands into insensibility. Let's all club together.

"I've never put my watch under my pillow," said Lfncle Zep, "but what I slept overtime."

-Friendly Chat.

WOULDN'T WANT TO WORRY HIM

"Would you mind walking the other w'y and not passing the 'orse?" said a London cabman with exaggerated politeness to the fat lady who had just paid him, but failed to tip him.

"Why?" inquired the fat lady.

"Because, if 'e sees wot 'ee's been carrying for a strilling, 'e'll 'ave a fit."

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And then there was the man from Aberdeen who put off buying an Atlas until world affairs got a little more settled.

sLow

An American in England was giving some illustrations of the size of the United States.

"You can entrain in the state of Texas at dawnr" he said impressively, "and twenty-four hours later you'll still be in Texas."

"Yes," said one of his English friends, .',we've got trains like that here, too."

LITTLE THINGS

There's nothing very beautiful and nothing very gay, About the rush of faces in the town by day; , But a light tan cow in a pale green mead, , Is very beautiful, beautiful indeed.

And the soft March wind, and the low March mist Are better than kisses in a dark street kissed. The fragrance of the forest when it wakes. at'dawn, The fragrance of a trim green village lawn, The hearing of the murmur of the rain at play., These things are beautiful, beautiful as day ! , And I shant stand waiting for love or scorn When the fest is laid for a day new-born. Oh, better let the things I loved when little, Return when the heart finds the great things brittle; And better a temple made of bark and thong, Than a tall stone temple that may last too long.

-Orrick Johns.

A DIRTY ANSWER

"You would never think from the way it looks and runs that this car was bought second-hand, would you?"

"Never ! I would have thought you made it yourself.',

LET'S PRETEND

The dreams of youth become the let's pretend of age. And the person who has forgotten the game of let's pretend is in soul-color of the dullness of ditch-water.

I'VE NEVER SEEN A PINE BOWED DOWN

By Carl Magg

I have seen oak trees bent with living, I've seen some birch clan dude

Set mincing by a hoyden breeze

And I have seen a cottonwood Sprawled out in rustic generosity. But I've never seen a pine bowed down To either gale or God

Or any permanent affliction.

I can remember pines as upright poets only Who listen much and gently comb the wind For answers to their queries;

Too proud to give to pain more than a sigh And too compassionate to gush aloud.

I've never seen a pine bowed down But, once I found a trunk, by lightning stripped To perpendicular defiance, like an ageless thing Still standing guard on damaged beauty all about, A rooted headstone, charred and starkA picket whom the winds respected.

Redwood Shinsle Bureau Formed

Organization of a Shingle Bureau as a subsidiary of the California Redwood Association was completed at a meeting held in San Francisco, January 8.

Present at the nieeting rvere the Association's Shingle Cornmittee, J. J. Farlel , The Pacific Lumber Co., chairmar; Geo. W. Gorman, Hatnmoud Lumber Co., Fred V. Holmes, Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., and the following representatives of Redwood shingle manttfacturers: J. A. Harris, Jr., Monterey Bay Redwood Co., Santa Crtrz; C. L. Gibson ancl E. L. Moore, E. L. Moore & Co. Santa Cruz; R. C. Turner, Navarro Shingle Co., Philo; Harry Hood, Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., San Francis'co; N. P, Burgess, Weott; F. Egnall, Hammond Lumber Co., Sau Francisco; P. Mclntyre, W. P. Mclntyre & Son, Fortuna; E. P. Rasmussen, Smith River, and J. R. Freeman, Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., San Francisco. Also present rvere H. W. Cole, president, California Redl,vood Association L. B. Ashbaugh. roofing expert, ancl J. W. \\iilliams. secretary' Califorrria Redwood Association.

J. J. Farley, who presided, expiained the purpose of the Shingle Bureau, rvhich is to exploit and inspect Redwood shingles. He told those present of the preliminary promotion lvork being done b)' I-. B. Ashbaugh, and of the folder

Correction

In the report of the annual meeting of the Pacifi'c Coast Hardwood Wholesale Distributors Association appearing in our Novemb-er I, 1934 issue, it carried the statement that the Association unanimously endorsed the action of the Lumber Code Authority to maintain the Codes and Cost Protection Pri,ces.

W. B. Jones of the Owens-Parks Lumber Co., Los Angeles, and Nelson E. Jones of the Jones Hardwood Company, San Francisco, advise that this statement was in error as they opposed the resolution.

SPEND SEVERAL DAYS IN SOUTHLAND

Paul M. P. Merner, Merner Lumber Co., Palo Alto, with Mrs. Merner, recently spent several da1's in Los A.ngeles rvhere they visited Mrs. Merner's mother.

now being prepared lvhich contains general information for the retailers and consumers concerning Redlvood shingles' Mr. Farley stressed the necessity for all the manufacturers of shingles to contribute to the program for Redwood shingle promotional work and inspection in order that it may be properly carried out.

Mr. Cole discussed the possibilities for the sale of dry Redwood shingles in the Eastern market, where, he said, they can build up a large'-business. He also called attention to export possibilities, referring especially to sales made in South Africa during the year 1934.

The secretary read a proposed contract"between the manufacturers and the California Redwood Association lvhich provides for payment by the manufacturers to the Association of dues of 1O cents per square on sales of shingles. This r,vas unanimously approved and the secretary instructed to send copies to the manufacturers for signature.

The following were elected as additional. members to the Shingle Committee, which will administer the Bureau: N. P. Burgess, Weott; E. L. Moore, E. L. Moore & Co', Santa Cruz, and R. C. Turner, Navarro Shingle Co., Philo.

Berkeley Yard Changer Hands

E. K. Wood Lumber Co. recently leased their Berkeley yard to Paul M. Jones, East Bay Coal Co', who will operate it as the East Bay Lumber & Coal Co. Jack Prindeville, former manager of the yard, is continuing with the new concern in charge of the lumber department.

Talks on Hardwood Lumber

James B. Overcast, sales manager, Strable Hardwood Co., Oakland, was the speaker at the luncheon meeting of the Executive Association of Oakland, January 8. The members showed mu,ch interest in Mr. Overcast's talk, 'rvhich was on the subiect of "I{ardwood Lumber."

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California Buifding Permits for December

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LUMBER

Chambcrlin & Co- W. R'

Ith Flmr, Fife Bfdg. '. '. ' ' 'DOuglaa 5470

Dotbcer & Cmon Lmber Co.'

?it0 Merchants Exchange Bldg... '..SUtter ?456

Hrmmond Lumber Co., 310 Sansorne st""""""""""Douglas 3389

Hobbs' Wall & Co., aSO Jerrold Ave... " " " 'Mlssion l90l

Holmer Eureka Lumber Co-,

1505 Financial Center Bldg. ..'...'GAr6eld l9Zl

Lawence-PbiliPs Lumber Co.,

an6 Fife Building.....' " " "EXbrook !393

Loop Lrrnber ComPanY' Ft. of l6th St..........""""""EXbrook {t3l

Long-Bell Lrrmber Sales Corporation' izs Market Stret .-.""""""GArfie|d l8il9

Mulligan & Co., W. J-'

52ll MontSomery St. GArfield 6890

LUMBER

MacDonald & Harrington Ltd..

16 Califomia Street. '. ', .GAr6eld E393

McCormick, Cbu. R., Lubcr Co., a6l Marlet StEt .'....."""""DOug|as 2561

Mmre MiIl & Lubcr Co.'

525 Markct Stret , '. ..EXbrmk cl73

Pacifrc Lumber Co., The 100 Bwh Strcet ..............."'GArfield lrtl

Red River Lumbcr Co., 315 Moadnock Bldg. ..GArfield 0922

Santa Fe Lumber Co., 16 Calitonia Street ......'.......KEamy 2074

Scbafer Bro. Lumber & Shingle Co.' rz0E Fife Bldg. .....-.. -.. -........'SUtter l77l

Sudden & Christenson, 310 Sulome Street '. .GArfield 2E{5

Trower Lumber Co., ll0 Market Stret'..... .....,......Sutter lM26

Union Lumber Co Crocker Buitding ....Sutter 6170

OAITLANI}

LUMBER

llilt & Morton, lnc.' ' ""D;;i;;;-Si. \r/ha.r' " """ " "'ANdover 1077

Hocan Lumber ComPanY' "'-;; ?-Att.. Strieti.. ......' ....Gl.enurt dlll

E. K. Wood Lumber Co', "' ?;;;;"L &-i{rg sti" "' ""'Fruitvale 0ll2

LUMBER

HARDWOODS

LUMBER

Van Andale-Harr'b Lumbcr Co., lnc., Fiftb & Brmro Streets..........GAr6eld lli

Wendling-Naltan Co. ll0 Markct Strt ..................SUttlr t3l3

E. K. Wmd Lunben Co., I Drumm Street..........,..........KEarny !710

\l/eyerhaeuser Sales Co., l1t Califmia Street .GArficld E97r

DOORS AND PLYWOOD

Nicolai Door Sales Co., 3045 lgth Strcet ....................Ml$ion 7t20

Whee'ler-Osgod' Saler Corpontion, 3045 lgib st. .,.......,............VA|encia 2ll

CREOSOTED LUMBER-POLES-PILINGTIES

Baxter, J. H. & Co.' itit3 Montgmery Stret... ..DOuglc 36llil

McComick, Chas. R.' Lumbcr Co., 16l Market Stret ........... -.. -..DOuglar 250r

PANELli

Elliott Bav Salet Co.. lt2{ B;cdway

Californ:a Builders Strpply Co.' 501 29th Avenue ANdover ll88

Strable Hardwood Co., 537 Firot Stre.t,.....,........TEmplebar 55El

LOS A1TGBLBS

Bookctaver Burna Lumber Co', Chamber ol Cornmerse BIds"" 'PRorpect 6231

Chmberlln & Co., W- R.' 318 Wect Ninth St. TUcker l'131

Dolbcer & Carson Lumber Co., l29 Sbcll Buitding...... " " " "' "'VAndike till2

Hotmec Eurcka Lumber Co-, ?ll-712 Architects Bldg. ...'.. "' "'Mutual 91tl

Humood Lmba Co. 2010 So. Alameda St. ..".....""PRospect 7171

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?lXl So l: Brea Avc' -"".'" """'York ll6t

Lawrcnce-Phltips Lumber Co., dl3 Pctrdeu Securitiec Bldg....PRospcct 0221

Log-BeU Luber Saler CorPoration, ?2! Petrclm Sccuritlcl Bldg....PRospeci E46E

MacDomld & Bergstrom, Inc., 73 Petrclem Securities Bldg...PRospect 7104

MacDonald & Hanington, Ltd., 62t Petrolem Securities Bldg.'.PRcpect 5931

McComick, Cbar. R.' Lumber Co., u? West sth St.................TRb|ty 5z4r

Mulligan & Co., W. J., U? Wcst lth St. .....,............VAndikc l,lt6

LUMBER

Pacific Lumber Co.. The ?00 So. La Brea Ave""""""".'"York 1156

Patten-Blinn Lumber Co. 521 E. sth SL '......'.."""""VAndike Zl2l

Red River Lumber Co., ?02 E. Slauson .CEnturY 29071

Santa Fe Lumber Co., 3ll Financial Center Bldg. .........VAndike 4471

Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shinglc Co.' 1226 W. M. Garlud Bldg....'....TRinitv 4Ar

Sudden & Christenson, 630 Board of Trade BIdg' .-".'...TRinity tt44

Union Lumber Co., 923 If,I. M. Gartand Blds. ...'......TRinlt 22t2

Wendling-Nathu Co?tt0 So. La Brca Ave. ...."""".'"'YOrk ll6E

E. K. Wood Lumber Co., 4?01 Santa Fe Ave.....'..........JEfferson 3lU

Weyerbaoser Sales Co., 149 Petnleum Ssriticr Bldg...'PRotFct 55t0

CREOSOTED LUMBER-POLES_PILING_ TIES

Bilter, J. H. & Co., 601 West Fifth Street..'.........Mlchigan 6294 McCmick, Chu. R., Lumber Co., lr7 W6t fth St. ...............TR|n|ty 521r

HARDWOODS

Cooper, W. E., Lmbcr Co. hri e. rsdr sL ..'........"'."'PRdpGGt 5l3l

Hamnond Luber Co., Ztl0 So. AtaDe& St.............'pRolpcct tl?l

lauhlir. C. J.. &s Ptttol.* Smrities Bldg.....PRcFct z'0l Stutd, E. J., & So' 2050' Eret 3Eth Stret ......'.....CEntury 29211

SASH-DOORS-MILLWORK

Hamond Lubcr eo. all0 So. Alamcda St-' "........ --..PRo43ct ?ul Koeht, Jno.'W- & Sonr, 652 So. Myqs St. ..........'.....ANgelus tl9l

Red Rivcr Luber Co., 702 E. Slluon ....................Axr|dt. t07l

Wheler-Osgod Salee Coraondo' l03l So. Brodmy ................PRcpcct 50lC

PANEIIS AND PLYWOOD

.Aberdeen Plywood Compary, 2le4 W;t Fio Sti*t .:'.r..........Fltmy E5i24

Crlilmir Parcl & Vcns Co.' t55 So. Alameda SL ..............TRtD|ty .05?

Cooper, W. E., Lmber Co., 2085 E. rsth St. ........'..,.'...PRolDGct 5ltl

Pacific Mutual Dq Co., CAPttol 7t0E uzt W6tDiDlter Ave. (Alhubn)

Wheler-Oegood Salel CorPation' 215:t SamDento St. ........'......TucLs {t3r

December Building Activity in Arthur J. McQuatters, Lumberman

\(/estern States

lE..Fl ano rrnancter, rasses

Arthur J. McQuatters, exe,cutive head of the Cady inter" ests and receiver of the Cady Lumber Corporation, McNary, Arizona, died suddenly on December 8, at Albuquer. que, New Mexico, from heart failure. He was born July 18, 1874 in Ellis county, Texas.

Before reaching his majority he had engaged successfully in the business of the McQuatters Plumbing & Machine Shop at Hillsboro, Texas. Of his mining, railroad and lumber manufacturing operations in the states of Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico, his purchase of a large share of the Luis Terrassas estate and management of the balance, totalling nearly twelve miilion acres of mineral, timber and grazing land; of the building of the Parral & Durango railroad, big dam at Chihuahua City, establishment of school system and mail route at his own expense for the city of Parral, many interesting and even thrilling incidents could be written.

For a few years Mr. McQuatters was engaged in New York City in financial development projects, becoming interested in Arizona, and in 1926 together with James G_ McNary and others bought the Will Cady mill at McNary, the Apache Raillvay, ,connecting McNary with the Santa Fe railway at Holbrook, and later acquired the properties of the Flagstaff Lurnber Co. and Standard Mills, Inc. In 1930 he r,vas appointed receiver for the Cady Lumber Cor_ poration.

In 1893, Mr. McQuatters was married to Miss Lela Gwinn, who survives him, together with three sons, three daughters, and two brothers. Funeral services were held on December 12. The pall bedrers were members of the Cady organization, R. F. Lilly, Chandler M. Wood, F-lovd R. Wigely, Chester Lintner, B. E. Snoddy and D. T. Ben= choff.

R. M. INGRAM VISITS CALIFORNIA

R. M. Ingram, sales manager, E. C. Miller Ceddr Lum_ ber Co., Aberdeen, Wash., was in California last month on a business trip. Mr. Ingram was a.ccompanied to Southern California by A. B. ,,Bert,' Johnson, Jr.,-,of the A. B. John_ son Lumber Co., San Francisco, California agents for his company's products.

R. F. van DEINSE LOS ANGELES VISITOR

Rufus F. van Deinse, Portland, Ore., vice president and general manager of the Edward Hines pacific Coast Lurn_ ber Co., was a recent Los Angeles visitor where he spent a few days conferring with F. M. ,,Cappy,' Slade, the com. pany's California representative. Mr. van Deinse made the trip both ways by airplane.

Bill Dunning Represents Trower Tacoma Lumbermen's Club I I lF- Lumoer Lompany

Two well-known lumber concerns have joined forces in the Southern California market. William D' Dunning, rvith headquarters at 4247 Sth Avenue, Los Angeles, has become the representative of Trower Lumber Co. of San Francisco. The latter firm has long been knolvn prin'cipally as California distributors for the Knappton Mill, of Knappton, Washington, and Bay Park Mill, of North Bend, Oregon. These two up-to-date mills were originally operated more than half a ,century ago by the late Captain A. M. Simpson, of whom it was said that if you gave him an anchor he would build a ship to fit it.

"Bill" Dunning broke into the lumber game back in 1906, in the office of The Bronson Lumber Co., at O'ttawa, Canada, rvhere he rvas associated with Mr. Harry W. Cole, now Vice-President of Hammond-Little River Redwo'od Co. He followed Mr. Cole in 1909 to the Bronson subsidiary at Bulwinkle (now Crannell) in Humbolcit County, California-the Little River Redwood Co. In I9l4 Mr. Dunning rvent to work in the San Francisco office and took charge there in 1917, becoming sales manager. In 1931 the Hammond-Little River merger took place and Mr. Dunning moved to Los Angeles, taking on the agency of the Klamath-California Redwood Co. and later the Buzard-Burkhart Pine Co. The Trower Lumber Co. connection now adds a dependable supply of Douglas Fir, Spt'uce, Cedar and other West Coast lumber products.

Elects Officets

Ralph Brindley, vice president, Wheeler Osgood Sales Corp., Tacoma, was elected president of the Tacoma Lumbermen's Club at the club's annual banquet held in the Winthrop Hotel, Tacoma, December 14.

J. M, Morris, Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., Tacoma, was ele,cted vice president, and Chas. P. Hurley, secretary.

Speakers at the banquet included Ex-Gov. Roland Hartley, Everett, Wash.; Nlajor tr. G. Griggs, Tacoma; Mayor John Prinz, Tacoma; and Lieut.-Gov. Victor Myers.

Corydon Wagner, St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co., Tacoma, retiring president of the club, presicled.

New S. F. \(/holesale Firm

A new wholesale lumber concern, Davis-O'Connor Lumber Co., has been formed by two men r,vell known in the California Pine industry, A. B. Davis and Chas. T. O'Connor.

Mr. Davis was formerly sales manager of Kesterson Lumber Co., Klan-rath Falls, Ore., and Mr. O'Connor until recently was sales manag'er of the Shaw-Bertram Lumber Co., Klamath Falls, Ore. Both have a large acquaintance among buyers of Pine lumber all over the country. They will specialize in Cali{ornia Ponderosa and Sugar Pine lumber, mouldings and ,cut stock.

Offi,ces of the new firm are at 450 Monadnock Building, San Francisco.

Ten Files of The

Years Ago Today

From the California Lumber Merchant, Januarv 15, 1925

Reports from lumbermen throughout the state, both wholesalers and retailers, indicate that the industry is looking forward for a fine year in 1925. ***

A telegrarn from Houston, Texas, states that tire Vaughan Lurnber Company, one of the biggest wholesale firms in the United States, has announced their plans for the installation of a large wholesale yard and warehouse, in that city, on the Ship Channel, for the concentration and distribution of Pacific Coast lumber and shingles. Their stocks rvill include all kinds of Pacific Northwest forest products and shingles, as rvell as California redwood and California pines, in all grades. This will be the first yard of its kind on the Gulf Coast. ***

The Port of Grays Harbor celebrated on January B the shipment of the billionth foot of lumber for the year 1924. In the twelve month period, 728 ships .loaded lumber at the port, and 468 of these carried 5W,774,W feet to California. 'fhe East coast rvas the second best customer, Japan third, and Australia fourth. * >r< +

The Bay District Hoo-Hoo started off the New Year successfully when over a hundred members attended the Concatenation held at the Commercial Club of San Francisco, on Friday.evening, January 9. Eight Kittens were initiated. Vicegerent Snark J. Walter Kelly was in charge of the initiation ceremonies. ***

Frank H. Harris, prominent San Fran.cisco lumbennan and a member of the Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co. retired as a director of the San Francisco board of education on January 8. Mr. Harris served three years on the board. As an appreciation of his fine services to the City of San Francisco, Mr. Fred Dohrmann, Jr., President of the board of education, tendered Mr. Harris a luncheon on his retirement which was attended by forty-five city officials including the heads of the various city departments, superintendent of schools and staff, city snpervisors and members of the board of education.

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Employes of the San Diego Lumber Co., San Diego Planing Mill, and Frost Hardwood Co. were guests of the offi,cials of the three companies, led by A. L. Frost, at a dinner and entertainment on the evening of December 23.

A cut of l,Ol5,826Uo"rJr".], ,,J". -"a. in two eight-hour shifts at the West Fir unit of the Long-Bell Lumber Company's manufacturing plant at Longview, Wash., on December 18.

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The Western Lumber Company's sar,vmill at Westfir, Ore., on the Eugene-Klamath Falls cut-off, rvill be formally opened on January 20. The mill rvill have a capacity of 200,000 feet per eight-hour shift.

The E. I{. Wood Lumber Co. has completed their new office building at 47Ol Santa Fe Ave., Vernon. An article illustrated with photographs showing the exterior and several interior r.iews of the new office building appears in this issue.

'fhe Hudson Lumber Co., Lynwood, have moved their general offices to larger quarters in the center of Lynwood. The builcling they are llow occupying was formerly used as a public library.

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The Antelope Valley Lumber Co., Lancaster, has just completed some alterations and additions to their office building. They have added a paint and hardware department.

E. S. Brush of the Loop Lumber Co. was the winner of the first prize, $50.00, in the contest for members of the Lumber Salesmen's Club of San Francisco. and Richard C. Jones of the Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co. lvas awarded the second prize of. $25.00. Floyd Elliott of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. received honorable mention for his paper. The subject was "Suggestions for Improving Retail Sales Methods for Lumber in San Francisco." The prizes rvere donited jointly by the Lumber Association of San Francisco and Ben Reed. The judges in the contest rvere R. A. Hiscox, M. A. Harris and Walter Sutton.

The Shasta Lu'rber aJ. J ivi".yr.,itt. are constructing a new r.varehouse, 80 feet by 100 feet. The new building rvill be used to store doors, windows and building materials.

Hoo-Hoo Club No. q hlalnJ. "r,n,r"l.Christmas meeting at the Pala,ce Hotel, San Francisco, on De,cember 24. Rod Hendrickson presided over the business session. There lvas a fine entertainment and Bob Gehring and his Lumberjack Orchestra providecl the music. J. E. Martin was the chairman of the day.

J. E. Lloyd-Jones was chairman of the day at the first 1925 meeting of the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club. L. A. Beckstrom won the attendance prize. Ralph E. Fox of Los Angeles was the speaker of the day, his subject being, "Selling Yourself." T. B. (Ted) Lawrence was welcomed back after a long siege of sickness, and Forrest Wilson was given a good send-off on the announcement that he was going to San Francisco where he would be conne,cted with the sales department of The Little River Redwood Co. ***

The annual midwinter number of the San Diego Union carried full page editorials on the business. operations of the lVestern Lumber Company and Sullivan Hardwood Company, and the Benson Lumber Company.

Leases \(/ood Treating Plant at Wilmington

The Arr-rerican Lumber & Treating Corp' has leased as of December 15 the Southern Pacific Pres'sure Treating Plant ut- Wf-i"gton,Calif. This operation together- rvith the early opening of the newly built plan-t- in the Northwest' *uti.. ih" .J.ttp"tty's entry into the West Coast tqrritory featuring Wolmanized lumber.

has opened a sales ofhce in Los Angeles with A. E. ^Feiguson, disttict sales manager' The outpu.t of their Wilminlgton plant, which is norv in operation' will be marketed in ealifornia, Arizona. New Mexico and adjacent territory. The company also operates other rvoocl treating planis in the Middle West ancl East. The general ofifices bt ttre company are in Chicago.

INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT

Herb Anclerson, Globe Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is confined to the Cedars of Lebanon H'ospital, Los Angeles, where he is recovering from injuries received in an automobile accident near Indio on the evening of December 23. He is showing continued improvement and expects to leave the hospital in a couple of rveeks.

CONGRATULATIONS

Mr. and Mrs. John G. Ziel are receiving congratulations on the birth of a little daughter, Charlotte Elizabeth, at the Children's Hospital, San Francisco, December 31.

Mr. Ziel is president of. Ziel & Company, hardu'ood importers.

BROOKMIBE BULLDTINS

will help you to keep posted on the trend of security prices and economic conditions and will guide you in your stock and bond investments. They are timely and specific in their opinion and comment.

We shall gladly eend you a copy of Brookmire Counselor without charge. Request Bulletin No. 19-8.

THE DIFFERENCE BET\TEEN 'CAN" and "DO"

To the man in your office responsible for credits, this difference is more than a grammatical problem. He knows for instance that concerns which CAN pay promptly are not always the ones that DO and that a desirable credit risk is one that not only has the abilitg to meet financial obligations promptly but one that exercises that ability'

The system of rating emPloYed by the Lumbermen's Credit Rating Service recognizes this Peculiarity by reporting a mode ot pagment as well as a PurelYy'nancial rating and this feature has proved itself a highlY imPortant factor in intelligent credit extension'

Ratings

l'he vital need for today's information today is met for subscribers to the Lumbermen's Credit Rating book by the TWICE-A-WEEK Supplementsflashing important credit changes as theY occur'

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LUMBDB HAIJLTITG

We HurryDelays Cost Money

Brice & Howard Trucking Co.

l5l2 East 9th St.-Los Angeles, Cal.-TUcker B4?0

LUMBER YARD FOR SALE

Los Angeles and Southern California lumber yards for sale. Address Box C-480, Care California Lumber Merchant.

LARGE LUMBER CONCENTRATION YARD FOR SALE OR LE.ASE

Located in Houston, Texas. Big steel shed, overhead electric crane and locomotive crane. On paved highway, rail and water transportation. Fully equipped for low cost handling of West Coast products and heavy tirnbers.

Address

VAUGHAN LUMBER CO,, P. O. Box 1447. Houston. Texas.

POSITION WANTED

By experienced lumber salesman-mill, retail or wholesale. Also experienced lumber buyer, estimator and line yard manager. Best of references. Address Box C-531. care California Lumber Merchant.

WANTS POSITION

Familiar with every phase of Soft and Hardwood Lum_ ber, Sash, Door and Millwork. Estimating from plans, cost accountant, auditor, etc. Address Box C_52g. care California Lumber Merchant

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Ponderosa \(/.y Proves a B. C. Waterborne Lumber

Successlul Firebreak Exports Show Gain

The Ponderosa Way, an 800-rnile firebreak 200 feet wide, separating the timber from the brush conntry on the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valley ltoundaries of the central and northern national forests of California proved its value during the fire season of 1934. Accorcling to the San Francisco headquarters of the Forest Service this firebreak stopped nine out of eleven large fires from spreading into the timbered regions above the Ponderosa Way.

Forest officers consider this a good record in view of the unfinished condition of parts of this, the rvorld's longest firebreak. Two of the eleven fires rvhich swept up to the Ponderosa Way rvere carriecl over it by exceptionally high rvinds rvhich r,vould have rendered any firebreak useless. The Ponderosa Way stopped a total of 15 miles of going fires rvith a large saving of valuable timber and rvatershed cover.

Chips From the Forests

Fighting brush fires with a wind machine, consisting of an airplane propeller mounted in reverse position and cipa_ ble of creating a 90-mile gale, is being experimentecl with by forestry authorities in Southern California. The wind blows the flames back and throws great clouds of dust and sand into the very teeth of the fire, smothering it.

Washington, D. C., December 29.-British Columbia waterborne lumber exports (including some logs) from the principal B. C. ports during the first ten months of this year totaled 806,188 M bd. ft., as compared with SgZ,2l9 M ft. in the same period of 1933, a gain of 32 per cent, states reports from Vice Consuls Nelson p. Meeks, at Vancouver, and Robert E. Newcomb, at Vi,ctoria, made public by the Forest Products Division of the Department of Commerce.

October 1934 B. C. lumber exports totaled 23,386 M bd. {t. compared with 61,965 Mft.in September 1934, and, 76,469 M ft. in October 1933. (U. S. exports of Douglas fir squared timber.and b,oards, planks, and scantlings totaled 55,674 M bd. ft.in October;68,317 Mft.in September 1934; and 40,215 N{ ft. in October 1933).

British Columbia waterborne lumber exports to the principal markets during the first ten months of 1934 compared lvith same period of 1933 were, respectively, as follows:

To the United States 2,771 M ft. compared with 14,315 M ft., a decrease of over 80 per ,cent; to the United Kingdom and Continent (largely to the U. K.) 368,590 M ft. compared with 185,409 M ft., a gain of nearly 100 per cent; to the Orient (Japan and China) 240,022 M ft. compared with 251,748 M ft., a decline of about 4 per ,cent; to Australia and New Zealand 160,632 M ft. compared with 115,920 M ft., a gain of nearly 40 per cent.

Let lls Tell Therrrrr

Twice each month \ne are sending out our message of business news, ideas and good cheer to the lumbermen of California. On every page there are matters of direct and practical interest to every California lumberman.

Isn't this then an ideal medium for those who have a business story they want to send to these lumber folks?

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