The California Lumber Merchant - January 1940

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From extensive virgin forests in the region noted for growth of soft, even textured plfle, comes the "Poul Bunyccn" product. Soft Ponderosq ond Sugcn Pine cut by selective logging. Milled, kilnseqsoned qnd remqnufcrctured under yecr round production.

Red River ships complete crssortments of industricl ccnd building items. Strcight ccrs or mixed ccrrs.

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MILI, PACTORIBS AND GENBRAL SALES

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Sales Oftce: 715 Wcctern Pacific Bldg., 1031 So. Broadway

Varehoue: L C. L Vholesale, 7O2 E. Slauson Ave.

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Salee OEce: 9O8 Fiuncial Ceoter Building

HenOvOoDFtoORS help sellhomes. Bythe same token they help you sell house bills. Vhen they're NOFMA Certified Hardwood Floors their sales appeal doubles.

Vhy? Because NOFMAHardwood Floors have beautiful natural color and texture; they're mirror'smooth and stay that way; they stay that way because shrinking and swelling, frequently glariog faults in unidentified flooring, are -inimized in NOFMA floors. Again, why? Because NOFMA flooring material is first skillfully seasoned and then produced by tested methods which qualify under standards approved by the U. S. Department of Commerce.

No wonder then, that Mott Brothers, builders of the famous Garden City, Long Island homes development, are among the thousands of realtors and builders who rely on pedigreed NOFMA Hardwood Floors to help turn quicker sales.

Sash and Door \(/holesalers Will Hold Dr. C. F. Korgtian Re-Elected President of Society of American Forester3

Golf Tournament Jan. 18

The Wholesale Sash and Door Association of Southern California will hold a golf tournament at the Altadena Golf Club, North Hill Street, Pasadena, Thursday, January 18, 1940. The tournament will start at 1:00 p.m. Dinner will be served at 6:3O p.m. and will be followed with the presentation of prizes and cards. This is the eleventh tournament sponsored by the Association and a good turnout is expected.

Pick Maule and Marshall Deats will act as chairmen. Reservations can be made by calling Secretary Earl Galbraith, telephone VAndike 0845, I-os Angeles.

L. A. GODARD VISITS L. A.

Lewis Godard, sales manager, Hobbs Wall Lumber Co., San Francisco, spent last week looking over the Southern California territory. He made his headquarters in Los Angeles, where he conf'erred with A. W. Donovan, manager of the Southern California office.

TOOK IN ROSE BOWL GAME

Roy Hills, Wendling-Nathan Company, San Francisco, and Charles E. Miller, Youngs Bay Lumber Co., 'Warrenton, Oregon, attended the Tennessee-USC football game at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, on New Year's day.

Washington, D C., December 18-Dr. Charles F. Korstian, dean of the School of Forestry at Duke University, Durham, N. C., was reelected president of the Society of American Foresters.

Edward I. Kotok of Berkeley, Calif., director of the California Forest and Range Experiment Station, was elected vice-president.

Elected to the Council the governing body o'f the forestry society, were Professor Ralph C. Hawley, Yale School of Forestry, New Haven, Conn.; William G. Howard, Nerv York Department of Conservation, Albany, N. Y.; Arthur C. Mclntyre, Soil Conservation Service, Upper Darby, Pa.; Professor Shirley W. Allen, School of Forestry and Conservation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Col. Allen S. Peck, U. S. Forest Service, Denver, Colo.; Professor G. B. MacDonald, Iowa State College, Ames, fowa; Inman F. Eldredge, Southern Forest Experiment Station, New Orleans, La.; Professor Myron Krueger, University of California, Berkeley, Calif.; and Harry T. Gisborne, Northern Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Missoula. Mont.

All officers were elected for two-year terms. The Society of American Foresters is a professional organization of technically trained foresters with a membership of 4,600 in the United States and Canada. Its national headquarters is in Washington, D. C.

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Anglo California Lumber C,o.-----------------At&inson-Stutz Co.------------------

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How Lumber Looks

Seattle, Washington, January 8, 194O.-The rveekly average of West Coast lumber production in December (4 weeks) was 118,168,000 feet, or 6O.O per cent of the weekly average f.or I92G|9D, the industry's years of highest capac- ity rcalization, the West Coast Lumbermen's Association reports. Orders averaged II5,&4,W feet; shipments, 113,489,000. Weekly averag'es for November were: Production, 733,492,W feet (57.8 per cent of the highest capacity realization index) ; orders, 1O2,675,ffiO1' shipments, 119,785,000.

For 52 weeks ol 1939, cumulative production, 6,426,951 ,M f eet ; sam e period, 1 938,-5, 1 82,32f,M ; 1937 -4,322,654,000.

Orders for 52 weeks of 1939 break down as follows ; rail, 2,787,O19,W feet ; domestic .cargo,' 2,528,802,@0; export, 421,67 I,OOO ; local, 962,@L,ffi

The industry's unfilled order file stood at 452,187,0N leet at the end of December; gross stocks, at 930,@0,00O.

The most significant feature of the December market for West Coast lumber was a partial recovery from the curtailed buying rvhich follorved the buying hysteria of September. December was thus a "return to normalcy," following the up and down extremes in lumber buying during the fall mo,nths. The net volume of December orders for West Coast lumber was approximately the same as that for March, 1939, which represents a normal relationship. -

Behind the recent rise, fall, and substantial recovery of the market for West Coast lumber are these facts:

1. The market for West Coast lumber has been affected but slightly by the war; and that effect has been adverse through still further reducing our limited volume of foreign trade.

2. The December recovery reflects primarily the continuing strength of the housing movement in the United States. The sustained volume of building permits, particularly for new residences, and of building contracts, has created a stable demand for lumber. Lumber dealers ate anticipating a good building market in the spring of 194O and are stocking their bins in preparation for it.

Yearly Lumber Facts-1939

The outstanding feature of i939 as a lumber year was a steady continuation of the upward movevment in building, and particularly residential building, in the United States. This started in the early spring and continued through the year with scarcely a backward slip. 1939 was cl'ose to a 2-l billion dollar year in construction, probably exceeding 1938 by from 15 to 18 per cent. Well over 50 per cent of this building was residential, with low-cost homes predomi- nating. Dodge estimates for 37 Eastern States yield a figure ol 263,QO dwelling units constructed in 1939, in that territory alone. The estimate for next year in the same area is 300,000. This does not include rural and small-town

building, and it leaves out the important California and Northwest building regions.

The effect of the European \A'ar upon lumber r'vas only temporary. Like so many other commodities, lumber experienced a sharp buying wave in September, rvith moderate advances in price. When this rvave broke, demand slumped badly for i month; and then-toward year's endresumed the normal course of the prewar months in satisfying the building demands of the United States.

For West Coast lumber, 1939 brought the best market since 1930. Net orders for the year totaled 6,699,000,000 feet as compared with 5,458,0CS,@O in 1938 and 5,911,000,@O in 1937. The year's production also topped the records since 1930, with a total cttt of 6,427,U&,00O feet-substantially more than in 1938 and slightly more than In 1937.

The year's exports of West Coast lumber were 412,W NI feet as compared with 298,000 M feet in 1938. The increase was due to greater trade with South America and heavy purchases by Great Britain in the months preceding the war, while the seas u'ere still open for normal traffic. Since the advent of u,'ar, export shipments have again dropped to a very low ebb.

West Coast lumber usually {ollows the curve of general busi,ness. Its course through the fall of this year reflected the increase of industrial and business activity throughout the country. Important factors were the revival of railroad buying, and the increased demand for lumber for industrial uses. Some shop items have shown great strength in the market. There is a pronounced demand for scaffold plank to use in ship building. But in the main the industry has been steadily plowing alo,ng 'ivith home building, and this promises to be its best field throughout 1940.

The forecasts of statistical agencies indicate a continued, gradual rise in home building; a decrease in public construction; a partially offsetting increase in private, commercial and industrial construction.

No appreciable effect of the war upon the lumber market is yet apparent. West Coast lumber expects to go on making its bread and butter by harvesting its trees Ior the building of homes in the United States.

During the week ended December 23, 1939, 472 mills produced 195,651,000 feet of softwoods and hardwoods combined, shipped 188,101,000 feet, and booked orders of 193,695,000 feet, according to the National Lumber N{anufacturers Association.

Revised figures for the preceding u'eek, 533 mills reporting, were: production 2n,872,W feet, shipments 196,9V),0@ feet, and orders h7,233,ffiO feet.

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mv son, these maxims make a rule, at And tumP them aYe taglther, ' : : ': - The rigid righteous is a fool, The rigid wise anither.-Robert Burns.

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Blast from the political furnace already remiirds us that it's going to be hard to tend to business this year with the "rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air" from the political cauldrons. There come td my mind the words of the poet Coleridge:

Late yestereen I saw the nenr FtQolrr ^.,:' With the old moon in her arms, And I fear, I fear, my master dear, We shall have deadly storms.

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They won't BE deadly; they'll just souhd ttrat way! There is nothing on the top side of this long-'5rlg6rirf$ 6arth that sounds quite so frightening as a bell-mouthed political blunderbuss, stuffed to the gills with intellectual bilgewater, and loaded to scatter. We all, understand that political oratory is not to be taken seriously, and, since we have ten months of it ahead of us, we might as well start preparing our systems to stand it. I ***

In the medical profession they speak of a man "establishing a tolerance" for a certain drug, meaning, feeding him a little at a time until his constitution becomes inured to it. That's what we innocent bystanders have got to do with regard to political outpourings this year. It's going to be much worse than the average presidential election year. Much worse. So it is important that we gradually prepare our systems to recieve it.

Yes, friends, from now on the air and the public prints will bristle with double-leaded folderol exploding like bombshells throughout this land. You may confidently expect to see the bucket of exaggeration drained to the very dregs. Overstatement and denunciation will be the pastime of our idle moments, and diatribe and invective will become the serious business of our lives. There will be plenty of denouncing and denying, belittling and belying. There will be claims and counterclaims, charges and countercharges.

We will hear much of "inalienable rights," "the birthright of the father!;" 'pditisan rancor," "the great white light of truthr" ttserbonian bogsr" t'craven cowardice"' "punitive thunderbolts,t' t'baneful demagogues," "paeans of praise," "panaceas for poverty," "pitiless despoliation," "stale platitudes," "resounding vacuums," ttwisdom infallible," "truth incontrovertible," "supernil gall," "subsidized stalking-horses," "ghastly paradoxes," "predatory interests," "intrenched grebd," "ihe inextinguishable torch of libertS" and a thousand other well-worn platitudes that have been the boneg upon wiich politicians have gnawed since the mind of man runneth not to the contrary.

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This,is-merely warning you what to expect. Don't let the violence of the confict fool or worry you. It will be just the.same old political music that America has come to know so rpell. r And the day after election it will all be like the ' pains of Chiidbirth-forgotten; forgotten alike the threats and the promises. ***

We will hear much about "liberals" and "conservatives." A "liberal," you understand, is a man who thinks as he pleases and then throws dead cats at anyone else who desires to do the same; and a "conservative" is a fellow who doesn't approve of ever5rthing a "liberal" does.

And then, of course, a;" ;"" the unconscious humorist who wished Henry Ford a PROSPEROUS New Year. **rl.

To an old friend, Dan Orr, goes the prize for

bit of human philosophy we've heard in a long[4fme. He tells of an old Mexican sitting lazy and, relaxed in the sun outside his "dobe" hut, and saying: "God is good. He makes the night for sleep, and the day for rest."

Something-for-nothing,*"J""i.rr, cash-for-nothing, is like dope; it makes the recipient an addict. Deliberately feed a man dope for years, then deny it to him, and see what happens ! Give a man cash-for-nothing for years, then sugtgest taking it away, and see what happens ! You can see it happening right now with Government appropriations and the budget. Take the farmers as an example. Nearly

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A Gateway to |;gl0 Opportunities

Motorists traveling the picturesque Redwood Errpire, are irnpressed with the farniliar scene pictured above-as they enter Eureka on Highway 101. Yet, this gateway, opened wide, trespeaks a rneaning.that cannot be recognized frorn the road. It is the ttopen sesamett to greater dealer opportunities, greater profits in 1940-with Redwood! It opens the way to rnutual prosperity; to that extra 6toornph" in H. E. grades, serviee and dealer cooperation.

(Continued from Page 6) six million of them, representing with their families more than twenty millions of our people, have been getting cash for NOT raising crops. It is no more surprising that they should holler when the "take" is threatened with extinction than that the morphine addict should clamor for his "rations."

Tolstoy told the ,aorr*o, " nr"* who saw a peasant plowing, and said to him: "If you knew you were to die tonight, what would you do today?" And the peasant answered, "I would plow." And the priest said to him, "You have made a wise answer, frY friend, for to plow is to pray."

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I'm just wondering, if plowing is praying, what sort of sin the farmer commits who accepts money for NOT plowittg.

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Stephen Girard,. famous Philadelphian of early colonial days, had an idea not unlike that of the peasant in Tolstoy's story. He was a great lover of trees. And when someone asked him what he would do today if .he knew he would not be alive tomorrow, he replied, "I would plant a tree." And that, I am sure, would be as much a prayer as the peasant's plowing.

The subject or prayer ;t i-; switch from sublime to ridiculous and I don't see anyone to stop me) often reminds me of the remark of the colored preacher in his Sunday sermon, when he said: "Speakin' ob pra'r, I notices dat when I ax de Lawd to sen me a turkey, I don't get it; but when I ax de Lawd to sen me out AFTAH a turkey-I gets it."

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Bluff old King Hal, of Britain, used to say that three men could keep a secret if two of them were away. Some more modern wag said that a man who says he has no secrets from his wife either has no secrets, or no wife.

One of literature's rn*a ,"-t"s examples of a play upon words was written by that great author Anonymous, when he wrote concerning the woman who, come weal come woe, remained true to her illicit love: "Her honor, rooted in dishonor, stands, and faith unfaithful keeps her falsely true."

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It is indeed difficult to make progress forward when your headlight is on your caboose.

Looking back at "nrr".rl."ltnl "r,itar"r, get their Christmas joy out of their stockings; the grown folks out of their

bottles. What a lousy brawl Christmas has come to be in this country !

rn the old days *" ."ogi. Jrrr lnrrurur. to work hard, live economically, and stay away from strong drink. Today we teach them to work as few hours as possible, keep their money in circulation, and be careful of their licker.

At the risk of getting the memory of Will Rogers in bad with our farm "experts," I was reading the other day that Will went to England shortly before he died, and wrote back that they had solved their farm problem in England by WORKING THEIR FARMS.

The statesman labors to make all men equal before the law; the professional politician to give the side with the most votes, the advantage.

What this country needs is NOT a good five cent cigar, as has been so often stated, but a sufficient number of people who believe, with Andrew Jackson, that debt is danger'

"There is a perennial nobleness and even sacredness in work. Were he never so benighted, forgetful of his high calling, there is always hope in a man that honestly and earnestly WORKS. In idleness alone is there perpetual despair."-Thomas Carlisle.

I probably risk chargeslo it"J"".-Uay heresy by uttering this thought: I would see no worthy person suffer, and no one go hungry, but-doesn't it seem a bit unfair when men who have wasted the spring, the summer, and the autumn of their lives, insistently demand that their winters be made pleasant at the expense of others who worked and saved, and deprived themselves of many things that the wasters enjoyed?

r love a man *t o krrotJ" Jtt L" answers. James Barrie, great Scotch author, was such a man. The would-be wit who "kidded" Barrie was flirting with dynamite. An English toastmaster found that out too late. In introducing Barrie to a great dinner given in his honor in London, this man picked on the Scotch. He said that Scotland must be a good country to leave as evidenced by the fact that once a Scot left his native land, he never returned to live there. When Barrie rose to speak, he immediately replied to this remark. He said it was not only the Scotch who left home and never went back. Lots of others did it. English' for instance. He recalled when a great number of Englishmen left England and went to Scotland, and never returned. The place they went to in Scotland was called Bannockburn. (If you'll refer to your history you'll discover that that was a mighty swell answer.)

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Selective logging accurate milling, proper curing, careful gradingjust what you would expect from PALCO Redwood unexcelled facilities. Add PALCO Dealer cooperation and you have PALCO Service-wonhy of RXDI7OOD. \ilflhether it is dimension, shingles, siding or PALCO ITOOL-or all of them in a mixed caryou'll find the PALCO RED\7OOD man right on the job.

Geo, E. Ream Co. Has Fine Facilities For Serving Trade

"Most dealers report having had a fair volume of business in 1939, and it is our judgment that in the new year ahea<l business will continue at about the same rate with probably an increase in volume about the middle of the year, and with better marketing conditions," said George E. Ream of the Geo. E. Ream Company, Los Angeles, distributors of nationally known building materials, recently to a representative of this paper.

Dealers' Service Theater, with its stage and moving picture equipment, designed to seat comfortably 6O people. Here sales promotional meetings are regularly held with dealers and their customers, as well as architects, in connection with the promotion of the uses of, and developing of markets for the various nationally advertised materials carried by the firm-all in the interests of the dealer.

The warehouse and display rooms are open at all times for the use of dealers' customers. Many dealers take advantage of this part of the service. The warehouse is so arranged that it is, in effect, a large display room, making it possible for dealers to show their customers the various types and sizes of materials with a minimum expenditure of time.

U,nder the merchandising slogan of "Friendly Dealers' Service," which has been well established by many years of

This company's office and warehouse are located at 235 South Alameda Street. The warehouse extends from Alameda Street through to Central Avenue, a distance of 420 feet, and has a total of 55,000 square feet of floor space, approximately an acre and a quarter. The facilities for loading and unloading make the warehouse one of the most upto-date in Los Angeles. Four cars can be unloaded at one time and there is ample space for dealers' trucks to drive in for loading.

The stocks of many of the items carried are the largest and most complete to be found on the Pacific Coast. At the rear of the main offices is the little Friendlv

performance, the Geo. E. Ream Company serves the dealer trade with nationally advertised products of merit in clirect carload shipments or out of warehouse. The company has a most efficient organization, some of the members having been associated rvith Mr. Ream for the past 15 years.

One oI the 420loot qisles, qll on one floor, ruaning lrom Alameda Street lhrough to Central Avenue.

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War talk brings back to memory an old, that I have long enjoyed. Two colored arguing about a possible war between the and Japan. One of them contended that in case of such a war, the U. S. would have a great advantage, but the other was doubtful, and wanted to know what made him, so certain. This was his argument:

BUYS H. S. RISER CO. YARD AT GLENDORA

The Foothill Lumber Company has purchased the H. S. Riser Lumber Company, and the consolidation of the two Glendora companies became effective on January 1. Stuart Coulter is owner of the Foothill Lumber Company.

H. S. Riser Lumber Company was established in Glendora in 1907 and was operated for more than twenty years by the late H. S. Riser. Follorving his death in 1937, Mrs. Riser took over the business.

The Foothill Lumber Company was started in Glendora several years ago by the Hastie Manufacturing Company and was purchased a short time later by Mr. Coulter. Afterwards Mr. Coulter bought the Glendora Lumber Company, and the office of the Foothill Lumber Company rvas moved to that location.

I JOHN KLASS VTSITS COAST

John H. Klass, who was transferred some years ago to Chicago as Eastern sales manager of the Bark Products Division of The Pacific Lumber Company, recently spent a few days at the company's San Francisco office and paid a visit to the plant at Scotia.

"Befo de American ahmy stahts to fight wid dem Japs' dey kneels down and prays to de Lawd to give dem de victry. Dass why !"

"But look heah, boy," insisted the other. "Why couldn't dem Japs kneel down an pray for de victry, too? Ansa me dat."

"Dey could" admitted the other, emphatically. "But who in Hell gwine ter unerstan whut's dey sayin?"

SALE OF LUMBER SHIPS APPROVED

Approval of applications for sale and tra.nsfer of registry of a group of wooden lumber carriers was announced by the United States Maritime Commission December 26. The Whitney Olson and George L. Olson, built in 1917, will be sold to the Canadian Transport Company of Vancouver, B. C., by the Oliver J. Olson Company and C. J. Hendry Company of San Francisco. The steamer San Diego, built in 1918, will be sold by the Hart-Wood Lumber Company, San Francisco, to the same Canadian concern. The ships will be employed in the movement of Canadian lumber to Great Britain.

OPENS YARD IN NORWALK

George Geib has opened a retail lumber yard in Norwalk, Calif., which he is operating under the name of Norwalk Lumber Company. The company rvill carry complete stocks of lumber and building materials. Mr. Geib has been associated with the lumber business for many years, and was formerly connected rvith the Geib Lumber Company of Huntington Park.

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There iE cm old saying that there crre two wcys by which a salesncur cqtr increcse his incone: the lirst is to sell nore goo&; the second is to mcrnipulgte his expense cccount. And there is cnother beliel current cmong humorists who tcrlk ol selling which iE lhat it isn't cs ecsy lor ernployes to get crhecrd cs it used to be beccruse most ernployers hqve ccrsh regisiers.

However, here is cr sales story oI long cgo that scrle$nen with quick wits mcry get something out ol. It concerns Phil D. Armour, the laiher oI the pcrcking house industry cnd ol relrigerction shipping, cnd <r certain Iewish competitor firho put one over on the gnect Philip.

Mr. Arnour thought through cnd put into operction lhe first mect packing plcurt. He it wcrs who stcrted that iaduslry towcrrd ihe point where they sell everything lrom the hog except the squecl. He cdvertised to the Icrrmers whoee hogs cnrd cattle he wcmted lo buy-"Go look <rt your loctrl slcrughter-houses, lhen come cnd gee how I do it " He built the lirst rehigercrtor ccrs, mcrking it possible lor the lirst tiure to ship lresh mect except in decrd ol winter.

To tell the story ol this grect Americcn, born in cr log ccrbin cnd worlcing longer, hcrrder, nore intelligently thcn other boys until he topped the world in his line, is too long for this page. For cr long time he htrd crlnost c non'competitive business. And it grew. And then, of course, competition ncrturclly cqme. Nelson Morris, q very bright Hebrew soon beccrure cr serious competitor. So serious, in tcrct, thcrt tv1r. Arurour decided it wqs necessqry to "plcy bdf' with him lor the good ol the industry. But Morris did not come to Armour, so Armour invited Morrie to lunch, to tcrlk things over. Ncturclly Armour expected io domincte cny decrl they might make.

But Morris used a system Armour hqd never drecrmed oI. IIe lecrrned thcrt Annour wcrs c strict teetotcler, never touched intoxiccnts, but depended on strong tec lor a siimulani, especicrlly when he hcrd stout thinking to do. So, when they lunched, Morris let Annour do the tclking while he cte very little but drcmk c gretrt decrt. Tecr! Sure-tecrl Cup clter cup oI tecr he drcrnk while he listened. Alter luncheon Armour hurried bcrck to his office crnd told his lieutencnts to mqke the best decl possible with Morris cnd do it crt once, beccuse, he scrid, "You ccn't expect to out-think c mcn who drinks thct much tecr."

Morcl Find out qbout the other lellow, cnd use thct knowledge to your own cdvcrntcrge.

N.R.L.D.A. Takes Over Distribution of Barr Lumber Co. Holds Annual Home Magazine Christmas Pafty

Washington, Jan. 3,-Home magazine, the monthly consumer magazine which has been an important part of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association's service to retail lumbermen during the last few years, will be greatly enlarged in circulation and scope during 1940, and greatly reduced in cost to the dealer.

Beginning with the February number, distribution of the magazine, previously handled through the National Plan Service of Chicago, will be taken over by the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association. An extra farm edition will be added to the existing city edition of Home, and the cost of the magazine to the dealer will be cut from a previous average of 5c to approximately 3lc per copy. The new price will include imprinting of the dealer's name, addressing, and all postage charges for the delivery of the copies direct to his prospect list.

Editor responsibility for the magazine will continue in the headquarters ofiice of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. Sales and distribution have already been taken in charge by a retail committee consisting of Roger Finkbine, president of the Retail Association, Don Campbell, past president, Findley Torrence of Ohio and R. W. Slagle of Indiana.

The circulation of Home Improvement, formerly published by the Celotex Company, has been secured for Home and it is expected that the first edition under the new arrangement will exceed 300,000 copies.

I\{ore than 150 employes of the Barr Lumber Company, their families and ftiends. met at the Santa Ana Ebell Club Friday evening, December 22, 1939, to celebrate the company's annual Christmas party. Employes were present fr'om the firm's seven yards located at Santa Ana, Orange, Whittier, Artesia, Norwalk, Pico and Solano Beach.

Wilbur Barr was master of ceremonies for the dinner meeting and introduced Otis H. Barr, president, who extended a hearty Christmas greeting. A $3,000 bonus was divided among the employes based on the annual salary and the time of employment.

Following the dinner, entertainment was furnished by a trio of vocalists, Elizabeth Morgan, Lola Pride and Dempsey Pride with Marian Davies acting as accompanist. The Hurd-Lentz orchestra provided music for dancing, while some took the opportunity to enjoy card g.ames.

YOST-LINN LUMBER CO. EXPANDS

The Yost-Linn Lumber Co., West Hollywood, has purchased a piece of property across the street from their yard where they will build new lumber sheds. The new tract will be utilized for increasing their building material stocks, also to move a part of the stock from off a section of the property which was sold to Los Angeles county about a year ago on which the San Vicente Park is being established. James G. McKinney is president of the company.

cEtoTEx ls BllltDll{G

Vhen at your convention, be sure to see the Celotex exhibit. It's more than ever worthy of your time and your attention!

Because in addition to new, improved items all along the line, you'll see a glowing demonstration of the famous Celotex EXTRA INGREDIENT tbat is incladed FREE utitb eoery carhad ol Celotex Prodacts! That ingredient is ADVERTISING-and when you see the Celotex program of advertisin g for 194o, you'll understand why we're making such a to-do about MORE BUSINESS FOR YOU!

To the eight million dollars previously spent to build sales for you and other loyal Celotex dealers, we're adding pablenty in 194o-big, glowing color ads on Celotex Interior Finish-commanding, wallopy pages on Celotex Vapor-seal Sheathing and Lath and Celotex Roofing-all in tbe most-red national magazines uhicb go rigbt a tbe

firesides oJ yoar csston ers, selling for you in the privacy of family circles, where selling counts most!

"Tbtwgb Recognized Dealers Only" continues to be the Celotex distribution policy. "Only tbe Higbesf is still the Celotex quality requirement. Join the Celotex 194O Profit Parade NOSfl!

Deafers to Draw for More "Log Pie"

Log pie-a slice of the centuries as a Douglas fir tree lived and recorded them-will play a return engagement at retail lumber conventions again in 194O, by popular request. A Douglas Fir log pie is a sector of a log crosssection, usually about three inches thick, eighteen inches wide, and tapering to a point at the pith.

Carefully dried, sanded, and finished so that the annual rings distinctly show, this handsome tree sector is mounted on a plywood background. Cut from a tree that is several hundred years old, each piece of log pie affords a striking demonstration of the way time marches on when historic dates of importance and interest are listed alongside of corresponding venerable tree rings.

Several years ago the West Coast Lumbermen's Association displayed log pies in convention exhibits where they attracted unusual attention. Numerous lumber dealers asked to borrow them for window displays, building shows, for placing in bank, building & loan and department store windows, for school exhibits, office displays and so on. So many requests were received, in fact, that the Assoctation found it necessary to prepare a number of 1og pies to order, selling them at $25 each-a sum considerably less than cost.

This year, when it came time to arrange convention displays once more, it was found that log pie panels were remembered and asked for as one of the most popular exhibits ever arranged by the Association.

Accordingly, one log pie will be ofiered as a gate prize at each of the fourteen retail conventions where WCLA has arranged to have an exhibit in 19'lO. Dealers will receive coupons with stubs lvhen they register at their various conventions. The stubs are to be deposited at the WCLA booth. Then, a drawing will be held at the convention banquet, or at some other session, and a pie will be sent to the winner free of charge. Only retail dealers will be eligible to receive these prizes. "We feel that a Douglas Fir Log Pie is a most appropriate prize for retail conventions," said R. T. Titus, director of trade extension for WCLA, "since it is a 'slice' of America's permanent lumber supply." Mr. Titus added that details of the method of drawing would be worked out in each case by the retail association secretary.

R. F. C. Will Purchase Class 3,

T:de I Loant

The Federal Housing Administration has issued revised regulations covering insurance of Class 3, Title I loans up to $2,5@, according to a statement by Jesse Jones, Federal Loan Administrator. This statement, sent out by Frank Carnahan, secretary of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association. is as follolvs:

"The Federal Housing Administration has issued revised regulations covering i,nsurance of Class 3, Title I loans up to $2,500, the proceeds of which are to be used to finance the erection of nerv h.omes.

"The RFC Mortgage Company will, until further notice, purchase these Class 3, Title I loans bearing 4l/o interest and a service charge of %%, where the entire proceeds are used to finance new homes the construction of which is started after January l, 194O. These mortgages rn'ill only be bought from originators of the loans who establish to the satisfaction of the RFC Mortgage Company sufficient financial responsibility, their qualifications to service the loans, and who provide an FHA insurance reserve equal to 10/o of. the original principal amount of the loan, and whose office or a branch thereof satisfactory to the RFC Mortgage Company is situated within 10O miles of the mortgaged property.

"Loans will be purchased at par, and, upon execution of a contract to purchase a loan, a fee of one-half of. l/o of the loan will be charged. Originators and sellers of the mortgages will be required to service them and may retain the service fee of one-half of l/o paid by the mortgagor, and, in addition, will be allorved another one-half of. l/o.

"The RFC Mortgage Company will not purchase moderization and improvement Title One loans or loans evidenced by notes written on a discount basis as distinguished from interest-bearing notes."

H. F. MAYER APPOINTED ASSISTANT ADVERTISING MANAGER

Harold F. Mayer, formerly connected with several prominent agencies as production manager, and more recently in charge of production in the advertising department of Certain-teed Products Corporation, New York, N. Y., has been appointed assistant advertising manager of that company.

John C. Lisht

Retires from Active Business

MAKE 1940 A CERTIGRADE YEAR

John C. Lisht

John C. Light, of Miami, Arizona, pioneer retail lumberman, retired from active business on January l, I94O.

Mr. Light was born March 2,1857 in lllinois. He worked on his father's farm until he went into the lumber business and for 63 years he furnished building materials and supplies for {'olks to build homes. He is an enthusiastic Rotarian, is a charter member of the Miami club. and served as president 1n 1927. For the past twenty-five years he operated a lumber yard at Miami.

He announced his retirement to his customers and friends in a Christmas advertisement in the Miami newspaper, Arizona Silver Belt, which follows:

"I am retiring, January lst, 1940, from active business. For 63 years in one line of business , 25 of. the 63 years in Miami, Ariz.

"I am grateful for everything you have done {or me. You fed me when I was hungry, you gave me drink when thirsty, you clothed me and gave me the comforts of home life.

"You took care of me when I was sick, you gave to me the necessities-and some of the luxuries of life.

"You see the Globe-Miami district has been good to me and made me very, very happy.

"It has been a mighty fine association and a bully good life. I am delighted that I found you. What more could man want.

"And at this Yule Tide I g'reet you, my neighbors and friends, and wish for each and every one of you every good thing there is to be had in your lives. Good health, long life and great happiness.

"In return I wonder? Have I served you in a way that has partly reimbursed you for all you have done for me. I have done my best.

"He whose birth we celebrate in 1939, preached righteousness. He said the righteous will not be found begging bread and remember friends the Lord is your Shepherd. You shall not want. Have faith in his promises. And this is what the world needs today. Righteousness and faith.

"God bless you all.

Your Lumber Jack Friend, JOHN C. LTGHT"

BACK FROM EAST

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Edric E. Brown, manager of the Bark Products Division of The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, returned January 3 from an extended Eastern business trip.

HOW FAR TO AVALON?

How far is it to Avalon. That shining place of dreams Where care and sorrow trouble not, Where morning casts its beams Forever down on friendly lands, Where children play in happy bands?

So far it seems to those who toil In brutal haunts of greed; So far to those who strive and sweat

In poverty and need: And yet their eyes oft look upon The shining heights of Avalon.

For faith can build a road that leads From penury and night, And hope can glimpse the palaces Of fairy realms of light, And love can find-fate cannot bar !Where Avalon and beauty are.

-Thomas Curtis Clark.

AIR CONDITIONING

Why do they put so many holes in Swiss cheese when it's the limburger that really needs ventilation?

A FRUITFUL INVENTION

Customer: Why do you have an apple as yo[r'trademark? You're a tailor.

Tailor: Well, if it hadn't been for an apple, where would the clothing business be?

CONFIDENCE IS HALF THE BATTLE

Every successful man must have a certain amount of egotism, even though he does not need to parade it. The confident belief that one is able to deliver the goods is more than half the victory.-Roy L. Smith.

DEBRIS

Where is the love of yesterday-

The love that made me see

A blooming rose in every bush, A nest in each green tree?

A wind that comes, a love that goes, Leave ruins in their wake; A heap of stones where homes have been, A heart about to break.

-Rosa Marinoni

THE POWER OF THE INFINITE

Every experience is valuable because it relates us to the infinite.. The wells of adversity, filled with tears, become great living springs, powerful and recuperative, if as we go through the valley we know how to use those glimpses of the infinite. 'We are not lifting ourselves by our own bootstraps. We have the power of the infinite as our orvn.

-Dr. Randolph Ray

NEGATIVE INSTRUCTOR

"This girl's fresh from the country, and it's up to us to show her the difference between right and wrong."

"O.K., pal, you teach her what's right."

BEFORE AND AFTER

Before marriage man yearns for a woman. After marriage the "Y" is silent as in "work."

WILLIAM H. TAFT SAID

The man with average mentality, but with control; with a definite goal, and a clear conception of how it can be gained, and above all, with the power of application and labor, wins in the end.

NO PLACE FOR SOFTIES 4

Sign in a Texas restaurant: "If our steau is yy'Kgn for you, get out, this is no place for weaklings.T

BE KIND TO ANIMALS

Fond Mother-Well, son what have you been doing all afternoon?

Tough Youngster-Shooting craps.

F.M.-That must stop. Those little things have as much right to live as you have.

TEARS IN LAUGHTER

Seek not gaiety to glean, Or sorrow seek to dull; For gaiety may be obscure And sorrow beautiful.

We cannot-now or afterUntangle hopes and fears; For there are tears in laughter And many a laugh in tears.

-Fitzhugh L. Minnigerode

Northem San Diego County Dealers' Chri*mar Party

The members of the Northern San Diego County Lumbermen's Club, their wives and guests, held a Christmas party on December 14, at the Vista trnn, Vista, Calif. All business was dispensed with and a royal good time was the theme of the evening.

A special turkey dinner was served with all the trimmings, table decorations were in the Christmas colors, and there was a large Christmas tree glittering with tinsel, and loaded with gifts for all those present. When the party assembled at the tables, Roy Seemann led them in singing "God Bless America" and a number of Christmas carols. James W. McElhaney acted as toastmaster, and each member responded to his call with a "tall story" usually involving some other member.

Mr. McElhaney acted as Santa Claus and was assisted by Guy (Tiny) Ashby. There was a lot of fun as they were all required to unwrap and show their presents. Two violin duets were played by Roy Seemann and Cecil Courter, accompanied by Mrs. Cecil Courter. Mr. Seemann also played the guitar and sang several popular numbers.

A rousing vote of thanks was given to the committee in charge, R. W. Baird and Cecil Courter, and the enjoyable evening was concluded with the entire group singing "Auld Lang Syne."

Among those present were the following: Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Blum, Guy J.Ashby, Miss Bernice Connors, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Baird, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Crise, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil R. Courter, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Cavin, Mrs. Clyde Davey. Richard L. Emery. Miss Theresa Gauthier, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Eyman, Ira E. Iliff, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Huchting, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Laurel, Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lentz, Mr. and Mrs. James W. McElhaney, Mr. and Mrs. George R. McElroy, Mr. and Mrs. James Moffatt, Bill Meredith, Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Seemann, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sunderland, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Traviss, Mr. and Mrs. Calvert A. Williams, and Charles C. Walter.

ATTEND SHRINE GAME

G. R. (Roy) Bleecker, manager of Westfir Lumber Co., Westfir, Ore., and Mrs. Bleecker spent a few days.in San Francisco at the e4d of the year. They attended the Shrine East-West football game on January 1.

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Con lerences Planned for Lumber Salesmen

Seattle, Wash., Dec. 26, 1939--J'Next to the steady promotion of low-cost housing-in fact, as an important part of it-should come the more effective training and stimulation of lumber salesmen. And not only salaried employees of manufacturing companies, but lumber wholesalers, commission salesmen, retail lumber dealers and their employees.

"This all has a vital bearing upon the success of the lumber industry-first, in putting the consumer's dollar into home building; and, second, putting the maximum share of those dollars into lumber."

Thus did Edmund Hayes, president of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, addressing the recent national meeting of lumber ma,nufacturers in San Francisco, California, outline what in his opinion constitutes a major oltjective in "What Ought To Be Done To Meet The Problems Ahead of The Lumber Industry." And, in doing so, he also sets forth a sort of working gospel for the series of nation-wide Salesmen's Conferences now being conducted by the West Coast branch of the lumber industry.

The first o{ the projected series was schedulecl to be held in New York City just before the start of the year, under the guidance and instructorship of R. T. Titus, rvell-known lumber fieldman and the new WCLA trade extension director.

"We hope and expect we can hold a score or more of these salesmen's conferences throughout the country in 1940," said Mr. Titus. "Wholesalers and commission salesmen (through whom some of our mills sell their lumber) are being cordially invited, as well as all representatives of our members." Mr. Titus added that plans are already virtually consummated for such meetings in Boston, Philadelphia, Indianapolis and Minneapolis, in addition to New York, and explained that in so far as it rvas possible to outline their 5q6pe ?t this writing, the conferences would concern themselves with such subjects as the following;

(1) Presentation of facts which will enable lumber salesmen to explode such anti-wood myths as the one that "this

country is faced with a timber shortage, hence we should use less lumber": and the second that "wood construction is not permanent, is not fire-safe". the myth that "one can no longer get as good lumber as formerly"; a,nd the propaganda that "lumber prices and building costs are too high."

(2) Discussion of the projected WCLA Salesman's Nfanual. Which long-wanted handbook for lumber salesmen rvill contain r.'aluable selling ammunition in addition to essential technical data concerning West Coast woods and will have its contents built up as well as passed upon by the salesmen themselves.

(3) Explanation of the trade extension program of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association for 1940, with ,special emphasis upon those features involving the cooperation of the Association and lumber salesmen in the problem of creating a wider and more stable market for West Coast lumber.

Mr. Titus explained that an invitation had bee.n extended to members of the National Association of Commission Lumber Salesmen to join in the conferences rvherever possible and that he hoped that others who are, or may be, interested in the distribution of West Coast forest products would attend and profit by the cooperative effort. Dates and specific locations of forthcoming meetings are to be announced and given wide circulation early in the year, Mr. Titus announced.

F. G. HANSON ON "RIM" TOUR

F. G. Hanson of the West Coast Screen Co., Los Angeles, and Mrs. Hanson left January 13 on a business and pleasure tour around the rim of the United States.

They will be gone about six weeks, starting off by r.vay of San Francisco, Portland and Seattle, and going East from there to Nlinneapolis, Chicago, Detroit and New York. From New York they will go to Florida and will visit a number of cities in the Southern states, including the principal Texas cities.

OBITUARIES

F. A. SILCOX

F. A. Silcox, chief of the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, passed away at his home in Alexandria, Va., Decembet 2O, following a heart attack. He was 56 years of age.

Mr. Silcox became chief forester November 15, 1933, following the death of Robert Y. Stuart. He entered the Forest Service in 190,5, and in 1910 became regional forester of the Northern Rocky Mountain National Forest Region. Shortly after the outbreak of the World War, he was given military leave from the Forest Service ro accept a commission as major in the 20th Engineers. previous to his becoming chief of the Forest Service, he was prominent in industrial relations work for many years.

A native of Columbus, Ga., he was a graduate of the College of Charleston, S. C., and the School of Forestry. yale University.

He became chief of the Forest Service at a time when the Service was launching a greater program of conservation work, including development and supervision of work projects for hundreds of CCC camps. Under his leadership, the Forest Service was reorganized in 1935.

WALTER S. RILEY

Walter S. Riley, former manager of the peoples Lumber Company's yard at Oxnard, Calif., passed away at his home Monday evening, December 18, following a long illness. He was 62 years of age.

Mr. Riley was born in Decorah, Iowa. In 1910 he went to Fairbault, Minnesota, where he remained nine years, coming to Oxnard in 1919 when he became manager of the peoples Lumber Company yard. He retired in July, 1937, owing to ill health.

He was a member of the Elks, Masons, Rotary, Ventura Country Club, and founder of the Oxnard Skat Club.

IIe is survived by his widow, Mrs. Frances Riley, and two brothers, Harry E., manager of the Peoples Lumber Company's yard at Oxnard, and Fred Riley of Mason City, Iowa.

GARNET FRASER

Garnet Fraser, former railroad representative with headquarters in San Francisco, and well known in North_ ern California for his keen interest in Hoo-Hoo, died re_ cently at Decoto, Calif., where he had lived for the past several years.

RICHARD KERWIN

Richard Kerwin, manager of the Hayward Lumber & Investment Company's yard at Barstow, passed away sud_ denly on January 2. He was 37 years of age.

Mr. Kerwin was born in Manchester, N. H. He was asso_ ciated with the lumber business in Southern California for several years and was well known in lumber circles.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Valeria Kerwin, a son, and his mother, Mrs. Grace Kerwin of Los Angeles.

CHOICE LUMBER

wholesale Hardwoods Softwoods

i-ncluding

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Commons and Clears

STANTON & SON

since 1892

Pioneer Hardwood & Pine ilerchants

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COMBINATION SCREEN AND METAL SASH DOOR

Aristocrat of Screen Doors

Fills a definite ned in the construction or renoYation of a buildinE or a home wherc convenience, service and cost are prerequisites.

Streamliner

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lntroduces New Paint Conditioner for Sowing

5-Gallon C*r

A new machine to condition paint in 5, 3, or Z-gallon cans has been announced by Landon P. Smith, Inc.,' Irvington, N. J. With this unit, it is stated, old Paint which has stood on shelves long enough to allow the Pigment to settle in the can is rejuvenated, while fresh

stock that is inclined to settle quickty is properly conditioned, assuring delivery of factory-fresh paint'

Its thiee-w"y .tt"ft stroke motion-outward, upward and downward-creates a high-speed agitation inside the can, disintergrating side-wall sediments and thoroughly mixing them with the vehicle. The can holder is adjustable to three different positionsupright, sidewise and upside dow.n.

The unit's 1/3 horsepower 6&cycle llGvolt motor is completely enclosed, but easy to get at. All other mechanism operates in a bath of oil and requires no attention save for an occasional glance at the oil gauge. It is built to withstand shock of reasonable overload, requires a working space of but 39 x l5l inches, and weighs 375 pounds' The unit is shipped completely assembled, mounted on skids, with four lag screws supplied for fastening to the floor through rubber shock absorbers.

BACK FROM PANAMA CANAL ZONE

A. A. Kayser, West Coast Lumbermen's Association, Los Angeles, is back from the Panama Canal Zone where he -"d" " survey of the requirements of the Government's building program there. On the return trip he stopped at Mexico City and several other points in Mexico' He traveled most of the waY bY airPlane.

SPEND HOLIDAY IN SOUTHLAND

A. A. (Al) Kelley, Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco, rvith Mrs. Kelley, and their children, spent the Christmas holidays in Los Angeles.

the Wind

I cannot hear the music

For the cannon's sullen roar, I cannot see the evening star

For flames that sweeP the shore, I cannot catch the fragrant breath Of rose and mignonette

For acrid fumes from fields where men Their brotherhood forget.

I cannot trace His footstePs now

Among the ways of men, I find no semblance of His grace In trampled field and glen' Hushed are the holY songs of joY That heralded His birth, His little ones in anguish crY, "There is no Peace on earth."

At midnight's solemn hour there came A sudden rush of rain,

And wild unshriven winds that shrieked, "Your mission is in vain;

For though your silvery feet may bring Swift cleansing as theY Pass' Tomorrow's light will find fresh stains Upon the sodden grass."

The rvorld is filled with war's alarmStout hearts grow cold with dread Death lurks beneath the somber waves And rides the wrack o'er head Earth's maddened rulers sow the winds Of bitter rage and hate, And shrouded in the dread unknown The furies of the whirlwind wait.

-Adeline Merriam Conner

R. H. WAYLAND LOS ANGELES VISITOR

R. H. Wayland of the Wayland Mill Co', Seattle' manufac(urer of "Bungalow Brand" Red Cedar shingles, was a recent business visitor to Los Angeles.

Johns-Manville Revises Schedulc of Housing Guild Schools

(Telegram to The California Lumber Merchant) Neu. York, N. Y., December 29, I939-Advance reservations for Housing Guild Schools far beyond expectations, necessitating revision in'schedule in order to accommodate more deal_ ers. Santa Monica course will be held February 25 to March 2 inclusive. Kansas City school cancelled and replaced by one to be held at Hotel Coronado, St. Louis, March 10 to 16 inclusive. (Signed) H. D. Bates, for JohnsManville.

The revised schedule of the new series of Housing Guild Schools follows: Houston, Texas, January 22-ZZ ; Chicago, February 3-10; Atlantic City, February 12-17; Santa Monica February 25-March 2; St. Louis, March lO-16; Atlanta. March 25-30.

OPENS YARD IN STOCKTON

Elmer Bruce has opened the Bruce Lumber .Company at Charter Way and Harrison Street, Stockton. Mr. Bruce, veteran lumber dealer, has been a resident of Stockton for many years, and for twelve years was part owner and man_ ager of the Star Lumber Company. He is active in several civic organi zations there.

ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY

The annual Christmas party of The California Door Company, Los Angeles, for employees and their families, held at the Chapman Park Hotel on Saturday, December 16, was a most successful affair. This year the attend_ ance numbered €. Glenn Fogleman, resident manager, presided, and C. G. Price, general manager, and Mrs. price, made their annual trip from Diamond Springs, Calif., to be.present.

FIRE AT LOS ANGELES LUMBER YARD

Fire destroyed the mill and machinery, finish lumber and building materials sheds at the W. E. Cooper Lumber Com_ pany, 4&0 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, the night of January 5. The office building and other sheds were savecl. The company was carrying on business as usual the moru_ ing after the fire, and rebuilding will start at once.

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$7 FNST STREET OATLAND CAI.IFORNIA

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This new bocrrd moves in c hcll circle. lust swing it around to where it ccnr be used. Ironing done-put the hot iron in iron receptccle, fold up bocrd and close ccbinet. It's lireproot. Hot iron rest and sleeve Eocrd included. Ccbinet is ccsed and door hung. Fits crny 2"x4, 16', center wcrll. Good mcrgin oI pr9fit A phone ccll or posi ccnd will bring lull pcrticulcrrs

Census Facts Hold Value For Irumber Industry

With the decline and fluctuations in lumber consumption during recent years, those who direct the course of the Lumber Industry appreciate today, more than ever before, the necessity for accurate, up-to-date facts and figures upon which to base their future plans. In consequence, they will find invaluable the wide range of data on lumber production, sales and distribution now being collected in the Sixteenth Decennial Census of the United States.

This 1940 compilation-the most comprehensive ever undertaken-includes the censuses of manufactures and business; the census of population, employment and income; a census of housing, which will be taken for the first time this year, in conjunction with the population census; and the censuses of agriculture, drainage and irrigation, and mines and quarries.

The census of manufactures rvill include the story of the lumber industry last year-not only itemized figures on its production, u'hich are compiled each year, but detailed information on specified costs of production and other operating activities, a biennial tabulation. This census will also record. the activities of every kind of manufacturer, including all lumber-consuming industries.

The census of business, which is being conducted for the first time in five years, will record sales of lumber companies, wholesale and retail dealers, in addition to voluminous data on the activities of 200,00O construction contractors.

The census of housing will show the type of structure and characteristics of 35,000,000 dwellings. The Census of Population will provide a vast store of information on consumer purchasing power in addition to other facts.

Concurrently, there will be the usual current and annual reports on lumber distribution and consumption-domestic and foreign-compiled jointly by the Census Bureau and other government agencies, such as the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.

The annual census figures on lumber production in 1938 show that the six largest lumber states-Oregon, Washington, California, North Carolina, Alabama and Mississippicut that year nearly 57 pet cent of the Nation's more than 2ll blllion feet. Oregon and Washington alone cut that year orie-third of the total national production. These two states produced nearly 40 per cent of the soft wood' while Louisiana-the big hardwood state-cut 11 per cent of the Nation's total production of this lumber-

Although the total lumber production in 1938 was over four billion less feet than iir 1937, the industry bid fair last

year to make up most of its losses, judging by the estimates of the Lumber Survey Committee, announced last November by its Secretary, Phillip A. Hayward, Chief of the Forest Products Division, Department of Commerce. This committee predicted, at that time, that lumber consumption in 1939 would be more than 26 billion feet, a gain of 18 per cent over 1938.

All those engaged in production, sales and distribution of lumber will want to check against these estimates the actual figures now being collected. The data which will appear in the census of manufactures, will show, in addition to production, major items in the cost of production, materials and labor. For the first time, figures will also be recorded on the expenditures during the year, for new machinery, plant expansion and alterations. Statistics will also be tabulated on the cost of electric energy and fuel, and for the first time since l9D, the number and capacity of prime movers and generators will be recorded. These data on operations will be valuable to those in charge of production as a measure of performance of their mills. The statistics of the number of feet cut of each of the various kinds of soft and hard wood will reflect the volume and trend of buying in each major rnarket last year, and their potentialities.

Sales and marketing staffs will want to compare the wholesale sales of lumber during 1939, in each state, with those in 1935, the last year for which the census of distribution was taken. In 1935, New York led the nation in both the rvholesale and retail lumber business. California had second place. These two states together had nearly 2A pet cent of this country's wholesale lumber business that year and fully lO per cent of the retail lumber business. The four states which ranked next in the wholesale lumber business rvere Washington, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. The last three states named also ranked high in retail sales, as did Texas, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

The statistics of lumber distribution in 1939, now being collected, will include not only the sales of wholesalers and retailers, but wholesalers' cost of selling and delivery, and an analysis of cash-credit sales and inventories. By computing the average figures, each distributor can determine if he is getting the share of business to which he is entitled and if his costs bre in line with the rest of the industry. He can also determine the stability of the lumber business in different sections of the country which will be reflected by data on length of ownership of wholesale and retail establishments. There will be data on consumer debts and outstanding accounts of retailers. Lumber companies and distributors will find the information valuable, too, as a guide

in determining the advisability of territorial expansion, and where to expand.

The sales of lumber companies will show the volume of business handled through each distribution channel and the amount of buying by each major market.

A still further guide in studying market potentialities will be the statistics which will be set forth in the census of manufactures on the cost of materials, including lumber, of all manufacturers of wood products.

Each lumber dealer will be able to obtain from this year's census exact figures on the lumber business in his particular territory, for the sales of lumber will be tabulated by states, counties and many cities. The 1936 figures on lumber distribution and consumption, compiled jointly by the Census Bureau and the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture, shows that fully 45 per cent of the lumber pro_ duced by the states is retained within the same states. Michigan, for example, retained in 1936, 75.6 per cent of its own lumber, Wisconsin 67.6 per cent of the lumber it cut, California 61.5 per cent of its lumber, North Carolina 58 per cent, Arkansas and Alabama, more than 30 per cent of the lumber each of these states produced, Oregon, Washington and Mississippi, more than 26 per cent of their own lumber.

The greatest national market for lumber is in the highly industrialized states east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers. This region uses more than one-third of the lumber consumed, but produces only onefourth of the lumber it consumes. More than half the population lives in this region. From the standpoint of per capita consumption of lumber, however, there is another story to tell. The statistics for 1936 show that the per capita consumptio,n of lumber in the Pacific Coast states rvas at this time many times as high as in the Middle Atlantic states and Ner,v England states. This is accounted for in the different type of dwelling used. In the eastern region people live to a much larger extent in the tall apartment houses which require comparatively little .lvood in their construction.

Housing development throughout the United States, will be reflected by the survey of construction activities under the census of business and the census of housing. In the census of construction residential and other light building work will be classified separately from heavy construction.

All contracts for one and two-family houses will be recorded, as well as all other buildings in which wood is used. This compilation will show the building activities in each state and in each of the larger cities. The new housing census will show the type of structure and characteristics of 35,000,000 dwelling units-whether they are of wood construction, their age and condition, their need for major repairs, the amount of over-crowding and double-up families, their market value and mortgage status, and the rental value for leased homes.

The population census will throw new light on srlburban developments. By its summary of the answers to,the question "Where did you live five years ago?', it will show whether there is an increasing number of people who are moving to the snburbs, and measu,re the need for new homes there.

Since timeliness of the information being collected is essential to business men, the cooperation and quick response of those giving the answers to the questions asked is of the utmost importance to them as well as to the Census Bureau. Business men and manufacturers can make possible the complete success of the census of business and manufactures, thereby assuring maximum value of the figures to be compiled, by filling out as rapidly as possible the questionnaires submitted to them by census takers. Some 12,000 enumerators are in the field calling on business men. They are delivering questionnaires to reporting firms and calling for them as quickly as they are filled out. With the full cooperation of those questioned their work will be completed by May and the first reports will be published by late summer or early fall. In April, 120,000 additional enumerators rvill be in the field collecting the balance of the information which will go into the other census reports on population, housing, agriculture, et cetera.

The same law r,vhich requires reporting to the Census Bureau protects those giving the answers by prohibiting the Bureau from disclosing any individual facts, including names and identity, even to any other government agency. Only sworn census employees will see the reports. The data collected rvill be used solely for preparing statistical information concerning the Nation's population, resources and business activities. Assurance is given that the reports rn'ill not be used for purposes of taxation, regulation or investigation.

Lumber and Log Exports and lmports

Exports of hardwood and softwood lumber (including boards, planks, scantlings, flooring, sawed timber) and logs from the United States for the first eleven months of 1939, totaled 1,A83,779 M board feet as compared with 953,O10 M feet for the first eleven months of 1938, a gain of 14 per cent, according to the Forest Products Division, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce.

Of the total 1939 amonnt, sawed material accounted for 970,926 N{ feet as compared with 853,238, a gain of 14 percent. On the same basis of comparison, exports of logs and hewn tirnber totaled 112,853 M feet as against 99,772 M feet, a gain of 13 per cent.

In the following paragraphs, the amounts given cover the first eleven months of 1939. For comparative purposes the figures covering the first eleven months of 1938 are in parenthesis.

Sawn softwood totaled 731,577 M feet (618,896). In the sawn softwood group, Douglas fir was the most important species exported totaling 377989 M feet (276,96+). Southern pine was next in importance totaling 257,558 M feet (275,598). Other woods exported in this group were: white, ponderosa, and sugar pine, 39,7O1 M feet (32,345); spruce, 19.585 M feet (10,015) ; redwood, 19,2n M feet (12,007); cedar, 5,274 M feet (4,459); cypress, 3,414 M feet (4,734); hemlock, 5,892 M feet (1,415). Of these woods all showed gains except Southern pine and cypres.s.

Sarvn harilwoods (including flooring) totaled 239,349 M feet (234,342). In this group, oak totaled 145,402 M feet (135,460); ash, 23,355 M feet (24,3ffi); poplar, 17,216 M feet (17,938); red and sap ga,m13,679 M feet (14,252).

Softwood log exports totaled 92,478 M feet (79,375).

Hardwood 1og exports totaled n375 M feet (n397). In this log export group, Douglas fir accounted for 66,361 M feet (61,788) ; cottonwood and aspen 13,550 M feet (10,091) ; hemlock, 3,641 M teet (3,261) and other cedar 2,549 M feet

(1,115). Log exports of other segregated species were comparatively small.

With reference to the above statistics, mention should be made that sawed railroad ties and box shooks are not included (even though they are considered as lumber items), for the reason that comparable statistics are not available.

Total imports of hardwood and softwood logs and lumber (including clapboards) and cabinet woods) totaled 871,478 M leet (641,275) an increase of 36 per cent. Of this ' amount logs (hardwood and softwood) accounted fior 216,DI M feet (159,065) ; softwood lumber (including cla'pboards) 562,980 M feet (4lg,A9q; hardwood lumber and sawed cabinet woods 92,207 M feet (63,126).

In the softwood lumber group, spruce was the most important species imported, totaling 26,82 M feet (I76,OD)Imports of fir and hemlock combined totaled 150,509 M feet (152,155), and imports of pine totaled 105,617 M feet (56,152).

With reference to the above import statistics' mention should be made that sawed railroad ties, pickets and box shooks are not included (even though they are considered as lumber items) for the reason that comparable figures are not readily available in terms of board feet'

Detailed monthly statistics on United States exports and imports of hardwood and softwood logs and lumber are compiled by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Cornmerce and are available from the Bureau ou a subscription basis.

PARTY ESCAPES INJURY

W. H. (Bill) Stewart of the San Diego Screen Mfg. Co., San Diego, made an automobile trip to Utah over the Christmas and New Year holidays, accompanied by his wife and two daughters. In the course of the trip the car overturned on an icy pavement but fortunately none of the party was injured.

How Lumber Loolcs

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Lumber orders reported for the week ended December 23, 1939, by 399 softwood mills totaled 187,385,00O feet, shipments were 180,894,000 feet, and production 185,099,000 feet.

Reports from 88 hardwood mills for the same week gave new business as 6,310,000 feet, shipments 7,2O7,ffiO feet, and production 10,552,00O feet.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended December 30, 1939, 103 mills reporting, gave orders as 56,423,000 feet, shipments 46,442,W f.eet, and production 34,257,W feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 43,886,00O feet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended December 30, 1939, 108 mills reporting, gave orders as 16,532,W feet, shipments, 17,7O2,000 feet, and production 21,385,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 57,624,60 feet.

Lumber receipts at Los Angeles Harbor from the Pacific Northwest aggregated 829,539,000 feet in 1939, as compared to 799,412,ffi0 feet in 1938 and 800,844,000 leet in 1937.

News Flashes

T. K. May, Seattle, Wash., structural engineer with the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, is spending a few weeks in Southern California and making his headquarters at the Association's Los Angeles office.

John C. Light, Miami, Ariz., son, King C. Light of Redondo

spent Christmas rvith his Beach.

Taylor Sublett, J. E. Higgins Lumber Co., San Francisco, was a Los Angeles visitor the latter part of last month.

C. P. Kellogg, has been elected commerce.

Rossman Mill & Lumber Co., San Pedro, a director of the San Pedro chamber of

J. Earl McNair, secretary and general manager of the Robert McNair Shingle Co., Vancouver, B. C., and Mrs. McNair, are on a Southern California and Arizona vacation.

Walter Koll, A. J. Koll Planing Mill, Ltd., Los Angeles, and Mrs. Koll, were in San Francisco over the New Year holidays.

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WELDBO8D is hot-pressed lor high moisture resistcrnce-mcrde with cross-grcin fcrces lor extra rigidity-hee lrotn grcin-rcise, checking or pctches-tcles pcint, encrmel or stoin perfectly-wcrll-pcrper mcy be cpplied directly to its surface.

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Execulive Officerr 616 West 46th Street, New York, N. Y.

MILLS: Algoma, Wis., Birchwood, \lttis., Secttle, Wosh., Orcngeburg, S,C. Brmch OlEccr md Wcrchourcr: Bqhimore, Boston, Brooklyn, Chicogo, Cincimoti, Clevelcnd, Detroil, Los Angeles, Newqrk, New York, Philadelphic, Rochester, Scn Frocisco, Secltle.

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Protection against the rt'orld's most severe n'eather lvill be provided by stock Douglas fir plywood at the several camps of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition. Organized to continue explorations and scientific observatious that n'ere first begun by Americans in 1820, the survey is expected to last over a period of several years. The party will number nearly 200 men and rvill be led by Admiral Byrd, rvith Richard B. Black second in command.

Plans have been completed for a very thorough recording of natural phenomena and will be carried out on a twentyfour hour day basis. In connection with this, each man so engaged rvill be required to prepare his observations in publishable form. Major fields of inquiry rvill include studies of the aurora, the cosmic ray, geology, glaciology and meteorology. Extensive mapping and exploring operations will be carried out by the huge snow cruiser, planes, tractors and dog teams.

Past experience indicates that temperatures of more than 70o below zero can be expected, so the insulating qualities of plywood will undergo their most exhaustive test. Its excellent properties as a moisture barrier also make it particularly qualified for this installation, since differences between room and outside temperatures 'rvill range u'ell over 1000 Fahrenheit. The positive wind resistance given by the large panels will be a definite aid too, in shutting out the icy blasts that sweep the Antarctic.

Buildings for the trvo main camps contemplated have been prefabricated and are being shipped "down under" in sections. These buildings were designed by Major Andre L. Violante who has had wide experience in this type of construction. Each camp lvill consist of bunk house, science building and outpost and each unit has bee,n lined with z/s", exterior grade of Douglas fir plytvood. The exterior grade

Douglas Fir Plywood To South PoIe

rvas used because the waterproof glue line u'ill not be afiected by the condensation developing from the extreme temperature difierence. Building partitions and the men's bunks have been built with s/g" Plypanel. As the structures r'vill be subjected to heavy pressure by snow, ice and wind' the additional rigidity provided by plywood lining becomes increasingly important. At the same time, plyrvood's light.ness of rveight and ease of portability make it especially desirable for transporting over the rugged terrain of Little America.

The extreme care'ivhich will govern all scientific observations is illustrated by the plans for constructing three minor science buildings. Designated as the magnetic variation' seismograph and magnetic absolute buildings' they are to b" .o.,rtru"ted entirely of Douglas fir plywood' The fact that they w-ill house very delicate instruments prevents the use of steel or iron in their construction, due to possible interference of magnetic fields, and so copper nails are to be employed as a holding agent. It is planned to constrttct these aboard ship enroute to the Antarctic'

In addition to the panels storved aboard the North Star for the above-mentioned shelters' an additional supply is being carried for general construction purposes at the ."-fr. One of these projects 'ivill be the fashioning of trail bo*es, lvhich are fitted on the dog sleds and used {or storing food and equipment. The prime requirements are that they be light and strong.

While periodic broadcasts will inform the world of day to day events, it will be some rvhile before the significance of the combined observations of the expedition can be sifted down. Great hopes are held, however, that hitherto unknown causes of natural phenomena rvill be discovered as a result of the extensive observations to be made'

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Years Ago Today

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E. F. Johnson, former manager of the Company's yard at Ballico, was appdintecl for the company's retail yards.

California Lumber Merchant, Jonuary 15,

From the 1930

Merced Lumber farm field man lith the

An article showing photographs of the lumber exhibits at the Architect's Building Material Exhibit, Los Angeles, appeared in this issue. Lumber displays included Hammond Lumber Company, The Red River Lumber Company, Cadwallader-Gibson Company, Inc., Hardwood Dealers, Builtin Fixture Co. and California Redwood Association.

The directors of'the Millwork Institute of California met at the Hotel Californian, Fresno, on December 21.

Fifty-one of the 337 designs submitted in a small homes competition conducted by the Midwest chapters of the American Institute of Architects were praced on exhibition at the Architectural rooms in the Architects Building, Los Angeles. The competition was also sponsored by the Mono_

Portland Midwest Monolith Portland

Company, a company affiliated with Cement Company of California.

Carl Hornibrook, Elvauna Box Ore., made an extended business

Company, Klamath Falls, trip throughout the East.

J. W. Pearson rvas appointed general manager of the Redwood Manufacturers Company, Pittsburg, Calif., succeeding A. W. Jongeneel who resigned.

An illustrated article on Cargo-Loading, a new method of loading lumber for rail shipment introduced by the Weyerhaeuser mills, appeared in this issue.

W. D. Dunning, now of Los Angeles, was the recipient of congratulations from his many friends, the occasion being the arrival of a baby boy, William Ransom Dunning, born December 24 in San Francisco.

Announcement was made by Foster Bros., Inc., San Francisco, that they were retiring from the wholesale lumber business in order that Paul S. Foster and his brother, A. W. Foster, may devote themselves to their other interests. and that M. J. (Ben) Byrnes, who r,vas vice-president of the concern, rvill continue in the wholesale cargo and rail business.

Cargo arrivals into San were as follows: Douglas 244,763,A0A feet.

Francisco Bay for the Fir, 589,755,000 feet; year L9D Redwood,

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RETAIL YARD FOR SALE

70 miles from Los Angeles on main highway in fast growing community. Railroad lease, established trade, clean stock, Bod equipment. For full particulars address Box C-773, California Lumber Merchant'

ROSS LUMBER CARRIER FOR SALE OR RENT

This carrier has never been used in a lumber yard and is like new. Low price. Terms. Wilmott-Murphy Inc., 5707 So. Alameda St., Los Angeles. Phone JEfferson 0934.

LUMBER YARD WANTED

Will pay cash for yard in San Diego or vicinity, or take interest in a good yard. Give full particulars' Address Box C-785, California Lumber Merchant'

WANT TO BUY

Small or medium-sized yards anywhere south of Stockton. Information kept confidential. Write Hayward Lumber & fnvestment CompanY, P. 9. Box 1551' Los Angeles, Calif.

GEORGE WOOD ENTERS BUSINESS FOR HIMSELF

George Wood has resigned his position with the East Side Lumber Yard, Santa Cruz, to go into business for himself. He was u'ith the yard twenty-eight years, and acted as manager for twenty-four years.

Mr. Wood started with what was then the East Side Mill & Lumber Company which was known later as Wood Brothers Company. It became the East Side Lumber last March when it was bought by the Santa Cruz Lumber Company.

Wendell Van Houten is now managing the East Side Lumber Yard.

BACK FROM ARIZONA VACATION

Olaf Anderson of the Olympia Harbor Lumber Olympia, Wash., and Mrs. Anderson stopped over in Angeles for a few days last week on their way back a vacation trip to Arizona.

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CAPABLE, EXPERIENCED YOUNG MAN SEEKS LUMBER POSITION

How would you like to have in your employ a young man with six years' experience in the lumber Lusirress, whose family has been in the business for 58 years. Thirty years of age, graduate of the University of Texas, industrious, sober, honest, dependable, efficient. Desires position as auditor, assistant manager, or bookkeeper. Married and has one child' Empioyed now but desires to rise in chosen field' E:rceli*rrt ""f"t"ttces. Address Box C-783, California Lumber Merchant.

CONNECTION WANTED

Young married man noYY employed in California Pine mill desires connection with progressive wholesale lumber concern in San Francisco or Los Angeles' Has mill, sales department, and previous wholesale experience. Address Box C'786, California Lumber Merchant.

WHOLESALE SALESMAN \,\/ANTS POSITION

Experienced wholesale lumber salesman wants position. Has worked in both the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay territories and knows the retail trade. Address Box C-787, California Lumber Merchant.

LUMBER YARDS F'OR SALE

We have a number of good yards in Southern Cali' fornia for sale. Twohy Lumber Co., Lumber Yard Brokers, 8Ol Petroleum Securities Building, Los Angeles. Telephone PRosPect 8746.

APPOINTED YARD MANAGER

Co., Los from

Norton-Phelps Lumber Co., Santa Cruz, recently had a fine repainting job done on their sheds and office building.

The E. K. Wood Lumber Company has appointed Marco De Nicolai manager of its new retail yard at 650 N. Harbor Blvd., San Pedro. Mr. De Nicolai has been connected with the company for the past twenty-eight years. He has been a long-time resident of San Pedro and is a member of the 3O Year Club, pioneer organization of that city.

MAKE AIR TRIP

E. L. Green, r'ice-president in charge of sales, and Mason Kline, sales engineer, IJnion Lumber Company, San Francisco, were in Los Angeles last week on business. They traveled by air.

BT]YBB9S GT]IDD SAIT I,BANOISOO

LUMBER

At&lnpn-Stutz Compuy, ll2 Markct Street GArfield lE0f

Bolctavc-Mon lambq Co., 525 Mukct Stret .............. EXbruk 1715

Dolb.q & Cerm Luber Co?3ll Mcrchuts Exchangc Bldg... ..SUtter 7456

Gmenton & Grs, fE00 Arny St.,...................Atwater l3m

Ha[ Janc L., lll3rl Mllle 81d9....... ....Sutter 7520

Hrmnond Redsood Compmy, 4U MortgonGry St. .............DOuglac 3:tE{t

Hobbr ll/dl Lumb* Co., 2350 Jenold Ave............. Mlsrion 09101

Holmc. EUG&a Lumbcr Co., rr05 Finuctal Cuter Bldg. .......G.A,r6e1d r92r

Roy M. Janla Lurnbcr Co.. Arthur H. C.alc, f0 Calllonrla St...GArfietd t670

C. D. Johnron Lmbcr Cmration. 260 Califomia Stret .-.,.. .GArfield 5258

Iama- B_oui! gton Conpuy, 16 Califonla Strot ........... GArfeld 6E8t

LUMBER

MacDonald & Huireton Ltd.

16 Califomia St......',............GArfretd E393

Pacific Luber Co- Thc

100 Burh St@t ..................G&fictd llEl

Pope & -tallot r i.-her Co., 461 Market Str@t..,....,.......DOugIas 256l

Red Rlver Imbcr Co..

315 Monadnock Bldg. ...,........GAr6e1d 0922

Saata Fe Lumbcr Co-

16 Califomia Str.;t .............Exbru& 20?l

Shcvlia Plm Sd.. Co1030 Monadnack Bldg. ..........EXbrok ?lXt

Suddo & Chriltoen 310 Seenc Stret ..............cAr6e1d 23A6

Uaion Lumbcr Co,. Crccker Buildlig .....,...Suttcr 6l?0

Wadling-Nathan Co.. ll0 Maket Stredt .,,.......... ...Sutter 5363

E. I(. Wood lrmbc Co- I Drumm Street ..................EXbrok 3?10

Weycrhacwr Sater 6- l,l9 Califoruia Strot .GAr6eld 69Zl

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LUMBER

Gamerrton & Gren, gth Aveu. Picr .Hlgatc 1346

Gomu Lumber Co., 4621 Tldewet* Ave...... .ANdover l0{lo

Hill & Morton, Inc- Demion St. Whart ............ANdove lOl?

Hogu Lunbcr Compoy, znd & Alicc Streeb

...........Gt-n@urt

686f

Rcd Rlver Imber Co.. 9116 Flnucld Cat-r Bldg.....T\f,linoaks 3{00

E. lC Wood Lunber Co.. Frcderic& & Ktng Sdg. ........FRuitvale0llz

LUMBER

HARDWOODS AND PANELS

Maric Plyw@d Cnnnration. 5{0 l0th Strr.t :........'... MA,rket 6m5-6:t0a

O'Neill Lumber Co.. Eth and Townreird St@ts... Mrdrkct Erl4t

Wbite Brcthsr.Flfth md Brannu Stret!..... ....SUttor lit65

SA!'TI-DOORS-PLYWOOD

Unit.d State! Plywod Corporatlon. ll9 Kuru Stret ...............MArket 1882

CREOSOTEDPIIJNG-TTESLUMBER_POLES-

Americu Lunbs & Trcating Co., UO Ncw Motgomcry St..,.......Suttcr 1225

Buter, J. H. & Co. 3ll Motgtudy St. ,............DOug|ae 3EEit

HaL Juc I-, 1032 Mill. Bldg. ...,.................Surtcr 7520

PANEIS-DOORS..SASTT_SCRE ENS

Califomia Buildce Supply Co., 70(l 6tt Avc. ..Hlsat6 6016

Hogm Lunber Compuy, znd & Alie Street..,..........Gl.en@ut 6EGl

\f,lertern Dmr & Sarh Ca., Sth & Cyprece St3 ..,..,.....TEmplebar6400

HAR.DWOODS

Strabh Hardwmd Co., 53t Flrst Slrect ..............TEmp|cbu 55E4

Whltr Brctbcrr,500 High Street,...............ANdovcr 160ll

LOS ANGBLBS

Anglo CaUfonia hmber Co., 555 East Florcnce Ave. ..'...-..THomwall 3144

Bunr Lmbcr Co-

550 Chanbc of ibmrure Bldg...PRo$et 6r4t

Dolbcer 4 g.rsa t .'nher Co., 90r FHcltty Blds. ..,.... ;..,....VAndike r?92

Hunond_ Rcdwood Compuy, lGll So. Brcadway ...,-.:.,..,..PRospst l3:tit

Hobbe Wall Luber Co., 525 Rowil 81dsr............. ........TRinity 508E

Hol!.rcr- Euc&a- lambcq Co,, 7u-tv Archlrctr Bldg.' .........Mutua| 91fl

Hovcr, A. Lo 5225 Wilshlr. Blvd. .,...............YOrk rr6t

Roy M. Jmin tnnbcr Co.. F. A- Clorgh, tl4t Tremaina..,....XOrk Z96t

C. D. Johnron Lunber Corporatlon, 605 Patrolem Smrltiec Bldg...PRospet U65

Larae-Philipr Lunber Co.. 6il3 Pctrclm Scruiticc Bldg...pRocpcct EI?{

Mad)oald & Hanineton, Lrd.. 917 Pctrclcun Smrlties Bldg.,.PRospet 3l?

Pacific Lmbs Cl- Tle.

5225 Wllrhire 81vd. .................yOrk ll6t

Pattm Blinn Lumber Co..

521'E. sth St ............... ......VAadike B2r

Pope & Talbot Luber Co., 60r W. Fifth St. TRinity 5z4l

Red Rivc lanbcr Co.,

?O2 E. Slauon CEntury 290ill folf So. Brcadway ,..,..........PRosFct o8u

LUMBER

Reitr, Co- E. L, ix13 Petrclau Seryitier Bldg...PRopst 2369

Sm Pedrc Lmbq Co.. Sm Pcdro. f600A Wilnington Road ......Sm Pedrc 22e0

Suta Fe Lmber Co,. 3ll Finuclal Catir Bldg. ..,...VAndikc {{?l

Shevlin Pine Salec Co,,

32E Pctrolcun Securttlar Bldg...PRorpct 0615

Suddm & Chrlrtcnrcn.

630 Board of Treda BU8. ..,....TRinlry E844

Taoma Lunba Salcc.

,O3 Petrcleu Scciritlc Bldg.,.PRoepcct lt0E

Union Lmber Co.

923 W. M. Gulud Bldg. ........TRinity 2262

Wendllng-Nathaa Co-

5225 Wilrbirc Blvd. ..........YOrk U6S

Wort Oregon L'-bcr Co.. 4? Petrcleu Secuiticr Bldg..Rl.hmond OZgt

'Wilkinpn ud Brcy, 3r8 U/. grh Sr. ........,...,......TRility {6rl

E. K. Wood l,rnbs Co.. lflrl Suta Fc Avc. ............JEffermn 3lll

Weyorhrcurer Salor Co.. 9a, W. M. Garland'Bldg. .....Mlchigu Gtgl

CREOSOTED LUMBER-POLES-PILINGTIES

Amciu-L-lber & Treatlng Co., l03l So. Brcadway .............PRorFct,t3d3

Buter, J. H. & Co.. @l wclt sth st. ...............Ml.hige 61194

B-y-lpg_ L.-be Co., H. A., 5079 So. Rlverrlde' Drivc,. ... .JEfferlon ?l2l

HAR"DWOODS

Amslcu Hardwood Ca.. l90lt Eart f 5th St. ....., ,. .PRo6tet ,tzts

Cadwalladq-Gibrcn Co- laq. 3628 Eilt Olympic Blvd.- ......ANgetur llt6l

Stuton, E. J- & Son. 2050 Eut 36th Street .CEntwy 29ZU

Weetem Hadwood Luber Co., 20ll E. rsth St. ............:....pRospcct 6l6t

SASH-DOORS_MTLLWORI(

PAI\IEI.S AND PLYWOOD

Bac& Panel Cor;ruy, 3rG3u E. 32nd St..............,..ADu. t2z5

Califomia Dor Compuy. The 237-Zl Ccntral Ave.',......,,....TRinity Z{01

Califomia Panel & Voer Co., 955 So. Almeda St. .,...:.......TRinlty 00EZ

Cobb Co., T. M5ElXl Catral Ave. ...............ADur l[t?

Eubanh & Son, Inc.. L H. (Inslewood) 1010 Eilt Hydc ?rk Blvd..;..ORe;on t-1660

Koehl, Jno. W. & Son. 652 So. Mycre SL ...............AN3Cur ttgt

Oregon-Wachington Plywood Co., 316 Wclt Nintb Strct , ..TRintry {6lit

Pacific Wood Productc Corporatlon, 36011 Tybum Srrct ............:.Albary 0tor

Pacific Mutual Dmr Co., f600 E. Warhington Blvd. ......pRo!p.ct 9523

Reu Company, Go. E., 235 So. Alueda Sr....,.........Mlchige tES,l

Rcd Rlver Lmber Co.. 702 tE. Slauaon :....,....... .CEnturlz 29Otl

United States Plywood Corporation. 1930_ Eart l5th St. ...,..,......pltorEcct:tOl:'

Wart Coart Sqccn Co- fUs E. Glrd Str.Gt ' ....ADur lll$

WE'LL STICK WITH THE BUIIDERS !

Since 162O when the Pilgrims came-since 1776this has been a nation of builders.

From coast to coast we've raised buildings that make community life better and individual lives happier. Flomes... schools... factories... churches.

As long as there is building to be done, there will be opportunity for all of us.

Let's keep on building. Let's get down to work on

the million new homes we need . . . the new factories the new bridges. Let's keep our energies turned toward construction,

Hammond has been suPPlying quality Redwood lumber for the building industry since the turn of the century. As for each of the new years Past, our resolution f.or l94O is-lYe'll stick utitb the bailders!