The California Lumber Merchant - January 1941

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Redwood for underPrnnrngsn.d*ood for siding-shingles,rit, ,naoo' and out-Psts and pickets-e"hglsYsr tnele t1 11-oorora to moisture' eanh or atr' i", *.U*""d is Time's onlY rival' ;;;t. itself having furnished docurnentarY Proof of its un' matched durabilitY'

PalcoRedwood cornes from Scotia' tri,t*",", where the unexcelled i".in,.t of The Pacific Lumber -o.o"n, assure Redwood at tts best.'Seli Redwood for extra "year' "g.." gty Palco Redwood for ex' tra service'

Sponsors o! tbc Duablc Vods Institalc

Lumber dealer uses CRAW.FIR.DORS on

own home!

AS LOWASMrr. .rrckon ir r too, She uyr, "Th* are the eariot opeu. ing gango dorr I kror of. iet rc rearouably priced aoy. onecan afrord tbem !" Let the Craw-Fi..Dor put you back in tbo overhead.type garago ,ett: Mr. ,acksoD doo. bu!ine!!.

O lhrold D. Jaclison is typical of hundreds of alert lumber dealers who have discovered that Craw-FirDors can be one of their fastest moving items. Are you profidng, too?

The Craw-Fir-Dor has everything ^ tested, approved door of durable Douglas fir; extra strength hardware; free-spinning automobile trunk-type lock. It's pre-fitted for 8'x 7'openings; is weather-stripped; comes with complete instructions so that any carpenter can install it in less than half a day.

Even with all this, the 8-panel design sells for only $28 in any U.S.A. jobbing qsnssl-ths new fush-type for just $29-and the 2 other designs for only a dollar or so more. If you aren't cashing in on the immense popularity of this door, order today from your distributor. For more information, write Fir Doot Institute, Tacoma, Washington.

& Gardoss

REDWOOD HEADQUARTERS

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955-967 sourE ALAMEDA srREEr Telephone TRiniry W57

Mailing Address: P. O. Box 2094, Tr,*urwnl ANNp,x LOS ANGEIIS, CALITJORNIA

R. \f. Downes Appointed Sales Director

The appointment of Robert W. Dorvnes as director of sales of the National Gypsum Company has been announced by lVlelvin H. Baker, president.

Mr. Downes has been an employee of the company singe its original incorporation fifteen years ago. He has served as sales representative, district sales manager, and divisional sales manager before assuming his present responsibilities.

Mr. Downes has spent his entire busiuess life in the selling of wallboard and related wall and ceiling products. As one of the original salesmen of the company, he was largely responsible for the introduction to the building trade of light weight Gold Bond gypsum wallboard. Prior to his association with National, he was a sales representative for one of the largest producers of fibre board in the world'

Mr. Downes resides with his wife and one son in Buffalo, New York.

D. R. Philips, Jr. Now Calling on Trade

Donald R. Philips, Jr. has joined the sales staff of Lawrence-Philips Lumber Company of Los Angeles and is calling on the Southern California retail lumber trade.

"Awkey," as he is familiarly known, is the son of D. R. Philips, Sr., member of the firm of Lawrence-Philips Lumber Company. He attended the University of Southern California and for the past few years has been connected with the retail end of the business in Los Angeles.

OUR ADVERTISERS

Dant & Rurcefl, fnc. Douglac Fir Plywood Aesociation

Eubant & Son, fnc., L. H.

Ewauna Box Co.

Fir Door Inrtitute

Firl & Meron

Gamerrton & Green

Gormen Lumber Co.

Koehl & Son, Inc., John V. Kuhl Lumber Co., Crrl H. --------------------------15

Lamon-Bonningjon Company ----------------------

Lawrence-Philipr Lumber Co.

Libbey-Owenc-Ford Glacr Company

Lumberman?c Credit Asociation ------------------

MacDonald & Harrington, Ltd. ------------O.F.C.

Macklanburg-Duncan Co.

Marshall, fnc., John A. ---------------------------------"12

Monolith Portlend C,ement Company Moore Dry Kiln Co.

Pacific Lumber Co., The

Pacif,c Mutual Door Co.

Pecific Vire Productr Co. .------------Pacific Wood Productr Corp. -----------------------.15

Vood Lurnber Co., E. K.

I. E MABTIN Mcrncrging Editor

W. T. BTACK

THE CALIFOR}IIA

How Lumber Looks

Lumber production during the holiday rveek ended December 28, l9m. rvas 32 per cent less than in the previous week; shipments rvere 32 per cent less; new business 16 per cent less; according to reports (incomplete due to the holidays) to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association from regional associations covering the operations of representative hardwood and softwood mills. Shipments were 23 per cent and new orders 27 per cent above produc- tion. Compared with the corresponding week of 1939, production was 12 per cent greater, shipments 7 per cent greater, and nerv business 6 per cent greater. The industry stood at 90 per cent of the seasonal rveekly average ol 1929 production and94 percent of average 1929 shipments.

Reported production for the 52 weeks ol L94O to date was 6.4 per cent above corresponding weeks of 1939; shipments rn'ere 8 per cent above the shipments and ner,r' orders were 10 per cent above the orders of the 1939 period. For the 52 weeks of 194O to date, new business wis 9 per cent above production, and shipments r,vere 7 per cent abo'ue production.

During the rveek ended December 28, I9m, 454 mills produced I47,06If/|/l_ feet of softrvoods and hardr,voods combined; shipped 180,938,000 feet; booked orders of 185,114,000 feet. Revised figures for the preceding week rvere mills, 465, production 216.819,000 feet; shipments 264,690,W feet; orders 220,579,0ffi feet.

Lumber orders reported for the rveek ended December 28, 1940, by 387 softrvood mills totalle d l77,slZ,W feet ; or 27 per cent above the production o{ the same mills. Shipments as reported for the same week werc 173,724,000 feet, or 24 p& cent above production. Production was 139,843,@O feet. Reports from 79 hardwood mills give new business as 8,602,000 feet, or 19 per cent above production. Shipments as reported for the same u,eek were 7,214,W {eet, or .1 per cent belon' production. Production was 7,218,000 feet.

Seattle, Wasl-rington, January 8, 1941.-The weekly average of West Coast lumber production in December (4 rveeks) was 133.6O8.000 board feet, or 83.9 per cent of present installed capacity, according to tl-re West Coast Lumbermen's Association in its monthlv survev of the industry. Orders averaged 137,912,W 6oard feet; shipments, 146.133.CU0. Weekly averages for November were: production, 134,361.000 board feet (68.2 per cent of the l92Gl9D average) ; orders, 143,57I,W0; shipments, 132,438,000.

52 u'eeks of 1940. cumulative production. 7.086.865.000 board feet ; same period. 1939-4.426,951.000; 1938,-5.182.328,000.

Orders fior 52 weeks of 1940 break dorvn as follows : rail. 3.699,807,000 board feet; domestic cargo, 2.499,550,000; export, 386,895.000 ; local, 98,220,000.

The industry's unfilled order file stood at 692,748,W board feet at the end of December; gross stocks, at 851,000,000.

December brought no marked change in the situation of West Coast lumber. The usual midwinter lull in the industry's normal commercial trade came on, but it was measurably offset by the continued though decreasing volume of national defense buying. Defense lumber remains the major factor of the market but with steadily lessening dominance as the cantonment construction program swings toward the finishing line. Shortage in intercoastal space is again a serious probem for the industry. With active demand from the Atlantic Coast for West Coast lumber, the space shortage is accumulating business which will probably flow over into rail movement.

The feature of tl-re past year for West Coast lumber was the sudden influx of orders for national defense. This turned 1940 from an ordinary lumber year into a good lumber year. Residential building and other private construction lvas well sustained throughout the twelve months. In the last six months the Government bought about two billion feet of'lumber, with from 600 to 65O million feet being taken from the West Coast. This new business came out of a clear sky, and the industry was unable to increase production rapidly enough to meet fully the suddenly auqmented volume of lumber demand. In the final half of the year production was short 501 million feet against intake of new orders.

With procluction rising to 7,O86,000,000 board feet on the bulge of defense buying, 194O was the largest year for West Coast lumber since 1930, when production was 7,638,000,000 feet. The sudden flood of defense business left the industrl' with an exceptional volume of unfilled orders, 692,7A8.W feet, and with unusually low stocks.

While the peak of defense business has been passed, probably 4O per cent of its total requirements remains to be met. This will represent many smaller shipments for many different purposes. from defense housing to shipyard construction. On this basis, the 1941 lumber billu'ill carrl a greater diversitl'of items than in past periods.

The Western Pine Association for the lveek ended January 4,93 mills reporting, gave ,orders as 62,509,000 feet, shipments &,192,W feet, and production 39.933,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the rveek totaled 290.566.000 feet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended January 4, ll2 mills reporting, gave orders as 25,814,000 feet, shipments D,4OZ000 feet, and production 28,764,ffi feet. Orders on hand at the encl of the lr'eek totaled 86,615.000 feet.

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because lhe uniform qualify of Oak in the lree has a lol lo do with the uniform +ixture and color of Oak in the floor.

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He is a man who always likes to mark The books he reads, with lines for emphasis, Calling attention to some rare remark Which coincides in point of view, with his. He pencils heavily along a page What strikes his fancy, or provokes his wit, And any thought that he considers sage, Carries approving marks in front of it.

-Helen Rowland Prommel. t*)k

Don't know who this lady author is, but when I read that stanza it seemed like she must have been watching me read. Because every book of my own that I read, finishes up with nearly as many pencil marks as printer's marks. And that's the chief reason why I seldom read a borrowed book. The owner doesn't appreciate the penciled footnotes. Have you that habit, gentle reader? It's lots of fun, and puts more zest in your reading. ***

Guess that's why I've lost the habit of reading modern fiction. Nothing impressive or colorful to underscore with pencil. Besides, I'm so far behind with the books I have marked down for reading sooner or later, that it would require the years of Methuselah to furnish sufiEcient reading time. Have taken some time recently to dig into the most interesting history of Greece and Italy, now that those two nations are locked in mortal combat. If you, friend reader, haven't time to do a lot of such historical digging bu.t would like to get the background of these nations and peoples, get Well's Outline of History, and you can get caught up with the story of Greece and Rome without spending weeks to do so. And, if you like history, you'll get a great thrill out of the narrative. ***

You will find that there is nothing new about the Italians and Greeks warring against one another. They've been doing so since about three hundred years B. C. If you'll start back about 750 years B. C. you will find that Central Italy was peopled by a dark-skinned white people who had Iong been there, a Mediterranean race. Northern Italy was peopled by brown-skinned Etruscais. Southern Italy and the Island of Sicily was peopled by Greeks. So many were there that they called that region "Magna Graecia"-Great-

er Greece. They warred for the first time, the Greeks and Romans, in the year 290 B. C. That was when the great Grecian King of Epirus came over to lead the Sou.thern Italy Greeks against the Romans. I{is name was pyrrhus. Three battles they fought in that first war. pyrrhus won the first two, decisively, but each time lost so many men that he declared that one more such victory and he would be destroyed. FIe was, for the third time the Romans overwhelmed him, and he went back to Epirus. But that is where we get the world famous phrase, a "Pyrrhic victory.,' He won great battles, but lost the war. That was the start of war in which the Romans and the Greeks have engaged many times from then on.

***

And it is worth remembering that the Italian nation that today is fighting Greece is a composite of the Romans and other races of.22 centuries ago, and the Greeks who populated Southern ltaly. These fighting nations of today are really distant cousins.

The history of Greece ;a;":" is literally heaped high with colorful men who did interesting things, and made remarkable remarks. About 390 B. C. a tough guy named Brennus led an army of wild Gauls into Italy, and conquered Rome itself. The Romans paid him off, and he took his army and departed" But when they were weighing the ransom gold on a balance scale, an argument rose as to the fairness of the counterweights Brennus was using. Angered the Gaul leader drew his sword and threw it into the scale on top of the questioned counterweights, saying: "Voe victus !" ("'Woe to the vanquished.") That saying became immortal. In the early days of the United States Senator William Marcy made a political crack that has likewise achieved something of immortality. Henry Clay, the great Kentuckian, was criticizing the federal government's distribution of political favors, when Senator Marcy replied: "To the victor belongs the spoils." The gentleman had undoubtedly been reading the remark of Brennus.

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This colurnn expressed the opinion months ago when the defense program was in its infancy, that the lumber industry nationally was much better equipped to furnish a

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From extensive virgin forests in the region noted for growth of solt, even textured pine, comes the "Poul Bunyctn" product. Soft Ponderosct cmd Sugcr Pine cut by selective logging. Milled, kilnsecrsoned qnd remqnufqctured under yecr round production.

Red River ships complete qssortments of industriql crnd building items. Straight ccrs or mixed ccns.

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Saler O6ce: 715 Vertern Paci6c Bldg., lOSl So. Broadwey

Warehoure: L. C. L. Wholerale, 7O2 E. Slauson Ave.

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Saler Office: 315 Monadnocl Building

OAKLAND

Seler Odce: 908 Financid Center Building

MEMBER WESTERN PINE ASSOCIATION

THIS MARK MEANS

TUMBER "'ITH - PIUS

Wolmanized Lumber* has that plus value: ability to withstand decay and termite attack. It is endun'ngr lumbermade enduring by pressure treatrnent with WoLnan Salts* preservative.

Subiected to alternate vacuum and hydraulic pressure in large steel cyliuders, the wood becomes deeply saturated with these preservatives. Washing-out or leaching is prevented by "fibre-fixation." The finished lumber is clean, odorless and easy to handle. It can be painted.

Wolmanized Lumber is produced at many plants lhroughout the country. Strict technical control and exacting specilications assure unilormity of product. It is sold through regrutrar kade channels under the one identifying name. AI'IERICAN IIIMBER & TREAIING COMPAIIY, 1648 McCormick Building, Chicago, Illinois. t8cgiltercd TradoMarl

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(Continued from Page 6.1 tremendous amount of emergency lumber than it had ever been before, particularly as compared with its ability to do so at the time of the World War. Time seems to have proven the correctness of that opinion. A much greater volume and percentage of dry lumber is now available than ever before, due to the rapid developrnent in the past decade in the building and improvement of dry kilns. In addition, good highways in every direction has helped the mills to give splendid service in the matter of delivery. Many an army or other defense unit under construction has been able to get its immediate lumber needs in almost no time at all. Twenty years ago it took time to dry, dress, and deliver lumber even short distances. Not now. When you sign an order for lumber nowadays, you must make room for the lumber, because it doesn't wait.

Which reminds me of ; ;J football story. A Texas gentleman has a colored chauffeur that is REALLy a football fan. Ife can tell you right offhand the name and. position of every player in the Southwest Conference. He knows the weight, ability, and football habits of them all. One day several white men were shooting questions at him about these football teams, and listening with amazement and amusement to his prompt and interesting replies. Finally one of them said: "Now, tell us about Texas A. & M." He said: "Well, Cap'n, dat A. & M. team is a good, strong, all-around team what kin play any kine o' football; but dey's got a fullback named Kimbrough WHAT DON'T \ /AIT." Which is the best descriptipn of Kimbrough I have ever heard. And also a good description of lumber transportation as we find it nowadays.

When a well informed:J*:-"" declared about sixty

Christmas Fund Generously Supported

Announcement is made by East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 that the 194O Good-Fellowship Christmas Fund received lO5 subscriptions rvith a total of 9610.00.

The campaign committee for 194O consisted of George Clayberg, chairman, Bob Cook, Frank Brown and Ed La Franchi.

The administration and disbursement committee is as follows: Thos. T. Branson, president; Jas. B. Overcast, past president; Carl R. Moore, treasurer; C. I. Gilbert and B. E. Bryan.

HAL EWART VISITS S. F.

Hal Ewart of Portland, Ore., Northwest representative of Atkinson-Stutz Co., San Francisco, was in San Francisco for a few days at the first of the year to confer with this concern's principals. Mrs. Ewart accompanied him on the trip.

days ago with regard to prospective lumber orders for defense needs that "We ain't seen nothing yet" it seemed like he might be mentally meandering. But time has proven that he was not. Lumber orders great and small for every department of the defense program continue to pour in, and the lumber industry continues to be hugely helped by same. Untold millions of feet of lumber and timbers have been bought, the need of which could not have been even anticipated two months ago. The weather man has proven in many instances to be a severe impediment to the builders of training camps, etc., but like the "ill wind that blows" some good to someone, has helped the lumbermen. Unusually wet weather has made building slow and difficult in many places, and necessitated the use of millions upon millions of feet of wooden planking to build wooden highways to and through the camps so that construction might continue. A great deal of 3-inch planking has been quickly cut and delivered for such purposes. And these are only a few of the cases where lumber has profited and been able to furnish needed service. When a camp site becomes boggy, nothing but planks can quickly build highways to allow the work to go forward.

Probably next to steel, lo l"J" ,"ur"try has been more benefited by the defense program, than lumber. The demand has naturally permeated every root and branch of the industry, the production industry at least, and seems not to have done a great deal of harm to domestic building. There is, of course, difference of opinion on that score, some retail lumbermen contending that ordinary home building has been retarded by the rush of the defense program. But the general tone of the industry at the present moment is most excellent, both as to hardwoods and softwoods, and the industry looks forward to the best year it has known since the twenties.

Sam Nigh Enters Retail Business

Sam H. Nigh, who for the past five and a half vears has represented Shevlin Pine Sales Compan.v: at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has gone into partnership with Lloyd M. Hebbron of the Hebbron Lumber Company, Santa Cruz. The business is norv operated under the name of Hebbron-Nigh Lumber Company. Mr. Hebbron is president and Mr. Nigh is secretary of the company.

INJURED IN BUS CRASH

William Buchwald, foreman of the sash department of Eureka Sash Door & Moulding Mills, San Francisco, 'r,vas one of eleven persons injured when a San Rafael-San Francisco commuter bus crashed into the rear of a 15-ton truck and trailer in a dense fog on the Waldo approach to the Golden Gate Bridge, January 3.

Mr. Buchwald, t hose home is in Fairfax, Nlarin County, sustained compound fractures of both legs.

Sees Increased Demand for Commertial Remodelins in 1941

1941 will see an appreciable widening in the demand for commercial remodeling and a sizable increase in business opportunities for dealers and contractors who are modernization-minded, in the opinion of Henry W. Collins, vice president in charge of merchandising of The Celotex Corp.

"With business on the upsr,ving in all lines, and competition keen for the increased volume of retail business, even' store, showroom and office that has become out of date is a prospect for a bright, new, attractive interior and exterior," he pointed out.

"During 1941, commercial jobs should be easy to sell. Tl-re initial outlay on the commercial job is not just an expenditure, as it is rvith the home owner, but an investment that will bring cash returns.

"The rapid increase in acceptance of insulating interior finishes during the past few years broadens this field for the rvide-arvake contractor tremendously. Stores, theatres. restaurants. taverns, showrooms. and offices all present ready markets for these finishes to contractors who go after this type of business.

"Because we feel the commercial remodeling market represents an important part of. l94l business, b'oth to lumber dealers and contractors, we are no\,\r preparing a special program of merchandising and application helps. These rvill be ready for distribution shortly af'ter the first of the year."

Kiwanis Club Guests of Lumber Company

The Kirvanis Club of Canoga Park rvere the guests of the Hammond Lumber Company, Tuesdal', December 17, lr.hen they held their meeting in the nerv ofifices of the company's Canoga Park yard. Dick Speer. manager of the yard. u.orked up a fine menu for the occasion and they rvere served a delicious plank steak meal.

Neil Mclennan sang solos, accompanied on the piano by Miss Margaret fngram. Wayne Bechtelheimer lead the group in singing "America" with l\[rs. Ruth Parkinson at the piano. W. I. Poulter, in charge of branch yards of the Hammond Lumber Company, and Dick Speer, addressecl the meeting. Dr. Thompson was chainnan. Follorving the meeting, the guests inspected the nerv ofrfices.

New Company Takes Over Empire Mill

A ne'iv company, Cape Arago Lumber Company, has been organized to take over the Empire Lumber Company's mill at Empire on Coos Bay, Oregon.

R. T. Moore, Bandon, Ore., is president of the ner\r concern. N. E. Johnson. IIarshfield, is vice-president; J. B. Bedingfield. Marshfield, is secretary and W. J. Srveet, Bandon, is treasurer.

D.H. Miller, superintendent and general manager of N{oore Mill & Lumber Co., will hold a similar position with Cape Arago Lumber Co.

It is expected that the plant will be ready to start operation in the spring.

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Zay Smith of Chicago is among the top-ranking designers of modern structures for industrial and business use. As consulting architect of United Air Lines, he is responsible not only for design but for selection of materials in the numerous new airport buildings and uptown ticket offices United is providing for its patrons. One of the latest is at the Portland-Columbia Airport in Oregon. Following the most modern trend, which is away from the fad of grim geometrical forms of cold materials and toward use of the natural rvarmth of rvood for interiors of buildings that serve the public, Architect Smith chose Douglas fir paneling and Douglas fir beams for ceiling treatment in United's new Oregon home.

Other West Coast woods were also used, for highlights and shadings. The rvalls inside the ticket counter are

2lst ANNUAL BANQUET

The new officers of the Tacoma Lumbermen,s Club for 1941 selected by the new board of trustees are: Cecil C. Cavanaugh, Cavanaugh Lumber Company, president; paul M. Smith, Wheeler Osgood Sales Corporation, vice-president; and August Von Boecklin, Washington Manufacturing Co., secretary.

The Club held its 21st annual banquet recently and was attended by about 300 lumbermen.

Selects Douglas Fir lor

Paneling and Beams in United Air Lines Buildins

Interior view oI United Air Lines building crt Portltrnd-Columbic cirport in Oregon

paneled in West Coast hemlock, rvhile the counter itself is bright Sitka spruce. The walls of the hallu'ay to the rest rooms and the telephone booths are in tl-re rich shades of Western red cedar. The lobby furnitttre is also wooti, warm and inviting.

The warmth and hues of nature in these r,voods are preserved in natural finish. The ceiling beams are formed of laminated vertical grain Douglas fir clear timbers.

With the rising favor of leading architects for Douglas fir interior treatment and for the glued laminated arch of this material in small churches and auditoriums, retail lumber dealers are finding new outlets {or important business.

1940 BUILDING RATED BEST IN IO YEARS

Washington, Jr.. S.-The Commerce Departmer-rt said that preliminary estimates indicated 194O building construction would total $9,925,000,000, an increase of. 2rl per cent over 1939 and the largest since 1930.

Secretary Jones said "private residential, commercial and factory building will all show substantial gains in 1941 if demand is not restricted by an increase in prices and costs."

The Minimum Cost Home is Rising Star More Speculative Building Next Few of Building, Survey Shows Years, Says Report

Month by month the trend in home-building shorvs the lorv-cost home of lumber rising in popular favor, according to recent Government reports. Emphasizing this fact, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board states that October. 194O, was the best single month in number of dwelling units since 1929, in all cities of 10,000 population or over.

"Other authoritative surveys show that the consistent increase in number of dwelling units this year has its major sour,ce in the small home of lumber," states C. W. Pinkerton, chairman of Southern California Elomes Foundation. "Families of moderate income are building rvhile the building is good-and it is still very good. Despite tremendous Defense requirements for building materials and labor, the home that cost $3,000 in October, 1939, would cost no more than $3,075 in October, 194O, on the basis of Government building cost indexes. Home financing costs, under the FHA plan, are much less in 1940 than in 1939, u'ith the interest base lowered from 5/o to 4%%."

Southern California Homes Foundation, keeping pace with the small-home trend, is presenting a series of minimum-cost home designs which were created to provide dwellings of modern plan and sound construction for families in defense industry areas.

SUNROOMS POPULAR

A sunroom provides a place for recreational activities and at the same time promotes health.

Chicago, Dec. 28.-More houses u'ill be built speculatively during the next few years than has been characteristic in recent years, according to the report of the committee on construction loan policies and procedures of the United States Savings and Loan League.

"Conditions have changed to the extent that only 50 per cent of the homes erected today are built to order for an owner, the balance being built speculatively by operative builders u'ho build from 100 to 300 houses a vear." said the report.

BUY YARD AT MERCED

Albert H. Vieth and Walter Beckemeir have formed a partnership and purchased the Phinney Lumber Company in JIerced, taking over the business on January 1. They will carry a complete line of lumber and building materials.

Mr. Vieth was manag'er of The Diamond Match Company's yard at Manteca for the past seven years, and prior to that was connected with their yard at Marysville. Mr. Beckemeir has been with them at their Manteca yard for the last two years.

MRS. JOHN SEEMANN VTSITTNG rN ENCTNITAS

NIrs. John Seemann of Minnesota has arrived in Encinitas for an extended visit with Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Seemann. Mr. Seemann is her son and operates the Seemann Ltrmber Company.

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Age not guarantecd---Some I have told lor 20 years---Some Lcss

No Dallerence of Opinion in Court

The judge was a kindly old gentleman, and the young lawyer, pleading his first criminal case, was decidedly nervous, and showed it in every word and movement. Addressing himself to the jury, and fumbling among his papers with shaking hands, he said:

"My unfortunate client - - -" and then his voice choked up on him.

He started over: "My unfortunate client - - -", and again the voice went entirely back on him, and he had to stop

H. W. VON MORPURGO LEAVES PARAFFINE_ JOrNS YOUNG & RUBTCAM

San Francisco-H. W. von Morpurgo, director of the public and industrial relations departments of The Paraffine Cos. Inc., has resigned to join the staff of Young & Rubicam, Inc., advertising agency.

Plans call for Mr. von Morpurgo to be a member of the San Francisco staff although he will spend the next feu, months in the New York office of the agency.

A. L. STOCKTON LUMBER CO. REMODELING

A. L. Stockton Lumber Company, one of the oldest business firms in Daly City, Calif., is making extensive improvements at its plant. Waterproof Redwood plywood n'ill make the 112 feet of frontage of the building very attractive. Additional remodeling will also be made.

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like a hunter with buck ague.

He mopped his moist brow desperately to get hold of himself, and started over: "My unfortrrnate client -- -" but it wouldn't work. His voice ended in a whisper.

The judge came to his rescue. Smiling down on the young man in the most kindly fashion, he said:

"You may proceed with your statement, Mr. Black. So far as you've gone the court is entirely in agreement with you."

SELLS INTEREST IN LUMBER YARD

Mrs. Ada H. March has sold her interest ir-r the \\'. B. March Lumber Company at Ivanhoe to E. C. X,iiles of Fullerton. The late W. B. March and E. C. Miles established the business in 1913. After the death of Mr. March in 1931, Mrs. March continued on with the business until the present time. Clifford Anderson is the nelv manager of the lumber business with Elmo Polly assisting in the yard.

Mrs. N arch ou'ns and operates the Ivanhoe Water Company, and rvill continue to look after those interests.

HATCH-BRUNNER

Harvey Hatch and Miss Marie Brunner u'ere rnarried at Reno last month and are making their home in Half X{oon Bay.

Mrs. Hatch is the daughter of Mr. and l\[rs. Antone Brunner of Half Moon Bay. Mr. Hatch is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alr'in Hatcl'r, and is associated with his father in the Hatch Lumber ComDanv at Half Moon Bar'.

TRANSFERRED TO MANTECA YARD

William Ness, manager of The Diam,ond NIatch Company at Galt for the past trvo years. has been named manager of the company's yard at Manteca. lle succeeds A. H. Vieth, who recently resigned to go into business for himself in Merced.

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Ralaxation of \(/age Hour Divisions Ruling on Processing or Planins Mill Operations Possible

C. W. Pinkerton, secretary of the Southern California Retail Lumbermen's Association, on January 2 received the following telegram from H. R. Northup, secretary of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, regarding the possibility of relaxation of the Wage Hour Divisions ruling on processing and planing mill operations:

"Relaxation of Wage Hour Divisions severe ruling on processing or planing mill operations possible. Please let us have first your recommendations as to extent to which this should be done, second your best judgment as to extent to which processing or millwork operations are conducted by the yards in your territory, what percentage of total business would be represented by this type activity and extent to which processing activities if any are conducted in segregated operations on premises, also average number employes each yard engaged this type work. Important we have this information not later tl-ran Tuesday morning, January seventh."

In reply to Mr. Northup's telegram Mr. Pinkerton u'rote him as follows:

"Regarding relaxation of Wage and Hour Division ruling. Your wire on this question on hand. In replying will say that it is almost impossible to give you definite figures. However, we will paint the picture'of this type of work as it is operated here in Southern California.

"The large yards in the metropolitan area operate a planing mill, usually as a se,parate department of their business, although it is located in their yard. Practically all of the smaller yards in the urban territories and districts operate some type of mill machinery. This, in practically all cases. is operated by their regular yard help and they do rvork only in remanufacturing and processing of material for their own customers' orders, doing no general milling business for the public whatsoever. The percentage of this business of the whole would be impossible to even make a shreu'd guess but the attitude of the Wage and Hour Department here has been any yard that was operating woodworking machines they automatically placed them under the jurisdiction of the Act. This is indeed one' of the halters the Government is placing around the neck of the lumber industry and any relaxation would naturally be appreciated by the dealers.

"According to our records there are none of the retail dealers in the metropolitan area that does manufacturing and shipping in interstate commerce. The bulk of their work being the supplying and servicing of their own orders and that naturally would fall on the percentage of what their general sales were of retail We have no records available of the total number of yards operating any woodworking machinery. Neither do we have any record of the amount of business that that class of w'ork represents. \Me have endeavored to give you a picture of the general situation here in Southern California and hope that it may be of some benefit to you."

Mr. Irumber Dealer:

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Wholesole lumber d direct mill shiphents.

People cbose hoEe colstrucliol nct€ricls that bcve ncde Eood wirh neigbbors. TLct's why eye-lilliag stucco iobr thct r€tqin their smcrt cppocrclce plcry such m imporlant pcrt ia wiaaiug new buaiaer lor plastoriDg colttcclora, It in't hcrd to build stucco ths best wcy-wectherprool qod durcble. One oI tho best contrqcton putl it tbis wcy!

McLe cerlail thct the siructure iB rigid od wellJtamed, qad tle bcse O.f. protective slructurct de-

tcils properly desigmed reialorcenent complotely enbedded ia lhe moltcr Uge oly slucco mode wirh PORTLAND CEMENT or WATERPBOOFED PORTLAND CEMENT lor cll coqte-nixed, cpplied cnd cured cccordiag io qpprovod netho&. PoRTtAlto cEitENT Ass0ctriloil Dept. I Ib-24, 816 W. Filth Sr. Loe Aageler, Cclil. A natlorcl o.lanlzrtion lo InDflc tnd rxland tho uu ot concrctc . , thmueh slontlllo m!ilmh end rnllnorln! tcld york.

Selling Human H.ppiness

BV l@ch Siotna

The plcarning, selling, crnd building ol HOMES is simply trcfficking in Humcrn Hcrppiness.

And is therelore c prolession dear "lo the gods."

The world owes no mcn c living.

But every mcn owes the world, c lile.

And, cs he pcrys the world thci lile he owes, the world will, in return pcy him c living-<nd qs much more crs he pc1'a lor.

The egotist scys to the Universe: "I livel" And the Universe replies: "I see, but I don't seem to be cble to get excited crbout it."

The lumbermcn scfTs to the Univerge "I build HOlvtES." And the Universe replies: "Welcome. We need many such crs youl"

The mqn who is devoting his lile to the plcrnning cad selling oI homee qnd other necesscry buildings lor the use oI man" ig pcry:ng his debt to the Universe in gold oI the recrlm.

Philosophers hcve crgreed from the beginning ol philosophy thct only crs q ncn nckes other people hcppy, does he deserve hcrppiness; cnd only on thct bcsis should he expect it.

And, since the business oI building is the business ol mcking people happy, the building merchcsrt hcs the privilege cnd opportunity in his workadcy lile, oI repcying his debt to Providence.

The rrcn who is building homes is iuning in with the best there is in life; crnd he hcrs the extreme satislcction oI reclizing thct he mqkes his living by lecving hcppiness qnd gatislqction behind him on his dci\ roun&.

Few proleseions cqn scy cs rnuch.

The mcur should be most respected who bestows the mosl blessings, here cmd now. He who lives cbundcmtly here, cnrd helps the other lellow to do the sqme, is mclcing mighty fine prepcuction lor cny lile thct ig lo come.

Emerson scid: "Thqt couniry is lairest which is inhcbited by noble minds."

And by live building merchcnts cnd home builders.

SE\|EN IJTTLE TBOUBI^ES ":-. :rr.Jro" a"*o the street. The cop on the comer stopped them, <rnd crsked where they were going. "We're going wherever we qre expected," cnswered the SEVEN IJTTLE TROUBLES. Troubles cre clwcrys expected. There never wcs one thct got "crll dressed up cnd nowhere to go."

FHA Looks for lncrease in Home Building in Northern California During 1941

Residential construction in Northern California raced into the new year at a record-making pace, and during 1941 promises to srveep forrvard to the lrighest level since 1928, according to the district office of the Federal Housing Administration.

With an increase over 1939 of 82 per cent in the number of mortgages insured on srnall homes in this area, the FHA district office reports having just closed its books on the banner year since government-insured financing u'as made available six years ago.

During 194O, mortgages were insured on 23,600 Northern California homes for a total of W1,074,70O, of which 9842 \vere new houses built under FHA inspection and requirements and financed by insured mortgages amounting to $44,362,7ffi. This compares to 12,942 homes on rvhich mortgages aggregating $57,254,750 rvere insured in this district in 1939. Of that number, mortgages amottnting to $37,594,400 financed construction of 8369 nerv FHA-inspected homes.

An additional 1080 small homes were reported built in tlris district the past year at a cost ol $2,642,539 and financed for that amount under Title One, the nel' FHA $2500 plan, rvhich in most cases reduces the down payment to five per cent and provides a repayment period of 15 years.

It was pointed out that the 63,719 homes in Northern California on which the Federal Housing Administration already has insured mortgages amounting to $237,325,765 ate providing modern and comfortable accommodations for more than 250,000 persons, greater than the entire population of any of the 46 counties comprising the district, with the exception of Alameda and San Francisco.

In view of the upward trend of employment and purchasing power ancl the existence of ample credit on favorable terms, it was predicted by Federal Housing Administrator Abner H. Ferguson that about 20O,00O new small homes will be completed or started under FHA inspection during 1941, as compared to 180,000 in 19'10 andl4Z,W in 1939.

Since approximately nine per cent of all small homes built under FHA-insured financing are located in Northern California, this would mean construction of at least 18,000 such homes in this district during the year.

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"Design For Happi ness"

Retailers of lumber and other building rnaterials are going into the ne\,v year rvith confidence, confidence based on their opportunity to supplv a better kind of house to persons with moderate incomes. They have seen a new style of dwelling take its place on the construction horizon during the past fetv months, and knorv that it is an ansrver to their problem of trying to make a small residence more beautiful, convenient, cheerful, and appealing to the great mass market n,hich is ready to buy.

It is clear to all of these home suppliers that a nerv kind of house is desired bv, and can be built for, America today. It has a quality of beauty and charm rvhich is almost independent of price. These houses are literally designed for happiness rvith glass. Architects by skillful work have provided for glass features to be built into houses-a permanent asset of beauty and charm. Wide rvindorvs. built_ in polished plate glass mirrors, colorful glass u,ainscots above bathtubs, and decorative glass in kitchen cupboard doors combine to make a drvelling brighter, gaver, and more easily kept clean.

Costing purchasers less than a dollar a clay, this new style of house is quickly "catching hold', rvith the public because of its eye-arresting features hitherto found only in expensive houses, and the lorv price. Tabbed as ,,Design for Happiness" houses and approved by the Federal Hous_ ing Administration, the unusual attractiveness of the du,ellings, combined u'ith their low cost, has interested millions of people rvho are anxious to have a definite stake in Amer_ ica. These millions form the tremendous potential market which is expected to build 4,000,000 dwellings during the next five vears. Their interest in a better home that fits their budget is being held by: a campaign including a technicolor film rvhich has been shown in nearlv 5.000 theaters

Like cll ten ol lhe Toledo "Design lor Hcppiness" There qre 170 squcrre leet oI window glcrs in this eqves Grfford shelter {rom storms

homes, the lirst one linished hcrd tcrger window house, cnrd every aquctre inch ol opening is tiited crnd heql lrorn lhe sun, cnd the siding creqles cn

trreqg lhcn lhe crvercge home with etorm scrsh ond screens. cttrcrctive ghadow-line.

oI its size. The wide

Ecch "Desig:r lor Hoppiness" home hcs c triple-view mirror set such cs this in orre ol itg bedroom* The closet doors swing lowcrdg eqch other, rrclcing cr mirrored &essing crlcove thct offers a womqn c line reflection ol hereelL The polished plcte glcss mirrors, clso briag cn ctttractive outgide view into the room, cnd seems to prsh the wall back to make the bedroon lool lorger.

before approximately 15,000,000 patrons, a Sunday radio program on a national network of 79 stations, arti'cles in trade and consumer magazines, and national advertising reaching 20,000,000 readers.

By using modern, labor-saving construction methods possible when ten or more structures are built at a time on a site, by saving money through group buying of mirrors, structural and decoration glass, and by installing larger rvindows, lttmbermen and builders throughout the nation are putting up "Design for Happiness" homes which sell in many cases before their roofs are on.

Authorities on the matter of construction conceived the idea of developing a basic plan, rvhich could be varied in elevation and materials and whose room arrangement could be reversed. It was figured that by erecting at least ten such houses at a time the saving which would result could be put into the dwellings in the form o{' larger window areas, polished plate glass mirrors and other refinements not ordinarily in dwellings priced at less than $10,000, and the homes still profitably sold at a figure comparable to that attached to other houses of the same size.

The idea was tried out in Toledo last fallwith ten houses, and No. I in the group was sold before it was enclosed ! Work progressed lvithout interruption on the rvhole group. So much interest was indicated by the public rvhile construction tvas under way that the first one completed rvas furnished and opened for inspection. More than 10,000 people visited it, and were enthused about the larger arnount of sunshine, light and air admitted by the 119 per cent greater window areas, the mirrors in each room, the sparkling Vitrolite on the walls over the bathtub, and the clecorative glass in the kitchen Reaction of these thousands was pr'oof enough that an answer had been found to the problem of furnishing good looking residences at a cost within the means of the greatest majority of people.

In quick succession the other nine "Design for Happiness" houses in Toledo were sold-most of them from their

TRE.E 62 FEET AROUND

Lake Quinault, Wash., Jan. 1.-Residents of the Olympic peninsula believe thev have the biggest western cedar tree in the world. It is 62 feet, eight inches, in circumference' The trunk extends approximately 100 feet straight into the air rvith only a slight taper before branching out.

blueprints. Their buyers were quick to appreciate that something had been done at last to provide them with a place they could afford, but one that was not merely four walls and a roof.

The "glass transformation" in each house cost about $50, but it increased the apparent value of the structure more than twice that amount. People never had seen so much appeal in a house which they could purchase with its landscaped lot for $400 down and $26.60 a month under the FHA.

Word about the Toledo houses spread; lumber dealers and contractors all over the country became actively interested. Builders in Washington, D. C., Houston, Tex., Jacksonville, Fla., Philadelphia, Newport News, Dallas, Memphis and many other cities have "Design for Happiness" houses under way, or definite plans to start construction soon. In each of these cities, it is planned to erect 100 or more houses and every one of them will have a "package of glass" that averages $50 in cost.

Aiding lumbermen in the sale of this new style of residence is the advertising, FHA-sponsored technicolor movie, "Design for Happiness," a coast-to-coast radio program each Sunday, and stories in national consumer magazines. A inestimable amount of good is being done by the interviews during the radio ,program with contractors building the houses and with buyers living in them. These broadcasts have come from locations of "Happiness" homes in Toledo, Houston, and Jacksonville.

Information about these houses, which in reality are presold for lumber dealers by the broad campaign discussed above, is being dispensed to retailers of materials and builders at meetings conducted by Libby-Owens-Ford glass distributors. Included in the presentation is a sound movie which was made while the Toledo project was under way. It shows why "Design for Happiness" houses are superior to ordinary residences of similar size and price.

PLUMBING SALES SHO\ry GAIN

Spurred by the dual stimulus of large governmental expenditures for defense housing and a substantial increase in residential construction and modernization, plumbing and heating sales increased 13 per cent in 194O over 1939, according to the Plumbing and Heating Industries Bureau.

are entering 194I better eguipped than ever before to take care of your lumber needs with our r\Dependable Personal Service"

,.I{ELL"

They say sometimes "It's cold as Hell," Sometimes they say "It's hot as Hell," ft's also Hell when it is dry, When it rains hard "It's Hell" they cry; They hate like Hell to see it snow; It's a Hell of a wind when it $tarts to blow; Now how in Hell can anyone tell What in Hell they mean by this word "Hell?"

This married life is "Flell" they say; When they come home late, there's Hell to pay; It's Hell when the kid you have to tote; When he starts to bawl it's a Hell of a note. It's Hell when the doctor sends his bills; For a Hell of a lot of trips and pills; When you get this you'll know full well Just what is meant by this word "Hell."

Hell yes! Hell no! And Oh Hell! too;

The Hell you don'tt The Hell you do!

What in the Hell? The Hell it is?

The Hell with yours! The Hell with his!

Now who in the Hell? and Oh Hell where?

And what in the Hell do you think I care?

But the Hell of it is it sure is Hell

To find out what in Hell.is Hell?

DEPENDABILITY

Dependability is one of the choicest of human virtues, and the man or woman who is without it is a good person to let alone. He may have many minor faults that can be laughed off and overlooked, but by the great horned spoon if he is not to be depended on, he can take one side of the street and we'll take the other. If you have a boy, and you find-as you sometimes do-that you can't get him to learn everything you would like him to know, for the love that you bear him teach him one thing and it will atone for many other shortcomings; teach him DEPENDABILITY.

INCOME

An income, of course, is a thing that nobody can live without, and few people can live within. It was the famous humorist of two generations back, Artemus Ward, who said he was going to live within his means if he had to borrow money to do it.

'THE ONLY PATENT

The only patent on possession is MERIT.

If you are the better man, the lesser will give way to you. Fears are worse handicaps than years.

If you're down, it's probably because you're downhearted.

If you're hanging back it's probably because you show a disposition to hold BACK rather than hold FAST. Hope lies beyond the NEXT hill-not the LAST one.

HOME

Some day I'll be asked to move, So you bet it doth behoove, Me to heed the "OWN HOME" sign, Cop a place that's mine-all mine. Pay the derned rent to myself, IJse a little of my pelf, Buying things I like-and needEre I really go to seed. Gosh! I'd like to own some loam. On which I could build my home, And I can, too, ifI try, Long fore forty-one slides by.

NO REFORMATION

Little Sallie was addicted to cussing, and her worried mother, using every means of trying to reform her, finally told her that the next time she used a bad word she would have to leave home. An hour later it happened, so, in apparent seriousness, the mother packed a toy suitcase, handed it to her, and told her to go. The little girl took her suitcase and went out on the porch, just as a lady came calling. The lady said:

"Sallie, is your mother home?"

"Dam fino," Sallie said. "I don't live here no more."

DIFFERENT

The colored woman was walking along through the "quarters" when she passed another young woman sitting on the front porch and rocking a very happy looking dusky youngster. She stopped and admired the baby.

"He sho is a cute rascal," she said. "Do he take afteh his pappy?"

"'Well, he do an'he don't," said the young mother. "His pappy ain't nigh so cute, but he am a heap site mo' of a rascal."

Ten Years Ago Today

From January 15,1931 lssue

Eagle Rock Lumber Company of Eagle an attractive calendar for 1931. The scene u.as photographed by Emil F. Srvanson in Lake Tahoe, in the High Sierra.

Rock, sent out on the calendar the vicinitl' of

"A Mile of Lumber" lvas the caption for a photograph showing a caravan of 101 trucks containing over 6OO,00O feet of lumber passing over Cahuenga Pass enroute to the Universal Picture Sttrdios at Universal City. The lumber rvas furnished by Hammond Lumber Company, Lounsberry & Harris, and E. K. Wood Lumber Co. of Los Angeles. While passing through the streets of Los Angeles an<l Hollywood, the caravan was a mile in length.

Western Door & Francisco office at charge.

Sash Company, Oakland, opened a San 112 Market Street with R. S. Grant in

Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co., Montesano, announced the opening of a Los Angeles office. Wash.,

Utilizing the front portion of their main office building, the Sun Lumber Company of Beverly Hills installed a building material display as an aid to home orvners and builders. An attractive rustic corner, a portion of a kitchen, a breakfast nook, and other rooms were reconstructed in such a way as to display the products handled by the company.

Ross Hostetler, manager of the Company, announced the purchase Lumber Company at Costa Mesa.

The Pacific Lumber cisco offices to the 24th Bush Street.

Costa Mesa Lumber of the Independent

Companv moved floor of the Shell their San FranBuilding at 100

Atlantic Lumber Companv, Bell, announces the addition of a roofing department to their business with Ralph J. Starkey as manager of the nelv department.

A new American Legion Post, I-umbermen's Post, was organized trict. The first meeting rvas held

There was rejoicing in the Francisco lumberman, over Donald Clinton Stibich, born Hospital, San Francisco.

to be known as The in the Los Angeles disJanuary 20,1931.

home of C. C. Stibich, San the arrival ofa baby boy, January 2 at the Children's

Reproduced in this issue is the Building Bulletin of the Corona Lumber Company at Corona which is one of a series of advertisements that appeared in The Corona Daily lndependent.

Whether h's Hams, W Haberdashery, or Home Cooking-

PIENTY 0F "$EL["

r1{ cttoTEx n{TERt0Rs

-And o Pleosonl Prolit for Dealers Who Promote Them!

\aou'RE a merchant. You know other mer. r chants. You meet them here and there. You buy from them in their stores.Vhat about selling them new, business-building interiors for those stores? Or restaurants? Or theatres?

Grayslake, Illinois, is not a metropolis. But the Grayslake Super Market is loud in its praise of this beautiful Celotex l(eyJoint Unit interior."It's got plenty of 'sell'," says the proud owner. And the dealer who sold this profitable order now has a fine sample with which to sell other profitable commercial interiors!

This is the big selling season for Celotex fnterior Finish Products.V'ith a complete line -including a wide range of tints and textures, matching moldings, and the new blind nailing ioint-you have plenty of features to sell! Go prospecting for profits on Main Street, and build yourself a business boom! The time is right. Celotex Interior Finish Produ cts arc rigbt!

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A. Merriam Conner Wins First Honorable Mention

Mrs. Wclter C. Johnson" chcrinnqn oI the 1940 Albertq Ncrture Poem Contest, sponsored by The Chcttcnooga Writers Club oI Chcttcnoogq, Tennessee, hcs trdvised A. Merriqm Corurer of North Scn lucrn" Ccrlil., Poet Lcurecrte ol the lumber industry, thct her poem, "Worrying Worm," was the winner of the first honorcrble mention in.more thcrn 800 entries lrom crll over the United Stctes, qnd severql loreigm countries.

Clement Wood oI New York, cuthor qnd critic, wcs the fincrl iudge, with Gloricr Goddqrd oI New York, poet crnd naturcrlist, co-judge.

The \(/orryins \(/orm

The poor worm crcwled crs crll worme must, Through ihe cool, green ltrcst cnd ihe warm, brown dust, But he lecrred and &eaded the uaiverse And the etqte oI his ego grew stecdily worse. He lecred the birds in lhe lrees cboveCornivoroua robin cnd trim white dove; He locthed the Iishermcn's springtime code And tbct horible monater, the gcrrden tocd' He Ieqred lhe broom in the hands oI the mcid, And likewise the hoe, lhe rcle cnd the spcde, And the lecrsome hen with her creeping brood, When they gcrctched in the soil lor their doily lood.

But hie greatesl lecr wae ol hurncn leetWhether hecvy cnd holiing or light cnd lleet, Whether big cIrd clumsy or tiay qnd trin, Feet were <t conatcnt menqce to him. Discourcged, he crqwled to the barn one doy Aad hid in c dusky corner crwcyi

He builded q cradle dnd urent to bed,

Crying, "Now thcnk hecven l'm comlortobly decdl"

But something tugged ct hie wee hecrt slrings And insisiently whispered to him oI wings.

"Stuff and nongense," he gniffed with <r equirm, "Whoever heard ol c llying worm?"

Bui presently he wcs tr butterlly

With lunay new leet cnd c roving eye, Winga on his bcck cnd c rtrong derire

To lest their strength in the dcrwa's pale fire.

So he sciled right out through the old btrrn door, High over ihe sill where he'd crept belore, lnd winged his wcy through the realmg ol light, In the wild cnd exultcrnt ioy ol llight.

Then a cloud cppecrred in the sLy ol blueA tilmy cloud thqt the sun sbone through, And the butterlly ghivered cnd mocrned ia pcin, "My lile is ruined, it'r going to rcinl"

Then clong ccme q siae old bumble bee

AIrd bumbled, "Whcrt bo, here'a trouble, I see."

Said the butterlly, "I ccn live but c dcy, And it's going to rqin, how ccn I be gcY?"

*Oh, it won't rqin," boomed lhe wise old bee, "Thct cloud is melting, lool up cnd eee. Whct's more, you're c loag lived butterlly, It will be gome monlhs ere You hqve to die."

The butterfly thcnted him cad flew crwcy, To lrolic qnd aocr through the long bright doy, Aad then ct the hrilight's ecrly close, He lluttered lo rest in the heart oI q rose.

And there crs he swcryed on hig hcgrtrai bed, lll thought popped into his loolish hecd, And, "OI cll the thinge I hqve dreqded," said he, "Not a single one ever hcppened to me." _A.

MERRIAM CONNER.

Sees lmprovements in Building Standards

Washington, Jan. 1.-The growing recognition of the need for better design and construction in new residential housing and the protection and rehabilitation of existing residential neighborhoods promises efiective results in 1941, John H. Fahey, Chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, declared today.

"The year 1940 witnessed a significant development in the attitude of housing leaders", said Mr. Fahey. "Dissatisfaction with poor design, use of flimsy materials and shoddy workmanship was stimulated during the depression, when people found their equities in their homes had been sharply reduced by depreciation. Lending institutions, whose investments were imperiled by the same evils, determined to demand higher standards in the future. In the last year they have done something about the situation.

"The result has been a steady trend toward providing more safeguards for home ownership. Architects and other technical experts are being drawn into the small home field for the first time. Progressive lending institutions are encouraging excellence of design and construction with more liberal loans and terms, and keeping away from doubtful construction. This trend has not gone nearly far enough-but there is every evidence that it will gain momentum in 1941.

"The Federal Home Loan Bank System and its 12 Regional Banks are cooperating with the American Institute of Architects and the Producers' Council, the national association of materials manufacturers, in this program. The 3,900 member institutions of the Bank System are being urged t<r demand the highest possible standards for the homes they finance and to evolve means of 'registering' on a merit list those which meet all the requirements for attractive design and dependable construction.

"If newly built homes meet higher standards and there is a concerted movement for the conservation and rehabilitation of existing residential neighborhoods, an increased security in American home ownership will be assured. In regard to the latter program, 1940 was a significant year.

"The Bank Board recently published a volume entitled 'Waverly-A Study in Neighborhood Conservation'. It told of a test program conducted in a section of the city of Baltimore

to conserve property values and rehabilitate declining areas. The Waverly project was concerned principally with singlefamily homes; another project in the Woodlawn district in Chicago is testing the practicability of protecting and improving a district of multi-family structures.

"Both efforts have won the support of propertv owners and civic associations. These groups have endorsed the theory that public vigilance can halt structural decay and carry out plans to overcome other factors in obsolescence. When it is realized that essentially sound residential districts in every city are threatened by blight which can be corrected and eliminated, one is impressed by the importance of the conservation movement.

"We have grossly neglected this problem in the past. The loss of property values has mounted unnecessarily to millions of dollars every year. Of course, residential neighborhoods that are in demand for sound cornmercial reasons will have to give way. But it is foolish to sit idly by and witness unnecessary and unwarranted decay from blight within or the encroachment of slums from without.

"Other Government agencies than the Bank Board and its subsidiary, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, have joined in the fight against neighborhood blight. But the most important development lies in the awaki:ning of home owners and mortgage institutions to the possibilities of the movement. With their cooperation, valuable accomplishments are certain."

LOS ANGELES VISITOR OVER HOLIDAYS

S. C. Hooper was a Los Angeles visitor over tl.re holidays and called on many of his lumbermen friends. He is Southwestern sales agent for Dant & Russell, Inc. of Portland, Oregon, in charge of West Coast lumber and Fir-Tex sales. His headquarters are in Fort Worth, Texas.

SELLING FOR AMERICAN HARDWOOD CO.

Hal Eberle is now calling on the industrial and lumber yard trade for American Hardwood Co., Los Angeles. He has been in the yard for the past year and for 10 years prior to that was an assistant branch manager for the Bank of America.

Harbor authorities, civic leaders, businessmen and residents throughout Ventura County gathered at the nerv Oxnard District Harbor, Port Hueneme, on January 4 to pay an official visit to the first carg'o vessel to use the facilities of the port. Shortly before midnight of January 3, the Margaret Schafer, rvith a cargo of 500,000 feet of lumber for the Peoples Lumber Company, sailed into the harbor and tied up at the dock.

The arrival of the l{argaret Schafer u'as made possible through the cooDeration of P. W. Chantland of Los An.

Forest Rangers Brush up on Skiing Technique

Skiing instruction for 30 California rangers and other administrative ofificials of the United States Forest Service was given from January 6 to 9, at Galena Creek, Nevada, below l\It. Rose northeast of Lake Tahoe.

"The training course," said Regional Forester S. B. Show, "provides elementary and advanced instruction for national forest officers rvhose rvinter tirne duties call for almost continuous use of skis. Forest rangers who are stationed in the high country during winter will find their training good insurance as rvell as in the best public interest.

"Forest rang'ers are called upon frequently t'o search for people lost in the snorv and to administer first aid to victims of snorv sport accidents or remove sick members of snowbound families. The best possible skiing ability is needed in these cases where the going is usually hazardous."

Everyday administration of public forest areas also calls for experienced skiing. Jobs that take rangers on long ski treks include reconnaissance and patrol of popular rvinter sports areas, qno\,v surveys in cooperation with the State Division of Water Resources, rvildlife surveys. telephone line repairs and current inspection of isolated administration buildings.

Jarnes Scrugham, coach of the University of Nevada ski team, is instructing the "skiing rangers." Some of the sessions will be devoted to studies of snow surveying methods and first aid.

The training course, now in its third year, is under the direction of Supervisor D. M. Traugh of the Mono National Forest.

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First Cargo at Port Hueneme

geles, Southern California manager for Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co., and Charles Bonestel of \/entura, manager of the Peoples Lumber Company.

R. R. MacKenzie, port director at Port Hueneme, has announced that negotiations with other steamship lines are about complete and within a short time a general cargo service for coastwise, intercoastal and foreign shipping will be established at the port.

The nerv harbor rvas constructed from funds through a $1,750,000 private bond issue.

1940 Peak Year for FHA Loans

in SouthernCalilornia

Closing its busiest year since the Federal Housing Administration was established more than six years ago, Capt. Wilson G. Bingham, Southern California director, announced that applications during 19,10 for government-insured loans for the construction of homes and for financing existing dwellings reached the unprecedented total of 26,232, amounting to $112,966,00O, as compared with 23,945. applications, valued at $105,075,20O, recorded during 1939.

Applications for FHA loans for home building completely overshadorv, in number and amount, those received for refinancing purposes, Capt. Bingham said, last year's complete figures being as follows: For new construction. 21,78 applications rvith a total valuation of $92,650,3@; for existing dwellings, 4514 applications valued at $20,315,700.

The trend is unmistakably toward a gror,ving volume of loans for new construction, rather than for acquiring homes already built, it was pointed out, the former category showing a sharp'gain over 1939, whereas the latter group rec,orded a decline.

In the Southern California district more than 70 per cent of the FHA insured mortgages on homes fall within the 90 per cent of value classification, applicable on mortgages u'here the value of house and lot does not exceed $6000.

CEILING HEIGHTS

Ceiling heights in houses are not solely matters of taste but also involve the important factors of heating and ventilating, FHA officials say.

Federal Savings and Loan Associations Wilf Hold Annual Meetinss

Washington, Jan. ll.-City folks and farmers, in numbers that may reach many hundreds of thousands, will assemble in offices in downtown districts, metropolitan neighborhoods and rural towns next Wednesday afternoon for the annual meeting of members of federal savings and loan associations.

The members of each of these local thrift and home-finance institutions will elect directors for periods up to three years, and hear their offrcers make a "full report" on the financial condition of their association and its progress and plans for the future, according to an announcement by James Twohy, Governor of the Federal Home I-oan Bank System.

Each investing member of a federal association is permitted one vote for each share or fraction he holds, but no member may cast more than fifty votes. Borrowing members are also entitled to a vote. In both classes of rnembers are included about 2,200,000 persons.

These 1443 associations range in size from institutions of the twenty-to-forty-million-dollar class in the largest cities, with many thousands of members, to smaller organizations in towns of only a thousand or two population. Located in about 1200 counties, they offer the same uniform plans of investment of home loans throughout the country. Many of such institutions have a history of more than fifty years of service under previous state charter. Others vvere nervly organized under a Congressional enactment of 1933.

Federal savings and loan associations are a recent development of the mutual "building and loan', plan which took root among savers and home seekers in this country in the early nineteenth century, the statement says. Their progress in the encouragement of systematic thrift and economical home ownership is indicated by a few figures. On October 30, 1940, their combined assets had reached $1,800,000,000. Their investing members totaled 1,600,000, holding about $1,330,000,_ 000 in savings accounts. Long-term home loans on their books amounted to $1,515,000,000.

CORNICE BOARDS PROTECT DRAPES

Cornice boards covering the tops of your u,indow drapes rvill do much to improve the appearance of a room and at the same time help keep the tops of drapes clean.

News Flashes

Roy E. Hills and Bill Nigh of Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco, ancl their wives, lvere interested spectators at the Rose Borvl game in Pasadena on New Year's Day.

Fred R. Lamon of Lamon-Bonnington Co., San Francisco, ancl Mrs. Lamon returned January 6 from a week's autornobile trip down the Coast to San Diego.

C. M. Kincaide, Jr., of the C. M. Kincaide Lumber Co., Omaha, Neb., was a recent visitor to San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Harold R. Crane of Crane Mills, Califomia Pine manufacturers of Bly, Ore., accompanied by his family, spent a ferv days in San Francisco during the Christmas and New Year holidays. They took in the East-West football game.

Dale Fischer, sales manager of Fischer Lumber Co., Marcola, Ore., recently made a business trip to San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix.

G. R. (Roy) Bleecker, manager of Westfir Lumber Co., Westfir, Ore., and NIrs. Bleecker, were California visitors during the holiday season. They attended the East-West football game in San Francisco on Nerv Year's Day.

P. B. Gilbert, Coos Bay Logging Company, North Bend, Oregon, and Mrs. Gilbert, rvere Los Angeles visitors over the holidays.

Mr. Gilbert and T. B. Lawrence of the Lawrence-philips Lumber Company, Los Angeles, flew to Mexico rvhere they spent several days hunting. Mr. Gilbert also attended the Rose Bowl football game New Year's day.

E. L. Green, vice-president and in charge of sales, Union Lumber Company, San F-rancisco, was a visitor at the company's Los Angeles office last week.

E. C. Hallinan of Hallinan Mackin Company, San Francisco, left for San Francisco January 7 af.ter spending a few days at the firm's Los Angeles yarcl.

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National Thrift \(/eek

Washington, Jan. 11.-"Personal defense" for Americans through heeding the example of Benjamin Franklin was recommended today by Frank W. Hancock, Jr., member of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, as 3900 member savings and loan associations of the Federal Home Loan Bank System made preparations to observe the birthday of the pioneer statesman and philosopher.

Long known as "National Thrift Week," the seven days beginning with Franklin's anniversary, January 17, will be devoted by banks, home-finance associations, insurance companies, schools and civic groups in many parts of the country to expounding his doctrine of hard work and regular saving.

"Franklin, the 'apostle of thrift,' contributed greatly to the American habit of saving, from which came the capital investments necessary for the rapid development of our expanding frontiers," said Mr. Hancock.

"Ifis almanac, 'Poor Richard,' issued for over a quarter of a century, was one of the few publications of its time. It influenced many generations of American families and the education of their children along lines of self-reliance and foresight. Franklin expressed his thoughts so simply that every child could understand and apply them.

"fn the changing world of today, when such qualities are more essential than ever, we can afford to review this aspect of the life of Ftanklin and apply the lessons to ourselves.

"Saving, as advocated by Franklin, meant not only spending less than you earn, but diligence in work, building regular habits and careful planning for the future-in other rvords, foresight in action. Of course, he did not counsel a shabby hoarding of nickels but rather the husbanding of one's resources for later spending, in order to provide himself and his family with a home, education and other advantages, or to grasp a business opportunity."

Among the sayings of "Poor Richard" which became household words in the middle eighteenth century Mr. Hancock cited: "There are no gains without pains," "Diligence is the mother of good luck," "'Tis hard for an empty bag to stand upright," "Necessity never made a good bargain," and "He that waits upon fortune is never sure of a dinner."

"In his own later li{e, Franklin demonstrated the value of his philosophy by becoming perhaps the most versatile character in our history-political leader, diplomat, essayist, scientist, inventor, educator, publisher and organizer of. many business enterprises," said Mr. Hancock. "Although an individualist, he was unsurpassed for his devotion to the public welfare."

Saving has been made safer and easier to practice in the

Building Permits at lO-Year High

New York, Jan. 11.-The building industry established a lGyear record in 1940, Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., reported today. Building permits during the year in 2I5 selected cities totaled $I,362,ffi,27O, an increase of 9.8 per cent over the $1,240,813,958 of 1939. Excluding New York City, where permits declined by 5.5 per cent, the gain for the other cities rvas 13.4 per cent.

The record for the year by geographical divisions follows:

Contract s in 1940 Brolce all Records

New York, Jan. ll.-The rush to get national defense construction under way in the last half of 194O carried the year's engineering construction alvards to the highest peak ever reported by Engineering News-Record. The 1940 volume, $3,987,243,000, topped the previous peak of 1929 by 1 per cent, and exceeded 1939 by 33 per cent.

Private and public construction awards both participated in the gains. The public volume set a new high mark, gaining 34 per cent over the 1939 total, but at the same time private contract awards climbed to the highest point reached in a decade.

past eight years by such Government measures as insurance of savings and bank deposits and curbs on speculation, Mr. Hancock emphasized.

During National Thrift Week, many financial institutions will set aside days for special observances such as "ParentTeacher Association Duyl' "Own Your Home Day," "fnsurance Day," and "save Through Wise Buying Day," r'vith sponsorship by separate groups. They will tell how periodic savings increase steadily with the aid of earnings regularly compounded.

"Prior to the war, celebration of an annual 'World Thrift Day' had spread to twenty-eight countries, r'vith the back' ing of some 5500 savings institutions," Mr' Hancock recalled. "ft was coordinated by the International Thrift Institute, founded in Milan in 1925. The present disruption of these activities should give added impetus to the American week for encouragement to saving."

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OBITUARIES

Benjamin E. Smith

Benjamin Edrvard Smith, assistant manager of the Lone Pine Lumber & Supply Company, Lone Pine, Calif., passed away Wednesday morning, December 11, at the Lone Pine Hospital, following an accidental gunshot rvound in the leg. As he opened the door of a friend's automobile the night before, a loaded gun fell out and exploded. Mr. Smith was 29 years of age.

He had been connected rvith the Lone Pine Lumber & Supply Company since 1930, and advanced from yard work to assistant manager. He rvas a charter member of the Elks Lodge of Bishop, and had been elected Chancellor Commander for the coming year of Mt. Whitney Post, Knights of Pythias.

He is survived by his widou', Dorothl' Mae Smith; a son, David Warner Smith; his father, Willis F. Smith; and two sisters, Mrs. Ann Palmer and Mrs. Ruth Phillips. Funeral services were held at Lone Pine on December 13.

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dearer, passed away in Orange Cove, Calif., on December 18, following a long illness.

Mr. Frane, w'ho'ivas the ou'ner of the Orange Cove I-umber Co., was born in Tingley, Iowa,67 vears ago. ITe came to California in 1910, worked in his uncle's lumber yard in Reedley for four years and inl9l4 founded the Orange Cove Lumber Co. Up to the time he became ill he was prominent in civic affairs.

He is survived by his widorv, Mrs. Lura Frane, four sons, Dale of Palo Alto, Clarence o{ Alameda, Frank of Orange Cove and Ralph of Sanger, and one daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Gerholdt of Oakland.

Mrs. lda Helen Frese

Mrs. Ida Helen Frese, widor,v of the late William F'rese, San Francisco lumber exporter, and mother of Otto W. Frese, San Francisco lumberman, passed away in San Anselmo, Calif., on December 28.

X[rs. Frese rn'as born in San Francisco 83 years ago.

Hush J. Bailey

Hugh J. Bailey, sales manager of the Saginaw Timber Company, Aberdeen, Washington, died suddenly at his home on December 17. Mr. Bailey, r,vho had been prominent in the shingle industry for many years, was born in Janesville, Wis., 52 years ago and came to Grays Harbor 38 years ago. He had been l,ith Saginaw Timber Company since 1917.

He is survived by his widor.v, Mrs. Cassie C. Bailey and two daughters, Florence and Gertrude Bailey.

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The nerv fir mill of Rosboro Luml.rer Cornpany, Springfield, Oregon, is said to be one of the most rnodern manufacturing plants on the Pacific Coast.

An outstanding feature of this plant is the low-cost stacking. unstacking and drying of lumber. The Moore Automatic Lumber Stacker stacks the boards flat edge-toedge, u'hile the Moore Automatic Unstacker breaks dolvn the boards on the dry conveyor chain.

Only three men are required to stack ancl unstack the lumber. One man operates the Moore Automatic Lumber Stacker; another man places the stickers, and the third man operates tl.re Moore Automatic Unstacker after the lumber is kiln dried.

The lumber is brought in unit carrier packages from the green chains to the Moore Autornatic Stacker.

The H-O Tilting Hoist raises and tilts the unit package. The boards move from the tilting hoist on tiering chains in layers 9 feet rvide (the rvidth of the kiln loads) and are stacked edge-to-edge.

The automatic stacker list is autornatically lou,'ered and kept at constant level as tl-re lurnber is stacked.

An attachment is provided so that all stickers are placed in exact vertical alignment.

The kiln loads are stacked 9 feet

Top: Unit pccktrges oI lumber atcndiuE in Iront ol ihe tilting hoi:t. recrdy to be raired to the gtccLer. Center: Lumber rnoving lrom the tilting hoirt lo lhe qutomqtic slccLer by the tiering chcrine. Lower: Autoartrlic unstqcker cnd mech<rnicql rq}e.of, device.

Low-Cost Stacking and Drying of Lumber at Rosboro Lumber Company's Ne* Mill

The lcrge piclure shows loqdE ol lurnber under lhe

u'ide and l0 feet high, and are transferred to the dry kilns with electric power transfer car having pulling attachmeut for loading and unloading the kilns.

After the lumber is kiln dried, it is transferred by the same power transfer car to the Moore Automatic lJnstacker, rvhere the dry lumber is pulled off onto dry chains 'rvith automatic rake-off attachment.

The unstacker is located adjacent to the stacker, and the stickers are transferred from the unstacker to the stacker by means of overhead conveyor chains. It will thus be seen that only three men are employed for stacking and unstacking.

The Rosboro plant is equipped 'with six Moore CrossCirculation Kilns, each 14x104 feet. The buildings are of tile construction. These six kilns have a daily drying capacity of 90,000 feet of Douglas Fir. By having six dry kiln units, the company is able to segregate the lumber as to grade and thickness and dry to any moisture content desired.

Each kiln is ecluipped with a Moore Autographic NIaster Controller, u.hich controls and records the drying conditions at each end of the kiln independentlv, ar.rd also automatically controls the ventilation.

The complete ecluipment, including lumber stackers and uustackers, and dry kilns, ll'as designed and manufactured by Moore Dry Kiln Company.

On the dry chains, the lumber is double and trimmed and then sorted as to length and grade, and delivered by carrier unit packages either to the planing mill or to the rough dry shed.

Both green lumber and kiln dried lumber is housed on kiln trucks under shade to protect it from outside rveather. The dry storage shed is located between the kilns and planing mill and is 110 feet wide by 2X) feet long, and has a holding capacity of six million feet.

T. W. Rosborough, president of Rosboro Lumber CompanJ', purchased a large body of old growth fir timber, south

slorage ahed cfter being kiln dried. Lower lelt: End view ol dry kilns cmd electric trqneler ccr. Lower righh Control room oI the dry kilns.

of the McKenzie River in Western Central Oregon about two years ago. Last year he supervised the building of this new mill. This strean,line operation rvill produce 25 million feet of lumber per year, running on one shift. The mill's output r,vill be sold principally to the retail lumber yard trade in the Middle West and East.

Before coming to Oregon, Mr. Rosborough rvas general manager of the Caddo River Lumber Company, which he organized in 1906 witih W. E. Cooper, M. R. Smith of Kansas City, and others. The first sarvmill r,r'as completed at Rosboro, Arkansas, and mills were later built at Glenwood and Forester, Arkansas. Only the Forester mill is in operation today.

Other officers of this company are W. E. Cooper, vicepresident; B. S. Cole, secretary-treasurer; Charles G. Atkinson, sales manager. R. T. Watts is plant superintendent; Vernon Williams, logging engineer and O. K. Epperson is kiln operator.

Convention Dates

J"r. l4-16-Northwester.n Lumbermen's Ass'n, Xfinneapolis, Minn.

Jar. fu22-\[ountain States Lumber Dealers Ass'n, Denver, Colo.

Ja.. 2l-23-Kentucky Lumber & Supply Dealers Ass'n, Louisville.

Jan. 21-23-Northeastern Retail Lumbermen's Ass'n, New York.

Jan. 28-3f-'Southwestern Lum b erm en's Association, Wichita, Kan.

Jan. 29-3l-Ohio Association of Retail Lumber Dealers, Columbus.

Feb. 4- Li\{ichigan Retail Lumber Dealers Ass'n, Gran<l Rapids.

Feb. 5- 7-lowa Retail Lumbermen's Association, Des Moines.

Feb. 1l-l3-Illinois Lumber and Material Dealers Association,Chicago.

Feb. l8-ZG-Wisconsin Retail Lumbernren's Association. Milwaukee.

Feb. ?0-Z?-Western Retail Lumberrnen's Association. Seattle.

Feb. ZG8-Nebraska Lumber Merchants' Association, Omaha-

Mar. l2-14-Louisiana Retail Lumber Dealers Association. New Orleans.

April 8-10-Lumbermen's Association of Texas, Galveston.

CAPTURES HOLDUP MAN

Ernest Hemington, employe of Eureka Sash Door & Moulding Mills, San Fiancisco, had a fortunate escape when a jewel thief he was attempting to capture took a shot at him in dorvntown San Francisco recently

Mr. Hemington, who gave chase when he saw the gun in the robber's hand, was unhurt by the shot, grappled again with the robber, a two-time loser from Texas, and held him until policemen arrived.

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Hcrmony is expressed in the clean cut lines ol this lovely five-room home, which is most foiendly cnd inviting.

Ol specicrl interest is the convenient entry with coct closet, the small center hall crflording eqsy cccess lrom ecrch room to bcrth cnd the lovely cornerdinette which opens into both living room crnd kitchen.

This home wcs selected lrom the "Modern Low Cost Homes" book issued by the E. M. Dernier Service Burecu, 3443 Fourth Avenue, Los Angeles, Ccrlilornia, whose plcnning service is under the direct supervision oI Wm. E. Chcrdwick, Registered Structurcrl Engineer.

Reports Loan Volume for November

Chicago, January 11-Continuing in November their substantial margin of lending over the like month of tlie previous year, savings, building and loan associations throughotrt the country loaned $94,567,W, the United States Savings and Loan League reported today. Paul Endicott, Pomona, California, president of the League, said that the proportion of the institutions' advances going into construction of new homes, $1.00 out of each $2.9() loaned in November, was larger than in any month of the first half of the year.

Money u'ith which to buy existing homes was in slightly .greater demand with these thrift and home financing institutions as the winter season approached than was money to build ner'v ones, Mr. Endicott said. While lending $32,584,0@ to pay for new homes, they advanced $33,875,000 to pay for existing ones. Although somewhat ofi from the peak months of late summer and fall, the November volume of advances for both these purposes was well above that of any month of 1939, and construction loans amounted to some $6,000,000 more than in November a year ago.

Ohio, Illinois and California rvere the three ranking states in total of savings and loan advances for all purposes during the month, in the same order as they were a year ago.

Analysis of the November loans and the purpose for rvhich they were made f'ollows:

Hold Open House

Hammond Lumber Com,pany recently held open house at their Canoga Park yard when guests inspected the nerv offices which they have built after rearranging their yard. These offices are modern and very attractive. The lower sider,valls are of Redwood, and above the woodwork the walls are of Nuwood. The ceiling is of paneled Nur'vood. The counters are all of Redwood beautifully grained and surfaced with linoleum tops. In the manager's office the walls are of Redwood finished in white. All the windorv trim is of Redwood. Venetian blinds have been used on all windows and doors.

Dick Speer is manager of the yard.

SOUTH GATE BUILDING SHOWS BIG GAIN

Housing space for many families u'as provided in South Gate by the building program carried on there during last year. Fifteen hundred and twenty-one of the residential projects were single-family dwellings and the remaining 161 were multiple-unit homes, apartment-houses and courts, according to figures released by Building Inspector J. H'. Woods.

For 194O, the building permits totaled $5,166,541. Of this amount $4,606,105 represented the construction of neu' residences.

The vear's total far exceeds any other in South Gate's I7-year history and eclipses the combined 1938 and 1939 records.

CHANGE IN NAME

Builders Supply Co., El Centro, Calif., has changed its name to Latham Lumber Company. Hugh C. Latham is the proptietor.

CHARLIE MILLER CALIFORNIA VISITOR

L. A. COUNTY PERMITS

Building permits in the unincorporated area of Los Angeles County showed an increase of better than $9,00O,000 during 1940 as compared to the preceding year.

Statistics compiled by the Department of Building and Safety showed a volume of $41,016,920 as compared to $31,856,397.

Charlie Miller of the Youngs Bay Lumber Co., Warrenton, Ore., rvas a California visitor during the holiday season, and as is l-ris usual annual cnstom attended the Rose Bowl football game at Pasadena.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS

D. C. Essley and D. C. Essley & Son announce the removal of their offices to 9@ Atlantic Blvd., Los Angeles, room 210, efiective Januarv l,1941. The telephone number is ANgelus 2-II83.

WANTED_POSITION BY LUMBERMAN

Thoroughly experienced from stump to consumer, including sales, costs, balance sheets, accounting in every detail, retail or wholesale. Also licensed building contractor. Best references. Bond if necessary. Free to go anywhere. Married, no children. Non-drinker. Address Box C-845 California Lumber Merchant.

PLANING MILL FOR SALE

For sale, fully equipped Planing Mill-East Bay District. In live town with plenty of business. Good proposition. $5000.00 will handle. Address Box C-556 California Lumber Merchant.

FOR SALE_

Lumber Yard and Hardware Store stock valued at $35,00G-Equipment $5,000. Will rent or sell real estate. Good business. Owner retiring. Address Box C-557, California Lumber Merchant.

Gets Big Contract

A $1,351,642 contract to Ford J. Thwaits Co. and the Morrison-Knudsen Co. of Los Angeles, for construction of miscellaneous buildings at Fort Ord was announced January 1O by the War Department in Washington.

At the same time the National Defense Advisory Commission revealed that contract awards for plant expansion, construction and equipment t<ltaling more than $37,000,000 have been placed in Southern Caliornia.

The awards:

Douglas Aircraft, for plant expansion, $11,254,700.

Vultee Aircraft, plant expansion, $4,294,798.

Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro, shipbuilding facilities, $4.006,000.

I-os Angeles Shipbuilding Co., San Pedro, expansion of plant facilities, $850,000.

Consolidated Aircraft, San Diego, plant expansion, $17,536.973.

FHA DEMAND CONTINUES

The nerl, year is getting off to a good start in residential building under Federal Housing Administration inspection in Southern California, according to Capt. Wilson G. Bingham, district director.

Close to 300 applications for the insurance of nerv home mortgages under Title 2 were received by the local FHA office during the opening short week. In addition, 17 applications lvere received for insurance of ner,v small home mortgages under Title l.

POSITION WANTED

Wide-awake, all-around man. Now manager of small yard in Southern California. Experienced sales' man, estimator, credits, bookkeeper, all-around office man. Will accept subordinate position with opportunity. Will go anywhere. Age 45, excellent health. Address Box C-835, California Lumber Merchant.

WILL BUY INTEREST IN LUMBER BUSINESF

Want to buy an interest in retail yard or wholesale lumber business in Los Angeles area. Will want to be an active partner. Address Box C-559 California Lumber Merchant.

LUMBER YARDS FOR SALE

We have a number of good yards in Southern California for sale. Twohy Lumber Co., Lumber Yard Brokers, EOl Petroleum Building, Los Angeles. Telephone PRospect E746

FHA Applications Reach New Peak

Washington, Jan. 11.-The Federal Housing Adrninistration reported today that applications for rnortgage insurance reached a new peak last year, invol.r'ing loans totaling $99O,2593@ on 214981 new homes. This was an increase of 26 per cent in dollar value and 31 per cent in number of homes over the previous high mark reached in 1939, the FHA said.

In addition, the FHA insured loans totaling more than $20,000,000 for homes to be built under Title I of the act, t'hich limits such loans to $2500.

During December, applications for mortgage insurance covering 12,942 homes rvere received, compared u'ith 14,068 in November and lO,?79 in December,1939, the agency said.

INDICATIONS POINT TO BRISK BUILDING YEAR

Washington, Jan. ll.-Wide gains over a year ago in recent FHA home mortgage insuring activities indicate that residential building will get off to a fast start this year, Federal Housing Administrator Abner H. Ferguson said today.

During December, applications for mortgage insurance on new homes to be built under FHA inspection increased 24 per cent over the like period of 1939, as compared rvith a 13 per cent gain in November.

STOPS CLOGGING

To protect dor,vnspouts and gutters from becoming clogged with leaves and debris, place a u'ire screen of either galvanized steel or copper at tl-re top of the gutter.

BI]YBB9S GI]IDD SAN T'BAITOISOO

LUMBER

Atbiorcn-Stutz Coupuy' rii uulrt st-t .-.'..............G&ficld l80c

Botrtavsr-Mm l.ubc Co525 MerL.t Str.ot...'..... -.. ".... EXbrooB'715

Dmt & Rur:cll lnc., - sst-Mlr|3ct stFi'.................GArficH ta92

Dolbcr & Crrm Lunbcr Co., t?t Morchsb Exchu3c Bldg.'....SUttc ?{51

GuGrrtotr & Grm, IE.o Aruy strut..................'Atwata l30e

Hall. Juo l... l'032 MiU. -gUg......... '... ....SUttcr 7521

llrnn6ad Rodwood CmPrnY' au MoDtrmcry Sttt t......'.....DOuder 33tt

Hobbr Well Lunbr Ca' 2350 Jcrrold Avouc.............'..Mlrdoo 00|l

Holncr Eurdra Lmbcr Co., iiii ftouciit Cmt6 Bild8........GArisld l92l

C. D. Joham Lub.r Corpontioq 26e Cdilnrh Sa6t...............GArllcld @5t

Carl H. Kuhl Lunbc Co, O, L. Rurum, ll2 Mrrtct 3trct...YUlon ll6c

LUMBER

LUMBER

Lamon-Bonnington Company lri calltomi. stnt......:.........GArfi.|d SSSr

MacDonald & Harrln3ton, Ltd..

16 Callfornia St. ..................GArfie|d 6393

Pacific Lmbcr Co., Thc lo0 Bush Strcd..,,..........,.,...GArfiGId ffEr

Popc & TalboT Inq, Lunb.r Divirfm, {61 Mukct StnGt..........,......Dougtat 255f

Rcd Rivcr Lubcr Co.,

315 Monadnocl Bldg...............GArncld 09z

Santa Fc Lumbcr Co.,

16 Callfonia Strct......,........,ExbruL 2O7{

Shevlin Plnc Salcr Colllil0 Monadnock Bldc............,Exbmo& 70ll

Suddan ll Chrlrtmron, 310 Sumurc Strct............,...GArficld 2t{6

Union Lumber Co., Croclcr Bulldlng .........,.,...,,..SUttGr aUO

Wcndling-Nathu C,o.

llC Mar|.ct Stnlf ..,................SUtt r SLlt

Wcet Orcaon Lubcr Ca., 1995 Evrn. Avo. ............,.,...4Tvrtc 5a?t

E. K. Wood Lumbc Co., I Drum Sir6t......,........,..,EXbm& Strf

Wcycrbauror Sdcr Co. ll9 Callfomia Str..t.,....,......,.G^rfiGld tCrl

OAITLANI)

Gamcnton & Grun' fth Avmu Piir..."......'........Hlgatc 2255

Gomu Lunbc 6t

lC2t Tlddtt r Avmuc.'....'....ANdovcr l0e

Hill & Morton. lnc., -Diutro Sitt t Wbrrf..'..'......ANdovcr l07l

Horu Lmbcr CmPanY. -2nd & Allo StE tr.:."..'..'..Gl.cnourt 66tl

Rcd Rlrcr Lubcr Co.. - rr Finucld CdtG; Bldg...'..'TWinoakr 3400

E. K. Wood Luobc C-., - Fredcric& & Ktng Stirctt.......FRuitYaL 0u2

LUMBER

Anrlo Calilomla Lmbcr Co ' -'dss -eTt' FG';;;".;;:.

HARDWq)DS AND PANEI.S

Marir Plywod Corporation, t|| rfth strct.....,...........MArkct dtas-azaa

Whitr Brcthcr!,Fifth and Brannu Strcct3....'....'SUtt r lt05

SASH-D(X)RS-PLYWOOD

\l/heler Oagood Salee Corporatio, 3O{5 rgth Strcet...,...............VAlencia 22'll

CREOSOTED LUMBER-POLESPTLING-TIES

A,mcrlcan Lunbcr & Trcetln3 Co.' 116 Ncw Montgomcry Strot.... ...SUtlGr 1225

Butqr. J. H. & Co.. 3':t' Montgom.ry Strat.. '. .....DOuglar lEt3

Hall. Janor L'. i|3z Mtur Bldr.... .SUttcr 752t

PAN ENS

Crlifomia Bulldcr Supply Co. ?O 6th Avmu ....HIt!t. .016

Hogu Lumbor Copmy, Znd ti Allca Strcctr....... ... .' .' Cl.cncourt Ct6l

Wcrtm Door & Sarh 6.' sth & Cypru strc.b..'.'.....TEmplcbar E{ll0

HARDWOODS

Whitc Brethcn, 50o High Strct...........'........ANdovcr l60C

LOS ANGBLDS

LUMBER

HARDWOODS

THornwgll 3lr,l

Atklnen-Stutz Cmpany, 62t Pctrolcm Bld8..............,PRorpcct {3{l

Burnr Luobor Conpuy, 9135 Cbulcvlllc Blvd., (Brvorly Hlllr) ....'..........BRadrhaw 2-3ilEE

Drnt & Rurrcll, Inc.' l5l5 E. Scvotb Strut....,........TRlnlty 675?

Dolbcr & Carm Lmbcr Co., 901 Fid.llty 81d3...................vAndikc t?92

Hrmmorrd Rrdw@d Conpuy, fo8f S. Bro.drrly......,..........PRo.Fct 1333

Hobbr Wall Lumbcr Co., @5 Roran B|ds......,....'....,....TRlnlty 506t

Holnce Eurc&a Lmbcr Co.. ?!r-Zu Archlt6tr Bldg...........,.Mutual gltl

Hovcr, rL L5225 Wl|rhtrc 81vd....................YOrL rrCE

C. D. Johnm Lmbcr @rporatl,on, 6$ Parclctrn B1d9...............PRo.pet uts

Lawrcncc-Philip l$bcr Co., dl3 Pctrclcum Bldg............,...PRoepcct El71

MacDonald & Htrinrton, Ltd. Pctrclcun Building ...............PRorpcct 3fa

Paclfic Lubcr Co., Thc, 5225 Wtlthiru Blvd. ..................YOrt rr6t

Pattcn Blha Lunbcr Cr., 5zr E. trl Strrt..................VAndikc 2321

Popc & Tebot, Inc. Lunbcr aar W. FilrL sb..t..,.....

Red Rivcr Lumbcr Co., 702 E. Slausn.. .CEnturY 29CZl l0itl S. Brodway'....'.".'......PRorpcct Ctll

Rcltz Co- E. L$3 P;tretclrtr 81dr......'........PRo.FGt a|0

Santa Fc Lunbcr Co.' 3ll Flnuclal Cotcr Btdg........VAndikc llTl

Shcvlin Plna Salcr Co, 330 Pctrolom B|dg............'..PRospcct l0l5

Suddcn & Cbrlrtcnron. 630 Bmrd of Tradc nldg.... .'.'TRlnitv tE{l

Tacoma Lumbc Salor, {23 Potrclum Bldir.....'.........PRorpct lllt

Union Lumb* Co..

923 W. M. Garland Bldg. ..........TRinltv 22tZ

Wcndllnr-Nathu Cr-

5225 ll/llthirc BIvd...................'YOrl ffat

Wcrt OrGgon Lrmba Co. 42? Prtrclsum Bldf...,........,,Rlchmd 0ztf

Wilkinon and Buoy, 3lS W. 9th Strct..................TRini9 l6t3

E. K. Wood Lumbcr Co., 4?01 Smta Fc Avanue...,..,.....JEfrcrron 3lll

Weyerhaeurer Salcr Co., 920 W. M. Garlud Bldg.........Mlchigu 635l

CREOSOTED LUMB ER_POLES-PILINGTIES

Amcrican Lumbcr & Trcatint Co., r03l S. Brcadway........'........PRopcct lStl

Bartcr, J. H. & Co., 601 Wrd srh Str..t..............Mtchirea @!l

Cadwalladcr-Gibon Co., Inc., 3628 E. Otymplc Blvd.,.. .,..... ..rlN3clue lllll Stuton. E. J. & Son, 2lil'Eert $th Strut ............CEtttuct t2U

Wcdcm Herdwood Lurnbcr Co., 201,1 L tsth Strct....,..,'......PRorpoct tl3l

SASH-DqtRll-MIIJWORK

PANEIJ AND PLYWq)D

California Dmr 6mpeny. Thr Zlt-zal Cmtrrl Avc........'.......TRInlty 7{|l

Califomla Pud & Vcnmr Co., 955 S. Alucdr Strc.t .....'.....TRhitt|6t

Cobb Co- T. M., 5t0l Cmtral Avonu...,.,.........ADur llll?

Eubanl & Son. lnc., L. H. (lnglcwod) r0r0 E. HtdG Park Blvd..".....ORrgon t-ll{

Kchl. Jno. W. & Son, 652 S. Mycrr Strc.t,..,..........'.AN|lclu. tftf

MacDougdl Dor lI Plywood Co., zats E. sl.t Str6t........,........K18bd1 tlar

Orcgcn-\l/uhinrton Plywod Co. 316 l\flrt Nirrh Strut........,...TRlnlty LU

Pacific Wood Prcductr Corporation, 3501 Tybum Stroat...............,.Al'ba1y llll

Pacific Mutual Dor Co., 1600 E. Warhlngton Blvd...,...,PnoD.ct t5E3

Rcu Conprny, G6. E., 235 S. Alamcde Strat....,.,.....Mlchiru f!6a

Rcd Rlvc Lmbq Co., 712 E. Slaurn,. .CEntury 2'.'l

W!.t Colrt Sm Co., rus E. 63rd strut......,......,..4IrrD! UII

Whclq Orrpod 9alc Ccporatloo, 922 S. Flowcr Strct..,.....,......YAadlLr l3l

THAT MAN'S HERE AGAII{IIIIII

Remember him? He's your new customer of not so long ago. He's back tobuy again from the yard that gave him good advice and sold him sound material: durable Diamond-H Redrvood.

FIe's going to be a steady customer from now on. You gave him a square deal last time, because you sho'rrzed him the thrifty way to buy-shovrred him horv to fi.gure cost in terms of years of service-sho'rrzed him horw Hammond Redrvood rvould

keep on protecting his home and his purse for many years to come.

Your yard was a real qzinner in that transaction. Besides making a good sale, you made a real friend. You have his good rvill nour because you deserved it.

Nour here he comes again. See he's rvell served-and a sure !\zay to do that is to see he gets the same good Diamond-H Redrvood he got before.