The California Lumber Merchant - January 1946

Back in the "good old days" when Western Hardwood was established, there wat'less bookkeeping, few taxes'and five cent beer. but there were other problems that have taken forty years of experience, expansion and research to eliminate. \Me're miqhty proud of this background. but prouder still oi the fact that it enables us to render our customcrs a finer service and more cornplete stocks of finer hardwood iumber, as eil as an or,rtstanding line of new hardwood plywood products such as Veriply Panellinq and Roddis' craft Doors and Door Urrits.

Gelo-Siding Provides

AII 4 in l Application

Celo-Siding's 4 major advantages in 1 material are unmatched when the situation calls for speedy, economical construction.

That's why more and more dealers are pushing CeloSiding where the housing shortage is acute. The reward is profits-because in these days of shortages you can d.elioer Celo-Siding. Obviously, you can build more in less time when there is but one material. Vhen CeloSiding is nailed to the framework and caulked, the fob is finished. That means a saving in labor, too.

Vhat's more, Celo-Siding requires no painting, no maintenance. Its mineral-granule surface presents a good looking, durable finish that withstands rain, snow, sleet and broiling sun.

Equally important is the remarkable insulating value of Celo-Siding. It provides heat-retarding walls that make the interiors warmer in winter, cooler in summer, easier to heat and ventilate,

All Celo-Siding's 4 advantages add up to sales and profits, not only as ,be matetial for quick-built lfrouses, but also

for garages, warehouses, farm buildings and factories. Drop a note to The Celotex Corp., Dept. CLM-L46, Chicago l, Illinois, for full particulars on Celo-Siding.

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Tongue and Groove ioint on long edges of 2 ft. x I ft. panels.

Core of genuine Celotex Cane Fibre Board furnishes structural strength and insulation.

All edges and sides sealed against moisture by coating of asphalt.

Extra coating of asphalt on exterior side.

Exterior surface of firmly imbedded mineral granules, providing durable, colorful 6nish.

Colors: Green or Bufftone,

Sizes: s/s" thickness-4 ft. x 8 ft. with square edges, /s" thickness-2 ft. x 8 ft. u'ith T & G joints on long edges.

Ze" thickness-4 ft. x 8 ft. and 4 ft, x lo ft. rvith square edges.

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Lamon-Bonnington Company -----------------Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co.,----------------,-------Long-Bell Lumber Co.--.--------.--.--. Lumberments Credit Asbociation--------------------

Masonite Corporation Mahogany fmporting Co.-----------------Mengel Company, The--------------. Michigan-California Lumber Co.-----------------Moore Dry Kiln Co.---------

I. E. MARTIN Mcrncging Editor

W. T. BTACK

THE CALIFOR}IIA LUMBERMERCFTANT JackDionne,prblishu

How Lumber Lrooks

Klamath Falls, Jan. 2-The striking A.F. of L. lumber workers and Klamath Basin operators announced ratification of an agreement for a 15 cent \ rage increase. About 2,5@ men are involved. The settlement establishes a $I.02% hourly minimum, and the agreement ended the three month old strike in the pine belt region.

Ltrmber shipments of 402 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer were 1.9 per cent below productiorr for the week ending December 22, 1945. In the same week new orders of these mills were 9.9 per cent below production. Unfilled order files of the reporting mills amounted to 86 per cent of stocks. For reporting softwood mills, unfilled orders are equivalent to 29 days' production at the current rate, and gross stocks are equivalent to 32 days' production.

For the year to date, shipments of reporting identical mills exceeded production by 3.7 per cent; orders by 5.8 per cent.

Compared to the average corresponding week of 19351939 production of reporting mills was 14.3 per cent less; shipments were.1 per cent less; orders were 31.7 per cent less.

The Western Pine Association for the week of December 22, 85 mills reporting, gave orders as 20,072,ffi feet,

shipments 19,088,000 feet, and production 17,997,000 [eet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 208.304.000 feet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended December 29,79 units (129 mills) reporting, gave orders as 5,211,000 feet, shipments 8,036,000 feet, and production 7,809,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 82,414,000 feet.

The California Redwood Association for the month of November, 1945, reported production of 13 operations as 33,442,m0 feet, shipments 28,019,000 feet, and orders received 31,709,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the month totaled 85,572,N0 teet.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended December 29, 153 mills reporting, gave orders as 54,514,000 feet, shipments 46,772,000 feet, and production 35,824,000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end oI the week totaled 612,338,000 feet.

Portlqnd Mill Quits

Eastern & Western l,umber Co., Portland, having cut all their timber, shut down for good in December after having been in continuous operation for 45 years.

\Teldwood Hardwoods lend just that extra touch so often needed to close a sale for either a new house or a remodeling job and aggressive dealers are profiting by pointing this out to their customers.

All \Teldwood Hardwoods, as well as'Weldtex* (striated \7eldwood) come in big, easy-to-handle panels 4 x 8 feet. They are installed quickly, easily-and once erected require almost no maintenance. They are pernzanent walls -

Weld.utood. Plytuood' Panels are guaranteed. for tbe lile of any structilre in ttbich tbey are used',

You are invited to visit the display rooms in any of the offces listed below. There you can inspect the many beautiful woods or obtain complete information.

'Registered U. S Patent Office.

Practically every hardwood is on the '$Teldwood list from fine domestic walnuts, oaks and birches, to exquisite imports, such as mahogany, teak and satinwood.

o Close*P shouting hotu tbe *niq*e lV'eUtex s*rface creates cbanget of sbad'ine, as ligbt bits tbe ualls fron difterent anglet.

Statement on the Housing Probl em

Bv S. L. Forrest, President, National Retail Lumber Dealers Associarion

No group connected with supplying the homes of the nation is more fully arvare of the shortage of homes than the 25,000 retail lumber dealers located in every torvn and hamlet of the nation, for they are normally responsible for 6O per cent to 70 per cent of the housing built.

I-umber dealers are now l>uilding up to the limit of materials and labor, but these at present are inadequate.

It is our belief that the labor shortage will correct itself as more men are released from the services, but the material shortage still depends largely on. the actions of government.

OPA, while set up to serve a worthy cause, is, by its lack of practical and realistic application of sound policies, materially holding back production.

OPA's pricing policy is still largely the same as before V-J Day. In all the major species, except one, it has exactly the same price schedule in effect now that it used in getting production for war supplies. The industry has pleaded with OPA to revise this policy and put the ernphasis on the items needed for home building, rather tl-ran things needed for shipbuilding, boxing, crating, etc., but to no avail. OPA refuses to take suggestions on this point from the grorlps lvho actually produce the homes, preferring rather to follow its own unrealistic policy which is the greatest single factor today blocking the solution of the lumber shortage problem.

The lumber dealers have not fought OPA and price ceilings up to now, but we feel that our first duty is to those who need homes. We have now come to a critical position where we must tell the public the real truth. OPA must be made to change its policy, or it must be done away with. Nothing will head off inflation like production of housing

and this is what we must have. Nothing must be allowed to stand in the way.

The most potent lobby in Washington today is the OPA lobby and those supporting socialized housing. These groups are determined to keep controls in their hands rather than give private industry such assistance as government can. This is a time when all forces in the nation must work together to get housing, and Congress will have to step in and reform OPA or kill it. It is our belief that its reformation at the present time would be preferable, but its "obstructionistic" policies must be stopped if we are to produce houses in volume. It is unfortunate when a government agency gets so far away from the constructive course for which it was set up by Congress. However, since Congress set it up, Congress can force a change of policy, or it can do away with the office. The way it now operates, the remedy is worse than the disease.

It remains to be seen what the proposed priority for veterans will accornplish. The crying need, however, is production and all other moves, at best, are only sedatives and stop-gap measures. W.ith OPA rests the greatest responsibility for production. The retail lumber dealers hope the OPA can be made to realize this, and forced to act before the wrath of the American people and Congress forces its abolition.

Export of lumber should be stopped until the critical housing shortage is relieved.

No industry should be given a price advantage over housing-and this is now being done. Railroads are an example of this.

The NRLDA membership has been and still is behind any practical program that will lead to production of the maximum number of homes. Ffomes must be built for our returning veterans. It must be remembered, however, that rve can only build up to the supply of materials available.

Government must recognize that homes are built by taking appropriate action and not by giving lip service to an industry. Ideologies must not be allowed to interfere with constructive action.

JurinV E tuttr "/ BOYAL OAIT FLOOBS

For fifteen years this beautiful hardwood floor has been a joy and pride to the owner will continue so for dozens of years to corne. Here's why:

With Royal Oak Flooring the ownel got the bestr- gra-de^for grade, that rnoney could buy. Vith kiln-dried lurnber for all frarnework and sub-floors, he got the cheapest as well as the best oofloor insurancett he could buy. Consequently, there has been no shrinking or swelling of joists and subfloor boards to cup or to spring the joints in the finished floors. Nowo with but ordinary care' the beauty and serviceability of his Royal Oak Floors are insured for the life of the dwelling. It goes without saying that the dealer on this job profited by the irttttredirte sale has profited rnany tirnes over by the good will won!

Ae rapidly is we regain volurne production y-ou- can -obtain ,prernier q-uality Royal-Oal Flooring in all standard grades aq4 sizes. It n."y be-sh-ipped-with Oak Plank Floorin!, Beech, Pecan and Pine Flooring (end-rnatched) and Oak and Gurn Trirn and Mouldings. Ask our n€arest sales reprcsentative, or address:

Appointed Southern California Sales American Stevedore Co. Operates Agents for Gerlinger Products

Redwood City Lumber Terminal

the plant and other services

The telephone numbers are view 5-2424.

Frank Burnaby, well known for twenty years as president of the Sun Lumber Company of Beverly Hills, Calif., oDnounces the appointment of himself and Stanley Williams as exclusive sales agents in Southern California for Gerlinger lumber carriers and lift trucks.

Offices have been established aL 460 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, adjoining the plant of the Sun Lumber Company, where actual demonstrations of this equipment is available to interested parties. A complete supply of parts will be kept available at rvill be rendered to purchasers.

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The Gerlinger lift trucks and carriers have been manufactured for many years by the Dallas Machine & Locomotive Works of Dallas, Oregon.

The return from thirty-eight months' army service of Frank Burnaby's son, llomer, to his old position as vice president and general manager of the Sun Lumber Company allows Frank the time to pursue his long standing interest in labor and time-saving devices.

Stanley Williams is a native of Southern California and is a graduate of the University of Southern California, class of 1936, where he majored in marketing and advertising. Joining the Army Air Forces in 194O, he was director of flying at Williams Field in Arizona, holding the rank of Major. Ife was placed on inactive duty last October. He is a thorough mechanic and is familiar with the machines he is marketing and servicing through actual operations and training at the factory.

The Dallas Machine & Locomotive Works is starting an advertising program in The California Lumber Merchant and their ad in this issue appears on the opposite page.

The American Stevedore Company of San Francisco has been authorized by the Commissioners of the Port of Redwood City, Calif. to handle all the lumber, lumber products and other building materials coming 'into the Port, and to operate their lumber terminal.

The Port has a very good dock, and rail facilities. It has an area of 40 acres for lumber storag'e, and large warehous'es for storage of dry lumber, wood froducts and building materials.

American Stevedore Company's service includes ship discharging, car unloading, car loading, stevedoring, and local or long distance hauling.

They operate 50 pieces of equipment consisting of lumber straddle carriers, lift trucks, trucks, trailers, semitrailers and whirly truck cranes.

This company has been in business since 1886. In their San Francisco operation they have 25 acres of storage space at their headquarters at Pier 92, wilh water and rail transpdrtation facilities.

Hugh J. McPhee is president, and the management is in the capable hands of his two sons, Hugh G. McPhee and Charles A. McPhee

Scn Frqncisco Lumbermen's Club Will Hold Luncheon loinuory 22

The next luncheon meeting of the San Francisco Lumbermen's Club, sponsored by San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9, will be held in the Concert Room. Palace Hotel, San Francisco, on Tuesday, January 22, at 12:19 p.m.

Buys Spculding Co. Properties

Timber holdings, logging and lumber operations, and equipment of the Charles K. Spaulding Logging Co., Portland, which has operated in Oregon for 55 years, have been purchased by the Oregon Pulp & Paper Co., Salem, Ore.

The transaction includes 100 million feet of standing timber in western Polk county i trucks and logging equipment, sash and door factory and retail yard at McMinnville, Ore. The deal also includes about 55,000 acres of logged-off land.

We Are Making Good Progress

At this plcrnt we will have every modern lcrcility new ycrd, which hcrs qn crecr oI five crcres, qnd lor supplying the trcrde, when stocks cre avqilan idecrl loccrtion able wilh

With the rebuilding qnd modernizing of our

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For large or small lumber operational set-ups ...{:here's a Gerlinger Carrier and Lift Truck tailored to that need! Gerlinger boasts greater speed, maneuverability, durability,..lesser cost.

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Availcrble in 4, 5, 5 qnd 8-ton ccrpcrcities with hoisting heights lrom l4Vz to l6Vz leet (specicrl model qt 17 th teeil. Extrc hecvyduty cu<le. Extrc hecvy dillerenticrl cnd drive mount. Hydrculic brckes. Superior bcjom qnd hoist cylinders. Single lever control ol hoist crnd tilt operction. Pivot cction steeringwheel. Center pivot steering. Operctor's scrlety screen with lull-visibility lecture.

NOIE: All Gerlinger producis are built to conlorm with Cclilornic Highwcry Regulctions cmd contcrin cll scletydevices required by Colifornio Accident Commission.

Give me a mind that is not bored, That does not whimper, whine, or sigh; Don't let me worry overmuch, About that fussy thing called I; di*r. -r a sense of humor, Lord, Give me the grace to see a joke; To get some happiness from life, And pass it on to other folk.

-Anon.

Nice sentiment there. tnt" tr-" good time every year to utter the well worn prayer-"Oh Lord, please don't let me lose my sense of humor."

And then there was an.-*rlrlahey tell about who got a letter from the motor car company he had placed an order with, saying they were sorry not to be able to send him the car, but could he possibly use a picket?

Mars has five moons, , irtr. "* earth has only one. But on Christmas Day, after looking the situation over to some extent personally, I was willing to gamble that we have more moonshine here than on Mars. with all her five moons. ***

Emerson said that "the man who made the first pair of shoes, carpeted the earth with leather." For the last couple of years the earth has been mostly carpeted with halfsoles of leather. But be of good cheer. New shoes and full soles are back again.

rn case, dear friend, jorr*rolr.times dodge your own reflection in the mirror because of the lack of beauty of that mug of yours, just recall the magic lines that Walt Whitman wrote about Lincoln. He said: "fle has the face of a Hoosier Michael Angelo, so awfully ugly it becomes beautiful, with its deep-cut criss-cross lines, and doughnut complexion."

By the way, Whitman paid one of the most glorious and practical tributes to the courage of American soldiers when, during the Civil War, he served as a volunteer nurse in a great military hospital in Washington, D. C. The chief surgeon in that hospital told him that of all the men who had suffered and died there through the war, "he had still to find the first man or boy who met the approach of death with a single tremor of any unmanly fear." No wonder such a race of men are unbeatable. *<**

Elbert Hubbard said that the United States had pro-

duced two men who stand out so far beyond the rest of mankind that they form a class by themselves: Thomas A. Edison and Benjamin Franklin. Both of them started poor and humble, and by working longer, harder, and better than their fellows,*they became immortal.

Someone asked John "Mugsy" McGraw one time to tell the difference between a big league and a bush league ball player, and he said that was easy and you could tell them every time. He said that a big league player, when at bat, steps forward to meet the ball, while the bush leaguer waits for the ball to get to him. Baseball has no monopoly on that philosophy. Life's like that in every department. It applies to everything humans do, both in business and in their personal affairs. A big leaguer is one who always steps forward to meet his objectives.

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General Motors walked out on a conference with labor and the government, for no reason whatever except that they wanted to look over the books of the corporation. Strange, isn't it, that they should be so particular about little things, with nothing on earth at stake except free enterprise and private ownership?

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SOME THOUGHTS FOR THE NEW YEAR:

Pilate said unto Jesus: "What is Truth?" Truth, just at this time, is what the Congressional Investigators of the Pearl Harbor tragedy are NOT looking for. The Republicans would prove that our late President was responsible. The Democrats seek by every means to prevent such proof. If either side is seeking for Truth, that fact is hardly apparent in reports of proceedings.

We read much about free speech. Charles Bradlau,gh skillfully discussed the issue of free speech in this way: "Without free speech, no search for Truth is possible. Without free speech, no driscovery of Truth is useful. Without free speech, progress is checked, and the nations no longer march forward toward the nobler life which the future holds for man. Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech, than denial of free speech. The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race." *

There is one thing in this world that cannot be rationed. That one thing is good will. No one has yet been able to issue coupons entitling the bearer to so much soul. Good will is inside of us, and it will stay there until the last gun has been fired in the last war on earth. Subs cannot

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THE PnOVETY PLf,STIC.TIGEI' PLYWOOTD

HARBORITE is the proven plasticfaced plywoodg3s3l successfully by architects and bsilders for more than five years. Manufactured by Harbor Plywood Corporation's famous "hotpress" techniques, HARBORITE combines the strength-weight ratio of a SUPER-Harbord body panel with the smooth, hard, grainless qualities of phenol type resin-irnpregnated plastic surfaces. The whole panel is boilproof -v65ffts1p1sof. lt is a structural-closure material, resistant to abrasion and fungus growth. lt is easily worked either by hand or with power toolsand the large panel form saves time and money in construction or fabrication. Panels are of uniform thickness, assuring positive alignment in "butting" together. The mate?ial tak€s and holds all popular types of decorative finishes, can be fastened with either nails or screws, or with agproved weatherproof glues. lt is truly an "all-around" material which can help give interiors as well es exteriorr the smooth streamlined effect denranded by modern design.

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. . A svlnootb, bard, grainless material aaailable in large structural panels ideally suited fo, rnodern, streamlined arcbitectural treatment*

Standard plastic Jacing is 65/ 55. Special panels with additional plastic facing nay be manufactuied to order. Giant Jize panels are manufactured to order by ioining strndard Dan€ls with a I to I2 ratio scail joint. Giant Harborite panels nay be orderdd with additional plastic facing.

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(Continued from Page 8) sink it. Planes cannot bomb it. Guns cannot kill it. It will live as long as we have the good sense to cherish and Protectit'

Those seeking an unbeatable example of courage and ambition would do well to consider the history of an American woman, the mother of one of our Presidents. Rutherford B. Hayes was a posthumous child, born three months after his father died. He was a weakling, so much so that for many months his tife was despaired of by everyone-except his mother. She refused to give him up to what seemed like certain oblivion. And when the days were the darkest she would defiantly declare: "You wait and see ! I shall not only raise him, but I shall make him President of the United States!" On March 15th, 1877, Rutherford B. Hayes was inaugurated President. For that weak baby had become a very powerful man, had served through the Civil War and come out a General. He had strength of character as well as body and mind. When in the midst of the war (he was'wearing a colonel's eagles then) he was petitioned to come home and run for Congress from his home district, he replied (and his reply should be historical): "Thanks. I have other business now. Any man who would leave the army at this time to electioneer for Congress, ought to be scalped." So, when you seek a very wonderful example, remember the mother of Rutherford B. Hayes.

I would like to see human ingenuity and productiveness put on a premium this year-and from here on out-just as it used to be. I want to see the man who can think, and do, and work, and produce, and create, rewarded in proportion to his usefulness. I want him to be tolerant of the less able man, and help him to find a place in the picture. But it is sad to see this great nation, with its innate love for brains and virility and efficiency and usefulness put under any plan that will lessen the opportunity of the INDIVIDUAL. We cannot plant Americans like corn in rows, with the weak and the strong, the useful and less useful, the active and the lazy-all gauged, and paid, alike. That means only one thing: dry rot for the individual; loss of developed leadership for the nation.

Our hope for the future is in the individual American. Never forget that the Ten Commandments are each in the singular, and addressed to the individuals of the human race; not to mankind in the aggregate. Everything the

United States is, everything it ever was or ever did was based on the absolute independence of the individual. The submersion of the individual into groups and gangs is not Democracy-it is antithesis of Democracy. No America could ever have been built that way; and no America can continue to progress that way.

What have we been fighting for these last sad, bloody years? We've been fighting and struggling and pouring out our treasure and the blood of our youngest and best to uphold the principle of individual human liberty, and the truth that all men were created equal. That is a truth that none but a tyrant or a scoundrel ever doubted. Whoever denies that truth is either a liar and the son of a liar, or he is a damnable rascal.

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The whole history of America is the slow and painful enfranchisement of the individual. Our fathers devoted their lives and genius and spent their blood and money to founding a government for the protection of the rights of the individual man. Understanding the privileges and responsibilities of our citizenship is every American's obligation. Every farmer, when plowing the field that will rustle with corn or wheat or cotton or as he sows the field for perfumed hay, should understand that he is building the wealth of the United States. Every man who toils, whether it be with brain or brawn, should rcalize that he is doing something grander than just producing the things that his labor develops-he is keeping the wheels of civilization turning; he is building. the homes, he is making the statutes, he is painting the pictures, he is writing and printing the books and newspapers. He is helping to fill America with honor and with happiness, with love and with law.

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' Every American every day should make a declaration of independence. Every man should be absolutely free and independent, knowing only the sacred obligations of honor, affection, and loyalty to country. Let him be independent of. organization or association of every sort except his own conscience and his own brains. Let him have a clear deed in fee simple to himself, without any mortgages on the premises. For that was how America was made. It is a grand thing to be owner of yourself, a wonderful thing to protect the rights of others, a sublime thing to be just and free.

He loves his country best who strives to make it best. He is the greatest patriot who has the greatest fear that something wrong will happen to his country.

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All clong the lrontiers conquered by hcrdy pioneers, lumber hcrs recorded cr constructive past in Americc's development and its Iuture is cssured cs new uses born under stress oI wcr mqke lumber and wood products indispensable in lorming tomorrow's world.

In building homes in railrocrd construction in public works progrrcrirs in rebuilding demolished crecs in wcrrtorn nations . yes, in these and in cll phcses oI industricl expcnsion, too, lumber will blcze new trcrils clong reconversion frontiers.

Pope d Tclbot will meet this production increcrse crs soon crs conditions permit . . ecrch depcrtment gecred to expedite delivery oI lumber properly milled, properly grcded cnd properly hcrndled. . . to your complete satislcrction.

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ThePraise?

A group of business men were sitting around the lunch table one day, and they got to discussing a certain local banker. Many things were said about him, all critical. Finally, however, one of their number speaks up and utters a few lines in defense of the much criticized banker. This

Elected to Membership in C. I. oI A.

David P. Larsen, vice-president and director of Shevlin, Carpenter & Clarke Company, Minneapolis, ancl Fred L. Clearman, assistant controller of the Weyerhaeuser Tim'ber Cornpany, Tacoma, Washingtott, have been electe<l to mcmbcrship in the Controllers Institute of America. The Institute is a technical and professional organizatior-r o I controllers devoted to improvement of controllership procedure.

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occasioned considerable surprise in the circle, and one of them said:

"What are you defending this bird for? He refused you a loan when you needed it mighty badly, didn't he?"

"Yes." said the other. "but he hesitated."

New Yqrd In Hcywcrd

A. D. Arlington and G. E. Duarte have formed the Central I-uml>er & Building Supply Co. ar-rd have taken over the yard formerly operated by Quist Bros. & Co. at 803 Atherton Street, Haylvarcl, Calif.

Mr. Arlington was formerly connected rvith the Pacific Manufacturing Co., and Mr. Duarte, who has just been released from the Coast Guard, r'vas lvith Quist Bros. & Co. several years ago.

THE SITI-IATION

rstill remains unchanged

In the present trccnsition from wor to peoce there qre numerous {qctors which must be tqken into qccount, in crnticipoting deliveries of PALCO Redwood Lumber.

l. Mcrnpower Shortoge: Our men in the service ore returning-but slowly. A greot number wish to cqtch o well deserved rest before coming bqck to work.

2. Rehcbilitqtion of Mill Fcrcilities: Our equipment is receiving muchly needed qttention, which the Ieverish tempo of wqr produciion did not permit.

3. Accumulcting Inventory lor Drying: A portion of our reduced production is being ectrmqrked for drying yord inventory to permit normql shipments next spring.

Although miliicry requirements <rre now clmost completely filled, lhe current situcrlion compcred to the pcst lew months, remains virtuclly unchonged.

Hardboard Industry Prepares For Greatest Peacetime Demands

"The hardboard industry, which reached the greatest production of its history during four years of almost total .conversion to the war effort, has experienced no stoPpage ,of full output during the 'reconversion period,' and is now ,expanding manufacturing facilities to meet even larger .demands for its products in the future," according to M. P. McCullough, president of the Masonite Corporation. Con.tinuing, he states:

"A product which didn't even exist in the post\'"'ar period of World War I, hardboard will be one of the essential materials in the great era of peacetime production and building 'which 1946 will usher in.

"It is apparent, on the basis of the large number of orders 'which have accumulated since before the end of the war .together with trends in former and new markets, that the 'demand for hardboard products from all major channels of ,consumption will be larger in the years ahead than during any previous peacetime year.

"\Mith the ability to continue production without inter.ruption, and with the ending of most government contracts and priorities, the industry has already started the flow of 'its products through former peacetime channels. Because the stocks of wholesalers and dealers have long been depleted by war demands, it will be necessary for some time to allocate supplies in order to insure equitable distribu'tion. The end of. 1946 should find the situation improved.

"War production introduced many new uses for hardboard products, including the application of a new semi.plastic die stock. The die stock was developed early in the war and was first utilized by the aircraft industry. By the .end of the war, nearly ' every aircraft manufacturer in America was using the material for heavy duty stamping .dies, forming dies, stretch forms, router forms, jigs and fixtures with which to form and work the light metal parts for planes. As a result of new knowledge of the material, it is now being used in the automobile, railroad car, electrical, -metal stamping and spinning, leather and a growing list of industries.

"The characteristics and advantages of hardboard prod-ucts established them in the building industry long ago as desirable for many uses in the construction of new homes,

in remodeling and repair, on farms and in prefabrication Consequently, the demand for these products in this field for several years to come is expected to be greater than ever before.

"Industry offers even a larger market. The automotive industry, an outstanding single customer, has set three-year production schedules of vast size in which hardboard products lvill be used in the manufacture of new cars, trucks, busses and trailers, and for parts and fixtures.

"The railroad car industry, pressed with demands for new cars and the repairing of old ones, employs hardboard products in manufacturing, finishing and fixtures. Aircraft manufacturers, converting to the production of planes suitable for peacetime use, are continuing to use the industry's semi-plastic die stock which it has found economical and time saving in coping with rapidly changing designs.

"Expanded markets are also seen for uses in the construction and finishing of commercial structures, and in the manufacture of furniture, store fixtures, desk tops, telephone booths, signs, display booths, toys and many other industrial products."

W.C.I.A. Annucl Meeting

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association will hold its annual mbeting at the Multnomah Hotel, Portland, Ore., on January 25. A noon luncheon and a dinner for Association members and their friends are scheduled.

Grcrrrt $2 Brick Increcrse for Western States

An increase of $2 per thousand in manufacturers' f.o.b. plant ceiling prices for clay and shale building brick, both common and face, and an increase of 80 cents per ton for hollow and clay drain tile have been announced by the Office of Price Administration. These increases apply to these products produced in the ten Western states. The higher prices became effective January 2, 1946. (Amendment23 to Order 1, tvIPR 592.)

Los Angreles Hoo-Hoo Meeting [oin. 22

The Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club will hold a meeting at the University Club, 614 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, Tuesday noon, January 22. Jack Dionne, publisher of The California Lumber Merchant, will be the speaker. Luncheon will be served at 12:09 p.m. President George Clough will preside.

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Won't It Be Fun To Stqrt Selling Again?

By Icck Dionne

One of the great needs of 1946 is to have selling come back to our domestic life again. And won't it be fun? For selling has been on a complete vacation for several years. And that is NOT a healthy condition, even overlooking the merchandise problems that lop'sided distribution always bring. When we drop the salesman out of our commercial and industrial orchestra, it is certain to develop discords. For the salesman, God bless him, does more for the country than just distribute goods.

We like to think of the salesman in the bigger and broader effects of his evangelism. We like to think of him as the apostle of civilization, the distributor and collector both oI worth-while ideas and the latest belly-laughs. We like to think of him as one who brings the various people on whom he calls, into a common brotherhood. The modern merchant has learned the truthlessness of the old saw that "everything comes to him who waits," so he sends his salesmen out into the highways and byways to garner the harvest, and likewise to spread the gospel. He brings his customers and prospective customers into a closer communion, a closer fellowship, which makes stupid provincialism impossible. He is, in fact, the tie that binds a lot of people with common problems, into an actual working organization, though without constitution and by-laws. He is a worth-while evangelist of good will, good ideas, good humor. He is a leavening constituent that deserves appreciation of his good works. We need him back. Let us welcome him.

New Ycrd ct Morgcn Hill

M. P. "Skipper" Hale has started a lumber and building material supply business in Morgan Hill, Calif. Construction of the buildings was started at the first of the year, and the new yard will handle a full line of lumber and building materials, paints, etc., as soon as materials be.come available.

Mr. Hale was manager of a branch yard for the Sterling Lumber Company for several years. Since 1942 he worked {or tl-re Food Machinery Corporation in connection with the amphibious tank program as their representative to the Army, Navy and Marine Corps in the San Francisco Bay Area. From February, 1945, up to the end of the 'year, he was associated with the Gilroy Lumber Company in Gilroy, Calif.

New Olficers Elected

Philip B. Gilbert, general manager, Coos Bay Logging Co., North Bend, Oregon, was elected president at the recent annual meeting of the company, succeeding the late Albert Langrell.

George M. Dutch, who has been in charge of logging, was elected vice president, and Ben R. Chandler, Jr., was re-elected secretary-treasurer. The three officers and George H. Vaughan of Coos Bay, Oregon, are the company's directors.

The sawmill, which was down due to the strike from October 18 to December 1, reopened December 1, producing about 13OM on one shift. The logging camp, shut down since the latter part of October, will resume operations about February 1.

The Drunk Goller

He was staggering drunk and decided to play golf-all by himself. So he got his clubs and a caddie, and started out. The first hole was a short iron shot. He swayed on the tee, and then swung. The ball, as though carried by an angel's hand, went straight to the pin, and slipped down into the cup for a hole in one. The drunk staggered to the green, lurched over to the hole, and saw the ball lying at the bottom of the cup. "Blankety, blankety, blank !" he said to the caddie, "Gimme my niblick! I'll play'er out!"

Dcrnny Boy

Oh, Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling, From glen to glen and down the mountain side, The summer's gone, and all the roses falling, It's you, it's you must go and I must bide. But come ye back when summer's in the meadow, Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow, It's I'll be here. in sunshine or in shadow.

Oh, Danny Boy, I love you, love you so. But when ye come and all the flowers are dying, If I am deid, as dead I well may be, Ye'll come and find the place where I am lying, And kneel and say an ave there for me. And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me, And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be, For you will bend and tell me that you love me, And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me.

-Fred E. Weatherly

Stingy But Smart

He got dragged into the church bazaar, so he had to use his head to save his coin. Every time a girl said to him: "Won't you buy something from me?," he replied: "I only buy from homely girls. You see, they have trouble making sales." And he worked that line all the way round the room, and never spent a cent or hurt anyone's feelings.

Over His Hecd

While campaigning for the Presidency, Abraham Lincoln was resting with some friends in the lobby of the hotel of a small town they were passing through. As usual the village gossips were gathered there, and one of them, bolder than the rest, said to Mr. Lincoln:

"Mr. Lincoln, your speech was good, but there were some points quite beyond my reach."

And Lincoln chuckled, and said: ,,I once had a dog, sir, that had the same trouble with fleas."

This Chcnging World

At one time the three B's stood for Bach, Brahms, and Beethoven. Now they stand for Booze, Broads and Boogie Woogie.

Lumber Jingles

Every single farmer in the country round about you, ought to have a modern mansion for his hen. Get after him with energl, ror worry should he flout you, and exclaim your lumber costs too many yen. Come back at him and tell him that you think you ought to sell him, for a farmer shouldn't call your lumber high, you have 'a thousand chances for the market that enhances utood a little, shoots the pork up to the sky. What if you make a penny, at least you don't make many, for the profits that you make must go for meat, and the man who raises hogs and steers should laugh instead of shedding tears, when you raise up your price per thousand feet. The price he gets for corn and oats, for cotton and for budding shoats, for almost every crop that he can raise, will buy more lumber, lath and planks for building barns or lining tanks than ever he received in former days. And if he starts to make a kick just show to him a common brick, and put it next a single ear of corn, and he'll agree his corn will get more brick today than ever yet he got in fair exchange since he was born.

Ncrturql

"Gawge, who's dat pouter pigin' gal ovah dar what cayies hurself so protuberant?"

"Dat's Miss Marfa Washington frum Birmingham."

"She sho do put on a wonderful front, don't she?"

"Ffush yo' mouf ! Dat ain't put on!"

On Bight Thinking

Let me do my work each day; and if the darkened hours of despair overcome me, may I not forget the strength that comforted me in the desolation of other times. May I 'still remember the bright hours that found me walking over the silent hills of my childhood, or dreaming on the margin of the quiet river, when a light glowed within me, and I promised my early God to have courage amid the tempests of the changing years.

Spare me from bitterness and the sharp passions of unguarded moments. May I not forget that poverty and riches are of the spirit. Though the world know me not, may my thoughts and actions be such as to keep me friendly with myself. Lift my eyes from the earth, and let me not forget the uses of the stars. Forbid that I should judge others, lest f condemn myself. Let me not follow the clamor of the world, but walk calmly in my path. Give me a few friends who will love me for what I am; and keep ever burning before my vagrant steps, the kindly light of hope. And though age and infirmity overtake me and I come not within sight of the castle of my dreams, teach me still to be thankful for life, and for time's olden memories that are good and sweet; and nnay the evening's twilight find me gentle still'

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Northern California Retailers Meet ln San Francisco

Directors and members of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California, and a number of wholesalers and manufacturers' representatives attended a meeting in the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, on January 4. I. E. Horton, treasurer of the association, Presided.

Executive Vice President Bernard B. Barber read a full report of the meetings that were held in Washington, D. C., from December 12 to 17. This was followed by a round table discussion on the various matters in which the majority of those present took part.

A number of resolutions were unanimously adopted' These included the following:

A recommendation to the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association that they withdraw the sum of $2.00 per yard from' their reserve fund to hire additional personnel, and that they assess the regional associations a like amount to cover this expenditure'

Approval of the resolution adopted in Washington December 12 recommending "that the Softwood Distribution Yard Industry Advisory Committee meet immediately with the officials of the Office of Price Administration and strongly protest the present critical lumber and building materials situation, its relation to the national construction and home building program, the lack of enforcement at manufacturers' levels, the unrealistic price relationships in present manufacturers' ceiling schedules and the principle of absorption as being applied to the retail lumber dealer."

A recommendation to the National Association that they send a full report of the industry meetings held in Washington in December to all members.

Approval of the action of the NRLDA in preparing

copy for dealers' advertisements in local papers explaining to the public the reasons why building materials are in short supply.

An expression of appreciation to Congressman Albert Elliott of Tulare for his efforts in helping to,solve some of the problems of the retail lumber industry.

A decision to order 5,000 copies of Home Magazine for distribution to the members.

Decision to increase the dues of the Association by 50 per cent.

First Deliveries oI Philippine Mcrhogqny Expected Next Summer

First deliveries of Philippine mahogany since the war u'ill be made in the summer of 1946 in the form of logs, providing shipping space is available, according to J. Raymond Peck, president of the Insular Lumber Co., who recently inspected the rvar damage to his company's properties in the Islands.

Special attention is being given rehabilitation of lumbering and sawmills, for they represent the second largest industry in the Philippines in number of people employed, proving a means of living for 420,000 individuals. U. S. imports of Philippine mahogany ran as high as 40,000,000 board feet a year.

Back Wilh U. S. Plywood Corp.

Major Charles J. Schmitt, 'ivho was on active duty for five years, has returned to civilian life and is back with the San Francisco branch of the United States Plywood Corp., with which l-re was associated when he entered the service.

While in the Army he was assigned to the Headquarters of the 14th Corps. He spent 35 months in the South Pacific, mainly in the Solomon Islands and the Philippines, and saw plenty of action during that time. He was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service.

Ocklcnd Hoo-Hoo Club Will Meet lcrn. 28

The next dinner meeting of East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 will be held on Monday evening, January 28, at Hotel Claremont, Berkeley.

Tom Hogan III is in charge of the program for the meeting.

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Year-End Review of the Building Industry

New York, December 31.-Shortages in certain building materials lines, in addition to labor shortages, will stand as obstacles to full production in the building industry for the first six months of 1946, according to L. M' Cassidy, vice president of Johns-Manville Corporation in charge of sales.

In a year-end revier,v of the construction industry made public today, Mr. Cassidy pointed out that very definite improvement can be expected over the present rate of building operations but the output of the industry will fall short of the general demand.

This condition will prevail in home building as well as in the commercial and industrial building markets. The building materials supply would undoubtedly be eased if the OPA would permit some adjustments in prices, he said.

"A recent survey conducted by the Producers' Council showed that out ol 17 maior classilications of building materials manufacturers who reported, 10 were unable to increase production output because of lack of profit," he said.

"The quality and class of construction in 1946 will be pretty much in line with what the industry produced at the start of the war period. There will be some improved products for use in bathrooms and kitchens and there will undoubtedly be a more widespread use of glass. Further progress can also be anticipated in improved design and space utilization. It is not anticipated, however, that any of these improvements will be of a revolutionary nature."

The figure most widely accepted in the trade today is that we will build about 500,000 homes in 1946, compared with 730,000 built in 1941 when residential construction in the post-depression period reached its peak, Mr. Cassidy said.

"No estimate of home building volume can be made without relating it to the general level of prosperity," Mr. Cassidy said. "In general, the more prosperity, the more marriages and the greater building need. Also, housing need translates itself into commercial demand faster in prosperous times.

"The total volume of new residential and non-residential construction will also depend on the general volume of business activity. Irrewar national income was around $70 billion. If it goes from $125 billion to $135 billion for a

reasonably prolonged period after the war, total new construction in the years immediately ahead of us could well exceed any figure we ever reached, except perhaps in 1942, the great war building year when total new construction was $13.5 billions in continental United States and $2.5 billions outside of it."

Some of the factors retarding construction may right themselves, Mr. Cassidy pointed out. "Men are slowly drifting back to the timber stands and the lumber mills. Active young men, formerly in civilian construction or with newly acquired building experience and outdoor habits as a result of army experience, are being demobilized. By next spring, the average age of men on building jobs should have declined. But there is still a big deficit back-log of apprentices in the construction industry which only time can correct."

Ir-r addition to new construction in 1946, there is a huge volume of building classified as the "modernization, repair, maintenance and alteration" construction. Mr. Cassidv noted.

Western Forestry Conlerence

Officers elected for the coming year at the 36th annual {orestry conference of the \Mestern Forestry and Conservation Association held at Portland, Ore., December 13, 14 and 15, are: president, Kenneth Walker, Red River Lumber Co., \Mestwood, Cal.; secretary, Clyde Martin, Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., Tacoma, Wash.; treasurer, Charles Cowan, chief of the Washington Fire Association, Seattle, Wash.; assistant secretary-treasurer, Carl Hersey, assistant secretary, Oregon Forest Fire Association, Portland, Ore.

Earl Birmingham, Hammond Lumber Company, Sarr Francisco, was one of the regional vice presidents elected. Edmund Hayes, president of the Row River Lumber Co., Portland, Ore., is the retiring president.

Los Angeles Building Permits

Building permits for 1945 ran almost 4O per cent ahead of. 1944, City Building Superintendent G. E. Morris stated in his monthly report.

Last year permits aggregating $85,212,656 were issued, as against only $50,779,723 in 1944, Morris said.

Permits for December, 1945, totaled $13,790,391, including 828 single dwellings at $5,957,747 and 57 multiple units at $501,740.

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Los Angeles Home Planning Institute New Knot Seal",

The Home Planning Institute of Los Angeles, sponsored by the Board of Education, Chamber of Commerce and the allied building industries, has completed plans to again present its program in Adult Evening Schools of Los Angeles. Intended to provide the prospective owner-builder with all the information necessary for an intelligent approach to modern home design, the Institute sessions will be the panel-discussion type, similar to the "Chicago Round Table" radio program. Follo'wing, the meeting will be opened to group participation.

Qualified experts from the co-sponsoring trades, industries, professions and financing institutions, will handle each of the several subjects comprising the four sessions. The full program will be repeated in three schools, selected because of their central locations.

The program is an educational project, oft'ering to all citizens, witl.rout cost, guidance in home planning, from the selection of the lot to financing the dwelling. More than 6,000 persons attended the meetings last year and the demand for further such courses has been very heavy. The Institute is a non-profit organization, designed to aid the layman in the complex process of constructing a home.

Shipyard Site Sold

The Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. has purchased and Banks Shipbuilding Co. site at North Bend, ing the war the yard constructed small vessels.

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Portland, Oregon, December 2Z-After four years intensive research during which over 600 sealers were tested, the Western Pine Association laboratory announces the development of a practically colorless, synthetic-resin knot sealer which is now ready for use on buildings.

In laboratory and field tests it has out-performed all other known sealers and methods. Tests indicate that exterior house paint u'ill not discolor, crack, scale or peel, nor will alligatoring develop on the treated area during the usual period of years between repainting. The sealer should be applied to the knots before painting.

Known as Formula WP-578, it is being manufactured and distributed by a number of nationally known paint and varnish manufacturers and is available to the trade. A full description of this new sealer, its formulation, and the names of firms producing it, can be obtained from the Western Pine Association, Yeon Building, Portland 4, C)regon. Ask for Laboratory Note No. 21.

New Yard qt Arvin

Arvin Lumber Co. has been organized as a retail lumber and building material business at Arvin, Calif.

C. B. Dickey is president. Fl. T. Barlow and J. R. Nolan are vice presidents, and Leon Hermitte is secretary and treasurer.

Claude C. Chapelle, formerly with Bakersfield Sandstone Brick Co., is manager of the new yard.

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Demand For Plywood Exceeds Productive Capacity of Industry

fn a statement discussing conditions in the plywood industry, Lawrence Ottinger, president of the United States Plywood Corporation, states :

"Demand for plywood of all kinds far exceeds the productive capacity of the industry, and that condition is likely to prevail for a long period of time, not only because of the housing shortage but because so many new uses have been found for plywood as a result of the war.

"Two major factors are curtailing production of West Coast Fir plywood. One is a 40-hour work week, the other is the OPA. Fir plywood production is traditionally a 6 or 7-day operation and all plants were lvorking around the clock on that basis prior to the war. Annual production went as high as 1,800,000,000 square feet and the estimate for 1946 is 1,200,000,000 square feet.

"I believe it would be a national calamity to eliminate OPA control at this time, but to function effectively it must be less pedantic and more flexible. In the case of Fir plywood, which is an indispensable item for prefabrication and other low priced building construction, wages ancl raw materials havr: advanced between 40 per cent and 50 per cent over 1941, whereas OPA prices are up only 2 per cent. This means that the Fir plywood industry must resort to selective manufacture of higher priced items in order to exist and these items do not include the types of plywood required for low cost building construction.

"Hardwood plywood is likewise in great demand. Large users such as radio and furniture manufacturers are finding great difificulty in obtaining required quantities. This is due very largely to raw material shortages, meaning the basic material, logs, lumber and veneer. These shortages are due to a combination of circumstances, principally lack of labor in the woods and rapid depletion of timber caused by the demands of the war. This situation is applicable to the entire plywood industry.

"A number of new veneer and plywood units are under construction, so that the shortage in Hardwood plyr,vood should gradually adjust itself. In Hardwood plywood, too, there is an OPA situation, but somewhat different from that obtaining in the Fir plywood industry. While adjustment on certain items is necessary to take care of increased costs, suppliers of raw materials are skimping grades, which increases manufacturing waste and consequently cost.. It is very hard to control this situation, as demand is so great a purchaser is inclined to accept the materials which can be obtained without complaint rather than do r,vithout.

"The problems in the industry are concerned entirely with production and the industry is taking steps to install additional equipment and to employ new techniques, but the scarcity of equipment of all kinds makes this a relatively slow process."

New Ycrd in Scn Mqteo

Hillsdale Lumber Co. is the name of a new lumber yard, located on El Camino Real, San Mateo, Calif. D. Duffield, formerly with Long-Bell Lumber Co., is manager.

Obituaries

Arthur C. Hcywcrd

Arthur Carlyle llayward, secretary and treasurer of the Homer T. Hayward Lumber Co., Salinas, Calif.' passed away at his home December 19,1945, after.a long illness.

He was born in Flora, Illinois, 54 years ago, and became manager of the Hayward Lumber & Investment Company's yard in San Bernardino when he was graduated from Pomona College. He served with the 20th Engineers in France in World War f, and iame to Salinas 27 years trgo.

Mr. Hayrvard is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nellie Hayward; a daughter, tr{iss Marguerite Hayward; a son, Homer M. Hayr.vard, and his parents, Homer T. Haywarcl and Mrs. Ilayrvard, all of Salinas; and one sister, Nfrs. Catharine Griffen of Santa Cruz.

He was a member of Salinas Rotary Club, Salinas Loclge B.P.O.E., and American Legion Post No. 31.

Funeral services t'ere held in Salinas December 21.

Willicrm S. Freemcrn

William S. Freeman, who was for some years with the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. at Longview, Wash., and later with the Weyerhaeuser Sales Co. at San Francisco for several years, passed a'ivay suddenly from a heart attack January 1, while visiting relatives in Longview.

Mr. Freeman went to Washington, D. C., soon after the outbreak of World War II, and remained there with the War Production Board for a year. IIe was then transferred to Portland as Western administrator of L-335. When that office was closed a fen' months ago he began to make arrang'ements to enter the wholesale lumber business with headquarters in Portland. I{e rvas 40 years old.

Itre is survived by his rvidow and by his mother.

Funeral services were held in Longvieu' on January 3.

Elmer H. Cox

Elmer H. Cox, retired California lumberman, passed away in San Francisco December 4. He retired from active participation in business in 1938 and lived at the Pacific Union Club.

Ffe was formerly president of the Madera Sugar Pine Co., the Weed Lumber Co., Martin Air Dog Co., and was at one tirne associated for several years with the BoothKelly Lumber Co. of Eugene, Oregon. lfe' also owned several retail lumber yards in the San Joaquin Valley.

Mr. Cox was one of the organizers of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and r,vas a director and member of the executive committee of this bank for the.oast 28 years.

Mrs. Ccrroline Spcldinq

Mrs. Caroline Spalding, widow of the late W. R. Spalding, and owner of the W. R. Spalding Lumber Co., Visalia, passed away in Visalia on January 4.

Mrs. Spalding has operated tl-re business since her husbancl's death in 1934. She was a native ol Truckee, Calif., and had lived in Visalia 46 years.

She studied at the Boston Conservatory of Music and was active in music circles, was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Soroptimist Club, and Visalia Civic Women's Club.

Surviving relatives are Fred Galbraith, a nephew, and a niece, Mrs. John Joel, both of San Francisco.

Ftrneral services were held in Visalia Ianuarv 7.

Frank I.

Frank I.

cln January of age.

White

White passed away at his home in Alhambra 3, following a long illness. He 'ivas 55 years

Mr. White u'as cashier at the E,. K. Wood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, and had been associated with the company for thirty-two years. Surviving are. his widow, Ingrid; a son, John Andrew, and his father, Harry B. White.

Funeral services were held at Alhambra. Mondav morlling, lanuary 7.

George B. Cone

George B. Cone, 61, sales manager of Fruit Growers Supply Co., Susanville, Calif., passed away suddenly from a heart attack in Susanville. December 30.

He had held the position of sales manager for this company for many years, and formerly made his headquarters in San Francisco.

He is survived by his widow and a brother.

Peter B. Erickson

Peter B. Erickson was killed the night of December 22 while crossing I-ankershim Blvd. in North Hollywood. He r.l'as first struck by an automobile, and while lying in the street, a truck ran over him. He was born in Minnesota, and lvas 43 years of age.

He had been with the Ed Fountain Lumber Co. of Los Angeles the last five years, and was well known in Southern Cali{ornia lumber circles. His home was in Altadena. Surviving are his r,vidow and a daughter. Funeral services rvere held in Pasadena on December D.

Local Offtcer Authorized to Establish Retail Ceilings on Wood ltems

As part of its program for obtaining more effective control over prices for building materials and combination services, the Office of Price Administration has authorized its regional administrators to establish dollar-and-cent ceiling prices for softwood lumber, shingles and hardwood flooring sold by retail dealers in the areas within their jurisdiction.

The action became effective December 26, 1945.

Dollar-and-cent ceiling prices will be provided, OPA said, for retail sales by lumber distribution yards, and will permit home owners, repair men and building contractors to see readily what ceiling prices for lumber are when they make purchases.

Up to now, distribution yard ceiling prices for softwood lumber were provided by a formula which made it difficult for consumers to calculate ceiling prices for themselves. The new regional orders will translate the formula prices into plain dollar figures which will appear on posters which consumers can consult.

Since last August, pilot work in establishing dollar-andcent ceiling prices for lumber items in the field has been under way in the Chicago district area.

The experience gained in the Chicago district area operations is to serve as a guide in field pricing in other regions, OPA said.

(Revised General Order No. 65-Authority to Fix Community Dollar-and-Cent Ceiling Prices on Distribution Yard Sales of Softwood Lumber-effective December 26. 1945.)

Army to Release Lumber

Recently declared surplus lumber and building materials held by the army at San Bernardino will be offered for public sale soon after January 15.

J. C. Haidinger, special agent for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, who is surveying the material, said: "Our intention is to establish unified sale at the army engineers' depot in San Bernardino, releasing critically needed building material, with preference for housing supplies for veterans,

"We will have a complete saled office where purchasers can inspect merchandise, pa;r for it and make arrangements to pick up, all in one visit."

IIHOI,,NAI,T BI]II,DIilfi $UPPTY, IilC.

Wholescle Distributors of Lumber qnd itB Products in Ccrrlocd Qucntities

warehous" tpi"t ib,rtion

oI Wholescrle Building Supplies

lor the Decler Trcrde

Telephone ' ,6o2 32nd St

TEmplebcr 6964-5-6

Port Orford Cedar

(f,lrc Lnowa qr White Cedcr or Lcrron Cfprcr)

Lumber Ties Crossing Ptanks- Decking

Tunnel TimbersVeneticn Blind Stock

Abo Supplierr ol

SPLIT BEDWOOD, DOUGLTS FN. NED CEDf,R, I'NTBEf,TED AIID CREOSOTED PNODUCTS

f,LASfA CEDAB (cbo Lnowu ae Yellow Cedcr or Alqsla Cyprere)

JAMDS L. HALL

1032 lrtrltr Bulldilg, Sna Frclcirco l, Cct. wHoLEsrLE-p.*" i.*'"i;ill??t* c nf,u. sHrppERs

IIOGA]I LUTBER GO.

WHOI.ESAI.E AIiTD IOBBING

TUTBERTILLWORK

Slsll and DOORS

Sincc I88B

OFFICE, MIII. YAAD IND DOCIS

2Ed 6 Alice Sts., Ocklcrnd Glcrcoud 8861

R. G. ROBBITTS WI}IBTR GO.

3I9 S. W. Wcshington

Portlcmd 4, Oregon

Distribators ol Pacific Coast Forest Products

Douglcs Fir-Hemlock-Cedcr

LOS ANGEI.ES 15 7t4 W. Olympic Blvd. PBospect 0724

Ross C. Lcshley

Wholesale to Lumber Yards

Sash - Windows

Gasements - Doots, etc.

- Our usuql free delivery to Lumber

Ycrds canlnnhere in Southein Ccrliforaic

lfttEl Bnos. - sttTA til|ct

Oqklcrnd, CcliL

Loe Angeles Phone: AShtey l-ZZEg

Scnrtcr Monica Phones: 4-3298{-g2gg

Suuuvb[Nl-G@RDs LUMBER COMPANY

Crosby H. Sheulin D. }\ormen Cords

Terrible Twenty Golf Tournament

Gene DeArmond u'as the winner of the first prize, a sterling silver goblet, with a net 64 score at the 235th Terrible Twenty golf tournament held at the Los Angeles Country Club, December 14.

There was a three-way tie for the second prize, a sterling silver coaster, witl-r Hervey Bowles, Bob Falconer and Joe Tardy each turning in a net 67 score. The tie will be played ofi at the January tournament. Bob Falconer with a net 67 beat out Helmer Hoel and Bob Osgood in the play-off for the second prize carried over from the November tournament.

Bill Ream l'r'as unanimously elected a regular member of the Terribles. The Jack Halloran trophy, a solid brcinze desk set for memorandum notes, was lvon by Roy Stanton on the blind bogey. The party was sponsored by Roy Stanton, Ed Bauer, Clarence Bohnhoff and George Morris. and twenty-five members and four guests attendecl. A turkey dinner l'as serrred in the Club House in the evening.

Mcrkes Ycrd Improvements

The United Lumber Yards at Riverbank. Calif., has made a number of improvements, including repairs to the buildings, new foundations'w'ere put under all the buildings and sheds, and new loading platforms were built wherever necessary. A rip saw and cut-off sarv have been installed. O. C. Welch is manager.

Fertonal Jtentt

Roy E. Hills, Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco, attended the Alabama-Southern California football game in tl-re Rose Bowl, Pasadena, on New Year's day.

A. W. (Andy) Donovan, Hobbs Wall Lumber Co., Los Angeles, has returned from a two weeks' business trip to the Middle West.

W. B. Jones, W. B. Jones has been on the sick list, Springs.

Lumber Co., Los Angeles, who is now convalescing at Palm

Enrest Ii. Johnson, vice president, C. D. Johnson Lurnber Corporation, Portland, visited San Francisco and I-os Angeles last rveek on business.

Noel Trveed of Walters & ir-r San Francisco on bttsiness

Tweed, La Mesa, Calif., rvas just after the first of the year.

Charlie Gartin, Oregon Lumber Sales, Eugene, Oregon, spent the Christmas holiday with his father, James Gartin of Stanislaus Lumber Co., Modesto, Calif. I{e was accompanied by N[rs. Gartin and their young daughter.

Melville N. Salomon, sales Co., San Francisco, recently at a Ttrcson, Artzona, resort.

manager of Smith Lumber spent trvo 'iveeks' vacation

Urges Maximum Use of Existing Residential Structures

Maximum use of existing residential structures as an interim step toward solution of the housing problem of many communities was urged today by Commissioner Raymond M. Foley of the Federal Housing Administration in a letter to all field offices of that organization. Mr. Foley's letter was in connection with further decentralization of FHA operations, placing full responsibility for the rehabilitation and property improvement loan activities in the field offices. Informing state and district directors of this step, he said:

"Al1 our effort since I became Commissioner has been directed toward encouragement of the building industry to undertake an all-out attack on the whole range of housing need, especially in low and medium brackets of both sales price and rentals.

"But unless the best use is made of the existing housing inventory by improvement, conversion and rehabilitation to check depreciation and blight, the housing problem of the nation will be made more intense and difficult of solution."

Pointing out that Title I insured property improvement loans, which nearly 5,000 lending institutions are prepared to make, furnishes a ready financial aid in such an effort, Mr. Foley made it the responsibility of each field office to administer this program as a major activity of the FHA.

In each field office one administrative officer is made directly responsible for public information and advice to lenders, contractors and the industry in general.

"Our purpose in this, as in all our insuring operations, is that our field offices shall maintain an alert and active attitude of seeking to be of help, rather than only a standby readiness," Mr. Foley told the directors.

Title I loans, Mr. Foley pointed out, are available for financing repairs, additions, alterations and other improvements to homes or other structures, located in cities, suburbs and in rural areas. Of particular importance at this time is the need for additional living units that may be created by the conversion or rehabilitation of existing structures, such as adding an extra bedroom, converting a single family house into two or more apartment units or dividing large out-of-date apartments into smaller modern units.

E. E. Ccrrter Retires

Edward Edgecomb ("Nick") Carter, chief of the forest service division of timber management since 1920 and head of national forest tinrber sales throughout World Wars I and II, has retired.

Ira J. Mason, formerly in charge of the division of recreation and lands in the Portland, Ore., regional office of the forest service, has been appointed to the post held by Mr. Carter.

Chcnge in Name

On and after January l, 1946, Sales Co., Bellflower, Calif., will be Lumber & Supply Co.

PAUtS|lil TUIIBER SITES ACIEilGY

Zatatliutat a/

Ponderosq Pineldoho White Pine

Sugor Pine - Douglos Fir - White Fir

Pqttern Lumber - Shop snd Selects

922 TIONADNOCK BIDG., SAN FRANCISCO 5 Sutter 8623

ORBAII I.UMBER COMPAIIY

OIIice, Mill crnd Ycrd

77 So. Pqsadenc Ave., Pcrsadena 3, Ccrlil.

Telephones:

Pqsqdenq, SYccnnore 6-4373

Los Angeles, RYcrn l-6997

WHOL,ESAIJE and RETAIIT

Hcrbor Ycrd crt Long Beach

Pitcher Disappearing Doors

We hcrve on hand Stock of Pitcher Discppecrring Door Frqmes cnd Hcngers

We now ship the frcrme set up complete which ioins with q 33/o" slud, mcking no extrc thick4ess for cr sliding door.

Detail Sbeets Sent to Lumber Trad.e on Reqaest

E. G. PITGIIER GOISPA]IY

808 l6rh Street, Oclrland 12, Glencourt 3990

Fcctory Sl4l Seven HiUs Rd., Ccetro Vcrlley, Htrywcrd

Cmr H. Kunl

Rait Shippers

OUALITY FIR YARD STOCK

Northcm Calilonia Represeatcdve

o. L RUSSUM

llt Mcrlot St- So Froncisco, Telephone YU&or ll80

Southcn Colil-ioEpr€sertarive

Robert S. Osgood

701 SoutL SprlEg Strc.t, Lor Aageles-, Telephoue VAudlle SGXI

The National Salvage known as The National

Aritoolilffiotorit.

?. c. DECTEn

P. O. Box 1865, Phocalx, Telcphoae 3ll2l

Our Service Friends D

First Lieutenant Donald C. Bird, USMCR, son of Chas. G. Bird, Stockton retail lumberman, arrived from Japan December 8, after three years' service. He shipped out from Hawaii in January, 1945, for the invasion of Iwo Jima, stopped over at Eniwetok and went in on first wave with the Marines on Iwo Jima. He had a close shave there when, under fire, he took refuge behind a stack of barrels, which he found later were filled with 100 octane gas. Recuperated on Hilo and left in August for invasion of Japan, arriving there in September after peace had been declared.

First Sergeant Robert M. Bird, Mr. Bird's other son, returned home in October, 1945, alter 33 months' service, two years of which was in Hawaii with the Quartermaster Corps as a member of a gasoline drum and reconditioning plant. lle was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, "For meritorious service in connection with military operations against the enemy from 26 September, 1943, to 2 September, 1945." (Quotation from citation.)

Seoul, Korea, Nov. l9--Captain Don,ald S. Spaulding, Burbank, Calif., is awarded tl.re Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in the Okinawa battle by Brig. General Joseph L. Ready, Commanding General of the 7th Infantry Division. A veteran of the Attu and Leyte campaigns also, the "Hourglass" Division Finance Officer r'r'as formerly credit manager of the Blanchard Lumber Co, in Burbank, Calif. He attended Gallagher College in Kankakee, Ill.,

Ken Conway, who was a Sgt. Major in the U' S. Army Air Forces, is back at his old job with the Holmes Eureka I-umber Co. in their Los Angeles office. Ken was discharged from the service last June, and spent the last few months at the company's mill in Eureka.

Lieut. Wm. L. Frese, Army Air Force, son of Otto Frese, San Francisco wholesale lumberman, is now on terminal leave until lannarv 24. He will enter Santa Clara University.

Lieutenant Colonel Jack Cosper, U. S. ager of Vallejo Lumber Co., Vallejo, tioned in Hong Kong. He has spent seas. in Europe and the Pacific area.

Army, former manCalif., is now staseveral years over-

Capt. Glenn Burke, U. S. Engineers, rvho was in the Portland office of the CPA for some time, is notv on terminal leave, and will be associated with American Factors, Ltd., in their Portland office after the first of the year. He was with the Union Lumber Company, Fort Bragg, Calif., when he entered the service.

Lieutenant Colonel Russell T. Gheen, Quartermaster Corps, U.S.A., is on terminal leave and has returned to Los Angeles. When he entered the service, he was Southern California representative for the C. D. Johnson Lumber Corporation.

Major Charles B. Cross, who has been in the Artillery for the past four years, and has seen service in Hawaii, the Philippines and Europe, has received his discharge and has resumed active management of the Truckee-Tahoe Lumber Co., Truckee, Calif.

Dick Hoover, son of wholesale lumberman, turned to his home in Patton's Third Army, years.

A. L. (Gus) Hoover, Los Angeles is on terminal leave and has reLos Angeles. lle was with General and was in the service nearly five

Lieut. Commander Robt. J. Wright, U.S.N:, has been released from the Navy and will return to the office of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California, Fresno, as secretary, January 15. He has been in the service more than three years.

Robert McMullen, who was a Corporal in the Army Medical Corps, attached to the 36th General Hospital in France for the past two and a half years, is out of the service and is back with his former employer, the CutlerOrosi Lumber Yard, Cutler, Calif., since December 15.

Douglas J. Freeman, who was with Gorman Lumber Sales, Oakland, when he enlisted four years ago, has now been discharged and will be associated with Gosslin-Harding Lumber Co.,,Oakland, afier January 1. Doug saw service with the Army Replacement Command in New Guinea and Leyte, and for the past eight months was stationed in Manila.

Lieutenant Ray Schaecher, former manager of the Reedsport, Oregon, ofifice of Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co., returned from Manila the middle of December and saw his new son for the first time. He was executive ofifrcer of the 7th Naval Construction Battalion. (Seabees).

Sgt. Dave Maris, former lumber and plywood salesman, and younger son of Homer B. Maris, Oakland, Northern California representative of Simpson Industries, Inc., is now in Seoul, Korea, and hopes to be home in a month or so. He is with the 77th Tleavy Artillery, Seventh Division, and experienced a lot of action on Okinawa, where he was until V-J Day.

Captain Gilmore O'Neill, son of W. H. O'Neill, Sr., O'Neill Lumber Co., San Francisco, arrived in Seattle, December 29, Irom China, where he was adjutant of the 10th Air Force. He was stationed at various points, including Li Chang, Kunming, Hankow and Shanghai. He was released from the Air Force early in January after four years' service, and is now on 90 days' terminal leave.

Cpl. Dick O'Neill, Mr. O'Neill's youngest son, received his discharge from the Air Force December 15. He was an instructor in navigation at different air fields throughout the country

Buys Mill

Don Buchanan, Tacoma lumberman, has purchased the Bradley-Woodward Lumber Co. sawmill at Bradwood, Ore., from Nate Bradley, owner and operator since the mill was started in 1934. The mill will be known as the Bradwood Lumber Co.

TOSTE TUMBER COMPANY

F. A. "Pete" Toste

WHOLESAI.E LUTTBEP.

326 Petroleum Bldg.Los Angeles 15 Telephone PRospect 7605

DOUGLAS FIR . RED}VOOD

Sales Agcnt

PAREIJUS II]MBEB CO., Portlcnd, Ore.

I{IIRTHERN REDWIIOD LUMBER Ctl.

/Aaaaho*4rn/ra

Redwood and llouglas Fir

Milt Sofes Ofice

Korbel, Humboldr Gounty 24O8-lO Russ Bldg. Golifornia Sqn Frqncisco 4

L, t. GARR & CO.

Califiornia Sugar olnd Ponderoo Pine

Scrles Agents For

SACRAMENTO BOX & LUMBER CO. Mills At Woodleaf, Calif.

SACRAMENTO tOS ANGELES

P. O. Box 1282 W. D. Dunning Teletype Sc-13 438 Chamber ol Commerce Bldg.

LUMBERMENS BUILDING PORTLAND,I, OREGON

Shipments By Rcil cnd Ccrrgo

All Species

Telephone Teletype BRocrdwcry 3613 Ptld. 167

Probable First Quart€r 1946 Production--Consumption o[ \(/estern Pine

Portland, Oregon, December 31-An analysis of the current year's manufacture of Idaho White Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Sugar Pine and associated woods, and probable first cluarter 1946 production-consumption was released today by S. V. Fullaway, Jr., Secretary-Manager, Western Pine Association. The statement in full is as follows:

"The high level of war-time production in the Western Pine region was well maintained by the industry during the first quarter of 1945. lfowever, the cumulative effects of tl-re deteriorating manpower situation began to seriously hamper production in the second quarter. At the war's end, manpower and worker efficiency were at the lowest ebb with the result that regional output for the first nine months ol 7945 was off 12 per cent from that in the same 1944 period.

"Performance during the last quarter was the worst since the depression year ol 1934. The regional output of 810 million was 41 per cent below that in the fourth quarter of 194+. Shipments r,vere likewise ofi 40 per cent. The widespread strikes lvere of course a major factor. Partial return to a 40-hour rvork week also contributed to the decline. But a very definite retardent, and one which will apparently be responsible for continued low output in the forseeable future, is the reduction to the vanishing point, in the case of many mills, of the margin bettveen continually advancing costs and rigid price ceilings.

"To summarize the 1945 performance of the Western Pine industry, lumber production of 4967 million was l8l per cent under that of the same 1944 period, shipments of 5063 u'ere down 17 per cent, and stocks at the end of the year were lower on this date than for many years. .It was the poorest showing since 1939.

"For the immediate future, the Western Pine industry is geared to make a substantial contribution to the urgently needed revival of the construction industry. Production,

although lower than during the past five years, could be maintained at high levels as compared to pre-war performance. Ilowever, the settlement of labor difficulties and the possibility of reasonable returns will determine t946 performance. Unless OPA shackles are removed, thus permitting real collective bargaining and a fair margin betrveen cost and realization, all available information points to exceedingly low shipments (consumption) of lumber from the Western Pine region during the first quarter of 1946-the prediction being about 800 million feet."

E. L. Bruce Co. Announces Appointments

E. L. Bruce Co., Memphis, Tenn., manufacturers of hardwood flooring and lumber, has announced the appointment of Ben A. Vaughan as sales manager of the flooring division. Ile was district sales manager for the New England states for several years, later serving in the same capacity in Omaha, Neb. In 1942, he was brought back to Memphis to become assistant sales manager of the flooring division, which position he held at the time of his appointment.

Willard B. Ward has returned to the comoanv after serving 30 months as a Lieutenant in the USNR. H" *u, with the Navy Lumber Coordinating Unit, purchasing ship timbers and other hardwood lumber. He will be assistant in the company's Lumber Procurement Division.

Bemodeling Oflice

\Voodhead Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is remodeling its office, and they have also put on an acldition to the office building. Harolcl Brown is manager.

Buys Ivcrnhoe Ycrd

Bell Lumber Company, purchased the yard of E. hoe, Calif.

Mr. Billeci was formerlv ber Co. at Visalia.

Steve Billeci, owner, recently C. Miles Lumber Co. at Ivan-

'ivith the W. R. Spalding Lum-

CI,ASSIFIED ADVERTISING

Rate-$2.50 per Column Inch.

WANTED

Manager or auditor position. Wiling to invest money if necessary.

Address Box C-1159, California Lumber Merqhant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

POSITION OPEN

Established wholesale Fir and Redwood distribution yard in Los Angeles area wants capable experienced rnan as yard manager and sales,man. Give full particulars and salary wanted.

Address Box C-1160, California Lumber Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles ld Calif.

FOR SALE

Ross Lumber Carrier, pneumatic tires, uses 66-inch blocks, Immediate delivery.

Gamerston & Green Lumber Company

1800 Army Street, San Francisco 24, California Phone ATwater 1300

LUMBER YARDS FOR SALE

G. Ten acres on Highway 66 at Pomona, spur track, $35,000.

P. Shepard 5-ton electric lumber hoist. Complete with Z1-l.oot "I Beam" Timber frame work. new cable. Now in use. buyer to dismantle. $1250 F.O.B: Los Angeles.

Q. Southern California Country yard. Sales last five years average $36O,000 annually. Net profits same period reported for income tax purposes average $23,000 annually. Located well over 100 miles from Los Angeles. No war industries. .Will lease plant based on percentage gross sales with minimum $900 monttrly, IIt"g+!9tl $50,000. Yard and office equipment $15,000. Goodwill $20,000.

S. WOODWORKING PLANT outside of Los Angeles, established 1919. Fully equipped; 8 lots, including five rmder roof and sprinklered. Price $125,000. Large invetrtory of raw material extra. General Apprai3al Co. depreciated ap- praisal, not including grounds, S87,500.

If you want to sell your lumber yard let us know.

TWOHY LUMBER CO., LUMBER YARD BROKERS

801 Petroleum Bldg., Los Angeles 15, Calif. PRospect 87'[6

TUMBEB

Arcqlc Eedwood Co. r2C Mcrket Street (ll).

Atkinson-Stutz Compcny, l12 Mqrket Street (ll)

Bcrg Lumber Co. l5 Cslilomic Sl.

Builer, Setb L., 2l{ Front St,, (ll)........

BUYER'S GUIDE

SAN FRATGISCO

LUMBER

..YULon 2067

GArlield 1809

GArlield 5748 Exbrook 2082

GArlield 0292

Christeason Lumber Co. Evcns Ave. cud Quint St, (2{)..VAtencic 5832

Dcnt d Russell, Inc., Zlt! Front Street (ll) GArlield 0292

Dolbeer d Cqrsou Lunber Co,, lll8 Merchcuts Exchcnge Bldg, ({) DOuglcs 64{6

Gcmerglon 6 Greeu lumber Co., 1800 Army Stroet (24) ATwcter 1300

Hqll, Jcmes L., 1032 Mills Bldg. (4). ......SUfter?520

Hallincn Mackin Lumber Co.

__681 Morkel S!. (5)... ....DOuslcs l94t

Hqmnond Lumber Compqnv,

__a.l? YJn-lsgnery Stre3r (6) Douglas 9388

Hobbs Wcll Lumber Co., 405 Monrsomery sr. ({)........ GArfield7752

Holmes Eurekq Lumber Co., ll05 Fincncicl Center Bldg. (4) ..GArlietd lg2l

C. D. lohnsou Lumber Comorqtion, 260 Cclilomic Street (ll).-. GArlietd 6258

Kilpdtrick 4 Compcny, Crocker Bldg. ({).. ...yUkon 09lZ

Carl H. Kuhl Lunber Co., O. L. Russum, ll2 Market St. (ll)..YUkon 1460

LUMEEB

Compbell-Conro Lumber Co. (Pbil Gosslin), 2ll Prolesgionql Bldg. (l)..........f,Ellog 4-2017

Gqmergton 6 Green Lumber Co., 2001 Livinsston St. (6). .KEUos.4-t884

Hill 6 Morton, Ioc., Daoison Street Wbarl (7r........ANdover 1077

Hogcn Lumber Conpcay, 2nd cnd Alic€ Strebts (il)

Kelley, Albert A.

GLercourt 6861

P. O. Box 2il0 (Alcnedc)......Lc}eburet 2-2754

LIIMBEB

Anglo Cclilornic Lumber Co..

855 E. Floreace Ave. (!) .....THornwcll 3l{il

Arcqtq Redwood Co. (J. I, Bea)

5410 Wilsbire 3lvd. (36)........WEbsler 7928

Atkinsoa-Stutz Compcny, 628 Petroleum Blde. (15)... ....Pnospect {3{l

Atlcs Lumber Co., 2035 E. lSth Sr. (21). ...PRospect 7{01

Burns Lumber Compqnv, 72? W. Seveurh Sr. -(14) ..TBiairy 106l

Campbell-Conro Lunber Co. (R. M. Elgstrcnd).

704 Soutb Sprilg St.. ..VArdike SSll

Ccrr 6 Co., L. t. (W. D. Dunniug),

'138 Ch. ol Con. Bldg, (15)......PBoapect 8843

Consolidoted Lunber Co., 122 W. JefleresoD St. (7)......Elchnoad 2l4l

I'l'16 E. Anqheim St., Wilnington. ..Wilm. 0120; NE. 6-1881

Cooper, W. E,, 606-608 Richtield Bldg. (13). ......MUtucl 2t3t

Doat 6 Russell, Inc.,

812 E. Sgth Siroet (l). ....ADcms 8l0l

Dolbeer 6 Ccrsoo, Lunber Co., 901 Fidelity Bldg, (13)..........VAndiLe 8792

Ed. Fountcin Lumbor Co.,

528 Petroleum Bldg. (15) .... . .PRospect {3!l

Hcllincn Mcclda Lunber Co.

ll7 W, grh Sl. (15). .Tniaity 364t!

Hcmmond Lumber Conpqnv.

2010 So. Alanedc St.-(541 ...Pnospect 1333

Hobbs Wcll Lumber Co.,

625 Rowca BIdg. (13). ...TRiniiy 5088

Holmes Eurekc Luber Co..

7ll-712 Arcbitects 8lds. (13)......MUtucl 9l8l

Hoover, A. L.,

5225 Wilsbire Blvd. (36)...........YOtk 1168

Kilpctrick 6 Compcny (Wilmirgton)

1240 Blinn Ave... .NEvcd<r 6-1888

Ccrl H. Kubl Luuber Co., (R. S. Osgood),

70{ S. Spriag St. (U) .TniDity 8225

Rose C. Lcshley (8. G. Bobbins Lumber Co,),

714 W. Olynpic Elvd. (15). .PRospect 0724

Laueace-Pb.ilips Lumber Co..

633 Petroleui Btde. (15).... ...PBospect 817{

Long BeIl Lunber Conpmy,

3I8 W. grh St, (15). .TBiaity 2819

MccDouqld Co., L. W., 7l{ W. Olynpic Elvd. (15)......Pnolpect 7194

Mchogcuy Importiag Co.,

621 S. Spring Sl. (ll). ...lRiniV 965I

rPostoffice Zotte Number iu Parenthests.

Lcmon-Bonuington Conpcoy. l8 Cqlilornic Street (ll)..........GArtield 6881

l,ong BcIl Lunber Compoy, 50{ Miecion St. (5).

Northern Bedwood Lunber Co..

2408-10 Buee BIdg, ('l). ..EXbrook 7894

O'Neill Lumber Co., Ltd., 16 Cclilorda St. (ll). ...GArlietd 9ll0

Pccilic Lunber Co., The 100 Busb Street (4) ......GArlield lt8l

Pcreliue Lunber Co. (Psul McCusker), ll2 Mcrket Streel (ll). ...GArlield 4978

P<-ulson Lumber Scles Agency, 681 Market Street (5). :. ...'....... .SUtter 8623

Pope 6 Talbot, Iuc.. Lumber Division. {61 Mcrket Street (5) .... DOuslcs 2561

R. G. Bobbins Lbr. Co. (W. H. O'Neill) l8 Colilorniq Sr. (ll). ....GArlield 9tl0

Scntc Fe Lunber Co., 16 Cclilornic Street (ll) .........EXbrook 2074

Schcler Bros. Lumber 6 Shingle Co., I Drumm Street (ll). .......Sutter l77l

Shevlin-Cords Lumber Co., hc., 68 Post Stteet (4). ..DOuglcs 2469

Sbevlin Pine Scles Co-, 1030 Moncdnock Bldg. (5) EXbrook ?041

Sudden 6 Christenson, lnc.- JlO Scnsome S'reet (4) GAr[ield 28{6

Tarter, Websier 6 lohnson, lnc.,l Moutgomery Sl. (4) DOuglcs 2060

Carl W. Wqtts. 975 Monqdnock Bldq. (5) YUkon 1590

Wendling-Ncthcn Co., 564 Mqrket St. (4)..... ..Surrer5363

OAKLAND

LUMEEN

E. K. Wood Lumber Co.. 2lll Frederick Str€er (6) .........KEllos 2-4277

V.'holesqle Buildinc Suprlv, lnc., 1607 32nd Streei (8)'.' - TEmplebcr 5954

Wholesqle Lumber Distributola, lnc., 54 Firet Street (71 .TWiaocle 2515

HANDWOODS

Strqble Hcrdwood Comoquv. First cnd Clcy Streers (?i. ..TEmplebor 5584

White Brotber8, 500 High Srre€r (l) ....ANdovcr 1600

LOS ANGELES

SYccnore 6-tl3?3 RYcn l-6997

Pccilic Lumber Co., The 5225 Wilshire Blvd. (36). .YOrL tl68

Pcreliqs LumbEr Co. (Toste Lunber Co.).

326 Petroleun Blde. (t5) .......PRospect 7605

Pctrick Lumber Co., Ecstmqu Lumber Scles, 714 Wr Olynpic Blvd. (15) ..PBospect 50i19

Pope 6 Tclbot. Inc., Lumber Division

_ 714 W. Olynpic Blvd. (15). .PBospect 8231

E, L. Reit: Co., 333 Petroleun Bldg. (15)...... ....PBospect 2369

Scn Pedro Lumber Co., l5l8 S. Centrcl Ave. (21). .Blchmoad ll4l

1800-A WilminEton Boqd (Scn Pedro).. ...... Sqn Pedro 2200

Schsler Broc. Lumber d Shingle Co., ll7 W. gth Street (15) ..TBinity {271

Shevlin Pine Scles Co., 330 Petroleun Blde. (15)....... .PRoepect 0615

Simpeon Industries, lnc., 1610 E. Washington Blvd. (21) .PRospect 6183

Smith, Stucrt C. (Pcraadeaq) Pcrkwcy Bldg. (l)..SYccmore 2-3837, ZEnith 6633 Stdnlou, E, I. d Son, 2050 E. tllst St. (ll). ...CEnlury 29211

Sudden 6 Christeason, lnc.. 630 Bocrd ol Trade Bldg. (U)....TRinity 884{ Tqconc Lumber Scles, 837 Petroleum Bldg, (15) .......PRospect ll08

Togte Lumber Co., 326 Petroleun Blde. (15)........PRospect 7605

Wendling-Ncthcu Co.. 5225 Wilsbire Blvd. (36). .YOrk 1168

West Oregon Lumber Co,, tl27 Petroleum Bldg. (15) .Blchmond 0281

W, W. Wilkinson, Il2 Weet Nilth Skeet (15). .TBinity 1613

Weyerbceuser Scles Co.,

lll9 W' M. Gcrlcnd Blds. (15)..Mlchigcn 635{

E. X, Wood Lumber Co., 4710 So, Alcnedc St. (54) ....JEflerson 3lll

CNEOSOTED LUMEER_POLES PILINGFTIES

Americcn Lumber 6 Trectilg Co., ll5l So. Brocdwqy (15)..........PRospecl {363 Bcxlcr, I. H. 6 Co., 601 West slb Stre€t (13)........Mlchigcn 6291

Pope G Tqlbot, Ilc., Lunber Dirision, ill W. OtyEDic Blvd. (15). .Pnoepoct 8i:'l

LUMBER

We3t Oregon Lunber Co., 1995 Evsnr Ave. (21). .Alwctor 58?8

E. K. Wood Lumber Co,, I Drunn Strect (ll). ...EXbrool 3710

Wcycrhceurcr Sclec Co,, 391 Sutt.r Sl. (8).. GArlicld l9!ll

HANDWOODS

E. L. Bruce Co., 99 Scn Bruno Ave. (3) ,..MArLrt ldt8

Dcvis Hcrdwood Compqlv, Bdy qt Mason Street- (6i... ...EXbroolr {tt2

White Brothers,Filth and Brqnnca Streets (7)......SUttcr 1355

sAsH-DOOnS-PLYWOOD

Ilcrbor Plywood Corp. ol Caliloniq, 540 l0th St. (3).. .........MAr}ct 67115

United Stctes Plvwood Corp., 2727 Any St. -(10).

CNEOSOTED LUMEEN_POLES_ PIf,INGFTIES

Anericqn Lumber 6 Trecting Co., l16 New Montgomery Street (5). ..Sutter 1225

Bcxter, J. H, 6 Co., 333 Moutgomery Slreet (4)... .....DOuglcs 388:l

Hall, Icmes L., 1032 Mills Blde. ({). .SUtlor 7520

Pope 6 Tclbot, lnc.. Lunber Divirion, {61 Mcrlet Streel (5). ...DOuglcs 3561

Vcnder Lqcn Piling 6 Lumber Co., 215 Pine StreEt ({). ....EXbrook l9ll5

lVeldling-Ncthcn Co., 5&l Mcrket St. (4).. .......SUtler 5363

PANELS_DOONS_SASH_SCREENS PLYWOOD_MILLWORK

Ccliloraic Euilders Supply Co., ?00 6th Ay€nue ({). .Hlgctc 6016

Hocqn Lumber Company, 2nd cad Aliee StraetB (4). Glcacourt 8861

E. C. Piicher Compcay, 608 l6rh St, (12) .....Glcacourt 3900

Peerlegs Built-in Fixlure Co' (Berkeley)

2608 Squ Pablo Ave. (2). .THomwsll 0620

Uaitod Stoleg Plywood Corp., 570 3rd St. (7) .fWiaocke 55{l

Wsatorn Door 6 Sqeh Co., Stb 6 Cypress Streels (7)......TEnplcbcr 8l(X)

E. K. Wood Lunber Co., 2lll Ftedcrick Street (6). .......tElloq 2-ltn

HANDWOODS

Americon Hqrdwood Co., 1900 E. l5tb Street (54). ...P8orpcct l1l5

E. L. Bruce Co., 5975 So. Western Avc. (ll).....TWirocls !128

Penberthv Lumber Co., 5800 S6uth Boyle Ave. (ll)......f,lmbcll 5lll

Staltoa. E. l. & Son, 2050 Eost 4lsl Street (ll). .CEntury S2ll

Tropiccl 6 Weslera Lumber Co., 609 S. Grqnd AvE.. ......lJtlchiscn 9326

W€aler! Hcrdwood Lumber Co., 201{ Ecst lslh Street (55). ....Pnorpoct 8l8l

sAsIt-Doons-MtLL woRK-scnEENs BLINDS_PANELS AND PLYWOOD INONING EOARDS

Bcck Pcnel Compqnv, 310-31{ Ecgt 31nd- Street (ll). .ADcnr a2ts

Cqlilornic Door Compony, The P, O. Box 126, Vernon Stotio!(ll) Klnbalt 2lll

Cclilornic Pclel d Vcncer Co., P, O. Box 2096, Terminql Anaex (5'l) .T1inity lXlS?

Cobb Co., T. M., 5800 Centrql Aveaue (ll)........ADcna llllT

Cole Dor & Plywmd Co., l0l9 E. Slauon Ave. (u) ..........ADamc l3?l

Dqvideon Plywood d Veneer Co,,

2'135 Enterpriee St. (21) ...TRiaitv 2581

Eubcnl d Son, L. H, (lnglewood)

133 W. Redoado Blvd.. .ORcgon 8-2255

Hcley Bros. (Sqntd Mouica)

1620 l{lh Stroet... .....AShlcy l-2288

Koehl, Ino. W, d Son, 652 S. Myera Street (23)........ANcclug 8l9l

Oregon Wc:hiagtol Plywood Co., _ lle Wj_gth Street (15). ....TBairy t6l3

Pccilic Mutucl Door Co., 1600 E. Wcshinstor Blvd. (21)..PBospcct 9S2:l Becm Compqny, Geo. E., ^235 S. Afcme.{c Street.(12)... .Mtchiscn l05l

JCEpaOE (;O. Uadsddonc),

-.7f5 So.. Royngnd _Ave. (2). .Rycn l-6009

DEpao! tDduartos, lnc,, lpl0_ E_. Wcshiaston Btvd. (21). .pnoEpca 6183

Unirel Stctes Plywood Corp., ---1930 Ecsr lsth-St. (2t)..l.....ntchmond OlOl

W€st Coqst Screea Co., -_lltlS Ecqt 83rd Slreet (l)..........iDcnr tttm Wesl6r! Mill C Mouldias Co., ll8l5__Pcmelee Ave. (t)........Xlmbct| 295il

E. f,. Wood Lumber Co.,' {710 S. IJcnedq St. (51)........tElrrroa gltt

Exterior type Douglas f ir plywood is made with completely waterproof synthetic resin binder especially for permanent outdoor use.

Exterior type plywood carries the letters EXT-DFPA on the edge of every panel. lt is accepted by FHA for house siding and other permanent exposures and is approved in the Uniform Building Code of the Pacific Coast.

. Exterior type plywood has been used for years in boat-building, for homes and commercial buildings, for outdoor signs, for boxcars and refrigerator cars. lt is a thoroughly proven product and should be specified, furnished and used for all exterior lobs or for interior uses under conditions of extreme hunridity or moisture such as night occur in bathrooms or kitchens.

Exterior type Douglas f ir plywood- EXT-DFPA- i s the durable, rugged, weatherproof plywood used in hard-hitting PT !es15ths type which lends both strength and beauty to the exteriors of homes. stores, farm structures and many types of commercial and industrial buildings.

o Used as flat panels, Exterior plywood provides a smooth, stream - lined, modern effect. Battens, grooves, flush joints and mouldings make possible

o For prices or delivery information contact your iobber.

a wide range of siding treatments.

o Exterior type fir plywood is made in a variety of thicknesses and sizes and in several appearance grades. For additional information. write:

Douglas Fir Plywood Association

Tacoma 2, Washington