The mcking of timber into line lumber requires the combined skills of lumber craftsmen . . . "hecrty men of the Paul Bunycrn trqdition." These are the workers who comprise the Pope d Talbot orgcrnizcrtion men whose specicrl training experience crnd good iudgrment mqke thern mcsters ct producing lumber thct is properly milled, properly grcrded, properly hcndled . . . cr PdT policy since 1849.
Step-by-step, P&T's experienced tecmworkers, aided by strecrmline production methods, protect the inherent quclity of fine timber . producing lumber thct gcins your customers' personcrl recornmendctions crnd builds your business. Send your orders to Pope d Talbot. Be sure of grcded quclity, immediate qvcrilability, prompt delivery. Be sure of customer sqtisfcrction.
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Lumber shipments of 361 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer, National Lumber Manufacturers Association, were 3.9 per cent above production for the week ended December 25, 1948. In the same lveek new orders of these mills rvere 11.4 per cent above production. Unfilled order files of the reporting mills amount to 29 per cent of stocks. For reporting softrvood mills unfilled orders
On January 3rd, a terrific tornado tore througl-r the important sarvmill torvn of Warren, Arkansas, u.here trvo very large salvmill plants are located, The Bradley Lupber Company, and The Southern Lumber Company. The Southern plant suffered no damage. The Bradley plant rvas damaged to the extent of trvo million dollars. The big sarvmill was about half destroyed; the povi'er plant entirely wiped out; the 53 dry kilns rvere badly damaged; there was much lumber loss and loss to plant buildings ; the planing mill and big ihardrvood flooring plant suffered only minor damage.' Many lumber employes rvere killecl and hurt. None o{ the official family of Braclley lvere on the casualty list. l'resident R. !V. Fullerton announces that the plant will be rebuilt rvith all possible haste.
are equivalent to 2O days' production at the current rate, and gross stocks are equivalent to 67 days'production. For the year-to-date, shipments of reporting identical mills rvere 1.9 per cent belorv production; orders rvere 40 per cent belorv production.
Compared to the average corresponding week of 19351939, production of reporting mills was 22.4 per cent above; shipments rvere 31.2 per cent above; orders were 20.4 per cent above. Compared to the corresponding week in 1947, production of reporting mills was 21.8 per cent above; shipments rvere 3.7 per cent above, and neu' orders n,ere 1.2 per cent belorv.
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San Francisco Luml)ermen's Club was again host to the chilclren of the E,dgeu'ood Orphanage, San Francisco, at the clul-l's third annual Christmas party held at the Palacc Flotel, San Frar-rcisco, December 21. Laclies \\rere invited to be pre:;ent. The :rttendance totalecl 1(r0, and it can bc saicl that this Christmas party was a great success and thoroughh'enjoyed by all u'ho u'ere there.
The number of children entertained 'rvas 69, rar-rging in age from eight to 12. The children had been asked previously u'hat they 'n'unted for a Christmas present, and
The Arkay \\rrccking ct l-umber Co. has opened a new yard at 8116 Lankershim Boulevard, in North Hollywood, Calif. I. N{. "Kenny" Kenoffel and I. f,. "Rudy" Roodman, are the owners, and they are handling a full line of lumber, plyrvood and building n.raterials. Kenny served in the Navy during the late rvar, and Rudy in the Army Transport Corps.
each child received the article requestecl in every case. Lew Daniels, of Harbor Plyr,vood Corp. of California, acted as Santa Claus, and he did et very fine job.
Jo-Jo the Clown and his assistar-rt, Bettye Arrnc, crltertained in their orvn inimitable rvay.
President Fred Ziese and Secretary l'aul Overctlcl :rre to be congratulated on the excellent arrangemetrts made lor the party. Charlie Gartin and Bill NfcCubbin assisted Santa Claus. N'Irs. Ziese purchased the gifts and rvral>ped them-a big job.
A brochure just issued to the trade by United States Plywood Corporation describes twelve farm uses for l'rrttekwood, a new low-cost board that repels rats. Protekwood consists of a single sheet of hardwood veneer, sandwiched under extreme heat and pressure betrveen sheets impregnated with asphalt and a percentage of resin.
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"If one pursues the knowledge that he loves, he makes love of knowledge his real end. One with such an end in view never intentionally misuses the power of his knowledge. It is the prudent use of knowledge that constitutes Wisdom."
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This column this time will probably turn out to be a jumble of disconnected thoughts that may in some form or fashion seem to fit the present moment, either looking back over 1948 or forward into 1949.
The Giligilloo Bird, ,J" :.;-ber, was the one who always flew backwards; he didn't give a cuss where he was going, but loved to look back at where he'd been. This is no season for such birds. Yet, since it has been well said and seldom denied that the past is the stu'ff we build the future out of, why not look both ways?
The paragraph that "n."" ,nt, column seems filled with ripe wisdom. When I stuck it there, I really had President Truman in mind. It would be good advice for him. So would that of old Confucius when he said: "To win proves your strength-not the righteousness of your cause. THAT is only proven by the heaven in your heart."
Mr. Truman is from *rl""Lrt, ane state where they have to be shown. So are millions of thinking Americans, including most of the employing people. They admit he got elected, they admit he is a stubborn and courageous fighter, and they are certain he is a good American who loves his country above all things. All of which leaves the matter of his ability to manage successfully the biggest business enterprise in the world, still in the air. Like Missourians, we wait to be shown.
Now for some intere"atr- n,ioa.. of remarks made or written during the past year, that are either stimulating, or amusing, or something else that makes them deserve reprinting. During the World Series baseball battles last fall Oscar Levant sat with a group listening to the returns over the radio. The game started slowly. Someone in the group remarked: "It isn't much of a World Series." "What do you expect," countered Levant, "It isn't much of a world"t
It would take a volume to reprint the jokes about the pollsters and the election. Best of all to me, is this one:
Doctor Gallup, worried over the shocking failure of his pre-election guesses, put on a special poll after the election to see where his first one went wrong. And what do you know? It came up Dewey, again.
Senator McGrath, ., ;.; i.t"rra, got a big kickback when he said: "A third party has as much place in American politics as a third party on a honeymoon."
Winston Churchill ".tu, :;o can ever believe that there will be permanent peace in Europe or in the world while the frontiers of Asia rest on the Elbe?"
James V. Forrestal said: "If you left it to the military they would fortify the moon." *
Martin Dies said in many speeches: "Everything we fought for in World War Two; everything that our boys bled and died for; everything for which we poured out our treasure; everything we hoped and dreamed for, we gave away at Yalta, at Teheran, and at Potsdam, and we got nothing in return. It was the most terrific cleaning any great nation ever got in history." *r<*
Mrs. Robert A. Taft uttered this thought: "The torch of liberty is like your husband or your furnace. If you don't do something about them, they will go out."
Chief Lothuli, of "" irri""" Zulu tribe, visiting the United States, remarked: "It came as quite a surprise to me to discover that America is quite a jungle."
concerning New Year ;";tJ..r, George Ade once remarked that a man who had one "felt as if he had swallow. ed a steam radiator and someone had gone down to repair it." And some other wag said that a New Year hangover is "the moaning after the*ni3ht*before."
I don't know who said this but it sure chimes in with my opinion: "The movies have ruined more evenings than they have morals." The movie industry screams like a pained panther about how bad business is. If you want to know why, drop into a few. If you find one out of ten worth your time or money, you've been walking with Lady Luck. And when you go to one seeking entertainment, you are simply leaning on the Keeper of your Harem of HoPes' * * 't
The loudest groan I uttered on New Year, was when I
When the letters FDI appear as part of the grade trade-merk they certify that the doors sc marked not only meet quality Commercial Standards CS73-48 but have been officially inspected by the Fir'Door Institute and, at the buyer's request, will be covered by notarized Certi ficate of Inspection.
BP doors are of multiple-piecestile construction; and are so designated, because they are ideal for paint or enamel finish.
srtLEs, RAILS, AND MulltoNs-This stock shall be of vertical grain faces rvith some coarse grain permitted. It shall be sound in all respects, and may contain sap, light stains, streaks, burls, and neatly repaired pitch seams. Glued-up members are permissible. A moisture-resistant glue shall be used. Mixing of woods is permissible provided both stiles are of a single specie.
PANELS-FLAT vENEERED.-The standard thickness of 3. ply flat veneered panels shall be /a inch after sanding. Each face shall be of one or more pieces of firm smoothly cut veneer. When of more than one piece, it shall be well j oined and reasonably matched for grain and color at the joints. It shall be free from knots, splits, checks, pitch pockets, and other open defects. Streaks, discolorations, sapwood, shims, and neatly made patches shall be admitted.
PANELfRAISED-.The standard thickness of raised pancls shall be not more than9/16 inch before sanding and not Iess than 7 /16 inch after sanding. They may be either slash or mixed grain, or mixed woods and shall conform to the grade of the stiles and rails. Glued-up, solid panels are permissible.
turned on the radio and caught Frank Sinatra singing "Jingle Bells." He sang that rollicking song of happiness in the same funereal fashion he sings everything. His singing is as lonesome as a November rain, falling on the grave of an orphan child.
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A General Motors official in a holiday speech uttered these novel thoughts about the automobile industry: "The automobile industry is the greatest business in the world. Automobiles cost less per pound than butter, coffee, or even soap flakes. According to the last federal census there are more automobiles in the United States than there are bathtubs, telephones, or houses wired for electricity." Let those facts rattle around. They'll make you ponder.
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J. R. Oppenheimer, big shot in the development of the atom bomb, uttered this novel thought on that subject: "In some sort of crude sense which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannotlose."
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Mrs. Anna Rosenberg, lady big shot in Roosevelt's New Deal, said this: "The new look shows everything you want to hide and hides everything you want to show."
Clement Attlee, pri*. uliJu ot Britain, said (and these are sad words for all of us) : "The road is longer than we thought."
Education sank to " ,r.l*, ,"*-," 1948, in Pittsburg, Pa., at any rate. The City advertised for a street sweeper at a salary of $3,170 per year, and for a college degree naturalist to work in the city parks at $2,239 per year.
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If you want to know rvho pays the bills for the overpriced radio programs you listen to, responsible auditors figure that the products sold in grocery stores pay f.or 26 per cent of them, and products sold in drug stores are second with 19 per cent.
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Coffee drinking rose to a new high in 1948 in the United States, our people consuming l8l potnds per head, as compared with 14 pounds before 1939. Reason, we make
coffee stronger than we used to, more of us drink it, and most of us who do drink it, do so oftener than of old. The old idea about coffee keeping you awake belongs up on the shelf with the cold pie. It just never was true. But the BELIEF that it did, kept lots of folks awake.
Mr. Hoffman, who is spending our billions abroad for ECA, reports that the average worker in Western Europe made $320 a year in 1948, but that the way things are going this will increase to about $425 this year.
And it may surprise you to know-and it is a fact-that British shipbuilding returned so strongly in 1948 that more than half of all the ship tonnage under construction in the entire world at present, is building in Britain. More than 2.2 rnillion tons of ships were under construction in that country late in 1948.
The figures for the last of the year are not in yet, but only 179,000 new business firms started up in this country during the first six months of 1948, as against 238,000 in the same months ol L947, and 356,000 in the same period in 1946. fn some lines, more concerns went out of business in 1948 than new concerns started.
Rupert Hughes, famous writer and lecturer, was asked about Communists in this country, and how the prosperous ones get that way, and he said, in part: "I think true Communists are born that way. They commit Communism in their cradles. They are just stinkers from birth. The Reds abhor America and preach up Communism in which everybody is wretched and underpaid or shot, except a few tyrants and their pets. Those twistwits hate their own country where anybody can work his way up out of poverty. They adore a country where everybody is poor and stays that way until he has either cheated or slaughtered his way to the top, or has been liquidated. The asylums are full of poor souls who think crooked. We pity them. And perhaps we should pity our Communists."
And now we close with a two liner from the L. A. News, which says: "Just when we think we can relax, Come license plates, and income tax."
Remember: There are six appearance grades of Exterior-type Douglas fir plywood-(PlyShield included)-and six corresponding grades of Interiortype. Each grade is manufactured to meet a specific building need. The 1949 Basic Plywood Catalog, recently mailed to lumber dealers, gives full grade use information. Additional copies of this helpful selling-aid can be secured by writing the Douglas Fir,Plywood Association, Tacoma 2, Washington,
PLYSHIELD is the new grade name for the outdoor type plywood panel formerly known as Sound I Side Exterior-type (SolSEXT-DFPA). It has a face of "A" veneer, a back of "C" veneer, and is bonded with completely'waterproof resin adhesive.
r t x this grademark firmly in mind. You'll sell a lot of plywood panels marked "PlyShield." This versatile grade of Exterior-type Douglas fir plywood is a time-tested product with a new easily identified name. It has a long record of outstanding performance--as a preferred material for the exterior siding of homes, garages, stores, warehouses, and commercial buildings of all kinds. Feature it for these uses-and for many other applications, too: for gable ends, entrance treatments, dormers, bays, soffits, porch and breezeway ceilings. And-best of all-you can expect to get more and more of this all-purpose Exterior plywood. For price and delivery information, contact your regular source of supply-today.
Flooring is made chieflv in the harder softrvood species such as Douglas fir, \\rest Coast hemlock, and Southern pine, and in hardrvoods, such as maple and oak.
More than 27,000,000,000 board sau'timber stands in the \\restern
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Only about l/o of the forest area in the region is cut over each year. A Douglas fir diamcter of 24 inches in about 80 years.
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Ner,v York, Dec. 25-The "gray market" in fir plywood has disappeared and there norv is an adequate supply of this leading building and industrial product for all needs, Larvrence Ottinger, president of United States Plyrvood Corporation, declared today.
Last January Mr. Ottinger publicly t'arned against the gray market then prevailing in this vital product. "Opportunist operators in fir plywood, most rvidely used of all plyrvoods, then were charging all the traffrc would bear," he said, "and consumers caught by the throat by these unconscionable operators were frequently forced to pay from one-third more to double the price of fir charged by legitimate mills and legitimate distributors'
"Conditions in the Douglas fir plyu'ood market have undergone a radical change within the last sixty days, horvever. These gray market operators who held up consllmers for fir plyt'ood have recently been throrvn into panic.
"A rising supply o{ fir plyrvood, due to a sharply increased production, has caught many of the gray marketeers in a precarious situation wherein they have committed themselves for large amounts of merchandise which tl-rey are unable to sell profitably.
"This has made it necessary for distributors to reducc prices. Compared to peak prices charged by the gray marketeers rvithin the past year, fir prices to consumers are dou'n sharply."
Nfr. Ottinger emphasized that clemand for fir plyu'ood remains very active, and that United States Ply'ivood Corporation has encouutered no difficulty in disposing of its very large production. "Our November sales," he added, "$,ere rvell ahead of a year ago though somervhat less than October because of a shorter month.
"IIolever, factors such as the economic trend, year-end inventories and some softening of prices have forced some mills, unable to sell their production, either to shut down or curtail production. On the other hand, our own and af' filiated mills are running at capacity.
"\\rhat is happening appears to us to be constructive. The gray marketeers, mostly newcomers who tried to capitalize on the previous tight supply situation, are being eliminated either by return of plyu,ood users to established distributing sources, or through financial difficulties," Mr. Ottinger concluded :
"Prices are returning to levels conforming to more normal conditions, and supply of fir plywood once again is sufficient to meet current requirements. The benefits, in our opinion, will be realized throughout the wood-using industries. If the same trend occurs in other building materials, it could well increase building activity, especially in the low-priced field where housing facilities are most urgently required."
W-ashington, D.C., Dec. 1S-Announcement rvas made today of the selection of Charles A. Gillett as managing director of the American Forest Products Industries, Inc., a national educational association of lumber, pulp and paper, and plywood industries with headquarters in \\'ashington, I). C., and field offices in Nerv Orleans, Boston, and Portland, Ore.
Gillett succeeds Chapin Collins who r,vill resume publication of newspapers he ou,ns in the State of Washington, Collins has served r'vith the forestry organization since 1943.
Giliett has been the chief forester for the American Forest Products Industries, and previously 'lvas forester for the Seaboard Air Line Railway. Gillett also served as Arkansas' first state forester, as extension forester in Arkansas, and North Dakota, and as assistant extension forester in New York State.
Ti-re association he now heads is r-rational' sPonsor of the American Tree Farm program, the "Keep America Green" movement for forest fire prevention, and other projects to encourage better management and protection of forest lands.
Trustees elected lvere : Sydney Ferguson, Nfeacl Corporation, Dayton, Ohio, re-elected president of AFPI: Col. Willam B. Greeley, Port Gamble, Wash., chairman of the board of trustees; J. M. Brorvn, Northr'vest Timber Co., Spokane, Wash.; C. O. Bro'wn, International Paper Co., New York; James L. N{adden, Hollingsrvorth & Whitney, Boston; N. F. McGorvin, W. T. Smith Lun-rber Co., Chapman, Ala.; and John B. Veach, Hards'ood Corporation of America. Asheville. N. C.
Springfield, Oregon., Dec. 9-Appointment of Nlarvin C. Jones as manager of Weyerhaeuser Tirnber Company's sulphate pulp and container board plant mill at Springfield, Oregon rvas announced today by Horvard \V. Nlorgan, manager of the company's Pulp Divisiot.r at Tacoma. \\-ashington.
Since 1927 Jones has been t'ith the I\{ichigau Carton Company, a large manufacturer of paper'board ancl cartons at Battle Creek, Michigan. In cl.rarge of engineering' the laboratories and purchasing since 1934, he has plal-ed an important part in the construction of that compan\-'s new 250-ton board mill r'vhich started operation in June, 1948. He is also a member of the board of directors for the Michigan Carton Company.
Jones plans to assume his duties shortly after January first, 1949, and will make his home in the Springfield area. The kraft pulp and container board mill at Springfielcl will convert wood not suitable for lumber into container board. It is expected to start operation in early summer of. 1949. The plant will derive its raw material from sawmilling'facilities on the same site, u'hich rvill include dry kilns and a planing mill.
I I . The Redwood log contoins the most oI the besl texture ond qroin, obtoinoble for sidino.
4. The grode is mode in the mill. Eoch log is selectively cut to secure the finest texture ond qroin.
5. Scientific oir drying for the proper length of time is followed by ccrelully regulcted secsoning in modern temperqture ond humidity controlled dry kilns.
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Portland, Ore., Dec. l5-I'ublication of a netv I-arch species book covering the properties, uses and grades of \\Iestern Larch lumber was announced today by the Western Pine Association.
The nelv book is a complete revision of one r,vhich l.ras been a standard reference manual for the past 15 years an<l contains basic information for builclers, architects, dealers an<1 lvholesalers.
With 52 illustrated 8l x 11" pages, the book includes Irrll page pictures of typical pieces of each grade accom1>anied by text material describing the illustrated examples.
Properties and uses sections are illustrated r'vith photographs of Larch in actual use in residences, con.rmercial lruildings. industry, etc. Also inclucled are a map of the
\\Iestern I'ine Region, pictures of standing Larch and a micro-photograph of Larch cell structure. Front and back covers are in fottr colors.
The book is indexed and carries a listing of standard nranufactured sizes and an alphabetic catalogue of uses oI Larch and recommended grades therefor.
The total stand of Larch in the Western Pine Region is estimated at 26 billion board feet of sar,vtimber. Current production averages close to 200 million board feet annually.
Single copies of the Larch book are available free to all dealers, builders, architects and other lumber users antl jobbers and may be secured by u'riting the Western Pine Association, Yeon Building, Irortland 4, C)re. Quotations on additional copies may be obtained fr<lnr the associ;rtion.
The fourth annual Constructit.rr-r Industries Exposition ancl Home Shon' rvill l;e held in the Iran-Pacific Auditorium in Los Angeles on Jurrc )_1) lQLO
Thc I')xposition is indnstry ou'ued and sponsorecl. The boarcl of dircctors is comprised of rcpre se rrtatives of each of the thirteen major construction industry associations irr Southerrr Caliiornia ancl the I-os.\rtgeles C'hamber oI Comnrerce.
The Expositiorr u'll be urr<ler the leadership of I'resident Earl T. Heitschrni<1t :rnd Ilxecutive Vice I'rcsident D. I). l)urr.
Charles J. Alcxancler has bought the irrtercst of \I. E. Joslin of the Joslin-r\lexander Co. of Inglen'ood, and rvill o1>erate the lrusiness utlder the sarle name.
Stanton Sr"'afford, general sales manager. Ii. J. Stanton & Son, Los .\ngelcs. arrnounces thc apirointmeirt t>f I"red I-osch to harrclle the plomotion of spccialtl lumber pro<lucts in thc: Sou'tl-rern CaliforniiL area. N[r. I-osch u'as iortrterlv nith the .\rnrstror-rg Corl< L'o. lrutl has zttr cxccllent bacl<grorrncl in lrtriltling mlLtcrial s:Llcs promotion.
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Itallrh A. Tillotson has openerl a 1'ard at 6201 San Fernando Iload, GlenclzLle, u-hich he u'ill operate as the Ralph .\. Tillotsorr Lttmber Co.. handling pine anci hardl'oods. He has beeu associated u'ith thc lunrber bttsiucss irr l-tts Angelcs for a number <>f 1'ears, an<l prior tcl that he u'as iu the harclri'oorl l.:ttsiness in l)ctroit for 18 )'ears
Fir-Tex holds ploster like glue, lt ossures smoolh, ottroctive wotls ond ceilings for yeors to come, free from dirt-reveoling ptoster morks becouse the remorkoble insulotion quoliiies of Fir-Tex prevent the possoge of dust-loden heot. Ploster crocking is reduced to o minimum. Fir-Tex insuloting lolh is sized 18" x 18"i ovoiloble in severol thicknesses to meet ony building oild insulotion requirement. Fir-Tex toth is eosily opplied directly to studs ond'ioists. Requires no speciol skill or tools.
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(I have found this short story surprisingly effective. In fact, it "lays them in the aisles." If you tell it, don't try to add to it. Tell it short and quick, as follows:)
A rnan walked into the office of a psychiatrist.
.\ nerv type of aluminum screen that combines in one product the cooling action of an awning, the shading value ,rf a venetian blind and the insect protection of a fine wire mesh screen is nou' being manufactured by Permanente \{etals Corporation and marketed as Kaiser Aluminum Shade Screening. A descriptive leaflet and further inforrnation can be obtained through Permanente Products L.ompanv's clistrict sales offrces or by r'vriting directly t<r tlre Crrrrsumer Service Division, 1924 Rroadrvay, Oakland 12, t'alifornia.
When he took off his hat, top of his head, and a strip of to the psychiatrist:
Herman Haupt Chapman of Nelv Haven, Conu.. professor emeritus of forest management at Yale lJniversitv and past president of the Society of American Foresters, rvas arvarded the Sir William Schlich memorial medal on I)ecember 17 at the annual meeting of the Society held in 13oston, Mass. Iilected a Fellorv of the Society of American Forestersin 1922, he served as president of that organization during the period 1934-1937. In 1947 the degree doctor of science, honoris causa, rvas conferred tlpon him by the University of N{innesota.
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Ponderosa White Pine Plywood . Douglas Fir Plywood . Hollow Core Flush Doors Hardwood Plywood both Commercial and Decorative . All in Warehouse Stocks
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End-mctched llooring is c conservotion move beccuse it useg short piecee like lhie lrom which knots have been cut out, Pieces cre lrorn l8 inches to 8 leet iu length, hcving tongue-cnd-groove on both sides cnd bolh ends. End-mctched flooring loys smoothly cnd snugly.
Coming closely on the heels of the \\rest Coast lumlter industry's annorlncement of availability of some trvo billion feet a vear of inexpensive, econonry and utility grades of lumber for lol'-cost housil.rg, is the rvord that sonre \\rest Coast prodncers are again nranufacturins less cxpensive, end-matcl-red flooring and siding.
This is an additional major effort of lrrmbermen of the West Coast area to produce lolrer cost itents suitable for use in the average man's home, inclustry spokesmen sai<l. Ii,nd-matched flooring and sicling in the softu'oods has not been manufactured since the start of the n.ar. lrut found a ready market in those years.
In addition to tl-re saving in thc cost of the flooring-, builders say they can save up to thirtv per cent irr labor costs by using end-matched flooring. In a fir.e-room house recluiring 1500 feet of flooring, one builder reports an average saving of $30 in labor per house. Because this popular item has tongue-and-groove pattern on both sides and ltoth ends. it lays snuglv ar.rd easily. Only one sau' cut is needed to each course at the end of the course. There is no rvaste for even the shortest piece cut from the end of one course can be used to start the next course.
()ne of the re:rsons u'h-v end-m:rtched flooring carr lte of-
fered to the trade at a lou'er cost is that it contes from shorter pieces, from 18 inches to 8 feet in lcngth. It is cut from recovered pieces vr.hich accumulate <lnring tl.re manufacture of regular flooring.
Manufacture of end-matched flooring actually is anothcr step ill closer utilization and conservatiolr, for it turns rvhat u,as once near .lvaste rarl' material into finished consumer goods. Because it is a conservation measure mills are able to l)ass on the saving in ratv material c<tst to thc customer.
Retailers n'ill find end-matched flooring easy to handlc for it comes ir-r short bunclles from four tcl eight feet irr length, and can easily be strlred in orre bin. It comes in either Douglas fir or \\rest Coast Hemlock in three and i'our inch widths of starrclard thicknesses. It is bundled according to grain, grade and species in B&Btr, both flat and vertical grain.
Since each piece of this flooring locks on all four edges and fits snugly into adjoining pieces at ltotl.r ends and edges, it makes an unusually solid floor.
A determined eftort is being made by Douglas fir lumber producers to convert every usable bit of the log into itenrs suitable for use in the construction and horne building industries. Conservation of \\rest Coast forest resources, b-v trsing more rnarginal logs, develops a l,vicler variety of po. tential products, spokesmen for the region poir.rt out.
Millmen are interesting wholesalers and retailers in this conservation t.novement. They believe a merchandisine job is needed by all segments of the industry to sell these nerv items where they can lte properlv used. Historicalll., because lumber has generally been plentiful it has been cheap, and u,e have used too good gracles. these lumlier leaders clainr.
Gucncrnteed to meel or exceed requirements ol Americqn Society lor Testing Materiqls Specificq' tions lor High Ecrrly Strength Portlcrnd Cement, <rs well cs Federcrl Specificcrtions lor Cement, Portlcrnd, High-Ecnly-Strength, No. E-SS-C-201 cr.
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I rvould like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on the splendid Christmas issue of The California Lumber Nferchant. In calling on the dealers in our territory I l.rave heard manl' complin.rentary remarks on this issue.
Jack F. Pomeroy llxecutive Vice-J'resident Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California
You rvill find enclosed a check for scription to your swell magazine. I find it very ne\rrsy and up-to-date that a good lumberman should knol'. to a year of s'ivell reading.
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A. J. Bourkarcl Nk-,ntereyherervith check covering nr.v subscription year of good reading.
Paul Revert I-os Angeles,Your editorials in the Lumber N{erchant are alu'avs greatly appreciated by us. We r'vere especially glad you reprinted in the Christmas issue your editorial of a year ago concerning the Christmas Story by Doctor Luke. Last year's issue we passed along to manl' friends to read until rve finally got it lost. This year \\:e are nou, making a number of copies of the fore part of this to hand out to other friends. \\re just especially 'ivanted to pass this along as a l\ferry Cl.rristmas to vou.
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H. MacyX'Iacy l-umber' C--or.n pauy Orland. Calif.
\\rhat a thrill to get your Christmas edition of the "N{erchant." I have looked it over tu'ice now, and rvill no doubt again-for in it, did I see several things of ir-rterest particularly also your page on 25 years ago in the Merchant. Thanks again, for much pleasant reading. Yes-I even enjoyetl the ads-for, for originality and design, they are reallv an achievcm e n t' 1\{ ore Po\\re r tnri""ott' ".r, clricksorr Nerv York. N. \'.
1'our Christmas Issue 'ivas the biggest and ever had.
Ed LaFranchi Pacific Forest Prodttcts,Inc. Oakland, Calif.
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A new building to house the Los Angeles area retail sales and service organization for Hyster industrial trucks will be opened about January 1 at 5301 Pacific Blvd., Huntington Park, according to an announcement from Ray Ronald, western division sales manager of the Hyster Company, Portland Oregon.
The reinforced concrete structure, designed by Henry L. Eggers, architect, covers 7500 square feet, including a large showroom, a parts and service department, and several offices. A plate glass window fronts the display section, and the entrance is finished in field stone. Adjoining in the back is a 40 x 75 foot outside storage area.
American Lumber & Mfg. Co., 9th Avenue Pier, Oakland, recently added a Woods .1&{B ball bearing, double profile matcher to its custom milling equipment. The mill has a capacity of 125,000 feet per shift.
Formerly located at 2700 S. Santa Fe Avenue in Vernon, operations rvith a staff of fifteen people are under the management of L. W. (Jack) Barclay. Sales personnel includes: Harold Berg, Warren Burman, Victor Hunt, and Donald Imhoff.
The organization is exclusive distributor of Hyster materials handling equipment such as lift trucks, straddle trucks, and mobile cranes in thirteen southern California counties, including: Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare and Ventura.
J. R. (Bob) Raymer, of Yosemite Builders Supply Co., Merced, Calif., was elected president of the Merced Chamber of Commerce at a meeting of that organization held December 15.
Portland, Ore., Dec. 31-A report of 1948 production and shipments of Western Pine Region lumber and lumber products and an estimate of probable first quarter, 1949, shipments rvere released today by S. V. Fullarvay, Jr., secretary-manager of the Western Pine Association.
The report covered Idaho White Pine, I'onderosa Pine, Sttgar Pine and Associated Woods. The statement in full:
"Lumber supply apparently was overtaking demand as the year 1948 came to a close. I-argely responsible for this situation \vas tl-re greatest annual production of lumber in probably thirty years. Also involved rvas some slackening of demand due to the continued rise in the costs of home construction and to political uncertainties.
"A more nearly balanced supply-demand relationship shoulcl mean :r healthier economic atmosphere for the lumber industry. This situation could have been reached many months ago. Had OPA controls been removed promptly after VJ-Day, production by the active units in the industry rvould have been immediatell- stimulatecl and nerv an<l marginal units rvould have come cluickly inttt prodnction. Instead, the delay of 15 rnonths in reuroval of tl"re inadequate OPA lumber prices caused a decline of several ltillion feet in annual outpttt and greatly delayed the necessary expansion of production by nerv and marginal mills, rvhich is only r.rorv bringing supply atrd demancl into balance.
"The 1948 performance of the Western Pine industrv 'was homel hat erratic clue to floods an<l unusuallv 'n'et rveather during the spring and to early rvinter stortns aucl to some slackenir.rg of lumber demand torvard the end of the year. l)espite such factors, it is now estimated that the industry has again brokeu all previous records rvith an output for the year of 7 billion 230 million feet and deliveries of 63/4 billion feet. This compares with production of 6729 millton ancl shipments of 6552 million during 1947.
"Lumber stocks at the mills, rvhich as of December 31, 1948 are estimated at 1698 million feet, have increased 489 rnillion since a year ago. This in'r'entory volume, rvhich is at about the same level as 1941 stocks and considerably lo'il'er than those of previous years, n'ill permit more effective handling of the heavier current shipments. As rvould be expected, a very large part of this stock increase
The next regular annual meeting of the California Lumbermen's Accident Prevention Association rvill be held at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, February 7 and 8, 1949.
Derby Bendorf, The Pacific Lumber Company, Scotia. Calif., is president, and I). N. (Nat) Edrvards, \A'rood Prodtrcts Co., 1706 Broaclway, Oaklanrl 12, is secretarr'. Telephone number is Hlgate 4-6076.
This Association is a non-proflt organization of lumber companies, mills, reuranufacturers, retail yards, etc., rvho are chiefly concerned u'ith the eltcouragement of safe u'orking conditions in the forest products industries in the State of Caiifornia.
The Association had its beginnirrg tn 1923, ancl it has I{ro\\rl1 ever since until the present time t,hen it euconrl)asses the n.rajor lumber industries of the State as u'ell as manv of the smaller oDerators.
Ilecently the Association has l;een takirrg att active Part on the amending and re-s,riting of the Safetl' Orders of the Division of Inclustrial Safetr'. ....# ,...,,,...,',...,,,'..,,,...,,,...,,,.'.,,".i-".i;*
is in the associated species u'hich are air seasortecl it.t cousiderable voluure.
"Some soft spots :rre appearing in our general ecoltolllY as the demand for certain goocls is being satisfiecl. Although such sigr-rs gir,'e inclications that the boom is ler-eling o1T, most economists predict a continued high level of ltusiness cluring the first half of 19'19. Construction forecasts for tl-rc corning year anticipate a level of total constmctiou eclttal to that of 1948 but there appears to be general agreeurctrt that residential builtling. althouglt contintting in relativcly large volume, n'ill be los'er in 1949.
"There appear to be more than the ttsual ttttccrtainties in the economic outlook and l'eather, in both the cot'tstttrring and producing areas, is more generally urrpredictable for the first quarter of the year. Hon'ever, ltaserl upon all available informatiorr, it trou' seenrs lrrobable that durirrg the first quarter ol 1919 shipments (consttr.nlttion) of 1umber by the Western Pine indttstrv u'ill approximate 1250 million feet or 10/o under those for the saure l9'18 period."
Portlar.rd, Ore., Jot-t. 3-Appointment of Leo Beckstrom, 31, as field representative for the Western Pine Association in the Washington, D. C., area \,vas announced today by Joseph W. Sherar, promotion nranag.er.
Beckstrom, a member of the association's grade inspection staff for the past two years, has already taken up his new duties. He rvill cover the city of Washington ancl adjacent states.
"With the appointment of Nlr. Beckstrom," Sherar said. "the association is again able to serve .sers of the Western }rines in the middle Atlantic states u'here a great portion of our members' production is ship_ ped. Mr. Beckstrom is naturally thoroughly conversant rvith Western I'ine grading and is extremely lr,.ell ground_ ed in the manufacturing procedures of Western pine mills. His experience rvill be of exceptional help to Western pine users."
A lumber gracler since 1935, Beckstrom worked for the Red River I-umber company, Westwood, California; Scott Lumber company, Burney, California; and the Setzer Box company, Greenville, California, prior to entering service. He was a radio technician in the Army Air Forces for four years, including a year in the European Theater.
After the rn'ar he rvorked briefly for the Cal-Ida Lumber company at Aultnrn, California, before joining the asso_ ciation.
His office address in Washington is 712 Transportation Building, \\rashington, D. C.
American Factors, I-td. has opened a llew lumber yard in Hilo, to replace the one destroyed by the tidal wave of 7946. To celebrate the opening, a Christmas luau was held, planned by Sidney Silver, Hilo manager, rvith guests from the Amfac-Hilo office, the Honolulu office, contractors. architects, and many others.
Frank Carr, lvho has been lvith Amfac-Hilo for manv years, is in charge of the entire operation. The ne* yari and mill cover more than seven and one-half acres, including nearly two acres of covered storage sheds for lumber. The mill includes some of the most modern planing machinery in the territory. There is also a cabinet shop ecluipped to turn out all types of mill u'ork.
Truscon Steel Company, Youngstou'n, that C. B. McGehee, after a year's leave returned to assume the responsibilities of tion as general manager of sales.
Ohio, announces of absence, has his former posi-
Our modern mill uses the finest molders, matchers, resaws and all other machines necessary for the sort of work that "Trox" applauds.
Since we are milling specialists, we work at a lower total cost-per-unit than you could achievewith your own equipment, all factors considered.
Carloads to be surfaced or run to pattern will be unloaded at our siding, milled and forwarded-fast. We will sort, grade and tally your random stock. Small lot orders for stock patterns get the same service as carload lots. Overnight service on surfacing, if you're in a jam. Phone us for action.
Charles Russell Johnsor.r, of San Fr:rncisco. 'tvho rvas bortr in Wisconsin in 1859 and died in California in 19'10, rvas the founder and lifelong head of the Union Lttrnber Company.
A r,r,riter of charm and literarv Power has n'ritteu a ltook called "Memories of the Mendocino Coast," u'l.rich is built around the life history of the late Mr. Johnson. The rvonderful history of this marvelous California coast rvhere the Redrvood forests met the sea, and particularly the history, growth, and development of the Redrvood lumber industry on that coast and througl.rout that area, is well told in this book, which lras rvritten nnder the sponsorship of Otis R. Johnson, present President of the Union Lttmber Companv, and n'orthy son of C. R. Johnson. For, as the author tells so well, the history of the Menclocino Coast from 1882 until the present time, is really the history of C. R. Johnsor.r and his associates. The ltook rvell rnerits reading, and those interested in California history tvill find a u'ealth of interesting matter betu'een its covers. It is dedicatecl ttr C. R. Johnson and to every employe of the Uniorr Ltrmber' Cornpany.
Scores of interesting pictures illustrate the 90 page volume.
The first sau,mill on the l\{endocino Coast tvas built at Mendocino City in 1851. When C. R. Johnson, rl'ho had already seen active serr.ice rvith his father in the lumber business in Michigan, arrived or.r that Coast in 1882. there were about ts:enty small mills along the Coast, cutting l{edwood. The young man immediately bought an interest in one oi those mills, and tveut to work. In 1884 he decided to broaden out, so he {ormed the Union Lumber Company and built the first mill at Fort Bragg, the site of the present day big and modern sal,vmill of the company. From here on the book tells a great story of the vision, courage, and personal al>ilities of Mr. Jol.rnson ar-rd his various associates.
C. R. Johnson cluicklv assrttned a position of leadershilt on the Nfendocino Coast, u'otr the trttst and friendship of most of the population, at.rd ftlr sixty years he u'as kuon'tr to all the population of that territory simply as "C.lt."
The book is a splenclid tnouttntent to a great lumbernlarr.
Tacoma. \\/ash., Decen-rber 30-Purchase of trvo Liberty ships by the Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company for operation in its intercoastal services was announced today by L. J. Rogers, Pacific Coast Manager of the line rvith l.readquarters in Tacoma, \A/ashington.
The trvo neu' units, accluired from the Maritilne C:onlmission at an approximate cost of $1,300,000, llrings thc Weyerhaeuser fleet up to a total of six ships atlcl onlv trvrr short of the pre-u,ar fleet size.
Follorving the line's customary practice of r.ran-ring its ships after \\reyerhaeuser exectttives, the trvo ships havc been named for W. H. Peabody, executive vice president of the Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company. Nelvark, Nerv Jersey, and the late George S. Long, former getreral manager of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Comparly at Tacoma.
First to enter the service rvill be the \\r. H. I'eabodv, nou, scheduled to sail from l'hiladelphia, Chester, Baltimore an<l Norfolk during the first half of Janttarr- in the Pacific Coast Direct I-ine serl'ice, u'estbotttld segtrletlt of the \\reyerhaettser I-ine.
The George S. I-ong is schecluled to sail u'estn'ar<l lrottt the same ports in late Iiebruary. A11 ships clischarge at [-os Angeles, Sar.r Francisco 13a1' llorts, Portlarrd, Seattle ar-rd Tacoma. I-astbound the ships rvill follos' the same general itinerary. \\/ith the cxtra ships, sailings u'ill be n.raintained on a 14-day frecluency'
Both ships are 10,800 rleadu'eight ton ftlrmer \\'itr cltrriers, and n'ere built in the \faryland yard of thc Ilethlehem Shipbuilding ComPan-v'. Other \Veyerhaeuser fleet rrnits are the John \\reyerhaeuser, F. E. \\rer-e rhaeuser, Horace Irvine and F. S. Bell. Sir-rce all eight rrr.rits of the pre-\\'ar fleet u'ere either sttnk or sold, tl.rese six ships of the neu'fleet have lleen:lcrlttirecl since the errd of the n-ar'
Paul C. Nlc\Iillan has lleen appointed nrarlager of the' neu.lr- created San Francisco office of Monsanto Chenrical Companr''s export sales tlepartulent, r'vhich openetl Jarruary 1. The office is situated s'ith the Monsanto clonlestic sales organizztlion at 111 Sutter Street.
Gr .*p.rience of Associated Plywood Mills extends over a period of 28 years.
That is a long time in the plywood industry. Long enough to acquite "know-how"; long enough to realize that plywood, like any article of worth, is iudged by quality of manufacture, long range research programs to improve the product constantly, honest dealings with buyers, integrity of management.
Branches have been opened recently in San Francisco, Dallas and St. Louis. These regional distribution depots, plus a group of strategically located sales warehouses, widen the service of Associated Plywood Mills to all sections of the country.
I)ave Davis, San Frdncisco, I)eputy State Snark for Northern California, announces the appointment <tf the follorving Vicegerent Snarks to their respective districts :
Jack F. I)omeroy, Lumber N{erchants Association of Northern California-San Francisco and Peninsula l)istrict.
E. J. LaFranchi, Pacific F'orest l'roducts, Inc., Oakland --Oakland and East Bay District.
N itch R. Landis, Noah Adams Lurnber Co., \\ralnut Grove, Calif.-Sacramento Valley District.
Lloycl \\rebb. Deer Creek Inn, Nevada City, Calif.-Nevacla City Forty-Niners District.
J. C. Snead, Jt., C. S. Pierce Lumber Compar.ry, Fresno, Calif.-Southern San Joaquin Vallev.
William Ultch, 2935 Pacific Aventte, Stockton, Calif.Northern San Joaquin Valley District.
Eureka District-Northwestern Califorr-ria Lumbermen's Club, to be appointed.
Salinas, Coast Counties District. to be appointed.
In submitting the list of appointments to Snark of the Ur-riverse, I-erov H. Stanton, Los Angeles. Deputl' State Snark Davis said it rvas hoped ancl irrtended that one and possibly tu'o Concats rvill be arranged in each district for the coming year.
The story of Douglas fir lumber, frour tree farms to America's homes, is told in graphic style in a neu' filmstrip just released by the \\rest Coast Lttmbermen's Association through the Society for Visual Education of Chicago.
Called "The Storl'of West Coast I-uml)er," the 65-framc filmstrip, (not a motion picture), u'ill be distributed to 5,000 schools in America. N{ost of the clistribution 'lvill be ir-r schools in states lr'here West Coast lttmber species hal'e their greatest markets.
Arrdio-visual education authorities are alreacly proclaiming it one of the finest industrial educational presentations developed for school use. A committee of northrvest educators u'ho specialize in visual methods u'orked u'ith Arthur K. Roberts, visual education director for the association in preparing the text and piitures.
i/llLLSr Eugene, C)rcgon, ond Willomlnc. Oregon
BRANGH un:nbUsfS, Eugene ond Willomino, Oregon; 925 Tolond St., Son Froncisco 24, Colil.; 4814 Bengol St., Dollos 9, Tex,; 425Q Utoh St., 5t. Louis 16, Mo.
SALES WAREHOUSES: Bessonefte & Eckstrcm, 2719 S. Compton, Los Angeles ll, Colif.; Pocific Mutuol Door Co.,626 Tocomo Bldg. (Home Office), Tocomo, Wn.; 1407 Fleet St., Boltimore 31, Md.;2141 Throop St.. Chicogo 8, lll.; 516 South Ave., Gorwood, N. J.; Adoms ond Shownee Sts., Konsos City; 2235 ferritorial Rood., St. Poul 4, Minn.
Prints of the fihnstrip are available rvithout charge for schools, organizations and clubs by rvriting to Mr. Roberts at the \\rest Coast Lumbermetr's Associatior, , 1410 S. W' Morrison Street, Portland 5, Oregon.
Al Chiles rvas appointed manager of the Fresno branch office and warehouse of Hill & Morton, Inc', Oakland, effective December 1. lle was formerly rvith Stewart & Nuss, Inc., and was with Nlaisler Brothers and Alcap Lumber Co., Fresno for about 10 Years,
714W. Olyrnpic Blvd.
LOS ANGEI^ES 15, CAIIF.
Telephone PRospect ll08
Arcolq Lumber Services, Arcoto, Colif.
Arcolq Lumber Services, Crescenl City, Colif.
Arcolo Timber Producls, Arcoto, Colif.
Bridgeville Lumber Co., Bridgeville, Colif.
Crog Lumber Co., Smith River, Colif. (Douglos Fir)
Cunninghom I Quigley, Fortuno, Colif.
Wm. Dunn, Fortuno, Colif.
Evqns Lumber Co., Rockporl, Cqlif.
F & M lumber Co., Crescenf City, Colif.
Gilson Lumber Co., Klomoth, Cqlif.
Hornden Bros. lumber Co., Arcoto, Colif.
Announcement is made by Tarter, Webster & Johnson, Inc., wholesale distributors of quality forest products, 1800 Marshall Avenue, Stockton, Calif., that they norv have available Wood'n-Wire, a superior all-purpose fencing for immediate distribution to lumber dealers.
W. L. (Bill) Frese, who travels the Sacranento Valley for this firm, is in charge of Wood'n-Wire fencing sales.
This fencing finds a ready market in agricultural areas, where it is used in temporary corn cribbing. It provides a simple but durable fencing for home owners. It can be used for dog runs, play pens, garden fencing and for many other purposes.
Wood'n-Wire fencing is woven of No. 12 galvanized steel wire and %" * Itl" x 48" smooth sawn ,lath. It is clip-' painted with quality dark green shingle stbin, with an oil base. It is also available in natural color,:and !s--sold irl 50' and 100'rolls.
Forqsts are tremendously nomy because they are our source.
important in the nation's ecogreatest renewable natural re-
John M. Hill lumber, Eureko, Colif.
W. C. Peterson, Arcqlo, Cqlif.
Phelps Bros. lumber Co., Arcolq, Cqlif.
Elmer Skoog, McConn, Colif.
G. L. Speier Co., Arcoto, Colif. (Two Millsl
South Boy Lumber Co., Fields londing, Golif.
We con furnish borh R.edwood ond Douglos Fir, surfqced qnd rough, for prompt rqil shipment from these mills.
The annttal convention of the I-ttn.rber Nlerchants Association of Northern California r'vill be held in Yosemite \ational Park on Monclay, Tuesclav, and \\rednesday, April 11, 12, and 13, 1919.
I-adies s.il1 be cordially 'welcomed, aud an attractive program of entertainment, including sightseeing trips to historic points of interest will be arranged for them.
Headrluarters rvill be at the Ahu'anee Hotel. Advance registrations are being received lly the office of the Association, 214 Front Street. San Francisco 11. Telephone number is YUkon rr-3705.
Simpson Logging Company announce the appointment of C. D. (Dar) Ahern as District Sales Manager for the area served from their San Francisco office, namely Northern California, Utah, Nevada, Colorado and Wyoming.
N'Ir. Ahern, formerly rvith Kimberly-Clark, joir-red the Simpson organization in June 1948 to take over a special assignment in connection with insulating materials.
\\r. W. (Bill) Forrest, well ktrou'n to lumbermen in the Bay area, and rvho recently joined the Simpson force has been appointed Sales Manager, Lumber Department for tl.re region served by the San Francisco office.
Simpson's neu' San Francisco offices are now located in rooms 641. &3. e+4, 645 and (146, Pacific Gas & Electric Rrrilding, 25 Beale Street.
.\. S. Murphy, president of The Pacific l-umber Company, San Francisco, and Mrs. I\furphy spent Christmas at Victoria Falls, Rhodesia, South Africa, af ter which they left on a safari for big game l-runting in East Africa. Follo'iving the big game hunt they n'ill go to Cairo and Alexandria, frour rvhere they u'ill sail for a leisurely South .\tlantic voyage, returning to California late in Februarv.
Blue I)iamond Corporation. Los A ngeles, is marketing through building material and Paint dealers, Cement Paint in 25 pourrd bags rvith a choice of 12 colors. Their 1'ears of exllerience manufacturing cement and gypsum products aided them in the devel()pment of a superior product for decorating masonry surfaces.
Blue Diamond Cemertt Paint has tu'o valuallle
characteristics other than decoration.
1. It rveatherproofs rvithout stopping natural "Masonrv I3reathing." \\rllen masonry Pores are completely sealed, high daytime temperatures vaporize moisture lvithin the rvalls and built up pressures behind the paint contributc to peeling, blistering and deterioration of masonry surface aud paint. It is a cement base pon'der and actually becomes a part of the rvall, weatherproofing and preventing passage of rvater.
2. It 'lrray be repainted rvithout sand-blasting or u'ire brushing. Paints lr,hich coutain oils, u'ax, casein. resin or other \\,ater-repel'lent substances form rvaxv surfaces ancl resist redecoration and in most cases must be removed to the original surface. It uses cement as a base and may lle repainted u'ith full asstlrance of a good lloucl u'ith a minimum of cleaning.
IJlue I)izrmond Cement Paint colors have lleen selected for their beauty enhancement of rough textured $'alls ar.rd sun-resistant qualities. Color cards and prices $'ill be sent upon reqtlest.
The total standing Pine region is 31.1 per
sau'timber supply cent of that in the
in the \\restcrn United States.
There are 66.000,000,000 board feet of standing White Fir sa'ivtimber in the Western Pine regioll.
Washington, D. C.,-Ponderosa pine stumps, previotrsly useless by-products of logging, soon may become raw material for a naval stores industry nerv to the \\rest.
This is another case of industry-sponsored research paying off in increased lvood utilization. The Western Pine Association, representing forest industries in l2 far u'estem states, reports its research laboratory in Portland, Ore., has developed a commercially practical process for recovering nal'al stores extracts from ponderosa pine stumps.
The process, announced recentll' to industry members, n'as developed after several years of study by Carl A. Rasmussen and Albert Hermann. scientists at the Portland laboratory. The process has been thoroughly tested at the association's pilot plant in Bend, Ore.
Pitch yields are higher from old stumps, the scientists report. Stumps from trees cut less than four years ago have averaged 17 per cent extract on a rveight basis while older stnrnps shou'ed a naval stores yield of about 500 pounds per ton. One stump from a wind-tl.rrown tree in Eastern Oregon yielded 50 per cent extracts by rveight. Another stump shipped from Window Rock, Ariz., cut 56 years ago, yielded 22 per cent by weight.
Pine stumps have long been a source of naval stores in the South but this is the first time ponderosa pine stumps have been utilized commercially in the \\rest. In the process stumps are either pulled or trvisted out by means o{ a splitting tooth attachment on a bulldozer.
The election of Victor Olson as president of \\/ashingtorr Veneer Company has been announced by Ou'en ll. Cheatham, president of Georgia-Pacific Plywood & Lumber Co.
Mr. Olson has been a leading figure in the plyr,vood industry for the past 25 years. He previously served as production manager of the U. S. Plywood plant at Seattle, then organized and was president of the l3ellingham Plyrvood Corporation, which recently rvas merged into Washington Veneer Company.
H. W. McClary remains as general manager of the tr,vo Olympic plants; Arthur Olson. former assistant manager, succeeds Victor Olson at the Bellingham plant; and Gus N. Arneson rvill continue to manage the Springfield operation.
At the plant stumps are ground up and treated 'ivith a solvent that absorbs pitch from wood. Later the solvent is readily separated from the pitch leaving the extract for processing into rosin, turpentine and pine oil-all valuable products in a hundred different industrial processes.
llomer B. Jamison, Fresno, Calif., lumberman and president of Western Pine Assn., predicts that sale of stur-nps for naval stores extracts may become a source of income to Western tree farmers engaged in sustained yield production of pine timber on scientifically managed and protected forest land.
uith a complete stock of hardusood and Douglas Jir.plyuoods !
Thot's our soles monoger doncin' for ioy on top of the pile. He hosn'l hod to soy "no" once lodoy. Thot goes for Simpson lnsuloting Boord ond Tile, Formico, ond Mosonile Brond Products, too we corry them olong with "the besf in plywood."
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Signs that the lun.rber market is finding a firnr base again are revealed in a year-end survey of market and operating conditions among independent loggers, sarvr-nil1 operators and lumber remanufacturers in \\rashington, ()regon and Northern California.
Conductecl by Western Forest Lrdustries Associatiorr. the survey shorved some encorlraging signs that orders lvere "increasing" in some areas althongh l;uyers are no\\' much more critical in their specifications.
"The situation is still verv spottv and mill prices are erratic," declared R. T. Titus. association executive vicepresident, "but the beginning signs of a turn for the better are there."
I-og supplies were reported {airly heavy and prospects are for no interruptions in milling frir lack of logs despite a widespread closing of logging operations on account of weather. Stumpage prices shorv little clecline.
San Francisco, Dec. 30-California Region of thc U.S. Fores.t Service today announced trvo promotions-Andreu' G. Brenneis of Santa Barbara, Supervisor of Los Padres National Forest, to become Assistant Regional Forester in charge of Personnel Management at the San Francisco regional headquarters; ancl Lloyd A. Rickel of N{t. Shasta, Assistant Supervisor of Shasta National Forest, to succeed Brenneis as Supervisor of Los Padres forest.
Regional Forester Perry A. -Ihornpson said the changes, effective early in January, are to fill vacancies resultins from retirements announced recentlv.
Stanton Swafford, general sales manager. I:.. ,J. Stantor.r & Son, Los Angeles, alrnounced the appointment of Al Shivel_r., veteran lumber salesman to succeed Jack phelps as head of their Specialty Products l)ivision.
Shively has been iclentified u-ith Il. J. Stanton & Son ftlr the past quarter of a centurl- ancl has been or.re oI thcir outstanding salesruen for the past tu.entl' years. I [e t:rkcs or-er this importar.rt post u'ith a complete bacligrounrl in the lumber industry.
Shivelv joinecl I.l. J. Stantor.r & Son follol'ing hi: sr-a,lrration from the Universitv of California at llerl<cle,r.. He rvill have complete charge of buving and selling all specialty products for the lumber firm, inclucling salcs and distribution of Armstrorrg Cork Cornpanr- brrilding nraterials proclucts.
I-nntber Merchants Assriciation of Northern California reported recently to its memlters that its groult cotnpensation insurance program had completed its first year of operation and had paid the dealers rvho participatecl a retrlrlr clividend of 46.5 per cent, n-hich represents an actual sar'ing of 10 to 15 per cent higher than could be obtained b-r, those not in the gronp program, according to the reltrirt. The dividend is based or-r the gronp premium of $57.967.31, ar.rd a loss ratio of onlv 38 per cent. Next vear the prenlium is expected to be greater, rvith a higher return dir.idend, as more rnembers change over to the group. Xlemlters wishing to be included and desiring further details are asked to nrite or phone the Association office, 21-l Front Street, Sar.r Francisco 11, YUkon 6-3705.
When reports came from many parts of the r-ration of the raising of extra large and spectacular Christmas trees, the Junior Chamber of Commerce, of Bellingham, Washington, decided that it would take a hand. As is well knorvn, Bellingham has for two generations been a large timber ar.rd lumber center, and so, the young Jacees figured, they should erect a larger Fir tree for Christmas than other cities less favored by location for such a project.
So they enlisted the aid of some logging firms of the vicinity, r'r'ho loaned their best timber experts to conduct the operation. They selected a perfectly shapecl Christmas tree of Douglas Fir ten miles from town, and proceeded to fall it, haul it, and erect it, brilliantly lighted in the heart of downtown Bellingham. The tree is 134 feet tall, and therefore the biggest Christmas tree on record. It was not felled like a tree to be made into lumber, but rvas eased to the ground by the scientific loggers, so as not to smash the branches and thus spoil the shape of the tree. The tree rings shorved it to be one hundred years old.
When erected it had an 8 foot brilliantly lighted star on top, and 800 bright lights illumined its branches. It rvas a beautiful and imposing sight, and made the good lumber town oT Bellingham very proud. Experts for the Corning Logging Company were the key men u'ho handled the entire operation.
New York, Dec. 31-The plywood industry enters thc New Year shorving signs of "vigorous future progress," Owen R. Cheatham, president of Georgia-Pacific Plyrvood and Lumber Co., said today in a year-end statement.
I\tr. Cheatham said the record of the plyrvood industry since its start in this country in 1925 demonstrates the fact tltat "new frontiers of U. S. inclustry are lty no means behind us."
"Whereas plyrvoocl u'as originally made in a somewhat crude form by the ancient Chinese, it rvas not until 1925 that tl-re fir plywood industry really got its start in the United States," he declared.
"In that year, total output of the industry only itmounted to 153 million square feet of all types of soft.w'ood plyr.vood, but this figure grew steadily right through the depression to a pre-war peak production of 1.8 billion feet irr t942.
"The critical post-rvar shortage lvhich existcd recentl,r' rvas gradually alleviated during 1948, and the output of the industry should approach 2 billion sq. ft. of Douglas Fir Plywood for the year. This improvement in the supplydemand situation should have already helped the plvu'oorl consumer since it has eliminated the "Grey Market" arr<l confined supplies to the legitimate channels of distriltutiorr.
"\Mith the return of the industry to a more norr.nal corrdition in its supply-demand ratio, it is anticipated that thc
steady gror'vth rvl-rich distinguished the industry from 1925 to 1912 can be resumed and the development of the nen' markets rvhich have been discovered for the uro<luct fullv exploitecl.
"The export markets for plyu'oocl have hardlr,' bceu scratched and in 1948 only 0.8 per cer-rt of Douglas Fir Plyrvood production found its rvay into exl)()rt markcts. It is knorvn that overseas requirements for plyrvood :rrc substantial and it is fully expected tl-rat tl-re developmcnt of the Marshall Plan u,ill see a substantial volume of foreign recluirements for plywood translated into shipmcnts. Undoubtedly the reactivated defense program also rvill result in continued heavy demancls from the Naval and N'Iilitary establishments.
"Georgia-Pacific is looking forlvard to an incrcase<l voltrme of business in 1949. Thc policy of the company has been to distribute allout one-third of its production in tl.rc housing construction industry, one-third to industrial corrsumers and one-third for industrial construction and for export. If, as some anticipate, demand for l.rig-hcr pricerl houses slackens in 1949, the company does not expect this to affect its volume as plyu'oocl is lvidely used in lorv cost house construction. Other tvpes of constmction combincd with export are cxpected to more than makc up for arrv slon'ing dorvn in housing corrstruction.
"Arry material decreases in prices at mill lcvel mrrst a'r'r'ait decreased labor and log costs, and it is not unticipate<l that these can l;e shrur-rk to anv considerablc dcgree."
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A photo and sketch of O. H. peared in the front of this issue. best," is his business slogan.
in The California Lumber Merchant January 15,1924
Barr, of Sar,ta Ana, ap"If it's Barr's itrs of the
"Douglas Fir: The Finest Tree God Ever title of a special article in this issue, rvritten Cullough, of San Francisco.
rvhere all or as many as possible-of. the lumber offices may be grouped under one roof. A committee was appointed to investigate.
Grew," is the The Robert Dollar Company, of San Francisco, anby A. R. Mc- nounces the first "round-the-world" passenger service in historv. with seven new luxury liners in the fleet.
"Hardwoods" is the title of a special article on that subject in this issue, written by D. J. Cahill, President oi \\/estern Hardwood Lumber Company, of Los Angeles.
'Alameda County, California, of dollars vi'orth of construction ing records for that county.
reports over forty millions in 1923, breaking all build-
C. Stowell Smith, Secretary of the California White & Sugar Pine Association, estimates that Pine production lor 1923 reached approximately a billion and one-half feet, breaking all previous records. These figures cover California and Southern Oregon.
At a meeting of the Los Angeles was serious discussion of finding a Hoo-Hoo Club there downtou'n location
Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo announce plans to make their February meeting the biggest in California history.
R. F. Hammatt, of San Francisco, Secretary of the California Redwood Associatien, is in charge of the passing of an initiative petition in Berkeley, seeking the adoption of a new roofing ordinance in that city that rvill be more fair to wooden roofs.
"Home Interiors of Hardrvood," is the title of a special article on that subject written for this issue by E. B. Vockel. of White Brothers. San Francisco.
E. D. Tennant Angeles District has been re-elected President of the Los Lumbermen's Club.
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(This is one of the finest scrap-book pieces in literary history. In 1897 a little girl named Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the New York Sun, which letter, together with the editorial reply written by Francis P. Church, were published in that newspaper, as follows:)
"Dear Editor-I am 8 years old.
"Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
"Papa says 'ff you see it in the Sun, it's so.'
"Please tell me the truth-is there a Santa Claus? Virginia O'I{anlon."
(And Mr. Church replied.)
"Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
"Yes, Virginia, there fS a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas ! How dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus ! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world, would be extinguished.
"Not believe in Santa Claus ! You might as well not believe in fairies ! You might get your papa to hire men to watch all the chimnies on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders that are unseen and unseeable in the world.
"You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fanc5z, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in dl this world there is nothing else real and abiding.
"No Santa Claus? Thank God! He lives and he lives forever ! A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten
times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood."
Into the restaurant came a regular customer. He ignored the menu, but looked at the waiter and said: "What have you got that will give me the heart-burn immediately, instead of at three o'clock in the morning?"
Isobel Field, the step-daughter of Robert Louis Stevenson, is 91 years old, and has been bedridden for many years. But she still writes and sends to her friends her own little Christmas greetings. This was her most recent one: In my colorful life of 90 years, I've'had joy and laughter, sorrow and tears, But the best I found my whole life through, (And I'm grateful to heaven) are friends like you.
They're telling a story in Berlin about an argument between an American officer and a Russian officer over what constitutes democracy, and in which country real democracy is practiced. Here's the way the American ended his argument:
"Why, back home a fellow living out in the midwest could jump on a train, be in Washington in a couple of days, walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, enter the White House, knock on the President's door and say, 'Mr. Truman, you are a stupid man.' He could do that and he wouldn't even be arrested."
Here's the Russian story:
"That's exactly the kind of democracy we have in Russia. A peasant from any small village could start out for Stalingrad, reach there in a couple of months, maybe, spend another couple of months getting to Moscow, go to the Kremlin, walk in, knock on Generalissimo Stalin's door and say, 'Mr. Stalin, President Truman is a stupid man.' And, believe it or not, he would not even be arrested."
(From "Family Times")
T jazz up the motor . . it perks. I let out the clutch no jerks. Holy cow! Wrong car!
Her kiss was more honeyed than the honeycomb, And never another woman's kiss can slake my drought After that kiss, till judgment hour shall come, If ever God afford such grace to men, I would not love a woman old or young, Till she do kiss me, as she kissed me then.
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Ralph M. Rounds, of Wichita, Kansas, president of Rounds Trading Co. and Rockport Redwood Co., San Francisco, was a recent visitor to the Pacific Coast. He visited the San Francisco and Los Angeles offices, and the company's new plants at Marysville and Cloverclale, Calif' and spent some time at Palm Springs.
Roy E. Hills, of Wendling-Nathan Co., San and his 'rvife, returned from Southern California where they attended the Rose Bor'vl game at New Year's Day.
Francisco, January 2, Pasadena,
Matt Handley is now a salesman for Frank J. O'Connor, wholesale lumber dealer, San Francisco' Matt is a son of Hugh W. Handley, sales manager of Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co. He served in tl-re U. S. Navy in World War II, and prior to the rvar had considerable experience in selling lumber.
J. P. Wheeler, president of Wheeler Pine Co', San Francisco, flew to Los Angeles at the end of December to open the company's new Southern California office, which is located at 1285C So' La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles 35' He was accompanied by Ray Dolsen, San Francisco office manager.
Miss H. M. Michael, of6ce manager of the San Francisco office of Lashley Lumber Sales Co., Inc., visited Eugene and Portland over the Christmas holiday.
Jim Kirby, Los Angeles, Southern California sales representative of Pacific Forest Products, Inc., Oakland, paid a visit to the head office in Oakland in the last lveek in December.
E. W. (Ed) Gould, Northvvest representative of Atkinson-Stutz Co., with headquarters in Eugene, Oregon, returned January 3 from spending a lveek in California. He conferred with Jas. E. Atkinson, president, and George Harvley, secretary, in San Francisco, and in Los Angeles made some calls on the trade rvith Ray Van Ide. I{e was accompanied on the trip by his wife and boy.
E. G. (Ed) Gallagher,'manager of the San Francisco branch warehouse of Associated Plywood Mills, Inc., returned December 12 lrom a trip to the company's warehouses at St. Louis, Mo., and Dallas, Texas' He rvas accompanied by L. Nystrom, president, and N. Ottosen, sales manager of Associated Plyvvood Mills, Inc', Eugene, Oregon.
Earle F. Bender, formerly sales manager for 'frinityNational Lumber Co., San Francisco, and prior to that with Vollstedt-Kerr Lumber Co', McMinnville, Oregon, is norv with Gosslin-Harding Lumber Co', Oakland, as salesman covering the San Joaquin Valley, and part of the San Francisco Bay district.
Fred S. Cutler, of Fred his wife, flew to Honolulu cisco, on vacatiotl.
S. Cutler & Co., Portland, and December 21, fron-r San Fran-
Weldon D. (Smitty) Smith, salesman for AtkinsonStutz Co., San Francisco, spent the Christmas holiday witlr his parents in Phoenix, Ariz'
Thos. G. Ross, President, Company, Medford, Oregon, California for the Christmas
D. R. Smith, salesman San Francisco, returned Mountain Flome, Idaho.
Crater Wholesale Lumber and his wife, were visitors to and Nerv Year holidaYs.
for Hallinan Mackin Lumber Co., recently from a business triP to
James A. Pack, manager of Moore Timber Products Co" Grants Pass, Oregon, with his wife and daughter' spent Christmas with his son, James A' Pack, Jr', in San Francisco. Jim reports that the company's new mill at Grants Pass is now in full oPeration.
Howard M. Gunton, vice president, MacDonald & Harrington, Ltd., San Francisco, with his wife and trvo daughters traveled to Southern California Christmas r'veek, and attended the Rose Bowl game at Pasadena, January 1'
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Wholesqle Distribufors of Double end lrimmed, surfoced or run lo potlern
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Produci of ROCKPORT REDWOOD COMPANY (Monbcr Calilornla Sadwood As8oclallon) Rockport, Colifornio
ROUNDS & KITPATRICK LUMBER CO. Rounds, (Neor Asti) Cqliforniq
DOUGLAS FIR, - SUGAR PINE CEDAR SHINGTES
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\V. W. (Buzz) Davies, sales manager, Crater Wholesale Lumber Company, Medford, Oregon, spent Christmas in Arizona. He visited San Francisco, and rvas back in Medford January 3.
G. R. (Jetr) Tully, Hallinan-Mackin Lumber Co., San Francisco, spent the Christmas holiday r,vith his son at I-a Jolla, Calif. He rvas accompanied by his rvife.
Jack S. Lamson, who has been with American Lumber & Manufacturing Co., Oakland for some time, is norv r,r,ith California Sugar & Western Pine Co., San Francisco.
Miss Ella Moore, of I'acific Forest Proclucts. Inc.. Oakland, had the memorable cxperience of lteing virtuallv snorvbound at her sister's ranch in Sonoma County durirrg the recorcl snou'fall in that area on Christmas Eve.
A. A. (Al) Kelley, Alamecla rvholesale lurnberman, flerv to Los Angeles ancl back to s1>end the Christnras n'cek-cn<l witl-r his family, rvho had preceded him.
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relatives irr C'hrrla Vis-
Norris Lunrber Co., IIori:rton. Tc-rzi:.r Los Angeles.
Horace E. Wolfe, 'f arzana, Calif., rvill attend the annual convention of the Ohio Association of Retail Lumber Dealers at Cleveland on January 18-20. He will then go on to Oshkosh. Wis.. for trvo r.veeks. Mr. Wolfe is West Coast representative for the Marquart Millwork Co. of Oshkosh.
Stephen Westover, Lemon Grove, rvas a Lemon Grove Lumber Company, recent Los Angeles visitor.
Chas. J. Schmitt, of United States I'lywood Corp., San Francisco, and his lvife, flew to Los Angeles December 31 to attend the Rose Bowl game, January 1.
Walter S. Johnson, Jr. is nolv calling on the trade in thc San Francisco l3ay district for Tarter, \\rebster & Johnson, Inc. He is the son of the president, Walter S. Johnson, Sr.
Nerv construction totaling $372,372,622 u'as started in I-os Angeles in 1948, according to Gilbert Ii. Morris, superintendent of building. This rvas $113,950,396 al:ove the lrreceding year's mark of $258,422,266.
During 1948 an estimated 26,000 housing units rvere completed in the city as against lg,nl in1947. In the past trvelve months the building department issued 614,599 pernrits, as against 62,697 in 1917.
A. B. Marchant of Jarratt. \'a., became t-Itanager of the nerv Johns-Manville insulating board plant at Natchez or.l January l, it u'as annottnced by C.B. Burneti of Nen' York, vice president and productiou manager of the companv's Building Products Division.
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This stock is s/a" in thickness, Tdcrvee-Ioint. Resembles very clo-sely Americqn walnut but softer in texture. very cttrccdvi prices. A substanticrl reduction in purchcrse"
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Augusta, Georgia, Dec. 3l-Owen R'. Cheatl.ram, president of Georgia-Pacific Plyrvood & Lumber Co., today announced the merger of two of the company's subsidiarl' units, thus simplifying Georgia-Pacific's corporate structure and operating activities.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, approved toclay by the stockholders of the subsidiary companies, Bellingham Plywood Company, a rvholly owned subsidiarv company, rvas merged into Washington Veneer Company in exchange for 30,000 shares of the latter company's common stock, giving Georgia-Pacific an approximate twothircls direct orvnership in the enlarged Washington Veneer Company.
With tl-re successful consummation of these procedures Washington Veneer nolv owns and operates directly ancl through Springfield Plywood Corporation its 60% owned subsidiary, four plywood manufacturing plants in Washington and Oregon-two of these at Olympia, one at Bellingham and one at Springfield. These plants have a combined anntral capacity of approximately 275,N0'000 square feet.
The advantages resulting from the rnerger are more efficient operation of the plants through interchange of logs, timber supply, ancl personnel, together rvith economies in centralization of uranagement and elimination of duplication of efforts llecessary under separate corporate activities. Three of the four plants are located on tidervater, affording both u'ater an<l rail transportation facilities'
The Portland Plyrvood Corporatior, has started prodttction ,at its nerv ancl highly modern plywood plant in Portland, Oregon. The estimated production is three million feet monthl.v, and a cre\v of about trvo httndrcd men u'ill be emploved.
Starting February l, a 30-minttte color lrtotiou pictttre "Story of a Hottse" rvill be distributed nationally through department stores. Featuring \\reldrvoocl plyu'ood ancl N{engel Flush l)oors, products of United States Plyrvood Corporation, the film contains practical suggestions concerning insulation and heating, and the beautifving trses of paints and decorative woods such as plylvood' It also demonstrates ho$' color ancl utility are combined in the bath and kitchen and emphasizes the use of labor-savir"rg devices such as laundrv units, dryers and ironers'
of the 439 timber in the ton, over 331 2U' in diarn.
billion board feet of available mercirantable Douglas fir region of Oregon and Washingbillion feet are old grolvth or in trees over at breast height'
455 Colifornio 51., Son Frqncisco 4, Colif.-YUkon 6-5516
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Plywood (FIat or Moulded)Railroad TiesPallets and other Prefabricated ConstnrctionCut Stock
Fulton Bendorl
Fulton Bendorf, assistant superintendent of The Pacific Lumber Companv, Scotia, passed a\\'ay at his horne December 23.
He was born in Mav Nfills, Nfichigan, 52 years ago. He came to California in 1904 ancl to Scotia in 1922. Ife hacl l>een rvith The l'acific Lumber Compan-v lor 26 years. I{e was a menrber of the Eel River Lodge of l\{asons, and u'as one of the organizers of the Scotia band.
Mr. Bendorf is survived by his u'ife, I\[rs. Nfadeline Benclorf, ancl children, Robert, Mrs. Jeanne Williams, and Mrs. Beverly Jeziorski; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Reade, ancl Miss Bessie Bendorf : fottr brothers, Garnet Bendorf, Cyril Bendorf, Harold Benclorf, and Derbl' Rendorf, and four grandchildren.
George T. Gerken, president of Piedmont I-umber & Mill Co., Oakland, passed away in Oakland December 5. He had operated the ltusiness .rvhich he headecl for the past 14 years. Prior to that he u.as associated .rvith the Pacific Tank & Pipe Co., C)akland for many years. He 'r'r'as a civil engineer by pr<lfession. He u'as a member of Apollo I-odge No. 396, F. & A.NI., the Athens Club, and Fraternity Club, ancl 'was a native of San Francisco.
Mr. (lerken is survived bv his u'iclou', Nfrs. Ora llelle Gerken.
Iiuneral serr,iccs rvere held in ()aklancl, Dccen.rber 7.
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5140 Crenshaw Blvd. Los Angeles 43, Cclifornicr
RAITANDCARGO . . . . o . . . . . WHOIESAIE
Since 1922 in Soutbern Calilornia
Stocks on hcnd crt locql hcrrbor lor lcrst service to deqlers
We specialize in products ol MOOR,E OR.EGON IUMBER, CO. MILLS
Lons Timbers with over 600M dcily cclpcrcity
Quick Mill Shipment "Experience Counts"
Lcrge cnd diversilied stocks ol hcrrdwoods, hcrrdwood llooring, pcrnels, building pcpers, cnd aflilicted items crre here Ior quick shipment.
Your inventory ccrn be replenished lor 1949 business-no scrles need be lost lor lcrck ol stock in your ycrd.
537 FIRST STREET
OAKLAND 7 CATIFORNIA
TELEPHONE: TEmplebar t-5584
According to the latest announcement of J. C. Mcl,elland, chief forester for the American Forest Products Industries, Inc., the American Tree Farm System now includes 23 states with 1,529 tree farms that total 16,151,829 acres. And he adds that the total is likely to reach 17 million by the end of this year. The latest to join thc System is Georgia. The follorving table shows the states norv l-raving tree farms, the number of farms, and the total acreage of each:
Wn are better prepa,rel to Snrrn
Frederick William Leaclbetter, 73, of Santa Barbara, Pacific Northrvest paper and lumber executive, passed away in the California Hospital, Los Angeles, on December 22. He vras stricken u'l.rile enroute to Palms Springs.
At the time of his death he rvas president of the Opaco Supply Co., the Willamette Shingle Co. of Portland; and the Opaco Lumber & Realty Co. of Las Vegas, Nevada. lle was chairman of the board of the Publishers Paper Co. of Oregon City and the Leadbetter Logging and Lumber C]r.
I-Ie is survived by his rvidovr,, a son, three daughters, and two sisters. Funeral services t'ere held in Santa Barbara.
Estimated production of Larch lumber in 000,000 board feet.
Manufacturers of Douglas t'ir - illestern Red Cedar
West CoastHemlock
-D A
270 So. Sarrta Clcrrc Avenue
1917 .r'as 284,-
Mills of tl.re Western 880,000,000 board feet of Pine region producecl nrore than Douglas Fir lumber during 1947.
Long Becch 2, Calilorniq
Home Office cgrd Mill
Aberdeen" Wcshingrton
'WholesaleLu'mber
2289 N. lnterstqle Avenue
POR,TLAND, OR,EGON
Teletype PD645
Colilornia and Arizono Representsflves
\if. P. Frqmbes & 5on
1822 4lh Avenue, Los Angeles 6; Colifornic Republic 2-9171
A. D. (Art) Williamson, rvho has been manager of thc Sacramento branch of California Builders Supply Co. fo.r several years, has returned to Oakland as manager o{ the Oakland .rvarehouse. effective January l, 1949. He has been associated with the company since it started.
W., \\r. "(l3iU) Blattner=-has been apllointed manag€r oI the Sacramento warehouse. He has been with Californiu Builders Supply Co. for 13 Years.
Leo Rider rvill be assist:rrrt
Berkeley, Dec. 24-Prof. F. S. Baker, for more than 20 years a member of the sta11 of the forestry department of the Llniversity of Cali{ornia College of Agriculture, has been appointed Dean of the School of Forestry. This announcement u'as rnade today lty President Robert G. Sproul and Vice l'resident C. B. Hutchison, rvho also is dean of the College of Agriculture. The appointment is effective January l, 1949.
Prcifessor Baker rvas born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and vuas graduated from Colorado College in 1912 rvith the degree of Forestry Engineer. lle rvas in the Unitecl States Forest Service f.rom l9l2 to 1927, and tl-ren came to the University of California as associate professor of forestry, becoming professor in 1936. He has lteen acting clean of the School since the retirement of Walter Mulford, first dean of the school and for mauy years head of the forestr,v u'ork at the University.
\\iorks of the nerv clean includc Silvicultural Phases ol :rnd l.-orest Cover Types of Western North America.
In the hanclsome crtrrent numlter of "Weyerhaeuser Nelvs," published at St. Paul by the \\reyerhaeuser Sales Company and edited by Ray Saberson, appears another column of the picturesque and philosophical remarks of Art Benson, of the Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Company. Under the title "Jottir.rgs from the notebook of 'Sage of Snoclualmie'" appears trvo columns, from which are filched the Iollo'n'ing paragraphs, well worth the reading:
"Whoever it u'as rvho first said 'great minds run in the same channels' must have been studying the rvedding presents.
"The hardest job for a present day small child to face is learning good manners rvithout ever seeing any.
"In ottr present postwar world mankind still delights in carrving on a rvar in rvhich everybody shoots from thc lip.
"l,ife in the countrv is u'hat you make it; in the city it's rvhat you make.
"\\/orrv is a state of mind that leads some persons fear that er.ery time the tide goes out it rvon't come again.
"li the price of automobiles has upped considerablv since preu'ar times, it is not too disturbing. Every person rri.e knou' rvas planning to buy a more expensive car, anyway.
"One of the reasons rvhy English is fast becoming the universal language is the fact that it's easier to say 'gimme' in English than in any other language.
"The girls shoulcl l;e given a lot of credit for putting into matrimony sound business principles. A careful bathing suit investment has ke1>t many a lass in fur coats for life.
"Tempation and tramps are similar. Treat tl.rem kindly and the-v return, bringing others with thern."
The narrre Charlestou'n, mick Lumber
Ncme of \\rinde, Mass., has Company.
N{cCormick an<l Chapin, luc., been changecl to Winde-McClor-
350 'E' STREET Eureko
Henry Hording Milton Britl
Eurekq 473-J Eurcko 3725-W
wEsT coAsr tutulBER, AND TITYIBER PRODUCTS
625 ROWAN BUITDING los Angeles 13 Andy Donovon
TRiniry 5088
R,EDWOOD - DOUGLAS FIR - PONDER,OSA PINE
Poles - Piling - Ties - Shingles
Americqn Bcnk Bldg., Portlqnd 5, Oregon
Phone BEacon 2124 Teletype PD43
Purveyors of Forest Producls to Colifornio Retoilers
FIR-SPRUCE-HEMIOCK CEDAR_PINE-PLYWOOD
Representing
Frost Hqrdwood Floors, lnc. in the Sscromenlo ond Son Jooquin Volleys
FROSTBRAND FTOORING OAK-PECAN_BEECH
4O5 Montgomery Streel, Sqn Frqncisco 4
Telephone GArfield l-7752
Nerv York, Dec. 31-The construction industry has at least four or hve years of great activity ahead, but soft spots are shorving up that could precipitate a temporary decline almost any time, according to Harold R. Berlin, vice president and general manager of the Johns-N[ar-rvi11e Building Products Division.
To gear itself for the future, Johns-Manville as a rnanufacturer of building materials has for the past three years been preparing its sales organization for the impending return of competitive selling, u.hich is nou, here, N{r. Berlin said. Intensive sales schools ancl training courses for botl-r junior and senior salesmen, as n'e1l as expansion of the Johns-Nlanville sales organizati<>n, have becn part of this preparation.
"\\-e n'rust not close our eyes to the evidences of short ternr rveaknesses that are no\v plain to all t,ho observe the cotrstruction industry," Mr. Berlin said. "1\[oclernization ancl expansion of factory plant has been an outstandirrg prop of not only the construction boom but thc errtire general economic boon'r. This type of construction and cclmmercial building srrch as stores, restanrants, garages and offices is apt to be lou'er in 1919. During tl-re past three )'ears an immense number of nelr, bttsinesses openerl up recluiring a large volume of neu' constructior, and ren.rocleling of old structures. This trencl has nou' flattened ont and some of the nen. cnterprises are beginning to have a hard time in the grovn'ingly competitive n-rarket.
"In the past tn.o l.ezrrs the supplv of nerv dl'ellings has
been increased by at least 2,000,000 based on available figures plus the estimated large number of self-built homes in communities requiring no building permit and nerv trailers produced {or permanent tlse. This has delayed much of the really urgent demand for homes from the market. It is inevitable, thercfore, that new spectllatively-built homes rvill be harder to sell from nou. on, tending to reduce construction of this sort unless the price can be reclucecl for the pocketbooks of people priced out of the market by the rise in building costs.
"This is by rro fileaus eas.y to do because the costs of proclucing n'rany building n.raterials and the cost of labor at thc builclirrg site have risen sharply. Inflationary forces are still \.er)' po\\'erful and the construction industry docs not operate in an economic vacuum. It is affected as mttch as any other indrrstrl. by the continual creation of nerv dollars that l;id up prices, by a high level of employment that leaves no large supplv of labor available for nerv operations, and by the armament economy that demands priority of scarce materials such as steel and other metals."
Nlr. Berlin pointed out that the rate of savirrgs has cleclined verl' sharply since the n'ar, rvhile expenditures of consumers, bttsincss ancl government have reached unprececlentecl heights. The effect of this, he said, is to limit the volume of savings available for construction, and this is already felt in many communities by a tightening up oi rrortgage money.
"There is, moreover, the very important fact that tl-re marriage boom is over. Neu' family formation has already fallen from its peak of over 1,000,000 in1917 and u,ill prob.
Wholcsale Dirtributors of Douglas Fir - Port orford cedar - Red cedar shingles
SAN TBANCISCO II
214 Front St.-SUtter l-6984 WANEHOUSE
1825 Folsom St.-SUtrer l-6989
Douglas Fir Plywood
tOS ANGEI.ES I Office crnd Wcrehouse 812 E. 59rh St. ADcrms 8l0l
Ahohaak Al4nlt"r, NEDWOODDOUGLAS FIRRED CEDAR SHINGI.ESDOUGLAS FM PIIJNG PONDEROSA AIYD SUGAN PINE
2832 Windsor Drivep. O. Box 240 AL}IMEDA, CAI.trORNI.A
Telephone Lcrkehurst Z-27 54
Telephone TVinoalcs 3-2515
54 First Strect, Oakland 7, Calif.
ably be down to about 450,000 in 1949. This rnakes great difierence in the demand for homes."
a very
A very different picture exists in the construction industry today from that of early 1946, I\{r. Berlin emphasized, for at that time a shortage of building materials was rampant in almost every line.
"The pipe line was then ernpty from the factory floor to the retailer's yard and contractors couldn't bid because their prewar organizations were mere skeletons. Prices have performed their historic economic function of stimulating output, ending shortages, filling empty supply lines and equating supply and demand.
"Basic facts about this period pointing to sustained building activity in the four or five years ahead should also be recognized," Mr. Berlin said. "Among them are tl,e following:
"1. The present boorn has been far greater in dollars than in physical volume, therefore, physical backlogs of deferred demand have not been reduced as much as the big dollar figures would indicate.
"2. The population has increased much more rapidly than was estimated before the war, creating millions of new customers.
"3. The entire country has become geared psychologically as well as monetarily to a far higher level of national income. This partly reflects the inflation, but it also reflects the fact that the buying power of farmers and most of the working people is decidedly greater than before the war. They expect more,
Wheeler Pine Co. has opened an office at 1285-C South La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, with G. G. Gale as manager. The telephone number is WEbster 3-7527.
Mr. Gale has been associated with the lumber business in Los Angeles since 1923, and recently sold his interest in another corporation. He will handle direct mill shipments in Ponderosa and Sugar Pine, Redwood and Douglas Fir, and will cover the Southern Calfiornia territory from Santa Barbara south.
can buy more, and therefore create a continuous level of greater demand than before the rvar.
"1. It is much less easy to deflate than before the t'ar' because farm prices are held up by government support and wages are maintained by po'n'erf ul unions. We are most unlikely to have a price deflation of anything like the severity ol l92l-22 u'hich followed World War I.
"Thus the future of construction volume will most likely be determined by the interaction of the trends outlined above. While full pipelines will possibly reduce construction materials volume in 1949 to a lower level than that in 1948, the fact that vast physical backlogs of badly needed construction still exist and will continue to exist for t'ears to come, constitutes a legitimate reason for expecting a high construction volume in the years ahead," Mr. Berlin said.
QlJfiLfff-Jvlcrple
"Ask Our Present Customers, Then See For yourseU,,
BIIII^DING BOARD _ Ttr.E _ PTANK
HARDBOARD _ TATH
PABCO
ROOFING _ ROOF COATINGS
u. s. GYPSUI'I
SHEETROCK _ ROCK WOOL BATTS
METAL IATH _ CORNER BEAD
TENSION-TITE
ATUMINUM FRAMEI.ESS SCREENS
NAIIS _ SASH BALANCES _ SISALKRAFT
BOTTS _ TIE WME _ GABAGE HARDWARE
STUCCO & POUTTRY NETTINGSCREEN & HARDWARE CLOTH
Write or Phone lor Cctcrlog
V holes al e Distributot s
1228 PRODUCE STREET ' TRinitY 5304 LOS ANGETES 2I
ClIROMATED ztl{c cHt0RlDE TREATEII tU[I8ER
(Continued from Page 2)
The Western Pine Association foi the rveek ended December 18, 87 mills reporting, gave orders as 39,757,004 feet, shipments 39,440,000 feet, and production 40,512,00O feet. Orclers on hand at the end of the rveek totaled 89,258,000 feet.
The California Redwood Association for the month of November, 1948, ten companies reporting, gave orders received 27,n5,OOO feet, shipments D,255,00O feet, and production 39,556,000 feet. Orders on-hand at the end of the month totaled 39,081,000 feet.
ended Deorders as production the n'eek
The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the rveek ended December 18, 170 mills reporting, gave orders as 85,417,000 feet, shipments 79,132,000 feet, and proclnction 87,749,A00 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the 'iveek totaled 356,405,000 feet.
For the week ended December 25, l7O mills reporting' gave orders as 81,098,000 feet, shipments 79/91,000 feet, and production 71,394,000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the week totaled 356,577,000 feet.
Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Dinner Dance February 18
This will be the big Hoo-Hoo event of the winter season' and a large turnout is expected. Clif Roberts, and his rvife, Dorothy, are heading a large contingent of. San Diego HooHoo, and their wives and guests, for the party' You rvill rvant to take in this event.
Jack Phelps With U. S. Plywood Corporation
For the past five years he was in charge of the Plyrvood Department for E. J. Stanton & Son of Los Angeles. Prior to going with Stanton he was with U. S' Plywood Corporation. He is well known to the trade.
Our usrlcrl hee delivery to Lumber Ycr& cmywhere in Soulhenr Calilornia
Ios Angeles Phone: TExcs 0-2289
Scmtcr Moniccr Phones: 4-32984-g2gg
Resawing-Surfacin g-sticlcin g
5024 E. Washinston Blvd.
LOS ANGELES 22
ANselus 1-8401
Redwood Siding Wholesale
KltN DRIED or GREEN
Clear 3A" Bevel, Board andBct, Chcnnel, Cove, Anzcc, orV-Joini
We mqnulqcture qnd dry in our own plcnt Redwood Shecthing, Pickets, Posts, or Complete Fence Redwood Moulding Any Pcttern AIso Quclity 3$$ Miuins
Wallace Mill & Lumber (o.
Corner Bosecrqns Ave. cnd Pcrcmount Blvd. Clecrnrrater Stqtion, Pcrrcmount, Cclil. P. O. Box 27
SAI"ES REPNESEI\TTATIIIES
Chcs. S. Dodge Robt. S. Osgood Doncld V. Livoni Co. 2845 Webster St. 704 S. Spring St. 1639 W. tefferon Berkeley 5, Calil. Los Antetei l4 phoenix, Ariz.
Rescrwing-S urlccing-Rippin g
New Stetson Boss Mctcher
Re-Milling Irn Trcnrsit
Western Custom till, Inc.
{200 Bodini Blvd. (Centrcrl Mg. Dbu)
Ios Angeles 22, CtabL
Icccrted on Spur ol L A. Iunction & R Telephoae ANgelus 2-9147
OtD
GIIE
TIilBEN UilDS,
P. o. Box EUGENE rel31ypc EG-t8
348 OREGON Phonc 526o
Announces the addition ol a WNDOW AND DOOR FRAffIE DEPARTffIENT
Stock Fromes and Specicrls to Order wHotEsAtE
Ponderosa & Sugor Pine Lumber & Mouldings 11615 Pcrmelee Ave. ot lmpericl Highwoy tOS ANGEIES 2, CAllF. - Ktmbola 2gS3
tilling
514 Bqllono Street O Inglewood, Golif. Telephone ORegon 8-3471
Monqdnock Bldg., Son Frqncisco 5, YUkon 6-0509
Over 25 yecrrs speciclizction in the trcrffic crnd trcrnsportction problems of the lumber industrY.
Freight Bills Audited on contingent bcrsis
Announcement is made by the Pacific Coast Wholesale Hardwood Distributors Association that they will hold their annual three day convention at Tahoe Tavern, Lake Tahoe, on June 29, 30, and JulY l, 1949.
Many of the members will probably arrive on Tuesday, June 28, and stay over until Saturday, July 2' Arrangements have been made for those who may want to stay over July 4 to do so by making advance reservations'
The annual banquet of the Association rvill be held on the evening of July 1. The first business session will be on tlre morning ol June 29.
Officers of the Association are: President, Don F' White, White Brothers, San Francisco; Vice President, Bruce Mclean, General Hardwood Co., Tacoma, Wash'; Secretary-Treasurer, Don Braley, United States Plywood Corp', San Francisco.
Directors are: Gordon T. Frost, E. G' Reel, Alex Gordon, Fred Ahearn, Dallas Donnan, and Lawrence B' Culter.
To Stcrrt Ecrrly in 1949
Announcement has been made by the Portland Plvlvood Corp., Portland, Oregon, that their nerv $1,000,000 plyrvoocl plant r'vill start producing early in 1949'
It is estimated that the plant wiil produce 36,000'000 feet annually of all types of Douglas fir plyrvood, and the company will handle its own distribution' Offr.er. of the firm are George E' Murphy, president; Leo N{anthe, treasurer; Henry A' Nelson, secretary' Directors are the officers and Jess L' Barr, Adolph Wanke' and Tames Fleishman.
Tests of small specimens by the Forest Products Laboratory demonstrate that the strength of wood fibers is greatly increased bY drYing'
Douglas fir ranks among the top four woods used for treated cross ties and switch ties'
LUMIENMENS BUILDING POBTTAND ', OREGON
Shipments By Rcil crnd Ccrgo
All Species
Telephone Teletype
BRocdway 6651 PUd.167
Ertoblished 1904 Paul Orbco Owrrcr
ORBAII I.UMBTR COMPAIIY
Office,lvfill cmd Ycrd
77 So. Pascdencr Ave., Pcscdenc 3, Ccrlil
. PtrscrdencL SYccnnore 6-4373 relepronca8 Los Angeles, RYcrn l-699?
WHOLESALE crnd RETAIL
Specializing in truck anil trailer lott.
HABBOR YARD AT LONG BEACTI
Representlng in Southern Cqliforniq
L. J. Gorr & Co.
Socrcrmenlo Box & Lumber Co.
Softwoods - Hardwoods -Mouldings
Hordwood Doors
Room 650' tl5l 5o. Brocdwoy
LOs ANGETES T5, CALIF.
Phone PRospect 8843 - Teletype tA 945
]{ORTHERI{ REDWOOD LUMBER CO.
tedwood and llouglas Fir
nlll Soles Ofica
Korbel, Humboldf County 2/tO8'lO Russ Bldg. Colifornio Ssn Fronclsco 4
Successors to the First ll/beeler Lar;nber Operations Established. in 1795
ilanufqclurcrr qnd Wholoolrn of WETI COAST ]UMBER PNODUCTS illills ol Klomalh Folls, Oragon
Heod Ofiice So. Colifornio Ofiice
Ruts Bldg. 1285 C 5o. lo Brec Avc. SAN FRANCI'CO 4 tos ANGETES 35
Phone EXbrook 2-3918 Phone WEbster 3-7527
Telcrypc SF 550
Brush Industrial Lumber Co.
'Wholesale Distributors
Hardwoodg and Softwoodt
5354 Eart Slauron Ave. Lor Angclet 22, Calil.
ANgeluc 1-1155
WHOIE9AIE cnd REtAll
Fir o Redwood o Ponderoso Pine
COTP]ETE UilE BUT1DING MATERIA1S CUSTO'YT MILTING
S. WHAI.DY I.UMBER CO.
Gherry ond Artesio IONG BEACH 5, CAIIF.
Los Angeles Phone NEvcda 6-1085 LA 2-20.70
IIOGA]I LUilIBER GO.
WIIOI.ESAJ.E AIID IOBBING
LUTBER - TILtWORf, SlSll and D00RS
Sincc 1888
OFFICE, MII& Yf,ND f,ND DOCES
2nd & Alice Sts., Ocrtclcsrd I Gloncourt l-6861
Co.
Ream Co., George E. ---- -------,
Red Cedar Shingle Bureau
Reid & Co., Lumber & Supplies *
Rilco Laminated Products. Inc. ,
Roddis California. Inc. ----,----------------,O.F.C.
Roddiscraft Inc. - --------.O.F.C.
Rogue Lumber Sales Co.
Ross Carrier Co. ------------ ---------------------------- I
Rounds Trading Company --------------------,,,-,---37
Rudbach & Co., John A. ----, ------,---
Rudbach. Gartin & Co. -,,--- ------- --------49
Rudiger-Lang
Rate-$2.50 per Colurnn Inch.
Exqerienced lumberman, middle age, wants position as counter_ man,,bookleeper,-or as8istant managel in hrge yard, or aa manager ot small yard. Nineteen years experience as .managcr with twO firms. References from past employers.
Address Box C-1660, California Lumber Merchant 508 Central Bldg., Los Angelcs 14, Calif.
SHEETS25 GAUGEI and t0 FT.
We have about 20,0fr) feet we'd like to move
THE GREATER CITY LUMBER CO.
San Francisco 24 1994 Oakdale Ave. ATwater 2-4180
HYSTER LUMBER CARRIER
1946 Model MHC 5'package, excellent condition, priced to sell. For information phone STanley 7-fi19.
TROJAN LUMBER & SUPPLY
200 W. Olive Ave. Burbank, Calif.
7tl TON FORK LIFT BARGAIN
Hyster Model RT150...... .$4500.00. Excellent condition. Good tires. Recently overhauled, To see in use call Mr. Blue, WHitney 8303, Los Angeles.
Nomer of Advcrtircn in thir Dcporlment uring a blind o-d&g1 connot bc divulgcd. All inquiric: ond rcpticr rhould bc oddrcrrcd to hy rhown in thc advcrtlrcmont.
Ross l9-HT 3-ton Lift Tnrck, $3,?50.
Hyster RT-IS0 7rl ton Lift Truck, $S,ZSO.
Internitional 6 x 6 Roller Bed Lumber Truck, 93,0il).
Ross Model n 54" Lumber Carrier, $5,000.
Hyster MHC 54" Lunr,ber Carrier, $5,000.
Hyrter MHC 66" Lumber Carricr, g6,E0O.
AII late models cornpletely rcbuilt, new tires, 90 day guarantee. older Model ll and Modcl 12 Ross and cp wilamette availabre at all times. We accept equipment in tradc regardless of condition.
WESTERN LUMBER CARRIERS
P.O. Box 622, Wilmington, Calif. 840 Realty Street
Telephone Terminal 4_4592 I 9
FOR SALE
8" Yates American sticker, coqplcte with motor, starter, belt 31tq-!L"y pipe. Ready to install-and operate. C<ioa co"tiition $1,500.00. California ty-pe cut-off saw complete with motor. . , $Z2S.OO, sroel-wneeted lumbcr wagons completely overhauled and painted Each . $18.00.
GOLD.EN BEAR LUMBER CORP. 2625 Ayers Ave., Los Angeles 22, Calif..
FOR SALE
2 Used Ross Lumber Carriers, Each $300.00 CaII INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURERS LTD. LUcas gt7l 5401 So. Boyle Avarue
HAYWARD TUMBER A]ID T]IVESTMEilT CO.
4085 East Sheila Street, Los Angeles 23
PLANER-MATCHER, lS,, x 6,, yates high speed electric, double profile, with power feed table.
MOULDER, 12" Mattison, high speed electric.
MOULDER,l2t, Yates. high speed electric.
DOUBLE PLANER, yates No. 177, 30" x 12", ball bearing direct drive.
BLOWER SYSTEM complete. COMPRESSOR.
ELECTRIC HOISTS f.rom f ton to 5 ton capacity. 36'KNIFE GRINDER.
YATES SIDE HEAD GRINDER.
BAND RESAW BLADE GRINDER.
BAND SAW SETTER.
CIRCULAR SAW SHARPENER (hand gummer).
CIRCULAR SAW GRINDER (automatic).
BAND SAW STRETCHER.
wooDs JoTNTTNG STAND.
12" WELDING CLAMP.
FILING ROOM EQUIPMENT, complete.
Exclusive Sales Agent
Phone TUcker 8556 or phone mill direct ANgelus 2-5111
1417 East 12th Street, Los Angeles 21, Calif.
Rate-$2.50 per Column Inch.
1-150 Hyster Lift Truck
1-6 Cyl. G.M.C. Diesel Engine.
l-#25 Diamond Hog.
l-Eby Wire Tie-up Machine
All in A-l Condition.
CAL-IDA LUMBER COMPANY
Box 752 Auburn, Calif.
1 Turner Model 60-D 42" Twin Resavr, tandern angle, complete with two 25 H.P. drive motors, V belts and sheaves, and with 10 band blades. Excellent condition, used very little.
Call BUILDERS EMPORIUM OF VAN NUYS
5960 SePulveda Blvd.
Van Nuys, Calif.
Telephone State 5-3105
Kiln drying and milling by onc of the largest Custom Dry Kilns on the West CoasL We buy Shop Grades and Clears.
Western Dry Kiln & Equipments Co.
P.O. Box 622, Wilmington, Calif.
Phoncs-TErminal'f4597 and 44598
YEAR END PROBLEMS?
Audits and Statements PrePared
Bookkeeping Systems Installed Continuous Monthly Service.
PRODUCTIVE EXPENSE CONTROL
Phone: Rlchmond 9251
Thirty Years Lumber ExPerience
SALE
For lumber yards for sale see our ad in the Novqmber 15 issue of The California Lumber Merchant.
If you want to sell your yard let us know.
T\,[IOHY LUMBER CO.
LUMBER YARD AND SAWMILL BROKERS
801 Petroleum Bldg., Los Angeles 15, Calif.
PRospect 8746
SMALL LUMBER YARD AND BUILDING MATERIALS
This is an old established yard, doing a good business, located in a resort district of San Diego Conrnty. Handl,e lumber, hardware, plumbing, paints, GE franchise, etc. This yard really making money and will continue making money. One who wishes to stay in this type business, make money and have a fine location to live in should investigate. Will sell at inventory, also trucks if wanted. Property will lease or sell.
Address Box C-1652, California Lumber Merchant
508 Central Building, Los Angeles 14, Calif.
Nqmer of Adverfiserr in thir Deporlment using o blind qddress cqnnot be divulged. All inquirie: ond replict should bc qddressed lo key shown in fhe sdvertiromcnl.
POSITION WANTED
Planing mill production superintendent. 28 years with one of the largest mills in Southern California. Has built, worked in and operated mills in Southern California for 35 years. Available February 1. Will consider out of town position.
FRED FULLY
PhoneLAfayette 8360
7416 Whitsett Street, Los Angeles I, Calif.
WANTS CONNECTION
Wholesale salesman, over 20 years with major Redwood Manufacturers, wants connection. Well known in Los Angeles and San Diego territory. Capable. Write or phone
E. L. "Bert" COOPER
405 N. Pickering Ave. Whittier, Calif.
Phone Whittier 428-589
POSITION WANTED
Wholesale only, by experienced lumberman, 30 years in the business. Sawmill experience and wholesale yard .rnanagement. Know fir, redwood and pine. Willing to go anywhere on West Coast. Employed at present.
Address Box C-1658, California Lumber Merchant 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.
WANTED
Position as counter salesman in retail lumber and building material yard. Have had 15 years' experience in retail lumber sales and yard management. Would like to make small investment with going yard. Can do estimating of lumber and millwork from plans.
Address Box C-1655, California Lumber Merchant 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.
Experienced in management, line yard operations, ,millwork supervision, also sales and cost systems. Desires to make a connection with an aggressive organization, or the owner of a yard or mill wishing to become inactive. Young and capable. Southwest.
Address Box C-1656. California Lumber Merchant 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.
Well established San Francisco wholesale lumber company wants a young man with college education who is willing to dig in to learn the wholesale lumber business. Preferably one with some retail lumber yard experience. Write full particulars to Box C-1659, California Lumber Merchant 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.
Sober, reliable man with years of experience in wholesale and retail hardware and lumber, will consider position as retail yard manager an5rwhere. At present employed as superintendent of wholesale lumber and moulding plant, but like retail best. Position must show possibility of being permanent. Salary and percentage of profits acceptable.
Address Box C-1653, California Lumber Merchant 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.
N.E. Oregon, $10,000. With 50-Cat, Disston Chain Saw, light Donkey, Kenworth Truck, ,miscellaneous woods equipment $15,000. Also 175 acres, two 3-room cabins-all $20,000.
Address Box C-1657, California Lumber Merchant 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.
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O'Conuor, Frqnlr J., (lt) ...... .GArlield l-56{{
O'Neill Brothers (So Mcteo)
Squ Mqreo 5-3586, S-3S82
Pccilic Lumber Co., Thc ({) ..GArtield l-ll8l
Pcreliug Lunber Co, (Pcul McCusler) (ll)
DOuglcs 2-6027
Pctrick Lumber Co. (O. L, Russum) (ll)
E, K. Wood Lunber Co. (ll) ....ElGrooL 2-3710
Weyerhceuser
LUMBER
Cqlilornic Lumber Sqles (l) ........KEttog 3-6702
Eqstshore Lumber 6 Mill Co. (l) ...KElloe 3-2121
Fireslone Lumber Industries (8) Pledmont S-Z6t
Gqmergton d Greeu Lumber Co, (5) KEttog {-188{
Gosslin-Hcrdiag Lumber Co, (l) ...KeUo; {-201?
Hill 6 Morton, Iuc. (7) ..ANdover l-l07
Kelley, Albert A. (Alameda) ...Lakehurst 2-2154
Kuhl Lumber Co., Ccrl H, Cbcs. S. Dodge (Berkeley 5)..THornwoll 3-9045
Moncrch Lumber Co, (12) ......TWinoqks 3-5291
Nicholla Brothers (El Cerrito) ....Btcbmond 2565
Pdcific- Forest Products, Iac, ....TWinoqlcs 3-9866
Reid & Co. Lumber d Suppties (6) TY9inoc}s 3-6745
I.T'I'IBEN
.{lley- lunber Co. (Downey) tEfersou SlBg-S180
Alli-ed Veuaer d Lumber Co. (ll) .LUccs Z29l
Anderson-Hcnsoa Co. (Studio'Ciiy)
Ansro.cclirornic r.umber co. tu ffr5**"t1-11?l
Arccts Bedwood Co. (I. I. nec) (!g)
AtkiDson-srurr Co. (Rqy Vca lde, ""y"::Xt:i ttt'
Arrcntic Lumber co. (c. p. ll""rsJT%tjo) 2'8192
PRospect 552t1
Atlcs Lunber Co. (21) .PRosoect 7d0l
Bcrlo Lumber Co,, Rclph E, (HuntiaEton pqrk)
IEffersou 7201
Ecugh Bros. 6 Co. (23) .ANcelus 3-7117
Baugh. Ccrl W. (Pcscdeuc 4) .....Ryan t-6S82
SYcqmore 8-2525
Brusb ladwtricl Lumber Co. (221 ANselue l-ll55
Buru Lumber Compcay (36) ....WElster 3-5851
Cclilornic Pccific LumbCr Co. (Iuglewood) ..ORegon 8.3{71
Ccn d Co., L. I. (W. D. Dunaing) (15)
PRospect 88t13
chcntlod cad Associqleg' P' w' ll*io"r", sege
Consolidcted Lumber Co. (7) .....Rlchmond 2lll (Wilnington) .....NE. 6-1881 Wiln. Ter. 4-?537
Cooper.[delgqa Lumber Co.
Willred T. Cooper Lbr. Co, (Pcscdenc l)
_ nYcn l-7631; SYccmore 3-2921
Cooper Wholesale Lumber Co,, W. E. (13)
crcis-wood Lumber co., r"". (l) ..A#;u*:"1-?l3l
Daat 6 Russell, Saleg Co. (l) .:.....ADcu 8l0t
Dolbeer 6 Csrson Lumber Co. (13) VAadit<e 8?92
Dooley cnd Co, (41) ..Albdnv lB22
Duaning, W. D. ( t5) PRosreci 88rt3
Esaley, D. C. 6 Son (22) ........ANgelirs 2-1t83
Firestone Lumber InCustries ({) HEmpstecd 3155
Foresl Products Sqleg Co. (Iaglewood)
pqrcnino Lunbcr co. ({) ."Ilffi i:1i33
Pope 6 Tclbot, Iac., Lumber Divisiou, (rl)
DOuglcs 2-2561
Rounds Trcding Conpcny ({) ......YU}oa 6-0912
Budbacb, Gqrtia d Co. (tl)..... ...YUkoa G-I0ZS
Scutq Fe Lunber Co. (ll) .......E*}.took2-2074
Sbevlia-McCloud Lunber Co. (5) EXbrook 2-7041
Sidewcll Lumber Co. (2ll .ATwcter 2-8112
SuddEn 6 Christeusoa, Inc. (4) .GArtield l-2846
Tarler, WEbster 6 Johnsou, Inc. ({)
DOuqlqs 2-2060
Tcylor Lumber Co. (Floyd W. EIiotr)- (lt)
Twin Harborg Lumber co. (ll) Douglcs 2'{2ll (Frcnk J. O'Connor) ...........GArfietd l-564{
Tycer, Necly 6 Dennis, Inc. (ll) ...Ylltcon 6-3869
Union Lumber Compcny ({) ......SUrter l-8170
Ccrl W, Wctts, (5) .YUkoa 6-1590
Wendliug-Ncthcn Co, ({) .SUrter l-5363
West Oregon Lumber Go. (3) ..IlNderhill l-0720
WeslerB Pine Supply Compqny (3)
wbeerEr pine r.;o. ({) .........H::Slll:38i3
Tine Pocific Co. (Richmond) .....Richmoud 8916 Wbire Brothers 0)
Tricngle Lumber Co. (12) .....TEnptebcr 2-2{97
Truitt-Warren Lumber Co. (Berkeley 2) BErkeley 7-0511
Tcylor Lunber Co. (Charles E. Keadcll) (lS)
Twia Hqrbors Lunber co. (15) PRospect 8770
(C, P. Henry 6 Co.) ..PRospect 6524
Unicn Lumber Compcny (15) .......TBftily 2282
Wqllcce Mill 6 Lumber Co. (Clecrwcter) -
wendtins-Ncrhca co. (36)
*l"S"l1?88
Wesl Oregou f,umbcr Co, (15) ...Bichnond 0281
Weyerhceuser Scles Co. (7) ....Rlcbmond 7-0S0S
Wboley Lumber Co., L. S, (Long Bccch 5) LR 2-2tl! NEvcdc 6-1085
Wilson Lumber Co., A. X. (Domiaguez Juactioa)
E. f,. wood Luber co. (5t)
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Co, (3) .....Pleqscnt
Penberthy Lumber Co. (ll) ........Klnbqll Slll
6 Luseier Co. ({4) .....AXmiutcr
E. J. 6 Soa (ll) .......CEntury
Tropiccl d Westem Lumber Co, (l'l) Mlchiscn 9328 Western Hcrdwood Lunber Co. (55)
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Advance Mcnulccturiag Co., .....ANgelus l-8{01
Associqted Moldins Co. (Xtr) .ANgelus 8ll9
Bcck Pcnel Compcny (ll) ........ADcms 3-{24
Beaaorelto d Eckstron, Inc. (ll) ADqms 3-4228
Cclilomic Door Compcny, The (Il) KImbclI 2lll
Caliloniq PcaEl 6 Veneer Co. (5{) T8iaily 0057
Cobb Co., T. M. (ll) ...ADcne l-llU
Cole Door d Plywood Co. (Il) ...ADcms 3-4:l7l
Dqvidsoa Plywood d Lunber Co. (2t) ANgelus 3-6931
Door G Plywood Jobben lnc. (23) ..ANgelus 8188
Eubcnk 6 Son, L. H. (Ioglewood) OBegoa 8-2255
Georgic-Pccific Plywood d Lumber Co. (F. A. Toste) (41) ...........Clevelqnd 8-27A9
Hcley Bros. (Scntc Mouicc) .......TExce 0-2268
Koebl, ]no. W. 6 Son (23) ....Angelus 8l9l
Lumber Deqlers Supply Co. (Harbor City)
ZEnith 1156: Lomitc l156
Maple Bros. (Fullerton). ..Fullertoa 1828
MccDougcll Door d Frcme Co, (2) Klmbqtl 3l5l
Nicolqi Door Scles Co. (ll) .LOsca 5-6245
Oreaon-Wcshincton Plywood Co. (W. W. Willdagon) (15). ..TRiaity {613
Plywood Los Angeles Inc. (23). .ANgelug 2-210{
Recm Compcny, Geo. E. (12) ....Mlcbigqn I85{
Boddis Cqlilomic, Inc, (ll) .......IEIIerson 3281
Scnpsoa Co. (Pcsadenc 2) ..-.--..RYcn
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