The California Lumber Merchant - February 1935

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\7e add the S. S. Scotia

Editor's note:-Since the S.S. Scotia has been put into Pacific's lumber transporting service, Al Nolan has taken a truly fatherly interest in her. The title of "Skipper" Al has been unavoidable.

"The Scotia, like every tool in the well ordered kit, has a bie job to do. She is an unusually eficient lumber carrier. A great percentage of her cargo is carried in the holds away from weather.

"Already she has improved our batting average in moving lumber. While we admit, we hope a pardonable pride of ownership, in the last analysis the S. S. Scotia is just another link in that lengthening chain that serves you."

AI Nolan.

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"Skipper" Al Nolan

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Aberdeen Plywood Co. ------------------------------------19

Arrociated Lumber Mutuals ------------,--,...,----------2,

Baxter, J. H. & Co. ------------,--, -------- ,-------------21

Boolcaver-Burns Lumber Co. ----------,,---- --------21

Booth-Kelly Lum$er Co. -,.-------------

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

Buclley Lumber Dealers' Supply Co. ------------ 9

Cdifornia Builders Supply Co. ----------------------13 California Panel & Veneer €o. --------------------- 3

Cdifomia Redwood Association California Wholecale Lumber Assn.--,------------*

Celotex Company, The --,------Chamberlain & Co., W. R. ..--------------- ------ -.--.21

Cooper Lumber Co., W. E. - -------------- , -------21

Dolbaer & Cerron Lumber Co. ... ....21

EllioaBaySalesCo. -.-.---------------------21

llammond Lumber Co. ---------------- -------------- ------21

Harbor Plywood Cotp. ------------ ------------------------21

HiIl & Morton, fnc. ----------------------------.-----------21

Hogan Lumber Co. ------------- -----------------------------21

llolmes Eurela Lumber Co. ---------------- ---"--------2L

ffoover, A. L. ------------- ---------------21

Kingsley Company, The --------,--- --------------- -----2t

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

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

Lawrence-Philipr Lumber Co. ------------,-- -- -------21

Loop Lumber Company --,-,----------

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THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

How Lumber Looks

Recovery from the recent severe weather effects upon the lumber movement was indicated in the sawmill reports to the National Lumbet Manufacturers Association for the week ended February 2 which showed production and shipments above the preceding week but a slight decline in otders.

Reports for the week from 11043 mills gave production at lt8r597r000 feet, shipments 18010821000 feet, and orders 184r0871000 feet. Revised figures for the previous week from 1r2O3 mills gave production of 13011151000 feet, shipments 1521545r000 feet, and orders 189/8Q000 feet.

New business reportd ,:t ;.1"."u .nu* February 2 by 538 mills to the West Coast Lumberments Association was 97e6761684 feet against a production of 81,851,831 feet and shipments of 9OrO2lr5O7 f.eet. Orders booked fon the week by this grotrp of mills were over the preceding week by about 18r000rq)0 feet or approximately 22.6 per cent. Shipments were 1O per cent over production and current sales exceeded production by 19.3 per cent.

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The Southern Pine Association for the week ended February 2, 146 mills reporting, gave new business at 22rO64rOO0 feet, shipments 2614271000 feet, and production 23rO84rOOO feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 48,530,000 feet. Orders showed an increase of 9 per cent, shipments 4, per cent, and production 2O per cealt over the previous week. Total stocks on hand February 2, at 144 repocing mills, "ggregated 445r949rOOO feet, or 97 pet cent of normal and 5 per-cent above this time last year.

RETU,RNS FROM LOS ANGELES TRIP

H. F. Vincent, San Francisco, general manager of the E. K. Wood Lumber Co., has returned from a short business trip to the company's Los Angeles office.

PIIRCHASE NEW LUMBER YARD SITE

Glick Bros. Lumber Co., 6910 South Alameda Street. Huntington Park, has purchased six acres of land on South Alameda Street, between Eighty-fourth and Eighty-fifth, to which site they will move as soon as the necessary buildings are constructed. Oscar Glick is president of the company, and Max Glick, general manager.

The Vestern Pine Association for the same weilc, 123 mills reporting, gave orders at 4418391000 feet, shipments 4614/1161000 feet, and production 19r130r0fi) feet. Orders werc 25r7$9r0/i0 feet over production ot w4 per cent. Shipmetrts wete27r276rOfi) feet over production or 142.5 per cent, and orders 11567r000 feet below shipments or 3.3 per cent. Ordets on, hand at the end of the week for this group of mills totaled 1781746r.000 feet.

The California Redwood Association for the week, 15 millg reporting, gave production at 5,4t9rOOO feet, shipments 8286rO0O feet, and new business 91164000 feet. Ordets on hand at the end of the week totaled 29r953,oOO f.ea. 15 identical mills reported production 12 per cent less and new business 128 pe cent more than for the same week last yean

2O2 hardwood mills reporting for the week ended Februari, 2 gave new business as 910491000 feet or 19 pet cent above production, and shipments 815421000 feet or 12 per ceflt above production. Production was 7r6(X),000 feet.

Unsold stocks on the public docks at Los Angeles harbor on February 4 totaled 61422rOOO f.eet. Lumbet cargo arrivalg at Los Angeles harbor for the week ended February 4 to/reled, 7r248,O0O feet which included 11 cargoes of Fir canying 6,782rOOO feet, and one Redwood cargo of 466r0fl) feet.- 58 vessels were operating in the coastwise lumber service on Febnrary 4i 42 vessels were laid up.

FRED PALMER RETURNS EROI4 EAST

Fred S. Palmer, manager of the Pine department of the Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Fran'cisco, was back at his desk February 6 from a three weeks'business trip to New York, Chicago and points in Iowa and Wisconsin.

PLANE CARRIES BUILDING MATERIALS

An airplane was recently used in Hawaii to transport a truckload of building materials to the top of a mountaiu. Shipping the material by airplane made a saving of several days' time.

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V.gabond Editoriafs

By Jack Dionne

We hauled off and "recognized" Russia in order to sell them some goods. Now we find that they aren't going to buy the goods anyway. Selling a sacred thing for a mess of potage was not confined to Bible days.

Some man with a gift for words describes the antics of the Brain Trust et al as "watching a bunch of merry martinets trifle with all the laws of nature and of the universe." That's telling'em, fat lady.

He who would o. o"ni*J ",1 *r' the resounding acclaim of his fellow men and women, can do so very easily. All he needs to do is seek about until he discovers what the other fellow wants to do, and then go ahead and advise him to do it. It is not a noble method of procedure, perhaps, but it is truly the royal road to popularity.

Pride keeps many a -"J "; oJo,,'"r, straight. For pride is a fortress not only impregnable, but unassailable.

I was reading the ".n"r:";oJ"o*u of the gieat animals of prehistoric times. They always intrigue me. But the thought came to me as I looked at the pictures of those huge things whose footsteps formerly thundered over this earth-why aren't they here today? The ants, and the bees, and the insects who also knew the world at that time, are still with us. But the giants are gone. Do you suppose it was because their brains failed to keep up with the growth of their bodies, and they died for lack of intelligent meeting of their problems? Or were they too dumb to cooperate, and so died for want of coordinated effort?

Speaking of our -ou".rl-l*J,", and divorcing and remarrying in double-swift time, do any of you good folks know what the New Testament says about divorce? Few of you, in all probability. Well, if you want to know, go look for yourself. Try Chapter 10, Verses 11 and 12 of the Book of Mark. And if you doubt the authority of Mark, you will find the same thing exactly in Matthew and Luke. You will discover that divorces generally may be legal, but they're not Biblical by a whole lot.

As I have frequently remarked before in this column, people talk a lot about the Biblical laws, but nobody reads them. Our Legisatures write laws for divorce on any number of grounds; but Jesus Christ says it can't be done ex-

cept on one ground. And they write Blue Sunday laws for keeping the Sabbath and Jesus Christ never kept it and never told anyone else to do so. If you think He ever did, read His story and His words.

Well, folks, on9 of the notable changes that has taken place in the last year is the fact that the railroads are again carrying more people than are the banks. We got so for awhile that the banks were carrying everybody, and the railroads practically nobody. But the banks have squeezed nearly all their borrowers off their books, and the railroads have gone back to carrying capacity passenger loads. Which is a mighty good sign.

To see a problem clearly, get on a higher plane and look at it from abcve; like going up to the top of the tallbst building to view a city.

our penitentiaries "r" r;"J*;h beardless youths, whose parents neglected to spank them on time.

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' Sorneone tells of seeing a sign at the entrance of a small wooded park in a small town, that read: ,,NO PARKIN OR NOTHIN.''

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Talk about coincidences ! Not long ago in a radio talk I told about a fellow from Buffalo telling me that it was so cold in the neighboring town of Tonawanda that they didn't use the snow till it was two years old. A few days later I got a nice letter from a family in Tonawanda, New york, saying that they had heard the program and the story, and confirming the report that it really fS rather chilly in Tonawanda.

It all depends in this *:nJ o,l*no*" ox is being gored. A state legislator told me the other day about getting a wire from one of his ranching constituents, that read: ,,you can do what you please about that tax on wool-I've done sold my sheep."

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f sat at dinner the other night with several highly intelligent men, who, after their meal, chose to philosophize. And they talked of evolution. And there was one there who spoke highly of that particular school of thought. But the others thundered against it. And I just sat, and listened, and pondered. What a choice they present to us, these'

two opposite schools of thought. Either I must believe that I belong to a race that started with two perfect humans, h"ppy, hopeful, knowing neither storm' disease, trouble, sorrow, taxes, or politics, and has worked down to the short-lived, trouble-drowned race of humans that I see about me today; or I must believe that I belong to a race that started with a skull-less vertebrae' and worked upward to this enormously irnproved human level of which I am a specimen. Which seems best? The one that started so humbly, and now amounts to so much; or the one that started so perfectly, and is now so far removed from perfection ?

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Of course, I have no choice. As Popeye says-"I Yam what I Yam." And likewise, whatever I came from, is something I have no power to change. But if I had my choice, and could say which line of parentage I would choose, would I elect to be a descendant of the perfect Adam 'and Eve whose race has fallen so low I or would I prefer to believe that my progenitor was a skull-less vertebrae, and that my race has been struggling onward and upward to the present time, with the angels of faith, and of hope, and of progress beckoning them on? Would I rather have the future of my race ahead of me than behind me? Tough choice, I calls it. ***

Understand, I'm not worrying about it. I don't presume to say just when, or how, or where, or in what shape men

FRANK ADAMS VISITS COAST

Frank R. Adams, of Chicago, Eastern sales manager, The Pacifi,c Lumber Co., San Francisco, has just left San Francisco after spending 10 days at the company's mill at S'cotia and about a week at the main office. Mr. Adams traveled West over the northern route and returned by way of New Orleans'

L. J. CARR VISTTS L. A.

L. J. Carr, sales managet, Buzard-Burkhart Pine Co., San Francisco, re'cently spent a week in Los Angeles on business.

first appeared on this earth. I know we've been here for countless centuries and ages, and we haven't even started to solve the tariff question yet, or come to an understanding of the monetary situation. And if we can't settle the small problems, how can u/e expect to handle the big ones?

The farthest I would care to delve into the future would be to discover when we are going to get going strong again in the lumber business. Tell me that, and I'll let you keep all your other previous information. The lumber business is undoubtedly on the up; but it's a slow march, any way you look at it, and there is such tremendous room for improvement that you can't blame a guy for being restless. ***

"Business is better" seems to be the slogan echoing from all of the retail lumber conventions that are taking place in all parts of the country. The morale is higher, the smile is easier, the convention delegate is filled with hope, and it is hope based on the tinkle of the cash in the old cash register.

And fond hopes for 1935 are also being sounded from all the convention halls. Everyone tells of the great NEED for new buildings and for building improvements in HIS territory; and with the prospect of ready cash and credit with which to finance these needs, most dealers can see a' business swing upward that may reach his yard any day' and continue indefinitelY.

TAKES TO THE AIR

Floyd Elliott, manager of the San Francis'co offi'ce of Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co', returned from a business trip to Los Angeles on February 7 by the air route, traveling by United Air Lines' direct plane which tnakes the trip in two hours and seven minutes.

GUS HOOVER VISITS MILL

A. L. "Gus" Ifoover, Los Angeles, Southern California representative of The Pacific Lumber Co', returned February 2 from a lGday trip to the company's sawmill at Scotia and main office in San Francisco.

\(/est Coast Association Members Approye Promotion Campaign

IJnanimous approval of an enlarged national sales promotion program was given by the members of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association at their annual meeting held at Hotel Winthrop, Tacoma, lanuary 25.

The program, proposed by the trustees of the Association, is expected to be put into operation by April 1. The proposal provides for the collection of a fund to be raised by an assessment of 4 cents per thousand board feet cut by the mills, and 4 cents on each thousand feet of logs cut by logging operators.

Membership in the sales promotion program will be voluntary, and the assessment for it will be in addition to the regular assessment for the purposes of the Association.

Acting president F. R. Titcomb announ,ced that the trustees propose to'cut the fees now being collected for lumber code administration as soon as the present code operating account is ,cleared up, whi,ch will probably be in May.

The election of a president was deferred. F. R. Titcomb, 'Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., Taooma, rvas re-elected vice president for Washington, F. H. Ransom, Eastern & Western Lumber Co., Portland as vi,ce president for Oregon, and R. H. Condon, Port Gamble as treasurer.

Trustees-at-Large elected are Victor Larson, Forcia & Larson, Noti, Ore.; Geo. T. Gerlinger, Willamette Valley Lumber Co., Dallas, Ore., and J. H. Bloedel, Bloedel-Dovovan Lumber Mills, Bellingham, Wash.

John D. Tennant, past president, was made honorary trustee.

The new trustees ele,cted are as follows: North District, H. A. La Plant, Skagit Mill Co., Lyman, Wash.; Everett Distri,ct, H. A. Stuchell, Eclipse Mill Co., Everett, Wash.; Seattle District, W. B. Nettleton, Nettleton Lumber Co., Seattle; Tacoma District, Frost Snyder, Clear Fir Lumber Co., Tacoma; Chehalis-Olympia Distri,ct, C. H. Kreienbaum, Reid Mill Co., Shelton, Wash.; Willapa-Grays Har_ bor distri,ct, H. N. Anderson, Aberdeen, Wash.; Colum_ bia River district, C. H. Watzek, Crossett-Western Co., Wauna, Ore.; Portland, district, W. W. Clark, Clark & Wilson Lumber Co., Portland; Willamette Valley district, J. S. Magladry, Culp Creek, Ore,; Coast distri,ct, R. T. Moore, Moore Mill & Lumber'Co., Bandon, Ore.

Col. Greeley, secretary-manager, spoke on some features of the annual report of the Association,s activities, which waS ,contained in a pamphlet distributed to the members.

Arthur T. Upson of Washington, D. C., director of trade promotion, National Lumber Manufacturers Association, told of the services rendered to the lumber industry by the National since 1902, and of the effective trade promotion work ,carried on in recent years in spite of the sl-rortage of funds for this purpose.

A. C. Horner, consulting engineer, San Francisco, West_ ern representative of the National Lumber Manufa,cturers Association, gtve a brief talk on the work done in Califor_ nia in 1934 in connection with the California School pro_ gram.

Built-in Fixture Business Shows \(/ood Conversion Co. Breaks I lmprovement

"Our 7934 business was 30 per cent ahead of 1933, and we had many more requests for information, prices and planning service", said Ray B. Cox, president of the peerless Built-In-Fixtures Co. of Berkeley, recently to a representative of this paper.

Asked about their planning service Mr. Cox said it is a service provided by his company free and without obligation to dealers or owners. They prepare colorecl perspectives of the kitchen for ea.ch individual owner. These help the housewife and owner to understand exactly the improvement that is possible in the old kitchen. It is possible, he says, to make a step-saving survey of every old kitchen.

The modernizing program of the Federal Housing Act has helped their business in the last few months, Mr. Cox stated, and they expect a lot more volume from this program in the future.

They have added many new items to their line of stanclard cabinets.

1935 Plans at Sales Meetings

With a 36/o increase in sales during 1934 over 1933 under its belt, the Wood Conversion Company, Saint paul, manufacturers of Balsam-Wool and Nu-Wood, got ofi to 1 flying start by completing its sales meetings or, ;"r,u"ry 12th.1935.

Sales meetings were held at Saint paul for the men of the Northwest, North Central, and Western areas, and at Chicago for the Eastern and Middle-Western areas.

According to L. H. Atkinson, General Sales Manager, the company will ,continue its policy of ,controllecl deaier dis_ tribution. Mr. Atkinson says ,,The Wood Conversion Company has the kind of produ,cts that guarantee profit. They are products that stand out-that give the ieale, new markets which always require other materials fron.r his stock. Our experien,ce during 1934 has definitely proven the wisdom of our Selective Selling plan. Dealers who have worked with us agree that our partnership idea is sound."

L. N. Ericksen \(/ill Promote Can Now Deliver \(/olman

\(/estern Pine in the East Treated Underpinning

Portland, Oregon, January 15th-L' N' Eri'cksen, who has been a member of the staff of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association for the last seven years, has resigned, effective today, to become eastern trade promotion relresentative for the Western Pine Association of Portland, Oregon

Graduated from the University of Minnesota in I92l' Mr. Ericksen entered the employ of the United States Forest Service and was stationed at the Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wis., until July l, 1926' Then, ot u y.".;, leave of absence, he did special work for the Western Electri'c Company in 'connection w'ith the use of wood in their operation' On October I,t927, he joined the stafi of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association' During the last four or five years he has worked in close technical cooperation with the Government departments and agencies and has helped government purchasing agents to write lumber specifications suited to the industry desigried to insure that the various departments shall get the kinds and grades of lumber most suitable to their needs.

After a month's trip to the Western Pine producing region, Mr. Eri'cksen will make his headquarters in Washington, D. C. His temporary address will be 1818 37th Street, N. W.

Salts

Announcement is made in this issue by Chas' R' McCormi,ck Lumber Company that they are now prepared to furnish underpinning treated with either Wolman Salts or creosote

W. B. Wickersham, district sales manager at Los Angeles, states that while the Wolman Salts treatment is new on the Pacific Coast, it has been used for many years in the Middle West and East, and also that it has been approved by the Board of Building and Safety, Los Angeles' "Lumber dealers can now get either Wolman Salts or creosote treated underpinning, whichever their trade calls for, and we can give them immediate delivery from our stocks at Wilmington," Mr. Wickersham said'

Hollywood Exhibit Opens Feb. 16

The Hollywood Better Housing Exposition rvill open February 16 instead of February 9 as originally scheduled' The exposition is sponsored by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and has the endorsement of the Federal llousing Administration. The exhibit will be educational and will feature the comparison between good and inferior construction. materials and craftsmanship. Requests of exhibitors for more time to install their material is the reason for the postponement of the opening.

ANNOUNCEMENT

A New Service Avatlable to Lumber lDealers

About March Ir 1935

STNAICHT ON MTXEI' CARS

Dtrect trorn Mill and Warehousc Stocks

CONSISTING OF PONDEROSA PINE OREGON

*r'ffiffi*n and Glazed

Doors

Screen Doors, Open and Wired

Lumber

Moulding Casing Base Frames. etc.

RED CEDAR

Pl|[E ]D""gl*. Fit)

Vindows and Sash-OPen and Glazed

Doors

Screen Doors, OPen and Wired

Plywood Lumber

Finish--4asing and Base

Moulding and Frames

Inside and Outsidi Door Jambs

Shingles' Siding' Moulding - Frames, etc'

-ALL THESE ITEMS CAN BE LOADED IN SAME CAR_

Californiasizes o/ Winilous, Sash and Doors Carried in StocA for Immediate Shipment

Send LJs Your Inquiries and Orders

BUGKLEY TUMBER DEALERS' SUPPLY GOMPA]IY

PORTLAND (Kenton Station), OREGON CALIFORNIA SALES OFFICE-F. S. BUCKLEY, Sales Manager 111 Sutter Buitding, San Francisco-Phone SUtter 0908

Faif ure NRA to Aid in Lumber Code Enforcement Declared at NIRB Generaf Labor Hearing

Washington, D. C., Feb. 4,-The lumber industry occupied the spotlight for a time during last week,s NIRB general hearings on labor and employment, when its representatives charged that the breakdown of minimum price enforcement was primarily due to lack of government cooperation and urged that there be no in,crease of labor costs.

David T. Mason, Executive Officer of the Lumber Code Authority, presented a previously prepared statement in which he dis,cussed the economic plight of the industry prior to the code, sketched the trend of lumber prices, declared that lumber code wage rates were higher than 1926 levels, and recommended that the Administration make every efiort to in,crease demand for the products of the capital goods industries through the construction and housing programs. He also made a statem.ent dealing with allegations brought out in the hearing.

"Our costs", declared Major Mason, ,,especially our wag'es, as compared rvith the sale price of our products, are no\,\' relatively high. In view of their financial condition our industries are in no position to consider further increases in 'cost due either to decreases in maximum hours per week or to in,creases in hourly wage rates.

"Our code has, on the whole, greatly improved conditions in our industries despite great difli,culties brought about by lack of enforcement. We strongly desire to make our code a complete success, to make it work smoothly in every respect. Through our industry administrative agencies we shall continue to seek to secure a maximum degree of voluntary compliance, but we must have governmental enforcement against wilful code vi,olators."

Blackwell Smith, NIRB member and acting general coun_ sel, indicated a conviction that the lumber industry had permitted an accumulation of surplus stocks through ex_ cessive production quotas and had failed to follow the code formula when determining minimum prices. Major Mason stated that the demand for lumber had not developed to the extent anticipated, resulting in surplus stocks, and that the minimum price formula had been followed in spirit if n,ot in the exact letter. He urged that the board become better informed regarding the lumber industry.

L. S. Beale, secretary of the Hardwood Coordinating Committee, presented a statement charging that lack o-i enfor'cement by NRA was responsible for the major troubles of lumber code administration.

Mr. Beale answered questions by Blackwell Smith and Leon Henderson, chief of the NRA Division of Research and Planning. The latter said that the lumber industry had established excessively high prices, which led to its code-price downfall; while Mr. Smith questioned the abili_ ty of the industry to govern itself.

Lee Robinson, southern hardwood manufacturer and member of the Lumber Code Authority, declared that the

majority of hardwood manufacturers were in full accord with the statements presented by Mr. Beale.

W. C. Ruegnitz, president of the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen, P.ortland, Ore., urged the continuation of NRA "in the hope of eventually securing friendly understanding and sound labor agreements for the entire lumber industry of America." He recommended elastic maximum hour standards, basic minimum wages with adequate and dependable enfor,cement provisions, and labor representation on codes.

Lumber Prices Averaged About gO/o, of. 1926 Levels Major IVIason, in his statement, said with regard to code prices : "It has so frequently been erf-oneously stated by those unfamiliar with the facts that our Code minimum pri,ces were "unreasonably high and ,caused building stagnation', that it appears fitting to correct this error. As a matter of fact the Lumber Code prices in effect from July 20 to December 22 last averaged about 80 per cent of the 1926 prices; on the same (1926) basis of comparison, lumber pr;'ces were lower than modt other buil.ding materials; rail freight rates on lumber now avdrage about the same as in 1926; Code wage rates in the lumber industry now average higher than in 1926, and building trade labor rates are about 90 per cent as much as in L926. Labor costs make up approximately 37 per ,cent of the cost of house con_ struction, lumber 17 per cent, other building materials the remainder."

Promotes Red Cedar Shingles

T. A. H. Taylor, wood shingle expert, representative of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, Seattle, now doing promo- tion work for the Bureau in California, spent last week in the San Francisco Bay area.

ALVIN SCHWAGER VISITS CALIFORNIA

Alvin Schwager, vice president and sales manager of the Nettleton Timber Co., Seattle, Wash., was a recent Los Angeles and San Francisco visitor on company business.

..VERY HELPFUL INFLUENCE''

The California Lumber Merchant has been a very helpful influence in California lumber circles always, but more especially in these last few trying vears when lumbermen needed guidance and good cheer.

Frank

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Lumber Company, San Francisco.

FHA Loans Under Tide Two Will Open Calilornia Department Showing Increase

During the first week in February, the ofifrce of Fred W' Marlow. district director for Southern California {or the FHA, has approved Title II loans under the National Housing Act totaling $515,4@. Of this total, $250,450 is for new construction, and $264,950 for refunding and purchase of property.

Col. Greeley Seve rcly Iniured

Struck by a speeding truck loaded with CCC workers while standing on the sidewalk in Olympia, Wash., Februar! 1, Col. W. B. Greeley, secretary-manager of the West Coast .Lumbermen's Association received a fractured skull, and was reported in a critical condition in a hospital there. Col. Greeley had stopped to change a tire and. stepped on the sidewalk in the effort to avoid the truck.

In Charge o[ Riverside Exhibit

R. D. Mundell is in charge of the lumber and building materials exhibit at Riverside which is located in the Chamber of Commerce building. The purpose of the exhibit which is to stimulate building, repairs and modernization under the National Housing Act is creating a great cieal of interest in that district and is attracting many visitors.

The Puget Sound Asso'ciated Mills of Seattle has opened a California department with C. I' Klopfenstein in charge' Mr. Klopfenstein is now in Los Angeles where he will establish an office. He will spend a few weeks in the Los Angeles territory after which he will return to his headqu..t"t. in Seattle. The Puget Sound Associated Mills' which includes twenty mills in that district, has handled the Atlantic Coast sales for this group of mills for the past several years. Several mills in the group are now affiliated with their new California division and will cater to the California trade.

Mr. Klopfenstein is widely known in the Northwest where he has been associated with the lumber industry for many years. He was formerly connected with the wholesale lumber business in Seattle where he operated the Standard Lumber Co., and later operated a sawmill at Seattle.

Home Owners Bill Signed

Sacramento, Jan. 31.-A relief measure in line with the program of President Roosevelt, giving present and prospective homeowners opportunity for a long term, low-cost insured mortgage plan contemplated by the national housing act, was signed today by Governor Frank F. Merriam' Other relief measures passed by the first sessions of the legislature, including the state mortgage moratorium, rvill also be signed this week, Governor Merriam reported.

ft Reafly Must Have Looked That \(/.y

A big, powerful looking man was standing on the depot platforrn waiting for a train, when he spied on the platform one of these spring scales where you drop a coin in the slot and the arm on the face of the scales points to your weight.

The big man stepped on the scales, fished out a coin and dropped it in the slot, and the arm swung up. But the scale was out of order, and the arm got to where it pointed

to 30 pounds, and there it stuck.

There were two little tough newsboys on the platform, and one of them happened to be looking to see how much the big guy weighed. When he saw the big man standing on the scale and the indicator only showing thirty pounds weight, he shouted excitedly to his pal:

"Hey, Chimmy! Pipe de big stiff! He must be hollow!"

Changes in Sales Dept. Announced To Organize Export Unit bv Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co.

The following announ,cement is made by Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., San Francisco:

Jas. E. "Jimmy" Atkinson, formerly district sales man:ager at San Francisco, has been appointed manager of the rail department, Portland, Ore., succeeding Mark D. Campbell, who recently resigned to enter business for himself.

Geo. R. Kendrick has been appointecl distri,ct sales man:ager at San Francisco.

W. B. Wi,ckersham continues as district sales manager ;at Los Angeles.

Jerry Stutz and Norman Cords will continue to work their regular sales territories in Northern California.

John Vander Laan will continue his work in the industrial department, San Francisco office.

Nu-\(/ood Booth Wins First

Pfize at Convention

Display booth of the Wood Conversion Company, Saint Paul, Minnesota, won first honors as a building material exhibit at the Northwestern Lumbermen's Association Convention, January 15, 16, and 17, at Minneapolis, Minncsota.

The booth clisplayed the complete line of Nu-Wood products-Bevel-Lap Tile and Plank, Waipscot Chair Rail, Mouldings, Board etc. Indirect lighting helped the general appearance.

Wood Conversion Oompany, a Weyerhaeuser subsidiary, are manufacturers of Balsam-Wool, America's best known flexible insulation.

For NLMA

Washington, D. C., Jan. 3O-J. C. Nellis. formerly assistant ,chief of the Lumber Division of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commer,ce, Department oi Commerce, has been commissioned to undertike the development of a lumber export program for the National Lumer Manufacturers Association. At present Mr. Nellis, as a member of the N.L.M.A. staff, is completing the organization of the employment and produ.cts statistics of the Lumber Code Authority. It is intended that this new pro-, ject eventually will render general export information and pra'ctical assistance to members of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association and its affiliated organizations. Probably, there will also be specialized services for lumber exporters who are willing to assist in the finan,cing of particular group sales efforts. The'work will at first be of an exploratory nature, but it is hoped that it will develop into a permanent industry promotion undertaking, maintaining through the agencies of the Government ,contact rvith world lumber market possibilities and conditions, and taking action in behalf of the American lumber industry with respect to restrictions imposed in the foreign markets for American timber produ,cts.

Construction of U. S. Homestead

Building Starts

Construction work on the Federal Government's small farm projects known as "subsistence homesteads,', is now under way at El Monte, California. One hundred houses are to be built on acre plots of land and when completed rvill be occupied by one hundred families.

The homes are beingrlconstructed by Charles J. Dorfman & Co. of Los AnSeles,, ge_neral contra,ctors , at a cost of $16F,157. The contract talls for the ,completion of all the homes by.Qctober,,J5 ,j :*;:,i6irs&ir

Ag" not guaranteed---Some I have told for zo years---Some less

U. S. lmports o[ Russian Lumber Ford Co. \(ill Have Large Continue

to Decline Exhibit at San Diego Fair

Washington, D. C., Jan. ZS,-Figures supplied by the U. S. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce indicate that the marked decline in Russian exports of lumber of this country, first recoided in 1931, has continued.

No softwood lumber imports from Russia were reported by the Bureau for the period between January and November, 1934. In Novembet, 1934, however, 10,442,W feet of Russian spruce were imported, while imports recorded for January of the same year were 2,581,000 feet' The seasonal element plays its part, as was demonstrated in 1933 when all of the Russian lumber coming into this country for that year did so in the last four months.

Total softwood exports from Russia to the United States in 1930 were 70,767,000 feet; in 1931 they dropped to 13,831,@O; in 1932 they rose to 31,410,000, falling again in 1933 to 21,924,ffi0.

Small amounts of hardwoods are rePorted from time to time from Russia, probably oak. They amounted to 31,000 feet in November and 16,000 feet in O'ctober, 1934, no other Russian Hardwood imports being shown for that year to date. In 1933 total imports of hardwoods reported as coming from Russia were 120,000 feet.

While himber market conditions in the United States are undoubtedly reflected in the Russian export figures, many lumber industry authorities feel that the decline is in large part due to the continuing effect of the vigorous campaign waged in 1930 and 1931 by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association against what was at that time termed a Russian policy of "dumping" lumber on 'the American market to be sold at almost any pri'ce. The as.sociation viewed the pronounced increase of lumber exports from Russia to the United States in 1930 as a serious threat to the markets for domesti'cally produced softwoods, spruce in parti,cular, and directed its efforts towards preventing further inroads.

ATTENDS LOS ANGELES ROTARY CLUB MEETING

Chas. C. Adams, Chas. C. Adams Lumber Co., San Bernardino, was a Los Angeles visitor on February 1 where he attended a meeting of the Los Angeles Rotary Club.

Sash Doors lltllworl3

The Ford Motor Co. will have a huge industrial and educational exhibit at the California-Pacific International Exposition which will be held at San Diego from May D to November 11. The Ford exhibit is valued at more than $2,000,000, Located on a SOGacre tract, the main building will be circular, 350 feet in diameter. The tower wilt be 100 feet in diameter at the base, and 198 feet high. Nearby, at one side of the main building, will be an amphitheater, seating 3000, where concerts and other attractions will be staged. The Ford tower and associated buildings will be treated in the modern style of architecture, and in an open air patio complete manufacturing processes will be in operation.

As visitors are expected from many countries, roads characteristic of those countries over which the visitors travel to the fair will be built along the. canyon terraces behind the Ford building. An elaborate lighting scheme is being worked out which will make the Ford tower a specta,cular sight.

Commenting on the Exposition, Edsel B. Ford, president of the ,company, said:

"We are learning something about exhibits as we go along. We first put on the industrial type'of exposition in Detroit in 1933. In De'cember of that year we put one on in New York. We put on still another at the Century of Progress Exposition at Chi'cago. We hope to make the Exposition at San Diego the best yet."

ALBERT SCHAFE'R VISITS CALIFORNIA

Albert Schafer of Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingles Co., Montesano, returned re'cently to San Fran'cisco from Los Angeles. "Rusty" Gill, salesman of the Los Angeles office traveled with him to San Francisco. Mr. Schafer then left for the Northwest, having spent about two weeks in California.

NEW YARD IN SAN JOSE

Merner Lumber Company, Palo Alto, has established a branch yard in San Jose. Ed Galpin, former secretary of the Peninsula T,umbermen's Club, is manager.

New Grade-Use Guide Aid to Lumber Trade

Washington, D. C., Dec. 28.-Complying with an insistent demand, within and without the industry, for an authoritative manual covering the use of wood in building constru,ction, the National Lurnber Manufacturers Associa_ tion has just published the long-awaited ,,Lumber GradeUse Guide." ft is the result of ten years' study and research by the technical staff, and is a cooperative undertaking, of the regional manufacturers' associations and the National.

Although primarily designed to guide the selection of lumber needed in a house or a barn, a dock or a warehouse, a bridge or a derrick, or, for that matter, in any structure of any kind, the Guide will prove to be an invaluable selling aid; it will, in fact, enable retail lumbermen, salaried or commissioned lumber salesmen, wholesale dealers or other merchandisers actually to sell lumber rather than merely to take orders, for it arms the industrv with the technical information necessary to recommend a product of Standard quality for a specific purpose.

Reference to the Guide will show the species and grades recommended, with standard sizes, for framing, joists, sub_ flooring, flooring, sheathing, interior trim, exterior wall covering, de,corative interior panelling and, in fact, all the many lumber items required for a building. Leading lum_ bermen have expressed the opinion that any salarled or commissioned salesman, any retailer or wholesaler who attempts to operate without the aid of the manual will ,com_ pete at a marked disadvantage.

The Guide makes no attempt to influence the choice of the kind of wood by the home-builder or usurp the place of the architect, engineer, or specification writer. Its value lies in the fact that it enables designers and users of lumber to express their own judgment and preferences in language which is readily understood by the woodworking and lum_ ber trade. The grades named are standard throughout the lumber industry, and an adequate assortment from which to ,choose is regularly carried in stock. They were built up from basic American Lumber Standards originally promulgated by consumers, specifiers, and the industry in cooperation with the Bureau of Standards of the Department of Commerce.

Printed in ,convenient loose-leaf form, it is a compilation of data arranged in separate assemblies or pamphlets. Each of these deals exclusively with the species of woods from a particular region or division of the industry, with the information presented in a standardized order throughout the work. A description of the characteristics of the species in,cluded in each group is followed by the grade-use reconmendations, and, after these, a table of sizes and a brief description of the grades, which, in a number of ,cases, are illustrated. The Guide deals, in all, with 22 individ,ual kinds of softwoods, 33 hardwoods, and 26 difrercnt broad types of buildings and other structures.

Softwoods and hardwoods are grouped under separate heads, but the work is so indexed that the architect who wishes to select the proper grade and spe,cies for use in the construction of a fine residence, the home-owner about to

Not Only the Builders Art

I see the upland forests Under an autumn sky, And hear their myriad voices As the wind goes rushing by; But I hear a call to service That comes from the nation's heart, And quickly I answer, "ready ; How may I do my part?"

All that the past has given And wonders that are to be, Meet in our dreams of the future And whisper these words to me; "With the sturdy strength of the fathers And courage to do and dare, You may fashion a glorious future But the labor each one must share.

So here in the vivid present, With courage and loyal pride, We are rearing a nobler temple With portals secure and wide; And each may bring to the labor Not only the builder's art, But confidence, faith and courage To comfort the nation's heart.

-A. Merriam Conner.

"Frid"y" Freeland Baclc in L. A. as Partner in Wholesale Firm

C. M. "Friday" Freeland has resigned from his position rvith the Chas. R. McCormick l_.;umber Company, San Francisco, to enter into partnership with Art Penberthy in the Tacoma Lumber Sales Agency, Los Angeles.

B. W. LAKIN RETURNS FROM EASTERN TRIP

B. W. Lakin, general manager of the McCloud River Lumber Co., McCloud, Calif., has returned from an eastern business trip. On his return to the Pacifi,c Coast, L. S. Turnbull of Los Angeles, Southern California and Arizona representative for the company, met him at Tucson and they spent a few days calling on the Arizona trade. After spending a few days at the company's Los Angeles and San Francisco offices, Mr. Lakin returned to the mill.

modernize his dwelling', and, in fact, the entire range of lumber buyers have only to refer, in but a moment, to specific recommendations to meet any particular.need.

The book is supplied to the industry at $1.50 per ,copy, which represents only about 75/o of the actual printing ancl binding cost. Complete copies may be purchased direct from the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, 1337 Conne,cticut Ave., N.W.,'Washington, D. C. Copies of individual species pamphlets may be secured from the respective regional manufacturers associations.

National Housing Administrator Addresses

Los Angeles Meeting

Over 1000 civic, industrial and building leaders attended the luncheon at the Biltmore hotel, Los Angeles, on Thursday noon, January 31, to wel'come James A. Moffett, national federal housing administrator to Los Angeles and to laun'ch the "Los Angeles Plan" which calls for the immediate initiation of a constru'ction program in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of $100,000,@0. The Plan is sponsored by the "Committee of One l{undred", a representative group of business men.

Mr. Mofiett told the gathering that over the nation, 12,ffiO financial institutions representing 90 per cent of the financial resources of the country are cooperating in making better housing loans. There are over 4,000 community modernization campaigns in operation, he said, and 1,700 cities and towns, including more than two score in Southern California, are making house-to-house canvasses to revive the construction industry.

"We figure, and it is a conservative estimate, that since we btgan the program, modernization jobs under Title 1 of the Act have been created amounting to more than $230,000,000 and pledges for an additional $180,000,000 have been secured, a grand total of $410,000,000 of new business," Mr. Moffett de'clared. Applications for loans under Title II of the Act, which only recently became effective, totals $19O,000,000, he said. Mr. Moffett prophesied that $500,000,000 in insured loans would be made before the end of 1935.

Henry S. MacKay, general chairman of the Los Angeles New and Better Housing Program, presided at the meeti.tg. Ife announced to the assembly the approval by the government of the first four loans 'completed in Southern California for new construction under Title II of the Housing Act. The four loans totaled $42,500; two were for nelv homes in Los Angeles, the other two for residences in Santa Barbara. In discussing the loans, Mr. MacKay again explained the procedure required of a prospective home builder in making appli,cation for a federal housing loan under Title II.

"The borrower must own his property free of encum-

brances," he explained. "Then he should apply directly to his banker or the manager of whatever financial institution through which he intends to obtain the loan.

"The loan is made by the institution for an amount up to 80 per'cent of the total value of the lot and the house to be constructed.

"The government enters the picture only when the banker or building and loan manager takes the loan to the federal housing administration to have it insured under the housing act.

"Repayment of the amount borrowed may be made in regular installments over a period of 20 years."

Other speakers were Alfred B. Swinerton of San Francisco, regional director for Region 12, FHA, who introduced Mr. Mofiett; Fred W. Marlow, district director for Southern California, FHA; W. J. Braunschweiger, president of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commer'ce; Douglas lloung, chairman of the San Diego Housing Committee, and Charles S. Jones, president of the California Oil and Gas Association.

Appointcd Gener.l Manager

J. Walter Kelly, well known San Francisco lumber executive, has resigned his position with the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., San Francisco, and effective February 15 will become general manager of the Consolidated Lumber Co., Wilmington and Los Angeles, succeeding Hal Baly, who recently resigned owing to ill health'

Western Pine Annual Feb. 20

The annual meeting of the directors of the Western Pine Association will be held in the Portland Hotel, Portland, Ore., on February 20. All members of the Western Pine Division are invited to attend. 'fhe meeting will be continued on the 21st if it is found necessary.

Lumber Executive Gathers lnformation in Central Europe Refating to Forest Conservation Under the Lumber Code

Washington-Wilson Compton, general manager of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, recently re_ turned from a tour, ,of the forests of Central Europe, undertaken for the purpose of gathering information which will assist the American forest industries in their program of forest conservation under the Lumber and Ti*b., Products Code. This,program is described by him as the "most fundamental forest conservation program in national history", and will eventually apply to virtually the entire privately owned forest area of the United States.

Dr. Compton represented the lumber industry as a whole in a party of industrialists and foresters *hose trip was sponsored by the Oberlaender Trust, an institution dedi_ cated to the encouragem,ent of helpful relations between America and the German speaking countries. The results of the investigation will be immediately laid before the Lumber Code Authority and the Government for consideration in working out further details of the Consbrvation Code, which is a part of the Lumber Code.

"Our so-called Forest Conservation Code',, Dr. Comp- ton said, in commenting on his trip, ,.calls for a gradual transformation of forest exploitation into permanent forest production through the maintenance of forest lands in sustained productive use. The nations of Central Europe, particularly Germany, have gone through the same stages. There are obvious points at which we may profit by their experience. Particularly in the past century Germany, in its gradual evolution into an industrial from an agricul- tural nation, has been under the economic necessity of making maximum use of its forest resources which in pro- portion to population are only about one-tenth of the. forest resources of the United States. During that century, careful management of forest lands has increased their productivity by as much as four times in favorably situated forest land, and more than doubled it in less favorable locations. The countries of Central Europe have developed almost complete 'Classification' of lands with the result that practically all sub-marginal lands are now in continuing forest growth.

, "Central Europe has not found the answer to its forest problem by national ownership of forest lands. In fact, the percentage of public ownership is generally less than in the United States. Czechoslovakia is an exception. As a result of land laws following the war,.great for,est ownerships were expropriated by the State with nominal compensation. But within a dozen years the Czech Government now managing these expropriated lands has been losing annually about one hundred million kroners. or about five million dollars, whereas previously the Government was receiving an equivalent amount of taxes.

"Germany, like the Scandinavian countries, has developecl forest conservation conditions and policies different from our own in five important respects:

"1. There are virtually no forest fires. Public sentiment ardently supports the policy of individual responsibility for preventable fires.

"2. Reasonably large forest owneiships, sufficient for sustained forest industry, are encouraged or at least not handicapped.

"3. Forest land ownership is an accepted sound basis of finance and securities based on forest ownership have a degree of liquidity unknown on the American continent.

"4. Forest property is insurable and to a considerable extent is protected by insurance.

"5. Forest taxation generally includes a small annual ground tax, a tax on net income, often with a small percentage tax on gross sales of forest products. These countries have learned by experience that the progress toward permanent forestry is largely measured by the extelt to which annual taxation of forest property is based on income or yield."

"Modernizing Pictorial" Booklet

Washington, D. C., Dec. 31.-In "Modernizing Pi,ctorial," the cooperative merchandising servi,ce of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association and the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association has given the retailer a new and effective weapon to use in his battle for modernization business.

The new booklet contains 16 pages of very striking "before-and-after" illustrations showing how new homes can be made of old houses and how delightful and attractive rooms can be 'created where once were dreary; repellent ones. The illustrations, which depict metamorphoses so startling as to make a home olv.ner fairly yearn to rehabilitate his property, are accompanied by a descriptive text of the ease with which these,changes'can be brought about.

The booklet, which is 8fux1o/2 inches in size, is handsomely printed in two colors, by offset process, on attractive stock. The inside pages are printed on a homespunfinish book paper, and the cover, whi,ch is done on a heavy woodgrain-finish, pr.ovides space for imprinting the dealer's name. The books are offered to retailers at four cents apiece, whi'ch is considerably less than the actual cost of printing, and they may be imprinted before shipment at a moderate charge, or the dealer can have them imprinted at his local print shop. He may, of 'course, imprint his name rvith a rubber stamp. The booklet was described in a recent issue of "Lumber Merchandising News," and in a very few days requests were received from nearly "a ,thodsand retail mer,chants for samples of the new pamphlet.

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REPARTEE

A man entered a hotel, placed an overcoat on a rack, and pinned a card to it which read: ,,This overcoat belongs to a champion prizefighter. Back in ten minutes.,i

When he returned the overcoat was gone, but the card was still there. To it had been added: ,.Overcoat taken by champion long distance runner. Won't be back at all.;,

BEN JONSON

What a full life some men, withoui any effort of their own, sirnply because they could not help themselves, have been able to live. Take Ben Jonson. His recent biographer, John Palmer, tells us that Ben was a finished scholar, a bricklayer, a soldier, and married before he was out of his teens, he had killed a man, been convicted of homicide and suspect€d of treason, had collaborated and quarreled with a number of his contemporaries, and written a famous comedy before he was twenty-five. He died in poverty but he was buried in Westminster Abbey. I{e was honest and tactless and truculent. His life was in danger rnore than once. The great ones of his age welcomed him to their homes and he bent the knee to none of them. He was an aristocrat in the realm of intellect.

-Thomas Dreier.

NOMINATIONS CLOSED

Rastus: "Brothah President, we needs a cuspido'."

President of the Eight-Bail-Club: "f nominates Brothah Brown as cuspido' of dis heah club."

TROUBLES OF HER OWN

The teacher was having her trials and finally wrote the mother:

"You son is the brightest boy in my class, but he is also tlle most mischiwous. What shall I do?"

The reply came duly: "Do as you please. I am having my own troubles with his father."

SPRING HAS CAME TO ARKANSAS

By

John Suman, Poet Laureate of Arkansas

Spring has came, .Winter has went, But it ain't no accid'ent; Thb birds have flew i As you have saw, And spring has came To Arkansas.

SWIMMING AT NIGHT

We went down through the summer to the sea, Slipped from our robes and to the ebbing tide Completely gave ourselves; so hushed \pere we, So filled with some strange languor that beside The wash of heavy ripples on the beach

There was no sound. We bent and touched our lips Against the moon, now well within our reach, And trailed her glory with our finger-tips. The silence cradled us; we were caressed By wine-water waves and by the cooler air

That licked white brow and scarcely breathing breast: The nibbling seaweed caught our floating hair, And seemed to urge us gently, gently down. How lovely, had we only dared to drown.

By Oriana Atkinson.

HELPFULNESS

He who forgetting self, makes the object of his life service, helpfulness and kindness to others, finds his whole nature growing and expanding, himself becoming largehearted, magnanimous, kind, Ioving, sympathetic, joyous and happy, his life becoming rich and beautiful. For, instead of his own little life alone, he has entered into and has part in that of others; and every happiness coming to each of these comes as such to him."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Hoo-Hoo to Hear Talk on Navy Attend Sales Confer ence

Commander T. S. Williamson of the battle cruiser Indianapolis will talk on "The Navy at Sea" ai the next diner meeting of East Bay Hoo Hoo Club to be held at the Hotel Coit, Oakland, at 6:@ p.rn., Monday evening, February 18.

Professor Emanuel Fritz will give the second of a series of talk! on the subject of "Water in 'Wood."

E. E. Arthur and Wm. S. Freeman, San Francisco; W. H. Morrison, Sacramento; and G H. Miller, Los Angeles, district representatives of .Weyerhaeuser Sales Co., returned recently from a sales conference held in Tacoma, which was attended by all the sawmill managers, resident sales managers, and district sales representatives in the Western States.

.Progress of Federal Housing Administration

Washington, D. C., Jan. 29.-Recent Federal Housing Administration progress data are as follows:

Total of insured modernizing loans-$35,000,000; total modernizing expenditures contributed to the FHA modernizing campaign$206,000,000. Expe'ctation is that modernizing expenditures in 1935 w,ill be $1,500,0@ daily.

Five thousand individual manufacturers are re'corded as cooperating with FHA; 150,000 others believed to be cooperating to a considerable extent.

Some of the important cooperating manufacturers.report increases in business in November, 1934, over November, 1933, of lrom 25 to 500/o,. Plumbing and roofing make the best showing among structural products; heating equipment shows the largest in,crease of all.

Volume of lumber'consumption was reported at a recent conference of industrial representatives with Administrator Moffett as being 2O/o larger in 1934 than 1933, notwithstanding a decline in total value of residential building and a negligible increase in total construction.

Eighteen hundred finan'ce agencies have procured eligibility under new building finance provision of the National Housing Act.

Cost of modernizing loans is reported by fi/o of the lending institutions as less than the permissible maximum.

These are claimed to be the lowest cost in the world for unsecured installment loans of this sort, namely, abofi 8/o. No national mortgage associations have as yet been formed under Title III. The R.F.C. will, if nece'ssary, help finance mortgage associations, probably taking preferred stock, but FHA hopes that private funds will suffice. The President's declaration for a maximum mortgage interest rate ol 5/o on FHA loans is retarding the formation of mortgage associations.

Public Works Administration's house building program, being still vague, is delaying private construction because it is yet uncertain as to whether the government will build and sell houses on a 3/o loan basis, subsidize private building to a substantial extent, or use other finan'cial stimulants.

Economic Advisor Ezekiel, of the Department of Agriculture, reported to the Conference that home building costs, including all factors, are now about 9O on an index s,cale, whereas rents average 65. Little encouragement is seen in this ,comparison for home building by private capital until building costs decline or rents rise. Implication is that if new housing is necessary and private initiative does not develgp lower housing costs, such building will be up to the government.

California Building Permits For January

BT]YBBS9 GT]IDB SAN FBAITOISOO

LUMBER

Buckl* Iamber Deal'en' Sumly Cmpany' 111 - Sutta Buitdins.,.,., ..'..sutter l10|n

Chamberlin & Cq, W. R.' ,th Flo, Fif; Bldg.'....'......'DOuglas 54?0

Dolbs & Canm Lmbcr Co,

?iID Mfthuis Exchange Bldg....,..SUtter ?456

Hmmrd Lumber Co.'

310 Suscnre SL',..,..."...'...DOuglu 33t!D

Hobbs, WalI & Cc, 235o Jemld Ave. .......'........"MI*im ll90l

HolmesEureka Lumber Co..

1506 Finincial Center Bidg...'...GArfield 1921

LamrcPbilipc Lumber Co''

216 Fife Bidldirs...............'..EXbrooh 3393

Lm Lmber Companv' Ft. of tsth S{................'...Exbr@k 1t:lr

Idg-Bcll hmber Sales Crporation'czS Uartet Street....'. "..'... -...GArfield 1839

Mulligm & Co.' W. J.' 5ZO Montgmery St... ..'...........GArfreld 6t90

LUMBER

MacDonald & Hmingtm Ltd., fo Califqni,e Stret......'.........GArfield t393

McGomick, Chas. R., Lumbtr Co' 46f Ma;ket Street..........'......'DOuglas 2561

More MiIl & Lunber Co525 Mrket Strcet ......'......'..EXbr@& 0f73

Paciffc hmber Cq- The r|D Bush Sbee4...,.........,......GArfield lrtl

Red River Lunber Co.

3r5 Mm&rck B|dC......'....'...GArfield O22

Santa Fe Lumber CofO Cdifqlia Stret............KEarny 2074

Sehafer Bru. Lumber & Shingle Co., lZlt Flfe 81ds...,.......,....'.....'Sutt€r li?l

Sudden & Christmson, 310 Sme Street.........'......GArfield 2E46

Trower Lunbr Cc, ' ll0 Market Str;t. .,...... ,.. ,Sutter lX26

Uni,on Lumber Co.. C'rccker Building .,Sutter 6170

OAIILAITI}

LUMBER

Hill & Morton, Inc.' --- Donison St. Whrf .'.........,ANdovq 1077

Homn Lmber ComPmY' - -2nd & Alie StrletJ'......'....'Gl-ncourt 6E6l

E. K. .W@d Lumber Co. -- f""a""i"t & King Sti'. ' .Fruitvale 0ll2

HARDWOODS

, LUMBER

Vu Aradale-Huris Lumb€r Co, Inc., Fifth & drzm Streets......,...GArfield 36fif

Wadfing-Nathan Co, llo Market Strcet .....,..,.........Sutter silcl

E. K. Wood Lumber Co, I Dm Stret...............,.,,.KEany 37ll

Wwerhrerrg Sales Cq ilr calitmia streei...,..,........GArfield tgz.l

DOORS AND PLYWOOD

Harbc Ptyrrcod Corpmtim, 557 Mtrket Stret... .............,GArfield 6529

Ni@lai Dtr Sales Co., , lx5 l9tb StEt ..Mlsion ?9Zl

Wheler-Osgod Sales Corlnration, 3|N3 r9th St.,,..,...............,.VA|emia 22{r

CREOSOTIED LUMBER-POLES_PILING_ TIES

Buter, J. H. & Co, 333 Mdrtgmery Street............Douglas 3tllil

McComick, Chil. R., Lumber Co.' 461 Market Stct........,.,.......DOwIes 2561

P.A,NEI.S

Eltiott Bay Sales Co., l9?l Bi'odway ..Hlgate A17

Califonia BuildersSupply Co., 50f 29thAvenue ...........,.,....ANdover lltt

Strable Hardwood Co, 53? First Stre€t..:, '...,. '... ..TEmplebar 55t4

LOS ANGDLDS

LUMBER

LUMBER

*Ei'#t"},-3*""H*: Eiis.. pRGp""t 623r

Chmberlin & Cq' W. R. --Td'w;"i xi"h st...""'" ""'"TUcker 1431 ""tls"rt",t'f"1i"H:11..ll:: ..""ndike E?e2

Hmmod Luber Co.' "*iilo--5".-lt-"da 5t.' ".' "' " "PRGFct 7ul

Holmes Emka Lumber Co., "--zii]zrT*l-i"t'iG"ii s:ag.' ' MUtual elEl

Hover, A.. L.- -'-'zd' S".-f-"Srea Aw. .......'.... "'YOrk 1168

Lawrence-PhiliPs Lumber Co, Gt3Petrcleum Securitia" Bldg" PRospect 0229

Lou-Bell Lumber Sale CdPoration' *'?t i;"dl"-; seoritiei Bldg...Propect t466

MacDoald & Bergstrom, Ine "*}Ii-F"tJ."m'serurities-"Bldg...PRospect ?194

MacDmld & Harrington, Ltd.' - ---izc F.t-1..m Seoritie B!&."PRepect 593r

McCmick, Chas. R., Lumber Co.. ---iiz w"it gth st.' ......'....'.....'TRinitv 5241

Mulligan & Co.' W. J.' ----iiz w"it 9t[ st. ..'................vAndike 44t6

Pacific Lumber Co- The ?tI) So. La Bm Ave. ................YOrk l16E

Patten-Blinn Lumber Co521 E. sth st. ....................v.Andike 2321

Red River Luber Co., ?lP E. Slausn .CEntury 29071

Santa Fe Lmbq Co., 3u Firocial Center BIdg.......VAndike 4171

Schafer Brc. Lumber'& Shingle Co., lzi26 W. M. Garland Bldg.......'.TRinity 4nf

Sudden & CAristensd. 630 Berd of Trade Bldg. ........TRinity tt44

Union Lumber Co.

923 W. M. Gairild Blds...........TRiniry 2282

Wendling-Nathan Co., 7([ So. Ia Brea Ave. .....,....,...YOrk 1168

E, K. Wood Lumber Co., ,1701 Santa Fe Ave. ..............JEfferson 3lll

\Meyerlaeuser Sales Co., t49 Peholeum Securitia Bl&...PRepect 5580

CREOSOTED LUMBER_POLES-PILING_ TI,ES

B*ter, J. H. & Co., 601 Wet Fiftb Stret............Mlchigan 6294

McComick, Chas. R., Lmber Co., U7 W€t gth SS. ..................TRinity 524r

HARDWOODS

Cooper, W. E., Lumber Co.. 2035 E. rsth St. ......,..'.'......PRcpect 5l3l

Hammod Lumber Co., ' Zll0 So Almeda St. ...,.'.,....PRGFct7l?l

Lausblirr' C. J., @5 Petrclm Smritiec Bldg...PRcpect 270i1

Stuton, E. J., & Scr, 2060 Eut SEth Stret............CEntury 29211

SASH-DOORS-MILLWORK

Hamond Lumber CoAll0 So. Alame& St. .........,..PRcrret 71?l

Kehl, Jno W.. & Sru, 652 So. Myere St. .........,.,..,.ANgelus El9l

Red River Lmber Co., 702 E. Slaus@ ..CEntury 29llTl

Wheler-Osgod Sales Coapmtict, 2l5il Saemento St. ., , .TUcker ,196,1

PANEI.S AND PLYWOOD

Aberdeen Plywod Company, 2llr,l West Pi@ StGt......... ...,.Fltzroy 8S2,{

Califmia Parel & Verer Co., 955 Sq AlamedaSt ,. .TRirity 01157

Harbor Plywood Ccpontiur, ' 109 N. Ia Brea. ,.. ,.l\IHitney l?S?

Pacific Mutual Dor Co, CApitoI 7t0t U26 Wstnirot€Y Ave. (Alhubn)

Wherer-Osgood Sales Cclnntion, 215:l Sacmerto St. ...,,,...........TUcker O6,t

"The Harbord Code"-Outlines Opportunity for Young, LumbcrCompany's Policies men in Lumber Export Field

The Harbor Plywood Corporation, according to E. W. Daniels, vice president and sales manager, has consistently maintained its policies in relation to the industry and the trade, and recently the company took occasion to reaffrm its position in theform of a set of principles and practices entitled, "The Harbord Code." Copies were sent out quite generally to the trade and the company has received many letters both from retailers and jobbers commending this statement.

"The Harbord Codet', Mr. Daniels explains, "is simply a means of crystallizing and putting into print those fundamental tenets which have always been a part of the Harbor Plywood Corporation's business and industrial policy. It seemed particularly desirable to do this at a time when unsettled business conditions have made it so necessary for the policies of a large manufacturer and distributor like our organization to be understood clearly."

The general provisions of this code. are:

1. To manufacture the best possible produ.cts to the end that they may do well the job for which they are intended and serve long beyond the normal expectancy.

2, To build good-will both for the produ,cts and for the Harbor Plywood Corporation by fair, ,consistent dealing and cordial cooperation with the distributing trade.

3. To participate in any movement designed for the benefit of the entire industry of which Harbord is a part.

In announcing a definite sales poli,cy, the code states: "We reaffirm and define the sales policy of the Harbor Plywood Corporation with regard to wholesale and retail distribution.

"\Me believe that the jobber is indispensable to the proper distribution of our products; that the Retail Lumber Dealer is a vital link in the distribution program and is entitled to protection against encroachment upon his legitimate field by manufacturers, wholesalers, or jobbers.

"As manufacturers, we will continue to confine our sales to carloads to jobbers; to retail lumber dealers-placing their orders through jobbers; to departments of the U. S. Government; to, and for, railroads; to shipyards; to industrials for remanufacturing or shipping purposes; as jobbers (controlling and operating jobbing houses at Chicago, Milvvaukee, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, philadelphia and Atlanta) we will continue to confine our sales to retail lumber dealers; to industrials which are recognized as wholesale trade by the local retail dealers' organization.,,

The Harbor Plywood Corporation, whi,ch is ,considered among' the largest manufa,cturers of plywood, also manu_ factures a large line of doors. It recently announ,ced the manufacture of a new type of ,,super plywood,,, produced

Washington, D. C., Jan. 30.-The future position of our lumber export trade is inseparably linked with the development of a trained staff of foreign lumber trade experts, according to Axel H. Oxholm, Chief of the Forest Products Division of the Department of Commerce.

"There are hundreds of young lumbermen in the United States," he says, "looking for an opportunity to better themselves, and here is a field for them which is not already over-crou'ded. fn contrast to conditions in most foreign lumber export countries, the United States has never had an adequate number of well-trained lumber exporters fully familiar with the consumer habits and trade requirements of foreign markets. This has unquestionably had an adverse influen'ce on the development of our lumber export trade. Prospective lumber exporters abroad include one or more years of foreigir experience as a .part of their education. They work in the offices of agents or importers, become thoroughly familiar with all the details of the trade, .and study consum€r requirements. Vice versa the lumber importers and agents are equally anxious to send the young men on their force to lumber exportin$ countries where they study logging, sawmilling and export technique. Aside from the value of the personal relatio,ns established, this experience has been of the utmost importance in stabilizing market ,con-ditions and in leading to a better understanding of each other's viewpoint.

Our future as a lumber exporting nation largely depends on our ability to exploit foreign markets and to cater to their spe'cial needs. It would seem, therefore, highly desirable that young American lumbermen should spend some time in the principal foreign markets to gain this experience. We must adjust our manufacturing and exporting methods to meet these needs of our foreign customers. Otherwise, our lumber export trade will continue to decrease."

SALT LAKE LUMBERMAN VISITS CALIFORNIA

Earl V. Smith of the Earl V. Smith Lumber Co., Salt Lake City, representative of the Hamniond Lumber Co. for the past 22 years in the Salt Lake territory, was a recent visitor to the company's head office in San Fran,cisco, where he conferred with exe,cutives.

Mr. Smith also visited Los Angeles and points in Arizona on this trip.

BILL GAMBLE BACK ON JOB AGAIN

Bill'Gamble, mill superintendent at the Frank Graves Sash, Door & Mill Co., Los Angeles, is back on the job again following a week's illness.

by an exclusive "hot-prest" process, and shown by tests to be remarkably proof against moisture and ply separation.

A. R. Wuest is president of the company. The headquartefs and principal mills of the company are at Hoquiam, Washington, on Grays Harbor, with other mills at Otrrrnpia.

E. V. Daniels

Lumber-Controlled Finance Recreational Use of National Company Reports Progress Forests P.y Dividends

Washington, D. C., Jan. 2S.-Among the finance companies approved by the Federal Housing Administration as lending ins'titutions under Title I of the Housing Act is the National Homes Finance Corporation of Chicago, which is now affiliated with lumber yards in twenty-five states. Starting about five years ago, the corporation now includes over 150 retail lumbermen and 36 manufacturers of building materials, and has recently broadened its regulations to permit the purchase of modernization paper frorn any reputable lumber dealer in any section of the cottntry, rvhether he is a member of the corporation or not.

"During the year 1934 the corporation has made excellent progress", declared George W. Dulany, Jr., its president, in a recent statement. "It promptly qualified with the FHA under Title I, and in a very short period handled over $50,000 of modernization loans from dealers in Texas, Louisiana, Illinois, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Florida and Washington who were unable to obtain Title I loans from their local bankers.

"The company had become widely knorvn to lumbermen as one of the very few financial institutions which continued lending money for new construction during the last three years. It became, for a time, practically the only source from which the insurance companies were buying first mortgages-this be,cause of standardized form of mortgage used, which in many respe'cts anticipated the rules and regulations promulgated by the FHA under Title II of the Housing Act."

Because'of its manner of doing business, which, in effect, taps the reservoirs of capital in large financial centers for the benefit of the country at large, the National Homes Finance Corporation has been described as performing for modernization borrowers services similar to those which will be performed for new-construction borrowers by national mortgage associations to be organized under Title III of the Housing Act, although the latter will be empowered to issue and sell bonds secured by insured mortgages.

NORMAN VINCENT

Norman Vincent, J. H. was a recent visitor at the

VISITS LOS ANGELES

Baxter & Co., San Francisco, company's Los Angeles ofifice.

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Frucis Warcbo* Stakto Warehrue Oakland Warchqe rc. seveilb st.

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For every acre of national forest land in California occupied by recreational uses under permit from the Forest Service the State receives $4.50, according to a recent survey made by L. A. Barrett, assistant regional forester of the Forest Service headquarters in San Francisco. These returns are made by the State to the 39 counties in which 8,000 recreational special use permits have been issued in the 18 national forests of California for summer ho.mes, hotels, resorts, and municipal or private'camps.

Recreational permits are the most intensive of all uses of national forest lands, according to Forest Service officials. The 7,500 acres occupied bring in a total of $135,000 per year in rentals, of which 25 per 'cent is returned to the State for distribution to the counties, in addition to what they ,collect in county taxes on recreation improvements having an estimated value of over $7,000,000.

Makes Committee Appointmentg

President Ralph Brindley of the Tacoma Lumbermen's Club has announced the following committee appointments for the coming year: Wood Promotion-W. Yale Henry, chairman, Paul H. Johns, Ernest C. Rice, Morris Kleiner, A. H. Landrum and Ernest Dolge; Membership-Clarence Frend, chairman, Philip Garland and George Williams; Taxation-Paul H. Johns, chairman, A. K. Marin and John Manley; Fellowship-A. K. Martin, chairman; Historical -W. Yale Henry, chairman, Ernest Dolge and Paul H. Iohns.

CALL OrN ARIZONA TRADE

C. P. Henry, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., Los Augeles, has returned from a ten days' trip to Arizona. Accompanied by L. R. Chadbourne of Phoenix, the company's Arizona representative, they called on the retail lumber trade in the Arizona territory.

PINE MANUFACTURER ON TRIP

R. T. Buzard of Buzard-Burkhart Pine Co., San Francisco, left February 7 on a six week's business trip. He stoppecl off at Los Angeles on his way to Alberta, Alabama, rvhere he is interestecl in a sawmill, and will come back by rvay of Chicago.

WITH THAT MUTUAL INTEREST

Expert counsel to prevent fires.- Specialized policies to protect against lossSubstantial dividends to protect against cost. lUfrite any of our companies.

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Ten Years Ago Today

From the Files of fhe Calilornia Lumber Merchant, February 15,1925

Axel Oxholm, Washington D. C., chief of the lumber department, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, IJ. S. Department of Commerce, addressed the members of the California Redwood Association and the California White and Sugar Pine Association on February 9.

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A Hoo-Hoo concatenation will be held at Seattle, Wash., on February 18. Vicegerent Snark Roland C. Williams announ,ces that a big ,class of Kittens will be initiated.

The Orange County Lumbermen's Club met at the William Penn Hotel, Whittier, on the night of January 31. President Walter Spicer presided at the meeting.

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James G. Newbegin has been ele,cted president of the Tacoma Lumbermen's Club for the ensuing year. Frost Snyder was elected vice president, and E. A. Wright, secretarv-treasurer.

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tail Lumbermen's Association was held at Santa Barbara, January 31. The meeting was held for a discussion of bills before the State Assembly at Sacramento.

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A sixteen-car train of Redwood logs re,cently arrived at the Dolbeer-Carson Lumber Co. plant at Eureka which l,vere the contents of one Redwood tree ,cut at their logging camp at Field Brook, Humboldt County. The tree contained eleven 16-foot logs, many of whi,ch had to be quartered to load on the cars, and scaled 107,633 feet. A second tree cut at their camp contained four 16-foot, two 18foot, and two 2O-foot logs, which scaled 98,670 feet. Henry Hink, sales manager of the conlpany, says the remarkable thing about these two trees was that they were both practically free from rift cracks and heart rot.

Homer Maris, well known San Fran,cisco distributor of panels, spent several days in the San Joaquin Valley calling on his ,customers.

* Salesmen's Club of San Francis,co on February 2, naming This issue ,carries a full page write-up, together with correctly the thirteen specimens of wood on display and photograph of the plant, on the Coos Bay Lumber Co. sawrvas awarded the first prize of $5.00. Walter Blick won mill operations at Marshfield, Ore. the second prize, $2.50.

"R.g" Smith rvon the woods' .contest at the Lumber

tt " putt",r & Davies t:,r;".:". have bought the Long Beach plant of the Hayward Lumber & Investment Co.

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A meeting was held in Oakland, Thursday evening, January 22, for the purpose of discussing a Hoo-Hoo Club in Oakland. A decision rvas reached to proceed with the or, ganization of the Club, and a meeting will be helcl on February 18 when officers and dire,ctors will be elected.

A. L. (Gus) Hoover presided at the Los Angeles HooIloo meeting on February 5. Emil Swanson won the attendance prize.

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The Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo will stage a concat on Friday night, February 27. The ,committee in charge of the con'cat will include Jim Chase, H. L. Rosenberg, A. B. McAlpine and B. W. Byrne.

Miss Jessie Allard urro i*"]o,r*E. Kline were married on Monday evening, January 26, at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Samuel Irving Allard, in San Francisco. ***

The Davis Lumber Co. at Davis is'constructing a ne.vv lumber shed that will be used for lumber storage purposes. d<r<*

A meeting of the board of directors of the California Re-

Robt. Forgie, A. A. Dimmick and W. S. Russell were among the California lumbermen who recently made trips to the Northwest.

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Will H. Simon, Henry Templeton and T. Y. S. Ballentyne, Portland, Ore., lumbermen, were California visitors on business. ***

Retail lurnber dealers visiting in San Fran,cis,co were lluss Stevens, Healdsburg; W. E. Landram of Merced, ancl George Bnrnett of Tulare.

Tho'ras I. Parks, n.* ;.; J,r,o*o".man, has been a San Francisco visitor calling on his many lumbermen friends in the Bay District.

R. F. Hammatt was ,n. .;";, at the weekty luncheon of the Mercator Club held at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, on February 10. Mr. Hammatt gave an interesting talk on the uses ancl markets of redwood.

Peter B. Kyne, o.ou,; l"rlr,."r author, with Mrs. Kyne, arrived in Los Angeles from New York after completing a tour around the world on the Dollar Steamship Line. After attending to some business matters in Los Angeles, he will leave for San Francisco.

January Building Activity in Westcrn States

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1935 Convention Dates

Feb. 13-1S-Nebraska Lumber Merchants Asso'ciation, Omaha.

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Feb. l9-20-Iowa Association of Lumber & Building Material Dealers, Des Moines.

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Feb. l9-2I-Wisconsin Retail Lumbermen's Association, Milwaukee.

Fel>. 2l-23-Western Retail Lumbermen's Association, Tacoma.

Feb. 27-Mar. l-Ohio Association of Retail Lumber Dealers, Columbus.

Mar. 4-6-Kentucky Retail Lumber Dealers Association, Louisville.

Mar. 5-6-southwestern Iowa Retail Lumbermen's Association, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Mar. 8-Hardwood Manufacturers Institute, l\{emphis, Tenn.

X{ar. 13-14-South Dakota Retail Lumbermen's Association. Aberdeen. S. D.

Mar. 2l-2?-southeastern Iowa Retail Lumbermen's Association, Ottumwa, Iowa.

Apr. 9-1l-Lumbermen's Association of Texas, Houstotl.

Apr. 16-National Retail Lumber Dealers' Association, Washington, D. C.

. . are the TVICE'A'WEEK Supplemental Sheets of ih. Lomb.trn.n's Credit Rating Service. The daily qress biittgt y"" ttinterestingt' newg of world events, but theee ii-iy iSh""tr bring information that is more than just "interesting"-1t is VITAL. fts columns may not con' r.y itr" laiest "Broadway chatter" but they -DO furnish ti" t.tot inforrration concerning the credit status of t o"t """a"-"ts-strd that's vital tttrewstt because it strikes at the foundation of your business.

Of eepecial interest to your Sales Dep-artment is the f..i ttt.f concerns just staiting are immediately listed in these TVICE-A-WEEK Sheets, thus aiding you to coni"Jlft"- early for their initial stock order' A sp99i{ ,igrr.i -."kt ih"." ,r"* concerns co you can quickly ttspottt them.

The TWICE'A-WEEK Supplements are onlv ONE of the -tny exclusive featureJ that make the Lumber' men's Credii Rating Service a profitable in-vesttnentmoJ"r.t. in cost; ii keeping wiih the requirements of today's reduced budget.

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HELP WANTED

Retail Lumber Yard Office Man, 25 to 40 years old, who can operate a Burroughs Bookkeeping Machine. Experienced in all departments of a retail lumber yard. Must know how to meet trade, grades of lumber, ,credit, lumber markets, hardware, paint and roofing sales. Non-drinker, college graduate and churchman preferred-any church. Married or single. Prepared to live in a 2 yarcl tolvn in Northern California and become a part of it permanently. Good town. Salary $150.00 a month to start. Junior partnership eventually. Do not answer unless yotr qualify in every respe,ct. Job is waiting.

Box C-533, care Californ:a Lumber Nlerchant.

FOR SALE

yards in Los Angeles and Southern CaliBox C-535, care California Lumber Mer-

LUMBER AND MILLWORK EXECUTIVE

will consider position requiring executive ability. Experience in all phases of .Lumber, Sash, Door and Millwork business in both Soft and Hardwood business. Many years experience in quantity survey of plans, cost accounting, auditing, etc. Single, will go anywhere. Can furnish excellent references. Will appreciate interview. Address Box C-532, care California Lumber Merchant.

FOR SALE

Lumber Yard and Small Mill, near Los Angeles. Doing a very good business and paying well. Very small rental. $8000.00 will buy. Sickness cause of sale. Address Box C-534, California Lumber Merchant.

FOR SALE-LUMBER YARDS

Lumber Yards and Equipment for Sale in both Riverside and Los Angeles Counties. Going concerns. yard Sites leased from Railroad Companies. Nominal rental. Must be disposed of at once. J. Welch, P. O. Box 430, Arcade Station, Los Angeles, California.

Chips From The Forest

Wooden radio towers up to 628 feet in'height have been built by the German Government with southern pine from the United States, selected on account of its superior strength properties and longer life than any European wood.

The national forests of the United States, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, provided 29 million mandays of work for unemployed labor, without interfering with standards of normal employment.

English sparrows are charged with being firebugs by insurance companies, following a fire in an abandoned theatre in Rockwood, Tenn., said to have been started by the birds carrying discarded burning cigarettes into their nests.

To furnish his lofty fire lookout station with electricity for three 2l-candle power automobile lights used for night reading and the operation of a battery type radio set, L. B. Salm, Forest Service lookout observer on Strawberry Peak in the San Bernardino National Forest, has invented a power plant consisting of an 8-foot airplane propeller mounted on ball bearings and connected to an automobile generator through a "Y" belt with a 10 to I ratio. The output of this plant, which is stored in 6-volt batteries to assure a constant supply of electricity, is 2 amperes with an 8-mile wind, and 18 amperes with a 30-mile wind. 'I'he total cost of the plant was $15.

The worst forest fire on record, according to the U. S.

Forest Service, was the Miramichi fire of 1825, which burned 3,000,000 acres of timberland in Maine and New Brunswick and ,caused the loss of 160 lives. The record number of lives lost was in the Poshtago fire in Wisconsin where, in 1871, an area of 1,280,000 acres was burned and 1,500 people lost their lives.

Floors in 30 rooms of the Forest Products Laboratory of the United States Forest Service at Madison, Wis., have been laid with a varied and colorful assortment of American woods to demonstrate and test the merits of different patterns and finishes, as well as to acquaint the general public with the attractions of different spe,cies and types of grains. Three main types of flooring are now in place throughout the Laboratory as a whole-wood flooring, strips and blocks, pressed wood fiber tile. and linoleum, the last-named qualifying very appropriately among forest products because of its large content of cork, wood flour, and forestproduced resins and oils. All of the floors were laid over concrete of average flatness.

The U. S. Forest Services operating 615 radio sending stations, largely in connection with fire prevention and suppression work, in the national forests of continental United States.

Calcium chloride in water solution, at the rate of one-half pound dry weight per square yard, has been effectively used by the U. S. Forest Service in Michigan to stop fires running in grass and ferns.

Retail lumber fornia. Address chant.

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ANOTHER NEW CLEAN UP AND PAINT UP \[/INDOW DISPLAY-"NO. 37''-TO PROMOTE SALES OF PAINT, HARDWARE, LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS IN TUNE WITH THE OPPOR' TUNITY UNDER THE NATIONAL HOUSING ACT.

Another of the new l9j5 window displays, made in twelve brilliant colors, size 35 inches high by 42 inches wide, with space for imprint, die cut and packed in individual cartons, for mailing or shipping, which is being made available for 1935 use to help enable dealers in paint, hardware, seeds, lumber and building materials, to take advantage of their opportunity under the National Housing Act. These displays are being sold on a cooperative price basis, intended to cover only cost and handling, by the National Clean Up and Paint lJp Campaign Bureau, 2201 New York Avenue, N. W., .Washington, D. C., from which a colored descriptive circular and price list may be obtained uPon request.

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Log cabin architecture is growing in popularity for Resorts, Service Stations, 'Wayside Stands and wherever unique appearance has advertising value. . Discover and develop these prospects.

Paul Bunyan's Log Cabin Siding provides style, economy and weathertight construction. . Two types, lwo thicftnesses and various widths.

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