NoMrtterlUhutfue of BuildingPIONEERPROI'UCTS Uill TurnPermitsinto ?rofitsfor/oal

HEREVER there's constnrctiorl r r v ' homes, of6ce buildings' warehouses, factoriesr apaitment housesr hotels I I v r €Y€tl temporary buildings r v v v 3lolr have a market for some Pioneer Product. Because there is a specific Pioneer Product for everi, roofing, water-proofing, damp-proofing and insulating purpose.

The fact that they are Pioneer Products ' ' r ' thot they bear t.Le Pioneer labl ' ' ' ' increases your change to make the sale and to make a profit. Because the name PIONEER has been known and respected forforty j€at.S v , , , its products are the result of long experience in the combination of the best materials and methods to manufacture materials that meet the most trying conditions that western clirnates can impose.

Back of the public's conffdence in this complete line of products the Pioneer Dealer has added assurance of profitable business in t.he constructive help from our Engineering Departrnent v v v r in the steady, persistent advertisin$ and sales promotion that constantly work in his behalf ' ' ' ' in the enormous stocks we carry for prompt delivery at all times.

Active building months are ahead ' ' ' r check over your stocks and be ready for them ' r ' ' let Pioneer Products make them Proftcble Months torYou.

Ed. Culnan

Ed. Culnan came to California in 1911. He was_born. i! Calumet, Michigan, in 1888. In 1897 he *9u!d.1o Marinette, Wiscon-sin,- where he gra-dualed from tfre-idarinetL ffiifr- S"fto"J in 1902. Mannette was an imporr-ant lumber center in the Lake States Pine Belt, so Ed] got into the lumber game after.leaving school. For the next two years, he worked for the 5i*v*-C.?O**; i.'St.ph;;- son Co. and the N. Ludington Co., shoving lumber, itampirrg iosi-.i".

He was anxious to s-ee tle big trees- of the Northwest, so he came west in 1909 and went to work for the Mineral Lake Lumber eo. at Mineral, Wastriniion. -H;-h;d -""ii.a ;*t;;L;;;-;ith this c-ompany and served as boom man, rigging-slinger in the woods, log scaler "nai"itv t"in. He was then made bookkeeper and_ timekeep-eiIgr ttrg ""ompi"y, *r,i;h;;rit%" he held for a yiai and a half. He became associaled with Comly t rirt oi t"";tJ,'t"ii-;i;;i.i;" acting as traveting lumber in- spector, after which he spent about six months with the'Paciiii Si"t.J ir*b.; a;. -;j -"'-t'"-g'r""t.t.

He then returned to Marinette for a short stay, where he attended business collese. After com_ pletjng his business -course, he. returned to Portijnd, o;.s"t\-ilv-t"-tsii.'ii;';?;r ii" tu-6.1. business was so flat that he couldn't_ even dig up a job'.tt""ins'tutUir, so went to wo-rk is a book- keeper in a meat market in Portland where [e ipeni about sli mo"trri. while f;llo;ins 1],e meat business, Ed. says he learned enough about sauiage mating ttraiil;ld.;';;ii iii,ii'i,i3r..

Ed. was anxious to get back into the lumber business again and persuaded Charles R. McCormick to. give him a job. Mi McCormick sent him to Sin oi.g-. l"Jriy,'isti,'ird h;-il;; u..n'.onn."t.a wit the company-ever since, except for a period auring_trrE-w"r.'-fil. ritJt-i.rii"-.it pa.ny was yard-foreman*and shipping *rk at their-San Diego yard. L"t.itt.-y poi--trim on'ttre roaA selling wholesale in San Die.go county. Ed. says that he made" tlie t.i*"ry Jii-iitil"'iiri'ian motor- cvcle-, and stafes that h.e will never io it again as he nearly br"k; iri; ,,.cf orl. r.".r"ili"asilns while running down live lumbe-r orders. In 1914, the company ;";i hi*l; o"""irria., -where-hl-built the c.ompanv's vard and ran it.for.qix monthi;'His next]ass'is"r";"J *";.inin"i"iai ;i;;; i;; managed ,the McCormick yard until 1922. j t1 toll, he was called in-to the Los Angeles office and untit the spring of 1926, he was on the I road selling.lumber' In 1928, he was appdinted Districtsates uinagei *lirr rt.Joqulrl.rc'iiltt. Lo" Angeles office.

Ed. Culnan is an enthusiastic lumberman and the progress he has made with the McCormick com- panv speaks for the "kick" thpt he puts-into his effoits." H.i""*r the iumbir-ga;;it;;'A t.-2, kno.ws his -trade, is a square shootei and is well liked ty itre i;;b;t f;ai;r;ityE;;;;* ; his fine qualities of character. He is a credit to the tumbii inausiiy ;a E- ri"e iil"-pr. Ji "'c"5torni" ' lumberman' He is an active Hoo-Hoo ana i liim t.ti.".'t iri-itr. pri"iipres-oJ-iir; -dre.;

During the-war, he spent thirteen months in the service, first as a private and later as a second lieutenant. He is at thl present time a "iptalo in the Filld Atilir.tv n.iii*.- i"'isD,-h. -"r- ried Elenore Holmeren of Denver, Colorado, and thev hivittti..il""".rriiai.r;-'o*iOi'iii noa p, and Ruth Marion,-8 years of .g". ------'-