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C. D. JOHNSON LUMBER CO. Portland, Oregon Car and Cargo Shipments Mills-Pecific Spruce Corporation Capacity-40o,Ofi) feet per 8-hour shift.
Ships-S. S. Robert Johnson, S. S. C. D. Johnson III. Species-Old Growth Yellow Fir and Sitka Spnrce
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March I, 1930
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
Oustom IIiIn Dryrngj Vapor type kilns, special regulating equipment, and man'agement by men who know how, assure a perfect job. We take the extra time necessary to prevent checking. Let us dry that next car of Douglas Fir. Charges Reasonable.
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*Advertisement appears in alternate issues. Arkansas Oak Flooring Co. ........... 16 * Associated Lumber Mutuals
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Booth-Kelly Lumber Co. .. Brown" Geo. C. & Co. . Built-In Fixture Co. .. .
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Fageol Motors Company
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THE CALIF'ORNIA LLTMBER MERCHANT J. E. M^ARTIN Managing Editor
A.M.THACKABERRY Circulatim Muager
A. C. MERRYMAN
THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT
Advertising Muager
JackDionne,fult*her Inccporated uder tbe l,awc of California
W. T. BLACK Su Frmciso
Covers Ncthern Calif. ud Puific Northwest
J. C. Dionnc, Pret. and Treu.; J, E. MdHq Vi@-Pres.: A. C. Merrym, Jr., Scy. Published the lgt and 15tb of each mnth at 3lt-r0-20 central Building, l0E- west sixth street, Los Angeles, cal., Telepbone, vAndike 456s Entered a Secmd-clres matter September U, IgZ,, at tb; pct;frie'at Los Angeles, Califomia, under Act of Mmh 3. lt?9.
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LOS ANGELES, CAL., MARCH I, I93O
March 1, 1930 San Francirco Oficc ?tE Smta Marlna Bldg. ll2 Market Strcet Telephone DAvcnport t??t
Southcrn Officc 2nd Natlonal Buk Bldg.
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Advcrtiring Ratcr on Application
How Lumber Looks - -Douglas Fir.-Orders received by 212 mills in the Doug!o fir region of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia
for the first seven weeks of 1930 have exceeded production by_2.58 per cent, according to reports received irom these mills by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association. Production reported by 297 millr during the first seven weeks of the year waE about 14 per cent below their cut for the comparable period of last year. _ While the output of the 212 rnills increased about 12r50O,(XX) feet during the week ending February 15, ar compared to the preceding week, their production is still below normal. The increase in cut marks a returning toward normal from t|re low production of the millr during January 9s the result of a prolonged spell of unfavorable
weather.
' An increase of demand in the rail trade is refected in
the reports of these mills while the orders for domestic cargo
remain about tlre sarne. Export orders have fuctuatid gfeatly during the past four weeks. Production, orders and shiprnents at 212 mills for the weeh ending February 15 were reported to the Association as follows: Production, 1721407,197 feet; Orders, 146r278,283 feet; Shipments, 150,392,127 feet. Orders were 15.16 per cent under production and shipments 12.77 per cent under the output. There is no material change in the California market and the dernand is light. Prices remain about the same. Clears are reported a little stronger than two weekr ago. Unsold stocks at San Pedro on February 26 totaled 1b,417,OOO feet. Cargo arrivals at San Ped; continue tightthe ryrivals at this port for the week ending February 22 totaled 1O,656,O0O feet. There are 43 vesrels laid up and one vessel is operating off-shore.
J. D. GILES MAKES BUSINESS TRIP TO
CALIFORNIA J. D. Giles, vice president of the Creo-Dipt Company, Inc., North Tonawanda, New York, was a Los Angeles visitor the latter part of the month rvhere he spent i fe* of the {ays conferring with Herman and Leo Rosenberg-Arizona Hipolito Company, their Southern California and representatives. Following his trip to Los Angeles, he spent a ferv days in San Francisco conferring rvith A. J. Russell of the Santa Fe I-umber Co.. Northern California represe'ntatives of the company. Mr. Giles left for North Tonawanda on March 1. Perry Dame, Western sales manager for the Creo-Dipt Company, met Mr. Giles at Los Angeles and accompaniecl him to San Francisco.
Redwood.-There is a fair demand for Redwood in both Northern and Southern California. The demand for structural continues god. Prices remain about the rame. For the week ending February 22, the California Redwood Asroci_ation reported production fiom 13 milts as Or484rOOO feet,-shipments 5,11QOfl) feet and orden 5,928,0O0 ieet. California White and Sugar Pine.-The mills'report an improvement in the number of inquiries received. ihe demand continuet fair with pricea steady, although some itemr are a little rtronger t{ran two weekt ago. The California White and Sugar Pine Arsociation for the week ending February 15 reported production from 19 mills aE 4rlg4; OOO feet, shipments 14,728,OOO feet and orderr l4,lZ-8rOOO
feet.
*t&asa+i.Si.ta The current relationship of shipments and orders to production for the firut seven weeks of the year ending FeLruary 15, based on reports from the regional auociitions to the National Lumber Manufactureri Arsociation, is ag follows: West CoaEt Lumbermen's Agsociation Production, 9q9,?93-M feet; Shipments, 900,469 M feet;- Orders, 948,277 M ferlt. California White and Sugar Pine 4O,[ZO M feet; Shipments, 1171617 M feet;-Production, Orderr, f fg,eZb [d
feet.
California Redwood Association 48rZOS M fe_et; thipments, 38,047 M feet; Orden, -Production, 461214 M ieet. '402,176 Southern Pine Agsociation M feet; Shipmenta, 3631951 M feet; -Production, Orders, 3g-8r496'M feet. Total Hardwoods 2761168 M feet; Ship-Production, ments, 232rO99 M feet; Orders, 241,420 M feet.
A. J. RUSSELL VISTTS LOS ANGELES A. J. Russell, Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco, was a recent Los.Ang_eles visitor, where he spent a ferv days conferring with Bruce Burlingame, theii Southern Caiifornia representative. C. B. DAVENEY MARRIED C. B. Daveney, office manager of the McCloud River l,umber Company at McCloud, California, rvas married at R-.(9irfg, California, February 19th to Miss Velta Ackley of McCloud. The newlyweds sailed from Los Angeles for a honeymoon in Honolulu and will later nrake thJir home at XIcCloud.
March l, 1930
THE CALIIiORNIA LUMBER MERCHA,NT
HE will buy as30 door every trme un/ess $90 tuste/ to HER up rpahe lou Yet the $90 sale is just as easy. .witness the success of thetilepeople in selling a luxury item to wonzen ! 1t's no harder to sell a ninety dolI lar front door than one that costs thirty. Furrny nobody in the door business realized that before . . .
Most everyone else has made a big
success selling more and still more ex-
pensive thiigs to hornebuilders. Take the tile people. Practically out in the cold a ferv years ago, they have made keramic tile, despite its extra cost, tremendously popular.
And the way they did it, you may have noticed, was by featuring the greater beauty of their finer products 1y6111sn !
-19Why not sell high-priced front doors the same way ? Why not feature them in a handsome display room,
(you have tohave one nowadays) and rvhen prospects come in to pick out
built-in fixtures and doors, see to it that Mrs. Homebuilder glimpses the finest doors you've got? Do that and such big-profit sales rvill take care of themselves. But if you leave it to the husband,
or even to the contractor, you are Iikely to sell the same us'ral thirty dollars' worth of door. A more beautiful front door, more costly, more proftable
Obviously, no dealer can sell gold
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Why f amous Laminex doors
won't zuarp: This core of
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And on all sides"bulkheads" of water-proof Laminet .cement sto! moisture, freventing swelling or shrinking
bricks: His ninety dollar
You'se no competition on a door like this. An exclusise design (our No, Soq). The workmanship
is flautless. And the utood, Philippine Laminex, offers the aristocratic beauty ol a ribbon grain. It can be fnished, dull or high polish, taith almost any stain desired
d,oor must De'unusually fine.
Such door value is being
in a offereC- vou todav brand new line built-of beautiful Philippine Laminex. They are outstanding examples of door craftsmanship. Will take perf ectly almost any desired finish.
Wherever we have introduced these costly new Philippine Laminex front
doors, they've proven a sensation.
If you are tired of selling cheapdoors and shaving even those slim profits to
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March l, 1930
Vagabond Editorials By Jack Dionne
With every day that passes the conviction seems to grow more pronounced in all circles, everywhere, that we ARE going to have a good year in 1930. Like the first green buds that are already peeping through the bark to show the first signs of spring in the Southland, so rare the signs o{ improved conditions seen everywhere. Little, by little we're going to build a good year out of 1930.
A gentleman told -u ari" J,n* 0", about hearing some men in the smoker of a train talking about ho,uses and homes. They were just a mixed: run of travelers and not interested in buildings, commercially. And one of them said: "The stuff we build houses with isn't like it was in the old days; my fiather's house is forty years old, and as good as the day he built it, from roof to, garret, while my house is ten years old and is already a wreck." And he looked around and queried-3'\A/hy is that ?"
why is,it, Mr. L"*b";;l lo., know as weu as I do that you hear this same thought and sentiment expressed frequently, ,and werywhere. It is bad for this industry of ours. Is it true? If not, what is the answer? YOUR town is well sprinkled with people who believe this same thing that this train philosopher did. Are they wrong, and if so, what are you going to do about it? That thought that "rr.rio"l tJrr'. *n", it used to be,, is very frequently heard, and generally expressed in terms of specific buildings that haven't stood the test like they did in the old days. It seems to me that this frequently expressed and all too commonly believed sentiment is all wrong, and that the public ought, in some way, to know the truth about it. :t*:f
The answer simply is that you can buy just as good lumber and shingles today as eve,r in the history of the business-perhaps better than ever before. And you can have a house constructed just as well and indeed better than you ever could. The difference is that in the old days they didn't have the many grades and kinds of lumber for sale as we have now; they had o'nly one method of house building and that was the good old-fashioned honest style with heavy dimension, plenty of nails, and no skimping, while today we have every sort of building done from the very best to the very worst; the chief difference beingithat if you buy the kind of lumber and build the kind of house you used to in the old clays they talk so much about, the
price will run so high you'll get mad, call everyone robbers, and refuse to pay it. :F*,k
Today, while you can buy as fine fibqe lumber as ever was cut, and better manufactured and prepared for market than it ever was in the old days, you can also,find stocked high for sale everywhere a lot of lumber that used to stay in the woods. Most of the old buildings you see pointed out as evidence of the fact that "lumber isn't what it used to be," were built of heart lumber from the soundest virgin timber, and the chances are that /the items of construction are much heavier than they would be in the average building of that sort today. That kind of lumber was cheap then. :fi:B*
The answer simply is that lumber of the sort you _used to build with is so much higher in price than it used to be that few peopl! buy it. It's just like beef stealq that used to sell for twelve cents a pound, but doesn't any more. In those old days they bought this high grade lumber, and used plenty of it in their walls. There wef,en't any two-bythrees, or worked-down two-by-fours in those times. And there was nothing heard of these built-for-sale houses we see so much of, whose attractive exteriors cover a muititude of sins in the shape of loW grades, skimpy items, quick construction, and too little of the good and the substantial.
Any good retail lumberl.J trJ.n. united States can seu his customer materials for a home that should outlast and outwear any home of previous decades-IF THE CUSTOMER IS WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE OF SUCH MATERIALS. But the days when they knocked down only the straight, sound trees, and took from them only the high grade lumber, and then sold it for a song ARE - days. GONE. Gone just like every other bargain of those Three dollars bought the best pair of shoes in the store then. What will it buy now? Twenty-five dollars bought a splendidi tailor-made suit then. What will it buy now? It's the same way with building materials.
*** You can sell them a home that will be sound from roof to garret fiity years from today. But you won't, because they won't pay the price. And it's hard to make them understand that that old-time lumber was full thickness, full width, was selected from the very best wood in the forest, cut from trees that cost next to nothing to begin with, and logged, manufactured, .delivered, and built, by low cost (Continued on Page 8)
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March I, 1930
CREOIDIPT Nationally l(nown Nationally Advertised
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E:elurivc Rdl Rcprcrcutetivcr in Glifornir rnd Arizon for
LOS ANGEI.ES 397 Pacific Elcctric BHg. Brucc L Brrlingamc . Phd Tudc 5??t
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March I, 1930
Vagabond Editorials (Continued from Page 6)
labor and mechanics. They can stitl get it if they want it
-but
it costs money.
Probably the best O** *" lrrrnU", business generally has had in many years, is the huge development of the radio industry. And that is one industry in which wood emerged victorious from a clash with metal. ft doesn't often happen. Usually the metal cause is so strongly supported, that it gets the edge, as in the case of airplanes. They roast and burn people in these metal planes, but they keep right on building them that way. But metal cases for radios fell of their own weight, after some of the biggest radio manufacturers had- filled the market with them. Music out of a metal case sounds like a tin pan, regardless. So this season every radio, practically speaking, is being housed in a wooden case, because of the tone, as well as the looks. One single radio manufacturer is turning out several thousand radios daily right now, all housed in Southern Gum. Progressive rrr"rror""a,rirr*or*.r""oos materials keep on producing and boosting trade extension campaigns for lumber dealers in spite of the fact that the large majority of dealers never make use of them. Why? Because experi-
ence has proven to these mandfiacturers that whenever a dealer DOES give fnarket creating work a fair trial, he gets big results, to the lasting benefit of himself and the manufacturer. And, while progress is slow, one by,one the lumber dealers are getting in line. So the manufacturers employ able men to create advertising a4d merchandising "helps for dealers", knowing that every experimenter will become an enthusiast, and that every recruit to the better merchant ranks helps *.Y OJ"tless better.
Last summer some gentleman-most certainly of Ilebraic extraction-issued an order that women's skirts should be a foot longer. Automatically from five to ten million skirts in the United, States became antiques, and had to be replaced. My advice to the faltering lumber industry at this hour of need is-FIND THAT HEBREW AND I{IRE
HrM FoR ouR BUsr*Pr:.
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Not in the history of civilization has there been a finer demonstration of creating business for an industry than that. He didn't drop them down a bit at a time-like they went up. It's too easy to bring the old styles in line'that way. He just fixed it so that the blind man on the corner could tell the old from the new fashions. And their business got good in a hurry.
State Association Directors
to Meet
Plans for Promoting Hemlock to be Discussed atTacoma
The board of directors of the Southern District of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association and the secretaries of the Southern California lumbermen's clubs will meet at San Diego on March 1. They have invited the San Diego dealers to have lunch with them. The directors of the Northern District will meet at San Francisco on March 7. The San Francisco dealers have been invited to have lunch with the directors.
Following up the discussion of West Coast hemlock at the annual meeting, the West Coast Lumbermen's Association has been working up a plan to bring hemlock loggers and manufacturers together for the further discussion of common problems. To this end, a rneeting will be held in Tacoma on Friday, March 7, at the Winthrop Hotel, beginning at 1O a.m., which mills and loggers interested in hemlock- production are urged to attend.
SUDDEN & CHRISTENSON LUMBER AND SHIPPING 7th Floor, Alaska-Commercial Bldg. 310 Sansome Street :: San Francisco
AGENTS Aberdeen Lumber & Sbingle Co. Aberdeen. Wash. Amerim Mill Co., Aberdeen. Wash. Hoquim Luber & Shinrle Co.. Hoquiam. Wash. Prcper Mill Co- Prosper, Orc. -Raymond, Wash. B.y-gttd Lumber Co.. Columbia Bq & Lmber - Co- Soutb Besd. Wash. Hulbert Mlll Co., Abcrdeen. ffash. Lewie Millg Timber Co1 South Bend, Wash, J. A- Iiwir Q Sbingle Co., South Bend, Wash, 610 Arctic Club Bldg.
SEATTLE
STEAMERS Edna Camel Ralmond Sutiu Grayr Harbc Barbara Catgs Dorothy Cahill
303 Petroleum Securitiee Bldg.
LOS ANGELES
Edna Christenson
Jue Chrirtenon Amie Chri*m
Edwin Christenn Catherine G. Sudden
Eleanor Chrictenrcn Charleg Chriltem
2lE Railway Exchange Bldg.
PORTLAND
March I, 1930
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
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ASPHAL'T SHINGLES
A ROOFII\G MARKET Thut is Hardly Scratched Therets a potential market, close to evety roofi4g dealerts door, which can double or triple his roofing sales. It is the older dwellings in his neighborhood. Even the most casual survey will prove that for every new roofing job shown by building permits, there are from 3 to 5 times as many REROOFING PROSPECTS close at hand.
And there are plenty of convincing arguments for singling out and selling these'reroofing prospects by advertising, circularizingr store displays, and personal solicitalisn-home modernization, improved appearance, restoring property values at a comParatively small cost, as well as stopping the leaks.
El Rey Asphalt Shingles make the ideal roofing material of the very highest quality. They ofier the homeowner a choice of shapes and non-fading natural slate colors to harmonize with his landscape. They are durable' economical and fire-resistive. Stock El Rey roofing, and use our circulars and displays to help you sell the pfospect. Ask about our dealer cooperative advertising pro' gram. Therets a fepfesentative neaf you who will explain our sefvice, prices, termsr etc.
Et REY PRODUCTS COMPANY 1633 No. San Pablo St.
Los Angeles, Cdif.
(Opposite Lincoln Park) Tel. ANgelus 11Ol
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March 1. 1930
Stanton Promotes and Educates Concerning Wood Paneled Rooms LeRoy H. Stanton
LeRoy H. Stanton coniinues the most interesting and excellent work he has been doing for the past two years in the direction of discovering and promoting newer and more attractive ways of using rvood for interior walls and ceil-
tngs.
Having sold himself and his organization on the wonderful things that can be done with low grade hardwoods for interior woodworking, he is now selling the idea to the trade of Southern California. There is on the wav at the p-resent time a booklet shor,r'ing .ivhat has been done along this line. And he has just issued to the architects of thii territory the following very interesting letter on the same subject: ' "The warm hues of an artistic wood-pagelgd room have an irresistible attraction. The huifr-ah appeal of cabinet woods is as old as history itself. The popular appreciation of fine woodwork has been neatly expressed bt Will Durant, the author-philosopher, in a recent magazine article.
"'I must be an old reactionary for I abominate the hard materials that make our concretl homes and iron beds and
desks to4ay, and I find something organically responsive to my affection in everything made of wood.' "In our contacts with home-builders and owners lVe have noticed an increasing interest in artistic woodwork. We have felt for some time that such a reaction would surely come. In anticipation therefore, we have been preparing samples of paneling, authentic in inspiration, yet tuned to
modern usage and taste.
"One engaging feature of this new work is the remarkable results obtained with low-grade lumber of various kinds. These relative low-priced woods are perfect for antique interiors when properly handled. We have also devised methods of installation to keep the installed price so reasonable as to make the use of paneling possible in any_ _r_esidence building. There is a style to suit any job. "We are anxious to show you our results in thls-work and feel that you will be pleajed with them. You will find us always ready to show or ftrrnish samples and estimate costs at your convenience. "Sincerely yours, "E.J. STANTON & SON, LHS/fsr LeRoy H. Stanton, President"
Western Pine Association Elects
Popular "Smoker" to be
Walter M. Leuthold, president of the Deer Park Lumber Co., Deer Park, Wash., was re-elected president of the Western Pine Manufacturers Association at the annual meeting of the association held at the Davenport Hotel, Spokane, February 4. Other officers elected were: Walter Neils. T. Neils Lumber Co., Libby, Mont., vice-president; H. K. Brooks, Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Co., Bend, Ore., treasurer, and S. V. Fullaway, Jr., Portland, Ore., secretary-manage!.
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 25.-Last year the Buffalo Hoo Hoo Club staged a rip-roaring "smoker", attested by the 6000 men attending as the most successful in its history. This year-probably about mid-April, anoth,er free "smoker" for carpenters, contractors and other wood users is planned, and L. N. Whissel, who was appointed at a recent meeting of the directors to direct the workers, expects that the pro-gram will be even more constructive and interesting than that of 1929.
SAN FRANCISCO
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ABERDEEN, WASH.
NEWHALL BLDG.
LOS ANGELES PETROLEUM SECURITIES BLDG. WEdurorc Sztt
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S. E. SLADE LUMBER CO. ESTABLISHED 1885
Wholesale Cargo Shippers of Douglas Fir and Spruce Lumber Representing in Calif ornia
THE E. C. MILLER CEDAR LUMBER CO. WITH MILLS AT ABERDEEN, WASHINGTON MANUFACTURERS
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March 1. 1930
tvHEN YOU BUT
Grade and Trade Marked
YOUR JOB OF SELLING
LUMBER QUALITY WILL BE MUCH EASIER Bureka Lumber;Oo. Holrnes ' The Maknrs of Il D Quality Bedwood Produets
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Los Angeles, California
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Mill at Eureka, California
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
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March I, 1930
Young Forbes Hauptman Christens Namesake 'Forbes Hauptman, four-year-old son of George Hauptman of Los Angeles, had the honor of christening his own namesake, the 8800-ton steamer Forbes Hauptman, a neut addition to the intercoastal fleet of the McCormick Steamship Company, at the McCormick terminals, Wilmington, Calif., Saturday afternoon, March 25, on the vessel's arrival from the Atlantic Cohst on her'first trip in the line's service.
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The Forbes lfauptman, formerly the Shipping Board f.reighter 'Western Ally, was recently purchased from the Shipping Board and converted into an oil burner. It is rated at 14 knots but will maintain a ZL-day,schedule between Los Angeles llarbor and New York. The Forbes Hauptman inc.reases the McCormick operated fleet to 35 in the intercoastal, coastwise and Pacific-South American service.
Forbes Hauptman and C.'apt. Martin Muhrer
A large delegation, including members of the Los Angeles offices of the McCormick Shipping Company and Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. and many guests attended the ceremony. Following an excellent luncheon that was served on the ship, the christening ceremony took place and rri/hen young Forbes broke the proverbial bottle on the ship's bow, he seemed to get considerable enjoyment over the occasion. Capt. Martin Muhrer, commodore of the fleet, commands the Forbes Hauptman.
J. P. MURPHY TAKES LEAVE OF ABSENCE J. P. Murphy, manager of the San Francisco branch of the Simonds Saw and Steel Company, is taking an indefinite leave of absence owing to poor health. During his absence, G. I. Fischer, manager of "the company's Los Angeles branch, will also take over the supervision of the
GUY CUZNER AND T. L. ELY IN MEXICO Guy L. Cuzner of Kerckhoff..Cuzner Mill & Lurnber Company, Los Angeles, and T. L. Ely, manager of the San Pedro Lumber Company, Los Angeles, accompanied by their wives, left Febraary, 2l for a three weeks' trip to Mexico. They plant to visit Mexico City and other places
San Francisco branch.
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Telephone Sutter. 1367
No order too large or, small t,o
receirre our instant attention
5OO Hidh Street "., Telephohe Andover 1600
March I, 1930
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
Says Paul Bunyor, "Now ir the timc we all think of Spring . . . whcn ths water starts to run down thc logging roade and woolen undcrwcar bcginr to itch on warm daye . . . the lumberjack ie aching to blow hir rtakc, the jobbcr ir trying to figure himrelf out cvcn and the farmer ie wondcring what ir going to happcn to him thii year . . . I reckon thc town fellers have to do conridcrable head ecretchin'too."
THE LUMBER MERC HA NT must do a lot of "head scratching" this year. . . will he listen to the faintfiearts or follow the forwardlookers . . . if he decides that there is business to be had, if he hustles for it, he must get the ammunition to hustle with . . . he looks over his inventory and lists what he needs to fill out his lines and brighten up his stock. Nowadays when freight moves freely he doee not have to carry a heavy stock for future needs . . . that is, if he knows where he can buy it when he needs it . . . with MIXED CARS his capital is multiplied for he buys "less than car lots" at "car lot" prices ahd "car lot" handling costs.
RIVER
M IXED CARS PINES C ^A L I F O R N I A California White and Sugar Pine
RED
Logged, milled, manufactured and shipped at one point.
LUMBER yard and factory stocks . . . S.&SH and DOORS stock and special . . . PLYWOOD and VENEERS for industrial and architectural uaeE . . . INDUSTRIAL ITEMS laminated, cut, turned to order. . . PATTERN LUMBER the extra wide and thick sho'ps MOULDINGS standard and special BUILT-IN UNITS cupboards, nooks, ironing boards, folding fixtures. . . . Itake uP a
Trade Mark
car. Keep close account of its costs. You tuill frobably become a rePeater, we hazte them in 43 Statcs. "Producers of White Pine f or Over Half a Century"
LUMBER CO. The RED RIVER WESTWOOD' CALIFORNIA' and SALES' MILL FACTORIES Dirtributing Yards, CHICAGO and LOS ANGELES
702 Eart Slauron Avenue
LOS ANGELES BRANCH
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Phonc AXridge 9ll7l
FULL STOCKS, FACTORY F ACILITIES FOR SPECIAL JOBS Rcgirtcrcd
Monadnock Bldg.,
SAN FRANCISEO
SALES OFFICES
Avc., 360 N. Michigan Blvd., 702 E. Slauroa Avo. LOS ANGELES CHICAGO MINNEAPOLIS
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THE CALIFORNIA I,UMBER MERC}IANT
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March 1, 1930
California Building Permits
for January City-
Los Angeles .... San Francisco , .. Long Beach .... *llollywood Beverly Hills . Oakland Berkeley
Januar5r, 1930
........$ 9,115,946 1,431,993 715,425 638,233
January, 1929
$ 7,514,969 2,779,323 1,410,480 1,159,349
603,500
687,250
456,D2
1,068,814 133,693
434,O54
Sacramento
41r,527
5t3,394
San Diego
369,655
I,zn,929
Glendale
277,055
559,993
Pasadena San Jose Redl'ands
237,m8 207,525
s76,695 t82,795
190,000
Fresno
l7l,l42
87,9N
170,r20 150,355
138,814 185,150 120,775
t46,725
132,440
139,139
166,681 50,973 15,940 253,725 50,985 265,232 158,065 57,520 70,167 101,613
Alhambra *North Hollywood Bakersfield Santa Barbara . . *Van Nuys Anaheim Santa Monica . .. Eureka San Marino Huntington Park .
*Wilmington ...
*San Pedro Palo Alto Newport Beach Burlingame Santa Maria .. .. Salinas .... Redwood City . Watsonville Maywood El Centro Riverside Santa Ana Vernon South Gate . Burbank
l38,l2l tz?,87O 115,670 1 15,555
1o4,432
99,764 95,478 99,165
83,910 82,125 79,750 77,540 77,415 76,O90
68,375 162,325 7 4,703
73,073 97,018
69,470 68,550
32,725
67,40r
17,6n
62,360 61,579
194,515
59,800
87,455
59,490 59,170
506,780 91,845
Pomona
51,104
Compton Inglewood Piedmont Palos Verdes Estates
8,925
96,650 90,795
46,000
35,m0
45,617
116,459 38,000 67,650
Whittier
Oceanside
Fullerton Ventura Richmond Culver City Bell
Save piling costs I
15 to 25y'o increase in capacity per kiln room.
42,000 41,950 38,600 39,500 35,775
12,965
t54,174
6,425 48,7& 232,9@
35,2N
54,795
34,4ffi
94,450
34,340
57,r30
January,
City-
San Leandro .... Santa Cruz
32,m 30,297
34,36
29,125 28,075
24,7@ 6,100 8,165
n,@5 24,795
2L,950
2l,m
2l,w
n,950
;Bhs
20,m
47,995 9,545
19,770
59,2n
6,m
16,76
28,llo
15,850
Porterville
15,7@
52,ffi
L4,256
39,790 18,300 25,735 8,185
13,ggl 13,825
.....:
Gardena
Montebello
El Monte .. ....
Harbor City .
Upland Petalurha Monterey Park
10,995 10,990
28,31O
r0860
18,215 59,300 13,050
1,6,76
lo,7w
Visalia Santa Rosa Redondo Beach Manhattan Hermosa Beach La Verne San Clemente .. . Huntington Beach Azusa South Pasadena Hawthorne
10,600
1o,570 9,975 9,505 9,125 7,125
6,ffi'
San Fernando ...
Seal Beach
Exeter Glendora
Lindsay Sierra Madre
lo,g5
22,175 9,100
2l,m
6,O25
5,300
19,425
6,524
Corona
35,135
41,500 5,698 34,075 25,575
6,450
,
240,6fi 47,2ffi 14,4n
20,900
14,125
4,W 3,7fi 3,550 3,450
13,100
3,zfi
12,o40
2,44O 1,900 1,900 1,600
.m
7,3@ ?3,450 33,500
L,250
lg,o42
' 600
33,150 17,7L5 20,995
*Included in Los Angeles.
MOORE9S BDVNBSTBLD CROSS CIBCULATION DBY KII.NS
MOONE IDNY TII.N clO}TPAN.r Kiln Builders for more than half a centu acksonville, Fla.; North Portland. Ore. Write Today for
37,W 359,189 60,900 61,680
31,950
El Segundo
Tulare
1929
33,000 32,975
*Venice Lynwood .. .. Laguna Beach Modesto Hanford Brawley Alameda Torrance Arcadia Banning Emeryville Ontario San Rafael Monrovia Covina San Gabriel .... Oxnard Santa Paula Calexico
January,
1930
Circular Describing This Amazingly Efiective Kiln.
Finer, better dry-
lng at low temperature with no
loss of time.
March 1, 1930
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
M fr 6$nreb$q.g9r*TiiurclnfgGq
CALIFORNIA WHITE PINE FURNITURE Furrriture Manufacturers are tealizing the advantages of McCLOUD CALIFORNIA WHITE PINE in making a product of beauty and quality. Through the kind,ncss o,f the Hawmond Lbr. Co., Lo.r '4ngeles, zue show the.above ilhts,tration of the ltal|an"Provinciql de.r,ign of Calif . W'hite Pine furniture, ntatle by the Los Angeles Period Fttrni"' ture Mfg. Co., Los Angeles.
THE McCLOUD RIVER TUMBER C0. MILLS AND FACTORIES-McCLOUD' CALIF.
wEsrERNt"t"r":T:::""":::,I"""t""*Buitdin!' $f. G. Kahman, Sales Mgr.
W. H. Nigh, Acs't. Sales Mgt.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA REPRESENTATIVE: - t27-r28 Petroleum Securities Bldg., Los Angeles' Calif. L. S. Turnbull TEXAS REPRESENTATIVE: 506 First National Bank Bldg., Fort Woch, Texas R. C. Callaway
EL PASO AND VICINITY: Mitls Bldg., El Paso, Texas Continental Importing and Exporting Co. PLEASE SEND YOUR INQUIRIES TO NEAREST OFFICE.
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March I, 1930
U. S. Forest Service Celebrates
f Quarter Century of Progress tA quarter-century of progress and achievement in
the II f J development of forestry and the conservation of the na-
J tion s natural resources was called up for review when
the _Forest Service of the U. S. Departinent of Agriculture \l\ celebrated in February its twenty-fifth anniversary.
On February 1, 1905, the Forest Service was created in its present form through the merging of the old Bureau of Forestry oj the Pep_artment of Agricirlture and the forestry division of the U. S. General Land Office. Although foiestry receiv-ed the attention of the Federal government as early as 1876, it was not until the present Forest Service came. into being that a rounded national policy of forestry was developed and the work began to go forwaia wittr tong-
OAK FLOORING like this has beautilul texture
The texture and pattern of ttPerfecdon' Btand Oak Flooring make possible a finish that is seldom found on any other fooring. You can depend upon ,,perfecdon". In modern plants operated by skilled lumbermen, only the 6nest oak is
selected. After prompt seasoning and kiln-drying, it is perfectly milled and matched so that it lays smooth and stays smooth. It is graded and handled so carefully that upon arrival anywhere, it is always in perfect condition. Leading lumber dealers gladly feature this nationally advertised brand. ARKANSAS OAK FLOORING CO. PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS
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Brand Oak Flooring "Perfection" Brand Oak Ftoring, Blocks and planks,
may be obtained chemielly treited by tl. *CELij Emg pr@ess. There's a size and, grade
for every ttpe of structure, nezu or otrd. Ash !ou/ architect or building contractol for an estimate.
range objectives. In the 25 years of its existence, the U. S. Forest Service has had a colorful history. "O1d-timers,' in the service recall their part in_ bringing to an end the bitter range wars between the cattle men and sheep men over the us6 of the western ranges, the early fights to save'the public forests for the use and benefit_ of the public, and the struggles of former days to establish scientlfic practices and so-u"nd administration on the national forestj in the face of antagonism. The service has_ gone through several bad fire yi"r", among which the holocausts of 1910 and 1929 were outstanding. In the 25 years Forest Service has developed into an -the organization of 5500 public servants, of which iearlv 27@ are permanently on its rolls, and 2800 are forest goari" e-_ ployed each year during the fire season. The iervice administers as a public property 150 national forests with an aggregate net area of nearly 160,000,000 acres. In the California district of the Forest Service, the following eleven officers are among the ,,old-timers', who have a record ol 25 or more years of service in government for-
est work:
Diqlri9t office, San Francisco: L. A. Barrett, J, W. Nelson, T. D. Woodbury, Wallace Hutchinson, assistant dis_ trict foresters; J. C. Elliott, senior lumberman. National Forests: Fo_rest Supervisors R. L. p. Bigelow, Tahoe; W. G. Durbin, Lassen;-W. U. Maule, MonoiLog-
ging Engineer R. W. Ayres, Plumas; Forest Assistant i. J. Tompkins, Angeles; Forest Ranger Jacinto D. Reyes, Santa Barbara.
B. S. (Ned) lMurray
E. S. (Ned) Murray, for 32 years an employe of the Dol.beer & Carson Lumber Company, passed^a#ay
at Eureka February 12. Mr. Murray, up to the time of his retirement a few vears ago on account of ill Lealth, was g.eneral superintendent of the operations of the Dolbeer & earson Lumber Comoanv at Eureka. Ife was in his 52nd year.
Los Angeles Hoo Hoo to Meet March 13 V. Hanson, president of Los Angeles Hoo Hoo
^.H3\ly Club No. 2, has called a meeting for Thursdiy noon, March 13, at the Commercial Club, Loi Angeles. Aibert A. Frost, San Diego, member of the Supreme Nine. and parson Simpkin_w-ill be guests of the club on that day. The club will hold their annual election of officers at
this meeting, and Hoo Hoo plans for the year will be discussed.
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March I, 1930
Southern California Lumbermen to Play Golf The lumbermerl of Southern California will hold a golf tournament on Friday afternoon, March 21, at the Fox Hills Country Club, Los Angeles. The tournament ls open to all lumb"itn.tt of Southein California and visiting lumbermen.
The prizes include the Frank Curran and Roy Stanton trophiei for the winners of the low gross and low net scores cups becoming.the propeity of the--p-layers who -t'hese win them iwice. First-and second prizes will be awarded to the winners of the four Flight Events. Luncheon will be served at the club house from 11:3O to I p.m. Play will start at 12:30 p.m. !n the evening there wiil be a binquet which will start at 6:30 p.m' sharp. S. S. WHITNEY OLSON NOW OPERATING The Bloedel-Donovan Lumber Company's steamer, "Whitney Olson", which has been laid up- s-i-lce-the first of the y-ear, is again operating between Bellingham and San Pedro.
R W. BLANCHARD ON SICK LIST R. W. Blanchard of the Blanchard Lumber Company, North Hollywood, who was confined to ithe hospital for ten days due to an operation, returned to his home Feb-
ruary 25, and after a few weeks of rest will be ready to "get back on the job".
Herman Rosenber$ Attends Denver Meeting Herman Rosenberg of the Hipolito Company, Los Angeles, who recently relurned from an eastern trip, reports that he attended a very interesting meeting in Denver during his absence. It was a joint meeting oj lhe Denver Reser"ve Supply Companv, Sterling Lumber & Investment H;llaak & Howard Lumber Company, Company "nd'th. of retailers were Prese.nt' ..The number large a at which soeakers of the meeting were representattves ot the drilerbuitding material cimpanies-which are handled. by-the "itt retail yardJ; each man made a short talk stressing the fi.ner ooints: of his product and demonstrating the best method bf selling saini, thereby giving the yard operators " tltglough knbwledge of the various building- materials whrch th$ handle, e-nabling them to create a demand for these pro-ducts. Mr. Rosenlberg addressed the meeting on the lood qualities of Hipolito screens and screen doors.
FRANK O'CONNOR A LOS ANGELES VISITOR Frank O'Connor, Donovan Lumber Co., San Francisco, made a short business trip to Los Angeles during the- lit-
ter part of February, wliere he spent a few days. Mrs' O'Connor accompanied him on the trip.
J. M. DONOVAN VISITS LOS ANGELES J. M. Donovan, assistant to the president and in- charge of-all logging operations for the Bloedel-Donovan Lumber Compann neltingham, Wash., and Mrs. Donovan have returned to their 6ome after spending three weeks in Los Angeles and Arizona.
Contractor, builder and home-owner look to the retail lumber dealer for a definite form of building service. That service is measured in the main by quality materials, adequate stoeks and prompt delivery. As a reinforcement to such serviee are Ham' mond Lumber stocks, Hammond manufactur' ing facilities and the Hammond standard for qu;lity. These faetors are definitely aimed at the lumber dealer o . . & service and a $uflr' antee that backs up the dealer's contact wilh l.
nrs cugf,orner. Vest Coast Forest Products Foreign and Dornestic Hard,uoods
Hamrnond Lumber Oompany Soutlrern Calif ornia Dilsision 2010 South Alameda Street - Los Angeles SALES OFFICES: Pordand
San Franciro New YorL
MAIN OFFICE:
MILLS AT:
3lO Sanrome Street
Samoa, Calif.
San Francieco
Mill City, Ore. Garibaldi, Ore.
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
CALIFOR,NIA REDWOOD Rely upon Redwood for work-
ability, strength, ability to "stay put". Government tests indorse Redwood for these and other important qualities.
Ulflolf tU[fBER C0. OFFICES
SAII FRANCISiCO LOS ANGEIJS
CrockerBdlding LeneMortgagGBldg.
Phone Suttcr 617O Phone TRirdty 2232 MTLLS
March l, 1930
Advertise I used to think that if one made A super-mousetrap or a spade, And it was better than the one
That other people made, One could sit back in one's retreat And seething mobs would beat A pathway to the quief.door And storm that calm retreat.
But now I know that isn't true. No matter what you do, ' Ybu've got to blow your horn a bitThese words of mine are true. Your work may be Jhe very best, But there you dare not rest; You've got to tell "the cock-eyed world" That your traps are the best. The silent man may sit and sit, That will not help a bit. The world will never search him out, 'Twill simply let him sit. So were I you, I'd advertiseYou will if you are truly wise, For if you'd sell your super-spades You'll have to "o""tTl.rine M. conner.
FortBragg, Califomh Member Calif ornb Redutood Associatiott
J. M. Hotchkiss Re-Elected
President California Redwood Association
J. M. Hotchkiss, of Hobbs Wall & Co., San Francisco, was unanimously re-elected president of the California Redwood Association at a meeting of the directors of the asso-
ciation held February 14. L. C. Hammond, of the Hammond Lumber Co., San Francisco, was re-elected vice-president, and R. F. Hammatt was re-appointed secretary-manager. - A report of the work of the Association, including plans for 1930 was presented and approved. The board also authorized support to the trade extension activities of the Millwork Institute of California.
Two Blades of Grass Instead of One Would you increase your profits? Then increase
your sales without increasing your expense.
When you sell Supercedar Closet Lining you also sell studding, siding, doors, hardware, quarterround, nails, etc. See the point. You can't lose. Every home needs a Supercedar Closet; every woman wants one. For quotations and literoture oddress California disttibators:
E. J. STANTON & SON J. E. HIGGINS LBR. CO.
Lor Angeler
Srn Francirco
Hoo Hoo Club No. 62 Hoo Hoo Club No. 62 of Central California, held its regular monthly dinner meeting at Wilson's Cafe, Stockton, Monday evening February 24. Plans for the big Concat to be held March 8 at the Old Kentucky House, rvere discussed, and members were urged to bring along nerv kittens for initiation.
N. FI. Huey to Represent Duncan Lumber Co.
H. R. Suits, Duncan Lumber Company, Portland, Ore., was a recent Arizona visitor, and together with N. H. Huey,
Phoenix wholesaler, they called on the lumber trade. Mr. Huey will represent the Duncan Lumber Company in the Arizona territory. George M. Duncan, prominent Northwest lumberman, is the head of the Duncan organization.
WE ARE TEXAS LUMBER SELLING SPECIALISTS Texas is the faslest growLumber Production in the Texas Territory is shrinking npidly.
ing Consuner of western Arc you getting your lumber.
Perhaps we can help you sell your stock in this ter-
share of thic growing replacement?
ritory. Write rrs.
WE ARE WHOLESALERS. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $T,OOO,OOO A GENERATION OF SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS BEHIND US.
W. H. NORRIS LBR. CO. HOUSTON, TEXAS
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
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March l. 1930
Sacramento Valley Club Meets
WESTERN DOOR SASH
OAKLAND CATIT'() R N IA
Everything in Doors and Sash A tremendous stcick
constantly o n hand guarantees Prompt Shipment of all
President J. F. Holmes, Woodland Lumber Co.. Woodland, presided presrded at the regular meeting of the Sacramento Valley Lumbermen's C[ub, held at the Hotel Senator. Sacramento, Saturday, February 15. -.P. F_Seagrave spoke on the-"Advantages of Merchandising Roofing and Roofing Materials." A. F. A. Stedem discussed "Advantages o.f the Budget Payment Plan." Decision was made to hold a joint meeting with the Central California Lumbermen's Club at the-Old Kentuckv House, San Andreas, Saturday, March 8.
J. M. Landram With Donoyan
Lumber Company
J. M. Landram has been appointed Southern California
represe_ntative for the Donovan Lumber Co. succeeding
John- G. Cushing who recently resigned. Mr. Landrari
orders. Special Doors and Sash Made ro Order in Our Modern Factory.
FIFTH AND CYPRESS STS., OAKLAND
was formerly ,connected with the Cooi Bay Lumber Company, and for the past six years called on the lumber trade inJhe Los-Angeles district for this company. Mr. Cushing has been associated wit6 thi lumber business in Los Angeles for a long period, and for the past twenty years represented the Donovan Lumber Co. in Southern California. Mr. Cushing states that he has made no definite plans as yet for the immediate future.
Tclephone Lakeside 840E
Forsyth Hardwood Co. Wholecale
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Retail
HARDWOOD LUMBER
Panels -- Veneers Kiln Dried Stocks in Atl Cabinet Woods
Sen'ice
Fire destroyed over 17,000,000 feet of lumber in the vards of the Lamm Lumber Company at Modoc Point, Or-egon,
February 19. The loss was estimated at $300,000. Eff-orts of the fire fighters, including a large number of volunteers, employes of the mill, saved the. sawmill, planing rnill and dry kilns.
F. B. Walker F, E. Walker, assistant secretary-treasurer of the Clover __ Valley_Lumber Company, Loyalfon, was instantly killed b_y a Shay, locomotive at Loyalton, February 20. Mr. Walker walked across the track in front of the Lngine in a snowstorm, which obscured his view of the approaching train.
J. R. HA]IIFY G|l. M anuf acturers - Wholesalers
Quality
1855 SAN BRUNO .A,VE. San Francisco Atwater 0l5l
$300,000 Blaze Sweeps Yards of Lamm Lumber Co.
DOUGLAS.FIR - REDWOOD . SPRUCE Rail and Cargo 24 Market Street
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San Francicco
Lor Angelce Office
Portland OGcc
522 Ccntr:al Bldg.
Americu Brnk Bldg.
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March I, 1930
Old Growth Redwood Pilin$
.8}-ft. and 85-f t. Otd Growtk Red,woo d piljng, Yq.YO brand, lrorn .the oper.ations of tke Union of'Lumber Recent shipment ' Company at Fort Bragg, for use in a California Stat.e Highway bridge.
LEE DOUD VISITS SAN FRANCISCO Lee L. Doud, general manager of the Defrance I-umber Co., Tacoma, arrived in San Francis,co February 24 on a business trip.
\^/. R. CHAMBERLIN IN SAN FRANCISCO W. R. Chamberlin, head of W. R. Chamberlin & Co', arrived in San Francisco from Los. Angeles on February
24 lor a week's visit to the company's home office.
Goos Bay Lumber Go. Douglas Fir and Hemlock Lumber -General Ofrce and Mille
MARSHFIELD, OREGON
Executive Ofrce
Balfour Building
SAN FRANCISCO
Southern California Sales Petroleum Securitiec Bldg.
LOS ANGELES
Remanufacturing Plant and
Northern California Salel
BAY POINT, CALIFORNIA
Addrcss inquiries for Eastern rail shipment or finished stock to Bay Point, and Export and Atlantic Coast
inquiries to Marshfield.
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March I, 1930
Iferees il prodr for every fype
PIONEER COPP und, the ultimate cost is Pioneer Copperclad Valley Srips will sell for every type of sloping roof . . . tile, slate,
V/OOD SHINGLES, asbestos or composition shingles .
because every type of sloping roof needs valley strips. And their ultimate COST IS LESS than other metal valleys! Offered to lumber dealers less than three months ago, this new product has become one of Pioneerts fastest selling items. It has achieved this phenomenal sale because of two things: First, Pioneer Copperclad Valley Strips take the lumber dealer into markets he has never been able to sell, and second, it is a logical product to sell with every order for roofing material. During.1929, more than 1810001000 feet of metal valleys were sold, and none of this profitable business went to lumber dealers. This year, the volume will be still gteater . . . and the dealer who stocks Pioneer Copperclad Valley Strips will gain his share of these profits . . . because he will be able to sell every type of sloping roof at a lower ultimate price than other metal valleys! Pioneer Copperclad Valley Smips are packed in 5o-ft. rclls, 2!/2 inches wide with 9 inches of copper exposed. They can be applied by anyone . . . fit snugly and nail down just like any roofing. For samples, prices and complete information get in touch with the nearest Pioneer branch office . . . and remember, Pioneer Copperclad Valley Strips are patented and manufactured exclusively on the Pacific Coast by Pioneer Paper Company.
PIONEER PA MANUF 55th and Alameda, LOS
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200 Bueh St.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
sutr* 7571
UU Spaldins Blda. PORTLAND, OREGON ATWATER .5z'
t59 Dcxtcr Horto Bldg. SEATTLE. TA'ASHINGTON
MAIN 5t4Z
March I, 1930
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
t you oan sell f slopin$ roof
RCLAID YAttEY than other metal ualleys!
ER COilPANT 1888
TURERS , CALTFORNIA 12{ Symmr Blck SPoKANfrAlilASHINGTON
525 U. S. Nat. Bank Btdg.
DENVER, COLORADO
Keyrtoc 76t
72, C^Cl NrL Bark Bld3, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
Wastch 7!Z
THE CAI,IFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March l. 1930
Century Lumber Company Remodels Plant
Completely rebuilding the front of their yard and enlarging and remodeling their offices during the past summer, the Century Lumber Comp-any 1g T, ong Beach, Calif., now occupies an up-to-date and attractive home for their business.
The officers of the Century Lumber ComDany are R. E. Hall, president; Chlora V. Hall,.e;'fs-presidint, and M. E.
Downey, secretary-treasurer. j} Befoie coming'to California, Mr. Halltoperated a lumber yard at Hutchinson, Kansas, where he was president of the R. E. Hall Lumber Co., which was organized in I9I4. In 1922, Mr. Hall and Harry Work came to Long Beach and purchased the stock oi the Century Lumbe? 99*p?tty, a- corporation that rvas organi zed, iA 1920 by John W. Fisher of Centerville, Iowa. N{r. Hall became president of the Century Lumber Company, and Mr. Work vice-oresident.
In the fall of 1922, the R. E. Hall Lumber Company at Hutchinson, Kan., was sold and M. E. Downey, who was secretarj'-treasurer of the company, moved to California and with Mr. and Mrs. Chlora V. Hall, they purchased the stock in the Century Lumber Company owned by Harry Work. In addition to carrying all kinds of lumber, the company handles shingles, lath, sash and doors, and a complete line of building materials, including roofing, wall board, cement, etc. When possible they handle trade and grademarked lumber. The company inaugurated a profit-sharing policy in 1925 and each of the emplovees are stockholders in the company. They have found that this policy eliminates labor turnover; with twelve emplovees, seven have been with the company over seven years.
Rough and Flnlshed Lunber Fibre and Plaster Board Stronach Non-Splitting Nails Builders Hardware Insulating Board
tffi8'Jfft$ftj 9.\i ,o.l' rZ
",.t-ro** ii8lll^* tZt
E. Angeles IS. WOOID TUMBER CO.
47Ol Sa_nta Fe_ Aye, Los Phone: JElferson 3111
..cooDs oF THE wooDs" @
MILLS:Hoquiam and Anacortes, Vash.
King & Frederick Streets
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Oakland
March 1, 1930
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
B. C. 1929 Lo$ Scale Shows Slight Increase Logs scaled in British Columbia during the calendar year l9D totaled 2,940,308,000 feet as compared to a footage of 2,832,318pn feet for the calendar year 1928, according to figures compiled by the Forestry Department of the British Columbia government and supplied to the Association by the U. S. Department of Commerce. Figures by species 'for the trvo years follow: Calendar Year 1928 (M Ft.) 192e Species Douglas Fir .. ..1,584,635 1,635,182 \Mestern Red Cedar 533,271 515,539 n2379 2n,541 Spruce West Coast Hemlock 351,369 393,033 Balsam
Yellow Pine White Pine . Jack Pine
Larch Cottonwood Miscellaneous
Totals
68,265 31,919 23,O73 7,397
24,372 5,238
71,98r 3?,917 21,648
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Truscon Appoints Manager Transmission Structures Division The Truscon Steel Company, Youngstown, Ohio, announces the appointment of Charles A. Haynes as manager of the Transmission Structures Division. Mr. Haynes received his education in mechanical engineering at London University, London, England. As industrial engineer, he has conducted investigations of manufacturing plants in the United States, England and Canada and also has been engaged in industrial and electrical engineering in Africa and India. For the past five years he has been connected in executive caoacities with the Truscon Steel Company. The Transmission Structures Division of the Truscon Steel Company embraces the application of Weltrus Poles, H-Frames and Towers to electrical transmission and distribution, substations, trolley lines, street lighting, flood lighting, pipe line supports, etc. Mr. Haynes and his associates render complete technical service and co-operate fully. R. E. WALKER AND ROBERT SELF RETURN FROM SAN DIEGO R. E. Walker and Robert Self, Lumbermen's Reciprocal Association, I-os Angeles, have returned from San Diego, where they spent several days calling on the lumber trade.
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March 1, 1930
L929 Lumber Production-Douglas Fir Region of Washington and Oregon BY VEST COAST LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION (With a Comparison of the Association Survey of l92s) t928
t929
Production Districts
Vo ot
Increase
Number of
District
Mills No. Location .........,29 l. Northern ;.. .. 40 2. Everett 64 3.' Seattle 44 4. Tacoma ... .. ... 84 5. Olympia-Chehalis . ...... 34 6:. iviiip"",,d c."y,'ii;;;;;'.::....:.::::.. ..........37 7. ColumbiaRiver. .... . .. . .. 66 8. Portland .... ...263 9. Willamette Valley . .... 45 10. Oregon Coast . 706
Number Production of
M Ft.
Mills
580,851 32 920,263 29 I,140,616 63 1,061,713 4r 753,082 7l 1,372,004 35 1,015,654 33 1,353,651 69 1,246,633 267 702,561 49
Increase
or
M Ft. 576,418 957,646 1,134,097 1,030,520
830,786 1,453,729 1,121,752
or
Decrease
M Ft.
Production
Decrease
/
*4,433
,t Lnc, 3.91 Dec.
37,383 *6,519 *31,193 77,704 8r,725 106,098 22,777
.5/ lnc.
3,03 Inc. 9.35 Dec.
5.62Dec. 9.46 Dec. 1.65 Dec.
1,376,428 1,172,838 560,261
*73,795 *142,300
6.29 Inc. 25.39 Inc.
689
t0,214,475
67,447
.67 Dec.
388 301
3,560,166 6,654,3W
*101,342 168,789
2.54Dec.
10,r47,0n 689
t0,2r4,475
67,447
.67 Dec.
10,147,028
*Increase.
Production by States:
....370
Oregon
w"Jt lngton
706
3,661,508
2.84 Inc.
1929 Lumber Production-By Species WEST COAST LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION SURVEY Total Production All Species, 1929 District No, Lcation
No. of
Mills
..,.......29 1. Northern 2. Everett . . ... 40 ..... 64 3. Seattle 4. Tacoma , . ., 44 5. Olympia-Chehalis ......... 84 6, Willapa and Grays Harbor ., ,, . ,.. 34 7. Columbia River . ,.......,.37 8. Portland ....66 9. Willamette Valley . .. ......263 10. Oregon Coast . ..... 45
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Douglas Fir
580,851 920,263
309,626
682,663 961,517 861,189
IlI Ft.
M Ft, I,140,616
t,Mt,7t3 753,082
664,426
r,372,004
937,M7
1,015,654 1,353,651
917,735 1,205,749
1,246,633 702,561
t,t43,877
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80.35Vo
M Ft.
Sitka Port Orford Spruce Ccdar. M Ft. M Ft.
185,952
t6,s24
63,349
206,231
28,010 60,802
260
Western Red
MFL
I 10,807
172,605 77,995 324,172 72,117 123,196 81,194 44,481
469,260
t0,147,028 8,153,108
Cedar
West Coast Hcmlock
1,398,753 13.78Vo
tt,274
4,108 6,598
6,381
'eb;iid
17,499
White Pine MFt.
4,567 10,957
21,235
ll,@7
1,i58
1,iei
5,710 JJJ
591
8,909
6,352
r20,845
162,05e
318,421
67,640
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March I, 1930
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
XAS Next to California itself, Texas is the greatest potential consumer of Western Lumber Productt.
With a population over 5,000,000, a mighty domain that constantly develops in lumber consumption with its local lumber produqtion decreas-
ing at a rate aE rapid ar its GoD-
sumption increases, the Texas territory extends its hands westward and asks for ttmore lumber.tt
Are you getting your share?
The
GULF COAST LUMBERMAN HOUSTON, TEXAS JACK DIONNE, PUBLISHER
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March I, 1930
The Immediate Future of Hemlock By George S. Long, Chairrrran of the Executive Committee, Weyerhaeuser Timber Company. Paper Read by Col. W. B. Greeley at the Annual Meeting of the trVest Coast Lumbermen's Ass ociation, Tdcoma, W ash.
The lumbermen in Washington and Oregon are now confronting
a situation pertaining to Hemlock timber and lumber, exactly as did the lumbermen in New York and Pennsylvania 50 years ago. and the lumbermen in Michigan,and Wisconsin 25 years ago-i.e., the lumbermen of these eastern states cut first the most abundant wood, Pine, and as the Pine dininished in quantity, or was exhausted, the neglected Hemlock was manufactured and used quite generally for house and barn building, and hundrecis of other purposes.
plied his customer with dry well seasoned stock, and it was acqept€d without complaint and has proven its worth for nearly a half cen:
tury in Pennsylvania. We are now introducing a better type of Hemlock, by watef shipments to the Atlantic Coast, green from the saw. By the time it reaches, its destination, it is really in worse condition than when first sawn, for the ordiirary treatment. is for the lumber to be piled down solid, on mill tocks for 30 to 60 days, then loaded in the closed hull of a ship, with no ventilation, nor air currents, for 30"to 40 days, so that by the time the lumber is placed in storage in a retailer's yard, or delivered on the job for immediate use, a positive state of decay has commenced and continues. In the old days when I was connected with the White Pine lumber industry, the lumber was never offered for sale, unless well seasoned, and unlesS we can come back to this sound practice, not only with Hemlock, but also with Fir, we will find our markets dwindling, for we can se.e all around us, everywhere and every day, that the builder today, whether of houses, barns, furniture, feqces, boxes or chicken coops, can get a worthwhile. substitute and at not much added cost. The manufacturer of Douglas Fir lumber has been handling a
George 5,, Long
In New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Hemlock lumber has been freely used for the past 40 or 50 years, and in Michigan, Wisconsin anad Northern Illinois for more than 25 years. The territory which has not used much, if any Hemlock-the so-called Prairie Stateshas been supplied by the Yellow Pine from the South or from our own Fir mills on the Pacific Coast. When the use of Hemlock for lumber was first started in' the eastern states, two or three factors existed, which should be noted. One is that Hemlock did not come into use until the Pine was practically exhausted in that.district. It was practical for the logger, when the woods were intermingled in the forest, to first cud the Pine, and later on, when his market was right, return and cut the Hemlock. We know that this cannot be done in our Pacific Coast logging operations, where the timber is intermingled, from 15 to 40 per cent being Hemlock. Another factor to note is that the marketing of Hemlock in the €astern states, referred to, was in a nearby territory on low freight rates. The Pacific Coast manufacturers have no such largg consuming territory near at hand, and will have to seek wider markets on high freight rates. The other, and most important factor to be noted, is that the eastern manufacturer of Hemlock lumber sup-
wood in his fir production which will stand more abuse, neglect and careless handling, without apparent deterioration, than almost any other wood in general use. If a Pondosa Pine millman would pile his product down, solid, green from the mill, as the Fir operator does, load it in a ship in this condition, and send it to the Atlantic Coast, it would be ruined ior all possible use. White Pine lumber handled in the same way would depreciite in value more than 50 per cent, so the Fir manufacturer.must realize that he cannot neglect and abuse Hemlock lumber the way he has been doing with Fir and expect to build up a dependable market for it. Much is said about introducing Hemloik to lumber buyers, and there may be many places in the Mississippi Valley where little is known of Hemlock, but it needs no introduction on the Atlantic Coast, nor in Michigan, \Misconsin, Northern Indiana and Illinois. What we do not want to do, is to send them green or half-seasoned material. Give the wood a fair chance and not handicap it by the manufacturers' improper treatment. At least 30 per cent of the uncut timber in the State of Washington is Hemlock, and better Hemlock than grew i!' New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, or Wisconsin. One-third of the future lumbering in Washington must be in cutting Hemlock. If practices continue as they have for several years, in forcing Hemlock on the market green and unfit for use, we will have no market for it at all. Twenty or twenty-five y€ars ago, the Gum tree in the southern states had no value, because when manufactured into lumber, no attempt was made to properly season the lumber, and it could not bc used. Today it has a value equal to the best Yellow Pine, because
it is properly manufactured-thoroughly seasoned and cared for
and commands a steady demand at profitable prices. I woutd not be surprised that il properly handled, in every way, Ifemlock grade for grade, will yield a higher average selling priie than Fir, especially on shipmelts by rail. To summarize I am free to say that the main job\ to be done, in order to give Hemlock lumber its proper place, is to see to it that before it reaches the retailer or the consumer, it is thoroughly seasoned. Next in importance is for the manufacturer, himself, not to look upon Hemlock lumber as an "Orphan Annig" but a high grade, dignified member of the Softwood Industry.
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March 1, 1930
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National Forest Receipts Increase Receipts from National Forest activities in the last six months of l9D gained nearly l0 per cent over the same period in 1928, the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture announces. The nine National Forest Districts received a net total of. $3,245,164.03 from timber sales, grazing fees, and other forest uses during the period-an increase of $316,053.98. Sale of timber to be cut under Forest Service suoervision yielded $2,405,829.I7, nearly three-fourths of the total receipts. Nearly one and one-half billion board feet of timber is now being cut annually on the National Forests or a little over 3 per cent of the total cut for the country. The present cut could be materially increased without overcutting the sustained annual yieid, says the Forest Service, but for economic reasons it is not the policy to force National Forest timber on the market. Largi sales of National Forest timber are made (1) to enible established mills to continue operation, stabilizing communities dependent on them; (2) to prevent depreciation in value of government timber; (3) to aid development of regions or communities by.the establishment of industries ind transpor. tation facilities. Receipts from grazing amounted to $625,267.99, an increas.e_of nearly $75,000 over the same half-year ol 1928. Special use and water porver permits brought in $120,168.64 ?nd $58.042, respectively, increases of EZ+,Zlt,SZ and
$4.431.20.
The California district, which includes the 18 National Forests of California and Southwestern Nevada. had the largest receipts-$924,830.36, or more than one-fourth of the total. The North Pacific district, comprising WashtlSton and.Oregon, followd with g6361622.28. Th"e Rocky Mountain district had receipts totaling g446,916.42; the Intermountain, $334,645.25 ; the Northirn, EISZZ,ZZd,.79 ; tt-re Southwestern, 9276,154.71 ; the Eastern, g229,445.75'; the $]nk: d_istrict, $43,375.57; and the Lake States disirict,
$23,350.90.
Twenty-five per cent of National Forest receipts is turned over each fiscal year to the state for distribution to counties in which the Federal forests are located, in lieu of taxes, for road building and school development. An additionat 1d per.cent is also expended by the Forest Service on roads and trails within the counties.
PARSON SIMPKIN CONVALESCING AT SANTA MONICA Parson-Simpkin, Hoo Hoo chaplain, who has been ill for the_past. few months at Marshfield, Oregon, where he was under the care of his son, Dr. John S-impkin, is now at Santa Monica, Calif., where he is convalescing. The parson e_xpects to be able to resume his active fielilwork for the Order in a few months. C. P. HENRY IN LOS ANGELES _ C. P. "Charley" Henry, Arizona representative for the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Companj, with headquarters in Phoenix.. recentll' spent a rveekln Los Angeles'confer_ rrng with the-company fficials. He reports ir.ry favor_ able outlook for..sp.ring ltusiness in that territory. Mrs. Henry and son, "Billy", accompanied him on the trip.
B. W. BOOKSTAVER BACK FROM NORTHWEST B. W. Bookstaver of the Bookstaver Burns Lumber pal{. !o.s Angeles, has returned from a three weeks'Comtrip to Washrngton and British Columbia, where he visited the various mills the company represents in this territory.
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March 1, 1930
MY FAVORITE STORIES By Jack Dionne
Age not guaranteed-Some I have told for 2O years-Some less
Looking Ahead "After de sarmint t'mor' night, Brudder Simmons," said old Deacon Whang, "w+all is gwine ter have a rousin' hozanner meetin' and burn up yo' paragraphs, bless de Lawd!" "Burn up which, suh?" asked Goat Simmons, the recently converted gambling man, in considerable astonishment.
loud shouts ob praise. De Lawd is wid'em, an' de gamblin' brudder steps fo'th an' flings his paragraphs on de fiah anl sfian's wid bowed head whilst-" "Not me, suh! f ain't gwine to do no sech-of .a thing," said the ex-gambler. "But, mah goodness, brudder, you-alls convertedf ain't
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E. A. GOODRICH RETURNS FROM ARIZONA TRIP E. A. "Duly" Goodrich, Los Angeles manager for the Union Lumber Company. has returned from a several days' trip in Arizona, rvhere he was conferring with N. H. Huey of Phoenix, their Arizona representative. Mr. Huey-.reoorts that "Dulv" covered the Arizona territory selling iumber when Sait River carried a good volume of water and that his many friends were glad to see him again'
E. T. ROBIE BACK AT WORK E. T. Robie, Auburn Lumber Co., Auburn, was recently on the sick list for a few days, but is now back on the job as well as ever.
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SPENDS HOLIDAY WEEK-END IN CITY Isador Cheim, of the Union Lumber Co., Marysville, spent the Washington's Birthday week-end in San Francrsco.
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Arizona Hoo Hoo to Hold Concat in Mexico E. L. Simpkins, Yuma, Ariz., vicegerent snark of the Yuma Hoo Hoo district, will hold a concatenation on March 8 at Algodones, B. CFA, Mexico._ While in Mexico, of Sr. E. Camberos, Delethe lumbermen will be the guests -and Sr. Vidal Sontillai, Comgada for Los Algodones, irandante del Resguardo Frontevso, Los Algodones. The Oasis will be the headquarters for the lumbermen. Large delegations are expected to attend from the Los {ngeles and San Diego districts. The Imperial Valley has also promised to send a large gathering. All lumbermen are requested to be in Yumabefore 6 p.-.as the border,is closedlt that time. All Hoo Hoo members who are going to attend this meeting should write Vicegerent Snark Simpkins as soon as possible so that arrangements can be made accordingly. N. H. Huey, Hoo Hoo state counselor for Arizona,-i! assisting Vicegerent Snark Simpkins in making the arrangements for the concatenation.
Oslind Furniture Company Will Install Swedish Gang Saw
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second on: the Pacific Coast, as an addition to the Ostlind
Furniture factory at Marshfield, Ore., was announced recently by Benjamin Ostlind, president oJ the company. The additional investment will be about $35,000. The new mill will be used principally for cutting alder and maple, manufacturing cut-to-dimension lumber .and furniture parts, both for the local plant and for shipment all over the country. Officers and directors for 1930 of the Ostlind Furniture Co. are as follows:
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President, Benjamin Ostlind ; vice-president, Claude Nas-
burg; secretary, Joel Ostlind; treasurer, George Cook; directors, A. E. Adelsperger, John D. Goss and C. V. Danielson.
MR. AND MRS. W. T. WHITE AT HOT SPRINGS RESORT W. T. White, president of White Brothers, hardwood dealers of San Francisco and Oakland, accompanied by Mrs. White, left San Francisco February 13th for Castle Hot Springs Hotel, Hot Springs, Arizona. They will stay at this famous resort until April 1.
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Wood Trestle Approaches Used on Longview, Washington Bridge
Trestle Approach to Washington Side of Columbia Riaer Longaiezu Bridge
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' Although much publicity has been given to the mammoth
steel bridge nearing completion at Longview, Wash., little mention has been made of one of its most striking features, the wooden approaches. T!_ege.approaches extend for approximately 2615 feet on _
the Washington side, and 1755 feet on the Oregon side of the river, and rise at the river's edge to a height of 151.3 feet above the water's level. The main structure is of l2xl2 timbers with deck out of 2x6 laminated lumber. The roadway is 27 |eet wide rvith 3-foot walks on each side, includlng necessary guard rails. Douglas Fir has been used throu-ghout, all of it being.manufacturered at Longview. The foundations for the approaches are cedar piling, iriven into the_-ground to a penetration of 30 to 40 feet, *f,ich prevents all rotting and decay. The post caps are lZxl4 iimber. The bull rails anC l-rand rails are of extra heavy construction. The amount of timber in the trestle is as follows: Board Ft. Frame Bents . .1.000.000 Bracing betrveen bents . 190,000
Stringers
345,000
Bridging Decking Railing
560,000
Total
... ...2,154,W0
21,000 38,000
Piling-477 piles, equaling 29,500 lineal feet. Not only does the new highway represent a link of steel across the main channel of the Columbia River plus the wooden approaches above mentioned. but it was nicessary to link in about 1000 feet of concrete road on the Washington end to connect with existing streets in Longview. AlJo on the Oregon side about 4300 feet of concrete to tie in with the Columbia River Highway near Rainier. Even though, a great tonnage of steel was tised a large amount of lumber s'as reqnired, which included forms for concrete and 1,70O,000 feet of lumber for false work for steel construction. This rvas on top of 393 piles driven to the river bed on which the false work timbers were erected. This job in itself was a most unusual one on account of the great length, height, and rveight that had to be borne.
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Valley Clubs to Hold Joint Meeting March 8 A joint meeting of the Sacramento Valley T,umtermen's Club- and the Central California Lumbermen's Club will
be held at the Old Kentucky House, the clubhouse of the
Calaveras Cement Company, near San Andreas, at noon on Saturday, March 8. It is hoped that the San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club will also decide to join and make this a tri-club meeting. A big concatenation will be held in the evening at the clubhouse under the auspices of the Stockton and Sacramento Hoo Hoo districts. It is hoped that a big attendance oJ lumbermen rvill be on hand it the joint meet for the discussion of a number of important subjects.
Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Charles A. Weyerhaeuser, of St. Paul, Minn., second son of the late Frederick Weyerhaeuser, founder of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., died recently in Bombay. India. Mr. Weyerhaeuser was born at Coal Valley' Ill., April 2, 1f366, was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and entered the lumber business in his father's mill at Island, Ill. lle was president of the Potlach Lumber Co., qperating mills at Potlach and Elk River, Idaho, but rvas not actively in charge of any unit of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. during the last ten years.
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Ed. Seward Joins "Hole in One Club"
Ed. Seward, Los Angeles representative for the Dolbeer
& Carson Lumber Co., is now a member of the famous "Ifole in One Club" having registered an "ace" on the 146yard sixteenth hole at the Hollywood Country Club on Saturday, February 15. He reports that he has been the recipient of many valuable prizes since he became a mem' ber of this prominent organization.
Th"'WL"r"tIf.,'r1. Name Protects You
A. C. PENBERTHY VISITS SAN FRANCISCO A. C. Penberthy, of Los Angeles, Southern California representative of the Defiance Lumber Co., arrived in San Ffancisco February 24 lor a conference with Lee L. Doud, general manager of the company. Mr. Penberthy made his headquarters at the offices of W. R. Chamberlin & Co.
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OUR PROSPERITY There has never been less poverty in any land at any time than in this land today., Never before have so many people lived as well as we live. And this is because, with all our getting, we have been gettng understanding. We have found that good wages make good business-make the wheels of commerce go round; that funds well spent for public improvements return to us with added benefits; that the Golden Rule works in business disguised as the Square Deal. As the years come and go the world grours better. One. by one it is breaking the shackles of gieat evils which have bound it for ages. The next one, that lrill go is war.-Cappers.
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God.
CONSIDERATE Who are you writing to? My girl. Why are you writing so slowly? She can't read fast.
March l, 1930
A NATION'S BUILDERS Not gold, but only men can make A people great and strongMen who, for truth and honor's sake, Stand fast and suffer long. Brave men, who work while others sleep, Who dare while others fyThey build a nation's pillars deep And lift them to the slry.
White-"That's my wife."
flssvrn-"Qongratulations ! It must be a pleasure to lose every argument to a woman as goodf looking as that." BROTHERS AND SONS On a dirty floor at a slimy bar, , In the ante-room of hellI have seen thern stand with a devil's I have heard the tales they tell. I have heard them brag of the brutish things, I have heard them boast of sllame, Till I longed again for the Jewish God, For the God who smote with fame.
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And I wondered much if there lingered still Not a dleam of boyhood'b land, Not a tender thoright of a mother's kiss Or a touch of a sisterrs hand. For we wander far, and thelyears go by, And the boyhood vision fades, Yet we are the sons of the mothers of men, And'brother to all the maids. For a woman's name and a woman's fame They are sweet and frail as flowers, But the strength to wield and the arm to shield For the woman's name are ours. Let the God-made man keep his God-made trust Till his life's last twilight fades, For we are the sons of the mothers of men And brother to all the maids. Malloch.
-Douglas
March 1. 1930
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
West Coast Lumbermen's Association Elects Officers
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ANNOUNCEMENT: the
Lumbermen's Reciprocal Association
L D. Tennant Seattle, Wash., Feb. 21.-J. D. Tennant was re-elected president of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association at i recent meeting of the trustees held at Longview, -W"^th' Mr. Tennant ha-s served two years as presiclent of the Association and for three years previous was president of the former West Coast Lumber Trade Extension Bureau. He is vice-president in charge of Western operations of the Long-Bell Lumber Co. With special trustees elected to represent the Western red iedai siding manufacturers, the millwork plants,.ald mills affiliated ;ith the Association through the British Columbia Lumber and Shingle Manufacturers, Ltd', the governing body of the Association now includes representaiives of ill inferested lumber and logging concerns in the Douglas fir region of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. Other officers elected rvere: Vice-President for Washington, F. R. Titcomb, \Meyerhaeuser Timber Co., Tacoma, Wash.; vice-president for Oregon, M' C. Woodard, Silver Falls Timbei Co., Silverton, Ore.; treasurer, R. W' Vinnedge, North Bend Timber Co., North Bend, Ore.; secretary-manager, Col. W. B. GreeleY. fhe foll,o*ing were named as trustees-at-large-: C_larles L. Lewis. Lervii Mills and Timber Co', Raymond, Wash.; C. D. Johnson, Pacific Spruce Corporation, Toledo, Ore.; C. H. Watzek, Crossett Western Co., Wauna, Ore. The following were chosen as trustees representing. special groups: J.-K. Remsen, mills affiliated with the Association through the British Columbia Lumber and- lhingle Manufacturerl, Ltd.; H. J. Bratlie, Btatlie Bros. Mill Co., Ridgefield, Wash., \Mestern red cedar lumber manufacturers;- H. E. Horrocks, West Coast Wood Preserving Co., Seattle, timber treating companies; George S. Long, W.yerhaeuser Timber Co., Tacoma,'Wash., was elected an honorary trustee. Association districts are represented by the following trustees. who were elected at the annual meeting of the Association recently: Northern District, H' A. LaPlant, Skagit Mill Co., Lyman, Wash.; Everett District, H. W. Stuchell, Eclipse Mill Co., Everett, Wash.; Seattle District, R. R. Fox, Washington Lumber & Spar Co., Renton, Wash.; Tacoma District, Ernest Dolge, Ernest Dolge, Inc., Tacoma, Wash.; Chehalis-O'lympia District, J. E. Wilson, Walville Lumber Co., Walville, Wash.; Willapa-Grays Harbor District, T. W. Tebb, Oriental Lumber Co., Aberdeen, Wash.; Columbia River District, J. D. Tennant, Long-Bell Lumber Co., Longview, Wash.; Portland District, R. H. Burnside, Willapa Lumber Co., Raymond,' Wash.; Willamette Valley District, A. C. Dixon, BoothKelly 'Lumber Co., Eugene, Ore.; Oregon Coast District, H. W. Bunker, Coos Bay Lumber Co., Marshfield, Ore. The Association reports a steady growth during the past two years and approximately 50 per cent of the lumber production in the Douglas fir region of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia is represented by Association members.
have made arrangements with a financial concern so that anyone can Purclarc
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an automobile needs to drive without being fully protected by insurance. L. R. A. HAS NEVER PAID I F'SS THAtl2OVo DIVIDENDS TO THEIR AUTOMOBIIJ POUCY-HOLDERS
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Lumbermen's Reciprocal Association Gco. R. Chrirtic, Gcn. Mgr. HOUSTON, TEXASI E. J. BROCKMAN, Pecific Coart Manegcr 425 underwood Bldg. San Frencirco, California Phonc Dougler 66&l
R. E. WALKER, DLtrict Mengor 334 H. W. Hcllnen Bld3. Lor An8clcr, Crlifordr Fhonc, FAbcr $123
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March l, 1930
Building Arts and Crafts Exhibit One of the most modefn and complete building and home furnishing exhibits opened at 169 North LJ Brea A-tjlty",_I.9s Angeles, Februiry 15. Opening with an array of kleig lights, the occasion boie a g.eat rese-mblance to one of the famous "Hollywood Premieres", and demonstrated a truly, modern method of selling and merchandising.
to whether or not they are interested in building. Prospect slips telling the desires of the visitors are turntd ovei to each exhibitor. Should a prospect desire figures, the attendant in charge will call the exhibitor on the phone. Approximately 25/o'of monthly rentals will be put into an advertising fund for publicity purposes. This advertis-
Home of the Build.ing Arts and Crafts Erhibit.
There are at present 130 exhibitors in the building, representing approximately $150,000 worth of merchandise. Bob Symonds is manager of the exhibit. The plan of operation is as follows : The only cost to exhibitors is a small monthly rental which ilcludes lights, heat, water, janitor service, telephone and mail service. The exhibit is permanent and all sDace
is leased for three years. The .exhibit is open daily and evenings except Sunday and holidays and is in charge of competent attendants whb courteously give information desired relative to the displays. Those who attend the exhibit register and state as
ing will be done in newspapers, booklets, direct-mail, radio and with kleig lights. Mr. Symonds states that such a program of publicity will attract many people to the exhibit and will also create more interest in the building industry. The lumber companies listed among the exhibitors ari: the Built-In-Fixture Company, Hollywood Woodturning 9oTpary,_H. V. Cowan Inc., La Brea Lumber Corhpany-, Ltd., E. J. Stanton & Son, and the Woodhead Lumbir Company.
The exhibit is open to the public, and anyone spending an iour studying the various displays can learn a great deal about what is new, beautiful and available tJ the home owner.
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March l. 1930
First Census of Forests Ever Undertaken Washington, D. C., Feb. 13.-Timberland owners, private cruising firms and all others who have information concerning t-he forests of America are urged by the Federal government to give assistance when called upon by members of the Forest Service who are making a nation-'rvide survey of the timber resources of the nation' It is the first stock-taking of the forests in the history of the country. Heretofore-all figures of total forest resources have been
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estimates.
This is a fact-finding survey, designed to show as accurately as possible an exact picture of the timber situation in the United States-the total stand, the annual depletion from cutting, fire, insects and disease; also the present and probable growth, and the present and future requirements lor wood. Heretofore discussions of the forestry problem have been more or less academic, because the premises were not definite. Congress authorized this survey when it enacted into larv the McSweeney-McNary bill, May 22, 1928. The present appropriation for carrying on, the work is so small6.110 of a cent per acre-that it is not posapproximitely 'sible for the service to make an actual cruise of the tir-nber and reliance must be placed upon the testimony of timberland owners, supplemented rvhere possible by county fecords.
C. M. Granger, Director, Forest Survey, is in charge of the work and he plans to attack the problem by concentrating his men in regional districts. , At present thi-s_ intensivi work is being done in the Pacific Northwest. Next summer work will iommence in the hardwood region of the Mississippi basin. The survey of the nation rvill not be completed until 194O-1942 unless a larger appropriation be made. However, reports ol results in rigionil districts rvill be made public as^ rapidly as they can be tabulated, and it is the hope of officials in the Forest Service that these regional reports will prove of such value that the Congress will increase the appropriation; in which event the complete picture of the nation's timber assets and liabilities rvill be presented in a bhorter time. It is pointed out that the success of this survey depends upon the co-operation given by timberland owners and others whose assistance is asked and it rests with them to enable the Forest Service to make presentments that will warrant Congress granting additional appropriations and thus expediting the work.
ALTURAS RETAILER VISITS BAY H. L. Payne, of the Payne Lumber Co., Alturas, was a recent visitor to San Francisco. C. C. PATRICK CONVALESCING AT FONTANA C. C. T'atrick, Patrick Lttmber Co., Portland, Ore., is convalescing from a recent operation at the Fontana Farms Inn, Fontana, Calif. N[rs. Patrick accompanied him to Southern California.
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March 1, 1930
March l. 1930
THE CALIFORN.IA LUMBER MERCHANT
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Mr. John Todd of The Western Door and Sash Company There is probably no betier known or better liked man in the building industry than genial John Todd,'the president of the Western Door and Sash Company, Oakland. His. experience extends over a number of years and during the fifteen years since he established the above cbncern, John has visited the trade regularly, aqd to his efrorts and personality are due in a large measure, the success that has beenrbuilt up, and the
continuous growth of the business. The territory covered by the Western Door and Sash Company extends practically from the Tehachapi to the northern border of California, so that Mr. Todd is kept busy calling on his customers and prospects. In the past few years not only has this territory been extended, but tbe company has added many lines to its business, and they now cary an increased stock of doors and panels of every description and among specialties stock the products of such firms as Bufrelen Mfg. Co., Oregon and Philippine doors; Wheeler Osgood Company's laminex doors and Scotchman g.rrage doors; Cadwalladcr-Gibson Company's Bagac doors and the Blue Ridge Glass Corporation rolled glass. They have started upon a compreh,ensive campaign of advertising for the present year, which will, undoubtedly, serve to further increase their business.
MASON KLINE TAKES AIR ROUTE TO LOS ANGELES Mason E,. Kline, sales engineer Union Lumber Company, San Francisco, traveled by air from. San Francisco to Los Angeles February 21, making the trip in one of the Western Air Express tri-motored l2-passenger Fokkers, rvhich leaves San Francisco at 5:10 p. m. and arrives at Los Angeles three hours later. Mr. Kline likes to travel bv air. but this mode of transportation is no novelty to him. as he was a flying instructor in the Army Service for nearly trvo years during the Worlcl War, when he taught many to fly rvho have since become quite famous as pilots.
R. F. HAMMATT
F. B. MACOMBER & SON MOVE TO OAKLAND F. B. Macomber & Son, wholesale lumbermen, have move<l f.rom 268 Market Street, San Francisco, to 50 Atice Street. Oakland.
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R. F. Hammatt, San Francisco, secretarv-manager of the California Redwood Association, spent a ferv days in Los Angeles around the middle of Fibruary o.r Association htrsiness. Before returning to San Francisco he planned to spencl several clays in Arizona.
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March l, 1930
Mitrluorh Institure of California.
ARCHITECTVRAL
wooo@woRK This entrance doorway to the home of LeRoy H. and Florence S. Stanton at Los Angeles, California, is a superb example of English architecture. The door itself, as well as the wall paneling, is done in plain White Oak, hand adzed. Architectural Woodwork concact by J. Niederer & Company, Los Angeles. Charles M. Hutchison, Architect.
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March I, 1930
Coos Bay Lumber Company Issues Report H. W. Bunker, president of the Coos Bay Lumber Company, in a report to the stockholders of the compan)r on February 10, gave a statement of the assets and liabilities of the company as at December 31, 1929. The report also included their certification of profit and loss from operations during the year I9D. The report states in part: "Preferred stock amounting to $I,593,925 has been redeemed during the year at par. The stated value of the common stock has been incieased by the sum ol $4,462,990 and capital surplus correspondingly reduced. Amendments to the articles of incorporation have been made -to reduce the.authorized capital stock of the company to 47; 817fu sharcs of preferred stock of $100 par value and 63,757 shares of common stock without par value. "The company produced 1L4,03t,620 feet of logs frl?m r_ts orvn camps and purchased69,677,508 feet. It sold 4,799,M feet of Pbrt Orfbrd cedar logs and sawed 181,985,000 feet of Douglas fir and other species in its mill at Marshfield, ' Ore. Lumber, lath and shingles manufactured was equivalent to 211,591,000 feet, of rvhich 35,537,533 feet 'ivas shipped to foreign markets, 74,114,200 feet to Southern California, 2,N2,817 f.eet locally or by rail from Marshfield, and 99,736,450 feet to its plant at Bay Point, Calif. Fonr hundred and twenty carloads were shipped East by rail from Bay Point after remanufacture. "Conditions in the industry have been highly demoralized since the middle ol 1929, and markets have constantly been in an oversold condition. Yet ouf shipments were in excess of production, and after depreciation, taxes, interest, carrying charges on non-operating properties, etc., a final net credit of. $2I7,196.75 was carried to surplus. "Operating facilities and equipment have been efficiently maintained; $710,500.87 was expended for additions and improvements during the year, divided as follows: Marshfield manufacturing, $2@,512.11; Bay Point manufacturing, $139,557.19; Logging, $143,192.65; Railway, $2L8,238.92. The effect of these expenditures is being reflected by better manufactured products and decreasing costs. "The management has now completely segregated operating from non-operating properties, and as a result the latter are shown on the balance sheet as having a present aggregate book value of $1,018,649.28. These assets consist of industrial property at Bay Point, Calif., and Marshfield, Ore., together with various tracts of timber and logged oft land, mineral rights, etc., in Oregon. Sales of this nonoperating property are constantly being negotiated and we believe that in due course it can be liquidbted for a very substantial portion of its present book value. "The company is operating its salvmill 48 hours a rveek, and its other facilities accordingly. Its capacity is approximately 600,000 feet of lumber, lath and shingles daily, as a result of the additions and improvements above mentioned, and it is anticipated that this €-hour weekly schedule will be maintained constantly throughout 1930. Your management is confident that, due to lower logging and manufacturing costs, plus aggressive marketing, a satisfactory earning power can be demonstrated in 1930, notwithstanding depressed conditions."
W. H. FISHBURN IN LOS ANGEL,ES W. H. Fishburn, superintendent of manufacture for the McCloud River Lumber Company at McCloud, has returned to his headquarters after spending a week in Southern California with the company's representative, L. S. Turnbull, looking over this territory.
lVendling - Nathan Co. SAN FRANCISiCO Wholesalers of
Douglas Fir Redwood California White & S,tg* Pine If you have never had
& Let us sell you a car. It can be mixed with any other ilems of Old Growth Yellow Fir worhed uppers.
A. L Hoover' Agt. San Francisco Los Angeles Standard Oil Bldg. | | 0 Market St. Main Officc:
Greatest Money Saving Improvement in High Speed Steel Knives
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Get your orden mailed now for at leact one set of theae remarkable new knives.
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March I, 1930
(The Clearing Houce)
This Cglpmg gf "Wants" and "Don't Wants" is fon The Fellow Who Wants to Buv The Fellow Who Wanti to Sell The Fellow Who Wants to Hire Rate: 82.50 p colurnn rhcfr The Fellow Who Wants to Be Hired FOR SALE -Planing Mill, Machinery and Stock. Will dispose
of our entire stock of windows, doors, glass and kil4 dried mill stock; also modern machinery. Nernr 3 years ago. Office equipment. Will sell by unit or as a whole. Property 325 ft. x 150 ft. with Santa Fe trackage. Los Angeles Planing Mill Co., 1800 Industrial St., Los Angeles, Calif. Phone VAndike 8460.
FOR SALE Retail Yard and Complete Building Material Store, County Seat Town, 11,000, Southern California. Will lease Yard Site on 7 per cent net return on investment but want to sell improvements. Investment necessary in fixed assets not over $15,000. Address Box C-289, California Lumber Merchant.
POSITION WANTED BY EXPERIENCED LUMBERMAN Marriecl man, thirty-seven lears old, .life time spent in -Lumber Business. Experienced executive, Salesmi,nager, Salesman, highest references. Address Box C-305, California Lumber Merchant. POSITION WANTED IN RETAIL LUMBER YARD Retail Lumberman with five years' experience in retail
yards wants position as yard manager or assistant manager. Understands bookkeeping, estimating, shipping, etc. Will
go any place California or Arizona. Address Box C-306,
LARSSON TRAFFIC SERVICE
268 Market Street
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San Francirco
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SEND US ALL YOUR FREIGHT BILLS FOR trt AUDIT OR FOR znd RECHECK.
BOOKKEEPER-ACCOUNTANT WANTS POSITION Experienced full-charge lumber bookkeeper and accountant open for position. Familiar with all o-ffice details. Address Box C-304, California Lumber Merchant.
OFFICE MAN WANTS POSITION .Experienced lumber clerical man desires position. Familiar rvith wholesale and retail branches. A-1 stenographer, estimate and order'clerk. High grade referettces. "Acldress Box C-318, California Lumber Merchant.
RETAIL LUMBERMAN WANTS POSITION _- 10 years' retail lumber experience. Accountant--Sales-
i-stimator. Age 32. Family. Address Box A-319, The California Lumber Merchant. MR. RETAILER _ Does y-our yard show a profit? If not, why not? f can make you prosperous. f want to conneci with
a progressive lumber merchant and prove it. Address Box C-317, California Lumber Merchant.
California Lumber Merchant.
WANTED Iixperienced retail lumberman and building material man. Middle age, Willing to get into the harness for the good of the business. $5000.m investment required. Addre.ss Box C-315, Care California Lumber Merchant.
CALIFORNIA YARD FOR SALE Retail yard on main boulevard in thriving suburb of Los Angeles. Arranged to handle lumber at very lorv cost. Annual sales for past 5 years averaged $120,000.N; l9D sales $130,00O.00. On railroad lease rvith low reutal. Will sell plant and all equipment for $12,000.00 and stock at market price invoicing not over $10,000.00. Address Box 35. Culver Citv. California. FOR LEASE_PLANING MILL Fully equipped for making Finish and Cabinet Work. Good location. Can get work from several lumber yards. Good proposition for right man. Box C-321, care California Lumber Merchant.
POSITION WANTED WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LUMBER ORGANIZATION Experienced lumberman in buying, selling, estimating, accounting, correspondence and credits, wants position with
Southern California lumber comDany where abilitv and
experience will be recognized. Eiperience includes. eight years with lumber manufacturers where duties began-as
yard clerk and ended with position of sales and office manager. Six years' experience as assistant manager and auditor with retail building material and lumber yaid. At present counected with yard as assistant manager. Can furnish references. 33 years old, married. Address Box C-320, care California Lumber Merchant.
YOUNG LADY DESIRES POSITION-GENERAL OFFICE WORK AND STENOGRAPHER Experienced lumber stenographer and all .lines office rvork. Desires responsible position. Address M. J. M., Marino Arms, 2743 San Marino Street, Los Angeles. Telephone DUnkirk 8827.
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rN DooRs /DOfA the King Long-Bell and the I-D LosAngeles Long-Bell-doors of permanence and charm-are made
throughout of the ideal door wood, California'White Pine. Construction details include veneered stiles with built-up cores. They will not warp. Guaranteed. Retail lumber dealers handle them.
The-door illustrated is the King Long-
Bell, distinctive in design and construction, a feature of which is the flush moulding. Its 3-ply, rotary cut veneer panel is inset frmly in both stiles and rails. The panel will not work loose and rattle. It meets architectural demands for simplicity of design, charm and sturdiness. Costs less to fit, mortise and hang than doors of other woods.
THE LONG-BELL LUMBER COMPANY R. A. LONG BLDG, KANSAS CITY, MO. Lumbermen since t875 Douglas Fir Lumber, Timbers, Door and Window Ftames, Trimpak; Weatem Hemlock Lumber; 'Wes,
tem Red Cedar Siding and Shinglec; Southem Pine
Lumber and Timbers: Southern tlardwood Lumber, Oak Timbers and Trimpak; Oak Flooring, *CELLized Flooring Strips, "CELLized Oak Floor Planke, *CELL ized Oak Floor Blocke: Califomia White Pine Lum. ber, Sash and Doors, Box Shooke; Creoooted South. en Pioe Lumber, Timbers, Poste, Poles' Ties' Guard.Rail Posts, Piling.
e\9 LOS ANGELES DISTRICT SALES OFFICE 627 PETROLEUM SECURITIES BUILDING Phone Westmore 8468 H. F. BOWLES' Dietrict Manager
lVho WiIl llelp You Most Notr'-Business Oreators or Priee Cutters;? When building is at a low ebb you need sales help-intensified to a greater degree than ever. $7ill the price cutting manufacturer who merely takes orders, who does nothing constructive, renders no service simply because he lacks the necessary organization, who actudly does nothing to stimulate building, help you most?
You want to get building started again. You can't do it alone!
It takes more than price cutting to start things moving. The united action of leading manufac' turers equipped with organizations prepared to
render real service . . . doing constructive work . . . sales helps . . . consumer advertising pointing out the facts that NOW is the most favorable time to build . . . all this plus work that you dealers can do WILL GIVE THE NECESSARY PUSH TO START BUILDING AGAIN! You can expect help only from this source.
The Hipolito Company is exerting every effort to create more business for you. As an acknowledged leader in its line this company is prepared, because of its large and highly efficient organization, to render real service. Therefore co-oPerate with leading manufacturers of this typFand the combined efiort will turn the trick.
Beature These MoneygMakin$ Ilipolito ltems! The Hipolito "De Luxe" door and the highest quality window screens screen made, experdy, of selected California Sugar Pine. The Hipolito "Cedar Durable" screen new number. It is a high-quality -a screen in the lowest price range with which you can defy competition.
The Handi-koning Cabinet. A built' in ironing cabinet with a rigid, pivoting ironing board (see illustration). All' metal, cannot warp or shrink or catch fire. Swings any direction. Installed with 10 nails and hammer. A wonderful item for selling to apartment house build' ers or real estate developers. It is NATIONALLY ADVERTISED BY CREO-DIPT and is selling fast.
llipolito Co-pany 21st and Alameda Sts. Phone WEstmore 6131
4246 Holden St.,
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
OAKLAND, CALIF.