Continuous operation, night and day, Winter and Summer. This has been the Red River policy for more than a third of a century to maintain a balanced assortment of building and industrial items. Increasing order files and the growing scarcity of certain items, at Westwood as well as at the pine mills generally, make it advisable for you to anticipate your needs. Place orders in advance to permit accumulation and assure your stock for the 1936 demand.
lDTe offer our Dealer Customers a service in the milling of special details in F{ardwoods, Fir, Pine, Redwood and Spruce that is really wofth while. Let us worry about your millwork problems. ===:
Stock Mouldings in Fit and Ponderoca Pine always on hand.
We carry large stocks of all the products listed on the right in this ad, ahuays tezd,y AT YOUR service and for YOUR conveniece.
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Harry Easom, well known San Francisco lumberman, is awaiting a decision by the Marin County planning commission on his request for a permit to build a lumber yard on the Redwood Highway half way between the Richardson bridge and the Alto junction of the Mill Valley-Belvedere road.
The board has ruled, it seems, that this particular section should be zoned for residence and agricultural purposes.
Mr. Easom already owns an auto camp and service station at the point where he wants to put the new yard.
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Carl Hornibrook, sales manager of the Ewauna Box Company, Klamath Falls, Ore., was a recent caller at the Los Angeles offices of E. K. Wood Lumber Co', their Southern California representative. He reports that business conditions in California for 1936 look good.
Al Nolan, Western sales manager, The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, has returned from a two weeks' business trip to points in Utah, Colorado, West Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.
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Bookstaver-Burns Lumber Co. ------------------------19
Broolmire, fnc.
Booth-Kelly Lumber Co. -------,------ ------------------ 18
Cadwallader-Gibson Co., fnc. ---'--'-,-------------2O
California Builders Supply Co. ---------------------19
California Panel & Veneer Co. -----,------,-------19
California Redwood AsEociation
Celotex Company, The
Hill & Morton, fnc. ---------------------------------------19
Hogan Lumber Co. -,----------------------------------------17
Holmes Eureka Lumber Co. , --------------------------19
Ffoover, A. L. ------------- --------,-------19
Johnson Lumber Corporation, C. D. --------------15
Koehl & Son, fnc., Jno. W. ----------------------------18
KuhI Lumber Co., CarI H.,-,--------------------------19
Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co. -------------------------- 4
Lumbermentg Credit Association -------------------*
McCormick Lumber Co., Chas. R. ------------------19
MacDonald & Bergstrom, Inc. -----,------,-,---------19
MacDonald & Harrington, Ltd. -----------------,19
Moore MilI & Lumber Co. ----------------------------2O
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Vith the termination of the six weekst tie up of the coastwise lumber schooner feet, the coestwise lumber trade has quickly tevived and there has been $eat ectivity at the Califomia lumber terminals during the past two weeks. 75 schooners were operating on February 26. Cargo arrivals at Los Angeles I{at6or for the ileek ended ,February 22 totaled 25,168,000 feet.
The Fir demand has been quiet for the past thirty days on account of the stormy weather in Cdifornia, and it is ctill light owing to trhe fact that deliveries are now being made of lumber bought before or during the shipping tie up.
The Redwood matket is firm and active in spite of weather conditione. Redwood coasgwis;teamers are all back in service.
During the week ended February 8, 566 mills produc"A t.82rt4TrOOO feet of hardwoods and sofha'ood combined; shipped 17910371000 feet; and booked otderc of. 2O4065rO(X) feet, according to reports to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association from the regional associations. The lumber industry
Harry T. Kendall, of St. Paul, Minn., Vice-President and General Manager of the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, has been a visitor in California for the past rveek. He is accompanied by Mrs. Kendall. They left New York on a Bermuda cruise, then went through the Panama Canal and to Los Angeles by ship. They stayed several days in Los Angeles, where they were chaperoned around by Jack Dionne, and then went to San Francisco to spend several days with Gus Russell, before leaving for the Northwest.
at t{re end of the week stood at 51 per cent of the 1929 weekly evetage of productiorL and at 52 per cent of 1929 shipments.'
A total of. 201 mills in ITashington and Oregon reporting to the Vest Coast Lumbermen's Association for the wiek en-ded February 15 produced 9611641153 board feet of [umbee57.5 per cetrt of the everege 1926-29 weekly cut.
New business reported was 1o2ro53165l f.eet. Shipments were ll0r664{t4 feet, representing a sharp increase ovet previous weeks, due to the return of coastwise s-teamers to the California watertrade'
The Vestern Pine Association for the week ended Februaty 15, lO7 mills reporting, gave orders as 43r739rOOO feet; shiplolLents431639'OOO feet; production 2ETE4OTOOO feet. Orders wde 5_|5 p"t cent abonre production, .2 W cent above shipments. Shipments were 51.3 per cfnt above-production.
The California Redwood Association for the week ended February 8 reported production of 13 mills as 6,421,000 feet, shipments 61531rOO0 feet, and new business 91654rOOO Leet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totded 41,462,OO0 f.eet.
Walter G. Scrim, well known Los Angeles Philippine Hardwood man, is now on a short business trip to the Pacific Northwest and to British Columbia.
^ HlSh Handley, Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Company, San Francisco, with a party of friends from the Bal Di!trict, saw the running oJ the big Santa Anita Handicap at Arcadia on Febraary 22.
Jack Neece, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Neece, Jr., of Dallas, Texas, was married to Dorothy Louise Muller on Febraary 6. The ceremony took place at 5:00 p.m. at the Wee Kirk o' the Heather in Glendale.
Mrs. Neece is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Muller of Los Angeles, and is a graduate of the Los Angeles High School and Dominican Convent in Santa Barbara. Mr. Neece is connected with the firm of James J. Cline Company, wholesale distributors of hardwood flooring in Los Angeles, in the capacity of secretary-treasurer. He is a graduate of the New Mexico Military Academy, and an alumnus of Southern Methodist University, Dallas.
Mrs. J. R. Neece, Jr., who came to Los Angeles to be present at the ceremony, is visiting her many friends in Los Angeles where she will be joined in a few weeks by her husband, J. R. Neece, Jr., president of the Texas Oak Flooring Company of Dallas, Texas.
A. M. Schwarz, Schwarz Lumber Co., Miami, Arizona, and Mrs. Schwarz have been spending a few weeks in Southern California. While in Los Angeles, Mr. Schwarz called on the lumber trade.
C. M. (Friday) Freeland, Tacoma Lumber Sales, Los Angeles, has returned from the Northwest where he spent a few weeks calling on the mills.
It is announced by Dant & Russell, Inc., Portland, Ore., that they have secured the services of Ralph P. Duncan to travel the San Joaquin Valley for them.
Mr, Duncan was for many years general manager of Merced Lumber Co., Merced, and recently resigned from this position.
"Timber Giants," a two-reel Warner Brothers short, made in the Redwood Empire, said to be a very interesting and instructive film, is now being released.
As theaters don't advertise shorts, lumber dealers who would like to see this picture should ask their local theater managers when it will be shown, and where not already booked might suggest to them to book this fine production.
Ralph Beede, Antioch Lumber Co., Antioch, has returned from a vacation trip to Palm Springs. He was accompanied by Mrs. Beede, and visits were also made at Los Angeles and Santa Barbara.
J. B. Gill of the Hamilton-Gill Lumber Co., San Bernardino, has purchased Mr. Hamilton's interest in the company and will operate under the name of the J. B. Gill Lumber Co.
Letters of unusual character are always a joy. I havc a file of them almost as old and precious as my file of favorite stories. Got one the other day that was a genL ft was from a man who is fighting "T. B.' in Arizona, and was a "thank you" letter on receipt of my new story book, "Lotsa" Fun. FIe wrote: "I busted one of my lungs back in 1932, and I am damn near busted the other one the other day when I started reading your new book 'Lotsa' Fun. I'm going to pass it around to these 'lungers' here and it will either kill or cure them, and in either case will be a blessing." That was my idea of a splendid testimonial. My friend, James Swinnerton, once a "lunger," always claims that a successful fight against tuberculosis is invariably based on a good sense of humor. **rt
Speaking of letters, I had some grand ones about my recent editorial regarding King George and Kipling. Lovers of Kipling, like my friend, H. E. Veness, of Portland, Oregon, and Mrs. Harry Deffebach, of Houston, Texas, almost brought blushes to my cheeks with their kindly enthusiasm. Mrs. Deffebach wants that suggestion that we make this a "Read Kipling" year to be nationalized.
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Another letter from a lumber lady who wrote to tell me of a funny bust she recently made. A man phoned her home and asked for her husband. He was out. "May I take the message?" asked the lady. "Sure," said the voice at the other end, "tell him that car of white pine is spotted." And when her husband came home she related to him, with deep concern, that someone had called to complain that "the car of white pine is all spotted." That ..all,' made a difference.
Well, old George Bernard Shaw is with us again. What a tough break for a country that is just getting over five years of other miseries'! What have we done to deserve occasional visits from that old monstrosity? Irvin Cobb wrote in his column the other day that he had changed his mind about Shaw and now thinks he's a pretty lousy old rascal. I didn't have to change my mind about George Bernard. f started out thinking about him what Cobb thinks now, and my opinion has been getting worse ever since. **!t
I've explained in this column before how the impression got around that Shaw was a genius. His literary tech-
nique was to twist trick words into trick phrases, throw them together on the willy-nilly and helter-skelter plan, and put a title over them. Then all the dim-wits of the world, reading the junk and seeing no sense to what they read (like our phony appraisers of modernistic art) immediately arrived at thFto them-happy conclusion that the author of the pied pamphlet must be a genius. And that's how the silly chatter started.
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Just about the time it looks as though we were getting entirely over this long-winded depression, sornething else comes along to depress us. This time it's George Bernard. Let us hope he won't stay long. :1. ,t *
What tickles me is that I meet a man every day or so now who seems to think it is simply wonderful that we are coming out of the depression, that business and everything is getting continually better. I don't think this doggoned trouble has seemed any longer to anyone than it has to me, but- f've always known we'd come out of it, for the simple reason that there is nothing unnatural or even unusual about the dark cloud we have been going through; humanity has been suffering with such at fairly regular intervals ever since time began. There have been times when I wondered whether I would come out of it, but I always knew that WE would.
\Jl/e've always "o-" orrJorirrJ* before. And the history of panics and depressions shows that they are invariably followed by a high tide of prosperity, the wave swinging high in about the same ratio that it swung low. But they always end. Some of them are longer than others, but regardless of what troubled man does about themo they always HAVE come to an end. And there is always a high tide of better times following on their departing footsteps. You can't stop that, either. Personally, I'm willing this one should swing as high as it pleases.
But it is worth ,.*"rrrulrirlg ft ", u""r, shining as a star of hope for me for five long years)-that these great panics and depressions have been among the apparently inevitable curses of mankind since civilization began; that during the two hundred odd years of our national life in this country they have occurred with rhythmic regularity, being apparently part and parcel of the price that mankind pays for this thing we call civilization. We have always had 'em.
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Deep rooted in the Union Lumber organization is a tradition for fafu dealing... based on half a century of seryice.
Retail dealers who buy their Redwood here have come to expect dependable grades, uniform quality and friendly service on every order.
NoYo, the Union Lumber Trade Mark symbolizes these standards. To maiqtain them...constantly...year in and year out ... is our pledge to the retail lumber(nen Thus NoYo, Chief of the Redwoods, takes his place as the guardian spirit of Noyo quality and standatds...to keep true the old sayiogJ tgoce I NoYo dealet
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I fear we always will. (If I don't have to scrap another one, however, it will suit me fine.)
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I might add, in passing, that from what I have read about the depressions of the past, this one lacked a whole lot of being a champion for severity. It has lasted a long time; but others lasted longer. And this one witnessed the loss of a huge amount of money; but that was simply because we had more money to lose. In actual darkness and severity, this wasn't the worst of the American panics by a whale of a lot. Yes, all the banks have closed before; and that other time it was no Government-arranged "holiday." They folded up, that other time, and Congress had to pass a general bankruptcy law, and many states repudiated their public debts. Dark details of past panics are shudder-creating. **t
But why dwell on depressions of the past, except simply as a reminder that this depression is nothing new or novel; that we've had worse before; and that they were invariably followed by grand times for a long while. So will this aftermath be. Let us simply hope and trust that we remember some of the lessons we have-or should havelearned. For it is natural and inevitable that we have a decade of magnificent prosperity ahead of us now.
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Personally, I rejoice that the day of the salesman is returning; that we will enter into a glorious era of hustling, working, thinking, producing, selling such as we never knew before. That's the kind of times that give to life and business-a thrill.
Some men mourn at seeing competition come back. Non-
sense ! When competition ends, efficiency dies, initiative disappears, and virility becomes only a name. We need competition to make men and things grow. Henry Ford remarked not long ago that "competition is a basic necessity in this country, in price, quality, and production."
Sure ! Competition builds mind and muscle; makes men and nations grow! ***
If there is anything that makes my blood boil it is to hear or read the jackassinine opinion that the good old days are never coming back because human invention, the machine age, and mass production have changed things around permanently, and we've got to find another route to travel. That statement always convinces me of just one thing, namely, that I have met one rnore guy with an atrophied brain; a petrified think-tank. I always feel like saying to the owner of such an opinion-"Go to work, you sad rascal, and forget it !" * * *
What a pitiful thing it is to think that just because we slipped into the trough of a business wave, human ingenuity must cease, human brains must stop functioning, and we must go back to raising our own food, spinning our own clothes, and living Chinese fashion from now on. Surely, in all God's great creation, nothing could be farther from the truth! ***
I like to think that I live in a land and belong in a generation whose future is ahead-not behind. I like to think that I live in a land where the glorious productions of the human mind are still in their infancy, and that generations and centuries of inventive genius of every worthy kind, beckon us on to higher concepts, and to greater progress.
Pulpits are of Quartered Oak in. tricately carved by hand.
Pews are made of Plain Oak.
Those who blame the machine age, mass production, and too much invention for conditions bf recent years' fail to state why mankind has known such conditions at frequent intervals for hundreds of years, long before invention had well started, the machine age had been thought of, or mass production invaded our civilization.
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Human invention hasn't really gotten well started yet. All worth-while invention brings benefits to the human race, and only the man who cannot see the forest for the trees, thinks otherwise. Only the whangdoodle mourns the crirnes of progress. This thinking nation is today starting on the pathway to a greater tomorrow.
John Cox, sales manager of the Vaughan Lumber Co., Ifouston, Texas, spent a day in Los Angeles recently calling on their sales connections. He was enroute to the Northwest where he will spend a few weeks visiting the mills. The Vaughan Lumber Co. is one of the largest wholesale concerns in the South.
The name of the Lennox Lumber & Supply Co., Inglervood, has been changed to the Joslin Lumber Co. M. E' Joslin is the owner and manager.
Only the first rung of the ladder to the heights above, have our feet touched. The wise men are pressing for- | ward and upward, courage in their hearts and a litany on their lips, ready to wring frorn the future the greatness they know it possesses for them.
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Laws of lirnitation along the line of greater progress and usefulness are man-made, not God-made. We're going to have great times in this country during the coming decade.
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The Good Book says: "The God of heaven He will prosper us, and we His children shall arise and build." But don't forget-it says "ARISE !"
The Moore Mill & Lumber Co. has purchased the S. S. Bandon from the Willis Navigation Co. of Seattle. This vessel was formerly in the Alaska trade. The co,mpany also operates the S.S. Alvarado, and both vessels will be used in transporting lumber from the mill at Bandon, Ore., to California ports.
The Diamond Match Co. has moved its yard from the old location at Suisun to its new premises at Fairfield. W. H. Lodge is manager.
It'r atmort unbelievable-and yet it'r r lact that beautilul Philippine Mahogcny lay unappreciated, certainly unvalued, until the American occupation ol the Philippine lrlandg during the Spanirh'American War in 1898.
Here wag this vagt lote*, easily ranlting lirrt in thc tropicat world, not only in size but abundance and value-a wood rtrikingly beautiful in figure and luperb lor such important architectural and decorativc purpoler a3 interior trim, paneling, millworlt, doorl, etc.
Thir intererting, larcinating rtory ol Philipplne Mrhogany ir being told in ! ncw rcricr of bulletinr irrued by the Tradc Promotion Divirion of the Philippine Mahogany Manufacturctt' lmport Arn., Inc. Thrce rre alrcady of, the prerr. Scnd for therc threc numberr and ack ur to put your ntms on oul mailing lirt to rcceivc there bulletinr, to you mry read thir interc*ing, rerial rtory ol Philippinc Mahogany-itr charactcrirtics and applicationr.
A thorough knowledge of Philippine Mahogcny will make money lor you.
Col. B. C. Allin, of Stockton, California, whom I have known for many years, is really proud of the tremendous growth and steadily increasing service and importance of the Port of Stockton, California, of which he is Port Commissioner. Col. Allin was the creator and first Port Commissioner of the Port of Houston, Texas, and made a magnificent job of that opportunity. Now he is not only the manag'er of the already great Port of Stockton, but he is likewise Port Commissioner of the new port at The Dalles, Oregon.
The figures of the Port of Stockton furnish ample evidence of the propriety of Col. Allin's pride concerning that new Port, just past its third year of existence. Get a load of these figures, showing how the Port has grown and is growing, but also the splendid variety of products handled. both in and out:
In 1933, the first year of the Port's life, the total handle of freight, in and out, was 76,n2 tons; in 1934 it h,ad jumped to 2ffi,553 tons I and in 1935 it reached the splendid total of 422,944 tons; or 759,499 tons handled in the first three years.
In 1935 the total of. 422,944 tons handled consisted of 289,733 tons outbound, and 133,211 tons inbound.
Stockton is already an important lumber handling port. Most of the tonnage thus far is inbound, being Douglas Fir brought in from the Pacific Northwest for distribution in Central California territory. In 1933 the inbound lumber tonnage handled at Stockton was 13,654 tons; in L934 it was 21,886 tons; and in 1935 it was 58,175 tons, or nearly 94,000 tons handled in three years.
The outbound lumber tonnage is entirely Ponderosa Pine from Northern California and Eastern Oregon territory, moving into Stockton by rail and water shipment to the Atlantic seaboard. In 1933 this totaled 3,145 tons; in 1934 it was 4,559 tons; and in 1935 it was 10,153 tons.
That the handle of lumber through the Port of Stockton
will increase steadily for years to come, seems to be a foregone conclusion. Gradually but steadily the facilities for handling lumber through this Port are increasing, and more and more people are using the Port as a lumber distributing service station. Col. Allin figures that when the Port of The Dalles, Oregon, is completed, which completion will depend on the construction of the new Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River, that much Ponderosa Pine produced in the East Oregon region will move by water into Stockton for distribution in California consuming territory, and at much saving in freight. The Dam will be completed in about a year, there will be some dredging to do, and then the Port of The Dalles, where splendid docks are now being built and equipped in advance of the opening of deep water, will be a very potent thing. It will probably be two years before all these things are accomplished.
But for the moment the Port of Stockton has many stout staffs of commerce and produce to depend on for its growth. Some of the items that are making the Port of Stockton a busy place today are, in addition to lumber, raisins, sugar, barley, beans, canned goods, wine, wheat, wool, hay, iron and steel, gold ore, and potatoes. All these products move in considerable volume through Stockton today. To give something of an idea of what some of these items amount to, witness the following figures:
In three years the Port has handled 82,974 tons of raisins; 67,707 tons of sugar ; ffi,248 tons of bafley (to England) ; 46,464 tons of canned goods ; 27,036 tons of beans; 20,6ffi tons of bailed cotton.
So the new and fast growing Port of Stockton is dependent on no particular line of business for its commerce, but enjoys the opportunity of handling an abundance of different lines, all of which contribute to its present importance, and point to its future greatness.
Col. Allin has much reason to be proud of his workmanship.
Now available from our newly purchased permanent location 820 East 60th Sreet Los Angeles, Calif.
Nearly a million feet carried in sixty sizes and grades for your convenience.
SThy take a chance when FROSTBRAND costs no more.
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Henry M. Hink, Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., vice president of East Bay Hoo Hoo Club No. 39, presided at the regular meeting of the club in place of President Gordon D. Pierce, who was absent through illneSs. The meeting was held.in the Athens Athletic Club, Oakland, Monday evening, February 10.
The club welcomed a large number of new members, and proper recognition was given to the fact that the East Bay Club was formed eleven years ago (February 18, 1925).
Professor Emanuel Fritz gave one of his short talks on moisture in wood, speaking mainly on the subject of dry kilning.
The principal speaker was Dr. Ray H. Fisher, who gave a very vivid account of the operation of the "Pony Express," its historical background, etc. Dr. Fisher's father was one of the express riders, operating out of Salt Lake City. The speaker had many interesting souvenirs with which to illustrate his talk.
Jas. B. Overcast won the door prize of $5.@.
Announcement was made of the fact that the Fourth Annual Reveille is to be held in April. The meetin$ was well attended.
Dick Twohy, lGyear-old son of Arthur Twohy, Twohy Lumber Co., Los Angeles, was injured in an automobile accident Sunday morning, February 23, on the Angeles Crest Highway near Montrose. He is now confined to the Monte Sano hospital, Los Angeles.
George Ream, Sales Manager for Kerckhoff-Cuzner Mill & Lumber Company, at Los Angeles, is very "high" at the present time on conditions and prospects for building during the coming season in Southern California. He thinks 1936 will be as much better than 1935 than 1935 was an improvement over L934, and that since the increasing building volume is made up mostly of homes and other small type buildings, it means just that much better business for the retail lumber trade. Kerckhoff-Cuzner carries one of the biggest lines of building material of any jobber in the state, and is well stocked in anticipation of a fine season.
The E. L. Reitz Company of Los Angeles has purchased the steam schooner San Diego from the Hart Wood Lumber Co. The steamer will operate in the coastwise lumber service.
L. C. Stewart, Sudden & Christenson, San Francisco, was a visitor at the company's Los Angeles office around the middle of February.
The California Mill & Lumber Co have unoved to 200 East Victory Boulevard, Burbank. They were formerly at 3330 West 36th Street, Los Angeles.
Accurote ond uniform grades dre necessdry lor the dealer who is interested in keeping satisfied customers. Every piece o lumber shipped by us iq graded ot the door of the car. All of our shipping graders hold Certificotes o[ Proficiency issued bv the \flestern Pine Associotion. Many dealers hove found this extro precaution on drssurdnce of consistently uniformly graded lumber.
Our mill is operating steadily and our trade is assured of prompt shipments of uniformly graded, soft-textured, kiln-dried lumber every month of the year.
Trail breaking, port finding, railroad building were just part of the day's work in the early years of the Union Lumber Company, redwood pioneers, whose colorful history covers over half a century.
On the occasion of his 77th birthday, February 14, C. R. Johnson, President of the company, in reminiscing about the old days with members of his firm, ran across an old picture of the company's first sawmill. Mr. Johnson operated this sawmill himself in 1883-84.
It was located on Mill Creek, tributary of the North Fork of Ten Mile, in which watershed, logging operations are now carried on to supply the modern plant located at Fort Bragg. Actual logging is still being carried on not more than two or three miles distant from its location.
In contrast to its first operation, the Union Lumber Company now operates two big and modern sawmill plants, manufacturing Redwood in California. These two mills are located at Fort Bragg and Mendocino.
The chief milling unit operated by this concern is now at Fort Bragg, which is one of the most modern and efficient mills in the Redwood belt, producing over 80 million feet of Redwood annually. This plant is served by rail, water and truck. Vessel shipment is made to California and export markets. Rail and truck service is available in California, while Eastern markets are served bv rail and intercoastal shipment.
The view of the present plant at Fort Bragg offers a real contrast to the early-day mill. It is modern in every
detail and includes every facility for efficient production. The sawmill itself is equipped with three band. head rigs. The dry kiln equipment is of the most modern type, recently supplemented with 11 new units. This plant is strictly a sawmill and planer operation and not a remanufacturing proposition. The planing mill, one of the largest ut
the plant, is a most effrcient operation. It goes no further into the remanufacturing of lumber than the making of siding, ceiling, trim, tank stock, etc.
Around this plant has been established the town of Fort Bragg, which now has a population of about 3500. In tnd about this town employees of the Union Lumber Com-
pany have established their own homes, and enjoy every modern convenience for their comfort' Fort Bragg is the Western terminus of the California lMestern Railroad and Navigation Company. This railroad furnishes the rail outlet for the product of the Union Lumber Company. The railroad, some 40 miles in length, connects with the main line of the Northwestern Pacific at Willits. In climbing the mountain between Fort Bragg and Willits the line travels eight miles in one instance to cover one airline mile' The plant of the Mendocino Lumber Company is locatecl on the Coast at Mendocino City, 12 miles south of Fort Bragg. It is equipped with two band head rigs and is capable of producing over 30 million feet a year. There is no rail connection, shipments being made either by vessel from Mendocino Harbor or by truck from Mendocino to Fort Bragg and then loaded in cars'
To serve the coast wide trade and to handle vessel shipment from the Union Lumber Company's sawmills they own and operate the lumber carrying steamer "Noyo," which has a capacity of about 1,000,000 feet' This vessel runs the year round between the two loading harbors at Fort Bragg and Mendocino and ports of San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and others'
The Union Lumber Company owns enough virgin Redwood timber adjacent to these two mills to keep them in continuous operation at their present rate of production for decades to come. It is fitting here to explain the meaning of the word "Noyo," the company's copyrighted trade-mark' "Noyo" is an Indian word for timbered river. In naming
it, the Indians showed real foresight, as there have been logging operations carried on in the Noyo River country for the past 60 years.
It has been history making, the establishment and development of these outstanding operations. C. R. Johnson
son, II, recently graduated from college, now working in the Fort Bragg logging operation.
These men are surrounded with a live-wire organization that sparkles with enthusiasm while continuing to build the name and fame of the Union Lumber Comoanv. The
nor,v heads the enterprises and or.ganization which he founded in the pioneer days. There are three generations of the Johnson family actively engaged in the interests of the
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logging and sawmill operations have as their head M. D. Gray, general manager at Fort Bragg. E. L. Green is vice_ president, in charge of all sales. A well rounded organiza_
Union Lumber Company at the present time: C. R. John_ sor.r, president; his son, Otis R. Johnson, vice_president and general manag'er, and his grandson, Charles Russell lohn_
How Union Lumber ,"*fffi"lrF1:!^ledwood in the Earty Days tion, the Union Lumber Company has come to stand for integrity, conservatism, dependability and general worthi_ ness throughout the Redwood world.
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Things are being brightened up around the yard and office of the Hammond Lumber Co., in Los Angeles. The entire interior of the big office building has been newly stained and painted as to the woodwork, and the ceilings and upper walls have been covered with Canec and with Celotex, improving the appearance and reducing the noise very materially.
In addition the big building facing the street that was formerly occupied by the hardware and other departments, has been torn down, and a large parking space will be thus 'created.
C. C. Bowerman, president of the Bowerman Lumber Company, Glendale, Calif., died suddenly at a hotel irr Phoenix, Arizona, February 13, where he was stopping while enroute by automobile with Mrs. Bowerman for Florida. He rvas apparently in good health when he left home. Mr. Bo'rverman was a native of Michigan, and was 58 years of age. Before coming to Glendale in 1924, he was connected with the lumber business in Idaho at Pocatello and St. Anthony lor 24 years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Stella Bowerman; a daughter, Mrs. George M. Hammond of Glendale; two grandsons, Charles and Carroll Hammond; a'brother, Guy E. Bowerman of Beverly Hills; and a sister, Mrs. F. W. Taylor of San Diego. Funeral services were held at 11 :00 A. M., Saturday, February 15, at Glendale.
J. W. McClure, secretary of the National Hardwood Lumber Association with headquarters at Chicago, was the guest of the Los Angeles members of the Association at a luncheon at the Jonathan Club on February 25. Mr. McClure is on a tour of the country looking over lumber conditions and calling on the hardwood trade. Following his visit in Southern Californial he left for San Francisco.
Floyd W. Westman, who has been connected with the Los Angeles office of the Washington Veneer Co. for the past year assisting Ted Wright, California sales representative, has returned to Olympia, Wash., where he will be associated with the sales department at the mill. Prior to his coming to Los Angeles, Mr. Westman was at the company's mill.
The Central Lumber & Supply Co. has purchased the Light Lumber Co. yard at Phoenix, Ariz. The yard will be moved to a new location at 1322 South Central Avenue. R. H. Kennerdell, president of the Corva Cedar Products Co. at Ashforks, Ariz., is the new owner and King C. Light, who will be associated with him, will continue as manager of the vard.
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Cargo and Rail Shipments-Veekly sailings to California ports-Packaged lumber, stowed even lengths and widths -Shipments made as promised.
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fmmediate teletype service between branch ofices, head ofice and mills available at all times pertaining to customerst orders and shipments.
Three men came down to the depot, inquired about a train, found, that it was an hour late, so they went across the street to a saloon, and settled down to doing a little heavy drinking.
So engrossed were they in this occupation an hour or so later that they did not even hear the train when it came in, and only when the whistle blew signaling the train had started did they become aware of the situation. So they busted through the saloon door and made a wild rush for the train, now moving slowly out of the depot.
Sacramento, Jan. 28.-The largest home building boom in the history of the State Veterans' Welfare Board had been predicted here today by Chairman Thomas Foley, who announced that since'January 1 there had been 441 selection and purchase certificates issued.
Los Angeles County led the list of applicants with 136, San Francisco was second with 75, Alameda 70 and San Diego 20.
Mr. Foley said he believed 25 per cent of the $215,000,000 California veterans will receive when the bonus is paid will go into home building as down payments on loans from the welfare board.
E. J. Calloway, president of Wheeler Osgood Sales Corporation, Tacoma, was recently in San Francsico on a business trip, conferring with Larue 'Woodson, in charge of sales for California, Arizona and Nevada.
Two of the other was a fat
ll and athletic in build, but the tall men succeeded in catching the train and on board, and the train went off with them, leaving the fat man behind. He walked back to the saloon. The barkeeper had witnessed the, chase of the train from the door, so he said to the fat man:
"Too bad your friends catching the train that way, and you getting left behind."
"You don't know the half of it, buddy," said the fat man. "Those two mugs just came down to see me off."
A large delegation of West Coast representatives of The Celotex Corporation attended the annual sales conference recently held in New Orleans. They also visited the company's plant at Marrero, La. Included in the party were Lou Hackett, Ernie Bacon, Bill Bias, Jim Block, Neil Comegys, Tom Crain, H. W. "Brownie" Brown, Wayne Downes, Harry Holtgen, Sam Pawsey and Walter Keating of the Los Angeles office; Charlie Smith, Seattle; Bert Lyall, Spokane; and Cornelius McCormick, Portland.
Don M. Oder, Southern California representative of the Aberdeen Plywood Co., and manager of Northwest Lumber Agency, has moved to 1811 East 16th Street, Los Angeles, where he will carry an accommodation stock of Fir plywood exclusively for the jobbing trade.
The telephone number at the new warehouse is PRospect 3516.
SPECIES
NORTHERN
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R. R. (Bob) Leishman has resigned his position with the California Redwood Association, effective March 1, and has joined the sales staff of A. L. (Gus) Hoover, Los Angeles wholesaler and representative of The Pacific Lumber Company and Wendling-Nathan Co. in Southern California.
Mr. Leishman has been connected with the lumber industry for a long period and is well known in California lumber circles. For the past four years he was connected with the Los Angeles office of the California Redwood Association in charge of trade promotion and lumber inspection in Southern California. Prior to that he was with the Redwood Manufacturers Co. at Pittsburg, Calif., in charge of their mill department. He will join Mr. Hoover's organization on March 1 and will call on the retail lumber trade in the Los Angeles district.
Ilerman Rosenberg of the Hipolito Company, Los Angeles, says there is a marked improvement in the sash, screen, and millwork business in the Los Angeles territory. There has been an excellent volume situation for some time, but too much competition has kept prices somewhat depressed. A general stiffening in the sash and door situation, with improved prospects for Southern California building, is remedying this, and prospects for spring business look very good, says Mr. Rosenberg.
The annual meeting of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association was held at the Winthrop Hotel, Tacoma, Friday, January 31. There was a large attendance, special invitations having been issued to all logging, shingle, plywood and door operators, in addition to lumbermen. President W. B. Nettleton of Seattle presided at the meeting.
The Board of Trustees elected for the coming year werr!: H. A. LaPlant, Lyman, Wash.; H. W. Stuchell, Everett, Wash.; W. B. Nettleton, Seattle, Wash.; Frost Snyder, Tacoma, Wash.; Stuart Polson, Hoquiam, Wash.; C. H. Kreienbaum, Shelton, Wash.; R. T. Moore, Bandon, Ore.; C. H. Watzek, Wauna, Ore.; W. W. Clark, Portland, Ore.; J. H. McGladry, Eugene, Ore.
The trustees elected J. D. Tennant, Longview, as honorary trustee; F. R. Titcomb, Tacoma, vice-president for Washington; T.,V. Larson, vice-president for Oregon; trustees-at-large, J. H. Bloedel, Seattle I George T. Gerlinger, Dallas, Ore.; Corydon Wagner, Tacoma, Wash. Elmer Worth was elected trustee to represent the small mills of Oregon.
At the next meeting of the Board of Trustees, the president of the Association will be elected.
The program of detailed trade promotion now under way as a cooperative movement in the interests of West Coast lumber was discussed by Corydon Wagner, chairman of the trade promotion committee. George T. Gerlinger, chairman of the traffic committee, led the discussion on traffic matters with reference to the temporary 72-cent freight rate to the territory east of Chicago. H. N. Proebstel, formerly traffic manager of the Association, but now
assistant general freight agent for the Northern Pacific Railway, also talked on the 7Z-cent rate.
Col. W. B. Greeley, secretary-manager of the Association, stated that 80 per cent of the West Coast manufacturing capacity is represented by the Association's membership. He talked on trade promotion, the Canadian trade treaty, and the importance of the Association, local organizations now in operation, and urged the establishment of local branches in other West Coast districts.
T. C. Combs of Los Angeles, who recently joined the Association's field force, outlined the California school building program, estimating that the expenditures for school buildings in California would amount to 3O million dollars in 1936, and lumber used in these buildings would represent a valuation of about 4l million dollars. He stated that the highway engineers were building many wooden bridges in California, also that the trend is to use more wood products in residential buildings.
Governor Clarence D. Martin of Washington addressed the meeting, discussing problems of close joint interest between the state and the lumber industry. Governor Martin was introduced by W. B. Nettleton.
Other speakers on the program included G. E. Karlen, Karlen-Davis Lumber Co., Tacoma, who discussed the railroad car market; Carl Blackstock, Blackstock Lumber Co., Seattle, and president of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association, trade promotion and grade-marking ; President Nettleton, lumber market conditions in the Orient; and J. D. Tennant, Long-Bell Lumber Co., Longview, the new 72<.ent freight rate to ti:rritories east of the Chicago-Indiana line.
Booth-Kelly Douglae Fir, the Aesociation grade and trade mark certify to your customere the quality of the etock you handle. Builders quit gueasing about what they'rc buying, and buy where thcy know what they're
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Dolbs & Cmm knhc Cc'
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Gcozc W. Gom
lil Samc St. .'...............-.Dousht tstt
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l-lr Miltr Bldc. ..................'sutbtr r$5
Henoond & Uttb Rlvcr Rodsood C,o.'
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MrcDondd & Hurhtto Ltd.' - --ii Cittlrrtr Strt t...............'GArfidd af3
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Prctfic l,unb.r Cc Thr ro BuA StF.i........,...........GAr6cH lrtl
Rcd Rlvor Lmbsr Cc, !r5 Mrodrct 81ds,.......,......GArfrdd n
Sute Fc Lmba Ca, f3 Crllfmir Str6t............KEuy tll
Schafcr Bu- Lunbcr & Sbbrf! Cc, ll Fifa 81dr.......................Suftr lm
Shcvlb Pim Sales Co., lC80 Moa&roc& Bldr
Sud&n & Chrtrtcnron, 3lt Saumc Stnit.........,......GArfcld ull
Trovcr Lunbcr Co., u0 Mukct StF.t....,......,........SUttE L2a
Unlon Lumbcr Co,, Cilclcr Bulldtnr ..Sutt!r afta
Wadllag-Nathrn Co, ll0 Mrrkrt StE t ........,.........Suttcrlt|'
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Forrytl lter.dtood Co., 153 BryrLcr Blv.L ...,...........ATwrtcr Oll
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Mceruldq Cber. R- f.rnbrr Co.
E. K. Wood Lunb.r Co. I Drunn Strclt,...................KErrrt ml
Mo6. Mltl & Ltnb.r Co.
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Horu Lrubcr GoPraY' ---2!d a Atlcr Strictr-..'.. Glacourt |t|l
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W.rtm lrc & 3rA Co., 5rl & C:zru Sti ..............L1trtdr t0
Strablc Hrdrood @ 53? FiEt Str..t.. :....'........'TEmplcbrr 55tl
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MrcDoH & Huirrtoo, Ltd.'
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Prdffc tunhc C.;o, Tbr tD S.. f.. lr,- Arr. ........'.......YO* fff
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Rod Rlvrr Lub.r Co' ?@ E. Sllro .CEaturT 2toll
Sutr Fa Lulrbc Co. tff Fhlscld Crat r Bldt.....,.VAndtrc {{?r
Schalcr Brc. Lunbc & Sbhsl. Cc, l%a W. M. G.drtd Bl.lt.........TRblV {t?f
Shxlln Pine Salcr Ca, '32t Pctrclcm Scarltic Bldg. PRcFGt aars
Suddo & Chrlrtauo, atc Bcrd of Tnd. Bldt. ......,.TRh1Vttll
Union Lulber Co
tA W. M. Grdenrl Btdr...,.......TRlDltt zt2
Wcndlhg-Nathen Co, ?o !b lr Brcr rlvc. .,............Yffi u$
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Cadmlladcr-Glbm Co., Inc., !@t Mln Arc. ...,.,..........,.Anplur tllll Findlay Mllar Tlnbcr Co,, lll W. Scvanth St. ...,..,........TUclGr ll21
P.trf.c66 Oak Floqlnl Co, &0 E. oth sL ..............,.......ADam9 !2ll
Stilto, E. J., & So, 2061 Eut ltth Str.Gt..,.........CEahrry llElf
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PANEI.S AND PLYWOOD crl|fmh Pul & Vcncr C,o, t56 So Abnsdr SL,...............TRb|ty G?
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Red Rtw Lubcr Co., 7O E. Slaun ..CErtrry llTl
WLclc-Oggad Sdor Cclmtirl a$ Sacnmto SL ...............TUcLr ||a
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Oh, the eagerness and freshness of youth ! How the boy enjoys his food, his sleep, his sports, his , his truant days ! His life is an adventure, he is idening his outlook, he is extending his dominion, he kingdom ! How cheap are his how ready his enthusiasm! In boyhood I have had delight on a hay-
mow with two companions
I am small, but I carry t messages. I am necessary to the I keep up to date. of the world. his I am crowned with
Teacher: "Johnny, if came nearer intoxication ever had in all the playmates, what subsequent holidays of When youth goes, and Johnny: "They' manhood comes, it. We exchange a world of delightful and sensations for a world of duties and studies tions. The youth enjoys what the man tries to tand. Lucky is he who can get his grapes toand keep the bloom upon them,
who can carry some the freshness and eagerness and his later years, who can have a simplicity of youth boy's heart below 's head.-John Burroughs.
John: "IIow long does it take you to dress every morning?"
Jim: "About half an hour."
John: "It only takes me ten minutes."
Jim: "I wash;'r
k of service.
THE BOYI VIEWPOINT ys polite to all your of you?" could lick me."
oh, rit of adventure, prisoned in me should I stay, supinely, in one place every nerve cries out for me to race The westward drooping sun into the sea?
What holds me when Its unknown wonders has opened wide my restless feet?
Why, like a tethered ng should I greet Each night from my own fireside?
I'd be a nomad, lea an ash-strewn floor To wander homeless, seeking mystery; But some primeval instinct stirs in me And draws a heavy stone before my door. -Alberta McMahon Sherwin in The Lantern.
Harry McGahey, manager of the San Diego Lumber Co., San Diego, is optimistic regarding the business outlook. His company enjoyed a f.airly good year in 1935, and believes 1936 will be as good, if not better. "If we did not sincerel/ believe business was going to be better, we would not have spent approximately $10,000 for new equipment as we have done in the past ferv months." he savs.
We have several designs of these beautiful front doors, which we carry in both
and
These are special front doors at stock prices.
The accompanying photograph shows a portion of their warehouse and some of the new equipment the company have bought; Ross carrier, Federal truck and Sheppard hoist, all of which are 1935 models. "While the San Diego Lumber Company is 67 years old, we are striving to keep our operation modern," Mr. McGahey states.
A retail lumberman of mature age, judgment and business ability desires position. Fifteen years in Los Angeles County. Best of references as to ability, honesty and character. Address Box C-606 California Lumber Merchant.
Yard foreman, order clerk, shipping clerk, tallyman or general work in yard and office, age 45 years, of good appearance, active. 25 years' luFber and building material experience on this coast, last 12 years in California. Will go anywhere. Best lumber references. Address Box C-607, California Lumber Merchant.
RED DANGER FT.AGS
Lettering in Oil Colors-Prices on Request
Albcrt B. TucLcr
ll8% No. Cedar St. - Glendale, Calif.
Al bookkeeper wanted, capable of taking entire charge of book work in wholesale lumber firm. One with selling experience, who has own car preferred. Give exp6rience, references and salary expected. Address Box C-605, California Lumber Merchant.
Will sacrifice for quick sale. Complete yard and stock near Los Angeles. Will discount 40Vo. Box C-604, California Lumber Merchant.
Do you want to buy an outstanding retail lumber yard near Los Angeles? Never before offered for sale. Shows handsome profit for the last four years. Will require about $16,000. Twohy Lumber Company, 549 Petroleum Securities Bldg., Los Angeles. Telephone PRospect 8746.
E. D. Kingsley, West Oregon Lumber Co., Linnton, Ore., and President of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, addressed the Sacramento Valley Lumbermen's Club on "American Lumber Standards" at its meeting at Sacramento on February 13. E. S. McBride, prebident of the Club, presided at the meeting.
The Diamond Match Co. has opened a yard at Robbins. rt :t rt
The Peninsula Lumbermen's Club held a dinner dance at the Hotel Cardinal, Palo Alto, on Friday evening, February 12.
Lloyd Harris, Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., San Francisco, was the winner of the first prize, $100.00, in the Redwood Salesmen's Contest that was recently conducted by the California Redwood Association. J.J. Farley, The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, was the winner of second prize of $50.00, and R. E. Seward, Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., Los Angeles, was awarded the third prize of $25.00. A prize of $10.0O, which included the fourth to seventh awards, went to R. T. O'lfara, Redwood Manufacturers Co., Fresno; G. S. Whiteside, Hobbs-Wall & Co., San Francisco; Henry Hink, Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., San Francisco, and W. G. Hamilton, Holmes Eu16!a Lumber Co., Los Angeles. rl !, The first prize for retail lumber deaiers,,S5.00, was awarded to Curtis Cutter, Cutter Mill & Lumber Co., Sac-
ramento; second prize, $25.00, R. E. Wells, West Turlock Mill & Lumber Co., Turlock; third prize, $10.00, W. K. Kendrick, Valley Lumber Co., Fresno; fourth prize, $1O.00, Edwin Frane, Frank Frane & Son, Reedley.
The following received honorable mention: Thomas Cotter, C. & O. Lumber Co.; Wood Bros. Lumber Co., Santa Cruz; J. A. Blanken, Santa Rosa; W. H. Houston, Peoples Lumber Co., Ventura; R. O. Deacon, Deacon Lumber Co., Fresno.
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Stuart B. Show has been appointed District Forester of the California District. He succeeds Faul G. Redington, who has been appointed District Forester with headqlarters in Washington.
The Merner Lumber ;.
elto has ccmpleted some new improvements at their plant.
"Efficiency, precision, dependability and unfailing courtesy pay," says "Al" Koehl of John W. Koehl & Son, Los Angeles, in an interview with a representative of "The California Lumber Merchant", who writes an interesting article on his visit to their olant. **
Frank Park of the Park Lumber Co., La Mesa, has completed improvements to his plant in the way of a new of6ce building and lumber sheds.
Portland, Ore., Feb. 15.-In the series of publications prepared and distributed by the Western Pine Association a new book has recently been released under the title, "Sugar Pine-Its Properties, lJses and Grades." This book on Sugar Pine is a fitting companion to the books dealing with Ponderosa Pine and Idaho White Pine, completing the triad of publications on these important species.
It is a booklet designed for information' and convenient reference, of 52 pages, size 8fxll inches, with attractive pa.per covers. The text is a clear, authentic exposition of the subject matter and presents essential information pertaining to the wood, its products and utilization, in a comprehensive manner. In logical order the contents deal with important phases of the subject, especially the botanical classification of the species; timber supply and production of Sugar Pine lumber; manufacture, seasoning and grading; characteristics and properties of the wood; recommendations for specific uses; and descriptions of the current standard grades.
The book is notable for its many fine illustrations, with a frontispiece showing an artistic reduced portrait sketch of David Douglas, the noted naturalist who discovered the lordly Sugar Pine species and named it Pinus lambertiana. The other illustrations are from photographic cuts depicting timber and mill scenes; views showing typical installations and uses for which the wood is particularly adapted; and finally, a set of clear, authentic pictures illustrating typical examples of the grades of lumber that are described in the text.
The cover designs are rather unique and decorative. The background consists of a lithographed facsimile of the surfaces of actual Sugar Pine boards, showing the grain and figure, with characteristic marking and natural color of the wood, in a very realistic way. All in all it is a fine specimen of typography and worthy ol a permanent place in the bibliography pertaining to American forest products and their utilization. From the first printing the Western Pine Association is sending several thousand cqpies direct to established architectural firms, and state and federal procurement officers. The booklet will be particularly helpful to individuals engaged in the specification, purchase or sale of lumber.
The Association member mills, through their sales offices, are supplying copies to their dealers, wholesalers and salesmen. Others are purchasing single copies or quantity lots direct from the Western Pine Association, Yeon Bldg., Portland, Ore.
Geo. R. Kendrick, district sales manager, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., San Francisco, recently spent a few days at the company's Los Angeles office.
Ed lvory, Ivory Pine Co., Klamath Falls, Ore., spent a few days calling on the trade in the Los Angeles territory last month.
When the order is large-too large to fill from stock on hand-that's when Hammond service counts. Large scale product io n f acilitie.s. Smooth work ing co-ord ina t ion throu ghout the organization. Vast reserves of Redwood timber. Basic factors, these. in maintaining the Hammond tradition of delivering quality Redwood lumber.
