Center Matched and Quarter Bumed Panels are our specialty. With our Los Angeles plant equipped with machinery of the latest designs and our products manufactured by skilled operators, we are in position to supply the furniture, radio and retail lumber trade with Walnut Panels of the various kinds specified at short notice'
We are also prepared to manufacture Panels of other Domestic Hardwoods. Placing your order with us eliminates the problen-r of delayed shipments from distant points'
Stocks of Domestic and Phitippine Hardwood Panels sufficient to meet the normal requirements of the trade ate aLways carried' Prompt shipments can be made.
RT,AINING SINCE 1868
A SPIRIT OF SATISFACTION AND SECURITY WILL NOW PERVADE THE BUSINESS WORLD
A SIMILAR SATISFACTION HAS BEEN EXPERIET.ICED BY RETAIL DEALERS SINCE THE INAUGURATION OF OUR "FRIENDLY DEALERS SERVICE"
Main Warehoruee and Gencrel Oficer at 9O2 North .dlamcda, Lor Angctes Mutual g1g1 subsidiary warehoruee at Hollywood, San Fcmando, san pcdro, Pasedena, Lamanda, Arcadiq Savannah, Azura, Covina, Pornona, Calipatria, Brawlcy, ftnperial
Roofings-Wall Boardt-Building Miecellanies for the Retail Dealer
tacarecatod und.r &. brr ol Cellfcab J. C. Dldr., p'r. ald t-i,r.; .1. E M.'.th, vica-Pncc.; a c. Mcrryman, Jr.r Socy.
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3l&lr-, cENTRAL s-tiir.DiN-c" Los ANGEL-Es' ^cAL' -* - - E"tica--ar Sccmd-ctag! -rnattcr Scptqnbcq 25, -l!Z -la-Aryd.*-Canfcntl, tndc M
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Subrcription Pricc, $2.1D pGt YGrt Singlc Copicrr
Dowla^r Fir Cargo. Prices continue firm at the millr with No. 3 -*--ot an-d vertical grain clears Yery *rong' The mills report excellent ordcr-filea Mtny of th3 logging camps ttat were forced to chut down due to weatber condrtio* h"t" rerurned operatio,nr-log pricer are holdins firm and there ir no surplur of logs on hand. With the coming of milder rveather in the eari the millr are looking f9f tt increared dbrnand from the MiaaU Weet and Atlantic Coart territorler. There has been a good dernand for car materid'
The Dotrglas fir rail market ha'r rhown no change during tte past two weekr. Pricer are firrn
Tt; C"Ufo.i. market shows no changc. Unrold rtoc{r at San Pedro on March 13 totaled 8'394'0OO ft. 33 vge1elr *" t*a up, with rix vessels operating off'rhore. Lath has rhown soile ctrenglh during tbe past week and thcre are t.ry f"* uneold tith "t San Pedr;. Carg-o arrivalr "!.S"1 Fraircisco from Warhinglon and Oregon for the month of F"[t tary totated 38,25aOOO feet {r cargo arrivals at San Pedro for February amotmted to 84'28Q0fl) feet.
iedwood. C"ti" anivatc at San Francisco for February totaled 16,643,000 ft. Cergo receiptr at San Pedro for Febtuarv tbtabd 3,78O,(XX) lo!-. A new Redwood pri-ce f"t a"tui March 1 Lac been publirhed, which appears to be a readjurtment of the price etnrcture, rhowing lome iterns
The National Plywood Distributors Associatignr repr.esentative of the wholesale distribution of plywood throughout the United States, was organized in Chicago on Monday, February 18,1929.
The following officers and members of the Board of Directors were elJcted: R. C' Clark of the R. C. Clark Veneer Comoany. Chicaso, President; B. W. I-ord of the Chicago Veneer Co-pan!, Chicago. first vice-president;-George L' Waetjen of the G.otg. L-. Waetjen & e-ompan;r, Milwaukee, ,..onh vice-president; W. E. Perry of the $lg-om.a- Panel Company, Ciricago, third vice-presi4e.nt; M' L. Strickler of ttre jottri A. Gatfrer t Cqmql1f, C]ri9ag-o, treasurer; !. F' D. Ii4effley, r."telaty; J.E'Allen of the J. C. Deacon C-omoanv. Chitaso. Hariv Dubia of the Roddis Company, Inc', 'Ctr;i"so. H.-G. Penrod of Wuest & Penrod Fir Panel Comoanv."Cincinnati. George Becchold of the Claus Panel to-p"tty, Cleveland, R' C. Ctark' -C. hicago, 3. y,/. T 'ord, Chicago, and George L. Waetjen, Milwaukee, as directors'
The objects of the association shall be to foster the business interests of its members and of those in any way related to the Plywood industry by common business interests: to establish and maintain uniiormity and equity in the customs and commercial usages of the Plywood Trade; to gather and disseminate valuable business information; to f,romote an enlarged and friendly intercourse among thole engaged in the flywood industry and with the public'
cactr rnolh lt -clt-. TELEPHoNE, vAdlla 1565 E. l'21 it ttc Pdtofficr at r da MsGh L ltilt 124 uI hisher and reductioru in others. Elimination of the t'Mer' ch-antablett grade is alro announced. --Errir"rrii wt it. -J S.rg., pio". P{cea remain rtrong "nJaerirabi.lt.* *i"ttitg """t"tr. The demand fo,r ind;tttJ-."d;dtlt"-t-"ootlo.t rtrong' Mill rtocks have beenreduced.
According to the report of t\e Netional Lumber Manuf".t"".*-A,i""i*i"t "i Ul"t"h ?' the roftwood and har{' ila-"Lti.il* i"i tf" fttt ttine weekr of 1929, are as followr:
Wet Coart Lumbermentr 'lrsociatiol' Production'- ltsli',fdz Ml;t; shtfmentr, 1,3o3,5(H M feet; Chders' 1,459,762 M fe€tCalifornia White and Sugar Pine Association' Pro'duction' 126$tlu f;l;S[ip;"n't, 21e,156 M feet; orderc' 21e'O92 M feet.
California Redwood Association' Production' -5-8'-874 M fJ;6;'";; se;ogrM feet; Productioy,67,,!!lI t::!' - -- Silh; irio.lr-"i"tio". Production, 196!!2-2 [tl feet; Ship-entr, 603,382 M feet; Orders, 6.32'53f M feeL
Total hard*""a iL'.-Li pioauJtitgl'^195.r92-a -M f""iiStro-"r"7ie'ees M feet; orderr, 482,999 M feet'
'JOHN DUDFIELD
John sula at
Dudfield, 57, Pioneer lumber dealer Palo Alto, died FebruarY 26, after an lle was a native of Watsonville, and
of the peninillness of four spent his boYSan Jose. He is survived by his widow and four
H. C. CLARK MOVES TO IIEW OFFTCE Q-UARTERS --H-. C. Clark, manager of the Sacramento office for the er"ift-k"ify Lumber -Co., has go-v99- to new office quarters ;J i; now iocated at Room 517, Calilotnia State Life Bldg'' S"c.amento. His telephone is Main 4188'
ED. IVORY VISITS LOS ANGELES
San Francisco, has Ed. Ivory, Chas' Nelson Company, -Franclsco' has ^- .^--,{'i;- " ferv devq in Southern California and is been spending a few daYs in.Sout ;"Htg ttit tt'."aquarters at the company's Los Angeles office.
RAY COX AND I. L. WALKER IN LOS ANGELES nly C.", general manager-o-f ttre Built-In-Fixture Comp"r,v'"t Berfeley, and I. L. W"lktt' general field superin[.",i.nt of the .i*. .otttp"ny, have been spending the past several days in l-os Angeles.
California Redwood is today beautifying the interior and exlerior of thousands of new homes. Its natural coloring, beauty of grain, and all-around adaptability for nearly evert' eonstruction purpose, is placing this wood in ever-increasing favor, not only with architecto contractor and builder, but with the prospective home-owner as well.
The retail lumber dealer who does not carry a well-rounded-out stock of Redwood is missing a profit in dollars and the eventual good will of a Redwood custorner. There is a real sales message behind this California wood. You should be telling it.
The Hammond mill at Samoa manufaetureg Redwood from the select timber etands of Humboldt County. Stocks in all grades and eizee always on hand at our distributing yards.
By Jack Dionne
1929 is going to be a better building and lumber year in California than 1928 was. And 1930 is going to be a better year than 1929. But we should be getting along on an asce4ding scale for some time to come. Everything intelligent points that way. The pendulum took a long swing one way-s11d not a pleasant way to the lumber industrybut now it is swinging back. This will be a good lumber year. Next year will be a big one.
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Today we have a new President of these United States. Business men will watch his progress, confidently and hopefully. Herber Hoover is better equipped and more fully experienced as a BUSINESS MAN than any man who has ever held that high office. And prwious to his stepping into the Presidency he has done more FOR business than has any previous President. We know that he is business minded; we know that he is possessed of business tolerance because he knows the problems of business; and we believe that during his administration American business should lrrow its greatest development. Let's all of us hold up his hand, and pray for his administrative success.
man of his time, a silversmith, a coppersmith, a steel engraver, a ship builder, a dentist, and other things. But ttre most interesting thing about Paul to me, was the fact that shortly after his famous ride a mediocre poet of that day and age, wrote a rhyme on the subject. No one paid much attention to it, and the famous ride threatened to be lost to history until Longfellow read the first poem, and taking the thread of it, wrote his great lyric "The Ride of Paul Revere." The answer is, when you get an advertising rnan, get a god one. Paul had the stuff all the time, but his first ad man failed to "put his story across." Along came a real publicity man, Longfellow, and Paul becomes a hero of the ages'
"NATION'S
the editorial opinion that the biggest change noticeable in modern business is the disposition on the part of the manufacturer to quit selling what they want to make, and begin making what the public wants to buy. "We have,changed a little from first making and then insisting that the customer buy. We are beginning to find out what the buyer will use and can pay for." Truly that applies to the lumber industry more than to any other we have any knowledge of. From time immemorial the sawmill man brought in his logs, cut them into what he considEred the best items, and offered them for sale. This WILL, this MUST become less and less a volume business, and more and more a SERVICE industry. As time goes on the sawmill man with his log on the carriage ready to cut, will assume the attitude of the meat market man with his side of beef on the block, ready to cut it into any size or shape that the customer desires. He will cut what they want. He will cut it mone slowly for that reason, and he will cut to better advantage for a,ll concerned, himself included. We are heading that way.
Heard a very irrto."tif ;*:* the other day on Paul Revere. Unless you have heard or read it you have no idea what a rernarkable gentleman that famous night horseback rider really was. He was a gentleman and a scholar, to begin with. And more than that he was a famous crafts-
Speaking of advertising and its results, here's a peach of an experience. How long since you first heard of "halitosis?" Quite recent, wasn't it? That word came to human consciousness when the Lambert Pharmaceutical Company began advertising their preventative and cure. You will admit that they invaded new territory. Their advertising was their sales force. In 1921 they spent $50,000 for advertising, and their profits were $61,000 for the year. fn 1927 they spent $4,000,000 for their advertising, and their profits were above $4,000,000. Can you blame them for believing that their profits will be in equal ratio to their advertising?
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Let's speak of old trees. In California they recently harvested a Redwood tree that had fallen when 2,000 years of age (according to the tree rings which are most reliable authority) and there grew above and over it another Redwood which was recently harvested, and which proved to be 2,500 year old. So the first tree must be 4,500. There is a broad spreading Cypress tree in the churchyard at Santa Maria del Tule, Mexico, which tree sharps say is over 5,000 years old, and is fresh and healthy. There was recently unearthed in the Mississippi River Delta in Louisiana a Cypress log. Geologists say it had been imbedded there deep down in the mud for more than 10,000 years. The Cypress doors that were originally in St. Peter's at Rome, stood there for 1,100 years, and were then removed in a fine state of Preservation'
Another innovation in the lumber business. A well known eastern wholesaler is packing and shipping his stained Red Cedar Shingles in heavy paper packages. These packages are attractive, dust and dirt proof, and practically rain proof, as well as furnishing ample opportunity for advertising on the packages. The top shingles in these packages
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BUSINETT']"*r*ses
AnCHffgCTS and experienced buildens specifr treated lumber which comes in conact with the soil. Underpinning and sills creosoted under pressure the McConnick way solve t{re homebuilder's white ant problem.
The McConnick treating plant at St. Helens, Oregon, is thoroughlyequipd ro take care of any creosoting requirement. For the past 16 years, this modern plant has been at work de.
veloping and improving methods of creosotiqg lumber and timbensalrameansof giving them added life.
Iet this plant help you solve the white ant prcblem. It is a part of McCornick servicea complete service from forest to you.
Besides cargo shipments, we have coilrections with transcontinental roads for fast rail shipments to dl points in Catifornia.
we ako specialip in ldaho white pine and potdosa pine.
California Distributots for Weyefidercer Fir Flooilng
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stay bright, whitre in the opan package they often get dirty and dull from standing in the warehouse or the pile. Looks like an interesting scheme.
Building is the second largest industry of the United States. For three consecutive years our annual building bills have exceeded a total of five billion dollars, or considerably more than the annual cost of running our federal and state governments.
It takes two full grown rubber trees one year to produce enough rubber for one auto tire. Look about you and see what a load of performance our riding habit has given the rubber trees of the world. Our great American Wizard Thomas Edison is reported actively in search of something that would rival his electrical developments, so far as usefulness to mankind is concerned. He is experimenting
F. W. Coan, director of sales, Shevlin, Carpenter & Clark Company, Minneapolis, Minn., was a Los Ang-eles visitor on March 9. 1O and 11, where he conferred with L. S. Turnbull, Southern California representative for the McCloud River Lumber Co. I\{r. Coan was on his way to McCloud, Calif., and Bend, Oregon, to visit the mills of the McCloud River Lumber Co. anh the Shevlin-Hixon Co. Mrs. Coan accompanied him on the trip.
Walter Robison, of the wholesale lumber firm of Baxter, Robison & Montgomery, Chicago, and formerly sales manager of the Pickiring Lumber Co., Kansas City, recently spent a month on the Pacific Coast, when he visited all the Northwest lumber centers, including Vancouver, B. C., returning home by way of San Francisco.
F. A. Kauffman, of the firm of MacArthur & Kauffman, rvholesale lumbermen, San Francisco, returned home March 6, on the Matson liner "Malolo" from a trip to Honolulu occupying three weeks. Mr. Kauffman -was accompanied by hii daughter, Mrs. F. H. Lavigne of Piedmont, and her son.
with rubber producing plants, hoping to find some that can be grown on our millio'ns of acres of waste land in thd Souih, that will produce satisfactory quantities and quality of rubber. If he succeeds, the world will be still more his complete debtor.
,,/ To the customer, the fellow who waits on him when he i drops into the place of businpss, is the company' Don't everf forget that. And consider what it means in YOUR business. First impressions are always important impressions, and the first impression the caller gets is from the first person rvho greets him as he entErs' The more your success depends on the staqding of your business with the public, the more thoughtful you should be of your poinls of contact. The man at the front of your office can do yorrt business more harm, than the man in the private office can do good. Don't doubt it.
T. W. Pinnell. well-known Indianapolis lumberman and ba'"t.r, is spending his twelfth wintei in Southern Califor;i.. I\tr. Pinnell,'in addition to being the head of fifteen i"*U.t yards and mills in as many.H-oosier cities, is also oieridetti of the Indiana Lumbermen's Insurance Company, ;hi.h he assisted in organizing, with business relations in nearly every state in the Union' He keeps in close contact Uin'ni. brisiness interests during his vacations and since tt;r "tti',ral here has concluded negbtiations for the purchase of another yard in Indiana.
R. A. Long, chairman of the board of directors of the Long-Bell Lrimber Company, Kansas.City, has been spending Ihe past two weeks in Los Angeles'
Roy Barto, president of the Cadwallader-Gibson, Inc.', Los Angele.,.ri'.t a recent San Francisco visitor on business. Iie made the trip to the Bay District in one of the Western Air ExPress Planes.
does not chew tobacco or snuff. No sir! He gave up that habit long ago and strongly advises an good l'ittle boys to fglloy his example. Paul says he can't g1t "rry kick out of chewing any more. Even the stoutest Copenhagen snuff arouses no emotion. Since this Scandinavian dynamite lost its charm Paul has adopted the custom of fiiling his mouth with bumble bees and yellow iackets, allowing [h"- to escqlre after a time. He says that a good mout[f..] of excit{ yellow jackets gives him the nriU tre no longer experiencea with snuff.
Paul has been busy all winter at the Westwood plant sawing, remanufacturing and shipping
I The Sacramento, San Joaquin and Central California Lumbermen's Clubs will hold their Tri-Club Conference at the Hotel Wolf, Stockton, Calif., on Friday and Saturday, March 22 and 23.
Friday morning, the directors of the California Retail Lumbermen'J Association and the Millwork Institute o] California will have a joint meeting at the Stockton Hotel, which will open with breakfast at 8 a.m. On Friday at'12:15 p.m., the members of the Sacramento, San Joaquin and Cent?al California Lumbermen's Clubs will meet at the Wolf Hotel for luncheon and a business meeting' American Lumber Standards, Segregation of Grades, What Class of Trade Rightfully Belongs-to the Retailgl, -and- Selling Direct to Coitractors bv Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Brokers are among the subjects that will be discussed'
Friday evening at 6:3O P.ffi., ? joint dinner for the lumn"t-"tt'""a tn" ititt-"tt his been-arranged for and will be held at the Stockton Hotel. -S"t"ta"y morning, the lumbermen- will meet at the wlif uotlt. This seision will open with breakfa-st at 8 a'm' At-saturday noon, the retail luinbermen will adjourn' The At )aturoay frlc rcLarr luruL millmen wiil hold a general meetin !ot --^-/ Saturday, the nLgr.n- meetlng on )aturqay' urur..ing session startingit 8:30 a.m.; final adjournment will be taken at 4:30 P.m. P.m.
--Sui"iauy eiening at 7 p.m., the lumber^g-rgyls wjll hold a ioint dinner-and coniatenation at the Old Kentucky House,'which is situated about 39 miles east of Stockton' All Hoo Hoo are invited to attend. M. M' Riner, Kansas City. Snark of the lJniverse, and Chas. G. Bird, Supreme Custocatian, will attend the meeting'
One of the most interesting competitions now in progress is one for "tomorrow's door design," sponsored by the Wheeler, Osgood Company, Tacoma, Washington.. Sensing a strong t-rend toward 'imodern" architecture, t-his large r"il. *"nolacturer of stock doors and trim has placed before the profession his problem of secu-ring- designs that will prov6 adequate in the new-e-r type of architecture.
Cash awards aggregating $90O aiC offered; $500 for the clearest concept of tomorrow's door design for ejther a home or a commercial building;$150 and $50 for the next best new door designs for homes, and $150 and $f0 for the next best new dooi designs for commercial buildings.
Acting as the jury of iwards are Mr. Henly F. 9!t"t*ilt of Thoripson & Chirrchill, architect!,- N9Y York; Mr' William Zorich, sculptor, New York; Mr' Howard Raftery of Frazier & Raftery, architects, Chicago.
The requirements are as follows: Designs must be..for interior doors and of a nature fitted to the use of Philipoin. i"-in"". Door trim in this competition is considered a part of the door design' Drawings may b-e. in-line or wa^sh. or both; all scaleJ to be indicated graphically'
To preserve the anonymity of drawings, g?tlt is to be sisned with a non de flume or other identifying device *[ich is also to be written on the outside of a plain whlte envelope containing the competitor's name and address' Drawinss mav be sent flat or rolled and are to be addt;;;; i"'ln. wneeler, osgood Company, pepartme.lt:f Design, Tacoma, Washington, before midnight' Aprll Jt" tgD.
Designs awarded prizes will become the property of the Wtreet& Osgood Company for publication or any other use'
Los Angeles Hoo Hoo are arranging for a dinner and concatenation to be staged on,Jhursday evening, March 21' at the Commercial Club, Eleviinth and Broadway, Los Angeles. The meeting will open with a dinner, which will start sharply at7 p,m. There will be several entertainment numbers and snappy music during the dinner hour. Melvin fvf ni".t, Kansas Uity, Mo., will 5e present as the guest of the Los Angeles Hoo Hoo.
S;";t Riier plans tq be in Los Angeles o-n pg{nt:qly and Thtirsday, -March 20 and 21, and the members of the Cita"t "ii at'tattging to give him a hearty reception'
Following the dinner, there w-ill be. a concatenation' J' E' Martin, vicEgerent snari< of the Los -Angeles district, is get;trs ht; Ni"E together for the occasion ind it is anticipated ;i;;? lh; iiii.nt-*itl strike manv rough spots in their journev through the onion patch. It is expected that a g-ood ;#J;l;J will be initiated and the members of the. Nine a*-*orLi"g hard to sign up all the available Kittens in the airtri"t" 'A-pplication b-lanks can be furnished by Scriveno[;-ivl;i c..it.-pt""-tei3;;j. E. Martin, VAndike 4565' A large attendince is expected to be on hand to meet S*f. fi".i. For further details on the meeting, watch for the announcements.
REATER BUSINBSS volume in 1929 rneans greater demands on your trucks. The new 1929 Morelands are engineered to give the lowest cost hauling in any specialized field. Eleven basic chassis range in capacities from oneton to 34rOOO pounds, each unit possessing eYery modern proved feature.
LOGGING in boggy roadless timberland is easy work for More-
MORELAND
land six-wheelers with four rear wheel drive super traction. Bal. anced load distribution eliminates weave and makes binder chain, top chain, and wrapper unnecessary.
Direct
CUT LUMBER haulers find Morelands able to earn more profits per day because of 6-cylinder speed, four-wheel brake safety, and large payload capacity.
' 1929 Morelands are backed by l2 factory.owned brancheswhere service and parts or€ constantly available. See our Moreland representative-an authority on commercial transportation.
E. D. Kingsley, president of the West Oregorr-Lumner 9lTn"n, Linnton, Ore., manufacturers of the famous .w:,.t 9r:ggn Super_ Finish", has been visiting California tor the last three weeks.
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,Mt. Kingsley jpent about a week in Los Angeles, where ne conterred with A. L. ..Gus', Hoover, and E. U-. Wheelock, Southern California agents for his .o-prrry," pr"a""tr, ";j the balance of the time in the San Franciico'g"ybiriri;t, where he conferred with his Northern C"iit"."i" ;ip;;;l;l tives, Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco.
.Y. _P. Kenfield, wh_o for the last ieuerat years has been with MacDonald & Harrington, S"n tron.iico, is no* "._ sociated with Foster prolh_eri, fnc., S"n Fiur"i;;;, ; salesman covering the East Bay and 'peninsula t.r.itoi.i"*
Mead Clark, of the Mead Clark I-u-Ue, Co., Sarrta Rosa. returned to San Francisco March 6, on the M"t."r-ii"* "Malolo" from a six weeks,trip to Honotutu. Mr.-ii;;; was accompa$.ed .by his wife, -and both reportea na"inl a very enjoyable time.
-.,lt?nk H. Krohn, who has been associated with the Rey- nrer l-umber Co., San Francisco, as salesman for the lait f1x years, tras resigned his position, but has not announced nrs plans tor the tuture.
Fred-Hawtins, Fairfax Lumber Co., Fai*ax, ,"it.a ,"_ "^"qlly from San Francisco for New york on tt J st"ar*frlp California.
_ R. -A. ('Steve") Stev_enson, sales manager of the Eagle I,umber Co., Portland, Ore.,- is making one-of ff, p.ri"JlE"i visits t. california. He arrived in ca-riforni" u"i.r, s,-"r? .19" : tlip _through the Sacramento Valley il ;;;;;;; with G. R. Bleeckir, the company,s Northern Califirni'a representative, leaving for. T os Angeles on March g, ;h;;; he called on the tradJ with H. A. Smith, Southern balifor_ nia representative.
After leaving Los Angeles, Mr. Stevenson intended to spend a terv davs more in the northern territory conferring yjth .Ml. Bleecker, and expecteJl" l"-f".f. ir'p;;i;;;-;; March 18.
c' D' JoHNsoN rrr PUT BACK rN sERvrcE w. w. wnpariov apporxrpD sEcRETARy rhe steame, c. o."i*,?#""'?fi",.again been praced *.
in service bv the c' D' Johnson tu*ue; cr.- irrrS'[""i g.; b9;
been appointed secretary of the 3:: i"flr:H:ni*l tfi" ah;;. nl'ni"co'-i"a
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"since your new board came out about four months ago most of our customers have gladly accepted it in preierence to other boards and are gnate- ful that they were prevailed upon by us to use this superior wanboard. The writer inspected severar jobs on compretion and trrey are perfect. An of us here are vety entrrusiastic over the proqpecb of dweloping a very large business on Pacific Five-ply."
As we've said before--you'll never know how good a wallboard can be made until you've seen the new-pacific Five-Ply (Redwood Core) Board.
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ffl,ru L':.|i?,ff: ::'t1':,[?-.,1.'1f:':iiT;"1""T; fange, EventheDakotas,NebraskaandKansasaswellasldaho' Montana, Wyoming Colorado and New Mexico are looking forwal io *n.tt tf,e dam will be a reality' Mr' Hoy said' Frank o'connor ;J none of them feel that the Southwest has been especialHoo Hoo Club No. 9 will hold their regular meeting,on ly favored by the Federal Government.
Tuesday evening, March 26, at.llg U"lF I{.p91.^ Tot"",l, While the sales executive visited every section .of the San Frincisco. -The meeting will be called at 6:J0 r. NI. Midwest territory, his trip was made P?l! ptittttrily for .tt"tp. Frank O'Connor' Donovan Lumber Co', rvill act as ltt.- o"roo.e of visiting tire new $2,00O.000 plant of the mast'er of ceremonies and has arranged a special Irish pro- itt;";iiit P.rtland Midwest Company which recently was gram as an entertainment feature for the -eye.ning' completed at Laramie, Wyo. Thl mill started operations " M. M. Rin'er, Kansas City, snark of the Liniverse, rvtll be *itn " capacity of 2000 bairels ^ 4^y; he said, and it is exthe-guett of the Bay Disirict Hoo Hoo at the meeting' p".l.J init."i".ity production will'be reached at an early FollJwing the dinner and entertainment, Bert Johnson' ["i.. -gy instatting additionat machinery, the capacity pro"i."s.r.tit snark of the Golden Gate district will be in duction can be increased to 6000 barrels-a day.
"shipmentl arreaiv.are hand to greet Snark Riner. 'ndance wr' De on
MOORE KILN ''INAINa;ALLED
81, THE PORT thirtv-o3e "ttt iite.' The Alexander Industries are the airORFORD CEDAR 'RODUCTS COM'AN' port'builders and it is said the stucco job is the largest one
The Port Orford Cedar Products company, who operat" iver awarded in Colorado"' several veneef ptani, una orr" sawmill L1 too. B"y, "r"
An interesting-feature of operations at the Larmie mill now installing addiiio""i r.iln of Moore"'s cio* Cirlrr"- is the fact that"the first carloid shipped went to Mccook' tion type at their sawmill at Millingtorr.- ftt" kiln will be Neb', the town in which Coy Burnett' president of the two a duplicate of one installed learly- ^ y"t^, arrd a h"lf "go. Monolith companies' was reared' Althou-gh a ltlltill-i"l: This company have iourrd that [{ooie'"-rr.* t<iln, wtrictr poration' the Monolith Portland Midwest Company ls is equipped with automatic temper.ture arrd humidity con- closely "tti"a *itn the Monolith Portland cement company trols and high powered air circulating ,y.i.L, *itt t iin ary of Cilitornia, both being under the sarne control and cedar lumber to a uniform final moiituie content and with management' less desrade than is secured from air seasoning' - '' Tf-t"'in.ieased drving capacity will be used for drying poii oito.d Cedar-tuiluef for-the manufacturing_ of ve-
netian blinds, gasoline measurilg sticks, yard sticks, and shafts for arrows. Those specialties "r"-iJi"g-_,.,".rrrf".t,rr-
Harry T. Nicolai of the Nicolai Door company, Portland, ed by the oregon w;;-p;d;it. ,cot"p."y irho also harre recently spent several days in Los Angeles conferring with their manufacturrngi"irii., "i"ruiili"!to". his high powered representative, Mark l-illard.
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vith an initial order of Pacific Entrance Doors we are to give a Master Book and Folder Service. The Master Book' contains some twenty-five or more actual photographs of beautiful front doors, and these are loose leaf bound in an exquisitely grained and coloted leather cover with the dealerts name imprinted thereon.
A bountiful supply of folders is also given, to be distributed by the dealere calling the customerts attention to the handsome book that awaits his perusal in that pacicular dealer's ofrce.
AN ORDER WILL BRING THIS SERVICE.
P[G[F[C DOOR B SASH GO" AND LOS ANGELE
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Even rchool boyt appreciate the dircoverier of Columbu, \f,/att, Parteur, Ediron' Curie, Marconi Their trail-blazing har bcen humanized and &amatized into e world-wide comprehension.
But, outdde of the phyrical redm, otrher dircor' erier, vital in th€ir conscquenoeq are being made by the whole people.
Perhape tte moot rignificant dircovery of tte prerent day ir the dir.over5r of manag:ement by the public and by itretf. Scnrtiny ir more and more directed to an apprairal of leaderr. Not co lons rgp the balance rh-eet war enough. But today, into the rcaler gp also the hunan anetr-the int€grity' the rkill" the eteadiners, the rerourcefulnes of nen in -""ii"s and interpreting changer in our living and thinkins.
Sdc. of rtock and the daily fotation of large blocb of securitiet renind ru that the public ir cap' italizing itr hith in t[e worde and workr of men.
Malasement likcryire har dircovered itr own pov' er. It ir eliminating waster in manufacturingr dir' tribution, letlb& financing-undrdamed of a decade ago. Note the ewideuce in e day'r new-r. The new manag€r of a public utility trimt out deadwood to the eient of $25O,mO ilr the fint three monthr of hir adminirtration The new head of a coal con' pany short-cutr his rtatirtical rrcrk at rub*antial rav' -s "ra now getr hir reportr dayr cadier. An old con.em doiog a vokme of nillionr at one per cent profiq taken over by nery and relourceful managF
The Union Lumber Co., San Francisco, has supplied 762,000 feet of Redwood for roof sheathing in Pier 45, the new $2,m0,000 San Francisco pier which is expected to be ready about April 1.
The pier will berth comfortably any four of the largest steamsfiips now coming into the port.
The Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. announce that they have been appointed exclusive agents for California for "W'estfir" flag pbles, manufactured by the Portlan{Sp-ar Co. of Portland, Ore., and that Chas. J. Schmitt will in future be traveling representative of the company' selling this product in the Northern California territory.
meng rhowr proepectr of yielding 15 per cent thir year. - Indurtry hath its red tape no lers renowned than government.
- Conrider tihe crisp ofier rirade by Sidney Z. Mitchell to Sir George Annstrong. "I will guarantee you to go to London and cut yorr price of power one' half if you will let me conrbine your dirtribrtion fa' fitieq'1 laid lt[r. Mitchell "Oh," rerpond'ed Sir George, ttth* could not be done becanre ttere are old cmptoycl nfio cannot be tunred off in any conrclidatiLn t' Said tt[r. Mitchell: "Tell me vortr 6nest country club, and I will buy it and-put all of theae people there, and hhe a tboueand lec-keyr to r.n-e the-; I will have golf and bitliardr and eve4'' thing else. 'Theo, I will-give tLem theteet tirne they everhad for the rect of their livee, and etill r.ve you money.tt
ttl UoU enthuriarm of the rtaternent ir charac' teristic of a new race of executivel, who feel no loy; dty to tbe old order, who regard management a trurtecrbip "to help thb day live its life and thir gen' eration nake itr contribution to progreer.tt
The cxploitr of rnrnagement today' how senra' tional, how rpectacular! And what conqueatr the fut$; hotdr!- Tbe appetite for newer and greater obiectivec. the hungry demand for a chance to do "t[e impouibler" ir at onee a etiring tribute to An€rican burineu and an earned of greater tbingt to come.
Pacific Door and Sash Company has recently inaugurated a policy of merchandising their_beautiful entrance doors thit have created such a stir in Eastern and Mid-Western door markets.
Their plan certainly merits some investigation on the part of the dealers, as it is a strong bid for greater turnover and profits for all concerned, and seems to be the fi1s! s!!P of ita kind ever taken by a manufacturer acting individually. At the present time this company is in the process,of conducting a nationwide door designing contest in order that they may find suitable designs to incorporate with the ones that they now have.
HENRY MACKIN IN LOS ANGELES
Henry Mackin, general manager of the Canadian Westminstei Lumber Company, New Westminster, B. C., recently spent a few days in Los Angeles on business.
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Following are the official construction cost igures for February, 1929, as reported by S. W. Straus & Co.
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Total ..$21,658,832 $21,637,W
*Hollywood and San Pedro figures included in Los Angeles totals.
W" are now o{{."ing the retail trade this ne'w lirr", one that orill d".."lop entirely new .r.d add"d .rolo*e-and p"o{its: Our Knockdown Florist Supplies
Comprising:
UrnS in three sizes.
Vindo\r Boxes in three sizes.
Plant BoxeS in four srnall sizes
Plant Boxes in three large sizes.
Flats in four sizes
Plant Stakes in three ;izps surfaced four sides ' LYY rounded corners and pointed.
AII these are attractively priced, and can be shipped ln cars with lumber. They appeal to the llome owner as well as the florist.
Ask lor our illustrated folder.
Preliminary returns to the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association from the nation-wide survey of estimated softwood lumber consumption for the current year indicate generally a moderate increase in demand. On the basis of aplroximitety. t500 reports from retail lumber yards an average rncrease ttt consuhption of 3-.5- per cent is estimated for thi first six months of I9D and 5.9 per cent for the second six months.
Railroads having an annual consumption of softwood ties and lumber of ove-r 1,600,000,000 feet estimate a decline of 2.6 per cent in tie requirements and an increase of O.3 per cent for softwood lumber.
Millwork manufacturers having an annual consumption of approximately 575,000,000 feet-estimate an increase of I per iint during ihe first six months and 2.3 per cent during the last six months.
Box manufacturers who consumed 396,000,000 feet in 1928 estimate consumption of 414,000,000 feet in l9D, or an increase of 10 per cent. Trade officials, however, express doubt whether this fairly reflects conditions for the intire industry. Previous reports have indicated an increased demand by the box industry in 1928 ovet 1977 and the general prediition is that consumption this year will approximately equal that of 1928.
- Softwood lumber exports in 1928 increased 6 per cent in quantity over 1977. Prospects of foreign business for the current year as good as f.or 192F.
A summary of the results by districts and the details of the survey follow:
Southwest
Retail lumber yards requirements for Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas first half of 1929 estimated' at 2.7 per cent greater and last half 6.4 per cent greater than 1928. An increase in requirements of retail yards in Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico of 4 per cent during the.fir,st haif and 8 per cent during second half of the year is indicated.
Softwood tie requirements of railroads 3O per cent less than last year and softwood lumber requirements 4 per cent less.
Increase in softwood lumber requirements of mill work manufacturers 3.9 per cent during first half, and 5.4 per cent during second half of I9D as compared with 1928.
Reports from box manufacturers show an estimated consumption of 334 million feet of softwoods and 355,000 feet of hardwoods by the 39 firms reporting.
Northwest
Estimated requirements of retail lumber yards 4.7 per cent greater during first half and 7.8 per cent greater during second half of l9D as compared with 1928.
A decrease of approximately 12 per cent is indicated in softwood tie requirements and 7rl per cent in softwood lumber requirements.
Mill rvork manufacturers report a decrease of 1.3 per cent
during first half of the year and an increase- of 1.9 per cent during last half of the year as compared with 1928.
Rep--orts from 38 box-mills indicate consumption of 527,000,000 feet of softwoods.
ohio report, i'ir""r3r"if?:i#T:rd requirements- of 5.6 per cent ana +.S per cent for the first and second halves of ihe year, Indiana reports 2 and 4 per cent and Wisconsin an increase of ?.9 and. 2.2 per cent.
Central Western railroads report a decrease of less than one per cent in softwood tie requirements and an increase of 3 per cent in softwood lumber requirements.
Central West mill work manufacturers estimate an increase of .8 per cent during the first half and l'1 per cent during the second half of I9D. Lake States mill work manufacturers report increases of 2.4 and 3.3 per cent and central eastern manufacturers increases of 1.3 per cent and 1.1 per cent during second half of the year.
- Twelve Prafuie States box mills rePort estimated consumption of 15,000,000 feet of softwood and 32,000,000 feet of hirdwood and thirty Lake States mills consumption of 139,000,000 feet of softwood and 80,000,000 feet of hardwood'
southern States
Florida Retail Lumber Dealers report a decline of 4 per cent in their requirements for the first six months of. l9D and no change for the last six months. North and South Carolina report an increase of 1.8 per cent and 9.6 per cent for the first and second halves of the year. Virginia dealers report an increase of 11 and 12 per cent.
Southern railroads report an increase of approximately lfu per cent in softwood tie requirements and an increase of less than 1 per cent in softwood lumber requirements.
Mill work manufacturers report an increase of 2 per cent for the first half and 1.5 per cent for the second half. ol l9D as compared with 1928.
Nineteen box mills indicate consumption of 93,0@,000 feet of softwoods and 32,000,0@ feet of hardwoods.
No direct ,"o.r..TlTliTetn"1*3t..:eT rrom the northeast lumber dealers. Reports collected by the Atlantic Shippers Advisory Board comprising the first quarter of 1929 with the last quarter ol 1928 and the first quarter of 1928, however, indicate a decline in requirements of 3.9 per cent and 4.8 per cent respectively.
New England railroads report a slight decline in the use of softwood ties and softwood lumber. Great Lake carriers report an increase of. 17 per cent in softwood tie requirements and an increase of. 12 per cent in softwood lumber requirements. Central eastern carriers report an increase of ibout 3 per cent in softwood lumber requirements.
Mill work manufacturers in the northeastern states report an estimated decline of 1.6 per cent during the first half
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Why not investigate the many places you can use a SKILSAW in your buciness?
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Los Angeles, California
Arthur B. Grimtolil
,/ Arttu, B. ("Art") Griswold,-who ,was recently -made ' *;;A; oi tn! su" ht""titco office of the C' D' Johnson Lumber Co*pany,-n"J. fot little introduction to the ma:"iiiy .i it'. i"t"h il;;;;" of the state' as he has been a worthy ,.pr....rt.lil. of his comp-any in both the northern .nd'ro.ri.hern parts of the state for several years' He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana' December,2' 1892, and spent his boyhood there-,-graduating trom KugDy A;;t li, rqro.' "d. .ni"ttd d'ashington & Lee Unir"rrity it ie*ington,^Vitgi"i", t" totlt *[ete he completed his ed'ucatiott, fJ.o-i.rg i member of the Tau Omega Fraternity.
noring the World War he was stationed at Kelly Field' Su" a"io"io, Texas, from where he was transferred to Brooks Field as t.ig."nt, first class, in the 134th Aerial sa;;e;.; *itn iryitt-g Status, a1d 1v1s later transferred to tlie Central Infaniry"Officers' Training School, and commissioned at the time the armistice was signed'
After his marriage to Florence Bussey Hughes-of Jeanet.;t;;-L"., in SeptEmber, 192I, daughter of H' B' Hewes' --+i^-^ll.' nrnmincnf lnmherman. *ho is often referred to nationally prominent lumb-erman,
l*:$iil$:r':{fr'}kff*ri!:::;;fr:Hi*;it oi..r Uoti"ess from the bottom up in the woods and plants ;i th.-I*;.i.tt" t-u-ber & Shingle Co., a member mill of the Louisiana Red Cypress Association'
When Mr. Hewes became financially interested in timber and lumber manufacturing plants on the Pacific Coast, Mr' Ctl*.ta realized that liith Cypress and Southern Pine .utting out at such a rapid rate in the SouJh, h-is owl future liy in getting a close acquaintance with West Coast *oods,'as lf ttris lime he had fully decided to stay with the lumbei business. So coming West he entered the employ of the C. D. Johnson Lumbir Co. in 1923 as a timekeeper at their big sawmill at Toledo, Oregon.
Spending two years at the Toledo plant, during which he workedin the various departments, he was transferred to the company's San Franciico office as a salesman, where he worked^ the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, and the Peninsula territory for about two years.
Promotion came in September' 1928, when he was made manager of the Los Angeles office' He was then transferred back to the San Francisco office on February 1 of this year.
Mr. Griswold is a thorough lumberman. His interest in the business is as keen today as it was when he worked from 5:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the l-ouisiana woods, and he has an abiding faith in the future of the industry, and particularly the great concern with which he is associated.
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of l9D and 1.1 per cent during the second half as compared with last year.
Fiftv-five Northeastern box mills report estimated consumpt'ion of 263,000,000 feet of softwood and 23,000,000 feet of hirdwood; 17 central east mills report softwood conru-ptio" of ff,OOO,OOO feet and hardwood consumption of 47,000,000 feet.
. tstirnated Purchases of Lumber by Retail Yards rn 19i29 as compared with 1928 Per cent increase or decrease First half Last half year year
Southwest (including Missouri, Kansas. Oklahomi and Arkansas)--* 2.7
Northwest (including Washington, Oregon. Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utaf, and Arizona) -----+ 4.7
Mountain States (Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico) -.----------+
Recognizing the value of complete plans, specificatio.ns and bifs of iaterial to encourage and make it easier for the farmer to build, the California Redwood Association maintains an Agricultural Department to assist lumber dealers, farmers,iducational and agricultural interests with farm building problems. This department is- in charge of Max E. Coo[, iarmstead engineer, who has just prepared a new prospectus of the Agricultural Series of Redwood copyrightedbulletins, which will be mailed to any.lumber deiier-on request. Address, California Redwood Association, Agricullural Department, 24 Calif.ornia St., San Francrsco.
Arthur A. Scott, of Mukilteo, 'Wash., vice-president and general manager of the Crown Lumber Co., Mukilteo, died in Seattle, February 26, after a heart attack which came upon him when leaving a theatre.
'He is survived by his widow, a son, Myron, and a daughter, Mrs. Edward -Kline of Port Angeles, Wash.
P. A. Dame, western sales manager of the Creo-Dipt Company, Inc., with headquarters in Kans^as City, spent a few davs in San Francisco, lrround the first part of the month,-when he conferred with the Santa Fe Lumber Co., agents in Northern California for Creo-Dipt Stained ShingTes. He left March 6, tor a tour of the -Northwest, where he will visit Portland, Seattle and Spokane, and expects to return to San Francisco early in June'
*Attantic Statcs Shippers Advisory Board questionnaire. Softwood Tic and Lumbel Requircments of Clasc I Railroads (In M Fect
H. B. Murphy, president of the Portland Spar Co., Portland, Ore., wai a recent visitor to San Francisco, wh-ere he completed a deal with the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. to d.tt ttis company's "Westfir" flag poles in California. He left for Los Angeles, March 8, to confer with W. BWickersham of the Los Angeles office, after which he left for a visit to Texas.
Mr. Murphy's company specializes in the manufacture of flag poles, spars an{ sPuds.
Lumber Consumption
llf,iscellaneous Industrid Users (In M Fcet)
Annual Increase in1929
Consumption lst half 2d'half Per cent increase
Hardwoods .-----...- 72,7i5 277 1,697 .8 4.7
Softwoods --......---. 22',931 315 845 l-4 3.7
ConsumPtion of Lumber for Bo:es
Total comparable data: (44 firms)
*Per cent of total mileage reporting, tAs estimated by reporting roads.
Consumption, 1928 ..-..-.'.-.-----..:.-----.-....--------------------------.-..--.-376,!21,7-Q1t \et
Anticipaied iequirements, 1929 -..------.- ----413,940,000 feet
Increase in feet -------.--- ^ 3?,51'z,'?6' "
Per cent increase l0 Per cent
Anticipated Requirernents f929 (M Feet) ' SOFTWOODS HARDWOODS
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over evely other stained shingle
l. HEATED STAIN. Preserv. ing oils kept thin and volatile, like the heated motor oil in your car.
2. coNsrANT AGrrATION. Patented beaters washing this hot stain back and forth -Leeping the color pigments in soludon.
J. nnfSsURE. pounds of air, forcing preserving stains evenly into each square inch of shingle surface.
4. 3r% MoRE coloR. Acually 35/o to 4O Vo more color pigments by weight, adding yeats of future lovelinesc.
$. ne-fNseECTIoN. Each individual shingle inspected and re-inspected by hand, to make sure it conforms to Creo-Dipts standards.
r{Y do leading lumber dealers everywhere stock and endorse creo'Dipts? Because creo-Dipt stained shingres are better known-+asier to sell. But more than that, because creo-Dipts are srArNED UNDER PRESSURE to give longer service and better satisfaction to the home owner. ordinary shingles are merely dipp"d into stain. with Creo-Dipts compressd air forces preserving oils and colors into each shingle.
Therets a creo-Dipt representative near you and ra.ger to sele you. Write us today.
FAcroRrEs: No. TONAVANDA, N.y. MrNNEApoLrs, MrNN. KANsAs crry, Mo. SALES OFFICES IN PRINCIPAL CITIES.
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This is tfie House that Jack built.
This is the Tenant, raised in rent' Vho lives in the House that Jack built'
This is the noticq latelY sen$
To oust the tenant, raised in reng Vho lives in the House that Jack Built.
This is the loud and fierce lament, Vhich greets the notice lately sent'
To oust the tenant raised in rent, Who lives in the House that Jack built.
This is the lawyer, pminent, Who adds his wail to the loud lament,
y6 Wlhich greets the notice iately sent,
Who lives in the Flouse that Jack built'
This is the Judge on justice bent'
Who lists to the lawYer, eminent, Who adds his wail to the loud lament, Which greets the notice, lately sent, '
To oust the tenant, raised in rent, Who lives in the House that Jack built'
This is the Landlord, oPulent, Flayed Uy .6" Judge on iustice bent, Who lists to the lawYe4 eminent, Who adds his wail to the loud lament, Vhich greets the notice, lately sent' To oust the tenant, raised in rentt
Who lives in the Flouse that Jack built.
This is the boost in taxes sentt Around to the Landlord oPulent,
Flayed by the Judge on jus' tice bentt
Vho lists to tfie lartYer' eminent, Who adds his wail to the loud lament, Which greets the notice latelY sentt
To oust t{re tenant raised in fentt
Who lives in the Flouse that Jack built
,These are the curses eloquent, That follow the boost in taxes sent' Around to the l,andlord, oPulent,
Flayed by the Judge on justice bent, Who lists to tfie lawYe4 eminent, Who adds his wail to the loud lamentt \fhich greets the notice lately setrtt
To oust the tenant raised in rentt Vho lives in the House that Jack built'
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This is the sale to another rgent, Which foltowed the boost in taxes sentt Around to the Landlord, oPulent'
Flayed by the Judge otr iustice bent,
Who lists to the lawYer, eminent, Vho adds his wail to the loud la' ment.
Vhich greets the notice, latelY sent,
To oust t{re tenant raised in rentt
Who lives in the House that Jack built.
This is the same old incident' Another raise in the tenantts rentt Another,loud and fierce lament,
The same stout lawYer, eminent, The same old Judge on justice bent, Another Landlord, oPulent, But the same old boost in taxes sentt
And the same old curses elo' quentt
Then another sale to another gentt
Of the same old House that Jack built.
ft would seem rather foolish to hear a business man make such a request, but in efiect that is what is being done in every remanufacturing plant that uses the old-time lumberthe kind in which freight and handling charges are paid on ten or twenty per cent which must finally be thrown away.
There is nothing to be thrown away in HDE dimensions-itts every bit usable.
Any Moisture Content. Any Dirnension.
Your customers get all of these roofing essentials at one price when you sell them PIONEER
TAPERED SHINGLES . that's why it will be one of the fastest moving products you can stock this year! The thick, extra heavy butts cast a pronounced shadowline that adds greatly to their colorful beauty and distinction . and their size makes them readily adaptable to a number of attractive methods of laying up.
Pioneer Vinthrop Tapered Shingtes are laid 5 inches to the weather . . and where they are exposed is the place where they are doubly thick . doubly protectel against sun, wind, rain. . and time!
They are made of super quality felt coated and saturated with specially refined everlasting asphalt ' ' ' and heavily surfaced with non'fading Yosemite rock ' ' ' a combination that means years and years of service without repairs, paint or stain!
pioneer vinthrop Tapered shingles are ideal for new work . . and for re-roofing they go right over the old wood shingles. Here is a wonderful roofing value for yotrf, customers because their cost Per year is so amazitgly low!
Pioneer Winthrop Tapered Shingl€s are made to hy S inches to the weathec. a\ey weigfi 325 lbc. to the square and are p""k"d four bundles
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Melvin M. Riner, Kansas City, Mo., Snark of the Universe, is leaving on March 15 foi California' His itinerary will include st6ps at Amarillo, Texas, and Albuquerque' New lvlexico, thince to San Diego, where he will arrive on ir[;;d"y ;;ening, March 18. Hi will sp.end March N and zi l" /"" Angies. On March 22, h9 will arrive in Stockt"" a"d on lfiarch 25 and 26, he will be a San Francisco visitor.
The California Hoo Hoo plan to give Snark Riner a great t...piion. San Diego, Los Angeles, Stockton and San Francisco Hoo Hoo districts are arranging for Concatenations at which Snark Riner will attend.
George Miesse, New York City, N. Y., has jus-t comp-leted a two ieeks' business trip to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Mr. Miesse was formerly connected with the hardwood business in California, *liere he was associated with Cadwallader-Gibson, Inc., of l-os Angeles' He is now connected with Lyon-Cowdrey & Co. of New York City'
Construction has recently been started on a new yard at Walnut Creek, Cal. The yard will be known as the Smilie & Wharton Lumber Company and will handle a complete line of lumber, millwork and building materials.
There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three that are injurious. Friendship with the upright' friendship with the sincere, and friendship with the man of much observation-these are advantageous. Friendship with the man of specious airs, friendship with the insinuatingly soft, and friendship with the glib-tongued-these are injurious.-Conf ucius.
R. F. Hammatt, secretary-manager of the California Redwood Association, returnid to San Francisco March 11 from a business trip to Atizona, New Mexico and Texas' He was accompaniid on this trip by W. L. Hook, field man for the association, who has extended his trip to Bogalusa, La., and points in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Mr. Hammaltt is enthusiastic regarding the agricultural and general development of Texas, and the possibilities of the slate as a futuri great market for Redwood.
The Tom A. McCann Hoo IIoo Club at McCloud, Calif., recently appointed a committee to work out the details of the lumber essay contest in which the school children of that community will compete' The club, at the same time, appointed a committee to arrange for the participation in the wood box promotion campaign.
The Southern Redwood Corporation is putting in a new loading tower at Rockport in order that moorings may be shifted into deeper water, and thus facilitate the loading of Redwood cants for Mississippi onto schooners.
The Clovis Lumber Company, Clovis, Cal., which is in-
corporated for $25,000 by J. G. Ferguson, Frank Bell and W. D. Stephenson, has been completed and is said to be one of the best and most up-to-date yards in the valley.
Andrew F. Mahoney and John C. McCabe of the Andrew F.'Mahoney Lumber Co., San Francisco, recently completed a lGday automobile trip to Southern California points, which included visits to Los Angeles and San Diego.
J. H. Prentice, secretary of the Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills at Los Angeles, and Bob Forgiq, the former Southern California representative, have returned from a short busi. ness trip to San Francisco.
We don't recommend plywood for every purpose, although it's surprising what a variety of uses people find for it.
We never suggest it as a substitute for shingles, although one man roofed a summen cottage with it.
Another man built a duck blind out of it. We've never heard of anyone building a blind pig out of it, though.
Someone suggested that it would make good seats for "tin pants" to use in sliding down mountain snowfields.
One of our members once put on a contest and the winner found over two hundred uses for fir plywood-all possible and most of them quite practical.
So you see a stock of Pa-Co will enable you to meet a lot of your customer's needs.
says the man who likes to fix things around home "Tell 5rou what, folks, this Pa-Co Fir Plywood has got me in strong with the wife. "No'w, when she says 'John, I need a cupboard'-or bookshelves or what not-l don't hem and haw-l just ham-
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mer and saw. All I need to do is call up the lumber yard and tell them to send up a batch of Pa-Co Plywood and other lumberthe rest is easy, and fun."
Strength, lightness, water resistance are all supreme in Pa-Co Fir Plywood. It is split-proof and can be sawed in any direction-holds nails or screws better than solid boards. And every satisfied user means more customers.
o'Now I'd be lost without it"
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REAL LUMBER
In "Robbins" Flooring you ore dasured of the verv finest that has ever been, or..r"r-*ill be produced. O u r geographical location, th e modern machinery in our mill, and the type of men who malce our flooring, all go to make this statement possibll. "Robbins" Maple and Birch Flooring is the best.
Southcrn Crliforair C. J. I.AUGHLIN
535-0 Potr.olcurn Sccuriticr Bld3. Lor WErtnorcAlgclcrltt5
Northcra C,rlifonir:
GEORGE C. CORNITruS
McrcLratr Erchll3r Bll3t Sra Frencirco
Announcement was made at Eureka recently of the sale of the Bayside Redwood Co. to the Dessert Redwood Co', by Howaid L. Dessert, Jr. The Bayside Company'9 gill "nd "tt its lumber and l6gging equipment are included in the deal, making it one of the largest and most important transactions in this district for some time.
The Dessert Redwood Co., which is a non-operating organization. has extensive timber holdings in Humboldt eounty. The mill will be operated by the Humboldt Redwood Co., which has been organized for that purpose, and Marzene Knighton will continue as plant manager for the new company.
Mr. Desseit will assume general charge of the operation, and will move his family from the East in the near future' Logging will be resumed soon and the mill will start up asa-ii aJ soon as possible. The new company will purchase ti-b"r from the -Dessert Redwood Co.
Anl.ouncement is made of the removal of the executive offices of the W. I. Carpenter Lumber Co. from Minneapolis to Everett, Wash.
This move was made necessary by the increasing business of the company since taking over the exclusive seles of Pyroof Painted Shingles.
GGnn W. Carpenter, with his family arrived in Everett recently, after clbsing the executive -olfice in Minneapolis' W. I. earpenter, ;r., witl remain in Minneapolis in charge of thc sales offices there.
It is announced by C. H. Wheeler, president, and E' A' Stevenson, sales manager of the Eagle Lumber Co', Portland, that they have reJently incorporated the Clark County Lumber Company at Vancouver, 'Wash. This company owns and wilf operate a plant consisting of band head saw, horizontal resaw, edger, two planers, one sticker and a dry kiln capacity of 50,000 feet a day. -The pla-nt.will be operated is a -cant remanufacturing plant, and the comPany will also do a conservative wholesale business.
G. R. Bleecker,24 California St., San Francisco, and H. A. Smith, Chamber of Commerce Building, Los Angeles, are the California representatives of this concern, which will specialize in high-grade, old growth Yellow Fir finish, mbuldings and factorY lumber'
F. A. Beltz, secretary of the A. P. Coats Lumber Comoanv. and Coats Driving & Boom Co., Tillamook, Ore., rei.ttftu returned home from an automobile trip to California, in th; course of which he visited Los Angeles and San *ancisco. While in the Bay city he conferred with Gtitzmacher & Gunton, agents for his comPany'
Mr. Beltz, who wai accompanied by his wife and child on the trip, returned to Oregon by way of the Redwood Highway.
I. B. Blair of the T. B. Blair Lumber Co., Placerville, was a iecent visitor to tlre San Francisco Bay district.
For the formal mansion, the town house, the bungalow home-Victor HydroPlastic C.ement offers many definite and exclusive advantages.
Victor Hydro-Plastic Cement possesses plasticity --:e a s y workabilitywhich permits unique beauties of design and finish without sacrificing srrength, waterproofness or fire safety. It produces a fineness of
grain and uniformity of texture that is eminently pleasing.
The cost of Victor HydroPlastic Cement construction is moderate, whether on large or small units. Upkeep expense is minimized.
Property owners and contractors who are interested in this modern building rnaterial are invited to write or call us for complete data and informadon.
SOUTHVESTERN PORTLAND CEMENT CO.
605 FI. I7. Hellman Bldg. Los Aageler, Calif.
A very late idea in modern home buildingone that commands respect and consideration both from exterior apPearance and interior etrangement. It conveys a home thar cannor help but make srrong appeals for adoption. Plans for this attractive home can be furnished by the Lumbenrrents Service Association Fay Building, Los Angeles.
MONOLITH PORTLAND CEMENT COMPAT{Y
l3th Floor, A. G. Bartlea Bldg. Lor Angeles, Calif. Phone: TRinity 7036
Monolith Plastic lTaterproof Portland Cement is the best known cement on the Pacifrc Coast today. For the past seven years the product has been consistently advertised to the general public, as well as to architects, and contractors. i
Monolith enjoys a wide use for waterproof. concrete and plaster work. It has successfully proved every claim made for its superior qualities, on many types of concrete construction, and under all kinds of weather conditions.
In handling Monolith Portland 'sfaterproof, dealers are assured of a product of proven reputation, and one that is favorably known not only to the buitding trades but the general public as well.
Ilere's the best optimist story I ever heard.
The cowboy went into a restaurant and ordered a beef steak.
The waiter brought him a rare steak.
He cut into it, an{ then beckoned the waiter.
"Partnerr" he said swerely, "I wanted this steak cook' ed.tt
"That steak's cooked," replied the waiter.
"Listen, friend," said the cowboy, still more earnestln
A Washington Diesel Yarder is being used in the logging operations oi the Southern Redwood Corporation. Thi" t: siid to be the first machine of this type to be used in a Redwood logging operation, although several other companies have used yalders that have been converted from steam to Diesel power.
Which reminds me of a ge,ntleman whose tastes were exactly the opposite of this first one (and the writer vouches for the tnrth of this story) who was asked how he wanted his steak, and he replied: "So rare that it bellows."
The McCormick Steamship Company announced recently the purchase of the stea-mels '?oint Judith" and "Point Lob6s" from Swayne & Hoyt. These steame-r-s will.replace the steamers "Wihkeena" and "Ernest II. Meyer" in the coastwise trade. The first mentioned steamers are sister ships with a deadweight tonnage of 3700 tons.
We carry extenrive' and well assorted stocks of Philippine MahoganY in CLEARS, SETECTS and COMMONS at our [.os Angelea yand. l.et us Lcrow what your requirements areyou will like our service.
.I'VE SEEN COWS GET WELL THAT WAS HURT A HELL OF A LOT WORSE THAN THIS ONE.'
Entertainment of excellent quality featured the get_tog_ether dinner of the San Francisco Limber Industriei Club Hoo H-o^o No.9, held at the Elks Club, San Fr"r;i;;;, F;t_ ruary 28.
.P-aul S. -Foster, Foster Brothers, fnc., was chairman of the evening, and to him the credit is due'for the seieciiott ot the artists who amused and entertained the gathering, which included several lumbermen from across it E t"y, ""? one from the Northwest.
Clint Mason entertained with dramatic readings, his reci_ !1tjon of the poem "Fog,' by Wallace Irwin fti"i *r"t enJoyed.
Erwjn lfolton, a tenor singer_ of exceptional ability sang a number of songs, and responded generously to many enl cores.
Willem Dehe, leading cellist of the San Francisco Sym_ phony Urchestra, delighted his audience .with his playing, and George Keil did a good job as accompantst.
Club members who contributed to the entertainment were Chairman Foster, who told some new stories, and lql," A. Stroud, E. J. Dodge Co., who sang.a fipfi"g'r""S wrthout piano accompaniment, and was forced tb rdsponl to requests for another song.
At a recent meeting_of E191 Bay Hoo Hoo Club No. 39, th.e.Chicago Lu_m!e1 Co. of Washington presented the club with a sand-etched Redwood plaquef bearing the embllm of the order on an attractive baikground.
Charles Moorehead,. manag'er of the Irwin Lumber Co., Escalon,_sponsored the showing of the moving pi"t".. film of The Pacific Lumber .Co"mp_any,s neawoSa;;;;;: tions, at the meeting of the Lions"Ctui, "t Escalon, M;ch I st-
The film was also exhibited at the Escalon High School, the Escalon Grammar School and the Van AlleriGrammar School.
Your insurance dollar, invested in l"lmber Mutual Policies, grows to $1.07 in protection and dividendg. The 6rst 39/2 cents goes back to policy holders to cover logses suffered. The next 22tl cints goes for operating expensea-an exceedingly low operating cost. Then 40 cents comes back to you in dividends- (the 1v9IaC9 dividend from our six companies). Your dollar has-alleddy grolvn to $ 1.02, but th.re is still ap- prorimately 5 cents which is added to the surplus held for the protection of policy holders. Such a return is made possible by other income from investment of surplus, etc.
Lumber Mutual Insurance is specialized to meet the particular needs of the lumber industry. Our resourceg and reputation guarantee prompt payment of losses. Our dividends epeak for themselo." ;tr reducing insurance costs.
Any ol our cornpanies zuill be glad to gitte gou full inforrnation in regard to our policies, our fire preaention seraice, our diaidends, and our payrnent of ctuims.
The food of the termites is cellulose. Cellulose is found in paper, various wallboards, wood and wood substitutes' Some'teimites attack these articles in a dry state' If you have a yard in the vicinity of termite infestation the follorving suggestions maY aid Yott:
The subterranean or ground termites must have moisture to carry on their work' If the ground termites have easy access io cellulose an<l moisture they rvill thrive and multiply.
^Therefore it is necessary to clear the ground o{ loose boards, sawdust, shavings, chips, paper and other cellulosecontaining objects, if rve wish to control termite damage' Special cire sirould be taken to remove chips- and other objects at and near foundation walls, piers and chimneys' -. '
After the ground inside and outside the foundation walls of dwellings"and within the space bouncled by the founda-
In a house already erected it will not be possible-to. obtain " Gu.hlttg or drying of the soil by direct rays of,the sun' It is possi-ble, howev-er, to do this in the case of lumber ptles' If ihe ground has been recently cleared of trees it is well t" pf""Sn'the land after clearing-it of.debris. This will dry the soii. In a house already erected--it.may be necessary to lorver the ground level to obtain sufficient sp-a-ce trom the ittto- of flo"or joists and tl-re ground level' Many homes "* U"itt on aclobe soil in this region and drainage. is.th.erefore very poor. Many times foundation walls of butlcltngs ;;;;"4 d";p enough - ttign enough on- such soils' The soil should be 'hauled-away t6 pet*il at least eighteen inches and preferably trventy-fottr inches between the bottom ot Roor'1olrt. "rid th. giound' It is necessary..that this.feature be carefully ollserved' It is equally applicable to lum-
ber piles.
tion piers of lumber piles and the vicinity of the piles has been thoroughly cleared of debris it is essential that the eiou"d be lJveied. Mounds of earth should be removed' th" etou.td may be level except in one spot, which may be 11,"-pi".. selected by the termites from which to start their tube upward. A mound gives the termites an added start in tt'tU.'-lrlltding. Too mtrch emphasis cannot be laid on the need for levelirig the ground under lumber piles and houses'
Under and around lumber piles all vegetation should be destroyed. Vegetation is a hazard around piles in summer' "ny*".u.
To plrmit grasses and rveeds to continue thetr growth while preparing the ground against termite damige is half doing the job.
Vegetation should be destroyed un-der building,s- already erectid and within a couple of feet of the outer side of the i"u"a"tio" *"1t. In new house construction weeds and gr"rr", should be pulled inside and close to the outer side of the foundation rvall.
When the ground has been cleared of .plants.and loose chips. paDer -and other cellulose-containing objects it is wel^l io^let it dry for a few days. If the soil is naturally d-ry it is a point in vour favor. Horvever, a good drying under the sun in this iection will do a lot of good.
In the Termite Damage Prevention booklet of the Natio""t I-u-ber Manufact-urers' Association, Dr' T' E'-Snyder, Et totnologist of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, ir quoted as stiting that there should be a space of at least "irii""" inches frJm the ground level to the bottom of floor i;?;i;.- T;;,'ty-fou' incfres i' To'", 9":i11-b-t':-.i{, n::f*' 1r, n.rt construction the cost of making the wall twrc1tyio.ri i.t.tt.. instead of a lesser height will be negligible *hen consi.lered in terms of insurance against termite damage.
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Manv valuable helps in termite damage preventlon ln n"rr und old buildings are given in the Termite Damage Fievention booklet olthe National Lumber Manufacturers' Association. The book may be obtained without charge on request to any of the association's offices'
(This is the first of a series of articles by the .Iaumber Yaids and Producers Sub-Committee on Termite Damage Prevention which will appear in the California Lumber Msrchant. These articles ire inten'ded for retailers, mill*ort nt*t, and distri,butors primarily. Jt is hoped that information contained in the articles rvill al'so prove val""Uf" r"a rvorth passing on to their customers in time of need.)
Ark Harry H. McCern
31O Central Bldg. - TRinity IOSZ - Los Angeler
Southern-HARDWOODS-southern
Oak Flooring and Maple Flooring
1f09 First National Bank Building Telephone Douglar 9112
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LOS ANGELES
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SUGAR PINE WHITE PINE WHITE CEDAR SPRUCE
HARDwooD LUMBER .Iii:L
C. |f. B[HNH[F['"1r*yff'
Phone 1500 S. Alameda St. WEstmore 2446-2447
&ll So. Curron Ave. - Phonc \l/Hitncy g2ll ReprerentativG
Perfection Oak Ftooring Co., Inc.
Shreveport, Louiriana FROST BRAND OAK FLOORING
DIAMOND MATCH COMPANY
The Diamond Match Company, which recently purchased the Tilden Lumber Company at Stockton, has taken a 2G year lease from George S. Finkbohner on the old Falconbury Lumber Company yard. A planing mill will be erected for the surfacing and sizing of lumber and when the yard is remodeled it will be eqgipped to handle a stock of 3,000,000_feet of lumber, according to I. E. Brink, superintendent gf t. retail yards Jor the Diamond Match Company. Claud B. Clawson is the local manager.
Major Everett Griggs, president of the St. paul & Tacoma_Lum-ber Co., Tacoma, recently spent a few days in San Francisco.
_ Harry Officer, sales manager of the Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco, returned 1o his desk on March 4. after being confined to his home for a week with a throat affec- tion. With the exception of the loss of a little weight he looks as well as ever.
A. L. Mattes, Wilberg-Swartz Lumber Co., Santa Monica, left on March 1 by automobile for Florida. He will then drive alon_g the Atlantic Coast, going as far north as Nova Scotia. On his return trip, his itinelary will include the White Mountains, Albany and Cleveland, thence over the Santa Fe Trail to California. At the completion of the trip, he will have traveled about 15,00O miles. - Mrs. Mattes and their daughter'are making the trip with him. They will be back in California in lune.
(The following is from an address by Baron Tanaka, Prime Minister of Japan, made to a. Rotary conference at Tokyo.)
"The evil tendency of today in all ranks of society is that individuals are seeking for selfish aims and neglecting to give service to others. Employes are eager to get higher wages and never asking whether they are fulfilling their duty. Employers are trying to get the most out of their workers and gain profit for themselves, without giving sufficient reward. 'Blessed is he who gives' is an eternd truth; and the highest and most noble thing to give among men, is love. If this spirit of brotherhood, or love of our fellow man, is spread among the people living on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, there will be peace and happiness among them; and if it is extended to the nations of the world, it wiU not be difficult to establish the world-wide eternal peace and happiness so much desired. For this reason I wish all success and prosperity to your organization"'
Customer: "'Waiter, there's a splinter in this cottage pudding."
Waiter: "\Afhat did you expect, the whole cottage?"
I thank Thee Lord for strength of arm to win my bread, And that beyond my need is meat for friend unfed. I thank Thee much for bread to live, I thank Thee more for bread to give.
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do' He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall If you would be a man, speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon balls, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said today. "Ah then" exclaim the aged ladies, "you shall be misunderstood." It is a fool's word. Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh.-Emerson.
The growth which our country has made since 1860 and the benefits it has brought all our inhabitants' are unsurpassed. Our population, which was then about 31,500,000 has risen to about 118,000,000. Our wealth oJ about $16,000,000,000 is now conservatively estimated at $350,000'000,000. Our foreign trade of only about $785,0fi),O00 has now become over $9,000,000,000. Our railroad mileage has increased from about 31,000 to about 2+9,000, and its revenues have grown from $153,000,000 to $6,250,000,000' Public school enrollment has risen from about 5,000,000 to 25'000,000. Our manufactured products have multiplied from about $2,000,000,000 to nearly 463,000,000,000. In 1870 our farm products were less than $2,500,0o0,0fi), while ttey are no$r around $13,000,000,000. These figures illustrate our progress.-Calvin Coolidge.
12. And Asa in the thiry-nine years of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great, yet in his disoase he sought not the Lord, but the physicians.
13. And Asa slept with his fathers.
II Chronicles, ChaPter 16.
"Can we play at keeping store in here, Mama?"
"Yes, but I have a headache, so if you do you must be very quiet."
'l{,lf right, mama. We'll pretend we dori't advertise"'
A smile costs nothing, but it gives much. It enriches those who receive, without making poorer those who give' It takes but a single moment, but lasts forever. None is so rich and mighty that he can get along without it, and none is so poor ttrat he cannot be made rich with it' A smile creates happiness in the home, fosters goodwill in business, and is the countersign of friendship. It brings rest to the weary, cheer to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and is naturers best antidote for trouble, yet cannot be bought' begged, borrowed, or stolen. Some people are too tired to gi"e you a smile. Give them one of yours' as none needs a smile so much as those who have none to give.
The old fashioned pure iron cut nail seems likelv to come into its own again.
"You can quote me as being an enthusiastic booster for the cut nail," said Max E. Co-ok, head of the Agricultural Department of the California Redwood Associa"tion. to a representative of this- paper recently. ,,Some difficulty has been experienced in th- past in getiing pure iron cut'nails and other durable nails, but now thal -this difficulty has been removed I recommend at every opportunity the use of the cut nail above all others foi ali'purpo."r, for its durability and holding power, and its lick'of tendency to split the wood, irrespective of species.,'
Mr. Cook_ speaks with authority on this subject as he is a farmstead engineer, with many years of experience in building construction, and the -compiler and'originator of the Agricultural Service of Redwobd bulletins fir bet- ter farm structures, which have attracted nation-wide attention.
He has in his office a 7o-year old piece of Redwood sid- ing taken off a building-in I9ZZ, whiih had not been paint- ..d fo{ 38 -years, and which had been held in ptace all of that time !l "u.t nails, a sample nail being attathed to the wood to show its rust proof quality.
He also has on display a thin piece of Redwood which was split at one end by a wire nail, and which had an 8d, Tremont cut nail driven into the other end in the line of the split, without showing any sign of splitting the wood.
A circular recently received at this office from the Tremont Nail Company tells of the "rebirth,' of the pure iron :lt nail b_rought about_by this hundred year old'concern. These nails bear the ARMCO trade-marli and are guaran- teed rust resi:ting, and to have 72.74 more holdinpi power than wire nails. The circular offers a free sample" bag of Tremont-Armco cut nails to any lumber dealer wtro -witt write for it to Tremont Nail C6., Wareham, Mass.
F. A. Hofheins, president of the Weatherbest Stained Shingle Co., Inc., North Tonawanda, N. y., visited San Francisco and Los Angeles at the end of February.
Accompanied by Charles N. Perrin, treasurer of the company, !I1 Hofheins had. just_completed a trip to Washing- ton and British Columbia. While in California he attendJd meetings of the Stockton and Los Angeles Hoo Hoo Clubs, and as Supreme Bojun conferred wiih Chas. G. Bird, Su_ preme Custocatian.
BROWN'S SUPERCEDAR closet-lining businers is GOOD.
Have you foreseen this great demand with a stock or have you been left at the poet? Put in a gtock of BROWN'S SUPERCEDAR cloeet-lining and
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SAN FRANCIIICO
Northern Califottia Di*rlbuton lY.R.CHAIYIBIRLIN&C().
WHOLESALE LUMBER
FIR and REDWOOD
SOUTIIERN CALIFORNTA SALES AGENTS FOR
CRANNE!& HUMBOLDT CO.
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Oscjrr H. Johnson, now associated with the petaluma Bon Co., Petaluma, was a recent visitor to the Bay distiict on business for the company. Oscar, who was fornierlv sec_ retary gf $go Hoo Club I-.[o. 9, also found time to lo6k up a few of his lumbermen friends.
.9reaking its own record, the Hammond Lumber Co.,s mill.at Mill CityOregon, recently cutZ58,JN feet of tumber rn eight- hours. The previous record was 245,000 feet.
It is interelsling to note that in lgZZ this plant's net cut averaged ll,gQO feet a day more than in 19i6, and in l9?E averaged 13,470 feet daily more than in t9ZZ.
OPERATING
STEAMERS:
W. R. Chanberlin Jr.
Stanwood
Phyllir Barbara C
Yellowrtonc
OFFICES:
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6lt Mrtron Blds.
SAN .FRANCIS@
LOS ANGELES
2llZ Cbembcr of Cornncrcc Blds.
PORTLAND-Peciic Btds. ssArrr.o;whir. Brd&
Immediately to the east of Metr-opolitan Los Angeles f;".--r l.ititory rich in the colorful Spanish history of the F".frf.'.i Los A.tgeles. In years pist fat cattle g-razed uoon the broad acres of these ranchoi, herded by g"y M.9Iican colvbovs I 'ivhile the Dons of California's first famtltes leisurely inspected their large holdings'
Today, these same ranchos are the site of one of the most important industrial districts of Southern California' In a g.i.t"t way. this territory, sloping gently to the south,
Boulevard, East Slauson Avenue, and Atlantic Boulevard' in" ."tt and west boulevards all connect with the business .;* ;i Los Angeles; while those running north and south connect with thJ hinterland to the north and glve ample outlets to Los Angeles Harbor on the south' -
ftt" rapid growih of eastside Los Angeles, both from an inJ;;t.i;i stanapoint in the lower level stretches of the Ji.tti.t,-""d thd residential development in the northern sloping'areas, created a serious condition as.regards ?ttil water"runoff. It was quickly tealized, that in order to tn.ur. tt-t. proper development and prosperity of this. district' it-r. *"t.i runofi situation would have to be remedied'
The rainy season in Sottthern California' from October until the laiter part of April, does not us-ually develop dangerous situations, although it frequently. is ne.c.est?ty. t: iafely take care of a large water runott lmmedlately roli;;;*-; ttoitn. The dTfficultv of doing this is greatlv increa*sed in a district sttch as this, where numerous canvons and bare hills send rushing storm rvaters down ttpon ihe lowlands, seeking a quick exit to the sea'
Triple Bor Section South of Cluro Street-Size. of each b-arrel-70 It.-6'in. r 6 ft. inside measurentcnts' Tlrosc in l'icture reading frow 'iirit-l-i i'rft iro C. P. Cook' Adan Dalmatin" L 'B' Platt' T' K' Part,;:d;;, e .'E. Ariold, R. N. Nihceaich, Robcrt Gregorv, Chas' JohnstonMr. platt and Mr. yortiiis;'iin with the Soutkwistern Portland Ce;;"; C;., l,ii. C. n. Arnold is the Countv. Enllneer with I[r' Gregorv o'i ii;t-itiilo,x-all otheri ore r,rembers oi the Witt F' Peck Co' Svndicate, General C ontractors.
forms a large triangle; bounded on th-e north by the Moni.i"u ftittt,-through" *hi.tt winds the famous Coyote- Pas.s;
by thle Los Angeles river; on the east by the nio-fto"ao ,rrhi.h flows into"the Los Angeles river east of l.vnwood: the iunction of the Rio Hondo with the Los e"tg"t.. river forming the southern apex of the triangle'
As an indication of the industrial growth in this area we have the $4,000.000.00 Goodrich rubber p-lant, covering a1 area of forty-five acres; the Southern California lron & St".f Co-pany; the Truscon Steel Company; the California Corrugatei Culvert Company; the Killefer Manufacturing Compiny; among many other concerns of world wide importance.-
The district has a terminal railway system traversing and serving it-the Los Angeles Junction Railway, -the Union Pacific- Railroad, and the Atihison, Topeka and Santa Fe iuit*"y. The Union Pacific, in addition to its basic service "i irun.po.tation, has undertaken an extensive industrial development of lands owned by it, until now no less than ten large manufacturing plants are located within the company's industrial area. '
Wid., well paved boulevards extending from no-rth to south and east to west furnish the lanes of travel for vehicular traffic; the major. arteries being Beverly,-Boulevard, Whiitier Bouievard, iiast Ninth Street, East Washington
While this district is a vital factor in the welfare of Metropolitan Los Angeles, practically the entire area lies *iiiii"''ihe jurisdiction'of th^e Count.v-of Los Angeles, and in accordance with the terms oI the-Drainage District Im"t"".-""t Act of 1919, as amended and made applicable io counties in the State of California, proceedings were begun on drainaqe districts sufficient to meet the needs ot ihis rapidly deieloping section ; viz.: N.o. 22. the Belvede.re Districi; No. 23, tire l4ontebello District; and No' 26, the Laguna District. So that, now' one of-the largest and most imfortant projects of this kind is well under.way'- 'ih" tttree dittti.t. involved have a combined drainage area of 22,319 acres. There are four points of discharge
. Number 23, while being the largest district, was also the first for which bids were called, thereby setting a precedent for future bidding. The successful bidders on this district were the Will F. Peck Company, a partnership composed of E. H. Bashaw, Chas. P. Cooke and Finley B. Smitti. For the purpose of expediting consiruction they combined with Chas. H. Johnston, Adam Dalmatin and N. R. Nikcevitch under the name of the Will F. Peck Company Syndicate. The advantage gained by this combination ii miniflst when it is considered that eighteen months time was originally granted for completion of the work, while it was finished and accepted within a period of seven months.
District No. 26 was awarded to Herbert M. Baruch and R. E. Co.oney. -Mr. Cooney had previously met with great success in- putting thro_u_gh_the Sawtelle storm drairijob, and joined forces with Mr. Herbert M. Baruch, one of bur leading building contractors.
At this writing Drainage district No. 26, is well on the way to completion, while District No. 23, is finished and proved its utility during the recent November rains.
The illustrations from Drainage District No. 23, which accompany this article, are especially interesting not only to the. engineer, but also to the layman. The qu"antities of materials used are amazing and as an example it is noted that 18 sacks of Portland eement and 33,4 iubic yards of lggre_g_ate were used in each lineal foot of triple box section. The Montebello Trun\, the only main outlit into the Rio Hondo, is also extremely inteiesting to everyone. This consists of a concreted tunnel almost a mile in leneth. hear,-ily reinforced with properly shaped railroad ,ails. m'akl ing its exit beneath the bluffs inio the bed of the Rio tio.,ao. It was also necessary to carry several box sections beneath the main roadbeds oi the Union pacific and Santa Fe Railroads without traffic interruption, and the method of con_ struction followed in this phase of the u'ork is excellentlv illustrated in the accompanying photograph. ----"J
The bidding and awarding of the construction contracts were handled with dispatch by the County officials and the following data relative to construction and materials used will give an idea of the tremendous importance of this proJ ecr.
Data of Trunk Lines at Point of Discharge
Drainage _Ultimate Size and Type of Area in Discharge Conduit at Outlet Trunk Acres in C.F,S.
Montebello 6,175 1,343 l0'6"x14,0,, R. C. Box
Bandini 6,750 1,330 Triple 6,U'xlA'6,, R. C.
Belvedere 2,846 890 Double 6,6,,x12,A, R. C.
Laguna 6,548 1,615 8'6',x14,O,' R. C. Box
Total 22,319 5,178
The following facts regarding quantities of materials used in the various districts are given in order that a proper perspective may be realized by the reader:
Drainage District Improvement No. 22
Flxcavation-Box Sections only . .90,000 cubic yards
Concrete-Box Sections only .20,765 cubic yards
Reinfo_rcing Steel-Box Seciions only ,2,441,ffi pounds
Total length of box sections ;..... .1.80 miles
Total length of plain cement pipe 12,,x21,, ......1.41 miles
Total length of reinforced concrete pipe, 15"x87" ... ..l2.92miles
Total length of corrugated iron pipe, 15,, to 3O,, ....04 miles
In addition to these items, there are included in the contract 247 standard catch basins, 138 standard rnanholes and 8 junction structures. It should be noted that excavation and yardage of concrete are paid for at the unit prices bid, and that the price bid per lineal foot, on all pipe sections, includes the excavation. This applies to all thr?e districts.
Drainage District fmprovement No. 23
Excavation-Box Sections only-. .....,327,8N cubic vards
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Shingles, Cedar siding, Hardwood Lumber and Floors urged for Duties by some Gr',oups: Tfhile otherc vant Them to Remain on present Free List-Generd Lumber Duty of 2|/sEavored by Some. Tarifi On Logs Brought Into Question.
- Washington, Feb. 2S.-Conflicting views on lumber and shingle _tariffs occup_ied most of tfie hearings before the Ho.uq9 Ways and Means Committee during"February 22 and,23. Removal of shingles from the free iist and imposi- tion of a tariff ranging up to 25 per cent was advocated by some and opposed by others. Imposition of tarifis up tb 25 per cent on cedar lumber and o-n hardwood lumber^and hardwood flooring were also asked. Opposition to these proposals was also heard.
_ Wm. S. Bennet, representing the Edward Hines Lumber Company, opened thi discussi-on on February ZS wittr tne recommendation that a 25 per cent ad valorem tarifi be levied on all wood products, except wood pulp, now on the free list.
"I believe a 25 per cent duty will stabilize the industry." said Jud-ge B_e-nn9t, who asked particularly that the dut'ies be levied on birch and maple lumber and on birch floorins. He represented specifically the Edward Hines e..oU"t"? Lumber Industries, but he filed with the committee the views of the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Association asking for a reciprocal duty of Z0 per cent on Canadian t^urybe1. (Canada now imposes a 2d per cent duty on U. S.lumber.)
Charles A. Goodman- and E._ J. Jones, representing re- spectively the Maple Flooring Manufactureri' Associitio' and the Emporium Forest-ry -Company, filed a joint brief asking a 15 p.ey cent tariff on h^ardivooa flooiin!. M;. Goodman in addressing the committee made the point that Canada imposes a duly on such material a"a inat mosi American imports come from Canada.
The Willamette Valley Lumbermen's Association and Willis J. Walker of the lied River Lumber Co-p"nu. C"1i- fornia, memorialized the committee in behalf "t'" ,irity-"i, lumber.
Wants Cedar Taritr
,, H. I. Rradley, Bridgefield,_Washington, as a representa_ trve of. mills making boJh cedar shingles and cedai lumber, 1,try:9 for a duty. on both shingleJand siding. He said that the two would have to stand together as- they were made from the same log and jt wa,s im[ossible a" Gr.;;l; costs.. .Also h-e pointed out that the manufacture of"siEing ancl shlngles from the same raw material was " corr.".rrrl tion of material. Further, he explaincd that while Ameri_ can shingle-mills _co-uld and do make just a. gooa-rni"g1e. as their British Columbia competitois, the fiercentage- nf good shingles was smaller at American milis f"."u3. oi more complete utilization of the log through a larger pro_ portion-of lower grade shingles being maie. The- niifr", prrce ot logs on the American side made it imperativi to get as much product frorn them as possible.
. MentioninC thg "dump-ing', of Canadian products that has.been complained of from time to time fhe brief filed by the flooring interests points to the possibilities for se_ curtng cheaper raw material on the Canadian side. In part it says:
"fn Canada manv manufacturers secure timber through
head charge for carrying of timber reserves, together with high state taxes on standing timber, charges for insurance, fire protection, etc., as provided under different state laws."
The brief calls attention to the necessity for economy in this country and cutting the tree with i view to ciose utilization, resulting in increased production costs. With relation to the advantages that would, it holds, accrue to American labor from a tariff, it says:
Offers Labor Argument
"Maple, Beech and Birch flooring manufacturers are mostly located in northern towns close to the lumber pro- ducing districts. These towns have grown up about the plants and the people are dependent upon lmployment therein for their livelihood. Some manufacturers have continued the manufacturing at a loss in order to enable these people to live, though in many cases where manufacturers have been obliged to close, or reduce production, the employees have had to suffer the consequences. The indirect effect on labor is far-reaching, since it means loss of work to other employees in sarv mills, logging operations and wood-working machinery factqries."
Minnesota Member's Views
Representative lMater H. Newton of Minneapolis made an appeal for the retention of l.umber on the free list.
"There is no substantial difference in producing lumber .in Canada and in the United States," he said. "There may be differences here and there but not in extent to supply a basis for tariff duties. I am opposed to it also {s a matter of conservation, which should cause us to encourage importations of lumber. I am opposed to it because of the burden it rvould put on farmers, large us.ers of lumber products."
Mr. Newton said that he took the general position that there should be no tariff on natural resources-even if they can be manufactured more cheaply abroad than here. Representative John N. Garner of Texas argued that if this principle were strictly applied all of the forests of the United States would be allowed to rot and perish while their owners became impoverished.
Chairman Hawey was of the opinion that if Mr. Newton's views of conservaiion were to prevail the Pacific Northwest, with one trillion three hundred million feet of ripe saw timber, would be practically forbidden to take advantage of a main sollrce of wealth.
Mr. Newton declared that the general public interest in the maintenance of the'domestic forests and in the advantages of free lumber should prevail over those of any par- ticular domestic interest. Mr. Newton's statemenis- regarding the farmer brought out some inquiry as to the amount of lumber consumed on the farms and the information was volunteered that directy and indirectly the farm demand absorbs between 4O and 45 per cent of ihe lumber production of the United States.
- Representative Henry T. Rainey showed considerable inter'est in the period required to regrow timber to the commercial stage.
Crown grants, payins extremely t"*pti"". to the 6;;.?- A. W..Cooper, Secretary of the Western Pine Manufacment. Tft"y it""6 no taxes nor insurance nor investment turers' Association, Portland, Oregon, appearing as the overhead in-sjanding timber. Unitet Stater floorittg ;"r,u- representative of aOO t11-!er 1l-.1 "Tltt"sJCg opposition_ to facturers utilize their own.t"naing ii*-il.r r...r.,r.s or pur- any tariff on lumber. taking the position that-the burden chase lumber from others who dof and have a heavy over-
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This view of the Main Lounge of the recently complcted Sir Francis Drake Hotel, San Francisco, is a glowing tribute to the magnificence and charm of paneled woodwork' The ventilator grilles of pierced wood carvings over the doors in the far end of the room add a unique .r,J h""-orrious touch to the ensemble. All woodwork is of Philippine, stained \U0al' nut. Individual panels of the wall and column units are 2% inches thick, veneered Philippine over laminated Redwood cores. Millwork contract executed by Redwood Manufactuters Company, Pittsburg, California. \Uyeeks 6e Day, San Francisco, Architects.
The Tri-Annual Conference of the Institute will be a oneday session. It will be held at the Hotel Stockton, Stockton, California, Saturday, March 23.
The Board of Directors rvill meet on the preceding <1ay, Friday, March 22, and. rvill schedule the business 3f tfi. general meeting. The following topics, each of them vitally lm_portant to every man engaged in the manufacture and sale of sash, doors and milhvork, are on the slate for consideration and action:
1. Co-operation With Retail Lumbermen.
2. Legislative Activities-Present and Fnture.
3. The Millvvork Dollar-1928.
4. What New Products, or Those Industries, Can We Manufacture to Capacity ?
5. CertifiedArchitectural
6. Revision of Standard No. 128.
7.
attempted to inaugurate a definite program of procedure embracing subjects I and 2 of the foregoing fist. This joint meeting will open rvith breakfast at 8 a.m. in the Hotel Stockton and will remain in session until noon.
,,At 12 o'clock noon, Friday, March 22, the Institute Board will meet at luncheon (Hotel Stockton) and continue in s_ession throughout the afternoon. This meeting will be devoted entirely to arranging the business to corne before the general meeting of the Institute on Saturday.
Lumber Meeting
Now Sold by Other Help Reduce Excess
!Voodrvork. Sash and Door Schedules
..The Frid-ay.mo_rning session is to b=e a joint meeting of directors of the Institute and clirectors of the califo?nia Retail Lumbermen's Association, at which time it will be
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While the directors' meeting of the Institute is in session on Friday afternoon there will be a joint meeting of lumber groups at the Hotel Wolf embracing the following organ- izations: San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club-; Sairamento Valley Lumbermen's Club; Central California Lumbermen's Club; Directors, California Retail Lumbermen's Association.
Joint Dinner Friday Evening
A joint dinner and entertainment for lumbermen and millmen has been arranged for the evening of Friday, March 22, at the Hotel Stockton at 7 p.^.
Saturday Conference
Inasmuch as there will be a great deal of business to dispose of at the general meeting on Saturday, March 23, the se.ssion rvill open promptly at 8:30 a.m. Final adjournment rvill be taken at 4:30 p.m. President Bernhauei wishes it announced that there will be no delay in starting the sessions and asks every delegate to be in his seat in-the meeting hall at the time stated.
Hoo Hoo Party
The lumber groups have arranged a Hoo Hoo Concatenation and party for 7 p.^.Saturday evening. This will occur at the Kentucky llouse, which is about 4O miles from Stockton and near San Andreas. It is desired, of course, that the millmen take part in this event. Transportation will be arranged for those rvho are not driving tireir own autos.
CLEM FRASER APPOINTED MANAGER OF LUMBER & MILL CO. ALAMEDA
Clement Fraser, vice-president and assistant general manager of the Loop Lumber & Mill Co.. Alameda, has been appointed general manager of this concern, succeeding Merrill Robinson who hai resigned.
,/.. \ ADDS PLANING MILL
[. J.\Horr, Horr Lunb_glCq., Redding, has added a plan- r' i-ng m.ill to his lumber yard, and is now buitaing a tr.* 6orrr. for himself.
BLAIR YARD BEING REBUILT
The James B. Blair Lumber Company, placerville, Cal., which was recently destroyed. by firl, ;i being rebuiit and will soon be read-y Jor business -again, according to James B. Blair, owner of the company.
BUILDING NEW
E. U. White, White Lumber Co., a home, which it is said will be one the Sonoma Valley.
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Excavation-canal Section 4,000 cubic yards of the country may.move forward unhampered on the path
C.""t"t"-go* Sectil"s and junction -^ ,^^, of progress.and civic accomplishment' structures only . 7g,4o0 cubic yards i-uti"g the course of construction the Peck Syndicate
n"i"r"r"i"l rt"Jt-go* Sections and used sevin draglines varyin-g from thredquarter-s yards to junction structures only . .9,743,0ffi,8ounds one and one-quirter l11d,.-1.:-.:1t^i":::Ft and the amount
Total length of box sections
Total length of arch sections
i;;i i;Gif, "i pf"i" ".*.nt 12,, to zl,, .. .87 miles approximately 15 per cent, as only three feet extra over i;;;i i;;?ih of 'r"infor".d concrete .. *iitttr attop of stiucture was allowed under the contract' pipe2!"
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oourins on an av€raee of 6000 sacks of cement per day' ' The"following dala show the relation of the engineer's estimate, exclus'ive of overhead, etcetera, to contract price: Dist. Engineer's Contract ' Date for No-. 'Eiimate Price Contractor Completion - ri Sfi[s,tit.so $ 936,709.28 Torson cons. co. oct. 1' 1929 ,a 'i',0g2',qos.ze '2,121',645.00 will F. Peck co. svnd. oct.1' 1929
834,879.87 791,282.16 Baruch & Coonev ,()ct' r' tvzv
The estimates for Districts No. 22 and No. 23 were based
on material costs antedating the date of receipt of bids- by a year or more, as no improvements of this nature and ot .u"h l"tg. proportions had been made for q lotg period. It was, theiefore, natural that the large quantities of basic materials needed, developed a keen competition among material men, with the result that very noticeable reductions in bid price below estimate were reflected in the bids received.
Photosrabh shozoins itetoited construction of tunnel one mile in Iensth 12 fi. r lO lt.,-6 in., which, emfties into Rio Honda at Monte- -itt1o.
Catif The' sbntleffien at the left are Mr. L' B. Platt of -the ioithwittirn Portind Cement Compony and Mr. E. H' Bashozp, Geniiot Monoge, of the Wilt F. Peck eo.-Syndicote, General Contractors'
There are included in the contract 137 standard catch basins. 127 standard manholes, 2 standard junction structures and 1590 lineal feet of piling at the outfall.
It should be noted that thi arch section mentioned in the foregoing tabulation is included in the contract at a price pet iitteil foot complete, including all excavation, concrete and reinforcing steel.
It is well to-note that the contractors are using the tunneling method rather than open cut for the construction of this i'rch section, and owing to the comparatively shallow overburden are pouring tfieir concrete through vertical chutes, drilled at lntervils along the line of the tunnel'
On Sections 23 and' 26 nearly a million sacks or approximately 94,000,000 pounds of Victor Portland cement, manufactuied by the Southwestern Portland Cement Compa1tY at their Victorville. California, plant, were used' In the neighborhood of 800 cars were required to move this large amount of material.
While these amounts are impressive it should also be realized that an enormous distribution of prosperity was created by these drainage districts. Freight paid to railroads alone amounted to a considerable item. A large number of workmen in all lines of endeavor, such as those engaged in the manufdcture and production of cement, steel, itJ"hitt.ty, rock and sand, etc., and those directly participating in the construction work, received direct definite Lenefi-ts. Merchants, ranchers, manufacturers and workmen shared alike in this distribution of public work.
Finally the people residing in and qwnjng land in these drainage districts iave a coifortable feeling- of security .in lcnowiig'that their lives and property are safe f-rom the destructiv"e forces of flood and witer'and that their section
For instance, the price bid by the successful bidder per cubic yard for concrete in District lr{o. 22 was approximately 26 per cent below the estimate. Likewise, the reinforcing stiel in this same district showed a bid of approximate1y"22 per cent less than that used in the estimate. Similar conditions prevailed in District No. 23, and the reductions were more marked, due to the greater quantities of basic materials required, District No. 23 representing a cost ot more than twice that for District l{o. 22.
The price bid by the successful bidder in District No. 23 p"t "ubi" yard of-concrete showed a reduction of approxi-
mately 32 per cent, while the reinforcing steel showed a reduction of'approximately D per cent below the engineer's estimate.
Advantage was taken of the reduced prices for basic materials in riakine the final estimate for District No. 26, thq .-"ff..t of the iht.., and the last'to bd awarded' There were still reductions reflected in the bid prices of the suc(Continued on Page 47)
On Saturday afternoon, April 6, the lumbermen of Southern California will meet at the Alexandria Hotel, Los Angeles._ The meeting will open with luncheon, for men only, and the business session will continue through the afteinoon. Paul Hallingby will preside at the meeting. The committees on cement, hardwood flooring, roofing, sash and d.oors, and. legislation will report on their activiiies during tne past ntnety days.
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c_essful bidder, but the percentages were much reduced over those shown in Districts Nos.22and 23. Concrete per cubic yard in District No. 26 showed a reduction in the successful bidder's bid of approximately 15 per cent less than that snown tn the estrmate.
All of this saving is shown as a very material benefit to the three districts involved, and has knlt the property owners together as a unit in support of the combined piojects.
When the rest of the lumber industry was using trucks and caterpillars to haul its logs and lumber ?
Of course you wouldn't-the lumber industry moves too fast-competition is too keen. That's why successful lumber yards use the
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They can't afford to put up with the losses 6f hand oil- ing. The "Hilke" keeps the lumber in good condition, cuts lal-ror costs, incre.ases yard capacity, shortens hauls, reduces alley upkeeo. etc.
IVIechanical piiing ii another step towards bigger proits on your yard. Send for particulars.
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In the evening, the ladies will join the lumbermen for dinner in the mpin dining room at the Alexandria Hotel. There will be an entertainment, and music will be provided for those who wish to dance.
The committee on arrang.ements includes: chairman; H. A. Lake, Kenneth Smith, E. A. J. Stoner, Steffenson, C.
\V. Pinkerton and eaut HattingUy.The San Jose and the Peninsula lumbermen, and the Peninsula Hoo Hoo Club will hold a joint meeting at the Hotel St. Clair, Monday evening, March 25. Dinner will be served at 6:3O p.m. Secretary paul E. Overend announces that good speakers will address the meeting.
Any old band raw won't do-that ir, if ,,ou waDt to hold pro- duction and Lecp down your opcrating cortr. To rccure rrnooth, fart cutting try STMONDS NARROW BANDS. Thcy are wcar-rerirting rtcet, medc jurt for SIMONDS-Iho bleder that givc bcttcr rcrvice. You'll bc plcared whcn you ree e Simond. op.ratc.
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of oroof rests on those who want the tarifi restored' He ."ii tft"t ihe small amount of Oriental labor employed in ;h;Ii;i;ith Columbia saw mills was of no consequence in view of the fact that labor costs in the Southern states were much lower than in Canada. Mr. Cooper said there rvas nothing more unsound than a tarift on lumber as a help to ."tot".-t"tiott. He asked why we should have a tariff on iumber when we were exporiing twice as much lumber as *" i-pott. He also t.*aiked that Canada afforded a good -"tf..i for some of our lumber products' He pointed out ttt"t fut from Canadian lumbermen dumping their products in the United States in disastrous competition with domestic lumber, Canadian distributors rvere able sometimes to buv iumber to better advantage in the United States than i"-'griilrtr Columbia. He citei the case of the Burroughs Lumber Company of Winnipeg, which reported that it had been able to -purchase No. 3 fir dimension more sattstactorily in Waslington than in British Columbia' Favors Free Logs
T. H. Bloedel of the Bloedel-Donovan Lumber Company' Selttle, said "the Northwest doesn't need the duty, for its troubles are local." He declared Canadian shingles are better and cost more. than those made in this country' "If you want to help the shingle industry' take the duty ofi logs," he said.
Mr]Bloedel said the duty on logs had caused him to set up a shingle mill in British Columbia and pointed out.that since A-irica can effectively meet Canadian competition in other markets no dutY is needed.
Francis A. Niles, speaking for the New York Lumber Trade Association; William P. Morin, representing thg Northeastern Retail Lumber Dealers' Association, and George N. Comfort, of the G. N. Comfort Lumber Company; Cleveland, spoke in opposition to a tariff on lumber' Washington Congressman Heard , Congressman Albert Johnson (Republican of Washingion), s*poke on Friday before the committee and vigorously urged i tariff. He served notice that he w9u!d speak on the biil in the House and show "beyond the shadow of a doubt that American manufacturers are operating at meagre profits because they get only the left-over business." He iharged that Americans opposing the tarifi were those large-ly having Canadian interests and called them "halfAmericans".
"When the market demands more than Canadian and half-American mills in Canada can produce, the American manufacturer gets a small share of business. Scores of mills in Western Washington and Oregon have been forced to
the wall. The tremen<lous increase in importations from Canada proves this control of the situation by these Canaaiatt "ttd ttalf-American interests. Our home manufacturers ut" h"lol"t., and will continue helpless unless or until they ;;i lh.'";ristance which a tarifi duty and nothing else will provide."
Congressman Johnson's remarks followed a barrage.of oooori?ion to a Jhingle tariff from the shingle treating interests. These included H. E. Gosch. representing the Creo-Dipt Company, B. All'en qf the Weatherbest Stained Shingle'Company 'and J. A. Edgecumbe of the Edham Company of St. Paul.
Mi. Gosch said that his company procures 9O per cent of its stock from British Columbia because it cannot secure the desired quality in this country' He said shingle manufacture had jmproved here in recent years and that their American putcha.es accordingly now amounted to approximately 1O per cent. IIir company, he said, will buy iheir entire requirements in Washington when the manufacturers of that State meet their quality requirements' Meanwhile, he opposed a tariff on the ground that it would add a million dolhrs a year to the retail price of his company's products. This, he said, would serve to increase ihingte iompetition, which comes not from British Columbia productibn but from competitive m-aterials.
Mr. Edgecumbe made similar complaint as to the quality of domestic shingles. He submitted specimens of edge and flat grain shingles to the committee and said Washington lumdermen had been offered premiums for making vertical grain shingles. In reply to a question from the committee as to why they failed to do so, he said:
"Because tiey have followed the custom of making flat grain shingles ior so many years. They go in mor'e for production than for quality." ^
Maintaining dealei interest in shingles was advanced by Mr. Allen as an important reason for refusing to levy a tarifi on shingles, he said the British Columbia shingle is a better product and brings about 45 cents a thousand more than tlie domestic article. When the price on shingles at retail becomes too high, he contended, the dealer will put aside shingles and sell competitive material'
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H. A. Lake, president of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association, was the speakbr of the day at the meeting of the Los Angeles Hoo Hoo Club on Thursday, February 28. Mr. Lake spoke on the activities of the state association, and also referred to the excellent work being done by the Legislative Committee regarding the Mechanics' Lien Law.
F. A. Hofheins, North Tonawanda, N. Y., Supreme Bojum, gave an interesting talk on Hoo Hoo in the east. C. N. Perrin, North Tonawanda, N.Y., and Perry Dame, Kansas City, Mo., attended the meeting and were called on for a few remarks. Cliff Estes made his report on the Christmas Party.
President Harry V. Hanson presided over the business session. The meeting was well attended.
Charles S. Russell, rvell known Portland president of Dant & Russell, died at his home March 11, after an illness lasting six months. years of age, and had been identified with the ness in the West for twenty-five vears.
lumberman. in Portland, He was 70 lumber busi-
The Bond Lumber Company at Hynes, Cal., has recently been purchased by A. F. and W. J. Stranger who have been in the lumber business for the past several years at Comp- ton and Huntington Park.
Chas. N. Perrin, member of the firm of Blakeslee. perrin & Darling, hardwood dealers of Bufialo, N. y., was a recent visitor to San Francisco, when he was a caller at the office of White Brothers.
Above is shown a new Clean Up and Paint Up Window Trim which is one of many attraitive features now available for the 1929 Clean Up and Paint Up Campaign. The Trim consists of five pieces, lithographed in nine 6rilliant colors, die cut to shape as illustrated. This is one of many attractive display features, listecl for the convenience of campaigner. "i pric". intended to covjr_ only_cost and handling, by the National Clean Up and P_aint Up Campaign Bureau, No. 310 East 45th Streei, New York City, which will send a catalogue of its materiai upon receipt of request.
The Peninsula Lumbermen's Club have opened an office at 18 Frazer Brrilding, Palo Alto. Ed. Gilpin, formerly manager of the Tilden Lumber & Mill Co. yard at San Jose, is secretary of the club.
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ONE T4" HERMANCE STICKER IN PERFECT NUNNTNC CONDITION, BELTS AND KNIVES IN' -CiUono. H. Easom, 112 Market St., San Francisco' Garfield 4OlO.
Three years' mill experience, which includes six months as gradei, at one of -the large mills .in the Northwest' W"itr to make connection with retail lumber company in Southern California, Los Angeles district preferred-'- ZL v.ait of age. Would appreciate an interview' Address Box C-247. Care California Lumber Merchant.
WANTED-At once. Young man' keeper and stenographer' Apply Quincy Quincy, California, giving re{erences.
combination bookLumber ComPanY,
Experienced lumberman -wants- po:ltion as manager or assistant manager of retail yard. Eight years' lumber, building material and general hardware- experience' j amiliar i'ittt "tt brancheJof the retail lumber business' Can furnish excellent references. Available at once. Would 1Ppii"i"t. "" interview. P. B. Lahe, 417 East Fourth St', Los Angeles.
Of the hordes of job-seekers who annually apply for posltions as forest rangers, the vast majority are doomed to disappointment, says S. B. Show, chief of the California District, U. S. Forest Service.
Hundreds of the letters which pour into the Forest Service offices are undoubtedly inspired by mistaken notions of the character of the ranger job. It is believed by- many to be an opportunity for an outing in-the woods with pay' or
duplicate the caredr of a two-gun man of the gTeat open spaces as depicted in western films'
Although ihe forest ranger's job is not without its thrills ""a "a".fiture, it is one reluiring hard work and- high qualifications. The ranger must be able to endure the phystc-at ir"ra.t ipi of fire filhting and .other.he.avy.outdoor rvork; and in iddition he must have the technical knowledge-necessary to carry out'the plans for administration and de".i""-."t of ihe forest i.tout..t in his district of from 200,000 to 250,000 acres or more of mountainous country' R#r"r, handfe the field work in connection with the sale ;iil-;;;; the gtaring of livestock, and manv.other activities on the Naiional Forests. They are called- upon to do ,,rr.r.vits, timber cruising and scaiing, maintain telephone
lines and lnountain roads and trails' TbSy *".f n""" the executive ability to organize and direct fire figttit"s .t"*t and get them into action promptly at times
A. B. Griswold, manager of the San Francisco office of-ttr. C. D. Johnion Luirber Co', has just returned from "^*".f.t trip io Southern California, in the course of which h"'il;"e- Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Ventura.
when delay means the loss of thousands of dollars through the spread of the flames. The ranger's job, in short,.cov.tr "il the details of the management of a forest business otff"".Tt;..r the U. S. Forest Service receives between 14,000 and'15,000 letters-an average of between 40 and 50 " a"y-tto* persons seeking employment in the service' As against this great volume of applications, there a-re only -about 900 rfngers in all the national forests in the Foiest Service, "ttd the annual turnover is rarely more than 5O men. A great number of the applications .came from boys and youig men with little educational training' *n.t""" the ranger "position requires -at least high school education and aa?iti6nal technical training and experience in forestry. Many applicants hav-e.been induced t9 Puy io, "ott..oondence .ouit.. which claim without foundation ;h;;1-h;;iri *"riiv them for the work' In the national forests east of the Mississippi River, practically every. n€w ranger employed to fill vacancies has had. college tralnrng in f"orestry-, attd itt the western forests, the proportlon ot .ott"g. trained rangers is steadily increasing,. ut "-"Y -*f^t are Jmployed. Some 25 colleges and universltles conter oeorees ii forestrv, and some 50 others offer forestry courses' Fermanent position in the Forest Service are all under clvll service, the lower ones being filled by examination and the higher Position bY Promotion'
Cargo arrivals from Washil^Slon ard Orego-n during *o-"tfitf February totalled 38,252,W feet of lumber 41,503 bundles of box shook. -R;a;";d arrivals by water in the same period were 643,000 feet.
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This Column of "Wants" and "Don't'Wants" is for: TheFellow Who Wants to BuY TheFellow Who Wants to Sell The Fellow Who Wants to Hire
utung lumber rnaximum construction value in is a rnanufacturing task that requires skill, experience and unwavering standards. It is such qualifications that have given vital meaning to the LongBell trade-mark on lumber and lumber products,, . ilnfailing, Iong-tirne sertice to tbe user,
Long-Bell Frames are made of soft textured, old growth yellow Douglas Fir, with heartwood predominating, providing a srurdy, durable frame. The machine work is unexcelled. The precision of the workmanship assures faster and more accurate assembly on the iob uith tight ftting joints. Long-Bell Frames pledge maxitnunt construction aalue,
Sturdy well.built doors, mede throuqh. out of California White Pine .rlh are the Long.Bcll doorc which 6nd favor with builderc not onlv becaure of their conctruction, but, too, because of their eare of fitting and hanging, the finc surface which takec all finirhes ng{ectlY' and manY other Practical advantages.
LUMBERMEN SINCE I8?5
Douglas Fir Lumber, Timbers, Door and Window Frames, Trimpak; rA/e6tern Hemlock Lumbcr: \\'esrern Red Cedar Sidin3 and Shinglec; South- ern Pine Lumber and Timbere; Southctn Hards ood_Lumber and Timbere; Oak Flooring. "CELL- r:ed Oak Floodng Stripr, .CELLized Oik Floor Planks, 'CELLizcd Oak Floor Blockr: California lA,hite Pinc Lumbcr, Sash and Dootr, Box Shooks: CreosotedSouthern pineLumber,Timbers. posts. Poles, Ties, Guard,Rail Posm, Piling.
Beauty, minimum of labor in laying and - d-urability are thrce imporranr quali6cationr of Long-Bell tredc. marked oak floorin8. And, because of the.€ qualiries econony! The firct. time user is-elmoot invatiably a repcat. cusloher, loa experience proveo it. economy and !atisfaction. Dcalert are finding Long.Bell trade.marked floor. ing one of th.e most rterdily profitable tl€m5 rn 6tock.
E take pleasure in announcin$, that the assets and properties of the Weaver-Henry Manufacturin$ Company have been purchased by the Johns-Manville corporation of New York. We feel that this consolidation insures for us and for you! our custome-rs, a stronBer position in the roofin$ field'
a, l*, wr. J|." entire 'Weaver-Henry orlanization will remain intact, operatin$ as a separate and distinct company to be known as the Weaver-Henry C'o.po"riiorr. I will continue my duties as President and Mr. William Henry wili remain as Vice'President and General Manaler'
n, !/ w,a Jhsr. will be no changes in policy or in the high standards of quality and service, which we have always maintained' In addition, our customers will benefit by the lon$ experience of Johns-Manville in the roofing field and research and enlineering facilities all backed by Johns-Manville's extensive resources.
d\,., ^\, tr,.a \,fs of the new Weaver-Henry Corporation are inspired to carry on with increased enthusiasm and vigor and feel that we are now exceptionally well equipped to give you the utmost in quality, service and "oope"ttior,. Either Mr. Het "y or myself hope to have the pleasure of callin$ upon you personally in the near future to discuss your problems and the ways in which we .may assist you to $reater profits in the roofin$ business'
^\r/ .;e wr \,Is wish to express at this time our sincere appreciation of your loyalty and cooperation in the past and our sincere hope that we shall continue our friendly relations for years to come
