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Subrcription Pricc, $2.110 per Year Singlc Copict, 25 ccntr cach.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, MARCH 15, 1934

How Lumber Looks

New business boo&ed at the lumber mills made further gains dudng the weck ended March 3, 1934, exceeding the tecotd of any wek of the previotrs three months; shipmenrc wete the highest since September; production was slighdy l6wer than the previous two weeks according to r€ports to 6e National Lumber Manufacturers Association from the regional associations. 11329 Amedcan mills fo'r the week reported production as 173,887,O00 feet; shipments L9O,949rOOO feet, and orders 2O7,471,NO feet.

565 mills reporting to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended March 3 gave new business as 98r 7681725 feet against a production of E9r986,019 feet and ship. ments of 9116681002 f.eet. Shipments were over production by l.9Vo and, current sales were over the output by 5.lVo. Orders bookod 4*i"g the week were (wer thc freviou week by 1-5r500,000 feet or l8.7qo.

The Veetern Pine Associatiotr for the same week reported otdeto from 136 mills as 44,6191000 feet; shipments ,T.O4OrOOO feet, and production 27,677rNO f.et. Orders were over pr(> ductio-n by 6116, and shipments were over productior by 73.EVo. Ordem were over rftnf"lo by 20.a/s.

The California Redwood Association for the week ended Match 3 reported production from lE mills as 6r100r(XX) feet, shipments 7r634r00iJ feet, and new business 6,910,0fi) feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week wete 30r954r0fi) feet. Ten identical mills reported production 89 per cent greater and

R. P. Fuller Retires From Business

R. P. "Ijncle Bert" Fuller and associates have announced the purchase of the Home Lumber Company at Manteca, Calif., by the Diamond Match Company. .tUncle Bert,, has been connected with the retail lumber business for the past 51 years and says that he is going to take a long vacation. He started in the retail lumber business at Exeter and Fairmont, Nebraska, in 1883, and has been interested in the business there ever since, althoirgh for a number of years only as a stockholder in connection with his other interests. He will continue to make his home at Manteca.

Opens Retail Lumber Store At Alhambra

The W. E. Cooper Lumber Co., Los Angeles, are opening a retail lumber store at 136 West Main Street, Alhambra, Calif, Bert Beless will manage the sisre,

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2nd Natboal Balt Bldr. Hil.til, T.xu new bueiness E6 per cent greater than for the same wce& lert Yea'. :r :F *

197 hardwood mills give new busines for the wec& ended March 3 as 27r558r0fi) feet, ot 22 p* cent above production, and shipments were 23454rOOO feet, or 3 per cent above production. Production was 22r681rfi)0 feet.

-Reflecting the inctease in building permits during the mqrth of February, California retailers rcfort that busincsc is better. February building permits in many cities throughout the state -show large increases over the sarne month last year. Retail lumber code prices have gone into efrec., and the'new cargo freight rates from the Northwest to California ports have also beetr affected.

Unsold stocks on dre public doc-lrs at Loo Angeleo harbor totaled 34trOOO feet on March 5. Cargo arrivals at Los Angoles harbor for the weeL ended March 5 totaled 7,643rW-fa, which included 10 cargoes of Fir carrying 710401000 feet, and 2 catgoes of Redwood with 6O3,00O feet. 6O vecsels rrEre operating in the coastwise lumber service on March 5; 42 vessels were laid up.

Inlaid Wood Pictures in Demand

The beauty of the hand made inlaid pictures of wood in its natural colors being distributed by Loop Lumber & Mill Co., Alameda, has to be seen to be fully realized. Wood from all parts of the world is used in the making of these hand made inlays. This is carefully selected for both color and grain to get the beautiful efiects desired.

There was a large demand for the pictures in the Christmas season, and as a result of {or,mer sal.es a steady demand has developed. The pictures are available in eleven subjects at moderate cost, and many lumbermen have availed themselves of the opportunity of having a real wood picture in their offices, and others have used them for gifts to their friends.

Returns From Washington

H. W. Cole, president of the California Redwood Association, and executive officer of the Redwood Division of the Lumber Code Authority, was back at his office in San Francisco March 5, after an absence of six weeks, five of which were spent in Washington, where he attended a meeting of the Lumber Code Authority.

2. $cotia; our own Plant Gity.

From the forests come giant Redwoodsunwieldy logs. Economists term the next step giving forrn utility. The Palco people who work and live in this true "Land of the Giants" call it sawing logs into lumber. A lot of that sort of thing goes on in Scotia.

This glimpse of link number two in a chain that serves you begins to paint a picture. An idea begins to form. It is the fact that "to have and to hold" the confidence of the retail lumber merchant requires more than a calling card, a price list and an order book.-Much more.