LOS ANGELDS vol.- 21. No. t8
SAN [.BANCISCO MARCX{ | 5, 1943
VIGTORY IS ESSENTIAI. I.UMBER IS ESSENTIAI. FOR VIGTORY In order thcrt victory be cccomplished crt the earliest time with the lecst wcrste cnd expense involved, we, cs mcny others, have plcrced our buying, selling, crnd grectly improved processing lcrcilities ct the complete disposcrl oI the qrmed lorces, cs we engcrge in totcrl production lor victory. Pleqse be qssured oI our sincerest desires to crssist in cny wcy possible our mcny friends in obtcining rcw mqterials or lumber products lor their needs towcrds victory, crnd our hope thcrt in the not too distant luture we mcry regrcin our very much cpprecicrted peccetime pcrtroncge.
E.JStnxToxandSoN 4lEt and Alarneda
CEntury 2-9211
Lros Angeles, Calif.
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March 15, f943
TOO BAI) ]UIET{
Todcy, we cre lcrced with hecrvier demqnds lor Pclco Bedwood Lumber and
Pclco wool Insulcrtion, thcrn ever belore. ln view oI existing m(mpower
PAL CO
shortcrges two men qre now required to hcrndle the work oI three. As we qre
opercting ct full speed, forty-eight hours a week, we have no other clternqtive
but to trim down our mcnuql operctions-temporcrily suspending those items requiring extrq-mqn-hours. For the time being, therelore, we cre lorced to restrict the production of PALCO shckes, shingl.s, trcry lrcmes, nursery flcts, furzow tubes and most sizes of pickets crnd plcnt stqkes. Six <rnd eight-foot
lcth is also on the restricted list. So, <rs you c<rn plcrinly see-it's just too bcd we ccrn't pick our men in the sqme mqnner we select our trees-il men grew on trees we would hqve our pick ol the best.
THE PACIFIC SAII FRANCISCO
REDWOOD LUMBER
}YOOL INSULATION SECTIONAL SEPTIC TANKS
LUMBER CoMPANY
MILLS AT SCOTIA
LOS ANGELES
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March 15, l94i|
OUR ADVERTTSERS *Advertisemenb appear in alternate irsuei.
American Hardwood Co. --- -- - - ---American Lumber and Treating Co. -------- 3 Anglo California Lumber Co. ------------------- *
Arcata Redwood Co. Athinson-Stutz Co. ---------------------------------------- 4 Back Panel Compeny -------------29 Baxter & Co. J. H. ----------------Blue Diamond Corporation --------------------------17 Bradley Lumber C-o., of Atlancac Bruch fndustrial Lumber Co. - --- - ----
Burns Lumber Co. ---------C-alifornia Buildero Supply Co. ----------------- 22 California Door Co., The ------------------------------10 California Panel & Veneer Co. ------------------ 't C-arr & Co., L J. ------- --- --------------------------29 Celote:< C.orporation, The ------------------- - -- - 7
Cobb, Co., T. M. ----------
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Cooper, W. E. ------------------------11 1 Curtie Companiec Service Bureau
Fordyce-Croocett Seles Co. -------------------O.B.q
Gamerston & Green Lumbet Co. ---------------- r
Flall, Jamer L -- --- ------------------------------------26 Flammond Lumber Co. -- - ---- ---------------------- 8 Hill & Morton, Inc. --------------------------------------25
Hogan Lumber Co. --------------------------------------29 Hoover, A. L. -----------------------.28 Johnson L'mber Corporation, C. D. ------------f9
Koehl & Son, fnc., John V. Kuhl Lumbet Co., Carl'H. ---------------------------2g Lamon-Bonningon C,ompany ----------------------- * Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co. --------- ---- --------25 Lumberments Credit Association ------------------ * MacDonald & Harrington, Ltd. -------------------.23
Masonite Corporation ------------- 5 Michigan.California Lurnber C,o. ---------------- | Moore Dry Kiln Co. Oregon Lumber Sales ----------------------------------16
Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lumber Division------- t Portland Cement Arsociation ------------__- t Ream Co., George E. --------------------------------------15 Red Cedar Shingle Bureau
Red River Lumbet Co.,--------------------------------- 9 Robbins Lurnber Co., R. G. ---------------------------14 San Pedto Lumbet Company
Santa Fe Lumber Co. ---------------
Schafer Broa. Lumber & Shingle Co. ----------- r
Shevlin Pine Sales Co. ---------- ---------------------21 Southwestern Portland C.cment Co. ------------15 Staaton & Son, E. J. --------------------------O.F.C. Sudden & Christenson, fnc. ----------------------2O Tacoma Lumber Saler ----- -- --------------------- ' Timber Engineeting Co. of California -------1O Wendling-Nathan Co.
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Vest Coast Screen C,o.
------------19
West Oregon Lumber Co. ---------------Westcrn Door & Saeh Co.
Vestern Hardwood Lumber Co. -------.----- ' \ffectern Mill & Moulding Co. ------------------ * Weyerhaeuret Saler Company --------------- *
IVhite Brotherr -----------Vholerale Building Supply, Inc. ------------------19 Vood Lumber Co., E. K. ----------------------------2L
l'HE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT I. E. MABTIN Mcrncging Editor
W. T. BI.ACK Advertieiag Mcrncaer
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How Lrumber lrooks Lumber shipments ol 44O mills reporting to the National 000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled Lumber Trade Barometer exceeded production by 15.8 158,092,000 feet. per cent for the week ended February 27, 1943. In the The California Redwood Association reported production same week new orders of these mills were 23.7 per cent of twelve operations for the month of January, 1943, as greater than production. Unfilled order files in the re- 3I,762,m feet, shipments 35,030,000 feet, and orders reporting mills amounted to 88 per cent of stocks. For re- ceived 42,188,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of porting softwood mills, unfilled orders are equivalent to the month totaled 88,984,000 feet. 39 days' production at the current rate, and gross stocks The West Coast LumU.rt*"t Association for the week are equivalent to 41 days' production. For the year to date, shipments of reporting identical ended February 20 reported orders as 110,578,000 feet, shipmills exceeded production by 18.0 per cent; orders by ments 99,957,W feet, and production 94,658,000 feet. For the week ended February 27 orders were reported as 22.7 per cent. I@,O22,W feet, shipments 105,208,000 feet, and production Compared to the average corresponding rveek of 1935-39, 101.643.000 feet. production of reporting mills was 29.9 per cent greater; shipments were 28.4 per cent greater, and orders were CHANGES IN YARD PERSONNEL 49.6 per cent greater. P. O. Young, who has been manager of The Diamond Match Company's yard at Lodi since 1936, has been apThe Western Pine Association for the week ended Eebru- pointed district manager with headquarters in Marysville. ary 27,97 mills reporting, gave orders as 78,473,000 feet, He has been with the company for the past twenty-two shipments 64,109,000 feet, and production 52,66,000 f.eet. years, is a member of the Lodi Rotary Club, Lodi Post Orders on hand at the end of the rveek totaled 393.789.000 No. 22 of the American Legion, and of the Stockton Pyrafeet. mid of Sciots. Reinhold Tempel, who has been connected with its yard The Southern Pine Association for the week ended at Live Oak, succeeds Mr. Young as manager at Lodi. February 20, l2I mills reporting, gave orders as 26,783,- He started with them six years ago at Lodi, and since then O00 feet, shipments 28,574,000 feet, and production 27,327,was promoted to other yards of the company.
YES SIR! WHOI.ESTI.EBS
ol Douglcs Fir Ponderoea &
Sug<r Phee Cedcr {l Bedwood Shingles Cedcr Poler Ftr Plywood Doors
Postwar plcrnning is the thought lor todcry. Plcn, think, cnd be ready lor Victory Dcry. Soon we will be switching oII the spur to the mcrin line. Thenstrcright cheqd lor progrress!
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March 15. l%3
This lst class lighting nan
*E' tuears the Arny-Navy
A [ew of fte 500 Uses
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Ife's out there in the thick of things. Flying high in bombers. Helping to house troops in the snows of Alaska and the tropic heat of the South Seas. Racing over the water in swift patrol craft.
Ife's the Masonite* Man . . . symbol of Masonite Presdwoods* . . . the modern and versatile ligno-cellulose hardboards that have more than 500 difrerent uses in America's vast War Program"
lecenffy. of ffie llge lforonlle ploaf la bwel, Mbbslppf, Motonlfe wo*err
Many lhousandr of Army hnkr aro lincd with iwo type3 of Masonilc Produclr.
vere oworded |he ArmY-NovY "E" lor
oulsfcndlng prodocflon.
The major proportion of all Masonite production today goes to war uses. And so it will remain until the war is won. We are sure that you now will have a full understanding of just why Masonite products cannot be made readily available to you at this time. The Army-Navy
Many of lhe Army and Naw bar-
raclr hrrc and abrbad u:e Mc:onih
Produclr for wallr and cellingr.
t'E" is an honor, but even more it is a responsibility which Masonite accepts in the full spirit of loyalty to victory. . . . Masonite Corporation,
llf W. Washington St., Chicago.
Mnso*rrE
PNESDWOODS IHE llGLO.CtllUlo3l
HARDIOIID!
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A non-conduclor of chclricltY, Prcrdwoodr have becn found idcal lor Medical Corps X-ray lablrr. No'Lir'' hr thtt aitoqtbmet b ir6rt
to lmoay thot Masonlle Pres&o@lt No
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
It was James Whitcomb Riley, kindly poet, who wrote:
"It hain't no use to grumble and complain;
before you put it on these days, be sure you have Coupon No. 17 handy.
It's jest as cheap and easy to rejoice; When God sorts out the weather, and sends rainWhY-rain's *Y choice"'
*** Yet you can't help sympathizing in understanding fashion with the philosophy expressed in the following, by "Yes, Doc, I know that it is never work, But worry and fretting that drive men berserk; Yet where is the man who would scurry about, If he had no worries to worry about."
***
Much is being said and printed about the reconstruction
in our lives that conditions have brought on. Yea, man ! Take in the old prohibition days, for instance, when you invited some friends to dinner. You wrote at the bottom of the invite-"BYOl"-which being interpreted meantas all men know-"bring your own liquor."
*** It's different now. If you have the hardihood to invite a gang to dinner, you write at the bottom of the invite: "Bring your o$rn coffee, sugar, butter, cream, canned goods, meat, and ice cream. We furnish the unsliced bread
and cut whiskey, ourselves."
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In the good old days "Ole" was a Swede's name. Today it means the stuff we use to take the place of the butter that took an ocean trip.
{.** They talk and write at length about postwar matters. But the biggest argument in millions of American hornes in postwar days will be, who's going to cook what for who, and why should I?" And then there was *J;r: who smiled through the preliminaries of all this rationing, but screamed with fright when she saw a midget. She thought they'd started rationing men. **rF
March 15, 194if
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Before Italy entered the war, Hitler, in one of their conferences at Brenner Pass, urged Mussolini to invade South-
ern France at once, and always Benito made excuses. "Go through the St. Gothard Pass," suggested Hitler. "It is mined," replied Benito. "How about the St. Bernard Pass?" asked Hitler. "But how can we pass those big dogs?" asked Benito.
* * * Believe it or not, Napoleon said: "There are in the
world two powers-the sword and the spirit-and the spirit has always vanquished the sword." But that was after he RETURNED from Russia. **rf
One of Hitler's chief excuses for invading other lands and seeking a great German Empire was that there was not sufficient room in Germany for all the Germans. WelI, thepe's a fellow named Joe who is helping him solve that problem now-by reducing the number of Germans. Soon there will be plenty of room in Germany for all the Germans Joe leaves.
***
We talk glibly about feeding the world. Wonder how many who make that noise know how many people there are in the world? There are more than eleven hundred million people in Asia, four hundred million in Europe. I haven't heard the latest count on Africa, but there are 130,000,000 people in the United States and about two and a quarter billion people in the rest of the world. The job makes our Victory Gardens look kinda small, doesn't it? **t
Most of the folks f hear and read about who discuss regimentation and regulation, apparently fail to distinguish the difference between the two. And the difference is the difference between daylight and darkness. Intelligent regulation is approved by all good men. But regimentation means the paralysis of progress. t{.*
"If the shoe fits, put it on," has been a well respected
Rastus Johnsing, of the Delta District in Ole Mississippi,
epigram for generations. But Tillie the Toiler says that
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March 15, 1943
HOW CELOTEX PR.OMOTION IS
Doing 2 Big fobs for You in 1943! rFf I Ft l.-!
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I'VIMEDIATE BUSINESS IN AtL AVAIIABIE MARKE'SI
\Teather doesn't wait on war. Homes must be kept in repair. Dynamic Celotex advertising in national magazines, including farm. aagazines, tells home owners and farm owners what to do and how to do it-seods them to you, the Celotex dealer, for suggestions and materials. Owners in your territory will act on the urge contained in this advertising, and will come to you for help. S7hen they come, Celotex booklets, plan folders, and other selling helps will assist you in ringing up the sale. All this help is yours for the asking. Celotex wants to help you sell all available materials to all available markets !
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LAYING THE FouNDArloN
F ron FuruRE sAtEs
AFTER WE HAVE WON THE WARI Under the spur of our national emergency' American inventive genius has produced amazing developments in building materials. To help people vision what this progress can tnean, and to urge them to save their war bonds for the time when home ownership will be as simple as car ownership, Celotex advertising is featur' ing "Miracle Homes" of tomorrow. The startling features described are not mere dreams, but acnral achievements abeady well past the experi-
mental stage. They will be available to millions of avetage families when peace comes again. And they promise you, the Celotex dealer, un&eamed'of possi-
for business ! Gef o svpply of these two FREE Sofes-Building Bookfets t
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT (Continued from Page 6) says this rationing business is nothing new to him; he's been practicing it all his life. But what confuses him is all this talk against "absenteeism." "Shol5" says Rastus, "dey don'count Sataday, do dey? Case dass de day we'alls goes t'town to see an' be seed of."
Have you noticed **:;;g
from their pictures we
see in the papers and magazines, none of the heroes of this
war look a bit like Tyrone Power or Robert Taylor? You don't suppose those movie makers in Hollywood have been giving us the wrong dope all this time about what heroes really look like? I've read and heard so much about the toughness of the U. S. Marines already in this war that if I were to come across a picture of a handsome Marine, I'd think it was phony. Yet, no doubt there ARE plenty of handsome Marines.
The world laughed t".-; hughing at the sugges"J tion of the War Production Board that for saving purposes the shoes be removed from horses when they are not workirg. And, strange as it may seem, it's a fact and not just a gag. That suggestion WAS made. And naturally, the retorts have not been courteous. That the author of the idea be sent to pasture with the rest of the mules, is a common one.
But even that is not as;"u."rin. one generally reported to have been made by a high official during the depths of the depression when everyone was trying to help the farmer, which was that the Government should provide needy farmers with "mare mules in foal," so that the farmer could work the mule and get the foal.
*** The gag goes the rounds of the recruit who proudly wrote his father that he had been promoted to pFC-pri-
March 15, 1943
vate First Class. His dad wrote back and said he had been demoted to PSC-Poor Starving Civilian.
*** And then there was the gang of shipyard workers who always did a lot of lively talking over their lunches during the lunch period. Someone asked one of them what they
found to talk so much about, and the fellow said: "Hell! They ain't but three subjects men CAN talk about; WAR, WOMEN, and OVERTIME."
**{. Well, like I been saying, March 15th is going to be a day that only the vulgar rich will ever be able to forget. There is one. satisfaction for the average salary man which is that after that date he won't have to be at all careful where he hangs his pants; there won't be anything in them anybody would have unless it's his pocket knife-and the Government may get that. It was Ben Franklin who wisecracked that there is nothing certain in this world but death and taxes, and after the 15th of this here month there will be millions of folks in this country who won't be sure which they think is the worst of the two.
*** Up to now, folks who owed the Government income taxes, paid them-or else. It will be different this year. My offhand guess is that there will be maybe ten million people who owe the Government a tax on their 1942 incomes who won't have a quarter to pay on them. Our
Treasury Department is mighty clever, and don't doubt it, but when they tackle the job of collecting income taxes from millions of people who never paid one in the past and have made no arrangements to pay one now they'd better have good Old Hercules around to help, because those notorious stables of Augeas that Old Herk cleaned up in the famous fable were just a nice, clean, easy job compared to this one. Beginning March 15th and for a long, long time thereafter, the words "I ain't got," are going to be our new national song and dance.
HAMMOND LUMBER COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF DIAMOND.H BRAND REDWOOD
CALIFORNIA REDWOOD Mills crt Scmrocr cnd Eurekcr, Calilornicr
SAN FRANCISCO CATIFORT{IA REDWOOD DISTRIBUTORS tTD. Pure oil Building 417 Monigonery St CHICAGO' IIIINOXS DOustcs 3388 Menbers-Calilomia Bedwood Asaociction-Bedwood Export Compoy
tOS ANGELES 2010 So. Al--edcr St P'oapect 1333
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March 15, 1943
WAR T IME SHIPMENTS
BOATS... ol
ore one Douglas Fir Plywood's mosf inferesfing War uses! OExterior-type Douglos Fir Plywood is serving in oll kinds of
Army ond Novy boots ond in Liberty ships becouse it is so eosy to fobricote . . . so lightweight . . . so resistont to domoge yet, if domoged, so simple to repoir . . . Remember, the mony wor jobs Douglos Fir Plywood is doing now will moke
this mirocle wood for more useful lo you ofter Victory!
The lumber industry hcs met the demqnds oI Wqr by working every Icrcility to the limit. In the lcce oI serious shortages oI equipment, mcchine replcrcements, supplies cnd lcbor production crnd shipments have gone forwcnd.
"Pcul Bunycn's" crews at West-
wood carry on with a yecr round, lull ccrpcrcity schedule. Thousonds of squore
fcst of exterior-
"Pcul Bunycm's"
fype Douglos Fir
CATIFORNIA
Pl),wood go inlo the
hulls of lhc Novy's sturdy, lighining-
PINES
Solt Ponderosc cnd Sugcrr Pine
fost PT boott. Con-
TTIMBER MOI'I.DING PTYWOOD
rtructed by Elco
Incense Cedcrr VENEflAN BUIIID STATS
Novol Division.
IO HEIP SPEED
vtcroRY
thc Douglos Fir Plywood lndustry lr dcvoting itr cnlir. cqpocity. to
wor produclion. Wc know this pro
Thc cobins in Koiser tiberty ship: orc snug, thonls
lo wolls qnd ccilings of Douglos Fir Plywood,
REGT'TEBED 'RADE
MAnr
@ MEMBEB WESIEBN PINE TSSOCIATION MEIUBEN WOOD FOB VENETIAil'S ASSN.
grom hor your opprovol.
tEND TOR NEW
WAI USE FOIDEI Do:cns of photogrophr :how nony of th. wor iobs Douglor Fir Plywood is doing oll ovlr lhc world. You'll find it rxlrrmcly intqrr3ting. lt's frcc, of counc. Douglor Fir Plpood Ar-
rciotion, Tqcomo, Worhington.
The RED RIYER LUMBER (0. MILL FACTOilES, GEN. OFFICE, WESTWOOD, CAUFORNIf, LOS ANGEI.ES OFFICE Wegtenr Pccific Building
LOS ANGEI.ES WANEHOUSE 702 E. Slauson Ave.
sAN FBANCTSCO Moncrdnocl Bldg.
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
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Age not guaranteed---Some I have told for 2O years---Some Less
Nothing Serious A man driving through a country town, came upon a group of colored boys who were earnestly endeavoring to get a balky mule to move. The gentleman stopped and watched the scene with interest and amusement. The boys tried everything. They twisted the mule's nose and tail, they pulled at his bridle, and they got behind and shoved against his hind quarters with their shoulders. Suddenly the mule seemed to awaken from his balky obstinacy, and lashed out mightily with a hind hoof that caught one of the colored boys smack in the forehead, and
APPOINTED SECRETARY OF EAST BAY CLUB G. W. (Chris) Sechrist of Loop Lumber & Mill Co., Alameda, Calif., has been appointed secretarv-treasurer of East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39, succeeding Jim Overcast, wh<r
went into the Army February 26.
sent him sprawling backwards on the ground, apparently knocked senseless. The gentleman, much alarmed at the force of the blow, jumped from his car and ran to where the others stood around the prostrate boy. He asked:
"Is he badly hurt?" One of them answered, casuallY:
"Nossuh. He ain't hu't bad, Suh. He'll prob'ly walk tendah-footed fo' a few days, but dat mule'll be aw right in no time at all. Suh."
IN COAST ARTILLERY Grayden G. Merritt, American Hardwood Co., Los Angeles, reported for duty the first of the month at Camp
Haan. He is in the anti-aircraft division of the Coast Artillery.
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March 15, 1943
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
!(/. L. Davis Appointed Sales Manager W.. L. (Bill) Davis has been appointed sales manager of the Westfir Lumber Company at Westfir, Oregon, and has taken over his new duties. After graduating from the University of Washing-
ton, he worked for the Wheeler - Olmstead Company at Klamath Falls. A few months later he took a position with the Nebraska Bridge Supply & Lumber Company and spent twelve years buying for them in Oregon and Washington. In the fall of 1938, he went with W. L. Davie the Edward Hines Lumber Company and moved to Chicago. During the time he was with the Hines organization, he was in charge of the sale of West Coast lumber. Bill has had wide lumber experience, and his many friends are glad to see him back on the Coast again. CLUB NO.39 MEETS MARCH 22 East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 will hold its regular dinner meeting at Hotel Leamington, Oakland, on Monday evening, March 22.
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Ross Lashley Opent Office Ross C. Lashley has opened a w'holesale lumber office at 33O Petroleum Building, Los Angeles, and is Southern California representative of the R. G. Robbins Lumber Co., of
Portland, Oregon. Ross has been associated with the wholesale lumber business in Los Angeles for over twenty years and is well known. He was formerly with MacDonald & Bergstrom. R. G. Robbins Lumber Co. are distributors of Pacific Coast forest products. Rich G. Robbins is in charge of the company's Portland office.
EUBANK PLANT REBUILT The new section of the plant of L. H. Eubank & Son, Inglewood, Calif., which was destroyed by fire February 12, has been completely rebuilt. Damage amounted to $15,000, partly covered by insurance. The new section, including the paint room, covers an area of 9,000 sq. ft. This company, which normally manufactures ironing boards, cabinets and mantels, has been entirely engaged for some time in making articles for war purposes. YARD CLOSED FOR THE DURATION Due to the death of E. E. Fluhart, partner and manager of the Pine Lumber Company, Oakdale, Calif., Charles Barrot, original owner and a partner in the business, was given a temporary furlough from Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky, to come home and settle up the affairs of the business. The yard has been closed for the duration.
uy. D. oooPEB WHOLDSALE LUMBDB Richfield Builfingo Los Angeles Telephone MUtual 2131
Specializing in
WEST COAST TIMBER PRODUCTS Usual Personal Serviee and the Highest Quality of Lumber
ocThe Depend,able Vholesaler"
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
Whct scrys the scge? "They crlso serve, who only stand crnd wcit." Thct philosophy hcs long been cpproved by thinking men, mecrning thcrt there is in all human things c lorm ol service thct is reql but not spectcculcrr, cnd thct he who is cclled upon to "st<rnd cnd wcit" in cn emergency, mtry be cs good <r soldier cnd doing cs loycl cr service qs the lellow who is ccrrying the Iront line qctivities. The lellow in the bcckground mcy be crs importcnt qs the one in the limelisht.
It seems to be the compulsory iob of the retail lumber deqler in this emergency to hqve to plcry thct bcckground role. He is one oI those who "also stcnd qnd wcit." He hcrs cr big iob checrd oI him, but is lorced to wcrit lor the dcy when he ccn get cr lot of lumber to do it with. And, in the mecrntime, he must find methods cnd mecns oI keeping his business qlive qnd going so thcrt it mcry be qn eflective mcchine when the time lor lcrger cctivities qrrive; qs <rrrive they must. Irr the pcst severcl issues I hcve been preoching in these columns qbout the things the decrler ccn do to tide over the emer€tency. A grecrt tide oI cpprovcrl lor these ellorts crnd suggestions, hcrve come to me. "Where ccrn I get the things you suggest we sell?" is c question thct hqs come Irom mcrny directions. So lcr we hqve been able to lurnish sctislcrctory replies to crll oI them.
I will repect here whct I scid last issue cbout lumber; I know only two items oI lumber that ccn be had in plenty, hcrdwood Ilooring, crnd Red Cedcr Siding. Ncrturclly, you ccn't build c house oI these two items. But, since the lcw does not cllow you to build cr house crt this time if you hcd cll the lumber the mills lurn oui, thct criticism is not q hurilul one. You can do a lot of things in cnd to cr house with those two items. Add to them the dribbles oI other items ol sccrce lumber you mqy get, cnd mcybe you c<rn think oI some things you cqn do. Cement offers the decrler cr lot ol scles opportunities. Right now the lqrmer crnd his needs occupy the center oI the stcge. Cement-mcrde things ccn do cr lot lor the farmer. And plcrster bocrd is cn item thct cr lot ol lolks I know crre mcrking money on, crnd selling lots of. It's the only wcrll bocrd I know ol thct ccrn be hcd in plenty, qnd mqkers oI this mqtericl recommend it lor mcrny uselul building purposes such qs inside crnd outside shecthing, rooling, etc. It is being prepcred to serve cr world oI needs not met by plcster board in the old dcys.
It is wectherprool. It is lireprool. With c little lrcming mctericrl the lcrrmer ccrn build chicken, hog, cnd other houses with it. It mckes solid pcrrtitions. For rools you c(rn ncril it right to the ioists. You cqn do c lot ol merchqndising with this line mctericl. Add to the building mqteriqls previously mentioned in these merchqndising tclks, cnd the decrler who wcrnts to survive cnd likes to merchcrndise cqn mqrshql quite cn crrcry of things to sell his trcde. The Good Book scys thcrt "by the sweat oI his brow" c mcn shcrll live. A mqn mcy hcve to sweat some to run cn qlmost lumberless lumber ycrd these dcrys-but I know c lot of them that qre, cnrd doing cr swell iob ol it.
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March 15, 194i!
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Industry Committee Meetings Called for March 29 ln Chicago Washington, Illarch 2-President M. L. Fleishel has called a meeting of the executive committee of the National
Lumber Manufacturers Association to be held in Chicago, at the Blackstone Hotel, during the four-day period from March 29 to April1, inclusive. t At the same time, Mr. Fleishel asked that the executive committee of the American Forest Products Industries. if possible, meet r,r'ith the National executive committee at that time. He also suggested that the committee on forest conservation and the AFPI Public Relations Committee, or its executive committee, be available for a mutual consideration of problems. Detdils of the precise meeting dates and hours for the several committees lr,'ill be forwarded shortly to members. Mr. Fleishel's statement, accompanying his call, follows:
"At our National Industry meetings in Chicago last
November a number of actions were undertaken by the appropriate boards or committees. Among these are plans
for further industry facilities and activities in research and along product development lines; also further activities in forest consen'ation; advancement of Tree Farms; and consideration of the position of timber properties under the present system of Federal taxation.
"Meanwhile important problems in connection with war product,ion, relations of the industry to various Federal agencies, and other problems arising out of the urgent national requirements of lumber and timber products during 1943, make it desirable that rve should have an opportunity to consider thoroughly all these matters and their effects upon the present and future position of our industries.
"Our National Office is anxious that these meetings be exclusively business meetings with no outside speakers and with the entire available time given to an orderly consideration of these industry problems which either were not satisfactorily concluded at the meetings last Novernber or have arisen since that time." EUREKA HOUSING APPROVED Washington, March 6.-The National Housing Agency
today approved construction of fifty privately financed housing units for war workers at Eureka, Calif.
LOS ANGELES VISITOR 'Kenneth Smith, president of the California Redwood Association, San Francisco, returned March 3 from a visit to Los Angeles on business for the Association.
0n The WAR fR0tfT And 0n The H0MD fR0lfT Government needs hcve the right-ol-wcy lor crll criticql mcrterials, oI which lumber is oI vital import. Our every effort is being expended towcrrd lurthercrnce oI the fucr Progrcrm.
We reclize, clso, the needs on the Home Front and their importcnce to our decler lriends,' accordingly we cre endecnvoring to ccrry on our service to the best oI our cbility.
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March 15, 1943
Northern California Dealers Will Meet March 27 The Lumber Merchants Association of Northern Cali{ornia will hold a Retail Lumber Industry War Conference at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, on Saturday, March 27, 1943. The War Conference, as the name indicates, will be a war conference definitely. A morning session will start at ten o'clock with D. C.
McGinness, director of Federal Housing Administration, Northern California, making the key-note address. This will be followed by a panel of governmental agencies answering questions previously submitted to the Association on various regulations that affect the lumber business. Lewis Godard of the Hobbs Wall Lumber Company will be moderator for the regulations panel, which will consist of the Office of Price Administration, W'ar Production Board, and the Office of Defense Transportation. The afternoon session will start at two o'clock with W. C. Bell, managing director of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association, as chairman for the afternoon session. Mr. Bell will also be the moderator for the a{ternoon panel, which will consist of Bernard Johnson, James Mackie, Ed. Hoener, and Arthur W. Priaulx, on commodities and merchandise. As you will observe, these gentlemen are well qualified to ansrver any and all questions in the field of merchandising and commodities, and this should be a most interesting and informative panel. Following this panel, W. W. Anderson, president of the National Retail Lumb'er Dealer's Association, will tell the dealers what the National Association is and has been doing in their interest in Washington. There will be no entertainment of any kind, and no luncheons or dinners. This is purely a business session, and will be confined only to the periods indicated above' Not only the Association members but the wholesalers and suppliers are i.nvited and expected to attend. The Association officers are: Ray Clotfelter, W. R. Spalding Lumber Company, Visalia, president; F. Dean Prescott, Valley Lumber Company, Fresno, vice-president; I. E. Horton, South City Lumber & Supply Company,
South San Francisco, treasurer, and Bernard B. Barber, Fresno, secretary.
The following are directors of the Association: George Adams, Noah Adams Lumber Company, Walnut Grove; Frank Baxley, Brey-Wright Lumber Company, Porterville; Merle D. Bishop, Builders Emporium, El Cerrito ; George C. Burnett, Burnett Lumber Company, Tulare; E. E. Carriger, Santa Cruz Lumber Company, Santa Cruz; Ray Clotfelter, W. R. Spalding Lumber Company, Visalia; F. L. Dettmann, Allen & Dettmann Lumber Company, San Francisco; Frank Duttle, Sterling Lumber Company, Oakland; C. H. Garner, San Joaquin Lumber Company, Stockton; J. O. Handley, Carmel Building Supply Company, Carmel; I. E. Horton, South City Lumber & Supply Company, South San Francisco; J. H. Kirk, Southern Pacific Milling Company, San Luis Obispo; Henry Laws, Henry Laws Lumber Company, Santa Rosa; Walter Peterson, Bakersfield Building Materials Company, Bakersfield; F. Dean Prescott, Valley Lumber Company, Fresno; Stephen Ross, Central Lumber Company, Lemoore; E. tr. Schlotthauer, Willard Lumber Company, Fresno; Charles Shepard, Friend & Terry Lumber Company, Sacramento; Z. T. Thorning, Gray-Thorning Lumber Company, Redwood City; William Wright, Wright Lumber Company, Stockton. Members of the executive committee are Ray Clotfelter, I. E. Horton, Walter Peterson, George Adams and J. H.
Kirk. J. H. Kirk is the Association's representative to the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association. BACK FROM THE NORTH R. W. Dalton of R. W. Dalton & Co., Los Angeles, returned recently from a three weeks' trip to San Francisco and the Pacific Northwest. When in the Northwest he called on a number of mills, including \Arest Coast Plywood Co.. Aberdeen, Wash., which he represents in California.
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Award A crowd oI gevercl thouscnd wctched the presentction oI the Army-Ncvy "E" Production Awcrd to the Masonite Corporctioa.
The city of Laurel, Miss., put on its party clothes, hung out flags, paraded and held open house February 24 to d.o honor to the Masonite Corporation in recognition of its receiving the Army-Navy "E" Production Award. The entire Masonite executive staff and most of the company's directors visited Laurel for the celebration, which was broadcast to the country over 140 stations of the Blue Network, and was marked by a 24-page special edition of the Laurel Daily Leader-Call. All employees of the Masonite plant were given time off to witness the award ceremony. Rear Admiral William C. Watts, U. S. N. (ret.), presented the "E" pennant to Ben Alexander, president of the Masonite Corporation, and Brigadier General Sumter I-. Lowry, Jr., commander of the 31st Field Artillery, pinned the "E" lapel insignia on a delegation of employees. Roderick Holloway, vice-president of the Union of Masonite Employees responded for the workers. David Banks, r'i'ellknorvn news commentator of WWL, New Orleans, was master of ceremonies. and the 155th Infantry Band provided music.
The occasion was ,proclaimed Honor Day for Masonite lry C.J. Miller, Mayor of Laurel. In presenting the "E" pennant to Mr. Alexander, Adrniral Watts paid high tribute to the late William H. Mason, founder of Masonite,
The celebration began with a parade through tbe business district of Laurel, led by the Laurel High School Band. Boy Scouts, Veterans' organizations, Civic Clubs, the Red Cross and Civilian Defense Units were in the line of march. Admiral Watts, General Lowry, Lieutenant Governor Dennis Murphree of Mississippi and their aides rode in cars with a color guard and the 155th Infantry Band escorting them. A squadron of 25 Army planes flew over the parade.
The parade was followed by luncheons for the honor guests at the l,Iasonite Club House and the Pinehurst Hotel, and numerous private parties were given by company executives following the ceremonies.
A speaker's stand was built in front of the Masonite plant for the guests, the broadcasting crew and the press. Several hu,ndred chairs in front of the stand accommodated employees and remaining guests. Among the Masonite executives and directors attending the event in addition to Mr. Alexander, were R. G. Wallace, vice-president and general nlanager; J. H. Thickens, vicepresident in charge of production; Tom Harris, director of personnel; Charles Westphalen, an associate of Mr. Mason in clevelopment of the Masonite process; Robert M. Boehm, resear.ch director; Mathew P. McCullough, treasurer; ancl D. Clark Everest, H. H. Dyke, Cl-rarles H. Worcester, Aytch P. Woodson, and E. L. Saberson, directors.
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Interecting Jaunt Through Mexico Bob Cole, Cole Door & Sash Company, Los Angeles, and Mrs. Cole, returned on March I from a three weeks' visit to Mexico. Bob sent us this interesting account of their trip : We flew via Pan American plane down the beautiful and rugged west coast to Mazatlan, thence inland over milehigh peaks to Mexico City, having breakfast in Los Angeles and dinner the same evening in the Mexican capital. Beside the usual "South of the Border" sightseeing thrills bullfights, market days, visits to the picturesque towns of Cuernavaca, Taxco, Xochimilco, Puebla, Cuautla, ancient pyramids, etc.,-nature provided a couple of additional performances in a three-and-one-half minute earthquake and the formation of a new active volcano near lJruapan. I sn'ear the sixth floor of the Reforma Hotel in Mexico City swung around like a cocktail shaker during the full three-and-one-half minutes of its duration and the papers said it caused more damage than any similar occurrence in the last 12 years. A few days later reports came in of the volcanic eruption some two hundred miles south of the capital, so we paid it a visit, returning with some very interesting pictures.. The Tarascan Indians who inhabit that particular section r,r'ere busily piling sacrifices of chickens and eggs on the giant ant-hills, hoping the ants would carry the food down to appease the fire gods. Later, while in the wild section of Aztec Mexico we had the very interesting privilege of visiting the work of the American Linguistic Union headed by Cameron Townsend. This institution sends workers among' tribes, of which there are 52 in Mexico with no rvritten language. By living among them and learning the sounds of the language, they are performing a marvelous work, highly praised by the Mexican Government, of writing down the various tribal tongues. A day was spent at island-dotted Lake Patzquaro, where every island has its own tribe of Indians; then another day at Lake Chapala, the entertainment spot of the Guadalajara populace. Guadalajara was particularly interesting for its arts and crafts 6uch as pottery, glassware and lacquered articles. Also noted for its well-groomed charros and tapatias, the Governor's ball brought out a regular "Hollywood premier" of all these tuxedoed and jewel;bedecked caballeros and .senoritas. The ball started at 11 P.M. and was still going strong when our plane left Guadalajara at nine the next morning. Before leaving, I had an opportunity to visit a sawmill operated by oxen, look over a Mexican plywood plant( very much less efficient than our American factories), and had a chance to compare lumber and plywood sales conditions during the war period as between Mexico and the United States, with the owner of Mexico City's largest lumber yard.
The undeveloped Mexican resources such as mining, timber, tropical fruits, and farming, provide a great lure and Mexico has many American tourists who are there not only for the scenery but who are keeping their eyes open for future business opportunities.
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AN AMERICAN PLEDGE By Hubert Harrison
"I will keep myself fit physically, mentally, spirituallyto be ready for any crisis, and to discipline myself for
March 15, 1943
TEA AND COFFEE Coffee became popular in England before tea. The first coffee house in London was opened in L652. The original Mr., Pepy's records that he drank his first cup of tea on September 25, L660.
strength.
"I will go about my business with a clear eye, a cool head, and a stout heart, neither scared by wild rumors nor
deluded by false security.
"I will do my particular job-in office, store, shop, mill, or farm-better than it was ever done before, dedicating my skill to my country's service. "I will take an active interest in government-in town, school, district, county, state and nation-and make it my business to understand public affairs, laws, and policies. "f wil help build my town as a wholesome balanced community, because if all the communities are sound, America will be sound. "I will vote in every election, appreciating the right of the ballot now denied in many lands. "I will support billions to win the war, but not one cent
for waste. "I will work for unity among all our people and oppose efforts to create hatred based on race, creed, or color. "I will encourage our boys and girls to revere and respect our Amgrican traditions. "I will keep faith with myself, mI country, and my God."
A STUDY IN ANATOMY "My instructor told me I rode as if I were part of the
AN HONEST QUAKER Eleanor Early tells a story in her book "An Island Patchwork" about an honest (?) Quaker, that is worth retelling. She says: "Quaker regard for the truth was often shaded by sagacity. Anxious about a vessel which was long overdue, Jacob Barker, a shipowner of Nantucket, called at the offEce
of a local insurance company, and frankly admitting his concern, applied for a policy on vessel and cargo. The agent asked for time in which to investigate, but on the day agreed on for a decision, no news-good or bad-had been received by the insurance company. That morning Honest Jacob stopped in on his way to the wharves.
"If thee has not made out that policy, thee needn't, for f have heard from my vessel." "But, Friend Jacob !" exclaimed the chagrined agent, "the underwriters have accepted the risk and the policy is here."
He handed it to the old man. The Quaker sighed. "A Friend's word is as good as his bond," he said, and counted out the gold for the premium. "Yes, I have heard from her, Friend," he continued. "She went to the bottom last month with all on board."
horse."
"He did?" "Ffe certainly did." "And still you're smiling?" "And why not?" "Then he must not have told you what part of the horse."
A NUT CRACKER Several men were traveling by train. One of them pulled out a lunch bag, produced a large hunk of fruit cake, and proceeded to eat it all up. Time passed. The fruit cake eater shows signs of great stomach pains. He groans and doubles up, straightens out, and doubles up again. One of the others said to him:
JIMMY PUMBLEQUOD Here lies poor Jimmy Pumblequod, Ifave mercy on him, Gracious God, I know he would if he were God And you were Jimmy Pumblequod.
"'Smatter, Jim?" "That cake I ate," said the sufferer. "My wife made it full of nuts and forgot to shell them !"
"Lordy !" said the other. "And can you crack them by just bending that way?"
THE CALIFO,RNIA LUMBE,R MERCHANT
March 15, 1943
Conservation Ord er L-41 Amended Conservation Order L-41, the original lumber freeze order, was amended February 19, by revising a number of provisions and making some changes in verbiage and arrangement. No substantial changes are made in the former limitations on permissible building. The amended order still permits, without rating or other preliminary requirement: new residential construction up to $200; new multiple residential and agricultural construction up to $1,000; industrial construction up to $5,000; all within the meaning of those terms and provisions. Maintenance is permitted as before; so is repair-that is with no specific amount mentioned as a limitation. But now the two are defined jointly instead of separately as before. A new sentence in this definition plainly states: 1'No building operation or job may be part construction and part maintenance and repair . . . but if any construction is to be done the entire building operation or job is constrttction." Which clearly means if you are doing permitted new construction and repair on the same structure, you will be held accountable as if the entire amount involved rvas for new construc.tion. There has been added that rvhich previously was only a matter of interpretation; a provision which excludes as a cost factor: (1) the value of used material, articles, chattels or fixtures which have been severed from the same or another structure or project and are to be used without change in of labor engaged in inownership, nor the cost or "'alue corporating the same; (2) the value of labor, not entailing financial outlay, of an owner or tenant and members of the owner's or tenant's immediate family residing r,r'ith him, on a structure or project owner or leased by him.
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.HE CALIFORNIA LUMtsER MERCHANT
March 15. 1943
Your Red Cross For more than a score
of years, people in all walks of life have been making annual contributions to support the farflung work of the American Red Cross. The little Red Cross stickers in countless windorvs rvere visual evidence of the nationwide support of, and confidence in,
the Red Cross. Each year during that
period hundreds of thousands have come in
contact with the Red Cross. They may have been disaster victims. Perhaps they were enrolled in Red Cross first aid classes or one of the other educational projects of the organization. Quite possibly they were among the many volunteer workers whose unselfish spirit of service represents the Red Cross cornerstone.
During 1942, however, more than 1,000,000 men and women made a new contact rvith the Red Cross. They were those who each contributed a portion of their blood to the Red Cross Blood Donor Service. Collected at the request of the Army and Navy, this blood is processed into plasma and serum album.in, and today it is being used on the world's battlefields, helping to give our wounded a much better chance at life. In 1943, 4,000,000 donors are needed.
It may safely be said that the Red Cross Blood Donor Service has opened the eyes of many to the real significance of the Red Cross. Another eye-opener, though not so well known, is the fact that in North Africa, in New Guinea
and the Solomons, and wherever else the need arises, surgical dressings made by Red Cross volunteer workers are being used to bind the wounds of those who are out there prepared to give their last full measure of devotion.
On the lighter side of the picture, the Red Cross has established some 150 servicemen's clubs, rest homes ancl recreation centers abroad where our soldiers and sailors, taking a respite from their duties, find everything they might desire for a good time: comfortable beds and showers, home cooked food, games and entertainment. With them also, at home and abroad, in camp and hospital, are Red Cross representatives, men and women of training and experience, ready to advise and counsel and help unravel any of the many personal and family problems to which soldier and civilian alike are subject. Despite all the work of the Red Cross on behalf of the servicemen, it continues its activities at home. Instruction
in first aid, home nursing and nutrition, assistance to families of servicemen, work in hospitals and in other fields of public welfare, disaster preparedness and relief, and a host of similar activities, keep the organization busier than it ever has been before. All of which points to one fact: The Red Cross is your Red Cross. It is yours in a deep and personal sense. It is doing the things you yourself would do if you had the opportunity. Not only in one isolated case, but all along the line. To do this costs money. This month (March) the Red Cross is raising its 1943 War Fund, the goal of which is $125,000,000. Every dollar you contribute will be spent as wisely as you would spend it. And you have the assurance that it will help save the lives of our boys, help maintain their trorale, alleviate suffering in many parts of the world, and build a stronger and lirmer civilian front.
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Cash for Existing Homes Purchases Loans are available for purchase money to'be used in part for acquiring existing homes throughout Southern
California at the lowest financing costs in history, according to Wilson G. Bingham, Southern California district director, Federal Housing Administration. "Purchase money is often necessary to assist a buyer in meeting the cash demands of the seller," Mr. Bingham said. "This may occur where a somewhat old or previously made mortgage has been paid dou'n considerably with the result that the cash requirement for the purchaser is too large. When this rather tight situation develops it is often possible to obtain cash relief through F.H.A.-insured loans up to 8A/o, or in some cases, up to X)/o of the F.H.A. appraised value of the subject property. "Cash may also be desired for the purpose of making essential repairs on an existing home which is just being purchased. Costs of such repair items can often be added to the existing loan at the time it is taken over by the new owner. "Lending institutions throughout Southern California are making F.H.A.-insured loans at the lowest general costs in history," Mr. Bingham concluded. CONVALESCING C. G. (letr)' Corkran, veteran lumber salesman of Sacramento, who has been in a hospital for the past several months, is convalescing at home. His many friends wish
him a speedy recovery.
Lumber Requirements for 1943 Washington, March 6.-Lumber requirements for 1943 will be more difficult to meet than those of. 1942, the Commerce Department was told today, because demand is shifting from great volume of construction materials to specialty and quality items and to materials for containers, crating and shipping. "Lumber is still critical," the department's lumber survey committee said in its report adding that estimated 1942 consumption was about 38,000,000,000 feet, nearly 10 per cent more than in 1941. Of the estimated 31,000,000,000 feet needed in 1943,35 per cent is expected to be used for boxing, crating and shipping. The report said the manpolver deficiency of the lumber industry as a whole was estimated at 15.5 per cent on January l, "with the shortage substantially larger in many regions."
l1th Annual Reveille May 7 Announcement is made by Lewis A. Godard, general chairman of the 11th Annual Reveille of Central and North-
ern California lumbermen will be held at the Hotel Leamington, Oakland, on Friday, May 7. The big annual get-together affair will have a patriotic objective, inasmuch as all proceeds over actual expenses will be donated to various war service organizations, Mr. Godard says, and also announces that the annual golf tournament will not be held this vear.
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SELLING TTIE PRODUCTS OF
PINE SHEVLIN Ot Res U. S.
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EXECUTTVE OFFICE En Firt Nctioacl Soo Liar luildbg
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MINNEAPOIJS, MINNESOTA DtSTilCt Sf,LES OFFICESg
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SPECES PONDENOSA PINE (PINUS PONDEROSA)
SUGAB (Genuinc White) PINE
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(PINUS LAMBERTIANA)
SAN FRANCISCO EXbrool 7{Xl LOS ANGELES SAIES OrT]CE PRorPea (Fl5 330 Pctrolcun Bldg.
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March 15, l94il
AGO TWENTY YfAr]S Srom the Mareh 15. IO2A Issue John L. Conlon, Chas. R. McCormick & Co., San Francisco, made a hole-in-one on the 12th hole at the Lincoln Park Course on December 9. He received from the San
Francisco Chronicle an order for twelve golf balls, and twelve golf balls from the Emporium. His feat also gave him membership in the Hole-in-one Club.
The Ranchers Lumbers Company, netrv retail yard, was opened at Lancaster. The directors were E. C. Strube, David Woodhead, and E. A. Strube. Howard M. Gunton, sales manager of the Santa Fe Lurnber Company, San Francisco, was the recipient of many congratulations from his lumbermen friends, the occasion being the arrival of a baby daughter, Bessie Lee Gunton.
J. C. Ferger, president of the San Joaquin Valiey Lumbermen's Club, and F. Dean Prescott, Valley Lumber Company, Fresno, attended the annual convention of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association at Spokane. The Lumber Salesmen's Club of Los Angeles was organized at a meeting at the Elite Cafe on February 28. Officers elected were: E. M. Tennant, president; C. M. Elliot, vicepresident ,and M. F. Curtze, secretary-treasurer. Peoples Lumber Company started work on nelv office buildings at their yard in Moorpark.
Roy Elliott, formerly with the Slade Lumber Co., San Francisco, joined the sales staff of Hill & Morton, fnc., as their representatives in the Bay District. Advance Lumber Company, Los Angeles, moved their yard from 20th Street to a new site on Nadeau Avenue.
This issue carried photographs and a write-up on the nel',. offices of the Gibbs Lumber Company at Aanaheim. A verf interesting article, "Most Fascinating Thing in
WHOLBSALD
the World for Retail Building Material Agent," by Alberta Ruth Brey, Brey-Wright Lumber Co., Porterville, appeared in this issue.
Falconbury Lumber Company, a new retail lumber yard, started in business in Stockton. The directors were W. H. Falconbury, L. R. Falconbury, and F. I. McKain.
Nettleton Lumber Co. moved its Los Angeles offices from the Consolidated Realty Building to the New Bank of Italy Building. Los Angeles Lumber Products Cornpany announced the appointment of George X. Wendling as sales manager.
Ed Garland, sales manager of the Silver Falls Timber Co. at Silverton, Oregon, resigned to become manager of the rail department for Chas. R. McCormick & Co., with headquarters in the San Francisco ofifice. California Redwood Association installed an attractive exhibit in the Metropolitan Building in Los Angeles. Los Angeles FIoo-Hoo announced a two-day trip to Santa Barbara where a dinner and concatenation would be held at
the Arlington Hotel on Saturday evening, March 17. A golf tournament was also scheduled on the La Cumbre course in the afternoon. The arrangements committee included Ed Tennant, H. L. Rosenberg, and Byrne S. Barker.
Walter G. Scrim, representing hardwood interests in Manila, arrived in Los Angeles for an indefinite period. He is Hoo-Hoo Vicegerent Snark for the Philippine Islands district.
It r,vas announced that a IIoo-Hoo concatenation tvould be staged in Woodman's llall, Fresno, on March 10. Vicegerent Snark A. W. Bernhauer is in charge of the arrangements.
DISTRIBUTORS
Sash Doors Millwork Panels Wall Board CALIFORNIA BUILDERS SUPPLY CO.
7@ &h Avenue,
19dr & S StE
Oakland
Sacramento t-0788
Hlsate 6016
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March 15. 1943
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Mael)onald & Harringtolne Ltd. 16 Cfifomia Sceet, San Francicco .. GArfield 3393
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LIIMBDB PBOITUCTS
Creocoted and Wolnanized Lumber and Piting LOS AI\GELES Petroleun Bldg. PRoeect 3127
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PORTLAND
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Pittoct Btock BRoedwey l2l7
Approves New Plan to Increase Production
A. J. Voye Heads Western Pine Assn.
President Roosevelt, on February 26, disapproved the joint recommendation by Secretary o{ Agriculture Wick-
A. J. Voye, president and general manager of the Big Lakes Box Company, Klamath Falls, Ore., was elected president of the Western Pine Association at the annual meeting of the Association held in Portland, February 26. Mr. Voye succeeds J. M. Brown of Spokane who had served two years in the office. John R. Gray, Diamond Match Company, Spokane, and August Stange, Mt. Emily Lumber Co., La Grande, Ore., were elected vice-presidents. C. L. Isted, Shevlin-Hixon Company, Bend, Ore., was elected treasurer.
ard and WPB Chairman Nelson for the establishment of a Forest Products Service Plan to promote lumber production. The President, in letters to Mr. Nelson and Secretary Wickard, states: "I am in agreement that unusual action is needed to maintain the output of forest products at high levels as an essential aid in the prosecution of the war. However, I am convinced that a simpler and more generally accepted plan can be devised to give the desired results with much less cost and overhead." The President approved the proposal of J. Philip Boyd, director of the Lumber and Lumber Products Division, WPB. The functions ef Mr. Boyd's new plan include advisory service to industry, technical service, cooperative service, and specific projects dealing with specific production requirements, i.e. aircraft lumber, etc.
LOMPOC HOUSTNG PROJECT APPROVED Lompoc, Feb. 25-Federal Housing Authority has approved a project to provide 100 family dwelling units and 60 apartments to relieve crowded housing conditions brought about by the proximity of Camp Cooke. At an estimated cost of $300,000, construction should get under way within 30 days. The l5-acre site already has been purchased. The houses will be of demountable type.
NEWS ITEMS W. F. (Bill) Fahs, manager, California Panel & Veneer Co., Los Angeles, returned March 12 lrom a three weeks' trip to the Pacific Northwest, where he called on'the plywood mills. Sterling L. Stofle, vice-president and sales manag'er, Western Hardwood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, rvas back at his desk March 12 trorn a business trip to the Northwest. He was gone about two weeks. F',. Steffensen, Brown & Dauser Co., Fullerton, has returned from a trip to Minnesota.
H. B. (Bert) Cooper, Cooper Lumber Co., Portland, Ore., was a recent Southern California visitor and spent several days in Los Angeles and Palm Springs.
AIRCRAFT AND GIJIDER IJUMBER One oI the most importcnt uses lor lumber in the wcr is lor circrdt cnd gliders. Some time cgo we established crn exclusive crircrcft lumber yard at 710 East 59th Street, Ios Angeles, where we hqve the most modern fqcilities lor remcrnufccturing cnd prepcring this lumber, which is subiec't to rigrid Govenrment inspection.
PENBBBTIilY LUMBDB OO.gtll
!055 Eert Slrt Strect
LOS ANGELES
Phono Klmbell
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
GENERAL CONSERVATION ORDER M.241 WPB removes all limitations on production of container board, boxboard, set-up box board and special industrial boards (Amendment to General Conservation Order M-241), issued Februarv 23.
CoNSTRUCTTON PROJECTS
March 15, 1943
WOOD FURNITURE WPB orders prohibition of new patterns for wood furniture on March 15, 1943, and an approximate two-thirds cut in number of existing patterns on July 1. At the same time limitations on use of iron and steel for manufacture of wood furniture are imposed (General Limitation Order L-zffi), issued February 23.
WPB broadens types of materials rvhich in future construction projects may be assigned preference ratings (Order P-19-H), issued March 1.
4;0ff #:'YiJT:ts ror war workers ', was completed during January, National Housing Adminconstructio"
istrator Blandford announced. These units include both
privately financed construction and projects financed with government funds.
ALBARCO PLACED UNDER CONTROL Albarco, sometimes referred to as Columbian mahogany, has been placed under the same controls that now apply to mahogany and Philippine mahogany under an amendment issued by WPB February 15 to General Conservation Ordet M-122. The order also tightens restrictions on the use and distribution of hardwoods of some species.
HARDWARE ALASKAN SITKA SPRUCE WPB cuts number of builders' finishing hardware items OPA places Alaskan Sitka spruce sold in Alaska under it permits to be manufactured from 3,500 to approximately same price regulation as that for mainland Sitka spruce 2,200 articles (Schedule 1 of Limitation Order L-236), ef(Amendment 1 to Maximum Price Regulation 290), efiec- fective April 1. tive February 25. CONTROLLED MATERIALS PLAI{ HARDWOOD LOGS WPB announces number of important changes in ConOPA says sellers of prime grade hardwood logs who trolled Materials Plan regulations establishing procedures entered contracts before February I, 1943, for delivery of for contingencies not previously covered (GMP Regulations logs at prices in excess of recently established ceilings, may 1,3 and 4, as amended February 27), issued March l. complete such contract deliveries until April 1. However, sellers or buyers must apply to OPA's lumber branch for permission to complete deliveries under contract prices. URGES HARDWOOD PRODUCTION INCREASED (Maximum Price Regulation 313, Amendment 1), effecWPB Chairman Nelson urges producers and distributors tive February 6. of hardwood lumber needed for indirect war purposes over and above direct war requirements to increase their output. CPM REGULATION 7 regulation, WPB announces that forthcoming CMP Regulation 7, will provide a single standard form of certiWESTERN PINE LUMBER fication which may be placed on any delivery order, in lieu OPA announces membership of an industry advisory of one or more of other forms now required for use in committee on Western pine lumber. Committee rvill advarying circumstances by CMP regulations 3, 4 and 5. vise and assist OPA in formulating price actions on WestEarlier forms may still be used in appropriate circum- ern pine and associated species. stances if a controlled materials purchaser so chooses.
WAR HOUSING WPB announces order completing delegation to National Housing Agency of authority to regulate disposition of privately financed war housing not covered by previous orders. Action delegates to NHA authority to .control occupancy and marketing of all privately financed war housing for which application to build lr'as made previous to February l0 (Order P-55-A), issued Febrtary 22.
HARDWOOD LUMBER An adjustable pricing provision for sales of northern hardwood lumber announced by O.P.A. Action permits making of agreements for adjustment of prices not in excess of ceilings in effect at time of delivery and removes previous prohibition against adjustable pricing (Amendment 3 to Maximum Price Regulation 223), effective March 4.
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March 15, 1943
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IAWRENGE.PHIIIPS IUMBER GO. Ios Angeles
711W. Olynpic BIvd.
Phone PRoepect 8174
Wholesale Lunber Wcter or Rail
Douglas fir
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S. S. DORONTY PHIUPS
Totaf Housing Units Authoriz ed jor Arizona, California, Nevada A total of 173,80O war housing units have been authorized
by the Federal Government for "private and public" construction in California, Arizona, and Nevada, since June, 194O, it was revealed in a special report released to-
day by Eugene Weston, Jr., regional representative of the National Housing Agency. Mr. Weston said that over 97,500 of these housing units, or more than 56 per cent, had been authorized for construction during the past twelve months. Over 42 per cent, or 73,400 of the total construction authorized for the three states since the summer of I94O, has taken place in San Francisco Bay Area, he declared, and since March, 1942, more than 45,400 units, or more than 62 per cent of the San Francisco Bay Area construction, has been authorized. "At the present time," he said, "there are under construction over 34,000 private and public housing accommodations in the Bay area, which are coming on the market daily." He declarecl that in San Diego, at the present tirne, there are over 6O0O private and public dwelling units under construction, or soon to be started, which will complete the L7,W unit building program authorized there to date. "fn Arizona," he said, "of the 10,000 housing accommodations authorized since June, 1940, over 8,300 or 83 per cent have been authorized since March, 1942, which is indicative of the increasing war activity in the area."
Saginaw Shingles S. S. I.AWNENCE PTIIIJPS
He declared that conditions in many of the communities are being restudied constantly with the War Manpower Commission and the War Production Board because of changing war housing requirements. Mr. 'Weston added that NHA recommendations for additional housing are based upon the WMC policy of making maximum use of local labor before certifying to the need for essential migration to areas of war activity. Due to the lack of building materials and construction labor, he pointed out, maximum use of existing structures must be made wherever possible.
\Vat Construction Cost in 1942 Washington.-The nation spent $12,145 million on construction for war purposes in 1942, the War Production Board has reported, and the building activity amounted to 97 per cent of the year's construction objective. The emphasis on making "things that shoot" instead of new plant facilities showed marked results in cutting the monthly construction totals as the year ended. Construction hit its peak volume in August, more than $1,406 million. December, the fourth successive month of decline, shor,r'ed a volume of $973,285,000, or a drop of 31 per cent from the year's high.
WITH THE SEABEES Byron G. Niel, son of D. G. Niel, manager of Niel's Lumber Service, Turlock, has enlisted rvith the Seabees and is in training at Camp Berry, Williamsburg, Virginia.
TRESITO
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Distributing Yard First St. & Plaa Ave. Phone Fresno ,-8913
Main Ofice and Yards Dennison St. Vharf Phone ANdovet I.O77-1O78
USG WDATHIRWOOD
DOUGI.AS TIR GIDANS
Fresno Specialty
Oakland Specialty
March 15, l94il
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
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4}-Hour \7ork \(/eek Areas Are Defined San Francisco, Feb. 28.-Exact boundaries of Western labor areas by application of the President's 48-hour work week order were defined today by William K. Hopkins, regional director of the War Manpower Commission. Portland, Oregon, as named in the order, includes the counties of Multnomah, Clackamas and Columbia in Oregon as well as Clark County in Washington, he said. The Seattle area includes the Washington counties of King, Pierce, Thurston, Kitsap, and Snohomish. The area of San I)iego, California, covers San Diego County. Las Vegas, Nevada, is defined to cover Clark County. Mr. Hopkins drelv attention to a provision of the order which places it in immediate effect for the lumbering and non-ferrous rnining industries. He also pointed out that the new regulations provide that {rom time to time he may designate additional areas'and activities for application of the 48-hour rule if such action will reduce labor shortages holding back the 'ivar effort. Regulations issued by Chairman Paul V. McNutt of the War Manporver Commission to govern the application of the 48hour week called for by the President, will, with some exceptions, affect all employers of eight or more persons in 32 designated areas, rvhose production can be increased by a longer week or t'ho can maintain their production rvith fewer men. Inquiries concerning application of the regulations should be directecl to the proper regional or area Manpower Director. Administration of the order is clelegated by the chairman to the Commission's regional and area directors. It is made clear that the lengthened rveek order will not apply to farms or to persons employed by any state or anv of its political sub-divisions or instrumentalities, or to youth under the age of 16, or to persons who, because of other employment, household duties or physical disabilities, are not available for full-time lvork, or for business houses in which fer.t'er than eight persons are employed regularly. The exclusion of establishments with fewer than eight persons, it is explained in an interpretative statement issued rvith the regulations, is based chiefly on the assumption that in smzLller establishments the extension of the work week u'ould not,result in the release of workers. The regulations have been sent to regional and area directors and to U. S. Employment Service offices, together rn'ith instructions for carrying out terms of the President's order. In the regulations, it is stated that from time to time regional manpower directors may designate additional areas and activities if they find such action rvill reduce labor
shortages which are holding back the war effort.
Regional and area directors are authorized to consider a minimum work week of less than 48 hours when a full 48-hour week would neither increase production, release workers for other employment, nor otherwise further the war effort. Mr. McNutt explains in the regulations, that the President's order "shall be so construed and applied as best to efiectuate its fundamental purpose which is to aid in meeting the manpower requirements of our armed forces and our expanding production program by a fuller utilization of our available manpower. "Effectuation of this purpose requires that in situations of labor shortages employers do not hire new workers when their manpower needs can be effectively met by a fuller utilization of their current labor force, and that workers who can be released by an extension of the work week are released under circumstances which will permit and facilitate their effective utilization elsewhere in the war effort.t'
The regulations provide that if the labor requirements of an employer are such that the extetrsion of the work week will not permit the release of any workers but would result rather in their continued full utilization in their present employment or their transfer to other employment under his direction, the 4S-hour rveek should be put into effect at once. Whenever the regional or area manpower director, or the designated representative of either, determines that released workers can be placed promptly in suitable employment, their employer will be notified. The employer should then proceed promptly to shift to the longer week. If the representative of the War Manpower Commission has not determined and notified the employer, however, that his released rvorkers can be placed without delay, the work week will not be extended before April 1, 1943' Before that the date the employer will be expected to submit to the representative of the Commission a statement as to how many workers would be released and their occupational classification, together with a proposed schedule for the timing of their releases' In such cases, the regional or area Manpower Director, or designated representative, will authorize lhe schedule for the extension of the work rveek to the 48-hour rvork week and for the release of the workers in accordance with the needs of the labor market. The employer then will extend his work week in accordance with such schedule. An employer in any designated area or activity who is not in compliance r.vith the regulations shall not hire any workers.
Port Orford Cedar
(Also knowu as White Cedcr or Lcwron Cylprese)
Lumber
- Ties - Crossing
Plcrnks
- Decking - Tunnel ol AIso Supplierr
Timbers
- Venetian Blind Stock
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCIIANT
March 15, 1943
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"DEEEI#SE or WEn fuEQUIfuEfrIENTS"
Pacific Wood Products Gorporation Sash and Door Manufacturers Telephone Alrbany 0l0l
3600 Tvburn Street, Lros Angeles
:**"H||il0R R0il,.**l * of Lumbermen ln Armed Sorees *
************** Hcre uill be listed,, lrcm issue to issue, names ol men trom the lumber ind,ustry oln haoe entered, war seruice, in any branch ol the armeil lorces. Please send, in the nantes ol ury lumberman you know ol tlw ue can list herc.
Henry F. Beede, Antioch Lumber Company,
Antioch ....Army Air Corps L.'M. Compomizzo, Antioch Lumber Company, Antioch ...Navy Jas. B. Overcast, Strable Hardwood Company,
Oakland
..Army
Grayden G. Merritt, American Hardwood Co., Los Angeles . Coast Artillery Byron G. Niel, Niel's Lumber Service, Turlock. . . Seabees
In Business for Himself Charles P. Henry is now engaged in the wholesale lumber business at 331 Petroleum Building, Los Angeles, and is handling Northwest forest products. His telephone number is PRospect 5039. Charlie has been connected with the wholesale lumber business in Los Angeles for b number of years and is
well known to the trade. He was Los Angeles manager for Clark & Wilson Lumber Co., of Portland, Oregon, until they closed their office.
Items of Interest G. F. (Jerry) Bonnington of Lamon-Bonnington Co., San Francisco, is back from spending several weeks in the
Pacific Northwest on business.
Don E. Coveney, sales manager, Atkinson-Stutz Co., San Francisco, returned a few days ago from a visit to Juan Creek, Calif., where he was a guest of Dean Creath of the Juan Creek Lumber Co. H. Sewall Morton and Ed Li Franchi of Hill & Morton, Inc., Oakland, returned early in March from a business trip to mills in Northern California and Oregon.
Arlie C. Charter, son of A. M. Charter of Wholesale Building Supply, Inc., Oakland, who has been in the Air Corps Reserve for the past several months, has been called for training and is now an Air Corps cadet at Fresno. Eric M. Hexberg, former sales manager of Anglo California Lumber Co., Los Angeles, was graduated March 10 as Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps at Stockton Field, Stockton. California. Ronald W. Niel, Niel's Lumber Service, Turlock, is recovering from an industrial accident that confined him to the hospital for four months. Dorothy G. Niel, who was also active in the business, is now with the Army Ordnance in Oakland. Calif.
DANT & RUSSE LL, I NC. WHOLESALERS
OF WEST COAST wooDs
DOUGIf,S FM
POIIDEBOSA PINE HEMTOCT BED CEDAR
PORT ONFOND CEDAR
SITTA SPRUCE NOBI.E FIN
SAN FRANCXSCO Seth L Butler 2ll Front SL
GArlield 0292
BED CEDAN SIIINGI.E! MODEIITO W. H. Wirfree tl20 Myrtle A,ve.
Modesto 387{
tOS ANGEI.ES Hetuor I" Snith 812
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
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March 15. 1943
4-H Wood Construction Proiect Gets Top Honors A simple farm structure-a liquid manure tank-helps
release nitrogen from farm use to war use' Donald Tagg
and Robert Tugg, members of the Clatsop Plains Dairy Club, constructed the model liquid manure tank, on designs given them by the Department of Agricultural Engineering, Oregon State College, and with it rvon the State Dairy Production award, third place in the National contest at Chicago, and $25.00 awarded by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, sponsors of the project. "We are going to prove to you that handling manure by the liquid method is the most profitable wa/," said Robert Tagg, in their presentation at Chicago. "The method has been used in European countries, particularly Switzerland, for many years. It was brought to Oregon by Swiss dairymen, and there are now at least 800 tanks in operation in this State." Donald Tagg carried on the explanation with: "Wherever it is profitable to use commercial fertilizer, all fertilizer produced on the farm has a very definite value. The liquid method of handling barnyard manure prevents waste of plant food through leaching or loss of nitrogen through fermentation or heating." The model built by Robert and Donald Tagg is on a scale of 1 inch to I foot, and is built for a herd of 25 cows. The bottom is constructed ol 2xl2's, laid crossn'ise on 4x6 stringers, and covered lengthwise rvith T&G flooring. Sides are 2x4's, laid flat and nailed with 16 penny nails;
HILLS. HAYDEN
A wood tqnk lor liquid mcnure ccrn be lcbriccted in the retcil lurnber ycrd; this winning 4-H Club team explcin its practiccrlity.
ends are 2x6's laid flat. This makes a solid and very strong wall. The approximate cost for a tank lor 25 cows is $200.00, or $8.00 per cow, rvhile the manure saved from one co'iv in one year is worth $33.00 The Oregon State College Extension Service estimates that the liquid tank method will save from $5,000 to $8,000 in twenty years. Donald and Robert Tagg did a very fine job of demonstrating a practical farm structure, which can be built either on the farm or at the retail lumber dealer's yard.
BACK FROM NORTHWEST
Ensign Roy E. Hills, Jr., U.S.N.R., rvas married to Miss R. S. Osgood, Los Angeles wholesale lumberman, has returrned from a business trip to the Northr.r'est. Mary Hayden in San Diego on February 27. The bridegroom is the only son of Roy E. Hills of WendSPENDS FEW DAYS IN LOS ANGELES ling-Nathan Co., San Francisco, and is a graduate of StanClark Tardy, son of Joe Tardy, E. J. Stanton & Son, Los ford University. Mr. and Mrs. Roy tr. Hills and the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Curtiss Hayden of l\{ill Valley, Calif., Angeles, spent a few days with his folks while enroute from camp at Pecos, Texas, to Bakersfield, Calif. He is attended the ceremony, which was followed by a reception an aviation cadet. at Hotel Del Coronado.
T. M. COBB GO. WHOLESALE
SASH DOORS MOULDINGS PLYWOODS 5800 Centrql Ave.
LOs ANcEtEs
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Two Warefiouses _ to Serve You
4th C f Sireetr sAN DIEGO
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FIR-REIDWOOID Reprerenting in Southern Calilornia: The Paqific Lumber Company-Wendling-Nathan Co
AO LO 33GUS'' HOOYER 5995 VitshireBtvd., LorAnseter
"the Petsonal SerOice Man"
Telephone, Yo* 1168
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March 15, 1943
Attending Sessions of Legislature C. W. Pinkerton, Lumbermen's Government Service Bureau, Whittier, Calif., in a bulletin to subscribers states:
"There werc 3097 bills introduced in the January session of the California Legislature. After studying the titles we have made up a list of approximately six hundred that are of interest to the building material industry. They cover all phases of the industry. About sixty per cent would be a detriment. Some could be amended and others must be defeated, among' which is AB-1814 amending the Mechanic's Lien Act." Assembly Bill, No. 1814, referred to, was introduced on lanaary 31 and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. The bill reads as follows: An act to add Section 1186.5 to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to mechanic's liens. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: Section 1. Section 1186.5 is added to the Code of
Civil Procedure, to read
:
1186.5. Notwithstanding any provision in this code to the contrary: (a) The owner's maximum liability for claims filed pursuant to this chapter is the amount stipulated in the contract between himself and the general contractor.
L, t. GARR & CO. hlifiornia Eugar ond Potrdlerorn Pine Scrles Agenis For
SACRAMENTO BOX & LUMBER CO. MOUNT HOUGH LUMBER CO. SACNAMENTO P. O. Box 1282 Telerype Sc-13
LOS ANGEI.ES W. D. Dunaiag
438 Chcmber ol Comnerce Bldg.
HOGA]I LUISBER GO. WHOIES'AI.E AND TOBBING
LUTBER TIttUORK SASII and DOORS Since 1888 OFFICE, MIII- YAAD f,ND DOCES
(b) Claims for labor or services performed are
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prior in right to any others, and shall be paid first, in full, out of any money available under the contract. Mr. Pinkerton left on March l0 for Sacramento where he will attend the sessions of the Legislature.
Glcncourt 6861
FIVE CALIFORNIANS NAMED TO WESTERN PINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
BA(K PANET (OMPANY
Five Californians have been appointed members of an industry advisory comnrittee on western pine lumber, it was announced today by the Office of Price Administration. They are: Leo Opsahl, Red River Lumber Co., Westwood; O. C. Morris, Quincy Lumber Co., Quincy; Swift Berry, Michigan-California Lumber Co., Camino; Flomer B. Jamison, Byles-Jamison Lumber Co., Fresno; and George Cone, Fruit Growers Supply Co., Susanville.
\THOLESALE PLYWOODS 310-314 East 32nd Strcet
LOS ANGELES ADams 4295
IN ACTIVE SERVICE Henry F. Beede, Antiocll Lumber Company, Antioch, who enlisted with the armed forces in February, 1942, is now a Sergeant in the Finance Detachment, Army Air Corps, in North Africa. L. M. Compomizzo, who was also connected with the Antioch Lumber Company, is at Camp Waldron, U. S. Naval Training Station, Farragut, Idaho. CHANGE IN NAME The name of the H. W. Koll Lumber Co.; at 2124 Hyde Park Blvd., Los Angeles, has been changed to the H. W. Koll Mill & Lumber Co. The company is now operating a mill in connection with the business. Harvey W. Koll, owner, reports the firm is operating one hundred per cent on defense business.
H. Kunl
Rail Shippers
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
Controlled Materials Plan to be Simphfied Further San Francisco, Feb. 26.-Another step in the series of simplifications of Controlled Materials Plan procedures u'as revealed today when the War Production Board announced that a forthcoming regulation, C.M.P. Regulation No. 7, would provide a single standard form of certification which may be placed on any delivery order, in lieu of one or more of the other forms no\,\r required for use in varying circumstances by C.M.P. Regulations 3, 4, and 5. The earlier forms, hou'ever, may still be used in the appropriate circumstances if a controlled materials purchaser so chooses. C.M.P. Regulation No. 7, to be issued within a few days, will provide that any delivery order under the Controlled Materials Plan may be validated by endorsing it, or accompanying the order with a certificate, in substantially the following form, signed manually or with a facsimile signature as provided in priorities regulation
No. 7.
"The undersigned purchaser certifies, subject to the penalties of section 35 (A) of the United States Criminal Code, to the seller and to the War Production Board, that, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the undersigned is authorized under applicable War Production Board Regulations or orders to place this delivery order, to receive the item (S) ordered for the purpose for which ordered, and to use any preference rating or allotment number or symbol which the undersigned has placed on this order." An applicable C.M.P. regulation requires that an allotment number or symbol, preference rating or other identification be included in a certification, it must be placed on the delivery order if the form above is used. Use of this standard form by those who wish to take advantage of it will obviate the necessity, rvhich will otheru'ise arise in many cases, of placing several different certifications on a single order. F. E. STITZER for F. E. Stitzer, owner of the SouthFuneral services western Lumber & Building Materials Co., Los Angeles, were held at the Armstrong Family Mortuary, on February 18. Interment followed in Valhalla Cemetery. He was 74 years of age. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Hulda Stitzer; a brother, Edgar Stitzer of New York City, and a sister, Mrs. Emily Rubrecht of Denver.
MATCHES TO BE SHORTENED Lighting of pipes, cigars, and cigarettes will not be so leisurely in the future. A War Production Board order issued calls for the snipping of from one-sixteenth to one-quarter inch off matches. By this seeminglv trivial saving, about 380 carloads of lumber will be made available for other use, according to an estimate of the Chemicals Division of W.P.B. The order also limits wire stitching on match books, saves phosphorous by restricting the striking surface and scales dorvn the amount of virgin pulp used by the industry.
March 15. 1943
Buyer Cannot Pay Commission Which \fould Make Price Top Ceiling A provision formalizing well-established interpretations
prohibiting service commissions which result in a purchase price for lumber higher than the maximum prices established for the lumber February 20 was incorporated in all lumber price regulations of the Office of Price Administration. The provision was contained in Supplementary Order No. 37 which states that "it is unlawful for any person to charge, receive, or pay a commission for the service of procuring, buying, selling or locating lumber, or for any related service (such as 'expediting') which does not involve actual physical handling of lumber, if the commission plus the purchase price results in a total payment by the buyer of lumber which is higher than the maximum price of the lumber." For purposes of this regulation a commission is any service charge or payment which is figured directly or indirectly on the basis of the quantity, price or value of the lumber in connection with which the service is performed. The provision is incorporated in the following regulations: No. 19, Southern Pine Lumber; No. 26, Douglas Fir Lumber; No. 94, Western Pine Lumber; No. 97, Southern Pine Lumber; No. 109, Aircraft Spruce ; No. 146, Appalachian Hardwood Lumber; No. 155, Central Hardwood Lumber; No. 215, Distribution Yard Sales of Softwood; No. 219, Northeastern Softwood Lumber; No. 222, Northern Softwood Lumber; No. 223, Northern Hardwood Lumber; No. 253, Redwood Lumber & Millwork; No. 281, Navy Oak Ship Stock; No. 290, Sitka Spruce Lumber. The order became effective February 23.
MORE CONSTRUCTTON PROJECTS HALTED San Francisco, Feb. 25.-Construction projects having a total cost of $4,161,181 were stopped during the week ended February 19, the War Production Board announced today.
The projects !\'ere halted through the revocation of preference ratings in conformance with the policy of curtailing
construction not directly related to the war effort. Some of the projects were stopped voluntarily by the programming agencies while others were ordered stopped by the Facility Review Committee. Last week's figure brings to $1,304,015,747 the total cost of all projects which have been halted since October 23, 1942, when the Facility Review Committee was established
to examine the relationship of construction work to the war effort.
CI,ASSIFIED ADVERTISING WANT TO SELL YOUR YARD? Do you want to liquidate for the duration? See us. Twohy Lumber Co., Lumber Yard Brokers, 801 Petroleum Bldg., Los Angeles. Telephone PRospect 8746.
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
March 15, 1943
BT]YEB9S GT]IDB SA1T FBAITOISOO LUMBER
Arcata Rcdwood Co.
{20 Muket Str6t....................Yuko 21107
Attim-Stutz CoEprny,
llll Markct Stru.t ...............GAiEetd ftOg
Dut & Rucsll, hc.,
E. K. Wood Lmbcr Co-
LUMBER Ltd.,
r5 Califmir St.,.................GArfisld Oregon Lunbc Salcr (6rl W' lltattr), 95 Mmadnock Bldg. ................YUk6 Pacific Lumbcr Co. Thc
Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lunber.Divirion, {61 Mek t Stret .......,..,,..,..DOugIu
Hall, J.-cr L,
Santa Fc Lumbar Co.,
l6il Mtlb 3lds. .......,...........SUttr ?520 Hmnd Luba Company
{l? Mmtsonry-sTfict' :.........DOuglu 33ss Hobb Wall Lunbs Co.. llts MontSomery St. ..............GArfi.ld Z5Z Holna Eure&a Lunbcr CoIICS Finucial Cotc Bldg.......GArfiGH f92r
C. D. John+n lambcr Corporation,
260 Callfonla Stret ...........,GArficld 6253 Carl H. Kuhl Lubcr Co:, O. L Rurm, UZ Markat Stret...YUkon t{ol Lamon-Bomington Compuy, 16 Califomla Str6t ...............GArfic1d e$r
100 Burh Strut
Rcd Rivr
6i193
Lubcr
Fifth md Brannu Stretg.........Sutt!r lSti
Co.,
16 Califcnla Strct
I Dru
......,........EXbrok
& Shtnglc Co.,
Str..t .............,...,...SUttcr
HARDWOODS AND PANELS
Whltc Brcthcrs,
256r
315 Monadnock Bldg. ..,..,........GArfie|d 0022
Scbafer Brcs lrnbcr
Weyahaueer Salo Co. ll9 Califomia Strct .............GArfie|d t07{
1590
...................GArfic1d llEl
2U Fmt Stn Gt .................,G.Arficld 0292 Dolbcr & Cum L.unbcr Co., Ult M.rc,but. Exchmgc Bldg.....SUttc ?|56 Gurtton & Grccn Lubc Co.,
lE00 Amy Strct ..,...............ATwats l30O
I Drom Stret ,....,..,.........E1Xbrok 3|rl
Macl)onald & Hmiryto,
20?4
l77l
Sbavlln Pine Salci Co.,
CREOSOTED LUMBER
PILING-TIESAncrlcu lubcr & Trcating Co.,
POLES
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116 Ncw Montgomcry Str.ct.........Sutts lZ25 Butcr, J. H. & Cr., :l33 MonttoEcry Str6t DOuglae 3tt3
lG|O Monadnock BIdg. ......,.....EXbrook ?0lr Sudden & Chrlrtcnron, Inc., 310 Sanrcmc Str6t .........,.....GArficld 4lf Cul W. Wattr (Oregon Lunbcr Sala),
Hall, Jauer L., rGZ MllL Blds .....................SUtta 7520 Popc & Talbot, Inc., Luber Divielon, 461 Markat Streot..................DOuglas 2561
Wendllng-Nathu Co.,
Vandcr Lau Pilirg & Inmbq Ca., 216 Pin3 Str.ct..... ............,..HXbrco& {9!5
975 Monadnak BldS. ............,,..YUkon 1590
ll0 Mrket Stret ....,....,..,..,..Sutts
Wcit Oragon Lurbcr Co., 1995 Evanc Avc. ......,...........ATwatcr
5363
Wmdling-Nathai Co., 56llE
OAI(LANI)
LUMBER
PAN EIS_DOORLSASH-SCREENS Callfomia Bulldcrr Supply Co.,
Ewlua_ Bo: €o. (Pyr.-td Lu-ba Salce Co.)
Pacific Bldg. ..Glcnourt E19l Guer:tm & Grem Lunbcr Co., 2.0l Llvingtton St;..,.........,...KE[og {-lstl Hill & Mortm, Inc. Deuion Stret Wharf.........,ANdovcr lql? Hogu Lmbcr Conpuy. 2nd ud A116 Strc.tr........,...Glaourt Ot8l E. K. Wood Lunbcr Co2lll Fredaick Stret . . ... ... . , ..KEIha z-A??
7O 6th Avuuc Hogu lambc Conpmy,
.,..Hlaatc 6010
2nd ud Allcc Strctr...,......,.Gl.cnout Wcstcm Dor & Sarh Co.'
5th & Cyprcrr Stretr.....,TEmplebr
6601
E{01
HARDWOODS
Strablc Hardwod Conpuy,
Wholaale Building Supply, Inc.,
Fir.t lnd Clay Strets.........TEnplcbu 55tl Whltc Brctbcr, t00 Hlgh Stret...,..,.............ANdovs 16ec
1007 32nd Strect. . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . .TEmplebu 6961 __ _ Wholaealc lambcr Dlrtributoru, Inc.,
9th .A,venue Picr,..............,Tivinoab
ll0 Mar&et Stet..... ...... .........SUttcr St63
zsts
LOS ANGDLBS
LUMBER
LUMBER
Arcata Redwqd Co. (J. J. Rca)
5rll0llfthhtrc Blvd................WEbrtcr ?E2s
HARDWOODS
Penbcrthy Lumbc Co., 2055 Eut
5l!t St.....................Klmba|! 5ltl PoF & Talbot, Inc., Lubc Divirion, 7l{ W. Olympic Blvd.......,.....PRocpcct tZlr Red Rivcr Lubar Co., 7ll2 E. Slaum. .CEntury 29071 lGll S. Brcadway..... -.,... ,. .... .PRoEpect 03ll San Pcdro lrmb.r Cr. f5ft S. Cmrd Avc. ..,....,,...R1chnod flll r&n-A Witninstm Rmd (Su Pcdrc) .....,...................|ii! PGdrc 22t0 Suta Fc hmbcr Co., 311 Fiaucial Contr Bldg.........VAndiLc {{?r Schafq Bros. Iubcr tt Shnrgb Co., ru W. 9th Strect..............,....TRlntty lZl Shevlin Plnc SaL. Co., 33|D Pctrclcu Bldg.........,.....PRorpcct 0615
Simpon Indurtricr, Inc., 1610 E. Warhinston Blvd.........PRocD6t 6rt3 Stilton, E. J. & Sd, zt50 E. 4lrt St.....,,.,...........CEntury
Hrmnond Lmbcr Conpuy,
2010 So. Almcda St........,,...,PRo4ect 13:t3 Hobbr Wall Lmbcr Co., , -625 lmm B1d8r.....................TRbity f$S
Holmcr Eueka l{rmb.r Cj.,
7rl-712 Architcte Blds...........,Mutud gftf Hovcr, A Lgl5 Wihhlr. Blvd....,...............YOrL rr6t
C. D-. J_ohargn llrm-bcr Corporation,
6c6 Pctrclcum Bldg............,...PRcpcct
1165
C*l H._Kubl llmbe Co., (R. S. Orgood), 704 S. Sprlng St.........,,,........VArdtk S@3 Rcs C. I-"hl"v (n. G. Robbinr Imbcr Co.), 7U W. Olynpic Blvd....,......PRopcct 0?24 I:wucc-Phlllpe frnb.r Co., 81ds.......,.......PRo3p.ct tU{ - .BE P-4rolcqq Mlcllo_dd Ii. !t;, ^q9., 7t{ W. Olynpic BIvd.....,........PRorp*t ?l9l MrcDoald & HlniDgitm, Ltd. P-c@la4 B!ds............. .......PRopcct 3lZl Pacldc Imbc Co.. Thc 5225 Wlbhtrt B|vd......,. ..... ........YOrh IICt
29zU
Sudda & Chrirtanon, Irc. G!0 Board of Tradc Bldg..........TRinity ttl4 Taoma Lumbcr Salce, ttif,l. Pctrolcu
Bldg....... ... .... .PRoopGd f f$
Wcndling-Nathu Co.,
5225 Wibhlrc 81vd.....................YOrk 1l6t Wclt Orcgon Lmbcr Co., 427 PctroLun Btds.....,..., .....Rlchnmd 0261 W. W. Wilkinrcn,
3ft W. 9th Strcct..................TRinlty a6t3 E. K. Wood Lunbcr Ca., l7r0 So. Almcdr St...............JEfrnro!
W'ayshaoccr Salcr Co., rl10 1t/. M. Gtrland Blds. ,.....Mlclkar CREOIIOTED
LT'IIBER-POI.EIF
3llr 635{
PILING-TIES Amcdo Imbcr & Truatln3 Co., tlSl 9. Brodwey.............,...PRorpcct l3Gt Butc, J. H. & Co., 60l Wcat sth StErt..............:Mlchiaa @01 Popc & Tdbot, lnc., Lunbcr Dlvlrlon, PRdFct tzlt 7ra W. Olrrnplc Blvd.
Amqiru Hardwood Co., rg00 E. rsth Strst.....,.. .... . ... .PRoapcct 4235 Stuto, E. J. & Son, 2050 Ea.t ,llst Str..t .,..........CEntury 292ff Weatem Hardwod Luber Co., 2014 Eilt 15th Stret.........,....PRoIDGGI 616r SAIIH-DOORS_MIIIWORI(-SCREENS-
BLINDS_PANEI.S AND PLYWOOD_ IRONING BOARDS
Back Paml Compuy' 310-3ll Eart 32rrd Strrct...........ADu3 126 Callfomia Door Compun Thc 4910 Dl3trlct B|vd...,....,.........KIDbalI 2il1
Cdlfonia Panal & Verer Co.'
055 S. Alamcda Slret..............TRlnity
Cobb Co- T. M.'
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5!O Ccntral Avcnrc......'.'......ADut llUT Eubank & Son, Inc., L. H. (Inglewod) 433 W. Rcdondo Blvd..............ORcgon t-lCCt Halcy Broc. (Suta Mmlo) r62a r&h Strt
.................'ASlhlry l-2!6t
Kochl, Jm. W. & Son, CSZ S. Mvm Strct........,,,.,...Allgelur
El9l
Orcgon-Warhtngton Plywood Co.'
3lt W..t Nintb Stret............TRlnlty ltlt
Paclfic Wod Prcducte Co4rratlon' 36dt Tybum Stret..........,,.....4IJmy Pacific Mutual Door Co.' 1600 E. Warhingto
llCl
Blvd.........PRospct 95Zt
Rcan Cmpuy, Gco. E.
235 S. Alincda StrGGt ........Mlchtgu ltSl Rrd Rlva Lunbcr Co.' ?02 S. Slamn..
Suprm Ca. (Paeadcna)' 715 So. Ravnod Avc...........'..RYan l-6S[ Sinpm Induetricr, Ine' fill E. f,fedlnim Blvd.........PRotDGct alt3 W'at Cctt Sro C.o. tlas Eart 63rd Strc.t............. ,ADanr llllt Wcdm Mill & lfioulding Co., 59ll So. Wertcm Avc..........TWlnclo ltO
tr.ON A WINNING saLDS OFFBNSTYD9 lead off with
K"rcr/ OAIT FLOOBING FOA B'\YERY tr.LOOA TN THE HOUSE OLID ON NE|[/ Lifting a page from military tactics and attacking vulnerable fronts, more and more lumber dealers are pointing their sales drives at existing homes. And it pays. For, it's a rare case when a home built a few yeais ago isn't ready now for some reconditioning to preserve it, or remodeling to bring it in line with present day requirements. As a leader for these effective sales drives, Royal Oak Flooring has all the answers. The beauty and serviceability of Royal
ROYAL OAK FLOORING is produced by the Fordyce Lumber Company and the Crossett Lumber Company in all sizes and grades of standard strip; also Oak Plank in "V" and flush joints. It may be shipped with other Fordyce and Crossett products including Beech, Pecan and Pine flooring and Oak and Gum trim and mouldings.
Oak Floors are well established. There's a Royal size and grade for every room in the house. And when you quote the price of a Royal Oak Floor,laid and finished, property owners usually are both amazed and delighted to learn they can have it at a cost that doesn't stretch their wartime budgets.
Ask our nearest sales representatiae, or address:
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