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New Booklet--"The First Business In America"

fn a recent booklet published by American Forest Products Industries, fnc., the dramatic story of our forest resource is briefly and pointedly told.

The booklet, "The First Business in America," relates in sketches and short, pithy paragraphs the story of wood from the forests to the consume{. It tells of the many parts wood plays in the production of lumber, paper, fabrics and ottlt"?r""d in its 29 pugl, ur. statistical figures and information on forest acreage in America, who owns America's forests tree farms, different methods of harvesting trees for continuous yield, the damage done yearly by fires in the forests, and an outline of the various needs which the forests supply.

The booklet is available to industry for distribution to employees, customers and to educational organizations, and may be obtained by writing the American Forest Products Industries, fnc., at 1319 18th Street, N. W., Washington 6, D.C. 5114.

Pictured herewith is the Sally Saw, the portable, powerdriven one-man saw for pulpwood and wood lot cutting, with its specially designed CMW l% h.p. 4 cycle, air cooled gasoline motor. Saw and engine weigh approximately 69 pounds, but iru sawing the weight is relieved by the tripod leg under the motor and the saw support at the working end.

It will fell trees to 11 inches in diameter with one pass without notching and. trees to 16 inches in diameter by going around the tree. A hand clasp screw is provided at the motor end of the shaft so that the angle of cut can be adjusted for felling or cutting up on the ground.

The specially designed circular saw blade operated by a shaft through driving gears has no center hub, so that the blade can saw all the way through timber. This saw can be removed in less than a minute for changing. Clutch control is provided by the handle near the motor end. A slight wrist motion controls the clutch.

The Sally Saw is manufactured by the Cummings Machine Works of Boston, holders of 5 Army-Navy "E" awards. This concern has now returned to full civilian work.

Pcrcilic Loggrng Congress

The Pacific Logging Congress will be held at Banff, Canada, on June 1, 2,3,4 and 5.

Gamerston-Mcleod

Lieutenant John W. Gamerston was married in Liverpool, England, to Miss Dora Mcleod February 25.

Lieut. Gamerston, who is a son of Harry \M. Gamerston of Gamerston & Green Lumber Co., San Francisco, is with the lst Infantry, stationed in Germany. He expects to be home in May, and that his wife will follow him in June.

Cqlls on Hcrrdwood Mills

K. E. MacBeath of Gordon-MacBeath Hardwood Co., Berkeley, has returned from a business trip to eastern and southern states, where he called on some of the hardwood flooring and lumber mills.

Los Angeles Hoo-lloo Meeting Mcrrch 29

The next meeting of the Lgs Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club will be held at the Chapman Park Hotel, 615 S. Alexandria Ave., Los Angeles, Friday noon, March 29. Luncheon will be served at t2:09 p.m. The committee is arranging for an outstanding speaker to address the meeting. President George Clough will preside.

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OPA Raises Ceiling Priccs of Southern "JOE BEAVER"

Pine Lumber at Mill Level

lfhe Ofifrce of Price Administration has announced an average increase of $3.25 per thousand board feet in mill ceilings for Southern pine lumber, effective February 20, 1946.

This increape conforms with a directive issued on January 30, L946, by the Office of the Stabilization Administrator and with two amendments issued subsequently. The directive ordered these increases as a means of securing a production of nine billion board feet of Southern pine lumber in 1946. This out-put, needed in the postwar housing construction program now underway, would be about 1.5 billion board feet more than 1945 production.

These increases will continue in effect until approximately August 15, L946. This will allow adequate time to determind whether production goals established by the Civilian Production Administration for the first six months of 1946 have been met. If the production goals are met, OPA is authorized, to continue the increase in effect during the six-month period following August 15th. The adjustment will be dis.continued if the goals for the first half of. 1946 are not met.

In accordance with the OSA directive, OPA will require maximum absorption of this increase by resellers. On the basis of data now available, it expects the full amount of the mill price increase to be absorbed by lumber distributors in almost all cases.

The increase is a uniform $3.25 per thousand board feet for all housing construction items manufactured from Southern pine lumber except flooring, which is increased $5 per thousand board feet, and lath, whi'ch is not increased in price, as present ceilings on lath are considered adequate. No increases were made in Southern pine car material, stress grades, structural joists and planks, and timbers larger than eight inches by eight inches.

In line with the OSA directive, these increases do not apply to mills which sell their lumber rough and cut less than four million board feet a year (small mills).

(Amendment No. 15 to Second Revised Maximum Price Regulation No. l9-southern Pine Lumber; effective February 20.1946.

Bcugh Bros. Building New Ycrd

Located in the industrial area of Los Angeles (Vernon) in the 3300 block on East 26th Street, a l|f-acre site will be the new yard of Baugh Bros. & Co. Construction started in February on foundations for five storage buildings, the first of ten to be erected, which will have a capacity of several million feet of lumber. The yard will have complete facilities for the cover storage of all lumber. Lift and stacking trucks will handle all the lumber from a spur track in the center of the yard.

The firm was established in 1938 as a distribution yard under the management of Robert P. Baugh' William (Bill) Baugh has resumed an active part in the business following his discharge from the Army, after three years' duty overseas in the Tank Corps. Pat Sublett supervises the sales. The company caters to the commercial and industrial trade in the Southern California areal