The California Lumber Merchant - April 1945

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) Tlil .is .a tyPicll Velduood ad - ubich ir runninl in lill'color, ftll-page,rize in ;be fli most impoftant borrrc mag4ztneL

In less than one year, over 100,000 future home-builders and remodellers have responded to I7eldwood's extensive advertising campaign on hardwood paneled rooms.

Every ad in this series refers to rbe lumber d,ealer as the source of supply for \Teldwood. Every Piece of printed matter sent to these thousands of interested prospects

every letter . . fepeats the same message: "\(eldwood PlYwood is distributed by lumber d'ealers,"

Naturally, with building at a standstill and plywood being used almost entirely for war Purposes' you can't cash in on this Promising situation now. But eventually this pent-up demand is going to mean

substantial new volume and substantial new profits to aggressive lumber dealers.

In the meantime, keep in touch with'us. The moment conditions permit, we'll be ready with our usual complete assortment of PIYwood of every type for every purpose.

WELDWOOD Plywood

Plorficr and Wood Wcldod for Good Waurproof Velduood, so narked, is bonded uitb pbcnol fornaldehlde syntb*ic ruin. Otber Dpet of uarer-resirtaf, t Velduood are manahctsred uitb cxten&d srea retiss and orber apptooed bony'kg d82nts.

But our plans cre cbout completed lor postwar production of crn expanded line of Eubcrnk wholescrle millwork items.

OUR ADVERTISERS

Patrick Lumber Co.---------- --- ----------------------22 Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lumber Division----------

Penberthy Lumber Co.----------------Portland Cement Association---Precision Kiln Drying Co.------------------------------11

Ream Co,, George E.-------------------Red Cedar Shingle Bureau----------- --------------------17 Robbins Lumber Co., R. G.----------------------------25 Ross Carrier Co.---------------Ross-Terrell Co., The------- --------26

Tacoma Lumber SaIo-------- -----------------------,ll

Tarter, Vebcter & Johnson, fnc.--________________ *

Toste Lumber C,ompany---

U. S. Plywood Corporation----------------------I.F.C..

\ffendling-Nathan Co.-----------------------------------_13

V'ect Coast Screen Co.--. *-

Vest Oregoi I,"-U* C".------------------------"zr

Vestern Door & Sash Co.--------------------_----_--_31

Vestern Hardwo6d Lumber Co. ------------O.F.C.

Western MilI & Moulding Co.-----_---- --__---._--__.29

Veyerhaeuser Saleo Company----.-____________-__ *

Vhite Brothers --------------------------------------_---____16

Vholesale Building Suppln Inc..----.--------------lO

Vholesale Lurnber Distributoro, fnc.-___-_----* 'Wood Lumber Co., E. K.-------------__--_____-_-____- 4

Vood Treating Chemicals Co..-----------------_____-13

J. E MARTIN Mcmcgiag Editor

THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

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How Lumber Looks

Seattle, Washington, March 13, 1945-The weekly average of West Coast lumber production in February (4 weeks) was 149,063,000 board feet, or 91.9 per cent of 1941+ 1944 average, according to the West Coast Lumbermen'S Association in its monthly survey of the industry. Orders averaged 153,556,000 b.f.; shipments 153,479,000. Weekly averages for January w'ere: Production, 147,214.000 b.f. (90.8 per cent of the 194l-1944 average) ; orders, 169,642,000 ; shipments, t43,773,0@.

The industry's unfilled order file stood at 992,931,0CI1 b.f. at the end of February; gross stocks at 432,1.19,000.

Lumber production has held up strongly against difficulties in the lack of manpower and the lack of truck tires and many other items of equipment. Log production dropped somewhat in the cold weather of late winter. The manpower shortage .coupled with the accumulative efiect of truck tire depletion faces the industry with the danger of a dwindling log supply that would adversely affect lumber production during the summer months.

Meantime, military needs for lurnber are again very critical. WPB Director Krug has coupled the urgency of lumber requirements to the need for B-29 bombers. That leaves little to say about the place of lumber in the war.

In addition to large Pacific sl-ripments of West Coast lumber and the heavy requirements for packaging munitions of all kinds to supply both fronts' a new factor has entered the picture in immediate housing restoration for England and the liberated countries in Europe, The construction of prefabricated homes in England is already un-

der way and orders for lumber to be shipped directly to England are about to be placed. Prefabricated barracks are being erected for longshoremen and other dock workers in France.

In short, the West Coast lumber situation remains very tight, the war control on it are more and more strict, and less and less lumber is available for civilian needs.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended March 10, 110 mills reportingl gave orders as 58,772,W leet, shipments 65,008,000 feet, and production 6O,824,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end.of the week totaled 316,676,ffi feet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended March 10, 84 units (132 mills) reporting, gave orders as 17,823,000 feet, shipments 17,@5,000 feet, and production 18,503,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled, 126,724.A00 feet.

The California Redwood Association reported production of thirteen operations for the month of January, 1945, as 34,535,000 feet, shipments 33,512,000 feet, and orders received 53,795,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the month totaled X).797,Affi ftet.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended March 17, 163 mills reporting, gave orders as 92,ll2,N0 feet, shipments 94,854,000 feet, and production 102,380.0CI feet.

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Million lfouses s Year

Victory in Europe will tind the ncrtion s housebuilders recdy to lecrd the economy p<rrnde back to normcrl , to build one million homes tr yecr cnd supply jobs lor three million workers. Home building hcrs no reconversion problem cad no trcrnsition period the industry will be recrdy <rs soon crs restrictive orders qre rescinded"

Yes, lumber will plcry <r most importcrnt pcrt to lecrd the ncrtioncrl economy bcrck into normcrl chcmnels and to proyide c vcrst qmount ol iobs clter the wcrr. In the midst ol doing

row-with lcith in the lumber indudtry cnd in Americq.

Get Tickets Now for Reveille To Be Held April 27

Entertainment chairman

Tom Hogan announces that his committee has arranged an excellent program for the 13th Annual Reveille, which will be held on Friday evening, April 27, in the Spanish Ballroom at Hotel Claremont, Berkeley. The program will include individual acts by the finest available talent, beautiful Hollywood chorus girls and an eightpiece orchestra.

There is plenty of parking space in the hotel grounds, and there is direct transportation from San Francisco by way of the "E'i line right to

The attendance is limited to 350. Tickets are now on sale at $4.75 each, which includes a fine dinner, entertain: ment, and free cocktails.

Tickets may be had from the-co-chairmen of the ticket sales committee, Everett Lewis, Gamerston & Green Lumber Co., 2001 Livingston Street, Oakland, KEllog 4-1884, and Albert A. Kelley, 2832 Windsor Drive, Alameda, LAkehurst 2-2754, or from D. Normen Cords, Wendling-Nathan Co., 564 Market Street, San Francisco, SIJtter 5363, also from any of the Club directors.

Personnel Chcrnges Announced

Announcement is made by Homer T. Hayward Lumber Co., at their general office, Salinas, that John C. Fisher, manager of their yard at Pacific Grove, has been transferred to the Paso Robles yard, replacing Harold Goodale, who has resigned.

John Hulphers, formerly with M. J. Murphy, Inc., Carmel, has taken over the management of their Pacific Grove yard.

More Lumber for Farm Repairs

An additional 22.ffi0,N0 board feet of lumber has been allotted to the War Food ,A,dministration for the second quarter of 1945 for use by farmers in emergency maintenance and repair of farm dwellings, the War Production Board announced.

By delegation of authority from WPB to WFA, the latter assigns preference ratings to farmers for this lumber and for other farm construction lumber. Application for ratings is made to the county agriculture conservation committees.

The increased amount provided for the second quarter is based on normal seasonal increases in lumber needed on farms during the April-June period, WPB said.

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club Meeting Aprit 12

The Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club will hold a luncheon meeting at the University Club, 614 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, Thursday noon, April 12. Luncheon will be served at 12;19 p.m. The committee is arranging for a prominent speaker to address the meeting.

Newspcper Issues Supplement on "E" Awcrd

The Fort Bragg Advocate, of Fort Bragg, Calif., published an attractive 4-page supplement to its February 7, 1945 edition on the Army-Navy "E" award to the.Union Lumber Company for outstanding achievement in war production of Redwood. It carried a story, and many photographs, of the presentation ceremony held at Fort Bragg on February 4.

Trcrnslerred to San F:crncisco

Forrest Wilson, for the past nine years Northrvest representative for the Masonite Corporation with headqua{ters in Seattle, has been transferred to San Francisco where he r,vill be Northern California representative, succeeding the late Allan Turner.

Forrest is widely known in the California lumber trade, and before going with Masonite, was connected with the lumber business in both Los Angeles and San Fra'ncisco for a long period.

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Will Publish Honor Roll of Retail Lumbermen's Sons and Empl oyees

The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, is cotnpiling an Honor Roll of the retail lumber employees and sons of retail lumbermen in the country's service. In their full page announcement in March 15th issue of The California Lumber Merchant they included a coupon asking for the name, rating or rank, and location of sons or employees in the service. The announcement said in part:

"We are all justly proud of the men from our industry who are serving our country. To these men we owe more than lve can ever repay.'As many of us have lost track of most of them and their whereabouts, we would all like to refresh our memories for the sake of the future as well as the past. Toward this end a Service Roll is now being com-

New Foresfi' Assignment in Indic

Walker B. Tilley, forest engineer for the Joint Committec on Forest Conservation for the West Coast Lumbermen's Association and the Pacific Northwest Loggers Association for the past three years with headquarters in Eugene, Ore., has accepted an appointment as forestry officer for the Intercontinent Corporation of New York City for service in the State of Travancore, India, according to an announcement by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association. He expects to leave for India some time in April.

Foreign Trcrde Week

Michael Harris, assistant general sales manager and director of exports for Max Factor and Companv, has been appointed Los Angeles County chairman of the 1945 Foreign Trade Week Committee by LeRoy M. Edwards, president of the Chamber of Commerce. This year's program will be part of the 19th annual celebration of National Foreign Trade Week, May 2A-26.

The part to be taken in postwar trade by the lumber, cement, asphalt, structural steel, plumbing, paint, glass ar,d other construction material industries, Mrl Harris says, will be emphasized by speakers at numerous meetings programmed for the occasion.

piled, and your help is needed. If you have a son, brother, friend or employee in the Armed Services, please fill in the coupon and mail it in today.

As is well known The Pacific Lumber Company made an appeal some time ago for the names of blood donors in the retail lumber indttstry, and published the Honor Roll of donors. In doing this they felt that two ends could be served, (1) that those who donated blood would receive proper recognition and credit, and (2) that those who had not given their blood might be motivated to do so.

The address of The Pacilic Lumber Company is 100 Bush Street, San Francisco 4.

Tighten Restrictions on Western Pine

San Francisco, March 28.-Further tightening of restrictions t'o conserve the limited supply of Western Pine lumber for military and rnost urgent civilian needs were announced today by Stewart Griswold, Regional Lumber Advisor, War Production Board.

Millwork manufacturers use of Western Pine becomes.' limited to windows, sash, window sash and door frames, window and door screens, trim and moulding and cut stock for these items. No other millwork such as kitchen and medicine cabinets,' cupboards and furniture may be made of Western Pine.

At the same time announcement was made of sirnplified procedure so that Class 2 customers may.obtain. the same second quarter allotments of Western Pine and restricted hardwoods as for the first quarter, if used for the same purposes, without applying for further authorizdtton

Get Contrqct lor 2000 Prelcbriccted Houses

Drycemble Corporation, 5335 Southern Avenue, South Gate, Calif., and Wesco Construction Co., 2006 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, have been awarded a contract for 2000 prefabricated houses. They are to be packaged for shipment to Great Britain under lend-lease. The houses are of one story construction, lvith flat roofs, to house a family of four.

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Dealers Preparing Now

Mcny wise dealers throughout the country have crlrecrdy made crlterctions in their wcrehouses in prepcnction lor hcndling oI very much lcrger stocks ol plyurood in the postwcrr period thcn they did belore the wcn.

It isn't cr bit too scron to do this, in order to be recrdy lor the o1> portunity that wil surely be here one of these days.

ONE THING THE WAR HAS NOT CHANGED

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And then there was the tough "top kick" who said to the new rookie: "Wipe that OPINION off your face."

Statesmen have not done much of a job toward making this a peaceful world, or a world of plenty. It is time to rely upon the e.ffoits of engineers, scientists, and businessmen. ***

Yes sir, if the same old gang is left to handle the job of reconverting this country from war to peace and finding or creating fifty to sixty million jobs that will be needed, we can confidently expect to see the nation burdened with the same old artificial and witless schemes for dragging prosperity in by the ears, that prevailed before this war started; schemes that will be applauded enthusiastically by the gullible and the lazy. ***

The terrible blood bath in Europe goes on. And only for the purpose of prolonging the worthless lives of Hitler and his gang. Every day Germany fights-Hitler lives. What a price the world continues'to pay for having born just one little old mad paperhanger. ***

Maybe Russia would be a good vacation spot for Americans with itchy feet, after the war ends. Don't forget the story of the American who was visiting Russia in prewar days, and went to an interpreter for some lessons in speaking Russian. The teacher said: "The first sentence you must learn is 'Ya Vass lubu,' which means in English 'I love you;' and which will get you more exquisite returns in Russia than in any other country on earth." Which, I have always thought, was one of the biggest recommendations ever uttered for the land of the Soviet.

I think the nearest that WiU Rogers ever came to uttering a suggestive thing in a public address, was one of his remarks about Russia. I heard him deliver that famous address about Russia after visiting over there. He told about going down to the sea shore and river banks where the entire population bathed, without clothing or any apparent feeling of immodesty; and he concluded by saying

that he might have seen more of Russia if he'd seen less of some Russans.

I felt quite prophetic the other day when reading over these Vagabond Editorials of a number of years back. In September, 1938, I wrote: "Europe t'apidly approaches a stage once more where Liberty sinks into a bottomless rnorass, and where another Voltaire is needed as badly as when the first one came."

And right art.. o.rttlro, ;"" the hordes of Huns were poised on the Belgian side of the channel and their rush across was momentarily expected by the practically unarmed British on the White Cliffs of Dover, I wrote a paragraph I am proud of now, that said: "The gorilla men have England on her five yard line, and nearer her goal line than any enemy has ever been before in her long history. Bgt how often have you sOen a football team defend its home goal from the one foot line, and then go ' on to glorious victory? Remember, it's always darkest just before morn, or, as the colored crapshooter stated it-'de biggest possums allus trot jes' befo' dawn.'"

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If I hadn't missed rny guess on the date of the ending of the European war so many times, I believe I'd put in my application for a prophet's license just on the basis of the above quoted paragraph. But I've been pretty sour on my predictions about Germany's fall. Guess I didn't understand how badly Hitler wanted to live, or the price in German blood he was willing to pay for some extra days on earth. Knowing he is too foul for heaven and unfit for hell, he bites his nails and sssssms-"pight on !"

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Discussion of peace terms for Germany leads all other talk. In the days when the Roman Empire was at the height of its power, the rest of the world used the term of derision-"a Roman peace." By this they meant a peace settlement "enforced with sword and scourge and binding slavery." Which reminds me that Voltaire once said that the only thing wrong about the "Holy Roman Empire" was that it was neither holy, Rornan, nor an empire.

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Senator George of Georgia is on record with a suggestion-a demand rather-that is chock full of wisdom. He says that there must be incorporated into every agreement for international operations the United States signs, a plant calling for FREEDOM OF RELIGION. Remember at the recent Big Three conference there were present t\po men of Christian faith, and one man who has'done more

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If in the fight my arm was strong, And forced my foes to yield, If eonquering and unhurt I come l Back from tlie battlefield, It is because thy prayers have been My safeguard and my shield.

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to destroy religion than any other in history. Because of that third man it is vitally and utterly important that the United States stand stoutly and unqualifiedly for a freedom of religion plank in every plan that is drawn for the postwar world.

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Have you, gentle reader, given any thought to the part that religion is bound to play in the formulating of these postwar plans? Take tle sad case of Poland. The agreement to split Poland almost in half and give the East half to Russia, brings up innumerable questions, among which the question of religion deserves first attention. Suppose that the people in that East half of Poland are religionists (they are). And suppose after the war Russia plants the same iron heel on the throat of religion that it had when the war started. Then those Polish religionists would not only lose their national birthright-they would lose their religion, as well. Can you accept such a situation, and swallow the only excuse so far given, that there must be compromises in these world matters? Can you compromise a good woman away from her God, from her right to wogship flim as, and when, and how she pleases? Can you compromise between*Rl*na_""U Wrong?

When I consider the rape of Poland I recall the immortal remark of the great French liberator, Voltaire. He was debating with a lawyer the su,bject of hurnan liberty. The lawyer remarked that human freedom is a matter of contract. Voltaire replied: "Show me the contract with the signature of the slave, and I'll believe you." Show me the agreement to cut her in two and give half away, with the signature of the Polish people attached, and I'll agree that it was just.

Perhaps nothing r."" roli"l ,i"" ..,., been suggested in the making of history than that Poland lose a great chunk of her territory and population, and get in return a slice of Germany. It is like saying to a good mother: "We are going to take away two of your children, two of the dear little idols of your heart, and you will never see them again. But don't worry. You will be repaid. 'We're going to give you, two little hoodlums from back of the gas house to take the place of your dear ones."

The story of Job ir thJ orl .I"."*.nt is nearly as bad. According to the Book, God tried the obedience of old Job, by visiting him with more tribulations and trials and even persecutions than were ever inflicted upon mortal man. Job refused to complain against the Lord, even when his children were taken by death, to try him further. Finally the Lord decided that Job had been tested enough. So he removed all his plagues, restored his prosperity, and finally sbnt him a new batch of children. The story is almost as inhuman as the present Polish deal. The only difference is that the Lord gave Job and his wife some more children of their own, and not a flock of savage enemies to tear down their household. But the Bible story is bad enough.

I've decided that Joe Stalin is one of the smartest men on earth today. The old idea that he was a sort of stolid Mongolian doesn't fit his show of astuteness. For instance, when he rose at the Yalta conference to demand the Curzon line as the new Russian-Polish boundary, did you, notice how he justified it? According to the newspaper reports I read, he dramatically declared that twice in this generation the Germans have charged through Poland to attack Russia, and therefore in future Russia must keep Eastern Poland as a buffer against Germany. The facts are, of course, that in 1914 when the first event he referred to happened, Poland, like Finland, was part of the Russian Empire, and Russian armies moved through it to face the Germans, and by their own choice, made it a battlefield. Then again in 1939, did Germany go through Poland to attack Russia? Ridiculous! It was Russia that moved into Poland and grabbed half bf that cou.ntry by force while Germany was attacking the other half with all her horrid power. When the other folks at the conference of Yalta apparently swallowed that complete Russianization of recent history, Uncle Joe must have done some deep laughing in his big sleeves.

When r read in the

that the Allies in their dash to the Rhine had taken the little city of Bonn, I wondered what the battle had done to the shrine of Beethoven. The great musician was born in Bonn, and later his birthplace was made into a wonderful Beethoven Museum. One of the chief displays in the museum was a set of Stradivarius instruments, given Beethoven by his friend and patron, Prince Lichnowsky. Those violins and cellos, etc., were themselves worth a king's ransom. They wouldn't stand shell fire very well, would they?

I dropped into a big retail lumber yard to visit with the owner, an old friend. I found him out in the yard loading a truck. He had just gne man on the job that day, besides himself. I stopped to watch. "I have just one thing to be thankful for these days," the .owner said. "What's that?" I asked. "Eased edges on lumber," he said, between shoves. "If they still made those old square edges I don't think these hands of mine would stand up these days." Always the bright side, you see.

Logging Added to Production Urgency List

"Logging-including the cutting of pulpwood and the hauling of logs from forest to mill" has been added to the National Production Urgency List as of March 9 by the Production Executive Committee.

Logging and lumber production had been included on the original list, but were omitted when that list r'vas scrapped last fall and the present list compiled, which was restricted to direct military supplies. Addition of logging to the list was effected by representations of the Lurnber & Lumber Products Division of the War Production Board to the committee.

National Production Urgency List ratings play an important part in determining manpower priorities by the War Manpower Commission. The list is compiled by the Production Executive Committee which comprises representatives of all the military services and civilian war agencies. The list is also used as an unofficial criterion by WPB, OPA, and other agencies to determine which activities are considered most important by the rnilitary' Inclusion of logging, therefore, should assist logging operators not only in obtaining labor referrals, but also in procuring trucks, tractors, tires, and other needed equipment.

New Yard in Greenlield

Hicks Lumber Company, Salinas, recently opened a branch yard in Greenfield, Calif.

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Enslish Kiddins in The Face o[ Death

Captain John Buckley is a valiant young lurnber friend of mine who has completed his flying missions in Europe and is now home for a change of scenery. John has a grand sense .of humor, and he always saw and is able to relate the funny side of the tragedy of war that he witnessed. He has told me a number of grand stories of the men he heard laughing while death whistled close by, the best one of which is about an English pilot who flew with his squadron, kidding his good friend, the tail pilot, when danger threatened.

They were flying over very dangerous territory when

W. F. Fchs Bcrck Frorn North

W. F. (Bill) Fahs, manager, California Panel & Veneer Co., Los Angeles, has been in the Northwest on business for the last two weeks. He was accompanied by Stan Swanson, salesman for the company, and they expected to bc back April 1.

suddenly the tail pilot reported a bunch of Krauts closing in on his tail. Not thirty seconds later his excited voice fairly roared into the phone: "They're right on top of me and shooting the GD hell out of me !"

Further ahead in the squadron the young British pilot, who was the tail pilot's best friend,'chanted into the phone in a sing-song voice, saying:

"Freddie is a fraidy-cat, Freddie is a fraidy-cat!" and in spite of the seriousness of the occasion, every man in the squadron roaredincluding the tail pilot.

Trcnsferred to Eugene Office

Bill .Davis, member of the Los Angeles sales stafi of Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lumber'Division, for the past several years, has ,been transferred to the E,ugene, Ore., office. He spent a few days at the San Francisco office on his way North, and took over his nerv duties in Eugene on April l.

Where ls Lumber Used Overseas?

Lieut. Earl M. McGowin, USNB, who recently returned lrom Europe, specking belore the Logging Congress in lcnrucry, scid in pcrrt: "Before the militcrry ccn move in, the engineers need c lot ol lumber for cll kinds of jobs, including rebuilding oI bridges. Then comes the Qucrtermcster Corps which needs lumber to protect stores.

The Trcursportqtion Corps needs lumber for roc&. The Signcl Corps hcrs to rebuild mcmy units crnd erect new lacilities. Vcst qucartities ,oI ties are needed. And lcrge qucrntities crre used lor crcrting. The mediccrl units require considercrble lumber. The common soldiers need lumber. Wood is most welcome csrd treasured everywhere on crll lronts."

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Foregt Fire Placardg Off eted For Campaign3

Washington, D. C.-Four two-color window cards, stressing in cartoon style the importance of forest fire prevention, have been designed by the American Forest Products Industries, Inc., and may be obtained in quantity, without cost, for distribution by forest industries, state and school agencies or other organizations undertaking fire prevention campaigns.

Each design features the forest character "Woody," who has a brief, striking message stressing personal responsibility in prevention of forest fires. Space is provided for the imprint of the organization sponsoring distribution of these placards. Imprinting may be done locally, or by the American Forest Products Industries for a nominal charge, but the placards theniselves are provided free. They are printed in black and red and measure 8 by 12 inches.

Full information may be obtained by writing to American Forest Products Industries, Inc., 1319 Eighteenth Street, N. W., Washington 6, D. C.

Appoint New Resecrch Director

To push forward their extensive program of research, The Paraffine Companies, Inc., announced the appointment of Dr. A. M. Erskine as director of research and development for both the parent organization and associate, Plant Rubber & Asbestos Works, according to R. H. Shainwald, executive vice president.

Dr. Erskine has been associated with E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., for the past sixteen years, after years of teaching at Hamilton College and Cornell lJniversity, from which he received both B. Chem. and Ph.D. degrees.

Stcnton Hcrs House Orgcrn

"Stantonite" is the name of a monthly house organ published by and for the employees of E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles. It is well edited and should be very popular.

Mary E. Blocher is the editor. Reporters for the yard are: Merle Hindman, Lloyd Webb, Bill Larsen, F. E. McNally, Prince Smith, Nate Miller. For the office: Corrine Shepardson, Marge Knipper, Anne Higbee for National Toinery.

The Legend of the Dogwood (Author Unkown)

At the time of the Crucifixion the dogwood attained the size of the oak and other forest trees. So strong and firm was the wood of it that it was chosen for the timber for the Cross. To be thus used for such a cruel purpose greatly distressed the tree, and Jesus smiled upon it, sensed this, and, in His gentle pity for sorrow' said to it:

"Because of your regret and pity for my suffering, I make you this promise: Never again shall the dogwood tree grow big enough .to be used for a cross. Henceforth it shaU be slender and bent and twisted, and its blossoms shall be in the form of a cross-two long petals and two short petals-and in the center of the outer edge of each petal there will be nail prints,.brown with rust and stained with blood. And in the center of the flower there shall be an image of the crown of thorns and all who see it will remember that it was upon a dogwood tree that I was crucified, and this tree shall not be mutilitated or destroyed, but cherished as a reminder of my death upon the cross."

Lumber For Behcrbilitation Use Oversecrs

The WPB reports that lumber authorized for rehabilitation use overseas ancl for construction in this country of prefabricated houses for export, amounts to less than l/o of the anticipated 1945 lumber production. The amounts authorized total about 280 million board feet.

Prelcrbricated Structures

The OPA announces a new price regulation for prefabricated non-dwelling structures that provides each of four classes of sellers with a specific formula for pricing these products commonly used on the farm (MPR 583, effective March 28).

Elected President

Ray C. Smith, general manag'er, Meadow Valley Lumber Co., Quincy, Calif. has been elected president of the Quincy Chamber of Commerce.

Word got around about this Big One' The crui*rs and fern hoppers had seen it' Their tales of it r,vere tall but, they insisted with arms 'ivide outstretched, entirely in keeping with their claims for THIS tree' Thii was IT. Maybe it I'r'ould top all records for trees takeu out by Weyerhaeuser.

The arguments grerv as the Weyerhaeuser Timber Compa.tyts railroad construction crew from the Longview Branch swung the ribbons of steel along the rugged slopes in Southwestern Washington, ever nearer to the Big One.

Occasionally an inquisitive and doubting soul would sneak arvay to have a look at the Big One for himself. He'd plow through the tangle of devil clubs and vine maple and head up into the rough hills of the -Green River iountry. He'd clamber over the big rotting windfall hulks of former {orest giantJlong since thrown to the ground. with i double headlock put on by age and winchulks with a soft, foot-deep carpet of greenyellow moss along their backs. But at last he would stand at the great round foot o{ the Big One. It was indeed a grand-daddy. Six men could hardly touch finger tips around it. There it was, 300 tons of tree, towering away beyond sight into that unbroken green canopy far above. Hardly a taDer to it. Straieht and clean as an arrow. R6und as a barreil No limbs until way, r'vay up. Ah, this one had lumber in it. Tens of thousands of board feet, more lumber than any tree ever logged by Weyerhaeuser'

Grand-daddy tree, yes. And, like granddaddies everywhere, it was thinning out on top, on the downhill side of the peak of vigor, maturity long since reached. The body was beginning to waste away slowly inside. Nature had already put in her claim to return the Big One to the dust. Forests live on, but individual trees die. The fate of the Big One would be kindly. The loggers were on their way, would soon be here, would take this fine tree in harvest along with its fellows on this portion of the hillside. and rvould send the lumber out to do useful tasks for America.

And then, one day in the late summer of 1944, a veteran head faller, Russell Drake, and his second faller partner, Hector \Mood, brought the harvest to the Big One. "Timber!" The old familiar cry rang through the woods. The fallers leaped down and away to safety. In a brown and green shower of branches, small limbs, needles, dead wood and dirt, the Big One swept down to its bed with one last mighty earthshaking roar. Then all was quiet. The Big One had come down in excellent shape. When big Harlan Clark had bucked eleven cuts through that marvelous bole, Roy Wooldridge, the scaler, came along and tallied up the Big One this way:

lor the merchsntcble logs, with c totcl length better pcrt ol tr ol 196 leet, plus

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Proud ol their "cqtch," Iogtgyers ol Weyerhaeuser Timber Compcny's operctions necr Longview, Wcrsh., show off the huge butt log. It is 16 leet long cnd 124 incheg in diqmeter at the larger end; sccrled 10,670 bocrd leet; weight estimcted 80,000 pounds. .[,n entire rqilroad cor will be required to hcul it out.

' Eleven fine logs. Enough lumber to stock a small retail yard. And at that more than 6O feet of tree up there beyond the 196 feet wasn't merchantable. But for 196 feet the Big One was practically sound despite itS 675 years of age. The loggers had come in time to save this tree and America had benefited thereby. Soon it would be converted into lumber to build countless structures for u'ar and peace. It was a better, kindlier, a more realistic fate than that of the fallen giants around it-giants that had grolvn for hundreds of years only to die and disappear in the forest-unseen, unused, unsung.

Tbis is the "Big One." It city block. There qre ll more thqn 60 leet oI top.

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New Peacetime Uses lor Hardboards Being Developed

By Matthew P. McCulloush President, Masonite Corporation

For thpee years now the hardboard industry, in company with the rest of America's productive capacity, has been at war. Since Pearl Harbor more than a billion feet of hardboard, a material that didn't even exist during the First World War, has been delivered to aid the present war effort.

Even more signihcant, however, are the many uses that have been found for the industry's products under.the stimulus of wartime demand. Long a tried and proven material in the buildihg and construction trades, hardboard will emerge from the war period as a basic commodity with scores of practical applications to many phases of our peacetime life.

Although home, farm and commercial construction has been largely suspended during the war, the new knowledge that has been gained of their characteristics and adaptability will make pressed woods more useful than ever in this field when stocks again are available in the hands of the dealers who serve the building trades.

Among the first industries to find a new application in the war economy for this versatile material was the aircraft industry. Early in the war, a semi-plastic hardboard die stock was used for heavy-duty dies to stamp out the thou,, sands of light metal plane parts that go into the complicated bombers and fighter planes manufactured for the arr,ned forces. These dies were easier, to construct, as they could be formed with standard wood working tools. Die stock used for assembly jigs was six times lighter than steel, an important factor where women were engaged in production.

Hardboard's strength and durability early recommended it to the heavy electrical trades for instrument panels and other control devices, and the United States Signal Corps

found it practical for portable telephone switchboard equipment that is now in use all over the world.

As America's food production increased. farmers turned to hardboards for mass-produced prefabricated poultry and hog houses, grain storage bins and silos. Thousands clf these light but durable farm buildings are in use all over America, aiding in the production of food for ,civilian and armed force use, as well as for shipment to the United Nations.

When peace comes, these uses and many others not mentioned here will provide a much broader market for the industry's products than existed be{ore the war. Furthermore, these materials will be almost instantly available for postwar utilization in industry, the manufacture of new products and home building, for the hardboard industry faees no problem of reconversion. Production can continue without retooling and with no interruption other than the brief period needed to repair and recondition machinery that has been in almost continuous operation in support of the war effort for the past four years.

Designers and engineers, architects and builders already have on their drafting boards the plans for the postwar industrial expansion of America. I do not know when the day will come on which these plans will be realized, but I do know that hardboards, serving in the many new applications which ingerluity and resear,ch have found for them, will play an important part in the fulfillment of those plans.

Lt. Bobert T. Bonner Assigned To Scrn Frcrncisco CPA OIfice

Lieutenant Robt. T. Bonner, son of T. A. Bonner, Chapman Lumber Co., San Francisco, has been assigned to the San Francisco offrce of the Central Pur.chasing Agency, U. S. Engineers, T4 New Montgomery Street.

IIe was twice worrnded while serving with the 45th Infantry Division in Italy, and was awarded the Purple Heart.

Before entering the service he was with Chapman Lumber Co., Portland, and Gamerston & Green Lumber Co.. San Francisco.

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Monkey Shines

Once upon a time the monkeys got control of the political.situation in the jungle, and they passed a law that all animals must sleep suspended by their tails from the trees. That was fine for the monkeys-but think of the elephants.

Spring

Spring rides no horses down the hill, But comes on foot; a goose-girl still; And all the loveliest things there be, Come simply-so it seems to me.

-Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Bcrrnum On Passes

When P. T. Barnurn was the world's greatest show man, he was so beseiged all the time with requests for free passes that he finally posted the following excerpts from the Bible over his office door:

"Thou shalt not pass." Numbers 20, 18.

"Suffer not a man to pass." Judges 30,28.

"None shall pass." Mark 13, 30.

"Neither any son of man shall pass." Jeremiah 43.

"Though they roar, yet they cannot pass." Jeremiah 32.

"So he paid the fare thereof, and went." Jonah 3.

The Old Rcsccl's Prcyer

I have led a good life, full of peace and quiet; I shall have an old age, full of rum and riot.

I have been a good boy, \rred to peace and study; I shall have an old age, ribald, coarse, and bloody. I have been a nice boy, done what was expected; I shall be an old bum, loved but unrespected.

Little Bo Peep

Little Bo Peep has lost her sleep, Runnning around to dances; Leave her alone and she'll come home, The victim of circumstances.

In Spring?

Men are the devil-they all bring woe. In winter it's easy to say no.

Men are the devil-that's one sure thing; But what are you going to do in spring?

Let Genius Run

When a man of genius is in full swing, never contradict him, set him straight, or try to reason with him. Give him a free field. A listener is sure to get a greater quantity of good, no matter how mixed, than if the man is thwarted Let Pegasus bolt! He will bring you to a place you know nothing about.-Linnaeus.

Wcr Is Hell

General Sherman's 1gs1a1ft-"\[/ar is Hell"-is one of the most quoted in American history. Its derivation is interesting, too. In 1881 Sherman made a speech at a G. A. R. reunion in Columbus, Ohio, in which he used these words: "There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but boys, War is Hell! You can bear this warning voice to generations yet to come ! I look upon war with horror." Were ever truer words spoken?

Did You Know?

That all the ships in the world could be put into San Francisco Bay? That Texas is as large as two hundred and six Rhode Islands? That the length of the Island of Cuba represents the distance from New York to Chicago? That in 24 hours the balance wheel of a watch travels the equivalent of one mile? That the jumping rabbit of Africa can leap as far as twenty feet? That nearly every well known American city has a lot of smaller places named after them? That there are L2 Bostons, 11 Hollywoods, 22 Clevelands, 14 Brooklyns, 12 Atlantas, 22 Buffalos, 18 Albanys, 19 Colurnbuses, and 25 Springfields? That a Flying Fortress at cruising speed consumes 250 gallons of gasoline an hour, and at full throttle the rate is almost double? That the barking of a dog on the grounil can be heard at an altitude of more than a mile? That it is estimated that, measured in travel time, the world is now smaller than were the thirteen original United States?

Our Neighbor's God

We know our neighbor's God is a good God because goodness, generosity, thoughtfulness, and helpfulness are the effortless expressions of this neighbor in his momentto-moment living. Every man is his God's living advertisement.

Author Unknown-Title, "Woll-Nazi Style"

Scene: Train compartment dn route to Berlin.

Cast: Nazi officer, Polish civilian, elderly lady, attractive gal.

Action: Train enters tunnel. Passengers hear very audible kiss, then a vigorous slap. Train emerges, everyone silent. Nazi has big black eye.

Plot: The old lady thinks: "What a good girl that pretty miss is. Fine ;noral character, won't stand for that sort of thing."

The girl thinks: "Isn't it odd that the Gqrman officer tried to kiss that old lady, and not me ?"

The German Officer Thinks: "That Pole is a smart fel. low. He steals a kiss in the dark, and I get punched."

The Pole Thinks: "What an angle ! I kiss the back of my hand loud, sock a no-good Nazi officer, and get away with it."

The Choice of Solomon

I have been told that this story is true. For that I can't vouch. But that it easily COULD be true, will be generally admitted.

Various government war agencies ganged up on a small mill man, and brought him into the Federal court. They charged him with violation of all the rules and regulations the various bureaus had laid down, governing the sawmill industry. They had a clear case. When they finished with their evidence, it was certain that there could be but one verdict.

When the defense took its turn, the sawmill man acted as his own lawyer. With the judge's permission he went out and came back with his arms piled high with unopened envelopes. It developed that they were all the mail, orders, regulations, amendments, and rules that had been mailed him in a year's time. Then the defendant said:

"Judge and gentlemen of the jury, I've been listening to the evidence the government has presented, and it looks to me like I've done everything they say I have. And all I can do about it, is to tell the truth. A year ago my mill' was shut down, and the Army and Navy got after me to start it up and cut them some lumber. So I did. I've got a small mill. I'm my own foreman. I'm my own filer. Sometimes I'm my own sawyer. I just work all over the

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place, seven days a'week. This government mail begun coming in in heaps. And I made up my mind that I had to do either one of two things. I had to read this mail and NOT run my mill, or run my mill and NOT read this mail. I couldn't possibly do both. So I decided to be patriotic and run my mill. And I haven't read a one of these rules and regulations. And that's all there is to it."

The story is that the jury turned him loose. f .can't, , vouch for that. either.

Buys Pcrrtner's Interest

R. C. Sand has purchased the interest of his partner, R. -{.. Cole, in the Cole Door & Plywood Co., lO49 E. Slauson Ave., Los Angeles.

The business will continue under the same name. FreC E. Kopplin, formerly with The Red River Lumber Co., of Los Angeles, is now associated with this firm.

Their line has been expanded to include windolvs and frames in addition to doors and plywood.

A. W. Barz, former millwork man with Red River Lumber Co., has taken space from Cole Door & plywood Co., moved his equipment there, and is doing the same type of detail millwork as formerly.

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Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Concatenation

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo held a dinner and concatenation at the University' Club, Los Angeles, Friday evening, I\Iarch 23, and twenty-nine Kittens made the journey through the Old Onion Patch. There were three reinstatements. Over 150 sat down to dinner. During the dinner hour Dee Essley led the group in songs, accompanied by Dorothy Borchers with the accordian.

Lieut. King of the U. S. Navy showed two motion pictures, "Your Ship in Navy," " and "$sa$ss5-Construction Battalion of the which were very much enjoyed.

The following l(ittens .were initiated:

Jack H. Fairfield, Hayward Lumber & Investment Co. . Los Angeles

I, B. Robinson, llayward Lumber & Investment Co. ....i. .....Los Angeles

Jack Case, Robert Cron and Associates Los Angeles

LeRoy Stanton, J.., E.J. Stanton & Son Los Angeles

D. L. Kelley, E.J. Stanton & Son L;os Angeles

G. C. Cunningham, E. J. Stanton & Son Los Angeles

Ole May, E. J. Stanton & Son. .Los Angeles

Nathan Miller, E. J. Stanton & Son . Los Angeles

F. D. Vaughan, Kilpatrick & Co.-,.. ...Wilmington

Joseph M. Molera, Hammond Lumber Co Los Angeles

F. H. Thompson, Valley Sgreen Go.... ....Burbank

Nevin W. Hipolito, Valley Screen Co.. Burbank

Sam S. Janas, Best Products Mfg. Co. . Los Angeles

Arthur E. Burlgy, Chief Lumber Inspector; IJ. S. Navy . Los Ang-eles

Fred B. Smales, U. S. Plywood Corporation..Los Angeles

Charles V. Walker, Walker Sash & Door Co...Burbank

John H. Rohr, E. L. Bruce Co.... .....Los Angeles

E. A. Sanford, E. L. Bruce Co.... .....Los Angeles

E. Bregman, Cal-West Lumber Co.... .....Garvey

Charles B. Howe, E. K. Wood Lumber Co.. Los Angeles

H. M. Nelson, Ralph E. Barto

Lumber Co. Huntington Park

D. W. Swindell, Ralph E. Barto

Lumber Co. Huntington Park

Milan Michie, Ralph E. Barto

Lumber Co. Huntington Park

William N. Collins, Ralph E. Barto

Lumber Co. Huntington Park

Herb Carpenter, Associated Lumber Co.. Los. Angeles

George Ryness, Ryness Flooring Co.. Los Angeles

Vincdnt Smith, Ryness Flooring Co.........Los Angeles

George Bleich, George E. Ream Co.. .. .Los Angeles

Alfred Liggins, Craftbilt Cabinets ...Burbank

The Old Cats reinstated were:

Ernest L. Thomas, Dudley-Thomas

Lumber Co. .. ..Santa Monica

R. P. Kratz, Brush Industrial Lumber Co...Los Angeles

Frank -M. Harrison, Harrison Wholesale Co..Santa Barbara

The Nine in charge of the initiation included: Vicegerent Snark, Roy Stanton, E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles; Senior Hoo-lloo, Robert S. Osgood, Los Angeles; Junior lloo-Hoo, Huntley Wark, Modern Cabinet Co., Huntington Park;; Bojum, George Clough, San Pedro Lumber Co., Los Angeles; Jabberwock, Roy Pitcher, Associated Lumber Co., Los Angeles; Gurdon, Bill Ream, George E. Ream Company, Los Angeles; Scrivenoter, Earl Galbraith, E. M. Galbraith Service Bureau, Los Angeles; Arcanoper, Ed Martin, The California Lumber Merchant, Los Angeles'' Custocatian, Ed Bauer, Atlas Lumber Co., I-os Angeles.

Dee Essley, D. C. Essley & Son, I-os Angeles, Jabberwock on the Supreme Nine, read the Code of trthics to the Kittens, Junior Hoo-Hoo Huntly Wark and his assistants had a lot of new stunts on tap for the CorTcat and they did a swell iob.

Roy Slcntoa Vicegerent Sncrk

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Lumber Saving at Ports Nets Millions to U. S.

The Army Service Forces Transportation Corps is making a systematic effort to reclaim lumber and estiinates that savings in the last few months have been more than $1,000,@0 in value, according to a United Press report.

The salvage is done principally by Italian Service Units and German prisoners of 'q'ar at ports of embarkation, the article continues. Every type of lumber, from bomb racks and bulkheads on freight cars to dunnage goes into the woodpile for sorting and re-use.

There are four categories of salvaged lumber, utilities and repair, packing and crating, dunnage, and firewood. There is also an important indirect saving in shipping space. If the lumber were not salvaged, an equivalent amount would have to be shipped in.

At Boston 300,000 board feet of lumber is being reclaimed each week as dimension lumber for use on cargo ships. An equivalent amount of new lumber would cost $15,000.

The Los Angeles Port of Embarkation is saving $200 daily substituting salvaged lumber for dbnnage. Giant .wire cable spools are covered with salvaged slats. Salvaged waterproof plywood is used to make 16-foot rowboats.

At Seattle port battalions sah'age enough lumber monthly to build 34 modern S-room bungalows.

The San Francisco Port of Embarkation has salvagsd $33,000 worth of timber. Bomb racks are one of the principal items.

ISU workers have saved thq, Charleston Port of Em-

\fPB Estimates 1944 Lumber Production at 32.5 Billion

Lumber production in 1944 is estimated at 32,553,901,000 board feet, a six per cent decline from 1943 production of 34,621,972,0A0 board feet, the War Production Board reports. Production in 1942 was 36,332,248,000 board feet.

Softwood accounted for 25,224,971,000 board feet of total 1944 production, a decline of 7.5 per cent from 1943. Hardwoods made up 7,328,930,W board feet of 1944 production, a decline of 0.2 per cent from 1943.

For the month of December, 1944, production was 2,085,380,000 board feet, a decline of 15.5 per cent from November and 21.2 per cent from December, 1943. Normal seasonal decrease from November to December is about 10 per cent, WPB said. The greater-than-normal decrease shown by December, 1944, output accentuated the low-level trend that began in September and was due in part to extremely severe weather in all parts of the country except the North Pacific and the Northern Rocky Mountain regions. Other factors contributing to low December production were shutdowns during Christmas lveek, temporary closures for repairs, and accentuated manpower and equipment shortages.

barkation more than $625,000 in labor costs alone. Of the two companies r,rrorking there, the first since arrival in May salvaged 2,000,000 board feet of lumber rirorth $100,000. The second arrived in June.

New York and New Orleans are using Italian units. Hampton Roads uses German prisoners and plans to double the present number assigned to lumber salvage.

a2 UP AND DOWN THE STATE coa

E. C. Hallinan, Hallinan Mackin cisco, was back at his desk March to Portland and Seattle.

F. J. Horr, F. J. Horr cently spent a few days

Lumber Co., San Franl9 from a business trip

Lumber Co., Redding, Calif., rein San Francisco on business.

Seth L. Butler, Northern Dant & Russell, Inc., returned trip to the Northwest. While ters at the firm's head office in

California representative of recently from a two weeks' there he made his headquarPortland.

B. M. Smith, owner and operator of Alturas Moulding & Box Co., Alturas, Calif., recently visited San Francisco and Los Angeles on business for his company. His son, Bernard, home on leave from the Navy, accompanied him to Los Angeles.

Kenneth Shipp, head Oakland. is back from a

of California Builders Supply Co., week's business trip to Seattle.

J. A. Lyons, president of Irwin & Lyons, lumber manufacturers, North Bend, Ore., was recently in San Francisco on business. He made his headquarters at the offices of J. E. Peggs, California sales agent for his mill.

Albert A. Kelley, wholesale lumberman Calif., was back in the Bay district March 17 ness trip to the Northwest.

Chas. R. West, Phoenix, Arizona, was a recent business visitor to Los

of Alameda, from a busi-

wholesale lumberman. Angeles.

Ralph H. Wayland, Wayland Shingle Co., Seattle, was a recent visitor to Southern California on business.

F. A. (Pete) cently called on

Toste, Toste Lumber Co., Los Angeles, remills in Northern California and Oregon.

Bill Fickling, is back from a A. E. Fickling business trip to Lumber Co., Long Beach, Washington, D. C.

Ed Fountain, E,d Fountain Lumber turned Mar'ch 23 f.rom a visit to the office.

Co., Los Angeles, recompany's Medford

Doyle Bader, general superintendent, Consolidated Lumber Co., Wilmington, recently visited mills in Oregon. He was gone three weeks on the trip.

Thomas Attzen, Portland Lumber Mills, Portland, Ore., is visiting in Tucson, Ariz.

L. A. Beckstrom. L. W. is spending a few weeks at

MacDonald Co., Los Angeles, Indio. Calif.

George Clough, San Pedro geles, and Mrs. Clough, have trip to Palm Springs.

W. W. Wilkinson, has just returned from Oregon.

P. M. Cowbrough Sprague River, Ore., around the middle of

Lumber Company, Los Anreturned from a two weeks'

Los Angeles wholesale lumberruan a business trip to Washington and

manager, American Box Company, was in San Francisco on business March.

Ralph Barto, Ralph E. Park, has returned from a

Barto Lumber Co., Huntington business trip to the Northwest.

Bill Rogers, who was for many years on the office staff of Coos Bay Lumber Co., is now accountant for W. B. Jones Lumber Co., Los Angeles.

Jack Mulcahy, Mulcahy Lum,ber Company, Tucson, Ariz. left Los Angeles March 24 after a business trip to Southern, California. He rvas accompanied by Mrs. Mulcahy.

Glenn O. Fogleman, district manager, The California Door Co., Los Angeles, attended the directors' and stockholders'meeting of the company in San Francisco, March 30:

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Nearly 390,000 American families financed urgently needed home repairs and maintenance last year with funds advanced by private financial institutions and insured by the Federal Housing Administration of the National Housing Agency, Commissioner Abner H. Ferguson announced.

Loans reported during 1944 by these institutions for FHA insurance under Title I of the National Housing Act numbered 389,592 and amounted to $125,150,082, compared with 308,161 such loans for $96,373,931 reported during 1943.

This increase, Mr. Ferguson said, can largely be explained by necessities that arise from a continuation of the war emergency during which these loans may be made for three purposes only-repairs necessary for health or safety, to provide additional quarters for war workers, and particularly for such installations as insulation, weather stripping, storm doors and windows to help in the conservation of fuel.

"Yet Title I loans last year r,r'ere less than half the volume either lor 194O or 1941," Mr. Ferguson said, "and small in comparison with the volume expected to develop in the immediate post-u'ar period.

"Property repairs and improvements are expected to create a large number of jobs during the transition period from war to peace. As soon as wartime restrictioris can be removed, FHA stands ready to extend its aid to prop- erty owners and financial institutions to undertake the vital-.task of property rehabilitation with a convenient plan for financing."

It is estimated that property repairs and improvements

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in the first 12 months after building restrictions are removed will probably aggregate $3,000,000,000. FHA has sufficient authorization under Title I to insure a {inancing volume conservatively estimated at about $1,000,000,000, Mr. Ferguson said.

Hqrdwood Compcny Executives Back From Ecst

Frank J. Connolly, president, Western Hardr,vood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, returned March 23 lrom a business trip to Neu' York, Washington, D. C., and Chicago.

Glen Cahill, vice president of the company, also returnecl March 23 f.rom a business trip to Chicago.

Stock Millwork Items

Ceiling price increases that have been authorized for stock millwork items since maximum prices were frozen originally at the March 1942 levels, are extended to odd stock millu'ork, the OPA announces. (Amendment 6 to MPR 525, effective March 31).

- WANTS THE MERCHANT

It's a pleasure to send you the two bucks. Best regards.

Pete Hansen Morton Lumber Companv Eugene, Oregon

Pine Sales Gompany

Announces Winn€rs in Colotylc Architects' Competition

A. Albert Cooling, of Los Aqgeles, is richer today by five hundred dollars as a result of his winning the grand prize in the Colotyle Architects' Competition for bathroom design.

Giving Mr. Cooling close competition for the grand prize were Harry K. Wolfe, of Seattle; George H. Warduer, of Portland, and Burwell F. Hamrick, of Burbank, who each won $250.00 as regional prizes.

The competition posed the problem to design a bathroom of not more than 100 square feet for a home costing not more than $10,000, showing the best and most practical use of Colotyle plastic-coated wall sheets.

If the entries could be taken to indicate any trends in bathroom design, these three treatments were commonly included: 1. Dual lavatory to provide simultaneous use by more than one person ; Z. W.ater closet in separate compartment or room ; 3. Stalt shower in addition to bathtub. Commenting on these trends, Robert McClelland, A.I.A., professional advisor for the competition stated, "The bathroom will come in for more and more attention in designing the postwar home. No longer will it be a question of how little space can be devoted to the bathroom, but how il can be made more useful for the entire family."

"If there is room for only one bathroom, it must be de' signed so that more than one member of the family can use it at the same time. The bathroom bottleneck caused by children getting ready for school at the same time that adults are getting ready for the day's work is one which has to be broken. if homes are to be practical."

Acme Builds Incinerator For Aircrcft Plcrnt

Acme Blower & Pipe Co., recently built and installed a large incinerator and conveyor system at governmentowned air craft plant No. 4, Benbrook, near Fort Worth, Texas.

Other recent installations include inciuerators for L. H. Eubank & Son, Inglewood; Burbank Lumber Co., Burbank, and Redmond Construction Co., Ncirth Hollyrvood.

The Colotyle Corporation plans to publish a book con' taining the prize-winning designs. This book will be available to all interested architects.

Following is a list of contestants whose entries rvou honorable mention, with a $25 cash award to each:

J. Smith Bennett, Los Angeles; H. R. Kemm, West Los Angeles; Frederick Hodgdon, San Marino; Rolf Sklarek, Los Angeles; L. L. Evison, Verdugo City; Louis Dixon, Los Angeles; Ralph Vaughn, Los Angeles' Milton Caughey, West Los Angeles; Robert Durham, Seattle; Donald His' cox. Seattle.

30th Anniversqry Edition

The Red River Lumber Company has published for the amusement of their friends, the 30th Anniversary Edition of "Paul Bunyan and His Big Blue Ox" and their marvelous exploits. The text and illustrations are by W. B. Laughead.

After thirty years of service, Paul Bunyan takes on a t-tq11' job.for Red River. He now becomes Guardian of the Forest and ceases, for the time being, to be a logger and manufacturer.

Iudges ol Architects' Competition, lelt io right: Hermcrn Broolnqn" Portlcnd; Herbert Mcnn, Los Angeles; Victor N. J. Jones, Secrttle; Van Everc Bciley, Portlqud; Hewey Pcrke Clorke, Los Aageles.

TWf NTY YEAAS AGO

Fnom the Aprll I'I0}io,Isrue

J. C. Ferger was reelected president of the San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club at the annual meeting held at the Californian }lotel, Fresno, on March 28. D. S. Er,ving, Fresno attorney, n'as the guest speaker.

It rvas "Past Snark" clay at the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo luncheon meeting on March 26. Past Snark l{erman Roenberg presided, ancl l)ast Snarks R. A, Forsythe and Curtis Williams made brief talks, as did Frank Curran, the incumbent Snark.

The Citrus Belt Hoo-Hoo Club met at San Bernardino, the evening of March 20. I.. Sandefur presided.

the Elks Club, President Roy

E. G. Linsley, professor of astronomy at Mills College, Oakland, addressed the members of East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club at the monthly meeting held at the Oakland Hotel, on March 18. Milton Hendrickson was chairman of the dav.

Paul Shoup, vice president of the Southern Pacific Company, was the speaker at the luncheon meeting of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9'held at the Palace Hotel, on March 12. Kenneth Smith rvas chairman of the dav.

Jack Dionne, pu,blisher of The California Lumber Merchant, addressed the members of the Central California Lumbermen's Club at its monthly meeting held at Stockton on March 14.

B. J. Williams, The Parafifine Companies, San Francisco, rvas the speaker at the monthly r.neeting of the Sacramento Valley Lumbermen's Club at the Senator Hotel, Sacramento, on Nfarch 21. His subject was "Building a Brrsiness That I-asts."

Union Planing Mill, there and started the mill.

Stockton, purchased a new location construction of a modern planing

With the retirernent of Geo. B. Maxwell, Wilkinson, Los' Angeles wholesalers, W. u'ill continue tl.re business under his o.n n

of Maxwell & W. Wilkinson name.

KIIPATRIff & COMPANY

Dcelers in Forest Productc

Douglcs Fir-Redwood

Cedar-Spruce

Genercl

Mqnulqcfurers

BLOWER

Staff Sergeant Walter J. Smith is serving as supply sergeant with a Y-Force liaison group in southrvesterr-r China. He served at Fort Crook, Neb., Fort Lincoln, N. D., Camp McCain, Miss., and Camp Rucker, Ala., ir-r the Unitecl States.

About three n-ronths after arriving in India in October, 1943,he was florvn across the Himalayan "Hump" to China, where he joinecl Y-Force, the American military nrissiol which trained, equipped and supplied the Chinese Expeditionary Force for its successful Salween campaign.

Sergeant Smith is entitled to wear a bronze star on lli.i

in The Services

Asiatic campaign ribbon. He was with The Pacific Lumber Company at Scotia, Calif., before entering the army.

William H. (Bill) Laws, son of Henry Laws of Henry Laws Co., Santa Rosa, is a Lieutenant (j.S.) in the Navy, flying a Curtiss Helldiver from a flat-top.

Bill, who was associated with his father in the lumber business prior to the war, has been taking part in the bombing of Japan. The particular carrier he is based on is shown in the technicolor pibture, entitled "Fighting Lady," now being shown in theatres.

T/Sgt. Bob W. Cowbrough, son of P. M. (Pete) Cowbrough, manager of the plant of the American Box Co., Sprague River, Ore., is in the 796th Engineers, Forestry Division, in the Philippines. He saw service in New Guinea and in the Leyte invasion, and has been awarded the Purple Heart.

Capt. G. R. Tully, Jr., son of G. R. (Jeff) Tully, Sr., sales manager of the Fir department of Hallinan Mackin Lumber Co., San Francisco, is in the 802nd Engineers, Aviation Battalion. He graduated from Oregon State University as a chemical engineer, and served for three years in the Aleutians.

Lieut. A. N. Sanders, Coast Artillery, tioned in Georgia, has been transferred to He was formerly Arizona representative & Co., Los Angeles.

who has been staFort Bliss. Texas. for R. W. Dalton

Private William J. Freelanrl, son of C. M. (Friday) Freeland, West Oregon Lumber Co., Los Angeles, who has been in the Convalescent Flospital at Camp Carson, Colorado Springs, Colo., is home on a ZO-day furlough. lfe returned about a month ago with a large group of Arnerican soldier.s who were war casualties from the German front.

T/5 Lochlin.Dernier, who has been at.the Torney General Hospital, at Palm Springs since January 7 where he is being treated for arthritis reports. that he is getting along

TIIB BOSS.TBBBBLL OO.

While most ol our lumber is going into Goverament wcrr us€s, we hcrve been tcking ctrre ol our decler cugtomers' requirenents to the best oI our cbility, md we thcrnlc lhem for their pctience cod coopercrtion

Phoio by U. S. Amy Signol Corps

nicely. He has seen action in France, Belgium, Hoiland and Germany. Before going in the Army, he was associated with his sister, Eda Dernier, of the Dernier Service Bureau.

Major Ray Hill, Transportation Corps., who is stationed at Oakland, is spending a N-day leave in Los Angeles, and expects to go overseas soon. He was with Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co., Los Angeles, before going in the Service.

First Lieut. Harvey M. Hatch, 48th Armorecl Infantry Battalion, son of Alvin S. Hatch and formerly manager of the Hatch Lumber Company, Half Moon Bay, Calif., was recently awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for exemplary conduct in action against the enemy.

Lieut. Hatch has seen'service in France, Holland, Belgium, and is now somewhere in Germany.

First Lieut. George B. Loveday, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Loveday, Loveday Lumber Company, Los Angeles, has been awarded the Bronze Medal. He was cited for rescuing two men on Peleliu Island rvhile under direct enemy fire.

He is with the Marine First Division and has been through three major battles in th! South Pacific.

Lieut. James R. Mcleod, son of James W. Mcleod of Precision Kiln Drying Co., Los Angeles, returned February 9 from China, where he complei ed 44 missions as navigator on a B-24 Liberator, including 14 missions "over the hump" between India and China. He was awarded the Air Medal with Oak Cluster and the Distinguished Flying Cross rvith two Oak Clusters. He had 2l days' leave and has now been assigned to pilot training at San Marcos, Texas.

Sgt. J. R. (Johnnie) Hults, Lumber Co., Wilmington, has Infantry since January.

Wholcsale to Lumber Yards

Sash - Windows

Gasements - Doors, etc.

formerly with Consolidated been in Italy with the 85th

T/Sgt. Allan Young, u'ho was with Ed Fountain Lumber Co., Los Angeles, before the rn,ar, is a waist gunner in a B-24 bomber, stationed in Italy. Ife wrote recently that he has completed 46 missions and is looking forward to a furlough at home in the near future.

Cpl. Frank Bader, son of Doyle Bader of Consolidated Lumber Co., Wilmington, is stationed at the Base Hospital at Camp McQuaid, Calif. Mr. Bader's other son, D: W. (Bill) Bader, id Boatsw'ain's Mate, Znd Class, in the Coast Guard, stationed at the Coast Guard Base, Wihnington. Both formerly worked for Consolidated Lumber Co.

Phil Kelty and Ronnie Howarth of the W. B. Jones Lurnber Co., Los Angeles, are now in training with the U. S. Merchant Marine at Catalina Island.

Lieut. George McGill, Jr., former manag'er of the Eugene, Oregon, office of E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, is a navigator of a B-17 bomber in the Philippines. He had taken part in more than 200 missions when last heard from.

PANEI.IUS I,UMBIR COMPAI{Y

420 Pittock Block Portlcnd 5, Oregon

Wholesale Distributots

ol

Northwestern Timber Ptodaets

SAN FRANCISCO 8

Paul McCugLer

LOS ANGELES 15

F. A. (Pete) Toato

326 Petroleun Bldg. GArlield 49?7 PRospect 7605

310 Kecrny Street

ARGATA REDWOOD CO.

ANCATA, CAIJFORNIA

Mcrnulacturers Qucrlity Bedwood Lumber

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ARCATA IT'MBER SATES CO.

420 Market St., Scrn Frcrncisco ll

Southern Cclilornicr Representcrtive

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California Building Permits for February

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Obituaries

INSECT SCREEN CLOTH

Joseph O. Mecns

Joseph O. Means of Laguna Beach, retired, passed away at the Queen of Angels hospital, Los Angeles, on March f6. He was 78 years of age.

Mr. Means was associated with the lumber business for many years, starting with the S. K. Martin Lumber Co. in Chicago in 1890. He came West in 190O, locating in Seattle where he was sales manager of the Seattle Lumber Cq. Coming to Los Angeles in 1910, he organized the Alpine Lumber Co. He was appointed manager of the Consolidated Lumber Co. at Wilmington in 1912, and was with this firm for two years. Then he forrned a connection with the Frank P. I)oe Lumber Co. and retained his interest with them until 1924, when he started in the wholesale business for himself in Los Angeles. Before his retirement from business, about five years ago, he was in charge of the Los Angeles office of John E. Marshall, Inc., of Long Beach. Upon his retirement, he r,r,'ent to Laguna Beach to reside. His wife, Mrs. Caroline Means, passed away on December 17, i943.

Funeral services were held in Los Angeles, Monday afternoon. March 19.

Mrs. Christine Olson

Mrs. Christine Olson, wife of John Olson, well known Los Angeles lumberman, passed away on March 10.

Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Merrie Christine Olson. Funeral services were held in Los Angeles, Tuesday afternoon, March 13.

Iohn Mcrcleod Douglcs

John Macleod Douglas, of Los Angeles, father of Dugald A. Douglas of Gamble & Douglas, Burbank, and John N. Douglas, Pasadena architect, passed away on March 14".

He was head of the maintenance department of the Broadway Department Store, Los Angeles, for many years, and had retired from business on March 1. Funeral services were held in Alhambra on March 17.

Elmer C. Hole

Elmer C. Hole, who was associated with the American Lumberman for forty-five yeais, thirty-six as general manager and secretary, passed away at his home in Chicago on February 28. He was 79 years of age. He had retired in the spring of 1942.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Arthur E. Johnson; three sisters; a brother, and a grandson, Elmer H. Johnson, managing editor of the American Lumberman.

WESTERI TILL & ISOULDIiG GO.

WHOIESAI.E

Ponderosq & $ugqr Pine Lumber 6 Mouldings

tl6l5 Pcrrnelee Avenue ct Irnpericrl Highwcry

Los Angeles 2-Kurbcrll 2953

CITSTOM MIIIING cnrd SPECIALTY DETAIIS

J-M Announces New Appointments

Harold R. Berlin has been appointed general merchanclise manag'er, Building Materials Department, Johns-Manville Sales Corp. it was announced by L. M. Cassidy, vice president. Mr. Berlin in his new position will direct and coordinate all staff activities of the J-M building material line. He joined the company in 1926, in the capacity of acoustical engineer. Since 1940 he has been manager of all of the company's industrial building materials.

William R. Wilkinson has been appointed manager, Dealer Building Materials Department, which includes responsibility for the company's line of residential and farm building products. Previously sales manager of the J-M Philadelphia district office, he will transfer to headquarter offices in New York.

E. K. Clark has been promoted to the position of manager, Contract Building Materials, which includes responsibility for Johns-Manville building products designed primarily for use in industrial, commer,cial and institutional construction. He was formerly assistant manager of the department. Prior to assuming that post he had been staff manager in charge of asphalt tile flooring.

North Hollywood Ycrd Hcs New Owners

The yard of Winchell Bros. Lumber Co. at 11163 Chandler Boulevard, North Hollywood, has been sold to Norman Hamill and John E. Jones, who will operate the business under the name of Chandler Lumber Co.

Mr. Hamill was formerly chief engineer for G. .A. Bell Engineering Co., Los Angeles, and recently in the contracting business in Los Angeles. Mr. Jones was superintendent of the G. A. Bell Engineering Co.

New Purchcrsing Agent

Leslie Steffensen was appointed general purchasing agent for Barr Lumber Co., Santa Ana. effective March 5.

Honorable Service Button

More than a million veterans of the armed forces are now entitled to wear the Honorable Service Button which is issued to each individual on his discharge from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. This button should entitle its wearer to the respect of Americans everyrvhere. Any veteran who has lost the button originally issued to him may obtain a duplicate at cost (seven cents) by presentation of his discharge certificate to the Quartermaster Supply Ofificer at any post, camp or station, or by writing to The Adjutant General, War Department, Washington 25, D. C.

Visits Southland

G. E. (Fred) Karlen, Karlen-Davis Lumber Co., Tacoma, operators of the Eatonville Lumber Co., rvas in Los Angeles recently on his lvay to Arizona. Tacoma Lumber Sales, Los Angeles, represents this concern in Southern California.

2)/o to )O/o m.ote capacity due to colid edge-to-edge stacling. Beacr quality drying on low temperaturer with a fast rcvcrribrc circuladon.

Lower stacking co*s-just solid edge-ro-edge suclcing in thc simplest forn.

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Use Moorekiln Paint Products for wearherproofing your dry kiln and mill roofs.

WE HOPE IT WONTT BE TONG-

Nicolai Door Sales Co.

FI Expands

Nicolai Door Sales Co., recet-rtly took over a two-story warehouse adjoining their property at 3045 Nineteenth Street, San Francisco. This gives them an added 12,000 square feet of floor sPace, making a total of 45,000 square feet.

The entire warehouse has been rearranged for greater convenience in loading in and loading out. Other improvements include new equiPment in the factory which will increase production.

Larue Woodson is manager of Nicolai Door Sales Co.

Acquires Ccrncrdicn Timber and Firm

Convclescing

Lawrence Ottinger, president of the United States PIywood Corporation, announced it has contracted to purchase

acres of virgin maple in Hali-

Wilfred T. Cooper, Pasadena wholesale lumberman, is recovering from a recent operation. He expects to be back on the iob soon. from Algonquin Corporation, Ltd., 44,000 timberland, consisting largely of birch and burton Township, Ontario, Canada.

He also announced that United States Plywood contracted to ac.quire the plywood business'of Hay & Ltd., at Woodstock, Ontario. T. L. Hay, president of firm. will continue his association with the business.

In Chcrge oI Mill

has George Maag is now- u'ith the H. W. Koll Mill & Lumber Co., Co. at Los Angeles, and is in charge of the mill. He was the {ormerly with Smith Wood-Products, fnc., at Coquille, Oregon.

until we are urging our old and new customers to "BIJY AMERICAN" for all their hardwood fs' guirements. The signs are rnultiplying that it won't be too long.

NEW WINDOW DISPLAY NO. 100 is shown above-

Die cut with two wings as shown, lithographed and paint styled in brilliant colors, to remind the public to conserve property and promote morale-with paint. Size of display set up as above is 45" by 33" high. Space for imprint, above house in center, is 18" wide by 7f" deep. Each display is packed in chipboard for shipment and is being made available to help dealers and contractors in Paint, Ilardware, Lumber, and Building Materials to tune in with the 1945 Clean UpPaint Up-Fix Up Campaign, which again will be sweeping the nation in support of the government's wartime conservation program. SoId on a cooperative price basis, intended to cover only cost and handling, by the National Clean Up and Paint Up Campaign Bureau, 1500 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W., Washington 5, D. C., from which a colored descriptive circular and price list may be obtained upon request.

!7ood Technology---Second Edition

Wood Technology by Harry Donald Tiemann, M.E., M.F., Pitman Publisl-ring Corporation, 2 West 45th Street, New York 19, N. Y.-$4.00.

This is the second edition of Mr. Tiemann's book lvhich treats with the constitution, properties.and uses of woodthe only comprehensive stucly of the subject written in the English language. Mr. Tiemann is senior wood physicist, U. S. Forest Products Laboratory, and lecturer in Forest Products, University of Wisconsin.

Authoritatively, yet simply, the author discusses all phases and processes of Wood. Significant material is provided on the mechanical, physical and chemical properties and on structure. Wood Anatomy, Wood Physiology, Timber Physics, Wood Chemistry and Timber Mechanics are among the classifications treated.

Excellently written and conveniently organized, this book is profusely illustrated with photographs and photomicrographs. Unquestionably accurate, highly practical and readable, "Wood Technology" is a must for everyone concerned with the processing or use of wood. Manufacturers, designers, engineers, woodworkers, lumbermen, foresters, crafstmen, instructors and students will welcome this superb work.

CIJASSIFIED ADVERTISING

WANTED-LUMBER HANDLING

We contract unloading of lumber from railroad cars, sorting and high-piling. Anywher.e in California. Reasonable rates and good references.

E. M. KAST

P. O. Box 155

Wilmington, California Phone-Wilmingt6n 2232

WANTED

Office manager and executive wanted. J-umber experience essential, and qualified to handle sales for Redwood sawmill cutting 40M feet per day. Profitable investment for party able to invest $5,000 in stock of corporation. Investment fully secured.

Address Box C-1084 California Lumber Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, California.

WANTED

Want 4-inch MADISON or VONNEGUT.

Address Box C-1087, California Lumber Merchant. 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

WANTED

Experienced lumber and building material invoicer and counter man. Permanent position with old reliible firm in San Bernardino.

Address:

John Suverkrup Lumber Company 237 D. Street San Bernardino. Calif.

LUMBER YARDS FOR SALE

Country lumber yard, hardware and feed business. About 60,000 sq. ft. with over 25;000 sq. ft. of building. Four year lease, $213.00 monthly, with 5 year option to renew or purchase. fnventory: lumber, building materials, feed and hardware, $50,000.00. Five trucks, full equipment of mill machinery; office equipment, etc. Sales 1944, $450,0OO.0O. A good profitable going business. Sell at inventory value of materials plus 5/e; equipment and machinery at depreciated book value (about $10,000.00) plus 5/e. Will assign lease at cost Plus3lo/6'

Yard near Los Angeles Harbor, ground 135 ft. x 300 ft. Two sheds 40 x 85 ft. and 2O x 135 ft.; also office building. Spur track. NO STOCK. About 6 pieces of bench ma. chinery and 2 cut-off saws and 2 ripsaws, all nearly new, individual motors. Price for everything $15,000.00. Not included in price, but available, 1941 Ford lfl-ton, ten wheel ro[er bed truck; also offFce equipment.

Twohy Lumber Co., Lumber Yard Brokers

801 Petroleum Bldg., Los Angeles 15, Calif. Phone PRospect 8746.

LUMBEA

Arcqta Redwood Co.

BUYER'S GUIDE

SAN FNANGISCO

LUMBER

{2[t Mcrket Sroet (ll). ....YUkoa 2067

ttLiBoD-Stutr ConpcnY, ll2 Mcr}et Streef (l[). ..GArfield 1809

Bcrg Lubber Co. 15- Catilomiq st....... GArlield 5?48 Exbrook 2082

Butler, Seth L., 214 Froat St., (ll). GArtield 0292

Christeason Lunber Co' - fvoJ f"e, cnd Quiat St. (24). .VAlencic 5832

Dont 6 Rwsell, lac., - Zti F o"f Srr.et (ll).. ...GArtield 0292

Dolbeer 6 Ccrson LuEbar Co', - litC Ir,ferclcnls Excbcrge Bldg. (4) DOuglcs 7676

Carl H, Kubl Lunber Co., O. L. Russum, ll2 Market St. (ll)..YUkou l{60

Lamon-Bolnirgton Compcny, 16 Cclilomic Street (ll).-.........GArlield 6881

Pqcilic Lunber Co., Tbe 100 Bush Straet (4). .GArlield llSl

Pqrelius Lumber Co. (Pcul McCusker), 310 Kecrny Street (8) 'GArlield 4977

Pooe d Talbot, Inc., Lumber Divisioa. i6l Mdrket Stroet (5). .DOuglcs 2561

Santa Fe Lumber Co., 16 Cclilornia Street (ll).........'EXbrook 207'l

Schcler Bros. Lumber 6 Shiqqle Co., I Drunm Streei (ll). .SUtter lZl

Shevlin Piae Sqles Co., 1030 Moncdaock Bldq, (5)........EXbrook 70tll

HANDWOODS

E, L, Bruce Co,. 99 Scn Bruno Ave. (3). ..MArket 1838

Dqvis Hcrdwood Conpqnv, Bcy ct Mqson Streei (6i..........EXbrooL 4322

White Brothers. Filth aDd Brsnncn Streets (7). .SUtter 1365

SASH_DOORS_PLYWOOD

Hcrbor Plywood Corp. ol Cclilorniq, 540 t0tb Sr. (3).. .........M4rket6705

Uniled Stctes Plvwood Corn., 2727 Atmy St. -(10).

CNEOSOTED LUMBEN_POLES_ PILING_TIES

Gcmergton 6 Green Lumber Co.'

-ie00 etnv Street (2{). ATwaier 1300

Hcll. Icmes L., ---itigz'llitli gtag. (l). sutter 7520

Hammond Lunber ConPcnY' -- li;l Montso;ery Streit (6). .Douslas 3388

Hobbs Wqll Lumber Co., -lOl-Uinis*erv Si. ({). .GArlield 7752

Holnes Eurekc Lumber Co.' - t-tOS-fi""t.i"l Eiuter Bfdg. (4) GArlield l92l

C. D. Johuson Lunber CorPorction' -ZeO iclitonic Street (ll).-....... GArlield 6258

Eilpatricl 6 ComPcnY, -E;i"; rtas. (ll. i. . YUkon 0el2

LUIUBEB

Cqmpbell-Conro Lumber Co. (Pbil Gqslin)' -^-- z-riFi.i*i."cl Btdg. (I). .' . KEuos 4-20U

Gcmenton d Green tr unber Co., -.Edb-i-ii"i"g"t"n sr. (5). KEuos.{-1884

Hill 6 Mortoa, Inc', "S"i"i"o"'-Sr't""i'Whcrt (7)... .ANdover 1077

Hoqcn Lunber ComPcnY, ---fia-qna itic. Stre;ts i4). Glencourt 6861

Eellsv, Albert A. -f-6. f"* 2{0 (Alcnedc).. Lc}ehurgt 2-275{

Sudden d Christeason, Inc., 310 Sosome Street (4)..........GArlield 2846

Tcrter, Webster 6 Jobnson. Inc', I Montgomgry Sl. (4). .DOuglcs 2060

Ccrl W. Watts, 975 Moncdnock Bldg. (5)..........YUkon 1590

Weadliuq-Ncthcn Co., 564 MirkEt St. ({). .SUtier 5363

West Oregon Lunber Co., t995 Evsus Ave' (24) ....ATwcter 5678

E, K. Wood Lunber Co., I Drumn Street (ll). ...EXbrook 3710

\Jlleyerhceuser Scles Co., 391 Sutter St. (8).. .......GArtield 897{

OAKLANI'

LUMBEN

E, K. Wood Lumber Co., 2lll Frederick Street (6). .........KElloe 2-1277

Wbolegsle Buildiac Suoplv, Inc., 1607 32nd Srreet- (8). .'. .TEmplebcr 6964

Wbolegcle Lumber Distributorg, Iuc,, 9th Aveaue Pier (6). ..TWinoaks 2515

HANDWOODS

Strcble Hcrdwood Compony, First cad Clcy Streets (7)....TEmplebcr .5584

Whito Brolhen, 500 Higb Street.(l). ....ANdover 1600

LOS ANGELES

LUMBER

LUMBER

Aaclo Cclitoraiq Lumber Co., '-lBi n. not."ie Ave. (l). .THornwcll 3l{{

^il"ttf +r'"1Hi.:t"t""';.th.t;.1ll]..*""**TazB

^tfri'i:;,tiili-"iff,nl"lisr. pBcpecr 43{r

Atlas LuEber Co., --ln5sT. isib sr. (21). .Pnospect 7{01

Burns Lumber ConPcnY, --ZZ7 W. SJventU 'St' -(tl) .TBiritY l0€l

Cqnpbell-Conro Lunber Co. (R. M. Elg-s.trand),--

--fOl- So"t Sprilg St. ..VAddil(6 55ll

Carr E Co,, L. I. (W. D. Duning),

--ls'8 cu. ; Eoi. rtas. (t5). .-.PRospect 88{3

Couolidated Lunber Co.. -iE-W,-'iJc.teson St' (7).. ...Rlchmond 2lill

' l&16 E Aucheim St., ' ti[itili"i-1o"..... .......witE' 0120; NE. 6-1881

Cooper' W. E., --e66-1da'h-i"rd"td Btds. (13)... .MUtucl 2l3l

Dcat ll Busell, Inc., -iit E. lgth sll.* ttl ....ADqns 8l0l

Dolbeer 6 Carson' Lunber Co',

-!-oT Fia"ury nlds. (13).. ' '. .vAadilce 8792

tt'rrti:a5t?"1"ifi;: f3i.. ......pRospecr {34r

ofitt"r".". t"if3:i""&Toftd'. .pnogpecr rs33

Hobbs Wall Lunber Co', -it5-R;;;;ttd;. (i3). ' ...rRiaitv s088

Holnes EureLc f,unber Co., '-ziIlZlZ erclitecr: BldE. (13). .MUtusl 9l8I

Hoovcr, A. L', "iii5'viii"[ii" Blvd' (36) ...........Yor} 1168

Eilpctrick 6 Compcay (WilnilqrtoD) --l'2i0'ilti"t A;:...'. .... " " NEYadq 6-1888

c;;-H.-f"hl Lunber Qo., (8. S. ossrood)' -i'01-3.-s"'l'? sa' (u) "Iniailv 822s

"?i; ";:s'*J\,9;. 1"liTi 1:iHl:;.""i'' o"n

t'.*'F:l,3t5f* Btr#iisf :: i pnoepecr 8r?r

MccDonald Co., L. W', -iil-v?l'6ty--ritJ'rlva' ttsl .Pnoapect 719{

rPostoffice Zone Number in Parenthesis.

Pccilic Lumber Co., Tbe 5225 Wilshire Blvd. (36). .YOrL 1168

Parelius Lumber Co. (Toste Lunber Co.), 326 Petroleun Blds. (15)........PRospect 7605

Pctrick Lunber Co., Ecslmqn Lunber Sclee, 714 W. Otympic Blvd. (15)......PRospect 5039

Penberthv Lumber Co., 5800 S6uih Boyle Ave. (ll)......Klmball 5lll

Popc 6 Tclbot, lnc., Lunber Division 7l{ W. Olympic Btvd. (15)......PBospect 8231

Scn Pedto Lumber Co., l5l8 S. Centicl Ave. (21)......Blchmond ll{l

1800-A Wilmiacto! Road (Sqn Pedro)]. .....'..So Pedro 2200

Schcler Bros. Lumber 6 Sbinsle Co., l17 W. gth Street (15).

Shevlis Pine Scles Co., 330 Petroleum Bldg. (15)........PRospect 0815

Siuoson Industries, Inc., l6i0 E. Washilgton Blvd. (21)..PBospect 6183

SicDloD, E. J, G Son, m50 E. {l;r st. (ll). ...CEntury 29211

Suddea d Chrislenson, Inc.. 630 Boqrd ol Trcde Bldg' (14)....Tniaity 88{4

Tqcomc Lumber Soles, 837 Petroteun Blds. (15). .PRospect ll08

Tosle Lunber Co., 326 Petroleum Bldg. (15)...'...'PBospect 7805

Weodtinc-Nathqa Co., 5225 \filsbire Blvd. (36). ..YOrk 1168

Wegt Oreson Luber Co.'

,12? Petroleum Blds. (15). .Rlchnond 0281

W. W. Wilkiasoa, 318 W. gtb Sireet (15). .TRinity '1613

\trfeverhqeuser Sqles Co., lfig w, M. Garlcud Blde. (15)..Mlchigca 635{

E. K. Wood Lumber Co.' 4710 So. Alsnedq St. (5{)..'.....JEflersoa 3lll

CREOSOTED LUMBEN-POLES

PILINGFTIES

Anericcu Lumber d Trecting Co., l03l S. Brocdwcy (15). .Pnospect 4363

Bc.*t€r, I. H. 6 Co., 601 Wigt sth Stre€t (13)..... ..Mlchigaa 629{ Pope 6 Tclbot, Iac.' Lumber Divieion, 7il w. OlyEpic Blvd. (15). .PRogpect 82ill

Americqn Lumber 6 Trecting Co,, 116 New Montgomery Street (5). .Sutter 1225

Bcxter, I. H. G Co., 333 Montgomery Street (4). .DOuglcs 388i!

Hcll, Iames L., 1032 MiUs Bl Bldg, (d). .SUtter 7520 rl, Inc., Lumber Division, Pope 6 Tclbot, 461 Marlcet Street (5)... .D .DOuglcs 256!

Vqnder Lqan Piling 6 Lumber Co., 216 Pine Street (4). Wendling-Ncihcn Co,, 564 Mqrket St. (4).

EXbrook t1905 SUtter 5353

PANELS-DOONS-SASH--SCREENS P[YWOOD

Cclilornic Builders Supply Co,, 700 6th Avenue (4). .Hlgcte.80l6

Hogcn Lumber Compcny, Znd cnd Alice Streets (4)....

United States Plywood Corp,, 570 3rd St. (7)......

Weslern Door 6 Sash Co,, 5tb 6 Cypress Streets (7).

E. K. Wood Lumber Co., 2lll Frederick Street (6).

HANDWOODS

Americqn Hcrdwood Co.. 1900 E. lSth Street (54)... .......PBospect

E. L. Bruce Co., 5975 So, Weslern AvE. (4ll)... .TWinoaks Stcato!, E. J. d Son, 2050 Ecst 4lst Street (ll). Weslem Hcrdwood Lumber Co., 2014 Ecst lsth Street (55).....

sAsH-DOOnS-MILLWOnT-SCnEENS BLINDS-PANELS AND PLYWOOD INONING BOANDS

Bcck Pcnel Conocnv, 310-3U Ecst 3-2ad'Street (11)... .ADans Ccliloruic Door Compcav, The P. O. Box 126, Vernon Stction(ll) Klubclt Calilornic Pcnel d Veneer Co., P. O, Box 2096, Termincl Annex (54) ...TRiaity Cobb Co., T. M., 5800 Ceatrcl Aveaue (ll)........ADqms llllT Dcvidson Plywood d Veneer Co., 2435 Enterprise St. (21)..........TRiuity 2581 Eubank 6 Son, L. H. (Inglewood) 433 W. Redondo Blvd.. .ORegon 8-ZZSS Hcley Bros, (Scutc Monicc) 1820 t4th Streel.... .....AShtey {-2268

Ask the floor layers .th.y .kaow good flooring when they see it.

Here's what this veteran Chicago craftsman said, Ior example:

"I've been laying hardwood floors all my life years ago in the fine homes of the old South Side, more along the 'Gold Coast,' and all the way up the North Shore.

"In the Iast 2 years I've put down a good many thousand feet of this Bradley Pre-Iinished it,s the best I ever saw. Take the way it joins up the strips just s.lrde into place. The matching is right'and there,s no crook to be forced in drawing up . . that's because they make 'straight-Line,, as they call it and it sure is. Just look at these strips here in front of me, you can see for yourself.,,

(Name oI floor layer on reguest.)

This uiar's simply stated good opinion oI Bradley Pre-liaished Straight-I.i'e Hardwood Ilooring is just a sample ol what bas beconesleoafca eous eathusiasar lor Bradley's laiest achievement in naking a better product, amoag 0oor layers, among coahactors, anong dealers. Write lor literature and sales aids,

"I'll soy if'c STNAIGHT. LINE''