OLDE,ST SHINGLE CONTEST Enl argesrrrshingle Associations Offer Prize for Oldest Cedar

Iudges

ln t[e Oldert Shingle Conteet

Iltr. E" D. Tennan! Chairman, 355 Pacific Electric Bldg., Lor Angelee.

Mr. F. L Morgan, 614 Centrd Bldg., Lor Angele*.

Mr. Henry Riddiford, 615 Central Bldg., I-oo Angeler

Folks, shingle prizes are going up.

Last issue, in these columns, Gus Russell of The Santa Fe Lumber Company, San Francisco, started an "oldest wood,en sh,ingle" contest, by offering a first prize of $75, and a second prize of $25 for-the oldest wooden shingle actually in use on a California roof. He confined the contest to California retail lumber dealers, and the species to Redwood and. Red Cedar, the two well known shingle woods.

Rules of Gontest

l. All entries must be submitted by a retail lumber company located in California; all shingles submitted to remain the property of the Santa Fe Lumber Company.

2. No two shingles removed from the same roof may be entered for competition.

3. Shingles must be sawn, at least 4 inches wide and have two parallel edgeg; they must be Redwood or Red Cedar.

4. They shall be accompanied by a brief statement giving location, description and ownership of building from which removed together with such other authentic information as can be supplied to prove years of service. If judges so elect affidavit covering such facts to be later supplied.

5. The names of the Committee to judge this contest will be announced in the California Lum'ber Merchant of April | 5, 1923.

6. Length of continuous service and present state of preservation together with definite data concerning same will be the deciding factors.

7. Statements concerning exhibits should be encloeed with same and be in Committee's hands not later than June lst, 1923, on which date contest'closeg.

(Ofher species are barred from that contest for obvious reasons these being the two commercial shingle woods.)

Now comes an add,itional and very interesting factor in the contest. The two big shingle associations of the Northwest, The Rite-Grade Shingle Association, of Seattle, and the Shingle Branch of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, have thrown in $50 apiece, and have offered another cash prize of the same size for the oldest RED CEDAR SHINGLE in actual use on a California roof.

They have made this offer through Mr. Russell, and he takes charge o{ it as part of his contest, the same rules will apply (except that only Red Cedar Shingles can compete) the same judges will make the award, and the prizes will be paid through the same source, The Santa Fe Lumber Company, of San Francisco.

E,lsewhere on this page the judges are announced. All entries in this contest, or contests, are to be filed with the Chairman. 'Ihe contests both close simultapeously on June First.

So the way the thing stands is this: A c,ash prize of $75 is offered for the oldest Redwood or Red Cedar shingle actually in use on a California roof, and entered in this contest by a California lumrber dealer. A second prize of $25 is offered for the second oldest Redwood or Red Cedar shingle actually in use on a California roof, and entered in this contest by a California lumber dealer.

A cash prize of $75 is offered for the oldest Red Cedar shingle actually in use on a California roof, and entered in this contest by a California retail lumber dealer. A second prize ol $25 is offered for the second oldest Red Cedar Shingle actually in use on a California roof and entered in this contest by a California retailer.

In case the OLDEST shingle found is a Redwood, then, of course, the first prizes will be awarded separately.

But if the OLDEST shingle is found to be a Red Cedar, then it will win a double prize, totalling $150.

So, if the second oldest shingle proves to be a Redwood, the second prizes will be separate, but if i't s'hould be a Red Cedar, it would receive the two secon'd prizes totalling $s0.

It was suggested in the opening announcement last issue that the lumber dealers create an interest in shingle roofs, by advertising locally a cash prize for the oldest wooden shingle in each territory. A sample advertisement was shown, offering $10 by the local lumber dealer for the oldest wooden shingle.

Mr. Russell also suggests that much interest might be stirred up in shingles generally and this contest in, particular, if the lumber dealer will advertise, offering a $10 cash prize for the oldest shingle in that territory, with the proviso that if that shingle proves to be the oldest in the state, and t'he prize winner in the oldest shingle contest, the one who brings in the shingle will be given additional prize money, instead of just the $10.

On this page u'ill be fr:uncl an advertising suggestion incorporating that thought, which the dealer may choose if he desires.

IJnderstand, no tags a,re put upon this shingle contest. Any dealer may enter, and if he pr,oduces what the judges find to be the oldest shingle, he will get the cash prize that the judges award, whether or not he boosts the shingle game by advertising to his trade as suggested, and stirring up interest in shingles.

T,here are no strings on this offer-dealers may "du"t- tise as they see fit and offer any part of the cash prizes they wish but Judges will consider nothing but entries from California Retailers.

But it is Mr. Russell's hope that the dealers generally will use this contest as an opportunity for stirring up an interest in wooden shingles, by proving their long life and great usefullness, and that they will take their communities into partnership with them in the effort.