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April 15, 1938
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
April 15, 1938
t, Ghristenson Sudden Lunber and Shtpptng 7th Floor. Alaska-Commercial Bldg.,
310 Sansome Street. San Francisco
AGENTS Amcrican Mill Co.
Aberdecn, \Parh.
Hoquiam Lumber & Shingle Co.
Hoquiam, \9ash.
Hulbert MiU e-o.
Abetdeea, Warh.
lPillapa Flarbor Lumber Millc
Reymond, W*h.
Dorothy Cahitl Jane Christenron Charler Chrirtenron
Braach Oftce: SEATTLE
LOS ANGELES 630 Board of Trade Bldg.
MAKE AIR TRIP TO LOS ANGELES George Gorman, general manager of the Trans-Pacific Lumber Co., San Francisco, and Herbert Hessler, general manager of tl-re Pacific Tank & Pipe Co., Oakland, spent a few days in Los Angeles the early part of the month on business. They traveled both rvays in Mr. Gorman's private plane.
Annie Christenson Edwin Chrictenson Catherine G. Suddeo Eleanor Chtistenroa
PORTLAND
National Bank of Commetcc Bldg.
SEND OUT USEFUL GIFT Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co. of Los Angeles has mailed out an attractive ash tray set to its customers and friends. The glass trays are clecorated in red and blue, with a design of the Lawrence-Philips S. S. Co. house flag. They make a very desirable gift, and the company has received many compliments from recipients.
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STEAMERS Ryder Hanify
200 Henry Bldg.
RETAIL NEWS ITEMS The Diamond Match Company has purchased the W. W. Prather Lumber Company yard at Lakeport, Lake County, Calif. The main office of The Diamond Match Company is at Chico.
The Santa Cruz l-umber Company, Santa Cruz, will open a branch office at Boulder Creek where a supply of lumber, doors, sash and other mill stock will !e kept on hand. Deliveries of lumber will be made direct from the company's mill in the upper end of the San Lorenzo valley.
Ambrose Halstead, J. D. Halstead Lumber Co., Phoenix, Ariz., u'as a recent Los Angeles visitor.
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
J. E. MARTIN Mu3{ls Ednc ed Advcrtbb3 Muqr
THE CALIFOR]-IIA LUMBERMERCHANT JackDionne,furblXl* Ii@rDoatGd u&r thr hvr ol Cdllmle
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How Lumber Looks Building permits compiled from 86 of the largest Pacific Coast cities reflect an abnormally large increase in construction activity during March, according to the Western Monthly tsuilding Survey, prepared by H. R. Baker & Co., California investment banking firm. The increase in March 1938 over February 1938 approximated 34.2 per cint, and was the largest increase over a preceding month in several years. Permits were 22.6 per cent lower in March 1938 than in March 1937. The latter month in turn established a high record for the recovery period. The total volume of building permits in March 1938 from 86 of the largest Pacific Coast cities amounted to $20,578,117, compared with $15,918,940 in February 1938, $26,6ll,714 in March 1937, and, $I9,3D,982 in March 1936. The 25 cities reporting largest volume of permits showed a corresponding large increase over the preceding month, and a correspondingly favorable report with respect to the same month last year. Permits from these 25 cities totaled $16,833,904 in March 1938, which was a gain of 45.4 per cent over the $11,577,ffi in February 1938, and a decrease of 19.2 per cent from the record established in March 1937, which totaled $n,842,931. Reports from these 86 cities definitely indicate that the new Federal Housing Program has resulted in the issuance of an abnormally large amount of permits for the construction of small residences. Los Angeles again ranked first with $5,672,695, San Francisco was second with $2,167,791, and rvas followed by Long Beach, San Diego, Seattle, Vancouver, B. C., Oakland, and Portland, all of which had more than $500,000 in permits. Other cities in the first 25 included, in their respective order, Pasadena, Sacramento, Glendale, Vernon, Santa Monica, Burbank, Spokane, Beverly Hills, Salt Lake City, Wenatchee, Reno, Fresno, San Jose, Burlingame, Alhambra, San Marino and Cheyenne.
A total of 150 down and operating mills in Washington and Oregon which reported to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended April 2, produced 80,818,718 feet of lumber. At the rate of cutting at the reporting mills, the entire industry produced 51.3 per cent of its average weekly ctrt during 1926-n. The new business reported taken during the week by the 150 mills was 80,576,589 feet, and shipments were 85,285,357 feet. The unfilled order file at these mills stood at
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309,016,337.
The Association reports that production, orders and
shipments, as shown in this week's report continue extreme-
ly low for the time of year.
The Western Pine or.l.,],,J", 121 mills reporting for
week ended April 2, gave new business as 50,532,000 feet;
shipments 52,945,ffi feet; and production 45,852,000 feet.
Orders were 10.2 per cent above production, and 4.5 per cent below shipments. Shipments were 15.4 per cent above production. Orders on hand at the end of the rveek totaled 156,344,000 feet.
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The California Redwood Association for the week ended March 26 reported production of 13 mills as 4,551,000 feet; shipments 4,305,000 feet; and new business 7,389,000 feet. Week-end orders on hand*totaled 46,592,000 feet. 517 applications for loans totaling $2,386,700 were made to the Los Angeles office of the Federal Housing Administration during the first week of April. In addition to the
new applications received during the week from the lending
agencies, 613 previous loan applications totaling $2,548,800
were approved by the FHA. The greater percentage of the loans will go to building new homes in Los Angeles, and the rest to repairing or enlarging existing structure.
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April 15, 1938
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April 15, 1938
Vagabond Editorials Bv Jack Dionne Seems but a decade-years fly by so fleetThe clanking press gave forth a modest sheet For lumber folks, of which the title ran Like this: "Jack Dionne's Gulf Coast Lumberman.,' No herald sang its coming; no acclaim Announced its advent to us; forth it came. A little volume modest in its scope, But filled with youth, and energy, and hope. 'Twas small in form, but in its concept great, That lumber journal of the Lone Star State. T. Denniston
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My old friend Denniston sent me the above. He meant well, but he was entirely wrong in one particular. It was not then, it is not now, and it never will be a ,.modest',
lumber journal. It has been outspoken and immodest always. No modest journal could have survived what this one has gone through. Anyway, folks, shake hands with a veteran. This month f am celebrating my silver anniversary as a lumber publisher.
When I think of the group of lumber journal publishers with whom I used to attend the lumber meetings in the South a quarter of a century ago, I DO feel decidedly a vet. For all of them are gone except myself. Jim Baird, William Eddy Barns, Bolling Arthur Johnson, J. E. Defebaugh and Walter Wright, all of whom were publishers then and regulars at the Southern lumber meetings, are all gone to their reward, most of them long ago. **r<
Not only that but, with the exception of Jim Baird's Southern Lumberman and J. E. Defebaugh's American Lumberman, the magazines of that group are likewise gone. The St. Louis Lumberman of William Eddy Barns, the Lumber World Review of Bolling Arthur Johnson, and the New Orleans Lumber Trade Journal of Walter Wright, disappeared long ago. *r<{<
I have seen many other lumber journals in the South and Middle West, in addition to those I have mentioned, and many good men and true in the lumber journal game, come and go. They were great folks and they performed a service
for the lumber industry that never has been recognized. Twenty-five years aso:r,: :*, r started publishing The Gulf Coast Lumberman. For five years previous to that I had been a lumber journal editor. And for several years previous to that I had been wiiting lumber news. Nine year after The Gulf Coast Lumberman was born, The California Lumber Merchant made its bow. So, after about thirty-three years at this game, if I do not feel like a veteran
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My start. in the lumber publishing game reminds me of what my old friend Gus Russell, of San Francisco, used to say about H{S start in the lumber business. Gus says most
lumbermen start their.business career in some humble po-
sition in the industry, but that it was different with him. He started right out, he says, in a position of great responsibility. He stood at the tail end of a planing mill machine where the lumber came through, and if he did not catch the stuff and pile it on a dolly, it fell flat on the floor. Yes Sir ! A responsible position. It was about that way with me. When I opened an office and started publishing a lumber journal I had $450 in the world-all cash. It also took a lot of nerve-but I had that.
rn the space of ,u"r. ul,rri* i"nt"n I have follovyed the lumber business, I saw the White Pine industry of the Michigan-Wisconsin-Minnesota territory decline and nearly disappear; f saw the Cedar industry in that same territory do likewise; I saw the up-sweep of Yellow Pine in the South as the Northern woods cut out; and I saw Yellow Pine swing downward in its turn; I saw Louisiana Cypress reach its zenith and then practically disappear; f saw the hardwood industry of the South grow from swaddling clothes to mighty importance; f saw the mighty softwood industry of the Pacific Northwest reach its production peak and begin its downward swing; I saw the great softwood forests of California and Arizona swing upward and reach a high production point; AND I SA\V THE PER CAPITA
CONSUMPTION OF LUMBER IN THIS WHOLE COUNTRY DROP 60 PERCENT IN 25 YEARS. Yes, folks, this is an old time lumber journal guy who is hitting these typewriter keys. * * * Some day when I can take some time out from the active effort to make a living, I'm going to write "My Recollec(Continued on Page B)
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MFRCHANT
April 15, 1938
I'RAMING and fence of thig Franklin, Virginia sas station are VoLnanized Lumber. Average eitra c6et 'Wolmanized
for
Lumber for a house ie leaa tb'an 2/6.
BIG Jl|BS, LITTLE Jl|BS $HOW OlIE TRElID I]ICREASI]IG USE OT WI|TMA]IIZED TUMBER* MENilS BUSI]IESS Fl|R DENHRS EUERYWHERE A gas station, an icehouse, a forest of oil derricks, all theee are "typicaloo applications of Wolmanized Lum-ber. Wolmanized Lumber is being used more and more wherever it is necessary to protect against rot and termite
ALL LINING lumber in this icehouse is Wolmanized Lumber. Note how clean it ie; it can be painted, nailed, stained, is easv to handle. The preservative doesn't leach out.
damage. It is low-cost protection against costly repair.
To you this means money. It means you have an answer to substitutes, and even more rmportant, rt grves you an extra merchandising point a o'better mousetrap" which brings business to you. Dwellings, farm buildings, store build-
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ings and other permanent structures cost less in the long run when they are protected by Wolmanized Lumber. Tell your customers, they will want the protection. And remember, your profits are protected too" because Wolmanized Lumber is sold .Well
through regular trade channels. known producers supply it, in straight carloads or rnixed with untreated ma-
terial. Write us for full information. OIL DERRICKS often are built of Wolman' ized Lumber. Tough, lasting $-olmanized -Lumber sates mone-v. Note siins on gtacked marerial.
SALES HELP to vou ln ads like this to architects, builders,'the general public. Get full benefit" tell the story to your customers, send them reprints which we supply at cost.
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT (Continued from Page 6) tions of the Lumber Industry." It could be a mighty interesting book. It would deal with a colorful and romantic industry, peopled with interesting and punchful characters. No exaggeration would be needed to give such a story life and zip. This has always been a lively, virile industry. ,1.**
Anyway, let's let history pass, and talk about the present, even though the things and conditions we see about us are not as pleasant to contemplate as they were in the old days. Even the old-timey panics weren't so bad. I recall the panic of 1907, and how we couldn't even get our meager pay checks cashed. But we didn't abort our necessities, waste our substance, or mortgage our future; and we soon got well. 't*t The very air has been charged with tension in this country for the past month. Business is very bad, generally. The now well advertised Roosevelt Depression has made the "modest recession" talk sound silly. Labor, as well as capital, seems convinced that choking business is also choking labor, and that only by helping business in intelligent fashion can real jobs be created. Mr. Roosevelt hit the headlines three times from Georgia; and each time the stock market plunged dowriward. Once he thundered against the South as creating depression by low wage scales. Once he woke the world at two o'clock in the morning to declare that he is not aiming at dictatorship. And once he expressed his satisfaction that those Senators who voted for his reorganization bill, could not be "purchased."
**{. All three sent values tumbling downward. Blaming the employers of the South for present conditions had a tremendous reaction. The bitterest things I have read of late
against the New Deal have been in Southern labor journals
and newspapers. They have been unrestrained in their caustic criticism. The Houston (Texas) Labor Journal, for instance, blames the present depression on Mr. Roosevelt entirely because "the Federal government, under the Roose-
velt administration, h", nomic structure."
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That same labor journ" ,*an", says, editorially: "More than half the people of this nation are dependent on the government for subsistence, in whole or in part. The total is arrived at by grouping together all those people who work for the government, or who are employed on federal emergency projects, those who receive government financial aid, and all those whb draw pensions. Government, moreover, has taken over agriculture, the bituminous coal industry, and is casting long.ing glances at the ailing railroad business. Any decision as to the good or evil of these developments depends on the point of view. If we want some form of totalitarian state, they are the real McCoy. If we desire to retain our traditional capitalistic system, our personal freedom, personal individuality, and universal opportunity, THEN WE CAN REGARD THEM ONLY AS SUBVERSIVE AND OVERDONE ENCROACH-
MENTS ON A WAY OF LIFE FORMULATED IN AMERICA, FOR AND BY AMERICANS, WHICH HAS PROVEN SUCCESSFUL AND SATISFACTORY OVER A PERIOD OF SOME 160 YEARS." :F :F
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Accelerated by that same speech against the Southern employers it seems to me, there is quite a hue and cry at the moment for modification of the Wagner Act, to make it fair to all sides and to all men, rather than a strike-creator and trouble-maker. It would not surprise me if a large portion of union labor in this entire country today would get behind a movement to help business and raise its morale to the end that investment might go forward, and industry take a new lease of life. The inner circle of the New Deal has as yet uttered no word of sympathy for beleaguered business; but everyone else in the nation HAS. ,t*:t
It appears evident that the wages and hours bill will not be passed by this session of Congress; which in the face (Continued on Page 10)
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(Continued from Page 8) of rapidly changing sentiment, means that it never will be passed. .A new tax bill is certain of passage, although as this is written its final form is not yet certain. That the undivided surplus profits tax and the capital gains tax will be heavily modified if not entirely eliminated, is now certain, with the odds favoring elimination. The determination to write tax bills for revenue and quit the entire program of punitive taxation becomes daily more popular. The undistributed profits tax and the capital gains tax keep billions of dollars and millions of men unemployed. What the government would lose in direct revenue through the cancellation of these taxes, would be made up many times over in the general improvement in conditions, financial, economic, industrial, and commercial. **{<
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comparatively short time. And the pendulum seems swinging in that direction now, with more room for hope than in a long time. I feel much encouraged.
The newly revised n'u^i is*irr luu operation. One of the stumbling blocks to its active operation is the fact that so many people got the idea that the government is just trying to give away a lot of money like it was doing three years ago, and they ask for things never contemplated under the Act. While it aims to be helpful and to give builders a long time to pay at low'rates of interest, it still contemplates a business-like arrangement, fair inventories and appraisals, and loans, but not gifts. Most of the criticisms we hear and read of the operation of the measure are based on the claims of people who are asking more than they have any
right to. {<*t<
The repeal of those two tax features; modification of the Wagner Act to make it seem more nearly fair to all concerned; a determination on the part of Congress to start qutting the expenses of government; and the assurance of Congress that business will henceforth be encouraged rather than discouraged; these several things would bring prosperity out of chaos and sunshine out of darkness, within a
The prize for the best Congressional wise crack of the month, goes to Congressman Eaton, of New Jersey. They were discussing in the lower house the pronouncement that "if business does NOT take up the slack, the government will." Mr. Eaton remarked: "It would be fairer to say that if the government will slack up on the 'take,' business will be able to take up on the slack."
Will Direct Trade Promotion Program
Arizona Dealers' Annual May 6-7
W. E. Difford of Louisville, Kentucky, recently president of W. J. Hughes & Sons Company of Louisville, and onetime president of the National Association of Millwork Jobbers has been appointed director of the Douglas Fir Plywood Association with headquarters in Tacoma. In his new position Mr. Difford will be in active charge of the million dollar three-year program of trade promotion which
The trventy-third annual meeting of the Arizona Retail Lumber & Builders Supply Association, Inc., will be held at Tucson, Ariz., on Friday and Saturday, May 6-7, 1938. A fine business and entertainment Program is being arranged for the two-day meeting. The Association officers are: H. S. Corbett, J. Knox Corbett Lumber Co., Tucson, president; Louis Jennings, Jennings Lumber Co., Safford, first vice-president; C. J. Killen, Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co., Yuma, second vice-president, and Chris Totten, Phoenix, secretary-manag'er.
plywood mills, members of the Association, recently authorized. Associated with him in the management of the trade promotions activities will be a management committee elected by Association members. This committee consists of E. W. Daniels, Harbor Plywood Corporation, Hoquiam, Chairman, Bruce Clark, Elliot Bay Mill Company, Seattle, and Huntington Malarkey, M & M Woodworking Company, Portland, together with Lawrence Ottinger, U. S. Plywood Corporation, New York as an advisory member. Coincident rvith announcement of the appointment of Mr. Difford the Association also announced its ,new officers. These are president. Philip Garland, Oregon-Washington Plywood Company, Tacoma; vice-president, A. R. Wuest, West Coast Plywood Company, Aberdeen; secretary, V. A. Nyman, Aberdeen Plywood Company, Aberdeen; treasurer, N. O. Cruver, Wheeler-Osgood Sales Corporation, Tacoma. The executive committee is composed of these officers, E. W. Daniels, Huntington Malarkey, E. E. \Mestman, Washington Veneer Cclmpany, Olympia, and Frost Snyder, Vancouver Plywood and Veneer Company, Vancouver, Wash.
TRES RIOS LUMBERMEN'S CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS George Kewin, United Lumber Yards, Modesto, was elected president of the Tres Rios Lumbermen's Club at its annual meeting. The other ofificers elected were: Al Banchio, Gustine Lumber Co. Gustine, vice-president; J. U. Gartin, Stanislaus Lumber Co., treasurer; Walter Found, Merced Lumber Co., Merced, and Chas. Moorehead, Moorehead Lumber Co., Escalon, directors. L. A. Love, of Modesto, is secretary-manager.
PUBLISHES JACK DIONNE'S EDITORIAL The Apartment Journal, published in Los Angeles. printed Jack Dionne's editorial, "Your Competitor," in its April, 1938, issue. This editorial appeared in the December 15 issue of The California Lumber Merchant.
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
April 15, 1938
TO YOU WHO BUILD OUR HOME:
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We want our New Home to be COmlOftable ,n" year around. No cold north rooms, dnfty floors or uneven temperatures in the winter, or hot bedrooms in the summer. It must be . . .
Easy to l(eep Up. w" can'r afford high fuet bills, or expensive repairs. QUiet, rooms where noise from the kitchen, bath or basement won't disturb people in other parts of the house. And we don't want floors that creak or drop away from baseboards. S/e'd like. . . GOOd [OOking walls in all the rooms, without having to worry about cracked plaster or discolorations. If we can have them reasonably . . .
EaSily Gleaned walls would be nice in the kitchen, bath and children's playroom. Ve want all space to be. . . USable, including that in the attic and basement, because we can't afford to waste any room. 'We'fe ready to build if you can give us the kind of a home we want.
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Ag" not guaranteed---Some I have told br 20 years---Some less They Consid eted it a Reflection on Their Activity A new family moved onto a farm in the Ozarks, and
"Us folks don't like the way youall suspicion us," he
brought quite a lot of valuable stuff with them. They filled a tool house with modern farm tools and equipment, and put a big padlock on the tool-house door. To their surprise and puzzlement their reception by their neighbors was particularly cool. So the newcomer picked out a neighbor whose lookes he liked and decided to question him and find out what was wrong. So he cornered the neighbor and asked him the direct question. He got a direct answer.
"What do you mean suspicion you. We don't suspicion any of you. We like you and we want you to like us, because we think we are good folks." "Well," said the other, "if you don't suspicion us, why did you put that big lock on your tool-house door. YOU KNOW NOBODY IN THE OZARKS EVER STOLE ANYTHING TO WORK WITH.''
APRIL ISSUE OF "HOME'' MAGAZINE AVAILABLE
sAN JOAQUTN CLUB ELECTS OFFTCERS
Washington, D. C.-With an increase of 7,000 sub-
All the officers were re-elected at the annual meeting of the San Joaquin Lumbermen's Club, held in Fresno, March 5. Both the business session and the banquet were well attended. The officers are Geo. C. Burnett, president; S. P. Ross, vice-president; Ray Clotfelter, treasurer, and B. B. Barber, secretary-manager.
scribers i.n the last thirty days, the April issue of HOME magazine has just come from the press and will reach retail lumber dealers March 25. In accord rvith the seasonal period, the magazine features an Easter story titled "Scrambled Eggr", which tells why eggs are associated with Easter. Springtime ideas such as improvements and decorations for the garden and plans of spring homes are also described in detail.
The regular monthly components "Home Oddities," "The Home 'Workshop," movie reviews, and recipes compete this third issue of HOME.
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CLUB NO. 62 MEETS IN MODESTO Central Valley Hoo Hoo Club No. 62 held its regular meeting at Hotel Modesto, Modesto, on Monday evening,
April 4. There was a good attendance. The meeting started with
VISITS LOS ANGELES
a turkey dinner and this was followed by an interesting
Larue \Moodson, San Francisco, in charge of sales for Wheeler Osgood Sales Corporation for California, Arizona and Nevada, was recently in Los Angeles on a business trip.
Program.
Arrangements for the meeting were made by R. L. (Dick)
Ustick, who presided.
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April 15, 1938
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
Los Angeles is Nation's "\(/hite Spot" on Building Map, Says FHA Official Southern California residents are building one out of every eight new homes under construction in the nationand Los Angeles is the "white spot" on the construction map of the nation, Bruce A. Wilson, of Washington, D. C., director of education for the Federal Housing Administration, stated before a group of Los Angeles business men at a luncheon at the Biltmore Hotel, Thursday, April 7. Allan Herrick, advertising manager of the Security-First National Ba.nk of Los Angeles, was host. Ten states, said Mr. Wilson, account lor 75 per cent of all new building. These are California, New York, New. Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan. Florida and Texas. California alone accounted for 20 per cent of the whole, leading all others, and Los Angeles county is leading the state. Expansion of homebuilding has been marked since the Federal Housing Act amendments took efiect this year, he said. Last year, the week of March 26 recorded the all-time high in applications, when $16,829,000 was asked for. This year the total reached $17,300,000 the week of March 3, $20,100,000 in the March 12 week, $21,293,W the week of March 19 and $22,568,000 the week of March 26. In March, Soutl,ern California led all districts with 3051 applications representing $13,781,000. The new business here will be felt in increased construction operations in April and early May, the speaker remarked. At a dinner meeting in the evening, Mr. Wilson addressed a group of about 300, including realty representatives, lummen and builders, held in the Los Angeles Times auditorium. The meeting was sponsored by Building Contractors Association of Southern California. Col. William H. Evans, president of the Association, presided. Mr. Wilson explained the FHA program and what it had accomplished. Other speakers included Capt. W. G. Bingham, associate FHA director in Southern California; Charles Berry, vicepresident of the Twelfth Reserve District of the Federal Home Loan Bank, and Phil Norton, president of the l-os Angeles Realty Board.
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The lact thqt "Paul Bunycn's" CAIJFORMA PINES cre so widely used for first clcss doors is c recommendqtion lor the doors crnd for the pines. These doors cqn be hung with the minimum effort and time. They hold their shcpe, tcke pcrints economiccrlly cnrd give lcsting satislcction.
OFFICERS George Burr.rett, Burnett Lumber Co., Tulare, was reelected president of the California Lumbermen's Council at the annual meeting held at San Luis Obispo on March 12. The other officers reelected were J. H. Kirk, Southern Pacific Milling Co., San Luis Obispo, vice-president, and I. E. Horton, South City Lumber & Supply'Co., South San Francisco. treasurer. B. B. Barger, of Fresno, is secretary-
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BOB OSGOOD IN EAST R. S. (Bob) Osgood, sales manager of Cadrvallader- Gibson Company, I-os Angeles, is in the East on a four months' business trip. He left February 15 and bought a new car in Detroit, and is driving all over the Eastern territory.
Saler Oftce: 715 Vertern Pacific Bldg., l03l So. Broadwey \Farehoure: L. C. L. Vholeaale, 7O2 E. Slauron Ave.
SAN FRANCISCO Saler OGce: 315 MonadnocL Building
OAKLAND Sales Olfice: 908 Financial Center Building
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
April 15, 1938
Don't Fear Contagion By Jack Dionne You never ccrn tell in cdvqnce iust whcrt chord will strike the proper spot. The little editoricl on this pcrge in the Mcrch lSth issue-"Simplicity in Salesmanship"-is still going-still bringing us returns. We reprinied mcnry thouscnds ol them. <rnd supplied demcnds
lrom mcnlr qucrters.
"Thct little serrnon will help mqny q fcltering sqlesmcur over <r rough spot in the rocd," wrote c big employer oI lumber crnd shingle sclesmen. There wcs one point in thcrt little serrnon that ccn never be too grectly emphcsized, ncmely: MONE PEOPI.E YOU OFFER YOUR PROPOSITION TO, T}IE LABGER NI'MBER OF SAI.ES YOU WILL MABE.- For THIS is the spincl column oI the body oI SALESMANSHIP. ..TTIE
The successlul sqlesmqn iust SEIJS, SEIIS, SETIS cll the time, dcy cnd night. He stcrrts out in the morning by selling himseU. He sells his fcrmily, sells the policemcrn on the corner, the street c<rr conductor, the mcilmcrn, the folks in the office, crnd everyone with whom he comes in contact through the dcy. Thus he keeps himseH "pepped up" to sell his customers. He is so filled with his selling mission thcrt he cannot be denied. For THIS you need thct grect ingredient-ENTHUSIASM.
Out oI the mqss oI men who try to sell lumber there qrises now qnd then a m(m so simple in his methods, so convincing in his mcsurer, so conclusive in his discussions, crnd so splendid in his results, thcrt he seems just "c naturcl born scle$nqn"" And he ISN'T. He hcrs simply lecrned the lundamentals outlined in the little story-"Simplicity in Scrlesmcnship." He possesses ENTHUSIASM. He larows his own goods. He knows whct they meqn to the OTIIER FEIIOW. He lsrows how to trqnslqte them into terms ol the other lellow's needs. He knows how to meet the other lellow simply, smilingly, interestingly, qnd knows how to sit down and tell in understcsrdable crnd qttrqctive mqnner just whcrt the thing is thcrt he wcnts to sell.
And most oI all, he isn't cfrcid ol COMAGION; isn't clrcid to expose himsell to too many orders,' isn't drcid oI WORK. He knows thqt the number of sqles he will mcke depends upon the
number oI ellorts he mcrkes to sell. Too mcrny sclesmen lcril to see the similcnity between their selling crnd their goU. II they go out cnd shoot "pcr" on their first business hole by selling the prospect, they wcrnt to "ccrll it c dcy." If they shoot pcr on their first gbU hole, they wcrnt to 9o right on cnd try to shoot it on iust trs mqny more holes cs possible belore dcrrk.
Try the scrme stunt with your selling, cnd wqtch the results.
April 15, 1938
THE CALIFORNIA I,UMBER MERCHAN1
Remember Reveille Date---Apt|,l 22 Lumbermen all over Northern California are rnaking plans to attend the Sixth Annual Re-
veille, to be held at
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Leamington,
Oakland, or1 Friday evening, April 22. Host Phil C. Riley of the
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Leamington is making preparations to handle the big crowd. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. Entertainment chairman Miland Grant atlnounces that the floor show will consist of a lo-act revue featuring the Three Cheers, harmony
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singing stars of the NBC, formerly with Al Pierce. JiMuir will be master of ceremonies. Tickets for the dinner and entertainment are $2.00 each. Tom Branson, Melrose Lumber & Supply Company, Oak-
land, is in charge of the golf tournament to be held on Saturday morning, April 23, at the Sequoyah Country Club. Entries should be sent to him, Telephone Fruitvale 0251. Tickets for the golf tournament are $1.75, which includes green fees and a ball.
San Francisco Home Building in March Sets lO-Year Record San Francisco residential building spurted to a ten-year record during March, the Department of Public Works reported on April 1. Total value of construction authorized during the month was $2,167,791, of which $1,885,784 was cost of private undertakings. The remainder r'r,'as divided between public, Exposition and harbor projects. Building permits during the first three months of the current year totaled $4,5D,594, as compared with a total of $4,536,870 for the same period in 1937. The March building figure for residential dwellings provided for alterations valued at $446,594 and frame construction to cost $1,252,390, highest since 1928. The activity was attributed to FHA projects and revival of the home building trend.
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BACK FROM MEXICAN MOTOR TRIP
Al Frost, Frost Hardwood Lumber Co.. and Harry McGahey, San Diego Lumber Co., San Diego, and Frank Park, Park Lumber & Investment Co., LaMesa, have just completed a week's motor trip to Mazatlan, Mexico. They re-
ported a wonderful time, saying they found the country very picturesque, the deep-sea fishing good, and the food excellent.
VISITS LOS ANGELES Harold T. Ford, sales manager of Yosemite Sugar Pine Co., Merced Falls, Calif., r'isited Los Angeles last month. Arlo D. Squires, Los Angeles, is the company's Southern California representative.
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Hardwood Distributors' Convention at Del Monte April 28-30 Pacific Coast Hardwood Distributors Association will hold its annual convention at Del Monte Hotel, Del Monte, Calif., on April 28, D and 30. The tentative program for the business sessions is as follows: Report on the Philippine Mahogany case, by Walter Scrim, president, Philippine Mahogany Manufacturers' Import Association. "Oak Flooring from the Manufacturers' Standpoint," by Ralph Hill, secretary, Oak Flooring Manufacturers' Association. "Employer-Employee Relations," by J. E. (Ted) Higgins, Jr. "Elimination of Waste in Cost of Distribution. and Sectional Cooperation," by Jerry Sullivan. "Trade Association Activity as it Pertains to Distribution of Hardwoods and Allied Lines," by John Clugston, secretary of Hardwood Institute of Southern California. "Foreign Hardwoods Most Extensively Used on Pacific Coast," by C. Harry White. "Character Marked Hardwoods," by C. R. Taenzer. "Attitude of Small Yards Towards their Larger Competitors," by J. A. (Jack) Brush. "Possible Effect on the Lumber Industry due to Readjustment of Trade Agreements with the British Empire," by Norman Sawers, of Vancouver, B. C. The principal speaker at the annual banquet on Saturday
April 15, 1938
evening will be Dr. Edgar E. Robinson, Dean of History,
Stanford University. Kenneth Smith of Los Angeles will be toastmaster. The annual golf tournament will be held on the Del Monte links. There will be an informal dinner at t'Pop" Ernest's, Monterey, on Friday evening.
NEW GRADING RULES FOR STRUCTURAL REDWOOD
A new publication, Standard Specifications for Structural Grades of California Redwood lumber, has just been released and is available to engineers by writing the California Redwood Association, 405 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. This amends and replaces the specifications for structural grades published in October, 1936. In addition to establishing the new specific gravity tests, several minor characteristics, heretofore permitted in Structural Redwood are now excluded. These include box-heart pieces, excessively sappy lumber and objectionable angle of
grain. The new grading rules are offered as an improve-
ment upon those previously acceptable to and used by railrvay and state highway engineers.
SOUTHLAND VISITORS Jack Robinson, of Robinson Manufacturing Company, Everett, Wash., and Mrs. Robinson, were in Los Angeles recently on a vacation trip.
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FHA Applications for New Home Building Dealers tVill Have Exhibit at Home Show Retail lumber dealers of Los Angeles and other Southern Continue to Lead at Los Angeles Office Loan insurance applications for new home construction continue to dorninate the total volume of business currently being handled by the Southern California-Arizona district office of the Federal Housing Administration at Los Angeles according to District Director F. W. Marlow. Of 3,051 applications for loans filed in March, 53 per cent covered construction o{ nerv iromes. These applications outnumber the total of residential building permits issued by tlre city of Los Angeles for the entire year of 1934. The April dailv average of applications for loans, for builcling and buying homes, is running ahead of the March volttrne, which broke all monthl,v records. Since the inception of the Federal Housing Administration in this district, up to April 1, applications for loans totaled $140,697.326. 25,692 applications valued at $106,011,184 have been approved.
It is understood that 85 to 87 per cent of the applications being received by the Los Angeles office of the Federal Housing Administration for insured home loans are
California points will have a joint lumber exhibit at the Southern California Home Show which will be held at the Pan-Pacific Auditorium, Beverly and Fairfax, Los Angeles, from April 2l to May l. About twenty-five dealers have already agreed to participate in this display. A. B. I\{cKee, Jr., San Pedro Lumber Company, Los Angeles, is chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements. The other members of the committee are Paul Hallingby, Hammond Lumber Company, and Kenneth Smith, secretary-manager of the Lumber and Allied Products Institute, of Los Angeles. BRUCE CLARK IN CALIFORNIA
Bruce Clark, vice-president of Elliott Bay Mill Company, Seattle, is spending this week in California, conferring with the firm's representatives, Lloyd Harris, Elliott Bay Sales Company, Oakland, and Dee Essley, Los Angeles. He will visit the Arizona representative, L. R. Chadbourne, Phoenix. earlv next rveek.
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WITH LAWRENCE-PHILIPS LUMBER CO. ATTENDS TEXAS RETAILERS' CONVENTION
F. A. (Pete) Toste has joined the sales stafi of the LawWalter G. Scrim of Los Angeles, hardwood lumber im- rence-Philips Lumber Co. and is working out of their Los porter, attended the annual convention of the Lumber- Angeles office. Pete is well known in Southern California men's Association of Texas at Dallas on April 12, 13, and lumber circles and was formerly with the Coos Bay Lum14. ber Co. at their Wilmington office.
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LOVE'S PHILOSOPHY By Percy Bysshe Shelley The fountains mingle with the river, And the rivers with the ocean, The winds of heaven mix forever With a sweet emotion: Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine In one another's being mingle; Why not I with thine?
PRACTICE VERSUS PREACHING By Ella Wheeler Wilcox It is easy to sit in the sunshine And talk to the man in the shade; It is easy to float in a well-trimmed boat, And point out the places to wade.
THE OPEN ROAD By David Grayson It is the prime secret of the Open Road that you are to pass nothing, reject nothing, despise nothing upon this earth. As you travel, many things both great and small will come to your attention; you are to regard all with open eyes and a heart of simplicity. Believe that everything belongs somewhere; each thing has its fitting and luminous place within this mosaic of human life' The Road is not open to those who withdraw the skirts of intolerance or lift the chin of pride. .Rejecting the least of those who are calted conunon or unclean, it is (curiously) you yourself that you reject. If you despise that which is ugly you do not know that which is beautiful.
A DISTURBING DISEASE Richard: "You ain't yo'se'f no mo. Sick or sump'n?" Rastus: "Ah got insomnia. Ah keeps wakin' up ev'y few
See the mountains kiss high heaven,
And the waves clasp one another; No sister fower would be forgiven If it disdained its brother; And the sunlight clasps the earth, And the moon beams kiss the sea; What are all these kissings worth, If thou not kiss me?
PUTTING UP A LIGHTNING ROD "Do you always look under your bed before you say your prayers?" asked the flapper neice. "No, darling," said the old maid; "first I say my prayers."
Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest thing in the nicest way.
days."
-Isaac
Goldberg.
THE TIE THAT BLINDS The books I read and the life I lead Are sensible, sane and mild. I like calm hats, and I don't wear spats' But I want my neckties wild !
THE STEINS There's a notable family called Stein: There's Gertrude, there's Ep, and there's Ein. Gert's writings are Ptrnk, Ep's statues are junk, And nobody understands Ein.
Give me a tie, brother, One with a cosmic urge !
-Anonymous.
A tie that will swear and rip and tear when it sees -t
SHE'D BETTER TRY LLOYDS "Is this the Fidelity Insurance Company?" "Yes, ma'am, it is. What can we do for you?" "I want to arrange to have my husband's fidelity insured."
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YUM YUM! Mama Mosquito: "ff you children are good' I'll take you to a Nudist CamP tonight."
rug-beater.
Mrs. Peck: I'm sorry, but he doesn't get home till five o'clock.
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
Tell All Your Friends to Tune in The Arizona Retail Lumber and Builders Supply Association, Inc., went or1 the air with radio programs which began Monday night, April 4, on Station KTAR from 9:15 P.M. to 9:30 P.M., and Friday night, April 8, on Station KYO from 9:15 P.M. to 9:30 P.M. The radio programs rvill continue each Monday ancl Friday night for the next three months. The radio program is sponsored by the follorving firms : Air Homes & Supply Co.; Arizona Luml>er Co.; Central Lumber Co.; Foxworth-McCalla Lumber Co. ; Finnell Wrecking & Lumtrer Co.; Flalloran-Bennett Lumber Co.; l. D. Halstead Lumber Co.: Hamman-X'{cFarland Lnmber Co.; O'Malley Lumber Co.; Phoenix Lumber Co.; Reecl Lumber & Hardware Co. ; Seventh St. Lumber Co.; H. H. Shoup Lumber Co.: Six Points Lumber Co. ; Valley Lumber Co.; Western Lumber & Equipment Co.; Baker-Thomas Lime & Cement Co.; Arizona Sash Door & Glass Co.; Southwestern Sash & Door Co.; W. P. Fuller & Co.; Consolidated Roofing Co.; Phoenix Roofing Co.; Phoenix National Bank; Phoenix Savings Bank & Trust Co.; The Valley National Bank; First Federal Savings & Loan Assn. ; all of Phoenix; Vaughn Lumber Co.-Chandler; Vaughn Lumber Co.-Gilbert; F. P. Drerv & Co.-Mesa; Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co.-Mesa; O'Malley Lumber Co.-Mesa; J. D. Halstead Lumber Co.-Tempe; J. D. Halstead Lumber Co.-Glendale; Glendale Lumber Co.Glendale; Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co.-Buckeye; O'Malley Lumber Co.-Buckeye; Foxrvorth-Galbraith Lumber Co.-Wickenburg; Foxworth Galbraith Lumber Co.-Superior; Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co.-Coolidge ; Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co.-Casa Grande; Schwartz Lumber Co.-Miami; Parker Lumber Co.-Parker. Chris Totten, secretary of the Association, states: "These radio programs are predicated on historical facts and concern not only homes built of wood throughout the United States, but also cover high lights in the lives of interesting men. both living and dead, in Arizona. We have spent considerable effort in research for the past three months, and we are sure the material used is not only worth the while of a lumber dealer, but will hold the interest of any intelligent citizen of this. or any other state."
Aro thot's the bo.sis on which Curtis Deolers sell the new Silentite Wood Cosement Window! Comploints on double-hung windows stopped coming bock to some deqlers in 1932, when the originol Silentite (double-hung, insuloted) wcs introduced by Curtis. But until the new Silentite Casement come olong lost yecrr, dealers hesitoted to put cr wholeheorted stomp of opprovol on cosement windows. At the very first, orchitects, deolers, builders ond owners went overboord in prcising fijs wood cosement window. They ore still singing those proises, Iouder than ever. Tests of Pittsburgh Testing Loborotory proved thot Silentite Cosement soves os much os 17 out of I00 fuel dollors-thot it ollows less heq.t loss qnd less oir leakoge tho.n other wood or metql cqsements.
So now Silentite Cqsement joins the other
Silentite units in moking trouble-proof window soles Ior Curtis Decrlers. You cqn enjoy them, too. Use coupon for detoils of the Curtis merchcrndising plan'
* CURTIS COMPANIES SERVICE BUREAU
NEW TECHNICAL BULLETIN ON MILL ROOFS
Dept. CL.4G Glinton, lowa
Continuing its series of technical bulletins, the California Redrvood Association has just released Lumber Letter No. 8. a study on mill roofs. How all-heart Redn'ood combines the properties of decav resistance, insulation, smal1 shrinkage, strength at light rveight, and paintability for long-lifed mill roofs is covered in the study. A feature is the series of tables on heat loss, dew point and humidity computations to be considered in planning a new roof or reconstruction of an old one.
AllD 0THER CURTIS PR0DUCTS:E t";o' ond Iaterior Doors . Fromes . Tria . Entroacea . Moldiuga . Poael WorL . Kitchen Cobiretg . Cobiaet WorL . Moatela . Stoirwoya . Sbuttero . Screag . Storn Doors oud Wiadows . Goroge Dore . Mitertile Dor ond Window Trim.
CURTIS COMPANIES SEAVICE BUREAU
Deportaeal 0le4C, Cliatoa, Iowo
I Plaee tell ne nore obout lhe rew Curtis Sileatite Cosenent Wiadow. fl Send ia{omotioa obout lhe aew Curtir Wodwork Styler {or 1938.
CALIFORNIA VISITOR J. Walter Vaughan, sales manager of the Oregon-American Lumber Company. Vernonia, Ore., recently visited San Francisco and Los Angeles on his u'ay East for a six weeks' business trip.
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
April 15, 1938
Red Cedar Shingle Annual Convention N[anufacturers of Red Cedar shingles from Oregon, Washington and British Columbia representing more than 200 mills met at the Washington Athletic Club, Seattle, Wash., on March 31, for the annual convention of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, an organization representing about 9O per cent of the industry. Telegrams and letters of congratulation to the Bureau
The convention featured two outstanding speakers: E. E. Woods, secretary, Southwestern Lumbermen's Association, Kansas City, Mo., and Bruce A. Wilson, director, Department of Education, Federal Housing Administration, Washington, D. C. Following his introduction by W. C. Bell, managing-director, lVestern Retail Lumbermen's Association, Mr.
Officers qnd Board ol Trusteeg elected ct the cnnucl meeting of the Bed Cedcr Shingle Burequ: Bqck to right-Pcul R. Smith, M. R. Smith Lumler 6 Shingle Co., Secttle, Wcsh., Tr'ustee; ncv Witde, SwJeI] Pcrcilic T_imber Compcrny, Everetl, Wcsh., Trustee; Dale Crctt, Royct Shingle Compcny, Whites,- Wqgh., Trugtee; H.-1. Bqiley, Scginaw Tinber Compcrny, Aberdeen, Wqsh., trustee; i. u. Loiarq-, Si pcul d Tqconc Lumber Co., Tqcomcr, Wcsh., Truelee; Jegs Schwcrrz, Crescent Shingte Compcny, Kelgo, Wcsh., Trustee,' chcs. Plcnt, Bloedel, stewcrt 4 welch, Lid., vcncouver, B. c., Trusiee; t, K.'Horiey, Snider scleg Compcny,_Po,rtlgnd, Oregon, proxy lor Herbert L. Snider, Trustee. Second rowJelt to ri;ht-Miss Irene Ioues, Red Cedcrr Shiagle Bitecu, Seattle, Wcrh.; C. J. Culter, Hcrmmond Cedcr Comp&y, Ltd., Hcmmond, B. C- Trustee; Keith Fisken, Secrttle Cedqr__Lurnbef Ml_g. 9g- Segttle, Wcsh- Trugtel; Ii. M. Ittgto*, E. C. Miller Cedcr Lunber Co., rtlberdeen, Wtrsb., Vice-Pregident Bed Cedar Shingle Burequ; i i'. McEvoy, Bloedel Donovqn Lunber Millg, Secrttle, Wcrgh., Trustee; S. P. Iohns, tr- Weyerf,ceus.r Soi.g Lo-pcrny, Tccomc, Wqah., Trugtee; H. V. Whiitall, Huntting- Merritt Shingte eo., Ltd., Vcrncouver, B. C., Trusiee. Fronl row-lelt to right-Fred I. Monte, chiet inspector, Bed Ced-cr Shingle Burecu, Slcttte, Wqgh.; Lee- O_lw-ell, legcl counsel tor_Red- Ce_d_cr Bureou, Seattle, Wc:h.; W. iV. Wioai;ag., Eanqger, -sbingle Red _ Cedar Shiagle Burequ, Seqt0e, Wcsb; C. P. Conetcntine, Botalord, Constqnrino C Gciiier, Secitle, Wceh., gdveriieing counseb G. A. Brewer, trmistcnrt ncncgor, Red Cedar Shingle S"t."",-S."itle, Wcsh.i L. E...Thorpe, pu_blicity direcior, 8ed Cedqr Shingle Burequ, Secrttle, Wcg[. Insert upper lelt-p. H. 9lwell, Jamison Lumber -6 Slingle Co., Everett, Wcsh., Pregideni, Red Cedcr Shingle -Burequ. Ingert upper right-W. H. Mclcllen, Ccpilcrno Shingle Co., Ltd,, Vqncouve& B. C., Trustee.
rvere received from all sections of the country, from individual dealers and from secretaries and other officers of retail lumber dealer associations, expressing best wishes for a successful convention and warm praise for the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau's well known policy of strict dealer clistribution and promotional work to aid the dealer.
Woods neatly summarized the convention when he said, "Where ever men meet, progress is made." Mr. Woods praised the present day co-operative attitude betu.een the manufacturing and distributing branches of the lurnl>er industry, giving particularly high praise to the Bureau's rlealer distribution policy.
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
April 15, 1938
Mr. Wilson talked on the Federal Housing Administra-. tion and on the home building campaign in general, quoting the latest figures on FHA commitments which showed a decided upward trend in 1938 as compared with a year ago. The FHA paper work, Mr. Wilson said, precedes actual construction by five to eight weeks. "If we are going to have any volume in home building," he stated, "we.must look to that great group with incon.res of less than $2000 per year as they constitute 8O per cent of the population. They are naturally limited to homes costing not more than $5000, and the figure should preferably be lower than that maximum."
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C. D. Johnson lumber Corporation HEAD SALES OFFICE.
PORTIJND, ORE.
MANUFACTURING PL/\I\ITS TOLEDO, ORE.
Mr. Wilson gave a most interesting breakdown of the home into the four principal factors of shelter, mechanical equipment, environmental factors, and financing. He stressed the need for keeping these four items in proper relationship to each other. Other speakers who appeared on the program were Carl Blackstock, vice-president, National Retail Lumbr!r Dealers Association, Seattle, who brought a message from that group; and Harry H. Steidle of the Division of Trade Standards, Washington, D. C.
W. W. Woodbridge, manager of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, in his annual report was definitely optimistic over progress made during the past year and the prospect for better business in future months. He discussed the development of the by now famous Certigrade Home as a joint enterprise tying in the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, with particular reference to its secretary, Frank Carnahan, the National Plan Service, Inc. of Chicago, and its president J. M. Wright, whose architectural stafi designed the Certigrade Home in cooperation with the technical staff of the Federal Housing Administration. Other Bureau executives on the program were President P. H. Olwell; G. A. Brewer, assistant manager; R. M. Ingram, chairman of the advertising committee; and Frank H. Alcott, the Bureau's Nerv York director of Public Relations. Resolutious were passed expressing appreciation to E. E,. Woods of the Southwestern Lumbermen's Association;
to Frank Carnahan and the National Retail Lumber Dealer's Association; to Bruce A. Wilson and the Federal Housing Admini3tration with specific reference to the Administrator, Stewart McDonald; to H. H. Steidle and the Division of Trade Standards; and to J. M. Wright and his
organization, the National Plan Service, Inc.
BURTON BOYLE
Airplone view Toledo plonts-lorgest ccpocity o{ ony cor ond ccrgo mill in Oregon. Grcrde crnd trcde-mcrrked lumber to conform to F.H.A. Requirements. Roil ond weekly corgo shipments to Colifornio ports. OId Growth Yellow Fir Common cnd high grode Uppers. BRANCH ST,LES OFFICES:
sAN FnANCISCO
A. 8. Griswold
A. & McCullough
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Phone GArfield 6258
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BETTER
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Burton Boyle, 69, of the Cross Lumber Company, Coalinga, died suddenly in his office on March 28. Mr. Boyle was a pioneer business aird civic leader, and a former mayor of Coalinga. He was manager and part owner of the Cross Lumber Company. He served as mayor
Main Officc
in I9?2 and, 1923 and continued as city councilman until
SAN FRANCISCO
1926.
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He is survived by his sister, Mrs. C. L. Cross, and a daughter, Mrs. Helen McCreary, Bakersfield. His funeral was attended by a large number of lumbermen, including several from San Francisco.
PORTLAND LOS ANGELES
Amcrican Bank Bldg. 700 So. Lr B'rea
LOS ANGEI.ES B. T. Gheen C. P. Henry Pet. Sec. Bldg. 714 W. Olyrrpic Blvd.
Phone PRospect ll85
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fl0rEtttElt of Douglas Fir Redwood Ponderosa and Sugar Pine Ccdcr Productg Polcg & Piling Wolmanized Lumbcr
April 15, 1938
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
Reciprocity Must \(/ork Both \(/ays S.y Lumbermen Washington, D. C., April 4,-Asserting that the American lumber industry approves and accepts reciprocity in trade agreements but that reciprocity must work both ways, Wilson Compton and W. B. Greeley, appearing before the Committee for Reciprocity Information, today, urged either access for American lumber without discrimination to British Countries, or protective tariffs at home. The former is secretary and manager of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, Washington, D. C., while the latter holds a similar position with the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, Seattle.
The Committee which is holding hearings on the pending trade agreement with Canada, also heard the following representatives of lumber interests: A. N. Frederickson, Eastern Zone sales manag'er, Weyerhaeuser Sales Co.; A. L. Jenny, St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. and Polson Lumber Co.; A. P. Leatherbury, Atlantic Coast manager, Chas. R. McCormcik Lumber Co.; and W. S. Culbertson, Lumber Industry attorney of export-import affairs. In enumerating the reasons for the decline of U. S. lumber exports from first to fifth place, Dr. Compton emphasized the precedent-setting importance of the prese,nt agreement which will determine to a large extent the future course of American export and import trade. We can do one of three things, said Compton: (1) Pave the way for' gradual resumption of major export trade with British Colonies from which the lumber industry is excluded at present because of discriminations arising out of the British Empire preferential lumber tarifis; (2) Or failing in this, we rnay lake means of holding our own domestic lumber markets against imported species for the benefit of increased production and .increased employment in Amefican sarn-mills; or (3) IJnsuccessful in the first two, the agreement may pave the way for the further gradual disintegration of the American lumber industry at the very time the President of the United States is urgently calling for united public and industry action to protect and perpetuate our forest resources, to increase our forest'ierripXoyments and to maintain our forest-industry-dependent-communities. Summarizing this stand the lumbermen said: "Our industry will much prefer equ4l access to foreign markets with only reasonable cost-equalizing tarifis at home, to any system of exclusion tariffs at home. It is {undamentally and naturally an export industry and in its
major species it will so continue. But if the United States Government after three years of diligent and earnest effort, is unable to secure-or is unwilling to grant the further concessions necessary to secure-access for American lumber without discriminations to British Countries, then w'e ask for protective tariffs at home suficient to hold, for our own mills and our own employes, the domestic markets for lumber of species which our own mills can adequately supply; and that such tariffs be continued until the opportunity to compete in the British Countries on equal terms and rvithout discriminations shall have been restored." Mr. Greeley in presenting figures to shor,v the harmful effect of the Canadian'frade Agreement on the West Coast export market stated: "The fundamental obligation of the American Government, in so far as lies within its power in trade negotiations, is to assure domestic industry an adequate volume of production and employment." He urged the government to make the continuation of any concession in lumber duties to Canada contingent upon the granting of tariff parity by the United Kingdom for American lumber with lurnber from any Empire source.
Plan Books for Arizona Dealers Chris Totten, secretary of the Arizona Retail Lumber & Builders Supply Association, Inc., in a bulletin to its members, announces that through the cooperation of the Arizona Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, which comprises many of the leading architects of the State, about thirty plans of homes, all built of wood, every one insulated and ranging in price from $150o to $5500, will be produced through a special committee of architects. of which Fred Whittlesey is chairman. The Association will have printed 5000 books showing these thirty or more homes, along with sufficient descriptive matter to enable a prospective home owner to obtain a fair idea of just what the finished home rvill be. The book will contain fifty or more pages, and will be printed on heavy enamel paper. A space will be left on the cover for the dealer's name. The books will be distributed only by the retail lumber and building material dealers, and will be available to all members of the Association.
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Reprercnting in Southern California t The Paciftc Lumber Conpany-Wendling-Nrthan Co.
HOOI/ER A. L. s3GUSrt illan" "the 700 South La Brea Avc. Lor Angcler
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April 15, 1938
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
New Method of Protecting Hay
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H O L LY\TOOD COMBINATION SCREEN AND METAL SASH DOOR Aristocrat of Screen Doors Fills a deftnite need in the construction or renovation of a building or a home where convenience,
Sisalkrqlt Hcysicck Cover
The Sisalkraft Company,205 \\r. Wacker Drive, Chicago, Ill., is pioneering a new market for lumber dealers, promoting the sales of Sisalkraft haystack covers designed to eliminate weather losses and preserve the quality of the hay. The compally has preparecl illustrated literature with directions for applying the covers .rvhich is available to dealers. They rvill send complete information to dealers upon their request.
service and cost ate prerequisites.
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SHUTTERS
c. c. DooRs SCREENS
SCREEN DOORS
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Nu-Wood Insulating Sheathing Announced
1145 East 63rd St., Los Angel*
ADams 11108
Wood Conversion Company, Saint Paul, Minnesota, announces Nu-Wood Insulating Sheathing as an addition to their line of structural insulation products. Paul A. Ward, sales manager, in making this announceme.nt said, "This sheathing is an entirely new product-it is different from anything we have produced before. Nu-Wood Insulating Sheathing has been produced after considerable research both in the market as to the type of product needed and in our laboratories as to the preparation of the type of product best suited to this need. It is designed to give a high degree of maintained insulaton at low original cost." Nu-Wood Insulating Sheathing is 25/32" thick. It has a double coating on both sides of a special bituminous compound to form a protection against the penetration of moisture. It is available in sizes 4' wide, varying from 8, to 12' in length-is marked for nailing to speed up erection. Mr. Ward stated that the new sheathing has greater structural strength and that the special double coating has a high melt point which makes it easy to handle in hot wg4thql-also, that the tough coating will not foul or clog tools.
"While the name Nu-Wood Insulating Sheathing implies residence construction," said Mr. Ward, "this product has many other usages. Because of the extra moisture protection, farmers should find it desirable for insulating dairy barns, hog houses, and brooder houses-wherever body heat produces a high degree of humidity. It is also well suited
to cottages and small utility buildings." Samples may be had by writing to the Wood Conversion Company, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
STUCCO iobs lilce this
have a futurerrr
and build one f or you !
Pggpt" like stucco's beauty, its varied textures and adaptability to any style of home. They'll choose stucco-more and more often-if stucco jobs around them are the right kind, weather-proof and requiring little or no upkeep. These simple steps insure a quality job: a See that the structure is rigid and well-framed insist
on -a good b_ase .. . place non-corrosive flashing over door and window heads, under sills and copings and at other points
of possible moisture entrance position reinforcement properly so that it will be completely embedded in the mortar_... and use only Portland Cement stucco, mixed, applied
and cured according to approved methods, for all coatl. Our "Plasterers Manual" on recommended practice in stucco finishing will be sent to contractors on request.
P(IRTTITD GEiIEilT ISS(lCNTruil Dept. l4b-24, 8fO W. Fifth St., Lor Angeler, Calif.
A National Organization to lmprove and Extend the Uscs of Conqrete
April 15, 1938
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knowledge that formed a good groundwork for her future. She left this firm 15 years ag'o to go with Hill & Morton. Most of this time has been spent in the sales department.
Miss Moore has a large acquaintance with retail and wholesale lumber dealers in Northern California, and with
Ella Ir. Moore There are not many
women in executive positions in the whole-
sale lumber business of the United States, and those who hold such positions ar e women of exceptio.nal ability. According to the information possessed by this paper the only woman of
executive rank in the
wholesale lumber
business on the Pacif-
ic Coast is Ella L. Moore, chief assistant to H. Sewall Morton of Hill & Morton, Ellq L. Moore Oakland. Calif. This good looki,ng Native Daughter of California was born in Duncans Mills, in historic Sonoma County, on the famous Russian River, about five miles from its mouth and the resort "Jenner-by-the-Sea." When she was a child Duncans Mills was a sawmill town, and all that section was filled with loggers and mill men, so that it may be a logical development that she should later become one of the Nation's most efficient lumberwomen, Her people were sturdy California pioneers, her grandparents having crossed the plains from Indiana in a covered wagon in 1849, and she inherited from them that pioneer spirit which has built up the West. She attended high school and business college in Santa Rosa. Her first business experience, with the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company there, in the construction department, she considers a valuable one. Her first position in the lumber industry was with Sunset Lumber Company, Oakland, in the sales department, where she gained
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sawmill men in California and the Pacific Northwest. If there is any retail lumberman who has a doubt as to her ability to handle an order, let him just give her a ring. Much could be written about another side of her career, in which she has been just as successful as in her business career; her life-long devotion to her mother, who recently passed away, and to the family of her sister, Mrs. June Moore La Franchi, with whom she lives in an attractive suburban home on acreage in Castro Valley. Here Miss Moore takes time out from her busy life to indulge her hobby of growing things. She specializes in raising vege-
tables.
She is active in church and philanthropic work, beihg a trustee of a local First Presbyterian Church, in connection with which she also has a group of high school girls where study as well as recreational work is carried on. A pet charity to which she has contributed both money and time for many years is a girls' and women's organization called the "D. I. S." Club in Santa Rosa, which gives medical and other assistance to the needy poor. She is too busy to devote much time to lodges but is a Past Officer and Past District Deputy in the Rebekahs, a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Miss Moore and her sister spend most of their vacations and week-ends at their log cabin on the old home ranch on the Russian River.
APPOINTED MANAGER OF CLOVER VALLEY LUMBER CO. J. M. Bedford, formerly manager of the Saginaw & Manistee Lumber Co., Williams, Ariz., has been appointed manager of the Clover Valley Lumber Company at Loyalton, Calif. A. C. Ahrens, who has been acting manager, will continue to serve in the combined capacity of assistant manager and manager of sales.
STOCKHOLDERS HOLD ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of stockholders of the Graves Company was held at their offices in Los Angeles on April 5.
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CoQUILLE, OREGON
\(/c rwait with plearure to extend a cordiel welcone to Central and Noilhem California Lumbermen on the occclion of your Sixth Annual Reveillc.
For the very best Venetian Blindr demand Port Orford Cedar Slatr
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California Saler Agents
19th & Frcnlclin St.
Largeet Producers Band Sawn Pott Orford Cedar Also Mfrs. of Douglac Fit Lumbet and Plywood
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
April 15, 1938
Ten Years Aso Today From the Files of The California Lumber Merchant, April 1 5, 1928 The tri-annual convention of the Millwork Institute of California was held at the Sainte Claire Hotel, San Jose, on March 30 and 31. President Harry Gaetjen presided. The four sessions were well attended and subjects of importance to the industry were discussed. A stag banquet and Hoo Hoo concatenation were held the evening of March 3O in the ballroom of the hotel when seven Kittens were initiated. Paul M. P. Werner, vicegerent snark of the Peninsula district, arranged for the banquet and concatenation.
first prize of $5,000 for the slogan, "Certified by Centuries of Service," in the National Slogan-for-Wood Contest sponsored by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. This phrase was selected from a list of about 4O0,000.
H. N. Wheeler, Washington, D.C., chief lecturer for the United States Forest Service, was the speaker of the day at a meeting of the Los Angeies Hoo Hoo Club on April 5. A moving picture of The Pacific Lumber Company's saw-
John M. Gibbs, National Lumber Manufacturers Association, Washington, D. C., addressed a meeting of the San Francisco Hoo Hoo Club at the Palace Hotel on April 5. President Bert Johnson presided.
White Brothers have an attractive downtown exhibit in the Machinery Exchange, San Francisco, in connection with Better Homes Week. The Westley Lumber Co. has started a yard at Westley, Stanislaus Countv.
To James E. Noble, Jr., of Sanatorium, Miss., went the
&ring
is the time to Push S}I I DER RED (EDAR SHI}IGLES
-fo, new Roofsl
Spring dcrye cre ncrlurcls lor relling
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new roola. You'Il lind bugincse crnd profits increaning when you rell the high sicndard, lonE lcsting Snider
Brand oI Bed Cedcr Shinglee. Benember Snider brcud htrs sone oI the linest selling points on the marLet experily mcnuloctured oI bigh qltiiude red
cedor,' cltrcctive, close, even grciu strict utrilormity oI eize; cnd cn un. uruclly higb record lor durability. Snider Shiaqles come in crll aizes crnd grcrdee.
mill plant and logging operations will be shown at Hayrvard, April 16, rrnder the auspices of Quist Brothers. Announcement of the promotion of H. L. Miner, former general manager of the Whiting-Mead Company at San Diego, as general manager of the entire Whiting-Mead Company operations, was announced by Perry Whiting, of Los Angeles, president of the company. San Joaquin Valley lumbermen staged a successful concatenation at Fresno on March 24 when 10 Kittens were initiated. Vicegerent Snark W. P. Johnson was in charge of the concatenation. (Continued on Page 30)
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We qre now stocking "HARBORD SUPER," the well known woterprool plywood, in sizes up to 4 ft. by 16 Ii. We solicit your inquiries lor ony plywood requirerr.ent you moy hove in cmy quontity whether it be for stqndord specificotions or speciol construction.
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April 15, 1938
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
California Building Permits for March City
March
March
1938
1937
LosAngeles.... ......$ 5,672,695
$ 5,346,043
SanFrancisco... Los Angeles County
2,167,791
2,W1,928
IJnincorporateci
1,939,797
1,966.,752
*Hollywood Long Beach .... *West Los Angeles .......... San Diego
*San Fernando Valley Annex
ffis,758
I,aMesa
1,089,520
694,180
923,523 818,169
1,034,637 g99,557
Lynwood Banning
625,r74
1,127,361 900,016
rJt2,m
57t,478
Oakland
*San Pedro
500,154
51,ffi
Pasadena
452,4t5
301,199
Sacramento Glendale
399,848
935,9ffi 455,52r
373,425 333,865
Vernon
SantalVlonica... Burbank
Beverly Hills .
*North Hollywood Santa Barbara . *Van Nuys .
Fresno San Jose
Alhambra Burlingame San Marino Palo Alto Bakersfield Anaheim Torrance Inglewood Stockton San Mateo Arcadia
190,254
309,552 304,190 279,950
N3,425
234,9D
457,343
226,904 223,614
tol,287
349,430
68.2,ffi 380,720
n8,455 n2,850
nr9I5
193,349
269940
r91,7ffi
50,058
r88,673
324,219
171,M
167,885
161,798
157,620
161,542
n,&8
154,250
24,I55
389,492
154,O45
300,000
150,681 147,925
22g,2gl t99,257
143,750
158,825
Escondido
133,550
3,265
Berkeley San Bernardino .
t2+,184
250,642
115,363
250,316
Newport Beach Culver City South Gate
lr2,m5
138,111
110,965 108,825
35,510 78,109
Santa Ana
t08,763
111,338
Santa Cruz ...... Riverside
lol,4l7
t39,2t4 76,&3
Bell . . N{anhattan Beach
88,125 86,O92 85,878 68,279
Salinas
67,563
72,174
Alameda El Centro
6+3A2
t06,694
63,750
30,728
South Pasadena Ontario Montebello
66,253 63,669
94,304
.
San Gabriel Pomona
90,956
30,383
86,970 5s,537
98,796
47,720 51,086
Compton
61,zffi 6r,032
Modesto
60,880
1.07,578
Redwood City . Visalia
54,395 54,065
95,345
5r,o92
89,450
Monterey Park
49,916
54,404
*Wilmington . . .. .
City Laguna Beach Santa Maria Huntington Park Albany
69,424
55,191
..............
Whittier Tulare Santa Rosa Sierra Madre National City . Montrose Piedmont Maywood Palos Verdes ... Hayward Seal Beach
March
March
1938
1937
47,7r0 45,811
135,600 30,782
43/10
219,785
42,883 39,500
34,6n 18,480
t9,425
38,150 38,098 36,509 33,792
11,854 70,885 24,O71
33,65
8r,575
32,8t3
2,D5
32,470 30,750
31,790
x),762
D,487
114,033
26,5r5
25,ffi
26,730 24,450
25,361
10,555
25,OO5
8,467 37,820
Redlands Hermosa Beach
24,553 24,@5
Monrovia Brawley Oxnard
23,847
23,395 2T,9T2
24,382
San Rafael Oceanside Orange
2t,724
50,675
19,100 19,995 18,375
14,485
Claremont Eureka
Porterville Harvthorne Escondido Santa Paula San Fernando Ventura Redondo Beach Exeter El Monte Colton Fluntington Beach
Avalon'...i..,:....1r.,. .1.'.:. i ....
2) )Oq 6,1@
t02,947
17,BO
31,809
16,100 15,597 15,369
42,5m
15,n4
37,810
16,428 3,265
14,340 13,7go
19,950
29,178 31,010
12,385 11,150 11,080 10,586 10,205
17,800
22 q?\
28,728 1,265 8,315
' 9,1:90
Corona
8,460
Covina
7,625
Los Gatos
7,100
Gardena Azusa
4 Aqz
Harbor City . Fullerton
63,303 88,235
9,780 7,533 22,475 16,525
5,680
4.ffi0 I
6,100 ..:
3,500
39,686
Hemet
4,545 4,540
Calexico
4,O45
2,065
SanClemente...
4,000 3,789 3,785
89,615
3,575 3,565
n0
Upland
El Segundo Oroville
Indio . Watsonville Glendora
Emeryville Lindsay La Verne
* t*tua.a in Los Angeles totals.
2,950 2 qnn
2,5N 1,040 273
5,775
t4.762
( /"oq 39,600
700 21,95b 12,950 9,450
April 15, 1938
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
27
Sheulin Pine Sales Gompany DISIRIBUIORS OF
SELLING THE PRODUCTS OF
EHEVLIN FINE Reg. U. S. Pat. Ofi.
SPECIES
* The McCloud River Lumber Corpany McClc4 Cdltorah
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
NORTHERN (Genuine) WHITE PINE
900 FiFt Natimal So Line Building
(PTNUS STROBUS)
Shevlin-Clarkc Compaty, r lhtcd
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
NORWAY OR RED PINE
Fort Fmccs, Ontar.lo
* The Shevlin-Hixon Company Bea4 Orcgo {< Member of the Western Pine Association,
Portland, Oregon
(PINUS RESINOSA)
DISTRICT SALES OFFTCES:
NEW YORK
CHICAGO
1206 Graybar Bldg,
1863 LaSalle-Wacker Bldg, Mohawk 4-9117 Telephone CentEl 9182 SAN FRANCISCO 1030 Monadnock Bldg. Kearney 7041
PONDEROSA PINE (PINUS PONDEROSA) SUGAR (Genuine Whire) PINE (PINUS LAMBERTIANA)
LOS ANGELES SALES OFFICE
328 Petroleum Seurities Bldg,
Directors Elected at Annual Meeting At the annual meeting of stockholders of Johns-Manville Corporation held March 25, directors elected for the ensuing year included: Walter H. Aldridge, Francis D. Bartow, Lewis I. Brown, H. Edward Manville, William R. Seigle, Enders M. Voorhees, George Whitney and E. T. Stannard.
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., who had served for nine years as a Johns-Manville director, and Clarence M. Woolley, who had been a director for the past eight years, requested that their names not be submitted to the stockholders for re-election because of the pressure of other duties.
E. T. Stannard, who replaces Mr. Sloan as a J-M director, is president and a director of Kennecott Copper Corporation. It was announced that the place on the board left vacant by Mr. Woolley will be filled at some later meeting of the comDanv's directors.
WITH GORMAN LUMBER CO. l. A. (lim) Pack is now associated 'ivith the Gorman
Lumber Company of San Francisco. He was in the manufacturing end of the business in the Northwest for many years, and before coming to California was with the Seattle office of the Blanchard Lumber Co. of Boston. For the past year, he was connected lvith the rvholesale lumber business in Los Angeles. Mr. Pack recently visited the mill of the Trans-Pacific Lumber Company at Port Orford, Ore., for which the Gorman Lumber Company is sales representative.
PRoEpcct l)615
Armstrong Announces Temseal Sheathing Armstrong Cork Products Company, makers of the Tem-
lok line of insulating board, announces the new Temseal
insulating sheathing which combines the value of an asphalt coating with paper reinforcement, giving structural strength and resistance to the infiltration of air and moisture. Accorcling to the manufacturers, a surface application of asphalt forms an effective vapor seal, and permanently bonds the layer of strong kraft to the Temlok board, making building paper unnecessary. Both sides and the long edges of Temseal sheathing are sealed with asphalt and kraft paper. Asphalt sweated into the ends of the boards completes the seal. Temlock, which forms the body of Temseal, is composed of fibres of the Southern long leaf yellow pine. Temseal is offered in the standard sheathing thickness of 25/37', and in sizes 4' long by 6' to 12, feet long. It is shipped four pieces to the package, and well protected against damage in transit. It is installed quickly and inexpensively, being nailed directly to the studding with large lreaded galvanized roofing nails, I3f" long.
ART PENBERTHY CONVALESCING
A. C. (Art) Penberthy, Tacoma Lumber Sales, is now convalescing at his home following an operation at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles. He will be back at his desk in a few weeks.
HIL, Ir & MORTON, f NC. WHOI.ESALE LI'MBER
CARGO RATt
AIVD ITS PRODUCTS
FRESNO 2019-2025 H Sr.
Phone 3-8933
Mcin Olfices Dennison St. Whcrf OAKIAND, CALIF. ANdover 1077-1078
NEDWOOD CITY qt Port of Bedwood City Phone 2577
Inventories Auailable Jor Convenience of Dealers at all Three Places
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April 15, 1938
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
One Coat Oil Paint Gives Sand Finished Effect "Sand finished walls have been one of the most stable of interior decorations throughout the last 50 years," said N. W. Schwartzlose, of the Oakley Paint Manufacturing Company, Los Angeles, recently. "In more recent years the jazz and irregular type surfaces became quite a fad, but during 1937 and the beginning of this year the sand finished surface has again become the
material, comes forward with a finish to meet this exigency and the vast number of inquiries have already fully established our new product, Sandifect, as more than meeting the need along this line. "Sandifect has all the qualifications required, economy, appearance, durability, practicability. With one coat of this material an unfinished surface of veneer or plywood may be converted into a lasting and washable sand finished wall or ceiling; a beautifying effect for the home, office or store, that is readily kept clean becattse of the tough, elastic oil paint film it produces. "Thus this company has rnade it possible for every user of wallboard, plywood and hard board to obtain the finest kind of a sand finish with the minimum of expense. The home orvner is able to produce any effect he desires for his rvalls and ceilings, and transforrn the appearance to any desired color in a sand finished effect. It is an opportunity at a low cost to continue the present conservative trend of wall coating and finishes. Sandifect is easy to apply and requires no skill rvhatever to obtain the most pleasing and satisfying result."
TAKES ON NEW LINE N{aris Plywood Corporation, San Francisco, was recently Actucl photo ol Plywood with one coqt ol Strndilect.
everyday method of finishing and is leading over all other types," he continued"The popularity of the various hard boards, veneers and wall board has brought in a new era of interior finishing. These surfaces being practical and economical. they rvill undoubtedly become a factor in the many houses that are beginning to be built under the new Federal Housing Plan using the FHA loans. It is predicted that during the years 1938 and 1939, the increase of this type finish will exceecl the expectations of the manufacturers because economy, together with substantiality will be the keynote of the vast building operations of this character during the coming period.
"Our company, alu'ays to the fore in developing finishing
appointed Northern California distributor of Beaver Colo Board, Beaver Bent Board and Beaver Peb-Met Board. These boards are principally used for modern windorv displays, interiors and architectural settings. They are rnanufactured by Certain-teed Products Corporation.
PUBLISHES CARPENTERS MANUAL An 8Gpage carpenters manual for the construction of interiors has just been published by The Celotex Corporation, Chicago. Text, illustrations and detailed working drawings tell in simple terms how to apply Celotex materials to achieve decorative interiors of many architectural styles, from Colonial to Modern. Installations of interiors for homes, ofEces, stores and theaters are explained from rough layout stage to final decorative touches. The manual should be helpful to carpenters, architects, contractors, decorators, ancl builders.
SAMPSON SCREENS ARE STRONGEST
\THOLESALE ONLY Your Jobber Can Supply You BLINDS-
IRONING BOARDS
LOUVRE DOORS
COMPANY 745 S. Rcynond Ave. - PASADENA - Blanched 72111
Cor ond, Cargo Shippers
ouilrTr FrR YARD SI|lGil Arizona Reprerentative
T. G. DECKER P. O. Bor 1665, Phoenir
Telcphonc 96811
April 15, 1938
D
THE CALII'OITNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
Will Promote Home Building in Northwest Seattle, Wash., April Z-The Western Homes Foundation, a non-profit organization sponsored by lumber and other building industries for the promotion of home building in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Utah in 1938, has been launched according to a joint announcement of the West Coast Lumbermen's and Western
Retail Lumbermen's Associations. The announcement coincided with the release of "The Minute Manual of Small Homes," a 54-page publication with 26 illustrations. The Manual, which has been adopted as a campaign book
ACilE SASII BAIA]IGES The Real Successor to the Sosh Weight GUARANTEED IHE ACiIE $PRITG SITII BALATGE CO. 1628 Long Bcach lrr.
by the Foundation, was published for the benefit of all Northwest builders and sellers of homes. It gives brief, simple answers to common questions raised by the amended National Housing Act of 1938. The Manual's five parts are entitled, "F.H.A. Little Loans," "Streamlining the Home Loan," "The 1938 Home is Easy to Own," "More Home for the Dollar in 1938," and "The 1938 Home is Everybody's business." The appendix contains nine sections of reference material.
When the National Small Homes Demonstration took the field with 35 building industry organizations supporting the national lumber industry's home program, and the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau went into action with its Certigrade Home in the nation's capital, the Western Homes Foundation was formed for a regional campaign in the six northwestern states. W. C. Bell, managing director of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association, is the Foundation's chairman ancl field general. A speaker's bureau has been formed, Ivith lantern slides, projection machines, miniature model homes, charts and other displays as equipment. Mats of home plans locally obtainable at a nominal price will be released rveekly.
Main headquarters of the Foundation will be in Seattle, rvith clistrict offices in Portland and Eugene, Ore., Spokane, Wash.. Helena. Mont., and Salt Lake City, Utah. The Foundation s'ill rvork in closest cooperation with the Federal Housing Administration.
Los lngelcs, Californir
P[ospcct 8014
TRADE.MARKED . SELECTED . TIRM THKTURED
BATAAN ... IAMAII... BAGAC Philippine Mahogany Philippine Hudwood
CADITALTADER.GIBSIIil Cll., IJ{C. Lros Angeles, Calif.
Philippine ltlahogany Most Economical of the Lararioss Tropical Hardutoods. Especially for
wrLLrAM J. GRACE
TRIM, FIXTURES, FURNITURE, BOATS
William J. Grace, San Francisco lumberman, passed away on I\{arch 31 in San Francisco. He collapsed on the sidewalk on the rvay to his office and died shortly afterwards' He was born 65 years ago in Rockland. Mass., and had been in the lumber business for many years. Before coming to San Francisco he was a partner in the Grace-Dudfield Lumber Company in Palo Alto.
New booklet, giving helpful suggestions on use of Philippine Mehogany in residential, commercial and institutional buildings, available to architects. Write Philippine Mahogany Menufacturers' Import Association, Inc., 111 W. 7th St., Los Aogeles, Cal.
IOHN E.MARSHALLTIncII'MBM HANDI.ERS
Pier "4" cmd "8"' Outer Harbor, Long Becch, Calil. Telepbones
Long Becch 562-41
Wilmington 2091
LOS ANGEI.ES REPNESENTATTI/E
'.
O. MEANS
328 Peboleun Securitier Bldg.
-
Telephonc PBogpect 0615
BIG TRBE Brand Certif,ed CALIFORNIA
ISDDWOOD SHTNGLES A cornplete stock of air-seasoned or kilndriedshingles ready for irnmediate delivery.
TY. P. MoINTYB,B & SON
Fortuna, Calitotnia
lHE CALIF'ORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
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FOR SALE 1 Yates B-3 double surfacer with direct motor drive and switches complete. Penberthy Lumber Company, 2055 E. 5lst Street, Los Angeles. Telephone Klmball 5111. FOR SALE Yard doing over Seventy Thotrsand Dollar business in adjacent town to Los Angeles, will sell on time with balance payable monthly. Address Box C-707, California Lumber Merchant .
POSITION WANTED
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HARDWOOD SALESMAN WANTED Wanted experienced industrial hardwood salesman for Los Angeles territory. Good salary to the right man with proven ability. State experience, etc., to Box C-706 California Lumber Merchant. WANTS STUDY WORK Young rnan 24 years old, German Protestant, wishes study work as second man to learn business thoroughly. 3 years' experience in Minnesota yard. Will do bookwork or yard work. Address, Eldon E. Wise, 3010 Dakota Street, East Oakland, Calif.
Experienced lumberman-Bookkeeper-Estimator. Counter salesman with California yard experience. Also wholesale experience, correspondent, etc. Knows business thoroughly. Single. Go anywhere. Address Box C-708, California Lumber Merchant.
LUMBER YARDS FOR SALE Lumber yards for sale. Twohy Lumber Co., Lumber Yard Brokers, 801 Petroleum Securities Bldg., Los Angeles. Telephone PRospect 8746.
Ten Years Ago Today
A. F. Neinke, Temecula Valley Lumber Co., Temecula, has sold his interests to the Sunkist Lumber Co. of I\{onrovia.
From the April 15,1998lssue
Herman Herrvig, manager of the Watsonville Lumber (Continued from Page 25) 150 lumbermen attended the "Night in a Logging Camp" party sponsored by the Los Angeles Hoo Hoo Club, Friday evening, March 30.
The Tom A. McCann Hoo Hoo Club of McCloud met on March 7 and arrangements were made to finance the building of a cabin at the Boy Scout's summer camp near McCloud. Twenty-eight Kittens were enrolled, and a Hoo Hoo Club was formed at Phoenix, Ariz., on March 15. Vicegerent Snark Percy I. Merithew conducted the initiatory work. The meeting was staged in connection with the annual convention of the Lumbermen's Club of Arizona. Weyerhaeuser Sales Company announces an important innovation in the merchandising of lumber. The better grades of square-edge finishing lumber will be shipped and sold in packages. Each package of the new "4-Square" line bears a label on which is printed the kind, species and grade of its contents. Adopting forestry methods to keep their lands permanent-
ly productive, Booth-Kelly Lumber Co. of Eugene, Ore.,
has finished the planting of 10,000 pine and redwood seed-
lings to supplant its policy of leaving fir seed trees when logging.
Co., was host at a dinner to a number of contractors and others engaged in the building trades in the Watsonville
district on March 30. George E. Ground, ma1lag'er of the Nlodesto Lumber Co.. NIodesto, has resigned. He plans to go in business for himself.
Glenn O. Fogleman has been appointed manager of The California Door Company's branch of;frce at Los Angeles. Ife has been connected with the Company's Los Angeles office for the past ten years.
REDWOOD ASSOCIATION ISSUES NEW
TECHNICAL BULLETINS Tn o adclitions to the nevv series of technical bulletins by Consulting Engineer B. F. Wade have just been released by the California Redwoocl Association-Redwood Tanks for the Brewery and Redwood Tanks for the Distillery. Redwood's special uses in breweries are cited for fermenting tanks, pressure tanks, aging cellars, and general water storage tanks. The distilling industry has always been one of the major users of Redwood for tanks. Special instructions are included in the bulletins for cleaning tanks, including formulas best suited for those of Redwood tank stock. Copies may be secured by writing the California Redrvood Association, 405 Montgomery Street, San Francisco.
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
April 15, 1938
BT]YNB9S GI]IDD SA1T FBANCISOO Atkiren-Stutz CmparS
LUMBER Pacific Lumber Ca, The 100 Busb Street ...,.....,........GArfe|d
fltt
Cbmberlin & Cc, W. R.'
Pegcs. -t J. E-
t&tt
LUMBER
uz Mrkct Strc.t ': ..... .... .. ' GArfieH rt10
Ith Flc. Fifc Blds. ............DOugla9 5|70 Dolbcr & Cerrm Lrmbcr Go. tla Mcrchut! Excbrnge Bldg. ....Sutt!r 7156 Gm
lmbcr Cq, {tC C.tiltni" St.- . .........'.....'.GArficld 5014 Hall, Jrc L., 7520 r03a Milr BUs. ..,......,."..'....Sutbr Hmmod Rcdwood CoParY, lU Motrrery St. :....'..'.....DOuglar 3tt Eunln hrnba Co. Holnea --
isoi rnual cctrtc Btdr...'...GArfieldll2l
C. D. Jotrlm Lumbcr CorPontion' - -zo
Cel|fmia StGt ..:...........GArfield @5t
Lmon-Bmingto C@FnY ra catitdrtr stGt,...,'..........GArfreId CSSr Alvh Nbflrcn, -ZfOf Calilrai. Str.ct .,...'......Flllmore 0l7C & Hmingto Ltd., MacDmald --ii C.iitc"i" Stret ...... ".......GArfield t303
brumm St. ........"............DOugIr
Red River Lumber Co.' 315 Mmdnck
Bldc. ............GArfield OZ
Santa Fe Lumber Co., 16 Callfomia Streat ........'.....EXbro& Schafq Bru. lnmber & Sbingle Cor
2071
I Dl1|m St. .....'..................Sutter
l77r
Shevlin Pine Sales Col03o M@dnock Bklc. .............KEmv
?0{l
Sud&n & Cbristeuorl
310 Sansme Stre€t' ...............GArfie|d 2ttc Trower Lmber Co, U0 Market Stret .. ,. ..... .. .. .. '...SUttcr l12l
Unim Lubcr Co-
Crocker Building
HARDWOODS AND PANELS Forsyth Hardwod Co" 3-55 Bayshore
Blvd. .......... ....'.ATmter 0l5l
Maris Plywood Corporatim' 540 f0th Str*t ..,......"..,.MArket
a705-l,e.
White Brotf,qq
Fifth and Bramu StreeG..........SUtter
1365
SASH-DOORS-PLYWOOD
Nicolai Dq Salq Cq, 3u5 rgth Strct ........'...........Mlsio UDited Stat6 Plywood Co- lnc.,
ut KaM
7t2l
Stret ................MArkct ttt2
Wheeler-Osgood Saler Corporatim' - - ... . .
..SUttq ll?l
Wendling-Natban Co.'
ll0 Market Street .... ... ... .. .. ... .SUtter $tcl E. K. Wod Lumbcr Co, }7r0 I Drum Strut ..................IiEtny Weverbaeus Sale Co..' io c"lifmia Street , .... ....... ..GArficld O?l
3015 rtth sL ., ... ... ..-. ,:. . .
'vAlencia 22{l
CREOSOT,ED LUMBER-POIIS_PILING-
TIES
Ameriru Lmber & Treating Co. 116 New Montgomerr/ St. ..........Sutt€r lZlS Buter. J. H. & Co.. ixt3- Montgomri St. '...........DOuglac 3Et3 Hall. Jarer L.. iorz unk Bldg. ....................sutter 7$e
OAIILANID PANELS-DOORS_SASH.€CREENS
LUMBER
Califomia Buildero Supply Co.,
Hill & Morton, Irc., Demison Si. W[art ..............ANdover 1077 ComPanY' Hqm --'rld Lumber 6661 & Alie str;k-............Gl-emurt Co.' Lmber & Mill More -.'.Hlgate 502t 1924 Bmdway
?00 ltb
Ave.
, . . ..
.Hlgate 6016
Westem Dor & Sash Co.'
5th & Cypres Str. '.......".'..LAkeside t400
,
E. K. Wood Lumber Co,
-- Frederick & King Str. ........FRuitvale 0ll2
HARDWOODS
BUILT.IN FIXTUR,ES
Strable Hudwood Co.' li:t? First Stret ....,...........TEmplebar
5584
Co. (Bckslqr) -peerlss Built_In Fixture ZIOC S* Pablo Ave. ...,.......THcnwall 0620
Whiie Brotien' 500 High Street ..'.........,..,...ANdover
1600
LOS AITGDLDS LUMBER
LUMBER Anglo Califmia Luber
Co.
6420 Avalm Blvd. .......'.......THmwall 3144 Bums Lumber Co., 550 Chmber of Cmmerce Bldg...PRcp*t 6231
Chamberlin & Co.' W. R.'
3r5 w. Ninth sr. ..................TRinitv r5r3
Coper, -zlli Wilfred T.,
c"tr" St. .....,... ....,. ..., .. CApitoI 4536 Dolber & Carson Lumber Co.' 90r Fid€rity Bldg. .................VAndike 8792 Doud, Don H.,
e/t Petrcterim Seorities Bldg.. . . . PRospect 2374
Hammond Redw@d ComPanY,
l03l So. Bmdway ...,..........PRcpect 2966 Hemmims. E. W3lr F-iriancial Center Bldg. ...... "TRinitv 9E2l Holmes Eureka Lunber Co.,
7u-712 Architects Bldg. ..........MutuaI 9181 Hover. A. L., ?00 so. h Brea Ave. ...............'YOrk l16E C. D. Jobnwn Lmber CorPoratim'
6{ll Petrcleum Securities Bldg....PRcpect 1165 Kelly-Smith Co., Berth 53, Sm Pedro .............'Pl.easut 3123 S.m Pedro 6404
Larene-Pbilips Llnber Co., 633 Petroleum
Seorities Bldg....PRcpect 8174
MacDoald & Harrington, Ltd., 54? Petroleu Seorities Bldg....PRcpect 3r? Pacific Lmber Co, The, ?00 So. La Bre Ave. ..............,,YOrk 1l6E Patten-Blim Lmber Co52r E. 5th St. ......................VAndike 2321
HARDWOODS Cadwallader-Gibson Co., Inc.,
Red River Lumber Co., CEntury 29071 ?02 E. Slausm 03ll 1031 So. Broadway ..,.............PRcFct
362E East Olvmpic Blvd. ........ANgelus Scrim, Walter G.
Reitz. Co.. E. L3i3 Petroleum Securities Bldg...PRcpect 23G9 San Pedro Lmber Co., Sa Pedrc' 1800A Wilmington Rod .. .. .. . . Su Pedrc 2200
Stanton. E. J., & Son' 2050 Edt 3Eth Street ...'.'....CEntury 29211 'Westem Hardwood Lumber Co.,
Santa Fe Lumber Co.'
Southen Hardwod Company,
3ll Financial Center Bldg. ......VAndike {471
Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co.' 1226 W. M. Garland Bldg. . . . .. . .,TRinitv 1271 Shevlin Pine Sales Co., 32E Petrolem Securities Bldg. ..PRospect 0615 Sudden & Christenm'
630 Berd of Tnde Bldc. ........TRinitv
8t4{
Tacoma Lumber Salc, 423 Petrcleum Securities Bldg.. .PRcpect ll08
Twohv Lumber Co.,
80i Petrolem Securities Bldg..'.PRcpect 8746
Union Lumber Co..
923 W. M. Garlad Bldg.
Wendling-Nathan Co., 700 So, La Brea Ave. .......'......YOrk ll58 West Oregon Lumber Co., 4? Petroleum Securities Bldg.. . Rlchm@d 02El 4613
E. K. Wmd Lumber Co., 4701 Smta Fe Ave. ..............JEffersm 3lll Weverhaeuser Sales Coilzo W. nA. Garland ill&.
3321
2014 E. lsth St. ....,.,.........'PRGpect 616l
HARDWOOD FLOORING
902 East 59:h Stct
..'..'......
...ADams '1166
SASH-DOORS-MILLWORK PANELS AND PLYWOOD Califomia Panel & Veneer Co., 955 So. Alameda St. ... '. ', '.... '...TRinitv 005?
Kehl, Jno. W. & Son, 652 So. Mvers St. ................ANgeIus tl9l Oregon-Washington Plywod Co.' 3lE West Ninth Street............TRinitv 4613 Ream Company, Geo' E., 235 So.-Al;;eda St. . ......'...Mlchigan lE54 Red River Lumber Co., ..CEntuiY 29071 702 E. Slauson Samprcn Company (Pasadena) z5 So, Ratmqd Ave. ........Blanchard 72114
United States Plywod Co., Inc., 1930 East lsth St. ...............,PRospect 3013 West Coast Scren Co., ll45 E. {ilrd Stt@t ................ADams lll08 West Cqst Plywod Co., 315 W. Ninth St. ..........
.
'....TRinitv 1513
Wheeler-Osgod Sales Corporation,
496'l 2153 Saciamento St. . . ...... .. .. . .. . TUck-'r
Wilkinson and Buoy,
318 W. gth St. .......,............TRinity
Ul West ?th Stret .,........'.',.Tucker
lll6l
........Mlchigu 63s{
CREOSOTED LUMBER_POLES_PILING_
TIES American Lumber & Treating Co.,
l03l So. Brudway .. '.. ' ' .... .. . PRospect 555t Buter, J. H. & Co., 601' West sth St.'.. ".'..'......Mlchigan 6294
A"wmLGO
COOPERATIOil *IIREDWOOD rou Dealers find perco more than a dependable, adequate source of supply for their
Redwood. Backing up "Redwood at its bestl' pAtco offers constructive dealer helps and wholehearted cooperation.
Dealer mars and electros for local advertising, folders and other sales promotion material, are furnished to help push sales for PALCo dealers.
Most important, however, is the eaget attitude reflected throughout the entire pArco
family which says, "\(/e phg for perco dealers."
Sflhenever you have any ideas or sugges: tions on how wecanhelp yu sell more Redwood...let's have them.
PALGO BRA]ID REDWOOD