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Items of Interest

Wash., president of Bloedel DonoMrs. Bloedel, have returned to the month's vacation in Southern Cali-

L. S. Turnbull, Shevlin Pine Sales Company, Los Angeles, made a business trip to Phoenix, Ariz., the latter part of March.

E. L. Reitz, E. L. Reitz Co., Los Angeles, is babk from the Norhwest where he called on his mill connections.

Bert Runkle, San Francisco, manager, West Coast treating sales, Long-Bell Lumber Co., was a recent visitor at the company's Los Angeles office.

C. H. Ingram, Tacoma,'Wash., general manag'er, Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., has returned to the Northwest following a few weeks vacation at Del Monte, Calif.

W. C. Jones, Valley Lumber Company, was a recent Los Angeles visitor. Calexico. Calif..

A. W. Clapp, St. Paul, Minn., member of the Executive Committee, Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., has been vacationing in Del Monte, Calif., for several weeks. Mr. Clapp is general counsel of the company.

W. B. Wickersham, Pope & Talbot Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is back from Arizona where he called on the trade with W. W. Davies of Phoenix, the company's Arizona representative.

SPECIES

NOBfi|EBN (Geauirrc) WHITE PINE (PINUS STROBUS)

NOBWAY OB NED PINE (PINUS RESINOSA)

PONDENOSA PINE (PJNUS PONDEROSA)

SUGf,n (Gorrulrlc lVhttc) PINE (PINUS L/IMBERNANA) secretary of the California Redthe Redwood mills in the latter

G. J. (Jerry) Bonnington of Lamon-Bonnington Co., San Francisco, is back from a 10-day trip to the Northwest where he called on the firm's saq'mill connections.

J. W. (Jack) Wilhams, wood Association, visited part of March.

E. L. Green, vice-president in charge of sales, and Mason L. Kline, sales engineer for the Union Lumber Co., San Francisco, were recently on a business trip to the Mountain States territory.

John Vosmek, sales manager of the rail department of Dant & Russell, Inc., Portland, spent the last two weeks visiting the San Francisco office and covering the territory with Seth Butler, Northern Caifornia representative.

John L. Todd of the Western Door & Sash Co., Oakland, is back on the job after 2rf months' vacation in Arizona, where he made headquarters at Tucson.

Nels Nelson, Hayward Mill & Calif., recently spent a few days in

Lumber Co., Hayward, Los Angeles.

Otis R. Johnson, president of Union Lumber Co., San Francisco, and his family, recently returned from a vacation trip to Palm Springs.

E. A. Blocklinger, Blocklinger, returned week at Palm Springs.

Chiloquin Lumber Co., and Mrs. to Chiloquin, Ore., aftqr spending a

Southland F. H. A. Loans Highest In Year

For the first month since March,1939, the Southern California district office of the Federal Housing Administration has passed the $10,000,00O mark in monthly volume of insured mortgage business transacted, according to the report of Capt. Wilson G. Bingham, district director, thus substantiating the trend noted earlier in the month.

Last month closed with 2472 mortgages accepted for appraisal value at $10,709,900, of which 2065 loans totaling $8,821,900 called for new homes to be erected under F.H.A. inspection. The remainder, or 4O9 mortgages for $1,888,000, represented "existing" construction.

February of this year recorded 1fti3 for 98,477,8@, of which 1577 f.or $6,784,5m covered new construction and 386 for $1,693,300 called for the refinancing of existing liens or purchase money mortgages on homes already built.

March, 1939, reached the all-time high with 3077 mortgages valued at 913,423,400 of which approximately 73 per cent represented new construction.

Quarterly figures show this year L4.4 per cent below the number volume of the first three months of 1939. but 16.3 per cent above the first quarter of 1939 in mortgages accepted for appraisal.

The percentage of new construction mortgages to the total received for the first three months of 194O showed a slight month-by-month increase, bringing the average percentage of new construction mortgages to more than 6 per cent above the yearly average of. 74.9 per cent, attained in 1939, the previous peak year.

In addition to the Title 2 volume, 353 loans valued at $8,70,975 rvere approved under Title 1 for the construction of small homes, Capt. Bingham reported.

New Yard At Bell Gardens

The Rio Hondo Lumber Store is a new building materials firm at &27 Florence Place, Bell Gardens, Calif. An office building has already been constructed, and a lumber shed is nearing completion.

S. F. Snow is the owner and manager. Mr, Snow has been associated with the lumber business for many years, and last year was in charge of the pre-fabrication work at the Harbor for the Wyvernwood apartment project in Los Angeles.

Stocks Garden Tools

Atlas Lumber Company, San Mateo, recently added full line of garden tools to their hardware stock.