The California Lumber Merchant - May 1942

Heavy rains that seep through exterior plaster can damage reputations! Wire reinforcing rustsn paper rots away, water drops on bracing and fire blocks to penetrate the gypsum lath and ruin expensive interior fin' ishes. Then lumber swells, causing severe cracking, both inside and out. All this "grief" can be avoided !

Exterior plastering must be a water-repellent and not merely a plastic cement! If plasticity alone were to be considered, we would find it possible to make cement carry unlimited amounts of sand. But exterior plaster walls would be so unsatisfactory as to eliminate them from the California scene.

Builders who take pride in their work, who have quality to sell, know it pays to specifr Monolith WakrprooJ Plastic Cement. They know they are assured of a better wall-a waterprooJ wall. Remember that it costs no more to get the best!

MONOLITH PORTLAND CEMENT COMPANY O LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

"@nly a safe iob is a good iob!"

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POPE & TAIBOT, IN(. TUMBER DIYISI ON

DEPENDABLE RAIL SHIPPERS of Quclity

Lumber, Shingles, Piling d Ties

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714 W. Olympic Blvd.

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American Flardwood Co.-----------------

Arnerican Lumber and Treating C,o._-_--___--_*

Anglo California Lumber Co.---------_-----------12

Arcata Redwood C.o. -------- --------26

Atkinaon-Stutz Co.-.------------

Baxter 6, Co., J. H.----- -----------19

Btadley Lumber Co.. of Ar&anoac--------

Burnr Lnrnber Co.----------------- -------------------------.26

California Builders Supply Co.----------------------'r

California Door Co., The-----------------

California Panel & Veneer C,o.-------------------.23

Cart 6e Co., L J. ------------ --------------------------15

Celotex Corporation, The----------------

C,obb Co., T. M.-------------

Cooper, V. E.-----------

Curtie Companiee Service Bureau

Dant & Rurrell, Inc.

* Douglas Fir Plywood Association----

Bart Bay Hoo-lfoo Club--------------------------------15

Eubant & Son, L H. --------------------------------------,19

Ewauna Box Co.------- -

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Gamerston & Green------.

* Pacific Vood Products Corp..-------------------Pope & Talbot, Lumber Division-----------------Portlaad C,ement Arcociation 3 *

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The Government purchased approximately 100 million feet of Fir and Pine lumber at an auction held in Portland April 15 to 18. The auction was in charge of Frank Collin.

A lumber purchasing office under the U. S. Army engineers was opened in Portland last week with R. L. Hennessy, Northwest lumberman, in charge. It is expected that this action will speed up contracts and deliveries, which formerly had to be cleared through 'Washington, D. C.

Lumber production during the week ended April 18, 1942, was 2 per cent less than the previous week, shipments were one per cent greater, and new business was 4 per cent less, according to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association.

During the week ended April 18, 47O mills produced 233,328,000 feet of hardwoods and softwoods combined, shipped 281,789,W feet, and booked orders of 348,638,000 feet.

Lumber orders reported for the week by 379 softwood mills totaled 336,359,000 feet, shipments were 268,7I1,ffi feet, and production was 22O,14O,000 feet. 105 hardwood mills for the week gave orders as 12,279,Offi feet, shipments 13,078,000 feet, and production 13,188,000 feet.

Mills reporting to the ciation sold 180 million

West Coast Lumbermen's Assofeet more lumber than they pro-

duced in the four weeks ended April 18. The comparatively low production is due mainly to the fact that mills and logging camps continue to lose men to shipbuilding and other war industries.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended April 18, 96 mills reporting, gave orders as 104,236,000 feet, shipments 73,830,000 feet, and production 63,513,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 438,944,000 feet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended April 18,107 mills reporting, gave orders as 53,931,000 feet, shipments 35,051,000 feet, and production 27,079,0W feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 170,903,000 feet.

Deliveries of lumber by water into California from the Pacific Northwest in March, t942, totaled 28@2,ffi feet, according to the report of Pacific Coast Lumber Carriers' Association, San Francisco. Deliveries to the various ports were as follows: Feet Francisco. .. 1,171,000 Angeles ....24,05o,ffi Diego. ..... 2,841,m

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Today's greatest opportunity for your -contiactore, reg'ardleee oi the eize and acope of their operations, comes from iood conetruclion with the Teco Connector.

Because of the Teco Co.nector Bystem of conetruction, numerous types of Etructureg, whoee congtruction hithe"to called for other materials, are now being Sqill ef lrtrnf61.

The Teco Connector makea it poseible to utilize BI/s to IUO/g of the strength of lumber or timbers at jointe,-inetead of from AO/s to 60/s as formerly. The ioints are more ricid. Buildinge so -up faeter. There is"a sreat g"nloiio foateriala, both criti&l and non--critical. A vast new field for enginering with lumber is now opened, along with a great new markei for the luhber dea'ler.

Under the impact of the war efforto with a ecarlity of critical materials, the Teco Connector hae reinforced the unique structural values of lumber and ofened the way to the conetruction of factories, theatersn recreation oenters, garagesr hangarso pre-fabricated homes, Iarge churches and buildings of many other typee.

Any competent engineer can desicn f6r wooa construc"tion with Teco C6nnectore. The normallv skilled c-arpenter is at home working with them.

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Julius Caesar said: "War is a foolish business.', Julius was in position to qualify as an expert. Benjamin Franklin said: "There never was a good war, or a bad peace." Ben never tried to do business with Hitler. General Sherman said: "War is FIelI." Sherman knew from bitter experience what he was talking about. Of course it was Sherman who likewise is said to have said that if he owned Texas and Ilell, he'd rent Texas and live in Hell. That, of course, was before the days when an entire nation clapped hands and sang with lusty

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But Sherman's statement that "War is Hell" came right home to the building industry three weeks ago when the "freeze building" order was issued. We've had those weeks to cogitate and study the meaning of that order as it applies to the business of the industry and to each individual in the industry, so let's talk about the situation. As a general rule all lumber dealers and building material man have read the order long before this, and have digested and discussed it. With only here and there a spot that may call for interpretation, the meaning of the order is entirely clear. !tr**

The lumber dealer knows what he CAN build, and what he CAN'T; what he CAN sell, and what he CAN'T. Let's start this discussion with a word of warning--a very serious one. DON'T FOOL WITH THIS ORDER. Don't try to dodge it either directly or indirectly. Don't try to evade the responsibility that the order plainly places on every dealer in building materials. ff someone comes in and wants some materials and says he started the building before the effective date of the order-FIND OUT. That is your responsibility. Or if he wants'a bill of goods for repairs or improvements and says that the total cost of the job will come under the $500 limit, if you have any reason to doubt the truth o.f the statement, FIND OUT before you sell him anything.

Don't let the fact escape you for a moment, and don't fail to impress it upon your customers, that that $500 limit means the total cost of everything that goes into the repair or improvement job, labor, materials, and what have you, Likewise, don't forget that this construction order has nothing to do with the use of critical materials, and in no possible way gives you the right or privilege of using forbidden materials even in one of the small jobs that the construction order permits. The two have nothing to do with each other. You CAN build or sell the material for a repair or improvement to a residence the entire cost of which job is under $500; you CAN build or sell the material for a farm building OTHER THAN A RESIDENCE the total cost of which is under $1,000; you CAN build or sell the material for a new building other than residential or agricultural "including but not limited to commercial, industrial, recreational, institu,tonal, highway, roadway, sub-surface and utilities construction, whether publicly or privately financed," where the total cost is under $5,0O0; but they must be built of non-critical materials. Critical and forbidden materials may not be used, so the five thousand dollar jobs are not likely to be business buildings, but more likely to be some of the other types o,f construction in the list just quoted above.

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Your customer will NOT be as well informed as you are of the hazards that hang over any attempt to circumvent the freeze construction order, which is added reason why the building material dealer must be on the alert. So, if you don't want to take chances on being "on the inside looking out," otr paying a heavy fine, or botlr, then be certain that you live up to the strictest interpretation of the order. It may not seem to an anxious builder a very grave offense to do a little underestimating of the cost of a project; or being a little mixed on the date on which construction was started; but it IS, and you must convince ' him of same. Both the builder and the materialmatt rhar"" in the responsibility for wilfull evasion of the order.

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So, let us assume that building material distributors now understand fully what the construction limitation order says, and what it means, and let us consider the next question. That it is the most important question ever asked the distributors of building material in all history, needs no proof. The question is !\IHAT CAN THE BUILDING MATERIAL DISTRIBUTOR DO UNDER

"I shall know but one country. The ends I aim'at shall be my country's, My God's, and Truth's. f was born an American. I shall live an American. I strall die an American."

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voices-"Deep in the Heart of Texas."

THE ORDER? CAN HE EXIST? Is it possible, within the scope of the CAN DO's for him to keep his business going, his people employed at living wages, his taxes paid, his obligations met, the pulse of life in his business veins? That's the question that confronts us all right now, isn't it?

Right off the bat I am of one single opinion, and that is that it entirely depends on just one guy and that's the fellow whose face you shave every morning. It IS possible I believe, for a retail lumber dealer to get by under present conditions and in the face of building restrictions, if he will do the preparing and the work that will bring him salvation. That the ordinary method of operating a retail yard will now suffice to keep one alive and existing, I seriously doubt. But tbat it CAN be done by the hardest and most intelligent and most persevering sort of effort, f am convinced. To the lumber dealer who cannot change his ways, who cannot CREATE thd business he must have by intelligent effort, the present restrictions mark his DEATH KNELL. I see no hope for him. If all the business he gets under his present restricted sale opportunity is what is brought to him, he might as wel fold up now and save time'

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But the live building merchant who is willing and anxiotrs to make an intelligent fight for his business life, seems to

me to have a splendid chance of getting by, and even of making enough money to pay his bills and even buy a bond or two, now and the'n. But he must THINK, PLAN, and HUSTLE! And Oh Lord, how he is going to have to do both! The business your friends bring you; the business your contractors bring you; the business your painter associates bring you; and the business that automatically drops in, will NOT, except in unusual cases, give you a living volume. YOU'VE GOT TO GET OUT AND SELL IT !

The time-honored but never disproven philosophy, to-wit, that there isn't a home or a farrn in your entire community that doesn't actually NEED something in the line of building materials, must be accepted as your reservoir of sales possibilities. The next thing is to find them, find the owner, show the possibilities, and SELL HIM. ***

Easy? Hell no ! It's the hard way, of course. But it's the way of salvation, providing always that building restrictions become no more drastic than they are today. And the first thing every dealer has got to do is to PLAN HO\V TO GET THAT WORK JOB DONE. It can't be just huckle-buckle, either, or the effort will fdl flat. So here's a suggestion: ORGANIZE YOUR TIME, MR. DEALER, AND THE TIME OF EVERY EMPLOYE ON YOUR PAYROLL INTO A SELLING EFFORT.

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It makes no difference what the particular job of each employe is supposed to have been up to now, from now on he or she must SELL. See? Organize everybody on your payroll to keep their eyes open, their ears keen, their minds alert, for opportunities to sell building materials for you. And to do that you will readily appneciate the fact that you must ORGANIZE and instruct them- Your yard man, your delivery man, yo'ur lumber handlers, your bookkeeper, your steno if you have one, and every other person whose name is on that payroll should be bringing you PROSPECTS for building jobs that can be done within the new building restrictions. That means you've got to get lots of them, because they will necessarily be small.

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Have your employes sold on the idea that selling is really their only important job from now on. Because if they don't sell, there will be no services to perform in their regular jobs. I know a building material man who has already drilled his every employe to understand that every minute that passes from the time they come to work until quitting time, when they have not tried by personal contact or by phone to interest someone in building things, is a wasted minute. Go down to Kresses

and get a batch of nickel pocket tabs, and see that every employe has one of them and a pencil ready at hand at all times to jot down thoughts, suggestions, tips, memoranduns, suggestions, names, addresses that may mean building material sales. Like the downhill snowball, the thing will help build itself as it goes along. Your worthwhile employes will enjoy the game. All humans like to sell. Give all those who work for you, a chance. Convince them that the time when you sat and waited for buyers and builders to come in is in the dark ages. You can't eat that way any more.

In succeeding issues of this journal we will try and discuss in more detail how some of these sales efforts can be carried on. But the foundation is the basis of the whole &itg, and the foundation of your continued existence must depend on your success in selling building materials in small quantities to every human soul in your territory who could possibly use it. We used to say "translate your materials into the language of homes," but now we say "translate your materials into the language of small repairs, improvements, beautifications, that men and. women can use and would like to own." Paint, paper, and repair ! There is a trinity on which the business salvation of the lumber dealer now depends.

War Production Board Authorizes California Has Record Lumbcr Output Increase in Nail Production

The Division of Materials of the War Production Board. on March 30, released the following:

"Because lumber is largely replacing steel in wartime building construction, nail manufacturers are being asked to increase production during coming months.

"Twenty-six common nail manufacturers have been authorized by the Director of Industry Operations to produce a total of. 72,A0O tons of nails a month during April, May, June, and July. The announcement was made by C. E. Adams, chief, fron and Steel Branch.

"Nail production averaged 55,000 tons a month in 1940, and had climbed to 65,000 tons a month by t941.

"Nail manufacturers have been directed to sell their products only on orders carrying preference ratings. Large consumers buy a portion of the output directly from manufacturers, but jobbers still distribute a large percentage of total production.

"The action to increase nail production is similar to that recently taken by the WPB to increase the output of bale ties. With many agricultural products such as hay and straw dependent on material to bundle them, and the great demand for these products as well as for waste paper and rags, it was necessary to direct seventeen bale tie producers to step up production to 16,000 tons per month for four months. Production of bale ties averaged 7,000 tons a month during 1941."

in 1941

San Francisco, April O.-California's pine and redwood forests yielded approximately two and one-quarter billion feet of lumber last year to establish an all-time record for sawmill production in the State.

A preliminary estimate prepared by the California Forest and Range Experiment Station and the Bureau of the Census reports that sawmills turned out 2,241,64O,000 feet of lumber products, an increase of 15 percent over 1940.

Sawmills of the California pine region produced 75 percent of the rEcord output and the coastal redwood region accounted Lor 25 percent.

United States Forest Service timber management officials stated that virtually the entire lumber production for the year is being used in hundreds of items for the war effort, from training planes to boxes for agricultural products and ammunition.

If this lumber output was diverted into military barracks alone, Federal foresters point out, it would provide housing for nearly 1,500,000 soldiers. That figure closely approximates the 194O popula'tion census of Los Angeles.

Or if diverted into six-room homes, the year's lumber production would comfortably house the combined populations of San Francisco and Sacramento.

REMODELS STORE

Merner Lumber Co., Palo Alto, has reeently completed remodeling its store and office.

Many New Buyers of Lumber and Allied Products

Lumbermen's Credit Association, Inc., of Chicago and New York, invites attention to the unusually large number of names of new buyers of lumber and allied products that are included in their new M"y 1942 Red Book just published.

During the six months period between publication of their November l94l book and this new 1942 edition, 1,689 new names were reported and are now included in the new Book. Not only does this include many lumber manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers, but also hundreds of industrial concerns now buying lumber and allied products in large quantities.

In the same period, 7,759 credit rating changes were reported to subscribers in their TWICE-A-WEEK Supplements. This figure includes both favorable and unfavorable rating changes.

This Specialized Service Agency was founded in 1876 by William Clancy, who at the ripe old age of 83 still is active as president and treasurer. fn recent years, his son, Will C. Clancy, has assumed active management as executive vice-president.

For years this TWICE WEEKLY supplemented publication has been generally recognized as the Credit Guide of the lumber and allied industries.

IN NAVAL AIR SERVICE

Brian Bonnington, son of G. F. "Jerry" Bonnington of Lamon-Bonnington Co., San Francisco, is now in training at the United States Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., as a Cadet.

In preparation Brian completed 10 weeks' training at the primary naval aviation school at Oakland, and was at the ground school at Dallas, Texas for six weeks. He was transferred to Pensacola on April 1.

CHANGE IN NAME

The name of the General Hardwood Company, with yards at Van Nuys and Encino, has been changed to the Scrim Lumber Company. This concern operates a general retail lumber and building material business. R. F. Landreth is manager of the Van Nuys yard, and A. J. Lindsey is manager at Encino.

RALPH LAMON IN ARMY

Ralph Lamon, son of Fred Lamon of Lamon-Bonnington Co., San Francisco, reported to the Army April 8 and is now at the Presidio of Monterey. He covered the Sacramento Valley and part of the San Joaquin Valley for Lamon-Bonnington Co.

JOrNS SPEEDV/ALL COMPANY

The Speedwall Company, division of I. F. Laucks, Inc., Seattle, Wash., announces that Allan R. (Bert) Seaton has joined the company as head of wooden aircraft parts production. Mr. Seaton is well known in the Northwest where he has been in aircraft work for a number of years.

Paul Bunyan's Job Starts at the Stump

Selective loggring with crn eye to the luture loresU protection oI lcrrge timber creqs lrom lire with equipment and personnel and supplying the Westwood plcnt with 200 million Ieet of logrs lor the yecr's cut.

At the plcrnt there is yecrr round operqtion oI the saw mill and remanulacturing depcrtments, the plywood fcrctory crnd the Venetian blind slcrt lcctory. There is the kiln-dryingl oI crll the mill output crnd under rool storage cnd ccr-locding.

Product and. production metbod; liae up to the narne "Paal Banyan"

"Pcul Bunycn's" CA t I F O R NI A PINES

10th Annual Reveille Big Success

The 10th Annual Reveille of Central and Northern California lumbermen, held at Hotel Oakland, Oakland, on Friday evening, April 24, was an unqualified success from every point of view, with an attendance of. 44O lumbermen and millmen.

The big gathering was welcomed by Lewis A. Godard, president of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39, sponsor of the Reveille.

Tom T. Branson, general

Lewie f,. Godcrd, President chairman, thanked the varHoo-Hoo Club No. 39 ious committees for their important part in making the affair a success. He referred briefly to four men whom he called the "Four Horsemen of the Reveille,"the men who founded the idea of the great annual lumbermen's meeting and brought it through the depression yearsClem Fraser, H. Sewall Morton, C. I. Gilbert and Bert Bryan.

Bert Bryan, at the request of the chairman, gave a short history of the Reveille and concluded by stressing the need among lumbermen for greater cooperation and understanding.

Armand Girard. NBC star and the lumbermen's favorite baritone, was master of ceremonies. His "Lumbermen's Review of.1942" was well received.

The following mentioned firms cooperated financially to make the Reveille a success:

Arcata Redwood Co.. . San Francisco

Atkinson-StutzCo. .....San Francisco

Baxter, J. H. & Co.... ..San Francisco

Bookstaver-Moore Lumber Co.... ...San Francisco

Bruce, E. L. Co. San Francisco

Butler, Seth . ....San Francisco

California Builders Supply Co.... ...Oakland

California Plywood, Inc.. . .. .Oakland

Campbell-Conro Lumber Co. Portland

Coos Bay Lumber Co....

Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co.... ...San Francisco

Donovan Lumber Co.. San Francisco

Fleishman Lumber Co.... ....Portland

Gamerston & Green. ....San Francisco

Hall, James L.. . San Francisco

HammondLumberCo.... .....San Francisco

Harris, Lloyd

(Vancouver Plywood & Veneer Co.). ..Oakland

Hart-Wood Lumber Co.... ...San Francisco

Higgins, J. E. Lumber Co.. ...San Francisco

Hill & Morton, Inc... ..Oakland

Hobbs-Wall Lumber Co.... ...San Francisco

Holmes-Eureka Lumber Co.. ..San Francisco

Johnson, A. B. Lumber Co.. .. .San Francisco

Klamath-California Redwood Co.. . San Francisco

Lamon-BonningtonCo. .....San Francisco

Long-Bell Lumber Co.... .....San Francisco

MacDonald & Harrington.... .San Francisco

Nicolai Door Sales Co.... ...San Francisco

O'Neill, W. H. Lumber Co.. . San Francisco

The Pacific Lumber Co.... .San Francisco

Paramino Lumber Co.... .....San Francisco

Peggs, J. E. Lumber Co. .San Francisco

Pope & Talbot fnc., Lumber Division San Francisco

Pyramid Lumber Sales Co. .. .Oakland

Redwood Manufacturers Co. ..San Francisco

Rockport Redwood Co... ....San Francisco

Ross-Terrell Co. ......Oakland

Santa Fe Lumber Co.. San Francisco

Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co.. San Francisco

Shevlin Pine Sales Co.... .....San Francisco

Strable Hardwood Co.... .....Oakland

Sudden & Christenson.... .....San Francisco

TartarWebster&Johnson ....San Francisco

Ijnion Lumber Co.. San Francisco

United States Plywood Corp.. San Francisco

Wendling-Nathan Co. San Francisco

\Mestern Door & Sash Co. ....Oakland

West-Oregon Lumber Co.... ..San Francisco

WeyerhaeuserSales Co.... ....San Francisco

Wholesale Lumber Distributors, fnc. ......Oakland

Wholesale Building Supply Co.. . .Oakland

Wood, E. K. Lumber Co. .....Oakland

The firms listed below donated the valuable golf prizes; Bay City Lumber Co.... .....Oakland

Blackman-Anderson Lumber Co.. .Oakland

Boorman Lumber Co.... .....Oakland

Builders Emporium El Cerrito

Carter Lumber Co.... ..Oakland

Clinton Mill & Lumber Co.. . Oakland

C. F. Cooper Woodworking Co. ... .Berkeley

Eureka Mill & Lumber Co.... Oakland

Hayward Mill & Lumber Co.... .Hayward

Hill Lumber & Hardware Co. .Berkeley

R. G. Hiscox Lumber Co.... .Berkeley

Hogan Lumber Co.... .Oakland

Lannom Bros.-Mfg. Co.... ...Oakland

Lincoln Lumber, Inc... Oakland

Loop Lumber & Mill Co.. .. .Alameda

Matheny Sash & Door Co. ....Oakland

Melrose Lumber Co.. Oakland

Piedmont Lumber & Mill Co.... ....Oakland

San Leandro Mill & Lumber Co.... ...San I.eandro

San Pablo Lumber Co.. .Richmond

Scammell Lumber Co.... .....Oakland

Smith Lumber Co.... ..Oakland

Stowe-Lima Lumber Co.... .Hayward

Tilden-ForrestLumberCo....

White Brothers

Wood Lumber Co., E. K.....

Wood Products Co.... .Oakland

Zenith Mill & Lumber Co.... .Oakland

The committees were as follows:

General Committee-Tom T. Branson, Chairman; Lewis A. Godard, George Clayberg, D. Normen Cords, E. J. LaFranchi, Frank White, Wm. Chatham, Jr., John J. Ifelm, Carl R. Moore, Clem Fraser.

,Finance CommitteeGeorge Clayberg, Chairman; Lyman "Mike" Hall, Reginald Smith, Bert Johnson, Jack Ferri.

Golf Committee -- D. Normen Cords, Chairman; Tom Hogan, Clyde S. Speer, Henry M. Hink, Ross Kinney, Luther Green.

Entertainment CommitteeCharles Gartin, Chairman; D. H. "Lee" LeBreton, Leo Hulett, Wm. W. Jackson. Publicity Committee-James McNab, Chairman; W. T. Black, George M. Cornwall, Nat Edwards.

Banquet Committee-Edward J. LaFranchi, Chairman; Frank Teakle, Wm. Chatham, !r., Merle Bishop, Vic Hermann, H. Sewall Morton.

Programs and TicketsKenneth Shipp, Chairman; Lloyd Harris, G. W. "Chris" Sechrist, Shirley Forsey.

Attendance and Ticket Sales-Forrest peil, Chairman; Tom Jacobsen, Luther Green, Fred Lamon, Frank White, John Freeman.

Reception Committee-John J. Helm, Chairman; Henry M. Hink, Phil Gosslin, Miland Grant, Larue Woodson. General Secretary-Treasurer, James B. Overcast.

GOLF TOURNAMENT

The annual Reveille golf tournament was held on Sat_ urday morning, April 25, at Sequoyah Country Club, Oak_ land. Fifty golfers competed for four War Bonds and 20 sportswear prizes. ft was a blind bogey tournament and was sponsored by 28 East Bay retail lumber and millwork concerns.

_ First low grbss prize, a $25.00 War Bond, was won by Edwin Cryer. Second low gross, a $25.00 War Bond, was won by Robert E. Cheim, after a three-wav tie between him, Roy Dreisbach and Ernie Larsen.

First low net, a $25.00'War Bond, was won by Fred V. Holmes, and second low net, a $25.00 War Bond, was won by Jack B. Wood, following a tie between him and Lee Horne.'

In the Guest Flight there was a tie between Harvev McCarter and A. W. Kleinenbroich for first low net. f.irst low gross was won by George Skarich.

_ The other golf prizes were won by Henry M. Hink, Clem Fraser, Larue Woodson, Eli Distruel, Tom T. Branson, !f. D. _Cook, William Blattner, Herbert Farrell, George Dunn, Earl Chalfan, Rod Branson and Harry G. Hood.

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The American soldier never loses his sense of humor, or his competitive spirit, regardless of circumstances.

An American army troopship, so the story goes, struck rough weather. The ocean kicked up quite a fuss and the boys, none of them accustomed to having their equilibriums unset in any such manner, were appropriately seasick. The rail was lined with seasick soldiers paying tribute to Nep-

ATTEND CHICAGO MEETING

Bernard B. Barber, of Fresno, secretary of Lumber Merchants Asscoiation of Northern California; Orrie W. Hamilton, San Diego, secretary, Southern California Retail Lumber Association, and F. Dean Prescott, Fresno, executive committee member of the National Retail Lumber Dealers' Association, attended an emergency meeting of the National Association held in Chicago, April 20, 2l and 22.

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TULE LAKE CAMP READY IN 30 DAYS

Construction of a reception center for 10,000 Japanese near Tule Lake, Calif., started April 20. A total of 10,00O, 000 feet of lumber for this camp was purchased at Klamath Falls April 19. Nearly 600 barracks, hospital, recreation and mess buildings will be built and it is expected that 2,500 men will be needed to complete the construction in 30 days as scheduled by the U. S. engineers in charge.

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Questions and Answcrs on Construction Control

Washington, April 17The following questions and answers have been prepared by the WPB in reply to queries concerning order L-41, placing non-essential construction under rigid control.

A. The site for a building has been staked off. A building permit from the city has been issued. All the materials have been paid for and delivered to the site and men are excavating. Does this constitute beginning construction?

A. No. IJnder the terms of the order, construction is "begun" when materials have been physically incorporated into the building itself.

A. The foundation for a house was laid last fall but work was postponed during the winter. Can the owner, without authorization, build the house on this foundation?.

A. Yes.

a. A person has received a Federal Housing Administration loan to build a house but construction was not begun before April 9. Does the approval of the Federal Housing Administration loan constitute authorization to start construction?

A. No. Residential construction costing $500 or more not begun before April 9 cannot be started without specific authorization from the War Production Board.

A. The owner of a cottage has received an order from the State government to move his dwelling inland some distance from its present location on the seashore. Does this order constitute an authorization when the cost of building new foundations will be more than $500?

A. No. Authorization has to be obtained from the War Production Board.

A. A man plans to build a house himself with help from other members of his family who will receive no compensation. The total financial outlay is less than $500. does he have to receive authorization to commence construction ?

A. Because the total cost is less than $500. no authorization is necessary.

9. A residence burned down on Christmas Day. The owner has all material on hand for rebuilding on foundations which were not damaged by the fire. Can he build without authorization ?

A. No. Authorization is required to begin construction to replace houses destroyed by fire unless the fire occurred on or after Jan.1,1942.

9. A house was destroyed by fire in February, 1942. Can the owner receive priority help in restoring the dwelling, as he cannot otherwise get the necessary material ?

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A. No blanket provision for priority assistance in such cases has been established. The owner is permitted to begin construction without authorization (because the fire occurred since Jan. I, 1942), but if he needs priority assistance, he can apply for such help as though his house were a new construction project. There is no assurance, however that it will be granted.

a. A builder has material on hand to construct a house. He is unable to get authorization to begin construction. Does the government assume any responsibility for the disposal of this material ?

A. No.

a. Can a complete house be built if its total cost is less than $500.

A. Yes.

A. A manufacturer of tile roofing has received an order from a supplier. Can the manufacturer fill the order?

A. Yes. unless he knows or has reason to believe that the material will be used in an unauthorized project.

A. A land owner has purchased secondhand equipment to drain his ranch; the cost of labor will exceed $1000. Do projects of this type, involving no work other than ditch digging, fall under the ban placed by L-41?

A. No. If no materials are to be used in the project, he can dig as many ditches as he wants to.

A. Because of increased production requirements at a coal mine, the company owning the property desires to build additional houses for use by miners needed for increased operations. Is it necessary for the company to get authorization ?

A. Yes.

9. An owner has been ordered by city building inspectors to install a fire escape on an apartment before his housing permit will be renewed. The cost of the installation is more than $500. Does the order from the city inspectors constitute authorization for him to begin construction ?

A. No. Because the remodeling costs more than $500, the owner has to get authorization from the War Production Board.

A. Plans have been made for the construction of a highway. Grading has been completed. Equipment is on the site. Pouring of concrete, however, has not begun. Does this, under the terms of the order, constitute beginning construction ?

A. No. Authorization must be requested, but in cases such as this, the chances for approval are better than for projects in a less advanced stage.

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Methods Now Available to Lumber Manulacturers to Secure Priorities Covering Capital Equipment as Well as Maintenance and Repair ltems

When a lumber manufacturer seeks to secure priorities for material r,r'hich cannot be secured on the A-10 priority rating granted under Order P-100, then he should file a PD1-A application for a preference rating, or seek a PD-3-A certificate, if such a certificate applies to the case, the Lumber and Timber Defense Committee advises.

When PD-I-A is filed, it is absolutely necessary to show the percentage of the applicant's business going into National defense. The applicant must state this percentage and, in order to build up this percentage, he must secure from his wholesale connections, or from his own customer, the following information :

1. The ultimate destination of the lumber, which means the name and location of the government project, such as a cantonment, shipyard, airplane factory, ammunition plant, or whatever it may be.

2. Name of the last company which sold the lumber either directly to the government or to the general contractor putting up a government project or making parts for National Defense.

3. The government or general contractor's purchase order number for this lumber. This means, if the government itself has purchased the lumber, its order number to the last company selling the lumber is to be furnished. If the general contractor has purchased the lumber, then his purchase order number is required.

4. The government's prime contract number to the contractor who is erecting the project should be supplied, if possible. Every project or contract entered into by the government has a contract number which was given to the general contractor and it is that number which, while not absolutely necessary, is highly desirable in the tracing of government business. This is important when a PD-3-A is sought.

5. The priority rating which has been assigned to the government project should be given. Every single government project, such as army camps, shipyards, airplane factories, and other types of work, has a priority rating assigned to the project, which rating is used by the contractor in purchasing material out of which to develop the project. This item of information is of the utmost importance.

6. The total feet on each order must be shown. National Defense business secured by a wholesaler from a lumber manufacturer has exactly the same value as if the sawmill itself sold directly to the government. It should be remembered, of course, that very little lumber is sold directly to the government. Most of it, such as that going to cantonments, shipyards, ammunition factories, etc., is sold to a general contractor.

Eligibility {or PD-3A Certificates

If a lumber manufacturer is selling his lumber for Na-

tional Defense, and is either a prime contractor or a subcontractor, he is eligible to obtain a PD-3-A for capital equipment.

Procedure to be Followed in Securing Capital Equipment

Valued Under $1,000, but not a Machine Tool (A machine tool is any machine, or accessory thereto, for cutting, abrasing, shaping, forming, and joining of metals, including gages, chucks, as provided under Preference Order No. E-l-A revised.),

. In this situation the lumber manufacturer goes to the nearest Army or Navy contracting or inspecting officer in the field and shows him that the capital equipment he desires is necessary to complete {he Army and Navy orders which he has on his books. The officer is empowered to issue a PD-3-A certificate from the field covering the equipment, if it is valued at less than $1,000. This certificate is designated as an "M" certificate.

Procedure where Equipment Is not a Machine Tool and Is Valued at $1,000 or Over:

The lumber manufacturer must present his case to the officer in the field. This he does by making an application for a certificate on form PC-20. Also, he fills out certain parts of form PD-3-A and forwards them to the officer in the field.

If the capital equipment desired is a machine tool, the field officer can issue a PD-3-A himself up to a value of $3,000.

A PD-3-A certificate may be extended only to the delivery of material to be physically incorporated into the material covered by the PD-3-A. This would apply to a PD-3-A covering the delivery of lumber. That PD-3-A may not be extended to the delivery of capital equipment. PD-3-A on lumber is extendable to the supplier, if any, for more lumber or logs. This simply replaces the inventory. When the lumber is manufactured directly from the woods these certificates are of no use except that they show the importance of the orders on the books. Therefore, when an officer in the field is asked for a PD-3-A to be made out covering capital equipment, the PD-3-A's covering lumber will show that officer that the manufacturer is engaged in important defense work.

The PD-3-A is extendable by the supplier of the capital equipment to replace his inventory when he fabricates a boiler, bulldozer, or whatever equipment the certificate calls for.

In the case of a complete breakdown, if the sawmill is in the position of being a prime contractor to the Army or Navy, the new priorities regulations, dated February 18, 1942, provide that the officer in the field can issue an emergency A-1-A rating against materials to replace a breakdown and A-1-C rating against materials to prevent an imminent breakdown.

Revised Price Schedule lor Southern Pine Lumber Amendsd--\(/holesale Functional Discount Clarified

Amendment No. 1 to Revised Price Schedule No. 19 for Southern Pine Lumber was issued by the Office of Price Administration, Washington, D. C., on April 14, 1942, and became effective April 2t, 1942.

The National Lumber Dealers Association in a bulletin on Amendment No. 1 states:

Definition of a Retail Sale: The new Amendment contains, under paragraph 1312.32-Definitions, two newly worded paragraphs -paragraph (") and paragraph (e) (2), which relate to the definition of a retail sale for the purpose of determining rvhether the $3.50 mark-up provided in Section 1312.26 may be added.

Carload Shipments Direct from the Mill on Retailers' Orders: A number of our Associations, and a great many of their dealer-members, have been concerned about the situation that has developed in respect to direct mill shipments. The Southern Pine Schedule and the other major schedules provide that carload shipments be quoted at ceiling, whether they were sold by the mills, wholesalers or retailers. When the mills consistently quoted dealers at ceiling, it is obvious that it was impossible for the dealer to receive any compensation for the services rendered in respect to direct carload shipments. In respect to this problem:

Amendment No. 1 to the Southern Pine Schedule now states, in the first paragraph of the Preamble, the following: tt*d'*Jr the computation of the schedule prices, costs of distribution, including wholesalers' functional discounts prevailing prior to this schedule, have been taken into account, and the prices have been so constructed as to permit the manufacturers to continue their customary discounts to wholesalers."

The OPA's press release, in commenting on the fact that wholesalers' discounts were taken into account in computing the maximum prices, states as follows:

"The question of wholesalers' discounts is clarified in that part of Amendment No. 1 which concerns the preamble of the original price schedule. It now states that in the computation of the schedule prices, costs of distribution, including wholesalers' discounts prevailing prior to issuance of the schedule, were taken into account, and that the prices originally were so constructed as to permit the manufacturer to continue customary discounts to wholesalers.

"This statement was occasioned by reports that some manufacturers are demanding ceiling prices from wholesalers who normally have received a functional discount. The wholesaler can charge no more than the ceiling price, and a mill quoting maximum prices to a wholesaler virtually seeks the distribution service of a wholesaler without providing him any compensation. This is not in accord with the spirit and intent of the Schedule, since it is nothing more than an invitation to the wholesaler to attempt to evade the schedule. The Schedule does not compel the use of the wholesalers' services, but mills must recognize that the wholesaler cannot provide distribution services unless the discount is granted."

The above quotations are a clear statement by the Office of Price Administration that manufacturers are expected to recognize normal functional discounts, and while the OPA discusses the question from the viewpoint of the wholesaler, we believe the same principles are involved in recognition of a dealer's right to have his sales functions recognized in the matter of direct mill shipments in carload lots.

OPA states that "in computing these ceiling prices, costs of distribution, including wholesalers' discounts prevailing prior to the issuance of the Schedule', were taken into account.

We wish to express our thanks cmd crppreciotion for the splendid cooperqtion of the mqny lumber firms, crnd of The Cciifornia Lumber Merchant qnd other publications, who helped to moke the l0th Annucl Reveiile such q grqnd success.

per Tom T. Branson" Chcrimrcn

Limitations Ordet L-7g---Plumbing and Heating Equipment

In order to prevent the dissipation of existing plumbing and heating equipment stocks for non-defense building, modernization, or unnecessary replacements, the War Production Board froze all such stocks, except for retail sales of $5.00 or less, or for any sale on an A-10 or better preference rating. The Order became effective April 16, t942.

The Order (L-79) covers all new plumbing and heating equipment, including any equipment, fixture, fitting, pipe, or accessory of a type used in or connected to a water, sewer, or gas system; or any primary heating unit or accessory designed to provide building warmth.

The Order does not cover plumbing and heating equipment, or tools used for installation and repair, or hoses, sprinklers, and similar devices commonly attached to out door faucets.

In effect, the order prevents the sale or delivery by a dealer or any other person of furnaces, oil burners, coal stokers, and a wide range of other plumbing and heating equipment if the item is to be used for non-essential purposes.

The general restrictions of the freeze order prohibit the sale or delivery of new plumbing and heating equipment to any person, except that:

1. Retailers may sell or deliver items being sold for no more than $5.00.

Sale and delivery on orders bearing an A-10 or better preference rating is permitted.

Retailers may sell or deliver to other retailers, and to distributors, jobbers, wholesalers, or manufacturers of plumbing and heating equipment.

Distributors, jobbers and wholesalers may sell and deliver to any jobber, or to other wholesalers, distributors or manufacturers.

Any new plumbing and heating equipment actually in transit on the date of issuance of the order may be delivered to its immediate destination.

6. Any person may sell to a purchaser who certifies that the item is necessary for installation of specifically listed farm machinery and equipment.

Plumbing and Heating Branch officials said that certain classes of items will be released from the terms of the

order if studies now being made show that some types of equipment cannot be directly used in the war effort.

While no accurate data is available on the inventories in the hands of dealers, manufacturers, or others in the industry, it is estimated that existing stocks of plumbing and heating equipment are sufficient to provide about 25 per cent of total war and defense housing requirements for the current year.

Disposal of the inventories will be accomplished through the placing of preference rated orders with manufacturers, dealers, and others. The Branch hopes that retailers will sell a large percentage of their inventories of new equipment back to manufacturers and distributors. A rationing system for existing supplies is not contemplated at present.

All persons affected by the order are required to keep accurate records on inventories and sales for at least two years. Sellers are also required to keep the signed statements received in connection with sales to purchasers in the farm machinery and equipment field.

Central Valley Hoo-Hoo Club Meeting

The regular monthly dinner meeting of Central Valley Hoo-Hoo Club was held in Modesto on Monday evening, April 20.

A. R. (Art) Martin of Hales & Symons, Sonora, the new president of the club, presided.

Leslie Cleary, district attorney of Stanislaus County, was the speaker of the evening. His subject was "Defense."

ALFRED BELL AT CORPUS CHRISTI

Alfred D. Bell, who has been for some time at the United States Naval Training Station at Quonset, Rhode Island, has been transferred to Corpus Christi, Texas, where he is a ground officer at the United States Naval Air Station, with the rank of Lieutenant, Junior Grade, in the Bureau of Aeronauti,cs, Naval Reserve.

Mr. Bell is on leave of absence from the Hammond Redwood Company, San Francisco, of which he is general sales manager.

ON SICK LIST

J. H. Prentice, Los Angeles, Southern California representative for Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills. is on the sick list and confined to his home.

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Many Building Proiects Possible Under \(/PB Rulings Says Ponderosa Pine Official

Now that the long-awaited WPB Ruling has been issued, the building industry knows where it stands, according to Robert Bodkin, general manager of Ponderosa Pine Woodwork.

In a recent interview with Mr. Bodkin, he pointed out that the $500.00limit on residential r,vork makes possible a wide variety of important repair and remodeling jobs. Most homes are in need of more room to accommodate growing families, or doubling-up of families, or housing of increased numbers of Defense workers. Attics, bas.ements, hallways, other parts of the average house, as well as garages, provide unused space that can be readily converted into attractive living quarters. The intelligent use of doors, windows, cabinets, as well as other non-critical materials, will convert this Epace to fit the owner's expanding requirements and the cost can be well within the $500.00 limit.

Ponderosa Pine Woodwlrrk, for instance, is pointing its advertising and promotion toward the opportunities of this great market.

At the same time, Mr. Bodkin emphasized the all-out service of this industry to the war effort. Great quantities of doors, frames and windows are being shipped to military establishments, bases, and training quarters, both in this country and abroad. Vast orders for these materials are going into construction of housing for war workers. Manufacturers are working night and day to meet and beat delivery requirements.

It is important that all these markets for Ponderosa Pine Woodwork shall be served and the work of the Association is focused upon the entire over-all task.

I Would \7alk

I will walk where once I rode

Across the lonely plain, And feel upon my eager face Soft fingers of the rain.

I will walk where once I rode

By dear, familiar nooks, And smiling, hear the lilting song Of little wayside brooks.

I will walk where once I rode

Along the misty shore, And find again the magic dreams That smiled in days of yore.

I will walk where once f rode

About the grassy down, And there, sequestered, pause to hear Far echoes from the town.

Oh, I will walk when springtime comes Where others may not go, Among my own beloved hills Where radiant wild flowers grow.

With just the soughing of the pines, The robin's cheery cry, To break the restful silences As I go walking by.

Yes, I will walk where once I rode, I'll even walk to fires; I'll walk because I've got to save My precious rubber tires. A. Merriam Conner.

LUMBERMAN ELECTED

Hugh H. Smith, Jr. was elected a member of the city council of Daly City, Calif., at the election held April 14. He is associated with his father, H. H. Smith, Sr. in the lumber business in Dalv Citv.

VACATION IN CANADA

Jim Farley, assistant Western sales manager of The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, and Mrs. Farley returned April 2I from a vacation trip to Western Canada.

Robert Bodkin

A DIRTY ANSWER

"'We must think of the future," said Mr. Jones. "If I were to die, where would you be?"

"I'd be right here," replied Mrs. Jones. "But where would YOU be?"

SLIGHTLY BIASED?

Immanuel Kant, one of the world's greatest thinkers, once said: "'We are told that man is the noblest work of God, but since no one ever said so except man, himself, we should accept the staternent with a grain of salt."

NOT COB

The copper's hip bulged, The Chief yelled-StopAnd guess what he found?

Yep. Corn on the cop.

NOTED INDEED

"Who can tell me," asked the history teacher, "what was the most notable date in all Roman history?"

"I lfiiow," said Wise Willie. "It was the one Cleopatra gave Mark Antony."

BEN FRANKLIN SAID:

"ff time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigalitS since lost time is never found again; and what we call time enough always proves to be little enough."

GOOD ADVICE

She had just been hired for a job in the side show of the circus, and she said to the boss:

"Is there any particular advice you'd like to give me before f start to work?"

"Yes," he said. "Don't ever undress in front of the bearded lady."

A COLOR SCHEME

And behold it came to pass that a green fellow read in black and white that things looked dark. The news made him blue, for behold, he was yellow."

SINCERITY

Sincerity is the foundation stone of true friendliness. It is also a human trait that is hard to counterfeit, as the sincere friendly impulse comes from the soul, and not from the calculating mind. Think kindly and friendly thoughts. If yoq have a heart and soul, why be ashamed of them? Bring them into your shop, your office, your daily life. Strengthen your faith in men, think kindly of them, believe that they are friendly, and in the long run they will be.

HIS LAST REMARKS

The following manuscript wap found on the floor of an English school room:

"This is probably my last epistle to the world of the living. In half an hour the cruel, relentless bell shall ring me to my doom. What shall I do? Is there no escape? I now realize the feelings of the man who r,erote 'If I had the wings of an angel.' Soon, very soon, I shall be walking down the hall to that awful room. There sits a teacher who shall demand of me that which I cannot do-give an oral theme. The time draws nearer. Only twenty minutes remain for me to gaze upon this planet. Then darkness-utter darkness. I can sympathize with the criminal who waits for the time to come when he shall be taken to the gallows. O death, how wonderful you seem to me in comparison with my fate. Nearer and nearer draws the time-only ten minutes more. How beautiful the world seems ! The grass is so green, the sky so blue! O, how dread the darkness that is to follow ! If, indeed, this is my last epistle to humanity, may those who find this, do for me one last favor. Send a note to Mabel, telling her that my last thought was of her. Send carbon copies to Annie, Susan, and frene. Farewell !"

SCANDAL

Over the back fence Mrs. Irinstein says: "I understand Cohen is keeping a budget."

And the shocked Mrs. Levy replied: "Vat? Und such a nice vife he got, too."

AND THEN, OF COURSE-

There was the abient minded lumber dealer who bid six no-trump on a house contract.

Will Discuss Retail Lumber Price Ceiling at Los Angeles Meeting May 7

The Southern California Retail Lumber Association has called a meeting of retail lumbermen to be held at 1 :00 p.m., Thursday, May 7, 1942, at the Embassy Auditorium, 843 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, when they will discuss with Arthur I-arson, chief counsel of the legal division of the Office of Price Administration, the retail lumber price ceiling that was announced this week. All Southern California retail lumbermen are invited to attend the meeting.

The blanket order established by Price Administrator Leon Henderson on April 28 established a ceiling on most of the things that Americans eat, wear and use. The general maximum price regulation will affect price levels on approximately 30,000 commodities. Highest prices which each individual seller charged in March of this year will represent the basis for maximum retail prices after May 18,1942.

WILL USE EDITORIAL

fn one of your recent issues of The California Lumber Merchant there appeared a very wonderful article on the Red Cross.

I have given away the copy in which this appeared but would appreciate receiving another copy from you because we want to use it in our local publicity.

M. J. Schmitt

Rustic Cedar Products Company

Port Angeles, Washington

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Port Orlord Cedar Used For Wood Culverts

The Nevada Highway Department has standardized on Port Orford Cedar where wood culvert is specified, according to a statement by Edgar A. Brown, San Francisco, special representative for a number of Oregon manufacturers of this wood. For culverts up to 36 inches in diameter unreinforced concrete pipe will be used in Nevada, he says.

Mr. Brown also states that the California Division of Highways recently specified more than 100,m0 feet of Port Orford Cedar for culverts on the new access road from Albany to Richmond, Calif., this wood being used to take the place of critical materials not now available.

"Engineers will be glad to know that the problem of providing some alternative form of drainage structure, since metal culvert pipe has been placed on the curtailment list, has long had the attention of the U. S. Public Roads Administration. As one of the results of this study Port Orford Cedar has received the official approval of the Bureau. For the past year this strong, highly durable timber has been widely used for culverts in highway construction supervised by the P.R.A.

Opens Pordand Office

The West Coast Stained Shingle Company of Seattle has opened an office at Zllt N. E. Union Street, Portland.

Don L. Day, formerly sales manager of the Excel Shingle Co. of Seattle, will be in charge.

"More and more building projects are turning to stained Cedar shingles for sidewall construction because of the availability of supply and their low cost," said Mr. Day, "Our special process of pre-staining the shingles in our plant and furnishing them in package form to the contractors and dealers, has won the approval of the trade as well as home-owners."

The West Coast Stained Shingle Company with their main plant in Seattle, distribute their products in the eleven Western states under the trade names of Creo-Diot and Weatherbest.

"Most of the installations in which this wood has been used have been box form rather than round. Most acceptable

has been the laminated type, wherein the walls are constructed of.2x6 or 2x8,"

The illustration shows the form of wood culvert approved by the Public Roads Administration.

Lumber Branch Chief Named

Washington, April 24 - Philip D. Reed, chief of the Bureau of Industry Operations, today announced the appointment of Arthur T. Upson as chief of the Lumber and Lumber Products Branch replacing John Haynes, who has been acting branch chief.

Mr. IJpson, until coming to the WPB, was director of the Southwestern Forest & Range Experiment Station, of the Department of Agriculture. He was stationed at Tucson, Arizona.

SEATTLE MAN NAMED TO WPB COMMITTEE

Washington, April 24.-1. W. Scully of the Puget Sound Paper Box Co., Seattle, Wash., has been appointed a member of the newly-formed WPB set up box industry advisory committee, it was announced today.

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Retail Dealers Will Maintain Fron Tlte Ornate To The Simple Services Under New \fPB Building Order

The construction industry, long in uncertainty as to the course that would be charted for it by the War Production Board, is planning new services for home-owners and farmers which will conform to the new WPB building order, according to Northern and Southern California Homes Foundations. Retail lumber dealers are equipped and prepared to maintain essential services of building supply in their communities, as their part in the war effort, the Foundation says.

"The basic effect of the order will be to bring a closer working relationship between the retail lumber dealer, the contractor, and the community they serve," states Bernard B. Barber and Orrie W. Hamilton, Foundation Chairmen. "One of its most important clauses exempts Maintenance, defined as 'the upkeep of a building, stru,cture or project in sound working condition,' and Repair, defined as 'the restoration, without change of design, of any portion of a building, structure or project to sound working condition.'

"In general, the retail lumber dealer will be able to furnish, in any area, materials for repair and maintenance of existing structures; and limited amounts of materials for new construction and remodeling. Now, as never before, the local lumber dealer is the authority to consult on a1l building needs and what may be done to meet them."

DISCONTINUES BUSINESS

The Montebello Lumber Company, Montebello, has discontinued business and the stocks have been purchased by the California Lumber Company. M. V. Chapin, who managed the Montebello Lumber Company for the past nineteen years, has not announced his future plans but will first take a vacation for a while.

Thir rturdn old home ir represen- tetive of sevcral huodrcd postVictorian structure. Thc framework of houser like thir is ar strong and rturdy ar the day it was installed, making it pcsiblc to save much of thc original valuc by transforming tte old into a modcrn rtylc pro- viding the neighborhodd warrants thc cxpenditura

As a rulc, most old houses, well locatcd, can bc madc to provide norc modera spacc at lcss crst thao e new residcnce. Houscs built in thc early 1900's are easy to alter because thcy arc unusually spaciouq and their modernization is morc e problem of elimination of "datcd' detaib thaa the additioa of new building naterials.

CALIFORNIA CEMENT OUTPUT SETS RECORD

California's twelve cement plants turned out a record total of 19,531,600 barrels of cement last year. State Mineralogist Walter W. Bradley reported the value--$24,28,694 -was second only to that of. 1927,

Mr. Bradley's records put 1940 output at 13,955,255 barrels, worth $L7,673,n2 at the plants.

One Coat Oil Base Paint Produces Sand Finished EJ{ect

Lumber dealers in all parts of the country are making a big effort to increase their paint sales this spring. One specialty that is helping dealers to increase their volume is "Sandifect" wall paint, a one-coat oil base paint made by the Oakley Paint Mfg. Co., Los Angeles.

"Sandifect paint for interiors is designed for converting smooth wall surfaces i.nto a rough finish and produces a sand finished effect," said R. H. Oakley, head of this concern, recently to a representative of this paper.

"It is particularly adapted for use on hard board, veneer, plywood and various wallboards. Sandifect dries with a dull finish, withstands washing and has the durability of highest grade wall paints, combining the qualities of economl, appearance, durability and practicability.

"With one coat of this material any surface may be transformed into a lasting and washable sand finished wall or ceiling-a beautifying effect for the home, office or store that is easily kept clean because of the tough and elastic oil paint film it produces. Sandifect wall paint is an economical product that spreads upwards of 350 to 4O0 square feet per gallon.

"Sandifect is easy to apply and requires no skill whatever to obtain pleasing and satisfactory results. It is made in white and eight tints. Walls that are not uniform and full of peeled paint spots may be converted into good looking walls by using one coat of this paint.

"Exterior Sandifect paint is a durable oil base product made exclusively for outside use. It may be satisfactorily applied to any surface, wood, concrete or plaster, where a sand finish efiect is desired. This product provides a method for finishing plywood and other materials now more commonly used on exteriors. With only one coat a pleasing sand finish effect may be produced at low cost. It is made in white and light tints, and both exterior and interior Sandifect can readily be tinted with Oakley colors in oil."

CLOSES YARD

Hayward Lumber & Investment Company has closed its yard at Banning and the stock of merchandise and lumber has been purchased by the Dill Lumber Company. Frank Carde, Hayward's manager, will remain in. Banning for a short time to close up the company's affairs there.

Suppliers Inventory Limitations Order No. L-63

On April 6, the War Production Board issued release WPB 806 and Suppliers Inventory Limitations Order L-63. Neither the WPB release nor the Order itself made entirely clear the fact that the inventory limitations were to apply to metal products and as a result there was wide misunderstanding of this order both in industry and the War Production Board.

The National Retail Lumber Dealers Association made specific recommendations on April 11 that some thirteen types of products normally handled by retail lumber dealers be specifically exempted from Order L-63. These products are as follows: Lumber, Plywood (Except exterior waterproof plywood grades using phenolic resin glues), Wood shingles, Millwork, Fence posts, Poles, Wallboards (plaster and fiber), Cement lime and plaster, Paints, Clay products, Asphalt roofing and siding, Asbestos cement roofing and siding, and Insulation materials (rigid, fill and batt types).

The Association has been advised that a directive is being issued specifically eliminating the thirteen products mentioned above, from the limitations of Order L63.

For other items which the retail lumber dealers handle and are subject to inventory control, the following points should be noted:

1. Dealers in the Eastern and Central zones are required to limit their inventories to twice the dollar value of sales of specified types to supplies which they shipped from stock in the second preceding calendar month.

2. Suppliers located in other time zones may have inventories equal to three times the corresponding amount.

3. Dealers whose total inventory at cost of any one type is less than $20,000, and less than $10,00O for any one of the listed types of supply are exempt from the terms of the order.

Dealers alfected by the order are required to keep records of their inventories and sales on Form PD-336.

BUILD NEW OFFICE BUILDING

Belvedere I-umber Company, 4747 East Third Street, Los Angeles, recently completed construction of a new, modern office building. The firm sells a complete line of lumber, building materials, and Pabco paints. C. H. Pipkin and T. F. Grenshaw are the proprietors.

Weatherseal---New Typ" of Sidewall Panel

Combining in one simple unit all the essential component parts of a sidewall-sheathing, building paper and cedar shingles-a new type of sidewall panel has been developed which is said to portend a revolutionary :qtr3nge in home building methods.

The new panel involves the shop application of red cedar shingles and building paper to insulation board, plywood or gyplap panels of standard 2 x 8 feet size. These wall sections are transported to the building site and nailed directly to the studs, providing in one operation a complete sidewall from the studs out.

Experienced builders state that the new method, which is a definite step toward decentralizttion of prefabrication, offers considerable savings compared with conventional wall construction, and that as a consequence it is coming into popularity for war housing projects where speed and economy are essential. The amount of savings differs with circumstances, but from $25 to $60 per average-size house unit represents the varia.nce noted on jobs undertaken to date. The new shingle panel also opens the way to greater speed in completing essential war housing. Being manufactured in the shop, the shingle panels can be assembled and accumulated for later use, regardless of the weather out-of-doors.

The use of red cedar shingles as the exterior of the panel has lent impetus to the building industry's acceptance of the new technique, based on the fine record of durability and weather-resistance which these shingles have established throughout the history of American home construction. The traditional warmth of appearan,ce, plus the interesting and attractive design of random width shingles, contributes an aspect of quality as well as economy to the new panel.

The panels are built on a work table, the surface of which is covered with a steel plate. The shingles are attached.to the sheathing boards with nails which are driven at a slight angle; upon penetrating the sheathing they strike the steel plate and are turned back, thus automatically providing a clinch which securely fastens the shingles to the sheathing boards.

Panels are adequately jointed on the sides by the application of field applied "filler" shingles which are pre-cut to

The shingle pcnels<omplete with ingulation bocrd, building paper, crnd shingles-cre cpplied on the iob by nciling to ecrcb stud becning. Tbe pnaels cre eceily hcadled by two men.

specific dimensions. The bottom course of shingles overhangs the sheathing about one inch; this projection, plus the use of tongue-and-groove shaped sheathing, provides a snug horizontal joint between panels. The panels are trimmed and fitted around windotvs and doors by the carpenter on the job.

The panel is patented under the name "Weatherseal" and shop licenses for building them are being granted firms in every section of the country. The Weatherseal organization's policy is to license one panel outlet in each local trade territory, and in this way they are establishing a large number of licensees. Interested parties are asked to contact A. R. Exiner of the Central Division Co., licensing management for the Weatherseal Panel, 221 North LaSalle St.. Chicago, Illinois.

PAI}TUDO PIYWOOD

News Flashes

Mike Dominic, Santa Clara Lumber Co., Santa Clara, left April 15 for a month's trip to Detroit.

George R. Kendrick, sales ma.nager, Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lumber Division, San Francisco, is back from a lGday trip to the Northwest.

Murdock Mansfield, formerly with Cheim Lumber Co., is now with the Bechtel Shipbuilding Co., Sausalito, Calif.

Robert Vincent, the San Francisco is a cadet in the U. Rantoul, Ill.

son of Lyle S. Vincent, manager of office of West Oregon Lumber Co., S. Army Air Corps at Chanute Field,

Jim Kirby is now with West Oregon Lumber Co. as salesman out of the San Francisco office, succeeding H. R. Williams, who is now engaged in a business manufacturing materials for war purposes. Jim was recently with Gorman Lumber Sales Co., Oakland, and was formerly with Hobbs Wall Lumber Co., San Francisco, for 10 years.

O. V. Wilson, Jr., son of O. V. Wilson, Central Lumber Co., Stockton, is taking the flying course of the Civil Aeronautics Authority at Carson City, Nevada.

Howard M. Gunton, MacDonald & Harrington, San Francisco, returned recently from spending three weeks in the Northwest on business.

Walter Scrim, Los trip to Detroit. Angeles, has returned from a business

F. E. Frost, Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills, Bellingham, Wash., was a recent Los Angeles visitor.

LeRoy H. Stanton back from a businesJ E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, is trip through the East and South.

Benson Lumber Company, San Diego, has moved its offices to 1895 Main Street. The mailing address remains the same, P. O. Box 215Q San Diego, Calif.

San Diego Screen Mfg. Co., formerly at 3780 Swift Ave., San Dego, has moved to 810 West 23rd Street, National City, Calif.

S. G. McDonald and Jack Murphy, Owens-Parks Lumber Company, Los Angeles, were recent visitors to the Northwest.

Ben Washburn of Santa Fe, New Mexico, is such a fine naval type that McClelland Barclay has used his picture on a Navy recruiting poster. He is the son of W. C. Washburn of the Star Lumber Company at Santa Fe.

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Curtis Introduces New Low-Cost Woodwork lor Defense Homes

Curtis Companies Incorporated, manufacturers of Curtis Woodwork and Silentite Windows, announced recently the addition to their line of a full selection of new architect-designed stock woodwork for low cost homes. "New Woodwork in Tune with the Times" is the Ttitle on the cover of a very attractive portfolio showing the new line. The designs include entrance frames, mantels, and china casesall beautiful in design, well made, and low in cost.

"We feel," states a Curtis official, "that it is both possible and practical to put good design, beauty, and sound construction into the woodwork for these small homes going up everywhere in defense areas. The trend for quite a while has been toward the small home. We retained the services of outstanding architects to design for us, for mass production, beautiful little doorways that will grace any home, china cases, and mantels that lvill add a touch of beauty and comfort to tl,e small houses as well as serve practical purposes.

"In the consideration of design and detail, every thought was given to economy without sacrificing beauty. We feel that in these small homes are people who are just as much interested in good things today as they ever were. The war has not changed our appreciation for good design in our houses, no matter what the size or cost."

The new Curtis entrances are very good looking and are quite suitable for small homes. There are several styles so one house need not look just like another. The china cases fit low ceiling rooms and small rooms, but each one is stylish and beautiful in detail. The same is true of the new Curtis mantel line.

Architects, builders, and dealers are loud in their praise of the new low cost Curtis Woodwork line. ,,It,s very

much in tune with the times," one large builder stated. "We welcome it because it provides the much needed design and style that so many low cost houses lack. We must remember," continued this builder, "that because homes in the defense areas are much in demand today, after the war it will be necessary that these homes have some style and appeal if they are to rent or sell or otherwise change hands. I feel it is very necessary to put as much good design and sound construction as is possible into our small homes to retain values in later years. Curtis is aiding this move appreciably with their new line of stock woodwork."

Complete information and literature will be sent to interested parties upon request to Curtis Companies, Incorporated, Clinton, Iowa

Entrance lrcme desiglned lor low-cogl home.

National Lumber Manufacturers Association Offers Sidelights on New Building Limitation Ordet

Washington, April 9.-The Building Limitation Order pending for many months in the War Production Board has now been issued effective today, as Conservation Order L-4t.

This Order in some respects is more restrictive than anticipated. In other respects it is less restrictive. Last year the benefit of priorities was withheld or withdrawn by the so-called SPAB Building Limitation Order. That Order, as you will recall, was subject to a wide range of interpretation and confusion. Essentially, it meant that civilian building which could be completed without the aid of priorities would not be interfered rvith. That Order related only to priorities assistance and did not limit the use of stocks on hand of building materials and building equipment, or the use of materials not restricted by priorities.

Shortly thereafter an effort was undertaken within the OPM, later continued by the War Production Board, to draw a supplementary Building Limitation Order which, conversely, had no bearing on priorities but related to the use of building materials and building equipment in the hands of distributors and builders, or available without priorities. Accordingly, it was then proposed to restrict the use of metals in building, allowing a different maximum weight of metals for each classification of building, but imposing no limitation on building itself provided that these limits on the use of metal products were not exceeded.

This, although proposed to be called a Building Limitation, would in effect have been a limitation on the use of particular metals without limitation of building as long as excess of use of these critical materials could be avoided or supplanted.

That type of limitation has now been abandoned in favor of a specific limitation based not on the weight or volume of critical materials used but on the total cost of the proposed construction. This limitation in some respects is more severe. It does not afford the same opportunity for

the exercise of ingenuity in substituting non-critical for critical materials. At the same time the new order permits repairs and replacements of existing structures and within moderate limits permits remodeling of homes, new construction of business buildings on farms, and other construction which is neither residential nor farm construction.

Construction for the Army and Navy and the war agencies and construction for the production of minerals and petroleum are not subject to this Limitation Order. But other than these any substantial projects for new building hereafter will be subject to specific authorization in advance by the War Production Board

These limitations will affect all building materials and all building equipment. On lumber they will obviously affect retail distributors more directly and more drastically than they will affect lumber manufacturers. The trade in rural areas and in defense industrial areas will be the least affected; trade in non-defense urban areas the most.

This Order in substance means a cessation of major civilian construction during the war. It is known to be the result of months of consideration within the War Production Board, and that the responsible officials have wished and have intended to avoid the imposition of restrictions which would unnecessarily deprive localities of employment and industries and trades of markets for their products. There will, of course, be debate over the abandonment of the limitation of the use of metals and critical materials in favor of a limitation on the volume of building itself, whether it uses critical materials or not. But the Order should be and will be accepted as representing the best judgment of the men responsible for making the decision. More progress will be made by the building industries and building trades by using their ingenuities in devising ways and means of operating under this Order than in further argument over the merits of the Order itself. All pertinent facts and all conceivable viewpoints have, during

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California Building Permits ]or March

Gets Quick Response From Trade Mt. Hough Lumber Co. Talces Over

Trade response to the Wheeler Osgood new system of "Color-Grading" on doors has been enthusiastically received by lumber dealers, architects and jobbers throughout the United States, according to Norman Cruver, vicepresident and general manager of the Wheeler Osgood Sales Corporation of Tacoma, Washington. "We have been amazed at the popular acceptance of our new grade-identification program" Mr. Cruver stated.

In April the Wheeler Osgood Sales Corporation announced a new innovation in door grading. Every "De Luxe Grade A" door now carries an attractive Blue label securely fastened to the bottom rail of each door, featuring the grade, size, style, surface and the company guarantee. Every "Master Grade B" door carries a bright Red paper label featuring the grade, size, style and surface. Both labels guarantee U. S. Standard grades and designs.

These bright labels make it possible to see at a glance the grade of door that is specified and purchased.

Attractive sales portfolios with the complete merchandising and advertising plans were mailed to every important dealer and jobber in the United States.

Wheeler Osgood is the country's largest door manufacturer, producing a complete line of exterior and interior doors.

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recent weeks and months, been put before the War Production Board and have had its consideration.

For the lumber manufacturing industry this Order further emphasizes the importance of diverting the production and uses of lumber and timber products so far as practicable into the channels of the war effort. Only those manufacturers who do this will expect in the long run to secure the materials, repairs and equipment necessary to keep their plants in continuing operation. The huge requirements of lumber and timber products for the direct and indirect war purposes will fully occupy the producing facilities of this industry. It may exceed them. The lumber and timber products industries have appealed to the War Production Board for its cooperation in the effort of the industry to maintain needed production. It is hoped and expected that the Board will shortly announce its plans in that direction.

Quincy Sawmill

Mount Hough Lumber Company has taken over the sawmill formerly operated by the Bridgewater and Barrington Lumber Company at Quincy, Calif. This is a band mill and it is estimated that the cut will be 20,00O,000 feet this year. The cut will be approximately 45 per cent Ponderosa Pine, 35 per cent Sugar Pine and N per cent Red Fir.

L. l. Can is president of Mount Hough Lumber Company, Ray McDonald is vice-president and general ma.n' ager, G. J. Thompson is secretary-treasurer, and Adam R. Hunter is office manager and purchasing agent.

Mr. McDonald is a well known sawmill operator, having been formerly in charge of the mill of the Hobart Estate Company at Hobart Mills, Calif.

L. J. Carr & Company, Sacramento, will handle all sales of Mount Hough Lumber Company.

W. D. (Bill) Dunning, Chamber of Commerce Building, Los Angeles, is Southern California sales representative.

Coos Bay Lumber Co. Reports Profit

Coos Bay Lumber Company reports a net profit for the three months ended March 3L, 1942 of $130,484 after all charges including a $16,043 loss from disposal of assets. This compares with a net profit of $126,103 for the same three months of last year.

Balance sheet as of March 31, 1942, shows the company has cleared up all of its note payable with the payment of $250,000 owing on December 31, 1941. Current assets at the end of the quarter totaled W2,@1, including $54,409 cash and current liabilities $518,205. On December 31, 1941, current assets were $714,394, cash $244,805 and current liabilities $814,871.

Hayward Buildg Fabrication Plant

Hayward Lumber & Investment Company, Los Angeles, has completed construction of a fabrication plant at 40/.l Sheila Street, Bandini, Los Angeles County, which will start operating early next week. The building will have 84,000 square feet under cover. They will make the prefabricated units for the contractor, and will employ 160 men. John Gorman is factory manager.

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LUMBERMAN DESIRES EMPLOYMENT

Experienced lumberman desires emplo5rment as retail yard manager, assistant manager, clerk, or general office work. California experience. Go anywhere. References.

Address Box C-944, California Lumber Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles.

New Shipyard at Stockton

Grading of a SO-acre site of city owned land on the north bank of the Stockton Ship Channel for a major shipyard was started April 6 by the George Pollock Company of Sacramento..

The concern, to be known as the Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Co., expects to start building combat-type ships for the United States Navy about July 1 of this year, and to have the shipyard fully completed about August 1. The site is within the citv limits of Stockton.

Charles E. Shaw

LUMBER YARDS FOR SALE

We have a number of good yards in Southern California for sde. Twohy Lumber Co., Lumber Yard Brokers, S0l Petroleum Building, Los Angeles. Telephone PRospect 8746.

War Substitutes Display

San Francisco, April ZS-Cloth (50/o redwood bark fibre, 5A/o wool), a dog house of rolled masonite, redwood drainpipes, papier mache flower pots, a plastic screen, and a host of other articles manufactured from substitute materials are part of the War Substitutes Display, a new feature which opens this week at the War Production Board's Subcontracting Exhibit at the Hotel Whitcomb, San Francisco. The nerv display has been designed by Exhibit Manager R. W. Hawksley to stimulate interest in making essential articles u'ith substitute materials.

Obituaries

Charles Everett Shaw, 59, passed away suddenly in San Francisco from cerebral hemorrhage, April 17.

He was office manager and in charge of the credit department of The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, and had been with this company for 31 years. He was born in Pescadero, Calif.

Mr. Shaw is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nellie A. Shaw. a daughter, Mrs. Lois Copriviza, a son, Hale Charles Shaw, and two sisters.

He was a member of Eel River Masonic Lodge, Calif.

Funeral services were held in San Francisco on

A. B. Davis

Fortuna, April 20.

Alexander B. Davis, head of the A. B. Davis Lumber Co., San Francisco, passed away at his home in Alameda, Calif., on April 13.

After a number of years of experience in the lumber industry in the Pacific Northwest he established himself in business in San Francisco about 1O years ago. I{e was a native of Wisconsin.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ruth F. Davis, and three daughters.

He was a member of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and the San Francisco Commercial Club.

Edwin F. Larson

Edwin F. I-arson, well known Northern California lumberman, passed away in San Jose, Calif., on April 12 fiter

a long illness. He was associated with the McElroy Lumber Company at Palo Alto for some time before his illness, and for some years before that with Hill & Morton, Inc., Oakland. He was identified with association work for many years as secretary of the San Jose Lumbermen's Club.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth R. Larson, and two sons, Edwin B. and Russell A. Larson. Ife was a native of Iowa.

Mrs. Mabel M. Bird

Mrs. Mabel M. Bird, wife of Charles G. Bird, widely known Stockton retail lumberman, passed away in Stockton on April24.

Besides her husband she is survived by two sons, Donald G. Bird of Stockton and Robert M. Bird of Sacramento. two sisters and a brother.

Funeral services were held in Oakland on IVIonday, April 27.

Charles E. Helms

Charles E. Helms, 57, retired vice-president of the McCormick Steamship Co., San Francisco, and former vicepresident of Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., passed away at his home in Hillsborough, Calif., on April 20, following an illness of six months.

He leaves a widow, Mrs. Sylvia lIelms, two daughters, Mrs. James W. Miller and Patricia Helms, and two sons, Talbot and Charles Peter Helms.

He was a member of the Family Club of San Francisco. Funeral services were held in Burlingame on April 22,

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LUMBER

Arsata Redwood Co.

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Atkinsn-Stutz Caupuy'' - iri ra"arct stnit ..............'.GArficld lt09

Boketavs-Morc l,rrnbcr Co.' 5z5 Mrykct Strct.........'.....'.. Exbrwlt {7{5

Dant & Rurcll. lnc.' - -lir f-"t Sitt t'................'.GArAotd e292

Dolbccr & Carrn Lumbc Co., ult M.rcbutr Exchugc Bldg.....SUtter ?455

Gamereton & Grco' lE0C Amy Str;t............ ..Atwat"r l3ll0

Hall- Jrmce Lt'032 Millr btag......'................SUttGr 7520

Hatllnm Maclla Coo Ltdo -?rE S.cond StEt.:................. DOushr fgr

Hammond Rcdwood ComPuY, {l? MontSomrry Strut............Ix)ugfa! 33t6

Holmcr Eurcka lmbcr Co.' iros Flnuctal Ccntcr Bidg.....'..GArfield t9zl

C. D. Johnron Lumber Corporation' 26tt Calilomia Strc.t......,...'....GAr6eld @56

Cart H. Kuhl Lumb* Co., O. L. Ru$um, ll2 Markct Strct...YUkon 1460

LUMBER

Luon-Bomingtd Conpuy, 16 Califomia Strut...............'GArfiold 6$r

MacDonald & Harrtngton' Ltd-

16 Cattiomla St. :.................GArield E393

Pacific lambcr Cor Th.

lm Burh strei....................GArfisH utl

Popc & Talbol Inc- Luntc Dtvf.hm'

-461 Markct' Strcit.........'.......DOurlar 2561

Red River Lumbcr Cn.,

315 Monadnal 81ig........'......GArficld 0922

Santa Fc Lumber Co.'

16 Calilornla Sirai....'...........EXbruk al?4

Schafcr Brcc. Irmbcr & Shlnglc Co.

I Dru Str..t........... ".'......SU$c fZll

Shwlin Pine Saler Co-

1030 Monadnock Bids."'. EXbrok ?Mt

Sudden & Chrirtcnon'

310 Sanomc Strcci........ GArfield 2E46

Wendling-Nathan Co.'

ll0 ltlarkat Str..t'......... .'..'Suttrr 53Gl

Weet Orcgon Lumber Co.'

1995 Eimr Avc. ..................ATwltcr 56i16

E. K. Wood Lumbcr Co.'

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Wevcrbmur Salcr Coirs Cdifomia Strci.......'.......GArfie]d Eg'r

LUMBER, Ewaua Bu Co. (Pvrantd Lunbc Salca Co')

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Gamcrlton & Grccn. --ir&-iti -A"c. (i,ih Avc. Plcr).'....Hlgatc 2255

Hill & Morton, lnc.' ---'Dirnil; Sireet Wharf '..... .'..'.ANdovcr 107il

Hosan Lrrmber ConPanY, --"r"d tAtt;t str;t!':..'""'' Glcncourt 6t6l

Rcd River Lunbcr Co. ----eda-Fi";;iJ c"nte; Btds...... TWinoak: 3{00

E- K. Wood Lumber Co., -' 'i;#;i& E-xi"c st'Et!...."'FRuitvalc 0lt2

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HARDWOODg AND PANELS

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SASH-DOORS-PLYWOOD

Wholer Osgood Salcr Conrratiq, 3045 rgtf, Str4t.............. " "'VAlocir ?2ll

CREOSOTED LUMBER_POLES. PILING-TIES

Amcrio Lmbcr & Treating Co., uO Ncw MontgoEery Street.. -. .SrJttGr 1225

Baxts. J. H. & Co., 333' Montgomery Street........... DOuglar 3E{lil

Hall, Jmes L., tlrz Miltr Btag.... '...Sutt€r 7520

Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lubcr Divfulon'- --4-61 M;ket 3rret '. '. ' ' ' .DOugIar 2561

Vader Lam Piting & Lumbcr Co.' - - ' -lie p-i". Stret -............ .EXbruk 1905

Wendling-Natbm Co.' " -il0 ft;k t Sttet...........'. " " "'sutt'r 536i1

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ll/r:tqn Dor & Sash Co.' " li['& ah;J Strccr.'.... " "'TEmplcbar t'100

HARDWOODS

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Arcata Rcdwood Co. (J. J. Rca)

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o""#r "fl'"tl'Fi:'.tiTt'".i3':. .rHomwau 3r,r{

Atkinron-Stutz ComPanY' ' -'ezli-i;Jt".'t""m Bids;. :........... PRolpccr |341

Burnr Lumbcr ComPmY' 9455 Charlevllle Blvd. iit;*;it HiE) ....':'........BRadchaw 2'3Et

Can & Co., L J. (W. D. hnqlqs),-- -- bs cil;* of -Comcro Bldg. PRorpct a'B

Concr. W. E. -- doejeoi ni.un"ta Bus. ............Mutua| a3r

Dant & Ruracll, Inc.'

ErZ E. 59th St.....................'.ADanr tlol

Dolber & Caron Lunbcr Co.'

901 Fidelity 81dg.........'...... VAndik. E?92

Hallinm Ma&ln Co. Ltdr

w. DL c,.rlud Bldg.' .......'...'TRlnttv 36{'l

Crl H. Kuhl Iubcr Co.

Fricdcr Brcthcrq

?0{ S. SFins St.....'.........'..'VAndtkc E033

flammond Rcdwood ComPuY, zolc So. Atucde St....'......PRo.P.c1 l3ilil

Holmer Eureka Lubcr Co.,

?lr-?tz Architctr B1d9.,...,...'.'.Mutual gltt

Hmvor. A. L-

5225 Witrhir. Blvd.' '...... '.. 'YOrk 1166

C. D. Johnrcn Lubcr Corporation'

6e6 Pctrclcm Bldg..'...........'PRospct U65

Lawrcne-Phllipr Lmbcr Co-

63it Pctrclom B|dg........'. -.....PRolpGCt tl?{

MacDonald & Hrnlntton' Ltd.

Pctrclcum Butldlng .'.............PRopct 3rZl

Paclftc Lumbcr Co.. Thc.

5225 Wlkhlro Blvd. .................'YOrL [6E

- 'Ar W. Olyhplc Blvd. ........'.PRo!D.ct tzlr

Red Rivar Lumbcr Co.

702 E. slaurcn......:.............'cEntury 29071 l03t S. Broadway'.... ' ' .PRorpct 03ll

Rritz Co.. E. L.. $3 P;trcbu; Blds.....'......'.'PRoepcct 8e9

Roeboro l.unbcr Co.' il9 So. Orrnt Drlvc.............W'Yonhg Zllll

Suta Fo Lurabcr Co-

3ir -Flnmclat Catcr 8t.1e.....'..VAndikc &7f

Schafr Bro. Lumbcr & Shinelc Co..

rt7 W nh stnct..........'.........TRtnltv {z7r

Shcvlln Pinc Salcr Co.

330 Petroleum Btdi...............PRoEpct 0615

Sudden & Chrldenrcn, 6it0 Board of Tradb Blds.. ...''TRinitv EE4{

Tacoma Lumbcr Salec. &t? Pctrclcu Bldt: ....'.........PRorp.Gt uoE

Wcndllm-Nathm Co..

5225 -Wilehire 81vd..........'..'......YOrk 1166

Wdt Orceon Lumber Co, {27 Pelroleum Blds.. :.......'...Rlchmond 02El

W. l[/. llfilkhon, 3rs W. 9th Siret..................TRinitv 16il3

E. K. Wood Lmbcr Cot 4710 So. .A,tmeda St- ..JEfreron 3lll

Weverhaeuser Salec'Co., -920 W. M. Garlmd Bldg.........Mlchigm 615{

CREOSOTED LUMBER-POLES_PILINGTIES

Amcrlcu Lumber & Trcating Co., l03l S. Broadway'.....'.....'.'..PRosFct 1363

Baxter. J. H. & Co.. 50t- Welt sth StiG.i...... '. '. ..Mlchlgm 6294

PoDe & Talbot, Inc- Iubcr Dlvldon' - ?r{ W. Olyinptc Blvd'..'........'PRorpcct t23l

Cadwallader-Gibon Co. lnc. *-iiii't] o-riiii. sl;a.]. .'. AN gclur lrr6r

Stanton. E. J. & Son, ---iosr' eiit 3sth strc;t ....'..'..'.cE!lur! 2s2rr

Westem Hardwood Lunbor Co.' -zoil E. lsth Stret......""""'PRotpcct 6lcl

SASH-DOORS-MILLWORK

PANEI-S AND PLYWOOD

Catifornia Dmr ComPanY, Thc -- isii:-blit'ta Bha. : :...'........KIDbdl 2r.l

t "Tff "'s. "it*"t" "sl".T, tl']. t.,',," rg

Cobb Co. T. M. ---iroo t."t.it'Awcnuc.... ." " "ADamr ulu

Eubank & Son. Inc., 1.. H. (Inglewood) --?i-- W-. nJo"a.' Btvd..........'.ORe8on E 1666

Koehl, Jno. W. & Son' ----aii s. Mvcrg Strcct...'.......... "Allge|u tl9l

Mutuat Mouidlng & Lunbe Cot - - 9303 So. Hoipsr Avc....... .L,luryott Itzz

Oreson-Waahington PlYwod Co.

ilt \^'elt Ninth Slrcct' '. .TRinitv l0l3

Pacific Wood Productr Corporation 3600 Tyburn Stret................'Al.buv 0llr

Pacific Mutual Door Co1600 E. Washington Blvd....'...PRogplct 952:t

Ream Cornoanv, Go. E'. as S. Alateda Streit.....'......Mlchigu r&l

Red Rivcr Lumbcr Co.' ?02 E. Slaucon....'..............'.CEntury 291?l

Smnon Qn. (Pasadaa), ?15 So. Raynond Avc...............RYu l-69119

\ fcat Coalt Scren Co., tr15 E. 63rd Stret. ..ADmr lllt6 Whctcr Osgmd Salce Corporation, --922 S. Flmer Strrct.............'.VAndtkc 63i|C