Port Orford Cedar rates highly abroad...

TI N Japan, the American tourist is I surprised to find the wide use of Port Oiford Cedar.

Singularly enough, theJapanese knew this wood bv its first name while we here in America were still calling it "Mister. " Regular cargoes of Port Orford Cedar were going to Japan vears before this wood was well i.nown throughout the United States.

Japan rates Port Orford Cedar high for interior and exterior building construction, for boats, posts, poles, ties, car decking and siding, iryharf construction, mine timbering and a long list of other important uses.

Tlv wooil that fights decay

Port Orford is a white cedar permeated with preservative oils that protect it from acids, soil decays, dampness. It is non-splintering, non-warping; strong, yet light in weight; easily workable. Evenly grained, it machines easily to sharp, clean-cut edges. Establish your yard as headquarters for Port Orford Cedar. Now available in mixed cars, all grades of clear, shop and common, ind all standard sizes of boards. dimension and timbers. Also Port Orford Cedar plywood in all thicknesses from $ bf an inch and sizes up to 48x96 inches.

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Port Orford Cedar representatives in California are R. C. Turner, 4O7 Call Building, San Francisco and Thomas W. Dant, 606 Petroleum Securities Building, Los Angelbs. Port Orford Cedar p-lywood dlstributors in California ir6 H. B. Maris Panel Co., 735 Third Street, San Francisco, and The California Panel & Veneer Co., 955 So. Alameda Street, Los Angeles.

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Philippine Mahogany Imports and Other Hardwoods During the Fourth Quarter of 1929

The importation of Philippine lumber into the United States during October was 4,041,962 bd,.. ft., November 3,783,W2 bd. ft. and L)ecember 3,074,116 bd. ft., making a total of 10,839,170 bd. ft. for the fourth quarter of. 1929. The average monthly imports for the jourth quarter amounted to 3,613,O57 bd. ft. as against 2,4m,W bd. ft. for the first quarter, 3,370,000 bd. ft. for the second quarter-and 3,842,858 bd. ft. for the third quarter.

The Philippine lumber imports during the period under review and as compiled from the Custom House records in Manila, Iloilo, Le. Gaspi, Zamboanga and Cebu, were as follows:

OFFICES:

Hred OEcc ll)2ti Matron Blds. SAN FRANCISCO

LOS ANGELES

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2E2 Chambcr of Comuorco

' Blds.

PORTLAND-I2I0 Ycon Bldg.

SEATTLE-|.mI Whitc Blds.

According to Custom llouse figures 2,O75,3W bd. ft. or about 20 per cent of the total, were entered through the Atlantic Coast ports. The total quattity of Philippine lumber imported into the United States during lgD amounted to 4o,704,470 bd. ft., which represents an increase of 5,400,000 bd. ft. over that of. 1928.

During the fourth quarter of. 1929, 1J95,159 superficial feet of veneers were enter6d through the Pacifii Coast ports, making a total of. 7,78,959 feet for the year 1929 which is about equal to that of 1928.

HOMER MARIS BACK FROM TRIP

Homer Maris, of the H. B. Maris Panel ,Co., San Francisco, spent a few days at Lake Almanor, the first week in May on a fishing trip, with a party of friends. He reports that in spite of an unexpected snowstorm which tied things up to some extent, they had some good fishing, and everybody had'an enjoyable time.

EARL HOFFDTAN CO.

'Established ir 1919'

DOUGLAS FIR DOORtt - PANEIS and VENEERS

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