There are more artificial swim' ming pools in Beverly Hills and Hollywood than in any other Part of the world. Waterproof cement supplied a vital need for the eco' nomical construction of these oPen air tanks.
Plastite has made the swimming pool not only practical in construc' tion but dependable and delightful from every viewpoint.
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PLASTITE is a cement which contains all the desirable physical and chemical qualities of standard Portland cement and which, when used under normal field conditions, will make a concrete or mortar mix that is more plastic and that will result in permanently water-tight concrete or stucco.
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The Californb ma*et ic good and continues to rhow nillr are vcry rhort on thie rtock. 1 in. and 2 in. clear ir in rtreng$. Douglas Fir cargo ir very rtrong and all itemr are being rnapped up ar soon ar they are placed on tte rnrrhet' Both rlarh and vertical grain clean are Yery much in de' mand with pricec from $5.OO to $?.fi) higher than thirtv day.r ago. 2x4 No. 3 comrnon, 1x6 and 1x8 No. 3 common ere rcarce end there items are in big demand.
There ir very little uneold lumber on thc dockr at San Pedro; on May 28 thcre war 4r8l5rflX) feet ar comparcd to 13r347'0OO feet on May 1. Therc are 28 boats tied up'
Pricec on Douglar Fir rail rhipmcntr, both on common! and upperr, have-increarcd $1.0O dnce May -1. The market on grilt .i"an it etrong. The millr-g-e reluctant to book any-brrinere for future delivety. Middle Weet rail burineo is coming to the millr in good volume.
Tte {edwood market it "oy encouraging and all martetr app€rr active, including erpolt Al-mills are operating on a five-day ire€b and ehipmentr for the weck ending lllay 19 from thc-Cdifo;h Redwood Anociation millr, exceedcd oroduction more than 607o. For the week ending May 19' ih" brroto"ter of t[e CaHfornia Redwood Areocietionr 15 mille reporting, rhowr: Orden Received' 7r?!g^ M ft.; Pro' dustion, TrMZ M ft; Shipments, 11,503 M ft. Th.r. ir an imorovement in the demand for ii;; ir an irnprovement for Cdifornia hite and Sugar Pine, with romewhit better pricee. No.-2 White rhop ir in gool dma;d and ic $2.(X) hisho than two w-celc
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Anothcr big weck in the lumber indur-try-war -rgcorde! for the perioJended May 19, wlreqr n-rodugtion, ehipmentr "ra ""ai"" approached the viar'r |i!h9{ levelr aecording t"if. weetti,-anatyrir of the Nationd Lunrber Manrfec' irn"J ^l,uocLtion, -bat d on reportr received ltlav 2-4-frop 828 of t[e countrytl molt inportant roftwood and hard' *H.T*;ood milh, of which therc were 4o8 reporting - *;* 4oG the pr.""ai"g week,-Aowed^gainr-all dog th" iit", production edvandng 7?8??-49 feeb rhipmentl tOrSiO,Z2t feet, and ordcn 331031,609 feet over thc wce& before. --The total coftwood lumbcr movement fo'r the first 20 -""&t of 1928 chowt: Production, 4,E72rO39,278 feet; Shipmentr, 5, 1 35' 9 1 1,07 1 f ee$ Or-der1 5,41 4,852,-ffi8-fcct: - fh. r"p'o"i rhorr the following figurer for t[e Wert Coart L;b;r;"r's Arociation for t[i! -Period: Productionr- 2rilgrsg0rel 5 fe"t ; Slipttt"ntr, 2,332,91 o,o53 feet ; Ordcrs' 2,648r7ffir689 feet. -'-F; C"lia;ia White and Sugar Pine, the report figlry f* th; nttiZO *""kr of the year-: Production' 369,4Q!'QQQ i*tlSnp-*t, 4%,026,000 f""t; Ordem, 494'851'fi)O
On May 3rd, at a meeting of the General Lumber Con' ference in Washington, the Central Committee of Lumber Stahdards decided to drop from the nomenclature of the Standards the trad'e name "California White Pine," and substitute therefore "Pondosa" Pine.
The California White and Sugar Pine Association called a special meeting of its members in San Francisco for May l8th, where the matter was discussed, and a resolution made, seconded, and passed by a vote of 14 to 4 on the subject. H. D. Mortenson made the resolution, and Willis T, Walker seconded it, and it reads as follows: - "The General Lumber Conference held in Washington, May 3, saw fit to drop from the nomenclature of the Am'erican Lumber Standards the trade name "California White Pine" which trade name has been in use for more than fifty years, and substitute a. name "Pondosa" pine which has
fect. ---'it total hardwood nrovement for thir, !iIl9^P{141 af' ""raUg-i"tf "iport,rhowr:Pr-oductionn-8-89r9!?1QO9f :a; si6;;"t, bzz,soe,looo feeti ordc$, 947'893'oqu9qbeen in use less than five years' and in protest thereto we offer this --i.Resolved,resolution:
That it be the sense of the California White & Suear Pine Manufacturers' Association that a protest t" tifEa with the General Lumber Conference against its r"tiort in dropping the name "California White Pine" from the Americ"i'L,i*b"t Standards. We do this because it aDDears from transcript of the committee's proc'eedings that its'action was taken by reason of certain incorrect statements and misinfotmaiion as to the willingness of our membership to change this name' The change is one ot ereat moment and uft respectfully urge that the name be iffo*J t" remain as it was in the lumber standards before ifti. ""iiott was taken until such time as the legal authoriiies, itt whose hands the matter rests, shall determine in the iin"t "pp."l by adjudication that it is an improper trade name.tt
Copies were sent to everyone concerned.
SOURCE of SUPPLY is again importanr.
we are as ready today during a period of very acute demand as before to make prompt deliveries of any standard California items.
The group of sawmills on Puget Sound which we represent have not withdrawn from the market awaiting the ultimate in price, but authorizeus today as always to book business at current market prices.
we have a sailing from the sound every four days providing a service as frequent as necessary.
A new mill has joined our companyEATONVILLE
Capacity 250 M feet per 8-hour shift, band dll, 5 dry kilns, planing dil, Fir, Spruce and Cedar lumber. President, Thomas S. Galbraith, Vice President and Manager, J. H. Galbraith. Cuts old growth timber inFir for high class car material, structural gradee and a yery superior grade of finish.
Momentous things have happened recently in the matter of technical and trade lumber names. Manufacturers of "true white pine" in Minnesota and adjacent territory complained to the Federal Trade Commission that Western White pine was being advertised and sold as White Pine' and asked that this be stopped by Federal ordetr. The National Lumber Manufacturers' Association in meeting at Washington decided by unanimous vote to discontinue use of the term "California White Pine" and substitute Ponderosa. And on the heels of those things the lJnited States Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upholds the decision of th"e Federal Trade Cornmission forbidding ttre use of the name "Mahogany" when applied to Philippine hardwoods. One of the judges says that he "reluctantly concurs" in the decision, feeling that "intcrference with such commercial usage does not seem justifiable."
Let us all join together in thanks ! Not in five years have conditions in and surrounding the lumber business in California been as r:nquestionably and undeniably promising as they are today. Every man is up on his toes and snifEng the wind to see what is going to happen. The wholesale lumber business is wonderfully improved. The price is up, lumber is in active DEMAND in all directions, and everywhere in the air is the feeling that th'e long dol' drums are past, and that things are only just beginning to pop in earnBst. And that is my frank opinion. I have been sitting in an observer's seat for twenty odd years watching the antics of the lumber market, and there is one thing that I have always observed, that convinces me it is Providential. \itlhenever the lumber situation gets so bad that it just carl't get any worse' and is becoming not less than tragic, sornething always happend to save it. It's been that way for several years' and it's time for the tide to turn. That it HAS turned, is my firm belief.
Things have been just about as bad in the lumber business of the Pacific Northwest as they could possibly be. It is doubtful if the industry as a whole could have weathered another awful year like 1927- They have been giving their lumber away, and this condition has affected every department of the lumber industry. After such a situation, it seems reasonable that now that things are turning upward, there will be common sense enough in the North to keep down production, and give the industry a chance to crawl up out of the mud. If they don't do it NOW, then there is no hope for them. Alt they have to do the remainder of this vear is to keep that old Satan of rush productiori back of them, and they will have a big year, they will make some money for the first time in years, and give the rest of the industry a chance to make t;-u.
It's truly amazing how contagious optimism is. A month ago lumber sellers in California were begging the trade to buy, at ridiculously low prices, and the trade kept
its fingers crossed, and bought only for actual needs. The price jumps a dollar, then another dollar, and Lo and Behold ! From every direction they come rushing to buy lumber. It always has been and it always will be that way, not only in California but everywhere else where lumber is customarily bought and sold. And it helps the dealers also, for immediately those with weak price backs began sticking close to lists, knowing not what replacement is going to cost, aqd fearing to cut prices on stuff that may have to be replaced at rates higher than their selling price.
Not only are things better in the lumber business, but they are greatly improved in the sash, door, and millwork business, The volume is greater than it was last year at this time, and the price is better. And this milling industry also needed some optimism and needed it badly, for truly it has been a weak sister for the past couple of years, so far as getting a price and making a profit is concerned. *{3*
The fact is, that when lumber is cheap, prices are demoralized, competition is bitter, and ethics are slackened in every department of the building industry. When things pick up, these conditions begin to disappear. A market that brings a profit to the mill and to the wholesaler, brings known quantities into the industry, eliminates chaos, and gives everyone a chance to make a living.
THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR 1928 SHOULD BE MARKED BY ACCUMULATING PROSPERTY AND IMPROVED CONDITIONS IN THE ENTIRE LUMBER INDUSTRY OF THE PACIFIC COAST.'
A visitor said to me the other day: "I just made the drive to San Diego and return, and the entire route is laid out in town lots and subdivisions. Where are the peoplg coming from to fill all that territory?" That's easily answered- In the United States there are probably 120,000'000 people, and 99/o of them want to live in California. A smaller but excellent percentage of them ARE GOING TO DO SO. And besides, we have the rest of the world with its billion plus of people, to draw from. Don't waste time worrying about where the people are coming from. They ARE coming, in a tide that will not cease for at least a generation. There is going to be a solid civilization from Santa Monica to San Diego. In ten or fifteen more years people will tive solidly along the ocean that entire dista4ce. Millions of people are going to settle in that territory, who are not there yet. This will be the greatest buying district on earth, next to New York. Don't copper any bets on California. Bet her to win. Stick to the big shour, and believe. Get ready to sell building materials in constantly increasing guantities for years to come. Occas' ional flat spots will only accentuate the high spots that follow.
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LUfVIngn which must come in contact Yet, tfiis plant is but a part of McC,ormickts complete service from forest to you. We have vast holdings of the finest timber in the Pacific Northwest. our own logging camps, dk, gridirons, docks, steamships.
with the ground should be treated, say California architects. Underpinning and sills, creosoted under pressure the McCormick way, solve the homebuilder's white ant problem.
The McCorrnick treating plant at St. Flelens is an important part of McCormick service. For the past 16 years, this modern plant has been at work developing and improving metrhods of creosoting lumber and timbers, as a means
Besides cargo shipments, our rail departrrent is well equipped to handle fast shipments into California and Arizona. Let our nearest sales office or representative quote you on straight or mixed of giving them added life.
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Apropos of saving lumber, timber conservation, etc., thcte's a Pine mill in the West that has perfected a machine that ccrtainly deserves particular and specid mention. The ldea isn't brartd new, but the perfecting of the scheme mechanically, is. They use this machine in their box shook dcpartment. ft often happens in Pine box material, that a big loose knot spoils an otherwise fine board. Ordinarily there is nothing to do but cut out the two feet of board in which the knot is located. This new machine cuts out the knot, and in cutting it, threads the inside of the hole. At one and the same time it screws INTO that hole a Pine plug. The plug is tight, strong, a4d looks very well indeed. It can be done in the rough, then the board dressed, and the plug is smooth as glass with the surface of the board. It wouldn't work for all uses, but for shook and many other uses, it is perfect, and often saves many feet of good shook by one plugging, which takes only a few moments. Putting plugs in place of knots has been done before, but not petfectly and mechanically as*in this case.
. Speaking of advertising, the churches are at it. Ihe Lutheran Church conducted a national campaign for a4 advertising slogan for that creed, and received over five thousand suggestions. They chose this one: "A changeless Christ for a Changing world."*
The difrerence between the old and the new is always cropping up, and generally in favor of the new. For instance one of the famous philosophical remarks of the wise Seneca was: t'flow much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness." Today we have a street phrase
Robert Cameron, secretary-manager of Marin County Lumbermen's Association, left San Francisco recently for a trip to Europe.
.Mi. Cameron is on three months' leave of absence from the association. He is accompanied by his wife and baby, and will visit his father and mother in London, England, and also hopes to do considerable sight-seeing, including an airplane lrip from London to Paris.
on exactly the same subject that uses six words less, and shorter and easier words, and covers the thought infinitely better than the splendid phqase of Seneca. We simply say-"He can't stand prosperity."*Better, isn't it?
I've written a lot about deders stocking ar\d selling built-ins, in the past year. I would like to see every retail lumberman get out of the two-by-four rut, and selling beautiful new lumber things for the old home and the new, is one grand way out, in my opinion-a service-giving route. The other day I had a long confab with a man who has gone into the built-in business strong of late, rebuilding a fine factory to specialize iq them. He has troubles, and seeks the answer. "I have always sold my goods through the lumblr dealer," he said. "That is my experience, and that's the way I want to sell. But I can't ge! the dealers to stock and merchandise this stuff. The stufr is being used all around them. It provides a wonderful business. B,ut they sron't take hold and do it. I've got to run my factory. I've got to'keep rny crew working. I've got to eat. And moreover, I've got to supply the demand for buitt-ins that is scarcely scratched as yet. So I have to sell my stuff direct to building and contractor. And that makes the dealer mad at me. What can I do? He won't sell my stuff to his trade but I sell it easily to that same trade. What's the answer?"
I wish some good lumber merchant would write and tell me what they think the answer is. Truly the builders have a right to this stuff. It supplies a human need, and gives human service. How shall they get it, if the dealer does not stock and actually merchandise it?
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N. B. Bowden, Pacific Manufacturing Company, Santa Clara, vras a recent business visitor to San Francisco.
J. M. Hotchkiss, manager, and G. N. Whiteside, sales minager of Hobbs, Wall -& Co., San Francisco, rqturned May 23 from a trip to their Crescent City plant. Mr. Hotchkisi was accompanied by his young son Billy.
The preference for Weeterar Forest Productg continuee wherever permanency in conetruction is demanded. The adapta. biliry and durability of Douglae Fir and Redwood are prirnary qualitiee in maintaining thie favon
Ifammond lumber comes from the eelect timber etands of the West. ft is manufacturedrgradedrkilndried and machined under careful superviaion. Qualiry ia the etandard behind Ifammond prod. ucte, eupplemented by the aervice of an oryanigation that readily responda to the market and buyerte needs. Theee factore are in favor of the retail lumber dealer who '6buye from llammondg.tt
LeRoy H. Stanton, E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, was eleited president at the fifth annual convention of the Pacific Coasi Hardr,vood Association, held at the Empress Hotel, Victoria, B. C., May 18 and 19.
are contemplated by the National Hardwood Lumber Association.
Other officers elected to .et'ue during the coming were: Jerry Sullivan, Jr., Sullivan Hardwood Lumber Cooper Lumber Co., Los Angeles, secretary-trgaslr9l..
San Diego, vice-president, and C. M. Cooper, W.
Tire n.* directors are: J. E. Higgins, Jt., J' tr. Higgins Lumber Co., San Francisco; D. A. Johnson, D. A. Johnson & Son, Seattle; E. E. Hall, Emerson Hardwood Co., Portland; B. E. Bryan, Strable Hardwood Co., Oakland; Henry Swafford, E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, and Jerry Sullivan, Jr., Sullivan Hardwood Lumber Co., San Diego.
Friday Session
J. E. Higgins, Jr., J. E. Higgins Lumber Co., San Franciico, president of the association, in opening the convention remarked that members were present from all regional groups, and introduced a new member, P. R. Kahn, Forsvthe & Co.. San Francisco.
C. Harry White, White Brothers, San Francisco, opened the discuslion on regional market problems with a review of conditions during the past year in his territory. In closing his talk Mr. Wtrite imrmea his faith in the future of the hardwood lumber business.
Jerry Sullivan, Sullivan Hardwood Lumber Co., San Diego, reviewed conditions in his district, telling o-fthe finelo-operation existing among members of the S_an Diego associatibn, and suggested that the Pacific Coast Hardwood Dealers' Association could gain a great deal in the way of closer cooperation among the regional groups, if they employed a paid secretary.
J. Fyfe Smith, J. Fyfe Smith & Co., Ltd., Vancouver, B.-C., ind host to ihe iouthern members, gave a review of conditions in the Vancouver territory, and added his endorsement of the proposal to hire a permanent salaried secretary.
D. J. -Cahill, Western Hardwood Lumber Co., Los Angeles,-in his address told members of the better conditions wtrictr now obtain in the Los Angeles territory, mainly due to the splendid work of the secretary of the Los Angeles associati,on. which has resulted in a measure of cooperation among the lumber d,ealers in the Los Angeles metropolitan area hitherto unknown.
- Mr. Cahill said the growth of the furniture manufacturing business in Los Angeles is becoming a big fa-ctor in thi consumption of hard*oods in that region, and that the increase in ihe popularity of P{ipgine Vq!gg1"y is particularly remarkable.
Pr-esident J. E. Higgins appointed the following committee to consider the matter of employing a paid secretary: Jerry Sullivan, D. J. Cahill, C. Harry White, Roger Sands and E. E. Hall.
President Higgins was toastmaster at the annual-banquet of the association on Friday evening, May 18. He introduced as the speaker of the evening, B. C. Nicholas, editor and publisher of the "Victoria Daily Times," who gave. a -o.t ittt.testing address, remarking in conclusion on the cordial relationi which have always existed between Canada and the United States, separated by a 30OO mile border line, "without a gun or a fort."
Saturday Morning
Homer Maris opened the final session with a talk on the Fir panel situation, which he said had shown considerable impiovement during the last few months. Mr. Maris said thit prices had improved to the point where both the manufacturer and distributor could make some profit.
Secretary-treasurer Homer Maris, H' B. Maris Panel Co., San Francisco, read the minutes of the last annual meeting held at Del Monte, April 23 and 24,, 1927. These were adopted.
After discussion of the contemplated changes in the gradins rules by the National Hardwood Lumber Association, Piesident J-. E. Higgins appointed a committee consisting of D. J. Cahill, chairman, LeRoy H. Stanton, Jerry Sullivan and C. Harry White to decide what action the association would take on these proposed changes. This committee recommended later that this association postpone any action until they have been fully informed as to what changes
LeRoy H. Stanton, E. J. Stanton Lumber Co', Los Angeles, wis the next speakei. His subject was the hardwood Fooring situation in Los Angeles. One of the big problems of the-hardwood flooring distributors there, Mr. Stanton stated, was that of the large floor laying contractors buying in carload lots. Another was direct selling to the trade by flooring manufacturers, but he said there was now much better cooiperation among the wholesale distributors in his territory, lnd they were in turn cooperating to a greater extent with the reliable flooring contractors.
Mr. Stanton also said that his concern is pushing the sale of plank flooring in four, six and eight inch widths, and thai the competition of Redwood blocks has reduced the volume of Maple flooring business in factory grade.
Ray Anderson, General Plywood Co', Seattle, spoke on the manufacture of hardwood panels. This talk was most
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WE ALSO HAVE A "REP" FOR ..SUDDEN SERVICE''
WELL MERIT
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals, in New York City, has sustained the decision of the Federal Trade Commiision in the now famous "Philippine Mahogany" case, and decides that Philippine Hardwoods may NQT be described, advertised, sold, or offered for sale as "Mahogany)'
While this is not definitely announced, the general feeling in California is that the case.will not be carried farther, although there is some sentiment expressed that it be taken to the still higher courts.
The case was known as Indiana Quartered Oak Company, Petitioner, against Federal Trade Commission, ResFondent, was decided by Judges Manton, L. Hand, and Sawn, and was designated as follows:
"Petition to review an order of the Federal Trade Commission. The Indiana Quartered Oak Company petitions to review an order of the Federal Trade Commission'requiring the Petitioner to desist from advertising, describing, or selling or ofiering for sale under the term "Mahogany" or "Philippine Mahogany", woods which are imported from the Philippine Islands. ORDER AFFIRMED."
Judge Swan, in signing the decision, wrote the following dissenting opinion, which is very interesting, and practically recites the stand of the Petitioners, when he says:
"I reluctantly concur in the result because the Commission has made findings of deception of the public, which there is some evidence to support, though in my opinion it is greatly outw€ighed by contrary evidence. The purchasing public knows little, and cares less I think, about the botanical characteristics of mahogany. The Philippine Government, our own Departments of 'War, Commerce, and Agriculture, and The Interstate Commerce Commission, have been accustomed for years to refer to the woods in question as "Philippine Mahogany." The National Hardwood Lumber Association, since 1916, establishqd rules for grading "Philippine Mahogany." This term is used in foreign countries also. Combined with the word "Philippine", "mahogany" is used in its commercial as distinguished from its botanical sense. Suc! usage is common in the lumber industry, witness: Douglas Fir or Oregon Pine, which is a false hemlock; red cedar, which is a juniper; and many other instances which might be gited- Interference with such commercial usage does not seem to me justifiable, but in view of the Commission's findings the Court is powerless'"
The main order recites briefly the findings of the Federal Trade Commission in this case, which findings have been previously reported in these columns, and are well
known, and goes into the matter of the botanical history of mahogany] and aPproves the finding that while not all branches-of ine Uetiiceae family are tiue mahogany, still all true mahogany comes from that family, and fr-om the Swietenia braichi and that this branch is not found in the Philippines.
These facts, of course, the defendants in this case have never disputed.
The deiision goes on to state that it has been shown that in the furniture industry there has been deception, and that both buyers and the consuming public have been deceived into thinking they were buying true mahogany, when they bought Philippine. "The trade as a whole does not underltand that that "Philippine Mahogany" is not mahogany, but such understanding is limited to dealers who actually sell the rough lumber."
Again: "If the term deceives the purchasing public its use may not be continued."
"Falie advertising," says the decision again, "and selling the commodity for and as a different commodity, has been denounced by the courts as a method of unfair competition within the meaning of the statute here invoked."
"It is not necessary fbr the Commission to establish intent to deceive the purchasing public. For the test of unfair competition was whether the natural and probable result of the use by the petitioner of such words was deceptive to the ordinary purchaser and made him purchase that which he did not intend to buy."
"It is argued that there is a want of public interest and that the Federal Trade Commission was not justified in assuming jurisdiction under Par. 5 of the Federal Trade Commlssion Act. That Act provides that "if it shall appear to the Commission that a proceeding by it in respect ihereof would be of benefit to the general interest of the public," jurisdiction may be taken by the Commission. The practices here involved affect the public who buy furniture and other products manufactured from mahogany wood as well as intermediate dealers in mahogany, and this was sufficient to sustain the trade commission in assuming jurisdiction. Order affirmed."
No announcement has yet come from the Philippine Mahogany Association as to what steps shall be taken next in the matter. The question of a trade name will immediately arise, if no further contest of the old trade name use is made.
Developments will be watched with much interest, and will undoubtedly be immediate si,nce the use of these Philippine woodi is growing very fast, and will undoubtedly continue to do so, regardless of this name decision.
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From standing timber to finished product, it is a clean-cut, outspoken, masculine business.
Within this firm we have certain definite policies and principles. First among them is absolute Fairness - both to customers and competitors. We want our product and our methods to stand out as honest value, giving LOO% satisfaction always. It is easy to talk about high ideals in business. It is often hard to live up to them from day to day. But we are so sincere in our determination that we have adopted the trade-mark H E-the initials of our firm name-and a pledge of Fairness.
Our,record is the answer. Our success in living up to all the H E stands for will prove that we put into practice the same princip I es that we put into print.
The big plant of the Western Hardwood Lumber Company, in Los Angeles, is just being improved in another very interesting way. Up to six months ago they stored their panels in a part of one of their big sheds. But the panel business has been growing rapidly with them, and six months ago they built a big new shed and warehouse for panels only. And now, just six months later, they are exactly doubling the size of the panel shed, and still usipg their original panel department, which shows how their panel business is on the grow.
The acquisition of the Wheeler-Osgood line of Philippine Mahogany panels is the chief cause of this spreading. They are putting in large stocks of these very popular panels, and find they need the room.
Their Philippine Mahogany sales so far this year are more than twice what they were during the same time last year.
''Western Hardwood is rapidly and steadily changing their methods and operations to put their entire stocks under cover. The big storage yard of the old days has rapidly dwindled in size, and eventually they expect to have their entire institution under cover.
The Gaynor Masters Lumber Company have taken a charter for a period of six months on the Steamship Viking, which will run opposite the Steamship George Olson, also chartered for a similar period of time, in making a service out of the Puget Sound every four days. The steamers J. C. Kirkpatrick and Jane Nettleton, running opposite each other, are also engaged in making four-day service out of the Sound for this company, and they announce that this steamship service, coupled with strong mill organization, makes it possible for them to take care of business during the present advance in prices when several mills are closing down and when tonnage is difficult to secure.
Benj. Ostlind, Ralph Singer and Claude Nasburg, Coos Veneer & Box Co., Marshfield, Oregon, were recent Los Angeles visitors where they spent a few days on business matters. They made the trip by airplane. While in Los Angeles, they made their headquarters at the offices of the California Panel & Veneer Co.
Mark Lillard, fnc., of Los Angeles, for many years one of the leading door salesmen of Southern California, while he still sells doors as much as ever, has also gone into the hardwood lumber selling line, and is getting along great in his new department. He has exclusive sales in Los Angeles territory for the following very excellent concerns:
Tremont Lumber Company, Rochelle, La.
- lfenderson-Baker Lumber Co., Jackson, Tenn.
Ransom Hardwood Lumber Company, Nashville, Tenn.
Gayoso Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn.
Kellogg Lumber Company, Monroe, La.
James E. Stark Lumber Company, l\femphis, Tenn.
Millions of feet of Trade-Marked Kiln Dried Old Growth Yellow Fir and S. P. A. Grade Marked Kiln Dried Short leaf Yellow Pine under sheds available for immediate (straight or mixed car) shipment. A source of supply that is never depleted.
From this great reserve stock you can find exactly the grades and sizes you need to round out your stock or fill the hurry-up orders.
Let us quote on your requirements.
General Ofrcee: KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
Branch Sales Offiees:
Chicrgo, lll.
Colunbur, Ohio
Iadianepolir, Ind.
Oklahornr City, OLla.
Omaha, Ncbr.
St. Louir, Mo.
Ncw York City, N. Y.
Sen Antonio, Tc:er
Houtto& Tcxar
Dallar, Tc*.l
Portlend, Ora.
San Francirco, Celif.
Millr: Vernonia, Oregen-Conro€, Texas
Manufacturen of Old Growth Yellow Douglar Fir and (S. P. A. Crrade Ma*ed)
Southerl Yellow Pine. And Minerr of Coal.
R. L. "Bob" Reedy, of Tacoma, Washington, has been a recent visitor in Los Angeles, the guest of Robert Osgood. Mr. Reedy is manager of the Philippine Mahogany department of the Wheeler-Osgood Company, and is just returning home from a swing around the consuming districts of the east. He brought back a very optimistic report of the growth of Philippine popularity in the eastern and general markets, and predicts a big year for that wood.
Wheeler-Osgood have gone strong into the manufacture
Fred V. Holmes, Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., who is an active member of the Redwood Sales Co., San Francisco, left May 28 f.or Chicago, where he will confer with Milton Johns, sales manager of the Redwood Sales Co. The purpose of the conference is to lay plans for increasing the sales of the company, which handles the Eastern sales of a group of mills representing about one-third of the production of the Redwood industry.
Mr. Holmes expects to be away from his desk about 30 days.
William Donovan, president of the Donovan Lumber Company, Aberdeen, was a recent California visitor, spending several days in San Francisco, and visiting Los Angeles in company with Frank O'Connor, manag'er of the company's San Francisco ofifice.
Mcmbcr California Redwood Areociation
OFFICES:
SAN FRANCTSCO
Crockor Building
Pboac Suttcr 6170
LOS ANGELES
Lanc Mortgagc Bldg.
Phoae TRinity ?J282
MILLS:
FORT BRAGG
Celifornia
Adcquatc rtoregc rtocl at San Pcdro
of Philippine. They have gone heavily into the'Philippiire panel business, as well as into the manufacture of doors ind trim, and they are doing very active trade extension work in the east in behalf of this wood. They are packing their Philippine trim in neat bundles, and selling it ready for use.
While in Los Angeles Mr. Reedy conferred with Frank Connelly, of the \Mestern Hardwood Company, which concern stocks and sells their Philippine panels in this territory.
Sydney M. Hauptman, vice-president of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Company, and of the McCormick Steamship Companv, rvas injured in a head-on collision just after midnight of May 21. Mrs. Flauptman, who was riding with him, was only slightly injured, a part of the car falling in such a way that she was protected.
The collision occurred on the Peninsula highway, near Lomita Park, south of San Francisco, and it was said that the car which collided rvith I\{r. Hauptman's car was traveling on the wrong side of the road.
Mr. Hauptman sustained a fractured leg and some cuts. His chauffeur, D. R. Ecker, and the driver of the other car were seriously injured, but hopes are held out for their recovery.
Our complete modern mill machinery and equipment enables us to give the same prompt service on mixed orders as is made on straight cars of McCloud California White and Sugar Pine.
MILLS AND FACTORIES
McCLOUD, CALIF.
INQUIRE FOR PRICES AT VESTERN SALES OFFICE: IO'O MONADNOCK BLD-G., SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
W. G. KAHMAN, Salec Mgr.
L. S. TURNBULL, Ass't Sales Mgr.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA REPRESENTATIVES: FTETCHER 6C FRAMBES RryES-STRONG BLDG., LOS ANGELES, CALTF.
The Monolith Portland Cement Company, of Los Angeles, which concern recently began operations at its new cement manufacturing plant at Laramie, 'Wyoming, announces that not later than the first of next vear it will legin construction of a big two unit plant at Aiansas Pass, Texas.
Their site is ready, and their raw material will be the great oyster shell beds of that territory, which are already being used by a number of Southern cement manufacturers in the making of cement. Grants of shell from the State of Texas have been secured, and they figure that they have an endless supply of the shell material. The Texas plant will be a two unit plant, and will serve the Texas territory thereabouts, and likewise give special attention to export busineSs, for which it will be admirably located.
Members of the Kiwanis Club of San Leandro were hishly appreciative of the moving picture of The Pacific Lumber Company's sawmill and logging operations, exhibited
to them at their regular meeting, Mey 28.
Jim Farley of The Pacific Lumber Company operated the machine, and Lloyd Harris of Holmes-Eureka Lumber Company told his hearers the story of Redwood. The film is in two reels, showing the production of Redwood from the tree to the car, and takes about 30 minutes to show.
The teamwork exhibited by these two friendly rivals from the sales departments of competing companies is a good example of what may be accomplished by a little cooperation.
The May meeting of the San Fernando Valley Lumbermen's Club had a one hundred percent'attendance, every yard in -the Valley being represented. In addition to the regular members, Messrs. Meyers, Byrne and Wright, managers of the. Peoples Lumber Co. yards at Ventura, Moorpark and San Susana were present. The meeting was held at Black Cat Cafe, San Fernando.
Walter M. McDonough and M. L. Cooper, Hammond Lumber Co., Los Angeles, brought their movie projector and showed a two reel comedy "The Newly Weds Build." Mr. Cooper gave an excellent talk on "Selling up to a Standard and not down to Price."
A motion was passed instructing President W. B. Packman to appoint a committee to arrange for a picnic in the near future.
If you have a customer who is a contrary clrslt . . And he wa'ts a roof that'll be leak-proof long after we're a bunch of doddering old grandpas . . .
(Which ig a lmg, tong way ofitilt)
At a price that would make a red-faced Scotchman blush . . .
And you wonder how in the world you are going to please him...
Just remember there's one roof built so well he catr't help but be satisfied. Sell him a Weaver Roof.
R:ao what Hiller Brothers,Inc.,largest builders in Ponland, Oregon have to say about Laminex doors:
"The $Theeler-Osgood Co., Tacoma,I7ashington
Gentlemen:
"It will probably be interesting to you to know that Hiller Brothers, Inc., for the past five years have rised yourlaminex doors exclusively in every Hiller-built house and they havi always given perfect satisfaction.
"\7e find, in explaining our houses to prospective purchasers. when we tell them all ttie doorJ in the house ardl-ariinex and are guaranreed, that this fact helps us materially in the sale of our homes. Aiyou know, Hiller Brothers do not build anv cheap houses. 'W'e are cateiins to the owner who demands qualiry at i reas6nable price, and as each"part of the homeis guaranteed by us, we were quick- to ter,lize the qualiry of Laminex doors.
"Ife assure you that v/e will continue to use Laminex doors, for we ate entirely pleased with the quality, price and service given us.
Yours very tdy, HIIIER BROTHERS, INC.
(Signed) By G. HILLER, Vice-President" X""""""""
! THE I7HEELER-OSGOOD COMPANY, Tacoma, !?ashington !
i Gmtlnen: Plase send ne yout new book about Laminex doors. i I Lr4z! I
", / / this fact helps us materially in the sale of our homes"
We plan to make this Sixth Birthday Issue the livest thing in a journalistic line ever attempted in California.
It will be so hot it will fairly siz.zle. It will tell the world about California, her lumber industry, Iumber men, lumber women, lumber thoughts, lumber things-lumber greatness.
We will review the past year, and delve into the year to come.
Iile want the help of every lumber thinker in California. Your suggestions will be thoughtfully considerd, your assistance greatIy "ppreciated.
Sacramento \ralley Lumbermen's Club held their regular monthly meeting at the Hotel Senator, Sacramento, May 19.
President Jo Shepard presided, and announced that the next meeting will be held on June 16, at a picnic in one of the local parks. Arrangements for this will be in the hands of the president and secretary.
Mr. Shepard called for discussion of a plan outlined in a letter from Mrs. J. E. Fraser, secretary of the California Retail Lumbermen's ,{ssociation, proposing that the club join the state association as a whole instead of having individual memberships, suggesting that a slight increase of dues would be sufficient to give each club member a membership in the state association as well. I. E. Brink, Diamond Match Co., Chico, E. S. McBride, Davis Lumber Co., Davis, and President Shepard joined in the discussion on this subject, and it was decided to have further discussion on the matter at the June meeting. The plan will be taken up at the State Convention in November.
I. E. Brink, Diamond Match Co., vicegerent snark of the Butte County district, invited the club to hold their September meeting in conjunction with Butte County Hoo Hoo. This invitation was cordially accepted. The Diamond Match Co. will provide the luncheon at Stirling City, where the company's sawmill will be visited. A visit will also be made to the factory at Chico, and there will be a big Concat in the evening.
C. D. LeMaster paid a fine tribute to H. C. "Hi" Henry, and to J. A. Clothier, both of whom met accidental deaths in automobile accidents recently, and at the secretary's request, the gathering stood for a few moments in silence for each.
Mr. LeMaster stated that the impression which had
got abroad that Mr. Clothier had been killed in the course of a joy-ride was an entirely erroneous one. He explained the facts of the matter, and asked mimbers to do what they could to correct this wrong impression.
Tom Sawyer, Pacific Coast Manager of the Celotex Company was the speaker of the day. His subject was, "Better Co-operation in the Building Industry."
Those present were: O. F. Folsom, Celotex Co., Sacramento; Victor De Marais, Yosemite Portland Cement Co., Sacramento; H. A. Pefley. Friend & Terry Lumber Co., Sacramento; C. U. Utterback, Mill Work Institute, Stockton; Waltgr N. Baker, Friend & Terry Lumber Co., Sacramento; C. D. LeMaster, Sacramento; W. B. Dearborn, Loomis Lumber Co., Loomis; C. G. Corkran, Owen-Oregon Lumber Co., Sacrdmento; Harry Terrell, Hill & Morton, Inc., Sacramento; H. M. Derr, Derr Lumber Co., Elk Grove; Geo. W. Robinson, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., Stockton; C. A. Schaad, Jr., Hazelton Lumber Co., Orland; J. B. Hazelton, Hazelton Lumber Co., Orland; J. H. Shepard, Friend & Terry Lumber Co., Sacramento; E. S. McBride, Davis Lumber Co., Davis; Fred Hutton, Dixon Lumber Co., Dixon; M. E. Coulter, Henry Cowell Lime & Cement Co., Sacramento; O. H. Miller, Knox Lumber Co., Sacramento; Tom Brown, J. E. Higgins Lumber Co., Sacramento; C)scar Odegaard, The Diamond Match Co., Marysville; H. B. Arnold, Pacific Portland Cement Co., Sacramento; C. L. Johnson, Atlas Portland Cement Co., New York City; I. E. Brink, The Diamond Match Co., Chico; I{. F. Duncan, Sterling Lumber Co., Folsom; M. M. Daubin, Sterling Lumber Co., Roseville; R. E. Tracy, Friend & Terry Lumber Co., Sacramento; Tom Sawyer, Celotex Co., Los Angeles; W. T. Black, "The California Lumber Merchant" San Francisco.
Bevel and Brmgalow Siding (White Pine and Redwood)Interior Houre Trim-DoorrWindoweSash$s'ssa3Mouldings-Millwork.
We operate one of the biggest and most modern millwork plants in the West at Oakland, making everything in millwork from soft and cabinet woods.
We stock complete line of Sugar and White Pine in our Oakland yard, and also ship direct from mills in car lots.
We also operate a most active wholesale department at Oakland, selling wholesale Fir, Pine, and Redwood for every purpose, in 43 states in the Union.
We are equipped, stocked, and ready to serye.
It is a simple matter for you to convince a plasterer that stucco plaster costs no more when prepared with Monolith Plastic Waterproof Portland Cement-and yet it makes a rnuch better job.
Substantial savings are made possible in two ways:
l. The plasterer can use from 30 to 35 shovels of sand to each bag of cement.
2. Because of its unusual workability, Monolith Plastic Waterproof Portland Cement can be applied more easily and in twentyfive per cent less time than is usually required.
Once you get these important facts over to your customer, you have made him your friend for life. There isn't a contractor or plasterer living who would not prefer to produce walls that are stronger, 'more beautiful and absolutely waterproof-particularly when he finds that this can be accomplished with no additional cost.
For your custonr,ers'benefit as zuell os your ozun, tell thent, the contplete story of Monolith.
"I think your shingles are the best material on the market in our city. That is why I gave the contract to your Licensed Pioneer Shingle Company. Your easy payment plan could not be better."
(Signed) J. W. Ausnx, Ogden, Utah.
"Since f once had an expensive fire due to the falling of a spark on a wood shingle roof I can fully appreciate the value of the fire retarding features of Pioneer Yosemite Rock Surfaced Shingles."
(Signed) J. R. P.ryxr, 1920 South Church, alem, Oregon.
"I had the soft green Pioneer Yosemite Rock Surfaced Shingles used, which improve the appearance of my home aboat LN%. It is very noticeable how much warmer it keeps my home in the winter and also cooler in hot weather."
(Signed) Mns. Lucy Hounrr, 1252 North Hayes, Pocatello. Idaho.
o'The superior quality of the materials, which withstand all weather conditions, would alone justify re-roofing with Pioneer Yosemite Rock Surfaced Shingles. There is no inconvenience while applying them and they.are laid right over the old wood shingles, which adds to the proteption of the house"'
(signed) Mns. Mmcmnr Fr.uny, Spokane, Washington.
"We liked your l;icensed Pioneer Shingle Application representative. He was pleasant, agreeable and capable, fulfilled his agreement completely it saved a lot of trouble in not having to hire the work done."
(Signed) Mmy HuncERroRD, Kirkland, Washington.
thickness over the entire gurfaee . . deeired sefri-thatched efrect . . surface is fire retardant itg firet Then, too, the Super IIex is sold on over the old wood sffingles .., and Licensed Pioneer Application Agent If you think owners do not appreciate from owneret letteree lhose printcd file in our ofrce,
"The insurance companies gave r'efunds on my policies because of the fireproof composition of your shingles, thereby indicating the item of economy in your shingles is really a worthwhile factor later when some of my neighbors, whose repair work and paint jobs did not stop leaks or add any enduring beauty, were regretting their mistakes, I was thoroughly convinced that I had not only an attractive'roof but a permanent and economical_onc as w_elljt
(Signed) Jonn J. RoAcE,, Redlands, California.
Pioneer Super Hex gives double roofing its maseive sizn produces the much are non-fading Yosetttite rock . . its and the upkeep is practically nothing! nts for re-roofing . . to be laid right, ean have the work done by a with a Guarantee.
featuree read over these excerpte taken at. random from thousands on
"We found the Pioneer Plan of easy payment a great convenience, as we had the advantage.of a good and beautif3ll.; " ' roof months before it was paid for and did'not drii* tl91l^: :i' small monthly payment required."
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(Signqfl), !,1,9n. O.'%ssou, ,' i' ' '' 5242 39th N.8.,' .' .Seattlerll{q*bden "..r'-'* ' i ' " '-;,,r-', "' '' "ln L927 I covered tlre roof of my house with Ptuoneer I Yosemite Rock Surfaced Shingles and the work was performed by your Licensed Pioneer Shingle Application Company. It has added materially to the dignity, comfort and safety of the house and enhanced the value of the property more than twice the cost of the matbrial and labor." ,. ".
(Signed) J; P. Bor.ron, ' 1735 Lewis Arenue, Fresno, California.
"During the six years previous to re.roofing with Pioneer Yosemite Rock Surfaced Shingles I had expended more than half the cost of the new roof for patching, painting, etc., and had come to realize that no amount of patching would make the old wood shingle roof water.tight." ., \r
(Signed) F. A. C.l,nn, 830 Mt. View Avenue, San Bernardino. California.
W. W. Wilkinson, of Los Angeles, who has done splendid work in spreading the gospel of Laminated Lumber in this territory, thinks that the Laminated Lumber idea is still in its infancy, and that its use and usefulness b'crfh'will develop very*apidly-IS developing very rapidly. "It will be only a short time in my opinion" said Mr. Wilkinson, "until Larninated Lumber will be turned out as long as sixteen feet and carried in stock by all lumbermen and building material men, in all the wide widths. .When that time comes the builder will have lumber of any width and length, perfectly clear and strong, that he can cut to fit any ise, any place, any time. It is an opportunity for service that is most impressive, and-is coming fast."
Loyal C. Tipton, formerly assistant manager of The Diamond Match Co-'s'Woodland yard, has been appointed mbnager of the iompany's Live Oak yard.
Pending the selection of a successor to Mr. Henry who recently lost fis life in an automobile accident, H. C. Clark, Los Angeles'Manager of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, will call on the dealers in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys during June. His assistant, A. T. Show, will look after the Company's sales in the Los Angeles territory.
A. B. Gritzmacher, Gritzmacher & Gunton, San Francisco, entered the hospital May 16, and was operated on May 24th for the relief of an eye cataract. Mr. Gritzmacher expects to be back a,t.^his des[< by June lst, and it is the hope of his many friends that this operation will result in giving back to him one hundred per cent sight.
Fred Hamilton, Benson Lumber Co., San Diego, who was recently operated on for appendicitis, is reported to be convalescing nicely. He expects to be back at his desk again in three or four weeks.
Harvey Isenhower, representative for the Holmes Eureka I-umber Co. in the Valley territory, was a recent Los Angeles visitor where he spent a week. Accompanying Bill lfamilton, their Los Angeles manager, they called on the Southern California trade.
Price cutting to get busine$ is jungle competition, the competition of the lion and the tiger, which says, "If I am to live my competitor must be destroyed.tt
The 4-wheel steer on all models of the Gerlinger Hydraulic Carrier was made known just a month ago. It was not drnounced until moriths and months of experimenlatiorand improvementbof every detail had reached l$V/o pe$ection. This, together with announcer,nent of the midget Carrier (the HSF-0), the s-mallest carrier made, has aroused nationwide interest among lumber operators. Ifrite for more information.
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DIFFERENTIAL
Tlnken-Datrolt
SHOES
Cotliruog ehcp<olldly boltcd to frm. Only cmier wlth the* faturu.
SPEED 25 to 30 M. P. H. both fqtud and reverc LOAD LIFTING DEVICE
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SPRINGS
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FRAME HaavY nlnfaed ctcl
LIGHTS
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FOUR. WHEEL STEER
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BRAKES
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Size of Latter
The Gerlinger midget, shown above to the right (the HSF-0), as the other models, has the four-wheel steer, Brown-Lipe transmission, speed of 25 to 30 M. P. H., four speeds forward, four speeds reverse, complete electrical and lighting equipment, hydraulic lift, and the sa.me sturdy frame construction that has always lifted Gerlinger Hy: draulic Lurnber Carriers above the ordinary cerrier. .The.rinly difference in specifications is in the sizes as follows:
LENGTH ?ta:r"
wlDTH OVERJLL OF FORKS
MAXIMUM SIZE LOAD.!lbchaxlhchc
WEIGHT
7e00 pou& sTi".g
TIRES
Seren.lnch cuchim trcld. Euy rldlnlqo thck to machlnc c rcdwaye
TURNINC RADIUS
Ten feet.hgH. radur vitt r wttbort lodd
With a size carrier f or everlt need, ronging from the midset HSF-0 to the mammoth HSF'I, anil with erclu' sive features that make Gerlinger Hydraulic Carriers stand foremost among carriers, anil zoith our advisoty and engineeriig seraice, we are nou prepared to reztoltttionise ever! transportation problem. Inquiries invited.
MAILLER'SE^ARLES, hcct?orgtcd
135 Frcnont Strcct
Sra Fnacirco, Celifornir
Distributorc:
GERLTNGER.STEVENS CO.
W. M. VAN OSTROM, Mrne3cr
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K. ROBINSON
326 Pacific Bldg., Portlrnd, Orcaon
Montrcgl Oficc:
119 Wcrt Crrig Strcct
MR. H..W. GROSS, Mrnrscr'
Hoo Hoo of Northern California will congregate, concatinate and celebrate at Fall River Mills, Shasta County, California op June 23 and 24. Fall Rive,r Mills has been selected because of its accessibility by various Highway routes from many directions, for its natural attractions and the energetic co-operation of the Chamber of Commerce of Fall River Mills.
Westwood Club No. 38 is sponsoring these annual regional get-together meetings, with the active assistance of other California clubs. The first one was held last vear at Burney Falls, not far from the site at Fall River Mills selected for this year's celebration. An attendance of more than 500 is expected this year as indicated by responses already received.
Parson Simpkin will preside at the concatenation and administer the eye.opening and milk drinking to a large number of kittens from. the north countrv clubs. This alone would be worth making the trip to atlend but many {llurinS promises of additional attractions are made by the dirtertainment committee.. Boxing matches, semi-pro baseQall, dances, motion picture shows and many varieties of out door sports are on the program. Snark of the Universe James Brown and Bojum Roth will be there as well as many other state and national officers, present and past. State, national and county officials are expected to lend their dignity to the occasion and there is a well founded rumor that an eligible Congressman will take the vows as a kitten.
It is hoped and expected that these annual gatherings will be the means of bringing the men of the lumber industry into friendly and intimate association with each other and bring them into contact with men; who while gutside the industry itself are interested in problems connected with forestation, development and the production, distribution and marketing of lumber. All Hoo Hoo are cordially invited to bring their families and house guests and to drop a line to Jack Shere, Secretary Westwood Hoo Hoo Club No. 38, Westwood, California stating the number of persons in the party.,
Fall River Mills is 76 miles East of Redding on the Redding Alturus State Highway, an excellent road: Direct roads, in good condition afford access directly from McCloud, Klamath Falls and points north. While many who attend will bring camp equipment, a limited number of hotel rooms are available at Fall River Mills. Burnev and
nearby points. Reservations should be applied for thru Jack Shere at the earliest possible moment. Cafeteria service will be maintained at the grounds and meals will also be served at nearby hotels.
For an outing in the big woods of the Sierras, pack some blankets in the car and drive to Fall River Mills for Tune 23 and 24.
Jack Dionne, publisher of "The California Lumber Merchant," was the speaker of the day at the luncheon meeting of the Los Angeles Hoo Hoo Club on Thursday, May 24. His talk which touched on lumber market conditions, modern merchandising and a description of the large specially constructed wood convention hall at Houston in which the Democratic Convention will he held, together with several of his favorite stories intermixed, was greatly enjoyed by the large turnout. Ed. Culnan, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., acted as chairman of the day.
Jack Thomas, chairman of the golf committee, advised that he would have an announcement regarding the next tournament'at an early date. Short talks were made by George Weir, Coos Bay Lumber Co., San Francisco; Phil Hart, past president of the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club; and Monroe Butler, Pacific Coast Building & Loan Association.
President J. E. Martin presided over the business session.
The history of civilized man is the history of wood.
The first structure that we have any reiord of was the Ark of Noah, the most successful building thing in all history.
And from Noah until the good year 1928, the history of m-an has been frequently high-lighted by the construction of great structures of wood, that have gone down into history, song and story.
And the record of great wooden buildings is today being triumphantly topped at Houston, Texas, 6y an all-woodei building that well deserves to be listed among' the greatest buildings in the history of the world.
- Pg-ti"g the last few years a new idea has crept into the building of large structures. Up to that time, while engineering has continually progressed and architecture devilopgg, i! has always been necessary, when creating large auditoriums, to mar the interiors by supports of one solt or another, to hold up the roof. Roof spans have always been considered necessarily of rather brief width, because of the too great danger of the stress of wide spans,'regardless of the material used.
Then came this so-called Lamella idea. It came from
Europe. And it proves that, after all, there is something new under the sun. For in this Lamella construction it is not only possible but practical and .simple to build a huge room, topped by a huge roof, without supports or obstructions. of any kind. It is simply the lacing together of short wooden planks, so interlaced and co-ordinately bracing one alother, that tremendous strength is developed that makes the great unsupported roof possible.
ft can, in addition, be done quickly, easily and economically, something never achieved with any other construction or any other materials.
So, when Houston, Texas, suddenly found herself facing the entertainment of 100,000 visitors, and seating 25,000 delegates and visitors to the Democratic National Convention late in June, quick and decisive action was required. The time was short, and the need was great.
When the thinkers got together to sblve this problemthe largest auditorium in 4ouston having only 500O seating capacity-the thought of Lamella took wrinkles frorn theii brows, and made easily possible what had seemed like an impossible situation. They said, "Let's go ahead and build
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The two colored brothers were talking seriously over historical things. One of them remarked: "Dishere Cristofer Columbus musta been a awful sma't man to diskiver dishere country befo anybody else knew nothin'about it."
t'Sma't man?" exclaimed the other in surprise. "He wa'nt no smat't man a-tall. Fact is, he wuz de mos' igernant man Ah evah heahs of."
Charles Map.l, Secretary of the Pacific Door & Sash Company, of Los Angeles, has just returned from his ann-ual trip around the consuming and jobbing districts of the-east, and says that he never saw a year when prospects looked brighter or the sash and dooi trade of-the-east r,nore optimistic and e:rthusiastic over conditions and prospects, than they are right now. He brought back a satchel full- of_ orders, and George Nicholson, Sales \llanager, smiled broadly.
"Bo/, you a fool," exclaimed the other in huge astonishment. "IIow you figger de man whut diskivered dishere couqtry wuz dat igernant?"
"\Mell, I leaves it to youall. Considah de facks. When he lef oveh yondah he nevah knerr whah he wuz goinl when he got oveh,heah he nevah knew whah he wuz; an when he got back home he nevah lcrew whah he'd been. IIe wuz jus plumb igernant, dat's all."
L. L. Lewis, Portland, Oregon, sales manager of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, arrived in San Francisco, May 21, for a tu'o-day conference with J. R. "Bert" Neylan, manager of the company's San Francisco office, and H. C. Clark, manager of the Los Angeles offrce, who made the trip from the southern city for the purpose.
Following this Mr. Lewis left for a three-day trip in the Sacramento Valley, calling on the trade in company with Mr. Neylan.
Mr. Lewis says that the volume of rail trade is very good, and it is his belief that this will keep up.
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a huge wooden tabernacle with a Lamella roof and have it big enough to seat all the delegates and visitors necessary, and get it done in time, and at an economical price."
And today, on June lst the greatest auditorium is completed, away ahead of its schedule. It rose like magic from there is 308,000 feet of planking and braces. There is over the great flat of land that the city of Houston cleared for the purpose, and thousands of visitors every day have gasped with wonder at this magic development.
It is built entirely of wood. In the Lamella roof alone a million feet of lumber in the entire building. It will seat with comfort 25,OOA people, and leave plenty of room for the workings of the Democratic Convention. It will mark one of the most notable building achievements in the history
of man, and will, by the time the convention is all over, have received more publicity than any other wooden building in the world's history, with the possible exception of Noah's Ark itself.
Giving the figures on the size of this great open hall does not begin to illustrate its hugeness. It fairly startles the visitor to walk into that huge room, and see that mighty roof arching above, with not a single upright in the main hall to obstruct the view or the sound.
Nevertheless the facts and figures are interesting. There is approximately 80,000 feet of floor space in the great onestory hall. The main hall is 120 feet wide and 326 f.eet long. That is, the main span. On each side of this great span there are two lesser spans of the same size each 76
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feet wide by 285 feet long. Separating these lesser spans from the great central one, there are only twelve posts. In the great central hall, as stated, there are no posts of any sort.
The roof of the main span is built of. 3xl4-12 Lamellas. The roofs of the two lesser spans are built of 2xl0-9 Lamellas. There are 20ffi Lamellas in the main span roof, and 3738 Lamellas in the two lesser sDans.
It required just 22 days to build the frame and complete the roof, which was 18 days less than their contract called for. The erection of the rbof was wonderfully interesting.
Almost a mile of standard gauge railroad was laid within the hall. On these tracks moved the scaffolds on which the crews placing the lattice-like roof supports in place worked. The material was hosited up to the crews with a huge crane.
The three scaffolds under the main vault were 36 feet high and 30 feet by 50 feet at the base. On these scaffolds were l8-foot horses, placing the workmen within four feet of the center point of the span.
Ifere are three excellent vielvs of this great wooden tabernacle.
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Hales & Symons, the well known retail lumber dealers of Sonora, acted as hosts to the California Retail Lumbermen's Club, on Saturday, May 72, it the Victoria Hotel, Sonora. Mr. A. R. Martin, manag'er of the lumber depart- ment for lfales & Symons, was in charge of the arrang'ements and the entertainment. Rowan Hardin, president of the Sonora Chamber of Commerce. made the addresS of welcome. George Ground, president of ttre club, presided over' thd meeting.
An excellent program was furnished by the local high school students. Miss Marion Solari sang' several enjoyable numbers. June Burnham g'ave a few recitations and Wilson Meyer rendered several whistling solos. Miss Rowena Hardin and Elaine Symons acted as accompanists.
Resolutions conveying sympathy and condolence to the families of H. C. Hen{' ind'J. f,. Clothier were passed.
made an inspection of the Pickering at Standard under the guidance of Mr. resident manager of the plant.
Those present were: Geo. present were:
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J. C. Rassenfoss,
rmons. Hales and Sy: Symons, Symons, Sonora; O. V. Wilson, Central Lumber Co.. Stockton: S. T. Irwin. Irwin Lumber Co.. Co., Stockton; S. J. Irwin, Co., Escalon; T. L. Gardner, Millwork Institute, Stockton; L. H. Elliott, Valley Lumber Co., Lodi; D. H. Schroebel, San Joaquin Lumber Co., Stockton; A. H. Fisher, Fisher Bros. Lumber Co., Stockton; F. F. Fisher, Fisher Bros. Lumber Co., Stockton; M. G. Payne, United Lumber Yards, Modesto; B, J. Zeigler, Pickering Lumber Co., Tuolumne; W. F. Neider, San Joaquin Lumber Co., Stockton; P. L. Heron, Pickering Lumber Co., Standard; T. F. Symons, Jr., Hales & Symons, Sonora; J. U. Gartin, Stanislaus Lumber Co., Modesto; C. A. Berry, C. A. Berry & Sons, Valley Springs; Fred A. Witmer, Modesto; John Love, Pickering Lumber Co., Standard; W. O. Mashek, United Lumber Yards, Modesto; George Kewin, United Lumber Yards, Modesto; A. Wilhelm, Irwin Lumber Co., Escalon; Chas. C. Moorhead, Irwin Lumber Co., Escalon; P. E. Overend, Calif. Ret. Lbrms. Assn., San Francisco; W. H. Besecker, Tilden Lumber & Mill Co., Oakdale; F. W. Leighton, Hales & Symons, Sonora; T. H. McPherson, Escalon Lumber Co., Escalon; Eric J. Segarstrom, Sonora Abstract & Title Co., Sonora; Rowan Hardin, Sonora; A. R. Martin, Hales & Symons, Sonora.
F. A. Warner, general manager of the Coos Bay Lumber Company was in a hurry to get to Los Angeles recently from his San Francisco headquarters, so he stepped aboard one of the big Maddux Company's planes, and arrived in Los Angeles just four hours later. Mr. Warner reports a very enjoyable trip.
Q.- E. McFarland, Tilden Lumber & Mill Co., Stockton, and Warren Tillson, Modesto Lumber Co.. Modesto. were admitted to membership. As this was the last meeting before the summer recess, the meeting adjourned until Sep- tember 8.
Following the meeting, the members and their guests
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Lockwood, of Memphis, Tennessee, have been spending their honeymoon in Southern California for the past month, and will return to their home about June first. Mr. Lockwood, who is a well known Memphis hardwood man, and well known in California territory, was recently married to Dr. Alice Rutledge, of Summit, Miss., a well known woman physician of that territory.
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Some dealers may try to sell you something else. . . ofier you alluring inducements to get you to buy some other tira But don't be "talked out" of the New Goodyear Balloon Tirc unless you are ofrered some adequate ofrset for Goodyear's specific advantages. Ask yourself:
Has this ottrer balloon tire tested and proved antiskid protection in the tread center where it belongs?
Does it embody patented SUPERTWIST, the elastic matedal which has reduced caoing failute in Goodyear Tires alhost to the vanishing point?
Does it combine road safety and long tread wear vdth smooth and quiet running?
fs it armored with the famous All-Veather Tread of special tough rubber the greatert non-ekid tread that has ever been developed?
Does it have a local cervice organization back of it possesoing the yeare of experience, modern equipment and scientific &nowledge similar to drat of Truct Tire Service, to a$ure you lasting satisfaction until itc lact mile is run?
The exterior beauty of these lovely homes is carried into the interior through tbe use of "Perfection" Brand Oak Flmring.
You can depend upon "Perfection." In two modern ptants operated by sktlled lumbermen, only the finest oak is selected. After proper seasoning and kila-drying, it is perfectly milled and matched so tbat it lays smmth aod stays sm@th. It is graded and bandled so carefully that upon arrival anywhere, it is always in perlect tondition. Leading lumber dealers gladly feature this nationally advertised brand.
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2. Il your hand is rotten, mention it. It will guide your partner in his bid and play.
3. If your partner bids first, don't hesitate to raise. He has to play it.
4; Never hurry. 'Try several c'itds on a trick until you are sure which one you prefer.
5. Occasionally ask what is trump. It wil show you are interested in the game.
6. Wdk around the table when you are dummy and look at the other hands. Tell them what cards are good and how many tricks they can take if they play right.
7. Don't show lack of interest when you are durnmy. Help your partner out with suggestions.
-.8. Talk about other subjects during the game. It makes for good fellowship.
9. Feel free to criticise your partner. He will do much better as a resulL
10. Always trump your partner's tricks. Never take a chance.
11. Don't try to remenaber rules. It is too confusing.
12. lf. it is a money garne, always stop when you are atread. It will leave a lasting impression and folks will rernearrber you..
13. Always explain you'r plays, particular\r when set. It shows your card knowledge.
14. Disagree .with established .rules and conventions. People rpill know y<>u are a person of independent mind.
15. Eat.chocolate caramels or other adhesive candy while playing. It keeps the cards from skidding.-(Clift).
Iam of planning and toiling, In the hives of men; Heart-weary building and spoiling, And and building againAnd I long for dear old river
Where I my youth aw?|, For a dreamer lives And a toiler dies
I am sick of the showy seeming, Of the life that is half a lie; Of the faces lined with scheming, In the throng that hurries by; From the sleepless thought endeavor, I would go where the children play, For a dreamer lives fonever, And a toiler dies in a day.
During the World War an unexploded shell became embedded in the limb of a poplar tree near Compeigne in France. It is not known how it got there. Last year a farm laborer named Aubert was lopping off the dead limbs from the tree when his axe struck the shell The shell exploded and Aubert was blown to pieces.
. Strange objects become embedded in trees, among them the most frequent objects being stones tossed aloft and falling in the crotch of the tree, says the Manchester Guardian. The possible presence of such finds is dreaded by t}te men who saw them up, for a circular saw making thousands of revolutions a minute is likely to break into flying bits when it strikes the object in the wood.
"Old tobacco pipes now and then turn up in timber, as do eggs, birds' nests and bones," states the Guardian. "fn Bessarabia an entire human skeleton was found in the hollow of a tree that was b,eing sawed up, and at Ardossan a bird's nest with six eggs. French saw mills in the Dordogne found arrowheads, with broken bits of shaft attached in timber that had evidently been growing on a medievd battlefield.
"Perhaps the most curious discovery of all in timber is the initials of lovers of a century or two ago, often surrounded by the outline of a heart. You yourself probably remember a smooth-trunked old beech on which the scars of initials cut long ago were scarcely legible and seemed fast to be fading into oblivion. But though the bark skin slorrly closes orrer the scars, the imprint of the initials remains in the timber, and is revealed if the splitting or S?\re; ing of the wood happens to make a cleavage along the surface wherein they were cut. Even the autograph of Shakespeare and one of his lady loves may come to light some day when a Stratford carpenter is planing a plank from a locally felled tree!"
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Insuliter.If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away spring and youth, the former frorn the year, the latter from human life.-Balzac.
Life is a narrow vale between the cold aqd barren peaks of two eternities' \11/e strive in vain to look beyond the heights. We cry aloud, and the only answer is the echo of our wailing cry. F,rom the voiceless lips of the rureplyrng dead there comes no word; but in the night of death hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.
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interesting, giving members an idea of the endless care necessary in the production of first-grade hardwood panels, and of the amount of creative work required in the development of novel and unusual effects in panels. Mr. Anderson invited all the members to visit his plant, stating in-
up at next year's annual meeting, and that members and regional groups discuss the matter in the meantime.
It was decided to hold the next annual meeting at Del Monte in May, 1929.
A unanimous vote of thanks was given to J. Fyfe Smith of Vancouver, B. C. for his hospitality, and for his splendid arrangements for the comfort and entertainment of visiting members.
President Higgins appointed a nominating committee consisting of Hgmer Maris, chairman, Roger Sand, J. Fyfe Smith.
The election of officers took place at the final dinner, at which J. Fyfe Snith acted as toastmaster.
The registration was as follows:
R. C. Anderson, General Plywood Co..............Seattle
Roger Sands, Ehrlich-Harrison Co. ......Seattle
Frink Wurzburg, Ehrlich-Harrison Co.... ...Seattle
J. E. Higgins, Jr., J. E. Higgins Lumber Co.. San Francisco
D. J. Cahill, Western Hardwood Lumber Co.. Los Angeles
B. W. Byrne, Western Hardwood Lumber Co.. Los AngeleS
Jerry Sullivan, Jr., Sullivan Hardwood Lbr. Co.. San Diego
D. A. Johnson, D. A. Johnson & Son. ..Seattle
C. H. White, White Brothers ...San Francisco
L. H. Stanton, E. J. Stanton & Son , Los Angeles
Homer
Henry Swafford, E. J. Stanton & Son. .Los Angeles
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e asur er cidentally that they carried a normal stock of more than 5,000,000 feet of hardwood panels.
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A telegram from George M. Cornwall of the Timberman, tegretting his inability to be present, was read by the secretary.
The committie appointed to consider the employment of a paid secretary recommended that this matter be brought
P. R. Kahn, Forsythe & Co. San Franciscd
C. M. Cooper, W. E. Cooper Lumber Co.,. ' Los Angeles
E. E. Hall, Emerson Hardwood Co.... .....Portland
J. W. Sumerall, J. J. Matthews Hardwood Lmbr.Co.. Seattle
H. F. Corwitr, J.J. Matthews Hardwood Lmbr. Co.'.Seattle
Homer B. Maris. H. B. Maris Panel Co......San Francisco
J. Fyfe Smith, J. Fyfe Smith Co., Ltd.... .Vancouver, B. C.
Norhan Sawers, J- Fyfe Smith Co., Ltd...Vancouver, B. C.
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When I. N. Tate of Spokane, Wash., general manager of Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, announcid last mont6 that the affiliated mills represented by his organization had begun- !o manufacture a quality-line of sawmill products and to ship them in packages, the lumber industry and the trades dependent on it were set buzzing with countless questions.
The consensus of opinion wal that the plan must be all right if Weyerhaeuser said it was. But mbny lumbermen wondered just how it could be done. Here ls a pictorial answer to their questions.
This is the way the plan in its entirety evolved: First, it wa_s recog'nized tfat lumber needed a label, to improve selling-conditions in the business by enabling the producer
and the merchant to advertise and promote lumber by the same methods €mployed by the competitive specialties; and to.improve the status of lumber on lhe buildingJot by carrying a consumer-guarantee that would prevent substitu- tion. During 18 months of experimentation and testing, it was found that a fibre end-cap was the ideal package to carry the label. But this package required that bothends of each piece be absolutely smooth and absolutely foursquare. This necessitated'fhe invention and installation of machinery costing tens of thousands of dollars. The first pictures of this machinery to be released are shown herewith.
One of these is a close-up showing the new re-butting saw being tested in one of the mills at Potlatch, Idaho, one of_the important white pine producing centers of the Weyerhaeuser affiliation. The distinctive feature of the new (Continued on Page 46)
miis at Cloquet, compared byA.l.T-aslor, dcan 9f the llte5urhaii?i, i"'itt)'trhriiiii, Mrnn' nou, tks ren/rrEa,l. devtcc cuts lumber four square, and H. H. Payzant, inaentor of the "I,/izartl Saw.'
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Four reasong why you should stock Browntr Supercedar Closet Lining.
| -Demand-greater every day because architects are specifying it.
2-Cost-about the same as lath and plaster.
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equipment is the circular saw, of which every tooth is so set that it does an equal part of the work. This saw is mounted in the center of a re-trim bench 36 feet long. Each group of boards is held against the guides by pneumatically operated clamps which are rubber-faced to prevent even the slightest damage being done to the edges and corners of the lumber. The saw itself is operated, in this case, by an electric push-button
The larger picture of the rig is especially interesting in that it shows the equipment being demonstrated by itJ inventor, Harry H. Payzant formerly superintendent of a planing mill at Everett, Wash., to Sherman L. Coy, general manager of one of the Weyerhaeuser properties at Cloquet, Minn.
This photograph shows the installation as it had just been completed at Cloquet. Here the saw is applied by manual operation of a lever. Each end of each package of boards is trimmed separatelv. This machinerv was built in the Pacific Northwest rtr-d hm already beeh set up in several of the 17 Weyerhaeuser-affiliated mills in that region, Idaho and Northern Minnesota, and also at the great Eastern distributing plant of Weyerhaeuser Timber Company at Baltimore. It is expected that additional plants will be installed later.
One of the picturesque contrasts betlveen the old and the new ways of handling lumber appears by comparing this picture, which shows how lumber is made ready foi application by the new invention, with the one showing a Iypical carpenter of the old school squaring up a board by lrand. Every person who ever has been on 1 buitding lot is familiar with this scene-the mechanic carefully applying h_is rule to a board, marking it off with a heavy pencll and then sawing off the end.
When you go to buy a car, a demonstrator puts you into a machine and you drive out of the garage in it and do a few turns around the block to see that she runs smoothly. If "she" does so, and if it is not an unusually busy seasott for the..auto trade, you decide that "she's" just what you hoped "she'd" be, you make your down payment, and ofi you go. An automobile manufacturer would have a fine chance to sell you a machine that required a few hours of tinkering and re-adjusting before it would operate.
So it is with radios, with all the other atlractive devices that compete with homes, for the consumer's dollars, and with nearly everything else you buy except lumber. One thing that the pictures clearly demonstrate is that this remanufacturing process enables the lumber trade, for the
first time, to offer the building public a product that is ready to use.
Another contrast between new and old is shown in the picture showing the finished product. This, also, was taken
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plant together with a group picked out of ordinary stock. Coffee distributors used to ship their product in jute sacks. The grocer would dump 25 or 5O pounds of it into a large enameled tin container, from which he would scoop out a pound or tlvo for each customer. That was years ago.
rough dirty ends of boards-which often are the principal parts of the material which show when it is piled in a yard or a dealer's warehouse.
As the lumber leaves the re-trim bench, and after it has been re-inspected to make certain that each piece is perfect in every particular, the package is adjusted. One -of the pictures shows D. H. Bartlett of the Weyerhaeuser Forest Products office in St. Paul demonstrating'how this is done. Attached to the labeled cap are two sidd-flanges and a top and bottom flange. On either side of the bottom flange are Lg"ly wrappers which fold around the group of boards. Then the top and bottom flanges are attached to the top and bottom wrap-boards. Their faces are turned in, and the method of attaching is such that the marks left on the reverse sides of the wrap-boards are almost indistinguishable.
In short, the carton fits over the end of the package like a sleeve. There is a certain give in it, a sort of -hingeaction, which enables the boards to shift slightly durirrg handling without detaching the fibre caps. Its fraciicabilit! in this respect is excellently illustrated by the picture showing the loading of the first shipment of -"4-Square" lumber from Cloquet. In each of the mills where this process has been introduced, the new machinery has been initalled near the loading platform. The re-butied lumber is placed on trucks where the package is applied. These trucks then are moved out to the platform, where the lumber is loaded for shipment. The old loading-jack method still is retained, and many carloads of the packaged goods have been loaded and- shipped without the flexure of the boards breaking the packages open.
Here, then, is the story of packaged lumber told in pic- tures. The illustrations take the product all the way through the-mill, and even give a glimpse of its appearance o.n th9 building-lot. Th.I are evidenie, in the firit place, that the project is under full headway and that it has the backing, to the'full extent required, bf the entire Weyer- haeuser organization. Secondly, they give a visual idel of the application of the method and- answer many of the questions that have followed the first announcem.nt of the olan.
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The grocery trade has learned many tricks in merchandising since then, and as a result it now attracts customers by offering its product, ground ready for the coffee pot, in clean, bright-colored, nicely designed containers. Yet, until this new departure was introduced, the lumber industry has gone on trying to attract prospective customers with the
COL. W. B. GREELEY ARRIVES IN NORTHWEST LONGVIEW, Wn., May 16.-Col. W. B. Greelev. formerly Chief Foreste,r of^the llnjte{ States, who recentiy was chosen secretary-mana$er of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, Seattle, with which the West Coast Lumber Bureau, Longview, recentl;r was consolidated, arrived in Longview yesterday. He was.accompanied by C.J. Hogue, manager of the Bureau's field deparlment, with wtrorri ni recently attended a number of meetings in the East in the interest of the Association
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-YOUR BUSINESS OUR PERSONAL CONCERN"
807 Pacific-Southwert Bank Bldg.
LOS ANGEIES, CAL
TUcLor 59lt
FROM RELIABLE MIIJ.S ONLY
C,argo and Rdl Shipncd
"OVER 30 YEARS IN LUMBER AND LOS ANGELES"
Cornpqny
STR,{BLEWOOD QUAI-ITY
HARDWOOD LUMBER
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PANELS
H.A,RDWOOD FLOORING
WALLBOARD
FIRST AND CI.AY STREETS OAKI..AND CA,LIFORNI.A
In- "Robbins" Flooring you are assurd of the very finest that has ever been, or ever will be produced. Our geographical location, t h e mode'rn machinery in our mill, and the type of men who make our flooring, all go to make this statement possible. "Robbins" Maple and Birch Flooring is the best.
Southcra Crlifonie: C. J. LAUGHUN
$I5.0 Pctrolcun Sccuriticr Bld3, Lor Al3clcr WErtmorc 9955
Northcra Crliforaiu
cEoRGE C. CORNITIUS, A,ncricrn Brnh BldS. Ser Francirco
F4[&ommrxs]FuoonsuNc ROBEINS fIOORING
Southcra Qrlifonrie Rcpneontrtlvo C. J. IJ\UGHLIN
535-0
RaCq 82.50 per cofumn rncA
FOR SALE
30 ft. Sky-Pile-It Lumber Stacker with reversible motor$9m.00.
2 Whix Quadruplicate Registers-9l5.00 each. Miller Box & Lumber Co. 727 South Spring St. TRinity 0901
WANTS POSITION
Wholesale lumber salesman desires connection in Southern California. Thoroughly acquainted with trade. Demanding good salary or commission. Can deliver. Address Box C-20O, care California Lumber Merchant.
Experienced local lumberman would purchase $5,000 or rnore working interest in well established lumber yard. Please state your proposition fully. Address Box C-201 Care California Lumber Merchant.
Electric Fland Saw
The saw you take to the lumber instead of the lumber to dre saw.
Built in sizes for dl classes of work where a port. able hand sirw can be used.
Operates from ordinary light socket. Weight 10 to 26 lbs.
The 10Jb. saw ideal for cutting veneer.
Vhy not investigate the many places you can use a SKILSAW in your busine$?
Synron tnotodess electrio hammens for con. crete drilling and chipping. For erecting machin. ery and remodeling jobs.
Electric Ddtb- Alt Sizes
Tools Sold- Rented - Repaired
308 East Third Street Ins Angeles
Mutual 75OS
WANTED MILL WORK ESTIMATOR at Denver, Colorado
For odd mill work. Must be able to list and estimate all types architectural woodwork for churches. etc. Must also be able to detail work for shop and do neat drafting. Address, giving experiences, references and salary wantei Box C-199, care California Lumber Merchant.
TO LEASE:
. Factory_ or warehouse with trackage. Extra space for lease. Address Box C-NZ, Care California Lumber Merchant.
Fine lumber-yard site in Los Angeles. practically all the necessary equipment on the ground. Spur track on the site. Good location and can be rented at a reasonable fig- ure. Address Box C-198 care California Lumber Merchanlt.
WHOLESAI.E LUMBER
Polct-Pilcr-Crcorotcd Matcriat
Central Building
TRinity 6332
Southern-HARDWOODS-,,Southern Oak Flooring and Maple Flooring
1109 Firrt National Baak Building
Telephone Doryhr 9117
Thc 1928 Edition of Abbey's Register and Year Book
of thc Wcrtern Lumber Indurtry ir Now Rcady plgger ud Better than ever; 480 pages covering cvery branch of the L-oggtng_ _and Lumber Ind'lsjry in -Washingtoi', Oregon, California, Ifaho,. .Montana,, Arizona, \evada, New M;xic;, Wy:oming, British Columbia, and Alaska. 5500 separate firms listed.'For the Seller to tbc Lumber Industry it gives Manager, Superintcndcnt. Purchasing Ageut, Maste r Mechanic, capicity, type;f -miU, equipmcnt, etc.
For,the Lumber Byler .it gives Sales. Manager, species of wood sawed, qry Krrn, snmgles, Dox shool(s. lath, Dlaner. caDacity. etc.
! you wish_ information of both large and sinall opeiitions, order Abbct,r Register. It lists approximately twice as many a! any other book covlr_ ing the same territory. New pulp and Philippine sectibn. Bound in bluc cloth, pricc 9350
Shcrloch Building, Portland, Orc.
"There's a screen door that will stand the gaff ! That window screen will last as long as the house!" You exclaimlike this instinctively whenever you see screens stamped with the Hipolito signature. The name "Hipolito" means a standard of high quality in screen doors and window screens that is absolutely guaranteed. California sugar pine, plywood panels, the famous corners of strength"-1hsss are exclusive Hipolito features, assured by the Hipolito signature.
"Every Hipolito screen door and window screen must be entirely satisfactory to the ultimate user." That's the guarantee. No "grade rules" or "specific61iens"-ne lsqp holes or arbitration. You sell them under an absolute money back guarantee and we bach you up on it. Thirty' one years of specialization and quantity production make such a rigid guarantee possible. When you sell Hipolito screen doors and window screens you sell satisfaction at a right price.
