The California Lumber Merchant - June 1946

Arr ou., America, retailers are continuing to devote their time and special talents to the important job of promoting, selling and buying lJ. S. Savings Bonds. They know that every minute of radio time and every line of advertising space devoted to bonds is a safeguard for stability. They know, too, that every window or store display is an attention-attracting stimulus toward greater "take home savings" in bonds-money that is kept within the community to help assure its future prosperity and purchasing power.

In small-village stores and in big-city department stores, there's still a big selling job to be done on [J. S. Savings Bonds-and retailers are doing it now with the same vigor and skillful support that set billion-dollar

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records in \War Bond Sales and helped to make Victory a reality. Sce your selling job through on (J. S. Savings Ronds maintain your share in America's future!

The Tteasury Department has published two new booklets to help you and your employees realize full benefit from vour Payroll Savings Plan. ttPeacetime Payroll Savings Plantt , is directed to key executives and contains helpful sugges. tions on how to organize and promote the sale of U. S. Savings Bonds. ttThis Time Itts For You,tt for distribution to your employees, shows how the Plan works, how to select desired goals, and how much to set aside to achieve them.

rAdvertiring eppears in alternate icguee.

Acme Blower & Pipe Co.----------------------------.29

American Hardwood Co.-------- ---------------------.15

American Lunber and Treating Co.-------------- i

Anglo California Lumber Co.--- -------------------.25

Arcata Redwood Co.--------------- - -.----------------.22

Atkinson-Stutz Co.-----------_------------------- |

Attas Lumbcr .---tl

Fir Door

O'NeiIl Lumber C-o.

Orban Lumber Go.-------------

Pacific Lumber C,o., The-------

Pacific Mutual Door Co.-----------------------1t

Pacific Vire Producte Co.----------------------------25

Parafine Companier, fnc., The-------

Parafine Companier, fnc., The Schurrracher Gtpy- Divlsion---------

Santa Fe Lumber Co.---------

Schafer Bror. Lumber & Shingle Company---*

San Pedro Lumber Company-------------------.21

Sequoia MilI & Lumbet Co.--,------ - - -------------11

Shevlin Pine Sales Co.-------------- ----------------21

Southwestern Portland Cemdnt Co.-----------------' *

Stanton & Son, E. J.-----_-----

Sudden 6c Christcnron, fnc.------,--------------------19

Tacoma Lumber Satet--------------------------------11

Tarter, Vebster & Johncon, fnc.-------------------*

Tropical & Westcf,n Lumber Co.------------------*

Truedson Cabinet C,orp.---------- ------- - ------------.29

United Statec Gypsum Co.------------------

U. S. Plywood Corporation--------.-------------------*

Wendling-Nathan C-o.----------- ---- ----- ---------------17

Vest Goast Scteen C.o.----

Vest Otegon Lunber Co.--------------- ------------15

Westem Door & Saah Co.-----------------------------1O

Vestern Hardwood Lumber Co.------,O.F.C.

Vestern MiU & Moulding e,o.-----------------------29

Veotern Pine Supply Co.-------------- --------------31

Veyerhaeurer Salea C"mpany---_---_------------'|

Vhite Brothers-------------- -----------------------'-,25

Wholecale Lumber Distributo$. fnc.-------------- |

Vholegale Builden Supply, I:nc.. - ---

Vood Lunrbcr Co., B. K.--------------------------------

I. E. MARITN Mcnaging Editor

THE CALIFOR}IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

JackDionne,prblishu

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Douglas Fir Ceiling Prices Increased

Washington, May 30.-'fhe OPA toCay announced mill price ceiling increases which it said averaged about $3.50 per 1000 board feet for Douglas fir and other West Coast lumber.

The higher prices, effective tomorrow, are being granted to encourage production of lumber neecled for the veterans' emergency housing program.

The increases are:

On all boards, g5.50 per 1000 board feet; on dimension lumber, $4.50 per 1000 board feet, except six-foot lengths, which are increased by an average of .,$9.50 per 1000 board feet.

On surfaced plank and small timbers, $1 per 1000 board feet.

On timbers, no general increase for large timbers. Instead, all sizes 2Ox20 inches and larger have been removed from the price regulation tables and placed under special pricing provisions.

On flooring, drop siding and bevel siding, ceiling, stepping and casing, and base-$6 per 1000 board feet on all items except flat grain bevel siding in widths over six inches.

On finish and clears two inches and thinner, $5 per 1000 board feet on all "VG" grades four inches and narrorver, and "F" grades eight inches and narrolver.

On car framing, $7 per 1000 board feet on all thicknesses up to two and three-fourths inches, $3.50 on thicknesses of three inches up to five and three-fourths inches, and $3 on thicknesses six inches and over.

On car lining, roofing and siding, $6 per 1000 board feet.

On lath and shingle bands, $4 per 1000 pieces orr No. 1 and No. 2 plaster lath, No. 1 fence lath and shingle band sticks.

(Second revised MPR 26, effective May 31.)

There is no change in the strike situation at the Redwood mills, and as we go to press has entered its twentieth week. 4,000 A. F. of L. lumber workers are out.

Three American Legion Posts asked immediate government action to settle the dispute. Posts in Humboldt, Mendocino and Del Norte counties told Labor Secretary Lewis Schwellenbach that the strike has resulted in "approximately 135,000,000 board feet of lumber already lost to veterans' housing and other building programs." They said this figure was equivalent to 13,500 five-room houses.

Orders for pine lumber for the rveek ending May 18 for the first time this year exceeded the previous rveek and the same week last year. Western Pine Association reports orders for the week totaled 62,703,0n board feet, as compared with 54,?16,AA0 feet the previous week and @,n6,W the same week last year. Similar comparison of production are 62,301,000, 59,395,000 and 71,48O,000 and for shipments, 57,669,0fn, 61,407,0N and 67,O22,W.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended May 18, 134 mills reporting, gave orders as 92,175,000 feet, shipments 83,130,000 feet, and production 85,483,000 feet. Unfilled orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 518.765.000 feet.

Two More Tree Fatmt Certifted For Cplifornia

Portland, Ore., May 15.-Two more Western Pine tree farms have been certified for California, it was announced here today by Stuart Moir, chief forester of the Western Pine Association. They are the Yosemite Mountain Ranch, Ltd., 3,600 acres in Mariposa and Madera counties, and the Soper-Wheeler company's Stlawberry Valley forest, L4,624 acres in Butte, Plumas and Yuba counties.

Entry of these into tree farm ranks brings the number of California tree farms to 23, totaling 421,434 acres and the total for the intire Western Pine region to 86 tree farms covering 2,320,658 acres, Moir reported. Nationally, the score now stands at 953, totaling nearly 12,000,m acres.

Yosemite Mountain Ranch plans to operate its forest land on a selective harvest basis as a source of revenue, and with the purpose of improving the timber standl Moir announced. W. S. Rosecrans, chairman of the California state board of forestry and president of the American Forestry association, is identified with the property, which ' is owned by a group of Californians.

The new Soper-Wheeler tree farm, containing some of the finest tree-growing land in the Sierra region, will be managed on a basis of "continuing to use, protect and harvest forest crops in a manner that will assure future crops," the company announced.

"Tree farms," Forester Moir explained, "are simply privately owned forest lands that are being managed and

protected to grow trees as crops. The tree farm program is growing steadily. It is a serious and far-sighted program that bodes good for the future of our forest resources. Good forest management is to be encouraged everywhere in forest land areas."

Members of the pine association's California forest practice committee are. Flmer E,. Hall, McCloud; W. H. Reed, Chester; Kenneth R. Walker, Susanville; E. D. Baldwin, Quincy; Joel Conklin, Loyalton; L. Wambold, Stirling City; R. H. Byles, Fresno; Swift Berry, Camino, and Fred Ellis, Tuolumne.

Frank C. Osgood Retires ftom Lumber Business

Frank C. Osgood has sold his retail lumber yard at Bell, the F. C. Osgood Lumber Co., and is retiring from the lumber business. The yard was sold to E. J. Torkelson of Seattle, Wash., who will operate it as the Osgood Lumber Co.

Mr. Osgood operated the yard for twenty-five years, and is widely known in Southern California lumber circles. Before coming to Southern California, he practiced dentistry in Ogden, Utah. His home is in Huntington Park.

Buildinqr Plcnt qt Bedwood City

Tynan & Rogers, Salinas, Calif., recently began construction o{ their nerv plant at ffi4 Fifth Avenue, Redwood City, where they rvill manufacture Utility Fence. They expe,ct to begin operation of the new factory June 15. Frank A. Brown is manager.

Little Export of Philippine Lumber C. l. O. Lumber Dispute Setded Porsible Under Present Conditions

Conditions in the Philippines show little improvement, according to the May bulletin of the Philippine Mahogany Manufacturers trmport Association, Inc., Los Angeles, W. G. Scrim, president. The bulletin continues:

"Manila harbor congestion is delaving Pacific vesesls as much as three months. Inadequate transportation facilities, difficulty in obtaining materials and equipment, inflation and agrarian unrest have hampered Philippine production of many important commedities.

"In April the most important factor in the lumber situation in Manila has been the almost complete cessation of log arrivals from Luzon upcountry, This has forced some of the Chinese mills in Manila to curtail operations. Other reasons include strikes in local mills resulting in 400 per cent increase in wages over prewar rates.

"Many small mills have been started in various places using equipment disposed of bv the U. S. Army. Many logging operations started by inexperienced and underfinanced concerns are now endeavoring to get additional capital.

"The price of lumber in the local market is maintained at about P700 per M for Lauans and Apitong in wholesale lots to P900 for small "cut to order" parcels. Hardwoods brine prices no less than 50 per cent higher than T,auans.

"Some Mindanao concerns are reported selling their logs at Cebu at P30O per M. Stocks of sawn lumber in Manila are low, and will be lower as reconstruction acquires further momentum.

"Until the larger producing mills are ih operation very little export of Philippine lumber is expected. Requirements of the export market cannot be met by the temporary outfits now in operation that are insufficiently financed to handle export specifications.

"fn order to maintain former connections there is no. doubt that an effort will be made by some of the large exporters of prewar days to effect some exports even at a great sacrifice."

Chcrnge oI Ncune

Elsworth & Wilson at 5910 Castro \ralley Blvd., (Castro Valley), Hayward, Calif., will hereafter operate under the name of Castro Valley Lumber. Clarence Elsworth and Robert A. Wilson are the owners.

Portland, Ore., May 25.-The ihreat of a five-state lumber industry ti€up in the Pacific northwest was dispelled today when the C.I.O. International Woodworkers of America accepted a compromise wage offer of a general S-cent an hour raise.

The agreement, which climaxed eight weeks of negotiations, was signed by J. C. Fadling of the union negotiating committee and H. D. Waver, chairman of the fir employers' committee.

The new contract calls for a minimum of $1.10 an hour, retroactive to April l, 1946.

The settlement represented a compromise from the union's original demand of $l.l7l an hour.

Meanwhile negotiations to end the loggers' and millworkers' strike, which has kept 35,000 British Columbia workers idle for 11 days, "are practically at a standstill," Chief Justice Gord.on Sloan, conciliator; said today. The conciliator met twice with the negotiators today.

New Ycrrd in Chico

George Grant and Robert M. (Bob) Grant are general partners, and 'their father, Robert S. Grant is a limited partner, in the Chico Lumber Company, a retail lumber and building material yard recently opened in Chico, Calif. Mailing address is P. O. Box 673, Chico.

George Grant was with the Coos Bay Lumber Co. for about 20 years, and for a large part of that time was gen. eral sales manager. Bob Grant has had retail lumber experience with Smith Lumber Co., Oakland, and for some time has had charge of the distribution yard of Monarch Lumber Co., Oakland. Their father has had long experience in the lumber and millwork business.

Cooper - Hcrndricf,--

Opal M. Handrich of New London, Wisconsin, and W. E. Cooper were married at'Santa Barbara on May 13. Mr. Cooper is president of the W. E. Cooper Lumber Co. and W.E. Cooper Wholesale Lumber Co. at Los Angeles. They took a wedding trip up the Coast, going as far as Vancouver. B.C.

Bedwood logrgrrng Conlerence

The Redwood Logging Conference to be held at Eureka, Calif., on May No new dates have vet been set.

which was scheduled 24-25 was postponed.

Lumbermen All Set for Summer Hi-Jinks tune 21

Lumbermen's Post No 403 of the American Legion will hold its annual Summer HiJinks and get-together for lumbermen at the Royal Palms Hotel, 360 South Westlake. Avenue, Los Angeles, friday evening, June 21, 1946. (The Hi-Jinks was originally scheduled to be held on June 14, but the committee found it necessary to change the date to June 2I.)

Three hundred tickets will

Rugsell T. Gheen be on sale at $4.50 each which Choiracn" Arrcngeneatr will include dinner and show.

Tickets may be obtained from Milton Taenzer, American Hardwood Co., (phone PRospect 4235) or Max Vener (phone YOrk 4781).

There will be an unusually fine show which will begin at 7:fr p.m. Cocktails may be obtained in the Cocktail Room of the hotel from 5:30 p.m. on. The proceeds of the Hi-Jinks will be used by the Legionnaires to foster Hospitalization, Americanism and Boy Scout activities.

Russell T. Gheen, Alliance Lumber Co., is chairman of the Committee on Arrangements, together with Harold Hamilton, John W. Koehl & Son; Mike Kuravich, Theo Stearns, Alliance Lumber Co.; and Eric Hexberg, Alpine Lumber Co., who are assisting in the general arrangements.

GET YOUR TICKETS EARLY!

Joins Long Becch Hardwood Firm

N. W. Baum, formerly with Fellows & Stewart Yacht Building Co., Wilmington, Calif., and well-known in boat building circles, recently became associated with B. W. Byrne & Sons, Long Beach hardwood distributors.

This concern has purchased additional land adjacent to their plant, and is putting in a complete planing mill and sawmill for cutting up heavy timbers.

Government's Three-Point Program To Boost Lumber Production I

Washington, D. C., May 16-Three direct steps to bogst production of lumber for the Veterans Emergency Housing Program by more than a billion feet in 194G47 have been taken by Wilson W. Wyatt, National Housing Expediter and Administrator of the National Housing Agency, in a joint move with the Department of Agriculture.

' It is expected that between 250 and 300 million board feet will be produced beyond previous estimates f.or 1946 as a direct result of these Steps, that between 65O and 8@ million board feet will be added to next year's output, and that additional millions of board feet will go into housing that otherwise might be diverted into other use.s.

The three actions for stimulated production are:

1. Building of access roads to out-of-the-way government timber stands. The new roads are expected to add at least 10O million board feet to this year's production and 500 to 600 million board feet next year.

2. Selection by the Department of Agriculture's U. S. Forest Service, from tie bidders in the sale of national forest timber, of those bidders whose output will result in maximum production of materials needed for the housing and reconversion program. With price ceilings, every sale ordinarily results in tie bids-and the Forest Service already has instituted a system of selection among tie bidders whereby the housing and reconversion program is given primary consideration.

3. Agreement by the U. S. Forest Service to."overcut" timber beyond normal yield for an emergency period in certain localities of the South and West, as was done during the war. This will result in added production of 150 to 200 million board feet a vear. it is believed.

Before the war and for long, long years, LABOR was in great distress. LABOR cried "Work! Give us work!" But there was no work. And the hungry wolf seemed always at the workingman's door. And LABOR cried "Work ! How I would work if only I could get work!" And now there is much work. And LABOR, forgetting those sad days-STRIKES !

,Sixty-three (Eembers of the C. I. O. quto workers union in Detroit,have.been found guilty of picketing the private home of a private iitizen and the union officials ann<iunce that they will carry the verdict, by appeal, to-the highest cpurt-the.'United States Supreme Court.

'The v-€rdict should be taken to the United States Su. preme Court and by every possible short cut in the hope of establishing it as supreme law of the land.

If a rabble can mass picket the residence of a citizens and if the highest court should hold this to be legal, then it would be time to tear up the Constitution, burn the Declaration of Independence, and launch a mass exodus to Russia of every American who still believes in even the faintest semblance of freedom, civic decency and basic rights of mankind. Even with its ruthless and blood-bathed dictatorship, with its gigantic mushroom bureaucracy that makes Washington look like a toadstool, and with its complete suppression of individual rights, Russia might well become preferable to a United States in which the sanctity of the home was denied by irrevocable federal edict.

H. E. Pcrk Betires

H. E. Park, assistant secretary of the Kerckhoff-Cuzner Mill & Lumber Co., has retired. He was with the firm 44 years and is well known to the lumber trade in the Los Angeles area. He resides in Arcadia.

Tha Poor ,German, Fcople

(The other day I heard an American officer relate stories of German atrocities he had himself investigated. And it brought the following'to inin-d. The Editor)) '

The poor German people are starving, they say, And begging for mercy and aid; ' r'

They ne'er were at fault, they were just led astray, By rulers they blindly obeyed.

They were not to blame for the torturing bands, Who murdered the thousands with glee; And ravished the women, and reddened their hands With blood of those helpless to flee.

They were not to blame when their bayonets they thrust, Into flyers whom fate had forced down; They did it for Kultur, in Hitler their trust, When their U-boats our loved ones did drown.

Though Hitler was naughty, his people *ire good, And didn't mean half that they did; They fear that their motives were misunderstood, Their sweetness and kindness they hid.

And now they're in trouble and want to be fed, They're sorry and cry '"Kamarad !"

So we'll love the hellions and give them our bread, And forget that they seemed to be bad.

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A retail lumber friend of mine says that this actually happened in his town. A Black Market truck loaded with lumber appeared on the street. A local merchant called a policeman, told him it was a Black Market shipment, and for him to hold the truck while he got some action. When he got back he found the cop had bought the lumber and taken it home' >r

The British are a nation of horse players of the incurable variety. When Lord Beaverbrook took over the London Daily Express the sheet struggled for existence. He put a famous horse race handicapper on the paper, and the fellow began picking an average of four winners a day. The circulation skyrocketed with no other effort behind it. It became a great success and remains so to this day. t**

I read the other day that old Bill Robinson, famous colored tap dancer, is one of the wisest of present day financiers. The story says that Bill makes about two thousand dollars a week income, but that when his earnings for the year reach sixty thousand dollars, he just quits for the remainder of the season. The tax take above sixty thousand is so great that the remainder isn't worth working for. *:&*

Read another high tax story. A very popular New York comedian gets ten thousand a week. Of this the tax man gets $9007, and the comedian gets $993. Of course we all know that the worst example of inflation in the world today isin the pay of our popular entertainers. A hundred a week would be good pay for any of the New York purveyors of off-color gags. Yet I read about a young night club entertainer recently getting twenty thousand a week for a short contract. How ridiculous. What the entertainment field needs sadly is some savage deflation. When crooners and gag-throwers get more pay in a day than a college professor gets in a month, it is time we punctured the balloon and let the gas out.

Someone told about .": J ttiur. *oa.rn-day theatrical celebrities, swelled up by his inflated income, who, when his birthday comes around, sends his mother a telegram of congratulations for having borned such a prodigy.

While on the subject * Or.lnu"rr, the anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare recently brought up that well-worn but ever popular debate entitled-"Who wrote the works accredited to Shakespeare?" Which impelled me once again to sit down and mull over that most remarkable

man, whoever he was, that wrote the works called Shake' speare's. For instance:

Can you imagine a man possessed of unparalleled intelligence, writing, writing, and always writing in a world filled to bursting with vital men and terrific world events, yet who never in any way, shape or fdshion mentioned any of those contemporary people or events? Who just wrote on as though the world about him seemed not even to exist? William Shakespeare did it, which to me is as arnazing as the genius of his writing. In a world absolutely aflame, how could a man of superlative intelligence whose pen seldom left his hand, fail to take some cognizance of what was going on around him? Yet search his works and see if you can discern any trace of interest in any contemporary people ot .r.tl.

He lived at a time when Cervantes and other writing greats were making literary history. In his time Bruno, the martyr, taught in England, then went back to Rome to be burned at the stake by the power of the Pope. Drake encircled the earth. Galileo tore down a tiny world, and gave to mankind a mighty universe in its stead. Michelangelo set the world on fire with his paint brush. Kepler was educating the human race. Those were the days of the Spanish Armada, the execution of Mary Stuart, the Edict of Nantes, the Massacre of Bartholomew. Did Shakespeare ever take notice of any of these men or events? Not one word ! Figure that out, you scholars. *'F*

That a great mentality could be so utterly without interest or curiosity seems impossible. But the facts speak for themselves. Did his sub-conscious mind take possession of him utterly, shutting out all immediate impressions? Or was he like the mule that ran into the tree, who wasn't blind, just didn't give a damn? Anyway, it's something for your mental grinders to chaw on whenever you take a little time off and go to philosophizing. Every way you look at this fellow Shakespeare, the fact that he was no ordinary guy becomes increasingly evident. ***

The era of Copernicus immediately preceded that of Shakespeare. Until Copernicus came along, the earth was the center of the universe, and all the stars wele just company, scenery, or window dressing for this great earth of ours. But Copernicus taught us that the earth is only a grain of sand on the'infinite shore of the universe; that everywhere we are surrounded by shining worlds, most of them greater far in size and importance than our own; all

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'"i (Continued from Page 8) moving in accordance lcith law. Copernicus put this earth in its place; taught us its relative size and importance, and how it moves and revolves. He made the world SMALL; but he made God BIG. What a playi, what a drama Shakespeare could have written about his near-contemporary, that man of science! But he never mentioned him, or his work, or what he had done to set right the understanding of man about the universe. Strange fellow, this ShakesPeare!

Subsidies. There are special instances and conditions under which a subsidy is permissible in good government. But taken by and large, a subsidy is simply a cowardly and unintelligent efrort to evade an issue. The new 400-million ; dollar housing subsidy is a good example. Issues should be met-never evaded. Subsidies should always be temporary, and always vitally necessary. For the government to pay part of the cost of a pound of butter or a load of lumber bought by the consumer at a time when that consumer is better able to pay the full value than he ever was before or ever will be again, is plain silly, indefensible in logic and in equity. Subsidies usually are only political ax-grinders. ***

Nearly a hundred years ago the most famous economist in French history, Bastiat, thundered against a proposed payment of government subsidies to farmers, saying that it was "taking millions from the pockets of laborers who have great need for it and to whom it belongs, and pouring i-t into the pockets of other laborers who need it just as much BUT TO WHOM IT DOES NOT BELONG."

One of my close friends, a veteran lumberman who has the ability to express himself very impressively, wrote a letter the other day on the subject of the Status Quo, (which means, as the colored preacher once said, "de hell ob a fix we's in"), from which I take the following very pungent paragraph: "There is growing in this country a bureaucracy that has me puzzled. It walks like a bear, it thinks like a bear, and it acts like a bear-it tries to hug you to death-a:rd until the American people rise in their wrath and fight this thing like it is a bear, we are going to have bear dung all over the premises. It is a mess that must be cleaned up, and the stench will be in our nostrils for a long time to come. I am convinced, as Thomas Jef-

ferson was in his day, that with their inherent honesty, their love of liberty, and their native shrewdness,.the plain, thinking American people are greater than any "ism" bureau, or set of men and women who are opposed to the sound, fundamental principles this country was founded on, and on which principles this cduntry grew to great-ness. This nation has been eating too much rich food and has pimples on its face. A diet of corn bread and mustard greens will work wonders."

As this is being aro.u,-*riroi, ,rnon millions of people raise their voices in a high tide of condemnation of John L. Lewis. In the halls of Congress critical oratory reaches new heights, denouncing him. How perfectly and absolutely ridiculous ! John L. Lewis is, no doubt, drunk with power. But who gave him that power? Simple enough. The late President of the United States, the supine Congress that did his bidding, and his hand-picked Supreme Court-these three gave him that power; deliberately arid premeditatedly. And on frequent occasions since trhat power was given him, those same three powers joined forces to prevent any bit or morsel of that authority being taken' from him. Then why blame Lewis? Why not put the blame where it belongs? And why not right the wrongs that were done in trading him that destructive power he now wields so fearsomely? The same units that gave him the power, have the authority to strip him of it. So, instead of rending the skies with their criticisms, why doesn't the President and the Congress quickly create the legislation to right this great wrong? And, until they do something, why don't they quit talking like frightened children?

And remember this-t; ;J American ends with "r can."

New

Ycrd in Merced

-]. R. (Bob) Raymer has started a new lumber and building material yard, the Yosemite Builders Supply Co., at 16th and R Streets, Merced, Calif.

Mr. Raymer resigned his position with Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco, to enter business for himself. He was with this company for the past three years, and prior to that time was assistant sales manager of the Yosemite Sugar Pine Lumber Co., Merced Falls, Calif.

Adopts New Modular Sizes Of Windows and Sash

Nicolai Door Sales Co., San Francisco, wholesale distributors of sash, doors, and plywood, announce the adoption of the new modular sizes of windows and sash. They, have just completed a new price list covering these sizes.

In discussing the change, Larue Woodson, manager of this ,concern, says the new modular standard is a definite contribution to post war building.

"These windows and sash will be made in sizes at 4-inch intervals as to width, and intervals of 4-inch in height," he says.

"All windows will be prefit to exact width and height, and will be made ft-inch narrower and, l/l6inch shorter than the opening sizes shown. Provision is made for l/2' inch parting bead as opposed to the ft-inch parting bead now being used.

"Until June 15 we will be off the market on windows and sash. both the old California sizes and the modular sizes, but after that date will have the modular sizes to offer.

"In addition to wood windows and sash, products already available in modular sizes include brick, structural tile, glazed tile, concrete block, glass block, metal windows, and metal framing. We understand that many other products will soon be available in modular sizes."

The new modular standard is fully explained in an attractive 3?-page booklet, compiled by the National Door Manufacturers Association. Dealers who wish to have a copy of this manual may get one by writing to Nicolai Door Sales Co., 3045 19th Street, San Francisco 10.

Wholescrle Lumber Finn Liquidatingr

The wholesale lumber firm of Shevlin-Cords Lumber Co., Inc., 68 Post Street, San Francisco 4, will be liquidated, effective June 1, 1946.

D. Normen Cords will continue in the wholesale Jumber business as an individual, operating under the name of the Cords Lumber Company, using the same offices at 68 Post Street, and having the same phone number, DOuglas 2469.

The Cords Lumber Company will a-ct as wholesale distributors of all West Coast forest products.

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It was in a rural district in Alabama that a white lady heard the fat colored woman-

"LarseeneyLarseeneycome heah Larseeney ! Ah wants you right now, chile." '

And a little colored girl came running to answer the call. The lady asked the mother what the name was she had just called the little girl. She replied:

"Ah done called huh Larseeney."

EIIA Income c Record in 1945

Washington, D. C., May 15-Gross income of the Federal Housing Administration, which has been self-sustaining for the past seven years, reached a new high in 1945 at $29,850,000. Income was derived from fees, premiums, and investments and compared with outgo of $10,538,000 for operating expenses. The balance of $19,312,000 was added to funds for insuring home loans, according to a report by Commissioner Raymond M. Foley.

"Is that her real name?"

"Yassum. Sho is. But h'it ain't huh ENTIAH name."

"No? Then what is her entire name?" the lady wanted to know.

Pride showed plainly in the mother's voice as she answered:

'"fluh entiah name is Petty Larseene|."

Buys Sawmills

D. L. Watkins Lumber Co., near Cottage Grove, Ore', has been sold to Edward Anderson of Indianapolis, Ind', who in turn resold it to Arthur Wagoner of Indianapolis, president of Indiana Lumber Association. New owner plans to add a planer and resaw. No price was disclosed' Mr' Anderson, who heads the Anderson Lumler & Supply Co', also purchased the Alma Logging Co., near Cottage Grove, and will increase the mill's 40,000 board feet daily capacity'

and Kiln Drying

CUSTOM MIITING

Resowing, ripping, surfocing crnd trimming ot.our re-monufocturing plcnt of Long Beoch, Colif

KIIN DRYING

Our kilns qnd operotors ore certified by Government for drying qircroft lumber. We qlso do other commercicrl drying.

"Th. Government Has Much Hoarded Over-Age Timber Literally Rotting On lts Roots"

When the announcement reached the lumber and logging people of the Pacific Northwest that a part of the huge subsidy fund voted by Congress. for Wyatt's housing program would be spent for new roads to open up avenues of production to government and other forests not now oPen, it was met with much interesting comment.

The proposition to open up government stands of timber that have been.carefully hoarded throughout the war crisis while all private timber owners were urged to produce to a maximum for the sake of patriotism, was approved, but the subsidy method criticized. The West Coast Lumbermen's Association issued a statement out of Seattle that referred to the wisdom of having the government open up "its hoarded stands of over-age timber," which should have been cut long since. It is interesting to note that while private owners were wasting their future forests by cutting immature trees, in the great government timber holdings in the West there is a mighty accumulation of old timber that should properly have been cut long ago.

E. T. Clark, Secretary-Manager of the Pacific Northwest Loggers Association, also made an announcement, in which he declared that the government has more than two hundred billion feet of commercial saw timber in the Douglas Fir region, enough to build twenty million homes, and that "some of it is literally rotting on its roots." Mr. Clark said that the building of roads is not all that must be done to develop new timber areas, and continued: "Camps must be constructed, equipment has to be acquired and moved in, and a crew organized, among a thousand other things' In view of this it is obvious that the first need in the new program is to make the most of the organized production that is already in the woods and needs no more than simple access to a few areas of the government's more than 200,000,000,000 board feet of commercial saw timber in the Douglas Fir region. This is enough timber to build 20 million homes, or more than half the existing dwellings in the United States. Some of it is literally rotting on its roots. Much more that was hoarded even when lumber and plywood were a dire war need can be opened now rvithout overcutting. Log producers that are now running short of

sturnpage need only a fighting chance at this hoarded timber to get out more building material'"

i\tr. Clark rejected the government's figures on overcutting, declaring that they represent "a pessimistic view thai has often been used to cover up the excessive withholding of over-ripe government timber from construction uses and to promote more government control of industry." He likewise called attention to the fact that Congress has already appropriated rnoney for roads to out-of-the-way timber in the National forests; "Effective use of this normal appropriation should be made before dipping into subsidies," he urged. "Whatever the emergency, industry cannot help but see subsidies- as its first step toward nationalization of private enterprise."

H. V. Simpson, Executive Vice President of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association decried the use of subsidy money to do thirigs that could be done So much better without them, anJ declared that 'lthe recovery of normal incentives and of normal freedom to produce form the one sure and lasting road to incr€ased West Coast production of lumber for home building. Public subsidies are no substitute for normal private profits," he continued., "and permanent improvement in West Coast lumber production cannot be hoped for while profits for a large number of mills continue to be held at the vanishing point by the long arm of the Federal Government."

Clcrence G. Corkrcrn

Clarence G. (Jeff) Corkran; 76, retfted' lumberman of Sacramento, passed away in.a hospital May 9 after a long illness.

He was sales repres'entative for many years for the Owen-Oregon Lumber Co.. (now Medford Corporation), with headquarters in Sacramento, and later was the representative of MacDonald & Harrington, Ltd. in the Sacramento Valley for five years. He was a native of Maryland.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Blanche S. Corktan, 817 H. Street, Sacramento, and a granddaughter, Betty Jean Francis.

Funeral services were held in Sacramento May 11.

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Pacilic Coast Wholesale Hardwood Distributors Association Holds Annual Convention

The 23rd annual convention of the Pacific Coast Wholesale Hardwood Distributors Association was held at the Sonoma Mission Inn, Boyes Springs, Calif., May 72, 23 and. 24, in the region described by Jack London'as the Valley of the Moon, a part of the Redwood Empire.

This first postwar convention was said by veterans members to be the best from every point of view in the association's history. One valuable function of the annual meeting is the furtherance of friendship among the members, whose businesses are located up and down the Coast from Vancouver, 8.C., to San Diego. And this is helped along by the fact that most o{ the members' wives attend the conven-

A noticeable feature this bers' sons who are now busineSs.

Thursday

year was the attendance of memassociated with their fathers in

Business Session

The first business session was held on Thursday morning, May 23. President B. E. Bryan, Strable Hardwood Co., Oakland, presided.

C. H. White, White Brothers, San Francisco, gave a brief address of welcome.

Reports of conditions in the various districts were given by the following: Los Angeles, Frank J. Connolly, Western Hardwood Lumber Co.; Portland, Fred Ahern, Emerson Hardwood Co.; Seattle, Dallas Donnan, Ehrlich-Harrison Co.; San Diego, Bob Sullivan, Sullivan Hardwood Co-; San Francisco, P. R. (Bob) Kahn, Forsyth Hardwood Co.; Tacoma, Bruce Mclean, General Hardwood Co.; Oakland, E. G. Gallagher, Strable H'ardwood Co.

These reports led inevitably to frank and open discussion of topics of vital interest to hardwood distribution yards, such as the difficulties in obtaining supplies, purchase of sawmills by retailers, deals made by mill owners, the black market, and the threat of the opening of retail yards by producers.

There was also criticism of the unrealistic pricing policy of the OPA, which causes mills to cut and ship large sizes instead ol 4/4, the size most in demand, thus forcing the consumer to pay large sums for remanufacturing charges.

Those who took part in the discussion included the following: Frank J. Connolly, Dallas Donnan, W. F. Fahs, Bob Kahn, D. C. Mac Lea, LeRoy Stanton, B. W. Byrne and Fred B. Smales.

Short talks were given by W. F. Fahs, member of the plywood industry advisory committee, and by Frank Connolly and Dallas Donnan, members of the hardwood lumber industry advisory committee.

Tours of famous wineries, the Petrified Forest, and trips to the big Redwoods in Muir Woods were arranged for the ladies by Mrs. Don Braley and Mrs. Don White'

The Thursday evening banquet was in honor of all World War II veterans. Don White, himself a Navy veteran, was toastmaster, and he did a good job in his introduction of "Sir James Bond," who fooled many into beIieving he was indeed a visiting Englishman, but turned out to be Dan P. Casey, a San Francisco entertainer. Dinner music was furnished by L. Louise Worthington, Mezzo Soprano; Alfred Kessler, Baritone, and Frederick Setzer, Accompanist.

Friday Business- Session

Reports of the various committees were presented by the chairmen as follows: Membership-Don F. White; Publicity-Chas. M. Cooper; Convention-Adolph Wanke; Resolutions-sterling Stofle; Nominations-Bob Sullivan.

The resolutions adopted included instructions to the secretary to send telegrams to absent members; a vote of thanks to the members of advisory committees for their good work, and a vote of thanks to Malcolm J. Macdonald, D. C. Mac Lea, and Daniel Forbes for their attendance' Decision on where the 1947 convention will be held was postponed by the committee.

New Officers

Dallas Donnan, Ehrlich-Harrison Co., Seattle, was elected president. Clarence Bohnofi, Bohnoff Lumber Co., Los Angeles, was elected vice president, and Bruce M. Mclean, General Hardwood Co., Tacoma, was elected secretary and treasurer.

Then followed an address by Malcolm J. Macdonald, of the Office of Price Administration, Washington, D.C.

The speaker reviewed Amendment 2O to 2nd RMPR 2l5-Distribution Yard Sales of Softwood, and later in the course of his talk paid a tribute to the assistance given to the OPA by the men on the various industry advisory committees who often attended meetings in Washington at much sacrifice to themselves and their business. He thanked the association for the opportunity to sit down with them and answer their questions and listen to their iomplaints and suggestions.

Annual Banquet

Dallas Donnan, the new president, was toastmaster at the annual banquet held on Friday evening. LeRoy Stanton presented the fine golf trophy to the winner, F. M. Raddits, Wanke Panel Co., Portland, and the runner-up prize to Jay Grill, J. E. Higgins Lumber Co., San Francisco. Retiring president B. E. Bryan presented a Redwood gavel and stand to his successor, Dallas Donnan.

Convention committees responsible'for the arrangements were: Program-Don White and C. H. White; Veterans' Entertainment-Don Braley and Don Kesselring; Entertainment-Ralph Mannion, Charles White and Nelson E. Jones; Golf-J. E. Higgins, Jr., LeRoy Stanton and Joe Ahern; Ladies' Entertainment-Mrs. Don Braley and Mrs. Don White; Publicity and Printing-James B. Overcast; Iteservations-James Davis, Secretary.

The registration was as follows:

Adolph E. Wanke

F. M. Raddits

Nelson E. Jones

W. G. Scrirt

Sid Simmons

Stdrling L. Stofle

Frank J. Connolly

Malcolm Macdonald

Chas. B. White

C. H. White

Keith Mclennan

Don F. White

Bob Sullivan

Ralph Mannion

E. T. Cryer

Jay Grill

D. C. Mac Lea

P. R. Kahn

Fred B. Smales

Don L. Kesselring

Don Braley

Dallas Donnan

Daniel R. Forbes

James B. Overcast

B. E. Bryan

Stanton Swafiord

LeRoy Stanton, Jr.

LeRoy H. Stanton

E. A. Gordon

James Davis

E. M. Bauer

C. B. Porter

B. W. Byrne

B. W. Byrne, Jr.

E. G. Gallagher

W. F. Fahs

Al Frost

G. T. Frost

C. M. Cooper

Geo. M. Cornwall

W. T. Black

Wanke Panel Co.

Wanke Panel Co.

Jones Hardwood Co.

Scrim Lumber Co.

Bohnhoff Lumber Co.

Western Hardwood

Lumber Co.

Western Hardwood

Lumber Co.

OPA

White Brothers

White Brothers

White Brothers

White Brothers

Sullivan Hardwood Co.

J. E. Higgins Lumber Co.

J. E. Higsins Lumber Co.

J. E. Higgins Lumber Co.

The Mac Lea Lumber Co.

Forsyth Hardwood Co.

U. S. Plywood Corp.

U. S. Plywood Corp.

U. S. Plywood Corp.

Ehrlich-Harrison Co.

Los

Strable Hardwood Co. Oakland

Strable Hardwood Co. Oakland

E. J. Stanton & Son Los Angeles

E. J. Stanton & Son Los Angeles

E. J. Stanton & Son Los Angeles

Gordon-MacBeath Berkeley Hardwood Co.

Davis Hardwood Co. San Francisco

Atlas Lumber Co. Los Angeles

Atlas Lumber Co. Los Angeles

B. W. Byrne & Sons Long Beach

B. W. Byrne & Sons Long Beach

Strable Hardwood Co. Oakland

Calif. Panel & Veneer Co. Los Aneeles

Frost Hardwood Co. San Diego

Frost Hardwood Co. San Diego

W. E. Cooper Lumber Co. Los Angeles

The Timberman San Francisco

The Calif. Lumber Merchant San Francisco

E. G. Reel

Bruce Mclean

Fred Ahern

Reel Lumber Service

General Hardwood Co.

Emerson Hardwood Co.

Pine Tree Shcrde

By Charles Phillips

No shade like Pine tree shade, cool, rich, and deep. This not darkness, but withholding light, Pure silence, restful calm, untouched delight, Dawn quiet and ease of long earned sleep. Here we will stop a while. The world will keep. No stir, no hurry here. The far off flight

Of one lone bird above the airy height

Of the topmost Pine is soundlesq in its sweep.

No shade like Pine tree shade. The lacy willow Traces a weaving pattern on the grass, The trembling maples food the leafy glade

With tides of light. But here is a green pillow

Under the Pines in this cool canyon pass. Here we can rest. No shade like Pine tree shade.

The Cost oI Money Quest

By Thomas Edison

After all, money can buy only a few things. Why should anyone envy the captains of industry? Their lives are made up of those vast, incessant worries from which the average individual is happily spared. Worry, worry, that is the evil of life. What do I consider the nearest approximation to happiness of which the present human nature is capable? Why, living on a farm which is one's own, far from the hectic, artificial conditions of the city.

Particulcr

fle was finicky, and the waitress was tired. So, when he said: I want two eggs poached medium soft, buttered toast, thin and brown with just a bit of butter, and coffee with just a bit of cream," she replied: "Yes, Sir, and would you like any particular design on the dishes?"

Modern

The modern parking place is where you leave your car to have those cute little dents made in the fenders.

Modern Movie Plot

The young girl came home from the movies, and her mother asked:

"Was it a very nice story, darling?"

The youngster said: "A lovely story, Mother. But I don't think you'd like it, the ending is so sad."

"IIow is that?" asked the mother.

"\Mell," said the youngster, "you see, she dies, and the poor fellow has to go back to his wife."

. Not Fcther?

i, According to Government figures the average American family consists of 4.1 persons. Guess who that .1 person is.

Brevity

A cub reporter, frequently reprimanded for over-writing, and warned to be brief, turned in the following news story: "A shocking affair occurred last night. Sir Edward Hopeless, a guest at Lady Panmore's ball, complained of feeling ill, took his hat, his coat, his departure, no notice of his friends, a taxi, a pistol, artd finally his life. Nice chap. Regrets and all that."

SingEngr The Star Spcrngled Bcrnner

Oh say can you sing from the start to the end, What so proudly you stand for when orchestras play it? When the whole congregation in voices that blend, Strike up that grand song, and then torture and slay it?

How valiant they shout when they're first starting out, But "the dawn's early light" finds them foundering about. Tis the "Star Spangled Banner" they're trying to sing, But they don't know the words of the precious brave thing.

Ilark "the twilights last gleaming" has some of them stopped, But the valiant survivors press forward serenely To "the ramparts we watched" when some others are dropped, And the loss of the leaders is manifest keenly.

The "rockets red glare" gives the bravest a scare, And there's few left to face "the bombs bursting in air;" Tis a thin line of heroes that manage to save, The last of the verse and "the home of. the brave."

Speed

In days of yore if someone missed a stagecoach he was content to wait two or three days until the next one came along. Today that same fellow lets out a squawk if he misses one section of a revolving door.

The Superrncn

Nietzsche wrote: "What is the ape to man? A laughingstock, a thing of shame. And just the same shall man be to the superman; a laughingstock, a thing of shame. Ye have made your way from the worm to man, and much within you is still worm. Once ye were apes, and even yet man is more of an ape than any of the apes. Even the wisest among you is only a disharmony and hybrid of plant and phantom. But do I bid you become phantoms or plants? Irc, f teach you the Superman. The Superman is the meaning of the earth. Let your will say: "The Superman shall be the meaning of the earth."

By Ed Nolziger Starts

Construction of Gyprut Wallboard Plant

Driving of hundreds of heavy foundation-piles is nearing completion by Henry J. Kaiser's new Standard Gypsum Company of California wallboard plant at Long Beach, California, the first of several gypsum producing facilities to be built under an agreement concluded, in 1944 between Mr. Kaiser and Samuel A. Perkins, president of Standard Gypsum Company, Inc. In construction of the new plant, and modernization of an existing plaster mill on the site, several hundred thousand dollars will be spent.

The deyelopment at Long Beach is being rushed to completion in order to provide badly needed materials for the West Coast's booming building program. Officials oointed out that the Civilian Production Authority has approved continuation of construction under the "freeze order."

Completion of the Long Beach mill and the erection of additional plant facilities on the West Coast will fulfill Kaiser's wartime pledge to expand and develop the resources of Standard Gypsum Company into a Pacific-wide gypsum products service for the postwar market.

Scn Frcncisco Hcrdwood Importer Gets First Shipment oI Philippine Logs

George C. Cornitius of the George C. Cornitius Hardwood Co., San Francisco, announces that his firm is bringing to the United States the first lot of Philippine logs or lumber that has come out of the Islands since Pearl Harbor.

This shipment will consist of 100,000 feet of Dao logs for the East Coast, and 200,000 feet of Red Lauan and Tanguile logs from the island of Mindoro for the West Coast.

"We are naturally very pleased to be able to make this announcement," Mr. Cornitius said. "The prices are high, but due to the high quality of the material are justified. A11 of this material u'ill be shipped out during July."

The new mill will manufacture gypsum board products, including gypsum lath, and wallboard and exterior sheathing. The original Long Beach mill, which has produced Standard plaster products for many years, is to be completely overhauled to manufacture all types of building and industrial plasters. Processing plants will secure gypsum from deposits located on San Marcos Island in the Gulf of Lower California, Mexico, which are estimated to contain 500 million tons of gypsum.

Ferncnd Vigne

Fernand Vigne, vice president and secretary o{ the Whiting-Mead Co., passed away at his home in Los Angeles, on May 22. He was 66 years of age.

' Mr. Vigne was associated with the company for the past 45 years. He was a member of the Jonathan Club and Al Malaikah Shrine. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ida Vigne; three daughters, Mrs. Cecile Nation of New York, Mrs. Patricia Zorn ol Balboa, and Mrs. Norine Taylor of Long Beach, and three brothers, Charles, Jules and Harry Vigne. Funeral services were conducted in Los Angeles, on Saturday, May 25.

Foret, Service, U. S. Deportment of Agriculturc '" No woNDER you'RE HAVTNG TRoUBLE- youR RAKERS ARE HIGHER THAN YOUR CUTTERS ! "

President Signs Emergency Housing Bill Appoint ed General Superintendent

Washington, May 22-President Truman today signed the administration's emergency housing bill aimed at building 2,7AO,W low-cost homes for veterans by the end of next year.

President Truman's signature on the bill, which had a stormy time in congress, made housing expediter Wilson W. Wyatt a virtual czar in the building field and started him officially on one of the biggest housing jobs in the nation's history.

Wyatt's main task is to find thc materials needed to burld 2,7ffi,000 homes in the next 19 months.

The bill empowers him to spend up to $400,000,000 in subsidies to spur production of scarce and critically needed building materials.

He also is authorized to:

l-Put price ceilings on new homes-but not on existing ones.

Z-Guarantee a 90 per cent market for prefabricated houses and for new-type building materials.

3-Direct OPA to increase ceiling prices on building materials if necessary to increase production.

4-Establish priorities to channel materials into houses for veterans instead of other construction.

S-Regulate and, if necessary, forbid the export of lumber or other scarce building materials.

Wyatt and President Truman called the subsidy provision and a proposal for ceiling prices on old homes the l-reart of their housing program for veterans.

Both were removed from the administration bill by the house.

The senate restored the $600,000,000 originally requested for subsidies, but not the provision for ceiling prices on existing homes.

The subsidy figure was cut to $400,000,000 in a housesenate conference on the conflicting versions of the bill.

Wyatt's plans call for 8@,000 prefabricated houses, 200,000 this year and 600,000 in 1947.

They would sell at an average factory price of $4,000 each.

Under the law Wyatt can guarantee a market' for many as 200,000 of them at a time.

The government '"r'ould stand ready to buy, at up to per cent of delivery price, any prefabricated house manufacturer could not sell elsewhere.

Gus N. Arneson, a nationally recognized authority on plywood and the adhesives used in its manufacture, has been named general superintendent of Washington Veneer Co. of Olympia, !Vash., according to an announcement from that firm.

He returns to the Pacific Northwest after working on a war assignment at the U. S. Forest Products Laboratory for the past three and a half years. Arneson was one of the skilled technicians in the industry called into the laboratory when its functions were expanded'to answer the multitudinous problems involved in maximum utilization of wood by the Army and Navy.

Since VJ-Day, he has assisted in co-ordinating the work of the Forest Products Laboratory in low cost housing developments.

In commenting on the appointment of the new production chief, Hal W. McClary, general manager of Washington Veneer Co., forecast, "In the years immediately ahead, many new plywood manufacturing techniques will be evolved and new and improved panel materials will be forthcoming. I feel extremely fortunate in having Gus Arneson as a member of our staff because his rare experienceboth in the manufacture and use of plywood-prepares him well for efficient operation of our factories and development of the products."

Since his graduation from the University of Washington school of forestry in 1927, Arneson's entire business experience has been in plywood with his work being divided about equally between production and research. For eight years, he was employed by The Wheeler, Osgood Co., Tacoma, Wash., plywood and door manufacturers, where he held supervisory positions in several production departments.

From then until the time he was selected for the warexpanded work of the government laboratory, Arneson was chief of the research department of the plywood industry trade association, Douglas Fir Plywood Association of Tacoma.

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North Bay Lumber Company is the name of a new retail lumber and building material yard in Corte Madera, Marin County, Calif. Henry Hulett is owner and manger.

Manufacturer-Dealer Coordinating Committee

S. F. Lumbermen's Club Winr Bowling Match Meets in Chicago

The Manufacturer-Dealer Coordinating Committee of the Producers' Council and the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association met at the Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, Ill., on April 23-24.

Two important decisions were made at this meeting:

(1) The educational program for lumber yard employees and veterans who desire to work in lumber yards, will be promoted jointly through the activities of the NRLDA and Producers' Council. To the lumber yard employees rvho cannot attend the courses set up at a university, lectures in printed form will be available.

(2) The designed low-cost home program which has ; been approved by FHA and also under the Wyatt Plan, will be promoted. Manufacturers of specific ., froterials will attempt to design their products to 1 fit this particular home which will be merchandised by lumber dealers throughout the United States.

Other meetings are scheduled in the future, and the entire program promises to become a most effective medium for solving manufacturer through distributor to consumer problems.

tumber Production Shows 24/o lnaeasg in Mcrch

Washington, May 23Lumber production increased nearly 24/o during March compared with a IZ/o increase in February.

The Civilian Production Administration said at the March production rate of 2.5 billion feet, a total of 30 billion board feet could be produced in 1946:

lA production goal of 32 billion feet in 1946 had been set up under the Veterans Emergency Housing program.

SATISF'ACTION

. . A motter of beoufy snd service, plus t{re ossuronce of well-weoring quolity. The three go hond in honJ with rhis durobli plostic wollboqrd.

Keglers from the San Francisco Lumbermen's Club easily bested the team representing the East Bay Lumbermen's Club in an eight-man team.home and home bowling match, completed April 30 at the Bagdad alleys in San Francisco.

In the first half, rolled in Oakland on April 23, the San Franciscans piled up a 341-pin advantage, and increased this in the final session to a total of 561 pins. The score was 7367 to 6806 over the six-game route.

All individual honors went to the San Francisco gang, with President Dave Davis grabbing high single game with 216, rolled the opening night at Oakland. Fred Amburgey came through with a 181 average to lead that department. The 189 game posted by Irving Carter at Oakland stood up for high single for the East Bay crowd, and Miland Grant rolled steadily for all six games to take high average honors for the losers with 175.

The summary, with high game and average shown in that manner:

San Francisco-l373, 7367-Fred Amburgey, 214, I8l; Len Kupps,I75,163; Dave Davis, 216,163; Wayne Rawlings, 175, 162; Don Cathcart, 163, 149; Ernie Bacon, 152, 144; John Conlon, 166., I44; Charlie Wilson, 190, 143; Stu Griswold, 176, L39 and Art Bennett, 146, 136.

East Bay-lzII, 6f;0f-Miland Grant, 187, 175; Irving Carter, 189, 168; Jack Hanlon,169,156; Chris Sechrist, 186, 154; Jo Shepard, 165, 146; Tom Branson, 163, 137; Nick Nicholson, L49, I35; Louie Nadeau, 156, 124; John Helm, trg. toz.

New Mcrncrger Appointed

Harry A. Snow, formerly with Larsen Bros. Lumber & Fuel Co., San Leandro, Calif., has been appointed manager of the Sonoma and Boyes Springs yards of the Hammond Lumber Company.

Certain Milling Service Charges by Lumber Purchases Large Tract of Timber Distribution Yards Get Increase

Maximum charges whi.ch lumber distribution yards are permitted to charge for certain milling services have been raised by the Office of Price Administration, effective May rl,1946.

The increased charges are permitted for working lumber (1) to non-standard sizes or shapes required for special purposes by consumers, (2) in the larger sizes, such as over two inches in thickness, 12 inches in width and longer than 22 f.eet, which are not normally carried by retail yards in the ftrll range of sizes, and (3) into "upper bracket" items made by yards selling at the $5 and 10 percent mark-up, except flooring, siding, ceiling or partition.

The increases range fuom 25 cents to $1.75 per 1000 board feet depending on the service performed. The increases in costs to consumers will not be as significant as the restoration of these services to meet needs oI consumers. who would otherwise have to pay higher charges for the work done on building sites.

The changes were based on data submitted by the industry to OPA which revealed that the original level of maximum charges was below the actual March 1942 level.

(Amendment No. 21 to Second Revised Maximum Price Regulation No. 21S-Distribution Yard Sales of Softwood -effective May 11, 1946.)

l,t/ill Build New Fcctory

Quality Frame & Materials, manufacturers of window and door frames, 6lO2 Haas Avenue, Los Angeles, will start construction soon of their new plant at Crenshaw and El Segundo Boulevards, which is expected to be completed in August or September. The plant and yard will have a frontage of 450 feet on El Segundo Boulevard. Dave Isaac is the owner.

H. E. 'West, general partner of the Placerville Lumber Company states that they have recently purchased approximately 34@ acres of Nevada timber land from the.Clover Valley Lumber Company of Loyalton. The price is said to exceed $100,000.00. The property is located just across the State line on the Kingsbury grade and the logs will be trucked to their Tahoe Valley Mill.

"ft is the plan of the corrrp&o], after logging off the merchantable timber, to subdivide this tract into summer and pernianent home sites. Much _of this property overlooks Lake Tahoe and is only one to three miles from the Lake.

"The Placerville Lumber Company is running their three sawmills six days a week, eight hours a day, with the Fresh Pond mill running two shifts. There are about 350 men employed in all departments and the company expects to cut from 4O to 45 million feet of lumber this season.

"This company placed fourth in the Pacific region among 100 mills reporting for 1945, witha cut of 49,000,000 feet. In 1944 they cut 54 million feet of lumber for the Army Air Forces, and a total of 70 rnillion feet during the war. While most of their lumber during the past two years has been delivered to the Army and Navy, 90 per cent of the cut will go for GI homes and essential building purposes this season," Mr. 'West said.

Mill Prices Rcised on Pine Moldings

Washington, May 2O--The OPA today authorized an increase of 20 per cent in mill ceiling prices for Western pine house moldings and 6 per cent for industrial moldings.

The increases, effective tomorrow, are being granted to offset a price hike of $4.50 per one thousand board feet of Western pine lumber. This increase became efiective-last month. The OPA said the increase for house molding will amount to 1O to 13 per cent at retail.

OONSOLTI}ATDIT LUMBBB OO.

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Moorckiln Paiat Productc for weathcrproofing your dry Liln and nilt roofr.

Kila Buildecr fc Morc Tb.! Helr r Crocut Nont Podrad, On J.cfrod"illb FL.id.

Three New Forest Supervisors Named

San Francisco., Calif., May 1S.-Regional Forester S. B. Show today announced the selection of new Supervisors for three of the 17 National Forests in California, effective May 19.

Roswell Leavitt, a member of the Reginal Office staff in the Division of Recreation and Lands for the past two years, becomes Supervisor of the Trinity National Forest with headquarters at Weaverville, succeeding Andrew G. Brenneis, who was transferred to Los Padres National Forest at Santa Barbara on March 1.

Paul Stathem, Supervisor of the Mendocino National Forest at Willows, will be the next Supervisor of the Sequoia National Forest at Porterville, succeeding J. E. Elliott, who retired recently.

James Kaiser, now Staff Assistant in charge of Resource Management on the Lassen National Forest at Susanville, will succeed Stathem as Supervisor of the Mendocino Forest.

Priorities Approved lor 400,000 Dwelling Units

Washington, D. C., May lS-Applications for priorities involving 400,000 new dwelling units were approved by the Federal Housing Administration, acting for the Civilian Production Administration, between January 15 and April 26, 1946. The total consists of applications to construct 350,000 new homes, of which 55/o will be for sale at less than $7,500 or for rent below $60 a month. An additional 50,000 new dwelling units are covered by prioritie-s applications to remodel existing structures for the creation of additional units. The FHA also approved more than 9,000 applications for other repair and alteration jobs between April 12 and April 26; many of these applications covered authorization to construct without priorities assistance, under the Veterans' Emergency Housing Program.

Gets Shiplocrd of Mexiccn Hcrdwoods

' Mahogany Importing Company, Los Angeles, received their first shipload since the war of Mexican hardwoods at Long Beach Harbor on the steamer Ryder Hanify, which arrived May 7.

The shipment consisted of 500,000 feet of hardwoods, and 50 tons of Lignum Vitae logs.

The Vital Questlon

Keep your ear to the ground, Mr. Voter, In city, in country, in town, Keep a note book and pencil both handy And jot all the evidence down. And then as you think, look, and listen, Keep asking this question each day, "About vital things that concern me, Just what do the candidates say?"

Now what are the things that you long for? ' And what are the things you would do ? And what are the needs of your comradesThe loyal, the brave, and the true ? If you would accomplish your purpose, Then ask as you work and you pray, "About vital things that concern us, Just what do the candidates say?"

They know how you fought in the trenches, Your courage and valor they know, You tackled the job they assigned you And this was your slogan, "Let's go." They know all your troubles and sorrows, So this is your problem today:

"About vital things that concern us, Just what to the candidates say?"

"Your party ?" I'm earnestly asking, "'What matters your party or mine, When knorving our need, party leaders Strut by without making a sign?"

The big vital things that concern gs Loom large to our vision today"About vital things that concern us, Just what does your candidate say?"

Adeline M. Conner

Revised Method for Pricing Certqin Stock Millwork

A revised method for pricing certain stock millwork sold by jobbers is announced. (Amendment 12 to 525, effective May 27.)

items MPR

Ponderosc Pine'- Sugcn Pine

'Douglcrs Fir - Redwood

Distribution Ycrd and Genercl Office

655 Ecst Florence Ave.

tOS ANGEIES I

Tllornwcrll 3144

INSECT SCREEN CTOTH

RDDUEII e9

IAWRENGE.PHIIIPS TUMBER GO.

Wholesale Lum.ber

Douglas fir

Saginaw Shingrles

'Thoushis not ar yet always available you can always be assured of }YYBRO SERYICE

"DUROID" Elctro Cralvanircd

Wood Preserversf Association

Holds 42nd Annual Meeting

With over 400 representatives of the lumber, woodprocessing, and wood-using industries in attendance, the 42nd annual meeting of the American Wood-Preservers' Association, held at the Netherlands Plaza hotel, Cincinnati, April 23-25, was highlighted by reports of a serious creosote shortage, increased distribution of pressure-treated lumber by retail dealers, and new developments in wood construction and technology. It u'as the first full-scale convention o{ the Association in four years.

The wood-preserving industry faces a shortage of at least 20 million gallons of creosote in 1946 unless England allows exports to be made to this country, J. F. Linthicum' president, American Lumber and Treating Co', Chicago, announced.

An adequate supply is absolutely essential to the national economy for maintaining railroad, utility, and communications systems, he stated, as "there is no comparable substitute for creosote in the preservation of ties, electrical transmission poles, and marine piling."

Releasing the text of a letter he had addressed to John D. Small, head of the Civilian Production Administration, Mr. Linthicum pointed out that coincidental with passage of the Lend-Lease bill England curtailed creosote shipments to this country and that no imports have been received since early 1942. U. S. creosote production has been supplemented by foreign sources for many years with normal imports from 1931 through 1940 averaging 39,6,68,062 gallons annually or 27.7 percent of total consumption, the greatest part coming from England.

"With the termination o{ hostilities, it was anticipated that England would resume the exportation of creosote but to date export licenses have been unobtainable," he declared. "We believe that England is fully aware of the important part that creosote plays in our domestic economy and of their own strategic position so the problem then becomes one for our State Department to solve," he stated, in urging the government to correct the situation at the earliest possible date.

"How far the present long-term decline in the per capita

Being cmong the first memberg to arrive ct Cincinngti lor the 42ud annucl meeting of the Anericca Wood-Preserv6rs' Associstion" Clinton T. Hcllgted (lelt), San Francisco office ol tbe f,merican Lumber cnd Trecting Co., crnd Robert A. Johnson, qssistqnt superintendent oI the compcny'r

use of lumber will go can depend largely on the woodpreserving industry," E. J. Gavin, editor, American Builder magazine, Chicago, told the Association in an address on the use of treated wood in home construction. "As far as I know you have the only really dramatic story to tell as a merchandising theme for lumber."

"It is interesting to note that while the volume of treated construction lumber for the light-load building industry increased by 1233 percent in approximately N years (from approximately 33 million board feet in 1919 to 440 million board feet in 1939), the per capita use of lumber declined considerably," he said.

Wood preservers are in a fortunate position for distribution of pressure-treated lumber, Mr. Gavin pointed out, be' cause "for your product you have 25,000 of the best distributors in any industry in this country and I refer to the retail lumber and building material dealers."

Lumber dealers have the highest sales volume per employee of any class of retailers in this country, except gasoline filling stations, he explained, and they have the

Wilmington Ccrlil., plcrnt, get ct verbal excmination lrom Pcul Hodges, WCPO (ABC) qnnouncer.

lowest business mortality rate, staying in business longer than any other kind of retailer. "If you give these 25,W retail lumber dealers something salable and back it up with an intelligent aggressive merchandising program, you will get it sold," Mr. Gavin told members of the Association.

The wood preserving industry, like others, has certain peaks and valleys in the market and these valleys could very well be taken up with the production of standard pressure-treated lumber items to be made available to the retail lumber dealer when and as he wants them. This would build a backlog of business from home and farm consumers through the retail lumber dealer, he declared.

Modified woods like impreg, compreg, staypack, staywood, as well as those given a urea-resin treatment (dimethylolurea) are specialty materials for use where their particular properties are needed rather than improved forms of general utihty lumber, Alfred J. Stamm, chief, division of derived products, U. S. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis., declared in a technical report.

"The degree of hardening (obtained with urea-resins) is far short of what is commonly believed. Compressive strength and abrasion resistance are increased to about the same degree as with phenolic resins," he said. "Other strength properties, when improved, are increased less than the specific gravity. Decay, termite, and marine borer resistance appear somewhat inferior to that obtained with phenolic resins."

Research work by government and commercial laboratories indicates that wood can be glued-up either before or after treatment with preServative and fire-retardant chemicals, a technical committee on laminated members reported. The compatibility of vaiious resin glues with preservative and fire-retardant chemicals has been determined in practically all cases and application of this type of construction to commercial buildings, boats, hangars, and many kinds of equipment was noted by the committee.

The German wood-preserving industry was far behind the United States during the war, according toF. W. Gottschalk. technical director of the American Lumber and Treating Co., and a member of the U. S. Technical Industrial Intelligence Committee that investigated German industrial developments after V-E day.

The 35 German plants produce railroad cross-ties almost exclusively; these total about four million annually, or less than 10 percent of the U. S. production. Cylinders for treating are small by comparison with those used in this country, he said. The diversified use of treated wood for farm, home and industry is unknown in Germany.

, Portland, Ore., was selected for the site of the 1947 convention and R. H. Rawson, consulting timber engineer, Portland, 'was named president of the Association, succeeding J. H. Bremicker, Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia. A. J. Loom, general superintendent of timber preservation and tie-treating plants, Northern Pacific Railway, Brainerd, Minn., was named first vice-president and G. B. McGough, superintendent, Bond Brothers, I ouisville, second vice-president. H. L. Dawson, Washington, D. C., was re-elected secretary-treasurer,

N. G. NOBEITIS IUTIIBB CO.

319 S. W.. Wc"hingrton ' Portlcod.4, Oregon

Distributors of Pacific Coast Forest Productg

Douglcs Fir-Hemlock-Cedcn

LOS ANGEI.ES 15

711 W. Olynpic Blvd. PRoagect 0724

Ross C. Lcrshley

lTilOMilM BUII,NIilfi $UPPTT, NO.

Wholescrle Distributors ol Lumber and itt Products in Carlocrd Qucntities

Wqrehouse DisFibution of Wholescrle Building Supplies for the Decler Trcde

Telephone ' ,60z g2nd st

lEmplebcr 6964-5-6 Ockltrnd, Cclil

L. t. GARR & CO.

&Iiforlnia Sugor and Ponderw Pine

Scrles Agents For

SACRAMENTO BOX & LUMBER CO.

Milk At lf,oodleef, Calif.

SACNtrMENTO LOS f,NGEI.ES

P. O. Box 1282. W. D. D,'hninE Teletype 8c-19 438 Chamber ol Commerco Bldg.

Gustorn Mitling

IIod gson-Greene-Ilaldenan

1409 W. 7rh St(West ol Ptco)

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Iong Becch 6

lelephonea:

Loe Arrgeler Long Becch NEvadc 62il8l 69:l-87

Skrion 35

Californie Building Permits for April

Geo. C. Cornitius Hardwood Co.

Opens Prefabricating Planf at Modoc Point

J. M. Fleishman announces opening of a prefabricating plant at l{odoc Point, Oregon to be known as the Klamath Prefabricating Company'

Present plans call for the prefabricating of srirall houses in connection with the Timmerman Manufacturing Company of Hibbing, Minnesota in addition to a number of other items now under consideration.

He.inie A. Botchek will be general superintendent of the plant responsible for production. Mr. Botchek has a wide and varied experience in this type of work having formerly been associated with the Oregon Woodworking Company of Portland, the Kinzua Pine Mills of Kinzua, Oregon and the Biles-Coleman Lumber Company of Omak, Washington.

C. W. Kempter, formerly sales manager for Shaw Lumber Company at Klamath Falls, has joined the organization and will be in charge of distribution and the procurement of raw material in the Klamath Falls area.

C. K. Rose of the Portland office has been appointed general sales manager responsible for the "sales policy" and the overall direction of the Pre-Fab plant rvith regard to promotional activities which have been under way the past six months in connection with the Veterans' Housing Program.

J. H. "Bunk" Moore, Redding, California representative, who joined Fleishman Lumber Company recently, will also devote part of his time to securing lumber for the Pre-Fab plant. Mr. Moore was connected with Kinzua Pine Mills and also the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company prior to his entering the service.

Present plans call for the plant to be in production by not later than June 15 and additional facilities will be added as equipment becomes available.

Dismisses OPA Ccrse Against L A. Shingle Dishibutor

Federal Judge Pierson M. Hall on May 25 dismissed a suit for $8585 brought by the OPA against Lervis B. Ashbaugh, Los Angeles shingle distributor.

The suit was filed by the OPA on the contention that Mr. Ashbaugh had .violated the regulations. The question of ceiling prices was not involved in the case.. Attorney Hudson P. Hibbard of l-os Angeles represented Mr. Ashbaugh.

Fir Stqck Millwork Ceilingrs Raised

Manufacturers' ceilings for fir stock miliwork have been raised by percentages ranging from 26% to D.6/o over present levels. (Amendment 4 to MPR 589, effective May 24.)

Dcelerr in Forert Producb '

Douglas Fir-Redwood

Cedcr-Spruce

General Ollice Crocker Bldg., Scm Francisco 4, CaUl. Southern Cclilornitr Office cnd Ycnd

l2{0 Btinn Ave., Wil'ningtou" Calil., P. O. Box 5t8

ACME

Manulcrcturers BLOWER SYSTEMS and INCTNERATONS

See lhe Acme Incinerqlor with water woshcd top

Ponderosa

l1615 Pcnmelee Avenue ct Impericl Highwcry Los Angreles Z-Irr"rbcll 2953

Unique Folding Sawhorse

A new patented sawhorse that folds down in four simple operations to E'x8"x42" for car trunk transportation or storage is being placed on the market by the Unique Tool Products Company, 4632 N. Clark Street. Chicago, I1l. In its knockeddown form it occupies less than one-quarter of the space that is required by the conventional type of sawhorse. It is assembled with 14 gauge steel hardware which is cadmium plated to prevent rusting. It presents the usual 7'x6'x42" clear white pine top and a 9"x36' tool tray. All hardware is out of the way so there is no chance of nicking the saw or other tools. It is called the "Unique Fold-Horse" and will be sold through jobbers. Complete information and prices may be had by writing direct to the manufacturer.

Scrcrcmento Hoo-Hoo Club

Sacramento Hoo-Hoo Club held its monthly dinner meeting at Wilson's Cafe on Wednesday evening, May 15.

The club's president, Ray Burdg, Noah Adams Lumber Co., Clarksburg, Calif., presided, and there was a good attendance of members.

The speaker of the evening was Fred Qrumm, assistant engineer of the State Highway Department, who outlined the history of the highway system, and told in detail of the department's large postwar program of highway improvements ancl new highways.

Move to New Location

J. di Cristina, manufacturers of wood products and stair builders, announce the removal of their office, yard, and mill from their previous location to 350 Treat Avenue, San Francisco 10, rvhere they have their own modern building. Their telephone number is uncl.ranged, HEmlock 8111.

New Tree and Log Marking Hammer

A new wood identification hammer for marking either standing trees or felled logs with symbols has been developed by Ng* Method Steel Stamp, fnc., 147 Jor. Campau Street, Detroit 7, Mich. Intended primarily for use by timber cruisers and inspectors, it can be used in any woodworking activity in which stock must be identified.

The long length of the tempered steel head, which is 12 inches over all, makes it possible to mark the ends of irregularly piled logs, without injuring the hands, and the l6-inch-long hickory handle gives sufficient leverage so that a single stroke sinks the marking character deep into the wood. The flatface character on each end of the hammer gives a deep, broad, lasting impression. The steel head is heat treated and tempered to prevent the steel from chipping or splitting under hard service. The head of the marking hammer can be engraved with any letter or speciallv designed character.

Where To Get Building Priorities

Washington, f). C., May 2G-In granting priorities for materials for home construction or remodeling work, field offices of the Federal Housing Administration act for the Civilian Production Administration under Priorities Regulation 33. For urban dwellings the applications are made direct to the FHA offices. For farm construction the applications are made to the County Agricultural Conversion Committee. Regional offices of the Federal Public Housing Authority issue priorities for schools or public bodies seeking to construct or remodel housing intended for occupancy by veterans or members of the armed forces. All applications for non-housing construction, either for authorization or for priorities aid, should be made to the Civilian Production Administration or to the County Agricultural Con' servation Committee.

P"rnnal Jtemt

Al Frost, Jr., San Diego, has (j.g.) with the work with the

son of Al Frost, Sr., Frost Hardwood Co., been released from service as a Lieutenant Navy Bureau of Ordnance. He is going to San Diego Lumber Co., San Diego.

Lieutenant Robert R. Scrim, eldest son of W. G. Scrim, Scrim Lumber Co., Los Angeles, received his discharge from the Navy eaily in May after four years and five months' service. He rvill resume his law studies.

George Byrne, president, B. W. Byrne & Sons, Long Beach, will return June 1 from a 3o-day business and pleasure trip to New York, with calls on the firm's mill connections in the middle west and south. He was accompanied by his family.

Lemoyne Blanchard, Blanchard Lumber Company, North Hollywood, has returned from a trip to Washington, D. C.

'Doug Groves, manager of the California Lumber Company, Montebello, is back from the Northwest where he spent a few weeks calling on the mills.

Paul Hallingby, sales manager, Hammond Lumber Company, Los Angeles, visited the company's San Francisco office and the mill at Samoa, Calif., last week.

R. O. Wilson and Earl Co., Oakland, made a trip pine mills last week.

ATTAS IUMBER COMPANY

HOCA]I LUISBER GO.

WHOI.F.SAI^E

OFFICE"

Doty, of the Monarch Lumber around the Northern California

Since 1888

Fred Stanley, Oregon Lumber Sales, Eugene, Ore., cently visited Los Angeles. reCalifornia representative of a round trip by air from San in May.

T. A. Bonner. Northern Chapman Lumber Co., made Francisco to Portland early

Carl R. Moore, Moore Lumber Products, Oakland, is fully recovered from his recent illness and is back on the job full time. He left last week to spend two or three weeks looking after his interests in Oregon.

Edgar W. Pack, La Verne, Calif., has returned from a several weeks' trip to Seattle and other points in Washington. While in the Northwest, he took the opportunity to contact a number of the sawmills.

Ray Hill, Ray }Jill Lumber turned from a business trip to ways by airplane.

Wholesale to Lumber Yards

Co., Los Angeles, has reChicago. He traveled both

H. A. Collins, Southern California manager of Kilpatrick & Company, returned to Los Angeles May 1l after spending a week among his old mill friends in the Pacific Northwest.

Will Gonyea, Clear Fir Sales Co., Eugene Ore., was a Los Angeles visitor last month.

Sash - Windows

Gasements - Doors, etc.

Willcmette Vcrlley toggnng Conlerence

Held crt Eugene

George S; Gray, Gray Logging Co., Seaside, Ore', was elected president of the Willamette Valley Logging Conference at the eighth annual conference held at Eugene, Or., on May 3-4. Ottr'er officers elected were Floyd Blackburn, Snorv Peak Logging Co., Lacomb, Ore., vice president, and H. J. Cox, Willamette Valley Lumbermeu's Association, Eugene, secretary-treasurer.

H.V. Simpson, executive vice president of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, Seattle, was the main speaker at the annual loggers' banquet, and W. D. "Billy" Welch, Crown Zellerbach Corp., San Francisco' was toastmaster.

Ncmed Supervising Engineer

Milton H. (Mike) Smith has been named superviso.r of fork-type lift truck engineering for the llyster Company, and will make his headquarters in the Portland, Oregon, home office. He has been with the company for four years' and was formerly chief engineer of the Hydraulic Equiprnent Company at Cleveland, Ohio.

Scn Frqncisco Visitor

Martin W. Parelius, Parelius Lumber Company, Portland, left San Francisco for the north May 3, after spending a few days in the San Francisco Bay district. His company is represented in Noqthern California by Paul McCusker, San Francisco. \

CI,ASSIFIED ADVERTISING

Rate-$2.50 per Column Inch.

LUMBER CAR UNLOADING

30 Acres of storage in Wilmington, California

35 Lifts and Lu:nbcr Carriers for city haulsLum,ber crews dispatched for unloadingContract rates.

CRANE & COMPANY affiliated with 'Western Luurber Carriers

TUcker 8556-VAndyke 0898-Night Rlchmond 3221 1150 East Pico Boulevard Los Angeles 21, California

FOR SALE IN NORTH BEND, OREGON

One acre fine waterfront industrial property with spur track and located on main thoroughfare. Propcrty includes a two-story building-20,M) square feet. A one-story building-5,6(X) square feet. A boiler house-800 square feet.

Address Bo:r 758, Coos Ban Oregon

YARD MANAGER WANTED

Position open at once for capable lumberman to manageiew retail yard opening in San Francisco Peninsula-territory. Good salary-and b-onus io person qualifying. All replies strictly confidential.

Address Box C-11?8, California Lumber Merchant 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14' Calif.

WANTED

Experienced White Pine grader.

Penberthy Lumber Co. 58@ South Boyle Avenue, Los Angeles 11, Calif.

Telephone Klmbdl 5111

WANTS TO INVEST MONEY

California lurnberman \rith 25 years'retail experience wishes to invest money and services in yaril with future.

Address Box C-1181, California Lumebr Merchant

508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14' Calif.

WANTED

Sdesman calling on lumber and supply dealers to sell quality line of Rustic fence and outdoor furniture on commission basis. Immcdiate shipment throughout season. Splendid earning possibilities.

Harry M. Wolfe

666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago 11, Illinois

A.

FOR SALE

Los Angel,es retail lumbdr yard. One acre on Boutrevard,- all oaved: over 15M ft. under roof. Compete mill for manufaciuring. Hyster & Gerlinger Carrier, fivi trucks. Burner' R. R. Team track 6fl) ft. distant. Total price (including over $40'0fl) in personal property) Sf50,0m. At least half down. Inventory extra. Immediate possession.

Los Angeles retail lumber yar4 45n00 sq. ft. on main Boulevar4 (iicluding 12,@O sq. ft. on 4 year lease). Price, owncd cround $41,000t all buildings $7,50o; Machinery $4,0@; Ofrce ind stoie equipment $2,000; new fence $1,5@; two trucks $2.750: Bonus on old low rental lease $1,5fl); Totd price $60,250, at least $40,000 down payment. Small inventory,extrabni, rnite from R.' R. team track, or cars can be tml,oaded by Fern Trrrcking Co. Inrmediate possession.

Retail yard located well over 150 miles from Los Aggeleg Sales f6r last six years average S360'000 annually. Totd profit for these six years as reported to income tax collector $145'mo. No wai industriet. Price of yard: Inventory about $60,000; plus equipment; plus goodwill $25,000. Lease @ lYz% of gross sales, No competition.

Lumber yard site (bare ground only) on San Fernando Road adjoining S. P. right of way on North side. 16 acres $48,0O0Terms. ihe reat o--ne-half of this property could be subdivided into about 34 residential lots that strould sell readily at Sl'5(D each. You will figure out probably that you wou,ld get the other 8 acres free; sounds likelY.

57,000 sq. ft. (bare ground) on Van Owen Street in San Fernando Vatley, zoned for lumber yard. Will throw ir1 a S-roorn house aiI for S13,0fi). Don't expect a spur track also at this price.

Lomita, bare ground, 100x428 ft. with spur track along the 428 ft. side. $8,000.

Santa Barbara yard site, about 68,000 sq. ft., including about 28,0@ sq. ft. under roof. Use of adjoining,rqilrg{ sptrr tra,ck can be obtained. Total price for ground & buildings $80,000. No inventory.

H.Oregon Sawmill on S. P. tracks; three mile log had. Mill complet $15,000; plus movable personal properly (loscqg property (logging oillar. etc). $46.000. Six million ft. old equipment, trucks, caterpillar, $46,000. giowth Douglas Fir timber,. (including ,some felled and 6uc*ea); also- some yarde4 $42,000. Total $1O3,0(XI, terms. Additional tirmber probably available.

If you want to sell your yard let us know.

TWOHY LUMBER CO., YARD & SAWMILL BROKERS , &1 Petroleum Bldg., Los Angeles 15, Calif. PRospect 87,16.

WANTED

Expcrienced saw matt for small mill in Northern California. Top sdary and bonus. References required. Prefer single man. - Address Box C-1180, California Lurnber Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14. Calif.

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TUMBEB

Arccta Redwood Co. e20 Mcrkei Street (ll). ....YUkou 206?

Atkiuson-Stutz Comncnv, ll2 Mcrket Streei (li). GArfierd 1809

Cbristenson Lumber Co. Evqas Ave. cnd Quint St. (24) .VAlencio 5832

Cords Lumber Conpqnv. 68 Post St. (4)...:................DOugIcs 2469

Dant d Russell, Inc,, 2I4 Fronl Street (ll). ...SArtield 0292

Dolbeer 6 Ccrson Lumber Co., lllS Merchcnts Exchcage Bldg, (4) DOuglcs 6446

Gcmerston d Green Lumber Co., 1800 Arny Street (24). ..ATwcter 1300

Hcll, jcmes L., 1032 MiUs Bldg. (4). .....SUtter 7520

Hcllincn Mackin Lumber Co. 681 Mcrket St. (5). . .DOuglca l94l

Hqmmond Lumber Compony, 417 Montgomery Srre6t (6)......DOuSlc8 3988

Hobbs WcIl Lumber Co.. 405 Montgonery St. (4). ., GArlield 7752

Holnes Eurekq Lumber Co., ll05 Fiaqncicl Cenrer Bldg. (d)... .GArlield l92l

Kilpctrick 6 Compcny, CrocL€r Bldg, (4). .......YUkon 0912

Ccrl H. Kubl Lumber Co., O. L. Bussum, ll2 Market Sr. (ll)..YUkon 1460

LUMBER

Gqmerston d Green Lumber Co.. 2001 Livinsston St. (6). .KEllog 4-1884

Gosslin-Harding Lumber Co. 2ll Professional Bldg. (f),...,,.,,...KE|log 4-2017

tlill 6 Morton, ]nq., Dennison Street Wbcrl l7r........ANdover 1077

Hogcn Lunber Compcny. Zad ond Alice Str€etE ({)...... .Glenqourt 6861

Kellev, Albert A. p. b. Bdx 240 {tllomedc)......Lckehursl 2-275{

Monsrch Lumber Co,, 1404 Frcnklin St. (12). .TWiaoals 5291

E. K. Wood Lumber Co., 2lll Frederick Stteet (6). .frllog 2-1tn

LUMBER

Anolo Cclilornio Lumber Co', 555 E. Florence Ave. (l)......THornwcll 3I{4

Arcqta Bedwood Co. (J. J. Bec)

5{10 Wilshire Blvd. (36). .\,l9Ebsier 7828

Atkinson-Siutz CompquY, 628 Pelroleum Blds. (I5). ..,. .PBospect {3{l

Atlas Lumber Co., 2035 E. l5th Sr. (2r). ...PRospect 7d0l

Brueb Industricl Lumber Co., 535{ E. Slcuson Ave. (22)..... .ANgelus l-1155

Burus Lumber Compcav, ?27 W. Seventh St, -(l{).........TRiaity 106l

Cqrr 6 Co., L. t. (W. D. Dunning), 438 Ch. oI Con. Bldg. (15)..... .PRospect 88{3

Consolidcted Lumber Co', 122 W. Jefiereson Sl. (7). .,.. .Rlchmond 2l{l 1448 E, Ancheim St., Wilmingtou. .....Wiln. Ter. r!168ll; NE. 5-1881

Cooper Wholegdle LuEber Co,, W. E', 606-608 Bicbfield Bldg. (t3).......MUtual 2l3l

Dcnl d Russell, Inc., 812 E. 59th Street (I). .ADaas 8l0l

Dolbeer d Cqrson, Lumber Co., 901 Fidelity Bldg. (13)..........VArdi}c 8792

Ed. Fourtaia f,umber Co., 628 Petroleum Bldg, (15). ,..PBospect l3ll

Hcllincn Mcckia Lunber Co.

lr7 W.gth St. (r5). .....TBiaity 36{l

Hqnmond Lumber Compcny, 2010 So. Alsmedc St. (54)......Pnospoct 1333

Holmes Eurekc Lumber Co., 7ll-712 Architects Bldg. (13)......MUtual 9l8l

Hoover, A. L., 5225 Wilshire Blvd. (36)........... ...YOIL 1168

Kilpclrick 6 Compcny (Wilmington)

l2t!0 Blina Ave. .... ..,....Nevcdc 6-1,!1,!

Ccrl H. Kuhl Lumber Co., (R. S. Osgrood),

704 S. Spriag Sr. (l{). ...TniairY 0A?5

Lcwrence-Pbilirs Lunber Co., 633 Petroleum 8ldg. (15)........PBospect 817{

Boss C. Loshley (R. G. Robbins Lunber Co,), ?ltl W. Olynpic Blvd. (15)......Pndpocl O72A

MccDoncld Co,, L, W., 7l{ W. Olynpic Btvd. (15)......PRospect 7l9l

Mchoqcnv Importias Co., 821 -S. Sprbg St. (la). .TRiaitr 965l

rPostofiice Zone Nuurber in Parenthesis.

LUMBER

Lcmon-Bomiugton Compcny, 16 Ccliloruic Street (ll).....

Northem Bedwood Lumber Co,, GArlield 5881 ?108-10 Buss Bldg, (4). ..EXbrook 789t!

O'Neill Lumber Co., Ltd,, 16 Cclilorqic Sr. (tl). ...GArlield 9lI0

Pccific lumber Co., The 100 Bush Stre€t (4)....... .....GArlield IlSl Division, Pope & Tclbot, Inc,, Lumber 461 Mcrket Street (5). .....DOuglcs 2561

Santc Fe Lumber Co.. 16 Cclilornic Sireel (ll).

Seguoic Mill 6 Lumber Compcny, Hobart Building (4).............

Shevlin Pine Sales Co.. 1030 Moncduoc& Btdg. (5)......

Sudden 6 Cbristenson, Inc.. 310 Sosome Sheet (4).

..EXbrook 207{

.EXbrook 3540

..EXbrook 7041

Torter, WEbster d lohnson, Inc., I Monlgomery St. ({).. .DOuglcs 2060

Ccrl W. Wctts, 975 Moucdaock Bldg, (5)..........YUkon 1590

Wendliug-Ncthcn Co,, 56tl Mcrket St. (4).. .......SUrter 5363

W€st Oregon Lumber Co., 1995 Evcns Ave. (2{). .ATwcter 56?8

OAKLANID

LI'MBEN

Wholesqle Buildiac Surplv, Inc., 1607 32nd Streei (8). .'..'. .. ...TEmplebcr

Wholesole Lumber Distributors, Inc,, 54 Firsl Street (?). .... ........ .T\Minoaks

HA8DWOODS

Strcble Hcrdwood Compqnv -'Ffii ;;' ti;-sti. Jri' ji i I

White Brothels, 500 Higb Street (l)........

LOS ANGELES

LIIMBEN

Orbcn Lunber Co,, 77 S. Pcscdenc Ave., Pcscdenc (3) .Syccmorc G-{173

Pociric Lumber co., The RYon l'6997 5225 Wilshire Blvd. (36). ..... ..YOrk ll88

Pclrick Lumber Co.. Eqstnqn Lumber Scles, 7ll W. Olympic BIvd. (15). .PRospect 5039

Pope 6 TclboL Inc., Lumber Division

e.tll H.i,,ordlpic Blvd. (ls). .PRospect 8231

333 Petroteun Bldg. (15)......... .PRospect 2369

Scn Pedro Lunber Co., l5l8 S. Centrql Ave. (21)......Rlchmoud ll{l

1800-A Wilminelo! nocd (Sca Pedro). ........Sca Pedro 2200

Sbevlin Piue Sqles Co., 330 Petroleun Bldg. (15)...... mpson Indubtries, Iuc., .PBospect 0615 Simpson 1610 E. Wcsbiagton Blvd. (21)..PRospect 6183 I. d Son, SlaDton, E. 2050 E._{le_t St, (ll).

Suddan 6 Christenson, lnc., 630 Bocrd ol Trcde Btde. (U)....TBinity 88{l

Tccomq Lumber Sqles, 837 Petrgleum Btds. (15)........PRospect ll08

Weadling-Ncthdl Co., 5225 Wilshire Blvd. (36): ..YOrL 1168

West Oregon Lumber Co,. 427 Petroleum Bldg. (15). .Rlchnoad 0281

W. W. Wilkiuson, ll2 Wesl Ninlh Street (15). .TBiuily 4613

Weyerbceuter Sales Co., lltg W. M. Gcrlond Btdg. (15)..Mlchigcn 635{

E, K. Wood Lumber Co., 4710 So. Alcmedc St. (54)........lEllerson 3lll

CNEOSOTED LUMBEN_POLES PILTNCI_TIES

Americca Lumber 6 Trecting Co., ll5l So. Brocdwcy (15)..........PBospcct 1363

Bcxter, I. H. 6 Co., 801 Wcst Slh Street (13)........Mlchigca 6291

Pone 6 Tclbot, Inc., Lumber Divieion, ?ll W. Olympis Blvd. (15). .PRogpect 82:|l

HARDWOODS

Amcricqn Hqrdwood Co., 1900 E. l5th Streel (51)..........PRospecl {2i15

LUMBER

Weslern Pine Supply Conpcy, l20l Hcrrison Si. (3).. ...llilderhill 8586

E. K. Wood Lumbcr Co., I Drum Street (ll). ...Ell(brook 3710

Weyerhceuser Scles Co., 391 Sutter St. (8). .GArfield 89{ HlnDwooDs

Cornitius Hcrdwood Co., George C., tl65 Ccliloraic St. (4). .GArtield 87t18

Wbite ErolheB,Filth ard Brquacn Streets (7)......SUtter 1365

sASH-DOORS-PLyWOOD

Hcrbor Plywood Corp. oI Cqliloniq, 5t0 toth sr. (3). ...Mf,rlcr 81105

Uniled Stctes Plywgod Corp., 2727 Atay Sr. 00).

CREOSOTED LUMBEN-POLESPILING_TIES

Amedccn Lumber 6 Trecting Co., 604 Miggion St. (5). .........SUtter 1028

Boxter, l. H. 6 Co., -_3.33 _Montgomery Strcet ({)........DOuglcs 3883

Hcll, Iqmas L,, t032 MiUs Btdg. ({). .....SUrter 7520

Pope d Tolbot, Iac., Lunber Divieion, tl6l McrLet Street (5). ...DOuqtsg 2561 Vqnder Lqcn Piling d Lunber Co., 216 Pine Street ({). ....EKbrooL {905 Weudling-Ncthcn Co., 56rl Mcrler Sr. ({). .. .SUttcr 5063

Penbertby Lunber Co., 5800 South Boyle Lve. (lt)......f,Inbqll Stll

Storton, E. I. d Son, 2050 Ecgt rllst Street (ll).........CEatury 292ll

Tropiccl C Westenr Lunber Co609 S. Graud [ve.............. .Mlchigcn 91126

Wegten Hcrdwood Lumber Co., 201'l Eagt l5lb Srr.ot (55).......PRorpcct 8l8t

sAsH-D O OnS-M!LLWOnr-SCnEENS

BLINDS-PANELS AND PLYWOOD IRONING BOANDS

Back Pcnel Compov. 310-314 Ecst 3-2!d- Slr.6t (ll). .ADone lz?5

Cclilornic Door Compcay, The P.O. Box 126, Venba Stctioa(ll) XJmbcll 2llt Cqlilornic Panel d Vcncer Co., P. O. Box 2096, Temild

_ -Au_ex l5{l-..... .......TBiairy 005?

Cobb Co., T. M., 5800 Centrcl Avenue (ll)....,...4Da8 llll? Cole Dor & Plywood Co., 1049 E. Slaucon Ave. (ll) ........,.ADmr t3?l Dovidgou Plyrood d Veacer Co., 2435 Enierprisc St. (21). .TRiuirv 9858 f,-bcnk 4 Sbn, L. H. (Iaglewood) 433 W. Bedondo Blvd.. ..........ORccon 8-2255 Hcley Bros. (Scatc Monicc) 1620 l{tb Sttoet... : . . .IShtey l-2288 Koehl, lno. W. 6 Sor, 652 S. Myen Strset (23). .......ANqelur 8f9t Oregon Wcshington Plywood Co., _ lle W-,_gth Strect (EI. .....Tnoi$ t6t3

Pqcilic Mutucl Door Co., _ 1600 E. Wcshington Blvd. (21)..PRospoa 9S2g neqm Con1nny, Geo. E., ^ 235 S. A.[cug{c Street.(12). .Mlchlgcr lSSl Dqmpson uo. (tcacc€ncr, ^.745 So.. Bclu.oad _Ave. (2). .BYm l-6939

DrmpsoB t!6uatnaa, tDc,, -16t0 E, Pq*i"g!g" Blvd. (21)..PRorpccr 6189 rrueosol vcDrn€t (;orD., 6823 !, Victoric lvl. (r(t) ....TWiaoqlg {551

Ualed Stcics Plywood porp., 1930 Ecr lsrh sr. (21). .: .. .Rlchuond 610l Wosl Codsl Screen Co., lll5 Eaqt 83rd Strcct (l)..........ADqnr lilm Wcalen MiU G Mouldlac Co,, _ ll8l5 Pcmeleg Avc. (2). ...trInbatt 295ll

E, K. Wood Lunber Co., {710 S. trlancdc St. (Sl)........tEflcrroa gllt

tl Reeisons why you should stock eind sell

1. lr srOps HEAI OR CO[D! Krrr,rsur"blanket is one of rhe mosr remarkable heat and cold stoppers ever developed. Thermal efficiency: O.27 Bto.fhr./sq. ft.'/deg. F./in. (J. C'. Peebles, Armour Institute).

2. usnlc PROTEOIIoI{! Krnsur is long-lived because of the materials from which it is made: wood -fibers impregnated with asphalc.

3. rcololrtlcll! Mass production makes rIusul's cost low. The exclusive compressed feaiure reduces storage, shipping and handling cnarges.

4. uolsrune-nEslsTlt{T! KIusut blanket will float on wdter indefinitely, proof of its resistance to moisture infiltration through

Asphalt impregnation means lasting moisture

5. nng-nfStsfAilT! There is zo insulation known that will make a wood frame strucrure fireproof. But an insulation must not add to the possibility of a fire. KIvsul meets this requirement because it is chemicaliy treated to resist frre.

6. nrslsrs vERMll{, lt{sEGTs, Fullcus! The materials of which KIMSUL is made-principally wood fiber and asphalt-do not offer any subsistence to insects or vermin. A chemical treatment makes rlrr,rsur insulation resistant to mold and fungus growth. Ktllsut is termite-proof.

7. tt0tt-sgrnlilG! Once installed, KrMsuL does nor sag, sifr or settle. Rows of srrong stitching. running the lengch o[ the blanket, hold rcrrtrsul ac rhe proper density.

8. Uenf WEIGHT! Krusur blanket is one of the lightest insulations known 1,000 square feet of Standard Thick rtlrlsur rveighs only 115 pounds.-Average density including asphaltsaturated paper cover is only I.4 lbs. per cu. ft. Thus. it is easy co handle and iirstall Addi negligibli weight to structural loai of building.

9. rlgfrul KIusur 6ts in corners, tucks behind pipes. electrical wiring and other "tight spots" it is as fexible as a towel.

10. gmv TO lllsrAll! Ktt'rsur is amazingly easy to handle and install. Usually one man can do rhe job, rnaking worthwhile savings in labor cost.

11. r rltcxtrssEs-l srAilDAnD W|DTHS! Klrrrsur blanket comes in Commercial Thick (nominally %inch), Standard Thick (nominally 1 inch) and Double Thick (nominally 2 inches) giving you choice o[ thicknesses to fit specific needs. Each thickness is ivailable in four standard widths: ^16 in.. 20 in.. 24 in., and 48 in.

LOOK Ar KlMSUt!

Kttrtsur blanket is soft and flexible free from dust or harsh, irritating ingredients unusually easy to handle and install. Made oTche-mically rreated wood fibirs, irirpregnated with asphalt. KIMsuL is one of the best "heat-stoppers" known. Faced with a tough, waterproof covering, KIMsUL blanket resists rough handlirig giv'es an insulatio=n o[ outstanding neatness.

rKrusur (ra,rpr-urnx) MsANs KTMBERLY-CLARK INSULATIoN