The California Lumber Merchant - June 1936

ONEY MAKERS FOR NY LUMBER DEALER I I I

Thikbut Strip Shingles and New Method Roll Roofing

Hunn ARE two exceptional products that offer big profit possibilities to lumber dealers throughout the WesL...lhe new Pioneer-Flintkote Thikbut Ship shingles are the greatest advance in shingle making in years. They are double thick on the exposed butts.lhere is no other shingle as smart as beautifuL as durable, at anywhere near their cost. They are attractively packaged. New Method Roll Roofing iswell known as the finest roll roofing money can buy. It is super-safurated for longer life; it is of built-up construction, giving IOO/o greater protection. Rolls contain 116 sguare feet, allowing 4-inch lap joints instead of usual 2-inch. Joints are double cemented and double nailed. You should feafure these two exceptional products. They are nafural sellers that will increase your business and swell profits.

BATAAN.-LAMA (l...BAGAC

Philippine Mahogany - Philippine Hardwood

CADWATLADER GIBSON CO., INC.

Los Angeles, Calif.

SPENDING MONTH IN SO. CALIF.

Edd Middleton, vice-president, Anderson & Middleton Lumber Co., Aberdeen, \il'ash., is spending a month with his family at Claremont, Calif.

When in San Francisco he called on J. E. (Eddie) Peggs, Northern California representative for lris ,company, and has also conferred with Don R. Doud, Southern California representative, in Los Angeles.

H. D. CHADBOURNE ON EUROPEAN TRIP

H. D. Chadbourne, owner of the Salinas Lumber Company, Salinas, left recently with a family party headed by his father and mother for a three months' trip to Europe.

MARK CAMPBELL VTSITS CALTFORNTA

Mark D. Campbell, vice-presigfeng..of Campbell-Moore Lumber Co., Portland, Ore., spent a few days of the last week in May i*$e-San FranciscoBay district and Penin;:[,:T:',",'J"ffi1:;,:,"fllH,].'t"'l'"'o''hiscom-

Mr. Campbell u,6 on his way back to Portland from a five weeks' business trip through the East.

L. J. CARR I' GO.

sAcRAMeNrd"ifi'; LUMBER co.

MiIl at Kyburz, C.etif.

SUGAR AND PONDEROSA PINE

Southern California Repre*ntative TY.

D. DUNNTNC

438 Chanber of Comnerce Bldg. Lor Angeler Phone PRocpect 9136

MAKE TRIP TO NORTHWEST

H. Sewall Morton of Hill & Morton, Inc., Oakland, and Mrs. Morton returned June 10 from a two weeks' business and pleasure trip to the Pacific Northwest. They were accompanied on the trip by Joe Rogers of the Square Deal I'umber Co., Salinas, and Mrs. Rogers. The party went as far north as Seattle, traveling north by the Redwood and Roosevelt Highways and back by the Pacific Highway.

BUY SANTA CRUZ YARD

James M. Maddock, Glen A. Karnes and E. J. Schribner completed purchase of the Sunnyside Lumber Coman;r, Santa Cruz, on June 8, and opened for business June 9 under the name of San Lorenzo Lumber Company. The yard is located at 474 Soquel Avenue.

YOUNG LUMBERMAN ARRIVES

There is rejoicing in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jason C. McCune, Los Angeles, over the arrival of a fine baby boy, John Conner McCune, on May 28. Mr. McCune is associated with J. H. Baxter & Company, Los Angeles.

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*Advettieenentc appear in alternate iscue.

Acne Spring Sash Balance Co., The-----------1O

Anerican Lumber & Treating Co. --------------- 4

Baxter & Cr., J. H. ---------------f6

Booth.Kelly Lumber Co. -------,------

Brookmire, Inc.

Cadwallader-Gibron Co.' Inc. --------------------- 7

California Buildero Supply Co. ----------------------12

California Panel & Veneer Co. ------------------11

California Redwood Arrociation ------------------

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How Lumber Looks

Ninety of the largest cities in the ten Vestern st t€s and British Columbia rep-rted total building permits of. $t9ro30r99.2, in May against fl0;90t962 in May, 1975, a gain of $Erl2E,OrO, ot 7+i/zfla, according to t{re Vcstern Monthly Building Survey prepared by H. R. Batet & Co., Califotnia fnvertment Banking firm.

Thece cities reported a totd of. 9167O permio compared with 8269 in May of last year.

The 25 cities repotting the largest volume of permite fur. Mayr 193S reported an increase of lTVo over April and 101.6/e ovet May, ti)5. Total permir of there 25 citiq in May' 19361 amonnt to $15r826i41 compared wrth $1-rr5272El ia APtil' 1936, and $?,a2\szg in May, t93s. Permir in May of thir group weure- $2,29E;960 larget than April nd $795a|712latget than May, 1935.

The g;rin was primarily due to improwcmcnt rcgistcred -by Loo Angel6, Spol<anc, Varhington, and Glenddc. Loc An' geles continued itr senrational rccovety in building activity, ieachitrg the highert lcvcl in reveral yearr. ft was follo'rucd by San Ft-ancirco, conrirtently retaining recond place: Spolanc tanted third and was followed by Glendale, Long Beach' San Di.go, Oakland" Vancotrver, B.C. Po'rdand and Albuqungu?: 1lre following citicr repoted incrtJasd in llay ovcr April and May, 1g35i Loc Angdeq San Francisco, Spokanc; G-lcn' dale, Long Beach, Vancotrvet, B. C., Aubuquerqucl San Bcrl nardino, Salt Lake City' San Jose, BaLetsfield, Alameda, Bur' lingame, Palo Alto, Picdlon-t'* and Boise.

The West Coast Lumberments Association tePoftr that pro' duction continues on approximately e level with the outPut re' ported for previous weeks, with otders rcfecting the effect of ihe holiday- during the week eniled May 7o. A total of 200 dorm and'opetating milb in WashinEon and Oregon which reported to ihe Asociation for the week endcd May 30 pro' duced 1t1,976,129 fie.t. The new burincss taken by these

Wolmanized Greosoted LUilBER

Pressute Treated tot Pertnaneflce

mills was 8Erl50r79t feet, and shipmentc were 10610791401 fect The unfilled order file at these mills stood at 419,080,911 feet

111 mills reporting to the Vestern Pinc Association for the week ended May 30 gave new business aa 6312071000 feet, ship. ments 5Er457rfiD feeg and production72r996r000 feet. Orden v.ete 13.4 pcr cent belo'rv productioq and 8.1 per cent above shipmenu. Shipmentc were 19.9 per cent below production. Ners on hand at the end lf *. weck totaled 249,6O4,OOO f.et.

The Califomia Redwood Asrociation for t{re week ended Mray 30 tepofted production frocr 13 mills ar EJ34r0@ feet, rhipmenti Er460,O00 feet, and new business 6A39rNO feeL Orden on hand at the end*of {re w*ceL totalcd 43,909,(XX) fect.

The California market chowcd very little change in the part two weekr. Fir rtockr were bought vety heavily a few months bach and ar rhipmentr aae nory ardving, yard bulng har dowed up. Reailetr report businerc good.

Iarmber cargo arrivdr at Los Angeles harbor for the week cnded Junc 6, Fir and Redwood combined, totalcd 21,945rOAO fcet ar againrt ztrr&rM feet for the previous wcck. Lumber cargo receipts at Los Angeles harbor for the firrt fivc months of the year were 30610071000 feet, a gain of ovcr 1(X! (X)0,(X)0 fect for t{re rane p"ri"d last year. E2r962r0i00 fcet er. rivcd at thir poat during the month of Man almoot doublc that of May lart yeaa

The Rcdwood industry reports a good volume of buriners. The Vectcrn pine rnills report a good demand for Ponderoca yard ctockr with pricec fir:ar, and selectr are rtrengdrening duc to a scarcity of these itemr; there is still a good demand for No. 2 common. The Sugar pine madret is firm.

Delay in the settlernent of the logging industry,r dispute in the Columbia River basin may regult in the shutdown of more mills due to a log chomage.

"Not the cheapest---Just the best"

Kindlv Competition is Strictly Modern

By Jack Dionne

Kindly, friendly, tolerant competition is a product of our modern civilization that was unknoqrn in thc earlier days.

The hietory of the world shows that until a few short decades ago thc hurnan mentality could not co'trc'eive of friendly tolcration of a competitot.

The old God.c, the old kings, the old nations, all conceived it to bc thgrr {uty to dcctroy thcir courpetitcns' or make thero iheir oubjects. Thalthere was rooqr for dl-that the world mighl thlve on compaition-that men and thingc would develop coopcratively-was too great for theit narrow comprehensiolr.

Even the God of fsrael descdbes himself innurncrable timec thtoughotrt the Old Testament as e r(Jealouo God."

Tale the history of cities. Throughout the back agres, no city letieved jt go-ul{ live, if another- gFeat crq pt*po"d. Cato w"it io C"rti.g" as ai ambassaa*, -i h" *"" "l-i-pte.rcd with the Prosperity and. Power of 'C";il;;.hJL b;" obserid with the idea that for Rome t9 lir,", Carthage must die. He made his etetnal ri"g"" -th. worde, ,,pelenda-est Carthaget" (Carttage must be destroycd.) fie used it in all addtesses to the Sfi; ."a ,".ft! p..pt "f Rome, .rrrtil h. biotrght ibout wat, and Cirthlge wen wiped froar the face of the eatth.

Cato did not realize that Carthage was helping civilize t{re world, and that through civilization the wotld would become better, and Rome would become better.

Ve have lumber merchants today with the Ceto instinct, who think their only hope of ProePetous bueiness is by cutting the thtoat of all competition.

They, like Cato, and like the ancient thinkerd, are merely behind the times. Their thotrghb, and methode, are etill in the dark ages.

Cooperation and compaition--Soth are necesEary in this day and age.

THE ENTRANCE

to thc honrc rhould bc architecturally ward cvidence of itr rtability and thc

and rtructurally correct, an larting warrnth of itr intcrior.

CATII(lRI{IA REDTT(ItlD ir ideal lor doorwayr, porcher and all extcrior trim. Rcdwood ii practicrlly warp prool, chrinks little, and dirliguration lrom rwelling nccd not be feared.

Vagabond Editorials

By Jack Dionne

A lot of us will appreciate the little rhyme by T. Dwight Land that reads:

The lawyer faced the jury.

"My friends," he sadly said, "My client did the murder; He shot those women dead; The girls worked in his office And every time he spoke, The blonde replied .All-righty,, And the red-head .Okie-doke.','

I haven't heard the end of the tale, but I,m convinced that the verdict of the jury must have been justifiable homicide.

Speaking of breakfas,. ;";":. we?), someone took the trouble to check up, and reports that cafes around the University of California, at Berkelen serve more ttran fifty thousand doughnuts for breakfast every morning. The average college breakfast, says this writer, is two doughnuts, a cup of coffee, and a cigarette.

Now, to my mind trhat means either one of two things: either that doughnuts are a whole lot better than they used to be; or youthful stomachs are a whole lot stronger. I think it's the former. People have learned to make doughnuts, like they've learned to make everything else. Cofree, for instance. Only a few years ago the coffee-hound was a martyr to his stomach. Today the cofree folks and the coffee urns have fixed it so that cofree is likely to be fairly good anywhere, even in the highway cafes, where just a few years ago it was plain suicide for the average stomach to try the coffee.

Personally, I still cling to what I've always called ..the Hiram Smith recipe" for coffee. Hiram Smith was a San Francisco lumberman and a mighty dear friend of mine years ago, and he loved coffee as well as any man I ever met. He used to say that if you will use "just a little water and a Hell of a lot of coffee" you can hardly fail as a coffee maker. Most coffee makers fail because they leave out the cofree. *t(*

And I was reading somewhere the other day about ,.predunked" doughnuts. You didn't have to dip them into your coffee. That had been tended to in advance.

Speaking of breakfasts takes me back a lot of years to a golf tournament. A friend of mine was scheduled to tee ofr at exactly ten o'clock a.m. At about two minutes before that time he drove up furiously in a taxi, and ctimbed out. He looked as though the night had been stormy. "Had any breakfast?" asked someone. .,I had a kiss and a bottle of beer," he said. So we named that breakfast after him.

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And I actually sat in a breakfast room at a resort hotel one morning many years ago, when a young man still in evening clothes, weaved his way to a table near me. When the waited asked what he wanted, he said: .,Bring me an order of French fried potatoes and a bottle of wine." There's no accounting for breakfast tastes.

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I am being reminded on every hand that graduation time is here. All over this land thousands of young men and women will accept those sheepskin testimonials of their years of labor in college and university, and turn wide-eyed to the gteat world, asking in their hearts that tragic question: "And now what?" +>t*

Tell them the truth-a truth that will cast no shadow of gloom over their spirits-which is that a mighty world waits them, AND NEEDS THEM. Tell them there never was a time when a greater premium was being offered for strong men and strong women; or when the world needed them more.

Tell them that a "a * an** we are hearing and reading about what the "machine ager,, .,mass production," etc., has done to the world, is all mush. Tell them that there will be greater human progress in the next fifty years than there has been in the past one thousand, and that theirs is the opportunity to share its unfolding. ***

Tell them that human ingenuity and human invention and human progress haven't really gotten well started yet. Only such men as cannot see the forest for the treesthink otherwise. Tell them that generations and centuries of inventive genius of every worthy kind, beckon us on to higher ideals and to higher rounds of the ladder of life.

Tell them that there are millions of necessary things yet (Continued on Page 8)

The Weyerhaeuser Financing Plan for Title I repair and remodeling jobs is available to all lumber dealers who are Weyerhaeuser c-ustomers.

Millions of dollars of Weyerhaeuser financing in the past few months has helped many lumber dcalers start laqge-scale installment selling on a practical and profitable basis.

Installment selling has enabled these dealers to create and control hundreds of sales that otherwise would not have been made. These sales are largely non-competi.:ive. Installment selling of remodeling and repair jobs taps th.: retail dealer's largest market . . . a markrt which can be made active in dull seasons.

WTYERHAEUSER SATES COIUIPANY

Vagabond Editorials

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to be done; innumerable mighty problems for the benefit of humanity yet to be solved; countless amazing ideas yet to be unfolded; marvelous avenues to distinction and glory beckoning from the horizon of the future to every young man and woman with brains and ambition. Tell them that we need consider no ambition-destroying restrictions against the future of our children and of our children's children; thank God ! ***

Tell them that these inhibitions against progress that we hear so much about, are man-made; not God-madc. Tell them that only about five per cent of all humans THINK; that another ten per cent get by by following the five; and the other eighty-five per cent believe what they hear and read. Tell them to get lined up with that five per cent, and there will be no restrictions against their ' ambitions except the worthiness and character of their efforts.

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I'm muchly inclined to agree with Mr. Iferman Dierks, Kansas City lumber manufacturer, who told the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, at Chicago, recently, that the termite-fighting campaign in the United States has rapidly become a racket. No doubt there ARE plenty of houses infested with termites; no doubt it IS wise to spend something extra while building a home to furnish protection against termites; but ttrere is no reasonable reason to doubt that the termite situation is not one-tenth as black as it is being painted, and lumber and wooden construction IS getting a black eye from the ever-ready propaganda of the innumerable people who now want to protect the public against the pest.

If termites were anywhere nearly as bad as some of the stuff we read would indicate, wood construction would be doomed; something we are far from prepared to admit. Mr. Dierks says that the public needs to be protected against innumerable irresponsible people who deliberately misrepresent the termite situation, and secure fat fees for no worth-while work. There are plenty of good people furnishing intelligent termite protection and advice; but that the thing is being overdone to an extent that is hurting the entire lumber industry, there can be no doubt. There are millions of new and old homes in this country that never had a termite in them and never will, regardless of what is done about it. Some of the pictures we see give the impression that it is the exceptional home that is not already being victimized, and that the termite army has already made a thorough house-to-house canvass of the nation.

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Let us wisely and properly protect our homes and other buildings against the termite menace; but let there be enough truth and wisdom in the effort to give lumber and wooden construction a fair deal.

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"To be a good billiard irlayer," an old adage used to say, "is the mark of a well rounded education; but to be too good a billiard player is the evidence of a misspent boyhood."

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To furnish intelligent and honest protection against termites is an utter necessity; but to make the world think that every wooden structure has its own little termite colony, is defamation of a good building material.

New San Francisco Wholesale Firm To Promote Greater Use of \(/ooden Boxes

L. J. Carr, well known in the California Pine industry, recently organized L. J. Carr & Co., with offices at 815 Crocker Building, San Francisco, to 'carry on a wholesale lumber business.

The company is handling all sales for the Sacramento Box & Lumber Co., Ponderosa and Sugar Pine Manufacturers, whose mill is at Kyburz, Calif., and is doing a wholesale business in Ponderosa and Sugar Pine, Incense Cedar, Redwood and Port Orford Cedar. In addition the company is doing an export business in Ponderosa and Sugar Pine , through Ziel & Co., importers and exporters, San F'rancisco.

W. D. Dunning, 438 Chamber of Commerce Building, Los Angeles, is Southern California representative.

Mr. Carr started his career in the lumber business with Exchange Sawmill Sales Co., Chi'cago, in 1920, and was sent West by them in 1927 to the Forest Lumber Co., Pine Ridge, Ore., where he spent a year in the mill to gain experience in the manufacturing end of the business. He started selling for Forest Lumber Co. on the Pacific Coast in March, 1928, remaining with them until the mill closed down in May, 1932. In 1932 and 1933 he sold lumber on commission for Winchester Bay Lumber Co. and several other concerns, making his headquarters in Oakland.

In March, 7934, he opened offices in San Francisco for Buzard-Burkhart Pine Co. and remained in charge of their sales until April 30 of this year, having resigned effective May 1 to go into business for himself.

An intensive campaign to promote greater use of wooden boxes is now under way in the pine produ,cing regions of the West. The organization work is under the dire,ction of H. L. Watkins, who assistpd in organizing a successful campaign among employees of the Cascade Lumber Company at Yakima, Wash., last June, and recently has conducted a similar effort in the Klamath Basin of Oregon.

The object of the work is to stimulate interest among employees of the lumber industry and other citizens in western lumber producing centers to demand that commodities shipped into the territory be pa,cked in wooden containers. Mr. Watkins will work in the Inland Empire this spring, after which he will work among employees in lumber mills in California and other parts of the western pine territorv.

VACATION IN SOUTHLAND

D. Normen Cords of San Francisco, representative for the Chas. R. M,cCormick Lumber Co. in the Sacramento Valley and Coast Counties, and Mrs. Cords, were vacationing in Southern California around the first of the month. After a few days' stay at Yosemite, they motored to Los Angeles, where they spent several days visiting points of interest in the Southland. IVIr. Cords also looked over lumber operations at the Los Angeles and San Diego harbors.

Redwood Industry Entertains State Supervisors

The Redwood industry played a big part in the entertainment of delegates to the annual convention of the State Association of Supervisors, and the annual convention of the Califoria County Engineers' and Surveyors' Association, held at Eureka, May 20, 2l and 22.

After their early session on May 2l the delegates to both conventions were shown the modern logging operation of The Pacific Lumber Company at Scotia. The visitors were given a demonstration of topping and falling a Redwood tree and of logs being hauled to the landing by Caterpillar tractors, and of loading.

At noon they were entertained rvith an old-fashioned barbecue picnic in the Scotia Park. An address of welcome was given by Derby Bendorf of The Pacific Lumber Company, S'cotia, who told the delegates in a brief address of the importance of the Redwood industry with its 10,000 workers and its $12,000,000 annual payroll. Mr. Bendorf pointed out that with more than 55 billion feet of commercial Redwood now standing and the natural propogation, indefinite operation of the industry is assured.

,dfter the picnic the visitors were taken through The Pa.cific Lumber Company's plants at Scotia.

On Wednesday evening the delegates were shown the California Redwood Association's new sound picture "Caliiornia Giants,"

C. D. Johnson Lumber Corporation

PORTLAND, OREGON

Sott Old Growtb Yellow lDougter Flr ond Sltka Sprucc

Mills-Toledo, Oregon. Capacity 47 M pet hour, largest in Oregon, of combined kiln.dried and green lumber. Over 50 years' supply virgin timber.

Cargo and Rail Shipments-\ffeekly sailings to Califoraia ports-Packaged lumber, stowed even lengths and widths

-Shipments made as promised.

( Vholrtale trad,e solicited-Lel I 1 ,t haae your inquiries. I

fmmediate teletype service between branch oftces, head ofice and millg available at all times pertaining to cus' tomergt orders and shipments.

At the annual meeting of the California County Engineers' and Surveyors' Association E,dgar A. Brown, staff engineer of the California Redwood Association, was one of the principal speakers. He explained the value of Redwood in stru.ctural work as compared with competing materials, and told of its use by the California Division of Highways in bridge and other constru,ction work. At the close of his talk Mr. Brown answered many questions asked by the engineers and surveyors.

True scale models of large and small highway bridge structures built by the California Division of Highways were on display in the convention hall.

The large model was of the Dolan Creek arch on the Monterey Coast Highway, which is the longest single span timber structure that has yet been built. Being of three-hinged ar,ch ,construction, the bridge has a span of 180 feet and an arch rise of 60 feet.

The small model was of a stanclard California Division of Hrghways trestle bent bridge.

Both of these models attracted much attention from the engineers and supervisors.

In addition to the bridge models there was on display a model of a Redwood ,culvert that has long been used by railroads, and is now finding favor in highway construction.

Representatives of the Redwood industry from San Francisco and Los Angeles who were present at the convention included the following: E. E. Abrahamson, Hammond & Little River Redwood Co., San Francisco; Lloyd Cole, Hammond & Little River Redwood Co., Los Angeles; Fred V. Holmes, Holmes Eureka l-umber Co., San Francis'co; Bill Hamilton, Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., Los Angeles; Henry M. Hink, Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., San Francisco; Ed Seward, Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., Los Angeles; Herb Klass, Max E. Cook and Gus Kramer, The Pacific Lumber Co., San Francisco; Mason Kline, Union Lumber Co., Los Angeles; Clarence Broback, Union Lumber Co., San Francisco; Edgar A. Brown, CaliIornia Redwood Association, San Fran,cisco; C. T. Morton, California Redwood Association, Los Angeles; Carl Bahr, president, California Redwood Association, San Fran,cisco.

BRANCTI SALES OFFICES

San Francirco

A. B. Grlffold, Mrr. Nsrtan Bnt 2, Crtltmh SL Pho GArfidd atlt

[.or Angeler

R. T. Ghear, M3r.

A. J. Hctbcrlago PGt lhc. Bl&. Phru PRorpct lll

Hiddan Taxes

The most sinister taxes are not the ones the tax collector itemizes, specifies, and holds his hand out to receive. Not at all. The sinister taxes are the hidden taxes, the indirect taxes that the average man pays every time he pulls a nickel from his pocket to buy the smallest necessity of life, but doesn't realize. Almost without possible exception, every tax is added to the thing taxed. When you buy that.thing you pay that tax, and all the other taxes that are heaped upon it.

Hidden taxes are well illustrated in a speech made before the House of Representatives in Washington on March 16, 1936, by the Hon. Fred A. Hartley, Jr., of New Jersey, in which he said in part:

"You are paying nearly thirty cents out of every dollar you earn, for the cost of Government. We pay more for taxes than we do for food or for rent, twice as much as we do for clothing, and six times as much as is spent for light and power. You may or may not pay an income tax or a real estate tax, but you are paying it just the same. Everything we buy, not only luxuries but our food and clothing, the very necessities of life, are increased in cost. Let us take a look at some of our hidden taxes.

PLYWOOD VENEERS WALLBOARD

Our well assorted stocksr our well known dealer policy and our centrd location guarantee the kind of SERVICE you demand.

For remodeling and modernizing they are real economy.

"You have been in the habit of crawling out of bed in the morning from between cotton sheets taxed at over four cents a pound. You have gone into the bathroom and turned on the electric light, taxed at 3 per cent of your bill. You have brushed your teeth with a dentifrice taxed at 5 per cent. The soap you used had a five per cent tax on it.

"When you sat down to breakfast there was a card on your table printed in invisible ink which you could not read but which said, nevertheless: 'Cover charge payable to Government-25 per cent of the cost of all the food on this table.' Your ham was taxed over two dolldrs per hundred weight. The ice water came from a refrigerator which was taxed 5 per cent of what you paid for it. The toast you ate carried fifty-three different taxes. Other food, the silverware, linens, dishes and other household appliances, each bore the sign invisible of hundreds of tax collectors.

"When you light a cigarette you are taxed nearly 100 per cent. The fliwer you drive to the office carries a 3 per cent sales tax. Your tires are taxed 2/2 cents per pound, the inner tubes 4 cents per pound, and when you fill your tank with gas you pay more in taxes on the gas than the wholesale price."

The fine 'llegitimatet' theaters have POC Stage foorssome over 27 ye.arc old,. Constant moving, banging and fastening of heavy scenery and equipmcnt require foors that are impact tesistant-no .plintering or cracking-yet soft and firm enough to read.ly take and hold and permit easy removal of temporary screw and nail grips.

Your customers would like to know about this wood for ,TOUGH SPOTS"

Smith Wood-Products, Inc.

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MY FAVORITE STORIES

Jock

Dionne

They Were Really Sort of Related

One of the best stories in years is one Ale:rander Woollcott tells of the sea captain.

There is a small town on the New England coast from which for generations men have gonq.down to the sea in ships. Many years ago a ship sailed from that port, and never returned. Stories of her foundering came back, and of the hardships suffered by her crew before they were final-

Red River Production

Red River lumber production through the past rvinter was largely Ponder.osa pine but with the opening of the spring logging season on March 15 an area of sugar pine was entered. The output during 1936 is estimated at l4O million feet at Westwood, to run 4O per cent sugar pine, 45 per ,cent Ponder.osa and 15 per cent in,cense cedar and Douglas fir. This production will be facilitated by the new dry kiln installation whi,ch is being rapidly pushed to completion.

The Westwood sawmill is running two 4O-hour shifts pef week operating four head rigs and two horizontal resaws. The plywood factory continues with three 40-hour shifts and a capacity of 200,000 square feet daily on a three-ply basis.

During the past year a new sawmill with a capacity of 100,000 feet daily has been built at Susanville, 25 miles east of Westwood and the Red River railroad extended to that point. Production is scheduled to start June first, the mill being operated under lease by C. H. Hess of Union, Oregon, cutting Red River logs and the output going into Red River stock in addition to that of the Westwood mill.

ly destroyed by the mad waters, only the captain surviving. And finally the captain came back home, an unsmiling, morose old man. One day he was seen staring fixedly at a young man of the town, and someone said to him:

"Captain, you remember that boy, don't you?,'

"Remember him !" said the old captain. .,I ATE HIS UNCLE!"

New Firm in San Francisco

Fraser Lumber & Supply Co. with headquarters in the Whitcomb Hotel Building, San Fran,cis.co, recently started business, spe,cializing mainly in box shook.

The principals of the new concern are Garnet W. Fraser and Z. C. Cather. Mr. Fraser was formerly ,conne,cted with the Chicago & Alton Railroad, and was later in the paint business for some years. He was active in Hoo Hoo for many years, and has a large acquaintan,ce amollg lumbermen. Mr. Cather has spent all of his business life in the box shook business.

NELSON SUBSIDIARIES TO REORGANIZE

Sunset Lumber Company, Oakland, and Northern Redwood Lumber Company, subsidiaries of the Charles Nelson Company, have filed for reorganization under section 77b of. the Bankruptcy Act.

ctuFoniln BUtulER$ SUPPTI C0. 700 6th Avenue, Oakland Hlgate 6016 Kenneth J. Shipp A. D. Vifliamron Lrnmnn Car and, Cargo Shippers outuil FtR Ytntr sToct( Ic Angeles Relrcentative Arizoa Relrecntative I CJ4,RL DAvIEs T. G. DECKER 438 Chmber of Cmerce Bldg. P. O. Bq 179t, phenix PRogFct 9136 Telephre t8ll

United States Plywood Co. Moves to New San Francisco \(/arehouse

United States Plywood Co., Inc., has moved into a new and larger warehouse at ll9 Kansas Street, San Francisco.

The new warehouse is between Alameda and 15th Streets, and just one block from Townsend Street. Langford W. Smith, branch managdr, states that it has 10,000 feet of floor space, is on spur track and gives the company splendid facilities and an excellent location for giving better and speedier service.

United States Plywood Co., In,c., carries a very large stock of Douglas Fir and California Pine plywood and wallboard, and a well rounded stock of all standard hardwood plywood, also AMORPLY metal-faced plywood.

The ,company's new telephone number is MArket 1882' Chas. J. Schmitt covers the Coast Counties, San Francisco Bay district and Peninsula territory, and the company is represented in the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys by Jas. E. (Jimmy) Atkinson.

CARL BAHR IN WASHINGTON

Carl Bahr, president of the California Redwood Association, San Fran,cis'co, left May 26 f.or Washington, D. C.

WITH WEST COAST SCREEN CO.

Fred Johnsen, formerly with the California Bank, is now associated with the West Coast S'creen Co., Los Angeles, manufacturers of the well known Hollvwood Door.

BACK ON JOB

Ben W. Klug, manager of the Los Angeles bran'ch of the Perfe,ction Oak Flooring Co., manufacturers and distributors of "Frostbrand" Oak Flooring, who has been confined to his home for the past two months as the result of an accident in which he fractured his hip, expects to be back in his office about Tune 15.

NEW SPLIT PRODUCTS CONCERN

Redwood Products, Inc., was recently incorporated, with offices in Fortuna, Humboldt County. The company will produce ties, posts, shakes and grape stakes.

Albert L. Nelson, formerly paymaster for The Pacific Lumber Company, Scotia, is president.

Angle \fl'orms are Playful

In order to prove the truth of the above assertion, I submit the following tale, which is veraciously true -or otherwise. Every morning as the clock strikes ten, a robin flies into my favorite peach tree, settles upon a low hanging limb and remarkS, "cheerio-cheerio," twice, just like that.

At the sound a fat, juicy earth worm pokes his head out of the family worm hole and wig wags a challenge, which the bird hastens to accept.

Flitting to the ground, he approaches the worm on tip toe, seizes it by the scruff of the neck and starts walking backward.

This back stepping continues until the robin is sitting on his haunches and the worm has been so elongated and attenuated that it resembles nothing so much as a fine and delicate violin string.

Suddenly the bird lets go and the fish bait snaps back to position with all the energy and velocity of an elastic band under similar conditions.

After a moment's respite the game begins again and may continue for an hour or more.

I've been an amused spectator of this performance every day for a month, but this morning something has gone wrong.

The game began upon schedule time and proceeded as usual up to the point where, the worm having been stretched to the breaking point, was ready for the rebound.

The robin let go-I saw him open his beak; but that ornery worm had secured a strangle hold on a tuft of feathers, and when the snap back came the robin was catapulted over intervening space, and jerked down the worm hole and out of sight !

I've been watching that hole for three hours now, and haven't seen hide nor feather of either bird or worm-something has certainly gone wrong.

Merriam Conner.

BRINGS IN LOG RAFT

A giant log raft from the Columbia River arrived at the Benson Lumber Co., San Diego, on June 1.

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Lumbermen Vindicated in Texag Case Loggers' Strike Settlement Delayed

A verdict of not guilty on all counts was returned June 8 in the trial in the federal district 'court of the District of Columbia of three Redwood lumbermen and four Texas men accused of conspiring to defraud the Government by allegedly changing the specifications of a PWA irrigation project in Willacy County, Texas.

After the original indictment by the Federal Grand Jury a demurrer was filed in the district court of the District of Columbia and this was sustained, but the Goverhment reopened the case and the seven men had to stand trial. The case was in the courts from April 15 to June 8.

The acquittal is a complete vindication of all the men charged. The lumbermen were I-eonard C. Hammond, president of the lfammond Lumber Company, San Francisco; Harry W. Cole, former president of the California Redwood Association, San Francisco, and James P. Barry, technical engineer of Hammond & Little River Redwood Company, San Francisco.

S. F. Club Elects Oflicers

There was an excellent attendance at the weekly luncheon of the San Francisco Lumhermen's Club, held at the Engineers' Club,206 Sansome Street, ,corner, of Pine Street, on Wednesday, June 2.

The only business transacted was the ele'ction of officers.

C. C. Stibich, Tahoe Sugar Pine Co., San Franciscb, was elected president, and Edward J. Tietjen, Sudden & Christenson, San Francisco, was elected secretary.

The president named the following attendance committee: Frank W. Trower, Trower Lumber Co.; G. N. Whiteside, Gamerston & Green; John C. McCabe; Al Kelley, Santa Fe Lumber Co.; Howard M. Gunton, MacDonald & Harrington, Floyd Elliott, Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co., Chas. R. Wilson and himself.

Qut of town visitors at the luncheon included Parker Mclntyre, W. P. Mclntyre & Son, Fortuna, Calif., and Henry Meyer, Oakland Lumber Co., Oakland.

REMODELING OFFICE

The Shattuck Lumber Co. at Ontario are remodeling their office and the interior is being finished in insulation board. Howard Shattu'ck is the owner and manager.

Settlement of the labor troubles that have tied up '26 logging camps, responsible lor 70 per cent of the Columbia Basin output, was delayed when irregularities discovered in the balloting on the i4-point working agreement, devised by representatives of the Columbia Basin Loggers' Association and the Columbia River district ,coun,cil of lumber and sawmill workers' unions, halted the ,counting of the votes, at Portland, lune 7.'

The council stated that a new referendum would be held immediately under the same rules.

The agreement provides a working agreement running until March, 1937, 7tl per cent higher wages, uniform hours, no Saturday or Sunday work, and a joint hiring hall supervised by State Labor Commissioner C. H. Gram. The agreement also provides for no strikes or lockouts during the period.

Forty-two local unions, with a membership of between 10,000 and 12.000 are involved.

JOHN W. THOMAS

John W. Thomas, father of J. A. Thomas, Southern California manag'er for the Donovan Lumber Co., died at Vallejo, Calif., on May 17. He had been in poor health for several years and was 84 years of age. Funeral services were held on May 19.

Mr. Thomas was ,connected with the Pacifi,c Gas & Electric Co. for thirty-three years, being placed on their retired list about ten years ago. In addition to his son, J. A. Thomas of Los Angeles, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Ella David of Vallejo.

LUMBERMEN MAKE BRIDGE TOWER ASCENT

Al Nolan, Western sales manager of The Pacific Lumber Company, San Fran,cisco; Eddie Peggs, San Francisco wholesale lumbermen, and Edd Middleton of Anderson & Middleton Lumber nCompany, Aberdeen, Wash., recently had the interesting experience of being taken to the top of the San Francisco tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, which is 747 f.eet above the water. They enjoyed the privilege and came away with a new idea of the magnitude of the structure.

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"Goods of the Woods" on Display

The accompanying photograph shows a ,cross section of a log cut from a Redwood tree that stands at the entrance to the E. K. Wood Lumber Co. offrce, 4701 South Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles. The log came from The Pacifi,c Lumber Company's mill at Scotia, and mill officials say it is the finest specimen they ever cut.

The log has an average diameter of about ten feet, and

to solve this question and here she is about to make a,count of the annual rings.

The log was a part of the E. K. Wood Lumber Co. exhibit at the Los Angeles Housing Show after which it was moved to their Los Angeles offi,ce. It stands on a cement base and is held in place by two steel rods fastened to the rear side and anchored to two blocks of cement in the ground. It has been treated with a special waterproof paint to prevent it from cracking.

The company has a?so added an attractive piece of furniture to their Los Angeles office, the "rock-in 'chair," tecently shipped from Bellingham, Wash. It is a seat about five feet wide made from a Douglas fir log.

There is an interesting story of how the seat got its name. When the log reached their mill at Bellingham, it had a large burl on one side. In squaring up the log, when sawing through the burl, the saw was broken into many pieces and upon investigation several stones were found embedded and partially grown over by the burl. The saw cut through two or three of the stones leaving the exposed surfaces just as smooth as the sawed portions of the burl, the stones still remaining in the burl. This portion of the log was ,cut off, a seat hewn out in it, and placed on the porch of their offi'ce at Bellingham where it remained for approximately twenty-five years.

it is estimated that the tree was around two thousand years old. They have had so many inquiries as to the age of the tree, the young lady in the pi'cture, Oakie Wallace, secretary to \fo'arren B. Wood and J. A. Privett, decided

REMODELING AND ENLARGING OFFICE

The Cronin Lumber Co., Van Nuys, is remodeling and enlarging its ofifice, the interior of which will be lined with insulation board. The company has an attractive display room where all the conveniences for a modern home are exhibited. James P. Cronin is the owner and manager.

Upon arrival at their Los Angeles plant, the seat was finished up, the log varnished, and placed in the main office. The burl which extends a foot or more above the log serves as the back of the seat and gives it a very artistic appearance. Although this log was cut a quarter'century ago it is in fine condition, and the bark still remains intact.

COUNCIL OFFICES MOVED TO FRESNO

Announcement is made by the California Lumbermen's Council of the removal of their offices from 1025 Merchants Exchange Building, San Fran'cisco, to 434 Rowell Building, Fresno, Calif.

Bernard B. Barber is secretary of the Council.

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The Oral Speedometer is reported to be a phonograph attachment to your car speedometer, that speaks to you as you drive along.

At 25 miles it remarks: "The city speed limit has been passed, is there a motor cop behind you?"

At 35 miles per hour it says: "Too fast for city driving. It is to be hoped you are now in the country."

At 45 miles: "Your car is still under control, but watch the car behind the car ahead of you."

At 50 miles: "Your responsibility is increasing. Keep your eye on the road."

At 60 miles: "Are your insurance premiums paid?"

At 70 miles: "You do the driving, I'll do the praying."

At 80 miles: "Probably someone will have this car repaired. ff so, we thank you for the sale of another speedometer to replace this one, which is going for a ride on the 'black camel' along with you."

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THE REAL MEASURE OF A MAN

The place to take the true measure of a man is not in the darkest place or in the amen corner, nor the cornfield, but by his own fireside. There he lays aside his mask and you may learn whether he is an imp or an angel, cur or king, hero or humbug. I care not what the world says of him, whether it crowns him boss or pelts him with bad eggs. I care not a copper what his religion may be: if his babies dread his home-coming and his better half swallows her heart every time she has to ask him for a five dollar bill, he is a fraud of the first water, even though he prays night and morning until he is black in the face, and howls hallelujah until he shakes the eternal hills.

But if his children rush to the front door.to meet him and love's sunshine illuminates the face of his wife every time she hears his foot-fall, you can take it for granted that he is O.K. for his home is heaven-and the humbug never gets that close to the throne of God. He may be a rank athiest and a red-flag anarchist, a Mormon and a Mugwump; he may buy votes in blocks of five, and bet on the elections; he may deal 'em from the bottom of the deck and drink beer until he can't tell a silver dollar from a circular saw, and still be an infinitely better man than the cowardly little humbug who is all suavity in society but who makes home a hell; who vents upon the helpless heads of his wife and children an ill nature he would inflict upon his fellow men, but dares not. I can forgive much in that fellow mortal who would rather make men srnrear than women weep; who would rather have the hate of the whole world than the contempt of his wife; who would rather call anger to the eyes of a king, than fear to the face of a childr-William Cowper Brann.

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Plywood Company Completing New Plant

The West Coast Plywood Company is just completing its new plant which occupies five acres of ground located at the Port of Grays Harbor midway between Aberdeen 4nd Hoquiam, Washington. This location was chosen because of its direct rail and steamship connections to all parts of the United States and world markets.

A. R. Wuest, president and general manager, and A. R. Welch, vice-president of the new company, pioneers in the manufacturing of Plywood, have been responsible for many important improvements in the manufacture of Plywood. H. Bruce Wiscomb is sales manager.

Mr. Wuest, in a recent interview with a representative of this publication, stated: "I believe that the Plywood industry has a greater future before it than ever before. The product has demonstrated its merit as a standard building material. The building of this new mill will realize a lifetime ambition and will give our company a plant that is second to none in effi.ciency and equipment.

"Recognizing the service the jobber has given the industry in building up acceptance of Plywood, it is our policy to sell only through recognized jobbers and assist them in every possible manner to build up their Plywood business. Our policy will be one of fair dealing, quality products and prompt service."

Mr. Welch, who is in charge of production, when inter' viewed, stated: "Our manufacturing unit is unique because

of its extraordinary working area. In fact, it is one of the largest single units ever built in this industry. The building is so constructed that there are no posts to interfere with economical and efficient operation. On our dock, we have a bridge crane with a 200-foot run for picking up logp out of the water and servicing the lathe. The lathe is modern in every respect and one of the largest production lathes ever built by the Coe Manufacturing Company. Our automatic dryers have a tremendous drying capacity and are the widest yet built for the manufacture of Plywood. Great care has been exercised in the purchase of sanding equipment, which plays a very important part in the finishing of the product.

"All in all, we are equipped to manufacture 80 million feet of Plywood per year, which will include Douglas Fir, Philippine Mahogany, Spruce, Hemlock and Ribbon Grain Mahogany in sizes up to 72 inches by lM inches."

The officers of the West Coast Plywood Company are A. R. Wuest, president and general manager; A. R.Welch, vice-president in ,charge of production; Oscar Smith, treasur€r; Theodore Bruener, secretary. The directors include the above ofificers and the following prominent and successful business men of Grays Harbor: A. J. Delateur, R. G. Hall, George Pauze and E. K. Bishop. The address of the company is, 'West Coast Plywood Company, Aberdeen, Washington.

\(/holesafers Hofd Annual lvleeting

The 44th annual meeting of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association was held at Atlantic City, N. J., on May 13-14. Thb following offi,cers were elected for the coming year: Otis N. Shepard, New York, president; John I. Coulbourn, Philadelphia, first vice-president; Robert C. Pepper, Springfield, Mass., second vice-president; William Schuette, Jr., New York, treasurer; W. W. Schupner, New York, se,cretary-directing manager; R. A, Dailey, Seattle, North Coast manager; and Sid L. Darling, New York, department manager.

Directors elected for the three year term expiring 1939 were: J. M. Allen, Vancouver, B. C.; Henry N. Anderson, Alberdeen, Wash; J. A. Currey, New York; R. C. Pepper, Springfield, Mass.; W. H. Schuette, Pittsburgh, Pa.; John C. Shepherd, Charlotte, N. C.; Shirley G. Taylor, Bufialo, N. Y.; J. R. Thames, Birmingham, Ala.; C. N. Troutner, Richmond, Va., and Ernest S. Cornwall, Saginaw, Mich.

The session entitled "Distribution, Traditions and Trends," was a triangular discussion by three New York lumbermen with Andrew H. Dykes giving the viewpoint of the retailer, J. A. Currey, the viewpoint of the wholesaler, and an independent and detached view by Henry J. Eckstein.

The session, "Profit Problems of the Wholesaler," covering problems affecting various regions lvas opened with a discussion by H. M. Vivian of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. He was followed by Gus Prestegaard, Lincoln, Neb.; J. S. Kent, San Francisco,; Charles Johnson, Rochester, N. Y.; C. N. Troutner, Richmond, Va.; and C. F. Leatherbee, Boston, Mass.

"Will We Help Keep Lumber in the Pictuie," was presented by Max Myers, Clevel4nd, Ohio, president of the trade promotion committee, who was followed by Wilsotr Compton, Washington, D. C., secretary of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. The convention end,orsed a plan under which it is hoped wholesalers (members and non-members) will voluntarily subscribe $10,000 for promotion work, particularly for building code purposes, a fundamental activity afrecting all wholesalers.

"The Situation on the North Coast" was covered by

Roy A. Dailey, manager of the North Coast office cf the Association at Seattle, and W. W. Woodbridge, Seattle, Wash., manager of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, talked on the topi'c, "The Wholesaler and Red Cedar Shingles," indicating what had already been done and what could be further accomplished through closer co-operation with the Bureau.

A resolution was adopted stating that a survey of wholesale lumber distributing 'costs by the National-Americari Wholesale Lumber Association offers convincing evidence that the average cost substantially exceeds 8 per cent, and as it is economically unsound to do business less than cost, urged that all wholesalers should resist any attempts on the part of the mills to reduce said discount below the minimum of 8 per cent. Other resolutions were adopted opposing the Robinson-Patman, Healey-Walsh and Wheeler anti-trust basing point bills and calling upon Congress to abandon the attempt to pass numerous bills now before it to confer upon the Government authority and the power to place numerous additional restraints upon business.

President Otis N. Shepard was toastmaster at the annual banquet. The guest speakers were Ben S. Woodhead of Beaumont, Texas, a former president of the association and one of its original founders, and T. L. Husselton of Atlantic City, N. J.

PETER WHITE VISITS EAST AND SOUTH

Peter White, chief inspector for White Brothers, San Francisco, is on a vacation trip, accompanied by his wife, to his old home in St. John, Nerv Brunswick. On the return trip to San Francisco he will swing down through the Southern States, where he will visit a number of hardwood mdnufacturers.

CHANGE OF OFFICE

The Weyerhaeuser Sales Company on June 1 moved their Los Angeles office to 92O W. M. Garland Bldg., 117 West Ninth Street. Their new telephone number is Mlchigan 6354.

lssue Boolclet on Shevlin Pine Log Siding and Knotty Pine Patterns

A new booklet showing Shevlin Pine log siding and knotty pine patterns manufactured by The McCloud River Lumber Co., McCloud, Calif., and The Shevlin-Hixon Company, Bend, Ore., has been issued by these companies. These produ,cts are sold by the Shevlin Pine Sales Company. The patterns listed are those generally used and which the ,companies are prepared to furnish.

The booklet gives the specifications for producing New England finishes on Shevlin Pine knotty finsh, and also included is Techni'cal Bulletin No. 4, 'fHints on Preparing Knotty Pine Paneling," which has been published by the Western Pine Association. It also discusses Shevlin Pine knotty finish and the use of the common grades for interior paneling.

ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING WILL BE HELD AT CHICAGO

The adjourned annual meeting of the Philippine Mahogany Manufacturers' Import Association, Inc., will be held at the Palmer House, Chicago, Ill,, on Monday, June 29,1936, at l0:00 A.M. for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year, hearing reports of officers, and transacting other business that will come before the meeting. The above meeting is to be held in accordance with a resolution adopted at the annual meeting which was held at the offi,ce of the corporation in Los Angeles on June 8.

VACATIONING IN THE EAST

W. B. Wickersham, district manager for the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., Los Angeles, and Mrs. Wickersham, are on a motor trip to their old home in lllinois. Going east they traveled by way of New Orleans, stopping at Carlsbad, New Mexico, to visit the caves and on the return trip they will visit the Taos Indian Reservation in New Mexico, and the Grand Canyon in Arizona. They will return to tos Angeles July 1.

CAI.L ON ARIZONA TRADE

E. C. Mooney, assistant sales manager of the Ewauna Box Company, Klamath Falls, Ore., has returned to the mill following a trip to Southern California and Arizona. With George Geary, in charge of the Sugar and Ponderosa Pine department, E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, they spent several days calling on the Arizona retail lumber trade. E. K. Wood Lumber Co. represents the Ewauna Box Company in Southern California.

ANNUAL FROLIC JUNE 2G21

The Annual Frolic of the San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club which was scheduled for June 6-7 but postponed due to bad weather will be held on June 2O-21. They will be the guests of F. Dean Prescott, Valley Lumber Company, Fresno, at his summer home at Twin Brooks, which is located in the mountains abotrt fifty m,iles east of Fresno.

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New Literature for Dealers

The Celotex Corporation has just issued three new pieces of literature to help lumber mer'chants sell their prospects on the advantages of the company's new lath and sheathing products-Celotex Insulating Stiff-Lath and Celotex laminated Waterproofed 1" Insulating Sheathing, surfaced two sides to 25/32", the thickness of standard wood sheathing.

REPORTS DELIGHTFUL TRIP IN ORIENT

A. J. Koll of Los Angeles, president of A. J. Koll Planing Mill, Ltd., is back from a trip to the Orient where he visited Japan, China, French Indo-China, Sumatra, Java and the Philippine Islands. His trip lasted over three months and he reports he had an enjoyable vacation.

While in the Philippines, he saw many of the large sawmills and logging operations. He says the mills are modern, manufacture fine lumber, and they have excellent stands of timber. He also spent some time with B. W. Cadwallader, who is well known in California lumber ,circles, and now in the mining business there. He visited Mr. Cadwallader's mine and was also his guest for dinner at his home in Manila. On the return trip from Hong Kong, Mr. Koll stated they experienced a bad storm which the crew said was the worst in many years; five of the crew were injured and had to be returned to the hospital in Hong Kong. The ship on which he came back carried a cargo of lumber, all of which was unloaded at San Pedro.

The first pie'ce of literature is an eight page book in cole15-"1's1 Enduring Comfort and Lasting Economy IJse Celotex on Both Sides of the Framework." This book tells how these two products add strength and permanen'ce, Protect against summer heat and winter fuel waste, stop unnecessary infiltration of noise, and pave the way for air conditioning by providing ample insulation while leaving the space between the studs open so that the wall can "breathe," thus keeping the framework dry. This is a book for dealers to hand out to prospects who are really interested.

The second and third pie'ces of literature are illustrated four-page letters, one on sheathing and the other on lath. These pie,ces are suitable for mailing to prospects. They may be imprinted with the dealer's name. If desired, the front page can be used as regular stationery. Each letter is printed in colors and is profusely illustrated.

ATTENDS DENVER MEETING

A. E. Trower, Trower Lumber Company, San Francisco returned May 29 from a two weeks' trip to Denver, Colorado, where he attended a meeting of the law committee of which he is chairman. of the Woodmen of the World.

Mr. Trower also attended the Head Camp Session of the \Moodmen of the 'World, held in Yosemite Valley, June 9 to 13.

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The Redwod plant operated by Per,cy J. Brown at Stafford, near Scotia, was destroyud* Ot fire on May 20..

A section of a "Cannibal Fir" 45 inches in diameter, imprisoning a smaller tree nearly 15 inches in diameter complete with one inch of bark was displayed recently in Portland. The large tree was about 2L5 years old and the bulging rings showed it grew around the smaller one requiring about 150 years to enclose it. The log was found by a logger for the Booth-Kelly*Lumber Co.

Nearly 400 registered at the annual picnic of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association held at the Orange County Park on Saturday, Jl""*t.

The C. D. Johnson Lumber Co. has purchased the

R. O. WILSON IN EAST

R. O. Wilson of R. O. Wilson Lumber Co., San Francisco, left May 24 for a business and pleasure trip to the Eastern States. He flew to Chicago by way of Los Angeles, and bought a new car at the factory in Michigan which he is using to visit points in Pennsylvania and other states. He will drive back to San Francisco and expects to be home early in July.

GRANT.ORTH

Robert M. Grant wasmarried to Miss Marcelles Marie Orth in Berkeley, May 17,1936.

Mr. Grant is with the Smith Lumber Company, Oakland.

GLAD EVENT

A daughter, Diane, was born to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kirk at San Luis Obispo, May 24.

Mr. Kirk is general superintendent of yards for the Southern Pacific Milling Company.

WILL SHARE PROFITS WITH EMPLOYEES

Beginning June 1, employees of the Hayward Lumber & Investment Co. will receive one-half of the annual, profits of the company at the end of each year after deducting 7 per cent for the stockholders on the invested capital, it was announced on May 21. The profits will be distributed equitably among all employees in addition to their regular salaries. The head offices of the company are in Los Angeles.

EAST BAY CLUB MEETS JUNE 22

Hoo Hoo Club No. 39 will meet at the Athens Athletic Club, Oakland, on Monday evening, J:uu:'e 22.

H. C. McQuarrie, bow and arrow expert, will talk on "Archery" and demonstrate his skill.

Special Officer McConnell will explain "Fingerprinting," with demonstration, and the Maddern Trio will fu'rnish dinner music. Door prize will be $15.00.

steamer, Lake Superior, and renamed it the C. D. Johnson III.

The first prize of. $1000 was awarded to E. If. Percy, chief engineer of the Union Lumber Company, Fort Bragg, for his invention of log carriage devices in the waste prevention contest of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. The second prize, $50O, went to W. J. Ferguson, machine shop foreman of the Coos Bay Lumber Co., Marshfield, Ore., for invention of a "line and delay graphic recording device for sawmill*carriages."

A. B. Griswold, who has been connected with the C. D. Johnson Lumber Co. mill at Toledo, Ore., has joined the sales staff of the company''s San Francisco office.

MOVES TO LARGER OFFICES

Moore Mill & Lumb,er Co. will move from the 5th floor, Underwood Building, 525 Market Street, San Francisco, to lirger quarters on the 4th floor, rooms 424 and, 425, before July 1. Telephone number is EXbrook 4745.

RETURNS FROM EASTERN TRIP

Carl W. Hornibrook, sales manag'er of the Ewauna Box Company, Klamath Falls, Ore., is back from a business trip to the Middle West where he visited Chicago and called on the millwork plants in the Mississippi Valley. He returned by way of Los Angeles where he attended a hearing of the freight container bureau of the Association of American Railways on June 9. He was also a caller at the offices of the E. K. Wood Lumber Co.

SAN FRANCISCO VISITOIRS

H. W. "Tim" Preston, sales manager, Silver Falls Timber Co., Silverton, Ore., was a San Francisco visitor June 2, on his way East for a business trip.

Fred W. Thorpe, warehouse superintendent, United States Plywood Co., Inc., Los Angeles, is spending three weeks at the company's San Francisco branch.

C. M. Ambrose, vice-president and general manager of Pacific Fir Co., Seattle, Wash., recently visited San Francisco, where he called on the company's representative, Stapleton Lumber Co. He made the trip both ways by air.

Parker Mclntyre, manager of W. P. Mclntyre & Son, Fortuna, manufacturers of "Big Tree Brand" Redwood shingles, was in San Francisco on business early this month. He recentlv returned from a two weeks' business ? trip to Arizona.

BTJYDBgS GT]TDB SAN FBANCISCO

I.|',UBER

C.n & Cc, L. J. ' Srt Crcdc Blds. ..................Suttcr 3363

Ghanbalin & C^' }1f.R.' .th Flc, Ftr Bldr. ...........'Douslu taTa

Dalt & Rrel' Iac.' ? Ftlot SL :.....................Suttlr tttt

Ddbc I Crm boDc Cr, tt Mrchutr E:Arryr Bldr.......Sutbr 7l5a

Grc||o W. C,o|Du {sa Crffclh St ...'......"......GArfield t?ll

Hd. Jrncr L, rna Milb Bldr. ...................SUttF ltt5

Hrmmd & Llttb Rlva Rcdnod Cc, ll7 Mottmcnr St .............DOurht 3tE

Hclncr Eurctr Ltnlc Cc fi6 Fhudd Ccrtqr B'ldg.......GAricld ttzl

G. D. Johuon lanbcr Corao l|| Calffornir StrGt...............GAricH G5!

[..Doddd & Hrrlarrfo Lt4' fa Crlliroh Stmt................GArficl| 3tE

Xoar lntr & LrnDer Cc, 5i!3 Mrrh.t Strct .......,........Exbrcok Ol3

LUl|BER, Prtltc lrrnbcr Co. Th. rO Bufi StGi....................GArdrtd r[r

Rrd Riva bnbcr Cq, ll| Mor&ocL Bldr...............GAricld l22

Sutr Fr Lubcr Ca. la Cll:rcr:r St!it............llFart ' ta Sctrrfer Brc. hnbc I Sbbrb Cc- I DI.m St. .......................SUfta r?l

Sbcvlh Pirc Salcr C;o., rGf Moe&odr Btd3. ...........KErrry illf

Sudd.o & Clrlttooro, lla S.lrG. SiF..t................GAridd 2Il

Trwa Lnnbc Ca, rl0 Mrrtct Str-t.. ...............suttc L2a

Untm Lubcr Co.. Clod:rr Bdldhr ..SUttGr al?a

tYaillry-Nrthra Co. rlt lLrt.t StE t ..................Suttc? 5f|E

E. lC Wood Lunbrr Ca, f DntEu St!..t..........,.........KErny 9l| Wryrrbcurcr 3r!rr f.:c- rl Crlffcdr Str..4.............,.G4r6G1d tttl

HARDWOODS AND PANEI.S

Forrytt Herdnood Cc.. t55 BefLcrr Btvd. ...............ATrrtr lltt

Wbltr Brothcn,Flftf, lnd Bmr Strert .........Suttc tta

SASH_DOORS_PLYTYOOD

Nlo|d Dc Sdr. Cc. tal ltth Strc.t ......,.............Mtobo ID

On3_o--_Wulingto Ptywood Gr, 55 Ncv Motgoncrl Str..t.:...,.GAtirE ill

Uritcd _S.trts P_tywood Cr., Inc., fU Kanras Strect,.....,.,..,.,..,.MArtrat t$Z

WhcdGr-Otllod Sela Corpondcq LS rttt SL ..........:........-...VAtorctr t2fl

CRE(XIOTED LUMBER-POLE3-PILINGTIES

/lnsto Lmbcr & Tncatin3Co, ll3 Ncs Motgmery St..........Sutter lIllS

Baxtcr, J. H. & Co,, 3t Motg6c4' St ...........,..tx)ufb !SS!

Ha|l, Jucr L, ll2r Mllh Bl&, ...................SUtb, r$r

LUMIEI

Hll & Morloq lrc., ---Dmt|e 5u Une* ...,........4N4ffi lt?

H*u Lrrnbrr Gonraf, -2!d a A|!!. Str;t -.:......'....GLmt rar

Prnnld lmf,cr Srlc Go, ' itS Prclic Bdldlit ....,......GLc4mt tA

E. X. Woa Ludrr f.;c. Fna;* f xbr 36.........'...Fnrttnb rlt2

, HANDWooDS

Woon Dc t SrrL Cc Itt I Crrrc Sta ....:.........LAL.tdr t0

Stnbll llrrdnrl Cor Il' Fhst SElrt.................fEaLf.' S3|

Whttc Bronla' n HLh Strut ......,...........^lfdovttr ft

LOS ANGELDS

LUMIER

lo&rtrvff-Bunr Lmbcr Go.

550 Ghuba of Cmmcre Bldt...PRo.P.ct altf

Gt DbGrli! & C^, Ul. n., - llt Wclt Nbib SL................TUcL.r l|lr

DolbGc & Cenu Lubc Go' {t Shcll Building.'.....'..........V4Dd|L t?12

Dunnhg, W. D.

llt -Chanber o[ Cmmru Bld8...PRogFct tlle

Humod & Litttc Rlvcr Rcdirod Co' r03r So Bmdny ...............PRCFGI l8l

Hcmim E. W..

701 s(L Sprirs St. .........'.....'.TRinity rt2f

Hohe Eunka Lmber Co.'

Al-?12 Archlt cb Bldt.' ..........Mutud tfEl

Hmr. rL L

?I-Sc h-Bu Avc. ........'.......YOrk lftt

C. D. Johm Lmbcr CorP.'

!0l Petrclm Ssitice BtdS'...PRcFct U65

Kuhl Lumbcr Cmpany, Carl H.'

{fS Charnbcr of Conmcrcc Bldgl...PRcFGt tr!6

Lrvmc.-PhlliD. LurbGr e.a.

-"di-T;ffi-5friiti' alag...PRorcct rzt

MacDmald & Bcrgrtru, Ine.'

?it3 Pctrolcun Securitier BldS....PRcFct ?ltl

LUuBEt, Itrcltilrld & Hlniq:to, Ltd.,

5,|7 Pctrolcun Sccurtthr BHl....PRopcct !f?

Pedc fsbqr Cc, Th.

ta 3., Lr Bnr Ar. ................YOrL lra!

Prtta-Blba hDbGr C..

3Zl E. trl St. .................,..VAadikc 2t2l

R:d Rlvc Lurbct Co.

7E E. Shuro .CEntury D07l

Rcitz Co., E. L, 3tr1 Pctroleun Scurtdcr Bldg. ..PRo.Eect r0l

Sutr Fc Lruba Co.

llr Fiucid Catr Bldg.......VAndikc l{?l

Scbalcr Bn Lmbcr & SbbsL Co., lzD W. M. Gulald Blds.........TRiDlty lZtr

Sbevlin Pine Sals Co.

32E Petrcleu Seorttiea Bldg. PRcpcct |!l5

Suddcn & Christlsoa, !3ll Bcrd of Tn& BIds. ........TRiDitt !t{l

Tama Lumber Salec, {23 Petrcbu Smrldec Bldg...PRcpcct lfOt

Uniou Luabcr Co tZt W. ltl" certrnd 81dt.....,.,...:fR"bftr 22Sz

WenJting-Nattu Co., 7O Sa l.r Brcr Aw. ..,,..,..,....YOrL flat

E. l(. Wood Lunbcr Co.. |7U Sutr Fo Avc. ..............JEficrro Uft

Wcycrtr:orr SaLa Go-

t2l W. M. cuhrd Bld8.........Mlchtgu005r

HANDW(rcDS

Cadmllader-Gibna Co,, Inc, t|2t Miner Ave. ..................ArAGlur Ulal

Perfcctioo Oa& Floorh3 f;o, t20 E. Oth St. ....:.....:.....,.....ADemc t2!t

Stuto, E. J. & Son ttt Eut lttb Sircd............CEnrury zltlt

SAIIH-DOORII-MILLWORK

PANEIJ AND PLYWOOD

CdllcnL Pg-rt &- Vcucr C;c1

156 So Alencde SL........'........TRn ity *r

Kehl, Jro. W.- & Sor.

152 3o Myon SL ,...............Alygctutltl

Orcg-o-Wlrhilstm Plywod Cc, 3lE W.rt Ninth Sbcte ..............TUcLcr fOf

RcdRtvcr Lubcr Co..

702 E. Slauso ....:........,......CEnhry ft?f

Unlted^ Statee -Plyw_ood Co., Inc., t9il0 Eut lstb St.,.. ....,...-.....pRGFct 30l!

Whelcr-Os3cd Salce Corpmtioa, 215:! Srrunto SL ,..,......-,....TUcLr rltl

CREOSOTED LUMBER-POLES_PILIiGTIES

Amcrican Lunber & Treatlng Co., Itsf So. Brcodray ....,......,'..PRo.D€cf SSE!

Baxter, J. H. & CG, dll Wct sth St. ...........,......Ml<filraa Anf

PANEI.3.DOOIS..SAIH

-Hli""Hi.::f.1. 3:..........Hr3ric r,l

T}IE

Successful operation of a retail yard depends on maintaining stocks as well as sales. PALco dealers enjoy the satisfaction of knowing their source of supply is adequate for their needs. Vast holdings of Redwood timber lusure raw material for generations to come. At Scotia, an entire community, equipped with the most modern facilities, devotes itselfto producing "Redutood At lts Best."

PALCO representatives who know their Redwood are constantly at your beck and call, e4ger to serve you. Let PALco be lour alrsurance of an ever-dependable source of supply.

Reasons utby nzore Re ta i I Yards

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PR lCO BRAND IIEDWCOD