The California Lumber Merchant - July 1941

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In 1883, C. R. Johnson opcned a sawmill near Fort Bragg, California, for the purpose of sawing Redwood timber into boards to meet the pioneers'needs for shelter.

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Many construction authorities have said that the progressiveness of building in general varies in proportion to the amount of cement used. To get the most Jor your money, remember that there are dif erenc:es in cements, too! It doesn't pay to take exterior plaster for granted. Leaks...cr.acks...a multitude of things called "grief" can be avoided when Monolith WaterprooJ Plastic Cement is on the job.

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Ewauna Bor C,o.------- --.-,---,-"---29

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Gamerston & Green.--,-Gorman Lunrber Co..----------- ---,-------- - 8

Hallinan Mackin Co., Ltd. ----,-----------------------.17

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Hill & Morton, fnc..--------.---Hogan Lumber Co.-----,--------Ffoover, A. L..----.-"..----

Johnson Lumber Corporation, C. D. --------,,--.12

Koehl & Son, fnc., John V..-------,----------------.12

Kuhl Lumber Co., Carl H.

Lamon.Bonnington Company------,- -----, ------19

Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co..------- - ---,-----------.2O Lumbermen's Credit Association.--

MacDonald & flarrington, Ltd. -

Macklanburg-Duncan Co. --- - -

Marshall, Inc., John A.-------------------

Michigan California Lumber Co.

Monolith Portland Cement Company.---------- 2

Moore Dry Kiln Co.--------- ----------18

Mutual Moulding & Lumbet Co. -,--------------*

Pacific Lumber Co., The,--------------,------------------ 9

Pacific Mutual Door Co.-------,----- ---,--------------24

Pacific Wire Producg Co'----------------,- ------------- 27

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THE CALIFOR}IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

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How Lumber Looks

Lumber production during the week ended June 14, 194L, was 3 per cent greater than in the previous week; shipments were .8 per cent greater; new business 12 per cent greater, according to reports to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association from regional associations covering the operations of representative hardwood and softwood mills. Shipments were .2 per cent above production; new orders 20 per cent above production. Compared with the corresponding week oL l94O, production was 6 per cent greater, shipments 12 per cent greater, and new business 38 per cent greater. The industry stood at lN per cent of the average of production in the corresponding week of 1935-39 and lD per cent of average 1935-39 shipments in the same week.

During the week ended June 14, 452 mills produced 253,154,000 feet of hardwoods and softwoods combined; shipped 253,624,W feet, and booked orders of 303,586.000 feet.

Lumber orders reported for the week ended June 14 by 375 softwood mills totaled 290,838,000 feet, shipments r,vere 241,%l,W feet, and production was 241,406,000 feet. 9l hardwood mills for the week gave new business as lL,74g,000 feet, shipments I2,363,W feet, and production ll,748,000 feet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended June 14, 118 mills reporting, gave orders as 46,890,000 feet, shipments 33,245,W feet, and production 30,886,000 feet. Or_ ders on hand at the end of the week totaled 147,3g3.000 feet.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended June 14, 95 mills reporting, gave orders as 97,646,ffiO feet, shipments 82,568,000 feet, and production 94,438,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 409,218,000 feet.

Lumber cargo receipts at Los Angeles Harbor for the week ended Jane 2l totaled 22,810,W feet as compared with 20,915,000 feet the previous week.

The 37-day loggers' strike of the CIO International Woodw'orkers of America which closed over 50 logging camps, a number of sawmills, shingle and plywood plants in Western Washington, ended over the week-end of June 14 when the members voted to accept the Defense Mediation Board proposal and return to work.

Lumber deliveries by water to California ports for May reached a total of. 1ffi,756,400 feet, according to reports of 16 companies to the Pacific Lumber Carriers' Association, San Francisco.

Deliveries in May, 1940, totaled 102,050,80O feet. Distribution was as follorvs: San Francisco .... 22,126,76 Los Angeles Harbor ... 62,782,1N San Diego . 15,847,6N

Total . .1m,756,400

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DO YOU NEED SERVICE?

The oldest plywood house in the West stands ready as always to furnish your fequirements. Our company was founded on service yeafs ago, and ogr pfogfel313'has been due to our rendering an intelli' gent, far-sighted, constructive service to ouf many friends ever since' This policy has greatly benefited our crxfomers during these trying times and we are anxious to serve you t(x).

A little work, a little play, To keep us going; and so-good day. A little warrnth, a little light, Of love's bestowing; and so-good night. A little fun to match the sorrow Of each day's growing; and so-good morrour. A little trust that when we die, We reap our sowing; and so-good-by.

-Du Maurier.

Hiram Garwood was a distinguished lawyer, thinker, and.orator of other days. fn a speech he made in t9t2, he uttered this beautiful thought on the love of country: "The love of country is the noblest emotion of the human mind. Synthetic in its nature it takes from every passion its purer portion. As passionate as love, it is more unselfish. As tender as friendship, it is more enduring. With religion's faith, it has yet a broader charity. Under its sacred infuence, the partisan becomes the patriot, the soldier the hero, the scholar the statesman, and the prophet the seer."

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In that same speech he referred to the first World War, then only four years past, and uttered these rather prophetic words concerning Germany: ,,Her armies were defeated, her Emporer dethroned; but it remains to be proven whether her philosophy has been destroyed. For years 'is has filtered through American universities and into American minds; the thought that the state is all, the individual nothing; that life is a savage struggle for supersupremacy; that there is no straight lines in physics or morals; that there is no absolute good-no absolute God." The late Judge Garwood was right, for surely that savage philosophy has survived to threaten the peace of the world.

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Wood is playing a tremendous part in literally thousands of different ways in our National Defense effort. Its availability, adaptibility for coungess structural and industrial uses, is the reason. It is strong, stiff, easy to handle, resilient easy to construct into desired shapes, a natural insulator against heat and cold-these and many other qualities have brought an unprecedented demand for wood

and wood products in helping this nation prepare hurriedly for its total defense.

You sometimes hear ,n" ,"*; made that the greatest enemy of wood is fire. Not so. Dampness destroys many times more wood than fire ever does, and is the greatest enemy of wood. Not of all wood, it is true. Some woods laugh at moisture. But the average wood is much longer lived if kept dry enough to prohibit the attacks of fungus growths. Notice how the wooden furniture in the home, regardless of species, continues free from rot indefinitely when kept inside and dry. The wooden sarcophagi and other wooden articles taken from old Egyptian tombs have been splendidly preserved for thousands of years. The dry, dark vaults kept the wood chemically unchanged and free from rot. Moral: When you are using a wood that is not immune to dampness and in a spot where dampness will occur-protect it in the most intelligent manner possible.

An American traveter ,:;r.;", before the war, is reported to have seen and copied this remarkable little bit of tree phiJosophy, which he found posted at the edge of a public forest in that country: "Ye who pass by and raise your hand against me, hearken ere you harm me. I am the heat of your hearth on the cold winter nights; the friendly shade, screening you from the summer sun; my fruits are refreshing draughts quenching your thirst as you journey on; I am the plank that builds your house; the board of your table; the bed on which you lie; the timber that builds your boat; I am the handle of your hoe; the door of your homestead; the wood of your cradle; the shell of your coffin. I am the bread of kindness, and the fower of beauty. Ye who pass me by, listen to my prayer! Harm me notlr' ***

Advertising is as old as civilization. The first color ad we have any record of, is the rainbow, which guarantees that the earth will never again be destroyed by flood. Caesar, writing the proceedings of the Senate upon the walls of Rome, thus offered the first political display ads. The great Asiatic King who wrote this inscription for his own tomb-"f am Cyrus, Oh Mant"-was the first great

biographical advertiser. H. G. Wells once said that the Apostle Paul, raising his voice in Athens to proclaim his God, was the original religious advertiser.

Arthur Brisbane ""ia tf]"t." "-On"us advertising man needed two things, a brain and a set of Shakespeare. He thought that a command of language and the ability to use it intelligently were the great assets of an ad man, and that Shakespeare could furnish that command of language. Brisbane warned, however, that you had to furnish the brain, yourself.

The subject of "substr*,*" lo, t.rrrru", takes on some new aspects by reason of the expanding Defense Program. A few days since a prominent Government spokesman, Mr. Peter A. Stone, addressing the National Forest Products Sales Congress, talked of substitutes, but from a new angle. He urged the salesmen of lumber to become specialists for the emergency, helping to find the proper materials for various consumers and industrialists to use, whose normal supply of raw materials may be curtailed or cut off by Defense priorities. He said that in various lines of industry, such as furniture manufacture, various metals that have been going into furniture in large quantities will be curtailed, and he urged the sellers of lumber to help the furniture makers to find the best available supply of lumber to replace the war-needed metals. So lumber is to substitute for substitutes. And wisely, too. There can be no doubt but that wood will be called upon to fill the place of various metals in a world of directions. And Mr. Stone's suggestion that the lumber salesmen of the immediate future should become specialists to help various people and industries supply their material needs rather than simply represent their employing interests, is a most practical and intelligent suggestion that will unquestionably find plenty of followers. Cooperation and coordination to keep the wheels of industry moving, is the order of the day in the time of national need.

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Hal W. Coops is now with FirTex of Southern California in charge of their Fir-Tex Coralite Division and handling the sales for Southern California and Arizona. The FirTex Coralite factory is in Pasadena. He makes his headquarters at the company's Los Angeles office.

He is'widely known in Southern California where he was associated with the retail lumber business for many years, and formerly was with the Hayward Lumber & Investment Co. as manager of retail yards. Prior

to that he managed the Ventura yard for Citizens Mill & Lumber Co., Long Beach and Compton yards for San Pedro Lumber Co., and Baldwin Park yard for Viniy-Milliken Lumber Co.

Hal is a graduate of the Alhambra High School and attended the University of California at Los Angeles.

FHA Totafs 54,750,000 in Week

With a volume in excess of $4,750,000 for one week, the Southern California district office of the Federal Housing Adrninistration accepted more than 1200 small home mortgages for appraisal during the week ended June 13, Wilson G. Bingham, Southern California district director, announced.

"This all-time high was made possible through the addition of Title 6, the new defense housing insurance bill to the National Housing Act," said Mr. Bingham, "so that the F. H. A. could co-operate with builders in meeting the demands for additional housing needed in defense areas."

Out of the total of. l2ll applications represented by mortgages valued at $4,796,3ffi, applications for the insurance of 536 loans amounting to $1,806,950 came within the Title 6 provision; 662 cases for $2,956,850 were under Title 2, and the remaining 13 for $32,500 under Title 1 of the National Housing Act.

With the exception of. 42 cases, all mortgages called for the construction of new homes under F. H. A. inspection.

Items of Interest

Larry King, former manager, and Sid Marshall, former assistant manager, of the Hayward Lumber & Investment Company's yard, Bakersfield, have opened a retail lumber yard at 1411 L Street in that city. They will operate under the name of King-Marshall Lumber Co. The yard will cover one block in area.

The J. D. Halstead Lumber Co. yard at Glendale, Ariz., was reopened recently under a new business set-up after being closed for sixty days. J. D. Lynch is managing the business, and is assisted by Arthur A. Little. The yard was established there twenty-two years ago and had been in continuous operation until it was recently closed for a short period. For the past eighteen years the concern has been managed by Mr. Lynch.

Wm. Chatham, Jr. has been appointed manager of Loop Lumber & Mill Company, Alameda, succeeding Clement Fraser who recently resigned.

J. D. Maclean of the Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis., was a speaker at the recent convention of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers, held at the Palace Hotel. San Francisco.

D. D. McCallum, D. D. McCallum Sash & Door Co., Los Angeles, and Mrs. McCallum, spent their vacation in the Northwest. They attended the commencement exercises at the University of Washington in Seattle where Mr. McCallum's nephew was graduated, and also visited Vancouver, B. C. for a few days.

Stuart Smith, Fountain-Smith, Los Angeles, will leave on July 2 f.or a month's vacation in the Northwest. He plans to cruise along the coast with friends and do some fishing.

Brian Bonnington, son of G. J. (Jerry) Bonnington of Lamon-Bonnington Co., San Francisco, recently obtained his pilot's license on completion of the flying course of the Civil Aeronautics Administration. He is a student at San Francisco ljniversitv.

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Double-Checked Floor Plans for Low-Cost Farm and Village Homes

Washington, June 21.-A vast market for small home construction is lying fallow in the rural areas' Many "stock" plan services concentrate on urban homes, and few ready-prepared designs take into account the special problems and requirements of the farm or village family'

Recognizing the existence of this fertile field, virtually untapped by the home building industry, the National Homes Foundation has performed a great service to the industry and the rural public by preparing a series of eight attractive, inexpensive home designs in which the needs oi country folk have been the first consideration. Five building materials industries, including lumber, have supported this effort by contributing perspectives of the eight basic plans, executed in their respective materials. All these have been assembled into a book just published by the Foundation.

Lumber is the first industry to publish its own conception of the eight designs, plus three variations, in a separate booklet-Double-Checked Floor Plans for Low-Cost Farm and Village Homes. Single copies may be procured free from the association's office at 1337 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D. C', and lumber dealers may purchase quantities for remailing at 3c per copy. Working drarvings and specifications are furnished by the National Plan Service, 1315 West Congress Street, Chicago.

Included in the booklet is a chart of the Government agencies concerned with housing, with a brief description of the type of aid each offers, where and how to obtain it.

HEADS SANTA MONICA LIONS CLUB

Ernest L. Thomas, Dudley-Thomas Lumber Company, Santa Monica, has been elected president of the Santa Monica Lions Club for the ensuing year'

\YHEN YOU SELL

Booth-Kelly Douglar Fir, thc Aclociation gradc and trade mark certify to your cuetomcrr the quality of tho etock you handlc. Builderr quit guessing about what they're buying, and buy whcrc thcy know what they're getting.

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Southern Cafifornia Home Show

From every aspect, the exhibit of the Los Angeles retail lumber dealers in the fourth annual Southern California Home Show at the Pan Pacific Auditorium, from June 6 to 15, was one of the most successful in which the dealers ever engaged.

Of the hundreds of exhibits in the exposition, the lumber dealers' display vied in interest with the beautiful gardens which were part of the Flower Show arranged by the Southern California Horticultural Institute, in association with the Building Contractors Association, sponsors of the Home Show.

The public's craving for knowledge oI. various types of wood used in home construction was evidenced by the steady stream of visitors to the lumber dealers, booth, rvhich covered 130O square feet.

Joint operation of the booth worked out without a hitch. Salesmen frorn the eleven dealers who participated in the exhibit took turns manning it, and sales interest ran high throughout the ten days of the show.

Joining in purchasing of the space and operation of the booth were: Consolidated Lumber Co., C. Ganahl Lumber Co., Hammond Lumber Co., Kirckhoff Cuzner Mill & Lumber Co., Lounsberry & Harris., Owens park Lumber Co., Patten-Blinn Lumber Co., San Pedro Lumber Co., Sun Lumber Co., E. K. Wood Lumber Co., and Woodhead Lumber Co.

Materials with which the booth rvas furnished were supplied by West Coast Lumbermen's Association, California Redu'ood Association, 'Western Pine Association, E. J. Stanton and Sons, Tropical Hardwood Company, San pedro Lumber Co., American Lumber and Treating Co., and the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau.

From the standpoint of the public, interest lvas centered on the large variety of lumber products exhibited. As an educational exhibit, it had outstanding results. The princi-

pal question asked was how one could tell the better types of lumber, which showed the manifest desire of prospective home builders to obtain the best in rvood for their dwellings.

An idea of how varied was the display of the lumber dealers is found in the following breakdown of the materials shown by the various participants:

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association's display was distinctive and drew widespread interest of visitors. They exhibited Douglas fir flooring, Douglas fir pie cuts, precut framing, West Coast hemlock, standard pattern details, and detailed patterns of siding and moulding.

From the California Redtvood Association came Redwood l\fonterey shakes and shingles, 1 x 12 rustic siding, 1 x 10 V rustic siding, and a complete line of all Redwood byproducts, including Palco wool.

Western Pine furnished Ponderosa Pine, Sugar Pine, and sidings-plain and painted.

E. J. Stanton & Son supplied Philwall, Philippine I\{ahogany, flooring in clear Red Oak, select White Oak, select quartered Red Oak, No. 1 common Recl Oak, Oak plank flooring, and aromatic Cedar.

Tropical Hardrvood Co. entered u'oocls fronr all over the globe, with pieces from Europe, the British lsles, Africa, Australia, South America, China, the Philippines, and the South Seas.

Roll-O-Seal n'indorvs were the contribution of the San Pedro Lumber Company, rvhile an interesting exhibit was placed by the American Lumber ancl Treating Company. The Red Cedar Shingle Bureau shorved Red Cedar Certigrade side walls, shingles, ancl Knotty Cedar panels.

Among the other firms having exhibits were: American Lumber & Treating Co., J. H. Baxter & Co., CadwalladerGibson Co., I'nc., Duplex Incorporated, A. J. Koll planing Mill Ltd., Long-Bell Lumber Co., and West Coast Screen Co.

Exhibits: Lelt-Western Pine Asgocicttion; Center-Red Cedar Shingle Burecu; Right-Weet Cocst Lumbermen,s Associqtion.

Exhibits: Lelt-Lumber Exhibit' Center-Americon Lumber & Trecrting Co. and Long-Bell Lumber Co,, night-Cclilorniq Redwood Associction.

Forest Service Contracts Three Airplanes Dolbeer & CarsonLumber Co. Moveg For F:re Control to New Offices

San Francisco, June l5.-Three airplanes have been placed under contract to the U. S. Forest Service for use in aerial fire control throughout the 18 national forests of California and southwestern Nevada.

Regional Forester S. B. Show announced that successful bidders whose contracts have been approved by the Secretary of Agriculture are Willows Flying Service, Willows, California; M. V. Gustavson, Oakland, and the Schneider Aero Service, operating from Chandler Field, Fresno.

The aerial contracts call for rental of the three planes to the Forest Service on an hourly basis during the forest fire season, June I to November 15.

At Willows a six-place cabin plane will readiness for dropping fire line supplies transporting key personnel to large fires, naissance work over fires.

Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Company, San Francisco, recently moved into new and larger quarters at suite 1118 Merchants Exchange Building.

Visitors to these offices will be interested in the decoration of the walls of the private office of Henry M. Hink, vice-president and general manager. This office is finished with l2-inch Redwood panels with connecting battens. Both panels and battens are from regular stock, the pattern numbers being 5D and 5294, respectively. Redwood slats are used for the Venetian blinds.

It is interesting to note that Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Company moved into the Merchants Exchange Building in April 1907, when the building was rehabilitated follow-

be in constant ing the great fire of 1906. by parachute, In this connection it is also interesting to record that and ior recon- this is Mr. Hink's 32nd year with the company.

The four-place planes at both Fresno and Oakland will be used for reconnaissance flying and transporting officer personnel.

Forest fire fighting officials at regional headquarters said that the three contract airplanes would care for immediate needs during any period of emergency fire conditions.

However, if severe and prolonged fires break out, at least a score of private and commercial airplanes will be available to the Forest Service for emergency use.

AFTER TWENTY YEARS FINDS SAME FELLOW WORKERS

Bob Elledge, member of one of the pioneer families in Honey Lake Valley and an employee of The Red River Lumber Company at Westwood twenty years ago, has returned to his old job as millwright in the plant. After those twenty years, he finds the same old boss, Bud Morrison, and three of his former fellow employees still on the job: Chas. Yory, Phil McCutcheon and Bill Klotz.

Changed His Rating

The following business letter was received by a certain wholesale concern which had written an overdue account in firm, but courteous language, demanding payment:

Gentlemen: This acknowledges.receipt of your very kindly and courteous favor of the l7th, in which you requested payment of your account. Beg to advise that we have listed our creditors into three groups, as follows:

NE\jt/ YARD MANAGER

Ed Silva, manager of the Dos Palos branch of the Lumber & Supply Company, resigned his position on June 15. He had been rvith the company since 1936, coming to Dos Palos as manager {rom their Firebaugh yard. He has been succeeded by John Landram who has been employed in their Los Banos office.

Group l. Those who will be paid as soon as possible.

Group 2. Those who may be paid at some later date.

Group 3. Those who will never be paid under any circumstances.

Because of the very kindly character of your dunning letter we beg to state that we have changed your grouping, efrective this date, from Group 3 to Group 2.

OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Glick Brothers Lumber Co. have opened their new lumber yard and store at Victory and Burbank Boulevards in Burbank. The plant has a l0o-foot frontage on Victory Boulevard. The company has been in business in Los Angeles for the past twenty-two years, and this is the fourth store they have opened in Southern California.

Full Speed Ahead for National Defense

. Production ol our huga nillr ct Toledo, Oregon, is gecred up to the lcsl notch lo neet lhe enornous demqtedr ol Nqtioaal Delense clrd regulqr tlcde requirenentrl

o An crll-tine higb ot 18,750,000 bocrd leet in ordera trnd abipnents wss reached in lurrel

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News Flagheg

Forrest K. Peil, salesman for Hammond Redwood Company, San Francisco, recently attended the graduation of his daughter at lJniversity of Oregon, Eugene.

John Nelvlin of the Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis., is spending several rveeks in San Francisco in connection with a timber testing program on Treasure Island.

Howard J. Abbott, mill sales representative, IJnion Lumber Co., Fort Bragg, Calif., recently spent several days at the head office in San Francisco.

H. R. Crane, general manager of Crane Mills, Bly, Oregon, was in San Francisco on business around the middle of June.

Geo. R. Kendrick, manager of the California lumber sales division of Pope & Talbot, Inc. has returned from spending two weeks in the Pacific Northwest, where he visited the company's mills and offices.

Ross Kinney, formerly Oakland, as salesman, is Co., Alameda.

Ray Shannon, manager Union Lumber'Co., was a cisco office.

with E. K. Wood Lumber Co., now with Loop Lumber & Mill

of the Los Angeles office of recent visitor at the San Fran-

Mr. and Mrs. Lew Blinn of The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, stopped at Scotia on their way to Eureka to attend the wedding of Mrs. Blinn's cousin, Miss Gladys Kaull rvho married George N. Gregersen of the Holmes Eureka Lumber Company, Eureka, on June r4.

A. E. Ferguson, American Lumber & Treating Co., Los Angeles, has returned from a business trip to the company's head office in Chicago.

Hawk Huey, Phoenix, Arizona, Angeles visitor around the middle Philips Jr. took time out to do Beach.

lumberman. was a Los of June. He and D. R. some fishing at Laguna

Bob Parker, Pacific Lumber Carriers' Association, San Francisco, spent a few days in Los Angeles last week calling on the Association's members.

George C. Cornitius, George C. Cornitius Hardwood Co., San Francisco and Mrs. Cornitius. were recent Los Angeles visitors.

J. E. Mackie, National tion, San Francisco, was sociation business.

Lumber Manufacturers Associain Los Angeles last week on As-

) ru.ao is chosen for a high percentsge of new homes in communities where good stucco has been used, and where contractors are really out selling. Nothing helps like taking folks around to see the good stucco values others have received for their money.

A lew qwlity questioru

These days smart contractors seem bent on getting the highest quality stucco work ever. Inspection shows some mighty fine jobs. It is just I matter of keeping in mind such questions as . . . Is the structure rigid and well-framed? . ' Base O.K.?Flashing and other protective structural details properly designed? . . Is Portltnd Cement or Wcterprooled Portlcmd Cement used for all coats? Are approved methods of mixing, apPlying and curing stucco being rigidly followed?

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The Lumber Salesman's Part in National Defense

(Following is an address by Peter A. Stone, Price Executive, Lumber, Building Materials and Furniture Section of the Price Division of the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply, before the National Forest Products Sales Congress, Columbus, Ohio, on June 13,194r.)

My job today is to try to answer some of the questions that are on your minds about what the Price Administration is and what it is trying to do. OPACS, from the initials of Office of Price Administration and Civilian Sup- ply, was established by executive order of the President on April ll, 1941. The executive order set definite duties aiming at certain objectives. I can briefly summarize those objectives as:

1. Control over prices.

2. Provision for the necessary supply of materials and commodities for civilian use, after military needs have been met.

3. Equitable distribution of those materials and commodities.

4. Protection of consumer interests.

While our objective on the supply side is that of civilian supply, it is very difficult to divorce the question of supply and price, and since the price responsibility extends to all materials the question of supply of all materials, including defense materials, must also be taken into account in many of our actions.

Let me dwell for a moment on the question of price. In the normal course of events we have all been accustomed to, thinking of the exchange of goods in terms of money. 'We exchange our goods on the basis of so much in dollars and cents, but this war has, as have all wars for that matter, broadened our concept of exchange to mean more than money. For instance, you no doubt-have read a recent article by our former ambassador to Belgium, Mr. John Cudahy, in which he related that Belgium having 175 million dollars in American gold, sought to purchase food stuffs from Russia, but to -her dismay found that she couldn't buy in terms of gold dollars but only -on the bSsis of an exchange for ceriain things that Russia wanted, such as technical machinerv. Don-t misunderstand me. I am not saying that we are about to enter into a barter arrangement, but we are going to have to change our views as to function of price in 6ur economy during the emergency. The comm-on concept during normal times is that price is a function of supply and de-mand. When the demand is greater than the-sirpply the price_ goes up, thereby furnishing an incentive foi gieater supply._.That concept of the function of price is ilready bejnq discarded, -for no matter how much higher yoir raised the price of aluminum today you would nol produce one pound more than is being produced. The same is true of zinc, cadmium, chromium, and many of the strate- gic metals for which the supply has been -commandeered for d-efense purposes. An increase in our production of aluminum, again using this as an example, bf more than 100 per _cent took place, during a period when the price remained unchanged. And as the tempo of defense ac- tivity increases and the proportion of-our total supply used for that purpose becomes greater, the function'of price as an incentive for increased supplies will diminish to the- point where it will entirely disippear. In an allout effort such as ours \Me cannot rely on indirect activity to produce the necessary supply. Supplies must be iricreased Fy mote 4itqg! action, by supplying funds on a loan basis or even building plants direiill' bv the Govern-

ment-a course that now becomes necessary in certain instances.

There are great quantities of tung oil available in China at the same time that there is a scarcity of that product here. Now whether or not ships will be used to bring tung oil from China will not be determined by the price but by the value of the product to our defense effort as related to other products for which shipping space is needed. This example can be multiplied to apply to at least a dozen other articles for which there is an insufficient supply at present in this country, but of which great quantities are available in foreign ports. To increase the price of the supplies that are in this country because of the lack of ships to get more is what we would classify as speculative price rise and is profiteering.

Our job, then, is to increase as rapidly as possible our productive capacity first for the purpose of meeting our objective of all-out aid to the democracies and second to have a sufficient residue to allow the civilian population adequate supplies to maintain a normal standard of living. And we must do this in such a manner and with such judicious use of the price factor that our ends will not be defeated by a complete disruption of our economy. This brings me to the dangers of inflationary price movements. I assume that all of my hearers are sufficiently acquainted with those dangers io require no elaboration 9n my part. It is sufficient to say, I believe, that the price factor during a period when demand will be practilally unlimited can, if left uncontrolled, produce a state of chaos which will reduce our productivity. What I am try- ing to tell you is that the prlce function during this preient emergency can be only that of representing a fair exchange of goods, and what I mean by a fair exchange of goods is not the exchange of commodities at a price based on_the demand, but rather one based on ability 1o produce.

Up- to now I have said nothing about lumber, and yet that is the commodity you are most interested in. Let me apply what I have jlst said to this specific commodity. You know probably better than I do that there is great production capacity for Douglas fir on the West C-bast, but only a certain portion of that production can be moved economically because of the limited supply of low-cost transportation-specifically ocean transportation. In the normal course of events that should result in an extremely high price for Douglas fir in the eastern markets, and an extremely high ocean rate for the limited amount of shipping available. Yet we have recently prevented ship- ping companies from increasing their rate-by as much is $1 a thousand on the few remaining ships. - Our reasons for combatting this requested increase are very simple. We know that increasing the rate would not have brought out or added a single ship to the supply of space aviilable; nor would have an additional rate of $5 per thousand brought out any more space. The price -incentive in ocean shipping was absolutely gone. You are probably also aware of the fact that as a result of the shippin! situation on the West Coast tidewater mills are over-stocked and have used up all storage space available for piles of lumber which, although in demand in the eastern markets, cannot, be moved at a rate low enough to main- t"ig 1 rea_sonable price level. True, it can be moved by rail, but that means a higher price level not only for th-e fir that will be moved_ by rail, but for competing species as well. Under normal circumstances this siluation would mean a general increased price level forall lumber in the eastern markets. In order to avoid that the Office of Price Administration -and Civilian Supply has joined with the West Coast producers in a petiiibi to tlie railroads

for a lower rate on green lumber moving from the Pacific Coast into the North Atlantic territory. Thus rve are attempting to decrease this cost, and by that method bring the supply to the place rvhere it is needed without using the incentive function of price. This is the step we are now taking. It is only when such indirect influences fail to solve the problem that the more drastic price ceiling is resorted to.

As you may have gathered by this time rve are not relying solely on the powers provided in the executive order to fix ceiling prices. In fact, it is only, as I have just stated, where all other efforts fail that this is resorted to.

I am happy to say that in the past we have had excellent co-operation in these indirect influences. These indirect influences vary depending upon the industry, of course. In lumber much can be done and has been done to change purchasing methods. f know that the lumber industry has much to complain of, and justly so, in the matter of methods that were pursued in the early days of the defense effort. However, it must be remembered that these regulations and indirect influences can be applied only where we have that influence such as in our co-operation with the Purchasing Division of the OPM, but this influence cannot extend to the field of private purchasing. The tendency to claim shortages as an excuse for rapid increases and the effort to sell at warehouse prices regardless of quantity because of alittle delay in obtaining straight carloads direct from manufacturers can be combatted only by the one avenue left open to us-price schedules.

I suppose that one of the foremost questions in your minds is how We determine a satisfactory price levelwhat return do we consider reasonable or non-profiteering. I cannot give you any flat formula that can bi applied tb every industry. On the whole I can say that a price based on cost plus a reasonable return should be considered satisfactory. The rub comes in a determination of reasonable return, because what may be reasonable to some may be unreasonable to others. In making this determinition many things must be taken into consideration-the history of the industry, the history of its prices, the source of capital, and the type of commodity. For instance, while som^e motor companies may have operated on a margin of 25 per cent above out-of-pocket cost, sugar and fl6ur companies, have operated on as small as 5 per cent above out-of-pocket cost.

Another important matter of concern to you is at lvhat levels will price ceilings be set ifit is neceisary to resort to price ceilings in_ t!r9 lumber industry. We must regard the practic-e of in_cluding salesmen's commissions as b"eing established, and f see no reason why it cannot be mainl tained. In talking with the Timber tontroller of Canada he told me their experience was that at first wholesalers insisted upon addinC the_r-r commission to the fixed price ceiling. This was not allowed, but the old practice ^continued. So far no one seems to be hurt bv ii. However. if it becomes necessary !o _c-arry the price ieiling one step farther into the retail field, the ceiling would probably be set on.a- percentage markup above c6st. That'p".."r,iage would be determined from cost experrence.

So far.I have spoken- largely of the objectives of our othce-what we are- doing and what we hope to do. I should like to.say a few words now about lvhai you can do. -I'he job of the salesman, particu-larly the lumber sales_ man, is certainly changing in a situaiion such as we are facing today. Your job in the past has been to find buvers for_ a surplus of commodities already created. yotr (a"" had cut-throat competition to face and there has b;";;; lack of supplies !q m.eet.the buyers' demands. B;i y;; are now faced rvith.the.job of iompeting fo, suppiiJs_ not buyers. And this will become more'the .u.d'in ihu future than in the past, for f can foresee tfrat a iuli year's production may very easily be allocateJ n"r.r"-ii

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is produced. I." {""! the .acme of .production can more that for packaging and boxes is increasing every day. readily be atlqined through.prior.allocation- than in any you also know that our large fine stands of timber other-way. This_not only is likely to be done but will which harre produ""a

i" tf,. p"rt pt*qbty have to be done. Under such circumstances you are rapidly'l"i"f cut down. Much 'larger supplies hill will become less a representative of the producer._ and have tb c5me frSm the smaller units e,yen in ^the West, moLe ? representative of the consumer. Yotr job will.be operating in not so good timbe, a"d ne.alng yooii"r"i".i to find out where the.available. production lies for specific to a_greater extent i-han has been true in th?'p..t. fi i. in purp_oses, and- to see that the right_gustomer is brought in seekiig out these changing ur.", oi producti,on as to the touch with the right producer.This -may .change- some right quantity and quatity'tt ai y." .,iiif have to be relied of your ha.bits.- rn- fact, selling habits have -.already "i"" by tle irytrote deferri. org"iir;tio;. changed. I've found during the past few months that selleis have taken the easieit ;;y';;i Uy aitet"pii"g f; ,^ f:Il:-ql.1:. ,*_h"t"- vour- knowledge will be valuable price themselves out of the market when t'hey *.ri un?bl" is in the matter of supplying lumber substitutes to be used io find or obtain the producf a.tn"na"a. I will admit that in making products that were formerly.made of what have itis;;rt;.y "nal".. saving in nature to name an exorbi- now become strate-gic and scarce materials. Just one illustant price f6r an article iri ttre frof" .f ais""a;nf ttt" l|]ti"_1^ittjfl ,f1t_ lil" to point up this {actor: For a- l9ng prospective customer from insistinj upon it. T.l,i3 ft"" ll::_ltl-l1y_1""" been aware of the fact that metal furione mote harm in bringing alout itrorainately l-rig.h i";;l; llY:".__1""*I19.^, q_t"ut inroads in the wooden furniture than any other one prictice of salesmen. Iiut j,o" *iff industry' Norv this metal furniture has used aluminum find in ih. fotu.. thit in order to keep vour customers and chromium to " l1lg,.,,.It."t' both of ryhjch may within you- are going to have to make a diligent"search and try a short time b-e prohibited for any--but defense-uses, and io find th"e cu"stom"f.-t.quit.;";;; ih. most reasonable I should not be at all.surprised if in view of the now p.ice lerret, *fti"ft in fadt, may t" tft" only price ievel recognized possible. stringency. in steel, metal furniture illowed. --'--' -----J -- --'- ----J manufacturers may have to switch entirely to wood prodYou will want to know something about the future de- ucts. Your.e-xperience in selling-to wood-furniture manumand for lumber as related to supfily. The entire indus- factu.rers will help..1h9- -throu-gh a very difficult period. !ry, al you t ro*, i"rt y."r pt;a;;;a afout tgibiii;" Further changes- will be forced uqor. us, not because we feli. Piactically all estiinates' indicate that for the calen- yanl..tg change.but because we will have to .change, and dar year tq+i iheie *ittfrol"util produced and used it will be your job to help manufacturers find the-proper aboui 34 billion feet. At'least under'thi. g+ billion feet source of domestic woods. estimate we shall be enabled to continue new residential In other words, your job as the important gear wheel building in_defense areas and continue our cantonment in the distribution -systein will be to help the" consumer program. This- -conteryplated cantonment program will find sources of suppiv of which he was ^unaware in the use about ll billion feet. Note that I say it-is a con- past, to help the consumer adjust his needs to your knowltemplated cantonment prog-ram. Wh"!__ it will actually edge and *pply, .and to gen-erally make youf knowledge be put into op_eration or rvhether it will actually be put of the lumbii industry available to the end that the u"tinto_ operation I- can only venture to _guess, but m1' opinion most may be achieved in outdistancing the enemies of is that it will be soon. The need for a program for e*- democrai and to give us at the same tiire the best availpanded industrial facilities is almost a ceriainty, while able living standar-ds the circumstances will allow.

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A big crowd attended the Lumbermen's Hi-Jinks, sponsored by Lumbermen's Post No. zlo3 of the American Legion, at the Royal Palms Hotel, Los Angeles, Friday evening, June 20. Nearly three hundred turned out for the party, and lumbermen were present from all sections of Southern Calif'ornia.

The floor show was excellent and lasted an hour and a half, featuring a number of well-known professional entertainers; Armando and Leta, knockabout act; Three Hot Shots, dancing; Flo Ash, singing and dancing; Gifford and Pearl, comedy sketch; Bonnie Drieth, flirtation dance; Lovie Lane, singing and dancing; Lee Dunn, piano numbers; Toni La Rue, accordionist; Jane Rahdora, exotic dancing. C. B. Glick, operator of Bird Wonderland in Van Nuys, put on an interesting act with his trained tiger, Satan, who has appeared in many motion pictures. Mr. Gifford acted as master of ceremonies, and the show was under the direction of Ted Gustafson.

The arrangements committee included: Milton Taenzer, American Hardwood Co., chairman; George S. Melville, South Sound Lumber Sales, Inc.; Leo Hubbard, Hayward Lumber & Investment Co., and Maury Alexander, Paramount Pictures, Inc.

BACK PANEL COMPANY INCREASES WAREHOUSE SPACE

Back Panel Company recently completed an addition to their warehouse at 310-314 East 32nd Street, Los Angeles.

The new addition is 50 by 110 feet. Space on the spur track at the rear is increased so that two cars can now be unloaded at a time. The building is lined throughout with plywood and. f" plywood is used for roof sheathing. It is lighted by skylights, giving plenty of daylight for the selection of panels.

E. K. WOOD LUMBER CO. BUYS REEDSPORT MILL

E. K. Wood Lumber Company has purchased the sawmill of Winchester Bay Lumber Company at Reedsport, Ore. The mill, which has a capacity of 175,000 feet in eight hours, was taken over by its new owners on June 23. This company has 150,000,000 feet of its ow,n timber on Smith River and Vincent Creek, a short distance east of Reedsport. Logs are trucked to the Umpqua River and rafted down to the mill.

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WHAT POETESS A. M. CONNER HEARD A LUMBER PILE SAY

Today as I passed by a lumber pile, I heard a voice say "Wait a while; I'm sorry to internrpt your walk, But only at times do I wish to talk."

Amazed was I that with so much ease, Boards could speak-that had once been treesSo pausing there, with no thought of slumber, I heard these words from a pile of lumber: "I came from a forest great and free, I bring you aromas of flower and tree, And I wait to be fashioned, firm and true, Into a Home that may shelter you. Let the swift years come and hurry by, If only again I may front the sky, Useful, protective, and fair to behold, Kissed by the sunlight as of old.

I am more pliable than steel, FuIl many beauties do I reveal, In polished mantel, in columns tall, fn graceful archway and panelled wall. I am more durable than stone, And far and wide is my record known, For Homes of romance and renown, For treasured landmarks in every town That have bravely the storms of time withstood, Because they are builded of sturdy wood. For stately dwelling or bungalow, I'm the best material that you know. f resist the storms when wild winds hum; I do not fall when the earthquakes come. So build your dear new Flome of me, And dream by your fireside of flower and tree."

Now this is no dream, and I did not slumber, I heard that talk from a pile of lumber.

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The cynic says: "Golf is a game that needlessly prolongs the life of a lot of very useless old men."

AN OIL WELL

"An oil weU," says another cynic who evidently got nipped a few times, "is a hole in the ground owned by a d-n liar."

TWO OF THEM?

The motor purred softly along the deserted country road. The moon was bright. It was spring. But he kept his hands firmly on the drive wheel, and eyes to the front. Suddenly the engine wheezed, coughed, slowed down, stopped.

"The engine's dead," remarked the driver.

"'Well, it has plenty of company in this crowd," remarked the young lady.

IMMORTALITY

Immortality is a word that Hope, through all the ages, has been whispering to Love. The miracle of thought we cannot understand. The mystery of life and death, we cannot comprehend. This chaos called world, has never been explained. The golden bridge of life from gloom emerges, and on shadow rests. Beyond this we do not know. Fate is speechless, destiny is dumb, and the secret of the future has never yet been told. We love-we wait-we hope. The more we love, the more we fear. Upon the tenderest heart the deepest shadows fall. AU paths, whether filled with thorns or fowers, end here. Here success and failure are the same. The rag of wretchedness and the purple robe of pbwer all difference and distinction lose in this democracy of death. Character survives. Goodness lives. Love is immortal.-Col. Ingersoll.

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Curtis \(/orkers Enioy River Excursion

For 75 years Curtis Woodwork has been made on the banks of the Mississippi River, at Clinton, fowa, so it was only to be expected that "Ol' Man River" would play a part in one of the events scheduled by the Company to help employees commemorate the 75th year of the founding of the Curtis business.

One of the river's largest and finest excursion boatsthe steamer "Capitol"-1vas chartered by Curtis Companies Incorporated for afternoon and evening trips on June t?. Each ride was a four-hour trip on the picturesque Mississippi. Nearly 2000 persons enjoyed the boat rides. The afternoon trip was for women and children, and was also enjoyed by some of the pensioners of the Cornpany. The evening trip was for men, wives, and sweethearts, and few could resist the "hot" music of the steamer's colored orchestra, one of the best on the river.

Curtis is now employing the largest force in their history. Of the present Clinton organization, more than 300 employees have been with the firm 20 years or more and of this number 43 men have been in the organization over 40 years.

Curtis has turned out a large number of defense orders and more are in production. But woodwork and war were completely forgotten to enjoy this 75th Anniversary boat ride on the river that played a large part in the founding of the Curtis institution, in 1866. Then the Mississippi rvas one of the country's main arteries of transportation and Clinton, Iowa was widely known for its many large

saw mills-logs being floated down the river from the timber districts. It was this availability of lumber which led the original Curtis Brothers, founders of the business, to start a rvoodwork business-then known as a "sash and door" house. Today Curtis Woodwork is sold throughout the United States and in Canada and Alaska.

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Henry \Minfree, of Modesto, Calif., Valley representative for Seth L. Butler of Dant & Russell, Inc., recently made a trip to the Portland office and spent a week calling on the mills.

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The plastic bound three-color brochure contains 48 pages and more than 75 illustrations and is a complete handbook on chromated zinc chloride salt preserved wood. Beginning with the history of this preservative, rvhich dates back more than 100 years, the subjects covered include the chemical composition of. CZC, the value of. CZC in protecting wood against termite attack, fungus and fire, and how CZC is introduced into lumber by the vacuum-pressure process.

In the central section of the booklet the complete treating facilities, stocks and services available at both the Alameda and the Long Beach, California, plants of the company are fully described.

"Advantages of Baxco CZC" Quality Marked preserved wood are next discussed under the headings: clean, paintable, odorless, stainless, non hazardous to health, non injurious to metal fastenings, readily fabricated, structural strength retained, economical and permanent. "CZC on the job" is featured in the concluding 16 pages with illustrations showing actual use of this treated product in buildings, residences, g'overnment work, airplane hangars, reser-

LUMBER YARD STORE COMPLETED

The new store and office building of the Pacific Beach I,umber Co. at Pacific Beach, has been completed. It is of modern architecture. A large warehouse has also been constructed. Hubert H. Hawkins is manager of the yard.

voir roofs, stadiums, sand and gravel bunkers, mines, railroads, bridges, farm structures, piers, wharves, highway guardrails, billboards, beach houses, board walks and fences.

This exceptionally complete catalog was prepared by J. C. McCune of their Los Angeles office to particularly meet the need for data on pressure treated lumber as applicable to California construction. The ultra-modern style of the booklet was developed by the advertising firm of Ellsrvorth A. Sylvester and it was printed by Times-Mirror Co.

Copies may be obtained by writing to either the San Francisco or Los Angeles offices of J. H. Baxter & Co.

SHOWED MOTION PICTURE'TREES AND HOMES''

Robert Zamwalt, Benson Lumber Company, showed the new Weyerhaeuser motion picture in technicolor, "Trees and Homes," bef'ore the San Diego Industries, fnc., at its June dinner meeting.

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Vacationing

Frank Burnaby, Sun Lumber Company, Beverly Hills, and Mrs. Burnaby, have left for Seattle, Wash. for a month's vacation.

Louis Jennings, Jennings Lumber Company, Safford, Arizona, spent several days in Los Angeles. He took in the Lumbermen's HiJinks the evening of June 20.

Mary Stewart, Clark & Wilson Lumber Co., Los Angeles, spent her vacation in the Northwest. She also visited the company's general offices. and mill operations in Portland.

Charlie Mason, E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, is back from his vacation trip in the East where he picked up a new Pontiac automobile and drove back to the Coast.

Ray Julian, E.K. Wood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, visited San Francisco and Reno during his vacation.

D. R. Philips, Lawrence-Philips geles, Mrs. Philips, and daughter, a week at Lake Arrowhead.

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Doug Cook, Western Door & Sash Co., Oakland, spent his vacation at Carmel and Lake Tahoe, dividing his time between the two places and playing a lot of golf at Carmel.

Frank McNulty Calif. is back from of McNulty Lumber Co., San Bruno, a vacation spent at Hume Lake. Angeles, He went was made

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(B) DISTRIBUTORS OF LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS

i I Washington, D. C., June 16th: In accordance with the ing, but includes nearly three pages having to do strictly &irectiorrs-of the U. S. Appellate Courts that exemptions with "Distributors of Lumber and Building Materials," {rom humanitarian legislation should be strictly construed, ih. W"g. and Hour Division of the U. S. Department of Labor will not regard any establishment exempt as a retail one unless at least 75/o of. its sales are retail. Where wholesale, industrial, and commercial sales, non-retail in {haracter, total more than 25/o, the 4O hour week and the i0-cents-an-hour minimum wage will apply.

| .qt tne same time, the Division will broaden its concept ff a retail sale. As a result, some sales to industrial or iommercial purchasers may be included as retail in deterkrittittg the status of an establishment under the Wage and Hour Law. These sales must be of articles commonly sold both to business and private purchasers' and must be in a luantity or at a price similar to sales to private purchasers.

This policy was announced today by General Philip B. Fleming, Administrator of the Division, in making public a revision of the Division's Interpretative Bulletin No. 6. This is the interpretation on the scope and applicability of lhe section in the Wage and Hour Law that rules that the floor for wages and the ceiling for hours shall not apply "to [ny employee engaged in any retail or service establishment ihe greater part of whose selling or servicing is in intrastate' 'commerce."

r This policy will go into effect July lst. The Bulletin states, "For purposes of enforcement, the computation of the doll"t volume of retail and non-retail selling rvill be .based on the semi-annual record of sales of the establishiment. The analysis of sales from January 1 to June 3O and fuly 1 to December 31 will be used to determine whether 'during each six month period a substantial portion of the :selling of the establishment was non-retail."

i "From the first," General Fleming said, "the Division has gaken the position that a 'substantial' amount of non-retail iselling would nullify the retail exemption for any establishment. Shortly after I became Administrator we interpreted "substantial' in this respect as more than 50 per cent. Subisequently the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth District 1(St. Louis) handed down an opinion that the Wage and ilfour Law, as an humanitarian law, is entitled to a liberal lconstruction and that exernptions from it are subject to i'strict construction. The First Circuit Court (Boston) said ;the same thing. Many wholesalers complained about the l,competitive wholesale service that retailers not under the 40 , hour week were able to provide. So we are now regarding r ''substantial' non-retail selling as more than 2.5 per cent. We i'will not regard establishments with more than 25 per cent Inon-retail sales as exempt from the 40 hour week and the 1.30 cent minimum wage."

i : "At the same time we are acknowledging the retail charliacter of many sales to industrial and commercial firms which l,alway's have been considered retail in the trades. I believe ithis will do much to make our enforcement policy more ac!,ceptable to firms engaged in distributing goods." r

llntetptetative Bulletin No. 6 covers all forms of retail-

52. Distributors of lumber and building materials present a number of unusual problems which are not characteristic of other fields of distribution. Distributors of lumber and building materials sell not only to individuals, and to busi; ness and industrial purchasers directly, but also to independent contractors acting in behalf of such purchasers, and to contractors engaged in speculative building. Consequently, the criteria normally adopted in determining whether sales are retail or nonretail in character cannot be applied in precisely the same manner in the case of lumber and building materials dealers. In recognition of the peculiar problems presented it has been necessary to make slight variations in the application of the principles set forth in Part I to reach virtually the same result in determining whether a given distributor of lumber and building materials operates a retail establishment.

53. An establishment engaged in the distribution of lumber and building supplies will not be considered a retail establishment unless it maintains a stock of merchandise from which sales are made and unless it is open to and serves the general consuming public. The fact that it adjoins a railroad siding or wharf or that it does not have show windows or sales clerks will not defeat the exemption.

54. An establishment engaged in the distribution of lumber and building supplies will not be considered a retail establishment if a substantial portion of its selling is nonretail in character. The following criteria will be used to determine whether sales are retail or nonretail.

55. A sale of lumber and building materials to a private individual for the construction, maintenance, or repair of his private home or garage (or appurtenant structure such as a fence or walk) is considered a retail sale. The sale of lumber and building materials to contractors who purchase directly in behalf of such individuals will also be considered as retail. For example, an individual property owner may hire a contractor to build a house for him. The sale of lumber arrd building materials to the contractor in such cases will be considered as a transaction essentially similar to the sale to the property owner directly, and will be considered retail.

56. Sales to business or industrial purchasers, or to contractors acting in their behalf, for the construction, maintenance, or repair of commercial property such as retail stores, apartrnent houses, etc., rvill also be considered retail sales if made in small quantities. The sale of lumber and building materials for the construction or repair of apartment buildings, office buildings, stores, or other commercial property will not be considered retail if the transaction involves a quantity of goods materially in excess of the quantity norrhally purchased by private individuals for their own use. T"!, determining whether a "small quantity" of

goods is involved the criterion will be the total quantities of goods contemplated by the parties. Accordingly, the construction of an apartment house, hotel, factory, office building, or real-estate development, etc., ordinarily contemplates the transfer of large quantities of goods which are delivered in smaller quantities from time to time. The sales in such cases may not be considered as retail sales.

57. Other sales which ordinarily are not retail since they involve large quantities of goods are sales of building materials and lumber for the construction, maintenance, or repair of railroads, highways, bridges, dams, and other similar structures and sales to the Federal Government or to State or municipal governments.

58. Sales of lumber and building materials for purposes of resale in any form normally may not be considered as retail sales. Accordingly, sales to dealers who intend to resell the goods are not retail. A distributing depot or yard for a chain of lumber yards may not be considered a retail establishment. The exemption does not extend to central executive office work or general distributive activities among branches of a chain of lumber yards. Sales to industrial concerns which use the materials for the fabrication of furniture, boxes, crates, automobiles, toys, ships, etc., are also sales for purposes of resale and hence, are not retail sales. Further, sales to contractors or other persons for speculative building are considered as sales for purpose of resale.

59. It should be noted that in the language of the statute the exemption applies to employees of retail establishments. If a firm operates two or more separate establishments, the characteristics of each establishment must be considered separately in determining whether such establishment may properly be considered a "retail establishment." The character of the enterprise as a whole will not determine the retail or nonretail character of separate establishments within the organization. Thus, for example, a company may operate two separate lumber yards in different parts of the city. Each lumber yard is considered a separate establishment for purposes of the exemption. If a substantial portion of the selling of'one lumber yard is nonretail such lumber yard would not be a retail establishment for purposes of the exemption, even though th.e combined nonretail selling of both lumber yards is not substantial. Conversely, if the nonretail selling of one lumber yard is not substantial, it does not cease to be a retail establishment merely because the combined nonretail selling of both lumber yards is substantial.

60. Processing incidental to retail selling ordinarily will not defeat the exemption. Thtis, the fact that a lulnber yard operates a saw to cut lumber to a smaller size asrrequested by its customers or assembles window and door frames which are received in a "knocked down" condition will not defeat the exemption. Many lumber yards, hou/ever, perform manufacturing operations in addition to processing operations incidental to retail selling. Such yards often operate clearly defined manufacturing plants or plan'ing mills which use various types of manufacturing machinery such as saws, planers, molders, shapers, sanders, mortise and tenon machines, joiners, lathes, grinders, etc. Ordinarily, window and door frames, moldings, sashes, cabinpts, boxes, counters, store fixtures, balustrades, etc., are manufactured. The manufacturing by such yards often is ip competition with plants or planing mills which are not operated in connection with lumber yards.

61. If a lumber yard is engaged in the productiqn cif goods for interstate commerce and the manufacturing,opeiations are not segregated, the exemption provided by section 13 (a) (2) will be inapplicable to the entire yard. On the other hand, if the manufacturing operations are segregated, the employees engaged in the manufacturing operations would be subject to the act but the employees engaged in distribution might qualify for exemption. The distribution portion of the business would be considered separately in determining the applicability of the exemption to it. It should be noted, however, that an employee whose work relates both to distribution and manufacturing will not be exempt under section 13 (a) (2) during any work week in which he performs any work connected with manufacturing. Accordingly, "yard" employees who occasionally work in the manufacturing plant, general maintenance employees, office employees, and other types of employees whose work relates to the business as a whole as distinguished from distribution exclusively would not be exempt under section 13 (a) (2).

62. fn some cases, lumber yards distribute lumber and building supplies and also manufacture goods for intrastate commerce. No goods are produced for interstate corfimerce. In such cases the determination of whether section 13 (a) (2) applies will be based upon the retail or nonretail nature of the distribution. The performance of noncovered production will not be deemed to defeat the exemptiorl.

Amendments to Nationrl Houring Act

Washington, D. C., June 21, 1941.-The conference report on the disagreeing votes of the House and Senate on the amendments to H. R. '+693 was released yesterday by the conferees. The agreement reached in respect to the amendments to the National Housing Act is as follows:

(1) The authority to insure modernization and small home loans under Title I is extended until July l, t943 (a 2-year extension). '

(2) The amount of loan for alteration, repair and im'provement of existing structures is set at $2500 (the same as is provided in the present Act).

The amount of loan for alteration, repair or improvement of an existing dwelling designed or to be designed for more than one family may be $5,000. (The primary purpose of the $5,000 loan authorization is to encourage the modernization of existing structures into multi-family dwellings for the purpose of housing defense workers, but the Bill does not confine the $5,0S loan to this specific purpose-)

(3) $2500 loans, as heretofore, must be paid off in 3 years and 32 days. Loans between $2500 and $5000 shall have arr amortization period not to exceed 5 years and 32 days.

(4) The authorization of the Administrator to refinance and extend Title I loans is continued, with the limitation that in exerting this authority the refinancing or extension shall not be for an arnount or term in excess of the maximum amount or term provided for in connection with the insurance of new loans.

(5) The authority to insure mortgages on existing construction under Title II of the Act is extended until July l-, lg*, a 3-year extension.

(6) The authority of the Administrator to include a Portion of the foreclosure costs in debentures issued in connection with 90 per cent small home mortgages is extended until July l, 1943.

(7) Other amendments to Title I are largely technical in character.

The delay in securing action on this particular piece of legislation has largely been caused by the addition by the Senate Committee of an amendment to the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, proposed to set up a farm mortgage insurance system patterned after the provisions of the FHA for tenant farmers. The conferees were unable to agree on this particular Provision.

It is expected that the House and Senate will promptly agree to the conference report on the FHA amendments.

New Design for California Home

Southern Cqlilorniq Hone Show.

A new design for a California home of' moderate cost, Southern California Homes Foundation this week offers the "Sunview" plan, List A-724. This home is particularly recommended for a view site, because of the ample pro= vision for windows in all rooms.

Retail lumber dealers can provide conditional estimates and design service on the "Sunview" plan. For "Two Answer Books on Home Building," write Southern California Homes Foundation, 1348 "E" Street, San Diego.

A. L. Nelgon

lst#-at9 Wcrobouro: 1600 E Wcrhtngilon Dlvd. LOS llfGEtES r rAnoilf,I. OBGANUAIXON taooEtlt r|EwtBtltltDtotE rtcotlf, clltcf,Go ltlf3Att cnr sl. Pf,ltL

Albert Lawrence Nelson, who operated a sawmill at Bull Creek, Humboldt County, Calif., and also manufactured Redwood split products, passed away in Scotia, June 15.

He was born in Finland 45 years ago and came to this country in 1912. He served with the 316th Aerial Squadron in the World War. He was a member of the State Park Commission since 1929 and was prominent in American Legion and civic affairs in Humboldt County.

Four Californir Cities Listed Among First Twenty in Building in U.S.

Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Oakland were listed among the first twenty cities in the United States reporting the largest volume of building for the first five months of. 1941.

Los Angeles was in second place with a total of $36,n4,927; San Diego was fourth with $32,552,808, San Francisco 'vrlas ninth with $12,m317, and Oakland was fifteenth with $7,688,237. New York was in first place with a total of $80,142,506.

Following are the twenty cities showing the largest permit valuation for the first five months of the current year and comparative figures as compiled by Dun & Bradstreets, fnc.:

Rosboro Lunrber Go.

Springrlield, Oregon

Mcnulqcturer ol Ccsccde Old Growth Yellorr Fir

Thoroughly Modern Plcmt

Dcrily Ccpccity 150,000 Feet

Specializing in Perlectly Mcrrulcdured High-Grcde Uppers

q G. ATKIIf$Oil, Srler lllrnager Springrtield, Oregron

Southern Cclilornia Representctive

W. Gooper

149 So. Orcmge Drive, Los Aageles Telephone WYoming 2770

TIME

Now is the time to stock up on

NEW YARD APPOINTMENTS

Roy Culpepper, former manager of the Hayward Lumber & Investment Company's yard at Yuma, Arizona, has been appointed manager of their yard at Bakersfield. Chester Weaver, former credit manager at the Bakersfield office, has been appointed assistant manager. They succeed Larry King and Sid Marshall Who have gone into the lumber business for themselves in Bakersfield.

WINDOW SCREENS

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SCREEN DOORS

BlindsIouwe DoorsIroning Bocnds Rtl( cmd EASY (to wtrsh) Conrbincrtion Screen crnd Metcrl Scsh DoorE

f Western Putlman Door Has Many Points I That Appeal to Dealers

The new Western Pullman Door, advertised on another page of this issue, is a product of Western Door & Sash Company, Fifth and Cypress Streets, Oakland.

This combination sash and screen door has a number of selling points that appeal to dealers. One of these is that it locks from the inside and is impossible to open from the outside. Another is that the sash is hung on a special balancer, making it easy to raise or lower.

Other points are that the screen can be taken off in a few seconds to clean the glass; the door is made of waterproof and weatherProof resnprest plywood; the entire door is treated with rvood preservative {gainst moisture absorption and decay; the bottom rail l.ras weep holes for drainage; the metal lock rail is of cold rolled steel, cadmium plated, securely fastened to stiles, {raking it impossible for the door to spread at the lock rail lnd allowing the sash to slide easily.

! Western Pullman Door is made in sizes from 2-6 x GB x lys to 3-o x 7{ x l%..

, Dealers can get further particulars and literature by frriting or telephoning to Western Door & Sash Company, Sakland. Telephone TEmplebar 8400.

DEMONSTRATE CURTIS COMPANIES MILLWORK LINE

i e. W. Larson, manager of the Patten-Blinn Lumber Co., ft.eseda, was recently host to a group of thirteen building {ontractors at a dinner in the banquet rooms of Bothwell's Reseda cofiee shop. The purpose of the meeting was to {cquaint them rvith the nationally-known Curtis Comfanies millwork line. Howard Cauldron, manager of the fatten-Blinn Curtis division supervised the demonstration 6f the millwork to the builders.

Greetings

Dear California Lumber Merchant,-

As I write, your birthday is just around the corner-I remember. It doesn't seem so long since you first stepped out for yourself, but it must be, for when I count up your years, I realize that indeed time has flown. You are a big fellow now; I hope you won't be drafted.

I remember your first birthday and how thrilled I rvas when your guardians asked me to write a little something for the occasion. Well, you have lived wisely and well. You have never disappointed those who welcome you to their offices and homes.

Your services to the lumber industry cannot be estimated and your valuable encouragement, council, and informative advice, have aided many an individual lumberman over rough places in the road he had to travel.

So it is, Callfornia Lumber Merchant, that upon this anniversary of your advent we extend our heartiest congratulations and wish for you a future of continued growth, prosperity and service to the industry you so ably represent.

To your guardians also, rve send greetings and the hope that success may attend them all along the way, and that health, happiness and prosperity may be their portion. It's long since you came to us, All bright and fresh and new, And we took off our hats and said, A hearty "lfow," to you. But every time you've made your rounds We've hailed you as a ftiend, You've won your bright place in the sun And good will without end. We like the precepts that you teach, The good advice you give, And relish your philosophy, It tells us how to live. So may your stature still increase And may your years be long, And in these shadowed days may you Still sing the victor's song.

-A. Merriam Conner.

(Editor's Note.-The California Lumber Merchant started publication on July t,1922.)

Redwood Data Book

Retail dealers can tilt back their chairs and be at "the greatest of ease" the next time a Redwood lumber salesman drops in, because all salesmen of the industry now carry the new Redwood Data Book, a veritable "World's Almanac" of information, which can be placed on the dealer's desk in an almost vertical position, like a blackboard, for the display of the sales building material it contains.

A smart portable file of picture and drawing, fact and figure, Redwood Data Book contains a glowing account of redwood use and treatment from every user's point of view. And for ease of viewing, it is put up in a "presentation" type of three-ring binder, adjustable, on desk or counter, to two angles, one of 65 degrees and the other at 25 degrees.

The subject matter of Redwood Data Book is divided into sections. Of these sections, one contains all pertinent information on redwood manufacture, grading and grading rules, patterns, and physical, chemical and mechanical properties. Another section covers the use of durable redwood in home building, on the farm, in the garden, in industrial plants, in heavy structures, and special uses. The separate subjects of each section are presented on looseleaf sheets. New sheets are to be added as new data becomes available.

Whether it is about a picket {ence for a home garden or a redwood tank for a chemical plant, all data sheets in the sections of Redwood Data Book carry specific, 4etailed information. An example of this thoroughness of detail is found in the most recent addition to the file. The subject is garage doors. The new looseleaf sheet contains clear-cut pictures of four designs of over-head doors that may be constructed right on the job from redwood stock patterns. Accompanying each picture is a redwood material list for the door shown. The pattern number, grade, and rough size of the board facing is recorded. There are listed the number of pieces of each length of facing board called for in the construction of the particular door. Bordering the list is a scale silhouette of a section of the facing board.

Building Permits for M.y

Tcn Ycrrr Ago Todry

From July 1,1931 lssue

This was our Ninth Anniversarv Number.

This issue carried articles by Adeline M. Conner, North San Juan; LeRoy H. Stanton, Los Angeles; A. W. Bernhauer, Fresno; Frederic S. Palmer, San Francisco; S. J. Sharp, San Francisco; W. B. Laughead, Westwood; T. B. Lawrence, Los Angelesi I. I. Halloran, Phoenix; W. G. Scrim, Los Angeles; D. C. Essley, Los Angeles; C. C. Crow, Portland; Lester G. Sterett, Fresno, and J. C. McCune, Los Angeles.

Rotarian Roy Grenfell, Grenfell Lumber Company, Colusa, and Jim Farley, The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, attended a meeting of the Colusa Rotary Club and exhibited a motion picture showing the manufacture of Redwood at The Pacific Lumber Company's operations in Scotia.

P. C. Hansen Lumber Company, Centerville, remodeled and modernized its office building.

Announcement was made of the merger of the L. W. Blinn Lumber Company, Russ Lumber &Mill Company. and Patten & Davies Lumber Company. The merged concerns take the name of Patten-Blinn Lumber Company with general offices in Los Angeles.

C. M. Hopkins, Union Lumber Company, Chicago, was awarded the $25.00 cash prize offered by the California Redwood Association for the most constructive suggestion or most constructive salesmanship during the month of May.

A group selling org"nir"tiorr, Tacoma Lumber Sales Agency, was formed and A. C. Penberthy of Los Angeles rvas named Southern California representative.

The semi-annual meeting of the Millwork Institute of California was held at the Alexandria Hotel, Los Angeles, the afternoon of June 12. President A. W. Bernhauer presided. Speakers at the meeting were: Secretary L. C. Sterett, A. C. Horner, Frank Burnaby, George Cornwall, and Percy Dixon. Wesley Shrimp acted as chairman at the banquet, and Jack Dionne rvas toastmaster.

MODENNOBEAMFULOECONOMICAT

NA KILN DRIE D

This mtrrh ig your qssurcrnce ol lhorouEhh', properly, cnd unilornly Xiln Dried Ponderogo Pine Luurber, Mouldingn, cnd Cut StocL EVERY nonth ol tho ye<r.

EWAUNA BOX CO.

f,Icnncrth Falb, Oregon

Repreacntclivce

Centrcl Cclilotaic Pyrcnnid Lurnber Sqlee Co., Ocrlclcrnd

Southern Cclilomia cmd Arizons

E K Wood Lumber Co., Los Angeler

IUBAIIK WOOD MAIITEI,S

Solid Philippinc Mchogcny Wcrll P6slelling

A Sensational New Product That Sells on Siqht

Being stoclc items, these mcrntels sell crt cr much Dlore reqsoncrble price thcur custom-built mcntels

Sold through declers only.

CLASSIFIED

MANAGER AVAILABLE

Now employed as Architectural Examiner for FHA. Over twent5r years' experience as retail yard manager and executive work. My references will say "O.K." and I'll show you. Want good position but not a five figure salary. Address Box C-887, California Lumber Merchant.

WANTED

Burroughs Machine Bookkeeper for yard in a smdl Northern California city. Steady job. Address Box C-894 California Lumber Merchant.

THOROUGHLY TRAINED LUMBERMAN

Wants a job that will utilize his versatility and broad knowledge, accumulated over decades. Recent Pine mill, wholesale and retail experience. A valuable helper to an overburdened executive. Able to take full charge. Very modest salary expected. Address Box C-897-California Lumber Merchant.

WANTED-POSITION BY LUMBERMAN

Thoroughly experienced from stump to consutner, including sales, costs, balance sheets, accounting in every detail, retail or wholesale. Also licensed building contractor. Best references. Bond if necessary. Free to go anywhere. Married, no children. Non-drink' er. Address Box C-899, California Lumber Merchant.

The Southern California Wholesale Lumber Association will furnish weekly statistical sheets to anyone desirous of obtaining them, at reasonable compensation.

Write or call this office, 714 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, Rlchmond 0251.

WEST SIDE LUMBER COMPANY'S TEAM WINS TITLE

The West Side Lumber Company's lumberjack team won the state title for the tug-of-war championship at the seventh annual Tuolumne City Jubilee on June 8. Coached by Walter Duncan, the team pulled the Yosemite Club of Stockton over the cleats in 9 minutes, 40 seconds for the championship. The average weight of the lumberjacks was 195/z pounds and the Yosemite Club averaged 2l2l pounds per man.

COMPETENT LUMBERMAN

For wholesale or retail sales. Have managed good sized retail yard, audited line yards, familiar with retail set-up. Have had long experience selling wholesale Pine, F'ir, Redwood, six years in Los Angeles. Now employed outside Los Angeles but desire to make a change. Address Box C-891 California Lumber Merchant.

PLANT FOR SALE

Complete millwork plant for sale in rapidly growing Redwood Empire. Established by present owner since 1895. Price reasonable-terms reasonable. Down payment of inventory all that is required. Balance $200 per month for 95 months, intetest 4/o, payable monthly. Address Box C-896California Lumber Merchant.

FORSALE

Retait yard fully equipped. Very stable community. Steady growth. Plenty of assets. Small down payment. Full particulars to responsible party. This is worth investigating. Address Box C-898 California Lumber Merchant.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LUMBER YARD FOR SALE

20 miles from Los Angeles. Good living conditions. Thirty-five years under one owner. Will lease ground (two acres) and buildings for any desired term, for $1@ monthly plus taxes. Inventory $10,000. See Twohy Lumber Co., Lurnber Yard Brokers, 801 Petroleum Bldg., Los Angeles. Telephone PRospect 8746.

EAST BAY HOO-HOO CLUB

Bill Davidson, who conducts the "Brain Battle" program on the radio, put on a quiz program as the principal entertainment item at the last dinner meeting of East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39, held at Hotel Leamington, Oakland, on Monday evening, June 9.

Tom Branson, president of the club, presided.

R. O. Wilson, veteran wholesale lumberman, received congratulations on the occasion of his 73rd birthday. The next meeting of the club will be held in September.

IIT]YDB9S GT]IDN SAN FBANOISOO

LUMBEN

Dolbccr & Cum Lunbc Co- iiis M.i"h-tc Exchange Bldg.""SUtter ?{56

GMGr.lil & Grcot -rili e"-y suoit .Atwatcr l3'o

Hell. Juo L. - ---rriz uilti h&...... -... ..'.'suttcr 752'

Hallinu Mtclrtn CG' Ltd. '--tE s.;a-$t-t.:......-...........Douglar rofi

"Ttr#.n** ffiI:.........Dougril !itt!

LUMBER

Lamon-Bonningtm Conprny

MacDonald & Haninrton' Ltd..

16 California stGt'.... "..'....... GArriold 0ssr

16 Caltfomta St. :.................GAnficld t3t3

Pacific Lunbc Co., Tb.

l0o Burh Str6i....................G^rfiGld rrEr

Pon & Talbot. Inc- Lumbc Divftioa, -a6l M$kct' Stret.................Douglat 255f

Rcd Rivc Lubcr Co,

315 Monadaa|r Bldg....'..........GArfiGtd 1922

Santa Fc Lunbcr Co.,

16 California Strcct....,..'........Exbroo& 2071

Schafcr Brer. Lurbcr & Shlnglc Co.

I Drunn Strcct.....................sutta fnf

Shevlin Pinc Saler Co.

lG!0 Monadaoclt BUs...,.......,. Exbroo& ?aal

Suddcn & Cbrirteuroor

310 supmc str;t..............,.GAr6e1d 2El6

Weycrhaurcr Salcr Co.. irs cdifomia Strei...............GAn6.1d t9?a

HARDWOODS AND PAI\ELS

Whitc Brcth.r!. Fifttr and Brunm Str@tr.........'SUtt r l3a5

SASH-DOORS-PLYWOOD

Wheler Osgood Sales CorPoratim' 3lM5 lgth Strect......'...'.....'..VAlencia 22{l

CREOSOTED LUMBER_POLES_ PILING-TIE3

----23$' J--td Avour.'..... .'' " " "Mlrlm 09ll

Hobbr Wall l.snbc Co.

Holncr Eurdre bnb.r Co.' '*'iiai Ftfid.t o"t- sids.'.'....GArdcld lezr

C. D. Johlron t uobc CuPontiott' -' ti -c.tta;f StHt..'..'..... "' " GArficld 625t

Crrl H. Kuhl Lubc Co. --b: L.-it*;; iiz Mutet st'6t..'YUkoD l'160

LUIIBER

Unlon Lubcr Co., Crcchc Buildina ..,................Sutr.r ar?l

Wcndling-Nathan Co, UC Martr.t str.a ...............'...SUtt r 5363

Wcrt Oregu Lunbcr Co'

1995 Eianr Avo. ..................ATwatc 5C7t

E. K. Wood l-unbr Co. I Drum Stret.......,...........EXbrot 3zra

Gam.rsto[ & Grunt --Ti-li"i- Piir"" " " " "' " " "'Hls!t' z25s

Gonu tlubi Coa

-'aal ftd-nc Avouc'..""""ANdovcr 1c00

"""*Sff3..3f'wh"'1" " " " " "ANdovcr r07r

Horan Lunbcr ConPrnY' '"'fr -C Ali; -tit.i.tr.1"""""'Gl-dcourt 6t6l

*t#tFi3-'Pt$;l Bug..'.'..rwimake r'ro

E. K. Wood Lmbcr Co.' -' 'i;.Jffi"L E Kiog Sdrcctr'""''FRuitvalc lll2

LUMBER

Arcata Rcdwood Co. (J. J. Rcq)

Amcrlcan Lunbcr & Trcatlng Co.' 116 Ncw MontSomGry Str.et.. ... ..SUttGr lz5

Butcr. J. H, & Co.. 3I!- Montsomcry Stret..'........DOuglar Sttt

Hall. Jamcc L., i032 Milt. 81ds,.,.,.,,..........,....suttcr ?52a

PAN EIJ-DOORS-SAS H-SCRE ENS

Califomia Bulldse Supply Co" ?O 6th Avou. ....Hlgatc O16

Hogm Lubcr Cmpuy, 2nd & Alie Sbcctt..............GL.nourt 6E5t W!.tm Dor t Sub Co.' Sth & Cypror Strct ..........TEmplsbar 64O

HARDWOODS

Whitc Bmthd, 5c0 High Siret.........'. "...,...ANdover 160l

LOS ANGDLDS

LUMBER

--ezr Bmridc Ais..........'...'WEbt'r ?Ezt

""".!"r?i"tl"ii""*1,:3T'".*;......rHomwar3r||

Aaklnen-Stutz CompanY' ca prtrctcm Bidg.-.....-..'.....PRdPGt ltll

Burnr Lubs ConPuY'

9{55 Charlcvillc Blvd.' (Bcvalv Hlilr) ...............BRadrhaw 2-33tt

Can & Gcr L J. (W. D. Du!4!qt)'--

|3s Chrfob.t of Gornnrco Bldg. P8orpcct tt{r

CtnDbdl-Cooro Lunb6 Co. (R- l,L Erydr.Dd)

Zf BrrdburY Drlvc, is---crra.D :.'.......'ATlantlc 2'0751

Copor. lV. E..

iocj60r nicnncta BHs. ............Mutual 2l3r

Dant & Rumll, Inc.

Sr2 E 59th Sr....................'..ADanr tlol

Dolbcr & Caron Lmbcr Co.'

9al Fidellty Btdg.'. ' .VAndiLr E?92

Halllma Ma&ln Co- Ltd.,

9c Eut Soth StLGt................ADlnr 5?l

Hamnrond Rcdwod Compnt',

2OfO So. Atucda SL '.........PRosp.ct 13:13

Hobbs Wall Lumbcr Co-

5zS RwD Bldg..'.. "..............TRlnitv 50E6

Holmce Eurc&a Lubcr Co..

7!l-712 Architetr Bldg....,..,.....MUtuaI grtr

Hovs. A. L..

522i wilshiru B!vd....................York llG6

C. D. Johnon Lumbcr Qcporatlon, 616 Pctrclm 81dg........'.....,PRospet 1165

Lawrune-Philipr Lumbcr Co., 333 Pcrclcnm Bldg.'......'.......PRo3p.ct tU{

MacDonald & Hrrinaton' Ltd.

Pctrclctm Buildhg ...............PRo.pcct 3rt

Ped6c Lumbcr Co- Thq

522s Wlbhlru Blvd. ..................YOrk rr6t

Pettcn Bllnn Lunbq Co., 52r E. srh srrut..................vAndlla 82r

Popc & Talbot, lnc, Lunbor Dlvldon' - - - --Or-W. Fiftf, Strart ...,.............TR|n|rv 52lt

Rcd Rivcr Lmbcr Co1

- -- -7Oz E. Slsuon.....................CEntury 2907r l03l S. Broadwav..'..'........'..PRotFGt CIU

Roltz Co.. E. L., - - iir pltrolau; Bus...............PRopGGt 8|e

Rooboro Lumbcr Co.' ---ilg So Orangc Drlvc.............WYoEfry 2771

San Pcdro Lumbcr Co', - r51E S. Central Ave.....'.......Rlc;hnond lfll

Santa Fc Lumbcr Co- ----iir -fi"*"ial CGNrdlr Blds........VAndikc ||7r

Schafc Bro. Lubcr & ShlngL CorU W 9th Strc.t..........'.......'.TRIaltv {271 Shcvlin Finc Salo Co.t

331 Pctrcleum 81d9...........'...PRotpet a6l5

Sudden & Chriatenon, 6il0 Board of Tradi Bldg.. .....TRinitv EE'l'l

Tacoma Lumbcr Salcr.

63? Petrolctrn Bldt. ..........'...PRo.pcGt Uet

Union Lumber Co..

923 W. M. Garlind Bld:. .......'..TRinltv zt2

lilcndllng-Nathu Co..

5225 -Wilrhirc Blvd................'..'YOrk ll6t

Wost Oreson Lumbcr Co427 Petrcleum Bldt..'...........Rlcbmoud 02El

W. llf. Wllklnm, 3rE W. 9th Stret....'.............TRinitv 1613

E. K. Wood Lunbcr Co., {701 Smta Fc Avenu............JEffmn 3lll

Weyerhaeuscr Sales Co., lzo W. lrt. Garland Bldg.........Mlchigu Gl9l

CREOSOTED LUMBER-POLES-PILING.

TIES

Aruricu Lumbcr & Trcating Co., f03l S. Brudway.................PRorpcct 1363

Ba:tor. J. H. & Co.. 6el' W.tt srh Strct,.............lllchigu 52tl

HARDWOODS

Cadwalladcr-Gibson Co., Inc,

3526 E. Olympic Blvd.... .AlYgclur llltl Stantor. E. J. & Son' 20tl' Eart 3Eth Strot ".........CE!ter! Ztzll Wostcn Hardwood Lumbcr Co., 20l.| E. l5th StrEt,.......'......PRorFct Sral

SASH-DOORS-MTLLWORK PANEI.S AND PLYWOOD

Califomia Door Company, Thc 23?-2ll CGntral Avo..,,'. "".,....TRInlty 7{61

California Pmcl & Vcnocr Co., 955 S. Alancda Str6t ..'."'...'TRinltv O|5?

Cobb Co- T. M., 5E0l Central Avcnuc. .ADmr tlll' Eubanl & Son, Inc., L. H. (Inglcwood) r0r0 E. Hyde Park Blvd.. .ORcaon t-1560 Kehl. Jno. W. & !]on' 652 S. Mycrr Str$t.,.......'......ANgclu lltl

Mutual Mruldlng & IJ|mbn c,., 93Gt 3o. Hoper Avc.............L./Urt'ctt l9z

Oregon-Waehington Plywod Co., 3lt Welt Ninth Strect. .TRinity 1613

Pacific Wood Froductr Corporation 3600 Tyburn Stret.................Al.buy Cllt

Pacific Mutual Dmr Co. 1600 E. Waghington Blvd... .PRorpcct 95al

Reu Compuy, Go. E., 235 S. Almeda Strcct............Xlchigu rtSl

Rcd River Lumber Co., 702 E. Slauon.. .CEntury 2907f

Smpco Co. (Paradena), ?45 So. Ravnmd Avc.........PYrufrl l-ZUa

Wcst Cdst Scrun Co., trls E. 63rd Str6t..,.............4Du. UlaE

Wbels Orgood Saloc Corporation, 922 S. Flryq Strct...............VAndiLo C|2a

55? Mrrtat GArficld C'2