The California Lumber Merchant - July 1942

DOOR GO.

Home Office-Aberdeen, Wcrsh.

Stecrmers-Annc Schder cnd Mtrrgqret Schcrler Buying Office-ReedsPort, Ore.

Sales Representative of Robert Gray Shingle Go., Irc. and Gudiner lumhr Co. Scles Ofrces

TACOMA LUMBER SALES

7lt w. oLYatPIc BLVD., tos ANGEI.ES, cAUF. CARGO and RAIL

REPRESENTING

PHONE: PBOSPECT IIOS

ST. PAIIT & TACOMA TUMBER CO. TACOMA HARBOR TUMBER CO. FI8 HEIiILOCT SHNGI^ES LATII FN LUMBEN

DICKMAN TUMBER COMPANY

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PETERMAN MANUT'ACTURING CO. r.In LI'MBEB FlB LI,MBEB

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COMPANY

EATONVITTE TUMBER COMPAilY FIR SPBUCE FIR HEMLOCE 3AIL SHINGLES

VANCOUVER PTYWOOD & VENEER CO. DET'IAIICE TUMBER COMPANY pL\rVtrOOD m tUItDEn AlD tAttt

OPERATING

S. s. IJII(E FRANCES S. S. WHITNEY OITSON S. S. WEST COAST

BAXCO

CIIROMATED ZIl{C CHTORIDE

A Profitable ftern for the Dealer

It will pqy you to displcy this Eubqnk ironing bocrrd, with its pctented swivel, iron receptccle, cnd qll moving parts in metcl, not in wood.

Sell lumber thct yiel& d ptolit cstd lcsting Bdtisldction, CZC, ihe protecled lunber, is clecr, odorless md pointoble. It is temite csrd decdy resist@t od lire retarding-. You can sell it lor F.H,A., U. S. Goveroent, Los Anseles C.fte ctnd CouDW cnd Urtilom Building Code lobg. CZC trecr6d lumber il slocled Io1 iPmedidle shiplo€nt in coEnercidl 8iz€8 dt l.ong Baqch od Almedcr. Ask about our exchage service crad raill shipneal plor.

Gdllmb SJG lrrb. UEST-G0AST W00D PRESERYII{G G0.. Sutth 601 W. Filth St., Lor Aasclcr, Cclil., Phorc Mchlscr 6191 33ll Moatgoncry Sf., So Frcacirco, Ccl- Pholo DOuilcr 388t

Sold through declers only.

EIIBAI|K & Soil, ItG. 433 W. Redondo 8lvd. Ingle*ood, Cclif. ORegon 8-1666

POPE & IAIBOT, INC. TUMBER DIYISION

E\^/ALJ NA KILN DRIE D

DEPENDABTE RAIL SHIPPERS of QucrlitY Lumber, Shingles, Piling 6 Ties

461 Mcrket St., Scn Frcncisco DOuglcs 2581

LOS ANGELES

714 W. Olympic Blvd. Phone PRospect 8231

PONTLAND, OBE. McCormick Termincl Phone ATwcter 916l

PHOENIX, AAIZ 612 Title 6 Truet Bldg. Telephone ,l3l2l

EUGENE, ONE. 202 Tiffcny Bldg. Phone EUgene 2728

This mark is your arNlurance of thoroughly, properly, and uniforrrly Kiln Dried Ponderosa Pine Lumber, Mouldings, and Cut Stock EVERY month of EVERY year.

EWAUNA BOX GO.

Klamath Falls, Oregon

Cen&al California Representative Pyramid Lumber Sdes Co., Oakland

I. E MARTIN Mcrntrging E&tor

W. T. BI.ACK f,dvertisingr Mcrncger

THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT IackDiorrne,ptblislw

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LOS ANGELES, CAL, JULY l, 1942

How Lumber Lrooks

Lumber production during the week ended June 13, 1942, was one per cent greater than the previous week, shipments were 5 per cent greater, new business, 26 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 8 per cent above production; new orders 29 per cent above production. Compared with the corresponding week of. 1941, production was 4 per cent greater, shipments 8 per cent greater, and new business 10 per cent greater. The industry stood at I4l per cent of the average of production in the corresponding week of 1935-39 and 163 per cent of average 1935-39 shipments in the same week.

Reported production for the first 23 weeks of. 1942 was 2 per cent below corresponding weeks of. I94I; shipments were 6 per cent above the shipments, and new orders 10 per cent above the orders of the 1941 period. For the 23 weeks of. 1942, new business was 26 per cent above pro'duction, and shipments were 15 per cent above production.

The ratio of unfilled orders to gross stocks was 67 per eent on June 13, 1942, compared with 43 per cent a year ago. Unfilled orders were 24 per cent greater than a year ago; gross stocks were 19 per cbnt less.

During the week 466 mills produced 269,271,000 feet of hardwoods and softwoods combined, shipped 290,858,000 feet, and booked orders of,348,140,000 feet.

Lumber orders for the week repolted by 377 softwood mills totaled 331,841,000 feet, shipments were n6,4n,W feet, and production was 258,315,000 feet. 104 hardwood

mills for the week gave ments 14,418,000 feet, and

orders as 16,299,4ffi feet, shipproduction 10,956,000 feet.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended June 13,96 mills reporting, gave orders as 94,274,0AO feet, shipments 84,087,000 feet, and production 96,101,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled,494,332,A0A f.eet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended June 13, 110 mills reporting, gave orders as 34,572,0ffi feet, shipments 34,674,M feet, and production 25,988,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 185,405,000 feet.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week reported orders as 190,281,000 feet, shipments 147,878,000 feet, and production 128,342,60 f.eet.

ADD NEW STORAGE SPACE

W.holesale Lumber Distributors, fnc., recently took on extra lumber storage space at First and Oak Street, Oakland, to replace half their yard recently leased by the Navy. They still retain their office building, shed, and half their orginal yard area at 601 de Fremery Street.

IN AIR FORCE

George Whitlach, Oakland, is now in mento,

formerly with Melrose Lumber Co., training at McClellan Field, Sacra-

GAMERSTON & GREEN

WHOLESALE LUMBER

Two Jobbing Yard Stocks & Mill Shipments

Rail and truck deliveries

Fit*Redwood-Ponderosa & Sugar Pine Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Plywood, Ties

-,lacorporctcd uder tbc lm ol Cclilonia

C. Dlouc, Prcr. cnd froc.; I. E Mcrtia, Vicc-Preg.; W. T. Blccl, Srcrctcry Publfubcd tho let md lsth ol .ach nonth at 508-9-10 crntrst !ull@g, lltr lllert sbctb Street, Lor trrgctcr, cql., tolophoao vArdth ls6!i Eatercd ca Secoad-clql! nctter Septenb* 8,79?9, at thc poci Officc at Lor Angelds, Cclitonic, ruder lct of Mqrch 3, l8?9

Subxription Price, $2.00 per Yecr Single Copies, 25 cents ecch

\fPB Limits Plywood in New Order

San Francisco, June 15'-Reduction of the number of sizes of moisture-resistant Douglas fir plywoods has been ordered by the War Production Board in order to create an additionai production of about 20 million feet per month'

Limitation order L-150, issued today prohibits the production or delivery after July 1 of types and sizes of Douglas fir plywoods other than those listed in the order, except upon the specific authorization of the Director of Industry Operations. ' z

It is expected that the simplification practices ordered will result in a reduction of sizes from about 4,300 to approximately 300, the WPB regional office said here' The iires permitted will satisfy all normal consumer demands, includlng war requirements, according to officials of the lumber and lumber products branch.

Delivery is permitted for work which had been com' pleted on July 1, or work so processed that conformity with the specifications would.be impracticable.

No. 1276.1 LIMITATION ORDER L-150:

(b) Simnlified practice: Effective date. On and after July t ' i, 1942, no'producer shall manufacture or deliver Dougias Fir plywood, and no person shall receive Douglas Fii prv*'o.id from atty pt6du.er, unless it is of one of itt" 'typ.t ancl sizes iet forth below, e19ept upon the ip".if,l written authorization of the Director of Industry OPerations:

Paul Bunyan's Products in the Modern Home

Soft pine siding crnd trim, interior pcneling oI knottY or clecr Pine, mouldings, Iinish crnd shelving. Pine for doors, sqsh and millwork.

Ply'urood pcnels ol the sqme eqsyworking easy-painting pine lor cqbinets, walls and door Pqnels.

Veneticn blind slcrts ol Incense Cedqr lor cir cnd light control with window coverings thqt hcrmonize with the wood interior and furniture.

"Pcul BunYern's" CATIFORNIA PINES

SoIt Ponderoscr cmd Sugcr Pine Incense Cedcrr

IN tOS ANGEIES TENRITOBY

Sheathing

Automobile and (1) Industrial

(1) As ordered up to 48

(2) As ordered up to 96

(c) Exceptions:

% (3 plv or 5plyunsanded)

% (3 ptv) % (5 prv)

(5 plv) % (5 ptv)

% (5 plv) ,/+ (3 ply unsanded) 5/16 (3 ply unsanded)

% (3 plv unsanded)

% (5 plv unsanded) 9/16 (5 ply unsanded) ls 6 ply unsanded) ll/16 (S ply unsanded)

% (5 plv unsanded)

% (5 plv unsanded)

% (7 plv unsanded)

(1) Producers may ship finished stock on hand as of July lst.

Q\' Military orders in effect calling for Douglas Fir Plvwood not contained herein may be completed'

"Pcrul Bunycrn's" PRECI$ON WIIIDOW IIMT K. D. Two Eundtes. Frqne, D. II. Window, Screen Bclances, HooLs, Hcagers

Meets crll 2 x 4 wcll requirenent:. Frcrne conrtruction

F.H.A. cPProved

The

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MEIT,IBER WESTERN PINE ASSOCTATION

RED RIYER LUMBER (0.

nEGrsrEnED

"We accepted this war for a worthy object, and the war will not end until that object is attained. Under God, we hope it will not end until that time." (Abraham Lincoln)

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Some wag says that if you ever get to wondering \dhy some actor acts so nutty, just remember that it was an actor who shot Lincoln.

A lot of people, probably the younger generation mostly, seem to think the Germans in this war are more atrocious, more cruel, more bloodthirsty than were the Germans in the first World War under the Kaiser. I can't agree. They may not be any better-probably the same-but certainly they can be no worse. Not even the Huns bf Attila ever exhibited more unrestrained ferocity and cruelty and bloodthirstiness than did the soldiers of the Kaiser. Naturally we reel with horror as we read what is happening in poland, in Greece, in Czechos,lovakia, and elsewhere. But we read as bad or worse things every day in 1917 and 1918. After the first World War ended there came a very amazing campaign of publicity and propaganda that sought to convince the world that the tales of German horror had been exaggerated; that ttrey weren't true; that the heat of war was responsible for the building up of horror stories. A world of people came to believe that the Germans had not been as guilty as they were pictured during the fighting days. But we have gone far enough into the present confict to realize that those tales of nameless cruelty were probably all too true. The Germans were only acting true to form.

To refresh my own ^.:"; "" .n. subject, I went back over a lot of stuff I wrote during l91Z and l91g on the subject of the war, and found that I was horror-stricken then at what I read and heard about the Germans, and their rampant atrocities. I find myself writing in the spring of 1918 about pro-Germans in this country, and saying the following about them: "A pro-German is one who is in favor of Germany winning the war. He is therefore in sympathy with the German methods of warfare. He believes in the crucifixion of women ! He believes in the torture of little children ! He believes in the emasculation

of prisoners of war! He beJieves in wholesale rape ! He be, lieves in the nameless mutilation of God-fearing women ! He believes in the commitment of every outrage, every horror, every beastiality, every indecency, evdry crime against God and man, against woman and child, that the sewer-like mind of an army of man.beasts urged on by a master-beast, can conceive of. He believes in the pillage of the whole world, in the enslavement of mankind by a hideous monster. He believes in everything that is wrong, and nothing that is right ! THAT is a pro-German !" ***

No, looking back over the dark days of the first World War it seems that the war methods and manners of Germany were at least as bad under the Kaiser as they are under Hitler. From a standpoint of cold bloodthirstiness Hitler could teach the Kaiser nothing. Of course, I think the Japs are more barbarous than the Germans, the difference being that in times of peace the Germans are civilized people, while the Japs have never lifted above the level of barbarism, actually. They learn cruelty at their mother's knee. But it is hard to understand how the Germans, who in times of peace worship God and His Son, can, when war comes, forget so thoroughly and completely that '.we are all the sons of God and it doth not yet appear what we shall be."

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What a sensation it is to sit and watch the greatest events, in history whirl round our heads! And to wonder what in the name of Hades will happen within the next week. As f punch this piece on my typewriter, the war has reached another astounding turn of the road. The Germans have just taken Tobruk, and chased the rest of the British Ar-y out of Libya. The current number of Time Magazine shows a procession of our latest type huge American tanks operating in Libya. Who has them now? Will they be using them to shoot at our boys next? The papers announce Nazi successes on the Russian front. The pig-Boats are still sinking our freighters faster than Hell itself on this side of the Atlantic. The Japs are pushing farther into the Aleutians, say the latest reports. Things look anything but rosy at this moment. And the redoubtable Churchill is in

Washington talking to the President. What a spot that brave Britisher is in ! Will he still be the Big Boss when he gets back to England? Reports from London say the hottest fire ever lighted on his tail is burning now. If he gets out of this spot and holds his job it will be almost a miracle. I tike him-admire him. He is a great man in many ways. The greatest orator the world has produced in many generations; a great patriot; a great statesman; a grand gentleman. But-and that is no small but, my friends-the question Britain has been asking of late, and is asking now louder than ever before is,-is he a great military man? If not, then his other greatness cannot help him. And if he is NOT, then in spite of all his other splendid attributes, Britain will havt to get rid of him and replace him with someone who can win battles. For so far in more than two years of war she has lost many bitter battles, terrific campaigns, and won not a single one.

There's a big though,;".: rJ, tnirrr.i'g people to muse over at this critical mornent in the history of this greatest of all wars. A man may have everything else, but if he hasn't great military skill, then his leadership of the war effort can only result in disaster. If he plans his campaigns wrongly, and puts his men where they should not be, and not where they should be, then he might have a preponderance of tanks, guns, ships, and planes, and still lose the final contest. Britain is no doubt trying to decide as this is being written, what to do about Churchill. There is no restraint in the debate that is swinging backward and forward across England. Every man speaks his mind, in person, in print, on the radio, or on the soap-box. The fate of England is at stake, and there is no thought of withholding opinions. Of course a man who is NOT a military genius is no more to blame for that fact than for not having the voice of Caruso or the fists of Joe Louis. It is something he can't help. And just because a man is a great orator, patriot, citizen, and gentleman, does not mean that

he may not be entirely lacking in military finesse and ability. And THAT is the problem England is regretfully trying to solve right now. Is their favorite son a failure or an unfortunate as a planner of warlike activities? The next few weeks wiU tell-p€rhaps less.

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I can remember how I used to think-and say-after a trip through some great milling district of the West, that there never was, there never would be a demand for lumber that those huge mills could not swamp in no time at all if they turned on the steam. What a laugh! The West is just as completely swamped right now trying to fill the tremendous maw of the war effort, as are the smaller mills of the South. Even yet it seems incredible, however, that such a thing could be. In the South the mills are of very modest size, smaller far on the average than they were ten or twenty years ago. They are efficient, but small' It's a mighty big Southern mill that can cut 100,000 feet of lumber in an eight-hour shift. So I could easily imagine the Southern mills getting snowed under by some great emergency rush of business. But the West? I never would have believed it. There are almost countless mills from Central California north to the Canadian line that cut more than 100,000 feet in a single shift; scores and scores that can cut two hundred, three hundred, four hundred, and even five hundred thousand feet in a single shift, and all of them equipped for multiple shift operations. A mill with four or five headrigs is no novelty anywhere on the Coast. A mill that will cut thirty, forty, and even fifty thousand feet an hour, creates no excitement. California, Oregon, Washington, and the Inland Empire all have 'em. So, when I read, as I do every day, that the unfilled order files on the Coast are .steadily increasing, and that the world is still begging for unplaced lumber, I iust shake my old head in wonderment. How can such a thing be? All I know is that it IS.

Ne* Ceifing Prices for Dougfas Fir and Other West Coast Lumber

Revised Price Schedule No. 26 f.or Douglas Fir and other West Coast lumber was issued by the Office of price Administration on June 16 and became effective on June D, 1942.

___$ 1381.51 Maximum prices for Douglas fir and other West Coast lumber. On ind after June b, lg4Z, regardless 9f -1"y contract or other obligatiori, no person ihalf selt or deliver any Douglas fir or olher West Coast lumber for domestic or export use, and no person shall buy or receive in the course of trade or business any Douglas-fir or other West Coast lumber:

in building, construction, remodeling, repair, maintenance, or fabrication, and must not be'a sali'fof resale in substantially the same form.

. (ii) Where a shipment is by rail it must be a sale in less than- carload quantity. Where shipment is by water or by truck it must be a sale of not mort than IS,600 feet boarh mea.sure.. For_ the purpose of this subparagraph the size of the sale is determined by th.e size of-the -order, and the size of the order is determined'by the over-all quantity involved in a single transaction.

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(a) At _prices -higher than the maximum prices set forth in Appendix Aj $ 1381.62, where the shipment originates at a milr, or rn a torelgTl country.

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(b) At .pric,es hig,her than the maximum prices set forth in Appendix A, $ 1381.62, plus 93.50 per thouiand feet board measure, where a shipment originating at a mill satisfies all of the tests of a "direct-mill retail sile,, as set forth in $ 1381.s8 (a) (8).

.(iii) ft-must be acco-mpanied by all the following ser- vices; delivery to the job site, when so ordered bv thE purchaser, and in such quantities and at such times js the bur_ chas.er specifies; tallying and checking at destination;^the privilege of exchanging goods and retrirning unused -"t"r- ral; and the readiness and ability of the seller immediately to replace deficiencies and adjust complaints from stocks kept on hand for the purpose.

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(c] et plige_s higher than the maximum prices established by General Maximum Price Regulation,s'where the shioment originates at a distribution yard, whether wholesale or retail.

(d)-ryo person-shall offer, agree, solicit, or attempt to do any of the foregoing.

_ $ 1381.62 Appendix. A: Maximum prices for Douglas fir and other West Coast lumber where siripment originites at a mill. .-(a) The maximum prices for Douglas nr iumte, f.. 9, b. mill per one thousand feet board rieasure where shipment originates at the mill, shall be as follows:

FLOORING, RI, DRY

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(e)-T_he__provisions of this Maximum price Regulation No. 26 shall not be app-licable to sales or deliverie, oT Doug- las fir or other Wesi Coast lumber to a purchaser, if priJr to June D,1942, such lumber had been reciived bv a cairier. other than a carrier owned or controlled by the seller for shipment to such purchaser.

- $ 1381.58 Definitions. (a) This Maximum price Resu- lation No. 26, and the terms'appearing therein, unless ?he context otherwise requires, shall be construed as follows:

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(2) "Douslas fir and other West Coast lumber', means D.ouglas_fir (Pseudotsuga Taxifolia), West Coast hemlock (Tsuga Heterophylla an-d Tsuga l\fertensiana) and all spe- cies of true fir (Abies) lumbeiproduced in mills located in those parts of Oregon and Wjshington lying west of thc crest of the Cascade Mountains, and in Del\orte. Humboldt, Mendocino and Sonoma counties in California, and in Canada.

(4) "Distribution yard" means a yard whether wholesale or retail, which purchases or receives Douglas fir or other West Coast lumber for purposes of putting-it in stock and re.selling, which regularly maintains -a stock of lumber, and which processes into lumber, by sawing or planing. less than- 50 p_er cent of the volume bf such 'logs or lumBer so purchased or received by it.

(5) A shipment is deemed to "originate at a mill', when the lumber reaches the p-urchaser -without having been stored as an integral part oJ the yard stock of a distribution yard as herein defined.

(6) A shipment is deemed to ,,originate at a distribution ygrd:,'.whether wholesale or retail, when, and only when, the shipment is made out of a stock of lumber which was an integral part of the seller's stock ai the time the sale was made.

.(8) "Direct-mill retail sale." for the purpose of determining whe-ther the 93.50 mark-up provided i; g 13S1.51 (b) may be added, means a sale in -which the shipment orig- inates at a mill, and which satisfies all of the followine testi:

(i) It nust be a sale to a consumer or contractor for use

or RO-DRY B. Bct.

Ship plank, Par. No, ?f7. same as B and Bet. Tank and Dor stck,- B. Bet. add $4.@ per l1[ to B. Bet,, same size. .For Ureen deduct 910.00 per M corresponding sizc and graile, For T & G same is S4S-in 1/ in thiiker aa-a Sa.m.tor-rabbetted jamb, sills, nosing, etc,, aaa W,OOi if quantity less than A)00 fr. add $3.0 set up charge,

THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

For Sel. Mer. add $3.00, Sel. Str. $5.00 to No. 1 Qom. For No.2 Green. deduct $2.00 from No. I Com' Gieen. For No. 3 Green, dcduct h3 to A<8,$8.00,2x10-2x12,$9.00 from No' 1 Green. For No. 2 Dry, deduct

ates at a mill, shall be as follows:

(1) For inch common boards: same as Douglas fir.

(2) For all other items: deduct $1.0O from corresponding Douglas fir prices.

(c) For mixed car, mixed cargo, or mixed truck shipments $2.00 additional per 1,000 feet board measure may be charged. A mixed car or mixed cargo shipment consists of four or more items as hereinafter defined of at least 1,00O board feet each. A mixed truck shipment consists of four or more items of at least 250 feet each. For the purpose of this definition the following classifications of lumber of any different species shall constitute an item:

(1) Boards, shiplap or strips, (2) Dimension, (3) Planks and_small timbers, not exceeding 4" in thickness, (4) Large timbers-,- exceeding 4' in thickness, (5) flooring, (6) siding, (7) ceiling or partition, (8) finish, (9) rough- clears, (10) stepping, (11) mouldings, (12) silo stock, (13) gutter, (14) corn cribbing, (15) lath, (16) casing and base.

.The Revised Price Schedule also has provisions on records and reports, enforcement, evasion, petition for amendment, less than maximum prices, condilional agreements, and sales for export.

Bob Osgood Will Operate Under Own Name

Maximum prices for several other items, in addition to the above, are listed in the Revised Price Schedule. General Notes. (Applies to entire appendix).

(7) All grade, size, and paragraph references contained herein refer to the "Standard Grading and Dressing Rules, No. 11," (1942), effective April 1, L942, as published by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association.

(b) The maximum prices for other West Coast lumber (Western hemlock and all species of true fir (Abies)) f.o.b. mill per 1,000 feet board measure, where shipment origin-

Robert S. (Bob) Osgood, sales manager for Frieder Brothers, Lumber Division, Los An$eles, announces that the company has suspended operation of their lumber division for the duration. When the war is over and they can run their Philippine mills again, they will resume operations.

Bob Osgood will continue the office, operating under his own name. He will carry on with the same mill connections established by Frieder Brothers, and he will serve the trade with softwoods, hardwoods, veneers and plywood. The telephone number remains the same, VAndike 8033.

Answering the Quesfisp--\Vhv Advertise Now?

l. The net cost ol your advertising todcry is lower thcrn ever belore.

2. Advertisinq can keep you foom being lorgotten, crnd misunderstood.

3. Self-preservqtion demands c continucl olfensive on the business lront lor cny business thcrt hopes to be here when the war ends.

4. Advertising can insure trcde ncme, good will, cmd customer understqnding cgcinst the time when normql business conditions return.

5. Advertising c<rn tell crn institutional story, il your product is not qvqilcrble.

6. Advertising can explcin WHY your products cre not cvcilcrble.

7. Advertisingrcan pinch hit lor scrlesmen who are uncble to mcrke their regulcr ccrlls.

8. AdvertisineJ ccn keep you in lriendly touch cnd contcrct with your trcde during extrcordincry times and situcrtions.

9. Advertising can assist in lifting morcrle to cr higher level-and keeping it there.

10. Advertising ccn keep the news cnd lccts crbout chcnging conditions llowing stecdily to your customers during times when normcrl relations ccrnnot prevcil.

ll. Advertising is q verscrtile wecpon. It irs no respecter of times, conditions, persons, plcces, or'things. It cqn cccomplish mcny uselul things besides inviting the immedicrte sqle oI goods. It works in good times qnd bad,. in lecrn or lqt dcrys,. in Iecrsts or lcrmines; il intelligently and thoughtluily employed. And the returns will be in direct ratio to the honest-to-God eIIort that is put behind it.

Official Interpretation Clarifies Some Points in Building Restriction Order

The following official interpretation is hereby issued by the Director of Industry Operations rvith respect to Section No. 1071.1, Conservation Order No. L-41:

(a) The term "construction" in paragraph (a) (2) does not include the excavation or other movement of earth where no material except earth or other unprocessed material is to be incorporated.

(b) In connection with paragraphs (a) (3), (a) (4) and (a) (5), where part of a building, structure, or project falls within one class under said order and other parts within another or other classes, the predominant designed use shall determine classification of the whole construction.

(c) In connection rvith paragraphs (a) (4) and (") (5), ' a structure to be used primarily for the storage of farm products which are produced by a person other than the proprietor of such structure shall be interpreted to be "other restricted construction".

(d) The cost of construction, as defined in paragraph (a) (7), shall include the cost of an article, chattel or fixture if such article, chattel or fixture is to be

(a) Physically incorporated in and used as part of the construction; or

(b) So substantially afifixed to the construction that it may not be detached without materially injuring it or the construction.

(e) The cost of construction, as defined in paragraph (a) (7), shall include neither '

(a) The value of used material, including equipment, , which has been severed from a building, structure or project and is to be used in the construction, without change in ownership; nor

(b) The estimated cost of labor in incorporating such material.

(f) The term "without change of design" in paragraph (r) (9), is interpreted to permit change in material or type of equipment if the architectural or structural plan is not substantially altered in efiecting such change.

(g) I" determining whether the estimated cost of a particuar building, structure or project exceeds the cost limits permitted under paragraphs (b) (4) (i), (b)

'DUROID' Elecho Galvanized

(5) and (b) (6) over any continuous twelve month period, the cost of any construction thereon during said period authorized under the provisions of paragraph (b) (7) shall not be included.

Issued this 6th day of June,1942.

J. S. Knowlson, Director of Industry Operations

JOHN G. ZLEL rN NAVY

John G. Ziel, for many years a lumber importer and exporter in San Francisco, has closed his office and is now a Lieutenant in the Navv.

CLEM FRASER WITH HOGAN LUMBER CO.

Clem Fraser, well known East Bay lumberman, is now associated with Hogan Lumber Company, Oakland.

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fulV 6]@uonife Shrul .

Bf le Sauna

Age not guaranteed---Some I have told lor 20 years---Some Legc Just a Matter o[ Common Sense

The news got around that Jim Mapes had made a killing in the sugar market, investing all th'e money he could get hold of in that commodity months ago, and selling it at a hundred per cent profit. His friends were inclined to make much of thd thing, to brag about his foresight, his business acumen, and one day in a gang someone referred to him as a financial genius. ffe was a modest sort of guy, and this was going too far. He said:

"Aw, nuts ! I'm not a financial genius, or anything of the sort, just a blundering sort of guy who does the best he can. I'll tell you how I came to make that sugar money, and you'll see how simple it was. One day I went home and my wife was starting a Victory Garden. I went out

to look. She had a big sack of fertilizer she had bought and was putting onto the garden patch. I askid her how much she paid for it, and she said five dollars a hundred. That's five cents a pound. I looked at the stuff and it was mostly cow manure.

"The next morning I happened to be looking over commodity prices in the paper and I noticed that sugar was selling for three-and-a-half cents a pound, wholesale. So I got up all the money I could, and bought sugar with it. That's all there was to the thing. Hell, it don't take a genius, does it, to know that sugar is worth more than cow manure?"

We invite lumber dealers to take advantage of our well assorted stocks of

Mill Price Ceiling---fled Cedar Shingles

Maximum prices for Red Cedar shingles, which represent about 95 pei cent of all wood shingles produced in the United States, were issued under Maximum Price Regulation 164 on June 16 by the Office of Price Administration. The regulation becomes effective June D,1942.

$ 1381.4 Evasion. (a) The price limitations set forth in this Maximum Price Regulation No. 154 shall not be evaded, whether by direct or indirect methods, in co:rnection with an offer, solicitation, agreement, sale, delivery, purchase or receipt of or relating to red cedar shingles, alone or in conjunction with any other commodity or by way of commission, service, transportation, or other charge, or discount, premium, or other privilege, or by tying agreement or other trade understanding, or otherwise.

(b) Specifically, but not exclusively, the following practices are prohibited:

(1) decreasing the percentage of cash discount below that granted by the seller in October, 194I, or shortening the cash discount period or the credit period granted by the seller in October, 1941, (2) making any charge for extension of credit if no separate charge for such credit was made by the seller in October, 1941, or increasing the charges for extension of credit in effect in October, 1941,

(3) unnecessarily routing red cedar shingles through a distribution yard, (4) falsely or wrongly grading or invoicing red cedar shingles, (5) refusing to sell except on a delivered basis, and (5) quoting a flat price on items covered by this Maximum Price Regulation No. 164, and items not covered by any price schedule or regulation or the General Maximum Price Regulation.

$ 1381.5 Records and reports. (a) On and after J:une 29, t942, every person, who, during any calendar month offers or agrees to sell, sells, or delivers, or offers or agrees to buy, buys, or receives a total of 250 squares or more of red cedar shingles in the course of trade or business, where the shipment originates at the mill, shall keep for inspection by the Office of Price Administration for a period of not less than two years, a complete and accurate record of every such offer, agreement, purchase, sale or delivery, showing the date thereof, the name and address of the buyer and the seller, the price paid or received, and the quantity of each kind or grade purchased or sold. Enforcement. The usual penalties under the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 will apply.

Applicability. This ceiling supersedes the General Maximum Price Regulations.

S 1381.11 Appendix A: Maximum prices for red cedar shingles. (a) The Maximum prices f.o.b. mill per square, green or dry, in mixed or straight load shipments, shall be.

Length and thickness Width

le' 5/2 (XXXXX). .Random

a,

18' 5/2-I/4 (Perfec- tions) .Random

5" ot 6"

18" 5/2 (Eurekas). .. ..Random

24" 4/2 (Royals) ..Random

(b) A delivered price in excess of the maximum f.o.b. mill prices set forth in paragraph (a), of this section may be charged consisting of such maximum prices plus actual transportation costs to the extent that such costs are paid by the seller: Provided, That the f.o.b. mill price and the amount added for transportation (whether based on actual or estimated weights) are set forth as separate charges on the invoice. Where shipment is by motor vehicle, owned or controlled by the seller, the transportation charge may not exceed the actual expense to the seller of such delivery. Where the shipment is by common or contract carrier, such charge may not exceed the amount actually paid by the seller to such carrier. However, it shall not be deemed a violation of this section to:

(1) use the following estimated weights in computing transportation costs even though they prove to be greater than the actual weights'

estimated weights

(d) The maximum prices for shipments originating in Canada and delivered in the United States shall be the maximum f.o.b. mill prices set forth in paragraphs (a) and (c) of this section plus the transportation costs provided in paragraph (b) of this section: Provided, That such transportation costs may not exceed the transportation costs which could have been added by the seller had the shipment originated at Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

Issued this 16th day of lune 1942.

LEON HIINDERSON. Administrator

A Busy Business This Lumber Business

BY JACK DIONNE

As I wctch the cnrtics oI the lurirber business right now there comes to mind cr story I used to love cbout the guy who struck oil cnd got suddenly very rich crnd very sell-importcsrt, One dcy he rushed inio the depot, threw cr twenty dollar bill down on the desk and scdd to the ticket crgent:

"Gimme cr ticket."

The agent asked, "Where to?"

He scid: "Anywhere. Hell, it dort't mcrke no differencel I've got business cll overl"

And thcrt's certcdnly the lix the lumber industry, root and brcrnch, iE in" It's got business all over, cnd it's working night cmd dcy, Sundcrys cmd holidcrys, trying to keep up wilh the tide.

Since the lqst issue ol this ioumcrl filteen dcrys <rgo there crre a lew new things in the news bqsket, most importcrnt ol which is the recently issued ceiling price on Red Cedcrr shingles, crnd the meetings now being held between Government and industry to decide whct should be done cbout the "Ireeze" order which will soon expire.

Conditions in the sawmill business crre cbout the scnne everywhere, in every diskict cnrd in every species ol lumber,' there crre cr hundred buyers with AIA rctings sitting bcrck ol every sqyv, wcriting to grab e<rch bocrrd cs it lclls. The Governrrrent continues to buy every foot it ccrn get oI the pcrticulcr products it needs, cnd the rest oI the world siqnds cnound clcmoring for cr shcrre ol whct's le!t.

The decler, lhe commission mcnr" the wholesaler-they crre cll in one Hell of a lix. The first two ccn find little to sell, cnd the third can find little to buy. And, crs is clwcrys the ccse, there seems to be an unlimited demcrnd or clcrmor lor everything the Govenunent doesn't seize tor its own" Every lumber dealer everywhere gees cround him what looks like q torrent ol demcnrd lor which he cqn supply only cr trickle of lumber. Tbey crre cll looking to the luture, wciting lor the time when civilicm business will be bcck in the scrddle cAcin cnrd when the war effort will hcrve lcrgely supplied its gicmt cppetite. Every decler is using his wits to see how much business he ccrn do on the items of lumber thcrt cre NOT covered by the Government lreeze. He is reclly interested in the *CAN DO'S" crnd the *CAN'T DO'S" now. OI course the "CAN DO'S" shrunk horribly when the lreeze order ccrme out, but they didn't entirely discppecrr, cnd the smcrt deqler is trying to mcke lhem serve his purpose until he cqn do better by his trcde.

I ccn imcrgine the lumber dealer generclly burning the midnight oil, with the heeze order on one side oI his desk and the production sheets on the other, trying to figure iust what the mill ccn sell him, and how he ccm use it

Some declers crre quitting business lor the durcrtion, but not cr lcrge percentcge. It is humcrn nqture to hope lor the best crnd to see the silver lining to every businees cloud, cmd the retail lumbermqn is pcrticutcrrly good at thcrt. He is much more inclined to stcry cnd fight the thing out urith whcrtever is lelt lor him to light with, criming to keep the wheels ol his business turning--+ven though slowly-until the mills hcrve lumber to sell cacin Luurbennen generclly cre fighters, cnd fighters don't quit, They preler to mcrneuver, to chcmge, to twist cnd turn crnd mckeshilt, in order to keep going. They know thqt some dcry the grect crppetite ol the wqr mqchine lor lumber is going to be lcrgely scrrislied, crnd thct ir the time they look lonncrrd to.

The commission men cre gqme. Like the declers they cre trying new tricks, new crrtilices, new wtrys crnd mecrns oI plcrcing themgelvee in the lumber wqr eflort, cnd most ol them crre highty optimistic. The wholescler has tcrken c severe drubbing, but is still in there pitching, cnd in numerous_ c_qses perlorming cr grect service in hetping the war mcrchine g-t the lumber it must hcrve. It has been no bed ol roses, but lvtr. Wholesaler hcrs furnished c lremendous service in the war progrcm.

In ihort, no depcrrlment ol ihe lumber industry has shown tbe slightest intention oI throwing in the sponge in the face ol dcrh dcrys 6jnd zli#iqutt situations and conditions. And whgn th9 em_ergency ends the entire lumber industrl'will be stoutly in the hqrnese, recdy curd equipped to do another gigcrntic iob-the cdter wcr problerr. And won't thct be cr honey?

Urge Use of Storm Sash as a Fuel Timber Engineering Looks to the Future Saving'Measure

Storm sash and storm doors, or combination doors, work hand in hand with the Government fuel conservation program, as well as in creating greater comfort for thousands of homes, according to Ponderosa Pine Woodwork Association officials. who recently urged the necessity for early installation of storm sash and storm doors as a means of alleviating a possible fuel crisis this winter.

War needs for a vast number of warehouse, factory, recreation and other types of large buildings, have greatly widened the field for timber construction. Architects and designers, many of whom have not previously worked with wood, are finding it an excellent construction material, and will undoubtedly use many of the designs made now, after the war has ended.

The West Coast I-umbermen's Association has published a long list of technical bulletins to aid such designers, and has recently added "Designing Truss Joints with Timber Connectors," showing various methods of spacing and arranging timber connectors. With the bulletin are several enclosures of reference material on the properties of wood and technology of its use, standard grades and their uses, and additional detailed information on timber connector use.

"Designing Truss Joints with Timber Connectors," is available without cost, and will be of inestimable help to the man r,r'ho is newly undertaking timber connector design.

Robert M. Bodkin

Fuel savings as great as 25 per cent can be achieved through the installation of storm' sash. storm doors or combination doors for all openings and entries, it was stated. Since stock storm sash, storm doors and combination doors may readily be obtained for all standard door and window openings, installation is quick and easy.

In addition, the greater comfort which storm sash and storm doors provide is an important factor for lumber dealers to stress. the officials added. Combination doors provide much comfort in summer as well as winter.

"Particular emphasis should be placed on the need for a complete installation of storm sash and storm doors," Robert M. Bodkin, general manag'er of Ponderosa Pine Woodwork Association, commented recently. "Too often, home owners have made only a partial installation, with the result that, while they obtained some benefit, they do not realize to the full extent the savings they can make when all openings are fully protected. Then, too, storm sash and storm doors are an important means of preserving national health through the elimination of drafts within the home. With storm sash and storm doors obtainable at such reasonable prices today, there is every reason why they should be installed right now."

Gamerston & Green Move Oakland Yard

As a result of the Navy taking over Oakland's 9th Avenue Pier and certain adjoining industrial areas, Gamerston & Green, wholesale lumber dealers, were obliged to move their Oakland yard by June 30.

They have moved to 2001 Livingston Street, Oakland, w,here they have purchased property for the new yard which is approximately two acres in.extent and has a frontage of 250 feet on Livingston Street.

Their office building and electric lumber loading hoist have been moved to the new location. The new teleohone number is KEllog 4-1884.

REPORTS FOR DUTY

Pat Sublett, assistant sales manager for E. U. Wheelock, Inc., Los Angeles, reported for duty on June 29 with the U. S. Army Air Corps at Santa Monica.

WILL BE AVIATION INSTRUCTOR

Bob Christensen, formerly with Star Lumber Co., Stockton, is completing an aviation instructor's course at the training school at Carson City, Nevada.

T8irttl[u? Greetings

North Scn lucrn" Nevcrdcr Countl', Calilornicr

Iune 18, 1942

Decr Cclilornic Lumber Merchcmt:

Your birthdcy is iust around the corner crnd I'm remembering. I remember how your advent wcs hcriled by the lumber lrcternity, who now reqlize that ct length there wcrs a voice to delend the interests oI Ccrlilornicr lumbermeru crnd to lurnish them in compcct crnd cgreecrble lonn with the inlonncrtion they needed for the conduct of their dcily crffcirs.

I remember with whct delight we hailed your first visit to our own home, how ecgerly therecrlter we cwqiied the regulcr visits cnd lound in you cr source of inlormction" entertcrinrnent crnd inspircrtion

The number ol your visits grew lrom month to monih qnd then from yecrr to yecr, until the printed evidences oI those visits piled up ct the end ol my desk curd in time, crlmost reached the top. Then ccrme the llood wcrters ol the $rnericcrn river, to becrr those precious copies crwcy on its turbid tide crnd fill .rrry mind with c sense ol loss cmd righteous indigmction crll crt the same time.

You will be telling the number oI your yecrs. I won't. No womcrn should pver cdmit thct she ccn remember thcrt fcrr bcck' but through cll those yecrs .you hcrve added to our plecrsure csrd to the growth cnd lurnishings of our .clleged minds. Your coming is still cs ecrgerly cnticipcted crs in the dcrys oI ,old, your Fun" Fccts curd Filosophy is iust qs refreshing, your editorials crs ,stirmrlctingr tour inlormctive crticles cs lruly constructive. But, do you knovr 'thc first thing we csk for when you come breezing in, is Icrck Dionne's story. 'They never lail us cnrd we pcss them on to lriends cmd crcqucintqnces until you .cgmo with cr new one.

Mcry cll good things cltend you through the unpredictqble yecrr which 'lies'before you cnd when your next yecrr's birthdcry comes, mcy it smile -up9ng world ct pecce-<r world in which those precepts lor which you slcrnd, 'hcve "become the order ol the dcry, cr world of constructive thought cnrd effort, .c wotld speeding clong thct pcrthwcy which leqds onwcrrd crnd upncnd 'towqrd the gocl of humcnity's desire.

"I'hcrve no gilts to bring you, no trophies to lay ct your leet but be sure I -wish.you well, cnd that to you cnd those who wcrtch over your desiiny I crnr fgllqtg:

Mcry happiness cttend you And crs you onwcrd lqre, Beveal to you the becuty Mcde hrown to those who shqre. And mcy you lind the glory And leel the mcgic spell, When" with the gilt you offer, You give yourselves as well.

'Mcny.returns oI the birthdqy; good luck lor the coming yecrr cnd cI[ those .thgt.gre'toJgllow.

ADEIIM MERRI.AM CONNEB

WPB lssues Interpretations of Construction Control Order

San Francisco, June Flmportant interpretations of conservation order L-41, which was issued April 9, placing all construction under rigid control, was released here today by WPB.

The order, made it necessary for builders to obtain authorization from WPB to begin residential construction costing $500 or more, agricultural construction costing $1,000 or more, or commercial and other construction cost-' ing $5,000 or more during any continuous twelve-month period.

Today's interpretations cover various classe( of construction, cost estimates and design changes.

ft was ruled that construction authorized by the WPB does not have to be included in the cost quota allowed in the order. For instance, an owner specifically authorized by the WPB to remodel an industrial plant, may still spend, in addition, up to $5,000-the limit allowed without authorization-during any twelve-month period.

ft also was ruled that where a building is used for two or more purposes, as defined in the order, it should be classified according to its predominant use.

Another interpretation provides that the estimated cost need not include the cost of used material, including equipment, which has been taken from a building and is to be used in other construction work, provided there is no change of ownership. It is not necessary' likewise, to include in the total cost estimate the cost of labor in incorporation such used material.

The estimated cost of a project, under the interpretation shall include the cost of certain equipment, including articles, chattels or fixtures physically incorporated in the building and used as a part of the building. Also included are items that cannot be detached without materially injuring them or the construction.

The term "without change of design," as it applies to repair work permitted by the order, is interpreted to allow change in material or type of equipment if the architectural or structural plan is not substantially altered in effecting the change

It was ruled that movement of earth-ditch digging, grading, etc. where no material except earth or other un-

processed material is involved should not be included in the cost of the project.

Questions and answers covering the interpretation follow:

A. The owner of a plant is permitted to spend up to $5,000 for construction during any continuous twelvemonth period. Where construction will cost more than that sum, he must obtain authorization from the WPB before starting constfuction. If such an owner receives authorization to build a $6,000 addition to his plant, does this mean he cannot spend any more money for construction during the next twelve months without first obtaining further authorization ?

A. No. The owner does not have to include the construction authorized by the WPB, so he still may spend up to $5,000 for work without specific authorization.

A. The first floor of a three-story building is used for a store and the other two floors are used for apartments. Is this building classified as residential (limit $500) or commercial (limit $5,000) ?

A. Residential, because more floor space is used for that purpose, consequently its "predominant use" is residential.

A. The owner of an office building wants to tear down partitions to enlarge one suite and use the material to build partitions in another suite. May he use this material without authorization?

A. Yes, if only used material is used and there is no change of ownership.

a. May an owner obtain used material from someone else and use it to construct similar partitions without counting the cost of such work in his twelve-month cost quota?

A. No.

A. An owner plans to build partitions using some new materials and some of his own used material. It is estimated that the total cost will be $10,000, including labor. The cost of new material and the labor needed to install it is $4,000, the balance includes the value of the used material and the labor needed to install it. Is authorizationnecessary ?

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REDWOOD REPLACES METALS

Much metal hcrs been relecrsed lor essenticrl wcrr production by the use oI CAIffORMA BEDWOOD lor bridges, culverts, tcnks' crirplcrne hcrngcrrs, and many other structures.

HAMMOI{D fiEDWOOD COMPAM is proud oI its contribution to the lumber industry's cll-out effort to supply the Nction's wcr lumber needs.

CHANNING ON WAR

. Here are some of the noted remarks of William Ellery Channing, on the subject of war:

"What distinguishes war is, not that man is slain, but that he is slain, spoiled, crushed by the cru,elty, the treachery, the murderous hand of man. The evil is moral evil. War is the concentration of all human crimes. Here is its distiriguished, accursed brand. Under its standard gather violence, malignity, rage, fraud, perfidy, rapa.city, and lust. If it only slew men, it would do little. It turns man into a beast of prey. Here is the evil of war, that man, made to be the brother, becomes the deadly foe of his kind; that man, whose duty it is to mitigate suffering makes the infliction of suffering his study and end; that man, whose office it is to avert and heal the wounds that come from Nature's powers, makes researches into Nature's laws, and arms himself with her most awful forces, that he may become the destroyer of his race."

THE PoY#J"i'PRAYER

Little Olive had just finished saying her prayers at Grandma's knee, and she seemed to be wrestling with some perplexing thought. Finally she said: "Grandma every night before I go to bed, I pray God to make brother Fred a good little boy."

Grandma said: "That's splendid of you, Olive."

Then Olive said: "But Grandma, what's bothering me is, why don't He do it?'

rHE Bicie,Jt oNn

"When water becomes ice, what is the change that takes place ?" asked the professor in chemistry.

"The biggest change, professor," said Sammy Bernstein, "is the price."

itr6"J

When Gauls and Teutons still were slaves, And lived luxuriously in caves, Who was it ruled the wanton waves?

The Irish !

wHAT Itot i""t*t

A shadow flits before me, Not thou, but like to thee, Ah, Christ, that it were possible For one short hour to see The souls we loved, that they might tell us What and where they be, lennyson.

JUST SUSPTCTOUS

The defense counsel was trying to intimidate the colored witness on the stand.

"Do you mean to insinuate," he thundered, "that my client is a thief?"

"No Suh," said the darkey, calmly, "I wouldn't do dat. But I do say dat if'n I wuz a chicking an' f saw him hangin' roun' de coop, I sholy would roost up high. Yassuh, I suttinly would !" ***

AND HE DOES I\,IEAN STILL

A much-abused farmer finallyfan the following ad in his local newspaper: I

"Anyone found near my cflcken house at night, will be found there still the next mgf,ring."

rN. *

TNE LAW

Emile Fourget wrote: "The law be loved a little, because it is felt to be just; little, because it is severe; hated a little, because it to a certain degree out of sympathy with the prev temper of the day; and respected because it is felt to

BOYS

There are many kinds of boysRollos and Tommies and Fauntleroys; Boys who are crude and blunt and rough, Boys who are made of sterner stuff; Boys who try in their blundering way A friendly, chivalrous thing to say, And only succeed in stamrnering out, Some words whose meaning is left in doubt. Boys who are awkward, boys who are bold, Boys who will never do as they're told; Boys who are bashful, boys who are shy, i Who can't be at ease however they try; Boys who are dull, boys who are brigh! Boys who are always ready to fight; : Boys with ambition and boystrithout, Boys who bristle, and boys who shout; Boys who wheedle, boys who tease, Boys who wear out their trouser knees; Of all the boys, which one is best? Away ahead of all the rest?

'Tis not a matter we need discuss-He's just the boy who belongs to us.

-Carolyn Wells.

Hoo-Hoo Victory Dinner and Golf Tournament

The Victory dinner and golf tournament held at the Altadena Golf Club, Altadena, Thursday, June 18, brought out a large crowd. The party was sponsored by the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club.

The golfers started teeing off at 12:30 p'm' and over 50 participated in the tournament.

Dinner was served in the Club House, and the Victory theme was carried out with beautiful flowers and patriotic decorations on the tables. Over 100 sat down to enjoy a juicy steak dinner at which time victrola records of martial music were played through a loud speaker'

George E. Ream was master of ceremonies and in opening the after-dinner Program, said:

"Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club No' 2 welcomes you to its annual summer party-today with golf and tonight at this Victory dinner.

"The sponsoring of this annual event is a privilege' and brings gieat pleasure to Hoo-Hoo because it gives us the oppoltu.tity to express one of the prime requisites of our organiration, which is to promote a friendly exchange of thJught and extend good will to all in the lumber and its affiliated industries.

"One year ago our Hoo-Hoo party was staged in this ballroom. Since that time many strange and unbelievable events have occurred. Tonight as we sit here at this Victory dinner, each one of us realizes the responsibility and sacrifices that must be ours. \Me, of Hoo-Hoo accept this challenge and we ask that you join us in pledging every effort toward any and all means in our power to help-surh;;; th.;; who aspire to destroy our American way of life'

"War has no place for the weakling' In order to do our best we must keep fit, strong of mind, and of healthy body' That's why we of Hoo-Hoo believe that our annual party should be staged at this time. In other words, a USO fot lumbermen.

"Tonight let us relax and enjoy this frolic, clean fun, and entertainment to follow."

After group singing, led by Fred Varin, all the lights in the room were extinguished, excepting the one illumi-

nating the American Flag, the gathering stood and sang the National Anthem with Helen LaComb as accompanist on the piaqo.

Roy Stanton, who arranged for the entertainment, was then called on. Roy presented Fred Varin, well-known theatrical man, who introduced the entertainers which included dance and banjo numbers by Frances Dexter, Spanish and Flawaiian dances by Marion Wilkins, and tap and ballet dances by the Cotton sisters. The acts were all well received and the girls responded to several encores.

Ed Martin, who was in charge of the publicity, made a brief tatk on Hoo-Hoo activities, then Fred Golding and Flarvey Koll, who handled the tournament, took over. Fred explained their own system of handicapping the golfers, and Harvey also made a few remarks.

Bob Osgood and Dee Essley, in charge of the prizes, then announced the winners in the various golf events, which follow: Low gross, Roy Stanton trophy, Homer Ward, Craftbilt Cabinets; low net, The California Lumber Merchant cup, George E. Ream, George E. Ream Co.; first flight, first prize, low gross, Bob Osgood, Freider Brothers, $5.00 War Savings Stamps, second prize, low net, George Lockwood, J. Niederer Co., set of poker chips; second flight, first prize, low gross, I. S. Brown, E. K. Wood Lumber Co., $5.00 War Savings Stamps, second prize, low .net, Stuart Smith, Fountain-Smith, set of poker chips; nearest to cup on the fifth green in drive from tee, Homer Ward, jacket donated by The Celotex Corporation; golf prize drawing, Stuart Smith, $5.00 War Savings Stamps; blind bogey, first, Eric Hexberg, Anglo California Lumber Co., second, Ray Abbott, Pope & Talbot, Inc. Lumber Division, third, Homer Ward, receiving $5.00, $4'00 and $2.25 in War Savings Stamps; door prize, $25.00 war bond, Russell Edmonston, E. K. Wood Lumber Co'

Eric Hexberg and Roy Stanton, Jr., who expect to be in the U. S. Air Corps soon, were asked to stand and received a big round of applause. A toast was given to the men in the country's armed forces.

The following firms made cash donations for the prizes:

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rWf NTY YfAPS AGO

From the JuIy l. |'9!2 fssue

July 1, 1922, The California Lumber Merchant presented its first issue to the lumber trade of California.

Jack Dionne, in the opening paragraph of his editorial, "We're Saying Howdy," said: "We feel coming over us the same disposition to offer up a prayer for guidance that the colored gentleman from Mississippi did, whose last dollar was on the floor, and who just HAD to 'make a Pass.'

"He rattled the pair of 'Mississippi marbles' against his ear, and rolling his eyes, said: 'De good book says-Oh Lawd, hep me to DO right-but Ah say-Oh Lawd, hep me to GET right'."

Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., San Francisco, announced that they would build a new and modern Redwood plant at Eureka.

Arthur H. Kelly, for many years manager of the Tulare County Lumber Co. at Visalia, Calif., resigned his position and opened a new yard of his own at that point.

At the call of President J. C. Ferger, the San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club held a meeting at the Hughes Hotel, Fresno, on Jane 24. Jack Dionne was the luncheon speaker. At the business session, A. J. Russell, Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco, chairman of the Statewide Lumber Committee that will handle the campaign against the anti-wooden-shingle law that will be voted on in November, was called on to speak on that subject.

Many years ago R. C. Merryman was a big sawmill operator in Marinette, Wis. One day in summer, a kid asked Mr. Osgood Lumber Company, Bell, Calif., made improveMerryman for a job during vacation. He got it. He tailed ments to their office and yard. The office was made moddown the hand set trimmer that summer for 90 cents a day. ern in every particular with special reference to the idea Today he is the publisher of The California Lumber Mer- of giving service to customers and prospects.

Reproduced was a picture of the first check received by The California Lumber Merchant. It came from R. C. Merryman, 'Consolidated Realty Building, Los Angeles. chant. He got the first pay check of his life from R. C. Merryman, and twenty-five years later he got the first check for his new California paper frgm the same gentleman. The coincidence pleased us very much.

"What The California Lumber Merchant Can Do for California," an article by A. Merriam Conner, North San Juan, Calif., appeared in this number.

A photograph was reproduced of a fine California window display which was exhibited by The Diamond Match Company in one of the downtown windows in Woodland, Calif. The display consisted of a number of attractive homes.

An article, "Why Not a National Organization of Retail Lumber Women?" by Alberta Ruth Brey, of the BreyWright Lumber Cornpany, Porterville, Calif., was written for our first issue.

Floyd A. Dernier, Lumbermen's Service Association, Los Angeles, had an article in this number entitled, "Home Building Stimulates Prosperity."

A Hoo-Hoo concatenation was held at Eureka, Calif., when eleven Kittens were initiated. Vicegerent Snark Percy Brown was in charge of the concat.

Robert S. Osgood took over the management of the Wheeler-Osgood Company's Los Angeles branch on July 1. He succeeded Mark Lillard, who resigned to take over the account of the Nicolai Door Manufacturing Co. of Portland, Ore.

Barr Lumber Company, Santa Ana, new, modern and attractive office at including a display and service room of their trade.

Calif., constructed a the present location, for the convenience

J. C. Light, Miami, was elected president, and J. H. Wood, Lowell, was re-elected secretary of the Arizona Retail Lumbermen's Association held at Douglas, Ariz., on Tune 10.

Patten & Davies Lumber Co. started construction on their new store and warehouse at Alhambra. Calif.

The Palo Alto Palo Alto, Calif. Lumber Company opened for business in The owners are E. R. and A. C. Ellis.

The Gibson Lumber Company, with headquarters in Canon City, Colo., bought the pgoperty of the Fullerton Lumber Company in Fullerton, Calif., where they will operate under the name of the Gibson Lumber Company. The same company is opening a new yard in Anaheim, Calif.

The William F. Bettingen Lumber Company bought the Shirley-Allen Lumber Company at Eagle Rock, Calif.

Gardena Lumber Company, Gardena, branch store at Athens-on-the-Hill.

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The Hudson-Bonney Lumber Company, Burbank, incorporated for $100,000. The company is making extensive improvements to the plant. The incorporators are T. H. Hudson, V. A. Bonney and G. N. Swartz.

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* of I.umberrrren ln Armed Forees

Here will be li,sted', from issue to tssue, narnes of men from the luvnber i,ndustry utho have entered zaar sentice, in-any branch of the ormed, forces. Pleose send in the names of any lumberman you knoza of that we can list here.

E. L. "Bud" Reitz, E. L. Reitz Co., Los Angeles. Army.

Glen Burke, IJnion Lumber Company. San Francisco' Army.

Pierson Plummer, lJnion Lumber Company, Fort Bragg. Army.

Wallace Towle, West Coast Lumber Co., San Francisco. Army.

W. H. (Bill) Nigh, Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco. Army Air Corps.

H. H. Whiteside, Whiteside Lumber Co., Los Angelesl Army.

Russ Castell, The California D'oor Company, Los Angeles. Navy.

Homer W. Bunker, Coos Bay Lumber Company, San Francisco. Army.

Brooks Walker, The Red River Lumber Co., Oakland. Army.

John A. Rudbach, John A. Rudbach Co., Los Angeles. Navy.

Brian Bonnington, Lamon-Bonnington Co., San Francisco. Naval Air Force.

Ralph Lamon, Lamon-Bonnington Co., San Francisco. Army.

Alfred D. Bell, Hammond Redwood Company, San Francisco. Naval Air Service.

Philip T. Farnsworth, California Redwood Association, San Francisco. Navy.

Walter Ohman, The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco. Army.

Roy lbach, Mill \ralley Lumber Co., Mill Valley. Navy.

Douglas Freeman, Gorman Lumber Sales Co., Oakland. Army.

David Haley, Haley Bros., Santa Monica. Army.

Clarence E. Dame,. Strable Hardwood Co., Oakland' Army.

Marx Hyatt, Arr,rerican Lumber & Treating Co., San Francis'co. Army.

Jinr Ray, Ray's Lumber Yard, San Jose. Navy.

A. E. Ferguson, American Lumber & Treating Co., Los Angeles. Army.

Lewis Graham, California Redwood Association, Sau Francisco. Army.

J. E. Tietjen, Jr., McElroy Lumber Co., Palo Alto. Army. Ray Whitbn Redwood Sales Co., San Francisco. Navy.

John S. Butler, Dant & Russell, Inc., San Francisco. Navy.

Robert R. Scrim, Scrim Lumber Co., Van Nuys. Navy.

Delmere Slone, Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., Eureka. Navy.

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Nelson Moves to Increase Lumber Production

\YPB Chairman Names Frederick H. Brundage as Western Log and Lumbcr Administrator

Chairman Donald M. Nelson of the War Production Board today issued the following statement:

In order to facilitate a program of all-out lumber production, I am today designating Frederick H. Brundage as Western Log and Lumber Administrator of the Lumber and Lumber Products Branch. Mr. Brundage has been granted a leave of absence from his position as Associate Regional Forester in the Sixth Region by the United States Forest Service. As Western Log and Lumber Administrator, he will have the full powers of the War Production Board to carry out such action programs as may be necessary in order to obtain the qualities and quantities of lumber required by the war program.

To advise and assist Mr. Brundage, a board will shortly be appointed for the Western lumber industry. This advisory board, including management and labor mernbers, will be representative of the various segments in the industry.

I have sent letters to the International Woodworkers of America and the International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, with a request that the contents be forwarded to the district and local unions of these two international unions in the lumber industry on the Pacific Coast, asking that those who work in the woods and in the sawmills forego their vacations this year, accepting instead the money payment for the vacation while working for wages during the vacation period.

At the same time I am requesting the owners and operators in the Pacific Coast lumber industry to 1og at this time the best and most accessible timber in the region. Lumber this year is much more important to the 'ivar program than lumber next year or in 1944. I am also recluesting the operators to utilize their existing equipment to the fullest possible extent and to conserve on the use of trucks by substituting rvater and rail transportation of logs wherever that can be done without reducing log output.

Similarly I am directing an appeal to the Governors of

the Pacific Coast states requesting that they review State legislation and practices which may restrict lumber production. For exarnple, in some instances there has been the practice to penalize owners of trucks for overloading by means not only of a fine but also a penalty that keeps the truck off the road for a period of from three to fifteen days; and also there is legislation forbidding the hauling of logs on Sunday, which legislation presumably was based on the assumption that passenger traffic on Sunday used to be much heavier than such traffic on weekdays.

Lumber from every region in the United States is an important and critical material in our whole war program. It is needed for the construction of cantonments, ships, planes, gliders, pontoons, war housing, for Lend-Lease, for packaging war products, and as a substitute for critical materials in the war program. The production of war materials such as lumber from the woods and copper from the mines is just as important in preparation for defeat of the Axis as is the production of finished war items made from such raw materials. Indeed, without the raw materials the finished products cannot be made.

Log and lumber production on the Pacific Coast is belorv that for the corresponding months of last year, primarily because of the scarcity of skilled labor, high labor turnover, and poor weather this spring. The movement of skilled workers out of logging on the Pacific Coast has resulted in their replacement by less skilled workers which is one of the important factors in the decline of lumber produc- tion. In order to aid in maintaining workers in certain critical skilled occupations, arrang'ements have been made r,vith the Selective Service System for the listing of .,critical occupations" in the Pacific Coast states so that persons skilled in such occupations may be considered by their local boards for temporary deferment from military service as "necessary men" for lumber production in furtherance of the war effort.

Since part of the labor scarcity arises from the loss of

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man-hours in workers moving from one operation to another or from one industry to another, I request that operators and the U. S. Employment Service make every effort to reduce labor turnover and the resulting loss of production throughout the country. I also ask that the workers and their unions join in the effort to reduce excessive wandering from job to job.

The War Production Board is making arrangements for improved methods of granting priority assistance to the lumber industry, especially for the loggers who sell their product to the sawmills and do not sell directly to the Government. It is hoped that through this new priority system for the lumber industry throughout the United States the loss of time in logging and milling operations as a result of lack of material for repairs and maintenance rvill be considerably reduced.

Going All-Out for Purchas:ng War Bonds

Employees of Union Lumber Company, Fort Bragg, California, are going all-out for the Payroll Allotment Plan of purchasing War Bonds.

A score board has been erected at the main gate which shows by a series of thermometers the daily standing of each department in percentage of employees signed up for regular deductions from pay to be applied toward the purchase of bonds. Within two days after the score board was erected, nine departments of the plant had a 100 per cent sign-up. The competition is so keen that 60 per cent of all men in the plant signed up within a week.

With this activity going on in the plant, the woods and railroad men got into the "swim." Now in addition to the competition among the plant departments, the loggers are out to beat the mill-men and the railroad crews are determined to beat both the plant and woods.

HARDWOOD FIRM BUSY

George C. Cornitius of George C. Cornitius Hardwood Co., San Francisco, reports that his firm is busy supplying hardwood specialties for use in connection with Naval ship construction. It is interesting to note that this concern had a shipment of Philippine Mahogany delivered in March which left the Philippines just before December 7, and which was four months on the way by an indirect route.

\Tholesalers Meet in San Francisco

Roy A. Dailey, of Seattle, Western manager of the National American Wholesale Lumber Association, was the speaker at a luncheon attended by San Francisco wholesale lumbermen and manufacturers' representatives, held at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, June 18.

Among those who attended were A. J. Russell, A. A. Kelley and John Helm, Santa Fe Lumber Co.; M. L. "Duke" Euphrat, Roy E. Hills and D. Normen Cords, WendlingNathan Co.; H. F. Vincent and O. C. Kellogg, E. K. Wood Lumber Co.; George R. Kendrick and Jim Berry, Pope & Talbot, Inc.; Glenn Harrington and Howard Gunton, MacDonald & Harrington; Fred Lamon, Lamon-Bonnington Co.; Bill Lawrence, Shevlin Pine Sales Co.; Mason K,line and Caspar Hexberg, Union Lumber Co.; E. J. Doty and G. J. Hawley, Atkinson-Stutz Co.; C. C. Stibich, Tarter Webster & Johnson.

Acquires South Sound Lumber Sales, Inc.

C. H. Kreienbaum, executive vice-president of the Simpson Logging Company of Shelton and Seattle, Wash., announces the acquisition of South Sound Lumber Sales, fnc., and change of name to Simpson Industries, Inc. Simpson Logging Company has been prominent among Northwest loggers and timber owners since its incorporation in 1895, and it first entered the lumber manufacturing field with the construction of the Reed Mill Company at Shelton in 1925.

The Simpson interests recently acquired the properties, consisting of a door factory, plywood factory and a sawmill of the Henry McCleary Timber Company at McCleary and Shelton, Wash.

The Gange Lumber Company of Tacoma, Wash., and the Olympic Plywood Company of Shelton, Wash., will be associated with this new concern.

The policy and management shall remain the same as that of the South Sound Lumber Sales. fnc.

LUMBERMEN'S SONS GRADUATE

James L. Hall, Jr., and Roy E. Hills, Jr., sons of James L. Hall and Roy tr. Hills, San Francisco wholesale lumbermen, were graduated from Stanford University, June 14.

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Where Do We Go From Here?

A thumbnail survey of factors afrecting the forest industry.

By Wilson Compton, Secretary and Manager, National Lumber Manuf,acturers Association

Twenty-one months ago the industry declared that there would be no "bottleneck" in lumber. That was a justifiable statement then. But the defense program, and now the war program, has since multiplied war production more than seven times. Pearl Harbor and its aftermath of gigantic war expansion has brought a congestion of construction which, for the time being at least, has converted this fundamental "safety valve" industry into a "bottleneck."

This year will see the largest "take" from our forests since 1925. To some extent we are mortgaging our future by the present abnormal drain on our forests, but not irreparably. The over-cutting is not excessive. Prior to the war annual growth of timber approximated the annual cut. There is some deficit now, particularly in the higher grades. After the war we shall have to go farther to get our timber, and prices will be higher. Also there will be more novel and economical forms of timber products.

Present estimates call for production of 38,700,00O,000 board feet of lumber for war, defense, and essential civilian requirements during this year. Loggers and manufacturers are straining to meet this staggering demand. At this writing production is running behind in a ratio of about six-toseven. Before the year is out, I believe that production will catch up some of the difference, and a balance will be struck by a re-appraisement of requirements.

Even the Army, Navy, and shipyards are not now getting all the lumber they need. There are two ways to meet that situation: On the one hand to drive for increased production and on the other hand to ask other less urgent defense, civilian, and farm uses of lumber to stand aside temporarily.

Both those methods are being employed. The first, based on an appeal from the War Production Board, can be accomplished only through overtime operations. The second' is being attempted through Limitation Order l2l, with moderate success so far. As long as the present unbalanced equation of production and requirements continues some uses will come first, some will come second, and some will go without. There is no constructive answer to this situation except more production.

This congestion of war requirements of lumber would have been greatly relieved, if the war agencies months ago had taken the advice of the Lumber & Timber Products War Committee that they co-ordinate their specifications, anticipate their major lumber requirements as far as pbssible, and frankly buy in advance for reserve. I think that

advice was not heeded, because of the prevailing belief that lumber could stand the strain and would be available when needed. But the plain fact is that finally too many liberties have been taken with lumber and timber products and drastic actions now are necessary. Some have been taken already. Others will be taken later.

With the constructive actions already initiated by Arthur T. Upson as chief of the newly founded Lumber & Lumber Products Branch of the War Production Board, it is not too much to expect that eventually these problems will be eased. No one knows better than he the necessity of coordination of specifications and the timing of purchasing and the desirability of holding so far

the opportunity for the use of lumber for essential civilian purposes without priorities and without allocation.

The first general Conservation Order, prohibiting the use of metals in hundreds of Civilian industrial products, will add new strains on lumber supply and lumber production. Fortunately, these strains will fall principally on shop and factory softwoods and hardwoods, less on construction lumber. But the predicted and prospective substitutions of wood products for metals needed for fighting tools are in fantastic figures.

One need not gaze into the crystal ball to see that the immediate outlook for most lumber retailers is a rocky road. Their initiative and resourcefulness will be strained to meet current conditions.

Estimates of. 1942 consumption of lumber set 'War and Navy Department construction at 12 billion board feet; boxes and crates at 7; f,arm construction, 5; defense residential, 4.4; f.actory construction, 3.4; railroad construction, 3.1; building repairs and maintenance, 1.6.

The lumber dealer must look to the farm, building repairs, and defense housing items for his principal sustenance. Patently, the retailer in a defense or farm area 'has the best chance of coming through. There is enough busi: ness there to keep most retailers alive, if they are careful and diligent. "'Tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door, but 'tis enough. 'Twill serve !,,

The peak of war construction should be reached and passed this year. Retailers who can last out the next twelve months, can last the rest of the way. The end of the virar will see fewer retailers in the lumber business, f beieve, and better ones . also manufacturers.

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With the food conservation program now in full swing, under a new control committee headed by Secretary of Agriculture Wickard, provisions have been made for more storage buildings for agricultural products, according to Northern and Southern California Homes Foundations. Adequate grain storage is a major consideration in the food conservation program, the Foundations say, pointing out that the Commodity Credit Corporation is planning storage facilities for 100 million bushels of wheat.

"In the 'Western states the building of grain bins has been liberalized for farmers, although the dollar limit of such construction is still governed by Conservation Order L-42I," state Bernard B. Barber and Orrie W. Hamilton, Foundation Chairmen. "This will generally allow for the

BACK FROM EASTERN TRIP

Mason E. Kline, general sales manager, IJnion Lumber Co., San Francisco, returned June 18 from a four weeks' business trip to the Eastern states.

KRAUSE LUMBER CO. LIQUIDATES

John Krause Lumber Co., Lodi, has liquidated its stock and closed the yard for the duration. Mr. Krause has taken a job in a defense industry.

building of common types of granaries. The building industry, through its local units, is prepared to go the limit in aiding farmers in every possible way to support the Secretary of Agriculture in his vital new duty of provisioning our own soldiers and our allies. Grain must not rot in the fields for lack of storage buildings. There must be meals for MacArthuy's men !

"Local building materials dealers, supported by manufacturers, can now supply not only materials for granary building but plans and bills of materials adapted to the war situation. The farmer will find his lumber dealer a source of up-to-date information on just what he can build today."

CHARLES CAUSSE IN ARMY

Charles Causse of the sales department of The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, will report to Ford Ord for Army service on July 1.

NORMAN STANLEY WITH STAR LUMBER CO.

J. Norman Stanley, who has been with Melrose Lumber Co., Oakland, for the past several years, has moved to Stockton to manage the Star Lumber Co.

Log Ceiling Prices in Douglas Fir Area

Maximum Price Itegulation, No. 16l-West Coast Logs, was issued on June 10 by the Office of Price Administration and became el{ective June 20,1942.

The species 9f logs specifically embraced by this maximum price regulation are-Douglas Fir peeler logs, heretofore covered by revised price schedule No. 541, and all other grades of Douglas Fir logs, Western Red Cedar _logs, Westein Hemlock logs, Western White Fir logs, Noble Fir logs, and Sitka Spruce logs.

tection 1381.160, Appendix A-IVIaximum delivered prices for West Coast logs, follows:

(A) The maximum delivered price per 1,000 ft. log scale for West Coast logs delivered in the waters of Puget Sound, Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor, and the Columbia River or, if the buyers manufacturing plant is not located on these waters. delivered at the buyers plants within the district named shall be as follows-

1.

For all logs, except those cut to special long lengths pursuant to an order placed by the buyer before the timber rvas felled, and except blocks in lengths less than 12 f.eet-

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Suitable

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For logs cut to special long lengths pursuant to an order placed by the buyer before the timber was felled, add the following to the base price per 1000 ft. log scale set forth in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph (A)- Nmlnal l-enetth No. I Logr No. 2 and No, 3 lagr 42 f.t.-50 f.t. $ 6.00 $ 4.00 52 ft.--".@ ft. t2.0O $ 8.m 62 LI.-JO f.t. 18.00 t2.N Over 70 ft.-the sellerr must apply to the Office of Price Administration in Washington, D.C., for approval of hls proposed price before quoting or charging such price.

3.

For blocks in lengths of less than t2 feet, deduct $5.00 per 1000 ft. log scale from the base prices set forth in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph (A).

(B), The maximum delivered prices per 1,000 ft. 1og scale for West Coast logs delivered at any other point than the waters named of the buyers manufacturing plant shall be determined as follows-from prices in paragraph (A) of this section, subtract the transportation costs which would 33.00 have been applicable to the shipment had it moved from the loggers' loading-out point to the waters of the par18.00 ticular district, then add actual transportation costs from 18.00 loggers' loading-out point to the actual destination specified by the purchaser-provided, that regardless'of the result of such computation, the prices shall in no event exceed the prices set forth in paragfaph (A) of this section 2j99 applicable to deliveries into'the-witeri of Puget Sound, ?g-t| Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor, and the Coluribia River.

\7.10^ (C)' The"maximum delivered prices per 1,000 ft. log

11.19 scale for West Coast logs delivered at any point in the 16.50 Willamette Vallev districi shall be determinid'as followsFrom the prices iet forth in paragraph (A), of this section for delivery in the Columbia River district, subtract the transportation costs which would have been applicable 2s oo to the shipment had it moved from the loggers' loadingio if, out point to the Columbia River district, then add actual

i;'ii transportation costs from loggers'loading-out point to the

i;'fi actual destination specified by the purchaser-provided,

ii io that regardless of the result of such computation, the prices for the Willamette Valley district shall in no event exceed the prices set forth in paragraph (A) of this section for delivery in the Columbia River district.

45.00 (D) When logs are sold out of one district for delivery

'30.00 in another district, the maximum prices and grades shall 17.6 be those of the district in which the buyer takes deliverv 17.00 of the logs.

National-American \(/holesalers Hold 50th Annual Meeting

The program of the 50th Annual Meeting of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association held at Hotel William Penn, Pittsburgh, Pa., June 2 and 3, was presented exactly as scheduled. Over two hund/ed and fifty attended and remained throughout both sessions until the gavel fell for adjournment.

Of the thirty-two men who have served as president since 1893, twenty have passed on. Ten of the twelve remaining were present, including the oldest living past-president, Gordon C. Edwards of Ottawa, Canada, who addressed the banquet session.

Colonel Robert G. Kay of Philadephia, Pa., one oI the original board of trustees, delivered a vigorous talk at the last session, June 3. He received tremendous applause.

R. C. Herrmann, Pittsburgh, Pa., was re-elected president. Others elected were J. Lou DuPlain, Rockford, Ill., first vice-president; Mark Finley, Philadelphia, Pa., second vice-president; William Schuette, Jr., New York, treasurer; and Sid L. Darling, secretary-directing manager. R. A. Daily continues as \Mestern manager at Seattle with C. J. Fisher as assistant secretary at New York.

Directors elected for a three-year term expiring in 1945 were: Henry G. Brabston Henry G. Brabston & Co., Birmingham, Ala.; Edward W. Conklin, Mixer & Company, Buffalo, N.Y.; J. Arthur Currey, J. C. Turner Lumber Co., New York, N.Y.; Howard DeCew, DeCew Lumber Co., Vancouver, B. C.; Titus W. Hager, T. W. Hager Lumber Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.; Robert C. Pepper, Rice & Lockwood Lumber Co., Springfield, Mass.; W. H. Schuette, William Schuette Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Lloyd St. Clair, Foster-St. Clair Lumber Co., Kansas City, Mo.; C. N. Troutner, Troutner Lumber Co., Richrnond, Va.; and W. T. Turner, Palmetto Lumber Sales Co., Spartanburg, S. C.

In addition to the president and two vice-presidents, the executive committee will consist of the following directors: Horace Bailey, Boston, Mass.; J. Arthur Currey, New York,

N.Y.; Edgar A. Hirsch, New York, N.Y.; Carl H. Kuhl, Portland, Ore.; Max Myers, Cleveland, Ohio; William Schuette, Pittsburgh, Pa.; and C. N. Troutner, Richmond, Va.

Speakers at the Tuesday sessions included: E. Bruce Hill, Pittsburgh Lumbermen's Club; President R. C. Herrmann; Secretary-Manager Sid L. Darling; Ben R. Ellis, director of priorities, Lumber and Timber Products War Committee, Washington, D.C.; H. R. Northup, secretary, National Retail Lumber Dealers' Association, Washington, D. C.; Arthur lJpson, chief, Lumber and Lumber Products Branch, Division of Industry Operaiions, War Production Board, Washington, D.C., and Dr. Wilson Compton, secretary, National Lumber Manufacturers Association, Washington, D.C.

The Wednesday sessions wefe addressed by R. A. Daiiey, Western division manag'er, Seattle; Frank S. McNally; Max Myers, Cleveland; 'I. N. Tate, president, American Forest Products Institute, and vice-president, Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, St. Paul; Peter A. Stone, price executive, lumber section,; Office of Price Administration, Washington, D. C.

The banquet was held in the Urban Room of the Hotel William Penn, Tuesday evening. Stanley Horn, editor, Southern Lumberman, Nashville, Tenn., was toastmaster, and the speakers were Gordon C. Edwards, Ottawa, Canada, senior past president, and M. Grattan O'Leary, Ottawa, Canada, editor, Ottawa Journal. The entertainment was furnished by Colonel Jack Major and John Mulholland.

Special entertainment features for the out-of-town ladies attending the convention were arranged by the following committee of the wives of Pittsburgh wholesale lumbermen: Mrs. S. J. Dunn, chairman, Mrs. A. R. Kumer, Mrs. S. R. Coey, Mrs. William H. Schuette, and Mrs. R. C. Herrmann. Each lady present was given an attractive compact case made entirely of wood and produced by Parkwood Corporation, Wakefield, Mass.

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News Flashes

E. G. (Dave) Davis, who has been a salesman for the past several years for the Union Lumber Company in the -southern California territory, is now working at the company's mill at Fort Bragg, Calif.

Art Wall has been transferred from ment of Union Lumber ComPanY, San mill at Fort Bragg.

the sales departFrancisco, to the

Carl R. Moore, general manager' Scott Lumber Co', Burney, Calif., recently spent a few days in the San Francisco Bay district on business.

Art Williamson, California Builders Supply Co., Oakland, and his family have returned from a vacation spent in Yosemite National Park.

Bill Haskin, formerly employed in the office of U. S. Plywood Corp., San Francisco, recently volunteered for defense work with Pacific Bridge Co. at Pearl Harbor.

Hollis J. Nunneley, sales manager, Associated Plywood Mills, Olympia, Wash., recently made a business trip by plane to San Francisco and Los Angeles.

George Smith, former San Francisco retail lumberman, is in charge of the lumber department of the G. W. Williams Co., contractors for the addition to Hamilton Field'

H. B. "Chad" Chadbourne, Salinas Lumber Co., Salinas, returned recently from a vacation tour df the Southern states. He was gone about two months and spent considerable time in places ofi the beaten track and away from the usual tourist haunts. He reports that he had a very eniovable time.

Bob Hales of the office stafi of The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, is a Cadet in the Army Air Force, awaiting a call to report.

Don Philips, Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co., Los Angeles, and his family, are vacationing in the Redwood Empire'

Wayne Mullin, Mullin Lumber Company, is back from a business trip to Arizona. Los Angeles,

Walter Scrim, Los Angeles' was vacationing last week at Laguna Beach.

L. W. MacDonald, MacDonald & Bergstrom, Los Angeles, will spend the month of July in Oregon on vacation'

R. J. Welton, Victory Lumber Company, Chula Vista, was a recent Los Angeles visitor.

Timm Aircraft Corp. has leased the site on Alameda Street in Los Angeles that was formerly occupied by the Southern California Hardwood Manufacturing Co.

Paul Hallingby, Hammond Lumber Company, Los Angeles, and Mrs. Hallingby, have returned from a three weeks' vacation trip in the East.

John J. Helm, Santa Fe Lumber cisco, and Mrs. Helm, are sPending Hotel Coronado, Coronado, Calif.

Company, San Frantheir vacation at the

Ed Biggs, California Lumber Company, Montebello, has left for Pando, Colorado, where he will be associated with the construction company that is building the Army ski camp at that Point.

Phil Baker, assistant to Manager J. H' Heick of Hammond Lumber Co., Watsonville, Calif., left June 15.to join the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He reported in Washington, Jane D. While at Stanford Phil was prominent at football. He majored in foreign languages.

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Construction Control Order

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A. No. Only the cost of the new material and the labor necessary to install it should be counted. Since this total is less than $5,000, no authorization is needed. However, the $4,000 must be applied to the owners cost quota for the next twelve months, leaving him less than $1,000 before passing the limit.

A. A store owner plans to install an elevator. The cost of building the shaft is $1,500 and the cost of the elevator is $7,000. For the purpose of complying with the provisions of L-41, what is the total cost of the project?

A. The cost of the shaft and the elevator should be added-making a total of $8,500, and consequently, authorization should be obtained before starting the construction.

A. A lumber camp comprises a mill and ten cabins providing living quarters for the men operating it. All the selected timber in the area has been cut and the owner plans to knock down the mill and cabins and rebuild them on a new camp site ten miles up the valley where operations will continue. Must the owner obtain authorization to use this old material to build the nerv camp?

A. No.

a. Because a plaster ceiling is badly in need of repair the owner plans to put up a new ceiling. May he use another type of material, such as composition board for the new ceiling, or must he use plaster?

A. Where repairs are necessary, it is permissible to use any other type of material if the architectural or structural plan is not substantially altered.

A. Does this mean an owner may replace a tvorn out metal roof with a shingle roof ?

A. Yes. The type of material used makes no difference so long lrs the structural plan of the.roof is not altered substantially.

A. Should the cost of landscaping be included in the total cost of a project?

A. No, unless tile of other processed material is to be used.

POSITION WANTED

Lumberman with thirty years experience operating in Southern and Western woods-all phases of construction, logging, manufacturing-desires position as buyer, with woodworking factory, line yard firm, manager of retail yard, or assistant to owner. Age 53 years. References.

Address Box C-947, California Lumber Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles.

WANTED

Girl for San Francisco wholesal.e lumber office for typing and to assist on books.. Advise in own handwriting age, experience and salary required.

Address Box C-948 California Lumber Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles.

Victory Dinner and Golf Tournament

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Sun Lumber Company, California Panel & Veneer Co., John W. Koehl & Son, Cadwallader-Gibson Co., Inc., Western Hardrvood Lumber Co., Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co., E. U. Wheelock, Inc., U. S. Plywood Corporation, San Pedro Lumber Co., D. D. McCallum Sash & Door Co., T. M. Cobb Co. and Sampson Company.

Cigars were donated by H. W. Koll Lumber Co.

The committee in charge of the arrangements included: George E. Ream, George E. Ream Co., chairman; Roy Stanton, E. J. Stanton & Son; Fred Golding. Anglo California Lumber Co.; Harvey Koll, H. \Ar. Koll Lumber Co.; Bob Osgood, Frieder Brothers; Dee Essley, D. C. Essley & Son. and Ed Martin. The California Lumber Merchant.

l. H. Fetty

Funeral services for I. H. Fetty, president of the Airex Products and Paper Co., Ltd., Los Angeles, were held at the Wee Kirk o' the Heather, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Saturday afternoon, June 13. Mr. Fetty had been associated with the Southern Pine industry for a number of years. He was formerly sales manager of the lumber department of Central Coal & Coke Co. of Kansas City, Mo., and later was with the Savannah River Lumber Co. at Atlanta, Ga. He retired from the lumber business several years ago, and made his home in Los Angeles.

Captain John P. Bostram

Captain John P. Bostram, veteran of 36 years' service \,\'ith Union Lumber Company, San Francisco, as captain of the steamer Noyo and other vessels, passed away in Burlingame, Calif., on June 18. He is survived by his widow. Mrs. Edna K. Bostram.

BT]YDB9S GT]IDB SAN T'BAITOISOO

LUMBER

Arete Rodwood C,o. 14 MuLot lttr-t ........'.......Yt,lo a6?

Aiklnsn-Stutz Canouy. rlir MuLct Slru.t :...............GAricU f&9

Bokrtrvlr-Morc lubc Co545 Mukot Strct.................. Exbr* ltaS

Dent & Rusrcll. Inczla Frcot S'tr..t ............'.....C,Aitold caa

Dolbcr & Curon Lunbcr Co., llrt Mrrchutr &chm3c Bldtt..'..SUttcr 7156

Guerrtor & Gt.m, f&0 Arut Strot.,,............'...Atwatn 1300

Hall, Jus L, r|32 Millr Bldr....,..................SUttcr 752e

H-nnond Rcdwod Compmy, lU MotSomcry Strcct......... ..,Douglar 3iltt

Holmcr Eureka lubcr Co., llO5 Finucial Ccnter Bldg.,......GAr6cld 192r

C. D. Johnrcn hmber Corlnratiorl 26o Califomie Strat..........,....GArfcld @5t

Carl H. Kuhl Lubq Co., O. L. Rurum, ll2 Market 3tret...YULon 146|

LUMBER

Lum-Bomingtdr CrEpaay, 16 Cellfomie SEr.t...'............G^r6.td 6$f

MacDonald & Hanlnlton, Ltd16 Callfomle St. :.................GAricld E393

Pacific Luba Co., Th. 100 Burh Strod....... 1............GAriGId rrtt

Popc & Tdbot hc., LuEbc Dlvf.bo, -461 Mukct' Str*t.................DOu3Ir z50l

Rcd Rivcr Lubcr Ca.. 315 Monadnch Bldr..,............GArncH 0922

Silta Fc Lumbcr Co., 16 Califomia Strci.....,..........EXbr@L A7l

Schafr Brcr. Irnbc e ShhsL Co. I DnrDB gtr..t.....................guttc tz'l

Shcvlin Pinc Sder Co, 1030 Monadnodr Bl&......,......EXbrmL 70|r

Suddcn & Chrirtmon, 310 Suromc Strci................GAricld 2E40

Wcndling-Nathu Co, llO Multct Strc.t ..............,....Suttcr SIG!

Wcrt Orcaon Lubcr Co.' 1995 EvDr Ava ................:.ATwattr 567t

E, K. W@d Luubcr CoI Dt.t|ro Stret..........,....,...EXb@L 37ll

Wcycrbecuror Sdo Cor ltg Cdltml. Strct....,,......,..GArhcld t9?a

OAITLANI)

LUMBER

Ewaue Bc Co. (Pyrmld lanbc 9d9r Co.)

Peclfic Bld3. ......................Glaort t29l

Gamcrrton & Grcn' 20lll Livlngcton SL..............KEIIog 4-lt6'l

Hill & Morton. hs.

Dolrca Sirat Whrrf............ANdovcr l0?

Horu Lmbc Coupaly, lnd & Atie Stmtr...'..'......GLcnourt 6661

E. K. Wood Lunbcr Co. -- Fleii.t& & Kitg St'Gt........FRuitvalc ouz

LUMBER

HARDWOODS AND PANEI.S

TYhitc Brethcn,Filth ud Bi.mu Strr.tt..........Sutt.r lil15

SASH-DOORS-PLYWOOD

Wbels Orgood Salor Corpor.ti6' 30$ f9tf, Strct._..................VAlcDch 22ll

CREOSOTED LUMBER-POLESPILINC-TIES

Amcrlcu Lrimbcr & Trcetlng Co. 116 Ncw Montgon ry Strct.......Suttcr 1225

Butcr. J. H, & Co.. 3Il' Montgomcry Stret'..........Douglu 3tt3

Hall. Jamo L.. iorz Millr 81dg.......................suttcr t52a

Popc & Talbot, lnc., lrrnbcr Dtvtrlg45- -' 46L Markct Strcct ..................DOuglu 2561

Vudcr Lau Pilinr & Lumbe Cao -zrC f-tnc Str6t '.. .E)lbruh a!-

Wcndlhg-Nathan Co- -' - rio Mrkct Strst:..................'SUtta 530i1

PAN EI.S-DOORSJASH-SCRE ENS

Califomia Buildcr SuPPIY Co. --loi-lit l"*"c........... " " " " "'Hraltc'r'

Hogu Lunbcr CooPuY, --i; Z A|icc siniu..............Glcoourt cttl

Wcgtn! Door & Sarh Co., -' -lif, -tdyDra; srct..'.........TEmplcbrr trrr

HARDWOODS

Whlt3 Brcthca, - - -5-- Htsh Sdrct..'..............'..ANdovcr l0lll

LOS ANGBLBS

AEts Redwood Co. (J. J. Rca) sarf Willhin Blvd...'..'... -.... "WEbctsr 762E

Anglo Califomia Lubcr Co 6ss East Florencc A"enul.."..THomwall 314{

Atkineon-Stutz CompanY, -- sa F"t-ti* Bids'-. :........... .PRorpcct {34t

Eume Lumbs Compmy, 9455 Chulevillc Blvd. (Bcvcrly Hillr) .....'.........BRadrhaw 2-33E6

Crn & Co,r L J. (W. D. DUD!I!!g)'-.3S Chrhbcr of C.omnae Bldg. PRogpct t643

Copor, W. 8., iorjooa ni.hfieH Blds. ............Mutual a3r

Darrt & Rurcell, Inc., tr2 E. 39th St.......................ADur tl0l

Dolber & Carrcn Lubcr Co., 901 Fidclity Bldg....'.'............VAndike &792

Cul H. Kuhl llnbcr CoFriedcr Brothcrr' ?Ol S. SFlng St...................VAndikc t033

Hemmond Rcdwood Compuy, ZOIC Slo. Alucda St. ......'...PRdpct l3:It

Holmcr Eurcka Lubcr Co..

?U-?12 Architectr B1d9..........'..Mutual 9rEf

Hovcr. A. L,. s225 Wibhirc B|vd....................YOrk lr6E

C. D, Johaon Lubcr Corporatlon, 606 Pctrolm Bldg.,......,....,.PRorpat 1165

Lawrcne-Pbilipr Lubcr Co., dB PGtrcbuE Bldg................PRorpcct tl74

MacDonald & Harlqlton, Ltd.

Patrolm Bullding .....,........,PRdpGct 3lZ7

Pacific Lubcr Co., Thc, 5225 Wilchirc Blvd. ..,...,...........YOrk 1166

LUMBER

Pop€ & Tdbot, Inc- Imbs Diwlrion, ?rl W. Olympic Blvd- ..........PRorpct t23l

Rcitz Co.. E, L., 3il3 Pctrclcum Blals...............PRospect 2309

Smta Fc Lunbcr Co.' 3ll Ftnmlal Catcr Bldg........VAndihc 1.171

Schafa Broe. Lmbcr & 3hb8f. Co.' rr7 W 9th Strt....................TRin1ty flzr

Shevlin Pine Sdo ej., 330 Pctrolcm 81ds.,.............PRo:pcct 0615

Suddcn & Chrletenrcn, 630 Board of Tradc Bldg...........TRinity t&11

Tacoma Lmbcr Salcr, 637 Pctrclcun Bldt. ..............PRorpct 1l0t

Wandllng-Nattan Co., 5225 Wilrhirc Blvd......,........,..,.YOrk [6E

Welt Oragon Lumber Co., ,127 Petroleum Btdg..............Rlchmond 02El

W. W. Willtnrcn' 3rE W. gth Strct.........,,......,TRin|ty {6il3

E. K. Wod Lumber Co. 4710 So. Almeda St-.............JEffcrcn 3lll

Weyerhaeuscr Salcr Co., 920 W. M. Garlud Bldg.........Mlchigu 6391

CREOSOTED LUMBER-POLES-PILINGTTES

Amaricu Lumbcr & 161i-g €or l03l S. Brcadway.................PRorprct 1363

Butcr, J. H. & Co., 601 Wcst sth Strct..............Mlchigu 62el

Popc & Talbot, lrc- Lrnbor Divirlon, 7ll W. Olympic Bhrd.............PRotp.ct E23f

HARDWOODS

Amcrlcan Hardwood Coo - --i900-E. 15th Srat ................PRotDct la5

Stanton. E. J. & Son, - ---z-oio' siit 3sth strc;t'...........CEntutr ?p,zrl

Wsstem Hardwood Luber Co.' ' 20ll E. lsth Strct.......""""PRogpcct 61tl

SASH-DOORII_MILLWORK

PANEI.S AND PLYWOOD

Californla Dor ComPmY, Thc , --,lsii- bi,bt"t Blvi. .....'........Kr-bdl 2r.r t"13i"'6. ""i*i."se"":1 1:........oror., *, Cobb Co. T. M.' - is0c tentral 'Avouc. '.. ' ...ADanr llll?

Eubank & Son, Inc., L. H. {trt W. Rcdondo Blvd...

KchI, Jno. W. & Son' esi S. Mvcrc Strct'. '. ..ANgclur El9l

Mutud Mouldilg & hubc C-' $&r 3c Hoopcr Avc............'LAlry.tt lt22

Oreeon-tWathincton Plywod Co5lt Wett Nintb St"ect'. ...TRinitv 1613

Pacific Wood Products Corporation' 3600 Tyburn Str.ct.................Al.buv 0lll

Pacific Mutual Dor Co.'

1600 E. Waehington Blvd.... ..PRorpcct 9533

Rcm Coapany. Gs. E.. 235 s. ila;eda Strait. .Mlchigu 1t5a

Red Rivcr Lmbc Co"

702 E. Slausn.. Smren Co. (Peredaa), zis So. Rarmmd Avc.....'.........RYu l-GD

Wcrt Coalt Scen Coru5 E. 6ilrd Str.ct..'.'...........r|Dur Ut.t

Whelcr Ocgood Salcr Corlnratlon, 922 S. Flow* Stret.........,.....VAndftc Gpl