The California Lumber Merchant - July 1946

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BROllG1|T SO]t|E C}|Al{GES

\When \Western Hardwood Lumber Company was established in 1906, the difficulty of obtaining and transporting fine lumber from the hardwood forests of the world made rare hardwoods available only to a few. Today, modern methods bring hardwoods within the range of everyone. Their beauty, strength and durability have become a famrliar factor in America's building program.

This revolutionary use of hardwoods is an obligation and an opportuniry to alert architects, builders and lumber dealers who are planning America's fine homes of tomorrow. Remember to call \il/estern Hardwood when Veriply Panelling, Roddiscraft Flush Hardwood Doors and Door Units and America's finest matching hardwoods arc available in quantity once again.

MAHOGA]IY IMPORTI]IG COMPA]IY

Specialists in Custom Millins and Kiln DrYing

CUSTOM MIIIING

Resowing, ripping, surfocing ond trimmingl of our re-mqnufociuring plont of Long Beqcl-r, Colif

KIIN DRYING

Our kilns ond operotors ore certified by Government lor drying oircrolt lumber. We olso do other commerciol drying.

When is a square MORE than a square?

Four bundles of Red Cedar Shingles are known as a "square" because these four bundles, when laid at standard roof u.eather exposure, u'ill cover 100 square feet of roof area.

However, rvhen shingles are appliecl Double-Coursed on si<lervalls, four bundles will t:over considerablv more than 100 square f€et, because of the wicler weatl.rer exposures u,hich are permissibie. (Thus, less than 3lbundles of 16-inch shingles, laid DoubleCoursed 12 inches to the u'eather as recommended, u'ill cover 100 square feet. Slightly more than 3 bundles of l8-inch shingles, Double-Coursed 14 inches to the u'eather, are required.)

The fact that fewer shingles are needed is one reason for Double-Coursing's economy. r\nother in-rportant reason is th:rt one-half of the shingles used-those rvhich go on the inner :rnrl completely concealed course-may be the economical No. 2, No. 3 or No. ,l grades, the outer course usually consisting of pre-stainerl or untreated No. 1 or No. 2 grade shingles.

These two factors-fer,ver and less costly shingles-account for the remarkable economy of a Double-Coursed sidewall. Send f or free Double-Cour.ring blucpri,nt. zlddress

RED CEDAR SHINGLE BUREAU

5508 Whire Building, Seqtfle l, Wqsh., U. S. A. or Melropolitqn Building, Voncouyer, B. C., Conqds

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OUR ADVERTISERS

*Advertiring eppears in alternate ireues.

Acne Blower & Pipe C.o. ------------ ---------------tl

Ancrican Hardwood Co. -----------. -------------.24

Anerican Lumber and Treating Co.-------------*

Anglo C.alifornia Lunber Go.----------------- --------12

Arcate Redwood Co----------------- ------------------------.24

Atlinson-Stutz C,o.------------------

Ades Lrrmber Co.------------------ ---------------------- ------29

BecL Panel Company-------

Bexter & Co., J. H.------ ------------12

Blue Dianond Corporetion---

Bohnhoff Lumbet C,o., Inc.- r-------------------------- 2, Bradley Lumber Co. of Ar&an!.r---,---------------- '*

Brurh Inductrial Lunber C,o:------------------

Burar Lunbc Co.---------------------------------------------.31

Patricl Lumber Co.--,--- ------------------------14

Penberthy Lumber Cr.------------------

Peerlece Built.in Fixtue Co..,-----,----------

Pitcher Co- E. C.----- -,--- -,_

Pondetoaa Pine \ffoodwork.-------------------

Pope & Talbot, fnc., Lunber Divicion--,--------*

Portland Cement Aegociati'on---------------------------1 I

Ream C,o., George E.--------------------

Red Cedar Shingle Bureau--------------------------I.F.C.

Robbinr Lumber Co., R. G.------------------------------3O

Saata Fe Lumber Co.------------------------------------- 5

Schefer Bror. Lumber & Shingle Company---- t

San Pedro Lumber C,ompany--------------------------17

Sequoia MiIl & Lumber Co.--------------- --------------.29

Shevlin Pine Saler Co.------------ --- --------------------.15

Southwectern Portland Cement Co..----------------*

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

Sudden & Chrictenson, fnc.------------------------------ 6

Tacoma Lumber Sder-------------- --------- ------ -------- 7

Tertcr, Vebrer & Johnron, Inc..------------------*

Tropical & Vertern Lumber Co.,------------------*

Truedron C-abinet Corp.----------------------------------, 3O

United States Gyprum Cr.---- - -- ---- -

U. S. Plywood Corporation--,

Wendling-Nathan Co.-------------,,---------------------- 9

ITcct C,oert Scroen C,o.----

Vect Oregon Lumber C-. ----------------- -------------.-.22

Veetern Door & Sarh Co. -.----27

Vertern Hardwood Lumber Co..------------ O.F.C.

We*ern Mill & Moulding C,o. ---------------------- rf

Verertr Pine Supply Co. ------------------------------.tO

Veyerheeurer Seler Conrpairy -------------------------*

Vhite Brorter3------------------,------ ---------------------- t5

Wholenle Building' Supply,. Inc. ------------------.3l

VhoLmte Lumber Dirtributor, Inc.------------* Wood Lumber Co.. E. K.,------------------ ------------.2,

I. E. MARITN Mcracgiag Editor

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THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

Howlrumber lrooks

The 4.000 A. F. of L. lumber workers in the Redwood lumber manufacturing industry are still out, and as we go to press the strike has entered its twenty-fourth week. The union shop is the main issue in the controversy. The strike started on January 14,1946.

Seattle, Washington, June 17, 1946.--:lhe weekly average of West Coast lumber production in May (5 weeks) was 121,628,000 board feet, or 84.0 per cent of I942-t945 average, according to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association in its monthly surlrly of the industry. Orders averaged 119,476,0n b.f.; shipments 121,327,O00. Weekly averages for April were: Production t22,ffi3,0n bi. (84.7 per cent of the 1942-1945 average); orders 125,215,M; shipments 122,833,W.

The industry's unfilled order file stood at 601,289,000 b.f. at the end of May; gross stocks at368,127,M.

May production of \Arest Coast lumber continued at approximately the same level as the past four months, or roughly averaging I72 million board feet per week. The month showed a million feet loss in production. easily attributed to the Memorial day shutdorvn. Lumber orders averaged 119 million feet, which is 5 per cent less than in April and the lon'est volume booked in the past several months. This decrease was directly traceable to pending changes in OPA price regulations, which had long been dis'cussed u'ith intent commonly knorvn; the threat of another interruption in production due to labor difficulties ; and the issuance of nerv price regulations. These price

changes should somewhat stimulate both production and sales of Douglas fir, West Coast hemlock, Western red cedar and Sitka spruce lumber. However, the bottleneck continues to be the log supply, which is very short, particularly in view of the probability of logging camp shutdorvns caused by precautionary forest fire control requirements in Oregon and Washington in the summer months ahead.

Unshipped lumber orders, although declining slowly for the past several months, remain at approximately double that which the industry would ordinarily carry and when related to gross stocks are still badly out of balance with ability to ship. There seems to be no evidence of a slowing up of desire to place business regardless of uncertainty in time of shipment.

The Western Pine Association for the rveek ended June 15, 90 mills reporting, gave orders as 52,510,000 feet, shipments 56,446,W feet, and production 66,6O1,00O feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaledZ28,524,N0 feet.

The Southern Pine Arro.iution for the week ended June 15, 8l trnits (l13 rnills) reporting, gave orders as 15,447,000 feet, shipments 16,173,000 feet, and production 17,014,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 90,973,000 feet.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended June 15 gave orders as 70r?.57,000 feet, shipments 80,2&,000 feet, and production 86950,000 feet.

Subrcdption Price, $400 per Yecr Singlo Copiel 25 centr eqch LOS ANGELES 14. CAL., JULY l, t946 ldvertirirE Rcto on Applicclioa

Canadian Lumber Strike Settled

Vancouver, (8.C.) June 19.-The 37-day-old strike of 35,000 British Columbia loggers and millworkers was ended today on the basis of Chief Justice Gordon Sloan's recommendations for a 15-cents-an-hour increase, 44-hou,r work week and voluntary irrevocable checkofi of union dues.

Announcement of the end of the long-drawn-out struggle was made by Harold Pritchett, president of the International Woodworkers of America (C.I.O.).

Original union demands called for 25-cents-an-hour incri:ase, 4o-hour week and union security.

The union announcement said the strike will officially terminate at 11 a.m. tomorrow when all strikers will return to their jobs. A "no strike" clause has been eliminated from the new agreement.

The strike threatened pulp production at Biitish Columbia mills which supply newsprint for many United States paPers.

Mcnufcrcturers oI Plumbing Fixtures

Grcmted Increcrse

Manufacturers. of brass plumbing fixtures, waste fittings and trimmings have been granted an additional increase of about 15/o. (Amendment 15 and 18 to order 48 under MPR 591, effective June 14.)

Buys Building crnd Milling Compcrny

Gene Reagan, who was recently discharged from the ,Navy, has bought the business and equipment of. the E-Z Builders and Milling Co. at Dinuba, which was operated by Robert Norton.

FHA Occupan cy Prelercncc for Veterans

The Federal Housing Administration requires a certification of veterans' occupancy preference at the time of insurance of mortgages under Section 603 of the National Housing Act. This provision of the law authorizes FHA insurance of mortgages ap to XJ/o of necessary current cost on dwellings built under the Veterans Emergency Housing Program.

The certificate reads: "I hereby certify that after completion of the dwelling or dwellings, to be covered by the mortgage for which application has been made for insurance, exclusive preference or priority will be given, for a period of 30 days to rent, or 60 days to purchase, to veterans of World War II and their immediate families, or to persons defined by the Commissioner as hardship cases. It is understood that the term Veteran of World War II shall include persons who have served in the active military or naval forces of the United States on or after September 16, 1940, and prior to the termination of hostilities in World War II, and who have been discharged or released the-refrom under conditions other than dishonorable, and persons serving in the military or naval forces of the United States requiring housing accommodations for their dependent families."

New Ycnd in Burbcnk

Dell Lumber Co. has started a yard at 120 South Victory Blvd., Burbank. Delmar H. Windsor, who was formerly with the Back & Derry Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is the owner.

o A los Angeles mon couldn', loke his sfoc& of lumber lo bed with lri,m, so he lelt thol sign on it. Thafs the woy lhe rno&es you feel. We donf hove much eifher-limiled ol valnut, oot qnd mahogany ponels ore becoming ::' ':'i:ioyqirqbre. But lhe quolity is high os ever. And everylhing we lrqve is ovoiloble Io lumber rnerchonfs.

L. A. Building Boom Double s 1923-.Lumber lnflux Beats All Previous Records

Back in the good year 1923 we thought we had a worldbeating building boom going on in Los Angeles. And we DID, compared with anything of the past, or in the remainder of the world.

But it did not compare with the high tide of building being done in Los Angeles in 19,f6. The biggest building year in the previous Los Angeles boom. was 1923. For the first five months of that year the building permits totaled $78,810,500, rvhile from January through May in 19'16 the building permits reached a total of $109,793,553. In fact, the first ten months ol 1923 barely passed the record of the first five months of 1946, reaching a total of $112,251,198. It therefore appears very likely that the building in Los Angeles this year will without doubt double the record established in 1923.

And from a lumber standpoint the record of 1946 over 1923 is even greater than the figures, because in 1923 this city enjoyed a great boom in down.town business buildings of the larger size and character, while so far in 1946 the building of homes and dwellings is the dominant feature of the boom. It would be safe to guess that 1946 will build three or four times as many homes in l-os Angeles as did 1923.

The intake of lumber into the city has changed tremendously since 1923. At that time about 90 per cent of all lumber came in by water. Today the figures are reversed and fully 90 per cent comes in by rail. Art Kayser, Southern California representative of the West Coast Lumbeimen's Association, estimates that at the present time an average of.2ffi cars of lumber arrive in Los Angeles daily, carrying an average of more than 25,0@ feet of lumber per car. This would indicate that a minimum of 130 million feet of lumber is arriving in Los Angeles monthly, which also far surpasses the records of. 1923.

The shortage of lumber in Los Angeles is far less notice' able than that of many other important-items oI building materials, such as sash, doors, millwork, flooring, roofing, hardware, plumbing, wallboard, plywood, etc. If the supply of these other materials should show much increase. it

would cause a still greater upward spurt in Los Angeles building.

It is estimated-nobody knows for certain-that about 70 new retail lumber yards have started up in Los Angeles in the last eight or ten months.

One of the great Los Angeles industries now is commercial remanufacturing of lumber, meaning resawing and ripping and otherwise re-working large lumber items from the North into boards. There are eight or more large outfits engaged in this business in the city today, and they turn out about half a million feet daily. Nearly all the inch lumber used comes from these local re-saws. In addition, all the retail yards do a certain amount of this resawing and ripping in their own plants.

25-Year VA and FIIA locrns Avcrilable

The 2S-year monthly payment plan is available for financing new veterans'homes, regardless of whether the money is borrowed through the guarantee provisions of the Servicemens' Readjustment Act or on a Federal Hpusing Administration insured mortgage. In both cases, 2l-year amortization is permitted if the home meets established standards of durable construction. The loans are made by private financing institutions under regulations governing insurance of loans by the two Government agencies, the Veterans' Administration and the Federal Housing Administration.

Improvements to Blcrgen MiII

The Blagen Lumber Company, at White Pines, Calaveras County, California, has lately added several new conveniences for handling logs and Jumber at its modern sawmill. A 125 horsepower electric motor has replaced the steam lvinch that powered the high line across the pond. Logs are now unloaded at a concrete landing which prevents them from bqing scarred up in unloading. A catwalk 90 feet long has been constructed to help the pondman guide logs to the log haul. A new 14 x 42 shotgun, packed in asbestos, and a new stack 5 feet in diameter and 160 feet tall, are other recent improvements.

Board o[ Directors o[ NLMA Meets in San Francisco

C. Arthur Bruce, E. L. Bruce Company, Memphis, Tenn., president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, presided at the summer meeting of the Association's board of directors, held at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, June 10-12.

Richard A. Colgan, Jr., executive vice president of the NLMA; Henry Bahr, secretary, and Richard G. Kimbell, director of technical services, also attended.

Largest War Housing City ls Spreading Thin

The fate of Vanport City, Oregon, largest war housing project in the United States at its peak, is typical of the use being made of such projects since the war, according to the Federal Public Housing Authority. Latest reports indicate that a sizable block of dwelling units no longer needed at Vanport have sifted down to smaller projects in other places where housing for veterans is needed, and th4t this imm€nse project, whose nearly 40,000 population once made it the second largest city in Oregon, is gradually melting away.

C. Arthur Bruce

Meetings of the executive committee. Forest Conservation,, Forest Policy, Research,

Lumber Standards and Advisory Committees were held.

The Forest Conservation Committee developed a forest conservation policy for the guidance of the industry representatives attending the American Forest Conference to be held in Washington in October.

The Association's committee on Lumber Standards and Development formulated amendments to the American Lumber Standards to be submitted to the regional associations and eventually to the Department of Commerce.

Interest Reduced Under HIIA Progrrctm

Veterans buying or building ner'v homes will find their financing costs reduced under the current program of the Federal Housing Administration. The maximum interest rate is now 4/o instead of +l/o on an FHA-insured loan under Title VI of the National Housing Act, recently revived by the Veterans llmergenc-v Housing Act. The FHA mortgage insurance premium of one-half of l/o remains the same. In the case of .combined financing consisting of an FHA-insured loan for 8O/o of FHA's replacernent cost estimate and a Veterans' Administration loan for 2O/o o{ purchase price, the total monthly payment to principal, interest, and mortgage insurance amounts to $5.47 per $1,000.

Originally, the project for shipyard workers, situated between Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon, had 9,942 units and facilities making it a community in itself. Today, 5,903 units are still active, which means most are still occupied. Veterans and servicemen have claimed a major share of vacancies. The balance of 4,039 have been "terminated" for re-use in other areas' Already re-use are I,274 units sent to various small projects, while I,487 are earmarked for this ptlrpose' Some 1200 already panelized for re-use before VJ-Day were sold as surplus material after the war ended.

Because the needs of FPHA's northwest region were met from available Stocks, the bulk of the units taken from Vanport have gone to the adjoining West coast region in groups ranging in size from 14 allocated to Yuma, Arizona, and Monterey Park, California, 'to 434 sent to various projects in Los Angeles. Other dispositions were as follows: Flagstaff, Arizona, and Price, Utah, each 28; Inglewood, California, 56: Reno, Nevada, 112; Maricopa City, Arizr>na, 126; Salt Lake, IJtah, 2lO, and Logan, Utah,252-

Society oI American Foresters Resumes Ncrtioncl Meetings

Meetings of the Societv of American Foresters, interrupted by the 'ivar, will be resumed with a national conference in Salt Lake City on September 11-14 at the Hotel Utah, according to an announcement by Shirley W. Allen, president, of Ann Arbor, Mich.

The sessions rvill start on the afternoon of September 11 with special meetings of the Society's eight divisions concernetl rvith forestry education, silviculture, r,r'ildlife management, range management, forest economics, forest recreation, forest products, and private forestrv'

National Survey of Lumber Demand and Supply

Lumber needed for veterans' housing is the dominant factor in all government planning designed to increase and channel lumber production. Eight billion board feet will be required to meet the Wyatt program this year for 1,200,000 housing units. Other needs will bring the total lumber .requirgments in 1946 to 33 billion feet. An additional 4 billion feet is needed to bring mill and distributor stocks nearer normal levels.

While production will be adequate to meet the .r.eterans' housing program, it is difficult to predict horv closely all other demands will be met. Lumber operators are still unable to attain maximum production and present evidence indicates that the goal of 32 billion feet set by the OpA is not likely to be met.

Factors which held produ,ction during the first quarter to a level below that of 1945 have been alleviated and output is improving. Recent increases in price ceilings of most major species are expected to stimulate production somewhat. Government housing agencies are counting on the recently approved subsidies to encourage production of hardwood flooring and other items. Work stoppages in the West have been settled with the exception of the Redwood region, and employment is increasing as war workers and veterans return to the lumber industry. Gradual improve_ ment can be noted in the equipment situation.

Lumber production for the fipst quarter of 1946 rvas 6,006 million board feet. During the second quarter it is expected to total nearly 8 billion feet, about 2 billion more than in the first quarter, and approximately the same as in the second quarter of 1945.

While production difficulties have been eased to some extent, distribution problems are becoming more difficult. 'Because of depleted inventories, it is impossible to avoid local shortages, especially at points remote from the lumber producing areas. Direction 1 to PR-33, issued by the Civilian Production Administration, has undoubtedly helped to channel lumber to such areas. VHP-I, issued by CpA on March 26, requires specific authorization for new construction materials and repairs.

The Lumber Survey Committee consists of Thomas S. Holden, president, F. W. Dodge Corp., New york; J. Philip Boyd, J, Philip Boyd & Co., Chi,cago, Illinois; M. W. Stark, Columbus, Ohio; Calvin Fentress, chairman, BakerFentress & Company, Chicago, Illinois; and Wilson Comp_ ton, president, Washington State College, pullman, Wash_ ington. J. L. Muller, acting chief, Forest products Division, l)ept. of Commerce, is secretary of the Committee.

Opens Ycrd in Los Angeles

Fir & Pine Lumber Co. has opened a yard at 5101 San Fernando Blvd., Los Angeles. Jack Stovall, formerly credit manager for the Patten-Blinn Lumber Co., is manager, and George Mattes, who was with Owens-Parks Lumber Co., is sales manager. Both Mr. Stovall and. Mr. Mattes are well known to the trade, and have been connected with the lumber business in Los Angeles for many years.

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St. Paul d Tccomcr Lumber Co. Tqcomcr, Wcstr

Diclonan Lumber Compcny Tqcomc, Wash.

Kcnlen-Dcnric Compcrny Tccomc, Wash.

Vcncouvgr Plyurood 6 Veneer C,o. Vqncouver, Wash"

Tqcomcr Hcrbor Lumber 6 Timber Co. TqcomcL Wa8h"

Clear Fir Scrles Co. Eugrene, Ore.

CdDLunberCo. Roseburg, Ore.

The old gag was that what this country needs is a good fivecent cigar. Lately we heard that what this country needs is a good five cent nickel. The fact is, as every intelligent man knows if he just has the nerve to admit it, is that what this country really needs is a President and a Congress onefourth as much interested in what happens to this country as in what happens to ihemselves in the next election'

When I wrote these vags two weeks ago, President Truman had just done a very brave deed, and I said so. I thought the man had finally decided to let politics go to Hades and come out and do and say the things that he and every other patriot knows should be done and said right now. But I jumped to conclusions too fast. It was just a fash in the pan, and almost instantly he started back-tracking. Right at this time I "hae me doots," as the Scotchman said, that I will ever get another such chance as that last one, to give nl- i nl, o" the back.

Sorta reminded me of the sky-rocket that Senator Barkley, of Kentucky, sent up a few short years back. He had been a steady old political hack all his life, taking orders, running errands, and doing the will of "the boss." One day the situation sent him too close to the garbage line to suit him, and he blew up. Rising in the Senate he made a magnificent speech, declaring his independence and his indignation. He made more headlines in a day than in all hiS long past life put together. It looked like the man had finally found himself and in doing so had discovered a strong, courageous man, The nation shouted praise of his new-found individuality. The next day he had dropped back into the very bottom of the waste-basket of mediocrity; has never been seen since; will never be heard from again. He was a statesman for a day. There was a famous stage play years ago entitled "A Knight for a Day." That was Barkley.

"The evil that men do live after them," wrote William Shakespeare of Stratford. The evil that was done in 1936 and for several years thereafter when the once great, honored, and always honorable Supreme Court of the United States was substituted in piece-meal by a conglomeration o,f politicd selectees-is now coming home to roost. Up to that time that Court had always and inevitably been

composed of the finest judicial minds and intellectual giants that this country produced. Since that time no addition to the court has been a man of great and outstanding judicial experience and ability. Hugo Black, whose name now makes the headlines in the turmoil that surrounds the Court, is a good example. With only a very little policecourt experience, and a member of the Ku Klux, he was suddenly elevated to membership in the tribunal that had boasted of legal giants since the Court began. General Hugh Johnson compared the appointment to a man throwing a dead cat on the porch of a neighbor he disliked. And now, after a series of years in which reports of internal dissention leaked out of the tribunal through the medium of the members themselves, we find outselves with a bitterly embroiled group of men on our hands; and no lawyer of ability in this land willing to say a good wo,rd for that once great Court. Time was when every citizen looked upon that Court as his anchor to windward if all else failed What has he now?

And the atom bomb again grabs the headlines. We are advised to scrap our store of bombs and turn the formula over to an international committee created for the purpose. Personally, I wish the bomb had never been discovered. But it has, and it belongs to us. And, since we are the only nation on earth morally fit to possess such a terrible weapon, let us hold tight to it and see that none of the "ism" gangs get a peek at the recipe. We wouldn't use it for any wrong purpose. Not the United States of today, at any rate. Should the Commies and the fellow-travelers come into power it might be different; which is just one more of a thousand good reasons for keeping the rascals out. So far as Russia already knowing the formula, that's out. If they DID, we would get a telegram from "IJncle" Joe Stalin, short and to the point, and the last two words would [g-"es else." You*can be certain of that.

Two of the greatest building booms on record are being staged in two cities where I spend much of my time, Houston and Los Angeles. In Houston the construction effort is limited only by the scarcity of building materids, in spite of which thousands of buildings are under construction, ranging from three-room houses to sky-high business buildings. Were lumber and other materials available in sufficient quantity, the building in Houston would be do,ubled. Los Angeles has a home building boom that staggers the imagination, and the shortages of building material are NOT nearly as apparent here as in Houston. Homes, homes everywhere, ranging from small type vet-

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er:rns houses to the most beautiful mansions. Middle price houses, ranging from ten to twenty thousand dollars cost, are so numerous you would wear yourself out trying to count them.

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: In the great building boom of 1923, a record for building permits was established in Los Angeles when in the month of August the permits totaled $22,249,262. That record has been twice exceeded already this year, and will be exceeded more times before 1946 is over. In'*March, 1946, the permits totaled $30,339,308, and then in April they were $23,467,000. The total building permits for the city for the first five mo,nths of the year amount to $109,794,000, and there is every evidence that 1946 records will far surpass the best year of the cityrs previous history.. There is a 'i'yorld of wooden construction, and as I drive about I find the lumber being used to be of much better quality than f had expected, knowing the difficulties being encountered. A huge part of the Fir lumber being used in Los Angeles is being shipped here in the shape of timbers, and cut down to home item size. Remanufacturing is one of the biggest businesses in Los Angeles today. I have seen great piles of Fir timbers as big as 30 by 30, being re-sawn into dimension for home. building. That's some job.

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, Builders of homes in Los Angeles are getting much better looking lumber on the average than are builders of homes in Houston. The average quality of the lumber f see going into construction in }fouston is very low. I do not see much wane, and discoloration, and manufacturing defects in the lumber they are using in Los Angeles. I would say that on the whole it is very normal looking lumber, much like what you saw before the war. But in Houston the percentage of bright, wefl manufactured, well seasoned, prewar-looking lumber that you see going into

Opens Ocrkland Office

R. G. Robbins Lumber Co. recently opened a branch office in the Syndicate Building, l44O Broadway, Oakland.

Larry Owen, who lvas formerly with Gorman Lumber Sales, Oakland, is in charge.

construction, is very much in the minority. It is my judgment that the supply of good lumber comes much nearer meeting the detnand in Los Angeles than in Houston. fn both cities the biggest problem is the shortage of flooring,, since that is the shortest item in both Fir and Yellow Pine. In Los Angeles they make flooring out of high grade lumber items of all sorts that runs into a lot of money in most: instances. But they do get a lot of fooring, one way gr another. All this does not mean that material shortages are not holding back construction , in Los Angeles, for everything is terribly scarce, and materials of all kinds are snapped up and placed in construction the moment they arrive. But as between the two cities,with their building booms, Houston suffers for building materials much more than does Los Angeles.

The same contrast ," "r"*r""s seems to apply to both states as well, Texas and California. Both are enjoying a statewide building boo.m. But unquestionably California, is more fortunate in its lumber supply than is Texas. A' world o.f Texas lumber comes from the Black Market; and Black Market lumber is black lumber in most cases. The big mills of the Northwest are shipping a world of lumber and timbers into California, and, while much'of it comes as timbers and has to be remanufactured, it is pretty normal-looking lumber when the carpenter gets it. Muchl of it looks thin-I understand great liberties are taken with standard thicknesses in cutting these big timbers into lum-! ber-but otherwise it looks about like it used to look. In Texas the White Market mill lumber is being carefully manufactured seasoned, and graded, and builders who get it get as good lumber as they ever did before the war. But the demand completely engulfs the product of these mills, while the Black Market products lift their ugly heads every where. There would be a tremendous improvement in the general character rof lumber used in Texas if it were not for OPA.

Buys Trqct oI Timber

Phillip Ross of T os Angeles has bought 8500 acres of timber land, knowri as the Santa Fe tract. near Boonville. Calif. It contains about 26O,000,000 board feet of Redrvood and Fir.

Will Erect Large Building Material Plant Los Angeles Led Nation in

San Francisco, June 25.-A new million dollar asbestos cement products plant will be erected by The Paraffine Companies, Inc., through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Plant Rubber & Asbestos Works. The new factory will adjoin Plant Rubber's existing Redwood City' manufacturing de-.'; partment where :magne$ia insulation products are made. The announcement of the factory expansion was made today by R. H. Shainwald, Pabco's executive vice president, who is also president of Plant Rubber & Asbestos Works, which will operate and manage the plant.

Products to be turned out.by the new plant will include: asbestos cement siding shingles, asbestos roof shingles, corrugated asbestos siding and asbestos lumber o. fiat board.

Construction will start itnmediately, land has been pur' chased, architectural design completed, and approval given by the Civilian Production Agency, because of the essential need of the production for building.needs.

trarly this spring Pabco started a $6,000,000 expansion of its Emeryville linoleum, floor coverings, paint, roofing and building material factory. Included is enlargement of its "Better Housing Laboratory," the company's large research unit. In April Schumacher Wall Board Corporation was merged into The Paraffine Companies, Inc., which furnished an additional line of products, including Schumite wall board and grip lath to the Pabco line. The company also makes refractories, pipe wrappings, coatings and a number of other basic items needed in construction.

"Clrrop" driveways don't stay cheap long

SAVE WTTN DNDUBING

Attractive concrete driveways that cost only a very little more to build, "stay put" through many years of service, arrd'saoe mone! in tbe long rutt.

A well-built concrete driveway is a good investment for your custopcrs because it gives low-annual-cost service.

Contreterhas the stamina to stand up under constant us€ . . doesn't develop annoying holes and ruts.

Concrete paved parking areas too, win friends for both owner and contractor.

New Building in March

T os Angeles, June 17.-Los Angeles led the entire nation in the amount of new building started in March, last official period covered by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor.

Paul E. Warwick, local labor statistics official, revealed that new construction started here totale d, $29,8213,542. Next highest in the nationwide survey were: Chicago, $22,626,996; Detroit, $20,D3,760; Houston, Texas, .$15,+26,620.

New residences begun in Los Angeles totaled $13,265,583, a natiorial high. Next rvas Detroit, $9,545,987, and Houston, $6,938,700.

Vetercns First in FHA Priorities Processing

Veterans who apply for priorities asdistance for materials to build homes for their own occupancy get first preference in processing of applications by Federal Housing Administration offices under the Veterans Emergency Housing Program. Next in order are applications for priorities to construct homes for sale or rent to veterans at or below the price dividing-line established for the area. This order ol processing applications is important, especially to the veteran who wants to build his own home, when it becomes necessary because of materials shortages to restrict the number of approved priorities in a given area. It also tends to encourage building in the lower price brackets.

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Sermonizing

' "Open your mouth and thc Lord will fill it" was an old axiom of a certain type of preacher,

"I{e will, but He'll fill it with wind, and there are entirely too rnany old air-guns in the preaching businiss no\rv," responded the school of preachers who prepared their sermons.

Uncle idose was a devotee of both systems. While he was yard man for Colonel Johnson, he was likewise pastor of the African Methodist Church of his native town. and well

Cocst Bcnge Timber Co. Sold

Coast Range Timber Co. has been sold to Wilson River Logging Co., according to T. P. Risteigen, president and general manag'er, Oswego, Ore. The sale included logging roads, bridges and camps in addition to one of the largest tracts of privately owned timber in Tillamook County, Oregon, which is in excess of 4O million board feet.

known and highly respected by the colored folks for his biblical lore and ability to expound the scriptures. One Saturday Colonel Johnson said to Uncle Mose:

"Have you prepared your sermon for tomorrow, and what are you fixing to preach about?"

' Uncle Mose said: "Nossuh, Kuhnel, Suh. Ah doesn't has to, dis time. Sometimes Ah preaches fum de text. Den Ah has to study. Tomorrow Ah don't take no text, so Ah don't has to study. Ah jes' preaches FUM DE EXTEMPORANEUM.''

Appointed Ycrd Mcncger

Don Gow has been appointed manager of the Alpine Lumber Company, Los Angeles. Don is well knorvn in the lumber trade, and was with the Hammond Lumber Com. pany at Los Angeles, in their Redwood department, since 1935, with the exception of four years rvhich he spent in the service.

Hoo-Hoo 1946 Convention

Washington, D. C., has been selected for the 1945 HooHoo anniral convention to be lield September 9 and 10. The Supreme Nine of the International Concatenated Order of Ifoo-Hoo so deeided, at its recent meeting held in Minneapolis.

This decision marks a. return to the convention by delegates which had been discontinued during the war years. The last regular convention was held in 7942 at Milwaukee. During the intervening years, decentralized meetings oper.ating under a master program weie held by the local units throughout the country. This 1946 meeting will be the 55th .,annual of the Order.

. The Washington, D. C., Hoo-Hoo Club No.99, aided 'by the Maryland Hoo-Hoo Club No. 100, will be host to the convtntion.. Martin T. Wiegand, Hoo-Hoo Number 44882, past president of the Washington Club has accepted chairmanship for the convention. He reports that the Mayflower will be the convention hotel.

During the past few years, Hoo-Hoo has recorded an increase in members in the Eastern territory. Besides the Washington Club and the Maryland Club at Baltimore, there are clubs at Portland, Maine; Boston, Massachusetts; Hartford, Connecticut, and Buffalo, New York. It is anticipated that all JurisdictionS of Hoo-Hoo, East and'West, will be well represqnted by delegates at this meeting. Local clubs will probably hold meetings throughout the country on Hoo-Hoo day to coincide with the big day of the convention, namely, September 9,1946.

Local Rcquertr Raflcct Acute Housing Nced

The acute need for'housing in communities and at col- leges is clearly indicated in , applicatio'ns for temporary emergency housing for veterans, servicemen and their fbmilies reported by regional offices of the Federal Public Housing Authority as of May 31, whbn an aggregate of 522,8fi units had been requested. . FPHA Cornmissioner Philip M. Klutznick reported that of the approximately 200,000 such units that can be provided out of available funds, 199,m units had been allocated by May 24. Allocations included 99,4& units for schools and 99,800 to local bodies. The program is being carried out under the Mead. resolution amending Title V of the Lanham Act, which authorizes re-use and coni'ersion of war housing, balracks, and other surplus federally-owned structu.res.

Scn Frcrncisco Lirmbermen's Club Meeting

The San Francisco Lumbernien's Club monthly meeting was held at the Palace Hotel, June 18. Jack Ruggles gave an interesting talk. He told of his experiences as personal pilot to Winston Churchill during 1942 to 1944. Jack is a San Francisco boy, attended Galileo High School and the lJniversity of California. There was a large attendance and Dave Davis, president, presided.

Opens Yqrd in Scrntcr Moniccr

Barney L. Lescoulie has opened a yard at 1647 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, which he will operate under the name of Lescoulie Lumber Co. He rvas with the Alley Lumber Co., for a number of years.

Janes $. Brown Betires

This is a brief career sketch of one of the best knorvn and respected executives in the lumber business of the Pacific Coast, James S. Brown, who recentlY retired from the position of assistant secretary of PoPe & Talbot, Inc., Lumber Division, San Francisco.

Mr. Brown was born in Ontario, Canada, came as a child with his parents to the United States, and grew up l<rmes s. Brown in Reinbeck, Iowa. His first experience in the lumber business was right there in his home town, and he did everything that was to be done in a retail yard from bookkeeping to loading lumber.

In 1898 he went to Minneapolis to become associated with the C. A. Smith Lumber Co., rvhich later became the Coos Bay Lumber Co., and was with this concern until the fall of 1913. In February, 1916, he started with the Charles R. McCormick Lumber Company. He was at the mill at St. Helens, Oregon, for three years, and then moved to San Francisco where he was appointed secretary of the lumber company, the McCormick Steamship Company and allied companies.

When Pope & Talbot, Inc., took over the McCormick interests in April, 1938, Mr. Brown continued as assistant secretary.

Mr. and Mrs. Brorvn have two sons and two daughters. They are going to live at Brookdale in the Santa Cruz mountains, rvhere they have maintained a summer home for rnany years.

One of their sons, Frank Brown, is well known in the lumber industry. He is manager of Tynan & Rogers, Redwood City, Calif., fence manufacturers. Milon, the other son, was a first lieutenant in the infantry during the war, and has norn' returned to his former position with the Fruit Growers Exchange, Los Angeles.

Comparative Annual Redwood

Production 1940-1945

Below is a summary of lumber production in the Redwood region for the past six years as prepared by the California Redwood Association.

It is estimated that the companies whose figures are included cut about 93% of. the Redwood lumber produced in 1944. They cut about 4O/o of. the other lumber (white woods) produced in the Redwood region. The Redwood region as defined by the Forest Service includes areas outside the Redwood timber belt. The production of small mills operating in this portion of the region and cutting primarily Douglas Fir was larger during the last three years than it has been in the past. Final annual figures were obtained from 17 major companies in the region.

Redwood Feet, B.M.

Other SpBcies Feet, B.M.

49926,W

t94t. . . 463,848,000

'9,40.. 379,O57,W

t942.. 458,227,0W

L943.. . 442,r04.,W

t944.. . 438,487,000

1945.. 397,556,000

45,500,000

67,590,000

75,256,M

80,635,000

84,768,000

These figures include sawn shingles, shakes and lath produced at lumber mills but not production of shingle mills not operated in connection with lumber mills. Included shingle production was approximately 3.8-million feet in l94l: 3.4-million feet in 1942; 3.3-million feet in 1943;Z.8-million feet in 1944i and Z.4-million feet in 1945. U. S. Bureau of Census figures do not include shingles, shakes or lath in their board measure totals. Total Redrvood shingle production reported by the Bureau of Census was approximately B6-M squares in 1940; 90-M squares in l94I 64-M squares in 1942;45-M squares in 1943; and 63-M squares in 1944. 1945 figures are not yet available.

The 1945 Redwood production shown in the table includes 393,387,000 feet of lumber and 4,169,000 feet of byproducts, largely shingles, shakes, lath and car strips. White woods production includes 84,739,nO feet of lumber and 29.000 feet of lath.

Los Angeles Visitor i

R. W. (Bob) Reid, Park-Olson Lumber Co., La Mesa, spent a few days in Los Angeles last month on business.

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Big Crowd Attends Summer Hi-Jinks Producers of Western Pine and Fir Ra:l

There w4s a large turnout Ties Given Across-the-Board Increases at the Summer Hi'Jinks and get-together for lumbermen at the Royal Palms Hotel, Los Angeles, Friday evening, June 21. Over 30O attended. The party was sponsored bY Lumbermen's Post No. '{03 of the American Legion.

During the dinner hour Russell Gheen led the gathering in group singing, accompanied by Betty Gordon on the accordion. The show followed the dinner.

George S. Melville, Com' mander of Lumbermen's Post, made a brief talk, thanked everybody for coming to the party, and stated that the proceeds would be used by the Legionnaires to foster hospitalization, Americanism and Boy Scout activities. He then introduced Phylis Ayers, mistress of ceremonies.

The Ladies of the Ensemble included Jean Wilson, Marjorie Cruse, Peggy Lee and Terry King, whb entertained with dance numbers. Commediene Billy Bird, the Vitamin B-1 glamor girl, with her songs, dancing and jokes, went over big with the crowd. A specialty act of sword swallowing by Marie Cortez was a thriller and.had the boys hanging onto their chairs. Miss Ayers also sang several pleas' ing songs. Monroe Jockers presided at the piano. It was a swell event, everybody had an enjoyable time, and the crowd will be looking forward to the Post's next party. The show was put on under the direction of Walter Trask Theatrical Exchange of Los Angeles.

The committee that arranged for the Hi-Jinks included Chairman Russell T. Gheen, Harold Hamilton, Mike Kuravich, Theo Stearns and Eric Hexberg..

Bcrck From the Middle West

returned from a month's points in the middle west.

SATISFACTION

Across-the'board ceiling price increases on western pine and Douglas fir railroad ties have been granted producers by the Office of Price Administration.

The action, effective June 11, 1946, raises prices of western pine ties by $4.50 per thousand board feet, D,ouglas fir cross ties by $5.5O and Douglas fir switch ties by $4'50.

Designed to provide an adequate supply of ties needed by railroads for maintenance and new construction, the western pine ties increase is equivalent to that granted April 5, 194f, on western pine lumber of the same grade as railroad ties. Similarly, the increases on Douglas fir ties are granted because present ceilings are somewhat lower than those for Douglas fir timber of similar dimensions.

Douglas fir switch ties are priced at $2 per thousand board feet, instead of $3, more than cross ties under the new ceilings. Thus, OPA has, at the request of the industry, effected a price differential that more nearly represents the amount of the difference in costs of producing switch ties and cross ties.

(Amendment 2 to MPR No. 556.)

FIIA Insured Locrns lor Remodeling

The requirement to file detailed plans and specifications when applying to Federal Housing Administration offices for priorities assistance does not apply to the conversion of existing structures to create new dwelling units lor veterans. Property owners who undertake remodeling jobs. of this kind will aid the Veterans Emergency Housing Prog'ram, according to Raymond M. Foley, FHA Commissioner. Conversion work takes less materials than new houses, produces dwellings more quickly, and provides rental housing for veterans. Qualified lending institutions will make loans, which are insured by the FHA, up to $5,000 with repayment over periods up to seveq years for remodeling purposes.

Regrulcrtion Covering Custom Milling oI Western Softwoods Chcrnged

& Door Co., Los An' trip visiting various

. . A moller of bccuty qnd cerrlce, plus fhe ossuronco of wcll-wecring quolity. Thc lhrec go hond in hond wlth thig duroblc plaslic wollboord.

Changes have been made to the regulation covering custom milling and kiln-drying of western softwoods. (Amendment 3 to revised MPR 539, Amendment 3 to MPR 539-C, Amendment 3 to MPR 539-8, all effective Jane 24.)

George S. Melville Conncnder, Lunbermen'r Post

Frank Jordan, F. L. Jordan Sash geles, has

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How the Jew Got LiIe Insurcrnce

The Jewish merchant wanted to borrow twenty thousand dollars and was told by the bank that they would make the loan if he would take out twenty thousand dollars' worth of life insurance to cover it. He went out to talk it over with the life insurance people, and came back very much downcast.

"I couldn't get it," he said in misery. "The insurance docteh he turned me down."

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The banker wanted to know why. Said the merchant: 'iHe esked me questions, unt den he turned me down." The banker wanted to know what the questions were? The rherchant said:

"He esked me 'is you fadder liffing?'-I said 'no, he's dead'-he said 'at what age did he died?':I said 'twentynine'-unt den he said-'what killed him?'-I said 'consumption'; he said 'is your mudder liffing?'-I said 'no, she's dead'-he said'at what age did she died?'-I said 'twentysix':he said 'what killed her?'-I said 'consumption'-Qi, Oi, he turned me down ! I can't get it !"

The banker said: "Of course you couldn't get it with those answers. I suggest you try some other insurance man, and think of some better answers than those."

So the merchant left, and in an hour he was back, dancing for joy. "f got it ! I got it !" he shouted.

The banker said: "Good. What did you, say this time?"

He said: "He esked me 'is you fadder liffing?'-I said 'no, he's dead'-he said 'at what age did he died?'-I said 'ninety-two'-he said 'what killed him?'-I said 'he fell off a polo pony'-he said 'is your mudder liffing?'-I said 'no, she's dead'-he said 'at what age did she died?'-I said 'eighty-eight'-he said 'what killed her?'-I said 'she gave birth to twin babies'-s4f he gif me de insurance right away."

The Start's the Thing

I have no special regard for Satan, but I can at least claim that t have no prejudice against him. It may even be that I have'been a little in his favor, on account of his not having a fair show. All religions issue Bibles against him, but we ne?er hear his side. We have none but the evidence from the prosecution, and yet we have rendered the verdict. To my mind this is irregular. ft is un-English, it is un-American. Of course, Satan has some kind of a case, it goes without saying. It may be a poor one, but that is nothing; that can be said about any of us. As soon as I can get at the facts I will undertake his rehabilitation myself, if I can find an impolite publisher. It is a thing which we ought to do for anybody who is under a cloud.

We may not pay him reverence, for that would be indiscreet, but we can at least respect his talents. A person who has for untold centuries maintained the imposing position of spiritual head of four-fifths of the human race, and political head of the whole of it, must be granted the possession of executive abilities of the loftiest order. In his large presence the other popes and politicians shrink to midgets for the microscope. I would like to see. him. I would rather see him and shake him by'the tail than any other member of the European Concert.

Birds and Bees

Hildegard, radio Mistress of Ceremonies, pulled one recently that was a great hit. She said that the birds and the bees are now telling their little ones about people. In fact, she said, Mrs. Bee is now expecting a little bumble from heaven.

Humanist

as much power to start a flywheel in motion as i9 does to keep it going after it has started. In other word/, it takes just one-sixth as much effort to keep it ter it gets

William : "The humanist is one whg holds himself ve truth, unprejudiced as to its source, and, hav truth, realizes his obligation to gfue it out again, made richer by his personal interpretltlon."

Mechanical ,engineers tell us that it takes just six trmes for a time and let go of what you've got, remember the flywheel.

Scotchmen Fishing

Two Scotchmen went fishing. They made a deal that the first one to catch a fish should buy the drin\on the way home. One of them got a bite that nearly bfuke hi pole in half, but he wouldn't notice or pull it in. Th! oflfer

had no such trouble. He never baited his hook.

BOOKS

started, so every tim,e a man starts a job en stops to rest a bit before starting again, it makes tha!6ix times effort They borrow books they will n uY' over again. When you are tempted to slacken your efforts They have no ethics o\eli

I wish some kind Burbankr guy'

Would cross my books wlth homing pigeons.

Wells.

-Carolyn

Pcving the Wcry

He: "I guess I'm just a little pebble in your life."

She: "Then why don't you try becoming a little boulder."

Forest Service Anndunces Revised Fire-Season Closurcg

A substantial increase will be made in National Forest acres of Southern California to be open to the'public during the 1946 fire season, according to Regional Forester S. B. Show, chief of the California Region, U. S. Forest Serv' ice.

This decision resulted from on-the-ground examinations of each critical portion of the Angeles, Cleveland, Los Padres, and San Bernardino national forests and consideration of the postwar fire problem with county officials and representatives of sportsmen, water users, and other groups concerned with the protection from fire of these vital watersheds.

Main highways and roads passing through high-hazard areas in the national forests, together with main roads providing access to areas open to the public, wif be available for travel throughout the fire season. Signed and fireproofed camps and picnic grounds immediately adjacent to these highways and roads will also be open to the public.

Areas with recognized high fire danger and watershed valte but lacking d system of transportation adequate for effective fire control will be closed on July 1 and will remain closed until the end of the fire season, usually about December 1. Boundaries of these closed areas will be conspicuously signed.

One coastal area south of Carmel in Monterey County and embracing the Big Sur River and the Ventura Mountains will be open under an experimental permit system with registrars located at the main entrances to the area at Big Sur, Chervs Ridge, Arroyo Seco, and Carmel Guard Station.

Maps showing the location of open and closed areas are available at the following addresses: Forest Supervisor, Angele5 National Forest, 1443 Federal Bldg., I-os Angeles 12; Forest Supervisor, Cleveland National Forest, U. S. Customs and Court House, San Diego 1; Forest Supervisor,'Los Padres National Forest, Federal Bldg., Santa Barbara, and Forest Supervisor, San Bernardino National Forest, Post Office Bldg., San Bernardino.

Mill Ceilings of Ponderora PinG Cut Stock Lumber Raised

Washington, D. C.,.June 22.-Maximum mill ceilings of ponderosa pine cut stock lumber have been raised $7.50 per thousand board feet'to reflect incredses of $4.50 per thousand board feet plus an average hourly wage increase of 15 cents granted to producers of ponderosa pine cut stock, the Office of Price Administration announced today.

Today's increases, effective Jane 26,1946, pass through the amount of those on shop lumber from which cut stock lumber is made and provide for the normal ..wastage in cutting. Consumer prices of sash and door millwork items will not,be affected by today's pricing adjustment. This is true because millwork manufacturers have already received a price increase that reflects the $4.50 per thousand board feet increase and the wage increase.

Other changes made in today's revision of the ponderosa pine millwork lumber regulation include.the following:

(1) Cut stock lumber produc€rs located outside the western pine region may how price delivered sales at that basing point which gives the lowest rate to destination. This permits them to recover inbound transportation bosts on lumber shipped from the western pine regionl

(2) Prices, reflecting differentials established by the I.umber Code Authority, have been established for No. 2 cut stock.

(3) Larch, Douglas fir and white fir cut stock are now priced $3 per thousand board feet less than ponderosa pine cut stock.

(4) Maximum additions of g5 per first cut and of 91.50 per additional cut, per thousand board feet, have been provided for multiple resawing except for resawn face veneer. In addition, a $2.50 per thousand board feet charge is permitted for bundling for water shipment.

(Revised Order 3 under Revised Maximum Price Regulation 94-Approval of Maximum Prices for Ponderosa Pine Cut Stock-effective June 26, L946.)

Beturns from Business Trip

Glenn Fogleman, The California Door Company, Los Angeles, spent several days at the company's mill at Stirling City, and also attended a directors meeting of the company in San Francisco.

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More Boards and Dimension Through Custom Milling

T. Titus, Executive Secretary, Pacific Lumber Remanufacturers Association Bv R.

Milling in transit, unknown to many retail lumbermen in yeals past, has recently d.veloped into an imPortant phase of lumber production. The reason is obvious to anyone who will analyze the cur: rent supply situation, comPlicated as it is by the interference of numerous governmental regulations with the normal processes of lumber production and distribution.

In 'spite of rePeated efforts of bureaucrats to substitute a planned economy for the old law of supply and demand, we find that in times like these, when there are two customers waiting for every stick of lumber, manufacturers, distributors and builders alike are racking their brains to devise ways and means of increasing the supply of badly needed construction lumber. One solution is to break down into boards, dimension and other housebuilding items, large sizes lvhich are normally sold as timbers or cants, both for domestic use and export. This is where milling-in-transit enters the picture.

Today in all lumber producing regions there are iarge numbers of smal.l sawmills, some of them of the "teakettle" or-"peckerwood" variety, cutting as little as 10 M feet of lumber per day or less. Most of these mills are equipped with circular headsaws which serve very well in squaring the logs and producing large timbers. Many of these plants lack edgers and resaws and practically none are equipped to further refine their product by dressing, running to pattern or drying. The combined production of these sarv mills is considerable, but rough green timbers are of little use in the construction of homes. The natural solution is to have this material resawn and finished to usable sizes in other

plants equipped with all the facilities for turning out wellmanufactured items for which the demand presently exceeds the supply available from the larger mills.

On the West Coast, many of the mills, especially those on tidewater, have customarily engaged in the production of timbers and heavy plank for export or other water shipment. They have neither resaws nor gang saws hence are not equipped to manufacture It' and 7' lumber economically. The producing industry today c4nnot begin to meet the demand for small sizes and custom mills are being called upon to remanufacture the large sizes most sawmills must produce to maintain maximum output and also to bring into use for home building, the product of small mills without any kind of planing equipment.

It is estimated that there are approximately 100 concerns in the Western States engaged in this type of remanufacturing on a custom basis, under the provisions and price regulations of R1\{PR-539, established by the Office of Price Administration, A custom mill is defined by OPA as an establishment which performs custom milling services upon lumber in which it has no financial interest, and u'hich does not operate or have a financial interest in a mill which produces lumber, a wholesaler or commission merchant of lumber or a concentration 1'214 which processes lumber. If it cannot meet this test a plant may apply to OPA for authority to operate as a custom mill but authorizatiori is granted only u'hen OPA is convinced that this will result in greater production of surfaced boards or kiln dried lumber; u'ill not encourage sawmills having remanufacturing and kiln drying facilities to ship their lumber g'reen, rough or thicker than 1"; will provide necessary milling services which cannot otherwise be reasonably supplied and will not result in unnecessarily increasing the cost of finished lumber to the ultimate consumer.

Many of the manufacturing plants have been engaged in custom drying and milling for 20 years or more. Others were planned as concentration yards in areas where numbers of small mills have sprung up. In addition, a few regular sawmills have engaged in custom milling and drying

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, when their supplies of logs have been shut ofi for one reason or another. Some of the plants are planing mills only, without facilities for resawing or kiln drying. A few are engaged in kiln drying only, while the majority are set up to resavr, surface and otherwise remanufacture lumber to meet the individual needs of their customers.

Ifow can a retail dealer best use the services of a custom mill in producing boards and dimension from larger sizes? In the first place, it should be borne in mind that two entirely separate transactions are involved, (1) purchase of lumber from the producing mill, or wholesaler; (2) purchase of remanufacturing services from the custom mill. The latter has nothing to do with the former. The custom mill has no interest in nor control over the price, quantity or condition of the stock received from the sawmill and it remills the stock into the sizes and patterns ordered by the customer. Remilling charges are based upon the inbound piece tally and if this is not reasonably acSurate, the customer may be charged 5Oc per M ft. BM for tallying.

: Sinie the customer seldom sees the stock before it is remilled, it is suggested that he order it grademarked or certificated by a responsible agency. For a charge of only $1 per M ft. BM the customer may also order the lumber , graded, marked and t;llied after remilling and this practice is recommended by custom mills generally. This eliminates the necessity for grading the stock upon arrival in customer's yard and it also provides a rough check upon the shrinkage in footage and change in grade which mav he expected in remilling stcrck of various gracles and dimensions.

,. It should be obvious, however; that the grade of the lumber after remilling is generally not the same as the grade of the original planks or timbers before remanufacture. Knots or other characteristics permissible in a No. I timber, for example; may reduce some of the Zx4,s produced from it to No. 2 grade. Similarly some of the smaller sizbs may be of a higher grade than was the original , piece. Neither the producing mill nor the custom plant has ,any responsibility for change in grade due to remilling of the customer's stock.

Usually customers order stock remanufactured into specific sizes and the custom mill operator has no choice in the matter, although he may feel certain that when low-grade fimbers are resawn into boards, for example, a percentage

of the resultant pieceq will not be of merchantable qual- ity. If his expectatiohs are fulfilled what is he to do with the cull lumber? If he does not ship it, the customer may claim a shortage; if he does put it into the car, the customer pays freight on useless material. Perhaps if he had been allowed to use his own judgment in remilling, the operator of the custom plant would have been able to make some boards and produce. dimension of usable quality from the remainder. ft is recommended, therefore, that the customer request the transit mill to produce the maximum of whatever size is desired but to use its own judgment in remilling pieces of questionable quality. Customers also should, give remanufacturer specific instructions regarding disposition of shims; broken pieces and stock of no merchantable value developed in remilling.

For Western Softwoods, remilled or kiln dried anywhere in the United States, except in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minn'esota, fowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, the charges and regulations are established hy RMPR-539 issued Uy ihe Office of Price Administration. In these 12 states RMPR539 C applies. Invoices from custom mills must show the species, size conditions and workings of the lumber before and after milling, with a detailed description of all services for which a charge is made.

While custom milling does not add to the total footage of lumber produced, it is estimated that the one hundred or more remilling plants in the Western States process into boards and dimension not less than 100 million feet each month which otherwise would be marketed in sizes I not suited for general construction. Lumber for 1e000 houses each month is "not to be sneezed at, in these days when the country is faced with a severe shortage of homes.

The important point to remember in transit milling transactions is that the custom plant is merely a machine through which passes lumber already the property of the custo_ mer, en route from sarvmill to retail yard, industrial plant or building site. The custom mill has nothing to sell ex-' cept service. Without this service, many retail yards would receive far less lumber. When production and demand ap_ proach the normal level, and when price control is eliminated, re-milling on a custom basis will probably decline, but the same plants will ,undoubtedly continue to serve the small mills much as they now do. the purchasers of lumber.

Smafl Home Builders Save 400 Feet ol Lumber Per House With New Rafter

Washington, D. C., June 24.-A new type trussed ra{ter that saves up to 400 feet of lumber in a 2-bedroom house is now being used in 314 veterans' houses under construction, has been specified in 403 more, and is now under construction by builders for an additional 2,100 units. Inquiries from architects and engineers for copies of the design have reached 75 a rveek. The Timber Engineering Company, developers of the design, predicts its quick adoption in all parts of the country.

The rafter has only four basic members plus tr'vo scabs' There are no right or left-hand members. The, rafters can be fabricated at job site or in a shop. A rninimum of equipment consisting of a cut-ofi savi' and a portable or stationary drill and four simple patterns is all that is required. Experienced labor is unnecessary. There is no complicated notching, no spiking which eliminates possible splitting' Ring grooves and bolt holes are cut in one operation. Pro' duction line methods can be employed. It is adaptable to both single and multiple housing units.

Through {hese rafters as much as 400 feet of lumber can be saved in a 2-bedroom house by eliminating heavy bearing partitions and using non-bearing partitions strch as light studs. There is less rvaste by pre-cutting and ridge board is eliminated.

Rafters preassembled on the ground are erected as a unit thus giving faster erection and affording interiors quicker protection from weather. A movable jig table means laster assembly. Rafters for one four-room house can be assembled by tu'o men in an hour. There is no shimming or fitting due to inaccurate hand framing.

With standardized exterior walls, roof and ceiling, an1' interior layout can be developed. The designer does not have to build rooms around bearing partitions as the partitions can be placed anywhere without regard to ceiling framing. This flexibility makes it possible to provide 3, 4, 5 or 6room houses with the economy of standardized structural frame work. Prefabricated storage wall units will increase storage space in small homes without the expense oI on-the-job framing of closets. They form partitions but are moved into place after plastering.

Timber Engineering Company has mailed the rafter design to 14,600 architects, engineers, F'H'A' architects and

From Hill To Hill

Over the road of a thousand curves' Where drivers have need of unshakable nerves, The lumber trucks go rumbling down From Brandy CitY to Stockton town' Where the logs of cedar and sugar pine Are made'into timbers strong and fine And used in building, as wb shall see The s.turdy structures that are to be'

They have u'idened the road of a thousand curves But your heart still jumps when your vehicle swerves' ' But there are times in the after glolr', Wheri tr dream of the colorful long ago; A cloud of red dust seems to rise, Mounting-up to the western skies, And a long mule train'goes jingling by' Where the duskl' shadows of sunset lie'

The whine of a lllack snake I seem to hear And the fervid speech of a muleteer, Telling his mules-but it rvouldn't do To repeat his words to people like you' The mule teams swerve as the trucks do now, As they twist round the curves on the mountain's brow,

And the mountains give, as they gave of old, The wealth of the forests, the deep mine's gold'

Over the road o[ a thousand curves' Where one speaks his mind with polite reserves' The lumber trucks go roaring down To the lumber mills in Stockton torvn'

And little towns of the Pioneers

Are glad with the gladness of former years' For the wealth of a mine or a wooded hill Are serving the state and the nation still' -A. Merriam Conner

housing men throughout the country' Retail lumber dealers may receive a copy of the rafter design upon request' Timber fabricators located in all sections of the country are equipped to produce rafters on a mass production basis'

Sawmill News

Oregon Woodwork Co., Ltd., and Portland, Ore., have purchased the Co. at Forbestbwn, Calif.

Kenneth Kast, Los Angeles, will locate a sawmill in Toe Brite Canyon, near Tehachapi, Calif.

The Hawkins Biothers' sawmill has near Dana, Calif., to Hayfork, Trinity cuts about 30M feet per day.

Miller's Ltd., both of Forbestown Lumber been moved from County. The mill

The Jensen Lumber Co. is building mill at Willits, Calif. The mill will cut shift. Robert Jensen is president.

INSECT SCREEN CLOTH

"DUROID" Elcho Crclvcnircd

an all-electric sawabout 25M feet per

The Hoopa Lrmber Co. has purchased the Ross & Mc_ Knight sawmill at Burnt Ranch, Calif. The mill has been set up in Hoopa Valley, and will have a capacity of about lOM feet per day.

The Van-de-Nor Lumber Co., White Salmon, Wash., is constructing an all-steel sawmill on the former Wilfred Anderson ranch, Arcata, Calif. H. VandeVanter and his two sons, Ehrman and Garth; D. S. Norris, and his sons. William and Richard, are the owners.

The Olney Creek Lumber Co.. near was destqoyed by fire several months and is now operating.

Redding, Calif., which ago, has been rebuilt

Rea Wood Products Co. is building a sawmill at An_ napolis, Calif., which will have " .up".ity of 30M feet per shift. They will produce shingles, shook, hardwoods, also Fir and Redwood lumber. W. W. Allen is manager.

'R. H. Err,-".ronhl, lFIi.E sawmill at Arcata, Calif., to Jalmar Berg and Victor Olson of Bellingham, Y"rl. They will operate the mill under the name of"Berg Lumber Co. 1,600 acres of Douglas fir timber, containin! about 40,000,000 feet, was included in the sale.

, Jh" Rutler-Trinity Lumber Co. is operating a new saw_ mill -on Brown Creek, about six miles above Douglas City, Calif. The mill has a capacity of 30,000 feet per dt,. Sta"_ ley Carr is foreman.

"DURO"

CPA Extends Control Over All Sawmills In Effort To Boost Housing Construction Lumber

Washington, D. C., June 6.-Production of every sawmill in the country, regardless of size and output' was brought under Government control by the Civilian Produc' tion Administration today in an efrort to ,bdost housing construction lumber and flooring reserves by trtore than 4/a billion feet.

Previously, CPA had only controlled those sawmills producing 8,0@ feet of softwood or 4000 feet of hardwood per day. Reserves will be increased because, in addition to includittg all sawmills, regardless of size, in the grder, the "*oorrt of each sawmill's reserve has been increased, and the number of military rated orders which must be filled has been reduced.

Today's action u'as efiected by amendment of Direction 1 of Priorities Regulation 33.

The action does not alter the original intent of Direction I to Priorities Regulation 33, rvhich is to channel lumber needed for housing and hardwood flooring to the veterans' housing program, but it does broaden the scope of the order to proiiie houtirrg and flooring'lumber for the essential

of the Veterans Administration and military and civilian uses as well as for the housing program'

The action stemmed from the fact, CPA stated, that Direction 1 as previously written, was not adequately provid' ing for the requirements of other essential needs'

CPA officials expect that by including ali mills in the regulation the construction lumber reserves will be in.rlured almost four billion feet and hardwood flooring reserves increased 27O million feet annually'

CPA pointed out that these sawmill increases are expected tL 'result in distributors receiving two billion feet

more a year on certified orders, while an additional 5'CI million feet will go to millwork manufacturers and 270 million to hardwood flooring manufacturers.

Besides channeling the production of all sau'mills, the amendment makes these changes: (a) increases the size of the reserve held by the sawmill and the distributor; (b) increases the quantities of construction lumber and hardwood flooring lumber which distributors and millwork and hardwood flooring manufacturers can receive and (c) changes the kinds of orders forrvhich the lumber, millwork and hardwood flooring reserves can be sold.

The amendment affects sawmills, distributors;'millwork and hardwood fooring manufacturers, office wholesalers, and housing contractors in the following manner.

Sawmills

A sawmill as now defined includes any stationary or portable mill or plant producing lumber, or any plant or concentration yard processing into lumber 25 pet cent or more of the logs and lumber it receives. Not covered are plants known as retail or rvholesale distribution yards.

The operator of such a sawmill must now set aside 50 per cent instead of 40 per cent of his monthly softwood construction lumber production. This set aside will now be used to fill rated as well as certified orders but only has to be held until the last day of the month instead of a full 20 days as formerlY.

The quantities of hardwood flooring lumber which must be produced and reserved remain unchanged. However, a sawmill operator does not have to accept MM orders for more than five per cent of his reserve.

Any hardwood flooring and construction lumber not re-

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quired for certified or rated orders during the month must be sold without regard to priorities except AAA orders.

Distributor

A distributor can issue certified orders for construction lumber to his supplier by either of tr,r'o methods: (a) by placing certified orders each month, starting rvith June, for not more than seven per cent of the total footage of softwood lumber he had in inventory on January l, 1942; or (b) he can place certified orders during each calendar quarter for two carloads of lumber, to be delivered at the rate of one carload in any month.

The distributors' reserve has been decreased from 100 to 75 per cent of the lumber received in anv month on certified orders. Also the period he must hold this reserve for certified or rated orders has been de'creased from 60 days to the remainder of the month in which the lumber was received. He can accept MM orders for only 10 per cent of his reserve.

Any housing construction lumbern'hich the distributor is not required to reserve or anv of the 75 per cent reserve which is not taken by certified orders and rated orders during the month can be delivered only on uncertified and unrated (except AAA) orders.

Millwork and Hardwood Flooring Manufacturers

Beginning in June these manufacturers can obtain every month, eight per cent of the quantity of construction lumber and hardwood flooring lumber they turned into millwork or hardwood .flooring during the year 1940.

Seventy-five per cent of this production must be held in reserve for certified and rated orders only during the month it is manufactured instead of 60 days. Acceptance of MM orders is limited to 10 per cent of the reserve in anv month.

All millwork or hardwood fooring in excess of the 75 per cent reserve, and any millwork or hardwood flooring remaining in the reserve at the end of the month can be delivered only on uncertified and unrated (except AAA) orders.

Office Wholesaler

The quantity of housing construction lumber or hardrvood flooring lumber which the office wholesaler can obtain on certified orders is determined by'the amount required to meet certified orders placed rvith him. In addition he may extend the AAA, MM, CC or HH ratings he receives to the sawmill for direct shipment to the customer.

Housing Contractor

Housing contractors are now prohibited from issuing certified orders. They norv obtain housing construction lumber by applying an HH rating to the distributor or, if the quantity desired is a carload or more, they may apply the HH rating to a sawmill or office wholesaler.

Rated and Certified Orders

The provision that both rated and certified orders must be filled from production reserves changes the order of precedence at the sawmill level to: AAA, MM, certified orders and CC and HH, with the latter two of equal value.

At other levels the order of precedence is: AAA, MM; and CC, HH and certified orders, with the last three of equal value.

Extension of Preference Ratings

f)i.stributors, hardn'ood flooring manufacturers and authorized millurork manufacturers cannot extend or applv any ratings, except AAA, to their suppliers to obtain housir.rg construction hrmber or hardr,vood flooring lumber.

A millwork manufacturer, although not authorized to issue certified orders can, holvever, exterid whatever ratings he receives to his supplier to fill rated orders.

An office wholesaler can extend all ratings he receives to the savi'mill for direct shipment.

A housing contractor can apply an HH rating to obtain housing construction lumber, millwork, and hardwood floorittg.

A prefabricator cannot apply or extend an HH rating for housing construction lumber, millwork or hardwood floorit g.

Moorcbla Paint Produco for 'wcethcrgroofirr3 drv kiln end rnill rcofr.

Buildcar for Motr Tbr! H.lf r Ccaorry

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Take Steps To lncrease Production of Nails

Washington, D. C., June 1l-Steps to increase the production of nails to meet requirements of the Veterans Emergency Housing Program and eliminate a critical materials bottleneck rvere announced jointly today by National Housing Expediter Wilson W. Wyatt, Civilian Production Administrator John D. Small and Price Administrator Paul Porter.

The actions consist of a $10 a ton price increase by OPA, and concurrent action by CPA in setting up specific production goals for all manufacturers of nails.

In the same action, OPA increased the price of bale tie wire.

The two agencies acted at the request of Mr. Wyatt who had received reports from all sections of the country that the nail shortage was delaying the completion of veterans' housing. He urged the two agencies to take whatever action rvas necessary to increase nail production.

Mr. Wyatt requested CPA to step up production goals to not less than 55,000 tons this month and increasing to at least 66,000 tons per month by September. He further asked that production be accelerated as much as possible during the summer months so that nails may reach builders in northern areas in time to be used during the peak construction period.

In addition to the OPA and CI'A actions to increase nail production, another government agency, the Office of International Trade, Department of Commerce, has placed building nails under export control at the request of NHA and CPA to provide additional nails for domestic use.

(Amendment 17 to Revised Price Schedule 6-Iron and Steel Products-effective June lI, 1946.)

Congrctulctions

Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Collins are the parents of a tenpound daughter, born June 9. The report to this office said that father, mother and daughter were all doing fine, and that Mr. Collins rvas handing out the cigars. He is manager of the Wilmington office of Kilpatrick & Company

New Ycrd in Cloverdcle

Floyd G. Frasier is manager of Cloverdale Supply, r'r'hich recently started business in Calif.

By Ed Nohiger

Wycrtt Urges brcrecsed Labor Trcining

Some reports have been received recently in Washington of a shortage of skilled building tradesmen in the South, West and Mid-West, according to Wilson W. Wyatt, National Housing Expediter and Administrator of the National Housing Agency. "This occurred despite the efiorts of the Department of Labor, union officials, contractors and veterans organizations to train and recruit the workers that ivill be required for the Veterans' Emergency Housing Program," Mr. Wyatt said. "This is a plain warning that the apprentice training program must be speeded up unless labor is to become a future bottleneck." The number of Joint Management-Labor Apprentice Committees have increased from 1,117 last February to 1,457 at the end of April and there was a 12 per cent increase in the number of men entering apprentice training in April over March.

Forest Service.

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U. S. Department of Agrlculture lecmed nol to rtond bock of the

New Multiple-Blade Power Feed Edger

U. S. Fif"t Suits Against 40 Western Lumber Cohrpanics

San F'rancisco, June 26.-Forty suits against 'Western lumber companies'and dealers were filed by the Office of Price Administration today in Federal District Courts in California, Arizona, Washington and Oregon and in certain state courts in Oregon.

The suits were, filed simultaneously in U. S. District Codtts in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Phoenix, Sedttle, Spbkane, Tacoma, and in five Oregon courts.

An OPA statement described the far-flung court actions as its "first mass.legal move to bring into the open some of the practices in the lumber industry which the Government believes responsible for artificial shortages and resulting exorbitant charges faced by contractors and builders."

The multiple suits, involving a total of 65,649,123 board feet of lumber, sought an estimated $9,043,53O in treble damages from defendant companies and individuals.

, Designed especially for high-speed, efficient edging or re-sawing, a new muliiple-blade power feed edger has just been announced by Equipment Sales Co., Inc.

bh" rr.* unit is equipped with multiple 24' or 36' blades, and a positive power feed. A 3-speed transmission provides feeds of 60, 80 or l2O feet per minute' Feed can be changed or stopped instantly while the sarv is operating. The unit is of rvelded all'steel construction, and is equipped with anti-friction bearings throughout. Full-width idler rolls at each end of the table facilitate handling.

Standard finger plate and mandrel spacers accommodate l, 2, 4,6, 8, 10, and, 12 inch cuts. Plate and spacers for other dimensions can be supplied. Mandrel is designed for a 75 h.p. drive, although motors from 15 h.p. up can be used. Drive is a combination of multiple V-belt and roller chain.

Full information can be obtained by writing to Equipment Sales Co., fnc., 306 13th Street, Oakland 12, California.

Ceiling Prices lor Western Bed Cedar Poles and Piling Increcsed

Dollar-and-cent ceiling prices have been set for westerri red cedar poles and piling to reflect the l0/o price increase recently authorized. (Amendment 4 to MPR 554, effective June 29.)

Ralph Golub, enforcement chief of OPA's lumber division, said the actions were "aimed exclusively at practices and techniques that are not, and never were, common to the lumber industry." He listed the following:

1. Shipment,of lumber to the shipper himself at dummy addresses, to be held for bargaining.

2. Resawing lumber without regrading.

3. Refusing to produce standard size lumber such as 2x4s.

4. Upgrading of materials.

5. Charging customers for more lumber than rvas actually delivered.

6, Making retail sales without having licenses.

7l Flagrant over-ceiling prices.

8; Cutting short lengths.

Henry lL Hcnsen

Henry H. Hansen, 34, young Monterey, Calif., retail lumberman, passed away suddenly, June 10, in a hospital where he r'r'as under treatment,

He was a native of Monterey, and was associated with his father, Henry A. Ifansen, in the operation of the Union Supply Company.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by his sister, Mrs. Myrtle Giffen. Ife was a member of Monterey Elks Lodge.

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California Buildhg Permits for May

Intcrest in Lumbcr Research Facilitier Incrccsing

Washington, D. C., June 15-An increasing number of rvood using companies are writing the Timber Engineering Company Shop-Lab concerning their wood utilization problems, according to Carl Rishell, director of research.

Typical inquiries from {ourteen states cover furniture, finishes, wallboards, wood plastics, wood sugar, piano sounding boards, laminated wood linen rolls, wood waste utilization from tool handle manufacture, wood dying, wood box treatments and a new wood preservative.

Timber Engineering Company's booklet, "The Forest Industries Blaze New Trails," continues in heavy demand.

During the past two months, ten wood using firms have written asking , that a wood technologist call to discuss their wood products problems.

H. B. McKean, Teco research engineer, reports. that 174 companies are now in correspondence with him on various problems relating to improvement of present rvood products and development of new uses.

Handsome New Office ct Toyon

The Calaveras Forest Products Corporation, at Toyon, California, has just completed one of the handsomest lumber offices in the state. Attractivelv modeled it is airconditioned, fluorescent lighted, and modern and convenient to the final degree. This concern operates a box and veneer plant at Toyon.

Timber Litercrture in Dem<rnd by Educcrtors

Washington, D. C., June 15-As a part of its postwar educational program, the Tirnber Engineering Company has furnished recently, upon request, fifty-five forestry architectural and engineering departments of colleges and universities with the Marburg lecture, entitled "Wood as an Engineering Material," which was prepared by L. J. Markwardt of the U. S. Forest Products Laboratory and delivered during the war period before the annual meeting of the American Society of Testing Materials.

This lecture, which received wide acclaim, is a 58-page technical story of wood, covering its method of growth, physical and mechanical properties and structural uses. The work has been used widely as a textbook by professors.

SEOUUA MItt & TUMBER CO.

Producers of Redwood - Douglas Fir

White Oak - California Alder

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New Booklet on Plywood

To aid the home-builder, carpenter or cabinet-maker in obtaining attractive and interesting'ivall and ceiling treatments with plywood, IJnited States Plyu'ood Corporation and The Mengel Company have just issued a ne\,\' brochure, Weldwood Plywood for Interiors Installation. It is available without charge upon request to United States Plywood Corporation, 55 West 44th Street, New.York 18.

The booklet gives clear, complete descriptions and illustrations of field installations including details ranging from the primary planning of the job to the final finishing of the plywood. There are instructions for erecting plyrn'ood'walls and ceilings in new construction, or over existing masonry or plaster; treatments of joints, corners. base and ceiling trim; fitting plylvood around windorvs and doors, and arranging the paneling to bring about I'arious effects. Versatility of the material is depicted with photographs of actual plywood installations and used to help visualize the suggestions.

Vetercrns' Housing Inspected by FTIA

' The o.d". requiring the filing of detailed plans and specifications when application is made for priorities assistance at Federal Housing Administration field offices applies to all housing for sale or rent to veterans. Compliance inspections made by FHA to determine u'hether the builder has foilowed plans and specifications also apply to housing for sale or rent under the Veterans limergencv Housing Program. These orders became effective June 10.

When a veteran seeks a priority to build a home for his own occupancy, he does not need to file detailed plans and specifications, and no inspection of the construction is required. Veterans may elect, however, to follow this procedure and have inspections made rvhiie the house is being built.

Automatic Paint Brush Cleaner

Materials have nolr become available to permit the return to the market of "Keepkan" automatic paint brush cleaner.

The patented brush-hanger, special laboratory developed liquid, and container are sold as a complete unit rvhich handles the entire brush-cleaning job. When the painting job is finished, the rvet brush is inserted in the brush-hanger, 'lvhicl-r suspends the bristles in the liquid, allorving the pigment to be drained out. l|he brush is then ready for L"': re-use or storage. Brushes used in cleaned at the same time and in the of liquid has been retarded. and it o\:er agarn.

different colors may be same can. llvaporation may be rrsed over and

Tr,vo sizes of Keepkan are available-the household size rvhich holds 4 brushes up to 3" wide, and the industrial size rvhich holds 5 brushes up to 4" wide. Keepkan liquid refills to maintain the level in the container are available separatelv. The Horve Comltanv, Stonv Creek, Connecticut, are the manufacturers.

Chcnges in Pricing Provisions For Western Poles crnd Piling

OPA made five changes in pricing provi-"ions for western poles and pilings to encourage increased outptlt of inland fir, larch and hemlock and adapt ceiling to new methods of prodtrction, effective June 15, 1946. (Amendment 4 to maximum price regulation 555.)

F"rnnal Jtern,

Hal Weber, manager of the W. B. Jones Lumber Co., Los Angeles, spent a few days recently in San Francisco on his way to Portland, Eugene, and other Oregon points. He returned to Los Angeles June 25.

Norm Cords, Cords Lumber Co., San Francisco, is back from a lGday business trip to Northern California and Oregon.

George T. Gerlinger, Willamette Valley Lumber Co., Portland, was a recent visitor to San Francisco, where he attended the meeting of the NLMA board of directors, held in the Palace Hotel, June 10-12.

Fred Lamon of Lamon-Bonnington Co., San Francisco, will be back July 3 from a two weeks' trip spent calling on Northern California and Oregon sarvmills.

Seth L. Butler, San Francisco, Northern California representative of Dant & Russell, fnc., was back at his desk June 2O from a business trip to Portland.

W. E. (Bill) Davis, Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lumber Division, Eugene, Ore., ivas vacationing in Southern California during the latter part of June and spent tlvo weeks with his mother rvho resides in Glendale.

E. L. Reitz, E. L. business trip in the Reitz Co., Los Angeles, is back from Northrvest.

J. W. Copeland, J. W. Copeland Yards, Inc., Portland, Ore.. was a recent Southern California visitor on a combined business and pleasure trip. His firm operates retail yards in Banning and Santa Ana.

Ray G. Jacobs, manager of Ross Carrier Co., San Francisco, has returned from spending a week in Los Angeles on business. He has made a good recovery from the illness rvhich kept him away from his office for some time.

Glen Miner and W. H. Stewart, Whiting-Mead Co. of San I)iego, were in Los ,A,ngeles June 20 on business.

Dell Windsor, Dell Lumber Company, Burbank, spent a feu' r,veeks in Northern California and the Pacific Northrvest calling on the mills.

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Lumber Produdion Hiked l2.2fo;32 Billion Feet Seen by C?A During 1946

Washington, June 25-The Civilian l'rocluction Administration said lumber production totaled 2,889.982,0n board feet in April, a 12.2/o increase over March production and I4.2% more than in April, 1945.

If production can be maintained at this rate, about 32 billion feet will be produced. in 1946, as against total requirements of 37 billion board feet, CPA said.

Production in the eastern states increased 9.l%o over the March level and 28.3% over April, l9{5, while the western states production increased 78.3/o in April over the previous month but decreased 4.7/o Irom April of 1945.

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5800 South Boyle Avcnrc, Los Angelcs 11,, Cdif. Tclephone KLnball 5111

WANTED

Girl for private sccretarial work. Lumber experience preferred.

Address Box C-1182, California Ianmber Merchant 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

POSITtrON OPEN FOR LUMBER OFFICE WORK

Man or wom:rn experienced in general lumbcr office work. Salary will depend upon experience, Good chance for advancemcnt.

Address Box C-1186, California Lumber Merchant, 508 Centrd Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

FOR TEASE

Retail and remanufacturing yard thirty miles from Los Angeles. 97,ooo sq. ft.,28,(X)o sq. ft. under roof. All paved, 8 car railroad spot main line railroad. New Gedinger front lift truck, Ross carrier, new Chevrolet roller truck. 8x3O natcher, band rip saw and band resaw. No inventory. Prefer 3 year lease basis with amply fnanced party.

Address lox C-|185

Collfornlo lumber llerchont

5O8 Genlrol Bldg.

Los Angclcc 14, Colif.

WANTED

Erpcricnccd Whitc Pinc grader.

PENBERTHY LUMBER CO.

58(X) South Boyl,e Avenrrc, Los Angeles 11, Calif.

Telephone Klmball 5111

WANTS MAN FOR LOS ANGELES OFFICT

Long established lurnber eompany wants a young man for their Los Angelcs office who knows the contractors, industrial, and furniture trade in the Los Angeles area. .Gbod opportunity for the right man. State referenccs and experience.

Address Box C-1187, California Lumber Merchant 508 Centrat Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

FOR SALE

1. Los Angcles retail lumber yard. One acre on Boulevard, all paved; over 15M ft. under roof. Complete mill for manufacturing. Hyster & Gerlinger Carrier, five trucks. Burner. R. R. Team track 6fl) ft. distanL Total price (including over $,+0,000 in personal property) $150,000, At least half down. Inventory extra. Immediate possession.

2. Los Angeles retail lumber yard, 45,000 sq. ft. on main Boulcvard, (including 12,fi)0 sq. ft. on 4 year leasc). Price, owned ground $41,000; all buildings $7,500; Machinery $4,000; Office and store equipment $2,(X)0; two trucks $2,75O1. miscellaneous items $3,0fi); Total price $60,25O; at least $40,0fi) down payment. Small inventory extra. One mile from R. R. team traclg or cars can be unloaded by Fern Trucking Co. Imrncdiate possession.

3. Lumber yard site (bare ground only) on San Fernando Road adjoining S. P. right irf way on North side. 16 acres $48,000. Terms.

4. Lomita, bare ground, 100x428 ft. with spur track along the 428 ft. side. $10,000.

5. Santa Barbara 5rard site, about 68,(XD sq. fL, inchailing about 28,0@ sq. ft. under roof. Use of adjoining railroad spur track can be obtained. Total price for ground & buildings $80,000. No inventory.

6. Lumber hoist complete. 40-foot "I-Beam"; timber frame work; two hand operatcd lifts but only onc travclcr. i1,0d) for everything. Buyer to dismantlc.

If you want to sc{ Vour yard let us know.

TWOHY LUMBER

CO.,

LUMBER

YARD & SAWMILL BROKERS

Petrolcum Bldg., Los Angelcs 15, Calfi. PRospect 8746

BUTER'S GUIDE SAN

FNAIUCTSCO

LI'MBEN

f,rcclc Ecdwood Co, 42{l Market Streot (ll). ....YIlLon 2067

AtLinron-Stutz Compqnv, ll2 Mqrker srreer 0i). .GArlield 1809

Chrielensou Lunber Co. Evcns Ave. and Quirt St. (24)..VAleucic 5832

Cords Lumber Conpcay, 68 Posi St. ({)...... .....DOuslas 2469

Dont d Bugsell, Inc., 2l{ Froat Street (ll). ...GArlield 0292

Dolbeer d Cargon Lunber Co,, ll18 Merchauta Excbcage Bldg. (4) DOuglca 6{46

Gcnerslon G Greeu Lumber Co., 1800 Arny Street (2{). ..ATwater 1300

Hcll, lcmes L., 1032 Milts Blds. (4). .SUtter 7520

Hcllincn Mcckin Lunber Co. 681 Mcrket St. (5). .. .DOuslqe lg,ll

Hcmmond Lumber Conpcny, {17 Montgomery Streit (6). .. .DOuglas 3988

Hobba Wcll Lunber Co., {05 Monrgomery Sr. (l)..........GArtield l?S2

Holmeg Eureka Lumber Co., ll05 Fiacnciql Center Bldg. (4)....GArtietd l92l

Kilpctrick d Compcny, Crocler Bldg. (4). .yUt<on 0912

Carl H. ,Kubl Lumber Co., O. L. Russum, ll2 Marlret St. (ll)..YUlon 1160

, LUMBEB

Gomersloa 6 Green Lumber Co,, 2001 Liviassron Sr. (5). .KEuog.4-t88{

Gosslin-Harding Lumber Co. 2ll Professional Bldg. (l),...........KElIog 4-201?

Hill 6 Morton, Inc., Dennison Strest Whqrl (7)........ANdovgr 1077

Hogan Lumber Compcny, 2ad qnd Alice Streets ({)........Glcncourt 6861

Kelley, Albert A. P. O. Box 240 (Alamedc)......Lqkeburet 2-2ll5rl

Monqrch Lunber Co., 1404 Franklin Sl. (12). ..TWinoaks 5291

E. K. Wood Lumber Co,, 2lll Frederiqk Strqet (6). .....KEllog 2-127l,

LUMBER

Aaglo Colilorniq Lumber Co..

655 E. Florense Ave. (l). .THonwcll 3l4l

Arcclc Redwood Co. (J. I. Rea)

5tll0 Wilshire Blvd. (36). .WEbster 7828

Atkinson-Stutz Compqnv, 628 Petroleum Bfdg. (I5)....... Pnosped 43{l

Atlas Lumber Co., 2035 E. t5tb St. (21). ....PBospect 7{01

Brusb Industricl LunbEr Co,,

535{ E. Slcuson Ave, (22).. .ANgelus l-1155

Burns Lumber Compquv. 727 W. Seventh St. -(14).........TBiaity 106l

Carr d Co., L. I. (W, D. Dunning),

438 Ch. ol Con. Blds. (15) PRospect 8843

Consolidsted Lunber Co.,

122 W. Jeflereson St. (7)......Rlchmond 2l4l

Itl46 E. Anoheim St.. Wilmingtos. .. ...\tr/ilm. Ter. 4-2687; NE. 6-1881

Cooper Wholesale Lumber Co., W. E.,

606-608 Richlield Bldq. (13). ..... .MUtuql 2l3l

Daat d Bugsetl. Inc.,

812 E. 59th Street (l). .ADcms 8l0l

Dolbeer d Ccrson, Lumber Co.,

901 Fidelity Bldg. (13)..........VAndike 8792

Ed. Founfnin Lrrnber Co.,

714 W, Otynpic Blvd..... .PBospect 4341

Hcllincn Maclia Lumber Co.

ll7 w. 9!h St. (15). .....TRiuity 3644

Hqmmond Lumbar Compouv,

2010 So. Alcmeda St.- (51). PRospecr 1333

Holmes Eurekc Lumber Co..

7ll-712 Architecrs Bldg. (13).... MUruql 9l8l

Hoover, A. L., 5225 Wilshire Btvd. (36). ....YOrk ll88

Kilpctrick 6 Conpcny (Wilmiugton)

1240 Blinn Ave. ......Nevadc 5-1414

Ccrl H, Kuhl Lumber Co., (R. S. Osgood), 70t! S. Sprins St. (14). ...TRinitv 8225

Lawreuce-Plilips Lunber Co.,

833 Petroleui 8tdg. (15) PRospect 8lt4

Ross C. Loshlay (8. G. Bobbins Lunber Co.),

--714 W. Qlympic Blvd. (15) PRospect 0724

MccDoncld Co., L. W., 7l{ W. Olympic Blvd. (15) PRospect 7t94

Mohogcny Impbrtiag Co., 621 S. Sprins St. (l{). ...TRinity 9651

Crbcn Lumber Co., 77 S. Pcscdena Ave..

Pqscdelc (3) .SYccmore 6-,lil?3 BYcn l-6$7

.Postoffice Zone Number in Parenthesis.

LUMBER

Lcnoa-Bouington Compcny, 16 Cclilonic Street (ll)..........GArlield 6881

Northero Redwood Lunber Co,, 2408-10 Buss Blds. (4). ..EXbrook 7894

O'Neill Lunber Co., Ltd., 16 Cclilornic St. (ll). ...GArlisld 9ll0

Pccilic Lumber Co., The 100 Bush Streei (4). ...GArfield ll8l

Pope d Tqlbot, Inc., Lumber Divigion, 461 Mcrkct Street (5). ..DOuglcs 256I

Ssntq Fe Lumber Co., l5 Caldornic Street (ll).........,EXbrook 2071

Se_quoic MilI 4 Lumber Compcny, Hobcrr Building ({). .-. .-.. .EXb:ook 3540

Shevliu Pine Ssles Co., 1030 Moaqdnock Btdg. (5)........EXbrooL 7041

Sudden & Christenson, Inc.. 310 Scnsone St:eei ({)..........GArtield 2846

Tcrter, Webeler 6 Johnson, Iac., I Monlgomery St. (rl). ..DOuglos 2060

Ccrl W. Wqttg, 975 Monadnock Bldg. (5)..........YUkoa 1590

Wendliag-Nqthcl Co,, 56{ Mcrlet St. ({).. .......SUrter 5369

Wesl Oregon Lumber Co,, 1995 Evcns Ave. (2{). .ATwqtcr 5618

OAKLANID

LUIIBEN

Wholescle Buildinq Supptv, tnc,, 1507 32nd Streei (8). .'. .'. .TEmplebcr 6964

Wholescle Lumber Distribulors, Inc,, 5'l First Sireet (7). ...TWiaoqt r z5ls

HANDWOODS

Slrablc Hcrdwood Compcny, First cnd Clcy Streeri (?i....TEmplebdr SSS|

White BrotheB, 500 Higb Street (l). ....ANdover 1600

LOS ANGELES

LUMBEN

Pocific Lumber Co., The 5225 Wilshire Blvd. (36). .YOIL lt68

Pctrick Lumber Co., Eqstmqn Lumber Scles, 714 W. Olynpic Blvd. (15)..... .PRospect 5039

Pope 6 Tolbot, Inc., Lumber Division

714 W. Olympic Blvd. (15)..... PBospect 823t

E. I.. Reitz Co., 333 Petroleum Bldg. (15). ...... .PBospect 2369

Son PEdro Lunber Co,, I5l8 S, Centrql Avs, (21)......Rlchmood llrll 1800.A Wilminston Roqd (Scn Pedro). .Scn Pedro 2200

Sbevlin Pine Scles Co., 330 Petroleum Bldq. (15)....... PBospecr 0615

Simp6on Industries, Inc.,

l6l0 E. lVqshington Blvd. (21). PBospect 6183

Sldnton. E. I.6 Sou, ?050 E. 4lst St. (ll). CEnrury 29211

Sudden d Christeuson. Inc..

630 Bocrd ol Trcde Bldg. (14)....TRiniry 88{4

Tccomq Lumber Sales.

837 Petroleum Bldg. (15) PRospecr Il08

Wendling-Nothcn Co., 5225 Wilshire Blvd. (36)......... YOrk 1168

West Oregon Lumber Co., 427 Petroleum Blds. (15). Rlchmond 0Z8l

W. W. Willcinson,

-.-l12 West Ninth_Street (t5)..........TRiniry 4613

Weverhseuser Sqles Co., _ lUg W. M. Gcrland Btdg. (15) Mlchieon 6354

E. K. Wood Lumber Co-. 4710 So. Alcnedc St. (54)........IEllorsoo 3lll

CNEOSOTED LUMBEB_POLESPILING-TIES

Americon Lumber d Trecting Co..

ll5l So. Brocdwcy (15.)..........PBospect {363

Boxler, I, H. d Co., 601 West Sth Street (13) Mlchiqcn 6294

McCormick d Bcxler Creoaoting Co., ll2 W. gth Streer (15). ....TRiniry 4513

Pope 6 Tclbot. Inc., Lumber Divisioa, ?li W. Olynpic Blvd. (15) ...PBospect 8Z3l

HARDWOODS

Anericqo Hcrdwood Co,, 1900 E. lstb Srreet (54)..........PRospecr ,ll3ll

LUMBER

Wegtern Pine Supplv Conpov. l20l Hcrrison Si.-(').....:. ...ItNdorbilt 8686

E. K. Wood Lumber Co.. I Drunm StrEet (ll). ...EXlrook 3710

Weyerhceuser Soles Co,, 391 Sutter St. (8)... ......GArfield 897{

HABDWOODS

Comitiug Hqrdwood Co,, George C., 465 Cqlilornic St. (4).......:....GArlield 8748

Wbite Broth€rs,Filth and Brcnncn StrEets (7)......SUtter l3B5

SASH_DOORS_PLYWOOD

Hcrbor Plywood Corp. oI Cclilomic, 5{0 l0th St. (3). ..MArLet 670!i

Ua_ileC Stctes Plywood Corp., tl27 Any St. -(10).

CNEOSOTED LUI\1EER-POLES\ PILING-TIES

Anericqu Luber d Trectiug Co., 604 Misgior St. (5). ......:. .SUtter 1028

Bcxler, I. H, & Co., ..3.33 -Montgonery Street (4),.......DOuglcs 3883

nqu, lcmgS !., 1032 Mitle Bldg. (4). .......SUrter 7520

Pope d Tclbot, Iac., Lumber Divisiou, __tl6l_ Mcrket Street (5). ...DOuglcs 2:i6l Vcnder Lqan Pilinq d Lunber Co., 461 Mcrket Street (5). ....EXlbrook 490{ Wendling-Ncthau Co., 56r! Mcrtrer Sr. ({).. .......SUtter 5363

PANEI,S_D O ONS_SASH_SCNEENSPLYWOOD-MILLWORT

Cclilornic Builders Suppty Co., __700 6Lb Avenue (tl)..... ...Hlgcre.60l6

Ho,gcn Lumber Compcnv, 2nd cnd Alice Striete- (l). .Glencourt 6861

E. C. Pitcher Compcny, 608 l6ib St, (12):...:. .Glencourt 3990

Pe-erless Built-li Fixturo Co. (Berketey) 2608 Scn Poblo Ave. Q)....... .THoinwqll 0620

United States Plywood Corp., 570 3rd Sr. U)-....... .TWiaocls 554r! Westeru Door d Scsh Co., 5q -q- Cypress Streets (7). .TEmplebcr 8400

E. K. Wooil fumber Co., 2lll Fredcric& Strest (6). .......xf,,llos 2-ltf7

Bohahofl Lumber Co., Inc. 1500 So. Alcmedc St. (21). ..PRospect 32115

Penbertby Lumber Co., 5800 South Boyle Ave. (ll)......Klmbcll Slll

Sldntoa, E. I. 6 Sjn, 2050 Ecst 4lst $treet (ll)........ .CEntury 29211

Tropiccl d Westem Lumber Co., 609 S. Grsnd Ave...............Mlchigan 9326

Westen Hqrdwood Lumber Co., 2014 Ecst lstb Slreet (55). ......Pnospoct 616l

SASH_DOOBS_MII,LWONK-SCBEENS BLINDS-PANELS AND PIYWOOD IRONING BOABDS

Bcck Pqnel Compcay, 310-3ltl Ecst 32nd Street (lI)....ADcme 1225

Cclilornic Door Company, The P. O' Box.126' Vernbn Stqtion(ll) Klmbcll 2l'll

Colilornic Pcael d Veueer Co., P. O, Box 2096, Temiaal Annex (54) ...TBiaity 0qi7

Cobb Co., T. M., 5800 Ceatrol Avenue (lI). ..ADcns llllT Cole Dor & Plywod Co.. ItX9 E. Slausn Ave. (rr) .., .ADams l37l Davidson Plvwood d Veneer Go,, 2{35 Enteririse St. (21). .Tniaity 9858

Eubcnk d Son, L. H' (Iaglewood)

433 W. Bedondo BIvd.. .ORegon 8-?55

Hcley Broe. (Santc Monicc) 182'0 t4th Slreet... .AShley l-2268

Koehl, fno. W. d Son, 652 S. Myers Street (23) .....ANgelus 8l9t Pccilic Mutucl Door Co., 1600 E. Wcshiagto! Blvd. (21) .PBospect 9523

Reqm Companv, Geo. E.. 235 S. Atimedc Sireet (12). .Mlchigcn t85{ Scmpson Co. (Pqscdenc), 745 So, Bcymond Ave. (2'r........RYcn l-5939 Simpson Industries, Ilc., 1610 E. Washiagtou 3lvd. (21)..PRospect 6183

Truedson Cabinet Corp., 6823 S. Victoriq Ave. (43) ....TWinocks 4651

Uniled Slales Plvwood Corp., 191t0 Ecsr lsth- Sr. (21). .......Blchnond 610l

Wesl Coqst Screen Co., ll45 Eqst 63rd Streei (l)..........trDcms lllll0

Weslem MiU 6 Moulding Co., 11615 Pcrnelee Ave. (2)........Klmbcll 2953

E. E. Wood Lunber Co., {Zl0 S. trlcmedd St. (sil). lEllerron Slll

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

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

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The Treasur]' Department has published two new booklets to help you and ycur cmployees realize full benefit from vour Payroll Savings Plan. "Peacetime Payroll Savings Plantt is directed to key executives and contains helpful suggestions on how to organize and promote the sale of U. S. Savings Bonds. "This Time Itts For You," for distribution to your employees, shows how the Plan works, how to select desired goals, and how much to set aside to achieve them.

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