'W"%r says

Clear'7"

"It comes in all thicknesses from 414 to L6l4 and dressed sizes are extra standard.

"All widths ate 8 inches and uP, with many pieces 18 inches and wider. The average is well over 12.

"Lengths are L0 feet and longer, and beter than 50 per cent will be t6 ft. Five per cent of8 and 9 foot lengths is permitted.

Uses

"This is the lumber you should carry in stock for the highest class finishing work and for industrial trade. \fhat you don't sell for interior finish, cornices and cabinet work, the nearby factories will buy for patterns, drafting boards and other special uses."

More information about No.1 and 2 Clear will be found on pages 7l-7 4 of our grading rules. If you haven't received your copy, write "Cal" Pine for it

Chas. R. McCormick & Company Put F'irst Relief Lumber Boat Into Santa Barbara

Chas. R. McCormick & Company made a splendid rec_ ord for themselves in their immediate and effective efforts to furnish Santa Barbara with the lumber supplies she needed, immediately following the earthquake.

Mr. Ed. Houghton of the Los Angeles office got into Santa Barbara on Tuesday morning, immediately following the quakes of Monday, and was probably the first lumber salesman to arrive on the job there.

Ife co-operated with the dealers of the city in discover_ ing some of their immediate needs, and on Wednesday morning, just 48 hours after the disaster, the McCormick steamer "Silverado" landed at the docks in Santa Barbara with 250,000 feet of special orders of lumber and timber needed for immediate service. It will be readily understood that the situation in Santa Barbara created a need for many items of timbers that are not ordinarily carried in retail lumber stocks, and it was of this sort of material that the load of the "Silverado" .was made up.

She was the first lumber laden ship to arrive in the stricken city after the quake. Mr. Houghton phoned the orders in to the office in San Francisco, and the arrangements were made by phone from that city on Tuesday afternoon, and that .same afternoon and evening the quarter of a million feet of stock was loaded on the ship at the Wilmington docks of Chas. R. McCormick & Company, arriving at Santa Barbara Wednesday morning.

The firm may well be proud of their service giving feat.

Damage To Lumber Yards In Santa Barbara

There are four lumber yards in Santa Barbara. the Santa Barbara Lumber Company, Boyd Lumber & Mill Company, Ambrose Lumber Company and Union Mill & Lumb,er Company.

According to definite reports, all four of these firms suffered about the same sort and amount of damage.

The quake knocked down the lumber racks wherein the lumber was stacked on end, throwing it about in wild array, and the piles in the sheds werJ swashed about so that the sheds were all very badly damaged.

The rebuilding of the sheds was necessitated. and in some cases there was damage to the stocks by water, and by oil.

Fortunately the mill departments at each yard were rvell constructed and stood. the jar, so that they were able to resum€- operations again as soon as the power was turned on, which helped a_great deal in supplying the immediate demand for materials.

Fortunately also, all the yards in Santa Barbara were well stocked with lumber when the quake came, and they have taken good care of the lumber needs. A number of ships soon arrived at Santa Barbara with materials. and there has been lumber in plenty to meet all demands.

C. H. B_oyd of the Santa Barbara Lumber Companv advises the Lumber Merchant that the total loss to the four lumber firms in Santa Barbara will amount to betu.een $0,mO and $40,000.