Texas is the fastest growing Consumer of western lumber.
Perhaps we can help you sell your stock in this territory. Write us.
Are you getting your share of this growing replacement?
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W. H. NORRIS tBR. CO. HOUSTON, TEXAS
The Fir market has shown practically no change during the past twoweeks. The volume of cargo arriving con' tinues good but prices continue low-
Fir cargo receipts at San Pedro during- the month of June *"t f Ogl*O Mit. This is a decrease for the sanrre month ilr tgZe,'whenthe cargo anivals totaled 125-',1qO M- f-t' n"a*""i cargo arriv"li-for June were 14'r^5-0lvl-ft., while the cargo reclipts for Jtme, 1926, were 1O'85O M ft.
Unsold stockr at San Pedro run around 15,0fi) M ft' On July 7, it was reported that 31 boatr had been tied up and a othir boatr had been transferred to other runs.
With the removal of 35 boats from the California coast' wice trade, fir rhipments at San Pedro have decreased to a ooint belo* the vblume in consumption. It is expected that ilore boats wilt be tied up before the firct of the month' This rhould inrure a steadier market, and with this decrease in rhipments, a rtrengthening in the market is looke'd for in the next two or three weeks.
A telegraph report from San Francisco on July ! rtales that ther6 G change in the rnarket. There is a fair de' mand for 1x6 and-lx8 No. 3 common and tterc items are drong. The rhingle and lath market are not very active.
Fir cargo arrivalr in San Francicco for the month of June totaled 4-8,516 M ft. Redwood cargg ahipmentr lor $e r"-. -or.ih were 221251 M ft. Building permits for thc month of June in San Francirco were $31926,432-0o Build' ing operationr in Oakland for Jrme totaled $2'l4lr720.W.
Redwood.-The redwood rnarket continues etrong with oricer firrn- The volume of orders is ratiefactory. Con' "tt r"tiott and lower grade stocks at the millr are badly broken. Association r:eportr rtate ttrat orders received from January 1to July 2, 19t27, totaled 247P3il-M- ft., while production for the rame period was 1851285 M ft.
California White and Sugar Pine.-Shop and lower grader are moving readily and pricer are being maintained. The Clear market ir not roactive. Most of the millr rvere rhut down for several dayr over the Fourth of July holidayr. T\e 1927 production from January 1 to June 27 was 429r 854 M ft., while production for the same period in 1926
totaled 583,039 Mft.
The Fourth of JuIy shut-down in the Pacific Northwetb which was heralded io be a long one, probably covering several weekr, proved to be only of about normal leng$' the shut-down averaging less than one week each per milln and there is no furthir curtailment contemplated for the re' mainder of the Eummer.
Mort of the logging camps on the Northwest Coast are closed down on iccount of the fire hazard, and they ex' pect to remain clored on the average from six to eight weekl, Lut no shortage of Fir logs ir contempl,ated as there are large stocks on hand.
Reports from Tacoma, and Seattle, indicate that rail tradeis comparatively quiet, ofi'shore business is rteady, and good Japanise demand is anticipated before the earlv !a!!. They "ri elso looking for a brick rail busineas by early fall, due to fmb crop proipects all over the Fir consruning territorier.
The last two wee,kly barometers of The West Coast Lunbermen's Association chow that production ir below normal, and was dightty exceeded by sales each week, with ehiqments conriderably above both thus denronrtrating a dock reduction at the reporting mills. Shipments have been greater than production every week for many weeks. For the entire year ending July recond thia Association reportr production 1r899r309r28o feet ;saler 2rOO1r971'449 feet; shipmente 1,980,357, 1 72 feet
The hardwood market in the South is reported very dow by the Southern Hardwood Institute. The milb are holding tteir pricer, and the buyerr are holding their orderr, and it is still a deadlock. Shipmento are slightly in excess of production, so that the stockr are being slishtly redqced. The Southern herdwood mills believe that there will be a strong re-opening of hardwood buyins from all directionr in the near future, but up to now the hardwood dernand is being damrned up, and awaiting developments. This is exactly the condition with the Southern hardwood demand in California, where the trade is buying very slowly and deliberately, and watching the market.
Advice to every retailer, wholesaler, and manufacturer of lum' ber, which, if followed, would bring certain Prys3_gt{y to^ the industry: ..DON'T SELL ANYTHING AT ANY TIME TO ANY.
BODY THAT PROFIT.'' DOESN'T BRING REASONABLE
Doucras EIR to your order from McCormick means business.
In direct contact with the sources of finest lumber supply in the Northwest, with our own great sawmills operating from our own timber stands, with our ovlrn fleet of 7 5 ships plyi"g between northern forests and Cdi:fornia ports-these are the outstanding reasons why Mc{ormick renders unusual service to Califonda yards.
McCormick facilities form a complete chain. Let our nearest sales office or sales representative quote you on straight or mixed cars. Besides cargo facilitiesr w€ have a depatrnent specializing on rail business.
From a recent address to the National Lurnber Manufacturers Association
There has been a striking transformation in the position of the retail lumber deder. Formcrly the retail dealer, in fact as well as in name, was a deder in lurnber. In the nrral line yards other supplementary materiatrs wert regulady handled; but usually not materials in direat competition with lumber. In larger towns and cities, a few' lunrber yards continuc to tundle lurnbcr onlS while the builders' supply yards handle diversified building material. But the number is small and growing smaller.
Spcaking i4 general tcrms, the retail lumber dealers are in fact no longer lurrlberrnen. They are friendly to lumber. They always bave bcen. They formerly wer€ pa.rtisan to lururber. A few still are. Most are not; and they will not be. Thcy are not going on lumbet's note. The lumber industry will hereafter harrc to cstablish its own credit with the consundng public. The retail dealcr will of coursc, corrrtinuc to be the lunben industr/s point of sal€s contact with the oonsuntr, who alrcady rants to buy lurnbcr; but not the means of persuading the consumc to use lurnber in prcference to thc myriads of substitutes which arc today pressing for his patronagte.
If the hmrber manrdacturers will acccpt this fact and plian accordinglyJrowcvcr disagreeable thc fact ruay bc-it will save rvaste efict, avoid needless disappointment, makc more progress, and ma&e it more SuicHy. The rctailers havc shown that they will help, but witr not initiatc; and insofar as the direct interests of lurnber are oonoerned, t'hcy will follow, but fur most cascs, will not lcad.
Ttre transformation of the typical i6tril yard from a lumbcr yard to a distributor of divcrsified building materials, has bccn gfadual, not Ecctacular, but almost universal. The backbonc of thc retail yard business is still lurnber. But this is true only in the serre that lurnber lqrrcscnts the largcst singlc iteo of its aggfegate volunre, ard not in thc senc that lunber is no longer a preferred commodity. In fact, ia tbousands of retail yards, espocially the srnaller yards, hrnh6r is etilt carry- ing the overhcad of thc entire busines, notwithstanding the fact that substihrtes for lumber origin- dly takcn o as "side lines," are now being handlcd in an aggregatc voluruc substantially greater than the volume of lumber itself. What was oncc "tail" has in many cas6 now becornc the ..dog." The volume oI othcr materials being sold, for example, in the middle western raail linc yards todan largely consisting of substitutes for lumber, is haE again as gneat tts thc volurne of lumbcr.
The retail lumber dealers as intermediari,€s bctween @nsumers and producers, are not rcsponsible for theso changes, thcy, or at least thc best of them, are in a large scnsc advisqs to drc consurncrs. But, to a still greater cxtent, they are mcrcly interpreters-and certainly not the originato,rs-of the consura€rs' demand of preferences. The dealer obviously will buy what he can sell most easily, and at the largest profit. What he can sell depends not upon what *re producer wishes to make; but rather upon what the consumer prefers to usc. More and more the retail dealcr is becoming the translator, in carload lotc, of thc wagon load preferences of his custorners.
Here is the point at which the lumber industry is now feeling the accumulated results of tcns of rnilliroru of dollars of s,killful advertising and aggressive trade promotion by its cornpetitors, whil,e the lrrn:ber industry lras to a liargc extent been aontent to depend upon custorD, tradition and inertia, to maintain its products in goneral usc. The latfer has bean-and will be-no match for t]re forrner.
This is a condition created not by the retail hurrber dealers but by the oonsumers thernselves. Under ttrc ,stimulus of the ardent trade extension and merchandising activities of thc manufacturers of the leading substitute matcrials. Thc lumbcr industry as a whole has heretofore let tlris trecrd go unchallenged. It has chosen to regard the progress of substitutes and the displac.errent of lumber as either inevitable, or merely telrrporrary. To a large exteng it is neither."
By Jacrt Dionne
On the opposite page will be found a very terse and thoughtful statement, recently made by Dr. Wilson Compton, Secretary-Manager of The National Lumber Manufacturers Association before the annual convention of that organization, on the subject of "Changes in retail distribution."
Truly things progress slowly in the lumber iqdustry. And just as truly it is this slow progress that has placed the industry in the very unenviable position in which Dr. Compton so well and fairly pictures it.
The lumber industry-the manufacturing industry he speaks of, of course-has depended largely upon "Custom, tradition, and inertia to maintain its products in general use." Truly a terrific statement from one of the most intelligent, practical, and thought- ful men serving this great industry. It should be dinned into the ears and eyes of every man who. manufactures lumber.
It took me back fifteen years, when f read that statement. I was pleading with the lumber dealers of Texas in convention assembled, to get out of the rut, become building merchants, do the building thinkingfor their communities, become the building experts and authorities of their communities, and create business instead of waiting for business to happen of itself. And I told those lumbermen-retailers and mill men-both at that tim+-that the primary obligation of merchandising lumber rested upon the shoulders of the manufacturers who produc ed that lumber. That the dealer owed the lumber industry a duty and an obligation, but that it was secondary; the manufacturer should first father his product, and the dealer should then cooperate with him in his efforts to create new markets for forest products.
And it is that same thought that f want to bring to the mind of my esteemed friend Dr. Compton at this time. The dealer, through a seemingly endless term of years, was the only champion lumber had. The mill man felled his trees, turned them into whatever item seemed best to fit his manufacturing equipment orthe character ofhis logs, and turned them adrift in the world. His inierett ieased when he shipped the stocklo the dealer. If the dealer found a market for it-well and good. If he did not, then business was rotten, prices slumped, and the manufacturers got together and talked about the necessity of curtailment. That was his one thought-production. If he couldn't find a ready buyer for his lumber, the trouble was alwa5rs "over-production."
fle's suffering from the same germ rig ht now. ft never was over-production. It is not NOW.
It is idle and meaningless talk to declare that it IS or WAS, when the facts and figures show that the use of building materials has been steadily increasing-ENOR- MOUSLY increasing as a matter of fact-through all these years when lumber has been sufrering from this illogically termed "over-production." But lumber was standing siill. Lumber was making no effort to plant the seed-of which the ripened harvest meant more and more building-but there were others that WERE.
The lumber dealer has always been the point of contact between the lumber industry and the consuming public. And it is my belief and contention that the lumber industry has been served bythis contact point even beyond its just deserts. I say that because all men who look, admit that the retail department of the lumber industry has made far more progress than has the manufacturing department, in comparison with the general progress of commerce and industry:
The failure of the lumber industry lies with the producer, and not with the retailer whom he left alone and unaided tofight the battles of lumber. "Custom, tradition, and inerita," is the way Dr. Compton describes the effects of the lumber manufacturing industry to find a market for its products.
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Mr. Leonard Hammond, of the Hammond Lrrrnber Company, San Francisco, sends us the follo.iving letter dated July lst: California Lumiber Merchant, Dear Sirs:-
As I know you are always interested in presentiug to your readers the last rvord in labor saving devices, I take pleasure in submitting for your consideration the attached copy of letter from Pour Eijffinger at NIarquet, of Paris, France. Yours Very Truly (Signed)
L. C. HammondThe attached letter which he referred to. reads as follorvs: Paris, France, Le 14 Jfin, l9Z7 HAMMOND LUMBER CO., SAN FRANCISCO (Cal.) U. S. A. Dear Sirs,
We are inventors and depositors o{ a brevet from a machine rvich lve want to sel for the U.S.A. and other countrys.
This machine can manufacture woodflooring on 4 sides, moulding, and moulding pyrograved, to 13 inches rvide, all this 32 times quicker than the machines existend to day.
She cans make 1.280 pipes claen (smocking) at once. Further she cans make all work of sculpture in rvood, alabaster, ivory and other material as: smocking pipes, panels, statuettes, buttends, shoe-last and hoes, lumps, etc. etc. all this articles 160 pieces at once from 16 inches'ivide to 5 foot inches high. She cans make also the propellers of airplanes.
If our proposal rvill interest, you please 'rvill you u'rite us and we shall give your more details.
Paul W. Masters, Gaynor Masters Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is on a business trip to the Northwest where he is conferring with his business associates, L. R. Gaynor, Jr. and M. A. Weyman, and visiting their mill connections. Hervill return to Los Angeles around the middle of the month.
Lloyd St. Clair, assistant manager of Fir sales for the Central Coal & Coke Co., in their Kansas City office, was a recent California visitor rvhere he spent several days combining business rvithpleasure. He r'vas a caller at the San Francisco and Los Angeles offices of the Santa Fe Lumber Co., rvho are the California representatives of the Central Coal & Coke Co. While on the coast, he rvas also a visitor at the company's mill operation at Vernonia, Oregon. He rvas accompanied by Mrs. St. Clair on his trip'
P. W. Chantland, Chas. R. NlcCormick Lumber Co., I-os Angeles, has returned from an enjoyable vacation on the Russian River in the northern part o{ the state. While in the Bay District, he was a visitor at the company's San Francisco office.
Awaising yollr answer, we remain Dear Sirs, Yours faithfully Pour Eijffinger et Marquet
(Sgd)
A. EijffingerL. J. Woodson, Howard Gunton and Bill Woods u'ere in San Quentin for a fer,v hours Thursday, July 7th.The party wal on the rvay to the Hoo Hoo meeting at Petaluma ind visited the prison enroute. They stated that the prison oflrcials report a shortage of lumbermen at present but expect to have a ferv permanent guests before the year is out. Swar
Our battery of modern kibrs, operatd under the direction engineer, assuner our trade of a conplete stock of correctly meet the climatic conditions of Soutlrern C,alifornia.
of an e:<perienced kiln s€arond hardruoods to
Los Angeles, Cal., luly 5, 1927. Mr. Jack Dionne, Care California Lumber Merchant, Central Building, Los Angeles, Cal.
Dear Mr. Dionne:
'lMe were much'interested in reading your editorial on page 28 of the June 15th issue of The California Lumber Merchant, entitled "Sell Built-Ins for the Attic."
George C. Brown & Company have spent a great deal of time and money in devCloping their Super;gedar Closet Lining business. As their exclusive distributors here we have found that the idea of selling Supercedar as a remodeling proposition presents as many opportunities for sales and profits to the retail dealers as in new buildings. To keep abreast of conditions retail yards will have to look to repair and remodeling jobs to take the place of reduced new building activities.
We appreciate your interest in the matter as expressed in the article and thank you for the cooperation given George C. Brown & Compann and ourselves.
Cordially your,
E. J. STANTON & SON, By James J. Cline,
Mgr. Flooring Dept.H. P. KENDALL, JR., RETTRES AS PRESTDENT
H. P. Kendall, Jr., has retired from the presidency of the Creo-Dipt Company, his stock having been purchased by the company. The former management will continue under H. E. Gosch as President; J. D. Giles and H. P. Kendall,
Sr., as Vice-Presidents, and W. W. Faulkner as Secretary and Treasurer.
Mr. Gosch was the founder of the business when it started in 1909, and has heretofore been Chairman of the Board. Mr. Giles has been in charge of the company's sales for twelve years.
The Board of Directors will continue with the former personnel of Messrs. Gosch, Giles, Kendall, Sr., and Faulkner, with the new addition of William II. Means, who for many years has served as the company's legal counsel.
Mr. Kendall, Jr.,'will leave shortly for an extended trip in Europe and will defer any future business plans until his return in the fall.
Chester M. Freedland, Los Angeles representative for the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., is back at his desk after spending his summer vacation at Lake Arrowhead. Ife was accompanied by Mrs. Freedland and their young !on, Bill Freedland.
Richard S. Pershing, Assistant Sales Manager for The Red River Lumber Company, at Westwood, California, has resigned that position and gone to the Philippine Islands; where he has accepted a very lucrative position as Manager of The Insular Lumber CompaqY at Fabrico, Negroe Island. He had been with the Compaly f99r yeais, and was very popular with the lumber trade. He is a nephew of General Pershing.
He his been succeeded in -his position at 'Westwood by Mr. F. M. Jayne, who has been with th9 cgmpa-ny for the past three yeirs, actively connected with the sales depart' ment.
Frer shippcd nlled up mPlata' rcady to et tr pctdo h rall Qu.rtiv nuufcturo onrblar ur to sE mcy for tbc bulldcr or obetd.
Boards like these do not come by accident. Somewhere back of them there is a glorious by skilled men; a knowledge of proper drying; make them as perfect as is possible.
tree; nurnberless operations and a purpose and intent to
If you will look closely at the ends of the boards in the middle stack of lumber you will see the little diamonds enclosing the trade-mark of HDE, the mark put on every stick to assure you that back of that stick there is a pride in production and a guarantee of fitness for its purpose.
Oakdale Hardwoods-Pine
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J. E. "Eddie" Peggs, who is W. R. Charnberlin's right hand man, is arrother onc of the younger generation of California lumbermen who is making a name for hirnseLf in the lumber indr.r,stry in the Golden State.
"Eddie" is a native Californian and was born in San Francisco. He attended sshool in Sarf Francisoo until he graduated from high school when he matriculated at St. Mary's College. While a student at St. Mary's, he ltook the regullar academic crutse, ,but ho stateJ he made exceptional high marks in baseball and football He still ret"ins his intffest in these two sports and during the football season is a regular Saturday afternoon visitor at the California stadium.
Following his oollege career, he became associated with the lunaber business and has been connected with W. R, Chamberlin & Co., the well lcrown San Francisco wholesale concern, for over ten y€ars. Since he became associated wrlth W. R. Chamberlin & Co., his advancernent has been rapid until now he relieves Mr. Charnberlin, president of the company, of many duties which heretofqe requirod his attention-
The W. R. Chamberlin Co. operate seven lumber steam€rs between the Pacific Northwest and California, and maintain offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portlan4 and Seattle. This necessitates occasional trips to the Northwest and Southern California so "Eddie" has a large acquaintanceship rnith the lumber fraternity up and down the Coast from Vancouver, B. C., to San Diego. He may have a more fgrmal narnc but to the lumber gang, hC is only larown as "Eddie!"
He ie i'member of tbe Olympic Club of San Francisco, is active in their club athletics, and of late has developed into a golf enthusiast. He has always bern clmcly identified with the Bay District Hoo-Hoo and has served ocn the Bay Dis,trict Nine. During the war, he attended the student army officers' trainqtg sottogt.
He possesscs a world of enthusirasm and integrity, is equipped with a pleasing pcrsonality and is a cr,edit to the lurnrber industry. He makes his headquarters at the company's San Francisco office, which is located in the Matsqr Building. If you don't lmo; "Eddie" Peggs, get acquainted with him, as you will find him a splendid g€ntleman.
[{ERE is a softwood flooring good enough lor the r r most conspicuous place in almost any house. You too will be proud to display it. It looks like hardwood. It is made like hardwood flooring on the highest type oI flooring machines. And it wears long and wellwithout any splintering or raising oI grain.
It helps lower the cost of building without sacrifice of any of the essentials. It takes your softwood flooringout oI competition. Itfills a long lelt need. Contractors and carpenters like it on account oI its excellent millisg and finish.
Pacific Coast Hemlock is unlike any soltwood you have ever handled. It is tough but not harsh. Its texture is fine and even, thus it works to a square edge and planes to ahighfinish. Onlyselectedstrips, the finest part of the log, go into Weyerhaeuser flooring. It does not warp.
Otder a trial shipment in a mixed car oI popular Weyerhaeuser quality items. See the Weyerhaeuser man.
tileyerhaeuser Paciffc Coast Hemlock Flooring is 8/16' thick by 2%'Iace. It comc both pitJr end aatchiag and qithat eud utching. Both type are oilled with the hollow back The highat grade olthis llooring is kaown as " B and Better Edge Graia. " For les eractiug um or where agCll lower priced llooring ie wanted it ie alio ude in the grades oI " C Mixed Cnin."
Thc llooring cooee in Deat a<ure bundles, each one bearing an attractive label in colors which ehows the name,theWeyerhaeuser Brand, thegrade mrk and the trade-urL
Thir llooriag is aanu{actured by Weyethaewr TimberCompanyaod is obtainable itr mixed carordere direct IroE the \Ueyerhaeuser MillE at Everett, Waohington, and Snoqulmie Falls, 'Washingtoa, or lrom any oI the Iour 'Weyehao*r Distributing Plaots at Baltimore, Porrcmouth, R I.. Minneota TreIer, St. Paul, aud Newah. N.J.
Wey e rb ae t ser Pacif.c Co ast Hemlock Flooring is anotber featare of tbe Veye$dettsef
PIu s-a b rying ada antage tb at benefits etery dealerubo uses it.
<Ask tbe Weyerbaeaser man.
TUIEYERHAEUSER SALES COMPANY, Distributors of 'Veyerhaeuser Forest Products
Geoeral Ofrce: SPOKANE, WASHINGTON z-ohAFx (Brancbo6nrr,
The Associated Lumber Mutual Insurance Companies have taken advantage of the popular fad of questions and answers, to issue some questions on fire prevention which are of direct interest to the lumberman. While only a ferv important points have been touched upon, there is abundant food for thought (and incentive for action) in the ten questions and answers given.
Considering the importance of fire prevention in the lumber yard,. it is reasonable to expect that any lumber man might profit substantially by carrying out the suggestions of these companies and giving these questions and answers to'the men in their employ. Many may desire to include with them additional questions relating specifically to conditions in their own plants, but, with or without individual additions, a knowledge of these questions and answers cannot fail to bring a favorable reaction in any lumber plant organization. Here are the questions and answers given:
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O. What was the total fire loss of the United States in 1926?
A. $575,000,000.
2- Q. IIow many fires did this mean per day?
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4-
A. Over 1,500-better than one fire per minute.
Q. Ifow many of these fires could have been prevented?
A. At least 75 percent. That means over 1,000 unnecessary fires every day in the year.
Q, What is the underlying cause of every preventable fire?
A. Carelessness, either of persons or in construction.
5- Q. What is the biggest single cause of fires?
A. Carelessness with matches, cigarettes, etc. Figures show that over 25 percent of all fires can be traced to this cause.
6- Q. What can you do to prevent such fires in our plant?
A. Observe strictly the rule against smoking on the premises.
Keep out all trespassers. Be careful with matches. Should you use a match for any purpose, be sure it is fully extinguished before you dispose of it.
What are the other principal causes of fire?
Defective construction in chimneys, flues, etc.; stoves, furnaces, boilers and thier pipes; spontaneous combustion and electricity, in defective wiring, improper fuses, etc.
What can you do personally to guard against such fires?
Supplement the re,gular and thorough official inspection by reporting immediately to the pfoper authority any ap- pareflt defect which may develop, so that it can be promptly corrected, and each man take special care to make proper disposal of oily rags, waste, or. greasy clothing which might cause spontaneous combustion.
What are the chief causes for the spread of fire?
Accumulation of rubbish, waste, shavings, etc.; carelessness in piling of lumber stock; empty water barrels; delay in sending alarms; and lack of intelligence and efficiency in fighting fire before the firemen get on the job.
What can you do to keep a fire from spreading?
First, do your part to keep the place clean. A clean plant seldom burns. \Mhenever you pass a water barrel, check up on it to be sure that it is filled and that the buckets are in place. Know where and how to send in an alarm instantly after the discovery of fire. Know the location and use of every fire extinguisher, so that you can be sure of operating it quickly and intellige.ntly when the emergency comes. If each man knows his part and plays it both in preventing and fighting fire, our chances of suftering any serious fire loss will be reduced to a minimum. we'll have a better and more efficient plant, we'Il attract and handle a bi,gger business, and every man will be just that much more sure of a steady job and a certain substantial income. Co-operation in fire prevention will mean definite gain for weryone of ns.
There 15 a difference, grade for grade. There are qualities in lumber that grading rules cannot classifylight weight, softness and uniform texture.
PAUL BUNYAN'S CALIFORNIA PINES ATC specified where economy is a vital factor or where the best is used, regardless of cost.
There are actual savings in working-up costs, whether by hand or'machine. Pine from the'Westwood district is light in weight, reducing freight and handling charges.
Manufactured products of all kinds, standard or special as well as lumber for shed, shop or yard stocks shipped in mixed cars offer unusual advantages to the dealer, the broker or the manufacturer.
Sash and Doors, Plywood Veneers, Laminated Doors, LaminatedStocks,Cuttings, Box Shook and Fabricated Lugs, Mouldings.
Sold in 43 out of 48 States to those who figure "Cost" instead of "Price."
If you are not calhing in on this proposition, order a trial mixeil car toilay.
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But THAT charge cannot be laid at the door of the retailer, for the dealer in gen- eral has progressed and progressed mightily. And, when he began enjoying the increised activity that comes with efforts at better advertising, bettei sellihg, better business thinking, better efforts to serve the public, two elements became of immediate interest tohim. The first was his chief competitors; the second his chief allies. This would naturally be true.
And he soon began snatching pages from the book of his chief competitor-the mail order man. Up to now the dealer was a building material man, and he sold his stock as raw material. That was all the sawmill sold him, and the sawmill had never offered him any suggestions or assistance along any other lines. "You are my point of contactr" said the mill man; "I sell you lumber at wh olesale, you sell it at retail, and make a pro- fit." If there was anything more to the whole scheme the dealer never heard of it from his sawmill friend.
But here was a fellow who was every day selling right under his nose, in spite of all he could do to stop him. He was selling homes, and barns, and other buildings.- NOT at so much a thousand but at a completed price on the whole job. He had pictures, and plans, and attractive designs that appealed to the customer, and the trade, which wanted buildings and not lumber, fell for the mail order man, and felt strong.
For a number of years the efforts of the dealer to meet this compitition were rather pitiful. He had been bred in a bad school. His vision was short. The only way he could think of was to undersell the mail order man. And he found it almost impossible to undersell a man who was selling something entirely difrerent from what he was. Most men remember all the trials and tribulations that came to the retail territories where they tried actively to fight the mail order man with fire. It didn't work.
And then, to wise men here and there, came the bigger and better thought-meet them with their own game. Sell buildings also. Sell building ideas. Have building plans yourself. Have pictures, and books, and thoughts, and suggestions, and samples and displays, and everything the mail order man hid, and then some. The mail order man had to send in his suggestions by mail. The dealer could have them in his place of business, show them in his windows, send them through the mail, advertise them in the papers, etc.
And from this thought came the modern building merchant as a logical and useful and honorable successor to the old-timey lumberyard man, and the modern building yard or store, as the necessary place of business of the man who did the building thinking of his town.
Dr. Compton is partly right and partly wrong in his diagnosis of how this transformation took place. The customer was crying for better service. In every other line he was being taught that there was such i th-ing as better service. Everyone was progress- ing but the lumber men-the building men. They were the same as they had always been. The world advanced at break-neck speed. The lumber business stood still. The mill man sawed up his logs, sold his lumber, and turned to saw more logs. His duty, as he saw it, ended there. The dealer, without assistance from the man who produced and furnished him his raw material, was slow in swinging out into the stream of progress. But he finally did, and when he did he came fast.
What was he to do when he began'competing with the mail order man in selling homes and buildings, instead of boards and shingles? He had to have home and building plans. He had to have samples of things he wanted to put into those homes. He had to have pictures and ideas. He had to display his wares so his trade would know he need no longer go out of town for his building service. He had to advertise in many ways. He had to have people come to his office to see his pictures and plans, and his office had not been accustomed to being a public sAles room.
And so all these things came together. And rapidly there came into existence concerns who went into the business of furnishing the dealer with pictures, with plans, with books, with blue-prints, with advertising, with merchandising suggestions, etc. The office had to be fixed up so it would be a fit place for people to call. They had to have space for their plans and their books. Each one brought on something else.
So, if he sold homes, he must carry the materials for homes. He must place in stock many things he had never carried before. Paint, hardware, building papers, side lines of many sorts that the public had becomd accustomed to, and wanted. What was the dealer to do? Launching into this merchandising business, could he stop half way, and when they wanted anything he hadn't in stock, was he to tell them to go elsewhere for it, and let someone else make a profit on it? Why?
He had not been put on earth, so far as he knew, to simply fight the battles of the lumber industry. Ife was under no obligation, so far as he could see, to devote himself at apparent great loss to himself to defending men who were doing nothing for them-
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Current stocls in millions of feet, kiln dried and correctly housed, eliminate delay on receipt of orders, whatever the items called for. ( With remark. able ease and in minimum time the electric monorail system of unit handling places one carload, or ten, at the machines. ( Follow in tum, working and foading in smooth running order under the watchful eye of a crew schooled in zustaining the high standard of manufacture, held paramount at each Pick. ering operation. ( These are the processes by which our California White and Sugar Pine are produced for you and your trade; each step in working and handling, designed to contribute towards reliable merchandising and the best finished lumber which skill, modern equipment and Gold Medal timber can turn out. Ready for prompt quotation and shipment, Lap and Bungalow Siding, Wide, Thick and Standard Finish, Mouldings and Lath.
Better types of buildings or improved structures of any kind are not produced by accident. Increased utility and econorny in building construction are not acquired bv ,rnere chance. Successful business buildings, industrial plants,.-and-better homes are developed as the result of much study, research and planning.
Since the farm as a business and the farm as a home will always be more or less inseparable, it becomes doubly necessary to apply the principles of good planning, good engineering, good business, and sound agricultural practice, to the efficient layout of the farmstead and the development of practical, serviceable and attractive farm buildings with suitable conveniences and accessories.
The problem of building a better home or a better structure of any kind-obtaining ,rnaximum results at minimum cost-is fundamentally the same, whether in the country or in the city. If cost of construction, maintenance and upkeep are to be given proper consideration there should be (1) a determination to avoid waste not only in the selection and disposition of the most suitable materials entering into the construction, but in the efficient layout of the plan to retrder it most livable and workable; (2) a conviction that it is false economy to sacrifice the essentials in honest, durable, safe and desirable construction, and (3) a desire for improved architecture of distinction and good taste.
With all the sentiment surrounding the farm home idea, the building of a successful, efficient, and attractive far,rnstead yet has in it more of business than sentiment.
Whether a farm owner seeks engineering advice and counsel, the worth of a well-studied, predetermined plan cannot be overestimated. To proceed without properly studied plans, and repeatedly to make changes as the woik progresses usually proves costly and generally results in dissatisfaction. I am fully aware that the average farmer cannot afiord to engage, at least directly, the professional services
o.f an agricultural engineer, an architect, and a master builder, but there are nevertheless recognized channels through which he can obtain valuable assistance at little or no cost.To the extent that these channels are opened up to him, and to the degree that the agricultural engineer will contribute his best efiorts toward disseminating accurate and reliable information to hinr through these channels he will be benefited.
Lumber dealers, building material supply houses, and reliable builders welcome a complete set of plans and specifications from which to figure and to build.
One of the most effective ways of keeping down the cost is to eliminate waste, not only by designing to produce, within a limited space, the maximu,m toward home and housing requirements, but by using materials most suited and to the best advantage. The saving effected through careful design, to permit the use of standard lengths of lurnber and acceptable stock patterns, alone may be sufficient to repay several times the cost of preliminary study and plann1ng.
It was brought out at a recent general lumber conference on American Lumber Standards that one-third of the final lengths of lurnber used in typical eastern and middle western houses were under eight feet. The practice of buying long lengths of lumber for all classes of buildings to be cut in shorter lengths before incorporating into the construction is altogether too prevalent. By making provision for short lengths in the design and by definitely specifying short lengths a saving of both time and money can be effected.
To obtain maxirnum results, think of all the things that can be omitted at the outset, yet that'may be added later aI minimum additional expense or inconvenience.
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Maximum results are obtained only where every dollar works and buys real value. It is false economy to substitute materials that may be "low priced" at the outset, yet expensive in the end. Good service represents value. Quality materials give service resulting in true economy,
The same obtains with work'manship. Knowledge, experience, and skill, in both design and construction, are required to insure a correct combination and appropriate use of materials at minimum cost.
Although tlle farm as a rule requires a bigger house than the city, and the farmstead must be developed ordinarily with less money available, this is offset, to some extent at least, by the fact that a far,mer is often able to apply his own labor.
In undertaking to assist a farmer and his wife (who should always bc included) in building a home, or in improving the farmstead, we getrerally 6nd the family budget the most formidable obstacle. However, long ago I learned not to count money until after minimum requirements were determined.
This opens up three distinct and separate means by which successful farm structures may be built without sacrificing quality, yet where available funds are limited:
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tTun advertisement reproduced here- architecnrral, building and engineering I with is typical of the campaign publications. Your sales of \Testern through which we are promoting the Red Cedar lumber and shingles will promoting the use of \Uflestern Red Cedar. This advertisement appears in all ofthe important respond profitably ifyou tie up your business with this nation-wide campaign.
LIsc the \Testetn Red Cedar dealer tie-up advertisements in the June issue of Big Trees. If your copy hasn't reached you yet or if you want yopr name on the mailing list, address \[est Coast Lum b er Trade Bureau, 562 Stuan Building, Seattle,N7ashington.
Hawk Huey is the name of an energetic and progressive young lumberman who lit in Phoenix, Arizona; last winter, and immediately became busily engaged in the commission lurnber business, with office at 4 Luhr Building.
He is a veteran in lumber experience, having sold lumber in Kansas City ever since he got into long pants, and later for many years in Chicago, and then New York territory. IIe was one of the first men to sell Douglas Fir and California White Pine in the Kansas City territory, and is well known to the lumbermen all the way from Kansas City to the Atlantic seaboard.
He lit in Arizona because the possibilities in that very enterprising and prosperous state looked good to him, and he is doing well. He handles the follovring aecounts in that territory:
Long-Bell Lumber Company, box shook and hardwocd flooring.
Pickering Lumber Company, lumber, sash and doors.
of California
Manufacturers of Douglas Fir and Port Orfond Cedar
Sawmills, Marshfield, Oregon
Distributing Plant - B"y Point
Annual Production
200,000,000 Feet
GENERAL SALES OFFICE
Bay Point, Ca[
San Francisco Sales Office
10fi) Balfour Bldg.
[.os Angeles Office, tr"*rtj;t;;jl
I H. C, Clark, Southern California's representative of The Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, accompanied by Mrs. Clark, will spend the second half of July touring Northern California and Oregon. They will So by *ay of Klamath Falls, Crater Lake and Bend. and will soend several davs at the Company's Mills at Springfield and Wendling, aid at the general offices in Eugene.
They will return by the Redwood Highway and Sacramento, their former home. Mr. Clark will drive his new speedy car, a Commander. During his absence, his assistant, A. T. Show, will look after th1 Company's business.
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H. R. Suits,-sales manager of the Duncan Lumber Company at Portland, Ore., for the last three years, is now in charge of the company's Chicago office.
tsradley Lumber Company, oak flooring.
Union Lumber Company, Redwood.
Cumner-Diggins Lumber Co., maple flooring, and lumber.
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Eagle l-umber Company, Fir.
Morrill & Sturgeon Lumber Co. Fir.
Ilart-Wood Lumber Company, Package l,'ir.
(Jwen-Oregon L,umber Compahy, Fir a;ri Whrte Pirre.
Benson Lumber Ccmpany, Rough Fir.
L;.n:cr.;-n Carcy Fibre Products Comp,.rnv aur!
-Aiion Box Boarci & Paper Company, ivall b.'rart{. Ste.r,'art Insoboard Company, insulatio'a.
Four reasonE why you should stock Brownta Supercedar Closet Lining.
l-Demand-greater every day because architects are specifying it.
l-Qss1-3lout the same as lath and plaster.
3-Easily Handledpacked in fibre-board, damp-proof boxes. No depreciation. No broken tongues and grooves.
4-Profit-lt speaks for itself.
PROTECT YOUR CUSTOMERS WITH MOTH INSURANCE.
l*I us send you further information and quote you prica.
SAN FRANCISCO
Northern Califcrnia Dirtributorr
PLANING MILL
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Santa P€LMber Co. 16Calllornta St. gd Frecl6co, Ca]lf. 0entldon:
Ansr€rtng your tequest for a statenont adto quellty of Contral. Coal ed Coke Co. atook, of Voronla, 0!egotr.
W€ tako ploeaqo ln atetlng tlat thls stook !u! aofa prov€d enlnently B.tlsfactot'y.
Kiln.Dried Fir wins thc good will of dealers' customers. Thete's "Satisfac. tion in every food' of our Old Grou'th Yellow Frr lumber because it is thor. oughly kiln.dried and dressed after seasoning to Ameri. can Standard si:es. All degrades are taken out at the mill.
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Valter J. Conway
Sacramento Califotnia writes mentioning -dePendo. bility
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Watch these ads and read what others say about this dependable lumber.
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(A. J. "Gus" Russell) Distributors in Cclifornia and. Arizona
Gerreral Offcest San Francisco, California St. Clair Building l6 California Street Genetal Offces; Kansas (Oregon-American Lumber
So. Calilornia Office: Los Angeles, Califomia
397 Pacific Electric Building
Bruce L Burtiagane, Agent
'sudden Service' City, Missouri Co., Vernonia, Ore.)
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(1) Unit System of Building. A building may be designecl with all that might be desired in size, equipment, and finish, and yet ih such form that it can be built in units to suit the purse. This is a perfectly feasible plan when handled skilfully, with provision to avotd waste in making later additions and by conte.mplating maximum salvage possibilities. This has been done successfully and will be repeated a great deal more when it has been more fully investigated and becomes better known.
The units as they are built are complete in every sense, and at least that unit or portion of the building that is built is enjoyed to the limit, containing as it does all the features of convenience, equipment, and finish individually desired.
(2) Shell or Skeleton System. It is taken for granted that building on the unit plan would not be satisfactory where greater division and larger floor spaces are required, with still limited funds available.
Ilere there is but one thing to do, that is, search and research for non-essentials. Omit only those Jhings that can be added later with the least inconvenience, and without sacrifice to good foundation, honest framing, solid construction, durable walls and roof. In other words, build the shell or skeleton of a building, but let it be the nucleus of a better building, a permanent improvernent. In this direction, some of my hardest effort has been spent in preventing home builders and farmers from attempting to "bargain" for a cheaply constructed, shoddily built structure] wherein there are no points of merit except, to the unschooled, "It looks like a whole lot of building for the money."
(3) Temporary Dwelling. Where there is insufficient money available at the outset to build according to recognized standards, either a finished unit of a permanent home, or a good house, honestly built, that may yet be incomplete as to full equipment, finish or refinements, it sometimes proves desirable to erect a building that may be occupied temporarily as a dwelling, with a plan for con.version at a later date into a utility building such as a garage, or summer kitchen, laundry, workshop, tenant house, etc.
A temporary dwelling, if properly designed, can have many conveniences, and can be made attractive and very livable at a considerably smaller investment than by any other means. The dwelling proper, to be built later, should be sufficiently well in mind to per- mit of purchasing and incorporating into the temporary dwelling, sash, frames, doors, screens, fixtures, etc., that are permanently
suitable and that rnay be transferred later.
These are but other ways of building on the instalLment plan. I have built many buildings of each of the foregoing types, not limited to houses, but including all classes of farm buildings. These methods have proven satisfactory, and in many instances the means of enabling families to own their own homes which might not have been accomplished otherwise.
I do not mean to advocate that any one of the three methods outlined will suit all demands. As a matter of fact, one assumes a big responsibility in influencing a home builder in determining his exact requirements. The human element cannot be overlooked. A family without real ambition and firmness of purpose should not be encouraged to build a temporary dwelling if there remains any doubt as to their intention and ability of carrying on toward the development of a better home later. Such a farnily had better rent.
The same obtains, although perhaps to a lesser degree, with the other two types mentioned.
Fundamentals-Non-Essential. To obtain maximum results at minimum cost, we must keep in rnind the fundamentals of good sound construction. We must exercise common sense, uncommonly well. It is false econorny to attempt to save by using inferior materials, poorly installed.
The non-essentials must first be rveederl out. Things that may be added later at the least additional eJ(pense may well be omitted at the outset.
(l) Foundation. Starting at the foundation, it would seem unnecessary to advocate concrete or masonry for the foundation of a permanent building. For sills on the masonry and wherever necessary to place wood in contact with the ground, a rot-resistant wood only should be used. White oak is rated by the U. S. Forest Products Laboratory as one hundred percent durable, Western red cedar, bald cypress and California redwood rank one hundred and twenty-five to one hundred and seventy-five per cent by the same authority.
(2) Frame. Sound framing should, under no circumstances, be sacrificed since this all-important part of a building is more or less inaccessible for later repairs and is the very backbone of the structure.
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\ ll'n.srnansoN was surprised, lvlLbut builders who have been using I-aminex doors for any length of time know that dampness will never make them warp-, split or pull aPart. That's why l,aminex dealers have so many repeat orders from satis' fied customers.
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M. D. "Mark" Campbell, general sales manager of Chas. R. McCormick Co., rail deplrtment, with offides in Portlald, was in San Francisco for a few days the early part of July. He did not have time to get ovlr the entiie ierritory,-. but with "Jimmie" Atkinson, who has charge of the rail department in the company's San Francisco dffice, he made a few calls in the Santa Clara Valley. Mr. Camp- bell states that there seems to be no change in the riil situation in California but that the eastern ind mid-west trade seems to be improving. Mark set a mark for others to shoot at in driving down from Portland in twenty hours.
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spacing to insure. rigid construction. Suitable bracing, insect and fire stops, proper insulation to insure warmth in winteiand coolness ln summer should not be sacrificed.
It is foolhardy- to space studding 24 inches apart and expect a thin pallgln siding of any kind to spin the studding with shiating and Durldlng paper, and yet give service.
The same obtains wlth spacing of rafters and floor joists, par- ticularly where no sub-floor is laid, since the flooring boards iainot be -expected to withstand errcessive spans without" rapidly depre- ciating.
, (3). Exterior Finish. In the exterior finish of a building, quality is an important consideration. Wood has stood the test oflime and it.is yet, in my opinion, the most economical finish best fulfilling all requirements.
If brick, masonry, ,or stucco finish is desired, it is only true economy to demand the best. A material should only be sllected that has_proven its worth, and that embodies all the go6d quatities of a well chosen wood siding; qualities, in Soth mater-ial ani installation, of low _initial cost, continued resistance to the elements, dur- ability, insulating value, ease with which alterations mav be made, and low cost of upkeep, yet maintaining at atl times a sanitary, snug and cheerful housing, both from within as well as in its exterior appearance.
Wood is a material with which farmers are familiar. Its use is bas* on innate q.ualities, and being easy to handle and work it rs tne larmers lavorrte.
Builders of wood can point to numberless instances of wooden siding on buildings which has given good service for fifty yezrrs or more, and to many cases of durability of more than one hundred years.
The use of wood construction and finish makes possible enlarge- ment or remodeling at minimum cost and, after afi, this is an important consideration since it may be said that many of our buildings are never finished. Very few indeed so-called perrnanent dwellings ever survive obsotescence. Well-built lumbei construction. if given the-same care as other more expensive types, will last ihe lifetime of several generations of occupants.
(4) Equipment. The electric wiring installation in modern farm buildings should not be sacrificed to keep down the cost. It would be far better to select cheaper fixtures that might easily be replaced
G. A. Griswold, of the Griswold Lumber Co., portland, rvho recently visited San Francisco, made the return trip in one of the mail aeroplanes operating between San Francisco and Portland. They experienced a little trouble owing to storms after reaching southern Oregon and Mr. Griswold completed the trip from Medford by train. He reports a wonderful scenic trip over the Sisliiyou Moun_ tains. While in San Francisco he made his headquarters in the office of Gritzmacher & Gunton who represeirt them in California.
later with more acceptable ones, than to omit important switches and convenlence outlets for labor saving devices. With electricitv as,th.e.modern helper on the farm, these*are primary' co"iia..aiionJ. wrthout rntrmating that a lifetime's convenience and accessibilitv should be sacrificed by centralizing the various ptumbing outleti and.fixtures, nevertheliss a carefuliy riuAi.J-pfur"'Ui"e l"v%ut-;"y result in- a genuine saving in cost o[ installation. ce.Tain'rouehinl tn-g.a], be done to provide for fixtures to be installed later. - -
..Wrthout disregard for accepted plumbing practices, it is yet pos_ srDre to decrease materially the cost of plumbing systems -without sacrifice to inconvenience or operation.
. Recent experiments by the Department of Commerce in Wash:9.91^pj^.:_*^that.p-lumbing cost for the ordinary dwelling alone may be decreased fifty per cent by using a minimum piping.
.(5) _Farmstead Layout. Maximum hesults are not obtained where the layout of the -farmstead is not given every consideration.
Location, .elevation, .drainage,- prevailirig winds, -ouU.ot, lioi- rmlry. ro ntgnway, nergh.bors and community center, orientation of Dullotngs and relattonshlp to one another to save steps and facili- tate operations must all be regarded.
To be efficient the farmstead should be taid out with the same f_orethought and care that is given to even the smallest of ;* i;: dustrial plants.
The Agriculhral Fngineers' Dut5r. As agricultural ensineers we are not all.ne.cessarily.specializing in farm buildings. Few of us rnoeed can look torward to an opportunity to concentrate our efiorts to this field. But those of us who do can at least expect your moral support and ask that you help us spread our gospil.
One reason so many farm buildings go up unplanned, poortv built and uneconomical, at least in the end, is because of ttre lici< of ftnowi_ edge of how to proceed.
. Much is to be accomplished, first in arousing the farmer's interest. in demonstrating to him the value of a paper plan and the superioriii of a pla-nned structure a.nd 1n .org,?nized building developme-nt.--WL must adopt more initjative in leading the way and at leist brinc to his attention the various sources of supply for reliabte informaltion that will assist him with his farm building problems.
Th-c day -may be far ahead when a farmer may be expected to pay for_ such services and be the. gainer !!q.by, Uirt it ne.iertheleis is comi greater ln the meantime he should be encoura comtng. ln the - encouraged to take grcater advantage of the valuable yet free guidance of authorities and agencies.
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.Boat Shipment to California Ports
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THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 2Eth
Registration in Club. Foyer. (lst floor.)
Directors' Meeting in Room 2. (2nd flmr.)
BUSINESS SESSION in Main Library. (3rd floor.)
1.-President's Address......,. H. P, Dixon
2.-Report of Managing Director ,...............H, T. Didesch
3.-Report of Treasurer .......E. A, Nicholson
4,-Report of Directorst Meeting..........A. W' Bernhauer
S.-Address ..Geo. N. Cunwall Publisher, 'Ihe Timberman, Portland, Oregon
6.-Open Discussion and Appointmeat oI Committees.
7.-Announcements.
THUR:IDAY AFTERNOON, JULY zEth
Branch Secretaries' Luncheon Meeting in Rom 3. (2nd for.)
Directors' Luncheon Meeting in Rom 2. (2nd floor.)
BUSINESS SESSION in Main Library. (3rd flor.)
8.-'What Wlll Brlng Cl@r Cdtact and Bctter Relatlmc Betsen Architc! Cmbetor ud Mtllnu?"
(a) DavidJ. Witner President, Southern California Chapter, American Institute of Architects, Los Angeles.
ib) ..,.......... K. P. Powell Wurster Construction Co.' Ips Angeles.
9. Gcneral Dlcusslm of Nc t cnbreclng:
a-Inomplete Ptans and Specifications.
b-Full Mill Bid.
c-Preliminary Service.
d.--Serviceonthe Job.
e.-Inesponsible Contractor'
f-Bid-Peddling'
g-Product Certified bY M. I. C.
h-Arbitration under M. I. C. Supervision'
i-Segtegated Contract.
10. Address EmerY E. Olson Associate Professor of Economics, Ilniversity o{ - Southern California,Los Angeles
ll. General Discussion: "Cct Schedules or Selling Price Schedul,erWhich Are Mct Efietfue?"
Temporary Adjournment.
FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 29th
BUSINESS SESSION in Main Library' (3rd f,oor.)
12. General Discussion: "Mair Inflrmec Tffar& PrleCutting ud Hw to Combat".
a-I\{embers' Competition.
b--Outside Competition.
c-Stck Goods.
d-fnferior Products.
e--0ver- Solicitation.
f-Central Estimating.
g--Ouantity Survey.
h-Bid Registration.
i-Sales Guide.
FJthers.
13. Address Jack Diomc
Publisher,The California Lumber Merchant, Ios Angeles.
14.GeneralDiscussion: 'What Ktnd of Sta&rdcd Data Are Mst BereficLal-How to Get Thcn ud Uc Them."
a-f)enrsnd, based on Building Permits.
b-Sales Volume.
ePurchases.
d--Overheads-Factory.
e-Overheads-Commercial.
f-Earnings.
g-Turnovers.
h-Credit.
i--0thers.
Temporary Adjournment.
FRTDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 2'th
Branch Secretaries' Luncheon Meeting in Room 3. (2nd f,or.)
Directors' Luncheoa Meeting in Rom 2. (2nd f,oot.)
BUSINESS SESSION in Main Library. (3rd 6or.)
15. Report of Branch Secretaries' Meeting.
16. General Discussion: "Ceordhathg Coopcratlve Fcccr".
e-Between Incal Mcnbers.
b-Between Local Members and Retail Lumber Yards.
c-Between Local Market and Outside Markcts.
d-How to fnterest the Non-Member.
17. General Discussion: "Orgmiatio Problanr".
a-Membership.
b-Finances.
ePublicity.
d-{ontracts.
e--0thers.
18. Reports of Committees.
Final Adjurnnent.
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FINANCIAL CENTER BUILDING San Francisco
MilIs at Chamber of Commerce Bldg. CRANNELL W.R. Chamberlin & Co. and LOS ANGELES FAIRHAVEN
Steamers-Tamalpais and Washington ALL RAIL AND CARGO SHIPMENTS
Me,mbers of California Reilwood Association
W. R, Spalding, of Visalia, is very proud indeed of the riew r_ock, sand and gravel bunkers whlch the W. R. Spal- ding Lumber_Company recently installed and opened'for business in Visalia, picture of which is shown herewith. There is nothing finei of its kind in California. The company ran frrll page advertisements in their local papers concerning th_e opening of the new bunkers. They deliver their materials by truck to any point in the county, and plll ot,9"l"S_a ygly active business in this depariment.
Th9 W. R. Spalding Lumber Company are livi and ac- tive lumber merchants, handling and ielling everything that the modern lumber merchant should haidle in- orde-r to serve his trade, and the new bunkers give them another fine service department
Touching off a charge of 180,000 pounds of dynamite in one gigantic blast, Coy Burnett, preaident of .thi Monolith Portland Cement company is plinning to do most of his "Fourth of July" celebrating next week, when an entire mountain of solid limestone will be blown to bits near the little cement town of Monolith.
Powder and tunneling crews have been working for more thau two months preparing the "shot" which is iaid to be gne.9f tlre largest single explosions ever attempted on the Pacific Coasi.
The object of the blast isto break down a new supplv of linrestone for the manufacture of Monolith cement'at theMonolithMills, which are situated in the town of Monolith in the Tehachapi Valley. about a mile south of th.e quarries rylgrq the bljst will occur, and about eighteen miles north of Mojave, on the main highway to Bakefsfield.
C. A. Low, directgl of sales, reported yesterday that a definite time for'the "Big Shot" had not ai yet been set, as the work of placing the powder in the vaiious chambers is.still in progress and some time will be spent in synchron- izing the igniting mechanism, which consists of j..double fuse Iav-out."
At tire same time that the switch is thrown to start the elect-ric €nition system, a cordeaux-type fire-fuse carry- ing T. N. T. will also be automaticallv set off: This auxil-iary fuse-system is used as a safety- factor according to W. S. Trueblood, superintendent of the Monolith Mills-, to insure the discharging of every powder pocket.
Monolith officials estimate that a mass bf broken limestone-weighing more than 250,000 tons will be catapulted into the- air a-nd dep-osited on the floor of the quarry 6y the tremendous force <lf the blast.
L. W. MacDonald, of MacDonald & Harrington, San Francisco is the possessor of a beautiful cup whiJh hi won as,.runner_-up in the Olympic Club's annual golf tournament recently held on the links of the Lakeside Golf Club.
E. w, "Enoch" ""t#3.i*ilYffi, ait., the San Francisco territory for the Coos Bay Lumber Co., is spending his vacation in Denver, Colorado, visiting with his'mothei and brother.
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It wasoriginally planned to delay the blast until July 1!n tq. give the holiday crowds an opportunity to ;isit Monolith and witness the spectacular iiplosionl but officials said it was deemed unwise to hold- the "shot', after the powder, had been placed and the wiring and fuse sys- tems installed.
Announcement of the time for the "shot,, is to be made as soon as the charge is ready for the igniting signal, and ample parking space at a safe distance is availableJor those who may wish to view the spectacle.
Floyd Elliott, who covers the San Francisco territory for the Chas. R. McCormick Co., was bruised and shaken up considerably in an auto accident at 3rd and Folsom Stsi, at 7:30 a.m. one morning during the first week of thij month, when his machine was struck by a truck. His machine was turned over and badly wretked. We have been unable to find out why Floyd was out so early.
V Louis S. Case, general manager of the Weyerhaeuser Sales company, with offices in the Old National Bank building, Spokane, Wash., has resigned, becoming effective July 1, according to T. J. Humbird, president. I. N. Tate, assistant general manager.since its organization in 1916, has been appointed to bucceed Mr. Case, and Don Lawrence, long a district manager for the company in Spokane, will,replace Mr. Tate.
The Weyerhaeuser Sales company is the largest timber marketing organization in the world, distributing the forest products of the affiliated Weyerhaeuser Lumbef interests. The combined annual output of the 14 allied companies is estimated at a billion and a quarter feet and with the completion of mills now under construction that figure will shortly be increased to two billions.
Mr. Tate entered the lumber industry in 1910 as a stenographer ancl bookkeeper for the Wisconsin Lumber company. He also served in the retail yards at Fairbault, Minn., then as general manager of the yard at Northfield, and in 1906 when the company's headquarters were moved to Minneapolis, as general manager, in which position he remained until 1910. He then took charge of the retail yards of the Central lMarehouse company at Minneapolis. In 1915. he became manager and secretary-treasurer of the H. B. Waite Lumber company in the same city. In the next year with the organization of the Weyerhaeuser Sales company he assumed the position he is now vacating.
Mr. Lawrence entered the lumber industry at 18 as a scaler in the upper Michigan woods. In 1913 he became sales manager for the Bonners Ferry Lumber company. He was with the Weyerhaeuser Sales company at St. Paul when organized and in January, 1917, came to Spokane to open thedistrict office, where he has served as district manager slnce.
is today commanding consideration among architects, contractors and builders and is being specified with assurance for anextraordinary wide range of uses, both within the ('speci^lty" and the small home fields.
Because of its durability, Redwood is finding ready preference for exterior purposes and through its rich colorings and adaptability has no superior among softwoods for interior finishand trim.
Hammond stocks of Redwood are always complete. With the source of this sup ply from Hamrnond mills in Northern California, retail yards are assured of quality stocks and a dependable service.
Your customers already know about Creo-Dipts. Years of advertising in leading magazines have taken care of that. And GENUINE Creo-Dipt Stained Shingles last longer bccause they ate made only from the finest seleaed'LOOVo vertical grain cedar, stained and preserved by exclusive Creo-Dipt processes. That is why one Creo-Dipt sale brings many others-why it pays to push Creo-Dipts.
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Alfred J. Helf, Buildins lVlaterial Exhibit, 77 O,Farrell .St, San Francieco, Cal.
"l[/eather broofiio uith Reduood'" sLfiguards the integity'ot the home. lt assues beatty.and d*rabilitSt d, frrnrfrum tf*e casts,
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The Hoo-Hoo Clubs of McCloud, Westwood and Susan- About thirty Hoo Hoo and lumbermen gathered for dinville, under the direction of the Westwood Club, held an ner at the new Petaluma }fotel, Petaluma, Thursday evenopen air concatenation at Burney Falls, near Fall River ing, J_uly 7th. The-meeting was in charge of Vicegerent Mills, on Saturday and Sunday, June 25th and 26th. There Bob Grant of the San Francisco district and was called was an attendance of nearly 300, including families and with the idea of establishing a Hoo Hoo district to cover friends. the counties of Marin, Sonoma and Lake. After the dinner,
A large number arrived on Saturday afternoon and Vicegerent Grant made a short talk outlining, the purpos-e evening,-and were greeted by the cooks with a nice juicy of the meeting and then called on Past Snark Frank steak right off the-coals. Later in the evening, a dance ,Trower, State Counselor Fred Roth, "Bud" Conner and was hel-d at Burney at which Fred Thorpe's orchestra l George Cornwall. Vicegerent Grant then called on Parson furnished music. / Simpkins who gave a very interesting account of Hoo Hoo
29 kittens were initiated at the concatenation on Sunday. { and urged the formation of a Hoo Hoo Club in the dis-
Among the guests present were Parson Simpkin, Hoo-' trict. A committee was appointed to work out the details Hoo Ch.aplain; G. M. Cornwall, The Timberman, Portland, and report at a concat to be held August ?-6th in Petaluma. Oregon'; -and Fred Roth, San Francisco, Ifoo-Hoo State It was the intention to have a concat but owing to the Counselor for California. lateness of the hour this was dispensed with and Parson
A steer was barbecued for dinner at noon. The games, Simpkins obligated the following kittens into thb order. tug-a-war, and barnyard golf, which had been planned for Frank Winfield Boileau. San Rafael, Calif. thd afternoon, were-dispensed with because of -rain. Robert Kenneth'Weaver. Sonom.a, Calif.
Everybody reported -a wonderful time, and plans are Randolph Carl Doherty.... ..Larkspdr, Qt!!!. under way io mlke this an annual affair, thus giving the James joseph Kearney. Fetters Springs, Calif. lumbermen of Northern California an opportunity of be- Edmin Ulmer White..!.... Santa Rosa, Calif' coming better acquainted and discuss the-ir various prob- James E. Clarke. ,Cali_stoga, Calif. lems. -San Francisco, Oakland, McCloud, Hilt, Alturas, Step\ens Franklin Elkins. . .Mill Valley, Calif. Susanville, Twain, Quincy and Westwood were repre- Ralph Heith Cochrane. Petaluma, Calif. sented at the meeting. Wilbur Charles Woodward. . Cotati, Calif.
Westwood; William Graf, Susanvill-e;_ Arttrur Lund,_Su-
Friday, June24th, Hoo ;foo Club No.9 held their lunchsanville, and J. A. Shere, Secretary of the Westwood Club. eon in the California room of the San Francisco Commercial Club. Russell Gheen, of the C. D. Johnson Lumber J. \VALTE*
*O*THERN TRIP Company, was chairman of the day and provided a very J. Walter Kelly, sales manager for Chas. R. McCormick inteTsting spcaker in Gilbeit R. Ca4ock, manager--of Co., San Francisio, left the early part of July for the Pacific the La Salle Extension lJniversity of California and NeNorthwest where he will spend'two or three weeks visiting vada. Mr. Carlock's subject was "The Human Elements the company's difierent mills and also their creosoting plant in Costs" and was presented in a very forceful manner. at St. Helens. President J. Walter Kelly presided.
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Included among the many attractive features of the interior construction and workmanship of the S.S. City of Honolulu, which made her maiden trip to the Islands a few weeks ago, following refitting at Los Angeles, was the floor-laying in the tea room as installed by Hammond Lumber Company, Los Angeles.
The main field of this floor was of clear white maple, laid diagonally. In the center of the room a medallion ornamentation was provided through the inlaying of Wood Mosaic parquetry borders. The latter design was of the Wood Mosaic Company's No. 619 pattern, manufactured in oak, mahogany and maple with walnut strips. An outside border was laid around the entire room of the same material in No. 62I pattern, oak, mahogany and maple, providing a complete flooring of rich colorings ahd attractive design.
As well as the flooring, Hammond Lumber Company supplied Sargent period hardware for the suites and dining salons in which special finishes of French, Grecian and Adam designs were furnished, to harmonize with the ornamentations and decorations of these rooms.
The S.S. City of Honolulu is owned by the Los Angeles Steamship Company. The recent refitting was under the direction of C. B. Kolyer, Naval Architect, Los Angeles, and Pillsbury and Curtis, contractors, San Francisco.
They lived in an apartment on one side of the street, and were moving to an apartment directly across the street. The result was that the process of moving was largely one of carrying the household furniture and goods actross' the haul of fifty feet being too short for loading and unloading trucks.
They owned a number of pieces of antique funiiture, bric-a-brac, etc., and of these the owner was so jealous that he carried them across himself, not permitting the gang of baggage smashers who did most of the carrying, to handle them.
In the front hall stood an old grandfather's clock that had come down through several generations of his family
Leo Keswick has been appointed manager of the Prcrtland office of W. R. Chamberlin & Co., succeeding Chas. B. Stetson, who resigned recently. The company's offices have been moved from the Pprter Building to larger quarters in the Pacific Building'
and this was his proudest possession, and he announced his intention of taking the six foot high clock across the street himself. So he got it to the curb, set himself for the effort, and then started across, with much effort, carrying the big clock. There was a drunk on the other side of the street who saw him coming, and came to meet him" When the man with the clock reached the far curb' the drunk was there, staring-eyed and open-mouthed, to meet him.
"Sure," said the other, "What is it?"
I ash you a queshun?"
"Sure," said the other, "What is it?"
"Misther," said the drunk seriously, "why in Hell don't you carry a watch?"
C. S. "Clifi" Estes, who is associated with the J. O. Means Lumber Co., Los Angeles, spent a few days in San Francisco during the latter part of June. Mrs. Estes and family accomp-nied Clitr on his trip to the Bay region.
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It was a great publicity man, one P. T. Barnum of circus fame, who is alleged to have first uttered that sage remark: "Speak well of me if you can, speak ill of me if you must, but for God's sake, SAY something."
Two years ago Philippine Mahogany, a beautiful, useful, and worth-while wood, was struggling for greater acquaintance with the cabinet-wood-using trade of the United States, and not getting along as fast as its strong adherents believed its quality and usefulness justified.
They kept wishing their product might travel more rapidly on its journey into popular esteem. Yet, the last thing they were wishing for was a law suit. They would not have believed that a legal entanglement was what they needed. Which simply shows that you don't alrvays know what is good for you; and likewise proves that sometimes what looks like trouble is a blessing in disguise.
For along came the folks who make the old-timey sort of Mahogany lumber, and brought charges before the Federal Trade Commission, claiming that this lumber from the Philippines was being fraudulently called Mahogany, and asking that they be restrained from so doing.
The Federal Trade Commission issued a mandate last July directed against a humber of American firms who had been selling and advertising Philippine Mahogany, forbidding them to do so any longer. These folks kept right
on doing as they had been, and they asked for a re-opening of the case. ft was granted, and there was rnore testimony, in which Philippine Mahogany scored heavily, and seemed to have proved that they have as much right to call their somewhat different wood Philippine Mahogany, as the maker of Peanut Butter, or Apple Butter, or any of the many other new butters, have to use the same name that has always been used to designate that which was made Irom cow-Jurce.
Anyway, they are now awaiting the decision of the Commission, and the Philippine Mahogany folks believe it is going to be in their favor. If it isn't they are going to fight it out a whole lot further.
The big thing that happened, however, was the publicity the case gave this product of the Philippines, which the old Mahogany folks speak of so disparagingly. They got into all the papers and magazines, and millions of people who never heard of it before, read about it, and got interested. The attack has done more for Philippine Mahogany than it had ever done for itself, and it has spread in a rvonderful way during the last year, while this case has been going on. There was never a time when the Philippine Mahogany busi'ness was one half as good as it is today, and many of the wise ones in that industry give most of the credit to those who started the attack on them.
They know now that Barnum knew his stuff.
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selves. His was no stewardship. His trade came asking for certain materials. If he did not sell them, someone would.
Naturally, he became a building material merchant. Get this story, as an illustration of how a dealer often takes on a new line. I know of a certain railroad that rebuilt a string of depots. The building material was bought for each depot from local lumber dealers. But the plans, and material bill came from the railroad headquarters a long way off. Every one of those bills called for a certain building material that no dealer on that line carried in stock. They tried to secure substitution, but it wouldn't do. They must have what was specified. So a dozen dealers on a short line of railroad put in a stock of that material, and they have been carrying it and selling it ever since. Their competitors had to stock it because they had it, and so the thing grew.
The dealers found something else they had never experiinced before. They found men representing certain lines ofbuilding material who were right in the field offering to help them sell goods. They were offered intelligent selling helps of all kinds in addition to personal assistance. In other words, men who have never in their lives had any help or even any suggestions from the manufacturers of their chief line of stock, found men who were willing and anxious to put -business on their books, and money in their pockets. The long and short of it is that they accepted.
Within the last few weeks a trade exten sion man called on the architects of Cali fornia, and asked each of them-"Why don't you specify more wood," and the everready answer was-"No one ever asked or helped us in so doing."
And THAT is the whole story. Except one thought or two.
Generally when you hear this subject discussed, the assumption is that when a dealer ceases to be a lumber dealer, and be;omes a building merchant, he sells less lumber. I don't agree at all. The opposite is in fact the case in every instance in my judgment. He doesn't sell less lumber. He sells all the lumber he can. But he sells a lot of other things besides that bring him a profit, and that make his lumber bring him more profit. THAT is the real way of looking at it. The man who sells HOMES gets- a lot more profit on the lumber that goes into that home than the man who simply sells the lumber could possibly get, because. he doesn't have to quote a per thousand price.
It is my opinion, founded on close investigation and long experience, that the building merchant sells more lumber and gets more for it, than he would if he were in that same location and operating an old-fashioned lumber yard.
And the smaller the business the more certainly is this true. There are thousands Anq rne smauer rne Duslness tne more certarnry ts 'I-nere of retail lumbermen today who could not live on the business they do selling lumber. But when they also sell ciment, the lim6, the hardware, the roofing, the building paper, But cement, lime, the the insulation, the paint, the varnish, the paint brushes, the built-in ful the paint, paint furniture, the wall board, etc., etc., he CAN afford to do business there, and give his trade the kind of service that they appreciate.
There is every argument on earth against the old-timey lumber yard, and the chiefest on€ is that he didn't and couldn't give the trade 1927 btrilding service, and the business that can't keep up with the times must go.
One more thought, Dr. Compton: I disagree with you that the retailer is no longer a lumber partisan. I believe that in the majority of cases he still is-I KNOW it, in fact. He will turn out and fight to the death against any ordinance that cuts in on wooden construction, regardless of the fact that he may be strongly active in other construction, and he will do it anfrnrhere you find him.
I think the retailer is still a true and loyal lumberman. I find him so in my wanderings, and believe this is a general condition. He had to progress, that's all, and the road of progress took him in the way he has gone.
If his apparent lapse of direct loyalty to the manufacturing industry will serve to awaken that industry to the need for a great and immediate merchandising effort, th€n I am glad indeed that the impression prevails.
I repeat now what I have said thousands of times before, by word of mouth and in type; the lumber industryMUST some day learn that God did not make one rule for them, and another for all other men, anC all other men understand that they MUST CREATE A MARKET FOR THEIR PRODUCT.Yet the lumber industry is overridden today with manufacturers whoare not lifting their hands nor spending anything like a sensible amount of money oreffort, to do the work that must be done.
And the lumber industry suffers, andwill continue to suffer, until somehow, some day, it will learn that there must be the same effort made to MARKET lumber that there is to MAKE lumber; that both are difficult and expensive, but that to do one and not the other is pure idiocy.
In the meantime my friend the dealer is progressing, trying his best to keep up with other merchants in other lines, and by his improved and increased service, bring glory to the lumber industry, and profit to himself;
Reception
II. C. Treff, Chairman
G. B. Bosworth
Frank Curran, Sr.
R. G. Haley
W. F. Hayward
R. E. Imhofi
W. L. Leishman
Paul Maull
E. A. Nicholson
A. J. Todhunter
T. V. Walker.
Business Program
H. T. Didesch.
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II. T. DIDESCH, Chairman of General Arangements.
T. R. MEI{RELL, Vice-Chairman of General Arrangements.
I[. P. Dixon. Ex-Officio I\{ember All Committees.
Registration ud Information
Robert Horkin, Chairman
J. G. Calori
I[. E. Hanson
C. L. Jacobson
L. E. Nale
trf. O. Pillsbury.
Banquet
J. A. Farnsworth. Jr., Chairman
H. V. Cowan
R. S. Osgood
F. J. Peil
O. A. Topham.
Two lumbermen who live the rvidth of the world apart, yet who _are-very closelv identified in business, are 'now touring_ the,Pacific Coast together, and looking into their particular phases of the lum6er business.
^ lh.y ?.9_C. Peto Bennett, of London, England, and N. C. Glde, of Manila, Philippine Islands. 'Mr.--Bennett is one of the Directors of Millars' Timber & Trading Company, London, which firm owns the Findlav, Miller T'imber'Coripany,.and -the _Kolambugan Lumber-& Development Company, of Manila, and other parts of the Philippine Islands.
In "Robbins" Flooring you are asgured of the very finest that has ever been, or ever will be produced. Our geographical location, the modern machinery in our mill, and the type of men who make our flooring. all go to make this statement possible. "Robbins" Maple and Birch Flooring is the best.
Southern California:
Northem Califonle:
Smoker
L. R. IIcKesson, Chairman
T, B. Hatten
A. W. Koehl
Mark Lillard
A. D. Squires
Refreshments
H. W. Brown, Chairman
C' L. Miller
L' M' Rosenberg'
Publicity
L. G. Edgcomb, Chairman
L. K. Leishman
V. E. Slmum
Golf and Tennis
J. llerring, Chairman.
C- R. Blankenship
H. S. Hart.
Catalina Trip
T. O. Herzog, Chairman.
L. S. Deats
D. D. Duncan.
City and Harbor Trip
B. H. Hayes, Chairman
C. L. Edinger
G. F. Hopkins.
Tia Juua Trip
J. L. Hodge, Chairmaa
F. L. Jordan
S. G. tr{cDonald.
The Findlay, MillerTimber Company owns two billion feet of Philippine mahogany timber in the islands, and the Kolambugan Lumber & Development Co., operates sawmills and manufactures the timber into lumber. Mr. Gude is Managing Director of these two latter concerns in the Islands.
Mr. Bennett is on his way around the world, and stopped for a month to visit their properties in the Philippines, coming here withMr. Gude to visit for some time in the United States, and look over the Philippine Mahogany situation. In Los Angeles they are piloted arouhd by their American representative, Mr. Walter G. Scrim, who also accompanied them up the coast.
MIC SEZ:
Now ttat we are all acquainted, and by thir time you should all know "MIC'" Iet'r take a look around and see yftat is taking place in this old world of ours.
Things sure have changed since 1914, and a great deal is happening today in America that is not "in the news!" A feverirh undercrnrent of experimentation in science and business ir going on. Take the motor car and steel indurtry, boiling over with rumors' new steels, better cars; a n€,\w kind of carpet is reported that may change that entire indus$; a nelw era of mergers and consolidationr is herel motion picturer talk; the Secretary of Cornmeice ir reen and heard thnr television: chernical rerearch is developing startling poraibilitier: a rpeed of over 20O m.p.h. har been attained by auto; the Atlantic and Pacific spanned by aeroplane; time and distance are being annihilated; com.munities are under an intensc competition, not only with each other but with substitute articles; and all this meanr adjurbneng adjustment to new idear, new standards, and new ethics.
Is it any wonder lllr. Miltmanr your own industry ir changing? Wbat are you doing to help your industry adjust itseH? It's up to yorq individually and collectively, to co-operate more than ever before to meet these changing conditions. Do yolr saleernen still uce 1914 ethics, have you overhauled and speeded up your production, accounting, adrninistration and all other branchet of your businers; are you ceoperating with your fellow millmen who are using their time and energy to solve your problem?
This is no time to be "A. W. O. L." for if you are you may be "S. O. L." Your brains and energy are surely needed to help solve your inindustries battle front
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P. S.-How about rpending a little money for a really scientific engineering report of your conditions as they exist to-day and may exirt tomorrow?
Twenty-five years ago, two brothers, -Charles P-: 1ld Frank Crrttttt opened a'Uttte office at the Southern Pacific right-of-way "tth Garey Avenue, Pomona, ordered their fiitt car of iumber, and'wondered if it would be the last'
After a quarter of a century of enterprise, during which the city hai grown from a small community to the metropolis oi the Fomona Valley, Charles P' Curran, p-resident 'ot ttt. company, is receiving congratulations from business men of Southlin Californii, ori the twenty-five years of success which the firm, under the joint management ot himself and his brother Frank, until 1905 and since then, directed by him has enjoyed
Coming to California from Dffin, Illinois, the two brothers, insep"arably bound to the building industry,.located in toi An!'etes *h"t" Frank Curran operated abrick yard for a tirie. In 1902, Charles P. Curran decided there was a future for an enterprising lumber firm in Pomona, and accompanied by his Lrother Frank, they started a retail yard t$qre,
Jtrne'25, 1902, the firm ordered their first car of lumber'
For three years afterthey began operations, t!t"y- ^{9- voted all theii energy to promoting theii business. In 1905, Frank Curran ofierea an unusual opportunity with the E. K. Wood Lumber Co., left Pomona to make his headquarters in Los Angeles, where he advanced steadily--and ai the present time is general manager of the E. K. Wood interests in Southern California.
For five years Charles P. Curran alone directed the management of the company. In 1910, his son, Gerald V. Clfrin, joined him at their Pomona office, and in 1911, his eldest son, Philip Curran, became associated with the organization. In 1915, when Frank Curran sold his interests to Charles P. Curran and his two nephews, the compahy was operating yards in three other cities, San Fernando, Fillmore and L,ancaster. On the withdrawal of Frank Curran from the organization, Charles P. Curran retained the Pomona and Fillmore yards, while Frank Curran took those at San Fernando and Lancaster. The Fillmore yard was sold in 1921..
Charles P. Curran takes an active interegt in the civic afiairs of Pomona, he has played an import'ant part in the advancement of Pomona and its ad1'acent territory, and is held in high esteem by his fellow .citizens which is reflected in "the positioni of leadership and trust that he holds. He is president of the Los Angeles -County Fair Association, president of the Home Builders Loan Association, vice-piesident of the Pomona Manufacturin& Co., director of -the Pomona Commercial and Savings Bank, charter member of the Board of Trade, charter member of the Rotary Club, director of the Pomona Valley'Community Hospital, also he is affiliated with many fraternal and social organizations.
As a lumberman he has always taken an active interest in lumber and association afiaiis and is vice-president of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association.
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The name of "Albion" is historic, both in ancient, and in lumber. historv.
The first time that the name appears in the history of the world,was when Julius Caesar, Dictator of Rome when that city rvas mistress of the world, came in sight of the chalk cliffs of Wales on his great tour of conquest, and called them "Albion."
The name was brought to the new world by Sir Francis Drake. When he came to the Pacific Coast in 1579 and looked upon the mighty. waters ofthe Pacific, he called Northern California, "Nova Albion," or "New England."
And so the Albion River, that flows through the mighty Redwood forests intothe Pacific in Northern California, took and kept its name.
Andon this river lumber history was also made, for here, in 1851, during the great gold rush years, pioneers whose names we no longer know, built the first sawmill in that part of the world. They located it on the Albion River about three miles from its mouth, and they operated it by water power from the tidal flow of the ocean.
That is a long time ago, in lumber history.In those days they were just beginning to open up the great virgin forests of Michigan, which they then proudly boasted would last forever, so great was lheir volume. But they little counted on the great development of milling facilities, and the manner in whichthe trees would go wholesale to the saw. For the great White Pine forests of Michigan have been depleted and almost gone for many, many years. And those of Wisconsin, likewise mighty in their bulk, have also gone the-way of the saws, and ferv remain. Then Minnesota had her turn, and while they still manufacture wonderful pine in that state, also some in Wisconsin and Michigan, the volume is compar.atively small, and the remaining timber is in a ferv hands.
Then the South came in for a turn. and Yellow Pine had two geperations of activity and one of prosperity, while thetimber of the North declined. And the Northwest came in for her great turn, and began supplying the world with lumber.
And all this time they have been continually making Redwood lumber at Albion. A second mill, this one located at the mouth of the river, succeeded the first one, the change being made undoubtedly because of the remarkably fine shipping facilities afforded by this later location, the water furnishing ample room for the maneuvering of the sailing ships in use at that time, and was unobstructed by sand bars. Lumber has been continually shipped from thatport up to the present day, finding its destination largely on the California coast from San Francisco Bay to San Diego. In the beginning logs were harvested in close proximity to the mill, and floated to the plant in booms.
Since 1851 three mills have occupied the present mill site of The Albion Lumber Company. In the early 80's the property was acquired by Standish & Hickey, who, with their foresight backed by a large experience gained in the state of 'Michigan, enlarged and improved the plant, secured more timber holdings to back up the plant, and sold the enlarged properties to the present owners, The Albion Lumber Company, in 1897.
Gradually the Albion River basin was denuded of its virgin timber, and under Mr. Paul Dimmick, then manager for The Albion Lumber Company, a large additional body of timber was secured, and another large mill as well. These were the properties of the Pacific Coast Redwood Company and the Navarro Lumber Company, and both their properties were amalgamated with the possessions of
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the Albion, making the present splendid operation, which is controlled by The Southern Pacific Railroad.
Both mills have been operated ever since, and will continue to be for many years to come, with a normal production from both mills of approximately 50,0@,000 feet annually. The rough lumber is produced at both plants, the larger mill being that at Albion at the mouth of the river, and the Navarro mill, an auxiliary plant, located twenty miles away on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad,
and connected with the Albion plant by that road. All the finishing and remanufacturing of lumber is done at Albion. While they have a dry kiln equipment they specialize in air dried lumber to a very large extent. Their lumber is very carefully and painstakingly manufactured, and they rate their grades and quality very highly. Their shipments are entirely by water.
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While they have twenty-five years of virgin timoer ahead of them, their holdings being sound, vigorous timber of good average size, they are increasing their future timber supply continually by the finest of reforestration policies. They replant their denuded land every year, and have at the present time second growth timber close to thirty years of age, and they hope to make their operation perpetual by these reforesting methods.
Their mills are modern and efficient, and they operate three logging camps and a standard gauge logging road to bring in their log supply.
The head oflice ofThe Albion Lumber Company is at Albion, Mendoeino County, California, located on the coast 150 miles north of San Francisco. The sales office is in San Francisco.
B. A. McAllaster, San Francisco, is Vice President of the Company, C. F. Flinn is General Manager of all the company affairs. J. Fifer,of San Francisco, is Sales Manager, with offices at 15O1 Hobart Building. F. A. Clough is Southern California representative and has offices at 397 Pacific Electric Building, in Los Angeles, and, 32O Spreckles Building, San Diego. J. C. Philbrick is General Superintendent at Albion; C. W. Saner is office manager at Albion.
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If you have not tried the Planer Saw -that new smoothcutting saw for woo& w6rksls - you are missing an opportunity. This saw cuts almost as smoothly as a planer knife, rips and cross-cuts equally well on hard or soft wood and stands fast hand feed.
Specify tlre Planer Saw when you want better service.
My neighbor lives just over the way, across the boundary fence.
A habit that neighbors have.
But he is no mere neighbor, in the sense that his property is simply adjacent to mine.
He greets you with a smile, no matter who yo,u are or where he meets you, and his big bass voice booms out cheery exclamations.
That neighbor of mine.
He's the idol of every youngster in the neighborhood, for whose eager interrogatives he is never too busy, and into whose playJife he enters with a heart that refuses to grow old.
Even the animals and birds find sanctuary, food and shelter by grace of-
This neighbor of mine.
He does not turn away from the tears of others, or shun their burdens, but is the first to offer his services in sorrow's lone hour-a rock of defense for the weary heart.
Through the faults of others he draws an erasing line and covers their sin with a mantle of true charity, and, like the One of old, gently bids them go in, peace and sin no more:
This neighbor of mine.
But-and in this my heart condemns rne-
Am I true neighbo,r tb him?
boy, has yo' been cleanin' chim\yf"
nosoot-dat's dandruff."
F. R. LAMON TAKES VACATION
F. R. "Fred" I-amon, manager of the White and Sugar Pine department of Wendling Nathan Lumber Co., San Francisco, drove up to Coos Bay soon after July lst to spend a few days vacationing.
They used to say that a woman is as old as she looks and a man is old when he quits looking.
The newer rule is that a man is as old as his arteries. and a woman as old as her knees.
By doing good with his money a man, as it were, stamps the image of God upon it, and makes both pass current in the merchandise of eternity.-Rev. A. Rutledge.
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not resp€ctable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely; await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden, and unconscious, grow up through the common; this is to be my symphony.-William Haney Channing
"When you !\rer and Petrograd?" urope did ou visit Brussels, Rome,
"I really don't know. M irsband bought the tickets."
Progressiveness is looking forward intelligently, looking forward critically, and moving on incessantly.-W. P; Warren.
The "SS. Jane Nettleton," owned by Andrew Mahoney and operating in the regular .service of the Gaynor Masters Lumber Company between. Puget Sound and California, carried a record load onher last voyage of 1750 M feet B. M. When you realize that she is an 879 tqnner, you will recognize this as a real load,
"^RLESH COLOR "How "o*" y[r. go\f dat/soot on you' collah,
The Jones Hardwood Company has just rounded out its first year at its new location, 712Bryant Street, San Francisco.
Due to the central location of its new yard the Jones Hardwood Company is enjoying a bigger and better business than ever before.
The Jones Hardwood Company under the personal management of its president, Mr. Nelson E. Jones isa direct
importer of all Philippine Hardwoods as well as Japanese Oak. A full line of Domestic Hardwoods and Flooring is also carried in stock and the splendicl condition in which the stock is kept can be seen fiom the photograph in this issue showing a portion of their Hardwood shed.
The company also carries a full line of Panels both in
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" Eoerything in West Coast Forest Producfs"
There is an old song th.at goes: "Ireland must be Heaven for my mother came from there."
The millwork men of California should sing: "There must be something good about Chicago for Hank Didesch came from there."
I Henry T. Didesch is his full name. the millwork folks of Califorhia refer face, and behind his back.
"lfank" is the way to him. both to his
He is the right honorable Managing Director of The Millwork Institute of California, and he lives, moves, and has his office in thewell advertised city of Hollywood. He declares under oath, however, that he is not trying to get into the movies by that location, but chose it for other ahd excellent reasons.
"Hank" Didesch came to California three years ago, just after the formatidn of The California Millwork Inltitute, and took his present position. Before that he rvas for nirre years Technical Director'of the Millwork Cost Burearr, of Chicago, Ill. Before that he was with the F'arley & Lutcher Manufacturing Co., of Dubuqtre, Iowa, v"'herc he learned the business.
He is three very useful things rolled into one, and those three things have made him a wonderful leader for the M.I.C. First, he is a fine mixer and friend maker, rvhont men naturally take to, and show an irnnrediate interest in, filled with the milk of human kindness, ancl a very geirtle gentleman indeed. Second, he is a body-and-s.lul otganization man, one who not only is saturated with the theory of the "greatest good to the greatest number," but rvho know how to put it into active l,ractice. IIe is an association, organization, expert, and he has been steaclily pulling the millwork men of California closer tcgether in the bonds of cooperative and coordinatccl endeayor. And third, he knows this business he is in from the ground up, is a technical expert, and a merchanding vrhizz, all at the same time.
That makes a mighty useful nr,an, doesn't it?
He has created a fine place for himself in the three years he has been in California. Fine character, splendid training, unusual ability, and friendly diplomat. he is pointing the way to better things before the eyes of the millwork men, and doing it in admirable fashion.
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Philippine Mahogany, Oak and Oregon Pine. A full and complete assortment of sizes in all Panels is kept and the Company is prepared to fill orders for any quantity. We shoiw a part of the Panel Department of the Jones Hardwood Company in this issue.
A line of Hardwood Flooring is also carried, the Jones Hardwood Company selling the well known "Sells', brand
of Oak Flooring both in the White and Red Oak. In addition they are also carrying a line of Brazilian Teak flooring.
The business ofthis Company under the personal direction of its president Mr. Nelson E. Jones and its Vice President Mr. O. V. Nichols is enjoying a steady growth and is continually adding toits large listof satisfied customers not only in San Francisco and the Bay District but up and down the entire Pacific Coast.
HE Redwood Tray or Panel shown in hand drawing is a unit which, in the may be used (in multiples) in very
the upper left size indicated, many practical, valuable and yet novel ways.
Besides its use (as illustrated) for Fruit Drying Trays, Turkey Nests and Temporary Covers for Hay, it may readily be used, for example, as shade panels and for building numerous small pens, partitions, shelters, etc.
To provide straight uniform edges, snturr redwood shakes (or equivalent tn %-inch Redwood resaw of similar widths and lengths) is specified.
Note that simple Turkey Nests of an ideal type are formed by six of these portable trays. For this use it is well to provide loose or hinged shakes in the rear panel in order to give easy access to each nest separately,
As temporary covers for hay these trays, used in multiples as necessary, have many advantages over boards which, in some form, more commonly have been used for this purpose.
Temporary rafters or sleepers, to prevent unequal settlement as well as unnecessary depreciation of the material used, are strongly recommended.
Attention is called to the advantage of being able to make hay cuts from the end of the stack simply by remoaing sections of tlte cooering, thus obviating disturbance of the entire temporary roof.
Shed type of stack (Type B above) is easy to build, and should be topped and covered with high side away from the prevailing driving rains.
These trays, well and carefully built, provide an "a11-purpose" equipment of sufficient utility to warrant painting.
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Past Snark of the lJniverse, Harry John Miller, of Seattle, has been visiting in California accompanied by Mrs. I\{iller and their son, Keith. Mr. Miller has many friends in California and it was in San Francisco at the 1910 Hoo Hoo Annual that he was elected Snark of the Universe. Mr. Miller's specialty is long timbers and he has a yard for building barges at Evansville, Indiana, on the Ohio River. He recently made a trip through the Mississippi flood area and says it is impossible to realize the damage done except by a personal visit.
Mr. Miller is also r,vell knorvn as the Poet of Hoo Hoo, for he has distinguished himself by writing some splendid verses. He recited trvo of his poems at the recent dedication of the Hoo Hoo Memorial at Gurdon. One was entitled, "Invocation" and the other "The Wee Black Cats at Home." Past Snark Miller isa most welcome guest at any Hoo Hoo gathering.
Mrs. Miller also adds charm and fame to the family. For three terms she represented Snohomish Countv in the Washington State Aisembly,
They attended the wedding at Hollywood oftheir son Seton Ingersol Miller, on June 16th, to Miss Bonita Nichols, daughter of Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. Ode C. Nichols formerly of Fort Sam Houston, Texas and norv in command at Cheyenne, Wyoming.
The bride attended Miss Hamlin's School for girls at San Francisco and Ursuline Convent at Santa Rosa. Young Miller is a graduate of Yale University and met his future wife when living in New lfaven. He is scenario writer and assistant director fortheWilliam Fox Studios at Hollywood.
J. A. Stroud, of the E. dealers of San Francisco. of weeks at Carmel.
J. Dodge Co., rvholesale lumber and family are spending a couple
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A big concatenation will be held at Tacoma, Wash., August 23, in connection with the convention of the National Retail Lumber Dealers' Association. E. A. Wright, manager of the Pacific Mutual Door Co., and Vicegerent snark for Tacoma district will be in charge.
'fhere r,vill be a banquet at 6:30, and the concatenation will follow immediately. At the conclusion ofthis there lvill be an elaborate eniertainment program.
Vicegerent Wright is schooling the degree team, and a big class of kittens is expected.
Snark of the Universe Arthur Hood will be in attendance.
W. A. "Walter" Fischer, Fischer Lumber Co., Marcola, Oregon, and family drove dolvn fromthe north througli the Sacramcnto Valley and are spending a few days visTting in San Francisco and vicinity. WhiL in San Fiancisco, Mr. Fischer is making his headquarters with the Chas. R. McCormick Co. .They will return to Marcola via the Redwood Highway.
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GOOD LOCATION, WELL ESTABLISHED BUSINESS IN A FAST GROWING SECTION. WILL LEASE REAL ESTATE AND BUILDINGS TO RESPONSIBLE PARTIES. SELL STOCK AND EQUIPMENT. ABOUT $,IO,OOO.OO WILL HANDLE. ADDRESS BOX C 131, c-o CALIF. LUMBER MERCHANT.
Position wanted as a second man in retail lumber yard or manager of a small retail yard. High school and business college education. Thirty-one years old and married. Best of references. Six years' experience in retail yard. Address Box C-128, c-o California Lumber Merchant.
WANTED: Stenographic or clerical position with lumber firm. Eight yeari l6cal experience. Excellent references.
Box C-130, c-o Calif. Lumber Merchant.
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This is aI high class f,ooring rnanufactured from Wisconsin and Northern Michigan Hard Maple. A foor laid with this rtock will never wear out. Write ur for complete information and prices.
In rubmitting your inquiries please refer to our List Sierra.
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re20 MACK TRUCK EQUTPPED u/ITH ROLLERS, ETC. FOR LUMBER HAULING. EXCEL. LENT MECHANICAL CONDITION, FAIR RUB. BER, WILL TAKE $1,200.00 CASH OR CONTRACT. FOR F U RT H ER PARTICULARS PHONE EMPIRE 3483, LOS'ANGELES. ASK FOR HART.
A thoroughly competent man to take a financial interest in and complete charge of manufacturing operations of one of the best located sawmills in the Pacific Northwest. Addfess: F. O., c-o California Lumber Merchant.
FOR SALE OR TRADE: Retail lumber yard and planing mill in Lakeport, Calif. Any one interested write Lakeport Planing Mill, Lakeport, Calif.
Young man with good education and excellent record, desires to become affiliated with a retail lumber concern in Northern California or Oregon as Estimator or Solicitor. Quick at figures and'can meet the public courteously. ff you have a place for a man who is sincere in his work and is looking for a permanent connection, address Box CID, c-o California Lumber Merchant.
LUMBER SALESMAN wishes position with wholesale firm where energy, experience and personality will be rervarded. Past five years in California selling Oregon Pine, Redwood and White Pine. Can produce business and hold trade. Closing offices necessitates change. Personal interview requested. Box C-132, care Calif. Lumber Merchant.
H.M. "Ifarvey" fsenhower, who looks after the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys for Holmes-Eureka Lumber Co., has been sitting at Fred lfolrqes' desk in San Francisco rvhile Fred is away on his vacation.
V. E. SMITH NOW WITH FOSTER BROS.
V. E. Smith, who was formerly assistant salesmanager for Fisher Bros. Lumber Co., at Eugene, Oregon, is now associated with Foster Bros., Inc., of San Francisco. He will represent the company in the Bay district and coast territorv.
The Holmes Eureka Lumber Co. announce the removal of their Los Angeles office from 1025 Van Nuys Building to 329 Union Insurance Building, at 1008 West Sixth Street. Their new telephone number is MUtual 7080.
In Pioneer House Lining. .. the per, fect plaster backing, the home owo, er gets more service and greater pfo, tection for his money. FIe gets a better Plastering and Stucco job on a perrnanently insulated and abso, lutely weatherproof base!
Pioneer House Lining weighs approximately 15 pounds per 100 square feet. It is put up in rolls containing 500 square feet and weighing approximately 75 pounds.
NOTE-\UVeight hasbeen increased from 70 to 75 pounds.
The plastering contractor finds PIONEER House Lining easier to work on in any kind of weather! It offers greater strength...per. fe&, su&iott. dnd stronger bond! EIe can do more work, better work, make more money! With both home owners and plasterers in, sisting on Pioneer House Lining it is a profia able product for the dealer! This demand will speed trp YOUR turnover, too, and in, crease YOUR volume and profit! And the Pioneer Label insures customer satisfaction. Better stock up and get your share !
In recommending \Teaver Roofing-dealers are infuenced by the successful performance of this product.
'\X/eaver quality, strength and durability can be counted on, for 'Weaver Roofing is built fot long life. It has all the weather resisting qualities that a high-grade roofing must have.
All this means customer satisfaction'(rspsa1" business -and more dollars for dealers.
Weaver - Henly Mfg. Co.
Successors to WeaverRmf Co.
3275 East Slauson Avenue
Los Angeles Telephone Mldland 2141
Walls and basements of hillside homes inwhichPlastiteWater. proofed Cement is used in either concrete or stucco, are permanently protected from water percolation.
The water.resisting qualities of Plastite are an inherent property of the material itself, and a part of its manufacture. Plastite hai all the properties of plain Portland cement to which have been added the additional qualities of waterproofness and plasticity.
Exposed concrete or stucco propedy made with Plastite becomes more dense and impervious as time goes on. Value is added to the struc. ture and future security to the owner is assured.
Besideswalle antrb.r.-"ntr, Plastite is used in ffoors, tun. nels, swirnming pools, reeer. voirs, and all construction where permanent protection from water penetration is required.
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The moot favorable development in tte California market har been the decrease in Fir cargo shipmentr from the Northwect There are 35 coastwbe lumber trade boetr tied up.
Cargo arrivals at San Pedro for the month of July qill nur erormd IOSrOOO'OOO ft., t[e rmallest monthly totd for tLe part eighteen months. The cargo-recbiptr at-tli!^n-ort for tbe -preceding month of June totalled 109'53O'(XX) feeL DutioC the month of May, which month stows the larg€st reeeipfr for this year at San Pedro, t[e rhiprnentr totaled 143,726100O feeL
lie volume arriving in San Francisco for July w{l s-hoq very little change buf the rhipmentr arriving at Oakland rhow a narked decrease.
There ie about 1O'OOO'(X)O ft. of ungold lumber on the dockr at San Pedro which ir sligbtty lesr than hro wee&s ago Cargo op€rators state that at least 6Wo of ttir anormt con. tainr underirable items and that the Los Angeles market ir very little affected from that rtandpoinl
Fir pricee at the millr are reported as finn and uniform. None of the cargo millr have any surplus stocks of unrold lumber on their llockc and cargo operatorr rtate that unless cargo is aU aiened up ttat it ir elmost impocsible to fill out Gargo on short notice.
Tbe July buildins permits for Los Angeler will run ebout $9,OOO,(X)O.
All indicationr point to an early improvement in the Fir rnarket in California. The month of July har ehown tte ceaconal let down in buying, but with the fall buying ex'
pected to develop arormd the middle of Augus$ it b,the opinion of many of tte wholesalers tfiat pricee are bormd to be firmer, with a pocsibility of a elight edvance. At the present time, they report that on specifrcations, other than etaple itemr, that the market har already ghown come improvement.
For the week endins July 16, the West Coatt Lumbcr. men's Association barometer reports the following for 118 mills: Production, 1131216,534 ft.; new burinerq 1271637'553 ft., and shipments, 11316361564 ft. For the first 28 weeks of 1927, barcd on 78 milk, they report the following: Production,2r0ffir2ilr273 ft 7 new burinees, 2120516441039 ft, end rhipmentr 2,156,8101421 ft.
The Southett Pine Arsociation barometer showt the following figrrrer for the week ending July 23' lOe millr re. porrling: Orderr received, 5919651596 ft.; rhipments 621420r328 ft., and production 611661,154 tt.
The Redwood rnarket rhowrvery little change. The rnarket ir strong and pricec are firrn. Lower grade stockt at the mills are badly brokeo up. The clear market continues fairly active. Alt Redwood merkets are reported ar satiefactory.
Conditionr in the Cdifonria White and Sugar Pine martet r€main about tfie same with pricer showing very little changp. Shop anil the lower grader continue to move readily. The demand for cleare in mhed car rhipmentr continuee good. Production to date tor 1927 is about 1SO,fiX)'OOO fe€t bclow the 1926 production for tbe rame period.
Theper capita consumption of lumber in theUnited States decreased fuom 378 feet in l9t4 to 32O feet rn t924.
Dudng that same period the consurnption of cement inceased fuom 321pounds per capita to 478 pounds.
Gyprum production doubled during dre same pedod.
Face bdck more than doutled. Patent roofing tripled. Metal lath quadnrpled.
Vas it , or under+elling that hurt lumber?
The entrance of the STIMSON TIMBER COMPANY into the group of sawmills selling their California products exclusively through this organization. Today this group of mills is sawing approximately | 100 M' B. M. per d.y. Such a mill capacity permits efficient handling of widely diversified classes of business.
The Stimson Timber operation is recognized as a leader in the production of Selected Common and Structural grades. Their timber supply from their own carnps on Hood's Canal insures their ability to deliver for many years the Timbers, Plank and high grade Dimension for which they are famed.
After August lst, the Stimson Timber Company will brand every piece of lumber destined for California with the name "STIMBER." The reputation and integrity of years will stand behind this name. It will be synonymous with high grade stock uniformly graded and of the same quality month in and month out.
Have had some fine letters and oral compliments from retailers of lumber concerning the leading editorial last issue in which we discussed how the retail lumberman happened to change from a woo'den raw material man to a modern building merchant.
And I had one leltter frorn a good mill friend, objecting to my for-the-thousandth-time-objection to the theory that the trouble with the lumber business is "over-production". He says there are "too many mills, with too much production, too much effort to force lumbcr on the market", etc., and that therefore it MUST BE over-production.
I am a great fellow for believing that the proof of the pudding is in the eating. In other words, it is results that count. For many years the lumber consumption has been declining per capita in this country, where, with 7 per cent of the world's population, we manufacture more tlan 50 per cent of its lumber. Look at those figures, and you naturally exclaim-"We MUST be making too much lumber."
But while lumber has been declining, its competitive building materials have all been increasing, every one of thern Lumber just hasn't kept up, that's all, Steel, brick, cement, tile, asphalt, asbestos, gypsufi\ etc,, all have increased mightily.
whv?
Simple enouglr. Notice their contrasted methods. When one of those other commodities want to increase their business, they go and try to create a demand for their materials nr'here there was non€ before, mostly by educational and service effort.
What does a mill do when it wants an increased order file? You know. It cuts the price. Does that create anything? It does NOT. Who does it hurt? Just the other lumber competitors. Does it hurt the "substitutes?" It does NOT. The difference seems to be that when the other fellow goes out after business, he makes new business. When the lumberman gocs out after business he creates nothing additional; simply seeks to wrest from the grasp of th,e other fellow the po,tential order.
The other building materials-those that are increising in their per capita consumption-spend thirty times as much money as does the lumber manufacturing industry, in their efforts at trade extension.. And all thoughtful students of merchandising know that there can be no doubt of the fact that inferior products can be sold in preference to superior ones, any time, any where, in any business, if the sales effort is far superior.
"My product is better, but they are buying the other", has come to be looked upon as the cry of the weakling. In business as in poker, it is every man's duty to protect his own hand.
THERE ISN'T A "SUBSTITUTE'' MANUFACTURER IN THE COUNTRY WHO DOES NOT ACTUALLY CREATE THE MARKET HIS PRODUCT ENJOYS.
BUT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF MILLS AND BILLIONS OF PRODUCTION OF LUMBER WHERE THERE IS ACTUALLY NO MARKET CREATIVE EFFORT.
That's the big, and mighty difference. That's why lumber slips in per capita consumption, and the other comrnodities increase.
When a "substitute" is offered for sale, it is at a fixed price. The dealer doesn't state in reply what he is willing to pay. There ain't no such animal. No one ever heard of a "substitute" cornplaining of "ov'er-production"'; and as for selling at prices "less than production cost", which we hear of so much in the lumber business, I feel sure that if a "substitute" manufacturer ever made such an admission concerning his own business he would be dragged forcibly into a mental examination.
No, friends, it won't do! This old "over-production" ghost never really walked. Like all ghosts, it existed only in imagination.
Just so long as a tremendous volume of lumber goes crashing through the saws, and out into the world without a single selling thought behind thenr, we will have such times as we are still having in most of the lumber manrdacturing industry.
But that "over-production" charge would be promptly thrown out of any inteUigent court. Thc EFFECT is over-production, all right. But not the cause. When the mills all get to meeting their competition, like the dealer learned to meet the mail-order bugaboo-by selling buildings, and plans, and functions, and USES rather than just raw inaterial-then the "over-production" ghost will lay, and we will discover that he nev€r was.
McCORMICK is geared up to handle the unusual. One-comPany organization insures F .l tast, smootn-runrung servlce.
Deliveries are made as promised.
Our own vast timber holdings in America's finest timber stand, our four sawmills and treatingplanton tidewater, the feet of 75 McCormlck vessels in our carrying senrice-all work together to schedule.
Prompt, dependable service on lumber thatts a satisfaction to handleo
Let our nearest sales office or sales rePresen' tative quote you on straight or mixed cars. Be' sides cargo facilitiesr w€ have a departrrrent specialu:ng on rail business.
Distribution of Prize Money Somewhat Changed-Regional Manufacturing Association Also to Offer Waste Prevention Prizes
Washington, D. C., July S.-Provision for a total of ten cash prizes for the ten best entries submitted, instead of nine as in previous years, is contained in tgday's announcement by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association of. its 1927-28 National Waste Prevention $2,000 Prize Contest.
At the same time eligibility in this contest, whose primary objective is to encourage men employed in the lumber industry to concentrate their thought upon the problem of increased efficiency in logging and milling and to develop ideas which will result in waste prevention and closer utilization, is definitely limited to persons employed or engaged in, or connected with, the manufacture of lumber and other sawmill products from stump to finished lumber, and those in the employ of timberland owners.
Another new feature which will be of interest to individual workers in the woods and mills is that devices, pieces of equipment, methods, operations, processes, ideas, or schemes that are now on the market as commercial articles or enterprises, whether patented or not, or which may be serving as a secondary source of income or "sideline" of men regularly employed in the lumber manufacturing industry, will not be considered by the committee in charge as eligible for entry or for competition in prize award. This does not mean that patented entries will not be accepted, but it does signify that this contest is conducted for employes who through their interest in their daily tasks and their ingenuity andinitiative willingly
develop new or original, and practical devices and methods for preventing waste of material, turning more material into salable lu.mber, or lightening their individual task for their own welfare and that of their employer without thought of great personal monetary gain. And for the first time new and unusually meritorious "safety" devices will be accepted by the Contest Committee for considefationfor prize awards.
On the other hand, entries which are neither new nor original,,nor developed to a point of proven practicability, nor applicable to .or designed for use in logging or mi[l- ing, nor those which consist of merely an enumiration or description of known waste products or methods and their known uses or remedies, will not, as in past vears, be accepted for entry.
The $2,000 to be 'awarded, if ten worthwhile entries of general utility and adaptability in present day lumber manufacturing processes are presented, is divided into prizes as follows :
First Prize ..$750.00
Second Prize. .....$SOO.m
Third Prize. ......$ZSO.OO
Three Prizes, Each. .....$100.00
Four Prizes, Each. ......$ 50.00
In addition, contestants offering meritorious ideas of lorver rank will receive honorable mention.
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There /S a difference, grade for grade. There are qualities in lumber that grading rules cannot classifylight weight, softness and uniform texture.
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Manufactured products of all kinds, standard or special as well as lumber for shed, shop or yard stocks shipped in mixed cars offer unugual advantages to the dealer, the broker or the manufacturer.
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A good many y€ars ago-neither of therr, want to say just when because they arc trying to keep from showing their age*som,etime after the Civil War, at any rate, P4 Tcnnant, now Secretary of the Los Angeles District Lrambermen's Club, was Manager of the Rat Portage Lumber Company, in Winnipeg, Canada,
One day a tall, slir4 powerful yormg fellow carne in and sold himself to EkL as a lunaber salesman. So Ed. gave him a job selling lumber on the road, gave him a tough territory, and a lot of hard prospects. The new salesanan came in from his first trip with a pocket full of orders, and had cstablishcd a record for himself that got him a regular job on the staff, and for several years hc rras the "head man" in the road gang for that big milling outfit.
The salesman's name was Fred Hamilton. IIe was Canadian born, had been in the lumber businees sincc he could walk. and had wandered far, Previous to that time he had been a bookkeepc'r for a lineyard retail lumber concern-
After several yrears he left Winnipcg and went to the Coast, and on the Coast hc has been ever since, finally reaching San Diego, where he lit, and stayod. He got a job as foreman for the Benson Lumber Company. Thcn he got into the sdes depa.rt- ment. Then the Sales Manager quit, and he got that job. He kept right on ehoving, and he got to be Gencral Manager, and there he is,
He is one of the best known and most popular personalitics in the hmrber industry of Southern California. He is a strong and gallant Hoo-Hoo and has done much for the Order down in the San Diego district. He is a natural born salesmar\ a fine diplotnat, a good cooperator, a champio'n mixer and friend maker, and altogether a man wtro stands out in any crowd as the sort of man you like to bo with. He is geniality itself, and his big Irish smile is a passport anywhere, any time. Add thesc qualities to a finc understanding of tlre lurnber business and a mental and physical equipment that iB all cnerg:f, and you havc this guy thcy call Fred Hamilton.
Years ago whcn Ed. Tennant came to San Diego as Snark of the Universe, there was Fred Hamilton to hclp greet him. He is no longer slim and raw-boned. He is big, and stout, and ruddy of countcnance, and trinkly of eyc, and a man who uses the pcrsonal equation as few men can.
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Washington, July 2S.-John M. Gibbs today assumed his new duties as manager of the trade extension department of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, and made his salutatory as follows:
"I particularly stress the importance of unity between producers, retailers and wholesalers of lumber. Through the N a ti o n a I Lumber Mahufacturers Association, LUMBER, throughout America, has projected its largest undertaking. To get under way with a divided front would render us more or less impotent at the very beginning. The Movement must be wisely directed and the forces actively handling it must be up on their toes ahd going every minute of the time. Those interested must not get out of step.
"The keynote of success in this campaign may bg sounded in the use-of the word "CO-OPERATION" and it applies all the way down the line from the largest to the smallest
contributor. An able Comm;ittee has been appointed to steer the Movement. This Committee is comp6ied of men of wisdom and determination, representing the various branches of the industry. The working forces are ready and anxious to go. There must be sympathetic understanding at the start and no lagging at any turn in the road. With such conditions prevailing, the Movement will not suffer for the lack of funds and it will, I predict, prove so helpful in the course of a reasonable lapse of time that our dreams will become realities and LUMBEIR will be not only put back where it belongs, but, at the same tirne, will go into fields hitherto uhknown.
"Here is my pledge to put into thisbig affair the best there is in me, but let no man believe for a moment that this thing can be properly done by a few for, of a truth, the spirit of"Let George do it" has brought many worthy p,rojects to grief."
The John Johnron Flooring Co. hrs the f,ooring-and the organization {nd thc facilities whicfi cobbine to make available to the lumber deder the nme kind of Service which har won for thir o,rganization outstanding popularity among the local retail trade foryean.
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Madera, Calif., July 5, 1927. The California Lumber Merchant, Los Angeles, Cal.
Gentlemen:
I want to be one of the first to congratulate you on your Fifth. Anniversary Number of the ONLY lumber journal on earth. I can only wish you the continued success that I am. sure you will have.
Yours very truly,
Al Morley, the well known San Francisco lumberman and representative in the Bay District and Coast Counties for W. R. Chamberlin & Co., is a visitor at the company's I.os Angeles office. He is going over the Southern California territory with Jack Rea, their Southern California representative, and during Mr. Rea's absence while on his vacation, he will look after the company's interests in Southern California. Al expects to be in Los Angeles,for about a month.
F. V. Paramino, president of the Paramino Lumber Co., San Francisco, left for the north during the latter part of June. He expects to be away five or six weeks, spending most of his time in Tacoma. G. A. Hemstreet, who has charge of their Tacoma office, has left on a trip to Toronto, Canada, and expects to be away about a mon1h.
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Following a plan adopted for the first time last year, a number of subscribing associations of lumber manufactufers to the National Association will again conduct contests of their ewn in which reasonable cash prizes will'be awarded for the best entries.
Of importance to contestants is the fact that an entry submitted in a regional contest automatically becomes an entry in the National Contest and vice versa, and this single entry has a chance towin a prize in both. In fact the winner of. the first prize, $1,000.00, W*. J. McHale, of Soperton, Wisconsin, in the National Contest which closed March 7, 1927, received also the first cash prize of. $100 in the Northern Hemlock & Hardwood lVlanufacturers Association's regional contest. The winner of the second National prize of $500.00, W. L. Thomas, of Charleston, South Carolina, also won the first cash prize in the Northern Carolina Pine Contest, and Mr. Fred Weibner war awarded one of the $100 National prizes as well as the second prize in the Northern Hemlock Contest. At least.one more regional association will conduct prize competitions this year.
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The annual picnic of the Albion Lumber Co. was held at Navarro on Saturday, July 16. Two speciat trains carried the employees of the company to the picnic grounds; one train bringing the men from the logging camps while the other train came from the Albion plant with the mill employees and the office force. Members of the San Francisco office were also in attendance.
Following luncheon, the afternoon was devoted to field events. The results of the various events were as follows: Boys' foot race, 10 years and under, Edward Simmons; girls' foot race, 10 years and under, Nancy Pallecia; shoe race, free-for-all, Dan Gentili; ladies' foot race, Miss Stella Kollmeyer, of the company's San Francisco office; Girls' foot race, Lena Gentili; hop-step-jump-free-for-all, B. M. Dillingham; married woman's race, Mrs. A. E. Gravenstein; 100 yard dash, free-for-all, L. E. Dungan.
Jacob Panannen was the winner of the log sawing contest, sawihg through a 38 inch log in 7 minutes and 11 seconds. Jim Montgovan was second, his time being 7 minutes and23 seconds, and William Orr was third, sawing the log in 7 minutes and 26 seconds.
Many of the San Francisco visitors remained over Saturday evening as the guests of General Manager C. F. Flinn, returning to the Bay District on Sunday.
George Burnett, Burnett Lumber Co., Tulare, is enjoying a vacation in the Northwest. He made the trip north by steamer for Vancouver and Victoria, B.C. He plans to visit the scenic points in the "Charmed Land" and his itinerary will also include stops at Seattle, Portland, and other points on Puget Sound. Mrs. Burnett accompaniedhimonthe trip.
Mr. Jack Dionne, San Francisco, The California Lumber Merchaht, July 12, L927. Los Angeles, Calif.
My dear Mr. Dionne:
I have looked over the Birthdav Number of the California Lumber Merchant with i great deal of interest, and I want to congratulate you upon the fine rssuel
Yours very truly, Otis R. Tohnson.
A. J. Russell, Santa Fe Lu4ber Co., San Francisco, is back at his desk after spending an enjoyable three weeks' vacation in the Northwest, where he visited with his mill connections and his manv lumbermen friends. He visited Portland, Seattle, Victorii and Vancouver, B. C., and other points of interest on Puget Sound. Mrs. Russell accompanied him on his trip.
On his arrival at his office, Elmore King and George Burnett, well known Valley lumbermen, who were visiting in the Bay District were on hand to welcome him back to San Francisco.
The retail lumber dealers of Riverside and Los Angeles Counties, together withtheir wives and guests, are holding a get-together meeting on August 2 at the Ontario Hotel, Ontario. Following the dinner, there will be a business meeting and entertainment. A large attendance is expected to be present.
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The National Lumber Manufacturers Association states that at the meeting of the Lumber Trade Extension Committee at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, August 2, matters coming up for determination rvill be: The initial advertising schedule, a definite trade extension budget, and the location of three principal district field officers for research and promotion.
Mr. Gibbs will assume his duties as trade extension manager on July 25, and will be in attendance upon the committee meeting.
National-American Wholesale
Dwight Hinckley, Cincinnati, has been'appointed chairman of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association Trade Extension Committee, succeeding Horace F. Taylor, and representative of the wholesalers on the National Lumber Trade Extension Committee.
Northern Hemlock
Harold Collins. Rhinelander. Wis.. is the second and executive committee, member of the N. L. T. E., committee for the Noghern Hemlock and Hardwood Association.
British Columbia
The British Columbia Manufacturers and Loggers sociations have promised to name their member of committee in time to have him attend the San Fra meetlng.
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Members of the National Lumber Trade Extension Committee who are planning to attend the San Francisco meeting are requested to notify the National Association in Washington of their intention.
Mr. Jack Dionne, Beverly Hills, Calif., c/o California Lumber Merchant lluJ'y 12,1927, Central Building, Los Angeles, Calif.
Drear Jack: Absence from the city for a few days has prevented my going over your July 1st Anniversary Number until Sunday, when I spent a couple of pleasant hours of careful reading of practically every item contained in the same.
This issue, like all your issues of the California Lumber Merchant as rvell as the Gulf Coast Lumberman, rvhich I have read for a good many years, bears out your reputation everywhere for knowing just rvhat lumberrnen need and want in the way of a trade journal.
Please accept my congratulations and best wishes forvour continued t?toliii'r,.,".r",,r.
Frank Burnaby, Pres.Capt. Edgar B. Culnan, sales manager in the L,os Angeles office of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co.. left on July 16 to attend the Reserve Officers Army Training Camp at Monterey. He will return to his desk on August 1. During his absence, C.'M. (Friday) Freeland. is in charge of his department.
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The newest thing in lumber organizations is The Arizona-New Mexico White Pine Manufacturers' Association, the organization of which has just been completed, with the following officers elected to serve for the first year.
President, Mr. I. B. Koch, Arizona Lumiber & Timber Co., Flagstaff, Ariz.
Vice President: Mr. J. G. McNary, Cady Lumber Corporation, El Paso, Texas.
Secretary-Treasurer: Mr. W. G. Ramshaw, The White Pine Lumber Company, Bernalillo, New Mexico.
The following concerns are members of the organization:
Cady Lumber Corporation, MeNary, Flagstaff, and Snowflake, Arizona.
Arizona Lumtber & Timber Co., Flagstaff, Arizona, Saginaw-Manistee Lumber Co., Williams, Arizona.
George E. Breece Lumber Co., Albuquerque and Alomogordo, New Mexico.
- Tht White Pine Lumber Co., Bernilillo, New Mexico.
Genial George Wier, General Manager for the Coos Bay Lumber Company, has been a recent visitor in Southern California. Jack Thomas, their manager in Los Angeles territory piloted him around meeting the trade. Mr.Wier made a very cheerful report on tlreir particular situation, and while deploring the low average of lumber prices, declared with some satisfaction that tliey are selling and moving the normal product of their plant at Marshfield, the biggest single unit sawmill on earth.
McGaffey Lumber Co., Perea, New Mexico.
The above named mills represent an annual production of about 450,00O,0m feet of White Pine lumber. Practically the entire production is Pondosa Pine, they state, similar to that produced in the Oregon-Spokane districts. They state that they have about a five log timber which grows at an average altitude of from 7,000 to 10,000 feet.
The purpose of the organization, according to Mr. Ramshaw, the Secretary, is "developing a standardization of grades and manufacturing methods to conform with the requirements of our particular district-mill work, patterns, thickness, and widths of lumber-to exchange ideas as to the manufacture and cohservation ofour timber holdings consistent with the Government program for the conservation of all our natural resources, and to promote closer co-operation with the Forest Service; to develop a high standard of efficiency in all departments of the cutting of timber and the manufacture of lumber, and the exchange of operating information tending to more economic utilization of forest products."
This seems to be a most useful organization, one serving a territory that has up tothis time gone unorg-nized, and much good should come of its efforts.
A. L. Porter has joined his family at Santa Monica and in the future plans to make his headquarters in Los Angeles. He was formerly connected with the 'Western Retail Lumber Association, and for twenty-five years he acted as secretary-manager of this organization, with headquarters in Spbkane. He has been a frequent California visitor in years past and has a large acquaintanceship with the lumber fraternity of the state.
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A nuniber of wood-working concerns today are buying as raw material, lumber that is not only kitn-dried, but which is planed to thickness and sometimes sawed to dimensions ready for machining. The successful use of material on which some work has becn performed in another plant depends upon the thoroughness and accuracy of the work. To begin with, thc dtyiog muet bc thorough, and it must be of such character that the moisture @ntent is reduced to the proper degree suitable for entering into whatever product is being manufactured, and that no internal stresses are set up which may cause the lumber to warp, twist or bend when machined.
The planing is vitally importan! both in matters of smoothness and accuracy of thickness, lf thc rtocL rhowr hnifc-mrrkr or vrriationr ia thicknGlr, a lot of sanding will be required, and of all the costly and wasteful operations in woodworking, the sanding down of poor or inaccurate planing ranks first.
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The latest thing in rvood products inthe Pacific Northwest is pulp and paper, made from wood.
The newest industry in which the entire lumber industry of Washington, Oregon and British Columbia is taking a most active interest, is the building and operation of paper mills.
And the interest is being manifested in an absolute rush of lumbermen and lumber interests to engage in the paper making g'ame, using wood for raw materials.
There are now in active operation in Washington and Oregon fifteen pulp and paper mills that are using wood for theii raw mateiials. Seveial of these have been completed since the first of the present year. They are located at. St. Helens, Oregon City, Salem and Newberg, Oregon; and at Everett, Camas, Shelton, Vancouver, Anacortes, Edmonds, Olympia, Bellingham, Tacoma, and two at Port Angeles, Washington.
Some of these are simply pulp mills that sell their pulp to other paper mills, but most of them are_ modern pap-er manufacturing plants. They make everything from the finest writing paper to the coarsest and strongest wrappi-ng and commercill - paper, depending on what they -use for pulp. A huge ambunt of news print is being manufactured it these plants, and also a great amount of craft wrapping paper. They use the refuse from the mills,Fir, Hemlock, ind Spruce.- Spruce is, of course, the finer material, lnd makeJthe best paper. Hemlock comes next, an{is a better paper making material than Fir. But even Fir refuse makis-strong, and most practical and useful wrapping and commercial paper.
They suddenly discovered that wood made into paper shows a fine profit, while wood made into lumber may not show any. They further found that Hemlock made into paper is worth a whole lot more than Hemlock made into iumber, because Hemlock logs are low in price, and Hemlock paper is high in quality. Under present conditions it would hardly piy to manufacture the entire Fir-log int-o paper, but it-DOES pay to manufacture the entire Hemlock
Floyd Dernier, Lumbermen's Service Association, Los Angeles, has r'eturned from a week's busin-ess-trip to-San Diego. He reports that lumber conditions in the Southern pari of the stite are in satisfactory. condition.During his ibsence, Miss Eda Dernier, looked after the business affairs of their Los Angeles officer
log, the logs costing less than Fir, and the paper being worth more than the paper made from Fir.
And. so. suddenly.we find a tremendous rush of interest in paper making from wood in the Northwest. Reports show that mills are in immediate contemplation at many places including Onalaska, Bellingham, Port Townsend, Aberdeen, Tacoma, Bucoda, and South Bend, Washington; and at Astoria, Medford, Marshfield, and Klamath Falls, Oregon.
New mills are under construction today at Hoquiam and Longview, Washington, and it is reported that the Weyerhauser interests are likewise considering a paper mill for Longview, where the Long-Bell interests are now constructing one.
In addition numerous of the present existing plants are enlarging their capacities. All the new plants under contemplation are connected with the lumber interests. There is fear expressed that if everyone rushes in and builds paper mills, that the paper market will go the way of the lumber market, and become overloaded.
However, it must be remembered that this country imports from foreign lands every year a huge amount of paper, and the rapid increase in paper production in this country would probably mean the shutting out of some of this foreign competition. It has been estimated by an expert that the wood wasted in the sawmills of Washington and Oregon every year would make more paper than the total importations of paper, if converted into pulp.
The paper and pulp situation is one of the brightest spots inthe lumber business'of the Northwest this year. It may be that some ofthe pressure may be taken from the lumber market during the next few years, by converting some of these logs into paper, rather than lumber. And, since Hemlock is shown to have great paper-making value, it may be that the Hemlock will cease to be the football of the western lumber industry, and take the place which its really fine qualities entitle it to.
Anyrvay, the pulp and paper situation has done something to give new hope to the lumber markets of the Northwest for the time being at least.
P. C. McNevin, The Pacific Lumber Co., San Francisco, is back at his desk again after spending a month's vacation at Honolulu. On his arrival at Honolulu. he met Mrs. McNevin and daughter Lillian, rvho had been sojourning on the Islands.
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August 1, 2:00 P.M.
1. Meeting-National Lumber Manufacturers Inter-Insurance Ekchange Advisory Committee.
August 2, 10:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M.
2. Meeting-National Lumber Trade Extension Committee.
Authorizdtion of budget. Authorization of Advertising Schedule. Location of initial field offices. Presentation of fire-proofing process. (A.J. Norris Hill-z0 minutes).
August 3, 10:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M.
1. Financial: Consideration of semi-annual auditor's report and criticisms.
2. Transportation: Memorial to Railroads asking investigation of basis of rates on substitutes in relation to lumber. Report on Application to Railroads for restoration of penalty charge on detention of transit cars.
3. Economics: Reiommendations from Committee. R. B. Goodman, Chairman.
4. Forestry: Forestry Committee report of Recommendations by Geo. S. Long. Cohsideration of Government Timber Sales Policy. Forest Management for continuous cutting and its effect on productioh. Maj. D. T. Mason (30 minutes.)
5. Export Tbade: Report from Capt. E. A. Selfridge, U. S. Lumber Trade Commissioner to the Orient.
6. Taxation: Recommendations from Committee. F. G. Wisner, Chairman.
7. Inter-Insurance Exchange: Joint Meeting with Advisory Committee.
8. Administration: Date and place for next Directors Meeting.
A dinner and entertainment will be tendered to the Directors jointly by the California White & Sugar Pine Association and the California Redwood Association at Marquard's at 7:@ o'clock Tuesday evening.On the afternoon of that day the ladies of the party will be taken for a tour of San Francisco.
After the Directors' meeting on Wednesday, according to present plans, the visitors will start on an extensive automobile tour of the pine forests as the guests of the California White & Sugar Pine Manufacturers Association. There will be abundant opportunity on the proposed trip for visitors to see lumber mills and logging camps at operations in both the Sugar and White Pine regions. Messrs. C. Stowell Smith, Burton Adams and W. G. Kahman are arranging the trip on behalf of the California White & Sugar Pine Association.
The conclusion of this trip will permit any of the visiting directors who may go to the North Coast to visit the Forest Lumber Company at Pine Ridge, Oregon, enroute from San Francisco to Portland, to which a cordial invitation has been extended by the Exchange Sawmills Sales Company.
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Carelessness is responsible for 75/s of all our for our policyholders. If 6re does come, our fires. Why not be careful and prevent this resources and reputation guarantee prompt enormous unnecessary loss? We specialize in payment for losses suffered. Our dividends removing Fre cauges and preventing fire losses represent a big saving in insurance cost.
A "dark-brown" taste isn't always a symptom of serious illness. Frequently it is merely the result of too rich living,and I think that this istl,e cause of the ."darkbrown" taste in the mouttr of the Lumber Industry today.
In my , travels among lumbermen, through correspondence reaching my desk every day, and in contacts with- lumbermen visiting Hoo-Hoo Headquarters, I am constantly reminded of this "morning after" feeling within the Industry.
Ours is not the only industry that has had such a reaction from more prosperous times, but it seems that we are hanging onto it longer than did the others. A noted economist said _recently that the Lumber Industry is grappling with problems today that other industries solved ten-yeari ago.
The strange thing to me about the whole sltuation is that the Lumber Industry is alive to the existence of this "hang-over" and knows the remedy for it, butfor some reason not quite clear to me, has not yet summoned the courage to take its medicine.
We are still striving for a great volume of 'business----: often without regard for cost and a fair return. To a 'certain extent we have made the lumber market a birvers' market, and the result has been that the whole Induitry. from rnanufacturer to distributor, has sufiered.
Several noted economists have pointed out that the Lumber Industry mUSt forget about big volume if volume must b,e obtained at the expense of a fair 1sfu1n-fh2t we must establish cost systerns'through which we will know definitely the cost of delivering our'product to the ionsumer-that the Industry must roll up its sleeves and go to work as one man, rather than as individuals.
It_is not my province, nor my intent, to attempt to teli the Lumbermen how to run their business. Hoo-Hoo is not directly concerned with the production and merchandising methods of the Industry, its costs systems or the prices to be charged for lumber.
But Hoo-Hoo is very definitely.identified with the.human element in the Industry, and unless we first utilize our human resource, we can talk ourselves blue in the face about production and merchandising and coSts- and yet not get to first base.
Every now and then I hear pbout or meet a Lumberman who thinks he is an altruist because he pays a few dollars every year into his Association or to Hooi-Iioo. He doesn't t_ake the tlgub]e to find out what these organizations are doing for his Industry and for his own buiiness.
This type of T,umberman comprises the greatest wasted resouice of the Lumber Industry, and thC Industry will never be. entirely rid of its "dark-brown', taste untii such men have been converted to an enthusiastic loyalty to the Association idea and to IIoo-Hoo.
To the man who thinks his dues to his Assobiation and to Hoo-Hoo are a donation, I would suggest that he consider the_ dugs paid into their organizatidi by union workmen, and the resultant'benefits to the union man in scale of wages and working conditions.
A,survey in a mid-western city recently Shoived that ironworkers q1I $60_ a _year into their union; bricklayers, $50; printers, $6O, and plumbers, $30. A dozen ironworkers pay as much for organization as the largest bank in Ameiici pays for membership in the American Banliers, Association.
The cost of membership in Retail Lumber associations ranges from $15 to $50 a year. Suppose that a lumberman pays.the. maximum late and an. additional $5 a year for membership in Hoo-Hoo. He still pays less than ihe ironworkers pays to his union. And for the $5 he pays into workers And w_urKcrs pays ru nrs unron. l1no ror tne +J ne pa]rs Hoo-Hoo his life is insured to the extent of $100.- which means that hE reallv dues for the first 20 vears. ?. s rl1?r ne really _p_ays no hrst Z0 years.
The object of Hoo-Hoo is to ireate opportunities-for lumbermen to get together in a spirit of friendly relationship-
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Lewis & Clark Centenary Exposition, Portland, Oregon, 1905, and now 22 yearc later, we are making even better quality by reason of the fact that we have kept just a little in advance of the best modern methods ever gince.
Our battery of 12 Fireproof Dry Kilns with Thermostatic control of temperature and humidity insures accuracy and uniformity in drying, and each operation in the hanufachrre of West Oregon Super Finish and otfier productr is carried out with scientific accuracy.
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Distribution has started of a new, 20 page booklet, "West Coast Hemlock: Its Qualities and lJses," just published by the West Coast Lumber Bureau, Seattle. Twenty thousand copies of the booklet are being distributed free on request to retail lumber dealers, architects, contractors, home builders, industrial users and the general public who may be interested in lumber and its uses.
This booklet, which is the second in the Bureau's series of publications on the major forest species of the West Coast, presents in concise form information oh the properties, qualities, and uses of West Coast hemlock. It is attractively illustrated, the purpose being to show through photographs the chief uses of this species and the manner in which the lumber can be employed to the best advantage.
Among the main uses for which West Coast hemlock has achieved wide popularity, as set forth in the booklet, are: general construction purp0ses in residence, barn, and similar types of building; as a material for industrial and wood-working plants; and for boxes, crates, and slack cooperage. Particular emphasis is given to the favor this lumber has gained for flooring, finish, trim, siding, ceiling, partition, studding, joists, framing sheathing, formwork,
Alvin J. Huss, representing the Hill-Behan Lumber Company, of Chicago, was a recent visitor in Los Angeles and San Francisco. His concern operate big wholesale and retail lumber yards in both Chicago and St. Louis, and is one of the most active and powerful organizations of its kind in the entire eountry.
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railroad car material, shelving, ladders, cabinet work, and containers. The properties which make West Coast hemlock desirable for each of these uses are discussed brieflv.
Included in the pronounced advantages attributed to this species is its light weight combined with strength, West Coast hemlock being declared one of the stiffest and strongest woods among the conifers in proportion to its weight. Other special qualities are: non-resinous and freedom fiom pitch and gums; ease in working and finishing; uniform hardness of spring and summerwood; superior gluing qualities I exceptional ability to take andhold nails, paints, stains, varnish, and enamels. The booklet also mentions that West Coast hemlock is odorless and tasteless when dry, an essential property for wood to be used in food containers. The wood has an attractive light color, close grain, and little tendency to warp, split or splinter.
A unique distinction among America's commercial woods is claimed for West Coast hemlock in that "it has advanced from virtual obscurity to a position of national importance as a construction material in the brief space of six years. This remarkable record has been achieved entirely on its own merits, its actual use proving its worth, and with little supplementary exploitation."
A. B. lfammond, of San Francisco, made one of his occasional trips to Los Angeles during the middle of Tuly, and spent several days visiting the Southern organization, and watching the biggest lumber yards in the world operate in their machine-like manner under the direction of I\{r. Harrv Mcl-eod.
He was a little, old Texas nigger who operated a small cotton plantation of leased land, and there was something about theway he walked into the general store in the nearby town that spelled anything but enthusiasm and progperity. The white man who ran the store knew him well, and came to greet him with a cheery grin.
"'Well, Uncle Mose", he said, "how are things with you?" "Dey ain't so good Mistah John", replied the colored man, and he shook his head rather despondently.
W. B. Wickersham, Los Angeles, manager of the industrial department for the Southern California District of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., left on Jaly D for the Northwest on his annual vacation. He plans to visit the company's creosoting plant and mill at St. Helens and also visit the company's mills at Port Gamble ahd Port Ludlow. He is making the trip north by- machine but will returnbytrain, shipping his machine south on one of the company's steamers. He is accompanied by Mrs. Wickersham and their young son on the trip. He will return to his desk on August 15.
"What's the trouble?" asked the storekeeper.
'Well, Mistah John, you know yeah befo last de droutlr got Mah cotton, an Ah didn't git ha'dly no crop. Las yeah Ah made plenty cotton, but Ahdidn'tgit no money fo it, de price was so low. Ah sure am pore, Mistah John, and if things don't begin breakin mah way mighty soon, Ah'm goin'to have to sta't preachin'. Ah done it befo, an Ah' ain't a bit too good to do it again".
Four special trains of delegates to the National Retail Lumbermen's Association convention. to be held in Tacoma the week of August 22, will stop in Longview to view the world's largest luntber millsin operation there.
The Northwest Lumbermen's Association group from St. Paul and Minneapolis will arrive August 20. The Ohio Retail Lumber Dealers' Association and Northeastern Lumbermen's Association groups will arrive Augast 22, and the 'New Jersey delegates will visit Longview on August 27, after the convention.
The evidence eubmitted herein permits any architect, contractor or owner to judge for himeelf whether Wood Sash are superior to Steel Saah, or vice versa. No attempt is made to diecuss aash made of other metals than steel. However, what is gaid of steel sash is true in almost every instance of metal sash in general.
(1) A greater variety of sizes and shapes is at your disposal in wood sash. Wood sash do not require building the home to fit the sash-they are built to fit the home.
(2) Wood sash are fitted to the openings after the construction work is completed. Steel sash are usually set into place with the frames and for that reason are subject to damage during construction.
(3) Steel sash must be carefully handled because they are easily bent. When this occurs it is,'almost impossible to straighten them and the result is,r a cohtinual breakage of glass. Wood is resilient, therefore fupod sash are not subject to such damage.
(4) Steel sash conduct and admit hh#in flre summer and cold in the winter. Wood is one of the b6st insulators known.
(5) Steel sash require painting twice to the wood sash once.
(6) Steel sash rust easily. Scratch the paint ofi one, exposing it to a night's dew, and it l\'ill be rusty in the morn- ing. Salt-water atmosphere aggravates this condition,
(7) Paint on steel sash is prone to blister. When blisters occur, rust sets in underneath the paint.
(8) Steel is cold, it condenses moisture from the air, therefore steel sash will be damp, frosty and cold during the winter months.
(9) Costly draperies and curtains are often ruined by the moisture which condenses on steel sash. Moisture doei not condense on wood.
(10) Glass is vibrant and noisy, but when set in wood sash will not be annoying in the least. Steel is rtibrant also. consequently glazed steel sash are anything but restful to the nerves.
- .(11) When mis_alignment occurs, due to settling of the building, wood sash are easily"ind quickly refitted to aeain operate smoothly. Steel sas'li qnder thi same circumstaices will bind and can only be openbd dnd closed with difficultv. Where steel sash must be refitted, the expe.nse is far in exceis of the cost of refitting wood sash.
(12) Window screens, which are a necessitv for sood health and comfort, entail extra framing at conjiderable- ex_ pense to apply. them over steel-. sa-sh. The construction of frames for wood sash accommodites sc.reens (as well as storm sash where the climate requires them) and without any ad_ ditional framing expense.
(13) Wood sash can be effectively weather-stripped at very little cost. Steel sash cannot.
(14) The iriitial cost of steel sash and frames is far greater. than wood as is the up-keep afterward.
(15) Standard wood sash are manufactured in many different types. They may be had double hung, in single units, in pairs, in groups, to swing in or out or to pivot, and in any design required to harmonize with the architecture of the ' building. Standard steel sash for homes are usually made in but'one or two designs and types.
(16)' The layout and design of wood sash and the size of their members may be altered to suit any choice or purpose. Circutar, gothic, etiiptical, tudor, or any 6ther irregular head design, as well as any desired arrangement of division bars are obtainable in wood sash at a reasonable cost. Such effects in steel sash, if obtainable at all, are prohibitive in cost.
(17) Steel, of course, does not burn, but fire damage results from the cracking of glass due to the heat of the blaze. Steel sash are therefore no more fire-retardant than wood sash. In a serious blaze, steel sesh are probably.less fire-retardant than wood sash. The intense heat cauies expansion and buckling of the steel member, which in turn shatters the .;, glass. Even wire glass is not proof against such damage.
(18) Steel sash which have passed through a fire of any . consequence are so badly buckled that they must be replacedusually by wood. In concrete and brick construction, where ' they are built directly into the walls, as a supposedly fire,.. proof measure, the twisted steel members must be chiseled out of their anchorage, which is both difficult and expensive. W'ood sash and frames, under the same circumstance, if they have not burned out clean, are quickly removed for replace- ment work.
(19) Condensation of acid fumes and charcoal fumes, which is associated with certain industrial processes, causes such severe corrosion and peeling that steel sash are rendered useless in a short time. Wood sash withstand such fumes and condensation,
(20) The durability of wood sash and frames is an established fact. The ancient catheidrals and manor-houses of Europe, most of which still contain the original wood sash , and. frames, constitute adequate proof. In California, the wood sash and doors which remain intact in the old missions of the Padres are another example of the durability of wood.
An -edPcational orgaliaation -of independent and cornpeting opGrators, devoted to clevating the rtatur of the induetry, and plcdgcd to dcliver to thc conrumer the higheet. quality of producd at the mort economical cort.
Because they are particularly designed for the work they have to do, Goodyear Truck Tires usually show little signs of wear even after months of severeservice on trucks in the Iumber induscy.
This practical demonsration of economy and dependability . plusthe experience and facilities of Truck Tire Service so convenientlyavailable . . . has won for Goodyears and for this organization outstanding popularity in the local lumber field.
In addition to Goodyear Truck Iires you will also find here at Truck Tire Service a complete line of Goodyear Passenger Car Tires in evety type and size to meet your requirements. It will pay you to come in and see how well equipped we are to s€rve your every tire need.
Washington.-If fire losses throughout the entire United States urere at the same per capita rate which has obtained in California cities over a period of several years our national fire losses would be reduced more than one-half and annual savings of over $200,000,000 effected, according to a survey just published by building engineers here. Total fire losses in the United States, insured and uninsured, reported to insurance interests during 1925, the latest year for which statistics are available, were $447,543,087, or a per capita loss of $3.88. This is almost double the highest per capita loss reported for any of the California cities and more than ten times as great as the lowest. As California builds of wood more freely than other states, except possibly Washington and Oregon, its low fire loss cannot be attributed to masonry construction, as is usual in explaining the small fire losses of Europe.
Santa Barbara had in 1925 a per capita loss of only fortyone cents, the lowest per capita loss of the California cities; and one of the lowest in the United States. Three other California cities, San Jose, Stockton and Berkeley, had loss of less than one dollar per capita; while Alamedal Fresno, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, Pasadena, Riverside and Sacramento all were under $2.0O per capita. San Diego was highest with a per capita loss of $2.33, unusually high as compared with $1.94 and $1.25 in the preceding years but still more than 50 per cent under the national average.
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to coordinate the good work of the local, regional and national associations of all branches in the common interests of the whole Industry-ao engage in such activities as forestry education, through which the Industry receives splendid publicity and by which public good.will is created for lumbermen and lumber
I can cite several cities where the Lumbermen were at loggerheads and conditions were anything but pleasant or profitable. This situation was corrected by the formation of a Hoo-Hoo Club. I do not say that Lumbermen who have been exchanging wallops for years will melt immediately under the benign influence of the Hoo-Hoo Club and throw their arms around each other. But I do sav that the fraternal influence of the Hoo-Hoo Club eventualiv will overcome all barriers of business animosity if honestly and persistently employed.
You may find some executives who are atfirst cold to the suggestion of linking arms and working with a competitor, but eventually they will see the wisdom of doing this, especially if the youhg men of the Industry are the
According to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association's engineers report, L925 fue losses in California cities were fairly representative, for in a very few instances in the past five years, in cities over 100,000 population have the per capita damage exceeded $z.ffi. This is remarkable in view of the large volume of construction that has taken place during the period and the great increases in national wealth.
Los Angeles isa good example of what one large city has been able to do in reducing its fire losses. In 1921 the fire loss was $2.O1 per capita; in 1922, $1.54; in 1923, $1.67; in L924, $1.61 and it 1925 it amounted to only $I.47. During this period. new build.ing was showing remarkab^le^increases, averaging in the last three years almost $150,000,000 a year.
Frame buildings in Los Angeles in 1925 represented 96 per cent ofall buildings, yet of the total number of fires in 1925, only 78 per cent occurred in frame buildings. FiSures as to the number of buildings are available for only two other California cities, Pasadena and San Jose. Pasadena with 80 per'cent of all buildings of wood, had only 72 per cent of its construction frame, had only 62 per cent of its fires in this type of construction.
Low fire losses are consistently reported in spite of the fact that there are no anti-shingle ordinances in California cities, indicating, according to the engineers that there is little foundation for the anti-wood shingle ordinances in force in cities of some other states.
first to get behind and boost the Hoo-Hoo Club activities.
Hoo-Hoo is strictly a Lumbermen's Order-devoted exclusively to the interests of Lumbermen and Lumber. It supports every worthy efiort of any branch orunit of the Industry, and the associations. It fathers a unique and distinctive work in its own right and deserves the loyal support of every man who depends on lumber for his livelihood.
Hoo-Hoo may truly be called the "public relations department" of the Lumber Industry, for the publicity we have gained for Lumbermen and Lumber, and the direct and indirect benefits of this publicity that both have gained, notably through our forestly educational movemeit, the Friends of the Forests, could not have been obtained bv the Industry through any other agency.
\Me are encouraged by the fact that interest in and sup- port of Hoo-Hoo this year have surpassed all previous years, despite unsatisfactory business conditions, yet I do not think that we can cure our "dark-brown" taste entirely until we have aroused a lively interest in every Lumberman in the organized activities which are essential to the progress and stability of the Industry.
The Lumberments Reciprocal Association was created to reduce the cost of Vorkments Compensation and Pub' tic Liability Insurance for t{re Lumbet fndustry.
In addition to this coverage' the Association is able to offer a very substantial saving on all forms of Automo' bile Insurance. Let us explain our five-point Automobile Coverage for your individual pleasure cars, your salesments cars and trucks. Full coverage for all automotive equipment in a single policy.
CONTINUOUS supply of lumber always en route to maintain the great Hammond stocks at Los Angeles, and Los Angeles Flarbor, assures not only prompt delivery on lumber orders but a wide selection as well.
Douglas Fir and Redwood from Ffammond mills in Oregon and Northern California, domestic and imported hardwoods from the Mississippi and from for' eign lands-form acres of lumber stocks atHammond's.
Retail lumber yards will find in these vast stocks, all grades and sizes for every home-building and industrial use.
1 Announcement of the Second Redwood Contest has re/ cently been issued by R. F. Hammatt, secretary-manager / of the California Redrvood Association. It openid Jul/ l, I and, will close December 31 of this year, foliowing-rvlich , I awards will be made by the contest iommittee.
The following are eligible to take part: V /'.\ f\,,,-^*- ^-r ^*^r^-,^^ ^f, -^.^:r --^^)^ ond prizes of 925.0 each; and six prizes of $10.00 each.
(c) Ability to nail without splitting, and to hold nails.
(d) Ability to take paint, and to hold paint longer than ordinary woods.
(e) Workability.
(f) Ability as a "quality" product, to secure larger loans.
(a) Owners, -manageis and employes of retail yards 2.'Descriptions, signed statements and photographs illcking California Redwood. Firstprize of $10O: two sec- lustratinguses of Redwood for: stocking First prize $10O; sec-
(b) Recognized salesmen and sales representatives of Redwood mills to whom are available the same humber. of prizes in like amounts.
(c) Mill employes of the Redwood companies to whom there are available a first prize ol $20.00 and a second prize of $10.00.
The following suggestions are given as an illustration of the character of material which is especially sought from the retail yards:
l. Signed statem:ents, with photographs whenever possible, showing uses of California Redwood which illustrates its-
(a) Durability.
(b) Ability to "stay in place" without shrinkage, warping, splitting, etc.
E. E. Taenzer, head of the American Hardwood Company spent a very enjoyable vacation this summer at the Yosemite, and returned feeling very much refreshed for his rest. The sons Bob and Milt looked after business in good shape during his absence.
(a) Anzac and other wide Siding on expensive houses, country clubs, golf clubs, etc.
(b) Sandblast, interior panels and trim in houses, office buildings, clubs, hotels, etc.
(c) Stadium seats, cooling towers, tank and pipe installations.
(d) Industrial uses: incubators, railwaytrunking and capping, core stock for furniture, car siding, telephone and telegraph poles, ties, refrigerating plants, etc.
(e) Farm uses: well curbing and casing, barns, silos, poultry and brooder houses, septic tanks, irrigation structures, dehydraters, etc.
For further details regarding the contest, as well as for copies of the Redwood Sales Manual, which has met a popular demand by the trade, address the California Redwood Association, 24 Calif.ornia Street, San Francisco.
I{awk Huey, of Phoenix, Atizor,a, well known commission lumberman of that territory, has been a recent visitor in Los Angeles, and other Southern California cities. He rnade his headquarters at the office of Ted Lawrence, the .Flart-Wood Lumber Company, and called on many lumber people in this territory.
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Also much time is saved as the operator needs no assistance but can quickly lift the machine out with its own power and continue workwithout del.v.
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The Judge: "This lady says you tried to speak to lier at the station."
Salesman: "It was a mistake. I was looking for my friend's sister, whom I had never seen, but who had been described to me as a handsome blonde with classic features, fine complexion, perfect figure, handsomely dressed, ald-tt
The Witness: "I don't care to prosecute the gentleman. Any one might have made the same mistake."
Hard work means nothing to a hen. She just keeps on digging and laying eggs, regardless of what the business prognosticators say about the outlook for this or any other vear. '
If the grouhd is hard, she scratches harder.
If it's dry, she digs deeper.
If it's wet, she digs where it's dry.
, If she strikes a rock, she works around it.
If she g'ets a few more hours of daylight, she gives us a few more eggs.
But always she digs up worms and turns them into hard shell profits, as well as tender, profitable broilers.
Did- you ever see a pessimistic hen? Did you ever hear of one starving to death while she waited for the worms to dig their way to the surface ?
Did vou ever hear one cackle because work was hard?
Not 6n your life ! They save their breath for digging, and their cackles for eggs.
Success means digging. Are you ?
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Doctor: "Sambo, I know but one thing that will help your rheumatism. and that is an electric bath."
Sambo: "No, suh, doctuh, you ain't talkin' to dishere niggah. Ah had a fren what took ohe o' dem at Sing Sing and it done drowned him".
Windsor, Ont., is to have the largest golf course in the world. It is being laid out on 1200 acres of land; there will be five l8-hole golf courses and five artificial lakes for hazards. It will cost over a million dollars.
And each goes down into his grave
And carries only what he gave. For in that starry realm unknown, God judges by the deeds alone; Nor earth possessions pave the way When passing to that judgment day.
Fink was a good customer of Abe and Mawruss, b-ut-he was getting lax in his payments and Abe suggested that Mawruss write him a strong but diplomatic letter calling his attention to this. Mawruss worked hours on the letter, then showed it to Abe for approval. After reading it carefullv. Abe said:
"by golly, dat's a wonderful letter. Strong and to de point bit nbi personal nor insulting. But yg.u g-o-t a couple mistakes, Mawruss. 'Dirty'you should spell wid only one 'r', und tcockroaeh'begins mit a tc'."
He rang in a little sooner
Than the others in the shop; And he stayed a little longer
When the whistle ordered "Stop".
He worked a little harder, And he talked alittle less; IIe seemed but little hurried And he showed but little stress. For every little movement His efficiency expressed And his envelope grew just a little Thicker than the rest.
"I agree that the measure of success is not merchandise, but chiracter. But I do critieize those sentiments, held in all too respectable quarters, that our e.conomic s-y-st-em is fundamentilly wrong, that commerce is- only self^ishness, arid that our citi"ensl holding the hope of all that America means, are living in industlial slavery. The man who builds'a factoryf builds atemple. Th-e man who works there, worshipj ihere, ahd to iach is due, not scorn and blame, but reverence and Praise."
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In fact we are the genuine "service Department" for the small dealer. CarryigS i" ttock- al we do ever-ythins for the buitiiing trade, and having these great stocks always ready for piompt moving by car or truclg we make it possible for the small a"aiti" to gii'e woirderfirl servicJ to his trade, and yet keep do*n his investment, his insurance, and his overhead.
/ The Hammond Lumber Company recently entertained /The Purchasing Agents Association of Los Angeles in a y/ very delightful manher, devoting an entire day to their - seventy-five very important guests.
The crowd met at the retail yard on Alameda Street, where they were met by a }fammond party, headed by HarryMcleod, Gentral Manager, A. H. Cuenod, Assistant General Manager, Paul Hollingby, Sales Manager, and Howard Atkins, Purchasing Agent, who, with several of their assistants, took charge of the party for the day.
They were shown over the entire Los Angeles retail plant, the largest strictly retail lumber yard in the entire world, and the workings of the great plant were explained to them.
Then they were taken to the harbor at San Pedro, where they were shown the huge docks and great wholesale yard of the Company. They were loaded into a boat and taken for a two hour trip around Los Angeles harbor, lunch being served on the boat. They saw more than fifty million feet of lumber stacked onthe terminal docks, and three big vessels unloading lumber. That yard handles more than a million feet a day, year in and year out.
The Purchasing Agents Association fully appreciated the fine entertainment given them, and the interesting day devoted to them.
W. F. Marmion, well known as "Duke" Marmion, of the San Gabriel Valley Lumber Com;pany, San Gabriel, California, has returned from a very delightful automobile tour that took him to the interesting parts of the Pacific Northwest.
In "Robbins" Flooring you are assurd of the very finest that has ever been, or ever will be produced. Our geographical location, t h e modern machinery in our mill, and the type of men who make our flooring, all go to make this statement possible. "Robbins" Maple and Birch Flooring is the best.
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Mr. Jack Dionne, Alameda' cal'' July 6' 1927' c/o The California Lumber Merchant, Central Building, Los Angeles, Cal.
Dear Jack:
Your annual issue kept the writer up exactly until midnight last evening, and have not finished reading it yet. The matter I was able to read was extremlly interesting, and had a high educational value. It is very rvonderful and remarkable how The California Lumber Merchant has taken hold and grown, but when one remembers the dynamic forc,e behind it, together with your very able associates, it is not hard to understand. With best wishes.
Very truly yours, (Signed) Merrill Robinson, MR:F
Executives and mill representatives of the Dolbeer-C,rarson Lumber Co., E. J. Dodge Company, The Little Rivel Redwood Co. and the Holmes-Eureka Co. recently held a cohference at the Eureka Inn, Eureka, for a general discussion of Redwood conditions. H. W. Sinnock, San Francisco, manager of the Redwood Sales Co., and Miljon V. Johns, manag'er of the Redwood Sales Company's Chicag-o office, were also in attendance at the conference. In-addition to the above companies, the Redwood Sales Co., also represent the Albion Lumber Co., Northwestern Redwood eo. and Hobbs-Wall & Co., in the eastern markets.
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About 710,000 Feet Being Purchased Besides Large QuantitiesKept by Navy in Water Storage Since 1878
Washington, D. C., July 2S-Enough lumber to baild 47 The Constitution will be completely rebuilt, all of the six room houses will be purchased for the rebuilding original lumber being replaced. Four -contracts have been ofthe Constitution, one of -the earliest and most famoui awarded to lumber -coripanies and the Bureau of Convessel of the American navy now in dry dock at the Boston struction and Repairs haslust approved requisitions for ten navy yard awaiting restoration. Requisitions just approved other lumber schedules which witt te forwirded this week bythe Bureau of Construction and Repairs of the Navy to the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts which will call Department call for approximately 710,00O board feet of for bids. lumber (allowing for footage of the knees) which includes Contracts for supplying 345,555 feet of white oak have white oak, long leaf yellow pine and Douglas fir. been awarded to ttre-Anchor Lumber Co. of Cincinnati,
In addition to the purchased lumber a considerable quan- ohio and the Wilson Shilling ^!qq!.-t Co. 9f Parkcr-sburg tity of live oak whicfr il b;;; .;t;;;;"d in the pensocola West Virgilia. Contract for 24,90o feet- orlop d_eck beams navy- yard for the last 49 years will b? used in rebuilding oj Douglas Fir was awarded to the Charles R. McCormack the'frlgate. rne o"r. *"." rior"J loi pr.r".uation in thE Co. of San Francisco, Portland and New York which also fresh riater of Commod.ore pond in 1'gZg, to be used in received the contract for 90,000 feet of Douglas- fi.r timbers. future ship building. Requisitions for -the following it_ems, specifying either
A car road of the oak, a relic of the days of the wooden i".:Y.ltlt yellow pine or Douglas fir have just been apnavy, was- recently taken to the Boston navy yard for Itern Feet Upset price terstjng and-found to be in excrellent condition. Test pieces Gun deck beams ..... 2S,4lS $Z,S+1.SO of the wood now at the Bureau of Construction and Ripairs Spar deck beams ..... 14,931 ' l',4g3.10 in Washington, when subjected.to pressur€ p-at1l_!91 to the Ci:lfing n"ft* gun deck .... ZZ',OOO 1OS,OOO.OO grain, showed a maximum.crushing strength of 5586 poun-ds Ceilin! ,Uo""glr" a".f. ..... l7',Sn Z,OZS.OO per sqla_r-e inch. The live oak, which has been under Ceilin! U.io*il"in rail . ... 1O,OOO 1,SOO.OO water half a century, together with the new oak which will Deck -planki;g- :'::. . 24',m 4,20O.n bepurchased,willbe.used-forkeels,keelsons,kneesandNib1ingstrak& deck planking, replacils the original oak of the historic Spar d-eck ptu"ting .. Zl,00O 4,515-00 frigate which won it the name of "Old Ironsides."
. rt was ^during the battle with the Guerriere, an English "T
ship, on-Augr.t! 19, lSI2that the crew of _the Constitution, live or ihite oak. The items lisied together with thbse seeing the-British cannon.balls rolling off the sturdy oak for which contracts have already been a*warded constitute sides of. the frigate leaving- her undamaged, gave their practically all of the purchased iumber which will be used good ship the nickname "old Ironsides." in rebuilding the frigite.
T. P. Wier, of .Houston, Texas, Secretary and Treasurer of the R. W. Wier Lumber Company and of the Wier Long Leaf Lumber Company, is in California on a visit, ac-companied by M1s. Wier. The Wier interests are large manufacturers of Southern Pine, operating the biggest sawmill in Texas, and are one of the few firms that [ive much timber left to cut. Their mill will run for ten or more years. It is Mf. Wier's first visit to California.
Bruce Burlingame, Southern California representative for the Santa Fe Lumber Co. with headquarters in Los Angeles, has left on a motor tripto the Northwest where he will spend his summer vacation. He plans to visit the sawmill operations of the Oregon-American Lumber Co. at Vernonia, Oregon. On his way north, he will stop at San Francisco, to confer rvith Mr. A. J. Russell, manager of the Santa Fe Lumber Co.
Mr. Jack Dionne, Santa Ana' calif" Jaly 7' 1927' Calif. Lumber Merchant, Los Angeles, Calif.
Dear Mr. Dionne:
I congratulate you on the very remarkable issue of The California Lumber Merchant on its fifth anniversary, July lst. This issue of your valuable journal certainly far out-shines anything ofthat kind I have ever seen.
It is artistic and interesting, and well-balanced from start to finish. At least, that is my humble judgment.
Very truly yours, (Signed) O. H. Barr, Pres., BARR LUMBER COMPANY.
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ArthurB. Griswold who covers the Peninsula and Valley territories for the C. D. Johhson Lumber Co. has just returned from a fishing trip spent near Fortuna, California. The fishing was done in Eel River, in that part khown as the Fern Bridge Pool, the grounds of the old Sand Bar Club.
Arthur reports a very successful trip and states he caught the first large "steelhead" which was taken from the water this year and says he thinks it would weigh about ten pounds. However, we are inclined to argue with "Gris" on this subject, for a recent article appearing in the Rod & Gun Club column of the San Francisco Examiner. stated the fishonly weighed eight pounds, sowe presume the other two pounds that Arthur added is mostly fish story.
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A [.oe Angeler burinerc mEn, tp€8king to a gathering of [.or Angeler burinen mcn thc othcr day, mede a declaration tfrat rings tnre with truth, a,nd very clearly depictr a rituation ttrat generally takee much longer to define.
He raid that the [.or Angeles territory ir in the mi&t of r'[l[ ERA oF PRoFITLESS PROSPERITY'"
He meant that there ir a world of burineg being done in nearlyallliner, but that no one ir making any money, or at lcart not a fair mount, everything conridered.
That ir true of the Loe Angeler diltrict, and of everyother distric in Crlifornia, ro far ar thc lumbcr burinec ir concerncd. An4 more than tht, it ir truc of moct of the lumber indurtry of thc cntire Pacific C.oarL
Thc milb of the Northwert rell their rtock at euch highly competitive pricer arid under cuch higtrly conpetitivc conditionr, that they make litde or no profrt.
The bo*r that carry lumber to California do an ovcr-oompctitivc burineca, and tlrey have been nking and rcraping to break eyen, for a long timc pad"
The wholenlcn in California are in the rame
frx, and tfrey have been doing buriners for huo ycarl on a margin of profit far bclow r GoEmon remc hvel
Thc retailerr in Lor Angeles and yiirnity continue the sa,me way, and the margin of aver. age profit recured on their raler by the average netailer of Log Angeler, ie far below a decent retum ontheir invertment and effort.
And even the contracting trade of l.ot.An gelee are in the rane fix, and they parr thc buck to the fellow who buyr the building.
The only one who profitr on this tide of t'profitlese prorpcritytt ie the final purcharcr of lumber, who gctr it at leart tcn dollare a thou. und hrr than it ir actually worth delivercd on thc job in thir markel Lumbcr ir cheaper in Lor Angelo than anywhcre elrc in the whole world.
Anywhene elec in thc country,thc eame volume of lumber and building burines that i3 done in Lo Angclcr would meln prorperity and genuine profit for dI intercsted parties.
Tlrere ought to bc lome way to get back to profitable pro'eperity. Wonder what the route ie?
In the Grading and Packing Rules for Red Cedar Shingles there are a few points usually overlooked by distributors and salesmen and that are not given much attention except in the most technical inspection or reinspection. It might even be possible that a few shingle manufacturers are not fully cognizant of all of the points covered by the rules.
For instance, under the United States Government Standard Grading Rules effective January I, 1926, an average'of 1 inch to the course is allowed in random width shingles. On the other hand, the Official Grading. and facking Rules, effective April l, 1922, still in use by nearly all U. S. shingle mills allows an average of. l% inch to the course. Likprvise, the British Columbia Grading Rules allow the same, an average of I.l inch.
,The Rules under which British Columbia shingles are manufactured allow L0/o of any one shipment to measure. t/a-inch scant to the bundle, wher€as no such specification is contained in the United States Grading Rules.
Another little point often overlooked is the fact that -the standard Grading Rules for United States Shingles allow a discrepancy of. 4/o in grade inspection, whereas the British Columbia Rules and those for RiteGrade Shingles allow only a 3/o discrepancy.
Capt. Robert Dollar, Dollar Steamship Co., has returned to San Francisco after a mohth's trip in the ea"st on company business matters. In-his itinerary was included a trip to Muskoka, Ontario, Canada, where he lived fort/five years ago, prior to his coming to the Pacific Coast.
In both British Columbia and American Grading Rules not more than lo/o of any ilne shipment may be less than 4 inehes in width on first grade shingles. This, of course, does not apply to 2llnch Royals or Imperials, as these shingles do not allow any to-be less than 4 inches in width.
The question that often arises in grading of shingles that allow a certain per cent of flat grain, or that specify a certain per cent of vertical grain, is the manner in which this percentage is to be determined. It is.often supposed''that the shingles in'each bundle are counted and those that contain flat grain are tallied as leing entirely flat grain. This is incorrect as the official method of inspection is to measure the iactual number of lineal inches of vertical as opposed to the number of lineal inches of flat grain by spreading out the shingles and taking measurements with a ruler.
Very seldom is there a complaint on shingles being too wide. As a matter ol fact on first grade shingles the official rules speeify that no shingle shall be over 14 inches in width and no full flat grain shingle over 10 inches in width.
These little things are usually not of much importance but interesting for the general knowledge of those engaged in the distibution ol *.u Cedar
Mr. Gregg Marshall, who for some time has managed the Palmdale yard of 'the Antelope Valley Lumber Company, has resigned from that position bnd will be succeeded by Mr. Ladd of the Lancaster branch, who will be in charge of both yards.
The Friend & Terry Lumber Company, of Sacramento, reported a couple of good ones recently.
A salesman reported seeing a iob where they h3d built a garage and covered it with Rabt. Resawn Siding whiih they had put on WRONG SIDE OUT.
-Another one came from the millwork department of this same concern. A customer complained that a batch of Base they sent to ajob did not match the first lot on the same job. They investigated and found that the first lot of Base sent that job had been Hollow Back, and the builder had put it on wrong side out, with the hollow outside. When the next lot came along it was not Hollow Back and of course, didn't match.
Now, YOU tell one.
Longview, 'Wash., July Z3-Consolidation of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association and the West Coast Lumber Trade Extension Bureau was discussed at a meeting heJd here today of the boards of trustees of the two organizations, and will be submitted to the respective otganization memberships and stockholders, it was announced by Roy F. Morse, president of the association and Longview manager of the Long-Bell Lumber Company.
Ways and means for the consolidation were partly worked out and details will be completed before submission to the memberships. The purpose of the proposed consolidation, Mr. Morse said, was to avoid duplication'of effort and advertising and to effect better handling of the work.
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Mr. Tack Dionne, Houston, Texas, Calif6rnia Lumber Merchant, July 6,1927. 318 Central Bldg., Los Angeles, Calif.
Dear Tack:
Fifth Anniversary NumMerchant and must conexecutive staff for the achievemeht.
We-have just received the ber of the California Lumber gratulate its publishers and
'Of course, we fellows over here in the Gulf Coast Country consider that the California Lumber Merchant is a child of the Gulf Coast Lumberman, but we are bound to admit that this is one case where the child outgrew the parent.
May you and yours live long and properously, and continue to preach the gospel of not only good merchandising but good cheer.
Yours truly, V. H. Shepherd, Vice-Pres.
The third Northwest Blower Research Kiln to be erected in the West, is under construction at Long-Bell's East Fir Mill at Longview, Washington.
Like the Northwest Blowir Research Kilns installed by the Weyerhaeuser Mills at Potlatch and Lewiston, tlis kiln wiil be equipped with Fairbanks-Morse scales for weighing each liiln iharge continuously during the dryin-g-The kiln is to be 23 f.eet long, and the entire contents will be weighed.
In aidition to Automatic Temperature and Humidity Controls, thiskiln will be equipped with Cone Automatic Roof Vent Control, similar to that used on the other kilns at Longview.
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Hoo-Hoo Club No.9 of San Francisco are making plans to land the Hoo-Hoo Annual Conventioh for San Francisco in 1928. At a recent meeting of the San Francisco Club, President Walter Kelly appointed a committee consisting of Ed. Chamberlin, W. R.Chamberlin & Co., Frank O'Con-nor, Donovan Lumber Co., and Walter Medill, McKay & Co., to take charge of the movement.
The Hoo-Hoo Clubs of Westwood. Susanville and Hilt are cooperating in a campaign against forest fires. Stickers bearing the insignia of Hoo-Hoo and an appeal to help prevent forest fires are being distributed to motorists to be pasted on their windshields. Large signs are also being posted in and around the forests. The signs and stickeri carrying the following message; "We are Friends of the Forest. Are you ? Hoo-Hoo, Help Prevent Forest Fires."
Arrahgements for the Hoo-Hoo Concatenation to be held at EureEl on August N are well under way and a large class of Kittens will be initiated at this meeting. Viceger- ent Snark John H. Quilt is in charge of the ariangements. Parson Simpkin and State Counselor Fred Roth- of San Francisco are expected to attend.
Plans are no'w under way for the Hoo-Hoo Concatenation to be held at Petaluma on August 26. E. H. Maggard. who is in charge of the arrangements, announces th-it a large delegation of lumbermen from Marin, Sonoma and Napa Counties and the San Francisco Bav District will attend the meeting. The initiation will be under the supervision of Vicegerent Snark Bob Grant and the Bay District Nine.
The San Diego Hoo-Hoo are planning an afternoon picnic, golf tournament and evening dinner dance, to be htld at the Hotel Del Mar on September 17. A large crowd from San Diego County and the Los Angeles District are planning to attend.
J. .R, '^pe-rt" Neylan was chairman of the day at the legular CIub luncheon on Friday, Ja:ne 22, at -the San Francisco Commereial Club. Dr. E. J. Cattell, of Philad.elphia, one of,th_e prominent speakers-of the country, was the speaker of the day. Tommy Tomlinson enteitained the gathering with several entertaining numbers on the piano. Joe Cuneo, the well known Itilian comediah, led the meeting in club singing.
_ Vicegerent Snark Bob Grant appointed L. J. Woodson, D. R. Else, J. R. iNeylan, Oscar Johnson and Garnet Fraser to arrange for the Annual Picnic. This committee will work with a committee to be appointed by Al Hubbard, vicegerent snark of the San Jose District, aid a committee to be appointed by the Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club. The past few years, the Annual Picnic has been a big event -but this year they plan to make the event even bigger and better than ever.
P,lling the.absence of both President J. Walter Kelly and Viee president Homer Maris, W. H. Woods, the cluir secretary, presided.
At_a-joint meeting of the lumbermen of the San Jose and Palo Alto Districts on July 6 the name ofthe Palo Alto Hoo-Hoo Club was chinged to the San Jose Peninsula Hoo-Hoo Club. The membership of thi new club will include the Hoo-Hoo members of the San Jose District, as well as those of the Palo Alto District,- and will serve both communities.
The meeting was held at Palo Alto. A fine delegation w_as present from San Jose, led by Vicegerent Snark Al Hubbard and Jim Chase, and past snark Frank Trower, state counselor Fred Roth, vicegerent snark Bob Grant, G. Cornwall and Bert Neylan motored down from San Francisco.
Parson Simpkins made an excellent address and enrolled two new members at the meeting.
W. B. Dean, Diamond Match Co., Chico, vieegerent snark of the Chico District, is planning to stage a Concat during the month of August. A large delegation from the Sacramento Valley and the Bay District are planning to attend.
R. L. "he" Duvall is the gcntlemaa whoac facc adorns tfiis pagc. He says that his middle initial dso stande for "Laminex." Lee represents thc whceler-oegood Co. and sclls their Laminex Doors and Vcnec'ns in the Northcrn California territory.
Hc was born in Pope Valley, Napa Corurty, California. After receiving hie early educatiotr there, he cntered thc Oakland Technical High School.
Aftcr lcaving school, he left for the Northweet where he spent two ycars at the Whcclcr-Osgood plants at Tacoma and Olyrupia, Washington. He then came to San F'rancisco to work out of L. J. Woodson's ofibg who handlcs the Wheeler-Osgood producta in California, from Bakcrsfield north. Lee covers this territory calling on the lumber trade and sclling thc products of the Wheeler-Oegood Co.
He also devotes considerable time on trade extension worh calling on the architects and builders in the No,rthcrn part of thc state acquainting them wittr the mary good qualities of Lamincx products.
While in school Lee took an active part in athletics, espccially foot-ball and traclg but since joining the lumber fraternity of thc state he has becomp a golf cnthueiast and is now shooting a goo4 gamc. Hc is an active mcmbcr of Hoo-Hoo in the Salr Francisco Bay District.
Mrs. J.E, Fraser, San Francisco, secretary of the California Retail Lum,bermen's Association, was a recent Los Angeles visitor where she attended a meeting of the association secretaries of California.While in the Southland, she also speht a few days attending to association bdsiness affairs. Mrs. Fraser plans to attend the National Retail Lumber Dealers' Association at Tacoma during the week of August 22.
W. R. Spalding, .W. R. Spalding Lumber Co., Visalia, was a recent San Francisco visitor where he spent a few days attending to business matters. Mr. Spalding reported that while he and Mrs Spalding were at their summer home at Pacific Grove, their residehce at Visalia was recently burglarized.
The Tri-Annual Conference of the Millwork Institute of California was as successful a meeting from a business standpoint as any in the history of the organization.
From the standpoint of pleasure, delightful surroundings, and general hospitality, it will probably go down into history as a record breaker.
The setting was wonderful. The Pacific Coast Club, at
or disturbances, and extremely comfortable as an assembly place.
The big social event of the meeting was the Banquet and Dance on Thursday evening in the banquet hall of the Club. About two hundred men and women were in attendance. There was music throughout the evening, a fine orchestra and some good male singers keeping things lively when nothing else was going on.
Long Beach, where the meeting was held, is one of the most elaborate and beautiful club buildings in the entire state, and made a most acceptable place. It is located on the beach, and has the double attractiveness of city and beach club combined. The rooms in which the meetings, the dinners, and even the breakfasts and luncheons were served, were all of a character that drew continual compliment from the visitors.
Tom Merrell of Long Beach, Vice-Chairman of Arrangements for the meeting, was in reality the Grand High Mogul of entertainment, arrangement, etc., end of the convention, and he led the Long Beach hosts in proffering a warmth of hospitality which they are not likely to soon forget, and the guests rvere certainly looked after in most generous and thoughtful fashion.
The attendance at the meeting was large, and the business sessions were fully attended and filled with interesting discussions and addresses. The business sessions were held in the beautiful and dignified library of the Club, an ideal convention hall, far removed from any outside noises
An hour's program of entertainment preceded the speaking part of the program, and the speaking part lasted but a few short minutes, and then the dancing started. Edward Everett Horton of Hollywood was Toastmaster of the evening, and officiated in a very graceful and entertaining manner. He also staged a keen melodramatic skit on the stage at the end of the room that was cleverness itself, and made a big hit with the crowd. A mixture of clever dancing, singing and playing made up the remainder of the first hour of entertainment. When the end of the dinner came-and the food was wonderful-Edward Everett Horton introduced in turn George Cornwall, publisher of The Timberman; Percy Dixon, president of the Millwork Institute of California; Hank Didesch, managing director of the Institute; Frank Piel, president of the Los Angeles Branch of the Institute;and Jack Dionne, publisher of The California Lumber Merchant. Each of these gentlemen made short and light hearted talks, a few stories were told, and then the banquet was ended and the crowd adjourned to the patio, where the full Pacific Coast Club Orchestra furnished the music. The dancing program was broken at times by dancing and vocal solos by some very clever talent, and the small hours of the morning had been reached before the crowd dispersed for the night.
The first business session of the Conference was called to order at 1O:30 o'clock Thursday morning, July 28th, President Percy Dixon officiating.
Frank E. Wall, president of the Pacific Coast Club, welcomed the convention to Long Beach and to the Club, extending every proffer of hospitality.
Tom R. Merrell of the Merrell Sash & Door Company of Long Beach gave the welcoming address on behalf of the millwork industry of the harbor district, and did a very fine job of it, so that the delegates knew when he got through that they were tvelcome and if there was anything in reason in Long Beach that they wanted they could have it. H. W. Brown of Los Angeles made the response for the visitors, and his remarks left no doubt but that the welAmong those present
come ofMr. Wall and Mr. Merrell had been accepted in toto.
The routine business of the meeting was taken up, only terse reports being made by the officers, and there was nothing specific brought out. The report of Treasurer E. A. Nicholson showed that the Institute finances are in sound shape. A. W. Bernhauer made a report concerning the meeting of the Board of Directors that had just taken place, and there was some discussion. The meeting then adjourned until the afternoon session.
The first event of the afternoon session was very interesting, and was carefully delivered by George Cornwall of Portland, publisher of The Timberman, on the subject of conditions, and particularly lumber things in Australia, from which continent he recently returned. His description of the highlights of Australian conditions from a business viewpoint was very good.
Then followed a short and pithy address by David J. 'Witmer, president of the Southern California Chapter of the American fnstitute of Architects, discussing "What Will Bring Closer Contact Between Architect, Contractor, and Millman ?" His was a bit of excellent advice aiming at closer co-operation and better harmony between the millman and the architect, and his remarks were very well received.
Mr. Zara Witkin of the Herbert M. Baruch Corporation, Los Angeles, speaking for the contractors of the district, made a very forceful talk that stirred up considerable discussion. Amongotherthings he sharply criticized an alleged habit of the millmen of employing and sending out as salesmen to call on the trade men who, though they seemed to be well mannered and nice fellows, know little or nothing about the millwork business, and he suggested that too much "dead wood" ofthis kind is being carried. Considerable discussion followed his remarks.
Mr. Emory E. Olson, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Southern California, was the next speaker, and he made an interesting technical talk on economics from a professional viewpoint, well intersperse{ with humorous stories to light up his points. When he finished he was asked a number of questions by those present, and answered them all without hesitation.
A general discussion of the question, "Coast Schedules or Selling Price Schedules," closed the afternoon session.
During the Thursday noon hour the directors met in a private ioom, and the rest of the crowd lunched together
very happily in the Patent Leather Grill of the Club.
At the same time the branch secretaries held a separate luncheon meeting.
The ladies lunched separately from the men in th9 Club Tea Room.
The Friday morning session began with a general discussion of the subject, "Major Influences Towards Price
Cutting and How to Combat." The discussion was gen: eral, those speaking at some length on the subject being Harry Gaetjen of San Francisco; W. Shrimp of Riverside; Ed Nicholson of Los Angeles; and Nat Edwards of Oakland. It ended with quite an oration by Ed Nicholson on the subject of trade extension, and getting more business.
This was followed by an address by Jack Dionne, publisher of The California Lumber Merchant, on the subject, "Putting the Punch in Merchandising."
The session closed with a general discussion of the subject, "What Kinds of Statistical Data are Most Beneficial -How to Get Them and Use Them." The discussion was led by R. A. Niclas of the Bay District, and was illustrated by a chart of several millwork cost sheets that were passed around and generally discussed. The discussion of this subject was very animated.
The meeting then adjourned.
(The California Lumber Merchant went to press with the August issue at this point. There will be more of the convention in the next issue.)
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Hcre is an artist's drawing and foor plan of the delightful new office which is now under congtruction at the plant of Thc Martinez Lumbcr Company, in the quaint old city of Martinez, California, back of the hills from Oakland.
The Martinez Lumber Company was recently purchased by The Santa Fe Lumber Company, of San Francicco, Gus Russell's Out6t, and extensive and interesting improvements have been under way since the purchase.
Mr. Ruseell, and Floyd Dernier, of Thc Lumbermen's Service Association, got their heads together, and Mr. RugEell deputized Mr. Dernier to prepare plans for an abcolutely ideal office for Mantinez, the result of which is here shown. In this plan and its details both Mr. Ruseell and Mr. Dernier are embodying their best thought as based upon long experience and observation.
The roof of this office is being covered with beautiful Perfection Red Cedar Shingles, | 8-inch shingles, all heait, all edge grain, and all clear.
The side walls are being covered with Royal Red C-edar Shingles, half an inch thick and. 24 inches long, all heart, all clear, and all edge grain. This will make a lovely exterior wall and roof. The architecture is most attractive.
The interior of the building has been given a world of thought, and deserves careful inspection by dealera Every bit of the interior will be bright, attractive, and handsomely finiehed.
The counter that separates the comfortable and commodious reception room from the office propcr, will be iniaid with various panels of hardwoods, with a Redwood border.
On the left is the Plan Room, and in the rear of the plan room is the exhibit room. The equipment and finigh of these two roomE will be of such character as to inspire the thought of home, and of home building and decorating.
Details of the office equipment will be given later. The display room will be particularly attractive, with furniture, etc., particularly designed to help make the home attractive.
Mr. Jack Dionne, San Francisco, Calif., 318 Central Bldg., July 6, 1927. Los Angeles, California
Dear Mr. Dionne:
_ _ I certainly commend you on your Fifth Birthday Number. It contains much information of reil value to the lumber fraternity.
Yours very sincerely, Fred H. Roth.
-R. R. H_owie, office manager for the Fruit Growers' Sup- ply Cq., Susanville, resigned effective July 1 and is how located in T os Angeles. He plans to make his headquarters in the Southern California metropolis and will engage in the real estate business. A.J. Lucero has been appointed to succeed him.
Mr. H. H. Davis, who for thirty years was connected with the C. A. Smith interests in Minnesota, Oregoh and C-allfornia, died at Marshfield, Oregon, Monday, Ju-ly 18th, 1927, at the age of sixty-nine years. Mr. Davii *as-an expert timberman and in that capacity looked over and eruised a good deal of timber on the P'acific Coast and also in Minnesota. He retired about two years ago and had been living at Placerville, California, until recently when he moved to Marshfield, Oregon, and was building a new home in Marshfield at the time ofhisdeath. Besldes his wife he leaves two sons, Carl L. Davis ahd Ebrl R. Davis, both of whom are connected with the Coos Bay Lumber Co., which was formerly the C. A. Smith Lumber Co.
Jim Farley, The Pacific Lumber Co., San Francisco, was recently the recipient of a letter from Allan Turner from Williamsport, Pa. Allan is well known on the Pacific Coast, where he was associated with the lumber business for many years. While in California, he was connected with the E. K. Wood Lumber Co. and represented the company in the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valley territories. About two years ago he went east.
^ William G. Ranlshaw, Albuquerque, has been appointed State Hoo-Hoo Counselor for-the-state of New-il{exico. He succeeds Charles Proebstel of Santa Fe. Arthur J. Sine, of Albuquerque, has been appointed Vicegerent Snarii, succeeding Kenneth J. Baldridge, who resigned. Both appointments were made by Artfiur A. Hood, -Snark of the IJniverse.
The E. K. Wood Lumber Co. have just completed the installation of a new sprinkling system at their San Pedro yard. They are also putting new sheds on their dry kilns.
The Independent Lumber Co. recently closed their yard at San Diego and have opened a new yard at National City. J. O; Tillery and his son are minaging the new yard at National City.
Spokane, Wn., July 15-It was announced at the office of the Weyerhaeuser Sales Co. here recently that Otto Leuschel, for the last three years district salesmanager at Potlatch, will soon leave for Lewiston where he will be in charge of the sales of the Clearwater Timber Co. He will remain at Potlatch till his successor has been chosen.
Felix Richards, prominent Sah Francisco hardwood dealer and owner of the Richards Hardwood Co., passed away on June 24. Mr. Richards was fifty-one years of age. Mr. Richards was associated with the hardwood business in the San Francisco Bay District for many years and had been operating the Richirds Hardwood C6. iince 19t7.
He was born in London, England. He was a prominent Shriner, a member of the Olympic Club of San Francisco, and ah active rqember of the Bay District Hoo-Hoo. His widow, Mrs. Daisie Richards, and two children, Jean Josephine and Langdon Richards, survive him.
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F. A. 'Warner, vice president and general mahager of the CooS Bay Lumber Co., was a recent visitor at the company's sawmill operations at Marshfield. He also visited Seattle and Portlahd, and while in Seattle attended the nleeting ofthe Douglas Fir E:rploitation & Export Co t-
I Fourteen Kitteirs were led through the Onion Patch at Vthe recent San Diego Cohcatenation. Homer Miller, acting as vicegerent snark, and the following made up the Nine in charge of the degree work: G. E. Mattison, Senior FIoo: Hoo; Harry McGahey, Junior Hoo-Hoo; Arthur Scott, Bojum; Floyd Herbert, Scrivenoter; Robert Zumwalt, Jabberwock; William Rabsahl, Custocation; H. G. Larrick, Arcanoper and H. J. Bjorhstad, Gurdon.
The concatenation was preceded by a dinner which was latgely attended. Vicegerent Snark Jerry Sullivan, Sr., acted as master of ceremonies at the dinner.
J. E" Crawford has opened a new yard at Vista, San Diego County. Mr. Crawford also operates a yard at .Fraaier Mountain- Fark.
Springfield, Ore., July l24he Booth-Kelly Lumber Co. is installing a dry kiln of Moore's reversible circulation internal fan type at its local plant. The kiln will be equipped with automatic temperature and humidity control and is being installed to take care of drying of slash grain fir finish, "r *"ll "r "oT*or dimension fir lumber.
Neil C. Jamison, well-known Everett lumberman, is the new champion of the Overlake Golf Club, Seattle. In the first 18 holes of the final match he shot a card of 82, and won the match 5 to 4.
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1927
Under the Aurpices of the Bay District Ho.Hoo
George R. Christig of Houston, Te;ras, General Manager of the Lumbermecr's Rcciprocal Association, has been a visitor during the past few wceks in various California cities, particularly in Los Angeles and San Francisco, where the offices of his concern are located.
Mr. Christie is one of the very interesting and powcrful characters connected with lumber insurance in the United States. For many years he was in the lumbcr business. He was General Auditor of The Kirby Lumber Company, a great lumber manulacturing institution in Tcxas, at the time he decided to try a venture in reciprocd insurance.
With a group of the leading sawmill men of Texas and Louisiana, he organized the Lurnbermen's Reciprocal Association, its purpose being to furnish lumber liability i4surance at cost, and save its members the extrernely high rates of insurance then being charged by the old line companies in the Southwcst, In this they adrnirably succeeded, and the Association was a thorough success from its very inception-
In a few years' tirne it has spread rapidly over t'he milling districts of the country, entering California three years ago, and building up a splendid line of business in thie tcrritory as well as going into other mitling districb of the country.
Mr. Christie himscU is a rnan whose pcrsonal qualities and attainments lend him high rank among all men. He adds to his fine business ability and his charning personatity and friendly outlook upon all men and things, moral qualities that make him respccied by all who know him. He is not as well known pe.rsonally as he should be in Californii, where his great worth would be much app'reciated.
The Western Plyr,vood Company, 905 Balfour Building, San Francisco, whose plant is l,ocated at Martinez, California, advise that they a-re starting construction on an additional building to tieir plant 6Oi300 feet in size' They-will install in this building the largest Black Electric Press made, and also a new design Francis Glue Mixer and Spreader. -Carrol W. Smith who is president of the company is at present devoting considerable of his time to their operations.
Max Cook, San Francisco, farmstead engineer with the California Redwood Association, was a'recent Los Angeles visitor where he spent several days calling on the retail trade and architects in the Los Angeles District. In speaking of the proposed new shingle ordinance in San Francisco, hJstated thaf the matter had been referred to the Building Committee of the Board of Supervisors for a compromise ordinance, as the ordinance proposed by Fire Chief Murphy to eliminate shingles rvas considered entirely too stringent and would also add an extra burden on the tax payers' He stated that the lum'bermen hoped that the Building Committee would adopt the 100 per cent vertical grain shingle with a minimum thickness of.5 to 2.
Mr. Jack Dionne, Fresno, California. California Lumber Merchant, July 8, 1927. Central Building, Los Angeles, California.
Dear Friend Jack:
Please accept my congratulations over the excellence of the birthday issue of the California Lumber Merchant.
This particular issue contained such a wealth of good articles, that I have not yet read it through. Hope to do so within the next two or three evenings. My heartiest good wishes for the continuance 1f your splendid success, I am
Sincerely,
.W. K. Kendrick.E. J. Brockmann, San Francisco, Pacific Coast manager for 'the Lumbermen's Reciprocal Association, is making a tour of the mills in the Pine District. He is accompanied by Mr. Gibson, the company's chief engineer, from their Houston, Texas, office.
Mr. Tack Dionne. Calif. Lumber Merchanr. Central Bldg., Los Angeles, California.
Dear Jack:
I want to compliment you and Mr. Martin and all the rest of your organization on your Fifth Anniversary Number. This is without a question of a doubt the best annual number you have ever gotten out. The general style of the paper conforms from the front page to the last and if it doesn't please your readers I will be greatly mistaken.
Sincerely tout.,C"rr.
R. A. Fobes, Los Angeles, Southern California manager for Sudden & Christenson, announces his resignation, effective September 1. Mr. Forbes states that he has made no definite plans for the present. He has been connected with Sudden & Christenson for the past eight years, and prior 'to that was with the Hammond Lumber Co. for ten ye.ars. Mr. Fobes came to Los Angeles from the South, where he was connected with the lumber industry in Texas and ilouisiana. He stands high in the esteem of the lumber fraternity of this territory.
Mrs. W.O. Wilson (formerly Miss Carey), who has lbeen connected with theii Los Angeles office "for the past twenty years, has also announced her resignation.
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This unique bungalow home of semi-English design, created as a model home to be built for display, refects so many attractive features that it cannot help but ma&e strong appeals.
The compactness of the room arrengement and array of modern conveniences all built in the rooms in the most practical space, shows what can be developed to make a home ultra mod. efn.
This is one of the'latest creations ftom the architectural service of Lumberments Service Association.
Seattle, Wash., JalyZ7-Plans are being made by the Washington State Chapter, American Institute of Architects, in conjunction with the West Coast Lumber Bureau for the entertainment of the members of the jury of award for the West Coast Woods Architectural Competition, which is sponsored by and being conducted under the auspices of the Washington State Chapter A. L A.,with J. Lister Holmes of Seattle, as professional adviser. The architects comprising the jury of award will be in Seattle and Portland from August 1O to 16, the eastern mernbers of the jury being Emery Stanford Hall, of Chicago; Henry C. Hahn and Louis C. Jaeger of New York City. The other members are W. R. B. Willcox of Eugene, Ore., and David Myers of Seattle.
The competition, which is offered by theWest Coast Lumber Bureau, is for the best designs of a residence, not exceeding seven principal rooms, and a garage, built principally of wood and bringing forth the uses, applications and methods of construction and finishing of the woods of the Pacific Northwest-Douglas fir, West Coast hemlock, Sitka spruce and Western red cedar. The competition closes at 5 p.m. August 1. The first prize design will receive $2,000 in cash, the second $50O and ten designs receiving favorable mention will be awarded $100 each. C. W. Stimson, prominent Seattle lumberman, who suggested the competition is presenting the first and second prizes. Competitors from all parts of the United States, Canada and other foreign countries will submit designs.
All members of the jury of award are architects of national reputation andthey will be accompanied to the Northwest by their wives. The plans for entertaining the visitors also will include a program of entertainment for the ladies of the party. The three judges are scheduled to arrive in Seattle the evening of August 10. The tentative program for the visitors is as follows:
Thursday, August 1l-Judgment of drawings, which will be exhibited on the second floor of the Stimson building. Luncheon at noon when the members of the jury will meet C. W.. Stimson and members of the Washington State Chapter competition committee.
Friday, August |2.-Jadgment of drawings in the forenoon and awarding of prizes in the afternoon. At 5 p.m. the drawings will be viewed by members of the Washington
state chapter of architects, and at 7 p.m, the West Coast Lumber Bureau will give a dinner at the Olympic hotel to the Washington chapter with the jury of award as honor guests.
Saturday, August l3.-Automobile trip to Rainier National Park, via Snoqualmie Falls Timber Company's plant, Snoqualmie Falls, the party spending the night at Paradise Inn on Mount Rainier.
Sunday, August l4.-Automobile trip from the park to Longview for the night.
Monday, August l5-Inspection of Long-Bell Lumber Company's plant at Longview and logging camp at Ryderwood, Wn. Automobile trip to Portland, where the West Crcast Lumber Bureau will be host at a dinner in the evening at the Benson Hotel to the members of the Oregon State Chapter, A. I. A., with the members of the jury of award as honor guests. The prize winning designs will be on view in the banquet hall for the Oregon architects.
TueSday, August lG-Trip over the Columbia River Highway, returning to Portland in the evening.
A tentative program for the entertainment of the ladies in the party includes several luneheons and a dinner and theatre parties. Details of the program will be decided later.
Emery Stanford Hall is a director of the Illinois Society of Architects, chairmpn of the Publication and Materials and Methods committee of that society and editor of its handbook for architects and builders.Heis the A. I. A. representative on the consulting committee National l.umber Standardization Conference. Mr. Hahn is president of the Atlantic division, Architects Small House Service Bureau, serving for years as chairman of the division's plan committee. He also is director of program with the Producers' Research Council, A. I. A. Mr. Jaeger is vicepresident and chairman of the plan committee of the Atlantic division Architects' Small House Service Bureau. Mr. Willcox is a fellow in the A. L A. and member of the jury of fellows ahd formerly was a director in the A. I. A. For some years he has been professor in charge of the department of Architecture, IJniversity of Oregon. Mr. Myers is a past president of the Washington State Chapter A. I. A. and has officiated on the jury of award in a large number of the more important architectural cgrnpetitions in the West.
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With a thunderous concussion that was heard and felt for miles, a mountain crag of solid limestone, weighing morethan 500,000 tons was literally blown to bits at Monolith recently when a record charge of 2@,000 pounds of dynamite was exploded in a single blast at the quarries of the Monolith Portland Cement Company.
Directed to a commanding knoll across a deep gorge by Monolith officials, a battery of camera-men and news photographers had their machines trained on the scene when Wilmar Evans, vice-president of the Monolith companies, threw the switch that ignited the huge charge of giant powder buried several hundred feet under the base of the lim,estone mountain.
Several hundred spectators who had motored up to the Tehachapis to witness the spectacular explosion and parked the cars in clusters on the surrounding knolls stood as if stunned when the ground bega_n to quiver underfoot. With an ominous roar, a great crack opened across the face of the mouhtain, and then the entire cliff catapulted into the air and crashed to the floor of the quarries.
Giant jets of acrid smoke and geysers of gray dust shot skyward as tons of broken rock avalanched in a grinding,
Jim Farley, The Pacific Lumber Co., San Francisco, has returned to the company's San Francisco offioe after spendi.ng about six weeks in the Southern California territory. While in the Los Angeles District, he made his headquarters with A. L. (Gus) Hoover, the company's Southern California representative.
reverberating mass, to come to rest in an inert heap on a broad ledge atthe base of the mountain.
After a safe pause; but while the smoke-clouds still hung over the jagged cavity left by the awe-inspiring 'shot', the quarry crews swarmed into action. Portable tracks were srMung into place and the steam-spitting scoop shovels, mounted on caterpillar tractors, dug into the edges of the splintered mass of rock as steel gondola cars were loaded and routed around the bend to the huge crushing plant.
Officials and engineers of the Monolith company pronounced the'shot' a huge success from a technical standpoint, as the limestone was broken down into the floor of the quarry, just where it can be handled with greatest speed.
They said this new supply, broken down in five minutes by modern methods, where it would have taken months and probably years to get at it with men and mules under the old system, will keep the Monolith mills grinding, cooking and curing high grade cement for several mohths to come.
Monolith officials who witnessed the blast and entertained friends at their 'Fourth-of-July blow-out' included Coy Burnett, president; Wilmar Evans, vice-president; C. A. Low, director of sales; T. R. Larson, traffic manager, and F. R. Brownell.
Bill Hamilton, Los Angeles, Southern California representative for the Holmes-Eureka Lumber Co., is wearing a big smile and announcing to his friends that a new daughter has arrived at his house. He reports that Mrs. Hamilton and the new arrival are doing nicely.
Manufaeturerr of California White & Sugar Pine Milb at Suanville and Hilt, Calif.
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California's newest development in shingles, the Pioneer Yosemite rock-surfaced, super-hexagonal shingle, has met such immediate popularity with the dealers and the general public that the Pioneer Paper Company, of Los Angeles, manufacturers, has been forced to take steps to greatly increase production, according to officials of the concern.
Reports from the territory served by the firm's distributors describe as unique the reception given the product, one of a complete line of roofing materials which have become standard for specifications on the Pacific Coast and adjoining states. So far has their reputation travelled that they were recentty specified for the re-roofine of the mission schools in Sitka, Alaska.
The new hexagonat shingle is marked by its unusual beauty and ease of application, two qualities which, in the opinion of J. H. Plunkett. general manager of the Pioneer companv, guarantee continued growth in demand for all types of structures. Of peculiar interest to architects and builders is the fact that, as designed, the shingle produces a distinct shadow line, giving the semi-thatched effect so much in demand in modern architecture.
This design produces an even more important effect of a double-thick roof at all points. with a 4% inch head lap for each shingle, a factor worked out by the company's engineers to greatly auqment the rvearinq and fire-resistinq qualities of the roof as a whole. It also has the added attraction of ease and speed in layinq, resulting in important savings in labor costs on contract iobs.
,dnother reason for its popularity lies in the fact that the same unique selling feature applied to the entire line of the manufacturing concern's rock-surfaced roofing products is used in merchandizing the n.ew shingle development. The company has arranged for homeowners who desire to have their dwellings re-roofed to pay for. the material in easy monthly installments. The time payment method of buy-
ing, which was used in the first place in the necessities class, to foster the sales of household utilities, and then spread to the field of luxuries, is again swinging heavily to the necessity class, the heavy sales of roofing shows.
In basic material, the shingle maintains the high quality of all Pioneer products. fts surface is protected by a heavy coating of Yosemit6 crushed work in natural colors, obtained from the Pioneer's own quarries in the Yosemite Valley. According to dealers repbrts, this rock, with its beautiful colors produced in nature's own laboratory, forms one of the exclusive selling features which have forced Pioneer products into the lead throughout the western states.
The rock ivas oiiginally adopted by the firm to provitle a wearing surface for its roofing materiats. Exhaustivc fire and weather tests had proved that its resistance to both was much greater than that of the finest naturat slate. But when the discovery was made that the colors also had the same quality of resistance, greater attention was paid by thefirm to the production and blending of the most attractive of them.
The result has been a new beauty in roofs unobtainable bv any artificial means, according to technical exfierts. The cultnral aspect of these softly blended, or plain colors, has aopealed particularly to women, and it is to the fair sex that the Pioneer company gives most of the credit for the enormous growth in popularity of this type of roof.
The other shingle products produced by Pioneer and in which the Yosemite rock is imbedded under many tons Dressure. include the Super-Tumbo individual shingle, the Standard individual, the'Tumbo strip, the Standard strip. Standard Cut-Corner strips and the Pioneer Hexagonal strips. The natural colors adopted by the firm are: blueblack, or crow shade; red, green, golden-brown and many blendings ofallor some of these shades.
OR other types of Hay Stack Covers, see Bulletin No. 13 "Redwood Trays-Hay Stack Covers-Turkey Nestsetc."
It is false economy to attempt to utilize boards of any kind or in any form to cover hay properly, particutarly for more than one season, zaithout a ternPorary frame to preaent unequal settlemenf. Where a proper frame is not provided, there is not only loss of hay, but heavy depreciation in the material used.
Hay Cover Type "C" is recommended in preference to Type "D" wherever it is desired to salvage the material for use later in a permanent barn or other structure.
Although frequently adopted, Type "D" is less desirable than either Type "C" above or Type "A" and "8" (illustrated in Bulletin No. 13) since, unless stack is well settled and carefully topped, unequal settlement permits warping of boards and opening of joints. It should only be adopted for winter stacks where hav cuts are not to be made.
Attention is called to the advantage of being able to remove sections of covering for this purpose in Types A, B, and C.
Redwood was the only wood allowed for temporary building in all San Francisco immediately after the big fire of 1906.
"Redwood lumber ignites much less quickly and burns much more slowly than * * * other resinous soft building woods * ** and *** when Redwood becomes ignited the fire is much more easily extinguished. i( * *'
"The reason for these differences, I think, is largely owing to the fact that Redwood is well known as a non-resinous wood."
-Extracts from letter by P. H. Shaughnessy, for 22 years Chief Engineer, San Fraucisco Fire Department.
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Reports coming out of San Francisco state that the latest victim to the game of golf is Frank O'Connor,'the well known lumberman and shipping official. Heis the San Francisco manager for the Donovan Lumber Co., and also holds a prominent position in shipping ctrcles, being president of the Pacific Coast Ship Owner's Association and a member of the Marine Committee of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.
It Frank takes his golf seriously, this is going to be a blow to baseball. During the summer season, Frank can be seen any Saturday afternoon at the San Francisco base: ball park with hisgang in Box 31 giving the "Seals" his m'oral support. So it looks'as though the "Valencia Vanderbilts" might lose a good cash customer if he intends to spend his Saturday afternoons on the golf links.
San Francisco, July 6,1927. Mr. "Bill" H. Woods, "The California Lumber Merchant," San Francisco, Calif.
Dear Bill:
Your Fifth Anniversary Issue is better than ever. Congratulations and all good wishes for continued prosperity. The special articles and the photos of San Pedro Harbor were notably interesting. We sent copies of the issue to various northern mill friends.
Jack Dionne's California Spokesman has been a vital factor in helping to make California Lumbermen better merchandisers and better neighbors in our lumber communitY
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Sincerely Yours, Frank W. Tower.
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Hugh Gallagher, "The Little Giantf' of the shipping industry in the San Francisco Bay District and connected withthe Matsoh Steamship Co., istheguiltyparty who lured Frank onto the golf links. Frank was initiated in his first game of golf reeently, with Hugh acting in the capacity of instructor but Frank took to the new game just like a duck takes to water, and walked ofi the winner of the contest. Frank shot the eighteen holes just under "N." It looked bad for Frank on the first nine holes as Hugh had him three down at the turn but coming in Frank shot a snappy string of lo's and beat Hugh out.
We understand that Frank has bought himself a very sporty golf outfit, and after a few more games he expects to show his stuff to some of his many lumber and shipping friends on the links.
George S. Long, vice-president and general manager of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., ahnodnced recently that his company will proceed immediately with plans for the construction of their plant on their mill site two miles south of Klamath Falls, and that it is expected that actual construction work will be under way before the end of this year.
The building of 15 to 20 miles of logging railroad will be necessary to begin logging the 300,000 acres of pine timber owned by the Weyerhaeuser Company in the Klamath basin.
This announcement followed closely the announcement that the Great Northern railroad had completed arrangements to extend its road into Klamath Falls, and will in fact start operation of trains into Klamath Falls earlv next year.
Included in the plans and in addition to the huge sawmill will be a sash and door factorv and a veneer plant.
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President J. E.'Neighbor of Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 pre,sided at one of the best Hoo-Hoo club meetings July 14th that has been held in Oakland for sometime. The meeting was lively and interesting from start to finish. R. O. Wilson acted as chairman and introduced as speaker of the day. R. S. Kellog, of the'News Print Bureau of New York, and who was formerly Secretary of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. Mr. Kellog took for his subject "Forestry and Reforestation." Vicegerent Bob Grant of the San Francisco district and vicegerent Al Hubbard of the San Jose district also addressed the meet- i.g. Garnet Fraser introduced as his guest, Dr. E. J. Cattell a prominent civic worker of Philadelphia and formerly statistician for that city, who made a short talk. The usual club singing was indulged in and Nels Quist of Quist Bros. Lumber Co., Hayward, sang a couple of numbers which were well received bv the crowd.
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Parker returned during July from quite an extended eastern trip. They took passage on the liner Manehuria during May for New York, via thi Panama Canal and Flavana. While on the Atlantic coast they visited all the principal cities and points of interest, and came west over the Canadian Rockies to the Pacific Northwest. They visited Banff and Vancouver, B. C., while in the north ahd report having had a wonderful trip, but that they are glad to be back on the San Francisco Bay.
W. A. "Bill" Glenn, assistant sales manager of the Coos Bay Lumber Co., with Mrs. Glenn and family, is spending his vacation in the Yosemite Valley. The ferry boat gang will expect some fish stories from Bill on his return. He lt'ill be back about August l0th.
6l nCUtffCTS and builders of the world's lareesr C./L 1'to,"1, the new Horel Stevens in Chicago, mide studied choice of materials for its construction. Durable Douglas Fir was selected for its frames and sash, For its sash they chose Long-Bell durable Douglas Fir and to them went two car loads, 60,000 board feet cut to length, to make the sash for this famous hostelry.
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Tests made by the Raymond G. Osborne l.aboratories, [-os Angeles, of Hipolito Screens showed the breaking strength to be 66d pounds, and on other samples 610 pounds. In each instance the wood was shattered but the joint held.
Once again evidence of the super quality of Hipolito Window Screens; and in the same test Hipolito Screen Door cornera tequired more ihan | 300 pounds' pressure to break. Ask our sales' man to show you the photographs.
