"We oldtimers like to brag about 'Old Fashioned White Pine' and the doors and millwork made by the old masters of colonial days. "Here is a door made of pine that would cheer the heart of the crankiest old craftsman and
to hold its shape in spite of Time and the elements."
Paul Brttty'an, Story Boolt Illailed Free.Look at the way this slab door is made. All small blocks laid together with broken joints and locked with a tongue and groove "B." "A" shows the edge strips for finishing and fitting; "C" the pair of 5-inch dowels every 12 inches and "D" the spl;ne that locks every member. At every joint "E" the glue covers I 00 percent of the area. "F" shows the veneer and "G" the direction of the heavy pressure that unites the whole assembly into one unit.
are generally first sold on PAUL BUNYAN'S 100 PER CENT CORES because their light weight saves freight. With use their superior strength and freedom from distortion is apparent.
There are few "comebacks" where PAUL BUNYAN'S 100 PERCENT DOORS and DOOR CORES are used. This is of vital importance to the Manufacturer, Builder and Dealer.
Lareln Glmr ue lndendflcd by brllliant, 8lculng rpangL. vhlch tf sbw pl,riuly whcn a plywood luel la *lnrated at thc glue-llm. J Plywood is no better than its glue-line. The glue-line is no place to skimp or to save pennies 7 because the Gluc-Lilc it whrt nrlcr or brcaLr plywood. True economy requires the use of glues that will hold fast through stress and strain and wind and weather.
Lauxein Glues are identified because I. F. Laucks, Inc., and the users know that they will meet every test. As the backbone of millions of feet of plywood panels, Lauxein has met the most exacting requirements of the woodworking industries. Made to perform a function' with a definite margin of safety, Lauxein Glues have held fast for the life of the panels in countless uses.
All glue manufactured since June, 1928, bears. the Spanglc identification mark.
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J. C. Dtonru, Prcr. ard Truu.; J. E. Mudn, Vlcc-Pncr; rL C. Mcrryna,a, Jr., Scy. Publbhcd tLc lrt ud l5th of cach noih at 3r&lr-20 CENTRAL BUILDING, LOS ANGELES, CAL., TELEPHONE, VAndlLc {3!!; Entercd aa Sccod-chg nttcr Scptonbcr 6. l@ at thc Pottofflca at Ial Angctr., Cctlfmh, undcr Act of Mlrclh I ffrt.
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The lurnbcr movement during the week cnded Jrne 3O continued at the hig[ levcl edablisheil earlier in tbe year, according to tte report of July 6 of the National Lumbcr Manufacturerr Ascociation bared on reportr from 845 roftwood and hardwood'millr. In general, rayr the analyrir' t[e lurabcr raovement durins the fint rix monthr of thir year rhowcd a more favorable relationrhip bcfiseen rupply end demand than exirted at any timc during the lart 6ve yean.
.l,ccording to the report the total softwood moverncnt for the firrt 26 weekr of 1928 rhorvs: Produc{ion, 6r72OrO74M feet; Shipmentr, 711581908 M feet; Ord€rs, 7r341r1OO M feet.
For the rnills of the Wert Coast Lumbcrmen'r Anociation, t:he report rhowr for thir period: Production, 3rO,48'828 M feet; Shipments, 3,2O7,127 M feet; Orden 31316'754 M fcct.
For the Calirfornia White and Sugar Pine Auociation rnilll the report rhorm for ttris rame period; Production, 535'835 M fcet; Shipmeatr, 6271034 M feet; Orderr, 6291603 M fect.
Here are the figuree on SoutLern Pine for the fint 26 weekr of tte year: Production, 117641104 M feet; Shipmentr, 1,864,034 M feet; Orderr, 1,88q428 M feet.
Tbe rcport rhowr the total hardwood lumber movement for thb rame pcriod ar followr: Prod'uction, 1'264'50l M
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feet; Shipmenb, 112731321 M feet; Orderr, 113121226lll fc€t' rrr**
The California market rhowed vcry little change, if any, during tbe part two weekr. The fir* trro weks in July rhowed the ruuel rearo'nal let-up in buying, but the market ic firm wit[ no fuctuationr in pricer Auguat har dwayr been a good month and the rellerc are looking fonrard to an active dc-' mand during tbe eady weckr of next month.
Fir cargo i! bard to buy es the millr are well cleaned up on rtocka. Lath pricc* are 6rm and rhingle pricer havc rhorvn a decided irnprovenrenl Priccl ere v€ry 6rn on Erccn clearr, both darh and vertical grein"
Tbe following telegraphic rcport undcr date of July 12 frorn C. C. Crow of Portland rtater, thet thc Fourth of July rhutdownr have been erren heavier than anticipated and many millr are rtill idle. Mill rtockr havc bcen reduced to a point where buyins ir e:trernely dificult with a marked increrrle in new burinccr duing the wec& and t[e mills report no trouble in rconing price advencce. Cqrrider outlook very brigbt with further price increarer probable.
Redwood pricee are 6rm with the market rhowing no change.
The California yitite and nrgar pine rnarket L 6tb. No. 2 ehop ir vcry 6nn with the Eact€nr facoriec buying thb iten heavily.
"The formation of the Western Door Manufacturers' Association is the most progressive step ever taken by any group of door manufacturers," says a prominent Texas jobber in commenting on the recent organization of the leading manufacturers of Douglas Fir doors in the Pacific Northwest.
A big Los Angeles jobber says, "The policy of trademarking and grade-marking should do more to create confidence in Douglas Fir doors than anything ever undertaken by door manufacturers." These expressions are typical of the opinions voiced by jobbing, wholesale and retail interests all o.'er.the country. Almost universally,
the movement is recognized as an important step forward in stabilizing the fir door industry, in removing unfair competition, and most important of all, in establishing a standard of quality for the wholesale and retail lumber trade and for the ultimate user, that will be uniform and dependable.
The day of unbranded merchandise is swiftly passing. The various departments of the lumber industry are among the last to fall into line. This favorable reception on the part of the main distributing factors of the door industry should go a long way toward establishing grade-marking and trade-marking as a general practice.
J. E" MARTINAr:e You Tellingl
Yorrr: (Dustom(ers of theseRedurood Qualities?
Comparatir:ely lree lrom swelling and shrinking uith atmospheric changes. Is not resinoud,oes not burn easily.
Imrnune lrom d.ecay and rao. ages of white ant.
Red.uood lorms an id,eal base lor application of paint.
The rich colorings ol Red'u:ood tnake it the ideal usood' lor interior finish.
Vith its rernarkable d'urability, Redwood has no superior lor erterior use.
REDWOOD offers many sales features for the retail lumber dealer. Its adaptability for interior andexterior use, its durability and immunity from decay,makes this wood preferable for so many forms of construction. Your custdmerso if Redwood eustomers, will always be satisfied.
Hammondoso through direet souree of supply from Hammond mills, maintainlarge reserve stocks of Redwood in all grades and sizes. Your orders for this class of lumber will be filled quickly and you can always depend on the quality of grade and manufacture.
"Build of Vood, . . the Shelter of Ages"
By JackDionne
And now the tourist summer crop is surging over the free state of California, coming in through the passes, the highways, by rail, and by water, from all directions, and in all conditions and circumstances. The streets and roads are thronged with motor cars bearing the names of other states, and of Canada as well. It is a goodly sight, and one that Californians generally are glad to see. For it is a gold bearing crop, one that matures quickly, and brings a strictly cash harvest. Maty of them will go back home to tell of the glory of California. A certain percentage every year stay. They find here more than they care to leave. The California summer sells itself.
round that this plant might continue on Fir after it exhausts its Pine forests this year. Other Southern manufacturers have been thinking of such future operations, but so far they are all future. However, with the fast dwindling supply of Southern Pine, and the great stands of Western lumber, it is reasonable to assume that, in the parlance of the street-"ft won,t be long*now-,,
In timber, the matter of availability is the great value maker. Much American money is invested in the forests of Mexico-some of it for th6 last 25 to 35 years-and most of it has been a very bad investment. There are great stands of American owned timber on the Western coasts of Mexico that would bring $5.00 to gf O.00 per ttrousand feet if it were in this country and as accecsible for logging and lumbering as in its present location. But you could buy it for a few ccnts a thousand todan if you wanted it. Reason-it's in Mexico. That,s all. And that's enough'
additional building in specific sections of the state, but itA man doesn't buf an adding machine iust for the sake hetp! a lot just the same. the dealer with a weak backy'of owning it. He buys it for what it can do for him. peostops cutting prices when the cost of replacement is un- ple buy building materials the same way. If you would known, and thereby helps himself and his competitor. The induce him to buy it you must first show him what it can builder and contractor feels the same effect. with the ex- do for him.
Things are better in the lumber businoss of California. They say so in San Diego. They tell the same story at the Oregon line. And werywhere betweerl those two widely spread territories comes the report that the lumber business has picked up-looks better than it has in a long timc. A strengthening wholesale market has a generally beneficial efrect on all parts of the industry. It may Rot create ception of places where local conditions are bad, there is plenty of volume in California to bring general prosperity to the lumber industry. What we need most is better morale, and the improved wholesale lumber situation has done much to bring that about. Business is going to be better as the season advances. Don't doubt it. It will be better with YOU if you help make it so. And when you help yourself, you help your competitor, and help your industrY'
Speaking of California industries, there is an orange juice plant in Los Angeles today that uses an average of 450 tons of oranges each. month, employs 150 girls in. sorting and handling the oranges and the juices, and uscs ovcr a million dollars worth of machinery. The drink is used all over California, and all wer*the *United States as well.
1928 Service in every line of business that you can mention, is an improvement over that of last year, and the year before. Is it in yours? Now don't say "They can make these continual changes in other lines but my business is different." If it is, the only difference is YOU and your lack of enterprise.
Shipping Fir logs or squares to the Gulf district to be manufactured in Coast mills, has been much discussed but not attempted as yet on anything like a large scale. .The Long-Bell Lumber Company have sawed some Fir at their Lake Charles, La., mill, and the rumor has been going
The world will never again consume the same percentage of finish lumber in standard lengths that it uscd to do. Shop lumber and its products, and the growing use of short lumber for short length uses, is the answer. Remanufacturing at the mill for specific purposes is making untold millions of feet of shop lumber do the work that long finish used to be cut up on the job to do, and this is developing all the time. It is worthy of note that the West far outstrips any other part of the country in remanufacturing lumber at the mill.
As an example of the trend of the thing, Mr. R. A. Long plans to ship no long haul lumber by rail lower than Nor One grade, after he finally completes his Longview, Washington, plant. The low grades will be sold over the water route, for western short haul consumption, or will be cut up in the cut-up plant, the defects burned, and the good lumber used for specific purposes. Jim Hill, builder of the Great Northern Railroad and pioneer in the development of the Northwestern forests, used to say that population must be induced west of the Rockies because low grade lumber would never pay the freight rate east. That was before the day of shop lumber and its uses. Saw out the defects and you can ship the short clears remaining, any distance.
Read freely and get "lnu"irr."a lt,n ,n" great men who are dead. It vrill help compensate you for all the smallsouled fry with whom you come into contact.
Experience has taught us these imPortant re' quisites of good interior finish:-
Materials must be obtained frommill which specializes in best lumber.
It MUST be kiln dried scientifically to conform to the Southwestts atmospheric condi' tions.
Grading is exremely important and surfacing before grading very necessary.
Machining and moulding must be done on high grade stickers and the knives to move with higher velocity.
Sanding must be uniform and with fine tex' tured sand-paper.
The next Tri-Annual Conference of the Millwork Insti-, tute of California will be held at the Alexandria Hotel, Los Angeles, Thursday and Friday, Jrly 19 and ZO. Every manuiacturer of sash, doors and millwork, and everyone genuinely interested in the distribution of millwork -products, is cordially invited to be in attendance.
The Board of Directors will meet on Wednesday, July 18. There will be an all-day session to prepare reco--merrdations for the general body.
Wednesday, July 18th
10 a.m. Board of Directors' [Ieltirig-Parlor "G"
The board will remain in session throughout the day to prepare recommendations for the general body.
Thursday, July 19th
9 a.m. Registration of Delegatis-3rd floor
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Cornwall Publisher, The Timberman, Portland 7. Address: "Stability" .... .....Kenneth Smith Secretary, Lumber Dealers' Association of Los Angeles 8. Address: "The Old and the New" Tack Dionne Publisher, The California Lumber Merchant, tos Angeles
$200,000 FIRE DAMAGE
Fire of undetermined origin swept the yards of the Ewauna Box Co., Klamath Falls, Ore., July il. The estimated damage was $200,000. Only heroic efforts on the part of the firemen and 300 volunteers prevented the fire from destroying the mill. The amount of ltimber destroyed was said to be close to 4,000,000 feet.
W. M. Ritter of El Paso, Texas, who operates a number of retail lumber yards in that territory, is spending his vacation in Los Angeles.
9. Report of Delegates to Trade Practice Conference .J. G. Kennedy E. A. Nicholson
10. Open Discussion
10 a.m. Generar M"",*?ll.Jlfoil*"om-3rd floor
11. Report of Board of Directori
12. Report of Local Groups
13. Address : "Millwork Cost Schedules" E. R. Maule I{a_n1ger, Mllwo1k Survey Service, Los Angeles
14. Address: "The Efiect of Association Work-on the Selling Price" i...... .H. P. Dixon
^ President, American Mfg. & Sales Corp., Los Angeles
2 p.m.General Meeting-Assembly Room-3rd flooi
15. Address: "A .New Deal for Construction,, ... Wm. Simpson
_Wm. Simpson Construction Co., Los Angeles '
16. Discussion of and Final Action on All Reports
17. Open Forum and Good of the Order.
As to social and entertainment features, the Los Angeles committees have arranged a splendid program. It inci-udes -on Thursday evening, at the Hotej Alexandria, an fnfgrmal Banquet and Dinner Dance for the delegates and their ladies; on Friday evening, at the Oak Tavern, a Stag Party; and on Saturday morning, a wonderful breakfast aI a famous Club. All of Saturday will be devoted to relaxa- tion. Golf, swimming, baseball, cards, plant visits, sightseeing and the like will be the order of the day. I
T. X. Luxford, section of Timber Mechanics, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis., was in San Francisco recently conferring with Cary Hill of the U. S. Forest Service, preparatory to going into the Redwood country in connection with a study of the strength of Redwood.
M. L. "Duke" Euphrat, Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco, recently returned from a vacation spent in Oregon and Washington.
Remember that GOOD THOUGHTS and IDEAS are the most contagious things in the world. YOU do the building THINKING for yogr conrmurity, furnish its building IDEAS, and you wilt be amazd and delighted to see how they fy around and take root here and there.
Four hundred million feet of western yellow pine located in the Modoc National Forest goes on- the mirket.
_ In placing this timber on the market, Major R. Y. Stuart, Chief Forester, states, "The establishmenl of a new sale u-nitcf western yellow pine at this time is something which the Forest Service would like to avoid. The insect epidemic situation, however, makes it common sense to take this means. of possibly checking the infestation and certainly salvaging a large amount of government property rvhich would otherwise become valueless. The infeitation is so large and the present value of the stumpage is so low that control effort other than by a logging operation is impracticable."
Insect depredations in the western section of the Modoc National Forest have been increasing by leaps and bounds for the past seven years and after considering every possible angle of the situation, the only practicable conlrol measures which will apply are those which demand a control-utilization. program.
The bulk of the government owned timber is located in Badger Township, T. 44 N., R. 8 E. This township is entirely government land and is the center of the worst infestation in the unit.
Examination of the Badger unit for the past seven years by the Bureau of Entomology shows a loss of approximate- ly 20 per cent of the stand. The loss f.or 7927 is estimated at 89,600 M. ft. B. M. fn some places it has reached the amazing total of 1700 trees killed per section during 1927. Forest Service logging engineers have checked the findings
of the Bureau of Entomology and the results are practical- ly identical.
The plan of operation provides for control measures and salvage, the bulk of such control to be undertaken during the winter season since the young beetles remain in thE bark of the infested trees from early October until June. The plan is, therefore, to dispose of such trees during the over-wintering period.
The length of time necessary to carry on control operations is problematic.' It is not a proposition which should encourage any but operators rvho have thoroughly investigated conditions on the ground
Examination of beetle-killed timber indicates that blue stain enters with the beetles and that the sapwood is spotted when the foliage begins to turn. 'ft must be expeited that all insect-killed trees will produce blue stained lumber. Such lumber has a'limited market, and the disposal of a large amount of this material at profitable prices may be difficult.
All of these. items have been considered in the appraisal of the government timber. The contract will provide for reappraisals every three years during the life of the contract, and as insect damage decreases the price of the pine will increase.
For full particulars regarding this timber sale, application should be made to the District Forester, Forest Service, Ferry Bldg., San Francisco, or Forest Supervisor, Modoc National Forest, Alturas, Calif. Bids are to be opened in San Francisco on August 4.
Know the Success family.
The father of Success is Work.
The Mother of Success is Ambition.
The oldest son is Common Sense.
Some of the other boys are Perseverance, Honesty, Thoroughness, Foresight, Enthusiasm and Co-operation.
The oldest daughter is Character.
Some of her sisters are Cheerfulness, Loyalty, Courtesy, Care, Economy, Sincerity and Harmony.
The baby is Opportunity.
Get well acquainted rvith the "old inan" and you'll be able to get along pretty well with the rest of the family.
Floyd Dernier, Lumbermen's Service Association, Los Angeles vr'as a recent Northern California visitor where he called on the retail lumber dealers. He spent a few days in San Francisco where he called on many of his lumbermen friends.
Pat Sublett is now located at his new headquarters at Wichita Falls, Tgxas, where he is representihg the DeweyBower Lumber Co. of Dallas, Texas. Prior to his going to Texas, he was connected with the lJnion Lumber Co. with headquarters in their San Francisco office. He says that he will be glad to see any of his California lumbermen friends who visit his territory.'
The employees and their families were guests of the M. L. Doane Lumber Co. of San Jose at a picnic recently held at Long Bridge, one of the popular Santa Cruz Moun'tain resorts. The picnic marked the first anniversary of the company's business. A real day of enjoyment was had by everybody.
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W. B. Wickersham, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is spending his vacation at the Grand Canyon. Mrs. Wickersham and their son accompanied him on the trip.
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MAll-Y people believe that no distinction as to quality exists in the truck field. Yet such a distinction doesexist. Decidedly so! For there is F.tcnor,.
To long-experienced truck buyers, Flcnor, is the guality truck for any heavy-duty hauling. Fageol quality,however,is not sufficiently expressed in slightly higher first cost. ft is best proven by the extra years of lawer-cost seruice built into every Fageol job.
Fornot only are Fageol'sunits especially designed for longotrouble-free wear,but they are
made into indiui.dual tracks with painstaking attention to every detail in every truck. In addition, Fageol has all the economies of mass production, thanks to ever-increasing Fageol popularity. And Fageol has never lost sight of the fact that supreme service must be built in before it can come oat. Fageal truchs seroe supremely.
Obviously, then, the Fageol is the "fine car" of the truck field. Put Fageol efficiency and economy to work for you...on any trucking task.
CAPACTTY-',0o0 Inuods, CHNsrs WBTGET-J,2 50 pounds, Fnelrs-Six-inch prmsed steel channel, hot riveted throughout ; three.inch flatge, /a inch thick, lTnrup,rss-Srandard, t7A inches ; 1 50inch wheel. base for dump body, no charge; 196 inch wheelDSe at exua cost.
Moron-Vaukesha six-cylinder with "Ricardo" high curbulence hcad; bore, l3/a inches; suoke, 412 inches; 298 cubic inch disDlacemenc: three point suspension on moulded -rubber pids: 7 bearing crankshaft. Full pressure lubricltion to all main, connecting rod and camshaft bearings: oil pumped rhrougli Hall.lVinslow oil filcer -before reaching bearings.
Cansunrron-Z€nith SV-J, l/a inch intake.
Arn CrraNrn-United.
IcNrrroN-Robert Bosch. GENBRATon-Delco.Remy.
Dnrvr Snrpr-Two-piece drive line ; Spicer universal ioints throughout; S.K.F. midship bearing, Fnonr Axrr-Timken drop-forged "I" beam sec. tion. Timken roller bearings. Tread, 603/s inches.
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Rran Axrr-Timken three bearing wom type; worm of hardened steel matine with br6nze gear; Timken bearings rhroughoir. Tread, single tires, 673/s inch; dual tires, 69la inch.
Axrr Rerros-6/a:1.
Bnaxrs-Lockheed 4-wheel hvdraulic brakes are srandard equipment. Inrernal expanding rype; shoes, 16 inch diameter; 2la inch face, Eniergency hand brake on uansmission.
SpntNcs-Chrome Vanadium steel throushout: Fronr, ! leaves, 4tx2y2 iaches; rear, ll Teaves, ,6xl inches: ovedoad springs on rear standud.
Cnassrs LusnrclrroN-Alemite high pressure sys-
SurnlNc-Ross cam and lever rype with 18 inch Shellerite. whecl. Sreering posilet to give maxrmum drrvrng comtorc; baU tlrrNt b€arings.
FUEL Suppr-y-Gasolioe tank on chassis; capacity, 20 gallons; Stewart vacuum sysrem.
ICsrerc-S.A.E. standard mounting.
CooLrNc Sysrru-{ellular ryDe core: one oiece casr aluminum shell, cushioned ro frame'wirh thick moulded rubber pads. Varer circulared by centrifugal pump. Radiator capacity 6 gallons. Fan driven 5y "V" rype belt.
CoNrnors-Spark and throttle lever mounted above wheel on sreering column; gear shift and emergency brake levers ar center; accelerator wirh foot rest. Switch, ammerer, oil gauge and insuument light on dash.
Clurcn-Dry plate, multiple disc; No. 3 S.A.E. nousrng.
TnaNsvrssroN-Brown-Lipe,. four speed ; oprional qrfect otr routcn or oY€rdJtve.
Trnss-Pneumatic cord, heavy dury. Front, l2x6; rem, 32x6 dual. Make of tires our option.
Elrcrnrc LTcHTTNG Sysrrv-Elecuic heddliehts with legal lens. Elecrric raillighc, generator ind six-volt battery.
ELEcrnIc Srenrrn-Delco-Remy starring motor. Pressed on gear, STANDARD Equnurtr-Metal dash and floor board_; structural steel froar bmper; full cuned rype fenders; electric horn; tobl kit in roil- wheel and axle wrenches, heavy ducy racchei screw ,ack, oil can,. gteas€ gln, motometer, speeoometef, nte carfler and spale rim.
Srrcrar EgutlurNr--{pen or enclosed steel cab optronal at exra cost. S pecif.cation tabject to cbange uitboil notice,
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George, Bleecker, San Francisco, California representa- tive of the Eagle Lumber Company, has just -returned from a two weeks' trip to the Northwest. Mr. Bleecker made the trip by automobile, and while it was mainly a vacation- trip he visited the mills of the Eagle Lumber Co. at Westimber, Ore., and the C. H. Wheeler mill at Cochran, and while in Portland conferred with R. A. Stevenson, salesmanager.
Mr. -Rleecker, who was accompanied by Mrs. Bleecker, also visited Seattle and Vancouv-er. B. C. .
The aerial photographs of San Francisco and Oakland harbors reproduced in our article on San Francisco Harbor in the July lst issue, were copyright pictures taken by George E. Russell, aero-photographic-speiialist, San Francrsco.
OAKLAND PERMITS FOR JUNE $4,209,762
Oakland building permits for June numbered 427, with a valuation of. $4,2@,762. Included in this total was one large permit of about $2,000,000 for a new department store,
JO SHEPARD rS BAY DTSTRTCT VTSTTOR
_ J. H. Shepard, manager of Friend & Terry Lumber Co., Sac_ramento, was a visitor to the Bay district first week in July.
The many friends of E. M. Tilden, Oakland, will be sorry to hear that he is in tht Peralta Hospital, Oakland, suffering from a heart- affection, and that he will probably be_away from his office for a couple of months.
Mr. Tilden is president of the Tilden Lumber & Mill Co., National Mill & Lumber Co., and the Pacific Tank & Pipe Company.
Red Grimes, salesman for The Pacific Lumber Complnl: yas somewhat__indisposed for a few days. reCently. Al Nolan, assistant Western sales m'anager, called on tlie Coast trade in his place.
MARK CAMPBELL VISITS SAN FRANCISCO
, Mark D. Campbell, general sales manager of the rail department ofthe Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., Portland, Oregon, visited San, Francisco over the Fourth of July holidays on a business and pleasure trip. He visite{ the company's San Francisco office, r nd covered a part of the Peninsula territory in company r ith Jimmy Attin-
son.
Mr. Campbell's wife and son, on the trip, which was made Knight.
Floyd, accompanied him in his new 6-70 Willvs-
Fred Fischer, Fischer Lumber Co., Marcola, with his wife and son, Dale, also made the trip in company with Mr. Campbell, driving their own car. :
Skirt Boards (lroning)
Sleeve Boards (Ironing)
Ironing BoardsCollapsible with stand Cabinet
Specialties made of wood
Pitcher Sliding Door frames and hangers
Pacific Five-Ply (Redwood Core) Wallboard
Built-ln Fixtures (Complete line)
Kitchen furniture (Cases and cabinets)
Kitchen tables
Tanks
Pipe, continuous stave and machine banded
Portable houses
Log cabins
Park benches
Cross Arms
Tent poles
Flag poles
Pastry boards
Bread boards
Breakfast sets
Card table service trays.
IN ORDER TO ACQUAINT THE LUMBER FRATERNIry IWITH THE RAMIFICATIONS AND SCOPE OF OUR MANUFACTURING ACTIVITIES, WE MANUFACTURE AND SOLICIT INQUIRIES ON ANY PHASE CONNECTED WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMODITIES:
"The morale of the business executives of the entire nation has improved marvelously since last ye?ri'-said-Henry W. Swaffoid, Vi"e President of the gteat lumber firm of E. J. Stanton & Son, of Los Angel.es, who has j-ust retrrrned irom a six weeks' visit to the markets of the East and Middle West. Mr. Swafford's review of the business situation as he digests it after calling on scores of business executives from Kansas City to Ne* York City, is as follows:
"The general opinion among the thinking business men whom Ildled on-everywhere seemed to be that the countrv has gone through -several years of profitless prosPerity, and fhat the haJt has been-called. In'all basic industries we have been giving too much attention to production and volume distribrition,-and entirely too little to the making of sane profits, and that condition seems to have passed] Busineis has settled itself to the business of manu-
Ira E. Brink, superintendent of retail yards for the Diamond Match Company, Chico, accompanied by his wif-e and family, was a Bay-District visitor during tbe last week in Tune. -It was a combination business and pleasure trip, Mr'. Brink spending part of the time calling on-his lumbermen friends. He alsb spent some time in looking over the factories and studying the manufacturing Processes of some of the firms whose products are sold by his company's yards, srich as paint, paint brushes, roofing, cement, etc., ind found this most interesting.
facturing more calmly and carefully, and selling price. I believe that conditions are much improve price. for a improved over
those of a year ago, and that they will continue to improve as the year matuies. I was glad to spread the news that the lumber manufacturinpr industrv of the west has creatas matures. the manufacturing industry of the lumDer lnouslry or wesf crcaled foundations for sane Susiness Londitions, and that the production of lumber from Mexico to Canada and throughout the Inland Empire is operating at a much slower rate than for the past sCveral years, and will continue to do so. The building people everlwhere I went are in an optimistic frame tf mind, physical conditions in every district seems to be good, and there is every reason to believe that the lumber industry of the nation will enjoy a very prosperous year, that will get better as the year _Progresses- i returned to Los Angeles feeling wonderfully hopeful and optimistic over the entire business situation in general, and the lumber prospects in particular."
ENOCH HOLMBERG IN DENVER
Enoch Holmberg, San Francisco salesman for the Coos Bay Llumber Co., ii expected back July 16, from two wteks vacation spent in Denver.
GEORGE J. OSGOOD rS CALIFORNTA VISITOR
George J. -Osgood, president and general manager of The Wheeier, Oigood Company, Tacoma, recently visited Los Angeles and San Francisco offices of the comPany. Mr. Osgood months visit was on to the his way back to Tacoma from a two Eastern states.
Gradg rnarked and Trafu rnarked
Here are a few paragraphs from letters received from all parts of the United States:
ClarkxJoJe, M ks., f une r4, 1928.
"'We feel that the Association is doing a wise thing in trade marking and grade marking Fir Doors."
Minncalolk, Minn., tune t4, rgzS-
"Il all doorC are marked qith the grade. there will be no chance for anySodv io get 'gypped' and-we will have moie satisfied customers."
Renlreza, Po,, Iune t4, t9z8-
"In grade marking and trade markinc thEre wilt tre no chances of anY misrepresenting. You h?ve our hearty coopeiation in the matter."
Bristol,Tenn', June t5, t928,
"We have your circular letter of the 8th, and it is verY encouraging to me
indeed to note that practically all of the Fir Door manufacturers are members of the Western Door Manufacturers' Association, which will go far toward bettering a number of the conditions confronting the Fir Door manufacturers, and we personally feel that the association of the various members will obviously work out also to the advantage of the distributor and we are for you."
Chadotte, N. C,,Iune 4, 1928.
'Your letter of the 7th instant received. We want to congratulate your Association on the steps they have taken and feel that trade marking and grade oarking of Fir Doors will prove
a sreat hetp to the industry. We hope ttrit the nrarking will be made in a way that it will be impossibte to change same after grade marking has been done by the manu{acturer."
S Pring field, M o., M ay 5, t928.
"We, as jobbers, certainly hope that the Western Door Manufacturers' Association will be able to accomplish their princilnl objective within ttre near future."
B irmingham, Alo., May 5, tgz8.
"We have received your letter of the 24th and noted the contents with interest. We believe that the Association will do much to correct certain conditions existing in this industry today."
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Erclurivc Reil Rcprcrcntrtivcr in Crliforair erd Arizonr for
Central Coal & Coke Co. Oregon-American Lumbcr Co., Vernonia, Orc.
Western Lumber uoa. West6r, Oregon
So. Celif. Oftcc LOS ANGEI Fq
397 Pacific Elcstric Bldg.
Bnrce L. Burlinganc PLm TUclcr Slllt
(W" are exclusive California agents for Saginaw shingles) have alnzays been made on a specificati,on calling for 80% or more Clearr S0% or more vertical grain.
they are packed l0O% Clear, 80% or more Vertical Grain, nothittg narronrer than 3 inches to be included and as has alw.ays been the case, they will not be ttCooked to deatht'.
The Annual Frolic and Concatenation held at Fall River Mills, Shasta County, California, on Saturday. and Sunday, Jane 23 and 24 brought out a record crowd, about 100 attending. The affair was sponsored by Hoo Hoo Club No. 38 of Westwood.
On Saturday evehing a concert was given by the Susanville band. The concatenation was held at nine o'clock Sunday morning. 69 kittens were initiated. The concatenation was in charge of Jack Shere, Vicegerent Snark of the Westwood District. The Nine included: Snark, Fred Egth, San Francisco; Senior Hoo Hoo, Jewel D. Lowe, Westwood; Junior Hoo Hoo, H.A. Smith, Westwood; Bojum, C. D. LeMaster, Sacramento; Scrivenoter, H. Garfield Oaks, Westwood; Jabberwock, A. A. Lund, Susanville i Custocatian, W. C. Graf, Susanville; Arcanoper, Da1id, Da1iq, Portland; Gurdon, H. J. Savidge, Rlamath Falls. Following the concatenation, Parsoh Slmpkin delivered an inspirational address on the activities arid work of the Order.
The Peninsula Hoo-Hoo Club met at the Gumwood Inn, Palo Alto, on Friday evening, June 27. In the absence of President Al Hubbard and vice-president J. C. Ellis, Paul M. P. Merner took the chair. A letter was read informing the members of the Hoo-Hoo Convention to be held in Boston in September and that we would be glad to appoint anyone a delegate who could go at his own expense,
The San Diego IIoo Hoo, together with their wives and guests, gathered at the La Mesa Country Club on Saturday, June 30, where an enjoyable program was held during the afternoon and evening. The golf tournament and horse shoe contests brought out a large number of entries during the afternooh. Bridge was also enjoyed by many during the afternoon.
Dinner was served in the Club House at 6:30 p.m. Following the dinner, prizes were awarded to the winners of the various contests held during the afternoon. The party did not break until a late hour Saturday evening and was one of the most enjoyable affairs ever held by the San Diego Hoo Hoo.
The following committee had charge of the arrangeinents: g_olf_, n?rl McCormick and Herman Bjornstad; briilge, Mrs. H. L. Sullivan, Mrs. W. J. McDermott, Mrs. Earl-McCormick and Mrs. W. S. Cowling; cards and other entertainment, Bob Zumwalt, W. J. McDermott and H. G. Larrick.
Professor J. Hugh Jackson talked on the subject of "Do You Control Your Business?" He pointed out how important it was to keep an accurate account of the purchases and sales of stock so that stock could be purchased intelliggntly; also how important it was to make out a budget of the year, estimating sales and expenditures.
I. E. Brink, Vicegerent Snark of the Butte County District, announces that a concatenation will be held at Chico on September 8. The Sacramento Valley Lumbermen's Club will meet at Chico on that date where they witl be guests of The Diamond Match Co. for luncheon at Sterling City, after which an inspection will be made of the company's mill. They rvill also visit the company.'s.plant at Chico.
The concatenation will be held in the evening and a large number of lumbermen from Central California and the San Franeisco Bay District are planning to attend the meeting and the concatenation.
The APPEARANCE of the town he lives in, should be a matter of importance to the lumber-paint dealer. If the place is "run down at the heels" he must accept a large share of the blame. If it is spick and span, he will receive a large share of the credit.
In either case, the responsibility is his, if he has adopted his town in a building way. For it is the duty of the retail lumber dealer to put his town on the map as a good place to live in, where the buildings are attractive, in good repair, and pleasing to the eye. It is a duty he owes to his commurtity, his profession, and himeelf.
And if hig town is to present a pleasing appearance to the eye, it means that the buildings must not only be attractively constructed and in good repair, but that they must be well PAINTED. All the. work the builder can do is entirely lost, unless the PAINTING thinking of the town is competently handled. No doubt about it, is there?
Shabby or poorly painted buildings are an eyesore, regardless of the quality of the material and the construction. Therefore, it appears that the retail lumber dealer is just as mu,ch interested in the PAINT business as he is in the BUILDING business, since they are so dependent upon one another.
Announcement is made from the Western Pine Manufacturers Association offices that Tanner Lumber Printing Machines, the patent rights of which are held by the Association, will be licensed to any lumber manufacturing organization desiring to trade mark lumber. Heretofore the lumber printing machines were available only Io qer-nbers of the associ-ation. The large number of inquiries from firms throughout the country, about the av-ailability of this machine,"has caused the-Association's Board of Directors to take the above action, according to the an' nouncement.
The Tanner device operates automatically behind a sur; facer or matcher in the blaning mill, and imprints an inked mark, sfxlrf inches in iize, on the end grain of each board that oasses throush the machine' Among the more important features i-ncorporated in this printer are the inkitts i"ti" and reservoiri situated- below the oncoming board so"that no ink can drop or splash or otherwise injure its surface. The reservoir is of ample capacity to obviate the necessity of frequent refilling, and- !y means of acllotnrng i"f.ing toll" th" ink is taken up and distributed evenly over
Jack Thomas, manag'er of the Los Angeles office of the Coos Bay Lumber Co.l spent the first week in July around the San'Francisco Bay -district, and from there went to Coos Bay on a two *.iks business and pleasure trip'
FULL STOCKS GREEN LUMBER COMMON AND UPPERS AT MILI.s.
AIR DRY UPPERS AT SAN PEDRO
Mrin Srtcr OGcc Lor An3clcr OEcc
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Mernbera California Reduood Association
SAN DIEGO
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Frenlrlia ltSil
the die to insure a legible mark even under adverse weather conditions. Where-species-marking is done dies can be changed in a few secoids time. Another feature, th-e benefits ;f which are quickly apparent, is the guide bar -attachment which extends i sh-oit distance beyond the bed of the planer. The object of this attachment is to keep the board lined up propirly to receive the imprint, but in addition it servel to prevent sniped ends occasioned, at times, when the end of a board passes the side heads of a plane{ The machine is of sturdy construction and will withstand the continuous use to which it is put. It can be quickly thrown out of use simply by depressing the die bar below the level of the planef bed,-and locking it with a pin provided for the purpose.
,Recent instailations of Tanner Printing Machines have been made at the McGoldrick Lumber Company Plant- lt Sookane. Washington, and the Craig Mountain Lumber C^omoanv's mill at Winchester, Idaho, and are under way at other-Association member plants, including Mt' -Adams Pine Company, Glenwood, Washington;-Brooks-Scanlon Lutnl"" 'iompany and Shevlin-Hixon Company, Bend, Oregon.
R. Y. Hanlon, National Lumber Manufacturers Assbciation, with headquarters in San Francisco, is a- Los.-Angele-s visiior. Mr. Hanlon is making a survey of the oil derrick situation in the Southern California territory.
In "Robbins" Flooring you are assured of the very finest that has ever been, or ever-will be produced.
O u r geographical location,, the modern michinery in our mill, and the tyrye of men who make our fooring, all go to make this statement possibll. "Robbins" Maple and Birch Flooring is the best.
Southern Crlifornir
C. J. LAUGHUN
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Northcrn Celifornie:
GEORGE C. CORNITIUS
Mcrchantr Ercheagc Bldgo San Frencilco
-|HIS carpenter has just opened a package of 4,Square I siding. Each piece is in perfect condition-properly seasoned and ready to use. The ends and faces have been thoroughly protected in the 4,Square package.It is the kind of lumber contractors and carpenters will welcome. No needless squaring and sawing. The Weyerhaeuser label on the package guarantees the species and grade. That is the kind of merchandise builders will buy-and they will have to buy it fro"l a 4,Square Dealer.
\I/HY does the lumberdealerwhobids the lowest usually get v Y the order? Simply becauee lumber has always been just lumber-an4 so far as the buyer knew, he got just as good lum. ber from the lowest bidder as he would have gotten from the highest bidden Every retailer knows that the result has been wholesale price,cutting and profitless selling.
Weyethaeuse/s new 4,Square Lrimber-now ofiered in addi. tion to the regular line of lumber products-was developed as a remedy for these unprofitable practices. 4.fuuare Lumber repre, sentE a big stride toward the re,establishment of legitimate profits for 4,Square &alers. Becauser 4-square Lumber is not ordincry lumben It is better lumber in every way. It is seasond graded, dressed, trimmed and shippedwith the utmost care.The ends are perfecdy square and sm.ooth-saving the time ordinadly spent in squaring up each piece by hand on the job and thus insuring better constnrction
AnIy the better grades of finest manafaeture
Each package labeled and gaaranteed
SQUARE EDGE FINISHING LI.'MBER
BEVEL SIDING , COLONIAL SIDING
DROP SIDING
SOFTWOOD FLOORING
END MATCHED SOFTWOOD FI.OORING CEILING and PARTITION
SHELVING
STEPPING
CASING BASE. MOULDINGS
Now available under the 4-fuuare label in mixed care with etandard ltemr of ordinary yard rtocL.
But 4.Square Lumber is more! It is packageil to protect it in shipping, to make it eaey to handle, easy to identify and easy to sell at a profiL The species and gride are plainly printed on the label and guaranteed by Weyerhaeuser. The architect, the owner, the contractor- q,eryotne concqnel-know they are get, ting exactlywhat theypayfor and arewilling to pay a reasonahle price for thie assurance"
4.SquarJ Lumber witl be widely advertised and 4,Square Dealers will be given powerful merchandising assistance by V/eyerhaeuser. Retail distributors are now being established as rapidly ar it ie possible for us to do so and supply their 4,Square stocks. New territories will be opened in quick succession 'We suggest that you register your interest now by addressing our neaiest branch o-frboor by inquiri 6f our disirict represen tative. The entire 4.Square proposition will be put before you in your turn"
The price cutter reminds me of two crazy cranks who were out in a little boat on a rough lake when the boat began to leak. One of the "nuts" discovered a hole in the bottom of the boat where the water was coming in. The other aberration associate conceived the idea that by boring a second hole in the bottom of the boat close to the first hole, the water would run out as fast as it poured in.
The result of this disordered reasoning was that the boat went adrift, and the two "nuts" went down for the third time.
Some business men reason that they can afford to cut prices and do business at a loss if they can only do business enough.
Some business men figure that if they are losing money because business is dull, they could make money if they lost twice as much.
Where there is price cutting, in.comes the threatening water from the trvo holes instbad of one and soon the business is engulfed by the billows of bankruptcy. Success is a sane, rational, reasonable procedure for making legitimate profits.
Price cutting is the insane idea of trying to injure competition by scuttling your own ship.
A business that must depend upon cut prices to call customers has lost that power of character and confidence, that service and satisfaction so necessary to permanent success.-National Association News.
Charles W. Buckner recently resigned his position with Morrill & Sturgeon Lumber Co., Porlland, and is now sales manag'er for Harbor Plywood Company, Hoquiam, Wash., manufacturers of Fir and Spruce panels. Mr. Buckner, who is well known to the trade in California, is recognized as an authority on plywood. He is a firm believer in the idea that every retail lumber yard should handle panels, and has written many articles on plywood, particularly stressing the advantages to be gained by the retailer in handling panels, and describing the many uses for which they may be sold.
Mr. Buckner comes to his new job well equipped with an intimate knowledge of the product, and with ideas for working out the great possibilities of plywood in this ceuntry and abroad, and all his friends will wish him well in his new work.
Harry I\fcleod, General Manager of the Hammond Lumber Company, Los Angeles, is back in the office after a two weeks rest at Catalina Island.
In'view of the invitation received by the California White & Sugar Pine Association to exhibit their products at the Pacific South'rvest Exposition to be held at Long Beach, Calif., Jaly 27 to September 4, and the inability of the association to accept this, owing to a recent ruling of the Board of Directors regarding advertising, C. Stowell Smith, secretary-manager, has urged individual members to take advantage of the opportunity
Mr. Smith pointed out in his bulletin to members that. this Exposition offers a wonderful opportunity for stimulating business throughout Southern California and the southwestern states, and also export business.
Approximately 33 foreign nations lyitl be represented, as welf ls 1l western states, and the United States Government through its various bureaus, at the Exposition.
C. Stowell Smith secretary-manager, California White & Sugar Pine Association, is expected_back in San Francisco Tutv 16, from a two weeks' trip during which he called on ihJ mills in Northern California and Southern Oregon.
Conquering a stubborn sea on the tocky point at Corona del Mar' Contractor Lee R. Veber of Balboa, succeeded in driving interlocking piles of Vicor Portland Cement for t{re new har. bor protection at NewPort.
The piler were erpecially derigned by Mr. Peul E. Kreccly' Conrulting Bngi' neer, and jeaied down by rpecid equipnent devircd by Mr. \Peber for the job, the Newport Dcach Lurnber Co, furnirhing the Victor Cement ured.
To? licture shozls reinforced concrete interloching piles being cast ott beach. Middle, Partly comPleted structure, Loaner, comPleted ietrY zuith reinforced concrete ilech and parapet wall.
Science's foremost achiet'ement in a heaty duty gredse
From all parts of the Vest comes wordthat Ebonaq has solved the heavy duty grease problems of the lumbering industry.
No more crank pins freezing tight.
No more line shaft bearings smoking from the heat.
No more temporary shut-downs because some heavy duty gease couldn't sand the gaff.
No more filli"g of compression cups with needless frequency.
No more journal'boxes catching fige.
Eboncup, the new discovery in heavy duty grease has conquered friction. It has lowered metallic wear and tear to a new minimum. It has brought destnrctive heat under full control.
Ebonanp supusedcs all othq cuP gredses. It's the modqn lubricant.
Stop reading now and order a supply of Ebonarp from the nearest [-Inion Oil distributing station. You'll quickly see, after a trial, why the lumbering industry is swinging to Ebonaq.
"Far be it from me to tell any man how to run his own business, but-
"If he sets himself up to perform a certain function of benefit to m+-if he hitches himself to a certain commercial furrow whose crops I anticipate enjoying-and then fails to deliver-
"Then I have a right-a duty-to become a gadfly, and insist that he gets right up against the collar.
"And who am I ? Your brother, in sooth ; your neighbor; your fellow citizen; the man whose money you want in exchange for the buildings he ought to have for his own benefit.
"Do f know about these buildings ?
"No, not as well as you know-or ought to know.
"And how can I find out, except from someone better posted than myself; from someone whose business it is to knour; fronr you if you are properly qualified to handle your business, and if you have the energy and aggressiveness to handle it.
"I want a building<r perhaps I need a building, and don't know it.
"It is your business to show me the kind of a building most suitable for my particular needs and conditions in life.
"And even supposing conditions are such today that I haven't the money to buy that building, or for some good reason.am not yet ready to proceed with the building of it.
"That is no reason why the plans shguld not be discussed, the details considered, and everything made ready for the day when the transaction can be finally consummated. The more your plan and idea appeals to me, the sooner I will arrange for the purchase.
"Never forget that your tomorrows are only the fruits of your ycsterda,ts.
"Todan for instance, you can be learning who I arn; my present condition, my financial standing.
"You can be making a detailed and intelligent record of those items, and you can be studying how to help me get what those notes of yours show I ought to have.
"You can be learning from others-from acknowledged authorities in their lines-how best to help me supply my needs.
"You can be telling me by advertisements, by letter, by personal contact, by example, all the things-you-carry that I-ought-to-have.
"Today's information will clarify my ideas and enable me to plan with intelligence.
"And with the realization that your service and assistance has enabled me to understand thoroughly my needs and the best methods of filling and supplying them, I will naturally turn to you for the goods when I am ready to buy them.
"No matter whether you are selling them all your goods or not it is your business to let me and your other neighbors know how we can use your goods.
"No business man buys an adding machine to have it. They buy it for what it will do for them.
"No one is interested in lumber just to have it, but for what it will build for them.
"The more ways of using an adding machine the public are shown, the more adding machines they will buy.
"Tte more ways of using building materidr you shour your public the more they will purchase.
"And when they dontt buy today, it is generally because you failed to tell them about it yesterday
l'The more people you tell things todan and the more you tell them, the more goods you will sell tomorrow.
"The materials you handle are not mere things-to me -not just wood and stone, etc.
"They are shelter, and satisfaction, and luxury, and protection for me and my possessions.
"Cease to think, of your stock as "stock."
"See in every board and plank a home for a child; a restful porch for a tired wife; a shelter for cattle; a cover for crops; and then open the eyes of myself and my neighbcs to that vision.
"I, your neighbor, want more of the things you can do for me. I gratefully acknowledge my indebtedness, if you will help me.
"And by telling me, you tell my friends also, for my home, built as you know how, modern, attractive, convenient, ,comfortable, will tell its story to anyone who sees it.
"My barn, built and arranged according to your expert ideas, is a model from which my neighbors shall plan their new barns-with your goods.
"I, your neighbor, ask you to stop 'supplying the demand,' and start energizing your business for my sake.
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The Dill Lumber Co., with headquartersi'in Riverside, have purchased ihe Sedco Lumber eo. at Elsinore. The Ditl Lumber Co. operates yards at Riverside, Arlington and Bahning.
L. A. Morrison, California representative of the Eastern & Westprn. Lumber- -pompany, left San Francisco July 6 for a vacdtion trip,"ff|l the Northwest.
Mr. Moirison will visit the company's plant at Portland, and will aldo pay a visit to his mother who lives in that city. He expeiti to return to San Francisco about August first.
T. R. Alter, special representative in the T os Angeles District for the American Window Company of Houston, Texas, for the past several months, returned to Houston on June 13. The Frank Graves Sash, Door and Mill Co. are -the agents for the American Window Company in the Southern California territory.
Cut Out Vactefut Hand Methods
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Announcement was made recently at Portland by the Fir-Tei Insulating iloard Company, an Oregon corporation headed by H.F. McCormick, general manager of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., St. Helens, as president, that they will establish a new industry at St. Helens to convert sawmill waste into iqsulating board and synthetic lumber.
The product rvill be called Fir-Tex, and itwill be made from slibs and similar mill waste, chopped into bits, soaked and shredded and then as a pulp rolled into boards.
Erection of the plant will begin in six months. The frrst unit will cost $2,50O,000.
The other incorporators of the comPany are: A. F,.--Millinston, vice-president and general manager; C. A. Millingto-n, superintendent, and T. G. Taylor, secretary-treasurer.
Earl Bowe, Southern California representative for the National Lumber Manufacturers Association with headquarters in Los Angeles, is spending 1 fgw days at t!: San Francisco office-, where he is conferring with A. C. Horner, Manager of the Western Division.
Made of high-grade steel, Simonds Narrow Band Saws take an edge and hold it. Th"Y retain their tension and cut fast and smoother.
For better service sPecifY Simonds Narrow Band Saws.
In competing for their sharc of the moaey investcd in building materials Pioneer Dealers have plcnty of real advantagcs.
( I ) First, there's the complete line of Pioneer Yosemite Rock Surfaced Shingles, Pioneer Super Quality Roll Roofings, Building Felts, Waterproofng and Insulating Papcrs. Outstanding among these products is the PIONEER SUPER HEX SHINGLE the greatest roofing value on the market.
(2) Thcn, there is the Pioneer Plan for Rc-Roofing right over the.old wood shingles accuf,ate estimates from Licensed Pioneer Shingle Companies for a STANDARDIZED ROOFING SERVICE at STANDARDIZED PRTCES FOR THE COMPLETE JOB.
(rl The Pioneer Dealer's customers are surd of the best work available when thcy deal with the Licensed Pioneer Shingle Company the latter issues an ironclad GUARANTEE against faultT materials and workmanship.
(4) Pioneer advertising carries the story of the Pioneer Re-Roofing Plan, and the advantages of dealing with the Pioneer Dealer, to millions of western homes Pioneer Dealers are being sqld as "headquarters" for convenient Pioneer Re-Roofing Plan.
(tl Pioneer Salesmen, 6eld men, and the representatives of Licensed Pioneer Shingle Companies, are all salesmen for the deal"r.
These are the reasons why the Pioneer Line has why Pioneer dealers write us letrers like those
Pioneer's Sales Plan is true cooperation .. credses his profits witfiout increasing his invesment
If you are not enjoying the benefits of the Office!
tt . we are glad to say that your Timc Paymcnt Rc-Roofing Plan iof coopcration with the dealer imprcsscs us :rs an extremely tnodcrn mcthod of merchandising and onc which is thoroughly in step with prescnt day busincss idcas.
ERLING HELLIESEN, Flelliescn Lumbcr Company, Yakima, Washingron
"Your sales cooperation 6ts the dealcrs' rcquirements better than any other plan in connection with a similar product we know of. It moves the product from dealerts shelves to home -wner's roof, through your Re-Roof and Pay Later Plan, in a large. volume without adding any expense to the dealer's cost of opera-- tion . it increases the turn tver. resulting in a bemer proft.
O. E. TISCH, George Scofield Company, Seattle, Washington.
t'During the past yeet we have sold more Yosemite shingles than ever before and your financing plan has allowed us to receive our money ptompdy.
R. B. MULLIN, Burbank Lumber Company, Burbank, California
. "\U(/'e believe that your plan of putting dealers in a position to offer their trade a_pplied shingle and rdofing service, through your Authorized Pioneer Shingle Companies, opens up a new field to t]re dealer for the sale of shingles and roofings applied by a capable and responsible concern.
PROFIT for the dealer reasons we reprint excerpts, at the right. it reduces the Dealer's sales expense and in. or addi.g to the cost of his selling operation. get in touch TODAY with our nearesr Branch
E. L. BAUER, Geib Lumber Compiny, Huntington Park, Calif.
ttThe success of your ttRe-Roof Now and Pay Lzter" plan has been proven to us. Our sales of Pioneer Yosemite Rock Surfaced Shingles and Roofings have more than doubled in the last year.
J. P. RASMUSSEN, Rasmussen 6c Company, Portland, Oregon.
525 U. S. Nat'l Bank Btdg.i DENVER, COLORADO Mein 6823
Activities qf the Pacific Logging Congress for this yea-r have assumed definite shape un-deithe leadership of R. W. Vinnedge, preside+t and A. Whisnant, secretary, and are laid along differenf linis than"any previous session.
One oi President Vinnedge's first official acts was to appoint a number oI standing committees to make intensive studies of various subjecti in which loggers are vitally interested, with a view of gaining knowledge and formulating policies which will later be presented to the Congress as a bodv for'their action.
Among the most important of these committees is one which deals with the insurance of down timber, equipment and camps. C. S. Cowan, of the Washington Forest Fires Association, is chairman of this committee. At the first meeting of this committee W. H. Gibbons, chairman- of the lo{ging pool of San Francisco, which is underwriting insuranie of this kind, was present and steps were taken which led to a second meeting of the committee at which time a report was prepared and submitted on May -the first to thi insurance committee by Mr. Cowan and Mr. Whisnant at San Francisco.
It is stated that the reaction of the insurance committee was very favorable to the report of the I-ogging Congress committee and that certain marked changes will probably be effected through this co-operation. One of the results already attained is a flat reduction of 5O cents in the rate applying to Washington. Owing to the experience in Oregon 1927 this reduction will not apply to this state this year. The full report of this committee will be made public in a short time.
On May the 12th President Vinnedge called together the log scaling and grading committee at Seattle, of which Roy F. Morse, of the Long-Bell Lumber Co., Longview, is chairman.
This committee consists of representatives from Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Idaho and it is proposed to extend its membership so as to include the entire timber producing areas of the west.
In a general discussion it was deemed essential that some steps be taken toward a uniform aplication of the scale rule and grades throughout the entire'fir and pine producing localities.
Another meeting of this committee will be called early in June at which time it is thought certain policies will be forhulated which it is hoped will eventually lead to the establishment of a West Coast log scaling and grading association, to have entire control and jurisdiction of all matters afrecting this important part of the industry.
Secretary Whisnant announces that a regional logging
conference has been,arranged for the Northern California pine producing section to be held at McClaud, Cal., June I and 2, An invitation is being sent to Oregon operators in Klamath Falls and Bend, as well as to all pine operators, both in sugar and white pine, in California to attend the meeting. The plan as outlined consists of a general rneeting at McCloud on Friday and a trip to the operations of the McCloud River Lumber'Co., which are under'the' management of Elmer Hall on Saturday. Mr. Hall is successfully using "Caterpillars" and cranes in his logging operations. A dinner will be given the visitors at McCloud on Saturday night at which a program will be presented.
A tentative program for the 19th session of the Pacific Logging CongiesJ to be held in Portland, October 2*27 inclusive has been prepared. This program will include discussion of a skyline operation, beginning with engineering problems and ending with leading logs. Every phase of the operation will be discussed by papers prepared by men having particular experience in each phase of the work. This topic will occupy entire Thursday afternoon.
Steps have been taken leading to a complete pine program for Thursilay morning, the basis of which will be a general discussion of methods of logging pine to conserve the future, as well as to make a profit out of the present operation.
The universal application of the Diesel engine as applied to logging donkeys, shovels, cranes and locomotives will be a subject occupying a considerable portion of Wednesday.
The reports of the special committees will be presented to the Congress by the chairman of each committee and will be open to general discussion. Mr. Vinnedge is planning on making the annual banquet one of outstanding merit. It has been suggested that the banquet be hCld Thursday night instead of Friday night because of the larger attendance probable at that time instead of at the close of the session. It is planned to have some speaker of national importance address the members of the Congress at that happy event.
Secretary Whisnant reports an active interest in the Timber Industries' Machinery show, which will be held in conjunction with the Congress in the Oceanic Terminals of this city. Already over 6O per cent of the available space has been'reserved. The display will include all the latest improvements in logging machinery together with a full line of equipment and supplies used in the logging industry. A number of firms have already signified their intention of exhibiting certain types of Diesel driven equipment which will be new and interesting to the loggers.
Next to California itself, Texas is the greatest potential conEumer of lVestern Lumber Products.
With a population over 5'000'000' a mighty domain that constantly develops in lumber consumption with its local Iunber production decreasing at a rate as rapid as its collsumption increasesr the Texas territoryextends its hands westward and asks for ttmore lumber.tt
Are you getting your share?
Paul Bunyan has hung up another logging record. One jammer crew at Camp 58 on June 2? load,ed 121 cars with lcf1,470 feet of logs int hours and 5O minutes, total elapsed time. Time rvas lost for trvo respots requiring 18 minutes on one load and 14 minutes on the other. Ten minutes was lost by a broken air line on Diesel locomotive 502 and replacing a loading line consumed four minutes.
The average actual loading time was four minutes and thirty-two seconds per car. Twenty-one cars were loaded in three nlinutes each and one car was loaded in two minutes, including time for spotting the cars. The footage averaged 8,293 feet per car, scaled and check scaled.
"This job was done by team work," said Ted Wills, Woods Superintendent of the Red River Lumber Co. "It was as much a matter of railroading as it was logging. It required 113 train orders to dispatch the trains and handle the switching service. The srving crew hauling the cars from the jammer to the point where the trains are made up for the run to Westrvood also had to handle the cars loaded by the other camps and serve them with empties, hauling a total of. 219 cars for the day, including the 121 from Camp 58. They pulled one string of 78 cars over the hill. The loading point is 26 miles from 'Westwood."
"The credit should be divided equally among all the men," is Mr. Will's opinion. From the section crew under Rob Wilkenson, who kept up the track, to Dick Gaskin, the hoister, and Charlie Rayson, the loader, each man in the woods and on the railroad had his responsibility and they worked together like a big league ball team.
"The bunchers and wheel loaders kept the 15 caterpillars loaded up without a hitch; the cat drivers took advantage of every turn. Bob Boyd, Chief Mechanic for Diesel and Gas Equipment, was out on the job to keep them going. Traveling Engineer Roy Canfield was there to look after the locomotives. The landing crews and Jimmie Kelly, the Rigger, all played an indispensable part."
Two locomotives, Diesel 502 and Engine 32 were on duty at the jammer. Engine 102 handled the swing job. The complete line-up of the team follows:
R. Gaskins, Hoister Geo. Jordan, Bob A. White, C, Rayson, Loader J. Higgins, Fred Neipoth, Hookers
J. F. Fitzpatrick, Fireman V. Mclnteroff Ray Sparks, R. Pedrotti, Wood Bucks. John Lingg,.Toggle-man.
E. Dawson
W. Hendley
W. Bowlin
C. R. Capps
H. Ward
Bunch Bosses:
F. A. Williams, F. Helt, J. McClendon, Joe Muller and Ed Lucas.
Bunch Helpers:
H. S. Davis, J. McBride R. Fersich Tom Hoffmaster
A. Valchester F. Langley J. N. Thomas F. Hibbings
E. Case A. E. Wanhala Joe Logger I. Barnes
J. W. Croakin John Guiso F. Bowman Tom Russell
J. B. Smith J. J. Beckman B. Bowman T. Cardoza
R. H. Shields G. W. Foreman H. Brand , A. J. Dierlick
J. Shilko
R. H. Clark, C. Clark, A. Aufieger, J. W. Slade, J. McClendon and E. J. Connley
W. H. Johnson-Water Boy Jim Kelly-Rigging Maker
Bob Sjorgen-Scaler Ray Schuchert-Office
Wm. Prebble-Check Scaler. Dart White-Office
Henry King
Engine 502 (Diesel)
Engine 32
Engine 102
Conductor-Wm. Mills
Brakeman-E. Willard
Engineer-M. E. Williams
Oiler-Wm. Smart
Conductor-H. C. Huff
Brakeman-E. Smith
Engineer-F. Harral
Fireman-Wm. Burns
Conductor-J. Farrell
Brakeman-H. Gowing
Brakeman-Geo. Brooks
Brakeman-R. C. Dintleman
Engineer-Wm. Englebretson
Fireman-L. H. Nelson
Train Master-Herman Tegrunde
Assistant Train Master-Chas. Wilson
Assistant Train Master-Jack Englebretson
Chief Dispatcher-R. Swartzfager
Assistant Dispatcher-J. D. Rippy
Operator Camp 57-S. Jones
Air Brake-Elmer Hofiman , Air Brake-Ashley Rogers
Train Maintenance-C. Lien-Roadmaster
Rom Wilkenson-Section Foreman
Section Crew-Geo. C. Thomas, H. Hoaglind, A. Bartell, C. Riftenberg, F. Holmes, C. Hedrin, L. Pershall, C. Gaard, H. Daugaard.
Chief. Mechanic, Gas and Diesel-Bob Boyd
Traveling Engineer-Roy Canfield
JUNE 22,1928-1^.M.
*On car 52 we had to make a respot which took from 10:17 till l0:35 before the next car was loaded, Total 65 cars bt noon with a footage of 516,000.
Jas. E. "Jimmy" Atkinson, who up to now has been sales manager of the rail department for the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., will now represent the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. of Oregon oa the road, working direct with the Portland office. It is confidentlv believed that this new arrangiment rvill result in better service to the trade, and that it will work out better all around.
Jimmy's whole business career of more than eight years has been spent in the employ of the McCormick organization, and as part of this time was spent at the St. Helens mill he has an intimate knowledge of all ends of the lumber business.
ness, that is invaruabr."#
experience in the cqmpany's big San Diego retail yard enables him to see the retailer's point of view, and his recent experience in charge of sales has brought him into close contact.with many mills in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, whose products are handled by his company. His many necessary visits to these mills have given him exact knowledge of rvhat they can produce, and. so altogether Jimmy starts back on his old territory thoroughly equipped to give service of the first class.
Jimmy was slated for transfer to the company's Seattle office, but the resignation of George Robinson changed these plans, and it is quite possible that he is not displeased at the fact. that he is not going to leave Sunny California after all.
The best investment on earth is a NECESSARY BUILDING.
Its life is very great as compared with the large majority of things which money buys nowadays.
Its depreciation is very small by that same comparison. fts ownership is always the means of improving your credit, both moral and financial.
There are worlds of everyday investments of today of which only the opposite can be said.
The man of family who erects a necessary building has proven his good judgment to his associates and to his banker.
- A necessary building will last a lifetime, at least, and during all that time it offers to man and his possessions some of the fundamental attributes of shelter, protection, insurance, safety, reliability, comfort, convenience, satisfaction, health, luxury and financial balance.
What other investment can ofier so much ?
Andy Nelson, San Pablo Lumber his bride, returned recently from a Canada.
One look into the burning eyes of Fire, and you'll never forget. Those evil gloating eyes send the cold chille chasing up and down your back-you ihiver in antiiipation of the worEt-you neither ask nor expect mercy, for you know tlere is no mercy t'here. Then, when the last spark is out, you turn from the blackened ruine and consider your ineurance.
It is our mission to help the lumber induatry; first, to keep Fire out if possible and second, to pay the loeg when disaster comeg. Our policies provide the best insurance a lumberman can buy, with regources and a reputation that guarantee prompt settlcments. Our dividends actually represent a aaving of about 40/o in insurance cost-one of the benefits of specialized protection.
Ask anlt of our companies about the protection proaided by our policies and our fire preztention serTtice, and the sazting i,n insurance cost effected by our diztiilenils.
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL FIRE ASSOCIATION of Scattlc, Warh.
THE LUMBER MUTUAL FIRE TNSURANCE CO., ' of Bctoor Mau, LUMBERMENS MUTUAL INSURANCE CO., of MusfieH, Ohlo
PENNSYLVANIA LUMBERI}IENS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO., of Philadafuh[ Pe.
CENTRAL MANUFACTU.RERS. MUTUAL INSURAIYCE CO., of Vu Wcrt Ohl6
Co., Richmond, and honeymoon trip to
INDIANA LUMBERMENS;MUTU4L INSURAIYCE CO., of Indlanapoll+ Ind.
.Fred V. H6lmes, Holrhes Eureka Lumber Co., returned to San Francisco, luly 9 fiom a trip to the Eastern states whichreccupjed a little over six weeks. This triq.was undertakeil ;ii dlii 'iniirests of the Redwood Sitls' co.' ot which Mt. Holmes is a very active member, and, which handles the Eastern sales of a group of mills repreienting more than one-third of the production of the Redwood industry, and carrying a stock on hand of over 125,000,0@ feet of Redwood.
Mt. Holmes reports having had a wonderful trip, the results of which arg beyond his expectations. He confesses that he was amazeil at the interest Eastern buyers are taking in Redwood, and predicts a big increase in the consump-
tion of that wood in thisterritory. Redwood in his opinion will supply a great part of the future demand for quality wood throughout the country. The outlooft'for the balance of this year is excellent, he says,' and opinions gathered by him from a great many buyers in the Eastern territory indicate that if the Douglas Fir manufacturers will only maintain their present strong position for another 6O days, all those buyers who are now holding off will be forced to buy.
Mr. Holmes made his headquarters at the Chicago office of the Redwood Sales Co., where he conferred with Milton Johns, sales manager, artd traveled as far East as New York and Philadelphia.
Who is your best galerman' Mn Mercbant?
Ir it the flarhn quick wittcd' rmooth spoken. rrniling young man who makcr dl tbc trade like him on first virit?
Il it that eteady, middle-aged plugger rvho ir ahvayc on the job, never grving offenre of any rort, quietly and diligently looking for b,usinecr all the time?
Neither!
And that decision meanE nothing derogatory to either of these men' or their particular methods.
For your bcst salesman ir NOT otr your paynolL - Your best salerman is the man who raye to gome other manr or menr at lunch, at home, at the club, or wherever it may chance to be:
'l bought solrre stock f,roim the Brown LumberC,ompany last week, and that certainly ig a splendid concern to do burinesr with. They gave me a lot of good ouggertionr concerning the rtock I needed for my particular purpole' and their rervice waa fi) good it eurprired me. I certainlv like to do burinecs with thoce eort of follc."
THAT'S THE MAN, FRIEND! He ir
your bcrt ralcrman, cycry time. Hc ir MR SATISFIED CUSTOMER. Hc ir the man who har bought from you, and har bcentreatcd in rcme farhion in ro unusual and urpcrior a way that it har been indelibly inpre$cd upon his conaciournets.
He spreadr the fame of your busineo hctt and there along hir pathway, and it ir pub licity that money cannot buy, and salcrmanrhip that cannot be replaced.
t'I can give you a aplendid rtock a,nd rplen' did servicett ir fine in ib way, but-ttHe gave me the best seryice I ever Sotr" has it *inned to death for actual value.
Human beitrgr are like sheep in thougan& of wayc. Th"y foll,ow thc leader. They are intereated in the erqrriencer of other men Like the burned child. they fear the fire. And on the contrary trhey like to do things which other men whom they lnow, have found latiafactory.
Uae yo,tu brains and yow ingenuity to nake your rervice cuch thlt thore who tnde with you will go away and glorify yonr name.
When you do thit, businers will bc on the boom with you"
The man who says-"[ can do anything"-whett seeking employment Scares away many a. ProEpective employer.
Fred Roth, sales manager for J. H. McCallum, San Francisco, left Juiy 11 for Det-roit to attend the Knight-TefPlar Conciave in lhat city. He is a member of the California Commandery.Drill iorps which is going to defend its title as National-Drill Team Champions, won at Seattle three vears aso. The delegation wilf also endeavor to secure the 39th atr-nual Triennial for San Francisco in 1934.
Fred will be entertained for a day at Denver on the qay East by Enoch Holmberg, of th-e Coo! B1y T,umber Co', and he-will spend a day at the Hoo Hoo headq-uarters at St. Louis. Hi will return by way of the Pacific Northwest *h"t. he will look into Fir-manufacturing conditions, and expects to be back in San Francisco about August 1.
L. R. Gaynor of Gaynor-Masters Lumber Comp.an-y, Seattle, is tai<ing a boat irip to South America and will be gone atout twJmonths. ihe trip will be a good rest for Mr. Gaynor since he is just recovering from a recent accldent.
Arthur Cheim of the McElroy Cheim Lumber Co., Santa Clara ,was a recent Southern -California visitor where he spent a week visiting in Los Angeles and San Diego'
W. D. Dunning and R. E. Caldwell, The Little River Redwood Co., San Francisco, were recent Los Angeles visitors where they spent a few days on business. While in Los Arrgeles, thiy ionferred with Jack Rea, their Southern Califclrnia representative.
Miss Mable Maynard who handles the adveltising of E. J. Stanton & Son arid is also secretary to Le-Roy Stanton, is spending a few weeks in Northern California. Miss Maynaid is JVassar Graduate and has had a great deal of experience in her kind of work.
McEuen Ransom, better known to the lumber world as "Q" Ransom is in Los Angeles for.a fgq days on.a- business tiip. Mr. Ransom who folmerly lived in Nashville, Tenn., is now living in Memphis where he is Sales Director for E. L. Bruce & Co.
The mills of The Pacific Lumber Company at Scotia were shut down only two days, July 4 and 5.
The eaw you take to the lumber insteed of the' lumber to the saw.
Built in eizer for atl cltsses of work whete. polt' able hand sirw c.n be used.
Operates from ordinary Lght socl<et. \treight 10 to 26 lb*
The 10Jb. caw ideal for cutting veneer.
Why not investigatc the many Placcg you can usc a SKILSAV in your buchess?
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He wag from the country, it was his first trip on a PuIlman, aqd he was frankly unacquainted with the customs, conventions, rules and regulations. So, to find out what he didn't know, he asked questions.
He said to the colored porter: "Porter, I know it's customary to tip the porter on a Pullman, so tell me, what is t'hc average tip on this train?"
The wise darkey's eyes widened. "De av'rage? Oh, yas-
_ A-ccording to figures of chief building inspector John F. Leonard, the valuation of the 4,236 building peimits issued in San Francisco during the first six months of 1928 totaled $18,996,9{32.
For June the total was $2,31Q136 for 688 permits. These were segregated as follows: Class A, 2, $30,800; Class C, 14, $518,725; Frames, 2n, $1,3L8,14O; Alterations, 443, $372,47L; Ilarbor, 1, $70,000.
suhl De at'rage tip on dis line is 'bout a dollah. yassuht A dollah is de av'rage."
So, when the countryman. was ready to lcavg he tippcd the pofter the dollar. The dusky one brushed him off, handed him his hat, showed him off to the platform, and as he handed over the grip he said: "You know, cap'n, you'so de fust man what's tipped UP TO DE AV'RAGE on dishere train sence I fust stah'ted to wu'k on it."
Elmore King, King Lumber Co., Bakersfield was a week-end visitor to San Francisco recentlv.
John N. Elder, sales manager of the Western Lumber Co., Westfir, Otegon, was on vacation during the first two weeks of this month. Mr. Elder spent the time in Eastern Oregon.
Believe it or not, we knorv of a rich lumberman whose lig 1na valuable lumber yard burned the other day, who didn't,even have an inveniory of his stock. ttrint< 6i itt - \..1 many business men in this day are so uncommonly foolish as thai, but it is still a fact t6at entirely too many business men do NOT know where they "are att', and whai their business is doing, as they very pi-operly should.
The. National Association of Credit Men have recomm9g{ed the following fourteen rules for ordinary business, which; if followed, will show you just where your business stands all the time. Here thev are:
SfXlg-aharge the amounts donated or subscriptions paid.
SEVENTH-Charge all fixed expenses such as taxes, insurance, water, lights, fuel, etc.
EIGHTH-Charge all incidental expenses such as drayage, postage, office supplies, livery or expenses of horses or rilagons, telegrams or phones, advertising, canvassing, ctc.
NINTH-Charge losses of every character, .including goods stolen or sent out and not charged, allowances made to customers, bad debts, etc.
TENTH-Charge collection expense.
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FIRST-Charge interest on the net amount of your total investment at the beginning of your business year, exclusive of all real estate] i -
qECOND-Charge rental on all buildings owned by you and used in your business at a rate equal to that which you would receive if renting or leasing to others.
THIRD-Charge, in addition to what you pay for hired help, an amount equal to what your services- would be worthl to others; also treat in like manner the services of any member of your family employed in the business, but not on your regular pay-roll.
FOURTH-Charge depreciation on all goods carried over, on which you may have to make a less price because of change in style, damage or other cause.
FIFTH-Charge depreciation on buildings, tools, fixtures, or anything else suffering from age, rvear or tear.
ELEVENTH-Charge any expense not enumerated above.
TWELFTH-When you have ascertained what the sum of all the foregoing items is, prove it by your books, and you will have your total expenses for the year; then divide this figure by the total of your sales, and it will show the percent which it has cost you to do business.
THIRTEENTH-Take this per cent and deduct it from the price of any article you have sold, then subtract from the remainder what it cost you (invoice price and freight) and the result will show your net profit 'or loss on the article.
FOURTEENTH-Go over the selling prices of the various articles you handle and see where you stand as to profits, and then get busy in putting your selling figures on a profitable basis.
Have you forcseen this great demand with a stock or have you been bft at the port? Put in a stock of BROIyVN'S
The fine French manor house pictured above is located in Broadmoor, a highly restricted golf and residence park oI Seattle, Washington, and is a pleasing example of Western design and construction. The roof is of Fitite Colonial Shakes, double coursed over fxZ4-in. Royals with a 10-in. exposure, laid on solid sheathing.
The charming home illustrated below was built in Portland, Oregon, fiom plans for the home design which won first prize of $2000 in the West Coast Woods Architictural
Competition. Much of the attractiveness of this home is due io its interesting roof, which is constructed of Fitite Colonial Shakes, dou-ble coursed over Royals, with lGinch exposure, laid on solid sheathing and slightly staggered. These pictures were supPlied to us by the Santa Fe Lumber io., San Francisco-, exclusive agents for California for Fitite Colonial Shakes and Fitite Cedar Tile. Harry Officer, sales manager of this company, is a great booster for these shakes. "Fitite Colonial Shakes possess
Tlte Otho McCrakin Prize Hone Portland, Oregonall the beauty and long life of the old hand-split shakes, but are really de-luxe shakes," he says. "They are 24 inches long and are manufactured from the finest vertical grain live cedar, and whether they are used on the side wall or roof they are more permanent than the standard building construction.
"These shakes make it possible to achieve genuinely interesting architectural effects. The strong shadows resulting from the heavy butt lines and the wide exposure are particularly attractive. And in addition it may be said that these shakes furnish splendid insulation against both heat and cold."
Jim Farley, of the sales department of The Pacific Lumber Company, will exhibit the company's film showing the production of Redwood from the tree to the car, to the Woodland Rotary Club, July 17.
Douglas Fir cargo arrivals for. June at San Francisco totaled 62,O57M feet of lumber and 49,864 bundles of box shook.
Redwood cargo arrivals in June were 27,655M feet.
Assets of the Pacific Coast Building-Loan Association have increased $1,326,197.55, or 46 per cent during the sixmonth period ending June 30, according to an announcement by A. A. Anderson, secretary. This is an increase of 89 per cent since July l, 1927. The association now has total assets of. $4,790,965.67.
A dividend of 8 per cent was declared and paid on the association's membership ,shares. Total dividends and interest paid and credited to members and investors for the past six month period amount to $114,735.82.
According to Anderson, the association has experienced no difficulty in loaning its funds, notwithstanding its remarkable growth. "The loans average less than $2400.00," he said. "Our low cost profit-sharing loan plan based on the old-line building and loan principle of mutuality, is so advantageous for the people of Southern California that we are able at all times to secure good loans. Thus we have not found it necessary to reduce the rate of interest paid to investors as some financial institutions have recently done.
"Pacific Coast Building-Loan association has accumulated more than four millions of assets during the first three years of its corporate existence. This has been done as a single association, without mergers or consolidations of any kind."
Dontt permit people to
o u r business. Simply allow them the PRIVILEGE of doing business with you.
The newly-weds on their honeymoon, had the drawingroom.
The groorn gave the porter a dollar not to tell anyone on the train that they were bride and groom.
When the happy couple went to the diner for breakfast the next morning all the passengers snickered and pointed and eyed the couple knowingly. The groom called the porter and demanded: "Did you tell- anybody on the train we were just married?"
"No, suh," replied the dusky one, "Ah told 'em youall wuz jest good friends."
"I agree that the measure of success is not merchand.ise, but character. The man who builds a factory, builds a Temple. The man who works there, worships thgre, and to each is due, not scorn and blame, but reverence and praise."-Qalvin
Coolidge.She's an angel in truth, a demon in fiction: A woman's the greatest of all contradiction.
She's afraid of a cockroach, she'll scream at a mouse, But She'll tackle a husband as big as a house.
She'lli take him for better, she'll take him for worse, She'ltsplit his head open and then be his nurse. And wheq he is-well and can get out of bed, Stre'll pick up a teapot and throw at his head. She's faithful, deceitful, keen-sighted and blind; She's crafty, she's sirriple, she's cruel, she's kind; She'll lift a man up, she'll cast a man down; She'll make him her hero, she'll make him her clown. You fancy she's this, but you find.that she's that, She'll play like a kitten, she'll bite like a cat. In. the morning she will, in the evening she won't, And you're always bxpecting she does, but she don't.
-Kalends of the Kaver.I don't know what I'd do without newspapersI cover everything in the attic with them.
I lie oq them when I tinker with my car.
I occasionally use them for wrapping paper.
I start fires with them in the furnace.
I put them on the chairs that I have to stand on.
I save the floors with them.
I have use for them a hundred times a day.
f keep them for the Salvation Army.
f advertise in them.
Thank God for the printed word !
-E. J. Keifer.. If George says to John "How much did you get for your cow?" and John says "$100" and George goes home and hangs a sign on his cow's horn reading "For sale $100," no law has been violated. But if George and John sit down and agree that $100 is a fair price for cows the Federal Trade Commission or the Department of Justice or the Department for the Enforcement of Technicalities are liable to get them under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act,-Slices.
i,,,,y, Along the country roads there grove, ''t4 Willow trees and'Texaco, Mobiloils ahd marigold, And othei fruits of men and mould. Oh, how my town-tried heart desires To know the peace of Kclly tires, To hear the Robin in the grass Sing 'Socony' as I pass.
-Samuel Hoffenstein THE
The mustache of youth is the pioneer of the part-payment plan now so popular-a little down, and after that a little more every week.
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the smalter dealers have found out that our service to them is REAL SERVICE. Our quick shipment of anything and everything for. the building trade by car or truck makes it possible for the small dealer to give tip-top service to his trade, and yet keep down his investment, his insurance and his oierheid.
The following interesting letter on the subject of the moisture content of lumber taken from a twentv-vear old house was recently received bv the California- White & Sugar Pine Association from Ii. W. Lakin, general manager of The McCloud River Lumber Company, McCloud, California:
"A few days ago I had our kiln men take some tests of some lumber coming out of a house we were rebuilding. This house was built over twenty years ago and this lumber came from the inside of it. The Sugar Pine showed a moisture content of 10.67 per cent; the White Fir'showed 11.45 per cent; the California White Pine L2.20 per cent.
"One would have thought that these woods .were as commercially dry as it was possible to have them, and still the moisture was above what our usual shipments are in factory lumber, although alittle lower than in common lumber."
A meeting of the Pacific Coast Group of the National Association of Wooden Box Manufacturers will be held at the Willard Hotel, Klamath Falls, Oregon, on August 17th and 18th. Invitations to attend this meeting will be sent to all Wooden Box Manufacturers on the Pacific Coast. This will be a "round-table" meeting similar to the pre- vious meetings. A docket of proposed subjects for discussion will be mailed to Members within a short time. These are in part as follows:
Substitute Wooden Box competition.
Marketing problems.
Trade Promotion.
Customers' Requirements, How they can best be serviced.
Development of new uses for Wooden Boxes.
New and Improved Methods of Production.
Box Printing.
This Association extends an invitation to all Wooden Box manufacturers to attend this meeting.
H. M. SCHAUR VISITS SAN FRANCISCO department to_ the carg^o delartment of the Chas. R. Mc- H.
E. G. "Dave" Davis has been transferred from the rail
Schaur, manager of the Tracy Lumber Co., Tracy, Cormick Lumber Co., San Francisco. visited San Francisco july 3 on a buiiness trip.
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If _your business isn't interesting enoryh to YOU to inspire you to tell your trade an interesting story about it, how can yo,r €Xpect THEM to be interested in it?M.
The largest cement kiln in the world, declared by Wilford S. Trueblood, production manager and purchasing agent of the Monolith interests, to be the heaviest moving piece of machinery in all industry, is being installed at the new plant of the Monolith Portland Midwest company, near Laramie, Wyoming.
Mounted on five concrete piers, this huge cement kiln is 341 feet long, from 10 feet to 11 feet 3 inches in diameter, from 13/16 inches to one inch thick in the walls, which are made of the best open hearth steel approved by the American Society for Testing Materials, and weighs 1,785,000 pounds or 900 tons when in operation under load.
Despite its immense proportions and great weight, Mr. Trueblood says the kiln is so accurately mounted and cleverly geared, turning on self-oiling single-roll trunions, that a l0Ghorsepower motor can operate it.
When the ingredients that go into cement are ready for cooking,300,000 pounds of fine powder, forced through a 20Gmesh sieve and soft enough to polish silver, is fed
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into the huge revolving oven. There it is slowly cookei at temperatures from ?6@ to 2800 degrees Fahrenheit until it is hard enough to scratch glass.
The kiln has a capacity of 110 barrels of finished cement per hour. It burns 125 tons of coal per day.
With the Monolith plant located on the main line of the Union Pacific System, Coy Burnett, president of the Monolith interests, says adequate shipping facilities are insured at favorable freight rates that make it possible to deliver Monolith producls throughout the intei-mountain region wherever major construction projects are now in operation or being planned.
Mr. Buinett commented on the co-operative spirit being shown by far-sighted business men and investors throughout the 'West, where the Monolith companies are rapidly becoming recognized as cement producers of major importance and exceptionally sognd financial structure.
He said final construction activities at Laramie are rapidly nearing completion and the new $2,000,000 plant wiil soon be ready to start production and distribution.
Enshrined in the hearts of the members of the V.F.W.' the crimson poppies of Flanders Field live and bloom in unfading splendor. These lovely flowers have become a symbol of valor and token of remembrance. That in some happier future time they may unfold their glowing petals in a world at peace, is the prayer of every soul who realizes the horror, sacrifice, and waste of war.
Aeons ago in peaceful, smiling fields Bloomed poppies, white as drifted snow; They blushed oft'times beneath the rose of dawn, They caught the golden sheen of sunset's glow, And when the moon her pensive radiance shed, Serene they stood within her silvery light, Like fairy sails their silken petals furledPure, snow-white poppies dreaming thru the night.
A thousand years-and then above the land
The ghastly glare of Joan Arc's funeral pyre Stained every sky with hues of lurid flame
More lasting than the dyes of olden Tyre. And in the springtime rvhen the poppies came To weave their spotless tapestries anew, Lo, on each trembling blossom lay A drop oI blood-red dew.
The slow years passed but there was no surcease. Still discord ruled engendering strife, The night skies glowed with wanton fires, Tumult and wrath on earth were rife.
And now the poppies were no longer whiteTheir. petals told the price of fame; Above the dead who slumbered at their feet They softly spread a shroud of flame.
Then in due time Columbia sent To Flanders'Field her bravest and her bestFrom north and south they came,. from eastern shores And dim Sierras of the west. And warmer blood bedewed the sodThe blood of that young' ardent race Who turned away when life was sweet To meet death face to face.
'Twas then the poppies gained a richer hueAnd now fond memories they keep And share with us, who knowing loss, O'er our young heroes weep. And "Will you keep the faith?" the poppies say, "That these shall not have died in vain; Or must the sod be drenched once more With tears and crimson rain ?"
And in the moonlight when the winds are still, Remembering lost days of peace and light, The poppies dream of springtime hours long dead, And long to wear again their robes of white. A gentle presence lingers near To whom the blood-red poppies pray, "Send Lord, the thousand years of peace And wash these crimson stains away."
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AII the world loves courtesy.
'Whether it is man or wodrar, hard-boiled or soft trearted, tfiey are always pleased at some gesture of true courtery.
It ir an art that a wise rtrerchant can incorporate into his buiness and get eplendid reaults. And he cen do so particularly well with regad to therrtiting of thoughtful courtery letterc.
The best paying letters that a merrhant ever writes are those trhat are not compulsory, and not a fixd part of the business program.
Writi"g such letters attracts attention becauae other merchantc do not ure them, and the man who does creates for himself at once an outstanding place in the estimation of the other fellow.
In mort retail operations the manager is so bury that he has not time<r thinks he has no time, which arnounts to ttre sane t'ihing-for writing any more than the aboolutely ersential letters of onder, inquiry, acceptance, receipt, etc., and he does not go looking about for other letters to write.
But the nan who reelizes the opportunity that lies in tlrat direction, is invariably hWely pleased with the resulb he.gets.
Folks like to get rmsolicite4 courteous letters. It has been frequcntly demonstrated trhat a friendly and well wordcd little letter thantdng
a mln for.paying an over-due bttl, fu good business. It may bting him back the next time when he can pay promptly, and it removes every rting that mighthave been aroured thnough your effortr to collect.
An old merchant suggeats sevcra,l oppor. tunities for writing the letter courteous. One of them is whcrr a new customer drops in, and you find that he cane because of the necornmendation of some old friend. WRITE THAT OLD FRIEND A NICE LITTLE TERSiE LETTER At{D THANK HIM. It will bring more customers, and much good wi[.
When an old customer drops out of sight for a time, write him a sweet little letter and tell him you have been missing him, and er(pre8s the hope that "it won't be long nowrtt as the slang phrase puts it.
Watch the papers and write little letters of con$atulEtion to friendc conccrning cvents of interest to thern, weddings, graduationr, birth&ys, social happenings, etc. DON'T put anything about buriness in them. Just show that you are thinking of him, and have taken the time to tell him so. It pays!
You will find many opportunitiec and evcnts that will give you the chance to write courtery letters. Put a smile, and a hand clasp into every one of them. Make them short, make them sound sincere.
IT PAYS!
Culnan, Los Angeles, Southern California sales manager for the Chas. R. I\IcCormick Lumber Co., has returned from Marinette, Wisconsin, where he was called owing to the serious illness of his mother. He reports that his mother is norv convalescing nicely. He was away from his desk about two weeks.
_ Max Cook, San Francisco, farmstead engineer with the California Redwood Association, is spending a few weeks in the Southern California territory ialling -on the retailer dealers. He spent a week in the Los Angiles District and is now visiting the dealers in the San Diego territory.
The 1928 fire regulations for the national forests of California and southwestern Nevada have been announced by District Forester S. B. Show, chief of the California District, United States Forest Service. These are:
1. A camp fire permit must be secured before building any outdoor fires on national forest lands, including fires in stoves burning wood, gasoline or kerosene. A new form of permit will be used this season and will not be accompan- ied by the usual fire windshield sticker. The applicant must sign the permit in the presence of the issuing officer to make it valid, and must also register his name, address, automobile make and license number, number of people in party and destination, before receiving his permit. Camp fire permits may be secured from any Federal or State forest officer, automobile clubs and other designated agents.
2. A shovel and ax must be carried by each automobile and pack outfit party camping in the national forests. Travelers are urged to equip themselves with usable shovels
H. C. Clark, Los Angeles, Southern California manager for the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co., has returned to Los Angeles after spending the past month in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys where he was calling on the lumber trade. Before returning to Southern California, he spent several days going over the territory with George N. Robinson, their new representative in the Valleys.
P. T. Carre, in charge of the printing and advertising dept. of the Hammond Lumber Company, Los Angeles, is spending his vacation in Vancouver, B. C., which is his former home. Mr. Carre rvill be back bv the end of the month.
having an 8 inch blade and a 36 to 42inch handle, and axes (either single or double bitted) weighing 2f pounds or more, with a 26 to 28 inch handle.
3. No smoking will be permitted on national forest land during the fire season, except in camps or at places of habitation.
4. In certain national forests in Southern California, the building of camp and picnic fires will be restricted to improved and posted camp grounds.
"These regulations," said District Forester Show, "will be strictly enforced and will be most effective if backed by the hearty cooperation of all visitors to the National forests. Tn 1927, California had more timber, brush and grass fires than in any like period on record. This year promises to be a bad fire season and we are earnestly soliciting assistance in fire pr.evention from every citizen who has an interest in the conservation of the timber, water, forage, wild life and recreational resources of the State."
J. lI. McElroy of the McElroy Cheirn Lumber Co., San Jose, recently completed a trip to the Northwest where he visited a number of the mills in the Portland and Columbia River Districts. Mrs. McElroy accompanied him on the trip.
The Union Lumber Company, Fort Bragg, California, has installed a Northwest Blower Kiln for drying Redwood.
The kiln is equipped with Cone Automatic Vent Controls as well as Dual Heat Control.
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S. E. Slade and "Cappy" Slade of the Slade Lumber Company, Los Angeles, have driven to Aberdeen for a vacation. S. n. Staae will be back at his desk by the fifteenth of July, while 'lCappy" will remain in the northwest until the first of August, where he will visit the mills.
Raymond Gray, Taft Lumber Co'., Taft, has returned from a trip in the East, where he visited Minneapolis and other points in the Middle West and Canada. He returned to the coast by way of the Canadian Rockies.
The modern lumber merchant's service room should be built with three objects in view:
The object of comfort should be attained because it is the first step toward making your customer feel at home. The chairs, tables and generally restful atmosphere of the room will give this feeling.
Beauty is necessary because the customer wants to feel, without being told, that his prospective home will have beauty, and the dealer can attain this object by making the finish of this room of such character that the customer will appreciate and admire them, and perhaps grasp an idea from them.
The woodwork should be the reflection of the actual stock you carry and the finishes that you would suggest. The windows, trim, doors, paneling, walls, every detail should give a suggestion and a promise.
The utility of the service room is in its pictures and suggestions of homes, and the accompanying plans and building ideas.
Then, if the dealer can back up the comfort, and beauty, and utility with actual details and facts and figures, and selling thoughts, the next necessary equipment of the room should beORDER BLANKS.
C. M. Freeland, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., Los Angeles, and Rex Hall, W. D. Hall, Inc., El Cajon, were recent visitors to the Northwest, where they spent severdl days making a survey of lumber conditions. They visited many of the mills in the Portland and Puget Sound Districts, including the McCormick mills at St. Helens, Port Ludlow and Port Gamble.
Miss Betty Bayliss, capable secretlry of the sales department of the Chas. K. Spaulding Logging Company, Portland, Ore., has recently returned to Portland from a vacation trip to California. She called at the company's San Francisco office on her way south, and visited Los Angeles and Hollywood, and did a lot of sightseeing in Southern California.
Roscoe Price, Dudfield Lumber'Co., Palo Alto, is spending his vacation in Los Angeles where he is visiting many points of interest in Southern California and calling on some of his lumbermen friends.
Taylor Sublett, Strable Hardwood Co., Oakland, was a Los Angeles visitor over the Fourth of July holidays where he spent a few days visiting with friends and calling on the lumber trade. Mrs. Sublett accompanied him on the trip.
Dr. D. F. Brooks, St. Paul and M. J. Scanlon, Minneapolis, were recent California visitors following a visit of their lumber interests in the Northwest. Lewis 'Weber, manager of the Brooks-Scanlon-O'Brien operations at Vancouver, B. C. and Harry Brooks, manager, S. A. Blakely, logging superintendent and H. A. Miller, Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Co., Bend, Oregon, were also members of the party. Following their California visit, they left for Flagstaff and McNary, Arizona, and Albuquerque and Berna' lillo, New Mexico.
During the month of June, just passed, The Hipolito Company of Los Angeles, famous makers and merchandisers of screens, staged a sales contest within the ranks of their own California salesmen that brought them splendid results, and created no end of good natured rivalry and interest in their organization.
They divided their eight California salesmen into two four-man teams, and staged a four weeks' total sales contest. Each day was an inning, and each week was a heat, and they checked up the individual team totals each day and each week, to keep the boys up on their toes and
A number of well known lumbermen and their families are vacationing at Wawona, just outside of the Yosemite, at the present time. A. L. "Gus" I{oover of Los Angeles drove gp with his family on July 13. Roy Hills of the Wendling-Nathan Company, San Francisco, got there about the same tirne. Bill Woods of Hart-Wood, San Francisco, has been there for some time. Ted Lawrence of Hart-Wood, Los Angeles, has spent a couple of weeks there with his family, and is about due back.
E. V. Peck, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis., was a recent visitor to San Francisco. Mr. Peck has been active in moisture cohtent studies. and will visit some of the Pine mills in the central Sierras.
fighting for results. Only orders signed up and completed were counted. The last week turn.ed out to be a frantic one, the boys combining their territory, elosing up business that might otherwise have been allowed to drag, and the finals were very close together. It made one df the biggest loeal months in Hipolito history, and interested everyone in the organization in the value of friendly competition.
At the f,inish the losing team entertained the winning team, tog'ether with other members of the organization, at an all-day deep sea fishing party, which was attended by about thirtv in all.
A. C. Horner, manager, and R. W. Smith, field representative of the Western Division of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, recently inspected a warehouse in Stockton which was damaged by an alleged incendiarv fire.
It is -interesting to note that while the contents of the building vrere a total loss, the building itself, which was of semi-mill constructic,n was only sligh.tly damaged, the wood trusses withstanding the intense heat in a remarkable manner.
Winfield Scott, director of public relations for the Western Division of the National Lumber Manufacturersf Association, is on a speaking tour, covering the summer resorts in the high Sierras, in the interests of the California State Parks Council.
Los Angeles Leases E. L. H. T. Alzina has organized the Mission Lumber Company, which will operate a new yard at Santa Cruz, with Mr. Alzina as manager.
Another change of interest has taken place in the hardwood situation in Los Angeles. Arthur Johnson, owner 'of the Diamond Hardwood Company, whose warehouse and huge stock of hardwood flooring was destroyed by fire recentl5r, has leased the warehouse of the E, L. Bruce Company, just across the str'eet from his. A number of the hardwood dealers of Los Angeles have bought the 'present stocks of E. L. Bruce, which concern will discontinue carrying local warehouse stocks.
p ro uty Lu m b e r a"., "litl r?.t;',ff o r e., r e c e n t I y s h i p p e d one of the biggest timbers ever sent out of Oregon, to Detroit, on three flat cars. It was 86 feet long, and 24x24 inches square.
Hugh Alderman, who covers the Sacramento and Sah Joaqtrin Valley territory for The Pacific Lumber Company, has just returned from two weeks' vacation.
Mr. Alzina is well known and popular as a lumberman in Santa Cruz, having been associated for the past seven years with the Santa Cruz Lumber Co., and for ten years prior to that with the San Vicente T umber Co.
Redwood plywood is becoming v€ry popular in Australia, according to Carrol W. Smith, president of Western Plywoods Co., whose plant at Martinez produces Redwood panels exclusively. A large proportion of the output is being exported, mainly to Australia.
E. J. Stanton & Son are Southern California distributors.
Richards Jarden, Philadelphia representative of the Pickering Lumber Co. in the Philadelphia territory, was a California visitor in the early fart of July, when he visited the company's San Francisco offices and the operations in Tuolumne County. He also visited the head office at Kansas City on his way East.
"Blessed is that man, beloved of all t who is afraid the gods, of no man, and of whom no man is afrhid."-Brahman Book.
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Boring square holes is an operation so common that machines for the purpose have been well known for years. It remained, however, for J. D. Wallace & Co. of Chicago, originators of portable woodworking machinery, to develop a portable hollow chisel mortiser which does the hishest caliber of work on square holes up to %" diameter. portable caliber of highest
Now the shop which has need for such a machine can meet its requirements without the heavy investments inyolved in purchasing a large stationary mortiser, with the added advantage of portability- it can be easily moved about to bring it next to the work in hand.
Simplicity has been secured and efficiency increased by omitting from the Wallace Portable Mortiser all attachments and adjustments not called for in ordinary work. Symmetrical in design, it is perfectly balanced and accurate in every detail. Three easy rolling casters in the round cast iron base make it easy to move.
Mounted on the upp.t carriage is a General Electric vertical motor designed especially to meet the requirements of this machine, to operate at a conbtant speed under the maximum load, and kept cool by a heavy current of air drawn through a screen at the top.
This same air, forced downward by a fan on the armature shaft, cools chisel and bit and blows away chips. The chisel holder is built into the lolver motor end flangi, which com-
pletely encloses the bit chuck mounted on the motor shaft. The operating speed is 345O R.P.M., found by experience to be the correct speed for all work falling within the capacity of this machine-square holes of '/+", )/8", and rf" diameter, or round holes up to L7 /32" diameter. The motor is entirely enclosed and dustproof.
One of the most common difficulties which have heretofore attended the use of vertical motors is the tendency of oil from the bearing to seep down into the motor, causing trouble in the armature. This pbssibility is avoided in the Wallace Portable Mortiser through the use of an oil slinger on the armature shaft just below the ball bearing. Oil dripping from the bearing is caught by this slinger and thrown into an annular chamber which conducts it away from the motor.
The motor head is depressed for mortising by means of a conveniently located treadle with an iron stirrup which always hangs vertically, turned outward to accommodate the natural position of the foot. The head may be limited to any desired lower position by a set screlv in the rear of the base, and is automatically carried back to the upper position by an adjustable tension spring.
Vertical and horizontal adjustments of the table arc easily accomplished by conveniently located hand wheels, the table sliding on accurately machined rods. Easy means are provided to maintain correct alignment at all times, and to take up any play which may develop in the slide rod bearings. A steel fence and two hold-down rods are fastened to the rear of the table, with a maximum distance of 3" from center of chisel to fence.
All-in-all, it is a worthy member of the famous Wallace Iine, a product of skilled workmanship and perfect shop equipment. Woodworking shops, cabinet makers, carpenters, and manufacturing plants whose requirements call for a mortiser of Y" capacity will do well to investigate th.e manufacturers' claim that it will save them time, labor, end expense.
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Lumber salesman with experience in California, the Southwest and Middle West wants position as salesman representing wholesaler or mill. Will consider in either of these territories. Knows the manutacturing and selling ends of the industry and formerly represented large manufacturer for several years. Can give good references. Address Box C-206 care California Lumber Merchant.
Lumberman with several years' experience would like to represent a mill, wholesaler or retailer in the Southern California territory. Knows softwoods and hardwoods and tormerly represented large manufacturer. Ready to accept position at once. Can furnish references. Address Box C-205 care California Lumber Merchant.
Nine years' POSITION WANTED _ Nrne years' experience as yard manag'er, General Office Bookeeper, Sales ahd estim4ting. aee lO years, family. C. Age 30 years, For references call San Gabriel Vallev Lumber Co.. Alhani- .FOr rererences calr )an baDflel valley LumDer Lo., nlhambra 901. Address Fred H. Elbie, 1/1 North Willard, San Gabrie.l, Calif.
Want an experienced working partner in an established lumber yard with an investment of from $5000 to 910,00. Excellent opportunity for right party in San Joaquin Valley. Only yard in city. Address Box 2O3, care California Lumber Merchant.
No. 44 Berlin Matcher, 6x24 in. In good condition. Beronio Lumber Co., Powell and Beach Sts., San Francisco. Phone Sutter 725.
We want yard manager for branch yaid. Small town San Joaquin Valley. Some knowledge of paint and builders hardware preferred. Give salary expected. Address Box C-208, care Calif. Lumber Merchant.
LONGVIEW, Wn.,'June 26.-The racing shell in which the University of California won first place in the intercollegiate rowing regatta at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., recently and broke the 27-year-old record of college crews for this four-mile event, was constructed of 'Western red cedar, a wood which has come into use for this purpose within the past few years, according to word received by the West Coast Lumber Bureau. In beating the Columbia University crew by three quarters of a length, California clipped 17 2/5 seconds from the former record of 18 minutes and
53 1/5 seconds set by a Cornell crew in 19O1.
While the ability of the California crew was standing factor in determining the time made in
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the use of an improved type of shell was a contributing factor, close followers of shell racing believe. The red cedar shell in which the California crew rowed was constructed by George Pocock, veteran shell builder of Seattle, Wn.
Use of 'Western red cedar enabled Pocock to make his shells 3O pounds lighter, the weight of a red cedar shell being 27O pounds.
Pocock also has produced a lighter and stronger oar by combining Sitka spruce, of airplane fame, with red cedar. These oars have 13 separate parts! aqd excepting where oarlock and oar meet are fastened together with glue applied under heat and pressure.
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Lumber Production in the Texas Territory is shrinking rapidly.
Texas is the fastest growittg 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 replaeement?
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