Research

Washington, June l5.-Final plans have been worked out for carrying on the program of Laboratory Research recommended by the Technical Advisory Committee at the Annual Meeting of the N. L. M. A. in April. The list of research projects was given favorable consideration by the Trade Extension Committee, and the Trade Extension Department rvas instru,cted to initiate the work as funds permitted.

The program as originally placed before the Te,chnical Advisory Committee was the result of many conferences with lumber users and represented a consinsus of the field and headquarter.s staff of the Association as to the project needing most immediate attention and having the greatest importance from the viewpoint of future market develop- ments. Each project was carefully considered and discussed by the Technical Committee and numerous changes and additional suggestions incorporated in the report which was placed before the Trade Extension Committee. The Iollowing list does not include all the projects recommended, but it is hoped that other projects 'can be taken up from time to time as budget limitations permit. The Engineering Research Department is now making detailed investigations to determine the most suitat-,le auspices under which several of the projects should be carried on.

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Bill Hamilton Spends Vacation At Trumbull Lake

Bill Hamilton, Ifolmes-Eureka Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is spending a two weeks' vacation at Trumbull Lake in the High Sierras. He will be ba'ck at his desk around the middle of the month.

2. Fire retardent treatment processes: fundamental ini vestigation.

3. Shrinkage prevention processes: fundamental investigatron.

4. Mechanical testing supplementary to above project3.

5. Tests of built-up, laminated structu,ral members and timber framing details.

6. Tests of laminated and plank bridge and factory floors.

7. Strength and rigidity tests of joisted floors.

8. Tests of heat transmission of rvood and of lurnber walls.

9. Column fire tests.

10. Fire tests of doors, windorvs and partitions.

11. Fire tests of floors.

12. Fire tests of elevator doors and scaffolds.

13. Tests of floor abrasion, hardness and slipperyness.

14. Tests of lath and plaster

It is planned that Items 1, 2 and 3 of the above program will provide for attack with thoroughly qualified personnel and appropriate facilities on the fundamental principles underlying treatment of wood for these purposes, and that items 9 to 12, inclusive, will disclose the effectiveness of fire retardent treated wood for resisting the effects of fire in actual building construction.

Bill Cttantland Visiting In Idaho And North Dakota

Bill Chantland, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is spending his vacation visiting relatives in Idaho and North Dakota. He will return to Los Angeles the latter part of the month. His family accompanied him on the trip.

Architects-Contractors-Engineers and l{ome Builders Recognize the Value of GRAIIE'IIANKED LUMBEN wooil Lumber Compans officialBrantl. we are now able to furnish ""nttTl,Tl#;T"1;t;r5fftr"::grades officiallv marked in accordance

William T. Meyer

Our "Who's 'Who" hero this month is just plain "Bill", but, if there be a man, worrlan or child who uses hardwood that doesn't know Bill, let us further describe him as Mr. William T. Meyer, co-manager of White Brothers' C)akland vard.

Bill wis born in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Later he moved to San Francisco but now he pays taxes in Berkeley.

Mr. Meyer was formerly with Shell Oil Company and Wiley B. Allen Company. He joined White Brothers in 1916, since that time filling the following-positions: Office boy, bill clerk, offi'ce salesman, yard clerk and traveling salesman. Bill still hits the road now and then to call on his old customers.

Mr. Meyer was quite a figure in the World War. Soon as he was old enough, he voluntarily enlisted at the Presidio. Spies, no doubt, communicated Bill's enlistment to the Kaiser for the War mysteriously ended three days later.

Bill is married and has two beautiful little daughters.

-Hardwood Headquarters News.

"My Kingdom for a Horse"

Red Bank, N. J., June 3O.-Noble steeds of Victorian days, who fancied themselves well-fed, well-watered and well-housed, would probably develop blind staggers at the view of horse heaven realized in the stables of Herbert N. Straus of Red Bank, New Jersey. Since the conversion by New York's smart. artistic set of the horse stables of MacDougall's Alley into studio homes, vibrant with the ether of a romanti,c era, the flair for stable settings has not abated by seekers of "atmosphere". But in Mr. Straus, unquestionably a keen sportsman, is found a respect for his stud which rea,ches the nth degree in providing luxurious accommodations for the inmates themselves.

Panelled in beautiful, mellow-toned wood, the stable is a model of modern excellence. J. W. Fiske Iron Works of New York use this building to demonstrate their ornamental metal work and stable fittings, but these are incidental accessories to the substantial charm of the timbers. Each stall is tiled; brick gutters drain the runway; electrically lighted lanterns, monogrammed feed boxes, shining bridles and artistic grill work, enhance this splendid home for splendid horses, in which the polished shimmer of fine wood predominates.

Wanted!

Rangers of the United States Forest Service want but little here below but there are a few things, especially during the vacation season in the national forests, that they want very badly. Here are some of them:

Matches that use their heads when their owners don't. Cigarettes without a forest fire in a trainload. Cigars that go out when dropped.

Empty cans that automatically roll themselves into garbage pits.

Newspapers that de'compose when left lying around. Signs that rebound the bullets at vandal shooters. Campers who never fail to extinguish their camp fires with water.

Motorists who carry ash receivers in their cars and use them.

Hunters who only shoot after they see horns. Fishermen who never clean their catch in a stream or lake.

Tourists without a mania for writing their names on sign boards.

Nature loveri who do not destroy the flowers, shrubs and trees.

Good citizens who realize their responsibility to prevent forest fires.