The California Lumber Merchant - July 1939

Jack Dionne,?ublirlrer

Be sure your Plyscord stocks are cornplete !

o'\Me

are building a profitable - trade in PLYWOOD for residence constnrction

O Mr. Hofimann writes: "We are selling 5/8" Plyscord for sub-floors on the first floor and 3/8" for sub-floors on the second floor; 3/8" for roof sheathing where asphalt shingles are used ar,d r/8" whete slate is used. \We are also selling 5f8" as a base for linoleum in kitchen and bathrooms. This eliminates the ioints of boards showing through the linoleum. \U7e are selling 3/4" Plywood to make sink tops to be covered with linoleum ^nd, r/4" Plywood for sidewalls and ceilings in basement game rooms."

Dealers everywhere are having the same profitable experience with Plyscord and the other grades of Douglas Fir Plywood. They are pushing the Dri'Bilt with Plywood plan of construction which makes warmer, more rigid homes; gives lasting customer satisfaction; and gives you more volume. Order today if your plywood stocks aren't complete.

savs F. C. Hoffmann President of Holimann Lamber Conzpany, Pittsburg, Pa'

Doucras Frn Prvwooo AssocrarroN, Tacoma Bldg., Tacoma, \Tashington.

with Douglas Fir Plywood Manual.

I-,TttI.r CIOUNNEYS TO SUCCTSSFUI' RstntIJ L,unnenn Dnnl,ens

rF,,ve called On a Retail Lumber Dealer' who was surprised" to f ind- that his instal-lment sales last year asounted' to one-ninth of his total volume' 3ut wkrat surprised him most was the fact that ' This succ essful retail lumberman found that most "t n::

rur 'cue'r! hr^a n?ioo w&rs and pricesales ir,tere non-competitive' Tho price wi cuttingragedallabouthim'peoplewhopaidforinstall-ment selling j obs under Title 1 thought :t

in the rorm or a new roor ' new porc't' new rooms , or a saraee ' rhev were it:-:::t

fleW IOOluiiI v' with the price of ]umber or paint or nar nrice per month tkrat mattered most' This was easy for them to figure because thatr s the way these people were accustomed' to buy otLrer things' And A-SqUAFE Retai]

L,wober Dealers appreciate the fact that Weyerhaeuser is a gteat'help in getting this profitable installment business, because the vari-ous A-SQUARI services' such asThe -SqUAREDemonstrationHomes,TheA-SqUAREtr'arm Suilding Service and a Monthly Payment Plan are all skillful tools to use in building up'this profitabfe

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Western Pine Semi-Annual Aug. 3--Also \(/egtern Pine Day at S. F. Fair

The semi-annual meetings of the Western Pine Association will be held at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, on August L,2, 3 and 4. Following is a list of dates on which it is expected that Cbmmittees will meet:

Tuesday, August l-Research Committees; Promotion Committee.

Wednesday, August 2-Executive and Economics Committee; Grading Committee; Promotion Committee; Research Committee; Statistical Committee; Traffic Committee.

Thursday, August 3-Semi-annual meeting.

Friday, August 4-Meeting of owners and managers to discuss distribution practices.

Thursday, August 3, will be Western Pine Lumber Day at the Golden Gate Exposition, and the Association members are asked to bring their families to see the Exposition and Western Pine Home on Treasure Island.

R. O. WTLSON BACK ON JOB

R. O. Wilson, veteran San Francisco Bay district lumberman, was back at his office in Oakland on June 20, looking and feeling very well after his complete recovery from a serious automobile accident that occurred on April 30.

"R. O.' has been in the lumber business for more than half a century and still does a lot of traveling in making his calls on the trade.

News Flaghes

T. B. Lawrence, Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co., Los Angeles, Mrs. Lawrence and their two sons, Ted and Dick' are vacationing at the Wawona Hotel, Yosemite National Park.

E. B. Harris, E. B. Harris Lumber Co., Inglewood, and Mrs. Harris, have returned from a motor tour to the Redwood region in Humboldt County.

Lloyd Cole, Hammond Redwoo{ Company, Los Angeles, is back from a ten d,ays' trip to the company's mill at Samoa.

J. D. Halstead, J. D. Halstead Lumber Company, Los Angeles, spent a few days in Phoenix, Ariz., last week.

Ray Julien, E. K. Wood Lumber Company, Los Angeles, has been vacationing the past two weeks. He spent several days in San Francisco and visited the Fair.

R. L. Joss, Whiting-Mead Co., Los Angeles, is back from a trip to Alaska. Mrs. Joss and his sister accompanied him on the trip.

A. A. Snyder of Lodi has leased the Watson Lumber Company at Lake Forest.

ADVERTISERS

*Advertiremeatr appear in akernate iuue. Hogan Lunber Co' -*--

American Hardwood .-__23

American Lumber and Treating Co.----O.B.C.

Anglo €alifonia Lumber C,o. -----------|

Atlingon-Stutz Co.--------------------------*---------*

Back Panel Company---- --------1O

Bexter & e,o., J. H.---- -------17

Booth.Kelly Lumba Co.--------------

Burnr Lunber C,o.-----*-----

Cadwallader-Gibron Co.' fnc.--------------- --------29

California Builderr Supply €o.--------------15

California Door Company, The-----..'

Californir Pand & Veneet Co. ----------19

California Stucco C.o.---*

C,elot* Corporation, The-------------------------- I

Certainteed Productr Corp.---------------------*

Cobb Co., T. M.--------- -,-----28

Curtir C.ompanies Service Bureau---*------

Dorglar Fir Ptywood Association----------O.F.C.

Bactman Tag 6c Label C,o.-------------*---------*

Eubank & Son, Inc., L. H. -----------------19

Gemertrod & Green------

Gornan L--ber Co.--------------------------------- +

Graver Company-----------------------------------*

Hall, Jamer L---

Ffoover, A- L.------------ -----------27

fnoulite Company, The----------*--------------*

Janin Lumber Co., Roy M..----------------------*-27 Johnson Lumber Corporation, C. D.------------ i

Koehl & Son, fnc, John V.-------

Kuhl Lumber Co., Carl H.-------------_------.29

Lamon.Bonningtoar C,ompany------------*------*

Lawrence.Philipe Lumber Company-----------* Lumbermen'c Credit Association.--------------- t

MacDonald & Harington, Ltd.------------_27

Macklanburg.Duncan Co.-------------.-------*-- t

Marir Plywood Corporation---

Marshall, fnc., John E.----------------------._----17

Michigan-California Lumber C.o.------------------ t

Monolith Pordand C,cment Company----------11

Moore Dry Kiln Co.------

Muhiplex Saws----------*-- --:-----*

O'NeilI Lumber Co.--------------------------------*

Pacidc Coast Shineile Inopctioo Bureau, fnc.--------------

Pacif,c Lumber Co., The.---------------------------13 -----------28 Pacific Mutual Door

Ffa-tnond Redwood Co.------------------------------ | Harbor Plywood Corporation--

HiU & Morton, fnc --______--25

Pacifc \ffood koducts Cotp.----.._------*- 9

Pacific Vire Producto Co,rporation--- ------------21

Paraftne C.ompanieo, fnc., The.------

Wheeler Ocgood

White Brothem Selcc C,orp..--- *

Wood C,onversion Company

Wood Lunber Co., E. K.

I, E. MARTIN McncgingEditor

W. T. BTACK Advertising Mcrncger

M. ADAMS Circulatioa Mcncger

THE CALIFOR].IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

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LOS ANGELES, CAL., JULY 15, 1939

How Lumber Looks

Pacific Coast building permits for 88 cities in June, 1939, l"^t-rl"^a $27-,287,673, an increase of. 28.74 p.r ..tit over the $21,5843A2 regis_tered in the like 1938 month, according to the Western Monthly Building Survey prepared by H-. R. Baker & Co. of San Francisco.-

Gains were recorded for California, Arizona. Colorado. Oregon, Utah, Washington, New Mexico and 'Wyoming. Los Angeles was the leading city with a total oi $O,SSZ,SO"S. Seattle, with $2,437,465, was in iecond place and registered the largest percentage and dollar increJse among thle western cities included. San Francisco was third. followed bv Denver, Colo., in fourth and Oakland in fifth place, the latter two separated by only $22,826. Long Beach was sixth am,ong the cities and was closely followed by Vancouver, B. C., Burbank and San Diego.

The leading 2!_9ili-es in June, 1939, registered an aggregat_e volume of $22,L3O,397 which represente.d a decreaie of 4.65 per cent o-ver the preceding month, but a gain of 32.83 per cent over June, 1938.

The following cities showed increases over both the prelje_dilg month and the same month last year: Seattle, pash.; Denver, Colo.; Oakland, Burban-k, Sacramento, Glendale, Vernon, South Gate, San Bernardino, Tacoma. Wash.; and Montebello.

^^P^o^t1"9-the week ended June 24, 519 mills produced 233,085,000 feet of softwoods and hardwoods combined; shipped 228,826,W feet; and booked orders of 245.77O.W feet, according to the National Lumber Manufacturers Assoclatron.

Revised figures for the preceding week were mills, 526; production 233,927W feet; shipments 233,508,000 feet; orders 250.938.000 feet.

Advertising Rctes on Applicction

Lumber orders reported for the week ended June 24 by 436 softwood mills totaled 235,799,m feet; shipments wer-e 2I9,2t6,On feet; and production 226,783,W feet. Reports from 98 hardwood mills for the same week gave new business as 9,971,000 feet; shipments 9,610,0@ feet; and production 6,302,000 feet.

A total of 143 down and operating mills in Oregon and Washington, which reported to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended June 24, produced 102,525,267 feet; shipped 105,091,32O feet; and new business was I16,725.ON feet. The unfilled order file at these mills stood at 361.4D.O31 feet.

The Western Pine Associati'on, 1O1 mills reporting for the week ended July 1, gave production as 70,532,@O feet; shipments 63,016,000 feet; and orders 67,l4I,OOO feet. Orders showed an increase of 3 per cent over the previous week. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 178,889,000 feet.

The California Redwood Association, 13 mills reporting for the week ended June 24, gave production as 6,701,000 feet; shipments 6,569,000 feet; and new business 6,884,000 feet. Week-end orders on hand totaled 28,410,000 feet. The 13 identical mills reported production 4 per cent less and new business 24 per cent greater than for the same week last year.

The Southern Pine Association, 100 mills reporting for the week ended July 1, gave ,production as 28,143,00O feet; shipments 38,543,000 feet; and orders 31,322,00O feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 70.208,000 feet.

Shevlin Pine Sales Gompany

Ilcorlrrdted uader lbc lcm ol Cclitonic I. C. Dioue, Pres. cnd -Trecs.r I. E. Mcrtin, Vice-Pres.; W, T. Etccl, Secretary Publigbed thc lst aDd lsth ol ecch notth qt 318-19-20 Centrcl Fuilding. 108 WeBt Sixtb Stre€t, Log AnEeteg, Cct,, Telephme VAadi}e {565 Entered c. Second-clas Eailer S€ptoEbet ?5, 1922, ct the Post-Ofiice at Loa Aageles, Cclitoni<r, uader Act oI Mcrcb 3, 1879

For who would live, so petty and unblest That dare not tilt at something ere he die? Rather than-screened by safe majorityPreserve his little life to little ends, And never raise the rebel battle-cry.

"Will Mr. Roosevelt retire at the end of this term?" ask many of my corespondents. Reminds me of the city girl vacationing on the farm. She said to the farm boy: ,.Does that cow give milk?" And he replied: 'Well, no, not exactly; you sorta have to take it from her." And I'm afraid it will have to be that way with Mr. Roosevelt. I hope my opinion proves to be incorrect; but that he will ever voluntarily relinquish the White lfouse, or any emergency power or authority vested in him by Congress, or ever admit a New Deal mistake, are all listed'in my book as very, very doubtful.

***

A man once said to Voltaire: "Don't you think a monarchy is the best form of government?" And the great French liberator replied: "Only if the monarch be Marcus Aurelius." I've read enough history to agree with Voltaire regarding the most ideal monarch who ever wielded autocratic power. But if old Marcus, with all his sanity, justice, purity of purpose, and practicability, were here today and wanting a third term as President of the United States, I'd throw ever rock in his way that my hands could pry loose.

fn my book the three greatest men in the history of American government were 'Washington, Lincoln and Franklin. But if any of these three were here today and running for President for a third term, I would consider it my sacred American,duty to oppose him, regardless of how beneficient and just I might consider him personally. And if ninety-nine out of every one hundred Americans who are not at present t'gittin' from government" do not agree with me on that, then I'm the lousiest guesser that ever hazarded an opinion on this or any other subject.

However, right at this season there is a question before a very large number of American citizens which eclipses in momentary interest the condition of business, the political situation, and the European war scare, and that is-"which

of the two World's Fairs shall we go to on our vacations this summer?" I'd like to step up and speak a little piece on that subject right now. I have nothing against New York or its big show. f am not entirely in agreement with a Los Angeles friend of mine who, on returning from the East where he had been rather mercilessly "pushed around" for a time, remarked to me that "fn New York, anyone who can trace his ancestry back to his father, is a Big Shot."

But I'd like to do as the fellow did in the old, old story. He was sitting in a crowd preparing to watch the public hanging of a murderer. When the sheriff told the condemned man that if there was anything he wanted to say he could have five minutes to say it in, and the fellow declined to speak, this visitor rose to his feet and said: "Friend, if you don't want to use that five minutes, I wonder if you'd mind letting me have it so that I can tell these folks something about San Francisco."

In the old days (and that really means just the fewest years ago) people located in the great mid-sections of this country used to dread the train trip to California in the summer on account of the terrific heat. It was just about as hot inside the trains crossing the Arizona and California deserts as it was outside, and that fact kept plenty of travelers from going West during the summer vacation season. Personally, I have often seen people faint with heat inside the cars, where the windows had to be kept closed tight on account of the heat and dust, and the fans inside were powerless to help the panting travelers. Today every train carries air-conditioned coaches, both first and second class, and the average vacationist can travel through Yuma or Needles or Phoenix or Tucson in much more comfort than he can find on a summer afternoon in his own home. Air conditioning has made western train travel a pleasure.

The average person who casts about seeking the best vacation trip, is looking for a place to get cool for a while. Whether he lives in New Orleans, or Chicago, or any point in between, he seeks to dodge the summer heat. And the answer to that question this year is San Francisco and its wonderful exposition. For the information of those who

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(Continued from Page 6) have never tried it, and to refresh the memories of those who have, there is no harder work on earth than trying to make the rounds of a huge exposition when it is hot. It will get you down faster than any other effort I am acquainted with. I went to the Chicago show, intending to stay a week. I lasted exactly a day and a half, and then I played out, in spite of the fact that I am a stout walker. It wasn't very hot. Just fairly so. But the heat and the walking together played me out.

You might go to the New York Fair and find some cool weather. But the chances are that you wouldn't, Grover Whalen to the contrary notwithstanding. When it gets hot in New York you think you are in the lower left-hand corner of Hades, without a fan. But in San Francisco, where the big Western fair is being held, the Lord Himself did one of the finest jobs in all the earth's creation, of natural air-conditioning. It is always cool in San Francisco. It was twenty-odd years ago that I made my first visit to that city. I wore a summer silk suit out from Texas to Los Angeles, and found it O. K. there. I caught a night train and got ofi in the morning in San Francisco. I had been warned, but laughed up my sleeve. I soon dis. covered that what they say about San Francisco is true. It IS cool, delightfully cool, if you are looking for cold air and dressed to enjoy it. I stayed in a hotel several days until warm clothes arrived, and then started out, properly garbed with wool suit and light overcoat, to see the sights.

rt is cool in San "r"rrlr"l "l*, u", in the year, and cold every night. You step out the Market Street door of the Palace Hotel (to my notion the finest hotel in America) about six o'clock in the evening, and you feel that San Francisco air whipping down the street in a way that makes you pick your feet up as you walk. Don't try it without a warm suit and a vest. It's really wonderful. I don't believe anyone knows just exactly what makes the remarkable climate of San Francisco. You can go twenty miles East or South and find yourself in hot weather. But

not in San Francisco. The warmest months are October and November. And they are not warm. Residents of San Francisco wear the same weight qlothes the year around. That town is as fit for a straw hat, as Hell's fit for a powder house. And this remarkable tangy air that they breathe the year around has much to do with the high spirits and ruddy cheeks and fine health of San Franciscans.

The San Francisco Fair, as all of you know, is located out in the middle of San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland. It covers an island" that was built right there in the water for the purpose of holding this fair. From either shore the mile and one-half long island exposition shines and shimmers, and beckons like an elf-land. You get to it either by the great new Oakland-San Francisco bridge, or by numerous ferry boats. It is cool over there. It is cool mornings, cool afternoons and cool evenings. The eternal question of visitors to most expositions, namely, "flow can I stand this heat?" doesn't go at San Francisco. You'll be cool. If you do not dress properly, you'll be cold. All the heat that your poor body has been soaking up since summer started, will be thoroughly eliminated in a single day at San Francisco. A friend of mine from Dallas ',vent to the San Francisco Fair last week. He said to me' "I'm going to just settle down in San Francisco until I get thoroughly cooled off."

I wonder if I've made it clear that my advice to the hot and tired person who wonders which World's Fair to go to fot his vacation is, "Go 'West, young man.f' Ilorace Greeley's admonition is as sane this summer as it ever was. And, to those who decide to see them both, aided by the low rates for this purpose created b/ the railroads, I would say: "See San Francisco first." fn that way you are certain to see them both. Because you will get thoroughly cool and rested in San Francisco. and can start for the East with renewed spirits. But if you try the New York Fair first, and hit hot weather, you'll probably never have energy enough to get to San Francisco. fnstead, it will take you a month to get rested, after you get home.

Low Cubic Foot Costs of Small Homes Indicated

Washington, June 28,-The Bureau of Labor Statistics has just completed a detailed cost analysis of eight lowcost Demonstration lfomes erected in the latter part of 1938 at Fairway Hills, Maryland, the "Laboratory Community" of the National Small Homes Demonstration.

The study reveals that these one- and two-story houses, ranging in accommodation from three to seven rooms, were erected at cubic foot costs for labor and material onlv, of from 19.7 to 27.8 cents.

Individual unit costs range from $228O to $3500, not includi.ng land, contractor's profit or development of grounds.

The study brings to light the interesting fact that as unit costs for houses are reduced, the balance between labor and materials is broken, in that materials greatly exceed labor. About 35/o', of the money s:pent in this experimental constructio.n went for labor at the site, while 65% is consumed in the purchase of materials.

In the eight Demonstration Homes about $11,000 was spent for carpentry, including $4,000 for labor and $7,000 for materials. Of the $7,000 for materials the cost of lumber and millwork accounted for $5.000. Material and installation costs o.n kitchen cabinets, general hardware and insulation were included in carpentry.

About 11,00O man-hours of labor at the site were reported. Carpenters and carpenters'helpers put in 4,40o hours; painters, 1,700 hours; and there were 2,4OO hours of common labor.

It is estimated that the material orders resulted in 16,000 or 17,000 man-hours off the site, in fabrication, transportation, office and sales and similar operations. This is in the ratio of about lf man-hours of off-site labor for each manhour of labor on the site.

United States Lumber and Log Exports Show Gain

Exports of United States lumber and logs in the first four months of 1939 increased 9 percent over the amount exported in the corresponding period of 1938, according to the Forest Products Division, Department of Commerce. Hardwood and softwood lumber and logs exported in the first quarter of 1939 totalled 362,@7,m board feet valued at $13,321,502.

Total sawed material accounted for 308,359,000 board feet in the first quarter of t939, and represented a five percent gai.n over the corresponding figures for 1938. Logs and hewn timber exported this year totalled 53,738,000 board feet, or 39 percent more than was exported in the first four months of 1938.

In the sawn softwood group, Douglas Fir, of which 114,537,000 board feet were exported in the first quarter of 1939, represented more than half the total sawn softwood exported. I.n the hardwood group, oak was the chief species exported, with a total of 51,315,000 board feet.

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Hardware and Paints Moved to Lumber Department

The Graves Company, Los Angeles, recently moved their hardware and paint departments from a separate building to the retail lumber department, where the office and store building has been enlarged to house the hardware and paints.

It is interesting to note that while hardware and paints have been handled separately from the lumber department since

1922, experience has already proved in the last few months that it is much more satisfactory to have all retail sales made from one place, and the trade appreciates the onestop service.

Roy W. Johnson is manager of the retail lumber, hardware and paint departments.

Announces Sale oF \(/holesale Business Openr Offtce in Los Angeles

Sterling Lumber Company announces that it has sold its wholesale stock of merchandise and its wholesale department accounts to the Wholesale Building Supply, Inc., 1607 32nd. Street, Oakland, which is under the management of A. I\f. Charter, formerly connected with the Sterling Lumber Company.

The Sterling Lumber Company will continue to operate its retail yards in Northern and Central California, with general offices at its new address. 1617 32nd. Street. Oakland.

BIRD.JONGENEEL

Donald G. Bird was maried to Miss Elizabeth C. Jongeneel Berkeley, July l.

Mr. Bird is associated with his father, Chas. G. Bird, in the Stockton Lumber Company, Stockton.

Marc de Bruin, who was associated with the Gorman Lumber Company, San Francisco, for some years, has moved to I-os Angeles, where he has opened an office at 416 West 8th Street, under the style of The Bruin Lumber Companv, which will conduct a wholesale business concentrating on the sale of Ponderosa Pine, the product of Northern California mills. The telephone number is VAndike 8061.

Marc is a fine fellow and he will undoubtedly make many friends in the trade in the Southern California territory.

FIRE DESTROYS SANTA ROSA YARD

Fire, said to be incendiary, destroyed the lumber yard of the Henry Laws Company, Santa Rosa, July 6. The fire which was discovered about 3 a.m. started in five places simultaneously, according to the report of Fire Chief Lloyd Rhoades.

New Kitchen Planning Book by Curtis

"Let IJs Tell You About Kitchen planning

With Curtis,,, is an interesting and novel book on kitchen planning recently published by Curtis Companies Ihcorporated, Clinton, Iowa. This book contains 32 pages, size 8t/a by 10fu inches, printed in four colors and features several modern and beautiful kitchens, photographed in actual color.

The first part of the book features the seven basic types of modern kitchens and gives the reader ideas on selecting a kitchen plan. Installations of Curtis equipped kitchens for each of these basic types are pictured.

Then the book continues with a novel idea, permitting the reader to plan a kitchen, page by page, as he or she goes through the book. This is achieved by means of .,cut-outs" of Curtis cabinets. Each cabinet is placed in the proper position in the kitchen as the pages of the book are turned. One really builds a typical Curtis kitchen by simply turning the pages of the book. The reader next sees that kitchen in black and white, and then in a beautiful four-color illustration, showing the effect of color in the kitchen. Four other difierent color suggestions are provided for the same kitchen.

This new book is the result of many months planning on the part of the Service Bureau of the Curtis corporation.

With the big modernizing market which exists today, and with the extension of FHA modernization loans, CurtiJ Companies fncorporated feel that this new sales tool will be valuable to their dealers in promoting kitchen cabinet sales and sales of other Curtis millwork, as well as the dealer's complete stock of all products.

Warns o( Fraudulent Scheme

Arthur C. Hayward, Homer T. Hayward Lumber Co., Salinas, reports that it has just come to his attention that several lumber yar.ds in that locality have purchased coupons redeemable in Wm. A. Rogers silverware as an advertising stunt.

Mr. Hayward says in part: "The man who sold these coupons went under the name of Joseph H. Ramsey, and possibly some other names that we haven,t found out. but want to advise his whole scheme is fraudulent. It is not backed by either of the Rogers silverware people, in fact, the International Silver Company is at present trying to locate this man in order to take legal action.

"ft might be well to advertise through yoar magazine that there is only one'Wm. A. Rogers Silverware Redemption Bureau and that is located in New york; that therels only one genuine Rogers Silverware Redemption Bureau owned and operated by the fnter,national Silver Company out of Detroit. Mich."

E. H. Bacon With Fir-Tex Corp.

Ernest H. Bacon has succeeded E. C. pitcher as manager of the Fir-Tex Corporation of Northern California and fre_ vada. Offices of this concern are at 557 Market Street. San Francisco.

Mr. Bacon is experienced in the insulation business, hav_ ing formerly.been associated with The Celotex Corporation for a period of five years.

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ln the Old Days Also

Grandpa, who was a wise old codger, was sitting quietly listening while his grandson and several other young business and professional men were threshing out the national political situation. Finally one of the young men turned to him, and said:

"Grandpa, I suppose you took a very active part in politics in your day, and were just as much interested then as we are now.tt

Grandpa said he always liked to keep up with politics, but that when he was young he hadn't the time to give to political reading that many young men have now.

"Most interesting feller I ever knowed in politicks," said Grandpa, "was John C. Fremont. Fine feller. I'll never fergit when he was elected President."

BUY YARD AT CRESCENT CITY

Theo. F. (Ted) Hoffman and L. A. (Larry) Dodge have purchased the Hobbs, Wall & Co. retail lumber yard at Crescent City. Both are former employes of the company, Mr. Hoffman as manager of the yard and Mr. Dodge as a draftsman. They will carry a complete line of lumber and building materials.

"Wait a minute, Grandpar" said the young man. "You've got that all wrong. John C. Fremont was never elected President."

ttHe watnt?"

"No, Sir. Never."

ttWell," said Grandpa, ruminating, "that sure gets me. I remember heerin' ah' readin' durin' the campaign that if John C. Fremont wa'nt elected President the country would go to ruin, and everybody would go to the dogs. They was certain of it. Course, I lived on a farm an' didn't take no papers; but I noticed that things went on 'bout the same as usual, and nothin'terrible happened to the country, so I nacherally sposed that Fremont got elected. And he didn't, eh? Well, by Gummy, that sure gets me !"

MOVES TO NEW LOCATION

Boomtown Lumber Company will move to a new location on Grand Coulee Boulevard, Central Valley, Calif., and B. H. Rhode, proprietor, states that he expects to move from the present site early this summer. The company was established last fall, and the present yard is located between Central Valley and Project City.

weldbord is c hcndwood wcllbocrd, resin bonded, which sells iSI ot TYzc per sq. ft. to the consumer crt c nice profit to the

Open All-Wood Demonstration Home at New York Fair

Washington, D. C.-In the presence of representatives of the lumber manufacturing, wholesaling and retailing in_ dustries, Wilson Compton, Secretary and Manag., oi th" National Lumber Manufacturers Association, formally clip_ ped the ribbon marking the official opening of the all_lum_ ber Demonstration House in the ,.Town of Tomorrow,' at the New York World's Fair.

The ceremony which marked the official completion of the National Small Homes Demonstration House, followed the recent session of the National-American Whole_ sale Lumber Association in New york.

Known as the "Dollar a Day" llouse No. 6 in the ..Town of Tomorrow," the all-lvood house employs the floor plan of the basic one-story cottage prepared for general ciiculation by the National Small Homes Demonstration. The house is in the $3000-Ea66g construction class, and as built at the Fair has a slighty raised roof, providing space for two additional bedrooms on the second floor. Other ad_ itions to the basic der,nonstration design are a garage wing and the terrace. Evans, Moore and Woodbridge, New York, were the architects.

The house is of "dry-built" construction, all interior walls and ceilings being some form of woocl paneling. The plank floor system as developed by the NLMA in its 193g Washington "Laboratory Community" has been employed again as a cost sav€r.

All visitors inspecting the Lumber Demonstration Home are supplied with two pieces of printed literature, one de_ scriptive of the house itself and one descriptive of the 12 low-cost 1939 models presented by National Small }Tomes Demonstration.

Mrs. Ysabel Bowen Lynch

Mrs. Ysabel Bowen Lynch, wife of Kenneth G. Lynch. passed away in the Hollywood Hospital on July 2. She is also survived by two children, Brenda and Kevin Lvnch. her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel R. Bowen; a sister, Mrs. J. A. Wilcox and two brothers, paul and Walter Bowen.

Mr. Lynch is in the sales department of the patten_Blinn Lumber Company, Los Angeles.

ANGLO CALIFORNIA BUYS NEW SITE

Anglo California Lumber Company, 642O Avalon Boule_ vard, Los Angeles, announces the purchase of a three_ acre site at the corner of Frorence Avenue and Stanford Street, Los Angeles.

Plans for the buildings are nor.v being drawn and an announcement will be made later lvhen the yard will be moved to the new location.

HOME CONSTRUCTION AT RECORD LEVELS

New York, July lZ.-Home building in the first half of 1939 outstripped every year since 1929, according to an F. W. Dodge Corp. report. In the 32 states east of the Rocky Mountains, residential building contracts let in the period totaled $644,527,W.

PANETS Boost Deoler Profits ond

Good Will

IThileyou are building extra "footage" by selling the extra "yearage" of Redwood for outdoor lumber, don't forget it is also rdeal for interior panels, tnm, beams, etc. Sell Redwood for ALL exposed placesinside and out. Order yours as Palco Redwood.

The PACIFIC tU'NBER COMPANY

Customer Preparation

By J ack Dionne

The old idecr of selling retcril wcs to put in c stock ol building mctericrls, cnd, when lohn smith decided he wanted to build cr home, to give him ct "good close figure" on the bill.

There wcs no ellort oI prelimincry chcgcrcter to prepcrre the prospect lor the building idecr or crecte the idec ol building; uothing to sell the prospect on the lumber deqler cnd keep him sold to the business point'

In other words there wcrs pcinlul lcrck of CUSTOMER PnEPARATION. So, when the customer tinally dropped in for guotcrtions, there wcrs nothing to tie him with but c price ProPosition.

A customer rushed into cr bqrber shop one dcry, curd demcrrded <r quick shcrve so thct he might catch c train in cr hurry'. Did the bcrrber grab his rcrzor crnd immedicrtely go to shcving this lellow who wcrs in such q rush? He did NOT. He lqthered the lellow's |crce thoroughly, cmd then proceeded to rub in the lcrther on thcrt chin with what looked like grect deliberation" until the customer, wcrtching the clock, begcrn to get nervous. But the bqrber knew his business. When he got thcrt be<rrd well lcrthered, he grcrbbed his rqzor crnd hcrd those whiskers oll in cr iiffY.

He understood cuslomer prepcrction And it is iust crs imporicurt in the retcil lumber business cs it is with a bcrber. The retciler who overlooks the theory of working on his trade constcmtly, is overlooking c vitcl bet, becquse prelimincrry prepcrrction is the chief secret oI scles success'

Prelimincry prepcrcrtion in the building gqme mecns to keep your trcrde constcrntly qdvised cs to who you cre, where You cre. whcrt you hcrve to oller, and whcrt you me61n to them in c service wcry,' to keep ihem sold on yourseff in your chartrcter crs c building merchcurt so ihcrt when ihe time comes lor them to buy cnything in your line, it will not be necessqry lor you to go through all the motions ol convincing them concerning yoursell and your cbility to help them. Hcrve them convinced in qdvcrnce'

Thct's customer prepcrrcrtion. Bemember, the best lcrthered fcrce is the eqsiest to shcve.

Los Angeles Lumber Strike Situation

As we go to press no settlement has been reached be_ tween the retail yard employers and the union in the Los Angeles district in the four-weeks old lumber yard and sawmill strike. Following a conference between repersentatives of the A.F.L. Lumber and Sawmill Workers, Union and the employers on July 12, it was reported that another meeting would be held on July 14.

Representatives of the wholesale employers and unions in the Los Angeles Harbor area in a meeting on Saturday, July 8, accepted the compromise agreement proposed by James Wallace, mediator representing Mayor Fletcher Bowron. Mediator Wallace's proposal called f.or a 4 per cent wage increase and continuation of the 44-hour week until October 24 with another 4 per cent increase at that time and a reduction of the 44-hour week to 4O hours.

As the lumber w,orkers at the Harbor will not handle any lumber for shipment to the Los Angeles yards where the men are on strike, lumber operations at the Harbor are still tied up.

About 1200 men went out on June 17 at the 12 wholesale lumber plants at the Harbor.

At a meeting of the representatives of the retail yard employers and the union in the Los Angeles district on July lQ the.employers announced they could do no more than give their employes a 42-hour instead of the Dresent

44-hour week and keep the pay the same as for the 44rhour week-an ofter they made some time ago.

A retail lumber yard employer spokesman said: ,,We are declining to put the Harbor area agreement into effect uptown because it does not meet our situation.,,

About 1800 men in the retail yards in the Los Angeles area went out on lune 21.26 of. the 28 companies represented by the negotiating committee, operating orrer 50 lumber yards in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, are afiected by the strike.

Mr. Wallace and lJnited States Conciliators L. N. Sislev and E. H. Fitzgerald state they will continue their efiorts to bring the parties into agreement.

About 32,000,000 feet of lumber is being held aboard a number of vessels at the Harbor, awaiting end of the strike.

NEW CATALOG ON TRU-FIT DOORS

A new catalog on Tru-Fit Douglas fir entrance doors has just been published by the Fir Door Institute, Tacoma, Wash., and is now available for distribution to lumber dealers everywhere.

The catalog shows the complete line of. ZZ pre_fitted,, durable Douglas fir doors that are now manufactured by all members of the Fir Door Institute according to standari set-up by the Institute itself.

,,\nrHo's wHo" Bill Sampson

Bill Sampson, of the Sampson Company, Pasadena, recently celebrated his 5fth birthday, having been born in West lJnion, Iowa, on May 15, 1889. He is a pretty good Californian, for he came to Los Angeles in 1891. He attended Los Angeles and Polytechnic High Schools, and graduated,hesays, from the "college of hard knocks."

He started to work for Hipolito Screen & Sash Company in 1908 as "sweeper-upper" at $9.00 a week' H. H. Kerckhoff was then the ot'ner of this concern and the plant was at 638 South Maple Avenue, Los Angeles' His experience there was thorough, including just about every job there was. He was successively mill hand, delivery man (horse and wagon), screen fitter, office clerk, retail salesman, wholesale salesman and then sales manager.

He remained i.n charge of sales for many years and in !9D started the Sampson Company in Pasadena' Like every other business in the country he had his troubles for the first five years, but his fine background of experience and his genius for management pulled him through that difficult period, and he heads today a very successful business which has its loth anniversary this month.

His firm manufactures window and door screens' blinds, louvre doors, ironing boards, roller screens, Rex and Easy (to wash) combination screen and metal sash doors'

Mr. Sampson was married in 1911 to Miss Norma Whitney. He has three children, John, who is associated with him in the business; Eleanor, now Mrs. Bolli,nger, and Joan, whose birthday is approximately the same as that of the Sampson Company.

A few days ago in discussing his concern's 10th birthday

Bill said business is good, and he modestly attributed his success to being lucky, particularly in having a host of friends. He says he is lazy, but results don't show it. He admits being a fairly good fisherman and a better than average hunter. (He certainly likes to fish and hunt when he can spare the time.) He declares he is happy always. His ready smile indicates this, and he is fortunate in having that kind of disposition.

Asked what his slogan is he replied without any hesitation. "sampson's Screens are Strongest."

Bifl Seeks to Equ altze Ocean Rates in Forest Products Foreign Trade

Washington, June 27,-A more equitable competitive position for exporters of surplus American lumber and timber would be provided ttnder the terms of a bill introduced in Congress this month by Senators Ilolman and l\{cNary, of Oregon, calling for lower export rates on American vessels carrying forest rproducts to foreign shores. A similar bill is under consideration by members of the House Committee on Merchant Marine.

The decline of more than two billion feet in lumber export shi:pments since 1928, and the subsequent drop of the United States from first place in world trade to fifth, behind Canada, Finland, Russia and Sweden, prompted the introduction of this bill.

The Holman-McNary bill seeks to place American exporters of lumber on an equal basis, as to transportation costs, with foreign competitors who are enjoying shipping subsidies and other benefits from their Governments to the detriment of American lumber in foreign markets. In addition to such operating differential, or trade route subsidies as may be .determined necessary by the Maritime Commission under present law, the bill proposes the granting of additional subsidies in the case of export of lumber and manufactured timber products to the ixtent necessary to equalize lumber export shipping costs.

The bill seeks further inter-departmental cooperation against foreign discriminations, and proposes to tie into the investigations of discriminatory foreign competition under shipping law, information obtained from other statutory provisions respecting governmental aid paid foreign competitors, such as export bounties, preferential provisions arrd transportation rates, unfair practices in import trade, etc.

The clistress being encountered by the lumber trade in its export market and the urgency ol remedying the situation has been recognized by the National Foreign Trade Council and the National Forest Conservation Conference' These organizations have passed resolutions demanding stabilization of this market and larger opportunities in foreign markets for American lumber and timber products'

PHILIPPINE MAHOGANY MANUFACTURERS' TMPORT ASS'N ANNUAL MEETTNG IVLY 28

The annual meeting of the Philippine Mahogany Manufacturers' Import Association, Inc', will be held at the Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs. Colorado, Friday, July 28, lor the purpose of hearing reports of officers, electing officers for the ensuing year, and transacting other Association business.

Officers of the Association are W. G. Scrim, president; H. R. Black, vice-president; G. W. Cheney, secretarytreasurer; and G. W. Purchase, assistant secretarytreasurer.

JOHN MORLEY IN EAST

John Morley of the Homestead Lumber Co.' Sacramento, and Mrs. Morley, left on July 8 for a visit to the New York World's Fair. They will also visit other Eastern points and expect to be home about August 1.

Building Industry Joins FHA in New Drive for Low-Cost Housing

Seattle, Wash., June 27-The building industry of six northrvestern states is re-enlisting with the Federal Housing Administration for a new drive to end America's housing shortage, W. C. Bell, Chairman of Western Homes Foundation announced today.

"The new amendments to the National Housing Act, which is administered by FHA, go into effect July 1," Bell stated. "Title I, providing for both modernization and new construction loans, has been extended to July 1, 1941. The Title II FHA-insured mortgage for terms as long as 25 years and covering as much as 9O per cent of the principal, continues indefinitely. Authority has been given to expand insurance obligations to four billion dollars. The way has been opened for a great two-year home-building and home-modernization campaign.

"The building industry has marched side by side with the Federal Housing Administration since 1934, in the steady progress that has been made in establishing the low-cost amortized home loan, in developing better smallhome designs, in promoting better building standards, and in improving building materials. In 1938 Western Homes Foundation was formed by Northwest forest products manufacturers and retail lumber dealers, to provide a distinct channel for services to the public that were related to the services of the Federal Housing Administration.

"Now Western Homes Foundation is cooperating with Northwestern district offices of FHA in a new program based on the 1939 FHA Plan of Property Improvement Loans. Briefly the plan is this: The applicant for the loan must have an adequate income and own the property or hold a lease that runs at least six months longer than the term of the loan. The longest term allowed is three years and thirty-two days. The charge for these loans can not exceed a discount of $5 per $100 face value of a oneyear monthly-payment note. Cost of both labor and equipment may be covered by the loan, which may be for repairs, remodeling, decorating and landscaping.

"Neither FHA or the building industry is losing sight of the major housing need, which is for new detached dwellings. In this field, there will be renewed effort to supply families whose incomes call for housing within a cost range of from $2,000 to $4,00O per unit.

"Al1 in all, the Federal Housing Administration and the building industry are now fully prepared and equipped' and have official marching ,orders, to give the best service of their history to owners of old homes as well as to those who need new homes."

PORTLAND LOS ANGELES

Pittock Block 5195 lflilshire Blvd.

DEPENDABLE

WHOLE SALERS OF DOUGLAS FIR REDWOOD

PONDEROSA AND SUGAR PINE

CEDAR PRODUCTS

POLES & PILING

WOLMANIZED AND CREOSOTED

LUMBER

TREATED TUMBER

TREATED AND STOCf,ED AT OI'B LONG BEACH PLANT FOR IMME. DItrTE DELTVERY TO LUMBER DEAI.ERS.

Exchcnge senico-dealer'g unlrected luber lor our Chroncted Zinc Cbloride glocl: plus chcrge lor treciiag.

Treatirg decler's om lunbemill ship- m6nts to our dock or trucl lots lrou decler's ycrd.

THE HOUSE BUILDER

The house-builder at work in cities or anywhere. The preparatory iointing, squaring, sawing, mortising. The hoist-up of beams, the push of them in their places, laying them regular.

Setting the studs by their tenons in the mortises, ac. cording as they were prepared.

The blows of mallets and hammers.

Praises and peans to him !

-Walt Whitman.

VOLTAIRBS WIT

One day the great F'renchman, Voltaire, highly praised a man in the presence of another. When he had finished, his listener said:

"Your remarks are the more admirable, because that man does not speak well of you, at all."

"No?" said Voltaire. "Then maybe we're both wrong."

WHICH INDEED?

Which is the Right Life, The simple or the Night Life?

When, pray, should one arise?

At sunset or sunrise?

Which should be upper, My breakfast or my supper?

Which is the Right Life, The simple or the Night Life?

Which Life?

A PROPER INSCRIPTION

They were discussing a silver butter dish which they planned to send to some newly weds. What should they put on the card accompanying the gift? "Anything you like" suggested the husband. So the wife thought a while and then wrote:

ttFOr bUtter-Or WOrSe.t' SAF'E?

"What is this stufi I just picked?" asked the city girl on vacation.

"Heavens ! That's poison ivy !" exclaimed the city boy. "Well, dorn't get so excited," said the oity girl, calmly. "I'm not going to eat it."

TO A POET A THOUSAND YEARS HENCE

By James Elroy Flecker

I who am dead a thousand years, And wrote this sweet archaic song, Send you my words for messengers The way I shall not pass along.

f care not if you bridge the seas Or ride secure the cruel skies, Or build consummate palaces Of metal, or of masonry.

But you have wine and music still, And statues and a bright-eyed love, And foolish thoughts of good and ill, And prayers to them that sit above.

How shall we conquer? Like a wind

That.falls at eve our fancies blow, And old Moeonides, the blind, Said it three thousand years ago.

Oh friend, unseen, unborn, unknown, Student of our sweet English tongue, Read out my words at night, alone, I was a poet; f was young.

Since I can never see your face, And never shake you by the hand, I send my soul through time and space, To greet you. You will understand.

A DOG'S PRAYER

O Lord of flumans, make my master faithful to his fellow men as I am to him, Grant that he may be devoted to his friends and family as I am to him. May he be open faced and undeceptive as I am; may he be true to trust reposed in him, as f am to his.

Give him a face cheerful like unto my wagging tail; give him spirit of gratitude like unto my licking tongue. FiU him with patience like unto mine that awaits his footsteps uncomplainingly for hours; fill him with my watchfulness, my courage, and my readiness to sacrifice comfort or life.

Keep him always young in heart and crowded with the spirit of play, even as I am. Make him as good a man as I am a dog; make him worthy of me, his dog.

New Shingle Staining and Treating Plant Opened in Los Angeles

Connor Shingle Company has opened a new staining and treating plant for Red Cedar shingles and shakes at 671 South Anderson Street. In addition to shingles the new firm will carry a stock of both hand-split and resawn shakes, hand-split Red Cedar bevel siding and boat lumber.

This concern is headed by E. L. (Ted) Connor, who is one of the best known Red Cedar shingle specialists in the country. He has been for many years identified with the lumber and shingle business in Washington and British Columbia but has always specialized in shingles. He is a pioneer of the shingle staining business and has made a close study of the technique of the manufacture of stains.

"We have developed a stain and system of treating that give the maximum of color endurance and preservation of the shingle, adding much to its natural beauty by bringing out the original grain instead of covering it up," Mr. Connor says. He explains that the ideal stain should be dense enough to bring out the true color yet not so heavy in pigment as to hide the grain.

Connor Shingle Company has exclusive sale in Southern California and Arizona of Fitite Colonial Shakes.

Salesmen calling on the dealers are C. H. Stevenson, Jr., Hugh Wilber and Ixland Stanford, Jr.

The telephone num.ber of Connor Shingle Company is ANgelus I-716.

U. S. Timber Exports to Japan Decrease

Washington, June 22.-United States wo.od exports to Japan during the first three months of 1939 were 13 per cent less than during the corresponding period in 1938, according to a report received from the American Commercial Attache at Tokyo made public today by the Forest Products Division, Department of Commerce.

The value of all wood imports into Japan, however, increased 7.6 per cent in the periods compared.

Japanese imports of Canadian wood for the first three months of this year were 3 per cent less than a year ago.

Imports of timber from the Philippines and Netherlands Indies by Japan this year increased sharply. Imports from the Philippines advanced to 32.3 per cent of the total, an increase of.7.2 per cent over the first quarter of 1938.

Shipments believed in part to have originated from Japanese timber concessions in Netherlands Borneo enabled the Netherlands Indies to increase its export timber trade to Jap,an by more than 10 per cent in the first quarter of 1939 over the figures for the same period in 1938.

CALIFORNIA VISITORS

Bert Cooper, Aldrich-Cooper Lumber Company, Portland, Ore., and his son, were recent Los Angeles and San Francisco visitors.

PIYWOOD

"Colif. Pcrrel" is the oldest exclusive Plywood Distributor in the West cnd is constontly growing. Such progress ccrn only be mode possible through our policy of ccnrying o well diversilied stock qnd rendering on intelligent ond economicol service to our mony Deqler customers. Our quclity qnd service qre "tops" crrd our prices are competitive. For profits crrd real sctisfaction coll "Colif. Pcsrel" whenever you need plywood.

lifornia neer6

fuIailbg.,lilnts.. P. O. Bor 916, Arcadc Station T06 ANGELES. CALITORMA

MODERN

Designed for Today's Architeeture

This new bocrrd moves in cr hcrll circle. Just ewing it around to where it ccm be used. Ironing done-put lhe hot iron in iron receptccle, fold up bocrd qnd close ccbinet. It's lireprool. Hot iron rest qnd sleeve bocrrd included. Ccrbinet is ccsed and door hung. Fits any 2"x4",16" center wcrll. Good mcrgin oI prolit. A phone ccll or post ccrrd will bring lull pcrticulcrs.

DOUGLf,S FIB HANDWOODS HANBOND SUPEN f,tGONITE

9'SJ,6IZ sotlrE ALAMEDA STRBET TclcphncTRiaq co57

CAUF. WHNE PINE BEDWOOD

E. L Connor

\Vest Coast Lumber Industry Exhibits Timber Aerial Mapping of Tahoe National Forest Engineering at San Francisco Fair

The California Region of the U. S. Forest Service is now preparing to make aerial photographs of the entire Tahoe National Forest-first of California's 18 National Forests to be completely covered. A Forest Service photographic plane and crew just arrived at Sacramento from headquarters of the Rocky Mountain Region in Denver, Colorado to fly the project.

About 4,000 square miles will be photographed-from Smartsville at the edge of the Sacramento Valley to Reno, and from the north end of the Sierra Valley to the south end of Lake Tahoe. The elevation varies from 30O feet near Smartsville to 10,800 feet, at the summit of Mt. Rose, just northeast of Lake Tahoe. The plane will therefore have to fly at nearly 24,W feet over the higher parts of the Range.

"Photographs of all 18 National Forests in California will not be available for a number of years," Regional Forester Show said, "but there is no question as to their value in the administration of the Nation's forest areas."

Exact in every engineering detail, a miniature model of a bridge from structural Douglas fir has been made by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the industry's exhibit at the San Francisco World's Fair. The scale of the model is one-half inch to one foot. Its tiny trusses and stringers of fir are so strong that the model supported two young ladies, the Misses Kay Randlett and Helen Sherman, weighing 110 and126 pounds respectively, rvithout deflection. The combined weight of the girls on the model represents, in proportion, a weight of 270 tons on the bridge from which the model was designed, according to Association engineers, while also in proportion, the girls would be 128 feet tall on the original bridge.

"Because its engineering detail is so exact, this model will f,rave real interest for engineers and architects who visit our fxhibit in the Palace of Ffonres and Gardens," C. J. Ilogue, head of the Association's Technical Service, declared. "It also holds promise of new business in structural timbers for lumber dealers. There is a great shortage in bridges for secondary roads, as there is in housing. Soon or late old bridges must be replaced, while there will be a steady demancl for new bridges on road projects.

"The design rvas worked up by the Association for a bridge over Dinkey Creek in the Sierra National Forest, 63 miles east of Fresno, California. With its 9O-foot span, 20-foot roadway, and 15-ton loading, this design is basic in meeting commor.r bridge requirements for secondary roads. The Association makes such technical service available to engineers and public agencies."

Speaking of the value of the photographs to the Forest Service, Regional Forester S. B. Show said, "This modern method of examining forest areas is without doubt one of the greatest boons to foresters yet fou.nd. By photographing the terrain so that one photograph overlaps those adjacent to it, the resulting prints, when viewed through a sterescope similar in many ways to the simple parlor sterescope of years ago, will produce an image in three dimensions in which the mountains, canyons, trees and other features stand up in relief just as they would appear to an observer flying over the country in an airplane. The photographs are, of course, made only when visibility is at its best. Therefore, the prints can be studied any time-day or night-rvith perfect visibility, at all times.

"Thus," he pointed out, "stands of timber can be accurately outlined and studied, erosion can be spotted, rang'ers and fire dispatchers are able to check and correlate reports on fires which may render lookouts and even aerial reconnaissance helpless due to smoke in the air. The photos are also of immense value in compiling maps, enabling engineers to make better maps at a lower cost than by the old ground method of mapping."

CANADIAN SHINGLE QUOTA ABOLISHED

Formal exchange of certificates of ratification of the Canada-United States trade agreement took place in Ottawa on June 17, at which time the pact came into operation officially.

The new agreement binds free entry for a quantity of shingles imported in any year equivalent to thirty per cent of the average annual consumption in the United States during the three preceding calendar years. On imports in excess, the United States reserves right to impose a duty not exceeding twenty-five cents per square.

INFLUENCE

I think that to have known one good man--one man who, through the chances and mischances of a long life has carried his heart in his hand, like a palm-branch, waving all discords into peace, helps our faith in God, in ourselves, and in each other more than many serrnons.-Curtis.

Nu-\food Sealed Cold Storage Insulation Announced

Wood Conversion Company has just announced a new product-No-Wood Sealed Cold Storage Insulation. This product, adaptable to all standard construction, will be sold through lumber dealers.

Nu-Wood Sealed Cold Storage Insulation consists of units of Nu-Wood Insulation Board having a continuous double coating of water-proof asphalt on all surfaces and edges. This treatment renders Nu-Wood highly resista,nt to moisture or moisture vapor. The product is so designed that it can be readily used by the cold storage applicator, carpenter or even by mechanics of less experience.

In announcing this new product, P. A. Ward, sales manager, said "The total thickness of insulation required in cold storage rooms usually varies from 3" to 8" depending on the temperature difference inside and outside of the room. In order to eliminate continuous joints through the insulation, this product is designed so that it can be placed in two or more separate staggered layers. The size conforms to standard construction 76" on center.

"The first layer is placed between wood nailing strips, and the second layer is placed directly in contact to the first and is nailed to the strips. Each layer is set in emulsified asphalt adhesive. The entire insulation surface can then be finished rvith a trowel coat of emulsified asphalt mastic or metal lath and plaster.

"A similar type of construction is designed for floors. Co,ncrete, wood or mastic wearing surface can be installed over the insulation. In all construction. if desired. units can be applied with hot asphalt."

Nu-Wood Sealed Cold Storage fnsulation blocks are available lV2n', 7', 3" and 4" thick, measuring I4/s" x 32". Half size blocks l{s/g" x I€' and 7 3/16" x 37', can be furnished for staggered or broken joints.

Complete specifications and application instructions are available from the Wood Conversion Company, Saint Paul, Minnesota.

European Political Tension Affects Timber Markets

Washington, June 23.-Tension created by international political problems has had considerable effect upon the European timber market, the Forest Products Division, Department of Commerce, reported today.

Surveys of the market shor,v that the turnover between Scandinavian and other timber exporting countries and the western European importers have been retarded.

Prices, however, continued to advance and leading lumbermen take an optimistic view on future business prospects. Generally extensive rearmament programs, it is believed, will continue to make for an increased demand in the international lumber market, and this demand will probably counterbalance declines in private requirements.

Drastic curtailment of lumber production, because of the high cost of raw materials and reduced export quotas is expected to keep demand for timber well above the supply.

Fills a definite need in the construction or renovation of a building or r home where conven i ence, 3ervice and cost are plerequisites.

"DUROID" Etectro Galvanized

"DURO" BnoNze

Dri-Ply---A New Plywood

Another Pioneer Development by l. F. Laucks, Inc., in the Plywood Field

"Dri-Ply, a ,new kind of hot pressed plywood, of higher grade, lower moisture, content, greater uniformity, and better finishing quality produced by a revolutionary manufacturing process has just been introduced to the plywood market," says an official of I. F. Laucks, Inc. Continuing, he says:

"Dri-Ply is rvater resistant plywood offering somewhat better water resistance than the ordinary grades of plywood with which it is to be compared and with which the dealer and the consumer are already so familiar. Dri-Ply is not to be confused with resin bonded hot pressed plywood. Dri-Ply is not waterproof ; it is not an exterior grade of plywood.

"One of the most important factors affecting plywood quality is its moisture content. Wh.en plywood is put into service it gradually attains equilibrium with the moisture content of the air and the atmosphere surrounding it. There will, of course, be seasonal variations, but in general, interior plywood maintains an average content of moisture of about 5 to8/o year after year. The cold process plywood has been higher in moisture than this equilibrium figure. Consequently it has to dry out after it is erected. The new Dri-Ply plywood, however, has a moisture content very close to average equilibrium, therefore no great changes in the moisture content of the plywood occur. This means a great deal as far as the condition of the plywood surface is concerned as well as the flatness of the panels. Because of the lower moisture content Dri-Ply panels have a smoother sanded surface and are superior for finishing.

"Another important advantage of Dri-Ply is its uniformity. Those familiar with the cold process of making plywood know that it is made by a "batch" process and that the plywood manufacturer iannot avoid a difference in quality between the bottom panels and the top panels of

the batch. This showed up particularly with respect to water resistance. The new Dri-Ply plywood also cures this in that it is made by practically a continuous process so that each panel is treated alike.

"This new hot press plywood can be produced at no increase in cost over ordinary cold process plywood, due to the utilization of this continuous method of assembling and 'pressing the plywood. The Dri-Ply process lglue spreading, core-laying, assembly, loading and pressing is the first basic change made in plywood manufacturing procedure since the first panel was made.

"Four radical innovatio.ns in the manufacturing technique made this change possible. First, the adhesive agent was changed a new mastic glue was developed by L F. Laucks, Inc. This glue is of rubbery consistency, introducing less moisture than with the ordinary liquid type glue. This glue is very rapid, setting at a comparatively low temperature. It, of course, required the developme.nt of a special glue spreader. Second in the production line came a new assembly system utilizing a conveyor and making possible the laying up of assemblies without interruption, saving time and glue a,nd eliminating a very considerable waste of wood. Third, a new press loading and unloading machine was developed by Merritt Engineering & Sales Co., which automatically .loads and unloads the hot press so quickly that the press can be kept in production a large percentage of the time. And fourth was the new high speed differential hot press, developed also by the Merritt engineers working in close conju,nction with the Laucks glue experts.

"Due to the new superiorities of Dri-Ply, it is predicted that fir plywood will be enabled to enter into construction and industrial uses from which it has been barred in the past."

LeIt: Assetnbly conveyor ayslem cnd new prela cutomctic locding and unloqding nccbine. Bight New high speed diflerenlial hot press.

MacIlOtfA[D & HARRIIIGT0il, LTD,

16 CAUFONNIA STREHI, SAN F.RANCISCO

GArlield 8393

Wholesalers of all West Goast forest ProductsGreosoted and Wolmartzed Lrrrmbet and Pilingr- RAIL_CARGO

Broadside on Structural Insulation Board Wm. Groundwater Enters Lumber Businssg

Within the last two months, Certain-teed Products Corporation, 100 East 42nd St., New York, has announced a new and complete line of cane fibre insulating board, including C-S-I (Certain-teed Structural Insulation) Insulation Board, C-S-I Asphalt Sheathing, C-S-I Key Lap Lath and Asphalt Key Lap Lath, and C-S-I Finish Plank and Decorative Tile.

A broadside is now available to dealers which explains the triple purpose of the new products-structural strength as they insulate and add either decorative interior finish or a vapor barrier.

The literature tells the story of these new C-S-I products on one side and is to be used as a wall hangar to tell consumers the story of the various products when opened up to the inside spread.

New Offtce Buildins at 9th Ave. Pier

Gamerston & Green, wholesale lumber dealers, recently completed their new office building at the foot of 8th Avenue, Oakland.

The new building has a very attractive appearance, the exterior being of Redwood Rustic and the interior being finished with Philippine Mahogany paneling and Armstrong's Temlok Insulation Board. Redwood shingles are used on the roof.

Dick Twohy, Los Angeles, has accepted a position with the Chiloquin T. umber Co., Chiloquin, Ore., for the summer months. He will enter U.C.L.A. in the fall.

William Groundwater has resigned as manager of marine operations for the Union Oil Company, which he served thirty-three years, to enter the retail lumber business as president and treasurer of the Alert Lumber & Mill Co., Bell, Calif. Mr. Groundwater is chairman of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Harbor, Foreign Commerce and Shipping Committee.

G. C. Cable, his partner in the business, is vice-president and operating manager of the company. Mr. Cable was formerly operating manag'er of the Hammond Lumber Company at Los Angeles, and has been associated with the himber business for the past thirty-three years.

RETAILERS MEET

Retail dealers in the San Bernardino, Riverside and Pomona districts met at San Bernardino, Friday evening, June 23. C. W. Pinkerton, chairman of the Committee on Legislation, California Retail Lumbermen's Association, addressed the meeting, talking on the bills that were under consideration at the recent session of the State Legislature.

VACATIONING

Walter Koll, A. J. Koll Planing Mill Ltd., Los Angeles, and Mrs. Koll, left June 27 for New Orleans. They will also visit Atlanta, Ga., Washington, and New York. While in New York they will take in the Fair. They will return by way of Canada, traveling over the Canadian Pacific Railway, thence down the Coast to San Francisco. They will be away about a month.

A six-room home of frcrme which is unique and well proportioned.

The modern entry porch which lecrds into q well-lighted living room, the compqct qrrdngement of interior, with its profusion of closets, together with the mqny conveniences incorporoted, make this one ol the grecrtest home values.

Complete working blue print plcrrs of this home cqn be furnished by E. M. Dernier Service Burecru, 3443 Fourth Avenue, Los Angeles-Telephone PArkwcry 2598. All plcmning cmd designing service is under the direct supervision of Wm. E. Chcrdwick, Registered Structurcrl Engineer.

.FLOOFI PLAN. NO.SZZZ.

Use o[ Forest Products Best for Saving Forests

Washington, June 21.-"If we wish to save our forests we shoutd freely use their products," declared Wilson Compton, secretary and manager of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, in a talk delivered before the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education this morning at their 47th annual meeting held at State College, Pa.

Speaking on "Forest Conservation-A Task in Engineering," Mr. Compton said there was no other country in the world to which so sim,ple a conservation formula as "To Conserve Our Forests Use Wood and IJse it Wisely," coined years ago by the National Committee on Wood Utilization, was so well adapted.

"Relatively we in this country have always had, and we will continue to have the most extensive resources available to any people," he told his audience. "They are the most diversified. Including both softwoods and hardwoods, they furnish practically every useful type of wood known to the commerce of the world. Even more important, our forests with minor exceptions are accessible to transportation and to convenient industrial and commercial use."

The Arnerican forest problem is fundamentally one not of scarcities but of surpluses, he said, and recounted the prophecies of timber famine made thirty or forty years ago as well as more recently repeated warnings of timber shortage.

To support his contention that the problem is one of surpluses, Mr. Compton used figures recently made available from surveys compiled by the U. S. Forest Service as an aid to the study on forest resources and timber supply being u.ndertaken by the Joint Congressional Committee on Forest Inquiry.

"These surveys," said the speaker, "show in Continental United States that there are 630 million acres of forest land. That is almost one-third of our total land area. Of this amount about three-fourths is Commercial Forest Land. Over one-fourth of this is in public ownership; nearly one-third is in farm wood lands; and less than onehalf in the ownership of individuals and lumber and timber companies.

"Not quite one-half of the Commercial Forest area is in sarv timber. One-fifth is in merchantable cord wood. Onesixth more is in fair condition of reforestation; and one-sixth is substantially barren od commercial regrowth. The national commercial timber supply in 1938 was 520 billion cubic feet. The annual removal by cutting is 11 billion; through destruction by fire, insect and disease, 2 billion; and the estimated annual drain, therefore, 13 billion feet or about one-fortieth.

"Offsetting this drain", he continued, "is a present annual growth of 11 billion cubic feet; and a prospective growth on lands now bearing old-growth or virgin timber, of an additional 3-l/3 billion cubic feet. This means a total present and prospective annual growth on the Commercial Forest Lands a Billion cubic feet greater than the present estimated annual drain.

"This adds up to the conclusion that if our old growth or mature Commercial Forest Land areas are cut-over, as eventually they should be as needed, and if these lands grow new timber at a rate no greater than the average rate of growth on the forest lands already cut-over, the annual commercial growth will exceed the annual commercial timber drain, including timber now destroyed by fire, insect and disease, by more than a billion cubic feet, or by 8 per cent."

The speaker called attention to the improvements in timber products such as the timber connector, a simple metal ring used in timber joints and which increases by ftom 2 to 5 times the strength of ordinary bolted timber joints. Mentio.n was likewise made of the improved grading methods, preservative and protective treatments of wood, and the introduction of laminated construction and plywood.

"The lumber industry is the oldest great American industry. More than any other, it has blazed the trails westward. For economic reasons it has been a migratory industry. For economic reasons it is now settling down. Formerly its livelihood came from the rush of 'liquidation' of virgin timber. Hereafter," he concluded, "its livelihood will come from the conservative management of its forest lands, from widened markets for its products and from forest industry conceived of as a permanent enterprise and a continuing source of employment."

TWO IilVIIITORIIS TOR TIDAI.TRS' GOIflITIIIDI{CE

At our Fresno ycrrd we ccrrry complete stocks ol USG Wectherwood Insulction Bocrds card USG Bed Top Insulcting Wool, Douglcrs Fir Commons qnd Clecrs, Redwood, Red Cedcr Shingles, Plywood cnd Ocrk Flooring.

At OcHcnd we specicrlize in Dougkrs Fir Commons, Rough Clecrs curd Finish.

California Building Permits lor )une

WE CARRY A

Autos and Homes

I never see <rn cruto go c-honking down the road, But I wonder if the driver is th; owner of c home,. And if he hcs c dorrocile he surely must hcrve tost the thrill __ Or else he reclly wouldn't feel tlct strong desire to rocrur, You never see him slowing; lcster, Icster he is going And sometimes comea bcck c-towing with criori cs motive power, But crs aoon cs she iE fixed he gives her gc'" crnd goes like sixty, And he holds ecch stcrtioncry moment cs cr wcsled hour. He will never know the plecrsuie in the full and flowing meqsure Of cnr eventide of leisure with the children curd the ftIe, Fol.S dcys cr_e spent_in speeding, never thinking, never heeding,

_

OI the many lovely things thct lill c qucrint cnd 6rdered life.

Fc1_ t-oo galy people reckon thcrt c tiny spot or speck on Either body, hood, or lining of their cherished mlto, ccrr, Is Tost leqr_some, grim,_crnd trcrgic, Oh, thct we could.find some mcaic

_ Tlot would _keep such things from stcrting up the usucrr lcrmily icrrl lo the mcn who hcs crn cuto,it's most crlwcrys one he,s bought to Hcnd the dust to certcin people whom he don,t like cnryicry, And whenever he mcy meet them he will never stop to gieet ihem

But he hits it up cnd pcsses them no mcrtter whci they- scy.

He mcry tcrke the wile cnd kiddies lor c ride, but iI he iia 6et Sure to be the only one to put cr finger on the wheel.

He_will let nobody tr1''em, he's the grect cnd only "I cun,, Super-egotism fills him like cr setrenteen course-mecl. Now I don't condemn the cction oI the mcn who crcnyes the trcrction OI the lqtest non-skid model on the rocrds and thorofcres, te_t_$p buy his cuto lrcAon, let him go crnd get cr icrg on _ With the lrenzy of the speeding, il hL hcs nJ othei &res. But I merely wcni to mention, with the lriendliest intention, That the wcy the situcrtion sizes up most clecrr to me, Is,tefore he gets cn cuto, he should own c home he bought to Give convenience, shelter, comfort, to his personcl fcmily-tree.

Rcprercnting in Southern Cclilomia: Thc Pacific Lumbcr Company-Wendling.Nathan G,

Port Orforel Cedar

(Also known cs Wbite Cedcr or Lcwgon Cypress)

LumberTiesCrossing PlcntcDeckingrTunnel TimbersVeneticrn Blind Stock

Alao Supplierg ol

Ten Ycars Ago Today

From Ju ly 15, 1999 lssue

Thirty Kittens were initiated at the concatenation staged by the Westwood Hoo-Hoo Club at Fall River, Shasta County, Calif., on June 15 and 16. Chas. G' Bird, Stockton, Supreme Custocatian, assisted in the initiation. Fletcher L. Walker, Red River Lumber Co', was general chairman of the committee on arrangements.

J. E. Higgins, Jr. and C. Harry White, San Francisco, and B. E. Bryan, Oakland, attended a hardwood meeting in Los Angeles, traveling by airplane.

Announceme.nt was made of the marriage of Hazel Margaret Chapman to Edward A. Chamberlin. Mr. Chamberlin is associated with W. R. Chamberlin & Co. of San Francisco.

A. J. Russell, Santa Mrs. Russell. returned lulu.

Charles

U. K. Largest Markct for American Hardwood Flooring

Nearly 6O percent of all the American hardwood flooring exported by the United States in the past four years was marketed in the United Kingdom, according to a review of the world lumber markets released today by the Forest Products Division, Department of Commerce.

Next largest purchasers of American hardwood flooring were Canada, Greece, Mexico, Norway, Union of South Africa, Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Newfoundland and Labrador, in that order.

Value of the American exports, of which oak flooring comprised 86 percent of the total, was $853,750 in 1938; in 1937, $1,006,493; in 1936, $940,699; in 1935, $796,467.

Additional Redwood Bulletins

Fe Lumber Co., San from a three weeks' Francisco, and trip to Hono-

Company, was elected president of the San Francisco Rotary Club.

Henry M. Hink, Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., and vicepresident of the Redwood Sales Company, San Francisco, returned from a six weeks' business trip in the East.

Announcement was made of the marriage of Ave Maria Rita Burns, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Burns of Los Angeles, to Earl E. R. Bowe at Los Angeles.

Alley Bros. purchased the yard of Rex Teele, Inc., at Santa Monica.

BACK FROM THE NORTHWEST

A. D. Davis, Los Angeles, Acting Secretary, Southern California Retail Lumbermen's Association, and Mrs. Davis, are back from a two weeks' vacation trip spent at Portland. Ore.

An addition to the series of technical bulletins by their Consulting Engineer, B. F. Wade, has just been released by the California Redwood Association-"ftsd\Msed Tanks for the Textile and Allied Plant."

The use of wood tanks in textile plants and related operations covers a wide range of applications and Redwood tanks have a specific field in these various industries. The bulletin discusses the properties of Redwood and the effects of organic and inorganic acid solutions and alkali solutions. It also outlines specific applications.

Redwood siding is the subject of Lumber Letter No. 10 just released. This bulletin contains information on painting and finishing; nailing; puttying; and application of Redwood siding.

Copies may be secured by writing the California Redwood Association, 4O5 Montgomery Street, San Francisco.

W. W. WATTSON ON PACIFIC COAST

W. W. Wattson, T. M. P,artridge Lumber Co., Minneapolis, Minn., and his son, George, are vacationing in California. He expects to be on the Pacific Coast about three weeks, and rvill also visit the Northwest.

Mr. Wattson is Secretary of International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo and is calling on the Order's officers in the West Coast states.

L. Wheeler, vice-president and general manager of the McCormick Steamship

CZC Lumbar Exhibited at Home Show

MODERNOBEAI'TIFI'LOECONOMICAL t'Gadwall-Philippanel"

Wcrll Pcnelling

A Sensational New Product That Seils on Sioht

CADIII|ATLAIIER-GIBSIII{ C[I., INC.

t(ls AltGELEs, GAUF.

.BTIY TBOM A MTIJ"

HARDWOOD FI.,OORING

Large stocks cll grcdes qnd sizes lor immedicte ahipment. Telephone your order ct our expense.

We will absorb lreight chcrges on qll shipments ol hcrrdwood Ilooring mcde to declers up to-50c per 100 pounds. On shipments mcde ct c freight rcte Slc or more per 100 pounds, c 50c per 100 pounds cllowcnce will be made.

$TBABLT HARNIryOOD COMPANY

FIRST C CLAY STREETS

OAtrLAND CATIFORNIA

Telephone: TEmplebcr 5584

The value of Baxco CZC pressure treated lumber for mudsills, posts, girders and first floor joists in home con_ struction to protect this portion against termite and dry rot damage was displayed before thousands of home pros_ pects attending the recent Southern California Home Show, held at the Pan-Pacific Auditorium, Los Angeles.

The attractive exhibit of J. H. Baxter & Co. inclucled one thousand board feet of CZC treated 2x6 Douglas Fir joists showing how Chromated Zinc Chloride salt treat_ ment leaves the lumber clean to handle and entirely odorless. The method of pressure treating was illustrated with pictures of the treating plant and samples of the chemicals used.

Distribution of a new booklet featuring the merits of wood construction \,vas made to all prospective home builders who visitecl the booth. The booklet recently issued indicates rvhere Baxco CZC lttmber is being used and how it can be obtained through lumber dealers.

J. C. McCune and J. B. Murray of the Los Angeles office, W. W. Jackson of the San Francisco office, and Dan L. Lindsley, sales promotion engineer, West Coast Wood Preserving Co., Seattle, were in charge of the exhibit.

J. H. Baxter & Co. operates a modern pressure treating plant at Long Beach, processing lumber with both Creosote and Chromated Zinc Chloride. Distributing yards and docks are located at Alameda and Long Beach, Calif. The company is the California sales agent for the Wesl Coast Wood Preserving Co. of Seattle.

Car and. Cargo Shippers

HOGAT LUMBER GO.

WHOI.ESAI.E AND IOBBn{G

tututBER - tf,tttwoRK

SASII and DOORS

Since 1888

OFFICE, MIIJ, YARD AND DOCKS

2nd & Alice Sts., Ocklcnrd Glencourt 6861

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

Rate---$Z.5o Per Column Inch.

SITUATION WANTED

By experienced lumbertnan' salesman, estimator and yard foreman. 20 years' experience. Married and have a family. Know wholesale and retail trade. Good references. Address Box C-763 California Lumber MerchanL

E:KPERIENCED MAN WANTED

Wanted by Wholesale Yard, experienced lumber and panel salesman familiar with factory and industrial trade in Los Angeles. Address Box C-766 California Lumber Merchant.

Minimum Ad One-Half Inch.

WANTED

Experienced lumberman who can invest in well established lumber yard" sales of which average from $4,500 to $s,fi)O a month, and to act as manager. Address Box C-765, California Lumber Merchant.

WANTS POSITION IN RETAIL YARD

Young man, 22 years of age, desires position in retail yard as utility man. Three years' experience. Will go anywhere. Address Box C-767, care California Lumber Merchant.

LUMBER YARDS WANTED

If your yard is located in Soutfiern California and you want to sell, let us know about it as we have inquiries from lumber yard buyers. Twohy Lumber Co., Lumber Yard Brokers, 801 Petroleum Securities Bldg.' Los Angeles. Telephone PRospect 8746.

When a lumberman buyeth good lumber And selleth the same below cost, The pangs of regret will assail him When he reckons the kale that is lost.

When a customer asketh clear finish And getteth a substitute grade, He forthrightly telleth the neighbors And warneth them where not to trade.

When the lumberman looketh important Top heavy and overly high, He'lI gape through his cob-webbed windows As the cream of the trade passeth by.

When a customer asketh a question And receiveth a surly reply, He taketh his estimates elsewhere And telleth the countryside why.

When the lumberman leaveth good lumber Exposed to the sun and the rain, The cost of deterioration Will furnish him plenty of pain.

When termites bore into his lumber, The lumberman killeth the same, But unethical practices, brother, Are the termites that nibble his fame.

So, I'm saying to fallers and millmenI,n fact to all workers in wood, He findeth the game is a good one, Who playeth the same as he should.

Adeline Merriam Conner.

Quick Sale lor First of 1939

Demonstration Homes

W. C. Bell, managing director of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association and an organizer of the Western Homes Foundation, has just reported to the National Lumber 'Manufacturers Association the first of its 1939 Demonstration Homes to be completed and sold.

A variation of basic design 2-D, the house was finished about the middle of May at Klamath Falls, Oregon. Advertised as a low-cost Demonstration Home, it was sold one hour after its opening to John F. Hansen, superintendent of the box factory at Klamath Lumber and Box company'

Mo-bedroom house

The selling price of this one-story, tr was $2750. The down payment was $300 and the monthly payment, under local building and loan association financing, was $30.

This home was built on a paved street on a lot costing $500. The house itself was rated as costing $2250. The structure is heated by small oil burning furnace, has a modern kitchen and an electric hot water heater.

Approximately 1500 persons visited the Demonstration Home in the first four hours following its opening.

NE\^' FOLDER ON CELOTEX TRAFFIC.TOP

A new folder has just been published by the Celotex Corporation, 919 N. Michigan Ave', Chicago, Ill., describing Celotex Traffic-Top as a new material which inexpensive ly transforms flat roofs that have never been used before into recreational areas. Four pages of illustratio'ns show the attractive and practical applications of this latest material which makes it possible to utilize roofs in a new way. Available upon written request, the folder is furnished free.

BT]YBB9S GI]TDB SAIT FBANCISOO

LUMBER I-UMBER

HARDW@DS AND PANELS

Atlinro-Stutz Copann Mr-rta.r; I q-#hr_ r.r rr2 Msrk r sh*..::.............GArfierd rsoe t'"ffi1r*#H:...":1.........*rneld13$ ".ff llt3t"".iTr1T......*o., r?05-rn Cl.Eb.rlin & Co.. W. R.. pacilc Lunbcr Cc, Tb. M and M Woodrrcrldr Co.. tth Flor' Fifc Bldg' """"""Dousht5r?t -- rai s*b--!G; :L......,.......GArfierdull - Fnth and Brurur stcr! ..,,.. su$cu|l

Ganmtm & Green, isoo A-y-Si:-:...................Atmtq rl0o sut! Ec-!.'-tcr-co.' white Frottcq

Dolbecr & Carro Lunber ( no rrr.,"ui,t" E;"h,;;":hds. ....sutr.r zrsr *"orrT-ff".|ffi SiL ............GArnerd o,22 t"ri,tt "t*n$;$;;..........MArkct r,rr!

Gorau hmbcr Co. -16 Califonl,a Stret ..............8xbr6k 2O?t Fifth ud Bnuu Strc€tt.......,..3utt r llaf |rC Crlticrtr Sr. ..................GArfrc1d g0g Shevlln Pinc Sale Co., SASH_DOORS_PLYWOOD

Hrtl, Jencr L., IOO Mona&ock Blds.............EXbrook ?lxl Nicotdl Dw Salce Ca

1032 Mllb Bldc. ,.,....,............suttr?5gl Sud&r & Chrisrcnson 3015 lrth street....:...............MIsc16?t2a

Hmond Rcdwood Copary 310 San:mc Str.ct',..............GArdctd 2!tl Unltcd Statcr Plyrood Ccocrtloo.

lU Mct3Fffy St. .'............DOudu l3tt Trows Lumba Co, llt Kusar Strct ,......,.....-...MArL.t t|i|t

Hdnc Eurrln *o ""-*........GArierd rE ---llo Markst sGrt ..............cArod.r r5r! .tffl.r.-rSlfTt:*:.*g...vArsctr zrr ft05 Fhrncid Cotar Bldg........GArield Unio Lubcr 6..

Roy M. Juh Lubcr Cc. ---r;ffiH. dilTi dffi-"t st...GArfictd Eat0 cracker Bulldlns ..suttrr o?a cREosorrED LUMBER-Pousr-PtLINcC. D. Johnm tr-tbc CotF;tbr, Wenilin-g--N.erf,e! Co. TIES

Zl0 C1lfm6 Sttat-,.L.......,..Ctrftcn CZff ll0 Mlrkot Strut ................,.Suttrr $fif Aneriro Lumbor & Trotin3 Co. Lmon-BmdnSton cnp.rt, E. K. wood Lmbcr co, 116 Nrw Mont3mry gt' """""sutt'r ntr ia C'x'r-"L--sr"""f:.'.'..........ce'a"ucsr I Dnr;;.b.c.a.:..:.............KrEarnyrl10 "'*;: ti#irfio!} sL ............Dtusb.grr hfqlg!. 4 _- ry" _ Weyshaos Satcr Co. Ha[ larner L

2r0l Cdiforh Stru.t ........,...FIllEqt aua l{' Cdifqlir Strcct'..............GArnctd ltta iosz Utll] 6lds. ....................SUttcr ?ta.

LUMBER

Guerrtm & Grc6, ,th Avtnrrc Pbr .....,......,......Hlgatc ltll

Hlll & Mrton, lre, Dmlm St. Wherl ..............ANdncr le77

Hqm llnbcr Cmpuy, zrd & Allo Strutr ............Gtmrt a$f

Rcd Rlvc Lrnbar Coo ,0t Fhrnrtal C.!ta Bldt.......TWlnukr l|00

E. K. Wood LunbGr Ca' FredericL & KhS St . ..,.....FRultnle elf2

LUMBER

PAN

Cellfrou Bulldcr Supply Co, 700 fth Avc, ......Hl3eta Ol3

Hqan LunDc Cory, bd tt Alio Strc.t ..............GLGocqtrt llft

M rDd M Woodwc$ng Co -- sor ilirr' st ;.-..:..".........Ary&rytr rrf

lf,fcrtcm Dc & Sub Cc, 5th & Cypras Str. .............TEnplcb.r !l0a

HARDWOODS

Stnblc H*dwood Co., $t7 Firtt Stret ................TEnplabar 53U

Whitc Brotbcn, 500 Hith Stroct ...,..........,.,.ANdovcr f|00

LOS ANGBLDS

LUMBER

Anglo Callfmie Lubcr Co. a42a Aval6 Blvd. ...,..........THmwdI ll{l

Buru Lmbcr Co, 55f Cherbcr of C.ornrcc Bld8...PRo.Doct O{f

Coopa, Wilfrcd T., Ztt Gatc St. ..........,..........CADito| aslta

Dolba & Garm Lubcr Co., t|t FidGUty Bldc. .................VAndLc tttz

Humd Rcdtrood Cmprny, r0in So. Brqdray ..............PRo.p.ct l33t

Holrur Eurc'ka Lumber Co7rr-7r2 Archit ctr Blds. ..,.......Mutud tru

Hoolr. A. L3!2t Wttrbln Blv.L ..................YO* rrr

Roy l|. Jrab L.'-bc Ca, F. A. Clqr3h, llat Treerbc.....,..Ym ,at

C. D. Johlu tunba Clrpcatim, lll Pctrolcm Sccuritia BldS....PRapcd ffG

Lrrmcc-Philipr Lubcr Cq, |l! Psbolam Sarltilr Bl&....PRaDad SfA

MrcDoald & Harrtrjtoo, Ltd.

5a7 Pctrdqa Slecuritiq Bldg... PR EGGtff?

Prclfic Imbc Co, Tt. sZE l|lbhh Blvd. ......,..,........YOrk ll.!

Patta-Blln Lunbcr C.o-

5Zl E. 'tt SL ......................VAadtkc lEl

RGd Rfv.r l{nbc Co..

712 E. Shuro CEut|rlr a0tl

llll So. Bradwry ........,.......PRap;t GU

Reitz, Co, E. L,

_ 3ill Petrolaum Seruidcr Bl&...pRaret 23l!

San- Pedro__L_umbcr Co., Sal pcdro,

_ r&0A Wilmlryto Rad ..,.....'Su pedrc 2200

Santa Fe Lumbcr Co.

3ll Finucial Ccater Bldg. ...,..VADdtr. ,||7l

Shevlin Pine Salcc Co..

^ .32t P-etreleu Seqriticr Bldg. .,PRcpect O6ts

Suddea & Chrictmm"

_ Clo Bgard. of Tn& BldS. ,,......TRi!ity f&r

I acma Lunber Sala.

_ {Zl _Petrclun Scdrid.r Bldg...PRcpect lf0!

Twohy Lunber Qo.

_- -t0l _Petroleum Securitisr BtQ....PRocpcct S?{l

Unirm L'rnb* Co-

-_94- W.,l}!. c.rlud Bldr. ........TRbit z2!a

Wendliu3-Nathan Ca, S Wlllhha Blv& ..................YOrk llcr

Wat Orcgo Luba Co..

Scrim, Wdtc (L _ Ul Wst 7th SbGGt .........,,....Tudtr$a

Stanton, E. J.. & So. 2051t Eut 3tth Str6t ..........C8ahrry Ml

Wctaa _Hardrrood Imbsr co. 20ll E. lSth SL ............'.....pR6Fct tlA

SASH-DOORS-MIIIWORK

PANELS AND PLYIYOOD

Bac& Parcl Copry.trGSlr E. :hd S4................lADenr {t l

Cdilarir Dc Cuprny, TLr

^ ..zt? -Ar _Cznt-o! 4y* -. .,... ...TRhitt ?{at

Califomia Pancl & Vcnccr Cc,

^ 955_So. anarneda SL ..:.. ..TRbfty ||J?

Cobb Co., T. M., 5E00 Centrrl Avc ..........,......ADur lllll

Euban& & So, Inc., L H. (Inrlscd) __ l0l0 Eut Hyde P*L Blid.....ORjgoa&ilO

Kchl, Jno. W. & Son.

Wilkiruon ud Buoy,

----_ta Petrclgum Scstticr Bldg...Rlchmd dSf

_ 31t \^/. 'rh St. ....................rrRbtty aor

E. K. Wod Lmbcr Coa70l Suta Fe Avr. .,........,.,,JEffcm lUt

Wclrcrhaaar Saler Cc, ,20 W. M. carlrrd Bldg. ........Mlchlru al5l

CREOSOTED LUMBER-POIJS-PILINGTIES

Ancrlro_Lu4rbcr & Trlgdl3 Ct, _ lou -Sc_ &uqdway .....:........PRo.D.d {ft!

Butcr, J. H. & Co_ .0r w6t sth st. ............,...Mlch|nn @l

Bwning llmber Co., H. A. 5l?f So. RlvGnldc Drlvc.........JEfiorrm ll2l

HARDWOODS

Anrtcan Hrrdnod Co-

- -['qp E.st^lsth S!. .-.....,..... PR€pcct lzr'

Cedwallldcr-Glbcon Co., lDA.

3821 Eut Olynpic Blvd.' ........ANsclu ltlat

csz_ 9q. _!!yqr S!. ................ANjrlu rrn

M t!4 lq Woodvaclda3 Ce, Or5 S. Citru Aw........,....UNiv:rdty Ct

OregorWarhirgto Plywood Co., llE W.Et Nlnth Strut............TRb|tt t|lt

Pacl{c Wood Product CorpceHo, _ !l{!0-Tybtua Stn t ...:..............Albrnr tfu

Ream Cmpany, Geo E-

_ _2S.So, Ahncd! SL ............Mlcftju lt6l

Rcd Rive lubcr Cc. 7e2 E. SL|[d .CEnhrry 2lflll

Pacific Mutual Dor Co..

_ 1600 E. Wuhbgrotr Bhd. .,..,..pRoocctl6zt

5uD6t Co4iFtrt (PaHdan)

_- -715- 9". Riyd:nd Av.....:.....pyradd l-au

Unit d Strtc! Ptyvood Ccocedo. ltlt0 Est f$f, St. ......-.......,..PRorpoct t|ft

W6t Cest Smcra Cc. rras E tErd Stn t ................ADrq lll|

Whelcr-Otrod Salcr Cqrrcedc t22 llq Floar Sr. ....;...........V1ndta g

TAKING NO CHANCES that hidden delects rnighi develop in this bridge, all piling and lumber, except- the- deck and -rail, rirr.t. 1f6-t66nized. Tte bridge will siay sale. Are you cashing in on lhe growing demaud -Ior such protection against decay aad termites?

Sff0P$ SELECIS and C0IYIIYIONS

PRESSUBE-T8EATED Wolmanized Lumber protecis this home. Since, in residence congkuction, Wolmanized Lumber need be used only at guch danger points as ioists, sills aud sublloors, ite use adde less ihan 2fi to tbe total cost.

You can obtaia Wolnanized Lumber in -i-ed or straigbt carloads from leadiag producers. 14 treating plauts assure a ready supply, SoId oilf through regular trade cbannels, yoql profiis aie- protected. For lull information, write AMEBICAN iulrsEn & TBEATING COMPANy, I4O8 Old Colony Buildins, Cbiicaqo, Illinois.

Iloi Anqeles, 1031 South Broadway, PRospect 4363 San Francisco, 116 New Monigomery Street, SUtter 1225

t Regletorod Trademark

Soft Ponderosct crnd Sugcn Pine. Industriol ond building items kiln dried and shed stored. In straight ccrrs or mixed cqrs.

LI,MBER CUT STOCK MOUIDING PTYWOOD INCENSE CEDAR PENCIL AND BUND STATS

THD RED RIVER TUMBER GO.

MILL, FACTORIES AND GENERAL SALES wEsTvooD, CALIFORNTA

LOS ANGELES

TRADE -€TiF: 6ffi \W/ \-OrrrF t MARK

Saler Oficc: 715 Vectern Pacific Bldg.' 1O3l So. Broadwry

Varehoure: L. C. L. Vholccale, 702 E. Slauron Avc'

SAN FRANCISCO

Saler Ofice: 315 Moaradnoc& Building

OAKLAND

Salec Ofice: 9O8 Financiel Center Building

MEMBER WESTERN PINE ASSOCIATION