The California Lumber Merchant - July 1940

1. SMALLER INVENTORY

ril7hen you handle the fve grades of Douglas Fir Plywood in rePresentative sizes and thicknesses, your stock of Douglas Fir Plywood is complete! You have no problems as to colors or special finishes. For instance, Plywall (Douglas Fir Plywood wallboard) comes sanded satin-smooth and cream-colored ready to take any finish: naturat stain, paint, enamel or wallpaper. So if you handle paint, every Plywall customer is also a prospect for paint or other finish.

2. UNLIMITED USES

Douglas Fir Plywood is one of the most versatile materials available today. It's unsurpassed for everything from breadboards to comPlete houses. It's as easy to work as lumber because it is real lumber made lighter, larger and stronger. Virtually every old. fop",. new home,- store, business, industry and school in your vicinity is a potential Douglas Fir Plywood user.

3. "GRADE TRADE.MARKED"

Douglas Fir Plywood is easy to buy and sell. Every panel is distiictively "giade rade-mirked" io that both you'uid yo.rt customer can tell the puposes for which'that panel was manufacnrred. These "grade trade-marks" are also ybur assurance of quality and that the panel was made in suict accordance with U. S. Commercial Standard CS45-38.

4- AGCEPTED BY FHA

The residential construction field is your biggest market for Douglas Fir Plywood because all-plywood or partial-plywood homEs can be financed through FHi.. Douglas Fir nlydo'od for home construction is also approved in the Uniform Buildine Code. So go out after real p^lywood volume. Telt yo"r U"iia"? customers about the new DFP Dri-Bilt with plywood method of construction. For more details, write Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Tacoma Bldg., Tacoma, $7ash.

a 5/l8h Plyacord rhecthing nqkeg hones 5.9 limes as rigdd os borizontol bocrd sheothing-goes on losler. l,/2" or 578" Plyscord buil& wcrp-lree sublloor'g+eries lirsl qg one-uie colcrete lorma. Plyscord is olso idecl lor rool shecthi[9. Tbichcas depende on rqller spcciag ond rool load. Plyscord is c vilcl pdrt ol tbe Dri-Bilt houie. So bes'i! to pueh Plyscord oad increore prolits.

O The qreclLer cnd wcler-prool exlerior lype

oI Douglcs Fir Plywood ie becoming iacreqg- inclv popular. For boots, exterior liaish on ho-nig-oi olher outdoor uos, it h6 ao equcl.

O Douglc Fir Plywood hcg becone lhe cccepted mcterial lor slurdy cobinets qnd puncture-prool wclls ond ceilinga. Are your alocLs complolo? Il not, order todcy.

o The Einabger MilI 6 Lunber Co. ot Bethsedo, Md., i! iust on6 ol tbe prograrrive dealers wbo ore coshing hr on the populority ol Douqlos Ffu Plvwood. The new Plyscord af,ectbiag is beconiig o big piolit item,

O The new DFP Dri-Bilt witL Plvwood nelhod ol cor. structiol encrbles builders lo tura itqadord $roon boweg over lo clients two rr€olrs aller controcts cre siEmed. DFP Dri-Bilt howeg qre atrorgss, worner oad dual-prool.

Dividends Distributed by Savings and Loan Associations

Chicago, Ill.Monday, July 1, the savings, building and loan associations completed the distribution of $85,000,000 dividends for the first half of I94D, the United States Savings and Loan League reports. These earnings on the associations' long-term mortgage loans to homeowners, will go to 6,800,000 individuals, trustees, benevolent and fraternal institutions, and to the United States Treasury. Amounts earned by individual shareholders will range from a few dollars to several hundred, according to Morton Bodfish, executive vice president of the League.

He estimated that at least half a million individuals and trust funds are receiving this return .on savings and loan investments for the first time in their existence, having placed the money there during the past six months. In the course of the past year several states have clarified their laws to make shires in insured savings and loan associations eligible for trust fund and other fiduciary investment, and there has been a larger gain in this type of ownership for savings and loan accounts during the past six months than at any previous time. Among the group receiving their first savings and loan dividends are a few of the charter members of "Own-a-Home Savings" clubs in savings and loan associations in various parts of the country who started in May to build up $1,000 or more for a down payment on a home a few years hence. Those who began two months ago will receive dividends at this half-year distribution, it was pointed out.

tUlilBEn DEIIERS and illtt ililEnS

are cordiclly invited to visit our exhibit ct the Golden Gcrte Internationcl Exposition on Trecsure Islcrnd in the Homes cnd Gardens Building. We hqve on displcry

DISAPPEAilNG DOORS_ALI TYPES TANDEM DOOBS _ ACCONDTON DOORS _ FOI.DING PANTITIONS

Our new types are attracting the attention ol builders.

E. C. PITCHER CO.

557 Market St., San Frqncisco. .. .YUkon 1543

F'IRE DESTROYS CARLTON MILL

As drought-fed fires continued through the Northwest, the Carlton community in Yamhill County, Oregon, July 4, suffered its second industrial loss in six weeks, the L. H. L. Lumber Compa.ny mill. The Carlton Manufactuting Company plant burned late in May. The L. H. L. mill was operated by E. J. Linke and Guy Haynes. The mill had a daily capacity of 100,00O board feet and employed 8O men in two shifts.

WITH WATSONVILLE LUMBER CO.

"Jack" Johnson, formerly with United Lumber Yards, Modesto, is now associated with Watsonville Lumber Company, Watsonville.

OUR ADVERTISERS

*Advertisements appear in alternate issues.

American Lumber and Treating Co. ----------11

Anglo California Lumber Co..------------.---------- t

Attinson-Stutz Co.----- -

Back Panel Company ----..---,------15

Baxter & Co., J. H. ------- ---------12

Booth-Kelley Lumber Co. ------ ----- -

Bradley Lumber Co. of Arkaneas.----------------- 5

Burns Lumb€r Co.-------------

Cadwallader-Gibson C,o., I.nc.----------------------.24

California Builders Supply Co..---------------------2o

California Door Co., The-----------------

California Panel & Veneer Co.,------------------*

California Stucco C.o.---- ----------. *

C.elotex Corporation, TLe.----------------

C,obb Co- T. M.------------ ----------.27

Cooper, W. E. ---------- ----------------2t

Curtie Companies Service Bureau

Dant & Rursell, Inc.------------

Douglas Fir Plywood Arcociation---- ------------------ 2

Eubank & Son, fnc., L. H.--------------------------------23

Ewauna Box Co.---------

Pacific 'Wire Products Co. -- - ----------------------1t

Pacific Vood Products Corp..-------------------_-I1

Patten-Blinn Lumber Co..---------------------------- I

Pope & Talbot Lumber C.o.,-.----,,.--.----------------19

Pitcher Co., E. C.------- ----------- 3

Portland Cement Association -,--------------------1, Ream Company, Geo. E. ----- -- ---------'

Red Cedar Shingle Bureau.--------------------------19

Red River Lumber C,o. --- - ---------- ---------------- 9

Santa Fe Lumer Co..----

Shevlin Pine Sales Co.--------------------------------29

Southwestern Pertland Cement C,o. -------------- 7

Stanton & Son, E. J.----------------------------.-..-12

Strable Hardwood Co.------------------ ---------------27

Sudden & Christenson ----------16

Tacoma Lumber Sales ---------,----

trnion Lumber C.o.-------------

Wendling-Nathan Co.,--------- - - - - - - - - - - - -- ----21

West Coast Screen C.o.-------------------------------17

West Oregon t rrm$s1 Co..-------------------------*

Vestern Door & Sash C,o.-------

Vestern Hardwood Lunber Co.-------------- *

Veyerhaeuser Sales Company

Wheeler Ocgood Salec Corporation--------- r

Vhite Brothers.----------------

I. E MANNN Morcarlng Editor

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THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT JackDionre,fubldlru

How Lumber Looks

Seattle, Wash., July 11, 19,1O.-The weekly average of West Coast lumblr production in June (4'weeks)"was 141,47,W board feet, or 71.8 per cent of the weekly average for l92Gl9n, the industry's years of highest capacity realization, according to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association in its monthly survey of the industry. Orders averaged 132,7O5,W board feet; shipments, 145,730,000. Weekly averages for May were: production, 137,416ffJ/0. bgard feet (69.8 per cent of the h.c.r. index) ; orders, 133; 372,OOO; shipments, 152,833,000.

First 26 weeks of. 194O, cumulative production, 3,482,067,W board feet; same period, 1939,-3,056,652,00O; 1938, 23n,637,W

Orders lor 26 weeks of 194O break down as follows: rail, l,S7l,&9W board feet; domestic cargo, L,2&,277,ffi; export, 2I4,W,000 ; local, 477,M9,W.

The industry's unfilled order file stood at 382,9@,ffi board feet at the end of June; gross stocks, at 94,ffi0,000.

The market for West Coast lumber in June remained under siege from the uncertainties that continue to surround general U. S. business. While the decline of June orders from May was slight, volume of business has been considerably less than was expected for this period of the year. The usual push of spring buying did not materialize for West Coast lumber. Reluctance to create inventory investment is general throughout lumber market centers. This condition rises from uncertainty generated by the war.

West Coast lumber enjoyed good rail-market demand steadily through June, while the Atlantic Coast and California water-borne markets rvere erratic. The winter lumber supply on the Atlantic Coast lasted longer than usual, because of prolonged snow and freezing and heavy spring rains holding back construction.

Building permits have held up well in view of an unpredictable business curve. The outlook for farm building is only fair. In the week ending June 22 the all-commodity index of the Bureau of Labor Statistics dropped to the lowest level since September, 1939. The Bureau attributes the drop to a sharp break in prices of farm products, par- ticularly grains, livestock, poultry, fruits and vegetables. Reports from farm market areas for West Coast lumber indicate, however, that farmers will go ahead with a reasonable amount of building in the fall.

Lumber production during the week ended lune D, 194O, was 2 per cent less than in the previous week; shipments were 4 per cent greater; new business, 6 per cent greater, according to reports to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association from regional associations covering the operations of representative hardwood and softwood mills. Shipments were .2 per cent above production; new orders, 3 per cent above production. Compared with the

corresponding week of 1939, production was 5 -per cent greater; shipments one per cent less and new business one ler cent grelter. The iirdustry stood at 73 per cent-of the ieasonal weekly average of. i9D production and 73 per cent of average 1929 shipments.

Reported p-roduction lor the 26 weeks ot L94O to date was I per cdnt above corresponding weeks of 1939; slip' ments ivere 6 per cent above the shipments and new orders were 5 per cent above the orders of the 1939 period. For the 26 weeks of 194O to date, new business was 3 per cent above production, and shipments were 4 per cent above production. - During the week ended lune D, Lg4o., 468 mills produced 241,998,fu feet of softwoods and hardwoods combined; shipped 242,557ff,F feet; booked orders of 248,507,000 fe-et. Revfued figures for the preceding week were mills, 508; production 247,694W feet; shipments 233,459,000 feet; orders 233,519,000 feet.

Lumber orders reported for the week ended June D, 194O, by 384 softwood mills totalled 238,?3OW feet; .or 2 per cint above the production of the same.ryil-1.-. S-hipments as reported for the same week wete 231,938,000 feet, or one per cint below production. Production was 234)7A,000 feel. Reports from 98 hardwood mills give new business as 1O,277,W feet, or 31 per cent above production. Shipments as reported for the same week-were 10,619,00O feei or 36 per -cent above production. Production was 7,828,000 feet. -Production during week ended June D, l9&, of 370 identical softwood mills was 232,2I5,ffi feet, and a year ago it was 219,868,000 feet; shipments were respectively 2b,585,ffi feet, and 231,682,ffi feet; and orders received 235,8n,M feet, and 233,O79,ffi f.eet. In the case of hardwoods, 78 identical mills reported production this year and a year ago 6,364,000 feet and 6,323W feet; shipme_nts 8,065,000 feet, and 8,493,000 feet, and orders 8,174,000 feet and 9,484,000 feet.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended June D, lO7 mills reporting, gave orders as 82,016,00O feet, shipments 77,5D,W feet, and production 89,324,00O feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled ?42,779,m feet.

The Southern Pine Association June D, 103 mills reporting, gave feet, shipments D,549,000 feet, and feet. Orders on hand at the end 55,189,00 feet.

for the week ended orders as 29,039,000 production 25,844,m of the week totaled

Lumber cargo arrivals at Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor for the week ended July 6 amounted to 72,968.,@O feet as compared with 12,559,00O feet the previous week.

Subrcrip6o Prlcc, 1|l.00 per Yccr Singlc Copiea,25 ccntr eccL LOS| ANGFIF,q, CAL, JULY 15, 1940

Bctor on ApCiccdoa

BRADLEY}OS

Oak Flooring

IS THE SHORTEST DISTANCE 3ETWEEN TIOORING BINS AND SATES

which is iust another way ol saying that this ls the lastest' movlng hardwood llooring you can oarry in stock llere are the tessons:

In Bradlefs STRAIGHT-IINE oak Flooring you have a product exactingly manutactured to straight, parallel lines and 90-degree angles throgghout. This long-needed improvement in hardwood llooring nanulacture eliminates croolr and provider perlect aide and end matching.

Each piece of Bradley's $TRAIGHT-UNE oak flooring fits accurately with the next. Tongrue and groove go together easily and snugly, without torcing. No nailed-in tension to cause opening up later on.

And, on the protit side: Since Bradley'e STRAIGHT'LINE Oak flooring has been on the rnarket, hundreds ol dealers, contractors and floor layerr have proved lhese advantages in scotes ol installations.

Your tirst car of Bradley's STRNGHT,IINE oak Dlooring will convince you, too. We can ship promptly, including any assorlment ol Oak Pl8nk Flooring, oak and Gum Trim and Mouldings, Ar}ansas Solt Pine linislr and yard stock. Get in toucb with our nearest represenlative, or addtsst!

When, after many battles past, Both tired with blows make peace at last, What is it, after all, the people get? Why, taxes, widows, wooden legs, and debt.

-Francis Moore

Radio commentato, *.ia";";, whose powers of speech are especially fine, was unusually effective the other day when he commented on the recent visit of Hitler to the tomb of Napoleon, in Paris. Kaltenborn wondered what thoughts crossed the mind of this modern Attila; wondered if he had ever read the immortal remark that Col. R. G. fngersoll made when he, too, visited that spot, and looked down upon that sarcophagus? And Kaltenborn quoted these words of Ingersoll:

"A little while ago f ia"la *by th" grave of the old Napoleon, a magnificent tomb, fit for a dead deity almost, and gazed in the great circle at the bottom of it. In the sarcophagus of black Egyptian marble at last rest the ashes of that restless man. * * * And as I looked, I said: I would rather have been a French peasant and worn wooden shoes; I would rather have lived in a hut with the vine growing over the door and the grapes growing and ripening in the autumn sun; I would rather have been that peasant, with my wife by my side and my children upon my knees twining their arms of affection about me; I would rather have been that poor French peasant and gone down at last to the eternal promiscuity of the dust, followed by those who loved me; I would a thousand times rather have been that French peasant than that imperial personative of force and murder: and so I would ten thousand thousand times."

>::**

Many people ask many questions about this man Hitler. But the one I keep asking myself, and cannot possibly answer is-how can he sleep?

How can a man "r""n ;" "J" "ooo, him hundreds of thousands of youthful dead; hundreds of thousands of torn and maimed bodies; millions of innocent people whose tears of misery swell the very ocean tides; millions of little children doomed to unmeasured gloom through all their days; the old and the yomg, the maiden and the bride, youth and age, rich and poor, all doomed to horrors

immeasurable, and all because of his maniacal ego and his blood lust that passeth understanding? How can he sleep?

And here on this side of *anJ o"""r, we hurriedly and feverishly prepare to build up a great national defense system, because of the threat of Hitler. In seven years Hitler has built this machine of war that destroyed and enslaved most of Europe in a few short weeks. In those same seven years ure Americans have wasted billions upon billions of dollars in leaf-raking, boondoggling, and various other sorts of trnintelligent relief efforts, practically all of which could have been invested in national defense efforts, and furnished the needed employment at the same time. What a different situation we would have been in had we spent our billions that way!

The lumber industry ," lnrlrruiury situated and equipped to render any possible sort of service in the defense campaign. The Government can get anything it wants in any possible guantity in the quickest sort of time, and at most reasonable cost, from the entire lumber industry. I would say that the manufacturing end of the industry is even BETTER equipped for defense service than it was when we entered the first World War.

That is true for tr," ,"l"orl ttLt ".-rnills today go further into the manu,facture of their products now than they did twenty-odd years ago, and could therefore furnish, if necessary, a great volume of completely manufactured wooden articles, that they had neither the equipment nor the ability to make in those days. A generation ago the sawmills mostly made lumber and timber. They make a lot more than that today, both in hardwoods and softwoods. The other day a Government man called on a friend of mine who makes cabinet products, and asked if he could turn out certain hardwood items in great quantity, such as tent stakes and pegs. My friend told him there were hundreds of sawmills ready and able to make such stuff quickly from their own raw materials, and were the natural people to turn it out quickly and economically. That same thing will happen with innumerable wood products. Modern planing mills and remanufacturing plants all over the country can make any sort of wood products the Government may want, and deliver them

ready for use. Those are services the lumber industry could not give in the ottrer World War.

**i<

We have to stop and cogitate a while to realize how much the lumber industry has changed in the last generation. Take seasoning. Lumber seasoning was strictly in its infancy at that time. Today it has reached the height of perfection. Twenty-odd years ago most West' ern softlVoods were being either air-dried or shipped green, especially Fir. The kiln-drying of Fir was anything but practical. Yellow Pine only kiln-dried its thin stock, and did a might5r crude job of that. The kiln-drying of hardwoods was still considered a sort of wild-eyed gamble, with no thought of exactness or precision. Definite moisture-content with uniform seasoning from surface to center was only a hope.

Today we can kiln-dry all commercial woods perfectly. If the Government wants softwoods or hardwoods dried in some exact manner, or cut, dressed, turned, or worked into sizes ready for immediate use on delivery, it can get almost anything in reason from sawmills, and get it quickly and in volume. Because the lumber manufacturing industry is an entirely difrerent business from that a generation back It is a service business today, and don't you doubt it. ***

That's technical stuff I've been talking about. When it comes to ordinary building material the lumber industry can do a great deal better job than it did in the last war. Talk about deliveries ! They'd better not start ordering dimension and boards until they are ready for them, because the stuff will arrive shortly after the purchasing agent hangs up the phone. And the possible volume is unlimited. What the Government wants, it can get, quickly, dependably, and in any possible volume. That goes for all the Western and Southern softwoods, and for Southern hardwoods.

And of course when it ";": .Jp"rr"r" and plywood, that's another industry that was definitely in its earliest infancy during the last war, that has now brought its products to a high state of perfection, and with production facilities capable of impressive volume. fn fact, I have heard rumors of tremendous panel orders already, stuff that could not have been had at any price twenty-odd years ago.

I doubt very much if there is a fundamental industry in America whose ability to serve under a defense program has improved as greatly since the last war as has wood products.

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HIGI EANI.T STRDTIGTH

(28 dcry concrete strenglhs ia 24 hours.)

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(Result ol conpound composition cnd usucrlly lound only in specicrl cements desigrned lor this purpose.)

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Tells Story of Insulation in Home Building Forest Service Prepares for Fire Blitzkrieg

San Francisco, June Z1-Preparations in defense of California's forest and watersheds are in readiness for the first major engagements with summer forest fires Regional Forester S. B. Show of the U. S. Forest Service reported today from his headquarters here.

Skirmishes with the red enemy in each national forest already have signaled the coming of the annual big drive alohg scores of mountain salients. In forest quarters, it was pointed out that fires are continually cropping up at unsuspected sources and at unexpected times. This note carries the warning that care with campfires and burning tobacco will necessarily be the official order of the day throughout the summer until fall rains bog down the enemy advances.

This original firel economy advertising display in the street window of the northwest sales office of the Insulite Company, 607 Second Ave. S., Minneapolis, is stopping hundreds of passersby daily, and telling the story of insulation in home-building in a most effective way.

At the left stands Professor Fuel Economy explaining to G. F. Hoppe, Insulite's advertising manager, and creator of the learned papier-mache pedagogue, why it pays to use Insulite's wall of protection in the construction of a new home.

It is the Professor's contention, based on sound figuring, that a return of 36 cents a year can be made on every dollar invested in the installation of the wall of protection in a new $5,000 home, on the basis of a 2Gweek computation.

Fuel savings in 20 years' time, says the Professor, will total $465. This is more than six times the original cost of the insulation, and convincingly proves the value of the wall of protection. ft explains, in part, why hundreds of dealers are establishing new Insulite sales records in all parts of the United States and Canada.

F. G. HANSON ON EASTERN TRIP

Francis G. Hanson, head of West Coast Screen Co., Los Angeles, is on one of his periodical Eastern trips in connection with sales promotion work on the Hollywood Door. He left July 6 and traveled to Portland and Seattle before heading East. He will visit St. Paul, Chicago and New York, and will buy new machinery including the latest type of door sticker for the West Coast plant. Some of his own ideas are being incorporated into this new machine.

Mr. Hanson, who is accompanied by Mrs. Hanson, will be gone five or six weeks.

VETERANS BUILD 18,753 HOMES

Sacramento, June 30.-Since the inception of the program, 18,753 homes and farms costing $83,006,637 have been purchased through the State Division of Veterans' 'Welfare, which advances money to veterans for homes and farms.

According to a survey completed by Anthony E. Boicella, newly appointed chairman of the Veterans' Welfare Board, the average cost of each veteran's home has been $466y'. while farms averaged $5575.

Fifth columnists who intentionally or carelessly start forest, brush or valley fires will be sought out in the interest of national forest defense, Regional Forester Show stated. Careless smokers are recognized as the most dangerous agents on highways, roads and mountain trails.

Forest Service defense forces place a considerable share of their faith in aerial attack this summer. Four airplanes under contract will carry out reconnaissance patrols, confirm reports of new fires, make observation flights, drop supplies by parachute to fire fighters and transport key personnel to major conflagrations.

Motorized equipment will be another important factor in each counter attack against fire advances. One hundred heavy tanker trucks, maneuverable in the roughest terrain, are stationed throughout hazardous sectors of all national forests and ready to roll at a moment's notice.

Trailbuilder tractors, motor lories, flame throwers, water pumps, radios, hand-tools, mess equipment, sleeping bags, emergency rations and many other items of fire fighting paraphenalia are on hand to meet any big push unleashed by forest fire.

In similarity to the military phase of national defense, Forest Service ground forces still continue as the key element for taking and holding front line positions. Forest rangers and guards, CCC enrollees and local experienced fire fighters compribe the fire line man power that fights and controls more than 5000 forest fires each year in California alone.

Of this number of fires, 75 per cent start at the hands of human carelessness.

BOOKLET ILLUSTRATING BOAT PLANS AVAILABLE

As a service to the rapidly growing number of amateur boat builders, the Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Tacoma Building, Tacoma, Wash., has had several plans drawn by recognized naval architects, each designed for the efiective use of exterior type plywood. The booklet illustrates five different boat plans and is available through the Association, free of charge, upon individual request.

A sample plan as an example shows how all of them have been made up. The Association had a boat constructed from each plan to make sure that the design was sound.

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Bradley's Stralght-Line Ripping Machines Forcst Fire Fighters Exempt From Guarante e Perlectly Straight Flooring \(/age-Hour Law

R. W. Fullerton, president and general manager of the Bradley Lumber Company of Arkansas, thinks the greatest single step forward his concern has ever taken is straight-line ripping. After two years of continual experimentation, they announced that all their flooring lumber would be straight-line ripped before going to the flooring machines, thus guaranteeing the flooring trade perfectly

Employees of lumber and other companies, called on to engage in fire fighting activities, are exempt from the wage and hour provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act while fighting forest fires, Colonel Philip B. Fleming, Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, U. S. Departe ment of Labor, announced today.

The Wage and Hour Division, in cooperation with the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, and the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, recently drew up a procedure to be observed by private employers who seek this exemption for their employees while fighting forest fires. Authority for the action is contained in Section 3(d) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which provides that the term "employer shall not include the United States or any state or political subdivision of a State." Fire fighters are working under state, federal, or other public direction while fighting forest fires and during that time, therefore, are employed by them, and are exelnpt,

In announcing the action, Colonel Fleming said: "Since persons called upon by government or other public officials, pursuant to statutory authority, to engage in fire fighting activities, become in legal effect employees of the State or Federal Government, the employer whose employees have been so engaged is not required to consider time spent in fire fighting activities as hours worked for the company during the workweek."

This strcight-line rip is the arcchine which hcs improved Brcrdlefs method oI mqnulccturing hcrdwood llooring. straight flooring. This was no simple matter, the problem being to secure the desired results without incurring too great a penalty in the line of waste. They solved the problem in ways best known to themselves, and today only straight hardwood lumber goes through the flooring plant.

At the point where the rough lumber enters the flooring plant they have in operation a line of three straight-line ripping machines, and all the lumber goes through these machines as it enters. This means that Bradley takes out all the crooks before they make the stock into flooring.

Bradley Lumber Company of Arkansas operates one of the largest hardwood manufacturing and re-manufacturing plants in the world at Warren, Arkansas.

ATTENDS "BOY STATE'' AT SACRAMENTO

Dick Lawrence attended the recent "Boy State" at Sacramento which is sponsored by the American Legion where the boys are taught the principles and workings of the State government. Each year the various American Legion Posts throughout the state designate a boy to attend "Boy State" and this year over 80O boys were in attendance. Dick represented Lumbermen's Post No. 4O3. He is a son of T. B. Lawrence, Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co., of Los Angeles.

Every employer claiming exemption of his employees as fire fighters during the period the employees were so engaged will submit a form supplied by the Wage and Hour Division entitled "Application for Certification of Employees as Fire Fighters," filled out in triplicate, to the appropriate local Forest officer. Such Forest officer rvill either approve or deny the application and will send one copy of the form to the Regional Office of the Wage and Hour Division and return one copy to the employer.

Determination of whether there was in fact a forest hre and whether the fire occurred in a Protected Area is the responsibility of the local Forest officer. The Wage and Hour Division will accept determinations made by such Forest officer. The U. S. Forest Service and its cooperating agencies will notify employers cooperating in the prevention and control of forest fires about this procedure and will supply them with necessary forms, obtained from the Wage and Hour Division, U. S. Department of Labor'

FITTING UP BOAT FOR SPORT FISHING

Captain Sigurd Benson, formerly master of various boats for Hart-Wood Lumber Co., Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co.. and E. L. Reitz Co., has purchased a 60-foot boat to use for sport fishing in Southern California and Mexico waters. The boat, S. S. Marian, is now docked at the upper end of Pier 9O, San Pedro.

Captain Benson is widely known in Pacific Coast lumber ciroles. More recently he operated a tug boat business at Grays Harbor, selling his tug the "Rustler" to the Foss interests of Tacoma.

PACIFIC WOOD PRODUCTS CORPORATION

SASH AND DOOB MANT'FACTT'RERS

FOR SEIJIJING MORE IJUMBER

Use Wolnanized Lumber* as a tool for increasing the sales of your yard.

You can do it by showing proslrcts how Wobnanized Lumber gives needed protection ageinEt decay and termite damage, yet adds less than 27o to the total cost of the average house. That is because Wolmanized Lumber, used at danger points protects the whole struc' ture. And in other types of consbuc[on it pays to use '!\I6lmanizsd Lumber wherever moisture is presen! particularly for roof decking, nailing sbips, and sleepers.

Pacific Cross-Buck Front Door

THE INSTAIJ.ATION MAKES THE DIFFERENCE

SUGAR PINE DOORS cqn be hung with minimum eflort ond tirne. They cre light to hcnrdle, ecsy to plcrre crrd bore, will hold iheir shclpe, toke point economicelly cmd give losting sotisloction.

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Alter you interest a prospect in Wohnanized Lumber, it's a short step to selling other ma' terial he requires. So you develop extra business. lll'elnanizsd Lumber is sold through regular trade channels, by leading lumber producers who will ship to you in straight or mixed carloads. Write direct to us for samples oI "selling am-unition" which help you sell it.

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Same Philosophy

The colored section gang was eating "dinnah" under the shade of a tree, and the conversation, never lacking under such conditions, turned to the subject of married life. It happened that five of the six members of the crew were married men. Only "Slim" Simpson was a bachelor. He listened interestedly while various of the crew talked of home life, each one directly testifying as to the secondary position of the male in the matter of authority in the household; which the turmarried one failed to understand.

"Cose I ain't nevah ben married, an' deys lotsa things

SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE MOVED

West Oregon Lumber Company moved its San Francisco office to the company's new terminal tract at Evans Avenue at Toland Street, San Francisco, effective July 1. The new telephone number is ATwater 5678. Lyle W. Vincent is district manager.

bout hit dat I may not un'estand so good, but deys one thing I'm tellin youall fo sho an dat is if'n I evah does get a wife, I am suttingly gwine tell huh jes ezzackly whah to head in. Dass whut I'm gwine to do, reely," said "Slim".

"Shor" replied the oldest man in the crew. "Sho you is. An I speck when you drives a automobile an you comes to a railroad track an you sees dat big express train comin long you way goin ninety miles a hour, I speck you gwine honk dat auto hawn jes as loud ez yotJ kin to tell dat exlxess train t' git outa you way, ain't you?"

INSTALLS PLANING MILL

Mount' Whitney Lumber Company recently completed new planing mill facilities and a box fectory at their plant at Johnsondale, Calif.

The sawmill is running two shifts, cutting Ponderosa and Sugar Pine, California Incense Cedar and White Fir.

DEAI.ENS.

Exchalgr rorvlor{rdrr'r utrosted hr- brr loc our C&octrd linc Cbloridr rtoct plur chog. loc trrctbg. frrctLg dordrr,r on lulbrr-lll rLlp- EOtr to ou docl cr trucl lotr trr dclrt ycrd.

New Construction Loans High

Chicago, lane D.---The savings, building and loan associations had in April their first $100,00O,000 month in loan activity since the depression, lending an estimated $108,001,000, according to the United States Savings and Loan League.

According to the mortgage loan index of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board the associations did 32.5 per cent of all April home financing, as compared with 3O.2 per cent last year.

The total volume included record sums loaned for new home construction, $33,764,000, and for assistance in home buying, $37,821,000. Repair and modernization loans, the largest amount so disbursed in any month since June, 1937, totalled $6,097,000.

A larger than seasonal rise of 19.5 per cent over March lending activity for all purposes was registered, while the increase over April, 1939, was even more spectacular, 29.4 per cent.

In one state alone, California, the associations made more than $5,0@,000 of new construction loans. Similar financing in Ohio was $4,213,000 for the month, while New York, Illinois, North Carolina, and Florida each got more than $1,000,000 of new homes started by savings and loan financing in April.

Morton Bodfish, executive vice president of the League, said that today's loan activity is at about the pace of savings and loan financing during the period of.1923-30 except for the two peak years, 1927-28. Of the home-building which has taken place during the first four months, reported by the U. S. Department of Labor at $360,700,000, and counting public housing as well as private financing, savings, building and loan advances have accounted for about 30 per cent, he said.

Analysis of the April loans and the purpose for which they were made follows:

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BUILD BUSINESS FOR YOU

Notice the wcy the good-looking stucco iobs stqnd out on my street, Clecn, imqrflooking cnd witir cm oir of .permcrnence, .you iu.st }a9w. tl.reV Dullcl new buslness tor ptctstermg contrdctors, Help insure Iuture volume by Leeping o close. check o.n quolity, Just lollow hes6 slmDle rules: See thdt-the slructure is ricid cnd well-fromed thdt the Lqse is O.K. lhct protective structurol

detqils cre properly designad . , thdt only stucco mcde with PORTLAND CEMENT oT WATER-PROOFED PORTLAND CEMENT is ueed lor oll codls qnd that it is mixed, cpplied cnd cured cccording to opproved methodE. Write for NEW EDITION of our "Plcsicror'r Mcruct," covering lqtest specilicqlions <rnd methods lor mcting good slucco.

PONTTAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION

DcpL I 7b-ll, 816 W. Flltb St., lo. Aagctcr, Cclll. A nqtional orqcnizqtion lo imDrove ond extend lhe uses of concrete thr5ugh scientilic reiearch cnd engineuring field rvork.

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"DUROID" Elcctro

\(/. J. Cereghino

W. J. Cereghino, chief estimator of Eureka Sash Door & Moulding Mills, San Francisco, passed away at his summer home in Fairfax, Calif'., on July 4.

He was born in Amador County, Calif., 53 years ago, and was with this firm since 1906. He is survived by his widow. Mrs. Theresa Cereghino.

,,DURO,, BRoNze

Seff Inventory

BY JACK DIONNE

One ol the grect minds oI cll time wcts c pot-bellied Athenicn locrler ol olden dcys, whoee ncrme wtrs Socrqtes. The thinking world guotes him lorever,' qnd lorever shall. And the most quoted ol <rll the Socrcrtic philosophies wcs q lwo-word piece oI crdvice:

*TNOW THYSEI.FT'

(Ol course, Socrates scid mcny things that I love to quote. For instcnce he scrid every man should mcry. "Il you get cr good wile" scid ihe old scge, "she will mcrke you hqppy. And iI you get tr bcrd wile, she will mcke you q philosopher.")

But it is the "KI{OW TIIYSEI^F" crdvice thcrt we propose to brielly discuss here, cs pcrt oI our sqles course. When Socrcrtes slipped thct two-word suggestion to luture generctions he wcrs encompcssing in two simple words, and estcblishing for cll time, crn unvcrying chcrt lor the direction ol humcn eflort into the chcrnnels of success. The cvercge mcn fcrils oI success lcrgely lor the recson thcrt he hcrs not properly applied cmd prolited by this terse crdvice. He hcrs lcriled to KI'IOW HIMSELF.

The mcn who knows not himsell nor his possessions cqnnot possibly know whct he hqs to sel} cmd the lirst essenticrl ol selling is knowing your goods. Every mcsr hcrs something to sell the world. SeU-selling is his primcry iob, regcrdless ol where his lot is ccst. Therelore he should stcrrt out with an honest, unbicsed sell-inventory. Know thysell. Tcke note oI your crssets cnd licrbilities. Estimcte your strength qrrd your weckness. Consider well those qucrlities you hqve in relcrtion to your business needs. Use this inventory qs q bcrsis for cr copcigm lor sell-betterment. Get the thought in your hecrd thct the wcy to make the most ol your business opportunities is lo mcke the most of YOIIRSEIF,lirst.

Thct other fellow over there, the one who is mcking such c conspicuous success oI his business effort cnd whose crbility you crdmire, is probcrbly whcrt he is beccuse some time bcck yonde: he did iust whcrt you qre doing; looked hinself over, weighed himsell crnd then stcrrted out to work out his own business scrlvqtion

And still crnother lellow who everyone scys hcs so much "personclity," probcbly comes under the scme rule. Thqt mcrrvelous thing men ccll "personclity" is generclly the result of intelligent eflort, rcrther 1561 inherited brillicnce. Too mcny oI us look upon signs oI unusucrl cr'bility in others crs irdicctions ol ENDOWMENT, rcther thqn results oI crpplied eflort. And thct viewpoint throttles our ourn ambitions. We believe in crrbitrcrry lcrws of limitcrtion thct scry how lar we ccm go and no larther, in vcrious directions.

Wherecrs the lact is thct whcrt men have done, men cqrr do, iI they try cs hcrd cnrd as intelligently qs the others. Thct's why old Socrates bcrde every mc-' hope, when he sqid "Know Thysell." Thct lcnowledge is the loundcrtion on which you mcry stqrt lo build whiat you wcmt to be. And, by the wcy, c very wise modem crddition to Socrcrtes' cdvice would be: "Don't kid yoursell." Il you deliberctely checrt yoursell in mcking lhcrt inventory, the Lord only loows whct sort ol lop-sided structure mcry be the result.

Sash and Door \(/holesalers Will Hold Forest Conservation Displayed At Fair

Golf Tournament July 23

The Wholesale Sash and Door Association of Southern California will hold their next golf tournament at the Fox Hills Golf Course, 5800 West Slauson Avenue, Los Angeles, Tuesday afternoon, July 23, l94O The tournament will start at 1:0O p.m. A big crowd is expected.

Among the prizes to be played for will be the West Coast Screen Co. trophy for the guests, Bill Sampson trophy for the Association members, the special feature event, and blind bogey. Other prizes will be awarded to the winners of the various special events.

Dinner will be served in the Club House at 6:30 p.m. and will be followed with the presentation of prizes and cards.

The committee arranging for the tournament includes D. D. McCallum, Orrin Wright and Earl Galbraith. Reservations can be made by calling Earl Galbraith, telephone VAndike 0845, Los Angeles.

Andrew Foster Elected Commander of Lumbermen's Post

Andrew Foster, California Portland Cement Co., was elected Commander of Lumbermen's Post No. 4O3, American Legion, at the monthly meeting held at the Royal Palms Hotel, Los Angeles, Tuesday evening, July 9.

Other officers elected include Sam Giesy, Whiting-Mead Co., First Vice-Commander; Roy James, Second ViceCommander; Hugh Satterlee, Adjutant; Phil Lyons, Hayward Lumber & Investment Co., Finance Officer; Jack Brush and Rex Kratz, Brush Industrial Lumber Co., Chaplains; Milton Taenzer, American Hardwood Co., Historian; and Walter Mcleod, Cadwallader-Gibson Co., Inc., Sergeant-at-Arms.

Carl Schreiber, Northwestern Mutual Fire Association, and William McCullough, McCullough Roofing Co., were elected members of the Executive Committee.

Max Kaufman, secretary, Southwestern Portland Cement Co., and Chairman of the llome Defense Section of the Defense Committee of Southern California, was the speaker of the evening.

Forest conservation and wise use of forest resources are now being symbolized for Golden Gate International Exposition visitors at a number of modern exhibits on San Francisco's Treasure Island.

In participation with the Federal Commission for the Exposition the U. S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, has assigned District Ranger Ray Stevenson of the Sequoia National Forest as information attendant at the forest-soil-wildlife conservation exhibit in the southwest corner of the Federal Building. The exhibit depicts good forest and soil conservation practices as opposed to unrestricted and abusive use of the land.

Exposition visitors are evincing ,considerable interest in the Sylvan Court within the Federal grounds where the Forest Service has a series of conservation murals an4,,f fire fighting equipment unit on display. The Sylvan Cofr"t is shared with the National Park Service and the U. S. '-fravel Bureau under the charge of J. L. Bessemeyer of the latter agency. r

The Federal Building administration again is displaying wood materials from the Forest Products Laboratory of Madison, Wisconsin. This exhibit includes samples of scores of wood products, ranging from surgical absorbants to phonograph records and fabrics.

At other points throughout the Federal Building are outstanding pictorial and exhibit features pointing to sensible conservation practices and the economic role of using renewable natural resources wisely.

The Shasta Cascade 'Wonderland Asssociaion exhibit in which forestry conservation was centered at last year's Exposition portrays the popular recreational use of forests and mountains. In 1939 more than four million visitors were tallied in the 18 national forests of California.

Appoints Sales Representative

D. E. McDuffee, sales manager for Tarter Webster & Johnson, Inc., San Francisco, made a business trip to Los Angeles at the first of the month and while there appointed Henry Pries to handle sales of upper grades and shop lumber from the Blagen mill at White Pines, Calif.

Mr. Pries is sales manager for the Mt. Whitney Lumber Co., with offices at 3030 East Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles.

lndustry Should Tell Public Extra Reasons for Home Buying Under Current Conditions

It is the duty of everyone in the building industry to make the public understand that its surest protection against the uncertainties of the future is an investment in a home, wrote Henry W. Collins, vice-president of The Celotex Corporation, in a letter to Celotex dealers on June 25th.

. "During the next two or three years," he pointed out, "the national defense program will provide the building industry with a great deal of business. We are all likely to be operating on a near capacity basis.

"While our first duty is to cooperate in building up the nation's defenses, we must not neglect our private markets. For upon home building and commercial construction will depend our bread and butter after the defense needs of the country have been filled.

"There is a possibility that the uncertainties of war, the stock market and the presidential year may cause some prospective buyers to freeze the capital they intended investing. As good Americans and as intelligent business men, we must not allow this to happen. The building industry today has a special obligation to itself and to the public.

"It is our duty to make the public understand that its surest protection against the uncertainties of the future is an investment in a home.

"In carrying this message to the public you will be rendering a service to your country, to your customers and to yourself'. In urging your prospects to build now, you have many sound arguments, among which are these-

1.' A home is perhaps the safest investment a man can

make. No matter what may happen to money, stocks and bonds, the real value of a home will persist. It will continue to provide shelter and security.

2. A home is a hedge against inflation. Many financial experts predict that inflation will come. That means that the home sold today for $5,000 should be worth considerably more, and it means higher salaries, which will make the payments easier to meet.

3" Home building costs are probably lower today than they will be at any time in the near future. Most building material plants are running near capacity now. The law of supply and demand will tend to increase prices. Costs today are actually 9/o below the 2O year average.

4. There is a strong probability of a shortage of both skilled labor and materials. The defense program will involve large scale building of industrial plants and houses for workmen. The Government will be forced to build hangars, barracks, office buildings, etc. Even now there is a shortage of building mechanics in many centers.

"I believe you will agree that these are sound and strong reasons why people should build now. I suggest that you discuss them with your banker, your mayor and with your local newspapers. If you can get a sentiment started to "BUILD NOW" in your trading area, you will have rccomplished much.

"Here at Celotex we are hammering away at the job every minute of the day. Our advertising is promoting home ownership and remodeling and their value as investments. Our publicity department is working overtime to get over to the public in every part of the country special advantages of building now ! We are holding meetings at every opportunity to sell these ideas to all trade factors and through them to the public.

"To further the campaign in your community we are preparing a special program of advertising and publicity material for you. Its sole purpose is to help you sell the unique protection offered by home investment to the families in your community."

Home Hishlishts

Americans are paying more attention to their "backyards." There was a time when the area back of the house, in nine out of ten American homes, on almost any street in any community was a collection of woodsheds, stables, burned piles, chicken yards and debris. Within the last ten years there has been a steady growth of the idea that, having paid for the yard, it should perform some service to everyday living during at least three months of the year.

Ju5t as the once wasted attic and basement space inside the house is now being turned to useful purposes, so the land around the residence can be inexpensively rearranged to offer relief from constant interior confinement.

The first requirement for outdoor living quarters is privacy, which is best accomplished with a wood fence. Either the high type or the smaller, less expensive picket types are suitable. Next comes shelter from the sun, which may be in the form of a pergola, an awning-covered terrace of a summer house. Furniture for the garden is economical and can often be built at home.

Here are a few suggestions which may help in the location and planning of your summer living room:

If you want to have the feeling of being right in the garden, build your stone terrace floor level with the surrounding ground. This will not interfere with the lawn mowing. Locate your summer living room where it can be conveniently reached from the kitchen, or provide an outdoor fireplace. Provide the summer living room with some light, movable partitions or wood screens, three-quarter room height, which will permit the family to eat beyond the gaze of passers-by and which, if available in sufficient number, can be used for arranging mid-day and sun-bathing quafters. Have plenty of tables and at least one which is 4tx€.

Of course, you cannot start from scratch and expect to provide perfect summer living quarters in one season because, instead of wall paper, curtains and rugs, the interior decorations are composed of grass, shrubbery, hedges, trees and flowers. Make your start this year with the necessary yard enclosure-the fence. This is equivalent to the walls 'of your normal living room.

If you need suggestions, cost estimates, help with the layout and design, or someone to actually do the job, consult your lumber dealer. He is capable of telling you the best and least expensive method of starting an outdoor living foom.

F. L. Baird Lumber Co. is Pioneer Firm

F. L. Baird Lumber Co., is one of the pioneer business frms of Redwood City, Calif., where they have been op€rating for thirty-two years. For twenty years, the firm was known as Baird Bros., but since then under its present name.

Now associated with Floyd L. Baird in the business are his two sons, Floyd Jr. and Ernest H. Baird. The 'company is equipped not only to supply all types of lumber and building materials but to do modern millwork.

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There are two kinds of discontent in this world: the discontent that works, and the discontent that wrings its hands. The first gets what it wants, and the second loses what it has. There's no cure for the first but success; and there's no cure at all for the second.

-Gordon Graham.

IN OTHER WORDS, ON FOOT

Superintendent: Did you see a pedestrian pass this way?

Roustabout: No. I've been working here all afternoon and not a thing has come by'cepting one man an'he was walkin'.

OUCH !

She's only a dentist's daughter, but she runs aro'und wittt the worst set in town.

THE MIDNIGHT \VATCH (FIRE)

A rich man in his years of toil, Burnt barrels and barrels of midnight oil; His son now keeps his memory green By burning midnight gasoline. r***.

cirNAnvE FOR MANV ILLs

Always laugh when you can; it is cheap medicine. Merriment is a philosophy not well understood. It is the sunny side of existence.-Lord Byron.

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DIDN'T MISS A THING

A foreigner wanted to see some typical western mountain scenery, so he hired a car at Denver and told the chauffeur to do the best he could insid.e- of two hours, which, he explained, was his time limit.

It was rather a hair-raising experience, the car careening up hill and down dale at a terrific speed. ffowever, the man-in-a-hurry was satisfied, and congratulated the driver when paying him off.

"But, f say," he remarked, "I'rn'grfraid we must have run over something about an hour ago. I distinctly felt a bump."

"Bump?"..replied the driver. "Bump? Oh, that was the Continental Divide."

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And fhen there was the guy who was so ugly that Frankenstein was picketing his house.

THE OLD IDEA OF A RETAIL LUMBER YARD

One bundle of cypress shingles to sit on, One bushel of clean, sharp sand, to spit on; One piece of siding No. 3, kiln dried, One bundle of lath, with the strings untied; A two by four, and a two by six, A piece of moulding, a dozen bricks; A sack of lime spilled on the floor, A bag of cement to prop the door; A roll of roofing, upside down, A can of paint marked "Leather Brown"; A stair rail covered with dirt and must, A cottage door embalmed in dust; A gable sash wifh the putty out, A can of turps with a leaky spout; One keg of nails and a box of tacks, A can of stain, and a pound of wax; An inside lock with the bolt too tight, A bevelled transom, with crack in the light. These kind sir, with a bottle of ink Are all just now that I can think, Will aid the rag-tail puncher's mind, To dwell on scenes of proper kind.

THE NEW IDEA OF A RETAIL LUMBER YARD

A comfy swivel chair to sit in, A polished cuspidor to spit in; A desk, and on each drawer, a label, Some visiting chairs, an attractive table; A neat bookcase, a well oiled floor, "Welcome home builders," over the door; Attractive walls, with tinted ceiling, Paint well used, good taste revealing; "Modern Flomes" upon the wall, In pictures fine, where glances fall; Pictures fine and pictures fair, Plans of buildings everywhere; Make all those who chance to roam, To your office, think of home Building; and your wiles ensnaringMake them think about repairing; Make your office your best "ad," Make the newly weds feel glad; DO THE BUILDING THINKING_SEE_ FOR YOUR WHOLE COMMUNITY.

U. S. Lumber and Log Exports and lmportr

First Five Months, 1940

Total exports of hardwood and softwood lumber (including boards, planks, scantlings, flooring, sawed timber, hewn and sawn railroad ties, box shooks) and logs for the first 5 months of 1940 (January 1 to May 31) totaled 432,754 M board feet as compared with 494,348 M feet for the first 5 mo,nths of 1939, a loss of 12 percent, according to figures just released by the Forest Products Division of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.

Of the total 1940 amount, sawed material (including sawn railroad ties and box shooks) accounted for 378,583 M feet as compared with 421,318 M feet, a loss of 1O percent. On the same basis of comparison, exports of logs and hewn timber (including hewn railroad ties) t,otaled 54,07I M feet as against 73,030 M feet, a loss of 26percent.

In the following paragraphs, the amounts given cover the first 5 months of. 194O. For comparative purposes the figures covering the first 5 months of 1939 are in parenthesis.

Sawn softwood (excluding railroad ties and box shooks) totaled D6,952 M feet (AO,&4). In the sawn softwood group, Douglas fir was the most important species, totaling I7O,D7 M feet (151,L27). Southern pine rvas next in importance, totaling 8i,005 M feet (109,016). Other woods exported in this gr'oup were: spruce, I3,On M feet (4,7ffi); white, ponderosa and sugar pine, 12,345 M feet (13,939) ; redwood,7,97l M teet (5,927); cedar, z,ffiI M leet (2,483); cypress, 1,544M feet (1,552). Of these woods, Douglas fir, spruce, redwood and cedar showed gains.

Sawn hardwoods (Including flooring, and excluding railroad ties and box shooks) totaled 48,558 M feet (110,968). In this group, oak totaled 22,236 M feet (6,787); ash, 5,725 M feet (11,488) ; poplar, 2,147 M feet (7,301) ; red and sap gum, 2,861 M feet (6,836).

Softwood log exports totaled 33,449 M feet (52,237). Hardwood log exports totaled 13,612 M feet (LL,944). In this l,og export group, Douglas fir accounted f.or L7,456 M Ieet (42,M8) ; cottonwood and aspen 8,645 M feet (6,568); Port Orford cedar 419 M feet (888); and Eastern cedar 2,2L4 M feet (l)6). Cottonwood and aspen and Eastern Cedar showed decided increases. Log exports in other segregated species were comparatively small.

In the first 5 months of 194O, hewn railroad ties totaled 7,010 M board feet (8,849) ; sawn railroad ties 7,982 M board f.eet (IL,397); and box shooks 25,191 M board feet (8,309).

Total imports of hardwood and softwood logs and lumber (including cabinet woods, sawn railroad ties, box shooks and empty packing cases) for the first 5 m,onths of 194O totaled 336,3M M feet (349,798) a loss of 4 per cent. Of this amount, logs (hardwood and softwood) accounted for 81,859 M feet (85,391); softwood lumber 2l3,3II M feet (230}ffi); hardwood lumber and sawed cabinet woods 37,531 M f.eet (34,247).

In the softwood lumber group, spruce rvas the most important species imported totaling 100,966 M feet (89,99?).

Imports of fir and hemlock combined totaled 5lOtS M feet (93,469), and imports of pine totaled n,267 M feet (30,352).

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No Joints-Fabric Face With New Board

The production by the Speedwall Co. of Seattle of composite plywood panels in room sizes up to 8'x2O' and faced with fabric, is now attracting attention of'builders.

Because its giant size does away with making joints, and because its surface provides a base for easy and quick decoration on which checking an'd cracking are minimized, it is claimed that Jumbo Speedrvall, as it is called, is a final solution to the dry walls built with plywood method of construction.

The panels are of standard grade, water resistant, Douglas Fir plywood panels, hot press "welded" together with synthetic resin glues. Surfaces to be decorated are sealed and "dressed" with a strong woven fabric, such as is often applied by fine decorators over many different types of surface. The special adhesive with which this fabric is applied also provides fire resistance and a moisture barrier for the wall when it is used.

In common with all dry walls built with plywood construction, the new material also provides extra strength, rigidity, high insulation value, light weight, easy workability and of course, does away with the moisture, mess and delay of conventional type construction.

The new product is applied to standard construction studding and the carpenters can proceed with their work without the delays which are common when lath and plaster is applied. Doors and windows and other openings are cut out on the job; the panels are nailed or glued in place, and the decorating can commence at once, without delay.

Ordinarily one board makes a room wall, four boards make a whole room. It has been proven possible with these panels, to erect a five room house, foundation to finish, in forty days.

Builders who have used the panels, see in it many immediate advantages to them: it saves weeks of time in erection, it eliminates joint making on the job and the possibility of vexatious cracks developing later on. Owners enjoy the satisfactio,n of getting into their new homes sooner, the lasting satisfaction of sound construction with

a minimum of checks and cracks, plus the low maintenance costs and the lowered fuel bills.

Jumbo Speedwall is now being sold in the trading area immediately adjacent to the Speedwall Co. factory in Seattle, but the management states that an announcement will shortly be made on merchandising plans that will make the giant board available in all parts of the country.

WILL MANAGE FOXWORTH.GALBRAITH YARD AT MESA, ARIZONA

Lester Kuck has been appointed manager of the Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co. yard at Mesa, Ariz. He was formerly manager of the J. D. Halstead Lumber Co. yard at Williams, Ariz. The Halstead yard at Williams was recently sold to the Hayward Lumber & Investment Co. of Los Angeles.

Newg Flashes

John I. Shafer, of the John I. Shafer Hardwood Co., South Bend, Ind., is on a visit to Southern California.

Calvada Lumber Co. Mill at Massack, Calif. is successor to Massack Lumber

Itay Shannon, llnion Lumber Company, Los Angeles, was a recent visitor at the company's San Francisco office.

Frank Curran, Frank Curran Lumber Co., Santa Ana, is on a vacation trip to Chicago and other points in lllinois.

William Marmion, San Gabriel Lumber Co', San Gabriel, left last week for the Middle West where he will pick up a new automobile, drive on to New York, and then back to Southern California.

Connor Shingle Co., Los Angeles, has moved to a new location at 1116O West Pico Boulevard. The company was formerly at Ol S. Anderson St.

Al Koehl, John W. Koehl & Son, Los Angeles, is back from a vacation trip to New York. He traveled both ways by airplane.

Jim Chase, San Pedro Lumber ComPanY, has been vacationing the past two weeks.

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W. L. Williams, manager of the Portland office of Hammond Lumber Co., was a recent business visitor to Los Angeles.

W. P. "White Pine" Johnson, manager of Anglo California Lumber Co., Los Angeles, returned recently from a tour of the Pine mills in Northern California and Southern Oregon.

Home Ownership is Tap.Root o[ America's Strength, Says Foundation Chairman

"The 26 million homes of America feed the nation and its Government, they are the great vital source of national growth and strength," C.W. Pinkerton, chairman of Southern California llomes Foundation, declared today. "Every family home is a root of the tree of American life," he continued. "In times of national stress we all look to the Government and its armed forces, but we must not forget that they would be nothing without our homes for their sustenance and reliance. The crown and boughs of a great tree in a storm hold the eye as the visible elements of strength, but it is the unseen roots of the tree which hold it aloft under stress.

"In a world suddenly become insecure, home ownership offers the best security because it is the great common medium of united interest for the vast majority of American citizens, the one basic proposition on which they may join without any question of each other. In this unity which it fosters with neighbors, the community, the state and the nation, home ownership is today the main anchor of family safety. Ifome ownership is a pledge of patriotism in itself, a certificate of faith in the land we live in and its system of government.

"In a more material aspect home ownership is the surest refuge for family savings, when compared with other fields of investment. The basic value of the home is in the shelter it affords. This is an absolute necessity of life. Other necessities face the possibilities of extreme fluctuation in costs-and rented shelter is included. But with today's established home financing. the cost of home ownership per month, in terms of dollars, can be definitely pegged for as many as 25 years ahead."

The "Greenwing" design, issued by Southern California Ilomes Foundationjhis week is a typical California center of family security,.194O model. Charm and convenience are cleverly combined in the plan. The front view may be made especially attractive with cream or tan sidewalls,

green roof and trim, and the chimney whitewashed. The large screened porch at the rear will serve for both housework and as a place for family meals. The front dinette may be made an L extension of the living room by elimination of partitions. There is economy floor area of 950 square feet.

Information and service on the Greenwing may be had through retail lumber dealers or from Southern California lfomes Foundation, 441 Douglas Building, Los Angeles.

GEO. WILLIAMS BACK FROM EAST

George A. Williams, sales manager for Peterman Mfg. Co., Tacoma, was a visitor in Los Angeles recently on his way back from a five weeks' business tour of the East. While there he made his headquarters at the offices of MacDougall Door & Plywood Co., Southern California representatives of his concern.

A. Camarillo Elected President Peoplet Lumber Co.

Adolfo Camarillo has been elected president of the Peoples Lumber Company of Ventura, Calif., by the board of directors, succeeding the late L. W. Corbett. Mr. Camarillo is a Ventura county pioneer and rancher and has served on the board of directors of the company since 1907.

Other officers of the company are Howard Pressey, Fillmore, first vice-president; C. A. Lind, Ventura, second vice-president; H. B. Carver, Santa Paula, secretary, and C. E. Bonestel, Ventura, general manager.

Members of the board of directors include J. H. McGrath, Oxnard; C. C. Perkins, Santa Barbara; Milton M. Teague, Santa Paula; H. H. Eastwood, Oxnard; A. J. Dingeman, Oxnard; Adolfo Camarillo, C. A. Lind, and Howard Pressey.

Heavy Demand For Copper Bound Units

Hugh W. Mason of Fisk & Mason, wholesalers of shingles and shakes, Pasadena, returned recently f'rom a business and vacation trip to the Pacific Northwest. Mr. Mason, who was accompanied by Mrs. Mason, visited the J. A. Lewis Shingle Company's mill at Wheeler, Ore., which is the mill making the C-B Brand shingle and the Copper-Bound Units. He found the mill running to capacity and orders coming in so fast that they can't keep up rvith the .demand. After making contact with prominent shingle manufacturers and wholesalers and many builders and architects Mr. Mason found the consensus to be that hip and ridge units are a definite asset to the shingle industry and are here to stay. He called on his firm's shingle mill connections throughout the Northwest, including M. R. Smith Lumber & Shingle Co., Gray Lumber & Shingle Co., Seattle, Pacific Timber Co., Everett, and also conferred with Mike Schmidt of Port Angeles, originator of the split Cedar shake business.

Although business took up a great deal of time Mr. and Mrs. Mason made enjoyable side trips in Washington to Lake Crescent and Lake Quinault and went up Mount Rainier. They also paid a visit to Vancouver, B. C.

Mrs. J. U. Gartin

Mrs. J. IJ. Gartin, wife of J. U. Gartin, of the Stanislaus Lumber Company, Modesto, passed away on July 4 in St. Luke's Hospital, San Francisco, after an illness of about three months.

Mrs. Gartin was born in Willisburg, Kentucky, and came to California with Mr. Gartin in 19O2. She was prominent for many years in various women's clubs and Parent-Teacher Association work in Modesto.

In addition to her husband she is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Thelma Young and Dorothy Gartin, Modesto; Mrs. Margaret Beeson, San Francisco, and Ann Gartin, Turlock; three sons, Charles Gartin, San Francisco, James Gartin, Jr., Oakland, and Burton Gartin, Turlock, and a sister, Mrs. Margaret Reedy, El Paso, Texas.

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San Francisco, July l5.-"Before the end of 194O, the House of Ideas will probably be the most widely known house in America," according to Kenneth Smith, executive vice president of the California Redwood Association, in announcing the opening of the House of ldeas, a new model home now open for public inspection at Rockefeller Center, New York.

Jointly sponsored by the California Redwood Association and Colliers' Magazine, the House of Ideas is built on the terrace of the fnternational Building, adjoining the Rockefeller Home Center offices. It is designed by Edward D. Stone, famed modern architect, and is constructed 'of natural finished Redwood. This western wood furnished siding, terrace paving and garden fencing.

Already this unique house has been the subject of one feature article in Collier's magazine. Four more articles are scheduled for early appearance. In addition, Architectural Forum is preparing a complete technical description of the design.

Plans are being made for visitors at the rate of 200,000 per month as Fair going crowds visit the display.

Of particular interest to lumber dealers is the fact that little or no use of specially detailed materials has been made in the house. All are standard Redwood yard items almost universally carried in stock.

The estimated cost of reproducing the house in a suburban locality is $7,500.

Rry Melin in Air Service

Ray Melin, president and general manager of OwensParks Lumber Company, Los Angeles, has been called into the United States Army Air Service and is now stationed, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, at March Field, near Riverside, Calif.

Lt.-Col. Melin was a combat pilot with the French Army in the Great War and was with the army of occupation in Germany in the U. S. Army Air Service. After his return to this country from overseas he remained in the Air Service with the rank of Captain at March Field for three years and then entered the lumber business with OwensParks Lumber Company.

Burt Beless, who was assistant to the general manager is now general ma,nager of Owens-Parks Lumber Company.

FHA Homc Construction Continueg at H:gh Leval

Washington, D. C., July 8.-Applications for FHA mortgage insurance involving new homes declined seasonally during June but exceeded any month reached until this spring, Federal Housing Administrator Stewart McDonald announced today.

Following May, which was a record-breaking month for FHA business, a total of L8,492 mortgages amounting to $85,226,150 were selected for appraisal by the FHA in June on homes to be built under its inspection, Mr. McDonald said. This compares with 14,798 mortgages in the amount of $71,005,994 in June, 1939, an increase of 25 per cent in number and N per cent in amount. M"y figures were 22,O53 mortgages for $101,217,472.

The first six months of 1940 showed a comparable gain over 1939 in new home mortgages selected for appraisal. The total was 106,550 for $491948,900, compared with 85,854 for $410,197,264 in the same period of 1939, a gain of.24 per cent in number and 20 per cent in amount.

New homes started under the FHA's inspection during June continued at a high level, Mr. McDonald said. A weekly average of about 3,600 new small homes being financed under Title II were started in June, compared with 3,800 in May and, 2,9N in June, 1939. This does not include a number of small homes being financed under Title I.

During June, the total amount of mortgages selected ,for appraisal under the FHA program, including mortgages on existing structures, amounted to $109,380,2N, compared, with $129,184,811 in May and $101,500,564 in June, 1939. During the first six months of the year, total mortgages selected for appraisal, including mortgages on existing construction, numbered 141,063 in the amount of $636,143,000, compared with 133,357 in the amount of $602,105,763 in the same period of 1939.

Modernization loans insured in June numbered 51,923 in the amount of $21,908,684, compared with $19,467,&8 in May and. $23,436,535 in June, 1939.

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Hillyer Deutsch Edwards Enlarging and Modernizing its Big Plant

Hillyer Deutsch Edwards Company at Oakdale, Lrouisiana, is modernizing and streamlining their large plant in a big way.

The jcib already well under way will include the following changes:

Completely electrify the plant, sawmill and all.

Junk 150 miles of logging railroad and all equipment, and start logging entirely with Caterpillar tractors, trucks and gasoline loaders.

Modernize the present set of dry kilns, and build another set about the same size.

Build a tremendous new storage shed for kiln-dried hardwoods, with heating arrangements for winter, new methods and new equipment for handling in the sheds.

Do away with all their old forms of handling and hauling lumber about the yards and between the various units of the plant by use of Western type lumber carriers, handling the stock in packages.

Build another unit to the already large dimension plant for the purpose of manufacturing hardwood paneling.

Build a new and beautiful streamlined office building.

Already the l5Gmile logging road has been discontinued permanently, together with all rail equipment, and they have purchased seven big Caterpillar tractors which will handle the logs in the woods in future. The logs will come to the mill by truck. They will be loaded by gasoline loaders which are highly efficient.

A big new ftrel plant is being erected, built entirely from heavy sheet steel. Two additional water tube boilers are being installed in the power house, together with another big turbine.

When the transformation of the present battery oi six kilns into fan type kilns has been completed, they will immediately erect another set of kilns right alongside of them.

Long in possession of a cooling shed of unusual size, the new storage shed will be several times as big, and engulf the old one. The idea is to furnish room for the storage of an enormous reserve of kiln-dried hardwoods of all items, so that the customer can get anything they make without delay. Since hardwood lumber made to order re-

quires four to eight months f'or preparation and seasoning, this new shed offers to the hardwood using trade a great service. This shed will be heated, so that winter or summer the lumber will be kept to the proper moisture content.

New electric motor cars have been ordered for handling the lumber in the various sheds. Big western-type lumber "carriers" have been ordered for handling the lumber in big packages around the yard and between the various units of the plant. The new department for manufacturing solid hardwood paneling will be constructed at the end of the huge dimension plant.

When completed it will be one of the greatest remodeling and modernizing jobs ever done in the South. The whole purpose behind the rebuilding campaign is the promotion of economy, efficiency, and bettering the service rendered the patrons of the company.

The Hillyer Deutsch Edwards Company is nationally recognized as standing in the very forefront of the progressive ranks. Ursin Perkins of Los Angeles is the company's Pacific Coast representative.

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George W. Wood, and his son, Bill, are now associated with the Hebbron Lumber Company at Santa Cruz, effective July l.

George W. Wood has been connected with the lumber business in Santa Cruz since 1911 when he started as a bookkeeper with Wood Bros. Lumber Co. He became manager of the firm in l9l4 and continued until April, 1939, when the firm was sold. He has devoted much time to questions of home financing and modernization and is said to be an expert in this field.

Bill Wood began his lumber career with Wood Bros. in 1934 after graduating from Santa Cruz high school and attending Stanford. He started in the yard, worked up to salesman and then specialized in architectural drafting. He drew plans for many homes recently built in that area.

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Ten Years Ago Today files o[ The Calilornia Lumber Merchant, July 15, 1930

Ed Seward, Los Angeles representative for Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., made his second hole-in-one on the sixteenth hole, 146 yards, at the Hollywood Country Club on Jane D. He also registered an "ace" on the same hole on February 15.

An illustrated article Harris, Holmes Eureka pears in this issue.

on "The Redwoods" by Lloyd Lumber Co., San Francisco, ap-

The decision of the fnterstate Commerce Commission authorizing construction of the Great Northern and Western Pacific Railroads of a line between Klamath Falls, Ore., and Keddie, Calif.., joining their two roads will give San Francisco another transcontinental railroad. Completion of the line will give Red River Lumber Co. another outlet for the marketing of the products of its big Westwood plants in the Northwest and Middle West.

A. S. Murphy, The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, was ,elected a director of the California Redrvood Association.

Larue Woodson, Northern California representative of Wheeler Osgood Co., becomes manager of the Nicolai Door Sales Co., San Francisco, a subsidiary of the Wheeler Osgood Co. on July l, succeeding J. C. Haring, who resigned. Mr. Woodson will continue as representative of the Wheeler Osgood Co.

J. E. "Ted" Higgins, J. E. Higgins Lumber Co., San

Francisco, was chairman of the June meeting of the San Francisco Hardwood Club, held at the Southampton Lighthouse, located in San Francisco Bay, near Richmond. After the business session, there was an entertainment program followed by a banquet.

A visit to the logging operations of the Sugar Pine Lumber Co. was the feature of the meeting of the San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club, held at Central Camp, Madera County, logging headquarters of the company, June N-21, where they were guests of the company.

United Lumber Yards, Inc., built a new shed and remodeled their Ripon yard, which was purchased from the Ripon Lumber Company.

An illustrated article on the modern display room of the Pacific Coast Coal Co., San Luis Obispo, is in this issue.

This number carries a career sketch ofWilliam T. Meyer, White Brothers, San Francisco.

Mason Kline, Union Lumber Company, San Francisco, made a business trip to Dallas, Texas, traveling both ways by airplane

James B. McKeon, secretary of the East Bay Lumbermen's Club and former director of the Alameda County Builders Exchange, had an interesting and instructive article on "Centralized Control" in this number.

Courtesy

"The elephant hath joints, but not for courtesy; his legs are legs for necessity, not for flexture."

The office boy had limber jaws And much good gum he chewed, He had no time for friendly sPeech And often he was rude.

A stranger came to see the boss, The day was cold and raw, "Please, is he in?" he gently asked, ' And Johnny answered, "NA'W !"

The maiden at the telephone

Was young and fair and neat, Her voice, when she made use of it, Was rather low and sweet; r But when inquirers asked of her Concerning this or that, She'd yawn and answer "Yeah," or "nope," In drawling tones and flat.

The manager was bright enough, And had I been like him, I would have forced myself to smile And show both zeal and vim. But he was puffed with foolish pride, And so he'd strut and try To overawe his customers When they came in to buy.

And therefore when I wish to buy, I quite ignore the place And go where everyone can wear A bright and smiling face. Where office boy and manager Have time to speak to me

And voice and smile and friendly hand Are used for COURTESY.

Adeline Merriam Conner.

TOURS CATTLE COUNTRY

Bert Bryan, president of Strable Hardwood Co., Oakland, was back at his desk July 8 after three weeks' vacation spent on a tour through the cattle country of the Southwest where he used to ride the range as a young man. Accompanied by his family he visited parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, and had the good f'ortune to meet about 10 old timers who used to punch cows with him.

A trip was also made into old Mexico where he found cattle ranch conditions much the same as they were in the old days.

A visit to the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico was very much enjoyed by the party.

VISITS LOS ANGELES

W. H. (Bill) Nigh, manager of the Pine department of Wendling-Nathan Company, San Francisco, was in Los Angeles last week on a busines strip.

Stresseg Economy of Teco Connsctors

Washington, D. C.-The economy of Teco prefabricated buildings for CCC camp construction was pointed out in the recent annual report of the Director of the Civilian Conservation Corps to the President.

The Director said: "Since work projects were limited to one or two years, it became desirable, for economic reasons, to develop the knock-down portable type of wood construction which is admirably suited for temporary occupation. These portable, demountable wooded buildings make interchange of entire camps, or of sections of a unit, possible, as'well as shipment to other sites of one or more of the units if expansion or rapid replacement is in order. During the year, 1938, when the transferring of portable camps first became widespread,, 125 transfers took place within the limits of the various corps areas and 41 transfers were effected between corps areas. Strict adherence to an economical design and common sense application of standard construction methods have resulted in relatively inexpensive but satisfactory housing conditions."

The majority of these structures are erected by using split ring connectors at all joints with edge girts of' roof panels as the top chord of roof trusses. The bottom chord, diagonals, and verticals are attached to form the trusses at approximately 8-foot centers.

,Business as Usual

No interruption to business occurred as a result of the fire of undetermined origin which caused a loss of approximately $30,000 in the wholesale yard of Hill & Morton, Inc., Fresno, Calif., on June 22. The loss is fully covered bv insurance.

NEW YARD IN OAKLAND

Morris B. "Nick" Carter opened a retail lumber yard at zl00 High Street, Oakland, July 1.

Mr. Carter is a well known retail lumberman. He has spent 18 years in the business, and was sales manager of the retail lumber department of Hogan Lumber Company, Oakland, for the past 12 years.

The yard will carry a oomplete stock of lumber and all types of building'materials. The site was formerly occupied by the National Mill & Lumber Company. The telephone number is ANdover 7272.

ON EASTERN TRIP

C. I. Gilbert of Eureka Mill & Lumber Company, Oakla.nd, with his wife and son, is expected back on July 15 from a 3Gday automobile trip to New York to visit the World's Fair and many other points of interest.

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The whole firm, of the Brey-Wright Lumber Co. enjoy your trade journal every issue, and still get upto-the-minute ideas for our business.

Alberta R. Brey, Porterville. Calif.

Wins Roadside Beautification Honors With \(/ood

Further evidence that the national campaign for roadside beautification is gaining momentum-with the emphasis on elimination of "tin-roof markets" and "hot-dog kennels"can be found in this prize-win,ning fruit and vegetable market designed and built by Mrs. B. O. Schucking.

Mrs. Schucking's primary objective was to increase the sale of farm products-including flowers-at Eola Acres on the Salem-Dallas road in Oregon. But, so neat and attractive was the new wayside store she created, that the National Council for State Garden Clubs has just awarded Mrs. Schucking an ornamental plaque for her "contribution toward highway beautification."

Her cottagette-market has a lGfoot frontage and a depth of twelve feet. The shingles are of western red cedar and the interior is fi,nished in No. 1 common plywood;

otherwise, the handsomely finished little store is constructed entirely of Douglas fir lumber. The wall covering is another nationally-distributed product of the West Coast lumber industry-Douglas fir bevel siding. Materials and construction information were supplied by the J. W. Copeland Yards, Salem, Oregon. That organization is typical of rnodern lumber retailers who, under the professional guidance of architects, have done a fine job of creating or helping create designs and methods of construction which

SHINGLES DUTY BILL PASSED BY SENATE

Washington, June 22.--The Senate passed and sent to the White House today a measure permitting the President to place a duty of 25 cents a square on Red Cedar shingles when importations from Canada exceed 3O per cent of the domestic consumption. The duty is the highest permitted under the Canadian trade agreement. The measure was introduced by Representative Wallgren of Washington.

LEO CAMPBELL VISITS MIDDLE WEST

Leo T. Campbell, who is associated with Perry E. Canfield in the wholesale lumber business in Burbank, Calif., left July 5 for Kansas City. He will be gone five or six weeks and will call on his firm's retail connections in several states.

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Mrs. Schucking built an ell at the rear of her new market (erected after business became too brisk for extras to be stored up front) and this serves as a work room and storage annex. The structure as a whole is painted white and trimmed in cherry red.

ON SUMMER CRUISE

Ted Lawrence, son of T. B. Lawrence of LawrencePhilips Lumber Co., Los Angeles, has taken a job during his summer vacation on the S. S. Monterey which has sailed for Honolulu, Pago Pago, Auckland, Melbourne and Papeete. The cruise will last about six weeks. Ted is a student at the California Institute of Technology.

RALPH DICKMAN LOS ANGELES VISITOR

Ralph Dickman, owner and manager of the Dickman Lumber Co., Tacoma, Wash., spent a few days in Los Angeles at the end of June. He was a visitor at the offices of Tacoma Lumber Sales, representatives of his company in Southern California.

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WANTS CONNECTION

WANTED-By competent lumberrnan position as retail yard manager. Have had over twenty years' experience. Understand collections and credits, office details, and familiar with selling conditions in Soutb ern California. Can furnish good references. Address Box C-817, California Lumber Merchant.

SALESMAN WANTED

We want energetic, experienced wholesale Pine man, specializing on industrial trade. If you can qualifn send us your record. Address C-824, California Lumber Merchant.

WILL SELL OR LEASE

Owners have disposed of stocks and have yard site to sell or lease in Tucson, Arizona. Address Box C-825 California Lumber MerChant.

LADY WANTS POSITION

Experienced stenographer, familiar with all office detail, desires position-either permanent or temporary work during vacation period. Address Box C-822, California Lumber Merchant.

OPPORTUNITY FOR GOOD MAN

Wanted-Man under ,10 as assistagt for retail lumber yard who is able and willing to work both in office and yard. Must be thoroughly experienced Knowledge of East Bay district preferred.

Carter Lumber Co., 4O0 High Street, Oakland. Phone ANdover 7272.

LUMBER YARDS FOR SALE

We have a number of good yards in Southern Cali' fornia for sale. Twohy Lumber Co., Lumber Yard Brokers, 801 Petroleum Securities Building, Los Angeles. Telephone PRospect 8746.

\(/. S. Crosby Elected Vi.e-[Ptesident and 62% of U. S. Homcs Need Repairs Sales Manager of The R-J-M Company

Announcement has been made by William L. Rawn, president of The R-J-M Company, Los Angeles, of the appointment of .W. S. "Win" Crosby to a position of vicepresident of The R-J-M Company in charge of sales. Mr. Crosby was also elected as a member of the board of directors of the sanre firm.

In making the above announcement Mr. Rawn stated that it gave the company great pleasure to have Mr. Crosby receive this position as he felt that his long experience in hardware and building materials would especially adapt him to the position of vice-president and sales managef.

Mr. Crosby, who is known to his many friends as "Win," has behind him a most enviable record since coming to Southern California years ago. He was for ten years manager of the Building Materials Department of the Hammond Lumber Company. He left that position to become secretary and general manager of the Los Angeles Cburit! Building Material Dealers' Association, which position he held for four years during and shortly after the "cbde" days. He joined the staff of The R-J-M ,Company in 1937 and has been active throughout the Los Angeles territory ever since. His many friends extend to him heartiest congratulations upon his recent promotion and feel that he justly deserves the advancement which has been extended to him.

New York, Jane Z{-With sixty-two per cent of American homes in immediate need of repairs, the building industry faces the greatest responsibility in its history, C. E. Stedman, vice president in charge of sales, Certain-teed Products Corporation, declared in a special statement today.

Increased demand due to the spurt in new home building and to war construction must not lead to sharp price increases, he said. Forty-four per cent of U. S. dwellings need minor repairs, fifteen per cent have major needs, while 2.3 per cent are actually unfit for habitation, according to a survey of nearly two million homes.

"Our national interest demands that we mai.ntain the American standard of living by meeting these needs as soon as possible," declared Mr. Stedman.

Statistics show, he continued, that the repairs will fall into these major classifications; twenty-four per cent require changes in heating plants, eighteen per cent require painting, and fifteen per cent need new roofs. Roofing materials in general have not increased in price, Mr. Stedman said, and now represent the highest values ever offered.

Vacationing at Yosemite il

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Roy E. Hills of Wendling-Nathan Company, of $arq Francisco, is enjoying three weeks' vacation at Wawofra; Yosemite National Park, where he is reported to be plhyi ing a lot of golf. He is accompanied by his wife and soh. i

BI]YDB9S GI]TDD SAN FBANOISOO

LUMBER

Atkinm-Stutz Compuy, u2 Market Stret .'...,...',.....GArieH fE09

Bookstaver-Moore Lmber Co., 525 Market Street'.................Exbroo& {7d5

Dant & Rursell. Inc.. 557 Market -Stret..........' - ..GArfreld llzl2

Dolber & Carrcn Lumber Co., 72E Merchets Exchuge Bldg......Sutter 7456

Guerrton & Gren, f&D Amy Stre€t.................'.Atwattr 1300

Hall. Jamer L., i032 Mius 81dc.......................sutter 7520

Hannrond Redwodd Company' 4U Montgiomery Street........ ....DOuglas 338E

Hobbs Wall Lmbcr Co.' 2350 Jerrold Avoue..'...... ...'..,Mlacion ll00l

Holmee Eureka hntir Go., ll05 Finucial Conter Bldg.. .GArfield l92l

Roy M. Juin Lmber Co., Arthu H. Cole. 16 California St...GArfield Egr0

C. D. Johnon llnba Cgrporation' 26e Caliiomia Stret... i...........GArfield 5258

C€rl H. Kuhl Lunbcr Co., O. L. Rucrum, 112 Mrket Street.,.YUkon 1460

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Lmon-Bomington Compmy, 16 Califomia Stret... GArfield 6E6l

Pacific Lmber Co., The lfll Bush Street................ ....GArfield llEl

Pope & Talbot Lumber Co.. 461 Market Street,........... .....DOugIae 2561

Red River Luber Co., 3r5 Moaadnodr Bldg.... GArield 0922

Sant-a Fe Lmber Co., 16 Calilomia Str@t..... ..........EXbrok 21174

Shevlin Pine Sales Co., 1030 Monadnock Blds.............EXbrok ?lXl

Sudden & Christenson,' 310 Satrsme Stret,... GArfield 2E46

Union Luber-fo., Crocker Briilding ...................Sutter 6170

Wendling-Natlian Co., u0 Market Stret -.. ...SUttGr titct

\f,/est Oregon Lmber C r., 1995 Evms Ave. ... .ATwater 5676

E. K. Wood L'mbs Co., I Drunm Stret...................EXbmk 3?f0

Weyerhaeurer Sales Co. 149 Califomia Stret.. ... ...GArfield t974

Gameiiton & Green, 9th' Avenue Pier.......... ..,.Hlgate Z5S

Gormm Lunber Co., 4621 Tidewater Avcnue..,,.......ANdover ld|e

Hill & Morton, Inc., Donion Stret Wbarf............ANdover lO77

Hogm Imber Connann 2nd & Alie Stret3..'..'.......Glen@urt 6861

Red River Luber Co., 908 Finucial Center Bldg.......TWnoaks 3400

E. K. W@d Lmber Co., Frederick & King Strets.....,.FRuitvale 0ll2

LUMBER

HARDWOODS AND PANELII

Maris Plywod Corlnration, 540 t0th Street.............. .MArket 671f5-6706

White Brothers,Fifth md Brunm Strets..........Sutter 1365

SASH-DOORS_PLY!\/OOD

Wheeler Oegood Saler Corporaticn, ilXs f9th Street.........,.........VAlencia 22,11

CREOSOTED LUMBER-POLES_ PILING-TIES

Anqicm Lrmbcr & Treating Co., tl6' New Montgomery Stret. :. .. .Suttcr 1225

Baxter, J. H. & Co., 333 Montgomcry Stret...........Douglar 3E{B

Hall, J"-ea L., 1032 Millg 81dc.................. .Sutter 7520

PAIY ELIi_DOORS_SASH-SCRE ENS

Califomia Buildcrc Supply Co., 7ll0 6th Avenue ....Hlgate O16

Hogan Lmber Company, znd & Alice Streetr. ,. ..GLeD@urt 6E6l

Westem Dmr & Sash Co., 5th & Cypress Stret!..,...,...TEmplcbu 84110

I{AR"DWOODS

Strable Hardwood Co., 537 First Street,..,....,........TEnplebr 55tl

White Brothere, 5|b High Stret.....,.,..,......., .ANdover 1600

LOS A1TGDLBS

LUMBER

Anglo Calilomia Lumber Co-, 655 East Florene .Avenue......THomwall 3ll4

Atkin$n-Stutz Compann Chuber of Commere Bldg......PRospect EE43

Bumr Ilnber Compuy, 9455 Charleville Blvd., (Bevqly Hi|ls),.............. BRadshaw 2-33EE

Dut & Ruaell, Inc., l5l5 E. Seventh Street.............TRinity 6757

Dolber & Carcon Lumber Co., 901 Fidelity B|dg.......... .......VAndile 6792

Humond Redwood Compuy, Itlrill S- Broadway.......... .......PRospcct 1333

Hobbc Wall Lumber Co., 625 Rowan Bldg,.....,..............TRinity 50EE

Holnes Eureka Lmber Co.. ?u-?12 Architects Bldg..... .....Mutual gftr

Hover, A. L., 5225 Wilshire 81vd.,..................YOrk 1166

Roy M. Juin lamber Co., F. A. Clough, 1146 Tremaine.........YOrk 2958

C. D. Johnon Lmber Corporation, 606 Petrolem 81dg...............PRospet u65

Lawrence-Philips llmber Co., 53 Petrclem 81dg....... ... ...PRospect 8l?,1

Pacific Lumber Co- The, 5225 Wilcbire Blvd. ..................YOrk 1r6E

Patten Blinn Lumber Co., 52r E. 5th Street,......,..........VAndike 2321

Pope & Talbot Lumber Co., 60r W. Fifth Stret ................TRinity 5241

Red River Luber Co.,

7ll2 E. Slauon.. .CEntury 29ll7l

l03l S. Brcadway....,...,........PRosp*t ll8ll

Reitz Co., E. L.,

3:t3 Petrcleum Bldg.. .,... .PRospect 2309

Sm Pedro Lumber Co., San Pedro, r800A Wilmington Road....,....Su Pedro 22110

Suta Fe Lumber Co., 3ll Financial Center Bldg....,....VAndike 4471

Shevliu Pine Sales Co330 PetrcIeum Bldg.... ...........PRospect 0515

Sudden & Christenon, 630 Board of Trade Bldg...........TRinity EE44

Tacoma Lmber Salee, 423 Petroleum Bldg...............PRospct 1106

Union Lumber Co., 923 W. M. Garland Bldg. ..........TRinity 282

Wodling-Nattru Co., 5225 Wilshire 81vd......,.............YOrk 1168

West Oregon Lumber Co., 427 Petroleum Bldg... .Rlchmond ll28l

Wilkinson and Buoy, 3rE W. gth Street..,....,..,.......TRinity 4613

E. K. W@d Lumber Co., 4701 Sata Fe Avenue.....,......JEfferon 3lll

lVeyerhaeuser Salea Co., 920 W. M. Garlmd Bldg.........Mlcbigu 6351

CREOSOTED LUMBER-POLES-PILING_ TIES

America Lumber & Treating Co,, a l03l S. Brcadway......,..,.......PRorpect 4363

Buter, J. H. & Co., 601 West sth Str€et.......,......Mlchigu 6291

Cadwallader-Gibson Co., Inc ---ji;r8 E:- oly-pl" sFa.... .'........ANgelur lll6l

Stanton. E. J. & Son, 2050' East 3tth Stret .'......'...CEntury ?s.zll

Western Hardwmd Lumber Co., 2014 E, lsth Stret......,........PRolPect 616l

SASH-DOORS_MILLWORK

PANEI.S AND PLYWOOD Back Pael Compmy, 310-314 E. 32nd Stret.., .. ., .ADuc 4225 California Dmr Company, Tha 237 -241 Ce\rral Ave.............,..TRinity 7461

California Panel & Veneer Co., 955 S. Almeda Strret .....'.....TRinlty 01157 Cobb Co., T. M., 5E0{l Central Avenue.............,.ADmc uU?

Eubank & Son, Inc., L. H. (Inglewod)

l0r0 E. Hyde Park Blvd.. ....ORegon 8-1660

Koehl, Jno, W. & Son, 652 S. Myers Street................ANgelu tl9l

MacDougall Drci & Plywood Co., 2035 E. Slst Stret... .Klmball 3161

Oregon-lffashington Plywood Co., 316 WeEt Ninth Street. .TRinity 4613 Pacific Wood Products Cortrcration,

Rem Company, Go. E., 235 S. Almeda Street......,.....Mlchigu f65d

Red River Luber Co., 702 E. Slauon.. .CEntury 290?l

West Coast Scren Co., ll{5 E. 63rd Street..,.............ADms llllB

Wheeler Osgod Sales Corporation, 922 S. Flower Street...............VAndike 63?6

MEET YOUN ilE$I GUSTOMEN!

Come in, New Customer, and meet the lumber dealer who sells real values. Let him show you the thrifry w^y to figure building costs. not on first price, but on cost-per-yeat of service.

'W'hen your new home is built, you'll see how right he was. You'll thank him for selling you good, sound, durable, Diamond-H Redwood.

You'll thank him when you see how long the siding holds its paint when you see how low your heat bills are . . how much longer your house stays new.

You'll thank your lumber dealer for showing you the thrifty way to buy. and prove your gratitude by telling your neighbors to go to him for their materials, too.