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MIIL FACTOBIES, GEN. OffICE, WESTWOOD, CAL

LOS ANGEI.ES OFFICE:

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OATLAND

Fincnciql Center BuildinE

IT'S THE SERVICE THAT COUNTS AFTER ALL

It isn't the COST of the home that you sell, Nor the stuff out of which it is made, It isn't a question of "does it look well?" Or whether the colors will fade; Nor the modern conveniences you have built in, Nor the paper you've hung on the wall, But the real thing is, did you serve with a grin? It's the service that counts, after all.

It isn't a question how long it will stand The rigors of snow or of rain; Or the roofs or the walls or the entrance so grand Or the sash, or the door, or the pane; It isn't the paint or the finish or floor, The bath, breakfast nook, or the hall, But there's one thing that matters each day, more and more It's the service that counts after all.

It isn't the place where you hang up your hat, Or the open air porch where you rest, When sleeping time comes; and it isn't the mat That says "Welcome," and you know the rest; It isn't the color the shape or the style, That makes Mr. I{ome Buyer fall, But there's one great big thing that just makes them all smile-

It's the service that counts after all.

There's many a man that sells quality stock, In shingles and millwork and lumber, Who still would require a dynamite shock, To rouse him from deep business slumber; Dig up new ideas, and keep up your pep, Keep hustling-keep smiling-work hard-watch your step-

It's the service ttat counts after all GAME

"'When you're whipped" said Dolan "you ought to say you've had enough."

"If I've got the strength to say I've had enough" replied Nolan "I'm not whipped."

Missing

He tried to cross the railroad track, Before the rushing train, They put the pieces in a sack, But couldn't find a brain.

The House Builder

ih" ho,rru-builder at work in cities or elsewhere.

The preparatory jointing, sawing, squaring, morticing. The hoist-up of beams, the push of them in their places, leaving them together.

Setting the studs by their tenons in the porticos, According as they are prepared.

The blows of the mallets and hammers.

Paeans and praises to him l-Walt Whitman.

Why He Was Not Promoted

He grumbled.

He knew too much.

He watched the clock.

He didn't believe in himself.

fle was always behind with his work.

He was always ready with an excuse.

He never learned from his mistakes.

He never relied on his own judgment.

He wasn't prepared for the next step

He didn't have his heart in \is work.

He was contented to be a second-rate man.

Indifference And Enthusiasm

Indifference is the opposite of enthusiasm. Indifference never leads armies to conquer, never models statues that live, nor moves with heroic philanthropies. Enthusiasm it was that wrought the statue of Menon and hung the brazen gates of Thebes; it fixed the mariner's trembling needle upon its axis, and first heaved the great bar of the printing press. It opened the tubes of Galileo until world after world swept across his vision; and it reefed the topsail that rulfled over Columbus in the morning breezes of the Bahamas. ft has held the sword with which freedom has won her battles, and poised the axe of the dauntless woodsman as he blazed the pathway of civilization. It turned the mystic leaves upon which Shakespeare and Milton inscribed their burning thoughts, and sustained and soothed the soul of Thomas Jefrerson in his declining days.

\(/age-Hour Committee Recommends FiveCent Increase in Forest Industries

Minimum Wage

Washington, June 26.-After three days of testimony, Industry Committee No. 3O, representing the Lumber and Forest Products Industries as defined by the Wage-Hour Division, recommended to the Administrator today that the prevailing minimum wage for all industries under the Wage-Hour definition be raised from 30c to 35c.

The Committee, composed of eight lumbermen, eight representatives of the public and five representatives of labor, further recommended that Administrator Fleming seek an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act, which would bring intra-state industry under the law and make it subject to the same requirements as forest industries doing business inter-state.

This action was in line with the testimony of most of the witnesses who stressed the competitive inequalities created by the exemption of intra-state industries, and emphasized the difficulty of fairly enforcing the exemption.

According to the Wage-Hour law, the Administrator may accept or reject the wage recommendation of the Industry Committee, but prior to such action public hearings must be held, at which anyone with an interest must be given the right to be heard.

Verbal assurances have been given by the Wage-Hour Administrator that, if issued, a ruling establishing the new 35c minimum will not be effective before September 30.

Extends FHA Thtee Years

Hyde Park, N. Y., June Z&-President Roosevelt today signed a bill extending the powers of the Federal Housing Administration for three more years-until July l, 1944and boosting f'rom $4,000,000,000 to $5,00O,000,000 the amount of loans on individual dwellings which the agency may insure.

The FHA's powers would have lapsed July I without the continuing legislation.

The bill increases from $100,000,000 to $165,000,00O the limit on insured loans for purposes of modernizing or repairing old buildings and boosts from $2500 to $5000 the amount which may be insured for an individual remodeling job on a home.

The salary of the administrator is raised from $10,000 to $12,000 a year, beginning July 1. The present director is Abner H. Ferguson.

On Eastern Trip

Leo Hubbard, Ilayward Lumber & fnvestment Co., Los Angeles, is on an eastern trip. He will be back on August 1.

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Hazardous Occupations Order No. 4

Effective August 1

Washington, D. C., July 1, l941.-Occupations in the logging and sawmilling industries are declared to be particularly hazardous for minors between 16 and 18 years of age by Hazardous Occupations Order No. 4, it was announced today by Katharine F. Lenroot, Chief of the Children's Bureau, U. S. Department of Labor.

This order, effective August 1, 1941, was issued under the childlabor provisions of the Fair'Labor Standards Act and has the effect of raising the minimum age for employment in these occupations from 16 years to 18 years. The act applies to producers, manufacturers or dealers who ship goods in interstate commerce or deliver such goods for shipment.

The order was based upon careful investigation of the occupations and extensive consultation with safety experts, employer and labor groups, and publication of a Bureau report on "The lfazards of Logging and Sawmill Employment for Young Workers." No objection was made to its terms at a public hearing held in Washington, D. C., on May 28,1941. It declares as hazardous for minors between 16 and 18 years of age all occupations in logging and all occupations in any sawmill, lath mill, shingle mill, or cooperage-stock mill. Excepted from its provisions are: Work in offices and repair and maintenance shops; work in the operation and maintenance of living quarters, work in timber cruising, surveying and logging-engineering parties, work in forest protection, and work in the feeding or care of animals used in logging.

Logging of pulpwood is covered when in connection with the logging of timber for other uses but not where pulpwood only is logged. Work in timber culture and timber stand improvement is not classed as a logging occupation and is not covered by the order, nor is work in emergenc)' fire-fighting in the event of forest fires.

In issuing order No. 4, Miss Lenroot called to the attention of employers the fact that they can protect themselves from unintentional violations of the child-labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act by keeping on file certificates of age for all minors claiming to be 18 or 19 years old employed in occupations declared hazardous as well as certificates for all 16- and l7-year-old minors in occupations not declared hazardous. Information on the issuance of certificates may be obtained from the Children's Bureau, U. S. Depprtment of Labor, Washington, D. C., or from State departments of labor or education.

Bibliography of Forest Literature

Washington, June 11-To aid those who would study forest problems, the Division of Forest Conservation of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association has published a comprehensive bibliography of literature pertaining to forest management, resources, and uses, with special reference to the Pacific Northwest; Listed are books. bulletins, pamphlets, and magazine articles.

Copies of the bibliography may be had by application to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. 1337 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D. C.

Obituaries

C. S. SCRIBNER

Carleton Spear Scribner passed away suddenly early Tuesday morning, July 1, following a heart attack. He was 45 years of age.

For the past two years, he was a salesman for Tacoma Lumber Sales of Los Angeles, and prior to his coming to Southern California had been in the retail lumber business in Chicago.

He is survived by his widow, Mary Belding Scribner, a son, Belding Hibbard Scribner, and his mother, Mrs. Rollin H. Scribner, of West Los Angeles, and a sister, Mrs. John M. Sweeney of Cleveland, Ohio.

Funeral services were held in the chapel of St. Paul's Cathedral, Los Angeles, Wednesday afternoon, Jaly 2.

JOHN \^I. HASEMEIER

John W. Ilasemeier, president of the West Adams Lumber Co., Culver City, and a resident of Los Angeles for forty-two years, passed away at his home on June 26 after a sudden illness. He was 48 years old, a World War veteran, and a member of Culver City Post No. 46 of the American Legion.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Janet Bell Hasemeier; a son, John W. Hasemeier, Jr.; and three sisters, Mrs. Etta Gordon, Mrs. Grace Miller, and Catherine A. Hasemeier. Funeral services were held in Los Angeles on June 27.

JOHN E. BUMA

John E. Buma, assistant manager of the Whiting-Mead Co., San Diego, passed away suddenly on June 19. A native of Amsterdam, Holland, Mr. Buma came to the United States when he was thirteen years old and resided in Salt Lake City. He went with the Whiting-Mead Co. in 1921, and working continuously with the firm, rvas named assistant manager in 194O.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Pearl Grimes Buma; a son, John Buma, Jr., a daughter, Gloria Buma; a brother, Lutzen Buma; and four sisters, Mrs. Anna Stockfish, Mrs. Dena de lfaan, Mrs. Freda Richardson, and Mrs. Antje Lumpkin. Funeral services were held in San Diego on Iune 23.

James Beaton

James Beaton passed away suddenly at his home in Huntington Park on July 2 following an illness of only a few days. He was 39 years of age.

A native of Scotland, he came to Southern California when he was nineteen years old, and shortly afterwards went to w'ork for the Geib Lumber Company in Huntington Park. Ile was with the company over nineteen years, and for the past ten years was manager of the yard.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Helen Beaton; a daughter, I-orna Beaton; a sister who resides in Southern California: his father and mother and several sisters and brothers who live in Scotland.

Funeral services were held in Huntington Park on July 5.

New Mexico Dealer Celebrates Quarter Financing for New Construction Increa3es Century in Business

Reviewing a quarter of a century in business, the Santa Fe New Mexican issued a N-page illustrated supplement in honor of the 25th birthday of. the Santa Fe Builders Supply Company. This veteran retail firm started with a personnel of f'our, which has grown to an organization of 62 members. Its annual volume of business has risen from $48,000 to more than a million dollars. Frequent improvements and modernization of property and merchandising have made it one of the outstanding retail plants in the country.

Charles Proebstel, who, with the late Levi Hughes, founded the business, is president; Levi A. Hughes, Jr., vice president; John K. S. Walter, vice president and general manager; and Miss Annia Porter, secretary and treasurer. The business is departmentized, with respective managers, as to such lines as plumbing, builders' hardware, doors and windows, roofing, electrical supplies.

Ncws Flarhcs

Lathrop K. Leishman, Crown City Lumber & Mill Co., Pasadena, has been elected president of the Pasadena Rotary Club for the coming year.

R. E. Guyer, sales manager, Seattle Cedar Lumber Mfg. Co., Seattle, recently made a business trip to San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Jas. E. (Jimmy) Atkinson, Atkinson-Stutz Co., San Francisco, was recently in the Northwest for two weeks calling on the firm's sawmill connections.

E. C. Hallinan of Hallinan Mackin Co., San Francisco, was at his desk again June 30, following several rveeks' absence due to an operation.

Niels' Lumber Service held an opening at their new quarters, 121 Columbia Street, Turlock, Saturday, June 28. They carry a complete line of lumber, paints and hardware supplies.

G. R. (Roy) Bleecker, manager of Westfir Lumber Co., Westfir, Ore., was in San Francisco on a business trip early in Tulv.

Chicago, July ll-The lending of $130,953,00O by the savings, building & loan associations of the country during May, the record volume for any post-depression month, is reported this week by the United States Savings and Loan League. This makes the second month in a row in which these institutions' lending activity has reached new high ground, according to Morton Bodfish, Chicago, executive vice president. The gain over May of 19,10 was 14.32 per cent and over April of this year was 8.5 per cent.

Seasonal influences coupled with all along the line increases in employment, payrolls, real estate activity, and home building, account for the record lending activity of the savings and loan institutions during the month. A fraction over 73 per cent of their dollar volume is norv being diverted into the two main channels of residential real estate financing, new construction and home purchase. May saw a new high for the past eleven years in the volume lent for purchase of existing homes, $6,400,000 more than in any previous month.

Steadily since the first of the year the tide of savings and loan lending to home-owners and builders has been swelling, and this is the thirtieth consecutive month which has seen a larger volume of advances than the like month of the previous year. The result of the steady upward climb in activity is, Mr. Bodfish pointed out, that today both volume of construction loans and of home purchase are double what they were three years ago.

FHA Activity in Northern California

During May, 1941, the Federal Housing Administration accepted for insurance mortgages amounting to $8,677.100 on 2003 new homes now being built within the 46 counties of the Northern California district.

This represents an increase in number of approximately 35.9 percent over the same month last year when mortgages totaling $6,224,9m were accepted (commitments issued) on 1474 new homes built under FHA inspection and construction requirements, and compares with 890 mortgages amounting to $3,842,900 accepted for insurance during May, 1939.

Defense housing in designated industrial areas, financed under the recently enacted Title VI of the National Housing Act, added 311 mortgages accepted for $1,155,70O to the May totals of FHA operations in the Northern California district. This new construction was confined to the VallejoBenicia and Richmond areas.

A. A. Hays, J. D. Halstead Lumber Co., Phoenix, Ariz., was a Los Angeles visitor last week. FIR-REDf,rOOD

Roprcrenting in Southern California: The Paciftc Lumber Company-\(endling-Nathrn Co.