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WHY NOT SHORT LENGTHS OF REDWOOD?

Redwood b undergoing one of the rame changer rfht now that other and older rpecier of commercial woodr have gone through in their day and time.

There used to be a time in Michigan and Wirconrin when ordinary lengths of white pine brought a premiura, but rhort lengthr of the same rtock went begging. But that eoon changed.

It in't ro long rince the manufacturerr of Southem Pine couldn't find a market for their rhort lengthr; but a vadety of nrarkete were digcovered when they went out after them.

Today there is a spread between the price of the long and short lengths of Redwood at the California milb that breaks dl recordc. Just think of an 8-foot length of dry Redwood being priced about $32 to $34 a thourand lers than a 1Ofoot length; when you stop 1e think that the 8-foot piece can be used in fully bight-tenths of the placer that the 10foot can, and you have a rather strikng situation.

Dry Redwood ir very, very scarce at all the millr. But dry Redwood SHORTS are plentiful. Take siding, for in-

II/ATTOS VISITS S. P.'S WILItrINGTON PLANT

Frank Mattos, manager of the Southern Pacific timber treating plants, recently inspected the company's extensive plant at Wilmington and called on lumbermen in the Los Angeles territory. He returned to his office in San Francisco a few d.ays ago.

DR,Y KILN EXPERT HERE ON BUSINESS

R. H. Rawson, of Goss & Rawson, clry kiln experts of Portland and Seattle, is a San Francisco visitor. Mr. Rawson is remodeling the dry kilns of the Coos Bay Lumber Company at Bay Point. He expects to be in the Bay district for about two weeks.

rtance. A majority of all the long lengthr of Redwood riding rold are cut into rhortr to fiU the spacer Letrreen t[c opcningr in tbe building. The rhort would do jut as rvcll ar the long, could pay the dealer a genenour profig and ravc the buyer a lot of money.

Why not? It lookc ar though the lumber dealer orver it to hia trade to cut cornerr in ru€h cases as ttb. It would reem that the deder could help and befticnd the buyer in many carer by offering hirn Redwood ehortr and rhowing hi- the raving to be gained.

There arle many, many millionr of fect of Redwood rtocL, bone dry and ready for rhipment, piled arormd the Rcd. wood millr today. It can be made to play a very rerviceablc part indeed in the building of modeot homer and othcr buildings in California. A littlc thoWhtrul effort on thc part of the lumber dealer in behalf of thir rtock would bc conrtructive wor*.

The conrumer ir King. Find out how he can bed urc rhort Redwood, and help him to rupply bb needr in tbat rYay, economicdly.

It lookr like a real opportrmity.

FRED EART VISITS SAN TRANCISCO OFrICES

Fred Hart of Portland, one of the executives of the Eart- 'Wood Lumber Company, has been passing the last few days in San Francisco. Mr. Hart reports the forest fires in the Northwest a serious meuace to both logging ancl milling operations. Many plants are closed and inuch valuable timber has been burned.

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