The California Lumber Merchant - August 1936

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H. A. TEMPLETON CALIFORNIA VISITOR

Herbert A. Templeton of Portland, Ore., rvas recently in California on business. He made the trip from Portland to San Francisco and return by air, and also paid a visit to Los Angeles. While in San Francisco Mr. Templeton conferred with Alvin N. Lofgren, Northern California sales representative for Cobbs & Mitchell Company's stock, for rvhich Herbert A. Templeton Lumber Comoanv are exclusive sales agents.

BACK FROM NORTHWEST TRIP

L. R. Byers, manag'er of the Citizens Mill & Lumber Co., Ventura, is back from a trip to the Northwest where he visited some of the lumber mills.

VISITS LOS ANGELES

E. B. Culnan, manager of the Western Lumber Co.. San Diego, was a Los Angeles visitor on July 1g, where he called on the wholesale trade.

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How Lumber Looks

The National Lumber Manufacture$ Association rePorted a total lumber ptoduction of, 2451169,@0 fer,t at 556 mills during the week ended July lE, compared with production ol 2t7r787rO00 feet ^t 575 mills the preceding week. Shipments totaled 222,EOE,000 feet compared, to 21117971000 feet the prcvious week, while orders wete 2211431.000 fea compared to 2131485r Ofi) feet the week before.

2OO down and operating mills in Washington and Oregon which reported to the lVest Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended July lE produced 10416671496 [.eet. The industty produced 67.7 pet cent of its average weekly cut during 1926-1929. New business reported by these 200 mills was 103,. 409,097 feet, and shipments wete lO41249160O feet. The unfilled order file at these mills stood at r52,l78rr59 feet.

The Association reported that for the past several weeks production and orders have been substantially in balance. The domestic cargo market continues to supply the largest volume of orders, with rail clooe behind. Following the Fourth of July shutdown period, during which the characteristic sharp decrease in production and orders occurred, output and new business swung lack clooe to the level that prevailed during the latter pat of June. _There are no changes in the market picture, though, that refect a trend.

The lVestern Pine Association for the week ended July 18, 115 mills reporting, gave orders as 621252r00/J feet, ahipments 64,364,000 feet, and production 76149510@ f,eet Orders were 18.6 per cent below production, and t.2 per cent below shipments. Shipments were 15.8 1rer cent below production. U;-

No, this is not an Eartride New York purh cart vendor, but a HARDWOOD HEADQUAR. TERS Yard Clerk with ceveraI pieces of Hardwood go. ing out to 6ll a rush order.

filled orderc on hand at the end of the week totaled 219,319,ooo feet'

The California Redwood Association for the week ended Juty 11 reported production from 13 mills as 61955,000 feet, shipments 716821000 feet, and new business 9,4001000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of t{re week were 4218101000 feet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended July 18, 115 mills reporting, gave ordets as 301320,000 feet, shipments 301162,000 feet, ind production 321177,000 f.eet. Orders were 5.77 pet cent below production, and 0.52 per cent above shipments. Shipmerrts were 6.26 per cent below production. Orders on hand at the end of the week at these mills totaled 6210241000 feet, equivalent to 2854 carc.

Building operations in California continue active and the re. tail dealers rqrort a good volume of business.

Cargo arrivals at Los Angeles harbor for the week ended luly 25 totaled ltrOT5,OOO felt which included t2,25t,OOO feet of Fir and E22,000 feet of Redwood. Building permits in Log fngeles for the first twenty.three days of July amounted to f4,4051802.

The Redwood mills are endeavoring to round out tfieir stocks in order to serve the demand satisfaitorily, and the market is firm. The Fir market is reported a little stronger.

fhere is a good demand for No. 2 and No.-j common, shop and uppers in Ponderos. Pilr" and prices are firm. Sugar pine prices are very firm. Stocks at the pine mills are low.

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Vagabond Editorials

ntl by Jack

In this column last issue I discussed how very, very far from normal the lumber journal business is. We read and hear a lot about the depression being over, but it hasn't rung loud on the cash register as yet. )k**

And the same thing is true about lumber. Every day people ask how the lumber business is getting along, and express huge surprise when you tell them that it is still far from prosperous, nationally speaking. There are, of course, many specific places in this country where a whole lot of building is going on. But when we speak of the condition of the lumber market we naturally mean the national situation, and not some local boom point.

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In the first place most of the building that is being done with private capital is small stuff, residential type in new construction, with lots of fixing up going on in most places. This is very helpful to the local dealers, but doesn't cut a great deal of ice when it comes to taking care of the general production of lumber. ,F*rk

V[/hat, then, is the building situation in this country today? Well, the national authorities who spend their time keeping track of such things report that at this time a great bulk of big industry still lags, with building the greatest laggard. Building today, so they say, is 4I per cent of norrnal, employment is 86 per cent, car loadings are Z0 per cent, and store sales are 87 per cent. ***

The boom that is being shown by such industries as cigarettes, automobiles, entertainment, etc., is what we hear most about, and read a lot of. But that sort of boom is missing in the heavy goods industries.

Dionne

Naturally, when we get to talking about percentages of normal, the question always arises, what IS normal? 'We have neither the time, space, nor ability to answer that question here. Suffice it to say that the Federal Reserve Board experts, and they are the best we know of, chose 1923-25 as their base period, because they had to have some base and, during those years thefe was no war, drought, depression, or boom. So they call those years normal.

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However, great changes have taken place since those years. We have had a great growth in population, and therefore normal consumption of all things should be relatively greater. In 1923 the population of this country was one hundred and eleven million people. A good rough guess today is one hundred and twenty-eight million.

So, when we get a a"rr.i"g loooa normal lumber consumption it naturally follows that there are about seventeen million more people and their possessions to be housed than there were thirteen years ago, and therefore normal consumption of the country should be much higher than then.

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The 47 per cent of normal mentioned previously is the ratio of today's consumption against the 1923-25 consumption. But that is unfair because we have those seventeen million more people to house than we had then, so our present consumption is far less than 47 per cent of normal; the NEW normal.

Using only the nonrrl",;rr:rJ-,n, and disregarding another tremendous but nebulous growth (the growth of con-

sumption produced by all of our new appetites for new things) a famous economist, Colonel Leonard Ayres, computes the deficiency in some of the current economic factors as follows:

The per cent below -".:,J of pRoDUcTIoN is TWELVE; of EMPLOYMENT is TWENTY-FIVE; of PAY ROLLS is THIRTY-ONE; of DEPARTMENT STORE SALES is TWENTY-EIGHT; of FREIGHT f-OADINGS is THIRTY-NINE; of RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION is SEVENTY-FOUR; of ALL CONSTRUCTION is FIFTY-EIGHT; of EXPORT TRADE is THIRTY-EIGHT. ***

The surprise that is frequently uttered when the fact

that the lumber business has NOT yet returned to a generally prosperous level is therefore well illustrated by the above figures. Compared with what there was for several years the building business undoubtedly HAS improved a great deal. But except in specific local instances where a boom of some sort prevails, there is little prosperity yet evident in the lumber business.

Nationally considered, ,"*U"ta*, construction is still, according to the above figures, seventy-four per cent below normal. General construction presents a better comparative figure because of Government construction of larger units'

So the lumber industry must not expect to run its mills

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at any headlong pace and still have the consumption of the present take care of same. It won't.

Tremendous purchases ", *"*" on the stock exchange lately, and the rapid advance in the value of many stocks, is based on the fact that so many people have money they don't know what to do with, and they are investing in stocks. A diversion of a lot of that money into building activities would be a whole lot healthier sign. *,t*

During the past thirteen years, while the population of this country has been increasing the seventeen million souls estimated, no building has been done to taLe care of the housing of them and their possessions. It is doubtful if the construction accomplished during those years will take care of wear and tear on buildings existing in 1923. We have simply crowded in the extra seventeen million people. Some of these days we must properly house them.

To recapitulate our position, we have done since 1923, far less than the normal construction that would be necessary for the population existing at that time, and making no allowance whatever for our population increase. So the NEED for buildings must be far greater now than ever before in our history. The NEED is here. The materials are available. The country is full of money seeking safe harbor.

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The present slow rate of improvement is due for a rapid rate of acceleration. But it isn't here yet. The building industry has a boom coming. But it is not yet in sight. Every man in the industry can help develop it by forceful and intelligent SF LLING.

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The Good Book says "The God of heaven He will prosper us, and we His children will arise and build." But remember ! It says "Arise."

Western Retailers to Hold Summer Meeting S, F. Firm Increas€3 Sales Force

The Western Retail Lumbermen's Association will hold a summer convention at Port Angeles, 'Wash., on July 31, August I and 2. The general headquarters will be in the beautiful quarter-million dollar club rooms of Naval Lodge, Elks Club. A business session will be held the afternoon of July 31 ; this session will be open to everyone. In the evening there will be a banquet and dancing.

Saturday, August 1, a caravan will be formed for a drive to Hurricane Ridge, one of the most unique drives in the country, as most of the road is along the extreme ridge of the Olympic Mountains and reaches a maximum elevation of seven thousand feet. Lunch will be served at the Olympic Hot Springs, and in the evening an informal dinner dance will be held at the Lake Crescent Tavern.

Activity for Sunday, August 2, will be at everyone's option. In addition to the many wonderful drives and recreational facilities provided by numerous resorts throughout the Olympic Peninsula, many of the delegates will enjoy the thrill of thrills, salmon fishing.

Fred W. Epperson, Epperson & Sons, Inc., Port Angeles, Wash., is local chairman in charge of the convention arrangements.

Art Matthews is now representing MacDonald & Harrington, San Francisco, in the San Joaquin Valley, with headquarters in Fresno.

Mr. Matthews was formerly with the Feather River Lumber Co., and the Sugar Pine Lumber Co., and has a large acquaintance w:th Northern California retail lumbermen.

Arthur Koehlcr to Speak in S. F.

Arthur Koehler, chief of the Wood Identification Section of the U. S. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis.. will be guest speaker at the regular weekly luncheon of the San Francisco Lumbermen's Club, to be held at the San Francisco Commerc;al Club on Wednesday, August 5, at 12 noon.

Mr. Koehler's subject will be "Lumber's Testimony in the Lindbergh Case." He will give an interesting and instructive explanation of his testimony, illustrating hrs talk with slides.

All lumbermen and their friends are welcome to attend.

Shevlin Pine Sales Gompany

SPECIES

Russia to Increase Lumber Production

Washington, July 21.-A report just issued by the Department of Commerce states that the Soviet Government has planned to increase the production of lumber in 1936 up to the quantity of 14,415,000,000 board feet. This would be an increase of 19 per cent over the cut of 1935 of 12,125,000,000 feet, which was 11 per cent more than the previous year.

Yet in November of last year Russia agreed with other European countries on maximum export quotas for 1936. for markets in Europe, Asia Minor, and Africa. The Soviet export to those markets this year was thus set at a maximum of 1,881,000,000 board feet, which is nearly 10 per cent less than Soviet sales to the same markets in 1935.

The agreement between the European exporting countries does not cover other markets throughout the world. There is no restriction on shipments of Russian lumber to the United States.

An Administration official has recently stated that, to make sure tariff concessions do not result in importations so great as to seriously injure important domest;c groups, "import or tariff quotas are provided when there is indication that they may be needed."

The National Lumber Manufacturers Association has before the State Department a request that the imports of Russian lumber be limited by a restrictive quota.

WARREN B. WOOD IN BELLINGHAM

Warren B. Wood, vice-president of the E. K. Wood Lumber Co., is spending some time in Bellingham, Wash.

Modernizing a Hundred Year Old House

Westport, Conn.-Modernization of, a hundred-year-old lumber built house at 82 Canal Street in this city, has furnished new proof of the sturdiness of old-time frame construction and the durability of lumber. Maurict' Deutsch, New York City architect and engineer, who has charge of this modernization job, was so impressed by the old house that he urged .Frank H. Alcott, Secretary-Manager of the New York Lumber Trade Association, to visit and examine the structure. Both Mr. Deutsch and Mr. Alcott were struck by the use of wide vertical planks-2Irrin the living-room extension and also by the lack of warp. bulge, and corner cracks in plastered walls, and the excelient condition of the unusually wide floor boards. The wall ,constru,ction is of solid plank, square edge and rough sar,vn, lf"xlS/s" thick and varying from 8,, to 21,, in width. The floor beams are 6x6 of clear chestnut with some white pine and spruce. The wall plank is of eastern hemlock.

"All of the lumber throughout the premises," says Mr Alcott, "is in excellent state of preservation and the handhewn wood lath nailed directly on the inside of the vertical plank have maintained, over this long period, an uncracked. unblemished surface and without discoloration." The efiect of this heavy construction lvas evidenced, Mr. Alcott found. in the low even temperature inside the house on a warm day, even in the attic.

It is possible that the good service solid-plank walls have given in this old Westport house will lead to some degree of revival of that form of wall construction.

New Red Cedar Shinsle Handbook

Crammed full of informational sales help, giving facts and statistics on Red Cedar Shingles not previously assembled is the new 84p ag e Certigrade Handbook of Red Cedar Shingles, just released by the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, from its headquarters office in Seattle.

This attractive book, well bound, profusely illustrated and splendidly arranged, is the result of joint effort on the part of Prof. Bror L. Grondal, prominent wood technologist of the University of Washington, and W. W. Woodbridge, manager of the Bureau. It is felt that this will fill a long felt need, and will serve as final authority on all questions having to deal rvith Red Cedar Shingles.

One hundred thousand copies of this book have been printed and hundreds of requests for these are being received daily. It is the desire of the Bureau to have a copy of this in the hands of many thousands of retail lumber dealers, architects and carpenters throughout the country.

Those wishing a copy of this pocket-size text book may secure one by writing the Bureau direct, at their Seattle office, 4,1O8 White Building.

..DIJKE" EUPHRAT IN NORTHWEST

Another lumberman who is enjoying the balmy air and filtered sunshine of the Pacific Northwest at this vacation season is M. L. "Duke" Euphrat, Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco, who left for Portland, July 25. He will visit various Northwest points and be back in about two lveeks.

Will Continue to Serue Trade in West Coast Territory

The Wood Conversion Company has not withdrawn from the West Coast territory, and in a letter to the lumber dealers in California, Oregon and Washington states its plans to permanently serve their customers in this territory. The letter follows:

"For the past several months you have heard rumors to the efiect that Wood Conversion Company was out of the picture on the West Coast. May we take a moment of your time to lay some facts before you ?

"It is true that rve have had some embarrassing production problems, due primarily to the ever-increasing demands for our products in every area we serve. While that demand has been pressing enough for us to curtail our efforts to some extent, it has not forced us to the extreme of w;thdrawing entirely from the West Coast territory.

"We are h"ppy to inform you, therefore, that we are taking the following steps to improve our position, so that we shall be permanently able to serve the needs of your terlitory as well as those in other sections of the country.

"First-An expenditure in excess of $150,000 is being made to install new equipment for the purpose of increasing capacity of our Nu-Wood mill about 50 per cent-the third time, by the way, that we have increased capacity the past two years.

"Second-\Me are reinstating our dealer trade paper ad,r.itirittg in West Coast publications at once. From now on these magazines will carry a complete schedule.

"Third-We are taking steps to bring our representation. in factory men in the territory up to full force-and will spend the time and efiort necessary to provide our customers and prospective customers with the right kind of contact men.

"Needless to say, we deeply regret the inconvenience and' embarrassment which our temporary production handicap may have caused you. We can assure you now' however, that your needs will be served promptly in the future, and rve look forward to a continuance of those most pleasant relationships which we have had with you in the past."

BUYS YARD AT DOUGLAS, ARIZ.

Jennings Lumber Co., Safford, Ariz., has bought, the Douglas Lumber Co. ycrd at Douglas.

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ATTEND N.L.M.A. MEETING

Carl Bahr, president of the California Redwood Association, San Francisco, and Harry W. Cole, vice-president of Hammond & Little River Redwood Company, San Francisco, attended the midsummer meeting of the directors of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. held in. Seatfle, luly 22 and.23.

BACK F'ROM OREGON TRIP

Carl R. Moore, Moore Mill & Lumber Co., San Francisco, returned July 2l f.rom a business trip to Bandon and Portland.

JOHN L. TODD rN EAST

John L. Todd; Western Door & Sash Co., spending a month's vaqation in Boston, Mass. !o be back about the first week in August.

FRANK ADAMS ON WESTERN TRIP

Frank R. Adams, Eastern sales manager, The Pacific Lumber Company, Chicago, attended the midsummer meeting of the directors of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association held in Seattle, July 22 and 23. He then came south and visited the company's mill at Scotia and the main ofiice in San Francisco before leaving for Chicago.

MOUNTAIN VACATION

Tom Hogan, Jr., Hogan Lumber Co., Oakland, has been spending his vacation with Mrs. Hogan and their three boys at Ben Lomond in the Santa Cruz Mountains,

TOURS REDWOODS AND NORTHWEST

Oakland, is He expects

ATTENDS MEETING AT SEATTLE

Milo V. Chapin, president and manager of the Montebello 'Lumber Co., Montebello, has been on a motor trip up the Coast; going as far as Seattle. While in the Northwest he 'visited several lumber mills, and attended the midsummer meeting of the directors of the N.L.M.A. held at Seattle on July 22-23.

Ray Shannon of the sales department, IJnion Lumber Cgmpany, San Francisco, picked the Northwest for his vacation trip. Accompanied by Mrs. Shannon he drove north by the Redwood Highway and up the Oregon Coast by the Roosevelt Highway, going as far north as Grays Harbor, Wash., and returning to San Franciscp,, luly 23.

SPENDS VACATION IN NORTHWEST

Ray Klots, Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co., Los Angeles, is back on his territory following a visit with his folks in Spokane, Wash. While in the Northwest, he also visited the company's mill operations at Montesano, Wash.

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Finigh Factory Stock Commons

Mouldings

Recently, a prominent Southern Colifornia retail dealer when visiting our plont osked thc question/ "Why it dre miflwork on your lumber so much better than we at' genenlly able to gecure elgewherc?" The enswer is simple. Every member of our shipping organization hos very definite instructions that under nocircumstdnces is he permitted to ship any lumber or mouldings unless the millwork is PERFECT.

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By Jack Dionne

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STORIES ,D for 20 years---Some ler

D Ag" No Use \(/aiting That Long

The penniless young artist was having a very, very stormy session with his landlord, who insisted that the much overdue rent on the attic studio be paid at once-or else. The young artist decided to try dramatics on his stubborn host.

"Ten years from now," he cried, "people will look up at

BEN C. VARNER VISITS PACIFIC COAST

Ben C. Varner, Varner Bros., Dallas, Texas, has been spending some time on the Pacific Coast calling on his firm's mill connections in Californla, Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.

Mr. Varner with his son, Clayburn, flew from Dallas to San Francisco, where they visited the head office of the Union Lumber Company, for which Varner Bros. are North Texas representatives. They spent two days at the lJnion Lumber Company's big Redwood plant at Fort Bragg, and'then traveled to the Northwest.

RECOVERS FROM ILLNESS

G. E. Manspeaker, Manspeaker Lumber Co., Los Angeles, was back at his desk on luly 17 after an absence of two months from the office due to illness. He spent the last three weeks of his convalescence at Arrowhead and returned in good shape.

RETURN FROM VACATION TOUR

Don M. Oder, Southern California representative of Aberdeen Plywood Co., and Mrs. Oder returned recently from a vacation trip to Washington, Oregon and British Columbia. They traveled north by boat, shipping their car, and drove back to Los Angeles.

this miserable hovel that you rent me for a studio, and exclaim-'Francine the artist used to work up there."'

"What do you mean ten years from now?" demanded the heartless landlord. "They can say it tomorrow."

NEW YARD AT SAN RAFAEL

Harry Easom, San Francisco wholesale lumberman, with D. J. MacCormack and A. H. Tucker as his associates, will open a lumber yard in San Rafael August 1. The business will be operated as the MacCormack-Tucker Lumber Co. The new concern has leased part of the Cheda Companyls site, which has rail and water transportation facilities. Both Mr. MacCormack and Mr. Tucker were formerly with the Great Western Building Material Co., San Francisco.

CALIFORNIA VISITOR

Carl W. Hornibrook, sales manager, Ewauna Box Company, Klamath Falls, Ore., was a recent visitor at the office of E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, their Southern California representative, where he conferred with George E. Geary, in charge of their Ponderosa and Sugar Pine department. Following his visit in the Southland, Mr. Hornibrook left for San Francisco to attend the semi-annual meeting of the Western Pine Association on July ?3,

WILL MOVE TO NEW LOCATION

Home Lumber Company, Chula Vista, will move to a new location just across the street from its present site, where a larger and attractive plant will be erected. T. J. Butcher is the owner and manager of the company.

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Dean Johnson is now manager of the Pacific Spruce Corporation's mill operations at Toledo, Ore. He succeeds Frank W. Stevens who resigned to go into business in Portland. Mr. Johnson was formerly assistant general manager. * :f ,t

Los Angeles lumbermen staged a golf tournament at the Lakeside Country Club, July 16. Francis Boyd won the low gross prize, the Jack Dionne Cup, and Walter Riley was awarded the low net prize, the Joe Chapman Cup.

The Henry Hess Lumber Co. has purchased the Guerneville Lumber Co. yard at *Guerneville

The Portland lumbermen's annual picnic on July 21 was a big affair over several hundred lumbermen and their families attending. The picnic was held at Ruby's Golf Course near Portland. The program included golfing, baseball, races, horseshoe pitching, and dancing. Jack Dionne, publisher of The California Lumber Merchant, was the only speaker.

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H. W. Swafford, vice-president of E. J. Stanton & Son,

Los Angeles, and Mrs. Swafford, returned on July 14 from a four months' trip to Europe. ***

A. L. Porter, for twenty-three years secretary-manager of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association, announced his resignation. Roy S. Brown was appointed to succeed Mr. Porter.

Bookstaver-Burns Lumber Co., wholesale lumber dealers, have opened an office in Los Angeles in the Chamber of commerce Building' * !t 1(

The annual picnic of the Albion Lumber Co. was held June 26 in the beautiful Redwood grove near the company's Navarro mill on the North Fork of the Navarro River. ***

The Downey Lumber Company has purchased the Downey Building Supply Company yard at Downey. rN<+t

A. J. Russell, Santa Fe Lumber Co., was elected a member of the Nominating Committee of the Bohemian Club of San Francisco.

PHILIPPINE MAHOGANY

dnswers the bis question of how to add beouty and distinction to homes ot reasonable cost-how to step-up dealers' soles and profits. Write TODAy for full detoils.

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Delivery Charges

H. A. Lake, president of the California Retail Lqmbermen's Association, in a bulletin to the Association members gives a ruling on Delivery Charges received from the State tsoard of Equalization. A copy of the bulletin follows:

"Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Retailers and other persons or firms engaged in the Manufacture, Sale or Distribution of property are Liable for the Transportation Tax on Additional Charges made to customers of purchasers for the delivery of the property where the seller operates motor vehicles over the public highways o,f this State outside the limits of Incorporated cities in making such deliveries.

"If the seller bills the buyer on the basis of a delivered price which is greater than the price at the sellers place of business, the difference between delivered price and the price at the sellers place of business shall be considered a charge for delivery and the Transportation Tax will apply thereto.

"If the delivered price is the same as the price at the sellers place of business or if the seller bills the purchaser on the basis of a delivered price which is greater than the price at the sellers place of business and reports the total amount charged to the purchaser as taxable under the California Retail Sales Tax Act of 1933, (Chapter 1020 statutes of 1933) as amended by Chapters 351-355 and 357 the Transportation Tax will not apply even though the seller operates motor vehicles in making delivery to purchasers.

"The above ruling shall not be construed to apply to an occasional sale and delivery of property.

"Attorney General Opinion No. 10076 dated July 22,1935. "The foregoing supersedes all previous rulings on this subject."

BACK FROM VACATION

Harry C. McGahey, manager of the San Diego Lumbet Co., San Diego, is back at his desk following an enjoyable vacation spent in the High Sierra.

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Manual on Pressure Treatment of \(/ood lggued by Forest Service

Providing for the first time a practical handbook on the science of treating wood with chemi,cals to prevent decay, a "Manual on Preservative Treatment of Wood by Pressure" has just been issued by the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture.

The practice of pressure treating crossties, poles, posts, bridge timbers and other wood used in permanent locations under conditions ,conducive to decay has been estab. lished for many years, and is steadily growing, according to Forest Service figures. In the period I92l-3O more than 280,000,000 cubic feet of wood was treated annually. This was nearly'twice as much as the annual average in the preceding decade.

However, practical wood preservers wishing to improve their practice and beginners wishing to learn the business have found reference material widely scattered, and much of it out of date and varied in authority. The manual, prepared to remedy this situation, was written by J. D. Mac' Lean, senior engineer, of the Forest Products Laboratory, maintained by the Forest Service at Madison, Wis., in cooperation with the University of Wiscons,in.

The publication is based on the results of extensive research at the Laboratory and on numerous experiments and observations made at'commercial treating plants. Dr. Maclean has outlined the ,chara'cteristics of both woods and preservat'ives as they affect treatment, and has set down in usable form the mathematical material needed in control of treating conditions. The book contains fifty working charts and tables.

Copies of the "Manual on Preservative Treatment of Wood by Pressure," Department of Agriculture Nliscellaneous Publication No. 224, 'can be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., at 15c per copy.

Booth-Kelly Douglas Fir, the Agsociation grade and trade mark certify to your cuatonlers trhe quality of the stock you handle. Builders quit gueseing

Sales Executives Promoted

Interesting news of the .month includes the announcement by E. W. Davis, general manager of Wood Conversion Company, of the promotion of two rvell-known sales executives in the building material field. Paul A. Ward has been advanced to the position of general sales manager to succeed Luther H. Atkinson, rvho after having been associated rvith the Weyerhaeuser organization for a number of years, recently joined the organization of the U. S. Gypsunn Company in the capacity of assistant to the vice-president in charge of sales. Dudley M. Patt;e has been appointed assistant sales manager, succeeding Mr. Ward.

Mr. Ward, although one of the youngest general sales managers in the insulation industry, is the oldest member of

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the Wood Conversion Company sales organization in point of service, having been continuously associated with the company almost from the beginning, having joined the sales force in 1923. In L927 he was transferred to the general sales department at Cloquet, Minnesota, where he had an opportunity to become thoroughly versed in all phases of selling, merchandising, and manufacturing. In 1930 he was appointed assistant sales manager and served in that capacity until his recent promotion. His activities cover prac-. tically every field in the company's operations, with the result that he has built up a wide acquaintance throughout the retail circles that extends from coast to coast.

D. M. Pattie, who becomes assistant sales manager, joined the Wood Conversion Company in 1924. His first assignment with the company was the introduction of its products in new territories throughout the entire country until he was appointed district manag'er, Kansas City, in 1926" Six years later he took charge of the Chicago district office, which position he held at the time he assumed his present duties of assistant sales manager. Mr. Pattie is particularly well schooled in distribution problems and has done much special work in the development and sale of interior decoration products.

Both of these men are eminently qualified to continue the merchandising program which placed Wood Conversion Company in an enviable position in the insulation industry and constitute a team of sales executives which is unique in the building material field.

CALLS ON ARIZONA TRADE

Charles P. Henry, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is back from a trip to Arizona where he called on the retail lumber trade.

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THE EYES HALVE IT

Wild flowers glow along the road; fruit follows wayward blooms, Green mountains lift their glory heads; blue lakes shine in the sun;

Down through a tree-lined vista there a golden sunset looms, And high upon a verdant hill the woodland creatures run.

The ocean flashes through the wood that fern-clad glades adorn;

A cataract leaps down a gorge beside a fairyr fen; A mighty hieroglyphic basks in the pristine morn; A flock of birds go flitting by; a deer leaps down a glen.

Wild roses climb the mossy rocks close up beside a stream, A tangled thicket lures the eye; comes forth the evening star;

Upon a rocky peak there strikes a single sunset beamBut f can't see a doggoned thing-f have to drive the car t -Miles Overholt in San Francisco American.

TRAVEL

"Do you know the road to Mandalay?"

"Sure. Shall I sing it?"

"No. Take it !"

FROM ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON'S TOMB

"IJpon the wide and starry sky Dig the grave and let me lie, Glad did I live and gladly die, And I laid me down with a will. This be the verse you grave for me 'Here he lies where he longed to be, Home is the sailor, home from the sea, And the hunter home from the hill."'

CORRECT DEFINITIONS

Son: "Father, what is a philosopher?"

Father: "Son, a philosopher is a man with good health, good position, and a good bank account. He is the only man who can afrord to be one."

ODE TO NOTHING

Life is simply full of thrills

Summer colds, and winter chills

Pressing pants, arranging frills

Helen Jacobs, Helen Wills

Fishes flapping filmy gills

Drinking beer at good old Bill's

Noting different people's skills

Scrubbing dirty window sills

Not remitting families' bills

Climbing most unpleasant hills

Waiting for the uncles' wills

Photographing lots of stills

Budgeting from cents to mills

Cooking over smoky grills

Sicknesses and wee pink pills

Midnight snacks and after ills

Ain't it fun-daffodils !!!

(Written by Joe McCann, California Fruit Growers Exchange.)

NO TROUBLE AT ALL

"How did you find your husband w'hen you returned from your month's vacation?"

'Oh, I just happened to stumble over him while I was cleaning out the cellar."

THOMAS JEFFERSON ONCE SArD:

"It would be dangerous delusion if our confidence in the men of our choice should silence our fears for the safety of our rights. Confidence is everywhere the parent of despotism. Free government is founded on jealousy, not on confidence. It is jealousy and not confidence which prescribes limited constitutions to bind down those whom we are obliged to trust with power. Our Constitution has accordingly fixed the limits to which, and no further, our confidence will go. In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief with the chains of the Constitution."

TWO SEAS IN PALESTINE

Son: "And, Father, what is an dconomist?"

Father: "Son, an economist is a man who knows a little about everything, and nothing worth while about any-

There are two seas in Palestine fed by the same river. One is brackish and dead, the other sweet and living. What makes the difference? One of them receives and gives, the other receives and keeps.-Robert E. Speer. thing."

Beautiful Hardwood Paneled Interiors Made Possible at Moderate Cost

A new product of the Algoma Plywood & Veneer Company of Algoma, Wis., that is attracting the attention of architects and builders all over the country is "Carstenite," made fr'om hardwood veneer glued under hot plate process ;with phenol resin on Masonite.

More than 50 varieties of hardwoods. domestic and for. eign, are available in this new product. These include gray harewood, tigerwood, zebrawood, ,curly red birch, bird'seye maple, teak, French walnut, avodire, prima vera and bubinga, to mention just a few.

"Carstenite" comes in sizes of from 4x5 ft. to 4xl2 ft. It is ideal for paneling large rooms, show windows, etc.

There is a definite trend back to paneled rooms in homes, and this product will help to satisfy a definite demand on the part of home builders for beautiful wood interiors.

Another new product of this manufacturer is two-ply face stock manufactured from hardwood faces in more than 50 varieties glued up on basswood cross bands with phenol resin under the hot plate process. This stock comes in sizes of from 4x8 lt. to 4xl2 f.t.

These new products are distributed exclusively in Southern California by the California Panel & Veneer Company, 955-967 South Alameda Street, Los Angeles, and in Northern California by the Maris Plywood Company, 735 Third Street. San Francisco.

Two Popular Lines

"Tyl-Lyke" galvanized roofing and "Flame Sealed" feucing, manufactured by Continental Steel Corporation, and distributed exclusively in Southern California by Commonwealth Steel & Supply Corporation, 2l5O Sacramento Street, Los Angeles, are two lines that are handled by a large number of lumber dealers. These lines are sold through dealers only.

"Tyl-Lyke" galvanized roofing sheets have attracted a great deal of attention since they were put on the market. Tlrese sheets are sold on a 24-inch width basis. and actually cover 24 inches in width when installed, compared to crrrrugated sheets which are sold on a 26-inch basis. The non-syphoning drain channel, located at the side lap of the sheet, breaks capillary attraction (syphoning or seepage) and assures a positive leak-proof installation even on roofs having a very low pitch.

"Flame Sealed" fencing has, the famous Pioneer can't slip knot which prevents enlarging of the openings and loss of shape, because strain on the knot tightens rather than loosens it.

Both of these products are protected against atmospheric corrosion and rust by a heavy uniform coating of pure zinc applied by the hot dip process.

ATTENDS NATIONAL GUARD CAMP

First Lieutenant Chas. B. Cross, 185th Infantry, California National Guard, attended the annual camp at San Luis Obispo, July 15 to D. Lieut. Cross is the Santa Fe Lumber Company's salesman in the Sacramento and Northern San Joaquin Valleys.

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\(/ood Conversion Announces Increase in Plant Capacity

For the third time in the past two years Wood Conversion Company, a Weyerhaeuser subsidiary with mills at Cloquet, Minnesota, announces plans to increase the capacity of its insulating and interior finish plant. This last increase is approximately 5O/o of present capacity and includes improvements in the pulp department as well. The machinery has been ordered and the necessary building construction started in order that the expansion in capacity can be taken advantage of by November lst.

In discussing the latest plans for the Wood Conversion Company mills, Mr. E. W. Davis, general mahager, said, "We have been'devoting our advertising and sales promotion efiorts toward the sale of Nu-Wood as interior finish. Tile, Plank, and Wainscot units have been accepted by architects, contractors, builders, and owners as a permanent wall and ceiling treatment. We have also been featuring BalsamWool Sealed Insulation as attic insulation in old houses. Last fall we backed the sale of Balsam-Wool as attic insulation with a moneyback guarantee to the owner, which has been most successful. These two activities have been responsible, to a great extent, for a sales volume which has again made an increase in production ne,cessary."

Starting in 1932, Wood Conversion Company began an active campaign to feature Nu-Wood as an interior finish which combined advantages of decoration, insulation, and noise-quieting in one low-cost material.

According to Mr. Davis, dealers everywhere have been able to introduce the products into markets never before available to them. Today the line of Nu-Wood products have found their way into the highest class of residences, schools, churches, theatres, offices, and other places where their advantages are needed and recognized.

When the Company ofiered Balsam-Wool under the money-back guarantee of satisfaction early in the fall of 1935, it was the first time so far as is known that a manufacturer of insulation materials had been willing to take such a step. Sure of the qualities and permanence of Balsam-Wool, Wood Conversion Company officials decided to guarantee their material's performance as attic insulation to the buyer. They offered to refund his money plus the cost of application if he was not entirely satisfied with the advantages Balsam-Wool had given him after a year of service. It was this guarantee, plus of course, an increase in new construction, that have stepped up sales to a new high.

For the past several years the Company has been selling a large volume of baled Balsam-Wool fiber to refrigerator cabinet manufacturers. These people "flufi out" the fiber bales and then form scaled slabs on licensed machines in their own plants, an economical feature which allows quick size changes at a minimum cost. So popular has this method of insulating refrigerator cabinets been that the Company enjoys considerably more than one-third of all the domesti,c refrigerator business. With Balsam-Wool fiber, cabinet builders get all the advantages offered by other types of insulating materials plus features which are not obtainable elsewhere.

In its dealer department the Company will continue its long established policy of manufacturing and selling materials which the lumber dealer can sell in substantial volume at a fair profit. The practical and popular plan of controlled distribution will be continued with an eye toward protecting the dealers' markets for insulation and interior finish as well as assuring them a fair profit on every sale.

VooiJ Conuersion Plant at Cloquet, Minnesota

Delers Action on \(/estern Forest Land Purchases

Washington, July 13.-With a forest purchase appropriation of $2,500,000 and a Forest Service program of purchases amounting to $10,000,000, the National Forest Reservation Commission on June 3O postponed a decision as to its course until the next meeting. There are approximately 61 units scattered over the country, which the Forest Service ultimately desires to purchase.

Chief Forester Silcox strongly advocates the prompt acquisition of the Ochoco tract of pine timber in Oregon, with an area of 28,ffi3 acres at a cost of $624,980.58, and affording an excellent opportunity for a permanent forest management project cooperatively between public and private forest ownership.

Among the other principal items in the proposed program are the acquisition of 132,000 acres in the Grand Lake, Maine, district and 19,@O acres in the northern redwood unit in California. The Commission ratified some small purchases with remaining Emergency Relief Administration funds which had been approved by the Forest Service in the following units: Pisgah, N. C.; Cherokee, Tenn.; Ala. bama, Talladega, Okomulgee, Conecuh, Alabama; Homochitto, Mississippi ; Ozark, Oklahoma and. Arkansas.

Opens Olftce in Seattle

Edgar W. Pack was a Los Angeles visitor around the middle of July where he spent a few days lining up connections for his buying office in Seattle.

Mr. Pack has been a lumber buyer in the Northwest with headquarters at Seattle for the past twelve years. From 1925 to 1929, inclusive, he was buyer for the Hammond Lumber Company, and for the past six years was with Chas. Nelson Co. His record for individual lumber buying in the Northwest of. 562,423 feet per day for 365 days in the year over a period of five years while buying for the Hammond Lumber Company still stands. Before going to the Northwest, Mr. Pack was connected with the Hammond Lumber Company at Los Angeles.

ON EASTERN TRIP

Lew B. Train, Long Beach lumberman, will spend the next four months at Blue Rapids, Kansas, where he will visit with his folks after which he will go on to New york. He will be back in Southern California in the fall.

INCREASES SIZE OF YARD AND ADDS IMPROVEMENTS

Frost Hardwood Lumber Co. at San Diego has increased the size of its yard and made other improvements and changes, giving the yard a very attractive appearance.

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L. A. Second in Building Value-First lssues New Bulletin in Color in Numb er ol Building Permits

Los Angeles with building permits totaling $26,748,232 for the first six months of 1936 ranked second among the cities of the United States, and was exceeded only by that of New York, according to a report from the Chicago offices of E. M. Craig, executive secretary of the National Association of Building Trade Employers. In number of building permits issued for all classes of construction, 13,732, as well as in the number of new homes, 3134, Los Angeles stood first among the cities in the nation during the half year just closed.

The total value of permits of the twenty leading cities reporting, five of which are on the Pacific Coast, for the six-month period follows

The Pomona Pump Co. has just issued a new illustra.ted bulletin in color, presenting full details of various activities of its research and testing department. According to W. H. Day, vice-president, it is the only pump company that maintains a complete research department in a special building set apart for pre-study and final test of its products. Many devices have been designed exclusively for use in making accurate readings of performances as to speed, brake horsepower input, pressure head and water flow. To make these observations parallel those of actual operation in the field as closely as possible, the research laboratory is provided with a concrete well 135 deep and 4l f.eet in diameter.

Copies of the bulletin may be obtained without charge by addressing the company at Pomona, Calif., or 53 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Ill.

T. G. Price

Thomas G. Price, manager of the Moulding Supply Co., Alhambra, died July 17 following an illness of about a month. He was 44 years of age, and was born at Neenah, Wisconsin. Mr. Price had been a resident of Southern California for twenty years where he was connected with the lumber industry. Since 1923, he was with the Moulding Supply Co.

He is survived by his wife, Esther L. Price; a brother, David Price, and a sister, Mrs. D. K. Brown, of Neenah, Wisconsin. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon, July N, at the First Presbyterian Church, Alhambra.

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Construction totals of 44 states for the first half of 1936 totaled $I,345,78,953, an increase of 85 per cent over the total for the corresponding period in 1935.

TEXAS LUMBERMAN VISITS COAST

Clyde Penry of Teel Penry & Company, Fort Worth, Texas, attended the Shrine Convention at Seattle last month, and was a visitor at the Union Lumber Company's mill at Fort Bragg, Calif., July 2l and 22. Mr. Penry was accompanied by his family on the trip.

J. C. (Jack) Ellis, 63, well known California lumberman, died in Menlo Park on Tuesday, July 14. Funeral services were held in Redwood City on Friday, July 17.

Mr. Ellis was for many years with the Bellingham Bay Lumber Company, San Francisco, and was regarded as San Francisco's outstanding retail lumber salesman in those days. After this concern went out of business he represented the Santa Fe Lumber Co. for some time in Los An' geles. lfe was later associated with his brothers in the ownership of yards in Palo Alto and Menlo Park, and served as Mayor of Menlo Park.

Bulletin on Knotty Pine Paneling

The Western Pine Association, Portland, Ore., has published recently Technical Bulletin No. 4 entitled "Hints on Preparing Knotty Pine Paneling," a two-page piece dealing primarily with seasoning and handling of paneling stock to avoid shrinkage difficulties. This practical information is of particular interest to the millwork manufacturer, contractor and architect. Sample 'copies of this bulletin are free on application.

F. C. Millcr

Frederick C. M,iller, 87 years of age, retired Michigan lumber executive, died at the Hollywood hospital on July 3 following a stroke after several months of illness. He was a resident of Los Angeles for thirty years.

Born in Branford, Conn., he became associated with the lumber business and later became one of the founders and directors of the Grand Rapids School Furniture Co' He is survived by a daughter, Marjorie E' Miller. Funeral servi'ces were conducted Tuesday afternoon, July 7, at the Little Church of the Flowers, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.

ON NORTHWEST TRIP

Carl Davies will leave August I on a two rveeks' trip to the Northwest. He will call at the offices of the Carl H. Kuhl Lumber Company, Portland, which firm he represents in the Los Angeles territory, and also plans to visit some of the mills.

HOUSING CHIEF VISITS CALIFORNIA

Stewart M,cDonald, national administrator of the Federal Housing Administration, was a Los Angeles visitor on July 25. He was enroute to San Francisco to confer with Jesse Jones, chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

HAROLD BENDORF TAKES VACATION

Harold Bendorf, assistant Eastern sales manager, The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, with headquarters in Chicago, accompanied by his family, is on a month's ,v'isit to California, combining business and vacation.

BACK ON JOB

R. A. Cole, of MacDougall & Cole, wholesale sash, door rnd plywood dealers, Los Angeles, returned July 22 from a business and vacation trip to the Northwest. He was accompanied by Mrs. Cole.

VACATIONING IN HIGH SIERRA

Dick Loveday, Loveday Lumber Co., and M. R. Gill, Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co., Los Angeles, are spending their vacation at Lake Virginia in the High Sierra where they will do some lake and mountain stream fishing.

MAKES AIR ROUND TRIP FROM NEW YORK

W. R. Morris, manager of the New York sales office of the Union Lumber Company, left San Francisco for New York July 17, alter visiting the company's mill at Fort Bragg and the head office in San Francisco. He traveled both ways by plane.

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Philippine Mahogany - Philippine Hardwood

CADWALTADER GIBSON CO., INC.

Los Angeles, Calif.

TI[. ID. I'UNNING

438 Chamber of Commerce Bldg. - Lor Angeles Phone PRoopect 9136

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POSITION WANTED

ADVERTlSING Inch. Minimum Ad One-Half lnch.

FOR SALE

Man 55 years old wants position as manager or assistant manager. 27 years' experience in retail lumber business. In these 27 years only been with three companies. Will go any place. At present not employed but prefer showing my ability before deciding definitely on salary. Address Box C{26, California Lumber Merchant.

I|it/ILL INVEST IN RETAIL YARD

Experienced and capable man willing to invest limited capital in retail yard or material business. Please give particulars. Address Box C-625, California Lumber Merchant.

WANTS YARD MANAGER

Lumber yard selling hardware and paints wants manager. Give full details as to experience, age, married or single, last employer. Address Box C-627, California Lumber Merchant.

One ton Ford lumber truck $250.0o $1O0.0o

One ton G. M. C. lumber truck

Both with rollers

TUSTIN LUMBER CO., TUSTIN, CALIF.

RETAIL YARDS FOR SALE

If you want to buy a lumber yard in Southern California, see us. V[fe have a number to offer. Twohy Lumber Co., Lumber Yard Brokers, 549 Petroleum Securities Bldg., Los Angeles. Telephone PRospect 8746.

FOR SALE

24x12-in. twin cylinder Tacoma Donkey Engines. ll,3+2 feet each lr/a and /s lockcoil tram cable. Sell or trade for lumber.

FINNELL WRECKING & LUMBER CO., PHOENIX, ARTZ.

Wood at California Paciftc International Exposition

Washington-Wood, as light and heavy structural material, is well demonstrated in the buildings of the California Pacific International Exposition at San Diego. The nucleus of the Exposition structures was the buildings put up for the Exposition of 1915. Many of them were retained in place and are fulfilling their functions satisfactorily today. These original buildings are all of wood frame construction, but they were put up for temporary use or were more remarkable for their ornate exteriors than for their structural excellence. So, in the building work for the present Exposition, the first step was to strengthen, rehabilitate, and provide earthquake resistivity in these old buildings. This was successfully done and they we:e soon put into excellent condition as semi-permanent buildings, able to withstand termites, rot and any loading to which i, they are subject.

For both thq reconstruction and construction work Theo. C. Combs of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association engineering field Staff, was called uporl for advice; and on his recommendation J. H. Davis, who later became chief structural engineer,of the Exposition, was entrusted with the building engine'er's duties. The buildings were put up under his general supervision and direction by SERA labor, working under regularly employed foremen and superintendents.

All of the buildings are considered temporary with the exception of the Ford building and the Music Bowl. All are entirely of wood-frame or heavy timber construction except that the Ford building has a steel frame, and also that a few small buildings were necessarily built of other

materials at the last moment because San Diego's lumber supply was by that time completely exhausted. The Ford building was originally designed as an all-wood structure, but on account of the impossibility of getting a contractor to bind himself to erect the contemplated large building on time, a steel frame was substituted-as it was found possible to get a Los Angeles fabrication plant to give its exclusive attention to the Ford building.

In three of the small buildings toothed-ring connectors were extensively used, namely, the Music Bowl, the California State Building, and the Travel, Transportation and Water Building.

Several of the exhibit buildings are of great interest and significance to the lumber industry. The Casa de Tempo (house of the period) is a particular attraction. It is a two-story wood-frame dwelling of the California Monterey type, designed by Jackson & Hamill, San Diego. Its construction is excellent and its decorative uses of hardwood flooring, natural Redwood, Presdwood and Flexwood are charming.

The State Department of Education is exhibiting plans, specifications, photographs, sketches, etc., of lumber-built, earthquake-resistive school houses. Three sets of plans and specifications are attached to display counters for inspection, and all three of them are of wood frame schools, namely, Corona Avenue School, Bell; Roosevelt School, Santa Monica, and a school in Compton. The.Roosevelt school was featured in the lumber industry's earthquake school house program and visitors who leave their addresses receive copies of the Modern Schools Leaflet No. I from the National Lumber Manufacturers Association.

BT]YBB9S GI]IDB SATT FBAITCISOO

LUMBER

Gan & Co., L. J815 Crccker Blds. ..................Sutter 33dl

Chuberlir & Co., W. R., fth Flq, Fifc Blder. ...........,DOudr 5470

l)ut & Rusaell, Inc., ? Frcat St. .............,...,........Suttcr E854

Dolbcr & Canm Lrnbcr Co, ?30 Mcrchtnb Exchange Bldg.......Sutt r 7450

Gcorgc W. Goman 4t6 californb st. .......,..........GArfield 3782

HaIl, Jamer L, l@t Milb BIdg. ...................SUtter l3t5

Hmmond & Little River Rcdvood Co' {17 Motgomery St ............,DOuglas 3ilE8

Hdna Eurcka Lunber Co., t505 Finucial Catcr drdg.......GArficld rtzl

C. D. Johncon Lumber Cora5 2O California Strect...............GArfield |ZSt

MrcDonald & Hanington Ltd., l0 Califmin Street................GArfieId t393

llm Mill & Lmbcr Co., 525 Market Stret ..EXbrook 4?45

LUMBER

Pacific Lmber Co Ths lo Buh Strei....................GArfioH trtl

Red Riw Luber Cc, 315 MadnaL 81dr...............GArfrc|d 0122

Suta Fc Lunbcr Ca, f3 CdlfqEir Strat............KEany 2071

Scbafer Bre lubcr & Shfngb Co., I Drumm St. ......................,Sutts UZI

Shcvlh Pinc Sales Co., f08f Moaeoc& Btdr. ...........KErmy 70lt

Suddcn & Christcnson, ll0 Sasonc Strcct.,..............GArficld ztll

Trova Lrmbcr Cn, ll0 Markct Stret....................Suttcr O{2a

Unioo Lumbq Co., Cloc&ar Buildbr ..Suttrr al?0

Wadliag-Na'r..- Qa, ' ll0 Mrrk.t Sblct .......,..........Sutter 5t@

E. L Wood Lumbcr Co, I Drunm Strrct......,.............KEarly 3ill0

Wcyerhacusa Srbc Co.1{! Cdifmtr Strut...,...........GArfield t'?{

Ziel & Ca. 16 Califmla Stret .............Exbre|r 5r4r

LUMBER

Hlll & Mctoo' Inc.'

Dmnieo Sl Wtarl ...........'ANdffi rf7|

Hogar Lmber Compuy, -hd & Alio Strietr...........-.Glrldrt at'l

Pvramid Lumber Salo Co- - ll5 Pacific Building ..'.........Glacart@t

E. K. Wod Lumbcr Co. Frcdcrlck & Klry SrL............Fruitvrlc tll2

LUMBER

Bookrtavq-Bunr Lumbcr Co.,

HARDWOODS

HARDWOODS AND PANEIJ

Fmff Harfuood Co, t55 Bayrhm Blvd. ...............ATrrtr lttt

Wblte Brothers,Fifth and Brannan Strets .........SUttGr ttG

SASH_DOORTPLYWOOD

Niolai Dq Salcr Cq. 30{5 lrtb Str€Gt ...................,Mlrlho f:r.

Orcgo_--W*hingtm Plyrood Co, 55 NGv MmtgoEcry Strut.......GArfctd ?llt

United qtates Plywood Co,, Inc., ll9 KlGas Street,...........,.,...MArket l6E2

Whelgr-Orgogd Salu Corpontlo, lc{5 ltth st. ...................'.,.VAlerch 22tt

CREOSOTIED LUMBER-POLES_PTLINGTIES

Lumber & Treating Co., 116 New Montgomery St.....:.....Sutter lzs

Buter, J. H. & Cq, !33 Montgmery St. ....,....,....DOuglas ltE3

Hatl, Jrpea L., 1026 Milb Bldc. ...................SUrt r 13$

PANEIIT-.DOORS_SASH

Aberdeen Plywod Co, dlt l6th Stret ,Gkncqrrt U74

Cdllqli.-Buil&n SupptyCe, ?llo 6tb Avc. ,.. .Hlgate 56t3

Wcrtcn Dc & Sash Ca. Sth & Cyprcr Sri ....:.........LAtrai& g.|

Strablc Hardwood Cq Sn Fb.t Str.t.................fEnpl.bar Sitl Whlt. Brcthss. 900 High StF.t ..................^Ndrcr fO

LOS AITTGBLES

LUMBER

550 Cbenbcr of Cmmre Bl&...PRdped a8l

Dolbccr & Canm Lumbcr Co' a2r Sbclt Building...........'......VAndikc tllti!

Dunning, W. D., ,138 Cbamber of Comre Bldg...PRcFct 0136

Hammod & Llttl. Rlvcr Redwood Co., l03l So. Brodway .......,.......PRcFct iEl

Hcmmingr, E. W.

?0{ So Sprlng St. ., " 'TRiDity 9&r

Hotner Eureka Lmber Co., 7[-712 Archtteclr Bldt. ..'.......Mutud tur

Hor, A. L..

700 So. l: Brca Avc. ...,............YOrk ll6t

C. D. Johnm Lumber Corp-

601 Petrolerm Smrities Bldg....PR@pect U65

Kuht Lumber Cmpany, Carl H., 43t Chamb* of Conmerce Bldg...PRGFGt tr30

hmne-Phllips Lunbcr Co

- ar-F"tt"liirl-s*;uii'' srt.. .PRGD.ct aa, MacDonald & Bergstm, lnc., 73it Petrolem Sccuritiec Bldg....PRcpect ?ft{

MecDmld & Huingtog Ltd., 5.7 Petrclm Ssld.r BldS....PRcFGt !r?

Prcific Luber Co- lac tD Sc Lr Bn An. .......,........YOrL lr$

Patten-Blinn llnbcr C.o, 52r E. sth St. ....................Vrlndikc Zt2l

Rcd Rlvcr Lubcr Cc, 7@ E. Slu.6 .CErtury 2t07l

Reitz Co., E. L, ilill Petrcleum Scur{tler Bldg. ..PRcpect 2369

Suta Fe Lumbcr Co.

3ll Fimcial Ccntcr Bldg.......VAndilc r,Ol

Schalcr Brc Lumba & Shlnglc Co., IZZC lV. M. Guhnd BldS.....,...TRinity aflt

Shevlin Pine Saler Co., 32t Petreleum Scoritiec Bldgt. PRepect 0615

Sudden & Christcuon, 630 Bard of Tn& Bldt. ........TRintty tt{{

Tama Lunber Salee, il23 Petroleu Ssritlec Bldg...PRoEpect ll0E

Union L-rber Co

023 W. M. Garlud Bld3...........TRiulty zrs2

WendEng-Natim 6., 700 Sa l: Bm Avc. ..............YOrk llt6

E. K. Wood lmbcr Cq, l7!l Srnta.Fc Am. ,.....,,......JEfisrro tlll

Weyerbcw Salcr Co., t20 W. M. Garland Bldg.........Mlchigar Gt51

HARDWOODS

Cadmllader-Gibrn Co., Inq 362t Miner At". -. ::....::......... Angctus lltal

Perletlo Oak Ftclnr Co.. E20 E. 60th St. ....:.....:...........ADams 320r

Stanta, E. J., & Sm. 2050 Eilt t6rh Strcet............CEnrury 2ttlt

SA!'H-DOORS_MILLWORK -PANEI^S AND PLYWOOD

Aberdeen-Plrw_od Co.-Dm F. Oder, 204 Wesr Pio Srrer ............:.ftt?ov SSa

CaIilgnia PlTel li Vcmr Co_ 155 Sq Almda St.........'........TRbtty 06, Kchl, Juo W. & So- lSil Sc Myen SL ................ANgctu tltt

Orego-n-Wuhingtm plywmd Co., 3lt West Nirth Sdctc .......,,....Tuckcr tOt

Red Riwr Lumbcr Co.

702 E, Slausm ..,. :........,.,....CEntury !g?f

Unitei- Sjater Pl_ywodCo., Inc., 1930 East fstb St. .....-......'.....pRospect 3013

Whe-ler-Osgod Sales Coapmtioa, 215:t Sacmento SL ..., :.. ...TUclrcr {OCa

CREOSOTED LUMBER_POLES-PILINGTIES

Am9ryan_ Lumber & Treating Co., f0:tf So- Broedway ............'..pRcpect 5i5E

Baxter, J. H. & Co., 601 W6t sth SL .,....,..........,Mlchigaa azta

UPPER GRADET OF REDWOOD TOO/

The vast Hammond stands of Redwood timber have been noted for their high yield of upper grades. This quality stock is manufactured into sidings, rustics, and trim. Redwood is unexcelled in ability to take and hold any kind of paint or varnish finish, or may be left,"natural." Alert lumber merchants are well aware of the active trend to quality building matertals-lumber with lasting beauty and durability-Hammond Quality Redwood.

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