GAISERSTON & GREE]I

WHOLESALE LUMBER

Two Wholesale Yard Stocks

F<rst Truck Locds

Idth 6 Shingles

Fir d Pine

Bedwood

"The Ffiendly Yard.s ol Persotul Seryice"

SAN FNANCISCO

1800 Atay Street

ATwcter 1300

OTXI.AND

9th Avenue Pier

Hlgcrte 1346

Ten Years Ago Today

From Augu st 1, 1929 lssue

Lumber dealers from all sections of Southern Calfornia attended a meeting at the San Diego Athletic Club, San Diego,, luly N. The meeting opened with luncheon and was followed by a business session presided over by Paul Hallingby. A banquet was held in the evening, and Jack Dionne acted as master of ceremonies. Orrie W. Hamilton and Bill Cowling had charge of the arrangements.

Jack Rea, well known Los Angeles lumberman, announced his entry into the wholesale lumber commission business with offices in Los Angeles, handling Douglas fir cargo and rail shipments.

William I. Wilson, California Door Company, Oakland, made a hole-in-one on the 138 yard, fifth hole of the Sequoyah Country Club, Oakland, while playing with Larue Woodson of the Wheeler Osgood Sales Corporation.

T. O. Herzog purchased the Cargo Lumber Comany, 1660 Firestone Boulevard, Los Angeles, operating the yard under the name of Herzog Lumber & Door Company.

Merner Lumber Company, Progress Lumber Company at Palo Alto, purchased the Redwood City.

Wesley Shrimp head of the Cresmer Manufacturing Co., Riverside, won himself much commendation by a new book he published entitled "New Ideas on Home Modernizing."

Weyerhaeuser fimber Company announced the opening of their new mill at Longview, Wash.

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!Y'. B. Jones Lumber Co. Opens \fholesale Yard in Los Angeles

W. B. Jones has opened a wholesale lumber yard at 2l5O East 14th Street, Los Angeles, operating under the name of W. B. Jones Lumber Co. The company will carry complete stocks of Hardwoods, Ponderosa and Sugar Pine, Spruce, and Industrial Douglas Fir. The telephone number is TRinity 9765.

I\{r. Jones is widely known to the trade in Southern California where he has been connected with the lumber business for the past fifteen years. For over ten years he was manager of the hardwood department of the Owens-Parks Lumber Co. at Los Angeles, resigning recently to go in business for himself.

Jack Baker will be in charge of the office, and Ralph Barto will represent the firm as salesman.

Super-Harbord Salesmen Gather at Plant

Top salesmen of Harbord Super-Plywood from the company's branches and distributors were rewarded by Harbor Plywood Corporation with a trip to the plant at Hoquiam, Wash., where this group attended a sales meeting July 18 to 21.

The high spot of the trip to the Pacific Coast was a three-day visit to the San Francisco Exposition. Homer Maris of Maris Plywood Corporation, San Francisco, acted as host. The group visited the Fair on the evening of July 22 and on the three succeeding days. They were entertained at a banquet at Hotel St. Francis on Sunday evening, when motion pictures were show,n of Nevills' expedition down the Colorado River.

Bill Ream, of thg George E. Ream Company, Los Angeles, and Wayne Rawlings, Maris Plywood Corporation, San Francisco, attended the sales meeting at Hoquiam.

Wider Field for Industrial Use of Plywood Opened by Recent Construction of Railroad Refrigerator Cars

The completion of a schedule of railroad refrigerator cars by the General American Tra.nsportation Corporation of Chicago, and put into service by John Morrell & Company, meat packers of Ottumwa, Iowa, in which exterior siding, sub-roof, main roof, sub-floor, floor, all lining, and ice compartments are made of Super-Harbord weather-proof Douglas fir plyrvood manufactured by the Harbor Plywood Corporation of Hoquiam, Washington, is reported in the Railrvay Age ot July 22.

The plywood panels used in this construction have veneers bonded or fused together with the new cresylic formaldehyde synthetic resin binder. The panels are pressed indiviclually between giant hot plates filled rvith live steam, and are tempered to relieve internal stresses and balance the construction of each unit.

In addition to its features of neatness and sanitation, there is the greater importance of weight saving, amounting to a reduction of 3,100 pounds per car over the conventional type of construction. The use of plywood reduced the number of individual pieces and joints in the car about 89 per cent and saved a substantial amount of labor in shop fabrication.

"The success of this material as car siding in railway construction opens up another nation-wide use for this Pacific Northwest product," declares E. W. Daniels, vice-president of the Harbor Plywood Corporation. "Already SuperHarbord has demonstrated its value in many uses where it is subjected to unusual stresses or excessive moisture. It

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Outdoor plywood-c mcrterial well known in the genertrl building tield lor its strength <rnd wecrtherproolness-w<rs used compleiely, inside and outeide, in <r schedule ol ten rqilrocrd relrigercrtor ccrs iust completed.

is being used extensively in marine construction where it is almost revolutionizing boat building.

"Other uses of this material cover a wide range from outdoor signs, to concrete forms and exterior coverings in modern and conventional types of homes. It has been used extensively in the Exposition buildings on Treasure Island, and at the New York Fair, and is being utilized in a rapidly growing number of industrial products."

Obituaries

Miss Bertha Adele Meyer

On July 24 the entire Western Hardwood Lumber Company organization in Los Angeles, bowed its head in sorrow and regret at the passing of one of its most endeared members, Miss Bertha Adele Meyer.

Miss Meyer had been a member of the Western staff for the past 28 years. She was private secretary to President D. J. Cahill. In addition, she was purchasing agent and traffic manag'er of the concern, being a business woman of rare ability, as well as a lady of much charm and character. As purchasing agent a.nd traffic manag'er she was known to a large business circle outside the Western organization, and enjoyed a high degree of popularity with all who knew her. That her passing is a distipct loss to the Western organization is an opinion expressed by her large circle of friends and fellow workers.

She died after an illness of many weeks, and was buried in Los Angeles on July 26. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Julia Wilferth and Mrs. Anna Meyer Hershon.

LEvt/IS B. EYER

Lewis B. Eyer, salesman for The California Door Company of Los Angeles passed away at the Methodist Hospital, Saturday, J:u/,y 22. He was fifty years of age.

Mr. Eyer had been associated with The California Door Company since 1911, and for the past eleven years had been calling on the retail lumber dealers in Southern California, among whom he had a host of friends.

He is survived by his widow, one daughter, two sons, two brothers and two sisters.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday, July 25.

ANDREW McNAIR

Andrew McNair, one of the best known men in the lumber business in California, passed away at his home in St. Helena on July 21.

He operated the McKinnon-McNair Lumber Company at St. Helena for (he past 19 years. From 1895 to 792O he was with The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco. Part of this time he was in charge of the company's San Francisco yard and later was a salesman in the Northern California territory.

Mr. McNair was born in Glasgow, Scotland, 76 years ago. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth McNair. There was a large attendance of friends, includi,ng many lumbermen, at the funeral services held in St. Helena on Monday, July 24, and also later in the day at the service in the Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland.

MRS. BONNIE I. CHENEY

Mrs. Bonnie I. Cheney, wife of Glenn W. Che,ney of Dant & Russell, Inc., passed away suddenly in Portland, Oregon, on July 23. Besides her husband, she is survived by three sons, Francis, Gilbert and Glenwood, and a sister, Mrs. Vern Bird of Montesano, Wash. Funeral services were held on July 25.

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

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

John B. Woods Asks for Coordinated Lake States Produce Less Than Half of Natiqnal Forest Policy Timber Needs

Washington, D. C., Jaly 2Z.--:that an over-all Federal forestry policy does not exist, but that such a realistic policy, recognizing the forest industries as an important element in the national economy, is most urgently needed, was the gist of an address delivered the evening of July trl, by John B. Woods, Forester, National Lumber Manufacturers Association, to the Institute of Northwest Affairs, held at Reed College in Portland, Oregon.

Declaring that most of us, regardless of occupation, desire to see our forest lands put quickly and efiectively to use growing continuous crops of trees, but warning that sustained yield forestry does not mean local booms in the old-time sense, Mr. Woods gave it as his opinion that a judicious exercise of sensible public controls is desirable and is, in fact, developing in the States. He is not sure of the adequacy of the Federal approach to country-wide forestry.

Periodically since 1919 the Congress has taken up the question of doing something about national forestry. It has enacted a series of laws, most of them helpful; but has neglected to provide adequate funds for cooperating fully with either the States or private owners. Meanwhile administration of Federal lands is confused and overlapping. The era of relief expenditures has meant that labor, representing 50 per cent or less efficiency on the outlay of large sums of money, has been used for the first time on largescale protection of forests from fire, insects and disease. This system, however, has glaring defects. Expenditures depend upon the size of the relief budget, upon the wangling ability of competitive Washington agencies, rather than upon the*real needs of the forest. Congress rpostpones the day of coming. to grips with this problem and providing for rareeting it efficiently at reasonable cost.

The contribution to forestry of States and private owners is continually deprecated by Federal spokesmen. The Chief Forester has tried for four years to sell direct Federal regulation to the American public. He does not show a sample of the merchandise, but says that it must be good and workable because it will be cut to the "democratic pattern." Industry would like to see it and judge for itself whether th-is will work. Private ownership does not fear regulation such as is being developed in the States, but it dois fear bureaucracy and particularly government's inde-

(Continued fuom Page 26) in each instance. Other tables deal with pulpwood, paper' slack cooperage stock and logs used in veneer manufacture. Tables on stumpage and log prices for 1923-36 ate included with the note that the figures are necessarily indicative rather than absolute, because of the many variable factors involved. cisiveness. The Federal Government should look its own problem in the face and should recognize that State and private forestry are indispensable and must be preserved.

This report gives a summary.of all available forest products statistics for the region. It is one of a series designed to cover the entire United States. Similar studies for the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast states already have been published, and bulletins for the Northeastern States, the Southern States, and the Central and Prairie States will soon be issued.

Copies of the report, "Forest Products Statistics of the Lake States," Department of Agriculture Statistical Bulletin No. 68, may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. at 1O cents per copy.

Chief Forester Silcox then addressed the Institute, describing some of the ghost towns left by the lumber industry and demanding that the public recognize the necessity for forest rehabilitation and sustained yield management. He declared that over-all comparisons of growth and drain are deceptive in that they dt not disclose the sore spots where depletion has outdistanced regrowth. He warned that the Northwest is not justified in dismissing the forestry problem as solved and pledged the aid of the Forest Servic.e in helping to work out solutions, across the table with forest maps spread out.

Mr. Silcox questioned the desirability of putting Federat administration in one department or under a single head, believing that the competition makes for better management and increased initiative. He has hopes that the Congressional Joint Committee will come to grips with the whole problem and recommend to the Congress a broad program of Federal legislation.