"Ne* Timbers ]or Ofd'

Seattle, Wash., July 25.-The call of "New Timbers for old" may soon be sounding throughout the land like Aladdin's offer of "New Lamps for Old". And owners of very old barns and other heavily-framed buildings need not be surprised should they receive a startling cash offer for their buildings. The reason is that the growing interest in early American antiques and early domestic architecture is resulting in a demand for timbers that can be used in creating an atmosphere remindful of colonial or pioneer buildlngs.

Architects and builders in various parts of the country, the West Coast Lumbermen's Association states, are making increasing'use of the checked and time-colored timbers found in old frame buildings. The timbers are used in hunting lodges, cabins, sport homes and even in fine residences. The features of the old timbers that make them sought after are the horizontal cracks, or checks, picturesque knots, their rough or hand-hewn surfaces and the coloring they have taken on with the passing of many years. These characteristics are helpful in creating a suggestion of antiquity, historic romance and informality.

Rugged timbers that once were the framework of a 19th century barn now form important decorative and structural elements in modern dwellings. Rough wood that in former years sheltered a pioneer family today is shown with pride in the homes of people of wealth and culture.

The Association sees in the building public's interest in old timbers and knotty panels a grorving appreciation of the roots of American gulluls-a swinging back from the jazz age tendency to act, live, dress and build different just for the sake of being different. A realization of the artistic and cultural value of the simplicity and honesty of expression in the early American home creations is coming to many people and shown in such uses of materials, it is believed.

Architects and discriminating home owners are finding Douglas fir timbers of special value in reproducing thesearly American interiors, the Association states. Douglas fir timbers cut from certain portions of logs will check, under suitable conditions, in a manner that meets admirably the requirements for old-looking beams. These timbers are characterized by checks that are not very deep

IUfORE thrn 5r1xr0,000 copled IVI of the booklets, plctured and descrlbed ln the cataloE, "Lumber Sales Llterature," have helped lumbrmen ln ever5r field E€t new buslns.

To promote your lumbc sales, the Asmlatlon mak6 thlo materlal avallable for les8 thrn the cost of prlntlnE! A copy of the catalo€, and umplec of thl3 llterrture wlll be sent you free on request. Wrlte todry- Addrer and that do not run the full length of the timber. The checks are short and are spread over the perpendicular faces of the timber. The checks on each timber are different enough to give variety yet they make each timber bear a family resemblance to the others.

The checking of Douglas fir timbers can largely be.controlled- by following. certain sawing practices, by cutting them from close-grained logs and by coating them with various liquid preparations, the Association itates. The interest in heavily-checked timbers further expands the field into which the control of checking to meet particular needs can be extended.

The Association recently received a request from an architect in the East for information on the availabilitv of suitably checked timbers from the West Coast. Hl is planning to use 6O large timbers-24 by 38 inches, 24 feet 19"g. They are to be used for ceiling beams to carry out a design he is working out for a building.

An architect in California recently worked checks into his design for a home. He selected Douglas fir with a certain moisture content and installed it under conditions that would insure checking. He informed the owners that the full beauty of their home would not be realized until the panels and beams had produced the anticipated check- irg. The checks developed as had been plinned. The owners are immensely pleased with the effect.

_ Paralleling the interest in aged timbcrs is the demand for knotty boards, such as weie used extensively bv the colonial builders for paneling. Material of thij t<iia is readily obtainable from West Coast hemlock and Western red cedar, forests associates of Douglas fir. It has been fo.u."9 easy t-o select boards of these-species having knots which stay firmly in place when the boards are dlried to the low moisture content necessary for interior finish. When the boards are planed smooth and polished the knots become interesting decorative elernents.

The use being made of checked lumber and timbers and knotty paneling, is a further indication, the Association states, .that nothing coming out of the earth or growing above it has surpassed wood in its adaptabilitv t6 -aoii needs. Nothing, except fire, air, food and water has contributed so much to man's life and comfort.

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Printers Ink Reprints Carpenter and Dealer Dialogue

Printers Ink, famous weekly advertising publication, reprints in their August 6th issue on Pages LZa..+d 12-6 our Editorial of July first, 1931, entitled, ''Ihe Carpenter Asks About White Pine". Many _testimonials have come to say that this is one of the cleverest articles printed in any trade journal in a long time.