THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

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Portland, Ore., August 22, 1946.-The rveekly average of West Coast lumber production in July (5 weeks) was 93,080,000 board feet, or 64.3 per cent of 1942-1945 aver' age, according to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association in its monthly survey of the industry.

Orders averaged 98,728,W b.f.; shipments 95,828,000. Weekly averages for June were: Production 124,196,000 b.f. (85.7 per cent of the 1942-1945 average); orders Il 4,192,0ffi ; shipments, 122,541,000.

Thirty-one weeks for 1946, cumulative production 3,520,561,000 b.f.; 31 weeks, 1945, 4,126,007,000; 31 weeks, 1944, 4,803,749,W.

Orders for 31 weeks of 1946 break down as follows: Rail, 2,274,391,000 b.f.; domestic cargo, 565,634,000; export, 204,189,000; local, 435,933,000.

The industry's unfilled order file stood at 544,717,0ffi b.f. at the end of July; gross stocks at 378,654,Affi.

Weekly production of West Coast lumber during July averaged better than 93 million feet, or a decrease of 31 million feet per week, as compared to June. This drop of approximately 25 per cent in the manufacture of lumber in the Douglas fir region of western Oregon and Washington last month, in contrast to the previous month, is attributed almost entirely to the annual vacation period given employees in the West Coast lumber industry.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended mills reporting, gave orders as 54,731,000 63,239,W feet, and production 76,457,m hand at the end of the week totaled zrc-

Augtrst 10, 102 feet, shipments feet. Orders on 773,0N feet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended August 10,79 units (109 mills) reporting, gave orders as 15.024,000 feet, shipments 14,364,0@ feet, and production 15,070,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 78,003,000 feet.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended.August 10, 138 mills reporting, gave orders as 76,' 337,000 feet, shipments 75,915,000 feet, and production 83,617,000 feet. Unfilled orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 452,753,ffi0 Leet.

Redwood Production Increcsing

San Francisco, August 26.-Five of the nine Redwood mills that were afiected by the strike are now running' and some others are shipping. More men are being hired daily, and production is increasing each week.

New Appointments

Paul Hollenbeck has been appointed sales manager of Hayward Lumber & fnvestment Co., Los Angeles. Charles Hayward has been made supervisor of branch vards, succeeding Mr. Hollenbeck.

Harold Hamilton Elected Commander Western Pine Ssmi-Annual Of Lumbermen's Poct No. 40?

Harold Hamilton, John W. Koehl & Son, Los Angeles, was elected Commander of Lumbermen's Post No. 403 of the American Legion, Los Angeles, at the annual meeting of the Post held at the Mayfair Hotel, Los Angeles, August 14.

Eric Hexberg, .{nglo California Lumber Co., Los Angeles, was elected lst Vice Commander

Max Vener, Vener Lumber & Trucking Co., Los Angeles, was elected 2nd Vice Commander.

Rex Kratz, R. P. Kratz Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is the new Adjutant.

Gaspar Lipani, Weyerhaeuser Sales Co., Los Angeles, is Finance officer.

The meeting place of the Post has been changed from the Royal Palms Hotel to the Mayfair Hotel, 1256 West 7th Street, corner of Witmer Street, Los Angeles.

The new officers will be installed at the next meeting, to be held at the Nlayfair Hotel, September 11.

Roy Stcnton To Give Bqrbecue lor Employees

Sparked by a fast softball contest 500 Stantonites and their families will participate in swimming, tennis and all recreation activities during their all-day picnic and parbecue Saturday, September 21, 1946, at Montebello Municipal Park.

Roast barbecue of beef with all the trimmings will be served from I 00 p.ttt. until 3:00 p.m. by the caterers and the various sports contests will get under way at 1O O0 a.m. From all indications the softball game between the "Old Timers" and the "Youngsters" will be the crowning event of the day.

Betcril Ceilingrs Increcsed

Washington, Aug. n.OPA granted price increases ranging from 5 to 10 per cent on five scarce items of building material.

Retail ceilings on the following items were raised to conform to a provision of the new Price Control Act which requires that dealers get the same percentage profit margin as on March 31,1946:

Stock millwork, up 10 per cent; pine stock millwork and douglas fir doors, both up 9 per cent; stock screen doors an{ other stock screen goods, up 5 per cent.

(Agrendment 19 to revised MPR 293, Amendment 2 ts MPR 44, and Amendment 9 to MPR 381, all effective Aug. 2r). oPA47r7.

Construction Stcrts On New Plyrnood Wcrehowe

Construction has started on the new Oakland warehouse of United States Plywood Corp. at 4th and Brush Streets, Oakland. Don Kesselring, manager, says they hope to move into the new building on or before the end of next December. The new structure will have 25,W feet of floor space, and will have excellent loading and unloading facillties.

Forest conservation, state and forestry legislation and proposed increases in freight rates were among the subjects discuised at the semi-annual meeting of the Western Pine Association, held at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, August 15 and 16.

The various committee meetings occupied the first day, and the reports of'the chairman were given at the second day's session.

A. J. Stange, president of the association gave a review of the industry's progress since the annual meeting.

Secretary-Manager S. V. Fullaway, Jr. gave an address on the subject of "Danger Signals." This is printed on.another page of this issue.

Heav.y Reservcrtions Received For National Retqilers' Convention

Special trains are scheduled to come from all sections of the country to the National Retail Lumber Dealers'convention to be held at the Olympic Hotel, Seattle, October 21, 22 and 23.

About 100 California dealers have already made reservations. Those who are planning to go from Southern California should notify the office of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association, 111 West 7th Street, Los Angeles. Northern California dealers should notify the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California. 1833 Broadway, Fresno.

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New Sawmills

Lumbermen's Supply Co., Sacramento, bought 100 million feet of fir and redwood timber on the Johnson road, north of Arcata, and are building. a sawmill which will be ready to operate late this year.

Bates Lumber Co., Drain, Oregon, started operating their new mill, located above the Chapman mill in Hayhurst. The mill has a capacity of 45,000 to 50,000 feet per day.

The sawmill of Mogan Lumber Co., destroyed by fire recently, is being rebuilt. Capacity of the new mill will be 60,@ feet in eight hours.

The mill being constructed by I. O. Chapman on the Crater Lake Highway, near Camp White, Oregon, will cut about 50,000 feet a dav, and is expected to be in operation soon.

Vetercns' Housing to Use Indicn Lcnds, Timber

Portland, Ore., Aug. 4.-Indian timber will be used for the veterans' emergency housing program as soon as 150 miles of new roads approved for Oregon and Washington Indian reservations can be constructed.

Word of this new move was received from Washington, D.C., where Housing Expediter Wilson Wyatt announced that $1,234,000 has been alloted by the National Housing Agency to be used by the Interior Department to iut an estimated 17 million board feet of lumber from Indian lands.

Aided by the new roads, enough timber can be cut to help construct approximately 17,000 homes.

Construction is slated to get underway in the next 30 days on the Warm Springs and Klamath reservations in Oregon and on the Colville, Yakima and Tahola reservations in Washington.

Stock Millwork

Jobbers' ceilings for stock millwork have been adjusted to conform u'ith resellers' provisions in the Price Control Extension Act. (Amendment 13 to MPR 525, effective Aug. 23.)

Hecrds Pccilic Cocst Hcrrdwood Distributors Ass'n

The good looking gentleman in the picture is Dallas Donnan, president of EhrlichHarrison Company, Seattle. He is the new president of the Pacific Coast Wholesale Hardwood Distributors Association. He is also a member of the industry advisory committee for the OPA of the National Hardwood Lumber Association.

Incidentally he is the popular president of the College Club, Seattle, and a member of Seattle's Rainier Club.

Western Hcrdwood Adds YcrrdSpcce

Western Hardwood Lumber Company, of Los Angeles, has added nearly an acre of yard space to the rear end of the big yard on Fifteenth Streetn has it all paved, and is using it for storage of the large volume of lumber that comes in by water to the Los Angeles docks. This consists of hardrvoods from Central and South America, and softwoods from the Northwest.

Western has also increased its delivery service by adding a fleet of straddle trucks that were used by Cal-Ship on th€ docks when that concern, was turning out Liberty Ships like hot cakes. These trucks are being used for general city delivery, and they have proved both efficient and economical, especially for delivering lumber to the various industrial plants.

Distribute Well Known Mcrterials

Appearing on lnother page of this issue is the advertisement of So-Cal Building Materials Co., a Los Angeles firm which does astrictly wholesale business in building materials.

They are distributors for Celotex; Paraffine roofing and roof coatings, and for Ogle double-hung residential aluminum windows.

They feature a full line of Wesco paints, mortar colors, cold water paints, etc.

John D. Scouller and J. F. Paulson are co-owners of SoCal Building Materials Co. Both are well known to the trade.