The California Lumber Merchant - September 1924

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BY FLOYD DERNIER

\ME T^A.KE GOOD CARE OF OURLUMBER

Wellventilatedshedginour_yardwh_eTeHARDWOOD LUMBER and FLOORING are protected from rain and sun and delivered to you BRIGHT and CLEAR and FREE FROM CIIECKS. . WE RUSH RUSH ORDERS

We employ^lllcq POWERED, COMPETENT MEN to fill orders. We carry HIGH GRADE STOCK and we seII to HIGH CLASS TRADE at DOWN RIGHT LoW PRIcEs. WE SATISFY YOULET US SHOW YOU

Our CUSTOMERS have COMIDENCE in COOPERS.

With our battery of five dry kilns and our large yard and shed storage facilitier, we areable to have on hand at all times

Balanced

When Paul Bunyan invented logging,

theYear of the Two Winters, his out6t consisted of a willing disposition and plenty of muscle. Today, at Westwood, Paul uses the Red River faciliiies in continuous operation, Winter and Summer.

MILL KILNS YARD

BOX FACTORY

MOULDING DEPT.

SASH & DOOR FACTORY

VENEER PLANT

FOREST PAY ROLL

54 Band Mills

Six Band Saws, daily capacity 800,000 feet.

Twenty-four Dry Kilns 20x220 feet, daily capacity 450,000 feet.

Approximately 6fty million feet of air dried stock.

Thirty cut-off saws. Machines to manufactuie 200,000 feet of shook and cut sashanddoor stock per day.

Six rip saws and six modern mouldersDaily capacity 700 doors and | 000 sash.

(Ready in December) capacity 50,000 three-ply panels p.t d"y.

Seven Hundred Thousand acres of Sugar Pine and California White Pine. An ear-ly selection carefully cruised and located for fine quality lumber.

About 3,400.

are in operation in the mill and factories

With logging, milling, ln?DUfacturing and saleE in one compact organization, and our PolicY of continuous, Year 'round ProJuction, Red River can generally give you "What You Want -When You Want It."

"Producen of White Pine for Half a Ccotrr/'

J. Walter Kelly to be New Bay District Snark

At a meeting of the Bay District Hoo-Hoo held at the Palace Hotel on August 28, the Nominating Committee of rvhich A. B. Wastell was chairman, announctd that T. Walter Kelly had been nominated for Vicegerent Snarli of the Bay District_ for the. ensuing year and r.r'as unanimously adopted by the meeting.

J. Walter Kelly is well known to the lumber industry of California and the Pacific Coast. He is sales manager for Chas. R. McCormick & Co. with offices in the Matson' Building, San Francisco. Walter, as he is best known to all his friends, has always taken an active interest in HooH9o 1qd during the pasi vear was Bojum on the Bay District Nine and was also Vice-Presid,ent of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9. He is extremely popular with the Hoo-Hoo members and rvith Walter at the head of the Bay District affairs, the members are sure that the ,ensuing year rvill be a very active one.

The meeting also adopted the recommendation of the Nominating Committee that Dave Woodhead of Los Angeles-who has acted as State Counsellor during the past year be proposed for election to the Supreme Nine at-the Annual Convention with Jurisdiction over California and Jurisdiction No. 1. Frank Trorver proposed A. B. Wastell, Vicegerent Snark of the f{ay District during the past year, for State Counsellor of California, rvhich motiontvas unanimously passed. The Scrivenoter was instructed to advise Secretary-Treasurer H. R. Ishenvood at St. Louis regarding the nominations of Mr. Woodhead and Mr. Wastell.

SCHAFER BROS. LUMBER MILL BURNS

The Schafer Bros. Lumber & Door Co. of Montesano, Washington, one of the largest mills in the Grays Harbor District was destroyed by fire on September 2. The plant was valued at $750,000.00. The Schafer Bros. wer.e large manufacturers of Douglas Fir, Spruce, Hemlock, and Red Cedar shingles.

W. B. WIGGINS DIES

W. B. Wiggins, prominent Portland business man and long a resident of Oregon, died at his home on Thursday evening, September 4 af.ter an illness of tr,vo months. He was the head of the Broughton and Wiggins Co., the large pole and piling concern with operations at St. Helens, Oregon, and the Wiggins-Meyer Navigation Co.

Mr. Wiggins was born June 4, 1860, in Ottowa, Canada. _He came to Oregon in 1890, first locating in Oregon City. He has been a resident of Portland since 1910.

Mr. Wiggins is survived by his vvidow and three daughters, Elizabeth and Eleanor Wiggins, and Mrs. Lynn Davis, besides his mother and s.everaf iisters and brothers.

AUGUST RECEIPTS REACH LARGE TOTAL AT LOS ANGELES

The final figures coming from San Pedro, announce the totals of water borne lumber, received at that port during August, as 114,105,000 feet of Fir and Redrvood, carried on 96 boats.

Sell Protection and Satisfaction

The bie thing you have to sell in roofing is not so many rolls nor so many squareE, nor Eo many pounds-it is protection-3a1isf6g1ien.

Neither of these is determin"d bv weight, or size. They are determined by the sincerity that is expressed in their production.

The outstanding feature of

is the sincerity that is expressed in its manufacture. The purpose of its makers is to produce a roofing that will afford maximum protection and unqualified satisfaction.

Are you capitalizing this feature in Weaver Roofing?

WEAVER ROOF COMPAI{Y

Sylvede L Weaver

2436 F:rst Eighth SL - I.or Angeler

Telephonc BRoedway O784

Sarvnillr, nmnh6dd' (hcgen

Dirtributing Phnt - Bry Ptfnu

Annrul hoducim

2(X),(XX!,(XX! Foct

GENERAL oFFICES:'JI HiI*?k

Loa Angelcr Ofice,r corrrl Bldr.

Absolutely Dependable

Out of stock? -call Flarnrrrond-quick

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Lumber

Roo6ng

Hardware

Flooring

Insulation

Sash & Doors

Paints

Cement

YARDS IN

Calipatria

Colton

Highlands

Holtville

Long Beach

Newhall

Ontario

Orange

Owensmouth

Pasadena

Pomona

Redlands

Riverside

San Bernardino

Van Nuys

Westmoreland

EI Centro

Calexico

Zelzah

Kingman, Ariz.

Owning mills and forests, operating steamship lines and maintaining offices throughout the West.

Main Oftces, display rooms and yards at 2010 So. Alameda St., Loe Angeles.

Almost any kind of building material you santand as much aE you want-will be found at the nearest Hammond Lumber Co. vard.

The big Hammond organization acts as a res€rye stock supply depot to the lumber trade throughout Southern California. If you get an extra big-or an emergency rush" orderHarnmond will help you make good on delivery.

Draw on your Hammond reserve stock at any time. You are always sure bf intelligent service.

Abaolutely Dependable.

Hammond Lumber Co.

Shipment figurer, building permitr for thir montt and lart reportr of the cut during the lart two weekr at the Frr and Rea*ooa millr, atl go to predic{ and indicate a furtherance "ithl; *""" of 'betti timee and prooperity thd bit thir rtate a short time ago.

The market ir bobbing back in rplendid rhape, leaving-no doubt of the stabilitv ol tbe Fdl narket, nor of the fac{ that Californie could not long rtay where it war'

The milb, a good many of-ttemr-bave gone eiut ".f th' market and have been ver5l rhy on uoortng DCw b-ulmrela' Some of them took on ordere for large footage during Jury aoJ lu"t immediately afte .tte ehut-down, end tte-5r are witholt a doubt looking for a mucb stronger m.rtet, and in a migbty ehort time.

Here ir another angle. Conrider tte very rmall amormt of lumber ttat war beins bought during the month of June ""J i.-..tti J"tv. Prod-ucion figrlree were way- ovg w.bat th"y;;; ieltiig, and then rhe-buving rtarted' Ar h{ "ft;" .iee; ""id,-t"-t"t ie low when you can't rell t--d *["r U" tuvini rtartr, look out. lt ie-not tmrcarooable to ray that thie Cilifornia market ir -really--not y{ t' rtrong arit rhould be, or ae it undoubtedly will be. For rcverd ;;UA;Ffu--iu" h"t rold norc, each wed than th-ev il;-;i.- Every wholeraler and millman in the rtate bar ["a-iiq"Ll* foiar much lumber ar he would care to rhip, on thir kind of a market.

James H. Allen Named Snark of Universe 1925 Annual to be Held at Spokane

Minneapolis, September 13.-(telegram)-Thirty-third Annual meeting of Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo closed after wonderfully successful sessions. Attendance up t9 all expectations, -delegates from all over United States and Canada-

James H. Allen elected to serYe as Snark of the lJniverse foi coming year; A. J. Hager, Senior Hoo-Hoo; Ted T. Jones, Junior Hoo-Hoo; U. Nf. C-arlton, Bostorr, B9:-!- ; Andrew Maccuiag, Spokane, Scrivenoter; LeRoy King, Beaumont, Jabbenvock; Theodore Sparks, Winnipeg. Custocation ; It{ilton Klein, Atlanta, Arcanoper; David \\'oodhead, l,os Angeles, Gurdon.

The 1925 Annual rvill be held at Spokane.

CROSIER LEAVES SUDDEN & CHRISTENSON

Mr. Fred J. Crosier, who has been in the sales departm,ent with Sudden- & Christenson" Los Angeles, for some time, has resigned from that position efiective September'l3th.

The buying thd L bcing donc-now, b not' in oo: op.!' ion buvins tf,at *iU loed thc dcd.rt Rcteilcn rrc brybg l; i-iAi"d ddiy.ny' end to 6[ inncdiea!' end- in r t"t*. ",-fer of cerc+-tngcot DGGd& Crlffao| yardr cen pitJ a lot of lrnbcr bcforc it tfltd cre to lhc PdDt ot iverrtocking, comparing thcir *ocls -cwco ocrvrtlvcly to &e footaie tLat-tbclwcrc cdryiry b l92il' -- h-";;-;k-:th" -i-t"r nilb-of-lLc Wcd Cor't Lrn. b.;J; A;;&;d" cut e totel of E9,(X!O,(XIO fccq S ttev rcld 97 million. Salce ninc Eillion fcet owcr- producd";. ;J ro it har becn fq wcclr. Tbcrc millr havc rn" nU.i -it ordcrr emounting to ovcr foc thounnd cerr n .U."tly i"f "f thcir neJ budncr it fa rrrcr dcliv-cry' ;""rhs ; tot of hnb€r for Cesfqnir- In d!9 fu 6irlt: F;;k -ot tgil thir Arrocietion hel Produccd e -tolrl of 3r227rO0[.r(XX) fca of hnbcr,-and their dG. brve bccr i,Z-6Z,OOO,OOO fect 35 Eillim fcct ovcr produaioo' c million feet pcr wc& -__fil C.t6-i" Rcdwood Aroci*ion'r hrr bulhrin db "l*-"--".k';-t t of rcivco ud e hrf Eil[o fc'rt rDd thcv crtt a little ovcr eigbt nillio- L th; -,ttt, ""a"tt 6.tioo. to top thc crt' TtG So4r' .r"-P1".-Aftid,- beromctcr for-vccb brt $ilD dli .""aiOrl Their htt rcpct rhorr r wcdCr ralcr of 76 miltion egaintt a cut of 72 nillin n"*ilTtr "t L- Angels }Irrbq' to thc night of thc l2tt, were 3S,(X)O,(XX) fcct.

H. W. SINNOCK RETURNS FROIII EASTERN BUSINESS TRIP

H. W. Sinnock, manager of the Redrvood Sales Co', San Francisco, has reiurned-from a trvo months' business trip throughout the Middle West and Atlantic Coast states' In soeaking of lunrber conditions in the eastern markets, Mr' Sinnock" stated that during the 6rst month of his trip he found the lumber demand very quiet but that the demand became very active during the last three or four weeks and that the prospects for a-good fall demand for lumber in the eastern markets is excellent.

H. H. LAWS VISITING IN SOUTHERN CALIF.

Mr. Henry H. Laws, manager of the Adams Lumber Company, Sin Francisco, is spending a felv days in and "ronnd Los Angeles visiting -business friends and relatives.

I\Ir. Larvs, rvith Mrs. Larvs and their son motored from the northern city.

TITUS GOES \IIITH GOLDING

I!tr. L. NI. Titus, for some time past knorvn in the sales , force of the Los Angeles Lumber Products ComPany, has taken a position wit[ the Fred Golding Lumber Company, Los Angeles, repr€senting them in the Los Angeles territory in the sales department.

lf you have never opened a car shipped by Northwestern Redwood Co., of Willits. now ie t*re time to indulge yourself.

"Every Piece In lts Place."

You don't have to hope it's going to be right before you open a car shipped by Williams Fir Finish Co., of Seattle. It always IS right.

A. lv. SMITH TUMBER C().

Yes! The Old Smile is Back Again

Bg IACK DIONNE

Here, in short, is what I told the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club in the early part of the summer, when pessimism was rampant in Southern California:

..Don,t worry about Southern California, and don't worry about thc lunbr marLctBy the First of july the Southern Pine market wiU swing upward. Within tbirq days the western market will follow. By early fall we will have a brisk lumber martet in California. We will have a good fall, a big winter, and a wonderful year ne:rt year. Tbc prosperity of Southern California will follow close behind the lumber market. We have " too, year, for direct reasons. The lack of rain last winter and its attendant'evils; the hoof and mouth disease which was exaggerated eve4rwhere; the forest fires that followed; all contributed to keep hundreds of thousands of people away from Cdifornia, and also contributed to the business depression inside of California. These things are regrettable, but temporary. Southern California will be smiling again bcfore fdl- Tbe pJople of the nation will flock out here next winter and next summer in greater numbers ih"r, ".r", before, trying to make up for THIS summer. Nothing can stop ttre progress of California. This talk of lengthy depression is all rot. Quit mourning and g'et ready for a big fdl and winter."

And it is working out to a dot. The old smile has come bacL Read the August building figures in this issue, and you will know why.

Everything is improving, in every line of business. There are still many doubters who think the present optimistic surge won't last.

But itWILL. Prospects for the next )fear look golden.

As far as lumber is concerned, it goes in waves. It always has. It dways will. When they overdo the thing again, Iumber will slip again. History makes that plain. Lumber goes UP until they quit buying it" Then it comes DOWN rmtil buying starts again. That's the history of lumber in every territory. Every man should do what he can to keep lumber prices reasonable.

Likewise, every man should do what he can to improve building methods in Southern California, to eliminate the use of poor mqterials, too light construction, etc. There has been a world of rotten building in Southern California, caused by grce4 avaricc, and crookedness. The lumberman can help eliminate this by Protesting when he comes in contact with it. Tell the prospective owner the truth about building materids, the sort and size to use, etc.

\lfe can all help to make prosperity substantial and lasting'

California Building Takes Leap

Totals for August show huge gain over previous montt

Building statistics and f,gures coming from all over the state, with the totals of the permits taken during the month of August, almost without exception, show large gains over July and other monthsl and, analyzed, indicate the resumption of California's building on the scale maintained for so long.

This is good news, and verifies the predictions that this Golden State could not for long remain even a little inactive in her building program, and that the opening of the fall would see this boom again on its lvay.

In August the city of Los Angeles authorized building permits to the total valuation of $13,893,095.00. This large total, calling for 3835 separate buildings, included a very satisfactory number of homes and apartment houses, there 'being but three million dollars of the total that was for large steel structures. The 3835 permits taken were segregated, shorving that permits for 1359 du'ellings and apartment houses were authorized, making accommodations for nearly trvo thousand families.

The August total shorved an increase of nearly 20 per cent over July which, in turn, gained l0 per cent over the previous month, while June's showing rvas nearly 20 per cent better than May's.

During the first eight months of 1924, approximately $40,000,000 rvorth of residential construction was undertaken in Los Angeles, exclusive of apartment houses, which latter class represented investments totaling $14,950,473. Not quite 13,000 single and double houses have been completed or placed under construction since last Jan. 1, rvhile

the number of families for n'hom homes have been provided in all classes rvas estimated to exceed 21,(m.

SAN FRANCISCO BUILDING PERXITS SHOW INCREASE

Buildins pcrmits for thc montt of AEtu.t i! ttc cilt of Saq Francilco, rhor a toal of t9f pcnrit irrucd eouding to t+,ot0,9Eo.oo. Francd buildinSr eccormbd for ttc bigcrt nunbcr and invotvcd thc trcetart anouot of nocy for tte monttr just dorc4 rtco 396 pcrnitr rcre irrued arnouttilt to 12,127,131.O{t.

Comparcd with Augurg 1923, errd lolr, llli23, ttc record ie: Augurt, 1q21, tltl Building Pctlnitr. .....ft0,(X0,9t0.q, August, 1C23, 7t7 Bnilding Pcrnite. ..... 3'gfs"3mqt July, 1923, 776 BEilding Pcrnit 3,99t166@

The total pcrmitr for thc 6rrt cigbt monthr d 1924 er: eLo running far ahcad of legt ycer, -bich ;er 6co qddcrcd a banner year. So far fiot l|I21 brdldiDt pcruit hevc bcco grantcd amounting to 431277,11&6, il rgriut j?l,l7l,6q7.ql for tfie rinilal f923 pctriod" At thir ntc thc ycar'r r,ccord will rcach bcyond thc f50,flX),(XXl.dl mert

A bulletin from the National City Bank of New York, says, "America's building activity is being heard the world around. In the tin mines of Java and the Malayan peninsula, in the steel works of Britain, in the mahogany forests of Africa, Central America and the Philippines, in the brickyards of Germany and England, in the carpet works of Turkey, Persia and China, in the glass factories of Belgium and in the lumber camps of the world the demand of the

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lasfrn{Q*lttyin IftpoTtlot Screens

I-J IPOLITO Stoch Sirc lVirdow Scrccnr rrc ficqucrtly rpociGod vhc,rc qurliqr r r ir crcatirl. Lovcr cort thrn 'hudnrdcr- ir iurt el rddcd rcrron for thcb hoicc in rucL inrtrnccr.

, Thc Flintridgc CountrSr Club rad thc homor of Chrrlcr Cheplin ud Dou3lnr Feirbrnhr erc cquippcd uith Hipolito YYirdov Scrcoar ud Scrccn Door. Finc rtructurcr, rll!

. Yct thcrc rcrccnr of brtiag qu.lity rrc lor cnou3h in cort to rrcouucld tLcnrclvcr to buildcrr of nodcntc priccd honcr. ln onc trrct donc ovcr tlf 'populrr priccd' honcr hrvc bcon cquippcd ritt Hipolitor by thc Lor An3clo Invcrtmcnt Compeny rlonc.

Surcly you crD rurkc rooncy with Hipolito Stocl Sizc Wiador Scranr ud Scrccn Doorr. High qurlity rt low cort Lu r univcrnl rpporl

DEALER JOB SIGN

SINCE THIS ADVERTISEMENT FIRST__APPEARED (two weeks ago) WE HAVE pLACED OVER TWO THOUSAND OF THESE SIGNS WITH dEAIENS rrl}gE SiArE.

Among them are these well known firms:

.A,lley Bros.

Ambrose Lbr. Co.

Burnett Lbr. Co.

Betts-Koenig Lbr. Co.

Bentley Lbr. Co,

Brace Lbr. Co.

Fox-Woodsum Lbr. Co.

Hudson Bonney Lbr. Co.

Hayward Lbr. & Inv. Co.

Kewin Lbr. Co.

Monrovia Lbr. Co.

Peoples Lbr. Co.

Miller & Lux

Long-Dal Lbr. Co.

Stoodley Lbr. Co.

Stanislaus Lbr. Co.

Sawtelle Lbr. Co.

Valley Lbr. Co. 'West Turlock Lbr. & Mill Co.

'Western Lbr. Co.

Whitson Lbr. Co.

And orders are coming in every mail.

You can- get thk JOB SIGN, printed in four colorE, over your own nannc, Strcet and City addres in quantities and at priceE a3 f6ll6ws3-

1O to 24 Signr @ 3ft each

25 to 74 Signr @ 25c erch

75 and over @ 2Oc each

These low prices are due to the fact that we have absorbed a big proportion of the cost. All orders must be sent to our San Francisco office. Include your name and address just as you want it to appear on the sign.

Allow two weeks for deliverv.

CA[.[F"ORN[A REDWOOD ASSOEIATION

24 CALIFORNIA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.

Alblon Lumber Company

Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co.

Glen Blatr Redwood Co.

Hammond Lumber Company

Member Mills

J. R. Hanify Company

Hobbs, Wall & Company

Holmes Eureka Lumber Co.

Little River Redwood Co.

METROPOLITAN BUILDING, LOS ANGELES.

Mendoclno Lumber Co.

Northwestern Redwood Co.

The Pactftc Lumber Co.

Unlon Lumber Company

od Hendrickson Elect President Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9

Rod Hendricftson

At the regular meeting of Ho^o^-Hoo Club No' 9, held "t-ihe Pala& Hotel on August 28, the following officers 'r*r. .t..i.a for the ensuinglear: Rod Hendrickson, Hendrickson I-umber Co., Presid-eirt; n. F. Hammatt, SecretaryM;;;s.a ;f the California Redwood Association, Vicep.*tia'."t; and John C. McCabe, Andrerv F' Mahonel Lu-be, Co., SeJretary-Treasurer. !!re Directors elected ;'b;;; - Fra"k Harris, - Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co'; i*"f. Tt.,',t'.., Trolver Lumber Co.; C' Stowell Smith, Caiif.r.t.ti" White and Sugar Pine -Association; Th-eodore i,"t"t-t. Albion Lumber Co.; and J. E. Higgins, Higgins Hardu'ood Co.

Rod l{endrickson, the new President, is one of the popttlai wholetale lumber dealers in the tsay District and is an actir-e and euthttsiastic lvorker for Hoo-Hoo' He has an extremely large acquaintancelhip amotlg'the lumber trade of Califoinia ind the Pacific Coast. Rod is a real live wire at the Bay District Concatenations and rvhen he is-holding dorvn his'favorite berth as Junior Hoo-floo, the Cats are

assured of lots of. "zip alg PeP." The .Bay District HoojHoo Club members should feel complimented that

R-4. Hlg,s quarters in San Francisco. R. A. Hiscox. Ex-Snark of the try and one of the most active worl retiring President. J. Walter Kel President. John C. McCabe, who

e presiding officer can look forward

they have selected such an able and for the next Year and the Club mt to many interesting and instructi' term of office. Rod is president of : meetings during his he Hendrickson Lum-

ber Co.. the rvell known

rvell known to all Hoo-Hoo membe is the retiring Vice. s acted so efficiently as the Club Secretary-Treasurer the organization of the Club, u'as unanimously for the coming year.

$300,000 rs Loss rN Centralia, Wash., Aug. 29.-The pany mill and plant at Rochester, rvest of here, rvas destroyed by The loss is estimated at $300,0m, ance.

WE KNO

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concern, with hcadverse, and who is so througtout the coun's in the Order, is the FIRE & I\f. Lumber Comash., 15 miles northearly this morning. ly covered by insur-

R. A. Stevenson a California Visitor

R. A. Stevenson, sales manager of the Eagle Lumber Co., Portland, rvas a recent California visitor. He spent a few days in San Francisco, rvhere he attended the quar_ terly meeting of the Douglas Fir Export and Exploitation Co. Accompanied by G. R. Bleecker, they spent ,a few days at Sacramento, where they called on the trade in the Sacramento Valley. Mr. Stevenson says that the lumber market in the Northrvest is strong and that a large volume of business is coming into that section from the East. Mrs. Stevenson accompanied him on the trip.

One of Portland's Best

One of the outstanding figures in lumber circles up in the Portland District, is t[e cigar smoking gentlehan rvhose picture is just above. Mr. T. y. S. Billantvne. hailed as "Tom" by thousands of men up and down-the Pacifi_c Coast, is the General Manager of lhe Dollar portland Lumber Company, of Portland, and is also General Manager of the Robert Dollar Mill at Dollarton, B. C. Two man sized jobs, and he fills them with credit.

Whlie this is not a biography, this man's history for the past few years is of interest.

While he is of Scottish ancestry, he u,as born in Charleston, South Carolina and came to the Coast about 25 years ago. He wa-s first bookeeper for the Shevlin Carpinter Company at Minneapolis, and after that came to the toast, locating_,ih_the state of Washington where he was.employed by the Tidewater Lumber Company at Tacoma und tlren later at the Alder Lumber Company, and for some y€ars he man-ageil inland mills in Oregbn ind Washington, after which he re-built and managed-the Tidewater Miil Company,, Tacoma.

At the end of five years he accepted the position of manager of the Robert Dollar Mill ai Dollarton and after two years took over the management also of the Dollar Portland I-umber Companv.

He is 45 years old, is sometimes referred to as ,,The Epirit of Eternal Youth" on account of his vivacitv. initiative and enthusiasm. This, in spite of the fact that he is one of the few remaining lumljermen rvho do not play golf. He is an ardent fisherman.

T. L. ELY GOES EAST

1\[r. T. L. Ely, n-ranager of the San Pedro Lumber Companl.,. I-os Angeles, has left for a months vacation trip, go- ing East, wh,ere he will visit most of the large citiei.. "

JOHN G. McINTOSH, C. P. A. c. s. cowAN, C. P. A.

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San Francisco permits sholv a substantial increase in August, over July, the city of Stockton issued nearly half a million for the month, San Diego went to $1,617,316.00 and Pasadena built $1,306,000.00.

Seven cities in the southern part of the state topped the half million mark, including those mentioned above.

. For- the fi.rst eight months this year, Los Angeles has issued permits for the large total of $104,321,615.00. This is but seventeen million dollars less than for the entire year of L922 which was the banner year until 1923 when the total reached a little better than two hundred million.

th. _..tCh_t months period, the Los Angeles permits call Ior 12,54O dwellings and 640 apartment [ouses-, or accommodations for in excess of twenty-one thousand families.

Show and Nelson Consolidated

An interesting announcement has just been made, of the consolidation of the business of A. T. Shor,v and'A. O. Nelson, Los Angeles.

The new company will be known as Show and Nelson, and thqy u'ill occupy the offices where Mr. A. T. Show has been doing a w'holesale lumber business for a number of years, at 1110 Central Building.

Mr. Show and Mr. Nelson are both well known amons the trade in Southern California,. Mr. Shorv has been ii the lumber game in California since 1910, and Mr. Nelson for nearly the same amount of time.

- They will handle a complete line of any kind of lumber that is manufactured on fhe Pacific Coast, and will give particular attention to the products of the Wesfern Lumber Manufacturing Compiny of Tacoma. This is a ner.v mill, making a high -g-rade o_f fir finish and mouldings, and also flooring and ceiling. Shorv and Nelson will le exclusive representatives in Southern California for them.

WANTS SASH AND DOOR MANAGER

One of the large retail lumber concerns in Southern California is looking for a man who can take complete charge of retail sash and door department. Man capable of building up this end of tlie business and keeping it on a- profi-table basis. This offers a splendid op--portunit_y, the sal.qry will be satisfactory, ind we will consider all replies strictly confidential. Answer immediately to Box l3-F, care California Lumber Merchant.

We Specialize

Wcll urorted rtockr at our Lor .dagclcr yard or dircct carload thip- mentr from mill.

M"^. He.nry. Riddiford of the Lumbermen's Exchange, I-os Angeles, _has tabulated the building permits in that city for the last 35 years, and the table is iefroduced herewitli.

All Yard ltcmr

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Your inquirics and orders will rcceive prompt attention frorn thc

WESTERN STATES LI,'MBER CO.

American market for building materials is intensifying abtivities."

DENIES RUMOR

A telegram as follows was received just- { press time. frJm the Stout Lumber Company of Oregon, from their offices at Northbend. It is self-explanatory.

"California Lumber Merchant, Los Angeles.

Rumors being prevalent that Stout interests have purchased in w"hole or,in. part the l\Ionarch Mill of itortland, Oregon we desire to deny that rve are in any manner diiectly or indirectlv interested, please be governed accordinglY.

The Stout Lumber Co. of Oregon, W. C. Ribenack"'

AI,BION LUIUBER CO. REDl1IOOD

FULL STOCI(S GREEN LI.'MBER COMMON AND I.'PPERTI AT MIIJ.S.

Roy Toombs, Well-Known Texas Sash and Door Manufacturer, Passes AwaY

Roy A. Toombs, 47 years old, p-resident of the R. A' Toombs Sash & Door Company. of Fort Worth, Texas, and one of the rvidest knortn sash- and door men in the southu,est died in the Baptist hospital in Fort Worth, August 24. Death came after -a three- days illness and was caused directly by septic poisoning although at the time of his death he was- sufiirins a -great deal from an attack of pneumonia in the righi lung. Funeral services were held in Fort Worth August 26, iollorved by burial in the same city.

Mr. Toombs rvas born in I\Iississippi. Leaving his home early in life he went to reside irr Springfield,- MissouriAbout 22 years ago he became connected -w!!h John AGauger & Company, a millwork compaly of Chicago,- and from- then on his ileath he has at all times been actively interested in the manufacture and sale of sash and doors. He rvas connected with the Gauger company until aborrt l0 years ago rvhen he accepted a posiliol with the Weed LumLer Coftpany, Weed Calif. In l9l7 in company with his brother, Ro6ert L. Toombs, Sr., present secretary, of the company, he organized the R. A. Toombs Sash & Door Company. It was a small concern at this time,- but the popuiariiy of the organizers of the brr.siness soon began to ieli and in a short time the growth of the concern was almost unbelievable. Today it has grown to be an organization rvith a capital stock -of $350,0m.m with three branch houses and a door factory at Hoquiam, 'Washington, with a daily capacity of about 1200 doors, aside from the Fort Worth house. It is one of the largest, if not the largest exclusive jobbing house of sash and doors in the sil'thwest. The death of Mr. Toombs was very sudden. He became ill August 2lst. Death came August 24th. The spre-ad of the polson in his system was at iuch a terrific rate that it appeared as if mechanical aid could not stop it. --Complica- ti,ons included pneumonia in the right lung. While of a more or less strong constitution, having never experienced any serious illness, the poison was more than could be offset.

Mr. Toombs rvas an officer in the Texas Hoo-Ffoo, a member of the Texas Lumbermen's Association, a Shriner and a 32d Degree Mason. He was also a member of the Rivercrest Country Club, and the Fort Worth Club, both of his home citv.

WILMINGTON YARD CLOSES

The Johnson Lumber Company,. a retail yard at -Wil- mington, started about four months ago, has closed out all of its stock, and has gone out of business.

Kahma, Wash. Branil Shbwles 5/2" 'or 6/2' PERFECTS (lOO% Clcn, IAO% V.G. n Sq) Creen or K, D. ako +A| ad deas.

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FINKE BROS. ..BLUE RIBBON" MORRILL & STURGEON LBR CO. 1117 Ycon Building Pctlu4 Ot

SUDDE]I SERUIGE

Pacific Coast Hardwood flealers Meet at Santa Barbara,

tions for membership in the Na{ional Hards'ood Lumber Association and I\Ir.-Fish promised to have the inspectors on the ground in thirty daYs.

The report of the Committee on advertisilS !o lnsle.a:g the use oi hardrvoods rvas presented by I\1r. D. J. Cahill of the Western Hardrvood Cbmpany of Los Angeles and a 1>lan rvas tentatively decided upon.

C. H. Whitc, Prcs.

The semi-annual convention of the Pacific Coast Hardrvood Dealers Association rvas held at the Hotel Arlington in Santa Barbara, August 29th and 30th. I\Ir' C' H' White presided and I\'f r. ;. E. Higgtns,- Jr., (Ted). performed his buties as Secretaiy. Dealers from Seattle, !'ancouver, B. C., Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Pi"g9 attended. N[r. Frank Fish, Secretary of the National Hardrvood Lumber Association, at the invitation of the Pacific Coast Association journeyed from Chicago to- take u-p- the matter of placing Nationil inspectors-o-n the Coast' Heretofore theie have been no National Hardr'r'ood inspectors locatecl in the West. The impossibility of securing National re-inspection in cases of dispute, and the inability t-o furnish Nati,onal certificates on Philippine and other hardwoods shippecl frorn Pacific ports to eastern states has hampered Pacific Coast Dealers to a considerable degr-ee' tUr. p;sti presented the offer of the National Association to place a chi.{ or assistant chief inspector in Seattle, San Frincisco and Los Angeles if memberships in his association could be obtainedln sufficient number to t'arrant the expense. After a thorough exposition by Nfr. Fish of the aims and methods of his Association, practically one hunclred per cent of the Pacific Coast dealers signed applica-

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After the discussion of a number of other matters of interest to the hardrvood trade the session adjourned to the banquet hall. I\{r. J. Fyfe Smith of, Vancouver, B. C', acted as toast master. He proved an adept in evoking the n,it and rvisdom rvhich all idmit is inherent in lumbermen the world over and his os'n resPonses to the jibes and sallies of his American confreres shoived a rapier keenness. I\{r. Frank Fish gave a fine talk and told some of his tall timber tales. An eicellent program of music, singing and dancing provided by the Loi Angeles Hardrvood Club ended the evenlllg.

The follo*'ing day the golf tournament rvas held at La Cumbre Golf Ciub.- The -boys appeared in gorgeo-us raiment. All thc pastel shades were shorvn but Ted-HiSSitl" outshone them- all. His pants were spotless rvhite, his shirt pongee yellorv and his stockings a rvondrous clream rvittr ion{ deivhickuses hanging dorvn -the sides. Henry Srvafiordlof Los Angeles musi have thought that Santa Barabara being Nort6 of his home torvn had a bleak and frigid climate i.td for that reason he rvore u'oolen stockings an"inch thick. Gus Dieckmann and Clarence Bonhoff were nifty in bran nerv variegated suits. Nhen -group-ed together the hardrvood deilers looked like a bed of Fyfe Smith's peonies.

Handsbme cups \\'ere ofiered b;- the Association for the

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D. J. CahiII Vice Prcsident

_ While Ted Higgins had the most iridescent golf togs, $e p.a-lm for the brightest green suit went to Georg,s Brown, President of the Strable Hardwood Company oiOakland. George and Bill Davis rvere playins the same foursome. Henry Kirchmann of San Franciico-told Carload Bill that George Bror,vn tvas as temperamental as an opera singer and that he demanded the strictest quiet rvhen he teed ofi. They-had been spoofing one another-al1 morning, however, and this information only made Bill more caustic.

rvinn,ers in Class A and Class B and Sam Forsythe of San Francisco gave a gold medal for the lorvest net score. Roger Sands of the Ehrlich-Harrison Company of Seattle won the Class A cup and also the gold medalj nosing out !. Boy. -Stanton, conceded to be ihe best golfer ail-tong the Pacific Coast dealers and defeating handily such good players as Ted Higgins and Henry Swifiord. The Cla-ss B Trophy was won by J. Fyfe Smith of Vancouver. This was a-s.urprise as the gentleman had never played a game gf. golf in his _life. H. i:-, however, an expert critket piiyer. There must be some likeness in the rnintal and phvsicalt requirements of the two games, because his drives'were straight and far and his g'ross score lvas the lowest in Class B. William Carload-Davis was another player who made his premiire golf appearance at Santa Baibara. His playing was not exactly brilliant but his jovial manner and ready wit. lifted the gloom rvhich might have attended the poor playing in Class B. He came a cropper, holvever, at the ninth hole.

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At the ninth hole'there was quite a crowd waiting to tee off. Green suit stepped forr,vaid and started to m"ake his tee. Bill remarked casually, "They have an Oakland mole, l9y- tha! guy in the green suit is going to make a mole ht_U." The green garbed golfer called over his shoulder, "Shut up." "Not on your life" loudly responded Bill, ..No pestiferous insect from San Francisio's bedroom is going to nrake me shut up, you hardwood highbinder." Ai thi! the g_reen- suitecl one turned and rushed at Bill with up- raised club-and it wasn't George Brown at all. A bistander rvarded off the blow which threatened Bill,s baid head, and Bill's profuse and abject apologies could be heard clear'to the othir end of the links. ^ :

At the banquet that evening the prizes were awarded. Ted Higgins was the toast master and his humor was spontaneous and contagious. Homer Maris of San Francisco came in flr a good razzing for staying out of the golf tournament. Ed Taenzer wal accused oi calling on "the Santa Barbara trade when he should have been altending to the affairs of the convention. After the main trophiei were. awarded Ted presented a number of ludicrous prizes rvhich rvere received with tumultuous hilarity. The banquet was voted a huge success. The following forenoon rvas spent in automobiling around beautiful Sania Barbara and in the afternoon the conv.ention disbanded to meet again next January at Del l\{onte.

Distinctive beauty marks the roof of this Indiariapolis home

A roof with a wholly unique thatched elfect of weathered biown idds the 6nal touch ofbeauty to the country home of Harry Sharp, Esq., Brendenwood, In' dianapolis.

Especially suited to this etyleof a roof is the weathered brown color used here. Its mellow tones Buggest the coloring of autumn 6elds, and add a great deal to the effectiveness of the thatched ag pearance of the roof.

This unusual roof was secured bY trimmine Richardson SuperGiant slat€' surfacedshinglee into diferent shaPes and sizes; anil by using them for the ridges and valleys as well as on flat surfaces.

The distinctive color of thls roofweatherdbronrn-is found only in the Richardson quaries of Georgia.

The R;ir;lrrltilloln Mltricmnrc Roof

Thie,however, 1.6,t3 6119 spmple of tbe beauty secured in the Richardson Multicrome Roof. Wholly new, for instance, is the opal etect e' cured from ehingles on which weathcred brown andjade green elate flahes are combined in eodleeE .varilty. And a bronze mosaic efect is cioilarly formed with weathered brown and tile red. Many other blends are posciblc-one to pleare anery taEte.

The Multicromc Roof is built of Richardson

SupetCiant Shingler, crtra large. extra hcavyto give grcatcr bcauty, longer cndunncc. Tbe high quality of its inner materials, too, aslurcs laeting bcauty for thic rof. Ite base is eturdy Richardm felt, for 6fty years recognized ar thc best. And the waterproo6ng ir Vislalt-un. usually dunble brrau* 9.8/q pure Littrct, especially vecuun,gwesced.

The Nchardron Multicrmc Rof repreanu the marimum roof valuc at a oodcratc price. It is econooical to lay and equdly good fc ocw or ovcr.thcold,rmf jobc.

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Advertimanta lile thic appcaring cteadily in the Litcnry Digcst, Hourc and Gardan, Houc Bcautiful and also in the nationel magarincr of contractcs, architccB and buildcrs, are crcating an activc dcoaod for Richardm Roofng in yorr locality. And the Richardsm Resale Plan is making profts for thousan& of Richerdoo dealers by giving theo tte dircct bcocfts ofthir advcrtising. Write fc &tails of thia plan fr your territory,

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We rrill ecnd you our new boklet, Rrcfs of DisDirEdrn, tog4her with canplcsof Rich.rdfrt Supec6ient Shingles in opel, weathctcd brovm and other colors.

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A. K. Goodmundson, Oaktend, Calif.; Schirm Commerciat Co., Sen Diego, Cal.: Eckblad Hdwe. Co., Marshfcld, Oregon; McCraken-Riplcy Qp. Porttand-, Oregon; Lake Union Dock Company, Sealtle, Wash.; F. .T. Crowe & Co.. Seattle, Wash.; F. T. Crowe & Co., Tacoma, Wash.; SPokane PaPer & Stat. Co., Spokane, Wash.

Dick Hammatt is Convinced

In the September First issue of "The California Lumber Merchant,"_R. F. (Dick) Hammatt, that hustling efficient Secretary-Manager of the California Redrvood Association, expressed considerable doubt and skepticism on the pull- ing power and the result getting of an advertisement in that particular publication.

Dick had this to say in his full page advertisement, announcing to the dealers of the state that the California Redwood Association had had prepared a large number of v_ery- beautiful and practical four color job posters, that the dealers could secure, at a nominal cosl, rvilh their firm name imprinted. He said, in the advertisement. .,Iack Dionne says, 'Retail lumber dealers read the adveriisements in the Lumber Merchant.' He also says, ,This JOB SIGN-in four striking colors on heavy water-probfed Duckine, 22x38 inches in size in a d-n good deaier pro- position.' The answers we get from thiJ announcement will prove whether or not Jaik is right, on both counts.',

NOW-on the morning of September llth, a very fe.r,v hours before this issue *as on th,e press, along comes a letter from Dick expressing his complete surrJnder, and incidentally, his appreciation of the results that rvere obtained from the announcem.ent.

..Ite is- repeating the advertisement in this issue, with a slrght change, and is showing a list of tlventy-one dealers that have- already ordered quantiti.es of theje signs, and he says that more orders are coming in each day. Here is his letter:

DOUGLAS FIR BY CARGO

A3olcy: Bav City Lumber Co., A. J. Wclt Lrnbcr Co. Abcrdccn, Grryl Herbor, Wubington

S. E. SLADE LUMBER CO. 260 CdiforDb St., gZZ L N. Van Nuyr Bldg., Sen Frucirco Lor Argd;

LOGGING \MHEELS

Jack Dionne, California Lumber Merchant, Los Angeles.

Dear Jack:

Never again u'ill I doubt your judgment on (matter per- taining to golf excepted), oi the faci that retail dealers in California read the advertisements in your Lumber Merchant.

Listen:

The Redwood Association's advertisement ofiering to dealers a 4 color water-proofed JOB SIGN, 22x38 inches in sr.ze, came_out in your Sept. lst issue. Up to the evening of September l0th rve h1d r,eceived ordirs from thirti dealers for a total of 2,100 of these signs.

Nuff said, except for two things-VlZ-

1. You can collect your old bit the first time you come to San Francisco if you can catch me there.

2. If you raise your advertising rate as a result of this boost-true tho' itis-I'm off vou for life.

Yours for the Lumber Meichant, R. F. HAMMATT, The california Redwo.fTJ;;xff;..

NEW KILN EQUIPMENT

Lamm Lumber Co., Modoc Point, Oregon, are installing a new Dry Kiln. The Kiln rvill be rrsedlor dryine West"ern Pine, and is of Charge Typ.. The equipment Ts being furnished by the Moore-Dry Kiln Compiny, North port"land, Oregon.

"Everlastingt' Hardwood Flooring is manufactured under ideal conditions by Een who understand fine woodworking. ft is scientificdly kiln-dri.4 tongued and gf,ooved with split-hair precision, and shipped in wire-bound, easily handled bundles.

HAPTE -BEECH - BIRC H . OAK

Dollar-Portland Will Trademark Its

Product

A. J. "Gus" Russell of The Santa Fe Lumber Company, San Francisco, announces that beginning at a date not definitely set but in the very near future, The pollarPortland Lumber Company of Portland, rvill trademark all of its lumber and timber products. The company has advised Mr. Russell that it is having the dies made at the present time, and also perfecting its plan for affixing its trademark and rvill soon be signing its hame to all of its Iumber.

The Santa Fe Lumber Company sells the rail shipments of the Dollar-Portland Lumber Company exclusively in the state of California. and is therefore much interested in the plan.

The trademark rvill be eftectively advertised in The California Lumber I\ferchant as soon as it has been perfected.

Western Pine Manufacturers Will Advertise

Under Name of "Pondosa Pine"

"Pondosa Pine" is the name under rvhich the Western Pine Manufacturers Association, headquarters at Portland, Oregon, will advertise their pine product. They rvill cease to difierentiate betrveen the different species of pine produced in the various states and territories covered by their members in the Northrvest and Inland Empire, and advertise it as simply "Pendosa Pine," and they are enthusiastic about selling that trade name to the public.

Walter Rosenberry of the Winton Lumber Company, Gibbs, Idaho, is President of the Association, and A. W. Cooper of Portland, is Secretary. The Advertising Committee that selected the name and will direct the campaign is W. C. Geddes, Chairman, Craig Mountain Lumber Co., Winchester, Idaho; R. E. Irwin, Potlatch Lumber Co., Potlach, Idaho; J. P. Hennessy, Shevlin-Hixon Co., Bend, Oregon.

AGENTA

Abcrdccn Lrnbcr & 3lhlilc Qo- Aberdeen' Wrth' lmcrlean 1lllll Co' Aberaleen, Wash'

ii;";;;- io-tlr'& lhlntrtc Co.r Eoqulam, wa!h' Prorrer Dtlll Co.' Prosper' Ore.Raynond Lunbcr Co.. Raymond' waan'

b-.l.u-itli noi b rumtcr c;., south Bend.' wash. rrnttert ulll co.' Aberdeen, Waah'

i-*f"-ttttllJ a Tlimber Oe., South Bend. wPth' illi.-r,iilJ slislc co., south Bend' T9ssh'

Distributing .Agentr for ClarL-Nickerron Lumbcr Co, Evcrctt, {f,/erh. Dempeey Lumber Coo Tacome, Wuh.

Defiance Lumbcr Co, Tacoma, \Marh.

Ferry Bakcr Lumber Coo Evcrct! 'Warh. Little Rivcr Redwood Coo Humboldt Bey.

tst r' L Ir with

the Long-Bell trade-marh

1 tr TITH the recent opening of the l,/ lr/ new Long-Bell lumber manu__: -t facturing plants at Longview, Washington, Douglas Fir lumbei and timbers have been added to the list of I-.ong-Bell trade-marked lumber products.

With its modern dock facilities on the Columbia River, and served bv three transcontinental railroadsthl Northern Pacific, the Union Pacific and Great Northern, the Long-Bell plants at Longview are adequately equipped to make prompt shipments to any point.

For years, and still, the largest manufacturer of Southern Pine, The Long- Bell Lumber Company is putting be-

hind this new product the experience of nearly 50 years as lumbermtn.

Douglas Fir lumber and timbers bearing the trade-mark, "Long-Bell," are safeguarded in manufacture to rneet that important requirernent so long a standard in Long-Bsll produc- lien-paaip um buildkg value.

Lumber dealers will 6nd the same uniform dependability in Long-Bell trade-marked Douglas Fir, that they find in other Long-Bell lumbet ptoducts. t-"-"-"-"-

I Douglar Fir Lumber and Timbere: Southern i lPine Luber and Timberr; Crecotcd Lum- I i ber, Timbera, Poetr, Polcr. Tics. Guard-Rail i I Po!t!, Piling; Southern Hardrl'ood Lum- ! : ber ud Timbert; Califomia White pine i I Lumbe.r S.t}o#id Dooro; Oak I

State Association Takes Stand on Lien

Law Fight

The following is taken from the last bulletin from the San Francisco offices of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association.

"Propaganda is being widely spread with the avorved purpose of doing away with the Mechanics' Lien Larv of California. This propaganda, it is said, is backed by the General Contractors Association and it is reported also by certain insurance companies, which hope to secure business writing contractors bonds if the material dealers protection under the lien law can be abrogated. The general contractors do not state that they rvant to monopolize the contracting business, but they claim that there are too manv irresponsible contractors, while material men are accused of loose business methods, lack of organization and extending credits without question, figuring on the Lien Law as a Collection Agency; they also blame the Lien Larv for shoddy work in building construction.

"Materialmen and lumbermen of the State do belong to Credit Associations and utilize this important service aird in many instances the Credit Association is the agency that invokes the protection of the Lien Law in safeguarding and carrying on its functions.

"The majority of material dealers and lumbermen do not want to lose the benefits of the protection that the Lien Law affords. and laborers, mechanics and the smaller contractors are asking 'what are you going to give us as a substitute if you take away the Lien Law?'

"This subject was considered at the meeting of the Board of Directors of this Association at Santa Cruz on

August 23rd, and it was concluded that building operatio.ns ."'-oild be very much restricted and credits very much disturbed b1' legislation adverse to the Lien Larv, rrhich -norv protects'meJhanics, laborers and materialmen. Decision ivas reached that the Lien Larv should be retained as a credit safeguard and the Board authorized the -appoint- ment of a Legislative Committee to handle the details of a preliminary-campaign and to function also during the .oinitrg ....ion of'thE Legislatu-re- The Board also offers th'is Association and itJstafi for serviceas the medium to handle the campaign in defense of the Lien l-aw in behatf of other organi"izations rvhich may endorse this position."

SAN FRANCISCO IMPORT 'SHIPUENTS FOR AUGUST SHOW SLIGHT DECLINE

Lumber ihip-.ttt. into San Francisco for the month of n"er"it ". .o-p"t.d to the month of Jrrly shorved a slight decfine. The figures for the month of August a-re: from the California Coast Ports and the interior of the state' t,$0p00 feet and from Washington and -Oregon Ports 43,177,m feet, making a total for the month of August ot tt'ffl'm t;t"t;,n

of July the figures show that from the California Coast Port-s "ttd Ittt.t-ior shipments rvere 7,780.000 feet and from Washington and Oregon Ports 47,276,ffi feet, making a total of 55,056,000 fee-t.- ^ - - Th;r; ng-,tt.t shorv a difierence of 4,O49,000 feet in favor of July over August.

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SIGN SEEN ON BACK OF A FORD "fs That So?"

A CHINESE APPLICATION FOR A POSITION

A Chinese newspaper contains the following advertise_ ment for work:

"Sir-I am Wang. I can drive a typewriter with good noise and my English is great. My last job has left ilself from me for the good reason that the large man is tlead. ft was on account of no fault of mine. So. honorable, sirs, what about it? If f can be of big use to you, I will arrive on some date that you should guess."

LIFE

To the preacher, life's a sermon, To the joker, life's ra jest To the miser, life is moneyr To the loafer. life is rest.

To the lawyer, life is trial, To the poet, life's a song, To lthe doctor, life's a patient, That needs treatment right along.

To the soldier, life's a battle. To the teacher, Iife's a school, Life's a great thing to a thinker, But a failure, to a fool.

Life is just a lo,ng vacation

To the man \iho loves to work. But it's constant dodging duty, To the everlasting shirk.

To the faithful earnest worker, Life's a story ever new, Life is what we try to make it, Friends-what is life to you?

-(From a Rotary Magazine.)

HOW HE CAME TO PRE,ACH

The old darkey was working hard, under a hot sun, in a Georgia cotton patch. One day he straightened up pain_ fully from his picking, and exclaimed: "De cotton am so grassy; de sun am so hot; mah pore ole back dun ache so much; dat Ah believes dis colo'ed man am called to preach, Oh Lawd.',

Starting's the Thing

Mechanical engineers tell us that it takes just six times as much power to start a flywheel in motion from inertia. as it does to keep it turning after it has started. In other words, it takes just one-sixth as much effort to keep it going after it does get started, and each time you start a job, and then stop to rest a bit before starting again, it takes that six times effort over again.

When you are tempted to slacken your efforts just be_ cause things are not coming your way, remember the flywheel.

A FINE QUARTETTE

A little bit of QUALITY

Will always make 'em smile; A little bit of couRTEsY

Will bring 'em in a mile; A little bit of FRIENDLINESS

Will tickle 'em 'tis plainAnd a little bit of SERVICE

Will bring 'em back again.

V. G. FLOORING

The Vbod Conversion Comparry CongrafiJates the Lumber Dealbtr Wtto

Pioneered in the sale of BarsAM-TVooL

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wo.od conversion company publicly thanks and congrat- r ulates the lumber dealers who have been helping put 6o"" BALSAM.WOOL.

You have been breaking insulation sales records and with a new product. You have demonstrated again that the retail lumber business hasn't lost its ability to merchandise a good product.

In the first 16 weeks of this year you handled as much Blr-sana-wool as was sold during! the entire past year. Rumors of depressions and bad business were in the air. But that didn't stop you.yo,rr."p""t orders show that you are more than keeping up with the fast pace you set.

The remarkable thing about the increasing success of B.LLs.q.M-woor, is that most of the dealers who are selling it never handled insulation before. They invested their money in Bar.s.c,Nr-Woor, purely on faith.

Many of these dealers went to the trouble and expense of personallytesting out the insulating "uJ"." { Ba.lsarvr-woor. in theii own homes. ManvlineJ their new homeswith it. ($hers used it in the roofs of their old homes.

Today these dealers know without doubt why we call B.q,Lsnu-woor- a home'building necessity. They and their families know greater home oomfort than they ever knew before. They know of the ease wiih which an insulated house isheatedinwinter-the freedom from heating worries and sizable luel savings. They know the joys of sleeping soundly on a hot night under an insulated roof. They know that Blt sau-'woor- has added a lolbeyond its cost to the investment value of their property. No wonder they sell Bar.slna-'woor..

Auliust I,lY21

Wood Conversion Company.

Fl R.pYI thoselum ber dealers who are not handling B,usaur -wool we again r sotrcit an order. A year ago we did so with predictions that Bar_s,q.rvr -Wool would sell. Today we do it with the proof before us that B,lmau-woor- sells in the city, in the small town, and in the country. with a little honest effort almost every lumber dealercan make additional Bar,s.lu-woor. profits. And at the same time give his customers better homes-more comfortable, more healthful, more satisfactory.

Address your trial order (we prefer that it be a small order of 5000 to 10,fi)0 feet) direct to the 'wood conversion company, cloquet, Minnesota.

IIALSAM,WOOL comes in vrrapped and I-l sealed rollr.salaining 25o sq;re feet each. There are only three widthcJ? irr"hur, 25 inches and 32 lnchee. you don,t have to carry an assortment of lengths. BAISAU, W'pOL ie, cut to any length required, right on the job. Your etock of srandard eealed packageg ig f,tted for any job that comesup.There are no odde and ends lying around to eat up the ptoftryou have made.

BALSAM,WOOL requires little storage s-gagc._It ie light in weight and easily han, dled. It is the kind of a product that you and yourmen like to handle

V/EYERHAEUSER SALES COMPAIYY

MY FAVORITE STORIES

BY lack Dionne' -

Age not guaranteed-Some I have told for 2O yeer$t-'Some lesg.

Changed His Decision

He was a little bit of a nigger, was the umpire for the colored ball game that was being watctred by a big and excited chorus of fans, but he had the courage of his convictions (up to this time) as well as the dignity that went with his position. He had been giving his decisions with all the finality of a Judge of the Supreme Bench and squelched all- efforts -to influence his opjnions up to the time "Bad" Bill Johnson came to bat.

"Bad" Bill had a reputation that was all that his name implied, and was admitted to be surly of disposition, with his fighting blade, and more than likely to back up his own opinions and remarks.

As he walked up to the plate, bat in hand, he looked' the little umpire over, and at the look of that cold eye the umpire's heart sank within hirn, although he stuck out his chest belligerently to co'\ter his sudden fear, and assumed a brave tone in his-"Battah uP."

(lUR PANET ST()CKS

ln All Stock Sirrr

QUARTERED RED GUM

UNSELECTED GUM

QUARTERED OAK

PLAIN OAK

BIRCII

EIJU

BASSWOOD

WALNUT

TOBASCO MAHOGANY

BATAAN MAHOGANY

DUALI

OREGON PINE

The first ball came whistling into the catcher's mit' The big bad nigger never looked at it.

"strike ONE' said the umpire.

"Bad" Bill turned and glared at him, and for a moment the little umpire tlought his legs were going to run away with hirn- But he stood his ground' and returned the glare.

The next ball came whistling just above the bad one's lcrees, and once again he silrrung not.

"T\tr/O !" said the umpire, rather weakly.

Swinging about, "Bad" Bill demanded: 'T\tr/O WHUT?"

'TOO-

Down dropped the defiant head of the ump' With his hand held low to illustrate his meaning, and his defeat, as though simply adding to his previous opinion he said"TOO LOW."

WE ARE PANEL HEADQUARTERS FOR SOUTIIERIY CALIFORNIA

We carry the largest stock of standard panels in this territory, and have an enviable reputation for prompt service. Bataan mahogany is our specialty.

Ordcrr for frctorY rhilrncotr in rpcciel diucorionr rad conrt-ruction rolicitod.

-ned lumber quick? Carload or a Stick?

WE OFFER

ALL OR ANY FORTION-SUBJECT TO PROMPT ACCEPTANCE EX. OUR SAN FRANCISiCO YARD

OUR WAREHOUSE is built OUR PHONES are in

WE ARE MAKING

SANDED

ALL THOROUGHLY DRY

SEND YOUR ORDER BEFORE IT IS ALL SOLD

VAN ARSDALEHARRIS LUMBER COMPANY

Sth and Brannan Streetr San Francirco Kearny 2O76

WESTERl{ tU]IIBER STATES c0.

gfi) Fifc Blds. San Francisco Phone Dug. 34ls

WHTTE PINE

SUGAR PINE

DOUGL.AS FIR REDWOOD

FIR PAI{F I S and DOORS

Send your lnqulice to ur or to our Southcrn Califoraia reprclentativer:

EARL HOFFITIA]I GO.

Marrh-strong Building, Lor Angeles Phonc TRinity 966?

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EIIFTY-THREE year! ago Father Henneberry I- built thig Catholic achool for boya at Alton, California. It ie now being torr. down for thc Rcdwood lumber it containe.

C haracterktic residence using Rcdwo oi!

Old Land Mark built of

wood becomer new home and barn.

Frrnclre llt Crllfornh St. 6th & Maln Scotle Humboldt County, CaL

Catholic schoot erected in 1870 now bekg di* nantled for its soand Rcdwood ltmber. lar ContralAngclcr Bldg.

Thc Lotocst Montfoctttctt aad pitttibrtott ol Colilottb Raloold Mctnbet &Iilornta Reduod Acr,ciation

BRADTEY BRAND HARDIlIO()DS

Larrick Approves of Our Merchandising Editorials

Solona Beach, Cal. August 18,1924.

Mr. Jack Dionne, California Lumber Merchant, Los Angeles, Cal.

Dear Jack:

Your latest copy of the "California Lumberman's PEP TONIC" just received and READ (from cover to cover as usual.) It rvas unusually enjoyable as it rvas virtually a "Jack's own issue"-every article init except one being from your pen.

Your article on Pag€ 53, "And it's just the same old Story" ought to have been set up in double point caPs, or whatever name you printers have for heavy type- You overlooked a bet rvhen you didn't editorialize this article'

ttlf ltts Bradleyts ltts Bettertt

Did you ever read Roosevelt's parting advice to the Rough Riders ? He said, "Ged action ; do things; be sane; don't fritter a!\'ay your time; create; act; take a place where you are and be somebody; get action, but don't get gay'" How about this advice for Mr. PIP?

Incidentally, change the name of this subscription from Solona Beach Lumber Company to The Lumber and Btrilders Supply Company, Solona Beach STORE, Solona Beach, California. And also I rvish to advise you that The Lumber & Builders Supply Co., has purchased the business of M. ,M. Kellogg, operated under the name of the Encinitas Lumber Yard, and have consolidated its stock rvith their stock at the Encinitas STORE.

With all best rvishes, I\{ost CordiallY Yours,

(Signed)

H. G. Larrick-

P. S.-sometime Jack, rvhen you feel EXTRA good, take a rvhack at tr'Ir. Pip, who, seeing his business slip because of his old time methods, gets peevish and tries to regain by starting to FIGHT. Of course, he heads straight for the grave rvhen he does this but he spills a lot of good profits on the rvay. Also, you might soliloquize on the hoggish type rvho's never satisfied until he is in the condition of tire pelican, "who's bill rvill hold more than his belly cah," and lvho consequently spoils the feeding for all the rest'

CAPPY SLADE CHALLENGES THE STATE

At the last Hoo Hoo luncheon at Los Angeles, the Snqrk read a telegram from F. M. (9"ppy) Slade, from San nr"tt.;..o, Jfiering to put himself up as a c-hlllenger of.all S"" pr"niitco luribermen, for the sectional Championship of California.

Cappv oarticularly aimed his challenge at Bob I\IcCull"ueli,'i,f in. McCuilough-Fagan Lumber Company, w'ho, it i3 ot d.t.tood, ranks 6igh among the lumbermen golfers in the Northern citY.

Texas is Biggest Consumer of California Pine Doors

It may surprise many California lumbermen to knorv that the biggest consumer of California pine doors is not Cali_ fornia herself, but TEXAS.

In 1923 Texas consumed 179,241 white pine doors.

California consumed 165,556 that vear. Ohio rvas the next biggest customer 145,398.

Then came New York with 101,1g3. Missouri took 96,184.

Los Angeles District Lumbermen's Club Meet

A,special meeting of the Los Angeles District Lumber_ men s Llub \\'as called .by Secretary_l\Ianager E. D. Ten_ I'jrnt, at Paulais, Los Angele. on ihe .rreiirrg oi August 28th.

pine and sugar

r'vith a total of

Oklahoma bought 9L,323, being, population considered, the biggest buyer of California doors per capita,

LUMBER CO. FORMED TO SERVE BEACH

_ To serve the cities of Manhattan, Redondo and P:,1.h, the Tri-City. Lumber Co-p"ny-f,a. j,rrt trc.les. of incorporation giving Hermosa Beach prrnclpal place of buslness.

CITIES

Hermosa filed aras their

The new lumber co_mpany is capitalized at $25,000 and is made u.p_of George V.- Leirned,'George O. L.u.;.a ;; r.qward I ownsend.

._lP:_rJ thirty oj- th9 members attended the meeting, pleslgeg over by. Mr. Tennant, r,vho first gave them som"e I:ly.r,ntere.sting.information on the actionl of the market, ancl then introduced Mr. H_erb Stone, Secretary of the Euilding. Material Dealers Credit Association, ior- A"_ geles, who made an a-ddry_ss _clealing *itti the t "pose; amendment to abolish the Nlechanics"Lien Law. ('Excerpts of Mr. Stone's talk rvill be found elsewher.e;" tni!;.r""5." Besides Mr. Stone, there rvere a number "a "th.;;;;(;" at the meeting.

JOE WILLIAMS APPRECIATES SERVTCE oN ,.ADS"

California Lumber Merchant, Fay Bldg., Los Angeles, Calif.

Gentlemen:

__W9 wish to congratulate the California Lumber Merchant also thank them for the manner in which they have handled our advertising in their puU- lications.

Yours very truly, J*-MM PRATTB&

ilffi'Ttfi*"

Pioneer ComPanY in New Offices

The removal of the general offices of the Pioneer Paper Companl', Inc., Los Angeles to the nerv $100,000 administration building at Fifty'Fifth and Alameda streets' from 247 South Los Angeles str€et, rvhere the company has been locatecl for the past trvelve years' is announced by William Henry, vice president and general manager of the concern.

The Pioneer Paper Company, organized by Willis G' Hunt in 1888, is one of the largest manufacturers of roofing and building paPers in the rvest' Additions to the plant' completed sen'eral months ago, bring the total investment at the plant site to approximately $2,000,000 in property' machinery and buildings, according to Mr' Henry' The additions include a felt mill, and nerv units to the roofing factory and the refinery. The administration building will house the executive, sales ancl production departments of

the comPanY.

Offices are Willis G. berger, secretarY and president and general

Hunt, president, HenrY I\{. Eicheltreasurer. and William HenrY, vice manager.

FRANK BURNABY ON NORTHWESTERN TRIP

F;;"k Burnaby, of the Sun Lumber Co', Beverly Hills'

S;' Francisco visitor rvhere. he-spenl-a ferv davs visiting his lumbermen friends in the Bay.l)tstrlct prior to histeparture for the Northrvest' 'hrank ls a golt 'enthusiast and^*,as telling some of his friends that he rvas olavins a good game and had made some nlce scores on

Cilifornia courses this summer' He rvas accompanied by his son on his trip'

GOOD CHEER FROU THE CONNERS

Septem ber, 4, 1924I\Ir. Iack Dionne, Publisher, The California Lumber Merchant, Los Angeles, Calif.

f)ear I\f r. Dionne:

Yes, rve have no lumber yard, but lre are in the best of health, have had a -wonderful trip over the tops of high mountains,- through- rvonderful forests, "rrd hat. sien -ote lumber standing up' lying down, being sarvn, and floating in log ponds than we ever dreamed of in our philosoPhY.

- iour-optimistic spirit ii ibrqad in- Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, attd Vi.totia. Every lumberman we met wore a smiie, and seemed to feel that the lean a".". .".i" rapidly joining the past, and that 1925 rvould be a busy,- pio.pet6o. yeir for all concefired' Tust before t*le 3tarted on the I'ong trip north-we mit Mt. I{artin in San Francisco, and expres:ed t9 him our appreciation of the anniversary number ot the Califoinia Lumber Merchant. I hope he conveved the message to you, for it rvas a splendid numbei in every detiil<ire of rvhich California lumbermen may #ell feel proud. 'We can't rvish you "m9te Dower."'vou have inough already; but rve do wish iou the health, and eneigy to "keep it up'" ' \Vith our kindest regards to Mrs. Dionne and your charming daughters, and best wishes. for your continued siccesJand happiness we remain

Yours verY trulY

The Conners (Fred and Adeline)

CO.

fr boktntolhtrt \r/ P gwL ture

)a Years from bdat' a

IhisTxade-MarkInsures PemangntRoof of Beat Wffi

The Growing Demand for Pioneer Slote Surfacd Shingles Means Bis Profits For YOU, Mr. Dealeil

MANUFNCTURED BY

TA @

For Ycrd Stock!

fZ ARD stock of the very highest qudity is manufacI tnt.d by Tacoma mills from the fine Veit C,a* woods found in tremendous stands in the Tacoma District.

But, you want more than good yard stock; Iou want quick senrice and dependable supply. Tacoma offera you both with unusual assurance. Tacoma and Tacoma District lx)ssess a rare combination of facilities<xcellent timber close at hand, great millg with the last word in equipment and shipping arangcmcnts for either rail or water that have no superior on the Coast.

Get acquainted wiht Tacoma NOW. Taconr Suarantce! you ratirfactory and uninternrptcd rcrvicc for a gcncration' Write today for a free copy of thc Tacoma Dircctory of lum' ber manufacturcra and dcrcription of Tacoma and Tacoma District.

To have your inquiria rcach aII of- tk lumba manuiacturing-hilustty of Tocoma and Tacoma Dfutrict' Write

Several Well Known Oklahoma Lumbermen Seen in California

Kennet H u dson, head of the Hudson-Houston Lumber Company, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, has been a Ca lifornia vis itor for the past two month s, and has just returned to Ok lahoma. He drove to Ca l iforn ia and back, having his entire family wit h him, and touring the State thro u gh the summer. H is firm owns and operates a line of retail l umber yards i n Oklahoma, and likewise operates a who l esa l e and jobbing b u siness in building materia ls

S M. G loyd, of Ok l ahoma City, one of the richest and best known l u mbermen in Ok l ahoma, has been spending the summer in Los Angeles.

0. K. Sp u rrier, of the Sp u rrier Lumber Company, Oklah oma Cit y, has ret u rned home after visiting his fat h er and mother, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Spurrier, in Pasadena. The elder Sp u rriers h ave r ecent l y moved to Pasadena for good, a n d are locate d at 555 Rose Aven u e The Spurriers are amo n g t h e best known of t h e Oklahoma l u mber fratern ity, and the son is now in charge of t h e bus in ess.

ROSSLYN BROTHERS ENLARGE PLANT

Rossly n Bros., a Wilmington retail lumber company, have made numero u s en largements and addition s to their p l ant, increasi n g the i r capacity considerably.

By the addition of more land, immediate ly adjoining t h eir original plant, and the bui l ding of additiona l sheds, t hi s company ha s a Yery attractive establishment, at the port city.

Fruit Growers Supply Company

Manufacturers of California White and Sugar Pine Lumber Mills at Susanville and Hilt, Cal.

150,000,000 Feet Annual Capacity

B. W. ADAMS, Mgr . Sales Dept. First National Bank Bldg . San Francisco

K. Wood Lumber Co.

We Specialize in Grays Harbor OLD GROWTH YELLOW

FIR Finish and Vertical Grain Flooring.

If you like extra good quality Red .Cedar Shingles we can furnish them.

Lum her Merchant Indorses Shingle Editorial

Palo Alto, Calif.

Aug 18. 1924.

Mr. Jack Dionne, Ca lifornia Lumber Merchant, Los Angeles, Calif.

Dear Jack:-

In your magazine of Aug 15th "Stop making Six to Two's" you hit the nai l on the head.

As a bui lder and dea l er I want to say "Amen". T h e s hingle industry is doomed if the grade and q u ality is not improved. Composition, tile and asbestos roof manufacturers are getting w ise and know what the present demand is for, and it is up to the man who make s shing les to give them something better. I am for a s hingle roof every time possib l e, but on h igh c lass construction they must have shingl es better than we u sua ll y get now The on ly way to e li minate the cheap, thin shingle is to do as your article s u ggests and stop its manufacture.

Enjoy yo u r fine magaz i ne very much._ S i ncere ly,

(Signed Henry A . Hoyt)

THE MINTON COMPANY,

Pa lo A lto , Calif.

HILLYER DEUTSCH EDWARDS INSTALL KILNS

Oakdale, La , August 28th, 1924.-llillyer Deutsch Edwards, Inc., of this city, has j u st completed its first run of two hundred thousand feet of FAS gum through it s new battery of National dry k il ns at it s Gl enmora plant.

The new k ilns are modern i n every way, eq u ipped with the rheostat moisture control system, and are proving very successful in producing nice, bright, high-grade lumber.

The first ru-n of kiln dr ied sap gum was produced for a man u facturer of interior finish, and Hillyer Deut sc h Edwards report a very s teadily growing trade for this purpose.

Jack Cavanagh, the well known Petaluma lumberman. took his place among the prominent lumbermen go lfers of the state on August 18 when he won the golf tournament held at the Petaluma Golf and Co u ntry Club. Jack was in good form and played a snappy game winning the sweepsta kes with a gross score of 86 and a handicap of 20

JACK CAVANAGH WINS PETALUMA GOLF TOURNAMENT

SUPPLY AND PRODUCTION OF CALIFORNIA

WHITE PINE AND CALIFORNIA SUGAR PINE

CALIFORNIA WHITE PINE and CALI· FORNIA SUGAR PINE grow in Cali· fornia and the Klamath Falls, Oregon, district.

In this region there stands the prodig• ious total of approximately 137 billion feet of timber, composed of 105 billion feet of California White Pine, and 32 billion feet of California Sugar Pine.

The natural growth and reproduction is adding to this reservoir of wood supply at the rate of 250 million feet annually.

Fair estimates show that the supply of these unsurpassed woods, at the present rate of production, will last for fully two centuries.

Reforestation is being carried on most sively in these woods, and it is the hope of lum• bermen that the supply will be perpetuated.

The production of lumber from these Pines is 1,000,000,000 board feet annually, or 50,000 cars.

3 30,000,000 feet goes into Sash, Doors and Frames.

70,000,000 " " Interior trim and ex-

50,000,000

200,000,000

terior finish.

" Industrial uses.

" Boards and dimension for · construction, sheathing and forms.

350,000,000 " " Box and crating materials. Specify and buy with the confident assurance of an adequate supply for years and years to come -probably forever.

CALIPOR.N'IA SUGAlt PINB

'The Pine lu.mber manu.factu.rers of California and the Klamath Falls, Oregon, district, form ou.r membership. 'This Association is not a sales organization. 'The mills

President's Address

11. 11'. Ca{'/j{'n, /Jefor{' I'r{'sident, Jfil/work l11stit11tc of California. the Third Quarterly J[('{'t/.ng, at

Santa Crn::;, .tl.11g11st 22nd.

S We are opening the Third Quarbe s t rly Meeting of the Millwork Inth e , itute of California, and I want to 0 y that it is very gratifying to see h o rn uch an attendance and especially o see the new delegates here for m o t he first time, and to those I extend elde he greetings of the Institute. and Our two previous meetings were am o :levoted largely to the organization and md feeling the pulse of the mill1Vork industry, to its requirements, md the launching of general inauwork.

R • Subjects of great interest to mill I Jperators and of great influence on ia v· h . d d d d 1 e m ustry were mtro uce an p discussed, and this brought us at the ' the last meeting to a real starting th i point from which to commence the µ o work of ridding the business of its faults and making way for the adoption of better and more efficient J.ethods of manufacture and mareting of our products.

We are fortunate in being armed

with the spmt of co-operation and unity of effort, which is shown by the full quota of attendance, and the influence is already being felt.

I trust that the meaning of co-operation in action and not in words will be brought home to us all.

It must be remembered that we are still very young and that the wheels have only started to move, but we are to be congratulated on the fact that we have gotten away to a flying start.

At the last session various committees were appointed. The work assigned to these committees is new and if their reports at this meeting show that anything concrete 'has been accomplished they are to be commended.

I want you to feel you are all part and parcel of the Institute and that I or any of the directors cannot put across the message we are aiming to put across without the individual putting his efforts together with ours. The Committees will report what they have in mind. Our Man-

aging Director has a report cf the aims and object of the Institute. As I said before, it is up to you and I to help put those things across. Up to this time we have probably not accomplished what we would like to, but as I said before, Didesch came out here to our last meeting, and like anybody else going into a strange meeting or strange society was non-<:ommittal. He has had three months to look over the ground and I am satisfied in his report he has covered what we want to accomplish. With his assistance we are going to do something.

As the members speak, if they will announce who they are, the report will show who were taking part in the discussions, and we would like to get your names if possible. We want you to feel you are in the fight-give us your expressionsthey may differ from the viewpoints of other members, but out of the different ideas we are going to get material that is going to do us some good.

Record Attendance at Millwork Institute Meeting

At the close of the Third Quarlerlv Meeting of the ::\Iill"·ork Institute of California, at Santa Cruz, Angnst 22 and 23rd, it was decided to hold the Fourth Quarterly :'.\1 eeting at San Francisco, on .::\ ovember 20th and 2Lt. These elates. coming just before the California-Stanford game. at Palo Alto. \\·ill give the delegates the opportunity oi attending both eYcnts.

The following record registration '"as taken at the meeting at Cruz.

REGISTRATION

L. E. Gates, Secy. Treas. Los Angeles County Branch Los Angeles

\V'l\. Schullmeyer. Pacific Planing 1I ill Co

H. \Veyler, Boyd Lumber & Mill Co... .Santa Barbara

\V. M. Colburn, Corona Manufacturing Co ................. Corona

G. H. Baker, Baker-Hickman Co......

M. E. LeSourd,Baker-Hickman Co

H. P. Dixon, American Door Co..

\V. L. Leishman, Crown City Manufacturing Co

F C. Treff, Southern California Manufacturing Co

J. \V. Summers, Wood Brothers Co

Geo. H. Nicholson, Pacific Door & Sash Co Los Angeles

J. \Vesley Shrimp. Cresmer Manufacturing Co Riverside

Walter S. Spicer, Barr Lumber Co... Santa Ana

C. \V. Bingham, Bingham-Wenks Planing 1lill Fresno

H. E. Anderson, Anderson Bros. Planing Mill. San Francisco

Frank Portman, Portman's Planing :Mill San Francisco

\V. P Holmes, Holmes Planing Mill... San Francisco

J. V. O'Brien, Builders' Supply Depot San Francisco

C. Stowell Smith, California \,Yhite Sugar Pine 1[anufacturers Association San Francisco

R. F. Hammatt, California Redwood Association San Francisco

S. C. Hesser, 1Iillwork Institute of California. Los Angeles

S. I. Carter, Pacific Manufacturing Co.... Oakland

R B. Young, Young Sash & Door Co..... Anaheim

G. L. Davis, Kational Mill & Lumber Co. Oakland

Fred ]. Theriot. Fred ]. Theriot. Los Angeles

C. L. Edinger, Edinger Planillg Mill....... Sawtelle

J. H. Shepard, Friend & Terry Lumber Co... Sacramento

Curtis H. Cutter, Cutter 'Hill & Lumber Co.. Sacramento

Albert H. Drake. Cutter Mill & Lumber Co.. Sacramento

Edward A. Harlick. Cutter 1fill & Lumber Co.. . . Sacramento

H. H. ?-Iitchell. E. K. \Vood Lumber Co.. Oakland

0. C. Christenson. ]. H. Kruse... San Francisco

S. E. Dalton, 1fclrose Lum her Co.. Oakland

T. E. Williamson, T. E. Williamson Stockton

(Continued on Page 41)

Report · of H. T. Didesch

Exccrf11s fro111 t/11· report of Jllr. IT. T. Didl'sc/1, Sccrctary-Managn, before th e Third Quartrr/y Meeting of thP Mi/lwork Institute of Colifomia, at S011ta Crw::, August 22nd.

NI r. President, of the Institute and Guests:

This meeting. the third quarterly of the Millwork Institute of California, is one of great significance to both you and me. For me it means, submitting to you my first report, an honor all the more marked s in ce it involves presenting an outline of the aims and objects of the Institute, and a definite working program for their attainment. Your task w ill be that of the high court, to carefully analyze my recommendations and then accept or reject them as your judgment dictates What we shall accomplish in the future depends largely on how we ll we do our respective jobs today and tomorrow, and T therefore urge each man pr ese nt to contribute the best there is in him.

The Mission of the Institute

As to our a ims and objects. I offer this definition of the MILLWORK INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA, and request your approval to pr int it on the bottom margin of our stationery:

"An educational organization of independent and competing operators devoted to elevating the status of the indu stry a nd pledged to deliver to the consumer the highest quality of product at the most economical cost."

That pronouncement to my mind, sums up what should be our Creed and Ten' Commandments, and it should be looked upon, n ot as a cloak for unmoral acts, nor merely as something that sounds well, but as an emphatic declaration of what we stand for and will religiously adhere to. I feel so strongly on that point that I urge the immediate expulsion of any member who refuses to subscribe to it.

Service for Architects

l\'fy first discussion shall dea l with a service for architects. I wonder if you realize just what the architect is up against. He designs the structure and is virtua ll y the supreme dictator as to what is appropriate in design and construction. Theoretically at l east, to properly discharge his obligation t o his client, he shou ld be an expert in every trade involved in the erection of a building. We need not consider how much or how little he knO\n of other lines but I'm su r e as pertains to millwork, we can agree that the average architect is a fit subject for intensive education.

That that is his condition. and is costing this industry huge sums every year is not his fau lt. It is our own because \\'e have clone practically nothing to assist him \Ve have been deplorably deficient but it need not continue and I propose, that we lllaugurate for the architect's benefit and ours. the following program:

1. A monthly Bulletin Service.

2. A se ri es of joint meetings of local architects and millmen.

3. Plant visits by groups of architects.

4. A Manual of Millwork.

The bulletin service. plant visits and joint meetings can be put into practice a lm ost immediately, but the comp ilati o n of a Millwork Manual wo uld require a year's t im e at le ast.

The bulletin service shou ld co nt a in such information as cu rr ent lumber va lu es. something about the waste occasioned in working the lumber into millw ork, the proper manner of specifying materials. what grades and kinds of lumb er a re most suitable for this or that purpose, a nd so on.

How many architects apprec iate the fact that to produce a thousand board feet of

Quartered Oak trim from the best grade of lumb er obtainab le. "first and second clear," requires that we cut up approximately 1400 board feet? Very few indeed. How many of them have more than the haziest idea of the enormous loss of production due to mach in e set ups? Not the majority certain ly. \,\/hy gent l emen,. I know of one job of millwork-a residence bill costing in the neighborhood of $10.000-wherein the arch it ect had designed mouldings and stickings to the extent that by ac tual count -+ 6 1 machine set ups a n d knife changes of one kind or another were required. That is an extreme case of course, but it is illustrative , and it is with the intent of bringing the architect to realize just what we are up against that I suggest inv itin g them to Yisit our plants in groups and study our operations at first hand. Such ':isit s s h ou l d " l earn them" a l ot.

The Manual

The pub li cation of a "Manual ot Mi ll work" 11as been one of my pet ideas for a considerable period of time. I know of no other one thing that we might undertake that would be more constructive and far-reaching. The manual should be a technical book-not a catalog. It shou ld be a digest of our accumulated exper iences in the production of millwork. It should show construction detail s, drawn to scale and accompanied by exp lanatory texts. for everything from basement frames to mantels and stairways. Each

WHAT HAVE WE ACCOMPLISHED TO DATE?

"In addition to the purely physical accomplishments we have attaiined something that is a more vital adjunct to bui lding any permanent assoc;ation -the very mortar, in fact, that binds the structure togeher I mean, we now know each other fairly well; certainly more so than six months ago. The suspicions which existed thenthat some of us were equipped with horns and a tail and the appertaining temperaments - through acquainrtance have proved unfounded and are now replaced by the knowledge that we all are a rather decent lot; all in the same boat and equally sincere in w:shing to prevent anyone from kicking a hole in the bottom. That confidence and friendliness is more important than a numerous membership or a healthy surplus, and it must be further expended; not only within our own circle but on the outside as well , for we must realize that our work does not concern millmen alone, but that we have an obli gation to meet with the architect, the contractor and the consumer."

detai l shou ld represent the best trade practice known, a nd the text should, ,,·here any question might exist. exp lain why the co nstruct ion shown is best. The manual should include c h apters devoted to kinds and grades of lumber. They shou l d give the botanical and commercial names for each wood. and sho uld a l so mention the territories in which the woods a r c grown: the idea being that that informatio n \\·oulcl tend to increase the consumption of n2tive woods. There sho uld be color plates show ing photographic rep r oductions of wood finishes. a nd aut h o r itative c h apte r s devoted to gluing and veneerin g. These s hould exp lai n when to veneer and w h en not to veneer and what thick-

nesses of veneer are most suitab le. Other chapters shou ld deal with the ca r e of finished millwork, emp h asizing such points as applying a coat of good paint to the top and bottom edges of a ll veneered and exterior doors, and that all veneered doors shou ld be given a coat of stain, filler and she ll ac i mmed iat ely after delivery to the job. Backpainting trim, in the more expensive hardwoods, shou l d be encouraged, etc.

Every paragraph and illustration in the manual shou ld be in effect, a plea for conservat ion and simplification. For instance. there is absolute ly no sense to so li d 6 x 8 transom bars, imposts, etc., in store front construction. They shou ld be boxed up. I consider it a ridiculous waste of lumber to manufacture treads and risers and base for residences, when the expensive hardwoods are used, from solid lumb er. Those items in the interests of conservation, should be fur!lished veneered. The result would be a more artistic and a more practica l product. Most designs of base, chair-rail, casing, etc used in office buildings, hotels and the lik e, could be ve n eered construction. Eventually we are comi n g to that point, and the manual could very nicely pave the way. The manual should of course, contain a glossary of millwork terms and should estab li sh grades. There should also be a very thorough cross index so that the reader could easi ly locate the information sought.

I should make the book so comp l ete that an architect could refer to it for a definite answer to any question concerning millwork construction. I should make it a book that wou ld be a part of every architectura l student's eqpipment at co ll ege, and I sho uld supply it to architects, engineers, contractors or anyone desiring it. Such a publication would even provide a liberal education for many mill owners, and just consider how helpful it would be in educating millwork estimators and detailers. If Mr. Davis had it right now for his University Course in Millwork, about one-half and perhaps twothirds of the proposed course would be a reality.

I do not feet that the manual should be distributed gratis, but believe it shou ld be sold through the Institute at a cost that wou ld return the expense of printing, and perhaps pa rt of the compilation expense. The presentation of a manual will be no easy matter. It will involve much r esearc h and laboratory tests. and will r eq uir e an expe nd iture of abou t four or five th o u sand dollars annua ll y to carry on the wo rk. However. the expense and time involved shou ld not deter us, for the results will amply justify th em.

Peddling Bids

1Iost of you, I assume. h ave read of the resolution adopted by the Pacific Northwest Mill work Association with reference to the tendency of many contractors to peddle bids after the ge n era l contract has been awarded. The gist of the resolution is as follows:

"That when plans and specifications for proposed wo rk are composed and submitted to the genera l contractor for figures, that the architect sha ll approve th e names of the mill men whose proposal sha ll be considered; and

That at the time of the opening of the bids for the general contract the arch it ect s hall require the general contractor to designate the mill man, w h ose bid he has u sed and which sa id name must be one of those previously approved by the architect. and that the award ing of the ge neral contract s hall carry wit h it the award ing of the mill-

work 'sub-contract; and be it further resolved

That we will , in the future, dea l on ly with those contractors who comp ly with these just demands, ignoring those who fai l to do so, and deal direct ly with t h e architects and owners as separate contracts."

I believe that the Institute shou l d adopt a similar resolution, but it appears to me that it would be beHer to delay action for from three to six months. The i nte r im wou ld provide time to get the ex istence of the Institute before the architects and to render them some tangible service before demanding the adoption of what m ight now strike them as being a rather drastic policy.

"tlfa n y of the ills we are heir to are attributable to the contractor. and we should not over l ook him in our work of education Like the architect he must be so l d on Listing Bureaus and undoubtedly much of the information compiled in the month ly bulletins to architects can be duplicated in another series for contractors. Our educational program with the architectura l profession wi ll automatica ll y e l iminate many of our problems with contractors, but to h asten the job it will be well to give them some direct attention also.

Advertisi n g

Mr. Stickney will address us this afternoon on the subject of the National Campaign, and •I sha ll therefore , refrain from any comment other than to say, that any local advertising effort that does not tie in with the good will and prestige created by'1the National Campaign, falls far short of its mark.

I do wish however, to say something about another kind of advertising: name ly, to present for your consideration the idea of establishing permanent millwork exhibits under the jurisdiction of the various loca l branches. It is a deplorable fact that most millwork offices are anything but an advertisement for the business, and therefore a permanent exhibit is our on ly opportunity to display our products in a proper environment and at a minimum expense.

Cost Studie s I have already suggested by circular letter. a mail service for members to be known as "Cost Studies." It will function in this manner: Members will be sent a questionnaire asking for their cost experience on this or that item of millwork. These experiences wi ll be worked up into a composite cost and a copy of the result mai led to the membership with a request for their experience on

some other specified item. It will be the aim to secure actual cost reports from cost keeping members in advance of sending out the questionnaire, so that the composite experience of the membership may, in each case, be accompanied by proved cost records and whatever comment may be appropriate. It is my idea that all members be supplied with a post binder and departmenta l indexes so that the Cost Studies may be proper ly fi l ed for future reference.

I should like the advice of the Cost Finding Committee as to whether or not the questionnaire should l ist each operation or whether there shou l d be merely a segregation of the total machine time and total bench time.

That, gentlemen , with the exception of a short poem credited to Kip ling, completes my report. The poem follows-I need not explain its moral.

Now this is the law of the jung lesAs o ld and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper. But the wolf that sha ll break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree trunk, The law runneth forward and backFor the strength of the Pack is the Wolf. And the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.

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\ \'m. F. O'Keeffe, Roberts & O'Keeffe _ Stockton

F. Gauthier, Crescent Manufacturing Co Stockton

F. T. Fisher, Fishers Bros. Planing Mill Stockton

H. J. Quinn, Hubert Quinn Millwork Co Los Angeles

H. T. Didesch, Mill work Institute of California Los Angeles

James L. L. C lynick, Quantity Survey Bureau Los Angeles

\\·m F. Connor. v\Toodhead Lumber Co Los Angeles

E. R. Maule, Hammond Lumber Co ............•..... Los Angeles

] G. Pacific Manufacturing Co San Francisco

A. E. "tlforrill, Hammond Lumber Co Los Angeles

A. W. Bernhauer. Fresno Planing Mill Co.. Fresno

Owen S. King, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co San Diego

A. A. Arends, Peninsula Planing Mill. Redwood City

Gust Manuels, Peninsula Planing Mill ............. Redwood City

Hal M. Atkinson, Atkinson Mill & Manufacturing Co Oakland

Jos. Z. Todd, \Vestern Door & Sash Co Oakland

D. A. C lark, Western Door & Sash Co Oak land

\V. S. \Natkins, Anderson Brothers San Francisco

R;ilph J. Button, Button & :Manning San Francisco

E. J. Nutting, Spencer Planing Mill San Francisco

F. S. Spencer, Eureka Sash. Door & Moulding Mill San Francisco

D. 0. Druffel, Planing Mill Listing Bureau San Francisco

Harry W. Gaetjen, Empire Planing Mill San Francisco

Chas. F. Allen, Contractors & Bui l ders Supply Co Oak land

(;eo. \V. Kaiser, Lannom Bros. Manufacturing Co Oakland

0. N. Reynard, Ambrose Lumber Co Santa Barbara

C. I. Speer, Zenith Mi ll & Lumber Co Oakland

Clem Fraser, \Vaddell Lumber Co Alameda

R. P. Krantz, Fra n k Graves Sash, Door & Mill Co Los Angeles

H. E. Verble, Valley Lumber Co Fresno

C. D._ \Vestern Planing Mill & \Voodworking Assoc1at1on Fresno

\\ '. T ilden, Ti l den Lumber & Mill Co Oak land

G. L. Tuebner, Pacific Manufacturing Co Oak land

\« R. Kahler, Redwood Manufacturi n g Co Oak land

C. L Ingles. Jr., Oak land Manufacturing Co Oakland

\V. T. Atkinson, Atkinson Mi ll & Manufacturing Co Oak land

\ V. Goddard, East Bay P laning Mill Owners Association Oak land

F. L. Parker. Eureka Mill & Lumber Co Oakland

D. N. Edwards, Oakland Planing :Yfill Oakland

] Cuneo, White Brothers San Francisco

T. T. Branson, Me lrose Lumber & Supply Co Oakland

C. L. Miller , Pacific Door & Sash Co Los Angeles

E. W. King, King Lumber Co Bakersfield

E. A. Nicho l son , Pacific Door & Sash Co Los Angeles

T. J. Bridgeford, Bridgeford Planing Mill Sebastopol

Jam es E. Stickney, International vVoodwork Institute Chicago, Ill.

Edward P. Ivory, California White & Sugar Pine Association San Francisco

D. \11/ oodhead, Woodhead Lumber Co Los Angeles

L. M. Rosenberg, Hipolito Screen & Sash Co Los Angeles

A. B. MacAlpine, E. J. Stanton & Son Los Ange les

A. L. Bingham, Bingham-Wenks Planing Mi l l. Fresno

Vv. J. Hartman, American Manufacturing Co Los Angeles

A. B. Johnson, Jr., National Mill & Lumber Co San Francisco

C. S. Chipchase, Stockton Branch Mill work In Istitute of California Stockton

J. C. Mcintosh, Electric Planing Mill. Stockton

] A. Hart, Hart & Burmeister .......... . ... . ...... San Francisco

Phil B. Hart, California Lumber Merchant. Los Angeles

]. \V. Rodgers, Lassen Lumber & Box Co San Francisco

William ]. G lasson, Wm. J. Glasson Planing Mill. San Diego

Earl E. \Vhite, The California Door Co Folsom

W. J. Roth, Standard Planing Mi ll Co Oakland

C. F. Ricker, Sunset Lumber Co Oakland

Ed. Tennant, Los Angeles Retail Lumber Dealer's Association

Los Angeles

\Iv. J. Hudner , Materialmen's Association San Diego

A. R. \Vastell, Secretary California Retail Lumber Dealer's Association Los Angeles

\V. J. Roth, Standard Planing 1li ll Co Oakland

J. M. Chase. Hayward Lumber Co Los Ange les

Robert S. Grant, Ca l ifornia Door Co San Francisco

E. A. Paul, Madarys Planing Mill Fresno

C. C. Quinn, Oakland Planing Mill Co., Inc Oak land

Peter Simpkin, Hoo Hoo Saint Louis

A. G A. Mueller, Manager Big Tree Grove Felton

H. Riddiford, Lumbermen's Exchange Los Angeles

C. \ V. Pinkerton, Pi ,1kerton Lumber Co v\/hittier

If you can't sell a man a house, barn, or other building, sell him something of a building ·character to add to or improve a building he already has. If you could just supply all the LITTLE building things that are absolutely NEEDED . Ill your town right now, you wouldn't have time to worry about business being "slow."

Report of Advertising Committee

I don't know why President Harry selected me as Chairman of the Advertising Committee, because that is one subject upon which I know nothing at all. However, I have given it some thought, and in consultation with others who are familiar with this game I have made out a chart that I believe might be used in the activities of this organization in the field of advertising. We all know that advertising has been the great Alladin's lamp that has brought in increased sales and profits to other industries, but it has never been applied in any general way for the increase of our sales or our business.

We have all at times felt the very pressing appeal of advertising. We have read articles in magazines and on bill-boards, and listened to the continued repetition of names and slogans, and they have created without ourselves very often a desire to purchase some article that we see advertised. Even in shop windows articles are presented there in very attractive form to induce the separation of money from the passer-by. Some of the practices might be employd to advantage in the mill business. This writing may be so small you may not be able to read it from the back but I will, but I will repeat it as I go along.

I understand the definition of commercial advertising in its true sense is the dissemination publicly of true and correct information about marketable articles for the purpose of increasing their use through sale. The information must be publicly disseminated or else it is not advertising, and the information must be true and correct, otherwise it may simply drop to the status of mere propaganda; and the articles must be marketable, otherwise there would not be any demand for their use, and no demand for their use would result in no sales.

We divide our activities in advertising into a national scope and a state scope. The national scope- you have heard Mr. Stickney speak about the campaign of the International Woodwork Institute. We believe while it might be difficult to place any direct benefit from any such campaign that in the long run the results will prove very beneficial to everyone in the United States who is engaged in the wood working industry. These ads, as we understand it, will be spread through 'the magazines that find their entrance into millions of homes in the United States, and the result will be a general stimulation of the use of articles made of wood by householders builders and others; and whether individually we seem to profit o; not, the great fact is that in the profit that will come to the general industry as a whole, we each of us will have our share. We would first of all give our support to the International campaign through co-operation on the part of our officers, and also to such advice as our experience dictates may be of value to the international publicly and also recommend individual support, as far as we can by bership in the International organization and by subscription to its financial requirements.

Now, the local obligations-the state obligations to the Millwork Institute of California we are dividing into what might be termed a state-wide system of advertising and a system of advertising through local bodies or co-operative organizations.

principal function of the state organization in advertising will be m the as. cove:ed .by Mr. Didesch's report this morning, and that is m the dissemmatlon of a manual or text book on millwork, which in itself would be divided into bulletin service and the service of technical research. Its distribution would first apply to the interested public who will most directly benefit from such service. It is our desire to reach the public which consists of the architects, the builders and the owners, and then to the various schools where woodworking, architectural or manual training courses are conducted.

For the second distribution of this bulletin service and technical research service in the way of direct advertising will be to our own !Dembers to such other interested parties in the woodworking industry which may not be members of this association but to whom it would be to our benefit to have supplied with such information.

Then the further activity of the Millwork Institute of California from its central office would be the furnishing of direction or copy to local bodies. For instance, if somebody in a small town where there '!re only two or three planing mills wished to carry on a local campaign,. such a campaign be directed entirely, or advice could be given as to the best possible way to direct such a campaign The copy could be furnished to such local body through the centrai

office of the Millwork Institute of Calif dr co-operative bodies would be situated !i as I say in the smaller centers where ther t a local branch several could group toge tJr · ization for the purpose of advertising. T } be divided into direct advertising and · direct advertising would reach the peo lf1 terested in receiving this information. I 1 advertising· as against the public series press .. Now Mr. Didesch has also cove r mendations of this committee by sugg l • ings with architects and builders. That 1 of advertising-a very effective form be e, direct way the people whom we desire i , · secondly, the furnishing directly of this S: is somewhat akin to the first item, but be furnished through the local body-ti stance, some draftsman in the mill woul b tect the advice that a draftsman in a tecture is taught, or where drafting is t a' character; and then again the third po.,. Didesch, and I think that is a very impP we have always neglected-that is plan t , and builders. I think if we could get out t tising in our towns and our own cities, great deal in the education of the wood u Si and means of getting our mill work. J The next grouping is indirect or pub ! have to be done principally through ne w. our public means of circulation of a J h·d would create locally more or less tra d e

e general appeal to the public and stressi service and on cost,-on the quality against the quality of cabinet work an J often done on a job by carpenters; 0 1 by a mill in making this work with ex ; mechanical perfection and beauty, is the relative cheapness of such servi ices rendered; and then the further papers may be what you might sort of a seasonal stimulus. For in ? homely illustration of that and say wh local co-operative bodies would advert more screen doors, sleeping porches a in the pubiic an interest for the use • that would stimulate that business an & Gentlemen, that is the entire report ·. out in this graphic form is so that y!. skeleton plan we have in mind and t : d Gl 1 recognize the matter might be referr o:tn ass-a so the technical director. •

I would like to say it is practically b1nets, etc. mate of cost. For instance, I looked u , paign of advertising in Southern Cal i of the Tehachapi there were 342 local AIT too long. from all of those of course was impos · be taken up properly with some adv think the scope of our appointment us in going to that extent.

I thank you.

Mr. H. J. Quinn, of the H.ubert Quinn Millwork Company, Los Angeles, before the Third Quarterly Meeting, Millwork Institute of California.

TODAY the \V · knocking at YOl

So act that TOM(1RRW it will not knock You.

illiam Sproule Addresses Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9

1largest Ho(.?-Hoo l uncheon of the year was held at ace Hotel, San Francisco, on Th u rsday, August 28, Villiam Sprou le, President of the So u thern Pacific was t he speaker of the day.

proule Ke on many subjects that are of vital · >er industry. In referring to Conserva')n of our timber resources, he stated 11e s s is one of the greatest industr i es that every effort possible should he supply of timber in t h e Pacific )Se who come after us can enjoy are enjoying. He stated that we ·er l ands so t h at our t i mber supply op the same as agriculture and

ply, he s aid that when ge n eral ghout the co u ntry are good the )Vhen cars for moving lumber are ness is genera ll y q u iet. To more e thought t h e lumbermen s h ould ) the matter of moving their lum;s demand to d i stributive points, I arises the proper t ransportation at po ints of dist1·ib u tion rather in . He thought that it would be and carriers to get-tog.ether to int.

5 and short hau l " and rai l sh ipversus water shipments through ;aid t hat bot h these matters were rmen because if business d i d not 1ot be available for those whose

business is in the interior of the country He states that rates should be so adjusted that water would get its normal business and the railroads get t h e b u siness that they are entit l ed to.

In speak ing of Serv ice, Mr Sproule stated t h at the great thing in is to give prompt service lo the s\lippers Good service, he said, costs money, and it is of great importance to l umber men that the proper service be mainta ined; reducing rates means reducing service that the railroads want to give. Every time that the rates are reduced, he stated that it took away large sums of money from t h e railroads which in t urn took away the b u ying of large q u antities of lumber for rai l road construction and maintenance . He informed the gathering that th e So u t hern Pac ific Lines uses 7000 cross-ties a work ing clay and were a l so the purchasers of large q u antit ies of l umber and timbers In clos i ng, he stated that the American standards wh ich are the best fo r all are costly, t h at good service is cost ly, a n d all the railroads ask for i s fair p l ay.

During t h e lu nc h eon, Frederick Kickbush, formerly of the Metropoli t an Grand Opera Company, accompan ied by Mrs Hilton, rendered severa l excellent yoca l numbers that were greatly en j oyed

G. W . Fraser, of the C h icago and Alton Rai l road, was the chairman of t h e clay and shou l d be high ly complimented for arranging suc h an excellent program.

Richard A Hiscox, president of the Club, presided over the business sess ion, and w ith t he ab l e assista n ce of P. C. McNeYin of the Pacific L u mber Co. and Jo h n P Mu ll er of J. R. Hanify & Co. w h o acted in t h e capacity of "Tom-

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Figuered Red Gum Veneers and Plywood

By Mr. J. M. Langton, Jr,, Pac. Coast Commercial Co.

Just thirteen years ago, to be exact in the fall of 1911, The Louisville Veneer Mills sau' the wonderful possibilities that lay dornrant in a wood that was at that time practically unknown in tl-re art of cabinetry. Gum had been used for various purposes, such as boxes, shooks, baskets, and for concealed work in the woodworkins industrv for many years. The wood enjoyed a period of populari[' a shoit time prior to 1911, r,,'hen it was paraded up and dorvn Europe and E_ngland un_der. several fictitious names the principal ones being Nyssa., and Satin Walnut. But it was destined that this far sighted organization should become the pioneers in the manufactuie of Figure{ Gum Products. An advertising ca.mpaign was started, that virtually placed this wood in the strong position it now holds amollg the finer cabinet woods.

And you who live in the West, and are not so familiar with this wood must bear in mind that Figured Gum is not an imitation of any other specie, but it is a wood that possesses sufficient individual beauty of figure and coloring and quality of texture and grain to enable it to stand on it's own merits, the proof of which- lies in it's immense popularity.

The tree grows to best advantage, and is most prolific in the warm climate of the south eastern states. Tl-re logs are generally cut from l0' to 16' long and range lrom 2' to 5' in diimeter. - The wood is, mediumly soft, lending itself readily to knife cutting, and the predominating colors are red, brown and canary. The figuie design may be 'seen in the accompanying photograph.

The manufacturer who specializes in Figured Gum must be a gambler for to paraphrase-all Figured Gum is Gum, but all Gum is not figured. Of course there are so called tests to determine if a log is figured or not, one test is to thoroughly'wet the fresh sawn end of a log with rvater, and the figure is supposed to become visible, however this test is successful sometimes, and perhaps more times it means nothing. The only real test is to split the los in the center and if it is a figured log the figure will show on the-two exposed surfaces. If it contains no figure just then the orieinal investment depreciates anywhere from 50Vo to 100% in the -oossible sale val's of that particular log., Comparing the price a[ which Figured Red Gum veneers are sold with that of some of the other

fancy woods, and when the relatively small amount of real fgured wood to the plain is taken in consideration, the price is excesJively low.

If the.log shows figure it is of course sawn into flitches which in turn are either cut into sliced or sa$'n veneers. It has been the custom of the Louisville Veneer Mills almost from the beginning to sepa-rate and retain intact. the entire output of a finely figured log, and even an entiri tree. A gum log of average size will produce abo_ut_ 10,000 feet.of veneer and the advantage in following ihis established custom is a dual one. The consumdr may obtain ine flitch or the entire.log which-may be used either in furniture building or for paneled interiors of large buildings, in either case a unif6rm appearance is most desirable. The producer is benefitted in .that it gives him an opportunity, not only as a sales argument, but enables him to give his customer a class of service that pleases and makes for repeat orders.

-Another distinctive property of Figured Red Gum is the beautiful effect produced by- the blending of heart wood and sap, especially in the proper. match-ing of .the veneers. This is one of ihe q:ualities that sets it apart, for it is almost impossible to obtain the same design in any other specie of wood.

.^J.he us.9 of .Figur.ed Red Gum has been steadily increasing since l9l1 until .today_ millions -of feet are being used -for purposis that were utterly unthought of prior to that da1e. And this oeriod iust a little over a decade marks only the start, the first tari tras .intv been passed, _and the possibilities- and opportunities offered bv thi"s once desplsed, unknown and downtrodden wood are without- limit. And the fact that it is grown in the southeastern section of it i country and -produ_ced in 4entucky, both of rvhich are quite a dis. tance from this Western Coast, will not deter it's sale ""i f,i"ai. it's popularity here in the West, for the producers have estabiishE sales connection with the Pacific Coast Commercial Co. *t" c"iiy in stock an ample quantity of Figured Red Gum veneers and olv-_ wood to take care of requests for immediate shipment or for smifl lot.s... This sales agency will gladly cooperate ;ith achit;;is. -;;e Durtdrng committees. .or with furniture manufacturers and wood_ NoIkXC plants. turnis]1lng gratis any information relative to Figured lI.ec uum, rt s posstbllltres and uses.

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THE "METEOR''_A WONDERFUL STORY OF SAW MANUFACTURE IN MOVING PICTURES

E. C. r\tkins, & Cottlpatrr-. the "Silver Stecl Sau- People" of Ir.rclianapolis. t'ith a l)r()gressivetress u'hich is iharacteristic of this u'ell-ktrou-n firtrl. have originated a new metho(l bv rvhich thcl are enallled to shou'cr()ss ctlt sa\\, tls('rs, particularl-v thc lnen irr the Noo<ls. hrlN their famotts Siller Steel Segrnent (iround Cross Crtt Saus are nrade. In other \\'()r(ls. the-r'altnost litcrallr- t;rke their iactory to the sa\\' tlser.

They have ccluipltetl a 111()tor trttck:ts I)icttll'(l allove u'ith a gencrat()r. u'hich is rttt.l lr-v tlie engine of the trtrck u'hich nralies clectric current so that the picttrre cau be

shou'r'r br- the electrictv thus generate(I. tnost an)' place itt the u'oods.

The outfrt is tuannetl bv an ()l)e rat,r attd a cross ctlt sarv rlemonstrator. Thev tralel frr.,nr t()\\'r't to tou-n an<l from one \-oocls opcratir,n t(r an('tl)er. sho\ving this \vorrrlerfrrl Dictrlre.

"The fletcor" is a st()r-\-of tht lrirth.rf thc cross cttt sA'\\'. Irr prel>aritrg the scenarit, for this lricturc. it u anecessar\- to delve in to the past an(l olrtaitr <lata antl ct,rlect patterns of sa\\'s trse(l in the earlr-periods of the luorlcl's historr'. Thc first scene illtrstrates sa\\'s u'hiclr legend tells us u'ere in use thousan<ls of vears ag() irr tlre Llronze r\gc. \ext corrrcs the rliscor.e r-r- of irr,t.t after n'hich sa\\'s \\'ere tna<lc f rottt that rttetal. tltctr ott rlos'tt to tht' rliscOr'erv of steel, \\-hetr stecl cr()ss cut:a\\'s \\-ere first ma(lc. The pictrrre thcn goes on to sltou' tlte variott. 1lrt,cesses rvhich hellr tt-r nrake the.-\tkins Cross Cttt 5au'. iarnous for tht'ir fast-ctrtting. eas.\'-rurlrrirrg. eclge-holding rlrralities.

The truck carries tnt-r rnovirrg'Pictrrrc Projectors. a lighting orrtfit, an alunrinrrll screen ancl a steel cc,llapsible fratne on n'hich the scrcen is rnorrntc<I. \\'hen a location is reachecl n'here it ltas bccn rlecirlcrl to slt, ru' the picttrre. the rnor-ir.rg pictrrrc parapherrralia catr bc assenrbletl in less than fir'e minrrtes, an<l a pictrrre sltou'n, on the screerl.

Thtrs far. great success has attendc<l the exhilriti<,tt of the "fleterir," ancl E. C. ^\tkins & Compatrv have been beseigc<l l;-r'r'arious tlistribrrting agtr.rcies tt, loatt the picture out for rlistribution. It is the inttnti,,rt ()f tht: conll)alrv to obtain natiorr-n'i<le rli.trilrtrtic,rr of this ecltrcational l)ictrlrc in the ncar futrrrc.

REDWOOD and FIR

WE CARRY A I.ARGE WHOI.ESALE ST@K AT OUR OAKI.AND DISTRIBUTING YARDS WHICH EIYABT Fq US TO GTVE YOU PROMPT LOADING OF YARD AND SHED ITEMSi IN BOTH REDWOOD AND FIR.

(Continued from Page 43)

Cats," the Charity Fund rvas greatly reimbursed. parker Stewart was the winner of the Attendance prize, a desk 9lock, that rvas donated by Jack ,.Texas,, Tate of the Missouri Kansas Texas LinCs. - Frank Trower read a communication from St. Louis announcinq that the Order was qoing to erect a statue in the railroat station grounds at Gurdon, Arkansas, which is the birth place of"the Order and that the amount to be raised bv Hoo-Hoo. Club No. 9 rvas allotted to $250.00. By a uninimous voie, the Club rvent on record as being in favor of the erection of the pro_ posed statue at Gurdon and pledged itself to raise the re_ quired allotment.

L. A. HOO HOO TEAM WINS TWO GAMES

^ "Thq .Los_ Angeles lfoo Hoo Ball Club, journeyed to Fawnskin,_ -Big Betq Lake, Saturday Aug. '30th, as the ' guests of Messrs. Thompson and Waybrilht, proprietors of the resort at that. point, to play their Team'orr. g"*. Sunday, Sept. lst, with anothei gime on Monday, L"abor Day-

Four a'utomobiles full of players and their rvives made lhg !rip, which was the heighth of success from start to finish.

The Hoo Hoo Club, rvon both games from the Fawn- skin Cubs, as their- lpponents werl called, the first game S9i-"9 to the tune of 1O to 5, while in the second g"-eihey ad{ed insult to injury by shutting out their o"ponents '9 to O.

The-boys played splendid ball in both games. The feature of t_[" Sep. was the remarkable pitihing of Redling for the Hoo-Hoo Club, rvho pitched iroth eimes despiti the heat and altitude of 7000 fl., in addition "allowine o'nlv fifteen hits in the two g'ames, and striking out a t&al Jf twenty six men, fifteen in the first and elevEn in the second game.

A large cr911d. gathered from all surrounding mountain resorts in addition to those at Fawnskin, at-tended the games.

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Produced by the Wood Conversion Co. A Weyerhaeuser interegt.

DISTRIBUTED BY

'We are exclusive jobbers for

LUMBERMEN

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Th". entire party u'as shorvn a wonderful time during their three. day visit, by llessrs. Thompson and Waybright] and came back one hundred percent boosters for Fawns"kin, one of the most beautiful plices on Big Bear Lake.

The combined Box Score of the trv"o games as regards the Hoo Hoo Club read as follorvs:

Milne, 28 ..........1'

Cook, lB

Bookstaver, 38

De Calvin, C Cavanagh, SS ...

Connclly, LF

P4c' cF

White, RF Redling, P ....

JACK KEATTNG "{?Hff#*ANAGER Ar -.Portland, Ore. -John__P- I(eating haq taken the position ot sales manager 9l lhe Whitney Co. at Garibaldi, succeed_ ,1ng 13enjamin.E. Shiple{, u',ho has taken the territory from Stockton north to Portland as traveling salesman for the Whitney. Company. .[[r. Keating has- had ;i;i; ;;p;;i_ ence with Oregon mills.

BURNS IN NORTH

Mr..LeRoy G. Rurns, of the McCullough Fagan Company, -has been in the- North for the past s&eral iveeks, on a business trip for the company that rvitt prolai-; ;; sume two or three months.

Mr. Burns is connectecl tvith tl-re Los Angeles offices of this corn;l3ny.

RETA.ILED BY LUMBERMEN-

And more of them each month are recognizing the tremendous arnount of interest being created by the extensive advertising campaign.

Note the double page ad in thir irsue of The California Lumber Merchant.

Frank Curran Selected as Snark of L. A. District

Knorvn, respected, admired and llved by hundreds of It u'ill be the nerv Snark's duty to select the officers makSouthern California r"-U.rt*", rtoo uoo, ind those who ing up the official J'iine for the -coming year, and this foill fr""" "oi yet been initiated into the mysteries of the order, no doubt be done in the next two rveeks. Frank curran, c.".rriiil"""git or th; E. K. wood Lum- changing-from the former method of -haring.thg vjceber Company, Los i"s;i..,-itiU-make a gleat leader for gerant i"t-"lro as the head of the Hoo Hoo Club, the Los ih" corr..t"riated ordei of Hoo Hoo, in the- Southern Cali- Angg_les District r1!1, in the fut-ure, have a -seParate grolP i;;"t Di.tri.t, "r S"..r.-i.i-in. coming Hoo Hoo y9ar. of-dfficers responsible for the Club's activities,-leaving,the Atthe Election Luncteon heldon Fridiy, Septembei Sth, .Vicegerant only the duties of the Concatenations, and as the name of Frank Curran was offered ai the-next Snark, 'a general head of all events. ;ili, t;i"g aorr. by it" t"titing-Nine, who hhd been ap-

l\t this meeting-on the 5th, nominations were taken for p.l"t.J i, I x-iri"",t*_ _c."fiqitte;, to select men is three candidates Jor election to serve as President of the candidates for the honor. With the nr-i"g "i this gentle- Los Angeles Hoo Hoo Club. The vote disclosed that this ;;"-,it;;immediaiely moved and carriet that the-nom- honor hid been conferred upon.-Phil * 4.rt,. Managing inationsbeclosedandthathebeunan.I,rtito.rof....|he.California^L:.FI

mittee who succeeded in prevailing upon him to lend his name and time to the Order.

land Henry, Isherwood at S1. t"ui., informing tirem of the action

ur 5!r!5 LrrLrrr rv r

*i}."ri*;kffi:;ffi

likedmeninthei..i.,.,,ity,--esfeciallyFbl*givingsomeofthehistoryof in the southern part of the state, where Ftotl Curot ttiY^t-lt-1:^ -.^+-r +^ --r^-- --r canhe has been engag;; -i; tt " iu*b.. '.'--'- ar c _ They_also voted. to endorse and receame since 1900. st"rti;g ltr tt.t year, with the organiza-

ommend to the Supreme Nine, at Minneapolis, that Mr. iir" "ilt " Cuiran Brotheis Lumber Company,.a.rt jo119na, David Woodhead of Los Angeles, be placed on the Su[:lii::Tli?::T:,:x"iff;tl*I'"!:

' erations in Southern ,California. Truly- a -nrr. ,n"rr, .ria Mr' Wastell served as Vicegeraht for the Bay District durone rvhose ,r"-" "rri p*rtG" *ill add'an untold amount ing the year just closing and Mr. Woodhead was Vice;;1h;

t" tti. appoinimeni as Geieral Manager of their entire op-

r1,hich he rvili- successfully lead for twelve gerant in I-os Angeles in 1922. months.

LOS ANGELES HOO-HOO CLUB OFFICERS ELECTED TO SERVE COMING YEAR

E. S. Hor.g}dorr W. B. ffilanlzln

OUR AIM

To deliver our goods to our customers with each order carryirg such an amount of genuine SATISFACTION

Then when the time comes to place the next order his first thought will be the

Up and Down the

EDWIN PEGGS JR. TO WED MISS MADELINE - O'LEARY

Announcernent lras lleen macle of the .rr'edding of. I\fiss Madeline O'Leary to Edrvin Peggl' Jr- u'htch \\'rll ta'Ke place Wednesclay .tit"i"!, SeptEfibei. 24 at St' Charles il;;;;-Cn"iJt.t, San Francisco' Follorving the ceret"l"y " wedding reception-rvill be.held at the Fairmont H"l.l. Miss OYt-eut1I is the daughter of NIr' and l\{rs' f.ir]iil"- O i."iy "i-S""- Francisco" and the bridegroom is td;-;;; oi M". i. na":i" Peggs of l-an. Francisco' Thev rvill make their home in Westrvood Park' "'iid*t;- p.g*., Jr, "r Eddie, as he is better knorvn amons his lumbermen friends, is one--of San Francisco's ;;o;i;. and rvell knorvn lumbertnen' He is sales-manager f#i\r.^R.'Ch;;;.;li" & co., the large lumber and shipping .."..t", "i San Francis.o. 'H. takEs an active interest in Hoo-Hoo affairs ancl rvas formerly a member of the Ba1' District Nine.

L.

A. GODARD AND DICK FULLER SPEND DAYS ON HUNTING TRIP

Dtate

Captain andMrs. Robert Dollar Celebrlte GoldenWeddin$Anniversary

Captain and I\Irs. Robert Dollar rvill celebrate theil Sol{.tt-.uiJaittg anniversarv on Thu-rsd1r. Slllenlber ll with a large rec-eption at their lleautiful San Rafael home' Stx tr""a?.a guists have been invited to attend this remarkable recep-tion in honor oi one of California's most widely knorvn couples.

Mr. and ^I\'Irs. Dollar Nere married at Fort Coulonge, Quebec Province, Canada. on S-eptem-ber ll, 1874' -Ytt' Sollar before her marriage \\'as trfiss trlargaret Proudfoot' Thev have three sons lirring. all being associated rvith the Rolirt Dollar Co. Thel--are R. Sianley Dollar, ViceFresident of the Dollar Steamship Co. and President of the Admiral-Oriental Line, rvho is norv in China on a rvorld tour: T. Harold Dollar. \'ice-President of the Dollar Line, ln cirirge of the Oriental Office-s- at Shanghai; and A' N{elville"Dollar. in charge of the Vancourer, B' C'' offices

HOLI- and lumber interests.

Lervis A. Godard, of the Henclrickson Lumber Co'' San p*.i..", and Dick Fuller, Manager. of the Sterling J-tl-t"iCo., Santa Rosa, and a party oFfriends spend the Labor Dav Holidavs hunting de.t'i" tit Gualala River District in M.'";;;i;;'-"iinty. - The bovs reported a fine trip and ,-iro"J.if"l time -l>ut 'rvere nbt suices.ful in getting any game.

A I. RUSSELL SPENDS WEEK AT SACRAMENTO i. ;. n.rttell, I{anager of the Santa Fe Lumber Co', San F-rancisco, itat retuined from a rveeks business trip to Sacramento. While in the Capitol City, he attended the State Fair and states that they had a wonderful show this "..". FIe was accompanied by Al Kelly, the company's iepresentative in the Sacramento \'-alley-

Chas. P. Eisenmayer

514 Central BldgL6 Angdc.

honpt and cfficicnt Grvicc in bothraitand weter $iPmcnr of

WALTER MEDILL SPENDS THE HOLIDAYS AT OAKDALE

Walter Nledill of San Francisco, sales manager of McKav & Co., spent the Labor Day Holidays at Oakdale where h'e rep_orts he had an enjoyable trip. Bill Russell and Frank O'Connor, the well known San Francsco lumltermen and who occupy the positions of President and Vice-president of the Recreation Club, .ivho meet every Saturdav afternoon at Recreation Park when the Seals are at home. are on the rampage over Walters neglect to attend the sessions of the Club more regularly. Wittr the base-ball season nearly over, President Bili Russell reports that Walter has, attended only one meeting so far this season and since he has been making his regular r.r,eek-end trips to Oakdale he seems to have lost his interest in base-ball. The Club members are of the opinion that Walter is contemplating the big event of his career soon and by the time that fafi rolls around his commuting rveek-end days will be over.'

HOO-HOO BALL TEAM GOING STRONG

The Los. Angeles IIoo-Hoo Baseball Club, added an_ other to their string of,r'ictories, by defeating the Alhambra 'rranster Nine, Saturday, Sept. 6th, at Alhambra, by the score of 8 to 7.

Bookstaver's securing of three hits out of five times at bat, brought his total ior the nerv season to a total of lZ hits out of tr,venty-six times at bat, giving hi- "" u".r"g. of .654.

REDlvOO D-

MISS LEONA PERKINS AND PARTY TOURING NORTHWEST

I\Iiss Leona Perkins, of the Chas. R. McCormick & Co.. San Francisco, accompanied by her sister Elizabeth Magoon of Tokyo, Japan, N{rs. Walter C. Zinn and Miss Hazel Gough of San Francisco, have left for the Northrvest on a pleasure irip rvhere they rvill spend about three y."S _touring through the North.rvest. They will visit St. llelens, Oregon, where they will be the guists of Miss Perkins' sister ind brother-in-larv I\{r. and-IUrs. Hamlin F. McCormick.

Mr. McCormick is the General Manager of the large lumber and mill operations of Chas. R. McCormick & Co. at St. Helens. They u'ill_also spend several days motoring th.rough the states of Oregon- and Washington, and the! rvill also include in their itinerary a trip tlrough Britisir Columbia and Vancouver Island-. Thev rvill -make the entire trip by automobile and r,r'ill return to San Francisco around the latter part of the month.

C. S. RUSSELL ON SOUTH AMERICAN TRIP

C. S. Russell, prominent Portland lumberman and a member of Dant & Russell the large portland export.ers and lurnber distributors, is on a foui months businiss and pleasure -trip in. rvhich he will visit most of the larger cities and ports in -South America. He is accompanied-by his rvife on the trip.

From the House of Quictr Shipmentr

Redwood Manufacturers Co.

S.tppose Your Plant Should Burn Tonight-

would y_ou be able to view the twisted, smoldering ruina, consoled in vour Irll!: fortune bv th-e sure knowleds,e thal you are J;c""t"ty i;;;;;d,;,h ;;; condition on the policy fulGlled, so thai there will *;-;";;iion of th" amount you will recoverl

The time to think abort thie guestion is not aftcr, but before the firc.

Here a.re s-hown forty million feet of air dried Redwood be made of siding, finish, batens, mouldings, columns, etc,

uppers from which immediate shipment can

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WESTERN WHITE CEDAR CO.

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Scattle, Warhlngton

PORT ORFORD WHITE CEDAR DOUGLAS FIR . SPRUCE : HEMLOCK RED CEDAR SHTNGLES CALIFORNIA SUGAR AND WHITE PINE

24 California Street SAN FRANCISCO Telephone Dowlar gg21

H. B. MARIS

Nerv Location-Officc and Warehourc

735 3rd Street--Opporite S. P. Dcpot

Home of WESTMADE PLYWOOD

G. A. Racouillet

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WHOLESALE

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Maple Flooring

1209 Firrt National Bank Bldg.

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J. O. ELMER HARDWOOD LUMBER

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THIS SPACE FOR SALE

DoucLAs FIRSPRUCE-HEMLOCK-WHITE and sucAR pINF-REDwooD o. F. FOLSO_U LUMBER COMPANY

Wholerale Lurnbcr 24 Cdifornia St. Telephone Dougla! 57g4

Our SpccialticrFACTORY SPECIALS KILN DRY FIR CLEARS

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H. B. Gancrcton

REYNTER LUMBER CO.

. 126-QA-13A Serte Marine Building

ll2 MarLct Strcct

San Frencirco

REDWOOD and FIR LUMBER

CEDAR SHINGLES

Spccielticr

Hunboldt Sptit_ Rcdvog4 Gnpe Stak*, Tic* Shake ud portr

Sawn Rodvod Shakcr ud Shiigles

, SELLING AGENTS

Cazadcro Rcdwood lmbcr Co., Cazadero, Calif.

Brnd Ssn Rcdwood ud Flr Lumber

Sq.,THERN CAIIFORNIA REPRESENTATIVES

Wllfred Copcr Lunbcr Co, Id An3clct, Calif.

San Francirco

JUlltUS G. SIIEAD G0.

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Telephone Dowhs 78ld

Interesting Figures on Lumber and Building Statistics Kept by "Ted" Lawrence

"Ted" Lan'rence, of Los Angeles, Southern California manager for the Hart-Wood Lumber Company, is a thinking niember of the rvholesale lulnber fraternity lvho does no"t trust entirely to his own memory to keep posted-.on things of interest to himself and his company regarding Ium6er facts and figures, but prefers charts for t-hat purpose. In his office 6e has a ntlmber of verY practical lumber charts which he keeps strictly up-to-date, and prepared for immediate ready reference.

Trvo of those charts rvill be found reproduced rvith this article. The larger one shows the comparatir e relationship of three things. First, building permits in the city of Los Angeles beginrring rvith Januaty,-1923, and brou-ght up to the fresent mornent; second, lumber receipts- at San Pidro har-bor during that same period, shorving the-relationship maintained betrveen rvater shipments into L. A. and thi building permits of the city; and third' the price of three basic iiems of Douglas Fir lumber, as rvell as the item of lath, during that same period of time, to show that the price line of lttrnber keeps march lvith the rvater receipfs. and the Lrrrilding permits. 'The three lumber items Mr. Lawrence uses are one by eight and wider clears, rough common random, and trvo inch number three common rough.

Some very interesting deductions this chart.

may be drarvn from of six ) ears, and is shol'ing rvater borne

shipments of lumber into the various ports of Southern California from January l9l8 up to the Present time, and

TLDIA{G. - Deanrtr"r.Lot Anct,ue,t

the lower bracket shorving the building permits of Los Angeles during that same-period of tim'e.

This chart bears the follorving figur.es at the bottom on rvater borne shipments of lumbei inio Southern california: .For the year 1923, the chart gives the follorvins fisures of water borne lumber into Soutf,ern California

as

For re24 tr,. -"nini, ;;;;. i., in.

showed as follows:

January F-ebruary

March

The Southeast Portland I umber Co., of portland, Ore_ gon, are building two new Dry Kilns i00 feet tong.'

build.ing is of T"ile and Concret" .orrrtru"ti.".

of kiln being used is the Moore progressive

U]\IFORM TBXTURE BRINGS REPEAT ORDERS

I_n Oak Flooring, the first creates the second. Oak trees that grow in one neighborhood or region are alike in color and texture. They derive identi&l characteristics from old Mother Naturg herself.

An Oak Floor that is made from the Oak of one timber tract will be even in color and uniform in texture. Such an Oak Floor is the most beautiful of all and .o--.ndi instant admiration.

Is p_roduced from Oak tr_e_es.that grow in one region only -all in the St. Francis Valley wi-thin forty milJs of our plant. Piece.by_ piece it comis from the machines, color for .color and fiber for fiber. By the car load, the same holds true. Will you join-our ever-growing list of permanent dealers who are finding this advantage an eliective sales pro- ducer.. Yes, we are ready to quote on all items. Shall we write or wire.

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For 18 Yearc .CHICKASAW BRAND'' OAK FLOORING has been a standard of Grade-4udity-Manufacture Manufactur"d By

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BU]:TONLATH

CALIF. WHITE and SUGAR PINE

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SASH and DOORS

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Why Not Recommend Hardwoold Finish?

Hardwood fooring ia being used in practically all new homes. Do you recommend hardwood 6nish to harmonize) A beautiful, satisfactory home in your corrununity is a monument to you, and continuous hdvertisement for your bueiness'

The hardwood lumber market b 6rm rt prdent level.

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Telephone Oakland 245

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P. G. McNEVIN VISITING LOS ANGELES

Mr. P. G. N{cNevin, General Sales Manager for the Pacific Lumber Company, has been in -the southern-part of the state for the past-rveek, giving the territory the once over, rvith his company's Southern California representative, A. L. Hoover.

\Ir. McNevin said that he was very rvell pleased with the Redrvood prospects for the balance of the year, an-d.that his company ias-enjoying a satisfactory volume of business, in all departments.

H. BROWN A SAN FRANCISCO VISITOR

H. Brorvn, of the Grays Harbor Commercial Co', Cosmopolis. Washington, rvis a recent San Francisco visitor' Duhng his stay in the Bay District, he s'as the guest of R. P. Phillips of Pope & Talbot.

A T. Shor iL O' Ndror

LOS ANGELES

LUMBER OF ALL KINDS

lYc rre crclurivc .g!Dt in Southcrn Crli' fornie for thc Wcrtcm Lunbcr Mf3. Co' _UPPERS.

lllo Cenual Blds. TUc&cr 10l7tl

POSNION WANTED

Twelve years experience retail lumber, in Sou. Cal. Eight years as manager, available at once. Address Tess Bacbn 641 So. Painter Ave., Whittier. Cal.

THE MIDVALLEY LUMBER CO. NEW . ORGANIZATION

C. D. Williamson, of Galt, rl'ho u'as a recent San Francisco visitor, announced that a new company has been organized that have taken over the Fergusbn interests in the T. S. Ferguson Lumber Yard at Galtlnd in the future the new company will be knorvn as the Midvallev Lumber Co.

Mr. Williamson, rvho was Lumber Yard, will be the Midvalley Lumber Co.

manager of the T. S.,Ferguson President 4nd Manager of the

PROMINENT NORTHWEST LUMBERMAN DIES

David M._ Clough, of Everett, Washington, one of the pioneer lumbermen of the Northwest died-late Wednesday night August 27 at Everett, Washington. He rvas assdciated rvith the Clark-Nickerson Lumber Co. and the Clough-Hartley Lumber Co., trvo of the largest mills on Puget Sound. Prior to his locating in the lforthwest, he was a form,er Governor of the State of Minnesota.

Classified Ads

SALESMAN WANTED

Experienced salesman wanted by large mill, who is familiar with California market in both rail and cargo, headquarters San Francisco. State salary and references' Repliis rvill be confidential. Address B'ox S-1, care California Lumber l\ferchant.

POSITION WANTED

Experienced young man, 25 years of age, rvishes clerical or .ai.s position with rvholesale or retail lumber company. Is conscientious rvorker. Can furnish good references. Box 13-F, clo California Lumber Merchant.

\,t|ANTED

Position as Nlanager of retail lumber yard. Can furnish satisfactory referenie and satisfy you as-to experience. Address Iiox R-1. clo California Lumber Merchant.

MANAGER WANTS CHANGE

Young man 28 years of age, married, at present manager of a go6d sized yard wishes position with a lumber conce.n i"ith a futuie. Expert on Millwork and Estimating. Address, Box -1, care California Lumber Merchant.

WANTS TO BUY YARD

,EASTERN CAPITALIST MAKING HIS HOME IN CALIFORNIA W'ANTS TO LOCATE A WELL LOCATED RETAIL YARD FROM $20,000.00 TO $75,000.00. WrLL PAY CASH. DOES NOT WANT IN LARGE CITY, WOULD GO TO ARIZONA OR ANY GOOD INLAND. TOWN. WILL NOT CONSIDER ANYTHING BUT A WELL ESTABLISHED, PAYING PROP. OSITION. ADDRESS, BOX O-I, CARE CALI. FORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT.

POSITION WANTED:

Experienced rvholesale lumberman, sales or office.

JOHN H. BUDD, 710 Wing St., Glendale, Cal.

Wanted: Assistant book-keeper in retail lumber ' and mill office. Must be young man with experience in this line and able to usl typewriter- Position permanent with good opportunities for advancement' Reply in orvn-handwiiling -with references and full infirhation. Address, Boi P-l, care California Lumber Merchant.

EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR ENERGETIC

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PARTY WHO HAS PORTABLE MILL 'OR r9. .." EQUIPPED TO SPLIT STAKES, T.IES AND POSIS: -i TWOMILLION FEET LOGS NdW DOWN AND' :i BUCKED-SIX MILLION STANDING TIMBER-- 1.|l RUNS ABOUT 75% REDWOOD, 25% FIR, AL!',:.;, CLOSE TO RAILROAD AND FOR SALE CHEAP;i, Address, Box 6F, care California Lumber MerchanL ''rti',,

WANTED

BUY OR SELL

charge of yard but desire chl1S! -with more.-opPortun$t't i.,i&.r"tr.ior. L'n'' ''

Position as manager of Lumber Yard-o-r-LuPber anflq. Buildins Material silesman, ten years California orperi: { ence, eicellent references, married, ag-e zl0, at- PITl!rF::" ;i;;L.;t"ia tut desiri chqls! wilh more. opPortunitt :;l ioi.3.p"".i"". Address Box "E=-1," care California Lun'' ".

ber Merchant.

MANAGER \IIANTS POSITION

Lumberman with eleven years erPenence m: tail yards wishes position with.good concern in Thirty-four of qarrieS^,-vgy. best of refercocct Thirtv-four yeart ot age' matrreq' very I Adarir., J. L. S. Routi l, Box 890, Tujunga, Cal'

YOUNG MAN V/ANTS TO CHANGE i Is 26 years old, three ye-a-rs-. exPejJgns.e. *tttPT a{ ..li-"tot'i" the Sacramento Valley-- Would like to cla{g;i for Southern California. Am employed now and -can bnnl; excellent refi:rences from present employers' Address' llo{;'' lGF, care California Lumber Merchant'

POSITION WANTED

Competent young man, twenty ni-ne ye-ars of "89'. Eilt ried, wishes position as manager of yard, or-would codr.ia.i poritiott' "tty capacity wifh -opportunity.for advale; ment.' Nine years eiperience. -Is an-exp-ert account'ot', Has thorough knowledge_of-lumber. Excellent refertnccsc

Add;; -goi 8-n, care" California Lumber Merchanl

TFIAT'S ITIY BUSINESS,AT{D I KNOW THE GAIVIE.

If you are looking for a good lumber yard, or if y111r wrnt to cell-SEE

EDGAR S. FIAFER

t.()s ANGELES, CAUF.

Confine your softwood doors to Laminex!

-& greatlry im|roaed door,

-nationally adqtertised and gueranteed.

-enables you to reduce stocks and increase t:urnouer.

-shoqrs you a better profit,

These are the reasons why Laminex has proved a near-sensation in the door industry! From Montreal to Jacksonville-fromBostonto San Pedro, Laminex has become the fastest selling door with jobbers and retailers.

Laminex is the product of men, resources and experience. After 3i years' research, we perfected the method by which we prevent doors from warping, twisting, buckling and all faults of ordinary doors. Our resources, which include timber lands, logging camps, saw mill and door factories, make this improved door possible at a low price.

Aside from the increased sales and pro6ts, Laminex doors render a satisfaction to your customers that cannot be measured in dollars and cents. You mav reolace a door which has warped, but you cannot replaie to your customer the time and exasperation which he suffers.

Seehowwe credte a demand for Laminex doors

The use of French doors actually creates door business which would not otherwise exist! We stimutate French door sales with our appeal to two and a half million homes through the Saturday Evening Post. And those we reach will want Laminex construction because French doors frequently twist and sag because of excessive weight.

Laminex French doors are built either all-flat or vertical grain, old growth Douglas fir. Every door is marked "Laminex" arid bears our gold label replacement guarantee.

Write for catalog and special selling helps for dealers.

TAis is o small reprodr:ction of our hall-hote on Laminex French Doori, rn the Seftemher 2oth Saturd.ay Eoening Post.

Laminer French Doors qre made to, t z and, t r lights, narrow and wiie ct les,