The California Lumber Merchant - September 1955

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How Lumber Looks

Lumber demand slowed some toward the end of Angust as home building dropped slightly and hurricane floods disrupted eastern buying. Orders booked by western Oregon and Washington mills dropped 18/o below production the last of August and first of September and, although lumber prices hadn't yet declined, one Oregon wholesaler said buyer resistance might force lower prices as retail dealers cleared their yards for the usual annual inventory.

Emergency needs for lumber developed on the heels of the eastern and New England floods and were filled from nearby stocks, but eastern lumber stocks will need tremendous replenishment when the heavily populated region starts to rebuild-an important item in the lumber market this fall and winter.

Lumber shipments of 511 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer in the week ended September 3 were 51/o below production; new orders were 17.6% below and unfilled orders were 44/o of stocks. Compared to thc week ended August 27, production was 1.0/o above, shipments 0.2/o below, new orders 4.1/o below. For the year to date, shipments were 1.9/o above production, new orders 1.8/o above.

National Lumber Manufacturers Assn. reported national production of lumber totaled an estimated 3,041,000,C00, board feet in July, a decrease of. l5/o from June but lZ/c over July 1954. Shipments of softwood in July topped production by 5%, while orders were ll/o above; hardwood

shipments during the month were ll/o above production and orders 20/o above. Gross mill stocks on July 31 of both woods were 8,493,000,000 bf, 2/o below l:une and 7/o below July 1954. In 1955's first seven months, lumber production was 5/o above 1954 and both shipments and orders have exceeded production,9/o over 1954.

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DFPAts Difiord Cqlls for More Support of rhe

Retoil lumber Deoler

Douglas Fir Plywood Association announces that it is scheduling a history-making, three-page gatefold spread in Saturday Evening Post's Sept. 24 issue in which the message "See Your Local Retail Lumber Dealer" is splashed across one entire page and prominently featured in the other two pages.

At the same time, \lV. E. Difford, association managing director, called upon the entire building materials industry to give retail lumber dealers greater promotion support. Commenting on the associatioh's latest move, he declared:

"It is high time we recognize that the lumber dealer is the only really effective retail sales force for the broad building materials industry. It is imperative that w€, as manufacturers, do everything we can to strengthen his position against some of the dangerous tendencies evident today toward a breakdown in normal channels of distribution.

"ft is not enough merely to extol the merits of our products in national advertising. We must support in every medium of promotion open to us the vital place that the lumber dealer holds in the distribution picture. Our national advertising must clearly establish that he stocks and services our products and it must direct the customer into his lumberyard to buy them."

The DFPA spread in the Post pictures a retail lumber

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In this issue, lve rvelcome these ne.iv advertisers the family of California Lumber "Merchant-isers" :

The A. & B. Lumber Sales, Inc. (Page 54)

Black Diamond Company (Page 42)

Cal Distributing Co. (Page 41)

Davidson Plywood & Lumber Co. (Page 21)

Do-It-Yourself Shows (Page 30)

Lumber Service Co. (I'age 53)

Millwork Mart, Inc. (Page 41)

Pine Tree Products Co. (Page 53)

Protection Products Mfg. Co. (Page 43)

San Francisco Glass Co. (Page 41)

United States Plywood Corp. (Page 11)

United Wholesale Supply Co. (Page 41)

dealer servicing his customers and describes him as the "best informed man in town on building materials." It points out that he is a source of ideas, information and to help in the solution of any building problem.

The association said that, to its knowledge, this is the first time any building materials advertiser has devoted a full page of this kind in a mass circulation medium to the "see your lumber dealer" theme. Inside the gatefold in the ad there is a two-page .spread carrying the hard-selling slogan, "You Can Build Anything With Fir Plywood."

Difford pointed out that western fir plywood manufacturers have been intensifying their basic policy of promotion support for more than two years.

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UIANC Monogement Workshop

Ocl. 3-6

The Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California will conduct a new Dealer Management Workshop for owners and top management of its membership October 3 through the 6th at Rickey's Studio Inn in Palo Alto.

Jack F. Pomeroy, association executive vice-president, says that with the hustle and bustle of the better-thanusual business and help shortage of the vacation period, many dealers are apt to have overlooked the normal details of management, the excessive costs of some expenses, the jobs that were lost, and-the continual growth of unsolved problems and the birth of new ones.

The association feels that NOW is the time for lumber merchants to seriously appraise their past and preselrt operations and to take steps to insure that they are ready for the future.

The Management Workshop, Pomeroy says, is designed to help'lhose dealers who know that the future depends on them, and not alone on general economic conditions.

Attendance at this conference will provide an opportunity, not otherwise available, for retailers to compare operations, analyze and resolve mutual problems, receive authoritative nation-wide reports of new business and profitstimulating practices, and to exchange ideas.

Registration to the Management Workshop is open to Lumber Merchant Association members only.

SCRIAPlqns Speciol Meering

In its policy of greater service to its active and associate members, the Southern California Retail Lumber Association is contemplating holding a special one or two-day meeting of its associate members and the lumber and allied products dealers of Southern California. The time would probably be late January 1956, between the Fall Conference November 9-11 in Palm Springs and the 39th annual meeting and trade show at the Ambassador hotel April lGlZ, for this discussion and solution of common problems.

The SCRLA feels such a meeting u'ould be both productive and beneficial. Tlie plans are still in the talking stage and the association is feeling out the membership on suggestions for a meeting place for several hundred delegates, the topics they rvould like on the agenda, the names of producers, wholesalers and retailers whom it is felt would do a bangup job of leading discussions, making talks or conducting the meeting.

RexGlqrk Joins Sun Lumber Co. October I qs Generol Monoger

llomer H. Burnaby, executive vice-president and general manager of Sun Lumber Company, 1800 Wilmington Road, San Pedro, Calif., announces that Rex Clark will become associated with Sun Lumber as general manager effective October 1. Clark was executive vice-president of the Chas. R. Nelson Company of San Francisco, and general manag'er of Consolidated Lumber Company of Los Angeles, until his recent resignation there September 1.

rHE STUNNING front of lhe new. dacenlrolized Speedwoy yord of the Corbett Lumber Co. in Tucson is shown ot loft in o night view, below: store interior; the gondolo disploys were mode by rhe M&D Compony, Alhombra, Colif., for rhe reloil building mcteriols slore.

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Tucson Brclnch Meets Trqde Decentrqlizqtion

Find out where your building materials customers are moving-then open a branch yard nearby to service them.

That was the policy of the J. Knox Corbett Lumber Company, pioneer lumber retailer of Tucson, Arizona, which has opened a new branch yard at 4545 Iiast Speedway there to catch its customers who are "decentralizing." The recently opened retail store and lumberyard augments Corbett's downtown location.

But when Corbett's executed this policy, they went a giant step farther than some dealers with secondary, suburban locations, and erected one of the most unusual, but practical, building materials stores yet built. A handsome example of post-and-beam construction, the Speedway yard was designed to attract the attention of automob.ile traffic on a heavily traveled street.

Laminated beams and a staggered roofline were used by the architect, Gordon Luepke, AIA, to assure an attentiongetting effect. The more than 70 feet of glass along the side and front, combined with dramatic interior lighting, mean that store merchandise is clearly visible to automobile passenger-customers for a considerable distance.

The spacious 30-car parking lot also faces the oncoming traffic, not only enticing many to stop but also assuring a view of the retail store from a long approach.

Of modern design, the main building is of red brick construction, with glass used liberally. The main store contains 2,800 square feet of display and office space. It is completely air conditioned. The storage buildings and warehouses contain an additional 8,000 square feet of space. Adjacent to the store is a 67,000-square foot lumberyard. The Speedway branch vuill offer all of the services of the parent company, with some additional lines including electrical ancl plumbing supplies.

Although its unusual construction and design give its owners a plus value in commanding attention, the modern-looking store cost little more than one of conventional design. Its owners estimate the cost of construction of the buildings at the new location at $100,000.

Corbett's Founded in Tucson in 1890

The main yard of the J. Knox Corbett Lumber Company occupies a full city block near downtown Tucson at Sixth Avenue and 7th Street, where it was opened in 1930 and has been operating steadily. This was the last general expansion, at a cost of $50,000, until the present branch yard was opened tiris summer.

The company was established in Tucson in 1890 by the late J. Knox Corbett at the intersection of Sixth Avenue and the railroad tracks. In the same year his brother, W. J. Corbett, started a hardware store in Tucson. On the death of W. J. Corbett in 1919, H. S. Corbett, who had become manager of his father's lumber company in i910, bought out his uncle's hardware company, merged the two firms, and since then has managed both enterprises under the J. Knox Corbett name.

The company is the oldest building material dealer in Arizona. H. S. "Hi" Corbett is president of the firm today, and his son, J. Knox Corbett II, the first grandson of the founder, is vice-president. The present Knox Corbett is also the current president of the Arizona Retail Lumber and Builders Supply Association, Inc., Phoenix, Ariz, W. A. Bell is secretary-treasurer of the company.

Two grandsons of the pioneer Corbetts will operate the (Continued on Page 18)

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Gaudentius, the amazing Roman who built the Colosseum and the many-arched stone'bridges across the rivers of the Roman Empire, was not an architect. He did not know how to figure the mechanical laws of stress supposed to be necessary to build such structures so that they would stay up. He just went ahead and built them. He was what is called "a natural."

Maybe he had something of the same gift as the farm boy in the old story, who took one glance at a mighty flock of sheep crossing a field and gave their number exactly, apparently without thinking. When he was asked how he did it, he said: "I count their feet and divide by four't'

It's been a mighty long time since we've encountered a pun quite as terrific as the one Thomas Dreier printed recently. He quotes a friend as saying: "I believe in Buddha, but oleomargarine has its good points, too." (Quick, Watson, the needle.) *

Perhaps the best bit of practical advice that has come this way in a long time, is what the old man uttered on his hundredth birthday. He was asked what to say to people who, like him, wanted to live to be very old, and he said: "Tell them to keep on breathing."

f see where they now have a national association of Toastmasters, who meet and practice the art of public speaking and toastmastering. I used to do a lot of that myself, and over a great number of years. f roasted and toasted thousands, and got well roasted myself at times.

I recall making a speech about thirty years ago to a great crowd of lumber folks in the Huntington Hotel, Pasa'dena. f was introduced by one George Lounsberry, one of the best. He said: "This gentleman reminds me of Abraham Lincoln. He reminds me of Lincoln in two ways; he's twice as ugly, and not half as smart."

I ran into a worse one than that still longer ago in Houston. I was engaged as speaker of the evening at a big mixed banquet, and I was prepared to knock'em cold. One of my best friends was toastmaster. He was an incurable practical joker. He ran through the program, called .-.n\.-

BY JACK DIONNE

on several for short talks, introduced some musical numbers, and then declared the dinner dismissed. HE NEVER CALLED ON ME ATALL, JUST LEF'T ME SIT. TIN& THERE. That one I* ne*v;r forgot.

One of the best toastmastering jobs that I remember well, was handled by Gus Russell, of San Francisco. The speaker of the day was the late lamented Parson Peter A. Simpkin, of national Hoo-Hoo fame. Gus''ielated how the Parson had served one congregation for a whole generation, got plenty of articles other than cash in the collection plate, and gave away most of his meager salary to charity. Said Gus: "When he left that church he had the biggest collection of pants buttons, and the smallest collection of pants, in history."***

f have read in history, and do not doubt in the least, that the greatest combination of toastmaster and orator in American history was General Sherman, of Civil War fame, and Col. Robert G. fngersoll. In the series of years following the end of the war, these two men appeared several times at great national conventions and banquets, and the combination of the eloquent general (who, outside of war times, was a college president) and the mighty orator, Ingersoll, was somethtrt*t?"r* to be forgotten.

It is related in various written histories that Abraham Lincoln went to one of those speakings and, returning home, said to his wife: "What a mighty instrument is human speech, when play*ed *Ot*a master."

Things look mighty lousy in the world right now, that's a fact, but I often take refuge and consolation in the thought that it could change for the better in the flash of an eye. f once heard Coke Stevenson, former Governor of Texas, express that thought in a short speech he was making. He said that many of the greatest events that turned the tide of history, happened in a few moments. Moses, he said, was but a few moments in the burning bush, yet those moments built civilization: Saul of Tarsus was but a few moments face to face with a certain Carpenter, on the road to Damascus, yet those moments changed the history of the world; Lincoln was but a few moments before the slave block in New Orleans, but those moments struck the shackles from millions of slaves. History, he said, overfows with such examples. Who knows, history may again change in a hurry. P*ray let it be soon !

Albert Einstein used to tell a story illustrating what diplomacy means. He said two clergymen wanted permis-

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sion to smoke. One of them wrote his superior and asked permission, and was refused when he simply asked if he could smoke. The other wrote his superior and asked, "May I smoke while praying?" He got permission.

In the pioneer days on the American frontier, a Presbyterian missionary always toted two big pistols wherever he went. Knowing he believed in predestination, someone asked him why he felt it necessary to go about heavily armed? He said sure he believed in predestination, so he went armed in case he might meet some hostile Indian whose time. had come.

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Seven Little Troubles came marching down the street. The cop on the corner stopped them and asked where they were going? "We are going where we are expected," said the Seven Little Troubles. Troubles are always expected. There never was one that got all dressed up and had no Place to go' *

Henry Ford said a long time ago: "To make an everincreasing quantity of goods of the best possible quality, and force them on the market; to strive for higher quality, lower costs, and lower prices; to raise wages continuously and never lower them; to see that the consumer gets the goods in such economic fashion that he gets the benefit of the low cost production."

Henry was the father of high wages. But all the things he suggested in the above-quoted paragraph fail to follow. Today wages Bo up, so costs Bo up, so prices go uP, so again wages go up to meet the high prices, and the vicious circle has become a circle indeed. Henry put in the first five-dollar day for laborers; AND MONEY WAS MONEY THEN.

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Tough neighborhoods are well and tersely described in a couple of sayings going the rounds. One tells of a district where the kids were so tough that a cat with a tail had to be a tourist; and the other about the neighborhood where the cops carry their nightsticks in the'daytime.

"Don't complain," says a late adage, "about getting old. Many are denied that privilege."

If YOU have troubles, think of the poor girl who is so ugly that when she walked by the Navy yard, even the tugs stopped whistling.

los Pqdres Sqle Due to Insects

Santa Barbara, Calif.-Foresters are mapping one of the largest lumber sales in the history of Los Padres National Forest as a means of controlling pine-killing insects. The infestation has soread over 9000 acres and threatens 60,000 acres more of good timber, centered on Alamo Mountain in upper Ventura county. The timber will be removed from the largest stand of Jeffrey pine (mixed with about lWo yellow and sugar pine) in Los Padres, located in one of the few remaining undeveloped timberland recreation areas in Southern California.

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Delayed deliveries can mean the difrerence between profit and lose in many a lumber or building materials yard. Calaveras keeps faith with its dealers by operating the largest compnny-owned transport fleet in northern California on split-second schedules to fill its delivery commitments.

Take advarrtage of this unusual service. It will save customers and make money for you!

New Mqtericrls Hondling ldecrs qt Deoler Show

NRLDA Exposition to lntroduce Storfling New Developments And the lotesf Techniques

An entirely new concept in shipping lumber, hailed as the lumber car of the future, will be one of the major attractions of the materials handling demonstrations and clinics to be held in connection with the second annual National Retail Lumber Dealers Association Exposition in Cleveland, October 11 to 14.

The car has bulkheads on each end to keep lumber packages from telescoping ofi the ends. All lumber on the car is to be strapped into units and wrapped with reinforced waterproof paper or polyethylene film.

point from which to see the demonstrations.

In order to acquaint dealers with the progress which is being made in packaging and shipping other building products in unit loads for fork truck handling, the materials handling exposition committee plans to have shipments of unitized hardwood flooring, asphalt roofing, insulation board and sheathing, gypsum board and lath and other building products come to the exposition siding for mechanical unloading and handling.

Clinic sessions on important materials handling problems are sch,eduled every afternoon at three o'c1ock. Dealers and industry experts will cover such important subjects as Warehouse Trends and Design; How to Lay Out a Lumber Yard for Mechanical Handling; and How to Select and Choose Mechanical Handling Equipment. At certain designated hours each day, selected motion pictures of materials handling operations and equipment used in lumber yards will be shown in a special theatre set up for that purpose.

One day of the show is set aside for Yard Foremen. Dedicated to the man who is in direct charge of yard equipment and handling methods, Yard Foreman's Day will feature special demonstrations for foremen, together with a panel discussion on foremens' problems. Foremen in attendance rvill be invited to submit problems and join in the discussion.

Improved Lumber "Tree" Planned

Each wrapped unit is unloaded from the flat car and placed into storage without any handling by hand.

Because the units are protected from the elements, they can be stored outside indefinitely. Several such cars are to be shipped from mills to tl-re exposition, rvhere they will be unloaded at specified times.

In addition to the flat cars of .lvrapped lumber there will be a four-day planned program of materials handling activities designed to acquaint dealers rvith the latest procedures in the mechanical handling of building materials. A printed schedule of events will make it possible to select as much of the program as a dealer cares to take in. Key materials handling functions are scheduled so as not to interfere with a dealer's attendance at other clinic sessions on merchandising, financing, etc.

Special periods each day are being set aside for unloading of both flat cars and box cars of lumber of various types, so that dealers planning to mechanize or improve current handling programs will be able to see just how lumber is handled and stacked mechanically. Handling equipment, such as fork trucks, straddle trucks, delivery trucks and steel strapping, which is being exhibited by major equipment manufacturers at the show, r,vill be used in the demonstrations.

trncoming cars of lumber, of rvhich there will be at least three every day, will be unloaded, sorted, graded, bundled ancl strapped. Many of these units will be wrapped to show how this is done in the dealer's yard. All the unloading and handling activities will be on an outside dock area adjacent to the rail siding serving the exposition.

A balcony along the whole area provides a good vantage

Typical of the hundreds of practical handling and storage ideas to be presented at the Exposition in Cleveland will be a "lumber tree" type storage rack engineered and built especially for lumberyard use, based on specifications and suggestions submitted by dealers themselves.

The decision to feature the rack was inspired by its increasing popularity among dealers all over the country for use in order assembly and for storing lumber specialties that must be readily accessible.

The tree rack at Cleveland will be a completed development based on the roughly fabricated one exhibited at the New York show last year. Designed by a leading timber (Continued on Page 27)

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The california Lumber Merchant

Rooms 508-9-10

108 West 6th St. Los Angeles 14, Calif.

Inasmuch as it seems to me that rve retailers are in a merry-go-round status, f am wondering if there is a Moses to lead us out of this type of wilderness. It is a rarity today to find an owner that believes we can continue prospering at the pace we are now moving.

All this leads me to believe that the company whose policy is, WE, BACK IT WITH OUR MONE"Y AND REPUTATION, will continue to see some of his very loyal customers snatched away for the very reason that he will not be a party to the cheating that is, I believe, rampant in most California areas. This includes grade cheating, to the extent that number 4 common with a very small percentage of three is sold, and invoiced, as fi2 & Better grades.

Short tallying is also a favorite with some. We have been approached and advised that we'could deliver any grade we wanted to, just so long as we wrote the tag the way the order called for, and also provided the builder got away with it.

Of course, our company and I'd like to believe most of my friends, would have nothing to do with such a fraud. It is possible that the builder is over-specifying his grade in the first place, but I doubt it. Now all this is leading up to something which I believe can be corrected before the RULE-OR-RUIN metl.rod of doing business, along with the cheating, has laid us all by the roadside.

Certainly a return to the Association Grade Stamping of all lumber would be the first real obstacle for the unscrupulous to hurdle. In fact, it would stop him cold. If the present grade markings are not acceptable to the industry, then the proposed name changes are certainly in order, and I'd like to see someone get in some good licks along the line of bringing this about. I offer my services if there is some small contribution I can make in such an undertaking.

I believe some effort has been made by Mr. H. V. Simpson and his associates of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association in conjunction with the retailers of both Southern California and Northern California to get this done, butfor some reason a successful conclusion was not reached. I believe the time is right and that there must be some rather influential lumbermen that will lend their efforts to the cause if a start can be made in that direction.

One need but look around to see what others in the manufacturing field have done to better their lot, by proper identification names and grades, and the rapid conclusion n'ould surely be, THE RETAIL LUMBERMAN BETTER GET STARTED ON SOME KIND OF A PROGRAM OR PREPARE TO LEAVE HISHIDE TO POSTERITY.

I have iust received from the Lumber Merchants Asso-

ciation of Northern California the survey of operating results ior 1954, prepared by Harold T. Hoertkorn, CPA, covering 72 members reporting. A quick glance at these figures, unless my idea of proper return on investment is all out of gear, will convince an investor that a meeting of the board of directors is in order.

We all realize the ailments in our industry are many, and much experimental medicine must be prescribed in order to cure the disease, but I can see no practical reason to shun the doctor until little or no chance of a cure can be had.

Perhaps rve will return to normal without the aid of a Moses to lead us back to the good old days we wanted to get away from. Don't misunderstand me, I am a Repudlican and know it could be worse.

Slncefely, LARRY KING

King-Marshall Lumber Co., Inc. P. O. Box 1166 Bakersfield. California

Who Shores rhe Profit?

Apparently an increasing number of progressive lumbermen in the country have some sort of a PROFIT-SHARING plan with their employes, more or less similar to what we have in Marsh & Truman Lumber Company here in Chicago.

The writer happens to be treasurer of the Council of Pro{it Sharing Industries and is anxious to get the narnes of all other lumber companies in the country who also have profit sharing.

I would be glad to have each such company drop me a line advising the name of the of;frcer handling details in his company so that he could be invited to attend chapter meetings closest to him to learn of the latest profit-sharing rulingS.

A. Fletcher Marsh, President

Marsh & Truman Lumber Company 332 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago 4, Illinois

Tree Fqrm System Boomlng

Washington, D.C.-More farmers are growing trees as a crop than ever before in the nation's history. The industry-sponsored American Tree Farm System reports the greatest progress in its l4-year history occured during 1954. A total of 3,573,708 acres of tax-paying woodlands were brought into the American Tree Farm System during the year, bringing the total acreage up to 33,692,964. In announcing these figures James C. McClellan, chief forester for American Forest Products Industries, predicted five million acres will be added to the Tree Farm System in 1955. Texas continues to lead tl-re parade of Tree Farm states, with 3,429,363 acres. Washington is second with 3,259,806. Oregon passed Arkansas during 1954 to take third place.

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In the face of today's'heavy hand of competition, industries are continually forced to readjust and streamline their operations in the race to keep ahead in providing an ever-improved product at a competitive price; a product that will sell over a competitor's line because it offers' the buyer something new, something additional. Generally, the price advantage between two products of like qualitygiven equal buying, manufacturing and distribution advantages-is negligible. If price is cut in order to sell a product, it usually follows that quality will have to be cut.

In the lumber industry, and especially at the retail level, this competition is indeed keen. When you take lumberyards involved in the volume distribution of lumber to large builders and tract developers, you've really got competition. Obviously, as you can't play down last year's 2x4 in favor of this year's more modern 2x4, with "Futuramic Drive," etc., a volume distributor of lumber must appeal to the contractor in another manner.

Accordingly, two lumber firms given equal buying and handling advantages, and bidding on the same job, are in a dilemma. As the simple law of economics dictates, efficient distribution of lumber of like quality and quantity to a job will cost "X" amount. At that point a yard is doing a volume business for nothing; whatever the yard can get above "X," in the face of stiff competition, is profit: below "X,"it will be rushing to a swift conclusion. of business activity.

Two other equally poor alternatives remain: the first being to cut the quality of stock delivered to a job; the second being special credit arrangements and servicing of undercapitalized and "risk" accounts.

Some years ago, Gamerston & Green Lumber Company ofiEcials, in trying to maintain a lumberyard's place in suMivision building-in the face of growing direct mill sales-began to pre-cut studs and blocking at their Oakland yard for delivery to builders in the East BaY area.

80% of This Yard's Yolume Is in the Pre-Cut Field

Even with the additional cutting charge tacked on and a fair mark-up on the lumber, they found a ready market for the studs and blocking because builders discovered they more than made up the extra cost out on the job.

The firm, well used to adapting to the times, was originally established as a wholesale operation by Lu Green and Harry Gamerston atll2 Market Street, San Francisco, in 1932. The firm later leased property on the San Francisco and Oakland docks, and gradually worked into lumber distribution and jobbing to a greater extent. During World War II, the Bay area docks were taken over by the 4rmy, whereupon Gamerston & Green's Oakland yard was moved to its present location at 2ffi1 Livingston and the San Francisco yard was moved to Tunnel Ave. Big Supplier to Tracts and Industrials

Over the years, Gamerston & Green Lumber Company has developed into one of the biggest suppliers of volume lumber to big tract developments and industrials in Northern California. Harry Gamerston presently heads the organization and Lu Green is executive vice-president. Working with them in the executive department are Fred Ziese, Wes Collins, John Gamerston and Ev Lewis, all vice-presidents of the big organization.

Since entering the pre-cut business shortly after World War II, the Gamerston & Green Oakland yard has gradually expanded into the pre-cutting of other dimension stock, until today nearly 8O/o ot the yard's volume is in the pre-cut field ! Presently, as well as cutting studs to exact length, the firm now pre-cuts mudsills and top plates to order. Jack studs and cripples are cut to exact length, as are rafters. The bevel at ridge and eave is cut accurately as well as the bird's mouth cut over the top plate. The only items not cut are materials such as roof decking, subflooring, etc.

The firm has found a ready-made market for pre-cut stock. Obviously, a builder isn't interested in lumber as lumber itself. His interest is in building a home out of it

GAMERITON & GREEN'S Ooktqnd yord office ond pre-cuf hoodquorlerr ir rhown lop lighl. President Hcrry Gomcrrton, tcfi, of fhc flrm which cmployr 50 men ond mointoins 8-lO million fect lumbcr invcntory. lu Grcen, right, stcnd: bcforc qn enti?. froming lood foi onc homc, which goer olong with rsfterr ond rhcarhing to nqke complete trucklood; itemc ncedcd firut on iob orc on top.

. . as quickly and as economically as possible. If a yard can supply him rvith dimension stock, requiring no cutting and ready to nail together for framing, at an additional cutting cost charge under rvhat it .lvould cost the builder on-the-job, that yard has a job !

This is the sales tool that Gamerston & Green has incorporated into its operation. However, it has taken several years of research and trial and error to establish a sound, workable pre-cut operation. Today, the firm stands as one of the leaders in the region in the pre-cut field. And here's how they do it:

First of all, Gamerston & Green screens the builders in the area closely, narrowing the prospects don'n to the larger, reliable subdivision builders lvho are planning to put up at least 10 homes of similar design. \\rhile the cost of working up a cutting list for srnaller developments is considerable, once the list has been perfected for a certain design home, the yard can then accept orders from these builders-even on a ferv units.

Once a Gamerston & Green salesman l.ras located a good prospect, the builder and the salesman get together and prepare a preliminary cutting list from t1-re builder's plans. IJsually, a big builder will use three different home designs in his subdivision, therefore a separate cutting list is drar.r'n up for each design.

A pilot house for each design is then constructecl, from which the builder and Gamerston & Green's salesman correct the preliminary cutting lists and develop a detailed cutting list for each design. The final cutting list must be detailed because, in pre-cutting of framing, even 1/16inch could throw the whole project off. The builder assumes full responsibility for the accuracy of the final cutting list.

The corrected cutting list is then taken into Gamerston

& Green's pre-cut department and maintained on file so that future jobs can be taken from it. After the pre-cut framing has been delivered for the first few homes, the salesman and builder again check the units for any add! tional minor changes. The cutting listis then altered accordingly, and the framing for the entire tract can be cut at will.

As stated before, a charge is made for the cutting service; however, Gamerston & Green can point out with perfect truth that the builder will pay more for on-the-job measuring and cutting than he will under Gamerston & Green's mass production pre-cut method. A carpenter using pre-cut materials can just about throw away his saw !

The mainstays of tl're lvhole pre-cutting operation at Gamerston & Green Lumber Company are two pairs of big radial arm saws. Each pair allorvs t\'vo saw operations to the saw man, and therefore a minimum of setups. The pre-cut operation of each setup is handled by a sar,vman and one assistant. The assistant brings in the stock from the yard and marks each piece for identification. The sawman then adjusts his sar,vs according to the cutting list for the specific item, and feeds the stock back through the sarvs to his assistant.

Builder Works from Top of Load

The material from both of the pre-cut operations is then picked up by a package clerk, r,vho rvorks according to the cutting list in preparing a truckload that will include all of the needed material, and the correct number of each items, to complete the framing of one entire home.

The items are so placed in the load that, r,vhen the delivery is made, the builder has only to cttt the steel band strapping and just'nork off the top of the load as the mate-

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PACKAGING C1ERK ossembling precut rofters ond freeze blocks for one honre (left), which will then go on top of roof sheothing, overhong rurlic ond elevotion moteriols to moke one iruckloqd with c froming pcckoge. Center: froming loads ond bosic bottom loods owoit delivery lo iob site. Righr: Joseph Mottos, yord superintendent, 3tands by bcsic'botiom lood contoining precul sub-flooring, mudsilk ond girders; rhis lood will go out to the iob in one truck, followed by o complete precut froming lood for one house when lha builder is reody for il.

ADDITIONAI PRECUI OPERATTON oul in the Ooklond yord (left) is currenlly cutting window ond door heoders for on plecuts the bcsic bottom lood. Cenler: precut lood of iombs, stops, shelving, deloilcd window stool ond fcncy exterior and foncy trim on boilom, where needed lqrt. Righl: Sowmon ond helpcr pracutting goroge roffers wirh rqdicl sows eoch line. plus sn idcnticol onc in opposite cnd of building lurn out cll of rhc precut froming.

entire lrsct; fhis operotion olro lrim; nole iombr looded on top set for own cut; this ossembly

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SCRTA Arronges Fqll Conference

In Polm Springs, NoY. 9-l I

Orrie W. Hamilton, executive vice-president of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association, has completed arrangements for the Fall Conference of Owners and Principals of retail lumber yards at El Mirador hotel, Palm Springs, on November 9-11 this year. The Conference will be geared primarily to operating problems of a small retail lumberyard in the atomic age.

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SCR.IA Holds luncheon Meeting

A regular luncheon meeting for owners and principals of retail yards was held by the Southern California Retail Lumber Association at the Biltmore hotel, Los Angeles, September 13. President Wayne Mullin, just back from his trip to the Orient, presided over a very interesting session.

A meeting of the West Side Lumbermen's group will be held at Brand's restaurant, 1197O Venice Blvd., at 7 p.m., September 15. The speaker of the evening will be Richard E. Anderson, local representative of the Douglas Fir Plywood Association. W. G. Cooper, vice-president, and Hugh Wilhoir, sales manager, W. E. Cooper Lumber Company, will be co-chairmen for the meeting.

Kelly Heods Fir Door Institute

Robert N. Kelly of M and M Woodworking Company, Portland, Ore., was reelected president of the Fir Door Institute at its annual meeting in Tacoma, Wash., August 4, it is announced by Ben T. Cardinal, managing director. Other officers elected were Joseph H. Manley, Washington Door Company, vice-president; Hal McClary, Simpson Logging Company, Shelton, secretary; Frank Clarke, Clear Fir Sales Company, Springfield, Ore., treasurer.

The new board of directors consists of E. A. Nord of E. A. Nord Company, Everett; Robert Warnick, Puget Sound Manufacturing Company, Tacoma, and Al Clearman, Long-Bell Lumber Company, I-ongview,

Where c concrete of high qucrlity is desired in OilT OR TWO DAYS USE VIGTOR HIGH TARI.Y STREIIGTHPORTI.AIID CDDIIIIT TYPE

72-Year-Old Higgins Firm Srill Growingi Adds Ploning tnill

1883, when J. E. Higgins, Sr., and Frank Allen established the Allen & Higgins Lumber Company at Spear and Howard Streets in San Francisco. After Allen died, Higgins, Sr., purchased Allen's interest in the business from his estate. In 1908, Mr. Higgins changed the name of the firm to the J. E. Higgins Lumber Company.

The firm continued to prosper and expand and, in 1912, the business was moved to larger quarters at 6th & Harrison Streets in San Francisco. J. E. Higgins, Sr., retired from the business in 1V22, and his son, J. E. Higgins, Jr., took over the reins of the business.

Higgins, Jr., had been identified with the concern since 1912, which certainly excluded him from the beginners' class when he took charge of the operation in 1922.

J.E. Higgins Lumber Company, in business in San Francisco since 1883, has never been a firm to let grass grow under its feet. Over the some 72 years the firm has been in operation, it has endured every conceivable type of economic change, and yet has continually adapted to conditions and followed a gradual expansion plan since its beginning.

This April 1, the J. E. Higgins Lumber Company put into operation the latest addition to its huge plant a brand-new, completely automatic planing mill. The mill itself occupies nearly one acre in a new concrete building located adjacent to the rest of the big J.E. Higgins operation.

The new millis equipped with the latest machinery available and is prepared to handle 1,500 H.P. in equipment. Currently, the mill has a little better than 1,000 H.P. delivering the punch for the various equipment.

In addition to carrying complete inventories of practically all softwoods in better grades, the firm is also a prime importer of Japanese Sen, Philippine Mahogany, Teak from Siam and Australian hardwoods. The origin of the pioneer firm dates back to the year

Since 1922, the firm has continued a policy of controlled expansion under the capable hand of J. E. Higgins, Jr., later purchasing considerable property at 99 Bayshore Blvd. in San Francisco, and finally, in 194O, moving the entire operation to that point. The business now occupies 10 acres of land off Bayshore Blvd., Jerrold Ave. and Napoleon Street in San Francisco, and has buildings and undercover storage facilities on nearly five acres of that land.

Active in the management of the business, along with J. E. Higgins, Jr., president of the concern, is his brother, Ward Higgins, vice-president. Going further into the third generation of Higginses, we find two of Ward Higgins's sons-Jack Higgins and Jim Higgins-very active in the operation of the firm. Jim Higgins is general sales manager of the operation.

In charge of the new J. E. Higgins Lumber Company industrial woodrvorking division is another "newcomer" in the millwork business . . Frank Martell, who had nearly five decades of experience in the planing mill business at California Mill Company in San Francisco. That firm was originally started by Martell's father in 1863, Martell taking over the business in 1930, after his father's retirement.

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HUGE J. E. HIGGINS tUI BER COMPANY plont (rop of poge) covon l0 ocres ofi Boyshore boulevord; buildingt ond under-cover 3tordgo oreq cover hclf of rhc totol lond oreo.

Scen* iusl obovc in new ploning mill show: rop !eft, brand new Diehl direct-drivc, sfroight- linc aong ripraw-rcpresentotivc of the fine equipmcnt insrollcd; fop G.ntor, workrnon pre. poring lo rtort moulding stock through 4xl2 Woodr Moulder; top righr, Woods l/lotchbr in bockground. Lowcr left: new mill building hos concrote wolk and f,oor, Turner Bond Rerow of l.fi will cut lo 45-degrce ongles, IUlcrcher visible ol .rtr.rr. righ4 lwcr righr: 6xl2 l/lotti:on dlrrc*nrcrcr drivc nouldcr.

Ostling'-The Quality Door That Gives You More

Price is important - so is Quality

It is only when you hove the two fogether in full meqsure thqt you crre receiving Reol Vqlue.

Osfling FlushDoors ore engineered for Quqliry ond priced for competition. Mode wirh crn All Wood Core to conslruction sfqndqrds thqt qre of the highest in theindustry.Wirh q wide selection of bequtiful domesfic ond imported veneers to choose from Osrling is your Reol Vqlue buy in Flush doors.

Ferguson, general yard superintendent, keeps a watchful eye on the millions of feet of lumber stored there, and manages to keep 12 pieces of rolling equipment continually busy. To further expedite lumber handling in the yard, the firm recently installed a complete green chain unit and placed "Pat" Patton in charge of that operation.

A battery of four Moore circulating dry kilns, with a holding capacity of 100,000 BF, rounds out the J. E. Higgins Lumber Conrpany operation, which stands today as a real tribute to its founder, and to the generations who have followed J. E. Higgins, Sr., into the business.

Gorbelt's Opens Speedwoy Yord

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Speedway branch of the lumber company. William C. Bell, another grandson of J. Knox Corbett, will be manager of the store. James N. Corbett, grandson of W. J. Corbett, will be assistant manager.

New Store Layout Shows Research

Inside the new Speedway store, contractors and some handymen find the answers to their building needs attractively displayed in open-bin gondolas. The layout of the nerv store is the result of months of research and study by W. C. Bell, the branch manager; the layout of the displays is designed 1o make shopping easy.

Since most of the merchandise carried by the yard is displayed and priced, the customers often help themselves, especially during peak business periods. And since all the products are departmentalized, the Speedway store could easily be converted to self-service without addition of a checkout stand.

Ten persons will be employed at the Speedway branch, working in the same comfortably air-conditioned environment that the Arizona building materials customers will enjoy with their purchases. The conditioned air is dispersed from a Vx3' duct which runs across the front of the store and down one side. A perimeter register diffuses air at the greatest load, which is against the front windows of the store.

The modernization book released at last year's New York

City exposition of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association was the origin of many of the display ideas in the Speedrvay yard. Valuable assistance was also received from Bob Salo, store engineer for the National Retail l{ardware Association. Wall fixtures were supplied by the Sitka Spruce Lumber Company of Kansas City, Kansas. The gondola dispiays were obtained from the M&D Company, Alhambra, Calif.

The various departments are highlighted by different colors: the tool gondolas and wall fixtures are yellow; general hardware fixtures, flamingo; paint department, Efry, and plumbing and electrical departments, green.

The Corbett company carries Tucson's largest stock of buildcrs hardware and it is distributor for Russell & Erwin, and Schlage, locks; Formica, Rilco laminated trusses, and Deer-O paints.

Two-color Ad Announces Opening

A two-color, full-page advertisement in local Tucson newspapers invited friends and customers of the company to the one-day opening of the new Speedway store. Special invitations were sent to more than 700 customers. A TV program the evening before opening day showed some of the many door prizes to be given away.

'Volley Frolic' Just Around Gorner

The always "better-than-ever" San Joaquin Valley Hoo-Hoo Club 31 "Valley Frolic" is nearly here again. The annual event, the biggest in the San Joaquin club's year, will be held at the beautiful Fresno Motel Hacienda, Friday, September 23.

Elmer Rau, Madera Lumber & Hardware Company, is general chairman of the coming F'rolic, rn'hich, like last year, rvill again be held at the scene of so many successful Hoo-Hoo and lumbermen gatheringsthe Hacienda, just north of Fresno on Highway 99.

A full day's activities are already planned, starting with a golf tournament at the Fort Washington Golf Club, Fresno. Ham Knott and Bob Reid are co-charimen of the tournament, tee-off time at 12:59 p.m. In addition, something new has been added ! The 31 Club has scheduled a bowling tournament at the Playdium, Fresno. Glenn Barber and "C^p" Nichols are in charge of the bowling tournament, which is slated to get underway at 2:39 p.m.

Official "cocktail time" will start at the Hacienda at 6:D p.m., followed by dinner at 7:59 p.m.

Show time, with Jerry Bredouw's music, will get underway at 9:09 p.m. and will feature a hand-picked parade of stars.

Bud Barber, secretary of the San Joaquin club, urges everyone to get his reservations in soon to insure being on hand for the bigger and better Sth Valley Frolic. Tickets are $6 each and may be obtained, along with motel reservations, by writing Bud Barber, San Joaquin Valley Hoo-Hoo Club No. 31, P. O. Box 627, Fresno, California.

HARDWOODS, PLYWOODS, building mot€liql3, ond millions of feet of lumbrr ore stocked in the big Higgins yord in 9qn Fronci:co (rop ond lowcr left). Top righr, Pot Patton, Arnold Smirh ond Frcnk llortell wotch locding of on corlern shipment qt the Gompony spur. lower righr: l/lorrell (lcfi), hcod of Higgins's new industriol woodworking divition, ond Smirh, until recently sirlestronogor of thc now mouldin! divicion. who hqs returned to The llangel Co.

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We hove no oxe to grind for ony monufoclurer. We don't hove to hqndle Brond "X", if we think Brond "Y" is better for our cuslomers. We offer you freedom of choice-the best from mony lins5-becouse we're qn independent distributor. Controlled distribution-oullels owned by monufocturerslimits freedom of choice in buying ond selling. Our iob is loserveyou...period!

Becouse we qre independent, we qre free lo rely on our 38 yeors of speciolized experience in giving you the ffnest quolity moleriols .- free to give you extro-fine service focilities, without getting on okoy from some fqr-off monogement. You benefit in lime-sqving, cost-cutling, wosle-free hondling of every lood, every iob.

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Lumber Deqlers Resecrrch Council Bulletin Plugs [u-Re-Co House

The Lumber Dealers Research Council, 'rvith the first issue of Lu-Re-Co News Items, is instituting a ne\'v service to the membership and to franchised Lu-Re-Co dealers across the nation. This ne'lvs service will be on a monthly basis, and rvill carry experiences of other dealers.

The Lumber Dealers Research Council has engaged the services of nationally known architects, L. Morgan Yost, George Fred Keck, and Bertram Weber of Chicago, to design three homes using the Lu-Re-Co system of construction. Working drar,vings will be made available in time for planning the 1956 building season. It also has provided a grant to the Small Homes Council of the University of Illiniois to study the problems of panelized interior partitions. The purpose of this study is to add one more component of a house that can be pre-assembled in the lumber dealer's yard, hauled to the site, and erected with a minimurn of site labor and time. This study is in keeping with the trend of home construction, as well as the thinking of a large number of lumber dealers. Panelized partitions will be demonstrated for the first time to the lumber dealers at the National Retail Lumber Dealers Exposition in Cleveland October 11th-14th.

Show House No. 14, 'ivhich is made possible by the cooperation of National Plan Service, the Lumber Dealers Research Council. National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, Show House, and a group of ten products advertisers. rvill be a Lu-Re-Co home. This color spread will

appear in the October 8 issue of The Saturday Evening Post and in the November issue of Living for Young Homemakers.

Regardless of ivhere you travel, there is a Lu-Re-Co deaier not too far arvay. All have different ideas and builtl different types of designs and structures, but all are Lu-ReCo, for it pays to package merchandise. This leads a1l the way from Cortez, Colorado, u'here Basil Slavens is providing housing for the Ute Mountain Tribe, to Denver, rvhere Bill Barr is building and selling cute mountain cabins; to Tommy Thompson in Champaign, Illinois, who is sprouting houses in an old asparagus patch; to DeForest Venter in New Haven, Conn., who has a very lush development r.vith half acre iots; to Cam Limoges in Lewiston, Maine, rvith his large industrial warehouses and shops, as rvell as homes. Ali of these men har.e one thing in common-rvorking to provide better housing and facilities at lorver cost.

Georgio-Pocif icGrcrnfed

Timber Awqrd in Alosko

Juneau, Alaska-Georgia-Pacific Plyrvood Company, through its u'holly-orvned subsidiary, Georgia-Pacific Alaska Co., was granted the preliminary arvard of a timber sale contract lor 7l billion board feet of timber in southeast Alaska, the IJ. S. Forest Service has announced. Georgia-Pacific is one of the largest manufacturers of plyrvood, lumber and doors in the United States, operating

Se rv iG e is our most lmporfqnt Producf .oo

15 mills on the vuest coast. Georgia-Pacific's total timber holdings rank among the largest in North America.

This sale of 7l billion board feet of national forest timber is one of the two largest timber sales ever made by the government. The timber is situated in an area of about 500,000 acres in the vicinity of Admiralty Island, Douglas Island and the end of Lynn Canal in southeast Alaska. The stand will produce 160 million feet of logs per year on a perpetual basis. The timber commences about a mile from Juneau, capital of Alaska, and the contract terms contemplate construction of a pulp mill by July 1, 1961. at a proposed site in the vicinity.

According to Forest Service spokesmen, the terms urrder which the award rvas offered allowed Georgia-Pacific Alaska Co. until July 1, 1958, to qualify for final award when construction plans and firm arrangements for the financing of the construction rvill be completed. Stumpage rates and other payments for timber until January l, 1971, will be $1.70 a thousand board feet for Western Hemlock, $2.80 a thousand board feet for Sitka Spruce and $1.70 for other species.

"We are delighted to have been awarded the cutting rights to this large and easily accessible tract in Tongass National Forest," O. R. Cheatham, president of GeorgiaPacific, stated. "This is part of our long range plan and, now that this award has been officially granted, we will continue and intensify our surveys and studies to determine the best and most profitable use of this important stand, in this instance channeling it into the pulp and paper field," he continued.

Horbor qnd Pqnelyfe Host NoGol Fqbricotors qt Fqirmont

Harbor Plywood Corporation of California, San Francisco, and the St. Regis Paper Co., manufacturers of Panelyte, were co-hosts for a dinner party at the Fairmont hotel in San Francisco, August 16, which was attended by nearly 100 people connected with the fabricating industry in Northern California. Thirty-seven fabricating firms were represented at the meeting, which was devoted to demonstrations and a thorough explanation of post forming plastic sink tops.

The original idea of post forming was developed on the west coast and has met with considerable success in the east. The St. Regis Paper Co., manufacturers of Panelyte-a plastic sink top material-has been conducting a nationwide campaign to acquaint the various fabricating firms throughout the country with the new field of post forming.

The program held at the Fairmont was mc'd by Mal Hill, manager of Harbor Plvwood Corp. of California at San Francisco, and featured talks by Ed Carow, director of distributor sales, St. Regis Paper Co., and Paul Curry, also of St. Regis. Carow gave the group a brief outline of the history of St. Regis Paper Co., and Curry, a development engineer, delivered a talk and demonstration of various post forming techniques.

Harbor Plywood Corp. of California, west coast distributors for Panelyte, maintains Panelyte sub-distributors at Eureka, Chico, Sacramento, Lodi, Modesto and Reno. Brian Thompson of Harbor Plywood is manager of the Panelyte division, and works closely with Ernie Larson, west coast factory representative for the St. Regis Paper Co.

Scln Frclncisco Hoo-Hoo to Stoge Red-blooded Roundup October 7

Once again, time draws near for that big "evening out," for which all red-blooded Northern California lumbermen long look forward. San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club 9's annual Roundup, this year to be held in San Francisco's beautiful Surf Club, will take place Friday, October 7.

Hugh Pessner, general chairman of this year's Roundup, together with President Bovard Shibley and several of the board members, recently made a "trial run" out at the Surf Club and found the place to be perfect in every respect in addition to being completely soundproofed and sturdily constructed to withstand even a blast such as the Roundup.

The Surf Club was formerly the well-known "Edgewater-

at-the-Beach," a nite-spot long famous for its big band entertainment. The club has since been sold to the Clifi Flouse interests, and is now being leased out for big parties only. Therefore, the San Francisco Hoo-Hoo will have the place all to themselves.

Fred Buckley and Hac Collins, who are in charge of the vittles, state that the banquet will be prepared by Cliff House chefs right in the Surf Club's huge kitchen, which should insure the best feast yet in Roundup history.

As usual, the big event will get underway with a golf tournament at the Peninsula Golf & Country Club, in San Mateo. Fred Ziese, perennial golfer and Dubs, Ltd., president, is in charge of the tournament, which will start at approximately 11 :29 a.m. Attendance at last year's tournament neared the 1@ mark and, from all indications, this year's tournament will again be a record breaker. In addition to the regular prizes, the club's perpetual trophy will also be at stake. The trophy is now gracing Russ Fryburg's mantel as a result of his 64 low net card at last year's Roundup tournament.

That long Roundup evening will get going shortly after 6 p.-. with a "cocktail hour-and-a-ha1f." Roundup-goers will be pleased to find plenty of free parking area right in front of the Surf Club.

The menu for dinner will feature New York sirloin steaks, or sea food if desired, and that after-dinner "menu" is reported to be pretty medium-rare, too, according to Ed Dreessen and Jim Hennessy, who are in charge of the en-

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lN THE BOOKit is written, 3O yeors ogothe Gulf Coost Lumbermon published the following orticle: "Whot is believed to be the first corlood of Redwood lumber to be sold in Houston, wos morketed lost week by E. E. Sione ond [. E. Ingrom Co., Houston. lt wos distributed to 15 yords ond severol foundries io be used os pottern stock. THE tult BER wAs THE PRODUCT OF HOBBS WAIL COMPANY, of Son Froncisco."

HOBBS WAtL hove been servicing retoil deolers throughout the country with choice REDWOOD lumber for the post 93 yeors. They ore the exclusive distributors for the WILIITS REDWOOD PRODUCTS COMPANY.

lf you wont the "BEST in REDWOOD" order from:

tertdinment procurement division.

Tickets for the big annual are now on sale and going fast. Members and guests are urged to get their tickets early and avoid the waiting line at the door. Tickets may be obtained from any of the following

Roundup committee chairmen and assistants:

General Chairman .....Hugh Pessner

Assistant Gen. Chairman.. .Bob Hood

Ticket Committee. ..Mike Coonan and Board of Directors

Entertainment... ......Jirn Hennessy, Ed Dreesser-r

Banquet ...Fred Buckley, Hac Collins

Reception. .Paul Overend, Jack Pomeroy, Don Wilson Publicity and Program.

Finance

..Jack Dollar, Bill McCubbin, Barney Bates

Max Cook, Al Bell, Dave Davis, Ev Lewis, Harry Merlo

Hotel Reservations. .... .Harry Merlo

Golf Committee.. ....Fred Ziese, Bob Bonner

Befon Nqmes Morhis-Jenswold Its Soles Representqtive

The Beton Companv, one of the leading importers of plywood and lumber, has appointed Mathis-Jenswold Hardwoods, Inc., of Oakland, sales representatives of Beton's lumber importing division. Charlie Schmitt, long associated with the west coast plywood and lumber industry, heads The Beton Company lumber division.

Mathis-Jenswold Hardwoods, Inc., services wholesale dislributors throughout the 11 \/estern states.

NHIA Gonvention October I I

Chicago.-The 58th annual convention of the National Hardwood Lumber Association will be held at the Hotel Sherman here, October 11-13, announced Secretary Joseph L. Muller.

Plqn Huge Reolty Meeting

In los Angeles Sept. 25

Plans for the 51st annual convention of the California Real Estate Association, at the Biltmore hotel in Los Angeles, September 2529, are being completed and a record attendance of 4,000 from throughout the state is expected, reported Floyd Lorve, Palo Alto, CREA president. Albert Dippell of Los Angeles is general convention chairman, William H. McKay, North Hollywood, program chairman, and Edrvard L. Calahan, San Marino, chairman of the convention committee of the Los Angeles Realty Board. Their committees have prepared an extensive program for the five-day meeting. Dr. George S. Benson, president, Harding college, Sea-rcy, Ark., will deliver the keynote address.

WeyerhoeuserNqmed Delegote

Washington, D.C.-The State Department has named John P. \Meyerhaeuser, Jr., Tacoma, \Arash., as the U. S. delegate to the 13ttr session of the Timber committee of the United States Economic Commission for Europe, which opened in Geneva, Srvitzerland, September 13. It 'ivill deal rvith consumption, production and trade for 1955.

UNIFORI CORE in hqndling ond noiling

UNlFORtfl TAPER in ioint lreolment

UNIFOR'II SURFACE iN decorqlion

Fullerfon Tops $3O million

Fullerton, Calif.-This city's building permit valuation passed the $30,000,000 mark for the year on August 20. With $1,362,213 in new permits to that date last month, the year's total stood at $30,105,723, r,r'hich rvas already more than $4 million in excess of the total for the entire vear 1954.

It takes 50 years or more for newly established saplings to reach the tree size that would permit their sale as sarvlogs. Don't wipe them out with fire.

Blue Diomond's uniform quoliry chorqclerislics qre imporlonl to croftsmen os well os owners.

MqteriqlsHqndling ot Deqler Show

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engineering firm and fabricated for actual use in lurnberyards by a subsidiary of one of the nation's largest lumber producers, the tree rvill not only be on exhibit, but rvill be a part of the demonstrations to be staged at tl.re fourday shorn'.

The same rack rvill also be offered for sale in a K-D package by the manufacturer in his booth.

Chairman John Moeling and Tom Dougherty emphasize the shou' is the lumber dealer's one big opportunity this fall to see and compare virtually every major make of lift truck and important yard handling equipment under one roof. "It's like a big'Equipment Supermarket'," they point out.

The pair are eclually quick to emphasize that the Exposition is also a "supernrarket" of practical and profitable yard handling ideas to be gained in the materials handling demonstrations, clinics, little theater and exhibits. The exposition adrnission fee enables the dealer to take in these features without extra charge.

Dealers interested in improving their yard handling methods will be able to take home a l'ealth of profitable cost saving ideas that they can put to use in tl.re coming year in their yards, Nloeling states.

Graham George, hardn'are store manager, has been elected president of the Santa llarbara Retail Merchants Assn. He succeeds George Clapp, paint store o\\rner.

T\(/ENTY.FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

As reported in The California Lumber Merchant September 1 5,1930

E. P. Ivory has resigned his position with the Chas. Nelson Company, San Francisco, and moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he will be connected with the advertising department of the Weyerhaeuser Sales Co.

Jim Farley, of The Pacific Lumber Company, has been elected president of San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9. Walter P. Medill, of McKay & Company, is first vice-president; Henry Taylor, retired lumberman, is second vicepresident, and Edward Tietjen is secretary.

M. R. Smith, president and founder of the M. R. Smith Lumber & Shingle Company, Kansas City, Mo., died on August 25 at his home in Kansas City. He was 64 years of age. He leaves three sons, Ralph L. Smith, Paul R. Smith and Richard O. Smith.

Wm. F. Connor, of Los Angeles, has retary of , the Riverside Lumbermen's Calif.

been elected secClub, Riverside,

The Coast Counties Lumbermen's Association, representing a territory 300 miles in length, held a very success-

ful banquet meeting at the August 27. M. D. Bishop is Hotel Franciscan, Salinas, secretary-manager.

A Douglas Fir flagpole 8O feet high has just been erected on the campus of UCLA in Westwood, California. The W. L. Blinn Lumber Company secured the pole for the college.

In this issue is an illustrated article concerning the Crown City Mfg. Company, of Pasadena, California, with a big picture of the front window display. Lathrop K. Leishman is manager.

The Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, St. Paul, Minn., announces that it has opened a new merchandising bureau for the benefit of lumber merchants, under the management of R. E. Saberson.

Ridgecresl Feels Boom

Ridgecrest, Calif.-The Kern County Planning Commission has approved a new subdivision here. An area south of the Gill Lumber Co. along South China Lake boulevard will be subdivided for business.

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Oceqn Breezes Moke the Difference

Ar 35 | stTerribleTwenfy Tourney

The 351st T.T.T. was held at Virginia Country Club August 16. "Lakeside in April," perhaps, but give me Virginia in August-those ocean breezes sure make a difference; ask any of the San Gabriel and Annandale members. Burt Galleher, our genial host of the day, put on a grand party but didn't let his duties interfere with his golf swing (43-40-83, net 67) and took first prize. John Hunter took second place, 81-13-68-his first prize in two years.

Last year's annual prizes were finally distributed b1' Clarence Bohnhofi after dinner-and they were unusually beautiful this year. Dee .Essley was presented a silver water pitcher commemorating his year as Most Terrible. The board of directors issued a ruling that if there are no pari-mutuel tickets bought on the winner in any of the three pools, the funds will be turned over to the treasurer, as well as any breakage. (The present operator of the pool,, Falconer, says he's through !)

Geo. Ryness and Roy Stanton were on the sick list but good progress was reported on their recoveries.

Our next tournament is at Bel Air-Thursday, September 22, with Bob Falconer handling.-H. M. Alling.

Martin Hedrick of Quincy, Calif., was named all-round top logger of the Pacific coast August he won the title at the 10th annual Pacific Coast championship.

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Dodge Reports Expert Predicts Continulng Consfruction Boom

The probability that 1955 will be the eleventh consecutive year of construction volume increase should not be considered surprising in vierv of the rapid expansion of the nation's economy in recent years, Thomas S. Holden, vice-chairman of F. W. Dodge Corporation. recently told the National Federation of Financial Analysts. Societies in New York City.

"As a matter of fact. recent construction volumes have barely kept pace with the growth of the economy," Holden said. "Last year's record total was only 28/o over the peak volume of the boom of the 1920's.

"Since the big boom of the 1920's, population has increased 35/o, per capita incomes increased nearly 5O/o and total output of goods and services more than doubled. During the

1920's, population increased 1,700,000 annually, while last year's increment was 2,800,000 persons. Economic growth is the great generator of construction demand."

Referring to the fact that the Dodge construction figures for the first four months were 35/o above the figures for the same period last year, Mr. Holden said, "I see nothing in the current construction picture to cause any great concern. However, I am inclined to question whether the rapid rate of contract letting that has been in evidence thus far this year is likely to be maintained throughout 1955."

Holden observed that there is current contention that residential building has been moving ahead too fast, and said that "until unsold houses begin to accumulate in numerous local markets. it cannot be said with assurance that houses are being built too fast."

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Perfecied REDWOOD FINISH-Now fortified with oddition of SRO-l0l for greofer durobillty. Also mode in cleor qnd solored.

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Dubs, Lfd., Stcrf Ouf New Yeqr

The 84th tournament and get-together of I)ubs, Ltd., was held August 12 at the Meadow Golf & Country Club in Fairfax. Dave Davis, the club's first president, was sponsor for the day, which saw some 30 lumbermen-golfers try their luck -both on the course and before dinner. The meeting also marked the beginning of another Dubs year with Fred Ziese at the controls. Scores for the day were as follows:

Low gross for the day was registered by Chuck Noble, who chalked up a most respectable 70 for an l8-hole tour of the not-so-easy Meadow Club course. Flight "A," low net was copped by George Monnier, closely followed by Ellsworth Keene. John Jenswold came in with third low net in the class "A" division. Flight "B," low net went to Paul Gaboury, with Bob Bonner coming in a close second. Jack Crane took third position in the Flight "B" race.

Guest Flight honors were carried away by Frank Boileau, Fairfax Lumber Company, with (82-17) 65 net.

A banquet in the clubhouse followed the tournament and topped off the successful meet.

President Ziese announced that the next meeting would be held September 16 at the Peninsula Country Club. He will also be sponsor for the day.

Orcnge County Doubles 1954 Volume

Santa Ana, Calif.-Rural Orange County building volume more than doubled 1954 figures in the first seven months this year. July's $10,963,273 was a 34/6 hlke over July 1954 and brought 1955's seven-months total to $84,4I5,417, compared to $39,396,099 in tl-re same 1954 period.

Sierrcr-Cosccrde Logging Conference Gives Tour of Woods

tour officially started out at Redding, the morning of July 20, and terminated at the Redding airport the evening of July 22. Following is a list of the newsmen and guides who participated in the Sierra-Cascade News Tour:

NEWSMEN:

Rcv Christicnsoa

Th6 Scn Frocisco Exqniner

Scn Francisco, Cclilonia

Harold See, Mcacger

KRON.TV

Scn Frocisco, Cclilonic

Lcrry Dcvies

New York Tir*

Sqa Frqncisco, Ccli{ornic

Morris trcnsberg

Asocioted Pres

Sccr@ento, Cclilornic

Mel Gcgaon

Mcrysville-Yuba City

trppeql-D€Doc!dt

Mqrysville, Cclilornia

Willicn Eeqlv, Chiel Forester

Shctc Forest- Compcay

Reddiag, Cclilornic

Georga Socres, Forest Engrineer

Crcne Mills

Flounoy, Cclitornic

Lloyd Wcnbold

(New Seclv-Treqgurer

Sierra-Cqiccde LogginE Conlerence)

Lckeview LogSilS Compunv

!q{enew, gtegon

Pcul Nelsoa

Americo Foregt Products Induslriea

Scn Frcncisco, Cqliloraia

Ccrwin Woolley, Secrelcry

Pccilic Logginj Coagress

Portlcnd, Oregon

THE NEWS TOUR sees timber ond cutover dreos in Burney Bosin in top lefi phoro; Mccloud River lumber Compony's truck logging operction, cenler left, ond solvcge logger gotting bug lrees while rhey'll srill moke lumber, lower left. Top right shows (1.-r.) Horold 5ee ond Guides

Corwin Woolley ond George Soorcs; center right: Chiloquin logging Co. truck in Heorsl timber trocl; lower righr, the porry enroute to Burney yio McCloud River R.R.

In the interest of promoting a better understanding of forestry, logging and sawmill operations by Northern California journalists and newsmen, the Sierra-Cascade Logging Conference held a three-day tour of Northern California's lumber industry for the newsmen guests. The

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Redding. Cclilonic

Bill lealiu

Hercld crd News

Klanath Fclls, Oregoa

JUDGES:

Sierrq-Ccsccde Foregt News Awcrd

Cmpbell Watson

Pccilic Cocst Editor

Editor d Publisher

Scn Frqncisco, Cclilomic

Myron E. Krueger

Prole*or ol Forestry

University oI Ccliloraic

Berkeley, Cclilornic

GUIDES:

Wm. B. Berry, Chcirno ol Tour

Cqlilornic Foresteering

Placerville. Calilornic

Jcck S. Berry, Secty-Trecsurer

Icck S. Berry, Lunber Whotesqle

Sqqrqmento 21, Cclilornic

L. D. Stepheng, President

Sierrq-Ccgicde Loqgirg Conlerence

Weyerhceuer Timber Compoy

Klqnqth Fclls, Oregon

Kioyon Youg, Loggiag Boss

McCloud River Lumber Co'

McCloud, Cclilonic

A. F. Wcllen

Hqumon-Iengen-Wcllen (Forest MocEerg oI H<rat Tirnber HoldiDss)

Oakland, Cclifoniq

AIvq Forwcrd Forwcrd Brothers Lumber Co.

Red Bluff. Cclilornic

Elmer Zimmeracl

Loqqinq Superiateadeat

Ld;-B;u L-unber Conpcny

Weed, Cclilomic

W. A. Welder, Foresles

Fruit Growers Supply

Durney. Ccli{onic

Ted Bqtchelor, Forest Engiaeer

U. S. Plywood Corp'

Bedding, Cclilornic

Pcul Stcthem, Supervisor

Shcsta Trinitv Nciioncl Foregr

ReddinE, Cclilornic

V. A. Pcrker, Supervisor

Lqssen Nqtional Forest

Suscnville, Cclilomic

lohn Ccllqghcu, Staie Foresler

(Beceallv Deputv, North Districl, ReddinlE)

Chiel Deputy Stals Forester

State Divi3io! oI Foreslry

Sdcrqnenlo, Cclilomic

Mqc Eplv

Wesieri Pine Associction

Portload, Oregon

Osccr Clyde, Logging Foremcu

BcIpfi L, Smith Lunber Conpoy

Andersoa, Cclilomic

Robert Mcclatosh, Forester

McCloud River Lumber Conpcny

McCloud, Ccliloraic

Iry Toler. Foregter

Scott Lumber Conpoy

Burrey, Ccliloniq

lcck Ccmeroa, Foregler

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airport, the group drove through all of the major lumber

operations in the Redding area.

Following lunch at the Redding Chamber of Commerce,

ithe party took a trip to look over the logging operation of

the Chiloquin Logging Company on the Hearst Timber Tract in the vicinity of McCloud. This operation is man-

aged for the Hearst Corporation by the forestry firm of

Ilammon-Jensen-Wallen. A.F. "Swede" Wallen guided this portion of the tour.

The evening of the 20th, the tour camped at the Wm. Randolph Hearst castle, "The Bend." Refreshments were served, followed by a barbecue and singing of "choice" songs by the Berry brothers around the campfire.

Thursday morning, July 21, breakfast was served at the

logging camp cookhouse of the Chiloquin Logging Company. The group then watched the operation of the firm's Iog transfer to rail for Klamath Falls.

The tour then boarded a McCloud River Railroad flatcar for a trip through second-growth and timbered areas to Burney. At Burney, the newsmen were shown through the PVA Lumber Company sawmill, and later visited a ranger station where the group learned of the cooperative efforts on fire prevention and suppression by the state, forest service and lumber companies. A tour of the Hat Creek Forest Insect Experiment Station was next on the day's agenda, followed by dinner and an overnight stay at Burney.

Friday morning, the group drove to the McCloud River Lumber Company for an inspection of the firm's forest nursery and a complete tour of the big McCloud River Lumber Company sawmill. The newsmen were then taken back to the Redding airport for their return trip home.

One important thing that the newsmen saw on their trip was the fact that there was still plenty of growing timber in logged-over areas. The only areas which were not stocked were those areas where severe forest fires had occurred in cut-over land.

The newsmen could not help but sense the sincere interest of all lumbermen and foresters present in doing a good job of managing the tree farms and forests for future crops. They could further sense a feeling of cooperation between forester-lumberman, state and federal foresters in this common purpose.

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A revised list of publications produced by the Western Pine Association, and a new list of Western Pine Handicraft Plans, are ready for distribution. A total of 119 publications are available to retailers and wholesalers as sales helps, and direct to consumers through the association's promotion program. Single copies of most items are free of charge, with quantity rates applicable.

The publication list may be obtained by writing the association and asking for P.L. No. 31. The list of handicraft plans, containing 37 separate ideas ranging from simple to complex designs, may be obtained by asking for PLP No.3.

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Some 70,000 churches and synagogues will be constructed or substantially altered in the United States in the next ten years at a cost of nearly six billiorr dollars, in the opinion of George Cline Smith, economist of F. W. Dodge Corporation, writing in a recent issue of Architectural Record. He estimates there will be about 12,500 parish houses, Sunday school buildings and related buildings costing about one and a quarter billion dollars, not counting parochial educational buildings.

Neil Jones Joins Trovco, Inc.

Travco. Inc.. increased its organization bythe addition of Neil Jones, effective August 1. Jones will represent Travco, Inc., buying and selling in Northern California and the Bay area. For the present time, he rvill be working out of the San Jose office. Jones has been withthe Nebraska Bridge Supply & Lumber Company since 1938, when he started as sales apprentice in the concentration yard of this wholesale lumber company at its headquarters in Omaha, Neb. He served with distinction in the Air Corps 2nd Bomb Group, 96th Bombing Squadron, in Italy as bombardier navigator; became squadron bom-

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bardier and attained the rank of Captain. Jones has military awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters in addition to battle stars and Theater of Operations ribbons. In 1945 he rejoined his former employer at Omaha. In 1947 he was transferred to Eugene, Oregon, where he has been buying lumber anil representing his company until he joined Travco.

Jones is a member of Willamette Valley Hoo-Hoo Club 33 of Eugene, Oregon, and also a member of Elks and Toastmasters International.

Kern County Populorion Hike Seen

Bakersfield, Calif.--A half-million population in Kern county by I97O is predicted by the Board of Trade, with more than 250,000 in metropolitan Bakersfield. The forecast also expects 20,000 new homes and 75,000 more people in the. county by the end of 1960. The expected new homes will mean continued high-level activity in - contracting, building materials, employment and home furnishings, officials said.

Wqrd & Hqrrington Gets Property

Newport Beach, Calif.-Richard Swank, manager of the local yard of the Ward & Harrington Lumber Co., said his company is acquiring 15 acres inland of Garden Grove boulevard. east of Western avenue and adjacent to the Pacific Electric right-of-way in the Garden Grove area. W&H plans to use the area as.a central receiving yard where its mills operations will be conducted.

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Son Diego Hoo-Hoo Elects Bob Heckel Presidenti 7 Kiilens Concolenoted

San Diego Hoo-Hoo Club 3 held a Concatenation and election of officers at North Park Club August 12; at which seven new members were initiated into the social side of lumberland and Bob Heckel was chosen to steer the club through its coming year.

Bob Heckel , 526f1, was unanimously elected to the presidency of Club 3. He has been serving the club for the past year as Senior Hoo-Hoo and has been a member of the Nine for many years. All the members warmly welcomed him to his new office. Al Frost, Jr., 48014, who had been the Junior Hoo-Hoo, was elected to the vice-presidency.

Following the election, the retiring Snark, Bob Baker, 47037, was presented a suitcase, suitably enscribed, as a token of the fine service he gave the club.

Seven Kittens Open Their Eyes

Seven kittens were shown the light of Hoo-Hoo Land in the Concatenation which was the other half of the club's August 12 double-bill.

The new Club 3 members are William S. Cowling, Jr., Dixie Lumber & Supply Co.; Frederic E. Couture, Western Lumber Co.; Burt A. McKinnie, Point Loma Lumber Co.; Harold F. Jagodinski, American Products, Inc.; Aymond F. Krenek, Simpson Logging Co'.; Miles S. flemenway, Baker Hardwood Lumber Co., and Edward L. Gavotto,

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Speaking of the Administration

A short business meeting was held following the initiaiton. Chuck Hampshire, 46833, secretary-treasurer of Club 3, gave his annual report, which showed an increase in funds for the first time in many years. President Bob Baker then called for the election of officers for the 1955-56 term.

No dates for the club's coming events have been announced yet, but a golf tournament is scheduled for this month. Also, beginning in September, the Hoo-Hoo Bowling League enters its. seventh year.

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Washington-With recent hurricanes cutting new and bigger swaths in the nation's industrial and residential areas, insurance companies are showing increasing interest in construction features designed to make buildings and other structures more resistant to windstorms, according to Timber Engineering Company, research affiliate of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. The lumber industry's engineering and research organization is supplying underwriters with data on Teco Trip-L-Grip framing anchors and their particular use in roof construction. First introduced in hurricane and cyclone areas of the country, the Teco anchors provide stronger, more economical nailed joints in wood framing of roofs, ceilings,

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Vice-President Nixon to Open Housing Genter October 3

The home that housing built will be formally opened October 3 by Vice-President of the United States Richard M. Nixon. The opening of the new Center, now virtually completed at 1525 L Street, N. W., will coincide with the fall meeting of the National Association of Home Builders' board of directors in Washington, September DOctober 4.

"We plan to make the opening of the National Housing Center a major event for the home building industry," Board Chairman W. Hamilton Crawford said. "The Center is more than just a building. It represents the advanced thinking of the entire building industry-an industry which has not only produced nearly 10 million new housing

units since World War II and set a pattern of housing standards for the entire world, but which will constantly strive for development of new technological advances and new methods to improve housing. The principal job of the Center will be service to the home building industry and the home buying public," he said.

The eight-story building, located only four blocks from the White House, is being built at a cost of $2.5 million. NAHB headquarters will occupy the two top floors and the remainder of the building will be devoted to exhibits of building products and services.

Now under construction for Kwikset Locks. Inc., in Anaheim, Calif., is a 45,000 sq. ft. warehouse, announced Adolph Schoepe, president. Kwikset was founded in 1945.

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Solana Beach, Calif.-The Solana Lumbcr and Builders Supply Co., operated by Herschell Larrick, Sr., and Jr., was singled out for special commendation by the board of directors of W. P. Fuller & Company.

Meeting here for the first time since thc business was founded in Sacramento in 1849, the directors of the paint company took formal notice of the more than 25 years Fuller has done business with the Larrick yard. A. H. Brawner, president of the Fuller firm, said the board had directed that a testimonial scroll be prepared and presented to the Solana Beach lumberyard in recognition of its more than a quarter-century outstanding service to industrv and communitv.

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Encinitas, Calif.-With a gain of more than $50,000 in July, the building permit total of E,ncinitas Township for seven months of 1955 showed increase of more than $660,000 over the similar 1954-period volume. July's total was $375,930, bringing the total this year to $3,414,476, compared to $2,751,062 in last year's same period. The total of this year's dwelling units rvas 248 through July, against 324 in all of 1954.

HPI Mills lncreose Production

Mills participating in the trade program of the Hardwood Plywood Institute have increased their production by 36/o for the first six months of 1955 as compared to the same period in 1954, a survey conducted by the Institute shows. The survey is based on returns from an identical 30 mills.

There is enough sawtimber standing in the nation's forests today to build a six room house for every man, woman and child in the U. S., with lumber left over. Keep the forests green, don't start a fire through carelessNESS.

Riverside Hoo-Hoo ttleets Sept. 23

Riverside County Hoo-Hoo Club 117 meets Friday night, September 23, at 7:59 in the Lei Lei room of the Mission Innat Riverside, Calif ., w'ith the steaks on the table promptly at that hour.

The purpose of the meeting this month is to elect 117's officers for the 1955-56 fraternal yeari There will be an opportunity to nominate from the floor but the Norninating committee has already met and named the following selections :

For president: Bert Holdren, Russ McCoy, Bill Helbron; for vice-president: Dave Beauchaine, Bob Saucke, Kenny Stalder; for secretary: Warren Haskins ; for treasurer: Carol Crane, and for board of directors (vote for three) : Gordon Greenslade, Daryle Johns, Ellis Jphnson. Pete Taylor, Glenn Finney, Bill Davidson, Al Beals. Don Derbes, current president, automatically goes on the board.

Club 117 held a special meeting at noon, September 8, in the Aviation room of the Mission Inn. It r,vas attended bv Dr. Mezirow, head of the University Extension department, IJC, Riverside, to present information on the club':; proposed extension course it wants to sponsor at the university. Drs. Malcolm Heslip and Wendell Close also attended to give advice on the Hoo-Hoo project. The meeting was open for discussion.

Eureka.-The sale of a 5000-acre tract of fir timberland in the Bear river region was made by the Buck Mountain Logging Co. to A. Rochlin, president of Arcata Plywood Corp. for a price said to be in excess of $1 million.

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George Hinkle Succeeds Rex Clork As Gonsolidqred Generol Monoger

George R. Hinkle, 35-year executive of the Consolidated Lumber Co., Wilmington, California, has been named general manager of the pioneer concern, it was announced the first of this mbnth. He succeeds Rex Clark, who has resigned after many years with Consolidated, during which he made a name for himself in dealer and fraternal actir'ities and is prominent in grade-marking work.

Hinkle started his lumber career with Consolidated early in 1920. He gained his ,experience in every department, including operations. For the past 17 years he has successfully handled the post of general sales manager and, 10 years ago, was appointed assistant general manager under Clark. He is well informed regarding procurement and lumber sales in the Southern California area.

In line with the organizational changes, Hinkle has named Al H. Wahl, 3l-year veteran with the company, to succeed him as assistant general manager and to head the sales department. As in the case of Hinkle, Wahl has gained his education in the lumber industry by working in every department of the progressive distributing and remanufacturing firm.

Will Tweddle, well known throughout the mill and marketing areas of California, will succeed Wahl as lumber buyer and procurement manager. He has been identified in the forest products industry for many years'

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SCRLA Signs More Associqtes

Stanley G. McDonald, vice-president and assistant manager of Orvens-Parks Lumber Co., 2100 E. 38th St., Los Angeles; Wilbur Barr, president. Barr Lumber Co., Santa Ana, and Hal A. Brorvn, presiclent, Woodhead Lumber Co., and SCRLA vice-president and cl-rairman of the Membership committee, and Wayne F. Mullin, SCRLA president, have signed up six neu' associate members for the Southern Califorr-ria Retail Lumber Association since August 15. They are:

F. P. Baugh, Inc., Los Angeles; Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Co., Hollyu'ood; A1 Pierce Co., Long Beach; Tacoma Lumber Saies, Inc., Los Angeles; Tarter, Webster & Johnson Inc., Los Arrgeles; Virginia Hardwood Co., Monrovia.

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Stan N{cDonaid and Hal Brown have additionally signecl up the follolving associate members for the SCRLA: McCoy Planing \Ii11, Los Angeles; Standard Lumber Co., inglewood; Sunset Floor Coverings Co., I-os Angeles; Tr,vin Harbors Lumber Co.-C. P. Henry & Co., I-os Angeles; Schaecher-Kux Lumber Co., E,ugene, Ore., and Peter J. Van Oosting, Glendale.

The latest enrolments bring the association's associate membership to a total of 78 supporting the SCRLA.

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Fritz Roberts, manager of Company's Los Angeles office announced the return of Jim ganization September 1.

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Plont q Tree

By Lucy Larcom

He who plants a tree

Plants a hope.

Rootlets up through fibres blindly grope; Leaves unfold into horizons free.

So man's life must climb

From the clods of time

Under heavens sublime.

Canst thou prophesy, thou little tree, What the glory of thy boughs shall be?

He who plants a tree

Plants a joy;

Plants a comfort that will never cloy; Every day a fresh reality,

Beautiful and strong,

To whose shelter throng

Creatures blithe with song.

If thou could'st but know, thou happy tree, Of the bliss that shall inhabit thee.

He who plants a tree-

He plants peace.

Under its green curtains jargons cease. Leaf and zephyr murmur soothingly;

Shadows soft with sleep

Down tired eyelids creep,

Balm of slumber deep.

Never hast thou dreamed, thou blessed tree, Of the benediction thou shalt be.

He who plants a tree-

He plants youth;

Vigor won for centuries, in sooth; Life of time, that hints eternity !

Boughs their strength uprear; New shoots every year

On old growths appear; Thou shall teach the ages, sturdy tree, Youth of soul is immortality.

He who plants a tree-

He plants love, Tents of coolness spreading out above

Wayfarers he may not live to see.

Gifts that grow are best;

Hands that bless are blest;

Plant ! Life does the rest !

Heaven and earth help him who plants a tree, And his work its own reward shall be.

There ls q Difference

Fear was on the face of Eph Jackson and speed was in his feet as he came dashing down the street in Darktown, and turned the corner like a frightened deer. But the big hand of the burly cop on the corner reached out and got his arm, and pulled him to a sudden halt. Said the officer:

"Wait a minute, boy! Where you goin' so fast?

Replied the frightened one:

"I ain't GOIN' nowhere ! I'm comin' FROM some place!"

Hqrold Picton Wrote:

"God preserve us from middle age, from the years when love seems to us a malady of childhood, and revolt a schoolboy's folly. God preserve us from middle age, from the years when wildness and mystery have vanished, and everything is tame and known. For according to the measure of our knowledge is our ignorance, and according to the measure of our ignorance, our knowledge. Only those to whom all things are a new wonder and a new possibility know something of the secret of life."

Mighr Hcrve Been l'lis

When the driver came back to his beer truck after a Skid Row delivery, he found himself blocked by a shiny new Cadillac. Just for sport he went back into the low licker joint, and asked:

"Anyone in here own this Cadillac that's got me blocked?"

A bleary-eyed bum lifted his head from his stupor, and asked:

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The Lost

"You say she traces her ancestry back to the Boston Tea Party?"

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The Greot Mirror

The world is a great mirror. It refects back to you what you are.

If you are loving, if you are friendly, if you are helpful, the world will prove loving and friendly and helpful to you.

The world is what You are'

The Reql Test of o Mqn

Two druggists were discussing a third. "I understand," said one, "that he has a medal for pharmaceutical research."

'Tes, he has," said the second. "But just between us, don't you truly think he makes his chicken salad a little too salty?"

Smrr I OTOOOTOOOIh Post-wqr U.S.Home

Earl W. Smith, president of the National Association of Home Builders, announces that the 10 millionth post-war private home was started somewhere in the nation during July, and that the home building industry is being asked to commemorate the event by supporting the Homes for Korea drive.

Smith said that figures compiled by NAHB show that 9,992,900 new private nonfarm homes were started in the United States between September l, 1945 and June 30, 1955. "It originally had been estimated that the 10 millionth post-war home would be started this August," Smith said. "lfowever, the 670,000 private starts during the first six months of this year, the l-righest half-year volume in the last five years, advanced the timetable.

"I think it is highly appropriate to observe this unparalleled achievement of the American homebuilding industry by extending a helping hand to our valiant allies, thc South Koreans, who have so superbly demonstrated their determination to resist Communism, and who notv are faced with a shortage of one million homes."

The El Cerrito, Calif., builder said the Homes for Korea drive "offers American builders and their associates in the building field an outstanding opportunity to share their experience, know-how and resources with the South Koreans and, at the same time, contribute to a better understanding of American private enterprise in the Far East."

Smith said that a number of NAHB's 230 local alfiliated home builders' ;rssociations would accord symbolic recognition to the 10 millionth post-war home during National

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Home Week,.September 10-18. "Although the building of 10 million private homes constitutes a major achievement, and one which our industry is justly proud of, builders know that a tremendous job still remains to be done to give the American people the good housing they want and deserve," Smith said. "We intend to get on with that job."

Kern Gounfy Building Booms

Bakersfield, Calif.-Building activity in Kern county unincorporated areas continued to spiral with the July valuation of. $2,477,188 showing an increase of 8.6/6 over June and a 49.2% increase over July 1954. The year's total now comes to $16,484,366, against $13,071,608 in 1954's first seven months.

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CRA Dcrta Sheets Availoble

Two widely consulted data sheets-REDWOOD SIDING (344-1) and BOARD AND BATTEN WALLS (3A+2) are now available in revised form. For lumber dealers and their customers, the sheets'provide a clearly illustrated survey of the best methods of sidewall construction. Copies.may be obtained by writing to the California Redwood Association, 576 Sacramento Street. San Francisco 11. California.

New Phone Number for Gortin

Jim Gartin, head of the Gartin Lumber Company yard in San Mateo, announced a phone number change last month. The new number is Flreside 5-8531.

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80o/o of Yord's Volume in Pre-CurField

(Continued from Page 13) rial goes directly into the construction of the home. The only exception in arranging the loads is with finish stock, rvhich is placed on the top of the load to prevent breakage.

More and more, modern-day tract builders are tending to subcontract more of their jobs; therefore, it would seem to follow that pre-cutting is not only here to stay, but quite probably will supplant the delivery of R/L framing lumber on the bigger jobs.

At the same time, pre-cutting l'ill cut the builder's costs, and ciffer the lumberyard an increased volume and profit margin not to mention a means of combatting the problem of being by-passed by direct mill shipments to the job site.

frqvco Moves to Lorger Offices

Travco, Inc., wholesale lumber suppliers, have moved into rrew and larger offrce quarters at 1290 East Santa Clara Street, San Jose. The phone number remains the same: CYpress .q-8055, as well as the teletype, which is SJ54.

D. R. "Dei" Travis heads the wholesale lumber concern and is assisted by Neil Jones, who is active in buying and seliing throughout Northern California.

The San Mateo county supervisors last month asked the State Park Commission to commence condemnation to acquire the 1040-acre Butano Redlvood Forest. The Santa Cruz Lumber Co., o'uvner of the forest, has set the price at $1,600,000.

lumber Service Co. Fills Unique Deoler Need With Its 'Morket Anolizer'

Starting as a new company in Southern California six years ago-with a new idea on horn, to help retail lumberyards-the Lumber Service Co., 419 N. Victory Blvd., ' Burbank, Calif., has progressed to a point where it is now alsn servicing accounts in New I\Iexico, Texas, Colorado, Orlahoma, Arkansas, Kansas and l\{issouri. Within another five years, Lumber Service Co. hopes to go national.

Paul Hollenbeck, formerly branch yard manager ancl sales manager for the Hayward Lumber & Investment Co., started Lumber Service Co. with the primary idea that the retail lumber business was undergoing a thorough change for the first tigre inits history, and that yards would be facing new and different problems-especially in the field of pricing merchandise, and that many of the old and acceptedj successful ideas of yard operation would be outmoded.

C. Marshall Topping started to work for the company at its inception and later bought in as a partner. ,,Marshi' was formerly purchasing agent, and then manager, of the Los Angeles yard for Hayward.

Charlie Peirce, formerly in lumber association lvork and wholesale lumber sales, has been with the companv for three years and is its Texas representatirre. pei.ce has a wide acquaintanceship with both SoCal and Lone Star State dealers rvhich he has further widened through his Lumber Service Co. contacts.

Lumber Service Co. believes the real problem of the retail lumber business isa problem of educatiorr. programs are necessary which rvill assist management in solving many complex problems-especially on how to formulate ideas as to rvhat phase of the retail lumber business in which to participate, how to prepare sales budgets, fixed assets, accounts receivable, expenses ancl profits and, finally from all this, the prices of merchan_ dise to fit specific kinds of sales on a scientific basis.

Economic conditions r,vithin the retail industry today are different than at any time in its history, Hollenbeck believes. He thinks the business of the future will logically break itself down into several different types of operation, each requiring different kinds of personnel, assets anrl policy.

Only after management has thoroughly analyzed its operation can it be sure of its price structure and hope to establish confidence in prices, which is the No. 1 need in the retail lumber business today, he said.

Lumber Service Co. believes the tendency of the retail dealer is to resent detail work but, As management problems have multiplied, the day has passed when a lumberman can operate his yard out of his hip pocket. X,Iany yards are making better money than ever, but the majority are losing money, it is said, because of lack of a plan of operation. Some dealers have even come to accept the idea that it is necessary to lose money during this highest-volrrme period in our history.

Managers and owners can make a satisfactory prof.; ruith sufficient planning and thinking. This is hor,v f ,urrrber Service Co. operates, being equipped to assist management

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in accomplishing this work. But it can only assist, Hollenbeck emphasizes, stressing that management must realize the necessity for getting the job started.

"The Market Analizer"

The principal product of Lumber Service Co. is The Market Analizer. It was designed on the principal that no one can intelligently set a price for someone else for the sale of merchandise; it is produced to make it comparatively easy for the Subscriber to make the service into his own tailor-made pricebook, with enough flexibility to fit his various sales ,categories.

All items of merchandise customarily handled by the retail yard are listed and kept on an up-to-date replacement value, FOB yard, basis; this cost is shown in code. Following the description and cost o[ item are four columns of figures, each reflecting a different gross profit on sales calculation; following this is a blank space. This approach allows the subscriber to write figures in the blank spaces and, in general, create a pricebook to fit his needs that will not require more than 10 minutes a week to maintain.

Many of the Lumber Service Co. subscribers have built the Analizer into a pricebook and a stock book by merely x-ing out items that are not stocked but which, remaining in the book, are then there for reference. Satisfied subscribers have told the company that sales of this kind of merchandise often pay for a year's service in a week's time. In addition, the service embodies general information in the form of weights, measures, estimating, nomenclature and laws which most dealers want at their fingertips.

Sell REDWOOD IANKS for Economicql Storoge

Automdtic Wotor Systoms do foil, ond then woler is ol c premium. Redwood Storoge Tcnks dre the mo.l economicol. Initiol cost is lower, cnd they hove o longer lifc. Redwood hos high insulotion volue; keeps woter cool. Redwood is rosistont to fungi ond insecl ottock. Furthermore, wo con give immediole delivery.

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long-Bell Buys Nqvqsotq Plqnt

Kansas City, Mo.-The Long-Bell Lumber Co. has purchased Navasota Creosoting Co., Navasota, Texas. The plant, its fifth creosoting unit,is on about 90 acres 75 miles northwest of Houston. It will produce creosoted products such as posts, poles, ties, piling and lumber. No price was given.

iSon Diego July Permits Rise

San Diego.Building permits for construction valued at i$2,908,605 iu unincorporated sections of San Diego county were issued in July, compared with $2,111,042 in the 1954 month. The July figures bring the 1955 total to $20,198,185, comparecl with $16,735,779 in the first seven 1954 months.

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Production of cement

i n Sou thern Californi:r was up ll/o in the first half of 1955; it was up l9/o in Northern California. Production in the Southland was 9,432,0@ barrels, against 8,523,000 in the 1954 period; in the North, production was 7,8I4,M against 6,605,000 barrels in 54's first half.

Genfer Plqnned

Tustin, Calif.Property is being cleared on an 8-acre site here for construction of a $2 million shopping center, with 18-24 offices and shops.

Californians are practicing a new forest economy based on constantly renewing crops of trees. Be a good neighbor, keep the Redwood Region green.

Celotexts Gustomer-Prospect Books Turning IntoYqrd 'Best Sellers'

Are lumber dealers interested in having their employes report names of people who are planning to build new homes or improve existing homes ?

The answer seems to be, "Yes," at least on the part of a lot of dealers who have never encouraged such cooperation by their employes.

At twelve conventions of state associations this year, Gates Ferguson, advertising and sales promotion director of The Celotex Corporation, offered to give dealers CustomerProspect check books which ,could be used by their employes to report names of prospects interested in new homes or specific types of home improvements.

A fourth S,@Gcopy reprint of these books is now on the press.

Pages are perforated so that employes, after tearing out the check list, will have a record of each prospect and work to be done. These stubs enable employes to follow up on sales contacts and facilitate payments of commissions.

Copy on inside front cover reads as follows:

Almost Everybody Is a Prospect for Building Materials

You often hear someone say, "I'm going to build a new homet' or "We need another bedroom" or "I'm planning to build a garage" or "We're going to paint the house next month." When you hear such remarks, jot down the person's name and turn it in as a 'customer-prospect. Because we want every employee interested in sales, we will pay commissions on all new leads which result in sales. Watch for news items regarding new families moving. into your community, for notices of property changing hands. Ask your friends to keep you posted, suggest home improvements. Let acquaintances know that you are part of our sales department. ft's fun to locate prospects and it pays off !

The following propaganda on brand names appears on inside of back cover:

Brand Names Are fmportant

When you talk to prospects about building materials, be sure to mention the products with well known brand names. It will help "pre-sell" the products on which you hope to make a commission. For instance, the name Celotex has been nationally advertised for over a third ofa century and the products manufactured under this famous name have been used in millions of homes throughout America. Let the name Celotex make your selling job easier.

To date over 15,000 of these Customer-Prospect books have been requested by dealers, many of whom write for additional supplies after first order is filled. There is no charge for the books, and dealers who would like to start their employes "bird-dogging" for prospects have only to request as many as they need from Gates Ferguson, The Celotex Corporation, 120 South LaSalle St., Chicago 3, Il1.

Eureka.-The Sugar Pine Lumber Co. of Hoopa bought 33 million b.f. of timber from the Six Rivers Natl. Forest at verbal auction July 8; the gross price was $471,550.

"2 pltts 2 equals 3"

Buetlner Enters A & B Lumber Scrles

Bill Buettner, formerly sales manager of the American River Pine Co. mill at Forest Hill, purchased a half interest in The A. & B. Lumber Sales, Inc., San Francisco, on August 1. E. C. "Brandy" Brandeberry continues to retain his half interest in the wholesale lumber concern.

Buettner originally started his lumber career some 20 years ago with Sacramento Box and Lumber Company. After nine years of production and sales work, he went with Placerville Lumber Company and worked in a sales capacity. Shortly after Wo'rld War II, Buettner took over the job of managing the concentration yard at Shingle Springs for Associated Lumber Products Company, remaining some four years prior to becoming sales manager of the American River mill.

As a result of his previous training, Buettner will continue to handle California and eastern accounts from The A. & B. Lumber Sales, Inc., office at 525 Market Street, San Francisco.

A & B Lumber Sales was originally started by P. A. "Pete" Albertson and "Brandy" Brandeberry at Klamath Falls in August 1947. The partners moved the business to its present address in April 1948, and incorporated the firm one month later. Pete Albertson passed away July 31, 1954, and Brandeberry had been operating the business alone until he was joined bv Buettner.

Costcr Meso .Building Booming

Costa Mesa, Calif.-July building activity here exceeded $1 million for the third month this year. 1955's first seven months totaled $6,200,479 and topped the entire year 1954 at $4,101,178.

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Cotolog Describes Hyster Monomqsl Advontcaes of New Lifi Truck

Operating advantages of the Hyster MONOMAST Lift Truck, the single-mast design with panoramic visibility, are illustrated in this new catalog. Available in both three and four-thousand pound capacities, the Hyster Monomast Lift Truck is said to be unexcelled for work-productivity, visibility, strength and safety. The manufacturer discloses that the exclusive design resulted from five years' engineering plus several thousand hours of exhaustive proving ground tests. Cost of the new MONOMAST design is reported to be no more than conventional lift trucks. Photographs in the catalog show unobstructed vision to the load and forks, resulting in faster, safer workoutput with driver fatigue at a minimum. Stability of the mast or upright is claimed to be greater than conventional assemblies because of box-type construction, acknowledged to be stronger for its size and weight. Load lifting speed of S8-feet per minute is the fastest in its field.

Standard job attachments, including Hyster Load-Grab, readily fit the new trucks, and the upright can also be field installed on current UC-30 and YC-40 models without alteration. Both trucks are compact for narrow aisle operation, and powered by gasoline engines. Each can be optionally equipped rvith Diesel engine, LP-gas conversion kit or the recently announced Hystamatic drive.

Copies of the new catalog ca4 be obtained at Hyster dealers or by requesting Form No. 1402 from The Hyster Company, 2902 N. E. Clackamas Street, Portland, Oregon.

New lOOo/o Nylon Stnrfer Cord

A new 100/o Nylon replacement starter cord for larvn mowers, pumps, outboard motors and small gasoline motors of all types resists wear and abrasion and is unaffected by mold, mildew, fungus, oil, gasoline, g'rease, and fresh or salt water. Fits regular or rewind starters. Cord is full length and is solid braided. Four 'cords to a perforaterl display card. Cards may be detached for bin stock. Address inquiries to John H. Graham & Co. Inc., 105 Duane Street, New York 8, New York.

All inquiries regarding NE\U7 PRODUCTS, New Literature or booklets and other items mentioned in this section should be addressed to THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT, Room 508, 108 West 6th St., Los Angeles 14. Your inquiries will be promptly for. warded'by us to the manirfacturer or dislributor, who will then answer your inquiries direct.

Ad lUlofs on Tools for Deqlers

The Toolkraft Corporation, a division of Hampden Brass and Aluminum Company, manufacturers of Darra-James power tools, announce the availability of a ner,v mat service to all jobbers and dealers, which provides a line drar,ving for each item in the Darra-James line for ideal reproduction in local newspapers, and suggested descriptive copy on leading tools. Proof-sheets and mats may be obtained by sending a request on your letterhead.

Demonslrotion Unit Promotes Windows

A large, three-color windorv display card is available to lumber, building supply and milllwork dealers to help identify and promote the sale of their n'indow units equipped r,vith Zegers Dura-seal combination metal .iveatherstrip and sash balance, and enable dealers to benefil. lrom Zegers' national consumer advertising and from advertising in trade and business publications to builders, contractors and architects.

A NEW "DEAIER MERCHANDISING AIDS" kir conroining il items of powerful selling force, ond promofionol mqleriol to help dealers scll thc new Sqvonnqh Ook Poneling, is onnounced by Gcorgic-Pociftc plywood Gompony. The kif is ovciloblo rhrough dirtributorc or lhe New York Ofticer of GeorgiaPacific,27O Pqrk Avenuc. tllurtrored ot lefi is the kit, qn oflrqcive l0"xl2rh', double-pocker folding cnvelopc of srurdy cordbosrd wirh full color ail work on ilr cover. lt is dcsigncd ro help rhe deoler sell cyely legment of his morkcr. including builders, orchitccts snd decirctors. fwo of rhe ll hord-hining, doublc-barrclcd soles oidt olso ore in rhis phorogroph, inserted in rhe Cop of an opened kit. At center is o complete product ond selting informotion picce dcrigned for the dcoler's product fttc ond for cvery rolesm-n. tr is illusriqrerl with o bcoutiful room scenc, ond conloins product ond :pecificction doto, plus inrtollction insfructiont. Ar righr is shown q Do-lt-youruclf monuol with four pcges pccked wifh rt.Fby..t.p instruclions on how to instqll Sqvonnoh Ook plywood poneling earily ond quickly.

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1956 Deqler Colendclrs Show Weekend Proiects

A double-dutv 1956 calendar is being ollcred trr dealers on an exclnsive basis by N,Iasonite C.orpor;rtion. On the back of each page is :L completc "N[:rsonite \\''eekerrcl Project." fully dctailed in skctche-. zLnd clrau-ings. Caler.rdars u'ill Lie solci, at cost. onl-y to one dealer in each trading area, rvith his imprint. Shiprnerrts r,r,ill be made in time for the 1955 Christmas season. The r.vell-clesigned plans include picnic equipment, dining nook, room divider, porch modernization, garage interior, carport, sportsrolte, understair closet and others. Illustrations on the face of the calendar pages are in full color.

Accessory Cqrrier for Wollpoper Steomer

Norv being supplied at no extra charge rvith each Warner "KeroLectric" Model 5.5 Steamer is a han<ly, practical and rugged harclrvood "Accessory Carrier," plus a \Varner f,401 Wall Scraping Knife. Designerl n.itl'r an eye tor,vards storage convenience and portability, the "Accessor.v Carrier" provides a place ior all the accessories that arc used lvith a rental \Vallpaper Steamer and makes it easv for the dealer to keep track of them. Also supplied u'ith the "Kercilectric" llental Steat'ner at no extr:r charge is a set of rental aids inciucling a rvincl<)\\' streamer, display sign, rental blanks and ad mats.

"Transite Gas Vent lripe" is an illustrated, 2S-page booklet just issued by Johns-N{anville. It is a service manual on this asbestos-cement pipe for venting domestic gas appliances. Essential data on di:r.rneters. lengths, rveights, and so forth, are presented in taltular form for quick reference. Installation rec<lmmendations are sholvn by closeup photographs and drarvings. Copies are available from Johns-Nfanville, 22 East 40th Street, Nen' York 16, N. Y.

New Shurlok E-Z-Mortise Srrike Plote

Good l,'oks and big serings in installation time are the tn'o primary features of this neu. Shurlok strike plate, .T ccomplishcd liy the cornplete elin'rination of the olcl-sty1e, "indent" type of tnortise. Thc neu' design provides a moclern, smart outline. Particularly noticeable are the rounderl corners ri'hicl-r replace the older, clothes-snagging edges. Shurlok's neu. lt-Z Nfortise stril<.: plates are massive in apltearance, yet are supl>lied at rro li<lditiorral cost by the Los Angeles manufacturer. Polishecl toa high lustre in either Brass, Rronze or Chromiunt finishes.

New Flome-R.esislqnt Pqint Finish

National G1'psum Compan1"5 research centcr has developecl a flame-resistant paint finish for its'rvood fibte insulation board products to permit the rrse of interior fibre board products in commercial construction r,vhere a high clegree of flame-resistance is of paramount importance.

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Approx. 2 million leet old-growth D.F. logs in pond ond deck. Timber contract. Long record oI profitable operction. Will require minimum down ptryment oI $150,000 Terms ccn be crrcnged lor bclqnce with responsible pcrty. Add'ess Box C-2396, Cclilornic Lumber Merchant 108 W. 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Cclil.

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A Medford Gorporation Representative

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Jack Baser, general manager of Zeesman Plywood Corp., Los Angeles, recently made a combined business and pleasure trip to the north, visiting mills along the way.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hughes spent the last two weeks of August vacationing at Lake Tahoe. Hughes is the district manager of the Redwood Empire area for Diamond Match Company, Santa Rosa.

Lloyd Webb, manager of the softwoods department, 'E. J. Stanton & Son, fnc., Los Angeles, and his family returned .last month from a vacation trip to Portland and the Pacific Northwest. It was a busman's holiday for Lloyd.

Mr. and Mrs. flenry Hink and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Woodson returned to San Francisco August 19, following a twolveek vacation trip to Vancouver, Jasper, Lake Louise and Banfi. Mr. Hink operates the Henry M. Hink Co. in San Iirancisco, and Mr. Woodson is in the wholesale door business, also with S. F. ofifices.

Charlie Kendall, veteran southern California lumberman, and Dorothy Greer, for the past 14 years secretary to the president of Youngstown Steel and Tube Company, Los Angeles, were married August 6. Following a honeymoon at the Santa Barbara Biltmore, the Kendalls returned to Los Angeles, where he has offices in the Petroleum Security Bldg.

Fred Lamon of Lamon Lumber Company, San Francisco, spent the last two weeks of August calling on mill connections around Portland and other parts of Oregon.

IMPORTERS OF FORE'GN LUMBER & PLYWOOD

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Floyd Scott, president of Western Mill and Lumber Company, Los Angeles wholesale and remanufacturing concern, announced the promotion of Freeman D. Campbell to the post of general superintendent. This is an additional assignment as Campbell will continue to head the sales department of the redwood distributing firm.

In line with various organizational changes, George Foreman, who has been identified with Western for the past several years, was named operations head of the lumber division, and Ray Benson, well known in Southern California lumber circles, has been appointed manager of the mill and shipping division.

Western Mill & Lumber has also established a Z4-hour recording answering service, to enable customers to place orders anytime during the day or night to streamline and expedite sales and shipments.

"This recording system will assure prompt, efficient service regardless of the hour any order is placed with our firm," declared Freeman Campbell, in explaining the various uses of this instrument and equipment newly introduced to American business.

New Cqlifornia Lumber Soles Offices

New headquarters for California Lumber Sales have been established at 1308 East 38th Street, corner of park Blvd., in Oakland, according to Don Coveney, owner of the wholesale lumber concern. The phone number remains KEllog +IW4, and the TWX number to buzz is OA 61.

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Jack Davidson, ofificer of Pacific Wood Products at 1500 Statler Center, Los Angeles, has just returned from a 4-month trip aroun'd the world, calling on plywood, lumber and chipboard manufacturers throughout Europe and Asia.

Mr. and NIrs. Don Coveney and daughter returned to Oakland August 31 after vacationing at Ojai Valley Inn, Los Angeles and Catalina Island for two weeks. Don operates the Oakland wholesale lumber firm of California Lumber Sales.

Del Travis, general manager of Travco, Inc., San Jose, spent the first two weeks of September calling on plyrvood, lumber and shingle suppliers in Oregon and Washington.

Bob Grant, manager of the Davidson Plywood & l,umber Company San Francisco warehouse, announced the z,ddition of Al Parnell to the Davidson sales force. Parnell formerly represented Ben J. Levinson & Co. in the Greater Bay area, and is now servicing Davidson accounts in the San Francisco Peninsula area.

Jim Hennessy, northern California sales representative for Hollorv Tree Redwood Company, spent the end of August at the company's Ukiah mill office, filling in for Joe Shipman, who was away on vacation. Shipman is in charge of Hollow Tree's mill sales.

Les Nelson, Monrovia, California, wholesale lumberman, :,pent the first few days of September fishing in the high Sierras.

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How Lumber looks

(Continued from Page 1) tion, 127,077,0217 leet; shipments, lnJ4Z,676 feet; orders, 100,597,167 feet (ZO.B/o under production). In the week ended August 27, 162 operating mills reported production 126,8n,522 feet, shipments 1i6,801,863 feet, and orders 106,222,754 feet.

Western Pine Assn. reported for lO2 mills in the week ended September 3 : production, 88,654,000 feet; shipnrents, 80;484000 feet; orders, 70,938,000 feet. For the year to date, both shipments and orders were comfortablv above production and all were ahead of 1954 although orders in the week were 6/o below the rveek ended August 27.

Southern Pine Assn. reported lor l2l mills in the rveek ended .September 3 : production, 18,957,000 feet; shipments, 19,463,000 feet (2.67/o above production) ; orders, 19,119,000 feet. Although new orders were 2/o behind the week ended August 27, they werc 2/o over 1954.

California Redwood Assn. reported production of. 46,805,000 feet and shipments of 38,892,000 feet by 20 mills during July 1955. Production was 5,716,000 feet over Juiy 1954, while shipments decreased 8,891,000 feet, and both were under June 1955. The decrease reflects the usual July mill shutdown for overhaul and vacations, the collapse bv fire of the NWP R.R. tunnel north of Alder Point in southern Humboldt county which prevented shipment byrail of nine of the 20 reporting companies from June 30July 27, and the continuing car shortage. These three

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When you depend on WALI you know your lumber drying ond processing is properly supervised by troined Speciolists

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Penaaah.

Homer M. Hayward, general manager of the Homer T. Hayward Lumber Company in Salinas, is currently bracing himself for the "big plunge" on September 24. Homer and his bride will spend the month of October honeymooning in Hawaii.

Carvel Brown, general manager of Orban Lumber Company, Pasadena, returned last week from his vacation. He and his family toured sections of the state, visited national parks and had a good time loafing, swimming and fishing.

Mack Giles, Drakes Bay Lumber Company, with offices in "sunny San Rafael," spent a week during the first of August calling on mill connections in northern California and southern Oregon. He was accompanied on the trip by Art Bond, Drakes Bay buyer, of Cloverdale.

Floyd Scott, president of Western Mill and Lumber Company, Los Angeles, spent two weeks during August in northern California on a procurement trip.

Ev Lewis, Gamerston & Green Lumber Company, Oakland, and Mrs. Lewis returned to reality August D, alter spending two weeks' vacation in the Eel River couhtry.

Joe Terrell, president of Lerrett Lumber Company, Los Angeles, and Mrs. Terrell, accompanied by Don Muller and his wife, spent 10 days the latter part of August in San Francisco and Ukiah. It was a combined business and pleasure trip for the lumber folk.

H. T. Merritt, Santa Fe Lumber Company auditor, and the Merritt family returned to San Francisco September 6 following a two-week vacation trip through Colorado and Yellowstone Park.

Don Bufkin, Hobbs Wall Southern California sales representative, with his wife Helen and daughter Donna, spent the last week of August in San Francisco and Redding, California. Immediately following his return to Los Angeles, Don and his wife boarded a flight for Detroit to attend the annual Hoo-Hoo convention.

Frank Brown, Helms Lumber Company, and the Brorvn family spent the last two weeks of August vacationing lt Eel River.

Ray Wiig, manager of Southern California Lumber Sales, made a fast business trip to the Kaibab lumber section in Arizona. He returned the first of this month.

| 5OO 5. Greenwood Ayenue, ilontebello, Colifomlo RApnond 3-3301

Northern California Plywood, rnc., has acquired Para-

gon Plywood, Inc., plywood factory at crescent city,I

paragon

Corp. at Port Angeles, Washington. The purchase price|

of gJo00,00o was paid in cash for the comptete mill prop-

erties in crescent city. The sale was completed at the|

main office of the Bank of America in San Francisco.

Northern California Plywood, fnc., was organized as a

co-op worker-owned plywood plant by Ray Robbins, presi-

dent of North-Robbins Plywood, fnc., Seattle. Through

the Securities Exchange commission registration, and pJr-

mits for the sale of stock in the states of California, Oregon,

andWashington,Robbinssold300workingsharesof

ranged for the balance of finan'cing to complete the transfer

$500,000 has been provided for working capital. In addi-

tion, the timber program included financing arrangements making available to the plant approximately g12,000,000 il

worth of timber.

North-Robbins Plywood, fnc., will be the exclusive sales company for the mill's entire production. The sales company represents a number of Douglas Fir plywood and door manufacturers through their Seattle home office and branch offices and representatives throughout the ,18 states. The plywood plant is located in one of the last large supply areas of timber for this type of industry and has prospects of many years of full operation. The mill is practically new, having been built less than three years ago, and is considered one of the finest up-to-date plants in the industry, having a production capacity of over six million feet of plywood per month.

NBMDA MeetingNovember 14

The National Building Material Distributors Association will hold its annual fall meeting at the Sheraton Hotel, Chicago, Ill., November 14 and 15, announces S. M. Van Kirk, general manager.

Ponderoso Pine, Redwood, Douglos Fir ond Jombs

and Excluslvely Represe nting

ApexMoulding Co., Sqnta Roso

Dtttnurtons AND wHoltgAttRS

Ook Soolr lrradr-lhruholdr

Door Sllls-Hordwood llouldlngs and Ponel-Wqll

Rcte-Position wcrnted $2.00 per column inch

All others, $3.00 per column inch

Closing dctes lor copy, 5th and 20th

EXCELLENT POSITION AVAILABLE

WANT ADs

\Me have a positio'n to offer to a lumberman who has background and experience qualifying him for branch managership of a lumber sales distribution office in the San Francisco-Bay district. Our company is an old, well-established firm which has a large monthly production and covers a wide field in an active, growing area ot Northern and Central California, Experience in the area not essential although desirable. This should be a challenge to any capable executive is iob potential will be limited only by the individual's ingenuity dnd productivity. Please send letter outlining qualifications and experience to:

Address Box C-2403, California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Room 5O8, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

HELP WANTED

Long-established Central Coastal yard and mill needs cstimatormust be well qudified for take-ofr wo'rk and full mill bids on residential, commercial and state jobs. Please give full par-ticulars of experience and ability. Applications handled in strict confidence'

Address Box C-2408. California Lurnber Merchant

l0B West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

WANTED

EXPERIENCED SASH & DOOR SALESMAN

Must know builders' problems and have record of giving top service. Sound, established, growing firm with red future. Two territories open in Southern California.

Address Box C-2400, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 5O8, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

YOUNG MAN WANTED

Assistant Manager for branch yard outside of Los Angeles. Good opportunity, good pay and chance to grow with gfowing organization. Contact Jack H. Fairfield at ' HAYWARD LUMBER & INVESTMENT CO.

410 San Fernando Road Los Angeles 31, California CApitol 5-6191

Woodworking Top wages.

MEN WANTED machine man and moulding graders. Experienced. Box 661, Merced, California Phone: Randolph 2-2554

INSIDE SALESMAN WANTED

Wholesale distributor of Lumber, Plywood, Doors and Millwork in need gf young rnan-experierrced in wholesale or retail building material sales. Please submit resume to:

WESTERN PINE SUPPLY COMPANY

5760 Shellmound St. Emeryville, California

TWO EXPERIENCED LUMBERWOMEN WANTED

Well-established lumber firm with mills in Ukiah, California, needs two experienced lumberwomen for gendfal o'ffice work,including billing, -etc. Good opportunity and salary. For interview by executive presently in Southern California,

Address Box C-2394, California Lumber Merchant

1OB West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

WHOLESALE CONNECTIONS WANTED

I.arge established Houston Wholesale firm desires additional con' nection with lumber manufacturers.

Address Box C-2391, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 5O8, Loe Angeles 14, Calif.

Nome: of Advertisers in this Departmenl using o blind oddrers ccnnot bc divulged. All inquiries ond replier should be oddressed fo key shown in the cdverlircrncnt

PINE SALESMAN WANTED

New distribution yard selling L. A. territory, is seeking a salesman who knows Ponderosa and Sugar Pine and can prove his ability to produce orders from the smaller industrial and retail yard buyers. Good salary, car allowance and a share in the profits available for the man willing to work and grow with a new business. State qualifications and experience.

Address Box C-24OQ California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

WILL INVEST

Experienced lumberman with excellent distribution connections will invest for part olrnership in good sawmill with timber. Will exchange references.

Address Box C-2377, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

Wanted-SALES MANAGER

With a thorough knowledge of hard and soft woods for industrial users in Southern California. Starting salary $12,000 yearly PLUS a percentage of net profits. Good opportunity for an ambitious, up-and-going lumberman. All correspondence treated confidentially.

Address Box C-2399, California Lumber Merchant f08 W. 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

SALESMAN AVAILABLE

8 years on softwood and hardwood-Los Angeles and Orange counties. Some credit and management experience. Available Octo. ber I or 15. Age 38.

Address Box C-2,1O9. California Lurnber Merchant lO8 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, California

SALES MANAGER AVAILABLE

Experienced wholesale lumberman" age 41,5 years as sales manager for large Ponderosa pine naill. Now sales marurger for large wholesale distribution yard. Excellent references.

Address Box C-2395, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

I HAVE THE CUSTOMERS

And the sources fo,r a lumber product to be manufactured in L.A. I can prove earnings of $4,0O0 net per month with buying power of $50,000. Will share 50,/5O.

Address Box C2407. California Lumber Merchant , 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

SAVE! FOR.K-UFT BARGATNS sAvE!

HysterRossClorklowmolor

Uced-Good or Rebuill & Gunrqnteed. 2,OOO-l5,OOO lb. copoci?y.

Hyster 150. 15,000 lb. cop., rebuilt & suoronteed ---.------$4700

Hytfs VT"75 4,000 lb. cop., pneu. lires, used-good -.--.---..-------,--....$2350

Ross l9 HT 6.000 lb. cop., rebuilt qnd suoronlced .-.-.-....-.-.---..---------.----$2250

Clork , 6,000 lb. cop., rebuill & guqrqnfeed -...--.--.----------$1650

Towmotof Lt14 4,000 lb. cop., used-good --..-..---.--..--.$1450

8lg Dlscwals on l{ew Surplus Pdrts lor All ltlokes ond llodefs ol Forklllts

NEW SURPLUS PARTS FOR CONSTRUCTION EQUIP'$ENT

Goterpill.rrInterndlionslLe Tourneou

Lorsin - BuckeyeEuclidNorihweeletc.

TERII!' AVAILABTE

New 3-lon Ghoin Hoists

9pur GeoredlO ft. Choin Fo11"."...

JOSBPH & soNs,lNc. ESTABtISHED leo6

I2324 CENTER STREET HOI.tYDAI.E, SOUTH GATE, CATIF NEVADA 6-3322 METCATF 0.3105

R. ITr. DATTON & GO.

WHOLESALE LUI}TBER

475 Huntington Drive

Scrn Marino 9, CaUI.-PY l-2127

WANTED TO BUY

Heads for A-20 Yates. Matcher heads, profile, etc. Also milled bits for same. State arbor size and price. Advise if straight or tapered spindles on sideheads. If can use will buy.

Address Box C-2397, California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LUMBER YARDS FOR SALE

A. Long established yard (about 40 years) present ownership since 1937. Located in industrial community adjacent to Los Angeles. Lease $115.00 monthly on about 50,0(X) sq. ft. Four years yet on present lease but extenson now being negotiated. Price fo,r all buildings, office and yard equipment (including 1954 Chevrolet truck) $14,000.00 Inventory about $6,000.00. TERIVIS $10,000.00 down, balance spread over five-year period.

B. Located in ideal town in which to live: one hour's drive inland from_ Los Angeles; one ownership since 1903 ; think of the high standing this yard has in that fine community. R. R. lease with spur track $10.00 per day. Price: office and yard equipment including two trucks $5,0ff).00 Inventory about S60,000.00; all buildings $25,000.00 but owner might consider leasing improvements to well-rated concern. We highly recomrnend this yard.

C. Located near Coast about 15 miles from Loe Angeles; long established. About an acre with lots of buildings, mill & cibinet shop-, etc. Six-year lease $10:00 per day and can nd doubt be extendei. fnv-entory around $35,000.00. Two trucks, all machinery and miscellaneous improvements made by lessee, $20,000.00 All subject to aPpraisal.

E, Riverside -County yard only an hour's drive for your weekends at Patm Springs; established two years ago; abut 3O000 sq. ft. with very good modern store building and LOTS of sheds. Price for grorurd- and buildings- $e9,000.00; equipment $5,000.00. Inventory about $20,0fi).00. Located on main highway.

If you want to sell your yard let us hear from you. We have an inquiry for a yard in the San Fernando Valley.

TWOHY LUMBER CO.

714 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 15; Rlchmond 9-8246

Lunrber yard brokers for over forty years.

F'OR SALE ESTABLISHED BUILDING SUPPLY BUSINESS

Located in one of the fastest growing areas anywhere. 60 miles from Los Angeles, Calif. On main boulevard, in town of 16,0fl) p_opulation, Ample buildings, approx. 10,000 sq. ft. under roof. Yearly gross over $100,000; high net profits. Piefet to sell land, inventory, equipment and business on one dcal. 93O000 cash re- quired. Books open to principals only.

Address Box C-2306, California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

FOR LEASE

Complete Planing Mill and Lumber Yard in Alamcda Cormty. Retail and Wholesale outlets in fast-growing district. More thin two acres yard area-Yard and Mill established fo,r more than l0 years. Illness forces owner's retiremerrt.

Addess Box C-2405, California Lu,mber Merchant 16 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angclcs 14, Calif.

F'OR SALE-MILL

20M miU close to Arcata; pond, 50 ft burner, electric set and air dogs. Located on statc highway and railroad.

Address Box C-2298, California Lumber Merchant 108 Vllcst 6th St., Room 5@, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

FOR SALE

LUMBER YARD & GENERAL STORE

Redwood .Ernpire,location (in fast growing Sonoma Co.) in p,ros., perous dairy & chicken section & near coast resort areis. 49 mi. NNW of San Francisco. Business established over 35 years. Real estate includes lots & drives that total about 3 acres: on which are situated sheds, warehouses, workshop, store, etc., totali 2O000 sq. ft. of covered area. Also iniludes a corniortable a totaling about rtable dwelling with 2-car garage. Lumber yard equiprnent includes 2 trucks, i 15.000-lb. fork-lift and a com,bination woodworking machine wifh fork- a machine with accessories. Store equipment consists of freezer, rifrigerator, metered gasoline pump with 250 gal. storage tank, forced-air heatins pump gal. tank, r heating system, plus nCcess-ary counters, shelves & racks, etc. Total invenl tory of lumberyard & store will run about 935,000. Average yearly gross sales last 8 years over $l00,(X)0 with high nets. Will sell all on single deal only; terms-at least $50,000 down with balance secured by first mortgage.

Address Box C-24(M, California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

BUY-SELL-REPAIR_SERVICE

Fork Lifts and Straddle Trucks. Complete shop and field service. Portable Welding, $p6six1 Fabrication, Steam Cleaning and Painting. Service Available 7 Days a Week. All work guiranteed.

COMMERCIAL REPAIRS AND SERVICE

1115 North Alameda Street, Compton, Calif.

Phones: NEwmark l-E269, NEvada 6-,1805

"Gipo" LUMBER

* Sorting to Lengths

f Stick for Air-Dry

f, Loading & Unloading

f Free 1955 Printed Rates

HANDLING

CRANE & CO.

5143 Alhambra Ave.

Los Angeles 32, Calif. CApitol 2-8143

Everyone Reqds These Poges-Just Like You Coliforniq lumber MERCHANI-/,ZE All Your Wqnts

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How Lumber looks

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events were also reflected in unfilled orders for 104.019.000 feet of redwood on hand July 31, a much heavier order file than customary for the industry.

For the first seven months this year, production wafi 35,511,0m feet and shipments were 34,553,00O feet over 1954's first seven.

Douglas Fir Plywood Assn. reported for the week ended September 3: production, 87,778,000 feet; orders, 93,00G 000 feet. Orders climbed 9/o above the week ended August 27 and. 7/o above production. The DFPA reported inventories in distributor warehouses at the end of July declined less than l/o from the previous month and represented about seven weeks' supply.

Goqsl Counties Hoo-Hoo Hold Bcng-up Borbecue

As usual, the Coast Counties Hoo-Hoo Club's annual barbecue, which was held August 18 at the Salinas Golf & Country Club, proved to be a rare night indeed, and one of the best barbecues in the 114 Club's history. Jack Thornburg, Homer T. Hayward Lumber Company, was in charge of the meeting, ably assisted by Eddie Nielsen, chef supreme; "Spec" Lewter, bartender perfection, and Vince Moore, who emceed the annual event. Principal business following the "banquet" was the awarding of golf prizes.

Low gross for the meet was scored by Sherwood Causley, Homer T. Hayward Lumber Company, who walked off with the perpetual trophy and a golf bag. Ralph Lamon, Lamon Lumber Company, followed with low net, and was awarded golf shoes for his showing.

A golf sweater was given to the closest hole-in-one winner, which was Dick Merritt, a Winton Lumber Sales Co. representative. A "suprize" prize of a golf cart, given to the man with the most 5's on his tournament card, found a home with Jim Warren, Blue Diamond Corp.

Keith Davidson, Tynan Lumber Company, really powdered a ball on one tee shot, which registered the longest drive of the day-good for a 12 golf ball-prize. High gross (a rumored 120) was racked up by Don Gilbert, who won four golf hoods for all that swinging.

In addition, the Coast Counties club awarded a sport shirt for the highest score on the 16th hole, the shirt ending up on the back of Ken Billings, Seaside Lumber Company. Winner of the Blind Bogey was Craig Gaffney, Bonnington Lumber Comparty, who was awarded a sweater.

Nearly 100 lumbermen attended the barbecue, according to Ollie Lee, manager of the E. L. Bruce Co. Santa Clara warehouse, and president of the Coast Counties club.

Peter B. Kyne's Wife Dies

Mrs. Helene Catherine Kyne, wife of Peter B. Kyne, San Francisco, died in that city August 27 at the age of 69. The Kynes had been married 45 years. Mr. Kyne is the writer of the most famous series of lumber stories in all American history, "Valley ofthe Giants," the Cappy Ricks series and other stories of the sort, and he was well known to the lumbermen of the state for many years.

Long ago, when a serious effort was made to prohibit the use of wooden shingle roofs in California, Peter B. Kyne enlisted in the efforts of the lumber fraternity and did great service in killing the anti-shingle bill.

Mr. Kyne was a great world traveler and writer for years, and his wife was his companion on many of his journeys, and even got mixed up in the fighting in the Chinese Revolution at great risk to themselves. She is survived only bv Mr. Kvne.

Roy Fo.etl Ptodudt Co..--.---.------...-.-------'i

lurco Prlne Wlndow Co. --..--...----.---.-.-:l

Sqn Frdclrco Glor Co. ...-..---..-.---------41

5oford-Luttier, lnc. .--.---.---.--..--.----.--......6I

36to F€ Lmbcr Co,--..--.--...-.----.-..-----..-.... I

Seru.ity Royql Dut(h Pqint lrtfg. Co.....3O, 63 Shivcly, Alo A. ..------.....----.-...---....-...6I

5ierro Lumbar & Plywood,1nc. ............38

Atlor lmber Co. ..-.-..............-..--.....---..19

Avrm lunber Co. ---.-.-.--..--.---..--------------'3

Bek, J. Willim Co. ..................-.--.....-....59

Bqter t Co., J. H. ---.-.--.--.-.-...-.-.--39

Bcton Compoy, lhc .--.--------.-..----.-------.---57

Belfqr Hon6 t Gordcnr ..-.--------.-.-----..------ ,l

Bf oGk Diomond Co. ----..--.....--.-......-.........---42

Blig t Gqter Lumber Co. --..---.-..--.------..45

Dfue Dimond Co.porqtion .-..-...........--------26

Bohnhoff Lumbcr Co. -...--.-.-----..--..-...-..-.-..'l

Bonnell-Wqrd & Knopp .-.-.-------..--.--.---.---*

Bonninglon lunber Co. .-...--...--.-..............'t

8rcw3ler. lyle & Alocicto --.--.------.-.--tt

Bruce Go., E. L. -.--..--......--..-..----.--------.--.-*

Bru:h Indurtriql lumber Co. ---..-.--.-------.50

Burnr Lumbs Co. --...-.--.-.--.-.-.-----.--.---.---tl.

Col Dirtributing €o. ---....----------.-..-.-.---.-.-4I

Colovcrc Cemenl Co. ---------.-----.---.----.---7

Colifomio Builderr 5upply Co. --..----...-..-*

Cqfifornio Dor Co. of L. A. ---.-.--......--27

Colifomio Lumber 5qler -.-------..-..--....-...-.60

Coliforniq Pmel & Veneer Co. ....--.--.-.-.I9

Cqrlry Co, -.------.--..-...- '*

Corr.& Co., l. J, ........................-..-..O.F.C,

Cqrcode Pqciec Iumber Co. -----------.-------.57

Ceco Stsel Productr Corp. ---.-----------------. :3

Cslolex Corpo.qtion, The ----.----.-----.--..---:l

Centrol Volley Box & lmber Co. --..---.--..36

Cherney, Inc. -------.---.-*

Chrlrtenron Lmber Go. ---.---.--.-----.---.----- t

Clough lumber Co, .--..-----.-..--.,----.---------52

Cobb Compoy, T, M, ....---.-----....-----------.*

Conrolldqfed Iumber Go, --.------.------..-..---.. *

Coope: Wholerole lunber Co.. W. E.------22

Cordr lunber Co. ......-.--......--......--------------15

Cro$alt lumber Co. .--.....--..--.---.--.--.---..---*

Dolton, l. W. & .Co,------..-...-.--....--.----.---.63

Dqnt e Rurloll Solor Cc.'..--'.--.--.--...--..--2. 3

Dwldron " Plywood I Lmbcr Co. ---------.21

Dl6ond W Supply Co. .......--.--.---.-......-.28

Do-lt-Yourelf thow .----.---...----.-.-.--.---.--...-30

Doherfy lumbGr Co.. l. E. ..--.-----.----.-.-.."6t

Dollor Co., lhe tob.d .....-.-------------..--....24

Donov*' Co,, lnc. ..-....-.--.-.-...........-..-.--. *

Douglc Flr Pltlvood Aarcldtlon.......-..--.. *

Dro*er loy lwbcr Co. .....................-----49

E*:lrm Plywood t Dor Co. ..--..........4t

Edwqdr Lmbcr md llfu. Co. *

Emrco Plywood .,.-.-.----. *

Elley od 3o. D. €. .----.---.--.............. *

Eurekc lcdwood lmbcr Co. -.--....--...-.... *

Exchonge Smlllr tqlcr Co. ......--..-..-.. ti

Foirhurrf Lmbcr Co. of Golifornlq.---.---14

For YYat Flr Sqlc Co. ..--.-.--...........,.....

Greol Boy lumber Soler---...-------.----.--.----36 lio:on 9uppller' Inc. ---..---.---...-.--.---... 'l .-.....--........,.......rt Inc. .-.....-- | Holl co., Jmer l. ..........-....-......-........ t iii;ii;;-il;;, Go. ....-...........................56

5ierrc Nevqdq Pine Co. ............-..-...-.--.-*

Sierrq Redwood Co. .--.---.-...--.........-..--...-.51

Simnonr Jlqrdwood lumbe] Co. --.......... 1 Simpton Logging Co. .-----.--.--..------.---..--tt

5impron Redwood Co. --...-..-.-.------.-...--,..*

Smith Lumber Co., Rolph L. ---.---.-----------*

so-Col Building l/lqteriqb Co., In(.---.---* South Bqy Lumber Co. --------.---.-----.--.--.. *

Southern Colifornio Lmber SqlGr-..-....-...31

Southwert Plyrod Corp. -----.-------.,....... *

soulhwertem Po*lqnd Cment Co, .--.--15 Slohl Lumbq Co.. ---.-.....--------.-..--..-........... I stmdord Iumber Co., Int. --.--..---.--.---,--.*

Stmton & son, E. J. ------------.--.-----------.29

Sterllng Indurlrier, Inr. ---..----.---.--.--.--45

Stevort Plyxrood Co., O. W.------.----..--- 'l

Sfroble Lmber Co. -.----------.--.-----.------.--.3t

Superior lmber Solcr Co. ---------..-..-------- 'l

Tccmq Lumber 5ol$, InG. -.----------.---.---55

Holllncn ltlsckin Iunber Go., lnc..-...-.-._* li;i;i; -i;a;. Co. ...............-...--....... '] Hmond Lmber Co. --------------...------O.B.C: ifi"i".,-X"rf l".ber Co. --...-.....-..-.......-- 'r Hqrbor Lmber Co,, Inc. * iri.--l 'i^- il. r nqrtcr lhoer !o" Inc' ----':-":"---_'^I ilengel Co., Thc .-.....-..---.---.........,....----.-. :l [:;i:I ;"ru;i.3:X'.i".1'l'lii?',1;;:::.'1 *ln:.,"ti"!lb;; -';' """"""""""""o*

Horrir, [. E. lmber co. -.-.......-.-..-..19 ii;;;;'b. iii" Co. ......................-......... nsrrrr' r. r. rhD€r.". -.--..-..-.-.-..-..:: lloore Dry Kiln ---..--....--..--.....-.-...-..- 't

HoAor Plynrood Corf. of io. Colifonio.-..-* iiiiiij*-jii,.r,' Inc. --..--....-.....-.....-.........41

Heotln, F. |- Lmber -.----.--.-..-.^-...11 Alount Whitney tu.f". Co., tnc. .--.--.-....,*

Hedlund Iunber loler, Inc. ---.------------------20

Higginr Lmber Co., J. E. ,t Neimq-Reed Lumber Co. ...........-.---.----*

Hlll E llodon, lnc, --.-......-.......--....-....-....t2 Nelron Lumbgr ............56

Hobbr Wdl lumber Co. ..--.-..-...----.-...-..-...-.25 New. Hqrold A,------.......----.--...-------.-..----.... *

l{ogo Wholerole Bldg.. llotcrlqb Co...-- tt Newquirf Jmq W, --------.---------.------------- {t Hollow Trec Rcdwood Co...-..-- * Nlkkel, l. F. tumber Co, ----..------.-..---... *

Holmr Eurako lmber Co. * Nodhern ledwood lumber Co. ----..----.-61

ff:T: !T:i.t? 11L..!:.....:.:::...........sl ort'n'cqrpenr.r rmber co. ------'--'-----... *

iuetti rrciu.r -.........................:..:.......::-i o39ood,..robdt 3' -'-'-"""-"""-""""-""'-" 't

Hyirer Gonpony -.-.....-............................... e $1,il* Tjfl,i".: .;:;-i;;"..:.:.::.:......::......_:rI

Independent Ncll I ?odrlng Co. --..--.---.. *

lnfond f,unber Co. ................----.-----..------47 Poclic Cost Agglegster, lnc. -----------.-.35

rohnrilmvile Ggncrqrrol : l::ift 1i,"1,.,"j;;;;;-i;;.--___:::...::....:: I

Johnron lumber cc., C. D. .." - ..: ii]iii ir-.iall"ia sorer co. ..-.--.-......---. *

Joily Gior. r.mbcr co. ....__..................69 ;;ii;1dil;:6,, il;::i,:_....:-:...:..:.....:: ;

Jordo Sqh & Dor co., r. t. ..-.-..-...-..' iicrii lmberliDcoter suppty, Inc..._----*

Kelley, Alberr A. --.-..-..---..--.-------..--.---.---56 Pclic Wettan Lmbq Co. ------------.--.-- '*

Kendoll lumber Dlrtriboton * Pscl0c Wire Ptoduct3 Co. --.--.-.-------....---49

Kchton Plyvood I Yene€r Co., Inc,..-- 5 ?ff Arioflc ItodlDg Co. ------..-.--..--.------*

Kochf t Son., John W. * PcuI lunym lmbcr Co. -.---.-.--.-------...--.24

Koll Ploing ,{llt, W. A. ---------.------.-....51 Penbcnty lmbcr Co. .............-....----...--+

t. A. Dry Kitn I srorose, InG. ....-..--. * niy,.o:::. q...--..- l l. lrry Kiln a ttoroge, Inc. ---.-...-- ] phlppr Co., fhr lomon Lumber Go. ......--......-.-..---....-.....-. t ltr.- f ,- i-l,-, Ptlppr ...-..-.-....-----.-..-.--..........-- t Pinc frc ?roductr Co. ..---.--..-.-..-..-....-..53

Tortsr, Webrter t Johnron, Inc. ..---.--. *

fqube, lobcrl t. -...---.----.......----.------.--.---.,1

Trwso, Inc. ----..----------.*

frloglq lmber Co. -.-.-.-.--..-.--....-......--.--55

Trlnity live. Lunber Sqler Co..--...-.-...5E

Tropiol E Werlen funber Co. -.--..-.-. tt

Twin HoAor lumber Co, ---.-.--------...---.-58

U. S. Pfywood Corp. ---.--..---.-..-----,11, 44

Unitsd Wholctol. Supply Co. .---.--.--.-..--41

Von Ootlig, Petcr J. *

Woll Dry Klln Co,, InG. .-...--...--.-..--..-.--59

Wqren Soulhwort, ln(. .---....,-..--...-..-...4O

Wottt, Cqrl W. --....--......-..----.-..--.--..--...---61

Wendlfng-Nothm Go, ...............-....-.-...........25

We3l Coqrl Folerl Produclt Co,....-....-.----. *

Wett Co6t Lunbermen'r Ar:n. ..,....-.... *

Wert Co$t Screen Co. ..-.----.....--...-...---.58

West Coct Timber ProdwtrlAgasy--..-.--60

Wedern Door a Soth Co: :-....-..'....-...--..:-31

Werten Dry Klln ...---......-.......-....--.-...------

lo6en-llerrlield,lnc. ..-.-..-...-....--...-- - ^: profcdt; irJJ.b illg. co.

lwrcncePhillpr lumber Co. --....---..-----37

LUMBEN

A. d B. Lumber Scles, Inc,, The....YUkoa 2-4511

Arcqtc Redwood Co.... ....YUkon 6-2067

Bunell-Wcrd d Kncpp .GArlield l-18{0

Bounington Lumber Co, ...YUkon 5-5721

Christenson Lunbcr Co...........VAJencic tl-5832

Dcnt d Russell Scles Co.. .YUkon 6-{395

R. E. Doherty Lumber Co,..........YUkon 2-4660

Drckes Bcy Lumber Co..........Glenwood'!-185'l

The Robert Dollar Co.. ..EXbrook 2-8454

Edwcrds trunber qnd MIg. Co.....SUtter l-6642

Fcirhurst Lunber Co. (San Rclcel) ........Glenwood {-7334

Gqmeralon d Green Lumber Co.....fUaiper

Hcll Co., Iqmes L.. ........SUtter l-7520

Hcllincn Mcckil Lumber Co.. .. .JUniper ,!-6262

Hcmraoad Lumber Co.. ..DOuqlcs 2-3388

Hqrbor Lunber Co. Inc. .YIIkon 2-6919

Hcylork Lunber Co.. .[O-r'crd 45Bll

I. E. Higgfns Lunber Co..........VAlencic {-8744

Hobbs Wcll Lunber Co.. .........GArlield ln52

Hollow Tree Redsood Co. (Iim Hennesy-Los Altos) ....WHitecliff 8-5051

...KEUog {-1004 Pledmont 5-8'156 ...KEUos 4-6484

YEllowstone 4-{416

.Ltrkehuret 3-5550

BUYER'S GUTDE

SAN FRANCISCO

. .SUtter l-5363

West Cocst Forest Producls Co. (Sca Mcteo) .........Dlcmond2-1451

OAKTAND - BERKELEY - ALAMEDA

Bruce Co., E. t.... ..... ..KEflogr3-6677

Gordon-MccBecth ......LOckhaven 8-2578

MqcBecth Hcrdwood Co, .......Tllornwqll 3-4390

IOS ANGETES

LUI\{BER Anderson-Hcngo! ....SUnset l-6178 (Studio City) .STcnley 7-4721 Arcctq Redwood Co. (J. J. Rea)..WYominq Il09

Atlc Lumber Co......

Avrcn Lunber Co......

...TRinity 2326

l-8733

Brush Industricl Lumber Co. (Montebello) .RAymond 3-3301 Burns Lupber Conpcay..........WEbster 3-5861 Ccrr d Co., L. l. (W. D. Duuiag). .Rlcbmond

......NE. 6-1881 WilD. Ter 4-2887

MccDoaald Co., L. W. (Beverly Hills) BRcdshqw 2-5101

Mcrguctt-Wolle Lunber Co.....HOllywood 4-7558

Mqrlin Bros. Box Co. (Lumber Div.) (Conptoa).....NEwmqrk l-8651, NEvcdc 5-?363

McCloud Lunber Co.. ...VErmont 8-4963

Mclnlosb Lunber Co.. .BRcdshcw 2-4353 (Sevcrly Hills) .....CRestview 5-6634

Meier, Herb Lunber Co, (Irccdic)... .RYcn l-Bl8l

MouDt Whitnsy Lumber Co,, Inc....ANgelus 0I7l

Neiao-Reed Lumber Co.. .STcnlev 7-1129 (Vo Nuys) .....STcte 5-8873

Nelgon Lumber (Monrovic). .Ellioti 9-5{2I

Harold A. New-Whsle, Lbr. (Pcscdeac) ....SYcamore 5-3192

Jcmes Newquigt Lumber Sales (Pcscdenc) ......RYcn

SPECIFY HAMMOND CERTIFIED KILN DRY REDI|TOOD

To keep pqce with the demqnd for CertifiedKiln Dry Redwood, Hommond is now building q bqtfery of four neYy dry kilns qf fhe Sqmoq plont.

These kilns will hqve q combined copccity of opproximotely 5OO M BM qnd will be equipped with the mostmodernhondling,controlling, qnd conditioning devices.

FINISH SIDING PATTERN

fhere is no sub,stitute for sound, properly groded, Gerfified Kiln Dried Redwood, qnd Hommond's Diomond H Brqnd fulfills cll millingond groding stqndqrds.