The California Lumber Merchant - October 1932

"Prices can go up as quickly

Vith an unprecedented shortage of lumber stocks in the hands of retailers, wholesalers and mills;

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B. C. Forbes

proportionally lower than other With a large building demand waiting only for a change from fsychological panic; PAUL BUNYAN remarked, "When the green river driver jump. ed for the foating log he was just a half a second too late.

With lumber prices building materialsl

"We fished him out with a pikepole but there was not much salvage.tt

Whot do you think lumber will do?

' We do not prophesy but we do believe that unless every economic and commercial precedent is thrown in the discard, it will not take much of a building demand to start lumber prices upward. Every such advance will increase your inventory value just as every cut has reduced the black figures in your statement.

You can buy conservatively and fill up your lines by taking advantage of the exceptional service furnished by RED RIVER MIXED CARS

as they went

" Buerything f or yard and f actory in Calif ornia Pines" "Small quantities at carload prices. One loading. One handling"

ITHEN YOU SELL

Booth-Kelly Douglas Fir, the Association grade and trade mark certify to your customers the quality of the stock you handle. Builders quit guessing about what they're buying, and buy where they know what they're getting.

General Sales Ofice: Eugene, Ore.

Mills: Wendling, Ore., Springfield, Ore.' CALIFORNIA

Northera California Hill & Morton, Inc.

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THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT JackDiorrne,fultXltu

How Lumber Looks

Douglas Fir-Cument new business of 216 mills reporting to the Vest Coast Lumbetments Association for the week ended September 17 was 66.8 per cent over production and 35.9 per cent of their weekly capacity. This increase in new business was due mostly for forward purchases made for Atlantic Coast delivery, with buyers placing orders now to avoid a price advance in freighting charges by intercoastal steamers. To cover for October loading at present cargo ratesr specifications had to be in by Septembet 2O,

The good showing during recent weeks, the Association reports, is a combination of low production with a slowly rising line of orders, et e time when stocks at the mills are badly broken. The buying is for stock making mostly and refects t{re scarcity of stocke in the yards of retailers and wholesalers. ft is believed that a continuance of low production schedules and unbalanced mill stocks will result in more demand.

Unfilled orders for the week increased 27r787ro0o feet from the previous week. New expott business was 4r434rOO0 feet less, new domestic cargo otders wdre 1113511000 feet over, and new rail business increased 807r0oo feet as compared with the previous week.

Production, orders and shipments for the week ended September 17 at these 216 mills were reported to the Association as follows: Production 5t,1621217 feet, Orders 85;3631610 feet and Shipments 55,136,289 feet.

321 mills for the week ended September 17 operated at 20.9 per cent of capacity, as compared to t9.7 per cent of capacity

E. H. Case With Seal-Tite Products Co.

Edward H. Case of Los Angeles is now connected with the Seal-Tite Products Co. and is calling on the lumber and building material dealers in the Los Angeles and Southern California territory. Mr. Case has been identified with the lumber business for many years, and is well known to the Southern California lumber trade. The Seal-Tite products are manufactured in Los Angeles and have headquarters offices at 647 N. Virgil Ave.

for t{re previous week and 35.2 per cent for the same week last yeat. During the week 2O6 oL these plants were reported as down and 116 as operating.

Unsold stocks on the public docks at San Pedro totaled 2r 098'000 feet on September 24, which the California Vholesale Lumber Association rePorts as the loweat they have on record' Cargo arrivals at San Pedro for the week ended September 24 included 11 cargoes of Fir totaling 6'260'000 feet and I catgo of Redwood with 290'000 feet. Loo Angeles building permits up to Septembet 24 amounted to $lrlQ4r978, which is a considerable increase as compared to the August permits for the same period. 47 lumber vessels were operating in the Cali' fornia service on Septembet 24; 6l vessels were laid up.

The California lumber siuation showed little change in the last two weeksl the yards are teported to be doing a reasonable amount of buying and mill prices are firm. Some improvement has been noted in the*consumi"g*d"*Td.

For the week ended September 10, the Southern Pine Asso' ciation reported new business from 122 mills as 3515881000 feet, shipments tSrTO2rOOO feet, and production 22r4O5rOOO feet' Orders were 59 Per cent above production and about the same as shipments. Shipments were 59 Per cent above production.

The Vestern Pine Association for the week reported new business from 102 mills at t7r767r000 feet, shipments 31'4441000 feet, and production 281356.OOO f.eet. Orders wete V3 Per cent above production and 2O Per cent above shipments. Ship' ments were 1l per cent above production.

186 hardwood mills for the same week give new businesc as 15,6911000 feet, or t79 per cent above production, and ship' ments were 1-2r487r}(/J feet, or 122 pet cent above ptoduction' Production was 516211000 feet.

Milton Rhodes

Milton Rhodes, for many years manager of the retail yard of the Hobart E,state Co., Reno, Nev., died in St' Luke's Hospital, San Francisco, September 25, after he hacl seemed to be recovering from an operation performed r about a week previouslY.

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Preparing to Award Fellowships in Forestry

Jot 1933-34

Washington, Sept. 26.-The Charles Lathrop Pack Forest Education Board is preparing to award fellowships in forestry for the year 1933-34.

Applications for fellowships must be submitted, on forms supplied by the board, on or before Jan. 1, 1933, to the Secretary of the Charles Lathrop PACK Forest Education Board, 1214 Sixteenth street, N.W.

Annards of fellowships for the year 1932-33lvere made to : Weston Donehower, Department of Forestry, Cornell University.

John Edward Lierscl-r, British Columbia Forest Sen'ice.

Ralph Melvin Lindgren, University of Wisconsin.

Harold John Lutz, Yale University.

Louis Rene Scheult, University of Toronto.

The purpose of these fellor.vships, which have been gratrted annually for the past several years, is to encourage lnelt who have shown unusual intellectual and personal qualities to obtain training that rvill best equip them for responsible work, either in the general practice of forestry, in the forest industries, in the teaching of forestry, in forest research, or in the development of public forest policy. No restrictions are made as to age, educational status, or practical experience, but ordinarily fellowships will be granted only to American or Canadian citizens who have completed an undergraduate college course or its equivalent.

Grants may be made for study at a school of forestry or an institute of research, on a forest under management, in association with forest industries, or in travel. Appointments may be made for twelve months or for a shorter or longer period, and may be renervecl. Fellorvs rvill be expected to devote their full tirne to the l'ork for the ptrrpose of r"'hicl.r the fellorvships are at'arded.

New Oakland Yard

William Jongeneel, formerly rvith the Redwoocl Manufacturers Co., Pittsburgh, has opened a new 1'arcl at 4051 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland. The business rvill be operated under the name of Santa Fe Builders Supply Co.

V.gabond Editorials

Bv Jack Dionne

If you have looked on life and found it good-then you are a success regardless of what the measuring sticks of jingling dollars, and of bungling human acclaim, may say. And many of the saddest and sorriest failures in the lexicon of life are men whose worldly goods are piled high, or whose names appear daily in the public print.

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My chief objection to theological orthodoxy is based on the fact that I can conceive of no heaven, lacking the friends of this earth.

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Let us not forget that our tomorrow's are just the fruits of our yesterday's, and what we gain next month will depend largely on the character of our plans THIS month.

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It looks like squeezing's the thing. The world raised more tomatoes than it would eat fresh or canned; so they got to squeezing the juice from them, and teaching people to drink it. And look at the tomato business now. The pineapple supply is far greater than the demand. So pine apple juice is now taking the same route as tomatoes-and with much success. Orange and grapefruit are other examples. And worse than all these-think of sauerkraut ! They created a demand out of the whole cloth for that truck. Why not tree juice to save a drooping industry? Why not? I'll bet half the trees in the country will produce better tasting juice than sauerkraut-and probably just as healthy. Who knows? Maybe the "juice of the Pine" is a sovereign cure for all human ills ! "F ir juice" may have tomato juice lashed to the mast. Why not "Redwood juice" instead of the old-timey "dago red" with restaurant meals? ***

Don't say "it can't be done." There may really be something in it. You'd have said the same thing about a lot of our other food fads a short time since. I'll bet you can make better things to eat and drink out of wood than many of the products the food faddists have foisted upon the public in the past few years. Who knows what a little experimentation might develop? Squeeze the juice out and make health drinks of them; pulverize the remaining pulp and make breakfast foods. \ll/e haven't made much of a success of makint trees into lumber. Let's eat 'em and drink'emt

It's really folly to talk about how difficult it is to sell things in these kind of times. Remember that several of the most conspicuous successes the merchandising world has ever known have been accomplished during the past three years. It's what you sell and the way you go about selling it that counts.

Or, maybe we've got to get after the public with our wood color schemes. They say, you know, that color has played a greater part in the merchandising of materials in the past five years than ever before in history. \Me've got the natural color schemes in our woods. Yellow Pine, White Pine, Red Fir, Yellow Fir, White Fir, Red Cedar, Redwood, Red Gum, Black Gum, Blue Gum, White Oak, Red Oak, and so on ad infinitum. They say the public is extremely color conscious. Let's show 'em we've got the colors to choose from.

Maybe some of .n""" :,r;..ltor," aren't entirely practical. Maybe we can't make 'em eat and drink our wood products. I say "Maybe" because f don't admit that it can't be done. But at least we can try a lot of things until . we find some n.ew ideas. That's what all the other industries do. We need to ask more questions about our own business, and stay in there and pitch until we find the answers. We 4eed Kipling's philosophy, when he says: .,f have six honest serving men, who taught me all I knew, their names are what, and why, and where, and when, and how, and who?' Let's poke our nose into our own business in the next few years, and see if we can't discover important truths there that we never suspected before.

Seeing in the immediate future the possibility of "a paint market of huge proportions," many of the big paint manufacturers of the country are bulging out right now on a big paint merchandising campaign. Yes, friends, that market of huge proportions is there. It's there for paint, and it's there for lumber and other building materials. The fellow who sees it first, and tackles it best, will get the most of it. Remember the fellow who saw Jones drowning in the river, and ran straight to Jones' employer and asked for Jones' job? "Too late," said the employer, "I just hired a man for that job." "Who could it have been?" asked the appli-

cant; "I just saw Jones drowning a minute ago." "I gave it to the guy that pushed him in," replied the employer. You've got to be on the job these days.

I'm more than willing ,h; Jr"rrorr" who selts things shall get a price that gives him a decent profit; yet I cannot help offering the fervent prayer that the courtesy and eager service of depression times might survive, and continue into the more prosperous seasons that are ahead. I'll have to admit that the apparent eagerness to serve on the part of all public contacts, are very, very pleasing to my soul. ***

I love the rosy smile on that hotel clerk's mug when I appear in the door with my grip in hand. I like "Which side of the house would you prefer?" in place of the oldtimey "Please check your bag and we'll get you located later in the day." I hope that NEVER comes back. And when he says "Our rooms with bath are $2.50 or $3.00 a day, which would you like?" I could shout for joy when I think of the way that some bird used to haughtily ask five to seven dollars for that sarne cubby-hole. There are some aspects of the depression that I never want to wake from.

That's why Henry Ainsley's "I Like the Depression" made such a hit everywhere. A lot of the things that have happened appealed to most of us. Our wives and daughters tell the same story. Personally f want to see everyone make a decent profit. Without such conditions we can have no peace or happiness. But when my wife used to pay $12.50 for a hat, the entire cost of which-raw materials and workmanship combined-was never possibly more than four bits, it used to make rne hopping mad. I hope THOSE days never come back. They were never fair. ***

, Some of my friends keep saying, "We must get back to a seller's market." I say O.K.-with reservations. I don't want that smiling Hebrew lady to ever again stick my women folks for one thousand per cent profit; or anybody else in any line to get back into the hold-up game. I trust some supernal governor becornes attached positively and permanently to our business engine to keep us all from making asses of eul5slyss-and of others.

Naturally, I know "".;", nie that will happen. The pendulum will swing backwards, everyone will be working, money will be plentiful, the desire to spend will possess the human race, and all of us nachal-born Jesse James will go back into the hold-up business. Now and then a man says to me, "When this thing is all over we must all

Another Extension of McCormick Service

TT IS a McCormick policy to constantly consider the - best interests of the retail trade we serye, in every expansion of our sales and distributing facilities.

And so we are pleased to announce our appointment as exclusive sales agents in California, Arizona and New Mexico for the

ST. PAUL & TACOMA LUMBER COMPANY of Tacoma

The progressiveness and sterling reputation for quality of product which the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company has earned over the span of years, requires no added argument. They are cutting an exceptionally fine grade of timber and their manufactured lumber is top-notch in every respect.

tXrith this new sales connection we are in a position to continue offering products of the highest quality obtainable, especially fooring and dry dimension.

We solicit your business and assure you such ord,ers will receiae our careful attention

Vagabond Editorials

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lend our best efforts to keep our prices in moderate lines." But when I looked down I saw the dust of hypocrisy on his kt'rees, and I knew he was only vocalizing.

A friend of mine *rit.J, "lr"ir", with my opinion that our return to normalcy will NOT be of slow and tedious character, but will be rapid. He says that the world is so tired of going half hungry, and half naked, and half sheltered, and half crazy with worry, that once it finds itself owning a job, and can feel a few sheckels in its pocket, it witl jump into the air, crack its heels, let out a war-whoop -and start buying.

One of the biggest ,,r;r;"; clouds that hangs over the lumber horizon, is the rapid tendengy of the population of this country toward decentralization. And decentralization means the plentiful use of lumber. It means smaller and more scattered buildings, without city building restrictions; and people so situated use plenty of the old original building material-wood.

For a generation our entire tendency was toward centralization. The city held out its glowing arms to the country boy and girl, with its greater comforts, its improved conveniences, its enlarged social possibilities, its broad opportunities for education, and for amusement, etc., and they flocked in. Today they are focking the other way. And the return of prosperity will increase rather than diminish that *""i"":. *

Things have changed in the rural districts. They have the world at THEIR door also, now. Electricity washes their clothes, furnishes lights and Power' brings them the world's entertainment over the air, as well as the world's news, furnishes them refrigeration. The nearest country town has as good movie shows as the biggest city' There are good roads everywhere' The world comes to the door of the rural citizen. And, added to these advantages that once pertained only to city life, he has all the advantages of the country. Decentralization will wax large in the next ten years. And the use of lumber should naturally follow. ***

Mr. Man who drives an automobile; have you the faintest idea of the comparative motor oil consumption of your

car at high and low speeds? Betcha a dime you haven't. Just read of experiments conducted for the purpose of obtaining that info. General Mo,tors took thirteen cars, each of a different standard make, and tested them. It was found that they vary widely in this respect, but that the average of these thirteen makes of cars consumed seven times as much oil at 55 miles per hour as at 30 miles per hour. Some used slightly less than seven times.. Others much more. One car-unnamed-used twenty times as much oil at 60 miles per hour as at 30. So, if you sometimes think your oil consumption is off, think back on the speeds you have run, and it may be explained.

I read in an "a*,"rti"ilg **-t" that the National Funeral Directors Association are contemplating an immediate advertising campaign to cost $500,000. You don't suppose they contemplate inducing people to die by their advertising, do you? Then, what the -?

one of the great ."* ,l:"L"ls tnat the depression has brought vividly to light in, almost innumerable instances, has te do with the inheritance tax. Here is a sample. A rich man dies, and his inheritance tax amounts to a huge sum of money-in cash. The estate is left to his family, with the exception of some large cash bequests. Desiring to keep the estate intact, the trustees decide to borrow the money to pay the inheritance tax, and the cash bequests. That was two years ago. Today the estate, consisting of high quality stocks and securities, cannot be sold for the amount they borrowed. They tell me that has happened everywhere. It is being strongly agitated that instead of the inheritance tax being payable in cash, it be paid in KIND. If there are bonds. the Government would take its percentage of the bonds-not cash. This would have saved the destruction of many fine estates in the past two years.

Many men write -" "O*a lr"igt t rates, particularly since I have been occasionally discussing the truck situation.I think the railroads would be wise indeed to voluntarily reduce their rates, generally. And I think they will be forced to do it whether or not they want to, by this very truck competition. It may be temporary, and may last only until the truck situation adjusts itself somewhat,

but I think they must and should, cut their rates. Freight rates are today too great a part of the delivered cost of mostcommodities'

I think, likewise, that the railroads might do many thinking things that would improve their position. I think they should study and seek ways and means of making their service more elastic, in order that they might as closely as possible compete with the more intimate service that the trucks are able to furnish. I've watched the empty freight trains and empty passenger trains for the past two years, and wondered why they did not develop temporary and emergency rneans of getting freight and passengers into

those trains. Mind you, I never said that I think the railroad folks the wisest people in the world. I am inclined to believe that they need a few jolts to keep them on their toes. All of which doesn't interfere with the fact that I want them to have a square deal.

The continued unreas;;, high cost of a Pullman berth creates continued animosity agai.nst the railroads. There is not now and never was any justification of the Pullman rates. And as long as the public reads of some official-just two jumps removed from a switchman-getting a King's salary, sympathy for the trucks will be engendered.

Opinions on "Cullud Fun"

"Please'mail a copy of 'Cullud Fun' to Mr. Charles B. Ffervey, Manager, Samarkand Flotel, Santa Barbara, California.

"Mr. Ilervey saw my copy of this book and asked that f have one sent to him. As he hails from Mobile, Alabama, and is himself a 'Cullud' story teller of considerable ability, believe this offers a good recommendation for the merit of this work.

"I have an idea that Mr. Ilervey, because of his position, might be the means of considerably swelling the circulation of 'Cullud pqp'."-1,. G. Burns, Bookstaver-Burns Lumber Co., Los Angeles, Calif.

"'Cullud Fun' is . ""r;" ".rl""aron of Negro stories. r have already had three copies, but find that I will have to order a fourth copy so that I may have one for myself."P. A. Dame, Creo-Dipt Co., Inc., San Francisco. ***

"Have enjoyed reading many of your 'cullud' stories in The California Lumber Merchant, and wish to put on record my appreciation of the many new ones included in your new book, 'Cullud pql'."-pleyd Elliott, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., San Francisco.

"Many thanks for the *,a*t*r"d copy of 'Cullud Fun'. Having been born and raised in the South, I can fully appreciate the many Negro stories you have collected together.

"After reading a few of the jokes I can almost imagine f am again the barefooted boy in the foothills of the Ozarks listening to the banjo and the conversation of a bunch of the 'cullud' folks."-C. W. Buckner, ffarbor Plywood Corporation, San Francisco.

"It is a pleasure to congratulate you on your recent new publication,'Cullud Fun'.

"They say the Irish are clannish and can appreciate only Irish stories. If this is true, knowing me as a full-blooded 'Mick', you can appreciate what follows.

"All my life I have been listening to stories brought over by the'Nolan Clan', and those that were manufactured and gathered by their offspring, and I have enjoyed many a good laugh, but I have never had as many laughs at one sitting as I have had in reading your book. Enjoyed it so much one evening that I chuckled through it again the next evening. It is now going the rounds of the household, and if you are not being flooded with testimonial letters, I can produce a few more for you, even to having one written in Gaelic.

"Enclosed is my check for another copy which will be placed in the Parish Library."-Al Nolan, The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco.

"'Cullud Fun' is gr""t.* ; ,:" gone the rounds of the office and everybody has enjoyed it very much."-E. A. Goodrich, Union Lumber Company, Los Angeles. ***

t'Anyone who has any sense of humor at all, who is not in possession of a copy of 'Cullud Fun' doesn't realize what he is missing. It's a kick."-Robert S. (Bob) Grant, Western Door & Sash Co., San Francisco.

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srs Ccnual Bidg., Lor Angeler, Calif. :

Eo"t-ed find $2.0O for which rend me a copy of !

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Prize-Winners in Fir Plywood State Retailers \|fill Hold Annual Contest Announced at Los Angeles, Nov. 3-4-5

The prize-winners in the nation-wide architectural contest conducted by the Douglas Fir Plywood Manufacturers have been announced by the Association. The judges were Arthur L. Leveless and David J. Meyers of the Washington State Chapter of The American Institute of Architects, and G. L. Bartells, research director of Douglas Fir Plywood Manufacturers. The professional adviser was Charles H. Alden, F.A.I.A.

The prize-winners and the entrants given honorable mention in each class of entry follow:

Class I, Attic Bedroom: lst prize, $150, Chapman & Frazer, 88 tsroad street, Boston, Mass. ; 2nd prize, $100, Louis Page, Jr., and Harold Jessen, P.O. Box 396, Austin, ,Texas; 3rd prize, $5O, M. ts. Adler and R. Mitre, D2 Madison avenue, New York, N. Y.;4th prize, $25, I. H. La Rowe, Manteno, Illinois; 5th prize, $25, Thomas A. Cressrvell, 1320 Farwell avenue, Chicago, Ill.; 6th prize, $25, F. D. Chapman, 207 Main, Evanston, Ill.; honorable mention, Howard A. Griffith, Jr., 1110 Nashville avenue, Sheffield, Alabama; William B. Ror,ve, 715 Parkside avenue, Buffalo, N. Y.

Class II, Basenrent Recreation Room : lst prize, $150, William H. Harrison and Walter C. Myall, 315 Architects Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. ; 2nd. prize, $100, Arthur S. Davis, 6217 S. Carnpbell avenue, Chicago, Ill.; 3rd prize, $50, HerBert E. Duncan, 7233 Park avenue, I(ansas City, Mo.; 4th prize, $25, Howard G. Elwell, 6211 Vinevale, Bell, Calif.; 5th prize, $25, Arnold I. Lorenzen, Box 36, Curtice, Ohio; 6th prize, $25, Alfred F. Schimek, 601 N. Spring avenue, La Grange, Ill.; honorable mention, Fred R. Hammond, 7O2O Waterman avenue, St. Louis, Mo.; Joe Kelly, 5352 Franklin avenue, Los Angeles, Calif.

Class III, Combination Kitchen and Breakfast Nook: lst prize, $150, Henry Titus Aspinwall, So. Sta. Plaza, Great Neck, N. Y.;Znd prize, $100, Harold H. Ehlert, 487 Margaret street, W., Detroit, Mich.; 3rd prize, $50, E. B. Hussey, 1733 Milvia street, Berkeley, Calif.; 4th prize, $25, Isaac W. Williamson, 813 Cherokee avenue, S.E., Atlanta, Ga.; 5th prize,$25, Harry Kirke Wolf e,2ll5 E. 55th street, Seattle, Wash.; 6th prize, $25, Muriel E. Nicolais, 5225 Wilshire boulevard, Los Angeles, Calif.; honorable mention, Everett C. Bradley, 304 Union avenue, West Haven, Conn.; Primitivo Castrillo, 115 Washington place, New York. N. Y.

Class IV, One-Room Camp Cottage: lst prize, $150, Frank F. Polito, Room lnl, 6 N. Michigan avenue, Chicago, Ill.;2nd prize, $100, James W. Beyvl, 11110 Glenboro drive, Cleveland, O.; 3rd prize, $50, Dean W. Axline, 1803 ,North Wilton place, Hollywood, Calif.; 4th prize, $25; ,Rollin L. Rosser, 23 Forsyth street, Boston, Mass.; 5th prize, $25, C. R. Hoskins, 727 North' Catalina, Pasadena, Calif. ; 6th prize, $25, Chapman & Frazer, $8 Broad.strget, Boston, Mass.; honorable mention: Robert M. Little, 605 Espanola Way, Miami Beach, Fla.; Alfred F. Schimek, 601 North Spring avenue, La Grange, fll.

At a recent meeting of the board of directors of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association, November 3-4-5, were selected as the dates of the 1932 annual convention. The conv€ntion will be held at the Hotel Alexandria, Los Angeles.

The program committee is arranging for an interesting program both for the business sessions and entertainment features. On Saturday afternoon, November 5, the University of California and the University of Southern California will play their annual football game at the Olympic Stadium, Los Angeles, and all lumbermen football fans who attend the convention will al.so have an opportunity to take in this football classic on the last day of the convention.

1932-33 Official List of Registered Contractors Ready Oct. 1

Carlos W. Huntington, Registrar of Contractors, Sacramento. Calif.. announces the new 1932-33 official list of registered contractors will be off the press and ready for distribution by October, 1932.

This complete and only official listing is given both alphabetically and geographically, as well as a classified listing of contractors, a reprint of the contractors' License law and brief discussion of the functions of the contractors' Division of the State department of Professional and Vocational Standards. It also contains important information concerning the various state laws regulating contractors, which is of vital interest to all those closelv allied to the construction industry.

The directory will be supplemented at regular periods with lists of additional licenses issued, as well as notices of suspensions, revocations and reinstatements.

Those desiring a copy or copies of the publication may write to the Registrar of Contractors at Sacramento.

Extension Class Starts Oct. 13

The University Extension Class for lumbermen will be held in Giannini Hall, University of California, Berkeley, starting on Thursday evening, October 13, at 7:3O p.m. Professor Emanuel Fritz, of the School of Forestry, rvill be the instructor. Those who wish to enroll can do so at the offices of the Extension Division, 1730 Franklin Street, Oakland, 12 noon to 5:30 p.m., and 7 p.^. to 9 p.m. daily except Saturday, and at 310 California Hall, Berkeley, 9 a.m. to 5 p.-. daily and 9 a.m. to 12 noon, Saturday. The cost of the course will be $1 for enrollment fee and $6 tuition fee for each semester of 15 lessons.

Taylor Sublett, Strable Hardwood Co., Oakland, is chairman of the committee of East Bay Hoo Hoo Club No. 39, rvhich organized the class.

Walter Best Appointed

Country Club Manager

Walter Best has been appointed manager of the Rio Hondo Country Club at Downey, Calif., and invites his many lumbermen golf friends to come out and try their sporty golf course. He was formerly purchasing agent for the Southern California Hardwood Co. and was identified with the lumber business in Los Angeles for many years.

Box Manulacturers To

Meet at Klamath Falls

The first general meeting of the National Association of Wooden Box Manufacturers, Pacific Division, since its organization in June of this year, will be held at the Willard Hotel, Klamath Falls, Ore., on October 13 and 14, 1932.

The first day of the convention will be devoted to a round-table discussion of problems of interest to the industry. The delegates will also have an opportunity to visit the manufacturing plants at Klamath Falls.

McCormick to Represent

St. Paul & Tacoma Lbr. Co.

Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., San Francisco, announce their appointment as sales agents for St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co., of Tacoma, in California, Arizona and New Mexico, in which territory they will offer this firm's high quality flooring, ceiling and other items of worked uppers, and dry dimension.

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THEeisal reenforcrng in a single rquane yand of r Sisalkraft is 2BOB feet long. In the paper used on this typical house, there is enough sisal fibre to circle the building over 6000 times. Because of its ample reenforcing, you can safely recotnrnend

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Conerete curing and proteetion

Frank J. O'Connor, president and general manager o[ the California Wholesale Lumber Association, returned to his San Francisco headquarters September 23 fuom spending several days in Los Angeles. He also attended the meeting of the California Lumbermen's Council held at Santa Cruz, September 17. Mr. O'Connor visited several points in the Northwest in the early part of September, and while in Tacoma addressed the Tacoma Lumbermen's Club on the subject of the need for stabilization of the Northw,est's lumber industrv.

L. C. STEWART A LOS ANGELES VISITOR

L. C. Stewart, Sudden & Christenson, San Francisco, spent a few days in Los Angeles during the latter part of September, where he conferred with Girth G. Beyers, the company's Southern California representative.

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DON PHILIPS RETURNS FROM NORTHWEST TRIP

Don Philips, Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co., Los Angeles, has returned from a three weeks' trip to the Northwest, where he called on the lumber mills. He made the trip north on the S.S. Point Loma to Marshfield, Ore., and on his return trip he met the boat at Longview, Wash. The S.S. Point Loma is operated by the Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co.

RETURNS FROM NORTHWEST TRIP

H. Sewall Morton, Hill & Morton, Inc., Oakland, returned September 26 from a 10-day business trip to the Northwest. Mr. Morton traveled by automobile, and went north by way of the Redn'ood Highway and Roosevelt Highway, and returned by the intand route. He went as far north as Tacoma,

Oregon Leads in Pet Capita Lumber Consumption

Washington, Sept. 16.-Oregon is not only the second largest lumber producing s;tate in the country but the fiist in per capita lumber consumption, the National Lumber Manufacturers Association finds in a state study of the lumber industry. The latest report of the U. S. Forest Service shows a per capita lumber consumption of 880 feet in 1930 as compared with an average of 190 feet for the country as a whole.

Of all wag'e-earners in thg state of Oregon, 53 per cent or 34,832 were employed in the lumber industry in I9D; $48,310,158 or 56 per cent of all wages paid were to employees in this industry and the value of products was $136,589,812 or 33 per cent of the value of products of all manufacturing industries.

Since 1922, Oregon has been the second state in lumber production, next after Washington. Its year of greatest reported production was l9D with 4,784,W,000 feet1' 1926' and 19% output was almost as large. In 1930, 3,654,075,000 feet were reported by 442 mills. Of this production, 65 per cent was Douglas fir:' 26 per cent Ponderosa pine and 3.5 per cent spruce. Oregon leads all states in production of the last trvo named species and is second in production of Douglas fir and cedar. Hemlock is also an important species.

Like Washington, Oregon is a state of large sawmills. Of the 72 mills in the country each of which cut 50,000,000 feet or more in 1930, 22 rvere in Oregon and 30 in Washington. In Oregon these mills produced 50 per cent of the cut of the state. Mills each cutting from 15,000,000 to 50.000,000 feet produced 33 per cent of thc total.

Preliminary figures of lumber production in 1931 in Washington and Oregon indicate a loss ol 29 per cent as compared with 1930. This is the smallest loss shown for any region in the preliminary report.

Of Oregon's lumber consumption in 193O of 841,981,000 feet, 93 per cent was of lumber derived within the state and 7 per cent came from other states. Imports rvere negligible.

Next after planing mill products, the box industry consumes more lumber than any industry of the state, hemlock, pine and spruce being largely used. Oregon is second after Washington in shingle manufacture and second in production of lath.

Nearly 6O per cent of the lumber sales at Oregon sarvmills are through rvholesalers; about 7 per cent direct to retailers; 6 per cent to manufacturers of rvood-using industries; 6 per cent to railroads and public utility companies. Nearly 12 per cent of the mill sales are for export and approximately 5 per cent are local.

ANDREW F. MAHONEY AND JOHN MCCABE VISIT LOS ANGELES

Andrew F. Mahoney and John C. McCabe, Andre-w F. Mahoney Lumber Co., San Francisco, Were recent Los Angeles visitors, where they spent a feu' days on business.

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One sombre day, Depression came And sternly glowered at me; Said he, "you're optimistic, friend, Why this unholy glee?

Come, I will linger at your side, And then before you know, I'll have you feeling blue again And telling tales of woe."

But I had Jack Dionne's fine book Of lightsome "Cullud Fun"; I shook it in Depression's faceYou should have seen him run.

Adeline M. Conner, Nevada City, California

Appointed Member Construction Industries Committee

I\{iss M. L. Schmidt of the Architects Building Material Exhibit, Los Angeles, has been appointed a member of the Construction Industries Committee of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.

The purpose of the department, r.vhich will work under the committee, is to educate the prospective building owner on the value of engaging proper technical service and reliable contractors, and on the use of quality materials in all types of construction. Leaders of the building industry in Los Angeles, headed by John C. Austin, architect and past president of the Chamber of Commerce, as chairman of the committee, are giving their time in the service of this cause.

The plans of the organization include the fostering of an educational campaign to encourage new construction and remodeling, and to give public expression to the views and interest of the construction industry on matters of ethical practice, standards of construction and proper finance.

Sells Ventura and Oxnard Yards

The Sun Lumber Company of Beverly Hills, Calif., announces the sale of their Ventura and Oxnard plants to the Citizens Lumber Company. a'newly organized corporation with headquarters in Ventura, California. These trvo plants were built by the Sun Lumber Company during the year 1925 and have been operated as branches of the Beverly Hills plant since that date.

The Beverly Hills plant has not in any way been involved in this sale and will continue their operation as tusual.

Lumbermenrs Council Meets at Santa Cruz

Thirty-seven lumbermen attended the meeting of the California Lumltermen's Council held at the Palomar Hotel, Santa Cruz, September 17. The attendance includerl six councilmen, three council secretaries and a number of guests.

Among the guests tvere Harrv Lake, president, California Retail Lumbermen's Association; D. C. Essley, manager, California Retail Lumbermen's Association; E. T. Robie, Auburn Lumber Co., Auburn; Mead Clark, Mead Clark Lumber Co., Santa Rosa; F. Dean Prescott, Valley Lumber Co., Fresno; Al Hubbard, Hubbard & Carmichael Bros., San Jose; Andrew McNair, McKinnon-McNair l-umber Co., St. Helena; Harry Laws, Henry Lalr's Co., Ltd., Santa Rosa; Fr'ank J. O'Connor, general manager, California Wholesale Lumber Association, San Francisco; S. J. Hauge, secretary, Redrvood Empire Lumltermen's Club, Santa Rosa, and Ed Larson, secretary, San Jose Lurnbermen's Club.

George N. I.e1-, president of the Council, presicled, and there.was a general discussion of matters concerning the lumber and building material business, and .reports s'ere made by members on conditions in their respective districts.

Decrease in Business Difficulties Seen

Chicago, Sept. 26.-Reflecting firmer conditions noted generally during August, industry failures reported to the Lumbermen's Blue Book, Inc., for the month shorved eviclence of decline in the number of casualties. There rvas some increase in creditors' assignments and bankruptcies over those reported for August, 1931, but a decrease under reports for recent months.

A comparison of difficulties for the month in both years reads :

t932 bankruptcies receiverships assignments extensions creditors' committee appointed

1931 bankruptcies receiverships assignments extensions creditors' committees appointed

3 composition settlements

Inquiries for special credit reports received by the Blue Book's service during August this year decreased slightly under those for the month a year ago. There rvas also a decrease in the number of claims placed for collection, but the average claim was larger. Collections rvere about the same as a year ago.

W. G. KAHMAN VISITS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

W. G. Kahman, San Francisco, district sales manager of the Shevlin Pine Sales Company, has just completed a business trip to Southern California where he visited the company's Los Angeles office. Accompanied by L. S. Turnbull, the company's Southern California and Arizona representative, they spent a few days calling on the trade.

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Age not guaranteed-Some I have told for 2O yearc-Some less

This Guy \(/as Particular

He came into a baker shop and said to the baker:

"Tomorrow is my birthday. f want you to make me a birthday cake. I want just a medium-sized, white cake, covered with white icing. And on the top of the cake I want you to put in pink icing rny first name 'Otto'. And I want the lettering of that word to be in old English lettering."

The baker said O.K., the price would be a dollar and a half and the cake would be ready the next morning.

The next morning the customer carne into the bakery, and they showed him the cake. He paid:'

"It's a beautiful and delicious looking cake. And I really hate to kick about it. But I can't take it. There's been a great and serious mistake made. I told you that the name on the top must be done in Old English lettering, and you've done it in Old Roman. And I can't possibly accept it that way. It's important; in fact, it's vital, that the lettering of that name be in Old English."

"You are correct," said the baker, "and the fault is mine. I remember that you DID specify Old English, and I turned the order in wrong. But I'll have it re-topped at once, and have it done exactly as you want it, and if you will come back in two hours it will be ready, and I guarantee that it will be satisfactory."

So the customer came back at noon, and the cake was ready. "That's beautiful," he said, "asd I'm very much pleased. That name in pink icing is done in the most perfect Old English lettering now, and it is just exactly right. Thank you very much for doing it so well."

And he paid for the cake. Then the baker said:

"Shall we deliver it for you, or will you take it along with you?"

"Oh, don't bother," said the custom€r, EAT IT RIGHT HERE.''

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23rd. Annual Logging Congrcs Bill Godshall Low Gross Winner

The twenty-third annual Pacific Logging Congress will be held at Tacoma, 'Wash., on October |9-ZUZI,1932. The Hotel Winthrop will be the convention headquarters. On Thursday, October 2O, the delegates will visit the Simpson Logging Co. operations at Shelton, Wash. The annual banquet rvill be held on Friday evening, October 21, with R. W. Vinnedge, North Bend Timber Co., North Bend, Wash., as toastmaster. Among the entertainment features listed for Saturday, October 22, will be golf at the Tacoma Country Club, and a football game betrveen the University of California and the University of Washington, at Seattle.

W. A. "Bill" Godshall, Blue Diamond Corp., Ltd., Los Angeles, was the low gross winner at the monthly golf tournament of the Orange County Lumbermen's Club held at the Santa Ana Country Club, Santa Ana, on Wednesday afternoon, September 21. D. E. Liggett, Liggett Lumber Co., Santa Ana, won both the low net and blind bogey honors. A large number turned out for the tournament. Dinner was served at the club house at 6:30 p.m.

The next tournament will be held late in October which will also be the date for the annual meeting of the Orange County Lumbermen's Club.

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A Modern Home Built of Laminated Lumber

Bv C. W. Buckner, Northern California Representative Harbor Plywood Corporation

A nernt departure in home building is shown on this page. It has been my contention for many years that laminated lumber, or plywood as it is better known, should have a much broader use in the building of cottages and even large homes than it has enjoyed in the past. There has alu'ays been a lot of prejudice against laminated lumber by people who rvere of the opinion that the glue would

$5000 or more. The house illustrated on this page was recently completed at 6000 Outlook Avenue, Oakland, Calif., which is in the Mills College district, and consists of a living room 73'4"x16'U', a kitchen 8'O"xlO'8", bathroom 5'4"x8', a bedroom l0'8,'xl3'(', two clothes closets 2'8"x 2'8", a sieeping porch 8'0"x10'8" and an entrance porch 5'4"x5'('. (See floor plan also illustrated.)

The house has a solid concrete foundation, floor joists of 2"x8" O.P., studding 4"x4", surfaced four sides and spaced at 37' centers, giving it a beautiful beam effect. All overhead joists and rafters are surfaced four sides, giving the inside a beautiful paneled finished effect. The floor is 5-ply 5/s" treated rvith "Inrvood", the outside rvalls are S-ply %", the partitions are 3-ply, the roof is S-ply f" covered vvith tar and gravel, making it a specially fire resisting roof.

It is strictly a factory fabricated house, every part of it being cut to pattern at the factory and delivered at the home site ready for rapid assembly, and on account of the parts all being rnachined to pattern in the factory instead

not hold the plies together if it was exposed on the outer u'alls of buildings. Horvever, it has now been demonstrated beyond a doubt that improvements in the manufacturing of glue have made it possible to produce a laminated Iurnber or plywood that will withstand the ravages of the elernents as well as or better than solid lurnber.

A few years ago rve introduced laminated lumber or plyrvood as a suitable material for concrete forms, and the past year has shorvn that it is now becoming a recognized concrete form material that has successfully withstood the conditions to which it rvas exposed, and in many cases has been used as many as six, eight and even twelve times.

It was next successfully introduced as a boat lumber, *'here it has again demonstrated its adaptability to withstand the moisture and at least one San Francisco jobber is carrying a complete stock of laminated boat lumber up to 16 ft. lengths.

With these practical illustrations and demonstrations of its adaptability to outside uses, I began planning for the building of small beach cottages or mountain cabins, but I have found the call also extends to two, three and four roonr cottages and even to modern homes costing up to

of being sawn to length on the, job, it is far more rigid and stronger than the house that is built in the old-fashioned way.

This house is treated both inside and outside with "In. wood", a combined rvood preserver and paint that not only *'aterproofs and preserves the wood, but at the same time

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gives it a beautiful color effect that it is almost impossible to secure in any other r,vay, and on account of it being a one coat preparation that can be applied either by brush or spray, it is an economical finishing material .and is almost everlasting. Many floors treated rvith this preparation have rvithstood the wear for five or six years without needing further treatment, and it can be had in any color.

The floor plan can be changed to suit the requirements of the individual purchaser as the house is built on a unit ized plan, that is, the first unit consists of the living room, kitchen and bathroom; the second unit is the bedroom, and when a clining room is desired another No. 2 unit can be addecl at the other end of the kitchen either at the time that the first unit is erected or at a later date if the purchaser desires. Unit No. 3 is a sleeping porch, and at a small aclclitional expense this can be converted into a kitchen and the ioom norv designated ort the floor plan as a kitchen can be used for an additional bedroom. Any of the rooms can be enlarged either in width or length in 32" or multiples thus making the building conform to the reqtrirements of the owner as 32" Harbord laminated lumber is usecl exclusively.

The total cost of fhe house illustrated, including foundation, erection, electric fixtures, plumbing and painting

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and ready to be occupied was less than $1600. The cost of the building and erection exclusive of the paint, foundation, electric fixtures and plumbing was less than $900.

Laminated lumber is fast coming into favor on account of its sound proof and cold resisting qualities. This is because it is made' up of several rotary cut sheets of wood laminated together at right angles with a high grade waterproof casein glue. Another advantage is that it can be secured in large sheets and the walls instead of having joints every four or six inches have joints only every 32", and these are sealed with Laucks' casin body joint filler, making the walls practically air tight. Where a smooth inside wall is wanted instead of the beam effect as shown in this building, it can be secured by lining with /4" 3-ply wallboard and then treated either by staining, painting, papering or with a plastic paint. A house constructed in this manner will overcome many of the de{ects and annoyances that have been caused by checking and pitting of the old-fashioned lath and plaster walls.

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The chap who thinks the neighborhood In which he lives is just as good As any place beneath the skies, And who will never criticize His fellow men who live nearby, Nor find their doings all awry, Helps make that neighborhood of his As good as he believes it is.

The chap who thinks his own home town Deserves a laurel leaf and crown And brags about it far and near To everyone who cares to hear, And claims there is no place on earth That has so many things of worth, Makes any town that he may grace A pretty good abiding place.

The c[ap who loves each grain of sand Within his own dear native land, And is convinced no fag's unfurled Orer any nation in the world That has the institutions great That may be found in his own state, Helps any land where he may live To merit praise superlative.

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Macdonald-"Did ye hae a nice time at the party on Saturday nicht, Macduff?"

Macduff-"A wonder-r-rful time. Jist imagine ! Fourteen o' us pipers a' gather-r-red tagither-r-r in Sandy Tamson' wee back room, wi' plenty o' whusky-the verra best o' whusky, an' a' playin' difrerent chunes ! Mon, Ah thocht Ah was floatin' in fleaven."

HE COULD TELL

The late Ambassador Walter Page was formerly editor of World's Work, and like all editors was obliged to refuse a great many manuscripts. A lady once wrote him:

"Sir: You sent back, last week, a story of mine. I know that you did not read the story for as a test I pasted the pages lE, 19 and 20 together, and the story came back with those pages still pasted, so I know that you are a fraud and turn down stories without reading them."

Mr. Page wrote back: "Madam: At breakfast when I open an egg, I don't have to eat the whole egg to discover it's bad."

A TOAST

ffere's to the man who plans thingsBuilds things-makes things; Who prattles not of wonders of old, Nor gloats over ancestral gold, But takes off his coat and takes hold And does things.

-Boston Transcript.

SOVIET RUSSIA

To the business man Soviet Russia stands as a model of incompetence and inefficiency. To the social worker it is a thrilling experiment in social adjustment. To the laborer it is an attempt to rule by the hitherto disinherited. To some sentimentalists who sojourn there for a few days, it is a beautiful dream. And to the tourist de luxe it is a damnable discomfort.-F. M. Friedman.

BE SLOW TO SAY NO

We should all be very careful when we say "no" to a suggested improvement or plan made by a subordinate. A "no" in most cases is final. If we say "yes," the matter usually comes up for review by other superior officers, which gives such suggestion the advantage of having several officers review it. We are usually more careful when we say "yes" because we know that our "yes" decisions will have to stand the test of further approval. As a matter of fact, we should be more careful with our "noes" for the reason that they do not have to stand the test of performance or further approval.-A. W. Robertson, Chairman, Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.

ANDOVER:S CREED

(From "The Vagabond")

If you were a professor at Andover Theological Seminary, would you be able to keep a straight face when you stood up and repeated publicly the creed which each teacher must repeat? Just enough of it is reprinted here so that you may get the flavor of it:

"I believe that in consequence of Adam's disobedience, all his descendants were constituted sin4ers; that by nature every man is personally depraved, destitute of holiness, that the wicked will, with devils, be plunged into the lake, that burneth with fire and brimstone forever, and furthermore I do solemnly promise that I will maintain and inculcate the Creed by me now repeated in opposition not only to Athiests, and Infidels, but to Jews, Papists, Mohamedans, Arians, Pelegians, Antinomians, Socinians, Sabellians, Unitarians, and Universalists; and to all other heresies and errors, ancient and modern."

East B.y Club Hearc Talk on Olympic Games

A large and representative crorvd of lumbermen was on hand to greet Earle E. Johnson of Livermore, the new president of East Bay Hoo Hoo Club No. 39 at the monthly dinner meeting of the club held at the Athens Athletic Club, Oakland, n4onday evening, September 19.

President Johnson appointed Douglas Cook chairman of the attendance committee and Taylor Sublett chairman of the membership committee.

Taylor Sublett, organizer of the University Extension Course for lumbermen, asked employers present to recommend the course to their employees.

Professor Emanuel Fritz, associate professor of the School of Forestry, University of California, who will be instructor of the new class, complimented Mr. Sublett on his organization rvork, and outlined the scope of the course, rvhich he said would not be a salesmanship course, but a semi-technical one which he hoped would help to build up a background that will enable the students to know their product better.

A. C. Horner, manager of the Western office of the National Lumbpr Manufacturers Association, said he is certain the course will help lumbermen to sell more lumber, and gave instances where the information put out by his association had enabled many dealers to sell more lumber. He told also of cases where the National had been able to convince many architects throughout the country that rvood sash are not inferior to metal sash, and stressed the importance of having the right technical information at hand when it is needed. He described the class as the most forward looking project put on by any organization in the I I Western states. Mr. Horner concluded by giving a brief outline of a Gr4des IJse Book now in course of preparation by the National Association which will enable architects to determine what kind and grade of lumber to use for any partigular structure.

M. R. Henry, publisher of the Livermore Herald, the speaker of the evening, spoke on ..The lJnusual in the Olympic Games," and proved a most entertaining narrator of the many incidents that occurred which gripped the emotions of the spectators. in the course of the running of these great interriational competitions. In describing the incident in the 5000 meters race where the Japanese runner, running absolutely last, gracefully ran wide to permit the first and second runners to keep their positions, Mr. Henry made his hearers feel just about as the 25,000 spectators felt when they spontaneously jumped to their feet and applauded this Japanese runner as no other individual athlete was applauded in any event. Truly, as he said, happenings like this and others that he described do more to breed understanding and keep the peace between nations than regiments of diplomats.

SMALL FIRE AT COLUSA

Grenfell Lumber Company, Colusa, recently had a fire u'hich slightly damaged their warehouse.

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Fceling of Confidence Everywherc E. H. Batchelder, )t- ApPointcd Says G. H. Corliss G"net.l Sales Manqger

George H. Corliss, advertising and sales promotion manager of J. A. Fay & Egan Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, the world's oldest manufabturers of woodworking machinerY, gives our readers some quick facts on current business in the United States, based on first hand observations made on an 'extended trip just comPleted.

"I have just finished a four thousand mile trip through some of the Central States, the Middle Atlantic States, the Eastern Canadian Provinces and New England. Based on what I observed and what I heard, here are the facts'

"There is an unrnistakable feeling of confidence everyrvhere that our worst difficulties are over and all our perplexing problems will be solved. The exfectation is widespread that the many governmental, financial and commercial recuperative undertakings will materially improve conditions soon. Hope and confidence are surely taking the place of doubt, gloom and apprehension.

"In some sections of the country greater business activity is much in evidence. Many companies are withdrawing old price lists and issuing advanced ones. Salesmen show new courage. Many manufacturers report increased number of inquiries. Orders in some lines are increasing daily' Consumers rush in to take advantage of low prices in a rising market. Retailers all over the country with bare shelves are trying to place orders for goods at old prices' Wholesalers are caught with no stocks on hand to supply the sudden rush of small orders. Manufacturers are daily taking on more help in numerous lines' The work week is being lengthened in some cases. Suppliers of merchandise and materials are caught with the lowest stocks on hand in history. Demand is unquestionably surpassing production. M"Ity retail articles have advanced from ten to 'twenty per cent and more. Greater optimism prevails all over the South with the rise of cotton prices' Many lines of business are experiencing a more favorable flow of new business. Production is behind new orders. Plices are increasing in chain stores, drug stores and grocery stores. Current new business in lumber mills greatly exceeds production. New export orders in some lines are coming in. Cold storage stocks of all foods are decreasing' Bank failures have stopped with marly previously closed beginning to operate again. Millions of dollars are going into the pockets of the farmer through increased prices for cattle, hogs, butter fat, eggs and other farm products' More millions are finding their way into the pockets of the cotton grower. Everywhere the clouds are lifting in the smaller cities ancl with the smaller companies'"

DEE ESSLEY IN NORTH

Dee C. Essley, manager of the California Retail Lurnbermen's Association, ar{ived in San Francisco September 17. He will spend three weeks in Northern California on the work of the association, particularly in making arrangements for the coming annual convention to be held in Los Angeles, November 3, 4 and 5'

The Insulite Company announces the appointment of E. H. Batchelder, Jr., as general sales manager, efiective September l, Ig32. Mr' Batchelder has been identified rvith the insulation industry for a number of years, particularly in the railroad and industrial fields, and up to the time of his appointment as general sales manager, he occupied the po.itiott of manager of railroad sales for the Insulite Company at Chicago.

For a number of years prior to 1923, Mr' Batchelder occupied executive positions attached to the stafis of the presidents of several large railroads. In 1923, he engaged in his own sales business in Chicago and during subsequent years acted as president of the U. S. Supply Company, and president of the Federal Equipment Corporation, in addilion to which he also acted as manager of railroad sales for other large manufacturing interests.

Headquarters offices of the Insulite Company are at Minneapolis, Minn. The company's mills are at International Falls, Minn.

Charles R. Wisdo;

Charles R. Wisdom, well knorvn San Francisco lumberman, died in San Francisco September 14'

Mr. Wisdom started his lumber career in Hannillal, Mo" ancl came to the Pacific coast with his father rvho had beeu appointed manager of the McCloud River Lumber Co' He feca*e assistant manager of this company' and later rvas made manager of the Diamond Match Company's lumber operations in California. He went from this position to Mexico to be manager of the Madera Lumber Co', Ltd'' and ,came back to the United States to take charge of the San Francisco office of the Red River Lumber Co' He rvas for a number of years vice president and general manager of the California Pine Box Distributors, and about a year ago started in the wholesale lumber and box business on his own'account.

John E. Marshall, lnc. Moves to Long Beach

John E. Marshall, Inc., lumber handlers, announces that effective october !, 1932, their entire facilities will be located at Pier A, Outer Harbor, Long Beach, Calif' Their Terminal Island dock at Pier 228, Wilmington, Calif', will be discontinued on that date. J' O' Means is in charge of their Los Angeles office in the Petroleum Securities Bldg' The Los Arrgeles telephone number is PRospect 0615'

RETURNS FROM SOUTHERN TRIP

Henry M. Hink, sales manager of Dolbeer & Lumber Co., San Francisco, returned September a business trip to Los Angeles and San Diego'

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Michigan an lmportant Hardwood Drive fo, "sunlight Hour""

Producing State Funds Extended

Sept. l5.-Although the day of Michigan's leadership in lumber manufacturing rvas in the 7Os, 8Os and 90s of the last century, the state is still an important producer of hardwoods, being exceeded in 1930 only by Louisiana and Wisconsin in the quantity of hardwood lumber produced. Michigan has been first for many years in the production of maple lumber, reporting more than 4O per cent of all the maple cut in the United States in 193O. Next after Wisconsin, Michigan leads in the production of birch and is an important state in hemlock production, this being the principal softwood produced.

In 1890, the U. S. Census Bureau reported lumber production in Michigan as nearly 4-113 billion feet. ln 1929, production of 571O17,000 feet rvas reported:. in 193O, 466, 831.000 feet.

An unusually large proportion-48 per cent-of the lumber produced is sold by the mills of the state direct to manufacturers, as of automobiles, furniture, etc.; about 31 per cent of these mill sales are made through wholesalers; 11.4 per cent to retallers and 6.3 per cent to railroads and utility companies.

The number of rvage-earners engaged by the lumber and timber products industry (sawmills and logging operations). in Michigan was 11,638 in 1929; wages paid were $14,058,899 and value of products was $39,100,102. In the planing mills of the state not connected with sarvmills, 3,784 wage-earners rvere employed, $4,774,454 was paid in wages and $25,614,233 uias the value of products. The lumber industry is excedcled in Michigan in number of wage-earners by the automobile and furniture industries and by foundry and machine shop products.

Michigan consumes in its factories and for its building. railroads, etc., about trvice as much lumber as it produces. Of its lumber consumption ol929,635,000 feet in 1930, according to the U. S. Forest Service, about 26 per cent was produced by its orvn sawmills and 67 per cent came from other states. The balance was imported, mostly f rom Canada. About one-half of Michigan's consumption of softwoods is by the box and crate industry. The hardwoods consumed in the State go largely to the automobile and furniture factories. Most of Michigan's lumber sent to other states goes to Illinois and Wisconsin.

Forest planting statistics, as issued by the Forest Service, show more forest planting in Michigan than in any other state, 38,302 acres being planted there in 1930 out of a total of 135,239 in the entire country, and 47,264 acres in 1931, out of a total of 153,'160. Of this area in the two years nearly 60,000 acres were planted on state forests under the direction of the state forester. The Forest Service in 1920 estimated the total forest area of Michigan as 18.400,000 acres.

D. H. STEINMETZ,IR., VISTTS PrNE MrLLS

D. H. Steinmetz, Jr,, Standard Lumber Company, Beverly Hills, Calif., spent a few days recentlv calling on the 'pine mills.

Washington, Sept. 26.-Because of the lateness with rvhich many lumbermen received notification of the drive to raise $6,000 by popular subscription with which to build a lumber house exhibit at the Chicago Century of Progress Exposition, it has been found desirable to extend the closing date of the drive from the middle of September to October 15. W. F. Sharv, trade extension manager of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, which is acting as the clearing house of the project, in announcing the postponement, said that daily receipts have recently been increasing, but that in many cases individual lumbermen have received notice of the drive only within thd last week or ten days.

"The rate at rvhich receipts are now coming in," he said, "makes it more nearly certain that this fund will be raised if rve have more time to pass the word along to the lumber circle. Daily receipts have recently exceeded a hundred dollars, and they continue to come. We are after the second thousand dollars, and must average $150 a day to clear the hurdle even by October 15."

Contributions to the "Sunlight House" fund should be made out to "W. M. Ritter, Treasurer," and may be forrvarded through recognized trade publications, lumber associations and clubs, or directly to the headquarters of the fund. the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, 1337 Connecticut Ave., Washington. D. C.

Larsen -\7hite

Arthur M. Larsen and Miss Helen White of Berkeley, Calif., rvere married on September 16 and are norv on their honeymoon in Honolulu rvhere they plan to remain a month. Mr. Larsen is a member of the firm of Sullivan & Larsen, retail lumber dealers at Rio Vista, Calif., and he is a son of Captain Larsen, deceased, who rvas one of the pioneer lumbermen in the Central California section.

New Pine Wholesaler

California Pine Lumber Co. recently started business in San Francisco, carrying on a wholesale business in California pine products.

A. B. Davis, formerly sales manager for Kesterson Lumber Co., Klamath Falls, and recently associated with Drvight Lumber Co., San Francisco, is sales manager. Offices are in the Hobart Building, 582 Market Street.

Carl Moore Makes Change

Carl R. Moore has resigned his position with the East Bay Lumbermen's Institute, Oakland, to take charge of Moore Mill & Lumber Company's office in San Francisco, succeeding his father who died recently.

California Ranks Second in Building lor August

Building permits in 565 cities and towns of the United States during the month of August, 1932, amounted to $32,921,292, according to offi'cial reports made to S. W. Straus & Co. This figure represents one-half of 1 per ,cent increase over July, 1932, when the volume for these cities was $32,747,A91. This is a normal seasonal increase. Permits issued during August, 1932, fell 7O.2 per cent below the same month in 1931.

California ranked second among the twelve leading states in building for August, 1932, with a total of $3,715,353; New York was first with a total of W,820,167. San Francisco ranked fourth with a total of $1,035,774 and Los Angeles was sixth with a total of $859,118 among the cities of the country.

Twenty-five cities reporting the largest volume of building permits for August, 1932, as compared with the same month last year follow:

CALIFORNIA

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San Francisco Office: 26O California St.

F. J. OConnor, Pree. and Gea. Mgr. - Phone GArGeld 56,t5

Los Angeles Office: PeEoleum Securities BIdg.

M. S. Loper, Dirtrict Manager - Phone PRospect 27O3

MEMBERS

W. R. Chmberlin & Co. ......San Franci*o and Los Angeles

Cc Bay Lumber Co. ........San Francisco and Lc Angeles

Donwan Lumber Co. San Franci*o ud Lc Angeles

Humond Luber Co. .........Su Fnnciso and Lc Angeles

J. R. Hanify Co. ...San Franci*o and Lc Angeles

Hart-Wmd Lumber Co. ...............San Francirco

Alvin N. Lofgren ...............San Franciro

MacDould & Haningto .....San Franci*o and Lc Angelea

A. F. Mabony Lumber Co. ............Su Fnncisco

Chas. R. McCmick Lumber Co. ...............San Francieo and Lc Angeler

W. J. Mu[igm & Co. .San Frucisco

Charls Nelco Co. ....SanFranci*oandLeAngeles

Pmmim Lumber Co. ..............Su Frucisco

Suta Fe Lumber Co. ..-..........San Francieco

Sudden & Cbristemon ...San Franciro ud Lc Angelea

Wendling-Nathan Co. .... ....San Fnnci*o and Lc Angeles

E. K. W@d Lumber Co. .....San Frucigco ud Le Angelea

Hill & Morton, Inc............. ..,....Oakland

Bledel-Duovu Lumber Mills ............Io Angeler

Broke Lumber Cc. ............. .Lc Algelee

Lamce-Phillpe Lmber Co. ...........Loc Angeler

E. L. Reitz Company ....Le Angelee

Twoby Lmber Cq .........,... ..lo Angele

SL Paul & Tacma Lumber Co. ........Tama

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COMPLETE ASSORTMENT SIZES

TOTALS ...$t7,684,243

\(/alter F. Peacock

Walter F. Peacock, president of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co., Eugene, Oregon, died in Portland; September 17, af.ter being stricken with a heart attack that day while playing a game of golf with Mr. Tanner, a director of the company. Mrs. Peacock ,came north from the family home at Pasadena and accompanied the body to Oakland, where the interment took place.

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Lumber Industry Shows Appreciable lmproyement

But Stocks are Excessive and Reduction is Most

lmportant Problem

Washington, Sept. 25.-During the past four weeks, lumber orders at the sawmills have increased appreciably over the record of previous weeks of 1932, as reported by 650 leading mills of the,country to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. The week ended September 3, 1932, orders were reported of 187,536,000 feet; the following week, even though including the Labor Day holiday, of. I7O,103,000 feet; the week ended September 17, of 188,921,ffiO feet, these being the highest weeks of 1932 to date and comparing with 139,275,000 feet, the average of the first 37 weeks of the year.

Lumber orders at the mills for the four weeks werc 92 per cent of last year with the following weekly relationship -79 per,cent; 91 per cent; 100 per cent ; 100 per cent. September 1931 began the major downward movement of last year but comparisons with 1930 show an encourag'ing trend. Orders received in 1932 in the four weeks ended September 17 were 28 per ,cent below those of corresponding weeks of 1930, against similar comparison with 1930 in May of 56 per ,cent below and in June of 49 per cent below.

Lumber produ'ction in the four weeks ended September t7, 1932, averaged 110,526,000 feet, compared with weekly average of 111,595,000 feet for the year to date. This was 22 per cent of the capacity of the reporting mills. Similar percentage during ,corresponding four weeks in 1931 was 35 per cent; in 1930, 49 per cent. Lumber orders in the same four weeks' ,comparisons were 35 per cent of capacity in 7932;38 per cent in 1931 ; 48 per cent in 1930.

Encouraging Progress in Lumber Demand

"In the light of these reports", says Wilson Compton, Secretary and Manager of the National Lumber Manufa'cturers Association, "there is ground for the encouraging belief that the lumber industry is emerging from the depths of the trough but there is no justification for any presen't in,crease in production. The industry's stocks are still excessive and the further reduction of stocks continues the industry's most important problem. The price increases which are heralding an upturn are as yet slight compared with what they must be to equal even the cost of production. The progress so far made is primarily the result of better balance between production and consumption encouraged and guided throughout the industry by the recommendations made public by the U. S. Timber Conservation Board; and the principal advantages so far gained will be lost if produ,ction is needlessly started until more evidence of substantial and continuing increase in actual lunrber consumption is at hand."

Source of Orders

It is indicated by reports to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association that there has been more recent buying by the retailers than any other class of trade, somewhat earlier activity in the South than in other sections, although the West is now showing appreciable upturn, and probably

more demand in rural and small town sections than in urban centers. Some city yards, however, report considerable selling for repair and remodelling. Some of the increase is obviously seasonal. Fall repair work and remodelling is to be expected but not since 1929 has there been so substantial ah in,crease in orders at the mills as during the past four weeks.

Just how much of the retail trade is due to actual orders from consumers or definite prospects of increasing demand and how much to the effort to replenish low yard stocks while prices are at bottom levels, is problematical. In the South the increased activity on the part of retailers is said to be predicated upon anticipated building, due to the higher prices of cotton and some farm products.

Considerable lumber is in demand for industrial building, particularly for textile plants in the South. Small house construction is reported to be the chief sour,ce of demand in the Central West. Resumption of publi,c works construction is inspiring some lumber orders, including form lumber. There is no quantity buying by the railroads but lumber stocks in the hands of the roads are so depleted that "Railway Purchases and Stores" in its September issue, gives warning that "when any sizable car building or repair programs get under way, the roads may find themselves competing strongly with each other for the small stock of car lumber that may be available."

Sash and Door Demand

True to the seasonal trend, sash and door factories in certain districts have been more active in the past two or three weeks than for many months. Shingle manufacturers are feeling a heavier demand and are getting somewhat higher prices than a month ago. The market for oak and maple flooring is improving.

Some of the larger hardwood consumers, as furniture and automobile plants, are anticipating their future requirements, many stimulating the market with active inquiries if not by substantial purchases.

The lumber export trade, which has been running about 50 per cent below last year for softwoods and 25 per cent below for hardwoods during the summer, has not as yet shown much change in the South. Some increase in new business going to the Douglas fir mills in the first two weeks of September was in export trade, a revival in Japanese buying being reported.

LUMBERMAN MAKES GOOD RECOVERY

R. O. Wilson, of the R. O. Wilson Lumber Co., recently made an automobile trip to Southern California in company with Ralph and Carl Moore of the Moore Mill & Lumber Co. Mr. Wilson is getting into good shape again after his enforced absence from his office for some time due to a severe automobile accident.

Directors for Home Loan Bank Named

With the announcement at Washington on September 24 of the appointment of the eleven directors for the Twelfth District Federal lfome Loan Bank, preparations for the opening of the bank at Los Angeles on O.ctober 15 have be_ gun. The Twelfth District embraces California. Nevada. Arizona and Hawaii.

Nine of the directors, under the law. must be connected with the home finarrcing business and their suc.cessors must be officers or directors of institutions which own stock in the bank. Membership in the bank is limited to building and loan associations, savings and loan asso,ciations, co_ operative banks, homestead associations, insurance com_ panies, and savings banks, to which the property owner seeking the toan must go.

The directors named for the Twelfth District branch bank are: Adolph Schlei,cher, president of the I-os Angeles Chamber of Commerce; H. V. Ketcherside, Long Beach, president of the commonwealth Building and Loan Association ; Robert Odell, San Francisco, Pacific State Savings and Loan Company; George O. Davis, president of the White House Department Store, San Francis,co; Edwin M. Einstein, Fresno Guarantee-Loan Association : perrv T. Tompkins, Berkeley Guarantee Building and Loan Association; Harry S. Wanzer, Sacramento Capital Building and Loan Association; .J. Lester Miller, San Jose Nucleus Building and Loan Association; A. M. Franklin, Tucson, Ariz., Citizens' Building and Loan Association; R. M. Tobin, San Francisco, Hibernia Savings and Loan Association; C. H. Wade, Los Angeles, State Mutual Builcling and Loan Association.

Joseph R. Halstead

Funeral services for Joseph R. Halstead, widely known lumberman, who was killed in an automobile accident in Phoenix, Ariz., Saturday evening, September 24, were held at Los Angeles, Wednesday afternoon, September 28. He was given military honors having served with the army overseas during the World War. He was the son of J. D. Halstead of Los Angeles, head of the J. D. Halstead Lumber Co. He was forty-four years of age and was a native of Missouri.

Mr. Halstead was vice-president of the J. D. Halstead Lumber Co. who operates a line of retail lumber yards in Arizona, and also have yards in Los Angeles. He made his home in Phoenix, Ariz., where the company started their first yard in 1909, and he was in charge of the company's Arizona interests. During the World War, he served with the Twentieth Engineers overseas; he enlisted as a private and when he left the service he had the rank of First Lieutenant.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Edna Haas Halstead; his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Halstead; two brothers, A. E. and Ray Halstead, and a sister, Mrs. H. O. Wagers.

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Wholesalers Market 50 Per Cent of Mill Sales of Lumber in United States

Washington, Sept. 17.-In Washington and Oregon, two leading lumber-producing states of the country, nearly 60 per cent of the product of the sawmills is sold through wholesalers; less than 11 per cent direct to retailers, according to an analysis of U. S. Census reports recently made by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association.

The Southeastern states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina also show heavy wholesale distribution, between 60 and 70 per cent of the sales of the sawmills being through this medium. In South Carolina and Florida, retailer distribution is about 11 per cent of the direct mill sales. Georgia shows only 2.2 per cent of its mill sales to retailers, the lowest proportion of any important lumber state. Wisconsin and Michigan are producing states whose lumber sales show higher percentage to wood-consuming manufacturers than any other states except Tennessee'

These percentage relationships and their corresponding footage of lumber sales by manufacturers are available for the first time in the industry through the "Distribution of Sales Reports" compited lor 1929 by the U' S. Census Bureau. This shows for manufacturing industries the distribution of their sales through various classes of distributors, namely, wholesalers, retailers, for export, in local sales, direct to consum.ing manufacturers, and interplant transfers. For the lumber industry wholesale distribution is further classified into wholesalers and jobbers, brokers and commission houses, and branch wholesale establishments' Retailer sales include those to retail yards owned by manufacturers.

The complefe report covers distribution of sales of logging camps, sawmills and affiliated planing mills. Sales of lumber, or the product of the sawrnill, are shown in quantity, value and percentages of total. Value of other products and percentage of sales is a part of the survey. Data are included f.or 4,484 plants in 33 states, each plant having an annual output of $5,000 or more.

The lumber sales aggregate 26,617,151,000 feet valued at $740,865,000. For the country as a whole, lumber sales by the mills to wholesalers were 48'9 per cent of the total, these being divided into 30.2 per cent through wholesalers and jobbers; 14 per cent through brokers and commission houses, and 4.7 per cent through branch wholesale establishments. Mill sales to retailers were 14.9 per cent of the total; to manufacturers of ivood-consttming plants, 13.8 per cent; interplant transfers, 4.4 per cent ; for export, 8'4 per cent; to railroads, public utility companies ancl contractors, 4.7 per cent; local sales, 4.7 per cent and sales to other industrial consumers, .2 per cent.

Distribution of Mill Sales in Various States

In addition to Washington, Oregon and the Southeastern states of Florida, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina, where more than 60 per cent of the sales of the mills are marketed thiough wholesalers, California, Idaho, Montana' Arkansas. North Carolina and West Virginia shorv rvhole-

saler distribution between 40 and 50 per cent of the mill sales.

In California, Idaho, Louisiana, Minnesota and Texas more of the lumber sold by the mills goes direct to retailers than in any othe.r states, Minnesota and Texas leading with about 50 per cent and 43 per cent, respectively, of their sales, the others averaging between 23 and 3O per cent.

Wisconsin reports 8.5 per cent of its mill sales of lumber direct to railroads and public utility companies: Michigan, 6.3 per cent; Louisiana, 1O per cent, and Montana, 13 per cent.

In the coast states of Washington and Oregon, 16.6 per cent and 11.6 per cent; in Mississippi, 14.2 pet cent; in Florida, 10.9 per cent; in Alabama, 8.8 per cent; in Louisiana,7.5 per cent of their total mill sales are for export.

The industrial states naturally lead in the distribution of mill sales direct to wood-consuming plants, as Michigan with 48 per cent of its total going to these manufacturers (including some interplant transfers) ; Wisconsin with 34 per cent; Tennessee, 39 per cent; North Carolina, 24 pet cent. California, Mississippi, Minnesota and Arkansas report'around 2O per cent of their mill sales are direct to manufacturers. Local sales are greater proportionately in North Carolina and Kentucky, in Texas, Virginia and Washington than in other lumber-producing states.

Although the Census report covers 33 states, this revierv includes comparison of 20 states each of whose sales were over 250,000,000 feet during the year. The percentage comparison for the seven leading lumber producing states of the country follows:

*IIL.ol"rt transfers and local sales not included in this table; percentages for U. S. +.+ for interplant and 4.7 for lmal sales'

i"ciuaei .t"" brokers and comm,ission ho-uses and branch wholesale

includes relail .vards.owned bv manufacturer; manufactrrrerc are those of wmd'consuming industrres'

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Rate---$2.50 Per Column Inch.

FOR LEASE

Retail lumber yard or factory site, corner Ravenswood Ave. and State Highway, Menlo Park, California, has spur track and heavy construction two story warehouse. Address R. W. Follmer, General Contractor, 465 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto, Calif. Phone 7325.

EXPERIENCED LUMBERMAN WANTS POSITION

Best of references can be given as to ability in all branches during the past fifteen years in Southern California. Fast and accurate at Estimating, Bookkeeping, etc. Thoroughly understands Sash and Doors also. Take anything-go any place. Address Box C-452, care California Lumber Merchant.

FOR SALE

My interest in good, well established lumber yard in California. Good possibility of purchaser to take charge if well qualified. Address Box C-454, The California Lumber Merchant.

YQUNG LUMBERMAN

8 years experience in the mill-wholesale and retiil trade. Thorough knowledge of general office and detail work. Age 25, single, desires position, preferably in thc sales end. A-1 references. Address Box C-450, The Cali. fornia Lumber Merchant.

WANTS MAN WITH PORf,ABLE MILL TO CUT WHITE PINE

Man with Portable Mill wanted to cut White ber located in Central California. Will pay on board feet basis. Good opportunity. Address Lumber Merchant, Box C-453.

Pine timaPerM California

WANTS TO SELL ON A COMMISSION BASIS

Experienced lumberman would like to handle ties, timbers or shingles for good wholesale lumber concern on a commission basis. Can produce. Will go anywhere. Address Box C-455. care California Lumber Merchant.

Deet Season Opens With Seriouslssues Bulletin on Painting

Forest Fires

Unless the weather changes, the opening of the deer season on September 16 in State fish and game districts 1, l%, 4, 4%, 4%, 23; 24, and 25, will be in the midst of forest fires and dangerous fire hazard conditions, and hunters will have to give more than ordinary cooperation in preventing fires. According to a statement from the office of the U. S. Regional Forester, San Francisco, forest and watershed fires suddenly assumed serious proportions in the national forests on September 6. Prior to this date the acreage burned was 84 per cent less and the number of fires 25 per cent below the corresponding date for 1931. High temperatures, low humidity and bigh winds in these game districts, which cover the mountain hunting grounds located in the national forests of the Siskiyou, Sierra Nevada and the eastern part of the southern coast ranges, created fire hazards with the result that fire control was difficult, and large acreages were burned.

Forest Service officials believe that unless more than ordinary care is taken by all hunters and travelers with their camp fires and smoking,.many of the deer ranges will be devastated and other losses will result.

California Redwood Association recently issued as a number of its Redwood Information Series a bulletin on "Painting and Finishing California Redwood Exteriors," showing the time at which exterior repainting is recommended when protection to the wood is considered.

The bulletin was compiled from data on a five year study, nationally, by the U. S. Forest Produ'cts Laboratory, Madison, Wis., on paintability and paint service of eighteen native softwoods of the United States.

Charlie Lamb Opens Yard

Charles S. Lamb, well known East Bay lumberman, has opened a new retail lumber yard at Park and Horton Streets, Emeryville. Mr. Lamb has had a long experience in the retail lumber business, having started in .the game thirty-three years ago. He was for many years manager of the Tilden Lumber' Company's yard at Berkeley, and for a time was manager of the Sunset Lumber Co. He has not been active in the lumber business for the last year or two, but announces that he is glad to be back in the lumber business again.

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