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Bobt. Grcry Shingle Co' Tcconcr, Vfqsh. Hoquicm. Wcrh. olvmRic,Ilcrdwoord Co.

Deliqnce Lumber Co.

Polson Lumber d Shingle Mills

Ed Founttrin Lumber Co. Hoquicm, Wqrh.- Lor Angelea CcliL

GARGO ATD RAII. SHIPilDNTS

Lumber, Lcth cnd Shingles ccrried ct loccrl docks lor immedicrte shiprnent

7lr! West Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles

MOVES TO NEv/ LOCATION

Coast Materials & Lumber Co. has moved to its new location at 243O South Sepulveda Blvd., West Los Angeles, where it has a larger yard, increased warehouse fecilities, and a new modern office building. The company was formerly located at 73ffi Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles.

F. H. Manter is president of the company, and the directors are F. H. Manter, G. H. Yardley, Jr', and A. L. Bennett.

Back From Big Game Hunt

W. E. Arblaster, general manager of Mt. Whitney Lumber Co., Los Angeles, returned to his office September 26 ftom a successful big game hunting trip in Western Canada. He got a moose, an elk, a grizzly bear, a mountain sheep and a mountain goat.

Now, you lumbermen, tie this record if you can!

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ARCATA REDWOOD CO. STARTS

Arcata Redwood Company, Arcata, Calif., manufacturer of Redwood with an output of about 20,000 feet daily, recently started operation.

Howard Libbey, former general manager of Hobbs, Wall & Co., is general manager; W. E. Bishop is mechanical superintendent and William Stewart is in charge of production. Donald R. Holcomb, with office at 420 Market Street, San Francisco, is in charge of sales.

A. J. HETHERINGTON WITH HAMMOND LUMBER COMPANY

A. J. Hetherington is with the Hammond Lumber Company at hs Angeles as wholesale lumber representative and is calling on the retail trade. He is well and favorably known in Southern California lumber circles.

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How Lumber Looks

^B^^uilding permits for 90 Pacific Coast cities in August, 1939,_ aggregated $23,925,892 and represented an incilase 9i^106 per cent over the $22,772,615 recorded in August, 1938, ac-cordig_S !o the Western Monthly Building Suivey prepared by H. R. Baker & Co. of San hranciscol

Gains were recorded in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, IJtah, Washington and Wyoming. Los Angel-e! wa! the leading city witfi a total permit vofume of $6,024,808 and was followed by San Francisco with $2,591,732. Denver, Colo., was third'with $1,022,055, and was followe{ bf long Beach, Portland, Ore., San Diego, and Oakland in that ord"f.

The National Lumber Manufacturers Association report- ed new business dtlring the week ended September 16 the largest since 1930. New orders for the week totaled 352,550,000 feet, 3 per cent more than the L9D seasonal weekly average, and-66 per cent greater than last year,s. New business was 42 pei cent above current produciion.

Production and shipments during the week ended Sep- tember 16 were 22 and,28 per cent greater, respectively, than last year's seasonal average.

During the week, 505 mills pr,oduced Z4B,OZB,ffiO feet of softwoods and hardwoods combined, and shipped Z&,M3,000 feet. Revised figures for the preceding week were mills, 525; production , 217,763,W feet; shi ; shipmenis 218,125,0OO feet; orders 245,089,000 feet.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended Seplgmber 16, 113 mills reporting, gave production as 85,284,000 feet; shipments 76,682,W feet; and orders 109.391.000 feet. Orders were 28.2 per cent above production and 42.6 per cent above shipments. Shipments were 10 per cent below production. Orders showed an increase ol 23.6 per cent over the previous week. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 293,450,000 Jeet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended Seplember 16, 124 mills reporting, gave production at 32,ffi2,000 feet; shipments 40,951,000 f-eet; ind orders 61,294,Uj0 feet. Orders were 88.01 per cent above production and 49.68 per cent above shipments. Shipments were 25.61 per cent above production. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 115,915,000 feet.

- Douglas Fir prices are higher and very firm, the mills have large order files, and stocks are low and broken. Many of the rail mills have withdrawn their price lists and buye-rs have to go to the mills for quotations. It is strictly a sellers' market, and the demand is good from all sections of the country.

The Ponderosa and Sugar Pine and Redwood markets are strong and prices are firm.

\(aterfront Tie-up Averted

San Francisco.-Sept. 28.-Pacific Coast longshoremen and waterfront employers 3greed today to extend their present contract beyond its expiration date, Saturday, Sep- tember 30, in order to continue negotiations for a new contract.

Dr. Louis Bloch, member of the Federal Maritime Labor Board, an_nounced that both sides had signed a pledge to continue the contract in force and avert a- waterfiont ihutdown pending progress of the contract negotiations.