The California Lumber Merchant - October 1943

Much time and labor hag been saved by the use of plywood fon hundreds of different jobs in connection udth the wan. This will help to shorten the duration.

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Seattle, Wash.-The weekly average of West Coast lumber production in August (4 weeks). was 165,163,000 board feet, or 108.7 per cent of 1939-1942 average, according to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association in its monthly survey of the industry. Orders averaged 173,477,W board feet; shipments, 167,!89,000. Weekly averages for July rv'ere: Production, 153,373,000 board feet (101.0 per cent of the 1939-1942 average); orders, 161,560,000; shipments, 158,424,ffi.

Thirty-four weeks ol 1943, cumulative production, 5,088,484,000 board feet; 34 weeks, 1942-5,781973,W;34 weeks, tg4l, 5,67,162,000.

Orders for 34 weeks of 1943 break down as follows: rail, 4p41,4ffi,W board feet; domestic cargo, 449,341,000; export, 102,958,000 ; local, 67 4,768,000.

The industry's unfilled order file stood at 1,116,915,000 board feet at the end of August; gross stocks, at 5O2,995,N0.

There is a lull in the volume of war demand for West Coast lumber because the construction of the war plant in the United States has been substantially completed. This lull will turn into another heavy load upon the industry when the signal is given for further offensive operations, especially in the Pacific.

Meanwhile, there are two or more places for every foot of lumber in the essential civilian uses, which have been kept on short rations for many months. Farm requirements are now particularly in front and railroad demand is very large.

To fit changing needs of the war situation, especially the tremendous requirements for box and crating lumber rather than for heavy construction lumber, the West Coast industry is changing over from industrial cutting of heavy timbers to production that will be 50 per cent boards and dimension within the next few months-something unprecedented in the history of Douglas firmills. The industry and the War Production Board are working out ways and means to reach the new objective. It is a difficult war job but one necessary in meetihg current needs.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended September 18, 98 mills reporting, gave orders as 66,580,000 feet, shipments 73p50,000 feet, and production 83,341,00 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 400,028,000 feet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended September ll, 152 mills reporting, gave orders as 25,398,00i) feet, shipments fr,794,000 feet, and production 19,678,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 139.511,000 feet.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended September 11 reported orders as 108,763,0CD feet, shipments 103,636,000 feet, and production 107,010,000 feet.

For the week ended September 18 orders were reported as 118,537,00O feet, shipments 120,199,000 feet, and production 120,O72,000 feet.

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Northern California Retaibrs lVlll Hold Annual

War Conler ence in San Francisco Octobcr 13

The annual war conference of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California will be held at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, on Wednesday, October 13.

speaker. Col. Chevalier graduated from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute in 1910. He served from May, l9l7 to May, 1919 as Captain, Major and Lieut' Colonel with the l1th U. S' Engineers in France and entered the publishing field in 1972 as associate editor of Engineering News-Record. In 1938 he assumed his present post as publisher of Business Week. In this capacity he maintains a close contact with the whole broad field of American business and industry, through the comprehensive organization of that paper, and through personal contact with business leaders the country over.

The conference will begin promptly at 2:30 p.m' with a heavy schedule which will carry through the afternoon. There will be a banquet at 7:00 P.m.

Kenneth Smith, president of the California Redwood Association, San Francisco, will be toastmaster.

The officers of the Association are: President, Ray Clotfelter, W. R. Spalding Lumber Co., Visalia, Calif.; vice president F. Dean Prescott, Valley Lumber Co., Fresno; treasurer, I. E. Horton, South City Lumber & Supply Co., South San Francisco, secretary, Bernard B. Barber, Fresno.

A large attendance is expected. The splendid work of the Association deserves the appreciation and support of every retail lumberman. and director the principal

Col. Willcrd T. Chevalier Col. Willard T. Chevalier, vice-president of McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, will be

Four Lumber Firms Get Army-Navy rtE" Awatd-

Weyerhaeuser Has First Presentation Ceremony

On August 26th a wire from Washington announced to THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT that the Angelina County Lumber Company, of Keltys, Texas, had been awarded an Army-Navy "E" citation of merit. Later, on September 16th, came the announcement that four lumber firms in all had been given such an award, namely: Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, Longview, Washington; Willamette Valley Lumber Company, Dallas, Oregon; Consolidated Timber Company, Glenwood, Oregon; and the Angelina County Lumber Company. The first three are producers of Douglas Fir, the other of Southern Yellow Pine.

The frrst actual presentation ceremony was held at Longview, Washington, on Saturday, September 18th. The Angelina County Lumber Company presentation was delayed until September 25th, to arrange radio time and secure the speakers desired. The Willamette Valley Lumber Co. award was presented on September 21.

Col. Fred G. Sherrill of the U. S. Engineers, made the presentation speech at the Longview presentation, and sai<l in part: "Your industry is the prime war industry in the Arsenal of Democracy. Upon you and each of you of the lumber industry depends the magnitude of our military operations and thus upon you depends the duration of the war. Your performance is magnificent ! What an example you have set ! One may say that this is your maxim: 'As long as men are laying down their lives on the fighting end of the war, no man shall lay down his tools on the production end.' Never give up ! That is the lesson of our time. Look at our great Allies-Britain, China, and Russia, determined to hold on to the end, no matter how long the road. Keep the lumber coming in a never-ending avalanche until the weight of the v/eapons packed in it becomes a burden too great for our enemies to bear. That way, and in that way only, lies victory, lies peace, lies freedom, for ourselves, for our allies, and for all the world. Because of your loyalty-your contribution to the war, you.have been granted the Army-Navy Prodution Award. On behalf of the Under Secretary of War, the Honorable Robert P. Patterson, the Under Secretary of the Navy, the Hon-

orable James V. Forrestal, and the Chief of Engineers, Major General Eugene Reybold, there is herewith presented to the men and women of the Longview branch of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company this "E" for Excellence Banner. It is tangible evidence of the appreciation of the United States for your accomplishments-of a task well done."

Stcrtus oI Wood Industdeg Employees Clcdlied

The status of employees in the woods industries in reference to their essentiality in the $rar program was clarified at the recent meeting of the Log and Lumber Policy Committee which is comprised of representatives of the War Production Board, 'War Labor Board, War Manpower Commission, 'War Department, Office of Price Administration, and the U. S. Forest Service. Woods and woods products industries, the committee was informed, are recognized by the Selective Service System and War Manpower Commission as essential activities and are included in WMC's list of essential occupations. WMC's list of critical occupations published on August 16 does not include specific jobs in the woods industries, but this does not indicate that woods and woods products workers are ineligible for draft deferment.

J. Philip Boyd, Chairman of the Log and Lumber Policy Committee and director of WPB's Lumber and Lumber Products Division, said: "Jobs in the woods industries which are eligible for the Critical Occupations list were omitted purposely. It was unnecessary to include them because the manpower program already established for these industries has taken into account critical as well as other essential occupations."

A worker in the woods industries may qualify as a "necessary man" if (1) he is or would be engaged in war production or in support of the war effort except for a seasonal or temporary interruption; (2) his removal would cause a serious loss of production effectiveness; and (3) he cannot be replaced.

Col. Greeley Talks to Los Angeles Lumbermen

Col. W. B. Greeley, secretary-manager of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, Seattle, was the principal speaker before a large group of wholesale and retail lumbermen at a luncheon meeting held at the Jonathan Club, Los Angeles, September 10.

A. A. Kayser, manager of the Association's Los Angeles office, presided.

The speaker told of the many problems that have to be dealt with by the mills of the West Coast lumber industry in their endeavor to co-operate with the various Government agencies and to cope with the manpower shortage. Production in the Northwest mills in August was six per cent behind August, 1942, and it is expected that production for 1943 will be about eight billion feet, or about 10 per cent less than last year, he said.

In discussing the prospects of more lumber becoming available for civilian trade Col. Greeley said an increasing amount of lumber has been released through the office of the Administrator of. L-2LB in recent months. However it is hard to predict the amount of lumber that will be available for civilian uses. The Army and Navy requirements for lumber when the big offensive starts in the Pacific will probably increase the demand for West Coast lumber to a very great extent. There was considerable discussion on this subject and Col. Greeley answered many questions.

The meeting was closed with a brief humorous talk by Jack Dionne, publisher of The California Lumber Merchant.

San Diego County Lumber Indurtry Declrred Egsential by Manpower Commission

In July, 1943, the War Manpower Commission issued a Declaration of Essentiality covering the'wholesale and retail lumber industry of all counties in Southern California with the exception of San Diego County. The exception was made because San Diego County was under a separate Manpower Commission. The petition that resulted in this Declaration of Essentiality was made by the Southern California Retail Lumber Association.

A few days ago, in response to a petition by Orrie Hamilton, Secretary of this same Association, the Manpower Commission of San Diego issued a like Declaration of Essentiality covering the wholesale and retail lumber industry of San Diego County.

Mr. Hamilton has a letter from the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, at Washington, stating that no other such Declaration has been issued anywhere else in the entire nation, and congratulated Mr. Hamilton on securing this outstanding official acknowledgment of the essentiality of the lumber business in this territory.

New Pine Mill Stcrts Opercrtions In Plumas County

A new Pine mill has started operations at Grays Flat, Plumas County, California, on the site where the Plumas Lumber Inc., mill burned last year. A. C. Dellinger and J. K. Metzker, of Quincy, Calif., are the owners.

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in Hardwoods"

About a year ago I wrote in these columns: "Lumber is the only vital war material for which no successful substitute has yet been discovered." I was sure of that then. But every day that has passed since that time, and all the history of the lumber war effort, furnishes puncture-proof evidence that the statement was entirely truthful. It might even-in the light of things I have seen lately- be called an understatement.

Let me write here " t.L, **tt", things about lumber and wood and so.me hair-raising facts about them as related to the prosecution of the war, particularly in relation to aircraft wood, as seen in the Los Angeles district. If you were to declare that the entire Los Angeles district of California has been turned over to the production of air: craft in all of its ramifications and complexities, it is most unlikely that anyone would charge you even with exaggeration. To put the world on wings is the serious business of Los Angeles today. And the part that lumber plays in that program you would have to see to believe. What you read and hear would put too great a strain on your credulity, if the story in all its details could be written; which it cannot. ***

For example, and just to give you an idea. On the outskirts of Culver City, which is itself on the outskirts of Los Angeles, they have just completed construction of an industrial plant. There are many buildings of various sizes in this plant which covers perhaps a square mile of ground. All these buildings are of wood. If you have been wondering where all the lumber goes, one glance at these buildings of stupendous size will give you at least a hint. The central and largest building is all of wood, sides, roof, foors, and framework. I didn't ask for exact measurements. fn war plants it's best not to ask too many questions. But listen, friends: you walk in the door at one end of this central building, and then you just stop and stare, and gape, and there aren't enough adjectives in Mr. Webster's biggest book to even start doing justice to your feelings. You are inside a building that looks big as the whole outdoors. It is all done in white inside. The lighting is perfect. In every nook and corner there is plenty of light for perfect vision.

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You look to the far end of the building-which is one gigantic room-and that other end wall looks as far off as the horizon. You look up, and that roof is as far ofr as the sky. There is not a support in sight except a line of wood running down the center from end to end and extending from floor to roof center. That apparently endless roof and those

mighty walls are held in place by wooden girders, and trusses, and timber connectors, all built-up stuff, no big timbers. It is all Douglas Fir, that framework and roof, as well as that mysterious array of fabricated wooden-work things running from end to end of the building. And the outside is sheeted with Redwood siding. When you stand away and look at it you wonder if there can be any Redwood left. Even the downspouts that carry away rain, are of Redwood. The foors of that building are of wooden blocks, Yellow Pine blocks treated in the East for that purpose. And that apparently endless amphitheatre of a building is air conditioned.

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So much for that one building There are many others, as stated, one of the others being of great size, but with nothing like the height of the one just described. And there is a vast army of workers in those buildings, chiefy technicians. Not much common labor there. And what are they doing in that new plant with that busy army of people and that array of equipment (the greater part of which meant nothing on earth to me even after the highly intelligent engineer who guided me had done his best to make me understand) ? They .are building an airplane. Not AIRPLANES, you understand. AN AIRPLANE. Just one. And when they get to assembling it (they haven't gotten that far along yet and won't for some time), the entire foor space and most of the upper space in that mighty central building I told you about, will be required to hold its members. And they won't be able to put the things together inside, of course, for there would be no way to get itout. When all member parts are complete they will have to be put together outside the building.

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Howard Hughes, world famous aviator of Houston and Los Angeles, built the plant I am talking about, and is building that plane. It will be bigger than any plane ever thought of before. My understanding is that when the tips are on the wings and the wings are attached to the fuselage, it will be 340 feet from wing tip to wing tip. It will carry sixty tons of freight great distances. It will carry three hundred people, each with plenty of baggage or equipment. It will be powered with many motors. Trucks will drive right in and out of the body of the plane, handling tonnage'

They are building that plane, not only entirely out of wood but out of one single species of wood-Birch. Birch, I would have you know, my lumber friends, is the king of aircraft woods. trn our aircraft production, Birch leads all the rest. It has qualifications lmown to no other woo4

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has this heretofore little-thought-of hardwood from the far North. They usc it for purposes that these aircraft technicians say no other wood hard or soft can begin to perforrn- The Birch going into this plane is all from Wisconsin, and from the Dominion of Canada. In the last World lVar we heard much of Spruce for aircraft. Spruce is in no less demand for aircraft now than it was then for all the uses for which it is so well fitted. But Birch and Spruce are not competitive in any way in aircraft construction. They are used in entirely different ways, for different purposes. Birch is very hard, yet workable, and possesses unapproachable strength and resistance to breakage. You can't break Birch, even the thinnest piece. You have to apply enough power to literally tear the fiber apart. The first rupture leaves something like a wooden rope that defies complete breakage. And it surfaces beautifully and smoothly, takes glue perfectly, and offers the most perfect laminating characteristics. The aircraft technicians would rather find a substitute for Birch than for almost any other material they use.

While it is reported that in those districts of the North where Birch is to be found they are using all-out efforts to produce a maximum amount of the wood, yet the supply is constantly dwarfed by the need for more and more wood of its characteristics. I'll have to tell you more later about the things they do with Birch. Suffice it to say here that this greatest of planes will be built entirely of Birch, ANd thAt it v/iII tAKC THREE MILLION FEET Of BirCh lumber to build it. The framing, the sheeting, the fuselage,

the furniture, the wings, the wing coverings-all will be of Birch. And they make everything out of thin slices of this wood, not out of boards or planks. The stufr arrives about one-eighth of an inch thic\ six to eight inches wide, and in no long lengths. The second biggest building in the Hughes plant is the place where they do their Birch fabricating. Here this thin lumber comes in, and here it is glued-up, built-up, and worked to any size, or even any length, desired. They end glue these slices of wood together and make them as long as they wish. Birch strips will run the full length of the wings in that fashion. They build every piece of that great plane out of this thin Birch. Could you believe it? They build heavy framing and thin coverings, all from the same original raw material. It can be wonderfully bent and moulded in its fabricated form. rf*rF

Tell me, gentle reader, does this uncouth but enthusiastic tale of this Howard Hughes plane interest you as it does me?

I saw Birch used profusely in other aircraft plants. They mould and build it into wonderful things for planes. I saw a lot of Mahogany. Most of the gliders I saw building were covered with sliced Mahogany veneers. This famous cabinet wood also is used in quantity throughout the aircraft industry. Of the softwoods that go into aircraft, Spruce is far and away the most useful and popular wood, with Noble Fir nott, and Hemlock and Douglas Fir close behind. That's the way I sized the thing up.

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The aircraft lumber business is the most thoroughly and practically regimented part of the lumber business of the nation. I use the word regimented in no critical manner. It had to be done that way to get results. In Dayton, Ohio, the whole aircraft lumber industry is handled. They call this the Aircraft Schedule Unit. Nobody on the Pacific Coast (or anywhere else, I assume), can buy, sell, or produce aircraft lumber except through this agency. It allocates the logs to begin with. It then allocates the lumber produced from the logs. In Los Angeles there are tremendous lumber yards specializing in aircraft lumber. They are equipped with remanufacturing and drying facilities. They buy aircraft lumber in flitches and cants and small timbers from the milts of the Northwest. They have to get permits from the Aircraft Schedule Unit for every purchase. They are told how much they can buy, and of which species. This same agency tells the aircraft manufacturers how much of this lumber they can buy, and also tells them how much of each species they can buy. Everything is done through this unit, thus keeping the available supply of aircraft lumber thoughtfully and practically distributed.

fn these aircraft lumber yards they stack and air-dry the Spruce. They mostly kiln-dry the Hemlock, Noble Fir, and Douglas Fir. It is all bought green, and has to be seasoned in these distribution yards. Most aircraft lumber is resawn to thicknesses from one-eighth to six-quarters in thickness. Aircraft lumber in all species must be absolutely free from all defects, and straight grained from end to end. The inspectors of this lumber give most of their attention to the straightness of the grain. They inspect it very slowly, thoughtfully, thoroughly, as befits wood on whose quality the lives of our fighting men must depend. It takes several days to load a car of airplane lumber, at the very best. Sometimes it takes as much as ten days to load a car, on account of the deliberateness of inspection. The inspector feels each piece of lumber from end to end with his hands to judge the straightness of grain.

The price of this aircraft lumber, cut from the most perfect parts of the most perfect logs, is interesting. It is, of course, fixed with a ceiling. The lowest price on green lumber is $90 at the mill and the highest is $690 per thousand, at the mill. To this is added freight, remanufacturing,

dryrng etc., and the result is that the seasoned and prepared lumber sells from anywhere from $140 to $750 per thousand, in Los Angeles. It is interesting to note that this same price prevails for Spruce, Noble Fir, Hemlock and Douglas Fir in the same grades and items. A fact that impressed me is the difficulty of telling Spruce and ltremlock and Noble Fir apart when they are piled together. I mean just at first glance. There is great similarity. For that reason every piece comes from the mill plainly marked as to species.

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They tell me that there is just one type of lumber for war purposes made at the Northwest mills that is even higher in grade and more difficult in specifications than aircraft lumber, and that is ponton bridge lumber. (No, brother, not pontoon lumber. The pontoon is the float on which the ponton bridge is built. But the bridge itself is ponton.) There are three items of ponton bridge lumber, six by eight, four and one-half by six and one-half, and two and one-half by twelve. And the stuff has to be absolutely clear and free from defects, and even straighter of grain than the specifications for aircraft lumber. Lrmrbermen tell me that our troops training in engineering units in Southern California and Arizona will build a ponton bridge out of this stuff across the rushing Colorado River in about three hours, and have heavy trucks running over it. *r**

The more f see of the war effort, the prouder I get of lumber. The things I have recited are just samples. For example, it takes ten thousand feet of lumber-good lumber -to crate a wooden glider, and they are building these big gliders by the wholesale in the Los Angeles district, with scores of pl,ants working at nothing else. I am told that these big aircraft plants use around half a million feet of lumber-+ach-a month, for crating and boxing planes and plane parts. When they crate these babies, they take no chances. More later.

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Armed Senrices

L. W. MacDonald of L. W. MacDonald Co., Los Angeles wholesale lumber firm has three sons in the country,s service. Jack is a Lieutenant in the Anti-Aircraft, stationed at Camp Haan, Calif., Robert is in the Medical Corps at Camp Barkeley, Texas, and James is in the Coast Guard, stationed at Orick, Calif.

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Navy Saluteg Wood

"You can't fight a war, much less carve out ultimate victory without wood," says Rear Admiral Clark Howell Woodward, Chief, Navy Incentive Division, in an article enumerating the services wood and wood products have performed toward victory on the Seven Seas.

The article, Wood at 'War, a Naval salute to the forest industries' contribution to the Navy's splendid performance, has been published as a small booklet, sized to fit into pay envelopes, by American Forest Products Industries, Inc., and is being distributed to forest industry firms in bulk, gratis, to be redistributed to their employees. It is hoped that this formal tribute from the Navy will stimulate woods and mill workers to redoubled efforts to step up urgently needed production. Copies may be procured on request from American Forest Products Industries, Inc., 1319 Eighteenth Street, N. W., Washington 6, D. C.

Many Scunpon Employees in Senrices

Many former employees of the Sampson Company, screen manufacturers, Pasadena, are now in the services. Jerry Thompson of the sales department is a 3rd Class carpenter's mate in the Navy Seabees at Camp Peary, Va.; Hance Thornton, bookkeeper, is a private in the Ferrying Command at Palm Springs; Sterling Hairell is a machinist's mate, lst Class in the Navy, and has seen considerable combat service; Glen Spires is in the Navy, stationed at Midway Island; Jack Becker is in the Signal Corps at Seattle and Joe Herrera is a Sergeant in the Army.

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Southern Cclilornia Retcril Lumber Association Office Moved to L A.

The offices of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association which have heretofore been located in San Diego with a branch at 111 West Seventh Street, Los Angeles, will all be moved to the Los Angeles location the end of September, and be ready for business October lst at that point. Four people will be moved, as well as the San Diego office equipment and records. One large additional room next to the present ones at 111 West Seventh Street, has been secured. Orrie Hamilton's Lumbermen's Service Bureau remains in San Diego.

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Aditrstcrble Pricing Allowed For Ock Flooring

Manufacturers of Oak flooring were authorized by the Office of Price Administration September 7 to sell and deliver flooring at prices which may be adjusted later if an amendment, now under study, becomes effective.

The adjustable pricing procedure is required, OPA sai4 to encourage.immediate delivery of oak flooring which is urgently needed in the war effort.

The procedure is established in Order No. I under Section No. 6 of Maximum Price Regulation No. 458 (Oak Flooring), and became effective September 8,1943.

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California Yards Clamor For Lumber Lifts

The harder it is to get men, the louder becomes the clamor for power equipment that will take the place oi human labor.

So it is that at the present time the lumber yards, retail and wholesale, of California are clamoring for permits to purchase lift trucks for handling lumber in units rather than in boards. During the past two years many a California yard has entirely changed the character of its lumber handling by the installation of power trucks that handle, lift, and carry heavy units of lumber at a rate not equalled by a small army of men. To do this they have to pave their runways and shed floors, and entirely remodel their sheds. These splendid machines unload lumber from gondola cars, pile it in yard or shed, carry it about for unloading or milling, and finally prepare it for loading out of the yard.

With such yards there is of course a great demand for

Smcll Repcirs Should Be Mcde Now

In a bulletin issued recently by the NHA, emphasis was placed on'the importairce of making essential property repairs in order that the nation's supply of existing homes be maintained in a sound and habitable condition. No authorization is needed for such work that does not exceed $200 nor involve the purchase of critical materials.

Supporting this government policy, Henry W. Collins, The Colotex Corporation vice-president in charge of merchandising, declared in a recent interview:

"Little business is big business today in the housing industry. Hundreds of thousands of small repair and maintenance jobs should be done right now on the home front from coast to coast if more serious and more expensive jobs are to be avoided in the fall and winter months ahead.

"Due to the u'artime emergency, manufacturers cannot always supply even non-critical materials as rapidly as they are ordered or needed", Mr. Collins said, "so each order gotten through to the dealer and applied to strengthening the home front is of vital importance. Consequently, home owners should have their repairs made right now, and not take a chance on waiting until later when certain needed products may not be easily available."

lumber to come into their yards on open cars, so that these power trucks may be employed in the unloading. Man.y yards make definite arrangements with mills shipping them lumber to put it on gondola cars in lift units, so that one of these machines can unload in a few minutes a shipment of lumber that would take a crew of men many hours.

With this change has come the banishment of the type of lumber sheds that used to be standard in every California lumber yards, namely, the end-stacking sheds. Where the power lift truck comes in, the end-stacking shed g'oes out, and the high-roofed open shed that takes its place will store and shelter several times as much lumber in lift units as it formerly did in end stacks.

Time, indeed, marches on. And changes in lumber handling marches with it.

Mitls Cut Extrcr 250,000 Feet Sept, 9 lor Victory

An extra 250,000 feet of lumber was cut at the Fresh Pond and Lake Valley mills of the Placerville Lumber Company, Placerville, Calif., on Labor Day. According to Harvey West, manager of the company, the cut at the Fresh Pond mill on August 27 was 235,690 feet, at the rate of 13,000 feet an hour, a record. George Williamson and Harold Downs were the sawyers. The company's cut this season up to September 1 was 25,000,000 feet, a 38 per cent increase over the same period last year. Prospects are, he said, that the total cut this year will be about 4O,00@,000 feet.

W. W. Forrest Promoted

W. W. Forrest, formerly lumber buyer at Richmond Yard No. 2 ol the Permanent Metpls Corporation, has been made chief buyer in charge of lumber purchases for the four Kaiser Company Richmond Shipyards, with offices in the Central Purchasing Office at 14th and Clay Streets, Oakland.

Mr. Forrest was until laly, 1942 a partner in the TildenForrest Lumber Company at Richmond, Calif.

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The West Coast Lumbermen's Association reports that the employment of women in its member mills has been steadily increasing for the past two years, due to man shortage, until today the total number of employees of these mills is ten to fifteen per cent women.

The greater number of these women are employed in planing mills, taking the lighter .items from the planers, sorting to lengths, bundling, marking, etc. They are appearing more and more frequently in other jobs, even in: cluding the putling of the lighter items from the green chains. Col. W. B. Greeley tells about seeing a slip of a girl at one sawmill operating the tongs that move clear cants to the rolls for the gang-saw. But he says the prize thing he has so far seen along that line was a strapping young woman over six feet in height and powerfully built, sorting logs in a mill pond and poling them into position for the jackJadder to take them to the mill. She was capable of handling any log that came along. The prevailing report from the Fir mills on women workers is

Lumbenrrcrn's Son Sp-e-nds t8 Days in Lilebocrt

It was a grand and glorious feeling for Herbert B. Cooper, Jr. when with other survivors of a torpedoed Liberty ship he saw a rescue plane after spending 18 days in a lifeboat on the Indian ocean.

Herbert, 19, son of Herbert B. Cooper of the Cooper Lumber Co., Portland, and nephew of Wilfred T. Cooper, Cooper-spalding Lumber Co., Los Angeles, graduated from high school in 1941, attended Stanford University for a year, and trained for two months at San Mateo as a marine cadet before going to sea. His ship was sunk by a German torpedo. Lifeboats were launched in five minutes and only three members of the crew were lost.

Now on survivors' leave, Herbert is eager to get back to his two months' sea duty and eight months' academy training that will give him his commission and the opportunity for further service.

favorable. They stand the work surprisingly well and learn the requirements of their jobs very quickly.

In the Western Pine mills the employment of women varies a great deal. Some mills report less than one per cent of their employees women, while others, with large box and planer operations report as much aS ten per cent women. They are employed mostly in the planing mills, box factories, moulding plants, etc., where the lifting is in keeping with their abilities, but some mills report a few women working on heavier jobs both in and out of the sawmill units, such as taking lumber from chains and machines, and even working around the headrigs.

The California Redwood Association reports a total of about 650 women employed in its member mills at the present time. Several of the larger plants with factories and remanufacturing plants where there are plenty of light jobs that women can do, are the chief employers of female labor. The number continually grows, however, as the manpowef emergency grows.

Peter Stone Meets With Cclilornicr Decler Groups

Peter Stone, of Washington, the OPA lumber authority, held two meetings of late with lumber dealers in California.

On Friday, Septimber 24, he met with the officers and directors of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California, in San Francisco.

On Saturday, the 25th, he met with a selected committee of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association, in Los Angeles.

Grcrndlcther Twice in 3 Weeks

Hugh M. Handley, sales manager, Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co., San Francisco, recently became a grandfather twice inside of three weeks, when baby boys arrived at the homes of his daughter, Mrs. Verne Rucker, and his son, Warren. His daughter's boy was born on Mr. and Mrs. Handley's 36th wedding anniversary.

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Purchases Interest in Cole Door d Plyvvood Co.

The Cole Door & Plywood Co. (formerly Cole Door & Sash Co.), 1O49 East Slauson Ave., Los Angeles, is now functioning under the joint management of R. A. (Bob) Cole and Robert C. Sand, the latter having purchased half interest in the firm.

Bob Cole has been connected with the door and panel business in Los Angeles and Southern California for the past twenty years and has operated the present business since 1938. Mr. Sand helped organize the Peninsula Plywood Corporation of Port Angeles, Wash., and has been general manager of that firm since its inception. A desire to enter the jobbing field in Southern California brought him to Los Angeles and into affiliation with the Cole Door & Plywood Co,

Mr. Sand brings with him into the business a wide acquaintance among the producers of plywood, doors and lumber in the Northwest, and a valuable knowledge of the manufacturer's problems, as well as an understanding of the jobber's side of the picture.

The new firm will continue to distribute Fir doors and plywood in the Southern California area.

Douglcrs Fir Plrnvood

The OPA simplifies and clarifies its price regulation for Douglas fir plywood explaining that changes in the pricing provisions brought about by the revision are all minor (Second Revised Maximum Price Regulation 13), efiective September 27.

Pcunphlet Issued by WPB on Delerment oI Lumber cand Woods Workers

A statement of the Selective Service System policy affecting the induction of workers in the logging, lumbering and related industries has been released for the use of the lumber industry by the War Production Board's Lumber and Lumber Products Division in cooperation with War Manpower Commission. The pamphlet contains lnformation on deferment, authority of local selective servicc boards, manning tables, etc., and is designed to serve as an authoritative guide for the woods industries.

Copies are available on request from all WPB field offices and from the Lumber Division in Washington.

Bcclc From North

George D. Eubank, manager, L. H. Eubank & Son, Inglewood, returned September 20 from a business trip to San Francisco and Portland.

Walter George Ennis

Walter George (Pat) Ennis, plant superintendent, Globe Lumber Co., Los Angeles, passed away September lQ in Los Angeles.

He was with Globe Lumber Co. for the past six years and for many years with Hammond Lumber Co., Los Angeles.

He is survived by his widow, a daughter, Mrs. Richard Albano, and a grandson, Richard James Albano. He was a native of Missouri.

SheYlin Pine Sales Gompany

lfPB Estimater Lumber Needs Exceed Production

Lumber production during the first six months of 1943 totaled I6,023,743,W board feet, according to estimates released by WPB's Lumber and Lumber Products Division. This figure represents half the 1943 domestic production goal of 32 billion board feet set by the Division last January, but it does not assure that revised 1943 requirements will be met, Division officials stated. The year's lumber consumption for military and essential civilian needs is now estimated at about 36 billion board feet. Moreover, a normal seasonal decrease in production is to be expected in the fourth quarter of the year.

June' production was 3,015,030,000 board feet, a 1.9 per cent increase from that of May, approximating the normal seasonal rise for the country as a whole.

Breakdown of June production by regions, as estimated from field surveys and samplings made by the U. S. Forest Service in cooperation with WPB, follows:

East: Northeastern, L94,7n,W0 board feet; Appalachian, 170,595,000 board feet; North Central, 50,576,000 board feet; South Central, 76,3O7,W board feet; Lake States, 85,8(n,000 board feet; South, 997,723W board feet; Prairie, 5,710,000 board feet.

West: North Pacific, 1,018,865,000 board feet; South Pacific, 250,352,000 board feet; Northern Rocky Mountain, 111,048,000 board feet; Southern Rocky Mountain, 53,325,000 board feet.

MPR 467-Hcndwood Lumber

The OPA sets up a new procedure for calculating maximum prices for distribution yard sales of hardwood lumber at both wholesale and retail levels. The new regulation, in substance, preserves the general level of prices previously in effect under GMPR, yet removes some of the inequities that existed under the general regulation, the OPA states. (Maximum Price Regulation 467), efrective September 2O.

Mcde Trip to Texcs

Floyd Elliott, manager of the San Francisco office of Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co., returned September 2l from a trip to Dallas, Texas, where he went to meet his daughter, Mrs. William L. Blair, wife of Lieut. Blair of the Army Air Corps, who was driving across the country from North Carolina. Incidentally, the young grandson, Steven, was making his second Coast to Coast trip within a few months, his first being made by air at the age of five weeks.

Terrible Twenty Golf Tournament

The 208th Terrible Twenty golf tournament was held at Oakmont Golf Club, Thursday, September 16. Frank Berger did a fine job as host to seventeen members and nine guests. No luncheon, "as this is war," was the edict, but a real chicken dinner was served after the game and there was plenty of entertainment during the evening.

Joining the T.T.T. in March, 1942, George Lockwood, J. Niederer Co., won his first prize, his net 73 took in the unbreakable poker chips and case. Frank Berger, Standard Lime Products Co., and Bob Falconer, General Tile Co., seem to have a way all their own in shooting the elusive pill over the barrancas and amongst the trees. Their net 75's tied for second prize-a sweater. This tie will be played off at next month's tournament. The three scarce and prized golf balls were awarded to Harold Jackson, Jackson Bros. & Le Sage; Bob Falconer and Vic Jones.

The third round of match play follows: First Flight: Bob Osgood defeated Roy Stanton by default; Ed Bauer defeated C. C. Bohnhoff, I up. Second Flight: Hervey Bowles defeated Vic Jones, 4 and 2; Gene DeArmond won, drawing a bye.

Earl Heber, E. J. Stanton & Son, will handle the details for the next tournament, which will be held on October 14.

Kenneth Smith Back from North

Kenneth Smith, president of the California Redwood Association, San Francisco, returned September 20 from two weeks in Washington, spent calling on Douglas Fir mills.

He was accompanied by J. P. McGovern of The Pacific Lumber Company, Scotia, Calif., and I. G. Utschig of IJnion Lumber Company, Fort Bragg, Calif.

OPA Puts Shingiles on New Price Bcse

Washington, Sept. 25.-Pending action on a petition for a ceiling price increase, the Office of Price Administration (OPA) today authorized producers of red cedar shingles to make sales and deliveries on an adjustable pricing basis.

The action permits an agreement between sellers and buyers that the price may be increased to cover any upward adjustment OPA may make. Producers claim the increase is necessary to meet higher production costs.

When the WiId Geese Fly

Every year when the grass grows gray, And the sun hangs low on a soggy day, When the late rose lifts a faltering head, To the summer days that are almost dead; Every year when a mellow note, Floats down from some squadron-leader's throat, Faint and clear through the gun-room runs, A rustle of boots and a whisper of guns. A whisper of guns. A memory lifts

And out of a rain-torn curtain drifts

A rushing sound from ordered wings

As a phantom legion wheels and swings. Wheels and swings on an airy track, Now faint, now clear, now beating back. Feathered troopa from a fog-drenched land, Ruled by the beck of a Master's hand.

Ah, gallant geese of the misty dawn, What age-old instinct leads you on?

What voice from some soft summer sea Calls out, and winging wild and free Your mighty pinions beat the air, To bear you, all unguided there? No man may know; but a spirit sings

And a heart beats high to the rush of wings.

Bcd Mcnrners

The colored preacher was loud in his praise of the brown and juicy bird his host had served him generously for dinner. Finally he asked:

"Mistah Green, whah did you get sich a fine goose?"

Mr. Green looked much disappointed in the preacherman. He said:

"Pahson, when you preaches a good suhmon, does I evah ax you whah you got h'it? Nossuh. An' f craves hab de same consideration fo' me."

Diplomcrcy

The Bcnker Reporter: "And how did you start your financial career?"

Financier: "I had nothing to do so I rented an empty store and put up a sign 'Bank.' A man dropped in and made a deposit of $25O. The next day another man came in and deposited $300. The third day I had developed so much confidence in my own enterprise that I put in $50 of my own. And that's the way the thing started."

Brocrdening

Reginald, in a fit of choler, Thrust his head neath a big steamroller. The folks were all surprised to fin4 How the treatment broadened Reggie's mind.

Ttre Trcrinmcn's Prcryer

An old railroad man was converted at a religious revival, and when they asked him to lead the congregation in prayer. he diil this way:

"O Lord, now that f have flagged Thee, tift my feet off the rough deck of life and plant them firmly on the deck of the train of Salvation. Let me use the safety lampi known as prudence, make all couplings on the train with the strong link of Thy Love, and, Heavenly Father, keep all the switches closed that lead off the sidings, especially those with a blind end. O Lord, if it be Thy pleasure, have every semiphore blocked along the line; show the white Iight of hope, ttrat I may make the run of Life without stopping; and, Lord, give us the Ten Commandments as a schedule. And when my train shall have pulled into the great, dark station of Death, may Thou say with a smile: "Well done, thou good and faithful servant! Come up and sign the payroll, and receive your check for eternal happiness !"

dat You personcl Note

Chesterfield said: "Put your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket, and do not pull it out just to show you have it. If you are asked what o'clock it is, tell it; but do not proclaim it hourly and unasked, Iike the watchman.',

Work

The young freshman was half asleep when suddenly the professor's voice said:

"Mr. Jones, what is work?"

The freshman rubbed his eyes, hesitated a moment, and then answered:

"Sir, ever5rthing is work."

"What? Everything is work?"

t'Yes, sir."

"That desk you are leaning on-is that iyork?"

"Yes, sir. 'Woodwork."

"The many friends of Bogus Wilbanks, who for the past several weeks has been so sick he hasn't even been able to raise a knife to his mouth, will be glad to know that he is at last on the mend."

Quick Retort

"A fortune teller," said Mrs. Brown, .,told me something very interesting today."

Brown wanted to know what it was.

She said: "lfe described my second husband; said he would be both handsome and clever.',

Brown said: "Do you mean to tell me that you were married before and never told me anything about it?"

Worse

"fs there anything worse than to be old and bent?r' asked a philosopher, watching an aged male figure passing by. "Much worse," answered the wayward.youth. .,Tike be, ing young and broke, for instance."

Clay Brown With U. S. Plywood Corp.

Lawrence Ottinger, president of the United States Plywood Corporation, the world's largest producer of plywood, today announced the appointment of Clay Brown as assistant to the president of the corporation.

The new executive of United States Plywood has spent his entire business career in the lumber, plywood and allied wood products lines.

Following graduation from the Institute of Technology in Kansas City, Missouri, Mr. Brown commenced his business life with the Long-Bell Lumber Company in that city. He also served the company at Longview, Washington. He left Long-Bell to join the M. & M. Woodworking Company, of Portland, Oregon, as general sales manager. More recently he had been with Smith Wood-Products, fnc., likewise of Portland, where he served as vice-president of the Plywood Division.

Mr. Brown is recognized as one of the country's leading experts on aircraft woods, spar materials and plywood. His business experience has covered the major wood products markets of the United States, particularly in the West anrl along the Pacific Coast. He also has had international dealings. Before he war, he visited England and France and induced the British and the French to increase their purchases of American woods. Both the British and French governments bought West Coast woods for many uses in the woodworking industry, including'aircraft and marine Purposes.

Mr. Brown will make his office at the headquarters of United States Plywood Corporation in New York City, 616 West 46th Street.

The new executive of United States Plywood is married and has three children, two boys and a girl. Mr. Brown was born in Kansas City, Mo., 41 years ago.

New Mill ct Winslow

George Nagel is now operating a modeSt, single-band sawmill at Winslow, Ariz. He started construction last spring, and now has the mill in regular operation. It will cut about thirty thousand feet of Ponderosa pine daily, and the lumber is shipped rough. Mr. Nagel came from Oklahoma.

Rebuilding MiU ct Gcrbenrille

The Tiffany Construction Company, of San Jose, Calif., are rebuilding and enlarging a sawmill at Garberville, Calif., which they recently bought from the Morgan Lumber Company. A double circular equipment will give them about 4O,000 feet daily production. The new owners have timber possessions in that vicinity, which will be brought to this mill for cutting.

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Fire Retardant Treatment of Lumber

By Dan L. Lindsley, Field Engineer, J. H. Boxter & Co., Los Angeles

There is increasing interest in the fire retardant treatment of lumber. This has been under study for some time by the wood preservation industry, and much work has been done by the Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, 'Wis., over the last 10 years in studying the different chemicals that have fire retardant value, their comparative costs, and their treatability of lumber.

War has brought rapidly increasing interest in this development, and the Forest Products Laboratory has now prepared preliminary Federal standards both for fire retardant chemical formulas and for treating processes. The Bureau of Ships of the Navy has used these standards in calling for fire retardant treatment on 20 large patrol blimp hangers of all 'r,r'ood construction. One of the formulas included in both Navy specifications and Federal tentative standards is zinc chloride or chromated zinc chloride (czc).

IJnderwriters' Laboratories, Inc., a non-profit organization, sponsored by the National Board of Fire LJnderwriters, recently made a test to determine the fire hazard classification of l-inch T & G Dressed Douglas Fir and Southern Pine, impregnated by chromated, zinc chloride. The results of the test and the description of the apparatus developed to conduct the test are shown in the report. Further investigation is under way to determine the effective depth of penetration required for lumber of greater thickness.

Test panels 2O inches by 25 ieet were constructed and in the tests these constituted the top of a furnace. At one end of this furnace a gas jet was directed against the roof panel and a draught of known volume was passed through the furnace. Peepholes at various points along the length

Will Attend Ncrtioncrl Retcil Convention

Orrie Hamilton, secretary manager, Southern California Retail Lumber Association, and Paul Hallingby, Hammond Lumber Co., Los Angeles, will attend the annual convention of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, to be held in Chicago, October 18 and 19.

of the furnace permitted observation of the spread of flame, and thermometers recorded the temperatures at the various points. Control panels of asbestos cement and of untreated red Oak were likewise tested under the same conditions. The asbestos cement panels were rated at 0 per cent combustible, and the red Oak as 100 per cent combustible. The treated panels were then rated between these limits and under the three separate headings of flame spread, fuel contributed, and smoke developed. The ratings are indicated for the varying poundages of treatment ranging from I lb. to 4 lbs. of the dry salts per cubic foot of wood.

For example under the conclusions and recommendations of this report a 4 lb. treatment with chromated zinc chloride results in a recommended flame spread factor of 30 and a fuel contributed factor of. 25. The limitations of the tests did not permit of definite factors under the heading of smoke developed, but the observations rvere conclusive that the treated samples developed less than the untreated samples. Furthermore the smoke from the treated samples was no more toxic than that from the untreated samples.

J. H. Baxter & Co., 601 West 5th Street, Los Angeles 13, and 333 Montgomery Street, San Francisco 4, have copies of this report, which they will be glad to send without charge to anyone interested in having one.

This concern has for many years treated lumber with chromated zinc chloride (CZC), for protection against termites and decay. It is only necessary to increase the poundage of the chemical to give the added fire retardant value. Some of the formulas in the Federal specifications provide fire retardant value only, whereas chromated zinc chloride provides protection against decay, termites and fire.

Hart Visits Cclifornia

Al Hart, of the Hart Mill Company, Raymond, Washington, rvas a recent visitor in Los Angeles and San Francisco. He sells lots of lumber in California, and his mill is represented in Southern California by Tacoma Lumber Sales, Los Angeles.

TWENTY YIAAS AGO

From the Oetober I,1028, fsaue

Announcement was made that Lumbermen's Association would vention at the Palace Hotel. San and,27.

Congervation Order M;208 Amended

the California Retail hold their annual conFrancisco, October 26

This issue carried a personal write-up of R. L. Cuzner, manager of the Kerckhoff-Cuzner Mill & Lumber Company of Los Angeles.

C. D. Johnspn Lumber Company of opened an office in Los Angeles with Portland, Oregon, Frank Karrick as manager.

Peoples Lumber Company, Ventura, purchased the Fillmore vard of the Havward Lumber & Investment Co.

Hammond Lumber Company made extensive improvements to their plant in Van Nuys.

A large number of Hoo-Hoo members from the Bay District and various parts of the State attended the Concatenation held at the Plantation Inn, San Francisco, Saturday evening, September 15. Sixteen Kittens were initiated.

David Woodhead, Woodhead Lumber Company, Los Angeles, was appointed Hoo-Hoo State Counselor for California by the newly elected Snark of the lJniverse, C. D. LeMaster.

Herman L. Rosenberg, Hipolito Company, Los Angeles, was elected Vicegerent Snark of the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo district.

A. A. Frost, Frost Hardwood Company and San Diego Lumber Company, San Diego, was elected Vicegerent Snark of the San Diego Hoo-Hoo district.

Iobs Ecsy to Get

Sorneone asked Paul Sanderson, president of the Southern Pine Association, if jobs were plentiful in the mills at present. Paul answered: "Any man who can be wheeled up to a machine, can get one."

To eliminate duplication between Conservation Order M-208 (Softwood Lumber), CMP Regulations 5 and 5A, and various preference rirting orders, M-208 as amended was issued today by the War Production Board.

M-208 formerly assigned ratings to purchase orders for softwood lumber, as defined, to be useif for maintenance and repair as well as for other specified purposes. Higher ratings for industrial and commercial maintenance and repair lumber, however, are assigned by CMP Regulations 5 and 5A and P orders, and it was not.clear whether the lower ratings of M-208 or the higher ratings should be used.

As amended, M.208 clarfies this point by deleting all assignments of preference ratings for maintenance and repair except for agricultural buildings and dwellings. Ratings for these two purposes are not assigned by any other order.

Amendment to Conservation Order M-mB, issued September 16.

Set Prices on Mexican Pine Lumber

The Defense Supplies Corporation, a subsidiary of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, has been authorized by_ the OPA to sell Mexican pine lumber in the United States at the highest prevailing price established for any private importer. The Mexican lumber to be imported by DSC is purchased under the direction of the Office of Economic Warfare and, as is the case with privately imported stock, will be sold only to government procurement agencies.

The present highest private importer's ceiling price is $6.50 per 1000 board feet above the maximum price for Western Pine established by Maximum Price Regulation No. 94. This permission is found in Amendment No. 8 to MPR 94, and becomes effective on September 25, 1943,

Four Sons in Army Air Force

The four sons of W. H. O'Neill, O'Neill Lumber Co., San Francisco, are all making good progress in the Army Aii Force.

Gil is a lst Lieutenant, stationed at Seattle; Ken is an aviation cadet in training at Tulare, Calif.; Bill is an aviation cadet at Yuma, Ariz., and Dick, a Link instructor at Herington, Kansas, is a Corporal.

Eagt B.y Hoo-Hoo Club

Electg Officers

D. Nornon Cor&

D. Normen Cords, Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco, was elected president of East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club at the dinner meeting held at Hotel Leamington, Oakland, September 13.

Wm. Chatham, Jr., Loop Lumber & Mill Co., Alameda, was elected vice-president, and G. W. Sechrist was reelected secretary-treasurer. Al Kelley was appointed sergeant-at-arms.

The new directors are Thomas P. Hogan III, Hogan Lumber Co., Oakland; John Helm, Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco; Thomas Jacobsen, Piedmont Lumber & Mill Co., Oakland; A.M. Charter. Wholesale Building Supply Co., Oakland; Earl Chalfan, E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Oakland.

Committee chairmen appointed by the new president are the following: Finance, James McNab; Public Affairs, Clement Fraser; Membership, Earl Chalfan ; Attendance, Everett Lewis; Program and Entertainment, Thomas Hogan III; Reception, John Helm; Fraternal, B. E. Bryan; Publicity, Frank Brown; Activities and Sports, A. M. Charter; Educational, Thomas T. Branson; Meetings, Thomas Jacobsen; Paraphernalia, G. W. Sechrist; Nominating, L. J. Woodson; Christmas Party, Wm. Chatham, Jr.; Reveille, Geo. C. Clayberg, Christmas Fellowship Fund, Jack Wood.

The speaker of the evening was Col. W. B. Greeley, secretary-manager of the West Coast Lumbermen's As' sociation, Seattle.

There was an attendance of 128 at the dinner. Lewis Godard presented a wrist watch on behalf of the Club to George Clayberg, retiring president, and a fine engraved letter writing case to ex-secretary Jim Overcast, who is now a private, first class, in the Army.

ImportE Mexiccm Hcrdwoo&

George A. Hill,, formerly sales manager for CadwalladerGibson Co., is now importing some Mexican hardwoods. All his sales are in connection with the war effort. He is also marketing miscellaneous run to detail softwood items.

Red Rivcr Operrta Splcndid Rcbuih Pine Mill !t Suranville

This season the Red River Lumber Company, of Westwood, California, is operating in addition to the great Westwood plant, a mighty fine sawmill of smaller caliber at Susanville. It is a rebuilt institution. Charles Sewell, who previously had spent two years rebuilding and remodeling the great Westwood mill, completely overhauled the Susanville plant, installed a lot of new equipment, and gave them a splendidly arranged mill that will make more than twenty million feet of Pine lumber this year.

The sawmill is now operated throughout with electric power. The log cutting equipment consists of a band and band resaw, the latter being of the merry-go-round variety. New installations include an air-cooled refuse burner, and a small planing mill. Lumber around the plant is handled with Gerlinger carriers. The pond was enlarged and deepened. Power saws are used in the woods in their timber cutting.

R. L. Kemp is plant superintendent. The mill is under the general jurisdiction of Kenneth Walker.

Sto* I\fillwor&

Producers of stock millwork-wooden doors, frames, windows, sash and allied items-are authorized by OPA to shorten their discounts. Thus they may pass on to buyers their increased lumber costs resulting from price advances of$3 to $6 per 1000 board feet in shop grades of Ponderosa pine since last April.

Jobbers and retail distributors also,are given permission to add to their prices as established by GMPR the actual dollars and cents sums by which their "net costs'f of stock millwork are increased as the result of smaller discounts by producers. These price adjustments will increase maximum retail prices around 3 per cent above present levels. Increases in costs of ponderosa pine, chief material used by stock millwork manufacturers caused these adjustments. (Revised Maximum Price Regulation 293), effective September 21.

Wins Arny-Ncrva Slcr Awcrd

A new Army-Navy "E" pennant with one star affixed ryas presented September 15 to the men and women of the Masonite Corporation by the Navy Board for production Awards. There were no ceremonies held in connection with the presentation of the additional honor, which was made in recognition of the high production level of Masonite presdwoods and hardboards during the six-month period ending June 15. Masonite Corporation received the original Army-Navy "E" pennant on February 23 of this year.

Stalled on Madeline H:ll

The grade was deep on Madeline Hill, And labored the engine's breathing; The night was dark, a wild storm raged, And the river was angrily seething. Dan Steel, the husky young engineer, Opined that he "sure was whipped;" He struggled hard on that treacherous grade, But the whole train balked and slipped.

Now, the station master at Reno town 'Was new to the job and place, So he waited there for old thirty three With an anxiously puckered up face. "By gum, but that train's long after due !" He snapped in angry tones, Then he listened a while to the pouring rain And the mad wind's shrieks and moans.

Then over the wires with a snap and a crack Came a message from up near Gunther, "f'm stuck," it said, "on Madeline Hill, And I can't get no further."

Then the station master, new to the place, Uprose in a swirl of wrath; "No whipper snapper like Steel," he yelled, "Can philander along my path !"

"I'm out to make a record, by gar, And I'm betting dollars to dimes, That as long as I hold down this job, The trains will come in on time." So he snapped this answer out through the night

"By all the gods of Zeno, You gotta marry that gal, Dan Steel, And bring her along into Reno !"

A. Merriam Conner.

Pete Toste Cclls

on Mills

F. A. "Pete" Toste, manager of the Southern California office of Kilpatrick & Company, Wilmington, Calif., will be back from visiting Fir mills in the Pacific Northwest about October 1.

This company is specializing in the sale of Fir timbers, 40 feet and longer.

470,924 Units Completed Since 1940

Housing for war workers under the publicly-financed phase of the war housing program has been completed at an average rate of 1,000 dwelling units a day in the past several months, the Federal Public Housing Authority reported September 26. Some 32,177 units were completed in July alone.

In the first seven months of this year 236,697 units were completed, which is twice the number completed in the last seven months of 1942, according to Herbert Emmerich, FPHA Commissioner, and 174,306 dwelling units were under construction at the end of July and contracts were yet to be let for 60,747 more under the presenr program.

Since July l,l94o., 470,924 units have been completed, of which 321,3W were family dwelling units,L2Z,I3Z dormitory units and 27,407 trailer units.

These production records do not include the dwelling units to be made available through Government conversion of existing homes and other structures under the National Housing Agency's Homes IJse program. As of the end of August, 26,1W such units were under lease to the Government for conversion, some 15,531 of which were completed or under construction

As of July 31, a total of 706,000 dwelling units were und"er development or management in the Government-financed phase of the National Housing Agency,s war housing prog'ram.

Asbestos-Cement Building Materials

Maximum dollars and cents ceilings for sales of asbestos_ 'cement building materials from a factory are established by the OPA. This maintains the current level of prices chargei in sales from factory for several classes of building mat'erials made from asbestos-cement such as roofing and siding shingles, lumber, flat sheets, sheathing and wallboard, iexible wallboard and decorative wallboard. The 10/o increase on corrugated sheets put into effect by most of the industrv in the spring of. l94l is ordered eliminated (Maximum price Regulation 466), efrective September 18.

Ccpt. Russell Johnson Visits S. F.

Captain Russell Johnson, son of Otis R. Johnson, presi_ dent of the Union Lumber Co., San Francisco, was recentlv home on leave. He is in the Army Air Force, and is stationed at Santa Ana.

Manufacturers Lumber Co. Opens New Yard

Manufacturers Lumber Co., Inc. has opened a new yard at 1830 West Slauson Avenue, Los Angeles. The site, recently purchased by the company, has an area of 100,000 square feet. As will be seen by the picture the sign on the front of the yard carries the patriotic suggestion to "Buy 'War Bonds."

This concern, which is sales agent for Commercial Lumber Co., Inc., Los Angeles, was established in 1941 and has two other yards, at 610O St. Andrews Place and 6200 Man-

WPB Estimqtes Gross Lumber Stocks

Estimated gross lumber stocks at sawmills totaled 3,879,040,000 board feet at the close of the second quarter of 1943 (June 30), a decrease of 21.7 per cent since the beginning of the year, the War Production Board's Lumber and Lumber Products Division reports.

This figure represents a decrease of 3.3 per cent for the country as a whole from stocks on hand at the close of the first quarter.

Appointed Mcncger

Clinton H. Crane was recently appointed manager of W. B. Jones Lumber Co., Los Angeles. He was formerly with Owens-Parks Lumber Co., and has had a lot of experience in the lumber business.

hattan Place, Los Angeles.

Manufacturers Lumber Co. does a large industrial lumber business, and carries an inventory of from 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 feet at all times, consisting of West Coast woods, Southern hardwoods, Mexican hardwoods, furniture dimension, softwood and hardwood plywood. The company operates a fleet of 11 trucks.

The principals in the company are Donald L. Allison, James L. Linderman, and Noble K. Lay.

Fell Over Cliff

W. A. Wood, resident manager of the Mount Whitney Lumber Company at Johnsondale, California, has practically recovered from a very serious accident. On a Sunday fishing trip he fell over a cliff, breaking one leg, spraining the other ankle, and suffering other injuries. He was taken to a hospital in Bakersfield for treatment, and remained there several weeks.

With Christenson Lurnber Co.

Ray Julien, who was for many years Lumber Co., Los Angeles, as salesman, activities to San Francisco, where he Christenson Lumber Co.

with E. K. Wood has transferred his is associated with

Itillamette Yalley lumber (o. Presented Army-Navy rrltr Award

The Willamette Valley Lumber Company was awarded the Army-Navy "E" Pennant and the employees .,E', pins for outstanding achievement ir1 the production of materials needed in the war effort in appropriate ceremonies held at Dallas, Oregon, on September 21, 1943.

Col. W. B. Greeley, secretary-manager of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, was master of ceremonies. America was played by the Camp Adair Military Band, and the invocation was given by Major L.V. Harmon, U. S. Army Chaplain Corps, Camp Adair. The opening remarks were made by Honorable Earl Snell, Governor of Oregon.

The presentation of the Army-Navy ',E', Pennant was

1943 Output of Fire-Retardant Lumber Tripfes 1942 Figures

Statistics on wood processed in 1942 by the nation's 231 wood preserving plants have just been completed by R. K. Helphenstine, Jr., If. S. Forest Service, and released through the American Wood-Preservers' Association. Although the total volume of wood treated with creosote, toxic salts, and fire- retardants in 7942 (3,755,000,000 board feet) was down 1.9 per cent from 1941, it remained nearly 20 per cent above 194O, reflecting the flattening curve in war construction.

Treatment of lumber and timber with salts was down.12 per cent from 1941. Wolmanized lumber accounted for half of the total salt production; zinc chloride, chromated zinc chloride, zinc-meta-arsenite, and celcure making up. the balance.

Predictions that the demand for fireproofed wood for war construction would result in a heavy increase in its production have been fully substantiated, according to T. F. Linthicum, president of American Lumber and Treating Company, Chicago. "The development of new federal specifications designed to simplify and widen the field of wood-fireproofing, as a metal-conservation move, was responsible in great part for the expansion,', he said. The total output for 1943 of pressure-fireproofed lumber, Mr.

made by Col. Fred G. Sherrill, Corps of Engineers, Chief, Materials and Equipment Branch, Construction Department, 'War Department, Washington, D. C., and was accepted by George T. Gerlinger, president of the Willamette Valley Lumber Company.

Lt. Comdr. H. N. Anderson, U.S.N.R., officer in charge of the Branch Lumber Procurement Office, portland, Oregon, presented the "E" Pins which were accepted by W. B. Sleeman, International Representative of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, portland, Oregon, on behalf of the employees.

The rendition of the Star Spangled Banner by the Camp Adair Military Band concluded the ceremonies.

Linthicum estimates, will nearly triple that of last year. "Nine of our eleven plants treated more lumber with fireretardant chemical 'salts' in the first six months oL 1943 than the whole industry treated in 1942,,, he said.

The present time finds flameproofed wood going into huge lighter-than-air bases, synthetic rubber plants, oil refineries, and the like. Largest user of flameproofed wood has been the U. S. Navy, which adopted the specially treated wood for nearly a score of giant hangars built for the Navy blimp fleet.

Personnel Chcrnges Announced

Smith Wood-Products, Inc., announ,ces the following changes: George H. Royer is now manager of the plywood Division, with offices in Portland, succeeding Clay Brown, resigned.

A. A. Hamilton, of the home office in Kansas City, is now located in the Portland office as manager of plywood sales, succeeding Mr. Royer.

Grcducrtes As Lieutencnt

William Lewis Frese, son of Otto W. Frese, San Fran_ cisco wholesale lumberman, graduated recently as a Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps at Kirkland Field, Albu_ querque, N. M. Following his graduation he spent a week's leave at home, and left {or Tucson, Ariz., rvhere he is now stationed.

lnformaf Tallc by Col. Greeley

To San Francisco Lumbermen

An informal talk was given by Col. W. B. Greeley, secretary-manager of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, Seattle, to San Francisco wholesale lumbermen and manufacturers' representatives, at a luncheon meeting held at the San Francisco Commercial Club on Monday, September 13.

George R. Kendrick, sales manager, Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lumber Division, San Francisco, presided.

Col. Greeley spoke on the present conditions in the trade, and what lumber the mills may be able to make available for civilian trade in-the near future, and also what the Association can do to cooperate with the distributors to the fullest extent possible.

In the course of his talk the speaker referred to some of the difficutties that confront the mills at this time in trying to keep up production. Mills are employing a growing percentage of women, and have employed many high school boys in the vacation season, and have been helped to some extent by the older men released from the services. He expressed the hope that loggers now in the armed services may be furloughed for the purpose of working in the woods.

However, in spite of all the efiorts being made to maintain production, it is estimated .that total production in the Douglas Fir area this year will be around 8,000,000,000 feet, which will be-about l0 per cent less than in 1942, the speaker said.

Some questions rvere asked by members of the audience and answered by Col. Greeley.

Will Tcrke Plyvvood Business

Wendling-Nathan Co., sales agents for California for the Plywood Division of Smith Wood-Products, Inc., announce that they are prepared to take business for plywood provided that the buyers have the proper releases from the War Production Board, Washington, D. C.

Cclilornic Door Compcny Lumber Production

The sawmill of The California Door Company, at Diamond Springs, Calif., is operating full time this season in spite of employment difficulties, and will produce about thirty million feet of pine lumber during the season.

Postrl Zoning and the Public

Many residents of cities not included in the Postal zoning scheme have requested an explanation of Postal zoning. Even though the zone system may not be in use in the city in which you live, nevertheless, to insure speedy delivery of your mail sent to cities where the zone system is used, you must use the zone number on this mail.

The Zone 'System *"s ttoi originated to annoy you or cause you more work. It is the Post Office Department's solution to a problem brought on by the war. With over 35,000 trained Postal employees now in the Armed Forces, the Department was forced to hire untrained employees to replace those in the Armed Forces. In the larger cities, many of which have 6,000 or more streets, new employees were unable to distribute the mail because they were not familiar with tle 6,000 streets and the proper separation in which each block of the city must be placed. The only solution was the zone number. When the zone number appears on a letter, the new employee can distribute it with the same speed and efficiency as the veteran distributor. It should "pp."t after the name of the city as: "Los Angeles 52, California." That zone number may be the difference between the continuance of the present rapid and efficient Postal service and a breakdown in the rnails.

Many people have asked, "Suppose I do not use the zone number. Will my letter be delivered?" Yes, it will be delivered as fast as it can be handled. But mail bearing the zone number will be handled first, because such mail can be distributed by untrained employees. The mail with no zone number will have to wait until a trained distributor is available. The zone number means that your mail will encounter no delay in distribution.

Watch the return address of your correspondents that live in cities where the zone system is in use. It should bear the correct zone number of the person writing you. If it doesn't, ask for it in your next letter. If you have a sizable list of addresses in any city using the zone system, you may send them to the Postmaster of that city where it will be zoned and returned to you without charge.

Remember this: By conscientious use of the zone number you are aiding in the continuance of the time honored adage, "THE MAIL MUST GO THROUGH."

South American Hardwoods are Augmenting Lumber Needs in U. S.

The insistent demand for more lumber of every sort than the American mills have been able to produce, has had the effect of developing new sources of supply not previously known in the United States. The fact that the Japs captured all the Philippine Mahogany mills and timber deprived the hardwood and cabinet wood users of this country of a source of supply of wonderful character. In the 'West, Philippine had become almost as everyday a wood as Western softwoods. The entire country had become accustomed to a certain amount of Philippine supply.

With the demand so gfeat and the Philippine loss so keenly felt, it was but natural that American lumber importers should turn to other sources outside this countrv for needed hardwoods. One of these sources that is now delivering cabinet woods into this country in considerable quantity and promising more, is Columbia, South America. When Philippine was cut off, Roy Barto, of Los Angeles, President of one of the oldest Philippine lumber concerns, Cadwallader-Gibson Company, turned his eyes toward South America. Also his feet. He heard of the timber and mills of Columbia, so he went down there to look. And he found a big concern manufacturing cabinet hardwoods in two quite modern sawmills at Barranguilla, Columbia, the name of which is Compania National de Maderas .,La fndustria." It is generally known as simply ,'La fndustria.,, This concern has two sawmills, one with a 7 foot and a 9 foot band headrig, and the other with an 8 foot band headrig and a pony saw. He made a deal with this concern to act as their Agent for the entire United States. He likewise sent them some highly capable and experienced hardwood men to assist in their manufacturing operations, and introduced American grades and grading rules.

Buys Encinitcs Lrimber Co.

Eugene Gauthier, who has been manager for the Bauer Lumber Co., Carlsbad, Calif., for the past ll years, purchased the Encinitas Lumber Co., Encinitas, Calif., and took over the yard September l, 1943.

He is now shipping some of the products of these mills into this country, entering at New Orleans. It is only four or five days' time by freighter from Columbia to New Orleans, as compared with thirty to sixty days required to ship lumber from the Philippines to the West Coast. All the lumber they have shipped in has gone to the United States Government through the Defense Supply Corporation. About a million feet has arrived so far, all of one outstanding species called Albarco. It is a dark red, close grained, ribbon striped wood, much heavier than Philippine Mahogany. It has been tested and accepted by the Navy as a substitute for both Mahogany and Birch. It slices well and makes wonderful looking veneer. This is already an established wood, of great beauty, density, and usefulness. Mr. Barto is busily engaged in trying to discover markets and secure acceptance for various other species produced by his company. They vary in color, density, and probably in usefulness. Some of them are most interesting woods. He displays samples of one wood he thinks is a substitute for Spruce. Mr. Barto says it weighs one-fourth as much as Spruce, and has greater strength. It really lifts like cork. There are many other woods that he thinks will win acceptance in this country as soon as they are tried out.

"La Industria" has been manufacturing lumber right' there for 65 years, and has a splendid reputation. They have timber for all time to come, apparently. They have planing mills and dry kilns at their plants, and are building more. They already have many resaws, trimmers, edgers, and a forest of othgr equipment for manufacturing and remanufacturing their lumber, so they have something really up-to-date to offer. Their big problem so far has been getting shipping space from the mills to New Orleans. Mr. Barto's offices are at 621 South Spring St.

"Shorty" Nelson Vtsits Calilornicr

"Shorty" Nelson, Chief Inspector for the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, left Los Angeles September 16, after a two weeks' visit in Southern California. He stopped at San Francisco, and then went on to Portland.

California Building Permits for August

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One of the most modern sawmill plants in the entire Southwest is the result of the rebuilding and remodernrzing job done by the Saginaw & Manistee Lumber Company on the plant formerly operated by the Atizona Lumber & Timber Company, at Flagstaff, Arizona. The mill is equipped with two band headrigs and a band resaw; there is a modern planing mill; and a highly efficient box factory. The saymill today will turn out about 135,000 feet of Ponderosa Fine in an eight hour shift. The box factory will handle about 50,000 feet of lumber daily, and sells its entire output in local Arizona territory for crating and boxing fruit, vegetables, and melons. The remainder of the output of the sawmill is all sold to the trade in Arizona and New Mexico. There are no dry kilns at this plant, but special arrangement of yard forair drying. Lumber rs handled around the plant by carriers, and piled by an automatic stacker. They employ two Willamette Hysters also. This company operates the only steam logging road lelt in Arizona, and hauls logs for its own plant and also for the plant of Southwest Lumber Mills, Inc., of Flagstaff. Both Saginaw & Manistee and Southwest manufacture Ponderosa from Government timber, and are reported to have a twenty year supply in that territory. J. M. Bedford is manager for the new plant.

Can Handle More Custom Mi[ing

M. O. Parrick of Western Mill & Moulding Co., 5841 So. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, reports that his firm is busy on orders mainly connected with the war efiort. A large part of the business is custom milling, and they are willing to take on some more of this kind of work. Their equipment consists of the latest type of motor driven nlachines, and they are fortunate in having some of the best mechanics in the business.

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Back From Mexico

Carl W. Watts, Oregon Lumber Sales, San Francisco, on a recent 30-day trip to Mexico went off the beaten track to look over some property in Palenque. He flew by Pan-American Airways throughout the trip wherever possible. From Mexico City he went by Pan-American to Villa Hermosa, and took a local plane from there to Palenque. After completing his business he decided it was safer to take the nine-hour horseback trip back to Villa Hermosa.

In Minatitlan, Vera Cruz, he met H. B. "Chad" Chadbourne, formerly in the retail lumber business at Salinas, and now with the Mahogany Division of the Office of Economic 'Warfare, at that place. Chad asked to be remembered to his friends in the lumber business in California.

On the way back from Mexico City the Pan-American plane made a detour westward to circle the new Paracutin Volcano, which has killed every green thing in an area of 100 square miles. Incidentally on this part of the journey three of the passengers were the well-known movie figures, Walter Pidgeon, Hedy Lamarr and her husband, John Loder.

Tourist traffic to Mexico by plane is very heavy, and it is necessary to make reservations far ahead, Carl says.

New Lumber Se[ing Methods

One of the wholesale lumber yards in Los Angeles swears and be doggoned that they were offered Ponderosa Pine by a California sawmill, as follows: 1 inch and thicker; 4 inches and wider; 10 to 48 inches long; No. 4 common and better; at $25.00 a TON. "That will give you an idea," said the manager, "of how Pine is selling in Southern California."

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UP AND DOWN THE STATE Aa

LeRoy H. Stanton, E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, returned September 23 from an eastern trip. He attended the war conference of the National Hardwood Lumber Association at Chicago, September 16 and 17, and, called on a number of Southern hardwood mills. He made the trip by air.

A. C. Pascoe, Pacific Coast representative of Wood-Mosaic Co., Louisville, Ky., and other hardwood mills, was back at his desk September 22 lrom a month's trip to eastern points. He visited mill connections in 'Wisconsin and Louisville, and attended the annual meeting of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, held in Chicago, September 16 and,17.

Jack Murphy, manager of the hardwood department of Owens-Parks Lumber Co., Los Angeles, attended the war conference of the National llardwood Lumber Association, held at the La Salle Hotel, Chicago, on September 16 and,17.

George J. Hawley-, secretary of Atkinson-Stutz Co., San Francisco, is back from a vacation spent at Trinity Alps, Trinity County, Calif.

Fred Lamon, Lamon-Bonnington Co., San Francisco, left for Portland, September 25. He will spend two weeks calling on Northwest sawmills.

Russell Mullin, Burbank Lumber Co., Burbank. was a recent visitor to San Francisco.

Henry M. Hink, president of Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., San Francisco, was back at his desk September 30 following a business trip to Southern California.

Walter A. Stippich, Wichita, Kansas, wholesale lumberman, spent the past month in the Northwest and California on business. Mr. Stippich states that he is devoting much of his time to the promotion of prefabricated lumber for heavy construction.

Joe Bugley, salesman for W. B. Jones Lumber Co., Los Angeles, returned September 2l ftom a business trip to Mexico.

Frank J. Connolly, executive vice-president, Western Hardwood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is back from a business trip to the East. He attended the hardwood industry war conference of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, held in Chicago, September 16 and' 17.

Dick Emison, manager, Santa Ana Lumber Co., Santa Ana, left recently on a business trip to Indiana.

Joe Hearin, .manager of Lumber Wholesalers' mill at Ashland, Ore., was in Pasadena around the middle of September to confer with Lee Canfield of Lumber Wholesalers.

Walter Koll, A. J. Koll Planing Mill, Ltd., Los Angeles, has returned from a business trip to Fort Bragg, Calif.

D. N. Cords of the Pine Department, Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco, returned a few days ago from calling oq the Pine mills in Northern California and Southern Oregon.

Frederick T. Staats, New York City lumberman, representative of Clover Valley Lumber Co., and Lamm Lumber Co., left for New York September 22 after spending several months in San Francisco.

W. G. (Bill) Wright, of the Wright Lumber Co., Stockton, Calif., and now with the Navy Seabees, was recently home on leave.

Dee Essley of D. C. Essley & Son, Los Angeles, left Los Angeles September 10 on a trip to Vancouver, Wash., and Seattle. At Vancouver he visited the mill of the Vancouver Plywood & Veneer Co., of which he is Southern California representative. He was accompanied by Mrs. Essley.

CIJASSIFIE D ADVERTISING

WANTED POSITION

Position wanted by lumberman, 46, ve:satile and adaptable, with exccllcnt backgtound of manufacturing, sdes, office and buying experience, in Fir, Pine and hardwoods. Address Box C-1003, California Lum' ber Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angclcs 14, Qalif.

WHOLESALER WANTS POSITION

Wholesale Lumbcrman rpants connection. California experience.

Address Box C-100,t, Cdifornia Lumbcr Merchant, 5O8 Ccntral Bldg., Los Angclee 14, Calif.

WANTED

All around lumberman who can work both in office and yard.

Victory Lumber Company, Chula Vista, California.

PORTABLE SAWMILL F'OR SALE

Locatcd in Nevada County; Cdif. All complete, sawed for short time last year. Capacity 8-dX) fcet pcr cight hours. $9,0(n.@. Stumpage, principally Sugar Pine, $3.fi) per M feet; other woods, $2.00 pcr M fect. All within yarding dirtance.

Twohy Lumbcr Co., Petroleum Building, Loa An' gelcs 15, Calif.

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Chrlrtcmn Lumbc Co.

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Caq & -Co. L J. (lV. D. DrmlDs), 4tt Ch. ol Cou. Blds. (r5) .......PRoeFct Sg3

C-oop.r, 1l|. E6|a-alt Ric[6rld Bkls. (n) ...,...MUhd zrlt

Deat & Rurrcll, Iac., trz E. Stth Str..t (r) ...............ADau tr|l

Dotbc.q & Cu:o Lunbc Qoo

t.r Fi&Uty Btdt. Ot) ............VAnd|hc E?!tz

Ed. Foatdr l.rrnbcr C.o.,

|2! Pdroloun Blir. (fS) .........PRorpoct |!|l

Hennood t4nDq C,onran

Ant So. Ahu.dr SL (5{) .,....,..PRo.Dcct rtlr

Hdba Wrtr hDbc Co..

|el Roru BHs. G3) ..............TRbrty 3.ss

Hdno Eurd:r llabor Co-

7ff.7f2 Ardttoctr. Btdr. (t3) ..,. ...Muturl grst

lloovcr, rL l-

5t25 WlLhln Btvd. (!t) .......,.,..Yd rrct

K[D.tri4 & Cmpany (Wtlmtryron)

fZO Bl|ar Avr. .....,........,..,NEvedr Clltt

Grrl H. Krf,l Lubrr Cr- (R. S. Orrloal.

?I g. Srt.bs SL (r)'............VAd|Lc !B

ns C. bdlrrr (& G. Rof,btu Lrrnbe Co.).

7ll W. Olyuglc Bhd. (t') .......PRBFcr'o?,1

Lrnocr-Phlltpr Lnubrr Co-

at8 P.tdru BUs. (r5) ..:.......PRoFGt nil

XrcDoda Go. L W-

Aa W. Olrunto BM. (lt .......,PRBFGr ?rtr

Peciic Llabrr Co." Th.

_ rF -W4$tn BIv{. (!O ............YOft rr.!

Plbrrty Lolc Cr-

a E .a trd S0. (nt ...............8tubrl 5rrl

PAI{EI.S-D(DRS-SASH-9CRE ENs

Cdllmh Buil.fln Supply Co.

'f, 6th AvcN (l) ..,...............HI3rtG 6.16

Horu lubcr CmprnY' hd rrd Allcr StncU (l) .......Gbnccut ttll

Wcrton Dor & Sarh Co-

5rL e Cynrg Stnrtr (?) ......TEnplcbr tllO

HAnI'WOODS

StnlL Hrrdr@d ConpelY, Ffnrt .!d Ghv Stratr (7) '....TEnphbu 55ta

Whltc Erottan. 50 Hlrh Stfu (l) .'......'.....ANdovcr 16o

LOS ANGDLDS

LUMBER

Popc & Tablot, Inc- Lunbcr Dlvlrion

?rl W. Olynplc Btvd. (15) ......Pno4cct tEf

Rrd Rlvu rnr-Lcr Co-

7e E. Shu.oo (rr) .............,CEatury 210?l

lGn S. Bmd;rt (f5) ...,......,.,PRopcct Ottl

Srn Podro Lmbor 6.' rslt S. C6trd Aw. (a) .......'.RlAmod tLr

rtca-A Wllnhsb nod

(llea Pcdrc) :.,,....,...........3u Pcdrc 22t

Sutr Fc Lunb.r Co..

lll Finamtd Ccntir Bldl. (rl) ..VAndft. L7l

tlchdcr Bn Lunb.r e Sbbsb Co.

tr7 W. grf, sb..t (rt .............TRhftt rztl

Sfpvl|n PlnG Srlcr Ca., 3l Pctrolm Bldt. (r$ ........,.PRocnct fars

Slnpeon lndurtrlor, Inc. ralt E. Wirhhdor Blvd. (a) .,.PRorpcct alt3

Srutdr, E. J. & Sil. fra E. rlrt St. (fr) ............CErturt egzlf

Sud.br e ChrLbaro, Inc.

|3a Bood ol Trrdc Bldr. (il) .....TRlnlty ttl{

Teema Lunbcr Sdcq &fl Pctrolcun BH3. (13) .....,...PRoepct ffat

WcndltnrrNethra Co. 5za; Wilrhln Blvd. (3O ..............YOrt 116r

Wod Orrrpa l.lrnbqr C'a. azl Porrolaum Bldr. (15) .........Rlchnmd l2tl

W. \il. Wlltlnm' tlt W. tth Stnld (rO .,..........TR1n1ty a6r3

Wryorbrrus Sdo GolrD W. M. e,rrhtd Bldf. 05) ...Mlchlru t35a

E. l(. Wood lrtnbc Oo- lfla So Alrrdr 3L (51) ..,....JEficm 3lU

CREOSOTED II'MBENJOI.ESPILING-TTE3

A[dcu tuubrr I Trrldlf Go- f3l S. Brodrry 05) ....,........PRoo.cr alaC

Brrbr. J. H. f Cc. n W..t 9b ttr..t (r!) ..........f,lchlru at a

Pq I Tr&qq !rc, Lunbc Dlvlrloo, tU W. Oltlplc Bhrd. (t5, ...,.PnoeD.Gt fat

*Postofficc Zone Numbcr in Parcnthegis.

HANDWOODSI Analm Hrrdwod co.

l9O E. lsth Srrut (51) .........PRorpcct aas

Brudr Indurtrtd Lubr Ca.

59Ol S. Ccntral Ava (1) ,........CEntury l-lttl

Sunlon, E. J. & Son, ACI E!.t at.t Str..t (rf) .......CEnhry 2t2rr

Wotcn Hrrdvood Lubcr Co.'

20la Eart fsth Str..t (55) .......PRotDcct lfo

sAIrH-. DOOR TMITIWOR!(-SCREENIFBLINDSI-PANEI.S AND PLYWOODIRONING BOARDS

Br& Pual C;opany, 3ll-3tl E!.t t3td StFGt (lr) .,....,.ADrnr 12215 Cdlfmtr Du Coprny, Tbo

P. O. Bc l2a, Vcm Statlon (rr) KIEbdl Anr Crltmh PmC e Vas Co-

a62 S. Mrr. StrtGt (a) ,.........41{rtlur n$

Oraroo-Wuhlryto Plywood Cs, 3lt WG.t Nlnth Strut (r5) .......TRhlty lart

Prclfic Wood Pn&retr Ccpc*lon, 3c00 Tvbun Str..t (2r) ..........Albuy arlr

Peclfic Mntud It a C.taa E. W..rlndo Blvd. (A) ,.PRorD.ct 95qt

Rcm Copan Go. E, Zl5 3. Al.D.dr Strut (rz) ...,.Dtlchh! f$l

Rod Rlvcr Lrrnb.r Cr. ?t@ !L $enn (rr) ,..,..,.,.....CElttrrt 2ttA

Supn Co. (Purlor), 7ai Sa Rrlud Avr. (d .........RYD l-Gt

SlDD.e hdurtrlc+ Inc., lltl E. w|rLtndo Bhr.L (a) ...PRoera ara

WG.t Co.rt S.r.a Gc- U|t Ert |${ Sbld (l) ........ADru lrlt

Wotm }|O f iloldbr Co- lrat ltl. Wlra Avo. (t|) ....TWrctr fa||

Wf,crlr Orlool lldc C;orp- lll So. Fbrrcr