fIRST STEP

Oil A I.OIIG IOURIIDY

Selected logs cre lecvingr Paul Bunycrn's lorest in the mile-high Sierrqs to meet urgent demcnds in all parts oI the world. Ponderosa pine logs lor lumber cnd plywood supply the continuous operqtion of Red River's mill cnd lcctories at Westwood, Selective logging and orgqnized lire control protect the future lorest.

..PAUL STTNYAN'S" PRODUCTS commlttee reconldistribution under end of the rvar in

SoIt Ponderoscr crnd Sugcrr Pine LT'MBER MOI'LDING PLYWOOD VENETIAN BUND SIJ,TS

Direction 9 to Order L-335 Amended

Restrictions on the use of certain grades and species of lumber in the manufacture of farm machinery and equipment, furniture, millwork, ladders and other specified products have been relaxed by the War Production Board.

Direction 9 to the lumber control order, L-335, as amended, removes all prohibitions on the use of white oak and red cypress, and alsb eliminates the prohibition on the use of Douglas fir and hardwoods for dunnage.

As originally issued in July, 7944, Direction 9 liste<t 26 types of products for which manufacturers could not receive certain species and grades of lumber. Products removed from the list by today's amendment follow:

Boot and shoe findings; dowels and skewers; flooring; handles and hand tools; musical instruments; shade and map rollers, including curtain rods; and boxes and containers other than shipping containers.

With the exception of boxes and containers, these prodr:cts are made principally from hardwoods, which are no longer included among the prohibited species, WPB officials explained. No appreciable saving in lumber rvas effected by the restriction on boxes and containers other than shipping containers, officials said.

Relaxation of restrictions has been made possible because military needs for the foregoing species are being satisfactorily met, WPB said. Furthermore, restrictions caused an accumulation of stocks of these species and grades, particularly by small mills.

Species still restricted are: No. 2, 3, and 4 common grades of ponderosa pine, Idaho white pine, sugar pine, lodgepole pine, white fir, Engelmann spruce, produced in Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada. Utah. Colorado. Arizona, Nelv Mexico or South Dakota.

These species may not be received for use in ship dunnage or in bracing, blocking or shoring in freight cars or trucks; or in the following products:

Farm machinery, implements, and equipment that include any item controlled by Order L-257, but not including rvooden farm pumps.

Boats, pleasure (sail boats, row boats, and motor boats). Caskets, burial cases and other morticians' equipment (excluding shipping cases.)

Fixtures, commercial.

Ladders (except ships'ladders and for use on motorized fire or rescue ladders manufactured apparatus.)

Furniture.

Stepladders.

Lockers and shelving, industrial or commercial.

Millwork, building woodwork (window sash and door frames ; windows ; sash ; doors; interior trim ; stairs ; cabinets ; blinds ; mouldings; porchwork and exterior trim ; window and door screens.)

Mobile houses (house trailers and expansible mobile houses.)

Prefabricated buildings and structures and fabricated parts of buildings and structures.

Plumbers woodrvork and fixtures (toilet seats, towel racks.)

Radio and phonograph cabinets.

Refrigerators (except walk-in) and refrigerating ecluipment,

Scenery and display signs.

Toys, games, children's vehicles.

Trunks, valises, trunk lockers.

Woodenware and novelties (coat hangers, gavels, trays, umbrellas, buttons, cases, etc.)

Fir Plywood Booklet

"Local Built Display Fixtures," a 2O-page booklet with detail illustrations, now is available free from Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Tacoma 2, Wash. Written by A. E. Hurst of Portland, Ore., and national authority on displays, it presents suggestions for 144 separate display fixtures to be built of fir plywood in local display shops, cabinet shops and stores. Two previous booklets by Hurst, dealing with signs and general store uses for plywood, also are available upon request.

Attends Chiccgo Meeting

Glenn Fogleman, district manag'er, The California Door Co., Los Angeles, returned September 18 from Chicago, where he attended a meeting of the Stock Millwork Jobbers Permanent Industry Advisory Committee, September 11 to 15, as representative of Zone lO.

While in the East Mr. Fogleman visited his daughter, whose husband, Lieut. J. E. Laurance, U. S. Naval Reserve, Bureau of Aeronautics, is stationed in Washington.

A Modern Funeral

Thomas Dreier says: "Except that I want no funeral services and no pallbearers when my assignment is finished, I'd like my friends to do what the pallbearers did after Oliver Herford was buried. These men returned to The Players for a late lunch and began telling stories about Oliver. The occasion turned into one of hilarity. When, after I am gone, folks talk about me, I hope they will have fun. Should anyone indulge in gloominess or mourning, b'jinks, I'll haunt 'em."

Advice

Seek not gaiety to glean, Or sorrow seek to dull: For gaiety may be obscene, And sorrow beautiful. We cannot-now or afterUntangle hopes or fears, For there are tears in laughter, And many a laugh in tears.

-F. L. Minnigerode in N. Y. Times.

Ncrturcrl Mistcke

ft was a Sunday School class for small kids. Teacher asked:

"And what did Moses bring down from the top of the high mountain?"

Little Willie's hand shot up. He said: "The ten commandos."

Some Difference

A British missionary in India had the hymn "Rock of Ages" translated into Hindustani and had his pupils learn it. Then, one day, he happened to hear one of the pupils translating it back into English, and this was his translation of the first two lines:

"Very old stone, split for my benefit. Let me absent myself under your fragments."

Spirit Song

Looking long on beauty, My soul becomes a song; A song so full of rapture, That all the calm night long I capture and recapture frs-..r{ensy, you,"l-""-:::1T:gh to eat.,, She-"And I'm hungry enough to. Let's go !',

Like the silver sounds of rain, Melody eternal, with a throb of pain.

-Gry Williford.

Not So Foolish After All

It is said that Sir Walter Scott met a half-witted fellow one day when he was strolling about, and said to him in fun:

"Sandy, I'll gi'e ye a thousand pounds if you will let me kill you."

The half-wit replied:

"Na, na, Sir Walter, I canna do that. But I'll compromise wi' ye ! I'11 let ye half kill me for half that money."

Aged Philosophy by Dorothy Pcrrker

When I was young and bold and strong, O right was right and wrong uras wrong, My plume on high, my flag unfurled, I rode away to right the world.

"Come out, you dogs, and fight," said I, And wept I had but once to die.

Now I am old; and good and bad . Are \floven in a crazy plaid. I sit and say "the world is so, And he is wise who lets it go. A battle lost, a battle wonThe difference is small, my son." fnertia rides and riddles me, And calls itself Philosophy.

The Circle

A touring Eastern go-getter spied a lazy Indian chief lolling indolently at the door of his tepee somewhere out West.

"Chief," remonstrated the go-getter, "y.hy don't you. get yourself a job in a war plant?"

"Why?" grunted the Chief.

"Well, you could earn a lot of money; maybe a hundred dollars a week."

"Why?" insisted the Chief.

"Oh, if you worked hard and saved your money, you'd soon have a bank account. Wouldn't you like that?"

"Why?" again asked the Chief.

"For gosh's sake!" shouted the exasperated go-getter. "With a big bank account you could retire, and never have to work again."

"Never have worked," said the big Chief.

His Experience

Mose had applied to the philosophic white gentleman for a loan. He was turned down. The gentleman said:

You are strong and healthy and work is plentiful. Why don't you, get a job. Hard work never killed anybody.', Mose said: "You sho is wrong erbout dat, Boss. I'se done lost fou' wives fum nuffin' else."

Safety Orders Recommended for Straddle Tvp" Lumber Carriers

A hearing was held at the State Building, San Francisco, September 21, before the Inclustrial Accident Commission for the State of California, for the purpose of {ormulating reasonable and effective safety orders that rvi1l apply to the operation o{ Stradclle Type Lumber Carriers in the lumber industry.

The California Lumbermen's Accident Prevention Association presented :rt the hearing a set of safetv orders, rt'orked out by a committee of the Association, rn"hich they srrggested might supersede as far as the luml>er industry is concerned the Gantry Truck Safety Orders promulgated by the Inclustrial Acciclent Commission, dated July 1, 1943.

The suggestecl orders are as follou,s :

Warning f)evices : Every lumber carrier shall be equipped rvith an effectir.e urarning device, foot or hand operated, audible for 1@ feet in clear areas. C)perators shall be instructed to use these u'arning devices at frequent interr-als rvhenever a pedestrian hazard exists.

Visibility: Close attention shall be paid to maximum r-isibility from the driver's seat. Opening of blind corners ancl other devices to increase visibilitv shall be encottragecl.

Color: All carriers shall be painted a clistinctive colorchrome yellolv preferred.

Speeds: Speed shall not be excessive taking into consideration conditions surrounding the areas in which carriers are used and the nature of tire roadways orr rvhich they travel. Traffic lanes and pedestrian u'alkways shall be clearly defined.

Lights: When operating on streets or l-righr,vays after sundorvn the requirements of the State Highway Department or local authorities shall apply.

Around yards or plants there shall be a minimum of two headlights in front and one spot light behind. These are necessary in practical carrier operation.

Mechanical Condition: Operators shall be instructed to report all mechanical defects immediately. Brakes especially shall be frequently checked and kept in safe operating conclition.

The California Lumbermen's Accident Prevention Association has been established for many years. Herb Ryan, Winton Lumber Co., Martel, Calif., is president; Walter Johnson, Associated Lumber & Box Co., San Francisco, is vice president, and D. N. Edwards, Wood Products Co., Oakland, is secretary-treasurer. Orrie Hamilton, Southern California Retail Iumbermen's Association, Los Angeles, is statisticiar-r. The ofifice of the Association is at Room 410, Western Professional Building, 7706 Broadr.r'ay, C)akland 12.

The committee appointed to formulate the suggested safety orders consisted of W. C. Collins, Hammond Lumber Co.. Samoa; E. S. Mackins, Jr., The Pacific Lumber Co., Scotia; Derby Bendorf, The Pacific Lumber Co., and Orrie Hamilton, together with the officers of the Associatior-r.

Comrnissioner Alexander Watchman presided at the hearing. W. C. Collins acted as spokesman for the committee. Tl.rere was a large attendance of representatives of both manufacturers and distributors of lumber. James Smith, Hammond Lumber Co., Los Angeles, attended as representative of Southern California distributing )'ards.

The safety orders'rvere discussed point by point and N{r. Watcl-rman promised that tl-re Commission rvill give the matter its early attention.

Moisture Register Compcrny Hcrs New Plcrnt in Alhambrcr

Moisture Register Co. recently moved to larger and improved quarters at 133 North Garfield Avenue, Alhambra, California.

This company manufactures electronic instruments for measnring the moisture content of lumber and other material s.

Tl-re Moisture Register has been on the market since 1938, and it is .ividely used throughout the United States and Canada. It is accepted by Government agencies ancl rvar production plants, as well as producers, distriltutors and users of lumber of all species.

The instruments are manufactured in a factory that is rvell equipped and up to date in every particular.

Miss Edna Morgan is presiclent and general manager of the Moisture Register Co.

Happy Event

A son, William Patrick, arrived at Merced, Septemlter 18, to brighten the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Raymer. Bob, who is with Wendling-Nathan Co. at Portland, Ore.. flelv to Merced for the event.

TIIB BOSS.TBBBBLL OO.

naaufuoUmt "r/ loholaalznt, a/ WDST COAST WOODS

While most oI our lumber is going into Govetnment wcrr uses, we have been tcking ccrre of our decrler custoners' requireurents to the best oI our crbility, cnrd we thanlc them lor their pcrtience cmd coopercrtion

Appointed Sales Director

Larvrence Ottinger, president of the United States Plyrvood Corporation, announces that S. W. Antoville, formerly vice president at Chicago in charge of ,mid-western operations has been transferred to the Corporation's New York headquarters .to assume the newly created post of director of sales. As such he will be particularly concerned with development of postwar sales. He will be succeeded as manager of the Chicago branch by R. W. Tompkins, who has been in the building materials business since his University of Illinois. He has beerr Plywood's Chicago distributing unit.

Mr. Antoville has spent his entire Z3-year business career with U. S. Plywood, and has taken a leading part in the establishment of additional branch warehouses, of r,vhich the company now has fifteen in cities from coast to coast. He has also been active in the same capacity as secretarvtreasurer of U. S.-Mengel Plywoods, Inc., the warehouse and distributing organization jointly owned by U. S. Plyrvood and The Mengel Company. He was first manager of the Flexwood Division and in 1937 r,vas appointed sales managler of the company. At the same time he was appointed vice president and elected a director. In 1938 he r,vent to Chicago to direct mid-r,vestern operations. He is r.ice president of Algoma Plyr,r'ood & Veneer Co., a U. S. Plyrvood subsidiary. He is a native New Yorker ancl :rttended Columbia University.

Ecst Bcry Hoo-Hoo Club Meeting Oct. g

The next meeting of East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 will be held at the Leamington Hotel, Oakland, Monday evening, October 9. A program of general interest and suitable entertainment has been arranged.

TWENTY Yr-APS AGO

From the Oetober l. 1024' fssun mills in several the Pal-

Redwood salesmen, representing the Redrvood the Northern California territory, together rvith mill representatives, held an interesting meeting at ace Hotel, San Francisco, on September 19.

An interesting article on the never-to-be-forgotten 'round the world planes appeared in this issue. The lumber used in the planes r"'as furnished by the Western Hardwood Lumber Company of Los Angeles. They were built by the Douglas Cornpany of Santa Monica.

At the weekll' luncheon meeting of the Los Angeles HooHoo Club on September 12, Frank Curran, new vicegerent snark of the Los Angeles district, addressed the members. The Club planned to hold a dinner dance late in October, and Jack Rea was appointed to head the committee in charge of the arrangements.

James H. Allen of St. Louis rvas elected Snark of the Universe at the 33rd annual meeting of Hoo-Hoo held at Minneapolis, on September 8, 9 and 10. David Wooclheacl, Los Angeles retail lumberman, was named Gurdon on the Supreme Nine.

The San Fernnado Valley Lumbermen's Club held a dinner dance at the Encino Country Club the evening of September 16, and over fifty of the Valley lumLrermen, their ladies and guests had an enjoyable time.

Jack Dionne, publisher of The California Lumber Merchant, was the speaker at the weekly meeting of the Glendale Rotary Club held at the Tuesday Afternoon Club, Glendale.

A picture and write-up of the nen' office building of the Eagle Rock Lumber Co., Eagls Rock, which is owned by Emil F. Swanson, was in this issue.